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The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-03-21
1T wAs A DARING ACT.


This man mny be worthy-doubt-
less he Is or the bill would never have
got SO far-but we have no right TO
misappropriate public funds, to make
dangerous precedent. Already we are
burdened with pensions and with ap-
preparations worthy enough in them
selves IL from private funds, but pub
lie moneys are Il trust, given into our
charge, and we have neither moral nor
legal right to mSapply them to per-
sonal and private benefit. This person,
/ understand, is resident of the city,
a gentle old man whom most OF you
know and love. and the speaker who
preceded me declares that the expert
ments he is at work upon are likely to
be OF much benefit to the country. Per.
haps. But there are many other gentle
old men in various parts of the country
that we do not know whose expert,
ments or studies or works are benef,
cial Ought we to discriminate i'm fa.
vor OF one in our midst whom we
know? Certainly not. do not qlIes,
tion that the experiment Is worthy OF
being fostered. of being helped, but II
should be from our private purses, moi
from the public funds. That would be
putting our hands into another's pocket
to assist friend, Dick Turpln way
OF robbing Peter TO help. Paul"
He finished In silence that was sig
nihcant OF dlsapproyal aud yet when
the vote was taken there were just
enough TO defeat the bill.
When he sat down the young sena
tors gaze swept inyoluntarily along
the galleries. They were cold, un.
friendly glances he saw, not such
glances as had dropped upon him from
perhaps the same eyes after his maid
en- speech In the chamber less than
three months before. His own eyes
grew colder and grlmmer under the an
tagonlsm, and he was about to lean
across TO speak with colleague In the
next seat when his lowering gaze en-
countered pair OF eyes In the private
gallery directly In front, and for the
first time slight color crept into his
face. The girl was half standing and
was very beautiful. but he scarcely no
tieed that. 1t was her eyes he saw,
eyes looking straight Into his and full
OF wondering, almost piteous lncredu-
lity. Even while talking with the neigh
Dor his gaze returned TO her, almost
against his will. She was stlll stand
Ing, still looking. tragedy In her pose
and eyes, and now slight shiver went
Through his frame, first feeling of
with himself
As they left the chamber a good
many or the senators spoke TO him,
some congratulatlng him OH his speech
La the lobby an old senator rested his
band upon his shoulder for a moment.
THAT was fine speech OF yours, my
boy" he said kindly, hut 1t was mis-
am sorry you did not know
as much about the case rs the rest OF
10 Ethieally and In limited degree
Tou we're right, but Ia all else wong.
We ought 70 have made a stronger ef.
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Notice To Bidders.
Road Improvement Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given, that on Friday
April ~, 1907 at uD one O'Clock y. NJ, the i'm.
provement OF a section OF the Logan and
Lancaster Road, on the line Of Improve.
ment In Section 25 Goodhope Township and
Section Falls Township, viii be sold at
public outcry, to the lowest responsible
bidder or bidders, In working sections as
follows:
section No. I. Beginning at Bridge near
residence OF y. f. Beougher, at Station l6)
thohsand one b,,ndred tsioOS ieet OF grading
ive thousand seven hundred and sixty
eight (57G6) cubic yards OF dirt to make
grade.
Section No. 2. From station fifteen (t5l to
Station thirty-five t35) two thousand (20O0)
feet OF grading three thousand and nine
t30O9) cubic yards OF dirt to make grade
Section No. 3. From Station thirty -hve
(3j) to station nfty-nve 1867, two thousand
(2000) feet grading, two thousand seven hum
dred t27O0) cubic yards of dirt to make
grade.
Section No. 4, From station aity-hve (55)
TO station seventy-one t7il plus fly leQl
one thousand six hundred and fifty (166Ol
feet of grading, two thousand aiN hundred
and thirty (26SU) cubic yards OF dirt to make
grade.
At the same time, the Commissioners will
sell the contract of stoning the above inn
provement the stone to be twelve l12) feet
wide, twelve (t2) inches thick in center, and
eight (5) inches at edge, the Commissioners
to furnish stone on car at Rockbridge, OHIO.
The work must be performed in accord
ance with the plans, specifications and pro
file now on file in the Commissioners once
at Court House, Logan, Ohio.
The County Commissioner hereby reserv-
ed the right to reject any or all bids.
The person, or persons to whom the con-
tract is awarded, shall forthwith enter into
bond, OF double the contract price, with
good aud sutficient sureties, to the approval
of the Commissioners. Reference is made
to the provisions of the Statutes of Ohio
governing Road improvements, and to time
and manner OF construction, and all bid
ders must comply herewith The work
must be performed to the final satisfaction
and acceptance OF the County Commission
ers and County Surveyor.
BY order of the missioners
JAMES BEB0UT, JAMES l.. MARTIN,
Co. Surveyor, Clerk.
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Crows, sparrows end Weeds.

