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Show -- THE WEEKLY REFLEX, KAYSVTLLE. UTAH li HENRY" HOWLAND PROVINCE PROFITABLE fr .Vf ' sV. . three-fourth- ' the same authority explains, and a .distinguishing .capacity for pursuing serenely their way have always marked this hardy people. Hence it is that to this day the Catalan retains his racial characteristics, cherishes his old traditions and Catalan to Catalan speaks in the ancient tongue, Again and again his country, has changed handsv The seaboard plains and the lofty high- landH upon lha eastern Spanish frontier known to the mediaeval world as Catatonja, have shared the usual fate of border territories. Peoples from the north and peoples from t.he south .Romans, Msigoths, Moors, Franks, counts of Roussillon, kings of Arragon hnd of Majorca, rulers of trance, rulers of Spain in turn have conquered or possesed the land. But the' Catalan Jias never ceased to feel hiniself a'Catalanor lost his mastering. sehse of race. The name Catalonia Is usually taken to imply, merely the Spanish provincftc.anI to mention the Catalans Is to call up ' disturbing visions of Industrial strikes, evoking memories of anarchist activity and desperate Barcelona riots. The pic- ture, it may, par parenthese, be said, is perhaps hardly fair whose energy Has created the largest, most flourishing "seaport of Spain, who, all said and done are certainly the most progressive, most Intelligent, most resourceful of King Alfonsos subjects. In any ckse, the Catalans on' the French side of the border are un- - 7 -- d knocker knocked through all his Ufe; when but a child at play He knocked the little ones who helped him 'while the time away. At school he knocked the other boys, find ' ' when he older ' grew ' He knocked the .fellows whom the girls smiled at as maidens do.-- . He never had a pleasing word to say of anyone Who wasn't present when he spoke, he gave good cheer to none; He rose up fronj.lits.bed to knock, he knocked through all" the day, At night he knocked, and piously fell on his knees to pray. A cttzrzx.zr CHzzzcsrjLVP - n. V v it4 j; ' Uf : :.' jh: "... gate Si; tipon Peter sat Inside; "Why come you' hereT the gray saint asked. The man who knocked replied: Tnover killud.1 never stole, I never even lisvdS 'f& v ss 'll. -- xr ti r-- ' W 'if ' o .CJ1 . : hutinthe. ir INJURIOUS I'V 7.1 i iX..-- richly-ornamente- , ra"" Adams luck was simply wonderfuL He never had to sit around and hear his wife's Aunt Eliza tell what she did for her babies when they were teething. is--" s' PLAIN SPEAKING FOR HER. "I see, he said, that coal has gone up some more." Has she replied. , - ltr And they're raising rents," he sontlnued. Well," she exclaimed, flaring up, "If you wish, to have our engagement broken off, say so. I always hate to have people beat around the bnBh in a case of this kind." . . . Spoiled Trip. suppose you had a perfectly lovely time while on your yachting cruise, didnt you?" No, It was very disagreeable "Why, I supposed the weather was just about right for such a trip." "Oh. the weather was all right, but we found out just after getting started that there had been a mistake in filling the order for beer, so that of 100 cases we had only ten." - And 1 The Shark. The shark enjoys no mans rsspect, doesnt wfch' to claim It yst said for him that, bs .may Flaunts no pretentious piety In that he can -- get She Couldn't Stand It. Why was it that get along together ?" ' . Oh. hF stuttered so badly thajt she ever had time to wait around and get in the last word. they-could- LW A nt ' -- g s, - - . . known to newspaper fame, nor does the traveling public know very much as yet of the beautiful and varied land which they are ao proud to inhabit. It is the Frenchmans boast that samples of the world's beet scenery and the range of all Its desirable climates are found within the boundaries . of his native country. In these respects French Catalonia which (with a portion of old Languedoc) is defined upon tbe modern map as the department Pyrenees Orientates may be as France in miniature. Mont Canlgou. admittedly one of the most majestic, most impressive of the Pyrenean peaks, is 9X00 feet high; Pulg Mak a less conspicuous neighbor, stands a trifle higher;, and. clustered close, are other splendid heights. The. scenery