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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-12-02
Hog liftsrs.

The other day we heard two men
talking about hogs. One of them
said: There is no telling how much
man can lift with one hand. Yes
terday | sold a hog that weighed
$50 pounds, and / could lift him
from one pen into another easily
with one hand. j commenced TO do
that when he was a little pig, lift
ing him every day from one pen
into the other by the ear with one
hand" Said the other: IL do not
doubt it, for / have done the same
thing, and will tell you another
thing did. built two pens close
together and put pig in one OF
them. | fixed up that pen for a
bedroom and fed him in the other
| made a hole in the partition just
large enough for him to crawl
through comfortably, and every
time he was fed he had to gc
through that hole. Well, Yesterday
| sold that pig, and he weighed just
400 pounds. He seemed to get
through the hole on the last day al
easily as he did on the first" Liar
No. hung his head minute and
then said, IL don't believe q word
of thst."-Bolton (Tex) Democrat
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-12-02
Intsrssslna CenxsrsstIon.

Nellie-You seemed much inter.
ested tonight in the conversation OF
Mr.. Tomhnson.
Edith-Yes. His conversation
was about sensible matters, such ~
few Of the young men Of the day
discuss.
Nellie-What was it?
Edith-The superior advantages
Of married life ss compared With
bschslordom.--Londoa bsc Telegraph
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-12-02
Presence OF Mind.

She was telling the experiences Of
herself and her husband in a rail-
way accident. "We were suddenly
pitched clear out Of the car. John
he said to me, Are you hurt?' Not
a bit. said |. Then he up with his
fist and gave me q black eve. and
We claimed $500 damages. Nov, I
call that real presence Of rind."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-12-02
suecinetly Stated.

$50 your husband lost his money
at the race track =
"No." answered Young Mrs. Tor
kins "As | understand it he didn't
lose it. lie presented it."-Wash
ington Star.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-12-02
Hardly Begun Vet.

Patience-Have you begun that
book ! loaned you yet?
Patrice-No. I've only read the
last two pages - Yonkers States
man
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-12-02

Nell-You seem perfectly salts
fled with your new gown.
Believes. II has been approx
ed by the man like best and con
demned BY the woman ! hate most.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-12-02

Algv-. he chump! lie has sent
her flower But | will have re-
yenge Tia send her chocolates
Chollv-Ah. Then your revenge
will be sweet.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-17
THE PROUD BUN.

The baker-man was kneading buns
His trough was deep and Wide
When. much to his surprise. he heard
small voice by his side.
"Oh. make me large and fat" 1t said.
And stun me full of plums,
So that 1 may attract applause
From every one who comes"
"Oh, put n piece of citron In.
And make me rich and rare.
That I may serve for dukes and earls
Who sumptuously do fare
The baker chuckled In his sleeve
To hear him talk so big.
P-t thought IN put In everything.
And let him run his rig!"
He put in all he had on hand.
And set him in the window-pans.
10 make the natives stare.
With yeast and piums and pride,
He scorned the doughnuts. pies and
And eibowed them aside.
I'm waiting for the duke" he said,
with whom I am to dinel"
Just then two newsboys came along
Whose appetites were fine.
my eye!" they cried. come over here
And see this jolly bun;
Let's buy him for our supper. Quickf'
And 40 the thing was done.
Two morals to this little song
Are had at easy rates;
It's Ill to walt for dukes and earls
In these United States
And when the baker kneads his dough
IL then you are begun.
No matter what he may put In,
st. Nicholas.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-17

never owned a sheet of paper. bat
had marked on any smooth surface
he had found. At this time he got
hold of big copper cent, almost the
first money he had seen. The desire
of his heart could now be fulfilled.
He entrusted his coin to lumberfnan,
and asked him to buy sheet OF paper
at CatsRill, the lumber camp, twenty
miles away. Late that night the mes
senger returned. The boy, wearfed
with waiting. had gone to bed. Al
the sound Of the arrival, he awoke,
bis first thought being of the promised
paper. He arose, and with feverish
eagernoss tried to make characters
on the smooth. white surface. ais
hand was too unframed, and the rude
characters little resembled lett5rs.
Disappointed. he returned to bed only
to take up the struggle on the follow
ing days. and conquer the difficulties.
Paper he could not AFFORD every day,
| especially as he soon moved with his
father to the frontier. In Ohio. There,
birch bark, sand banks, snow drifts
md Ice were his most frequent wri.
ting surfaces. His schooling was very
meager--a few months when no was
twelve years old-so he had to dig
out his own learnir 6 by pickering
candlelight Books were scarce, and
worth any hardship to procure. To
continue the study of arithmetic, he
had to have book, and heard he
could get one twenty miles away. II
was winter and he had no shoes, but
he walked barefoot on the frozen
ground and secured his treasure
Darkness came on and found him
miles from home. His only food had
been frozen turnlps, found In a field
At length he found settlers cabin
where he was sheltered for the night
Under such conditions. he acquired {
fair education and developed sys
tenn of penmanship that for year.
was almost universal In American
schools. Spencerian business colleges
we're established in forty cities. Thu
boy who learned writing with so mucl
difficulty made the task easier 70
thousands Of boys and girls. and live,
beautiful and useful life on tn
shores of Lake Erie. where he lie
buried, at Geneva. Ohio.-"Success. !"
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lively as II he had said, "Come wit"

