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OF her. am not now referring to tho
fact that she dances i'll skirts, but to
the exceeding brevity of her perform
ances.
At Niblo's where she rmade her first
conquest of New York, she danced not
more than three minutes each night. AT
the concert hall, where she is now the
leading attraction, she has boen but
little more liberal with tho public.
In explanation, it has been said that
no human being could stand it to dance
long as Carmencita does. A spectator
might we'll believe this.
All the muscles in Carmencita's body
including, apparently, several hun
drcd which are not found in most of us
are employed in the production of gy-
rations such as threaten to rcnd her
comely form to bits. In fact, despite
her lively kicking, she dances least Of
all with the apparatus usually employed
in such performances. Her body and
her arms do an incredible work.
Hitherto, Carmencita has been the
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s1wel IN u very dull setting of con-
dcnscd comic opera. Recently. mutt
lated fragment Of LA File dc Madame
Angct" has been abused for this pur-
pose But nov she will have wholo
play, though not a very long one.
When this idea dawncd upon the
management its brilliancy was obscured
by slight cloud; Carmcncita can not
speak English. OF course she has picked
up little of the language, but when sho
uDes it our mother tongue is put through
wilder commissions than is tho pretty
Epaniard's body in her widest cachucha.
And Carmcncita, SO widely advertised,
go much written about in tho papers, is
'Etill a novelty I was convinced of it
when saw her one evening last week.
The hall was well filled an hour before
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drive hard bargain. Young Bill was
married and lived with his wife at his
fathers house. Fill assisted about the
farm, while Sally, his vito, assisted his
mother with the oncrous duties that fall
to the lot OF farmers wife in the rourb
countries.
When strangers and uninitiated
traders we're scarce the two BILLS would
trade with each other, and it often hap
pened, as result OF disagreement con-
Corning these intcr-family transactions,
Chat hand-to-hand scuffle between che
father and his dutiful ''chip" would en-
sue. The results were generally draw,
with the odds in favor of the old man.
Young Bill had been unusually sober
and thoughtful for somo time, and the
old man suspected that something was
on his mind, but he said nothing. One
day they were behind the barn looking
at the field OF corn, when young Bill
opened the conversation:
'Pap, you've done heap of work in
your day'
Yes, William, I've scratched er Bit
you've just kept at it frum sun-up till
after milkin, and by tho sweat ov yer
brow raked together this hull farm!"
That's SO, William" replied the old
man as no shifted his quid of tobacco
uneasily from one cheek to the othef,
chats So"
"And, pap, it's gin mo deal of on
casyness to see you, at your age, rasslin
with the cares of life. You oughtcr be
jest settin' 'longsidc the fire, smokin'
your pipe, or layin' out under the trees
in the shade
That's SO, William, I oughtcr"
Bill was SO cngrossed with the beau
ties of his own thoughts and plans tina,
he did not notice dangerous light in
the old mans eyes, and that he spat on
tho palms OF his hands and rubbed them
together once or twice.
Now, pap, bein' as you are gttin' old
and feeble and your light just flicker
in you give me deed OF the farm and
you and nam kinder jog along the rest
OF your days with me and Sally"
'William," said the old man as he
pushed back his sleeves and rubbed his
hands together, II think see tho drift
of them remarks. My lights er flicker
in, is it? Gittin' old and feeble. am I?
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though q tolcrably fair Christian and an
elder in the Sugar Run Presbyterian
church, was not SO strict in his ortho-
doxy as to deny himself the luxury of
his Sunday morning scrape. He even
went so far sometimes as to take pan
OF salt and go out to tho "fur ecnd Of
the plaist" and salt the sheep, although
he never did this without protest from
his good wife Polly, who thought it "a
sin an shame to work on the Sabbath
'nlcss there wuz a needcessity fer it."
1t was his custom, too, in summer
time to go out on the little back porch,
which frontcd the south, to sharpen his
razor; this done, he would go into the
house and, taking down tho little
kitchen mirror, would take it out and
hang it on nail on the porch where he
could get better light for his weak, old
eyes. On tho particular morning OF
which | AIN now writing Uncle Bobby
bad been having hard time of it. He
had started out carly, rs was his Gus
tom, to do the chores, and foand that
the horses, led by old Tom. H.. canine
rogue of the fa"-...i, had all been in the
corn...ooid all night. Tho old gentleman
had vast lot of trouble getting them
out and up to the barn. He finally ac-
complishcd it, however, but not until
he had kept the breakfast waiting for
nearly an hour and worried the
"wimmin folks" nearly to death for
fear they'd "bo late to mcctin'."
Then the next trouble came when he
found that he was utterly unable to get
his razor in good runnin' order"
Three different times had he tried to
shave and had given it up in despair.
So there no sat, in the soft morning
sunshine, carefully strapping his old
fashioned horn-handled razor on the
softest part of his bcot-lcg. Finally he
succeeded in getting it so that it would
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extended as one OF the pictures shows
her. Then sho bonds backward. obi aoI5
far backward, till you think her head
will certainly fall off. Suddenly she!
turns her body little to ono side, hut
so quickly and with such deceptive,
wave Of tho hands that your heart comesI
up into your mouth, for you think that
her body has whirled clear around olis
her spine as an axis.
She can do hundred such tricks asjI
that. Tho positions which she really
assumes arc not thousandth part sol
miraculous as those she makes ono.
think she has assumed.
AS to her kicking, we'll, it is GRACEFUL
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What'll we do? IT'S limo now we wur
gettin' ready for meatin,n

