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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-11-26
ALMOST A PREDlcAMENT.
Remembered just In Time.-A Case
Mutual Good Fortune.

Remembered just In Time.-A Case OF
Mutual Good Fortune.
short conversation between that
prince of german leaders, Mr.. Tom
Barry, and that queen of the royal rose
buds, Miss Penelope Peachblow:
Jaw. good afternoon; SO delighted to
see you looking SO we'll
Thanks. | always look well, you
know"
@ssTo be sure. In fact that is one rea-
son / called You would make a
chawming wife to such a fellow as me,
don't you know, and thought I'd just
cawsually awsk, don't you know, if
you didn't think ID be about the right
sort of thing for husband"
81 don't see why you wouldn't do
very well. You dance perfectly. don't
you?"
"Ol yaas, perfectly"
"That would be quite necessary.
dance equally as we'll. "
"Not quite SO, perhaps; but we could
soon, by little practice, make that all
right"
''There is hardly anything else in the
matter important enough to consider. =
Nothing that l can think of, and l
thought seriously of the mattah all the
way from the club here. :"
''Welk am willing
Here is an engagement ring that
brought along in case OF accident
Why, deah me, you have one on now. :"
.sHow provoking. Why, l must be
engaged to some one. Let me think :"
latter a moment) "O! never could
think. Don't you know9 Hasn't any
one mentioned it at the club9"s
bah Jove, yes Seems to me that
Jack Dashing spoke Of something OF
the sort"
Eyes, it's Jack. How very unfor-
tunate."
"Unfortunate indeed. He really does
not dance nearly as wella do. does
hep"
Shy no means"
..By the way, see what a pretty ring
| had intended for you" "Opens the
case. Bah Jove, it's not here"
Gould you have lost it?'
mo; come to think about it. I'm en-
gagged, too. Called on Pauline Pretty
clover last evening and was engaged
before went home is, think 1t
was before i went home. Strange.
One could almost call us careless,
couldn't one?"
almost"
..well, guess must 60 Good after
noon"
Good afternoon. Tom Hall, in
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-11-26
FAN LANGUAGE.
The Japs Use 1t For Refereeing Purpos
i'm T.fr

The Japs Use 1t For Refereeing Purposes
in Matches.
The fan is one of the necessities of
life in Japan. There are two kinds.
the folding and the non-folding fan.
Paper enters largely into their compo-
sition. Bamboo forms material very
handy for the framework of the cheaper
kinds. The paper is either decorated
with paintings in all the different styles
Of Japanese art or else brightly colored
and sprinkled over with silver and gold
leaves These fans are manufactured
of all possible qualities and prices, the
richest and largest being uscd for cere-
monial dances, where they form Access
series of Importance.
The place most noted for its produc-
ton in fans is Nagoya, and superior
ones are made at Kyoto, while the in.
ferior descriptions come from Fushimi
and Toxic. Several millions of fans
are exported annually from japan to
America and Europe.
The fan is an inseparable part of the
Japanese dress. A native is rarely
without a fan. 1t is his shelter from
the sun, his notebook and his play
thing The varieties of these paper
fans would form a curious collec-
ton in respect to form, as well as
quality. The highest priced fan that
was used in the days of seclusion from
the outer world was not more than five
yen, or fifteen shillings; but now they
have been made to order for foreigners
as dear as two to three pounds. The
general prices of ordinary fans range
from two shillings to guineas per
hundred. There are many curious uses
for fans in Japar..
The umpire at wrestling and fencing
matches uses heavy one, shaped like
a huge butterfly, the handle being the
body, and rendered imposing by heavy
cords of silk. The various motions OF
the fan constitute a language, which
tho wrestlers fully understand aud APP
probate. Formerly, in times of war.
the Japanese commander used large
fan, having frame of iron covered
with thick paper In case of danger it
could be shut, and blow from its iron
bones was no'light affair.
One notable variety of fan is made
of waterproof paper, which can be
dipped in water and creates great cool
ness by evaporation. without wetting
the clothes. The fiat fan made of
rough paper is often used as grain
winnow, to blow the charcoal fires and
as dust pan. The Japanese gentle
man of the old school. who never wears
hat, uses fan to shield his eyes from
the sun. His head, bare from child
hood, hardly needs shade, and when it
does he spreads an umbrella, and with
his fan he directs his servants and saves
| talkinr.-N. Y. Journal.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-11-26
She Couldn't Get Married.

