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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-02-25

with the Eat funds Goes he want
Abe country 70 know how and why w.
W. dudley was kept out Of Jail?
Hts PROPOSAL that II he Is not 10 be
trusted to appoint siicli commission
the appointing power can be vested I'd
tie supreme court is made In face Of
the experience the country had in 1915,
when the supreme court asowed itself
as Extensively and MS outrageonsly pat
tisan as any ward caucus OF the lowest
political heelers. If we are to have q
force bill in this country, by all means
let the sdpfeffre court be kept out Of
the work of passing il
Mr.. Harrison has practiced law, IL
he is lawyer he knows that nothing is
judicially more indecent than for
judges tc pass on law they lave been
Instrumental id making. Yet he pro-
poses in a message which IS 10 remain
forever of record that the supreme
court. by proxies of its appointment,
should take action to be afterwards
passed on by itself as a court If the
proposed action Is confirmed as enact
mcilt.
This may not be as palpably indecent
is il is for the political creature OF the
blocks-of-fve system TO assume supe.
rior virtue, but it is characteristic OF
BENJAMIN Harrison's utter lack of the
sense of fitness.-St. Louis Republic.
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Color Printing on Metals.

A wonderful process for direct poly
chrome printing upon metallic surfaces
has been exhibited, by its inventor, be-
fore the French Society of Encourage
ment of National Industry. Mr.. JOSE,
the inventor, calls zhis process metal
lochromy. The metalsis prepared for
printing by the mechanical action of
very fine sand. A fine and close grain
is the result which is cleaned b. i'm
mersion in several alkaline solutions.
This surface thus slightly roughened
has velvety feel, and takes litho-
graphic impression as well as paper
and other fabrics. Directly after the
printing the metal is moderately heat
ed. the object being to cause the ink to
enter the pores The impression,
thereby, is printed in the metal itself,
and is not merely superficial. The
tests showed that metallochromic
prints, covered with hot varnish and
set by heat presented the same APP
pearance as enameL-Detroit FREQ
Press
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A wAoGlsH PRESIDENT.
Clever Turning of Phrases by the Repub-
iican Jonah.


President Harrison has not hereto
fore been regarded rs a man of satirical
turn of mind He has achieved, onthe
contrary, the reputation of being
serious to the verge at times of dull
ness; and no one even of his bitterest
critics would have vcntured to speak
of him as "sly" or .'droll" or "wag-
gish." Yet tits apparent from his re-
cent message that he has a reservoir
somewhere in the depths of his intel
lectual system of the dryest kind of
satirical humor
All through the discussion of the Nc
-Kinley act it will be remembered the
president insisted with the author of
that measure that the demand for
cheapness in the necessaries of life
was unworthy the people of great,
strong, free nation; and that the mis-
taken ones who were making the de-
mand were unworthy, not only of the
blessings they had enjoyed; but of the
more transcendent ones which the Nc
Kinley act contemplated showering on
them. In moment of inspired en-
thusiasm for the protective policy he
evolved the sounding sentence, 1.-The
cheap coat argues cheap man under
the coat" and a good many people
who had no sort of idea what he meant
accepted the phrase as the highest
embodiment of political wisdom =
though it is not recorded that they
went around thereafter seeking for
high-priced clothes.
Measuring by these facts in Mr..
Harrison's career the remark in : his.
message that 1.-THE tariff act of the Fiji
ty-first congress is very favorable in
its average effect upon the prices Of
articles entering into common use.
one sees what mad wag he is. His
party friends have been insisting that
the tariff has not raised prices, but has
really lowered them; and the president
cannot openly contradict them. In his
dry way, however, he does Contradict
them and preserves his consistency. He
knows that the average effect" of the
Mckinley tariff upon articles enter
ing into common user has been to raise
their price. This effect upon the ''cheap
coat theory he naturally regards as
very favorable;" because it prexenAsr
the people who use the articles from
becoming cheap men and women, as
they would if the prices We're lowered
by the Mckinley act. With every APP
pearance of frankness he says just
what he means; but he knows very
well--the sly fellow-that most of those
who read his message will understand
him Ito mean that prices have been re-
duced. He has probably been chuck
ling to himself for the past few days
over the neatness with which he turned
that phrase about favorable effect
so as to make it harmonic with his
campaign utterances and still not
prick the current protcctionist pre-
tense as to the operations of Mckinley
ism Detroit Free Press
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cRlsP'S DECLARATION.
A Promise OF Progress In the Direction
Of Tarif Reform.

