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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-03-31
DuNs AND THEIR WAYS.


Different Types of Debt Collectors and
How Zach should BE Treated.
Few persons have had so extended
an experience OF juns as myself" said
Noodles at the Platspus club. SIN my
bachelor days l was more than ordi
narily reckless in my expenditures,
and so it came about that was forever
over head and ears in debt. Naturally
l became very expert in the difficult art
Of standing Off a creditor. To the
novice in financial mbarrassment a
dun of any sort is most distressing but
custom hardens. My theory used to be
that gentleman should under no cir
cumstances be remiss in meeting money
obligations to his friends. but to owe
tradsmen was not at all discreditable.
That view of the case is widely held, l
believe.
"There are many different kinds of
duns for each OF which peculiar
method OF treatment should be prac-
ticed. Most readily dealt with is the
hrmble and beseeching dun. He wants
the money badly for some particular
purpose and begs that you will let him
have a small amount on account, at all
events. This is not usually judcious
way to extort cash from a delinquent
and you will find it easy to ask him to
call again another day.
n more difficult to handle is the dun
severe. He wants his money also and
he means to have it. II You are not
ready with it he would like to know
why not. He is full of suggestive
threats and not infrequently he is SO
rude as to utter them He even goes
SO far as to say that legal measures will
be invoked. However, if you are suf-
ficiently experienced, you recognize all
this as mostly bluff, and you put him
off with promises of the customary
fragility.
Another type is a variation on the
one have Just described. He may be
termed the dun sarcastic. His manner
is mildly insolent and he looks you
coldly in ,es eye while he asks imper-
tinent questions. You cannot help
feeling tather withered by this style OF
proceeding, but the imp rtant thing is
to hold your nerve. When he demands
if you suppose he has years time to
spend calling upon yourself to settle
that little account YOU should reply
coplly that You are quite willing that
he shall not bother hi uself any further
in the matter. Finally, if you retain
your presence Of mind, You may de-
feat him at his own game and inaks
him so angry that he will give up the
pursuit 49,
"One of the most effective duns is
the patient bore. He comes around
every day and l9pks unutterably sad
when you tell him that you have nothing
for him. This sort of thing becomes SO
annoying after while that you are
apt to pay up merely for the sake of
getting rid of the. persecution Be
sides. it has tendency - advertise
the fact Of your indie btedness unpleas-
unity. Your employer may inquire
who the visit,r is. If, as is likely, he
turns up at the Office
THAT lads me to consider another
type--nam lily: the conspicuous dun.
His role y Q make you ashamed. At
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scoIdlnr wives.

On a certain occasion, clergyman,
who was preaching to a refined audi
ence on the pangs of a guilty con-
science, made use of the following very
familiar smile: San evil conscience is
like scolding wife But he did not
stop there He continued to draw out
every possible thread of his illustra-
ton to its full length. "A scolding
wife, my brethren, will not let you rest
at home or abroad, at dinner or at sup
per, in bed or even out of bed Her
litigious temper and loud tongue
(which is worse than thunder to the
wine-casls) take all the juices and
savoriness out of the ragouts you eat;
all the sugar and sweetness out of the
coffee you drink. Whether you go
forth on foot or on horseback, or in a
coach drawn by four galloping horses,
is all one; she is always at your skirts.
following You whithersoever you go"
IN. Y. Ledger.
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HAaRIs MIXED THE COWS.
Smart United states senator who Neve
ttot ar

