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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-08-14
BRACELETS FOR DooelE.


Four-Legged Pets That Wear Dainty Little
Bands of Silver.
Fashionable dogs not only have visit
ing cards, Dresden china water and
milk bowls, and collars of exquisite
pattern and design, but they have tiny
jewel boxes of Russian leather, lined
with purple velvet, holding bracelet
which the dear little doggie wears on
his left front paw Most Of them are Of
silver, just like lady's bracelet only
smaller size, and some are heavy ham,
mered silver chains, fastened with a
tiny silver paddock, and the mistress
wears the key upon her watch chain.
1--WE have made them" said gentle
man in Tiffany's, ''out Of solid gold, and
some have been set with garnets or
other bright but inexpensive stones, but
we only make these to order and do not
keep them in stock; but we keep the
silver bracelets, because there is de-
mand for them"
"How do they prevent them from slip
ping of when the dog walks?"
"Oh, you don't understand. 1t is only
one kind Of dog that can indulge in the
luxury of bracelets, and that is the
French poodle, which is closely shaved
all over except a collar around the neck
and fringe around the leg, about two
inches above the foot. The species is
called Cachne,' and there are great
many owned by the wealthy New York
ladies who are fond of pets, and we have
sold nearly every one bracelet, or to
some one who sent the bracelet as .
christening gift when Sir Doggie re-
ceived his name, IN. Y. Morning
journal. -
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-08-14
THE BRASS-BOUND BOX.
Why Lord Bargemonk Married
Outside His Own Set.

ACK,' said Lady
Bargemont, II do
believe that you
are really fond
of me now
"0f course 1
am fond of-yeu,
Hetty. . =
but you would
MT have been
fond of me, Jack,
If Casterton had
MT been born. /
can't think why
the peer married
t h 9 pars o n 8
daughter. Jack,
-. s-=--=s...-z.=ss.=
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-08-14
TIA LITTLE NONSENSE"

Fond mother-"I wonder what baby
is thinking Off Fond Father--"He Is
not thinking; he is listening to hear II
his first tooth IL coming. Boston
Courier.
-Suitor-.I love your youngest
daughter, SIR" Pater-"Umphi / sup
pose you've heard that have settled
dowryz on my eldest daughter?' Suitor
I'm that case, sir, love her. Epoch.
Az told him that he was lying
thief" B.-"You have got pluck. It's
wonder he didn't break your neck. "
40, I told him what thought OF
him through the telephone. Texas
Siftings. Fiji. sss
Massachusetts teacher-"For what
is the city OF Lynn noted?" Small boy
FORTS great amount Of seed" Teach.
er-''Oh, no." Small boy-'sThen where
does linseed come from2'-Kearney En-
terprise.
Professor returning homo at night,
hears noise)-'Is some one there2'
Thief under the bed)-.Nol' Profess
sor That's strange. was positive
someone was under my bed Leeds
Mercury.
-She-''I can not, Unjust not, consent
at once. But you will wait, dear, will
you not, until matters are more fayora-
BILE to our union?" He--"Wait? never!
Shall it be said Of you that you married
q waiter?n -
-Bachelor-'.No more sewing ON Of
suspender buttons now, old boy, eh?"
Benedict-s.No, wear belt now. I've
got no time to sew on buttons. Keeps
me hustling to buy bread. and butter. ~
Texas Siftings.
Mr.. Sparrowgrass--'s Waiter, what is
this2' Waiter--"Welsh rarebit sab;
wat 70 asked TO-" Mr.. Sparrowgrass--
SWELL, I'll be dinged II don't believe
you raised your rabbits entirely on
cheese. Paris Edition Herald.
Mrs Lushley-"A there you were,
when the policeman found you at three
in the morning, hugging cigar sign.
o. It's just awful" Mr.. Lushley-'sMy
dear, 1t surely is not possible that you
are jealods Of . cigar signT--Terre
Haute Express.
Very Accommodating. . Customer
Ito young Israelite) fare these gloves
elastic?" Israelite (decisiyely) -''Dese
glotes will do voteyer you wants sem TO
do. II you wants 'em to str-r-retch dey
will str-r-retch, and II you don't wants
'em to str-r-retch, dey will dr-r-raw up
an At close to dc han'.r-Puck.
MRS Startup--''Well. Araminta.
how are We gittin' along with your
learnin' in boardin' SCHOOL," Araminta
- Splendid, ma. We have just begun
metaphysics. and it's elegant" Mrs.
Startup (sternly)-.'You should not say
metaphysics Araminta. You should
say met physic., II you will look in
your grammar you will see that the
noun q does not go with the adjective
in the singular gender
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-08-14

