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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-06-19
ORIENTAL PEOPLES.
An Importer of China Contrasts the Chinese
and the Japanese. =

An Importer of China Contrasts the Chinese
and the Japanese.
Z One Of the largest silk importers in
China claims that the Chinese are
much superior race to the Japanese.
I'ye lived in China for twenty years, /"
said he, "and have had plenty Of time:
to study the land and people. The
stories you hear about the Oriental
countries are written by people who re-
main short time and never take the
trouble to substantiate any weird story
or rumor, and it is to be expected that
their writings should be unreliable. 1t
is true that Japan has railroads and
many European and American indus
tries can not be found In China, but the
latter country does not want nor need
these latter-day improvements.
THE development in Japan is not due
to the Japanese. These improvements
were forced upon them by the Europe
ans and Americans. Railroads, mining
and irrigating schemes, manufacturing
industries. and impracticable enter
prises are springing up like mushrooms
in the land Of the Mikado Half Of these
ventures are not needed, and just as
soon as this is discovered by the jap
anese there will be a big collapse. They
are jumping into civilization by the
rapid-transit line, and often that route
is dangerous.
ION the other hand, the Chinese are
slowly coming to the front. They are q
conservative people, and use their think
ing faculties more in an hour than do
the Japanese all day. The Chinese we'll
know that foreigners are imposing upon
the Japanese, and they are awaiting the
result For years Englishmen have been
trying to construct railroad at Shang-
hal, 1t would be OF. no value. The sur
rounding country is SO lined with canals
or natural creeks that 1t now costs less
to bring in silks and teas than it would
be II railway was built The Chinese
argue that as they were civilized before
Englishmen were on earth, they can get
along now with the old methods OF life,
and they want no nation to furnish them
with bright ideas. Chicago Tribune. :.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-06-19
FATTY Reeds Latest outrage.


Under the constitution ofthe United
States 165 members must be present and
vote upon the passage Qfany bill n tfie
House of Representatives, that numb sr
being oneshalf 81 the tdtalmembership.
Uiider the law of the Republican cau-
Gus, itwas determined. thar 100 Keppb1
LEANS, one Democrat and Tom Reed
are sufficient to admit Idaho as q State
in the Union. 1t is asserted in. WASH
ington that as soon as-the- bill passed
by Mr.. Reed and his $50 colleagues gets
through the Senate and is signed by the
President-an effort will be made hysthe
DBmoerA ISL lse the matter before the
Supreme Court and obtain the decision
81 that ribpnal on the assumption Of
Mr., Reed that he is'"a bigger man than
the constitution and has voting
power equal TO that Of thirty-f2ur Con.
sssssmsa, Ctleags ulahvs
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-06-19
PUBLIC OPINION.


The general Impression in Con-
gress seems to be that Senator Sher-
mans anti- trust bill is a very small tub
to very large whale. Providence
Journai.e
The farmerssof the West have in
the past heard good deal about the
home market for their corn, and they
are now discovering that the market is
the kitchen stove and fireplace. New
Orleans States. fSstfk / ffE Stss
The Mckinley tariff bill seems to
be too large for the East and toolsman
for the West 1t doesn't fit very well
in the middle States, either, and as for
the South, according to Henri Waiter
son, sit won't do at alL"-St. Paul
Pioneer Press (Repess 8EAs3
The tax on raw sugar will be re.
duced, but the tax on refined sugar will
be increased by the Mckinley. tariff
bill. Thus the sugar trust will have ia
better margin of profit and the people
will have to pay about as much for
sugar under it as now.-St Louis Post
Dispatch.
Tho frenzied eloquences with
which Blocks of Eve Dudley pours
out his Indignation at Southern election
methods before the Housecommittee on
elections is enough to make horse
laugh. In the meanwhile he himself is
saved his striped suit and shaved head
deserts by not being any more deep in
crime than the President of his crea
ation.- Nashville (Tenn.l American.
The Republican Senate will ad-
init the Blocks of Five Senators from
Montana, and so carry out the part of
the programme arranged for 1t in the
steal When it Is 80 we'll understood
that this was all settled by Quay and
the campaign committee before. they
ordered the Silver Bow returns thrown
out, it is somewhat puerile in the Re-
publican Senators to pretend that they
are acting as free agents. Louis Re-
publ
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-06-19
IA LITTLE NONSENSE

