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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-12-05
or GENERAL INTEREST.


-"Stonc fence Is the cuphoaious
cognomen given to whisky which i
drunk will. cider instead OF water.
I'm Belmont County. O., an old
gobbler. attacked and killed a playful
young puppy because he persisted in
chasing the young turkeys.
AT Brilliant, O., dispute con-
corning the ownership Of two 50-cent
turkeys led to lawsuit, In which the
costs amounted to $40 and the attor-
neys fees to $50.
A Middletown Conn man re-
turned home the other day after an
absence of four years. and discovered
that his funeral had been held long
ago and that a body. supposed to he
his, was resting'in the churchyard.
"A Hartford girl, who says that six
different men had previously gone
back on their promises to marry her,
has landed the seventh in court. She
has evidently determined to have her
feelings no longer trifed with.
There is a lady in Greenville.
Mich, who has three daughters whose
birthdays are celebrated on the same
daytime II. They were all married
in the same month OF the year, and
each of them married man having
four letters in his surname.
The noiseless powder is not ne W
invention. In the third volume OF
Benvenuto Cellini's aiitobioorantt,v. the
author relates that when snfferino
from fever in Ferrara he cured him
self by eating neacock and that he
procured the birds s,,rrentitionslv nv
SHOOTING them with nowdar ..invantad
by him that made no noise y
Prohahlv tba ost r.,,,a,,,a
rot in Albania "a IL ono ovnad h. :
condnctor ~ tba wast po;,t = 80 - i :
If il worth $4OO Its owner has been
offered that nrice for his bird Int re-
fused to take II The narrot 10 fine
African gray and l. an excellent tallxer
When Won % abo,t him s,a first ra-
cards YOU critically. cocks his head n
one side winlrs ono awe 81 von s,vl .
and saws: am 4 $4OO bird j
-I,ooan f,oi,n.v W v.hau4,,
area ~ eoo sorara r,;,os IT, 81.
town In tha county 10 Iooon Cow,
Honse with : nonrlst;on 80 aoo The
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. h.,;1a;aa i az
county and Tint was araetad ~ ! -;
vate ;ndividual Tbaenearest ra;lroaa
~ ~ !. - 80
milas Gods ~ tai-an - az oa,,.t,.
- n,,sh hoats ~ * osnts 49, loo
- 49,. !. r.. -,
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-12-05
MAKING ENGAGEMENTS.
The Importance o. Always Doing Accord
ing to Promixor = ~

The Importance % Always Doing Accord
Ing to Promizp<
A boy should not make an engage
ment unless It Is proper one; but hav-
ing made 1t, he should keep It II an
hour has been named. he should be
there on time, or If not he should have
some valid reason TO offer for his fail
urc to do SO. He may have the liberty
to waste his own time. but he has no
right to waste the time Of another.
Tho sacredness with which Sir VIM.
Napier regarded an engagement, even
OF seemingly trivial character. is
shown by an incident One day he
met little girl who was sobbing vio-
lentiy over bowl which she had brok-
en-.
you can mend ii. can't your" she
appealingly said to him.
The bowl was past mendings and, on
pu ting his hand into his pocket, he
found he had left his purse At home
Meet me here, at this hour to-mors
row, my DEAR" he said, .sTll give you o
sixpence with which to buy another
bowl Y
When he reached home he found on
Ibis desk an invitation to dine with
some distinguished gentlemen at Bath
the next day. He had 70. forego the
great pleasure because Of tho engage
ment which he made Win the iistle
girl. and 70 heInotifed thsa host THAT :
f<,,to o,,,lS,; ', f,s,<rf va.,1d ,,rcUauf
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-12-05
NUMBER 40.

foryoa. / mast b going this instant
I'm sorry. daughter; hut ron must wnit
until next time Good YER and Mr.
Foster was gone.
Poor Katiei DO you wonder she
buried her head In her pillow and sob.
bodp But really. do you think any body
was to blame for her disappointment
but her own ally s0lf NIyra Spaiiords
In Pansy. Asgr
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-12-05
"REMINISCENCES.


