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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-05

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-05
OUTGOING STEAMERS.

'Brings mail
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esty,' answered the American ambas
sador with dignity.
We'll, then, what are you starine
at, pinhead?' the emperor cried. &c
about your business
/ held my breath, wondering whal
Purroy would do. II he had boxed
the emDerors ears in the midst of bis
entourage, ! should not have been sur
prised. But he only looked him stead
lily In the face until the emperor lost
countenance and turned away fretful
ly Then Mr.. Purroy backed out
bowling. past where ! stood, and
heard him mutter:
IF that lunatic weren't emperor Of
Austria I'd swear he was born and
bred Vermonter."
And suddenly I was struck motion.
less by thought that, having gath.
cred force in my mind little by little,
now burst upon me with over.
whelming assurance. This man, this
so-called emperor, was indeed a Yam.
kee-none other, in fact. than the no
torious Peter Rowlatt. / had met him
In Washington five years previously,
and his resemblance to the Austrian
emperor had even then been a stand.
Ing joke among the members of the
European embassies. Educated at
Heidelberg. possessed Of ample means
but always more or less unbalanced,
he had been by turns vegetarian. TEN.
perance advocate. Mormon missionary.
and Spiritualist. He had come to
Washington. as recollected, to inter
est the president In scheme for uni.
yersal disarmament.
was thrust forward among the
crowd and presently found myself ma.
king my bow to the emperor. As l
did so, said. softly:
Pleased to meet you, Peter Row
latt."
He heard and turned to his adju-
tant. saw him whisper to him, and
then, Just as | had bowed myself to
the door, an aide came up to me.
His majesty desires 20 see you aft,
er the presentations" he said.
! saw envious glances cast upon me
and could not help laughing. The
idea of all these staid and solemn dig.
nitaries bowing and scraping before
this audacious Yankee impostor was
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FOR USES NOT DREAMED
EeenomicaI Daughter Of Erin Finds
Mistress Hat Most UssfM
GIFT.

It was on her way to the station
that Mrs. Pumperton met the kindly.
faced black.shawled daughter Of Erin
who came to her weekly as laundress.
Having few minutes to spare, she
stopped to exchange word or two.
and was about to proceed. when she
suddenly remembered something.
by the way, did you like that hat I
told Mary to give you, Mrs. Ryan? I
mean, did you find any use for it?
wasn't quite sure whether"
"A-ah, yes! Bless yer heart, mum,
I put 1t to splindid use, ivry last bit Of
It."
did you give 1t to youu eldest
daughter? I thought perhaps she
might wear III"
"N-not exactly, mum. But Z did .
number o. things wild It. Twas the
most useful thing ye could ha' give
me, that 1t was. Let me see.. First
took the iligant buckle that held the
feather on, an gave it to Katy for
maxim her belt look new. Thin, /
shtuck the feather in Norah's ouldl hat,
an made It look for all the wurrld as
new an stylish as ye like. A-ah, Norah
was that PLACED! Ye can't imagine It,.
mum. An thin, there was-yes, there.
was full sipin yards O. foine ribbon.
That made Sunday necktie for TIm,.
brand new sftock collars for Katy an
Norah,. hair ribbon for little Bridgie:,
AM the lave Of 1t shwapped wild Mrs.
Mullaney fer half dozen irish eggs.
An Katy took the linin' an sewed
some lace on 1t, an made 1t into a
theayter cap she saw a picture of In
the paper. Then give the hat good,
shcrubbin', an put rope handle on
It, an 1t makes the foinest market bas-
ket, NUM-! Ye've no idea at ALI! Yis,
mum, that har was just foine, an it's,
iver so much obliged to ye I am for
the shparin' OF it,"
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Well. emp says !. II you won't helr
me In my crusade against this vice
Of smoking I'm going to be emp my
self until I've stamped this foul bio!
of the face of the globe So
stuffed the pillow into his mouth and
shaved him; then / undressed and put
my clothes on him, while put on the
pajamas. Finally. with my pistol at
his head, forced him to climb down
the water pipe and over the wall and
left him lying In the street for the
sentry to find him. knew he
wouldn't be recognized without the
whiskers."
''And he was arrested" ! asked.
yep. The police found my pass.
port in his pocket and thought he was
me. l had to send him to Chodovay.
| think some people suspect. I've
half mind to chop off the block Of
my chief OF police in a day or so, but
really I'm SO engrossed in my great
plan that / haven't had time to attend
to 1t. I'm going to make war on Tur-
key first, and compel them to stop
smoking. Then III send feet to
Havana, to burn the cigar factories.
After that / don't know what steps
I'll take exactly.
THE fact. is. Mr.. What's-your.
name," he added confidentially. Il
want to get out OF this. but l don't
know how to begin. And I've anoth-
er scheme on hand for growing giant
oranges above the frost limit and
thus supplying the world with an in.
exhaustible amount Of citric acid. And
want to get out Of this and have my
old job back"
Give me an order to the custody
of the emperor and l can arrange for
the transfer / said.
mo. no." replied Rowlatt, looking
at me with the cunning Of a madman.
You'd get me in your power and chop
my block of"
4 guarantee your liberty l an.
swered.
I'll think 1t over" he answered ir.
resolutely. What's your name?
Adams? Captain Adams? Say. come
round to the palace tomorrow morn.
ing at ten and wen talk business"
And. picking up his hat, he clapped
it on his head and pressed a small
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TRAPPED BY TAX COLLECTOR
Property Owners Return 10 Forced Up
BY Prospective Buyers
Inquiry.

