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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-10-02
THE FUGITlvE.S CHOICE.


A Hunted Negro Prefers Suicide to Death
by the Rope.
, 1t was down on the Great jackson
Route. A freight. train had met with
an accident and SO our train going south
was off-time and had to run in on a sid
ing and wait for the lightning express
coming up from New Orleans. Many of
us were strolling about, picking black
berries or gathering flowers when some
one suddenly shouted:
Every body keep quiet and listenl
Hark!'
1t was the deep, far-away bay of a
hound, and after half q minute we real
lied that it was coming nearer.
Tho dogs are running deer!'' shout
ed one OF the men, land If we string out
we may get shot!'
Fifteen or twenty men, each with a
revolver, strung out along the track,
and just then we heard the iron rails
began to signal that the express was
coming. Two minutes later we heard
her whistle. There were three or four
dogs in the chase, and as they drew
nearer it was evident that the game
would cross the track below the bridge
We ran down to it, though no one cared
to risk the crossing. We were hardly
there whom a coal black negro bare.
headed and in rags leaped out of tho
brush on the track and stood facing
us. The dogs had somehow lost him,
and were baying in the thicket forty
rods away.
What his crime was we could not say.
He was a powerful big fellow, and as he
stood there, arms folded across his heav-
ing breast his face had a terrible look.
lie was only pistol-shot away, but no
one raised weapon. On the contrary,
one of the crowd shouted to him:
'Of the track or you'll be killed."
He turned and saw the express thun-
dcring down the levefstretch and then
faced us again. The engineer blew an
alarm, but he stood there like rock
The train waslrunning over that stretch
as pigeon flies, sparks of fire flashing
from the rails and great cloud of dust
wh;rling behind it, and the speed could
not even be checked. The black man
looked neither to tho right nor to the
left The dogs were coming nearer, but
they were too late. Those who did not
turn their faces aside saw tho pilot fling
him fifty feet high, and as the body fell
it splashed into the creek at our feet
and there, only half hidden BY the shall.
low watefs-bruised, broken, dead. 1t
had scarcely struck the water when five
or sis dogs broke from the thicket and
crossed the tracks and close upon them
were three or four men. But they had
| arrived too late. The hunted man had
taken his choice of how he would die
| Detroit Free Press
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1. GYPSY MOTH. MALE.

pensive commission to take charge OF
The measures against II. * thas far
has appropriated $50, 600 for ~ xtermi-
nation. Upon the Grst approp. ALTON OF
So5, 900 last March, it was thought that
its ravages were confined to an area in
the form Of an ellipse, about ono and
one-half miles long by half a mile wide;
but upon discovering that it covered a
territory ten miles long by six wide.
another appropriation of $25, 600 was
called for and granted.
After the organization of the COM
mission the first operation was to at
tack the clusters of eggs. These were
found on the branches of the trees and
shrubs. on fences, walls, buildings,
piles of lumber, etc. The principal
means Of destruction consisted oflighted
kerosene torches, by which the eggs
were burned in the position in which
they were found. This work was be-
gun at tho end OF March. About one
hundred men were employed and one
hundred barrels of oil we're used. Many
acres Of infested woodland have been
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Drinking With Meals.

The habit of many people Of drinking
large quantities of water with their
meals is very injurious 1T is often
taken to rinse down food before it has
become, thoroughly insalixated; 1t di-
lutes the digestive fluids, which neces-
sarily retards digestion, besides over.
loading the stomach. Digestion is de-
layed because the fluids must be
absorbed before the process OF digestion
can begin. When soups and moist foods
are eaten it is usually best not to drink
during the meal; but Il, however, meal
is made up of dry foods, crackers dry
bread, zweiback, granola, ETC., it will
be advantageous to drink small guam
tity OF water during the progress Of the
meal. 1t is often beneficial 70 take
swallows of hot water at the close OF a
meal, for heat stimulates digestion.
People who are troubled with heaviness
Of the stomach often fndrelief by TAX
ing about one-fourth OF glass Of hot
water Just at tho close of meal From
Parlos Lectures Of DR.. J. II. Kellogg.
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THE FARMING WORLD.
THE Gypsy MOTH.


