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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-01-23
The Fun Names Of Authors.

Bayard Taylor's first name was James.
Frank Stockton is really Francis
Richard Stockton.
Wilkie Collins full name was William
Wiikfe Collins.
Duffield Osborne is in realty samuel
Duffield Osborne.
Howard Seeley's full name is Edward
Howard Seeley, Jr.
joaquin Miller Is corruption OF Gin
cinnatus Heiner Miller.
Laurence Hutton Is contraction Of
James Laurence Hutton.
Henry R. Haggard sounds strange to
thousands Of ears who know Rider Hag-
gard.
Edmund William Gosss Is to-day
known only 70 the world W his drst nnl
IAst namss' -lsitsrnsy ks>vsh,
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q Pin FOUND n He.rt.

At recent meeting Of the Association
Of American Physicians DR.. Peabody
read remarkable paper on . case whore
q pin was found in the heart, whore 1T
had evidently lain for an indefinite
period. The point Of the pin was dis
tant 1--WE millimeters from the external
surface Of the heart The pin seemed
eroded and was broken by the scissors
in dissection, without, however, becom-
ing displaced. There was no evidence
Of recent local Inflammation, but the
endocardium in the neighborhood of the
protruding head Of the pin was greatly
thickened and snow white, and firmly
adherent to the edge Of the hssd
Louis Republic.
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THEY LOVE SWEETS.
How Bread ID Made In Different Coun
tries OF Asia.

AZ tries ~ A.,a.
The braad ~ if,arant Asiat;c nations
Ia worthy ~ mart;an II ch;n. Ind;a
Ianan and corea Nv NJ means al tha
people live upon rice. IN North china
nuch What e .usaa ana Northern india
;sone 81 tha hast wheat-rrowing d i
"a The aorId rhar,hirass Ill thsi i.
hread imstaaa - haLinr q ~ - haLad
a. ali i, ia hrownad aftar ho;iinG II
Earrt tha hraad - az .onast a,ass =
,arga a. ,,,ada - sor,hn,. saad amS -
North Inaia AID North China r,;,lat e
larraIv need po.,, S,h;nasa "a Ianan
80 : ~ sond - sw,aa4 a.na - -
ono !, ~ moot ,,o,,,,,ar s.rss = .,r,nst
o~act,v lie onr erpne.e $40 r. ,asaid
~ hays hsan hronrht s ovar tro,,, Hat, -,
+. ~ nntnh chr;s q. - a,ha. 49,, 800
~ 10 80, - 80 III,
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a RAzoR.s TEMPER.
II Most Instances It Improves % the
BLADE Gets Older.

blade Gets Older.
"H6w does that razor go?r queried a
well-known tonsorial artist OF a re-
porter few days ago as the latter was
being shaved.
ut pulls little" was the reply.
That's just what thought, uttered
the barber, as he wiped the blade care
fully and proceeded to strop another
which he selected from a number lying
on his shelf
do you know he continued. that
razors are just as freaky and change
able as women? Why, that razor ] just
put away, after good honing, will
sometimes shave twenty or thirty men
with only slap or two over the strop
once in awhile, and perhaps some other
time the edge will be gone after have
shaved two customers. OF course some
people claim that the difference in
boards accounts for this, and that is in
a great measure true, but oftentimes
the edge will go back on fellow while
shaving man whose beard is like silk.
Another peculiar thing about them
is that they will not work for other peo-
pie the same as for the man whose Gus
tom 1t is to use them. Now, ] would just
as soon thinky OF throwing all those nice
blades you see lying on the shelf away
as to let some other man hone or strop
them for me. What's the reason? Well,
1t lies just here. There are many diff
ferent kinds Of edges, and only the man
who is used to the razor can know what
they will stand. He has to study them, of
course, and he will know just what
stroke to make ON his oilstone and what
passes to make on his strops. The razors
seem to become acquainted with the
touch Of the man who constantly handles
them, and work. we'll for him; when, If a
strange barber should take one, his
work with 1t would be likely to be
rather poor for some time--in fact, until
he had nursed the sensitive blade
around to his ways and his peculiar
touch. a
Which do you consider the best razor
to buy-the most expensive or the
cheaper grades?r
II was just coming to that. No, /
don't think that as rule expensive
razors are much better to use than those
Of medium price and quality Now
there is razor said he, taking one
with horn handle down from the shelf,
that bought in an auction room for
twenty-five cents, That was cheap
enough, you must confess, yet cheap
as 1t was, it is now one OF the best razors
ON my shelf, it having turned out ex-
actly as would wish This razor is good
on almost any face, while some others
which have, while ! can shave one man
with them with ease, another man may
sit down in my chair and that same
razor will pull so that the customer will
cry out with pain.
Another interesting fact about them
is that they improve with age, that is,
the temper will improve, and have had
razors in my possession which were Of
no earthly use to me, but after laying
them away for year or two / would pick
them up once more, when 4 would find
them first-class- in every particular. -
Boston Globe. 1865
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"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

