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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-03-08

n. u. Smith. Buttssuul. Mich. says:
sDswitt's Little Early Risen are tbs
vsry bsst pills svse ussl foe custiv~osss,
liver or bowel tsuubls." For sale BY Dr..
ksasby.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-03-08
Dissolution Of Partnership.

Notice is hereby given that the
partnership heretofore existing
between the undersigned, under
the firm name OF Elliott d Cook,
has been dissolved by mutual con:
sent, E. 4. Cook having purchased
Mr.. Ellott's interest in the busi-
ness. +. Il. Cook will continue
business at the old stand. and will
pay all bills and collect all monies
due the late firm.
Z. r. Coox.
39-4l u. p. ELLIOTT.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-03-08
To Cure a Cold In One Dsy

Take Laxative Bromo Quininc Tablets. All
&c. The genuine has L. ID. O. on each tablet.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-03-08
Excursions 4

Hpmescekers Excursions to
a. Ford.
S.e fare Plus S2 from points
ois. own and Missouri to Roci
and etnrn On sale Jan. l6. Fe
Marah O. 20. April 3. II. II,
frienit in the east about il. III
are g.Iod for n dnys from lnte \
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-03-08
Distinguished 7eSfisarced

No society world higher
accomplishments the knights doing
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-03-08

)At Las An,mss the other day salonn
keeper sold colored man enoagh whisky
to make him Aghting mad and then
killed him.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-03-08
GOING WEST.

II. A. DAwLGY. II. J. Sprinkler
President. Secretary.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18

to depend upon her own. Without re-
sources of entertainment in herself, she
mopes and grows melancholy, with the
result that her disposition is crossed
and she grows old before her time.
Under these circumstances it IS well
for a woman at a very early age to
endeavor 70 secure enjoyment in occu-
patton. Books, sewing, the arrange
ment of her home, music, the care Of
pets, all help her to enjoy hours CT
unattainable In the matter of human
companionship. Ones own thoughts
can be so trained that they are as SEN
tient as the most conversationally in
cllned individual. The day spent in
Idle longing for some one to drop in
or in wishing that she might go some
where or do something gives a wom-
an that look of discomfort that is fatal
to beauty, and is futile so far as bene-
fetal results. either mentally or phys
ically. On the other hand, with good
books for friends q woman is in touch
with intellectual kings and queens.
She is storing up treasures of memory
that will be never-failing source of
pleasure wheD the twilight of life
comes and she must depend on her
fund of "Reminiscences for her daily
comfort. Occupation of the right sort
is the greatest cure for loneliness. and
a safeguard as we'll
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18

Werther in his recent book. are eG
tremely warlike The various sub
tribes and family factions are in al
most constant feud, but their cam
paigns are carried on In very easy
going and comfortable fashion. The
men of rival villages will march
against each other in the morning and
engage in a desultory fight with bows
and arrows. At midday the women
bring lunch and hostilities ere sus-
pended fer time. Then the fight is
resumed and kept up until night fall,
when the warriors of both sides go
home, very well contented with the
days work. OF course, there are few
casualties which only serve to prolong
the vendetta. One day six messen
gers with dispatches for Werther found
their way blocked by battle of this
sort. They called out to the nearest
party to stop fighting and let them
pass. One Of the chiefs thereupon
yelled to his opponents: Hello there!
Here are some men with letters for
the white man in Kondoa. Stop shoot
ing and let them through" The fight
was promptly stopped to be resumed
as soon as the mail-carriers had
passed.-Staats-Ze Feb. 10, 1893
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18

the dam, can be raised by hydraulic
power. the turning OF valves allowing
water from upstream TO flow into
chambers Under the dam and easily
raise its million pounds of weight. 1t
has total oscillation of seventeen feet
that Is, it can be raised that much
from Its lowest point if necessary. To
lower 1t other valves are turned and
the water from the chambers under the
dam are released to flow out into the
tail race and the great metal barrier
settles slowly down to the required
level. Over the top of the dam the flot-
sam and jetsam of the channel, the
trees, sticks. barrels and Ice floating on
the surface will be allowed to pass,
which would never get through the
sluice gates for the reason that the
water will pass under the gates, leav-
ing the surface almost placid and i'm
movable. holding all floating objects,
and in the course Of time the windage
basin at the end of the channel would
be flied with floating debris from the
tWenty-eight miles Of canal all hurried
down against the end wall. These
things will easily pass over the dam,
which will ordinarily have a foot OF
water pouring over its crest to the
tail race.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
Mau who Didn't Cut Els Friends.


