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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-04-02

The appropriation of over a
thousand million dollars by the
last Congress has been figured out
b3 Philadelphia paper to very
small after all amounting to only
2 cents day for each person in
the United States. ssThe average
laboring man. says the New York
World, learns say 80 day and
has wife and 8 children to sup
port. His share in this burden
will be 10 cents a day, or $3.50 a
year! Is that a trifie to be made
light Of, a thing Of no conse-
auences Does the workingman
with = family SO regard IT.! Is he
pleased to have $3.50 taken out
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-04-02

or WEST VIRGINIA.

STATE of WEoi siESiN ,,
LOGAN tgrxTr, ao-Nn
AT Rules held ~ the once q the t,ierk
of the { ircuif Court q said Lounty on
the tiret Monday IN Maren 1911
r. &. Whited, guardian
for Khoda Mead, late
Rhoda barcum,
W.
Albert Mead and Khoda Ia thaneery
Mead, Polly Marelltn, y.
n. Huston, IL. -. Trout.
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50 far We have no organization
Of the Farmers Alliance in this
county. We are in hearty SYM
pathy with the movement, but
think Of it as we have always
thought Of our Prohibition breth-
rem, that more of real COOL can be
accomplished by leayening the
old parties with their views than
by inaugurating separate party.
The good old Democratic idea Of
fairness to all interests and classes
is all that the farmers need
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Of his wages and 4 large part Of II
given to pension sharks, contrac-
tors, sugar planters and the like2
And that is not all by any means.
The workingman not only pays
this 1880 as his share OF the gov
ernment's wastcful expenditure,
but must pay another tax, not to
the Government, but to the mon
opolists Of the country for their
private enrichment lie must pay
tribute to them upon almost every
thing that he and his family buy,
and the tribute is a very heavy
one, made heavier BY the deliber-
ate act a this same Fifty-irst
Congress which appropriated the
billion Of dollars IN two years II
is no wonder that a tax-ridden
people rebukcd and repudiated
the party responsible for the OPP
preston, by an overwhelming de-
feat at the polls last November"
Gazette.
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NOTICE.

All persons indebted to G.. T.. IIudA
gins, NJ. d, late OF Logan G. H., W..
Va, by note, account or otherwise win
save costs Of law suit by calling at the
Office OF \. r. Kelly ut the Court House
Of said county after the first publication
Of this notice and liquidatc said indeht-
cfincss. last day or grucc.
). r. NELLY, Attorney.
Logan G. IL, M. VA, April Iii, 1901,
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.

To THx yOrrys or I.ooAx cousTy.
take this method ~ announcing my
eeH 4 eauditlate for the Office 81 G0ilnfy
Superintendent Of Free schools for
Logan County. II elected promise tn
do i'll III my power to elevate the stand
nrd u edueafIon in the County BY visit
Ing the schools and urging the teachers
10 4 full discharge u their duty.
Respectfully,
r.. II. BARKER.
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All persons are hereby warned against
trespassing, in any way, npon any Of
the lands owned by james A. Nighbert,
individually, or by Nighbcrt & Wood,
or Jointly By J. A. NigIibert and other
persons. The law will be rightly, en-
forced against all tresspassers.
II. G. RAGLASD, Agent.
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q
John Murphy In Assampsit
j. s. Rittenhousc. Attachment.
The object Of this suit is to recover 4
judgment against the defendant for the
sum Of 1920 for the value Of d lot Of
poplar saw log timber sold by plaintiff
to defendant, aud TO attach sufficient
estate found IN the County Of Logan
and State Of West Virginia, and moneys
and effects in the hands Of Elliott Ruth
erford and John Scott belonging to and
owned by said defendant, to pay of and
satisfy the same. with the costs Of these
proceedings. This day came the plain
Tiff by his Attorneys, and on his motion
and tappearing by affidavit filed insaid
cause, that the defendant j. s. Ritten-
house is II nonresident Of this State, it
is therefore ordered that he do appear
her at Rules to be held in the Clerk s
office Of the Circuit Court of Logan
County on the first Monday in the
month of April next, and do what is
necessary to protect his interest in this
suit.
+. G. WHITED, Clerk.
Shumate Il Anderson, d. n.
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The books 81 >. 4. Nighbert are III
my hands and 81 persons knowing
themselves = be indebted to him viii
please come oDrward and make settles
menf. II. 6. RAaLAxD,
ATTORNEY.
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Congressman William i. Will
son will deliver the annual Grafton
before the alumni Of the Tniver-A
sity Of Virginia this year.
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eeoeo. 90 ! year 4 being made By John r.
Goodwin, Ifey ny ,,nt work for u<. liosder.
you may nst t,nke % much, but NJ can
Trash ycn qulchiy bow tsrana nom Us 70
80 a.tay - IN start. and nse1r. ~ You ~
.ou- both sexes, ~ arss. In Any part "
'Ir< AL yorr tj,rr ~ fiart iupn,eufs only 70
~ work Az = ner Cttaf ray a. n nv
every ~s.fHtr Nt <leff van. f.r.I1kIn ~
sssfSlbinf. EASILY. ti'EEiliI.f llsru<I
"a IkIIst'L4 Ii5 fiiI:i Ad.It>sp u sliss.
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y
Special t,ommissi

