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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-07-16
TANNING A TARTAR.
- Hunters Exciting Experience on tn,

p n on .
( steppes OF Russia.
[ "a gentleman who was travelling in
!. Russia npon scientific pursuits fouud
ishimself obi yeisto subsist almost en-
tirel upon what he could shot One
| morning he had beenput early IN search
of game, aud not. having fnund any
thing, was about returning to his camp,
! when he heard someone call ng 10 him
| in Russian. The speaker turned ont to
be rather smart-iooking Tartar, who
was standing in big fiat cart. with
troika Of capital horses before him. He
was asking the gentleman to take a
seat in his cart. assuring him that he.
too, was sportsman, and would take
| him to q place where game abounded,
and bring him back safely before night
| fall Rather doubtingly the gentleman
hnall got into the cart, and was driven
rapidly away.
AFTER a verst or two he says, II
began to find .thatF friend was no
ggart.foI.iin .a short time we had
| bagged several 9hares and o few q tlilf1,#7
His sight was marvellous. He pointed
far in advance, and said, 'Lo, hare.
We FASTENED in that direction. and after
tramp Of one or two hundred yards,
sure enough, up started hare from the
very spot 49, t& ~
"And now the object of the Tartar.s
morning drive was revealed On hill
side near us was a mighty flock of
sheep. Disrnounting aud removing his
shoes, the man plunged in among, and
after muchs labor secured four or
five fat animals, and got them
into his cart. These he carried
with us to neighboring village, where
they were petsdled out piecemeal to the
natives, the " no cooperation slanght-
tering. skinning and cutting up being
carried out at stone trench hard by.
much time was consumed by this
work. Anxious to get back to my
quarters, I suggcsted as much to the
Tartar, when he coolly informed me
that I had better make MP nv mind to
pass the night at his house at j..
naming village of some half-dozen
houses, at which horrible murder had
occurred some months previously.
SIT may have been the memory Of
this murder, or it may have been his
phastlv handin ess with the brtf,bar,a
knife. that made me resolve 7 would
not no theresusI rernninded hin, of bis.
premis e.M All the satisfaction i could
get was Tint il INvanted to 20 back /
must walk. -
Ibid / know in what direction NV
camp Law? Yes. ont yonderg over that
low line Of hills. grim laupb- and
the assurance that the camn was n an
exactly opp,site direction increased INV
suspicious of NV auondam friend. as I
knew he must be living.
"a moments consideration showed
me that d walk tstbis hour wonld end
probably in q niobt on the stenne ~
the mercy Of tb;s man or sanp ot,6ay VIC
chose to st,Hr no a. sba IA :, :.
tactics. He had M t,raar,,s ard COT s,
the s,,oa 81 the ca,t Iba5,rr ,e,,,s,,, -
s.+ heh;nd Q
4 81 ,nustarad. whist l;ttlaz p,ss,.n
lnaw and Lot him nnderst,nd that ~
mnst kea,, b;s. n,.ou,;sa. that a..
connt Would T ~ 70 - that -.
home.trarl, was the ono nm onr rioh.
aud II he refnsad 10 talxa u vyn,,lJ
blow him off his cart With a charge -
No 5.
,eTh;s was a rougb aropment and bo
oaf n6 nj ralI Ia trio 70
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--Trickery comes natural TO me
cinnamon. A Chinese physician IN
Philaaelphia has been doing q rushing
bns;ness-all Office practice. In every
case he prescribed opium: Inc a'.. l.9,.'.
tiles have just ..tumbled" 20 ms trioa'
He has been running ~ opium 17'n'.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-07-16

Not 4 single Qualification
You speak Of Adam and Evesas one
Of our drst families; but you make i
great mistake. :
Wny?v
They had no wealth, nc edu alton
and no ancestry. PUCK
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-07-16
NET In THE DESERT.
Some Very Interesting Specimens
of Animal Life.

