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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-04-10
POLITICAL DRIFT.

Speaker Reed is misplaced in
these times. He should have been born
on a Southern plantation before the
war.-Buffalo Courier.
1t is understood that Editor Hal
stead is engaged in writing an autobiog-
raphy of Foraker. 1t will be q beauti-
full volume II 1t contains all the facts
Atlanta Constitution.
-Hypnotism seems to be capable Of
a strange depth of meanness. A Chicago
hypnotist recently made one Of his pa.
son.-Chicago Herald.
III the Congressional Republican,
are not rascals now, what were they
when they urged the rules which they
at this time declare to be wrong? There
is dishonesty in the one case or in the
charlottesville Courier-Journal.
The iron mills OF Pennsylvania
pay only 81. ~ per ton in wages for max
ing pig-iron. Why should they have
protection of S6.72 per ton? Is not pro-
lection of So. 40 equivalent to giving
them pauper labor, and making the pau
pers support public charge? WHAT'S
the remaining $3.50 for? A steal?-N.
Y. World.
We ARE glad to see the farmers
moving earnestly to obtain relief from
crushing taxes; and even If they shall
founder around at first in their hunt
for the proper method of relief, the agi-
tation and effort will land them about
right in the end. When they shall
reach that point the era Of war taxes in
time Of peace and the oppressive taxa
ton Of the necessaries Of life to crafty
banded greed will be effaeed from our
political system. Lot the farmers move
on against unjust taxation, and they
will win whenever they shall under
stand and enforce justice for themselves.
Philadelphia Times sss't'
The situation as IL stands is
simply adding every hour to the ugly
record which the majority has been
making in fits pursuance Of the odious
.mailed-hand" policy. 1t is unmanly,
unjust, cowaldly and altogether danger
GUS. 1t is just as certain as any thing
can be that at some future time the Re-
publican party, when in the minority
in the House, will most severely suffer
as consequence of the partisan unwis-
dom OF Its present leaders, They are
sowing the wind and the party itself
will reap the whirlwind. This whole
business Is contrary to genuine repnb-
licanism, in letter and spirit -Philadel.
phia Telegraph.
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AN IDEAL STEAMSHIP.


Designed to Cross the Atlantic in Three and
Half Days.
Drawings and propositions for new
style of fast ocean steamship appear in
the American Mail and Export Journal.
Civil Engineer B. Schieldrop, the author
Of the proposed new greyhound, claims
that it will be able to raise the record Of
speed across the Atlantic from twenty
one to thirty-four knots an hour. This
would admit of voyages between Queens
town and Sandy Hook in three days and
thirteen hours
Mr.. Schieldrop claims that in the
fundamental principles upon which the
modern transatlantic steamers are built
and operated no real advance has been
made since the Savannah crossed i'm
1919. He thinks that the trouble has
been that the same boat has been 'sa
mail conveyance, hotel, barn and
warehouse" all in one. He proposed to
build, upon special model, vessel for
first-class passengers and speed, which
will possess the maximum of speed and
space with the minimum of weight and
displacement. BY removing cargo space
of the vessel now in use he proposes to
tighten the structure of the hull and
still keep it submerged to the same wa
ter line. This would give the hull
shallow and broad upper part and mar
row and deep lower part. It might be
described as combinationof the center
board type in the upper and an English
cutter in the lower part
AS regards stability the new vessel
will prove a mean between the cutter
and the center-board type. He claims
that on account of its fullness above
the water line his plan will insure dry
deck both amidships and at the extrem
tiles. The upper deck will be devoted to
a spacious library, ladies' cabin, smok
ing saloon and music room. The main
deck will be taken up by dining sa-
loon, an elegant after cabin and several
high-priced staterooms. The dining sa-
loon will seat $50 person comfortably.
The entire lower deck will be divided
into state rooms of different dimensions.
All Of the modern conyeniences will
be at hand, and cleanliness, it is
claimed, can be more thoroughly Sc
cured than If Storage passengers and
freight were carried. The entire vessel
will be lighted by electricity and each
apartment will be placed in connection
with a central system of ventilation,
which will supply pure air in such guam
titles as-laay- be required, and cold or
hot, as the season may call for Mr..
Schieldrop says that his method would
be thoroughly American, as it would be
in reality fast limited express transit
with Pullman accommodations Y.
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The BERLIN TREATY.

