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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-07-31
POLITICAL NOTES.

You can vote as you please, says
Speaker Reed, so long as we do the
registration, the counting and the veri-
feation. Providence journal.
/. The House has passed the SEN
ate's innocuous antitrust bill. And the
trusts are as tranquil as May day in
in the morning. -Philadelphia Record.
IF the Morrill, pension bill passes,
President Harrison will be entitled to
eight dollars per month. His admins
tration so far proves, however, that
even eight.dollars per month is an ex-
orbitant price to pay for Harrison. -
Memphis (Tenn.l Democrat.
Mr.. Wanamaker is said to have
told a near friend that he was begin
ming to believe that he had paid a
pretty steep price when he gave $400, 600
for his present job. And Mr.. Wana-
maker ought to know, too, for he has
had a great deal of experience in bar
gains. Kansas City Times.
The position of Mr.. Butterworth
3 full of Significance. 1t will lead to
further opposition to the tariff not suf-
Rcient, we believe. to prevent the pas
sage OF the Mckinley bill, but suf-
ficient to destroy any party that stands
back of measure so oppressive and so
full of iniquity.--Louisville Courier
Journal. IT
THE Republicans are undoubtedly
alarmed at the prospects Of deficit
They see that they are making q great
increase in expenditures-over SIC, 00o,-
900 year for pensions alone already,
without additional Legislation - and
they are planning to. make CORE
spending increase in revenues from tax
alton. If they pass a tariff bill at all
1t will be with that end in yiew.--St
Louis Republic
There is some queer pension BUSH
ness going on at Washington The
Senate has been passing bills giving
pensions to the stepmothers OF soldiers,
and now one is granted to the widow Of
man who was drafted, who never
reached his regiment, and who is not
posi- sively known to have died. though
he IL reported to have been killed in a
quarrel. II Artemus Ward were alive
now, ne would apply for q pension on
accouat of the cousins he intended to
send to the war. philadelphia Ledger
lInd. Rep).
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PERSONAL AND ,MPERsoNAL.

l..-ll
There is lady living IN Clarke
County, Ca, who has never t. OF
taken drink Of water in her iitc.
William Endfeett Of Hoston.
VINO has Just entered his nincty-second
year. Is the sole survivor OF the seventh
generation Of John Enaicott's descend
ants.
George w. Nesmith. Of Franklin, n.
H.. one Of Daniel webster's most init,
mate friends, is stiil'living In his nine.
tieth wear. and rcmeufbers Webster
from 1894 till the time Of his death.
When LOWS A. Grant had ordered
private in his regiment, during tho
war, under arrest for some oHense. tho
soldier remarked: "You remind me OK
my Aunt Liddy,' and MS AUNT Liddy
Grant the new Assistant Secretary OF
War is said to be best known to Yer
mont veterans to this day.
Lord Chief Justice Coicridge, Of
England. will not hesphotographed. He
looks upon the photographers rs his
greatest enemy. The public at large
have only seen one photo 81 him; that
IS where nc has his hat on, and u Was
taken by the instantaneous process
when his lordship was unconscious Ok
the operation.
Hiram Smith, a well-lsnown in-
! ventor, who died at his home In Nor
witch. Conn, recently, aged seventy-six,
could boast q somewhat remarkablg
marital experiences. During his life he
had been married seven times, and four
of his wives are still alive, though Mr.. Z
Smith was not at the time Of his death
living with any one of them.
The fall of the house, treasures and
name Of Stewart Is now complete. Ills
pet hotel is known as the Park Avennes
his famous house has gone TO the Man
haitian Club and will cease to be known
even by The legend OF Stewart In a. few
years; all the statuary and paintings,
from s.The Greek Slave" to the famous
Meissonier, have been scattered to the
four winds Of heaven and his property
/ all over the city has been sold to tho
Jews.
The Louisiana lottery Is said to pay
Generals Beauregard and EARLY each ten
| thousand dollars a year for the use OF
their names as guarantee that the
drawings are honestly made. John A.
| Morris, OF New York, tho chief stock
holder, is estimated to draw from tho
company an income Of six hundred thou-
| sand dollars year. A notorious negro
politician OF Louisiana lives in atiluence
at costly hotel in New York City upon
I an income said to be derived in large
part from his interest in the lottery
Argonaut
! Congressman Carter, Of Montana, Is
t known as sa13rether Jenathan.in WASH
! ington, while at home he Is called
'Oleaginous Tom" He is said to be the
! slickest citizen who ever came to Con-
gress from anywhere. He is the only
man in either house who has gotten
every thing he wanted out Of this Con-
gress SO far, and expects to get every
thing more that he or his constituents
may desire. He works, apparently, from
twelve O'clock one night until twelve
o'clock the next, and yet he is always
fresh and smiling His manner is sweet
and soothing, his voice is low, and all
his words and gestures conciliatory-
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THE PRECIOUS METALS.
