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

languages of Europe. There were
women Crusoes. twin Crusoes, 'Crusoes
without an island. French, German,
Italian Crusoes, and many others.
"Swiss Family Robinson" was one OF
them, ev'Acntiy the only one worthy
to live. u was translated into French
in 1918 by tha Baroness de Montolieu,
another Swiss writer, and in 1924 she
wrote continuation Of the story that,
like the continuation Of Robinson
Crusoe" is not thought to be nearly
so good as the original story.
Probably in all history there is no
case of book becoming so completely
separated from its author-at least,
not modern book. 1t has been read
and loved by generation after genera
ton of children and their elders, and
yet in most of the many editions
which are issued yearly no name is
printed on the title page.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

William c. Royal, wealthy resident
of Georgetown, Penn, who died. on
May 81 and whose will has been Just
probated, devised his entire estate,
valued conservatively at $50 900, to the
sM Woman Branehsas- the ,Pennsyl vania
Society for the Prevent Welt,
to Animals. Mr.. Royal devises - Ms
widow, Emily L. Royal, his "horse3
dogs and any other animals l may
possess. But should my wife be 50
situated at any time as to make the
care of said animals inconvenient OF
burdensome, then and in that case it
is my wish that upon her request the
care or custody of said animals shall
devolve upon the Woman's Branch of
the Pennsylvania Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

A German engineer has hit upon a
very happy use for the photograph
instead of guide at exhibitions. The
new device will be used for the first
time at the automobile exhibition at
Berlin; any visitor to the exhibition
will need but to call the attendant,
who will put the roller containing the
description of the exhibit in question
into the photograph, and he will then
be able to learn, "by word of ma
chine" all the details of the object
he is DESTROYS of enquiring into. The
apparatus will not repeat long, mo-
notonous harangue such as one is ac-
customed to hearing from guides at
exhibitions and in cathedrals; the Wis
itor can break off his conversation
with his unseen guide at will, and
have any remark repeated as often as
he likes.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30
FORGOTTEN.
LITTLE KNOWN OF AUTHOR OF
.'3WlSS AMlLY ROBINSON"
Certain It Is, However. That His Lite of
Forty-Nine Years Was Useful One
1t Was Variation of Robinson Cru
So. and Deserves to Live.

There are many cases in the history
OF books where famous writer's names
have lived long after people had for
gotten their writings, but it is not
common ror a book to last after it's
author has been forgotten. Readers
are naturally Interested in the writer's
who instruct and entertain them and
they wish to know how they lived and
looked, how they wrote, and how they
talked, whether they were poor or
r1ch-almost every reader asks these
questions after he has finished reading
a book that he has enjoyed. And in
some cases where great books have
been handed down the ages without
trace OF the men who wrote them
the book of Job and the great German
Nibelungen Lied are two of this sort
men have spent a whole lifetime try
Ing to find some trace of their writer's.
1t is very strange, therefore, that so
widely known book for young folks
as Swiss Family Robinson" should
have lived nearly ninety years, while
the very name of the Swiss scholar
who wrote it is known to few.
Its author, Johann Rudolf Wyss
pronounced Vees), was born at Bern,
Switzerland, March IS, 1871. Very lit
tie is known about him now, but it is
very certain that his life of forty-nine
years was useful one. He was pro-
lessor and librarian in his native
town, and wrote several books on the
legends and traditions of Switzerland.
He was also poet, and one of the
Swiss national hymns was written by
him. He died March 80 1880.
Swiss Family Robinson" like a
great many other we'll known books,
seems to have been written simply
for its authors own pleasure Such
books frequently become very popu-
lar, for what pleases good writer is
apt to please other people far more
than the most studied work. 1t was a
variation of Robinson Crusoe," and
was written in German and published
in 1872. After Robinson Crusoe'
was published in England many imi-
tations of it appeaned in the different
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

