davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Newark journal., 1904-04-15
Appointment By the Governor.

Gov. Davis has appointed the fol-
lowing new members of the St.
Francis levee board: E. J. Badi-
nelli Of Wynne, to succeed Thomas
B. Smith, term expired. d. H.
Robertson of Chaighead county to
succeed J. C. Hawthorne of Jones'
boro, term expired. Hawthorne
was attorney for the board, and in
the last campaign was strong
anti-Davis man. J. F. Williamson
of Crittenden county, vice S. A.
Martin of Poindexter, term expired.
The Newark journal., 1904-04-15
Horseman Injured.

Ed Purcell, who has string Of
horses at the Essex Park track
near Hot Springs, and Jockey
Enos were injured in a runaway as
they were driving in from Law
renee. Their horse took fright and
overturned the buggy. Enos suf-
fered broken collarbone and a
badly sprained wrist. Purcell was
badly bruised and shaken up.
The Newark journal., 1904-04-15
Request From Mrs. Willis.

Mrs. Richard B. Willis, state his
torian, Arkansas Division, United
Daughters of the Confederacy, is
sending out the following circular
letter: ut being the duty of the
state historian, Arkansas division Of
the United Daughters of the Con-
federacY, to collect memorable Incl
dents of the war between the states
as Waged in Arkansas, a request is
hereby made that all available mat
ter, hitherto unpublished in any per-
manent form, be forwarded to my
address. Let US rescue from oblivion
the names and deeds Of the brave
men and women who bore the brunt
of the contest. The lips that relate
to our children stories of proves,
honor and achievement will soon be
hushed IN the silence of death. Let
US perpetuate the deeds though the
doors are passing away. 1t is also
our duty to examine the kind of
textbooks on American history used
in our schools and to avent the pos
sibility of garbled facts aud truths
omitted. Let Us not neglect this
duty"
The Newark journal., 1904-04-15
Long Runs Abolis he'd.

On April % the st. Louis and
Texarkana division of the railway
mail service on the Iron Mountain
railroad will be divided into two
parts. The northern division will
be known as the st. Louis and Lit
tie Rock division and the southern
division as the Little Rock and Tex
arkana division. There will be 107
clerks affected.
The Newark journal., 1904-04-15
Woman Prevents Panic.

The presence of mind Of Mrs.
Mabel Ford Kinney checked a pan
ic at Judsonia in Briggs hall dur
ing a recital given by her music
class. A large crowd filled the
hall. Near the end of the program
the curtain, while being lowered,
caught fire from the side lights and
in a moment was ablaze. Cries of
"Firer' caused alarm and excite
ment through the audience, but
prompt action quickly extinguished
the blaze before much damage was
done. The teacher, observing the
panic-stricken condition of the au-
dience, moved quickly to the piano,
which was within few feet Of the
fire, and with the touch of an ar
fist poured forth strains of music
that at once seemed to appeal to
the people and brought them back
to their seats, and the rest of the
program was given.
The Newark journal., 1904-04-15
Treasurer Tipton's Quarterly Report.

State Treasurer Tipton's report
for the quarter ending March 81,
shows a cash balance on hand Of
$690,900.45. During the period
mentioned insurance companies
paid in taxes SD ,096.23 and in fees
$1,000, total of S53.095.23. The
cash on hand is apportioned among
the following funds: General rev.
enues, $209,353.25 ; common school,
6,281.68; state capitol, 1885,
774.77; permanent school, Sill
538. swamp lands, $4,499.31 in
ternal improvement, $1,97E70; Con
federate pensions, So, SILT; sink
ing fund, $S3, 365.64; tax due com-
ties, $12,4l105; tax due cities,
S2f9.S3; penitentiary deposit,
$719.30; state school interest,
$636.80; direct tax, $419.93; uni
yersity endowment, $1,000; teach
ers' fund, 5000. During the quar-
ter the receipts for the capitol fund
were S14,253.33, and disbursements
were $4I456.01.
The Newark journal., 1904-04-15
Charged With Kidnapping.

Negroes at Texarkana are consid-
erably stirred up over the death of
a 13-year-old negro girl, and have
caused the arrest of Samuel Jeffer-
son. 1t is alleged Jefferson kid
mapped the girl about year ego,
and, Notwithstanding he had wife,
lived with her until her death.
The Newark journal., 1904-04-15
Not a Candidate.