Father Darcy, one of Ireland's real
wits, was a man who hated to say an
unkind thing, yet could not help say
ing something to the point when the
opportunity offered. Such an cppor-
tunlty presented itself one da. when
he was invited by a man who was
known as an ignorant braggart to visit
a new and beautiful house which the
person, who had become wealthy sud-
denly, had bought. With more than
his usual pomposity the host dragged
the priest over the place and expa-
tiated on the excellence of everything
that he owned. Finally they reached
the immense library, where there were
thousands Of volumes, all splendid in
binding. The host sank into one OF
the great leather-covered chairs with
sign of contentment and exclaimed:
But, after all, father, what is all this
luxury compared with my favorites
here? The other rooms, maybe, give
pleasure to my wife and daughters;
but this is my place-right here among
these books, which are my friends.
And these here on the desk''-pointing
to score of fine volumes-"are what
I may call my most intimate friends"
Father Darcy got up and examined one
of them, when a broad grin spread over
his good-natured face well, it's glad
am to see that you never cut your
intimate friends!" he exclaimed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18


1t is the exceptional woman nova
Gays VINO wears shoes too small for
her, and SO light, at that, that they are
no protection against dampness. MY
lady's outdoor boots are now stout. but
not stiff. The leather of both uppers
and soles is pliable, but almost water
proof. She has them either high or
low, as suits her fancy and comfort,
Tor the American woman is fast learn
ing that she only appears at her best
when her clothes are comfortable. The
beauty OF foot or hand was never en-
hanced by a covering that fit too close
ly and was cramping. Everyday boots
are OF all plain leather or with patent
leather bottoms and plain, heavy
leather uppers. They have moderately
low heels and moderately wide toes.
There are the daintiest and dressiest
OF foot coverings also. but these are
reserved for indoor wear. One of the
prettiest Of the dressv lot of shoes Is
OF line kid, and comes nearly up to the
ankle. The front Is cut open across
the instep and down to just tip over
the toe. The opening is strapped across
with black velret ribbon. each strap
having bow with buckle in the cen
Ter. VI course, such shoes are worn
with fancy stockings. Embroidery
plays an important part in the hosiery
of the day. There is fancy for the
quaint little satin slipper that straps
around the ankle with black ribbons.
One dainty girl has pair of such slip
pers. which she wears with white silk
stockings that are all lace work at the
front. To give just the style to the
foot as the feet of the ladies of the
sixticth" had, one must wear white
stockings with the satin slippers, that
are tied at the ankles with crossed rib
bons. Patent leather is used more for
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
Cabbx knows HI. Fare.

From Tit-Bits: In Dublin the legal
fare for car-drive between any two
points in the city is sixpence, but
when these points are very far apart
the fare" is expected to bear this in
mind. 1t was overlooked, however, by
big, fat commercial traveller, who
mounted car at one extremity of the
city to be driven across to the other
but who, on dismounting, offered the
car-driyer the customary sixpence. The
driver, instead Of taking it, took the
horsecloth briskly out OF the well OF
the car, shook 1t out, carefully covered
with 1t the horses head, and then,
turning to the traveller, touched his
hat cheerfully, and held out his hand
for the sixpence. What was all that
for?" asked the traveller. To whom the
driver replied, in confidential tone:
II didn't want the dacent haste, your
honor, to see what big load he had
brought all this way for one little
sixpence."
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
Chicago Lottery


