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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-04-04
icE.cAvEs IN MAINE.
Natural Wonders That Are Well Worthy


OF = Visits SE
Being q rocky State, Maine aboundss
in caves, Of which the outside world
knows very little. 1t Is true there are.
no caverns like the Mammot1 cave in
Kentucky or the Luray cayerns in Vir-
gfnia. but some Of them are very pfctr
uresque and awe-inspiring. The Green
wood ice-caves are sufficiently inter-
esting to be better known than they
are.
These natural curiosities are about
dozen in number, Valleys cave
being the largest. Itisa double-stori-
ed cavern, the lower chambers being
some four hundred or five hundred feet
in length and about twelve feet In
width. The exit is at the top OF the
mountain. The upper chamber is very
much smaller, and is connected with
the first by q passage large enough for
half a'dozen to pass abreast
One of thee caves is shaped like a.
we'll. and is from twenty to thirty feet
in depth. There are regular steps,
which wind around the sides to the
bottom. Here are two chambers rum
ming in opposite directions, one OF
which leads nearly TO Observation
rock 1t is called Snake passage, and
to pass through it one is obliged to
crawl on hands and knees.
The other chamber leads into n cav
ern which is large and somewhat TRAN
guiar, having several chambers. one
OF which connects with Well cave.
The walls OF this chamber. rise upward
seventy feet no more.
In some OF the caves ice may be seen
all the year round, and torch-light
produces beautiful effect upon the
CLASSY ice and the cavern walls.
There are two great riffs in the
mountain, one running northerly and
the other in the opposite direction.
These arergreat curiosities and attract
the attention Of all who visit the caves.
Amphitheater cave is really great
depression in the mountain. overlooked
by Table rock, the highest OF a
series OF rocks or lodges that convey
the impression of rows OF benches Al
together the caves are we'll worthy OF
a visit. Days.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-04-04

The scene is an American man
sof-war anchored of an island I'M the
Pacific. Admiral. U. s. N. Are the
islanders armed? Ensign-No. Ad-
miral. there isn't weapon among
them. Have they an armyp" Yes,
but it's away on leave Tho popu-
lation numerous?" ..Enclgh to All an
ordinary row boat Then prime the
guns and drum up the marines. Let
the banner be unfuried and every man
do his dutyl II my demands be not
complied with within twenty-four
hours they must take the conse-
quences. D-rr-um-m-m, d-r-r-um-m.
7T-r-r-am-m-p, t-r-r-am-m-p. Eagle
screams in the distance Time
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-04-04
aY'OLUMEsI..
AFTERNOON TEA.


When Polly puts ne kettle on
= To brew hcr clloicc Bohea.
And asks me, with witching glance
II am fond Of tea,
Although hate the horrid stun.
] hasten TO reply
That few regard that beverage
! with such delight a. I.
For, Oh TO watch her dimplcd hands
Go fitting in and out ..,.4s..s.-
Among the quaintly-fiowcrcd cups
That edge the tray about;
To see her pout and hesitate
Above the suRar-bowi,
And wonder II one lump or two
Is nicer, on the whole!
For privileges such az these. I'LL
'Twould be foolish man
Who did not swallow all the tea ~.
Imported from Japan;
And In my heart think myself
The happiest soul alive,
When Polly puts the kettle on
Each afternoon 1t ayei
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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-04-04
CRIME M FRANCE.
Two-Thlrds qfthe Criminals Under Twent:
AR W ~ -