A Promise of Progress In the Direction
Of Tariff Reform.
Speaker Crisp could have taken no
other means so effectually to inspire
the confidence Of the party than by
prompt statement that his own nominal
ton and the defeat of Mr.. Mills must
not be regarded as check to tariff re-
form. Immediately upon his nemina-
ton, Mr. Crisp, in his few words Of
thanks, said;
Il beg TO say to you now, as speak 10 you
my first words since l am your selection for
speaker, that my election means ne step back.
ward in tariff reform. / beg TO say to you that
there is in our party to-day no man who moro
earnestly believes in the democratic doctrine
Of tariff reform than / do
The democratic party, the people of
the country, look to the majority of
the Fifty congress to take pos
itiye steps in advance toward a reduc-
ton of tariff taxation. No negative
halt will meet public expectation.
Furthermore, it is expected that the
work Of tariff reduction shaif be prompt
during the session so that the voters of
the country may have ample opportu-
nifty to understand how the party
proposes to apply concretely its
principle. 1t will not be pos
sible to pass a general tariff bill
to supersede the Mckinley act, desira-
BILE though such measure undoubted:
ly would be, for between the house and
such an enactment stands a-republican
senate and republican president
armed with the veto power. But in
1878 it was not possible to pass the
Mills bill, yet the party properly framed
that measure and submitted it as the
embodiment ofits belief. 1t is equally
incum bent now upon the party to
frame a general bill and submit it to
the country. Such measure need not
and should not stand in the way of the
|tenactment of individual measures to
correct the worst of the specific abuses
of the taxing power which Mckinley
ism has inflicted upon the country.
The democratic party will take
Speaker Crisp at his word. 1t will look
to him in the appointment of his com
mittees and in the exercise of his con-
troll over legislation to promote tariff
reduction by general and specific bills
and to make tariff reform the issue of
the present session of congress. In
separately connected with tariff reduc-
tion are frugal expenditures, for if the
amount of taxation is to be reduced, of
course, outlay must be curtailed AL
bany Argus
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DANGERS THEY HAVE SEEN.
Wanderers Who Have Passed Safely
Through Many Perlls.

Through Many Perlls.
Now and then we are surprised to
hear that in regions where explorers
have been killed. and where fanatical
or savage Inhabitants have not hest
tated to attack even caravans, some
poor white fellow has wandered I'M
scathed and finally turned up in civ
ilized country to tell a startling story
and furnish proof of his truthfulness.
An instance of this sort occurred about
three years ago when private in a
French regiment serving in Senegal
deserted, and In about year and a
half made his way across the desert of
Sahara TO Algeria, passing through a
country which no one supposed could
be traversed except by strong parties,
well-armed and equipped.
A man is living in Tangicr who has
had similar experience. DR.. Oslar
LEM met him a while ago in that city,
where he is employed as cook in Eu-
ropean hotel He is a German and was
formerly post office cmpfoyc in Ba-
varia. For some irfegularity he fled
the country and came to America. Not
securing employment here, he worked
his passage back to Europe as cook on
vessel and finally reached Algeria,
where he took service in regime Mt.
But the restless Teuton soon turned his
back upon hisnew eecuption and start
ed south across the wastes of the Sa-
hara. He was tolerated by some native
caravans that were going in the same
direction, and in this way managed to
make the difficult journey. He visited
the GASES of Figig and Tafnet, south
of Morocco, where he remained several
months among the fanatical natives
He did not find life in the desert agree
able, and as he did not dare to return
to Algeria, he set out for the north
west crossed the Atlas range and fin
ally reached Fee, one of the chief cities
of Morocco, and a few months later ar
rived in Tangier where he has since
been employed
This adventuresome German made
his remarkable trip without money,
and with only the most limited lxnowl-
edge of the Arabic language. The
journey he made to Tafillet is known to
be an exceedingly difficult and danger
GUS uuucTbdhilB, dhd ~ mas Decu per-
formed by only one explorer, Gerhard
Rohlfs. Unfortunately, this German
cook was not qualified to make impor-
tant observations as TO the geographical
conditions Ut the region through which
he passed.
A man of far greater accomplish
ments, who incurred similar perils in
Morocco while ago, met with tragic
fate This was the artist Laden, an
Austrian painter, who was killed in
Morocco in 1884 For nearly year he
wandered in the cnvirons of the larger
towns on the northern coast painting
and hunting. He made many beauti-
full sketches in colers, 1t was his in
tention to penetrate to The interior and
visit Fee and the city OF Morocco,
and If possible, cross the
high Atlas range. He was imprudent
and usually went on his solitary journ-
eys without taking the most ordinary
precautions to avoid danger, The
Austrian consul in Taugier warned
him repeatedly Of his danger, and rs q
last message wrote 70 him that hs had
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-02-25
NEW TEA PLANTS.
Discovery OF Plants That Produce Naturi
ly Sugared and Buttered Teas.