77- RIPVCItfI SVfIfrff1Ss-fOIFCI'
/, T. c. Whited, Clerk of the Circuit
Court of Logan County, do certify that
the above named Special Commissioner
has given bond with approved security
as required by the decree Of the said
Court.
, Il. C. WHIrED, Clerk.
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JAMES NJ. CnAFIN,
Special COMMISSIONS

hereby certify that bond with APP
proved personal security has been given
by the above Special Commissioner as
provided by decree aforesaid.
Il. G. WHIrED, Clerk.
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Under and by virtue of decree Of
the Circuit Court Of Logan County, w.
Va, made and entered at the October
Term 1890, Of said Court, in n cause
therein pending, wherein J. +. Peek is
plaintiff and Floyd J. Comfy, John II.
Farmer, w. w. Comfy, Henry Hensly
and Alexander Burt II are defendants.
The undersigned who WAS appointed a
Special Commissioner for that purpose,
will on the both day Of April 1891, be-
tween the hours of 10 o'clock a. IN. and
4 o'clock p. an, offer for saleat the front
door OF the Court House of said Coun-
ty and State, at public auction, to high
est bidder, the following real estate :
One half undivided interest in 200 acres
Of land, situate at the three forks Of
Crawley's Creek Of Guyandotte River,
in Logan County, West Virginia.
TERMS OF SALE: One third cash in
hand OH day Of sale, and the remainder
in two equal installmcnts in six and
twelve months, taking notes for defer
red instailments with good security
bearing interest from day OF sale, and
the legal title retained until purchase
money is paid in full.
I y
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ORDER Or PUBLICATION.
sTATE Or WEST VIRGINIA.,

At Rules held in the Clerks office Of
the Circuit Court Of Logan County on
the first Monday in the month Of March
1891
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Commissioners Sale Of Real Estate.
p. X. McComas
VS. In Chancery.

p. X. McComas
VS. In Chancery.
w. w. Conlcy, ct al.
BY virtue of the authority vested in
the undersigned Special Commissioner
by Il decree of the Circuit Court Of Eo-
gan County, West Virginia, made and
entered in the above entitled cause, on
the 18th day of October 1890, shall, at
the front door of the Court House Of
Logan County, on the Goth day Of April
1891, proceed to sell by way of public
auction to the highest bidder, the undi-
vidcd one-half interest of the said w.
w. Conley in and to Il certain tract of
300 acres Of land, more or less, situated
on Crawley's Creek in said County.
TERMS OF SALR:-Onc third cash in
hand on day of sale; one third in six
months and the residue in twelve
months, the purchaser to give bond with
good personal security for the deferred
payments, with interest from the day Of
sale. Given under my hand this l4th
day Of March 1891.
j. i. PECK, JR.,
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Ssmmissioner,s Sale Of Real Estate.

Shurnate Il Anderson, p. q.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-03
--
PROTECT THE PIGS.
How Many PrOmising Young Animals Are
Ruined by Their Owners.