Statistics Of Their Production in the Unite,
States in 1890

4
Edward o. Leech, the Director of the
Mint, has submitted to Congress re-
port on the production of the precious
metals for the calendar year 1889, from
which the following figures are taken:
The gold product of the United States
was 1,5S7,0O0 fine ounces, of the value
of S32. 500, 900, against $50, 00O, 900 during
the preceding calendar year. OF the
gold product OF the United States,
Ssi, $50, 047 was deposited at the minis
for co, mage and manufacture into bars.
The silver product of the mines Of the
United States for the calendar year
1889 was approximately $4,000, 900 fine
ounces of the commercial value of
$40, 1900 and of the coming value of
$64,646, 464, against an estimated pro-
duct for the calendar year 1883 OF
45,7sS,6S2 fine ounces, of the commercial
value Of S43, 020, 900 and of the coming
value of $50, 1875, 900, an increase over
1888 of about 4,216, 36s fine ounces, of TIE
commercial value of So, $50, 600,
In addition to the silver product OF
our own mines about 1000, 900 ounces
of silver were extracted from lead ores
imported into the United States and
smelted in this country, and over
5000. 600 ounces from base silver bars
imported, principally from Mexico,
making the total product of our mines,
| smelters and refineries about $4,000, 0C0
| fine ounces of silver.
The total value of the gold deposited
at the minis during the calendar year
was S4s 903, orr Of which $40, 500, 206 were
new deposits and SO, 1903, 500 redeposits.
The total deposits and purchase Of sill
yer aggregated SO, 297, 56i standard
ounces Of the coming value OF S4a, 237,-
| 1865, OF which 36,o74,21e standard ounces
of the coming value of Sal, 977, 1855 con-
sisted OF new deposits. The quantity of
silver purchased for the silvcr-dollar
coinage was ~, 1868 fine ounces, cost
| ing SIS, 1919, $40, an average value of 93. Sc
cents an ounce fine. The amount of sill
yer offered the Treasury Department for
sale aggregated IA, o65, 700 fine ounces.
The net loss Of gold and silver to the
United States by excess Of exports over
imports Of the precious metals was as
| follows: Gold, S3S, $50, 1853; silver. Si4,-
| ISL, $3.50; total, $50, 675,4 19.
The total metallic stock OF the United
| States is estimated to have been as fol-
lows; Gold coin and bullio.l, $3.50, 2zE, ;
| .007: silver coin and bullion, S13s, 1888, 624;
total, 81, 1s7 ,66a. 631. Washington Let
| Ter ~s
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THE CASE OF QUAY.
His Election to the Senate Not vindica-
ton OF His Character.

ton OF HIS Character.
Since Mr.. NJ. S. Quay United States
Senator from Pennsylvania, was charged
on specific evidence with being thief.
sufficient time has elapsed to make it
plain that he will not hazard an investi-
cation. He has neither asked Justice
| from the Senate nor from the courts
where he might secure it, If innocent,
by suits against thenewspapers publish
| ing the evidence on which is based the
charge of larceny against him.
| His -subordinates in the Pennsylvania
| Republican State Committee have
asserted that he has been indicated by
his election to office subsequent to the
time when it is alleged that he COM
| mitted the thefts from the treasury OF
Pennsylvania This view of the case is
mistaken one. The charges hitherto
| made have been in vague hints-chiefly
| in the form of threats from Republicans
that they would lift the lid eff'1 the
State treasury in case Quay pursued a
course indicated by them as one he must
not pursue. The ends here sought were
not the ends Of justice, but OF political
| blackmaii, and the fact that the lid was
not lifted - that compromises were
| effected as result of which Quay was
sent to the Senate instead of to the
| penitentiary, where it was intimated he
might go In the event of exposure
merely suggests that Quay preferred
matchmaking coerciop. to the necessity
of explanationand defense incident to
the ''lifting of the lid" 1t can not be
claimed with reason that his election
was an expression of popular conf
dence in his innocence of the crime of
theft, the public at that time having
had none Of the evidence submitted to it.
But even if it were otherwise, cleo
ton to the Senate does not condone
felony or make felon innocent of crime
committed prior to his election. If Quay
prior to and during his term as Treas
urer of Pennsylvania distracted money
from the treasury and used it for his
private purposes he is a felon whether
or not the felony was afterward COM
pounded through his own efforts or the
efferts of others.