Barber-"D Does this razor hurt YOU,
sir?" Victim-s'It would If weren't q
Christian Scientist Boston Herald.
-Unconquerable.- Train Robber ZEN
tering neutrality-suspicious. up your
hands! Jenkins tengrossed In eaehar}
Hanged If will; here's both bowers
and the joker. Texas Siftings.
81 am sorry to say" said a sheriff to
young widow, who was handsome,
that | have an attachment for YOU
Il am happy to say, sir, that it isn't
mutual, she replied.
Il kissed her for her mothers sake
But now the years have flown.
I'm very glad to get the chance
To kiss her for her own.
--Kearncy Enterprise
Marriage remarked Biggs, sis "a
sort Of brief swoon. When / was first
married thought Mrs. b. and / were
one; but it wasn't long before we came
two, Boston Transcript.
PRODIGY hear you have been
getting married" Tooker-.sYes.n Prod
lcy-aWhom did you marryps Tooker
-"Milly Jones, her mother, her step
father and two maiden aunts.n- Har-
pers Bazaar
"A jew went up to a railroad station
and said Gimme tiget, to Spring
field" what Springfeld?p asks the
ticket-seller, illinois or Massachu-
setts?" II don't gsre. Svicheyer's the
sheapest. p Exchange.
"A New Version. Harold "a. B.,
Harvard, 49, --"M aude, + love you'll
Will you be my wife?' Maude "a. H.,
Harvard Annex, 'ss, )--"No, Harold, that
can never be, but we shall always be
Brothers. y Harvard Lampoon.
Mfr. Jawk coming in after the storm
-"Great Scott, Maria, look at the hail
stone l found on the step! Why, it's
nearly three inches square Mrs. Jawk
THAT isn't hailstone, you old sim
pleton;l the iceman just left that
Time
THE minister's youngest has been
detected in the telling Of most fragrant
fib, and has been shut up for an hour to
learn verse from the Bible ON lying.)
The Minister -"Well, pet, have you
learned that verse YETI" Alice Part
Of one, papa. Minister part Of one
we'll, let's hear it Alice Psalms
hundred an sixteen 'leven-sAll men
are liars, RI Boston Beacon.
There is one thing that always
strikes me as funny abont your produce
tions," said the editor to the amateur
humorist. rs that SOP said the humor-
ist with pleased expression on his
face; "and what is that?. why, that
you should think that they are funny
yourself said the editor, and the
pleased expression vanished like turkey
at . newsboys' dinner on Thanksgiving
Day. Somerville journal
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Blinks latter the STORM You would
never make good typewriter, my dear.
Mrs. Blinks--And why, I should like
70 know? II wasn't - intelligent -
that hussy in your oflice-
Mr.. Blinks--It's not that my dear.
~ because you WON'T - dictated No.
4, II sun,
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Sheen, zee that scarecrow out there
In, the feldl MI +
He That isn't . scareerow.
ut must be- See how motionless II
is.r
''Thst's the hired lasn sl wcrk.s--
yAnkss Blade \.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-01-23

