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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-15
Driving Screw piles.

A test has been made in driving a
screw pile of the design used to sup
port the cast iron lining of the Penn
sylvania Railroads tunnel under the
hudson River. These piles. which are
hollow and are feet inches in diam
eter on the outside, with a she'll thick
ness OF L. inches and a screw IA
ihcnes wide outside of this, were de-
scrioed and illustrated in detail in the
railway and Engineering Review of
december IL, 1903. In the experiment
,elerreo TO hfteen sections of the hol
low pile were bolted together with a
screw point in position, making a pile
Ioo leet long and weighing thirty-one
anu nan tons. The pile was screwed
with this mechanism forty comnIste
revolutions. penetrating to a depth of
thirty-hve feet. The pitch of the screw
point OF the pile was twelve inches
Inc maximum distance which the niie
was driven for one turn was 14.4 inch
es ana the minimum distance "a incb.
es, After the fortieth revolution The
Pile refused to revolve under a tmrnins :.
movement of 4S9,SOO foot pounds,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-15
The Terrible Cossack of Your Imagination and Reality

termine the constituents. When heat
ed alone 1t gives off 3.5 cubic cent?
meters OF helium per gramme. When
FUSED with hydrogen potassium sui
phate the amount Is increased to 9.5
cubic centimeters. From this source
ne has already stored about ~ cubic
Feet OF pure helium. The mineral con-
tains but to IL per cent of uranium
much less than was expected. Frac-
donation shows that the oxalate pre-
cipitate gives equivalents between 25
TO al. BY far the major part of the
material has the aforementioned equiv
alent. This would indicate the pres
ence of tetrad element. with an equiv
aient approaching AT. and for this
mere is gap IN the periodic table be-
tween cerium and thorium. One at
least of the elements present probably
would have an atomic weight of about
III, preceding tantalum in the horizon
tai row of the periodic table. The
author Is at present mapping out the
spectrum OF these new bodies.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-10
Christmas Presents.

The gift without the giver is bare.
Many of us are interested in making
gifts to those whom we owe some
thing or to those in whom we have
great expectations, y and with many
of us our Christmas giving exceeds due
bounds, we run TO such extremes that
the Christmas season has gradually
degencrated into thing of dread, the
only redeeming feature being that it
comes but once year. In this mat
ter of making presents, each person
must be law unto self: the scale of
giving should be adjusted in accord
ancc with our means. 1t is the wise
woman that decides how much she can
afford to spend for gifts for her friends
ans then refuses to go beyond the linn
it that would intrench upon that
which should be devoted to other pur-
poses. To refuse to do as our neigh
Dor requires courage, but often the
neighbor would be glad TO follow our
example If we would only be brave
enough to do what we know is right
and thus prevent Christmas givin
from being crushed out of existence
by its own excessive weight. There
is bleSsedneSS in giving which we dc
not want TO be lost. Our readers have
sincere friends to whom by some out
ward expression they wish to revea
their love, and with care, thought, la
Dor and small means we can accom-
plish much. 1t is the little things tina
do not require much money which be
speak our loving care for our friend
and to be especially thought of anC
planned for, will touch the heart ant
call forth such responsive affection
| that Inappropriate presents pa, urea
value can never do. Let us gl,r .get
ly Of kind, loving and encouragn,
words; and let every gift be sent on
freighted with love and good will; /
this be withheld our presents will b.
but mOckcry of the great love which
came to the world on Christmas Day
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-10

Quit raising corn, wheat, cotton,
beetS, hay or any of the other stand.
ard crops, if you would have big re.
turns and get rich quick. Turn your
place into garden for the production
of peppermint. That, at least, would
seem TO be the lesson taught by the
experience of an Indiana farmer who
lives near South Bend. According "a
this cnterpriSng tlller of soil, he haul,
ed load of this product tomarkeu and
received for it $ll, 39G.75 in cash. 1t
was in the shape of oil, of course, and
the load weighed nearly two tons, the
sale price being $3,56 a pound. The
farmers in Northern Indiana and
Southern Michigan are devOting
much attention to peppermint and
onions, with fine results.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-10
Reform Needed.

