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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01
EARLY AUTUMN.


me country lanes are bright with bloom,
Ana gentle airs come stealing through,
Lg<en with native wild perfume
Of balm and mint and honey dew,
ANA DER the summers radiant flush
Lies early autnmn's dreamy hush,
In way-sfde hooks the asters CLEAN,
And frost-fowers dance above the sod,
while iapsing By the silent stream
Reflects the hue OF golden rod,
That flower which lights dusky day
WIN something Of the sungod's ray.
The grapevine chambers DER the hedge
:: - EViHcn fer oonH. rumacs burn
Like torches oa the distant ledge,
VI light tho lane 1T every turn,
And Ivy riots everywhere
: In blood red banners on the air.
A purpic mist Of fragrant mint
Borders the fences, drifting out
offostcrfng corners, and its tint,
As half Of cheer and half Of doubt,
II like the dear delightful haze
which robes the hills these autumn days
And straneo wild growths are newly met;
Odd ihtngs but little priced OF yore,
Like Some old jewel well reset,
Take on worth unseen before.
AS dock, In spring graeeless weed,
Is brilliant In its autumn seed.
The cricket and the katydid
Pipe low their sad prophetic tune,
Though airs pulse warm tho leaves amid
AS played aroind the heart Of June;
30 minor strains break on the heart,
Foretelling age rs years depart.
The sweet old story OF the year
In nj ~. H.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01

In health has the constitution fortified and
builtup with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
The entirephysical structure nourished and
sustained through the agency of assured di-
gestion and assimilation, regularity of the
bowels and liver restored, the nerves invig=
Grated, nightly repose sound and health
these are among the results Of its
use Malaria, rheumatism, kidney COM
plant, are annihilated by it.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01

MIR. Einstein-'Vull, Leah, vot vull
+vo DO dis mornin' for amusement?" Mrs
EinStein-''Leave us get a hack, Mosey,
and dake little drive derpark arount"
Mr.. Einstein-" How much vull hack
cost. my tear2" Mrs. Einstein-.,I
suhhose aloud tree dollars" Mr. Elm
stein latter reflection) -.'Vull, FL dell
you vol I'll do, Leah; III gif YOU two
dollars und a halluf und We vull stay at
home."--America
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01
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Progress.

1t is very important in this age Of vast
material progress that remedy be pleas
ing to the taste and to the eye, easily taken,
acceptable to the stomach and healthy in its
nature and effects Possessing these quail
ties, Syrup of Figs is the one perfect laxa-
tive and most gentle diuretic known.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01

She 0beyed Orders -Horrified Mrs.
Gazzam Ito nurse)-.What, been play.
ing with the Gummey Children?
Thev've III just had the scarlet fever.
] told you not to let Harry play with
children who had been sick unless you
knew what they had had.p Nurse
s'Yes'm; but knew tho Gummeys had
had scarlet fever, mum."-N, Y. Sun.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01

IL you wish to do the easiest and quickest
weeks washing you euer did, try Dobbins'
Electric Soap next washday. Follow the di-
rections. Ask your grocer for it. Been on
the market "a years. Take no other.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01

ALWAYS discount what man says when
mad. About temper sent will do.-Smith,
Grays& Co.'s Monthly
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01

SAT LEASE can take things in philo.
sophical wAy," SAID the burglar, as he lifted
out pane Of glass with rubber sucker
Elmira Gazette
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01

"A faceticns author once dedicated 4
book to John Smith, on the strength cf
q tradition that every man to whom q
book was dedicated bought copy Of it
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01

WHY don't you try Carter's Little Liver
P;llsa They are a positive cure for sick
headache, and all the ills produced by dis
ordered liver. Only one pill Dose
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01

IT is no sign of prosperity that the man
who never udvertises is doing business at
his old stand still Rome Sentinel.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01

The Four Hundred of the National Capi.
hundred and ifty.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01

GIVE girl dollar, and you will see her
wearing it tomorrow; give boy a dollar
and he will cat it-Atchison Globo.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01

THE fashionable resorts are becoming
filed, SO. to speak, with fall leaves.-Phila-
delphia Times.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01

MAN ito parrot)-"H Pollyln Polly
.Hello+ Do you want Il crackerf,a
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01