Peculiarjties OF the Tarantuia Hawk-The
Road Runner of California Which
Preys on Rattlesnakes Having
=: Fun with q scorpion.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-07-16
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
The dam porpoises are said 70 h,

me dam proposes are SAID To netp
their Young in their efforts to breathe
by bearing them up to the surface OF
the water on their fiippcrs The sptr-
acle, or blowhola, appears to be q sem
sitive part of the head, for when touched
\ : it'll this hand the porpoise invariably
shows signs of great discomfort by
lashing the tail vary violently.
1t is dangerous TO be too good q
dreamer. Recently Cincinnati man
woke up his wife In the middle Of the
night to tell her that he had just
dreamed that his store was on fire. Sure
enough, in few minutes. a message
came, telling him that his store was on
fire. He felt so proud over his dream
I that he Dragged about it all over town;
and the insurance companies, hearing
of it, refused to pay the insurance.
The elevator in buildings is not so
modern an invention as many suppose.
In the royal palace at Luxembourg,
near Vienna, in 17T7, was machine by
whieh@thelE mpress=Q Queen Maria The=
resa, who was too unwieldly to go up
and down stairs, was conveyed through
a well from one story to another. The
well or shaft extended from cellar to
roof, and the elevator had three strings,
which, when pulled, served as signals
for "go up" down or stop"
DIR. Charcot reports girl of fifteen,
with blue eyes and long blonde hair, "
an inmate of Paris hospital, who has
feline" spells. her eyes becoming peri
odically and suddenly t'frightfully con-
vulsed in the orbits" when she will as
sumo position on all tours, hop and
skip around the room, initiate cat in
the "pht" and meow sounds and wind
up by fainting, rolling over on her back
and assuming normal human conditions.
He has dubbed her femme chat or
cat woman.
-Ayoung man of Campello, Mass J,
recently met handsome young woman,
with whom he fell in love. Being BASH
full, he asked his friend If he would not
propose for him, and, if successful, he
would pay 800 for his friends services.
The friend succeeded in making the
proposal, and the young man was ae-
ceptcd The marriage took place
and the friend asked for his 500,
but the young husband refused to
pay. The claim has been placed in the
hands of lawyer for collection.
THE Yosemite national park now
embraces parts of forty-two townships,
covering about 1900 square miles, or
900, 900 acres. from which is to be de-
Quoted the Yosemite grant of $4,000
acres. About ZOO, 600 acres of the ma
tional park is mountainous well watered
and heavily timbered with pine, fir,
spruce, hemlock, tamarack, oak, cedar,
madrona, laurel, sequoia and mountain
mahogany. Two hundred and sixty
Thousand acres are. composed ofanount=
ain valleys, meadows, lakes, etc.
One of the funny incidents that
sometimes attend voting by women was
seen in western city the other day.
A closed carriage dashed up. to the poll
ing place, and a well dressed matron
rather timidly stepped out. Seeing a
young man Of her acquaintance with
out the rail she called him to her and
placed her ballot, carefully prepared.
in his hand with a request that he put
it in for me, please" Before the sub
stitute could explain matters she was
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Wilson W aifs.

A refreshing rain fell to-day.
Weather has been quite warm
for several days.
Wheat harvest has begun, and q
fine yield is expected.
The crop of cherries and other
small fruits is very abundant.
F. P. Barnhart and mother WIS.,
tied relatives near Nickelton, Ma
con county, this week.
Mr.. Joshua Davis, of LaPlata,
is visiting his niece, Mrs. Hanks,
of this place.
r. l.. Hamilton has returned to
Omaha, Nebraska.
MIR. Jacob Ingraham and family,
of Lawrence county, have been
visiting MIR. Ingraham's father,
G. W. Ingraham, of this place, for
the past ten days. G. w. Ingra-
ham and wife have now gone on a
visit to Michigan. His son will
remain here until their return.
Mr.. Russell and Archie Bryant,
of Edna, spent Sunday at the
home of Mr.. Harry Hicks.
Rustic.
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Sloan Gleanings.

Farmers are all quite busy har-
vesting.
Our merchant, Mr.. Garard, is
doing quite hourishlng business.
We haye just had splendid
rain and everything looks re-
freshed.
DMisses Daisy and Josie More
lock, of Stahl City, are guests at
the home of Mr.. Otto this week.
Singing. at this place, is pro-
crossing nicely under the manage
ment of Prof. Meeks.
Miss Mary Knox, of Oakland
Grove. was the guest of Miss Pearl
Otto, lasa Saturday night.
Sabbath school was largely at
tended at this place last Sunday.
Rev. Doyle preached at three
o'clock in the afternoon.
Miss Pearl Otto, who has just
closed term of school at Sperry,
returned home Saturday evening
to spend the summer vacation.
The ice cream supper of recent
date, given at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs VIM. Anderson, was quite an
enjoyable event, about forty being
present. ZETA.
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Mossback Encouraged.