No phase of the Presidents message
is of much greater Importance than
that bearing on the prevention of rail.
road accidents. In the past year there
have been killed in railway accidents
no less than $4,000. TO this record
must be added II, 343 who were injnr-
ed. In 1902 the number of killed and
injured ran up to 10, 80, and this num-
Der has not been appreciably less for
years back.
1t IS time to call halt. Such wan
ton sacrifice of life and limb should
not be tolerated, 1t is not tolerated
any place on the globe except in the
United States. The railway accidents
in Europe are at a minimum and of
absolute lnSignticance in comparison
with the record in our own country.
Hold the proper people responsible
for the accidents and they will cease
to occur. The individual employe is
not always the one, but rather the
"high-muck-a-muck" who sits in his
New York Office and does nothing but
draw his unearned dividends from the
road, Through his insistence that
the road be conducted on an economic,
al basis, road-beds are not built as they
should be, bridges are not constructed
so that there is ABSOLUTELY no danger Of
break, two men are made to do the
work Of three, schedules are made
which the condition OF the road will
not Justify, and trains are run con
tinuously ove' portions of the line that
are known tC ne dangerous, Railroad
presidents aid directorsar frequently
more culpable than individuals and
the responsibility Of accidents should
rest where IL belongs.
Let the great railroad magnatcs,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-10

II the republicans of this city
know their business they will cease TO
regard Mr.. John Barrett with any
favor as a party member. BY his ac-
ton in lighting the regular republican
nominee of the Fourth ward primary
for no other reason than that he him
self was defeated, Mr. Barrett proves
himself utterly unworthy the conf
dence and respect of republicans. The
city committee should be called to-
gether and a resolution passed de-
handing his immediate resignation
as city chairman. This is not the
first time Mr.. Barrett has proved re-
calcitrant and there should be no far
ther trifling with him. Mr.. Barrett
has been of some service to the repub-
lican party and for this he should be
given credit, but when the service be-
comes so far less than the harm then
It's time to call halt. Deposed from
his official capacity and known as he
is, Mr.. Barrett can do the least harm.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-10

The result of an investigation of
Chicago drug stores is nothing short
of startling. 100 dccoy prescriptions
were sent to as many drug stores.
These prescriptions were filed, and
an analysis of the compound proved
that in p cases no trace Of the drugs
called for was found; in thirty odd
cases the mixture was found found to
be 80 percent impure; in thirty other
cases the percentage Of purity was a
little higher, and the remaining
twenty were still better, but far
from being what the prescription
called for. Thus in the midst OF life
we are in death.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-10
Plenty of Girls.

The servant girl problem" in Logan
is not half as strenuous or intricate as
the mistresscs would lead us TO be-
lieve, If letter received by THE REPUB-
LICAN may be accepted at its face val
ne. A certain young lady of fair fea.
ture and intelligence read the recent
comment on the matter as it appeared
in this paper and sends the following;
Logan. Deer :.
The servant girl problem could read
lily be solved by those miStreSSeS de-
string help putting an lad" in the
local papers, for IL seems to me that
IL is only question of where" |
know number Of girls who desire
places and can't find them. These
girls do not like to spend for adyertis-
ing the pittance they get for work, but
these prosperous people who need girls
so badly could certainly ahord to in
sert an ad-and they can surely pay a
reasonable wage, That's all that is
necessary. A READER.
Now ladies, us up to you. If you
want help and will 90 about it in the
right way II seems that you can secure
1t. The REPUBLICAN has the names
OF five young ladies who are willing TO
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-10

Nothing would add so much to the
appearance of Logan at night as the
placing of an electric light on the
porch or at the front of the various
residences in this city. The sight is
not merely pleasing to the eye but this
serves to light the city to better adj
vantage Many residences in Logan
have already adopted this suggestion
and there are none who will deny that
this is a great improvement. Il ectric
light in Logan is almost as cheap as
water so the added expense need not
be taken into consideration.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-10

