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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-06-06
Senator Finds Work Hard.

Senator Knox Of Pennsylvania, in
conversation with a friend the other
day, laughingly observed that II he
had any idea as to the amount OF
work he would have to perform he
never would have taken the Job as
member of the United States senate.
There seems to be absolutely no end
to it," be said. My secretary tells me
that answer on an average 1875 letters
a day." The correspondence of SEN
ator, although the dreariest drudgery,
is not so laborious as the hard work
of committees which he is called upon
to perform, nor does 1t consume as
much of his time as the endless rou'
tine of social engagements.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-06-06
All He Knew Of Henry Clay.

A distinguished foreigner was being
shown through the Capitol by an
American friend, and the two gentle
men, having spent some time in the
gallery, passed through the Senate
lobby, where the portraits Of the two
great statesmen, Daniel Webster and
Henry Clay, hang opposite each other.
The guide pointed out these paintings,
saying, And here you see the por-
traits of some of our great statesmen
of the past"
"Ah, indeed" remarked the distln-
guished foreigner, admiring Webster's
solemn ikness, and then, turning
around to Henry Clay, he exclaimed,
with establishment in his voice, But
how DO you get the picture Of this
cigarman here?'
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-06-06
Wilson WhiSkey
THAT'S ALL.
The Man on the Steps.

They were going to the matinee
She was up in her boudoir putting on
finishing touches and he was sitting
impatiently on the front steps.
George" she called down sweetly,
lust one minute more until find my
gloves
Fifteen minutes passed
George" came from above, wait
another second. I've lost my pin"
Twenty minutes slipped by.
George" she continued, don't go.
One moment. A button Just jumped
off my shoe"
Long silence. Then George calls
YEARLY:
Hurry a little, Ethel. II you get
down in another five minutes we can
make the evening performance. Mat.
inee's over long ago!"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-06-06
Why Wood Rots.

Prof. Brewer of the Sheffield Sci.
entific School showed some recent Wis
itors an interesting exhibit, consisting
of pieces of wood subjected for years
to the action of air and water, which
were as solid as II Just sawn out of
the tree. They are used to illustrate
the fact that vegetable, like animal,
decay is a matter OF germs. Wood
will remain solid almost indefinitely
when protected from infection. II,
however, the merest particle OF rot.
ten wood gains access to the vessel
containing 1t, decomposition rapidly
occurs.-New York Globe.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-06-06
Scarer' by the Sentence.

When the late Judge Newton of
Southboro presided over the court in
Westboro, he had before him one day
poor and illiterate FIR lehman &C
cused of Sc ling liquor AS it was
his frs. offense, he WIS fined $50
Evidently $50 was fortune to the
Frenchman, and it was also evident
that he had vague conception OF
the seriousness of his crime, for, turn
ing startled look on the judge, he
exclaimed in wild tones: FOR God s
sake, judge why didn't yer hung me?'
-.Boston Herald.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-06-06
Legislators Too Verbose.

1t is the rule in the Australian par
lament that the speeches of every
member must be reported ver1at!n.
AS a result of this perpetual note-t2k.
ing, the printed record for one ran to
twenty-six volumes of 1852 pages, or
about COCO 600 words. One Of the
leading Australian dai!ies describes
them as dreary page and ponierous
toIaes-"an unceasing steam OF IN.
necessary repetition and weariso ne
speech; talkatiyeness IS veli.aj,y toe
curse Of the commonwealth parlin
ment."
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-06-06
No Dogs.

The telegraph operator. selling u
favorable lull, said: in my business
a man has strange experiences. It
was only yesterday that | sent mes
sage to a White Mountain hotel: Hold
room for self and wife. Ten days
The answer came back at once; We
don't take dogs And the couple that
wanted TO go to the hotel were horri-
fed. Later the explanation came. My
message, II seems, had been incor-
rectly transmitted as Hold room for
self and wife. Ten dogs"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-06-06
A Thing Of Beauty ls a-prain!

At dinner of the Sanitary Inspec
tors association at Holborn restau
rant, Sir Wyke Rayliss confessed that
art and sanitation seemed far apart
Would you compare art" some would
say, with drain running down G
street," "Yet one of the loveliest
things in the world was a draia
Claughter)-when it was consecratet
by art in the form of a gargoyle on
the roof of cathedral The two wer.
ence of beauty; sanitation was t.
science of health: and what weIr
beauty and health If they were no
the same thing?'--T ondcn Telegraph
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-06-06
Maitese Lace.

