The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-08-28
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

Chester. IN the northwestern part Of
Massachusetts,. is the home Of the only
emery mine in North America.
"A year ago two DAWSON tMich.)
men went to court over an SIS item.
The case was finally decided by the SUI
preme Court and tho costs have been an
even 5000.
@@ff IS suggcstesi THAT the Presiden*1b be-
given twenty appointments TO West
Point each year, and that the. appointees
be sons of regular or Of volunteer Off.
GERS Of the army
Tho practice OF clothing soldiers by
regiments in one Uniform dress was in
troduced by Louis XIV in 1885, and the
practice did not become general for
many years afterwards.
"A man recently went to the city
hospital at Hamilton, Ont. suffering
from diseased kidney, the other being
perfectly sound The doctor In attend
anse removed the sound kidney by mis-.
take, and the man died shortly after
ward
The aborigines Of New South Wales
show great ingenuity in shaping their
harpoon heads for spearng fish. In
stead Of shaving the wood up and down
the grain as we are accustomed to
white, they turn it round and round
and chip it off across the grain.
lit is estimated that London spends
between 81, 900, 900 and $4,000 600 on
ported plants and cut flowers Many Of
these flowers come from Holland, France,
and even Italy. A single culturist in
Southern France claims to send every
year 500, 900 worth Of white lilacs,
snowdrops, of-the-vallcy and
roses TO London.
=At-the end of the services at q Han.
niba1, Mo-, church recently couple
stepped out from one of the pews at a
signal from the preacher and were mar
ried in presence of the astonished au-
dience 1t took the congregation SO
completely by surprise that not half a
+ dozen. ~wemen- in--ehurch could recall
what the bride had on.
"A girl Of twelve years old was com
mitted as ga confirmed drunkard'' to an
industrial school in San Franc SEQ few
days ago. Her mother stated that the
girl would steal, beg or do almost any
thing to get liquor and that she had
been drinking for nearly year. All
attempts either to reform her or pre-
vent her getting liquor had been fail
ures it was stated.
The other day North Carolina
woman started for the hay NOV to see
how a hen was getting along that was
setting on some eggs. On entering the
barn the woman was surprised to see
the old hen taking her babies down her
self. She would pick one up in her
mouth and fly down with it, lay it down
and continue the process uatil sbe--car
ried them all down, III rteen, safe and
went on about her duty.
1t is said that Southern girls have
for generations used the juice OF water
melons TO beautify their complexion. II
is believed that nothing is so soothing
TO the face and hands, after a long drive
or summer outing, than the water from
both the pulp and rind. ''The first
crushed by dainty hands and rubbed or
the face, takes off all sunburn while
the application of the cool white pulr
next to the red meat removes the sticki
ness and gives a softness to the skin Of
the melon bather that can be obtained
from nothing else. This is natures owI
cosmetic"
The salt mountains located on the
banks of the Rio Virgin, an affluent Of
the Colorado river in Lincoln County
New, cover an area of twenty-five
miles. The salt they contain is pure
and white and cleaSer than glass, and il
is said that piece seven or eight inches
thick is sometimes 9lear enough to see
through to read newspaper. Over the
salt is a layer OF sandstone from two te
eightfeet thick, and, when this is torn
away, the salt appears like huge snow
drift. Under the cap rock has been dis
covered what was evidently the camp Of
prehistoric men, containing charred
wood and charcoal, and mating made
of cedar bark, which the salt has pre-.