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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31

wagon.
| g. P. Campbell has been putting in q
telephone exchange in our city. About
twenty-five families have awaited them
selves of this luxury.
DR.. Horner has bought out DR.. Han
sen, of Lamont. The DR.. has taken
possession of his new practice, but the
family will not move for some time yet.
We regret very much to lose the DR..
and his estimable family as residents OF
our city.
Chef Severe is the proud possessor Of
pet ground hog.
| Mrs. Minerva Franklin visited with
her son George at Pleasanton last Thurs.
day.
Mrs. Martha Acton. of Leon, attend.
ed the Hamilton reunion at this place
Monday.
L. E. Horner has accepted position
with the Yoemen lodge to travel and
organize lodges. He is now in Nebras.
| ka.
A family reunion at Pet Hamilton's
last Monday in honor of Grandma Ham
/ ilton's 80th birthday was attended by
about 40 persons and all report a good
time.
A surprise party on Mrs. Oliver Bailey
in honor of her 9Th birthday last Tues.
day was enjoyed by about twenty of her
neighbors. n
Rev. Ilsley, a Presbyterian minister
from Leon preached the Memorial ser.
mon at the Union church last Sunday
at l1lo'clcck and is said by many to be
the best Memorial sermon ever delivered
in this city. Ere this reaches the read.
ers another memorial day will have past
and gone with all the sweet and bitter
memories that this day ever recalls in
the hearts of our great Republic; and
it is a sacred duty, and one we, as an
American people owe the dead of this
great nation. 1t is sacred duty that
calls US together and while the ranks of
the old soldiers are yearly thinning out
let those who remain drop the cares of
life for day forget political and relig.
ious strife for the time ::and as one ma
! ton, one people, help the old veterans
to decorate the last resting place OF
their loved comrades.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31

A good story bears repeating. Use
Russ Bleaching Blue, don't be deceived
by fraudulent Limitations.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31

l60 acres of good farm land in Eden
township, l40 acres of meadow and pas
ture, 10 acres timber. If you want a
good farm cheap see me now, j. J..
Hall, Leon, Iowa,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31

If sweet young widows want to
"ketch" some sweetheart in the sunny
tangels of their golden ,curls, they'd bet
ter take Rocky Mountain Tea. Great
medicine. 35 cents
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31

The favorite cathartic is Hoods Pills
Is cents.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31

Mather-the 80 years dentist of over
80 years experience is at Leon on the
morning of the 9th and will remain
until the last of every month.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31

l make a speciality of furnishing ice
cream for parties. picnic and private
houses. l guarantee the best ice cream
in the city, and will deliyer it promptly
as ordered. give personal attention to
this department. Z. r. Patch.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31
Davis City.

Gladys Bullock entertained two young
lady friends from Lamont Sunday.
Stella Adams, OF Des Moines, is visit.
I ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. d. II.
Topliti.
Josie Bowman, OF Leon, is visiting
Claire Bowman.
Carpenter work has commenced on
the new church.
Cards are out announcing the wedding
of Clyde Miller, of Battle Creek, Mich.
to Maude Topliff. i
E. ]. Teale and wife returned Sunday
from two weeks visit with her parents
at Mt. Moriah. ."
Mrs. o. E. Ryan, of Des Doines, was
the guest of Mrs. F. M. Freeman the
past week. ="
Mrs. w. H. Wood, of Van Vert, and
Miss Dot Weaver were entertained at
the King home Saturday.
Chas. Hunt, of Blythedale is now q
partner of j. w. Valentine.
/ Ray Calkins and sister returned to
their Ohio home Friday.
| E. w. Teale returned from Mena.,
Ark, Wednesday,. His sister, Ada
Calkins and children returned with him
and will remain till fall.
Mrs. Edith Horner and children re.
turned to their home at Leon Monday
Barnum Ewing returned to his en-
ployment at Dubuque last Thursday.
DR.. W..J. Laney is building new
barn,
j. N. Gates is having the McMannu'
p@ ferty repaired.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31

Seasoned native lumber, dimension
stuff and bridge plank, material for
house and barn frames always on hand.
f D. CLOSE
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31

The Leon Commission Co. will pay
you highest prices in cash for poultry,
eggs and all produce.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31

Money to Loan on improved farms at
6, and per cent. interest for 5, = to 10
yearstime. F. VARaA & Son.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31

