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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-06-18
FALSE ASSUMPTIONS.
A Relic of the Old yoodooism of Repub-
lican Ranters.

A Relic of the Old voodooism of Repub-
lican Ranters.
An administration organ published
recently as a startling exhibit" Illus
trating how republican votes are sup
pressed in five States" table from the
fraudulent census showing the small
proportion of republican votes to the
coIored population in Alabama, Geor-
gia, louisa ma, Mississippi and South
Carolina.
This battered rag from the shredded
bloody shirt is drawn from four impu-
IDENTIFY false and oft-exploded assump-
tions:
/. That all the southern negroes are
republicans. O. That they desire to
vote the republican ticket but are pre-
vented from doing so. 8. That there is
any canvass or other effort made to in
duce them to vote, and 4. That the re-
publican party has done anything for
the colored people within the past
twenty years which should cause them
to give 1t their support.
From the day when the mass Of semi
barbarous ignorance at the south was
enfranchised to perpetuate the power of
the republican politicians until now the
leaders of that party have adhered with
Bourbonish persistency to the brutally
frank formula Of Thad Stevens: $50
many niggers. 50 many republican
votes"
Every, open-minded traveller at the
south learned long ago that this claim
is false. The defeat Of the infamous
force bill was the final failure to put
that theory in operation. The agents
of Quay and Dudley will never be able
to count the negro census as republican
votes.-N. Y. World.
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BLAINE's NEW BONANZA.
The Dual Part lie Is Playing for Polit
ical Advertisement.

The Dual Part lie Is Playing for Polit-
ical Advertisements.
Mr.. Blaine is reported to be ON the
eve of extending the reciprocity idea
into the domain of finance, with view
to establishing, through international
agreement, a uniform intrinsic value for
the silver dollar in all the states Of this
continent, and, ultimately, in all the
great commercial nations Of the world.
This plan, of course, could it be eff
fe .ted, would amount to monetizing
silver in the countries which enter into
1t. It has been attempted many times,
but the statesmen of Europe have never
had the courage to take STEP SO fatal
to the purposes of the single standard
interests. Mr.. Blaine seems to think
that could he consolidate his plan on
this continent, with its growing COM
mercial interests, the pressure might
become great enough to press the Eu-
ropean statesmen into it
AZ sort Of political middle man In
the role Of compromises in great nation
ell issues Mr.. Blaine certainly cuts 3
very interesting figure. Whatever the
suspicion Of insincerity that may have
come to attach to all he undertakes, he
Il at least original most remarkable
combination Of brains and incoherency
OF purpose and motive. Acting better
than he knows, he Is . gall>Ag thorn in
The side of hia party, which dares nell
they to- censure him severely nor put
him on: while he 4 giving away he
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-06-18
cor WHAT HE WANTED.
A ..Cantankerous'' Old Man Gets His mi Of
Fighting.

A .sCantankerous'' Old Man Gets His FiII OF
Fighting.
A dozen Of us sat watching a game of
quoits at a summer resort hotel in New
Hampshire, when little old man, who
looked as II he might have lived for q
century, came skating around with q
chip on his shoulder, and, after parad.
ing mp and down in front of the group,
he stopped and said:
Nobody dasn't do It! kin lick the
man who knocks this chip off my
shoulder!s
His defiance was so inconsistent with
his white hair and tottering legs that
everybody laughed, but he spit on his
hands, jumped up and knocked his heels
together, and shouted In his cracked
voice:
jest agree not to take the law on me
and I'll lick the best man in the crowdi
I'll leave 1t to Squar' johnson II I hain't
had over fifty fights in this county, and
made the other Teller holler every timer
At that moment boy about 10 years
Of age, who proved to be a son, came up
and said:
.'Come. dad; we'd better be GOING
"Not yits Bill, was the reply. "rve
come up here to lick somebody, and I'm
goin' to do 1t afore 4 go homel Put .
chip on my shoulder, Bill. and I'll dare
anybody to knock 1t off"
Come, father; these men don't want
to fight
but I'm spilin, Bill. I've got to maui
somebody OF bust I've been CROWN
cantankerouk fur six weeks, and the
climax hasl comet Whoopl I'll give
anybody q two-year-old steer to cali me
. liarl Who'll look cross-eyed at me fur
Ave dollars?''
The boy grabbed the old man BY the
collar and hip, gave him side twist,
and the next instant he was standing on
his head and being held in that position.
The boy took matters very calmly, and
while he held his father thus he ex-
planned:
II know just what to do with dad.
When he gets to boilin' over l have to
take It out Of him in this fashion
II give up. Bill; I'm licked manls
yelled dad. ON the heels Of the explain
alton; and as he was let up and started
for home he continued:
.Durn ye. Bill, Il yen only come 81
me rough-and-tumble and low me 10
kick and bite kin lick hoss- harmful
Of sich fellers e. you bei"-N. Y. Sun.
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IN REPUBLICAN CIRCLES.
Dependency In the @. o. p. over Its RI
Presidential Candidate.

