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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-04-07

us an one of 'em never struck our
camp without hevin' SO many tricks
played on him tibet arter awhile he was
glad enough to gitsaway.
We thought tibet a dude, tender
foot" we called him, didn't hev no
rights which miner was bound to re-
-spect, an we treated him accordin'ly.
Even in them days we had the bar
room hummer, who didn't do nothin'
all day long but hang aroun' the tavern
dom odd jobs fur his meals an watch
In fur the stage to come jest as anxious
as if he was waitin' fur friends.
Sich sort o. chap was Jerry Malcolm,
he was the most shiftless sort o. cuss
ever seen. He wouldn't work under
no circumstances, exceptin' jest enough
to feed him.
would stand at tibet tavern
/. Winder all AFTERNOON, waitin fur the
stage to come in, with no reason in the
world fur doin' so, tibet Is. as anybody
could see The boys used to rig him q
good deal about it, but he never seemed
to care much-took it all good natured
as you please.
He wasn't bad sort o. fellow,
drunkard nor nothin' o. tibet kind; but
Jest natchelly shiftless and don't-care-
like.
One day, Jest arter time fur the stage
to come in, half a dozen or SO OF us
fellows was su'rr;zed clean out o. our
wits to see Jerry Malcolm come q
tearin' down the trail leadin' to the
mine whar we was a workin'. both
hands throwed up and his feet goin' like
wings.
wonder what's the matter with
Jerry?" said Dan Mccoy, shadin' his
eyes with his hand and lookin' up the
trail
''Somethin' mighty pertickler's goin'
on to make Jerry lift them feet o. hisn
tibet away"
''Mebbe Mulligan's gang has struck
the camp again." said Tom Hayden,
laying his hand on the butt of his re-
volver as he spoke. Every other man
instinctively made the same movement
as the thought flashed across their
minds; for another visit from Tim Null
ligan's dare-d devils wasn't very pleas
ant outlook
So in silence we waited till Jerry
come up out o, breath, putin and
BLOWN like a steam engine. Boys
says he, .swhat d'you think?"
1--WE amt thinkin' tall" said Hay
don, gruffiy. Were waitin' to hear, SO
spit it out as quick as you kim"
.sThar's a tenderfoot just landed
from the stage, gasped Jerry, between
puffs.
"A tenderfootl"
We was good deal relieved, but we
didn't let on t. each other. an each fell
low laughed as he went back to his
work an began to hatch some divil
ment in his mind agin that pore ten.
derfoot"
Well, work jest few along tibet arter-
noon, fur we wanted to git done and &c
down to the tavern. When quittin
time come, you never seen men drer
their tools an make fur camp quicker
in your life. We couldn't git to the
tavern quick enough; but even when
we did git there, we was disappointed
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APPROPRIATENESS in DRESS.

The Charm OF simple and Becoming
Attire.
TIC be becomingly dressed at home is
said 70 be a test of a well-ordered mind.
Certainly it is an indication Of correct
taste and orderly habits and the utmost
care cannot be too highly commended,
especially for young ladies and girls.
The formation Of habits OF neatness
and due regard for the prevailing
fashions ID style and material, and the
adaptation of dress to circumstances
and occasions, should be carefully at
tended to in the education of young
persons, as by this means much vexa-
ton and no end of trouble to their
friends as we'll as themselves will be
avoided.
There are many very willful and
capricious young women who entertaip
the most absurd ideas as regards dress.
They are either vain and love display
which leads them to overdress often
times to degree bordering on gro
tesqueness, or with an affectation of in
difference they profess to despise hand.
some dresses, and will appear 10 society
in garments wholly inappropriate and
unbecoming.
tea-gown should not be worn in
the evening or a fnll-dress costume in
the morning, except on some special
occasion. Very rich and elegant dress
for the street is considered most inap-
propriate, and suggests the idea that
its owner has no other place to display
her finery Ladies who have social
position and social obligations have
need of their fine dresses for ceremoni-
Gus occasions, and, as q matter Of
course, reserve them for this purpose,
aud are we'll content to wear plain gar
ments ON the street.
1t is the poorest taste, and shows
lack of discretion and proper training
10 adopt anything like loud or con-
spicuous style on the street or in pub
lie places. Such course subjects any
young lady to the severest criticism.
and she has only herself to blame il she
suffers annoyance and insult from per-
sons who only judge of character by
outward appearances. The best-dressed
women, as rule, are those who are
the most plainly dressed, and this is the
safest and best course to pursue.-N.
" Ledger.
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anyhow. They was SO nigh one size
tibet the fellers like to "a went crazy
jest anticipatin' what a match it nd
be.
Wall, sir, they grappled an went to
work in earnest, twistin' an strainip
like two big sarpents The crowd kept
gettin more an more excited; those on
the outside of the ring craned their
necks an pressed for'ard; those on the
inside laid back an hoilered: Give
'em room; give 'em show"
: But it wasn't no use they jest
pressed mp until they was packed to-
gether like a lot O. sardines.
In the ring the struggle was CROWN
fercer an ,tiercer; the fighters acted
like they was in earnest; their faces
was red. their veins swelled out like
they was goin' to bust, an the sawdust
flying frop under their feet in a per
fec cloud
Then, don't know how it happened,
it was done SO quick, but one of them
went down. Fur few minutes, in the
confusion and dust, no one could tell
who it was. But as the men begun to git
up the crowd saw his face an rousin'
cheer went up. 1t was Hayden.
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ZIG. 1.


