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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-01-28
CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR MEN
How to Make n Pretty Hanging Case For
-l---+4-s~-= the Daily NewsDauer.

How to Make n Pretty Hanging Case For
the Daily Newspaper.
Christmas presents for fathers and
brothers are often hardest to choose,
especially when the work of ones own
hands Is best appreciated. Among
articles useful and pretty is hanging
case in which to keep the daily paper
To make it, a piece of buckram or any
stiff lining material is required for a
foundation, which should be thirty
inches long and thirteen VIDE Cover
this on one side with dark blue plush
and on the other with gold-colored
silesia. Let the plush.lap over.the edges
about an inch and hem down nicely
upon the silesia lining. If desired the
plush may be previously stamped with
the word newspapers, or with flower
design, and out ined with gold thread.
Then sew the ends of the strip to-
gether, letting the joining come at the
back. Through one end slip small
gilt rod with chain attached. such as is
sold in the picture stores for mounting
panels or banners. This case is also
very pretty for engravings or photo
graphs.
postal card holder is made of the
celluloid to be found in fancy goods
stores. II cream-white celluloid and
yellow ribbons are used it is very
pretty. Cut an oblong piece fourteen
inches long and six inches wide. As
the polished surface is on one side only,
face one end down for about six inches
with another piece of similar width.
This is done by cuting tiny Sits in
each corner and taking few stitches
which are afterward concealed. Then
turn up the other end to line five
inches from the top, cutting Sits through
which marrow satin ribbon is
passed and the edges held firmly in
position. Tie the ribbon in pretty
rosettes and sew them. With gold
paint or ink letter the part turned
over. For this common wooden
toothpick is preferable to the brush.
Make two more Sits at the upper end
for the ribbon by which the holder is
suspended. Filled with postal cards
and with a nice penholder laid inside,
this makes present sure to be used.
The very best brush for a gentle
mans silk beaver hat can be made in
the following way: Cut from stiff
cardboard an oval five inches long and
three inches wide. Cut two similar
pieces from something lighter; postal
casds. being thin and tough, are excel.
lena for these. Basic carefully over
the thick piece . covering Of nice silk
plush, turning II over the edge about
half an inch. Cover the two thinner
pieces IN the same way. but with silk
or satin Of the same shade. Now crease
these latter ones lengthwise through
the center, taking an invisible stitch in
the middle to hold the satin down.
Lay the two halves together on the
stiff piece. The other halves win come
together and form the top, which may
be used as handle, and haste In posi-
ton. Oversew the edges and finish the
top with small bow. The plush side
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-01-28
AN UNwRITTEN Law.


Republfcan BALM for the wounds Of
Beaten Leaders.
|. The benevolent work Of providing
for the unsuccessful and Impoverished
republican candidates for Office in the
recent election is now being taken up
with noble zeal by the politicians Of
that party. Time-honored precedent
has made the rule that he who leads a
republican column to defeat shall have
his hurts plastered with an appoint
ment to federal office. Occasional
violations of this unwritten law have
only the effect Of making it more in
flexible in the end. for the unrewarded
ones, as in the case of Warner Miller,
are prone to seek revenge upon the
later candidates of their party. and to
secure it in a fashion well fitted to in
spire the party rulers with firm de-
termination to err in that respect no
moro. Therefore it is that no evasive
massage full of soft words but. destitute
of promise OF place has come to the late
Mr.. Fassett, but rather the knowing
ones speculate upon the identity Of the
fat place that shall be his. Much
probability attaches to tho rumor that
senatorship win be opened for him
by the appointment of Frank Hiscock
to the vacant post Of secretary OF war
Ia situation peculiarly fitted to the
talents Of that senatorial Adonis, since
for twenty-five years its duties, with
inconsiderable exceptions, have been
discharged by the chief clerk. If it be
urged that Fassett can but poorly rep
resent the Empire state in the senate.
the response is obvious. 1t is not New
York that he will be chosen to uphold,
but rather Tom Platt's interests and
those of the administration Chicago
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VIII Make 4 Fortune.

