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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30
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An Antique Treasure


more desirable. 1t is in good condi-
ton. Its brass clamps are of charm
ing design. Give me bid. Five dol.
lars? That is absurd. 1t is worth
hundred dollars If it is worth a cent.
Five-fifty? You, sir! I'm astonished.
Six-six only bid for this ANTIQUE
treasure! Seven-seventy-f
it eight! Eight-going for eight--go-
ing-going=
A woman waved an umbrella at him
"Eight-ten!" she screamed.
At sound of the voice Marcia Carton
jumped.
"Eight-ten! Going at eighteen!
Going -gone!"
The man beside the auctioneer held
out his hand for the customary deposit,
and pocketed the same while he wrote
down the name and address of the pur-
chaser. An hour later an express
wagon bore from the rear of the auc-
ton rooms the desk at which Marcia
Cartons grandmother had written her
acceptance of one marriage proposal
And the same afternoon saw the desk
IL question duly delivered at Marcia
Cartons house. With it came a note
written on the free stationery of
downtown dry goods house.
Dearest Marcia: In remembrance
of the anniversary of your marriage
to our beloved brother, to whom I am
sure you will never fail in wifely duty
and obedience, send you both, with
my dearest love and congratulations,
this ancient mahogany desk. 1t has
no duplicate in this country. 1 have
had an agent of one of the best firms
in the city looking for something of
the sort for the last three months. l
know that you, with your esthetic
tastes, will prize it as beauty deserves.
make no reference to the commercial
value of the gift. That speaks for it,
self. as inquiry will prove. Your af-
fectionate sister,
Matilda Carton Dobbs"
With slow headshake and a long
drawn breath Mrs. Carton laid down
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30
apparatus used for testing and analyz-

apparatus used for testing and analyz-
ing tea, coffee. chicory, milk, alcohol.
ETC., is displayed.
In another room are the exhibits of
the municipal veterinary department.
with fine wax models of diseased meat,
an exhibit which cannot fail to alarm
many people and which prompted a
visitor to exclaim somewhat appropri-
ately, almost thou persuadest me to
become vegetarian" Perhaps also as
warning to the frequenters of cheap
restaurants who have a weakness for
civet de lapin, there are side by side
the skeletons Of rabbit and cat.
With the exception Of the heads the
likeness between the two suggests how
easy it would be to substitute the one
for the other. Another department
deals with the vegetable supply OF
Paris, and maps show from what part
of the country the various vegetables
are obtained, with pictures of the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

the note. Not one of the Wrights
could have written such note of pre-
sentation as that!
THANK God, they Couldn't" she
said. And then. Come I'M"
Matilda Dobbs, radiant in fall finery.
rustled into the room.
You have received it safely!" she
cried, and clasped her fat hands. "Isn't
it e-le-gant?"
Indeed it Isl" returned Marcia fer
vently and honestly.
Just then fate. which will have a
finger in every pie poor mortals con-
coct, played Mrs. Matilda Carton Dobbs
scurvy trick. 1t reminded Marcia's
young brother, who happend to be
passing, that he had forgotten his foot
ball at his sisters the previous day.
He went in to get it.
"Cricky!" he yelled, and capered
like one possessed eff you amt got
grandma's old desk! learned my let
tiers on that, Marcia. See, here's where
cut my initials. l thought you said
Joe Carton was going to make you sell
all her old furniture?"
Marcia looked up. She was pretty
white. but
Brave as he who leaps the wall
BY angry musket flashes litten!
1T was sold at the auction-rooms on
Wabash avenue today, Robbie. l was
there"
"All of it?" He was staring at her in
bewilderment. How have you got
this them"
That's what I'd like to know" said
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30
Family
Code Books

