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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-06-11

hillsides, now barking your shins,
now spraying on alffonrs, is task
not to be sneezed at. We had
been climbing, sliding, falling, for
rather more than three hours when.
to revive my ebbing courage, I de-
ciled to light my pipe. This pur-
pose accomplished, I pulled out
my watch. and struck another
match to ascertain the time of
night Itlacked seventeen minutes
of being eleven. A drizzling rain
was drenching our garments. Jack
was in the lead, but he had not
opened his mouth for some time.
Jack I said half coaxingly,
do you know it's almost IL
o'clock?'
"'Do you know he snarled,
that it was almost IL O'Clock this
time yesterday, and day before
yesterday and day before that,
you contoozled idiot?' After a
silence of about five minutes
duration I again ventured to adj
dress him, but this time very
alphabetically.
"'I believe, Jack, we have lost
our way
".Holysuffe ingjerusale IN b uny
Observation-Disclosures! Here's a
man going round in circle for
the last two hours, and he thinks
he has lost his way! Of all the
ramdoozled, zigzagged, conswig-
gled, superbumptious Jumps of
damphoolis haress, if you amt the
biggest
There is no telling to what
length Mr.. Jack would have
stretched his denunciatory re-
marks if he had not walked off a
precipice. He had fallen about
Is feet. into a gully the bottom of
which contained about eight inches
of water. and perhaps three or four
feet of sand and mud. When he
had freed his nose, and mouth, and
eyes, and ears from the sand and
mud that had closed those aper-
lures, he apostrophized in this
manner:
"sIf this don't beat old Nick
and all the imps of darkness to
standstill, may I be made scare
crow the balance of my life, or be
compelled to marry the first smil-
ing, wheedIing, false hearted
twolegged puss I set my eyes up
on! Here [ fall 100000 feet,
and turn few million somersaults8
while falling, and then land, fair
and square, in gashdingled mud
puddle, and never even scratch
a little ingerp Then to me-:
Dick! Dick! You lovesick, BRAIN
less imitation of a man, if your
thoughts are not too much occu-
pied with that dearest, darlingest,
Quickest creature with the false
hair, and false teeth, and falser
heart, come down here and pull
me out of the mud, will yer?'
Certainly, Jack, to be sure |
will, old boy. Just wait a minute,
I'll try to find way down I
never finished that sentence.
Cropping along the edge of the
preoipice my foot slipped, and a
moment later I, too, sampled the
mud at the bottom of the gully.
The irascible Jack let out roar,
and l am positive he made use of
the dead languages as well as the
living in his selection of beftting1
epithets which he hurled at my
defenseless head. Jack I said in
a tone of reproach, if you are not
too busy inventing new cuss words to
listen to me for moment, I want
to inform you that I have broken myl
J.EA orr, poforo ho1f a yx,.rr<o
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-06-11

Concluded on page three.)
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-23

trying hour friends cannot break
away from their routine of business to
offer mark of sympathy by their
attendance at the funeral; widows and
orphans who have been bereft of their
dear ones are often left to sorrow
alone, when kind consoling word adj
ministered by neighbor or friend,
might help to alleviate the distress.
These oversights are not willful, but
thoughtless. If one and all would
study to scatter seeds of kindness
while iourneying through life, how
much better all would feel The spirit
to accumulate is rampant with the
people to such an extent that all other
duties are lost sight of. Nothing
should be more binding upon us as
members of community than to help
each other i'm the hours of distress,
and such little acts of kindness will be
long remembered; they will be produc-
tive of good to ourselves by causing us
to reflect upon things aside from that
which pertains to worldly gains, and
brings us to realization of that
which may possibly await us in the
future. Reflection along these lines
are worthy of our attention, and there
is no question but that our financial
affairs, at the end of a years time,
would be equally as good.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-23

The people who want the billiard
halls kept one hundred feet from the
saloons now have the opportunity of
showing their hands. Mr.. John Ed
wards is at this time running billiard
hall over his saloon in direct violation
of an ordinance now on the books.
The city police refuse to bring the law
to bear because of the fact that Mr..
Edwards has special permit from the
council. However, that permit is of
no value as long as the present ordi-
nance is on the books. If an affidavit
is filed the officials will have to bring
Mr. Edwards before the court The
opinion of lawyers is that the present
ordinance is valid and that if the mat
is brought to trial he will have to re-
move the billiard hall, although
the permit lie has might enable
him to escape fine. It's up-to-you
citizens.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-23
why and wherefore
Concluded from First Page.

