The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-10-09
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An ordinary elephant prodtices 1so
pounds Of ivory, worth $500 England
consumes $50 tons, for which 1t is neces-
sary to kill $4,000 elephants year.
Not one island has risen or sunk Il
the Pacific Ocean Tor thirty -folf years.
and biologists declare that the earth Is
resting for some mighty effort in the
future.
During marriage ceremony In :
church at Christianburg, Va, q goat
walked in and broke up the party by
giving the groom grand send-off with
his head. The bride fed TO the pulpit
for safety.
The clock recently removed from
the exchange tower in Savannah, Ca,
has marked of time there for eighty
seven years. 1t was removed because
1t had become too unreliable. A modern
timepiece is to take its place.
AT Springfield, O., Arthur Dasinger,
farmer, was struck and killed by light
ming while in his bayfield,. The bolt
which killed him also excayated hole
like grave Immediately behind him,
into which he fell A man at work with
him was badly shocked.
Tho Franciscan monks recently
opened their first Canadian monastery
in Montreal. These monks live entirely
by aims and are allowed to touch no
money. II victua1s are not supplied
they go forth and beg. They preach
penance and conversion, and their prin-
cipal occupation is prayer, meditation
and penance Their doors are always
open to the poor. and with them the
monks share such as they have them
selves.
Alliance, N j., the settlement OF
refugee Russian Jews, has during the
past eight years grown into prosper.
GUS village Of six hundred and twelve
Inhabitants. Eight years ago several
thousand acres Of wild brush land in
Salem County were purchased and given
to the refugees by the Hebrew Aid So
ciety, the land being then valued at
about $f2 per acre. 1t is now worth
over St00 per acre and. the Jews are
prosperous and happy citizens
"A London theatrical costumer writes
to the Times to say that he DISCUSSES
people every day, mostly jealous hus-
bands DESTROYS of watching their wives. )
They every one OF them wear wigs, not
necessarily because they are bald,
though they often are, but as the best
means OF destroying the r Identity It
has long been understood that we do
not know how half the world lives. but
that any considerable portion OF 1t
should occupy themselves in this way II
rather startling.
The Boston purists have broken
loose again and are protesting vigoi GUS
rfy against the term artificial lee. y
They assert that the product OF the Ice
making machines is '1ce"-neither '.ar-
tificial" nor imitation" ice. Guess they
are about right; yet how is the stuff to
be distinguished by name from natural
ice? The term machine ice" seems
to meet the case, for manufactured
ice' would apply equally to that pro-
dueed by human agency or by natural
process. 1t will be q cold day when
Boston finds nothing to carp at.-New.
ark News
Up to the present day vanderbilt's
check for e7Oo, 900 was enormously sup
posed to be the largest ever drawn.
This has been eclipsed, as one drawn by
the Indian & Peninsula Railroad Com.
pany for Ell, $50, 900 on the London and
County Bank Of London has just passed
through the clearing house In 1888 the
Pennsylvania railroad drew . check In
favor of Messrs Kidder, Peabody l. Co.
for over S14, 900, 600 in payment of the
Philadelphia Wilmington q Baltimore
stock. This check was framed and hung
up in the office of the Pennsylvanf a
Railroad Company. London Financial
News
An interesting contest has taken
place In North London collegiate
school for girls between two factions
which have been actively divided on the
question OF corset wearing. Arguments
and discussions simply added fuel to
the fame, and twas finally decided to
settle the discussion by an athletic con-
test, consisting of high leap, long
leap tug-of-war and foot race. There
were. sixteen competitors, eight Of
whom were laced into whalebone
girdles and eight wore, simple blouses.
The non-corset factions were easily vic
tors, their champion distancing all riv.
ais with leap of twelve feet
The Methodist minister in Ohio
who got into troub.e with his congrega.
tion because he insisted that fans should
not be used in church had less tact than
Massachusetts, minister. who also dis
liked fans. Going quietly to a church
committee he explained to them that
fansof all varieties distracted his atten-
ton and requested that fans OF one va
riety only should be used. An immedi.
ate compliance followed, and the fiirta-
tious fan, the nervous little fan, the
ponderous fan disappeared and In the
place of each of these there is now
waved the respectable palm-leaf fan,
which gives comfort to the congrega ton
and satisfaction to the minister.
"A tennis outfit costs anywhere from
thirty to fifty dollars. This includes
four racxets. ten balls and two back
nets to keep the balls within reach
when they fly high over the middle net
Atennis- court requires the services OF
a good gardener at least twice week,
and marking machine with which to
whitewash the lines About every six
months new middle net is needed.
and altogether the game calls for q
considerable outlay during the summer
season. The opinion now seems to be
general that tennis is really an expert
game; hence there is continual de-
mand for the more expensive quality OF
the goods Women and children who
love to dawdle on the lawn have gone
back to croquet. and tennis has been
gwen over to athletes and consistent
enthusiasts who play the game in q thor