The rigging up of cipher code is
said to be the most simple thing in the
worldly those who know nothing
about it. Those the larger govern
ments possess have taken years to put
together, and some of the most compe-
tent minds have been employed in their
construction, says the New York Mail
and Express.
Notwithstanding the claims Of many
newspapers. there is not single code
book that fully meets the requirements
of newspaper work. During the war
with Spain many of the correspondents
invented what is known as a blind
code, and the representatives Of GER
tain metropolitan daily, who claims to
have the finest code in the business,
yelled their heads off trying to call the
censor's attention to the fact that the
other fellow was using blind code.
THIS was because nothing could be
found in "the finest code in the bust
ness" TO convey the ideas of the COR
respondents of the sheet to their Office.
The chap with the homemade blind
code that cost about cents worth of
labor to make knew how to get his
information through every time.
A blind codeis rugged up in various
ways, but the most popular is to wire.
Send me $780," or How many words
do you want?" which sentences, while
simple enough, apparently, might mean
Simpsons fleet has begun the bonn,
bardment of Havana" the Texas has
been sunk by Spanish warship."
news Of great Importance when the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30
Secrets Flashed Over
Public Wires, Some
Are Elaborate.

censor is wide awake. as censors gen
orally are.
Business and government code have
been In use as long as the submarine
telegraph. the original high cost of
cabling being responsible for their
creation. The desire for secrecy has
encouraged the building of business
and official codes more than has the
mere question of Geographic codes.
The latest thing in the code line 10
the social one. Within the last five
years families in society have arranged
LOT their private use. Commodore ].
Pierpont Morgan and John w. Mackey
have probably the finest codes extant.
They are used exclusively for convey
ing messages of a family nature. One
OF the most successful mining opera
tors of America, whose wife and child
rem spend much time abroad.
communicates long messages to
them daily by means Of his
private code He keeps them in
formed Of all the latest society gossip
and they. in turn, convey to him how,
when and where they are being enter
tanned. This particular code book con-
tains 1926 pages and is the labor of
years, in which all the members of the
millionaire's family took part. It
contains the names of the individual
members OF all the prominent fami-
lies in society, and additions and al
terations are constantly made to the
nNrk, each side notifying the other by
II OF the improvements and increas-
ia groups and characters.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

Joe Carton. who had come in unob-
served
Marcia handed him the note. cts
an anniversary gift from Matilda" she
explained. II am delighted to have
it,
There was freezing silence. NATL.
da Dobbs arose.
"Marcia!" Her voice was sepulch-
raj: You should teach your-your
relative better manners. In the Car
ton family unseemly conduct in the
presence Of guests has never been per-
mitted young people," And she car
ried her red face and portly person
loftily away.
"Jerusalem! exclaimed Carton. He
was looking from the note to the desk
and back again. Marcia Rugged the
antique treasure. She laughed till she
cried
"Gee!" said Robbie.-chicago Tri
bune.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30
Logs Full of Catfish.

Men employed in the Joyce saw mills
near Clinton, Ia, have been enjoying
some rare sport in the way of CATCH
ing some of the immense catfish in the
hollow logs floating in the river, which
seem to be the favorite haunts Of
these fish. When the men at the log
way discover a hollow log, it is started
up the runway hollow end first, to pre-
vent the fish from splitting out. The
logs are turned up on end and the fish
are dumped out.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30
SPELLING AND PRoNouNclNo.
Names OF Places Which Do Not Come
Under the Regular Rule.

Names OF Places Which Do Not Come
Under the Regular Rule.
"In travelling around the country it
is interesting to observe the different
manner in which the same name is
pronounced, especially geographical
names and those Of Cities" said a
drummer to Detroit reporter. FOR
instance, resident of San Antonio,
Tex, would feel insulted if, Ia bis ma
tive habitat, you were to pronounce
the name of his city as it is spelled,
as one would here. or in the east. In
Texas it is San Antoine. Here, and
generally in the cast, we say Calves
ton, with the accent on the first syl-
liable. In the west it is common to
hear it placed on the second, the vest
being strongly accentuated. Il sounds
oddly thus pronounced. Los Angeles,
Cal, is frequently mispronounced in
the east and west, being called Los
Angeles The last syllable on the
Pacific coast is pronounced as though
it was spelled los, which is correct.
Helena, the capital of Montana, is
pronounced with The accent on the
first syllable. st. Helena, the island
where Napoleon died, and st. Helena,
CAL, are pronounced alike. with the
accent on the 'le.' Pierre, S.
D., is called Pierce by those
who live there, the French for
pier In Boston and New York, if
you were to call young lady named
Beatrice by her name with the accent
on the at she would not ask you to
call again. l never heard it pronounced
otherwise in Beatrice, Neb., or in the
west. In the east, we say Manitoba
with the accent on the to- In the
province Of Canada it is 'Manitobah,'
with the accent on the last syllable.
This is the usual pronunciation of the
northwest, also. In Washington they
pronounce Spokane as though the
final e. were elided, thus: 'Spocan.'
We say 'Spocane.' The capital of Ida
no is generally pronounced as written,
lin one syllable, Boise Out there they
call 1t 'Boisee,' making two syllables,
but running them quickly together.
The second city in New Mexico is pro-
nourced in the north with three syl-
tables, 'querque' being the terminal.
Down there it is divided into four, like
this: 'Al-bu-quer-kee.'
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

