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and vet cannot refrain from hoping
that the heart OF the hen adjutant VIII
be moved by the pathetic display Of In
aptitude.
Courtship In Japan.

A Japanese girl who desires to get
married does not hesitate to inform the
public OF her desire In recent issue
Of the Japanese journal, Kanazawa
Shimbum, one Of these girls, who signs
herself "Hosuijoshi," is very outspoken
on this point, as the following notice
shows: II, the undersigned, am pref
ty girl with abundant hair, flower-like
face, perfect eyebrows and good fig
ure. have money enough to take life
easy and enable me to spend my years
with some beloved man who will ever
be my companion, and who can admire
the flowers with me by day and tho
moon by night. If any clever, accom-
plished, handsome and fastidious gem
tleman is disposed to accept this offer.
can assure him that l will be true
to him for life and that after life is
over will be ready to be buried with
him in one grave"
1t is not an unheard-of thing for
European girls to advertise for hus-
bands, but 1T is very doubtful II any
European or American paper has ever
contained such a poetical matrimonial
advertisement as this one. Moreover,
it is doubtful if any European or Amer
lean girl would ever think of offering
to share the same grave with the gen
tleman who might accept her offer Of
marriage. Verify. they do things diff
ferently in Japan
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-05

poets tenderest reveries and his rich,
ebullient humor. Once, in Chicago.
Irving heard Riley recite his delightful
story of the Dutch shoemaker, and
when Riley had finished Irving, with
his big, heavy eyes wet with tears
went over to the modest Hoosier, laid
his long arm across the poets shout
ders and said: My dear young man,
come to us in London-to England
we shall care for you SO much over
theres l never was more touched in
my life than by your little reading just
now; your dialect, simplicity of ex-
preston and all that are revelations.
Come to London with me or after me-
And Riley did SO finally, and Sir
Henry entertained him in regal fash
ion. The poet made an enormous So
cial success there, and was, lionized al
most beyond endurance during his So
journ among the splendid companions
who always throng around Sir Henry
Irving and Ellen Terry. Beloved as
James Whitcomb Riley is for his grace
Of thought and genius, he has soiae
funny stories to tell OF his fellow
countrymen. Once he had wandered
from his shop into the farm lands
neig hborinx and met Z bulky owner Of
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-05
GREAT RUSSIAN,
TOLSToi BRAvELY AWAITS THE
ANGEL OF DEATH.
Says NJ Is Ready to Go ut ANY rlme.
That His Lies Work Is Done
Russia Is Better That He Has Lived
Friend of the Car.

Count Tolstoi is reported to have
said recently that he felt the approach
OF his last hours drawing nigh, and
that looking into the future be was
conscious of no such thing MS the fear
OF death. All his life Tolstei has been
trying to get at the bottom of things
and while he has changed much from
period to period, and expressed his
advanced views sometimes more radi-
caily than at others, he may we'll feel
now in his seventy-second year that he
has accomplished much of permanent
value for the world. and that even
measured by his own high ideals. his
life has been worth the living.
The last twenty years of his career
have been very different from the
years that preceded them. There came
time when he changed from the pure
literary man, full of ideas about the
right and the wrong and the worthless
and the valuable in society, but ey
pressing them always In novels ami
other forms Of primarily literary ma
ture and began to preach and practice
a life of Christianity modelled on the
New Testament as he Interpreted it,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-05
plsa,s Leaning Tower.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa, that Gel
ebrated and beautiful bell tower, is sit
uated in the city Of Pisa, Italy, and
was built during the twelfth century
by the German architect William of
Innspruck. 1t is cylindrical in shape,
so feet in diameter, $50 feet high, and
leans about IA feet out of the perpen>
dicular. 1t is entirely OF white mar
Bile, and consists Of seven stories, diyid-
ed by rows of columns. The top, which
is surmounted by a fat roof and an
open gallery, commanding a splendid
view of the surrounding country, is
reached by 800 steps. The tower was
not originally intended to lean, /, but
the foundation settled more on one
side than, on the other until it reached
its present inclination, which it has
maintained with scarcely any percepti.
bic increase for hundreds of years. The
upper part of the structure was built in
a manner to counteract in part the in
clination; and the grand chime Of bells
seven in number, of which the largest
alone weighs 10000 pounds, is mounted
with reference to counterfeit this fault
still further.
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that in so doing he is simply voicing
the sentiment of all who keep informed
on theatrical affairs. He puts Haddon
Chambers "The Tyranny of Tears"
next In Importance. His reference to
Three productions, all of which are
of more than ordinary Importance"
will interest American playgoers. He
says: The first is the adaptation Of
The Only Way by Rev. Freeman
Wills, the very best melodrama we
have seen for many day. The Sec
ond is zangwill's first highly COM
mendable, if financially unsatisfactory,
attempt to cultivate in England new
genre OF playwriting. the faithful re-
production of phase of London life.
The last and by no means the least is
George Bernard Shaw's play. "The
Devils Disciple" (written before 1899,
a work uncommon in every respect,
highly diverting, caustically clever and
(alas, that we are so backward) en-
tirely above the appreciation of our
ill-directed general public"
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Changed the Place.

