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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-12-17
GEMS AND JEWELRY.


New and Unique Designs In Gold and Preo-
ious Stones.
A heart.shaped locket of sardonyx
was seen with a cupid cut in intaglio
Tiny cachou boxes covered with re.
pousse work are designed for mems
vest pockets.
A circular brooch made of twisted
bands of small diamonds and olivines
is pretty trife.
The trident is new form for lady 3
gold hat pin. The prongs are iuxu.
riously set with diamonds
A beautiful object in scarf pin is a
woman's bust with arms thrown up be-
hind her head cut out of moonstone
/ Another instance of tasteful display
in jewelers. window is wreath made
of enameled flowers with diamond cen.
ters-
Scarf pins in sard, green tourmaline,
garnet and labradorite cut intaglio, are
among the most elegant as well as art
istic scarf pins
New bonbon boxes are hexagonal,
the corners being merely cut OF. and
have picture in enamel, usually a
cupid, set in the cover
A long-felt-want is supplied in small
round boxes of repousse silver that re-
semble bonbon boxes, but inside con.
ceal dainty little powder puff.
One of the prettiest rings has a bow
knot of small diamonds for a set The
daintiness of the design lies in the idea
that these ribbons are attached to the
ends of the uncompleted circle and
completes it.
A species of dolphin, long enough to
rap himself around aud curl his tail so
rs to fit in an imaginary circle makes
one of the newest gold brooches. + The
finish is rough and unpublished, and tiny
diamonds serve as eyes.
A diamond star recently seen has one
long blazing ray and lesser rays of diff
ferent length mingled with slender
beams of light indicating fine lines OF
gold. II is an entirely new departure
in the tirae-honored diamond star, and
a step toward things as they are
Advantage of the layers and tints in
piece OF opaline was taken to carve
the heads of youth and old age, one
looking right and above, the other left
and beneath On another piece, OF
opailne was a butterfly, and on another
a paroquet exquisitely carved.
Tall, slender glass vases with fiaring
tops come in red and yellow shaded
glass. The larger ones have a trans.
parent snake with his tail wrapped
around the vase and his head resting
on the glass vase.
| Some beautiful bracelets are now
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-12-17
ONION CURING SIZED on cRIp

framework. No other description will
be needed. think would divide the
starage room on each side into shelves.
making at least four of them, each
two feet deep. The onions can then
be stored twelve OF eighteen inches
deep, leaving space enough for free
airing and drying between the layers.
The loft may also be. used for curing
onions, or for storing corn and for
other purposes.
If we could depend on dry weather
right along, we might easily dispense
with curing-shed, lofts, etc, as the
bulbs will cure very wen outdoors. In
a dry spell we can even leave the crop
unharvested for some time after it is
ready for pulling. But this not a safe
way. Many onions are lost or much
deteriorated in value by being left un-
harvested too long When the bulbs
have made their growth, the tops fall
over, and gradually begin to waste
away. Then is the time to pull the
crop. If left, and wet time should
set in, the onions will take new start,
and after having once begun to grow a
second time. nothing we might.do will
stop them again. They will keep on
growing, and If not used. soon, will
spoil. The same thing is liable to hap
pen if the onions are left on the ground
to cure, and a long spell of rainy
weather sets in. Usually we run very
little risk early in the season, as a few
days of hot, dry weather will be all
sufficient to finish the curing process
and get the bulbs in marketable condi-
ton. Later in the season, when rains
are usually more frequent and the sun
has lost much of its drying power, we
must be more careful with the crop.
Pull in time, leave on the ground for a
few days; then, on q dry day, gathes
and put into curing crib, or thinly on
barn or shed floor or loft. or in any
other dry and airy place.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-12-17

Reporter-Pardon me, but l have
called to inquire II there is any truth
in the rumor that you are TO be married
IL St Paul's church next Tuesday
IN rning to Mr. Bangup?
= Great Actrsss-I do not know the
gentleman
"What? Not know Mr. Bangnp!
Why, his name has been coupled with
yours for the past two yetrsr
Yes, know, but k,s'e hot met
him yet"- Y. Weekly
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-12-17
THE MAD MARINE.
Sire g.. s 4 Story Of a Vreck and
- Gu sTIy Occupant.
Left on seck by u sudden squsll the I'm
fortunate sailor Goes Crazy aud
refusing Aid Hsfks Death
in the .4nves.

