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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-03
Kept Out Witches.

In England, up to comparatively re-
cent times, horseshoes we're extens'
lively used almost everywhere as anti
witch charms, and the custom is not
even yet an extinct one. No witch,
II used to be said, could enter build
Ing over the door of which a horse
shoe-or, better still, three horse
shoes-had been affixed, prongs
downward.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-03
AT THEATRE OF WAR.
Important Engagement Is lmpend'
ing at Shakhe River.

News from the theater of war in the
far east is still scant. The London
Morning Posts Shanghai correspond
ent reports that japanese have crossed
the frozen Shakhe river and that an
important engagement is impending.
he also asserts that the Port Arthur
garrison made 3 counterattack on
the besiegers the night OF November
13 and were driven back with heavy
losses. Neither of these reports Is
confirmed in dispatches to the other
morning newspapers.
According TO the Standards Toxic
correspondent, none Of the Russian
artillery at Port Arthur damages the
Japanese, except the big naval gunS
mounted on the batteries ashore.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-03
Democrats secede From Missouri.

Two hundred farmers of Dunklin
county, which lies in southeast Mis-
souri, on the northeastern boundary
Of Arkansas, have signed a petition
asking that the state legislature trans
Ter that body polite to the state OF
Arkansas. The sole reason given for
the desired transfer is that Missouri
Is now Republican in complexion. In
1900 the vote of Dunklin county for
Bryan was 2,711, and for Mckinley
considerably less than half that num-
Der. This year the county cast only
l,128 votes for Parker and S95 for
Roosevelt. In 1900 there were only
seventeen votes in Pemiscott county
for Mckinley.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-03
FORTY PAGES APART.
Japanese and Russian Soldiers Are
Almost In Touch.

'SSN ~
At Lindshinpu, Of which town the
northern half is in Russian hands and
the southern half is held by Japanese,
the trenches are 100 PAGES apart and
It is possible in the silence of the
night to distinguish the voices of the
Japanese, says a Mukden dispatch.
Sometimes the men on both sides
strike up a conversation, many of the
japanese speaking excellent Russian.
The soldiers good naturedly abuse one
another and pass invitations TO come
and take dinner or drink tea.
Often the Japanese tantalize the
Russians by showing them that they
have vodka to drink, and of which ths
Russians have none The Japanese
continually allowed the Russians to
gather fuel on neutral ground at Lind.
shinpu when they were unarmed. Then
they suddenly fired, killed two Rus
SLAMS and wounded one.
While the trenches are 40 PAGES
apart, the Russian and Japanese pick
cts are now only forty PAGES distant
from each other, but there is no firing.
One japanese sentry fell asleep at his
post and n Russian soldier left the
trenches, crept mp and stole his gun
and returned without awakening him.
The japanese at one time attempted TO
dig trenches fifteen PAGES away from
the Russians, but they were driven
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-03

lie sentiment, and permitted TO live
about as they please within buildings
constructed very much on the COM
munity plan for their accommodation.
AS one threads his way down the bed
of the Kedron beyond the well En-
Roget in the direction of the Jordan,
he has only to look upward to his left
TO see these wretched creatures sit
ting in the sun outside their squaiid
homes, or cultivating IN an hdiffer.
ent way the meager patches uf vege-
tables upon the hillside.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-03
pIsLockreD JAW LAUGHING.
st. Paul Girl Meets With a Queer
Accident.

Miss Nellie Slower, daughter of
Mrs. Kate r. Slower. of st. Paul,
laughed so heartily at a story told
by one of party of friends at her
home that she dislocated her jaw,
While the merriment was at its height
Miss Slower suddenly ceased laughing
and sat with her mouth wide open
and a panied expression on her face,
She could not close her mouth until a
surgeon was called, who reset the jaw.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-03
EA
He Felt Sick,

A small boy who accompanied his
mother TO church on a recent Sunday
grew pretty restless before the ser.
man was over. He finally crept up
close to her and whispered: Mamma,
mamma, feel sick" DO your" ask.
ed his mother, rather anxiously,
why. where or how do you feel
sick?" We'll" replied the youngstei
II feel homesick."
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-03