Discovery OF Plants That Produce Natural
ly sugared and Buttered Teas.
In the mountainous region OF Kat
ing Mr.. Barber discovered two remark
able varieties. The monks of Mount
O-mi, or Mount o, use plant which
produces an infusion naturally sweet,
and tasting, as brewed, just like coarse
Congou with a large addition OF brown
sugar This is natural tea-and-sugar
The plant is grown on the mountain
slopes near the monastery, and does
not seem to be known elsewhere. The
leaf is. to all appearance just like that
of an ordinary tea leaf, and probably
the saccharine essence may be due to
the SOIL
The other curiosity is a natural tea.
nnd-mill. This is wild plant, grow
ing in an elevated region without culti-
walton, and yielding an infusion which
tastes Just like tea and milk, without
sugar, or perhaps more like tea and
butter. This plant is found in unin-
habited region west Of Kiating, ut an
elevation Of six thousand feet and up.
ward, and in leafy shrubs about fifteen
feet high. Not merely the leaf but the
whole plant is used to make the in
fusion. Even the wood when chopped
up and boiled along with few dried
leaves yields q strongly -colored tea,
with much the same flavor as the
Thibetans produce from their bricks
and butter. Botanist may be able to
explain these phenomena, and perhaps
to classify the plants in some other
family than the tea plant Cham berss
Journa1 e. r
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CONTEMPORARY COMMENT.

Mr.. Harrison's message is ample
proof that he has been hypnotized by
Blaine, Mckinley and Henry Cabot
Lodge. Peoria Herald
FIX Speaker Reeds bet that he
would make Speaker Mills throw the
gavel at him before Christmas has
been declared off.-St Louis Post Dis
patch.
When Thomas b. Reed wants to
speak, the democratic speaker will GOV.
er his bald head with Goals by recog-
nizing him at once. louisville Courier
journal.
Path is one Of most beautiful at
tributes of President Harrison's char
acter He believes that the hot end of
the tariff poker is cooling off. Brook
lya Eagle,
There will be no Tom Reed die
tatorship in the democratic house II
will be a deliberate body The speaker
who attempted to dictate to house
full of democrats would soon learn
who are his masters.-St Louis Re-
public. s
III the democrats be such reckless
destructives as the republican organs
allege, every republican should be glad
that their power is complete enough
this. year to permit a revelation OF their
real character and tendencies IN Y
World.
lis it possible that the Blaine men
and the Harrison men in Indiana are
like their chieftains and understand
each other perfectly If so the art OF
Discrimination has been brought to per-
lection right here in Hoosierdom.--1n-
dianapolis Sentinel.
To the republican partisans the
house is merely banquet hall de-
serted" where they were wont to get
together and swallow the arbitrary
rulings Of Tom Reed. They will find
themselves sadly out of place at the
feast ofsreason which has begun -Har-
risburg Patriot.
-Ex-Speaker Reed has had his pic
ture removed TO another part of the
lobby, because it was in bad light
where it was first placed. If Reed
could only get out of the bad light in
which he placed himself as easily he
would have less to fear than he has
from the impartial Judgment of his.
tory. Brooklyn Citizen.
Accoi ding to the Philadelphia
Press, the men Quay is setting up in
Philadelphia for delegates to the Min
neapolis convention are not quite such
as reputable community likes to have
about The bad material in the party
u.
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"a LITTLE NONSENSE

