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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04
! The Bye-Bye Chair
SUPERINTENDENT

The reign o. dad is the dusky reign;
mother may hold the throne
All the day. but, tea away, daddy comes
Ohio. then, crown O. the tasseled cap.
robe o. the dressing gownl
I'm king at night by honest right, though
a slave to trade down-to town.
What news is this by Courier Cat? One
marching to destroy?
Invasion led by one o. rank-by Emperor
Billy-boy2
parous thing to wear,
Here's siege and scaling rout and sack
Of Fortress Easy Chair.
And now. retreat My kingly ruse! The
What? Mined beneath? Then up, white
flag! To kingly hopes farewell!
Hold. o bombarding cushion host, l Yield
The emperor has won tonight! live to
do his will.
The victor's terms? Nor harsh are they;
My tyrant these l gladly yield to such
Now, crib What. no? Your mothers
arms2 I grant the boon with JOY.
Ho. up the stair! Good queen. prepare!
Here's Emperor Billy-boy.
May / sit down in Slumber-town and lis
Tina. mother voice in cadence soft and
tender accents croons?
Let me sit down in this dear realm
whose throne is built so fair
The throne no man may e'er dispute-a
mothers Bye-Bye Chair.
I'm hungry for the quaint old songs. old
lullahies, my dearl
The Now In dim, the Then shines clear
as I am listning here.
feel the clasp OF mother arms come
round me In the gloom,
seem to hear another voice within this
hallowed room,
The thrill OF oldtime melodies Is In that
mystic sound.
The sanctity OF old-time love encom-
passeth me round.
The World at times has beat me back In
battles I have fought
Not always has the god Success touched
tasks I'm which / wrought:
Full oft has Fortune dealt a blow Instead
OF bent to bless,
And heartache followed close upon the
heels OF happiness.
But often when a solemn song OF woe
my heart intoned,
And often when the spirit writhed and
all my nature groaned,
Then stole refrain that softened pain.
not phrased by mortal tongue.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04
SWAIN WAS ALSO ATHLETE.
Youths knowledge Of Sports Saves
Him at Crisis.

They were sitting together on the
big sofa In the drawing room, she with
her head on his shoulder and he with
his left arm around her waist and his
other hand fondly holding both OF
hers. For over half an hour, says the
Philadelphia Press, he had been frank
ly telling her the story of his past life
and resolving with her influence to
make better man Of himself, while
she encouraged him, telling him over
and over again that he was far better
than the average man she knew.
Mother was upstairs, supposedly
deep in a book, and the occupants OF
the drawing room trusted to mothers
footsteps to warn them when they
should move to a more platonic posi-
ton.
But the young people were so deep
ly interested in each other that they
did not hear mother come down the
stairs and the first intimation of dan
ger was when they heard the knob on
the drawing room door turn.
Frantically the youth leaped from
the sofa and while he was In mid
air mother strobe majestically into the
room and saw him.
To the average youth there would
have been no escape. but this youth,
with the skill of a veteran, landed
lightly on his feet and, turning to
the mother. said in the most conven.
tional tones:
why, how do you do, Mrs. y
was just explaining to Miss - how
| won the broad jump on franklin
field. And then to carry out the gal
liant lie he demonstrated high jump
ing. sprinting. throwing the weight,
hammer-throwing and even showed the
mother and daughter how the various
position on the football team are
played.
And the best part Of the whole af-
fair was that mother really believed
all he said.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04
HIGH HOPES SOON DASHED.
Count De la vauIx illustrates Idea
With Good Story.


Count Henri De La Vaulx, the noted
aeronaut, was talking about aeronaut-
les in New York.
Our Aero club in Paris" he said,
has 600 members. am sure that
there must be quite 600 aeronauts in
America Undoubtedly 1t won't be
long before flying machines will be as
common as motor cars.
THE great trouble is the immense
amount Of time and money that aero.
nautical experiments require. Full Of
hope, you work two, three, four years,
and spend, 1t may be, $4,000 on a fly.
ing machine, and the first time you
try it-crash-down 1t drops, a wreck.
Then you are. indeed, disappointed
and disheartened. You feel as a den.
fist felt, OF whom l heard the other
day.
"A man went to this dentist to have
a tooth pulled. He leaned back in the
chair and the dentist thrust into his
mouth a pair of bright forceps, gave a
jerk, then said in a complacent tone /:
AHA, there's the little joker. II
came out easy, didn't it?'
Idiot! Blockhead!' exclaimed the
patient. That's the false tooth paid
$40 to have put In the other day."
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

