The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-01-01

PERSONAL AND lmPERsoNAL.

--Improvemeut tocleucSs arc uttnk
formed in nearly every town In Georgia
The aggregate wealth q All tho
Eah men or half q dozen American
lies is not equal 10 the sum pc'ssess0d
/ BIZ New York's richest citizen'
-Asignor Gloraanc Succi's fasting roc
ord Is dc follows: Thirty days in Milan.
thirty in Lisbon, thirty-five in Brussels.
and forty In London. He now proposes
10 treat New York 70 q forty iive-dAy
fast.
IL. King Of the Relglans y
tall, slim and remarkable handsome
man. He has a broad fofahead. delicate
features and fine. full beard that has
begun TO turn gray. He is nity-six
years old.
The heir apparent Of the Japanese
empire became OF legal age eleven
Ycnrs) on November 5, 1850 He was
appointed to some honorary Office and
given sword that has been kept In the
Imperial family since 701.
Two eminent csergrmen have re-
Gently preached in a Hartford, Conn.,
church, and their sermons were 20 near
| iy alike that people began to whisper
the awful word plagiarism. BUTT turned
out that they both used the same book
OF sermon skeletons Unless carefully
used, q sermon skeleton lisa dangerous
weapon.
A modest epitaph that may be read
on a tomb in a cemetery at Madrids
aHic iacet Juan Pinto the Spanish
Orpheus When he arrived IN Heaven
he joined his voice to thoseof the arch-
angels. Scarcely had He heard 1t than
the Almighty exclaimed: Be SILENT
i'll. and allow the illustrious tenor, Juan
Pinto TO sing alonep .
The venerable Henry w Paine OF
Cambridge. Mass, who has practiced
law ever since 1874, still visits his Office
daily. 1t was he, the Boston Herald
says, who originated the famous ro-
mark, 1T was law until your honor
spoke,s the same having boon addressed
to the Chief Justice Of Massachusetts,
who interrupted his argument by saying,
"Mr. Paine, you know that is not law"
General Sheridan was troubled all
his life BY an affection Of the chest
General Williams says that Sheridan
nearly died in the Yellowstone Park
while making the. trip with President
Arthur. Ills pulse was over 100 o
minute and alarmed tho physician,
who was told by the General and his
brother Mike that the normal condi-
ton OF General Sheridan was always
| over 100.
John Brown, son OF John Brown, Of
Harper's Ferry fame, lives quietly AZ
Putin Bay, O., where he cultivates q
small vineyard and fruit farm. He is
an old man now, having been one Of
the prominent persons in the stirring
period in which his father figured. He
is much annoyed by tourists, who insist
upon hunting him up and discussing the
exciting events around Harper's Ferry
! just prior. to the war.
Il don't.like to see the face covered
| with whiskers, especially when IL 10 the
| face of a minister. Much of the power
| Of public speaker depends upon the
expression of his face OF course one
may argue that the beard has hygienic
value, but tho beard has no aesthetic Or
Evolutionary value. The smooth face,
| too, represents permanence OF person.
al appearance which the beard does not
Many people like to change their
boards, and change OF beard changes
them. To minister who changes his
| beard / feel somewhat as did dog
whose master told him to guard his
| clothes while he went in swimming;
when the master came out Of the water
and wanted his clothes the dog did not
recogn re his master and would not let
| him have his clothes. To the deaf
the beard has special objection. Not .
few in ever congregation hear with
their eyes. shall be glad Of the dawn
Of the day when every minister has
smooth face.--Chicago Advance.