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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-09-19
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now FLIES MULTIPLY.
Some Curiously Interesting Facts Abou
the Annoying insect.


some Curiousiye Intsresting Facts About
the Annoying insect.
Mr.. Alfred Russell Wallace has ro-
Gently published o book on Darwin
As Mr.. Wallace is a Spiritualist and a
thorough Darwinian. 1t seems that tho
monkey scare about our ancestry Is
not SO alarming after all. This is q
side remark. To the point in which
the~-fy figures. Mr. Wallace points
out some facts, or great many.
rather. to show there Is a continual
competition. struggle and war going
on in nature. This struggle is ever
acting over the whole field OF nature,
and no single species 81 plant er.ant--
NAL can escape from it. Says Mr..
Wallace: This results from the fact
OF the rapid increase, in a geometrical
ratio. OF all the species of animals and
plants. In the lower orders this in
crease is especially rapid. a single
flesh fly producing 10000 larvae. aud
these growing SO quickly that they
reach their full size in i've days; hence
tho great Swedish naturalist, lin
n@us, asserted that d dead horse
would be devoured by three OF these
fiys as qulckly~as by lion. Each Of
these larvae remains In the pupa stAto
about five or six days. so that each
parent fly maybe increased ten thou
sand fold in about a fortnight Sup
posing they went on increasing at this
rate during only three months Of
summer. there would result ono
hundred millions OF millions of
millions for each fly at the commence
ment Of summer-a number greater
probably than exists at any one timo
in the whole world. And this is only
one species. while there are thousands
OF other species increasing also at an
enormous rate; SO that. if they wero
unchecked, the who,e atmosphere
would be dense with flies, and all ami
NAL fool and much or animal life would
be destroyed by them. To prevent this
tremendous increase there must be in
cessant war against these insects, by
insectivorous birds and reptiles, as
we'll as by other insects, in the larva
as we'll as in the perfect state. by the
action OF tho elements in the form of
rain, hail or drought, and by other
unknown causes; yet we see nothing
of this eyef-present war. though by
its means alone. perhaps. weare saved
from famine and pestilence.
So You see the fly. like every thing
else. when made the subject Of scien-
tific study is very interesting little
nuisance He has to light the whole
world, and the world comes very
nearly being beaten sometimes.
think it is nip and tuck now, with the
fly a trifle in advance. Is not the
whole matter strange? Without fly
we might have pesti4ence and with too
much fly, and let alone, wec would
have famine. Eat or DO eaten is the
law Of nature, and somehow we just
eat enough not to let any thing get an
advantage. Chicago journal
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HANDY zWITHPIsTors.-
WORTHLESS of the Frontier Who Kille,
Whenever They Shot.