Within month from this date, in
all probability, the long-awaited action
will be taken which will insure to Chi
cago an unpolluted water supply, will
furnish to northern Illinois a mag
nificent waterway and add materially
TO the wealth and prosperity of not
Pnly Chicago, but the whole sanitary
district. The great drainage channel
will be officially opened. The dark
waters of the Chicago river will go
bounding o. their new-found way over
the rocky bed and between the smooth
stone walls OF. the mammoth cut to
Lockport, and there joining with those
OF the Desplaines will flow through
Joliet and so on through the Illinois
river to the Mississippi and to the
ocean. For seven years this day has
been anxiously looked forward to not
alone by the trustees who have charge
OF the gigantic enterprise, but by the
Z 100000 and more people whose health
is intimately associated with the sue
cessful completion of the task.
Obstacles, unforeseen in the early
days of the great work, were met and
overcome, Heart bredking delays, set
backs due to natural agencies as much
as to human failure and malice, were
constantly faced and overcome. The
channel has been dug. The great cut
extends its yawning chasm twenty
eight miles from Robey street to Lock-
port awaiting the influx Of water The
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18

People who talk during theatrical
performance, concert or paid" en-
tertainment of any kind, In manner
to cause annoyance to their neighbors
before them. behind them, beside them
or within earshot of them, IL they be
in boxes, are not mere disturbers and
nerve-rackers. They are plain thieves
and are just as much thieves as the
proverbial grocers 1--WE never met this
kind Of grocer in real life), who put
sand into their sugar, and they stand
in exactly the same relation to the pur-
veyors of the entertainments as does
a malicious person to his grocer who
who puts sand in his grocer's sugar
barrel with that grocer's knowledge or
consent. This remark applies not on
ly to the loud takers. but to the pes
tiferous "siffle-siffie siffle" ers, who
speak in whispers. New York Press.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18

walls on the south and west and flow
ing to the north they will pass through
the sluice gates and over the dam
which comprise the controlling works.
These seven gates can be lowered, cut
ting off the flow of the water, and this
dam can be raised, cutting off some
more of it if necessary. The gates can
be shut down altogether presenting as
impenetrable front as the stone walls
and the bear trap dam can be raised
until it is as high as the level of Lake
still. 1t will not flow uphill. Rather,
il the dam be thus raised. the water
will turn about and flow back toward
the lake.
There are seven sluice gates at pres
ent and each weighs twenty tons, but
so nicely are they counterbalanced that
but two men are required to work the
| machinery to raise or lower them.
They are built in solid masonry which
suggests the frowning front of q fort,
but this is necessary, as the pressure
against them the water will exert will
be tremendous. The heavy granite and
brick wall contains seven other spaces
for additional sluice gates, which are
now bricked in solidly, awaiting the
time when Chicago's population has so
greatly increased that the capacity Of
the channel must be doubled. Then
these gates will be put in to permit an
increased flow of water into the Des-
nlajDpS ROf tha qafes in thopcalvee
while they are massive pieces Of en-
cheering work, are not enough with
out the hear-trap dam. 1t is called a
bear trap, the engineers say, because
it's shape suggests the old deadfall bear
traps which were once in use by early
settlers. It consists Of two hinged metal
leaves which present an inclined face
100 feet in width to the waters. The
place of Joining. known as the crest of
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18

outdoor than indoor in women's shoes.
Fancy stockings are not worn on the
street. though there was decided eff
fort to start the fashion. The stock
ings that are worn in the house and In
the evening are as elaborate as one
pleases or can afford. 1t is rather q
matter of wonder to the woman who
loves pretty, fancy stockings to learn
that Queen Victoria wears, all year
round. finely spun and woven cotton
stocking. But, then, Queen Victoria
has never been looked to to start the
fashions. We all haven't as simple
tastes as her majesty. Her example
in the matter of hosiery may be good
and comfortable. but 1t is not apt to
be followed. While silk stockings, en-
broidered in floral designs, are among
the modish things of the winter, fine
Isle thread stockings are more worn
than silk. ~.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
How Children Are Named in Persia.

