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The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
The Wood Lot.

'hC VoOO LOt.
Ihe appearance of mans wood
iot Is mirror of his prosper
ity. The man who keeps his wood
lot looking as neat and tidy as
his other enclosures is invariably a
thrifty farmer and one who is saving
at least part of his yearly income.
Inc uncut wood should be piled up
neatly and the wood that is ready for
the stove should be put in a high shell
tering pile if there isn't wood house
in which to store it. A good econo.
meal way 10 pile stove wood is to
cord up the wood in the form of a
circular wall as large around as you
need to hold all the wood. The wood
should be thrown inside this ensloaure
and the circular wall of wood tuilt
up as fast as the wood inside piles
up. The sides should slope slightly
inward to prevent 1t falling down.
When the pile is as high as the wood
can conveniently be thrown, bring the
top to a sharp point with no sticks
lying crosswise. 1t will then shed
water in the manner of shingled
roof In this way the wood will sea.
son in short time and all keep dry
except a few layers on the top. 1t
Is another piece of economy to keep
the chips all picked up and burned.
They make the finest kind of kindlins.
The rotten chips and bark which the
farmer calls chip dirt makes one of
the best fertilizers for the garden
that can be procured. 1t is rich anu
mixes with the soil so easily that It
does not interfere with the cultiya.
ton OF the vegetables. In this man.
mer he wood lot can be kept in nice
shape profitably, and one need not be
ashamed to have visitor go over his
premises without lodging the wood
!ot.-J. U. Fackler, Johnson Co., Iowa,
in Farmers Review.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
En,peror's Birthday Gift.

On her last birthday the Emperor
Of Germany presented the Empress
with music box that played all his
own compositions. Each of his sons
has an automatic model of a Prussian
soldier that goes through all the
movements of the infantry drill, and
even fires blank cartridges from his
rifle
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
Comparatively Modern Palace.


Versailles dates as a royal resi-
dence from Louis XIV, who created
tho present palace around small
chateau or castle built there by his
father, Louis MIL, as hunting seat
in 1927 Compared with the Louvre
or with Windsor. Ensland's Oldest
royal residence. IL is relatively mod.
ern palace.
Probably no palace was ever con.
structed at greater outlay of treas.
ure and lives. Its situation, in wood
ed country. twelve miles from Paris.
was far too pastoral to suit the views
of Louie XIV, and he undertook great
works 10 give she new palace an or
nate setting with result that its
gardens are without parallel in their
extent and artificial grandeur. Great
difficulty was experienced in getting
an adequate supply OF water. and to
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
conn.ctIcut,s "crowbar" eov.rne,.

Morgan G. Bulkeley, the new sena-
tor from Connecticut, began mercan.
tile life in Brooklyn as bundle boy.
He was elected governor of Connec-
tcut in November, 1888. taking his
seat in January 1889. Two years lat
er the election of state officers was in
dispute and as the senate was demo.
cratic. while the house of republican,
there was deadlock and Gov Bulke.
ley remained in office two years long
er. 1t was in the early part of his
holdover term that he used a crow
bar to force the door of the executive
chamber. which had been locked
against him, and thus got the title of
the "crowbar governor"
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
'lIVEiI
STOCK
Scaldino Hogs.


A good sticking knife, hog hook.
scrapers. and convenient place
for working are the important
Items to consider. A barrel IL
the receptacle commonly used for
scaling. and there is no need Of any
thiag better if set at the proper slant.
with the open end against table or
platform Of the proper height and the
bottom securely fastened. A strong
table built for this purpose would be
very desirable thing on which to
work. A box often serves very well.
caution should be observed about eX-
citing or heating hogs before slaugh-
terlhg, and the same may be said OF
any animal. The water for scalding
should be heated to a temperature Of
Aoo 10 2l2 degrees. Where it is heated
in the house or in a kettle outdoors it
shoulc be boiling when removed from
the Kettle or stove. If put in a cold
pafrel 1t will be about the right tenn
perature when the hog Is ready to be
scalded The water should be nearly
polllnS before the hog is killed. At
tne time the hog is scalded the water
should be at a temperature of 1856 to
1913 degrees. If the water is too hot
the ha1r is likely to set, causing even
more trouble than If too cold If the
barrel is hot as it would be ordinarily
lot the second hog. add half pail of
cold water. A shovelful of hard wood
ashes adced to the water aids ma
terlally in removing the scurf from the
SKIN. though it has no effect in loosen
ing the hair. A lump of lime. hand
iui OF soft soap, little pine tar or a
tablespoonful of concentrated lye has
the same effect. While being scalded
the hog should be kept moving to
a'old cooking the skin. Occasionally
IL should be drawn out of the water
10 ar, when the hair may be tried.
AS soon as hair and scurf slip off
easily from the surface scalding is
complete. II it is suspected that the
water is too hot scald the hind end
hrst; If too cold the front end. This
is IN order to get good scald on the
head which is difficult to clean.--E.
Myer, Tarrant Co, Texas.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
More Flexible and Lasting,