THERE are two sides to every question,
buta bullheaded man will always bet that
he is right--Ram'S Horn.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01
A stronr Foundation

ScHooL MAINS are nearly all misses, and
tho misses on the stage are generally
ma ANS Baltimore American.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01

AMI one can take Carter's Little Liver
pills. they are SO very small. No trouble 70
swallow. No pain Or gripping after taking
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01

1T does not injure joke to crack 1t, any
more than it spoils horse to break it,
Epoch.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01

No, QUERcUs, it does not necessarily re.
quire a tug-of-war to tow warship into a
harbor.- Republican.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01

that1 IL cure her, and the proof s
positive
Here's the proof If ii
doesn't do you good within
reasonable time, report the
fact to its makers and get
your money back without
a word-but you won't do It'll
\ The remedy is DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription and it
has proved itself the right
remedy in nearly every case
of female weakness.
1t is not a miracle. 1t won't
cure everything but it has
done more to build up tired,
.enfeebled and broken down
women than any other medi-
cine known.
Where's the woman who's
not ready for it' All that
we've to do is to get the
news to her. The medicine
will do the rest.
Wanted Women. First
to know it. Second to use
it. Third to be cured by il
The one comes of the other.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01

Ihad just finished hearty supper,
and had ordered my horses to be brought
to the door. when the landlord OF the
country inn entered the room, rubbing
his hands in an awkward manner, as II
he did not lnow justSwhat to say. In
fact, he was so slow about speaking
that removed my pipe from my mouth
long enough to exclaim:
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01

THE crow does not ny from tho corn-deld
without caws.-- w ashington Star.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01

The seat Of sick headache
IS not in the brain. Regulats
the stomach and you cure i
pr. Picrce's Pellets are tn
little regulators.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01

WoxEx can not be farmers-fn the sense
Of ahusbandmen,D 1t least
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01

Let every enfeebled woman
know it There's a medicine
that'll cure her, and the proofs
positive (!
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-15
Good But tiomelx.

The Boston Traveller says that q
young man came into the studio OF a
local photographer, not long ago. and
asked nervously ii he might have a lit
tie private conversation with him.
The visitor was painfully ugly, and
after some indefinite and awkward
remarks and more or less bushing. he
came to the point by asking the artist
If he supposed he had among his sam
pies a picture of any young man who
looked like him, but was better-look-
ing.
what do you mean?" inquired the
photographer.
''Well, you see, am engaged to be
married, The young lady lives ont
West. She is going home tomorrow.
She says she thinks I'm so good that
she doesn't mind my being homeIy,
but she wants a good-looking picture
to take home with her to show the
girls"
The traveller gives no intimation
that the story is ito be continued, .
but sequel certainly seems to be
called for.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-15
strong Writer.

Uncle Stephen, an old negro, had
come to cut the grass in the front
yard, and as Colonel Winter started
out OF his office he stopped to greet
the old man. well, Stephen. said
the Colonel, ~ hear that you intend
to give your son an education"
Oats what ! does, sah, knows
what us ter struggle erlong widout
larnin,' an is 'termined dat my son
sha MT trabble bar foot ober dc same
hard road dat ] did"
~ noble resolution Stephen. / wish
all fathers felt as you do. Is your
boy learning rapidly?"
~ fast ez err boss ken trot, sab.
Why, last week he wrote letter to
ms aunt dat Ibis mo- dan twenty
miles from yere, an after q while he
gwlnee ter write ter his udder aunt dat
Ibis fifty mile away"
why dosen't he write to her
:, "Qh, he KANT writeso fur, yit. il
Ken write twenty mile fustrate, but J
tole nm not ter try ter write fifty
mile Till he got stronger wild his pen.
Put hes gwine ter git dar, tell you
won't he more'n er year TO- dat boy
Ken set down Mt one eend oh de gum
prominent an write or letter el ar ter
ae udder eend.p-Exchange.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-15
LOVE AND THE WITCHES.

