The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-04-23
or GENERAL sNTEHesr.

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The religious statistics Of the Bril-
ish nrrny, which have just been issued.
show that out Of total Of 100, AS non.
commissioned officers and men, I35,97s,
or GIT per thousand, belong TO the
Church.
"A huge squid or cuttlefsh stranded
itself on the beach ut Island Cove, New.
foundland, few days ago. It's eli.
treme length was 80 feet, the tentaclet
alone measuring 81 feet; the body was
much longer than that of an ordinary
horse, and the pelt three inches In
thickness II was cut up before being
removed
Although nearly every European
Government has grabbed q slice of
Africa, that continent is SO large that
every nation on earth can gobbie a
chunk of territory as large as the State
of Texas, and there will then be left
plenty OF land to support a negro popu-
lation of 100, GOO, 900. No fear of any
one taking too much of the dark conti-
nent. Detroit Free Press.
I'm digging cellar in Montville
Center, six miles southwestern Norwich,
Conn, few days ago, David A. and s.
NJ. johnson unearthed q solid ball Of
snakes five feet beneath the surface. OF
the ground They killed the serpents
as the ball slowly unwound itself. They
got forty-three black and two milk
snakes, whose bodies just filled bnshel
basket The snakes were from three to
six feet long
What Will Prevent Bunions. Easy
shoes with wide soles and low heels
| will be found the most effectual pre-
ventive Of bunions on the feet
Where they exist,they ean=be palliated
by spreading thickly with cold cream
or some healing salve, upon going to
bed. A round piece of court-plaster
over the unguent will keep it in place
and save soiling the bed-clothes.-
Ladies' Home journal
"A curious paddock, probably the
most ingenious ever made, was con-
structed in England the twentieth year
of Queen Elizabeth's reign, by black
smith named Mark Scarliot. It con-
| brass, all of which, together with the
key and chain to which it was attached,
weighed less than one grain and half.
The gold chain which fastened lock and
key together had forty-three links, and
| when complete, Scarliot put the chain
about the neck of common flea, and
the little insect drew it over silver
plate with perfect ease.
The Hungarian Government is be-
| lever in the kindergarten system as
one remedy for existing social evils. A
bill drawn up by the Minister of Edu-
cation is now before the Hungarian
| Parliament 1t provides for the estab-
lishment of skindergartens in every one
Of the $4,000 communities. 1t makes
attendance between the ages of three
and six compulsory, unless private gov
ernesses are employed. The compul-
sorry feature is explained by the great
mortality Of the children in Hungary
which is said to result from want of SUI
pervision, because the parents work in
| factories.
| "A simple and novel treatment for
the cure of dyspepsia and cancer of the
stomach has lately been practiced by
many prominent physicians This con-
sists washing out the stomach
long flexible pipe is passed down the
| throat until one end Is in the stomach
The upper end has funnel attached,
into which hot water is poured until the
stomach is filed The funnel end Of
the pipe is then turned down until it is
lower than the bottom of the stomachs
which is thus emptied as through a
siphon. The hot water closes the blood
vessels and reduces Inflammation, and
the relief is immediate.
The Russian secret police in West
ern Europe has four divisions with
headquarters at London, Berlin, Paris
and Zurich respectively. The chief of
all is the Russian Consul-General in
! Berlin Each of the four cities men,
toned, however, has its assistant chief,
who has charge of some twenty five or
thirty spies. Although, of course, all
four divisions are in constant and close
communication with each other, they
are otherwise almost independent of
each other. In view of this organiza-
ton, the Paris dailies deny conclusive
ly the truth of the report that four de-
tectives were sent from st. Petersburg
to Paris to look for Padlewski. The
Russian police in Paris were intrusted
with the mission.
To destroy all evidences of her
wealth, Vienna baroness, widow,
( permitted herself to be controlled by a
j strange within. BY her husbands will,
his childrens the offspring of a previors
| marriage, were to inherit his money
after the death of his second wife. The
money amounted to 1000, 600 of gulden
(about s42O,000 The baroness, just
before her fatal illness, not over a
month ago, threw into the fire docu-
ments representing most of her proper
ty. just after the funeral the heirs
tried to discover the missing documents,
but in vain. At last they sent circulars
to all the banks in Austria, Germany,
France and England and thus learned
that 100000 gulden were on deposit in
the baroness name in various banks of
England and France, but no trace what
ever has been found of the remaining
400, 900 gulden.