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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-11-27
PERSONAL AND lMpERsoNAL.

--Hogarth's house 1t chiswick, I'm
gland. is rapidly going to decay, and no
one seems ready to rescue II from utter
demolition.
Tho house in which Columbus died
ct valIadolid is failing into decay, and
the Spanish Government is much rc-
preached for allowing II TO 60 70 ruin
The Italians talk Of purchasing ~ BY
national subscription
Martha Ann Bogart who died re.
Gently in Elizabeth, N. ~ was noted
for her penurionsness She used 70 spns
luciier matches so as to make one match7
do for two or three times II 10 nsedA
less to say that she left fortune.
Mrs Ambrose Haley, Of Houiton,
Me-, has In her possession . treasured
heirloom, q slipper that was worn BY
her fathers grandmother on the occa-
sion Of her marriage in England, which
must have occurred fully IT'S years ago
1t is made Of brocaded. satin.
England has been laughing ct the
decorations In the #dining-room on EN-
peror Wilhelm's yacht. Green panels
are quite nullified In effect BY table
cover Of electric blue. In his bedroom
violet velvet coverlet 'swears at
walls covered with lightflowered chintx
In Rome males wore black for
mourning, while the women indicated
their grief by wearing white garments
In Turkey, at the present day, the
mourning hue is violet; in China, white;
n~Elgypt yellow;-in Ethiopia, brown;
In London nd-Amerfcas =s,lscls Eha.
monrning color In Spain was white I'M
til changed by the laws Of 1890.
A Frenchman fond OF literature, who
died at Dole in the Jura recently, was
buried according to the terms Of his
will, with French edition OF Horace
beneath his head, copy Of Milton 81
his feet, Greek Testament In his right
hand and an Elzeyirian edition OF Hor-
ace in his left Under his back lay IN
English edition Of the same poet
Mrs. Marble, OF Dixfeld, Me-, broke
q hen Of setting. She did 1t In this
way; She shut tho hon up In close
room-and forgot her. 1t was twenty
eight days later that somebody hap
pened to find Mrs. Hen, hungry and
thirsty, to be sure, but alive and bright
ana with more taste ior scraecnins iol
worms IN sne garoen snan ior s''1ns W
eggs, even IN stolen nest
Mrs General Grant says she nrst
met the General IN 1884 ana they were
married in 1s4s. She has many Of the
-letters~Wrftten by him during the DAYS
OF their courtship, and while she re-
CARDS these in their entirety too sacred
for the pub ic eye, she Will make ex-
tracts from them Tor her book Of rem
iniscences OF her famous husband. she
is working very slowly on the BOOK ana
does not expect to have 1t ready Tor pub
LEGATION before next spring.
Sir Edwin Chadwick. who died re-
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-11-27
Very Deficient.


Canvasser-I have here, Professor
Blanks latest and most complete his
tory Of the United States
Business Man examining it)-Do l
understand you to say that this is a
complete history of our country up tic
the present day?
-Canvasser-Yes SIR.
business Man--Then 1t is very de-
Gcient. Some of the most important
events in the history Of the develop
ment of this glorious Nation have been
completely ignored!
Canyasser- What tor instance?
business Mani can see nothing in II
regarding the Sull van-Kilrain fight
the Worlds Championship games, nor
in fact any of the recent important hap
penings. r. Indeed, Mr. Sullivan, Mr..
Kilrain. Arson, Comiskey and . num-
Der Of other men whose names should
go Gown to posterity, are not even mem
toned. / do not care for your book.
Good day, sir. -Munsey's Weekly.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-11-27
wife fnontinrlvl q "T

Pretty Wife (poutingly) THAT
Mrs. De PLANE has dozen dresses hand
somer than the only good one I've got.
Smart Husband-s.A homely woman like
that needs rich attire to attract atten-
ton from her face. You don't" Pretty
wife subsidss. In. Y. Weekly.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-11-27
zPATTY,S PRESUMPTION.
=The@Good Results OF q Little
Girls Gall ~
ULLOr

ULLO. + s
A little white
face t u r n e d
wearily and a
CLEAN Of inter
est shot In t. o
the tired yes
as they caught
sight OF Patty
outside the win
dow. Patty was
short and ia t
and her face
GOV cred with
freckles, but to
the little inva-
lid she seemed
n -fot.. -
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-11-27
FOOLISH AND CONCElTED.
The Less a Man Knows tho More He Talk
AbOut IL

