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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-05-23
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

The average size OF an American
family. according to statistics. is Alb.
The fraction probably stands for the
Did man. -Terre Haute Express.
"A Green Bay miller sent Queen
Victoria a barrel Of -four over five
years ago and she hasn't thanked him
yet Perhaps her bread wouldn't rise.
A Detroit gentleman whose hair
is becoming little sparse says that
his marriage certificate is beginning
to show through. Detroit Free Press.
Home is the dearest place on
earth" remarked hobbs to Dobbs.
Yes" replied Dobbs. That's why
We quit housekeeping and went to
board. W ashington Post.
There are neighbors SO jealous Of
each other that they ridicule and be-
little the funerals Of those members OF
the family who are lucky enough to
die. Martha's Vineyard Herald.
The poor know nothing OF the
trials OF the rich.n Perhaps not. But
II the poor read the newspapers. they
know that great many of the rich es-
cape, protracted and painful trials by
going to Canada Norristown Herald.
Ed-"I hear Billy was very bril-
liant at Smiths reception last night. !"
Al-.'Yes. indeed. He sat down on a
box Of fusils that he had in his swallow
tail coat and the girls had to pour ice
cream on him to put out the flames. ~
Time
-Anglomaniac- That's the way It
goes II we hunt foxes, folks say
we're cruel; II we hunt aniseed bags,
folks laugh at US. What can we hunt
without exciting Indignation or rid
iculep" Small Boy atsr'-N. Y.
Weekly,
,-Countryman Tin restaurant) -"No
yer don't, now. Yer can't play any er
yer Moo York tricks on me. I ordered
plate or haricots verts of that bill
err fare, an I amt goin' ter take no
string-benns. Yer can't fool ole Hiram
Boggs this trip. -Harper's Bazaar. 4.
Wife Cat breakfast tablet
George. dear, why do all the default
ing bank clerks from the far West 20
to Canada?" Husband (who Is Emer-
titus professor Of geography BE.
cause, my dear. though there Is less
longitude there they have more lati-
tude. - Puck.
-s.Have you perfect confidence in
johnson, Mr.. AllcashPn Perfect
confidence! Why he's been my
cashier for twenty years There isn't
an hopester man In the world. But
Why do you ask such a question:
oh. it's all right | suppose;s only /
heard him in here last night arguingl
with Stebbins against annexing Can
ada - Chicago Herald
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ABOUT TOOTH PLATES.
The Dangers of Imperfectiy Prepared and
Porous Rubbers.

tHo DanEeTs sOi ImpeTfecLly prepared anu
Porous Rubbers.
The coloring matter Of rubber false
tooth-platcs is chiefly some oxide Of
metal, that of lead being OF bright
red, while the oxides of bismuth, anti
mony, aluminium and manganese will
give the rubber the brown color run
ming to maroon, and the pink is OBJ
tanned from aniline colors.
But it is not in the metallic oxides
used in preparation Of rubber that
danger lies Gas the percentage of rub
ber-sore mouths is so small-one in
fifty thousand, but in. the vuleaniza-
ton itself. which, Instead of convert
ing the prepared rubber as received
from the depots into vulcanite, can
be, by carelessness. converted into "a
porous plate, containing hundreds of
thousands OF minute holes, each able
to absorb and retain the fermentation
from food products, and by its pres
ence constantly against the tissues OF
the mouth cause blood poison. This
porosity is caused by overheating the
rubber, thereby converting the sui
phur in the mass into sulphurous acid,
destroying the fiber of the rubber by
and setting free the
metallic oxides. Whereas. II rubber
is cured or vulcanized properly at q
temperature never exceeding two hun
bred and eighty to three hundred de
-grees Fahrenheit. it will retain its,
elastic fibers intact; the sulphur will
beein its natural state, permeating tho
rubber and holding the coloring mat
ter so Theoretically sealed in its sub
stance that no moisture will dissolve;
even strong sulphuric acid will not
touch it,
1t is the duty of those making rub
Der plates to attend to these details in
the process Of manufacture, but where
cheap dentistry is sought after hurry
is the result and the consequence very
dangerous. Annals OF Hygiene
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THE COLONIES STORY.
How He Made the Acquaintance OF . Texnl
Tnrnufnia.

