The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-06-25

or GENERAL INTEREST.
The waltz had is beginning in Ger
many, and thence WINS taken to France,
shortly after which It was introduced
into England. Hungary was the birth
place Of the galopade or galop, and
from Poland came the stately polonaise
or polacca and mazourlxa
1t Doesn't Pay.--Out Of fifty coun.
terfeiters arrested in the Lass eighteen
months, only twenty-thrce Of them had
passed fifty dollars worth Of the
queer" and only Ave Of them had made
. profit Of three dollars per day for the
time engaged II doesn't pay rs well
as saving wood at sixty cents q cord,
and arrest y sure TO CONG within a year
or two. Detroit Free Press
A London magistrate one day had
/ . little boy as q witness In . case be-
fore him, and he thought fit, according
TO the usual practice. to sest the boys
orthodoxy BY first asking. In parental
way, whether he knew where bad peo-
| pie went TO after they were dead 1is
lordshfp was very much disconcerted
| by the ready answer: mo, don't; NO
more don't you; nobody don't know
that"
"A western man has i. scheme for
decreasing drunkenness. He would es-
tabiish state inebriate asylum and
compel those who make and sell liquor
pay for Its maintenance. He would tax
the distiller 81 900, the wholesaler $500
and the retailer S1o0a year in its behalf.
Then he would treat drunkenness as
insanity and confne all drunkards In
the asylum until they are permanently
cured.
The oldest married couple IN the
world Is to be found in La Quinparte,
Mimi. Mr.. Daniel Salisbury completed
his 103d year on December IA, and HIS
wife is seven years older. They were
married in January, 1911 Until recent
ly this venerable pair lived by them
selves in o log house on the Yellow
Bank river, and both are described as
being still in good health. On his Tooth
birthday, Mr.. Salisbury walked to Bell
ingham and back, distance of seven
miles each way.
Passengers at lakewood Station,
near Liverpool, Eng, had startling
experience the other day, A porter on
walking along the platform was con.
fronted by full-grown lioness which
Immediately raised herself as If about
to spring The porter gave an alarm,
and there was general stampede, the
station master closing the door and
leaving the lioness in possession. A
neighboring farmer succeeded in wound
ing the animal, after which it wal
dispatched with a large hammer. It /.
a fine animal, and is supposed to have
strayed from menagerie.
The Pharmaceutical Era tells Of Ave
ways to cure cold: /. Battle the fec
In hot water take pint of hot lemon
ade. Then sponge with salt water ant
remain, In warm room. Q. Battle thu
face in very hot water every Ave min
utes for an hour. 8. snuff up the nos
trils hot salt water every three hours
g. Inha1e ammonia or menthol. 5
Take four hours active exercise in Thu
air. A ten-grain dose Of quinine will
usually break up cold in the begin
ming. Anything that win set the bloot
in active circulation will do it, whethei
| it be drugs or the use of a bucksaw.
AT the town of Ulxiah, IN northern
California, last summer, i was handel
i a small sheet Of paper by the vitlag.
bill-poster, which have preserved as
curiosity, says writer in the Globe
Democrat 1t was an advertisement o,
the Elite restaurant. Meals at al
hoursssprice two bits, and all that sor
of thing. The striking feature of tn,
bill, however, was q line in large, blacl
type, which read: Cooking done by
white lady" never could quite under
stand this remarkable distinction IL
cooks. Evidently colored or Chimes.
women had previously done the cook
! ing In Qixiah.
The St. Louis Globe Democrat tell
of q commercial traveller who probably
carries the most unique sample" u
the profession. It is nothing less thar
q, human body three years old, an ex
ample of the efficacy of q certain EN-
balming fluid. For three years thi
mummy has been transported on tn,
railroads as q sample case would; and
indeed, there is no outward sign whicl
would indicate the uncanny nature o
its contents. In this instance the longel
the body is preserved the more Of al
advertisement it is for the fluid In tn,
veins of the ssstiff." The box Is zin
n lined and does not exceed the limits o
the railroad excess baggage rule. il
weight
MERITS or THE SMALL FLAT
II What Recommendations 1t Offers to Mel
i OF Moderate Means.
i What sort OF house ought mai
to live in who has a moderate