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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20
Genius Has Project by Which He
Hopes to Run Wife's Sowing
Machine While He Enjoys the
Smoke of Good Cigar.

have acquaintance of a genius who
is making a delicate apparatus for en-
ploying to practical purposes his heart
beats. Believing that the human
heart is the most powerful mechanism
God ever created, he wants to use it
to run his wife's sewing machine, in
addition to maintaining his circulation.
The normal heart beat is ~ to the
minute in lie healthy adult. This man,
by smoking strong cigar, can in
crease his pulsation to 140 a minute
without injury or any arrangement of
health, and will use his electric APP
paratus, which is quite sensitive, to
operate small motor.
The hydraulic ram was constructed
on the principle of the heart action"
he says; therefore why not use my
extra excitement for the benefit of the
home circle? My wife objects to CT
gars, but if | can run her sewing ma
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

ing, she ran lightly down to the din.
ing room. She did not see. fortunate
iy, the elevated brows behind her
back, or hear any of the whispered
comments on her appearance. 1t was
pity she did not know that one man,
Mr. Hughes, the kindly faced new
boarder, was disappointed in her. Be.
fore this he had felt certain shy
friendliness for the modest little book.
keeper, who reminded him somehow
of fragrant clover blossom in
bunch OF artificial flowers. And SO.
he was thinking, as he watched her
fiippant and painted. that she was like
the others, after all. He felt a mild
planned to himself but all the time
he knew that the others were making
fun of Miss Peters behind her back.
But the little bookkeeper. with an
almost fierce gaiety, was chattering
away to a commercial student who sat
next to her. After dinner she followed
the others in the parlor, still deter.
mined to be one of them. Her com
panion at dinner was at her heels, en-
| couraging her. Later she went to sit
on the steps to the side gallery with
him while he smoked cigarette.
Have one?" he invited, companion.
ably. Daisy smoked one with me
last night" For an instant Miss Pc
ters' face went white under the paint
with anger. Then she remembered
she must be like the others II she
wanted to be popular No one could be
popular and be q prig.
She reached out for the cigarette,
and the young man offered her a light
from the one he was smoking-and
moved up nearer. Two whiffs of the
cigarette turned her deathly faint
II think III go up to my room" she
faltered throwing 1t aside with a lit.
tie forced laugh.
Don't 60" he begged. Amt you
game enough to finish it? Must be
your first one"
1T u.s." she admitted. fighting back
her disgust for her companion. Good
night"
Aren't you going to kiss me good
n!ght?" he whispered, rising. Daisy
| always
How dare" But Miss Peters
did not finish. She stumbled blindly
through the dining room and on up
the three flights Of stairs to her own
room. She slammed the door and
dropped on her knees beside the tiny
white bed.
20 God" she sobbed, what have |
done? Why did you let me do It!
What did IL matter II were
uglyl That had no friends. Nothing
matters any more! have lost every
thing nows My self respect is go-one
forever"
And she was on her knees, still sob
bling and praying In the dark when tho
last boarder came in for tLe niTl.
and passed whistllng to his room at :
o'clock.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

other girls She would even make up
like Daisy, the landlady's daughter
To do this she had to improvise cos.
metics. A rose petal from her best
hat put color into her cheeks and lips
She darkened her brows and lashes
She almost fancied that she saw in the
face reflected likeness to Mrs. Live.
ly, the wife of a drummer further
down the hall. Then she began to
comb her hair. Not in the usual knot
but in an elaborate and much tangled
pompadour.
BY the time she had her dress but.
toned, the dinner bell rang and, with.
out taking time to consider her dar
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20
Learned Human Nature in "T0mbs

