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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-31
CONCLUDED FROM LAST WEEK

On the highway to the town Weary met a great many people, because he had to beg food at the back doors of houses along the way and, seeing that he was a well-bred dog and possessed of great courage, many people took a fancy to Weary and many woull have taken him in had not Weary made a discovery.
 .I do believe" said Weary, after he had refused several offers of a home, That there are q lot of people in this world whom could not like, and it would make living just as uncomfortable for me not to like them as It would for them not to like me"
 So at every house Weary had merely eaten tie food that was given him and had then taken 10 his legs down The road to town And it was well for Weary Waggles that hls legs could he taken to so readily and so quickly, for many people liked him so much that they wanted 10 shut him up and when they saw that Weary was bent on picking his own master they underwent sudden change of feelings and hurled stones and sticks after his fleeing form. And Weary continued 10 run along the road to town and, as he ran, he sometimes talked to himself.
 'I have eonc.uded," said he, that two people cannot always be happy together unless each loves the other very much, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-31
WAS THIS GANDER
 A GOOSE?
BY RALPH WILBUR.

Well, perhaps he was. Yet he tried so hard to be something else that persons who knew him came, to think that he almost succeeded, and was not as big goose as he looked.
 As ;. sosling he was presented to little fel- low who liked pets and the goslng finding It out followed him about tuss Ike dog. there being no other geese on tSe place No, I won't say that; mean there was not an. othe- goose that wore feathers all the time, and when they passed the kitchen door the little boy in front and Jim, the gander, fol lowing closely in his steps, Aunt Sally would hold up her hands and exclaim :-"Bress good ness an gracious ef I eber see such pair in all my borned days!" But she did not mean this exactly, either. for what ever else little Ed was. he certainly was not a goose.
 Well. when he was fully grown and the boy went to school every day. Jim looked about for a chance to be useful and it came when hen that had . flock of young chickens died Here was his chasee. He adopted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-31

I certainly will not begin a new home life until find somebody to love me for my own self and whcm I also love. I'd rather be q tramp than again live In a house under the McGnty state of affairs"
 You may think that Weary stood a good chance of running for a long time, since, be- sides thinking IS he did, he was fast becom- ing trayel-worn and covered with mud. And Weary did run for long time. All that day he busied himself in putting additional miles of the long dusty road between himself and the McGinties and the host of changeable people who first loved him and then stoned him..
 At dark Weary crept Into aN cornfield to spen the night and settled down beside great big pumpkin because il looked so warm and yellow In the moonlight.
 "How far Is it to town?" said Weary as he curled himself beside the pumpkin.
 T don't know. answered the pumpkin.
 "But you ought to know,n said Weary, "You He right by the road all day long and you must have heard somebody mention the distance"
 "I never listen to what people have to say any more," said the pumpkin gumly, 'I heard all that l ever want to hear while ngo l have trouble it home"
 And then Weary recollected that he had once heard the MeGinty children say that q woman named Mother Goose had once told them ihat Peter Pumpkin had had trouble with hls wife aud had shut her in pumpkin shell.
 "l have heard of you," said Weary, "and l don't like the way yon treated your wife. Nobody shou be shut up."
 My wife. sad the pumpkin; "I have no wife. That is not my trouble The boys are going fo make T Jack O Lantern out of mel Tha Is my tranh,ef
 
 "Oh, my.' said Weary, nearly everybody seems 10 have some kind of trouble It is too bad you haven't legs l had troubles. too but took legs against my troubles and, by running. ended them Now am happy" Then they both went to sleep.
 With the first peep of the sun over the hill.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-31

Intent of running him down. Nimbly he hoped to one side, and 10 show the beauti- full little girl that he was possessed of great courage and great agility, as the hoop went whlring by Weary sprang right through 1t as swiftly and as true as an arrow from the bow
 Then was the wondrous fair little girl lost In admiration and she loved poor Weary right on the spot. She patted his head and hugged his muddy little body close to her snow white dress, and she did not mind his dusty little feet as they paved her, or his wet little tongue as he licked her hand. Oh, no, for she loved him and she told him that she loved him and that she was going to take h i'm home to live with her and to be her playmate.
 But as she was talking cloud came over her face.
 "Oh, dear" she said, "what will papa say?" and rather doubtfully she gathered up her hoop and, calling to Weary 10 follow, made for home
 They soon stopped before fine white stone and red brick house, and Weary's friend rang the bell. The door was opened by Q colored woman who had jolly round face and large smile.
 "Fo' de lub ob de Lawd, Dana chile, where you get dat hedgehog dogT' said she
 "Oh, Cleo, am going to ask papa if can keep him." said Dana. Isn't he lovely7"
 "Lubly?" said Cleo, rolling her eyes sky ward and throwing up her hands, while Weary's heart sank within him, you cer- tanly has de queerest Idea ob de blessed quality ob holiness. chile. calls dat dog a muddy dog. Elf he's lnby, It's buried go deep down dat nobody but hlsself knows it. You pa down In the stable"
 Danas papa laughed heartily as he saw them coming for Weary was so afraid that he was going to lose Dana that he stepped on her heels at almost every step, ana every time Dana felt his little feet against her she had 10 stoop and pat his head and assure him that she would never give him up.
 well, Dana," said papa, what do you call that?"
 "Oh, papa" said Dana. "he Is the clever
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-31
HE WAS WILLING TO JUDGE.