A certain Kansas Citian who has the
reputation Of never-well. hardly ever
getting the worst Of business deal
owns piece Of property near the new
Union station site, where prices, as
everyone knows. are like balloons.
that Is. you can tell they are high, bH{
not Just exactly how high. "
The other day stranger went into
the once Of the property owner. He
was Just looking around for an invest.
ment. Certainly. Downtown property!
Well. OF course the best thing today
was near the station site. Yes, that
would do. A growing neighborhood.
Just what he wanted.
Nov. 1t Just happens" said the
holder Of the station land, II own q
piece there myself. Let me show you
on the plat book"
The stranger listened and observed
and made notes; then
How much do you consider It's
WORTH" he asked.
Not dollar less than 100000.
said the proud owner. He might a.
well make It stiK. After all. what was
the use Of taxing chance? II was a
sound investment at that price and
perhaps
Thank you" said the STRANGER.
THAT ia Just what I wanted to know.
I'm the county assessor. kansas
City Star.
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too much for my gravity. A few mo-
ments later the emperor called out in
German. In a loud voice:
Put this scum out Of my stables'"
A kind of gasp went up. All swung
their eyes upon him. but the emperor
had withdrawn to an inner apart.
ment. leaving the mob TO disperse as
best 1t might. Presently the aide
came up to me and led me to the EN-.
peror, who dismissed him. We were
alone, The emperor took OF his
plumed hat and kicked 1t across the
room.
Say, who the devil are yous he be.
gan abruptly.
"Rowlati," replied. without an.
swaring the question, what in thun.
der induced you to play this game?"
| could not but feel something Of ad.
miration at the mans audacity.
Il wanted to punish the old fool"
he answered disrespectfully. Il didn't
mean to go as far as ] did. but when
| got in found 1t such fun tickling
'em up that couldn't stop. Does any.
one else know me-" he continued, an.
xiously.
mot at present, Rowlatt," I an.
swcred. Unless the American ambas.
sador's wise. Tell me how you did
IT."
why. It's very simple. wanted
to interest the emperor In a plan I've
got for simultaneously destroying the
entire tobacco crop all through the
world. couldn't get him to make q
date. Well. sir, no true Vermonter's
going to stand for that Quite by
chance / found out that the old boys
bedroom overlooks the street and that
the sentry PAGES outside the wall Of
the grounds instead Of within. Thus
II | could scramble over unobserved,
could gain the window by means oi
the waterspout and get into his bed
room. Once there, I'd sit on his chest
and gag him until Id unfolded by
proposition. Well. sir, the plan sue
ceeded beyond my widest dreams.
jumped through the window, and had
my hand over the, old fellows mouth
before his eyes were open. 'Keer
cool. emperor said. I won't harm
you. I've Just got dandy proposition
to unfold. and hear me out before yor
renig on It. Then began to tel
him. l may have gotten a little ex
cited over It, for saw look Of feal
come into his eyes as went on
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BUOY AFLoA1 FOR SIX YEARS,
Strange Story Of the Seas and Their
Mysterious Currents Comes.
From Scotland.