--"Ah, Jack, I'm afraid I'll make
you sorry wife" 1--WE no doubt
Any one who marries me win be
sorry. colorado Sun.
--She-"What a beautiful red that
rose is?'' He--"Yes-it's probably
blushing at the price, they ask for it. :.
Vermont Waterman -
81 once lived in Paris for q fort
night on forty cents" "How did you
manage that?" "You see. borrowed
five dollars from friend every morn
ing. Paris Gaulois.
-'Did you see father, Harry she
asked. Eyes; told him had been
counting you and s.What did he
do?' HE set aside the decree Of tho
court. n-Washington STAR
Right After ALL -"You should not
speak of man serving term In prison
under nom de plume. Alias Is the
better word" "a nom &c plume il
pen name, isn't it?"-Indianapolis
journal.
This is my sixth pint, " remarked
the man in the saloon. i've quarreled
with my wife and had to come here to
solace myself It's terrible the money
that woman costs me."-Fliegende
Blatter.
-Dasher-"Why do yon wear such
awfully loud trousers, old fellowYs
Masher--''So that cawn't heah my
tailor when he comes awound to collect
the bill dontcher know. boston
Courier.
Cricket can never supplant base
ball in the affections Of the Americans.
1t takes two days to play q match. No
self-respecting young clerk would tell
his employer that his grandmother
died two days in succession. Chicago
News y
sun Dials --Br obson-.W I'm
glad that sun dials have gone out =
Craik---'I don't know; they were more
reliable than some watches Brobson
Yes; but how . man must have
looked Juggling one to his uncle'R ~
N. Y. Herald.
IA fast horse, is he?" sTrots like
streak Of creased lightning" "Well,
that's fast enough. What do you cali
him?" What Ma Says" what Ma
cdysi ludts u strange name why
do you call him thatq" because what
ma says goes Cape Cod 1t EN-.
Doctor Your husbandss case Il =
serious one. Mrs. Moriarty. I'm AFRAID
there is some foreign substance III his
oesophagus. Mrs Moriarty- 'Furrin.
is it? Bedad, an Orm not surprised,
sorr; for mony's the tonne Olive warned
him against attn thin Dutch sausinRes
that he's 50 fond Of. Kate Fields
Washington.
"A few days ago child was crying
In Broadway. A compassionate lady.
passing ct the time. stopped ana aslxed
him what was the matter. The child
replied: Cos I'VE lost penny mo<her
gave me. I" .Ah, well, never mind, =
said the lady, ''here i anotber ~
you. and proceeded on her way, bn>
had not gone far whom she heard Tho
little fellow believing even mora 1nsti-
" than before. She turned bs6k
and again asked the cause, upon y ki6k
The little urchin answerod; aW<1< g n
hadn't lot ~ flrst ona, / sH4u| ~
~ twepennIss a. 49, l. y
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origin of n Custom.

