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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-11
Plague and Fleas.

The part played by fleas In the
spread of plague is dealt with in an
able manner by -. w. w. s." in Ma
ture." A Latin writer. Avicenna, is
quoted to show that about the year
1900 it was known that there was some
definite connection between rats and
plague. In more recent years it has
been a matter of common observation
in India that in times of plague large
number of dead rats are found. And
these are TO nd to contain the plague
bacilli in abundance. In 1898 ST.
mOnd expressed the view that In the
majority of cases the plague was con-
veyed from the rat to man through
the agency OF the flea. Experiments
which he tried with feas from rats
dead of the plague showed how this is
possible. Other experimenters have
obtained sir lar results. while others
have been led to doubt Simond's gen.
/ eralization.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-11
LiAOE rs licT1NERs SMILE.
Remarks Of Reverend Gentleman Alto.
gether Too Apropos.

or all places. the most difficult in
which to preserve ones gravity. when
an absurd incident happens, is church.
The worshipers in certain chapel
had some trouble to keep their faces
straight short time ago.
During the service some commotion
was caused by a gentleman who acct
dnetally ignited box of wax matches
In his pocket, and was trying to put
them out, while his alarmed neighbors
struggled equally hard to help him.
The minister. being short-sighted,
could not make out the reason of the
disturbance, and thinking to diplO
matically cover the incident he limo.
Gently said
Brethren, there is little noise go
ing on. Until 1t Is over, let us sing
Sometimes a Light Surprises.
Some of the congregation were I'M
able to sing.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-11
Peculiar "Cure Stones.

Occupying an isolated position on
the. moors about five or six miles
above Penzance, in Cornwall; England.
a peculiar trio of stones is to be seen.
They are arranged In straight line.
the two outside ones being about four
feet high and upright, while the GEN.
ter one is little lower, but much
wider In the aforementioned there Is
a round hole large enough to admit OF
man passing through. This pile is
known as the "Men-an-tol," or "Holed
stone" Popular tradition states that
anyone crawling through the hole in
the center stone will be fore ever I'm
mune from rheur atism and allied
complaints. In times gone by the
country peorle used to bring their
children to the 'Holed stone" and
pass them through.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-11
IN LEAGUE WITH THE DEVIL.
Balloon Ascent in London in LISA Was
Made aHoliday.

Tremendous excitement was caused
when London's first balloon went up
nearly century and quarter ago.
The balloon, manned by young
italian named Vincent Lunardi, as.
cended from Moorfelds. then an open
space of ground, on September Is,
1884, in the presence of moro than
100000 spectators.
All business was suspended. the
king himself setting the example by
adjourning a cabinet council that hap
pened to be sitting Vast crowds fol-
lowed the balloons course, some on
horseback, in carts. in chaises, but
mostly on foot
Many were hurt in the crush, but
the only fatality recorded was the
death from fright of an old country
woman, who, coming out OF her cot
| tage to see what the excitement was
about. beheld the balloon just above
her head.
On the other hand Lunardi undoubt
eddy saved one mans life, a jury bring
ing In a verdict of mot guilty on q
notorious highwayman in order that
they the prisoner and the Judge who
was trying, might rush out of court to
see the balloon.
The aeronaut descended eventually
near Ware, in Hertfordshire, where
his sudden drop from the clouds was
the cause Of more establishment ant
excitement.
Many of the spectators swoonet
with fear. while others urged the put
ting OF Lunardi to death there ant
then on the ground that he must need'
be a sorcerer and in league with thu
evil one.-Chicago Daily News.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-11
WOULD SHOW BABY THE BILL,
Brother Had Great Scheme to Quiet
Crying Infant.

The two-year-old baby In an East
End family was showing its keen dis.
pleasure at dinner the other evening
over the fact there was no more milk
on the table. The milk supply had
run ont, u-nxpectedly, and the baby
wanted still another drink of milk.
The fond and doting parents tried
TO pacify 1t with a drink Of water, but
tnat dit go. II wanted soma more
milk. Tat was what It war,ten. And
the child expressed itself in way
that left no doubt about its attitude in
the premises.
There was guest present and the
dinner party seemed not unlikely to
end up In riot. II was that already
II noise counts for anything.
Then the baby's older brother got a
happy inspiration, for the little one
was making itself heard with an aban-
don that was getting On brothers
nerves as well as those of the others
present.
IN tell you what you do, pop" he
suggested, lust give him that milk
bill you got the other day. You know
you we're klcFing about milk going up
in price. ana mabbe whcn he sees the
bill he'll quit holle... Tor more
Cleveland PlairdcaleT.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-11
The Care OF House Plants.

