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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-22
A SCHOOL OF DUELll,G
Frenehmen Taught How to Behave Of,
the Field Of Honor

Although ducIing has long been
laughed out of court in tins coun-
try, our continental friends by no
means share our opinion of this
method of settling affairs Of honor,
says a writer in the Wide World
Magazine.
Though the French duel is usual
ly carried through without any seri.
Ous ;Nirry TO either combatant, it
Is yarlrd with grave considera-
Ton. I'D every detail has TO be
auordad to most punctiliously.
In order that gentlemen who may
be called upon to defend themselves
at the point Of the pistol may have
some training for the ordeal, there
has been established in Paris
school of dueling, one prominent
member being ex-President Casimir-
Perier.
This academy is conducted by DR..
dc Villcrs, and combats frequently
take place there by way of practice.
In these mimic duels wire masks
are worn to protect the face and
bullets made of wax are used, so
That no injury may be sustained by
tho combatants.
In all other respects, however, the
conduct of the affair is carried
through as on the field of honor, SO
that when the time comes-if il
ever does come-for the scholars to
take part in a serious duel they may
acquit themselves with credit Ia
themselves and disaster to their adj
versary-alfhouEh this latter point
is not of much Importance.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-22
Rooster Fiahts Docs.

1t is not often that n barnyard fowl
attains neighborhood popularity but
such is the case with a large Massa.
chusetts red rooster belonging to
Charles Davis of AIS st. John avenue.
A few weeks ago Mr.. Davis was at.
tracted to his barnyard by the whines
of a half.grown setter pup he is train.
Ing. He found that the dog had been
driven into a corner, and was being
savagely attacked by the big cock. and
before he could interfere In behalf CT
the pup 1t had been pretty heavily
marked by the ROSTERS spurs
Since that time Red" he has
come to be called, has become neigh.
borhood bully, and refuses to allow
pigs or dogs to come within the
grounds under his rule. Curlously
enough, dogs will not fight back, but
actually run from his assaults. AS for
game cocks, he has probably thrashed
more of them than any other bird in
the city.-Kansas City Journal.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-22
Gets Venom From Bees.

The bees were in a glass bottle,
buzzing hercely. They rested on a
very fine wire netting and below the
netting was a transparent fluid. Ev.
cry little while the chemist stirred
them up with a toothpick and their
wrath redoublcd. Il am r"."'n'ing
their venom. said the o.. am
making them sting in
sight, The venom rd... own
through the netting into that liquid,
which is alcohol, and | make medicine
of 1t. These angry bees, in a word
are assisting me to make medicine.
Bees venom--'apis,' as 1t is called
is very good remedy for govt, rheu'
matism, cancer and a dozen other all.
ments."
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-22
TO THE END.

"a curious story is told of cat
which lived for some years in the
underground stables of a coal mine.
1t was always to be found in the
stall belonging 70 an old donkey
when that animal was resting from
its labors,' says Chums.
"One day, owing to the careless
ness of its driver in unloading it,
the donkey suffered severe strain,
and was quite unable to perform its
daily work.
"For nearly fortnight the
donkey lay in agony in its stable,
and during that time the cat scarce
ly ever left its friend.
Sometimes the pr lads would
drive it away, but it would always
steal back again, and when the
donkey died as result of its in
juries the cat began to howl pitiful-
ly, and would not be comforted
"But the climax came when they
were taking the donkey's carcass to
the surface. The cat began to
scratch and fly at the men who
were removing it, and became SO
violent that it had TO be killed"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-22
sURoEo.I's PATRIOTISM.

sour surgery is not different
from vegetable surgery. For rccrea-
ton ! hybridizc hickories," writes
DR.. Robert II. Morris, in the Med
ical Record. at became necessary
to find an expert CRATER High
and low, all over the country, search
was made. Horticulturists all said
the same thing: 'Hickories cannot
be grated, Millions Of dollars a
year would come to us if we could
TO that grating" Finally ] found
a man in Massachusetts who could
catch 25 per cent. of hickory CRAFTS,
and man in Texas who could catch
90 per cent. of them. Both said
that there was no trick about it at
all. Nothing was needed but quick,
neat work. Surgeons have TO face
precisely the same situation, A few
will do with ease what most others
say cannot be done at all.
81 have no confidence in any man
who does not believe that his own
country excels in everything, nc
matter where he lives. From that
standpoint of patriotism | want to
believe that America has the best
surgeons in the whole wide world
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-22
Superstisious.