81 have just applied for a patent, and
my way to fortune is clear enough, !"
said a young man ut the club. 81 have
spent nearly all my life in profitless
scheming and now Pm going to settle
down and lead life of usefulness"
whats your scheme?" some one
asked.
s'Oh, it's simple enough, so simple, in
fact that you may laugh at it. but in
this labor-saving age it will meet with
a ready and money-making recognition.
Now, here is the form"
He then read the following: my
Dear ~, while you were in Chicago
attending the worlds fair, you Dor
rowei - dollars of me. Please re.
turn the same and oblige yours and so
forth,
.'This form will be printed on postal
cards and sold at an enormous profit;
and look how much labor the thing
will save Oh, Iitell you what's fact,
my way to fortune is perfectly clear. !"
--Arkansaw Traveller.
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HER SECRET.
A Thunderstorm Causes n Painful Con.
fession.

A Thunderstorm Causes n Painful Con.
fession.
The well-knewn fact that tout of the
abundance Of the heart the mouth
speaketh" was amusingly illustrated a
short time ago at large and fashiona-
BILE hotel on the North Shore, A thun-
der shower which came on early in the
evening increased to violent proper
tions and was accompanied by gale
of wind which shook the house and
caused considerable alarm among the
guests. Many of those who had already
retired to their rooms came out into
the corridors, while the gentlemen
FASTENED about assisting In closing
windows, fastening doors, etc.
sudden binding fash of lightning,
followed by a heavy crash OF thunder,
proved too much for the already over
wrought nerves of one member of the
fair sex Rushing from her room, she
precipitated herself into the arms of a
gentleman who happened to be passing
down the hall at that moment. "0h,
save mel" she cried. 1.-THE house will
be struck; know twill"
Mistaking her in the dim light for a
married friend of his wife, he olsen
gagged himself somewhat hastily from
her clingfng arms and said. drylys
There Is no danger. madam But why
do you not 60 to your husband?" II
haven't any. haven't any," she
sobbed Historically. .'Oh, wish !
had. The gentleman who tells the
story says that the pent-up longing in
the tone in which the last 1--WE words
were uttered was revelation in itself.
Boston Gazette.
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There are twenty three widows and
daughters Of revolutionary soldiers
who still draw pensions. though the
last male survivor died long ago. This
fact leads to some curious speculations
as to the number of widows Of veter-
ans of the civil war who may be on the
pension rolls one hundred years hence
But under proper Legislation there
need be no fear on that score There is
no Justice in taxing the people to pay
il pen ION for the remainder Of her life
to yo-,ng woman who married . vet
eran about To drop in his grave. A
woman who marries = veteran after
the war il over undergoes no hardships
that give her claim for pension. Rnt
had such : law been ID existence 1t
would make great difference IL the
nnmbef Of widows on the pension rollA
There has been Some Iegisl6tion on
this eubject, but more may be needed
~ y. Press
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:. lllsI TIE SAME.


80. ), nv ants a trihc Bind Old Sayin
= nv daring Il your siIken hair
were Just a rifle red,
Ana should those small, besiipperc6 feet
FaiI Id their nimble, tread
And make you walk with tagging pace,
Or o'en trifie lame,
you'd not care single bit,
Bat iqye you just the same
Ard r. my dear, those pearly teeth
We're BOT Of natures OWN
BatpuFcbased at some DENIAL shop.
= And lard as any stone
==t,ssr7y,+-s4=s.4ses takes all VIC prize,
And L deprived OF such
rd.be to those trifie blind,
Andloye you just as much.
Ar. II those lovely eyes Of yours
Were not Of deepest blue,
lid know full we'll that in their depths
Love fight burned warm and true;
Ana.cven il one stellar orb
Was made Of pure glass,
would not care a fig, my dear
Bur let that item pass.
But II that little nose OF yours !
We're slightly out Of joint
ct ennrseA atSould worry me bit,
But that is not the point;
IfySi were SO unfortunate
From all your charms to part,
| still would love you Just the same
only want your heart.
Il. Parker, -Jr., In Brooklyn Eagle.
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One lesson of the Iowa election
which was as wen impressed upon the
republicans as any of the others which
it taught, is that the old appeals to pref
{ udice, fear and ignorance with which,
not many years ago. it was possible to
carry the state by overwhelming ma
jorities, are no longer potent They
are found, on the contrary, to react
upon the party which employs them.
1t win not he long until the Iowa re-
publican leaders begin to understand
that one of the causes Of which their
defeat was the effect was the cam
paign Of abuse, falsehood and appeal
to superstition, part of which they in
augurated, part of which they toler-
ated, and for all Of which they were
held responsible. When they realize
that fact, it is safe to assume that they
will change their tactics, accept the in
evitable and conduct their future cam
paigns upon rational lines. ST Louis
Republic
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000, 900. That means an ann aas deficit
Of more than $40. 000.e0o nrs the
secretary call that .'casy?r Il is GER
tain that he does not in his private
talks with bankers wk.tevey he may
feel compelled TO say on the stump II
is well known that he has beea advised
BY friendly bankers 70 hold mn APP
preparations That is jus. that he has
been doing, as the fignr Is siirw Dn their
face. He has been putting on the evil
day as long as possible; but he win
have to tell the truth in his report to
congress next molth, and rnen the for
lorn hope Of his party that the demo
Gratis may blunder In financial matters
will have ut least this basis to 60 upon,
that an unsurpassed model Of blunder-
ing has been set them by the republic
ans N. Y. Post.
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"A LITTLE NONSENSE"