among these giants is of the klnd we usually term Alpine," s of the Canlgou you may but from the look down upon the shores of Spain and the blue, gleaming floor of the Mediterranean. Or, deserting the heights, and starting, say. ..from ..Mont Louis,', loftiest of the ". fortified towns of France, and a new center for winter sporta, you descend the winding valley of the Tet, and in an hour or so you find yourself among the olive orchards. Soon magnolias, the pointed aloe, even palms, are seen among tbe vineyards and in the roadside gardens, while if it be springtime, mimosas flaunt their feathery plumes, and near and far under the sunny sky. stretch fields of pink peach blossom, To this favored land, said Degonet," writing In the Referee, Nature has beenlmore than kind; But a spar-she has been effusive. natuifal contrasts of the kling air and the striking scene are not the only charms of Catalonia. For the historian, the antiquarian or the archaeolsuccesogist the country abounds in interest Its the-"sive' conquerors failed appreciably-' to mold- InIts of habits people; temper or to change the evitably they left behind them concrete vestiges of occupation. Local tradition makes much of lee Arabes and the curious tall towers upon the mountain spurs, of which the Tour de Ooa, near Is a conspicuous example,, are Yern ascribed1 to the vigilance of the Saracen popularly rulers. Obviously, however, these watch towers are-- of far later construction, and, like many othMoorish remains,- - date from the er dominion, or more probably from the was the tenancy of the Majorcan kings.. It now the kings chief made Perpignan, who f Majorca town of the department, a royal capital. The a, indeed.- architecture of Perpignan cathedral ' al-T- , Vernet-lee-Baln- sun-fille- - , pj SHIPS WHICH WILL NOT SINK aun-bur- at . . HER33BH-- taa enow-slope- so-call- Music. 3ty son plays entirely by ear." . Is that so? I thought it was by --brute fores. - v d b Ar-ra!g- , . I Amelle-les-B&ln- I . ,And It crabbing all wseei e HENS OF . A Every dollar that the vulgar millionaire bets on a horse race or puts into or flips to a waiter has been a jack-po- t earned through hard work by somebody else. . CJlTjUATKi AffiOZZF Sometimes a flock of hens acquire favor with the English us a winter spa The old the habit of pulling and eating each village of Vernet, which faces the luxurious other's feathers. In some cases they is a modern of the etablisaement,1 typical are so bad that thd flesh of the fowls" grounds A little below PerpigCatalan village, and. owing to Its situation Is become tom and eore, and the whole nan in the small town of The red roofs of the flock ia strangely picturesque. naked. nearly Elne with the ruins of an crumbling houses cover both man and beast, and When first show the signs of they the narrow, twisting streets follow the outline abbeys and some beautithis vice measures should promptly of the hillock In the manner usual with southern ful, be ' to taken cure them. The Visigoths cloisters. mountain hamlets, but they are crowned by a The trouble 1 caused by too closely made Elne the seat of an mediaeval church and chateau axid framed by tha fowls and allowing confining In distant blue and purple heights. Near at hand them important bishopric to be idle.' Where possible they Mont Canlgou erects . his snowy head-- - For the Roman times tbe? little should be tnrned on the range where "town, which then stood ' Catalans Mont Canlgou Is tbe delectable moun-- . the fasoinatign of chasing hugs and tain," en object of admiring .wonder, almost a actually upon the coast, eating the green stuff will make them was known as Helena, so legendary god. Another spa, made fashionable by tbe Romans, forget the bad habit called in compliment to When they cannot be ' turned eat ' town Is a trim, Spsnlsh-looklnthe mother of the good" should - be made to scratch for ' they the frontier, whose warm climate atEmperor Constantine- - Col- .,w cloe-otheir grain in deep 'fitter.1" Bundles Not from fsr tracts the French consumptive. Hours, tiny but extremely of wheat or oats, or 'sunflower heads led hla which across Hannibal owes Amelle is also its the ' pass picturesque, may be bung up just high enongh name to tbe Romans. legions on the historic, march to - Italy, The that they will hava to work