upper end Of the drain. We do not
want three or four grades to the same
line of drain unless change from a
higher to lower. from the outlet to
the upper end or vice versa. What we
mean is. this: Say there are four
sections Of the ditch We do not want
a ten-inch fall for the first section;
fifteen for the next, twelve for the
third, and some other for the fourth,
but would rather have Is, ~, 10, etc,
this gives free flow for all sections.
When we have the grade for the
whole length of the drain. we drive
stakes for each section. We often cut
the first spade before taking the grade.
When this is done we set the stakes as
near the drain as we can to have them
stand firm. Calculations are made
and the stakes driven SO that line
stretched on their tops will represent
the grade of the ditch when ready for
the tile. These stakes we. want to
stand "a to 3 feet high, as this is the
most convenient height for the work
men. Between the 100-foot stations
we set another stake in line, as we find
1t hard to get tile slack out of 100 feet
Of line, no difference how tightly
drawn. When we have our stakes and
line ready, we make guage to meas.
ure from line to the bottom of the
drain. This guage may be made of any
light lumber. We have used, recently,
stats sawn for fence pickets, one-half
inch by two inches, six feet long for
the upright To this we nail light ter
piece at right angles; this piece should
be at least IS inches long, and nailed
on so that when the upright is standing
perpendicularly in the bottom of the
drain, the arm will pass under the line.
Gig. shows the guage, b, without
the ARM. For q line, the kind used by
masons will be found the best, al
though any strong, light cord will
answer; If too heavy, the wind will
sometimes affect it too much.
When we have these all ready, be-
fore we commence work, we hang a
weig4h &c, Fig. y on the line above
the second stake. This will keep the
slack out of the line much better than
it can be kept out by drawing it tight
at the end. On reaching this stake
the workman changes the weight to
the other side of the stake. We usu-
ally stretch the line for one station at
"A time. With the gauge and line, a
skillful workman will have no difficult
ty in securing perfect grade. In our
soil, which is of uneven formation, we
find it necessary to use this arrange
ment to secure perfect grade. Some
thing after this style was used in thing
the Michigan agricultural college farm
lands, where the quicksand was so
bad that but two pieces of tile could
be laid at time. With it's use we
know the grade remains as we wish it,
and does not change from day to day
as it may do when water is used to
grade by.
The level spoken of Gig. q is tin
tube about feet long, turned over q
s-s-inch bead, enlarged at each end, to
make room for the insertion of a
small cup to receive a small vial.
We use homeopathic walls, with
bottoms cut out, inserted in cup at
right angles to the tube and held
in place with plaster of paris.
On the center of the tube is SOL
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IN TIE ReAn.