fts rhonwhtisss 1ntrodnction into This
country-Parasitic Foes-Probsbie Ex-
-tent Of Infested Ares Precautions ana
warfare Against It--Rian OF Campaign
Portraits and Description.
1t is now about twenty years, says
the Rural New Yorker, since an over
sealous entomologist imported from
Germany the pest that is now known as
the gypsy moth. His name was L
Trouyelot, and he is now living in
Paris, but at the time of the importatioh
he lived in Medford, about eight miles
from Boston, where he experimental in
raising silk from cur native silk-worms
and introduced this European species
for the same purpose. Through care
lessness or otherwise, he allowed the
pest to escape, and to-day Massachusetts,
has been called upon to appoint an ex'
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JOE SAT- LIKE A STATUE.

that said: ~ am afraid, Mr.. Gordon,
that we must break the lock. Father
has tho key" 49,
Joe felt tempted to indulge in hearty
laugh over their queer situation, but
glance at the distressed face across tho
table sobered his mirth. A great throb
OF sorrow came over him. II she loved
him she would not care SO much.
He gazed at the shining fetter on her
wrist so long and so earnestly that Hell
en- lifted her eyes wonderingly but
dropped them again.:
What woman ever failed to read tho
story that she saw in the honest blue
depth of her humble young giants
eyes?
Her confusion encouraged joe but
there was almost tremor in his voice
as he laid his great brown hand over
her fettered one and said softly: Nell,
II you only loved me l would believe
that 1t was fate that bound us. together.
would take it as an omen that fate
would grant me my dearest wish. But,
Nellie, dare not hope"
The girl looked up slowly into her
lovers eyes; looked steadily, though
she still saw that look in them. Joe"
she said, ut is fate"
The cool and cultured Mr. Russell
would have marveled had he seen THAI
queenly girl" sobbing for very JOY on
Joe Gordon's shoulder. and perhaps he
would have marveled still more had no
known that a. that moment the thought
Of him and his millions did not once
enter her mind.
When the Judge returned, in the gray
of the morning, he found an interest
ing picture.
The lamp still burned In the corner
and the fire was smoldering away. On
the broad Lounge by the fireplace sat
Helen and her lover. She had fallen
asleep from sheer WEAKNESS and Joe sat
like statue lest he might disturb the
fair sleeper whose check was so near
his own.
The old gentleman's face was study.
When the truth dawned upon him he
flung himself into the nearest chair
and laughed until .he walked the echoes
likewise Miss Helen
She was at first bewildered by her
novel position, but soon remembered
the true situation and relapsed into
silence, leaving Joe to tell the story.
And now, judge" continued he, ''you
may loose these fetters with the eunder-
standing that they will soon be replaced
by more enduring ones. must not let
my prisoner escape"
Helen,s father had always liked young
Gordon, and his blessing was forthcom-
ing.
The announcement OF the approach
Ing nuptiais gave Mr.. Russell conclu-
sive answer, and he settled up his af-
fairs in short order and returned East
The old judge used to telllwith great
gusto how Gordon won his perverse
daughter and how gracefullysshe wore
her letters after she was won. Atlanta
Constitution.
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visitor, should it chance to have strayed
into their neighborhood, | will, by the
aid of the accompanying cuts, describe
it. Figure is the male and a very act
i've fellow he is. In color he is yellow
ish-brown with markings OF a much
darker brown hue. Figure 2 is the fe-
male, yellowish white in color with
dark brown cross lines and spots like
those of the males. The body is
much stouter than the males, and the
antenn@ are not so heavily feathered.
The expanse of the wings is from ~ to
"a inches. The eggs are globular.
about one eighteenth OF an inch in d.
ameter nearly salmon-colored and with a
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CITY VS.. COUNTRY.


