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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05
Can You Make the Nickel Jump

Lay nickel scent pleco on an I'M
covered table, four or five inches from
the edge, and bet your friends a cream
chocolate that you can take it up
into your hands without touching
either 1t or the table.
II they receive your proposition
with the kind of smile that people al
ways indulge in when they think some
body is trying to guy" them, lay down
The cream chocolate as proof of your
earnestness and invite them TO do the
same. That little matter having been
arranged, prepare to make good your
boast.
Sit down at the table and place your
right hand half open, few inches be-
yond the coin, but do not touch the
table with It; hold it just above the
table. Now blow suddenly and hard
on 40 table about two inches from
the coin and the coin will jump up
and fly into your hand.
You will need little practice TO do
this neatly, and you would better take
the practice before risklng your cream
chocolate. But you can do 1t every
time after that, and it makes very
pretty parlOr trick.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05
New Automatic Continuance.

Among the new contrivances, says
Hardware (London), is an automatic
telegram and letter delivery machine,
which has received the sanction of the
postoffice, and which should be of
considerable use to a variety of PEG.
pie at large railway stations. II two
persons have an appointment. and
one of them is unable to keep 1t, a tele.
gram or letter can be dispatched to
one OF the machines addressed to the
persons required intimating the fact.
The dispatch is deposited in the ma.
chine, and the person to whom the let.
ter or telegram has been addressed
can, by placing a penny In the slot
and pressing a knob, obtain the mes.
sage. There is new machine which
supplies paper envelope and pencil.
and an umbrella can be obtained from
another for two shillings. An auto.
matte domestic and general advertise
ment can be exhibited for a day for
small sum, Is also to be placed be.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05
Mixed Pickles.

This is simple game, but very
entertaining one and it has the tradi-
tional advantage of training the eye
to observe the form of objects.
1t may be played by any number of
persons, who seat themselves in a cir
Gle and are supplied each with a piece
Of cardboard Two and a half inches
square. Every third or fourth player
should have a pair of scissors, the use
Of which he will share with his imme-
date neighbor.
Tho players are then told that each
card is to be cut into four pieces by
two cuts across. The cuts must be
straight and must intcrsect each other
but they may be made in, any direc-
ton. After the first cut the piece
must be held together until the sec
ond cut has been made.
Each player then mixes up has four
pieces and passes them TO his right.
hand neighbor A signal is then made,
at which each player tries to put to-
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05

sticks they lifted off the tish and
placed them upon pieces OF clean bark.
The skin adhered to the stone and
the meat came off in smoking, snowy
pieces, which were eaten with the aid
of pocket knives and rustic forks
made of small green twigs, with the
forked ends sharpened
II stone cannot be had to answer
for this stove, there still remains the
old, primitive campfire and pot hook
The very sight Of this iron pot swing.
ing over a blazing fire suggests soup,
to eat which with any comfort spoons
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05
The Mother.

Great passions ! awake that must
Bow any woman to the dust
with fear lest she should fail to rise
As high as those enamored eyes.
Now for these flying days and sweet
| sit In Beautys Mercy Seat.
My smiles, my favors | award
Since / am beautiful adored.
They praise my checks, my lips. my eyes.
With Loves most exquisite batteries;
Covet my hands that, they may kiss
And to their ardent bosoms press.
My foot upon the nursery stair
Makes them n music rich and rare:
My skirt that rustles az | come
For very rapture strikes them dumb.
What jeal6usles. of word and glance!
The light Of my poor countenance
Lights up their world that else were
drear.
But you are lovely, mother, dear!"
go not to my grave, but
Know Beauty's full supremacy;
Like Cleopatras self, I prove
The very heights and depths of Love.
So to be loved, 50 to be we'd.
o. more than mortal wohS, should!
What If she fail or fall behind
Lord make me worthy. keep them blind!
Mexican Herald.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05

which the savages in Australia throw
with such unerring and deadly skill.
Any boy can make one of these for
himself out of cardboard.
Cut n piece of cardboard the shape
Of crescent, as in Fig. l. and round
the edges nicely off. Now support this
between the fingernail and finger of
the left hand at an angle of about as
degrees as in Fig. 2.
Then give it vigorous Tip" with
the finger of the right hand at the
extreme edge of the cardboard.
1t will be cent spinning into space,
and will invariably return to the hand,
or near 1t.
After little practice objects can be
hit with absolute accuracy.
The easiest wav to make 1t is to cut
out Fig. l and paste it on the card.
board and run your knife along the
back line.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05
A Clever Elephant,