A well krowA New Yorker, while
dining at his club one evening recent
ly, observed that his order OF oysters
on the shell was not complete, there
being only II bivalves, instead of the
dozen it was his custom to order. says
Harper's Weekly. On rejecting that
his waiter, an Irishman. was a new
conner, he decided to let the matter
pass; but when on the next evening
the same thing occurred. he became a
trife impatient. See here!" eX-
claimed he to the waiter, what do
you mean by bringing me II oysters
when | order ~? This is the second
time that this thing has happened"
Sure, sir" quietly responded the Celt,
81 didn't think you would want to
risk being 13 at table, sir"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-22
LITTLE THINGS.

Credit the little things in life for
all success and debit them for each
failure. The man who wins has
an eye for them like the camera lens
which photographs stars we cannot
see with telescope. Two cents
buys a morning newspaper, tens OF
thousands of dollars bought the
press which prints it, but the power
which runs the press was born of a
few tiny sparks generated from the
friction of wood by the ancients.
Success seems to be a capabifty in
making the spark more powerful.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-22
HARD TO ACCOMPLISH.

Emanuel Lasker, the chess ex-
pert, was discussing in New York
the ethics of certain style of play.
"Well," he ended, laughing, 81
suppose it is all right, but it is in
tricate, Ell? 1t is like the subject
discussed in the debating society.
"Ts it wrong'-that was the
subject Of debate-'is it wrong to
cheat a lawyer"
"The decision after three hours
argument was: Not wrong. but
too difficult to pay for the trouble ~
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-22
What Chance Had He?

A Buffalo physician tells of two
young friends in that city who entered
simultaneously upon their respective
careers of physician and lawyer. Late
one afternoon the newly made medico
dashed into the room of his legal
friend, cXclaiming; Great luck, old
man! Congratulate me! Got patient
at last! On my way to see him
now" Whereup the legal light-to-be
clarped his friend on the back, say.
ing; Delighted, old chap" Then,
after a Slight pause. he added, with q
SLY grin: Say, let me go with you!
Perhaps he hasn't made his will
Harper's Weekly.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-22
A Convict Ship,

Readers'o of The Convict Ship" will
be Interested to know that until re.
Gently one Of these craft was in ex.
istence. The ship a few years ago
was moored In the Thames, between
Rlackfriars and Westminster bridges.
1t had taken to Australia In its time
$4,000 poor wretches exiled from
England for various offenses. The
vessel sank in Sydney haroor, but was
later raised and sailed to England.
1t had ~ cells. black hole and a
chapel, The ship began its voyages
to Australia In 1887 and sailed 81
years, in which time 1t carried to i'm.
prlsoament and exile 1852 men and
20,3l9 women.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-22
SQUAW A NEAT HOUSEKEEpeR
She Must Live in a Tent, However
to Prove This.

Put the squaw in a tepee and she Is
the neatest of housekeepers, says the
Denver Republican. Everything in
one OF these big, roomy tents is in
apple-pie order. The blankets are
neatly rolled and slowed away under
the edge of the tepee, leaving the cen.
ter clear. BrIght-colored blankets
and fine fur robes are spread about,
and wonderfully beaded dance drum
hangs from one of the poles. But, on
the other hand. put squaw in a
house and she is anything but sue.
cess. Go into one of these frame
houses and you will find the mat.
tresses laid along the floor, with the
whole family sprawling thereon. The
cracked cook stove will be in the mid.
die of the floor, with anything but
agreeable odors coming therefrom
while the meal Is in progress. Out.
side the bedsteads and springs will be
used as chicken roosts. But the squaw
doesn't let her housekeeping short.
comings worry her. When she puts
on an elk.tooth robe, valued at any.
thing from $1,000 to $4,000, and rides
to the fair or to the agency on a Sun.
day astride beaded saddle, she is a
picture OF contentment that any of her
white sisters might envy.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-22
SCULPTURE OF THE lNOlAN.
Only Three Specimens of Los Rock
Carving Have Been Found.

