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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-03-28
WIT AND WISDOM.
-Falsehood runs faster than trui

-Falsehood runs faster than truth at
the start. but It is sooner winded.
The blessings Of fortune are the
lowest; the next are the bodily advan-
tages of strength and health; but the
1superlative blessings are those Of the
mind.
1t is true. that genuine politesess
springs from kindness of heart But 1t
should be- inculeated before the heart
has been developed enough to show
whether it be kind or not.
The glory of man consists not merely
in looking up 20 what is above him,
but in lifting up what is below him;
the noblest and most exalted character
is also the tenderest and most helpful.
Our admiration of famous man
lessons upon nearer acquaintance with
him; and we seldom hear of cele-
brated person without catalogue Of
some notorious weaknesses and infirmi-
ties. Addison.
The movement of events Is often as
hayward and incomprehensible as the
course OF human thought; and this is
why we ascribe to chance. whatever
bellies our calculations.
Don't flatter yourselves that friend
ship authorizes you to say disagreeable
things to your intimates On the con-
trary, the nearer you come into relation
with person, the more necessary do
tact and courtesy become. - The Auto
crat' of the Breakfast Table.
Sitting down to brood over our
sorrows, the darkness deepens about
us, and our little strength changes to
weakness; but II we turn away from
the gloom and take up the tasks Of
comforting and helping others, the
light will come again and we shall
grow strong. Rev. j. r. Miller.
A good rule for the guidance OF a
girl through the years when she is the,
object OF admiration and fiattery is to
do nothing which she would not be
willing to tell now,to her mother and
hereafter to her husband. Life may be
made tanner for her BY observing that
rule, but it will assuredly be more pure.
womanly and safe. Youths Compan-
ion. -.
The true life is not thinking or
dreaming. but doing. To Mait1fnr
great opportunities, which may never
come, is to miss the little within onr
reach. For as surely as the house Is
built brick upon brick and stone upon
stone. so the little deeds. the daily
tribes, the apparently ordinary actions,
comprise in their aggregate human life
and human achievement Jewish Mes
senger.
There are few positions at once 30
difficult, SO dangerous, and SO unsatis-
factory as that occupied by one who
tries to seem wiser than he Is, He has
assumed a role which compels constant
watchfulness, shrewdness and power Of
deception. He is in continual fear Of
detection. and ever on the alert 70 pre-
vent it. When he fails, he is opposed to
silent scorn or open derision. and. even
when most successful. he must expert
ence some degree o. self-contempt for
having taken SO much pains 70 secure
70 mean result
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-03-28
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

The great business Of man is to inn
prove his mind and govern his man
ners; ali other projects and pursuitss
whether in our power 10 compass or
not, are only amusements. Pliny.
The twenty-fifth anniversary Of the
Introduction of Sunday-schools into
Germany was recently celebrated.
There are now more than 1000 Sunday
schools, 1,10o teachers and 2S0,vuo
children in the German Empire.
The president Of Western college
judges that the proportion Of men from
his college entering the ministry win
be twice as great for the decade now
approaching its close as for either Of
the two preceding decades. 80
Examinations in English schools
go toward proving that color blindness
is often declared to be present when
really no organic defect but only poor
training in the naming and distinction
OF colors is found to be the trouble.
Parents too seldom realize how
early they gan turn the baby twig in
this way or that. lnfantile rudeness is
thought Counting But before the
mother knows It the baby is boy, and
his rude ways bring a pang to her
heart.
school be carried on in
Greece except the priest is allowed in
to give religious instruction. Owing to
the influence OF Americans, the New
Testament is used as textbook in the
elementary schools. Springfield Re
publican.
If Christian sentiment or any good
cause..is BEAUTIFULLY moving EDWARDS,
they who are under its influence should
move with it. Il they do not, there is.
danger that they will be left behind,
and that to them may mean calamity. =
United Presbyterian. III
The object OF the gospel and OF
every true teacher is to inspire in the
minds of the people feeling sof right
eous dignity, that will set them above
the sinful practices that beset them,
and by~s~which so many compromise
their professions. II they receive such
instruction they will refuse entice-
ments TO evil because they are beneath
them.
Never before in the history OF our
country has the number OF students and
colleges Abeen SO great as it Is to-day
Gould one look forth. and~see- them all
at a glance, what host; what personal
resources of power, how large a section
OF the most potent moral forces OF the
coming generation; how impressive the
spectacle How can one who thinks
help saying: God bless them, every
oner Advance.
the educational system in the
New York public schools, condemned
by the report of the committee Of the
board of Education, the Philadelphia
Record says Such system causes
teachers to devote all their energies to.
preparations for the expected examin-
alton, dfsregarding the real advance
ments OF the children, and loading their
memories with facts and figures to be
drawn out at the proper moment by the
looked-for question. The use of mem
DRY simply as an educational tool can
never stimulate the mental pow erss net
enable them to rise above the favel Of
cut-and-dried uniformity" III
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-03-28
AN IRISH LEGEND.



