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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-04-02
"ALMosT A PERFECT MAN."
Charming Portrait of Kentucky Minister
of the OIden Time.

Charming Portrait of Kentucky Minister
of the Olden Time.
A tall, thinnish man, with silky, pale
brown hair, worn long and put back be-
hind his ears, the high tops of which
bent forward a little under the weight,
and thus took on the most remarkable
air of paying incessant attention to
everybody and every thing; set far out
in front of these ears, as though it did
not wish to be disturbed by. what was
heard, a white, wind-splitting face,
calm, beardless and seeming never to
have been cold or to have dropped the
kindly dew of perspiration; under the
serene peak of his forehead pair of
large gray eyes, patient and dreamy,
being habitualfy turned inward upon a
mind toiling with hard distractions;
having within him conscience burn
ing always like a planet; a bachelor
being logician; therefore sweet-tem-
pered, never having slipped the sour cup
of experiences; gazing covertly at
womankind behind the delicate vail
of unfamiliarity that lends enchant-
ment; being bachelor and book
worm, therefore already old at forty
and a little run down in his toilets, a
little frayed out at the elbows and
knees, little seamy along the back, a
little deficient at the heels; in pocket
poor always and always the poorer be-
cause of spendthrift habit in the mat
ter of secret charities; kneeling down
by the small, hard bed every morning
and praying that during the, day his
logical faculty might discharge its func-
ton morally, and that his moral
faculty might discharge its function
logically, and that over all the OPP
erations of all his other faculties he
might find heavenly grace to exercise
both logical and a moral control; at
night kneeling down again to ask for
giveness that, despite his prayer of the
morning, one or more of these same fac
ulties--he knew and called them all ia
miliarly by name, being a metaphysi-
cian--had gone wrong in a manner the
most abnormal, shameless and unfore-
seen.
Thus, on the whole, man shy and
dry, gentle, lovable, timid, resolute, for
getful, remorseful, eccentric, impulsive,
thinking too well OF every human Great
ure but. himself; illogical logician, an
erring moralist, wool-gathering phi
losopher, but, humanity speaking,
almost perfect man.-Harper's Magar
zine
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-04-02
SHORT LESSONS IN SCIENCE.
Grains of knowledge. Each Bit of Which
Is So Much Power.

Grains of knowledge. Each Bit of Which
Is So Much Power.
The candle power which is used as
the standard of illuminating efficiency
means the light of sperm candle,
seven-eighths of an inch in diameter,
burning at the rate of 100 grains per
hour.
Cold copper wire offers less resistance
to a current than hot wire. The re-
sistance increases at the rate of about
Is per cent for each Fahrenheit degree
of rise in temperature.
An ordinary transparent glass globe
absorbs about 10 per cent. of the light
passing through it. Ground glass alb
serbs about 80 to As per cent, and opal
glass from go to go per cent.
new insulating compound for cleo
trio wires is made by mixing one part
by weight of Greek pitch with two
parts of burnt plaster. The compound
is applied hot with brush. 1t is ann
ber-colored and polishable, and will
stand unusual heat or moisture.
AS regards their capacity for conduct
ing electricity, the principal metals
rank thus: Silver, 100; copper, 96;
gold, 70, aluminium, SO; zinc, 26; plat
mum, is; iron, Is; nickel, -; tin, Ii;
lead, Z. Copper and iron are the only
metals that have commercial value as
electrical conductors.
The heat-conducting qualities Of the
metals range about as follows: Silver,
100; copper, rs. so; gold, 1920; annealed
aluminium, 3S.S7; unnealed aluminium,
81. 9e; tin, 14.50; iron. HOO; steel, 11.6o;
lead, $50; platinum, 40; bismuth, 1.s0.
After ten years of construction an
elaborate telephone system connecting
all the forts and military establish
ments of Belgium with the City OF An
twerp has just beea completed The
system was specially devised to prevent
the tapping of the lines by an enemy in
time of war.
Some three years ago two French
chemists, MN. Frenzy and vernruil,
succeeded in producing rubies artifci-
ally, but the crystals were exceedingly
minute After long continued study,
and experiment they haxe succeeded in
continuing the process over several
months and producing as much as
seven pounds Of rubies at single 6pe-
ration. Detroit Free Press.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-04-02

when + look at our honored
guest" exclaimed the orator of the
evening, s'and remember how he rose
from humble position to be the presi-
dent OF this vast corporation realize
forcibly the truth of the saying that
there is always room at the top The
president of the vast corporation, a
gentleman with a large bald spot on
the top of his head, made memorap-
dunn in a little note book, and the wages
Of that young orator have never been
raised Chicago Tribune.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-04-02
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"