WORTHLESS of the Frontier Who Killed
Whenever They Shot.
There arc no first-class pistol shots
in Louisville; there are few east of the
Mississippi; indeed, they are not plen-
tiful anywhere in the country nova
days.
In ante-bellum days, when tho code
duello was in vogue in the South, there
were a great many famous shots with
the pistol We often read how such
and such celebrated duelist cut
strings and weeds inItwo with bullets
as he rode to the fighting ground.
But when the code was abolished good
revolver shooting in the South died
out with 1t, or rather drifted out into
the wild Western country, which was
then being opened up to settlement
There were never finer pistof=shots
the world than many OF the noted
desperadees- and illers44mhe- have
figured in the romantic criminal annals
Of the West. There is scarcely story
about Wild Bills proficiency with his
pistol that Is not trite. He was the
quickest. surest shot ever in the West.
He had killed nearly forty men in his
time. mot counting Indians and greas-
ers," as the bad men used pleasantly
to say. 1t was the rarest thing that
he shot his victim more than once.
His favorite spot in which to plant his
deadly bullet was between the eyes.
He occasionally shot his man through
the heart by way OF variation. 1t is
said that he could throw an oyster
can into the air and put twelve bull
let's into 1t from his own navies
before it reached the ground. He
could also send six bullets through
the hole made by the first ball in a
target seventy yards away. While
shooting he never appeared to take
| aim, but sent his leaden messengers
flying on their mission in seemingly
the most careless and off-hand way
| imaginable.
All the killers with big records and
private graveyards shot in much the
same manner. Billy the Kid, Clay
Allison, Bat Masterson, Sam Holiday.
the Erp~ brothers, .Comanche'' Jack
Stillwell and other WORTHLESS of the
frontier all shot with no apparent aim.
All OF them were professional killers.
and in their later days, when album
dance OF practice had made them dex-
ferrous in theaart OF murder. most oil
them shot their victims always be-
tween the eyes, in imitation of Wild
Bill. st.s E
To show how quick these men were,
Captain Harry Horn. OF the Okla
homa show, tells a. story of Wild Bill.
Captain Horn was deputy sheriff
under Bill, and was in the saloon in
Deadwood with him when he was
killed. Bill was playing poker and
was skinning out hand when his
murderer stepped behind him. DELHI
erately put a revolver to his head, and
| blew his brains out. Bill was killed
almost instantly, but before he top
pied from his chair dead he managed
to throw his cards down. get both his
pistols out, and cock them. Such mar
| yelous quick action almost passes be-
| lief. Washington Post.
I
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What straits are most perilousP'
asked the teacher. and little boy
cried out Whisky straights!'-Texas
Siftings.
Mr.. Fangle-"Well. l see they
have organized milk trust now"
Mrs. Fangle-.I suppose the next
thing will be to build crematories.p-
brakes Magazine.
Rural Beef. Farmers wifc-"Why
do you get up and leave that piece 81
stGakpn Tramp-"I didn't ask for
work, ma'am; asked for something to
eat "-Burlington Free Press.
-Clerk-ssThere, sir, call that q
pretty good-fitting pair OF trousers.
Farmer Stubbleheld from Wayback
Junction) They feel all right in the
seat. Bub; but seems to me, they
don't fit very snug under the arms
Life.
-Kentuckian-'.Sir, ! come OF he
roic stock. My father, grandfather
and greatgrandfather all died with
their boots on. Octogenarian hang
man. at the other end OF the bar
Fact, sir | hung 'em myself. Phil
adelphia Inquirer.
in the Intelligence Office. Ii am
afraid that should not be willing TO
trust my baby to SO small girl"
Clerk-"Oh. madam. her size is her
best recommendation II she drops
the baby. it won't have so far to fall.
--Fliegende Batter.
Mr.. Newrich to his lately ac-
q;iired ,typewriter)-M want you TO
write me a letter ON that machine
you've got there Typewriter
well. sir. How shall 1t beginP" Mr.
Nswrich (dictating) I'll take my pen
in hand to write you q few words. -
Boston Herald.
MR.. Shawmut--"I understand.
Miss Kakrus. that there was some
thing in the nature Of a personal alter
cation between your escort and young
Mr.. Outfit at the Red Fork ball last
evening" Miss Kaktus Nothing
more than a passing scrap. Mr.. Shaw
mt Neither gentleman had his
gun. Puck.
Magistrate TO woman charged
with drunkenness) You must pay q
fine OF Eve shillings.n Prisoner
''Sure. then. I've but two shillings 10
the world" Magistrate Very well.
YOU must 60 to prison. II you hadn't
rot drunk with your money YOU'D
have had enough TO have paid tho
fine Topical Times.
-''Can you manage i type writorr''
asked one married lady Of another.
''Can manage . type writerr I
should Say 30. I made three leave my
husbands ofllce Within the last tho
months and the last IL % homeIy thaf
John Il almost afraid Of her The imam
agement Of = type writer IL an art b,lI
I've got Il down dne. = NerQhqnt
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PERSONAL AND iMPERsoNAL.