One man, Smith, | saw the evening
before he was executed. It was a
sultry day and the sun was beating
down holly on the men who were
building the gallows We had straw
berries and ice cream at dinner and
thought of Smith
81 think Smith would like some Of
these" | said.
NV mother said: VERY WELL" and
carried bowl of the cream and
Strawberries 70 him.
| sat beside him at the edge Of his
cot in the cell and watched him.
When he had finished took the bowl
and said, Good night, Smith, and
he said. Good night. Blanche"
never saw Smith again
There are pretty stories of my re-
citing childish poems to the prisoners.
They are not true. Sometimes my
proud governor asked me to recite
for his friends who came to the
Tombs and | was glad to try my latest
elocution stunt on them.
AS a beginner | had no hard times,
never was with a company that was
stranded. never was without money.
I always spent more than | earned,
but my mother, who travelled with
me. had an inexhaustible pocketbook,
and | an immense draw on it.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20
Saw No Reason for Interfering
with Man Whom He Supposed
Was Only Hanging Himself
Up to Dry"

In Brockton, Mass, not many years
ago, lived James Burk, who invested a
large sum of money in stocks and lost
the greater part OF fortune which
he Inherited from his father, He wor-
ried so much over the loss that he
became mentally deranged, and left
his home one morning to commit sui.
eide. He procured a rope and wended
his way from the city. Happening to
come across the pond which supplies
that city with water, he thought he
would end his life by drowning. An
Irish1an happened to be passing as
Mr.. Burk threw himself in, and, seeing
a man tn the water, sprang in after
him At'er little difficulty PAT sue.
cetdeo III pacing lis man safe on the
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20
PLUMBER STRIKES IT RIGA.
Exeavating for Windmill unesrths a
Potful Of Gold Coins.

Potful of Gold Coins.
r. McKenney Price. the well kntwn
plumber and contractor Of this city,
has struck 1t rich in Virginia, says
dispatch from Salisbury. Md. A few
weeks ago Mr.. Price, while excavatine
for the foundation of a windmill
struck something hard about three
feet below the surface.
Investigation disclosed an old iron
pot. He hauled the pot out and found
1t filled with gold coins of various de.
nominations and of various nationali-
ties.
The money was found on the old
home place of the very well known
Drummond family of the eastern shore
of Virginia The family was immense
ly wealthy. and when war broke ont
the male members who were old
enough went into the Confederate
army. Before leaving for the war. 1t
is supposed. the head of the family
buried the gold for safe keeping.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20
Worlds Homage Paid Juliet's Grave

girl from journeyings across the sea-
And told me OF one little grave that
Fame
Had made her own. in far-off Italy:
One sacred spot In that old-storied city
verona, where In pensive, wondering pity
Thousands still come to mourn each
year the same.
"The gardener" she said who keeps the
And lives near by 1t, every evening
Away, with tottering limbs and work.
flushed face,
Great basket loads OF flowers and little
things
That maiden, traveller poet sage and
lover
Have carried there from all the wide
world over
And delmged Juliet's grave with offer
How the world loves this lovely Memory,
Yet none knows whether she lies bur-
led here
Or, even II she ever lived 10 be
The spring of Shakespeare's sweetest,
saddest tear!
Only myth-a fable--but the magic
or his pen made the myth so true, SO
That not a tomb on earth is half to
dearl
Cleveland Leader.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20
"Only a Myth-a Fable-but the
Magic OF His Pen Made tho Myth
90 True. so Tragic. that Not q
Tomb on Earth Is II alfso Dear

The Hebrew story says that no one
knows
The place OF Moses the iawgivers
tomb:
Who searches for Il? Or what pilgrim
goes
With reverent feet DER Nebo's desert
gloom
To find the aerie OF that vanished eagle
Who piles upon the faithless Pharaohs
regal
Last resting place his gifts of bud and
bloom?
Where Caesar sleeps, the rank grass
grows at Will,
Where Homer dreams, there Is not even
a mound:
Cato Is buried on a lonely hill
Where never mourner comes the whole
year round.
The bats fit round the ruined tomb Of
Nero
And many poet. prophet. priest and
hero
Sleeps In unvisited, unhallowed ground
So was It ever. But last week there came
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20
blanche Walsh as a Child Lived
in the Gloomy Old Pile So
Well known an Now York's