Crows not only destroy lots of corn,
but also kill many other birds. If they
once get notion of catching little
chicks, they are ten times worse than
hawks. They do more damage than
they do good. English sparrows also
are n nuisance. They rob other birds
nests or drive the birds away. AS to
the weeds If each farmer would pay
more attention to getting rid of such
weeds as wild carrots. Canada thistles,
strap leaf plantain, etc, there would
be less of them. One farmer, perhaps,
VIII be very particular about them,
while his neighbor lets them go to seed,
and the wind carries them over to the
one who has worked hard to get rid
of then.-J. A, C. in Farm and Fire
side.
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the senate.


mot ex-senator Brooks, the man
who Invented so many of the useful
appliances now used In the capitol
and In the library" questioned Duncan.
The same. But father rarely uses
the word senator now. He likes the
honor of being an inventor much bet
ter, and his friends understand and
humor him."
Duncan's face had grown thoughtful
and regretful
Il wish | had known" he murmured
more TO himself than to her. ~ am
still young, MS Senator Pelington told
me, but hope am not too young TO
learn"
Instead of going to his rooms he went
directly to the capitol, where he talked
win various senators and employees and
with them examined many OF the appli-
ances In use in both that and the library
building. Then he went to his room, with
the framing OF new bin already form
ing In his mind
Three days later the old man was
strong enough To get out, and his first
use or the strength was to return TO his
old haunt the senate chamber His own
bill was defeated. but the habit of many
years was too strong for the dlsappoint-
ment to keep him away
Allsin Duncan was not quite ready with
ms new Dill, but when he saw father and
daughter seated I'm the private gallery he
yielded TO sudden impulse. A revision
or tarih was before the chamber. and
when he found opportunity he submitted
some clear, inclsiye arguments why new
conditions of things demanded that some
OF the old forms which We're entirely suit
able In their day should now be obsolete
Before he sat down he turned squarely
toward Senator Pellington
mot many days ago" he SAID. IT was
told by member OF the senate that /
was young. l did not appreciate the
Kindness so much at the time as | have |
since. l am young, very young, In the |
matter or mature dellberatiOn and wise
legislation, and, although In helping 10 |
defeat certain appropriation that day |
believed myself TO be following the only |
right course. have since learned that |
my conclusions were the mere rashness |
OF insufficient investigation. The only /
alonement 1 can make Is 10 frame new |
Dill, appropriating for Inventor Brooks
researches and experiments all that was
asked for"
When the senate adjourned he went
straight 10 the elevator, The old man
and the girl were waiting for him. as he
expected they would be. and they entered
the green car and went 10 Il street and
from there walked three blocks 10 mar
row alley, In which were some cheap
tenements. IN one of which they had sup
per together. And In the face OF the girl
there was now neither resentment nor
mere gratitude but the dawning OF some
thing more. which answered the light IN
ais eysa
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Increased Value of Manure.

The greatest value obtained from a
manure spreader, of course, is in the
increased value of the manure. 1t has
often been said that a load of manure
spread with spreader Is equal to
three spread by hand. 1t is more than
probable that this statement is true.
In fact, II is hard to overestimate the
Increased value of the manure when
spread with n machine over that
spread by hand. The increase is GER
tainly sufficient to justify every farm
er In getting spreader.-N. B. Charles
In Kansas Farmer.
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TO STOP JAP
LEGISLATION
President Roosevelt Appeals to The
California Legislature.
HIS REQUEST IS ACCEDED TO