And if he is great, he knows that he
shall succeed. One Of the members of
the Russian imperial cabinet, Monsieur
White, minister of finance, is one of the
most powerful and important men in
the empire. Highly esteemed and
trusted by the emperor, he is respected
and honored by the representatives of 4
foreign powers. Yet Monsieur WITH
is of humble origin-a fact which,<
Russia, where every circumstance fa
ors the man of noble blood above TIL
plebeian, has counted for much against,
him. Monsieur White, in his early
life, after an imperfect education, was
made station-master at small and I'M
important railway station in southern
Russia The war between Russia and,
sands Of soldiers had to be transported
into Roumania and Bulgaria. One day
Monsieur WHITE, in his station, received
Geographic instructions to make GER
tain arrangements in connection with
the passage Of these troops along the
line. In Russia orders from a high
source, connected with the affairs Of
the government, are terrible things, not
to be disobeyed. But this young man;
saw that obedience in the present In
stance would create great confusion, IL
not positive disaster. His superiors
had told him to do the wrong thing
He ventured to violate his instructions,
and to do the right thing The pres
ident of the railway summoned the
young man before him, and asked why
he had presumed to disobey his tele-
graphic orders in matter of such vast
consequence. Monsieur Witte told
him why, and convinced him that he,
the station-master, was right, and that
the orders were wrong. Instead Of re-
moving or Furnishing him, the chief of
the road advanced him. Afterward
this railway president, Monsieur Wich-
negdradski, was called to st. Peters,
burg to assume place in the imperial
cabinet. Remembering the man who
had so successfully disobeyed, he sent
for him and gave him post under
him. After that Monsieur Whites adj
vancement was rapid, and he rose to oc-
cupy the highest business position in
the empire-that of minister of finance.
Youths Companion.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

and was considered the star catcher
in those days, he early took to the
management field. and at times met
with great deal of success. He
managed teams in Keokuk. Columbus,
San Francisco and Philadelphia,
where he was at the head of the Ath-
letics Of the National League. He
next went to Baltimore and was at the
head of the American Association
team there and afterwards the Broth
erhood team in that city. Leaving
Baltimore Barnie successfully man
aged clubs in Louisville, Scranton and
Springfield, Mass. In 1896 Barnie APP
peared in Hartford and started the
Atlantic City team. His earnings
that year were ABOUT $4,000. The
Metropolitans of New York, who were
in the league, were under agreement
to keep home receipts and get moth
ing while away. When the Nets Wis
tied Hartford they drew large crowds
and the scheme proved gold mine.
The following year manager Barnie
sold the Hartford team and assumed
the management of the Brooklyns
He returned to Hartford again last
Tear and took charge of the team,
which had entered the Eastern
League. He lost money and this year
be was backed up by stock COM
pany. He was manager of the Hart
lords at the time of his death. The
players will wear mourning badges
sor thirty days. President sobey re-
:eived many kilograms of regret and
orders for flowers, which express
somewhat the esteem in which the
acted ball manager was held all over
The country.
One of Barnie's notable enterprises
vas trip to California during the
winter of '96-'97 with a picked team
If National League players. He was
considered one of the most important
igures in the baseball history of the
country. The body was buried in
Brooklyn. where he lived with his
mother, who was 81 years old, and
lis wife.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30
! discharged soldier recent

discharged soldier recently re-
turned from the Philippines tells a tale
Of shirt which is too good to be lost
His company was returning from a
long and tiresome scouting trip, in
which most of the men had lost the
greater part of their wearing apparel,
when he saw on clothes line in the
ground Of residence adjoining a big
stone church two very good shirts
hung out to dry. AS he had at the
time only half shirt to his back, he
proceeded to help himself to whole
one, whereupon a woman came out Of
the house and said to him, in passable
English, you will pay for that on
the Judgment Day." Madam" he re-
Piled, 'if you give such long credit /
will take both Shirts" which he pro-
ceeded to do.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

