The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-11-19
Personal AND lMpERsokAL.

The jewels and bric-a-brac Of the
actress Eeonitic Leblanc have been sold
In Paris with unusual results. A pearl
necklace OF az big pearls brongh ESQ.,.
900 francs
"A fireman at Myerstown, Pa, wore
\ celluloid collar to q fire, when Il b.
came iguited from the great exposure
to the heat AMI burned his neck and
ciscolored his face.
"A Russian physician brought libel
suit against widower who had pasted
on the tom bstone of his lately deceased
wife the last prescription he had given
her. the day before her death
Col, Polk, the head Of the farmers
alliance. is rising five-and-thirty. In
appearance he Is profoundly intelli.
gent-looking man of middling height,
with iron-gray hair and 3 long white
heard Of vandylke cut.
"A physician In New Haven washes
all the greenbaclxs he receives He
first uses soap, then rinsing the notes
off in cold water, and he reports that
the treatment gives clean, crisp look
to even the most dilapidated bill.
"A ifteen-year-ola negro boy in Tai
bot county, Ga, whose favorite sport
was butting heads with other boys, has
been sent to the lunatic asylum. II is
thought his insanity was caused by the
conclusion of the brain received in his
contests
The president and moving spirit OF
the American Society of Psychical Re-
search, which has for its object the
scientific investigation of ghosts, Is Mr.
B. O. Fowler, editor Of the Arena AL
though a practical and hard-headed
young editor, he possesses great lilx-
ing for the uncanny.
1t is said that in district in Meade
county, Kan, there is only one family
The husband and wife constitute the
school board, and they employ their
only child, . daughter, as teacher, who
of course has no pupils. Recently they
raised her salary from thirty-five to-
forty dollars mon th.
"A hump on his back was the most
conspicuous part of a beggar who for
years had collected aims on the steps of
St Sulpice church, Paris OF late
years the hump seemed to grow. The
other day, in delirium, he jumped from
window and was killed This hump
contained $40, 600 in bonds and coin
The duke of Cambridge, since the
age OF nineteen, has been in the queens
employment The following are the
rough estimates of the amount Of money
he has received: Grant Of el2, 900 for
thirty-nine years, e46s, 900; army emol-
uments from 1887 70 1861, ZIG, 900; colo
mel of Grenadier guards, 1851 to 1869,
e45,0O0; commander-in-chief,. 1869 to
1889, e125, 900; rangership Of parks,
cit, 900; total, a671, 900.
Thomas A. Edison is confirmed
vegetarian, eschewing flesh, fowl and
fish. He enjoys fruits of all kinds,
grains of every variety, and vegetables,
especially those that ripen in the sun.
shine. Heis profoundly careful about
his diet, holding that 1t has a powerful
influence upon the mind and Is action,
as well as on the health and yigor OF
the body. He has studied the matter
under the laws of science as well in the
light of reason.
The present shah of Persia has been
one of the most progressive monarchs
the country ever had. During his reign
Teheran has changed from dreary old
town of one hundred thousand inhabit-
ants to a city of thrice. that population,
and been beautified with fine prone
nades, elegant residences and hand
some public buildings. He has intro
duced banks, gas, telegraphs and street
railways and modernized the army,
and he is the first ruler of Persia to-
form regular ministry on the Euro
pean model and to nominate ambassa-
dores to foreign courts.