How Many Promising Young Animals Are
Ruined by Their owners.
When only the scrub hog was bred
upon our farms we did not give the
care that the improved pig must have,
because he did not seem to require it.
Nor did he, because he had a thick
hide and over this heavy coat of hair.
But. in carrying on our Improvements,
we have thinned the hide and in some
cases almost entirely bred the hair off.
breeding in fat instead. When we add
to these changes the artificial habits
under which we keep our breeding
stock-artificial as compared to the
habits Of the swine of forty years ago
it will be wise to consider the young
pigs-the product of this artificial
state-as requiring special care and
protection from the time they are far
rowed till they are pretty well grown.
1t is an error to suppose that . sum-
mer rain is not harmful to pigs. Many
farmers acting under this error permit
their weanlings to nest in the fence
corners upon the bare earth-very wet
earth after rainstorm. No matter
what season Of the year this is in. even
midsummer, pigs will pile upon each
other under such circumstances. get
overheated, take cold, cough, and
wheeze as though it were December or
March. This irritation of the air pas
sages being commenced during the
summer and fall, paves the way for a
continued irritation Of the air passages
during the winter. barring out all hopes
OF thrift. The summer and fall seasons
are especially well calculated for build
ing the system up to meet the trials of
the cold season close at hand; but neg
lect of the kind pointed out bars all
chance for hardness and healthy
growth. The weanling that contracts
q severe cold in summer had better be
dispatched and put under the sod. as
the chances will be against his paying
for the feed and nursing he will re-
quire during the winter.
In addition to trouble in the breath
ing apparatus, stiffness of muscles may
set in accompanied by rheumatic pain.
The breeder of experience is presumed
to have often enough seen the various re-
suits that come of exposure to wet and
chilly nights not to require any word
of caution as he has long since learned
that the high bred pig is not SO hardy
as the more recent descendant of the
wild woods hog of history. Not only
do we meet with lung trouble and
rheumatic pains as stated, but inflam-
nation of the eyes is engendered by
exposure in summer. Especially is
this true when pigs are permitted to
sleep upon a manure pile. Ammonia
engendered in manure is particularly
irritating to the eyes. It's power may
be better understood when we consider
its effects upon the glass windows of
stables where manure and urine have
accumulated. The writer remembers
the entire destruction of valua BILE
herd of Berkshires from sleeping upon
a manure pile. Ii allowed to select for
himself, no pig will select a wet nest.
but he will, on the other hand, carry
straw or other dry litter quite dis
lance, that he may be kept above even
the dampness of ordinary earth.-Prai-
! RE Farmer
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AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
a NOVEL RAT TRAP.

An Easy Way Of Poisoning Rodents With
out Danger to Poultry.
As rats destroy large numbers Of
young chicks. and are difficult to catch
in traps, or to poison them without at
the same time injuring or poisoning
the chicks, the illustration shows a
cheap and easy mode of poisoning rats
without danger to the eats. fowls or
chicks. Make box two feet long. one
foot wide and one foot high Tor use a
soap box If necessary. and have a top
to it that can be raised up At each
end. about four inches from the floor,
cut hole Ii inches in diameter.
Never raise the top unless to put in
the feed or to take out dead rat.
Place some corn meal in q pan and
leave it in the box. In the illustration
the holes are shown at A A. the top at
u. and the pan Of feed at G.
As the rat will feel safe and secure
from the cat. and will prefer the two
holes, SO as to have better opportu-
mites for escape. it will soon find out
the box. and will also soon learn to eat
the meal Once the rat tastes the
meal Tor other food and finds it to be
wholesome, or free from poison, it will
come every night for the meal and
bring other rats. DO not poison them
at first. but wait until they have feasted
for a week, when all their suspicious
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-03
HER LITTLE WELL.
Guess She Made 1t for the Robins WithOu
knowing 1t.