--Lillie-.Oh, Minniel have such
dear, unique fad ! have stuffed Pill
low with all Cholly's love letters Min
nic--''H How soft your pillow must be"
Urban Simplicity. "A two-year-old
ON visit to dairy farm" What do you
do with the empty cows when You have
done milking?" Fact. Brook n'Eagle-
The wickedest youth often turns
out later on as a good, respectable citi-
zen. Not every young man who essays
to learn the cornet joins brass band.
indianapolis Journal.
My wife," said Henpeck, dolefuliy,
Her temper never loses
scold3 Well, guess, but then say
She never loses it--0h, nay
But has 1t when she choosesis
boston Traveller.
The Course Of Human Events.--,
Customer"A year ago paid $3.50 for an
engagement ring. Shortly after that !
got wedding ring for S25. Now want
some plated safety pins for baby Clerl
Yes, sir. VIII You pay for them?"
Customer--"N No; have them charged. -
N Y, Sun.
Tenth Street Housewife Ito her
help)-"I wonder where the leaf Of that
extension table has disappeared 70. /"
Help with q beam OF satisfaction at
her superior knowledge -" Now wasn't
It too bad, mum? The fire went out and
It went for kindling What else could
do?"- Philadelphia Record.
lin some parts OF Texas the people
live to be very old. An old man Of
ninety, living quite distance from tho
nearest town, requiring some family
groceries, sent his son, = man Of seventy
odd years Of age. When the son failed
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-04-02

Perhaps, papa, said the financier's
daughter, lyon would like TO read some-
thing nice. Here Is volume Of select
quotations. = Great heavens;" ex-
claimed the old man. YEARLY. can /
never Get AWAY from business. =. Wssh4
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-04-02

Yeast s.Did your wife ever deceive
you?o Crimsonbeak Yes; she de-
ceiyed me only yesterday" Yeast
How sop Crimsonbeak sShe told
me she was going shopping and she act
ually made purchase. Is Yunkers
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-04-02

-Teaches ssWhat u the gender Of
grnve?'' Willie Masculine, Teach
ers-nyyhy so?" because II gives w 70
ssersts,r--N. =, usraldi
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-12-31

1t is not generally known that the bell
boys at the first class hotels make more
money than mechanics, while the earnings
of some of them will far exceed those of
many professional men. The pay is small,
seldom amounting to over twenty or
twenty-five dollars month and board,
but the tips are what count. There is one
bellboy, or Father bellman, for he is over
thirty years of age, who has been at the
Fifth Avenue hotel for years. He says
himself that his income is a good 5000 a
month, in addition to which he gets bis
meals at the hotel.
ga bellboy to be successful, has to re-
member several things" remarked this
party the other night. For one thing, he
needs to be polite and respectful, but never
familiar Further than that, he must be
careful in his dress. A slovenly or poorly
dressed bellhoy will disgust the fastidious
patrons of the house, who are our chief
standbys. On the other hand, it does not
do to be too stylishly dressed, as then the
guest will irnagine that the boy is so well
/ fixed that he would scorn to receive tip.
Attention to these two rules will generally
bring success to a bright bellboy. New
York Letter.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-12-31

"There was one incident in the woods
this season." said a North woods guide,
(which was amusing, to say the least
A wealthy Albanian, who spends his
summers ir the vicinity of Lake Geo go,
and who, bv the way, enjoys military
title, came into the woods with great
pomp when deer was in season, and re-
quested that deer be captured for him.
This was done and the animal tied to a
tree. Then the military gentleman, who
is member of society for the protec-
ton of fish and game, brought his gun
up and blazed away at the tethered ami
NAL. 1t required six shots from the gun
of the Albanian to mortally wound the
deer. What do you think of that for
hunting? The guides in the woods when
they heard Of the affair vowed they
would lynch the man if he came up
there again. Albany Journal.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-12-31
LIST OF PATENTS

