The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-08
PERSONAL AND lMPERsoNAL.
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CHARLES Gibson; Of ST Louis Upon
whom Emperor William bestowed the
Order OF the Crown, has Zone 70 Berlin
u express in person his appreciatiof Of
the. honor.
A bird fancier Of Washington, who
has twenty parrots, says that the nfsxii
can double-heads are the best talkerA
while the African grzys make the best
fnitnies and whistlers
The iieM hotels IN New York arc
criticised for theft Eaddy soloriilg and
slipshod gliding. There il ssia 70 b :
rage for gew-gaws scrolls cdpidA
dolphins, bats, storks and an army Of
uncanny and unnaniable things al
done up in plaster and smeared with
the colors Of the rainbow.
Jacob Sharp Is said to have taken .
fancy to tovejoy, the porter Of the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, and helped him 70 buy
stteet-railway stock when IL was very
cheap, and the fise III the talde Of the
stock has made Lovejoy rich man.
The old head porter Of the Grand Pacific
Hotel, Chicago, is said to be worth two
hundred and fifty Thousand dollars,
made in most part from points given
him by prominent business men.
"A man professionally Sunny" in
print il often a cause of perplexity to
his family from his habit of picking
up ..unconsidered tribes" and weaving
them into marketable web One such
person. whose notebook Is never at
hand, was heard repeating to himself
the chance remark of clever child
"Well," said his wife, what can you
make out OF that?" .Oh," was the lit
eral reply, .sAbout g. ~ Christian Union.
"A Washington paper femarlfsi "Al-
len Weir, the former editor OF the
Port Townsend Argus, is sort of
Muldoon in the new State of Washing
He is Secretary Of State, insurance COM
missioner. member OF the State land
comm ission, member OF commission to
select indemnity school lands, member
of the commission to select site for o
normal school, sealer OF weights and
measures, member Of the State board Of
equalization of the value ofdtide lands,
has to audit the State printing bill, has
supervision over the capitol building
grounds and is required to furnish sup
plies to the State officers and library
"A vegetarian Of New York has be-
come flesh eater since he discovered q
scientific law that he had not previous
ly been aware OF. Flo changed his mind
upon the diet question, and got con-
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proper edibles for mankind after he had
been assured by professor OF chemistry
that-beef, mutton and pork were mere
| ly transformed grass, vegetables and
grain" After bordering upon this in
teresting law Of chemical transforma-
! ton he came to the conclusion that
vege tarianism is q doctrine Of narrow
scope, and he adopted a new dietetic
policy, under which he now enjoys
tenderloin steaks, lamp chops and fried
bacon, not to speak OF slowed kidneys,
| pigs feet and tete de esau.
Who Is there In this great metropo-
lis that isn't acquainted with some one
named Smith? asks the New York
Times. And yet there are not 50 many
of them as is generally believed. II
one were asked to gness the number OF
Smiths in the city it would be quite
natural to place the figure as high as
10, 900. To be SINE, the new directory
devotes thirty-4xs1 columns to the dis
tinguished familg ,sbut there is only 2.
S24 OF them. or these 113 are plain
John Smiths and t22 are John-with-an.
initial Smiths The Browns number /,
$50, and there are eighty Brownies.
This is q decrease Of seven compared
with last year, when there were eighty.
seven. The decrease may be taken as
an Indication that the final Q is going
out of fashion.