-Squiggs-"I never see you and Miss
Maryann out together any more. Have
yon quarreled?" Bliggs-.sNo, not ex-
actly We're married. Binghamton
Republican. ia
--"Oh, Sophyl I hear you kissed Mr..
Rondo, the poet, in the Conservatory
last night" "Um-m-m?" "Tell' me.
What was it like?'' .Well. he has q
very pronounced literary taste, Puck.
-"Willie," said lawyer to his son,
did hear you swearing this After
noon?' mo, father. may have been
affirming with unnecessary emphasis
but wasn't swearing. ~ Washington
Post l.as4s'
-s'Was your Waterman wen recon.
mended?" "Oh, not directly. i used
to see him in church, and ~ he stayed
awake all through Dr.. .Sonora's SER
mons, concluded he was the nan J
wanted. n-Ghatter.
Her Presentiment Confirmed. -Doc-
tori regret to say, madam, that you ara
afflicted with q severe case Of rheuma-
tism.n Woman (weeping)- knowed
1t, doctor; II knoweditl Icouid feel 1t In
my bones. Washington Star.
This is where we cast our cam
nom" said the polite attendant. How
Interestingly said the sweet girl; land
where do you blow your great gunsg
I've heard yachting friend Of mine
speak OF that so often. "--Harper's Bazaar.
"A Boston messenger boy surprised
every body by getting TO his destination
the same day he was given the message
to deliver. Afterward it was learned
that he stole q ride on q hearse that
was going that way.-- Somerviilel Jour-
The house.dog swallowed the sausage
s down. sfks ID ssss Il $50
He smiled a little then heaved Sigh
SPIN the toughest" he murnuSed, s'in Al
|. A cannibaiistic canine, IL ~ Y
a Washington Post
He DO you think that q red nose
or pimples is always the result Of hard
drinkinga" She-"Not an your case.
You are not hard when drinking.s
"Why2,' ''Oh. don't know, only that
when you drink. you are the softest man
IN town, and you can't be hard and soft
at the same time, pimples or no PIN
lples. "-St. Louis Republic.
"A young married couple nave just
gone tolhousekeeping. The othersmorn-
ing the neighbors were treated to this
bit ofScofioquial entertainment as the
two parted at tho gate: Hesl What
shall order for supper, precious9'
She"A piece Of beefsteax, and oh, dar-
ling. doltell the man to cut IL the right
way Of the goods, 10 II will .be tander. 8
Detroit Free Press.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-06-19
vlctorla,s Father.s Severity.

Tho Duke OF Kent her Majesty's
father, was, in hiscapacitY as an officer
in our army, a most severe martinez,
and on two occasions there was mn-
tiny IN the regiment under his COM
mand. On .ones occasion he. was i'll
advised enough to endeavor to stop
drunkenness among his men by order
ing his subaltern officers when drilling
their companies to take an opportunity
Of smelling the soldiers breath in order
to see If they had been drinking spirits.
The Duke OF Wellington freely con-
demned this unfortunate order OF the
royal Duke. 1T is ON the face Of 1t
ridiculous to expect officers to do such q
thing" he said one day to his friend
Lord Mahon; ssfor. granted that his
Royal Highness'i order Is a legitimate
one, and one to be carried out. 1t fol-
lows that any stbaltern In his command
who chances TO be suffering from cold
In his head is thereby rendered unfit to
60 on duty. London Figaro
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-06-19
PERSONAL AND IMpERsoNAL.