Granted this week to Ohio inventors. Re
ported by @. A. Snow& Co., opposite the
U. S. Patent Office, Washington, @. d.
+. l.. Babcock & T.. ID. Schmitt,
CuyahOga Falls, friction. clutch; ]. G..
Bonner, Toledo, invoice-blank; A. f.
Brown, Cleveland, doubling up the
purchase of hoisting.ropes; A. f.
Brown & w. r. Knab, Dayton, tender;
P. Brown Sharonvslle, draw-bar for
cars; E. 7. Burgess, Columbus, gas
oline-stOve; j. Coup, Cleveland, car
coupler; NJ. Eckley, Pettisville, wire
tightener; G. w. Billings & B. P. Ken
yOn, Cleveland, vapor-stOve Oil-tank;
NJ. o. Felker, Springfield, fishing-rod;
J. b. Foote, Hamilton, can soldering
machine; F. II. Harris, Toledo, wagon
gear; w. & A. Hintz, North Amerst,
car-coupler; E. l.. Howe, Cleveland,
harness-saddle; l.. Kahn, Hamilton,
gas-stOve; E. NJ. Lindfors, Cleveland,
rod-cutter; G. w. Lishawa HartwelI,
timetable; J. Murry, Hillsboro, roller
tablet; ]. d V. L. Ney, Canton, hay
elevator; & suspend track; ]. w. Pen
field, Willoughby, brick-kiln; l.. M.
Reed, Cleveland, knock-down keg;
M. Schenck, Middletown, paber-bag
machinery; F. D. Schmitt, Cuyahog e
Falls, Friction-clutch; J. Walker,
Cleveland, cupona furnace; w. w.
Wallace & r. c. Penfield, Willoughby,
steam brick machine.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-12-31
Mosquitoes Are Everywhere.

Mungo Park considered that croco-
diles were but Of little account to the
traveller in Africa, ''when compared with
the amazing swarms of mosquitoes,
which rise from the swamps and creeks
in such numbers as to harass even the
most torpid of the natives" With his
clothes almost worn to rags, he was ill
prepared to resist their attacks, and fire.
quently, therefore, passed the night
walking backward and forward, tanning
himself with his hat, perpetual motion
being necessary to keep them at bay.
Lime testified to their extraordinary
abundance in Lapland, where smoke and
grease were in his time, as they probably
are still, the best preventives known.
And in recent years, Nordenskiold and
others have recorded meeting with enor-
nous swarms in high arctic latitudes,
in which regions, indeed, it is not only
culices that exist in myriads, but other
diptera as well.-Knowledge.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-12-31

When sthree regiments of the English
army took possession of Castine, Me-, in
the last year Of the war of 1912, a large de-
tachment was sent up the river to seize the
neighboring towns. As the red coats were
leisurely marching through the country
they saw an old, bent, white haired man,
sitting at the door of a small, plain house.
The young officer at the head of the
troops deigned to lay aside military dignity
for moment and condescendingly hailed
him:
"old Daddy, did you ever see SO many
men beforeY'
eyes," was the prompt answer.
"And where, thenP
"With Wolfe, under the walls of Que
bec."
The officer stopped. Good natured CON
descension to the old Yankee countryman
was changed to respect for the Colonial
soldier. Then l776 and 1912 were forgotten.
He ordered the command to halt, and with
the other officers shook hands with the
humble old man, proud to do honor to one
who, under the British flag, had followed
q young, brave general to his last victory.
Youths Companion.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-12-31
Story of a Dog Mother.

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tte" .La,i4 - - us us i1,lo i "S9 Tl"seiins II,
t,"aS ,'no Sailo hi " ,% Jno o%nIl VI
oiI r,,, oT1 S 500 uo "nio1 ne
t''t as "Vuiu uoY aeil iol Pooo Hne lat aC
vliso 'lil.o iGui 'UunS puPpios. nile 'ney
t't;a W. aOliliils v''e i.'Ule InoHnel anu ner
oa3.ea 1n uu1 n'sno oI Vlieir arLIs"i' Ine
oaS,o'''nU iV'uoa ,alie ~ to a'y .haU C"ere
VIZ lnoiI Oiian 'TelIS sheep ihl9sins'
.,a "" L,,'io uosS' poUn laisei Onan Cre ~
Iio 1~on, "I.I SoH,I'.l"S a"GU., ouC IIe
49, o.'i' "''O'oI lo''l ''i DlDN "''oiu
nnu III I'loili' : ~" naosC ~. ~ was u-Seu
~ onJ '''I''ho I'S p u'lC Lei looU was 9ore'
UL'sO quo n'"' n'en "aiu "U "oiN an u :
~"o nso'.i "o,n ouO "rru M InisU EiVe
p"ppiIa Cneii supper ne 'li"SVei ipS'SVeu
OnTT %,ES S"e ni"aU Eo , .,-
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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-12-31

A surprise party was given J. O'Don-
nell and wife, of Beaver Falls, by lot
Of his neighbors. Mrs. Bridget Donavan
was one of the guests. She weighs
about 29O pounds, and when she essayed
skirt dance it truly was a surprise
party. The floor was weak, Mrs. Dona-
van was heavy, and in the middle of a
difficult figure the floor gave way, and
the fair dancer disappeared into the cell
lar along with the kitchen stove. She
was quickly extracted from her perilous
position by the men of the party by the
aid of levers and ropes, and was found
to be but little injured. The stove,
fortunately, contained no fire, and did
not fall upon her.-Cor. Pittsburg Dis
match
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-12-31
ODDS AND ENDS.
The queen of Italy has 5000 dress.

