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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-11-21
PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAL.


General Stuart Van vliet Is the
oldest General Of the retired list In the
army. Heis- 5seventy-four years old
and served fifty-two years.
Gladstone says he brought his
children up without constraint. They
have never been governed at any perl
Cd Of their lives BY force. 'ss
The head porter OF the Lafayette
Hotel In Philadelphia lives in tl5, :
900 house. and his fortune Is said TO be
500. 900. all made in fifteen years from
tips.
The late Nine. de Grouchy, widow
OF Bonapartes Marshal. retained to
the end OF her HE her brilliant powers
as conversationalist She was
ei9hty-six years old.
AN Irishman named Casey died
recently in Albuquerque very wealthy.
By his will he left to General j. A.
Williamson, of Iowa, nearly $500, 600
for favor to Casey long ago for
gotten.
Colonel North. who began life In
England as humble laborer. Is now
the nitrate King, ap& paws Chilli
$1,725, 900 per year export duties on
nitrates produced by one Of his works
in that country.
--Disraeli once remarked that fat
terry was the secret Of his success in
life The higher man climbed, he
said. the thicker it could be laid on.
until, il one could approach the throne.
it might be laid on with q trowel.
Theodore Kamensky. the Russian
sculptor. who was exiled from Russia
by the Gar in 1874 is now a professor
at the American Art School in New
York City. His offense consisted in
putting the name Liberty" on a toy
locomotive in one OF his marble
groups. -
Miss Grace Howard. oldest daugh=
ter OF Joe Howard, the well-known
newspaper correspondent, is engaged
in mission work among the Indians at
Grow Creek. Oak. Because OF her
many charitable deeds she has been
named .the good-hearted woman" by
the Indians.
There is still living in Northamp-
ton. Mass, an old musician known as
Uncle James Hurlburt. whom Jenny
Lind once drove twenty miles to hear.
His favorite instrument is the violon-
cello, and he still preserves a gold coin
which the songstress gave him as a
mark of appreciation for solo which
he played for her.
Susan La Flesche. an Omaha In
dian girl, graduated in 1886 ait the
school for her people at Hampton.
Va. Since then she has been assisted
by the Connecticut Indian Association,
and last week she was among the
graduates OF the Women's Medical
College. of Philadelphia She will
stand among her peonle as their first
woman physician.
Joseph G. Parkinson. OF Chicago,
is said to be the only deaf aud dumb
lawyer in the country. He is ASSOC
ciated with his twin brother. who does
not share his disabilities. When Mr..
Parkinson was twenty three years old
he was chief examiner in the Patent
Office at Washington, place he held
for six years. In 1879 he resigned and
soon afterward was admitted to prac-
tice before the United States Supreme
Court. He now ranks as one of the
most successful patent lawyers In the
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-11-21

One OF the most beautiful bouquets
OF roses sent TO the home OF the late
Justice Matthews bore. in purple i'm
mortelle across the front, the words:
s"Say not goodnight, but In some
brighter CLINE bid me good-morning. !"
No card was attached to it, and for Z
time the name OF the sender was un-
known. h It it has since been learned
that II was the gift Of the President.
whone uflectlon for the deaA iurist Me-
~ <he waruerk iini v
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-11-21

