The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-07-14
Of GENERAL INTEREST.

Mrs. Priscilla Scroggins, Of Hare
county, Ga, who is said to be lis years
old, has living ID children, los grand
children, $50 great-grandchildren, a7a
Observation-Disclosures. $50 great
Observation-Disclosures, in all fam
lily of 1,274 souls
House purchasers will be panied to
learn that the diminishing supply of
white oak is leading to the substitution
of the cheaper red oak Car builders
report that it bends well, and is valua-
BILE for doorstiles, rails and some other
parts of the interiors of cars.
Holding pillows in her teeth, while
she drew ON the pillow-slips, caused
chambermaid in q New York hotel to
lose all her lower teeth. She had to
change forty or fifty beds day, and
this performance, for period Of eleven
years, SO loosened her lower teeth that
they dropped out
"A dog-catcher in New York made
off with the mother Of fourpups, where
upon the little girl who owned her made
haste to the mayor, eafTyin one of the
five-day-olds which she held up before
his honor as she made her plea for the
release Of the mother. The mayor, be-
ing man of family, granted her re-
quest.
"A freak of nature, an infant TWEEN
ty-nine years old, died some days agotn
Wharton, Ohio. : This remarkable in
FAINT was the son of Austin Borden, and
never grew or developed since the day
of its birth. He could not walk, talk,
or recognize anybody, and was always
as helpless as child, and died in the
cradle it had. occupied for twenty-nine
years.
"A remarkable diamond has been re-
Gently found on the Koffeyfontein
Diamond Mining &c. 3 ground in Aus
tralia, which appears to be of such
value that even competent judges hesi-
tate TO name price commensurate with
its worth. 1t is said to be of a5beauti-
full shade of pink, entirely devoid of
spot or blemish, and to weigh 1917
carats.
The earliest authentic account of
lace is about the sixth century, when
high-born Italian nuns wrought it for
the adornment of the sanctuary. Even
before that the English nuns were
famed for the very open English work,
wonderfully lacey in effect. Monks as
well as nuns gave their minds to it. st.
Dunstan himself did not think it derog-
atory to make designs for the convent
workers.
The buffalo bug is best known as
hard-shelled,- dark-brown thing, not un-
like the lady bug in shape. The bug
will eat any fabric, wooden or hempen,
and what he does not eat he destroys.
Sometimes he starts ON the edge of
carpet or rug and eats his way around
a room. Only poison can stay his
course. Sometimes he gets into the
crack of a floor and eats the carpet in a
straight line from end to end.
The first iron bridge was built in
England in 1899 over the river Severn.
The first iron suspension bridge was
built over the Tweed in 1918. The great
suspension bridge over the Niagara
river. just below the great falls, was
completed in 1855. Its span is s2l feet.
The Brooklyn bridge is the greatest
bridge ever built of which history makes
any note. 1t is 3,475 feet long, and con-
tains enough wire to span the earth
twice at the equator.
"A new way of choosing partners at
social entertainment was inaugurated
at the house of Mrs. Astor, in New
York city. There were a number of
mechanical toys, such as ROSTERS, bears,
alligators, toads and other animals.
They were wound up by various gentle
men, and placed on the floor, and as
they started off, each man followed the
animal he had wound up until it paused
before a lady, who was thus indicated
as his partner. This novel performance
caused plenty of merriment.
"A South Carolina cattle dealer has
recently made some experiments in the
use of cottonseed meal and hulls for
cattle feed. The experiment was begun
with six of the animals in December
and with four in January. The ten
were sold on the 25th of March, at
which time the average increase in
weight was about thirty-one per cent.
l.
cottonseed meal and hulls, mixed dry
and fed night and morning. The cost
of feed was twelve cents per head per
day.
Intense excitement prevailed near
National City, Cal, when the discovery
was made that dead body had been
used for smuggling purposes. Acorpse
was brought from Mexico, and reverent-
ly conveyed across the line, ostensibly
for shipment to relatives in San Fran
cisco. A curious citizen, who had his
suspicion aroused, secretly followed the
corpse after its arrival in National City,
and saw it conveyed to lone habitation
in the mountains at Otay Mesa. Peep
ing through the window, he saw the
sad mourners engaged in a rather un-
usual proceeding. They had opened the
coffin, and from the interior of the
corpse they were taking small tin boxes
of opium.
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