It was little fearful maid,
Whose mother left her alone;
Her door with iron bolt she stayed,
And 'gainst it rolled lucky stone
for many q night she'd walked with fright
when witches by the house had flown.
To piping Lutte in still midnight
Who comes a-singing at the door
That showeth seams OF golden light
All, omen darling, l implore''?
She could not help knowing twas Love, al
though they'd never met before.
She swiftly shot the iron bar,
And rolled the lucky stone away.
And careful set the iron door aiar-
Now enter in, Sir Love. | pray;
Ny mother knows il not, hut / have watch
ed for you this many a day
With fan and roar of gloomy wings
They gave the door windy shove;
They perched on chairs and brooms and
things;
Like bats they beat around above
POOR little maid, she'd let the witches in
with Love.
June Century.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-15
surf-R Riding at Nnhau.

A curious pastime which is some
what in vogue among the natives OF
the Hawaiian Islands, and was more
popular formerly than now, is surf
riding. In the opinion OF a contribu.
tor to the Journal OF American Folk
Lore, the difficulty OF the accomplish
ment has been exaggerated, He des-
cribes it thus; Six stalwart men as
sembled ON the beach OF small cove,
bearing with them their precious surf
boards. These boards--ip Hawaiian,
wave sliding boards" -are made from
the wood OF tile bread-fruit tree.
They are eight or nine feet long, fiji
teen or twenty inches wide, rather
thin, rounded at each end, and care
fully smoothed. They are sometimes
stained black, are frequently rubbed
with cocoanut oil, and are preserved
with great care, sometimes wrapped
in Cloths. Children use smaller boards.
Plunging through the nearer surf,
the natives reached the outer line OF
breakers, and watching their oppOr.
tunlty they lay Hat upon the board.
The more expert among them kneeled.
Just AS high billow was about TO
break over them they pushed land.
ward in front OF the combers. The
waves rushing in were apparently al.
ways on the point OF submerpng the
| rider, but unless some Mishap occurred
they drove him forward with raptdity
uDBn the beach or into shallow Water
Iii high surf ii il an exciting sport,
and demands skill and experience.
4 few days later ! Was initiated into
the mysteries ot surfriding by my
host, who - himself quite expert. /
learned the principle, and believe that
practice only is needed 10 gala meas
ure Of skill. For persons accustomed
10 bathing ID surf, the process IS far
less difficult than il IL usually repre-
, scented.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-15
He Could symnntl,lrn.

\ lady, writing anonymously in the
Atlantic Monthly, describes little
street encounter in which she found
herself put TO shame in most unlike.
~ manner
! was walking along street given
over to the smallest Of shops and al.
most the cheapest Of restaurants.
when ] met goodlooking tcn.year.
old boy in shabby.respcctablec! clothes.
IL was autumn, and carried 4
bunch OF flaming splendid maple
leaves. He stopped, as Il the sight Of.
them really took his breath away.
ooh give me one" hegently exclaim.
ed, IN manner that was more than.
polite. II lifted our interview straight.
why into some rare, superhuman Mt.
mosphere, where perfect simplicity be-
came q matter OF course. Unlortu
nately, this was not so becoming to
me ms to him,
I'll said, "0h, hate tor but MT the
same time began looking for the
meanest little leaf could find When
had discovered and was presenting
1t, shame overcame me, and torn With
conflicting emotions, said
- know I'm being horribly stinay.n
Never mind, said my boy in q big,
masculine, comforting manner. II
know just how you feel"
lie smiled his thanks reassurincly,
and we parted never to meet again.
declare, ] could write sad ttle poem
about it this minute.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-15

THERE is scarcely room for doubt
that the agricultural depression which
has been experienced all over the
world for the last few years is about
to pass permanently away. 1t was
caused chiefly by the remarkably rapid
expansion of wheat culture in the
western districts of America and Can
ada, simultaneously with the opening
of new and competing sources Of sup
ply by the extension of the railroad
systems of India; the Argentine re-
public, Russia and other countries.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-15
the YouRouK COUNTRY.
Description of the Domestic Life OF
a Queer People.