&
Who shsIiremsfn Ii ne resrf
who shall be lastf
y II he that deiayeth through fear--
II a9lhast
A. the shouts 81 the foes 1t the front,
Or whose eye II too dull for the hunt
While, ne strength Of his hand being past,
he but piays with . spear that 10 blunt?
Nayi but hands strong, heart brave and eyes
Should no have who remains in the resri II
Fierce are the foes in the rear
Gar from the yan),
Where the moan and the cursc and the sneer
sim cling unto man;
And the chfeftafn, who glorious leads,
Knoweth not Of the lusteriess deeds
Which are wrought in that life under ban,
Where tho palm from the victor recedes,
And where tumult Is lord Of the year
Til he yields 70 the man in the rear.
Pale terrors fiy close in the rear
Strike from behind
Vague visions Of baubies once dear
Haunt the new mind:
While the hero who battles before '----
Needs hero to smother the roar
OF the wings Of the past, and TO find
Newest cheer for the heart that Is sore;
And II ever the goal shall be near,
Let him bless the strong man In the rear.
What Joy for tho man in the rear,
Watching the resti
Unto none may such visions appear
Not 70 the blest-
AS to him whose glad eyes shall behold
AL humanitys glory unrolicd,
And the splendid array gain the crest
OF tho last sloping mountain OF goldl
As he follows with pride, what cheer
Shall there come from the man In the feart
- Stevens, In Christian Union,
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nlmp1s Instrumenfa XhIcA Do fneI Weak
~ Perfecttoa.
In our work 1t the tile drainage We
found II impractical to depend upon
water to grade BY. 0ftentimes when
we could work at tho drains there
would be no water, other times too
much or not enough; consequently we
must adopt some plan that could be
used at any time we could work in the
bitches We have plenty Of fall for all
our drains The professionals would
cut them, no doubt, without water or
any other arrangement to get the
grade. But we prefer to have it true
and even Our first step to secure this
is to divide the line of the proposed
drain into sections OF 100 feeteach. Then
by the use OF level that our timer
made for US we get the fall per hum
|dred feet When we have this we
average the whole line. and II possible
give this average to each 100 feet II
we cannot do this we apply one grade
to the lower end, and another to the
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-04-07

The Chicago, Union Pacific q North
Western Line offers the very best facilities
to persons DESTROYS OF visiting the resorts
Of California, Portland, Oregon, or Puget
Sound points Excursion tickets, good six
months from time Of purchasc are now on
salo ut very low rates and ne irons Of the
line are assured q quick and comfortable
Journey. Solid yestibuled Trains Of
coaches free Reclining Chair Cars and
Palace Sleeping Cars are run through
from Chicago to Portland, Oregon, with
Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Cars from
Chicago to SAN Francisco without change,
and excellent meals are served in Dining
Cars. Tickets should read via the Chicago
and North-Western, Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific Railways Full inIorma-
tion and reservation OF space in sleeping
cars can be obtained upon application to any
Ticket Agent or by addressing w. A. Thrall,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent, Chica-
60 q North Western Railway, Chicago, Ill.
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August.
Flower

l had been troubled five months
with Dyspepsia. / had a flillness
after eating, and heavy load in the
pit Of my stomach. Sometimes a
deathly sickness would overtake
me. ! was working for Thomas
McHenry, Druggist, Allegheny City,
Pa, in whose employ l had been for
seven years. fused August Flower
for two weeks. / was relieved Of all
trouble. l can now eat things l
dared not touch before. have
gained twenty pounds since my re-
coverY. ]. D. Cox Allegheny, Pa. O
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Al WOULDN'T HAVE TO 60 FAR"

II WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO FAR.
fur there wasn't sign Of tender
foot in sight; they said he had shelled
out of his store clothes and gone out
in the hills prospectin'. 1t was hard
strain on us but we had to sit down to
supper without seem him.
When the meal was about half over,
Jerry Malcolm came tiptoein' in like
he was afraid he'd wake hisself, an
said kind O. low like: Hes comm,
fellers." Every eye turned toward the
door. 1t opened sort O. quick like an
in stepped our man. Wall, we'd all
been kind o. holden our breath, an all
Of sudden we let it go with gasp.
Man alive! There was six foot of as
good man in that tenderfoot's clothes
as ever seen.
He was logged out in rough work
In suit, but his hands give him away.
fur they looked soft an tender an
there wasn't nothin' like sunburn on
'em to spoil their whiteness. He didn't
look like q very likely Teller to fool
with, an guess all the boys must a
thought the same, fur none Of them
said anything to him.
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THE DOMESTIC CAT.
An Ornament to the Household--Her Par
tialjtieH.