That there is true sporting blood"
in Central America is attested by the
following advertisement spread across
the top of page of The Guatemala
Herald early in June, before the Re-
publican National Convention met:
"A gentleman desires to wager 10000
pesos that William Mckinley will be
elected President of the United States
at the election to be held in November
next No wager for less than 500 pesos
accepted. The money has been placed
In the hands of w. ]. Rhyder and will
be deposited in any of the banks of the
city, persons accepting this offer hav-
ing the privilege of naming the depos.
itory."
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

Angeles county. Cal. To-day she
is worth $45,OO0-all made in mining
Miss Hilton set type in a little
printing Office in Fulton, Mo-, before
she was 10 years old. A year later
her parents and she moved to St.
Joseph, Mo-, and from there to Stock
ton, CAL She attended school at
Stockton and was graduated from the
Normal School at Chico, Cal. She be-
gan to teach when 10 years old. He1
parents died when she was 16, and.
having spent on her education the few
hundred dollars they left her, she waa
early made Independent in spirit.
From her earliest recollec ton. Miss
Hilton was interested in mineralogy,
and she made careful study of ali
books pertaining to the subject that
she could obtain. About 1893 she set
out to make practical application of
the knowledge she had acquired and
soon learned that in the search for
the secret treasures nature had locked
in the heart of the rugged mountains
she was far more successful than at
teaching school, and ever since she
has followed the profession of mining.
She ranks among the most expert in
the business and the opinions she
gives are never questioned
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30
The New Calling Card.

, An effort is being made by those
who desire variety to introduce the
fashion in vogue thirty years ago of
having names on calling cards put in
Roman letters. Howling swells have
their cards engraved in this style. 1t
is more expensive than the old-fash-
Toned script. Certain conservatives
of the fashionable world look askance
at these cards engraved in Roman let
tiers, for no matter how exquisitely
they are executed they suggest at
first glance common printing. How
ever, if you wish to be very fit have
thin card embellished with your name
in small Roman capitals.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30
The Columbia River canneries hav,

The Columbia River canneries have
oeen making experiments in the can
ming of shad. and have been so sue
cessful in their efforts that new fish
ing industry may be developed in the
Northwest. The flavor of the shad is
universally recognized as delicious,
and the only objection to this fish is
the many small bones that exist in it.
This objection is entirely done away
with in the canned product, as the ex-
IRENE heat to which the can is sub
jected disintegrates the bones, and
they are not noticed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

An affecting incident occurred at
Sioux City. George Denison, aged s,
and George Lewis, aged -, were bath
ing, when the former was attacked
with cramps and screamed for help.
Lewis tried to save him, but both were
drowned. The father of Lewis came
on the scene. but did not know who
the lads were. He dove after them,
and became crazed with grief when he
discovered that the body he brought
up was that of his own son,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30
Prizes for Entertainments.

Prizes being the accepted necessity
for many sorts of evening diversions,
suggestions of these are still in order.
At a recent card party the BOBBY
prizes were, for the lady a bottle of
"ketch-up," whose name was sup
posed to contain the proper advice,
while her masculine companion was
admonished to "brace up" with a gift
of pair of suspenders. Another
BOBBY prize is tin horn painted a
dark green and tied with a green
ribbon
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

1t used to be said that there was
nothing which an Indian liked SO we'll
as to sit in the shade and watch crew
of white men at work on railroad
embankment,/ Since the Crow Indians
have just secured the contract to grade
a section of a road which is to run
near their reservation. it must be that
their views life have undergone
change icago News suggests
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

DR.. Lasar OF the Hygienic Institute,
Konigsburg, Germany, calls attention
to the remarkable power OF lemon
juice in destroying the diphtheria
bacillus. Out of fifteen cases of acute
diphtheria and eighty other cases of
throat disease, for which lemon juice
was used as a gargle, only one case
proved fatal. Lemon juice must be
diluted when used as gargle.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

A camel, with an ordinary load of
400 pounds. can travel twelve to four
teen days without water, going four
teen miles a day. Camels are tit to
work at five years old, but their
strength begins to decline at twenty
five. although they live usually until
forty. They are often fattened at thir-
" for food, the flesh tasting like beef
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30
Eject of Boar War.