The Less Man Knows tho More He Talks
About 1t.
+ The less man knows the more he
talks about it. If shadows murmur
where deeps are dumb" they are like
human beings who have small minds
and are great takers. The man who
talks continuously, and who is not in
intellect above the average man, must
man does not know when to keep his
mouth shut. If he did he would still be
foolish, but he would not say foolish
things. An old Alliance man once had
boy who lacked good sense. The boy
may be man now and in politics. The
old man used to take his son to town
with him when he went with team to
sell load of wood, and when noon came
and the old man felt like taking nip
he would leave the boy in the public
square, saying: Stay right here with
the team, Ezra Don't you say "a word,
and nobody'll ever find out you are
fool" By and by people would come
along and commence to decker for a
trade. On one such occasion a man
said: How much for the wood?" The
boy smiled stupidity and said never a
word. The man spoke again, and
louder: "How much do you ask for
your load of wood?" The boy was
still dumb, but soon burst into
tears, and the surprised man said:
That boy is certainly a fool!' The
father came along about that time and
the boy sobbed: "They' yefound me out,
dad, I never said word, and the man
said was fooll' There is always hope
for boy of that sort He knows his
weakness, and that is something. The
man who thinks he knows 1t all, and
knows much less than many others is
most dangerous. He will tackle any
subject and make his hearers very tired.
1t would be great thing if men. in
their eagerness for notoriety, would re-
frain from meddling with religion. But
SO sure as a man has brains and religion
in inverse ratio with an enormous con-
ceit knowing he can secure notoriety to
himself in no other way, he tries to say
something startling" in religion. A
Baptist thus afflicted recently declared
there is no devil, and now a Presbyterian
professor in a theological seminary de-
clares Job is myth and the book of Job
was written by a Jewish poet during his
exile. His only reason for such asser-
ton is that he has. examined the book
by rules OF ''higher criticism" and has
decided that man suffering as Job was
could not have uttered such lofty poet
ical sen timentsl This is a case for the
fool-killer rather than for church dis
oipline. Western Recorder.
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What . stylish looking girl Miss Amy
ISL exclaimed Goslin.
Yes" replied Jinks even no,
checks are hsnd-psintsA r. Vest shssA
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-11-27

Poor Efiie twho has been stung)--
First I walked about ali over nv
hand. and It was 30 NIGEL nut OF When
u at dewnt''--Puuoh.
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CONTEMPORARY OPINION.

The Kansas Republicans have all
joined the Farmers Alliance in order
to oppose the Mckinley bill.-Atlanta
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-10
MINOR NOTES.

Notice has been given the employees Of
the Lackawanna iron AID coal company
that after the first Of January their wages
will he increased ten per cent-another ev-
idence Of the blight of protective duties
that is killing all our industries.
There has been a change in the manage
ment of the Rutland Telegram, John b.
Moore Of the editorial force becoming the
general manager. The paper has improved
in character and takes strong ground
against the high license crusade.
The man who ferried John Wilkes Booth
across the Potomac after the assassination
Of Lincoln, and concealed Booth and Har.
old for weNs has been dismissed from an
office + .e Washington navy yard, tc
which he was appointed under the Cleve-
land administration.
Bishop Potter of New York. who is op.
posed to the compulsory use of the Bible in
the public schools, says "Of what earthly
service would it be 10 force teachers tc
read passage every morning unless We
read it ourselves in our closets, in our
homes, upon our knees ~
posta} telegraph bill has been intro
duced by Mr.. Cullom in the Senate aud bI
Mr.. Bingham in the House The measure
authorizes the postmaster general TO con
tract with any existing telegraph company
for the use of its lines for postal message,
between free delivery Offices The post
master general is to decide the extent anC
location of the proposed service, and to fi1
the rates, which are to be prepaid by
stamps. The telegraph messages are
to be delivered by the regular carriers
at the first mail delivery following, and IA
such other times as the postmaster genera
may direct -
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-10