Bobby was visiting at his Aunt Martha's and when he was asked at the dinner able whlcn kind of pie he liked best, apple, mince or pumpkin. he replied, after thinking 1t over few nom ents:-
 T don't know exactly, Auntle. guess you had better give me piece of each so that can find outli'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-31
NoNAME.

Lell me this, now what am I? Without me you all would die, Statesman. philosopher and dnnce- lam everywhere at once; In the forest, on the plain, In the house and on the. train. Yet you never saw me-though I'm h all the winds that blow; While you live you cannot Dc Half . minute without me; l have neither form nor feet. Yet than clouds I m move hest,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-31
WHAT DOES THIS SIGN SAY?

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-31
As bad as he could be, And said, ''one-half Is for my twin, "he other half for me-
SALLY JUN.

SALLY JUN. Dear Sally Lun, dear Sally Lun, l love you better than biscuit or bun! You rise In the morning before am up. T. But never appear till we're ready to sup Yet what you are doing the rest of the dag l never conld get any body to say- Bu', chi when I Iput you to bed it's no fun On very full stomach, ny swess Sally LnG
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-31

There was little boy l knew
 Who cried to have q twin Why. If you had" his father said,
 au two would make din Just twice as great as you make now, And be just twice as bsd.'' Thus Spake his father. but he soon
 Regretted that he had. Tor after thaf his con was, oh!
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09

tic mash notes, he sees to It, any
way, that he gets mash notes all right.
He times them so that they reach the
theater during rehearsal. The manager
every afternoon brings them to him
half dozen pink and blue and cream
envelopes. smelling OF violet and or.
ris. He takes them with guffaw,
reads them, passes them around.
Every one pretends to be amused at
their silly contents. but the minute
the actors back Is turned the murmur
passes back and forth: They're fakes.
He wrote them himself. He spends two
hours a day writing himself mash
notes. To tell the truth this actor gets
number Of authentic mash notes, but
nobody believes it. II is thought that
every note is fake"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09
THEY MADE IT TRUE.
Queer Marriage Proposal Accepted by
Lady Duff Gordon.


A quaint story is told of the man.
uer In which the late Lady Dun Cor.
don was proposed for by her husband.
When she was a young girl she was
thrown much into the company OF
Sir Alexander Duff Gordon, and peo-
Ole began to gossip about them.
DO you know people say we are
GO4ng to be married? Sir Alexander
said to her one day.
Indignant that he should mention
NE matter so bluntly, she burst out
With hot retort. but he checked her.
Shall we make It true?" he asked.
She forgot her indignation and shy.
" answered Yes"
Lady Duff Gordon lived q great part
81 her life In Egypt, and was loved
~ the natives more than any other
EDeiishwoman has been before and
since. She was very beautiful, and q
workable Helen of Troy in her power
over the hearts of men. When she
was gray.haired grandmother a
young Arab sheikh begged her to di.
vorce her husband and marry him.
telling her that she was "a woman for
whom men killed each other or them.
selves"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09

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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09
Write Notes to Themselves.

I Actors are great hands to write
mash notes to themselves" said a
sthge manager. "The leading young
mon. you see-the heroes that marry
the beautiful girls-are supposed to
attract to the theater myrlads OF young
women. They draw big pay on this &C
eOunt, their friends talk seriously Of
the powerful. almost hypnotic infiu-
ences that they exert on romantic fe-
males. This power Is the stock in
trade Of the actor who travels on his
Beauty instead Of on his art, and he
must always have tangible proof of
L. So II the young women don't come
up each mail with bunch of authen
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09

None but the most indolent can re-
strain q deep sense Of admiration for
such sturdy and energetic characters
as the vigorous old lady mentioned in
the following anecdote:
IT recall an amusing Incident in
Brooklyn" says DR.. Dixon of Boston.
who has class in New Testament
Greek in his Sunday school. IAN old
lady of 20 presented herself one day as
a member of the class, and to my in
quiry If she intended 10 rub up hcr
Greek she replied, Rub up nothing. I
don't know the alphabet. But you
said the other day that Cato learned
Greek at so. and what u man can do at
80, a woman certainly can do at TO.
And she did"
That spirit of determination which
never fails to win success shows forth
in every word of her brief reply, and
one hardly needs the added statement
that she accomplished her purpose.
Such people are the mainsprings Of
progress.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09
Sanctuary for Homeless cats.