Henry Watterson y stu yonne
man. He ceiebrAted hts nftiesh pirsn-
day last week. His health y gooos ana
he Is very happy man.
-Joha Wesley Haslett Of hansas
City, claims the Championship peit ~
novel branch OF industry. ne ~ sns
sticker' for packing companyss ane
claims that IN fourteen yeArs' service q
as.slain soc, 900 hogs
"A short time before young Abraham
Lincoln was taken sick with the maiady
from which he never recovered. ne Wrots
friend IN Chicago; There y no piacs
like America for me. long LOT game
OF base-baai with tho boys,
Mrs jefferson Davis since me deAsn
Of the late Confederate chieftain, agns
her name ~, Jefferson DAVIS hiser
fashion in Louisiana and elsewhere 10
the Souths BY which the Frencn veuvo
(widow) is abbreviated TO vs. Ana
placed before the name OF decease0
husband. 5.
Rev. John w. Farnham, the minis
ter Of the colored Methodist Church ~
Charlotte, N. G., wears boot the size o.
which is S5lS, which necessitates solo
OF twenty inches In iength ana seven
inchessbroad. Rev Farnham stands Az
feet ten inches in his sizable stockings.
and weighs 40 pounds when stripped o.
his impediments
The most famous Of all matadors.
the espado primero Of the world, 10
Francisco Sanchez (alias Lagartijo) Ho
now seldom appears ten thousand dollars
being the price demanded and secured
in advance for each performance. He 10
very great pet with the Spanish mo-
bility, is very rich, and was the warm
personal friend Of the late King Alfonso.
When Alexander Graham Bell was
going about Washington trying to push
his telephone enterprise he labored with
the newspaper men necessarily to get
notices Of 1t in the newspapers. One
SOFA week reporter was very friendly to
him, and said all the good things about
him and his invention that he could
crowd into the press Bell Remembered
the SERVICE gave him. q few shares Of
stock, and they made the journalist .
rich man.
Mrs. Booth. wife OF General Booth,
of the Salvation Army, died recently OF
cancer. She. even more than her hus-
band. was the handspring of the Saliva
tion Army work ali over tho world.
From her death-bed she sent this mes
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-06-19
-Biges-~Old M. Dresser. the TAI

-Biggs-''Old Mr.. Dresser, the tailor,
who has been in business forty years,
dropped dead the other day while TAX
Ing customers measure What do you
think Of such an ending Is that Of
mans life2" Boggs- Fitting clothes
should sAy. n--smith. Gray q Co.'S
MonthiH n
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-06-19

To take off the tax on manufact-
ured tobacco, the whole benefit Of (which
Will accrue TO the dealers and not penny
to the consumer, ana tormake free alco-
hol used in the arts, thereby opening
the way to extensive frauds upon the
revenue for the benefit OF the whisky in
terest, is not a right2or popular poll
icy. Every Republicsn who opposes
that policy ought to have thesolid sup.
port of hts constituen ts.- st. Paul Pio4
neer Rresst Reps)s A.
In short, Congressman Lodges
National election bill is simply bill to
tax the people $40, 200, 600 extra for
everym Cangr sssional election for the
double .pur Pose of s4uandering the pub
lie money among characterless parts
sans and violently assailing the rights
OF the people IN sections whore might
is expected to defy the popular will. 1t
is dual rope tition OF the old Federal
sedition law and of the old Democratic
'Leccmptons policy, with a-gift Of $10,-
600. 600 every two years to political de-
Philadelphia Times.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-27
household Life In japan,

Sir Edwin Arnold who has fallen so deeply
under the charm of Japan life and customs,
writes to the London Daily Telegraph from
Toxic an interesting account of the life of
Japanese family. He says: "Daily life
with Japanese family of the middle class
es is very different existence from any led
10 the West. A sense of emptiness and in
suftictency would be felt by the Western
housewife in passing through the six or eight
compartments constituting Japanese house.
me snow-white mattings would please her,
and the scrupnlous cleanliness of the wood
WORK And she would like the neat little
Kltchen with It's low stove, and quaint brass
and copper nails hung In a shining row.
But where are the beds, she would ask. and
the furniture, and the stores, and the clothes,
and the household linen AS for the bedding.
1t consists of large quilted rugs of cotton,
Wnlcn are rolled up every morning and put
into the tonada. In the corners stand the
tansu, chest of drawers, which Japanese
Carpenters are very skillful in making.
Ihere Will be in the apartment the indies
pensable fire-box, and near at hand a little
glass cupboard to hold teacups and tea, with
perhaps little dressing-case, a mirror on
the top, and the omnipresent apparatus of
wood and copper which hold the tobacco.
the pipes and the ever-lighted charcoal,
Household linen badly exists. The Japanese
use no sheets or tablecloths. As for stores.
the bazaars near at hand supply them fresh
~ with daily necessities and they keep very
little Ia the larder except rice and sweet
biscuit. Rice is the main stay, and a huge
quantity is kept ready boiled, needing only
10 De warmed up or mixed with hot tea."
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-27

