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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-09-25
FROM BLESSED AMERICA.
A Warming For the Cookies of Yankee
Heart In Ireland.


st is difficult to get American to-
bacco in Ireland,' said a tourist recent
ly returned from the Green Isle.
There is very little fine-cut tobacco in
the country and what there is is not
sweetened to suit the American taste.
l was in Ireland for three months and
during that period could not procure a
chew of my favorite sbrand except upon
one occasion. On the morning of last
New Years day | was walking up the
graveled walk leading to Blarney Cas-
tie on my way to kiss the famous stone.
had just crossed the rustic bridge span
ming tributary of the river Lee, when
| saw party of men and women ahead
of me, evidently on a similar errand.
There was something curiously familiar
in the cut OF their garments and as /
came near ! readily perceived that the
party were Americans. The sight of a
countryman in a foreign land is pecu-
liarly refreshing, My joy was SO great
that when came up with gentleman
who was tagging behind tho rest gave
him hearty American slap between
the shoulders and exclaimed:
helio, olu mani WHEN ulu You ar
rive?'
THE striking salutation staggered
hin. for moment Then Returned on me
quickly and reached for his hip pocket.
anticipated his movement, however,
and, placing my right hand on the butt
of 80 in my overcoat pocket, said:
"'Iiold on, mister. You haven't got
the drop on mel,
He smiled and asked
"'Who the devil are you, anyhow
II han ded him my card While he was
looking at it l asked:
'''Have you got such thing as a chew
of tobacco about your clothes?'
Certainly. my boy he replied cor
daily, drawing huge plug Of navy from
| close prox nifty to his revolver.
II bit off a chunk and was on the
| point of handing the tobacco to him,
when he warmed 1t back and uttered the
blissful words:
Keep it my dear fellows l have
plenty of the same kind in my trunk at
| Cork -
The native kindness OF the act to-
gether with the familiar nasal tone in
| which 1t was uttered and the sweetness
of the tobacco formed one of the most
pleasing incidents of my foreign expe-
rience. IN. Y. Sun.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-09-25
THE soUTH's GROWTH.
Instructive Statistics Regarding the Con-
dition of Affairs in the South

dition of Affairs in the South
The TimesDemocrat remarks with
truth that the census will show, indeed
already shows, the most remarkable
municipal growth in the South that this
country has ever witnessed. Towns
have doubled, trebled and quadrupled.
not in population alone, but in wealth,
business and fine buildings; and in this
respect at least, there is remarkable
contrast between the two sections.
Compared with an increase OF 10 per
cent. in Boston and II per cent in Gin
cinnati, look at the advance already
noted in Southern cities
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-09-25
THE ROYAL Academy nars iii o0n

The Royal Academy pays 81, 600 per
annum to retired members At present
on the retired list are Messrs Firth,
George Richmond, Pickersgill and G.
w. Cope. There are also three retired
ssociates--Messrs, Erskine Nicoll,
Woodlington and LIE Jeuns-who have
~ annual pension
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-09-25
How to Find Out.

Leisurely stranger-I suppose, now,
you don't sell such fine young spring
chickens as these to clearinghouse
keepers?
Proprietor of meat-market-N Not often.
Mrs Irons, though, who keeps board
ing-uouse in the next block, buys halt
dozen of them every morning.
Stranger with alacrity)-Thank you.
disappears in the direction OF Mrs.
Irons boarding-house. -chiceao Trib-
une
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-09-25
II Would Be Direrent.

She-You don't mean to hell me that
he ever had the courage to night duel?
He-Most certainly. TWAS before he
became widower, though. He wouldn't
risk his life Munsey's Weekly.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-09-25
A Huge mountain of salt.

mass Of 90, 000,000 tons OF pure,
solid, compact rock salt, located on an
Island 1s5 feet high, which rises from a
miserable sea marsh on the route from
Brashear to. New Iberia, up the river
Teche in Louisiana, is one of the won
ders of the world. How this island.
which contains over 800 acres OF excel
lent land, ever came into existence in
such locality is matter of conjecture.
Vegetation is prolific and the scenery is
beautiful and varied. In the center OF
this island, which is the only solid spot
in the vast expanse of sea marsh for
miles around, rises Salt Peak, the larg-
est body Of exposed salt rock in the
world. Having never been surveyed,
its exact extent is as yet unknown.
However, Engineer Brown, who has but
recently visited it, says that there is
not less than 90, 900, 600 tons of pure
crystal salt in sight The dazzling
clearness Of Salt Peak forms striking
Contrast with the somber lagoons,
Ga yous and salt marshes which surround
1t ON all sides. st. Louis Republic.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-09-25
The FEMININE ATHLETE.