Dependency In the g. o. p. over Its Pet
Presidential Candidate.
Two months ago almost any repub-
lican not holding federal office, If asked
to name the next nominee of his party,
hesitation, and almost any democrat
would have agreed with him; but in the
interim there has been . change, the eff
fects of which are becoming distinctly
visible. it is not change against Mr.
Blaine, for nearly all republicans looA
upon him as the one prominent pub
lie man they have who does not belong
to the past. It is sort of despair OF
him as an impossibility. The depression
which usually follows party defeat de-
veloped among republicans everywhere
after last November into enthusiasm
for Blame. This is rapidly changing to
apathy as the feeling grows that Mr..
Blaine is allowing his fortunes and the
fortunes of the party to be inextrieabiy
involved with the record made by Mr..
Harrison and with that gent1eman,s as
pirations for a second term.
The result is greater republican de-
spondency now than was observable
after the November defeat, the force OF
which was broken for republicans by
their confidence that with Blaine's
leadership they could retrieve them
selves. 1t is very evident that Mr..
Blaine has been greatly hampered by
this spontaneous and almost unanimous
expression of party confidence, 1t must
have greatly exaggerated Mr.. Har-
rison's antagonism for him. At any
rate there is a growing belief that his
position under the Harrison admins
tration, which he cannot abandon,
gives Mr.. Harrison an advantage over
him which cannot be overcome even by
the will of the party.
1t does not follow that Mr.. Harrison
will be renominated. Therparty is not
with him, but merely negative opposi-
ton will not count against the great in
-fuence of the federal effice-holders.
Unless the opposition unites on can
didate Mr.. Harrison will control the
convention, and the feeling is growing
among republicans that Mr.. Blaine is
in a position where they cannot have
the advantage of his leadership.-St
Louis Republic
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whole fnwafdness Of the great schtme3
which tax the masses 81 commercs and
In finance.
Neither Mr.. Blaine nor any other
statesman living Is big enough to in.
duce the great commercial nations Of
Europe to take step which would end
In the universal monetization Of silver.
The powerful meneyed interests. which
control values through assisting On al
exclusive gold standard AID casting RI
proach upon silver at etrfv oppoftth
nifty, will permit no Eufor can states
man to hazard 80 vital 4 source Of pow
err and wealth. Mr.. Blaine probably
understands this. but by holding out
the prospect of accomplishing such .
feat he gets an enormous political adj
vertisement, which Is probably his chief
aim In the matter.
In this matter Of silver, as In the tar
in reciprocity business, it Is amusing
to see Mr.. Blaine coneiliating the pow
ers both Of protectionism and Of orthos
dox finance, through schemes, the
logical outcome of which, If carried
out, would be free trade and free
money. South America has proved a
bonanza for him as lever by which to
get pry under the policies which his
party regard as most vital. It is man
of no small genius who thus manages
to figure as friend and traitor at the
same time.-Boston Globe.
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CONSOLATION.


There's another land and better
We arc told,
Where the slave shakes on his letter.
And where worth IL never debtor
Unto gol1
Thither OFTEN We are turning
Weary eyes.
And our heavy hearts are yeHrnin0.
Night and day arc throbblng, burning.
For its skies.
There that foolish superstition.
Pride OF birth,
Finds its sudden demolition
And our beings Anal mission
Is Of worth.
There the insolence OF power
Falls away.
And the proudest soul must COVER.
:. For the spirit takes no dover
From the clay.
Common lives have wondrous splendor
In that light,
: For the spirit meek and tender
Puts to shame the kings defender
Shorn Of might.
Natures touched with fires seraphio
Shed their care,
And on peace-girt islands Sapphic,
Far from fretful toll and traf1c,
Dream and dare.
Laws through years OF wrong descended
There are changed;
Customs with injustice blended,
Creeds for centuries defended,
Rearranged.
Heaven has soiace without measure
You and
Should not dream Of earthly pleasure,
But should think about our treasure
In the sky.
George Horton, In Chicago Herald.
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Labor Thrown AWAY,

