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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15

Ladies Favorite. -Morley's Little Liv.
er Pills for Bilious People are the
ladies favorite, because they are small,
easily taken, and do their work quietly
but effectually. One dose. Sold by
L. Van Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15

To Cure a CoIdsin One Day
Take Laxative Bromo.Q uinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it fails
to cure. E. w. Groves signature IS on
each box. Csc.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15
Home-Folks.

Home Folks forms the introduction
of Mr.. Riley's new book of poems,
entitled "Home-F Folks" published by
the Bowen Merrill Company, Indian.
apolis, U. 8. A. The poem is here
printed by permission of the publish.
ers, and is fully protected by copy
right.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15
Imitation is sincerest fatterv, don't
be persuaded to take any Of the many
limitations of Russ Bleaching Blue.

The managers of western railroads
met in Chicago last week and resolved
that they would not make improve.
ments contemplated unless they can
buy steel rails at $22: per tom The
price is now $26 per ton.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
lGPS Sa1.SapaS.iHa
DOM Try to Stand Alone.

HOOPS PILLS cure constipation. 25 cents.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
MARK TWAIN.

Motel Humorist Tells a Story at His
Own Expense.
when was here about eight years
elevated road. Very few people were
in that, and on one end Of it there was
no one, except on the opposite side,
where sat man about 80 years old,
with most winning face and an ele-
CANT eye, beautiful eye, and 1 took
him from his dress to be a master me-
chanic, a man who had a vocation.
about or years. 1 was watching the
affection which existed between those
two. 1 judged he was the grandfath
perhaps. 1t was really a pretty child,
and 1 was admiring her, and as soon
as he saw was admiring her he began
to notice me.
sI could see his admiration of me in
his eye, and l did what anybody else
would do-admired the child four times
as much, knowing l would get four
times as much of his admiration.
Things went on very pleasantly. l
was making my way into his heart.
by and by, when he almost reached
the station where he was to get of. he
got up, crossed over, and he said:
Now, l am going to say something to
you which hope you will regard as a
compliment
'And then he went on to say: I have
never seen Mark Twain, but l have
seen portrait Of him, and any friend
of mine will tell you when have once
seen a portrait Of man place it in
my eye and store 1t away in my men,
ory, and want to tell you now that you
look enough like Mark Twain to be his
brother. Now he said, I hope you
take this as a compliment
"'Certainly,' said, I take 1t as more
than compliment. Yes,' said, this
is the proudest moment Of my life to
be taken for Mark Twain, for most
men are always wishing to look like
some great man, General Grant, George
Washington, or like some archbishop
or other, but all my life have wished
to look like Mark Twain. Yes,' 1 said,
L have wished to look like that syno-
nyme, that symbol Of all virtue and all
purity, whom you have just described
l appreciate it,
"He said: Yes. you are very good
imitation, but when I come to look
closer you are probably not that man.
l said: I will be frank with you. In
my desire to look like that excellent
character I have dressed for the char
acter; have been playing part He
said: That is all right; you look very
well on the outside, but when 1t comes
to the inside you are not in it with the
original New York Journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
Mechanical Power.

France is using the automobile in
practical ways for the public service.
The experiment in Paris Of supplying
automobiles to the mail collectors and
carriers Is already declared a success,
and now comes the news that In the
French town of Alencon there is In ex-
cellent working order an automobile
ambulance service. A motor quadricy-
cles coupled to an ambulance Of the
Lagogue pattern. The motor man and
the doctor use the quadricycle, and the
patient is the sole occupant of the am
bulance. As the Alencon Hospital is
for the benefit of the country far and
wide, the service is naturally managed
differently from the Paris ambulance
service. After a call is received 1t is
necessary to secure doctor and travel
out in the country perhaps miles for
the patient. Hence the speed furnish
ed by mechanical rather than horse
power is most essential.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
A Responstble Person.