If the women OF to-day powdered
their hair it wonld be easier to bang.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
-Teacher-"Wha was Herod's ides
in killing Off all the children?" Colum.
bus Lenox--"He had flats TO rent
-"How is tyou have remained bach
elor all your life. Mr.. TuptonY ooh,
was born So" returned Tupton.-
Demorest's Magazine. eB
AN Industrious Boy.-His Father
Johnny. have you cleaned up the back
yard?" The Terror--"Yes pa, wiped
it up with Tommy Tucker. "-Epoch.
--"What are the great parallels OF the
earth?s asked the geography teacher.
And the boy. whose father IL q locomo-
tive engineer, answered: 1.-THE railway
Observation-Disclosures Star.
zvisitor--"Ah, Johnny. ann pleased
to see that You gave your little sister
the large share Of the apple. John
N.Y. had to. III hadn't she'd have
told on me for hooking the apple. Z
Accommodating. ANXIOUS Travel
err Ito baggage-smasher) Look here,
my man, will you break my trunk? II
is rather. heavy Baggage-smasher-
Cant promise you. but III try--look
sharpl" Epoch.
"A Sad Case. - Hello. Brown, you're
looking badly this morning There's
nothing strange in that; I've Just been
unconscious for eight hours" Great
Heavensi man, what was the matterY'
II was asleep. p Harper's Weekly.
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PERSONAL AND lMpERsoNAL.

"A North Carolina clergyman has
under his. charge thirteen churches. =
president OF two cotton milla secretary
and treasurer Of another. secretary and
treasurer u knitting mill, and secre-
tary and treasurer Of : building and
loan association
Frank Siddalls, the prominent soap
manufacturer. was once asked why he
did newspaper advertising altogethcr.
and did not follow IN the Footsteps Of
other manufacturers putting up sign-
boards, etc, He replied that II his 81
perience he found that the man that
does not read the newspapers never
uses soap
"A new competitor has appeared Ia
the cloak trade in the person Of : young
saleswoman who goes from place TO
place among the smaller retailers She
Is pretty. black-haired young woman.
and evidently Of Polish extraction. She
has enc great advantage over mon In
being able TO try her samplss On s
plump figure.
"A wealthy Georgia farmer has had
bad luck In his matrimonial ventures
/
gagged to the daughter Of neighbor.
The day before the date set for the
wedding the girl decided she did not
wish to marry and the engagement was
broken. -Four or Ave years ago he mar
ried the daughter Of his old flame. and
recently she eloped with the farmers
hired man.
s-Bernhardt affects profound con-
| tempt for money, In nm interview
with western reporter she said: my
earnings during my careerl Nothing.
Nothing. say. II comes ~ goes. !
keep no account. Could I1not spend
the money would not earn It Money
is to spend. detest accounts. Idon't
bother. have enough never cnl-
cufate. ! can't calculate Oh, bother
| the money
"A Vermont man went out hunting
on Sunday and hurt himself. He held
\ an accident policy, but the company
contested demand for indemnity UNI
der the terms Of the policy, and the
| court decided that the man was not en-
titled to recover, as he was violating
the law Of the state in hunting on. SUM
day. Which means that q person to
| receive the protection Of the law must
opss ~. .ae law. -.
-Wnie Arthur Nikiscn, the CON
ouctor q tne bosson symphony seciety'
was al baireutn lew weeks ago, the
table walters wers az TOO rev a. one
OF the overcrowued restaurants wnere
ne and some Trends were dining
Finally, IN his desperation ne rushed
out into the kitchen, and N few
minutes was back again loaded down
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OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