Charles King of Middetown, Mass prob
ably the oldest man in New England at least
will be lO9 years old ON the 18th of this
month He celebrated New Years by d
family gathering at his sons residence,
when 40 of his descendants were brought
together. Mr.. King was born near Quebec
being the last of family of ten sons, one
of whom reached the age of TO-
Burglars recently broke into a house in
London, but obtained little booty for their
pains. A newspaper in giving an account
of the affair, spoke of much valuable prop
erty they overlooked, Acting on this hint,
the rascals made second visit and made a
great haul. They left note expressing
their obligations to the newspaper reporter,
Our new naval squadron met the Russian
influenza on its way across the Atlantic, and
As of the men were laid up with it. A
month ago cases occurred ON steamer
crossing the Pacific ocean from Japan tc
San Francisco. 1t is pretty well settled
that the poison is microphyte, multi
plying in the air, and here seems to be evi
dence that it has travelled everywhere over
the face of the globe and the waters there
Of even against the course of the winds
The great value Of oil upon troubled
waters has again been forcibly illustrated
in the case of the steamship Croma, frou
Dundee. which arrived at New York last
week Soon after leaving Scotland tn,
CrOma ran into a hurricane of the wors
sort. The wind blew at velocity of NOR,
than eighty miles AN hour and the seas wer,
terrible in their tremendous force and fury
The vessel was fast becoming unmanageab
when oil bags were placed at the bow anC
sides and oil was also discharged through
the waste pipes. This moderated the rough
ness and violence of the waves sufficiently
TO allow the ship to live through the storm
otherwise she would have gone down.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-10
THE LAST CAMPFIRE.



An old soldier in looking back to the days
Of 81 to '6j is very much like a man in
middle life looking back to his childhood
days it is chiefly the fun and frolic that he
dwells upon But this account is Of three
young men, all in their teens, who sat with
their comrades around a campfire for the
last time, with the presentiment firmly
within them that the battle of the next
day would number them with the slain
Captain ID. 5. White of the Second Yer
mont, in recent letter 10 the writer
in speaking Of the battle of Fredericks
burg, Va, q years ago, says: "Do you re
member what Hastings, Moore and Whit
uey said on the night before the battle of
Fredericksburg on the evening of Decem-
Der -, 1862, while at the campfire They
were all sitting before the fire as | came
up, and Hastings said You ought not TO
order Inc into the fight to morrow if we
have one as | feel sure / shall be either
killed or wounded if go. Whitney was
the next TO speak and Moore next, and
each said he felt the same that Hastings
had expressed They were the only ones
killed that day, you know" Yes, many OF
us well remember this and many more
known their wishes 10 their bunk mates
how the picture Of her to whom he had
pledged TO be true, which had cheered him
in the long hours of camp was sent back
by kind friends with the sad news that he
for whom she was looking after the war
was over, had fallen in battle What shall
be said Of those men who calmly looked
death squarely in the face, then marched
into the surging smoke Of battle, mid the
deafenlng roar of cannon and the sharp
rattle Of musketryi The anguish that they
felt within their breasts IN the dread attack
was agony that can never be told still our
hero martyrs marched beneath the cloudy
heavens pail and by rebel bullet fell
Comrades, let US dry our sorrow speaking
eyes. o liberty, we know it was for thee
and thine. Sacred in our memories is the
spot where our comrades fought and fell
We cherish them IN our heart Of hearts
as only comrades can 1t was free
dom's voice that whispered in the tumult
March home, ye heroes That little
campfire around which our comrades sat
has long ago ceased t. burn, but the spark
Of loyalty that kindled il shall never grow
dim in the liplt of peapp q = ~
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-10

Mrs Blaine will not appear in Washing
ton society this winter ON account of the
death of her sister.
A current newspaper item has i that a
colored woman in Missouri only discov cred
about three weeks ago that she was not IA
slave, and obtained judgment in the courts
against her late masters estate for Sl4OO
wages.
A committee Of th- Senate is trying to
find out what is the trouble with the beef
industry of the country or in other words,
why it is that beef is worth so little on the
hoof in the far West, but costs so high
when it gets to consumers in the cities and
towns of the East.
The Supreme court of Massachusetts de
cides that dealer in oleomargarine or any
kind of imitation butter must not sell it
without designating label or mark upon
the package, and the failure of his servant
or clerk TO so mark the goods is no defence
for the proprietor of the store,
Sir Edwin Arnold, the London poet and
editor, who went from his recent visit in
this country to japan. was entertain, d at
dinner by the Toxic club on Nov 96. In
replying to a toast, after comparing Japan
to the land of the lotus eaters, and paying
a compliment to the native politene,s of
the Japanese, which he attributed more
particularly to the influence of Buddhism,
the speaker paid warm compliment TO
the great advances made by japan in edu
cation aud in journalism,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-10
Gooh NeMsnnnrr.

