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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-30

A hen pecked a Manitoba man in the
face, and he is dying Of blood poison.
Ing. Most henpecked men get it in the
neck and survive.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-30

A New Haven Conn robber has
stolen the original manuscripts of sixty
of the most famous operas and songs
Some one must be preparing to write
new musical comedy.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-30

When woman will travel 10000 OF
$4,000 miles to marry or to fight di-
vorce the matrimonial institution is far
from desuetude.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-30

If those scientific persons can't agree
what kind Of fruit was Eve gave Adam,
would they consider suggestion that
1t might have been Ben Davis apple?
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-30

A. Western undertaken advertises cut
rates in cotfins and concludes with the
cheerful advice: Now is the time to
die" Isn't this humor just killing?
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-30

The late Stanford Whites signature,
which has been reproduced recently,
looks like gooseberry bush that has
been struck by lightning.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-30

1t is unfortunate that the Ohio River
has no Salton Sink to spill over into
about once year.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-30

A change has come over country life
and over the attitude toward rural edu.
cation. State school superintendents
consider it their duty to minister to the
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-30

As we understand 1t, SANITARY"
eouches are those where bedbugs have
no place to hide.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-30

Is the boy of 10 who thinks he knows
more than his father ever can hope to
know victim of adolescent insanity?
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-30

Everybody knows how to be good,
but a large number of people are un-
able to see that it pays.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-30

When dog meets lady of his kind.
ever notice how he tries to look ana
act his bestI
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
GOOD Use FOR PHoNoeRAPH.
II HowIs for the Police When Flat OF
Its Owner Is Invaded.

The wave Of crime which has been
passing over Paris lately and which
the police seem quite powerless to
prevent has caused the citizens to
adopt various devices to protect their
homes from invasion by the Apaches.
Dogs having proved utterly useless.
more than one family has sought pro-
lection by placing a stand with a par
rot or cockatoo possessing a specially
loud squawk Just inside their flats
almost everyone in Paris lives in a
fat. An electrical engineer. however,
has found a monograph the best pos
sible Waterman. He locates 1t with
the megaphone attachment directed
to the door and he has wired the hall
and arranged batteries so that the
moment the door is opened three
inches the phonograpn gets into &C
ton. 1t begins to below Police!
Help! Murder! Thieves!r and IL
keeps 1t up until he gets out Of bed
and turns off the current. His fiat is
well furnished with plate and other
valuables and several attempts have
been made to rob 1t, but no thieves
have yet withstood the monograph
bombardment. They run so quickly
that they are never caught.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
JapaneIe at Home on tie Sea.

The Jal aaese are natural sailors,
and they swarm on the seas because
the scanty economic resources OF
their country and their insular and
contracted Geographical position make
the sea their birthright The lesson
of their success in handling a mod.
ern navy in the war with Russia is
that they are equally adapted to
handling a merchant marine in com.
petition with the world Their spe.
cial advantages on the Pacific are
conspicuous. and they are not PEG.
pie to neglect the advantages which
nature has given to them Other
countries may exclude Japanese i'm
migrants. but on the high seas they
must expect TO meet Japanese com
petition that may be all the iercer
because of the land barriers being
erected against the Japanese laborer
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Conner In Africa.

1t is believed by some that the
greatest copper industry in the world
will be developed in the Tanganyika
region, where the properties are of
great potential value, and may prove
to be one of the greatest factors in
carrying civilization into the heart of
Africa. Much time is required for de-
velopments. Because of the heavy
speculation in the shares these may
suffer much before the properties be-
come dividend earning The Ben
gueles railway cannot well be com
pleted for Ave years or so, and even
the Rhodesia railways extensions are
now to require couple of years ere
they can reach the property. Robert
Williams Is the pioneer and. In O
great measure, the organizer Of this
vast undertaking. one of the most re
markable of modern times.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Dutch Couraue.