1t seems to us impossible for the SEN
ate to escape this view on the agreed
case. Nor is it tosbe denied that il Quay
is felon, as appears prima faeis on tho
evidence, it is the d4ty of the Senate to
expel him. A resolution for that pur-
pose would be the proper and formal
method OF securing justice both to the
Senate and to Quay. st. Louis Repub-
liz
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CLIMBING WITH KITES.
How the Airy Tops Of Tall Chimacys Use
to Re Reached.

A brief reference to the plan adopted
In the earlier days Of tall chimneys for
gaining access to their tops is of interest.
A kite was flown by trained and skillful
hand, over thestop of the ch mney until
its string extended obliquely across thu
the oritice of the shaft. The kite was
then pulled down to the ground by
second string attached to the one which
was used in managing and controlling
its fight, leaving in this way, the
string looped over the top. The kite
being then removed, q stout cord was
attached in its its place and drown over
the top of the chimney until the cord
had taken the place of the string, rising
from the ground, crossing over the
mouth of the chimney and descending
to the ground at the other side. This
process was then repeated, stronger and
stronger cordage being used each time,
and finally strong iron chain, until a
length OF tackle was raised and fixed,
from which an adventurous workman,
generally known as steeple-jack, could
be pulled up to complete the readjust-
ments and attachments OF more reliable
machinery above.
A new device brought out in England
about five years ago to facilitate the safe
climbing OF tall chimneys consisted OF
two strong timber grippers capable Of
being secured to the chimney to be
climbed, by means of twolong bolts, one
on each side Of the chimney. To these
1 grippers were suspended, by means Of
four chains, two other grippers, pre-
ciselE similar, capable also Of being
clamped to the chimney To these
lower grippers the stage holding the
workmen was attached. Both sets of
grippers were also connected by means
of two steel screws two inches in diam
eter. The climbing operation Swas as
follows: Surprising, the upper grlppers
TO be clamped fast and the lower ones to
be. loose, then the weight Of the stage is
sustained by the chains. The two
screws are now operated and the stage
is thus gradually raised, When the de-
sired height is reached, the lower grip.
pers are secured by Tightening up the
bolts; in this way the weight is taken
off the upper grippers, and these can now
be raised to a greater height by simply
I working the screws the reverse way.
When the chains are again tight the
upper grippers are secured as before,
the lower ones are RELEASED. and the
operation Of lifting is continued. En-
cheering and Building Record.
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The THREE LOVES.
An Aliecarfc STORY BASED on = Carsfdl
study Of Hhntsn Natnre.

Study Of Hhntan Natnre.
Idly wandering along lie summer lane
bordered with sweet flowers, the toufis
man arrived at crossing where three
paths spread oIs IN different directions
At the entrance to eaeh path was q
young girl.
IRE iirst was a blonde, the second was
brunette and the tfesses OF the third
were Of the auburn ot Titan
The eyes Of the first were bitns the
eyes Of the brunette were piercing black;
those of the other were cold, hazel
brown.
The 1rst held in her hands some
violets; the second wore at her waist q
bmnch OF carnations; between the teeth
of the third was bloodrcd rose.
The first was slender; her 1.-THE figure
bespoke virgin grace; her expression was
sweet and trusting and her delicate skin
was radiantly pure.
The second was OF full ferm; her
stature was enticingly graceful. Her
alluring glance and flushed check were
indicative OF voluptuous joy.
Ehe- third was slight her sprightlY
figure was full of provoking graee;~ the
penetrating expression Of the eyes was
capriciously varied with subtle glances
Of coquetry.
The first maiden spoke to the young
man, and said 81 am tho one who
will devotediy serve YOU, for my heart
responds with love Tor you. Your giance
causes me to trembie and | will blush
ingly surrender my life to you. am
the one who will ever live for thy
caresses and thy love. for my soul is
thine. am tho faithful companion
Of our indissoluble union. Young man,
J will love thee a ways
The second maiden spoke to the young
man, and said:
81 am the one who curIousIy awaits
you, for my idle, heart feels somewhat
pleased BY your chances. am the one
to whom thy light thoughts Anrn aud |
! will gayly abandon myself to thy
| caresses. am the one phoWHf shower
! lere-tpen- thee Cor a mo aent, for i am
the free and light comran on who will
+ share thy pleasures willis our transient
! union lasts.
y Young man, | will love thee for
awhile.