The little daughter of a missionary
in Siam, tells in an exchange of a
clever baby elephant. who would
select flag, either white, black or
red, whichever his master called for,
and carry 1t to him.. The animal
would also carry fan of bananas on
his head and put them down before
his master Then he would salute the
man by holding up his trunk and
crossing his front feet. After this
the master gave him the bananas to
eat. one by one.--Sunday School Ad.
vocate.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05
GAVE THE SNAP AWAY.
Small Boys Request Preferred at In.
opDortune Time

The scene was n handsome dining
room in one of the best houses in a
fashionable West End square. The
dinner, which was a grand success,
was just over, leaving everyone pleas
cd with the repast, and the company,
especially the lovely hostess, whose
coils of golden hair had attracted many
admiring glances from the men and
numerous envious ones from the la.
dies present. Dessert was one the
table and was just about to be par.
taken OF when rush of little feet
was heard. and Master Freddy entered,
with the nurse in close pursuit, he with
a little box clutched close to his pant
ing breast. Whatever is the mat
ter, nurse?" inquired the hostess.
"Oh, ma" interrupted the son and
heir, nurse says | mustn't have this
box which your hair came home in.
] may have" But the hostess had
fed.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05
wool" from Turf Fibres.

The ingenious Germans, says the
Kobe Herald, are now making wool
from turf fbres. 1t Is said that re-
cent improvements in the process Of
treating turf fibres have resulted In
the production Of soft material,
which can be spun as readily as the
wool Of the sheep, and which, besides
possessing excellent absorption prop.
critics, is capable Of being bleached
and colored for use in the many dit.
ferent textile industries. Dusseldorf
is the centre of this new industry and
in that city cloth hats, rugs and many
other things are being manufactured
from turf fibre. The discovery, it Is
asserted, opens up the prospect of a
new industry for Ireland.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05
Cushioned Gunstock

Those who are accustomed to hunt.
ing with the shotgun know by expert
ence the force Of the recoil occasioned
by the discharge Of one of the shells,
and many boy, forgetting to hold the
gun tight to his shoulder, has felt the
gun kick" with no small degree Of
force. An Ohio inventor has produced
a cushioned gunstock which he be.
lieves will considerably lessen (and
perhaps entirely remove) the shock Of
the discharge. The idea, as will be
seen by an examination of the two
drawings, consists in forming the
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05
DOGS FOR USE IN WAR.
German Military Authorities Thin,
Idea Good One.

lQtd q SpOu One,
Instructions have been issued u
the jaeger or rife troops of the German
army in relation to the use of wal
dogs. The principal work in which
they are TO be employed Is scouting
and patroling, the transmission ol
intelligence from outposts and the
maintaining of communication be
tween sentries and the posts to which
they are attached The breed most
suitable for the service is the Aire
dale terrier. but at the same time
and until further orders are received
the huhnerhund "A rough haired Ger
man dog, is to be tried II is recon-
monded that only pure-bred animals
of known origin and good qualities be
employed. Diligence Is to be exer
cised in training them to carry mes
sages from outposts and return and
to be vigilant in attracting the atten
ton of the sentries when strangers
approach. Each company is to have
at least two well-trained dogs and the
number of animals attached to a bat
TALON will not exceed twelve.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05
Machine for cuttina Timber.