The cause of sickly. yellow house
plants may usually be attributed to
either hot, vitiated atmosphere, i'm
proper watering, improper handling OF
the drafts so that coal gas escapes into
the rooms, or leaky gas pipes. When
the plants begin to look badly, don't
start in doping them with patent fer
tilizer or freak remedies such as
castor oil and iron filings, but deter
mine the cause of trouble and rec
tify 1t.
The palms and rubber plants Will
have glossy leaves all winter II the
dust is wiped OFF them each day with
damp rag or sponge. In localities
where soft coal is used little soap
may be added to the water.--Country
Life in America.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-11
He Was the Limit.

The dear girls were composing notes
on subjects of more or less impor-
lance.
your beau seems rather bashful,
said Stella.
"Bashful!" echoed Mabel. why,
bashful is no name for It,"
why don't you encourage him?''
queried her friend.
Il have tried answered Mabel, but
the attempt was measly failure. Only
last night sat all alone on the sofa
and he perched up in a chair as far
away as he could get. l asked him II
he didn't think 1t strange that the
length OF mans arm was the same as
the distance around a woman's waist
and what do you think he did,"
Just Whist any sensible man would
have done-tyied 1t, l suppose,
mot any, thank you. He asked II
] could find piece of string, so We
could measure and see II 1t was fact
Amt he the linnt?"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-11
CONSIDERED IT GOOD THING.
Sporty Individual Wanted a Part Of
the Wager.

Congressman Champ Clark was n
passenger recently on train bound
for Kansas City when he was much
amused by the soiiloquy vi an old
chap who, 1t appeared. was proceed
ing to the city named on certain legal
business. The journey was nearly
completed when the elderly person be
came possessed of the notion that Ger
tain important papers had been left
behind. After a hurried investigation
Of his bag he observed:
III left those papers behind IT
a fool"
little later he resumed his exam
nation OF the bags contents. Il be
it'll turn out I'm fool" he murmuret
sadly.
When another mile or two had been
accomplished he rummaged through
the bag once more, and as he turned
over the last bundle repeated:
1T will sure turn out I'm fool"
At this juncture testy Individual
occupying the adjoining seat took q
hand Frowning upon the .old char
who had so often offered to wager
that he was IA fool, the irritable per
son looked over the edge Of his news
paper, and with sarcastic interest
said;
would you oblige me. sir, by lay
ing little money that same way fol
me?"--Harper's Weekly
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-11
A CHARMING Chinese.

The style of a Chinese ladys dress
apparently never alters. but II she
can afford to do so she wears nothing
but silk. The first garment that she
dons is sort of apron, a plain piece
of silk which Is tied round the waist
and overlaps hebind. Then comes
underjacket and overjacket, trousers
and apron. In cold weather extra
Jackets, thickly wadded, are donned.
II the fair Chinese Is going to re-
ceive friends. or for any other reason
wishes to appear especially charming.
she paints her face with paste made
of rice -four, which dries and gives her
a most cadaverous appearance.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-11
Novel Medicine Chest.

When sickness occurs in the coun-
try It means. unless medicines are in
the house, that doctor must be sent
for, and in many cases 1t will be hours
before he can arrive. Every woman
should have a small medicine chest,
provided with at least ~ to 25 cents
worth of each OF the following medi.
cines, which often will relieve and
cure what might otherwise necessitate
doctors Visit: SiruD Of ipecac, cas-
tor oil, sweet spirits of inter, arnica,
witchhazel, sweet oil, olive oil. bicar-
Donate of soda. licorice compound,
camphor, vaseline, paregoric, mustard,
small roll of antisepuc cotton.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-11
ECZEMA NOW Durable.
All ltehinsssSkla Diseases which Are Not Ter
edltay Instantly Relieved BY OIL
Of xlatersresa.

