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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-05

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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-01-09
PARLoR DECORATIONS.
Sensible Suggestions for People Who
Pocket Books Are Small. s :

Sensible Suggestions for People whose
Pocket-Books Are Small.
If your carpet is torn and your floor
nice stain it. You can use light or dark
oak, mahogany or walnut stain, as you
prefer, and they will tell you how to dc
1t at any large paint store where you buy
the stain.
II the carpet is an ingram and too
much worn, cut it in inch strips length
wise, rayel both edges for one-third of
the width, sew the strips together, wind
into balls and take torag-carpet weaver.
where you can have it woven into two
or three breadths as long as your room
will require. Sew them together and
you will have a serviceable and hand
some rug If 1t is Brussels, sew the
best parts into rug; this will need to
be tackled down.
II you own the house, paper the walls.
We saw very pretty paper the other day
for six cents roll. You can do it your
self. We are sorry yea have a parlor
suite and marble tables. They are gem
orally very unmsthetic. Watch your OPP
portunity and buy pretty covers to
throw over the tables. Very handsome
ones in dark blue, old gold, dark red or
terra Gotta can be bought for $1.S5 to
$3.50, according to size. They have
scroll work and irregular designs in
black, outlined with tinsel and gold
threads.
II you must have the bureau in the
room, and it is not a handsome article
Of furniture, stain it to represent dark
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-01-09
WITH LIGHTNING SPEEDY
How Wizard Patrick Byrne Seals Interest
Check Envelopes.

How Wizard Patrick Byrne Seals Interest
Check Envelopes.
& In the division Of loans is an expert
whose work is not often observed by the
visitors who stroll through the Treasury
Department. His name is Patrick
Byrne, and he handles every interest
drawn in favor of holders OF registered
bonds The checks are issued quarterly,
and, with the accompanying circular
letters, it requires tremendous vault
to store them. For the greater part of
every quarter Byrne is occupied in al
dressing the envelopes to receive the
checks, and when the checks reach him
at the end Of the quarter he has these
envelopes stacked up in tiers nearly
filling large room. Each pile of en-
velopes corresponds to certain pile of
checks, and the least confusion would
make endless trouble.
1t is the object Of the department. to
mail all the checks simultaneously, and
it is found that to put it in the hands of
a single expert the liability Of error is
practically eliminated.
When Byrne is ready to proceed to
business he takes few thousand checks,
representing million or so Of dollars,
and stacks them on one side of long
table. With the skill Of coniurer he
will take couple OF boxes of long en-
velopes, all addressed, and spread them
Tin row along the other side of the
table. This takes a single motion of
the hand, each flap overlapping another
so as merely to expose the gummed edge.
A swipe with q wet sponge will moist
en- the gum on hundred at time
Then he begins the sealing process.
Slip, thump, slip, thump, slip, thump,
is all that is heard for the next five
minutes, while shower OF sealed en-
velopes drop into box below. There is
no apparent effort at accuracy, but each
envelope is sealed tightly and smoothly.
How it is all done with two motions is q
puzzle that Hermann would hardly be
able to explain. Box after. box of en-
velopes disappear and the stack Of checks
slowly decreases. At intervals Byrne
will compare check with the addresses
on the corresponding envelope, but this is
merely precautionary, for he has never
yet made mistake.
When the stack gets low checks rep
resenting another million or so are sent
to Byrne, and the process goes on for
two or three days at this rate, to be dis
continued when the checks are exhaust
ed until the end of the next quarter. 1t
would take force of twenty or thirty
clerks to inclose these checks If each
address was compared as the envelopes
are sealed. Byrne, however, has per-
fected system, aided by his remarka-
BILE skill with his hands, whereby he
can handle them himself and seal thou
sands without seeing either the face of
check or envelope. A single error would
take days to rectify, but he has been at
it seventeen years and has not made any
mistakes yet. washington Post.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-01-09
FATTENiNG PORK.
Some Good Methods OF Feedlng-Resurts
Obtained.