In reply to resolution adopted
by the Crawford county democrat
ic convention endorsing Hon. D..
r. Francis for president, that gen.
tleman has written letter express
ing gratitude for the compliment,
but declares he is not an aspirant
for any office.
The Newark journal., 1904-04-15

McLoud, Ok, have suspended.
John D. Rockefeller has contrib
uted 100000 to John Hopkins in
stitute to replace several buildings
recently destroyed by fire.
Wire-tappers worked a pool room
at Knoxville, Tenn, out Of $500
by sending in the wrong horse as
the winner of race at Memphis.
\ In the recent municipal elections
in Nebraska the question Of high
license for the sale of liquor cut
quite a figure. A majority of the
towns voted for high license.
Gov. Beckham will be appealed
to to either pardon Caleb Powers,
under sentence TO be hanged for the
murder of the late Gov. Goebel, or
secure for him a new trial.
Queen Isabella of Spain, grand
mother of King Alfonso, died at
Paris April 8 Of influenza. The
deceased queen had lived in Paris
since her abdication in 1870.
Vim. Buchanan, president and
principal owner of the Louisiana
and Arkansas railroad, denies most
emphatieally the report emanating
from st. Louis that his road has
been acquired by the Frisco by
purchase.
The Russians have abandoned
Korea and retreated into Manchu-
ria, where they are trying to carry
out Gen. Kuropatkin's waiting pol
icy, compelling the japanese to be
the aggressors, and drawing them
farther inland.
A large portion of the business
action of Winona, Miss, was burn
ed ON the 9th. The fire started in
the Times printing office and over
500, 000 in property went up in
smoke before the flames were got
ten under control.
Henry Deeter, who demanded of
a wealthy planter of near MARSHAL
town, Ia, that $1,000 be left for
him at a certain spot under penalty
of death for failure to comply, was
shot and killed by an officer when
he appeared to get the money.
While seated at the supper table,
surrounded by her family, Mrs.
Clara Warrington of st. Louis
suddenly exclaimed that she was
tired of living and, drawing from
her bosom a morphine powder,
swallowed it. She died within an
hour.
j. c. Beatty and D. L. Beatty of
Fort Scott, kas., W. B. Sharp and
Z. d. Prather of Beaumont, Tex,
and D. r. Beatty of Galveston have
been indicted in federal court at
Houston charging fraudulent use of
the mails. All the men are promi-
nent oil land promoters.
Lizzie McCarty of Marion, Ind,
enjoys the distinction of having
been married seven times in nine
years, being divorced from her last
husband only a few days ago. Al
though SO muchly married, the wo-
man was never compelled to wear
widows weeds, the court relieving
her of her marital ties.
Roy Travis, aged IS, press
feeder for a Chicago firm, was as
saulted by Michael Boland, a strik-
er, when he drew a revolver and
shot Boland dead. The strike of
Franklin union pressfeeders in Chi
eago has been on several months.
As result two people have been
killed and hundreds crippled for
life in riots.
1t has been discovered that gross
corruption has been practiced in
Russian navy yards, where the new
battleships and cruisers intended to
strengthen the far eastern squadron
are being built 1t has been found
that the workingmen in the navy
yard have been putting only small
percentage of the necessary riyets in
the plates of the battleships, plug
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-04-06
DRILLING A ROCK.
Any Deviation Means u Broken w'Sss -
MANNED Hand.

For rhythmic and unerring surety OF
motion. commend me to three sturdy
fellows boring nole in piece Of rock.
Maybe you have never watched ledge
men drilling rock SO that you cannot
exactly realize the physical skip nee
cssary TO do this thing, the long prac-
tice of hand and eye required feS IT.
one man sits upon the rock which Ia
being drilled. ana holds with his hands
between his knees, the rill which IN
to pierce the rock. Two companions
stand above him and relcntlessly raise
and let fall their heavy hammers upon
the drills head. at hairs breadth
from his fingers.
A deviation of fraction OF an inch
would mean n broken wrist or
manned hand 10 this man. He does
not seem to Think OF II, or OF the pom
dcrous hammers rrashing through the
mir over his 'ery head. BEFORE each
stroke of the hammer d.sceDds he
turns the drill !, the hole. SO that the
stroke will not bear twice in the M me
place. for the hole mus, he bored round
in order to insert the dynamite stick.
The perfect accord. the perfect rhythm
of the motion q, The three has fas-
cinntion.
We're they machines these men could
not keep trlcter time in this upend-
ing turning of the drill under the cease
, less falling blows. IL Is music, rude
and prime NJ. If you will, but music
to an ear alive TO musical teiapO and
rhythm. who knows but II was this
harmony of sue essive falling blows
or measured repeated blows upon re-
sounding stone which first awoke pri-
meval man to the musical whine OF
sounds reiterated Mt sta ed and fixed
intervals? l thought these things as
| listened to the fawless tempo and
rhythm achieved by my three ledge
men. tempo and rhythm seldom at
tanned by modern "executants,' too
recklessly fond of the tempo rubato.
Thought these things and there was
no prehistoric gentlemen around to
rudcly contradict my surmisings on the
awakening of music in the prlmeval
soul.-Lowell Citizen. :.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-04-06
Will Help the Farmer.

