The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-12-26
Siamese Marriaue Customs.

siamese Marriage Customs.
In Siam girls get married at about
fourteen, and men at about twenty
When young man Is in love he gets
an old woman to propose for him.
The proposal is made to the girls par.
ents, and not to herself. The chances
are she has never seen her would-be
husband.
Where Women Have Few Rights.
In Siam man can have as many
wives as he pleases, or as he can af.
ford to keep. The first wife. however.
Is the chief one, and the head of the
household There is q very elastic
divorce law and marriages can be an.
nulled by mutual consent
Baked Goldfish.
Instead of Goldfish balls serve baked
goldfish. Cream enough desiccated
goldfish to make pint add a few
grains of paprika and from one.quar-
ter to one-half a cup of grated cheese.
| Fill soallop smells with the mixture,
cover with buttered crumbs and bake
till a nice brown.
Made Impressive Protest.
Ambassadors OF Asia Minor came to
Mark Antony after he had imposed
upon them a double tax and said to
him that If he would have two tri.
butes from them in one year he must
give them two seed-times and two
harvests.
Mosquitoes Abhor Yellow.
1t has been found that the Ano.
pheles mosquito, which is responsible
for malaria, likes red and blue objects,
but has a pronounced aversion to vel.
low. This is considered a further
argument in favor of khaki uniforms
in tropical regions.
All Smoke in Siam.
In Siam everybody smokes, from
baby to grandfather. The native to-
bacco is very strong, but European
tobacco rolled in lotus leaves makes
a cigarette with a flavor that is by no
means to be despised.
Why, Indeed!
Seeding is easy. 1t takes neither
power of brain nor heart to scold. II
does not even make any great draught
upon the physical being. Any fish
wife can be a grand success at scold.
ing! Why compete with her?
Extra Labor for School Teachers.
A country school district advertises
| for school marin with three children
of her own. The pleasant task of the
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| when they have to assume the work of
producing the children also.
Fishes In the Nile.
A painstaking survey of the fishes
of the Nile, extended far up both
Blue and White Niles, has Just been
completed. 1t adds fourteen new spe-
cies to about ninety known before,
and gives much other valuable infor-
/ nation.
Couldn't See ANY Reason.
This paper says" remarked Mr..
/ Chugwater looking at the headlines,
that there is good deal of unrest
among the workmen at the chair fac
tories Don't they ever let them use
the chairs?"
immensely Of Siberian Rivers.
! Exploration of the Yenisei and Obi
! rivers Of Siberia, which empty into
/ the Arctic ocean near Nova Zembla
| ras shown them to be navigable to
/ ocean steamers for a distance of near
/ ~ 1000 miles.
/ Probability.
The opponents of football as part
of the college course never seem to
consider the fact that the football
player would probably never be
valedictorian, anyway.-Washington
Times.
France Monopollzes Hair Trade.
The trade in hair has for many
years been largely monopolized In
France by reason of the general &C.
ceptance of French hairdressing as
the standard of fashion.
Plague incubation.
OF 400 natives belonging to the
American mission of Rahuri, Bombay,
India, who were inoculated against
plague only one girl caught the dis
ease, and she recovered.
Time to Fly.
Husband Tin an aside to his wife,
If you can't think of some more an
ecdotes of our children's smartness
let's go home right away for they're
getting ready to tell us things about
their own.-Baltimore American.
One or the Other.
Whenever a man goes about howl.
ing that the whole press is persistent.
| ly lying about him, it is always safe
TO set him down as an impostor or a
rascal who is not getting lick amiss.