n ttbt1cu VI 6kEaoiu, NALCuss va
tunstruck and stung by bumblebees
at the same time recently. and since
then has been obliged to keep cool.
because every time he gets warm he
faints.
a. Resident OF San Francisco re-
Gently Witnessed terrific battle be-
tween swordfish and whale in the
harbor at San Francisco. The sword
fish was finally victorious, killing the
whale.
Says an English verbal critic:
Americans are generally falling into
the habit OF using the word affirm
for confirm For instance. when an
official is questioned as to the truth
fitness OF certain rumor, his answer
Il apt to be: II will neither affirm nor
saAny fite'report OF course he ought
10 say confirm.
Three young women lately caused
gud deal OF connection in Eastwood,
saltby little suburb OF Louisville,
s The teacher of the village school
living resigned, three young women.
members OF the best families OF town,
applied for the position. The author
titles were unable to choose because OF
tie embarrassment of Riches and an
election was ordered to decide the
tasstion.s
"A Geneva (Ga- man says that he
saw a rabbit whip and kill snake a
few days ago. The snake had caught
a young rabbit and was trying to swal-
low it. The old rabbit rushed by the
snake and bit at it as it passed. 1t
then ran by the snake again and bit it,
and repeated the run several times,
biting the snake each time. The snake
finally dropped the young rabbit.
crawled of short distance and died.
The Sugar Beet" quotes from an
exchange the following statement, but
seems to be somewhat doubtful OF Its
authenticity: "a hen that had gone
through clay puddle went with her
muddy feet into sugar house. She
left her tracks on pile Of sugar. It
was noticed that wherever her tracks
We're the sugar was whitened. Expe-
riments were instituted, and the result
was that wet clay came to be used in
refining sugar.
The amount OF water passing over
Niagara Falls varies with the height
the-river:P Prof. w D. Gum
ming estimates the average amount at
$4,000, 900 cubic feet per minute. AL
lowing 624 pounds to the cubic foot
this would give a total of $50. 500 tons
per minute, or 1912. 500 tons id forty
five minutes, OF which somewhat more
than two-thirds passes over the Horse
shoe Falls. Other estimates place the
total amount passing over both falls as
high as 100000, 900 tons per hour. In
comparison, the recent food at Johns
town was gill. N
The Atlanta Constitution remarks:
ut looks like the Lord is compensat-
ing the South for the loss of its slaves
by opening new and unsupported
sources OF wealth. For instance, in.
slavery days the problem OF the plan
tation was to dispose of the cotton
seed-it was burned. rotted, dumped.
When slavery lifted it was discovered
that the despised seed were good for
fertilizers and stock food. Then thir-
ty-five gallons Of oil could be taken
from each ton without impairing its
value; and this oil refined up to 81
per gallon. Then that the bulls made
good food, the ashes good potash, the
refuse good soap stock and the fiber
of the stalk good paper
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-11-21

The following sentence, from a
letter written by Livingstone a short
time before his death. and which re-
fers to slavery, is inscribed on his
tomb in Westminster Abbey:.s'tAll ]
can add in my loneliness is, may
Heavens rich blessings come down on
every one, American. English or
Turk. who will help to heal the open
sore OF the world. = +
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God Bless Our Home.

.sWhoop! Look out there, Johnny"
shouted the olds man. as he stuck hts
head out from behind the woodpilc.
.you better not go into the house. =
who's after @youp asked Johnny,
Map
Yes. Somebody tangled all the
zephyr that she was using 20 work Z
God Bless Our Home motto. and she's
BEEN out Of temper stss ainoe. -
WAshIneton cspitAL 90; (. =;
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YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
DID TOMMY GET ITak

III were . darling big mamma like you.r
dor
rd take out dime aud ia say; Tommy,
GEAR,
Just hold up your two little hands 70 me
here
=I.d put INC dinie M mem. md then 4 should
say
You've been . good boy little Tommy 70
day;
50 put on your hat and 80 right down ths
street,
AnS buy some nicc chocolate candy 10 eat
You'd run, and come back, and you'd jump and
you'd laugh,
And kiss me ana. hing me. and give me . hall.
So now, mamma dear don't you think 'twculd
be fun
TO give me dlinc, and Just see how ia runf'
--Sydney Dayre, IN Christian Union.
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IA farmer Of Sporting Hill, me-

A farmer Of Sporting Hill. near
Mannheim, Pa, has a twenty-fiye-year-
old horse that was so stiff that he
could hardly walk. He was put into
4 pas ture through which runs creek.
Il WIS noticed that q great part Of his
time was spent In bathing and lying In
the water, and In . short tllne' 70 me
surprise Of ths owner, hs bscHms -
spvy ~ : young COLI
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-11-21