The phrsse Dutch courage" which,
as the Wcrld truly says, was a libel
upon the most redoubtabIe foes land
now the truest friends) we ever met
at sea, SCI ms to have originated in a
story that q hogshead Of brandy was
preached before the mast on Dutch
nla G-or-war upon going into action,
says the London Chronicle. There
wee many old expressions which I'm.
pl d our forefathers' belief in the con.
vital habits of the Dutch, A Dutch
BAT ain" was bargain made when all
the parties were in liquor. and q
Il itch feast" Is explained by Grose as
ono at which the entertainer got drunk
before his guests. Any number of eX.
prcssions may be assigned to the old
hostility to the Dutch-such as Dutch
comfort" or consolation" dts a good
Job It's no wcrse) Dutch defense.
VIII. i in Tom Jores" means a treach.
circus surrender; and. IF do. I'm a
Dutchman."
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
IN PRAISE OF THE OH,CY
Al Countries and All Peoples Hold II
in High Regard for Its
Many Virtues.

The exon need have no fears. It's
position - secure. Born of the lily
family, probably in Asia in the far
off centuries, it grows all over the
world. 1t WIS well known to the an
cicnt Greeks and Romans. 1t is
mentioned in ancient Egyptian writ
ings and in the Pentateuch.
When the lsraelitcs in the wilder
ness grew weary of mama they
sighed for the good things they had
left behind and they distressed
Moses when they lifted their voices
in weeping and cried: eve remcm-
Der the fish, which we did eat in
Egypt freely; the cucumbers and
the melons and the lccks and the
onions and the garlic, but now our
soul is dried away; there is nothing
at all besides this mamma before our
eyes
1t was not so much the ilcshpots
of Egypt that they sighed for as for
the succulent leek, the pungent
onion. the odorous garlic. The
onion is the Welsh national emblem.
In Spain and Italy garlic, which is
merely a condensed onion, enters
into nearly all dishes of both the
rich and poor. The onion thrives in
Siberia and in Honduras.
1t hourishes on the Nile and on
The Mississippi. 1t was favorite
with the Ptolemies of ancient Egypt
and it finds favor with the highest
and the lowest in Macon and Char
lotte. The Lady of Shalott died of
broken heart because she had to
give up either onions or her lover.
| Her lover was one of those fin
nicky fellows who objected to the
odor Of the onions and she would moi
give up the shalott, The onion is
all right It never seeks to conceal
itself. 1t is about the only thing in
hash in which one can have conf.
dence.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Precocious Children.

In the world of music we find many
instances of boys giving an early
indication of remarkable career
Handel and Mozart each showed a
liking for music when young In years,
and soon made their mark. Handel
began composing church service for
voices and instruments when only
nine years old, and before he was
is he had composed three operas.
Mozart began the piano at three, and
at seven he taught himself the violin.
At nine years OF age he visited Eng.
land, and on his departure he gave a
farewell concert, of which all the
symphonies were composed by him.
self
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Bald Heads In the Senate.

The senate OF the United States lost
a lot of hair on March 4, when Clark
of Montana, Carmack Of Tennessee
and Spooner of Wisconsin retired to
private life. Up to the close of the
Fifty-ninth congress the senate was
almost evenly divided between sena
tors with and senator's without or al
least very little hair. In the Sixtieth
congress, however. the bald-headed
senators will easily be in the majority
and II they choose they might com
bine and reorganize the senate com
mittees
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Try This Trick.

Two drummers were chatting In a
trolley car. "I'll bet you good Ave
cent cigar" said the first drummer,
that, without saying word can
make the old boy opposite take out
his watch and see what time 1t Is"
'I'll take that bet" the other an.
swered, Then the first drummer
watched. the veteran across the aisle
until he caught his eye, when he drew
forth his watch and looked at 1t. The
old man, with thoughtful air, slow.
ly unbuttoned his coat and consulted
his own timepiece. Give me my CT,
gar" said the drummer IT'S the
third I've won to-day on this trick
1t never fails"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Romance Of Washinqton Nun.

