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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11

war correspondent with the Brit
ish army in South Africa. A. G. Hales,
in a recent dispatch to a London paper
scathingly denounces the officials in
charge of the army commissary both
at home and in South Africa, and con-
dennis the unwonted display of red
tape which impedes the work and eff
cheney of the troops, all of which he
classes as criminal neglect. He says:
Let me tell you how our army in
Africa is treated by the incompetent
people of the good city of London. I
will deal now, particularly, with the
men who are acting under the COM
mand of Gen. Sir Leslie Rumble. This
good soldier and courteous gentleman
has to hold a frontage line from Win
burg, via Senekal, almost to the bor-
ders of Basutoland. His whole front,
extending nearly a hundred miles, is
constantly threatened by an active,
dashing, determined enemy-an enemy
who knows the country far better than
an English fox hunting squire knows
the ground he hunts over season after
season. To hold this vast line intact
Gen. Rumble has to march from point
co point as his scouts warn him OF the
movements of the tireless foe.
Gen. Rundle's task is colossal one,
and any sane man would think that
gigantic efforts would be made to keep
him amply supplied with food for his
soldiers. But such is not the case. The
men are absolutely starving. Many of
the infantrymen are so weak that they
can barely stagger along under the
weight of their soldierly equipment.
They are worn to shadows and move
with weary, listless footsteps on the
march. This is what the soldiers get to
eat, what they have been getting to
eat for long time past, and what they
are likely to get for long time to
come:
Zone pound of raw flour, which the
soldiers have to cook after hard days
march, is served out to each man every
alternate day. The following day he
eats one pound of biscuits. In this
country there is no fuel, excepting a
little OK dung, dried BY the sun. II a
soldier is lucky enough to pick up
little, he can go to the nearest water,
of which there is plenty. mix his cake
without yeast or baking powder and
make some sort of wretched mouth
full. He gets one pound of raw fresh
meat daily, which. nine times out of
ten. he cannot cook, and there his sup
plies end.
What has become OF the rations of
rum, of sugar, OF tea, of cocoa, OF gro
ceries generally? Ask at the snug little
railway sidings where the goods are
stacked-and forgotten. Ask in the big
stores in Cape Town and other seaport
towns. Ask in your own country, where
countless thousands Of pounds worth of
food stuff lie rottipg il the warehouses,
49, with red tape
stop at asking, demand Veparation Of
somebody high up in power.
Don't let some wretched underling
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
Kansas women II, Evidence.

Kansas women continue "a keep In
evidence One Of theme ran i state
convention the other day and com
PEELED the nomination OF her candidate
for the supreme bench. Another, the
wife Of the mayor and banker IN her
town. runs the best hotel in the state,
SO 1t is called. It is y cottage but lit
tile larger than the ordinary. It is
beautifully furnished and she superin-
tends the cooking and the serving. The
table is said by travellers to excel any
thing Of the kind In the west, and she
Is getting rich on her own account.
Her husband has nothing to do with
the affair. He dimes there like any
other man.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
The REQUISITE. Of Government.

The requisites of government are
that there be suficiency of food. suf-
ficiency of military equipment and
confidence Of the people in their ruler.
If he cannot 50 helped, and one Of
these must be dispensed with, the
military equipment should be fore
gone first. If it cannot be helped,
and one of the remaining two must
be dispensed with. part with the food.
From of old death has been the lot of
men, but if the people have no faith
in their rulers there is no standing
for the state onfucius.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
Furniture OF Match Boxes.

Perhaps the oldest suite of furni-
ture in the world is owned by hotel
keeper in Buda- Pesth. For many
years he has made it his business to
collect match boxes, Of which he has
now collection Of 1000. He ordered
skilled cabinet-maker to equip a
room with furniture made of these
boxes. The outfit consists of a writ
ing table with smoking apparatus. q
fire screen, cabinet, chair and
other smaller articles. Though boxes
are empty they are adjusted so
ingeniously that the pieces are fully
as strong as the ordinary furniture.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
england manufacturing com.

e g
England manufacturing conn
hich has taken a contract to
Large number of hats for the
states government, has aban-
10 old plan of fines for care
and consequent mistakes on
OF its employees, and herewith
Eard skillful work by advances
Is and by money prizes. There
doubt that the plan will prove
|pne, both for the firm and for
toyes, and that \Uncle Sans
1Rl yet better b e in conss-
~ i / x
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11