To the Church of San Lorenzo. the
Oldest In Florence, belongs a unique
distinction among Christian places Of
worship, in that the cloisters attached
to 1t are an asylum for homeless cats.
A kitten left in early life without Wis
ible means Of support may find in the
church and orphan asylum, while
many an old Thomas. weary OF disas.
trous chances, moving accidents. and
hairbreadth escapes, has sought its
retirement as home for the aged.
where he might i've out the residue of
his nine lives in peace and quietude
How the strange custom, now genera
lions old, originated Is not known. but
1t appears to have become fixed. for
the cats of San Lorenzo are hardly less
we'll known than the pigeons OF ST.
Mark.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09
One Was Waverinq.

Rt. Rev. Joseph II. Johnson, whose
fund Of good stories seems never to
diminish, tells an anecdote about the
young hopeful of United States sena-
tor.
1t was on the occasion of the visit
of the religious census-taker that this
seven-year-old distinguished himself.
His parents were absent and the child
presented himself saying he was per-
fectly competent to answer any ques'
tions. When informed of the census
takers business, he answered thus:
"Well-my father is a Unitarian:
my mother is Episcopalian. ! am a
Episcopalian, but Francis, "-indicat-
ing a pettlcoated. fiveyear-old broth
er-"Francis is wavering."
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09
And He Did.

A story is told of high Indian on
Ger who was in the habit of soundiy
thrashing his servants when they dis
pleased him. One day he ordered his
khansamah to go to a summer-house
in the compound and wait for him
there, present turning up with a heavy
horsewhip. He then addressed the
oAender:
Now, you scoundrel. I've got you
in a place where no one can hear, and
I'll Just thrash you within an inch Of
your life"
The servant, though a man OF pow
erful physique, squirmed, native-like.
"San, you sure no one can hear?"
Eyes, you scoundrel. I've brought
you here on purpose"
"Then, sab. think I thrash you"
and he did It so thoroughly that his
master was not visible for a week.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09

Fire ordinances are by no means
modern or even complicated, at least
In proportion to the new inventions
and causes, electric lights and other
elaborate and intlammable fixtures,
and to the various inventions and
methods of prevention, Nearly hun
dred years ago there were ordinances
Az numerous and as long for the pre-.
yention and extinction of fires. In 1915
Detroit had an elaborate fire ordi.
nance, 1t ordered every householder
to provide pair of water buckets and
wooden vessel holding twenty or
twenty-five gallons, with two loops
strongly attached thereto" which
we're always to be kept full of water
ia a place where II could not be fSo2on
and to have lever or pole of sufii.
Gent weight and strength to sustain
said vessel. To each chimney of his
house he must attach a substantial
ladder, to be fastened to the roof, and
another ladder long enough to com
municate with the first.
Every male person capable of giving
assistance must, on an alarm of fire
sepair to the scene, carrying one OF
more Of such vessels, and obey the
orders Of one of the trustees. Twelve
bouseholders appointed by the board
OF trustees were to provide themselves
each with "a good Telling ak" and re
pair TO the place of the fire. Six Others
wore TO be provided by the corpora
ton with three battering rams, to b,
used at fires. There were also twenty
four TO be provided with fire hooks.
Every shopkeeper must provide him
self with two or three bushel baG
with which to beat out the fire.
Toy neglectirg to provide these var
0vA implements a fine Of s. was in
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09
A DOUBTFUL VICTORY
Dy GERTRUDE A. HOLMAN
Copyrqated 1908 BY The Auliors Publishing Company