won't shake out or blow out; by using
Defiance Starch you obtain better re-
suits than possible with any other
monsy. brand and 0ne-third more for same
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19


So many historic memories are con-
nected with Versailles that only
few can be recalled when one is actu-
ally in the great palace. One pauses
long, for example, in the vast gal
iery of glass" or hall of mirrors, on
recalling that it was here the victori
GUS King William of Prussia, grand
father of the present kaiser caused
himself to be proclaimed the German
emperor, in January, 1871.
So great and so numerous are the
galleries of Versailles, now unfur-
nished-for the palace was plundered
in the revolution-and filed with pic
lures and sculpture, that the visitor
is apt to turn from them with relief
to the many suites of small apart
ments intimately connected with the
daily lives of the three kings of
France who lived here.
In the Kings Apartments.
& In one of these little paneled cham
bers is seen the secret door by which
du Barry used to enter the kings
apartments. In another is the win
COW by which the heartless LOUIS XIV.
stood and watched the funeral train
of his once beloved Pompadour, say
ing: The marquise has pad weather
for her Journey" In the next cham
Der the king died of smallpox.
Here we see Louis XVI. receiving
the startling message from Mirabeau,
when he ordered the first Legislature
TO disperse: We are here by the
will of the people, and we shall leave
only at the point Of the bayonet"
Here is the very gallery On which
the brave Marie Antoinette, uniustly
blamed for the abuses of the court.
stood alone before the rabble from
Paris. thirsting for her blood. on the
terrible night of Oct. 10. 1889, when
the long, cruel drama of retribution
for the royal house, to end only at
the guillotine four years later. was
ushered on the stage. Here also we
see the secret passage (formerly used
by the mistresses of kings) by which
Antoinette escaped from the palace
But to recite all the interesting
facts connected with the lives of
Louis XIV. Louis Nv. and the i'll.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
PRESIDENT ALVEs OF BRAZIL.
Chief Executive Has Held Many High
Offices

President Alves of Brazil was elect
ed in 1902 for the four year term.
He was born in Brazil, and was grad
uated from Dom Pedro college, from
of laws. He was elected state sena-
tor in 1871. and to congress in 1887
In 1889 he helped frame the new Bra
lillian constitution. From 1889 to 1902
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
The Race Question

Is problem that has puzzled the
profoundest minds, for many years.
The best thing for the human race to
do is to eat Pillsbury's Vitos for
breakfast.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19

Crawford-How are all your old
friends? Crabshaw-They must be
getting along first-rate. They never
come around to see me.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-19
Clover in the Silo

There are some sections of the
country where silos will never
become very popular. The sec
tions in mind are those where the
corn plant or the sorghum plant can
not be grown. There is no particular
advantage in SLIDING clover, and be.
sides clover silage has a very strong
flavor and smell that is very much
objected to by the hest dairymen.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-08-22

Box Office open evening Of show.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-08-22
CARE FOR MOUNTAIN SHEEP
Colorado Game Laws Have This An
imhl Under Their Special
Protection.