to get the Romans had prevtousIy sent ambassadOrs to beg Port Vendres, another eeds. Give them some tumlpe or " the Catalans not to allow the Carthaginian merfishing porC still nearer beets or cabbage heads to' mangle to turn but to cenaries traverse their territory, the frontier, was built upon the site of a temple work at anything to heap them . them back.' Hannibal, however, contrived to dedicated to the goddess Venus, and was originand busy. .Feed tham plenty Carthflatter the owners of the soil, Catalans and ally Portue Venerua" of meat, meal, beef scrape; green food, h were soldiers the and made and In 600 friends, Catalonia, aginians The Remans were years cut and bone. green Col de Perthuis Hanbesides Rub earbolated vaseline on the nibal's route and another Catalonian col are the naturally found time to exploit some of tbe many fowls where the feather plncked The insignificant only two peases across tha Pyrenees which are townlet, mineral springe- been have pulled out offered a practicable throughout .the year; they Pradet, still possesses the remains of baths or to Moor means retreat of loeal convenient ; Romans egress constructed the which were i by chroniclers assert ths.t they also discovered the ' lsh and Spanish invaders. Had there been no good passage through the great chain the hisVernet, healing waters af . which stands among the foothills of Mont Canltory of the Catalans muat have been less chequered and the Catalonian seaboard might hot gou, is a veritable beauty apot" of tbe Pyrenees. , French-have formed a fairway for tbe restless warrior been has For centuries it frequented by men and Spaniards; latterly. It has leaped Into - peoples of mediaeval Europe. I , sK'-- . HABITS Fulling and Eating of Each Other's Feathers May Be Cured by Allowing Them Free Range. of most Catalan churches shows marked trace of Spanish influence. i . . l5i57i la these days it isn't safe, to judge a woman's age. iy the number of divorces she has had. a but constantly etrlvlng for better result Vod larger jroflta. Two and three dollars per fowl is a possible profit and Is being attained by some men in the poultry business today, Tbe secret does not 11a In the. fowl or the variotf,. human brain. Lot us all study more carefully the rules' and principles that govern poultry culture. Let ua strive to increase the profit In oar flocks, ind thue each year set np a new standard for tbe succeeding year. Dy thought, perseverance and persistence great things ' can bo accomplished with poultry. 'Jk V t -- Rose Comb Brown Leghorn, ARCXng ikM When a :captain of industry Iearna to pronounce the names of the paint-erwho are represented in his magnificent art gallery he feels prouder than if he had just scooped in two million on Colorado fuel. i it! I or sm The reason thfe fool la bo quickly found out is that he goes around with his mouth open. are present K-- ' FJZZT' MERE OPINION. man never boasts to his boys about the great things be did when he was a boy, if any of the old settlers tXxv - - A wise '$ v,M., .. - 'N Nv swore. I always said my prayers each day; please let me In, therefore.. "You cannot comer replied the saint; "but many leagues below You'll And another gate to which Immense crowds dally, go; . 1 care not that you never, stole, nor that you prayed each day Down there no knocker' ever knocked and then was turned away." w i'-- I XirStl One. day- - lie knoeked ' - ' ht f'.AJ AT ' ' A A , - LAYER As to the age limit of profitable egg production there are many exceptions to this rule. Some hens are never profitable egg producers, while others may be profitable; for yearer"! have a" s ..gradat .Brown Leghorn that la nearly six years old and she has not stopped laying since early last spring long enough to hatch a brood of chickens, says a writer in an Khe got broody last April and was given egga. but she sat but a few days until ehe quit her nest and was laying again In a short time. She haa been almost a continual layer up to this date, and ia still laying.. Much 'f the time rho laid an egg every lay. jTho- regular- - profit of ft per fowl seems to satisfy the average poultry-maThlB la wTong, for no one should be satisfied in any line of work. 8 . EGG Brown "Leghorn Hen, Six Years Old, Steps-LayinJust Long Enough to Hatch Out Brood. PICKAIRING, WO