There are many people in our midst
who need advice, counsel and financial
assistance from time to time. When
their needs are attended to they are
encouraged and led to feel that those
who are above them in the circles OF
life have at least a little interest in
their welfare. II the aged and the
weak are passed coldly by and remain
unnoticed they may indeed feel that
they are alone to a certain extent
Kind words cost nothing, so why not
take time to scatter a few of them
along life's journey, thereby giving
strength to the weak, encouragement
10 the poor.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-10

The merchants of this city will have
to get a rustic on themselves if they
expect to capture much OF the Christ.
mas trade There appears to be some
what OF an indifference ON the part
of the merchants in pushing their
goods to the front this year, There
are few ads in the local papers that
call attention to the fact that Christ
mas is approaching, and yet it is com.
paratively but few days before it
will be here. you do not let the
people know what you have they will
surely not come to you, as they other
wise would in these competitive times
A hint to the wise should be sufficient
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-10

During the winter months when it
is both snowy, sloppy and muddy the
principal street crossings should be
kept clean. To keep them clean will
require more attention than the pres
cnt officials can give them, in all prob
ability. There are in Logan "a number
of elderly gentlemen who would be
happy to be employed at this all the
time for comparatively small sum.
They could do the work satisfactorily
and the little money they would make
out oft would prove a blessing to them
The council will do well to consider
this matter, or any other means OF
keeping the crossings clean.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-10

The Hon. Mayors suggestions in
regard TO the cleaning up at the
rear of Main street business houses
is timely and if possible that sew
age pipe should be laid. 1t is to be
regretted that Logan is not In a tinan.
cial condition to consider the idea of a
sewage system covering the entire
city. 1t is needed more than light
plant, more than street railway,
more than anything else we haven't at
present-but Of course we can't conSd-
er it for awhile. However, the citi.
zens, city council, health department
and officials generally CAN consider
the advisability and should under,
stand the absolute necessity of having
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-10

presidents and directors be held re-
sponsible for accidents on their lines
and they will see to it that the block
signal system is in perfect operation,
that every safety appliance is in use,
that both road-bed and rolling stock
are in perfect condition, that only the
most experienced and trustworthy
men are in responsible positions. I'm
til this is done there will be little inn
provement.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-10
Subscription, Payable In Advance

Every day passed without Logan try
ing to secure some mandatory max
es us just little poorer. Manufact-
cries and suburban car lines would en-
able Logan to maint ain her place as
the first city of this north country.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-10

An advertisement is public invita-
ton. Stores that do not advertise
evidently have nothing to offer, and II
perchance they have they do not care
enough for your patronage to tell you
about it or invite your to their place
of business. The public should trade
with advertisers.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-10
Scientifically Compounded

go into homes, and we are led to be-
lieve there are many others unem-
ploycds For the benefit of the girls
themselves and any ladies who may be
desiring help we will be pleased to fur
nish names.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-10

Issued Twice-a-week, Wednesday, and
Saturday. Entered October q. 1902. at | ogan
Utah. as second-class matter, under Act OF
Congress OF March 3. 1879.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-12-10

as clean streets, alleys, back yards and
premises generally as circumstances
will permit.
Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1904-02-06
WANTED-Agents,

WANTED-Agents, iIustlers,
statesmen. Clerks and every body
who wants to enjoy good
hearty laugh to send SOC for
Tips to Agents > Worth $50
70 any person who sells goods
Tor living. II not satisfactory
your money back. Circular for
stamp. The DR.. White Electric
Eomb Co., Decatur, Ill
Snips and the St. Johns herald., 1904-02-06

WAN TED-FAITHFUL PER
son to travel for well estab-
liShed house in a few counties,
calling on retail merchants and
agents. Local territory. Sal
airy $1,000 per week with expem-
ses additional. all payable in
cash each week. Money for ex-
penseS advanced. Position per-
manent. Business successful
and rushing. Standard House,
$50 Dearborn ST., Chicago. 46-19
WANTED-FAITHFUL PER
son to call on retail trade and
agents for manufacturing house
having we'll established business;
local territory; straight salary
$40 paid weekly and expense
money advanced; previous ex-
perience unnecessary; position
permanent. business successful.
Enclose self-addresSed envelope.
Superintendent Travellers, COS
Monon Bldg, Chicago. 48-7 Pd.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22
WHEN UNCLE DAN COMES HOME