when brother Jack and were boys,
Full twenty years ago,
We never feared to trudge to school 49,
Thro' storms OF sleet and snow;
mt summer weather made us sick--
When forests beckonedI cool
-== ssssgssstek eaeugh= to feel bad.
But too sick to go to school
On rainy days, thro' seas Of mud
Undauntedly we sailed,
But When the pleasant weather came,
Our constitutions failed;
Or ia circus CHANGED to come
1t found US rs rule,
Not sick enough to feel bad,
But too sick TO go to school
O. often In; the morning,
We woke In woefnl plight;
But after father went to work,
Our illness all took flight.
We hunted up our fishing rods
And sought some shady po6I
Not sick enough to feel bad,
But too sick to go to school.
One day our father happened homA
As we come staggeri TX in,
And drew us gently DER the edge
Ofthe potato bin.
That afternoon we sadly sat
Beneath the teachers rule;
Quite sick enough to feel bad,
~ And too sick to Roto school. ~
Mortimer G. Brown, in Yankee Blade,
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-12-05

Mich.. has . most pecus-
liar aud eccentric young man He is
SO bashful that ne does not speak 70
his nearest naighbors, and he will go
miles out IofFHs xway,to avoid meeting
4 Young lady. Miew years ago his
parents sent himto school; he attend
ed only three days because twenty
yodnr ladies' surrounded him at the
school house and leased him till he
nearly / tainted. He took bis books
home that might and has never been
jnsitle 81 il schoo l-room Z since. iet
this Young man hos taken prize after
pfizS. ~ plans {ofs PUBLIC buildingA
ana Z ! ilrst-elsss R mechanic
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didn't them / hated it. = Iii stt.s
There are some kinds 81 work ! am
surcI should like to do. said Kitty.
IF mother would only let me Mnsh, or
work the butter, or make the pies,
know shoultt love to;. but hate TO
wash dishes and potatoes. and sweep
down stairs, aud do all those things !
have to do every day. sss
.,And that IS why you hate to do
them. Any thing you, nave to do
every day you SOON tire Of, and mothers
don't give their little girls the hard and
impossible things to do. but the plain
and easy onos. Well. my grandma
gave me grand secret to like work,
and 1t worked like a charms Ifhave
meyer forgotten it and il helps me even
now when ] have any thing 70 do l
really don't like .
What is itpT asked Kitty. with deep
interest
1T Is this: Listen: The moro you
hate 10 do any thing that must be done.
the quick go at II and do ttin the best
possible fashion, Now, these pota-
toes. The longer you stopped to dread
them, the worse they would seem to do.
Plunge into them at once, and rub and
scrape with all your might till they look
clean and handsome
All the while Aunt Hope had been
working as briskly as she talked, and
Kitty had worked fast, too; 30 by the
time the talk was ended the potatoes
were done. Sunday Afternoon.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-12-05
AUNT HOPES SECRET.
.It Proved 70 ne vsry Telpfal One TOR
Little 0irls.