ff55hfe IS very glad that summers hero,
She Is 50 fond OF rowing;
And tennis Is stunning game.
And just the sport for showing
One's agile ease and gracefulness.
Fl She's also great on walking,
And gravely states: 'grhe modern girl
Does things instead OF talking
She'll give you points about base ball,
Catch" for your swiftest pitching;
s5iTcifi Aetrives yetirsyeHy fastest spar,
And knows all knots for hitching.
You've hunted for her all your life,
Aud feel this charming creature
strong, graceful, loving, sensible
Has every single feature
That goes 10 make that perfect thing
one could die for
On. live with all his happy life,
With nothing left to sigh for
But ask her one small room to sweep,
Such works SO very heating
Bad for my blood. i really can't;
IT sets my heart to beating. -
-Aristinc Anderson In Munsey's Weekly
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-09-25
AMERICAN FABLES.
Three Of Them in a Bunch and All OF Then
r. Very Good.

Three OF Them in a Bunch and All of Them
r. Very Good.
THE ASS WHO PREDICTED.
An Ass who heard Goose observe that
the Water in the Pond was getting very
Low at once offered his Services to Pre-
dict Rain. This having been Noised
about the Hens asked for continued Dry
Weather, the Foxes demanded a snow
storm, the Oxen wanted frosty mornings
and the Mule, the Wolf, the Dog and the
Peacock each demanded that he be Fa-
vored with Weather made to order As
result the ASS could Please no one,
and as his Failure was charged to his
Obstinacy, the Whole Crowd fell upon
him and Wounded him almost to Death.
He was Complaining OF this to the Peas
ant, when the latter replied:
MORAL: He who seeks to please all
will end in Pleasing nobody at all.
THE BEETLE AND THE CHRISTOPHER.
A Beetle and Grasshopper Met in a
Path one day. and although there was
Plenty OF Room for both neither would
turn aside.
Come, now, but why don't you give
Way?" demanded the Beetle.
"Who are you that I must give up my
Rights?" replied the Hopper
'sBe careful of your Language, sir!''
"And don't you rub against mes
+ And they we're on the point OF COM
bat. when Peasant coming along the
Path Espied them and gobbled up both.
MORAL: Men who go to Law for their
rights become the victims of the Law
yer.
THE sAGE's ADVICE.
A Sage who was Noted for his Wis
dom received Visit one day from a
Man, who said;
''Oh, Sage, but I have very Bad
Neighbor on my left hand, and have
come to ask what Steps can take to
make him very Tired"
.'Shoot his Hens" was .he Brusque
Advice.
"But he has none"
tsKill his Cat"
HE keeps no Feline"
...Poison his Dog
'.But his Dog died weeks ago, and he
Refuses to get Another"
Let your Wife hire his Cook on the
Sly"
''She has tried it and faileds'
Have you Presented his Children
with Toy-Pistols?"
"Alas! he has no Children!"
Cant you hire his Church-Pew
away?"
81 have tried but failed 1t is ON Ac-
count Of these repeated Failures that
have come to you"
well. there is always one Recourse
left. Build high fence and shut out
his View and Light"
"Hurrahl That's it! can darken
his sitting-room until he must burn
Gas! Thanks Q Sage--fnany Thanksl
You have Renewed my Youth!'
MORAL: And he~eret ted the Fence,
and every passerhy halted to Look and
TO Observe: "Ah, but,the ASS has built
stable for himselfl" .-Dstrsit Free
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-09-25
Rates Of Advertising

Advertisements inserted u 81 per inch
for first insertion, and SOC. for zach sub
scquent Insertion. for any less time than
three months.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-09-25

Oh, I'll get work again
Well, albright; now you go-oi and
get new suit. ard I'll take you home
with me when go, i said, and Jim hur-
ried off toward the commissary depart
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-07
The Last Mans Club.