the sweet whiskey sings that she
used to take as child. But Mrs. G
was strong willed woman and did
not touch a drop OF the whiskey. She
did open the bottle and smell of it and
liked the smell.
About twenty years from that time
she and all the ncighbors wondered
why her l9-year-old boy could not let
whiskey alone.
The answer is plain-HER LONGING was
transferred to her child and the little
seed in Is years in that boy grew to be
an ungovernable appetite. Now some
one will say, "Oh If the mother had
drank whiskey when she CRAvED it
the boy would have been able to drink
or let it alone" Now this argument
sounds well but it has a serious defect,
namely that it is not true
Very remote suggestions may incor-
porate themselves as appetites in
future generations and consequently it
is always best to give an evil and a
poison as wide birth as possible.
People are few indeed who would
PREFER to live next door to saloon.
1t does no good and may do harm to
smell of liquors to say nothing of
drinking them. The seeds that devel-
ope incbriacy are frequently planted
in the form of little wine or whiskey
for the stomach's sake. There is all
gain and nothing to lose by forbid
ding liquor in any form from being in
your house or given in sickness.
Twas years ago mother
Gave to her little tot
a medicine called whiskey,
And the baby liked it not.
In time he grew to manhood,
And then he joined the gang;
He WAS TOUGH, and you could tell il
BY the swagger Of his slang.
One day they had to kin him
This is all that | can tell.
And ] wonder if the blame OF il
Is balanced up in Hell.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-23
The Auditors Report.

THE REPUBLICANS report of Tn,
auditing committees findings in theiI
examination of ex-Clerk Farrells anC
ex-Treasurer Hendricks books is alb
Solutely correct in every particular
all protest from any 2x4 to the con
trary Notwithstanding. THE REPUB
LICAN published portions of the audit.
ing committees report verbatim, and
with the exception of a few unneces-
sary words, gave the Clerks minutes
of the explanation Mcssrs Farrell and
Hendricks made to the Commissions
ers. In commenting on the report
The REPUBLICAN said: "The report
shows that the books have been very
loosely kept, and that 1890 is missing.
Just where it has gone, or who got it,,
is not stated, and it may take long
time to discover it, if the attempt is
ever made
The "only" says we misrepresent
matters, yet in the next sentence in
reference to that 1890 says: whether
that difference is due to imperfect
bookkeeping, or miSappropriation Of
funds, the report does not state" and
little further down, the 'only" has
to say of the clerks books: "Numcr-
Gus errors in them show that they
were not perfectly kept, nor correct. a"
This is all that THE REPUBLICAN
has contended for, and the 'only"
admits it all. The public will read
lily understand that when the "only"
admits as much as this concerning
books kept by officials of its own
party, then affairs must be much
worse than reported.
The 'onlyr says the discrepancies
ARE due TO loose work in the Clerks
office, that probably extends back
several years" This may be true.
The committee audited books OF re.
cent date and their report was made
on their examination OF those books
Mr.. Hendricks has already asked fol
an audit of books that go back into
his predecessors administration, anC
this work should be done. Let al
the books Of both Clerk and Treasurer
be audited and let the responsibility
fall where it may. 1t is not right
that either Mr.. Hendricks or Mr.
Farrell should be held responsible fol
loose work done before their advent
into office.
THE REPUBLICAN desires to cal
your attention TO the fact that during
the recent campaign the "only" saw
fit to give great deal of its space t
ranting about $2l that was lost to the
city by a Republican administration
and yet has not seen fit to publisl
anything at anytime IN regard to this
affair at the court house, except &c
deny truthful reports. The auditing
committees report is now at the
court house open to all. The "only"
might have secured this news first,
and scooped the bunch in Logan but
oh, no.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-23

1t is safe to say that, so far as
America is concerned, within the next
thirty years the United States gov
eminent will have reclaimed at least
ten millions of acres of its arid lands.
This means more than 10000 new
farms of 100 acres each. 1t also means
the stimulating of the agricultural in
terests of this country to degree new
er before known, and the dawning of a
greater prosperity for America than
any nation on earth
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-23
True Heroisn.