- Dr-N"~~-D>- - -~""r~~
- eI.s#m=H4A -
poet sat In . narrow den
Mid wilderness Of brick,
And he moancd: II ioathe these thros9s Of
men
~ And my weary heastis Slick
OF the city-poiss, dusty, hot;
long for gusac peaceful scene
Where the waters pIash from rocky grot,
Ind Wind through meadows green.
SIe ataspcd his pen, and his burning thought
FOUND uttcrance free and rife,
And q pathetic lay he wrought
On the Joys OF country life. :.
4 H. ~
Meanwhile amid the new r,own hay
Another toiicr sat.
He wore a flannel shirt OF gray,
And a three year-old straw hat
And ne murmured: s'Oh this wrctched
- farml
This dull. nat country lifel #z=ss=4szssss==ss=4
II ! were free. this sturdy arm
Should pIung into the strife
Of the city. with Its pleasures keen,
IT is better to wcaHthan 70 rust;
In that inspiring dazzling scene
I'd win renona--or bust IS
--k. II. Titherington. in Light.
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Black, OF Cheyenne, was much annoyed
by the persistence and determination
OF sundry suitors for the hand OF his
fair daughter, Miss Helen.
As Is always the case in mining dis
tricts, the, male population far outnum-
bered the gentler sex and Miss Helen,
who was a handsome brunette, would
have been. belle among far severer
critics than the youths Of Cheyenne.
She had graduated at st. Louis, and be-
sides being gifted musician, was de-
vout worshiper OF nature and fond 81
outdoor exercise.
Almost any fine evening in summer
= passer-by might hear her rich mezzo
voice accompanying her guitar to some
ringing ballad OF the Plains"
Unconscious was she OF tho fact that
the melody floated out from the shad-
ows Of the cottonwood trees and mingled
with the broad, effulgent moonlight,
and that many luckless youth dated
hopeless love from the first evening
when he had dropped in to help the
sheriff and the old servant in making
an-audience.
Miss Helen cared little for the ad-
miration of men, but accepted it as
matter OF course, having been brought
up among them. She enjoyed herself
in adashion of her own, with her books,
guitar, sketch book and her spirited.
horse, Wildfre.
Two OF her lovers, however, seemed
to gain more favor than the rest. In
fact, popular opinion was puzzled as to
which would win.
Dno of them was a tall, athletic young
Westerner, who was as bright and In
MIGRATING OF presence as the air he
breathed, and in whose clear, blue
eyes not shadow OF deceit was visible.
Handsome, for true, but SO sturdy and
independent that he impressed one ~ q
young giant.
He was an ardent geologist, could an
a1yze find" as we'll as an expert,
loved his mountains and worshiped-
Miss Helen. -
But with all his devotion Joe was
discreet young fellow, and held his
curly head up in defiance of mankind
in general and his rival in particular,
and he never let the fair Helon feel too
sure of her conquest
The aforesaid rival was n wealthy
young mino-owner from Chicago, all
that is conveyed in the term, "a poll
ished gentleman" He had laughed
heartily when, on departing for his new
home, his Chicago friends had jokingly
that he would lose his heart to some
Western beauty. But here he was,
eager to lay his fate and fortune at the
feet OF the sheriff's queenly daughter.
Ono bright, breezy day in September
Helen cantered off soon after dinner
with her slSetching material, ostensibly
to mako some sketches OF the autumn
scenery, but really to commune with
nature, the only mother she had ever
known, and to decide what answer she
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wILDFIRE sPRANG FORWARD AT THE
TOUCH OF THE WHIP

wILpFIRR sPRANG FORWARD AT THE
TOUCH OF THE WHIP.
should give on the morrow to her
her to be hiswife. She told him that
she must read her own heart before: she
could answer, and he hoped for favor
able reply.
Joe had been offended by one, OF her
hasty speeches a week before They
were talking about Russell, and she had
asserted somewhat warmly that she
knew OF no one whose society she pre-
ferred. As soon as the impulsive words
were spoken she repented, but Joe rode
away with look In his blue eyes that
had haunted her ever since
Somehow Joe's naughty head, flung
back like stag at bay, kept looming
up before her mental vision, when duty
demanded that she be thinking OF Rus
sell and his fattering offer
The hours wore on, and so preoccu-
pied was she that she did not observe
the heavy clouds that we're rolling black
and massive down the mountain sides.
Suddenly large drop FLASHED in her
face and she looked about her in alarm
A heavy equinoctial storm seemed al.
most upon her.
Wildfire sprang forward at the touch
Of the whip and literally flew in the +
X rection of the house.
The great clouds came rolling over
I the hills like giant ogres clad In mist
Thunder and sharp, vivid lightning fol-
lowed, and then the deluge.
4xfsl 49, n a n
the creek, and then the girl drew back
in dismayl
The creek was foamings torrent and
she cenld-not see the bridge.
Suddenly she heard a mans voice
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Via G. II. & D., and Monon from Gin
cinnati and one cent mile from all
points south of Deshler. Occasion OF
the Patriarchs Militant and l. o. O. +.
meeting. Tickets on sale August 5th,
and 9th, 1890, good returning until
August IL, 1890. Rate of one fare for
the round trip will be made to Chicago
from same points, and tickets sold
August I'd, Sd, and 4th, good returning
until August II, 1890. For additional in
formation apply to your nearest agent OF
the c. H. & ID. X. r. f. O. Nc CoRMIcK,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent
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nothing without It's sting.