One Of the three known examples In
the United States OF the famous In.
dian sculpture" on two OF tho i'm.
mense rocks which form the great
fans of the Connecticut river at Bel.
lows falls has been entirely obliterat.
ed, not trace of the marking which
recorded some important event in tho
history of the aborigines being left,
says tie Z ton Herald. The sculp
siol for antiquarlans and developed
mt Il controversy as to the manner
and Inc in which 1t was made. When
frs. discovered It consisted of group
OF l6 or 1S variously ornamented
heads plainly cut into the rocks. The
me n piece of work was shown on a
fiat space about Is feet wide and six
feet high and consisted of four heads,
each surmounted with pair of rays
and numerous heads without any dec.
GRAFTON. On the other rock was one
large head with at least eight rays,
this head being IA inches across at
the forehead. There may have been
originally also an inscription. but II
so 1t had become obliterated by the
action of the water years ago. The
markings were supposed to have rep.
resented victory at or near Bellows
falls by four bands and their chiefs
under one principal chief The fact
that the action of the water has re.
moved what was discovered on the
rocks 100 years or so ago indicates
to not few that much more of the
record must have disappeared pre-
| viously
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-22

Senator Rayner of Maryland is In
favor of adequate salaries for school
teachers and at reception he told a
story about teachers meeting in a
district where the salaries were ex.
tremely low "A rich. portly banker
opened the meeting with an address"
he said, "The banker concluded his
remarks with an enthusiastic gesture
and the words: Long live our school
teachers!' What on?' shouted a
thin, pale, seedy man in black coat
slightly smeared with chalk marks.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-22
Hlndoo Likes Many Clocks.

The Hindoo places clock in his
room, not because he ever desires to
know what the hour is, but because a
clock is foreign curiosity Instead,
therefore OF contentlng himself with
one good clock, he will have, perhaps,
a dozen in one room. These clocks
are signs Of his wealth, but they do
not add to his comfort, for he is so
Indifferent to time that he measures It
by the number of bamboo lengths the
sun has travelled about the horizon.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-22
STATISTICS ON DIVORCES.

1t is figured that for the ?O-ycal
period from 1888; to 1906 the appli.
cations fled for divorce throughout
the country reached Ire total OF
400, 200, and probably on these
applications about l,O00,ooc III.
vorccs were granted. in tlc '3-rcai
period FROM 1856, TO $3.50 the nrn,
Der of diyor p' %" me, W.i&...,,0
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-22
II You Don't

succeed the first time use Herbine and
you will get instant relief The great.
est liver regulator, A positive cure
for constipation, dyspepsia, malaria,
chiI.s and all liver complaints Mr.,
c., Of Emory Texas, writes; my
wife has been using Herbine for her
self and children for five years, 1t is
a sure cure for constipation and ma.
laria fever, which is substantiated by
what II has done for my family" Sold
by Ritter Bros Drug Co,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-22
WE DECLINE TO SAY.

Young Blackstone-The people
who appear before the courts come
under two classes-the innocent and
the guilty.
Dolly Spanker-But what class
do the lawyers come unaer?-Som-
eryille journal.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-22
She Never Existed.

Mrs Gaddie-She tells me she's
got the same servant girl who worked
tor you last year.
Mrs. Hiram Oflen-lmpossibe!
Mrs. Gadde-But she positive ui
It.
Mrs. Hiram Observation-Disclosures |
say It's impossible never had a
servant girl who worked for me-"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-22
Notice To Our Customers.

We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs
colds and lung troubles is not affected
by the National Pure Food and Drug
law as it contains no opiates or other
harmful drugs. and we recommend 1t
as safe remedy for children and
adults, For sale by all druggists $40
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-22
HIS EXPERIENCE.

Tommy--Pa, what is limited
monarchy?
Pa-Anything less than four
kings.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-22
QUITE AN ADVANTAGE.

"Stammering has Its advantages,
you know, old chap"
How so?"
why, fellow who shutters doesn't
need more than two or three ideas to
keep him going all evening"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-22
Intended 10 Pay.