I ptl.tsti5 Weleeftfe
4he Ashlra have sort OF saluta-
ton which they call s.Kombo These
wild people received M. du Chaillu
with all greeting ceremonies peculiar
10 them. The Frenchman was well
coined by very old man who had
covered his face with white and red
stripes. The old fellow was mass Of
wrinkles, and presented hideous as
pect. When he had made obeisance
to Chaillushe said: s. have no bow
els; / am like the Ovenga rivA~4 -
can not be cut in two. But also ar
like the Niesntoi- aud 0venga rivers,
which unite together. Thus My body
is united and nothing can divide 1t. y
All this was Greek to the adventure
some .Gaul. but the interpreter ex-
plainedS that II was the kombo."
and he had to be satisfied.
tt Is the depth OF bad man
fners enroue the sbeswef Western
Africa 30 greet q maa when sitting as
If no ware staading Should the sa-
luspd person. be engaged at labor, an
other solst Of address is needed, and
anoiher still If he be at rest. AS Cap
tain Burton makes mention of fifteen
modes If salutation among the Egbos,
one enn imagine how perplexing must
be the code of savage etiquette in use
among them. The CAM tribe salute
str&ngers by bearing toward them a
white chicken, pot OF beer and a
lowering plant. When the parties
meet the chief takes the fowl by one
leg and swings it back and forth near
the ground, and passes it to his male
attendants who do the same He then
proceeds to dip the plant in the beer,
which is sprinkled over the ground,
after which ceremony his guest is
| asked to be seated on skin under a
tree: --
Throughout the woodland we have
touched it in various places within the
compass of this article-the methods
of salutation are numerous and
strange Some people calling them-
selves civilized have singular well.
comes, while others, ciassed among
the wild Tribes, salute in q becoming
| manner.
We have not mentioned royal recep-
tions, as they do not belong to the
purpose OF this paper. We know that
our President submits to a very try
ing ordeal OF Handwriting, and that
| the scions OF civilized royalty well
come their subjects with ceremonies
too elaborate for our republican senses.
| The good old custom of handshaking
holds sway over great portion Of the
globe, and the jolly greeting Of '.How
are you, old boyp" finds its equivalent
in many a tongue. The tipping Of
hats, so prevalent nowadays, is sal
lutation OF courtesy which keeps1its
hold on society; but, after all. the
most expressive welcome is given
when hand meets hand and eye re-
| spends to eye.-T. CT Harbaugh, in
Pittsburgh Bulletin.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-11-21

- Matamora (Mlch.) breeder re-
Gently shsared ram that ciirpsd SCI
pounds
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-11-21

A PrlncIple That Helped One BOY 70 .
Place May Help Others.
II IcouId only go there first. = Jamie
said.
But that wouldn't dc, you know"
his mother answered, quietly.
No said jamie. II know It
wouldn't. because she said she must
have tho berries the first thing in the
morning -the earlier the better-and /
promised her. you know
"Of course the mother said, as
though that quite settled the matter
but how will look to go in search
Of place, after I've been picking ber-s
ries all the morning.
why, you will look like a boy who
has been at work doing the best he
could for himself and his mother You
can wash your hands in the brook, you
know, and have them clean"
Il don't suppose ! could wear my
other jacketg said jamie in re-
Elective, rather than an inquiring lone.
..Oh. no!n his mother answered;
sthat wouldn't do. OF course
There won't be much use In going
OF all. so late Lots OF the other boys
will have been there. and the place will
be gone, dare say"
Mrs. Walker seemed to have no
answer to make to this. nor did Jamie
seem to expect any After moments
thoughtful silence he said, in brisk
tone, well, never mind, there's moth
ing for 1t but to do the best I can. y
That's my sensible boy mother
said, as she kissed and watched him
AWAY.
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terance TO expressive grunts. This
last performance seems to satisfy New
Zealand etiquette, for the parties then
ton.
Among the people OF New Guinea
the ceremony Of greeting consists Of
pinching The person who bestows
the welcome pinches the tip Of the
others nose with the finger and thumb
Of the right hand, while with the left
he pinches the middle OF his own
stomach, muttering over and over the
word sMagasuka." The reader will
see from this that while Papaun ETH
quette is not intricate, the pinching
part Is not very desirable, :
The Batoka people. who live along
the banks Of the famed Zambesi. have
an odd method Of expressing their
feelings In the way OF welcoming peo-
pie to their good graces. The women
usually clap their hands and utter a
strange sound, and the men stoop and
strike their hips with their palms.
But when the Batoka gentlemen
wish to show off in the way
OF salutation they drop on their
backs and roll over in the sand.
shaping their thighs vigorously,
and crying out, Kina-bombai Kina-
bomba!" at the top OF their lungs.
Dr.Lixingstone was diverted by the
unwonted spectacle of a score or more
OF naked sable giants going through
this singular ceremony, and tried to
stop them; but the more the explorer
protested the heartier grew his recep-
tiop, and he had to wait patiently un-
TIL they announced that he had been
thoroughly welcomed to Batoka land.
The Nuehr tribe. of the Nile country
have a mode OF salutation peculiarly
their own. When Petherick, the
traveller, came among these people he
was accorded the reception given "
persons OF high degree. The Nlls6,
chief who entered the travellers
tent grasped the white mans hand and
deliberately spat in IL After 4 mo-
ment of silence he repealed the ORD.
cess. Petherick's first impulse was to
resent the indignity ~ knockinp the
fellow down, but, restraining Ills in
dignation, he returned the compliment
with considerable emphasis. This
seemeaf % dwight tbs chief, and the
Traveller WIS released to see his at
tendarts subjected TO the same bar
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or GENERAL INTEREST.