Can Eczema be cured?
Some physicians say YES"
Some say mo"
The real question is what Is meant
BY Eczemap" lfyou mean those scaly
eruptions, those diseases which make
their first appearance, not at birth,
but years aiterward, and perhaps not
until middle age-then there can no
longer be any question that these
forms Of Eczema are durable.
Simple vegetable oil OF wintergreen,
mixed with other vegetable ingredi-
ents, will kill the germs that infest
the skin. Apply this prescription to
the skin, and instantly that awful itch
is gone. The very moment the liquid
is applied, that agoniziDg, tantalizing
itch disappears, and continued appi.
cations Of this external remedy soon
cure the disease
We carry In stock this oil OF winter
green properly compounded into ID. ID.
d. prescription. While We are not
sure that 1t will cure all those cases Of
skin trouble which are inherited, we
positively knofc that this D. ID. D..
prescription, whenever rightly used,
will cure every last case Of genuine
Eczema or other skin trouble, which
did not exist at birth.
We know this. Anyway you. your
self, will know that d. ID. ID. prescrip.
tion instantly takes away the itch the
moment 1t Is applied to the skin.
Stopthat itch today instantly just cal
at Ritter Bros. Drug Co. and try this
refreshing and soothing llqui., also
ask about d. d. d. soap.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-11
SIMPLE REMEDY FOR la GRIPPE.

La grippe coughs are dangerous as
they frequently develop into pneumo-
mia. Foley's Honey and Tar not only
stops the cough but heals and strength.
ems the lungs SO that no serious results
need be feared. The genuine Foley's
Honey and Tar contains no harmful
drugs and is in a yellow package. Re-
fuse substitutes. Sold by all drug
gists.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-11
stupid Fellow.

MARY said No to me last night
signed Peter Sloman, but ! don't be-
lieye she could honestly tell why she
did It,"
"Oh. yes, she could" replied his
cousin Kate. "She told me-
did she?"
Eyes, she said she didn't think you'd
take Nc Ter an answer"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-11
Simple Remedy for La Grippe.

La grippe coughs are dangerous a,
they frequently develop in pneumonia.
Foley's Honey aud Tar nor only stops
the cough but heals and strengthens
the lungs so that no serious results
reed be feared. The genuine Foley's
Honey and Tar contains no harmful
drugs and is In a yellow package. Re-
fuse substitutes.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-11
In ths Lanquaqs.

Some one has said that a kiss Is
the language Of love-" remarked the
young man In the parlor scene.
Well" rejoined the fair maid on
the far end Of the sofa, why don't you
got busy and say something?"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1908-03-11

j. G. Knowles. Commissioner
George Godfrey, Commissioner.
II. II. Smith. Sheriff.
JOshepl, Larsen. Clerk.
John p ToOlsen. Treasurer.
Sarah Merrill. Recorder.
Eugene scbaub. Surveyor
Martin Olsen. Assessor.
A. A. Law. Attorney.
J. l.. McCarrev. Supt. OF Schools.
II. X. Merrill. County Physician.
Niels X. Broby. Fruit Tree inspector.
liver Nielsen. Fish and Game Commissnr.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-10
SUNDAY BASE BALL.
Struggle of Live, Healthy People
Against P~uritanism.

Struggle of Live, Healthy People
Against ~Puritanism.
ST. Louis Times.
The Puritans and the impuritans are
having a very warm time of it in Detroit.
The trouble is over Sunday base ball. 1t
is commended on the one hand that the game
is corrupting to the youth OF the city
beautiful, that 1t is taking sons away from
their summer firesides and putting them
out among the ribald bleacherites who use
rude language. 1t is said that these young
men might be better employed; that they
might sit on the stoop with the folks and
talk about the weather.
The people who believe in Sunday base
ball come back at the Puritans with an
argument that has the sound of sanity.
They brush aside at once. as immaterial,
the thought that the youth will be cor
rupted by any remarks he hears on the
bleachers. They say, too, that talk about
the weather lie not particularly elevating.
The real point of their argument, however,
is that largo crowds at a base ball game
are out In the open under police protection
and that serious trouble is quite impossi-
Bile. II the thousands Of boys who go TO
the Sunday base ball game are roaming
loose over the town, 1t Is hardly practicable
to keep them under eye. There Is beer to
be drunk and many temptations to be en-
countered.
Here in our own city there is no record
OF serious trouble at a Sunday ball game.
There is some noise, TO be sure, but 1t is
a healthy noise. Sunday noise Is not neces-
sarily wicked; 1t sometimes thuIders on
Sunday. Certain it is that the thousands
OF boys and men. and women, too. some
times, who see the great national game on
the first day OF the week breathe their
lungs full OF good fresh air and get their
minds off the worries of this work-a-day
world They might be a bit better for
going to church In the morning and again
in the evening. but the two hours in the
open, watching eighteen huskies race about
the diamond. will not hurt any right
minded person.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-10
~ InRIoArloN ooreRHss