Mrs. Mossback expected some
of her relatives to visit her OH
Sunday, and naturally desired to
make little display. She inform
ed me Thursday morning that a
sack of -four must be procured for
the occasion, as she WAS not yet SO
abased as to feast her kin folks on
corn dodger and buttermilk. She
always managed to have a way of
her own about affairs, and fre-
quently has SO many of them as to
leave me in hopeless confusion
and impotent despair. In this
instance, it was plainly biscuits or
divorce. One is mentioned about
as often as the other at our house,
but l always prefer the biscuits.
How to get the -four was the con-
sideration which disturbed my
equilibrium. There was no money
about the house, as all my grown
up sons happened to BE- away from
home, except the eldest, and he is
about as shiftless as humanity can
get. l have come to believe at
last that poker playing and tie
like will make a young fellow
"ornry" enough to steal his own
gripsack.
The merchants at town are
mostly Democratic, and as such
are angry with me for my open
fight against the Multums. 1t
was no use to 60 to them for cred
it, for they have sprung boycott
on me in that line. The miller at
town is a Radical, but for all that
is subject to generous impulses
unknown to the Multums and their
allies. To him | went IN fear and
trembling. He listened to my
tale of woe with manifest annoy
snce. l thought he was going to
refuse me the sack of flour, and as
l thought of divorce proceedings
almost instituted, my eyes filled
with moisture. He looked at me
with a scorn that scorched my
sensitive spirit. At length he said:
"Mossback, you voted for Fogle.
He tried to bankrupt every miller
and merchant in the state. Like
little fee in a fox. chase, he must
do something, though his efforts
may only result in hydrophobia
You belong to the rag-tag and
bob-tail. Mossback, who are the
standing menace of our institu-
tions. The term tritiiug is not a
preface to your moral condition.
If you want flour. why don't you
raise wheat?" He eyed me con-
temptuously for time, then said:
You can take sack of -four along;
I suppose it is given away of
of course, but l can't be as stern
as | should be. You would better
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Bullion Items

The fruit crop promises to be
excellent.
Oats and hay will be large
yield.
Mr.. A. Skies and family spent
Wednesday in Brashear.
Mrs. G. w. Glasgow spent Sat
urday near Prairie Bird.
Mr.. Marshall Thompson made q
business trip to Kirksville, Tues
day.
Mr.. W. S. Eawter is taking
music lessons. Miss Ida Rahe is
the teacher.
Several of our prominent Bull
lionites will attend the celebration
in Kirksvile.
Mr.. and Mrs. PARCELS, of Radi-
cal Ridge, made Bullion a short
visit Tuesday.
Mr.. James DeFrance, of Kinks
vile, was in Bullion Tuesday
looking after business.
Mrs. Henry Sohn of Kirksville,
spent last week with her mother,
Mrs. Siegmund.
Mrs. Patten and daughter,
Phoebe. were the guests of Mrs. I
j. Walker, Friday.
Mr.. Joseph Kennedy spent Sat
urday and Sunday visiting friends
and relatives in Kirksville.
The officials Of the 0. K. line
while inspecting the road June 90,
gave Bullion pleasant call.
Miss Myrtle Ebert and brother,
Maple, were the guests of the
Misses Anderson, Monday.
Mrs. John Rahe was the guest
of her mother, Mrs. R. Sloan,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
last week.
Miss Mary Conner, of Sullivan
county, is teaching music in this
vicinity. Miss Mary is meeting
with deserve d success.
Mr.. Wilson from Wllmathville
who met with very serious acci-
dent last Thursday and has since
been at the residence OF MIR. John
Charleston is very much improved.
We are informed that Mr.. w. S.
Vawter has purchased telegraph
instrument. We understand that
he will learn teleg1aphy IN tbs
near future.
An Ice cream supper WAS given
at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. H. Lackey the first of the week.
A large crowd was in attend.
snce and report a good time.
Mr.. Leroy Spangler shipped
three car loads of cattle and one of
hogs from Bullion, Wednesday,
Mr.. Spsngler's cattle were the best
shipped from this place for some
time, many weighing 1925 pounds.
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OBITUARY..