Chief Magistrates Telegram Trans
rnltted to the Assembly by Governor
Gillette Both Branches Vote to
Suspend Antl-Japanese Legislation,
The Presidents Words.
Sacramento, Cal, March 12--An.
other appeal was made by President
Roosevelt to the California general
assembly to suspend Japanese legis
lation, the request being made through
Governor Gillette. The president ex-
pressed the fear that the action OF the
senate Saturday in passing the two
Japanese bills and q. resolution may
render ineffective his efforts to secure
exclusion of Japanese laborers by
friendly agreement with Japan. The
presidents message read
Action of the legislature reported
in papers most unfortunate in effect
upon my efforts to secure exclusion
of Japanese laborers by friendly
agreement, and II continued will prob
ably render recent legislation of con
gress for that purpose ineffective.
Please secure suspension of further
action until receipt of letter from me-"
The governor transmitted the, presi
dents telegram to the assembly,
where action was to have been raken
on the two bills and the resolution
adopted by the senate, with message
recommending and urging that tho
presidents request be acceded to- On
Stanton's motion, the assembly by a
viva voce vote decided to take no
action on the bills on file.
The message created something of
sensation in the lower house. Grove
l.. Johnson arose, expressed his con-
fidence in the governor and president,
believed the matter ST ould be left to
them, and moved that it be the sense
of the assembly that no action be
taken on the Japanese question at
this session. The motion was carried
The action referred to by the presi-
dent was the passage of the bill limit
ing the age of children when first en-
tering primary schools to 10 years,
the measure prepared by the Jap
Exclusion league sub
mitting the question of Asiatic exclu-
sion to a vote of the people, and a
resolution protesting against Japanese
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it from breaking away by lending it
part of its elasticity. The third layer
does so to the second. and so on right
through.
The harder the timber the shorter
the bevel, the softer the timber the
longer, in reason, as explained by Il.
Kaleski In American Cultivator, who
further says: Hold the AK as shown In
the second cut and keep the edge at
right angles to the stone; travel the
blade up or down Il little when grind
ing the corners. Always turn the stone
toward the edge; this applies to all edge
tools, for two reasons: Turning from
the edge will always grind round,
coarse bevel; the points of the flbers
are left much more loose and open,
thus giving much less elasticity than
when compacted together as they are
by the stone turning to them. Never
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3;s8Ig lhe *
Appropriation
3s Bill ;4s II:
By FRANK H. SWEET
Copyright. 1913, bv Frank n. Street
NHE days when handkerchiefs and
notes could be dropped from
the galleries into the senate

"NHE days when handkerchiefs and
notes could be dropped from
the galleries into the senate
\ chamber. there to be treasured
or returned by gallant senators, have
gone by, and now fair visitors who
watch the jousting of great minds In
the arena below are debarred from
whispered conversation and signaling
from leaning upon the woodwork and
even from utilizing the shelf as tenn
porary place for wraps and gloves.
But the restrictions are futile. Hands
cannot be tied or bright eyes hidden or
heads made immoyable. and so long as
that Is the case there will be commu-
nicatlons between ladies of the gallery
aud senators of the floor AS in the
seventies aud eighties, there are still
orators who declaim to the galleries,
aud not one of them, in spite of the pre-
scribed silence. but knows well wheth-
er the fair thumbs are up or down.
This afternoon they were down, and,
though the clear, resonant voice of the
young senator from Mississippi rang
through the chamber in an eloquent
protest against the passage of bill he
thought wrong, there was n grmness
about the silence that showed the gal
leries were not with him. The bill was
popular one especially with Wash
ingtonians. The senator finally closed
his argument with warning:
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Financial Danger Line Reached.

Atlanta, Ca, March 12.-President
W. A. Garrett of the Seaboard Airline,
who is on regular inspection trip,
in an interview said the railroads of
this country have now reached the
financial danger line on account Of
adverse legislation, which has already
affected their incomes and which
promises to still further curtail them.
Railroads so affected, he said, Will not
be able to pay their operating ex-
penses and the interest ON their bonds
if present conditions continue. 1T
may mean" he continued, that many
railroads will pasa into the hands Of
receivers unless these penalties are
modified"
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FOR PENSIONS.