The Springfield Union is moved by the
alleged remark of Mr.. Blaine, which that
gentleman denies having ever made, that he
would give his right arm to be able to go into
the Senate and kill the Mckinley bill, to
suggest an amendment to the constitution
that would make the members of the Cabinet
eG-oficio members of the houses Of Congress
in order that they might advocate or con-
denim measures before Congress. This
scheme the Union thinks would afford at
least sensation once in while. This plan
OF making the cabinet responsible minis
try as the British cabinet is has been sug-
gested In this country before; but there is no
apparent crying demand for it. This very
lhcldent OF Mr.. Blaines fictitious remark
ought to be enough to show to the Union
that the responsible ministry would accom-
plish nothing that could benefit the country
in the least. 1t is no small part of the duties
of British cabinet minister to answer the
questions, put often in spirit of antagonism
; by members of the opposition. Suppose
now, Mr.. Mills had read this reported wish
of Mr.. Blaine in the papers and should ask
him about it as he sat in the cabinet seat in
the House, Mr.. Blaine of course would ans
wer 81 never said it." Mr.. Mills might
subsde quietly but the chances are he would
not. If he did Hon. Mr.. Springer of Illinois,
or some of the Southern fre-eaters would
probably keep the ball a-rolling. This would
serve no useful purpose whatever but the
correspondents of Democratic papers would
seize upon the incident even more sharply
than they have as it is, and nobody can fore
see when or where the discussion would end.
The country demands simplicity of rules for
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-27

The Belfast Age offers Mr.. William P
Thompson of Belfast to the Democratic
State convention as gentleman who would
make an excellent nominee" From the
biography of him, which the Age publishes,
1t appears that he was born in Troy in 1874
went to school at Freedom academy and the
Maine Wesleyan Seminary, and then started
out to carr his own living, which he did first
by going to sea, and afterwards by practic.
ng law in Belfast. The Age says he has
done valiant service on the stump in the
Democratic cause" and though he is not
much at "oratorical pyrotechnics and sensa-
tional clap trap" he is very convincing
orator, appealing to the heads of an audi
ence and their sense of justice" These are
all strong recommendations, but better than
all these is the fact that he has signified his
willingness to accept if nominated. A man
that signifies his willingness to accept a
Democratic nomination in this State this
year stands pretty good chance of getting
it, no matter where he was born or where he
went TO school, or what he believes or dis
believes.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-27

1t looks now as If the Louisiana Lottery
Company would carry their point in the leg
islature. They have already succeeded in
getting through the House 10y a wv 10. thiras
majority. resolution submitting the ques-
ton of the renewal of the charter to the
people and there is little doubt that they
will have equally good luck with the Senate.
That the company is confident that the pop
ular vote will be In their favor is evident
enough from the fact that they submitted to
this disposition Of the case And it is to
be feared that their confidence is well
grounded. The great majority of the voters
of the State are ignorant men and very
large per cent thriftless and shiftless and
therefore peculiarly susceptible to
schemes which promises riches without
work. Besides the company have an i'm
mense corruption fund which will no doubt
be used for all 1t is worth, and in State
like Louisiana 1t is worth great deal.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-27

The letting off of Sullivan with a fine of
$500. will no doubt have the effect of giving
the State of Mississippi quite boom as a
State for prize fighting. The prize fighter
of course cares nothing fer fines. They
don't come out of his pocket. He is always
sure to have enough admiring friends to pay
them for him. But of going to Jail he has a
horror, and he can be depended on to give
States whose laws will send him there, a
wide berth. If, as the case seems to show, a
man can fight in Mississippi on payment of
$500 no doubt Mississippi will be selected as
the scene for all these contests in the future
Considering the amount Of talk the Missis-
sippi authorities INDUCED in and the efforts
they made to catch the notorious "slugger,"
the upshot of the case appears very ridicu-
lOus
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-27

The feeling of census that is in the air has
inspired Connecticut editor, Mr.. Wilder of
the New Haven Palladium, to investigate the
religious status Of the newspaper workers Of
that State. He finds as the result that out
OF 125 literary workers connected with the
daily press of the state, eighty-one, or more
than half, were reported as church members,
hfty-six church goers or in sympathy with
the church, while only nine reported them
selves as in the indifferent or skeptic" class.
The Hartford Post thinks that if Mr.. Wilder
has pursued his Investigations into the field
OF weekly newspapers he would have un-
doubleday found the proportion of church
goers and sympathizers about the same. 1t
is altogether probable, judging by the state
Of the case in this State, that the proportion
would have been larger among the workers
on the weekly papers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-27