A strange story OF the seas and
their mysterious currents was told In
letter received by Stanley Dollar OF
this city from John Gear at Lerwick.
Scotland. enclosing clipping from the
Shetland Times. published at Lerwick,
and dated September 30.
The item is to the effect that on
September IS Of this year there was
picked up on the beach at Cullivoe,
Papastour, north Of Scotland, a life
buoy. tattered and stained, bearing the
inscription: Passed by ]. Guthrie,
San Francisco, Cal, June /, 1906"
Captain Guthrie is an assistant local
inspector Of steamboats, for his dis
trict.
The Stanley Dollar was wrecked on
the west coast OF Japan in August,
1905, and the buoy must have been
floating In the ocean currents for six
years. until 1t landed over In Scotland.
Whether 1t went around the Horn or
through the Northwest passage or
down by Australasia and around the
Cape Of Good Hope into the Atlantic.
is 4 mystery Of seafaring men. The
buoy holds the worlds record for drift
ing the longest distance ever known.
1t was six years on the way from the,
Pacific ocean to the Atlantic. and must
have been washed into many strange
port before It was picked up On the
Scotch island.
Equally marvellous is the fact that
It was not found before. but this may
be explained by the theory that IT,
fioated in parts Of the two oceans un.
frequented by many vessels.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
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hand bell Immediately the aide ap.
peared.
Take Captain Adams to the front
door, you chunk of ham," he. shouted,
winking at me.
The aide saluted and, scarlet In the
face. conducted me with much dig.
nifty to the palace gates, leaving me
to return home. marveling how court
tradition and the habit Of obedience
could maintain the prestige and au.
thority Of this undoubted lunatic,
while the real emperor lay in prison.
That evening l called upon Count
Lichtenstein and told him what had
occurred.
"The difficulty" he said thought.
fully, when l had concluded, "is to
get the transfer made without scandal.
You have no idea Of the almost In.
credible difficulties Of the task. The
simplicity OF the scheme. born In the
brain OF this lunatic and carried out
as none but an insane man could have
executed 1t, makes 1t unbelievable. 1t
would be impossible to tell anybody
that this Peter Rowlatt is not really
the emperor. They would simply not
be able to credit II. He might play
his part for years. unless his insanity
became too pronounced. and even
then, though a regency were pro.
claimed, his identity would never be
under suspicion. What we have to do
Is to restore the emperor to his right.
full place and hustle this Rowlatt out
Of the country"
Perhaps We shall be able to induce
him to assent to our plans tomorrow y
l returned.
! made an appointment to see him
Immediately before my interview with
Rowlatt, and withdrew. first leaving
my address with him In case any
emergency requiring my presence
should arise. went home to my
lodgings, stopping on the way at q
hairdresser's to make a purchase ol
a certain article Of which I surmised
need might conceivably arise. After
a light supper went to bed.
was aroused by frantic hammer
Ing at the door. tumbled out Of bed
and unbarred II, while my sleepy land
lord, revolver In hand. stood trembling
behind me. with the evident intention
OF using me as q rampant for his tar
get practise. Three men stood upor
the threshold. The foremost one wal
! Count Lichtenstein himself. Tho sec
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'look at the emperor. Look at him.
Why, didn't shave Oh his whiskers?
Who'd recognize him now?"
pulled my purchase from my
pocket. Permit me. your majesty"
said, adjusting It upon his face IT
was the false beard that had bought
that afternoon at the hairdresser's.
With 1t, the emperor looked, as /
against Rowlatt. like gold coin be.
side counterfeit. The Yankee looked
at him silently; then, with resignatiorsp
he began thrusting on his clothes.
Anyway. 1t was fun while it last.
ed,- he said sullenly.
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turned IN toward the palace. Inc
count pulled us into the shelter OF u
hallway as the sentry tramped past;
then. creeping up softly in his wake.
the emperor stopped and pressed his
finger against large. irregular stone
In the wall. 1t turned on an axis, re.
vealing little wooden door. Quick"
the emperor whispered, standing aside
for us. But the count seized him and
thrust him In unceremoniously.
The bedroom was on a level with
the top Of the wall. and thus shel.
tered from view from the sentry in
the street below. l Skinned up the
water pipe and clung to the window
sill. The room inside was dark. With
infinite precaution l threw up the
sash. Count Lichtenstein was close
behind me. Motioning to. me to let
him precede me. he sprang lightly In.
to the room. heard a mufiled sound.
the impact Of one body upon another;
then heard the count whisper:
Feel to your right for the electric
light. Adams. I've got him."
found and turned the button. Two
feet away Rowlatt lay helpless upon
the bed, and the count was stuting
the pillow into his mouth with one
hand. while with the other he held
a pistol to the mans forehead.
Now let them come." he whls.
pered. beckoned. and a moment la.
ter obaldstein and / had pulled the
emperor In.
"Now. Peter Rowlatt," / said stern.
ly. regarding the PROSTATE man, "you
can have your choice. VIII you be
thrown out into the street, to leave
the country within 12 hours, or will
you take your chances at the hands
Of q court martial! For, let me tell
you. when you and his majesty arc
side by side none will believe In you.
Let him speak. count"
The count ungasged the Yankee.
and he looked at me quIzzically; then
burst into long and silent laughter.
! You fool" he spluttered presently.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-05-18
COUNTY SCHOOL EXERCISES
HELD IN NlBLEY HALL