The kindly Cd lady from the coun.
try had purchased pair % gloves
in a department store.
Cash" ahJutgI the sa.c3,adY
"My lanai" exclaimed the OLD Indy,
fumblls Ia her varst, '!i! Slyo II ro
you J-a, IS s,cH a. I lin. ws uaca,t
boob '--t'aIror8 Ne"..y
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-05-22
Not Lucky.

Bill-"Does your brother carry a
rabbits foot?" ,Jill-"No, But he
goes around with a hair.lip "-Yonk.
ers Statesman.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17
SOME OF HIS TRIUMPHs.

AS a telegraph operator Edison invented and
perfected a repeater by which a message might
be carried from one wire TO another autonad-
cally. He was only eighteen years Of age at
the time, Later he perfected another form of
telegraphing Instrument the stock ticker which
plays such an important part in the commercial
life OF to-day. Then. closely following each
other between the ages of twenty and thirty
FIVE, came those inventions at which the world
has not yet ceased 10 marvel; the duplex and
qua6rIpleT telegraph system. the microphone
and the carbon transmitter for the telephone;
tbs monograph. which he first made with tin
foil cylinder. and which was developed from an
idea that was absolutely his own the incan-
descent lamp which just before he an
nounced its invention, he spent five days and
five nights without food and sleep; the mega
phone the kaleidoscope. a magnetic treatment 4
iron ore. and new storage battery which Mr.
Edison hopes Will make electric vehicles so light
and cheap that the man OF very moderate means
can own one
Milan, Ohio, boasts Of being the birthplace Of
Thomas Alva Edison. Here he lived for seven
years, until 1851, when his family moved to
Port Huron. Mich, where he spent the remain
der OF his boyhood In both Milan and Port
Huron many a story IS told OF the early evil
dences of his inventive genius When a lad Of
six Tommy" Edison constructed device ny
which his father could close the window and
open the stove draft on a winter morning
without getting out of bed When. as a lad IN
short trousers he started In business as Il news
boy on the Grand Trunk Railroad he made \
laboratory out Of old box car, and there ex-
perimented with various electrical contrivancoa.
And what spare time he did not spend in test
ing currents and acids he devoted TO a little
newspaper called THE Grand Trunk Herald, >
which he published weekly and sold the train.
The news stories were contributed by train
hands. and consisted for the most part OF hap
penings along the line Of the railroad His
printing press was in the baggage car.
An act of heroisrn turned his attention 10 the
problems of telegraphy. many Of which he has
since solved. Standing in front OF railroad
station one day, ne saw an engine bearing down
on baby which, unaware of danger, was play
ing the track He leaped in front Of the ap-
preaching locomotive and saved the child The
father Of the little one was the telegraph opera
tor and out Of gratitude he offered to teach the
newsboy the secrets Of the key. The. youth
learned quickly, and before he left the servica
Of the Western Union Telegraph Company he
was regarded one of the fastest and clean
est" operators in the country In his park sur
rounded home In West Orange. y. J., MI Edison
still treasures the letter which offered him the
position Of handling the Boston end Of the
heaviest wire IN the country I'm his day which
ran from the Hub to New York City.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17

ton will carry more than any other. THIS rs
the stage In which the engineer must exercise
his ingenuity. for 1t IS no light matter 70 M
ten thousand tons rest as evenly as the ooItoiii
OF paperwetght. -
But it is not until all these things are down
that the architect begins to get busy and con-
tracts are signed. The one hundred story build
ing has been found possible. and there IS no
more doubt about 1t than there was when the
architect put up q five story dwelling mouse.
That is why architects and engineers say the
hundred story building is possible-natne-
MATES have proved it, for skyscrapers are uath-
ematical problems.
''But how about the practicabuity of the one
hundred story building? This is where water
tanks and elevators come in. But the increased
weight Of the water tanks MADE necessary Dy
the greater demand for water would nave
practically influence in determining the limit
engineers say, for the reason that pumps could
supply all the water necessary as fast as II was
wanted The size of the present tank would not
need to be enlarged at all If the pumps were
kept constantly at work As fast as any water
was taken out it would he replaced And as for
fire protection, tanks on the roof supply that
'fBut the elevator question would seem TO
make a building quarter of a mile high a null
sanCe for those having offices on the upper
floors. Steel cable rope stretches. To overcome
this and still the cable elevator relays OF
elevators would have to be used, making three
or four changes of cars between the top ana the
bottom floors of one hundred story building.
But recent experiments. architects say, have
gone to prove that the plunger elevator can do
the business without the need of relays and
without sagging This elevator is pushed up
from the bottom by steel rod which is sent up
and down by means OF hydraulic power, its
depth In the ground being equal TO the height Of
the elevator shaft. If such an elevator is used
in the first one hundred story skyscraper to be
erected il will be as unique the building
itself. for II will mean that hole about sixteen
inches IN diameter viii have to be drilled into
the earth distance Of n quarter Of a mile, and
from this small hole will come the power by
which the elevator carries men from the street
to tbs hundredth floor"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17