Let Others write Of battles fought,
OF bloody, CHASTITY fields
Where honor greetS the man who wins,
And death the man who yields.
But ] will write of him who fights
And vanquishes his sins;
Who struggles on through weary years
Against himself, and wins.
He is hero staunch and brave,
Who fights an unseen foe,
And puts at last beneath his feet,
His passions base and low.
Who stands erect in manhood'S might,
Undaunted, undismay 3D.
The bravest man WHO Ell, crew sword
In foray or in raid.
1t calls for something more than Drawn
Or muscle, to o'ercOme,
An enemy who marcheth not
With banner, plume aud drum.
A foe forever lurking nigh,
With silent, stealthy tread;
Forever near your board by day,
At night beside your bed.
All honor then to that brave heart
Though poor or rich he be,
Who struggles with his baser part,
Who conquers and is free.
He may not wear a hero's crown
Or fill hero's grave,
But truth will place his name among
The bravest of the brave.
Anonymous
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-23

AS specimen of typography, the
Christmas Edition of the Desert News
is "a thing of beauty" and as an ad-
vertiscment of the towns, cities and
resources of Utah, sit is JOY forever
to everybody but Logan people.
There is no kick on the write-of this
city, but the illustrations.-Ye shades
of the departed Saints. They are
enough to make the average Loganite
turn green. The photograph of that
cut of Main street must have been
taken at midnight. With the eXcep-
ton of one old gray mare-(we believe
it's marc)-the street is entirely
deserted, and the same may be said Of
the Thatcher Bank and Commercial
Block. These buildings look like they
are situated in some desert land wholly
devoid of habitation. The Main street
illustration gives one the idea that
the lower end of the street is a mass
of ruins. If the News escapes suit
for damages, the management should
consider itself fortunate.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-23

THE REPUBLICAN desires to thank
its many friends for the interest
manifested i'm its recent estimating
contest. The interest was Of the
substantial kind and most highly
appreciated. In count of words, care
and examination of estimates, and
award of prizes, every precaution was
taken to insure absolute fairness, and
we believe that there can be no just
ground for any diSSat abstraction. We
trust that the successful parties may
enjoy the fruits of their most excel
lent Judgment and that those who
failed to win a special prize may
console themselves in the belief that
The REPUBLICAN is well worth their
money. This contest has involved an
extraordinary amount Of labor, and
required constant carefulness and
attention, so much so, that the news
columns of the paper have not been
kept up to their usual standard.
The conditions responsible for this are
largely done away with, and we shall
endeavor to make the brightness of
the future atone for the past. We
thank cur friends, one and all, for
their kindly consideration and loyal
support, and wish all most merry
Christmas.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-23

The pace that the American people
have set i'm their methods Of doing
business is not conducive of good
While hustling from daylight TO dark
at break-neck speed undoubtedly
brings profit and gain in a pecuniary
sense, there are many things of more
vital Importance which are entirely
neglected. Men who have worn theil
lives out for the good of the public
may be confined to beds of suffering
and disease and nobody has any time
to give them much attention; oul
neighbor may lose child, yet in tina
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-23

council meeting until he was asked
for an expression Of his views. He
then spoke as any private citizen
might have done. The ''only's'
attack was evidently wholly unwar-
ranted, but coming from such a
source can hardly reflect discredit on
such gentleman as the Mayor.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-23
The Wiser Course.

bon was sailing and there fell out
great tempest and the mariners
.hat were wicked and dissoute fel.
lows cai.sd upon the gods; but Bion
saic 10 them; Peace; let them not
know you are here"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-23
Foul Tip Kills Doctor

successful physician. who was an
amateur base ball player In the city
OF Providence, and was extremely fond
OF tho recreation, was killed by n
foul tip" from his own bat, the ball
striking him in the temple.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-23

The "only's" attack on Mayor Han.
sen is an outrage, if MI +. w. Robin
sons statement is true and we doubt
it not. According to Mr.. Robinson
the Mayor did not speak at the last
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-23
Texas Cattle.