First Trout-~"Well, you needn't
be SO important If you did get away
from that hook. Second trout
"pTisn't that. heard the angler tell
his friend that was the finest trout he
ever saw and weighed at least seven
pounds. IN. Y. Sun.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-08-14

The negro will never amount to
any thing so long as he is treated as
s'the ward Of the Nation" and 1t is en-
,ouraging to find that he is beginning
understand this-N. Y Evening
Pest
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-08-14

William Christopher Salter. of Lon
don, who died recently possessed of an
estate amounting to ID, 175, 900, made
provision in his will-that his horses
Jem, Jack, Charlie, Bobby and Cherry
Pies soon as possible after his death
be humanely and skillfully destroyed
and their uear forelegs produced there
after to his executors,
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-08-14
.TwILIoHT-TlME.

TWiLIoHT-TlME.
> When sunset lights are fading II the wen,
And stars begin TO CLEAN across the slsv
Ths tender twilight brings mo peace and rest.
WI iie, dear, to you my hearts best isngfngs
6y.-4;- :
The miles that lie between us seem as taught;
Your form comes gliding softly TO mychair,
And looking into mine with eyes love Taught
Your fingers wander idly DER my hal.
Your loving touch benediction seems
That calls mp nobler, truer self to he;
Tong TO realize my manhood's bctterdreams
And be worthier actor In the strifA
with purifying love your dark eyes Shine,
The last light fingers on your dusky hair, o.
Andtten you gently draw yourhand rom mine !;
] glance to where you knelt-yop are mot
there
And so at twilighttime my Thoughts OF you
Bridge all the miles that intervene
And bring you to me ever good andtrue,
with none to scyor, naught to cone between.
Cay Yulc, in Lesie's Newspaper.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-12-06
HAUNTED BY A GHOST.
Two Families In Scranton Nearly Scared
to Dcath-The Apparitfon.

Two Families In Scranton Nearly Scared
to Dcath-Thc Apparition.
Pine Brook, northern suburb of Scranton.
Pa, is in a state Of great excitement over
some ghosily manifestations. For the past
six weeks the families of Mr. Martin Nealon
and Mrs Catherine Walsh have been unable
to sleep on account of strange noises, which are
heard every night about twelve o'clock in the
front room of the Walsh apartments.
The noises consist of rappings, heavy foot
steps, slamming doors, and other mysterious
sounds The most careful investigation failed
to discover the cause, and the people in that
locality attribute it to some supernatural
agency.
On last Wednesday night both families, with
several of the neighbors gathered in the
kitchen, determined TO unearth the mystery.
About midnight shuffiing Of feet was heard
in the front room, accompanied by spas
modic rapping as if on panel of the door
The men rushed into the room, but they
found nothing to which the strange noises
could be attributed. Furthermore; watch
was kept on the outside of the house, but no
one was seen to enter or 90 out. The windows
and doors which had been nailed were found
intact, and the viglant watchers were only
more puzzled than ever.
When they were about to leave the room
one of the men CHANGED to look out the win
dow, and to his horror saw an apparition,
which almost transfxed him to the stop.
Mrs. Walsh and Mrs. Nealon also witnessed
it and almost tainted at the sight. Outlined
in the darkness, just outside the window, was
the bust of youth, with golden hair fair
features and large burning eyes. 1t disap-
peared as suddenly as it came leaving no
trace of its presence, The Walsh family
moved out of the house, and the Nealon fam
lily are also preparing to leave.
The building is about fl ty years old, and
was one of the first erected in that locality.
About eighteen yeats ago young man met
his death by falling from this same window,
and 10 this day the circumstances attending
his death have never been made clear.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-12-06
CURIOUS FACTS.
Tn. city of Boston was founded in

