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

had been hunting all around the
town where my parents lived a town
in the midst of a region Astounding in
lakes. 1t had been fierce winter, SO
far; the snow was very deep and the
hunting was splendid.
The night before some friendly In
dams, an old trapper and had been
out and shot two deer. One of them
belonged to me.
The old trappe- wished me to stay
over Christmas with him. AS an in
ducement he said he would get me up
the best dinner of venison his skillful
hands could prepare.
Miss seeing the stockings go up
around the big stove by staying away
from home? Oh. no, not |. Then the
trapper went7 out and looked at the
sky. He came back shaking his head.
boy, you'd better stay with me, he
said. Them clouds over there look
blizzardy and this ERE wind smells O.
snow" The two Indians went out and
then came back granting in dull-eyed
approval OF what he had said. 4
1T is only eight miles to town."
said, Laughing. LET these Indians
take my deer to town by the main road
with their pony and I'll cut through
the woods I'll bet I'll beat 'em i'm
So slung the trusty rifle over my
shoulder, put some extra cartridges in
my belt and set off.
/ can look back, even at this late day
and see the picture left behind = the
trapper, with his old muskrat cap
cooked sideways over his ear and his
head going from left to right, .aseifi.to
say: what self-willed lad he u.s.
and the two dark Indians standing still
as statues behind him, wrapped in ST.
lence that seemed as4clear to the mind
as the dirty blankets they had pulled
about them.
1t was but little past noon, and ]
thought could easily make the town
before the very early sunset, which in
those days comes between four and five
o'clock in winter.
l had not walked many minutes
when it began to snow. The big
flakes came down like cotton balls. ]
remember that l felt so gay that /
danced along, opening my mouth to
catch them now and then as they fell.
The first knew a furry of snow was
caught and whirled about my feet as
you have seen puff of dust caught by
little whirlwind on street on sum-
mer's day. Again and again these
flurries came flirting up against my
feet until they commenced to grow into
little drifts across the path.
The7snow was no longer coming
down straight but slanting, and what
was that the wind was blowing into
my face? A few moments ago it was
in my back, and | hadn't changed my
course. 1t stung me. too, till bent
down my head to avoid the biting snow
that had suddenly changed from cotton
to sharp bullets of ice.
Swifter and swifter came the snow,
and the wind now began to moan and
the trees to groan. A vail of shifting
whiteness seemed suddenly to have
been lifted in front of me that shut out
the path ahead and the landmarks to
right and left By looking up / could
dimly make out where the sun was.
but that was only for time. In anoth-
er half hour the sky, sun and all were
blotted out | knew l was in the
clutch of blizzard, and that all
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-05-05
I TOUCHED THE TRIGGER.

my woodcraft and experience would
be needed to bring me through. Little
chance now for me to see those stock
ings hung up!
The one thing had to guard against
was going around in a circle. Out on
prairie in such a storm the bewild'
cred traveller, as soon as he loses his
bearings, begins to go around in cir
Gle. He thinks all the time that he is
advancing bravely. Gradually the
swinging round makes him dizzy and
he falls in the snow. To keep from
doing this was not hard for me, for
was in the woods, on q path fringed
with thick brush and elose-set trees.
II tried to go round in circle the
priclly ash bushes scraped my leg or
came bump against tree. had tc
keep in the path or stop walking.
This did well enough until ] came TO
large open space such as one FIRE.
quently finds in forests. Before
could get across it had lost the path
and was vainly trying to get some
hard snow beneath my feet
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A MARKED DIFFERENCE.