FWO-Thir0a ~ the Criminals UnGcr TWenty-
bne Years Of Age.
or 26. COZ criminals arrested in Paris
in the e0Hrse OF last year-the figure
itself seems incredibly large-16, 900
had not attained the age OF twenty.
There is just now an epidemic OF crime
ofviolence perpetrated BY young men.
and II the thieves and assassins ut
present confined in French prisons
were sorted according to their age. it
would be found that the very large
majority we're made up Of youths be-
tween sixteen and twenty.
These statistics were supplied by the
prosecuting counsel In the last judicial
sensation that has come before the
Paris courts, and the course OF the trial
supplied the explanation of the fact
1t was a murder case OF extraordinary
brutality. The victims were an old
woman OF seventy-eight and her 1odg-
or. the organist Of the church, an old
man OF seventy. The criminal was the
son OF the parish beadle, and the
motive for the murder was mere theft
The house was broken into at night.
the old man struck down and left for
dead on the staircase. and then the old
woman was brtltally murdered The
hoardings of both--a few hundred
francs were carried on, and the thief
was arrested in bed the same day with
the money in his possession and his
clothes stained with blood
NJ At the trial II was proved that . long
career Of crime eliminated in this hor-
rible and mercenary outrage-the evi-I
dence was convincing and the jury
found the murderer Guilty with ex-
tenuating circumstances" To- English
readers the verdict seems inconceiva-
Bile. Even for French readers It has to
be explained. and the explanation adds
to the difficulty. The prisoner wse
only eighteen. He had long. fair hair.
blue eyes and the face OF a young girl.
No wonder the French prisons are full
Of young prisoners. London Daily
News
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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-04-04
PERSONAL AND lMPERsoNAL.

\
Mics Emma Abbott. like Jenny
Lind. was q poor girl. But she has
made fortune with her voice. - s
Jenny Lind did
There are said 10 Be about dozen.
negro physicians In Brooklyn. some of
whom have boon in active practice for
fully forty years,
A former participant in rowing
racesJhas married the daughter Of an
Australian mine owner. Henow makes
good use Of the ora
The man who made the FIRST pho
togrAph ever produced In the United
States. Franz George Schroeder, Is still
living IN Philadelphia, hale and hearty.
at the age Of eightyssix.
.MaN Twain lost his hat and
coat At rAcent ball In Connecticut and
WIS obliged to drive homo with mo-
protection from the cold save that
afforded by his mxuriant locks. He
KEEP. hl.naelf warm bv-craekiug Jokes.
A New York woman inakess good
living rs guide TO other women in
visiting the city. She meets them At
the train. takes them to their rooms.
shows all the sights and performs all
the duties which are undertaken BY
European guides.
Henry Ward Beecher once said he
could suggest q plan for obviating the
trouble caused BY the dampness
that ruined so many cargoes Of
wheat sent In bulk across the ocean.
His plan was to store in the hold Of
every ship several copies OF the an
nual reports read at religious anniver-
saries. s4af 7'-7le' 4
--.Sirw William Conrad Reeves.
Chief Justice OF Barbados. recently
knighted by Victoria, is colored man.
His mother was full blooded nrgress.
His father was a Scotch planter. Tho
Chief Justice began life as printer.
He has served as Solicitor and Attor-i
ney-General OF the colony, and re-
| signed the last because OF Disagree
ment with Governor Sir John Hennesey
on West Indian federation. He has
served for six years as Chief Justice.
1t il told Of Mempes, the Young
Australian portrait painter who has
made reputation In London, that he:
got his start through shrewd frank
ness. He went to Ellen Terry, who Is
not unusually willing to Sit for her
portrait. and said; .Look here, Miss
Terry, Pin young man from Aus
| tralia, with few or no friends here. and
want TO make my way in the world.
Wont you let me paint your portraitpn
Certainly. y said the actress, and tho
portrait that he painted brought him
instant recognition.
| The Springfield Union tells this
story about President Dwight. Of Yale:
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-04-04

The finest railway station n'the
world is said to be. the terminal station
at Bombay, in India, Of the Penihsular
railway. It was finished last May and
named In honor Of the Empress Of In
dia. 1t took ten years to build it and
cost nearly SIS, 900, 600.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-04-04
A rich find-aimost s.. 600 in pol

A rich find-almost &, 600 in gold,
bank notes and silver-was made in a
bag OF oats by storekeeper of Brent
wood, Eng. He returned the treasure
to the poor farmer from whom he
bought the oats, and was rewarded
with bushel of grain and the promise
OF rabbit.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-04-04

a colored. woman testified at trial
In Stanford. KY, that she would have
been killed, had she not seen the bull
let, which was coming straightat her,
and lodged it. ~
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-04-04

WHAT business are you in now,
BrigsbyP" II will manage Prof Aster-
old. the eminent scientific lecturer.
This season" There's no moEey in
that. The lecture business is played
out" Il know it, but 1 have secured
a couple Of prize fighters to give box
ing exhibitions before and after the adj
dress. That ought to fetch EN-. -
Nebraska State journal.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-04-04

Courtship i delightful. but when
marriage comes Ahl there's The hitch.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-26
Alarm. no TN. FRogT.