An Ornament to the Household--Her Par
.tialities.
No ornament about house is moro
associated with domesticity than the
cat, especially in the cold season,
sure she looks well at an open window
aer door, or asleep ON the piazza, or
sauntering over the grounds. But her
most picturesque place is in the center
of the hearth-rug before an open fire.
She half shuts her eyes with sense
of the deliciousness of fire-light, and
purrs her song of grateful delight at
the. mingled warmth and beauty be-
fore her.
Cats have an evident preference for
certain members of the family 1t is
an unjust insinuation that it is always
the hand that feeds her. But we sus.
pect the principal of MARY loves the
lamb, you know" may have something
to do with it, and why should not
reciprocity come in here as elsewhere
in affection? Shakespeare, although he
consummately read and painted human
nature. hardly seems to do justice to
the feline. In over forty passages in
which he mentioned the cat it is as n
type of slyness and deceit.
In the singular book, THE Silence
of Dean Maitland" cat figures con-
spicuously. She is fed on cream and
seated in the lap of her mistress and
introduced sto all the family friends
For some persons she manifests par
| TALLY, while others can never pso-
pitiate her good will, and her elections
are true to character. The hero-a
man OF taste, refinement, moral sensi.
biiity, of great harmony of person and
manner-can never win any advances
from the cat, though he stroke or speak
to her ever so kindly. Meanwhile the
man is weakly, secretly shining against
| the laws of God and man, while he
kbasely leaves another--and that his
friend--to be suspected and condemned
for his own wrongdoing Yet he de.
ceives himself and the world by an
atoning picty and apparent Christian
! aonsecration. But the cat never be-
lieves in him! We may say this is over.
done; but who can set the limit to the
divine police on the earth or c0nfine
it to human intelligence? Boston
Transcript.
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Teams OF UNEQUAL size.

A mistake is often maze, says a
writer, where q farmer has team of
UNEQUAL size, and yet gives each the
same leverage when he bitches them
to machine. he, has certainly never
figured the problem oat, or he would
readily see what an advantage the
large horse has over the small one.
Suppose the horses to weigh 1000 and
1900 pounds respectively, and that the
large horse simply throws his weight
against the collar The common double
tree is about three feet long. hence
each has a leverage of eighteen inches
The small horse will need to exert u
strength Of 5,40o pounds in order to
produce equilibrium. Now If we would
simply move the hole in the double-
tree 20. 345 inches from the small
horses end, his weight when thrown
against the collar would balance that
Of the large horse. Many such little
inequalities the farmer could readily
prevent II he would only observe OBJ.
servation Is half Of mechanics.
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y - - ~ lsbers NJ he Aan1..,
pGynlcal nouh1e n Z yoxy ecrzcus thing. -
Isnot moroly fhe poln - cnouress raokm9
md tormcnfing - tt Il, but Tie prospecqye
loes Of time. money and place nsnnU nm
and aRRravatos his suffering He u bent 0n
having prompt relief and sure cnre. ~
wants the best and The proof and here q - !;
Mr.. w. 81. Schroeder, Gilbortyillo, Iowa
stated April 10 1884. that be had used St
Jacobs Oil In his stables for horse com
plaiuts and upon himself Tor rheumatism,
and had found IL the best remedy he had
ever tried. Again, Feb'y II, 1887, he writes:
II have used st Jacobs Oh for rheumatism
and sore back, al stated, and it cured; and
for burns and bruises it does its work IS
recommended to do. always keep II in the
house and recommend It to my neighbors-"
Mr.. John Garbutt, 656 Minna St., San
Francisco, Cal, writes: Some time back 1
sprained my knee and suffered agony until
I tried st Jacobs Oil The result was .
speedy and permanent cure. ~ Miss Ida A.
Fleming, s. Carey St, Baltimore, Nd |,
says: II had been afiiicted for two years
with neuralgia, and tried every means to
aet$rid OF the formenting disease. had
been given so much quinine that my nerv-
ous system was seriously injured. I was
advised to use St Jacobs OH, which did,
and 1t relieved me entirely
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HIGH-roNED singer Is generally on his
base -Binghamton Republican.