The west viii have a peculiar inter-
est in the proceedings Of the sixteenth
national irrigation congress, to be held
at Albuquerque, September % 70 oc-
tober 3, because that movement. which
originated in the west, now has the
sanction and cooperation of the legis-
lative as we'll as the executive branch
OF the federal government. Congress
has been liberal in It's provisions for
the promotion OF the general plan Of
irrigation and President Roosevelt,
thoroughly familiar with conditions in
the regions Of limited rainfall, has Of
fered every possible encouragement to
the enlargement of the scope of the
work. The congress has appropriated
$4,000 for the local expenses of the
approaching meeting at the New Mex
leo city.
The public generally has been dis
abused of the once held impression
that irrigation was a land speculation
scheme and not directly related to the
general Advancement Of the country's
interests. The progress made by the
reclamation division Of the geological
survey In redeeming desert wastes and
converting them into prosperous com
munities has demonstrated the fact
that irrigation is a part and parcel Of
and inextricably blended with the en-
tire list Of essentials in plans for the
conservation of the nations natural re-
sources. Its Advancement is related
to forest preservation, drainage, re-
form of the land laws and all the in
terests that make for the public good.
While there was originally some
criticism at the amount of money APP
propriated for the advancement Of the
great irrigation projects, that criticism
has disappeared in face of the
showing made. The reclaimed lands
are being sold by the government to
settlers and home builders and the re-
ceipts from such sales, which will be
used for further irrigation projects and
finally restored to the national treas
ury, promise to be largely In excess Of
the amount originally advanced by the
government for such work.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-10

change in the personnel OF the senate
In the last half dozen years. and he
must know that HE charge is as thor
oughly unjust, untrue and unwar-
ranted. as we're his former attacks on
the integrity Of the supreme court.
Senator La Toilette, whom none will
accuse Of ultra-conservatlsm or a de-
fender Of predatory wealth, in a speech
at Madison, Wis, on July 20, 1905,
said:
In spite Of the popular idea to the con-
trary the senate IL more representative
than lie the house. 80 The railroad rate
bill was immensely improved because of
the discussion in the senate. A marked
change is coming over the senate. The
members are coming to be more in touch
with the people.
In this conflict OF authority, most
persons will accept Senator La Fol-
lette's estimate Of the senate, instead
of that of Mr.. Bryan. The Wisconsin
senator may always be relied upon to
say what he believes, while Mr.. Bryan
may be counted upon to say what he
thinks will please his hearers.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-10
AssAiLIYG THE SENATE.

In one of his speeches in North Da-
kota Mr.. Bryan made this charge
against the United States senate:
The senate of the United States as now
constituted is simply a place where every
wark and where legislation in behalf Of
the people is ~strangled to death.
Mr.. Bryan is safer in attacking the
senate than he is in asssiling the SUI
preme court, even If there is no more
reason for it, as the people who have a
wholesome respect for and abiding
faith in the integrity of the courts have
become more or less accustomed to
hearing the senate abused and its
members characterized as ~plutocrats,
autocrats. members of the Million
aires club, and all of the pert or i'm
pertinent things that have occurred TO
the muck rakers and the newspaper
alleged humorists.
1t is doubtful II there vas ever a
time when every predatory corpora
ton" had a "bulwark" in the senate. It
Is certain that no such condition exists
today. There have been many times
when the United States senate APP
peared to be unmindful Of the wishes
OF the people, but events have demon
strated thai the senate has been right
most of the time. 1t is today without
question the greatest deliberative
Legislative body on earth and is more
responsive TO the will OF the people
than any similar body in existence. The
growth of the primary system of ex-
pressing a choice for United States
senators in the last few years has
greatly diminished, II not entirely
eliminated, the possibility OF a senator
being chosen without the approval
and sanction of the voters. This has
been demonstrated in practically all
of the western and southern states and
the custom is spreading throughout
the country. amounting in effect to an
election OF United States senators by a
direct vote Of the people. Mr.. Bryan
must be familiar with these facts. He
must be informed as to the marked
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-10
NOTES.

