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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-02-20
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CREMATION IN SIAM
"A Country Where 1t Is Cheaper to Live
Than to Die.

A Country Where 1t Is Cheaper to Live
Than to Die.
Siam is the land of cremation. It
costs more money to die there than to
live, and the funerals of our Congress-
men, which are paid for at extravagant
rates by the Government, cost but little
in comparison with that of the Siamese
noble. When King dies in Siam the
whole nation takes partsin the funeral.
and a million dollars and upward are
sometimes spent in the turning of the
royal embalmed body into ashes. The
last Queen who died at Bangkok was
seated in a golden urn for number OF
months after her death, and the foreign
merchants in Siam brought thousands of
dollars worth of goods from Europe and
China for the King to give as presents to
those who came to the funeral. A great
temple or palace with roofs covered with
gilt paper was built as her bier, and the
funeral car was overlaid with pure gold
and set with jewels. This car was six
stories high, and it was surrounded by
tiers of golden umbrellas. All the for
eign diplomats attended the burning,
and there was tiger fight, a lion dance
and a tournament among the celebra-
tions. The King lighted the fire at six
p. M, and he gave presents of gold and
silver. as we'll as a dinner, to the most
noted OF the monarchs. 1t took a full
week to perform the ceremonies, and at
the close the ashes were taken in royal
barge and strewn upon the waters of the
Menam river. Philadelphia Telegraph.
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FOOD FOR INFANTS.
Tho Agricultural Department Will live
tipate Them in the Near Future.

Tho Agricultural Department Will Inves-
tigate Them in the Near Future.
At the recent Montreal meeting of the
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science,Dr. Frederick Hoffman,
spoke about the food preparations now
so largely used for infants and children
as substitutes for mother milk and other
food. According to reliabla estimates,
the quantity of such artificial food an
nuaffy consumed in the United States
amounts, in money value, to about S.
000 600 to $40, 900, 600. The problem of
artificial food for the rising generation,
and particularly during the first period
of its struggle for life and survival is a
very important one, not only to the
State, the commonwealth and the fami-
ly; but also to the sanitarian and the
chemist. These artificial foods mostly
claim to be perfect; few have been
analysed by Independent chemists, often
with questionable accuracy or RESULTS;
whilst many are of unknown compost
ton Many of such food preparations
are evidently manufactured without due
consideration to PHI astrological and chem
ical principles in regard to the proper
constituents and proportions Of the true
nutrient elements of food. Any such
deficiencies or worthlessness are of much
greater harm than similar shortcomings
in foods and food Injuries of the adult
population In consideration Of the im=
=pertanee of this matter, such artificial
food preparations should henceforth
much more engage the interests of all
authorities and sanitarians and receive
more attention on the part of the analyt-
ical chemists. 1t is particularly desira-
BILE that the chemists in the United
States Agricultural Department, into
whose domain this problem belongs,
should take up the analysis of the ever
increasing class of food preparations
mostly used for infants, children and
ACCOMPLISHMENTS. The speaker stated, in
conclusion, that Prof. Wiley, chief of the
chemical laboratories of the United
States Agricultural Department, has
authorized him to state that the depart
ment will at once commence with the
work of investigation of artificial foods
American Analyst.
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A. VALUABLE INVENTION.
Ono That May Largely Replace the Pres
emit Method of Telegraphy.

One That May Largely Replace the Press
emit Method of Topography.
A system of telegraphy which prom
ises to replace in a great measure that
now in use has been invented by j. III.
Rogers, of Washington, who has already
achieved fame by inventing the pam
electric telephone. The system IS based
on the synchronous revolu ton of two
wheels, one at the sending and the other
at the receiving station. This has been
attained before, but by such complicated
methods that no great commercial ben
efits have resulted. Mr.. Rogers secures
the simultaneity of revolution by an ar
rangement for sending spark from one
wheel to the other. If the spark is not
at certain place on the wheel it is
known that the wheels are not turning
together, and measures are taken for
making them do So The message is
printed on an ordinary typewriter,
which iseenneeted with a-machina which
punctures series of holes, correspond
ing to letters in slip of paper. The
slip is then run through the sending in
strument and the message is printed in
Roman letters at the receiving station
without any aid from an operator. An
other method of sending is by a sort of
typewriter having only Yen Keys wnlch
punches Vie SIP ut,eo.iy. nis o"n pe
operated tast enough 70 take oown ofol'
nary conversation ohiy zen Keys are
necessary peoause any io'.er gan 10
formed IN honan type ny com plhlhg
two or more OF ten MARKS,
BY THIS system Oh telegrapny from
two hundred 10 nve hunored woros d
minute can pe translnisleu' SO enao- us
advantage over the Morse system by
winch only tnlfty wofos Minute can
DC sent, IS apparent he general
adoption Oh tne new system "ouiu'
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Useful Household Hint,

