The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-11-27
GLAND Editor LOGAN
81 GENERAL lNl EResr.

or GENERAL INTEREST.
The highest railroad In the
United States 10 the Denver 4 South
Park. . branch Of the Union Pacific. Al
one point near Alpine Tunnel, il
reaches hight Of II, 596 above tho sea
level
In Florida sugar cane grows luxur-
iantly without fertilixing, and the
average cost OF preparing and planting
. sugar crop there is $40 Der acre, rs
compared with SIS in Cuba and ss4 in
Louisiana
The population 81 the Dominion OF
Canada. according to the census of 1881.
was 4. 324. 500, and 1t is estimated that
by 1891. the figures have increased to
5,270. 377. Preparations are in active
progress for taking the census Of next
year.
"A veteran athlete, known as "Old
vetter Michael" although past his
eightieth year, recently climbed to the
! top Of the spire OF the parish church OF
Saar=Alben, Germany, which Is 1872 feet
high, and stayed there some minutes,
| turning the weathercoek round and
round and performing . few gymnastic
feats.
Probably the most unique strike on
record is that OF the Bombay BARRIERS
against the shaving OF widows heads.
They say the practice is not enjoined in
the Hindoo scriptures, and they will be
| darned If they do any thing contrary to
scripture. At least that Is the purpori
ofNtheir declaration. Any barber who
sbaves q widows head Is fined and boy.
cotted
I'm Chatham, Provincetown, 1t will
be noticed that there are on many barns
and out-buildings, signs, which, to the
uninitiated. are, OF themselves. mean
ingless, They have fantastic names
carved upon them, suchEas Flying
| Cloud" Marguerite" etc They are
allthat are left OF once gallant ships
that have been wrecked on the bars and
shoals of Chatham. Many there are Of
! these.
DR.. Reuben Samuels, husband Of
the mother of Frank and Jesse James,
is one Of the best housekeepers in Mis-
souri,. He can cook, bake, wash and
iron, and employs his time mostly in
the performance Of domestic duties. He
always gets the breakfast and supper
and Mrs Samuels prepares dinner.
There is not cleaner house in Missouri
than the Samuels' residence A person
could eat off the floors. ...---..-
1T Is indeed remarkable tale which
is told from Diarbekir Turkey in ASIA
by the Turkish journal. the Tarik. Dur
/ ing recent tempest there were
showered from the skies neither hail
stones or rain drops, but grains of mil.
The inhabitants of Melissa and
Muhal-shave gathered the grain and
stored it. and are grind ng it for bread
This beats the frog showers, to say
nothing Of green rain and red snow.
i There are some big things in New
York, says the Architecture and Build
1 ing. which are overlooked by thousands
of persons every day. Among them is 8
watch in the window OF Park row
| jeweler. 1t is a specimen of large
number of the same kind manufactured
for the Philadelphia Centennial. This
/
ter inches thick and nearly three inches
across the face. 1t weighs nine ounces
I'm the Berlin law court person
who was caught red-hand I'd" has beer
i proceeded against for stealing roses
from prettily decorated grave. The
accused produced in court copy of the
inscription on the tablet over the grave
which runs as follows: Traveller, pause
a moment at this spot and pluck a rose
in rememberance of what l was" The
defendant, on the strength of this, con
tended that he was acting simply in &C
cordance with the expressed wishes o.
the deceased; but the Judge though
otherwise. He said the inscription
stated plainly that the traveller was tc
pluck rose and not handful Of roses
aud he therefore pronounced the de
PENDANT guilty.
-vinalhaven, Me-, claims to have pro
duced the largest stone ever brought t.
light The Bodwell Granite Company
recently quarried a shaft OF granite
which is the largestepiece Of stone evel
quarried anywhere, and, If erected, will
be the highest, largest and heayies
single piece Of solid stone standing, o.
that ever stood, SO far as any record car
be found. In height it considerably ex
ceeds any of the Egyptian obelisks
The tallest Of these which was brough
from Heliopolis to Alexandria by EN-
peror Constantine, and afterward takeI
to Rome, where it is-still standing, /.
105 feet inches high, while the Vinal
haven shaft is lis feet long, 10 fee
| square at the base. and weighs $50 tons
Scientific American.
| When. American visitors to Londor
are told that servant girls pay British
soldiers SO much a Sunday-rangine
from rs cents to 81, according to rank
to walk out with them for the day
drinks included, they are inclined t.
| scott. Nevertheless, this is perfectly
true. There are hundreds Of poor little
'slaveys' in the London boarding
houses, inns and hotels who are per
| fectly content to work their fingers te
the bone, week after week, If they car
only manage to save enough to pay their
pet soldier for his Sunday out and
march him across the common in Hyde
Park, the admiration and envy of mum.
berless other little .'slaveys" who have
| not been so fortunate. The girls &c
down in shoals in front OF the Yelling
ton barracks on Sunday, when the sol.
diers come out for parade, select their
men. and arrange with them for days
escort on a purely commercial basis
Boston Courier.
A Hindoo God In England.
The famous Hindoo god, Lingam, ID
now owned by an English gentleman Of