And that, too, in the shape of the heartburn
fmest abeminabie Of aciditiesl1 after eat
ing, if Indigestion, in its chronic form, has
you in its clutches. Neither, if 1t has, can
you long expect immunity from biliousness
and constipation, its pleasing colleagues,
the hideous trio yieing each with each to
render your life more miserable Get Hos
letters Stomach Bitters at once-insist
upon the genuine in glass-and use it with
rational persistence.
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ENeLIsH truit-growers ara greatly
troubled this year by an unusual amount
OF insect depredators, says the Michigan
Farmer Last year was bad enough. but
this seasons attack Is worse and will be
more damaging because Of the weakened
conditio of the trees.
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IN ~ 1,<,r ,0zk,rL. YOU NAV

an he year v0sma, you may
relv upon DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery to purify
he. blood and invigorate the
system. It's not like the
sarsaparillas, that are said to
Be- GOOD for the blood in
March. April and May. The
a Golden Medical Discovery
works equally well at all
times, and in all cases of
blood taints, or humors, no
matter what their name or
nature. !.
It's the cheapest blood puri-
fer. sold through druggists,
because you only pay for the
.gooa you get. :
Your money is returned if
it doesn't benefit or cure you.
Can you ask more!
aGolden Medical Discov-
cry" contains no alcohol to
inebriate, and no syrup or
sugar to derange digestion.
It's a concentrated vegeta-
bic extract; put up in large
bottles; pleasant to the taste,
and equally good for adults or
children.
The Discovery" cures all
Skin, Scalp and Scrofulous
affections, as Eczema, letter,
Salt-rheum, Fever-sores, White
Swellings, Hip joint disease
and kindred ailments.
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Not True rhat He Never worked.

Lady giving tramp luncheon)-l
ought not 10 give you this supposes
you never work.
Tramp-You are mistaken, madam. I
work hard every day.
Lady-What do you do?
Tramp-Its hard work getting meals
for nothing, tell you.-Lippincott's
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HAVE you read the advertisements of
Maher & Grosh, Toledo, Ohio, in this paper
and previous issuess Ii not, better do~so
They sell good goods awfully cheap, are
perfectly responsible, and will do just as
they promise every time.
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worth Hundreds OF Dollars.

NV wife used only two bottles of
.sMother's FRIEND before her third confne-
rnent. Says she would not be without 1t for
hundreds of dollars. Had not half as much
trouble as before. DOCK MILES, Lincoln
Parish, La. Write The Bradfield Regulator
Co, Atlanta, Ca, for further particulars.
Sold by all druggists.
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FREAKS or. NATURE.