There was trouble in the Office of the old
P. D. & @.
When the news came in that No. had
smashed with No. 2
And distributed calamity for half mile
around
Till it was impossible to see the color Of
the ground,
And the Chairman of executives said to
the President:
1T strikes me that you can't run rail-
road worth copper cent?!
Whereupon the General Manager was
called upon the floor
And informed that he was careless in the
case Of and A;
And the General Manager remarked: 81
very plainly see
That the General Superintendent needs
a red-hot roast from me"
Which the same induced the General Su-
perintendent to call in
The Division Superintendent, whom he
criticised like sin,
And who straightway had the master of
the road report to him
For a roasting then and there admins
tered with dash and vim.
Said the master of the road: 1.-The section
foreman is the chap
Who has caused this great disaster, and
I'll knock him out a rap"
So he called the section foreman, and he
said: "You careless cuss,
Your remarkable stupidity has made
scapegoats Of us"
Which the section foreman took as quite
personal affront
And resolved right then and there to do
criticising stunt
On his own hook, so he called the man
who greases up the track,
And he said: 'It seems to me you ought
to find friendly crack
And crawl into it and pull your carcass
after you, you chump,
For neglect of duty on your part has got
us on the jump!
II you'd creased your tracks this accident
would never have occurred;
You just go and draw your salary, with
out another word"
So the greaser took the order for his cash
and drew his roll,
And remarked, with much emphatic Ian
guage: "Well, upon my soul,
Dis roads de cheapest lot O. guys dat I
has ever saw,
An dis ting O. takin' blame f'r udders
rankles in me craw;
wy, de Chairman O. de board spen's all
de money in de Eas',
An, by gosh, can't be greasin' wen I
amt got any grease"
Denver Times.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
, His Banjo q Barometer,

There is a young man about town
who is always prepared for all kinds
Of weather. No matter If he attends
function when the night is cloudless
and rain falls before he goes home, he
Is always on hand with an umbrella,
much to the delight of the girl with
him.
For long time his secret remained
undisclosed, and he was looked upon
as a weather prophet who could give
points to the local bureau. However,
it is no longer a secret, for the young
man confessed not long ago the reason
for his invariably correct prognostica-
ton of nasty weather. He is a very
fair banjoist, and it was noticed that
he always played on his instrument
before going out at night. When the
plaintive sounds were muff1ed, he never
neglected to take his umbrella, but IL,
on the contrary, the sound was sharp
and clear he went without 1t.
The head, or sounding board, of a
banjo is made Of sheepskin, and in
damp weather 1t expands, and the head
comes tight as a drum This is the
reason for his invariable good luck In
picking the weather, for he owns a
natural barometer.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25

1T Is mystery to every one why 1t
was ever originated, for as a unit OF
value it is only fiction. There are no
mills, never have been and never VIII
be under the circumstances, therefore l
don't see why it is put in the books In
the primary schools, with the explana-
ton that ten of them make cent.
am glad to know that the mill does
not get any more into the school books
or the graded schools beyond the pri-
mar1es. l have been banker for thlr-
ty years. but know nothing of the mill
except what was told me the first week
l went to school. All my life has shown
me that I was told wrong and that
there are not ten or any other number
Of mills in a cent.
Several weeks ago was in Portugal,
and had decided to return direct to
Boston from Lisbon rather than to sail
In the ordinary way to New York and
from there to Boston by rail. On ap-
plying at hotel for a room l asked.
as Is customary, what was the price.
The clerk answered 75O reis per day.
This was new one on me, for, though
l had run up on number Of different
coins in my day here and in various
parts of Europe, it was the first time
l had heard Of a rel. Somehow l did
not like the sound of the word, and,
turning to another clerk, asked what
was the price of first-class passage on
a good steamer from Lisbon to Boston.
He answered that it was $4,000 reis,'
and seemed to be willing to send me
off on the next steamer. This necessi-
tated my asking for an explanation,
and, as the clerk talked English as well
as l did, / asked him to put his reis
into American dollars and cents. This
he did by explaining that the prices
charged for room, without board, was
Is cents per day, and that the steamer
fare was $50. This led on to talk Of
reis, which is the unit value of Portu-
gal. In value it represents about the
same as a mill. The hotel clerks told
me that there were no reis as matter
Of fact in Portugal and never had been,
though all values were based on them
for unit"
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
kiJDsw@ClenCe
E44lvention|

