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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-02-27
NATURE or ORCHIDS.
To Their Other yir:ucs They Join tn
Rare One Of simplicity.

To Their Other Nir:ucs They Join the
Rare One of simplicity.
The rehias,=eenan erers= of the Light,
may we'll claim pardon for their triumph
over their humble companions of the
gardens. for their victory is fairly
achieved. They astonish us when we
first ext {hafne- fheTa,- then-charrn- us.
Nature has been liberal with them, and
they have every thing. The flowers are
full of that curious charm that cap
tiyates Their colors are tremendously
toned, and always bright and elegant.
Their odor is sweet and penetrating, but
does not cloy. Notwithstanding their
thin texture, which gives them deli
cate and frail air, they last longer than
other ornamental flowers. Nothing, in
fact, seems to be wanting to them but a
more lively and abundant foliage, apd
that can be supplied by mingling fern
leaves with them.
1t was long supposed that these won
derful plants were extremely delicate
and capricious. This was mistake.
To their other virtues they join the rare
one of simplicity.
Nearly all the orchids cultivated in
greenhouses are natives of the inter
tropical zone, and it was supposed from
this fact that they treqs:ired considerable
heat. Built has been gradually estabe
lished that high temperature really
hinders their best development. con-
siderable number of them in their ma
tive state grow on high mountains, I'M
der exposure to bracing atmosphere,
and they are now cultivated in moder-
ately warmed and freely ventilated
greenhouses. They are therefore rela-
lively hard plants, well adapted to the
decoration of our rooms-J. Dybowslsi,
in Popular Science Monthly.
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SOUTHERN RACE TROUBLES.

The South Ready and willing to Be
Judged by All the Facts.
Even in the oldest and most orderly
communities deplerable outbreaks of
lawlessness sometimes occur.
But just and thoughtful men do not
judge commonwealth or people by a
Observation-Disclosures Of zdisorder and
violence. The drift Of public opinion
and the general progress Of the masses
are the matters to be considered.
The South can afford to rest her case
upon the facts When She is called upon
to justify her methods in dealing with
the so-called race problem.
In less than a=quarter of a century the
black citizens efthis single State have
accumulated $40, 1000, 00e In the South
there are now 16, 900 schools for the
blacks, almost entirely supported by tho
Southern whites. These black citizens
vote as they please, and their votes
are counted. When they travel they
are provided with separate accommoda-
tions equal to those enjoyed by the
whites. They exercise every political
and legal right given to other citizens.
Z nike Ing DldckS Oh tHe NOfb1, In6
Southern blacks can enter every trade,
and no effort has ever been made by any
labor organization to prevent them from
obt9 lining work.
If this is not genuine progress in its
best sense, then we do not know what
progress is. Our millions of blacks,
suddenly emerging from ignorance and
slavery less than a generation ago,
under our laws and friendly care now
enjoy all the rights of American citizen
sh p. They have been educated at our
expense. They have acquired homes
and property under our protection. The
various avenues of employment are
open to them. What more could beode-
sired?
This is the situation as it's ltspeaks
fol itself. Our record is so far made up
that an occasional incident not in har
mony with it can not unmake it. We
ask our Northern friends who honestly
desire to deal fairly with us if this is
no. the right view.-Atlanta Conseitu-
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ORIGIN OF FRUITS.
Historical Facts Concerning some Fanil-
lar Fruits and. Vegetables.

