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

III il said Ia london that tho late
Lord Lytton was devoted spiritualkts
! that he believed he had communica-
tions with Joan Of Ara Balsac and
Napoleon, and that he complained that
he was always baffied in trying y have
access to the spirit Of his father.
Henry I. oxnard. who Is doing 20
much to establish the beet sugar In
dusty in Nebraska, where hc has
erected very extensive refinerisA y .
Young man Of thirty, eight years ont Of
coifegc. He Is little man physically,
but full Of the vim and vigor that win
success.
Baron Struve, who has represented
the Russian government at Washington
for nearly ten years, Is an accomplished
and able man Of sixty-five, who has
become great favoritc at our capital
He comes Of distinguished family.
and previous to his appointment In this
country held government positions in
Turkestan and In Japan. lie Is dis.
tinguished scholar, and speaks several
Oriental tongues, as we'll as French
and English.
generally supposed that four years In
Australia had enabled me to return
h ome millionaire. Quite asmistake, 1
assure you. Not poor, certainly. but
not rich; Just in the condition that Is
most desirable for all: Neither too
poor nor too rich, with something to
give on security in case Of accident,
constant employment and moderate
income. Less than this may be incon-
venient at times; more than this Is .
nuisance.
--A verdant Pennsylvanian has been
duped out Of S. 500 by sharpers, who
sold him two bars Of nearly worthless
metal for gold. He deserved his fate,
however, for he thought he was driving
o sharp bargain with an ignorant In
dian, and was told by an alleged officer
OF the mint that the bars were worth
81, 900. So he gave Poor Lo' $500
and took his purchase to the mint
where his eyes were opened to the fact
that he had been duped and not the
poor Indian.
"A Philadelphia man who possessed
a solitary 50 bill and wanted to blow IL
in badly, hit upon novel plan the
other day by which to spend and save
it both. The bill was given to him BY
a friend, and he wus determined not to
part with It After q lengthy debate
with himself, he evolved the brilliant
scheme Of pawning the note. He paid
a visit to his uncle, raised S4.62 on the
bill and spent 1t according to his tastes
l.. H.
deemed the original.
"A fireman who rislxed his lite and
was severely injured ut a fire in Rome.
Ga, has received many baskets Of fiow-
ers from women. The girls In shorter
college sent bunch OF chrysanthe.
NUNS, with this note: "The flower mis-,
sion of Shorter college desire to show
their appreciation of your bravery and
noble unselfishness, and therefore ask
you to accept these flowers. May each
blossom whisper to you these words:
Honor to the bravel Whosoever Is brave
should be OF great soulp'
Mr.. Seton-Kerr, who has passed
some summers exploring in Alaska and
| the Selkirk ranges of Canada, has this
season set out for Central Africa He
| writes home from one of his camps ON
the way to Lake Tanganyika that some
people told him In England that 1t
would require at least S25, 900 TO at out
. pleasure expedition to Lake Tangau-
yika. He says he would undertake to
go from England to the Central Afri-
can lake and back for 81, 900. and that
the expense could be still further re-