btHnCno WAIST os u 'sN
in tho Gloomy Old Pile So
Well known an New York's
Prison.
When | was between thirteen and
fifteen years old my father was war
den OF the Tombs and we lived In the
warden's suite in the gray old pile,
writes Blanche Walsh in the Theater
Again saw life In the raw-human
nature unclad The prisoners inter
ested me and they were all friendly
to the warden's little girl. femem-
Der seeing then woman OF the type
of Maslova in Resurrection" She
was suffering from what they call In
the Tombs and believe outside,
DTS" (delirium tremens). | watch
ed her while she was talking with
the prison doctor and at the time did
not know there was anything the
matter with her for she answered all
his questions calmly. Every little
while. however. she would pluck at
her tongue with her fingers and say
that there was a piece of wire in her
mouth and that she could not get 1t
out. Her efforts to reach II were pitt
full. When she left the room the doc
tor told me she had delirium tremens.
| recalled her when studied. Mas
Iowa. She was part Of that COM
posite study.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20
Letter Writing.

The English receive the greatest
number Of letters-namely, 61,342 an
nually for every thousand inhabitants.
The average in every thousand in
Switzerland is 27,29S, Germany o..
457, France, 21,O64. Holland 1906,
Belgium 1851, Sweden and Norway
12,947, Austria-Hungary 12,3O7, and
Italy 6,SS7. The country best supplied
with postoftices is Switzerland, with
one for every 916 inhabitants.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

A Cleveland woman has been held
on charge OF manslaughter because
she ran over and killed man with
her automobile. She, too, will be like
ly to decide that the age OF chivaIry
is past.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

'em like me, tool" Her face had
emerged from the pillow, A new light
was in her eyes, the light of one who
determined to conquer, "A girl who
goes along, tending to her own bust.
ness and living up TO her ideas OF
What lady should be. What's com.
ing to her? Unconsclously she fell
into the slang OF the other girls.
She rose with fresh determ nation
and began TO dress for dinner. She
pulled out her best frock, the one kept
religiously for Sundays, and her good
slippers. She,would dress mp Ike the
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

II is claimed by one of our modern
philosophers that no man can be hap
py while destroying his conscience.
Some people can do the destroying so
quickly that their unhappiness is of
slight duration
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

A contemporary prints the astound-
ing information that internal ma.
chimes of deadly character" were
sent 10 New York millionaires
Strange that the would-be assassins
did not send Internal machines OF a
harmless character
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

A Cincinnati Judge has decided that
howleggedness Is too common to be
depended upon as a mark Of identified.
ton. Its prevalence in Cincinnati is
caused, probably. by the constant
strain Of walking up and down the
steep hills
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

Down in Arizona Judge is accused
OF presiding over the court With his
feet on the desk. This compels attor
neys 10 address themselves to the
soles of two shoes, and also further
deprives them of a full.sized target in
the event of any disagreement with
the court.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

Sultan Kiran's proposal to Miss
Roosevelt, it appears, was only a mat.
ter of form. When an oriental poten-
tate wishes to be especially polite TO
a lady he throws in a proposal just
as a delicate courtesy.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

A Philadelphia girl saved her faith,
er's life by catching a hot foul from
a baseball players bat. Thus we
see that there was at least one person
in Philadelphia who wasn't asleep.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

One would Judge by the headlines of
the papers that Il is nearly as danger
GUS to run an automobile as 1t is to
keep an empty shotgun about the
house.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

An English burglar says thieves
who are always very superstitious,
will never rob a house in which
cross-eyed servant Is employed. Save
your cross-eyed servants.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

The empress dowager of China has
expressed a wish to see Secretary
I Taft And there is no doubt the sec.
rotary would measure up to her ex.
pectations.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

American welcomes Russia's new
parliament but It is hardly probable
that Gosudarstvendad Douma will
ever become household name 1, the
United States.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

Photographs of Baron Komura, the
principal Japanese envoy, show that
The wears a pot hat" with frock
coat. This debars him from the
circles of high diplomacy and reduces
him TO the ranks OF mere rustlers.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

With prophetic insight the author
OF the hymn beginning, 81 would not
live Away; ask not to stay" must
! have written IL for the automobilists.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

Sailors say the Gulf stream has new
er before been as strong as II is at
present. Perhaps II has merely caught
the fever for fast going.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