about the great beauties in those days
for II woman was good looking
enough to endure one of those trying
exposures of the forehead she must
have been very handsome indeed.
Nowadays when the hair is draped so
becomhgly over the imperfections Of
the brow all girls are pretty. Monoton-
ously so, perhaps, for we often need
to have a famous beauty pointed out
to us, she looks so exactly like all
other women.
The soft, curly bang and the low
dropping pompadour are so much
more important aids to beauty than
rouge and powder that one cannot
but regard with wonder the many
fashions Of hairdressing which have
dispensed with them entirely. The
Egyptians, Greeks and Romans had
extremely low foreheads by nature.
With the Greeks the hair grew well
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

NAL nature, II not feeble mind, 1t 10
impossible to say, but certain 1t is that
during medieval times. almost with
out exception a large exparse OF shin
ing white forehead was considered the
proper accompaniment for the won
drous horned, forked steepled and
heart shaped head dresses which were
long in fashion.
So much was high forehead adj
mired that the hair was sometimes
shaved back till half the head was
bare. Sometimes 1t was fashionable
to have the forehead round, some
times oval and sometimes square, OF
with the charming widows peak.
Though crimping pins and curlins
irons are Of unknown antiquity and
we're frequently used to wave the long
hair, the delights Of genuine bang
were almost unknown from classic
times till the reign Of Elizabeth. In
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

A prominent Missourian in Wash
ington is fond Of telling anecdotes
about James Stephen Green, once a
senator from Missouri, and the leader
in the aggressive war made on Benton
by the slavery advocates in ante.
bellum Missouri. The one he enjoys
the most and considers the best OF all
illustrates Green's ready wit.
One Sunday, shortly after Green's
arrival In Washington, he was asked
by friend of his to attend services
at an Episcopal church near by. Green
had never attended a service charac
teIized by much Journalism. so he was
naturally deeply impressed. After he
had returned an acquaintance asked
him, Senator, what did you think OF
the service?"
well, SIR" Green replied, 1T struck
me that there was altogether too much
reading of the journal and not enough
debate. Saturday Evening Post.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04
A Question Of Clothing.

Mr. Jones was very fond OF kind
Of boiled pudding his wife made, so
when she had gone away for an az
ternoon and evening she promised
that she would leave one OF the IA
vored buildings in the saucepan for
his evening meal.
We'll" she said on her return, and
how did the pudding go DOWN."
"Soo-preme!" said Tom, smacking
his lips at the recollection. Twas
as good a pudding as you have ever
made"
That's good" was the gratified re.
Spouse OF Mrs. Jones. "Im glad you
enjoyed It. What did you do with the
cloth?"
For moment Mr.. Jones solemnly
surveyed her.
"What?" he said, did II have a
cloth on?"-London Answers.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

But born of memries old and sweet--the
songs my mother sung
When in the dusk she held me close and
gently stroked my hair,
And bore me with her down to Sleep In
that old Bye-Bye Chair.
My boyhood's friend went wrong to-day;
the same old story. dearl
Temptation, yielding, sin and fall. And
thoughtless worldlings sneerl
But ! who sit here by your side and
hear you sing tonight,
And gaze behind me on the years with
love and faith alight,
I do not pride my falt,,ring feet upon the
race they've made,
But search my heart and bless the part
that mother love has played.
I know he lacked the mother hands that
fondly press and mold,
l know he lacked the mother smile that
turns the dross to gold
And at the crossroads where the tracks
OF Right and Wrong are dim
There was no shining mother light 10
point the way to him.
The callous cynics of the world gage sin
by what is done,
But l can measure life by love OF mother
to her son;
And God who knows the human heart,
has mercy. dear, to spare
To him whose soul-strength was not won
in mothers Bye-Bye Chair.
Sleep, little boy-my Billy-boy! The
stern In wrath and pride.
Its blows are blows that SILVER strength;
II smiles to see a fall;
II does not pity idle tears nor heed a
cravens call.
Yet victory is not to him who wantonly
gives pain,
Who wrests their weapons from the
weak and tramples on the slain.
For chivalry. 1t is not dead. nor honor
but a name,
And bitter scorn be need OF him who
brings his mother shame.
Yet he who barking back to youth goes
forth and nobly tries
To color life to match the light that
shines from mothers eyes.
And he who with his earnest faith his
after life attunes
To those old songs OF honest love his
mother softly croons,
May walk adown the ways OF Life, and
In his daily prayer
Thank God that all his best was born in
that old Bye-Bye Chair.
Holman Day in Pearson's for Deem
Der.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04
VOTING DOWN IN GEORGIA.
Outdoor Polling Place Where 100 Gill.
zens Register Their Choice.

