The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-10-02
or GENERAL INTEREST.


rubber tees groh Wild in Les
County, Fla. and Id Fort Myers: Its
used as shade and ornamental tree.
The largest single dock in the world
was opened on March - last to the
waters OF PortJackson, in Sydney har-
Dor, in New South Wales. 1t has taken
In one steamer Of 5000 tons, and had
room to spare. - -. - y.
A Chicago huckster endeavored to
make his sick horse haul heavy load
by rubbing blue vitriol in the animals
eyes He was fined to the full extent
of the law, and the judge said he re-
GREETED he could not make 1t more
There are thirty different religious
castles in India and when the railroads
were first established no two castles
would ride in the same coach. The ma
tves found it inconvenient however,
and now all sorts Of castles mix up for .
journey.
After two Brooklyn pugilists had
fought five rounds the other night, and
were both badly used up" the mother
Of one of them $50 it is stated appeared
on the scene, knocked down few OF
the spectators with club and scattered
the others"
John and Jacob Weber are still
teaching school which they opened in
New Orleans in May, 1910, at which.
they have taught continuously, without
a vacation, and with only fifteen days.
intermission in fifty years to permit Of
the repair of the building
The sand along. the banks Of the
Columbia river in Oregon is an obstacle
to railway traffic almost as difficult to
overcome as the snow blockades during
the winter Nearly every train is de-
layed on account OF the ever-shifting
sand hills covering the track.
-Mild-mannered Cinnamon who run
laundries in New York are found to be
the most successful opium smugglers.
One Chinaman had twenty-five pounds
of the odious stuff in his possession. He
said =that-.some of his .countrymen had
put it there to get him into trouble.
The Detroit Free Press thinks it
has solved the problem Of -'how to
marry on $12 week" Its plan is to is
sue 900 invitations to the wedding, se-
cure 900 presents from 900 victims and
sell off about 800 to secure capital to
run the house on for the next five years.
Adam Clark, in returning thanks at
the table of another, made use of the
following significant and pertinent
words: Lord, bless these vegetables
and this fruit and bread; and II Thou
canst bless under the Gospel what
Thou didst curse under the law, bless
this swine's flesh also"
Another North Polar expedition is
about to set forth under the auspices Of
the Norwegian Government, and Of pri-
vate individuals who have subscribed to
the fund. Two articles, one relic of
the Jeanette expedition, the other an
Alaska bow, have been found on the
west coast Of Greenland. Hence the in
ference-an open Polar sea, an easterly
Polar current, and new route ito the
Indies" Curiosity, adventure, courage
and endurance are all enlisted in this
new enterprise of the Vikings.
-'It may come to pass, " said a Brit
ish lecturer lately, that some African
may, in centuries to come, point out
how race of Englishmen once DOM
mated the West Indies and were i'm
proved off the face OF the land" Such
fears are real enough. In 1858 there
were in those islands $500 Europeans
to ], 500 Africans In 1900 the numbers
were $4,000 Europeans and 500, 900 Afri-
cans. In the last census the figures
were H. 1873 Europeans, 100, 946 colored
or mulattoes, IA, 1856 Africans and H.
240 Asiatics.
-Lazzaroni is from lazzaro, Spanish
for pauper or leper, term applied by
the Spanish viceroys TO the degraded be-
ings in Naples, half-clothed and house,
less. No man was born lazzaro; and
he who turned to a trade ceased to be
one. The viceroy permitted the lazzar-
oni to elect chief with whom he con-
fcrred respecting the imports on the
goods brought to the markets. In 1647
Masaniello held the office, and made an
Instruction; see Naples In 1898,
Ferdinand IVsenrolled several Thousand
lazzaroni as pikemen (spontoneers), who
generally favored the court party; on
May Is, ls4s, they were permitted, on
the Kings behalf, to commit fearful
ravages on the Inflated city.
-'Lemonade and buttermilk are as
good as any thsng drinkable that you
can find for this weather." sad physi-
clan to a Cincinnati Times-Star reporter.
''They both are great things to quench
thirst They both act as pleasant
tonic to the stomach and they have a
of m N a tinU nuaift Rut fhav should