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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-08-16
Good for Your "BIues,"

When you begin to think you have
hard time in life
when you imagine your sorrows are
greater than other peoples
When you are grouchy because your
plans do not pan out
just then is a good time to com pare
your condition with that of some who
have harder time than you, more sor-
rows than you, less prosperity than
you.
Should you happen to be in the sort
OF mood described, read o touching
passage in the life history of poor
Milwaukee woman. Read it anyway
this from "the short aud simple an.
mails of tho poor"
MES. Mar2 Wiedig, widow, lost her
only child, little girl. She had no
money to give the child decent Sc
pulchre. She went TO tne poor com.
missioner. And this is the sequel:
Mrs. Wiedig staggered up the path
in the cemetery which led to the plot
OF ground where her husband was
buried, bearing the little coffin which
held che body Of her little one. She
took spade she had put there the
day before and began to dig. Poor
woman, she was digging the grave of
her only child-the last sweet tie that
had held her to earth.
And as she worked she sobbed and
cried. She called on the dead man un
der the ground to help her bear her
sorrow till she could come to him.
Aman who passed through the GEM
etery heard the crying and went to the
spot where the frail woman bent to her
awful task.
She explained why she was digging
the grave herself. She bad no money
to pay the sexton. "They would have
buried her for me for nothing if I had
let them put her grave over there in
the potter's field. But she was euoh
little child, 80 little, and sometimes
when 1 was obliged to leave her alone
she was afraid of the dark. wanted
her to lie By her fathers side 80 she
would not be afraid. told the poor
commissioner how I felt aud he gave
me this coffin. The woman who lives
next door from me is coming out next
Sunday to plant some vines"
And the agonized mother talked on,
half wild with her grief and scarce
knowing what she said, calling
tenderly the name now of husband.
now of child.
The mau had a heart. He hurried
to the sexton and gave him money to
dig the child's grave and money to
round the little mound and plant some
simple flowers. And the woman cried
but this time the tears we're sweet in.
stead of bitter.
This story is not from the pages of
! Balzac.
Neither is it faucy sketch.
1t is printed in q reliable newspaper
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-08-16
He Was No Hethuselah.

4r -. Z AZ EHs eel &
Acertain young man who lived in .
small town in Georgia, having put in
an application FOR . position as tsseh-
or, felt himself onsiisrably aggrissed
at the unreasonable demands OF Ills
questioners in authority.
Thsre was an examination to 90
passed, and from that ordeal the can
d::asts returned is . malnhoholy state
Of mind, a IS = \. II )4,t at
What's the matter, Sam y, asked
one OF his townsmen. 8 Couldn't { you
stand the examination r. sIss
;sftsts. 10, sui, was the answer hey
asked aa me about thing that happened
ffore I 9ss n. z,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-08-16

- The louder man hollers about
his honesty the lower are the whispers
Of other people about it.
The average person can get over
being sick abed awfully quick if he
gets an invitation to go of and have
some fun.
When man guesses what the
weather is going to be he thinks he is
80 smart he goes and loses all his
money speouleting in stocks. ' $40;
# = If Q man runs into debt he must
either crawl out or stsy in.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-08-16

which gives full particulars concern.
Ing the woman s home and history.
There are thousands of stories AZ
sad as hers!
Compare your disappointments sn d
troubles and sorrows and heart ach 8
with those of this miserable one. Are
you not ashamed of your fault findings
and bitterness and hatred Of condi.
tions?
You have not passed through Hades.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-08-16

Generally o man thinks he is dis.
tinguished when his name sounds
something like mans who IL.
- A woman is't half as crazy to 20
away in summer as she is to have her
neighbors not be able to.
- The job Of trying tokeep a wo-
man happy all the time is nearly as
easy as inventing that flying machine.
- Advice should be we'll shaken
before being taken.
Beware Of the red flag. It's an.
archy or an auction.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-08-16

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wind vino ne has TO use in making good.
II Il young man means half he.
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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-03-11
Notice..

To my old customers and friends and
any who are contemplating buying fur
niture, carpets or anything in the
house furnishing line this spring. 1
wish to announce that / have leased
the new part of the Sidney Stevens
building and will be open for business
about March 10th with a full and COM
pletc line of Furniture, Carpets. Limo
leums, Draperies, Stoves and Ranges,
Trunks, etc.
My stock will be all the latest styles,
this seasons make and most carefully
selected in the eastern markets. The
public should wait for this opportuni-
ty and get the benefit of careful and
experienced buying.
Remember the place, Sidney Stevens
building, one door west of II. G.. Hay
balls. Your Furniture Dealer,
JOHN SPANDE.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-03-11

