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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
Methods to Prevent Breakdown.

Very heavy are the burdens of some
of the high officers in Great Britain,
and leaders have been driven to Gu
rious methods to prevent breakdown.
When Robert Lowe was chancellor of
the exchequer he laid down 30 feet
OF asphalt and got himself a pair of
roller skates. That was his method
of mastering liver and the fatigues
OF office. Earl Spencer, when in Ire
land. during the darkest days of his of.
flee. found riding fast and far one
thing to relieve his spirits of gloom.
Gladstone cut down the trees and
translated the classics; Ii! Ran.
dolph Churchill went racing.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
Saved His Precious Relics.

The third floor of The Orchard,
Francis Wilson's place in New Ro-
chelle, is fitted out as miniature
theater and there the actor has a
wonderful collection Of paintings
books, old play bills and theatrical
relies gathered in the last score of
years. II is his favorite lounging
place when at home. On recent
Saturday night fire broke out in the
cottage next door. Wilson and several
guests were in his den. A score of as
sistants, hurriedly summoned, sue
ceeded in stripping the den of every
thing of value before 1t became APP
parent that his cottage was in no
danger The lower rooms had been
utterly neglected, not an article being
touched the actor pricing his relics
above all else.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
Origin of "D'OyIey" Linen.

Few know the origin of the word
d'Oyley. In the reign of William L.,
Robert d'Oyley, a Norman knight, was
granted an estate at Hook Norton.
which he held on the condition that on
every feast of st. Michael he rendered
to the king a linen tablecloth valued
at three shillings. The ladies of the
dOyley household embroidered these
fine cloths, which were exclusively
used at the royal table, and as they
were very beautifully worked ON the
finest of linen they were called
'd'Oyley linen and so nowadays the
name d'oyley is applied as then for
fine linen cloths.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
Edison's Advice to Bows.

Il should like every boy interested
in electricity to hear what Thomas A.
Edison once said to me when was a
boy working in his laboratories,
writes Joseph II Adams in the intro
duction to his "Harpers Electricity
Book for Boys" Il often recall It
when things do not go just right at
first. | asked the great inventor one
day If invention was not made up
largely of inspiration. He looked at
me quizzically for moment, and then
replied; My boy, have little use for
man who works on inspiration. In
vention is two parts inspiration and
SO per cent, perspiration.'
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
For British Warshjps.

The British admiralty has instructed
the commanders of all ships of war
furnished with wireless telegraph ap.
paratus to telegraph to meteorological
stations with which they may be in
communication full details concerning
the weather at sea. This new branch
of the English meteorological service
has already proved valuable, and 1t is
believed that its Importance will con.
tinually increase. Weather informa-
ton from the sea is of special value
in the British isles because the great
storms generally approach across the
ocean. and not. as in the eastern half
of the United States. across broad
continent Melted with telegraph
Youths Companion
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
A Stunning Surprise.

Congressman George w. Taylor was
talking in Demopolis. Ala, about the
hard times.
Hard times are bound to be full Of
unpleasant shocks and stunning sur.
prises, he said. Il remember the last
panic and sermon that a Mobile pas.
tor preached
The pastor, in powerful discourse.
urged economy ana retrenchment on
his congregation. In view of the hard
times there should b. no extrava.
gance no useless expenditure, he said,
Dut every ou,gJ ought to be pared
down.
His strong sermon had a swift and
unexpected effect. The congregation.
before dispensing, held a church meet.
ing and unanimously reduced the
mans salary from $4,000 to $500"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
Largest Concrete Bridge.

The largest concrete bridge in the
world, a huge structure which has
attracted worldwide attention among
engineers, is just nearing completion
al washington. Connecting Connec.
hcut boulevard, one of Washington
most fashionable drives, over Rock
creek valley, this wonderful bridge is
already regarded as celebrated ex.
ample of the utility Of concrete.
constructed Of nodded concrete
blocks and monolithic concrete ma.
sonry, 1t Is dependent upon itself for
support, having no steel framing for
reinforcement says Popular Mechan.
les At its highest point the bridge
is $50 feet above the bed of the
ravine, and its total length, with ap.
breaches, l,400 feet. Congress an.
propriated SS50,OO0 for construction of
the bridge proper.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
FATHER OF YANKEES
PHRASE THAT FIFTY DESCRIBES
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
Difficult to Shape Sentence That
Would Characterize Him More Per.
fectly Than Remark Made by
Thomas Carlyle.