NOW ne maue the Acquaintance OF 1exna
Tnrnnfnla.
I'm a-telling you" said the Col
onel, as he removed his broad brimmed
hat TO push his-fingers =throngh@ his
hair--rm a-telling you that the tar
Antula Of Texas is no SLOUGH. He is
just about the wickedest, uglicst, dog
goned critter that was ever set up on
crooked legs. and the man who says
he isn't afraid OF EN- is q liar from
East to West, and know it! While
their pizen Is no worse than a rattle
snakes. the idea Of being keeled over
by sich horrid-looking critter half
kills you to start with.
Were you ever bitten. Colanelp'
Never, but got it worse than be-
ing bitten. Dog-gone my buttons. BIZ
- mem ! think OF i'll lose = foot in
length and get a mouth Is dry as last
years cotton!n
What was i.?"
well, one night last summer |
camped down after hard days ride
and slept the sleep Of the just When
opened my eyes in the morning was
lying on the broad Of my back, head
well up. ON the saddle and the blanket
pulled up to my chin. Right on my
breast was one OF the biggest, ugliest
tarantulas ever produced. He was
evidently waiting for me to wake up,
for as soon as opened my eyes be
took walk
Walked away, eli
No, sir. He walked upwards and
began to caress my chin. Then he
took a saunter up my cheek and in
spected my hat, stopping every now
and then as If he had found good
place to sting. In two minutes was
sweating like horse after ten mile
.gallsa. and l was even too scared to
pray. / know | tried to, and I'll be
hanged II didn'. get off a4paragraph
Of the Texas stock law in place of the
Lords prayer
'And the tarantula finally leftpn
~ s. sorter. finally. 1t was along
about ten o'clock, / believe. Mean
while he was promenading up and
down and enjoying the sunshine and
sizing me Up. kept my eyes shut
most Of the time, but could trace his
movements by the sense of feeling.
| About nine o'clock second spider put
in an appearance and begged the
honor of knitting me, but my old friend
objected and they had lively set-tn
on my stomach The new conner was
knocked =outF-in ebe=third round and
went off for repairs"
..And you didn't spring up and dash
the tarantula asidepn
Ibid you ever spring out otthe way
Of a bullet, young MANI l couldn't
have gathered myself before he'd have
popped it to me full figures. No. sir.
just laid thar and waited for him to
get tired and 60. He finally went, but
couldn't say how far, and / hadn't
moved a finger when a couple of cow
boys rode up. Then l jumped clear Of
the blanket and told my story. but
they: wouldn't believe it.
They wouldn'tpn
No, sir; but while I was shooting
one Of them the other lifted my blanket,
and that blamed tarantula, who was
hidden away, stung his handvand he
died in an hour Had to have an in
quest and bury both of 'em at my own
expense, and lost five days time
Detroit Free Press.
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PERSONAL AND iMpsksoNAL

4
-ror the FIRST tims In nearly fifty
years neither Saulshury nor = Bay
ard il in public life at the capital.
household at Buffalo, composed
wholly OF women. keep couple Of
mems hats and an ovorcoat on the
rack ny a device TO scare away bur
glars. y
Mary Anderson has hobby Of
being photographed and acknowledges
that she likes 10 see pietHssess Of her
self in as many attitudes and dresses
rs possible. s
Isaac Davis, tho Lake George
rattlesnake hunter, has killed. l, 700
snakes within the last four years. He
is said to be the only professional
rattlesnake hunter in the world.
The eldest man ~he e.e. entered
a Cabinet was LcwH cass, who Boz
came Buchanans SECRETARY OF State at
scventy-iive. Alexander Hamilton was
the youngest OF all Cabinet officers.
"A society "fada is TO send IA cup
and saucer to a young lady, with con-
gratuiations on her engagement One
Boston maiden received fity-twd, no
two alike, and yet all very pretty and
choice.
Miss Susanpah Warfield, who com
posed the march for the inaugural ball
OF President William Henry Harrison,
latives+at= Sy kesviile,5 Carroll County,
Md. and is ninety years old. She>is
wealthy old lady and is about to buiid
and endow a college.
There could be no moro striking
\ contrast than when Chief Justice
Fuller and Justice Harlan, Of the SUI
preme Court, walk down Pennsylvania
avenue together. The Chief Justiced
is as much below the average size as
Judge Harlan Is above It, and they are
sometimes spoken OF as David and
| Goliath.
in the Colorado foothills, near
Chico, lives Kate Lucas, u tail, WE'LL
built, rosy checked girl, who rides ON
horseback fearlessly and alone over
the mountain slopes and ravines, who
scorns u saddle, is a capital shot with
| a rifle and can ride the widest mustang
without bridle rblanlset, using simply
| a lariat.
Ex-Secretary Bayard, In bidding
Mrs. Cleveland farewell as she left
Washington, is reported to have said:
Goodbye. You brought nothing but
sunshine with You, and You arc taking
lzasgreat deal IT hisswas o
deserved compliment to the excellent
and courteous lady who recently
| graced the White House.
Two Ohio women have the grim.
| satisfaction OF rejecting that but for
the opposition Of their parents they
might have been the wives OF Presi-
dents of the United States. Thirty
years ago they lived at Bedford, a
village OF less than 500 Inhabitants,
about twelve miles from Cleveland,
and both were very attractive. To
/ each of them at different times Ruther-
ford Is. Hayes and James A. Garfield
paid serious attentions, but the young
men were poor and their prospects
any thing but bright, SO the parents-
OF the girls firmly and effcctually
| checked the love-making.
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STEAM WHISTLES.
Immense Noise Makers for Steamship
Plantations and Factories.