Al genuine maltese lace is hand.
naie, ard the inhahi'a IT'S of the isl.
anis ar Icngly ogros 1 to an. form
Of hhor-sav.ng macAiG"ry. The in.
dustry is almost exclusively confined
TO women AMI girls, 9nl many families
have srecial designs that are handed
dowa from one generation to ano;h.
er. Two or three firms practically
control the output OF the IL lands.
Most of the lace exported is made on
the island of Coco. Silk and cotton
are the materials used. The demaa
in America for this WORK Is becoming
greater every year.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-06-06
10 DETECT LEAK in GAS PIPE.
Lather Of Soap Much Better Than
UsinQ a Match,

using Match.
The folly of hunting for a leak in a
gas pipe with a lighted match is not
sdsNuch because of the danger of an
explosion as of other damage, as is
shown by the experience of a West
Philadelphia householder last week.
One or two small leaks we're detected
by going over all the pipes and hold.
ing lighted match to them. The
smell OF gas ceased, but was replaced
few hours later by the smell of
burning wood. Another visit to the
cellar showed a charred floor joist a
little distance above gas pipe. There
was no apparent cause for this until
very close examination discovered
that tiny Jet of gas was issuing
from the pipe beneath the beam. II
was lighted, but was so small as to he
blue In color and nearly invisible. It
had been lighted by the match used
In the first investigation, but had not
been noticed
III that leak had happened to be
in lead joint instead of an iron con.
nection,' said gas man, there
would probably have been work for
the fire department. The smallest
possible jet of lighted gas issuing
through lead will in time heat and
melt the lead and make the leak larg.
er, until big flame is issuing. This
may make fire hours later, in the
dead Of night or at time when no
one is In the house. The only prop
er way to look for these very small
leaks is to paint the suspected pipe
with a smooth soap lather. Just as
in the case Of bicycle tire, the tint
est leak will blow a bubble in the
fIer, an' there you Philadel-
Re
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-06-06
LAST BOURBON AT VERSAILLES.
Orange Tree Has Survived Rule OF
French Dynasty.

French Dynasty.
There is at Versailles an orange
tree close upon 500 years old. This
tree, which was taken from Fontaine.
bleau to Versailles on the completion
of the Orangery, was already ia.
nous under the title of the Grand
Bourbon. According to tradition, the
tree had been planted in 1921 by a
Princess of Navarro, and, after sew
eral changes Of owners, came into the
possession of Francois l., by whom
1t was placed at Fontainebleau.
When it reached Versailles the King
came to visit it, and two Grand Bour.
hons were then face to face. The man
passed, and even his bones, torn from
their tomb at st. Denis and tossed in
to a trench, have persisted; not a
pinch of his dust remains. But the
tree lives and blooms and bears fruit
the only Bourbon at Versailles-se.
rene, invincible. enthroned.-From
Farmers Versailles.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-06-06
A New Theory.

In an uptown school the teacher in
one of the lower grades endeavored to
instill a little information into her
pupils on the subject of horses and
their galts, and Their asked each Of
them to prepare a brief essay embody-
ing some of the facts they had just
learned One of the boys thereupcn
prepared and turned in the following
lucid offering:
Some horses is called paceters.
They can run faster cause they are
bowlegged. "-Clev Plain Dealer.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-06-06
Could Not Escape Proctor.

Senator Proctor of Vermont, owner
of extensive granite quarries, during
some labor troubles at his place came
in for not little unfayorable com.
ment among trades unlonists. A
group of granite cutters were earnest.
~ discussing the senator's attitude.
One of them, after listening to the
heated conversation for some time,
shook his arm dramatically and
roared out; Yes, boys, he owns us
when we're alive, ard he makes us
pay for our tombstones when we're
dead"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-06-06
Better Than the Rack.

Nero grew weary Of the bloody com.
bats in the arena.
"They are getting stale" he yawned (;
'if would avoid ennui must get
something new"
what shall II be. o illustrious
one?" asked the Roman senator,
"Well, think I'll found naval
academy. Then | can get some vari'
ETY. in the torture line"
And with the authority of an EN-
peror Nero began appointing cadets
from the young men Of the empire
who were noted for their cruelty.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-06-06
Few Women Faint.