Jerusalem, where all manner OF refuse
and debris were beaped. to be burned
in those flames that suggested them
selves to our Lord az the fitting sym.
Dol of the quenchless fire; for the
Valley of the Sons of HinnOm is the
Gerben HinnOm or Gehcnna of Jesus
graphic words, Where the worm dies
not and the fire is not quenched"
Along the southern side opposite the
south of the present wall. runs a
series of rock tombs extending up to
the little patch of ground called Akel.
dana, additionally the field of
blood" associated with Judas blood
money and suicide. In this spot, on a
ledge of rock that oyerhangs the road
leading down 10 En- Roget and Mar
Saba, is a Greek monastery which is
built over the site of other ancient
tomDs which are still included within
its walls. Just beyond this spot across
the junction of the valleys there lies
the village of SLOAN on the sloping
sides of the Mount of Olives, or more
properly on that portion of the Mount
of Olives to the south called the
Mount of Ofense. This is supposed
to be the place where the ancient al.
tars to false gods were erected in the
times of Solomon and later kings
This village of Sloan Is a dirty. un.
kept settlement which sprawls on the
side of the hill and seems on the
point of sliding off into the valley be-
low. At its extreme southern end
there is a little settlement of lepers.
hnniehnd tn thiu rnmntn nninI hr nlnh.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-03
klna Was a Socialist.

AT one time King Peter of Servia
was a red,hot socialist. That was
while he was living comparatively
obscure life in France. He is believed
to be the first socialist TO mount a
throne. although It Is true that his Is,
not much of throue.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-03

amount of waste to clog and oYertax
the organs Of elimination. They take
regular breathing eX arcises. And they
do not take stimul4lts.
In sentence, more than any other
people on the earth, the Japanese keep
their bodies in such condition that
every nerve and muscle is in use all
the time, and so does not collapse
when a slight extra task is put upon II.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-03
MuTINY OF SAILORS.
Trouble In Russian Black Sea Fleet
Confirmed.

st. Petersburg, Nov. 26.-Confirma-
ton has. been received here OF the
statement made in a private telegram
from Sebastopol on November "a that
a portion OF the crews of the Black
sea feet mutinied on November %, UNI
der the influence of the revolutionary
propaganda, and that the trouble was
subsequently quelled by force of arms,
several of the mutineers being
wounded
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-03
RUSSIAN SAILORS MUTINY.
Crews Revolt Under Influence Of Rev
oIutionary Propaganda.

olutionary Propaganda.
According to a private telegram re-
ceived in st. Petersburg from sebas,
topol portion of the crews of the
Black sea fleet mutinied November 20
under the influence of the revolution,
airy propaganda.
The mutiny, It is added, was quelled
by force OF arms and several of the
mutineers were wounded.
No confirmation OF the report is OBJ.
taiHable at the admiralty.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-03

Birds Unable to Fly Backward.
Strange as II may appear. IL Is
tact that no bird possesses the power
20 hy backward.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-03
TRIED TO RUN BLOCKADE.

BrItIsH VesseI WITT supplies TOT Port
Arthur lie Captured.
The report that the steamer Tung,
chow, laden with 10000 tins OF meat,
was captured by the japanese while
trying to enter Port Arthur appears
TO be correct, The Tungchow was a
British vessel and belonged to Butter.
field and Swire Of Shanghai Last
Monday, when leaving Shanghai, she
was transferred at the last moment
to a man believed TO be acting for
the Russian government.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-03
Ask Your Druggist for Aliens oo,.ease.

81 tried ALIENS FOOT-EASE recent
", and have just bought another supply II
has cured my corns, and the hot, burning
and itching sensation in my feet which was
almost unbearable, and would not be with
out 1t ow.-Mrs. w. j Walker, Camden
N. ~ Sold by all Druggists, 200.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-03

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and came arain seeing uohn e.7N
Ahaz a the Pool Of suoam.
The water supply is now mcager
but If Tho pooIs wore kent in good
condition IL wouId he annie During
the reign of uezekiah this nool was
enclosed within the walls and nrob.
ably This is the spot referred TO in the
seventh chapter of Isaiah where
King Aba2. the predecessor of Heze.
kiah. Is reported To have gone with
some attendants IN insnect Tho ,yater
supply uf the city I'm view of the
probobIo siope IN which Il was soon
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-03

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative BrOmO Quinlne Tablets. All drug.
gists refund the money II It fails to cure. Il, W.
Groves signature Is on each box. $50.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-03

OF 100000 children ten years old,
s9,032 will be alive at twenty-five
years old and S1.243 will survive to
the age Of seventy-three.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-03
Where AdonIIah Toasted.

