The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-07-20
Work Done by Dancers.

Work Done by Dancers.
According to a German statistician,
each person in a quadrille dances a
mile and quarter. He gives the av.
erage distances in other dances as
follows: Pas de squire, S75 yards;
polka. $50 yards; mazurka, 1890
yards; waltz. 1900 yards.
Christianity and Cooking.
The British public has humor even
though 1t be unconscious. as the fol
lowing advertisement for cook
lady" in local paper, proves: Cook
wanted; no objection to a Christian.
provided she Is also good cook"
Bankruptcy In Russia.
The laws In Russia pertaining to
bankruptcy are very severe A mer.
chant in Russia can be declared bank.
rupt IL his liabilities exceed $772 and
he has not the ready cash to meet
them. He can be arrested. and his
retention depends on the good will OF
his creditors.
Profit in City Ownership.
Street railways owned by English
municipalities make handsome profits,
which materially reduce local taxes.
During the current year, It is esti-
mated Nottingham will clear $4,000
from this source Liverpool $123,0OO,
\
00O.
Descendant Of Mohammed.
A lineal descendant of Mohammed
lives the life of a small shopkeeper in
Cairo, Egypt The famous ancestry
of the tradesman Is familiar through.
out the city and insures good trade,
especially among the tourists. The
ship is very modest affair and the
stock in trade is not large.
Iron In Sand.
A curious sight on the coast of Java
Is a long stretch of shore, about
twenty-nine miles IN length. where
the sand is filled with particles of
magnetic iron. In some places it Is
said that the surface sand contains
80 per cent of iron. 1t can be smelt.
ed, and company has been formed
to exploit the deposits.
Invents New Food for Animals.
A German scientist has succeed ed,
by treating the cleansed vegetable
fibers of peat moss with the waste
molasses of beet sugar manufacture.
In producing a compound that serves
acceptably as food for domestic ami.
mails
The Homo Of the Tiger.
At recent meeting of the Zoologi.
cal Society in London Maj. Steward
expressed the opinion that tigers are
not Indigenous to India, but came there
from more northern regions. The old
Sanskrit language has name for the
lion, but none for the tiger.
Length Of Horses Lives.
A good authority on horses says
that the gray will live the longest
and that roans come next in order
Blacks seldom live to be over 20
and creams rarely exceed 10 or Is
years.
State Bank Aids the Poor.
Pawnbrol;ers and bankers in Russia
are suffering from the blows admins.
tered to them by the State bank. The
bank advances money on all kinds of
goods at an annual interest of Az per
cent.
African Diary.
The members of an African tribe
keep their individual records of acts
of prowess in war and other matters
of personal interest by means of tat
too marks. Preferably, the diary is
kept on the body of wife.
Yukon Navigation.
cording to a magazine devoted to
engineering. the Yukon river, which
is 2,400 miles in length, Is navigable
by steamer for over 1000 miles.
st. Paul's Whispering Gallery.
in the whispering gallery of st.
Pulls, London, the faintest sound is
fai thfully conveyed from one side to
the other of the dome, but is not
heard at any intermediate point.
Meat Produces Appendicitis.
In the religious communities where
the use of meat Is forbidden appen.
dicitls Is unknown