If one has to take quinine put in a
little strong coffee. Mix it thoroughly,
and the bitter taste will scarcely be
noticed.
An excellent remedy for -whooping
coughSis TO pour boiling water on flax
seed, steep it some time, strain, and to
every pint of tea add enough granulated
sugar or honey to make a thick sirup.
and after boiling them few moments.
put insthe juice of two lemons. 1t is
said a few spoopfuls taken often will re-
ilieve the cough.
have been told by those who have
tried it, that to break up mountain
fever" there is nothing like tea made
from what is here called sagess brush.
Put into a kettle all it will hold, cover
with water and boil until very strong.
then strain and drink freely. 1t is quite
bitter, but it is said to be the best
remedy known for this disease, which
( is quite simiiarto typhoid fever in char
acter. Where The sage brush can not be
obtained conn, 'sAye is beneficial.-i
Orange Judd Ia. 49,.
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rs,se 2 a slzts
midships and is then forced out through
s<-inch pipes at the stem or stern, &C.
cording to the desired motion OF the
vessel forward or backward The ends
of the latter pipes are covered with NOV.
able collars, which can be turned in any
direction desired, and by this means the
vessel is Steered. Instead OF wheel
the pilot steers with two levers, one for
forward action and the other for stern
movement Of the vessel The levers
are connected with the revolving co1z
lars, and the direction of the craft is OBJ
tanned according to the angle of the vol
ume Of water elected from the %-inch
pipes in stem or stern. 1t is claimed
that the boat can be given broadside
motion by turning both escaping jets OF
water stem and stern1 either to port or
starboard. as desired The boiler of the
vessel is~about IA feet wide, IA feet
from end to end, and feet high, has
two fire doors at either end, and con-
tains nearly four and one-half miles Of
steel pipe, every inch of which is ex-
posed to the FIRE contained within the
boiler. 1t is claimed that the vessel
will run. over twenty-five miles an hour.
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FORGIVE AND FORGET.
In Russia Thieves Expect to BE Excuse,
by Their Victims.

In Russia Thieves Expect to BE Excused
by Their Victims.
In Russia man who has irreparably
wronged you, blasted your cherished
hopes, blighted your life, ruined those
nearest and dearest to you, will, after the
| lapse Of few months, seek you out and
sure that your are glad to let bygones
be forgotten and renew the friendship
of the past.-And he. is only judging,
you by the highest standard be knows
to which his own life more or less
conforms-utterly unconscious that it
implies any thing incompatible with
your conception of Bayard. / could
illustrate this by numerous instances,
some of which came under my own.
observation; but ! prefer to restrict my
self to one or two that have the adyan-
tage of being notorious.
A few months ago wefi-known cap
.italist Of Moscow. on his return home
from the Exchange, became aware that
a daring burglary had been committed
during his absence, his desk having
been broken OPEN and the sum of five
hundred rubles distracted Suspicion
at first took no definite shape; but at
last the butler suggested the name Of
the family physician man who was
| under innumerable obligations to the
| capitalist, having been rescued when-a
boy. from abject poverty, sent to school
and to the university at his expense un-
til he obtained his medical degree and
being ever since-in- receipt of large
yearly salary from him for the discharge
of the nominal duties of family physi-
clan. The suggestion was naturally
treated as foul-mouthed ca1umny at
first; but the doctor was soon sent for
and questioned. He began by denying
the charge, but, like most Russian GRIM
mails, ended by confessing it. He plead
ed necessity in palliation for the deed,
and tried to prove it by saying that the
money was Indispensable, as he was
morally bound to make present of
costly necklace to aGypsy woman whose
favors he had been enjoying for some
time past. He then asked for forgive
ness, and without more ado received it,
and his friendly relations with his BEN
efactor continue as if nothing had oc-
CURED to ruffie them. He is respectable
and as respected as ever.
Another instance is afforded by the
case of the ions>reyolutionist Leo
| TikhomiroH, whom the present
lately pardoned on his expressing deep
contrition and writing recantation~ of
all his errors. This individual returned
to Russia this year and called on the
late Count Tolstoi, Minister Of the In
tarior who waaso dali0htod with tho
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REMARKABLE VESSEL.
Description of the Evolution, Launched
Recently at Brooklyn.