It would be difficult to shape SEN
tence which would characterize Frank
lin more perfectly than the remark
made by Thomas Carlyle when, look
ing upon portrait of Franklin, he
said: There is the father of all the
Yankees" II we use the word Yankee
10 cover and suggest everything that
is practical, useful, ingenious, re-
sourceful, sagacious and wise, with
the one exception that the character
having these traits will never quite
attain to the highest and best, the
word fairly describes benjamin Frank
lin He was a compendium of all the
defects, faults, abilities and successes
of the people of whom he was the
most conspicuous, famous and success
full representative at home and
abroad. Shakespeare might have
found in him a model of at least 20
different characters, each one excel
lent of its kind or most characteristic
of the class to which the type be-
longed. He could not have taken ,h.:n
as his model for one who shculd set
forth in his own person the highest at
tainments of human nature with a rec.
ord unblemished by injurious excess
or conspicuous defeat. He was a man
of the earth earthly; one who warmed
both hands at the fire of life and en-
joyed through all his physical senses
whatever life had to give. He held
that pleasure greatly predominated in
the lives of mon and proved it in his
own case by his hearty enjoyment of
whatever was cheerful or capable of
giving pleasure.
Beginning. as he did, an untaught
boy, rude in manners and unac-
quanted with those who had practiced
the arts of the gentle life, but with an
eager appetite fer learning, with I'M
bounded ambition and desire to make
a place for himself in the world, it was
inevitable that his first adventures
should be a mixture of good and i'll
fortune, of steady improvement
checked at times by hayward lapses
into indulgences which because of his
better training. his co.patriot Wash
ington escaped Above this earthly
nature which was the wide and strong
foundation of his character, was an in.
tellect second to none in his time on
the level over which It ranged. That
it never escaped into the realm of
spiritual life. where prophetic souls
are found, Is evident in his works and
sayings. His was great, practical
intellect, dealing at times, indeed,
with religion and the highest interests
of the soul, but always in a somewhat
prosaic and practical way He owned
and deeply regretted the errors of his
early days, but at his best he could
never have been described as d saint;
and, yet from the beginning to the
end he would not be properly described
at any time as vicious person. His
temptations and his lapses came in
the ordinary course of his life, because
he eagerly craved the society of his
fellow-creatures.- Register
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
memorable Chinese Justice.

Hsu Hsi-lin, a Chinese school.maste
murdered a government official some
months ago and was beheaded in con.
sequence. The North China Daily
News prints this item showing how
Chinese justice is still pursuing the
wrongdoer's family; The governor
of Anhui, Feng Hsu has been trying
to get hold of the wife of Hsu Hsi-lin,
the assassin of the late En- Min, who
is studying in Japan, and has written
to the Chinese minister at Tokyo ask.
ing him to extradite her and send her
back to China. AS the woman is
charged with a political offense the
Chinese minister has replied that he
cannot do this and proposes that the
Pekin government approach the Tokyo
government on the subject"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
WHY HE WAS ANGRY
HAPPENING THAT SPOILED MR..
JONES' ENJOYMENT.
Wifey's Little Mistake In Poker Game
Enriched Visitor, But Host Said
Nothing, at Least Not
Just Then.