Historical Facts Concerning some Famil-
lar Fruits and Vegetables.
What would become of. the wanderer
in the deserts of Arabia and Barbary if
Providence suddenly decreed the ex-
tinction Of the date PALM? Thousands
Of human beings would inevitably
perish, for the inhabitants of Fezzan
live wholly upon its saccharine and
delicious fruit for nine months of tho
year. In Egypt, Arabia and Persia it
forms the principal food of the people,
and mans wealth is computed by the
number of date palms=she possesses
When dried the fruit becomes an inn
portant commercial staple. Cakes of
dates pounded and kneaded until solid
enough to be cut with Ratchet supply
the provision of the African caravans on
their toilsome journey through the sun
lighted Sahara. The date stones or
seeds are roasted as a substitute for
coffee, or ground for the sake of their
oil. and the residuum given as food to
cattle. All are familiar with the man
ner in which dates in our markets are
put up. There are several kinds known
to commerce. the most important being
"Fardn and Persian" The former
comes principally from Arabia, and the
latter, of course, from Persia. Green
peas-green peas were not used as food
in France until the middle OF the. six
teenth century. Some years. later their
edible qualities found appreciation
in England. Cabbage-the cabbage
was highly esteemed by the
Egyptiana, and was, the first
course OF all their repasts. 1t was nc
lesssvalued by the Greeks and Romans.
Cato pronounced tia remedy =fer=all
evils: Erasistatus recommended it as a
panacea for paralysis; and Hippocrates
as cure for collie Asparagus was an
GENTLY cultivated on very extensive
scale; its stems in the Roman gardens
weighing three pounds each. The
cherry originally came from Cerasus, in
Asia, and came to us through England.
and to England through Italy The
apricot came originally from Armenia.
The plum was anciently cultivated in
Damascus, though certain species seem
to have been derived from Africa. The
apple came from asia, according to
SoulC dSAOTQiAS ~ los
st. is African, and reached Normandy
through Spain and France. II is prob
able that the baldwin is of American
origin. The orange is traced from the
Celestial Empire. China. The ounce
came from Ceylon, in Crete. so authori-
ties tell us. The fig is claimed by the
Athenians as Indigenous to the soil Of
Attica. but it was probably brought from
region further East. The pomegranate
is the fruit Of aspecies Of tree belonging
to the order nyrtdc0. The outside rind
is thin but tough. and it's juice stains
every thing it touches with an underlined
but indelible blue. The average size is
about that of an orange Within the
grains are arranged in longitudinal
compartments as compactly as corn on
Che cob, and they closely resemble those
OF pale red corn, except that they are
nearly transparent and very beautiful.
They are ripe about the middle 81 de-
tober and remain in good condition all
winter, American Analyst.
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JAMES f,D1sv's LUCK.
Twice Prepared for Burial. He Revived on
Both Oeeasionss


There is. at present an inmate of the.
soldiers home near Milwaukee who is
living victim Of the horrors of passing
through genuine trance, in which mys-
FERROUS cataleptic condition people are
occasionally buried aEiye fully aware Of
all that is going on stbout them. yet un-
able to move or in ANY manner indicate
that They are al I've. The victim Of this
strange condition is named James Rid
ley. and twice he has been laid out"
and placed in the dead house. an artistic
and very completes private morgue that
is connected with the home. Both his
supposed deaths occurred some tislc ago,
and as general desire prevailed at the
place to keep the matter q profound se-
cret the circumstances have just leaked
ont and were incidentally learned by a
Journal representative. Ridley, who is
quite an old veteran, suddenly died, 60
all appearances, and was removed TO tho
dead house to await burial This is a
place quite similar to theSegular morgue
in city. 1t is large f0oIn completely
surrounded by packed -ieeaade is moi only
very cold but very dark. 1t seems some
delay was occasioncd in the burial prep
arations and the remains were permit
ted to stay in the dead house for two
days. At the end of that time the chief
morfmers among his conlrHdps, headed
by an undertaken in charge of a cotfiI,.
approached the place for the purpose OF
performing the last sad rights due tho
dead by the living. AS the guards nm
/ he nf ha. nd
the funeral procession crowded in they
were Mortified to find the corpse en-
gagged in sitting up on his cooling board,
rubbing his eyes and staring about him
in utter bewilderment, just as sound
sleeper does when he first awakes from
a long sleep.
The guards and friends quickly real
lied the awful situation, and taking the
man who had SO narrowly escaped liv-
ing tomb they bore him to the hospital,
where he was carefully treated and was
gradually brought fully bacix to life.
Net fully satisfied with his first inn
promptu final taking off, 7 Ridley, some
months later. took very sick and once
more proceeded to expire to al intents
and purposes, and was once more con-
signed to the dead house, but a careful
watch was this time plaeed@eHer the
body and, as supposed result OF the
exceedingly cool place, the departed
was finally observed to be coming out
all right again, and was then pushed
back to the hospital
Ridley will say nothing about his
terrible double-death experience or his
past life, as he evidently seems to dread
the matter except THAT after both On.
periences he admitted to a comrade that
he heard and knew all that was spoken
ordene about him while in the frances,
and the horrors Of being buried alive
were continuously in his mind although
he was powerless to avert the approach
ing doom that seemed inevitable. He
is very sallow, sickly appearing man,
and is now quite feeble, scarcely eyer
leaving the home grounds, Milwaukee,
| journal.
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A SINGULAR CRAZE.
Thousands of Dollars the Price Paid for
Dutch Bulbs.