tween the winner and loser, go and 40
per cent respectively. The CONNER
Gals are going to great expense In var
ious ways and will again bring Held's
band. 1t Is presumed that Logan's
share will be used TO pay expenses
here Of course
It's now up to the Commercial
Club Committees to decide on other
amusements. decorations, parade, etc.
The Commercials will come on a spec
ial Friday afternoon. Would IL not
be well to arrange for the grand balls
TO be given Friday evening? And can
1t not be arranged that these balls be
free to the Commercials? They are
our guests, have their own expenses,
and their entertainment is rightly our
expense.
In view of the fact that the receipts
at the ball game are to go toward ex-
penses IL would seem that the city
need not spare itself. 5000 people at
that game at - cents each means
81 $50, or $3.50 to the winner. The
balls will easily pay for themselves.
A display Of fine horsefesh on Sat
urday morning has been suggested.
II this is finally deemed advisable, it
would have to be worked up.
A bicycle parade is also suggested.
This could be made beauty but 1t
would have to be worked up.
Some of the merchants have already
suggested floats again and say they
will have finer ones than before. If
this is to be The plan it should be
known.
A writer TO THE REPUBLICAN, has
suggested a home talent entertain
ment at the Opera House or taber-
nacle, with Commercials free. This is
not u bad idea by any means. A mus
ical entertainment of real merit
could be given. Logan has talent
that can entertain Commercials or
anybody else. A minstrel is suggest
ed also. This would create lots of fun
but both would require time for prop
er development.
The city should be decorated more
gorgeously than before, and it's up to
the committees to decide on some
thing novel.
Some races have been mentioned.
This certainly would excite great
INTEREST," There are many fast horses
in Cache that could be brought to-
gether.
There may be many other features
more desirable than any of these If
there was but some discussion OF the
subject. But the working out of any
to the best advantage requires time.
THE REPUBLICAN offers pointers for
what they are worth and invites dis
cussion in its columns. 1t also sug-
gests discussion before the Commercial
Club
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-03-11
Evils of Card Playing.

/ have been grieved with the know
ledge that persistent card-playing is
gaining an alarming foothold among
the people The Saints have often
been warned against the evil in the
past. President George Q. Cannon
has spoken strongly and written clear
ly against this immoral habit; and
President Snow, also with voice and
pen, has set the seal of condemnation
upon it. l wish, too, to declare against
card-playing with all the force and in
tiuence at my command, and to place
myself on record as being opposed TO
it in anv and all forms and under any
and all conditions, / warn the Saints
and especially the young people, that
it is dangerous practice, and urge all
10 leave il alone, repent of the evil,
and turn to profitable and healthful
pastimes and recreations.
1t is no uncommon thing for women,
young and middle-aged, to spend whole
afternoons, and many OF them, and
evenings as well, in playing cards, thus
wasting hours and days of precious
time in this useless and Improbable
way. Yet those same people when APP
preached, declare they, have no time
to spend as teachers in the Sabbath
schools, and no time to attend either
Sunday schools or meetings. Their
church duties are neglected for lack of
time, yet they spend hours, day after
day, at cards. They have thereby en-
couraged and become possessed of a
spirit Of Incidence, and their minds
are filed with the vile drunkenness,
halucination, charm and fascination,
that take possession of the habitual
card-player to the exclusion OF all
spiritual and religious feeling. Such
a spirit detracts from all sacred senti-
ment and thought. These players do
not quite know whether they are Gen
tiles, Jew or Saints, and they do not
care fig
While simple game of cards in IT,
self may be harmless it is fact that
by mmoderate repetition il ends in an
infatuation for chance schemes, in ha-
bits of excess, in waste of precious
time, IN a dulling and stupor of the
mind, and in the complete destruction
of religious feeling. These are serious
results, evils that should and must be
avoided by the Latter.day Saints.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-03-11

Boom up the coming Horse Show.
Now that the affair is under way let's
make it the biggest thing possible.
It's good effect is limited only to the
number Of people who attend. Prof
Carlyle, one Of the big guns at Fort
Collins, Col, is to be here and talk on
Breeding" judge the horsefiesh on
exhibition and give such other point
ers as horsemen need. March 23rd is
the. day, and between now and then
there should be some tall hust.ing.
II you have good animals, feed them
up properly, get them in the pink OF
condition and bring them TO the show.
Tell your neighbor and urge him to dc
his part-and do not forget to dc
yours.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-03-11

III has not been an unusual thing for
the hackman to race from the o. S. l..
station at night. Many have remark
ed about the matter, and Wednesday
nights accident but emphasizes their
statements that the authorities have
been lax in warning drivers. A rea-
sonable speed to and from the station
would never be objected o,and acing
speed to the station, if perchance the
hack was late, might be tolerated oc-
casionally, but there is never an eX-
cuse for racing speed from the sta
ton. II is true also that owners of
horsetlesh in this city frequently use
our streets for racing purposes In
the summer time, Center and Main
streets are yeyitable race tracks, to the
great danger of the public and the
racers themselves. This should be
stopped short of, and there is no bet
ter time than now.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-03-11