An odd custom prevails in one Of
the remote and isolated counties Of
northeast Georgia-Rabun, the county
that annually produces more Illicit
whisky than any other like area In the
world. In a certain precinct in this
county far removed from anything
like village even, and surrounded by
some Of the toughest and grandest
scenery east Of the Rockies, a locality
is known as "the law grounds"
II is centrally located, to accommo-
date the scattered inhabitants, and for
upward Of 100 years all cases of law
have been tried and all elections for
county, state and federal officers have
been held on these common grounds.
II the weather Is pleasant the meet
ings invariably take place in the open
air, otherwise an old building is oc-
cupied
The writer happened to pass this
odd polling place about noon on the
presidential election day, November,
1900. Twelve voters we're present, re-
clining on the ground. A board, one
end OF which rested upon a log and
the other on rock, served the clerk
for a table, while a hat was used as
ballot box. A gentleman informed
me that there wero 100 voters In the
precinct, adding that It was customary
to count the ballots whenever anyone
desired to know how the different can
d!dates stood.-Leslle's Weekly.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04
MEsMERisT TO THE CAR.
Credited With Power to Heal All Dis
eases by Thought.

Philippe, the mesmerist, who a few
years ago had an extraordinary influ-
ence over the car, is now at Lyons
working wonders with fellow wizard.
The newspapers state that Philippe
often stays with the car at his castle
at Tsarskoeselo.
When the car was last in France he
summoned Philippe to Compiegne and
had an interview with him which last.
ed several hours. much to the aston.
ishment of the French officials. It is
asserted that Philippe then foretold
the birth of the Czarevitch.
According to the papers Philippe
can heal all diseases by thought. No
passes, no lamentations, or message
are needed. A look or thought will
suffice. But cures are only possible
when the patients relations or friends
deserve 1t by their moral conduct.
The papers tell a story of how by
his presence Philippe cured a child
who was at deaths door with tuber.
cular meningitis. Fifty persons were
present at the time. Philippe merely
asked all present to pledge their honor
not to talk scandal for forty.eight
hours. Every one protested that this
was too long, and Philippe according.
ly compromised on two hours, at the
end OF which time the child was cured.
The papers say that after this and
other such miracles should the people
disbelieve in Philippe they can only
say they are sorry for them.-Paris
Correspondent New York Sun.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

the time Of Charles I. little, charm
ing, babyish fringe was allowed to
soften the outline Of the forehead. In
Charles lis day this had degenerated
into lawless, struggling locks.
Then came the period Of imposing
and stately coiffures beginning with
the commode and running through
pompadours Of various sizes which
left the forehead quite bare again;
then the reign Of mock sentiment
when the hair was cropped and curled
in a thousand tendrils which fell
gracefully into the eyes and were sup
posed to express the extreme limit Of
unconventionality.
After this were the long years OF
the middle nineteenth century when
pretty, feminine decorum was the key
note Of all hairdressing This was the
heydey Of the meek, neat part from
which bands Of hair, smooth and shin.
ing from pomade, dropped to frame
the high, oval brow.
The next step. a great one, brings
us around to the bang again and this
time 1t was the much abused idiots
fringe" 1t served a good purpose
though, for when after runninl
through several forms 1t finally went
to the place where all good fashions
go. It left as It's legacy the theory thai
all, the main object in life and from
that time, be the fashion what 1t may
no woman with a high, unsightly fore
head has felt herself obliged to expose
all It's shortcomings to the gaze Of
critical public,-NeW York Sun.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