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DECORATIVE ICING.
Its Little Tedious to Make. But 1t Pays
for the Trouble.


for the Trouble.
Beat to stiff froth the whites OF two
eggs, add a. teaspoonful of confectioners'
sugar at a time, beating it in at least
five minutes at first. Stir till pound
of sugarahas been added. IL win take
about an hour. The sugar may be added
a little more rapidly after the first half
hour When the icing is ready little
of it is put in an india-rubber cloth bag,
made in funnel shape and furnished
with little tin decorators tube. These
tubes cost from five to ten cents apiece.
and by squeezing the sugar through the
bag various patterns may be made. Be-
fore beginning to decorate, however, ii
is necessary to put perfectly smooth
coat of the decorative icing = over !.
first coat Of ordinary icing. When the
coat is = little dried, in ten or fifteen
minutes, begin to decorate the cake. A
diamond-shaped pattern of fine line-
may cover the side. Fluted borders or
leaf horde rs edge the cake. Appropriate
words may be written across the top
with the finest tube. Bits OF red cher
ries cut in half or thin slices, OF candied.
lines may serve for coler decorations.
These candied fruits cost in confection.
aries .seventy-five cents pound. 4
quarter of a pound IL q large suilciency
f,r such purpose \, \. TribulA
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montana,. senatorial MIDDLE.

1t seems that the political middle in
Montana will be Strengthened out at
Washington, and, as matter of course,
without reference to Justice. or law.
Two sets of Senators are to be sent to
the capital, and the Republican major
ity in the Senate will not likely be de-
tered by any consideration of fair play
from giving the disputed seats to those
to whom they do not rightfully belong.
Should this be done, the spectacle will
be presented of two United States Sem
ators elected by rump Legislature,
without shadow of authority from
their State, and having only the votes
of seven Republican Senators out OF
Joint body OF thirty-six legislators. Only
the party that stoles-thes Presidency in
1876 and bought 1t in 1883 could SO tram
pie on the constitution. e Albany IN.
w Argus.
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BEACONSFiELD'S DEATH.
ne Could spare No Time for Rest .,
- -

Open-Air EXERCISE
The greatest difficulty was to get the
patient to take exercise. My grand
father, he said to me, lived to ninety
years; he took much open-:sir exercise.
My father lived to eighty, yet he never
took any Lord Beaconsfield tried to
steer middle course, but the utmost he
could be persuaded to take was a short
=wHlk two or tffree times a week i4AsLend.
Rowton or some other pleasant friend
called TO accompany him; otherwise he
easily hound an excuse for not going
out. His slow pace in walking prevented
him from getting much benefit from it,
Riding he had given up. although in
his early days passionately devoted to
1t. For many years his lite had been a
sedentary one; presuming on his hardy
constitution and the fact OF his fathers
great age without open-air exercise
he considered it matter optional in his
case. He had the excuse of urgent oc-
cupation in his political and literary
life to hinder it. Yet nature has a Mem
esis'' power of revenging herself on the
man of sedentary Fife: In the end the
liver suffers. In one of his letters to
his sister he says: Il have recovered
from the horrors of torpid liver, which
has overwhelmed me the last few days
In the spring of 1881 he felt the cold
most keenfy and seldom went out for a
walk, his only exercise. Yet he could
not deny himself the pleasure OF going
into society in the evening. He thought
that with fur coats and shut carriage he
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fruitless endeavor 70 reach bic bins Be-.