WE'LL Patrick. many long year
ago, was coming home from a berrin
late in the evening. and walking by the
side Of a river, opposite the big inch.
near Ballyhefaan ford He had taken
drop, TO be sure; but, he was only
little merry, as you may say, and knew
very well what he was doing. The
moon swas shining, for it was in the
meHth OF August, and the river was as
smooth and as brightas Hooking glass
He heard nothing for long time but
the fall Of the water at the mill weir
about mile down the river. and now
and then the crying of the lambs on the
other her side Of the river. All at once
there was a noise of q great number Of
people laughing as IL they break their
hearts, and Of "a piper playing among
them. 1t came from the inch at the
other side of the ford. and he saw,
through the mist that hung over the
river whole crowd of people dancing
on the inchS Patrick was as fond OF a
dance as he was Of glass, and that's.
saying enough, for him; so he whipped off
his shoes and stockings and away with
him across the ford. After putting on his
shoes and stockings at the other side of
the river he walked over to the crowd
and mixed with them for some time
without being minded. He thought,
sir, that he'd show them better dancing
than any of themselves, for he was
proud OF his feet. SIR and good right
he had, for there was not boy in1the
same parish could foot double or a
treble with him. But pwaht his dane
ing was no more to theirs than mine
would be to the mistress there They
did not seem as If they had u bone in
their bodies, and they kept it up as If
nothing could tire them. Patrick was
shamed within himself, for he thought
he had not his fellow in all the country
round, and was going away, when a
little old man, that was looking at the
company bitterly, asit he did not like
what was going ony came up to4him.
Patrick, says he. Patrick started, for
he did not think anybody there knew
him. Patrick says he, you're dis
-eeufaged' ana no wonder Tor you.
But your have a friend near
you, In your friend, and your
fathers friend, and : think
more of-yottr IN ger hanaIrdosof=
all that are here, though they think no
one is as good as themselves 20 into
the ring and call for lit Don't be
afeared. l tell you the. best OF them
did not do 1t as well as you shall. II you
will do as l bid YOU Patrick felt
something within him as II he ought
not TO galnsay the Old man. tie went
into the ring and called the piper to
play the best double he had. And sure
enough, all that the others were able
for was nothing for him! he bounded
like an eel, now here and now there.
as light as feather, although the peo-
pie could hear the music answered by
his steps. that beat time TO every turn
OF it, like the left foot ofs 81 piper. He
first danced hornpipe on the ground.
Then they got table, and he danced a
treble on 1t that drew down shouts from
the whole company. At last he called
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-03-28
RATS As THIEVES.