All goods are alike to Putnam's Fade
less Dyes, as they color all tibers at one
boiling. Sold by w. a. Alexander and
L. Van Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31
"a - oEIA
Bears the 11he Kind You Have Always Bought
s's. ss l,z3AZlz5l{W

Excursion tickets allow rates
to Denver. Colorado Springs,
Pueblo, Salt Lake, Ogden,
Deadwood. Hot Springs, Sher.
ldan, Wyoming. on sale June
~, July 9 and II, and Aug. /.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31

Subdues and heals Salt Rheum, cures Boils,
rdpoves Pimples and Eruptions, gives fair,
clSar, complexion. Il thoroughly puri-
dsi vitalizes and enriches the blood.
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state, write or
6an. Enid, @. T.

wood for sale. q. E. GARDNER.
For RENT-4O acres of blue grass pas.
ture. Call on or address +. j. Springer,
Decatur CITY, Iowa,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31

In the District Court of Iowa, in and 70
Decatur county. August term 1900.
=. s. Ellsworth and L. e. Jones,
plaintiffs,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-05-31
WILL ExHIBITAT-
Leon, Saturday, june 9
The One Supreme, Colossal Amuse.
ment Institution Of the Continent

AS chaste as It Is stupendous aud pre- emf
nent. Not blot upon its spotless name, but
honesty and honorable dealing still Inscribed
Its banners Its name is a sure guarantee Of
square treatment and polite and courteous
attention to your family and children. Amaz
ing and rapturous Revelations in the realms Of
an ocean Of enchanted sights,
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-07-14
The Republicans Policy.


1t is melancholy in these closing
weeks Of a session which promised so
much of solid advantage to the nation
to look back and see how little has
really been achieved and how much of
that has been inexcusably bungled. 1t
is so obvious as to be undeniable that
in this congress the democratic mi
nority has thus far surpassed the re-
publican majority in the two vital
qualities of skill and sand. /" We. have
had, not perhaps wasted. hut certain
" far from fruitful, session. The pop
ular feeling toward republican con-
gressional leadership is one Of uncon-
cealed discomfort. It may easily be-
come feeling of disgust if affairs are
not considerably bettered before adj
journment. For five months the re-
publican policy in congress has been in
large part one of temporizing, compro-
missing and surrender.-Boston Jour
nal (Rep.).
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-07-14
EVERYBODY WANTED 10 HELP
sympathetic Bystanders Do Their
Utmost to Relieve Horses
Distress.

When the sewing machine agent
| jumped out of his rigaon Washington
street and tossed The weight out on
| the pavement near his horses front
| feet he failed to notice that a sewer
opening was only a few feet back OF
| the horses nose.s The horse, says the
Chicago Chronicle. did not notice it,
either, orsifs he did his Subsequent ac-
| tions showed him to be a very care
| less animal. The driver disappeared
into the saloon and the horse, grow
I ing restless. jerked the. weight back
until it Slipped into the sewer. where
| it hung, suspended by the strap att
ltached tofthe Bride This was a novel
lsituation to the horse, who could not
understand what the strong pull on
| the left side of his bit meant. He
turned and twisted, trying. to escape
the dragging weight, but, with Moth
ing to sustain it except sewer gas, the
weight hauled away at his jaw until
the bystanders interfered.
One of them seized the strap and
relieved the horse of the strain, but
the big iron disk would not come out
of the opening it had SO easily slipped
/ into edgewise. The owner arrived
when eight men were Offering sugges-
tions and two were jerking on the
strap trying to pull the front of the
cast7iron sewer cover There was
council Of war and the driver lmelt
down and thrust his arm into the
drain, trying to reach the weight and
| turn it edgewise again. 1t was too
far in. Fifty people were gathered
T by this time and the excitement was
| intense. Men who should have re
turned from luncheon were standing
around holding the horse weight,
while others offered suggestions. At
| length some onesthought Of the man.
hole cover and a dozen hands tried to-
| pry it loose 1t was covered with
mud, and delicate kid gloves were
ruined in the attempt. 1T would not
bulge. They kicked and dug and
hauled in vain and the street cars
were getting blocked when q small
boy came out of a basement with a.
crowbar. With one deft movement
he raised the cover OF the manhole,
the driver reached in and seized the
weight and the strap was allowed to
slip through the small opening. The
crowd looked at itself rather foolishly
and moved on. The excitement was
all over.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-07-14
QUEER ARTICLES OF IMPORT
manded in the Arts and
Industries.