why Iss ereau Mzkss Yduf feiabis AehS
-cf&mps and stitches
Why is II that upon taking an impru-
IDENTIFY large mouthfrl of Ice cream one
Is apt TO feel fensation Of violent pain
In the temple?
Such little physical phenomena as ,his
are experienced by every one and seem
very puzzling, but how many persons
ever think Of inqhiring as TO what they
signify?
As for the ice cream, when such big
mouthfui 81 tits incautiously swallowed
it produces chilling effect upon the
nerves OF the larynx, or voice box, =
and of the pharynx in the throat The
sensation shoots back TO the center OF
those nerves In the brain; but there it
finds side connection with the great
facial nerve that starts from in front OF
the ear and extends its branches over
the side OF the face. One branch of this
facial nerve, extending across the tenn
pie. Is nerve OF sensation. while the
other branches are nerves OF motion,
governing chiefly the play OF the mouth.
The pain from the chill Is side tracked
along the nerve branch that traverses
the temple and the feeling is likely to
be quite agonixing in that locality for
moment or so, very likely involv ng the
eyeball alphabetically. This feeling
OF sensation in one nerve when an
other nerve is attacked is what is called
''refex action"
Doubtless you have on occasions
walked up in the night with fearful
pain in the calf of your leg and found
the muscles drawn up in a knot This
''cramp" as it Is Called is simply a
contraction OF the muscles caused by
cold or fatigue. Irritation of any sort,
however, may bring it on by an electric
current, for instance, which will render
the subject experimental upon incapa-
BILE OF extending the limb affected. A
stitch in the side" is the same sort OF
cramp attacking other muscles; a
''crick in the neck is contract IN Of
the muscles OF the neck owing to cold.
A slight wrench OF the neck will
oftentimes produce a most agonizing
sensation of burning, one or more of the
many Egaments that fasten the head
strained for p,oment Every ono baa
felt the main in the s,ae-that comes
from rnnnino a distance. Il is simnlv a
spasm of the muscles-ot the diaphragm,
from violent and unaccustomed exer-
else.
poo,,1e aro elton nnnecoosariIv
cd NV snecks Aoatino before their
l., al q ne, n = h1ind no a. ~ =,
ems In most cases these are caused
t,v rotb;nr ,.orsa 49, n..1a IN
dioestion or cold "a slioht ON.
l.raement ~ tho btood yossois in The
cornea int cavers tbe front ~ Tho eyo
liLa w.,ch ol,ss ~ ~ 40 n,,cons
,hr.na st.a,ohra ,,anN.,, 800.
u; II rradnco tho snm,ton,s Mt snacLs
CO.,, j., 49, ,ua,, - - soot,n,s ~ - :,
tio,as 80 Ill ~ 49, tnro,,, a,,I-
st.ncos aoatirn i, +ha no,,;a u ,ha ana
- u.h;ch go disa.saf,,ar- i, II
c.ted When the snoc1s .ro vorv nov.
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Any man that puts an article in reach OF
oueyWorked ,Domcs to tighten her labor is Ger.
tainly benefdctor Cragin 81 Co. surely
come under this head in making Dobbins'
Electric Soap so cheap that all can use it.
You give it a trial.
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A puff adder crawlcd- into the bon.
not of Galveston lady. When she put
it on the serpent struck her, but her
hair saved her from the venomous sting
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N CHI yenne's
early days, the
sheriff was one
OF the most i'm .
p o r t q n t per-
sonages in the
co u n try. In
fact, he still
holds a con :
spicuous posi-
ton in most
cities Of the
vigorous, 1 m :
petuous West.
Soma years
n o. y h q ri ~
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Suspicious verified

Augustus-But Clara, ice-cream at q
dollar plate is pretty expensive.
Clara (haAghtily)-That is enough,
sir. ! do not believe you are = plumber
1T all. Tho Jury.
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THE girl who boosted that she dared to
climb a three-story ladder concluded to
back down when she got about half way to
the top.-Somerville Journal
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For hives in children, rub the irri-
tated skin OF the pustules with castor
oil, applied with the tip OF the finger
Baby will pass from fretting to slumber
while the process going on, the relief
will be SO great and quick. j
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Coon at a pinch-the crab.

A BUTCHER who gives light weight sells
by the meat-trick system..-Texas SlftinGs
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FALsTAFF asks-''What's honorf" as
though it were rhaTd to tell; but let one
woman sit behind another in church, and
she'll tell what's on her in less than two
minutes. Harvard Lampoon.
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SOME one says that ssthe happiest-looking
man Is the one who is not burdened with
wealth" He evidently did not form his
opinion from seeing friend returning from
the races " Onkers Statesman.
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ONE ENJOYS

ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figsis taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gentlyyetpromptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
TEN effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup Of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities COM
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 300
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA RE SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK. N.Y.
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MANY a man who never speculntes II
leather frequently takes flyer in harness
ON the road.
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If the boys do not kiss the misses, thcn
the girls will misc the kisses. -Binghamton
Lender
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WHY don't You try Carter's Little Liver
Pillsa They are positive cure for sick
headache, and all the ills produced by dis
ordered liver. Only one pill dose.
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TIE youth who wakes up fresh as daisy
is likely to go TO bed tired II he Keeps up MS
freshness all day.-Puck