They Even steal. Things al which They
Can Make No Practical Use--Cnnnlng An
imals. (
Rats are net elalyvery wise creatures,
but they are also notorious thieves.
They constantly steal things, especially
bright and glittering articles. that are
not OF the slightest use TO them. Atwood
rat once formed a hoard In n stove In
house in California which had not boon
occupied for couple Of years During
some repairs the most WINS found. and
curious sight II presented. Theoutside
of it was entirely made up Of nails. oil
neatly arranged, points outward. In
the middle lay the nest, composed Of
fibers, finely divided, Of hemp packing.
Then, mingled with more nails. were
two dozen knives, forks and spoons;
three butchers knives. a large carving
knife, fork and steel. several plugs Of
tobacco, an old purse containing some
silver; matches; nearly all the small
tools from the tool-chest, but asome
large augers among them; the case Of a
silver watch In one part Of the heap,
the glass face in another part, and tho
works" In another Here, therefore,
you have an instance OF rats taking the
trouble to bring together from all
quarters OF house variety of things
they did not and could not make use Of
This seems to show that rats have
real mania for thieving, simply for the
sake Of stealing.
But they are also very cunning ami
-nrais. How do you think a rat man
aged to transport big potato TO his
homep Lying on his back, he placed
the potato on his breast and held II
there with his paws. while his mate
dragged him along by the tail like \
sfcdgJ r..ti1 they came 70 hole in Tho
floor Down hoi the poi;li oAFr;is
rolled. and the rats went tumbling
afteri
However, we must not do the rats an
injustice. There is no doubt that in
many cases they behave very kindly to
one another. Here is pleasing ex-
ample Of such affection. A poor blind
old rat had acquired great liking for
cod-liyer oil doesn't this prove that
they are sensible beings as we'll as
thievish. and cunning md kinda ia
fondness which had probably grown
upon him before he lost his sight. OF
course he was unable without help to
crafty this taste 81 his, but young
rat, plying his foriorn state. used to
lead him tothe oil-fasks Now, when
a rat wants any thing out Of a bottle,
he does not knock the vessel over and
break it; that would be clumsy and
wasteful. No; he slips his tail into the
liquid and then ticks his tail Well.
when the young conductor arrived at
the cod-liver oil, he dipped his tail into
the bottle, and allowed his venerable
friend to lick the oil of. This done,
the guardian carefully conveyed his
charge back TO his lodging Was not
the young rat really good Samaritan
Little Folks.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-03-28

Smart Young Mani it possible
there's nothing new in baseball or
prize fights to talk abouta You've been
fifteen minutes at work on my face and
haven't said asword,
Taciturns Barber II lost "a good situa-
tion once BY talking too much TO every
turned fool j shave. Next! Chicago
Tribune
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-03-28

The Navajo Indians of Arizona are
very successful in raising stock. Ac-
cording to the,figures OF the reservation
agent they own PAS, 900 horses and po-
MES, 500 mules. $500 cattle, SOC. 900
goats, and 500 burros The wool
clipped for the wear amounted to |, 2Oo.-
COO pounds. and they also sold 300. 600
sheep pelts and 100. 900 goat. skins.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-03-28
A LITTLE GIRLS DECEPTION.
How Jennie Was Cured Of an Unhappy
Trait--A True Story.

How Jennie Was Cured Of an Unhappy
Trait-A True Story. .s -
Jennie was, Fm sorry 70 write. a very
indplent little girl. Any thing that
savored ofsswork she was very 10th TO-
do. Her head would conveniently
ache, Or something was generally the
matter il she was called upon to per-
form the least task; and yet, strange As
it may seem. she disliked to be thought
or called lazy; indeed she aimed to get
the name OF being industrious. But
she was cured Of that kind Of deception
in very unpleasant manner.
Jennie had very sensible mamma
who tried in every way to overcome
her little daughters selfish fault-for
Ilaziness is nothing but real selfshness.
She vainly tried TO make the tasks in
teresting She would take much Of her
own precious time cutting and trim
ming dolls clothes. hoping thereby to
conquer her daughters indolent habits
by Installing love for sewing.
There was one task above all others
that Jennie hated; yet her mamma In
sisted upon her doing 1t every week,
and doing II well. This was TO darn her
papa's socks and her own little stock
ings.
One day, an elderly gentleman--a
distant relative Of her papa s--camo
from Ohio for short visit Jennie:
was bustling about quite lively during
his stay. and she did not wait, IS
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-03-28
MATRIMONIAL MAxiMs.
Tfe.tise ON the sucosssf1I MansEems1t
OF Husbands.