tremely high forehead with the hair
growing upon 1t in an awkward line,
and is obliged by fashion to display 1t
In unadorned simplicity, she will never
be more than a nice, sensible looking
person.
What pitiless wreckers Of a woman's
chance of beauty were those uncom.
prising coiffures, one of whose prin-
cipal features was the display Of every
available bit of forehead. The worst
of 1t was that in the old times a fash
ion was as the laws Of the Modes and
Persians, net to be deviated from by
SO much as hairs breath.
It Is no wonder we hear 80 much
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

over the frontal curve Of the head
down to the middle Of the forehead,
but the brow was very wide at the
temples, II not high, and in accepting
the classic standard Of beauty this
must be considered the ideal type Of
forehead. Evidently, though, it was
very far from the ideal Of Christian
Europe for women, at least, during
the greater part Of 1000 years. Wheth-
er the monkish critics Of fashion, who
stormed so hard and usually accom-
plished so little, succeeded In that one
instance in impressing on the feather
heads the theory that hair growing
low on the forehead indicated an ami
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04
WoNDRoUs WAYS OF ANTS.
Some Plant and Harvest GraIn-oth
ers Feared by All AnirnaIs

Some Plant and Harvest GraIn--oth
ers Feared by All Animals.
Lieut.-Col. Sykes saw at Poonan
ants carrying out grain to dry In the
sun, says the London Spectator. DR.
Lincecum In Texas found ants which
planted certain seed.bearing grass,
reaped 1t and carried the grain into
their cells, where they stripped It Of
chan and packed 1t away. The paper
relating this was read by Darwin be-
fore the Linnaen society Another OBJ
server has told US Of ants which grow
mushrooms.
The foraging ants of Brazil and
western equatorial Africa are terrible
creatures. Elephants and gorillas fee
before them; the python takes care
not to indulge in a meal until he has
satisfied himself that there are none
OF them abo, :. They have n "leisure
class" much larger creatures. which
accompany their march, like subal-
tern officers In a marching regiment"
they are not fighters, however. One
curious conjecture as TO their func-
ton has been made. They are indi-
gestible and birds spare the whole
army lest they should get hold of one
or these tough morsels. This, Il must
be allowed, looks little too strange.
Slaves the ants certainly have, but
they do not make slave raids. The
larvae Of the inferior race are carried
on and Matched out The crownine
marvel, however, is that the British
slaye,owning ant, and he alone, makes
his slaves fight for hin.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04
MILK WILL SUSTAIN LIFE.
Most Nearly Perfect Food That Man
Has Yet Discovered.


Has Yet Discovered.
In twenty pounds OF potatoes there
are three and three-quarter pounds Of
nutriment; in twenty-five cents worth
of fat salt pork there are three and
one-half pounds of nutriment; in the
same value Of wheat bread there are
two and one-quarter pounds; in the
neck of beef, one and three-quarter
pounds; In skim milk cheese, one and
three-quarters; in whole milk cheese,
a trife more than one and one-half
pounds; in butter, one and one-half
pounds, and in smoked ham and leg OF
mutton about the same; In milk, a
tribe over one pound; in mackerel,
about one pound; in round Of beef,
three-quarters Of a pound; in salt cod
fish and beef sirloin, about one-half OF
q pound; in eggs. about seven ounces.
and in fresh goldfish about six ounces,
A quart Of milk, three-quarters Of a
pound of moderately fat beef, sirloin
steak. for instance, and FIVE ounces
of wheat -four, all contain about the
same amount OF nutritive material,
but different prices are paid for them
and they have different value for
nutriNent.
Milk comes nearest to being perfect
food. 1t contains all Of the different
kinds OF nutritive materials that the
body needs. Bread made from the
wheat -four will support life. 1t con-
tains all Of the necessary ingredients
for nourlshment, but not in the proper
tons best adapted for ordinary use.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