blaln6A Letter OF MltndraWai fOur Hears
20 and Now.
1t is worth while to recall as matter
of historic interest, il for no other pur-
pose, the fact that Mr. Blaine on the
25th of January, 1888, wrote letter to
the then chairman of the republican
national committee stating that his
anne would not be presented to the
convention which had been called for
the following June 1t may be worth
while, also, to recall that in the letter
referred to he gave the reasons which
seemed to him sufficient to justify his
course; and that he discussed at length
the political situation and congratu-
lated the party on the brightness of its
outlook rs indicated by the events of
the preceding four years
Bearing these facts in mind It Is
noteworthy that in his recent with
drawal Mr. Blaine does not give pub
licity to the reasons which have inn
PEELED him to withdraw. Neither does
he congratulate his party on the out
look or refer with pride to recent po-
litical events as indicative of probable
success. He lays stress on the impor-
tance of the issues-just as he did in
1888; but in his letter of the lat
ter year he declared that ION the
result of such an issue THAT of the
tariff fairly presented to the popular
Judgment there is no room for doubt. !"
In his recent letter he declares that
''the popular decision on these issues
mot specified except in the vague state
ment that the industrial and financial
policies of the government are at stake1
is of great moment" but he studiously
refrains from expressing the opinion
that there is no doubt as to the result
The contrast is significant. In view
of it the country may also recall with
profit that the 1888 letter, though so
much fuller and more emphatic than the
recent letter, was not accepted as final
and that he was compelled to supple
ment it with dispatch in June asking
his friends to refrain from voting for
h i'm in the convention. And they do
say that all of his friends with the ex-
ception of his fool friend Boutelle-
understood him to mean that they
were only to refrain from voting for
him in case it became apparent that he
could not be nominated, and that he
has never forgiven Boutelle for taking
him at his word. Detroit Free Press
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THE MODEST LOVER.


When Charles called on his love ono night
H found the maid engaged in weeping,
Ana, though engaging was the sight, az
He def7ned 1t some wllat out OF keeping.
Because she was engaged TO him.
And 50 he asked her why sho cried;
And she. with eyes both moist and dim,
Drew forth her 'kerchief and replied:
Dear Chawles, IL had to cry, you see,
Be-Eecause my mind was in whirl
Sdp~pup pose you never had met me,
And gone and loved some other girl.
Suppose dear Chawles, you'd married he,
Be before our court-ship had begun;
Unjust such course you might prefer,
B-but, darling, what would have dcne?,
Charles stood and twirled his mustaclie tips
And rose in his own estimation,
Then bent and kissed her on the lips,
The vainest lover In creation.
T" You've got me- said he, with sigh
IS THEN gave the tips another twirI--
" SO, dearest, II you've got to cry,
Just do it for the other girl"
r.. L. Hendrick, in Jury.
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sugar duty "a revenue excrescence ON
| the ,.r.,t.s.t Va svet.r,,

sugar duty "a revenue excrescence on
the protective system"
/. Against this position the republicans
raise the objection that the benefits thus
arising are unequaliy distributed This
Ms admitted. No careful publicist has
ever declared that system of taxation.
could be devised not open to this OBJ
lection. Aside from the fact that hui
mainly can never expect to discover
perfection in its works there is another
fundamental truth involved in the coli
lection of revenue for the state which
must be met by the candid logician
with the admission that his reason
fails here as it does when seeking de-
Tense Of punishment either by the state
or individual There is no method Of
reasoning by which one may reconcile
what seems the necessary treatment
of criminals. One explanation Of this
is that the crime created an abnormal
condition, under which the accepted
rules of ethics do not apply. But ac-
cepting the present opinion that gov
ernments must raise revenues by taxa
ton, and seeking the-bcst-methods Of
indirect taxation, democrats have no
need to fear the criticism that their
propositions involve degree Of injus-
tice. Their claim is to reduce the peo-
ple's unnecessary burdens Their OPP
ponents desire their Increase. Demo-
Gratis would tax the people for their
own purposes and would take nothing
from them not absolutely necessary
for government If the democracy
holds firmly to this position there will
be no doubt as to the outcome of the
presidential contest. The people have
had enough of republican methods. -
Chicago Times.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-05-05