.
"A Burlington Iowal man who had
been reporter, editor, sheriff and chief
OF police by turns was bunkoed out Of
5000 the other day, and ina manner
that would hardly. HAYS caught an
idiot.
Colonel John r. North, Familiarity
known rs the Nitrate King. recently
gave ball at the Hotel Metropole In
London which cost $4,000, But tho
Colonel could afford It. as no Is worth
about CSC. 00o. 900.
The late Isaiah " Williamson, the
wealthy and charitable Philadelphia.
was . most eccentric man. He was
reserved. silent, distracted, careless
In his dress and utterly indifferent 70
conventionalities. The umbrella which
hesalways carried was thirty years old
at least s-Ei
Lord Balfour. OF Burlcigh, is q d.
rect descendent OF Robert Bruce, and
has in his family archives q decd
signed by that monarch comforting
upon one OF his ancestors the tito TO a
small estate at CIackmannan, which
has ever since remained IN the possess
sion OF the family.
The Gar OF Russia is nm enormous
eater. He considers three pounds OF
meat aud two quarts OF champagne n
very light luncheon. fiis dinner
would be sufficient for three men OF
ordinary digestive ability. His i'm
somnia Is duo to his gUurmundizing.
but he prefers slecplessness to dieting.
John Barnard. who entertained
and instructed the last generation
with panoramns, is living In humble
circumstances In WATERFOWL, d. T. II
is said that General Fremont vouchos
for the truth OF Banvard's claim TIL at
he originated the idea OF canal
around Island No 10. by which the
capitalization OF that rebel stronghold
was compelled.
Mr.. Asset-"Excusc my mention
ing the matter, sir. but as you are pay
ing quite close attention to my daugh-
ter | feel 1t nothing more than right I
should ask your intentions.n Mr.,
Nickel displaying large caliber
Colts navy-"To blow the head of
that snarling bulldog OF yours II he Is
not chained when l call at tho house
tonight. Epoch.
"A strange scene was enacted a
few days ago In a Boston restaurant.
| A weff-dressed man entered and calted
for a raw egg and glass Of sherry.
| His order was filed. the egg broken
into the glass and drank. In few
minutes the order was repeated. and
the egg and sherry followed the first
-order.-=Fer seven hours Tho man sat
at the table and kept on drinking eggs
| in sherry until he had consumed
twenty-four. He then paid his bill
and quietly left the restaurant. appa-
rently none the worse for his CASTRO
| nomic efforts.
Chelsea, Mass, has strong man.
He makes nothing Of lifting barrels Of
| -four into wagons. carrying barrels OF
sugar up two flights OF stairs. bending
| crowbars. pulling up saplings six
inches through by the roots, etc, but
his browning feat happened few days
sgo. Some workmen were trying to
DIST an iron girder weighing 1900
POUNDS to its place on the second story
ltfa building. They got the ropes
around it. but the tackiing was INSULT
cient. whereupon Mr.. Houston should
cred the girder, carried 1t up the lad
der. and placed it In position. "Itl
hurt my shoulder some." he said,
when telling OF his performance. "bus
other than that felt no inconven-
| ience."
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-09-19
SPEED OF TRAINS.
The Pressure of Air Resistance and How to
Reduce 1t.

The Pressure of Air Resistance and How to
Reduce 1t.
The fiat front of n locomotive and
its projecting cab are highly unsuita-
BILE for rapid movement through an at
mosphere which has a pressure SO
great as fifteen pounds per square
inch, and therefore considerable iner-
tia. The remedy for this is simple,
and ahead resistance would be much
reduced by conforming, approximate
", an engine front to the weN-knewn
shape OF boat or ship 1t is very
much wiser, however. to reduce the
air resistance at the rear, Of train.
A marine architect who made his
ships stern absolutely rectangular and
fat would be counted worse man
than he who made a bluff bow, and
yet. railway engineers have for fifty
been dragging flat-stern vessels at
sixty miles per hour through the at
mosphere at an immense expenditure
of power, and no one OF them has
cared to test the effect OF adding a
Tight tapering frame to the rear end OF
train and noting the decreased re
sistance. although every one is. famil.
lar with the rush OF air which
follows q train in its attempt to fill up
the vacuum formed.
As in water, so in air, the formation
OF eddies means loss OF power, and the
application to the rear end OF fast
train would convey some idea OF the
folly of the practice OF to-day. Sup
pose such a gauge showed an inch OF
water. This is equivalent to vacuum
of about 1-26 pound, and the end sur
face OF a car being about eighty feet
implies total pull Of. say 432 pounds,
which at sixty miles per hour is equiv
alent to sixty-horse power. A mere
tenth of an inch, therefore. would i'm
,ply.one or two tons OF coal every 100
hours run, all OF which would be saved
by a light frame OF paraboiie plan at
tached to tha-rea car. This theory
may be Sentirely wrong, but reason
points to its being correct. as does
also the practice OF shipbuilders who
deal with denser fluid which, being
denser and ponderable, has forced
consideration OF its properties earlier
than the lighter fluid, air. the eddies
OF which are visible only by dust In
dry seasons. and generally unseen and
unfelt. ill no railway engineer try
the experimentp-Ra Gazette.
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The late Larry" Jerome was at
one time driver Of a stage coach. and
later edited a country newspaper.
When he first appeared on Wall street
he. exhibited great courage in his
dealings. His fortune at one time
was estimated at from $6. 600, 900 70
la$1O. 200, 900, but was only a modest
| one at the time VI his death.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-09-19
GOING a SHOPPING.