The Last Mans Club, whose dinners
make the members loath to die, was or
ganized in 1881 with seventeen mem
bers. A magnificent silver candelabrum,
with seventeen branches, the whole
standing about thirty inches high, was
made especially for the club. Each
branch of this candelabrum has en-
graved on it the name of member, and
when member dies the light of his
branch is extinguished.
The loving cup, also made especially
for this club, holds three quarts, and has
ON If. n repousse work, seventeen ivy
leafs, each leaf inscribed with a members
name. At the annual dinner each mem
Der ouaffs in silence -fToHs- this gorgeous
bowl, in which is punch made specially
for the Last Men of five kinds of liquors,
soda, lemonade and champagne. The
table is round, and there are always sew
enteen covers and chairs.
Now comes an odd and noteworthy
feature of the dinner ritual Food and
wine are always served to the dead mem
bers exactly as if they were alive. All
the wine glasses of the departed are
kept filed. There is a new caterer, and
there are new dishes each year. One
year the punch was served in poll
clubs, made of rosewood, holding
hollow about half n 7rne cr,.. 4
was served in natural mems eggs, war
raated fresh, out of which the yolk had
been blown. After freezing, the eggs were
brought in on real nest, with live hen
setting on 'em.-NeU York Herald.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-07
do Mon Grow Hnndsomer 2

al have heard it said that, taken as
whole, people of these days are not SC
handsome as those Of olden times" said
an artist to Washington Post reporter,
but have theory that they far excel in
beauty of form and feature their an
cestors Of many hundred years ago.
The only way we have to Judge of such
comparative merits of the people of to-
day with those who are made known to
us by tradition and history is by the
means of statuary. We compare our
modern men with old works of art and
pronounce them inferior without taking
into consideration the deception that has
been practised by the artists whose work
was done for those whose form and feGt-
ure they portrayed and from whom they
were to look for their pay.
''It was the easiest thing in the world
then, as Is done now, TO smooth over
blemishes and defects. The art of
photography will not permit such decep-
ton to so great an extent as it was
formerly carried on"
'.Do artists not fiatter their subjects
as much nowadays as was done of old?"
SIN making oil paintings this is done
by great many, and that Is the reason
why many people viii not sit for photo
graph, but prefer to be represented by an
artist The photographers recognize this
and do what they can to overcome it.
knew one once xhe,-having sitter with
-sssagse very much out of shape, actually
used putty to straighten it out, and with
that improvement in his customers APP
pearance took the picture"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-07
A Human Magnet.

The scientists connected with the
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore,
are engaged in investigating the peculiar
powers possessed by the fingers of Louis
Hamburger, the twenty-one-year-old son
of Philip hamburger, well-known
merchant of this city. When the hands
of the young man are thoroughly dried
and touched to any polished object they
hold it like magnet. He can thus
raise up a quantity of pins which will
bangle from them, his index fingers pos
sessing the quality more than any others.
lie also raises up a glass tube freighted
with six-pound weight. Prof. Will
lam Simon has him in charge and pro-
POSES to give some scientific experiments
before the Johns Hopkins Scientific As
ISOLATION.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-07

lyon find yourself refreshed by the pres
ence Of cheerful people; why not make
earnest efforts To confer that pleasure on
others2 You will find half the battle is
gained if you never allow yourself to say
anything gloomy" We were recently i'm
pressed by the above wholesome remark at
a most OppOrRne season. A Christian was
bemoaning the sad condition of affairs
Nothing was right in the church or out of it.
The crops were failing; the financial outlook
of the country was most unpropitious: the
we ither was n, st unfavorabe TO health; and
as he spoke his very face reflected a contin-
ual prophecy Of i'll and mental disturbance
The worst feature Of all was that at the very
moment that lie INDUCED these feelings he
stood be ore an unbelieving world as the
representative Of religion that seeks TO fill
the soul with 10y unspeakable and full Of
glory He not only rendered himself
miserable by fruit'ess repinings, but he
caused Others TO stumble through his gloomy
forebodings, instead Of minisiering to their
highest good In whatever light We view
such conduct, we must see how utterly at
variance it IS with the Christian state
Sons Of GOdl Heirs to an eternal mansionl
Let us cultivate cheerfulness. Verify, it is
the way to show our kinship with the saints
IN Rehabilitation 4dUoedfs.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-07
Fish See in water. Not Dat of It.