The city of Boston was founded in
1880.
The French navy has been provided
with bicycles.
Sunday is now generally observed in
Japan as a day of rest.
The number of missionary stations in
Africa now exceeds 500.
The receivable traditions of China go
back to 5000 years before Christ.
1t has been calculated that in setting
and distributing 1900 type day a
printer hand travels 81 miles.
Salt Lake, Utah, is deeper than Lake
Superior by 200 feet. The depths are
1400 and 1900 feet respectively.
The British burned the puolic build
ings in Washington on August "a, 1914.
A fire broke outin the Capitol in 1851.
1t takes five hundred and twelve cubic
feet of well-settled alfalfa to make ton.
This is eight feet square by eight feet
high.
There was no State admitted to ths
Union between 1922 and 1885. Mis-
souri, came in in 1921, and Arkansas next
in 1886.
H. c. Wheeler, of olebolt, his under
cultivation the largest farm in Iowa, 1t
comprises 600 acres, every foot Of which
is under cultivation.
Iron collars for heavy work horses are
coming in use. They may weigh less
than seven pounds, and the advantage of
their use is said to be immunity from
sore necks.
Columbus died in Spain, and he had
received honors and wealth from the
sovereigns of that country at one time.
but he died in great poverty, never hav-
ing renowned his citizenship OF Italy.
He was imprisoned through the jealousy
of the councillors surrounding the King
of Spain.
1t is not generally known that the
custom of keeping birthdays is many
thousands Of years old. II is recorded
in the fortieth chapter of Genesis,
twentieth verse; "And it came to pass
the third day, which was Pharaoh S
birthday, that he made feast unto all
his servants"
"Robin Hooi," a famous outlaw
archer of the twelfth century, robbed
the rich aud generously divided the
spoils with the poor. He never harmed
the aged or women or children. Thi,
famous character is said to have been
Robert, Earl of Huntington, chief of 4
band of robbers, which infested Sher-
wood forest, in England.
A discovery has been made OF uniqu-
description within the walls Of ancient
Rome, and that is of house which be.
longed to Christians of the fourth cen
fury, as perfect as any o, those that have
been exhumed at Pompeii and Hsrcl-
laneum. Many heather mansions have
been disintcrred; but this is the olly
house that has been found that unmistak,
ably belonged to Christians.
After long cessation of such event
there has been great bank ROBBERY al
the Cape of Good Hope Bank, Kimberly,
South Africa. There were thirteen feet
of masonry to be cut through and twenty
feet of earth to get into the strong room
As the cracksmen were nearly finished
the bank suspended payment, and
through hurrying up the job in order tC
prevent any withdrawal of the funds they
were discovered.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-12-06

Colored men are now working their
way into many of the skilled trades in
New York, and their are employers who
speak highly Of their canacity, industry
and faithfulness. saws the Worid. We
can hold our ground in this busiBe s.
said negro carpet layer. though it
needs more liains aud haIder work thaa
some other trades.s There are black
type-setters in some large offices in New
York, said one of them, "and they can
pick up both nonpareil aud plea as we'll
as other peop'e- we have several
dusky engineers in our service, said the
boss of an establishment, -and they are
both expert and Trustworthy There
has been a considerable migration Of
colored men from the southern States
to the northern within the past few
years. and those OF them who have
taken quarters In New York get along
quite as well as the newcomers of the
white breed. This view is sustained by
representative men of the African race
here who have been interviewed on the
subject.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-12-06
Such Is YMnlai

Their. are still few of the settlers
at Florida, Monroe county, No, who
were there when Mark Twain was boy
going to a small country school at that
place. Florida is a wee backwoods
settlement with nothing to recommend
it but the humorist it turned out and
the great catfish that are caught there
In Salt River. Some of the old timers
remember the lank, g cd for nothing
Sam Clemens, who used TO fish dav in
and day out the summer til eough, and
spend the winter telling sto. les at the
grocery. There is one I'D fellow there
at least, however, to hom the fame of
Americas greatest huniorisi has never
come. A stranger was stopping at
Florida recertly and the old man was
pointed out to him as ole of the pio-
neers.
where was Mark Twain bo7n?" he
a, ked the old fellow, after chatting
with him awhile
MA k Twain 2" lie queried, in aston
ishment, who's hep"
@Why, the humoiist," explained the
gentlemen, amused at the density O.
Tile oiu leilOW lSuO1d1ce.
"Youmerist, Ell? Never heerd O him
an / guess eff he'd ever lived nigh hero
I'd knovd it."
"His name was Samuel Clemens
don't you remember him ?"
The old fellow scratched his head
thoughtfully. and in moment his mem
DRY helped him out,
Sam Clemens, he said: "Oh, yes
I remember Sam. He left here young
though, an everybody said that he was
the good-fer-no binest boy they ever
seed. Sam was long spindle-shankcd
TELLER, an never seed hi n do lick
work III all his days. But, ez l said,
be left here young, an / never heerd
what become o him. Te itenter7
mos probly."
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-12-06
FIGS AND rnIsrres.
Irrcm the Ram's Hora.l