lively as II he had said, "Come wit"
me! Come everybody"
Everybody came. Boxer frisked
along proudly at the head Of the pro
cession and led them straight to the
duck pond
"Wuf! Wuf!" he barked again.
Just see how | did II this time!"
There on the bank were seven more
little dead goslings. arranged neatly
in a pile, with their bills all pointing
one way!
We'll, | never" began grandma.
Put papa suddenly stopped over and
patted Boxer on the head.
Good doggy" he exclaimed In a
queer, shaking kind Of voice. And
then. Don't you see what he's done?
lie thought whipped him all because
he didn't put them in a pile! Good
doggy! Yes.s'r-ee! Nice old fellow!'
"Wuf!" barked Boxer, wagging al
most double for Joy.
1t Is doubtful II any Of the goslings
would have lived to become geese II
| Uncle Ted had not come that after
noon to take Boxer home. And the
next time he visited the farm he was
much too wise dog to chase barn
yard fowls of any kind.-St. Nicho
| las
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-17
SORGHUM TIM e.

I'm mighty glad when sorghum time is
gittin' round again
'Caurc 7cle silas allus sends q big jug
ncn,
An q she puts tn jug away behIne
gh' cellar stairs
Cause ats tn coolies spot they Is In
our house anywheres,
An men she gifts n pitcher full for all us
An when we're eatin' breakfas'. paw he
makes us curlycues.
My paw car, ta~e tn pitcher up an let
tn sorghum run
Out OF 1t In a teeny stream-an' | tell
you It's fun
when he Jest maknv Il whirl around n Of
ever'whichaway
An w'ites my name wife on my piate-
he makes tho bieges J
An men he whops tn sorghum 'round
fer o, an II IN N
An men I'm purity tickied cause II =
sorghum time again.
Nav amt tn Same ms paw-she sec mo-
lasses amt as good
As pencils Is to wlte things 18th, at
sorghums made fer food.
But paw he lafrs an sea he lows as how
II wouldn't do
For .wimmen folks to wife rthout nc
handle fer to chew.
Men nav she says she pities men al
never sees no Jokes
'Ithout It's somepln' ats made up about
tn wimmen folks.
o. course they're only funnin'. Men my
NAV sometimes she takes
TIL pitcher In her hand an makes ms
elephants an snakes
An turkles. too-an' men I walt until
they run and spread
An men tell 'em all goodby an dip II
18th my bread.
{ like It hes when paw whops out tina
J. o, II. an N.
But I'm as glad as anything it's sor
ghum time again.
Chicago Tribune.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-17
The Return of the
New Englander

No doubt, most men retain a fond
ness for their native states, but !
think the New Englander cherishes
a stronger love for his native soil than
most others. No other brook has quite
so merry laugh to his ears as the
mountain stream where he used to
catch speckled trout; no other apples
have the spicy flavor of the Porters
and russets and Baldwins. I've mag.
nificent forests which clotL- New
England's hills and valleys, the clear
blue lakes that dimple round her
hundred isles" the gorgeous sunsets
which tinge her distant mountain
peaks with purple, the glorious au-
tumn which paints her varied azores.
cence in riotous colors-where in the
wide world can he find a spot which
quite equals it? So he dreams of
New England as he harvests his
wheat on the Dakota prairies, or
gathers his prunes and aprlcots in
California;; or, between orders to buy
or sell on change in Chicago or New
York, he promises himself, when he
shall hayo money enough, that he will
go back to New England and enjoy
it, And he is coming back Almost
every town or hamlet in the pictur.
csque portions ~ New England-and
this term applies 10 the greater Part
| OF it--has its returned manufacturer
or merchant, or man of letters, oil
lawyer, or statesman, who comes every
summer, bringing MS family to rest
| and recuperate. a
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-17
LINE UP, BRAVE eoYs.