Editor Scrabbles (of the Bugville
ClarionJ Emily, where did all this
trumpery come from? ..=.ss.a.ls.,,u..
Mrs. Scrabbles-T rumpery? William,
got all those towels and tablecloths
and cakes of soap for three dollars and
seventy-five cents from a peddler that
called this morning. That's just about
half what would have to pay at any =
what's the matter, William?
Editor Scrabbles quitting on his over
coat again with dreadful calmness)--
Nothing, Emily. nothing only I've put
in all the afternoon on a two-coiumn
editorial giving all the people that buy
goods of wandering peddlers particular
fits and urging every reader of the Clar-
ion that has any self-respect or public
spirit to deal only with our home mer-
chants. I'm going back to the Office to
kill that editorial, Emily. That's ALL
Chicago Tribune.
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NOTES loa POLITICIANS.

The republican spoils-mongering
politicians of the south are getting
together" to pick out the new federal
judges for their section. No one doubts
that President Harrison will select the
entire nine from his own party. There
has not been another president in
thirty years who would have been
capable Of such an act of bigoted and
scandalous partisanship. IN. Y. World.
-"If they have done nothing else. =
says Mckinley, speaking of Reeds
rulings, they have made the majority
responsible to the people for the legis
lation it passes. And when Mr.. Nc
Kinley from the gallery looks over
the new congress and sees two hum
bred and forty democrats and only
eighty nine republicans, will he not
wish his party hadn't taken quite 90
much responsibility? Boston Globe.
$500 Maj. Mckinley told his hearers
at Worcester the other night that all
revenue needed for the maintenance Of
the government must be raised by
some sort Of taxation at home. "You
cannot tax any other nation in the
world, he said. "a tax gatherer cam
not reach the property Of the citizen OF
any other country in the world. The
foreigner is absolutely exempt from
every civil and military obligation OF
our government But We have beer
told by the apostles Of McKinleyism
that the foreigners pay all the duties
for the privilege Of sharing our market
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-06-18
TAKING NO RISKS.
The Economical Methods Of . Close Fiste
Yankee.


Yankee.
How long ago 1t was do not know
exactly, but in the days when squirrels
were as plentiful in the woods OF West
chester county as rats on South street,
and the quail in the swamps were as
numerous as the sparrows in Madison
Square, there lived an old countryman
named Milo Keeler.
Milo was fox-hunter Of the primi-
tive school, aud not being aware that
pack Of hounds and y banged tailed steed
were the necessary requisites Of the
sport relied only on his steady aim and
long fint-lock rife Of revolutionary
antecedents.
Besides being dead shot, Milo was
about as mean and close-fsted Yankee
as ever lived few miles outside the
Connecticut line; and 1t was this little
peculiarly Of his which gave rise to q
story that still fingers as pleasant
and merry tale In the minds OF q large
number Of the ancient inhabitants.
One day neighbor who was strolIing
through the woods after gray squirrels,
came across Milo as he stood half hid
behind large oak tree, hurriedly ram
ming q bullet into his antique weapon.
A large red fox sat on q knoll few
hundred yards away and watched the
proceedings with the quiet air Of dis
interested spectator.
Coin ter try another shot; how cum
yer ter miss him?s asked the neighbor,
in a low tone Of voice.
.Shuclxsl ! didn't miss; can't afford
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-06-18