God never made homely face.
Perfection of any kind is loveable.
A good mans life is living prayer.
Better kind 4nos than snarling
Eyes,
No man can live any higher then he
looks.
To delay now may mean to be too
late for ever.
When experience comes to stand
still faith dies.
No man can be killed while Christ
lives in him.
Those who would lead others should
always look up.
The devil never pushes man who
is willing to stand still and do moth
ing.
You may not be able to do great
things. but you can be faithful in lit
tie ones.
God chastens His people when they
sin, and comforts them when they
pray.
The truth may be crucifed but no
grave can be made deep enough to
hold it.
The thing God wants man to do
is the very thing the devil doesn't want
him 10 do.
God needs eonsecrated liveg a mil
lion times more than He needs gold
and silver.
If you go to church without praying
for the preacher, the devil will go with
you.
If sou will follow Christ closely,
God will take care of the one who fol.
lows you.
A good many people never try to walk
by faith as long as they can possibly
get along by sight.
The soldier who is first over the ram
parts is not always the one who wears
the finest uniform.
The surest way to fnd out the truth
about God, is to go to the Bible and
find out the truth about yourself.
All the light that any man needs
to become a Christian is enough to
tell him that God is right and he is
wrong.
Every time you are drawn toward
the good, no matter how slight the
feeling, it is the voice of God calling
you.
The church member who is ashamed
Of the cross of Christ vi have an up
hill time of it in getting to heaven.
The man who is always ready to
speak or believe evil about other people
has the wrong kind of heart to take
him to heaven.
A good many people who pray for a
Baptism of the Holy Ghost, do not get
it because they are afraid it would burn
up their money.
The man who can look at thermom-
eter on very hot day, and go away
aud tell the exact truth aboCt 1t will
do to thu almost anywhere.
The man who looks at his wife as
though the moon was about to turn %
blood whenever she asks him for "
couple of dollars. is not likely to be-
come very eloquent in prayer at his
Family altar.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-12-06
Expensive Flowers.

The most expensive rose now sold 10
swell people is known as the Mime. john
Lang. Who Nine. John Lang is even
the florists themselves do not know.
The price of them is $1.j0 each. In size
they equal the American Beauty Rose,
but they are lighter and more delicate N
color. Floral decorations, it is said will
be much more abundant this year foI
dinners and similar entertainments than
they ever have been before and a great
many of the cheaper varieties of rose will
be used. The Catharine Mermet, the
Capucin and the CUISINE roses arc al
comparatively inexpensive and all beauti-
full. Violets are, if possible, more popu-
lar than ever. They sell now for So 90 a
bunch, and there are fifty or seventy five
violets in a bunch. Later on they sell
for higher prices still. There are club
men In town who have two punches of
violets delivered at their club every dav.
One florist in town has sold as many as
40, 900 viole,s in one afternoon Just be-
fore Christmas time. The largest rose.
by the way, in the market is Ii e Magma
Charta Nearly all the roses sold in New
York are grown on Long Island. Il New
York World
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-12-06
Peanut Farming.