The Joneses, Mr.. and Mrs, went
over to spend the evening with the
Colts the other evening, because peo-
pie get tired of staying at home all the
time and just listening to each othor's
palaver
BY and by Mr.. Goitt suggested that
they all draw up around Mrs. Colts
little sewing table and have a nice
friendly game of poker for an hour
or so.
Everybody wanted to show that he
or she was a sure enough sport, all
rightski-and then one always has an
idea at the beginning of poker game
that just as like as not he can make
the evening profitable as well as mere.
ly pleasant
Mrs. Goitt and Mrs. Jones were
about even in their working know.
edge of the great national game, and
the men folks therefore backed them
up cheerfully, assuming that they
would break about even.
After half hour or so OF play the
visitors took the lead, as the sport
ing editor might say. 1t was only a
penny ante, five-cent limit game, but
then people have been known to clean
up a first-rate little bunch of pin
money In even such a juvenile game
as that, and Jones already had his
chips stacked up into four cute little
cylinders in front of him. Mrs. Jones
would reach over and borrow ten
chips or so now and again. and a
momentary frown would fit over her
husbands brow, but he didn't say any
thing.
By and by Jones took notice of the
fact that Mrs. Jones was reaching
over into his sub.treasury vaults and
picking up chips half stack at time
and putting them into the pot as fast
as she could meet Mr.. Colts bets and
raise him back again.
Mr.. Jones looked at her when he
saw his hoard of chips disappearing. in
a way that inquired plainly: Are you
sure you've got it on him."
Got a straight" whispered Mrs
Jones when she found opportunity to
whisper without being observed, and
Jones gave her look that said, Go
as far as you like for straights had
been pretty good that evening, and
the pot. after the way it had been
sweetened. looked worth while.
Finally Mr. Goitt called her. All
I've got is three ladies' he said in a
tone of polite inquiry, laying down his
hand.
We'll, | have straight" gurgled
Mrs. Jones. "See-queen. king. ace,
deuce, tray"
Mr.. Jones gave her look that told
her something was amiss before any
body had time 10 say word
why, the ace comes after the king,
doesn't it?' she inquired. And
doesn't the two-spot come after the
ace, and the three-spot after the two.
spot? Id just like to know why that
isn't straight"
Mr. Jones watched Mr.. Goitt rake in
the pot and didn't say anything-not
just then.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02

1t is stated that on the three tube
railways, comprising 4l.6S miles Of
single line, controlled by the Under
ground Electric Railways Company Of
London, the number of automatic sig.
nails averages 1885 per mile, and that
these signals drop and rise 1,53S,2Sa
times week The weekly cost Of
maintenance Is said to be GA 3s. 6 esd.
per track mile 5s. ed per signal.
and 0 457d. per train mile.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
Disappointed Friendship.

In the matter of friendship. I have
observed that disappointments arises
chiefly, not from liking our friends too
well, or thinking of them too highly,
but rather from an over.estimate of
their liking for an opinion of us; and
that Ii we guard ourselves with sufIi-
cient scrupulousness of care from er-
ror In that direction, and can be con.
tent and even happy to give more af.
age to 20 through life with consisten.
cy and constancy, unembittered by
that misanthropy which springs from
revulsons of feeling. Charlotte
.Bronte
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
Effective Foo Shifter,

A very effective fog shifter, by the
way, is good snowstorm. Last boxing
day the snow that fell on the roof of
the Lancet office was analysed, and
the result compared with a similar
analysis of snow that fell in Kent. The
result showed that the London snow,
which was chiefly made up Of sulphur,
tar and organic ammonia, fetched
down with it large percentage Of the
coal smoke that is chief constituent
of London fog. while the Kent snow
when melted was like distilled water.
London Daily News.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02

Scott was writing the Lay of the
Last Minstrel
after which" he muttered, with a
grim smile, with your kind permits
sion, ladies and gentlemen, the gifted
vocalist. Herr Spuytentuyfel, will sing
the pathetic ballad entitled, Mamma,
Your Little Darling Is Too Full to
Eat Any More!'"
For well he knew that there would
be still later minstrels with other
lays.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
Before and After,

Impatient Husband tat foot of stair
way)-For heavens sake, Maria, how
much longer is it going to take you
to get ready? I've been waiting 40
minutes for you
His Wife tupstairs) Before we
were married, John, you used to say
you would be willing to wait 40 years
for me If necessary.
Impatient husband mutters some.
thing under his breath to the effect
that ne has more sense now than he
had then, but makes no audible re-
ioinderl
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
Appreciation.