There Is a bill introduced in Congress
by the Hon. Walter +. Brownlow, OF
Tennessee, and the Hon. Jacob II.
Gallinger, member OF the Senate from
New Hampshire. appropriatlng S24,-
100000 on the part of the National
Government as National aid in build
ing wagon roads. This money Is to
be appropriated among the States ac-
cording to their population, except that
no State shall receive less than $780,
900.
Each State receiving National aid
from the Government must add n like
amount to the sum received. This
will, therefore, cause the spending Of
S4S, 900 for roads and will build
from 5000 to 1000 miles Of splendid
road and will place in each State from
100 to 500 miles Of fine hard road
which will never be muddy, will not
be affected by frost or spring rains and
on which the farmer can haul the year
round. 1t will be great advantage
to those living near 1t, but It will be
a far greater advantage to the whole
country, because it will be wonderful
| object lesson and will prove to every
one that a good. hard road which can
be used the year round, no matter what
the rains are, is good and desirable
thing; 1t will make everyone who sees
| this road and who uses 1t want more
roads Just like 1t and 1t will cause
roads just like 1t to be built.
While under the Brownlow bill the
building OF 5000 to 1000 miles of splen
did road is a great thing, yet it seems
to many that the greatest advantage OF
this bill is a wonderful object lessor
| which 100 to 500 miles Of fine road viii
produce in every State OF the Union.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-04-06
sehoo,bo, ;. Composition on Dsss.


The following is sent to US by
teacher in one of our public schools
as composition submitted by q small
schoolboy on the subject Of Dogs
"A dog is an animal which has got
four feet. 1wo of them are In the
front and two in the back. They are
almost always tame and kind, but If
you tease one he will bite and q dog
bite Is poison like snake. Dogs can
live I'm any kind of country cold or hot
and they will eat anything even some
eat slOp in the alleys. They are very
smart thing ana are teached to do
much, some jumps through holes In
wood and some do funny things. Dogs
sleep much more in the daytime than
he does in the night as they have to
keep watch at night and not go to sleep
then. Most dogs have got hair but
some dogs have longer hair than other
ones, they have all color hairs to and
do not like to be clean. Dogs live to
| be older than a cat does, but do not
get gray when they do so, but die
different. Most dogs die from being
shot by policemen or smell gas and
then choke. They are named by peo-
pie after them" -Philadelphia Tele-
| graph.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-04-06
Decline Of the Goat Ind ustry.

"The goat industry in the United
States is on the wane," said X. @.
Beard, of Austin, Texas, to report
er. "a few years ago the Department
of Agriculture called attention to the
fact that 'ae United States was i'm
porting annually about S25,OOO,0OO in
goatskins. This information had an
immediate effect in the South and
West, and there was an Angora goat
boom, during which vast prices were
paid for genuine imported Bibles and
Nannies. But this fact had no appre-
cable effect upon the amount OF goat
skins imported. There were also com
paratively no American goatskins sold
The American Angora was beauti'
full goat, but he was too high bred for
his skin to be valuable for maaufac'
turing purposes. He also showed a
tendency TO goat diseases. The goat
industry has practically collapsed, and
very few farmers now attempt to raise
goats for profit" washington, Star.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-04-06
For the Farmer.

The National Government gives the
rivers and harbors some $30,0O0,00O q
year.
1t gives the cities great public build.
ings, postofiices, court houses, etc.
1t gives manufacturers protection by
the tariff.
1t gives the veterans and their fam
lilies 40,OOO,0O0 a year In pensions.
1t has loaned its credit to build rail.
ways and given them grants of mil
lions of acres OF land.
1t has, however, done but little for
the farmer and for agriculture.
The farmer is the backbone OF the
country; 1t is he who feeds the entire
population, and he Is no longer satisfied
with poor roads.
At last it seems as II the National
Government was going to do some.
thing for the farmer. A bill has been
introduced in Congress, called the
BrOwnlow bill, which appropriates
S24 900, 900 as National aid for the
building of roads. The farmer wants
this bill to pass, and he Is determined
that the National Government shall do
something for him, as well as for the
rest of its citizens.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-04-06
lRElAND'S ANIMALS.
There Are No Moles and No Snakes, Bu
Many varments Abound.