Thomas B. Ratliff was born in
Louisa county. Virginia, Decem-
ber 13, 1905, and died in Des
Moines county, Iowa, June l4th,
1891. He was eighty-fve years,
six months and one day old. He
was married in Morgan county,
Illinois, November, 1881, to Miss
Sarah Henderson. In 1886 he
moved to his farm in this county
where he lived until death severed
him from his aged companion.
He leaves wife and five sons and
three daughters, with large cir
Gle of friends to mourn his death.
He was a good citizen, a member
of the Pleasant Grove Cumber-
land Presbyterian church for over
fifty years, and he was always
found in his place of duty while
able to attend church. For four
years or more he was confined to
the house and most of the time to
his bed Without any percepti-
BILE disease he passed away peace
fully and calmly on Sabbath morn
ing at lO:15, June IA Brother
Ratliff "died in a good old age, an
old man and full of years; and was
gathered to his people" The fun
eral took place to-day at Pleasant
Grove G. P. church at II a. m.
The sermon WAS preached from
John IA: 3, by the writer.
F. NJ. JOHNSON, Pastor.
Pleasant Grove, Iowa, June 16.
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Trustees Sale.

Whereas, John W Eddy and Katie j. Eddy
his wife by their certain deed of trust dated
the 10th day of January lSs9 and recorded in
the Recorders Office of Adair county, at Deed
Book X, page 80, conveyed TO the undersign-
ed George +. Williams all his right, title. IN
terest and estate. in and to the following de-
scribed real estate situated in the county OF
Adair. state OF Missouri, viz:
Northeast fourth of the Southeast quarter OF
Section Mo-. township sixty three. Is, OF
range No IL. fifteen.
Which said conveyance was made in trust to
secure the payment of certain promissOry
nole in said deed described, and whereas said
note has become due and is unpaid. now there
fore, i'll accordance with said deed Of trust,
and at the request of the legal holder of said
note, shall proceed to sell the above describ-
ed r.al estate at the court house door in the
town OF kirksyille, in the county of Ajair,
state aforesaid, to the highest bidder for cash,
at tublic auction, on Thursday, the I'D day
of July, 1891, between the hours Of nine In
the forenoon and five in tho afternoon of that
day, to satisfy said note, together with the
cost and expense of executing this trust.
GEO. +. WILLIAMS,
Trustee.
Dated this lst day of July 1891
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90 to work and have the ready
cash when you want another, how
ever" l left with the -four, and
when out of the miller's sight l
shook my fist at the mill in a
vague but general warning to
offensive Radicals. That miller
will wait some time for his pay; no
man can abuse me with impuni-
ty.
AS l was leaving town l met a
man with a load Of ties. If had
been called upon to name his
horses, one would haye been des-
ignated Lost Prospect and the
other Forlorn Hope. There was
nothing in the appearance OF the
man himself to warrant a less
gruesome appellation. Imagine
my surprise to recognize him as q
reigning Multum of a few years
agone. Recognition was mutual,
and the fellow feeling of misery
warmed into converse.
GLOW have the mighty fallen"
1 remarked, with enough sympa-
thy inlmy voice tol throw a sewing
society into Mysteries. You
hauling ties and 1 buying flour on
credit. Isn't it terrible"
Eyes, Mossback," he said sadly,
yet with a touch of his old time
dignity, but you have not fallen
so far as l have. Look at the
offices I have filled-no less than
three of them. When wanted a
fourth and secured the nomins-
ton by my own methods. in open
defiance of The court house clique,
to which. I am ashamed to say, l
belonged for a time. l was beaten
because of my self-reliance. re-
fused to subscribe to the saloon
indemnity and corruption fund.
This enraged the other powers
whom you are pleased to call
Multums. They said l WAS all for
self and nothing for party. They
demonstrated, but 1 was firm. The
report was circulated that | had
voted for Judge Logan. 1t re-
quired this to defeat me. | did,
vote for Logan, but wish l had
Radical as he is, he WAS the best
Judge we ever had. l care not
what publicity may be given this
I've nothing now to ask of the
the ring. Office is out of my reach
here forever, and [ may yet vote
with the Radicals. Perhaps ]
shall fall dead from my wagor
some day. If so, it will be hare
work and political disappoint
ment. Lately l made up little
rhyme after reading one Of youl
articles
The truths of want, the tales of woe-
Go ortal and consult EN-;
But the dire.t fate that man may know
Is to be fallen Muitum,"
On parting he requested me t.
continue to yank, and l am mucl
encouraged.
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The Century For July 1891.