1t is said that Jared Sparks, chosen
president of Harvard college in 1S49,
yielded promptly and courteously to
the opinions and wishes of the faculty
where no important interest was at is
sue, but wherever the welfare of honor
of the college or of it's individual mem
bers was concerned, he adhered i'm
movably to his own judgment. A case
In point, says Doctor Peabody, in his
Harvard Graduates Whom l Have
Known occurred when Kossuth was
making his progress through the coun-
try. Mr.. Sparks was one Of the few
who were disinclined to pay homage.
The then usual spring exhibition, nor
mally held in the college chapel, was
at hand, and it was understood Mat
kossuth would be present The faculty
voted unanimously, or nearly SO, to
hold this exhibition where the conn
mencements were held. in the First
Parish church. Mr. Sparks declared
the vote. but added: st is for you,
gentlemen, to hold the exhibition
where you please. shall go to the
chapel in my cap and gown at the
usual hour. The vote, OF course, was.
reconsidered.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-05
HARDY FILIPINO BuFFALoEs.
Have Immense Strength, and Wild Ones
Are Constantly Caught

Have Immense Strength, and Wild Ones
Are Constantly Caught
The wild buffaloes of the Philippines
come from the interior, where many
natives spend their time in capturing
and tanning them. 1t takes long time
to tame the wild creatures and break
them into service. Some old bulls alb
solutely refuse to be tanned, and they
show their resentment for capture up
to the time of their death. Most of
those in service are born and bred in
captivity, and the young rsc;.a. 6D.-aare|
verJ easily trained for use. Still
enough of the wild caraboas are caught
every year to keep the stock from de-
generating. They take to civilized life
ilss,g,s.sssaSsssre readily sl.a- cur American
-D1son, fesslesoiing in this Tespe.. ,ne
true water buffalo of India. The
strength of these animals is marvellous.
In respect to size, strength and pom
derousness they resemble the elephant
more than any other creature. They
simply haul anything that is hitched
behind them, and it is the shaft or
traces lLdI UTGdk IL IllG lOdu CdulOC DO
moved. Across all sorts of rough and
miry country they pull the load. al
though they have not the sure footing
of the mule in climbing steep and
rough mountains and hills, they are
better in the soft, miry lowlands which
compose so large part of the Philip
pines. When angered and running
away, they dash across the country
with their heavy load, as if it were
SO much light, flimsy cotton. Not
only are they then regardless of what
is behind them, but also of what may
rear itself in front. Be it a river, q
fence, ditch or jungle, or another
cart, the maddened animal plunges
blindly through or across it, and never
halts until disabled or its anger has
evaporated. In the latter case it then
suddenly becomes as meek and docile
as before. If whipped for its misdeeds,
its meek eyes seem to ask why it is
punished, and they look as innocent as
those of a child or a deer Scientific
American.
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EXPERIMENTING WILD HORSES
Great Bands of tho Northwest an.
Rapidly Yielding tn r,,v,,,x,+,