"A citizen Of Fairfield, Mich. was
sunstruck and stung by bumblebees
at the same time recently. and since
then has been obliged to keep cool.
because every time he gets. warm he
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1889-03-21
What Cotton Does.

1t clothes the world in the cheapest
and best garments, it furnishes the
lard Of our kitchen, the oil for our
stands. the butter for our bread. the
soap for our toilet and the candle for
our bedroom II feeds our jersey
COW, it fcrtilizes our garden and field
crops. 1t paints our houses and dyes
our hosiery and makes our ointments.
1t furnishes us with paper delicate
enough to receive the sweetest strains
Of whispered love, or strong enough
for the ponderous locomotive. It
gives Us threads as fine as the spiders
sllken web, or strong enough to lash
the navies of the world together.
Such now is the wonderful plant, and
who can deny the magnificent posi-
bilities of its future XIX.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1889-03-21

quietly.
Tad's palo-blue ewes emitted an
angry spark. bat he was silent lie
was a slightly built man, with a sort
of dreamy, delicate face and a refined
air. He looked like a poet, aud in
their counting days had indeed.
pleased himself with composing a few
sonnet, for Hester, in the Daute-Ros-
setti STYLE. There was a fine aesthetic
flavor about him and hi, belonging
that had captivated the girls imagine
alton. Iii, eyes were SO eloquent that
he did not need to say much. She
was enslaved at once but that could
not last long When She knclt no
more TO her idol, the idol didn't likeit
TO HE CQNuNUEDJ
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1889-03-21

Persons troubled with rheumatism
should try Chamberlain's Pain Balm.
One application win ease the pain, and
its continued use has cured many cases
of chronic and infammatory rheuma-
tism, that had resisted other remedies
and even the treatment of the best
Price, 80 cents per bottle.
For sale by II. r. Moore.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1889-03-21
Peru, Ind, Jan. y, 1889.


For two years ! had rheumatism so
bad that it disabled me for work. and
confined me to my bed for whole
year. during which time I could not
even raise my hand, to my head, and
for three months could not raise nv
self in bed was reduced in flesh from
1872 to Sc lbs was treated by the best
physicians only to grow worse. FL
nally took Swift, Specific. and soon
began to improve. After awhile was
at my work, aud for the past five
months have been as well as | ever
was-all from the effects of Swins
Specific. JONI RAY.
f. Wayne, Ind. Jan s, 1889.
Swift's Specific is a purely vegeta-
BILE remedy, contains no Mercury. Pot
ash or other mineral. is Harmless, to
the most delicate infant Our treatise
on Blood and Skin Diseases will be
mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co
Drawer 3. Atlanta. Ga.
The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1889-03-21
Fingers Came on

NV little son, five years old, wa.
afflicted with a disease for which the
doctors had no name. The nail, came
of his fingers, and the fingers came
on'his hands mp to the middle joint.
For three years he has suffered dread
fully, and has taken quantities Of
medicine. lie is now gettingwel un-
der treatment of Switt's Specific.
JOIN DEHL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03
THE CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD.
LEAGUE.

