The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-05-01

only.
Oranges are now preserved in silos,
the fruit being wrapped in. tissue and
buried in sand, care being taken that
the wrappers do not touch, and only
three layers deep being laid in each
trench.
The production Of the cocoa plant
In South America il 50 enormous that
one-eighth part Of 1t would be sufficient
to swamp the market ofNthe Outside
world. Almost all OF it is consumed in
South America. iss''s''
"A New York jeweler received the
following business card few days ago:
George d. Parks, farmer, merchant
jewe1cr, schoolmastcr, musician, etc.
p. S.-All questions answered with
truthfulness and dispatch"
lin unloading bananas at the New
York wharves the steyedores frequently
encounter scorpions and snakes, which
have curled up under the banana heads
in search Of a long nap, and sleep right
through the trip to New York,
Tho amount OF liquor scnt into Afri-;
ca, in five years, from Boston alone, was
3, 500, 900 gallons. The amount OF liquor
registered on the vessels which stopped
at Madeira, en- route to Africa in one
week is as follows: 100000 cases of
whisky; q, 900 butts of rum; 30, 900 cases
of brandy; 2S, 600 cases of Irish whisky;
500, 600 demijohns OF rum; $4,000 barrels.
of rum; $4,000 cases of old tom; $4,000
barrels of absinthe; 10000 cases of yer-
mouth.
The tomb supposed to be that OF
Cleopatra, lately discovered in Egypt,
was found at depth of twenty-five feet
from the surface in chamber ten feet
long, two and one-half feet wide and
lefty in proportion. The sareephagus
was built in the form Of a pyramid, ard
covered with exquisite carvings, among
them being five female figures, five
crowns of laurels and four figures OF
children. Some Of the latter are en-
tirely nude, while others are draped. In
the-eeHter of each of theerewnsa bunch
of grapes is carved.
IF the American people were to learn
that their army and navy during the
past year had lost 5, 2s2 men in engage
ments with enemies, and that nearly
&c. 900 of the soldiers ard sailors had
been wounded, they would be Mortified.
in fact SO great destruction of life and
limb would wipe out our entire army
and navy, as those branches CT the Gov
eminent service are now constituted.
Yet. says the Philadelphia Bulletin,
that is the extent of the havoc which
was wrought last year on the railroads
of the United States.
The Chippewa Indian word Totem.
means class of material objects which
savage regards with superstitious awe,
under the belief that between him and
every member Of the class there exists
an intimate relation. The Totem may
be wolf, beaver, buffalo, salmon,
snake, the wind, birch-barl, the leaves
OF trees, the sun, or the snow. But,
whatever it happens to be, the connec-
ton between it and its protege is mutu-
ally beneficial. The Totem protects
the man, and the man testifies his es-
TEEN for this protection by not killing
it should it be an animal, and not cut
ting or eating or burning it should it be
plant.
"A St. Paul merchant gives the fOl-
lowing to a Pioneer-Press reporter as
the reason why he cut piece of goods
in two and sold one portion at high
and the other at a low price: Twenty
five years ago was a sub-clerk in gen.
eral store in Kalamazoo, Mich. The
head salesman sent me downstairs into
the grocery department to do up
pound of tea for o prominent social
leader. In forty-five minutes it came
back from the house with an order to
change it. What does that head sales
man do but shake the tea out of the
brown paper, do it up in silk tea paper,
tie 1t with a colored cord and send ii
back to the lady. 1t stayed this time,
and she afterward told me that that was
the kind Of tea she always wanted to fill
her orders. That, my boy, was part
ofmy early education"