The exercises at the CLOSING of tao
county schools at Nibley hall last
Saturday were well attended The
graduating class was the larses, in
the county's history. The excellent
program at Nibley hall was well car.
ried out. Prof, Porter's address vas
directed mainly for the young jeopie,
ana was simply and eloquently told,
so that all understood it easily. The
sports in the afternoon dragged some.
what while the baseball game ended
in a victory for the north end by 2
to o. Only four of the track meets
were pulled off because of the SEIZED,
uled baseball" game between the b.
/ c, and the Winning Miss com
pany, One can Judge of the character
OF that bail game when the score III.
hed "a to 0 in favor OF b. Y.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-05-18
PARCELS POST AND NEWsPA.
PERS.

During the recent debates in con.
gress much has been said about print
paper, the newspapers, and the par.
cells post. There has been parcels
post bill pending for some time, and
the fight or Uncle Joe Cannon was
started by the big newspapers and
magazines of the country on account
OF the action of the speaker, and the
Ways and Means Committee ON the
free print paper bill In the recent de.
bate on reciprocity with Canada I'm.
Gle Joe Cannon paid respects to the
newspapers, and the democratic par.
GELS post doctrine as follows:
This wood pulp and print paper is
the one item in the agreement on
which there is no reciprocity. Mr..
Fielding, in his letter TO Secretary
Knox, made this perfectly clear. He
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-05-18
Standard Oil
Is DiSSol we'd
CONTINUED from page y

critical review OF III ! decisi''n OF the
case, which echoed through the cham.
Der with electrical and sensational
force.
Stripped of its judicial verbiage. the
Justice laid at the door of his ASSOC
ciates a charge of having comprom-
ised with the legal consciences, and
stepped outside their constitutional
rights. He did this believing at the
same time that the judgment of the
court was right; but firm and sturdy
in his conviction that the decision
went only half way toward remedying
t le evil to which the court of last re-
sort had applied itself
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-05-18

Several prominent citizens whom
we shall not mention this time, who
live on Center street and other parts
of the town, are running away with the
idea that there is city ordinance to
the effect that the sidewalks shall be
periodically washed, say every time
the hydrant is being used, and that
generally happens twice a day. These
streams of water are always washing
the sidewalk to the discontinue Of
pedestrians. Evidently there is no
water meter attachment or they would
not be so lavish with the aqua pura
CD which they are using.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-05-18
THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE.

We commend the article in our last
issue on The Future of American
Agriculture by Clarence s. Funk, and
trust II will prove of interest to our
farmer friends. Mr.. Funk is general
manager Of the International Harves.
ter Company, and is one of the in
dustrial chieftains of the county. He
knows what the farmers of the whole
world are doing. from the fact that
he keeps in touch with the tillers of
the soil in foreign lands as well as
in America.
Our attention is also directed to an
article by Herbert Kaufman in the
Mans World" section of "Womans
World" wherein some startling fig
ures are put up to the farmer, Under
the heading, What's the matter with
our Farmers" Mr., Kaufman says:
rs the American farmer a failure
Is our boosted agricultural supremacy
a lie? Something is wrong. Like 9
spendthrift whose fortune is so hug,
that he need never consider his ex
penditures, we have raised our bill
lions of bushels of grain aud restet
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-05-18