The packs are on, the cinches tight,
The patient horses walt,
Upon the grass the frost lies white,
The dawn Is gray and late.
: The leaders cry rings sharp and clear.
r campfires smolder low:
Before us lies a shallow mere,
Beyond, the mountain snow.
Line up, Billy. line up, boys,
The east Is gray with coming day,
We must away, we cannot stay.
Hy-o. ny-ak, brave boysl'
Five hundred miles behind us lie,
As many more ahead.
Through mud and mire on mountains
high
Our weary feet must tread.
So one by one with loyal mind.
Tho horses swing to place.
The strong In lead. the weak behind,
IN patient plodding grace,
.Hy-o, Buckskin. brave boy. Joel
The sun Is high
The hid looms cry,
Hy-ak-away! Hy-or
--Hamlin Garland.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-17
Advice to the
Rejected

One of the weakly" editorials
which Helen Oldfeld regularly con-
tributes to Chicago Sunday paper
IN the subject OF love and marriage
was entitled. Rejected Lover Should
Propose Again" We entirely agree
with Helen and are glad that she had
the courage and philanthropy to thus
enlighten lovers in regard to the prop
err course at a critical juncture. Sac
did not, however, say whether the re-
Jected should propose again to the
same girl or TO another. This may
seem immaterlal but we happen to
know of a case where complications
arose when the general rule OF cons
duct thus laid down was closely fol.
lowed. In the case in question q
young man who lad been rejected by
the maid of his choice was able, after
short interval, to transfer his affec.
tons almost intact to another Sub
sequeutly Maid No. / altered her mind
and was ready to marry the adaptable
creature. AS No. is the more eligi-
BILE party, interested friends are now
bringing pressure to bear on the sus-
ceptihle man in the shape OF argu-
ments and persuasions which may
convince him hat he made great
mistake, not in proposing again, but
in proposing the second time to the
wrong girl, Advice on matters OF
this kind which so closely affect the
happiness of Young people should be
explicit, We cannot but feel that had
Helen been more deIlite her
statement this sad difficulty might
never have arisen Farmers Review.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-17
The Rise of an
Expert

The case Of an assistant superin-
tendent in one of the biggest steel
mills of America has been cited by
the Chicago Tribune as an illustra.
ton OF what ability win do. He 10
the youngest man to fill the position.
being only % years old. Less than q
decade ago he was earning q living
by selling papers and backing shoes
In Pittsburg.
1t was his ability to do these two
things at once successfully that got
him his opening. He was shining
shoes and selling papers in front of
the Duquesne club when q man
walked up to him.
How do you manage to do both
things at once?' he asked.
The reply was ready.
81 keep me eyes open and me hands
goin'."
WELL" said the man, II that's the
way you do 1t. can lind use for you"
and with that he bore the youngster
of to steel MILL
The boy was started In at wheeling
iron; he was put inside later and be-
came helper; still later he had help
ers OF his own, and all the time he
kept his eyes open and his hands 60
ing.
He studied at night, SO that when he
was summoned into the superintend.
ent's Office and informed he was to bs
that officers assistant. he knew the
business from the ground nm Ha in
recognized, too, as one Of the most
promising of the coming men In tho
steel industry around Pittsburg.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-17
Woman's
Extravaganza