OF Husbands.
In your study to master your hus-
bands temper, do not forget to keep a
6rm hold OF your own. Women are
less selfish and less imperious, but they
are more sensitive and hasty than men,
and more apt, on-small occasions. to
mount into fame and become indig-
nant about trifes. OF allsthings in the
world beware most of,this fault, for by
INDUCING it you lose the grace and van
foreground of your sex. When your
husband speaks harshly to you-as
even the best OF husbands may do in
an evil moment either remain silent,
or, If you are pressed hard, give firm
but decided reply in tone that ex-
presses neither evaporation nor con-
Tempt
Obey your husband in all reasonable
matters and in some unreasonable mat
ters, but not in all matters; otherwise
you will make him a tyrant and your
self slave When he becomes i'm
perious about crochets, take your own
way and smile bewitchingly. He can
not get the better of You thus without,
becoming brute. and beating, or at
least bullying you, an issue which, If
your husband has any tincture OF gen.
tlemanliness4a ut-him,rin =a..decent,-
sober-minded Christian country, you
haveno great reason to fear.
Always attend conscientiously, as part
Of your special province, to the kitchen
and the pantry, also to the wardrobe.
and, if You have children. to the nura
sery. But beware OF becoming alto
gether mere housekeeper or bringer-
upof BARNS. You have duty to per-
form to yourself, as well as to your
husband and your family;~ and, if you
Neglect this duty, you may soon become
unworthy TO be either his wife or their
mother Cultivate your gifts, and do
not prove by-neglecting your accom-
plishments that your only object in ac-
quiring them was to catch husband
To insure this continuance of your
husband love, behave so in all points
as to command his respect. Loye<Mith-
out reverence is childish affair and
can satisfy only low type Of man who
looks on his wife as Il play-thing,
Dress we'll Married women often
err here from want of high motive
In the fair sex outward decoration,
when genuine1for painting Is yileM7z=is.-
siazmy epiaieas a pesitive=duty, duty
not to a husband merely. or to any fell
but to God. The Author
Of the Universe, as all His works tes-
tify delights in the utmost possible
Nmagnificence and luxuriance of external
decoration; and it is plainly our duty,
being endowed with-reason.= to follow
his hint, and, where He has created a
fair object, to =set-it1orth- with every
graceful trapping that is in keeping
with the character of the work. Good
dress is, in fact, a sort of poetry adj
dressed to the eye, which it is in the
power OF every well-conditioned woman
+ to compose; and q woman who has no
taste for decoration is deficient crea-
ture, as much out of nature as a bird
without wings.-J. Stuart BIackie, in
: Gasseifls Family Magazine.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-03-28
W onDERF0L SEOUL.
A Strange City Full of Strange People AM
Stranger Customs.

A Strange City Full of Strange People and
Stranger Customs.
What a wonderful city is Seoul! Its
800, 600 people are made up of strange
characters. and my eyes have been bob
bing about like the rays Of a kaleido-
scope in my efforts to appreciate it all.
Every thing is new and every new
thing is strange. The big wall which
surrounds the city is wonder, and it's
three great gates are more wonderful
still. They are closed every night at.
sunset with iron-plated wooden doors,
and after this, time none outside the
city can get in nor can any inside the
city get out. As the sun sinks behind
the mountains which surround the cap
ital a band Of soldiers playing music
which sounds for, all the world like
Scotchman's bagpipes goes from gate
to- gate and bars them shut. At the
same time watch-fires spring UP upon
the hills in every direction, and from
these the King knows that all is well.
These watch fires are signals, and they
form part of continuous line of fires,
which are built upon the hills in all
parts of Corea-
They tell by their different flames and
the intensity whether all is well along
the coasts, of the east and west and in
the mountains to the north and south.
They are, it seemed to me, royalty's
farewell word from the;Aday and they
really meant that the country was quiet
and the capital might sleep in
peace.
The city does sleep. too. Its people
go to bed with the shadows Of evening
and by the law the man or boy~who is
out after dark is bound to be whipped.
Women have the ri ht to so about at
night and foreigners are never halted,
as are the Coreans Such lanterns as
are used are OF the rudest shape, and
they consist OF framework holding a
candle, with thin gauze cloth thrown
< ,yer it. There is a, great bell in the
enter OF Seoul and this is rung early
a the morning forthe opening of7the
,ates. This bell is in the middle Of the
ong, wide street which divides Seoul
a halves, and it forms the heart Of the
apital. G. Carpenter, in Nation
Tribune. -.
A man who is operating among
. coal fields of Alabama, made sim
lar discovery few weeks since. A
Zee of hands were at work at the bot
OF shaft 1870 feet below the sur
e. when they came upon the petrifsd
GAINS of sheep. twas in so per.
tastate Of preservation as to be read
recognized and was kept intact for
sral days, after which it was broken
and the pieces distributed among the
miners as curios
! In q Autograph establishment IN
New York employing six hundred men.
the employers have to furnish each
:, man with quart Of beer per day.
Any attempt to cut on this Prerequisite
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-03-28
--Hetiad Been victinized.