Both the leaders Of the league strengthened
themselves yesterday, Chicago and Phlladel-
phia tumbled over each other and then back
again. Cleveland took slight brace, the hoos-
iers and the Burghers went down with thump.
and the Senators fell only little way The
east won five games out Of the seven played.
POINTERS ON THE GAMES.
Knights umpiring is refreshing.
Haddock will probably pitch today against
O'Brien.
President Howe accompanies the Infants.
He says they have had the toughest luck Of any
league club.
Wilmot was in his batting uniform yesterday,
and should have had u couple more big hits
keefe gave six men bases on balls, struck out
hve men and made two wild pitches, and Bea-
tim gave i've bases and failed to strike out any,
one.
Richardson won the second game in Boston
Yesterday by putting hall over the fence in
the first inning
There were some big crowds present at the
league games yesterday. At New York, 1000
IN the morning and 5000 in the afternoon, TO-
tai, ll,000; in Philadelphia $1,000 at both
games, which we're played together; in Boston,
6,oo0 In the morning and 5000 in the after.
noon, $4,000 in all This makes total of As
200 In the three cities. Who SAYS that base
ball 10 not popular?
The Persons of East Washington defeated
sne Mechanics Sunday by q score Of "a to q.
- m Va WIG game we're the battery work
OF Iorney and Gates and the fielding Of Holla-
han and Robb. The Persons would like 70
meet the Hoys, Mystics, or the Posi- news bows.
Address challenges to Mr.. A. Torney, l6l4
Georgia avenue southeast
The Alert base ball club paid short visit to
Roanoke, Va, last week and played that team
three games, winning two Of the three by the
score OF to and 3 to 2, and losing one 10 D.
The pitching was done by Mace T. Madican and
Bouchers, the catching by Davis and Haupman.
King. lb.: J. Madigan, 2b.; Green, So; Moore.
So, and WILLIAMSON, Roach, 7. Madigan in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-03
ANACOsTA.

TIVE CRY vTEw ToURSAMRxr-Amons the
Knights who have already entered for the Oity
View tournament on Friday of this week are:
Otto Day, Knight Of Dacota; Harry Naylor NJ
Henry; VII. Hungerford Motley Hall; L. Swee-
ney. Moleigh; A. J. Grimes, Knight Before Last.
1. I. Lusky, East Washington; +. G. Casper,
Great Falls; B. o. Barnes, Fairfax; WIN. jack
son. Lively Oak; also A. J. Dyer. Thos L. Car
ter, NJ E shipp, J.: soper. Chs.. E. Nelson and
h. L: Grimes. Arthur B. Suit will be chief
saddle. bride, whip and spurs. A two-mile
boat race will be rowed at IN. new bridge
is the prize the old settlers will talk for after
the tournament
NoTEs.-At the regular meeting Of the Ma
sonic lodge last night the subject Of new hall
was further discussed. their present hall which
is owned by the order. having been leased for
school purposes.-The police recently picked
up two or three little boys six or eight years
old under the influence Of liquor. and one was
carried to his home, not being in condition to
walk alone. 1t is not known where they OBJ
tanned the elixir.-Mr. Chas Sanderson, chief
ruler OF Salem tent of Rechabites. who is en-
ployed in Mr.. H. A. Linger's mattress factory,
is confined to his room from the effects OF an
accident which came near costing him an arm.
He got mixed up with the machinery.-Mrs.
Fred. Linger is very sick.-Dr. and Mrs. A.
NJ. Green are home from their overland trip
through Maryland and virginia.-Mr. W. L.
Biggs of Prince Georges county died yesterday
morning after a weeks sickness, aged forty
seven years. He leaves a wife and several
children. The deceased was quite widely
known.
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What an Old Clerk Has to Saw.

10 the Fdltor of THE EVENING STAR:
In reply to your communication in a recent
issue OF The STAR entitled "Old Clerks in
Ofire." l hardly think that the official you
speak Of does them justice in great many re-
spects. Old age is honorable if man rs made
good use OF it. If we intend to run the depart
ments upon business principles and under civil
humanity and in conformity with the law.
mere are very few Of the old clerks left in
the departments at the present time, and as
general thing they are efficient and active in
performing the various duties assigned to them
as the younger ones. II they are not able to do
this am sure no reasonable one among them
would object to a reduction of his salary. But
after man has spent the better part of his life
time In Office and put in a third more over
time than the official hours called for thereby
inJuring his health and incapaeitating him
from doing work or finding employment out
side OF the department, think it is unjust in
the government to turn him out in the world
Ike an old horse to grass without any visible
means OF support or provision whatever to
keep body and soul together. This is not the
way that our large mercantile and manufacturing
establishments throughout the country reward
their faithful employees. If we want to make
the clvii service laws a success let US adopt the
same laws they have in England Germany and
other countries by pensioning the clerks who
have served twenty years in the service Of the
governments civil service not only in name
but in reality. think this would be the most
satisfactory way to settle this matter
AN OLD CLERK.