40, where have you been, my darling wffers
The husband tenderiy cried;
I've been shopping all day, my life,~
The better half replied.
"And what did you buy, my angel fairr'
.1Glsez husband anxiously said.
y. ~ paper Of pins and q switch OF hair
And spool of colored thread
'Anfhow do you feel, my turtle dover
The husband next inquired
I'm nearly dead, my own true love,
4 And newer fcitso tired. :.
n , IN Just used up; terrible ache
Is splitting the top OF my head;
TIy poor old back is ready TO break
Il have 10 60 TO bed" -
III What cid yon cat for dinner, my true"
Al-.s asked in coaxfug way. 5s-,i...s4'.'
= mad ice cream and an oyster stew
That's all have eatenIo-day.
" can not imagine what makes me feel
As if we're going to die
il isn't, OF course, my noon day meal,
For that we women all buy"
Alas, my treasure, / know they do.
The hus band sadly said.
IF men went shopping and dned like you
TREY all would now be dead.
Dodge, tseod;tllss SUM-
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Anxious to Please.

Mrs Youngbride-I hope you will
model your conduct upon that OF Mr..
0ldboy He is a paragon Of husbands.
Why. he tells his wife every thing
that happens
Mr.. I'll do better than that. my
dear; / tell you lots Of things that
never happen America
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-09-19
Tommy was at Sunday school /

Tommy was at Sunday school in
his first pair OF trousers, and q picture
of lot OF little angels was before the
class Tommy, would you like to be
little angelo" asked the teacher.
mo. ma'am." replied Tommy, after a
careful inspection OF the picture.
mo. Tommy why notr' inquired the
teacher, in surprise. Cause, ma'am,
I'd have to give up my new trousers"
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-09-19

Trumble Con Labor day. fare
the men who march at the head Of
each company the walking delegatesp''
Laborer.'N No; thin gintlemin what
rides in kerridges are TIL walking del
egstes, sir. Z" Munsey's Weekly.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-09-19

III detective wants to catch a
cold he can get a clew by sitting in q
draft. --Binghamton Republican.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-09-19

The wealth Of Frederick Douglass.
United States Minister to Hayti. Il
estimated At $500. 900.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-09-19

1T usually happens that those
people who are looking out for soft
snap meet with hard luck. Harper's
Bazaar sss
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-09-19
"A LITTLE NONSENSE"

What straits are most perilousPs
asked the teacher. and little boy
cried out Whisky straights!''- Texas
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-09-19
HOURS OF AGONY.
Perilous Adventure of the Mate Of
Pacific whaler.
The Ship Seized by Mutineers In the ABB
sence OF the Matc-Pursued by
Maneater-The Surprise and
the Struggle.

There passed through Denver the
other day a man whose terrible ex-
pcriences in the North Pacific Ocean
equal those of Robinson Crusoe.
This gentleman was N. G. Marks. a
sea captain, en- route from Portland.
Ore, to the Atlantic coast, and the
story heard from his own lips is as fol-
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-06-16
THE NATURAL-GAS EXPLOSION.
Mrs. Kilburn Gives Her Account Of the Leak.
age and the Actions of the Plumber.