Ruthless endeavor TO reach the hills be-
yond
Bangi bsngl go the rifles, and beasts
drop here and there.
Whizzing lariats whirl through tha
air like winged serpents slowly uncoil,
ing, and the deadly moose settles abot,,
the neck Of some plunging animal and
brings him to the ground.
The scene was invested with a bor
r1ble fascination, and brought to mind
thoughts OF Spanish. built hts..sas-s.s.s
The spectators cheered at each sue.
cessful feat of difficult horsemanshir
and at the telling shots fred by riders
while going at full speed. Now and
then the lookers-on brought their field.
glasses to bear upon some poor creature
which, perhaps mile away, stood seem.
-ingly at bay, and faced the shots of her
pursuers--or perhaps on some wounded
animal which lunged along on three
legs, the fourth dangling useless, while
her captor galloped -leisurely after her,
firing shot after shot until he had
brought her down.
Once great, long-horned Texas steer
caused some screaming and scamperinp
among the spectators by ttfningffrem
his pursuers and making straight for
the crowd of. men, women and children,
but an unerring shot from the rife of
an Indian sent the great animal down
before he could reach them Tumblinp
-headlong, he buried his great horns in
the earth, turned complete somersault,
and died instantly.
savage chase occupied more than
an hour, but long before the rifles had
ceased their deadly work groups Of
squaws were hurrying hither and
thither, seeking their own especial
property, and lowering like yultures
about their prey, for to these women be-
longs the work OF SHINING, cutting up
and loading the earcasses- into&the
wagons in which they were carried to
their homes
As the Sioux and Cheyennes are not
noted for their epicurean daintiness, it
may easily be supposed there was
nothing wasted, and a little while after
the wholesale slaughter was concluded
at every hut and teepee might be seen
the hide, the entrails, the heads, and,
indeed, every portion Of the beeves hung
upon poles, or tossed upon the roofs Of
the huts to dry in the sun. The cattle
having all been killed and cut up, the
festivities ended with a war dance,
which takes place in queer-looking in
closures built for. the purpose, and the
tum-tum Of the drum. and the wild,
weird chant of the singers was heard
far into the night.-Jacinta- Jacques, in
Youths Companion.
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TAXATION BY TARIFF.
The Grand Old Man Wipes theeEloor with
Puissant lingo Jim.