.eail hol''
s'Nhere away?'
''Two. points off the weather. bow
SIR
.'Can you make her out?''
mo. sir
Report to the captain, ORDERLY
said the officer of the deck to the ma
rine stationed at the cabin door. THAT
sail has been reporte from aloft two
points off the weather bow, but that
the lookout cannot make her out vet.
Meantime a little group of officers
had gathered aft, and the men on the
forecastle had crowded close to the
wcather-rail. and all eagerly scanned
the horizon, for sail in that portion
of the western ocean was no common
thing to see -.
1t was dull, threatening afternoon
in June. and the sloop of war Croydon
was bowling along close hauled on the
port tack. about two hundred miles to
the westward of the Azores.
Hail the lookout again.. said the
captain, eff he can make anything out
of her now"
1T looks like wreck, SIR" came
back the answer from the topsail yard
Now we could plainly make her out
rs she swashed and wallowed in the
waves. She had been bark-rigged, but
the foremost had carried away CLOSE to
the deck, while the bowsprit and head
booms. held by tangled mass Of rig
ging, trailed from her bow. The up
per mast of the main and mizzen were
also gone, and the-only remnant of
sail that could be seen were the tat
tered rags that streamed from the main
topsail yard-arms.
She was very deep in the water, and
now and then, as she fetched a heavy
lurch, sea would plunge across her
deck and gush and gurgle from the
scuppers, and the only sign of life was
the sea birds that, frightened from
their perch upon the vessels masts,
circled round and round and with shrill
cries uttered their displeasure.
The Crovden was hove to a short dis
xaNca 10 leevyard and a boat at once die
patched 10 the deserted vessel. The
officer in charge was ordered To make
a thorough search. and to gain all the
information possible~ concerning her.
and If he should find that the s6in had
been abandoned. as seemed probable.
he was To blow her nm with the tor
pedoes furnished tn the boat as in her
present condition she was a danger to
nav;oation
"Keen q rood lookout for vo,,r re-
call . sbonted the cantain a. the boat
showed off ..for Il looks as II we might
have soma had weather before long,
!. was 10 - n,,Il 80 rea.h ~. ,v,.oL
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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-12-17
FAMOUS FOR AN HOUR.
The Ludlcrous BIuuder at an Australia
Charity Concert.

The Ludlcrous Bluuder at an Australian
Charity Concert.
1t is not often that a non entity is
mistaken for nobility for several
days. Yet that is what happened quite
recently in small watering place in
Upper Australia All of a sudden the
town was convulsed with the delight
full intelligence that Girardi, the ia
nous Viennese comedian, was in its
midst. A charity concert was in prog
ress of organization and forthwith a
deputation waited on the great man to
solicit his assistance 1t was gracious
ly accorded and the deputies withdrew
in high feather, one of them remark
ing how strange it was that an-actor
should have so fine beard. why,
don't YOU know" replied an omnisciept
colleague, that actors always let their
boards grow in the holidays?" On the
eventful night the concert room was
packed to suffocation and vigorous
round of applause greeted the appear
ance of the famous actor. What fol-
lowed may best be described in the
words of the Vienna News: A''Instead
of the excruciatingly funny song ex-
pected by the public Herr Girardi be-
gan sentimental ditty in a hoarse
tone of voice. This rather astonished
the audience at first, but they rapidly
came to the conclusion that it must be
first-rate imitation of some opera
singer. The object of the mimicry
they did not know, but they roared
with laughter all the same. Girardi
was encored and sang a romantic Ital-
ian aria, and once more the audience
were convulsed at the sublety of the
imitation. Next morning it happened
that the official visitors list was pub
lished, from a pernsal OF which it APP
peared that, barring certain. Samuel
Girardi. described as the merchant"
nobody of that name was stopping in
the town. The actors name being AL
exander, the extent of the blunder was
soon apparent London Globe.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-12-17
: Enterprising Journalism. -wooder