n Proved 70 BE : VERY Heipful One For
Little 0irls.
There was q most dismal, eroanlng
sound In the kitchen Aunt Hope, pass
ing by the half-open door looked anx-
iously in, fearing Kitty had out.her An
ger or bumped her head or somothing.
Neither. Kitty stood BY the sink
over pan Of potatoes which she was
set to wash. md II she did not expect
to wash them with tear-drops. why did
she send 50 many spiashing down
among the rough, brown-coated thlngsf
why, Kitty SMITH cried Aunt
Hope. cheeriiy. lis the well dry that
you must furnish water to wash the
potatoes. or do they wash easier in salt
waterp"
Kitty's only answer was u fresh dor
uge OF tears, half Of which Aunt Hope
kissed away with q merry laugh.
Now. dear child. rolling up her
own pretty dress sleeves and, plunging
into tho potatoes as If she liked the fun.
slet us do these POTATOES as quickly
and cleanly as we CAM and ] will give
yon secret
Kitty always liked secrets. and the
very idea Of one dried up her tenrs-
"Tll tell you ono said she. ''but It isn't
any secret 10 you now YOU We been here
three days hate TO work. /"
do your said Aunt Hope. In q sur
prised tone as though she had never
dreamed Of such q thing. well. y
know just how TO pity.you, for whom !
was your age I. did too.
why. Aunt Hopel' and Kitty stared
in astonishinent. Med and 7 were
talking about. you last night, and We
both thought wo never saw 80. busy. q
body as You are, always doing some
<h;r.,
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-12-05
PERSONAL ANo iMpeRsoNAL.

The regular income Of John D.
Rockefeller is said 70 DO $40. 600, 900 q
year That makes him the richest,
man in the United States. perhaps the
very richest ID the world. He is =
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-12-05
NOVELTIES IN JEWEL AZ.

chnrnhing works Of Art For Personal
Adsrnment and the Dressing Room.
4 berry blossom OF black enamel
With silver back makes beautiful lace
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-07
A QUERIES COLUMN.
1t Was a Howling Success, Followed b
Journalistic Funeral.

1t Was n Howling Success, Followed by q
Journalistic Funeral.
We Cor L should say /, as I am not at
this moment writing editorially) re-
Gently started a small paper, which
would some day, l hoped, be mighty
power in National politics. On the
second day of publication it became
painfully evident that something must
be done to interest the people. The
public didn't appear to catch ON with
the vim which l had expected. had
all the news, plenty of editorial, and
full complement OF reading matter.
also had personal references to half the
people in the town, but the half who
were not mentioned got mad because
left them out, and the half who were
mentioned felt insulted because did
not say more about them. After a
week of deep thought, during which
the circulation was largely confined to
the families of reporters and compost
tors, had an inspiration.
"A Queries Column is the thing!'
tcried, and straightway put the idea
into practice by writing a lot OF ques-
tions on history, literature, the tariff.
ETC., and duly answering them. The
Queries Column took. Next day
found in my mail the following:
when did the moon dry up!'
"Sharpe Bargain and Co-advertise calicoes as
three cents. Win they washr"
III bets @ that ID iiukes on the royal flush,
and Il loses first base on hot grounder from Ia
mile pale with nose TO nose NJ the gh--t b. g.
under King game hit, which takes tn epotl"
What is the color OF the paper on Suliyan's
bedroom"
"Who invented The eclusematicus, and why!"
How many papers will a town the size or this
support"
~ hat is the best arrangement OF White
Wings. and what key is IL iny'
what relation Is Pcte Perkins. the new
postmaster NJ Podunk, 10 President HarrisonY'
III baby 5 back teeth come before the front
toeth. what II sign OFF,
How many years is II since the eruption O.
the Yung Ling Vocauo IN China. said 70 be
alluded to IN the writings OF Confucius as 90
existent with the Flo0ds'
what u the easiest, quickest and cheapest
wny TO get u drink In Prohibition Town when
thorc are no drug storos. ,o:eis or restaurantsi"
"Did Moses ever have tho chicken .pox =
What books would you recommend 70 o
young uaau who wants TO be an editors'
A brand plant OF a defunct news.
paper in q ilourishing town is for sule
ohoup. Good reasons for selling. III.
\. Weekly.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-07

One stormy morning, while party
OF Scots were crossing from Arran to
Androssan, one of their mum ber WAS
observed by his companions TO be sit
ting by the side OF the boat with Il very
woe-begone expression on his face, and
evidently suffering severely from sea-
sickness. On seeing this, one OF tho
travellers approached him and said,
kindly: Are you sick, Geordiep" ''Ma
gudeness.' said Geordie. "dyc think
am doing it for fun?'-N. Y. Ledger.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-07
SHAH AND PHONOGRAPH.
His niajesty's First Experience with Edl
sons Talking Machine.