Gerhardt Hauptmann is among the
greatest Of dramatic poets Of the time.
He has been made known and much
discussed In this country by the pro-
sluction OF his plays. notably Han
gnele, The Weavers' and "The Sunk
en- Bell" He has been accepted by
some people as the successor Of
Goethe, in Germany. But even II that
is too much, there can be no, question
Of his remarkable power. He has writ
ten some fifty plays and published q
little volume OF sketches. The first
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11

on November Is, 1862. His father was
the proprietor Of the chief hotel, and
had a family OF four children, one
daughter and three sons. He first dis
played talent as a sculptor, and he
went to Breslau to study. but he did
not. learn or develop. and, SO he left
the Kuntschule. He had completed
his first drama In the meantime, ..Inge-
borg. founded on the Swedish poet
Tegner's FIRTH fsaga.'. 1t was an
attempt to glorify Germanic mythol-
ogy, but Hauptmann did not follow up
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11

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piece which made him famous in Ger
many was Before Sunrise but the
works mentioned are the only ones
which have made him familiar to us
in this country. He has been accused
Of having founded himself on 1bsen,
but that charge is quite easily dis
proved by his work, which has. espe-
cially in "Hannele' and "The Sunken
Bell brilliant quality Of poetic i'm
agination, mystic and symbolical.
Sometimes he goes too far beyond the
general intelligence to win universal
appreciation, but his poetry takes a
high flight and carries itself with great
dramatic power.
Hauptmann was born in small
silesian watering place, Obersalzbrunn,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
for progressive, yet cautious, admins
tration Of his collegiate charge.
About q Popular Foreigner,

About a Popular Foreigner.
The dooryard flower gardens are dot
ted with peoples Of all kinds. from the
little single red fellows to ones that
look almost like the big white-headed
double chrysanthemums. Although
the poppy is quite favorite In this
country, none Of the family Is native
to the soil. All Of our peoples came
from the old world. In England, Scot
land and Italy the graceful scarlet
poppy blossoms In the wheatfelds and
grows wild in waste places. Among
the ruins Of ancient Rome this bril-
liant flower blooms luxlrtantly. it's
very hardy. and. though an annual.
scatters its seed SO we'll that they
come up from year to year in gardens
where they have once been planted.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11

b . M u g..
recent meeting of the Academy
noes in Paris. Mr.. G. BONNER
led a note concerning some very
ling experiments in grating
the results Of which contradict
generally accepted opinion that
|ants belonging to the same bo-i
family can be successfully
upon one another. Mr.. Bon
owed that recently plants Of en-
Inherent families had been
With success, for example, the
pom the lilac, the kidney-bean
castor-oil bean, and the cab.
b the tomato.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
(lIG known that many deer sea amt

known that many deep sea ami
phosph orescent in high de-
MI. G. G. Nutting, discussing
homenon in the American Nat
maintains that the quantity
emitted by such animals is SO
to supply over definite areas
pa bottom sufficient illumina-
to render visible the coiors Of the
als themselves. Some cephalo-
O. are furnished with apparatus
III rejects the light from their
phorescent bodies upon the sea
I ;fkcfn over which they float. This
ssG cting apparatus is spoken Of as
ncient bull's-eye lantern for use
the through the abyssal dark
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11

asking. He lives on low land near
Sioux Falls, and as q result of the re-
cent heavy rainfall in that part Of the
state, part Of his land was for. a time
under water. Several hives Of his bees
had been under water several hours
when he discovered them. He and an
assistant. carried the recently, sub
merged hives to dry land. Hobbs
thought there was no doubt about the
bees all being dead. and rescued the
hives solely for the purpose Of recoy-
ering and saving the honey. But. to
his great surprise, he discovered on
opening the hives that his bees were
still alive.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11

his intention to any completion. He
went to Jena in 1882. and later started
from Hamburg on tour to Spain and
the Mediterranean. He was taken i'll
with fever, when he returned. and
was nursed back to health by Marie
Thienemann, whom he married in
1885. After another excursion through
Europe gradually he became one of the
principal figures in the literary set Of
Germany. and his powers began to de-
velop until he won his first widespread
acknowledgment, which has been in
creasing steadily, until his name is
known now all over the world. He
has still greater future. for he is not
yet at the full development OF his pow
ers,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
Growth Of Eastern cities.