1t Does Not Attempt to Settle the Status
of Pago-Pago.
Tho only excuse that has ever been
offered for the making of the, Samoan
treaty is that it was necessary for the
protection OF American interests in
Samoa.
The only American interest there is
in Samoa is piece of unimproxed
property at Pago-Pago called coaling
station. though it is not o station and
there is no coal in 1t.
But the Senate, which has Just rati-
fed the treaty, is not able to make out
whether the compact protects this SOL
itary American interest or abandons 1t
The uncertainty is SO great that the
Senate has declined even to pass Mr..
Edmunds' resolution declaring its con-
viction that the American interest is
still ours.
lis difficult to understand precisely
why, in these circumstances, the SEN
alto confirmed a treaty Of dangerous al
lance with two European menarchies,
SO radically contrary as this one is to all
tho traditions of our National policy and
which appears to involve the surrender
of the only interest it was meant to
guard.
But for the sake OF nineteenth century
diplomacy let us have tho status Of
Pago-Pago definitely settled. IN. Y.
World.
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The PARTY or MORALS.


honesty and Corruption.
1t is always painful TO be obliged TO
lower standards that have been confid-
tng1y looked up TO with pride and that
one would hopefully initiate. The en-
perience of life presents many such do
pressing incidents. They are familiar
to AL panied Observers. Then In the
larger field there is the Republican
party. It has been accredited the re1ar
ton to the zenith Of moral attainment
that the Sunday-school sustains to tho
church. The confessions Of its oracles
and lights have given it this assign
ment Its platforms have limited 1t
the claim with some modest reserve in
popular calculation. One of its special
efforts has been to corral all the moral
ideas and reforms. Viewing it in this
conglome rate light, it is peculiarly sad
to see its grip ON these ethical sub
stances slipping so numerously as to
mar the entire picture. An examina-
ton going on at Washington shows the
most recent candidate for Governor In
one Of the sstannch Republican States
trying to escape defeat by means Of
forged papers, known to be such, with
q good deal Of conniving among
the leaders Of the moral party. In
West Virginia legislative commit
tee has found that the high movers in
the party sought success by debauching
the ba Hot with imported negroes. The
party has in half q dozen States en-
acted prohibition and claimed to be the
guardian angel Of the communities, but
it has not aimed to break with the
liquor interest But few weeks ago
the Governor of New Hampshire issued
proclamation after the Republican
party had given that State prohibitory
law for thirty years, suggesting that
there ought to be some effort to enforce
it. The local papers say that none will
be made. Then, out here in the Da-
kotas, the party was to teach the coun-
try new lessons in prohibition and re-
form. A law is framed in South Dakota
that has no bung-hole in it; but, at the
behest of potent influences, room was
left for sideboards in every house. and
even serving wine in the church. The
record of that State will be like the
others. In the North State prohibitory
law is enacted, and the same Legis-
lature votes to supplement- it with an
attempt to import the most odious gam
bling instit ution in the country. The
picture might be expanded indefinitely.
butt is too painful subject to follow.
1t is to be feared that the party has
pampered on prosperity too long. The
microbes and bacilli of moral disease
are injecting it. Sad but true.-St.
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u PIsElRsoMAt Asto f6xpeRsoNAL.