IL Is said that Texas alone markets.
S""'oo''ooo worth of cattle annuallv
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-23
Average Price Of Cotton.

The average price of cotton In New
YORK was, In 1898. 6 cents pound; in
'9Ol, 1886 cents, and in 1902, s.75
cents. The speculative price this
year has ranged near 10 cents.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
'ife Saving Devices.

Mimtcry among butterflies, moths
and other insects would be comic were
it not a matter of life or death. Not a
few moths have at the hinder ends Of
their wings q black mark and two or
more tails resembling the horns of their
own heads. A veteran in warfare not
seldom has these portions missing, a
proof Of the value in having saved his
life. Thus the lizards brittle tail.
which, fret attracting the enemy.
comes Off at his touch, lets his would
be prey escape. When at bay, crabs
distract the enemy by throwing off
their claws, and Holsters do the trick
more neatly by Selling the enemy with
q claw and then throw ing off limb and
enemy. Thus the bushy tail of the
squirrel is accounted for. There is a
chance of escaping the enemy minus
only mouthful of fur.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
Superstition About Cats.

In the Monferrato it is believed that
all the cats who wander about upon
the roofs during the month of Febru-
airy are really witches, whom it is law
full and even necessary to shoot. A
German superstition has it that if a
black cat sits upon the bed Of sick
man it is a presage of his death, while
If after his decease it is seen upon his
grave it is enough to arouse doubts rs
to the locality to which his soul has
departed. In Hungary it is thought
that cats generally become witches be
tween the ages of seven and twelve
years. A French belief concerning the
cat is that if tie animal be carried in
q cart and the wind blow from it to
the horses they Immediately fall tired.
II any part Of the horseman's clothing
be made Of cats skin, the horse will
feel as though it carried a double bur
den. In other countries, however, SUI
perstition is favorable rather than ad-
verse to the cat. A variant of the ia
nous story Of the Kilkenny cats is
found in Piedmont, the cats being,
however, replaced by wolves.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
A MARINE AUTOCRAT.
The ssptain of the Battleship and
His Absolute Authority.

The 10 plain of the Battleship and
Ills Absolute Authority.
Over the vast establishment rules the
captain in supreme and isolated author
ity. All his accomplishments must be
those Of the seaman, for he directs the
movements of the ship in all evolu-
tons, and his decision upon all profess
sional points is final. His responsibility
at all times is grave and eXacting. In
time Of war it will strain the stoutest
nerves. In the hour Of battle it is moth
ing short of appalling when be stands
alone in his coming tower, having con-
troll of all the tremendous forces lying
latent in his ship only to be released at
the proper moment by a touch Of his
hand. lie is the guiding spirit of an
enormous projectile of $4,000 tons that
PUSHES through the water at a speed, it
may be, of fifteen knots, and he knows
that the slightest mistake of his head
or heart may mean a national disaster.
But besides being the naval and mill
tary chief of the establishment he Is
lawyer-a kind Of justice Of the peace,
as it were, who holds court every morn
ing, investigates reports Of misdemean-
Ors and assigns punishment to the
guilty. The delinQuents are brought to
the mast" - the quarter deck - with
their accusers. Both sides are heard,
and swift judgment usually follows. In
this capacity it will be noted that the
captain is court, judge and jury. Not
infrequen-ly he acts as Clergyman and
IS such is the bishop of his diocese, &C.
Enowied ing 10 ecclesiastical superior,
sNading the service on Sundays, offici-
i.ting at the burial of his dead and in
the Cd days occasionally marrying low
ers. Lieutenant Commander GlCaves
n Worries Work
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
MAORI
T',~tUres which !t~ tg'nn.vr !
so During i.,s Pr. ...