We continue to get surprises in the
figures of the new census. and the most
astonishing of them all is the showing
Of Omaha, Neb.. whose population is
shown to have actually diminished no
less than 26 per cent during the past
ten years. There seems to be no
doubt that our eastern cities have been
growing faster than those Of the west
during the last decennial period.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11

BY common consent the smartest
haymaker in Windham, Me-, is voted
to be Miss Bertha Field, aged 10 years,
and weight lis pounds. Her employer
declares that she has done the full.
work Of . man during the haying sea-
son.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11

sc0rding to recent experiments by
pilas Tetard. widely known
ch agriculturist. wheat and other
n can be protected against the
- of crows. which are particu-
nd of the grain when its sprouts
lshing above the ground,
the seeds before they are
q mixture of coal-tar, Pc
ID picnic acid This treat
b delays the growth Of the
day or two. but causes no
imparts an odor which is in
E11rabae to the crows, but which dis
6ppsarS after the sprouts have at
i3noA Z larger growth, when they are
RI longer subject to attack.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11

ies life like obedi-
mes think we are be-
that life is a very
lcated affair. It is
life is simply doing
kiH Of God. There is
lone duty for one mo-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11

ing ~ reports Of a French
exploring expedition in
i Algsria. that country pos
I petroleum bearing basin rich
"a esembling in its geological
the petroleum beds OF Galicia
2I1r consul at Marseilles,
ports that several COM
ready made application
government for permits
wells in this newly dis
eum district.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11

3 0mcial in Porto Rico says
|efeeM months ago there were
q ~ three thousand cases Of
cn the island; in the past
Ashs not a single death from
u mas been reported to the
heafh, What has wrought
The answer may be read
4 That the names of nearly
dred thousand persons are
r. the vaccination list of the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11

30 an Arizona rancher
flowing notice on a cot
not far from his place
" wife Sarah has left
Rn ] didn't Do a thing to,
ant 1t distinkly under
~ Man as takes her in.
her on my account will
jumped SO Full Of Led
herfoot will locate him
o1nlw: A word to u
Ind or.ter work on
st a
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11

line Of experience to
te are our own best
are our own worst
/ learn.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
cigars Made by Electricity.

1t is said that, owing to the intro
duction OF electricity for the manu-
facture OF cigars, cigarettes and to-
bacco several thousands Of hands will
soon be thrown out Of work. One ma
chine is said to produce 10000 cigar
cites and 5000 pounds Of cut tobacco
a minute.
Soft crabs are exceptionally. scarce
this year on the Atlantic coast.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
I Bees survive Under Water.

Are honey bees amphibious Is a
auestid which J. M Hobbs o. Yank-
tim cot ty, South Dakota, the most
extensive Reekeeper IN the state. is
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11

Of trade competition
decade has prompted
utilize an extraordi-
impressing foreign
Her superiority. The
q to scatter broadcast
mercial world British ex-
Atters Of trade to lecture
mAnufactures in every inn
kommercial center of the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11


III Italy has been very
te. It is estimated that
ast year 2,40O duels were
de kingdom, which yielded
. deaths. The Chinese way
avenI is more civilized on
The Apraged inhabitant of
empire is as likely as
nit suicide on his enemy's
order to do him as great
IS possible. And a suicide
IL circumstances in China
As Ahrow the foe into ter
Ink. oying to the supposed
lnck such aan incident brings to
Efpueoh holder,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
n yourself into a
ulsst hammer and
q million visitors
En1nla had only ss7.-


drous angel Of life
the stones of sor-'
from the pathway
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11
PROF M,CR.ACKEN.