Immense NotsH- Makers Tor SteAm-Sntp1s
Plantations and Factories.
Steam whistles are made in great
variety. from the little tin pipe that
Is attached TO the street peanut rooster
TO the big foghorns that announce the
approach OF ocean steamships They
have displaced bells wherever 1t Is
necessary to send a warning 10 q long
distance. With a strong and favora-
Bile wind the louiest steam whistle
may be heard twenty miles. They are
much used in factories and on South
ern plantations.
| The biggest steam whistle on record
horcabonts was made by Manning,
Maxwell 4 Moore for Canadian saw
mill. The smill was located in a
sparscly settled locality, and had had
several iiiirus whiivii resulted resulted aaiisssss-
| trousIy on account Of the difficulty
81 summoning assistance. The pro-
prietors sent TO New York for the
! biggest whistle that could be got.
| The result was steam whistle about
two feet in diameter that could be
heard twenty miles. 1t took SEQ
horse power engine TO blow it This
| whistle cost f50.
II is not unusual tc make factory
and plantation Whistles that can be
| heard Ten or twelve miles. Big ship
whistles arc made 8! ten or twelve
inches diameter. A mueh-used whistle
is what is known as the Crosby chime
\ Il consists of three whistles, one above
another These three-story whistles
are much used on ships. The smallest
OF the three whistles is about FIVE
inches in diameter. This pattern can
be heard longer distance than any
| other.
+ Varieties of tone are procured by
varying the shape in the same way
that a boy changes the tone OF the
wooden whistle that he makes. The
Sound steamers hayea hoarseewhistle
| that is quite distinct from the whistles
OF other boats, and is readily recog-
nized in fog.
Railroad whistles are sharp and
/ piercing; not intended for long dis
\ tttlCcos uuu EdthcI iUt iluuiCulutS diui MI
especially for cows and other animals
| that get on the track. The latest idea
for railroad whistles Is to have diff
4 ferent pitch for passenger and freight
Etrains, so as to afford an additional
warning to switchmen.
There is very ingenious fog. whistle
which is attached to huoys and light
Esh ips= and worked the melton Of
the waves by the aid of bellows. This
is, OF course, not so piercing as steam
whistle. nor can it be heard at a great
distance. but 1t is very useful inven-
ton and contributes much to the safety
OF coast travel in the fog.
Steam whistles cost from $40 up
ward, and are generally made OF brass.
Of late years they have been nickel
i plated. Some Of the biggest whistles
in this vicinity are on the Greenpoint
factories. The big three-story whistles
are sometimes called the steam-gong
There used to be boat in the harbor
fitted with set OF steam whistles
called calliope@ Barnum used to
havesa caffiopeE travelling. with the
Greatest Show on Earth. The music
was rather narrowing to cultivated
ears The, whistles were peculiarly
adapted to staccato notes, and seemed
to have been created. to play Pop
Goes the Weasel. m Y. Sun.
. i.
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THE BOOK OF MORMON.
A Work Bearing Internal Evidence Of II
Bong a Fabrication.