The fangs, claws and forked tail
Of a republican gerrymander are read
lily to be discerned through the veil Of
smoke that still hangs over Ohio. Chi
cago Times.
And now Gov Mckinley says
"the people are tired of tariff agita-
ton" He and his republican confer.
rees are tired of it, but they will be
more weary before the campaign of
1892 is over Toledo Bee.
As Mr.. Blaine has not twisted the
tail of the British lion, and as J. Sloat
Fassett failed to twist the tail Of the
democratic tiger, how are the sharpers
Of the republican national convention
to shape a platform that will rejoice the
masses. Louisville Courier Journal
1t is evident that the administra-
tion of Benjamin Harrison. which
throughout its career has steadily mar
rowed its dealings with the republicans
of New York to the establishing of
Hon. Thomas Collier Platt in the abso-
lutte and undivided control of the party
organization. cannot again command
the full republican strength in an cleo
tion.-N. Y. Sun. '7
The New York Tribune extracts
this CLEAN Of sunshine from the result
of the elections: 1.-THE elections being
out .of the way, the college football
campaign will now proceed under IA
vorable auspices It is pleasure to
reflect that in these contest the best
man will undoubtedly win. That is
one reason why good many persons
prefer football to politics - Detroit
Free Press
The claim of the republicans that
Iowa is safely theirs in a national cam
paign is not founded upon facts. Gov.
Boies has stated that he conducted the
battle upon the tariff as well as the
prohibitory issue, and the people of the
state have stood by him. The reliance
placed by republicans in the Hawkeye
state is now thing of the past Iowa
is now to be fercely contested battle
ground and the chances are all in
favor of the democrats. Chicago Globe.
The democracy of New York
state are thoroughly united and are to-
day in entire accord with the senti-
ment of the national democracy rs to
the leadership and lines on which the
canvass next year should be fought
The situation is one full Of encourage
ment Tor the party in every state in the
union, and an attempt to disturb it by
the pursuit of chimeras in issues or
candidates, we believe, would be SCI
yerely reprobated by the party at large
Such a pursuit, however, is now highly
improbab le.-Albany Argus.
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: Tr,Ing to Mako un For Loat rIme

.'If l amt good boy said the
erring youth to his father, its your
own fault You haven't brought me
up right Just as the twig is bent the
treesi inclined.
ITO some extent. my son.. replied
the father reflectively, '.you are right
You have not been bent sufficiently
but It is not entirely to late, ever
now"
And he bent him across his knee in
the good old way. and inclined his
right hand unto him powerfully several
times, in about the same style as Of
old. Chicago Tribune.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-01-28

John H. Parnell. q brother Of the
Irish leader. says he thinks the ssun-
crowned king" left : considerable es-
tate, though much Of II may have been
consumed in the litigation forced upon
him In Ids last years At tie time of
his grea test afl uence he ~as worth
fl50, 900 He had an estate In County
Wisklos,, some stone quarries. copper
mines and mills. but it Is nj Known
whether they were mostgaged
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sensIt,ve-People.

To be able to forget is great bless
ing, but to be able to overlook faults or
weaknesses in others is a greater one.
II we would stop to carefully trace out
the cause, progress aud result of some
of our troubles we would be so
. ashamed of the prominence we had
given them that we would be only too
glad to bury them out OF sight for
ever. The habit of brooding over
small annoyances or offenses and mag
nifying mole -hills into mountains, is
one of the worst failings of human
nature. A chronic brooder-one OF
your very sensitive people-who get
their feelings wounded over a trifie
which person of good, healthy mind
would never notice-and then brood
over it. hugging it to their bosoms and
nursing it into vigorous life, until their
silent, aggrieved air of martyrdom
spoils the happiness of a whole family
lis nuisance quite equal to the
chronic grumbler, whom everyone de-
spises If such ones could only be made
to understand that such ''sensitivenessA
is only form of the purest selfshness.
and tn ,ir silent aggrieved air only
what our good. old grandmothers would
have called 'eating putch pie" they
might view the matter in a healthier
light. Traveller.
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complete Letter wr tiers.