| His Majesty's First Experience with Edl-
sons Talking Machine.
During the Shah's visit to Earl
Brownlow he was shown the mysteries
of Edisons phonograph by Colonel
Gouraud. Colonel Gouraud made d
little speech to the Shah, saying that if
his Imperial Majesty would prolong
his travels to America he would be af-
forded as splendid and hearty welcome
there as had been extended to him in
this, the great mother country. All
this was translated to the Shah by
Prince Malcom Khan, and indented
upon the phonograph Then the speech
was wound of as pronounced In Persian
by the Prince, whereat the Shah smote
his palms together and cried: "Oh,
OH" and "Wonderfulr' Anxious for
more, his Imperial Majesty bade the
poet of the suite recite some verses from
the great Persian poet Haiiz into the re-
ceiver. Out came in due course
from the phonograph the verses
of Hafz, with the exact intona-
tion of the speaker. which caused
the Shah anew to clap his hands and ex-
press the utmost surprise. One thing
led to another He spoke into the in
strument himself, Prince Albert Victor
did the same, and Lady Browning fol-
lowed. Then the Duke OF Abercorn
said something, there was laughing,
crying and whistling, and, finally, tho
band played a tune at it, all Of which
in due succession We're afterward reeled
off, to the astonishment of the Shah
and his suite. A pause ensued, and his
Imperial Majesty laid his hand upon
the machine. and Prince Malcom Khan.
speaking for his sovereign. said: 1.-The
Shah would like to have that instru-
ment, or one like it." at is his" said
Colonel Gouraud. 'But," said the
Prince, she knows it is new one, and
the only one you have of its kind in
Europe" ''All the same it is his I'm
pcrial Majesty's, as though there were
many more said the astute and court
ly American. Then the Shah will
take it at once to Tcheran, and he
would like to get some one to go with
him to work it," further interpreted
the Prince. London Telegraph.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-07

When man has grcat difficulty In
reeling OIL yarns. he usually has coz
responding difficulty in winding up tho
thread OF his discaurse. - Baltimore
American
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-07

"A sewing-machine agent falline Ill
was told by his physician that he must
prepare to puy the debt OF nature
"On the installmont plan?" whispered
tho agent feebly. Texas Siftings
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-07

Two ladies were sitting by an open
window while the choir was practicin.,
in a neighboring church. "HIow loudly
they sing tonight! said one Yes. :"
returned the other, thinking OF tho
crickets in the grass. "and it is said
they do it with their hind-legs."-
Youths Companion.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-07

The Paris landlords and restaurant
keepers are gathering in a rich harvest.
A guest at restaurant called for the
proprietor and said: Your prices are
very peculiar A week ago / dined
here and paid fifteen francs Here is
the bill. To-day l have had precisely
the same dishes, and you charge me
nineteen francs Here is the second
bill" The proprietor examined the
bills and said: 81 am very much
obliged to you for calling my attention
to this matter. The first bill was owl
IDENTIFY mistake, SO you will please
hand over four francs more" ."--Texas
Siftings.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-09-07


