The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-02-12

Or 6ENERAL INTEREST.
carroll III, hos ! colt with ssfs ana
h6sS like : CALI
"A oolored kifi IL sid By the New
York artists 70 b theif iihest shaped
model
"A large banana tree in : green house
u Flint Mich. IL bearing small bunch
u ffuik
4 6ndffzbox c0fitainffg three gold
rings was uncarthed ID the excavation
Tor 81 stinex ~ the Niles works 1t Hsihs
tjton, O
There Is tremendous activity iii
the toy division Of the Pa tent OHice.
especially In automatic toys that can
talk and walk.
Tho largest cotton planter in the
world IL James 8 Richardson. Of New
Orleans who owns ~. 600 acres OF cotton
land and employs Q. 900 negroes He has
refused an English syndioats's offer Of
90, 800, 900 for his plantations
There 10 . curiously nar1Gd literary
society IN London. the ful1< re RI kich
n the xUdd v61ume u
month orm-a-perfect-sette; object
conviyiality and mutual admiration"
Vt is commonly known - ''Ye Settle Of
Odd Volumes
"A Boston school teacher. whoclaims
to be literary. punctuated and gave q
paragraph rs follows: Them Followed
q. scene Of The; widest confusion22
strong. men trembled and. turned Pale!l
while women Sank; down in despaire. !"
Detroit Free Press
-Anewspaper at Newcastle, England,
COMMEMORATE It's centenary by repub-
fishing its first issue During the day q
country couple called at the, Office to
answer an advertisement for help on
. farm. They werc informed they
were one hundred years late.
"A vegetarian recommends as days
food for an adult three pounds Of ripe
fresh fruit one pound of dried fruit
(6gs, dates prunes raisins or sultanas).
half . pound Of almonds or nuts wal
nuts, Brazils, filberts, etc, J, four eggs
and . quarter to half pound of.cheese
Dutch or Gruyere).
"A skilled numismat;c has devised
an ingenious method of exhibiting coins
which 10 now used in English museums.
The pulling of lever rotates q frame
containing cards In which the coins are
inserted-in such manner that the OBJ
verse and reverse, with full descrip-
ton Of each coin, are shown at the will
of the observer.
james Lick. the philanthropist left
$780, 600 to San Francisco for free baths
"a real wash-house for the working
poor who have no baths at home. The
institution is now ready and open. It
has sixty rooms for men and forty for
women. The wallis are Of white tile,
the tubs are enameled- Thirty minutes
Is allowed for bath.
The following will give an idea of
what Boston Is spending upon some of
its principal buildings: The new court
house will cost perhaps from e. 0o0, 900
IS, 900, 600; the State house extension.
S. 900, 900; the public library 81, 500, 900;
the Syndicate building on State street
81 600, 900 or 50. 600, 900; the Ames build
ing ct the foot of Court street, $500. 900,
and the Sears building repairs and al
terations. $500 900.
Sir Morell Mackenzie is authority
for the statement that most OF the lead
ing actors suffer from relaxed condi-
ton OF the upper throat brought on, he
believes entirely by smoking; but
actresses are rarely affected that way
He has noticed the same thing in public
speakers and clergymen. He saysthat
for a delicate throat the usual smokes
laden atmosphere of common railway
smoking car 10 even worse than the
actual use Of tobacco
AN artists habit OF quick and ac-
curate observation sometimes stands
him in good stead. Long years before
the photograph was heard Of, the fam
GUS Mulready, while walking along o
deserted London street late at night,
was despoiled by a highwayman. The
artist on arriving home drew the mans
face very carefully and took the sketch
to Bow street The robber was capt
ured within fortnight his apprehen-
sion being due entirely to the picture
"A salmon taken at Astoria, Oregon.
had silver Waltham watch and chain
In its mouth. The watch had evidently
laid in the water for years, as the steel
portions crnmbled to dust whom touched.
Its presence in the salmon's mouth is
accounted for by the fact that salmon at
this season Of the year will eagerly bite
at any bright object and the watch and
chain had been caught by the net drag
cling on the bottom. As 1t was hauled
in it attracted the attention Of the
salmon. and he took 1t In
-Hand-painted dress shirts are the
latest novelty devised BY Paris for tho
New York young men The design il
to be in consonance with the wearer's
predictions A miniature regetta in
water colors will adorn the manly front
of.sthc yachtsman. Dogs and horses
will dot themselves over the shirt front
OF the sportsman Bicycles OF Lilipu-
tian dimensions will appear ON the
bosoms of those who bestride the real
article. A little inappropriate to the
dinner hour the ball and the theater,
how much more so 10 this hand-paint-
ing to the laundress and the wash tubi
MANkIND'S VANITY.
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