some Good Methods OF Feeding -Resurts
Obtained.
It Is generally claimed that the most
satisfactory pork is produced from pigs
fattened and slaughtered before they
are year old, but for purposes Of econ
omy and the use Of waste material, pigs
are wintered and the fatteping carried
on after they have attained considerable
size.
If pigs are to be fattened, 1t Is better
10 give such feed during their early
growth as will develop the Frame. make
bone and give 4 suitable foundation
upon which to build in the fattening
process. Such feed may consist of skim
milk, house Stops, ETC., with which is
mixed o small quantity of fine feed.
This seems to be suitable food for
bodily development, which becomes q
necessity If the best results are desired.
There is probably no better material
for fattening pork than corn-meal. 1t
is pre-eminently fat producer, and for
that reason the feeding of 1t should not
be too heavy with young animals, unless
1t is mixed with albumenoid material,
htkA buObb oACO 1OE bl0 uONO1OBu0Ib Vi .
bony structure that can sustain the fat.
We practice mixing the meal with
water and Stops instead Of cooking It as
formerly. Our thoughts were turned In
this direction by experiments at the diff
ferent stations Of the county, and we are
satisfied that tho results are fully as
good as by the old course which involved
more trouble.
The practice pursued by some Of mix
ing grains in grinding for hogs, such as
corn, oats, rye, buckwheat, etc., may
serve q good purpose to use in limited
quantities during the entire period of
growth, for the reason that 1t contains
all the elements necessary for the devel-
opment Of muscle and bone. But in
producing pork our idea is not SO much
to secure lean pork, but fat; II lean meat
was the sole aim, then the character Of
the food would be entirely changed.
Pork Is not all of it produced for the
meat, but for the fat that is now SO ex-
tensively employed in the culinary de-
partment, and for that reason there is
little danger Of getting pork too fat.
When there is danger in that line there
is no trouble in producing change, as
feeding experiments have abundantly
proven. William H. Yeomans, in South
ern Farm.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-01-09
STARTLING FIGURES.
Curious Calculations Made by Prof. Youn
the Astronomer.

Prof. Young, the astronomer and
mathematician, once gave reporter
some curious calculations.
II 1t were possible for a traveller to
make the circuit of our globe in eight.
days 1t would require "a years, going at
the same rate of speed, to circumnav-
igate the sum-. The suns surface is
nearly $4,000 times and its volume or
bulk more that 100000 times greater
than that Of our little world. II the
earth is represented by q three-inch
globe, the sun, on the same scale, will
be more than ~ feet in diameter, and its
distance 5000 feet from the smaller
globe. II the sun were hollow, and the
earth at its center, there would be room
for the moon 240, 900 miles away, and
for another moon 190,00 beyond the
first. The mass of the sun, that is, the
quantity of matter contained in it, is
almost $3.50, 900 times greater than that
in the earth. In other words, the
suns bulk is as great as the
combined masses of all the plan
cts and satellites of the solar
system; 1t is two octillions Of tons.
The attractive pull Of this immense
mass upon the earth, at distance of
nearly $4,000, 900 of miles, again tram
scends all human conception. The
force Of this tremendous pull is thirty
six quadrillions OF tons, which in
figures would look something like this
sd, 900, OOO, 600, 600, 900, 900. II gravita-
ton were to cease it would require
nine telegraph wires attached to each
square inch Of the earth's surface to
hold the globe in place. A man who
on the earth would weigh $50 POUNDS,
would weigh nearly 10000 pounds II
transported to the sun, and would DO
unable to move. A planet as far away
IS the nearest fixed star. which is more
than 10000 times more remote than
the sun Is from the earth, II not dis
turbed by any other attraction would
still be governed in its motion by the
sun, though, II moving in circle,
nearly 9o,o0o,o00 years would be re-
quired for single reyolutionl II this
motion seems slow it is because the dis
lance is 50 vast, but the planet would
still be 80 powerfully held in. its orbit
that it could only free itself from solar
attraction by darling away with .
velocity Of more than 800 feet per sec
ond. st. Louis Republic.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-01-09
DANDiEs OF THE NILE.

The Really Handsome Negro Men OF the
Equatorial Provinces.
Throughout the great area included in
the equatorial provinces there must be
Varieties in-the physical type. The
tribes are not, however, strikingly diff
tferent to casual observer. =
They are all finer people than the
West Coast negro whom we see in
Americas. The head is higher, the face
less prognathous, the features more
agreeable and the limbs more symmet-
rical, and muscled we'll down to the ex-
tremities. ss5
The long heel and crooked shin, which
we consider characteristic of the true
| negro, do not belong to the negro OF the
Upper Nile. The type improves as we
ascend the Nile. NJ s
The Baris are fne, large men, uncom-
monty tall and we'll filled out. The
women also are tall and strong The
Maids are, however, the beauties and
handles Of the whole country.
One will see there really handsome
men. They are not SO large as the Baris,
but very symmetrical, and their feat
ures are often positively agreeable.
They take more pains in personal dec
Grafton than most Of their neighbors,
dressing their hair very deliberately, and
often painting their bodies in fantastic
patterns.
All of these people are armed with
spears, and many Of them carry bows
and arrows as we'll. Shields are by no
means universal.
Such of the tribes in the immediate
vicinity of the Nile as carry no shields
seemed to dread the shields. of the
Makraka warriors from the West, who
were occasional allies of the troops Of
the provinces, quite as much as they
feared their fierce courage and reputed
cannibalism. In arms, as in dress, there
is some variety in detail.
The size, shape and barking of spear
and arrow heads vary. The arrows
particularly are often hendishly con-
trived to lacerate terribly, and to- be
withdrawn only by free cutting. Poi
soned spears and arrows are used, but
from such information as could gather
/ concluded that the danger from them
was easily exaggerated
The people have not the knowledge
to concoct poisons that will at once
last on the head of the weapon and, be
quickly soluble in human blood. 1t is
doubtful indeed, II they have any
poison that would produce . serious gen.
eraf effectif introduced into the circu-
lation, although their poisoned weapons
make ugly sores.
In fact, they can not fight with
specifics any more than white men can,
but must rely upon their individual
courage and address, in which they are
not deficient, and upon the quality Of
their weapons, which are formidable
enough. Colonel H. G. Prout, in Scrib-
ner's Magazine.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-01-09