What'll we do? IT'S time now we wur
gettin' ready for meetin,."
"Goshermighty!" exclaimed tho old
fellow in despair, "what on airthrl
happen next, I wonder? Wall" he
continued as he took off his hat, and
sinking down on the steps, began t..
wipe his heated face, 'wall. gals, unless
you kin go an drive hor up shell
hev to stay thar It'll git leetle mite
rested. I'm too nifty nigh tuckered VI
now to 80 racin' Ground aftcr that ole
hcffer.''
The girls demurred to that proposition
and went upstairs to finish their cry
while Uncle Bobby quietly stole int.
thc cool, old-fashioned front parloi
where he lay down ON the floor and soor
forgot tho troubles of the morning in
sleep. When he awoke, dinner wa.
ready and old Doll had, of her own &C.
cord, como back to tho house and was
standing at the watering trough in tho
barn-yard neighing for drink. he
went out and watcred her, put her in
tho stable, ran tho old buggy back in its
place under The shed and then went into
tho house and took another long nap
That evening neighbour driving by
stopped to chat for few moments and
in the course Of the conversation, asked
Unclc Bobby why his folks had not been
to church that day.
WALL" answered the old fellow, and
there was just the faintest suggestion OF
a smile playing around the corners OF
his mouth: ''Wall, it wuzzent jess quit,
convenyunt fer us to git out to-day, Sc
we concluded to stay at homo an gil
rested good; fer mex weeks crgoin' ter
be or powerful busy time at our house
But that particular Sunday was long
remembered in the Givens family rs ";
day OF trouble. Ed. II. Pritchard, III
Arkansaw Traveller.
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BEGINNING EEL viro," TIE HAT DANcnsl
enough, and not at all improper. but i
will defy anybody to fix his attentiops
upon that part OF the performances. Thes1
spectator with any soul ut ell Will wat,
Carmencita's body. not her legs.
body, writhing with thousand 4fs4
tions has not only the grace 1nd1la
charm OF serpent. And bat Ia,
is trickery, although tho IeFs agsin j
and therefore pardonas' .onghly arsistiS
Carmeacita's gracc ore.
rather ad;, than IN post on. lean mot + ssg
admire M eau al poses. She has ss s', as
way ., ge'.-ng into some of tbsm rs sss' 8.
so snap 10 at would break less .alan rs
so"nS l'1dy in two. And hor n rsaas'.'s
~ u, cave said, are SO deceptiva s.sss sss'
larry impossible to follow. If;f 81
possible to get Instantaneous Z wgss es
s;fspns OF her most rapid tyist ssl9ssasi
ings, am Inclined to believe ~ ,si's'
loud an De as surprising to lovers y ss esS
, sanee as tho pictures OF tba .,,r sos'f
ago soS'S some yeaSss
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Took Him Literally.

MAORI think, Uncle Eph, it's high
time for you 10 haul in your horns-that
Is, stop drinking. 1t will kill you sure.
Uncle Eph-Majah, feared l been
too long at it, an cain stop.
Maior-Eph, it's never to late to mend.
Uncle Eph latter long spell of think
ang)-Ef OATS so, Majah, guess I'LL
keep on awhile longah.-Puek.
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Dil Not want a ,,ack pc.,ion.