Our present ethics touching CORE.
spondeuce has done away with one very
sentimental custom, that Of keeping let
ters, and tying them with elegant satin
ribbons and storing them in dusty
pigeon-holes for few years to be
dragged forth and burned at last. Most
of MS have had painful experiences of
that preposterous practice. Our poets
have sung Of final cremation of the sow
enirs Of the past We ourselves have
wept bitter tears over their destruction.
The fire which consumed our treasured
records Of love and hope has scorched our
very souls. But such scenes are not of
to-day. Modern letters are brief and to
the point. They are not suffered to. &C
cumulate in any young lady's well-regu-
lated escritoire. They are destroyed as.
soon as answered, sometimes before. It
is as II we had resolved to guard our
selves against the possibility Of senti-
ment.
Since all concede that life has no le-s
ultimate place for any thing but the real,
the tangible, the actual, this Is no doubt
the part Of wisdom. II we keep any let
tiers now it is that we may be able to re-
turn them when the inevitable rupture
with their writer's has come, or that
they he at hand for reference. There
are those who insist on being shocked at
all this. But they have not improved
their opportunities and SO have come
short Of their privileges.
The world has not much patience with
them and they are not likely to enjoy
themselves greatly for the future.
One Of the requirements Of this age Is
that its people shall be awake. II they
do not rouse themselves to the sublime
attachments and multiple advantages
Of the period, it is at their peril. When
1t is discovered that they are welded to
the past, or that they are unable to con-
our heartily in present efforts and pres
emit schemes, the world cries trcssen= to
them and they are without place or part
in the gigantic cycle Of events. No one
pities them. No one understand their
position. No one indeed has leisure to
think any thing about them. They are
swept on in the great tide Of human af-
fairs which many take at the food and
80 are led out and on to the acme Of an
enviable fortune To do and to dare is
essentially the maxim Of our modern
civilization. Saturday Evening Herald.
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Brown=zI always make It . rule to
conceal nothing from my wife; ! tell her
every thing.
Homes Yes and Ican't say that like
Brown How 500 Why not?
Jones-W Why your wife tells every
thing you tell her to my wife, and my,
wife just ralsos me over 1ths noxls for 81
.-Munaeys Weekly,
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And papa thought he had the best OF
his Christmas joke, and I think 50, too;
and don't your Youths Companion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

One feature Of the census is well pleasing to
all except that small class who think that there
is such thing as too much progress. It is the
growth of cities like birmingham, Chatta-
nooga, Duluth, Seattle, etc., which had less
than ten thousand population in 1880 and which
now show more than thirty thousand. The
number of cities that jump from $4,000 TO over
100000 Is larger than ever before. In some
cases there is grave discomfort because the in
crease isnot even greater. The people look
for an enehantment in the census returns that
outworks the wonders of the Arabian Nights
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

President Jefferson had some good ideas of
how the civil service of the country should be
conducted. but he would doubtless be regar ded
in some quarters, if living, as q contemplate
mugwump whose opinions were utterly worth
less. In a letter written November 8, 1906. TO
Mr.. c. Parker. surveyor of the port of Norfolk,
and first published yesterday, Jefferson said:
Il have never had a wish to control the right
Of private opinion or OF suffrage in the officers
of the government / have only believed it
wrong when they disapproved those principles
Of Administration which the will Of the Nation
has sanctioned, that they should employ the
influence of their Office in aid Of an active op-
position to them No person not doing this
has ever been disturbed in the right Of his per-
sonal suffrage"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07
Grows Ar REDucrD P.rcra

Those Chamois Gloves that viii wash lhs Aandksr-
CHIEF just what you are wanting. you 80 Ills
not undesirable goods reducing In peSos.
yelisw Chamois xousQuetsires reduced to. , .s5c
white Chsmois Nocsqustsirss reduced TO- "a. 10
Upo YOU want sun Gloves to match sous color Of
your costunss they are here.
oec colorsd silk Aousauetaires reduced 10 &c
Soc Back and colored DO. reduced 70. 3ec
~ous dollars worth Of quality b oGsrsd you a Is
cents. We refer 70 cur 4bustoa Undrssssd Kid Gloves
reduced 70 e6c.
U-Dressed Kid Gloves that ere lust he sh4,~ fsr
TIE ssashurs snd mountain.
&C. 4-buston I'D GLOVES reduced 10. .5oc
s5c A-eutson CD Gloves reduced Usc
erDoa's forget the '.Pigskina."
TIE sAIAu lorAI.
4. lssxxa.
ox.s issA =. - ~ -
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whether the Atkinson bill is pas.ed bv thu