railways has cut this down to less than 81 per
ton and yet instead OF running the Pittsburgh
and Western makers OF pig iron, this industry
has never thriven as 1t has since this enormous
protection has been withdrawn. / suggest that
this is case for earnest consideration and
prayerful study by the ablest OF protectionist
theorists.
But gentlemen, look about you. Do we real
ly need any increase OF manufacturing? Ask
those engaged in 1t and they will tell you we have
too many factories. that We make too many
goods that over production is their curse. that II
nll our manufacturers run on full time they can
make twice as mauy goods as they can sell.
What wo need thcn, is not more production
but larger market. and this the Democratic
party would give. We would by giving the
manufacturer free rGD material enable him TO
produce cheaper goods and help him to sell
them in every market on earth. All we need
to-day is u big dose OF free trade TO cure the
universal disease that atiiicts the manufactur-
e's Of the country, and the most heroic doses
OF protection would only kill the patient We
hare 0utgroWA our honls nidikH. We drs able 10
supply The world. Common sense. our
own history and The universal experience OF tho
world point out the utter folly OF this ignorant,
unequal and barburous system OF taxation, and
before we reach the year 1900 any man OF spirit
will resent the charge That he or any OF his
tribe ever believed In such superstition. Foreign
trade is the great national wealth maker or
tho trade OF the world Epgland has become mis-
tress since she adopted the Am-rica tarin sys.
TEN OF l847. She then had exports OF manufac-
tered and mined articles OF only 25j millions. or
sil 50 per inhabitant. She now exports over
i,s0J millions, or over s3i per inhnbitant From
1916 TO 1850, under the American iDemocraticj
tariff system our exports OF manufactured goods
rose very rapidly, but after adopting the Chi
neso.Iiritish system in 1861 { and which
We stil have) our exports OF
manufactured goods from 1867 to 1879
actually decreased over two millions and
were less than ~ millions or about fifty cents
per inhabilant. or less Than onc-seyenticfh OF
those OF country. which, while away behind
us In natural resources ana advantages. never.
theless has that greatest Of all manufacturing
and commercial advantages. our discarded, CAST
on but perfect and on.y American systems u
tarIn forrcycnuc oaly.
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se@saehntes aabitsI.

Obslsid Scott unb Msarie entl@Iol.
fen tDaren, in 3ufunft nidi in 9ams
burg 3u leben, ipollte Der fiir ben Huf
ieiner tiinftigen Gnttin beforgte Mann
he nidt burf, 6ftere Befuhe benz @es
flatf9 Der 8etannten ausisbsn. gr
ifelIte ibr bas Dor unb freuie fiG, baB
iie, fiatt 5u tlageu, In feline &eiie 3u ieis
neHl Bruber unb Sbeim einipilligte.
SD tperbe bic 3eit Seiner GbipeIen.
belt benuben, I'm re6t pisl 3u lernen,
idgte He liebIid, unb Gran3 banfte ibr
serhbrt iiir bieie Giigiamfeit.
Bon bem toIrbigen Cbeim unb benz
IiebepDllen 8ruber tpurbe 6ran3 nit edit
ibtpdbii8er 5ersIidteit empfansen.
Die giorbbeutIGen, benen burdaus
ni9t Der Sinn fir 6omilieuebre uno
Observation-Disclosures abgeipro6en
fein fol, gebeu mebr auf WabIoer.
ipan6tihaften, als auf Banbe bes BIus
tes, bic S9waben glei6en borin ben
69otten, bel beiben 0oltsifQmmeu err
I6f9en bic Nnipriihe, iuelGe 8eruonbt.
fbaft NIT fid bringt, niemals, ieIblt
lpenu bic Neisung 3u ben 8eriranbten
febr i6ua6 1T.
Der angelebene 3aufberr unb 6tabts
ratb 3eu9Iin freute fi1, ieiner f16nen,
unbergeHenen 66tpelfer fb0nen GObn
eereifter, minber pbantaiiifb au finben,
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lleber ben pfasIpien eaeam