Then again, there Is the great danger,
that turks in persistent card playing
which begets the spirit of gambling, of
speculation, and that awakens the
dangerous desire to get something for
nothing.
/ have in mind a man whose life Is
now ruined, who was wrecked by card
playing. The habit began innocently
it started from a simple game per-
sistently repeated just to see who
would win. But the interest soon
waned, and it was found necessary to
stimulate it with a glass Of beer; then
beer was too weak. Wine was next;
and you know the old Hebrew saying:
"When Satan cannot come himself,
he sends wine as a messenger" But
IL became compulsory to go still fur
ther, and at last to keep up the inter-
est with whiskey. Then the stimulus
for the game was not strong enough
in his own home, and he went out for
the needed excitement. A drunkard,
a gambler, a man without means or
property, an outcast, culprit picked
up from the gutter by the police-is
the remainder OF the story. His poor
! wife died, and he was punished for a
strong suspicion of misconduct with
his own children. 1t all began from
the innocent game of cards.
Behold the instances that are COM
mon where women leave their child
rem uncared for to go off to play cards;
Of men spending their earnings at the
gambling table-behold the spirit of
gambling, chance, of wanting some
thing for nothing, and the lodging of
honest work, and the waiting for luck
and lottery to bring easy returns! This
spirit is encouraged bv, il not born Of,
card-playing, and the mania to gamble
leads to ruin, poverty, spiritual death
and destruction. 1t is wrong for Lat
ter-day Saints to encourage it, or to
unduly indulge in any game that fost-
ers it. Let us cry it down, and. as we
value our own salvation and the good
of our children, let us leave persistent
card-playing alone. 1t is wrong and
! dangerous for the Latter.day Saints,
aud would better be entirely abolished
both in family, public, semi-publlc and
private gatherings.
But you say, we must have recrea-
tion; what shall we do? Turn to do
nestle enterprises, and TO the gaining
Of useful knowledge of the gospel.
Let the love Of reading good and use
full books be implanted in the hearts
of the young, and let them be trained
to take pleasure and recreation in his
tory, travel, biography, and classic
story. Then there are innocent games,
music, songs, and literary recreation
What would you think Of the man
who would argue for beer and whiskey
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-03-11
LOGAN'S BIG DAY.

June 30, the days on which the
Utah Commercial Travellers are to
own Logan, are but two months in the
future.
What are We going to do on these
days to show the boys the most roll
licking, royal, joyial time they ever
had? Other cities in the State want.
ed the Commercials to visit them this
year and promised them great things.
They mad a feeling in their hearts for
Logan, however, and despite other
inducements accepted our invitation.
It's now up to us to do things Just
about proper.
Many suggestions have been offered,
the adoption of but a few of which,
with proper handling, would accom-
plish the desired results. 1t is al
ready determined that there will be a
ball game Saturday afternoon. The
Commercials have been digging up
expert ball players among their num-
Der for months past and now claim to
have an aggregation that can skin any
bunch the Logan people can get to-
gether, It's up to somebody here TO
look for timber and get in some good
practice.
1t is also decided that the proceeds
Of this ball game are to be divided be-
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-03-11

HorSemen and farmers back Of the
horse show for March 23rd hope TO
make this nucleus, or starting point
Of driving association, county fair,
or something of the kind under a
different name. Efforts of this kind
have failed in the past, but failure
does not need TO be the rule. If the
proper men are behind this move
ment, men determined that the PFC
position MUST be go, it will be sue
ceSSful. A half dozen men of fair
ability, energy ana stubborn deter
mination can do more in a minute
than hundred half interested indi-
yidualS can do in a week. You peo-
pie who really want driving associa-
tion, race track, OF county fair should
pick your men, men on whom you
can rely, and then so afIer it. You
will get it as sure as your determine
ton and emery holds out. The press
of Logan will give you every assist
lnce possible.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-03-11

as a common beverage because 1t is
necessary for people to drink! He is
perhaps little worse than the man
who would place cards in the hands OF
my whereby they would fos-
ter the spirit Of chance and gambling
leading down to destruction because
they must have recreation. / would
call the first vicious enemy, and re-
fer him to water to drink;and the lat
ter, an evil spirit in the guise of inno-
cence, and refer him to recreation
containing no germs of spiritual dis
ease leading to the devil.
Let our evenings be devoted to in
nocent amusements i'm the home, and
let all chance games DE banished from
our families, and only recreation in
dulged in that Is free from gambling
and the gambling spirit. And let ex-
cessive card-playing, and the person
who strools about among neighbors at
all hours of the night and day encour-
aging the evil, be put far from us.
Just as sure as we encourage this evil
it will bring other grievous troubles
in its wake, and those who indulge ex.
cessively will lose the spirit of the gos.
pei, and go to temporal and spiritual
ruin.
Young people in their recreations
should strive to form love for that
which will not be injurious. 1t is moi
true that only that recreation can bt
enjoyed that is detrimental to the
body and spirit. We should train our
selves to find pleasure in that which
invigorates, not Supplies and destroys
the body; that which leads upward
not down; that which brightens, not
dulls and stuns the intellect: that
which elevates and exalts the spirit
not that clogs and depresses it. SC
shall we please the Lord, enhance oul
own enjoyment, and save ourselves
and our children from impending sins
at the root OF which, like an evil
genius, turks the spirit of cards and
gaming.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-03-11