The third maiden spoke to the young
man, and said: II am the one who has
not awaited thee, for my heart has never
| felt the influence of love. am the one
t who inspires interest in thy thoughts.
/ will feign love for thee, but will never
t be thy slave. am eHe=whe= HI
INCREASINGLY torture youwith her cruelty,
| but thou wilt never move single fiber
OF my soul. | am the perverse compan-
/ ION who will deceive thee always during
! our lamcntable union. Young man, !
will love thee never
/ The young man looked successfully
I at the three maidens,
The first seated herself by the road
side and burst into tears
The second lightly shrugged her
shoulders and slowly walked away.
Tho third burst into laughter and
quickly fed, and the yong man rushed
of in pursuit Of r.-Herbert Field, in
/ America.
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:
A VERY SOLOMON.
How a Sagacious Russian Judge Discovered
Culprits


Culprits
That the race Of judicial Solomons is
not quite extinct in the nineteenth cen
fury, even in Russia, is evident from tho
following ingenious device imagined by
one of them to discover on which s.de
truth and justice lay in rather difficult
case that came before him recently, says
st: Petersburg correspondent. In the
university town of Dorpat prosaic
plodding burgher complained to the
Judge of the peace that he had been
defrauded by the defendant of twenty
roubles (e2)." II bought COW from
him-he is peasant-your HONOR hs
explained, land first paid for the ami
nal, and then asked him TO drive ft
from the market place into my yard.
This he agreed to do. Well, when no
had the cow close by my house he re-
fused to bulge step further unless
paid him twenty roubles, saying that
he had received nothing from me. This
was lie, because paid him the money
few minutes before" Where are
your . witnesses?" asked the Judge.
witnesses! I have not single wit
ness. What are the witnesses fore
Doesn't he know right we'll that paid
him?'' Did he pay you the money!"
asks the Judge Of the defendant. II
never saw the color OF 1t, your Honor, /
didn't. Why, if had, do you think .
THAT will do" exclaimed the Judge;
"the plaintiffs claim, unsupported by
witnesses or evidence of any kind, Is
null and void. He seems an honest
fellow, though, and has evidently lost
his twenty roubles. Let's make up a
little subscription for him.. / head the
list with five roubles. Won't you give
something, too?'' inquired the Judge Of
the defendant who had won the suit
THAT | will, !" eagerly exclaimed the
triumphant sutton, with whole heart.
Will three-roubles do? Here's the
note" The Judge took the three-
rouble note daintily, examined it critic
ally, looked suspiciously at the do
nator, and said: "You dare toutter false
money in an imperial court Of justice!
Have you any more notes of this des-
cription? This is very serious matter
indeed Where did you get this forged
money! The peasant turned red and
white and yellow, gave series Of ex-
plantations that contradicted each other,
muttered and mumbled and floundered
about from lie to lie, till at last, in des-
pair, he cried out, ST you want to know
the whole truth, here it is: This here
forged note belongs to the plaintiff. He
did pay me twenty roubles for the,eow.
the rascal, but he paid me in forged
notes, and that's one OF them. II comes
to what said, that he didn't pay me
at all, and it's he that must go to ST.
ber.a for uttering forged notes, not l. II
am as innocent as the babe unborn"
The Judge condemned, then and there,
that innocent peasant to refund the
twenty roubles, for the notes were
really as good as the best that circulate
in the empire Of the Cars.
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This is the prevalent style Of joke
in the Post-oflice Department-First
clerk-"How Is this about Wanamaker
selling thirteen two-cent stamps for
cent and quarter?sy Second clerk'T
don't know. He can't OF course" First
clerk "But he does just the same.
Isn't one cent and quarter twenty-six
cents? Ha, haln-Washington Star.
Father How is my boy coming on
at SCHOOL," Teacher-"IIe is making
considerable progress in all his studies,
but his hand writing Is as bad as ever. I
don't think he ever will learn TO write .
decent hand. THAT will not be any
drawback to him. I'm going to make .
doctor OF b M" well, / think from
his handwriting that he will make .
very good doctor. Texas Siftings
Mrs. Hooligan sHows the strike
geetin' on, Missus Grogan2 MRS. Gro
gam oinely, OF hear, Mrs. Hooligan..
But do yez know what the byes arc
strikin' fer now?, Mrs. Hooligan- "It'a
eight hours wurruk they want SO they
kin have more tonne TO pass wild their
staryin' families Mrs. Grogan-- More
toime wild their families, isitp Thin,
be hivins, Oh hope they won't win tho
strike, for II Grogan passes any more
tonne at home wild his family sorra an
eye will Oh have In me head that won't
/ be as black as coal. America.
