The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-10-01
kknsoNAL AND lMpEnsoNAl.

"A Meadrnle fisher.ran takes al his
carp with hook and line. Ills method
Is 10 throw bread crumt,s on tho water
and then when the fish get 70 feeding
nicely 70 put good fat crumh on his
hook, being always certain Of a bite
DE Balxac wasted untold gold upon
gaudy jewelry, useless knicxnacks and
fantastic .'curios,s which. during his
frequent paroxysms OF impecuniosity,
he resold TO sharp-wittcd dealers at
ruinous loss Frequently for less .han .
hundredth part OF their original cost
-Iconoclasts have sought 70 throw
doubt on the old John Knox house in
the cauongatc Of Edinburgh - the
former home Of the great scotch re-
former, but Sir Daniel Wilson. Of To-
ronto, the author Of "Old Edinburgh.
defends the tradition rs not inconsis-
tent.
Bishop French, of England, who
lied recently In Arabias was knownsas
"that rnany-tongued man Of Lahore.
for he could preach In English Persian.
Hfneustnniil Push tto.I71 aieii,1sEaantHH
Pun abb, Ind was an eminent scholar in
Hebrew. Arabic. syriac. Greek and
Latin.
lit Il claimed by old people In Kings
ton, Ontario, that Sir John A. Mellon
aid derived his genius from his mother.
who is said to have been tall. energet-
ic and hospitable Highland lady, quick
at repartee and ut grasping situations.
Both his father and mother, however,
were in straitened circumstances and
lived very humbly.
Miss Louise Nicolson, of Washing-
ton, better known as Nilsita, has lately
finished her third tour in Russia, which
has lasted over year and half. She
has visited the principal cities of vest
ern. southern and eastern Russia.
Nilxita IS now In Germany, and will
take a well-ea~ned rest at Ems previous
TO resnming her vocation.
"A clever, thrifty little woman nj
Wichita, Kan, is the happy possessor
Of new black silk which she earned in
the most peculiar way. Every time
her husband bought twenty-five cents
worth of cigars she laid like amount
away in drawer. In less than u year
she had enough to buy the silk and pay
for the making and trimmings.
While Mr. Gladstone was confined
to his bed during his recent illness, con-
slant inquiries were made for his health
by workingmen in the vicinity as well
as by his titled neighbors. Mrs. Glad
stone gave orders that the men should.
In every case, receive courteous atten-
ton, and that the fullest information
Of the patients condition should be
given them.
The jewels OF that Inflated Queen,
Marie Antoinette, whose tragic death
glorifes frivolous life, are now on sale
in London. The price of single pair
of earrings is $65, 0O0, but the stones are
Of wonderful brilliancy A large point
ed drop cut in facets like the pendants
of chandeliers is suspended from large
circular diamond by tiny silver pin,
diamond headed.
"A positive nuisance has grown out
Of new advertising trick by which
certain companies, notably In Boston
and Chicago, are pushing their. wares
by getting little boys to act as peddlers
and agents in the hope of getting q
bicycle free" These companies sell
books, baking powders, and lawn
mowers In this way, demanding large
sale in return for cheap bicycle The
trick is practiced to such an extent that
the average neighbours child Is ten
times more Of terror than nature
made him.