ern iron hospital bed and aseptic
furniture such as are used now in the
hospitals. In no case is wood employ
ed, but only enameled iron or hard
ware. The spittoons have cone
shaped inner pan dipping into water
which contains in solution some ants
optic. There is also cylinder which
can hold fourteen spsitloons. Below
by means of a gas burner water is
warmed. There is a safety valve on
one side, thermometer on the other,
and the steam generated disinfects the
contents. These are now used in
nearly all the hospitals, though but a
short time ago they were employed
only in case of phthisis.
In another corner are samples of the
wheat, flour, ETC., employed at the
municipal bakery where the bread for
all the hospitals is made. Next to this
is compartment which is fitted up
moro like small drawing room. This
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30


mushrooms that are ebidle and those
that are poisonous. The exhibit in
cludes the methods for detecting the
effects of poisonous alimentary sub
stances. Here as shown the appara-
tus devised by Professor Marcy to re-
cord cardiac movements and a pump
where vacuum is produced by fall
of mercury, which is used to extract
gases from the blood The adjoining
room is allotted to the demography
of Paris, where the growth of the popu-
lation may be studied, and by it's side
is large division containing every
sort of information, plans and draw
ings concerning the domains of the
town, its parks and gardens, it's dis
trict town halls, the lands which it
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30
Some Notable Exhibits at the Great Fair--An Apparatus
For Taking Samples of Water.

The exhibit at the Paris fair of the
Paris municipality is full of interest,
and especially so is the showing Of
the health department.. The Paris
municipal laboratory is proud of it's
archaeological researches, and for this
purpose has special department
called the "Salle de Pasteur." 1t shows
photographs Of colonies of the bacillus
coli and isolated bacilli, of the typhoid
apparatus, DR.. Roux's culture stove
and other aids to bacteriology. M.
Ogier has an apparatus for taking
samples OF water. The bottle stands
on heavy slab of lead, to which it is
held by brass frame, and can be used
without touching with the hand while
taking the sample. Further, all the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

childrA thus abandoned from 1893 to
1897 &MAuring this century the maxi
ms $3.50 IN 1876.
Ct. Of The disinfecting stations
'gssaaaasaisalHy thesain fsasssss5ssEsss
as separated from tn and
how the attendants purify their uni
forms, change all their clothes and
take douche before they are allowed
to go from one side to the other and
mix with the general population Dunn
my figures represent the attendants in
their uniforms, and also the nurses
who help remove the fever cases to the
isolation hospitals. On the walls are
diagrams showing the prevalence of
various contagious and infectious dis
eases in various parts of the town;
also the quarters which it is neces-
sary to disinfect most frequently.
Specimens of different clothing mater
ial before and after disinfection are ex
hibited.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

BY way of warming and ventilating
there is huge earthenware and porta-
Bile receptacle that looks like an urn.
Inside of this some sort of smokeless
fuel, presumably charcoal, used to be
burned, and it was brought close to the
bed OF the patients, thus helping still
further to poison the atmosphere.
The bed, bed table, chairs, ETC., are of
wood. Immediately opposite is a mod
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30
The Missionary and the Boxer.