Description of the Evolution, Launched
Recently at Brooklyn.
A short time ago 2 most remarkable
craft was launched from the ship-yard Of
James Lennox, South Brooklyn. The
boat has been named the Evolution, and
was built by Mr.. LennoW for w. M.
jackson, the designer of the craft and
patentee of the novel machinery with
which she is to be equipped.
The Evolution is built on a new plan,
there being no knees or frames used In
her construction, and with the exception
of two or three deck beams her hull is
free from all obstruction She is los
feet over all, % feet beam, and 6]6 feet
deep from under side Of deck to the bot
tom planlxinge Owing to the tremen-
dous spread the hull takes from the keel
she will draw, it is claimed, less than
four feet of water. The inside skin of
the boat is built of two layers of cedar
planlting; the first layer is run diagonal
ly from stern to stem, and the second in
the same way from stem to stern. The
outside skin is of narrow strips OF ma
hogany, running from stem to stern. She
is a beautiful model. The keel of the
boat was laid March IL, 1888, blizzard
day. and the work of construction has
been going on ever since. She is only
intended as an experimental craft, but
it is said that when her machinery has
been placed in position and every thing
inreadinessf for her trial trip shewill have
cost her owner not less than $500, 900.
The boat is to. be- run by hydraulic
power by forcing out a vast quantity of
water through a small pipe under a
great pressure. To- carry out this plan
. pumping engine Of 1,ooo-horse power
has been constructed. The water is
pumped into the vessel, through s-inch
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A TRAPPER'S T RICK.
One of Funniest Experiences OF an
Intrepid Frontiersman.Z@~

One of the Funniest Experiences of an
Intrepid Frontiersman. ~z.-
There were thirty of us in camp on a
spur of the Black Hills mining for gold,
when one afternoon we looked down
upon the level plain and saw four mount
ed redskins chasing white man on q
mule. He was making for us, but they
were rapidly overhauling him, and it
was plain enough that we could render
no assistance. The foremost Indian
fred shot, and man and mule fell in q
heap. The Indianspressed forward, yell
ing and exulting, but the faint reports
of revolver reached our ears, and we
saw redskins and ponies tumbling over
at every report, Some of our men slid
down the steep mountain side to take a
hand in, but it was not needed. When
they reached the man he sat on the
ground laughing as if he would split.
ITO think" he shouted, as soon as he
could control his voice, ''that these ere
Sioux, who are rated sharp as razors,
could be fooled by that old trick-ha!
ha! hap And he laughed untillhe had
wiped away the tears On the ground
nearby we're three dead Indians and an
other about to die, while two of the
ponies were dead and the other two bad
ly wounded. 1t had all been done with
an old-fashioned Colts revolver, loaded
with powder and ball, and carrying q
percussion cap, but the work had been
rapid and sure. The Indians had closed
in on him. supposing him to be dead or
badly wounded, while neither man nor
mule had been touched. After bit the
man, who was an old trapper, went over
to the wounded warrior, and said to him
in the Sioux dialect, and ehuc king be-
tween his words:
Say, did any of you foilers ever see a
white man before?"
MANY of them gasred the warrior
Didn't you ever hear Of thatold trick
before?' M
'sfsn't the white man wounded9'
ssNot by dozen Nancy James! That
bullet didn't come within rod of me.
gave my old mule the signal 20 squat,
and down we tumbled to draw yoa on.
The other three are dead, and you are
about to go. Say, don't want to hurt,
dying Injun's feelings, but--hal ha! hal
but it was 'nuif to kill fellow to see
how you four opened your-ha! ha! ha!
eyes when began to popl Funniest
thing have seen in year, Durn it, /
won't need any qui'neen for month.
I'm just sweating the chifls off with
laughing
The Indian gazed at him in troubled
wav for n moment seemed to realize
that he had been duped, and ne closed
his eyes and died without ever raising
the lids again.-N. Y. Sun.
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PERSONAL AND lMPERsoaAl,