We wish to give our cordial and unsolic
tied testimony to the superior excellenc,
which marks the Boston journal in all it,
departments As a newspaper the Journa
covers the field completely, making ouT
New England news u speciality, One Of il,
best points lies in the fact that its news col
umns are always carefully edited. Its edi
torial page is one Of the most useful and
valuable with which we are acquainted
Upon it are given not only discussion OF
public affairs in broad and intelligent
spirit, but also condensed and admirable
summaries and statements of questions aud
events which the average reader has neither
the time nor the opportunity to follow out
in detail Its miscellaneous articles and lie
partments, appearing at intervals during
the week, are alwa Of genuine intert st
and value, The journal is, in short. safe
aud worthy exponent of the best Repuhli
can sentiment in New England, and We are
glad to know that its hold upon Vermont
readers is increasing yearly. We cordially
recommend the Weekly journal TO our sub
scribers, furnished AS il is at the very low
club rate as cents a year. elsewhere an
nounced.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-10
IN GEN ERAL.

The wealth of John D. Rockefeller, who
is the head and front of the Standard Oil
monopoly,is estimated at Sl29, 600, 600.
The Prince of Wales was recently fined
five shillings in police court for letting as
dog, superb Siberian hound, 90 abroad
without a muzzle
1t is said that monographs are to be put
in the post-offices of Mexico, to be used by
persons unable TO write, in order to send
messages to friends through the mails.
Paris is surrounded by ramparts 81 miles
long. With these the river Seine, which
divides the city, curves and doubles until
there seven miles of it. II is crossed by q
bridges.
The czar of Russia has issued an edict
forbidding applause in the theatres Of st.
Petersburg. 1t interferes with his slum-
bers during an ter-dinner performance
and is apt to confuse the dancing of the
ballet.
rattlesnake IA feet iuces long and IL
inches round, with 80 rattles and button
is reported to have been captured in Ter
rel county, Ga. The skin has been stuffed
and will be sent to the Smithsonian Institu-
ton or the National Museum.
The Hartford Times says that the dynamo
has been used several times in that city to
extract bits of steel which had lodged in
the hands and arms of men, inhcting pain
full and highly infiamed wounds. The ma
chine took out the particles in a jiffy.
magnificent new palace sleeping car,
now being built by the Wason company,
has a space between the trucks below the
level of the platforms, for storing the
berths and bedding by day and the chairs
and baggage by night thus giving draw
ing room and sleeper complete. II has a
first class kitchen in one end and plate
glass observation room in the other. The
car is 60 feet long.
An Albany paper says that the United
States government has acquired possession,
by purchase, of a tract of land extending
east of the 'seven- mile water works" to
the vicinity of Schenectady, aud including
about 1000 acres. The ground is 10 be
used as a range for testing guns 10 be made
at the Watervliet gun foundry. The range
will be nine miles long aud four miles wide,
A sportsman entered an inn in England,
laying his gun on a table outside. During
his absence man named Speakman picked
il up, cooked il, sighted it, and then laid it
down again. The owner took il up after
ward without noticing that It had been
cooked, and he aud two others, including
the man who had examined IL, walked on
When they were getting over fence the
gun went off, killing the man who had
cooked IT,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-10
A Psalm for the New Yeor.

o New Year. teach us faith
The road Of life is hard:
When our feet bleed and scourgiug winds ms
seattle.
Point thou to Him whose yisage was more
marred
Than any mans. who saith
Make straight paths for your feet " and TO the
opprest
Come ye to Me, and will give you rest
Yet hang some amp-like hope
Above this unknown way
Kind rear, TO give our spirits freer scope
Ana our hands strength to work while it is day
But II that way must slope
Iombward, oh bring before our fading eyes
The lamp OF life, the hope that never dies
Comfort our souls with love
Love OF all human kind
Love special, close, in which, like sheltered dove
Each weary heart its own safe nest may find:
And love that turns above
Adoringly; contented to resign
All loves, If need be, for the love divine
Friend, come thou like friend
And whether bright thy face
Or dim with clouds we cannot comprehend
Wen hold our patient hands, each in his place
And trust thee to the end
knowing thou leadest onward to those spheres
Where there are neither days, nor months, nor
years
Diu0b 4GtIocb Cr,fiI.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-10

special despatch from Madrid says;
The submerging trials of the submarine
boat Peral have taken place in the open
sea with excellent results The boat ap-
peared and disappeared from the surface
Of the water with incredible rapidity. 1t
was submerged to a depth of seven metres,
and remained beneath the water forty
minutes. The total time that the boat was
under water was two hours and quarter.
The inventor Senior Peral, was congratu-
lated as victor by the immense assemblage
present to witness the trials
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-10
MISCELLANY.
Rnrninr nrif,mnoh.