!, While the Rev. l. T. Headland was
preaching at the street chapel in Pc
kin, half dozen of the turbulent class
known as Boxers came into the chapel,
bent upon creating disturbance.
They sat down in different parts OF
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

George the Third, ETC., to all, ETC.:
Know We that for divers good caus-
es and considerations, but more espec-
tally for and in consideration of the
sum of Twenty Shillings of good and
lawful money for our use paid to our
Receiver General of our Revenues in
this our Colony and Dominion of yir-
sin1a, We have Given, Granted ann
Confirmed, and by these present for rs
our heirs and successors. do give
Grant and confirm unto Thomas .Te,.
ferson, one certain Tract or parcel of
land. lying and being in the County Of
Botetourt, including the Natural
Bridge on Cedar Greek. branch a.
James River. and bounded as follows 3
ETC.
Doubtless the irascibles old kim
changed his opinion OF the great dec
laration writer not long after, and was
probably sorry he sold him this mar
yelous and derful specimen q
natures Tor go shillins.,
tions.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

their parental judgment. Furthermore,
they should be constantly mindful that
they have in charge not only son
but an uncompleted man who is soon
to become their contribution to the
manhood Of the world. They there
fore owe dual duty, which demands
On the one hand that the education OF
the son be undertaken as help to
his success in life, and on the other
that this education shall promise for
the maturing man the equipment nee
essary to insure his value as an addi-
tlon to civilized humanity Before he
leaves home to enter upon his student
lie, his sympathy with these purposes
should be fully aroused, and he should
be impressed with the Importance of
Keeping them steadily in view. He
should also take with him to his new
surroundings love of truth and hon.
or, a cheerful, manly disposition and
truly democratic incinations. With
these his collegiate advent must be-
suspicious, and his future life we'll
guarded against failure Lacking
these, his way is made immensely
more difficult and uncertain"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30
mas bought in the provinces for asy-
lums, convalescent homes etc.
Hospital Exhibit.

A1O3PAtdA LxnlD1C
The next department though most
serious and technical, is arranged so
that it does not fail to attract the gen
eral public and serves as a useful OBJ
ject lesson. 1t deals with the hospi-
tails, all of which, with a few ex-
ceptions, are under the management
of the municipality. Here is an old
fashioned four-posted bed, such as was
employed at the Hotel Dieu hundred
years ago, and in which four patients
had to sleep. These patients are life
sized lay figures. Three are in bed,
one with his head at the bottom of the
bed and his feet up by the faces of the
other two patients. The fourth pa
tient is sitting at the foot of the bed,
SO that the visitors may see the style
OF clothes that used to be provided in
the hospitals
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30
london Leads in Commerce.

London has larger commerce than
any other city in the world. Liver
pool comes next, and Hamburg prob
ably ranks third, although Antwerp
closely approaches her.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30
Economist on Employ mont.

Economist on Employ ment
A well-known economist has figured
out that out of ninety eight chief ma
tional industries in a given year only
Twenty-Five gave men work three hun
dred days in the year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

A new Italian edict re-establishea
chaplains in the navy. The Francis
can order is to have charge of the SER
vice, the Queen of Italy and the Ouch
ess d'Osta assuming the EXPENSES
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-18

Champ Clark proves himself
the true friend of education aud
a free press by introducing a
bill in Congress to place paper
and the materials that enter
into its manufacture on the free
list. Bnt it will receive no de.
cent attention from the present
Congress, which is the plant
tool of the trusts. 1t is aston.
ishing that in this age of intel
lgence ana in Il country that
loves to boast of it's freedom,
we should fine the press ham
pered by law-reel1ing with
Dark Age injustice aud stupid
ity-that is more deadly to it's
existence than the rigid censor.
ship of a despotism And the
most dangerous feature of the
law is its evident purpose to
weaken and destroy the infu-
ence of free press, by making
it impossible for any class of
periodicals to exist except those
that are sustained by large az
gregations of capital or by spec
lal combinations. all of which
are to Il degree subServient to
trust Influences. The law that
brought the paper trust into eX-
lStenCe aud enables it to live,
was aimed directly at the coun-
try press, the last defender of
the peoples's rights. With the
independent country press out
of the way the path to Imperial,
ism will be straight and smooth.
There ought to be no difficulty
in having the tariff removed
from paper and printing mate,
rails, for in financial sense if
benefits no one except the
trusts, which are outlaws un.
der the statutes and should be
made to suffer the penalty OF
their illegal acts. But we can
expect no relief from a Con.
gress that is wholly subservient
to trust influences. Mississippi
Valley Democrat.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-18
AN ERA OF FlNANCIERING.