in conjunction with the aerial torpedo this coun-
try might be made practically impregnable
against a foreign foe
IF the United States ever gets into another
war" says the inventor. there will be some re-
rlarkabIe things done by Americans. The sub
marine can be so improved that It will be ire
sistible. The dynamite gun can be made Of
the most destructive implements Of war ever
known. And the American brain is capable Of
developing both these two engines Of battle TO
the highest degree Of efficiency. II we ever got
into another fight. l say. American inventive
genius Will soon supply what the army and
navy may lack"
That Thomas Alva Edison means 10 spend the
afternoon of his life in work is no surprise to
those familiar with his earlier life,
His years ever since he was newsboy have
been crowded with labor. For the last forty
years he has worked on an average sixteen hours
e day, so that. judged by the eight-hour union
day, he has already lived q century. Here are q
few Of his rules Of living;
Eat lightly.
It is better TO eat too little than too much
If work is congeniaI It is more restful than
idltng.
Too much sleep is Supplying.
Four hours Of sound sleep is better than eight
hours Of dreaming restless slumber.
Alcohol scatters thought. Tobacco often slim
ulates II.
IN telling Of how he marked of the hours for
working. eating and sleeping. Mr.. Edison said
recently:
7 get out Of bed at o'clock in the morning.
take a walk out among the trees and birds and
wait around. reading the newspapers. until the
folks get up. which is about 6: 80 q m Then l
take my breakfast with them and go 10 work l
keep at my tasks until noon, when take only
a bit Of luncheon that is sent to in the labO-
ratory. At o'clock go home to dinner. 1 gen
orally get 10 the table when the dessert Is being
served. and through my meal soon SIS
the others. seldom waste moro than FIVE min
utes al the table. Then I get out my note books
and work until II or u o'clock At night pre-
pairing for the next day After that, bed and
fine sleep"
In view OF this tremendous energy. Il does not
seem remarkable that Mr.. Edison. in the course
Of his life. has patented thousand different
inventions. The first proved Improbable
and taught him a lesson, he frequently said
afterward, that before he began work on an
invention he should first ask himself the ques-
ton, VIII II meet a real need" His first pat
ent was obtained for vote recorder designed
for use in legislative bodies. Apparently It did
not meet a real need At any rate. IL was a
financial failure
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-17
WAR STIMULATES WITS.

The submarine and dynamite CUR. says s-r.
zdtsons cap be pertscred so that waen cpsrgtsd
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-06-21

L Is reported ina, Hon. " c. 9
k.-gore T Wildwood. who ably rap.
resented Sumter county in The .-5.s-
laCure. viii De q candidate for com
missioner OF agriculture 90 succeed
Hon. B. E. NcLin. NJ. K.-go,e = al
excellent gentlemana, one Who has
the courage OF his convictions and
who would make an upright and caDa-
Die Official, and the Herald would
gladly support him II Mr.. McLin
should decline 10 run.-Punta Gorda
Herald
This lets Mr.. K!lgore out. II Nj
McLin-why ask the question? Do
men who have a taste Of oFFee voluH-
cariiy let go?
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1907-06-21

II IS trr" Governor Cr.o... ..-
made an Intensely partisan GOVERNOR
oH' II map De- sad 70 mitigation -r..
NJ was brought up in Al Intense, ..-
ttr- into.eraat partisan faction a.t
II : hard for one 20 our.tv- and over
come his early impressions rho
governor cary environments hl..
'heir ien'ac-es firmly c'incheI about
him