Three Hundred Thousand Applications
Under New Law.
Washington, March 12-Commis-
sioner of Pensions Warner stated that
$4,000 applications for pensions had
been filed under the service pension
law enacted during the last month of
the session of congress just closed.
The commissioner estimates that 300,-
900 applicationsw will be received under
the new law, which allows the grant
ing of pension for service in the
Mexican and civil wars at the rate OF
s12 month to veterans 62 years old,
$15 to those Go and $40 to those who
are 70.
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grind dry; it beats the steel thereby,
as shown by taking the temper out of
it. Never grind in the center Of the
stone, as so many do, with the edge
parallel to the stone, as it spoils the
stone for grinding and twists the fibers
of the steel at right angles to their
proper cuttingsangle, Always give the
blade mot the eye dip in clean wa
ter after grinding.
The blade clean, now take slip. oil
stone or AK stone and gently rub
straight across the bevel and then up
and down, to rub off any wire edge
and to inlock the edge fibers. Make
the first rubs the hardest and the last
the lightest The practice so common
of giving the edge few light turns
on the grindstone. parallel to the stone,
to rub off the wire edge and save rub
bing on the finer stone is bad one
even when the stone Ia Il very fine grit,
as 1t distutbs the edge fibers and
roughens them up into little saw teeth
which soon chew off in use.
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AN ORDINANCE
Amending an Ordinance to Fix the
Salaries of the Officers of the Viii
lage of Logan.

| Be 1t ordained by the Council of the viii
| lage OF Logan, State of Ohio:
| Section THAT an Ordinance passed Dec.
| 20, 1903, and entitled AN Ordinance to fix
| the salaries of the officers of the Village of
| Logan, Ohio" be amended to read as fol-
| lows;
Section 2.--That the ohicers of the Village
whether elected or appointed, shall receive
| ap annual salary as follows in full payment
| OF their services as such officers and no
more, to-wit:
| The Mayor shall receive an annual sa larry
of four hundred dollars tsiOO0@ and in ad-
dition thereto shall receive the same fees
in prosecutions for the violations OF state
for ama ievees Fee Mayer s sha
also be entitled to fees for violation OF or
dinances In an equal amount to that pro-
yided by statutes for justices of the peace
In the prosecution of misdemeanors All of
said fees to be collected from the offender
or The person prosecuting the same and in
no case to be paid by the said Village.
The Marshal shall receive an annual sal
ary OF four hundred dollars 10000 and in
odditton thereto the same fees that con-
stables are entitled to in criminal cases, and
for violations of ordinances and in civil
cases he shall receive for his services the
same fees allowed by statute to constables
Tor similar service.
The Clerk shall receive an annual
salary OF two hundred and fifty dollars
Ss5DOO and in addition thereto such an
amount as the Council shall think just and
equitable for any and all extra service by
him rendered.
The treasurer shall receive The following
compensation, to-wit: such as the council
may allow, not exceeding in one year the
following; on first five thousand dollars
S1OOODj) TWO per centum; on next Ave
thousand dollars tS500nO0) one and one half
per centum; ON next ten thousand dollars
GOAO0 CD onerhalf of one per centum and
on all sums disbursed by him in excess of the
above amounts, fifth of one per centum
The Night Watchmnn shall receive an an
nnal salary of forty-fiye dollars (Si5O0) per
month and In addition therero such fees as
are allowed The Marshal by this ordinance
for similar services.
Each member of the Council shall receive
IN fuil compensation for his services as such
councilman the sum OF two dollars t2OOl
Tor each regular meeting of the Council, not
to exceed "A meetings per year.
The Street Commissioners shall receive an
annual salary OF five hundred dollars
(S6OtOper year.
Fire Chief shall receive an annual salary
OF 1fty dollars tS50OD per year.
Section 2.-'rhe salaries and compensations
provided In the above Ordinance, other than
The percentage allowed the Treasurer, shall
be paid In monthly installments, on orders
duly drawn ON The Village Treasurer, and
the compensation of the Treasurer shall he
PAID nj such times after they are earned as
they may determine.
All ordinances inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed.
Section 4-fhis ordinance shall take effect
ana be IN full force ON and after the earliest
period allowed by law.
Passed March 10, 1907.
f. @, GROVE, Clerk
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tzRHlI'!|j2|s;S'|esy
HOW TO GRIND AN AK.