The Grand Old Man Wipes theeEloor with
Puissant lingo Jfm.-
In the current number of an American
review William E. Gladstone and James
G. Blaine discuss the tariff question as
it exists in the United States Mr.
Gladstone, of course, argues in favor of
free trade . Equally, of course, Mr..
Blaine argues in favor of protection.
The most careless reader of the essays
can not fail to perceive that Mr.. Glad
stone speaks for the millions of Ameri-
can toilers, producers and consumers,
and that Mr.. Blaine speaks for the few
hundred thousand of manufacturers,
capitalists and monopolists. Protect
i've tariffs are great institutions for cap
italists, beyond a-donbt---Nobodg-
ever questioned this proposition. Mr.
Blaine is seemingly satisfied in proving
thing which has not been disputed.
Mr.. Gladstone, on the other hand, holds
that protection is immoral and unjust,
and that the mass of the people suffer
by it. His argument is unanswerable,
and is not answered by Mr. Blaine. In
his epitome of the situation in thfs
country Mr. Gladstone is particularly
happy
i will then proceed to set forth some of the
causes, which, by giving exceptional energy
and exceptional opportunity TO the work OF pro-
duction in America, seem to allow lin homely
phrasel of her making ducks and brakes OF a
large portion of what ought to be her accumula
tions, and yet, by virtue of the remainder of
them. to astonish the world.
1: Let me observe, first, that America pro
duces an enormous mass of cotton, cereals,
meat, oils and other commodities, which are
sold in the unsheltered market of the world at
such prices as they will yield. The producers
are fined for the benefit OF the protected inter
. ests, and receive nothing in return; but they
obtain for their country, as well as for the
world, the whole advantage OF vast natural
trade-that is to say. trade in which produc
ton is carried on at minimum cost in capital
and labor as compared with what the rest OF
the world can do.
@ America invites and obtains in remark
able degree from all the world one Of the great
elements OF production without tax of any kind
namely, capital
g. While securing to the capitalist producer
q monopoly in the protected trades, she allows
all the world to do its best by free immigras
ton to prevent. or qualify any corresponding
monopoly in the class of workmen-
L. She draws upon bank of natural resources
so vast that it easily bears those, deductions OF
-improvidence which simply prevent the results
from being vaster still.
II all tariff controversies were as
clearly defined as this one appears to be
there would be less popular uncertainty
on the subject. Protection is good
thing for the few..- Free trade is a good
thing for the many. MIR. Blaine is con-
tent with proving the one, Mr.. Glad
stone establishes the other. Which
policy, then, is most, likely to benefit
the mass of the American peeple?-Chi-
acapo Herald.ss@=a zs ==ss.-=-u-=-zz
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ttNcoLN.s WHISPERS.


The President CeaseI to Shave to Crafty
Very Young Lady.
President Lincoln's kind heart always
responded to child's advances. lie
INDUCED his own children, saying: at
Is my pleasure that my children are
free and happy, and unrcstrained by
parental tyranny. Love is the chain
whereby to bind a child TO its parents::n
Before his election in 1860 a little girl
of eleven years, seeing his Autograph
portrait, thought his appearance would
be improved should he wear whiskers.
She uttered her childish thought in
letter to Mr.. Lincoln, and in few days
received friendly answer, in which he
asked:
s'As to the whiskers, as | have never
worn any, do you not think that peo-'
pie would call it piece of silly affecta-
ton we're | to begin wearing them
now?'
During his journey to Washington,
after his election to the Presidency, the
train stopped at Westficld, Chautauqua
County, at which place the little girl
resided.
~ = have a correspondence this place, ;,
said Mr.. lincoln, "a little girl whose
name is Grace Bedell, and would like
to see her."
She was brought to the station He
stepped from he cars. extended his
hand and said: You see L have let
those whiskers grow for you, Grace
Then kissing her, he babe her goodbye.
When he stood up at the Capitol to
deliver his inaugural address friends
were surprised to see that the President
was raising crop Of whiskers. yexed
ut his spelling face which expressed
power and pathos by wearing coarse,
stiff, ungraceful beard of the blacking-
brush variety, they made inquiries, and
learned that he had ceased to shave to
crafty very young lady. Youths
Companion.
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With here and there bright excep-
ton, intense selfishness and utter dis
regard Of others appears to be the rule.
In the eagerness to get the first pick OF
the bargains, buyers forget the rights
and have no respect for the weakness Of
others. ! have observed that the woman
wearing the sealskin sack and the dia-
mond earrings too often pushes in
ahead Of the pale working woman with
the gingham dress and the plaid shawl.
The bargain would perhaps be god
send to her, while the former could we'll
afford TO pay the usual price OF the ar
ticle, but there is no human appetits
much stronger than the appstite for
bargains, and II seems often to take the
form Of an uncomfortable mania No
whore else y there wider field for the
observance OF the golden rule than in
the great retail stores. Philadelphia
Ledger.