1t is a curious fact, of general re-
mark. and observed not by physicians
only, that fainting Is less common
see woman carried out of church
or theater, vet forty years ago 1t was
matter Of such commc1 occurrence
as barely to excite remark. This is
due in very great measure to the out
door life young women lead in these
days of ten is and golf and other
sports. The heart and the circulation
are strengt' med by eX rcise in the
open air an it takes a great shock
to disorder me blood b. nee in the
body of the modern woman.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-06-06
"JoKE" DROVE OLD MAN INSANE.
Prank Played by Thouehtless Youths
Has sad Result

Has Sad Result.
b. h. Messer, farmer, IS years of
age, who lives near here, is hopelessly
Insane, due to an alleged joke played
upon him by his grandsons, says a
dispatch from Huntington, w Va.
Recently he gave a dinner, TO which
his children and grandchildren were
invited. While at this reunion six of
his grandsons, ranging from 16 to 80
years of age, who reside at a dis
lance from the Messer homestead,
planned, as joke. that each one
should write the old man a letter the
following week. Each letter was to
express solicitude for his safety, since
the writer had dreamed that his grand.
father had died, and also was to ad.
lure the old man to take extra care of
himself.
The letters arrived one by one. On
Monday the first was received; Tues.
day the second; Wednesday and
Thursday like letters followed each
other with the same dark forebodlng.
The result was that the old man al
Ao"'h NuO IldtltI W prey upon his
mind so heavily that by Saturday he
lost his reason and will be confined in
an asylum
journal Has Practical Name.
In Admission, a town in Alabama,
there are large iron works pipe fac
tories and charcoal and coke furnaces.
Naturally, there is good bit of heat
there and blasts from the furnaces
greet the inhabitants in the morning
and watt them to sleep at night. Two
papers are published In the town, one
of them a morning and the other an
evening issue. The aforesaid heat and
blasts were probably accountable for
the name of the morning paper, which
is known as THE Hot Blast" an ap-
propriate designation under the cir
cumstances, although 1t is true that
the policy of the publishers may have
had something to do with its chris
tening.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-06-06
Joseph Tarbet
The Plumber.

tg-orders executed satisfaction guaran-
teed on short notice-iiO Main street. 10
gan. Utah
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-06-06

"speak for II I" she cried to doggie,
For she knew in her little heart,
That German Syrup homes great treasure,
Could health and Joy impart.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
Off for Florida.

Bishop Chas. B. Galloway has de
parted, accompanied by Mrs. Gallo
way, on his trip to lower Florida TO
change and recuperation, and will re
main away several weeks, perhaps, O
longer. The advice Of his physician
is that he refrain from any kind o.
work for several months, at least
and while possible, as long sshe i
physically able to stir around, Bish
OPP Galloway hopes to follow the pre-
scription and go into the necessar.
retirement. It is probable that befor
his return he will make visit tt
Cuba, for which he has had an in
clination for some time, and iron
which it is the hope and prayer of hi
friends all over the State that he vii
return refreshed and rejuvenated
and prepared for the work that lie
before him.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
Big Job.

Miss Matte Plunkett, State Libra
rian has just completed task which
might have easily faxed the most ener.
getic and stouthearted Of men, AMI
for which she is receiving the congrat
ulations of all who are in touch with
Mississippi's splendidly-equipped ani
well-managed State library. Som,
weeks ago Miss Plunkett undertook
the work Of going over and sortins
out and indexing the 10000 volume,
Of official records, the accumula
tons Of years long prior to her con
nection with the institution. Thes.
had been removed from the old Capt.
toll to the new and many other mat
tiers had interviewed to prevent thu
classifying and sorting since the re
moval, but thanks to the energy o.
this lady with the help of one or two
porters about the building, the chaol
has been resolved into form and sys
tenn, and now any volume from tn,
early decades of the past century t..
the present. State and National, cal
be located after a moments search
1t was hard work, and has been wei
done.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
State Cotton.