Guess She Made 1t for the Robins without
Knowing 1t.
Papa. somebody piled the water
out my we'll"
''Oh, l guess it leaked out" papa said.
but it touldn't," insisted baby.
1.-THE ground soaked it up" papa said.
Baby shook her head.
''F'ed piled it out" she said.
Fred was her brother. and was year
older than herself. Whenever anything
went wrong with baby she blamed him.
That wasn't quite fair. to be sure, but
then she had some excuse for it.
Where is your well:" papa asked.
"Yite out here" baby said, as she
pointed to nearby shed. Il dug it
with tick. Come and see it"
She led him to it, her chubby hand in
his. 1t wasn't bad sort of well for
baby to make.
Papa was surprised to find that she
had set an old fruit can into the hole.
The can was water-tight, and she had a
right to think somebody had spilled it.
"Well fill up the well with water,
and then watch it," papa said.
1.-The mex one I'll dig, oh, ever SO
deep!' baby cried. I'm put veal
pump in it, SO mamma can Diet water"
Early the next morning baby was
standing by the open bedroom window.
Papa was getting ready to go down to
breakfast.
"Oh, look. papa! look" baby cried.
in great excitement. 1.-Two Massey wob
bins are 'pillin' the water in my we'll. !"
Papa walked to the window, looked
out, and laughed. One of the robins
was in baby's well, taking a bath.
"Those robins have nest in the lilac
bushes" papa said. do you know
what they are thinking?"
No, papa. What is the wobbins fink
ing?"
''They are thinking: oh, isn't this
just grand! Baby put it here for us,
and it was very nice in her, wasn't it""
Baby's face grew very thoughtful,
and then pleased smile spread over it.
I'm glad they like my well" she ex-
claimed. II dess / JUS made it for
them without KNOWN it,"
Then she added: Papa, Fed didn't
| pill the water. / blamed him wrong
that time, didn't l, papa?"-Frank II.
Stautfer. in Youths Companion.
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TELL THE TRUTH.
How q BOY May Build Up an Enviabl
Reputation for Himself

How BOY May Build Up an Enviable
Reputation for Himself.
My boy. the first thing you want to
Learnt you haven't learned how to do
it already-is to tell the truth. The
pure, sweet, refreshing, wholesome
truth. The plain, unvarnished. simple,
everyday. manly truth. with a little
st" Truth with big "T'-the vague,
intangible. unmeaning Truth of the
man with an ism" and the woman
with fad-has been arrayed by her
votaries in SO many robes of garish hues
and ever-varying colors that Joseph, in
his sunday coat. would look like a nun
in mourning alongside of her. Just yoa
tell the truth.
For one thing. it will save you SO
much trouble. Oh, heaps OF trouble.
And no end of hard work. And a ter
vible strain upon your memory. Some
times-and when ] say sometimes,
mean great many times-it is hard to
tell the truth the first time. But when
you have told it there is an end of it.
You have won the victory; the fight is
over. Next time you tell that truth
You can tell in without thinking. Youl
memory may be faulty, but you tel
your story without a single lash from
the singing whip Of that stern. old
master-conscience. You dom
have to stop and remember how yo,
told it yesterday You don't get hall
through with it, and then stop with thu
awful sense upon you that you are no
telling it IS you did the other time. ant
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-09-03
Wedding Rings for Men.