state Game and Fish Commissioner
Jim Woodland declares that the noun
tain sheep of Colorado is In the Same
class as the sacred bull IF India. It
must not be touched. SAYS Woodland.
II the animal is seen browsing upon
the mountainside the gun of the hunt
or must not be pointed In its direction.
The animal, therefore, may be called
the sacred sheep of Colorado" There
are not many of them loft but under
he protection of the law they are in
creasing every year. There Is band
of them on the hills between Florence
and Victor, and Mr.. Woodland has a
photograph of bunch grazing on a
hillside a short distance from Florence.
But for the passage of a law which
heavily fines those VINO kin this ami
NAL, the species would have been ex-
tinct long ago.
letter received in Mr.. Woodlands
Office recently tells of the arrest and
conviction Of one Fred hlgntasky for
killing Il mountain sheep. tIant2sky
was fined 5000 and costs in The county
court at Canon City The costs
amounted to $40. and II the accused
man does not settle he will have a
long term to serve in the county JAIL
Denver Republican.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-08-22
PIANOS
AND


We have sold more instru-
ments the past four months
than any house in Logan.
We sold -Four pianos last
week, and it was easy.
Why?
Because we sell the Best
for the Least money. That
always gets the business.
Come in and let us show
you our Pianos, Organs, Talk
ing Machines, Records and
Sheet Music end hen quou
you prices.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-08-22
Ritter Bros.
DrttgCo.
The Cache Val.
ley Livery Stable


II Won want to swan horses To buv. or
10 sell
There's M Mace around where you1l
do ouite 90 we'll
If Won come to our stable we'll take
special care
TO attend 10 YOUR orders at prices
oujte fair,
And then we have horses and buppies
to let.
And yor'll do as well here as you'ye
ever done vet.
If YOU or YOUR friends desire to ride
s..asut
Wyf3,Aye what will please YOU without
aov doubt.
II you want TO 90 fast we will let you
have those
That are hard TO beat, as everyone
knows,
And this is a matter we would have
YOU all KNOW
We have good, steady horses that will
travel more slow.
With care, there's no danger of losing
your life,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-08-22
WAYS OF THE AFRICAN LION
With Increasing Scarcity Of Game.
Jungle King becomes Menace
to Human Life.

Lions are increasing in number
throughout the district, and, believe,
In all Angola, though they are still
net so common as leopards. Certainly
they watch the road for dinner. and all
the way from Benguela to Blhe you
have a good chance of hearing them
purring about your wagon any night
Sometimes then VA may find GER
tain satisfaction In rejecting that you
are inside tie wagon and that 20
oxen or more are sleepir around you,
tied TO their Jokes. An OK Is a better
meal than man, but to men as well
as to oxen the lion are becoming more
dangerous as the wilder game grows
scarcer. A native, fom the wagon
which crossed the Cuando Just after
mine, was going down for water in
the evening, when a l.Jn sprang on
him and split the petroleum can with
his claw. The boy had the sense to
beat his cup hard against the tin, and
the monarch Of the forest was so dis
gusted at the noise that he withdrew;
but few boys are so quick, and many
are killed, especially IN the mountain
zone about 100 miles from the coast.
H. w. Nevinson, In Harper'J Maya
zine.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-08-22
A Full L LIN OF
Painters
Supplies

Anything a good painter
needs will be found here.
We say good painter be-
cause our materials are the
best that are made, and of
course only good painters use
the best materials.
Dry Paints and Paints
ground in oil.
Boiled Oil, Raw Oil, Tur-
pentine and Varnishes.
From the little sash tool up
to the biggest wall brush.
From the .Camel's Hair
Pencil up to the largest Var
aR Brush.
And all priced at less thar
you'd pay elsewhere.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-08-22
Titles of Novels.

Titles of novels are seldom novel,
for they ring the changes on the sue
cessful work, keeping the grog tone
sounding. Just as every musical
comedy for years was abOui some girl
or other. You will look down the new
lists of novels, and there Is always a
house as the keynote of the title. The
House with the Seven Gables" no
doubt suggested the vogue, The
House with the Green Shutters"
brought 1t into fashion. And now
there have been houses of everything
the ingenious writer can think Of.
Tears, Laughter, silence--and the lat
est is the House OF Souls" The nov.
elist is as superstitious as the actor,
and believes that the occurrence Of
Elizabeth" or House" in his title
spells fortune. We long for a book
with Jane" or Bathroom" on the
cover!
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-08-22
He Was Real Industrious.