Whether the Atkinson bill is passed by the
House next District day or in what shape il
shall pass will depend very largely on the
number OF Representatives who on that day
shirk the performance Of their duties AZ Dis
trict legislators. The railroads demands are
supported by compact body of Legislators Q
small minority, however, Of the whole House.
They will be present next District day. In all
cases OF conflict between a special and the pub
he interest the former does almost ali the work
OF drumming up support The general public
interest is nobody's special personal interest,
and especially is this the case in District con-
Germs. II the recognized f. ends Of Washing
ton in Congress mako no effort to secure the
presence next District day of other Represents
tives whose opinions will coincide with their
own when the facts are stated and il the large
number who feel general interest in the well
fare of the city. but are apt to find District az
fairs tiresome. absent themselves, the railroad
will shape matters to suit itself. II it we're pos
sible to lock the doors of the House and COM
pei substantially the whole body TO vote
whether the slaughter of citizens at grade
crossings should not be reduced and whether
public parks should be disigured and occupied
by a corporation without compensation the re-
suit could hardly fail to be favorable to
the people. The difficulty Of securing
o considerable majority of the House 70 take
an interest in local affairs even to be system
atically present when they are discussed fur
nishes an additional reason why the protection
of public life and property should be required
to accompany the grants 70 the road proposed
by the bill. District legislation runs Q gaunt.
let in the House. The days nominally assigned
TO it are often occupied with other matters
and lack of quorum often defeats measures
which meets only the unreasonable opposition
Of two or three members. 1t will be almost
impossible to get even the opportunity of test
ing the Houses views on the peoples requests
for improvements in the railroad occupation il
they are separated from the railroads demands
and postponed When the railroad secures the at
tention and consideration Of the House, then il
the time to make counter requests for the public
welfare. To waste this opportunity Is in effect
to deny the people relief The whole railroad
question must be decided while grants are
being made to the railroad, or legislation re-
stricting the corporation will never be enacted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

II the "effete dynasties" of Europe, which
are now making all sorts of threats Of reprisal
and boycott IN case the Mckinley bill becomes
a law, carry them out, this country, on purely
American eagle principles, will declare unani-
mously for protection and fight them out on
their own line If it takes two summera.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

King Kalaksus is sandwlched between difR-
eulties that would appal the stoutest heart.
His attorney general admits that the cabinet,
except himself, conspired in April against the
King in favor CT his maiesty's sister. A repre-
sentative in the legislature endorses the at
torney general and says that still another con-
spirscy WAS to set up republic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

Have the issues been mistaken? II would
appear that the tariff, base ball, silver, the
Farmers Alliance and the election bill are not
prominently before the public. The absorb
ing questions are how much should q retiring
President receive for his private property
when he sells it and how little should AN in
cnmbent President allow his family to accept
as gift from non-designing persons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

II the process Of elimination in the South
Carolina Alliance party continues either there
will be no farmers movement for the demo.
Gratis to knock on the head or there will be so
many Democratic parties that it will be easy
for the now sleeping Republican infant to
arouse himself and club the life out of them all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07
10 PER Cent Drscousr.
SUMNER GooDs You Rrournr

The retail merchant must always be ahead Of the
season. Autumn goods are in our thoughts. summer
goods must 90. Reduced prices for suits. Blazers.
White Dress Goods Underwear. Hosiery. Parasols.
our s1.25 ''Gioria" Umbrellas. sl.29 Will secure
any "aloris" marked also. sl.75 or slss Re-
member. these Umbrellas are warranted for one year
Psrasois 1t even greater reductions in prices
THE PALAIs ROYAL
Continued belovl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07
"WHr Do You Sor

