The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-03-20
FLoTsAM AND JETsAM.
Interesting Information Condensed Frou
the Columns of Many Papers.

Interesting Information Condensed Fron
the Columns of Many Papers.
The oldest inhabited town in the
world Is said to be Damascus
Five varieties OF the alterEanthera, =
plant native Of the Cape Of Good Hope,
are used to border flower beds and lawns
in the Alcaxar grounds at ST. Augustine.
The bright colors produce a pretty effect.
An aged lady OF Elmwood, near Gin
.cinnati, being taken i'll whilo- ont drivs
ing, requested her driver to take her to
the Office OF an undertaken whom she
knew well. He did 90 and she died =
few minutes after her arrival.
A New York dry goods merchant says
that frequently some Of the subordinate
employees receive iargei remuneration
than the men in whose hands rest the
main responsibility for running n bust
ness. The men who usually make the
most money in the very large firms arc
not the superintendent and his chief as
sistants, bnt the buyers OF departments.
The biggest edible oysters in the world
care found ut Port Lincoln in South Aus
tralia. They are rs large as dinner
plate and the same shape They are
sometimes more than foot across the
shell, and the oyster fits his shell SO we'll
he does not leave much margin. 1t is a
new sensation, when q friend asks you
to lunch at Adelaide, to have one oyster
set before you, fried in butter or eggs
and bread crumbs. But it is a very
pleasant sensation, for the flavor and
delicacy of the Port Lincoln mammoths
are proverbial in that land of Injuries.
The last pearl-fishing season in Ceylon
could not have been more successful
than it was. The season only lasts
twenty-five days, and during that period
100000 oysters were brought to the
surface by fifty divers. They are paid
by one-fourth OF the number. This sea-
son the whole produce was sold at the
rate Of "a shillings per 1000 shells. The
Government received $40, 200 as their
share and the divers &c, 400. The largest
pearls are worth in Ceylon from f40 to
EGO, and in Europe they fetch three
times the prieeor more:
At Ansonia, Conn, some old women
got together and cured child of mem
branous Group after the doctors had
given it up. The patient was thorough
~ wrapped up in fiannels and his head
and throat were rubbed with goose
grease. A dose Of the stun, mixed with
vinegar, was with difficulty forced down
the child's throat. In short time he
vomited up large portion Of the mucous
and broke up the clogging matter in the
throat. Being placed in bed, he soon
went to sleep, and the next day he was
playing about the house and appeared
! to be far from dying,
Salem, Mass, formerly had large
trade with Africa All that trade was
gradually transferred to Boston. 1t is
just as large as it ever was, but because
the country has grown SO enormously ii
has become small in comparison with
other lines of trade. One Of our modern
ships will take cargo to Africa as large
as all the ships Of Salem in the old days
could carry in a year There are over a
dozen vessels engaged in African trade
from Boston. There is close competition
with the English for this trade. Ships
take out miscellaneous goods. Rum is
the chief thing. Then bright calicoes,
beads, music-boxes, and so on. The re-
turn cargo is mostly palm oil, gold dust,
i furs and ivory.