dOHN O. wHITTiER's LATEST PuEM.
Before my driftwood fire sit,
And see, with every waf burn,
! Old dreams aud fancies colOring IT,
And fOlly's unlaid ghosts return.
o ships Of mine, whose swift keels cleft
The enchanted sea on which they sailed
/ Are these poor fragments only left
OF vain desires and hopes that failed?
| Did not watch from them the light
| OF sunset on my towers In Spain,
Aud see. far OF, upoom in sight
The Happy Isles might not gain,
| Did sudden lift Of fog reveal
Arcadia's wales OF song and spring,
| And did pass, with grazing keel.
The rocks whereon the sirens sngf
Have not drifted hard upon
The unmapped regions lost 10 man,
| The oud-pitched tents Of Prester John.
The palace domes Of Kubla Khan
Did land winds blow from jasmine flowers
Where youth the ageless fountain fills;
| Did love make sign from rOseblown bowers,
And gold from EldoradO's hills:
Alas the gallant ships that sailed
On blind adventures errand sent,
Howe'er they laid their courses, failed
To reach the haven Of content
And Of my ventures, those alone
Which love had freighted, safely sped,
Seeking a good beyond my own,
By clear-eyed Duty piloted.
o mariners hoping still TO meet
The luck Arabian yoyagers met,
And find in Bagdad's moonlit street
HarOun al RasChid walking yet
Take with you, on your sea Of dreams.
The fair fond fances dear 10 youth
turn from all that only seems,
And seek the sober grounds Of truth.
What matter that IL is not May,
That birds have flown aud trees are bare,
That darker grows the shortening day,
And colder blows the wintry air
The wrecks Of passion and desire.
The castles no more rebuild,
May htly feed my drftwOod fire,
And warm the hands that age has chilled
Whatever perished with my ships
only know the best remains;
song Of praise is on my lips
For losses which are now my gains
Heap high my hearth! No worth is lost:
No wisdom with the folly dies
Burn on, poor shreds, your holocaust
Shall be my evening sacrifice!
Far more than all dared to dream
UnsOught before my door see:
On wings OF fire and steeds Of steam
The worlds great wonders come TO me.
And holier signs, unmarked before.
or love TO seek and power TO save
The rghtlnR Of the wronged and poor,
The man evolving from the slave,
And life, no longer chance or fate
safe in the gracious FatherhOOd
| fold o'er-wearied hands and wait
In calm assurance Of the good.
Aud well the waiting time must be-
Tho brief or long its granted days
II Faith and Hope and Charity
Sit by my evening hearth-fire's blaze.
Aud with them, friends whom heaven has spare,
Whose love my heart has cOmforted,
And, sharing all my joys, has shared
My tender memories Of the dead,
Dear souls who left us lonely here,
Bound ON their last. long voyage, 10 whom,
We, day by day, are drawing near,
Where every bark has sailing room
/ know the solemn monotone
OF waters calling unto me:
| know from whence the airs have blown
That whisper Of the eternal sea
AS low my fires Of driftwoOd burn,
hear that seas deep sounds increase,
And, fair ia sunset light, discern
Its mirage- lifted Isles Of Peace.
The INDEPENDENT
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-01-10
A little girl was telling how her grandma

A little girl was telling how her grandma
died and went to heaven, and another little
tot proudly said That be muffin. NV
grandma has gone to Dorsey City. Kings
ton Freeman.
First Dude-Say, Ahthar, how does a
fellar see with these single bawelled eye
glasses Second Dude-Do youh seeing
with the othar eye, BOBBY York
Weekly.
1t was the Presbyterian pastors little
daughter lin these creed revising times) who
asked Papa, do you believe in personal
Santa Claus l'-Bufdlo Express.