The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-08-12
Painting the Dome Of the Capitol.

Painting the Dome Of the Capitol
The dome Of the capitol at Wash.
ington is being painted Every five
years its coat is renewed and $1,000
gallons of white lead are used in the
process. The work is being done by
eighteen men, under the direction Of
BILLY" Lewis and Az Ports. The
latter has been employed for such
work about the capitol for thirty.nine
years. Ports is the only man who
ever climbed to the top of the Statue
Of Liberty surmounting the dome. He
did this on Labor day 1894, and fas-
tened a garland of electric light bulbs
around the neck Of her majesty.
Queen Opposed to Women Smoking.
Queen Alexandra does not think
women should smoke cigarettes and
occasionally she expresses her opin.
ion on the subject. Some ladies' OF the
court we're discussing cigarettes re-
Gently, when her majesty said. IL
have noticed that men who smoke
generally say they would leave it on If
they were not slaves of the habit. 1t
seems to me extraordinary that WON.
en- who are continually adopting new
fashions should deliberately become
slaves to one that seemingly can not
be laid aside"
lenath OF Animals Lives.
| Animals vary greatly In the length
of their lives. Elephants. eagles and
parrots may celebrate .leir hundredth
birthday hut our dompsticated beasts
/ L.. i a..
reached a quarter Of Il hundred A
horse Is old at 20. a Gor lc" al - and
cat or dog at Is The span of ex.
| istence allotted to insects is shorter
still. the fly and the butterfly com
monty enjoying but one summer of
vigorous life, and then being taken
Off by the cold If the are not pre-.
viously snapped up by bird
cccover Lost Treasures.
T. -. ares that lie at the bottom
| o. ,ng ca are now more easily obtain.
q Is hy the invention Of an instrument
Isl o.. as the microscope. This con.
triNanCe is shortly to be put into opcr-
atom in order to find the lost fleet
of NerXes, which has reclined on IIc
sea bed undisturbed for about $500
years. Search is also TO be made tor
the ship chartered by Pompey TO carr
Roman art treasures TO Athens cut
wrecked in the archipelago l., ),
years ago.
Artists srotheriy Love.
MacDowell. the American composer,
one evening after playing one of his
! p.ete before an audience went into
N ErcenroUm and found it occupied
by brotho! artist, who sat with his
@G'k to him reading Il newspaper.
"n"llo," remarked the brother artist,
not knowiLS that the performance was
over and tat it was the performer
re was addressing: I've had enough
u that. haven't you?" YES" an.
'werad Mr.. Mcdowell, meekly. that's
~ came down"
Military Spirit in Canada.
Figures have just been published
which the Canadian press claims as
an indication of the military spirit
which animates young Canada The
state of New York has a population
of nearly 100000 more than the en-.
tire Dominion of Canada, yet its ma.
tional guard has an enrolment Of only
14,46S men. Canada, on the other
hand, has $4,000 men in its active
militia, and thousands of others who
have gone through militia training
and are row on the retired list.
Edison's lone Speech.
Edison has made but one speech in
his life; ii was not brilliant one.
He had agreed TO lecture on electricity
before a girls seminary. and had en-.
gagged friend named Adams to work
the apparatus while he talked. But
when the inventor arose to address his
audience he felt so dazed that he sim.
ply said: Ladies, Mr. Adams Will
now address you Oh electricity, and
will demonstrate what he has to say
with the apparatus. cleveland Plain
Dealer
Storing Coal UnGer Water.
Certain kinds Of coal Ge.eriorate
rapidly in the open air and o"d
Charles BereSTord has expressed the
belief that the total loss may reach 80
per cent. Store unQer water Is the
remedy of an English eXp"rimenter,
who, noting the fine quality OF coal
dredged from harbor, has kept Mon.
mouthshire steam coal under sea
water two months with a loss OF less
than l per cert Of heating power.
Queer Suit for Damages.
An Ohio health food company has
just lost a suit brought against 1t by
a retailer ia Germany, who demanded
$500 damages because in the pictures
which the company put on cartoons of
its goods sent to the plaintiff the nose
of the Empress Of Germany was so
blurred that It appeared to be miss ng.