The other day the clubman dropped
in to see the spinster for one of those
confidential outpourings which disin.
terested spinstcrhood invites.
81 took my Jacksonville girl to q
party last night" he began, after the
usual exchange of greetings. "Sh,
stacked up all right and 1t relieved me
immensely. was afraid she might
wear a Bingham, or something like
that, you know"
81 would think you would have
found out by this time" said the
spinster, severely, that girl who
comes from small town Is not neces
sarily entirely ignorant Of prophetic.
in the matter of dress"
well, didn't know but that she
might get herself up in some"
He stopped, hopeless of expressing
just what he did mean, and the spin
ster, knowing It better than he did
himself, gave comprehending nod
and asked:
well. what was It she wore tina,
was so appropriated"
"Oh. something thin" he responded
confidently. "Organdie, | guess, YET
twas silky, too. There was a blue
silk skirt underneath. anyway"
1T might have been a grenadine.
the spinster suggested. WAS 1t fig
ured or plain, and what color?"
Il don't know. I guess twas white
but anyway" (this with more con
tidence, ut was all fluffy and ruflley
and she looked as well as the rest Of
the women"
Il suppose there was q waist?'
queried the spinster.
Yes, and 1t was held up by some
thing on the shoulders" (this with the
satisfied tone Of a man convinced thai
at last he Is giving definite informa
tom.
The spinster regarded him plying
ly and then inquired now many more
tests the Jacksonville girl would have
10 undergo before she could secure the
stamp Of his unqualified approval.
81 haven't taken her to a show
yet" he returned, thoughtfully; blu
now that find she has the clothes
shall T. 81 worry about that"
what sort OF q girl is she?" tn,
spinster Intercepted.
"A nice girl. She's all right" ant
his tone implied that she epitomizet
all the feminine virtues.
You wouldn't have taken her GU
again II her clothes Lad failed to com,
up to TIE standards OF your set?" ven
| tured the spinster.
mo. | suppose not" admitted tn,
clubman.
Consistency, thy name Is not man!
exclaimed the spinster, laughing a. III
| discontinue of the clubman. "Didn'
| YOU tell me while ago." she wen
| on, that the reason so many youuI
men nowadays delay marriage and drif
into club life is found In the extravs
| Sance OF women who insist on livin
and dressing in a manner which tn
| average young man cannot afford
that II they would be less vain an
| trivilous and more domestic Their
would be more marriages betwee
bachelor men and maids? Now wha
| want to know is, where the bachelo
maids would find chance to enjo
the society of bachelor men II the
attempted to conform to your theorie!
You have just admitted that 20
would not run the gamut Of your 81
cial acquaintances with woman VIII
was not irreproachably dressed"
oh, say that isn't fair, and
isn't apropos of the subject" pre-
tested the clubman. 81 could eXplai
myself all right If | had the time; bu
perhaps It would be as well to so no
before I get into deeper water"
He went.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-17
A Boy With
a" No Chance"

Little Plat r. Spencer seemed born
possessed with a desire to write
Living in the woods Oh the CatslI us
with very little encouragement for
learning. from his earliest years his
great wish seemed to be To make
letters. Up to his eighth year, he had
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-02-17

Manhattan island has an average of
1872 people TO the acre, while London
has sixty.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-28
Feliz viaje

Como anunciabamos aver, en- el
Correo Espaflol embarcan para la
isla de Cuba los eminentes predicado-
res Doctor Casio Paradis y Presbitero
don Nicolas Z1fiiga.
va conocen nuestros 1ectores ell OBJ
ieto que llevan la Habana, cerca
del rnuy ilustre MonsefIor La Cha
pelle.
Para evitar manifestaciones de sim
patfa los dos insignes sacerdotes en-
barcaran de madrugada.
Hemos recib1do articulos, trabajos
literarios, encomiasticos para los dos
jovenes sacerdotes, y ellos han recibi-
dc hoy en- Ell Hotel Inglaterra donde
Sc hospedan, jnfnidad de regalos de
sus admiradores y toda suerte de pa
rabienes y felicitaciones que, durante
Ell dfa de hoy les han sido hechos per
personalidsdes muy distlnguidas y
opulentas, de cuyos ofrecimientos Sc
muestran agradecid1simos.
Lleven teliz viaje los elocuentes mi
nistros del Sef1or.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-28
Mario Braschi

Un dia como hoy, hace trece afios,
Sc hundi6 en- los bismos de Ia muerte
aquel obrero del pensamiento; lucha-
dor de hierro, periodista valiente, es-
Tornado y culto. Cuando cay6 de sus
manos la espada, que era su pluma y
enmudecio su abio y Sc incljn6 aque-
LA cabeza que Sc alzaba noblemente
sobre los hombres, su fgura Sc agi-
gant6H por que combatfa con hidal-
guia caer engrandecido por los sa-
crifcios, santi6cado por los dolores,
amado por ell recuerdo, fortalecido por
Ia fe de los mdrtires, 6leo santo de las
ideas, al caer asi, fiota siempre el re-
cuerdo bendito sobre las blancas pa.
ginas de la historic.
;Bien estas, ilusere muerto en- tu
tumba!
La patria puertorriquefla te reCuer-
da. Bien haya TIA honradez y tn po
breza! -.. :
Ali estas bien lejos de las miserias
del mundo Duerme, duerme."..
LeUiS.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-28
La esCuadra rusa
NO SaLDRa PARA Ell EXTREME oRlENTE
DEL MAR NEGRO