A portrait of Horace Greedy
forms the frontispiece of The Cen
tury for July to accompany a hith-
erto unpublished address by Mr..
Greely on Abraham Lincoln.
The paper in the California Sc
ries this month is one of peculiar
interest, being an account by Mrs.
Virginia Reed Murphy of her ex-
perience as girl In making the
trip "Across the Plains in the
Donner Party in 1916, Mrs. Muir
phys account being, it is believed,
the only narrative published by q
survivor of the ill-fated party.
An important paper by DR.. AL
bert Shaw. in his series on Mu-
nicipal Government, describes the
government Of Paris.
A paper by Joseph Pennell, il
lustrated by himself, gives a pic
turesque description of Provencal
Bull-Fights, in which, as the auth
or says, there is much sport and
little if any cruelty.
Major e. w. Baird furnishes a
paper on General Miles's Indi-
an Campaigns" Major Baird hav-
ing been a member of his staff.
Prof Edward S. Holden of the
Lick Observatory ls the author of
paper of popular astronomy en-
titled, "a Lunar Landscape"
with pictures from negatives taken
at the Lick Observatory.
In the editorial department the
series of papers on financial top
les, which has attracted much at
tention, is continued by an &C
count of John Laws sche me, the
likeness of hlch to Senator Stan
ford's land loan scheme is set
forth.
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Children's Day at The Novinger
School House.

By invitation l attended the
very interesting exercises at the
above school house, Sunday, June
IA ult. The house was neat and
clean and nicely decorated with
flowers.
The program was good. The
house was crowded. Over one
hundred and fifty persons were
present, of whom six were teach
ers and 50 were scholars. The bal
ance were spectators. Mr.. l. N.
Capps is the efficient Sup't., Mr..
j. b. Novinger, Sec. The Com
mittee on arrangements, promi-
nent among whom was Mr.. Sum-
ner of Danforth, deserve credit
for their diligence and taste in
preparing the house and decora-
tions for the occasion. The exer-
cises consisted of Scripture quota
tions, gospel songs, pray ers and
addresses. The services were de-
yotional.
At the close, a free offering was
contributed to aid the American
s. S. Union in it's work.
The collection amounted to S.
43. Could not many other schools
do likewise?
Although the day first desig-
mated is past, any other Sunday
will do as we'll, and l will be glad
to furnish printed programs free
to any school wishing to help the
work of said society. 1t has spent
thousands of dollars in s. S.
work In North Mo.-The Wilson
S. S. has of late years annually
taken mp such a collection.
Childrens' Day exercises are
pleasant and profitable to the re-
ligious interest of community,
especially to the s. S. interest.
All contributions to the Ameri-
can s. s. Union should be sent to
me at Kirksville. Receipts will
be returned to the contributing
schools. GEO. w. SHARP,
Missionary of the A. NJ. s. s. q.
for Northeast Mo.
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School Picnic.

The school taught by Miss Net
tie Campbell at Kohlmyer school
house, closed June 80, with lit
tersry program and picnic. There
was large number of visitors in
attendance. Rev. Bradley and
family, Prof. Dan and family, II.
p. Patterson and family, Mr.. Ollie
Robertson, Miss Matte Smith and
Mrs. B. I. 1lgenfritz, were pres
ent from Kirksville. Prof. Dan,
h. E. Patterson and Rev. Bradley
addressed the school. Exercises
closed with prayer by Rev. Brad
ley.
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School Reports.

Third monthly report Of Co.
pher Hill school for the month
commencing May 25 aud ending
June 20; number Of pupils enroll
ed 20; number of days attended
by all pupils 443; average number
of pupils attending each day I'll;
average number of days attended
by each pupil Is; those present
every day during the month";, Flor
ence and Edna and Wylie Woods,
Nora and Eppy Pinkston. Bertha
and Alberta Livingston.
EVA CoRBlN, Teacher.
Term report OF the Green Grove
school commencing on the 27 day
of April and ending the 10 day Of
June; number of days taught dur
ing the term 40; number of pu-
pills enrolled during the term 40;
whole number of days attended
during the term 400; average
number OF pupils attending each
day during til. term 35; those who
were present every day during the
term were: Thomas Elsea, Marian
Hughes. Mirtie, Maud and Ma
mie Huff, Lille and Mirtle Hen
bricks, Lille, Lulu and Henry
Hickman, Roy McRae, Rosy Mat
thew, Anna and Jesse Vansickel,
and Celia Sanders.
j. 81. BRADEN, Teacher.
Term report of Gopher Hill
school for the term commencing
March 81 and ending June 20;
whole number Of days attended by
all pupils 1923; average number
of days attended by each pupil Al;
those who were present every day
during the term: Oracle Eve rsull,
Eta Wandell, Edna Woods, Eppy
Pinkston; those absent no more
than 3 days, Florence Wandell,
Jennie Pierce, Elsie and Jesse
Johnson, Wylie Woods, and AIRY
Strock. Eva CoRBN, Teacher.