The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-20
Savage African Potentate.

Savage African Potentate.
Chaka, great African chief
trained powerful army which wa.
famous in war. II regiment was
beaten IL was slaughtered on its re
turn to the kings palace. II any mar
lost his weapon in war he was killed
for cowardice. II the chief wanted tc
see what kind of weapons were most
successful he would order a shan
would be lost.
Various Names Of the Hub"
Boston, Mass, is called the City oil
Notions from the amount of Yankee
notions manufactured there. The city
was first called the Hub of the Uni
verse by Oliver Wendell Holmes, who
wished to convey the idea that the
world moved around that city. 1t Is
also called the Tri.mountain City
from the three hills upon which II
was originally built.
Craters of the Moon.
1t is estimated from recent photo.
graphs of the craters of the moon
that they are over 100000 in number.
Prof Pickering thinks that the white
patches In some Craters and the num-
erous bright radating lines are due
to snow and the less conspicuous
lunar canals, which gradually appear,
increase and fade away, in the lunar
day, are attributable by the same
authority to vegetation.
Something Unusual.
Little Bessie was so accustomed to
seeing the baby crawl around the room
on his hands and knees that she
thought it was his natural mode of
travelling. One day he succeeded in
standing up with the aid of chair,
and Bessie, very much astonished, ran
to her mother and exclaimed: ooh,
mamma, come quick! Baby is stand.
ing up on his hind legs"
Many Blind in One Eye.
DR.. Ernest Clarke of the Central
London Ophthalmic hospital in giving
evidence at an inquest not long ago
said that many a person went through
life with only one eye and did not
know it. A British Judge had lately
found to his establishment that he
was blind In one eye, having lived
more than forty years without sus.
pecting his infirmity.
The Three Symbols OF Japan.
The three symbols of the imperial
house of Japan are the mirror, the
crystal and the sword. and they are
carried in front of the emperor on
all state occasions Each has its sig.
nificance. Look at the mirror and
reflect myself or. in other words,
Know myself" is the message Of the
mirror BE pure and shine" is the
crystals injunction. while the sword
Is a reminder to BE sharp. Leslie s
Weekly.
Cannon Tor Ornaments.
Four of the cannon taken from the
French on F.listerre in 1747 by Ad.
miral, Boscawen now fill the lowly
If useful roles OF curbposts and lamp
posts In front of the house, No. 2 st.
James square, London, of Boscawen' s
descendant, Lord Falmouth while on
Tower Hill there is row of posts on
the curbstones, every one of which is
cannon which has done service, or
has ben ready to do it, against Eng.
lands enemies.
Tuberoses from North Carolina.
Tuberoses are produced in the
United States on a large scale, the
market being chiefly supplied from
small area in Duplin county, North
Carolina, which produces many mil
lions of them annually for sale ano
for export. The bulbs are plowed Out
of the ground in autumn, gathered by
colored women hung up in punches tc
dry for month or two, and finally
packed in paper.lined barrels.
Japanese Cats.
Cat fanciers all agree that Japar
indeed is the country of curious fe
lines, and surely no example of thu
freak in the cat family Is more singu
lar tcat the tailless variety which
abounds in the Land of the Rising
Sun. For the most part the cats o
Japan are minus brush, although
they sometimes have tailbone unde
velOped and a small tuft of hair.
improvement in Cables.
A striking fact about copper Is tina
cable of to-day for submarine teleg
raphy will transmit twice as man!
messages as one made in 1858, du,
to the greater purity of the coppe
now employed Many metals are mos
susceptible to minute additions OF va
rious alloying demonstrating with
out them, ard crumbling easily wheI