smart United States senator who Never
49, $3.50 ~. - ,
se naus = year agu
ss - jug senior ohiteu
$3.50 from tennessee, was
$500 eausass oi ms countf OF
.a'Aini ior oh'''e tine legislature, per-
a aa. - wa y lor c'ngsss' AZ any
20. pc anu i ! opp'nene trave.sa
~ e'nei'' 'neir personal feia-
"one osing sefy PHEASANT ! 40 not
80 e'i N, "a,he " MT harris
w WY : nPe.''or' ont ior convenience
WI, cat MN Jones l. was tneir haoit
= o'i's canvass " spena tne night Win
'Dric iarher
Ia.e one AFTERNOON alter q iong day
rue "a morse pack 1ney drew rem be-
.ole cue ulllole uweplng 0. Mr.. ScotIs
an ageu agr,cui.uris1 OF acknowledged
/ ll.nuehce IN nls olstrlct, out whose store
u worlaIy GOO y was NOT 10 De com
Pareo % mat OF some OF our modern
money kings' Inc Scouts aiont even
employ = servant
Mr harrl' was very anxious 10 make
iasofao'c IMPRESSION upon thi' ram
~, LOT its neat was the power AT the
p,iis IN 7'hose DAYS Mr. Jones was
also quite wiring TO go to any trouble
~ secure mr' Scouts gooa opinion' LOT
| ne was known M over tue country as
inc ooss OF u Is particular precinct
| Two cat u'uates were cordlaliy
rece"eu' anu t'niie the FARMER o1sied
nimseiI with cir'ng Tor Tue horses MS
goou wire prepared 70 mix the~cows
wnlcn anty she aiwa per ormed prior
20 ceohing the evening meal
1here We're no pa pies IN the mousse to
KISS, no daughters I HATTIE :. no sons to
praise, ana as the candidates reyoiyed
determined TO DO som ething that would
gain Tor himself the lasting good Will
81 the 'oto lady.
| MI Harris, aiwaVs qaick TO THINK
ana act, went ont ana drove up the
cows, letting down the bars VITA his
own hands, ana staining by ready to
render any further service that might
suggest Itself While Mrs. Scott was
Ietchlng the pals.
| Jones didn't propose TO be left, !"
and, casting about for something to
turn his hands to, discovered that the
water bucket was empty. mat was a
godsend. Seizing tne paIf, ne was OIL
like shot to the spring, taking care
10 pass near MRS. scout that she might
see how ready ne could ADAPT himself
to circumstances.
| MIR. Harris TOOK In the situation at
glance, and neary lost his breath
when he saw the good housewife smie
her acknowiedg nents at his opponent.
u really looked as though Jones hal
the best OF II, Tor wasn't the bringing
OF pail OF water from the spring
quarter OF mile away a superi r. ser-
vice to the rather tame act OF letting
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OPINIONS AND POINTERS.


American manufacturers are. so
inferior that Mr.. Harrison has to buy
foreign articles for the white house.
Can't we have a little more ''protec.
charlottesville Courier Journal.
---s.Broad minded" is what d re.
publican organ calls Benjamin Harri.
son After that it will be in order for
the organ to go on aud allude to the
hippopotamus as model of physical
beauty. Minneapolis Times.
After reelecting John Sherman
and regerrymandering the state, the
present Ohio legislature can fairly
claim to be up to the Ohio republican
standard Of scandalous disregard of de-
cency. 81 Louis Republic.
There may be truth in the state
ment that the sentiment for Blaine for
president is spread over the land from
Maine to California, but II so tits to be
feared that it is spread thinner than
the butter on a free lunch sandwich :
Chicago Times.
1T is a peculiar fact that those
Indiana republicans who are industri-
ously swelling the proportions of the
Blaine boom send their regular re.
ports of progress to the New York
Sun. A possible explanation appears
in the divided opinions OF the republic
an household, which leads each ambi-
tious editor OF that party to color fActs
by strong admixture Of his own per-
sonal leanings Detroit Free Press.
Quay carried everything against
Wanamaker in the Philadelphia pri-
maries. The ordinary business pru-
dence Of the Sunday-school superin-
tendent did not count At all among the
republican strikers. This does not
mean that Pennsylvania win vote 10:
Blaine, but 1t does mean that Harrison
can get It ON Quay's terms. Its no
LITIGATION 70 Harrison that Quay under.
stands what they are 10th there f',v. =
81 Louis Republic, NJ.
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IN THE CLUTCHES.

seemed to be filing with greenish
smoke. A strange sound began to
buzz in my ears and nv pain seemed
to disappear. | Thought. too. that !
saw other figures moving about the
ship; then the light went out Of my
eyes and remembered nothing more.
''When l recovered my senses | was
in the slsiff and learned how the
divers. alarmed at my long silence be-
low, had come down. They saw my
plight and after time succeeded in
severing the arm from the body of the
fish, which they both declared was the
awful deep sea lobster. Y" N. Y. World
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THINNING or THE THATcH.