One Of the questions you ask yourselves when
you do anything without reason: and one Of
the QUESTIONS you feel like asking q merchant
when he advertises reduction IN price and
r1ves no reason. We have reduced the prices
on our Refrigeration The only reason have
for doing 90 il the sexson-fast psssing-snd
because we believe that whoever has delayed
buying one until this time will only be tempted
70 confess the necessity through some pecuni-
ary consider alton
That's the reason. Nov the reduction
Wen sell o No. 80. Cooper Mckee. Oak Re-
shsSes Al So Yhe Iri CO Sss sgss SSu0e
Wen sell HALLS popular hefrigers,or. with
tank a f9r 20 pounds OF Ice for eli. The praes
Asi5 one of the same make for si2. And .
Wen sell a Hairs Refrigerator. with Porce-
lain-lined Tank for 10 pounds OF ice. IN either
Wen sell Hail's Refrigerator, with tank Cor
~ pounds OF ice, for ~ IN. Price was = 10
fira, ss w n teSeed mirror ior sao ,ss,
Well sen No. Cooper q Mckee .pOmes-
tic" Refrigerator for 90 that was tl2.
We haven't over q dozen. all told. And this
n about the way we'll reduce them all. They're
right on the first floor rear the r street door.
No trouble 20 show them TO you and very little
for you to look at them.
In the Furniture Department we want 10
speak Of some ladies' rich and deliberately nn-
ished Writing Desks, made Of oak and cherry.
with that sixteenth century effect reproduced
We had them made for popular Offering" and
ere able 10 sell them 1t sl3, sl6.5O. els s23
and s25, according to the size, capacity aud
elegance Of finish. They are more than ordi-
parily merltorious
II we ask you to make IL point 10 see our ESQ
Antique Oak 8 piece Chamber Set we mag not
cell you one. possibly. but we'll show you Q
combination Of true elegance ard value you'd
hardly believe could be put up for the money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

Spain has conservative premier and q lib
erai Corses-oid wine In new bottles, aad
there's going TO be ferment ''ss is' fsrmsut
unless new election Of the legislature IL
ordered at once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

As soon as Stanley Africans gets married,
and life begins to be burdensome to him. he
should go cunning for Major Liebert OF Zsnzi-
bar. who says STANLEY Is an American self
advertising hero, who wrote an account Of his
travels beforehand"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

Some people think that there are already too
many seats for the best interests of the Ameri-
can people in the hall Of the House OF Repre-
sen'atives But the American patriots who
want 10 I'LL them don't think "a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

Prince Ferdinand OF Bulgaria is in Vienna
suffering with chronic dyspepsia and enlarge
ment Of the liver, and Bulgaria il at home suf-
fering with chronic discord aud enlargement
OF the regents head
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

Hot winds are now threatening the crops of
Kansas. Hit isn't hot winds it ID cold winds,
and If it isn't cold winds it is grasshoppers,
and if 1t isn't grasshoppers it is drouth, and II
1t isn't drouth it is mortgages; 81 thus taken all
in all, IT is not surprising that Kansas farmers
want to quit their business and 20 into politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

Question in astronomical politics: II II takes
lOl years to grow 4s'1 stars out OF thirteen
stars how long will il be before the entire
heavens are covered with American stars rep
resenting stztes2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

Wyoming Valley FIRST figured In literature
among The Pleasures of Hope" Wyoming
state now figures the same way m politics. But
her star will rise this week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

The tide OF Liberal victory in England IL
steadily and rather rapidly rising The Barrow
in-fdrness parliamentary election Ia haiied BY
that party a., indeed il would seem 70 be, the
greatest success won since the general election
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

Candidate Pattison protests against meeting
81 before It comes. bu. some Of his fool frienIs
are revealing in future glory when they should
be acting in the living present
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-07

Heretofore Eaglishmen have eontented
themselves with silence while iandgrabbins.
Now they say: I'VE arc God Aimighty's plough
SHARES and must not rust in our occupation"