There are few farm crops grown III
any section Of tne United States that ex,
Gel the peanut crop in value pes acre.
Virginia, North Caroliua and Tennessee,
are the principal States in which this
toothsome nut is cultivated, Good seed
is the first requisite. The nuts retained
for this purpose must be kept perfectly
dry, as danpness destroys tder ger
minating power. The shell must be
opened aud the see extracted. only the
plump, perfect peas VITA unbroken skins
being used for seed
The planting is performed by ma
chine, with which one man can plant
six or eight acres per day. Five pecks
of shelled seed are required for al acre,
and the time of planting is from the
middle of May TO the middle OF .Tuue.
The growth is upright until the plant has
a height OF eight or ten inches. Then
the pea-shapcd yellow blossoms appear.
and the plant fails over and makes its
subsequent growth IN a procumbent po-
sltion. As the petals of the flowers fade
and fall the pods are force into the soil,
there to complete their growth and rinen
the inclosed seeds.
The crop natures shout the time of
the FIRST frost of autumn. A pillow is run
under each row, cutting off the main
roots and throwing out the pods Which
adhere to the branches. The plants are
then gathered and stacked around stakes
that are driven into the ground, strips
being nailed across the stakes near the
bottom to keep the plants from coming
IN contact with the ground. These stacks
are seven to eight lecs high and three
to five feet in diameter. During the
autumn and winter the pickers build
small fires, around which they gather.
picking off the nuts and sorting the
well-illed ones from the partially empty
pods. After the vines are stripped OF
the nuts they make forage nearly equal
to clover hay, and stock of all kinds eat
it greedily.
a bushel of peanuts in the shells
weigh twenty-five pounds, and sells for
from five to seven cents per pound. They
are put up in bags holding 100 pounds
each. The average yield is about thirty
bushels per acre, but as high as lao bush
els have been harvested from single
acre.-iS. Louis Magazine.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-12-06
The Adirondack Forests.

The State Of New York has nearly a
million acres of mountain forest lands,
not in one compact body, but in scat
tered tracks separated by private hold.
ings. In this situation the property of
the State cannot be adequately pro-
tected from spoliation, nor properly ad-
ministered as source of revenue Those
who have given attention to the matter
in this State therefore favor disposing oil
outlying tracks, by sac or exchange, and
the acquisition by the State of sufficient
additional territory to constitute large
State park, or forest reservation. around
the sources of the Hudson River and the
other great waterways of the State.
This plan was presented in message
from the Governor to the Senate dur.
ing the last session of the Legislature,
aud by the concurrent action of both
branches OF that body was committed to
the present Forest Commission for thor,
ough investigation, the finding to be re.
ported 70 the Legislature at its mex,
meeting.
This is one OF the most important for
estry enterprises ever uu legta1en in this
country. The business and commercial
prosperity of the city of New York de,
ponds in very large measure upon tao
permanent maintenance of forest con.
ditlons around the sources of the Hrd.
son River, aud the interests of large por.
lions of the interior of the State are also
closely connected with the destiny of the
North Woods. No part of the Adiron,
dack Mountain forest region is adapted
to cultivation. 1t is naturally suited to
the perpetual production of timber, and
to this crop alone.
The five or six millions of people who
will soon be dwelers in the great city
which is so rapidly growing upon and
around Manhattan Island will need the
whole Adirondack wilderness for an out
lying park and forest playground for
their summer rest and recreation The
movement to preserve these mountain
forests, aud to make the region public
possession. should have the cordial sup
port of all civilized anglers aud hunts.
men. OF lumbcrmen and owners of tim
Der lands, and of philosophical citi-
zens in general. At present large pot
tioas of the region are being RAPIDLY AMI
irretrievably ruined, CeatUy Naga
ziys
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-12-06
Greyhounds for Wolves.

1t is officially estimated that no fewer
than 10, 600 wolves are roaming at large
in Russia, and that the inhabitants OF
the Yologda last year killed no Sewer
than 40, 900, and of the Casan district
81 600 In the Canadian Northwest
there are also wolves, but these are not,
like the European ones, of a very danger
GUS character. The coyotes, are, how
ever, at times, very troublesome on the
plains, especially to flocks of sheep.
Some time ago Sir John Lister Kaye i'm
ported a number of Belgian and French
wolfhounds and Scotch deerhounds for
the purpose of hunting down these CO.
votes. while other breeds of dogs have
also Been tired with fair success. BY
means of these the number of coyotes
has been much reduced, as many as sew
entcen having been brought down in a
single day ON the Cochrane ranch The
hounds are, however, scarcely fast
enough, and with view to giving them
a greater turn of speed Mr.. Dan Gordon,
the veterinary surgeon of Ottawa, Cana
da. has just imported two of the fastest
and best-bred greyhounds ever shipped
from England namely; Justinian, by
Cupi Bono, ont of Stylish Lady, and
Jetsam, by Royal Stag, out Of Castawsy.
=. London Times