a Queer People.
Each tent has its spinning wheel ana
its loom, hole for working the ped
ais OF which is dug in the ground. ana
all the women OF the tribe were en-
gagged in making the far-famed Kara
inanian carpets. There is thewoodth
mortar for grinding the roast coffee
berries in the decoroted wooden plat.
ter in which they cool the SAME, the
wooden water Jars made out OF the
followed stems OF pine trees. Every,
thing almost they Use is OF wood, ana
gayly decorated with rude patterns,
according to their fancy When reap
ing, Yourouk uses wooden gloves 70
protect his left hand from the sickle,
When tending his flock, the Iourouk
shepherd has a long wooden flute, NJ.
cased in a carved wooden case made
OF two bits of wood glued together
and strung with ribbons and colored
beads across his shoulder, looking tor
All the world like the African assega'
or some other primitive weapon OF
war. In it he always keeps long
stick with goats hair at one end 20
clean it, and really the weird music
that he produces with this instrument,
known as the Mai, is very striking and
suitable 10 the surroundings.
In one corner OF the tent are the bee
hives-long trunks OF trees followed
out and the ends stopped with dung
cakes. The bees travel With them.
wherever they 20, on the backs 81
camels, ard their honey resembles
cakes OF soap, for they boil II, wax
and all, before eating il Tile Your,
ouks have not the remotest idea Of
letters, and carry on their transac
tions with the outer world by means
OF wooden tallies-iour.sidcd bits 81
wood, sometimes gayly carved, some,
times plain. Black woods Magazine,
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-15

THE most successful farmers are
those who, while growing a variety of
crops, make a specially of some one
of them, and subordinate everything
else to that Potatoes are the best
adapted to this purpose of any crop
we know. Attention to them, what
ever needed, must subordinate every
thing else, for otherwise in these times
potatoes cannot be grown at all. They
require the employment of large
amount of labor, and the potato grow
er misses his best opportunity if he
does not grow other crops to employ
this labor when it is not needed in the
potato field. In this way he really
gets the labor for his potatoes at a
lower rate than he could otherwise do.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-15

PUBLIC schools are maintained with
a view to raising the grade and char
acter of citizenship, to make men and
women ADLER and better members Of
society, and few things are more inn
portant to this end than reasoning
knowledge of their country's past the
relation of the past to the present, and
the bearing OF the present toward the
future. II youth understands thor
oughly what we may term political
causation, the basis of government
how certain conditions were brought
about why this thing rather than that
thing was done, the chances are very
great that he viii be able to reason by
analogy from the present to the future
and perceive what he as citizen should
do to promote and conserve the welfare
of his country and counEymen.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-15
No Doubt About the Quality OF
American Soldiers.

Infantry, OF course, cons titutes the
main body Of all modern armies, and
by the quality OF it's infantry an army
must be judged. Thecapacity OF Amer.
leans to make excellent soldiers was
proved in the war beyond question.
That hundreds OF thousands OF men.
most OF them entirely unacdainted
with the elements even ofdiciplineand
drill, were transformed in so brief a,
period into officers and soldiers was
certainly one Of the wonders OF our
time. But the material was in the
main of the best; the desire to muster
the new trade well-nigh universal and
very strong; and there were from the
beginning many opportunities for
practising what had been learned.
The armies OF 1862 were far and away
superior to the levies OF 1861. The
armies Of 1863 were decidedly super.
Tor to those of 1862. But in s03 it
IS probable that the highest point Of
efficiency was reached in both the Fed.
eral and Confederate armies in the
East, and certainly in the Western
army OF the Confederacy .-Scribner.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-15
How Many Times Do You Chew

A party Of three men, says the New
York Sun, fell to talking over the
news from England that Mr.. Glad
stone chews every mouthful Of his
food % times. They agreed to OBJ
serve their own habit ut dinner that
day, by counting the motions OF the
jaws in eating, and to make report
when next they met. II was found by
the report that all three of them out
did Mr.. Gladstone, i'll one respect ut
ieast. Number one ascertained, by
actual count that his teeth ordinarily
operate from 80 to 40 times upon
meats, from 20 to 80 times upon dry
bread, and from 15 to 20 times upon
juicy fruits. The reports OF the other
two counters did not differ widely
from the foregoing report, and prob.
ably they fairly represent the food.
chewing habits of people VINO give
heed to the duty OF mastication.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-15

SOME men have the money-getting.
others the money-saving, faculty; very
few have both. Those endowed with
the former in its plenitude and who
exercise it to the utmost often become
rich while indulging in all the ex-
pensive luxuries which sumptuous
tastes can suggest; but the colossal
figures Of finance. the giants of the
i'bank-note world, " by whose side the
half-million and million fellows are
merely respectable dwarfs, are gener-
ally rigid economists in their personal
expenditures, and some people are
discourteous enough to call them
screws
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-15
The Secret Of wlfely Success.

