The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-12-03
or GENERAL INTEREST.

"A citizen Of Chestaut Ridge, PA,
owns tame crow that n remarkably
Intelligent Last sumraer he split The
birds tongue and taught him to talk.
The crow delights in calling the cows,
and will laugh immoderately when be
succeeds IN fooling the dog and cat.
"a precedent which may yet be fol-
lowed to unforeseen conclusions has
been set by Mr.. ]. Hardin Pollock, Of
Cincinnati, who is suing q rival for
alternating the esteem Of Mr.. and Mrs
A. Monroe" whom Mr.. Pollock hoped
to make his father and mothea-in-law.
The assertion is made by workers
IN ornamental wood that yellow pine,
hard finished in oils. is the rival 10
beauty of appearance Of any wood that
grows not excepting the costliest OF
the well known hard species. 1t being
susceptible Of receiving and maintain
ing rs high degree Of polish as any
known wood. while, when impregnated
with oil, It iseweii nigh inlestructibie
Miss Hattie J. Chips, who lives
near Budd's Lake, N. j., has fashioned
portions Of hair from the head Of over
1000 individuals into large wreath of
over 1000 flowers and leaves This
unique oddity is composed Of hair OF
every shade and color known to the
anthropologist heyoung artist spent
over year in collecting the locks OF
hair before commencing work on the
wreath.
"A remarkable somnam bulistic feat
g. kc1 nak1 A
man of that place went to bed with the
idea of rising early and shaving. In
the night he suddenly awoke and found
himself standing in the middle of the
room. He went to bed again. When
he arose in the morning he went to his
dressing case and prepared to shave,
when, on looking in the glass, he found
that he was already shaved as neatly
as any barber could have done it.
: "A Portland, Me-, lady noticed
couple of young orioles that had fallen
from their nest in tall elm tree into
the street. where they were in immi-
nent danger of being run over or Of be-
ing devoured by the neighborhood cats.
She placed them in q basket and left
them on the roof OF a, high shed. where
in very short time the parent birds
found them and carried them away.
Each of the old birds placed wing be-
meath their young, and then using thei-
outside wings to fly with. carried the
lost birds safely home.
"A farmer named Shut, living
near Sulphur Springs, was up at
the cranberry marsh at work,
says the Cincinnati Enquirer, when
he found six pretty round eggs,
and so greatly pleased was he at
their appearance that he picked them
up and put them in his pocket to take
home to the children. The warmth of
his pocket spoiled the eggs as play
things for the children, for when he
reached home. Mr. Shut found that he
had five little blacksnakes in his
pocket one of the eggs failing to hatch.
There is in this country the great
est army in the world-not standing
army, but a constantly moving body of
700, 900 men, who march and counter
march day and night, through heat and
cold, from years end to years end
Each year they have 5000 killed and
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his life last year; one in every So was
wounded, and the total loss by the
operations of the army was 5. 1928 killed
and IS. 800 wounded Upon the soldiers
of this army 5000. 900 of our people de-
pend for their living. This army and
Its soldiers are the railroad employees OF
America
The corner of Henderson, Union,
and Hopkins counties, KY, was from
1911 to 1850 marked by famous oak
tree, of which John Young Brown tells
this story; "At the beginning of the
century Micajah and Wiley Harpe and
their families moved in from North
Carolina Micajah was called Big
Harpe, being nearly seven feet high.
He and his brother seemed inspired By
a thirst for human blood They muir
dered drover, then q mill boy, then
three farmers, then a whole family.
Big Harpe was lynched and decapitated
and his head stuck up in the tree in
question. the intersection of the three
counties being called Harpe's Head to
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