Hace diss nos particip6 nuestrc
corresponsal en- New York que la
escuadra rusa del mar Negro Sc lie
pretendfa enviar al Extreme Oriente
reforzando asf la division naval del
Almirante Regesrvensky. y en- la prem
sa de los Estados Unidos encontramos
la siguiente information, que asegura
ser una tercera division de la escua-
dra del Baltico, pues no ha podido lo
grarse de Inglaterra que consienta Ia
violaci6n del tratado de Berlin, sobre
ell paso de buques de guerra por los
Dardanelos.
Dice el telegrama publicado por la
Prensa Asociada:
Londres, de Diciembre.- "Dai-
ly Mail lie telegra6an de San Peters.
burgo que ell Emperador decret6 aver
ell despacho de una tercera escuadra
al Extreme Oriente.
Esta fuerza comprende un conside-
rable ndmero de buques, unos sin ter
minar. como los acora zados Pablo IL y
Slava, que estan al terminar su cons
truccion, cinco acorazadoS mas viejos
pero unos en- buen estado otros de
facil reparacion. cinco 6 seis cruceros
y cuarenta torpederos, cuyas fuerzas
estan todas en- ell Baltico y Sc les puede
tener listas dentro de dos meseS.
Hay un fuerte partido, cuya ca
beza Sc dice que estan la Emperatriz
viuda, ell gran almirante Alejo tito del
Czar) y ell almirante. exvirrey Ale
xieff, urgiendo a todo trance que Sc
despache la fota del Mar Negro. a 10
que, sin embargo, Sc oponen ell Car y
varios de sus consejeros.- Esta opo-
sicion Sc basa principalmente en- que el
paso de los Dardanelos por dicha fota
septaria un precedente peligroso para
Russia, pues a1n suponiendo que las
potencias 10 permitiesen, 10 mismo que
hoy Russia franqueaba los Dardap clos
en- violacion de los tratados, podrfan
mafiana fransuearlos otras naciones
con igual derecho. sin contar con que
la escuadra del Mar Negro es por 10
general anticuada y POGO a prop6sito
para empresa tan dudosa. De todos
modos Sc admite que puede ser nece-
sario reforzar al vice-almirante Roles.
tvensky".
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-28
PrOcesO del asesinO
del rninistrO M. Plehve
0TRAS NOTIClaS De RUSSIA

Ell. .dfa 13 del actual termino ell pro-
ceso incoado 4 Sassoneff. ell asesino
del ministro del Interior M. Plehve, y
Sikorifsky, su complice. Sc evidencio
que ambos pertenecfan una asocia-
cion terrorista cuyo objeto era propa-
gar ideas subversivas apelando al te-
rror la matanza mas bien que a la
persuacion. Fuera del tribunal, los
acusados y 28 testigos. no hab1a mas
presente que ell padre de Sassoneff. TN
comerciante de Uta. Componfan el
tribunal cinco jueces, bajo la presi-
dencia del senador Maximovitch, y
defend1an a los reos dos de los pri-
meros criminalistas del imperio. Sas-
soneff fue sentenciado a cadena perpe
tua, y su complice Sikorifsky 20 amos
de presidio, no existiendo la pena de
muerte en- Ell codigo penal de Russia
Llama mucho la atenci6n un acuer.
do votado por la corporation munici
pal de Moscou en- favor de la libertad
de la palabra, de la prsnsa, inviolabi
lidad del domicilio y a5olici6n de las
leyes restrictivas.
Aver hubo una demostracion de
estudiantes en- Moscou, que pronto Sc
convirtio en- tumulto como las ocurri
das ell domingo en- Moscou y San Pc
tersburgo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-12-28
La Colonia Espahola
DE BAYAM0N

En- junta general celebrada ha sido
electa la siguiente Dlrectiva para la
Colonia Espafiola de Bayam6n.
Presidente Honorario. don Juan Wi
dal Ginard; Presidente, Angel Viejo
Alvarez; Vice -presidente, Genaro Sam
miguel Sierra; Secretario, Romualdo
Wales; Tesorero, Jose del Llano; Vo-
Gales, Victor Marisno, Ricardo Vela
Ramon Cobian, Luis Felid; Suplentes
Secretario, JESUS Rodriguez; Tesorero
Francisco Lavandero; Vocales, Pablo
Lavandero, Juan Martino, Nicomedez
Rodriguez y Antonio Gonzalez.