Anglers generally agree on the subject
of the sense of sight in fishes A fish
can see in water, but not out of it.
The shadow of split bamboo rod
thrown across pool viii create in fish
the same skittishness as would be caused
by an elephant browsing upon the bank
A passing cloud over shallow and
pellucid pool protects the angler and
puts another fin or two in his creeI,
where a moment before each cast of his
drove the fish to deeper pools or behind
protecting rocks.
An old angling friend once said to me
that fish were like ostriches in some of
their ways, notably in that they seemed
to feel safe when their noses were hid
behind tuft of grass or in the crevices
of sunken rock.
''fish facing the sun, and forget not
this rule, even when the twilight is over
the waters, by casting toward the west, -
was the law enacted by his knowledge,
based upon experience, of the effect of
shadows upon the wary fins, who are
more startled by unusual appearances on
the surface of a pool than they are by
strange things below-Neo York Nezos.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-07

ing um 10y.
SIS the risk to the whalsr's a4e les
sened2"
81 don't know about that. It doe,
not often happen that man is lost on &
whaling cruise, either by disease or acct
dent. Indeed, the risk is less than in
the merchant service, in proportion tc
the number ofsmen."
''Where are the principal whaling
grounds?"
Gan along the coast, from the Ant
arctic to the Arctic, you may say. But
the best catches are made up in Behring
sea, the Japan sea, the 0khotsk sea and
off the Alaska coast.
''How are the men .paidn
t'Each man gets a proportIon-an
share of the profits OF the trip. As to
the profits, everything depends on the
relation between the size OF the vessel
and the amount of the catch. What
would pay well on a small schooner
would mean a dead loss on one of the
large steamera. But.the men must come
out pretty well or there wouldn't be such
a flush of money on the Barbary Coast
and along the city frontlafter the whalers
have come in"
''What class of whales is most sought
forl"
esThe polar whale, the right whale,
and the sperm whale. There's no money
in the others. The little fellows-the
'fnbacks, for example-we don't catch
at all. They don't pay for the catch
ing"
'sDo the men on whaling craft get any
pay, or do they depend solely upon the
catch2'
s'They are usually paid an advance of
$50 before they go away. There is no
complaint on that score. They get
plenty of clothing-om ships are com
PEELED to carry it. We have also to
furnish them with tobacco -at-aH-ativance
of only ten per cent. Over wholesale
prices. The provisions of the Digby bill
apoly to whalers also. We ship our
own men. They are of pretty nearly
all nationalities. We have everything
from parson down to a digger Indian"
''What is the usual duration of the
tripsl"
1.-THE vessels that 90 north and start
for the south this fall viii probably be
gone from ten to eleven months. The
usual time for vessel that goes directly
north is about seven months. y
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-07

Ham Salad-One pound of boiled ham
chopped fine; one-half dozen small
pickles, chopped fine; add a little
chopped celery, and serve with salad
dressing.
Fish Balls-Take one cup of cooked
salt fish, one pint of mashed potatoes
one teaspoonful of butter, one egg, pep
per to taste. Shape into balls, dredgt
with flouy and fry.
White Mountain Cake-One and 8
half cups of sugar, two-thirds of a cup
of butter, the yolks Of four eggs, half a
cup of milk, three cups of flour, one tea
spoonful of baking powder. Bake il
jelly-cake tins.
Cheese Scallop-Soak one cup of dry
breadcrurnbs in fresh milk; beat into ii
three eggs, and add one tablespoon OF
butter aud ahalf-pound of grated cheese;
strew upon the top sifted breadcrumbs,
and bake in the oven delicate brown.
Roast -Rib-Trim off the rough
.nds, crack the ribs through the middle,
rub with salt and pepper; fold over
where cracked, stuff with a bread dress
ing, sew up tightly, put in a baking pan
with a pint of water and bake both sides
good brown.
Picked Fish-Take sufficient vinegar
to cover the fish, put in on the stove in a
porcelain kettle, add spices in bag and
when hot put III the fish. Remove the
fish carefully when tender, place in a
stone jar and pour the vinegar over them.
Do not disturb for four weeks.
Scalloped Potatoes-Pare the pota-
toes, cover the bottom of baking dish
with breadcrumbs, then add layer of
sliced potatoes, then bits of butter, salt
and pepper; fill the dish with alternate
layers, wet the whole with milk, and
bake the whole for one and a half hours.
Caulifower Salad-One medium-sized
head of caulifower, half-pint of mayon-
naise. Boil the caulifower as directed,
throw into cold water until wanted, then
pick it apart carefully, dry with soft
napkin. put in the 0- -
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-07
ST. EImn,s Fire.