There Are No Moies and No Snakes, But
Many varments Abound.
It Is not correct to say that there
are no frogs or tOads in Ireland. though
1t Is very remarkable that the COM
mon toad is not found there. The nat.
terjack toad is native of Kerry,
though it does not appear to be found
elsewhere. 1t is an example OF the
mania which some people have for
meddling with nature that DIR. Gui.
theirs in 1899 took the trouble to
procure frogs spawn from England.
since which time they have multi
piled in Ireland. But the common
lizard is found in many parts Of the
island. The slowworm Is not.
Though the common toad, and until
recent times the frog, was not found
that the English reptiles and batrach-
ians are very local in their distribu-
ton. The natterjack toad Is only
found in certain counties. The edi-
BILE frog was formerly only found in
Foulmire Fen, in Cambridgeshire, and
the sand lizard Is most capriciOus In
the choice Of home. The 'beauti-
full green lacertae.' which Gilbert
White saw on the sunny banks near
Farnham, are to be found there STILL
the males being Of the green color; and
also near Bournemouth, and in Dorcet-
shire beyond Poole HarbOr. Yet there
are many suitable places where none
are seen, and then they reappear again
on some sand hills ON the coast of Ian.
cashlre, near Southport.
| On the other hand. the absence Of
many species in Ireland, which are, or
were, commonly found In the larger
island. can only be explained on the
supposition that they never reached the
country. Among these are the wild
cat, the polecat and the weasel. Yet
the marten was .lways plentiful on the
other side Of St. Georges Channel, and
stoats abound in the west. Five Of
the fourteen species of bat found in
England have rot been taken in Ire
land, neither Is the common shrew
found there o: the water shrew, or the
mole, though the last is found in An
gelsey.
Only six of the lfteen British rodents
are found In Ireland, and of these, one
the squirrel, was probably introduced
Neither is the roe deer indigenous
In support Of tho general theory that
the immigration of the English fauna
was difficult in the earlier periods, ant
subsequently checked altogether. may
be cited the ana 'ogous instance of the
Isle Of Man. There, as In Ireland
there are no moles. no snakes, no toads
london Spectator.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-04-06
The Useful Goat.

The Bulletin de Ia Societe dAccli-
matation. France, advocates the rebab-
iitatlon of goats. In France there are
only four goats to each person, In Italy
eight. in Germany ten, In Switzerland
fourteen. in Sweden and Norway eigh-
teen, in Spain twenty-three, in Algeria
100. and in Greece 40. In Switzer-
land, America and Mexico the number
of goats has increased Of late years.
In the United States the goat Ii valued
not only for it's milk, butter and cheese,
hut It's leather. The goat, in fact. il
taking the place Of sheep and cows In
some countries. Among the best
breeds are the Alpine varieties called
Saanen, TOggenbourg. Gruyere, and
chwartsshals of Switzerland and the
Zaraibe of Nubia, called the pearl or
goats. which is said to yield four
times more milk in proportion to the
size than our best cows.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-04-06
n IS TIME TO QUIT.
|. +, .;ne DO quit the urumblins.

\ time 10 quit the grumbnngs
time to take hopeful view,
xme 10 Dr. D the foolish notion
Thst the world is all askew;
mere are lots of blessings yet
mi tine world is booked 10 get,
And the good Lord in His mercy's saw.
ing some of them for you.
| IA Il time to quit the signing,
Time to look up with smile,
| Vor the good old worlds revolving
In the same old steady style;
Wicked people day by day
Close their eyes and pass away,
And there won't be any lefG here but the
righteous, after while.
n n time to quit the fretting
Over trihes that go wrong;
Think Of all the joys you're getting,
All the blessings, right along;
Don't sit down disheartened, sad,
Over small rebuffs you've had,
Fortune tries our spirits often, just to
make them good and strong.
Il Is time to quit believing
That there's nothing left 10 do
For the ones who'd be achieving;
Every day brings something new.
Don't give up the hope to rise,
Fair ahead the future lies,
And tomorrow may be bringing just the
needed chance for you.
Il IL time to quit the grieving
For the good old happy days;
n is time to quit believing
Men are sunk in sinful ways;
Still the morning may be bright,
Sill sweet dreams may come at night,
Fate has favors for the cheerful, but our
grumbling never pays.
IS. L. Riser, in the Wonan's Home Com
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-04-06

