The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-27


Tigris river is so strong that the
British steamboats, running on It 9
sometimes can make no Roadway for {
hours, and are occasionally turned 6
around completely. s
Government Pays Low Wages. !
The British government continues =
to be denounced by the workers union !
for the low wages paid at government
work shops, shipyards. arsenals and
gun factories, but all denunciations
and resolutions seem to have no eff.
feet.
Has Wireless Station.
The Italian legation at Pekin has
been provided with a Marconi wire.
less telegraph station which enables
direct communication to be maintain
ed with the vessels of the Italian fleet
in Chinese waters.
Tempers Copper.
A youth of Buffalo says he has dis
covered a method for tempering cop
per-a long lost art. 1t is said that he
has conducted successful experiments
in temperlng copper under the obser-
walton of governmental naval experts.
Electric Railway Cost.
The cost of operating electric rail-
way trains is s per cent less than that
for steam trains of like seating capac
ity, as shown by the experience of
German railways.
Lighting by Alcohol.
Lighting by alcohol has two great
advantages over other kinds: It de.
velops less heat and does not poison
the air so quickly as 1t gives out less
carbonic acid.
Didn't Like His Face.
One Virgile Marry of Paris attacked
stranger with a knife because he
considered 1t Ian unfrIendly act for
man with such face to go about the
streets"
Korean Houses.
The average Korean lives in
matched cottage having three rooms
in a row. Two kitchen fire = at one
end and g nley at t. Jtner, the
fiue paSs.ne under the CONS warns
them.
Swiss Law Little Observed.
The killing of birds Is forbidden in
the Swiss Canton of Tessin, d last
year the rural police coniscated over
10000 traps and nets. Nevertheless,
the birds are offered for sale in the
markets with impunity.
Repack American Prunes.
Immense quantities of California
prunes are handled in Bordeaux.
which Is the center of the prune trade
Of the world and after being repacked
are re.exported to the United States.
NapoIeon's Furniture.
In the library of Hinchclere Castle,
Lord Camanon's residence in Hamp.
shore are the table and chairs which
Napoleon used when he signed his alb.
dication at Fontainebleau.
Artificial Eyes.
Artificial eyes were first used by the
Egyptians long before the Christian
era. Mummies have been found with
artificial optics. They were fashioned
Of gold, silver. copper or ivory.
Philosophy.
Philosophy is sword to fight
with, to conquer life with. III you lack
the heart to draw and WELD 1t, then
by all means discard II as useless
incumbrance, the assumption of which
only makes you ridiculous in the sight
of others.
The ideal Teacher.
The ideal teacher never nags or
scolds, says an authority. She says: |
"Cling to ne; will never leave you
or forsake YOU" The same might be |
said with equal truth of the ideal |
mother.
Grass Evaporates Water.
The amount of water given off by |
an acre of grass is estimated at thirty |
hogsheads a day. About 300 parts, by |
weight, of water pass through a plant |
to one part fixed and assimilated in
its tissues.
Money in Raising Snails.
A small farmer in Dion, France,
often clears as much as $1,000 per
annum from the sale of snails, which
he keeps in dry cellars or in trenches
under coverings of earth.
The Lovely Girls Of Lima.
Some noble Frenchmen have mar
ried Peruvian bellies both for love and
money. | think | have never met
loveler young beings than the girls
| from Lima.-London Truth.
Hummng Bird Flower.
There Is wild flower in Turkey
which is the exact floral image of
| humming bird. The breast is green,
| the wings are deem rose color the