Two Washington negroes meeting
in the street fell into a discussion of
the peculiarities of a mutual friend.
Said one: What kind o. pusson is
dat mar. anyhow? Seems to me he
never do no work"
"Oh, he is Industrious, all right"
promptly responded the second ne
gro, even If he don't do nothin' his.
self Why. only las week dat man
spent two whole days tryin' to git
bis wife a iah!"-Succsss NaaazIna
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-08-22
Unnecessary Fear Os lightning.

unnecessary rear o. lightning.
There is something so Intangible
about the bolt from the clouds that the
reasoning faculties of certain people
seem to be suspended during thunder
storms. They shrink from the mys-
FERROUS power even though It may be
shown that more people die from the
bite of the common house cat than
from lightning. such has been the case
in the past Another reason for the
common fear of lightning is our un-
familiarity with 1t. If thunder storms
happened every day of the year we
should probably lose our fears. Tuber-
culosis kills more men than war and
we do not spend the millions for fight
ing It that we do in preparing coast
defenses and erecting great navies.
People do not like to go to war be-
cause they may get killed, but they run
risks just as great in insanitary condi-
lions at home TO which they give no
thought.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-08-22
Hobbs Mo-
sic Store.
Cache People in
Salt Lake City

viii find first.class lodging apart
ments at 263 South Main, east of the
Palace hotel. The house is conducted
by Mrs. Abigail VanNoy, formerly OF
Richmond, who will be glad to meet
her old acquaintance Of the north.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-06
DEAD ON THE TRACKS
Lifeloss Reul|hs q Man Found SoVeIaI
 Hours Alter No Wls Killed.

Another life went out on the rail. road tracks this morning. when Fran cisco Garande Ferante of 2l Lafay- cite street was practically cut in two near the freight house at the High land division station. Although the body twas not discovered until about II o'clock. Medical Examiner Graves is of the opinion that the man was killed three or four hours prior to that time. The man was in the em- ploy of the J. ]. O'Brien Construction Co and one of their checks was found in his pocket marked 1596. It was slightly bent by contact with the cars. The body was removed to the undertaking rooms of Mancini & Ruggiero on Bank street where 1t re- mained without being recognized un- til noon when three brothers of the victim. accompanied by a number of their countrymen, called and identi- fed it. The three brothers, all clever appearing young men, wept bitterly w-en they looked at the remains of their dead brother, who left the house at 6:30 o'clock this morning in the best of health and spirits. The wheels of the cars passed over his stomach and cut the body into two parts.
 The man was 32 years of age and was very steady, reliable workman. It is supposed that he stepped in be- tween the cars on the way to work and one of the freight trains rolled over him. The body was close to the entrance of the freight station.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-06
CITY SIDEWALKS.
Taking On a Better Appearance Than
 They Have Had for Years.

By degrees the sidewalks are being put in excellent condition and the pub 'lic is beginning to appreciate the fact that 1t pays to have this work done by the city. After another year there will not be bad walk in the city and then 1t will be an easy matter to keep them in proper condition for public travel all the time. In addi- ton to being paying speculation it relieves the city officials from a lot of bother trying to club private individ- uals into doing something which they felt should be attended to by some body else. You don't see half a dog en people at every other meeting of the board of public works now rais- ing Cain about the sidewalks. Whyf Because the source of all this trouble has been removed and the walks are being fixed at less expense than ever before. When the city sets the curb and puts down the walk. charging such portion of the expense as Is fair against abutting property then the municipality will be In a position to go ahead and lay out streets and work them to established grades with the assurance that they won't be rip- ped to pieces after the next rain storm.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-06
CARPENTERS STRIKE ].
6isM bui|dsrs lnd unIon Mel 10
 Gstdlg Tegstia.