Secretary Proctor was an enthusi-
astfc ooon-huntcr In his hoyhood days.
Ex-Congressman Stephen =. Wilson,
81 wellsboro, Pa, has built for htnsslf
. granite tomb In shape u . log cabin.
Mrs Laura johnson, Of Lexington,
XIV, = colorcd woman, thirty-eight years
old, has been installed - White HOUSE,
cook At Washington. !
CLARA Barton, the famous philan-
thropist Is good shot With either rtno
or shotgun. She has been seen 70 bring
down two prairie chickens from the FIRST
flush Of the covey.
"A tenor singer named Eichorn In
Cologne was obliged 70 undergo throat
operation, and, while II was successful
Il was found upon his recovery that his
voice had changed to baritone
Mr.. James Laurenson, who admtnis-
tered the oath Of ONCE to Mr.. Wanna
maker, Is the oldest postal clerk In the
service Of the Government and has
sworn in twenty-four Postmaster-Gene
ais. M
Clara Morris is 4 great lover Of birds.
and, in fact, has . regular ayiary, filed
with bright plumaged specimens from
all parts OF the globe. They all know
her, and manifest their delight upon
her approach by shrill chirrups or BY
breaking into silvery songs.
"A Brooklyn woman, Mollie Fancher,
who has been an invalid nearly NIL her
life, is vice-president Of manufacture
Ing company which makcs and dsals In
goods designed for the comfort VI sick
people. All the meetings Of the COM
pany are held In her darkened room.
which she has not left for twenty-three
years.
Secretary Blaine's daughters are ex-
cellent housekeepers and perhaps the
most skilled. needlewomen In Washing
ton. The daughters Of Chief Justice
Fuller pride themselves on their cook
ing,sand General Sherman's daughters,
who are conspicuous for their good work
among the parish poor, are always apace
with the news Of the day. Miss Rachel
Sherman has the reputation Of knowing
IS much about politics as Mrs. Logan.
"A recent letter from London says
the Prince and Princess Of Wales, nj
though most hospitable and kind toward
their guests staying at Sandringham,
are as capricious as other mortals, and
1t is often difficult even for the best bred
people to estimate TO q nicely the exact
point at which intimacy may become
distasteful Conduct which in the even
ing may be deemed very charming and
amusing may be resented as presumptu-
Gus the next morning.
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THE WORLDS MAIL.
Interesting Statistics Regarding the Worn
OF One Year.

Interesting Statistics Regarding the Worn
Of One Year.
AN INDUSTRIOUS statis.ician mas peer
3coiiecting ngures relating 70 the postal
business Oh tne entire Worid ior the year
OF 1000 ie develops some very sur
prisihg anu Impressive Iacts, IN Whicn'
however - Is exceeuing,y nard ior Inc
ordinary niho 70 follow MN. ~ Is easy
s 70 read iof instances, tnat I'M sne year
iooo inc people q Inc esviiizcd world
sent almost o'ooo'ovo,ooo OF LEVERS more
tnan l,ooo,ooo'ooo OF postal CARDS. nearly
1000 COG, 600 OF newspapers and more
IMAM loo,ooo'ooo merchandise PACKAGES,
making In all nearly lS'ooo'ooo,ooo OF
mail parcels. But VINO can possibly
realize the meaning OF sucn nguresY
we can easily follow our stanstician'
however when ne proceeds 70 show us
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-04-10
THE PETERssOao Ass. ON
4 tany.s latest Iasais 70 niihots ana shs
Great West.

n Great West.
Tho President has shown fair In
clination to recognize thesersices OF his
friends Of the newspaper persuasion in
appointments to the diplomatic service,
but # can hardly be claimed that he
has acted judiciously In some cases in
following that inclirA alton He nomi-
mated Mr.. Halstead, Of Cincinnati, to
Berlin. which was we'll enough; but
then be allowed lot Of guerrilla states
men Of his own party TO defeat the
nomination In the Senate, when little
determination and back bene might have
saved IL The designation Of Thorndfks
Rice for Minister to St, Petersburg gavs
one Of the big prizes to magazine pub
Usher who had hardly been known IS :
party man. II was blunder which
death kindly rectifed- This vacancy
remained untitled for some months, and
offered an opportunity for the Pres
ident to perform graceful act and
pay : well-earned compliment to the
editorsof the leading Republican pa
per in the West, Mr.. Joseph. Me-
dill, Of the Chicago Tribune. It Is
an assertion fully justified by known
facts to say that no newspaper on the
continent has been more influential
than the Tribune in fighting the battles
of Republication and winning the tri-
umphs Of the party, and that the rea-
sons which induced Mr.. Harrison to send
Reid, of the New York Tribune, s,
Paris and to nominate Halstead to Be :
I;u-v,,i fyIt huva faov, -rr0ad NTH anu.l
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FUTURE or RUSSIA.