Great Bands of tho Northwest S,.
Rapidly Yielding to Civilization.
The wild horse of the west seems
0estlned to share the fate of the buff
falo. Slowly, but surely, the great
herds OF these beautiful animals which
roam the plains of Washington, Idaho
and Montana are being decimated. In
the last two years at least IS, 900 head
OF horses have been removed from the
ranges OF eastern Washington alone.
Their disposition has been approx
mately as follows: Shipped to Chicago
and other eastern markets 10000, sent
to Alaska during Klondike rush 5000.
canned into horse meat at Linton. Ora.
for shipment to France 5000, driven
to Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colo
RADIO and Utah, largely for pack and
saddle horses 10000, broken for use by
new settlers in Washington 10000, died
in the last two winters 5000. This loss
has been double the natural increase,
reducing the number Of wild horses In
that state from about $4,000 to $4,000
or $4,000. At this rate OF decrease they
would last for some years, but the fart
IS that the horses are being confined to-
a smaller area each successive year,
thereby increasing their chances Of de-
struction. At least 5000 horses died
OF starvation last winter in the dis.
tricts north and south of the Snake
river.--N New York Journal.
y / q j : ia
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FILIPINO MOTHERS ARE KIND.
Their Ruling Passion Is Their Love for
Their Boy Babier.

Their Boy BabIes.
She is like no one else in the world.
this Filipino woman, writes the Manila
correspondent of the ST. Louis Glohs-
Democrat. From the white mans
standpoint she is least like a woman
OF any feminine creature. She will
work for you, sell you things, and
treat you politely, but beyond that the
attitude OF her life, as it is presented
to you, is as inscrutable as bolted
door You can get we'll enough ac-
quainted with her husband to detest
him cordially, but the nature of the.
woman is as hard to fathom as
sheet of Chinese correspondence 1t Is
never common sight to see mother,
who believes she is alone, playing with
her baby. young native woman was
making love to her first man child.
The two were in the shack next to
mine, but the windows were together.
She had the little fellow in a corner
and was kneeling before him in per-
feet ecstasy of motherhood. The baby
could not have been more than several
months DID, and the mother was per-
haps 16. She would bend her body far
back, with hands outstretched; and
then gradually sway closer, closer,
while the baby, very noisy and happy
in his diminutive way, shrank back
into the corner and showed his bare
red gums. And then the mother sway
ed at last very near, she would snatch
her naked bundle of brown babyhood
and toss him into the air. And there
would be great crowings and strangled
laughter from the infant and low muir.
murings of passionate worship from
the woman. Then she placed her face
close to the head of her son and whis-
pered wonderful secrets in voice
strangely soft and tender, such as you
would not think could come from this
smileless creature of the river banks
watched, and the greatness of the
mother heart was laid bare before me,
and now better impressions came
where false ones had been-and / re-
membered she was woman. Rapt and
ardently interested, / watched, leaning
witlessly out of the window. The wo-
man saw me. The sullen, implacable
stare came back She snatched up the
child and disappeared She bathes in
the river, unconscious of the passing
woman's love for her first-born.
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ICE HILL PARTIES.
Popular Winter Amusement In the Cars
Domain.

VPuAAE lnC0r Amusement IN tho CZAFvn
Domain.
Variation from the ordinary form OF
toboggan run is to be found in the Rus
sian lice hills" The rigors of winter
in northern Europe practically compel
the Inhabitants of that region to find
some form of amusement with which to
while away the dreary hours of those
ice-bound months. Hence, "ice hill
parties" are now national institu-
ton throughout the cars dominions.
and CHEEKY functions they are, too. The
ice hill'' itself is prepared as follows:
They erect high wooden scaffolding
having rather steep slope from the
top to the ground, and it is then COW
cred with huge symetrically shaped
blocks of ice placed side by side and
constantly watered until they become
one solid smooth mass. This artificial
slide is terminated by long, narrow
plain Of ice, just broad enough to allow
of three sledges passing each other and
of sufficient length to enable sleigh to
run by it's own impetus to the foot OF
the next hill. The hills and runs are
usually bordered by fir trees, which are
thickly hung with colored lights at
night. On the day of the party the
guests are conveyed to their hosts
house in special sleighs, and there sup
piled with rugs, furs and warm drinks,
the better to fortify them against the
intense cold. They then proceed to the
ice hills and seat themselves by twos
in the long, narrow iron sides, which
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-05
THEA TRICAL TOPICS
SAYINGS AND DolNGs OF THE
PLAYERFoLK.
Henry Irving and james whitco,nb
Riley-Elita Proctor Otis Preparing
for Her Starring Season Norma
Whalley Of Australia to BE In Chicago.