FIXTURES which N" %nn'vT fr...
SO During i.,s k'i.'.
T.. :: sA explorer ii sci< p go
brought back a sores of rIsI Il. -
-, Hlii MS of Maori ta,tnoiIc. { ). tA2
lL,er.f,.. Of New Zeala4d Ike u1vet 80
.vu;S1.3,,- designs W>re found Cd tAa
...>,:,, u the women.
Tie faces and bodies of tie women
nie SO covered with these blue marks
7nat thcy look as if they had OIL a tight
Ettiug cnintZ dress.
?he Instrument employed in tattooing
= o'jt&'n the deep burrows is usually
nude Of bone, having a sharp edge like
s. c...Sei and shaped In the fashion Of q
:. den hoe. Another style is Made Of a
shark u tooth.
',,:a tAttooing of the women is CON-
:n"ncrd when about the age of fifteen
or eighteen and continues EEtll they
reach middle age. Most of the masters
Of the art are professionals. who 10
from village to village and are highly
paid for their services. The pattern
about to be engraved is first outlined
Gu the face with small stick G;ooed in
powdered charcoal, after Witch the
skin Is gashed, and the color. or pig
ment is introduced into the eut flesh
with a stick dipped into the ..ijuld
The coloring material useG 81 rener-
ally the resin of certain tr;-.. AIN II
Is burned, powdered and coIv,'.7eu i!.t0
fluid
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
The First Measure of Time.

1t was the moon and not tie Stli
which first suggested to lu&j"'"Q t..
circle Of the year as a IL " ser" ?.
time. The sun exhibits no cl..r-NS
appearance, and his light onnt&ra
all the landmarks of the S., "A
minary which is the same - .,eT-
today and tomorrow might :, y !. -
conceptions of perfection ana "C ..- :.
but beyond the aiter:> lions 4 KS a.
night it could suggest TO luell : n,'i.s4
no abstract measure of time. i.u 81.
our humble Satellite ii is far U.::.'IW:"P
The regularly recurring puVlIO!lu:la u
new moon and full moon re too
marked to escape the attention of i,
most obtuse and unrefecting Of say
ages.
The motion of the sun may be com
pared to that of the minute hand of a
clock, sweeping on hour after hour with
out leaving much record of it's compar-
atively vast journey. The progress Of
the moon, on the contrary, may be Tx
ened TO that of the hour hand, which
registers the movements of it's COM
panion and resolves them into twelve
well defined periods.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
Some Examples of "Nerve."

In a recent big libel case the foreman
of the jury received letter from a
publican, apparently otherwise sane.
asking him to insure that the jury
should find for the defendant because
he had heavy bet Oh the result, and
this astonishing epistle was read in
court. 1t is interesting to note that the
writer lost his bet anyhow. Equally
bland was the request once made to
Mr.. Balfour during his premiership to
have dismissed from the commission
of the peace a justice who had very
properly sentenced the author of the
request. notorious ruffian, to stiff
term of imprisonment for sending beg
ging letters.-London Answers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-05-07
WEAK IN THE ALPHABET,
Some Letters That Men Can Never
Learn to Make.

~ AdnE-s
"Why IS it that with some men some
letters CT the alphabet are harder to
make than others and, in fact. that
there are some letters that some men
never learned how to make?" asked q
young man who takes considerable In
terest in the matter of handwriting in
the New Orleans Times Democrat 1T
IS rather singular fact that nearly
every man outside of the experts is
weak on one or more of the letters in
the English alphabet. Sometimes the
letter involved is a capital letter; some
times It is of the smaller kind; some
times it is one letter and sometimes
another. In any event. you will find
few men who are exempt from the fai-
ing referred to.
II know Of one man who in spite of
the fact that he does a great deal of
writing has never learned how to MAXI
a capital P. He simply makes a stag
ger at it, and, as a rule, the result o.
his efforts will look more like small
p than like the capital P. l know an
other man who can't make a small +
to save his life. He can never get the
lower part of the letter below the line
He makes it look like a clubfooted b
instead of an f. There are others who.
when they try to make the small D.
give it the long shank, and it look
more like the letter f. 1t is ra Their sin
gular that these traits should hang or
to a mans writing for a lifetime but
they do it just the same, and il you
make a few inquiries among your
friends and acquaintance you will find
that but few of them are exempt from
this fault
at is very much like the habit OF
spelling certain words incorrectly
Many men who are rated as first class
spoilers pass through life without ever
IN a single instance spelling certain
words correctly. 1t is due to habit
largely. If you should ask them how
to spell the <Eord. they would tell you
but, when they go to write it, that is
quite different, and they will get it
wrong every time. So they know, too,
how certain letters should be made. but
they simply can't put them down on
paper. 1t is curious but common
fault"