The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1906-09-29
Flows- That Has No Root.


Flows~ That Has No Root.
There is plant in Chill and sim
liar one in Japan called the Flower of
the air." IT Is SO called because It
appears to have no root, and is never
fixed to the earth. 1t twines round a
dry tree or a sterile rock. Each shoot
produces two or three flowers like a
lily-white. transparent and odorifer-
GUS. 1t is capable of being transport
ed CT to 700 miles and vegetables as 1t
travels suspended on a twig.
Comm ercial New Zealand.
The boys and girls of New Zealand
must have singuiarly commercial
minds, IL a letter written by one
young New Zealander. and quoted in
an English paper, is typical. This
boy writes enthusiastically of the
achievements of certain football
team, the All Blacks, and then OBJ
serves seriously that the premier is
very proud Of the victories, which
ARE splendid advertisement for
New 2 and mutton and butter"
Wise Judge.
In order to test Chinese witness
qualification for taking the oath, an
English magistrate asked him, the
other day, where he expected to go
when he died. He replied: Picking"
and was disqualified. Once in another
English court, little girl. in answer
to that question, said: 81 don't
know" The Mortified counsel called
the judges attention to the answer.
"Oh, don't know, either" said the
Judge; Swear the witness"
Americanization of F. gland.
Twenty years a~o the English ha
ted everything {, Il vas American.
We now think altogether differently.
The American woman Is the pattern
upon which our women are being re-
modelled; the American man has
wholly altered our character and
that of our business. British institu
tons are being reconstructed in ac-
cordance with those of the United
States.-Truth, London.
New Alloy.
According to the Iron Age an alloy
consisting Of two parts OF aluminium
and one of zinc is equal in strength to
good cast iron, does not oxidize or
rust readily, and is of an even white
color. 1t melts at low red heat, but
it is rather brittle. and hence is not
suitable for use where toughness, like
that of brass. is required. The alloy
is called "alzene."
Watches Instead of Medals.
According to Neuchatel correspond
ent, the watch factories Ia that town
are extraordinarily busy, owing to
huge order for War Watches" which
has been received from the Japanese
government The watches are thin
and Of good finish, with oxidized metal
cases, and are intended for presenta-
ton to the mikado's soldiers and sail
ors, as mementos of their successes in
the war with Russia.
Utopia.
There is farm in Ma . where the
farmer never allows will creatures to
be molested. Consequently they have
come to know that they are safe
there, and it has become one of their
favorite haunts. Nearly every after
noon the deer come out and feed in a
field near the house. and the farm peo-
pie can go very near without frighten-
ing them. The farmer thinks that this
is much more interesting than hunt
ing.
Jap's Original Idea.
A young Japanese who recently
committed suicide by leaping into the
crater of the volcano at Asama, left
behind him a note, in which he said:
Suffering feeling OF despair impels
me to throw myself into the crater of
vehement Asama, thus winning
splendid death, and ascending the
mountains smoke to a lofty life above
the sky"
Where SUMS Rays Never Reach.
At about 600 fet below the surface
of the sea the warmth and light OF
the sun cease to have any effect worth
mentioning. From that depth down.
ward the ocean is always cold and al
ways dark, the temperature of the
water standing little above the
freezing point.
Continental Manners.
The way we live now certainly tends
toward the modes and manners Of the
continent We go in strongly for out
door amusement, We take our pleas
ures less sadly, social life is every
thing to us, and the ties of home and
family accent back seat in our cal
culations.-Ladies' Field.