The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-05-19
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

The first book issued by the Insti
tuition for savings in wburyport
Mass, on the first day the bank wa.
opened, April s 1920 was received q,
the banking rooms recently to have the
interest added. The original deposit
go and more deposits were made. The
interest to date amounted to SS9s.--N
Y. Sun.
"A captain in the Italian navy has
discovered important mines of coal OF
an excellent quality in the straits OF
Magellan. The importance of that
discovery will be appreciated when we
learn that all the navies which pass
the strait renew their supplies Of coal
there, and that up to the present time,
that coal was brought from Cardiff,
Wales
The last few relics OF the Maine
mining craze are disappearing aud soon
nothing will remain but the many
holes in the ground which disfigure the
countryside and serve as pitfalls for
unwary cattle and sheep. The ma.
chinery Of the Douglass, Bluohill mud
Stewart mines at Bluehiil, Hancock
county, has been sold to Boston firm
and is now being shipped as old iron.
Engineers OF railroad trains in
Texas and most of the western states
carry revolvers. and often rifles, in the
cab, for various contingencies that
might arise They amuse themselves
by shooting at the. telegraph poles or
any other mark while running at fill
speed. and, attain wonderful skill in
Workmanship A few days ago an
engineer on the Denver & Rio Grande
railway shot and killed wildcat near
Newcastle from the cab of his loco
motive.
-V-shaped contrivances, to be placed
on the front of engines of fast express
trains, are the latest scheme to get
more speed by overcoming much Of the
natural resistance of the air to the
front Of the locomotive, says the En-.
glish Mechanic The pillow extends
from few inches above the track to
the top OF the smokestack, the sharp
edge, of course, in front 'Shoveling
fog" is common expression among
railroad men, but blowing wind is a
new thing In railroad agriculture
The companies Of the railways
which terminate In Chicago are con-
sidering the question of applying the
system Of fixing rates by zones Chi
cago will be the center of six coneen-
trio circles, the first OF which will have
radius of 80 kilometers, the second
100, and the following ones with radii
increasing by 100 kilometers from one
circle to another Every traveller go
ing at least so kilomcters will have a
reduction of 10 per cent. which will
increase with successive zones until 1t
reaches SO per cent
"A party of hunters in Colorado killed
three mountain lions recently in a new,
improved, and comparatively safe way.
Their dogs drove the lions under
ledge of rock and kept them there
while the hunters dug down into the
cave from alb we When they had an
opening to where the lions were rife
was pushed through The muzzle was
gripped savagely in the jaws of one OF
the lions and the gun was discharged
The other two lions grabbed the rifle
in turn as it was withdrawn and poked
in again, and each was Killed by bull
let's through the head. -.
The general court of Massachusetts,
on one occasion in the history OF the
early colonies, required the proper Off
GERS to notice the apparel of the
people, especially their '.ribands and
great boots" Drinking OF healths,
wearing funeral badges and many
other things that seemed proper were
forbidden. AT Hartford. CT, the gene
raj court kept an eve upon the morals
and habits of the people. The use of
tobacco was prohibited to persons
under 20 years of age without the GER
tificate of physician, and no others
were allowed to use it more than once
a day, anil then they must be 10 miles
from any house, The people were all
obliged to rise in the morning when the
Hartford watchman rang his bell.
There are LOO steamers travers-
ing the four great ocean routes The
first is that across the Atlantic, an
other by Suez to India, China and Aus
tralia To go around the world that
way takes eighty or ninety days and
covers $4,000 miles. The passage
money is 1000, and the traveller who
wishes to go in comfort ond ease should
take another 81, 900 with him. Another
sea route described is that by which
you start from San Francisco and sail
around the American continent'to New.
York. The journey Is 1876 miles
long; it takes 100 days to cover it and
the fare is about the same as that
around the world. To go around the
Cape OF Cool Hope to Australia and
back around Cape Horn IS about IS, 900
miles and can be covered in eighty-one
days. The cost is only $3.50.
1.-THE making OF sleigh bells Is
quite an art" says an iron founder
"The little iron ball is too big to be
putin through the holes in the bell.
and yet it is inside. How did IL get
there? The little iron ball is called
the jinglet' When you shake the
sleigh bell 1t jingles. In making the
bell the jinglet is put inside little
bali of mud. just the shape OF the in
side of the bell Then a mold Is made
Just the shape of the outside Of the
bell. This mud bali, with the jing,et
inside, is placed in the mold of the out
side and the metal is poured in, which
fills mp the space between the ball and
the mold. When the mold is taken off
yon see sleigh bell, but it will not
ring, as 1t Is full OF dirt. The hot metal
that the bell is made Of dries the dirt
SO that it can be shaken out. After
the dirt is all shaken out of the little
holes in the bell the little iron 'jinglet'
will still be in the bell and will ring.
II took good many years to think out
how to make sleigh bell"
Rig Ranches In Australia.
Many Of the Australian stations are
of magnificent proportions ''Old Jim
NV TYSON" as he is Familiarity known,