The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-04-04

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The Bible has 70 Be printed in
twenty nine different languages to sup
ply the people living In Pennsylvania
The largely varied industries Of Penn
sylvania attract to that State a more
cosmopolitan population than any
other State in the Union.
1t WAS recently decided III England.
in q legal contest for the possession Of
dead body. that the executors of a
dead mans will have the right to the
control Of the corpse that therefore.
"a man can not lawfully dispose of his
body by will or any other instrument. !"
The Judge added That is legal
conclusion
They live long down on the island
Of Nantucket. OF the seventy-six who
died there in 1888. five were infants !;
the average Of the ages OF the seventy
one is.a little over 6S years. forty-two
-s<ere 10 or over, twenty-two were 80
or over, twelve had passed the IS mark.
three saw Sc or more, and enc, q
woman. died at the age Of 81 years
and rs days.
There Is in the United States a
dog for every three inhabitants. The
cost of keeping twenty million dogs is
at least $500. 000, 900 per annum. The
food given TO an average dog every
year, II fed to chickens. would yield a
return OF more than ten dol lars. High
toned dogs are very expensive, their
food costing a good deal more than
that Of some people.
+ "A Wisconsin man has patented a
fence for intercepting insects. It is
made with boards joisnted together at
their ends, with tarred rope at their
upper edge, and an outwardly extend
ing board made to form a channel,
whereby bugs will be prevented from
passing from one field to another, and
will be received in receptacle where
they can be destroyed.
Recently young Norwegian girl,
after two-days' soiourn at Castle
Garden, secured a situation in New
York family. In attempting to ac-
quaint the girl withsthe character of
her new duties, the head OF the family
was surprised at the lump Of unsophis-
ticated innocence he encountered.
Finally In despair he asked his ac-
QUESTION: What can you dog ,0Her
face brig htenea -ai1 --naoHaeHtaeily -aHd
the faxen-haired native of the land OF
the midnight sun replied: Il can milk
reindeer
"A London fashion journal says that
there is in that city "a fashionable
boarding school where young women
are taught to enter and eee=out Of q
carriage "A vehicle with the proper
pedal arrangements for this sort OF ex-
ercise, which determines Iady's
breeding and claim to social position,
is kept in the back yard OF the educa-
tional establishment and the carriage
classes are put through the most ardu-
GUS training" The information is also
given that ''another accomplishment
peculiar to this gilt-edged academy is
learning to sat asparagus, oranges,
grapes and other juicy and unmanagc-
able viands that shall represent tho
perfection OF table manners"
ANY thing to save time is New
/ Y0rk's motto. The newest thing is a
shop where men and women may have
their shoes mended while they wait.
Customers see the latest shoemaking
machinery in the window, and behind
the machines row of lasts at which
men prepare the work far. the ma
chimes. A women goes in, has her
shoes taken of, put on the lasts, trim
med of all tatters and shreds, fitted
with new heels and soles, put into a
sewing or mailing machine, and made
good as new almost half as quickly
as it has taken to write these words.
Patching is the only work that is done
in the oId-fashioned way. Entire new
shoes are make to order by the pair in
two hours.
"A white pine tree was cpt recently
two miles south of Shade Minis. in Gar
rett County, Md. near the site
Of the old Braddock road and con-
verted into shingles. 1t was large
tree. and by expert woodsmen esti-
mated to be at least three hundred
years old. In cutting it up the saw.
going through some tough substance,
then supposed to be. asknot. attracted
attention, and investigation disclosed
bullet imbedded within two inches Of
the heart The ball is supposed to
have been shot from a musket by one
of Braddock's men during the cam
paign which eliminated in the disaster
at Fort Du Quesne. In this. event the
bullet was imbedded in the tree 1888
years ago, each years growth burying
it deeper. 1t is most interesting
memento of the ill-starred campaign
Of 1855.