Manuals Of correspondence or com
plete letter writer's" are dangerous
things to depend upon. Not & many
years ago, a young man who wished to
win the hand of a young lady pondered
long over the proper and most effee tive
way Of addressing her.
At last he found in manual OF some
what wide circulation a form for let
ter which pleased him very much II
seemed to express his sentiments OK
actly. The letter bore the title:
From . young gentleman 70 9 young
lady. making an ardent but digpi1ed
offer OF marriage : !.
HE copied ont the letter, signed u
with his name, and sent it to the lazy.
After some days of anxious waiting,
Ia received s letter the superscription
and postmark Of which indicated sure
n that il came from the young lady.
lie tore open the envelope eagerly and
read:
s.Turn over the leaf in your manual;
-, will find my answer at the top Of
the opposite page. " =,
He seized his manual and N tne
place indicated, found brief and
sharplv formal letter, entitled;
IRON q young lady to 2 gentleman
peremptorily refusing an offerof mar
rage" se ,,,,,
She was the possessor Of . copy
Of the same manual Youths Cons
panion.
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"Coat"-a garment. Take several
words In common use--coat, hat, cot.
tage. castle, ootillion-and seek then
origin. You will find them much dis
perseG in the dictionary Yet, If the
Aryan root mother, .'slxad, . should in;
vite her children home. all these and
many more would have TO heed the
call ''SlSad" means to cover. in Ram
lrit II Is t'chhad, to cover. A slight
variation in pronunciation and spell-
ing gives MS hat. Passing into Latin
the word became sscadsa, which was
smoothed down to casa. cosering
house, cot, cottage; also s'cas-
trum. castle; also casino. and cas-
sock. Becoming cot and cote. it also
became coat. q covering in the same
sense as cot or cottage Then comes
''coterie, q set, company, from Latin
t'eoteria. . set OF club If cottars; then
cotillion, = set or club OF eight persons
81. whether the word be coat or hat Or
cottage, cot Or cote Or castle, cassock
IN coterie. The etymology rnnss back ID
'',kadr-to cover, "a. protsct pavoU
Democrat- Gaxette h.
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Is used to smooth the hat, and the
whole may be folded fat and carried ia
the vest pocket
A threaded needlebook Is convenient
for the boys who are away at school
and have an occasional button to sew
on, but dread the preparation more
than the sewing. This is made Of q
strip Of lining material half yard in
length and three inches wide, covered
on one side with q satin ribbon and
lined with white cashmere or fam
mel. Thread needles Of different sizes
with dark and light cotton and
sewing silk. Run them in parallel
rows, taking up long stitches at regular
intervals. Double the thread so as to
have long needleful. which may be
pulled out all ready for use. Across
one end Of the book fiat pocket may
be added and filled with the buttons
likely to be needed The whole can
then be rolled up or folded fiat and
tied with ribbon.
A novel way to make handsome
broom case is in shape Of butterfly.
The materials required are stiff PASTE
board, some pieces yellow and golden
brown plush and yellow satin, ball of
copper tinsel and some bright spangles
and odds aad ends of embroidery silk.
For the body roll~of brown plush or
velvet about five inches long and an
inch in diameter, is used. Several strips
of the tinsel are wound around it Cut
the wings from pasteboard in two
pieces, the larger ones to measure ten
inches across, and five from topic bot
tom, the smaller ones, six inches across,
and four from top to bottom. Cover
smoothly with the plush, and decorate
according to the pattern, with silk
stitches and lines of tinsel A spangle
is put at the end Of each straight line
in the wings Add two black beads for
eyes, and some pieces from the web of
black ostrich plume for the antenne
Lap the upper section Of wings over
the lower and confine with a few
stitches Line the back with satin.
Cover on both sides strip of card six
inches long and four wide with. the
satin. Bend the butterfy's wings back
ward, creasing the card little through
the middle, and then sew the body
firmly in place Sew the ends of the
satin-covered strip on the back, draw
ing it rather closely, so as to allow
just room enough to slip in pretty
pearl-handled whisl1- broom. Ribbons
matching the plush in color are added
at top and bottom. Chicago Herald.
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4I read myself to sleep on Danse /, !
+ Inferno, last night, but I'll never 40 y
again = ~WhyP Did You have oa1
dseams3. ii should say SO ~.
/. thouoht / was walking the Aoor wisn
nm bsbv ~ night Buffalo Express