Secretary j. I. Wells, of the pris-
ON board OF control has returned
from Clarksdale, where he closed ND
the details Of the sale of 1885 bales
OF cotton grown on the Sunfower
convict farm to W. C. Craig & Com
pany, of Vicksburg, the purchase
price being $90,431.35, and the money
will be paid into the treasury on
Monday, thus furnishing Sufficient
balance to meet all expenses until the
November tax collections are paid in.
This makes total of 1902 bales
OF cotton marketed by the State, and
sold for $131, 2S912 About one-half
of the total crop grown by the con-
victs has been sold, not including the
Sandy Bayou crop, with the market
ing of which the State is not con-
cerned, that farm having been rented
by the State on guarantee that the
State IS share would amount to $685.
900.
The Governor and Commissioner
McNair will go to Greenwood on
Monday to sell about 200 bales of
the crop grown on the Belmont place,
a portion Of which is Of the long
staple variety.
Of the sixty-three convicts brought
to the Y'enitentiary during the past
month, eight were sent up for murder
and thirteen for manslaughter, while
fourteen received sentences for as
sault. and battery with intent to kill
and murder. The conyicts were sent
up from the counties Of Chickasaw,
Pamela, Coahoma, Copiah, Smith, Ad-
ans, Rankin, Lauderdale, Madison,
Kemper, Alcorn, Carroll, Oktibbeha,
Tate, Leake Jackson, Bolivar, JEFF
ferson, Franklin and Yazoo.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
MISSISSIPPI STATE
HAPPENINGS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
SECTIONS.
An EPITOME OF TEE NEWS
Culled From Important Happenings
Throughout the State During the
Past Week and Reviewed in Brief
for Our Readers.
Mississippi Weather.

w. S. Belden Section Director, Uni
ted States Weather Bureau, at Vicks-
burg, issues the following:
The following data, covering a Pc
Rod of eighteen years, have been COM
piled from the Weather Bureau rec
ords at fifty-six observation stations
In Mississippi. They are issued to
show the conditions that have pre-
vailed in the State during December
for the above period of years, but
must not be construed as forecast
OF the weather conditions for the
coming month.
MONTH OF DECEMBER FOR 1s
YEARS.
Temperature Gin degrees Mean or
normal temperature, 48. The warm
est month was that Of 1889, with an
average of 60. The coolest month
was that of 1908, with an average of
10. Some of the highest temperatures
recorded were as follows: So at Port
Gibson in 1892 and IS at CRYSTAL
Springs i'll 1904. Some of the lowest
temperatures recorded were as fol-
lows: Zero at Ripley and Holly
Springs in 1901.
Precipitation (rain and melted
snow -Average for the month. ATT
inches; average number of days with
.ol inch or more, six. The greatest
average monthly precipitation was
o.54, IN 1897. The least average
monthly precipitation was "a inches,
in 1889.
Some of the greatest monthly
amounts of precipitation recorded
were as follows: .03 inch at Bates
vile in 1889 and 30 inch at Green
vile and 81 inch at Water Valley in
1896.
The average snowfall ranges from
about inches in the extreme north
ern counties to. a trace in the gulf
counties. In December, 1904, snow
fell to a depth of 6 inches in Clay
county.
Clouds and Weather-Average
number of clear days ID, partly clou-
dy day and cloudy days Is.
Wind-The prevailing winds have
been from the north.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
In Good Shape.

The affairs Of the Mississippi In
dustrial Exposition and Fair Associa-
ton are in good shape, and are stated
by the management to be eminently
satisfactory and in much better con-
ditIon than they had hoped when
summing up the results Of the late
Far. They have not made money, as
the term is usually employed, by way
OF securing enough from the opera
tions to be able to declare dividends,
the finances are in good shape and
permanency is assured. At the meet.
ing held yesterday evening the direc.
tors decided to fix specific date fol-
the opening of the Exposition here.
after, and decided on the first Tues.
day IN November as the best. It has
also been decided to hold the Fair
for ten days instead Of six, as ha.
been the custom hitherto, and this
will 60 in effect in 1907, when the
Exposition will open on Nov. 6 and
close on the 10th. In the meantime
the directors are to take steps ia
provide for the still greater useful
ness and value Of the Exposition, by
securing the cooperation Of all the
county and other local organizations
to make the annual State Fair the
great practical educational feature Of
the life Of Mississippi, and this i.
what the papers Of the State general
ly are advocating today.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
Gets In Big Haul.