They say Butterworth is going to
erect monument over the grave of
his wife's first husband"
An ordinary man would regard
that as waste of money, wouldn't
he?"
Perhaps, but you see he left
enough life insurance to make it pos.
sible for Butterworth to get along
without working for the rest of his
life, and ] suppose he feels that he
ought in some way to publicly show
his appreciation"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
Overshadows All Others.

Paper manufactured from the fiber
of trees began to be commercial
product in 1867, but did not assume
great Importance until 1890. During
the II years which have elapsed from
that date, this branch of paper has
grown to such proportions that it
overshadows all others-Review of
Reviews.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
Throws Light on Champagne. N akino.

throws Light on champasne-Ma king.
A recent report from the United
States consul at Collingwood, Ont,
throws some light on the making OF
"champagne' in some parts of France.
Tha consul says: "A firm from Roches,
ter. n, Y. has an apple evaporating
establishment at Collingwood and an.
other OF Creemore They bought TO-.
600 barrels at 81 barrel delivered
at the factory. The whole output of
evaporated apples has been sold by
this firm at eight cents a pound. and
Will be shipped to the Northwest.
The waste, such as the core and par
ings. is died, barreled and shipped to
France, where 1t is used for making
champagne
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
Tin Mined Last Year.

Consul General John p. Bray of Mel
bourne, reports that 1901 tons of tin,
valued at over $7,3O0,000, was pro.
duced in Australia during 1906, being
1,725 tons more than in 1905. The
following quantities of tin were
mined last year in each of the produc.
ing states: New South Wales, 1900
tons; Queensland. i.S23 tons; Tas.
mania, 4,473 tons, and western Aus
trala, 1,495 tons.-Consuar Reports.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
Benefit OF Hard Foods,

Habitually eating soft foods, to the
exclusion of everything that is hard
or crusty, will not only weaken the
digestive organs, but will lead to rapid
decay of the teeth When these are
not used in the mastication of harder
foods they become weak. Just as any
muscle will that is not given sufficient
work 10 do.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
Keeps Them Awake.

yes" said the man who sometimes
lets out an audible thought, they are
the biggest takers on earth
"Who?' queried the party with the
rubber habit
"The astronomers, answered the
party of the prelude,
TOW do you figure that out?'
asked the rubbeiing chap.
why, they sit up nights trying to
con the universe" explained the noisy
thinker.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
knelt at Beauties Shrine.

The valentines of days of yore show
the man always in the role of sup
plant He was at all times, either
figuratiyely or literally on his knees
His lady love was a queen, a goddess,
"a being SO far above him that the most
he could hope was that she might be
touched by his devotion, take pity on
the tumult OF his affections, and deign
to cast him look of encouragement.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02

A wax from the rafia palm of NADIA.
gascar is expected to prove a substi
tute for beeswaX. The leaves of the
palm are beaten to small fragments
ON mat and then boiled, the wax so
obtained being collected and kneaded
into small cakes, The me- material
is being tested for bottling purposes
phonograph cylinders, etc
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
Hard to Get Laborers.

The gold mine owners In South
Africa nave in three years spent over
100000 recruiting laborers from
Central Africa They only got 1900
negroes, and few of them could stand
the winter, Then $1,000 Chinese were
brought, starting the labor troubles
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
OF Interest to Cyclists.

Cyclists will be interested to hear
that a doctor has been investigat.
ing the proper nutriment for long.
distance ride, and has concluded that
no meat or other heterogeneous food
should be taken while doing the days
work, but that the ideal refreshment
is fruit and milk.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
Must Know the German LANGUAGE.

A noted firm of fire-extinsuisher
manufacturers in London, doing extern
sive business In Germany, have dc.
cided that all their clerks, from the
oflice-boy upwards, must acquire a
knowledge of German Tuition is
given in that language during bust.
ness hours. Half the star collect IN
a room apart for an hours instruc-
ton, at the end of which they re.
sumo their ordinary duties. and the
rest take their turn in going to
school"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
New Cure for Drunkards.