Alabama has joined the immigration
movement in earnest, and does not pro-
pose to confne its efforts to whereases
and resolutions. a bill has just been
passed by the state legislature that ap-
propriates $4,000 a year for four years to
encourage immigration TO the state.
The sum appropriated is not large, and
but little direct good can be accom-
plished with it, yet $4,000 from the state
is worth more to Immigration than five
times that sum from individ-
uals. The fact that the state has
declared by statute that it wants immi-
grafton will exercise a potential influence
in attracting people within its borders.
Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia and
Maryland are moving actively for a
speedy development of resources that
have long been neglected because of the
indifference of the people of those states.
For two decades the policy of the South
ern states has virtually been one of ex-
clusion AS a result, the West and
Northwest have prospered marvelously
while the South has languished. new
generation is now coming on the stage with
whom the old prejudices do not survive.
There is a new South despite the protests
and murmurings of those who cling TO
the era Of inactivity. 1t is for Texas to
say whether she will devote her efforts
to the development of her resources, to
the building up of an empire; or, whether
she will abandon the hope of glorious
future in fanciful chase after doe
trinaires and agitators.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-26

figured cards we're very DrettIly devised,
Il queen riding on. horseback with rab-
bit beside her marked the queen of rab-
bits or of clubs Tustic-looking man,
grotesquely dressed and standing in q
strange attitude, with pink beside him,
signified the knaye of pinks or diamonds.
The Kentucky whisky industry seems
to be in q bad way. BonfOrt S Wine
and Spirit Circular thus outlines the situ-
alton: The indications at this time prove
conclusiyely that every dlstiller in the
state has prepared TO make exactly the
amount of whisky that he thinks his trade
will probably take, and no regard what
ever has been paid TO the imperative de-
mand for partial sacrifice of individual
interest from every one. The result is
that at this date an overproduction is al
most an accomplished fact. and unless
heroic measures to check production be
Immediately taken by every man inter-
ested-be ne distiller, dealer or banker
a disaster as far reaching in its effects as
that of 1872 is certain to follow.
1t is curious fact that science is get
ting such control of education that
deep enthusiasm in research is being
Weakened among the youth of America.
During the last summer several scientific
research parties were made up of boys to
hunt fossils in our Western. territories
These were headed by competent teach-
ers and guides. Others are projected for
the coming summer. Geographical re-
search, as well as archaeological and
geological forms a good field of work for
our young folk. a spirit OF this sort
awakened in the rising generation is the
best preventive of vice and shiftlessness.
All young people of either sex should be
furnished with an outfit for some sort of
research-a microscope, q telescope,
botanic case, or even Photographic ap-
paratus.
Edward Everett Hall believes three
hours day is as large an average day of
desk work as man of letters should try
for 81 have, he recently said,
. written for twelve consecutive hours,
but this is only tour de force, and in the
long run you waste strength if you do not
hold every day quite closely to the aver
age. - DR.. Hale believes that the brain
should not be excited or even worked
hard for six hours before bedtime. The
evening occupation should be light and
pleasant, as music, conversation or at
tendance at the theater, or q stroll in
summer No work of any kind should be
done in the hour after dinner or after
any substantial meal, as all the vital
force is required for the beginning of
digestion. sleep nine hours if you can,
but do not allow yourself less than
seven, - is DR.. Hale closing Injunction.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-26
Note the Warning.
Houston Post.