Applicant-Is this the pension Office?
want II pension. | am old. and the
Government owes me pension.
Agent Do you want bacl, pension?
Aaplicant-No; / was wounded in the
necx. LisAt
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tsr appearance while jugglers and
funny men were occupying tho stage.
Then came Ia File do Madame An
got" and when in tho midst of &c Car
mencita ~as announced, there was
genuinely enthusiastic expectancy. But
tho dance didn't sot people crazy. 1t
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When your old pap's ready for the poor.
house he'll talk to you. Williamw

- 't~1'@ 3" J WV " TIT WITT
Yes, pap"
"Seo that field Ct cornstalks?"
Eyes, pap"
well, to show shat your old papa
light amt err flickerin' rs much as you
reckon on, I'm goin' to knock down half
an acre of them stalks with your heels"
When the argument was concluded
Bill crawled painfully from under the
barn and whispered to himself:
Sally was to kinder bring nam to the
point at the same time. wonder if her
lights put out. or if she's only crippled
Tor life" = Edwin Ralph Collins, in
Texas SirtinGs.
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BODY-DANCING A FAD.
The Ballet of the Future VIII Need
No Legs.
Graceful Carmencitn Has Rival and
Both Arc Captivating Now York with
sonsuous wriggllnE In tho
Spanish Style.
IcoPYRIsHr. isua.l
Especial Correspondenos.1

tSpeosnl Correspondence
Carn>aE5ita, tho Pearl OF SelviIle, tho
adS.iration of New York and the great
chief wriggler Of all creation, is going to
become an actress. She will enlarge
her sphere.
Competition is the cause of it, Car
menoita is no. longer the only exponent
OF SPANS sensuous graces in the dance.
Senorita Otero has made start in tho
same line of business, and the result is
That which follows competition every
where, namely, moro of the commodity
can be had for the Same money.
This suggests the consideration OF
one notable popularity Of Carmencita's
success, the public has seen so very little
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vTillie,s rhaa-

"illie-I found q clam.sho,,3
teach this morning. sncli on tho
wl IIliayNma $ there any clam in iss 4
drowned Ut think he must have e,sI
1'o"nea'-harpes's Young Peonla sS ses|
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Ada-lt is strange what long article
4 reporter can write on nero triAc.
Lulu / should say so. The other dav
ono of them wrote II whole column Oh q
bathiDg-suit.-Tho Jury.
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A DAY OF TRIALS.
How It Was That Uncle Bobby
Didn't Go to Church.

ED BOBBY CIV
EMS sat on the
steps of his lit
tlo back porch
early ono Sun
day m o I'm i n g
strapping his
razor propara-
tory to shaving
himself. This
was a regular
Sunday morn
ing iob b, for
Uncle Bobby, as
t Ii Q neighbors
called him al
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\ ONE of thu
Southern coun
ties of Arkansaw
lived a pair-old
Bill Aikcns ant
his son Rill-wht
were characters
i n t II cir way
They were we'll
known as SHARP
dealers and tc
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sLIMsEY'S LUCK.
Hs Wasted His Money and Got
Licked Besides.
written for This Papcrl.

CCASIONALLY
misfortune tries
to find out how
many disast ers
of assorted sizes
she can unload
on a single indi
vidual in a single
day. She tried
an exporim o n t
of this kind not
long since on a
young man who
went to Coney
with ten dollars
and his best Peri.
Although t h o
season was draw
ing to a close
when the gate
on the pier was
opened, quite an
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HE SAW THE DRIFT.

The Old Man Did iSot Fall In with The
Plan Proposed By Ills Son William.
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Hollis Ilolwarthy (Harvard '9D-ITave
j a rival?
Bella Sands = think you have
George Belts is very attentive to her.
Hollis llolworthy-Is Belts a Yale
man?
Bella Sands-No; Columbia.
Hollis Holworthy = Then he is no
rival. We never admit of rivalry except
with Yale mcn.-Puck.
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was over SO soon that many had o1Iy
begun TO realize its unusual charactcs.i
There were two or. three recalls reJ
warded by just few little kiots apiecs.I
and that was all. A fifth OF the snoUJ
tators, perhaps, inquired IL that was xlal
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s
Democratic Headquarters