A Leominster housekeeper, while
looking over some old letters of her
great-grandmother, ran across the fol-
lowing:
DEAR, Coon JOHN: We shall have
to put off our marriage, mother is maxi
ing such an awful fuss about it I
don't want to bit, now we are pub
lished. but have to. She says you
amt old enough and 1 don't know any
thing, and then there is so much ex-
pense about it Now, John, just think
Of It My dress will be only nine shill-
ings Isl SOY, and my new calfskin shoes
would do She says you shan't marry
me until You can keep two cows Of
your own. Father is willing, and says
he win give us the sheep, but mother
says lie shan't and you know she al
ways carries the day. Darn it! wish
she could never have got married her
self. Now John, let us stick to each
other. shall be eighteen 10 about ten
months more. Now, You wilI hold on.
won't You, John? Come sunday night
with the gray horse and shay, and we
will ride out and talk il over. Good
night MARY"
Boston Herald.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-11-26
THE .HucKsTER's HARVEST.
Some or the Tricks They Play to Increas
hair prnfifa

Some OF the Tricks They Play to Increase
their Profits.
A huckster wagon passed along
through the alley. The driver was
calling his wares with all his might
There was a sharp click, followed by
the rattle of latch chain. A high
market basket on her arm stepped out
and halted the vegetable peddler. He
stopped, and with calm, innocentsort
of smile upon his cigar store Indian
countenance, asked what she wanted.
''How much do you want for roasting
ears?''
Twenty cents dozen, ma'am."
"Oh, pshaw. l can beat that down
town. Your corn isn't anything cx-
ira"
The woman had tumbled the corn
over rapidly, like a pig hunting for a
nubbin, and had smelled every enr,
separately and individually. The
huckster didn't say word.
"Give me ten cents worth"
'sThe corn was counted out and placed
in the basket.
.sWhat are these tomatoes worth?"
the good housewife was burrowing into
them at lively rate.
Five cents a small measure"
Don't want them. Can beat your
prices down town."
That's all right
sHow much are cabbages?"
Five or ten cents.
Mercy ION me. You fellows amt
afraid to charge"
That's part Of Our business" as
the indifferent answer. -
"What are potatoes WORTH"
"Thirty cents peck"
"Worse yet. Can't you come down."
mo"
Then followed haggle over the
price Of potatoes that made the women
in the neighborhood stick their heads
oat of the windows in great haste to
see what had happened At length Tho
huckster exclaimed testify:
well, take them for twenty cents. !"
The goods were measured and tho
price was paid.
The good woman went into the house
confident that she had swindled the
nuchscr hHp, Whho euc Huchs tcr
shook hands with himself because he
had swindled the woman
When persons propose to down pro-
fessional huckster they have under
taken contract that would be almost
too large for any individual or conbina-
ton of individuals to accomplish. They
won't down worth cent A huelxster
starts out in the morning with tho de-
liberate intention of cheating every
person who has anything to do With
him. sand he will work as hard to
swindle poor woman out of five cents
as II it were five dollars At the Same
time he will look as pious as a preacher.
'@St Louis Star.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-11-26
OUR YOUNG READERS.
WHAT WOULD SANTA THINK Z

II l we're asked OF all things what most
would like to be,
I'd choose to be q mermaid and live below
tho sea. a-...----t--.--vs---
dow dicss. -aTsread OF walking. to swim
round like little whales,
And to wear. inetead OF stockings, many
shiny pairs OF scales,
Which don't need changing every time that
nurse says they are wet.
And chen TO have no shoes that always come
untied-and yet
And vet. although Il must be nice 20 swim
around in scales,
To attend a schooi Of porpoises ana play at
tag with whales,
To be on friendly speaking terms with iel-
lyfish and cells,
And never to be sent 10 bed or told I'm late
for meals;
still, when think of Christmas Eve my res
olution fails, IT,
For what wonld Santa think II hung up
pair OF scalesY
z= Heff0ftl. ST. fphofao,-=
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-11-26
THE porNr OF VIEW.