The usual method of telling trees in
large forests involves the use of the ak
and saw in conjunction and the woods
man is. more than likely to choose the
most comfortable height to begin his
work. This, as is well known, means
the loss of several feet Of the best por.
tion of the log, and as timber grows
more scarce, complaint of this waste Is
sure to be made. II it had no other
purpose than the saving of this lum.
Der, the apparatus here shown would
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05

gether the pieces he has so as to make
the original square, and the player
that first succeeds makes the fact
known, when all stop work and pass
the pieces to the right again
The play goes on thus for fifteen
minutes or so. and the player that has
the most marks to his credit gets the
prize.
The object is, in cutting the cards,
to use as much ingenuity as possible,
so as to make it hard for your neigh
Dor to put the pieces together readily.
little practice will show you that the
two cuts may be made so as to turn
the four pieces into pretty difficult
puzzle.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05
OLD MASON AND DIXON LINE.
Imaginary Division Of North and
South BEING Resurveyed.

The work of restoring and remark.
Ing the Mason and Dixon line is rap.
Idly nearing completion, under the su.
pervision of competent engineers APP
pointed jointly by the states of Mary
land and Pennsylvania In April. 1901.
each state appropriated $4,000 for the
purpose
No question of territory is involved
In the reconstruction, but the historic
interest in this imaginary division of
North and South warranted a remark.
ing of the line marked out by Mason
and Dixon in 1868.
Rock and earth mounds used at that
time are still in existence to demon.
strate the thoroughness of the original
survey. An erroneous impression oh.
tains that the line Is thirty feet wide,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05

hours, simply because the pail is lined
with non-conducting material on all
sides. The pail is SO constructed that
a warm lunch placed in it in the morn
ing will not cool very perceptibly by
the time the dinner hour arrives, and
thus the workingman may not only
have food Of an agreeable temperature
but OF pleasant taste as well. The
essential feature of the invention Is
the lining, which is of felt.lke struc-
ture. and surrounded by a network of
wire, permitting its instant removal
from the pail, when the latter is to be
washed or used for some other pur.
pose.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05
Orientation Of Animals.


The Society of the Institut General
Psychologique Of Paris has just Issued
a circular calling for information bear
ing on the special question of the
sense of orientation in animals and
puts It's questions in the following
form: "a In cases where long-dis-
lance orientation permits the animal
to return to a place far beyond the
range of the senses as commonly I'M
derstood, can we accept hypothesis
like the following? At every moment
during its displacements the animal
continually maintains the orientation
of its point of departure, the displace-
ments of the point being conjugate
to those of its own motion. 1t suf-
fees, then, that the animal knows
what its displacements with respect
to the point of departure have been
in order that 1t may also know what
the displacements of the point relative
to the animal itself have been. All
animals know, through their senses,
the direction and the velocity of their
own displacements, and this double
Information is afforded by the labyr-
NTH Of the ear, or by organs or SINH
lar physiological function. Other
functions can only be associated with
this one and aid 1t (2). What facts
can be adduced for or against such a
hypothesis? (3) What facts support
other hypotheses-theories of orienta-
ton by smell, by magnetic attraction.
by sight, ETC.? Replies are to be ad-
dressed to the society, at 2S Rue Ser
pente Paris
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05
The Dandelion JuuoIer,

To make dandeion juggler, stick a
short piece of straw through a pea,
then place the pea on the end of a
dandelion stem and blow; 1t will
dance about in the air without falling
away from the stem.
To make red rover, get a good.
sized cork and stick through it a sharp
horseshoe nail and place three feath.
ers on the top. Throw it by grasping
the end of one of the feathers. 1t
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05
Find Rich Vein of Hematite.

Within the last year an industry Of
much Importance to American paint
manufacturers and dealers has sprung
into existence near Malaga, Spain.
A rich vein Of oxide of iron ore, known
as homatite- valuable chiefly for the
manufacture of red paint for street
ural iron work-has been developed.
The production CT hematite in the
United States has zen falling of in
spite Of an increasing demand.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05
POk9NIZ AZ
SXZEzVIZ

fore the public; and new departure
is to be seen in the automatic penny
bank The deposit of penny secures
a receipt, half of which can be placed
in the machine with the penny after
the deposition has written name and
address on it. Other machines have
been constructed for delivering tobac-
co, grocery, oilman's stores, chemists
stores, toilet requisites, haberdashery,
hosiery and stationery.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05
A SPELLING lesson.