WHEELING, W. VA, July 80, 1890.
County Democratic Executive
Committee:
Gentlemen =
The Baltimore &
Ohio, the Chesapeake & Ohio, the
Ohio River, the Pittsburgh, Gin
cinnatti & st. Louis and the West
Virginia & PittsRflgh Railroad
Companies will sellusduced tick
cts to delegates to the State Con-
-vention at Grafton on August 18th
and the convention Of Democratic
Gibbs, at Parkersburg on the 14th.
Order upon which to procure
tickets ean-be procured upon ap-
plication at the ticket Offices of
the c. 4 o., the PC. & st. /. and
the @. r.. r.. r. companies; and
orders ON the B. & 0. and w. " &
p. railroads will be sent the chair
men Of the county committees to
besdlstributed among the delega
ties to- the State Convention and
the State Convention Of Clubs.
Please de not fail to see that
delegates in your county who de-
sire to attend either of these Con
ventions hasNQn order on which to
procure ticket.
Yours truly,
T. S. RILEY.
Chairnlan State pemocrQtic Committee
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All PERSONS indebted to the estate OF
J. A. Bing, deceased, will please come
forward and settle, and pay the same to
FIRE 1T the I.asy= efaiee Of J..B. Wilkinson,
at Logan.C. ii. w. Va; and persons
having Claims against said estate, will
present the same; with proof Of their
business, to me at said place, for pay
ment.
June Both 1890,
j. c. BrSG, Administrator.
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The Paramount Index makes a
good point when it says "when IN
argument a man purposely mis-
states the position Of his opponent
he thereby acknowledges the
weakness Of his own side, and
tit - as an example the change
made by Republicans that the
Democratic party is in favor free
trade, when they know it is not
true. There is nothing trucr than
this. Whenever you hear a. Re-
publican charging d ocrats
with being frec-traders you may
know that he is on the run and
has no legitimate defense to make
in behalf of his party.
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Alta County Court continued and held
Tor Logan UGnty at the Ge;sFt House
thereof en the first day Of August 1880.
1'wenty-fiye voters Of Logan District
having petifioned the Court IA submit;
r. tic yUfcrssof xni4 District The y
G9assi SfanaiaspAaiinniasaa tbs Altegia s /,
foaiJsaw adopted by the voters Of the
sid district nj the general election Of
1855. il il ordered that poll be opened
on said question at the voting rrecints
asssrII II --a,lsl Hewgtt in said
At asss
that the Cfer!: of this Court have this
order published for f0nr successive
weeks in The Logan County BANNER.
and posted for four weeks OH the door
Of tie house at each OF said precincts
in which said election viii be held.
Teste: :. S. ALTER. Clerk.
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Enough has been heard from
the counties of the third district
to- insure the denomination of
Hon. John ID. Anderson for Son
gress. The campaign for the nom-
nation between Anderson and
Gov. Wilson, has been spirited,
but at the same time the best feel
ing has existed between the gen.
tlemen and the vote which Wilson
has received in the district under
the circumstances has shown that
he has lost none of his old popu-
larity.with the masses of the party.
We were satisfied from the begin
ing that Anderson would be the
nominee that he was honestly
elected two years ago every Dem
0crat in the district as we'll as all
fair minded Republicans, believe,
and so believing he should be
yindicated by a denomination, and
q reelection by a large and decis-
sive majority which can be done.
On the other hand Gov. Wilson
is entitled to the gratitude not
only of his party, but Of the hon
est voters. Of the State of all par.
ties for his glorious fight against
the corrupt debauchery Of the bal
lot box at the last election. His
fight was not only for his party,
but for the honor of West Virgins
In and with a less determined man
In the position occupied by him III
1888 and 'S9, fraud AMI bribery
would have boon successful.
Thase who think that Gov. Wilson
or his friends will not support
MIR. Anderson andsthe whole Dem
rocratic ticket, zealously and earn
estly, have yea much to learn OF
Gov. Wilson, and the men who
have stood by him. The Repub-
licans- Of tho district viii have
to confront united democracyaug.
mented by such Republicans as
are in favor Of protecting agricult.
nre and who are opposedto negro
domination in the South.
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-. =

