The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-05-12

PERSONAL AND iMrERsopAl.

PROT Angela ueilprin. Of PhII6del@
phia. who win conduct tho r<ary II
lief expedition. II an accomplished
scientist Geography and pa.Dont olory
are his spccialties and he Is we'll hi
Termed about Arctic matters no II
one Of the curators 81 the acadeu1Y a
natural science.
There are two otherwise estimkblo
women in Atchison, Kan. who arR con-
tinually quarrelling about their CONS
plants each one trying to provo that
she has more and more deadly diseases
than the other Their physicians ~
that there Is nothing much tho matter
with either Of them.
Mira Blaine Is = wonderfully quiet
women. with remarkable domestic
tastes for . person who has been no
much in public lie. She has fancy
for old-fashioned things and she de-.
lights In preserving roiics Of the DAYS
when there was less show and blow.
and more solid substantiability about
everything than there Is now.
mai HE'D rccehtly III m aims
house In Maine At the ago Of 100 years
\
ton for thirty years, aud during that
period she had been, 4 IS said,
laid out as dead three times but On
each occasion she came TO lilo n time
to stop the funeral arrangements s0ns
" few days before her death An un-
sdertaker was called to prepare her re-
mains for burial, but when he arrived
she was sitting up In bed.
Kate Field says that woman Is
undoubtedly moro reformablc' than
man. Whether 1t is her better moral
fiber, as many assert Or whether IL =
the circumstances OF her life. which
under ordinary conditions is moro
sheltered than mans, or whether Il
Is simply her greater timfdity and con-s
sequent terror Of legal or social pun
Observation-Disclosures the reason may be,
she Is far less likely to become crim-
inal than person Of the other sex :
"A Cincinnati woman who boarded
street car the other day aud had to
stand refused to pay her fare unless
she was provided with seat When
the conductor insisted on her paying
she snappishly asked: Can you change
$40 bill?' YES" he replied. LET
me see the change, thea sho an
swered. So he took out $40 95 IN change
and showed it to her. But she didn't
produce her bill. After glaring at him
and the change for o moment she hand
ed him nickel.
The last bearer Of ,Beethoven'a
name recently died in Vienna, at the
age Of eighty-four. This was Caroline,
the widow Of the great com poser's
nephew Charles. who was the source
of so much grief and anxiety to Beet
hoven. After the birth Of three
daughters, this nephew deserted his
family, and came to America. where
all trace Of him was lost. The widow
was supported by her married daugh-
ters aud an annuity paid her by Two
musicians upon the anniversary Of
Beethoven's death.
Miss Marsden, who is striving to
letter the condition Of the lepers in ST.
IBERIA. reports that she has been treated
with the greatest kindness by the Rus
sian nation. She has collected $1,000
towards a hospital for the poor crea-
lures. whose condition she describes as
frightful. In the course or her work
she has ridden 1900 miles on horse
back. and will present the case Of the
lepers to the Czarina when she has fin
ished her travels. She intends to cross !
the Caucasus mountains, and also to fn=
vestigate the condition Of the lepers ia
Tifiis and several other provinces.