The Well En- Rogel just mentioned
is perhaps the Jobs Wall of Christian
tradition. and is near the illomened
spot where the feast of Adonijah took
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-03
Valley Of the Sons Of Hinnom.

The Valley of the Sons of Hinnom
is interesting for many reasons. II
was the ancient dumping ground of
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-03

Antiseptic Flanellette.
An English inventor claims to have
found process of making flanelletts
garments non-infiammable and at this
same time antlseptic.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-03
TEA

Is strength all?
If money is plenty, no.
Schilling's Best.
Good-enough.
Yam rrncar reinrns Ynnr nnncr II Won DOM III, IA
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-31
Mrs. Joseph n. Labreck.

Mary Agnes Wife of Joseph II. La
brock. died at the residence of Mrs
Lucy Labreck, corner Of Gannett and
/ Patterson streets, ut about 80 o'clock
! Wednesday morning. after Il long i'll
! ness. She WAS 30 years of age. and is
survived by her husband. her father.
Patrick Clancy. of this city, d brother,
Timothy J. Clancy of Brockton, Mass.
ana Il sister. Miss Nellie +. Clancy OF
! this city. Funeral services will be hell
| at st. Marys Catholic church. nj &c;
| Friday afternoon. Rev. G. w. Dohcrt,
| officiating. and the intcrmcEt Nill De
mafic in st. Mary'S cemetery.
i The death of Mrs. I.abreyk brin-,
F, sadness to many hearts among the
young people Of the city. by whom
! were cherished for her feelings Of
! warm friendship. She was woman we'll
/ known in Augusta. having been born
| in this city, educated i'll its schools, ana
making it her home through life. After
/ lea.ing school. she learned the COM
! positor's trade. and was employed for
q number Of years in the Journals
news department, both as a hand com
| positor and as an operator upon the
| linotype machines. ANA was Il most
! 1lltniul tlnpiCEe. skilled in her work.
and accurate. In June. 1901. she re-
! tired from the office. ANA on June 20
/ was united in marriage with Joseph II.
! Ltbreck of this city. Some time ago.
owing to failing health, she Was obliged
to give up housekeeping. and Since thai.
! time with her husband. had made her
! home with his mother.
Ii Ind long been known that there
| could be but one relief for her trouble.
| but she was the last to believe it, and
her courage and fortitude were re-
| markable. She maintained her spirits
to the last. and when the twilight came
il found her prepared ana ready to go.
sac WAS woman loved by all her
friends. and from those friends will 90
out heartfelt sympathy TO her relatives
| in their addiction.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-31

Francis W. w. Doe Of Halifax was
and testified. For 13 years have been
city engineer OF Halifax and Supern-
tcndent Of its water works. We use Il
scrapcr with cutting knives attached
which the pressure Of the water takes
through the pipes to clean them.
Water pipes ought to be- So cleaned
lftr" being in service 90 years. In that
Zinc We find a growth half an inch
thick or interior of pipes. Have ex
amined the samples Of pipes here and
find the cast iron pipes in good con-
diti0n. The wrought iron pipe is in good
condition for that kind of pipe. Under
the different conditions Of soil and water
pipe has different periods of efficiency.
These pipes would have to be twice
their present life before they would
need scrapng as We have to do it in
Halifax The first l. miles of pine we
clean by trat process cost 80 cents per
foot which includes al preliminary
preparation. The cost Of second
cleaning is much less. We do not use
This, process on pipes under inches in
diameter We have had pipe become
useless in so years. but our largest
mains are IS years old and are doing
good service. This pipe was made he
fore the time Of coated pipe which lasts
longer. Should say the usefulness of
the Augusta pipe. as shown by these
samnlcs. as very little impaired" On
cross examination by Mr.. Heath: This
scraping machine will not go around
Z m
sharp. Two manholes would have to
be built at that point, one on each side
of the angle. There has to be a
different machine for each size of pipe.
rnanhoIe would have to be made
wherever the size OF the pipe changes.
Have not looked this system over to
SEQ how. much new construction would
be required to use the scraper. This
device has been tried in Boston and
st. John. as we'll as in Halifax. Coated
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Gl-H p.pN
Sl.l-,o-S