e. H.. Hartman was the recipient Of a
great deal OF attention as he passed
through central Oregon cities enroute 10
Portland.
Jules slmoneau, who died last week at
his home in Monterey, Cal, at the age of
SO years, was a restaurant keeper who be-
came famous as the friend OF Robert Louis
Stevenson. His restaurant was the haunt
OF Bohemians
John Henry Porter, who started with his
family from Redbank, Pa, on March 4,
has arrived at Pontiac. ILL.,, 9j miles, the
father pushing a baby carriage containing
a 15-months-old child all the way. Porter
has not met with success.
George Benjamin, a linotype operator,
earned the title OF champion potato eater
of the Naugatuck valley in Waterbury,
Conn, when In a contest with Thomas
Burke, a matchmaker. he devoured twenty
five large tubers to Burke's twenty-three. =
To Bertha Schultz, a young dressmaker
in Hamburg. Germany, $4,000 was be-
queathed on condition that she should not
marry a man engaged in an Intellectual
occupation. She is already engaged to an
accountant, and she and her fiance are now
e~ndeavoring to persuade the law that the
work is purely mechanical.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-10
THE TERMINAL TAX LAW.

Experience so far has amply an
swered n of the chief arguments
used in opposition to the passage OF
the terminal tax law, which has just
gone into effect. It was asserted at
the time the bill was pending before
the legislature that IL 1t became ii law
the result would be to take from the
smaller communities of the state a
large percentage of the tax that was
being paid into their local treasures
by the railroad companies and give 1t
to the larger communities. Omaha
was to be the chief beneficiary of this
unequal distribution. The rural COM
munlties were to be entirely defrauded
of their Just claims for taxes against
the railroad companies
The State Board Of Equalization has
but recently completed its adjustment
of railroad values under the terminal
tax law and has made a distribution Of
the taxes levied under that law. The
tabulated statement shows how poorly
grounded were the assertions of the
opponents of the law made before the
legislature. Only nine communities
in all the list show a decrease in taxes.
These communities are all small and
the amount they lose in taxes is very
light compared to what the other COM
munities gained. Towns like Ere
mont, Hastings, York, Superior, Wa
hoo, West Point, Lincoln and others
have gained in their railroad taxes by
from 100 to 800 per cent.
This veriies the figures that we're
published in The Bee at the time the
bill was pending and used as al argu-
ment for its passage. The terminal
tax law has proven to be as we'll justi-
fed as were the other reformatory acts
passed by the republican party in the
last legislature. The longer the record
stands the brighter it grows.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-10
GOVERNOR HUGHES ON TRUSTS.

Even the most radical of democrats
will not question the sincerity of Gov
ernor Hughes of New York in his OPP
position to trusts. 1t was through the
efforts Of Governor Hughes that the
insurance i~niquities were exposed and
1t was due to his work at Albany that
the Legislature of New York passed a
law giving the authorities Of the state
very direct and positive control over
state corporations, even to the extent
of limiting their stock issues and pro-
viding rules and regulations for their
operation. On that account the opin-
ions of Governor Hughes, as expressed
in his address at Youngstown, o., on
the occasion of the opening of the Ia
tional campaign in that state, will be
read with consuming interest.
In a merciless investigation Of what
is proposed by the Denver platform
in the way Of trust legislation, Gov
ernor Hughes pointed out the impossi-
bility of ~embodying these declarations
luJO u law IHtL WOulu WlLuhlduu lne
examination of the supreme court or
be capable of execution. On the demo-
cratic proposal for a federal license
for corporations, which license shall be
denied to corporations controlling a
certain per cent of the trade In it's line,
Governor Hughes said:
This proposal, in its utter disregard of
the facts Of business, In it's substitution
Of the phantasies of the imagination for
the realities of life, stamps the demo-
cratic platform with the fatal stamp of
1896. The commerce and Industry Of this
country, the interests of it's wage earners
and OF it's interdependent masses, who
must rely upon the stability of business
cannot afford to give license to such va
garies.
From a lawyers standpoint Gov
ernor Hughes is doubtless right, but
he overlooks the fact that the law and
the constitution do not count among
democratic campaign orators.