The cottage stood on q little perpen-
dicular bluff, and commanded the bay
on one side and the ocean on the other.
AS Clara sat outron the iittlesthree -cor-
nered balcony and watched the water,
She felt as If there were something
alously suggestive in her environ
nent-Harry and Mr. Brown, the bay
and the ocean, and she between them.
The sun was bright and warm for a
November day, but the windwa fresh:
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-11-26

Now, Freddy, I" said the mischiev-
GUS lads mother, don't let me speak
to you again. MA, said the young
-ster, s.you, are old enough to know your
own mind and shan,t tempt to inter-
fere with your actions. - Washington
Star.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-11-26

why P0iIy ChfleN inc Horse bllHters
Polly had been sick in the spring
and her experiences with blisters and
poultices had not been very pleasant.
She was spending the summer with her
aunt, who was dependent upon livery
stable for her drives. One day auntie
made mp party Of four ladies, includ-
ing Polly, and ordered safe horse Tor
q long drive. Tho animal exhibited
such remarkable staying qualities that
the patience Of the party nearly en-
hausted. Polly tried to increase the
speed by rciterating Come up. Bis
teri why do you call him that, Pol
Typ because he initiates me 10, .
answered the little maiden. Boston
Transcript.
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llItle pile OF letters that Lay in the girls
lap. and whirled them over the sand.
She ran down, pursuing THEM; and.
having captured them with some
trouble, perched herself ON rock more
shielded from the wind and began to
reread some Of the pages. 3.
Easily prejudiced In Judgment enthusiastfc
uncritical undiscriminating, but excessf, civ
loyal In love, determined in hate. Little artis-
TIC power Good humor under circumstances
irritating 70 most men; occasional spurts OF
bad temper in unexpected places.
Stern and Incorporating in habiss Of
thought and emotion; unyielding in viii;
gloomy disposition, tendency to extremes, aris.
ing from narrowness Of view; self conferred and
utterly unsympathctic; cranky in action com
Dining with general independence q singular
moral cowardice before the opposition Of some
one person-probably Of the opposite sex"
Well, suppose that's Harry and
Mr.. Brown. There's a sort of magnif-
cence about Mr.. Browns air of reserve.
and Importance, but 7 believe he Il
selfish and nnsympathethic., j wonder
if=it-~as q mean trick, getting their
characters read from their hand
writing? It's funny business any
way. for that man--bnt he's renarka-
bly, clever at it; and fifty cents apiece
well its cheap for the fun there is in
It; but don't know no,o which l like
best Mr.. Brown is SO distingue, and
Harry is such a dear-but he's only
boy. Sometimes thinkeI love neither
one, and sometimes think love them
both"
w.
ANOTHER BALCONY SCENE.
The afternoon was SUMMER and
milder than the morning, and only the
Indian summer haze betrayed the fact
that twas not June.=---s==s=s-
Clara was sitting again in the three
cornered balcony, and directly in front
OF her stood young man, grasping the
railing with twitching fingers. His
hair was brown, but with more color
in it than brown hair usually has; his
eyes were bluer than most blue eyes;
and his fair skin, had flush like a
girls.
81 asked you to come first" spoke
Clara, calmly, because have made
up my mind to say no to you."
Harry's color grew fiercer, and his
hold OF the railing tenser.
Wont you. tell me why?" he said,
with a mixture of beseeching and bully
ing in his tone
''Oh, you are so prejudiced,' so 'un-
discriminating and you have 'occa-
sional spurts of bad temper in unex-
pected places" laughed Clara. The inn
periousness of his voice nett led her,
and she would not answer seriously
Not being aware of the character
read by chirography," Harry failed to
appreciate the joke, and replied quite
seriously:
We'll, don't see how you can call a
fellow understanding that chooses
you; and if I'm hot-headed, it's in a
good cause. .
"Yes, it said you were enthusiastic
Fand loyal Clara went on, smiling
family.
IN saidl Well, Pm obliged to it, who
ever.it is. But Clara, my love can't be
for nothing when it's my life just given
to you;-and you do love mel can see
it your eyes. Let me kiss you, and
you'll be sure of it, yourselfr'
And as Harry bent over her, Clara
threw her arms around his neck, and
said:
Eyes, belle We do"
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-11-26

Little Nellie climbed into Uncle
NEEDS lap and began 70 search bin pocket
Tor . penny Finding silver quarter
she called ont oh. mamma. Unclo
Ned has got penny with hen en mr.
~ Youths companIoa =
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-11-26

70 BE 50 prettily attentive AVID respees.
fnlg
II think she learned from Grand
mother Nudge. answered Miss Louise.
with smile-C Christian Weekly
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-11-26

AT Ledbury, England, where Mrs
Browning spent much Of her childhood,
a monument to her will be- set up
probably in the form, Of q clock tower
Of br ick and stone, with bronze bust
and /. quotation from Aurora Leigh"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-16
ARTISTIC AkRANeEMEN1s.