When Uncle Dan, who lives way east,
ans rich as he can be,
Ans got a great big palace an for
eign pedigree,
Sends word to ma an pa that he Is
startin' right away
Fer Arkansaw ter call on us an make
little stay,
Pa blacks his boots an finds a tie an
buys colored shirt,
While ma, she hustles off ter town ter
get yel,er skirt.
An sisters name is changed ter Mae
instead of just plain May,
An little Edgar's all filed up witt
things he is ter say.
Then ma she puts them all outdoors
while she is fiXin' me
With lots o soap an water an some
patches fer my knee,
While with a stand-up collar an
brand now brush and comb,
She makes a perfect dude of me, whel
Uncle Dan comes home.
When Uncle Dan comes home, my ma
she tides up the house.
An makes me keep my necktie on tn
hole that's in by blouse,
Pa puts a paper cross the pane of win
dow glass that's broke,
An opens doors an winders SOS tie
clear the place of smoke.
They kill the latest hog of all, al
hunt up table cloths
An sew together all the holes that
been ct out by moths,
An loan a chair or two from Potts
that live a mile away
| Then ma, she wouldn't care IL he
show up that very day!
| But when he comes! They chat a b
err talk about the heat,
| An then make fer the dining room a.
| gee, what stuff ter eat!
| MY pa he asks blessing while son
! cloudy kind of foam
| Is floatin' round the Strawberries
| when Uncle Dan comes home.
| Dwight Anderson.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22

Floor Plan of Double Poultry House.
so that the fowls can feed from the
passageway.
If the fowls are cold at night
would advise boarding in the top Of
the roosting quarters and dropping
burlap curtain in front of the fowls
on cold nights. At other times the
curtain could be fastened up.
The door into each pen is two feet
wide and six feet high. 1t should be
hung with screen door spring hinges.
The wi .ows in the south wall of the
house should also be hinged.
The nests are removable and are
placed against the partition. Five are
built together and the top is sloping
to prevent the fowls roosting there.
(See cut of end of nests.) The inside
dimensions of each nest are twelve
inches square and eighteen inches
high on the low side. Where the
roof boards meet the partition the
height is 21s feet. A space of ter
inches is allowed between the nests
and the partition for passagewaJ
| for the hens.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22
To Make Wood Flexible.

In order to make wood more f1exi-
BILE the resins contained in the wood
are saponified, and the acids neutral
lied with alkalies obtained from wood
ashes. Although all alkaline combi-
nations possess the property of rem
dering vegetable substances more or
less flexible the carbonates are pref
cradle. Dissolve carbonate of potas-
sium or sodium in cold clear water
and add calcium hydrate to the solu
tion. Immerse the board or timber
in the solution and leave it in the
bath for some time before putting II
in the steam press or steam box II
which it is to be bent.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22

Wife-Say, old man, what makes
you scratch so all night long?
Old Maxwell, wife, guess 1 got
that new disease I hear them talking
so much about; they call 1t eczema,
or something like that.
Wife-Eczema the mischief, it's the
old-fashioned itch you got and nothing
else. Go right now and get box OF
Hunts Cure, it will cure you in day
or two. 1t never fails.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22

need he run il Peruna is kept in the
h house az and at the frst appearance of any
symptom of catarrh taken as directed on
the bottle.
Peruna is safeguard, il prevents
catarrh, acute and chronic, coughs, colds,
consumption, etc.
IF YOU do not receive prompt and salts
factory results from the use OF Rerunas
write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving ~
full statement of your case, and ne VIA
be pleased to give you his valuable ad-
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President o.
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus
Ohio.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22
Division Between Pens of Double
Poultry House.

When Plymouth Rocks or similar
heavy chickens are housed, the net
ting should be four feet wide; Leg
horns or light breeds require netting
six feet wide. The partition extends
from the south wall to within three
feet of the north wall. Where con-
yenient a hole twelve inches wide and
six inches high should be cut in the
partition and a shelf twelve inches
square formed for holding the water
dish. The shelf should be six inches
from the ground.
The roosting quarters should be
built. The drop board is three feet
wide and seven feet long. 1t is placed
twenty inches above the ground.
Four two by four-inch studs should be
erected at the inside corners. The
end and back of each roosting quar-
ter should be tight boarded for four
feet above the dropboard to prevent
draughts striking the fowls. A twelve
inch hinged board at the back is con
venient for the removal of droppings
The roosts are two by four inch scant
lings with the corners rounded off OF
the two-inch edge on which the fowl:
roost. The roosts are ten inche!
above the drop board; the rear roos
is ten inches from the wall; the roost'
are sixteen inches apart.
Below the dropboard laths ar
! nailed up and down, 21a inches apart
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22

The wealthy Zemindars and Mahara-
jahs of India are using electricity very
largely for the lighting of their pal
aces. The Maharajah of Dharbanga
has just placed an order with Cal
cutta firm for the installation of an
electric lighting plant for his new pal
ace at Raynagar, which will cost over
100000.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22
1904.

The II. & T. C. R. R. has the best
passenger service in the south. Ihree
trains daily each way, making dlrec'
connection with all lines for Nortn,
East and West. Through Pullman G1
sIeepers to St. Louis, Kansas ClIy
DALLAS. Fort Worth, waco ana aus
tin. For full information anu Ta'e9
call on local agent, or ADDRESS M -
Robbins, G. P. A, VIM. Doher'y' "a "
Houston, Texas.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22

Henry Morris, an Englishman who
has given much attention to the sub
ject of cancer, recently called atten,
ton to the pernicious influence Of the
clay pipe and the decayed tooth in
causing cancerous growths
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22

In order to reach the port of New
York with shipment of cotton intend,
ed for Liverpool spinners, a freight
train on the New York Central re
Gently covered 435-mile run in six
teen hours and twenty minutes.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22

Inmates of st. Asaph workhouse, in
Wales possess pony and phaeton, a
piano and a library of over six hun
dred volumes. All are provided by
generously disposed persons in the
district.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22

Work is to be begun Immediately on
the erection of a large museum In
Attawa, to be called the Victoria Ma
tional Museum, which is to be the cen
ter of literary and scientific work in
Canada.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22

The house could be more readily
planned if the door was not in the
north side. For this reason 1t is
necessary to allow for passageway,
three feet wide, at the north. If the
door was in the west, south or east
walls of the house, the roosting quar-
tiers would be placed tight against the
north wall, and the space wasted by
the passageway would be of use to
the fowls.
The partition between the pens
should be erected first. 1t is in the
middle of the house and runs north
and south. Boards should be nailed
two feet from the floor to prevent the
male birds fighting. Above the boards
two-inch mesh wire netting is used.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22

Dealers say that as soon as Gus
toner tries Defiance Starch it is i'm
possible to sell them any other cold
water starch. 1t can be used cold
or boiled.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22
Mnneu Sawed Is Money Made.

DR.. VIM. Self, Of Webster, n. G., an
old practitioner of medicine, tells us tnat
after many years experience in medicine
he finds it money saved to his patients to
use Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet
Gum and Mullen for coughs, colds and
consumption.
At druggists, 25c, SOC, and Sl.oo a
bottle.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22
Masculine Theory.

Wife (readfng noveD-I wonder
what the author means when he says
"The hero heaved crimson sigh?
Husband-Oh, 1 suppose hero
had been gazing upon the " when
Il was red"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22

A woman has about as much faith
in her instinct as in the weather pre-
dictions of the chore boy.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-01-22

storekeepers report that the extra
quantity together with the superior
a1aIitv of DEFIANCE Starch makes 1t
next to impossible to sell any otnei
brand.