The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-20
or GENERAL INTEREST.

The number of inhabitants 10 each.
mile Of railroad In this country In 1850
was 2.571; in 1882 the number was
only Az.
"A shoe dealer ut Durham, N. G.,
has his store built on wheels. He goes
from one town to the other, and when
he finds trade dull he bitches on Z
team and pulls to the next town.
in some sections OF the country
whore fruit generally succeeds. the
devotion Of entire farms to the grow
ing Of fruits has become quite CONF
mon, and is liable to be still more 90.
says the Germantown Telegraph.
Doubtless there are more legends
and traditions connected with Easter
than with any other festival, most Of
which are founded on some beautiful
fancy. One Sweet legend Is that
Easter flowers are Christ's smiles. and
that every bud and blossom has Its
angel to minister to longing human
hearts.
"A Jersey City Postnau recently
saw q piece Of paper sticking out Of q
crack In the fire alarm box. Being o
man of experience, he investigated
and pulled out letter. He mailed
the letter and then followed 1t to its
address, which was in the city. There
he learned that it was dated seven
months before
"A New York daily paper appeared
on St. Patrick's day printed in green.
and its editor sought to excuse his
toadyism BY saying that his paper
"revolves for all" At once gentle
man offered to bet the trucuient editor
that his paper was not so much of a
revolver as to appear in yellow on the
day celebrated by the Orangemen.
The bet was not taken.
Recent Investigations and expert
ment seem-to indicate that in all the
great modern European fleets, Of
which we have heard so much. there
is not one really effective line-of-battle
ship. 1t is also BEGINNING to be dis
covered that the big guns with which
those fleets are armed are constructed
on wrong principle, and will not
stand the stress OF battle. II these
fears are we'll founded, the nations of
Europe have wasted many hundred OF
millions of dollars within the last
twenty years.
Dry, loose sand, wherever 1t
occurs, IS constantly being shifted by.
the wind, and often buries cultivated
lands, buildings and forests. On the
shores of Lake Michigan are drifts 100
feet deep, and those Of Cornwall reach
800 feet in depth, while the drifts OF
the Cob desert are forty miles long
and 300 feet high in places. On the
shores Of the Bay OF Biscay the drift
ing sand travels inland Is feet year,
in parts of Denmark "a feet, and in
Southern India IL yards. In some
places walls and barriers OF vegetation
have been created to stop the destroy
ing drifts. Fine sand is taken up to a
great height in the air, and deposited
many miles away.
"A Lewiston, Me-, police officer in
passing a dark alleyway recently,
heard a. strange noise. 1t was Of a
voice in the tones Of supplicatioh. The
words were undistinguishable. Is was
about two o'clock in the morning, and
the officer drew his shooting iron and
his club and FASTENED to the spot. As
he neared It the zones grew louder.
Some one was shouting in loud voice
from the back end Of horse shed.
The officer was not little surprised
70 find the ebjeet-ef- his search in. thu
person OF a devout soldier of the Sal
yation Army, who was out in the cold
and the darkness of the darkest hour
making his petitions. The officer
passed good morning, and asked the
soldier to lower his voice few octaves.
The soldier complied and the officer
departed. ......-.s.=.s=..=..-
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