Elita Proctor Otis is in fume again
about her coming starring season. She
has no play and the dramas presented
her are either so expensive that no
manager will consider them or so queer
that the gorgeous Elita reads and
runs. She ought to have one of the
dashing Lady Gay Spanker sort of
stellar roles, with plenty Of go and
style and truculent conversation. Elita
is quick of thought and action, is witty
and gay and sprightly always. She
has great dramatic force and intelli-
gence and her finest qualities have
scarcely been tested by the noisy, tur-
bulent heroines given into her charge
for Interpretation. She has SO many
varied talents for the stage; she is
handsome and well bred, has the nat
ural elegance which marks her a lady,
though she has seldom been called
upon to represent person of refine
ment and culture such as Miss Otis
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Relative Value In Noses.

The Boon county circuit court took
UP case today in which the Missouri
University football team was involved
as witnesses in behalf of one of its
number. 2. D. Smith, one of the team,
sued livery firm for damages for a
broken nose sustained from an acct
dent while riding in wagon belonging
to the stable. The wagon was over
turned in creek and the entire eleven
tumbled into the water. Smiths nose
and R. w. Nelson's leg were broken.
Nelson's case will be tried later. In the
case today the main argument for the
defence was that the breaking of
nose was Of little import to football
payer. The amount sued for Is $780,
St. Louis Post Dispatch.
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lar different from the ordlnaeszaaaS
tianity of the churches. In his w.
book, however, 'The Resurrection, :"
he has presented in story form the
fruits of his life experience Of the va
rious types of love. Tolstoi's family
was very wealthy at one time, and the
estates which he inherited were very
large. In his early days, after service
in the Crimean war, he lived for q
time wild life in St. Petersburg, rev..
cling in all forms Of dissipation.
Wearying Of it all. he married and
settled down, but the more sober he
grew the wider he opened his eyes to
conditions Of social life which he ali
horred. After his novels, especially
"Kreutzer Sonata" which dealt with
moral problems, he wrote works Civ
ing his views of Christianity and re-
ligion. In the early sos he was very
radical in his mode of life, working
daily with his hands, desiring to give
his whole property to the poor and
encouraging simple and direct NOR
ality in those around him He was
almost intolerant in the vigor of his
beliefs. but since then, though he has
not changed his ideals, he has se-
spected the mode of life in others in
greater degree. Tolstoi has been of
the greatest service to the Russian peo
pie at many times, and especially in
the years of famine in 1912. For
time he administered the national re-
lief funds. Despite his radical views.
he long held the confidence OF the
car. That did not save him, how
ever. from severe conflict with the
holy synod of Russia over his religious
views three years ago. The views Of
Tolstoi about war and his belief in
non-resistance are we'll known, and It
has been no surprise to hear from him
lately as an ardent friend of the
Beers, desirous Of the humiliation of
England.
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why We rorcet Nam...

Many persons are especially forget
full with regard to names-as OF ac-
quaintances or some familiar object.
DR.. Bastian, in discussing effects re-
Gently, quoted with approval this en-
PLANTATION: "The more concrete tha
idea the more readily is the word used
to designate It forgotten when the
memory fails. We easily represent
persons and things to ourselves with
out their names. More abstract con-
ceptions, on the contrary, are attained
only with the aid Of words. which alone
give them their exact shape in our
minds. Hence verbs, adjectiYes. pro-
noul1 adverbs. Propositions and con-
Jun pms are more intimately related
to ght than nouns are, ana can -
Rred when poun4 OF n615S
+hs =, d. ~ ;sss ~ .}s53c:ss
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The Unxain,v Ad,nt.n.-n,r.,


The plainest Of the large wadinp
birds to be, seen in many OF our ZOO
logical gardens is the adjutant. a ma
tive OF India and Africa remarked a
naturalist. Nature seems to have de-
signed him IN an experimental mood.
and, disgusted with her handiwork.
to have turned him out unfinished. The
young adjutant, with his bald head and
beak like a pfckaxe, is repulsively ugly.
and the melancholy gravity OF his de-
meanor suggests that he has seen him
self mirrored in some still pond. ana
the revelation is weighing upon his
mind. As he grows older, however
and begins to take lively interest In
dead rats. the effect Of the shock to
his vanity passes away. He becomes
IJaunty nay, frivolous land In sheer
lightness ct heart attends dancing mar
ties on the mud slopes OF his enclosure.
where he ducks and bows and kicks
and scrapes with half-distended wings
TO the admiration of his feathered com.
.panions. All the cranes and storks are
great dancers. and In the early spring
season you may see really graceful
terpsichorean performances in the pad
docks Of any zoo where they are ON ex-
lhibition. An elderly ad1utant practis-
Ing his steps all by himself is specta-
Gle the sympathetic observer can hard
ly regard without mingled laughter.
and tears. He Is so awkward, so un-
calmly yet 90 cheerfully earnest about
1t. you are sorry for the deluded bird.
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Green Hair.