PERSONAL AND lMpsRsoNAla

An incautious burglar entered -
sleeping apartment q an eat.or y NAL.
villes Ga The cditor bounced npon = - Il
6serpoweIed MN, ana maue - ooAlsz =
by the tinat
"A ConcordfAs knsts prehcner 49,
valuable horse blenkcs stolen unss
the progrcss Of series q reviSsl 1900
Ines. In few days the tfse{ ~ ~ 80 y.
vefted ~ the prencher's words y. ~
6ext day returned the stolen y
ana confessed his SIN
--Bernhhftlts nine performances y
Boston aggregated ~, $50. g. the lssg-
est amount ever drawn " that CITY "
any actress or singer IN sDs same mum
Der OF appearances Ana - ssss -
thinks = an outrage that she siioal1 ~
Prank Higgins, who married Ia
Lewis Watson, the Massachusetts poeSs
ess Of passion, SIX months ago. nas
changed his name TO Glenerue, ~ order
70 secure, 90 his wife says, fortune
left by an Irish uncle ~ trust sor nv
ION, Il he should have one.
Sir William Gordon-C Cummings
family place ut Altyre, Morayshire. -
one Of the most beautiful places ~
Scotland, and the richly woodrQ
demesne contains moro than hfteen
miles Of grass drives. There are nearly
fourteen thousand acres Of frstrats
grouse cover.
An eccentric tragedian, whose chief
attraction Il the hardihood with which
he faces guying evidences, and cnducs
such appreciation as rs expressed ~
showers Of stale vegetables and vener
able eggs, has been compelled 70 pro-
tect himself by net stretched ecr,sa
the stage. Now the. boys attacS him
with putty-blowers
"A Louisville, KY, lady has present.
ed her pastor with q remarkable ring. II
Is probably the only one Of the kind II
the world. It contains twelve precious
stones, the same as were In the Aaronic
high priests breast-plate, AID arranged
In the same order-sardius, emerald
figure, beryl, topaz sapphire, agate,
onyx, carbuncle, diamond, amethyst
and Jasper
There was q lively scrappinQ match
between two Indiana liQhtweiQhts the
other night. and when the victor re-
turned TO his home In Seymour, pulled
up over his victory and 500 In his poclz-
ct, his mother realized that his egotism
might prove his downfall II not nipped
In the bud. She therefore squared on
and broke his Jaw, and knocked him
out in the second round.
Baron Maurice de Hirsch's sigma
ture to the document by which he gives
81, SOC, 900 TO ameliorate the condition Of
his countrymen In America Is thus de-
scribed: "There WAS q bold start, 1
wild zirzaorinr OF pen marks mn and
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-06-18
Great place ..r Papers.

The little republic of Uruguay has
more newspapers in proportion to its
people than any country on the globe.
The city of Montcvideo, its capital, has
more daily newspapers than London
nearly twice as maryland three times
as many as the city of New York. In
Buenos Ayres there are fourteen or
fifteen daily papers, large number Of
weeklies and several monthly period
icals of high literary character, and
large circulation. There is scarcely q
town Of any size in Brazil, Chilli or the
Argentine Republic without its daily
paper, and the same may be said OF
Central America and the countries
along the Spanish main. Inter Ocean
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-06-18
6F GENERAL INTEREST.