81 tell you the Daily Keyhoie Is an
,enterprising paper Bullfinch =
whats it done now?" Wooden
"Why, it's got seventeen photographs
to-day OF people that used to know
neighlors of Almy's grandmother. -
Boston Courier.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-12-17

The pleasanteffect and the perfect safety
win which ladies may use the liquid fruit
laxative, Syrup Of Figs, under all condl,ions
make it their favorite remedy. y pieas.
eifectuaI in acting on the kidneys, liver and
bowels
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-12-17
Brooklyn has a veritable 5

Brooklyn has veritable safe
breaker If inclined to dishonesty he
might cause the police no end of
trouble. His integrity, however,. is
equal to Ills skill The manipulation of
the cold chisel has been breaking into
bank vaults and safes for forty years.
In all he has entered four thousand
safes, and. though past seventy, he ex-
poets to add to the number The ex-
PLANTATION is that he is employed to
open safes whose locks have become
fixed or the combinations lost
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-12-17

a ProvxRp REVERSED -RaRgsIt ISM
always the coat that makes the man. "
JagEs-"No; u Tie man happens g Pc
Rr0oklVn EAGLE y
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-12-17

81 wonder how ship can hug the
shore?" said Amy to Mabel. with its
yardarms, Of. course. you silly
Truth.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-12-17

TUnxKr red Is made from the maddcr
plant which grows In Hindostan. II 10
probable that the madden II gets the redder
Il becomes.--N. o. Picayune.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-12-17

butt 4 man i, as tho hclllgcrcnt goat
romnfked when be- saw thu lonely traveller
draM nearer -Baltimore American.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-12-17

Do NOT purge nor weaken the bowels, but
act specially on the liver and bile. a perfect
liver correcter. Carter's Little Liver Pills
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-12-17

A CAREER Of extravaganza docs not ncces
snrily bring man to sackcioth, but it Is
more than likely to bring him TO hashcs-
Washington Star.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-12-17

FrRsr TRAMp-sI haven't seen you 70
three months. What have You been doingt'
second Tramp-~Time IN. Y, Herald
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-12-17

DoS'r neglect q Cough. Take some Hale
Honey OF Horehound and Tar iastantsr.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-12-17
A CHEAP POULTRY HOUSE.

be bought for s125 a thousand. Six
pounds Of three penny wire nails will
fasten them on. Cut a door in end, 3x6
feet. and an opening in front, five feet
six inches long by two feet wide. Ar
range for sash to slide either way. Use
two sashes that will take panes 12x16
inches. If possible, the front OF the
house should face to the south so that
the chickens may receive the warm
sunshine. The nests are arranged in
parallel rows in front. In making
nests. leave only room for one hen to
sit, by putting board over them, hav-
ing partitions few inches higher than
the front board. Make slanting, lad
der-style roosts by using scantling six
feet long, letting one end rest on the
ground and mailing the other to the
main posts on the rear side. at point
about IS inches below the roof. Now
nail on cleats, the full length of the
house, about is inches apart. In this
manner all the droppings are away
from the nests entirely, and can be
easily removed. The hardness of ma
terial will, of course, have to be con-
sidered, but under ordinary circum-
stances, we might estimate the cost of
such house as follows:
Posts. plates and rafters df honghtl 80. 80 40
800 feet barn siding, at si.25 per 100 feet. 25
5000 shingles, Of sl25 per 49,. q so
Sash and glass, about. 2 50
Wire nails, hinges. etc .............. 75
liz.
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might throw himself into the sea and
be drowned and so it was deemed best
to act with caution, and if possible to
gain IA foothold by stealth and then to
seize and put him in the boat. We
pulled slowly around the ship, Mr..
Horton by soothing words endeavoring
to calm the maniac, who followed us
as we crcled about and with many
threats warned us to keep away.
When we reached the other side a
horrible sight met our eyes, Propped
up against the stump of the mizzen
rest was the skeleton which Thomas
had dragged from beneath the FORE
castle, an1 thefgrinning jaws and sight
less sockets were surmounted by his
own ragged cap. Around the bones he
had drawn an old pcajacket found in
the cabin, and the long and whitened
! fingers hung limp below the sleeves.
And as the ship plunged and lurched
against the mast, while the shiny
| head bobbed and bobbed in hideous
salutation.
s'Horrorsr cried Mr.. Horton; Il can't
stand that! Give way, my lads, and
| board her"
We shot the boat through the water
, and in an instant had gained the yes
! sells deck The moment the boat
! touched the side Thomas fled and grab
bling the skeleton as he, ran with a
\ swiftness born of the terror that pos
sessed him, mounted the rigging, and,
clutching the dangling bones with one
hand and the shrouds with the other,
gazed down upon us with fear-disteuded
eyes. With.fair words and promises
we tried to tempt him down, but there
he hung, terror-stricken maniac. II
we approached he would ascend still
higher on his treacherous support, un-
til at last, crouehing on the extreme
end Of the swinging mast, he swept
back and forth with the rolling ship.
| Every moment ~ feared that his
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-15
OF YE OLDEN TIMES
The Ancient Pastime of FalcOnry
Being Revived.
FUN WITH HAWKS AND DOGS
Next VIII be the Castle with its Moat, Draw.
bridge, Dungeon and Host Of
Retafners