An Arabs recipe to make happy
wife; ~ advise all women to be as
slaves to their husbands If they would
have them their slaves. Pay great at.
teentlon to his dinner and see that he
sleeps well, because hunger produces
anger and want Of sleep bad temper
he silent as to his secrets; be not mel.
ancholy when he is gny nor gay when
he y sad study his temper and he viii
make thee happy and-bess thee"
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-15

THE American language rights itself
when too much OF the dead language
gets into it. Oleomargarine is now
simply ''oleo." That saves a great
deal of time and breath and does away
with the fierce dispute as to whether
the ''g" in margarine should be
given the soft or the hard sound. Oleo
is Latin for oil, and there surely is
marg (eD in(e) enough between it and
pure creamery butter to suit the most
critical
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-15
oazolles and Human Sentiment.

Aa@1At1n anu FtAOA3W @bAAAtItNANs
In tile Jardin des Plantes, a; Paris,
III a fine grassy inclosurg, il groopo Of
tiny animals, the smallest autelopes
known. They will come, about the
size Of 20 many cats, close behind
their low wiro grating, md stand and
doubtinIly gaze az you With erroneous
liquid eyes And such Il The effect 81
their iittlrness, their tnnurOusness.
their almost absurd drllcacy-so
small, so delicate, those little, little
hOois, those little tender limbs. those
irugile iawn.eoiorctl sides. that little
humid tWitching mu1xle; 80 small, and
yet so kesnly, TREMENDOUSLY peFceptiye
and 50 intensely sensitive So LITTLE, yet
all alive and quivgriug with nerves; 80.
small. 80 weak. so helpless. and appar.
emily 20 untitled for augbr except 20
apprehend; such minute atoms and
speck- oi sentiment being so lost amid
IA universe's vast jncomprcheustbiiity
that my heart has been smittsu to-
lookupou those minHture living things.
with the quite luoFdinatc irnility 81
their body and the ispropottiuuatt
bigness 81 their eyes
symbols or suggestions ot human
~ every aspect may, oue ,apier, be
discovered III animal creation And
think those antelopCs nre symbols 81
2 state Of soul rare enough
among men, aud yet too frequent
Edward DeIillo IN the Fortu.ghtiy Re
view.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-15

REFINED natures cannot always ex-
press themselves truly and gracefully,
and attractive manners are not always
the index of refined character. We
must beware how we judge, and also
take care how we discriminate. The
unreined nature trying to assume the
outward graces of refinement is some
thing like rank and worthless weed
with paper roses pinned on it for de-
ception. The pretence may succeed
at long range Of vision, but a little
closer view will soon turn both weed
and false flowers into derision.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-15
A preadfuI Charge.

Some twenty years ago, when pros
ecution for "ritualism" were in vogue,
a High Church clergyman was appoint
ed to a country parish near to a Low
Church town. He was younglsh and
unmarried, and so was sercuhiat.
The local newspaper, ever Jealous las
local newspapers so notoriously arel
for evangelical truth, soon informed
its readers OF the new rector's crimes.
He turned to the east; he bowed Mt
the Gloria; in the pulpit he wore sur
plice-that characteristic garment OF
the Scarlet Woman. And there was
one accusation which touched both
the rector and his curate. "Will it be
believed" said the pious print, chat
they openly practice celibacy, even in
the public streets" This charge was
meant to arouse, and no doubt it did
arouse, the spinsters and widows OF
the neighborhood to timely vindica-
ton OF the rights Of woman.-Notes
and Queries.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-15

THERE never was man so weak or
so foolish that God couldn't use HIM
and do wonderful things through him
if he were only willing and obedient
and fully consecrated, but there isn't
anything in the Bible to show that He
has ever been able to accomplish any
thing with a discouraged man.