The introduction of the Federal election
bill sent the Democrats right into the air
They performed very much as they did when
Speaker Reed informed them that they could
no longer be constructiyely absent when
they were actually present. Shouts of revo-
luton went up, and they became so noisy
that it was necessary to send the SER
geant-at-arms to suppress them. The louder
they yell and the more fercely they denonDce
the proposed legislation the more certain the
Republicans will be that such legislation is
destined to put an end to the corrupt prac-
tees by which the Democratic party steals
every four years the electoral vote of half a
dozen States. and every two years a score Of
congressionaliseats that on a free ballot and
fair count would be filled by Republicans.
Were federal election law not likely to
promote honest elections they would trouble
themselves about it very little.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-27

Free coinage is probably defeated for this
session. The vote In the House on Wednes-
day shows that there is good majority in
the House against it, and that the result of
the Senate's sticking to its amendment win
be defeat of silver legislation altogether. The
silver Senators of course prefer the whole
Loaf, but they are too practical to refuse part
OF the loaf because they cannot get the whole.
No doubt the conference committee of the
two houses will come to some agreement
which, while 1t will treat silver literally,
will not jeopardize the business interests OF
the country as free coinage would. The
credit of the defeat of free coinage belongs
largely to Speaker Reed. By rigidly adher-
ing to the rules of the House he prevented
hasty action, and gave both Republicans and
Democrats time for reflection.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-27

The Bangor Commercial lays the apparent
retrograde movement of Portland's popula-
tion to the wicked. Neal Dow Democrats
1t strikes us as being more like the Bass
Democrats who fired off fierce what-they-
were-going-to dos before they had counted
noses. Our census returns are not all in yet.
The figures given were trife premature.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-27
CURRENT COMMENT.
TUNES HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN

TUNES HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN,
concord Monitor.l
The word Stree" has place in most Of the
democratic rallying cries-free trade, free
in the CO.'S the party taught desperateIY
against free men.
DISTRESSING STATE OF THINGS.
Lowell Courier.l
" Inc flagship Richmond is due in New
lorK. She has on board fine assortment
Oh material for courts of inquiry. Admiral
Gillls and Captain Reed do not speak when
they pass by
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-27

A Saturday night whist club in Bangor
consisting of four of the leading citizens was
broken up the other night by telephone, at
the hands OF some ladies. to the members I'M
known but supposed to be their wives or sist-
tiers. The scheme was to call each of the
four up In turn TO the phone and keep him
there half an hour trying to find out who it
was who was so much interested in his well
fare. The next meeting off the club will
probably be held in some backwoods settle
ment where the telephone cometh not
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-27
STATE TOPICS oFINTEREsT.

Again wild animals are mining gold bet.
ter than men are. Tom Dana the well
known guide and trapper came down to Old.
town from the Moosehead lake region last
week with a lump Of gold in his pocket that
made peoples eyes stick out when they saw
1t. he said that the way he came to find il
was this. he saw woodchuck sitting upon
his hind feet on knoll, and just as he was
In the act OF shooting it the woodchuck drop.
ped out Of sight and, on examining to see
where the little fellow went to, he found his
IDENTIFY thrown up there with the other dirt
when the woodchuck dug his hole last fall
Tom could not be induced to tell Just where
the woodchuck mine was located, but admit
ted that 1t was near the lake.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-27

A young lady at Green's Landing. Deer
Isle, school teacher has recently made the
acquaintance of the new minister at that
place In sudden and striking manner, The
talking with boarder and the school teach
er was at the head of the stairs, preparing
to descend, and be introduced. Something
started her and she slid gracefully down the
entire length of the stairs introducing her
sell to the clergyman in stricking but effect
i've manner.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-27

Mr.. Blaine is experiencing the novel SEN
sation of finding himself praised by the
Democratic and Mugwump papers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-06-27
PHYSICIANS STAND AND BUSI.
NESS FOR SALE.

THE residence of the late DR.. VIM. B. Cobb at
\ Standish village, and the. good will of his
The premises are beautifully located and include
a fine orchard. The situation presents great at
traction for good physician. For particulars,
tel6 diff