A few days since the Post took oeea-
sion to refer to the attitude Of the bust
ness element in this state with reference
to the adoption of a railway commits
sion The endeavor was then made to
impress upon legislators, and others who
are clamoring for commission, that no
safer criterion of the ACCESSIBILITY Or utii-
ity of a proposed measure could be found
than the opinion of the great business
public The Post was satisfied then and
so affirmed, that the mercantile and ship
ping interests of Texas viewed with disfa-
yor, if not alarm, the contamination of
the proposed legislative control of the
vast railway systems of the state through
the medium and untried machinery of
commission. What was then rational
surmise on the Post 5 part, has since
become an established fact. The state
press has been active in securing an ex-
preston from the business interests, those
interests most vitality affected by the sug-
gested legislation and always quickest
to see, and measure Justly, the effects,
materially, of new conditions. Other
wise, also, in the way of memorials to
their representatives at Austin, these
business and commercial agencies have
fourths of the solid and best business
men of Texas are directly opposed to
railway commission. The business men
of the state are the very arteries of life
and prosperity to the commonwealth.
What would be injurious to them
would be disastrous to the
whole body'of the state, and that which
would be benefit to Texas would be di-
rectly helpful to its business and COM
mercial men. And three-fourths of the
commercial agents of Texas are in oppo-
sition to the commission idea! There
could be no clearer, stronger, more pa
triotic or unselfish warming. Gentlemen
of the senate, note the warning. That
which business fears, jeopardizes the
prosperity of all Texas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-26

all its phases by a competent committee
of inquiry, taking due time to ascer-
tain all the facts, should develop
that the people of Texas are oppressed
by the railroads, and that a railway
commission is suitable and efficient
remedy, these elements viii be ready to
give such a proposal their hearty sup
port But in the present state of the
matter, they cannot otherwise regard the
bill pending in the senate than as rash
proceeding, representing nothing but the
hasty impulses of passion or prejudice, or
the designs of artifce. Unless those
who support it are fully satisfied of its
necessity and utility, it is dffhcult to see
how they can escape the censure of
trifiing with important public interests,
and hazarding the welfare of the state,
on grounds hardly consistent with their
constitutional vows.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-26
NEWS IND NOTES.

The longest question on record is ny
pothetical question put by the defense in
o murder trial in New York state recent
" to the expert witnesses on insanity
The question covered twenty typewriter
pages of legal cap.
Soapstone reduced. to a fine powder and
mixed with oil is said to be the best
possible preservative for wood. It is
also an effectual preservative from rust
when used upon metals, and as protec-
ton TO stone work OF any kind it has no
equal, It is largely used in China for
the protection of obelisks, etc.
Col. Wright's report on the divorces
for the past twenty years is gloomy
document. The New York Herald says:
g During the last score of years 32S, ZIG
divorces have been granted. The bulk
of domestic misery which these figures
represent is something appalling. Over
800 900 families broken mp by recourse TO
legal proceedings, early hopes blasted,
tears, wretchedness, enlargement, cruel
ty and crime. The Imagination shrinks
from contemplating the picture.
A Georgia bailiff had an idea and he
proceeded to carry it out. He had an
attachment against the head of railroad
company and, finding nothing else to
attack, he proceeded to attach a train.
When the train stopped he ran trace
chain through one of the wheels of the
engine and firmly attached it to the
traoh by locking it fast. This novel
method of enforcing claim was not
allowed to reach Legitimate conclusions,
since after half an hour the bailiff was
convinced that he had no right to inter-
fere with the progress of the United
States mails.
Notes and Queries tells that cards,
which were invented at the close of the
fourteenth century were originally very
different from those in use at present.
In shape they were square, and instead
of suits of spades, clubs, hearts and dia-
monds, their marks were rabbits, pinks,
roses and flowers of columbine. The
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-26
TOO GRAVE HITTER FOR TRI
III ING