According to the Medical Press.
greenish hair in men occupied in COP
per works and in copper mines is not
unknown, for as far back as 1854
Bartholin drew attention to its occur
renee. Since then several other OBJ
servers have recorded instances OF the
same. The most recent case is that Of
Doctor Oppenheimer's, who, at a meet
ing OF the John Hopkins Medical So
ciety, showed specimen of green hair
OBTAINED from a patient who had been
under his treatment. The hair was
pale but distinct green, this color being
more marked on the head and the mus
lache But, curiously enough, in the
hair all over the body the same color
atlon was displayed. Copper was cas-
ily monstrated chemically. Micro
scopically, the hair was uniformly coll
ored, no crystals being seen anywhere.
The patient did not return after his
nrst visit. and it was ascertained that
ne died two years later with a severe
cough. The fact, however, is certain
that workers in copper works need not
necessarily become affected with the
poisonous metal, provided that scrupu-
ians cleanliness is observed. The hair
gust % washed daily II solution ct
so1a;tf water being useless for
the purpose: Experience shows that
the part first to become affected is the
m'ustache, and next the head. but IL
the latter be protected by thick cap
no coloration is produced.
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aide-de-camp to the queen. He wsn
at one time employed as commander oe
the military forces in New SoutA
Wales. where he was instrumental is
bringing forward the question of Aus.
tralian federation. For this service tho
government of New South Wales gave
him . vote of thanks, and in consid-
eratich of the work he did in that
colony he was appointed honorary
colonA Of the mounted rifles. His pres
ent zr.ak is that Of major general.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-05
Greek Fire.

Greek fire was composition which
the Greeks of the Byzantine Empire
used as means of defense. 1t is sup
posed to have been composed of nitre,
sulphur and naphtha, as principal in.
gradients. 1t was highly inf1ammable,
and was said to have the power of
burning under water. 1t was projected
either on blazing tow, tied to arrows.
or through tube, and wherever it fell
1t made great havoc, from the mex
tinguishable nature of the fire. At
Constantinople the process OF making
Gxeek fire kept s seeFes
for several centuries; but at the time
OF the discovery Of gunpowder 1t
formed recognized defensive element
in most wars from Western Europe to-
Asia Minor The invention of this ma
terial has usually been ascribed to CAL
linicus Of Heliopolis, in A. d. 668: but
there seems to be reason to believe that
it was rather imported from India.
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.sisease In the Dutch Nav

Une@ Sans sailors in Philippine wa
tiers sSrm to have been particularly for
tunats in escaping for the most part the
disea4S which prey upon sailors OF
other navies in tropical waters. In
the M.arine service in Holland in 1897
there were admitted to the hospitals
20Ses malarial cases in an average
strength of 50,167. The record for that
year w7s unusual, the average for the
four preceding years having been only
10000. In 1897 cholera caused 161 adj
missions to the hospitals, with 106
deaths among the Europeans.
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strange Use, of po..ae. stamps.

Strange Uses OF Postage Stamps.
Most of us have read of rooms which
have been papered entirely with cam
celed postage stamps. But certain
monks at the Hospital of st. Jean de
Dieu, at Client, in Belgium. have ut
terly transcribed all this by, in their
leisure moments, decorating the walls
with gorgeous landscapes, glowing
with color and full of life, which are
formed entirely by means of the post
age stamps of all the nations of the
World Palaces, forests, streams and
mountains are represented, butterflies
fit about in the air, birds of beautiful
plumage perch on branches. snakes and
lizards glide about, and innumerable
animals find places here and there.
The pictures are most artistic, in the
style of, Chinese landscape gardening,
and already between nine and ten mil
lions Of stamps have been used.