Within the last ten years the gen
eral dimensions of the ark have been
closely followed by cargo steamship
builders for deep sea and the American
Great Lakes service. According to the
Bible, the ark was 4S0 feet long. eighty
feet wide, and forty eight feet deep. Her
tonnage was lab, and she had enough
room for pairs Of all the distinct spe-
cies of animals that are classed by
Buffon-24i-and she could have ac-
commodated thousand persons and
then have plenty of room for the sto-
rage Of supplies. In the seventeenth
century Peter Jansen, Hollander,
built a vessel of the exact proportions
of the ark, and she was successful. as
the records of the times show, in max
ing money for her owners Noah. the
Father of Naval Architecture" is
held in profound respect by naval ar
chitects of to-day, who knows how
UNNECESSARILY the Phoenicians, Greeks
and Romans and all other shipbuilders
fell short OF the excellences OF the type
of the ark as commodlous, safe and
economical vessel.--Syren and Ship
ping.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-04-06
Couldn't Remember His Name.

II may have had a first name, but l
can't remember It," IL what Clerk Sal
monsoon, of the marriage license office,
says that ]. w. Rodgers, of Kanka'
kee, told him, when the latter applied
yesterday for a license to wed Miss
Emma Louise Moore.
"The only name ] ever knew any
thing about Is j. w." he continued.
THAT'S what l was always called by
my friends"
"Well, will you swear that your
names j. w" asked the clerk.
mo, but I will affirm it," replied
Rodgers, adding that he was too young
when he was chrstened to know what
name was bestowed on him,-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-04-06

In one of the chief matchmaking es.
adjustments In Zurich there is to be
seen remarkable curiosity In the way
of watch or clock making. The time.
piece is in the form of ball. which
moves imperceptibly down an inclined
surface, without rolling. The lehsth OF
this inclined surface, which IL sixteen
inches long. Is accomplished from top
to bottom in twenty.four hours. Then
the ball only needs lifting to the top
again. This extraordinary timepiece
has no spring. and therefore needs no
winding. The hands IRE kept in mo-
ton by the sliding along an inclined
plsne.-I,Ondon Globe.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-04-06

SACE> HE farmers are n class con.
I ~, Z servotlve in their views.
d o and slow to move. They
4 \ do their thinking first and
rON their talking afterwards.
For some reason the farmers of this
country have been reading aud think.
ing about road improvement aud the
best way TO secure that much desired
result. They have considered local
taxation and labor as the means of
building good roads, and have found
this long tried plan TO be failure ex.
cept In limited localities. They have
studied the State aid plan and have
observed the great advance made I'M
der 1t. Finally they have been study.
Ing the question of National aid and
! they appear to have concluded that at
Is the way they long have sought"
"The Grange" in its National meeting
at Rochester last November came out
with the following strong and uuequiv-
ocal declarations:
whereas, The United States Gov.
eminent has expended vast amounts Of
money in the improvement Of trans
portation facilities by river and harbor
appropriations, and has donated vast
tracts of valuable land In aid OF the
construction of railroads, therefore,
be 1t
Resolved, That the National Grange
fayors the Inauguration of n National
policy for the Improvement of high
ways, and the appropriation Ivy Con
gress of liberal amount TO establish
comprehensive system OF road i'm
provcment through the cooperation OF
the Federal and State governments
suggesting that the general features OF
what is termed the Brownlow bill en-
body the essential features OF sucl
policy.
Resolved. That we call upon al
State, Pomona and Subordinate
Oranges 10 take prompt and vigorous
action upon this important matter. ant
we hereby authorize the Legislative
, Committee of the National Grange Il
inaugurate and conduct an aggressiy,
campaign in securing Federal aid 70
improvement of highways. Also tina
our Legislative Committee be author
lied to gather all the information pos
sible regarding the road laws and th
systems of road building in the severn
: States, and that such information b
I published in such form as the con
mittee deems best"
These resolutions will set in motto
: vast force that moves irresistibly
i for 1t must be remembered that til
National Grange usually gets what
y goes after, whether 1t Is a State freigl
u law, the creation of a National Depar
: ment of Agriculture. or the passage {
& anoleomargarine bill. This is by II
u the most important endorsement Il
u Brownlow bill has yet received.