Among the uses recently found for
aluminium is the soldering of iron rails
end to end in order to obtain a smooth,
continuous track. Aluminium has the
property of producing great heat in the
act of combining with oxygen. The
ends of the rails are placed together in
; crucible flied with mixture of alum
inum and iron ore. The mixture being
fired, an intense heat results, and the
rails are firmly soldered together. This
is said to be quite as efficacious as the
electric method of soldering.
The color and character Of the walls
have much to do with the lighting of a
room. Recent experiments have shown
these percentages Of reflection for diff
ferent wall materials: Black velvet,
0.4 per cent, black cloth 1.O3 per cent,
black paper 40 per cent, dark-blue 6.5
per cent, dark green 10.1 per cent, pale
red 1862 per cent, dark yellow 20 per
cent, pale-blue 80 per cent, pale-yellow
40 per cent, pale-green 46.5 per cent,
pale-orange 54.8 per cent, pure white
10 per cent, mirror covering 90 per
cent.
As is well known, some metals are
unsuitable for casting, while others,
like iron, can readily be cast in any
desired shape. The property Of cast
ing well is said to depend upon wheth-
er the metal contracts or expands on
solidifying from the liquid form. Iron.
like water, expands in solidifying, and
hence the solid metal may be seen float
ing in the liquid iron about 1t. The ex-
pansion causes it to fill the die into
which is poured, and SO it can be cast
easily. Gold and silver contract in
cooling, and therefore are not suitable
for casting.
Meteors may be observed practically
the whole year round, except when
cloud or moonlight interferes; yet one
month ranks e-eminently as the me-
teor month-the month Of August. 1t
Is only In recent years that our knowl
edge Of these natural fireworks has
made any real advance. By the labors
Of a very few observers, one of whom,
Mr.. Denning, may be said to have out
weighed all others put together in the
tdAuS dAu AuAuUcI VI LIS ESSu1tS, VIC
know of many hundreds Of radiant
points, and they have been shown to be
not mere distempers of the air, but
bodies of truly planetary nature, trav-
cling round the sun In orbits as defined
as that of the earth itself.
On every side the Alps send down
rivers, leaping from the rocks, and In
the lower lands, especially on the Ital-
ian side, spreading out into beautiful
blue lakes. Recently the stored-up en-
ergy Of these Alpine streams has been
brought under control, in many in
stances, for the production of electric
power. The river AIDA at Paderno
already furnishes 1900 horsepower,
and works are now under way on the
river Ticino, below its point of issue
from Lake Maggiore, which will, 1t is
expected, furnish 1900 effective horse
power to be distributed among string
Of manufacturing towns reaching down
into the plain of Lombardy. 1t was or
iginally intended to send this power to
Milan, but all of 1t has been eagerly
seized by the intervening smaller
towns. The Alps are yet rich in unused
energy Of this kind.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
coNTEsTING FOR HoNoRs.

Chinese Undergo Examinations While
in Their Closed Cells.
The University of London few
years ago admitted to its initial exam
nations about 400 students and pass
ed one-half. There are four different
examinatio In the Chinese university.
The first is for the degree of Budding
Genius" corresponding to our B. A.
The examination Is held in every pre-
lecture. The second is for the degree
of Promoted Scholar" or NJ. A, and
Is held in each provincial capital. Lii
Hung Chang has never advanced be-
yond this degree. The third is for Fit
for Office" sort of D. G. L. or LII. d.
The fourth is for admission to the Han
lin academy, or Forest of Pencils" !"
which makes the successful scholar
one Of the great men of the empire.
Each degree Is open only to the men
who have won the lower degrees. The
lowest is open to anyone. "a man Of
talent" as DR.. Martin says, may
raise himself from the humblest ranks
to the dignity of viceroy or premier"
No land can be more democratic than
China.
In each provincial capital is an exam
ination hall. 1t consists of long rows
of cells open at the end and just large
enough to hold a scholar with his bed
ding, teapot and food. There are $4,000
cells in the Canton hall. A great wall
surrounds the grounds, and at the end
is the hall where the officials sit. The
candidates are all admitted at the same
time, assigned to their cells and the
gates are sealed. If a student dies, as
often happens, his body Is put through
a small hole In the wall. Each exam
i1ation lasts twenty-four hours. Then
the students are released for two days,
only to return for two more sieges. A
paper with blots or defacements is
thrown out Such innocent questions
as this are proposed to them: 1.-The art
Of war arose under Hwang-T forty
four hundred years ago. Different dyn-
asties have since that time adopted
different regulations in regard to the
use of militia or standing armies, the
mode Of raising supplies for the army,
etc. Can you state these brief1yY' The
men who pass these examinations are
lot of pedants, arid as the deserts and
primeval as the patriarchs.-Leslie'
Monthly.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
LIVE ON TEN CENTS A DAY.
Resi ents at the Rusk n Colony in
G.4 E,o,,.r,;coI

