The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23

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After the rehearsal of Christian ind
Isolde" at Bayreuth once, Hans Rich
ter was asked if he had been satisfied.
to which he replied: 1.-THE love motif,
which the 'cellos have to give out,
was played with too little fire. Evil
IDENTIFY they must all be married men
who executed it SO phlegmatically.
And Richter was right, for these was
not single bachelor among them.
The Rev. Mr.. Alcott, of Elgin, Ill,
one of Abraham Lincoln's Springfield
acquaintance, tells of seeing him
coming away from church unusually
early one Sunday morning. "The
sermon could not have been more than
half way through says Mr.. Alcott.
His son Tad was slung across his
left arm like pair of saddle-bags,
and Lincoln was striding along with
long and deliberate steps toward his
home. On one of the street corners
he encountered group of his fell
low townsmen. Lincoln anticipated
put by the group, and, taking his fig
ure Of speech from practices with
which they We're only too familiar.
said: Gentlemen, l entered this colt.
but he kicked around so I had to
withdraw him"
The only person given to extrava-
gance at the present Italian court is
Queen Margherita, who shares the
feeling OF her country women in hav-
ing an inordinate love for dress. 1t
is said that Humbert once asked one
OF the queens secretaries what would
be an acceptable Christmas present
for her majesty. This gentleman,
truer friend than courtier, had the
courage to suggest to the king that
the queen had large number of un.
paid milliners' and dressmakers' bills.
The king took the hint, and begged
that they should all be given to him.
On Christmas morning Humbert plac.
ed all these bills, receipted, under
The queens table napkin. There was
no other present besides. 1t is said
that she took the hint, and has been
less extravagant since.
James Russell Lowell was dreamily
strolling along toward his home in
Cambridge one unusually beautiful
night. Slowly, with serene, queenly
majesty, full moon was ascending
her 'azure throne" pouring her Law.
ish light over all things and softenine
into semblances of beauty even the
| ugly outlines of the conventional do.
| nestle architecture round about, DULY
Illuminated by the loneliness of the
| spectacle, the poet, as he passed by
the house of the estimable brother.
man who supplied meat to him regu-
larly for slight consideration OF
profit, noticed that valuable citizen
leaning on his fence and gazing up
In kind of rapt way. 1t pleased
Lowell to think that the butchers
immortal soul was bathing itself in
the flood of semi-spiritual moonlight
and, pausing, he remarked: 'sWhat
a beautiful night it is, neighbori.
Yes, Mr.. Lowell I was just a-thinkinl
whata bully nigh foT slaughterini
this would Ia q NMsSrse, of course
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How nice it is TO escort young
lady home from church and then &C.
cept an invitation to dinner.
Frank Burke, aged thirteen years
who died recently in Ansonia, Conn.
had been delicate from birth. Shortly
before his death the discovery was
made that his heart was on his right
side.
In Geneva, Switzerland, glass blocks
are used to pave the streets. They
are made of the refuse from the glas,
factories, and give great satisfaction
They are pleasant to the eye and very
durable.
Many people get credit who are not
entitled to it.
Retribution is visitor we should
avoid by doing nothing to cause it.
Be generous, but not such an ex.
tent as to impoverish yourself.
Stand up for your rights, but bs
sure you have some to stand up for
The man who lives only to amuss
himself has the hardest kind of a
task to perform.
The somnambulistw who tumbles from
a roof is an Illustration of one way
| to fall asleep.
Nothing comes home to man so
much as an unsettled bill
Think only good, speak only good,
| do only good.
A tongue may infict a deeper
wound than sword.
In seven out of twelve short stories
the heroine weds before 25 years old.
| Nothing hurts so much as discov-
ering deception in one we love.
Deliver us from the dyspeptic who
seeks to misrepresent us.
Gratitude is virtue that cannot be
everdone.
He who eonquers his evil desires is
as much hero as warrior.
Is Life Worth Living.
| sleeplessness, debility, nervousness
and palpitation Of the heart are not
diseases; they are symptoms, indi-
eating that the various vital organs
are not working in harmony. Nor
ley's Liver and Kidney Cordial re-
stores order and rids the body of all
waste products that clog the system.
1t inSureS sound dipeStion sound