New York, Feb. 13.-[Special correspon-
dence of THE HERALD. "A rainbow had
been shattered by the hammer OF Thor,
and the fragments were scattered over the
western sky; blood-red highway ran in
straight line over the sea to the sun, which
rested like ball of molten metal upon the
horizon. There was a sudden rushing
sound, and a bolt from heaven struck in
the midst of the sun path, scattering a
shower of Jewels that reflected back the
sunset hues of the day. An instant later
an American osprey rose from the waves
with his glistening prey in his talons. 1t
was a noble sight-a grand plunge, an un-
errlng aim, skillful and quick recovery;
and as | watched the bird rise higher and
higher over my boat, thought what grand
and artistic and intensely interesting sport
it would be to discard our hooks and lines,
our creeping and crawling and disgusting
bait, and to substitute a ring or perch of
ospreys, hooded and belled like the falcons
of old. II was an enchanting fancy, and
nothing but the grim necessity of being
compelled to make living has deferred
me from carrying out the idea.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-15

When the ruling classes wish to
strengthen their power over their poorer
brethren, they seek to make the poor de-
pendent upon the bounty of the rich for
their support, and by thus destroying the
independence of the so-called lower
classes. the ones in power re-
tain their position. Now exactly the same
policy must be pursued with hayward or
foolish bird that prefers freedom and self
support to wearing a plumed hood on its
head and bewits on its legs. With such a
bird, excite its appetite by forcing it to
swallow pellets of tow mixed with little
wormwood and garlic. This will increase
its hunger, and thereby make it more de-
pendentupon its master, and consequently
more docile, and the pleasure 1t derives
from the qualification of the artificial ap-
petite, will attach it more closely to it's
master who feeds tt.
In week or less the bird is tanned, and
then you can commence with the training.
Take the falcon out in your yard, or if you
live in the city and have no back yard, seek
a retired spot in the park. Put piece of
meat on your hand and, calling the bird
teach it to hop on your hand. BY no means
allow it to partake of the meat until il has
answered your call. Next fasten the meat
to lure made of fiat piece of wood and
covered on both sides with the wings of the
bird you intend to hunt or the skin Of the
animal you expect your hawk to pounce
upon. Unhood your bird and show it the
lure If the bird strikes the lure allow it
to take the meat when it has answered
your call and returned to your wrist. The
string attached to the lure may be from ten
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-15