During the Harrison administration
the republican party has usurped the
governorship of Nebraska, the United
: tates senatorship in Montana, the
governorship in Connecticut and q
United States senatorship in New
Hampshire. The record is consistent
in both northeast and northwest, but
in the northwest the law has vindi.
Gated itself against their usurpation in
at least one case, while in Connecticut
and New Hampshire law is i.apotent
against them. In Connecticut they are
keeping in governor whose only title
to the Office is that of the fraud and
threats of force by which they pre-
tented the inauguration of the gov
ernor elected BY vote greater than
the combined vote OF all other candi-
dates. Their ''holdover" governor Ii
usurper. and the state aes no consti.
tutional government It Is controlled
BY 4 fraudulent dictatorship st Louis
Republic
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-05-05
"a LITTLE NONSENSE.

Not Night Owl-Tom-s'Di you
ever see the sun rise?" Jack-"No. I
don't stay out quite SO late as that
Yankee Blade.
Keeper Ito sportsman, who had
missed everything all day)-"If them
ere rabbits was yard longer behind,
you'd be after making fine bag, SIR"
"A pretty leap year proposal:
she said. while blushing like q rose
And laughing merrily,
'sThis Is leap year and propose
That you propose to mem Y. Press.
The man without country lives In
pitiable estate, but he isn't In IL for
friendlessness with the man who Is
learning to play the cornet Albany
Argus
lon Suspicion Weary Watlxins-sIf
you had q hundred-dollar bill what
would you get first?' Hungry Higgins
ARRESTED. guess indianapolis
Journal
Paradise. Old Soak Settemup-
again. (Hic.) Thish is perfec para
disc" De TaIique "Howdye know?
(Hic) Are you seein' the serpent?"-
Yankee Blade.
Entirely Different Merritt .How
much did your last church pay your
Rev. DR.. Primrose--sFi hundred"
Merritt--"I thought your salary was
several times that?" Rev DR.. Prim-
rose-''So it was Epoch.
Gases In Point. --s'You needn't talk
TO me about heredity," said Mrs. Gaz-
Fam to her husband, who had been en-
deavoring to elucidate the subject II
know there's nothing in It. 'sOh, you
dor" "Yes, do Now look at the
Snooper children, for instance. -Four
boys and two girls, all grown up long
ago, and every one bachelor or a
old maid Don't tell me they got that
from their parents"
Bronson what beautiful dia-
monds your wife has on tonight
Hiclxsr' Hicks with an eye TO business,
Eyes, they're fine" Bronson aBusi-
ness must be good if-you can afford TO
give her jewels like that" Hicks
..On the contrary, it's very bad. I've
had those stones in my showcase for :
year and haven't been able TO sell EN-.
thought perhaps I'd get an offcr for
'em If I'd let her wear them here. They
show of mighty we'll, don't they ?''--
Harper's Bazaar.
Definite Directions "a bout how
far is it TO Gourdville?v asked the
stranger Of lanlx North Csrolinian,
who sat on the vcranda holding up the
front side Of his house. ssTwicet as fur
as yo' kin holler an as fur Is 70 kin
see beyond fhet. "But Pm consumpt-
SO. .x,d >a,,,k sl,<,Jlav, II al n ...---. 4 a..
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Over fallen trees and heaps of tan
gfed brush plowed on, each step
growing more hopeless. Ofia sudden
lights flashed before me. / could see
mother and my little brothers and sis
tiers gathered around the table, and
through all the brilliant and grateful
picture rose the stockings that l had
wanted SO much to see.
AS all these things foated through
my mind the thought struggled up
family through my WEAKNESS that
was lying in the snow and going into
the fatal freeze sleep
With difficulty awoke enough to
shake myself tried to rise to my
feet, but was too weak and fell back
into the arms Of the storm that raged
all about me. Vaguely knew that un.
less | could keep moving could not
stay awake many minutes.
few feet away dark object Hept
showing now and then through the
sheets of flying snow. 1t looked like a
great black eye. 1t was the only thing
that held my gaze in that wide waste
of whiteness. As l looked another
dark object doomed up beside it l
knew what the last was. My hunters
instinct did not deceive me- 1t WAS a
deer.
Weakly, but noiselessly shifted ths
rifle till it half lay on the snow before
me and pointed towards that half-re.
vealed shadow.
The curtains of snow luckily parted
just then and touched the trigger.
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Dead Hands and Birth Marks.