Whenever an intoxicated man is
conveyed to the Denver police station
his photograph is taken, and the next
morning he is shown how he looked
the night before. The photograph
cure, the police say, is accomplishing
wonders.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
a Necessity In London

French business interests in the ives
tern Soudan have grown until the tele.
phone has become necessity. Hun
dreds OF natives are now engaged IN
stringing telephone wire to the Niger
and down that river to Tlmbuktu
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
A Legislative Paradox.

"The representative part of the
british parliament is a practical para.
dox."
"Why?"
Because 1t is house OF commons,
md We! peerless among legislatures"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-05-02
enormous output 81 Lumber.

According to the Seattle PostIntel.
ligencer the Bellingham (Wash.)
mills have cent lumber enough to
make l2-inch boardwalk around the
world"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-11-09
How II Feels to Fly,

Captain Thomas w. Baldwin, whose
dirigible balloon has been purchased
by the United States government for
military purposes, described the sense
Of fight to David f. st. Clair, who con-
tributes an interesting summary Of
these sensations to Harper's Weekly.
''There is no motion that equals in
thrill and ecstasy that of sailing on the
waves and pillows Of the air." he
writes. 1.-THE motion Of the air is very
like that Of water, especially the water
Of the sea. But the air is far more like
a cushion and opposes far less resist
ance than water. 1t is smoother than
oil, and the springs in 1t are ten thou
sand times more flexible than the sof-
test bed. On midday. when the sun is
directly overhead, the entire dome of
the heavens appears as a convex Of
fretted fire, from which the car Is sus-
pended over the vast bowl as a stock
ing hanging from a lighted chande-
Her"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-11-09
CITY TO PAY FARE.
St. Louis Pupils Will Be Provided
With Car Tickets.

st. Louis Pupils Will Be Provided
With Car Tickets.
Teacher, please give me my car
fare"
This will become a familiar request
In schools in the less thickly settled
parts Of st. Louis. And the teacher
will comply with the request.
For the board Of education has a new
rule by which the car fare will be paid
for pupils who are required to attend
schools more than mile from their
homes.
The children Of the Aldridge negro
school at Switzer and Christian ave-
nues have begun taking car rides at
the city's expense. The board has
voted to close the Aldridge school and
to pay the car fare Of pupils to the
Dessalines and Garnett schools.
Tickets purchased from the United
Railways company will be distributed
at the close Of school each day to the
children entitled to them. The same
will later be done for the children now
attending the st. Louis avenue and Va
shon negro schools, which are to be
closed because Of small attendance.
The same practice will be commence
ed in white schools where children are
found living mile or more away. with
no other school nearer. The tickets
will also be distributed to most Of the
pupils Of the Gallaudet school, which
is maintained for the deaf mute chill
dren Of the entire city.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-11-09
CITY FIRE ALARM BOXES.

Below is given the location of the
real and imaginary boxes. the latter
being marked with an asterisk (s):
"Box No. 4-Young and Thomas,
North Aberdeen.
"Box No. 5-B and Cleveland
streets, Highland Home.
'Box No. 7-Terrace avenue and
D street, High School.
"Box No. 8.-Burrows' Dock.
BOX No. 9-Hume and K streets.
Northern Pacific Railroad Depot.
"Box No. 12-Boone and King
streets. South Aberdeen.
Box No. 15-Wilson Bros Mill.
Box No. us. e. Slade Mill.
Box No. 21.-Market and F
streets.
Box No. 23.-American Mill.
Box No. 25.-Heron and F streets.
Box No. 27-Fourth and G streets.
BOX No. 31-Franklfn School.
Market, between Jefferson and M
streets.
Box No. 32-Hume and H streets.
Box No. 35-Anderson & Middle
ton Mill.
Box No. 37-Heron and Broadway.
Box No. 38-Third and Broadway.
Box No. 42-Hart-Wood Lumber
Co.'S Mill.
Box No. 45-Western Cooperage.
Box No. 47-Hume and Washing
ton streets.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-11-09

Fine Job Printing at moderate prices
Herald.