to more than thirty yards in length and
when the bird swoops down upon the lure
at the full length of the string and
will then obey the call, you are
on the road to success and know
that the bird recognizes the lure and knows
that by answering your call it will
be entitled to the meat for its reward.
This point gained, you need no longer fear
allowing your bird freedom. because at a
moments notice you can reclaim him with
the call or signal; even if he be soaring
high overhead, at the sound of the call he
will descend to his accustomed perch upon
the buckskin gauntlet.
You may show your bird living game by
letting the real1 animals or birds, repre-
sente0 by the lure, fly or run handicapped
by strings fastened to their legs If your
falcon takes these properly, binds the game
well, and is obedient to the call, you are
safe to take him to the field and try him on
wild game, and if you are fond of field
sports you will be more than repaid for
your perseverance and trouble in breaking
your brancher.
Although the word falcon is often used
lndiscrlminately for any or all birds used
to hunt, yet in the language of falconry
there are many distinctions. according ia
Yarrell: for instance, the female peregrine
was exclusively called the falcon, and on
account OF her great size, power and cour.
age, was usually flown at herons and duck
the male, often only two thirds the size OF
his mate, was called tercel tiercel and
tiercelet, and was flown at cartridges and
magpies.
Soon after the Norman conquest the
birds were regulated by law with nice dis
tlnctlons; one style was for kings, as we
have before stated, another for princes OF
the blood, still others for dukes and great
lords-ffteen grades in all, which reached
down to the knave.
Naturalists are as bad as the Normans OF
worse, and divide and sub divide and quar-
rel over the subdivisions. In 1874 two we'll
known authorities published list, one
making six species of goshawks (Astur).
and the other thirty one; the latter
made only twenty three sparrow hawks
and the former forty five. According tc
the latest authority at hand, the hawks
differ from true falcons ir not having q
toothed or notched bill
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-15

fine black penciling running from above
and behind the eye adds expression and
fierceness to the face. Audubon loved to
watch this bird and describe the bold dar-
ing adventures as on strong wing it sailed
over the American wilds that have since
become populous towns and farming dis
tricts. 1t would take volume to describe
each species and be unnecessary, as the
only object of this article is to attract the
attention of the sportsman to the grand
possibilities for sport that would be opened
by revival of hawking.
The fair sex would also have an oppor-
tunity, for sin days of old when knights
were bold" the knight always paid his
court to his fair one by his marked atten-
ton to the falcons. Using the greatest
judgment in flying the bird at the proper
moment, never losing sight of it, encour-
aging it by calls, following it and and Sc
curing the prey from the death dealing
talons, and with caress as a reward for
the lucky or skillful work, the knight
would slip the hood over the birds head, and
with all the grace he could assume place
the talon on the slender wrist of his and
the birds mistress. DAN BRAND.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-02-15

The ancient sport of falconry is about TO
be revived by number of wealthy men in
New Jersey, where, in the open country,
there are excellent opportunities for fun
with hawk and dogs.
Falconry was introduced into England
about the fourth century, and 1ourished
during the middle ages and the Renaissance.
From the peasant with his sparrowhawk to
the crowned king with his gerfalcon, all
were passionately fond of hawking. What
were then considered vast fortunes were
expended upon the cultivation Of this sport.
The grand master of the order Of st. John
of Jerusalem sent twelve falcons annually
to the kings of France. A French Allght
of the order conveyed the birds to his
monarch, for which service he received as
present his travelling expenses and
money equivalent to $4,000 year. Louis
XIIl. was daft on falconry, and always
went hawking before going to church. Al
bert de Luynes made a fortune by his
scientific training and treatment of the
BIRDS. Baron de la Chastaigneraie, chief
falconer for Louis Kill. cared for 40 birds,
and employed 100 men to assist him in their
care.
England and Germany were enthusiastic
on the subject of hawking. No lady or gen.
tleman, noble or ecclesiastic, with any self
respect, would appear in public without a
pet bird mounted upon the gauntleted
wrist The officiating clergy even took
their birds to church with them, only leav-
ing them perched upon the altar steps
while engaged in the actual church service.
Formerly falcons were divided into two
classes, noble and inferior. The gerfalcons
were the nobility in the bird aristocracy
and the others, the falcon, the hobby, the
merlin, etc, had to content themselves
with riding on the gloved hands of esquires
and people OF small Importance.
The United States IS well supplied with
birds of prey, none of which probably are
not susceptible of being trained for the
chase. That they can be trained know
having as lad reared many, and taught
them to come at my call and to be gentle in
their behavior, not pinching my wrist wher
perching upon it. This is half the battle
and any one with time and patience can dc
the rest