The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-02-11
PERSONAL AND iMpERsoNAL.


--I3ecause an Iowa farmer rvfnsed 70
All out : mortgage blank that had been
sent to him By the census bureau ~
was arrested and bound over by fed
ersl grand jury for trial He had
written 10 Mr.. Porter 70 mind his own
business aud not DO too inquisitixe
about private AFFAIRS
A Massachusetts, farmer knows .
good thing when he sces II. The pm
pills Of the high school 1t latham so-
licited tho privilege Of huslsing his corn
and furnishing the refreshments be-
sides, and he grsnted both. The young
people had . good time and found
enough red ears 70 satisfy them.
Sam Jones was the driver Of = pub
lie dray In his native town before he
became preacher. His outfit was .
small, rickety. rafting, ramshacklc
wagon and an old sorrel horse, lie
was familiar figure ut the railway
station, and his most profitable jobs
were hauling drnmmers trunks to the
hotel
William IL, the new King OF Wur-
temburg, Is q man Of simple tasteswho
will have little desire to sustain brill
liant court This Is great disappoint-
ment to the gay Wurtemburgers who
still hope that the new queen, who y
but twenty seven, may induce tbs king
to furnish the people with some euter-
tainments.
A man not overburdcncd with .
conscience dwells In Clinton, Me. He
prides himself upon the possession OF .
bird dog, who earns his board. The
dog, II appears, thinks that everything
that wears feathers is a bird. Hc Is IN
the habit of robbing the neighbors Of
their chickens and bringing them 70 his
owner Within the last month he has
brought home twenty-five chickens.
John Fiske says that the word
'sviking" should be pronounced to
rhyme with picking" though the last
edition OF Webster still gives the ~
its long sound. As a matter Of fact
the word is q grandilolent fraud. There
is nothing of the king" about It In
reality, and it meant simply man
who dwelt on pikr, or bay. and made
predatory excursions therefrom--a
pirate, in fact.
To the recent exploits Of women
explorers must be added the adventures
Of Mrs. Littledale, who accompanied
her husband, an Englishman, on . two
years visit to central Asia. during
which they visited the Pamir plateau
They saw great deal of the scattered
tribes which inhabit that inhospitable
region. 1t will be remembered that
from the time Of Marco Polo until
twelve years ago no explorer had ever
visited the Pamir.
"A story is told Of judge who be-
came so interested in the statement OF
q would-be assassin, who had just
missed fatally stabbing his victim, that
he exclaimed at one point of the narra-
tive: "Ah, you should have struck
more to the leftl" The Judge was the
last man to have committed deed Of
violence, but his surprise that the thing
had not been done more skillfnlly
caused him to forget the question Of
life and death which was involved.
Miss Cynthia MISSIONER. recording
secretary Of the Woman's Press club,
and also secretary Of the New York
street cleaning department. Is native
of Iowa, and when child, lived for q
time in the far west where she learned
to ride, throw the lariat and to excel
in many Accomplishments not usual to
women, but requiring courage and
skill. She paid her own expenses ut
the Colorado state university, where
she made special study of geology,
and she has since written, studied and
taught in this branch Of scientific In
terest. Miss MISSIONER has fine con-
tralto voice, and can converse in -four
| different lan0uagea