1
The Romans ktfe the wisest anA
best makers Of laws the sstvld has ever
seen. Indeed all modern Europe has
learned more Or less from them, and
mslny nations, especially Of the so-calfed
Latin races, xfe stin governed almost
gntifely BY TIE roman on civil laws.
though III England the origin Of law 4
quite different
1T is claimed that In tiis slate paper
office 1T London there Is : copy, ters
hsps the only one extank of folio
newspaper sheet Public Occurrences, |"
printed At Boston, and bearing date
September 20, 1890, 70 be issued MONTH
y or oftener. and printed ~ r. Pierce,
for Benjamin Harris. at the London
Coffee House, 1890.
The first coins struck by the United
States mint were some half-dimes, In
1872; the first dimes were struck in
France from old silver family plate fur
nished by Washington, the coins being
known ~ Martha Washington Dismcs''
from the circumstances as noted; and an
adaptation Of the Liberty head to that
of Martha Washington.
He Was Lost--An Ohio man who
undertook short cut through the
woods Of Northern Michigan found
himself lost, and being afraid Of travel
ing In circle he camped down in one
spot for two days and let q hunter find
him. He wasn't q bit consoled at after
wards discovering that he was all the
time within half mile Of town Of
600 people. Detroit Free Press
"A New York life insurance CON-
pany, insuring only sound and gener-
ally young animals, worth between 500
and 500 each, reports that Of 704 horses
dying within the past five years, 1888
died Of collie, n Of Inflammation Of the
bowels, - Of kidney trouble, 81 Of
pneumonia, 50 Of spnstroke, 80 Of pink
eye, 81 OF lockjaWs 2s Of brolenslegs,
10 Of epizootic, 10 Of heart disease, {
of blind staggers, 8 were killed by
runaways, were drowned, Q were
killed by lightning, 1873 died Of UNI
known diseases, and only. 8 were
burned.
"A distinguished judge once adj
dressed the prisoner as follows:
th,nIrs Won inrocant. the counsel ~
tbe ,,rosec,,,ir,,, tfi,,,,s s,,roesa4.r
think Won innocent Rut . iurv ~
vonr own conntrvmen Il the exerc,se
~ s,,cb comnon sanse e tbev ,,ossass
which does not seem st - h much have
found- Won .gu,,tv ana q crer sins that
/ ahorid nass rnor ~, tba sarterc. ~
tbe law That sarfenca & tbat ~, e
kent In Imprisonment for..one day. and
as that day was Yesterday. YOU NAV 90
about your business ~ Dry Goods
Chronicle.
"A singular renort has been SAINT "a
the branch hvdrorranhic ~, of,ace Nv Cant
pettinridga ,na.tsr "a the sbir Tac,,
EcL ,vh;cb has Inst arr,rad n H ;esr,,,,
Jansn after . nm - ,ss dsvs f,e,,
pbiladaIphis savs the phs,adsI,hia
Record 4 sincniar nhenomanon Nv,
-asr ~ Jannarv 81 srnr, a. dac,,s -
tbe Fool, EcL when the vasse, ~ as s,, 4
denly surrounded IN : boiling whirl-
mol resemhiinU tbe lower rsrt - .
waterspout In short time tha vss.al
was Surrounded bv watersnouts travei-
inc q iii directiora ona - ~. sn.,,ts
was aoo feet hiob and : nothar vas s.sr
inside az Il wb;rIinc a contrarv
ditect,on A. soon as tha ,sla s,,hs;dad
Al disanneared hrt IN. ,vb;ch 80
verv larga Suddan,v tongr. ~
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-06-18

Ethel The way that Clara fiirts Il
perfectly shameful.
Maud Don't be too hard on her, dear.
Remember that you were once young
youraelf. Munaey's Weekly.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-06-18

Committeeman How. long will your
lecture be?
Lecturer--It will take me about an
hour and half to deliver it
Committeeman--Bu But we want the en-
tertainment to last two-hours.
Lecturer-W Well, it probably will,
when you allow for the applause. a.
Saturday Evening Herald.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-04-09

This is the month for buying linens =
next month you will clean house. During
this month Fresr will make special lead
or Of every article 10 the Housekeeping
Dept. We can only mention . few items
but come and see for yourself. so cent
grade bali bleached table Damask 80 cent,
per yard. 65 cent blesched table Damash
80 cents per yard. 81 IL cent hslf'bleach
ed table DAmask Is cents per yard. Ex.rs
large. heavy, Marseilles pattern Counter
psnes 80 cents each, and ct present are
considered cheap at 81. 80 Austrian Nap
kius. makers price sl.62 l 2 Frears price
Tor lew doz u only sl,25 per z,n. Fine
Msrseiiles CouLtsrpsnes' value s. each. II
90 each. Full blesched Honey comb and
Fancy Woven Towels cents each. 60 per
dozen. Extra large White Turkish Towels,
80 cents ones for rs cents esch. Same
price by dozen. Erskine. Beveridge 4 Gu. &
celebrated oiled boiled, fast color Turkey
Red Table Dsmask. 90 patterns to select
from. st 30 cents per yard Our former
so cent Red Damask, AlexAnder's make. IL
nov 81 ! 2 cents per yard. Twilled Tow.
cling. both bleached aud brown cents
per yard Fine Huck Toweling. soft. 4
yards rs cents.
Housekeeping Dept,
FRRAa's Troy BAZAAR.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1891-04-09

While G. g. Currisr. engineer 81 The
Brattieboro sylum. sat 10 bis chair 10 b.,
engine-room Sunday, . patient. Who ws'
bringing 10 wood. crept up steslthiIy and
deal. him terrible blow across the face,
breking bis Dose and otherwise dis6surins
him, aud throwing him insensibls on the
door Curri-r viii probably recover.
The old Pierce tavern 81 South Royal,on,
buit more tbsn hundred years ago. and
for half . century one Of the noted bali
vsy house where the stages connecting
Vermont With Boston used to stop for .
change OF horses. and we're old time team
s,en where won, TO stop for nights rest,
going 10 or coming from Boston. 10 10 be
reopsped Tor the travelling public.