They were talking about confidence
men and relating their experience, when
one OF the group turned to the major
and asked
Major, were you ever conf
dencedp" - =
II was" he promptly replied.
..WhereP9
: "In Chicago"
sWhena'
when / married my second wife!"-
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-03-28

In q lithograph establishment in
New York employing six hundred men.
the employers have to furnish each
man with quart Of beer per day.
Any attempt to cut or this perquisits1
would reeult In . strike.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-03-28
A DANGEROUS PLACE. /,

What a Stranger Heard in n Famous
Western Health Resort.
Stranger AN you direct me to the
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-10
PERIpATETTC IDIOTS.

THE GAZETTE deems it necessary to ut
ter warning to certain class of fine
haired, flip young men who may be now
travelling through Texas on business or
pleasure. These fellows are certainly ig-
norant of the people of this state, and it
is to prevent tragedy that THE GAZETTE
utters this warning.
If the men of Texas are impatient of
any one thing more than another, it is of
insult offered to the women of the state.
Not many months since q dudish idiot
from north of the Potomac was unmerci-
fully fiogged in Fort Worth because of an
insult offered a young lady clerking in
one of our stores; at Bonham,
a few weeks since, two young men
from a Northern state paid the pen
atty of oglIng young ladies in public
places, and few days since an rate
husband of Fort Worth made an insolent
book agent apologize for an insult and
then slapped his jaws.
There often come to this state men who
imagine that in Texas there is no virtue
or refinement or social obligation, and
that once here they are privileged
to say and do what is not
tolerated sup North. - To such men
The GAZETTE would utter a needed
warning: "the silent sentinel of the fire.
side'' stands behind every door in this
state, and the men of Texas are not
without a reputation in its use; and some
back home on a shutter Texas has had
about all of these insults to its women
that it will stand, and those who doubt
it had better not test the patience of hus-
bands and fathers and brothers and
friends too far
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-10
Citation by Publication.


THE STATE OF TEXAS-To the sheriff or any
constable of Tarrant county, greeting: Oath
therefor having been made as required by law,
you are hereby commanded that, by making
publication OF this citation in some newspaper
published in said county once y week for four
consecutive weeks previous to the return day
hereof, you summon w. J. Wood and E z.
Wood, defendants, to be and appear before the
county court, to be holden in and fer the afore-
Saideounty of TarraEt 1T the courthouse thereof,
IN FcrJ Worth, on the first Monday in January,
1855, then and there to answer the petition OF j.
s. Orr, plaintiff, fled in said court the 18th
day of December, 1855, and numbered on the
docket OF said court 1920, against the said w. j.
Wood and &. T. Wood and alleging in substance
as follows; Promissory note dated October IS,
1887, whereby defendants promised to pay to the
order OF the East Fort Worth Town Company the
sum of S213. 80 on the 18th day of October. 1888.
with interest at the rate of per cent, per anTum
from date. That said note was AFTERWARDS for 8
valuable consideration transferred to plaintiff.
Plaintiff prays judgment for his debt, interest
and costs of suit.
Herein fail not, but have you then and there,
before said court, this writ, with your return
thereon, showing how you have executed the
same.
Issued this the 18th day of December, 4. D.
1855. Witness: John p. King, Clerk of the
county court OF Tarrant county.
Given under my hand and the seal OF said
court, at ofnce, this the 18th day OF December,
A. d. 1888. Attest: JOHN p KING,
Clerk County Court, Tarrant County.
By j. j. NUNNALLY, Deputy.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-10

THE outspoken announcement given
by the Royalists of France to Boulanger
in his campaign for constitutional revis-
ion bodies no good to the French republic.
1t is well understood by the Royalists,
and by those who are watching the course
of events from afar, that a violent up
heaval in French politics could hardly
fail to result in the restoration of mon
arehy. Whatever may be the designs of
Boulanger he is serving the designs of the
Royalists as effectually as his radical as
sociates assisted in the projects of Napo-
leon. The chances seem greatly against
the survival of the French republic
through the nineteenth century.