Resi ents at the Rusk Colony in
Geo gia Are Economical.
While other people have been theOr-
izing, the Ruskinites of Georgia have
demonstrated by actual experience the
lowest possible daily cost for food for
their entire community. They have
solved the riddle of how to live at the
lowest cost. When forced to leave their
Tennessee home the colonists were
hard pushed, but they possessed stout
hearts and willing hands, and to-day
are on fair road to prosperity. They
live and live well at an actual cost per
capita of less than 10 cents day.
Everything they consume is bought
at wholesale, in large quantities, and
is cooked In the community kitchen.
In the community dining-room tables
are set for 300 people. Those who do
not wish to eat with the crowd are
gwen the privilege of purchasing COM
pany stores and cooking it at home.
When vegetables are scarce these peo-
pie are allowed Z cents per capita day;
that is, cents for each person, big.
little, old, young, sick or well. When
vegetables are plentiful the cash allow
ance is only cents. AS the commu-
nifty raises its own vegetables. the ap-
proXimate cost is only about 2 cents
per capita day, making the actual
cost Of living at Ruskin from to 9
cents day for each man, woman and
child.
The community dining room is q
large room, 25 feet wide and $50 feet
long, where we see nearly 800 men,
women and children seated at long
tables. Breakfast is our first meal
We make a wholesome meal on light
bread furnished by the colony baker.
butter, Georgia sirup, oatmeal, Irish
potatoes, milk, cereal coffee and sugar.
Dinner generally varies, according to
the season. The bill of fare usually con-
sists Of rice or peas, beans or maca-
roni, some two or more of these; Geor-
gia sirup, beets, tomatoes, egg plants,
potatoes, soup, bread and cereal coffee
cereal coffee Is manufactured by the
cOlOnists and is one Of their main in
dustries.
For supper, cheese in some form,
lemonade, cake, rice or beans, sugar,
grits, mush, fried potatoes, cold tea and
bread. The meals are wholesome, sat-
isfying and well prepared. OF course,
there are no little delicacies. AS will be
noticed, the colonists only get meat
twice a week.-Atlanta Journal.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
How French voters Cast Their Ballots

How French Voters Cast Their Ballots
In France voting is. by ballot. The
persons who help in receiving and
counting the vote are volunteers drawn
from the ranks Of the electors. Prior
to the. opening Of the poll at each sta
ton the presiding officer unlocks the
urn provided for the reception of the
votes and satisfies those present that
1t is empty. He then locks 1t again.
places the key in his pocket, and hands
a duplicate to one of his helpers, who
are termed assessors. The poll Is open
from in the morning until at night,
and at the close the votes are counted
on the spot by the volunteer helpers.
The result is then forwarded to the
central bureau.-London Mail.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
General Debility

Day in and out there is that feeling Of
weakness that makes q burden of itself
Food does not strengthen.
Sleep does not refresh.
It is hard to do, hard to bear, what
should be easy,-vitality is on the ebb, and
the whole system suffers.
For this condition take
HOODS SaI.SaDal.izxa
1t yitalizes the blood, gives vigor and tone
to all the organs and functions, and is pos
itively unequalled for all rundown or de-
bllitated conditions.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
Irrational.