The scientists who make the men
tally defective their study must have
settled 1t to everybody's satisfaction
that hair growing low on the forehead
Is no sign OF idiocy, for bangs are be.
ing neatly dovetailed upon the low
sweeping pompadour and no one
utters word of protest.
The time was when the introduction
Of that same soft, insinuating bang
was received with a whirl of disap-
proval. Idiots fringe" was one Of
the mildest names applied to 1t by
scandalized husbands and fathers who
had pinned their faith to women with
high, open foreheads. surrounded by
meek and also excessively sleek bands
Of hair.
This was all very we'll as to senti-
ment, but is there woman living who
would not rather look pretty though
slightly feeble minded, than homely
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

One OF the latest discoveries is that
bits of earthenw6re from granite
lined" vessels cause a large proper
tion OF the cases of appendicitis. The
moral Is that you shouldn't gobble
your morning oatmeal, whether you
miss the early train or not.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04
LOW AND PRETTY FOREHEADS FOR WOMEN

The Curly Bang and the Low Wav.
ing Pompadour Great Beauty
Makers--High Foreheads Intel.
lectual. Perhaps. but Not a Pref.
ty Feature of a Woman's Face,
Save in Rare Instances-Ar-
range the Hair Becominsly. the
Rule Evolved After Centuries Of
Experiments .
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

Now a doctor has discovered that
you can take the gold cure for pneu-
monia IL your batting average is SO
low you do not require the cure for
anything else.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

The increase in the public asbt last
month was s2,453, 265-but n your pri
vate debts haven't increased since the
beginning OF November, you really
don't need to lie awake O. night a-wor
ryin'.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

vim Cummings" a famous train
robber. died a natural death the other
day at Leavenworth. Kan, where he
had for a number OF years been lead
ing an honest life, His prosaio wind
up will fortunately make 1t impossible
90 dramatize him.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

Thomas w. Lawson OF Boston finds
II possible to bear the stock market
by using the advertising columns.
There's nothing like printers ink.
Try It.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

The st. Paul girl who laughed SO
hard over a funny story that she dis
located her jaw won't be happy again
until she can tell her acquaintances
precisely how It happened.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

It is susceptible OF mathematical
proof that all of the 10000 lawyers Of
New York city cannot belong to the
900.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

II never indulge In gossip" said
Mrs. Jane Goodridge Mansfield Of
Lynn, when asked how she came to
live to be 1913 years old. A remark
able woman in several ways.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

Justice Clark OF New York's SUI
preme court has now decided that a
sandwich is not a meal. Never mind.
A banquet OF baked beans and crisp
pork and steaming hot brown bread Is.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

New York is TO have a bank that
will keep open day and night They
don't find It necessary, however. to
open up many of the churches In that
town except on Sundays.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

The Chicago husband who has
asked the courts to issue an Injunction
to restrain his wife from talking will
know more later on-particularly II
he listens carefully.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

Speaking of the dirigible airships.
the steering committee Of the House
Of Representatives ought to know
something about 'em.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

Evening paper says "A shot fol.
lowed a woman's No." Those that
have followed her Yes" can't be
counted.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

The sultan says that he will protect
the sale OF the Bible In Turkey, but
the world has discovered from long
experience that It doesn't make much
difference what the sultan says.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

though never so thought.
full? From the standpoint
of the greatest good for
the greatest number,
there never were such
helpful friends to the fem.
mime kind as the curly
bang and the low wav-
ing pompadour which
sweeps the eyebrows.
This is perhaps be-
cause the forehead is I'M
beautiful more often than
any other part of the
countepance. A woman
may have an ill-shaped
mouth, or a crooked nose,
or little eyes, and no eye
brows and still be pretty
II her hair Is becomingly
arranged, but II all her
other features are well
enough and she has an ex-
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

Seventeen mules are now attached
to the rear guard OF the Panama army.
Another instance in which the rear
is more dangerous by far than the
front.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

Another girl has been burned to
death-this time in Brooklyn-from
stepping on a match. Use only the
kind that light only on the box.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

The people of this country are
anxiously waiting to hail the hero who
will overcome the lone bandit while
he Is proceeding to hold up train.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-04

A Chicago man who could quote
Plato and Schopenhauer committed
suicide. He probably felt that the
town was no place for him.