Fancy ca.aisstisks Fe.ses ed with F.sw.
sTs-Affnk crelS Shade.
FaADy capdlesticks orsdamps. festooned
VIII violets. roses or sprays of lilac, tied
with satin ribbon, is 'theklatests sbienS4H
table decoration, which Is s8Ss1se of in
finite variatiar, being gogsfned by the host
ess' individual tasse.s
s A table deco,stsd in good form is poetic
confusion 9kporcelain figures and a9ysfs.
At the ends and il the centsxstdnd rare
vasaSfilled with exotic Moons. A little
bfmmock wovense gold tinsel cord, sus-
spended oyerssthe center Of the table, and
filed with fruit and flowers artistically ar
ranged, has pretty effect. Decorator aud
4urnisher, which is authority for the fore
going. tells also of pretty way to make an
inexpensive lamp shade Take pink cheese
cloth, wet it thoroughly, and then, after it
has baen doubled several times, twist it
until i doubles itself up in knot. Secure.
it from untwisting, and wipe it dry with .
towel and put it away to dry. 1t will take
about ten days to dry it thoroughly, dur.
ing Which time it should rot be disturbed.
On dnrolling the cloth it will be 6und
beautifully cseped, AMI lamp shAaecan
be made insdhe samsskay as tissu1 paper,
byssimply cutting 6hole for the chimney
i4the eenser Of theSaoth. The taI should
b arranged withsa high rucn1ng, aud q;
broad sstin RIBBON OF exacsayF the SAND
Made listening ID A fringe of soft Lace
Emakesa beautiful trimming, and the ruche;
at thstop.ts alsoimpIoyea BY lace edgine
=
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-16
Shoes for Evening Wear.

Gold and silver kid shoes are great deal
worn; indeed, the supply of this special kid
is hardly equal to the demand. Many
jewels are introduced into the enbroider
les, and occasionally the whole ornamental
ton is composed of gems. Velvet is coming
in for shoes. especially for bridesmaids, but
they require paste buckles. Bronze shoes
have returned to favor, and sometimes
these are checked all over vita very narrow
ribbon.
With white dresses tan colored shoes
with pointed toes and tiny buckles on the
instep are much worn. Any great orna
mentation on shoes is now out of date, but
they are often made of gold and silver bro
cades and exquisite materials; and most OF
our leading shoemakers can make up pieces
to match the dress into shoes. A few of
the new shoes are richly embroidered in
the colors of the brocsdes; the bows, if any,
are exceedingly small. One novelty is a
large meshed gold net applique ell over the
shoes on to satin. The high Louis XIV heels
are much worn.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-16
COT TON.
GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN THE
GENERAL CONDITION.
The Outlook in Texas Especially Good.
The Average Condition %. Higher
than in Any Other State.

WAsHIsaroN July I0.77The July returns
to the department of agriculture show soma
signs ofz-improvement in the cotton condi-
ton. During the month of June the gem
serals average for y5he whole breadth ad.
yapfed SO points, standing $50 This is 3
tbints below theJuly returns of last year,
and one above that of 1SSa@ In but four
seasons since 1874 have July returns been
so low The slight improvement noted has
been ailite general throughout the whols
belt, ,the result of thesfavorable weather
during the month. The crop is universally
lat& ranging locallyefrom a few DAYS to
two weeks OF more In the Atlantic and
Eastern gulf states especially, the plant is
small and backward, and the lack of suitae
Bile weather for chopping out has made the
fields very grassy. Replanting, owing to
the failure to secure perfect stands, was
necessary. A considerable number of acres
have been plowed up and given to other
crops or abandoned entirely. From the
Missississippi westward, the plant, while
somewhat backward is of a good color,
making generally vigorous growth, while
the plantations running sufficient number
of plows are reasonably clean. There Is
some complaint of lack of labor
The outlook in Texas is especially good.
The plant is good, fields are well worked,
worms are reported from but two localities,
both in Texas, the first brood being noticed
nowhere else.
The condition of the states is as follows:
Virginia, So, North Carolina, ". South Car.
DINA. so, Georgia, So, Florida, "a, Alabama,
81, Mississippi, 81, Louisiana, 80, Texas, IS,
Arkansas, SO, Tennessee, s.
The temperature of the month was
above normal throughout almost the entire
region.
The rainfall while rather short was genar-
ally sufficient and this favorable conttIfta-
tion of meteorological conditions enabled the
crop to recover somewhat. from the unfa-
vorable earlier season. The lateness Of ths
plant will make the final outcome unusually
dependent on the length Of the season
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-16
THE GAZETTE: FT WORTH, TEXAS THURSDAY, JULY Is.