when trying TO thresd . sewing ~
chine 81 twflight o. IN any Imperfect
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o. paper back Of the needle-eye 4 en- be
found and f1iled very much easier. - II
hle Talk. s
Sausage Toast. Fry some sausages.
sfrip the skins on, and mix with the meat
some scalded parsley, chopped very hne.
add little cheese grated, mix II very
lltx1S uusxssd, md sprasd tbe m3et2Ae
! w brown bread that hAs kktsyn toasteA
and buttered.
To Drive Away Rats. Make white
wash yellow with copperas. and cover
the stones and rafters Of the cellar with
ii. Scatter the crystals in the corners
Of the floor and in every crevice. Do u
every spring. 1t viii also prevent ~
phoid fever.
-Custard Crumb Pudding. One and
one-half quarts sweet milk. three slices
Of stale bread rubbed fine, four eggs
beaten we'll, one cup sugar, one-half nut
meg. Bake covered twenty minutes.
then take cover of and brown picely.-
Detroit Free Press.
Quite often tender plants occupying
low position on stand are chilled,
while others equally tender, stan ding
on ahighsr level, are untouched. 1t Is
these draughts near the floor which per-
sons should guard against, and in look
ing out for the welfare of your plants
you are doing something which Is con-
duciye to your own health and that Of
the members of your family. Ladies'
Home Journal.
Brown Bread.-A favorite way OF
making it is to take two cups meal, one
OF nour white or graham can be used)
one cup sweet milk, one cup sour milk,
two tablespoonsful molasses, one tea
spoonful saleratus, a little salt; when
making cit If you have no sweet milk
use water in place of it. OF course, the
milk makes 1t more nourishing. This
should be we'll beaten and put In two
quart basin which must be we'll creased;
steam the bread one hour; then set it in
the oven to dry and brown one-hah an
hour.
Cook your beefsteak on gridiron
or broi1 it on hot pan. Let 1t be por-
terhouse or sirloin, II you have not yet
been educated up to the virtues of the
round steak, but have it rare and follow
all the directions regarding heat. Mean
time drain four large oysters for each
guest One minute before your steak Is
to be done lay these, with q tablespoon
ful Of butter for a dozen and half Of
oysters, in kissing, hot frying-pan.
The minute their boards begin to open
your steak must be dished and ready to
receive the contents Of this frying5pan,
which you will proceed to pour over it.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-01-09
AN oLD-TIME ROMANCE.

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lie came Hike vision DER heid and fen,
IN bis satin brecches and gold laced coat
And queer old dresser he must have been
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~ MennlnK pIumes ana ~ ponnet gay
Ana Msstfess i.ucy, y shc couia NOV,
Wouia smile y aiSasih ~ ny ehoiee to-aay.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-01-09
|THE FARMING WORLD.
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malEs IN A level for half rod - toll
lows: II ono b desired Tor ! full rod tho
sAms proportions can b observed Get
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hinge to connect them. Before the
ySlner d 1siled In place driyes cut the
rivsy ma iiiSSfs vie dAili N ~ Y1so.ss
leaving the head long enough 70 attach
plumb-line. :. Next procure another
stick 35< feet long and wider than the
6rst two, attach IL with screw to one
Of the first-named sticks and slip the
other end on to wire nail driven through
the other long stick. The three sticks
win thus form letter A, the feet half
rod apart. Attach stout cord to the
nail which holds the hinge together and
hang upon It piummet bob. When not
in .nse this device can be shut up like
one stick, and the bob placed In : leath-
OF pocket nailed to one Of the sticks
Before II is good for any thing II must
be gagged; in other words, . line must
be drawn on the cross bar or short stick
upon which the line must lie exactly
when the feet OF the A. stand on level.
For this purpose stand the A on door
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-01-09

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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-01-09
TRUTH AND FICTION.
In Art the IDEAL Has NobIer End Than
Cold Reality.