There died in a Washington Cath
Ollie convent a few days ago nun
who had taken the holy vows after
she had refused the hand OF Richard
Mansfield the actor. They had been
sweethearts for years and 1t is said
that for awhile they were engaged.
Persons who knew her in Washing.
ton declare that she was one of the
most beautiful nuns and one of the
most devout Christians they had ever
known. After she entered the con.
vent Mr.. Mansfield never came to
Washington that he did not send to
her, with the permission of the con
vent authorities, great quantities OF
flowers. These she distributed among
the hospitals for the poor.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Forests Primo lple.

Here is brief summing up of Gen.
n. Il. Forrest: HE was man of
humble birth and little education, a
trader in slaves ard mules, grave,
silent, unobtrusive, but possessed of
military genius OF high order As a
leader OF cavalry he was unequaled
and knew no fear. During his service
he was destined to take part in 129 ac.
lions, and to have q horses shot I'M
der him In one terse sentence he
summed up his art of war: To git
thar first with the most men. From
the Appeal to Arms and the Civil
War"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Economy a la Mode.

81 buy me beautiful dress when |
need it," the feminine creature said,
but | economize on little things.
never have enough pins or hairpins,
/ never did have. Many women are
like that, but so are the men.
know a man who takes me out to the
finest dinners and gives me differ
ent colored wine with every course
and when he has finished his dinner
he invariably swipes enough matches
from the stand on the table to last
him q week."
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Monticello. the Home Of Jefferson.


Another old world feature Is the
subterranean passage which runs un.
der the house and COMES out of the
mountain a hundred ydrds away. II
was once large enough to admit a cart
but has now so fallen into decay that a
man could scarcely crawl through
Tradition says that 1t was through
this passage jefferson escaped when
warned b. the friendly Joultt of the
approach Of Tarleton's raiders. but
DR.. W .. n. Randolph, the great
grandson Of the president, told the
writer that the pretty story is n myth
Being warned Of the approach Of the
British, Mr.. jefferson took "A bride
path down the other side of the noun
tain, hurrledly committing his papers
to the charge Of Bdrweil, his Negro
major d9mo.-Or. Country.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Perfume Burners.

An innovation In the way of perfume
business Is an urn Of old porcelain set
in gilt bronze. The lid is perforated
and within is a glass vessel with q
wick. wherein may be burned simple
perfume or liquid ozone. These
burners are decorative, even in the
most elaborate drawing.rooms.
1t has become something of fac
to choose one perfume and delicately
srert the entire house with 1t, but It Is
obvious that such scent would need
to be most delicate and unobtruslve.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Do You Love

your baby? You wonder why he cries.
Bay bottle of Whites Cream Vermi-
fuge and he will never cry Most
babies have worms and the mothers
don't know it. Whites Cream Yer.
mifuge rids the child of worms and
cleans out its system in a pleasant
way. Every mother should keep a
bottle Of this medicine in the house
With 1t fear need never enter heI
mind, Price % cents Sold by Ritel
Bros Drug Co
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
TOUCHED TENDER SPOT.

Ian Maclaren was talking to a
group of literary beginners in New
York.
Begin your stories we'll" he said
emphatically. "Therc's nothing like
a good beginning. Indeed, it's half
the battle"
Then with a smile this excellent
beginner of stories added: "Always
bear in mind the case of the young
man who, desiring to marry, secured
favorable hearing from his sweet
hearts irascible father by opening
the interview with the words: Il
know way, sir, whereby you can
save money!"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Find Check IN Snu,cn.

Just after the pastor finished the
dedicatory prayer one Of the ushers
spoke quietly to him. The preacher
then announced that check had been
found, and could be recovered by the
owner at the close of the service. The
congregation stared, wondering who
had feen fortunate enough to drop the
check, as the majority were plain work
ing people. Their anxiety was soon
relieved by further announcement
from the pulpit:
81 should have said that 1t was a
laundry check."-New York Post.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Planting Of Rubber Trees.