States. He is at the head Of West
minister University, Fulton, Mo-,
where already. he is winning laurels
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-11

Fiaed for Burning Rat 4
Justice Dooley Of Chicago has decid-
ed that .the rats an animal and
has nned James Poulliss for burning
one.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-06-01

Now that the dredging of the
Ship Island bar is completed
and ships drawing 234 feet of
water pass safely, the future of
Gulfport as a grain. cotton and
fruit port is assured. Property
is advancing steadily in price.
Now is the time to invest. for
prices will soon be out of reach
of all except capitalist. North
Gulfport lots are now selling for
$1,000. Call on or write for
map.
NJ. V. Dudley
Canton Miss.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-06-01
In Buying

Silverware you should exercise
a good judgment Remember,
all is not gold that glitters; and
some dealers are willing to handle
inferior goods that look lust as
nice but they won't stand any
wear. You can find the trade
mark of every reputable silver
manufacturer stamped on our
goods, and the prices are just as
reasonable in proportion to the
quality we keep.
II. c. SIEDE.
Jeweler.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-06-01
A Guaranteed Paint.
Beautify, Protect. and Pre-
serve Your Property.
GUARANTEES:

PARIAN PAINTS are GUARAN-
TEED not to chalk, crack, rub
off, peel nor blister.
PARIAN PAINTS adhere to
wood, tin, iron, galvanized
iron, stone or tile.
PARIAN PAINTS will preserve
their color.
PARIAN PAINTS dry hard,
with an enamel-like gross that
is permanent, and that can be
washed or scrubbed.
PARIAN PAINTSare not effect
ed by ammonia, carbonic, sui
phurous or other gases
PARIAN PAINTS are not effect
ed by salt water nor sea
breezes.
PARIAN PAINTS will not cause
painters collie or lead poison
ing.
PARIAN PAINTS will cover
more surface and outlast all
other paints.
PARIAN PAINTS will only
come off by wear.
NJ. Alexander, sole agent for
Canton, Miss. I1-4t
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-06-01
MILLINERY.
Miss Mary Walker

has just returned from a pur-
chasing tour, and has in stock
the prettiest. nobbiest and most
stylish stocks in all lines and
grades ever offered to the public
in Canton to which she invites
the attention of purchasers Call
and inspect goods and prices,
she will please and satisfy you.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-06-01
Sprained Ankle
Quickly ured.

"At one time l suffered from a
severe sprain of the ankle says
Geo. f. Cary. editor of the
Guide, Washington, Va. After
using several we'll recommended
medicines without success, /
tried Chamberlain Pain Balm,
and am pleased to say that relief
came as soon as l began its use
and a complete cure speedily
followed. - Sold by b.. E. Jones.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-06-01
Buff Cohin Chickens.

Fine lot of young Cooke rls
n)w on hand ready for service.
For sale by
GEORGE HANDY
Canton Miss.
3 Months.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-06-01
Application fer License 10
Retail.

qlors in less quantities than one
gallon in the City of Canton
Miss. for tho period of twelve
months. That he is a resident
OF said City OF Canton and over
the age of q years and d quail
fed voter therein and that such
liquors are to be sold by him in
the house now occupied by him
IS Ii saloon on the West Side of
the Public Square aud ON the
west side of Union Street in said
city of Canton, under the firm
name of Vic. Trolio and he asks
hat such license be granted to
him.
VIcToR ALEXANDER TROLIo.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
MADISON COUNTY, .
CITY OF CANTON
70 THE HONORABLE BOARD OF
MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF THE
CITY oF.CANTON, MISSISSIPPI
The undersigned petitioners
resnectfully state that they and
each of them are qualified volers
of the City of Canton, Miss, and
reside therein. That Victor
Alexander Trollo the applicant
tur license to sell vinous. Spiri-
tuous and malt liquors in less
quantities than one gallon i'll
said City Of Canton on the west
side Of the Public Square and on
the west side of Union Street at
the stand now occupied by him
as a doom in said City of Cam
ron, is resident of said City of |
Caution. over the age of 81 years
and qualified voter therein and
that they and each of them re-
go amend the said Victor Alex
a der Trolio to be of good reputa
ton and a sober and suitable
person to receive such license
aud they therefore ask your
honorable Body to grant to him
such license for period of IL
months.
VICTOR ALEXANDER TRoLIO.
William Western Bucker
Gerald George Farral
Victor Alexander Trolio
Walter Tr0lio
Robert Walker Durfey
William West Warren
Louis Phillip Hossley
Alexander Stuart Handy
William Nohner derson
Charles Coatsworth Pinckney Hen
bernard Levy
Alexander Lucreece Aaron
Henry Clay Gage
Francis Bingham Pratt
William Waugh Cunningham
George Washington Prichard
Marcellus Lee Dinkins q. Gilman
William Clark Walker. Wit. Chas.
Michael Wohner
Alexander Weber
Michael Augustus Harkin
Henry Christian Hansen. {
Anthaires Purviance {
Howard Galloway Ross \
Willie Thomas Crstin
Michael O'Mara. Wit. Chas. c. Gillmor /
Willie Mosal
Louis Lindenann r
Martin Gross. r
John Wohner :
Philip BARLEY
Spencer Arimer Smith t
Pietro Trolio g
John Minnick {
George Morgan MartZ
Joseph PArlinsky
William Hamilton Powell
Louis Lehman
a oraham Tuteur q
Leou Loeb. Jr 4
Joe Buckinani =
William David Owen Jr u
Bernhard Oscar Is
Marion Albert Bell t
Charles DE March, n
John Francis O'Malley
Beauregard Francis Galvani s.
Charles st. John IL
Thomas Shackleford Priestley : in
William Mortimer Wood Gillmor II
Andrew jackson Lewis Wit. c. G.. "
Joseph Walker Garrett Jr u
Edward O'Malley o.
John Leone Jr Al
James Daley ~
Jacob Aaron
Israel Price Aayfield
Felix Hitler di
Frank Merriweather Howard
Louis Napoleon Kiser r.
William Owen Baldwin
Henry Purvianee
William Kin Baldwin
Samuel Kohu
Ca.rga William Covinptou -
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-06-01