Needed 10 Crush Ia Barharism.
The disclosure Of new Nihiiist plot
against the life Of the Car and his FAM
Nv is only another proof Of the folly OF
attempting TO perpetuate the corrupt
absolntism OF Russia. OF course the
death Of the Car and the reigping fam
lily tomorrow would hardly change tho
existing situation. for the Gar Is to-day
about Is completely helpless q creature
Of his own system as any thing 1t sus-
tains. The barbarism Is bad enough,
but the barbarism rests largely upon an
Intelligent but most corrupt political and
OWL administration. Anybody who has
read George Remnants wonderful book
can understand that gross, shameless
corruption in the public administration
has quite as much to do with the perpet-
uation OF the atrocious penal system Of
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-04-10

The-DanRer OF Putting a4~Iescer IN .
Place of Great Power.
The Republican party when in control
81 the House has chosen the following
Speakers:
Schuyler Coffax. ==E :
James G. Blaine
Warren Keller.
- Thomas B. Reed.
The Credit Mebilier scandals drove
Schuyler Colfax from public life. -
The rulings of Mr.. Blaine in connec.
ton with certain bills before the House
cost him the Presidential nomination Of
his own party three times, and defeated
him when nominated.
Warren Refers conduct in the chair
disguised his own party and ended his
political existence.
The Democrats when in control Of the
House have chosen the following Speak
ers:
Michael Kerr.
Samuel ]. Randall.
John G. Carlisle.
Mr.. Kerr died from overwork and the
results of strict performance of his
duty His conduct in the chair won for
him the honest praise OF friend and foe.
Samuel J. Randall was firm, courteous
and exceedingly jealous of the rights of
the minority. His conduct reflected
high honor on his party.
John G. Carlisle presided with the dig
nifty and the impartiality of a Judge, No
man on the Supreme bench~was ever
freer from partisan rulings than was
Speaker Carlisle. With Carlisle in the
chair it ceased to be partisan office,
and was clothed with the dignity OF the
judiciary.
Mr.. Reed is bent on making record
that will link his name with every
deed Of violence against the constitu-
ton and every scheme of corruption di-
rected against the Treasury His two
years in the chair will stand as a per-
petual warning against putting jester
in place of such power. The Demo-
Gratis can we'll afford to conduct the
Congressional campaign in the fall upon
the records of the Republican and the
Democratic Speakers Of the House
Louisville Courier-J Journal.
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.-44QEYou .ENEaNoTIcED THAT9


Haze you eyer no ticed that when you're buy
Ing berries by the peck
T6at tbose on top nre large andrtpe, without
pot or speck -
WA4f0those beneath are small and green
not worth the looking at,
Ana altogether worthiess-have you ever
noticed that?
) Hss4-yau ever noticed in the summer whom
the days are cold
Thciccnan leaves a larger chunk than what
ss4,sas= bax= I'LL hold
gat when the days are scorching hot and
nearly fry your fat
He raves the merest trihc-haye you ever
noticed thatf
Hare you ever noticed that the man who's
- Al WayH telling You $3.50
About the wpndrous things he's done and
what he's going to do
II loaliHg Mt tire present time-his purse fs
histed Nat,
And won't you loan a fiverr'--haye you
ever noticed that2
Haze you ever noticed fishermen all have
sjich awful luck,
Tho mammoth fish they nearly get fall back
into the brook,
And while of great fresh water whales they
over wildly chat,
sTlre:45lttJH sheIner tiny. aminnows--have you
ever noticed that?
Have you ever noticed ONCE seekers. ere
election day,
Grasp every body's hand and someth Ing kind
and fetching say,
Isttt who, when safe In Office, with q salary
big and fat.
Forget tho humble voter-have you ever
noticed thata
Chicago Herald.
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Newer in the history OF National
legislation in this country have there
been such arbitrary rulings and reyolu-
tionary assumption Of power. At the
present rate OF Mr.. Reeds Nautocratic
development it will not take him more
than year or two to buckle on spurs,
abolish Congress. invade the White
House, tip out the .rnisdt President and
get himself crowned King, Emperor.
Sultan, Gar or something OF that sort. =
Boston Globe.
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WHAT BACTERIA ARE.
They Multiply Very Rapidly. and They d
This In Strange Way.