Now this is a hard one, and you
must pay close attention.
What does GHOUGHPHTEIGH
TEAU spell?
Well, If you give it up, gh stands
for p, as in hiccough; ough for o, as
in though; Pit for t. as in phthisis;
eigh for a, as in weigh; tie for t, as in
gazette; and eau for o, as in bcu, SO
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05
Fashionable Shoes.

We are getting away from the az
gressively masculine styles in shoes
as we have been growing away from
the plainest tailor-made effects In
gowns. Boots and shoes this year are
more or less pointed at the toe, have
a moderate heel, quite low or of me-
dunn height, and here and there a
Cuban heel is seen. One can find as
high heels as may be desired on the
low evening shoes and slippers.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05

Try small potatoes cooked thus:
Boil the potatoes in their skins. When
cooked remove the skin by rubbing in
cloth, drop into boiling fat to brown
quickly. Drain and serve at once.
To make a cushion cover obtain
some cretonne figured with butter.
flies. Cut these out and tack on to q
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05
Prevents a Large Waste Of Lumber.

Prevents a Large Waste Of Lumber.
have much to recommend its use, but
1t is also recommended as a time
saver. 1t consists of two platforms,
placed as shown, with pivoted handles
rocking back and forth to oscillate
the saw blade. To feed the blade into
the tree 'coiled spring is secured to
either end of the saw, with the oppo-
site ends attached to stakes driven in
the ground on the opposite side of the
tree, exerting constant pull as the
blade slides back and forth.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05
Recoil Spring In Telesc opine Butt.

stock in two separate parts, with a me.
tallic telescoping arrangement cover
ing the outer surface and strong
spring mounted internally. 1t is easy
to understand how the jar of the ex.
plosion will be absorbed by this spring
as the forward portion of the stock is
driven back on the latter when the
gun Is fired.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05

piece of velvet the size required FOR a
cushion cover Work the butterflies.
over with bright colored silks. The
work is easy and the result very
pretty.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05
impervious to Heat or Cold.

The man who carries his lunch with
him day after day often finds portions
of the food too cold in winter and too
warm in summer to be palatable, as
the ordinary dinner pail affords free
transmission Of the heat or cold of the
surrounding atmosphere to the eat
ables within. Now a New Yorker has
produced a dinner pail which he be-
lieves will prove a boon to the work.
ingman. 1t is claimed that this pail
will maintain the temperature of the
interior at fixed degree for several
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05
Telephone and Rural Free DELIVER,

In the postoffice appropriation bill
there Is an item providing $4,000 to
be used in demonstrating whether the
telephone can be made n useful adj
junct to the rural free delivery. The
idea is to facilitate the delivery of let
ters carrying special delivery stamps
by having the postmaster, when he
receives such letters, call up the
farmer to whom they are addressed
and tell him about it. Then. if tho
farmer gives his consent the postmas.
ter can, without conflicting with postal
regulations, open the letter and read
Its contents to the person at the other
end OF the wire
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05

driving four forked sticks into the
ground for legs, and covering the cross
sticks upon the top with pieces Of
birch or other smooth bark. Figure s
shows table made in this manner
with one piece of bark removed to re-
veal its construction.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05

as in figure 3-covered It with a thin
piece of slate, cleaned the fish they
had caught, and with their skins still
on placed them upon the slate. When
they were brown upon one side they
turned them over until they were
thoroughly cooked Then with green
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05
HANDY WITH THEIR FEET.
Bengal Viewers Not Dependent on
Their Hands Alone.

1t is well known that persons who
have had the misfortune to lose their
arms, or even to be born armless,
have been able to use their feet so
fleyerly that, in the course of time,
they hardly seemed to miss their lost
limbs. Apart from such cases, how
ever, some races of mankind can EN-.
ploy their feet as nimbly as they can
their hands. In China boatmen can be
reen rowing with their feet; in Bengal
weavers weave with their feet-as
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05
Population OF Babylon.