This is going to be a bust.
ness administration. Mark
Hanna. Inauguration day.
Hanna. Mckinley & Co, cap
ital--United States Treasury;
business unlimited; motto:
keep out of sight everything
in sight"
l.. j. Gage. Secretary OF the
Treasury-Controls favoritism
for the Standard Oil Bank.
Elias II. Roberts, United
States Treasurer-Helps Gage.
f. A. Vanderlip, Assistant
Secretary of Treasury-Helps
Gage and Roberts.
Elihu Root, Secretary of War
Side deals with Standard Oil
Bank.
Perry S. Heath, Assistant
Postmaster General-Helps
bank in which he and Mark are
stockh olders, with post office
deposits.
Abner Neutrality-suspicious.
outside deals.
God reigns and the Republi-
can party still lives. Mark
Hanna.
Scandal follows upon scan
dial. Many of the officials of
the Administered on will be
brought into disrepute through
their connection with various
banking institutions while hold
ing Government positions.
Post office, Treasury, War and
Colonial Bureau officials, and
even the President himself are
involved.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-18
FACTORIES.

The Iron Clad Overall factory
at Hannibal is doing well. AT
ter one years run the stock
holders ale figuring on increas
ing the capital from $4,000 to
$4,000. Why not as a begin
ming start the Hay Loader fac.
tory in Monroe City. Here is
what the Stoutsville Banner
says of Monroe.
THE Monroe City DEMOCRAT
is urging the business men of
that city to invest in manufac-
turing establishments. There
is nothing that will build up a
town faster than labor EN-.
ploying institutions. 1t keeps
the money at home, gives work
for the laboring class, increases
the value ofproperty and builds
up a city in every respect.
The situation of Monroe CITY
causes it to be good location
for manufactures"
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-18
Churches.

BAPTlST-Dean J. T.. Pentuf. Sun
ply Preaching every Sunday
morning and evening SUNDAY
school at 9:4j.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-18
PARDONS CRIMINALS.

The New York World figures
that President Mckinley during
the two years and five months
of his term has pardoned $40
criminals and Commuted the
sentences of 1875 others, thus
breaking the record of any of
his predecessors. This does
not include the case of General
Egan.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-18

1885 VS. $3.50 and don't you
forget it.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-18

Nearly every mail brings
some marked copy of a paper
containing favorable mention
of some candidate of State
office. Time is too precious in
this Office to read such articles
not accompanied by something
more attractive. Albany Index,
w. A. Sullivan came off the
road to spend Sunday with his
family. He left Sunday night
for st. Louis to attend the an
nual meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Safety Fund
Life Association.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-18
City Directory
CITY OFFICIALS,

>,, UT OFFICIALS
y a" ., - .samucNorlh
Marshal. .'..... ..........".... wv. Stephens
civ C y,,J."'y Cos. .. r. L. Woodson.
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Assessor co. '''.'''' ''i,.,;I pn H. Sl.n'
street Commits sionor .............J. s, Jarmop.
Grad ady.'.'"" firs' ""'d-J. >. Scott II.
a a' ""rd-D. a. Ely. J. W. non.
luiFo ""rd-A. Boulware, D. d. Nelson
'ooio'ieS'
'louF'eI''''i'r No.bl. A. f..
G " ~, U.s. meets l'rSt and third,5aCur-
~, ''.,'' '"'i'Oil'
,naa.y , ,.'.' ~, ~ Cn"p'er, No. lO4
N,, '...O'' "I"huay nights in each
ODD rFrl,ye u,..., ,.,
No oas ,,,,.. ~, W. 'lOy Lodge,
'''.--' every thursday night.
meets FIRST and tti,,g a rr NO, 1885,
of each month '''o''y nights
rno
,rh,n,5s. VI a > VIII meet query
hall.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-18
HOME-SEEKERS EXCURSION.

Tickets for the Home Seekers
Excursions will be sold over the
Burlington r, r., Jan, 16, Feb.
9th goth, March 6th.20th, and
April 3rd and 18th, 1900.
Rates, one fare plus $500.
j. l.. LYON Agt.