Str Robert Giffen. in a recent paper,
discusses the economic effect of the
3oer war, which he regards as unim-.
,ortant. The chief loss has been the
cessation of four-fifths of the gold
industry in the land which supported
tbout 10000 white people ard g large
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

black population and paid large divi-
dends to stockholders in all parts OF
the world. This is the only suffering
south Africa has endured, and mean
while the farmers and townspeople Of
Cape Colony and Natal have protited
by the war expenditure, which has
made many of them rich.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

An Arizona editor has neat way Of
expressing himself. Referring to a re-
cent lynching in Skull Valley, local
paper thus quietly chronicled an I'M
portant event: There was no regular
trial In the case of Denver Jones. He
had brief interview with few
friends in the woods, and it is certain
that hereafter he will not interfere
with his neighbours horses"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30
POWERFUL IN EMPIRE,
The Man Who Dared to Dlsobey RAN

The Man Who Dared to Disobey Ran
road President.
The great soldier is the man who. az
subordinate, on all ordinary occa.
sions obeys orders implicitly, but who
when the great emergency arrives,
knows that, to save the day and hi,
country, he must obey. He breaks
his orders on his own responsibility
knowing that the result and the futur.
will justify him. Failure would be hia
ruin. Success may mmortalize him,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30
victoria,s Ma, y Children.

Like the king Of denmark, Queen
Victoria is anxious that as many of
her children, grandc siltiren and great
grandchildren as Gin conveniently
visit her should be ggtkered round her
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

A pretty gown that illustrates a
modlsh manner o. rAaking the ever
popular foulard. The pattern is in
two shades of green on a cream-col-
ored ground, the drumming of yellow
lace over white satia and bands of
heavily stitched gr,el. velvet.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

men practicing with the bow to shoot
backwards as they ride On their
horses, and should at times lead in
the exercise himself" mo general
should go to war without taking with
him an extra red umbrella and an ex-
ira umbrella bearer" These gradu-
ates are Supposed to have mastered
horsemanshF, bow and arrow, the
spear, the SWORD and martial music,
these being eSen to-day the chief fea-,
lures ct the Manchurian ctrricultm.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30
Pekin.s Military Colleg,.

Under the conservative administra-
ton of the Empress dowager, the for
eign drillmasters were discharged
from the imperial service, and their
places filled with graduates of the
Manchurian Military College at Pek-
in. This schools chief textbook upon
military science is a literary classic
more than 1000 years old. 1t abounds
in such recommendations as these; "A
wise general plays sweet 2I1siouhieare
going into battle in
enemies into deeI
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

The dress represented is of soft.
red cloth. The bolero is ornamented
with three rows of stitching. The
front, forming waistcoat, is of red
surah and the corslet is Of black
surah. The skirt is trimmed With
rolled seams down the sides.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30
THURSDAY AUG, 80, 1900

J Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress" was
recently translated into Chinese, with
curious Illustrations by native artists.
Before the Boxer outbreaks began the
volume was in great demand in Pekin-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

birthday. At least seven of her
grandchildren from abroad Will visit
her at Osborne, whittier, too, the
German crown prince is going, and
there will be many more great-grand-
children besides the eldest son of the
kaiser. At least one child of each OF
her majesty's own children will be
with her, and all who are married
will in turn bring one of their chill
dren, so that there is an interesting
family gathering for the queen to an
ticipate. She would much have liked
the car and czarina to come, but
that, it is feared, is impossible.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30

No man needs to be instructed in
the art of spending money.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-30
Only One of
Her Sex
Young Woman Who
Follows the Profess
sion Of an Expert
Gold Miner

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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21
WESTERN LABOR UNION.