Babylon's population could never
have exceeded 100000 Probably the
number of people in Rome was less
than this figure.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05
Perfection In Telescopes.

A telescope has been constructed
so perfect that with it ordinary print
can be read at distance of two and
half miles.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-06-05

nut the fact is that the line is imagi-
nary.
The false idea is due to the face
that the original survey necessitated
y thirty-foot path through the wilder
ness, signs of which still remain.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-04-14

The old saying, You pay your
money, and you take your choice, :"
will apply very appropriately to
the lessons on rice planting contain
ed in a recent number of certain
rice journal. In reply to a list of
questions regarding the amount of
seed rice necessary to plant an acre.
the proper method and times for
irrigating sent out by this journal,
letters were received from nearly a
score of rice men, and there are
nearly as many different opinions
given as there are letters. Difference
of climate, soil or other conditions in
the various sections from which
these instructions were written may
be responsible for the variety OF
opinions. But, be the cause what it
NAV, the result must be somewhat
confusing to the average rice plan
ter who is new in the business and
seeking advice Probably in this, as
in most other instances. experience
is the best teacher after all, but as
the learning acquired by experience
is generally dear, it would be more
satisfactory if the authorities were
agreed as to the best rules of pro-
ceedure in all cases.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-04-14

nesses and physical. ailments that
manifest themselves to an alarm
ing extent as spring advances. Tir-
ed and deathly feelings in the
morning, sluggish and poisoned
blood, defective digestion, constipa-
ton, kidneys and liver unable 10
perform their functions-all tend to
make life Il heavy burden. Men and
women should commence this very
day to exercise the God given quail
ity ofcnmmon SENSE and use Paine's
Celery Compound, the one and only
reliable spring health builder. Mr.
w. II. Peedan, business manager of
the "Globe- Gazette" Mason City,
Iowa, says
Il feel impelled by deep sense
of gratitude to express how much
[ have been benefited by Paine's
Celery Compound; it has made me
a new person. There is nothing else
which so we'll restores vitality to
the system"
The Hon. Edward McKenny, JEFF
fersOn City, Mo-, says: "Paine's
Celery Compound is the great ma
tional remedy can cleerfully re-
commend it."
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-04-14

to be the precious stone most
popular for the engagement ring
The lover who wishes to give the
best that he has or can afford to
the woman who has consented to
bear his name naturally turns first
to the diamond ms he gem most
worthy of his future wife.
The diamond is a cry>tallized
form of pure carbon and if one
could only discover the process he
might be able to make diamonds
from black charcoal, which is only
another form of the substance that
.composes the precious stone. 1t is
in the fierce erucible of nature that
the amorphous form of carbon is
changed to the sparkling diamond
and it has not yet been given TO
man 10 discover practical way 10
make the gem.
There are many historic diamonds.
the best known being probably the
Kohinoor, which had a most inter.
esting history. The most celebrat-
ed diamond mines in the world at
the present time are in Kimberley,
South Africa.
The diamond is the hardest of
substances and can only he ground
by It's own dust. There Is great
difference in the quality of
diamonds, and corresponding value.
Diamonds are cut in table. rose
or brilliant form, the last being
used when the stone is large. 1t
is the most beautiful of all.-The
Jewel.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-04-14
! EHELps HEALTH ! Il
|! u elH:;d !
ROBBED THE GRAVE.

a startling incident, is narrated
by John Oliver of Philadelphia, as
follows: 81 was in an awful condi-
ton. My skin was almost yellow,
eyes sunken, tongue coated, pain
continually in back and sides, no
appetite, growing weaker day by
day. Three physicians had given
me up. Then l was advised to use
Electric Bitters; to my great Joy,
the first bottle made decided i'm
provement l continued th,'r use
for three weeks, and am now vel!
man. know they robbed the grave
of another victim" No one should
fail to try them. Only 90 cents.
guaranteed, lat J. L. Putegnat &
Bro, drug store.