An eastern man who has recently
returned from visit in the south
tells of an odd superstition among
the negroes to the effect that OBJ
jectionable birth marks may be re-.
moved by the touch Of dead persons
hand. One white person who tried it
found that it accomplished the .pnr-
pose, and, making inquiries, discovered
that similar cures or removals had been
effected, notably in one instance where
red blotch disfigured half the face of
a young man had disappeared. or was
at that time disappearing, to be more
correct after the dead hand treatment.
No explanation was or could be given
of the cure, except vague ailusion to
the superstition that as the body in the
ground decayed the mark on the living
person disappeared, the time required
In the removal being coincidcnt Or
supposed to be, With that required in
the decay and dissolution OF the body.
Chicago Post
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DREAMING AND DOING.
Men who Have Power hut Do Not Make
49, Use Of 1t.

Men Who Have Power Hut Do Not Make
An American officer who went
through the Franco-German campaign
with the Prussian army in order to
study the art of war lately told the fol-
lowing anecdote:
He became intimate with two Ger
man officers, one of whom was a
grave, elderly man OF undoubted cour-
age and long experience in his profess
sion made him an authority in his regi.
ment; all disputed points were referred
to him by his brother officers for deci-
sion
The other. who was a young, gay
fellow, fond of cards and dancing, held
higher rank in the corps.
The American one day commented
Indignantly on this fact to the older
man.
s'Why." he asked. should P, a
man much your inferior, ont rank
you?"
'.Hold therei' said the officer. ssYou
mistake. P is not my inferior.
Perhaps he has not studied the art OF
war as thoroughly as have. but the
little he knows he puts into practice.
When you see us in battle you will un-
derstand the difference. know what
ought to be done. He does it If a
park of artillery Is to be taken, while
/ am for a moment or two hesitating
over scientific rules as to the best way
to do II, he. with half of q rule dimly
in his mind, takes it."
In every school, society or communi-
ty there will be found men who have
knowledge and ability, but who lack
the power to use them effectively, and
other men who, with narrower mental
scope, know how to use their small in
teltectual capital, and to impress them
selves and their purpose upon their
generation.
Many thoughtful, dreamy boy finds
himself thrust aside in the race at
school, just as he will be in life here
after, for the want of this faculty. It
is of course born with the men who
haye it largely, but it can be cultivated
by very simple means.
See that as far as possible, every
seed of knowledge which is planted in
your mind bears fruit As soon, for
example. as you begin to study Ger
man, begin to speak It
Test your new ideas Of architecture
by the construction Of the house you
live in, and Of hydraulics BY its drains
If public speaking seems attractive to
you, and you study the rules Of oratory,
put into practice, so far as you can.
these rules. Join debating club, or
form one among your fellows, and
speak upon such topics as interest you
Struggle vigorously against your wish
TO sit idle and to dream in . corner,
even though your books are your COM
panion-
Remember that when house Is
burning It Il not the man who under
stands scientifically how to put it out
who Is valued. but he who understands
and brings the water. ~ outh's f,om.
panion.
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WHEN THE MIND TAKES A NAP
Moments That Are Erroneously Believed
to Re Spent In Thought.