TOO GRAVE A lLATTER FOR T,RI-
FLING.
The old motto, think twice before act
ing, is a good Eule to apply to the rail-
road commission bill now pending in the
state legislature. This measure pro-
poses not merely an experiment, but an
experiment of radical nature, affecting
the most Important single interest, ex-
! cept one, in the state 1t would abro-
gate at one stroke legal and equitable
rules of practice in the courts that are
the result of the wisdom of ages, the ex-
preston of the concentrated experience
of the enlightened world
And upon what plea is this revolu-
tionary proposal based? That the people
demand new railroad legislation and will
not be satisfied without it.
II has been reported to THE GAZETTE
that one gentleman of undoubted ability
who supported this measure in the house
of representatives declared in a private
conversation that it would prove q
boomerang TO its authors, that it would
disappoint the public and result disas-
trously TO the state, but that the only
way to put an end to the schemes of men
who are agitating the railroad question
for political purposes was to put their
proposals to the test Of trial.
The authority upon which this statement
is made, iustifies THE GAZETTE in vouch-
ing for the truth of it. 1t is probable
that the element of which this gentleman
is a representative together with those
whose timidity led them to yield to what
they supposed to be popular demand,
formed a majority, or, at least, large
minority of the vote by which the bill
was passed through the house.
The result which this member predicts
is inevitable. After test has demon
strated that the commission can accom-
plish nothing except to frighten away in
vestors and stop railroad building, the
indignation of the people viii surely be
visited upon those who have in
spired delusive hopes and fatal palicies.
Yet in the meantime Texas will be The
sufferer and much valuable time will be
lost More than decade must be thrown
away upon an experiment, for which one
argument has not been advanced that cid
not appeal to blind prejudices OF the
natural cupidity of human nature.
Before a railway commission can be
justified in the eyes of the conservative,
thoughtful business elements of the state,
good reasons must be shown for its crea-
ton. The cry that it is popular de-
mand does not weigh with them #
careful investigation of the question in
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-26
MENAND WohrEN.


The critics have discovered that Miss
Helen Barry is the pQssessor of a distinc-
tive stage sigh. -
Count Herbert Bismarck cynieally
says: 1.-The only advantage of better So
ciety is that Its morality is worse. -
Mr.. Edison has taken 5000 square feet
of space of the Paris exposition for the
display of his most important works.
Lizzie Evans has accepted the comedy
of English life by well-known author ,
entitled Fine Feathers. - It will be
reserved until next season, when il will
be made feature of her repertoire.
Representative Newton c.. Blanchard
Of Shreveport, La. is said to be the best
shod man at the capital He has n
shapely foot to begin with, and he in
cases it in long marrow boot with a thin
sole and light calf upper and box toe.
The originator of the ''Is Marriage a
Failure?'' discussion, Mrs. Mona Card !,
as handsome brunette, tall and grace
full, with fine eyes and sprightly ex-
preston, the very opposite of the con-
ventional idea of a clever woman. She
is frequently prominent figure in liter
airy and social gatherings.
Secretary Norman Colman of the agri-
cultural department is a mesmerist and
ventrlloquist of remarkable powers :.
When he was younger he was in the habit
Of using his ability as ventriloquist in
public for his own amusement, and he
tells of many interesting stories of the
practical jokes ne has played. Mr..
Colman is a small man, with straight
gray hair. He wears eyeglasses and
dresses quietly.
Lady Harberton, the English cham
pion of the divided skirt - is de-
scribed as plain, almost masculine III
form and feature, while her simple and
natural dignity OF manner bespeaks the
lady genuine and refined throughout. A
draped overskirt falling to the knees
conceals from the casual observer the
peculiar feature of her dress, which
would not be noticed as peculiar were she
not known to be the Yiscountess Harber-
ton.
A New York correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Enquirer says: ''There has been
any amont of space in the daily papers
here devoted to the descriptions of a Chi
nese millionaire, who has recently come
to New York, and is stopping with friends
in Chinatown His fortune is variously
stated at from $50 200 900 TO 500 900, :
600. In talking to-day with Edward
Williams, who for some time was an at
tache of the British mission at Hong
Kong, he saids You American news
paper men are the greatest fellows to
make d big noise about nothing that
ever knew. The rich Chinaman about
whom you have been making such fuss
is worth 80 900 600 teals. A teal is the
smallest Chinese coin, and ten of them
are worth about penny of American
money. His fortune is therefore about
500 600 instead of 800 200 900. 1t makes
considerable difference whether a man is
worth teals OF dollars when the numer-
ais are the same. -