In Persia the naming of children is
matter of chance, sort of lottery de-
Gliding what name the infant shall car
ry through life. In Persia this cere-
mony, performed in the house of birth,
is important and elaborate. All the
relatives, even those living at dis
lance. are brought together, and the
priests OF the locality are invited. Att
er the meal, which Is served as well
come. is eaten. the new addition to
Persia's population is placed in the
center OF the room on a rug. Tho
guests form a circle around the child.
One of the priests writes five names,
previously agreed upon. on five slips
of paper, and distributes these among
the leaves of the Koran. He then
reads chapter from the book and
at random picks one of the slips.
Whatever name this slip bears then be-
comes the name of the child 1t is
whispered into the ear Of the newborn
by the priest. and the slip Of paper
Is then hidden in the baby's clothes.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18

to Illinois," says writer in Ainslie's,
in an article explaining the settling of
the United States. The struggle of
the settler with the swamps and
marshes and malaria of Indiana, a
struggle that lasted to within the most
recent generation, was but proem to
the hardships and conflicts that fol-
lowed when the Iowa immigrants
crossed the big river, and the Missou-
rians that were to be forsook the hills
of Tennessee. Iowa itself, excluding
the consideration of the warfare with
the doughty Sioux, was not such a
basis of tragedy, nor was Missouri
geographically so, but Iowa and Mis-
souri, furnished the basis Of the exodus
to the further west, and in doing SO
gave both the genesis and the nemesis
to many habited place on the way to
the Pacific. Iowa itself is an illustra-
ton in minor way Of the law of least
resistance, and Missouri is an illustra-
ton OF the law of greatest endurance
The excess of population from Illinois
would doubtless have gone over the
A'1 isoouil as Well DIS lHe MISSISSIPPI anu
have stretched across the plains of
Nebraska twenty years before the
Union Pacific rails were laid had not
IoNa's surface been as it is and the
nomads grown tired of rolling up and
down the undulating hills, and decided
that the easiest thing to do was to
settle in the attractive wooded wales
and stick their plows into the deep,
loamy corn-producing sol. The thou
sands who remained have always been
of the remaining, sticking kind, steady,
Industrious, Thrifty, but circumscribed
by the hills from whose outlook only
hills are to be seen"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18

undoubtedly the butterfly can throw
it open while he is flying. At first
g ance'there seems to be on white OF
amber-colored silk floss within, but
examine this with microscope and
you will find twisted ribbons slender
rods shaped like a shepherds crook,
others jointed bamboo-like, and flex-
IDLE rods and tiny scales of various
sorts and patterns. 1t is known that
insects have a marvelously keen scent,
and it is believed that all these odd
little objects are perfume boxes, and
that the fragrance so thrown abroad
is signal call to the female butterfly
Will h may be wondering about in the
air. 1t is. to say the least, very in
teresting guess, and there is evidence
to prove that butterflies and moths are
summoned from distances by odors
that we would hardly noice.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18

Joliet the Illinois river Is formed by the
confluence of the Desplaines and Kan
kakee rivers. Its surface is forty feet
below that of the drainage channel,
whose waters it will receive, and one OF
the engineering problems was to lower
the waters OF the channel to this sur
face. To accomplish this certain dams
In Joliet had to be removed. others
changed; retaining walls had to be
built and legal obstacles manifold
overcome, bridges built and other work
undertaken, while the main force of
laborers were at work on the cut"
In fact, the digging of the channel
proper was the simplest part of the
| work. 1t amounted to an expenditure
of certain amount of time, labor and
| dynamite directed along well-estab-
lished lines to produce channel 1853
feet wide and from twenty-five to
twenty-eight feet deep.
The main channel, 1t should be
| understood, ends abruptly at Lockport
in wall six feet thick made of stone
and backed up by thousands of tons
of stone dumped in from the spoil
banks. There the channel widens
from 160 feet, the regulation width Of
the cut, to "windage basin" 600 feet
wide, in which the largest ships can
be turned around. This basin, OF course,
is locked on three sides by stone walls
extending seventeen feet above the sur
face of the water when the channel
will be filled. On the north wall
stands the controlling works. The
waters Of the river, when they are
turned in on some bright day in the
future, will flow uninterruptedly down
their new rocky bed to this point
! There they will encounter the stone
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
IS A QUEER CHURCH.
THAT OF FAITH REALgRs IN
PHILADELPHIA.
Flasks of whisky. Cigars, Clutches.
corsets, Trunses. and Walls of Me-
cline in Profusion--As Symbols of
nunciation.
PHILADELPHIA Letter.l