The girl with the great, seraphic,
gray eyes complained bitterly of the
timidity of her steady company.
"Give him the mittenl" advised her
encourage, unhesitatingly.
"What. for cold feet?" exclaimed
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
Our Nations Wealth.

The material wealth and strength of our
nation is in iron, the most useful of all
metals, just as the wealth of human be-
ing lies in useful stomach. If you have
overworked yours. try Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters. 1t will relieve the clogged
bowels. improve the appetite and cure
constipation, dyspepsia and biliousness.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
Rich willamette Valley.

The Willamette valley. Oregon, is
one of the richest on earth. and is de-
ye:oping slowly. But stroke of light
ming will strike it some day in the
shape of new life and then she'll jump
to the front with bound that will
surprise the state.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
will promptly set rightly II
excessive or irregular
write to Mrs. Pinlkilasss,
Lynn, Mass, for advice.
Evidence ab0Unds that
Mrs. Pfnlkz52s11cS advice
and medicine have for
many years boon helFAng
women to be strong. No
other advice Is SO Un-
Vas,yingly accurate, NO
other medicine has Su0lb
n record of cure.
Tariff Schedule for Manila.

Merchants and producers of this
coast are watching the new tariff sched-
ule being prepared by the Philippine
commission. The subject is vitality
important to all coast states.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
FIGHTING for a Principle.

A San Fracnisco business man has
sued the Wells Fargo Express Com
pany for five cents that he had to pay
for the revenue stamp on a shipping
receipt.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
Still Out of Prison.

A year ago Frank E. Mcdaniel was
sentenced to Is years in the Oregon
penitentiary, but he's not there yet be-
cause legal measure have prevented.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
Want Better FREIGHT Rates.

Pacific COAST jobbers are again be-
fore the interstate commerce commits
sion fighting for more favorable freight
rates.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25

yOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TAKING
When you take Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic because the formula is plainly
printed on every bottle showing that it
is simply Iron and Quinine in taste
less form. No Cure, No Pay. Soc.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
MILLS ARE NEVER COINED.

They Have Always Been Mere Figure
in the World of Finance.
1.-The mill in coinage exists only In
the school books used in the primary
schools. 1t never has existed anywhere
else, and from the nature of things
never can," observed leading fnan-
cial man the other day to q reporter.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25

almost as soon as the little blisters and
Pustu1es appeared the poison had reached
the blood, and will break out at regular
intervals and each time in more aggra-
waited form. This poison will loiter in the
system for years, and every atom of il
must be forced out of the blood before you
can expect perfect, permanent cure.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
Good Place to Be Careful.

Seattle city council is considering
an ordinance making it misdemeanor
to attract crowds on the streets by
words. gestures or otherwise. A blow
at the Salvation Army, itinerant
preacher, peddlers, etc. Better 60
slow. Mr.. City Dads.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
Bic Time JanuaryL.

The Afro-American league of Port
land are preparing to bring the new
year to the front with gigantic en-
tertainment.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
Must Dispose Of Big Debt.

Multnomah county, Oregon, has a
debt of $500, 900, represented by un-
paid warrants, and bill will be put
through the state legislature this win
ter to fund this debt in some way.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25

When woman caller begins the con-
versation by praising her hostess cook
ing, the hostess should throw out tor
pedo net: it means that she Is to be
asked to bake for church social.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
WANTED.

Women and girls to do piece work for us at
their homes. We furnish all material and pay
frcm 81 to $12 weekly. Experien'e unnecessary.
Send stamped envelope to- nssk 7, Royal Mfg
Co., 81 Monroe St Chicago, III.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25

The Best Prescription for Malaria
Chills and Fever is bottle of Groves.
Tastelea Chill Tonic. It is simply
iron and quinine in a tasteless form.
No Cure, No Pay. Price 600.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25
Men Are Mot Alike.

Two men may be exactly alike up to
the tops of their heads. Uncover one
head and discover a genius. The
other reveals an idiot.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1900-12-25

The German mails have been closed
to sausages; SO you will be no longer
able to write to your friend in Berlin.
Enclosed find four sausages."