In the Democratic County Con
vention Of Wyoming County on
August 9Th. 1890, on motion of
Philip Lambert the following Res
olution was introduced and unan-
Eimonsty adopted, by the Gonyen-
ton:
"Whereas Logan county has Sc
lccted the Hon. John a. Sheppard
as her Democratic candidate for
State Senate from this Senatorial
District and recognizing her claims
to the choice Of Senator as well the
fact that in the Hon. John A.
Sheppard we have an active and
earnest Democrat, who will give
strength to the ticket and success
to the party.
1t is therefore resolved that the
delegation from this county to the
Senatorial Democratic Convention
of this District, to be hereafter
called, he, and they are hereby in.
structed to cast the vote of this
County solid in the Convention
for the Hon. johns A. Sheppard
of Logan County, for State sena.
tor"
We expected that Wyoming
County would do her full duty
and we have not been disappointed
Logan County is certainly p1rtiitfe
to the State Senator. Her large
Democratic majority as well as
her location in the district, should
be sufficient to entitle her to have
her claims considered by her sister
counties, and in this campaign she
has presented the name of a young
man, who is an able lawyer and {
true Democrat and who has a>clear
political record, and one. who, il
nominated, will be elected by .
large majority, and who as Sen.
ator will reflect credit on the Dis
trict. The convention also in
structed its delegates to the. Con
gressional Convention to east the
vote Of the County for the Hon
John ID. Anderson.
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The delegates to the Senatorial

The delegates to the Senatorial
Convention from / i IL c 0 ] n
County are unin~tnleted. We
learn that the delegation is favor
able to Mr.. IIenritze, but We can
not belieyeA fiat Lincoln at the
dictatiion Of one man will vote
against Logan's candidate. Logan
cast her vote solidly for Shelton
and OxIey when they were pre-
scented by Lincoln for the State
Senate.
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We haze not heard from Raj
oicl,. bmf We feel assured that the
friends OF MeCrcery are not SO
Ieglectfnl as 10 fail to recognize
the claims Of Logan in the present
20 test for the State Senatorship.
The man we presents in every
way worthy Of Ralcigh's support.
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President Harrison is entitled
to commentator for his manly
recommendation 10 congress that
lotteries be prevented from using
the United States mails. The
Louisiana lottery octopus may be
big enough to run Louisiana. but it
IS not big enough to run the gov
eminent Of the United States.
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Tuition For FIRST Term Of Is Weeks, $l2.

Address W. M CONNOLLY President the Board Of Trustees
rlkeye ky for catalogues and nformaon REV DAVID
M IN Prlncpai at Burlngon KY until August 18TH after that
time at Pikeville, Ky 3.Ia
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AdmiNstrator's Notice.

T. CyZWHITED, CIefk.
Ellison, Kelly & Jopcs, Soils.
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phe Senate is proceeding slow
~ with the Tariff bill. Two
months ago Maj. Mckinley was
regarded by the Republican press
as the great read uster Of tariff du
ties, and there was claim for the
passage of the bill WHICH bears
his name, without any change,
even the 4dotting= of an or the
crossing of n t, Senator Blaine
however, whose devotion to the
doctrine Of protection can not be
doubted, and whose experience
and position gives him the right
to have M opinion Of his own,
spoke plainly for reciprocity and
said of the Mckinley bill. "There
is not section or line in the
entire bill, that will open the mar
kct for another bushel of wheat
or another barrel of pork This
language used by every Democrat
ic Senator, would have have no
effect, but when used by Blaine
it put the West to thinking, and
the stand since taken by several
OF the Western Senator'S show
that the unjust tax imposed upon
the farming interests by the bill
is to be removed to consider
able extent before it can be pass
ell, even by Republican Senate
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In Challcery.


ss w. ~ Il
Jacob Smith, J.. G. X
Williamson and Jas.
O'Keeffe. 49, r
The object of this suit is to set aside.
hold for Daught and Of no effect a deed
of conveyance made OH the 9th day Of
April 1899 by Richard Ratcliff to TIE
defendants Jacob Smith and J. G. Will
hanson for a tract Of land situate on
tug River at the Mouth Of and around
GraltssaBranch in Logon County. State
of West Virginia, and afterMards sold
by the said Smith and Williamson to
the said james o kcetfe, ION the grounds
Of Incompetence, fraud and failure Of
consideration. This day came the plain
tiff, by his attorney, and on ms notion,
1t appearing by an affidavit filed with
the papers in tiIiscausc, THAT theAefefd-
ants are .non-residents Of the State Of
West Virginia, it is ordered that they
appear here within one month fr65n the
first publication Of this order and do
what Is necessary TO pTotecttiicif inter
ests i'll this suit.
r. C,zWHIrEp, Clerk.
Ellison, Kelly & Jopcs, Soils.