The Western Labor union is the out
growth of labor conditions peculiar to
t.is section of the country. Three or
four years ago it became apparent to
wage earners in the far west that seces-
sion from the American Federation of
Labor and the organization of a central
ltody closer in touch with the needs and
demands of industrial conditions west of
the Mississippi, would expedite the cause
Of labor. Constant assessments levied
for strikes in the east by unions under
the jurisdiction of the American Fedora
ton of Labor. We're paid rather unwill-
ringly by western working men VINO
sought to avoid labor troubles. So much
had to be attended to by the executive
officers of the A. F. of L. that western
unions were neglected and the work of
organization was stagnant. Unions un-
red the knights of Labor contributed to
! the general confusion. The difference In
the wage rate between east and west
| also had something to do with bringing
| about a new order of things. Accord
7 ingly about four years ago agitation be-
] gan among representative labor leaders
! in the west. principally in Montana and
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21

county, hear grievances and apply he
cure of arbitration through a committee
appointed for that purpose, and discuss
the welfare of labor generally. The
brightet men in the local unions are
usually selected as delegates to the
trades assembly, and not a few of it's
orators give evidence of having at one
time kissed the blarney stone.
In 1898. the assembly initiated itself
in politics by endorsing a couple of can
didates. Nothing came of the attempt.
In the school election last spring an eff
fort was made to elect two of it's men,
bers and one or two others belonging to
organized labor as school trustees, but
the ticket was beaten. During the CAM
paign just ended Silver Bow Trades and
Labor assembly indirectly aided the flu
sion ticket, though some of it's members
deplored the diversion of the aims of the
assembly from labor to politics.
About one-third of the representation
in the assembly are delegates whose
unions are affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor; the rest belong to
the Western Labor union. The ex-
penses of the assembly are paid out of a
per capita tax levied on the unions
represented.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21

ganized, with John w. Gilligan. ormer
~ of Butte, as president and w. j.
Wicks as secretary. They were sent
out on tours of organization. and other
western states soon came i'll, and the
strength of the organization at this day
is over 6o, 900.
The troubles in the Occur d'Alenes
and their connection with state and
federal governments; military rule and
the suspension of nabeaS corpus; inn
prisonment of many of the miners III
a prison at Wardner, Idaho. which the
miners and their sympathizers called
the bull pen; all these things contrib
uted to the current history OF the ma
ton and finally became a matter for
congressional inquiry, in which the side
of the miners was skillfully
Nevertheless the verdict of congres wa
against them, and the state and federal
governments sustained in their acts inn
posing martial law in the disturbed dis
trict.
However, early in October the district
federal court sitting in San Francisco
a~nnulled a judgment rendered in the
court of Idaho. whereby some prisoners
were sentenced to San Quentin charged
with ~obstructing delivery of the mails
by stopping a railroad train. The eff
feet of this decision was to release from
the Wardner prison all confined therein,
| and to cave. Paul Cprcoran the only
| person to fight over in the supreme court
| of the United States. The case for the
| miners was conducted by the attorney
| for.the Western Federation of Miners,
Peter Breen, of Butte, county attorney
| eleet.utis d. '.
The jurisdiction Of the Western Fed
f|eration miners embraces Montana,
Idaho, Washington, California, British
Columbia. Nevada, Arizona, Alaska,
South Dakota. Colorado. Missouri-in
fact, all the states west of the Missis-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-21
SILVER BOW TRADES AND La
Dor ASSEMBLY.

Dan McDonald's recollections of this
representative body of Butte's skilled
w~age-earners reach over nine years. and
for this period of time ne has been in
almost continuous possession of the
presidents chair. He succeeded Charles
lane to the office. Mcdonald was sue
cceded by Patrick Keane. and he by r.
T.. Dobson, who is president at this
writing. The secretaries during Mr.. Nc
Donald's incumbency were Eugene KEEL
ly (d~eceased). Pa Meaney. N. III. Eddy
Frank Pelletier and M. ]. Gefger. Under
Keane was O. NJ. Particle. The seere-
tary at this writing is Charles Cam
mans.
The aim of this Central body are al
most identical with those of h Mon
tana Trades and Labor assembly. Ak
cept that they cover only local affairs.
It's members meet every Sunday night
in the Owsley block. listen to, reports
of conditions Of trade in the city and