The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-10-15


Mrs Cleveland preserves : 70
luminous scrap book filled % thc covers
with notices Of her husband clipped
from the columns OF the daily news
papers Insomuch rs the uncomph
mentary, as well as the complimc ntary
notices have been reiigiousiy kept
must furnish interesting reading 70 ~
owner
The CHILEAN President Balmaceda
does not possess the black hate and
swarthy face that are characteristic
Of most ChiIianS He Is, on the con-
trary, rs fair Of countennncc - any
man Of Angio-Saxon descent and his
hair Is auburn. He is q fine-looktng
specimen Of manhood, being fully six
feet In height and we'll proportioned
In d letter 10 On American friend q
French gentleman Of some literary note
In his own country says that he y
learning English by the aid OF q small
text book and dictionary without any
other INSTRUCTOR and he aadsls: In
small time can learn SO many English
as think + will come nt the America
and to go on the scaffold TO lecture
The usual signature Of Mrs Jeffer-
son Davis is ssv. Jefferson Davis" u
was explained BY some writer not long
ago that the " stood for the French
word for widow, and that the signature
as written by her was the lady's own
conceit for paying homage to her dis
tinguished husbands name. That this
writer was partly wrong Is shown by
the signature to the reply made 70 the
request thatshe designate Richmond ~
the final burial place Of Mr.. Davis.
This reply Is signed "varina Jefferson
Davis"
Progressive hammoclss Is the latest
craze. The one getting up the affair
swings q lot Of hammocks In shady
places, and then gets lot Of pretty
girls to swing in the hammocks and
rigs up a bell. The young fellows pay
SO much to get in and then pick ham-
mock. Every time the bell rings they
are obliged to move to another ham
mock After that they vote for the
best conversational and have to pay for
each vote Any young man found with
powder or q long hair on his coat Is
soaked with heavy fine.
A soldier Of fortune who has had
an interesting career in the Orient Is
| Colonel Wasson,, the first American
| officer ever admitted to the Japanese
i army. The colonel is tall, distingue
i and we'll preserved man. Ho wentinto
The war Of the rebellion private and
came out major. going afterward to
/ Japan, where his services in reorgnhiz-
/ ing the milxado's army procured him
|colonelcy. In one Of the Japanese insur-
| rections he was sentenced to be be-
headed, but he escaped, was restored
to favor, and Is now high In the milfa-
dos esteem.
1t is believed In Philadelphia that
the only one of the original continental
flags In existence is in the possession Of
the city troopof that city. The old nag
Is spread between two large pieces Of
plate glass, which keep the air away
from it The probabilities are that
were it removed from this case 1t would
fall to pieces In design It is somewhat
similar to the English jack. The de-
sign was made by q committee, OF
which benjamin. Franklin was q mem-
Der, in 1776 A few years later the first
American SbuuudFu dcctpltd W WIN
j gress was submitted and adopted.
Richmond, Me-, is the home Of q
clown goat which is q source Of much
amusement all along the Kennebec.
He is q great pet among the steamboat
men, and d regularlvisitor at the wharf
when steamers arrive or depart One
day Billy's owner missed him, but two
days Hfterward. when the steamer Ken
nebec arrived, the goatiwalked calmly
down the gangplanl1, dressed In a;pair
of old trousers, a swallow-tail coat pnd
a stovepipe hat He had been to Bos-
! ton with his friends, the deck hands,
and came home with an increased dig
nifty Of bearing naturally consequent
upon visit To that learned town.
When q lady in the waiting roomipetted
him the goat whipped her veil from her
face and swallowed 1t In o twinkling.
Then he went home In his new toys,
which he has probably since eaten. --
N. Y. Sun.