There is also tn" 20-inch pipe ut the
dam. the 10-inch main across the
bridge. and other specials. valves cast
ings ani extras bringing the total
value Of the east iron pipe to $l59 061
and IF the wrought iron pipe to S9.3i2
find 1912 cubic yards of rock exca-
walton OF the Togus line which place
at g per yard. There were 1861 cubic
yards of rock excavation in the
trenches through the city which 7
estimate at s6 per yard. Total cost of
rock excavation. S13,46a. find 124
hydrants which I estimate 1T So each.
or $4,%S1 in all. Allow ; per cent
depreciation on these. There are gates
and valves which l estimate at $4332
The Sate-boxes and attachments could
be replaced for 81. i61. The special cast
inss weigh about 40 tons worth 81, -
The filter plant is in excellent condition,
hut rs a filter it is not of much con-
sequence. | put Il depreciation of -
per cent. on this. All :hc buildings of
the company with builders profit added
and allowing for depreciation are now
worth in my opinion s9,410. Have al
lowed % per cent depreciation on build
ings as a whole. Think the filter vas
suitable for its purposes when put in.
as filtration was then understood. The
reservoir rs in excellent condition.
Such structures settle and improve with
age. It's capacity Of about 100000
gallons is ample for distributing
reservoir for a city Of this size 7 esti-
mate it's present replacement value at
s3f3S2. ] allow no depreciation on this.
The total value of the pumping
machinery at the present time is
S30.7S1"
Mr.. Allen was still on the stand at
the opening of the afternoon session:
The stand pipe at Togus is So feet in
diameter and As feet high and with the
foundation, etc, is worth now s7251.
This makes recapitulation of the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-31
present value of the parts of the ply
seal ulanr here as follows

| This total does not include the sell
vices in the system. nor does it include
:ha company's real estate. rights OF
WAY or material on hand
On cross-eXamination by Mr.. Heath:
Know nothing of the system of clean
ing pipes explained by Mr.. Doe. Spene
about two weeks examining this plant
and making up my tables of values.
My prices for iron pipes was taken
from those prevailing. last July. To
build such a system in this climate. 4
contractor would want to begin as
early as possible. Think the price of
pipe kept advancing through last sea-
son. 1t is Sc or s. a ton lower now than
last July. Have seen the interior of no
pipe except these samples in court
Cannot judge the interior by the exte-
rior. Value of pipe depends largely on
interior conditions. Some water has diff
ferent effect on pipes. The Gardiner
water is better for pipes than this wa
ter. 1t is cleaner. The ; per cent depre-
ciation in condition of pipe is matter
of Judgment. This depreciation is large
~ taken care of by repairs. OF course
the plant must wear out sometime. The
Z-inch pipe here seems 10 be in good
condition. but in general that size of
pipe is of short life. There were many
extra expenses in laying the 20-inch
conduct from the pumping station to
the crib in ;he river. | estimated rock
excavation at Gardiner at s. per yard
and 81 FER yard at Waterville The
difference is in the character of rock.
Did not have in mind any difference in
price OF LABOR between 1886 and present
time. All my figures are based on
standard construction. Migrants were
higher in 1903 than in 1902. Allowed So
each for setting hydrants. Have fig
urea iron by the short tons as is now
the general way, though the long ton
was used until few years ago. The
filter does little more than screen the
water. There has been much advance
in filtration in recent years This filter
does not purify water in any sanitary
sense. Understand that rock excava-
ton at reservoir was ledge work. not
bculders. Did not hear Mr.. Cummings
testify that only boulders were found
there Would not change figures on
that account. In matter of clay pud-
die the cost would depend largely on
teh length Of haul. The reservoir can
safely be filed in summer to within
two feet Of top and not near than five
in winter Think it is of ample size
Understand daily consumption here to
be about 100000 gallons. Cannot say
what capacity of reservoir would be
filled to within five feet of top. If there
could be no pumping for a week or even
for three days. the reservoir is not large
enough. In city like this where wa
ter has to be lifted to reservoir. the
system might seriously be crippled by
breaking Of pump, burning of pumping
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WHITMAN & ADAMS CO., Augusta, Me.