The peculiar custom OF lovers break
ing piece of money, each retaining
one.half as token of remem brance,
has come down from ancient times.
Long before Europe and Asia were pro-
vided with inns or public houses of en-
tertainment it was the custom for trav-
elers to seek lodgings with private
householders, and on parting pebble,
ring, piece of money or other token
was broken, each-taking half and re-
tanning it, that the host at some future
time, if necessary, might claim return
of hospitality by presenting the token.
Chicago Tribune
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-Next 10 wool silk Il Il said i

Next to wool silk, it is said, is the
easiest to dye of all the textile fibers
In fact 1t runs riot in the whole .gamut
of color. Tho aniline dye evolved by
German chemists from coal tar gives
manyof the delightful tints. For the
rest there is madden and Brazil wood,
turmeric and cochineal, saffron. indigo,
logwood. fustic, Prussian blue and a
hundred more. There is no shade, no
tint. no cloud of color. but may be
caught and repeated in order that
beauty may go beautifully.
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IN VERY POOR TASTE.
A Characteristic of the Creature Of the
BlocksLof-Five system.

n "a tHC NEtatuE0 "a inc
Biocks-of-Five system.
II it were possible to obtain an inn
partial commission to examine into
electoral corruption in this country
and to report a bill to remedy it, it
should be done, but had such commits
sion been possible now Mr. Harrison
would never baveS proposed it. Does
anyone believe for an instant that he
is willing to have an impartial investi-
cation of the blocks-of-fi campaign in
India ma or of the methods by which
the showing of republican votes in
New York and brooklyn was made in
1883? Would he be willing to let
ne truth come ont IN testimony as to
Why he appointed John Wan shaker to
The cabinet. or - 10 what was done
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Scarecrows- are a misnomer, for they
don't scare crows A dead crow hung
up by the feet will scare some crows
no doubt females, of a superstitious
turn of mind it won't keep off the
canny agnostics among them. A farm
err once had shepherd dog who, at the
command to 60 down and keep the
crows out of the corn field, would take
charge of the field and keep out every
bird of them effectually. Dogs, es-
pecially collies, might be trained
easily to perform this duty; though oc-
casionally, no doubt, the crows would
divide their forces and give tits log
more work than he could do Few OF
our farmers, by the way, realize the
amount of help in their work that they
can get out Of good dog. Boston
Transcript
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willing To Beain.

First Small Boy-This paper says
children oughter to be taught what to
do in case of fire. an they oughter go
through the performance until they
know
Second Small Boy-All right. Where's
the matches?-Good News.
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The Truthful Editor. - veritas-"i
didn't see my last communication. "
Editor-ssIt was in, | am sure, Tor
put II in myself Editor latter Veritas
has cone) -.Therel shouldn't wonder
II he thought | meant in the paper,
while the idea intended TO convey
was that ! pnt it in the waste basket
Well! we'll II people will misconstrne
ones meaning one sahnet Be held re-
sponslbis,"
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Citizen Why did you instruct The
jury to let that prize fighter on with :
nominal fine9 Why, he killed his oppo-
nent in that fight
Judge--Wcll, considered the public
owed that man q great deal, yon VI
thsrs = one prize hghtsr lsss.
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WELL POP SOME CORN.


How -the north wind whistles
Down the valley whitel
John, 10 gothic Peppers
Wen pop some corn tonight.
Tho Goals are ali aglowlng,
Plump checks flush in the light.
John go get tho pepper,
woli pop soAhe corn 70 night.
It's Just the night for laughter,
IT'S Just the night for flni
w I. will tfbar old fsoreaS
For we are Ave to one.
Come, Bcss help with the Smelling.
T'a@-- ffSsrfifss gctt n .b4pslr bright,
Ana John, rdSsss VI AXE TIT pepper:
Wen pop some corn to fight .
The glddy corn Is dancing
And jumping all about;
Be careful, John, be careful
Or il will all hop out,
md burn TO crisp unless You
Shake with all your might;
So.shake the pepper liycly,l
While we pop the corn tonight
--Persis y. barrow, in Good Housekeeping
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Two Germans in Muehlhaussen b ad
slept in the same bed for twenty years.
They were each seventy years old.
Last week they quarreled and one
killed the other and then drowned him
self
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In Mississippi lawyer has been
sentenced to six years imprisonment
for swindling negro women out Of
pension money.
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-She is queer woman who aaIgs no
questions, although the woman who
does ID the QuerisA --0nse . Weok,