President Roosevelt occasionally
wears suit Of 81 clothes Aud the
dudes doubtless think that he always
wears a shape OF collar to match.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

Venezuela is preparing for war but
up to the hour of going to press has
not come to decision as 20 the iden.
tity of the enemy
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

As soon as this cruel war is over
the work of rebuilding navies and
otherwise preparing for the next big
struggle will be commenced
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

A Boston spinster has written a
novel which she calls Paradise" II
contains many more male than female
characters.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20
Fearful Prisons Of cid Paris

IL is not surprising that the prisons
OF old Paris were places of detention
horrible beyond the powers of the
raost fertile Imagination to conceive
or The conciergerie was repre-.
sentative type of one of these peni.
teniial cloacas, abodes of torture for
thousands Of humble and illustrious
nrisonaIs
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

A Philadelphia COW is giving pink
milk. She ought to be able to dis.
pose OF her entire output for Philadel.
phia's pink teas.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

Will the men who are to be expelled
from the Daughters of Liberty ge.
revenge by starting a rival organiza.
ton?
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

Castro announces that he is going
TO fight the Yankees" Yankees
must be a new kind Of booze
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

Genius does not live on glory II
has an account az the corner grocery
just like the rest of us.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

Jupiter will be surprised to learn
that several new moons have been dis
covered hanging around him lately.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

Science is slowly getting a strangl
hold on the New Orleans mosquito
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

Mrs. Harry Lehr says she Is very
proud of her pet poodle" But Harry
has her affections.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

Another racing motorist has gone
through the fence. but there is no sign
of stopping the foolishness.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

Some people are so afraid of boss
that they won't enjoy a particle of lib
erty.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20

Some mems idea Of the pursuit Of
happiness is to sprinkle salt on rs
tail. .....
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-09-20
Lifffe Things

Only little shriveled seed
IL might be a flower or grass OF weed;
Only a box OF earth on the edge
OF narrow dusty window ledge;
Only few scant summer showers; 90.
Only few clear, shining hours; q
That was all Yet God could make
out Of these for a sick child's sake,
Blossom wonder as fair and sweet
AS ever broke at an angels feet
Only a life Of barren pain.
Wet with sorrowful tears for rain;
Warmed sometimes by wandering
CLEAN
OF joy that seemed but a happy dream.
A life as common and brown and bare
As the box Of earth in the window there;
OF n perfect soul In narrow room
Pure AZ the snowy leaves that fold
over the flowers heart of gold
Henry Van Dyke.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-05-26
Our Pension List.

The Columbia Record seems to
mink that South Carolina newspapers
can not afford to criticlse ether States
;or abuse OF the pension law, when we
rave so much Of the evil here at
lome. The Record says the State
BOARD has found hundreds of names
N the list which ought not to be-
5here. This is not meant as an attack
IN the old soldiers. because they are
entitled to all the State feel justified
n paying, yet in almost every county
men who never shouldered a musket
Ind who never heard the sound of
cattle are living on the money which
should go to those who fought for the
South. All OF US can doubtless point
TO some particular case of grating.
If the newspapers, says The Re-
cord, by publishing the county lists
are Instrumental in having the names
of those not entitled to pensions
stricken Off they will in some measure
perform duty to the public and to
the Confederate sOldters.n
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-05-26
Bryanin the Pulpit.

w. j. Bryan filed the pulpit OF
Methodist church at Lincoln, Neb +,
recently. a very large crowd was in
attendance, He took up the Sermon
ON the Mount, with his text the
words: blessed are the pure in
heart, for they shall see God" He
declared his belief that religion con.
sisted more In kindness to and consid-
eratlon for fellow men, more in char
ity for others and In personal purity
than In dogma, ceremony or creed.
He dep!ored tile tendency to higher
criticism OF the Scriptures and rejec-
tion OF parts OF it because one could
not understand. He declared that he
found daily more mysteries In life
than were bound up within the COW
ers OF the Bible. He believed the
higher wisdom lay ia accepting the
good we understand, and hope for un-
derstanding later of that we don't t.
He insisted that no man could COM
mand real success In the world unless
he possessed an Ideal, nor conld he be
OF real value to the world so long as
selfishness and low conceptions of his
duty to himself and others dominated
his life and conduct.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-05-26
DREAMED SHE SAW THIEF.
spartanburR Woman Reoovers Her
Money that Was Stolen.