Scientific Way Clearly Explained and
Illustrated
TO get the best results In grinding an
ax we must have n long, thin bevel.
TO have this bevel usablc the tool must
be Of the best steel, properly tempered.
Now to tile second point. We say
that our bevel must vary according to
the hardness or sofmcs5 Of the wood
to he worked WhyY Because in an
aX the cutting edge simply consists Of
the middle layer of flbers in the blade;
next to them Is the next layer, little
farther back, and so on right through.
Thus we can see that the edge only
keeps sharp because the layer of fibers
lying next tn II ovcrlles It and prevents
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sustaIns LOCAL ontlon.

Columbus, o.. March 1s. = The su.
preme court affirmed the judg-
ment OF the Lucas county circuit
court In the Jones law cases OF Got
lieb ]. Nolled. George Krupp and Leo
Q. OFT. The motions of the accused
for leave to file petitions in error were
oyerruled. The eonstitutionality of
the Jones local option law was raised
by the defendants and the decision
sustains the law.
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crImean Bomb OUTRAGE.

Yalta, Crimea, March 12.-ColoneI
Dubmadze, commandant of the earri-
son here. was seriously wounded and
his adjutant and his coachman were
seriously injured by bomb thrown
at the colonel's carriage from an up
per window of house as he was driv-
Ing by The man who threw the bomb
committed suicide to avoid capture.
The lives of Dumbadze and his broth
er, the colonel commanding the Brest
regiment at Sevastopol. have been at
tempted several times.
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he began; then added quickly: "But I
beg your pardon. | will not allude to
that any more. Whatever | may have
felt yesterday, this morning must in
slst on regarding both of you as among
my pleasantest ncquaintances, and any
thing may have done has been a real
pleasure. Your father has talked very
little, but what he has said conyinces
me that he must have been wonder
full man when himself. And there Is
another thing" as flush of pride man
tied her face, may l not ask you to
tell me your name? want to think OF
you as real friends with personality,
and l only know one of you as 'Estelle'
and the other as father from the way
you addressed each other"
Her face showed surprise.
"Do you really mean that you do not
know who my father ls?" she ques-
toned.
"Only that he Is an indefatlgable In
ventor and that he was at work upon
something for which an appropriation
was asked. learned that much from
the speeches made while the bill was
before the senate"
She looked at him questioningly, but
there were only friendly interest and
inquiry in his face.
eyes. he has been an indefatigable
Inventor for many years." she replied,
sand has done some valuable work,
the people say. IL hoped the bill
might pass for his sake, his life Is so
bound up in the plans he has under
way. If 1t were anything for us per-
sonally the appropriation would not be
right, as you said in your speech.
don't think you quite understood then,
but now that we have met | would
like you to know just how it Is. Fa-
ther has never accepted cent for any
of his inventions, and they have been
mostly for government use. He ex-
pended his own fortune and then was
helped by friends and expended that
In the same way. Now, it has seemed
right to our friends and to us for the
government to provide some of the
necessary expenses, for it is the gov
ernment that benefits wholly by the
results We have never used a cent
OF the outside help for personal ex-
penditure. | teach music and language
to meet that, and father occasionally |
writes a little for the magazines. | /
would never have mentioned this only |
that you asked our name. / thought |
Of course, that you knew fathers name
was Brooks and that he was once In
the senate"
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A New cornet.

Cambridge, Mass, March 12.-The
discovery of new comet was an
nounced in cablegram received at
the Harvard observatory from Profess
sor Kreutz at Kiel. the discoverer
being Giacobini at Nice. The position
of the comet at the time of its discov-
cry, 9:40:20 Greenwich, was right as
cension a hours 8 minutes 29 seconds.
The comet. which was visible in a
small telescope, has daily motion of
minus 3 minutes and 8 seconds in
right ascension and plus 81 minutes in
declination.
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nropnlnn Maohlnlsia.

Columbus, o., March 13. - At the
Ralston Steel Car company plant here
q machinists We're 'let out" the re-
suit OF an endeayor of the unions to
which they belong to secure an In
crease OF from 25 to 80 cents an hour
for a 10-hour work day. Since the
scale was presented each individual
has been visited by an Official Of the
company and asked II he was dissat-
lsiied, and the answers noted. with the
result herein stated