They Multiply Very Rapidly. and They Do
This In Strange Way.
The great majority of these microscop-
ic plants are what botanists call bacteria,
the smallest form of vegetable life. So
small are they that 1t would take, in
cases, as many as fifteen thousand OF
them arranged in row to extend an inch.
They have different forms, some being,
round, some oval, some rod-shaped, and
others much the shape Of corkscrew or
spiral, In all cases they are SO small
that one needs powerful microscope to
study them, and in no case can we per-
ceiye them singly with the naked eye.
When countless millions of them are
grouped together in a mass, or colony,
we can see them about as we are able to
see at q great distance an approaching
army, of which we are totally unable to
distinguish single soldier.
We have said that these bacteria move
about; and this Is trne Of most OF them,
although there are some which do not
appear to move at all, but remain fixed
where they find a good feeding-place.
Those that have motion behave in very
peculiar manner: some wobble about in
one place without moving forward in
the least; others dart hither and thither,
back and forth, at an apparently furious
rate, rocking and twirling about, and
turning hundred somersaults as they
move along.
Bacteria multiply very rapidly, and
they do this in strange way. A single
one breaks itself In two; then each. half
grows to be as large as the first. Then
these in turn, divide up again, and so
on, until from single one we have
many thousands In short time. To
give you the figures, such as they are, o
single one can multiply at so enormous
a rate that in forty-eight hours it can
produce something like 2S9, 900, 000, 00C
Of bacteria. Great consequences follow
this enormous increase Of bacteria; for,
while one which so smallin itself can do
little, the vast army resulting from the
multiplication Of one Is able to accom-
plish much.-Prof. Frederick d. Chester.
In st. Nicholas.
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aA-LlIILE- NONSENSE.

--"What is sweeter than to have
friend you can trust?" asked Sawkins.
.'To have o friend who will trust you,
replied Dawkins.-Iiartford Times.
Mrs McCrackle treading the paper)
Here's an account Of man being
shot through the window" Mr.. Nc
Crackle--"A paneful wound, doubtless.
brakes Magazine.
The horse editor-"You are little
too late. We Just finished bottle Of
wine before you came.n The funny
editor-"Oh, Of course. When the
wines In, the wits out. "-Terre Haute
Express.
livery married Pluto is always glad
Of visit from his mother-in-law."
Well, the Government might as we'll
abandon the attempt to civilizc the In
dian. He is not built that way.-Nor-
ristown Herald.
No Danger.-..W,y Nose, yo' don't
mean ter tell yo' ole woman dat yo'se
gwine ter sot up wild cawpse tonight?
Yo' must be gwine 'stracted." Eyes,
Polly; Use gwine ter sot up wild .
cawpse. But yo' needn't be Uneasy; hits
. dead one. Time.
Mover had a corn in my Life" said
one travelling man to another. rs that
50? I've had one for three years." 1T
must be disagreeable." II don't find II
So" .'You don't mean to say that you
like it." No, but 1t grows on you In
time. Merchant Traveller.
Sympathetic old lady giving money
to solemn-looking tramp)-"Is II your
inability to get work, my good man, that
causes your detected air?" Solemn-look-
ing tramp preparing to light out)-"No,
mum, 1t is my liability to git suthin' to
do that keeps me all the time pensive
and cast down. Harvard Lampoon.
Miss Spinster Ito widower's son)--
"How would you like me for your
mamma, Harry? would be affections
ate and tender to YOU Master Harry
''Guess you couldn't be tender to me-"
Miss Spinster-"Why, dear2" Master
Harry" Cause heard pa say you were
no spring chicken. -Kearney Enter
prise.
81 am sorry to see you neglecting
your business this way, Smith They
say you don't spend half an hour . day
ut your Office" ''Well, fellow must
look after his health, you know" Eyes.
but you don't look sick. What Is, tho
matter with you?" "My wife takes the
Family Health Gazette, and she makes
out that / have tendency to softening
Of the brain, with complicated symptoms
Of Brights disease, liver complaint, dys-
pepsia, palpitation Of the heart infiam-
nation Of the bunions, cremation Of the
spleen, indignation Of the nsophagus.
hypertrophy Of the palate, and besides
that am not at all we'll. She insists
that ! must observe all the health rules
In the Gazette, and you see I've no time
for any thing else. - Exchange.
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Mime. a., charming woman who
had married three times and was three
times divorced, died in Geneva. To-day
the passers-by may read upon her tomb
stone: sLamented by her father, her
mother, her children and her husbands.
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Mistress Mary, go ahoo those
chickens out Of our yard Mistress
(later)-..Maiy, have you shod those
chickens yet? '-Munsey's Weekly,
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SPEAKERS or THE HOUSE.

The Danger of Putting Jester In .
Place of Great Power.
The Republican party when in control
81 the House has chosen the following
Speakers: