The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-04-30
CLAY USED AS FOOD.
Its Consumption Common In .Gany
Eastern Countries.


Its Consumption Common In -fany
Eastern Countries.
Consumption of earth as food Is
said to be common not only in China.
New Caledonia nt d Now Guinea, but,
In the Malay archipelago as well. The
testimony of many travellers in the
orient is that tie yellow races are
especially addicted to this practice.
In Java and Sumatra the clay under
goes a preliminary preparation, being
mixed with water, reduced to a paste,
and the sand ard other hard sub
formed into small cakes or tablets
about as thick As . lead pencil and
baked in an iron saucepan. When the
tablet energies from this process 1t
resembles piece of dried pork. The
Javanese frequently eat small figures
rougn,, modelled from clay which re-
semble animals or little men turned
out In pastry shops.
Not Dangerous.
A New York clergyman, who was
snore home, was asked to supply the
pulpit one Sunday. He had done SO
| the year before, during his visit, and
the congregation had been large. On
Saturday afternoon, as he sat In his
room. he heard two of the grooms
talking as they returned to the stable
after having delivered two riding
horses at the front door. II don't
know but I'll go to ear I'm at the
hafternoon service" said one Of them.
There! knew you'd come around"
said the other. In a tone Of approval.
He's well-meaning man, and as
| told you. I've heard him twice, and
what harm has 1t done me?'-Youth's
Companion.
New Idea In Physiology.
II is possible that the school child
may be quite as readily fatigued by
inspiring the waste products OF his fell
lows as by his own. and that the busi-
ness man is more liable than the agrl-
cultural laborer to become run down,
not so much because he works harder
or more monotonously and therefore
personally manufactures more waste
products, but because his tissues are
more. liable to become saturated with
the waste products of himself and 9th.
ers derived from the confined atmos-
phere in which he works. Excessive
fatigue from a railway journey Is like.
ly to be noticed IL the cars are crowded
or i'll ventilated.
Childish Ideas Of Beauty.
The idea of beauty in children is
strangely varied. A teacher at a Ger.
tain school gave thirty children five
minutes to think over the most beau.
tiful thing they ever saw. Five chose
the moon and stars, two the sun and
one the setting sun. One of the five
who chose the moon stipulated that
he meant only the full moon. Two
children chose flowers, two scenery
and two birds. Not one chose a hui
man face. The snow, the rain, q but
terfy, tigers skin, salt, silver and
gold, a brooch and pink silk all had
| one vote each.
An "EarIy Auto
AS far back as 1897, wheC the Cour
an. was only about 80 years OF age.
Dr. kinsley of his city drove through
the streets of Hartford, one of which
has since been named for him, a self
propelling carriage, which was really
steam automobile. And in 1888 John
Fitch of Windsor began his expert
ments with the eamboat.--Hartford
| Couralt.
When Boards We.e Scarce.
Mr. Holyoke. a British writer re.
members a time when only four men
In birmingham had the courage to
wear boards" and only military Off.
GERS were allowed to wear mustache.
In the good old days one pump In a
yard had to serve several working
class families. In the days Of wooden
bedsteads the working.man was eaten
alive by insects.
The Love for Babies.
DO you like babies?" asked Miss
Sincere. II do" she went on 81 like
all babies. You know 1t vexes me to
hear some woman say that she likes
clean babies. | think the woman who
would draw distinctions cant like
babies at all. just love little dirty.
faced baby" But who was IL that
said that babies were like tooth.
brushes?
Auction Rivalry.
Husbend-Where did you get that
sideboard? WHEAT an auction. for
800 Observation-Disclosures could have
bought the same thing for $50. Wife
We'll, | wasn't going to let that
woman across the way outbid me -
Brooklyn Life.
cuitlvating Corn.
Corn has heen bred to show that
by intelligent cultivation the parts OF
the kernel that yield the oil can be
| minimized, while those that produce
protein can be developed.