eis
On the autumn leaves are falling, ana the days
Aid the breeze Is growing chilly, and my hair Il
getting thfnl
iyea comfortable iLcome--and my age il thirty
three;
But my thatch is thinning quickly--yes. as
quickly as cen be!
/ once a merry rchin-curly-headed.I was
called,
And laughed at good old people when 1 saw
them going bald;
Bat IT'S not proper subject to be lightly joked
about
Fer It's dreadful to discover that your roof 4
wearing out
remember asking uncle--in my innocent sur
prise
How he liked his head made use Of as skating
rink by flies;
But although their dread intrusion I shali ma
.uily resist,
m nfraid they'll soon have got another rinl
upon their list.
When invited to party I'm Invariably late
ror waste the time In efforts TO conceal by
dhougt coax my hair across though brush
away for weeks,
Yet, can't prevent 1t parting and dividing int
streaksl
have tried hair restorer, and i've rubbed my
head with rum,
But the thatch keeps getting thinner and thu
new hair doesn't come
so gaze into the mirror with gloomy, vacan,
starB
For the circles getting wider Of the open space
up therel
Peogie tell me that my spirits I must not allow
to fall,
And that coming generations won't have any
hair at all
Well-they'li never know any anguish that car
adequately match
with the pangs Of watching day by day the thin
Of your tina ch-
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-03-31
HUMOROUS.

When the question of doing away
with circus posters and sbow-bills as
means of advertising comes up for final
debate the bill-poster will be dead
against it. He will stick up for his
trade. Philadelphia Times.
--Eove and marriage
III WOO a lass,
III wed lass,
End OF chapter ono.
Ivooed. alasi
lived alasi
This oertrue tale is done
Yankee Blade.
Miss Ruby-"Wasn't it. sad about
Dir. Larabee?" Mr.. Grim ian old bach-
elor)-"What is it?v HE was married
on Tuesday and died ON the following
Friday" "Yes, it's sad; but then mar
riage doesn't always prove fatal so
soon. Brooklyn Life.
-BGrglar-s'I have decided to 90 into
'some\other kind of business when I get
out.J Prison Missionary-'T am re-
ioic6d at your decision; what has
brought IL about. Burglar-"I find
that night work is breaking down my
constitution. IN. Y. Truth.
The Unhealthy of It--Bess- Now
we have been married month, and yet
II doesn't seem as II we were married
at all" Belle-"You are so happy"
Bess-"That isn't the whole OF 1t. You
see Charlie hasn't said word about his
mothers superior cooking. - Yankee
Blade
--Gaswell-"Who was the lawyer
who defended you in your recent case?'
Duxane-'I wasn't lawyer" "No?"
mo; it was a counsellor-at-law."
whats the difterence?" "Well, he
charged me $3.50 for his services. Alaw-
yer would have asked ABOUT $50. You
can figure up the difference yourself"
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
81 tell you," said recently-re-
turned traveller, who was clad much
after the fashion of Mr.. Richard Swiv-
eller-.I tell you, Argentina's the place
to got Everything is dead cheap therei
Why, you can get a splendid fat turkey
for twenty centsr' ''Whewl' said one
Of the interested by-standers; III I'd
been in your place, Ishould have stayed
therei'' would yon now?, remarked
The traveller cycling his friend. medits-
lively; well, then. since you'd have
stayed, probably you can tell me how
was to get the twenty cents. in Argen-
tina?"
Reward Of Merit -s.Jacobs, saia
the managing editor Of the great daily
paper, wearily, what Is the name Of
our man down at SquareyiIle?'' His
name is Bohackus,' answered the ~
sistant How much are we paying
him?'' Something like forty dollars 8
month. 7 Raise his salary fifty Per
cent. said the managing editor. That
is all. Jacobs. You can gop Mr.
Bohaclxus, Of Sguareville, was the only
one Of several hundred tclegraphic cor-
respondents who had not begun his sps-
cial telegram to the Daily Thuuderbolt
the night before in these words; THE
election here passed Of quietly. Chi
cago Tribune.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-03-31
RoeelNe A LIoNEss.
How the wheips Arc spirited From Their