All the persons injured in the natural gas
explosion Friday will recover. it is thought.
Their condition was much improved yes
terday. Mrs. Kilburn's injuries are,
probably. the most serious, the wound
in her knee giving her great pain. The at
tending physician says the limb can be
saved, but the injury will make her a Grip
pie for life. She was able to give an ac-
count of the accident yesterday. She said
that when she moved into the house she
noticed the smell of gas. She went to
the office of the gas company for
mixer and told them she want
could co be turnea eE por to that te
however, Mr.. McGahan had made the stove
connections After he had done the work
he remarked that whoever did the plumb
ing was not up in his business, as there was
came, he said the plumbing was bad, and
that the stove connections had not been
made correctly. 1t was with them. he said,
the trouble lay.
Kitchen stove, and she had cooked
breakfast. After that DR.. Waterman came
to the house and said the neighbors were
complaining about the escaping gas, and
her to trn nd tpn out In the
cellar to turn Oft the gas. The gas. she
says, had never been turned OF by the COM
pany, and the fire she was using had been
from leakage. DR.. Waterman supposed
away. She says that after he
had gone away she lighted the gas again,
which showed that there was leakage.
When McGahan came he went down into
the cellar to find the leak. lie came out of
the cellar, still insisting that there was 70
leak, and that the trouble was not with the
stove. He said he would prove it. and step
ping along side the porch, he held a lighted
match TO n small air-hole, under the house,
near where the pipes were. The moment
he touched the lighted match to the air.
hole the explosion occurred.
A look about the premises yesterday gave
some little evidence as to how the accident
might, and probably did occur. The fact
that the floor of the cottage remains, shows,
it is claimed by some. that the explosion
did not take place in the cellar, but must
have been on the first floor. This. they say,
Is further shown by the fact that the force
of the explosion was downward las we'll as
upward) as the legs of the piano in one of
the rooms were forced through the floor
There has been good deal said about I'M
perfect plumbing. The fact is this Gotta ge
has been supplied with gas for more than a
year. Had the plumbing been, imperfect.
it is said, the fact would have been known
sooner, for natural gas gives indication of
its presence. There seems little doubt that
this accident was caused by gross careless
ness, just as was that in the suburb Of
Haughville.
1t is thought by those who have looked
through the premises that the leak came
from an imperfect connection at the stove
OF from some cap the plumber left off while
at work. This is surmised from the fact
that there was and is now no escaping gas
coming from the service pipe in the cellar
If there had been n leak there then it would
be there now. and so the leak is clearly
shown to have been from some opening in
the house.
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-06-16
LOCATION OF THE FEDERAL BUILDING.
Progressive Citizens Approve the Suggestion
to Have 1t Opposite University Park.

The publication of an interview with
Alderman Granville s. Wright. in which
he made the suggestion that the square ON
Pennsylvania street extending from Ohio
street to New York street, going back to
the alley in the rear, was the location for
federal building. of the architectural char
acter and dimensions that this city de-
serves, appears to have struck popular
chord. The suggestion meets with general
approval, and the further suggestion that
the Board of Trade take an interest in the
matter and make the proper moves 10 bring
about the desired result also meets with
favor. A few chance talks will servo to
show what our progressive business men
and wide-awake citizens think of the new
location.
John w. Murphy said: Alderman Wright
has stolen my thunder. When Mr.. Byram
and myself were talking over the matter of
condemning the property adjoining the
federal building Iremarke ed to him that the
quarter square at the southeast corner of
Ohio and Pennsylvania streets would be a
better location for the pOstofice and other
government offices than the present loca-
tion. Mr.. Wright, without knowing 1t, has
appropriated my idea and added another
place for the government building. 1t meets
all the requirements of locality, and
building can be erected upon the ground
that will meet the requirements of the city
and State. architecturally and otherwise"
w. C.. Griffith approved the suggestion. as
follows: I'VE can no longer hope to keep
everything punched in one place in this
growing city. 1 look nPon the. suggestion
ground fine building may be erected-ope
that will meet the demands. Iconsider the
location as admirable; far superior to the
present one, where there will be no oppor-
park additions offered by the new location"
Rev. Dr. Mcleod remarked: THE new
locationf The very place for federal
building Perhaps the First Church peo-
of location with them will come sooner or
later"
J. w. McQuiddy said: "a beautiful and
convenient location"
ID. III. Wiles's idea was: ut is Just the
place. The property is not expensive, and
that recently bought by the government
can now, / am told, be sold at an advance
Horace Mckay said: The present federal
the times. architecturally and every way.
The added property, when built upon. will
give us that much more of the same thing,
for no architect can make a modern build
GHs Of
B. 4. Foster. secretary Grand Lodge, i. ..
o. F.. said: "The new location would give
us building that would meet all require
ments."
VIM. H. Morrison said: "My residence
is but square away from the proposed
site of the federal building. 1t would
perhaps increase the value of my prop
erty;. but on, broader grounds than
that am for the new location. 1t would
be a grand thing for the city and State to
have such building. one commensurate
with our size and dignity. Pm for it."
Frank Hamilton remarked: 1T would
certainly be great benefit to the city, arc hi
tecturaIy and otherwise"