--.aeats to hear Gladstone sell at two
ruineas apiess WA fils
speaks outside Of Parliament.
4 Edward Everett Hale thinks that
the open sale OF lottery tickets Il the
greatest injury that can be inflicted on
society
Prof. volckmann, the famous sur.
reon,5 who recently died at Halle, Ger
many, introduced the antiseptic system
Of treating wounds.
IszAA Santa Clara correspondent Of the
San Francisco Bulletin gives list OF
eleven women in that county who run
and manage prune orchards, doing muca
Of the work themselves.
1T Is said tho doctors partly attribute
the malady from which the King Of
Portugal suffered to his excessive smok-
ing. 1t was no uncommon thing for
him to smoke . hundred large green
Havana cigars in four days.
The Bishop OF Chester, Eng, re-
cently-confessed before q gathering OF
working people that his two greatest
ambitions in life have been TO. write
good novel and to run public house
ION the best Of principles,
Prince Bismarck is constantly im-
proving his estates and adding to the in
come which he receives from them. His
aistilleries at Varzin,e the dairies In
Schoenhausen aud the paper and street
pavement factories make him already
one OF the greatest tradosmen In the
empire, and show his industrial and
business talents.
| Mr.. Depews secret is out. For many
years it has been mystery whence
came his inexhaustible fund OF stories
His private secretafB says in moment
of confidence: He gets 'em by dozens
in the mail every day. His friends every
where Will see something or hear now
story and say: 'Depew ought to have
that And he gets it."
Two of the daughters of Sir Henry
Aaron Isaacs, the new lord mayor OF
London, are deaf and dumb, but they
have been so admirably educated on the
oral SYSTEM in Holland that they can by
/ iip-reading even understand what goes
ON at theater. They have such bright.
intelligent faces that no one could pos
sibly imagine them to be deprived Of
two OF the best senses.
/ Miss Eliza Jane Easter, very esti-
mable young lady Of Boone County,
w. Va, and daughter Of Michael Easter,
\ Justice Of tho peace for Scout district
owns saw and grist-mill on Camp
creek, which she operates in person,
/ conducting the business and running
the machinery in manner which would
put to shame many dusty miller" Of
the sterner sex.
Mrs. Meredith, who Is conspicuous:
for her good work among the friendless.
criminals of England, has recently been
on visit to this country. For thirty
years she has stood at the gates Of prfs-
ons, and not only taken the discharged
prisoners by the hand, but clothed and
fed them and found work for them to do.
Mrs. Meredith is about sixty-five years
of age, of large frame and commanding
presence. Her manners are as simple as
her dress, and yetone could not pass her
in the street without noticing her.
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Vo wehcoSnsssiH S0sa rs uiisi1r IL s.sy
way The bull seemed TO know was
worn out, and grew more rapid. and
nerce in his charges, but Just when i
was goingsto sit down under the great
rec and let him do his worst, heard
the rattle Of horse among the rocks
above, and shout that sounded like the
voice OF an angel. Then came the
barking Of a dog and the loud reports
OF stock whip, but the bull, with his
deyilish eyes fixed on me. never moved.
UP came horseman at full speed, and
crack fell the lash on the bulls black
hide, while the blood spurted out in a
long streak. The animal turned savage
~ and charged the horseman, believing
with astonished rage and pain, but the
horse wheeled round Just enough to
pa1ne htm-no more-and again the
lash descended, cutting like long, fiex-
IDLE razor; but the Infatuated bull was
not to be beaten off with a whip-he
charged again and again But he had
met his match, for right and left, as
needed, the wiry Spanish mare turned,
sometimes on her hind, sometimes on
her fore legs. 1t was the most magnifi-
cent hfbi1ion Of eauestrianism ever
saw, and actually forgot my fatigue and
exhaustion while watched it.
my rescuer now shouted something,
leaped from his horse and strobe for
ward to meet the bull with an open
knife between his teeth. As the beast
lowered his head to charge he seemed to
catch him by the horns. There was a
q cloud of dust, a stamping like
two strong men wrestling. could not
see clearly, but the next moment the
bull was on his back with the blood
yelling from his throat and his limbs
quivering In death. The stranger, COW
cred with dust and blood, came up to me
then, saying, apparently as unconscious
of triumph as IL he~had been killing a
calf in slaughter-house: He's dead
enough now, sir; he won't trouble any
body any, more / walked two or three
PAGES towards the dead beast, when my
senses failed me and | tainted. When
! came to myself my horse was standing
near me tied to a bush, and my strange
rescuer had Withdrawn few feet and
was watching me intently. | went ur to
him, and thanking him for the service
rendered me, inquired the name of him
to whom owed my life. The man
laughed a little, and then replied: Well,
| don't mind telling you under the cir
cnmstances. Il am =: -; a. No, j, III leave
his name untold-he was an outlaw and
q fugitive from Justice, but he-certainly
savedsme from cruel death, and he was
the finest horsefilan1- ever saw. y
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8 l,rTx7 sSls,zss.7 -
A Case That Was Harder the Doctor
i ., Than 1t was on the Patient.

