The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-03-10
or GENERAL INTEREST.

tan1. mere was y sugar pect Welyn-
|. ing twenty Eve pounds, a twenty pound
tarnip. iive-pound potato. q pumpkin
weighing lsc pounds, aud n cabbage
three feet in diameter all raised in the
vicinity.
The car of Russia treated his late
guests. the princess of Wales and the
king Of Denmark, TO wonderful $ ght
by holding review OF 10000 Of his
soldiers in their presence. Their ma
jesties were cacamped at the foot Of
Mt. Eiburg, In Southern Caucasus, and
ii took two whole days for this i'm
mense army to file past them.
Mrs Nancy Kennedy, of Halloways
Me- who twas supposed was lis years
of age. is really only % She has nl-
ways asserted that she was married to
a soldier of the Revolution during that
war, but DIR. Lapham, the Augusta his
torian, who has inves igated the case,
has learned that>her husband was a
soldier OF 1919, and ,ltaat she was born
in 1899.
lin the center OF saw log thirty
two inches in diameter that was found
| hawk. 1t is six inches in length, and
has blade of roughly forged iron,
about two and half inches long. The
solid timber over the head Of the toina-
hawk was t,n inches in thickness. 1t
is estimated that it had been in the
tree two centuries.
"A missionary on the Middle Fam
best, who hgs travelled over all thatre-
gion, says the best maps Of the country
are very inaccurate; that rivers are
laid down where they do not exist and
that numerous villages appear where
there is not trace of a human habita-
ton. He says the maps are simply an
annoyance to travellers, who are often
put to Inconvenience by relying on in
formation which they find later TO be
inaccurate.
Hartley, the sculptor, has modelled
beautiful bas-relief which is placed
over the mantelpiece OF the Montclaire
New Jersey athletic club house. II
represents running athletes racing for
fun. Health is suggested by the per-
fectly developed human figures; action,
by the variety of forms expressing the
different positions; and beauty, by the
grace, not alone in the sculptured
humanity. hut in the space left be-
tween the men and their friendly
rivals.
The first attempts to introduce silk
culture into America were made very
| early. James l., having been foiled in
his efforts to establish the rearing OF
silsworms ia England. and having
learned that the climate of Virginia
| was favorable for silk culture, sent
ove-. in 1922, silkworm eggs. white
mulberry trees and printed instruc-
tions: He also gave special directions
to the Earl of Southampton to urge the
cultivation OF silk in the American col.
onies in preference to tobacco, to which
his majesty had d strong aversion.
The hfghe.t priced postage stamp
| in existence is the famous Dundee
stamp, worth $500 sterling, and NOT
| purchasable at that price. James
Chalmers. of Dundee, was the inventor
of the adhesive postage stamp in 1884
| The stamp is in the possession of Sig
mand Fried, an extensive postage
stamp merchant of Inter Dolberg,
Vienna. 1t was exhibited at the Vienna
| jubilee stamp exhibition Of last year.
| The postage stamp museum, held on
May 25, 1891, at Vienna, displayed this
gem as the greatest attraction among
three million stamps and other objects
exhibited there.
| Notable specimens of game con.
tinue to be taken in Maine. w. X.
Mayo Jr., OF New York city, recently
shot moose at Moosehead lake, the
head and antlers of which weighed 1888
pounds In Kingsbury township Sam.
nef Foss trapped a bear which had
Toasted so we'll that 1T weighed, when
dressed. 600 pounds. The postmaster
\ Of West Southport dug a clam which
measured OKLA inches and weighed
fourteen onnces The Washington
county hunters are all looking for lei
black deer which has. been seen near
Wesley. 1t will be worth about $500
to the hunter. White. dear which were
once very rare, are now quite plentiful
in eastern Maine.
On the old Boston and New Haven
turnpike in the southern part of New
London county, Conn, Is an old mile.
stone, notched and moss grown, that
was set there by BENJAMIN Franklin.
When the highway was laid out Frank.
lin got the job of setting the mile.
stones, and he did It. in an original
way. He set out from Boston in a
comfortable chaise that he had built,
and a gang Of men followed him with
| a team that conveyed the stones.
Franklin's vehicle had peculiar ma
chine that marked the miles according
to the revolutions Of one Of its wheels.
He drove all the way between Boston
and the Elm city. This historic stone
is alongside Of the John Champion
farm in Lyme.
William Hamilton Gibson, who is a
trained observer Of plants and animals,
satisfied himself some time ago that a
rooster makes the Tapping noise that
accompanies his growing by striking
his wings together over his back. Tho
popular notion is that the bird pro
duces the noise by striking his wings
against his hard, fat thighs. Mr.. Glib,
son discussed the subject with farmer
ONCE, and the latter laughed at the art.
lists idea and said: 1--WE been brought
up among chickens, and guess know
how rooster flaps his wings" Very
good" said Mr.. Gibson, ssbut lust
watch your own fowls for week, and
tell me what You think. then" The
scornful farmer promised, and returned
at the end of the week with the humble
confession that Mr.. Gibson was right.
self-Respect.
Self-reverence differs from vanity as
the colors upon the western sky differ