How the wheips Are Spirited From Their
savage VI other.
/ The lioness does not leave her cubs.
even for moment, Until they are three
months old and have finished teething.
Gerard, the famous French lion-killer,
says in his Adventures, that teething
| is an important crisis in the life of the
lion cubs, and that large humble of
the young die during that period
When the cubs have finished teething,
each day. and on her return brings
mutton, carefully skinned and torn in
small pieces.
The Arabs, on discovering a litter OF
cubs, watch for the departure of the
lioness. and then rob her of the whe,ps.
They post themselves on high cliff.
or in tree overlooking the lair
As soon as they see the lioness 60
down to the plain, and are sure that
the lion is not near, they creep to the
lair, wrap the cubs in the fold OF their
buknoose in order to smother their cries,
and carry them to the edge of the
! woods, where men are waiting with
| horses
One day sixty Arabs surrounded the
woods where there was lair, and by
shouts tried to rouse the lioness. She,
h owever, remained in her hiding-place
Several Arabs then crept into the
thicket and brought out the whelps
The Arabs, pleased at their success.
were retiring to their tents, thinking
they had nothing more to fear Sud-
denly the sheik, who was on horseback
aud a little behind his men. saw the
lioness rushing out of the WOO Is direct
! ly at him.
He called and his nephew Mecaoud,
and his friend, Ali, ran to his aid. The
lioness sprung at the young nephew,
who, facing her with his gun at his
shoulder, pulled the trigger when she
came within six or seven feet. The
cap only exploded. The youth threw
the gun away, and presented his left
arm wrapped in his burnoose
The lion seized the arm and began
crushing the bones. The young MAJ,
without cry, drew his pistol and fired
in her breast. She dropped the arm
and bounded on Ali, who fred ball
down her throat as she sprang at him.
He was seized by the shoulder an |
/ thrown down, but the lioness, before
she could injure him greatly sexpiNi
on his PROSTATE bedy. The nephew
died the next day. Youths Companion.
1 Nit I~;.t.xn.. sau<<~ rst--- -.
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Equality In Heaven.

81 knew an Irishman in Amesbury,'
Mr.. Whittier said, his eyes twinkling
at the remem brapce. who was, very
much opposed to social equality for the
negro. said to him: But there are
msS,y Catholic negroes in Brazil, the
West>Indies and other places Thy
church accounts of them as it does Of
thee. And thee'll have to come to it in
Heaven. Thcerl have to 3Tneet the
negroes there on equal terms
thought that had silenced him with
an .unanswcrable argument. He sat
musing for a moment, then looking up
at me: And cant the Lord make them
white in Heaven, Mr.. Whittier?"- Bos-
ton Pilot.
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a HAPPY Device.

A wise young woman, who was the
fortunate possessor of more pictures
than she could afford to frame, bought
q sheet of pulp board at printing
Office aud made mat about five inches
wide for charcoal picture. She cut
the board very carefully with sharp
knife. and after lacking the picture on
the wall the mat was put over it and
secured with small tack at each Of
the four corners 70 relieve the plain
look she fastened red ribbon across
one lower corner with brass-headcti
tacks and slipped Ave or six photo.
graphs under the ribbon and the edge
Of the mat. The cost was only 10 cent /.
md the effect remarkable. al steel cs,
grazing ray bs frameS II the sam:
way. Chicago Trlbuns
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-03-31

First Passenger ION railway train)
~ have an idea that this Is an elop-'
ing couple" Second Passenger" No,
they're married. He's been In the
smoking car for the last two houss' w.
Once Week.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-03-31

First Irishman--"Pore Flana ran
has jist been drowned Second irish
man He's lucky bhoy. OF always
thought he'd be hanged. Comic
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-03-31

EA m o n S tie r s
a n d their do
ings are occa-
sionally given
m e n ii o n j n
neaspaperp par
ae.nNLc m Il
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most Of such accounts are vouched for
by this or that scientific man. When
Victor Hugo wrote in THE Toilers of
the Sea" about the frightful monster
which clasped lis clammy arms around
the diver every one thought that the
thing was q mere fabrication. But it
was not. The monster described was
almost identical with the octopus or
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-13
Teachers Wanted-Salaries Paid.