PERHAPS no local disease has puzzled and
baff1ed the medical profession moro than
nasal catarrh. While notimmediatcly fatal
it is among the most distressing, nauseous
and disgusting ills the flesh Is heir to- and
the records show very few or no cases OF
radical cure or chronic catarrh by any OF
the muititudes Of modes of treatment until
the introduction of Ely's Cream Balm few
years ago. The success of this preparation
has been most gratifying and surprising
Apply Balm into each nostril It Is Quick
iy Absorbed. Gives Relief at once Price
SO cents at Druggists.
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III The Inside q your tea - cofEeo
pot = black. al II with water and put
= piece Of hard soap Sct e on the
stove and let boil half n hour o. ons
hour. II viii be - bright = new.
To wash Oh Cloth and Linoleum- -
on cloth should never be scrubbed, but
washed with : soft wooden cloth and
InlkeWarm water ID which little milk
has been dissolved. Soap and hoe
water destroy the pattern and color.
Ladies' Home Journal
Orange Pie The juice and grated
rind Of two oranges, four eggs. four
tablespoonfuls Of sugar. one table
spoonful of butter. Warm the butter
and sugar, add the beaten yolks of the
eggs, then the oranges. and lastly the
whites beaten TO froth, and mixed in
lightly. Bake with M undercrust only.
-Detroit Free Press
-Curried Beef Cut some cooked
roast beef into thin slices: slice aud fry
one onion in butter; mix smooth
large tablespoonful OF curry powder
with tafiespo onful of butter. cup
Of beef gravy and salt and pepper. Put
this to the fried onions. add the beef
and cook gently for a few minutes
Serve very hot -Househoid Monthly.
"A pretty. fancy bag can be made
out of two palm-leaf fans By holding
them over steam they can be curved q
little, but to do this they must be tied
down till dry. Then join the pointed
ends and the sides and bind tightly
with gold cord or any other binding
liked Fit in a soft silk bag between
the openings of the fans, finishing the
top of the bag with frill and draw.
string. New York World.
Irresponsible dealers say that with
proper care the table linens of to-day
which are in weekly use will last ten
years. The table linen of old times has
outlasted generations. ButAthere is no
linen spun now. In land that once
was blue with fax-felds, the spinning
wheel and the distaff have been forgot
ten; and the sleeping beauty might
wander through the length and breadth
of the land without amy danger Of
piercing her fingers with distaff. IN.
Y. Tribune.
Raised Griddle Cakes.-One cup Of
white corn-meal, two cups OF flour, two
cups of milk, one pint of boiling water,
two tablespoonfuls of yeast one table,
spoonful brown sugar, two eggs, one
teaspoonful salt, one quarter teaspoon
full of baking powder Seald the meal
at night with the boiling water; beat
well; while warm stir in the flour,
sugar, milk and yeast Let rise all
night. In the morning add eggs, bak-
ing powder and salt, and il too thin,
add corn-meal to make the batter the
right consistency. Leave cupful for
the next mornings rising Boston Bud
get.
Meat, when used for soup, should be
put on to cook in cold water; also any
sailed meat. like ham or corned beef;
but where it is intended to be used as
boiled meat it should be put on in boil
ing hot water, so as to harden the A.
brine. and confine the juices Of the
meat, The meat should in all cases be
kept under the water Turn it fire.
quently, SO it may cook on all sides 1t
should boil only gently. A pod of red
pepper added to the pot will keep the
odor of boiling from filling the house.
Remove all scum as it rises Allow
twenty minutes to pound. Boston
Rrdpaf
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THERE Is more Catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable For great many
years doctors pronounced 1t local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treatment;
pronounced it incurable. Science has
proven eatarrh to b.. "a constitutional dis
case, and therefore requires COM tftutionai
treatment y Halls Catarrh Cure, manu-
featured by T. j. Cheney 81 Co, Toledo,
Ohio, is tho only constitutional cure on the
market 1t is taken internally in doses from
10 drops to q teaspoonful 1t acts directly
on the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. They offer one hundred dollars for
any case 1t fails to cure Send for circulars
and testimonials Address,
j. CHENEY q Co., Toledo, o.
az Sold by Druggists, 75c.