Philadelphia has the oldest place ~
worship in the world 1t is at g5@A
Somerset street, and is the local bra .ls
OF the Christian Catholic Churcl,,
otherwise the 'Zionists," who he'll
in divine healing The church is a neat,
new and well-lighted apartment, abotss
lsx50 feet in size. The wall bacs OF tle
platform, which is used as a pulpit IS
decorated In unique manner. FlAsks
OF whisky, cigars, pipes, bags al to.
bacco, clutches, plugs of chewing To-
bacco, trusses, walls of all kinds q nee
icine, corsets and many other A., eIef
have places on the wall, int sne1k SD
with Scriptural passages. Each ., tfes.s
articles is said to be the symhoi IT
remuneration of the use OF liquor =
medicine, or the material evidence Of
an escape from some malady. One
understands their significance at las,
when men and women who have eu-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
The Bntterhx,s Pocket.

From the Philadelphia Times: The
male butterflies have the proud priv
ilege of a pocket, but the pocket of a
butterfly is wonderfully made. 1t is
really an extension of the under wing
folded back on the upper side, but it
is exquisitely colored and marked like
the upper side so that it is very hard
to detect, and no one has yet discov-
cred just how it is opened, although
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
Tiresome for the Sun.

Grandmamma had been explaining
to the little girl how oilS earth is kept
from flying off into inxxnite space by
the attraction of the sun, which is con-
stantly trying to draw the earth to-
ward itself, while the latter always
keeps its distance. "Grandmamma, 2
said the little girl, 81 should think the
sun would get discouraged after q
while and let go. - Cincinnati EN-
Quirer. -
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18

Camels on the PIow in German nv
Count Skorzewski, wealthy lano
owner in Posen, Germany, has recent.
ly caused sensation among the ma
tives by employing camel instead Of
horses or oxen to draw the plow on
his estate. The experiment has proved
successful, and It is probable that ii
will be followed In other Agricultural
dastricts. Ss s!3
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
OUR COOKING SCHOOL.

blossoms

Boil two cups of graduated sugar
with one-half cup of water, without
stirring, until the syrup threads" in
cold water. Flavor with a few drops
of lemon or vanilla. AS soon as the
syrup cools little stir until IL be-
comes quite white, mix in one cupful
of hickory nut meats, and turn into
fiat tins. When cold. cut into squares.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
Cure for I.onelsness,

There is a quality in a woman.s nar
ture that is scarcely conducive to her
happiness when fate or the exigencies
OF her life demand that she shall be
much alone. Having cultivated . love
OF other persons society. she becomes
absolutely helpless when She isfforced
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18

ceiyed with open arms by. white
capped nurse. It was quite evident
that there was some use for the baby
carriage. Miss Mary Elizabeth Har-
rison was born two years ago, in In
dianapolis. Ind, when the ex-president
was abroad as 2 member Of the Vene-
zuelan commission.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18

It was not much over two years ago
than an expressman. with broad
smile and wink which signified con-
siderable, took a bright new baby
carriage from his wagon and carried
1t up the front steps of the residence
Of ex-President Harrison. The door
opened and the new vehicle was re-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
WRESTLING WITH LANDSCAPE.
The Original row.n. Got Tired o. Climb

The Original Iowans Got Tired o: Climbs
ing Hills.
Westward Of the Mississippi, the
dramatic play of physical nature
against the migrating VIII of human
beings assumes many times the inter-
est and impressiveness that it had in
the movements from the Alleghanies
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
TelltaIe Phoaorraph.

From Sydney Town and Country
Journal: Goodness. Maria, was that
phonograph open during dog fightg"
No. turned It ON last night when
you were sleeping. Perhaps you will
believe now that you -
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18

but though about me blackness reigned,
Inc door was never sliu. quite tight:
ana cross the room there sred to ma
A tiny ray of light.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18

Twas like beacon sent to save
Me from the rocks of childish fears.
AND the nameless nighttime noises
All SO dread to childish ears.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-01-18
Temperance ESEnoE.

An excellent eggnog without liquor
of any kind is nourishing and pala
table drink, IL carefully made. Beat
the yolk of one or two eggs with a de-
sired quantity Of powdered sugar, un-
til it is light and creamy; pour into a
glassful of rich milk or cream; lastly
stir in the white of the eggs beaten
to foam. This is good sedative
when taken just before going to bed.