/ content with the fact Of our colossal
revenue and never botherlng much
over the cost per unit of volume. We
have patted ourselves upon our rural
Jack, deluded with the notion that we
understand the trade of breadraising.
But we are bunglers; we do not
know our job. We have been blessed
with a bountiful soil, and whatever it
has yielded must be credited to ma.
ture and not ourselves.
unless we improve in our methods,
we will soon exhaust the mighty
chance which Providence bestowed
upon the American settler. We are
not marching forward; we are still
primitive; we are the most tasteful,
the most self-satisfied, the most fool
hardy landowners on earth. Figures
count, and the figures on the grain
yield of the nation for the last fifty
or sixty years are about as stiff set
of jolts as ever landed on our self.
complacency.
'In 1866 our average corn yield was
1913 bushels; in 19O9-(after 80 years,
mind yoU-our average corn yield
was only 25.5 bushels per acre.
in 1869 we produced 1876 bushels
oil wheat per acre; in 1891 we pro.
duced 1873 bushels per acre, and in
1909 our average wheat yield was on
ly 1873 bushels.
And as for oats, in 1866 our aver.
age yield was 30.2 bushels, and in 1909
only 3O.3 bushels.
| What's the matter with 'us? Our
agricultural department has been
sending out millions OF dollars worth
of prime seed for years; and yet we
have practical shown no improve.
ment after almost half century of
farming endeavor.
we are put to shame by the show.
ing of the English, French, Dutch,
Belgians and Germans.
I'VE have better facilities and bet.
tea utilities We have better land and
more OF it, yet we stand indicted as
the most reckless and improvident OF
all food-producing nations.
ITS time to ring the school bell
and teach few lessons in common
sense and conservation. It's time to
stop Dragging to the Old World and
to start learning from her broader ex
perience.
Our greatest wealth is in our crops
When ye are brought face to face
with such figures as are the subject
of this article we feel that we have
a useful work before us If we car
stimulate interest in better farmin,
methods.
1T is blot upon our record wher
We consider that man for man an,
acre for acre our farmers and gu
farms have stood still for almost hal
a century.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-05-18

Salu.
In the meantime the present du-
ties on pulp and paper imported
from the United States into Can
ada will remain.
The Canadian diity on print paper
is Is per cent.
The six cities of New York, Chica
go, Philadelphia, st. Louis, Boston,
aud Baltimore Iaye one-haif of the
whole publishing business OF the Tin.
tied States, and it is easy to account
for the enthusiastic demands for the
ratification of this agreement by the
publishers of those great centers of
population whether the dwellers in
those cities are equally clamorous or
not.
The proposed reciprocity agreement
should be labeled the publishers
pact" whereby agricultural products
are traded off for the publishers pro.
fits. i..sII 10 .-.
II have inquired to some extent as
TO the capital and profits of some Of
the great newspapers and magazines.
recollect ! made inquiry about one
the only one. perhaps, that ever
perpetrated criminal libel upon me
in all my public or private life. The
one to which | refer was committed
by man named Higgins, who pub
lished Success. | had a lawyer friend
who agonized with me to bring a
criminal action and civil action
against him for libel SO caused an
inquiry to be made, and the informa
ton came back that the concern and
some of its stockholders were so in.
solvent that nothing would be found
on execution to satisfy judgment
against them.
Now | do not hate the newspapers.
| know many of their publishers, edi-
tors and correspondents. | have the
highest respect for them. The metro
politan newspapers and magazines
have access to the people In my last
campaign | covered my district BY
automobile, taking my constituency
into my confidence They knew ,afte,
the years | had represented them and
lived with them, that would tell the
truth. When | could not get the truth
into the metropolitan newspapers, the
country newspapers came to my res
cue God bless the country newspapers.
They are part OF us. When we are
married and given in marriage they
tell the good news. They go to our
weddings and ouG funerals They re.
Joice with MS when we rejoice and
mourn with us when we mourn. one
reason why am against the parcels
post Is because it is in the interest
OF strangers. We know the local mer.
chant and the commercial traveller.
They belong to our churches and to
our clubs. They help make our civ
ilization; they are acquainted with
our farmers and our farmers are ac.
quainted with them; but we do not
know the mail-order houses.
i do not know the men who own
the enormous metropolitan papers
They have heard of me, but they do
not seem to care much about me. |
am not complaining. am not seeking
Justification IL they will let me alone.
before great while | will quit pub.
lie life on my own motion, il | get
my way about it, when my constitu.
ency asks me to retire"
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