Case That Was Harder ION the Doctor
Than 1t Was on the Patient.
One day when whole bus full Of US
drove up to a hotel in LynchBuFg, Va,
the landlord remembered that he had a
drummer from New York who had been
suffering terribly with -toothache for
two or three days He had tried every
remad Y known to- man. except that of
having 1T pulled, but nothing had
=a#ailed= hifn==4H e~saias he hoped some.
one of us might be able to suggest some
thing, and slowly added:
Gentlemen, have heard that a sud-
den shock to mans nervous system
would sometimes cure the worst case of
toothache. Can't you plan something's"
Six or eight Of us got together in the
reading room, and it was finally de-
cided that man named Simms, who
turned out TO be patent medicine
advertiser, should go up to the room
and startle the New Yorker-He was.
to do it by claiming to have seen dis
patch to the effect that his wife had run
away with another man. We thought
that ought to cure his toothache if any
thing would - -..3-es====-=sss-sszz
How big man is hep asked the
delegate when ready to go up.
'Oh, he's rather understood" replied
the landlord. IF he should get up on
his ear, you can easily slam him all over
the room. -
The medicine man went up. We fol-
lowed and stood at the door to hear the
result. found the New Yorker
ir,or lye Of nd M
introducing himself, he said:
Sorry for you, old fellow. particular
1y at this time, but / have bad news for
you. -" ..,sss-.s--,
mol. exclaimed the other, sitting up
in bed.
'.Be calm, old boy. It's about your
Wife"
n SIS she-she dead2'
Better for you if she was. She's run
away with,a street-car CONDUCTOR
There was wild yell, followed by
several whoops and crash. Then the
medicine man fell into the hail. and a
wild figure dragged him up and down,
and mopped him around, and made bear
fodder of him. 1t was five minutes be-
fore we could get him off and get his
victim away. We carried the latter into
a sample-room, stretched him out on the
table, and had sponged his face for the
third time, swhepshe opened his eyes.
How do you feel4now?S asked one of
the boys.
sQueer. What's happenede
"You went to see the New Yorker
sob, yes. He had the toothache."
l.; 411 &c,
shock his mental system. tt-was a groat
success
81 cured it. did II"
You did,
''But, great heavens! feel Of me; look
atme; keep on sponging! I'm nothing
buta big splatter of jelly! Boys, if |
-die-and- hope will, I'll haunt every
internal one of you day and night until
tdrive you TO hang yourselves with your
own suspenders. N. Y.4Snn.
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IA shat,is this y the heart Of the wood
wher last year nothing but wild lowers
l. p.e-il Il forms and all sweet shy things,
Foana oR,y IN forest wanderings;
Tbcse spiteful cookies, this burdock coarse.
Tb1i have. crowded the wood blooms out by
VINO brought them here and badc them in
Or Tho DfaCe Of this sylvan solitude
Confe.httAer COOS. comrade, and tell me true
y isas5~n.fsye could 10 be yeHaszz=
Bot shei bonny Brown-Eyes came back to me
From chasing chipmunk up a tall tree,
He pushed his cold nose in my Gliding hand
iyhat is there that dog doesn't understandY)
- AID gaze me look from his honest eyes
That was half depreciation, and half q sur
prise,
lgltl CLINT Of fun, as II he would say:
Dear Mistress, you're hard on US both To- day.
RGn1ember, we're always together-we two
Soif it was + why, then 1t was your
M sonny Brown Eyes there's truth in your
-fan
Ana I fear me much we are both to blame;
Unconscious sewers OF noxious seeds,
crpsdtng out flowers and planting weeds.
Truly our deeds are made manifest
BY INC presence here of all things unblcst,
=TTrffffg from thee cookie which hung to my
Ana the burr which chung to your coat so
brown
Ttf0ur path Is blazed-and all may read clear,
gJfat VIA walked among evil things, last year.
Wide Awake