unp reitseeebnts mdtisen pieIpsrspeistsH G6iss
nenitrdnsen fur&scsene aontinente ieteu i'd idslia
Mpraeen ron Meni@en in 8epssuna; is iessn I'D
alien ReiieTiperpdrtistetten eem gBeie Res alimuS,
unsepcbnter Grit unp elmer rieaeat miasmenseihwdns
serten atmrirbdre aus nno iinb es6 guten NutbeS
nue bpfien juperfidlib i'm gptteis ibrer Gennhheti
gu bleiben. geeun d fieie 3uperiitt barauf ltnst,
eaB eie Reiieneen id i'm 8eis Res beiteu mebiniten
Stus uno Bprbeusungsmittels uRierer 3eit, 9oitetz
ter Wasenbitters befinrsn, 10 1T e relau bereG
ttst, anhernfaDS uht. G(hlammise5 g9aiier, armz
ietse acnr eie AbipanuuHg unb iunitiseu lbleu 6ms
pfnhunsen mao nem 0nrhrnttelperheh auf her Giiens
babHt Seefranheit uno Rerpcltdt unh ale lenitiaen
mdbrenc elmer lansen Retie empfuuhenen uuutrdslids
tetten rerereu brs S6refea seiun6 beitsihdolde
gstr!nHa mad @ebrau6 peies unhbertreihi6en, berus
ht9eneen, frdfti9enoen Hnp erriIdeHeeu 0eltranf6
Fer nni9dsbdre Dtenite leilet tel olien 6daen ppn
opspeple, S6pdHc, 9erpoiitdt, 8erippfuna, Ma
lariateldpereeHi 0tbeumattsmuS uup ItereRlelpen.
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beher bepabrt baben, als fie ielbft; bic
iungen Grauen wer5en unter Ii9 nur
beutf9 fpre9en, aber> Der Manu miro
aafangen nit ibnen erglii6 gu rabe.
breGen, benn cine geoiegene Gonberfas
ton in bieier 5pra6e gu fibren, TT er
auBer 5tanbe unb ba bat er i9 nur
bic gep6bnli6ifen, I'M ni9t gu iagen
orbindrlfen Nebelpenoun9en beiaeleat.
Gin In englifber 5pra9e gebrudtes
GlatidbIatt, tpel6es aud sutpeilen etel=
bafte Beri9te bringt, tiber 8orgdnae,
Die in ibrer Nusfiibrli6teit ni9t in bic
3eitung geb6ren, III inn Iieber aIs bic
bette beutf9e 3eitung. Seber Mbon=
nentenfammler elmer oeutT1en 2ei!ung
uirb bic grfabrums gema9t baben, bab
iein Bemiiben bel ben iungen 2euten Il.
ben 9tdbten erfolslos ii, fie glauben
fi9 babur6 bem Nmeri.anertbum su
ndbern, bob He feline beuti6e 3eitung
balten. Iuf benz 2anbe ift bas allerz
bings anbers. llnb aub 6err 9feus
maDer ldBt gum Sdlufie ieines NrtiteIs
oieie Iusnabme gelten. ST iagt ba
iibrisens nod gang ri9tig:
Die beutide preie nimmt ii6 bod
Deg Deuti6tbums nit regem Offer an,
aber bic beuti6 ameritanii9e Sugeno
= bic Na6fommen bet alien beutlden
-Gnaferbdrte = ftebt ibr fremb gegens
iiber unb betunbet ni6t bas rninbeite
Snterefe fir fe. Die enbgiiltige GoIge
tpirb eine gntartung bes Seuti6tbums
iein unb bic beutfde Yrefie miro bin.
men einigen Sabrsebnten ibre Miiion
erfaIt babeu. @egenndrtig III fie in Be.
aug auf ibren2eiertreis fat ausf9lieBIi9
auf bic @ingemanberteu angewiefen -
gerabe mie in anberen Orten".
Die beutid5e prehe in Mmerita iolIte,
anitatt Der 6euti6.amerifanii9en Su.
geno einfluBlos gegeniiber au iteben,
getuiIiermaBen er5ieberifb auf bic bier
geborenen &inber Der @inpanberer
einmirfen fOnnen; bic beutidsamerita.
nifbe Sugenb tpiirbe baum aud nibt in
10 5ablrei9en grenplaren ausarten,
tpie bas gesenDdrtig leioer Der Gal iit.