A Work Bearing Internal Evidence Of Its
Bong a Fabrication.
The argument that the Book OF
Mormon" was derived from a story
written by Rev. Solomon Spalding.l
called the Manuscript Found.n you
can obtain by referring to the Ameri-
can Cyclopedia vol. XII, article sMor-
MONS" The Josephite Mormons at
Lamont, Iowa, claim to have obtained
the original manuscript of Spalding's
story, which they have -publis he'd in
pamphlet form. Whether it is
Spalding's or not, we do not know To
our view, the .4Bible of Mormon" was
probably written by Smith, aided
probably by Sidney Rigdon and others.
Il bears internal evidence OF being a
fabrication. II is clumsy piece OF
work, modelled on the Biblical style.
written by one who had no knowledge
of languages. Its pretended history
is clearly false. for a people as numer-.
GUS and as civilized as the race whose
history 1t purports togive. would have
left traces OF their habitations, their.
etc The claim OF the
book that the Indians are descended
from them will not stand for an in
slant against the simple fact that the
traditions OF the Indians show no trace
OF such descent. nor does theirrud re-
ligion show descent from Christianity.
as it assuredly would. Religious
traditions are remarkable for preserv-
ing their form for ages, even among
1.-THE rudest savages; and as the Book
Of Mormon brings It's pretended
history down ID. 384, the time would
be short to bridge over by tradition
The fire-worshipers OF Persia have a
religion that has come down for at
least four thousand years. At the
time Smith produced the Book OF
Mormon the West was full Of religious
discussion end ferment, and the topics
then debated among the people are
conspicuous in the Book OF Mormon,
showing its modern origin conclusive
ly. No man Of any learning has ever
examined the book but pronounces it
an impudent forgery. Smith once gave
a paper, purporting to be an exact
copy Of the Inscriptions on one OF the
golden plates he pretended to-
have found (but which nobody ever
SAW. 10 friend. who took II to Prof.
Anthem. OF New York. one Of the best
linguistic scholars OF the time. who.
under date Of February II. 1884. said
the characters consisted Of ailskinds
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Deen hung up py tne necis, and 80 con-
sidered that too insecure a hiding
place; her pocket was equally unsatis-
-laeterys= though FIRMLY believe that
TO the average man the mystery o. the
exact location OF woman's pocket Is
one no ages viii reveal At last. i'm
PEELED thereto by the failure OF all
other -Ifaeafls|o concealment, she
begged that ! would find some method
OF preserving 1t. not so much on ac-
count OF its intrinsic value and the fear
Of losing 1t. as lest tempted thereby
our momentarily expected visitants
might prosecute q too diilgent search
ior iurtner plumber, and fnding moth
ing, revenge themselves on us FOR
their disappointment. verify believe
that the idea Of tossing 1t out OF the
stage window passed through her
mlnd.
'ehe haa-eute1 Just passed the 70
ilyenanei'r aha-I s-iaaa-is eieintafliy put
my myers with u into my right lower
walstcoat pocket, when the seminous
Hait. ana that Enthusiastically steely
Click Click Oh weapons sounded IN
our os'rs.
suppose y hust nave Deem the TACT
VI my myers coming In contact win
ene eopacco IN my pocket mat pegat
wl'hin me .ne ell INSPIRATION 10 convey 70
my mouth the ring and plug together,
anu plee from Inc latter piece large
enough 70 satisfy tne most quld-ioving
u Sailors. MS l instantly began 70
mastlcate AFTER Inc approved fashion
81 oackwood5 justice, my cheek
standling Out as u anected with an
acute a..acki q humps
DOM doors Oh our conveyance were
opeheu simultaneously, ana Inc lazy
shrleked amaln as Nrevolvers covered
Us on eacn siue, ana we were required
70 descend. But very lew words
i'''Ssse
ou' assa,iai's were iour In nu'noer,
~ o.a7 ., ielloMs on INC Mhole'
a az, WINE one kep' nls gun IN 100
s'oso peoAiiiif's- -so1ii,y heat fef COM
ior.' aloeher fansackea my pockees
s''ia f''iiespa -. 'lie oi the lew Vafeiaeies :
.arr'eu. ne same process wouia nave 's
peen gone througn Win IN the case Oh
.neir o.her Vic.iin, hau ner pocke1s
s'''''.i=iiils.sl,l sssisie'e
W ~, pooAee-pooh, earrings anu pr
aons.l Ivy gaso, WIN eio ooollley y 9
.si,leu haeharilie+ opeSihs- ,oroers
u nor eeruc''io. Ai ehe WINE was
oApo 20 WIN .ie Veheihence u
on eng liie voilflettig fotstf sitioke.-utlt
sueil=al saa.sae sss.s nose
pares 10 at.ract a,eehtion, ana my
cigars anu 'ooacco hau Win ene-rest
VI my Deiolglhes alfea'ls iouio eneir
way into Inc possession OF our war
raneless searcnerss
rerceiVlng that such documents as
carried were "holly Valueless 10 tnem,
anu satisiying themselves that l car
fied no negotiaoie paper they handed
me BACK q cigar with an earnest al 4
-monitfons z. 1orsake inc topacco hanit
~, irony Of Iate!), ana with the most
courteous oiapolog1es 10 the lady ior
ele EinoonNeniellce ehey llao peen
.opligeo 70 lnHlcl, nlounteo ana gallopeo
oil, ieasihg us io1 inucn poorer .nal
eney iouno US 7-,,Ss
on regalnlng Inc stage Inc ieellhgs
tnat nau oegun 70 creep over me our-
ing me search nnally prevaiiea ana
ioVerpoWereu me, anu carefully con-
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HE HAD 4 CLUE.