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the world an all of, /" replied the Squire,
an wat does that cat up an do about
theee weeks ago but have chico lot O
kittens. That made the OF woman
think heap more thin ever of her, an
cv'ry body had to stan around fer that
cal family. Tn was six o the kittens,
an they was ez poorly ez six red wagons.
WHff, this mornfnf the oil cat took her
family out fer an airin'. She were gone
a good vile an wen she kim back she
only had one kitten. Tother five can't
he found, an If tn hain't weepin' an
4 4 wailin' time over to my house, then l
don't want cent"
.sJeewhizz." exclaimed the Old Set
tier. 'W'at color was them kittens,
Squire?'
"Yaller."
The Same kittens, b'gosh!' ejacu-
lated the Old Settler, as il communing
with himself. Squire, said he, your
Of, woman won't mover see them kittens
agina
"lIow's that, Major?9 asked the
. squire "Whar be they2e
The Old Settler filled his pipe and
lit it,..and showed his hat on the back of
his head.
Never in all my recomember nee hey
over know'd catfish to be around ez 'arly
in,the season ez they be this spring.
said he, in deliberate and off-hand
manner. II were talSin' leetle ja'nt
oyer long the mill pond this mornin',
an sot down by the inlet to hoy a
smoke. Ez | sot thar SEQ sumpin'
movin' in the water witch is tol'able
Sballer thar, an lookin' closor I1were
sprised to see th't it were an OF resi-
donter Of catfish, with q bran new
family o'young uns.
" Jeewhizzn | says, seems to me
you're kinder rushin' the season, haint
Ye2 says |.
IL spoke j see cat walk out onter
log that p'ints ont inter the pond
about thirty foot from whar | was set
tin. Follerin' the cat kim half doz-
emit otthe pootiest little yaller Kittens
ever see The OF cat walked out to
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none OF cm tb2tWere more rampaginouS
thin the nanny catfish we're wen she
see dozent or more of her family bein'
chaw'd up like that at one fell swocp, as
Dominic Van Slocum moWt say. She
sprung out on that log an sweep your
OF cat often it ez If she'd beena feather.
She bit one O. the kittens squar in two,
an dropped half O. it on one side O. the
log an half of it on t'other side. Then
she stepped inter the water ag'in an
laid back to see how the oil cat liked
the way things was goin,
ss4our cat scrambled back on the log,
an | tell ye, Squire, her dander were
way up to the top notch. She went to
scoopin' young catfish out o the water
an tearin' 'em to pieces SO fast th't she
had dnrn nigh swep' the OF catfishs'
family often the face o the 'arth, as it
were, fore the nanny catfish got her
second wind. But poorly soon she got it
an then took another han in the mis-
understandin'. Fer five minutes the air
were full o. fur, an legs, al, ears, an
tails of yaller kittens, an with flynn
hunks O. young catfish. 1t were a
meFin' scene, and / couldn't hardly keep
from -Yoopin' an yellin' myself. Wen
this here whirlwind were over tn wa N {
nuthin' left on the log but the OF cat
an one kitten. The nanny catfish
were back in the water, but not one o,
her young uns had ben lef to tell the
tale. The catfish didn't ca'c'late to let
the onpleasantness rest thar, an she
bounced back on that log an swallered
the las kitten, huh an alive, right
afore its mammy's eyes. Fore the Oh
cat k git chance to sock her claws in
the OF catfish the fish. jumped back in
the water.
esquire, it brung tears to my eyes to
hear that oil cat O. yourn cry an moan
fer them kittens O. her'n, ez she tore up
an down that log, lookin' at the catfish
swimmin' around an aggervatin' her.
You kin put it right down here for a
gospel fact, Squire, th'ta catfish hain't
got no heart. Nuthin' with h'eart'd
ha' did wat that catfish done arter
swallerin' that las kitten. She jist
marched right up to that log, an stick
in her head outen the water, opened
her mouth from ear to ear, SOS the
nanny cat KID hear her kitten cryin'
way down in the dep's O. that big fish.
! kid hear it cryin' way over whar sot,
an the tears rolled down my checks like
peas.
SAW says /, most a sobbin';
That's rubin it in too durn m1ch"
says !.
That voice of its kitten were more'n
the nanny cat k Sos~stah, an sue
plunked squar' on top o the catfish, an
they both went down together. | didn't
see nor hear ndthin' more o nuther of
EN- fer three faifht eesF-ss aaeg up
my mind th't the cat had gonesto Jine