In a paper on ''St Elmo's Fire on Ben
Nevis" by Angus Rankin, in the records
of the Scottish Meteorological Society, it
is stated that St. Elmo's fire, as seen oc-
casionally at the Ben Nevis Observatory,
takes the form OF jets of light on the
tops of all objects that stand any height
above the general Level of the roof OF the
observatory. In a very fine display the
tops of the objects were quite ablaze with
the light, which glowed and Missed in
brilliant tongues of white and blue from
four to six inches in length Nor
is the phenomenon confined to these OBJ
iects alone in the finer displays, but if
the observer stands on the roof, his hair,
hat, pencil, etc, glow with it as well,
aud when he raises a stick above his
head the stick also has long flame at
the top. Further, however, than hay
ing a slight tingling in his head and
hands, he suffers no inconvenience. The
kissing is very marked characteristic of
the phenomenon, being always heard dur
ing ordinary displays, though in the
feebler displays, when the light can
barely be seen, it cannot be distinguished
from the kissing of the wind.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-07
Genius and Insanity.

The Lancet observes that it has beer
frequently remarked that genius and In
sanity are sometimes combined in the
same person or in closely connected mem
bers of the same family; but it is not
easy to trace the connection between
those mental conditions and the sinful OF
criminal acts that are apt to be committed
by persons so organized. The medical
profession recognizes forms of affection
or moral insanity in which the capacity
TO govern the emotions is in abeyance.
A marked feature of this phase of mental
disease is the absence of decisions; and
from that fact conflict often arises be-
tween the medical and legal aspects when
the question of crimina!ity has to be
taken into consideration
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-07

u WIZ SdNO ltttlOiu VI INT OIl IcseENOlI.
-, lcks should be so wide that they
quite fill the wick holder without having
to be squeezed into it.
Wicks sho.ld be soaked with oil be-
fore being lit.
The reservoir should be quite filed
with oil every time before using the
lamp.
The lamp should be kept thoroughly
clean, all oil should be carefully wiped
elf, and all charred wick and dirt re-
moved before lighting.
When the lamp is lit the wick should
be at first turned down, and then slowly
raised.
Lamps which have no extinguishing
apparatus should be put out as follows;
The wick should be turned until there Is
only small, Pickering flame, and a sharp
puff OF breath should be sent across the
top of the chimney, but not down it.
Cans or bottles used for oil should be
free from water and dirt, and should be
kept thoroughly closed.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-07
A Novel Cure.

A novel cure was effected by the use
of the dynamo recently at Westgate-on-
Sea, England A Mr.. Brown was fitting
a false bottom. to a CRATE, and while
chipping it to make it fit small splinter
of iron flew off and struck him in the
eye. An electrical engineer wei met
him shortly after, seeing his pliSas, took
him to a dynamo that was working near
by. Brown placed his eye as close as
possible to the machine, aad the mag
netic attraction was sufficiently intense to
withdraw the splinter of iron from the
eye, which was instantly relieved and
which gave no further trouble.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-07

The Lord would have us know that We
are weak and that he alone is strong. il
may cost Us many struggles before we
comprehend this fact. Ambition scars and
strives, and falls humanity plans and
struggles and fails; bat when man comes az
last into the presence Of his Maker, and
casts himself unreseryedly upon Him, be
then lays hold upon esernal strength.
How easy it IS for the Lord to abase our
pride, to humble our self-coniidence. to
bring TO uought our fondest plans and most
cherished purposes, and then, upon the
wreck and ruin of ali onr hopes, be can lay
broader foundations, and build for Us better
than all our plans, aud show Us that He is
tender Father and gracious God, SUI
preme in power, boundless in wisdom and
in loye.-TAe Chrisfidn.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-07

WITHIN the past ten years the aspect
Of Rome has considerably changed.
The old narrow winding streets are a
thing of the past, and are replaced by
large, wide thoroughfares. Blocks of
the old houses have been knocked down
and large modern palazzi have sprung
up IN their stead. The barrow Corso
Of old fines will soon be no more, as it
is gradually being widened by half
again its original width
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-03-07

may give comtolY
man in destitution. In exhibits
SO familiar to us that Nelace. In
about them, may raise the u, ID
ant to a sense of their human
loo1