In Art the Ideal Has NobIer End Than
Cold Reality.
The instantaneous photograph bids
fair to become very potent aid to art
lists who seek to teach their pupils that
reproduction Is not art; for it is clearly
demonstrated by this means that the
real is in nowise like the apparent. For
example, an instantaneous photograph
of man in the actef running never looks
as much like man in the act of running as
the pen-drawing Of true artist does.
The reason is that the photograph repro
duces the one exact position Of the run
ner at the instant the picture is made,
while the artist pictures several posi-
tions in one, and makes his man seem to
be moving Art always has dealt and
always must deal with things, nots as
they are, but as they seem to be. We
sit and look at runner. He seems
simultaneously to bend forward his
body, throw one leg away forward and
the other far to the rear, with both
knees at almost an acute angle. And at
the same instant he seems to swing one
arm forward while the other is drawn
back, both being s'shut" tightly at the
elbows. So it seems, fersthe eye of the
observer is not keen enough to see the
position OF each instant separately;
it sees the positions Of group of
instants, and the observer thinks that
these positions are simultaneous. The
instantaneous photograph shows they are
not SINFUL taneous, and in doing this pre-
sents spicture that does not look like a
man in the act of running. This photo
graph is going to be-indeed, already is
"a great aid to science, but the only
thing it can do for art will be to prove
that reality does not seem as true as the
ideal, What is true Of the painters and
the sculptor's art is true also of the
writer's. He who describes things as
they really are may be a scientist, but
only he who describes things as they
seem to be is an artist. We frequently
hear readers say of characters created
by an artistic writer that they have seen
just such persons. They think they
have, but they haven't. 1t is the writer's
art that makes them think they have.
If he had actually described the persons
they have in mind, they would say there
never were such beings on earth. Thus
it comes about that ''truth reality is
stranger because less commonly OBJ
served) than fiction" and that fiction
(the ideal hath nobler end than fact
Washington Post
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-01-09
Anxious to Get Letters.

4 wonder more and more all the
time, " said a letter-carrier TO writer in
Parlor and Kitchen, what makes people
80 anxious to get letter. If person
n expecting to receive q challenge to
fight duel, or the reply of-his lady-loye
TO proposition Of marriage, or even 4
check for twenty-five dollars, can un.
derstand how he can be SO eager and ex.
cited about it. Why, there are some
people upon my route who. really be-
lieve, don't do any thing else but sii
down and wait for me to come, or else
stand at the gate or window to watch fol
me. They don't get letter more than
once month, but they watch for it every
day. HIsox nothing to-day, tbeygroar
ndaslink away II hand them letter
they fly with It into the house as il they
had found . pocket-book."
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-01-09
HOMEMADE PRIMERS.

These Arc Good Tools, Easily Made, and
Every Farmer should Have Thorn.
The accompanying engraving shows
some homemade pruning shears, which
any one can make for his own use. No
explanations are needed, perhaps, as the
engravings are SO plain. The movable
shear, to which the pitman rod is at
tached, does most of the cutting. Both
shears are made Of thin, hardened steel.
From the bolt-hole in the movable shear
. rod longer or shorter lthe pitman), to
correspond with the length Of the pole
used, runs to the lever shown at the bot
tom Of the cut.
In pruning trees and vines the handle
Of this lever is raised, which forces up
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-01-09
HOW PAPERS ARE READ.

Philosophical Observations Made by .
Garrulous Elderly Gentleman.
'Iti is peculiar how personal character
istics manifest themselves,n said an
elderly gentleman in the elevated cars
to his equally elderly companion, land
perhaps not the least noticeable is the
way different people read newspapers,
especially in public conveyances. Every
body has his own pet way. Take the
way they hold them. Did it ever strike
you in how many different ways this can
be and is done?"
This popularity had never struck his
companion, SO the elderly gentleman.
who wore shining silk hat, pair Of
gold spectacles and white lawn tie,
continued his aphorisms. Just look
across at those men on the other side.
No two are reading their papers the
same way" The eavesdropper at his
side also looked across, and the observa-
ton was true. One man had doubled
the sheet, another had made it into q
quarto, still another had folded il in
three straight sections the full length of
the column.
Il have found continued the oracle,
"that q large proportion of the men read
the papers folded in half, the quarter sec
ton men come next and the full length
sectionists next. 1t is rarely you nnd
two men sitting side by side reading .
paper the same way.n There was mo-
mentary pause filed BY the rustic Of
some asserting newspaper, and the ora
T. -. tsFu<r.4
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-01-09

is really what THE YoUTH's COMPANION IL.
II publishes each year as much matter as
the four-dollar monthlies, and Is illustrated
by the same artists. 1t Is an educator IN
every home, and always an entertaining
and wholesome companion 1t has q unique
place in American family Life IL you 40
not know it, You will be surprised to see
how much can be given for the small sum
Of ST. rs year. The price sent now will en-
title you to the paper TO january, 1891. Ad-
dress, The YoUTH's COMPANION, Boston,
Mass
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-01-09

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