The queen Of Italy has q, 900 dress.
Austin Corbin's new estate takes in IS, 900
srres and forty houses.
A woman can say mo" in such a low
voice that II means yes"
The drivers Of the street cars in Atlanta
ere not allowed TO carry whips.
Each of the 800 street cars Of New York
earned twenty dollars a day for the last
year.
Huxley is one Of the few men of science
who smokes, and he never commenced the
habit until he was forty
A new telephone line has been erected be-
tween London and Paris. The charge for
use is eighty cents a minute.
English capitalists recently purchased
s15O,OO0 worth Of railroad machines in
Philadelphia for Brazilian railroads.
A five pound bass is the largest fish ever
taken from Lake ChargoggagoggmauchO
gogungamaug, near Winsted, Conn.
By a recent appliance to kitchen ranges
the refuse from the kitchen is thoroughly
dried, converted into charcoal and used as
fuel.
Salt as a tooth powder is better than al
most anything else that can be bought 1t
keeps the teeth brilliantly white, the gums
hard and rosy.
In the last ten years the railroad system
in Mexico has increased from 800 to 6.000
miles, and fully 1900 additional miles are
contracted for.
Although diamonds will stand a very
high temperature when held in vacuum,
the admission Of air causes them to burn
almost as readily as coal
An odd invention, manufactured at the
suggestion of a New York lady, is an enam-
eled orange which opens and discloses
watch in one half and a purse in the other
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-12-31
After Many Years.

When Captain Alva Bradley was twenty
years old be heard Of circus at ElyriR and
desired TO 20. Money was scarce, but the
temptation was SO very strong that young
Alva determined TO go IL he had to walk
all the way. He went by a tie pass, but
when he reached his Mecca he found the
admission tn be fifty cents, and be had
twenty-five. He was too big to be al
mitted as a boy and too proud to sneak his
way in, so be stood outside disconsolately
and looked at the flaming posters prodigal-
ly displayed about the grounds. While
walking aimlessly about he was found hy
an old farmer, a neighbor Of his at home.
"Well, Alvy, my boy" said the farmer
''ain't you going in?"
"Nop," he answered, 81 just came to look
at the pictures"
But the old man was lonesome and
wanted company, and on that plea sue
ceeded in inducing the young man to enter
the enchanted place. So ''Alvy" saw the
show and carried his quarter back home
with him.
Long afterward, one winter evening
when the boy Alva had grown to be a
wealthy shipping merchant, he sat in bis
study in deep conversation with Captain
Stone. The door bell rang and the servant
admitted to their presence an old, white
haired, stoop lhouldered man.
81 wanted to see my boy Alvy once
again." he began, but you don't know
me, do you, 10y; you don't remember the
old man who took you to the circus oncei"
The tears came to the captains eyes as
he recognized in the aged man the kind
benefactor of his youth. He extended to
him a cordial welcome, and they sat to
gether all Il evening reviewing the years
since last tnsy met, for fortune had t
been kind to the old man; his home had
been removed to the far west and he bpd
found it a hard struggle to get the neces-
saries of life. AS he was about to leave an
envelope was thrust into his hands and he
heard the words in the captains trembling
voice, Here's the money you took me 0
the circus With when / was a boy, and a
little more as interest which it has gath
cred all these years"
The old man was overcome with surprise
and could not express his thanks, but
when he reached home he opened the paper
and found it contained check for $500
fifty cents for the circus ticket and the rest
for rinterest.-Cleveland Plaindealer.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-12-31
"old Masters" Are Cheap.

