The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-02-26
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The people Of Northern Europe con-
sumo moro alcohol, per capita than
their neighbors In the South. for the
reason that. relatively, they are mot 50
well fed
Sheriff Allison 10 authority for tho
statement that in the city OF Glasgow
alone, 50. 900 people get drunk every
Saturday night, and crime has increased
six times fastersthan population.
The Michigan State Department 70
ports that the area seeded to wheat this
autumn in that State amounts to 1,50o,-
900 acres, An increase Of $4,000 acres
over last year. Tho average condition
is much better than at the correspond
Ing date for q number Of years 1t ID
106 In the southern, 100 In the central,
loa in the northern, and averages 1o5 in
the State.
Steel Is said to corrode much more
rapidly in salt water than iron. An
English experimenter, Mr. David
Phillips, kept plates Of boiler iron
and OF boiler steel, each i've inches
square and three-eighths Of an inch
thick, immersed In salt water from 1881
to 1888 The steels lost 100 per cent
more than the irons during the first
three years when the plates were In
contact; IA per cent moro in the second
three years, whom they were insulated;
and 1875 per cent more for the whole
period Of seven years
A German scientist claims that by
means Of an acid process he can convert
sawdust into material firm in tex
ture and extremely hard, impenetrable
BY gimlet or nail, more impervious to
the action Of the elements than the or
binary metals or the common building
stones and practically indestructible
by FIRE. 1t is claimed to be stronger
than timber for joists and Orders and
several times lighter than Iron or steel,
and above all the cost Of manufacture is
claimed to be so low as to bring 1T into
competition with both wood and iron.
DR. Thompson, OF St Louis, says he
once traced fatal case Of smallpox to
silver dollar. The patient was In
good health one day and died within .
week, and the facts were so peculiar
that the doctor set about to ascertain
how the disease was contracted He
found that the patient had sold an
article OF merchandise to a friend who
had paid him with . silver dollar which
had been carried In the pocket Of Q
brother who was day or two later tax
en- down with smallpox. Dr.. Thompson
believes . coin Is as likely 10 GARRY in
lection as bank-note.
"A very gayly dressed woman came
into Delmonico's the other night wear
ing o boa Look at that senseless
thing" sad one Of party Of diners
"If you want fine commentary on the
senselessness of fashion consider the
boa, which never even looked warm. !"
To this spirited lady replied: ''If you
wish to see how little men know Of such
subjects commend that speech to study.
The boa was the most delightfully."-
warming garment q woman ever put on
except full-length sealskin sacque. It
warmed her neck, and when one's neck
is warm one is warm all over" IN. Y.
Sun. m
In lecture delivered W the stu
dents OF engineering At the Manchester
(England) Technical School, Mr.. w. B.
Bayley said: most OF the British me-
chanical inven tors who laid the founda-
ton Of our prosperity, and whose work
had given us our present commercial
supremacy, were mon OF very little
education, but Of strong individuality.
But the time was now past when iilit-