Whites store and express office at
Nola, Miss, were robbed Of about
$4,000. The thief knocked the front
door of the store in with sledge
hammer he had stolen from a black
smith shop near by, then blew the
safe open. He stole 5000 horse be-
longing to DR.. James Little, at Nola,
and rode it to Brookhaven, where it
is thought he took a train and made
his escape.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
Message On Canal.

The Presidents special message on
the Panama Canal, it is now expected,
will be sent to Congress probably
about a week after. it convenes on
Monday. It. will deal with every
phase of the question and give q
graphic and detailed description of
conditions on the isthmus as the
President found them. There will be
recommendations for the betterment
ST conditions during his visit.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
Trespasser's Feet Cut Off.

Sol. Jackson, a negro, who claim!
he boarded train No. 81, on the Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad at Scran
ton, jumped off near the depot a
Gulfport and had both, hands and fee
cut off and received severe wount
in the back Of his head. He stated
that he boarded the train at Scranton
beating his way on the blind baggage
and as No. 81 did not stop at Gulf
port, which was his destination, ht
jumped, receiving injuries necessari
ly fatal. The train runs at the rate
Of fifty miles an hour while passing
Gulfport.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
Pastor Is Remembered.

The Rev. 7. B. Holloman, the Me
thodist minister at Vicksburg who's
four years pastorate will soon b
ended, was surprised when member
Of the two Masonic lodges presented
him with a beautiful watch, in APP
probation Of his many kind deeds t.
the Masons and others during his res
idence there.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
Tribute From Illinois.

Capt. Dennis Hossley of the War
rem Light artillery at Vicksburg has
received beautiful silver lined beer
stein, which came as a gift from Com.
pany G. First Illinois regiment
These military boys were there dur
ing the Illinois dedication last month
and while here grew very friendly
with Capt. Hossley for the many
courtesies he extended them.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
Meat inspection.
Alonzo D. Melvin, Chief Of the

Alonzo D. Melvin, Chief Of the Blu
reau of Animal Industry, under
whose office the administration Of
the meat inspection law, enacted al
the last session of Congress, is car
ried out, has returned from Western
tour of inspection. He says every
where there is apparent beneficial eff
fects Of execution Of the part Of pack
ers to comply with its provisions.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
Ginner Crushed to Death.

While Willie Dunn, aged "a, fire
man Of Jennings ginnery of Scob,
was adjusting some gin belts, hi
clothing in some way caught in thu
machinery, and before the engine
could be stopped Mr.. Dunn's heat
was badly crushed. He died in few
minutes.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06
Port Gibson Fugitive Arrested.

Louis Simms, negro man, wanted
in Port Gibson on the dual charge of
assault and battery and carrying con-
cealed weapons, was arrested at Nat
chez. He will be taken back to Port
Gibson.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06

Making direct connections with through
trains for oil points North, East and Wees
including Buffalo, Pittsburg, Cleveland.
Boston. New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore.
Richmond, st Paul, Minneapolis, Omaha
Kansas City, Hot Springs and Denver. Olese
connection with Central Missisaippi Valley
Route. Solid fast Vestihule Train Daily r.
Dubuque, sioux Falls, Sioux 0lty and a.
West. Particulars Of agents on tho 4. q. n
b. and connecting lines.
". 4 KELL0ND, 4 20
l. II. HkN6~N g. PA
tenisvtlls. H
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06

The concerted movement recent,
organized to promote county fairs Ia.
an excellent field for promotion aheat
Of it. Fairs are educators second onl,
to our public schools and should by al
means be encouraged. The legisla
ture should take cognizance Of Thu
tact and give aid to all such move
meants 1t would prove a wise invest
ment.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06

j. c. johnson some days sins
brought the Leader at Brookhavel
eighteen sweet potatoes that weighe,
sixty pounds, or bushell. This wa,
a healthy bushel of tubers and it i
now up to the Ripley Sentinel, Gun
town Hot Times or Baldwin HON,
journal to see that they can do witt
this record Of "some taters" from
South Mississippi.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-06

A northern manufacturer Of pape
wrltes the department for informa
ton concerning peat boys in Miss;s
slppi. If you know Of such pleas.
send the information to Jackson wher,
1t will be used to the best advantag,
of the state. The writer knows of O a.
such bog and supposes that there ar,
others in the state.