Moments That Are Erroneously Believed
to Re Spent In Thought.
In private conversation one day late
ly one of Chicago's oldest and most
learned physicians gave utterance to
the following:
''Why is it that when we see per-
at a certain point on the floor or in the
street we ~ he or she is thinking hard
about something? Nine times in ten, a
person thus engaged-or rather olsen
gaged-is thinning of nothing At
such moments, if you only knew it. the
mind is mapping and there is no
thought Probably one of the oldest
fads-and it seems to be- nothing more
consists of persons when at such
times they are asked what they're do.
ing, saying thinking hard'
SIN the large majority of cases when
person is thinking hard or intently
the eye roams from one object to an.
other, and the hands aud feet are
moving more or less.
sThe busiest Understanding brain
in the country insists ON taking mo.
1mentary maps several times a. day
Just before dropping Off into one OF
these maps the mind commands the eye
to fix itself upon some one object and
stay, thus usually insuring the holding
Of the head and probably every part
of the body quiet. Then the mind
catches its little nap These little
mind-naps or flashes of rest may never
be more than twenty seconds long, yet
they have been discovered to do the
mind Wonderful amount of good.
They never come to the deranged
mind. and it has also been discovered
that the supposedly sound mind which
does not take them is on the verge Of
insanity. Chicago Tribune.
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]Les9laNTHEIsNgW
How a Young Mans Life Was
Saved by a Deer.

HE day before
Christmas, one
year in the ear
ly 70's, i was in
Dakota, which
then had scarce
ly any popula.
ton. l W a 4
eighteen years
old then. but
quite a hunter.
l had already
killed my bear,
like@t the men,
a n d several
deer had fallen
hefore NV rife
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An Old Japanese Diary.

The oldest diary in the world, ac-
cording TO a Japanese paper, is that OF
the Hozaka family. landed proprietors
of the province of Kaschin. The diary
has been conscientiously kept by the
various heads of the family for more
than three centuries. 1t was begun at
the time of the fall of the Takedas,
who were masters of Kaschin under
Yoritomo, the great Japanese ruler.
The pages of the ancient books fail to
show that the Hozakas were especially
distinguished either for intellect or
prowess There is no doubt, however.
that they were conscientious in the dis
charge of their duties, and lived the
peaceful lives of Japanese gentlemen.
The state OF the weather was natural
ly a matter of great Importance to
them, and each day they chronicled its
condition. But the books have other
entries as we'll A short time ago a
dispute over precedence took place be-
tween two branches of the same fam
ily in Kaschin, each claiming to be the
original line. The contestants appealed
to the Hozaka diary and found the rec
ord of dinner given several hundred
wears ago by the head OF the family to
the founder of the side line. The rec
ord even contained the names of the
dishes eaten at the dinner, and effectu-
ally settled the dispute The various
volumes Of the diary now I'LL eight
chests and form the chief treasures OF
the wealthy Hozaka family. Chicago
Times
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or Ice.-Mr. Hayseed had come to
tbe citv to see the sights. Among the
MANY things that attracted his notice.
was q doctors sign, which read; "Dr.
Jones office. Between nine and twelve
s.Well, I swow to gosh" CALCULATED ne.
$50 they keeps doctors on &c IN TINS
village, and let's 'em on only oelw esn n
nine and twelve Won't that makS
Manda's eyes stick ouh when ! Nl'
her Oh Pharmaceutical Ella
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But no, It was plunge forward bSSk.
ward, right and left in soft, cod sea.
Tins lunging along again got into the
shelter OF the woods All. precious
little shelter it was all to me then.
The big trees behind which Lcould
have sheltered myself in an ordinary
wind were now of no use, for the gale,
coming from every, quarter, almost
blew off the bark on all sides.
So my struggle with the blizzard
demon went on till forgot when the
day changed into night Growing
gradually weaker and weaker, didn't
care whether it was night or day.
My back ached SO and my feet seemed
ash weighed down with Lead The
gun on my shoulder. that once I
thought would die to keep, had
grown SO heavy that was tempted to
throw il away.
Once or twice actually took hold of
tito throw it down, but even to nv
blurred and tired eyes it looked tov
pretty to be lost, SO | put it back on my