station, or Of back water on the dam.
With Togus ana the Insane hospital
looking out for themselves, the reser-
Noir would not hold more than four
days supply for rest of system in win
ter. | think the pipes in this system
are deep enough. They ought to he
covered five feet deep when there Is
danger of freezing. Estimated value of
hydrants at Dover is $2S set in place.
Have been a witness for water COM
paries III 10 or l. cases and once for 4
municipality in the case of Falmound,
Mass. At Gardiner l testified that the
reservoir WAS practically permanent
structure. DID not know it had burst
within the past 10 days. Collected toD
Think cast iron pipe delivered here
now would be about SIS per ton. over
1000 tons We're used here of pipe six
inches or larger"
On redirect examination by Mr.. Ba-
ker: Labor on water works is 10 or
- per cent. higher now than in 1856.
The dam here is capable of producing
about 11.0o0 horse power. / understand
about 1000 horsepower is now used
here
On re-cross-eXamination My fig
urcs for increase in cost of labor are
for laying the pipes. The 1000 horse
power ] spoke of would be for the four
months of heaviest rainfall. On the 9TH
or months the power would vary from
II, 900 to $500 or less. The difference, if
ll,0GO horse power We're used would
have to be made up by steam power
The log driving here wastes much wa
ter. The value of Il dam commercials
is not of necessity measured by the
lowest water. Without any steam plant
there is now about 1890 horse power
practically available at this dam
through the whole year. Have not
made study Of the valuation of the
water power here"
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THE CLIPPING OF HORSES.
Beloved to be Best Mode Of Getting Rid
Of Their Winter Coats.

It has always been question
whether or not the clipping of horses
| resulted in the subsequent cOarsening
of the hair. Some hOrSemen declare
enphaticaily that such is the case,
while others are equally as emphatic IN
their assertions to the contrary. Just
now the horse clippers are exceedingly
busy, as many people prefer to get rid
of the winter coats on their horses in
this manner rather than to have the
loose hair fly in their faces through the
spring months.
Probably no man in central Maine
has clipped more horses than G. ii.
ChiSam. OF this city. whose stable ad
joins the Hartford House. Mr.. Chsam
uses clipper operated by Il small pow
or. and is an artist ut the business, be
ing able To do his work with great ra-
pidity. The horses. which are clipped.
are rendered much more comfortable
during the operation than would other
Wise be possible. In conversation with
Il Journal man. Mr. ChiSam expressed
the emphatic opinion that the clipping
of horses made no difference whatever
with the character of the new coat,
when it grew out. He said that the old
hair was all loose. and the new hair
had not grown sufficiently TO be inter-
fered with by the operation. He said
he had had many years experience in
the work. and had never yet known any
change TO be brought about in the
| character of a horses coat, as a result
! of clipping. He also expressed the be-
lief that this clipping was the best way
to get lid of a heavy winter coat in the
spring months and that it added ma
terially to the comfort of the horse.
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LETTER TO F. L. HERSEY.
Augusta. Maine.

Dear Sir: Would you rather have
your customers speak OF your shoes nc
wearing |cll. as not rum NC Gown a+
the heel. as turning water, ana takinr
a shine: or Wag their heads and sav
nothing?
We'd rather have ours. ut long inter-
walls. say: We Want some more paint
and We want Devoe." We know it ISM
in human nature TO paint very often.
we don't expect them to come very
often: don't want EN- to. All va want
is to paint what they have 10 p.int
whenever they paint it: the longer the
time, the surer they are to come back
There's business enough in the world.
there are houses enough to paint: Ies
EN- take their time.
If we were a shoemaker. wed mako
shoes to last half Il lifetime. and shoa
he whole town. Yours truly
F. w. DEVOE & Co
p. S. ]. II. Cogan x Co. sell our paint
A.