hllOuSO raul orTlch
Harry b. Priestley
Charles Mas
William Henry Harrison Dudley
Walter Newton Smith
Huron Wilkinson Nirden
John William Stcne
Green berg Ridgley Kemp
John George Martz
Thomas Harris
Frank Chambers McAllister
Robert John Garrett
David Fulton
William Dangerfeld Smith
John Joseph Molony
Grees (x)Colemau. Wit &C. Gillmo
Louis Keiffer Levy
William Percy Baldwin
A lbert Henry Gross
William McBriade Yandell
Eugene Hesdorffsr
William Lee Dinkins
Angelo Garbarins
Mathew Hitler
Emile Levy
Aron Henry Lehman
Al bert Hesdorffer
David Mayer Hitler
George II indy
William Schneider
Nathan Hitler
Edwin Beamon
rson Edgar Nangum
James Smith
George Gillian Shackleford
Lawrence Foot
Isodore Hesdorffer
William Benjamin Wiener
Leopold Stem
Rem Noses Hesdorffer
julius Gross Loeb
James Robinson lights
Christian Olsen
John Thomas Schick
Reu ben Jones
Harry Tardy Huber
John william Owen
Carroll Smith Jr
AlonZa Newton
Robert John Murphy
John Handy
Henderson Mckenzie Parrot
Chas. Shackleford Priestley
Joseph Aaron
Newton Handy
Robert franklin Maynor
Martin Napoleon Arnold
Timothy Jones Jewett
William Bennett Jones
Benjamin Leacock Roberts
John Sylvester De March,
Harry Battley Greaves
Rotterdam Amer Cochran
William Fell Anderson
William Henry Sidell Gould
George Bolivar Lee.
,SATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
MADISON COUNTY,
CITY OF CANTON.
The foregoing application Of
7ictor Alexander TroIio to sell
nous, spirituous and malt H.
uors in less quantities than one
alIon in the City of Canton.
Mississippi and the foregoing
etition of the qualified electors
f said City of Canton asking
nat such license be granted and
commenting said Victor Alex.
nder Trolio to be of good re-
utation and a sober and suita-
lie person to receive such license |
as this day presented to the
oard of Mayor and Aldermen
said City of Canton at a re-
llar meeting of said Board of
-ayor and Aldermen and filed
accordance with law.
Witness my hand this 30th day
May 1900. B. MAS.
ity Clerk and Clerk of the
GARD of Mayor and Aldermen of
e City of Canton, Miss.
FATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
ADDISON COUNTY,
TY OF CANTON.
l, B. Mas. city clerk and clerk
the Board of Mayor and AL
rmeu of the city of Canton,
reby certify that the foregoing
a true and correct copy OF
e application of Victor Alexand r
'olio for license to sell vinous.
and malt liquors in
S. quantities than on e gallon
said city of Canton. And of
e petition of said qualified cleo
rs of said city of Canton and
the certificate of fling same as
pears from the original now
tile at my office,
Witness my hand this 30th :
y of May 1900.
B. MAS,