An invariable custom prevailing
among Creole women is to insist that
at the marriage the bridegroom shall
receive a narrow plain gold wedding
ring, which he is obliged never to put
from the third finger Of his left hand
until death parts them twain. To be
without this seal of wedlock is held
shameful in the wife. but now, for the
first time, women everywhere are maxi
ing positive demands upon a fair ex-
change in the matter. These latter
day brides give their liege lords no
costly. ornaments for the hand to at
tract admiring attention, but severely
simple jewels of heavy polished gold,
that both weight and purity may be
accepted symbolically. and the peculiar
style may publish them to the world as
benedicts. illustrated American.
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will have been allayed. Then add
poison to the meal and you will, in all
probability. get them all and be
troubled no more until new genera
ton appears.
Rats can be easily poisoned by bait
ing them with food for awhile. but it
cannot be done suddenly. as they are
too cunning and suspicious, and the
difficulty is to poison them without
danger to dogs, cats or poultry. but
with this continuance there is no diff
Guilty, as the box may be placed in the
poultry house or at any desirable point.
The two holes to the box. and the fact
that the cat cannot get in, will be such
an inducement as a secure retreat that
the rats will come to it even when the
cat is near.-Farm and Fireside.
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veyed in that answer to my note reacn
other hands than mine for a mint" he
muttered.
Then there came scratching and
whining at the door. Jonah had ar
rived. ''D-n that dog This came
from the operator. Then a sudden
thought struck him. Forty and Jonah
were ;nseparable. Jonah without Forty
meant mischief.
Stepping hastily to the door, he
threw it open. Jonah came in. head
down. tail dropping. and his whole
frame shivering and dripping with rain.
He was splashed all over with mud,
but in his mouth, free from dirt. he
held Forty's book. He dropped it on
the floor and stood guard over it.
The operator had never addressed
him kindly before. and how could he,
Jonah, understand the coaxing voice
that addressed him now?
The operator could not reach the
book without danger of being bitten,
for the dog snapped viciously whenever
he attempted it.
Here. Ten. you arc used to play
ihS WIFI thol SuA SVl LAN WIN 1AoAAA
him.
Nine, you get down to the Central
station as quick as your legs can go,
take an officer over Fortys trip. and
don't come back till you find what has
happened to him."
Before Nine had departed Ten had
coaxed the book from the dog in con-
sideration of previous friendly romps.
The message and money were safe, but
before the tall man departed he laid a
ten dollar bill upon the desk, saying tc
| the operator:
Buy collar for that dog and put
four more away to keep him in meat
When that's gone I'll send more-here's
my card. Give it and the remaining
| five to the boy"
Jonah sleeps by the night operators
chair now RALPH w. TYLER
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the note in a large white envelope.
along with several crisp bills.
They were standing directly under
the hall light. in range Of the half.
closed parlor windows, during the
whole operation.
As soon as the lady sealed the envel-
ope and handed it to Forty, stability
clad man, who stood on the side walk,
near the windows, moved nearer the
door.
As the door closed behind him, Forty
dashed down the steps and off up the
str .et on dead run with Jonah at his
heels. the mysterious figure close
third.
At the turn Of the avenue. near bad
looking alleyway. the boy received
crushing blow from behind and rolled
over with groan into the gutter.
As he fell the book which contained
the letter and the money dropped from
his hand.
Jonah had been taught to ''fetch and
carry" True to his early lessons. he
quickly caught the book in his mouth
and. dashing of about dozen rods,
turned to wait his masters coming.
He did not come. He was lying
senseless in the gutter.
But the ugly looking man who had
dealt the blow moved rapidly toward
the dog, cursing as he went. Coaxing
or cursing were alike useless where
Jonah was concerned.
He kept well away from the stranger
who, at last, in sheer desperation, drew
pistol and fired at the dog.
The bullet missed Jonah; but the re-
port scared him into gallop toward
the ,ffice.
1t also attracted the attention Of
policeman. who rescued Forty from his
muddy bed. and carried the limp form
into a neighboring drug store.
At the Office it was remarked that
Forty was unusually behind his time.
The night operator was nervous. The
tall man who had sent the message
seemed even more SO.
sWoullnt have the information con.
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FOR LITTLE PEOPLE.
CAN'T LEARN IT ALL.

Papa says must GO to school,
To read and spell and write,
Ana then. maybe, to college. too.
IL study with all nv might.
am four years old. and I'm pretty tall.
Bnt I'm thinking never can learn ii all!
Aunt Nell says must learn to sew,
To overcast, stitch and fell,
Ana learn to play the piano,
And the violin. as well;
am four years old, and I'm pretty tall.
hut I'm thinking nerer can learn IL all!
Grandma says l must learn to knit,
And to crochet beautiful lace,
Aunt Nan says she will teach me to draw,
And to copy the baby's face;
am four years old, and I'm pretty tall,
But I'm thinking l NEVER can learn II all!
Mamma says ! must learn tn cook,
And to make nice bread and cake,
And Dnddings and salads and jeIlies, too,
And to brOil and steam and bake;
am four years old, and I'm pretty tall
but Im thinking NEVER can learn 1t all
Youths Companion.
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IMPROVED FORK.


tool having six or more slender steel
tines about thirty inches in length. ar.
ranged as here indicated, with the two
central tines prolonged to form
handle, is great convenience. The
head "a 81 is piece of hard wood an
inch and a half by two inches. and two
feet long. The two outside tines are
made of one piece and bent to form
the bail (c) for the left hand. The
next two tines are also continuous;
T. f are over tines. made in one piece,
and they may be attached when car
rying straw on windy day. They
slide on the handle under the bail and
may be grasped at d. / have tested
the idea by making wooden one,
using strips of barrel slaves for tines
| find the tool practical. but some OF
the tines persisted in Strengthening out,
spelling its efficiency. Again. by en-
larging the whole affair and attaching
pair of wheels to the head piece, we
have an efficient manure truck that is
loaded and dumped instantly.-Ameri.
can Agriculturist.