The cultivation Of rubber trees Is
on the increase, and rubber may at no
distant time become eltirc.y a planta.
tion product. 1t is said that there are
IN Ceylon over 100000 acres which
have becH planted in rubber, and "a
the MALAY peninJu,a a5out half as
much more. It Is estimated that Mex.
leo has about 100000 acres plnntc in
rubber, making Ia all aJ3ut ~. 80
acres, which should produce before
long about one.quarter C the worlds
probable consumption. The results
from these plantations seem to have
been so successful that the work
might be enlarged, as this would not
only render us less dependent upon
the natural forests, but would stlmu
late the Brazilian rubber producing
states to begin artificial cultivation
there.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Wanted-A Sound Killer.

viii not some sympathetic scientist
tell me what to place beneath my
typewriter to silence 1t? / have
tried felt half an inch thick, bottle
packing pasteboard, rubber, etc, yet
the -click-click can be heard a
block away by the ice man, who al
ways wants brainstorm cocktail
when the sound smites his aurlcular
nerve. / want non-conductor be-
tween the top of the desk and the
feet of the machine. Suggestions
thankfully received.-N. Y. Press.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Florida Shark Story,

A tarpon pursued by shark near
Garden Key, California, in one of its
tremendous leaps fell across skin
containing two fishermen who were
so busily engaged with net they did
not notice its approach.
The skiif broke in two, the fisher.
men became entangled In the net
and the shark took huge bite out
of the side Of one of them. Bolton Lar
kin, cutting his body nearly In two.
1t is thought the shark mistook Lar
kin's body for the tarpon 1t was In
pursuit of, for sharks in those waters
have never been known to attack a
man.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Kindly Words and Deeds.

How few estimate the power OF
kindly words and deeds; and yet
what mortal being has not felt their
benefit and sweetness? How many
a weary lot has been cheered and
frightened by their gentle sunshine!
What music there is In a kind ex
preston of sympathy-what radiance
in a gentle smile! And how little dc
these Heaven-entailed duties of life
cost to the giver, and how do they
confer on the receiver?
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Both Riqht.

I'm not expecting any package"
said Mrs. Hamlet to the driver OF
the delivery wagon, who was per.
sistent.
This is the number" insisted the
driver, looking at his book again.
Name Hamlet amt it?"
YES"
mo. TAR"
"That's our number"
"Then it's for YOU"
81 think not. 1t must be case
of mistaken identity"
mo, mum. It's a case of beer"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Too Polite Youngster.

Sir Robert Ball, the famous British
scientist, Is fond of imparting infor'
nation to the young. Once he was
showing a little boy how to study the
heavens through a telescope. That
star" said Sir Robert, goes around
the other" Anxious to please such a
great man the youngster made this
staggering reply: Eyes, saw It," AS
a matter of fact the star TO which the
scientist referred takes 900 years to
make the circuit
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Life in CAPITAL is Costly,

Senator'S and members of congress
are rebelling against the cost of living
in Washington. Elaborate entertain.
ing was inaugurated during the Cleve.
land administration and the power of
millions was felt and set the pace.
Thirty thousand dollars year is con.
sidered very moderate outlay for the
maintenance of a family of high.nyers
in the national capttal.-El Paso
(Tex.) Herald
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Stop GrumbIine

II you suffer from rheumatism or pains,
for Billiards. Snow Liniment will bring
quick relief. 1t is a sure cure for
sprains, rheumatism, contracted mus
Giles and all pains, and WITHIN the
reach OF all. Price 25c, SOC and 81. @,
r. Smith, Tenaha, Tex, writes 81
have used Billiards. Snow Eminent in
my family for years and have found II
fine remedy for all pains and aches
l recommend 1t for pains IN the chest y
Sold by. Ritter Bros. Drug Co.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Method IN His proflIaaoy.

The other day one Of the national
list members, raw to London, was in
troduced to a party of ladies' in the
dining.room of the house of com
mons. As he left he gravely pre-
sented each lady with his card. A
friend ventured to hint that thi:
was carrying politeness too far fol
London customs.
"Sure." was the reply, ut dldnf
matter. had 200 of them print
ed. I've changed my address. any
way. SO they're no use to me!"--Leed!
Mercury.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Woman'a Preroqative.