One page of this paper is devoted to
a directory Of the professional and
business men of this city, together
with write up each issue of some
phase of this city's or county's natural
resources, prospects or business enter
prises. We call attention to this be-
cause it is new feature, and may be
worth your attention. The matter
presented is designed to be of particu-
lar interest to people not residents of
this city or valley, but we hope will
prove worth perusll by all within our
confines.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-03-11
AS spring approaches the holders of

AS spring approaches the holders OF
property in front of which cement
walks have been laid should, II they
can possibly afford it, consider the
ACCESSIBILITY of curbing the water ditch
and making lawns on each side of the
walk. A substantial frame structure
in the ditch lasting from four to eight
years costs comparatively little and
would improve the appearance of prop
erty greatly. Likewise the making
of lawns as suggested,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-03-11

street is really the gateway to the
city and now that the sidewalks are
cement and give the best impression,
the street itself should be improved
accordingly. 1t has been suggested
that the entire street should be bal
lasted properly and those punk bridges
over the big canal replaced with large
pipes laid level with the street. This
improvement by the city is due those
property holders who have spent
goodly sums in the construction OF
those sidewalks,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-03-11
AGAINST CARD-PlAYlNG.

Quite recently the Priesthood OF
Cache Stake considered the growth OF
card-playing and unanimously adopted
a resolution advising against cards.
BY request THE REPUBLICAN here
presents the expressions of President
Joseph +. Smith on this subject. The
article is to be found in the I'm
proyement Era" of August 1908.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-03-11

No Streea in Logan, with the single
exception Of Main, is travelled more
than Center street, and none have had
less attention than this street. Ten
years ago it was graveled in the center
and later the telephone and light
poles placed in the middle made it
impossible to use the best portion Of
that street, Today both sides are
usually cut to pieces, making it suf-
ticiently uneven 10 jolt the gizzard
out Of the average traveller, This
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-03-11

The Cache Valley Farmers Associa-
tion meets in the Logan tabernacle
today at II o'clock. Every member
should be present, and especially every
officer of the minor organizations.
Only in this way can effective organi-
zation and good results be obtained
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-03-11
Subscription, Payable In Advance

The Idaho legislature closed its
labors by providing for the expendi-
ture of $4,000 in road making. This
isn't much in big state like Idaho
but it shows a disposition that augurs
well for future progress.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-03-11
Marriage License.

Since March lst the following mar.
riage licenses has been granted:
f. n. Pratt, Preston. ..........25
Myrtle Young, Archer. Is
Milo A. Wheeler Lewiston. ......27
Cordelia e. Bright, Lewiston. .27
Orson A. Baily, Wellsville. ,.... .23
Lizzie j. Gunnell, Wellsville. 81
w. Bert Robinson, Salt Lake. 49,. 81
Ivy Rosa, Logan ...............19
Silas Williams WEIGH, Wellsville. .,.23
Lila Outson Jones Wcllsville. 49,. II
Joseph L. Allen, Cove. :. e. ...... %
Sarah Bodily, Mapleton. ....,... is
Benjamin Gettins, Smithtield. 81
Malinda Glazier, Smithfield.. 1t
John II. Johnson, Weston. rs
Corla G. ii NJ. fredrickson.. .16
Chinese Pay Their Notes.
The ten branch Offices of the Russo
Chinese bank In China have since
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-02-07

climbed on another car and gone his
way.
He was Sir Charles Wyndham, the
noted English actor, now appearing
at the Lyccum theatcr.
Wyndham went straight to his
dressing room in the theater and at
tempted to dress for his part. But
he was In such pain that he sent for
Daniel Frohman and told the manager
that lie was suffering so severely he
feared he would be unable to appear,
Trohman sent for two doctors, who
found that Wyndham's right shout
der was dislocatcd. They replaced 1t
and the actor bore the pain necessary
to tie operation without n groan.
"You certainly have done admir-
ably" he said when they had fin
ishcd. land l consider myself some
thing of judge, as l was once a
British army surgeon in India"
Then he WAS taken to a hospital in
an ambulance.
Two nights later he was back on
the stage.