sentiments,, e.ays the little history of the province, which a wise educational committee has provided thechldrt'fi's'-Uin old Franeh Catalonia, two sentiments ' arp nati ve. to the heart of every good Catalan love of his country .and the love of liberty. An ardent independence, as AS - Once mors we hear talk of an nnslnkable ship, remarks the New York Commercial. An EngUah Inventor claims to have salved the problem, but his experiments have been eonflned to a small model only four feet in length and nine laches wide, so the problem of applying hla system to a vessel 600 or 1.000 feet in length la by no means solved. Few' people outside of practical shipbuilder! and navigators understand the difference between a large vessel and a email one in point of structural strength- - The strongest vessel that floats in the water is a common rowboat. One can take an ordinary rowboat and carry It by the enda or it cad rest on cleats under each' end. without breaking in the middle, but the strongest breaM In or ocean liner that floats today would ' two if subjected to a similar strain. The larger a vessel the weaker It becomes in this reapect, and for this reakon many apparently good Idea! which work out well In model form have failed utterly when applied to large vessels. , It is doubtful It any real progress In building ships has been made since the dsjs of the as far ar the Use of watertight compartments and bulkheads is concerned. The designer of the Great Eastern divided Gist vessel into cePr7 lular compartments, and no improvement tm this plan has as yet been made, although it is not psed extensively because it requires too many hatches for the loading and unloading of cargo. The invention to which reference has been made consists of surrounding the vessel with a ...water-tigh- t belt divided into cells for the purpose man-of-w- ar .Great-Easter- n, of giving the vessel greater buoyancy as it sinks in the water. There is really nothing new In this ideea and it haa been applied successfully In building lifeboats and other small vessels. It adds to the width of the vessel above the water line and the Inventor is wrong In claiming that it . would not lnterfare with Its cargo-carryin- g ,. gb- - capa-clty- . Cleanliness Is more Important medicine lor poultry. - -Plenty of butiermSk and either aava buying meat eeraps. , . Baaitatlon ls the great c!Jck tem--edy. In other words, prerention. Patient attentlea to the fittle things la what makes suocees with poultry.. Cull all your yosmg chtchena,' keeping those nearest to the standard of perfection. Lse hatched chicken need csch care a early ones; dont thhJt they can rustle a living., ,, . , ' - The gooee la a graalng t!rd,'wt2a , the. duck thrlvea , .with:' a Ksh:j Amount of green food. ; ' '7 For table It pays to hatch tilths from February to Movimher, hrt the -number should he Hmftod. 1; If dock eggs are set tha La .;r from this time on, tt wlU be fctrt ta - ; . mrke the nest on the Remember thit fcwla' Crh.'Tx!!, alike" will attract . hattxr and sell better then C czT 1 ' u Modern steamships are safe enough when at sea, so far as tha storms and lashing of tbe waves are concerned. The dangers that threaten then! ary collisions with other vessels, with derelicts or with icebergs, and, of course, running ashore or on a rock in. a dense fog. Take two vessels of equal size crossing each other's paths, let one strike the other amidshlpe and the vessel struck would be cut In two if the other were going at full ..speed. The tremendous force of the blow Js almost beyond calculation. In the case of a vessel the else of the new Imperator, it would probably bd equal to a striking force of 8,000,009 foot tons. No cellular belt or any other conceivable kind. a construction would save a ship under such which Is The thing to do is to avoid all such risks as far as possible. The Titanic was lost because ia an its captain had too much confidence, in Its unsink' au2hnr r v. able construction. Xktchjzf f. .,Abo--th'T- condt-!tlon- . 1 il XZ' .ZZ th Y:h thr abt!hj r" Those who are unlucky In love are said at cards, remarked Mrs. Gnaxx. lucky to be - c v Tf that's the easy," responded Mr. Gnagj. TI1 bet I could break the hank at Monte Carlo." " C r a. a ' i a a - r u v : .. 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