plaits. the collars turning down from the
neck aud making a cascade down the front,
which. turn it where you will, falls in
graceful folds. Others have been trimmed
with the finest Irish guipure, which is
practically everlasting wear, and others
again after the Mother Hubbard order.
The newest kniokerbockers are cut wide
in the leg; some are gathered at the knee
on ribbons threaded through bands of in
sertion; others are trimmed with frills Of
butsonholed cambria and curved upward
toward the top of the knee, where they Gull
inmate In a bow of ribbon. In the illus
tration are shown two styles of night
dress. In the front of one appear insertions
of torchon lace and embroidery.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-16
Preserving Cut Flowers.

A bouquet or cluster of flowers arranged
according to the following directions - a
very beautiful object, and it is said that
the flowers will keep fresh long tire: At
tach a weighted base to the bouque. by
which it can be held in an uprlghk position
when placed upon plate or shallow dish.
Sink the dish in deep pan of pure. fresh
water, and arrange tho flowers in the posi-
ton in which they are to remain. Then care
fully cover the bouquet with bell glass
which fits closely to the fat part of the dish.
The glass should be perfectly filled with the
water, thus excluding all air bubbles.
Raise the dish from the pan without dis
turbing the bell glass and place where it
will show we'll upon q table, then carefully
wipe the moisture from the exterior, leav-
ing little water on the dish or plate
around the base Of the glass. Conceal the
edge of the plate by light wreath, made
Of moss dotted with small flowers. The ef
feet in the evening, by artificial Light, il
particularly pleasing.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-16
EDITED ny MRS. M. R. WALTON.

| players at some of the watering places
which resembles smut" in that burnt
cork enters into it and the faces of the
players often show spots more conspicuous
than artistic: the game, however, is played
with dominoes -.
In Wyoming the law of trial by jury OF
peers is interpreted to mean for woman,
twelve iurywoman. In that state recently
two servant maids sued the mistress for
their wages, and a woman jury gave iudg-
| ment in their favor. In Capt. Cutie
fashion it would be well to make note of
this IN order to refute the charge that
women will not give one another justice, as
, in this instance probably three women were
dealt with justly. -
How many of the readers of this depart
partment know that the flag of this Union
! now waves with forty-four stars2 Since
July 4, 1891, it has shown forty-four stars
in six rows, the upper and lower having
eight stars and the four intermediate seven
stars each on blue field.
-.
T. B. Aldrich, who if not poet in the
highest sense of the word, has at least
written some very clever verses, said re-
Gently that his appreciation of French and
Spanish verse had helped him in his poetic
work French prose he considers more
helpful than the poetry, but form and
rhythmic flow find their best expression
the soft language of the Castillian. There
is justice in the claim set up by the Span
iards that theirs is the language of the
cavalier, and no one familiar with the poe
try of the country will deny that it is the
language of love.
~
The constant comment is ''why do not
float along without perceptible effort and
almost without noise. The clacking of
heels is almost as vulgar as swinging the
arms, and accenting each step with a
shoulder movement.
-
The future career Of Mary Anderson
seems 10 furnish an untold amount of food
for speculation. Newspaper writers have
concluded that as she does not rock the
cradle nor wear the buskins as dernier
resort have fastened upon literature as her
future calling. Her early training was for
the stage and to pursue literature to even
modest success requires quite as much
preparation. Mary, despite the gossips,
persists in making the happy wife and in
keeping her own counsel.