Skeptically inclined persons, i'm
mersed in material affairs and alive
only only to the daily grind Of life and
the gathering in of sheckels, place
little faith In dreams; but Mrs. Curtis
Wall OF Arch street, Spartanburg,
whose husband Is we'll known con
tractor, attaches q deep significance
to her dreams, and has excellent rea
sons for doing 80. Mrs. Wall is a rela
tive OF Officer Henry Dodd Of the po
lice force, who related to a newspaper
man a dream and it's sequel, which
will never be forgotten by the lady.
Several days ago there was 500 sc
creted In a closet Of Mr.. Wallis house.
That night on retiring Mrs. Wall
who had placed the money away fol
"a rainy day." dreamed that twice it
hal been stolen by little negro boy
and the features Of the thief were in.
delibly stamped on her mind. She
dreamed that this boy had stolen
ten dollar bill and a one dollar bill,
leaving four, OF the sum total-s2O.
Friday morning she went to the houst
of'a negro man, not a great distance
off, and feeling so sure of the identity
of the thief Of whom she dreamed,
she walked in and saw a little negro
boy about eight years Of age who fit
ted the picture and said, II have
come for my money" 1t was quickly
forthcoming--the ten dollar note, five
dollar note and one dollar bill. On
account Of the extreme youth of the
negro, he was NOT prOsecutad He
confessed that he went to Mr. Wallis
one afternoon recently to buy milk,
when there was no one at home.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-05-26
Crushed TO Death.

A special dispatch from Calquit,
Ca, to the Atlanta Constitution says
chat while DR.. P. e. Wilkin and Miss
Jennie Eagerton were out horseback
riding Monday afternoon they met two
four horse wagons loaded with spirits
OF turpentine. In attempting to pass
the first wagon the horse Miss Eager
ton was riding became frightened and
the mules became unmanageable, the
result was that Miss Eagerton fell
under the wagon and was crushed to
death. The horse that DR.. Wilkin was
riding was so mangled that it was kill
ed. DR.. Wilkin was slightly hurt Miss
Eagerton was the adopted daughter
Of Mrs. Floyd. The body will be In
tered In the family burying grounds
neai Crimson, Ga a party Of young
people will escort the body to It's last
resting place.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-05-26
Lomax appointed.

Secretary Taft appointed Major
General Lunsford L. Lomax, of Vir-
ginia, member Of the Gettysburg
battlefield park commission, to ill th'
vacancy caused by the death Of Majo
w. Nj. Robins. OF North Carolina, on,
OF the Confederate commissioners
With the single exception Of Maj
General Robert f. Hoke, Of North
Carolina General Lomax is the senior
ufficer of the survivors of the Army OF
Northern Virginia. He was born in
Rhode Island, but established his le
gal residence In Virginia at an early
age. He was graduated from the Mil
iIary Academy and before the outbreak
OF the civil war was first lieutenant OF
cavalry in the United States army and
commanded the escort OF President
Lincoln, at the latters first inaugura
tion. Soon afterwards he resigned from
the army and cast his lot with the
Confederacy. In April, 1892, he wa.
appointed compiler Of the ofiice O.
war records, war department., and ha!
continued In clerical duty in the wa
department ever since.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-05-26
In Hard Luok.

AS the climax to run OF hard luck,
Joseph S. McBryde, u we'll known eiti-
z,n Of Columbus, Ga, lost his only
foot Wednesday. He was alighting
from his delivery wagon, carrying q
shotgun. He has an artificial limb
and it became, entangled in the gun,
causing the discharge Of the weapon.
A hole about the sizs Of dollar was
blown through his right foot and the
doctor afterwards found amputatien
necessary, 80 McBryde Is now minus
Doth his feet. Not very long ago his
home was burned. A few years ago
fire destroyed his boiler works and
iron works on Seventh street. Re-
Gently he lost fine horse.