The school directors of Winslow
township will meet at the Ohiotown
school house, on Saturday, July 10Th,
1892, to elect teachers for the various
schools of the township. All applica-
tions with recommendations certificates,
&C., must be handed in before that
time. The following salaries will be
paid; Ohiotown schools, No. l, $45; No.
2, $40; No. 3. S35; Prescottville, No. /,
$i5; No. 2, $35: Rathmel, No. |, $45;
No. 2, $35; Dean, No. |, $45; No. 2, $35;
Sykesville, No. l, $45; No. 2, $35; all
schools not graded, $40.
o. HI. BRoADHEAD, Sec. pro tenn.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-13
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A Chance for COMPOSERS.

In order to stimulate American com
position, The Lodies' Home Journal has
just made public AN attractive series Of
liberal prizes for the best original
musical composition by composers resi-
dents in the United States and Canada
The prizes call for waltz, II piano
composition, II pleasing ballad and II
popular song, an anthem and the four
best hymn tunes. The competition is
open until November lst, next. The
opportunity has an additional attract
iveness since the prize compositions
will form part of series for which
Strauss is writing an original waltz,
and Charles Gounod and Sir Arthur
Sullivan each an original song.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-13

Liable to Join the Strikers.

Special to Dubois Courier.
PITTsBURG, July l2.-At meeting
of Carnegie's employees at the Twenty
ninth and Thirty-third streets and
Beaver Falls Union mills, this after
noon, II was decided that should Mr..
Frick again decline to reopen ncgotia-
tions with the Amalgamatcd association
at Homestead, every man in these mills
will strike ON Thursday.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-13
lSatliii,cl.

VIM. Dncy has been III for several
days.
Miss Slar,zcll IL visiting friends at
Shnnokin, Pa.
Henry a. Sons ARE pushing work
rapidly in the opening of their now
mine.
Two Of our young ncighbors ON Sat
urday night paid their respects W his
lIonors Court in Rcynodsvillo. II only
cost thom II "V" or forty-cight hours
In Limbo. They were given 10 under
stand that owing 10 Ovcrproduction Of
uptown ''tanglc foot" his Honor would
have to advance prices on their noxt
visit to him.
One of our young sports went TO Du-
Bois the other day and under some
provocation proceeded to paint the
town. He dumped two men from his
buggy into the street, paid II $1,000 fine
for the use of the town, drove to Itcyn-
oldsvillc and sized up Butler, the pugi-
'o', WI" '"'''' W. Wy ''h' T" p'"''
square up, rough and tumble or just-as-
you-plcase.
The following officers were publicly
installed on Monday evening by the
X. of p. Lodge for the ensuing term:
l.. G., u. j. Broadhead G.. g., II. q.
Mcllenry. V. C., james Hughes; r.,
George Hughes; M. Of f., w. A. Lod-
ing: M. Of f., Jos. Bateson; K. of Il. a.
S., l.. A. Hayes; Trustee, $. $. Haines.
Rev. Hemingway, Of Dubois, delivered
an address on the occasion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-07-13
Sandy Valley.

The hay crop is light this year, com
pared with last
John r.. Cox has returned from Oregon.
He was absent four years.
james McGhee and sister will start
for the far west In the near future.
The Sandy Valley band will hold n
festival near Pnncoast ON Friday, July
10th
Samuel steel has purchased driving
horse for himself. IIc IL II lively
animal.
The Falls Creek Mining Go. have
their blacksmith In the shop at the new
Sherwood mines.
Dist. Deputy G. N. LOWS, Of Rcyn-
oldsvillo, installed tho officers Of the
o. u. A. NJ. Saturday evening, July I'd.
Miss Matte McGhcc has returned
from Becchtrcc, whore she has been
teaching school. She closed her school
ON account Of scarlet fever.
A number Of our citizens attended
the .. u. A. NJ. anniversary ut punx-
sutnwncy on the Sih inst. They report
having had n pleasant time.
Tho ladies' Of the Methodist church
will hold n festival in the Sandy Valley
grove on Saturday evening, July 23rd.
Proceeds to apply ON minister's salary.
The school directors were nt this
place securing ground for now school
house. twin be built In time for the
winter term. We congratulate our
people, for we needed II badly.
James and Alex. Waite have returned
from Grove City college. There IL no
changes In them excepting that James
looks more like Alex. You could not
tell them apart when they went away.
We would be glad tc writo longer
letter II we had time, but ~ we have Ia
pick potato bugs and NOV grass to-day,
we will say good bye and drop our quill.