"Today in Europe genuine paintings by
the old masters may be obtained by the
dozens at prices ranging from 25 to so per
cent. less than they sold for fifty years
ago." Thus spoke man who has seen
over thirty years of life in the business of
buying and selling pictures and who, dur.
ing the past eighteen years, has crossed the
Atlantic ocean in connection with that
business over forty times. He continued:
"Of course do not refer to the historically
great pictures which are in great national
galleries. What do mean Is that scores
of private galleries have in the past ten
years been denuded of their old masters
and those pictures are now for sale with
no especial demand for them Their sun.
has set."-Detroit Free Press.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-12-31

The,laws of health are taught in the
schools; but not in a way to be of much
practical benefit and are never illustrated by
living examples which in many cases might
easily be done. If some scholar, who had
Just contracted cold, was brought before
1.-The school so that all could hear the dry,
oud cough and know its significance; see
the thin white coating on the tongue and
later, as the cold developed, see the pro
fuse watery expectoration and watery dis
charge from the nose, not one of them
would ever forget the first symptoms cold
were. The scholar should then be given
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy freely, that
all might see that even severe cold could
be cured in one or two days, or at least great.
ly mitigated when properly treated as soon
as the first symptoms appear. This remedyis
famous for it's cures of coughs, colds and
Group. 1t is made especially for these dis
eases and is the most prompt and most re-
liable medicine known for the purpose. so
cent bottles for sale by Saur Il Balsley.
limo
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-12-31
When Men Are Tired.

"Here's unique fact"
"What's that?'
The stenographer, the bookkeeper and
the reporter were talking together. The
reporter added:
81 often notice after l have done a
hard days work, written miles and
miles, l have a strange tendency to
transpose certain letters as they flow
from my pen or pencil"
"How so2"
81 do not know why or how. l have
often tried to explain the thing. All l
know is that, mechanically, the trans
positions slip from my pen.
"Let me illustrate. l am writing
James Brown was found dead today
The sentence will slip along all right
until suddenly dash down today and
it slides from the pen 'todya,' or may be
I'll transfer found into 'foudn.' Isn't
that strange, gentlemen?
The bookkeeper smiled.
"Well, | declare" he said, "what a
strange coincidence. declare, we must
be on the track of some deep and hereto
fore unrecognized law of mental states.
Now what you say applies equally well
to bookkeepers. There isn't an old book
keeper in the United States who will moi
tell you that, when his mind becomes
wearied, after long work, he begins tt
transpose figures That is one of the
ways, in fact, that can tell that am
becoming tired. l start to write 365
and it slides off the pen 1865; or 2S1 be-
comes 219."
The shorthand man acknowledged thai
it was the same, too, with him.-Nev
York World.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-12-31

The last genuine relics of the first Ma,
poleon have now been transferred from the
Louvre museum to that of the Hotel des
Invalides. They comprise an authentic
"Redingote grise," which cost 100 francs,
and the Little Hat" which was worn by
the emperor in the campaign of 1914. A
great deal of dispute and discussion has
arisen about these two articles, the transfer
of which to the Invalides has been long de
layed, as in January last representative
of the Empress Eugene put in claim for
them rs being the private property of Ma
poleon Ill, and therefore liable to be re
stored to their owners. like other objects
lent to the museum.
After careful search there was found in
the archives of the Louvre letter dated
February, 1854, signed by the imperial
grand chamberlain, the Due de Bassano,
in which the chief conservator of the
Louvre was told that the emperor wished
the hat and coat to be placed as historical
relics in the Muse des Souverains On the
strength of this letter the state has now
asserted its rights to the curiosities and q
presidential decree authorizing their trans
fer to the Hotel des InvaIides was issued
recently.
Among the other Napoleonic articles
sent to the lnvalides are little tricolor
cockade in silk. which the emperor wore at
Fontainebleau when bidding farewell to
the Imperial Guard, and which he had in
his hat when landing at Porto Ferrajo
in May, 1914; a uniform of general of di-
vision in which the first consul appeared
at Marengo; Il state sword engraved by
Fillberg, of Stockholm; a flag of one of the
regiments of Chasseurs of the Guard, the
seat used by the emperor in St. Helena,
and, lastly, the camp bedstead on which he
died. This object was given to Napoleon
III by Prince Murat. Visitors to the In
valides soon will be able to see these inter-
esting mementoes of the great Napole>A,
which have been lying by in the Louvre
since 1S71.-London Telegraph.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-12-31
A Canine Hero.

A case illustrating the sagacity of the
canine race has occurred at Jackson,
Miss. Several negro children were play"
ing on the banks of Pearl river, near the
bridge, when one of them, Robert Jack
son, boy, about seven years old, slipped
and fell into the water. He was being
borne rapidly away by the current when
his dog, little black setter, plunged
into the river and, seizing the child by
the clothing, swan safely to shore with
its heavy burden. The boy was pretty
full of water, but soon recovered and
ran home with his dog following at his
heels.-Cor. New Orleans Times-D Demo-
crat.