The master builders and the union mon about town are getting to un- derstand each other better and # they keep on exchanging opinions, setting an idea of what each wants 1t Is likely that the difference be- tween them will be bridged during the present week and the strike which has ben on for over two years will be declared oil. The bosses arc not talking and the men won't cay a word either, but blind man could tell by the way they wink 1t each other that the axe has been buried and after few days all will be working together and not a whim- per will be heard about labor troubles in Waterbury for the next twenty-five years. If ever. The car penters', strike was the toughest tussle that ever took place between union men and employers In Con- necticut and while both showed that they could do a little sparrinR 1t goes without saying that they have been in the ring too long and think 1t time each reached the other the hand of fellowship and decided to have a heart to heart talk, settle up their grievances. stop fighting. call the boys home who have been away from their families since the trouble started and let all so to work right here in Waterbury, where there is plenty for them to do. The public doesn't care on what conditions the row is settled. but everybody will breath easier when the announcement is made that both sides have gotten together and fixed things up in Q manner satisfactory to the men and the bosses.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-06
VISITS PLANET OF MARS;
 FINDS ONE-EYED GIANTS
Syracuse (N. VI Man 6rlngs Back Queer Account of Our Nearest Terrestrial NeIqhbor.

Syracuse, N. Y.-Sackville c. Ley. son, president of the Society for Psychical Research, says he recently paid visit to Mars. Although the dis. tance is 141.000,000 miles his spirit went there and back in 70 minutes while his body lay in his residence. In describing his visit he said: When I approached Mars 1t looked like a big globe of Are, and 1t seemed as if I were about to plunge into . molten mass. It was surrounded by blood red clouds mixed with others of greenish hue.
 There are two tribes of people on Mars-one SO large l only came up to their knees and the other 60 small that they only came up to my knees. None wore clothing All were covered with hair.
 The largest species had huge ears, a nose like lion. and only one eye. in the middle of the forehead. Their lungs do not move up and down in breathing, but expand crosswise.
 "The little men lived in holes in the ground Gr rocks. The larger ones had houses made of rocks. The little ones had web feet and slipped over a moss like substance as though skating. They gc9nla walk up perpendicula9f walls like flies.
 The small ones have two eyes. one in each temple. They had no noses. but there was a hole in each cheek.
 The trees looked as if made of rub Der. I saw none decayed. There was a substance which looked like snow. but which was not cold and was easy and soft to walk on.
 Down in a deep chasm I saw men working with some sort of machines which was guiding lights across trans parent rocks. The rays seemed to be reflected clear to the atmosphere on earth"
 MT. Leyson says he will go to Mars again. when he has an audience of scientists and psychologists to testify to the truth of his statement
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-09-06
BOARD OF HEALTH
Stringent Measures Expedbd to be
 Taken el Dog Quesdon.

The dog question again had its in. nings before the health board last evening and after discussing the sub ject for some time Commissioner D. F. Noonan and Dr H. E. Hungerford were appointed committee to draft suitable resolutions which will be sent to the aldermen asking that some nc- ton be taken which will have a per. manent effect upon the dogs.
 Dr r. T. Keeley, who was recently bitten while attempting to Kill a ra- bid dog and who has been at the Pas tuer institute for a couple of weeks, was at the meeting. President Freney seemed to think that 1t was about time something was done which would abate the dog nuisance. He thought that there should be some or dinance which would prevent CUTS from running round the streets. Dr Bland Is of the opinion that rabies are still very prevalent in this city aud said that one day last week he saw Q brute which he was sure had tho dumbs drink from the Cooke street reservoir. In other places he stated he also saw mad dogs running around endangerlng the lives of the citizens. All the commissioners agreed that it was best to take some stringent meas ures and the ordinapce will undoubt- edly be framed by the aldermen with out bringing the question again before the health board.
 Health Officer Kilmartin reported last evening that the gas plant to all appearances was responsible for the odor which was causing all the trou- ble in Brooklyn few weeks ago. Inspector Callahan and himself, made an investigation with a view to as- certaining the cause of the stencll, but could find nothing. Still he believes that waste material of some kind was allowed to accumulate in the tar wells which when. cleaned out, during the night caused the odor. Since the in vestigation was made no nuisance has existed.
 The garbage collectors bill $350 for the month of August was received and ordered paid.
 The scarlet fever and diphtheria bcHTe, WHICH udu tuc ucuiuclS VI tuc health board on edge few months ago, has entirely subsided for the health officer reported that there was not case of the last named disease during last month. There were only three of scarlet fever and one of measles; whooping cough 8, typhoid il, tuberculosis 6.
 The smOkestack, which the health board has been awaiting for some time is in place at the crematory. so the health officer reported. and the crematory will be ready for action In week.