..eA.aii, Haltng for a car, wondered
someNh hat anxiously II he should find
Miss KinsClving at home Everyone
appeared to be out enjoying the first
spring weather; the sidewalks were
thronged and bicycles and automo-
biles darted audaciously among Sc
dater vehicles. As he boarded his car
Kendall glanced up Arapahoe street:
the spire of st. Elizabeth's pointed to
lawless azure, but creeping up behind
the Rockies he noted a rim OF gray.
Three hours later he stood again by
the Mining Exchange; lights shone
bluely through whirlng snowliakes.
disgruntled chaffeurs urged wheeling
autos" over slippery streets. and
grumbling. shivering men and women
hurried to catch outgoing cars.
Kendall. aglow with happiness.
braced himself against the storm as a
young god might. He had found Miss
Kinsolving at home; he had found her
In her prettiest gown and most charm.
ing mood. When he plead, for the
hundredth time perhaps, that she say
when she would marry him. she had
rot put him off, but had set an early
date. And now he was trying to de.
wise an excuse for calling again that
evening.
His car came, but he could not enter
till q determined, storm buffeted wom-
an had superintendsd the loading OF
her wheel.
Kendall was fastieious-dnical.h his
friends called him. A lady perched on
a bicycle or steering horseless car
rage through crowded streets offend
ed his sense Of fitness. He recalled
the effort It had cost him to prevail
upon Miss Kinsolving to corfine her.
self to old.fashioned means of iocomo'
ton and smiled contentedly.
That" he unused, was the begin.
ming of my success; until then our en-.
gagement even was a flimsy affair; II
had never proved myself the more
determined, Marion never would have
been ready to marry me-"
The thin man sitting opposite Ken.
une and addressed his portly wife:
Here's storyctte by local writer.
Marion Kinsolving," he observed.
1.-THE paper gives her pun; says 1t Is
a distinctly clever study Of emotions.
II isn't true to life; the man wins the
game; his sweetheart determines to
have an automobile, and he dissuades
her."
Kendall was interested; Marion, he
knew, was mildly literary; had she
/ made copy of him?
He opened the Tribune hastily wher
he reached home. The "clever study
was photograph. Kendall scarcel,
read; he lived again the scene. Whcr
he reached the point where Marion
figuring as Miriam Kingsley, advised
him IN biting tones to seek a sweet
heart with ideas as ultra as his own
Kendall felt his jaw setting into bit
ter, disappointed lines; but when, II
the next sentence, George Wendells
Jaw did likewise, he was angry enough
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09
HAIRY ANUS OF JAPAN,
Aboriginal Race Low In the Scale OF
Mankind

mdUNlVu.
In the northern island of the Japan.
csc group live the Ainu, the hairy alb
origines of Japan. The men are OF
low stature, thick set, full-bearded.
with bushy black hair. muscular in
frame ami limbs and with large hands
and feet. They have no alphabet, no
writings of any kind. Their dwellings
are made of poles covered over with
thick straw mats, with matched roofs.
the windows and doors being holes
covered with the same materials. The
earth beaten down hard forms the
floor. The fireplace with its pot-hooks
occupies the center; there being no
chimney. the interior walls become
thickly vanished with creosote, dense
ly packed with flakes of carbon or fes-
tooned with masses OF SCOT. The Ainp
dress consists OF an upper and lower
garment, having tight sleeves and
reaching to the knees; they also wear
straw leggins and straw shoes. Their
hair, which Is astonlshingly thick, liz
clipped short in front and falls In
masses down the back and sides of the
shoulders. The beard and mustaches
are allowed to grow to their full
length, sometimes reaching eighteen
inches. The women are of about the
same stature and build, and most OF
them IRE very ugly-looling. This
arises from the fact that they tattoo
wide baud of dirty blue around their
lips, tapering upward on each side
to q point, and they also tattoo geo.
metrical figures on their hands and
forearms.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09
VERY EASY FOR HER.
Problem Presented No Difficulties to
This Woman.

This Woman.
A "woman's reason" with all its ira.
ditional lack of logic, came out in an
amusing fashion at recent dinner
party in Brooklyn.
In the course of the evening the con-
versation drlfted around to those odd
little mathematical bits of the How
old.is.Ann variety, when one Of the
company, with explanations that the
next problem would not be very
difficult one, questioned as follows:
III bottle and a cork together cost
81 10, and the bottle cost dollar more
than the cork, how much did the cork
COST"
Almost instantly one Of the ladies
was ready with the answer:
"Why. the cork cost five cents and
the bottle $1.05. That's too easy"
The lady's husband, familiar through
years Of experience with her woeful
lack Of skill in figures. looked up In
establishment
"Heavens!" he exclaimed. How did
| you come to get that so soon?"
"Why. my dear was the reply
"corks always cost five cents. dom
they?"--New York Times.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09

posed; for neglect of duty at the fires,
fine of $40.
The present habit Of dlsregardIng
fire ordinances would seem to be an
Inherited one. But at least this can.
not be said Of the failure TO enforce
the ordinances, The record shows
that at least once a week there was
some complaint of noncompliance. An
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-03-09

entire session, July 2, 1921, was taken
up with this business. Nearly forty
delinQuents were fined from rs cents
to SIPS tor being deficient ono or
more ladders having ladders in bad
condition lack of bags or bucket, or
for not having their names on n EN-.
All would seem to have Como TO TIA
fires. for no fines are recorded.