The paper was lively sheet ~
Edited by lfcDougSt; y
Some way It came 70 rhyme hisBame---
Twas called the Bungtown Bugie.
~
The editor sprapg Jolly joke
Upon buriy farmer;
10 meet this man-the story ran
He'd need goodiy armor.
The office boy camc With wink
And said unto McDouga1 :s--.z-.-z --.-s.-..---
"a man." said be, inquired OF me
For the editor Of the Bugle."
eWas II the man Of the jolly joker
Where has the fellow tarriedf
II can not say; but, anyway,
A monstrous club he carried
The editors face grew deadly white
Looked like ghost In shadow;
''Tef1 them" said he, tell them, for me,
To bury me in the meadow.
And tell my wife"---the man rushed in
This man Ct ss..:Eee-~yy nahbofs-
"A club, = cried he, In ccstacy,
..Of twenty new subscribers T,
Mrs. M. A. Sutfin, in Chicago Times.
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Some Old Fashions Revived.

There is at present revival Of old fash
ions steadily going on. Popular favor has
returned to many OF the customs OF early
times and our homes are rapidly assuming
an air OF the past.
The old spinning wheel has returned from
exile and forms conspicuous and Interest,"
ing ornament IN our homes.
Quaint old tapestries, rugs and articles o.
furniture have been restored 70 deserved
popularity.
There Is reason for this revival
Our ancestors wa % OF the substantial
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According to the Macon (Ga.

According to the Macon (Ga. J
Telegraph one day not long ago man
by the name of Coon called at the
Way Cross ppst-offlce for his mail.
He was followed by Me- Fox, and that
gentleman had barely cleared the door
before Jim Wolf wanted his mail.
Next day Lamb and Lyon marched
in. to see il there were any letters for
their folks.
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A woman in Sharon, Pa. threw
away her false teeth under the Chris
itian science Illusion that God in an
swer TO her prayers and faith would
miraculously construct for her new
and natural sci. The teeth didn't
como, and she went insane.
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BIOLOGICAL GARDENS.


Their Value to the Educator, the Natural-
list and the Specialist.
At a glance, the striking differences
between the Asiatic and African ele-
plant are appreciated through the
eye. Onesseen becomes familiar with
the various forms of our American
deer, and has a better realizing sense
OF the fact that elk resort to the
mountain fastnesses as their normal
haunts, while our antelope rarely quit
the plains. From school-days up. the
American youth, by such means, gains
acknowledge OF the forms OF the mag
nifcent representatives Of the various
fauna Of This land, in comparison with
which the illustrations in the text
b&ok, although. not to be altogether
deSpised, are inadequate.
Here the sculptor, artist and en-
graver can. at their leisure, study the
nobleAt of animals forms under the
most advantageous of circumstances.
Leopards and pumas may be caught in
tho very act ola high-noon siestd, sor
perchance in some short and fiery
quarrel, showing all the lineaments Of
anger characteristic OF their race when
aroused. Ornithologists may catch
for their folios the transitory tints of
the glowing plumages of trogons and
toucans as they disport themselves in
their large, airy cages, ina manner to
be achieved under no other conditions,
1t is here, &again, that a Thousand
facts each year are brought directly
under the observation OF the naturalist
and specialist in every department. OF
biology notification in all its details
among birds; all the data in connection
with the breeding habits Of mammals;
and volume of unwritten lore having
reference to the lHe-histories of our
native reptiles and their kin. r. w
Shufeldt, M d. in Popular. Science
Monthly.
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: The story is told Of a manin Mont
real who was vaccinated during q
smallpox epidemic, and was indignant
because he could not get q certificate
that his wife and children had been
vaceinated also He thought his own
vaccination ought to be sufficient for
the family; but in this case he evi-
IDENTIFY could not s'represent' them
The Indianapolis journal., 1889-09-09

BOYS AND GIRLS.
The twenty first year win begin Monday. Sept o.
407 North Illinois street