The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-26
Pat Turns the Tables.

Pat Turns the Tables.
"A man who boasts that "he knows
gacs of wine" invited few select
friends to dinner In the midst Of Ire
meal his Irish servant brought up a
very old-looking bottle OF wine. "Ah.
John, said the master. you forgot to
take the cobwebs off this bottle before
you brought 1t up To his surprise
and discomfort John replied: Sure.
sir, thought we didn't want 'em taken
on after putting EN- on so careful!"-
Spare Moments
Play for Children.
When the child plays. it Is literal.
~ organizing its brain. and we should
recognize the fact that the boy or
girl engaged In vigorous. Joyous play
Is carrying out an important part Of
the actual work of education and pre-.
paration for life. Or. Hutchinson
claims. therefore, that play should be
organized, and that for every dollar
spent on a school building. half as
much should be spent on the play
ground.
Woman's Fire Brigade.
The town of Armidale, New South
Wales, has woman's fire brigade
that has earned distinction in numer-
GUS encounters with the flames. A
dozen or more young women form the
brigade, electing one of their number
as captain. They drill with the town
hriUaIn onH1ionra, s.
rendering assistance to the male fire.
men when necessary. They are ex-
pert in rescuing work with the life
line and with the jumping sheet.
Lewis and Clark Exposition.
The Lewis and Clark fair planned
to be held in Portland, Ore, in the
summer OF 1905 is to commemorate
the centennial of the crossing of the
continent by the explorers whom JEFF
ferson induced to undertake the diff.
cult task soon after the completion of
his bargain for the Louisiana terri.
tory. They went up the Missouri riv.
or, crossed the Rocky mountains and
followed down the course of the Co.
lumbla river to the Pacific.
Why Hood Left Nashville.
An old pleasantly worth repeating
relates to the experience of Gen.
Hood, who in great haste left Nash
vile on one side of the city just as
the Federal troops were entering
upon the other. His colored servant
being captured, was asked why Gen.
Hood left in such a hurry. "Ah," he
said, "Massa Hood didn't think he
could DO hisself justice in this city
Boston Christian Register.
The Wisdom Of Hanno.
Hanno, the Carthaginian, was sent
commissioner by the state after tie
second Carthaginian war to supplicate
for peace and in the end obtained it.
Yet one of the sharper Roman sena.
tors said: you have often broken
with us peace whereunto you have
sworn: | pray, by what gods will you
swear?' Hanno answered, "By the
same gods that punished the former
perjury SO severely
An Cld,Time Legsnd.
When King Edward H. of England
vas among his t0rturers who hurried
him 10 ana fro that no man should
fEOw where he was they set him down
UPON a bank and the more to disguise
his face shaved MIN and washed him
with cold water from a ditch. The
King said. We'll, yet will have warm
water for my beard" and SO shed
abundance OF tears.
Germans Work Long.
correspondent VINO has been in.
vestigating the conditions of labor in
German factories and has visited many
of the principal cities, reports that the
shortest week in his list is fifty.seven
and one-half hours, and the longest
siXty-two, both in textile mills It
may be said generally that the normal
German working day is ten hours and
the normal week sixty hours.
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Profit In Freight.
Freight pays the bills. This is truer
OF this country than of any other.
trelSnt revenue is over billion dol
lars year, passenger receipts about
s35O,OOO,OO0. Our average passenger
train carries only forty-two people.
English people take railroad trips four
times as often in proportion as Amer.
leans, but shorter ones.
chldren's Diseases In England.
in England, while the number Of
cases OF scarlet fever per annum has
remained practically stationary for
the last forty years, the death rate is
only about one.eighth of what it was
in the former period. Tables also
show that diphtheria has increased,
and that il now causes nearly twice
as many deaths as scarlet fever, while
measles and whooping cough cause
more than twice as MANY