A young missionary in China trav-
eled many miles to Shanghai to meet
his sweetheart. to whom he was to be
married in the cathedral there.
Guests and clergy were assembled,
but a few minutes before the hour
fixed came message that the bride,
having arrived in Shanghai had
changed her mind and decided to re.
turn to England. The couple had not
seen each other for five years.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Japanese Like Billiards.

So enamored are the Japanese be.
coming of the great game of billiards
that the Mikado has had fine inlaid
table erected, and it is stated that
II. w. Stevenson Is to give lessons at
the imperial court. Stevenson is to
be congratulated II the news be true.
The Mikado will see that he pockets
something.-London Globe.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25

Reformer-Men, don't see how you
can drink that whisky.
Red Nose-Didn't you ever drink
any?
Reformer with scorn) Never a
drop in my life.
Red Nose-Well, don't you start In.
There's hardly enough to go round as
Il is.-Toledo Blade.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
PONCE DE Icons SPRING.
Woman Has Esi.cs- 10 Sell the Prop.
crty 10 -sjccc.


There are ten acres of ground sur.
rounding the spot where Ponce de
Leon on his second visit to what is
now St Augustine, discovered youth.
History tells that he failed to locate
1t on his first visit from Spain to this
section, but that on second trip. in
l5l3, he was more successful. The
property, callei Neptune springs, is
owned by a widow. WHO, with her
daughter. stands at the oldfashioned
we'll affair, and sells the water to tour
lists who visit her in great numbers
Tra water Is TIE purest kind of lithia,
cool and pleasant to the taste. Re
Gently she was offered $4,000 for Nep.
tune springs. which has other good
springs aside from Ponce. on It. II is
located short distance from the
ruins of the old stone wall and gates
of the city of st. Augustine. used
when this was a province of Spain and
when Spanish governor general oc-
cupied as residence the building
now used by Uncle Sam as a post of.
flee. Not far away are the ruins OF
the old Spanish Fort Marion, wrecked
and ruined by shell from the gunners
who fought under the stars and
stripes. Ponce de Icons find Is now
well within the confines of the city
The widow thought 1t too valuable to
dispose Of So she refused the offer
of $4,000 and goes on ladling out
water from Ponce'3 well as though
she had not tossed aside a small for
tune.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Indians Need No Sympathy.

or the $4,000 indians outside Of
Indian territory, 10000 wear civilized
dress, 10000 speak the language, and
$4,000 are members of regularly es.
tablished churches. They have $685..
100000 in the United States treas.
ury, on which they get s1,725, 900 in
terest every year. and under treaties
the government pays them annually
$7o0,O00 more.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Prof. Monaahan TO Lecture.

Prof. J. G. Monaghan. chief OF the
consular division Of the bureau of
manufactures. has resigned from that
position with the intention Of taking
up lecturing. He has made fine rep.
utation as speaker since going to
Washington, and is looked upos as
one of the readiest takers in that city.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
An Abtruse Problem.

why is It so hard to get results
from an investigation? asked the first
citizen.
Because" answered the leader OF
the mob, IAN investigation usually ad.
dresses itself to the very abstruse
problem of reducing the cost of cor.
poration's product to the consumer and
cutting down the company's divi
dends."
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
A Gross Libel.

Gaddie-I saw you at the tailor's
yesterday. looking at trousers.
Dudley-oh! gracious, don't you go
spreading a lie like that!
Gaddie-But did see you.
Dudley-You did not. You may have
seen me looking at "trouserings."
Trousers" are ready .made.-Philadel.
phia Press.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
A Narrow ESCAPE.

G. W. Cloyd, a merchant OF PUNK,
Mo. had a narrow escape four years
ago, when he ran a jimson bur into
his thumb. He says: 1.-THE doctor
wanted to amputate it but l would
not consent. 1 bought box of Buck
lens Arnica Salve and that cured the
dangerous wound" % cents at Ritter
Bros Drug Co.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-25
Too Much Experience.

MY friend and have been discuss.
ing the vexed question whether peo.
pie are punished as they go along. We
would like to leave it to you"
We'll, really, I'm not the man to
decide that question:; you see I've
been baseball umpire for the last
ten years.