Not all Of Americas imports are or
dinary, everyday things. Some are
weird and wonderful and others, com
monplace in themselves, come from
places that seem to us unusual, says
the New York Press. We take coal
from New Castle, N. S. W., rags from
Antwerp; matches from Belgium;
cigars from. Bombay; Photographic
plates and canned Holsters from Cape
Town; firecrackers from Canton, The
amount for the. last quarter of 1890
being in value $4,000; wild orchids
from Barranquilla, Colombia, and butt
.terfies from Santa Marta, Colombia.
Among the queer things that come
in from Canada are bicycle lamps, dia-
monds, steel rails, lumber from logs
cut in Maine and taken to- st. John,
N. B., TO be dressed; cattle switches,
theatrical scenery, gas liquor, cattle
tails, jewelers. sWeepings, tenderloins.
tea siftings, green willow cuttings and
frogs legs.
From Cairo we get real Egyptian
cigarettes, while rosaries come from
Anglers, in France. A large amount Of
paper for Photographic purposescomes
from Grenoble, France, and from Dres-
den, while $500 worth of snails got in
from Havre. Some one brought in, a
pair of andirons from Lyons. That
city also supplies good deal of mac
aroni. Mistletoe comes from Nantes,
and rat traps from ST. Etienne.
Berlin sends to us. human hair and
ready-made clothing, Slate pencils
come from Coburg, old rubber shoes
from Konigsburg and from Lubbock.
We take pencil sharpeners and snow
shoes from Mannheim and also a1iftle
SCOT. For goose liver pies we are in
debted to Neusfadt. Human skeletons,
prepared and ready for use, come from
Soiingen.
Birthstone to the value Of nearly
s375,000 comes from Gargenti, Italy,
and also from Palermo, whence we inn
port donkeys and orange peel From
Japan we get their national drink, sake,
which causes headaches, and mentho1
to make the head feel better. We also
get toothpicks from Japan and from
Portugal asswell. Foghorns come from
StaFenger, Norway. Oatmeal supposed
to be associated with Scotland, really
comes in large quantities from Dublin.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-07-14
POINTS AND OPINIONS.

-s:At the close of the Bryan cam
paign," shouts a republican, ..the gold
in the treasury was only $97, ,0oo,a0o
now it is 1926, 100000" And every dol
lar was taken outoftaxpayers' pockets
half of them democra tic taxpayers.
Chicago Chronicle.
As the trusts are already for
warding contributions to the repub-
lican campaign fund, it is not violent
presumption that they are entirely sat
isfed with the antitrust resolutions of
the republican conventions.-Helena
(Mont.) Independent
The political situation in the far
west may make it necessary for Mr..
Mckinley to again journey toward the
setting sun before the summer is over.
The republican campaign managers
are hearing unpleasant news from the
region beyond the Mississippi.-Boston
Traveller.
Had the Mckinley administra-
tion observed the pledge of congress
and made Cuba free and Independent
withdrawn the troops and allowed
the Cubans to govern themselves-it
could not be charged with responsible
ity for the Havana postal Scandals
Grand Rapids Democrat.
Relief from the trusts through
republican congress that openly ap-
proves every piece of legislation au-
thorizing these commercial brigands
to put their hands deeper into the peo-
ple's pockets is as hopeless as trying
to bale out the water from the sea
with sieve.-Kansas City Times.
The reckless manner in which
money has been squandered in the ad-
ministration of Cuban affairs as we'll
as stolen by favorites of the white
house and of Hanna does not give en-
couragement to look forward with ap-
proval to the passage of the act turn
ing the Philippines over to the pres
ident with free hand for the next
six months.-Boston Post.
1t is still said that the para
mount issue of the presidential cam
paign will be the reelection of Will
liam Mckinley. Is William still
saint? Have not some of the expos
ures of the war with Spain, and some
of the more recent startling ,revela-
tions, done a good deal to dim the
Mckinley halo? Or win the people
be satisfied with the assurance that
the cabinet is diurnally considering
the post Office frauds with great gray
ity and that the president is still q
dear, sweet man Cincinnati En-
quirer.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-07-14
VOL. X.NO. Al.
THE MEETING TIME.

oh, bitter is the sorrow
2 When here we part in tears,
And heavy is the burden
OF long and lonely years! 8sEA T.
But what will be the meeting
When life's sad journeys past,
Within the Fathers keeping . Eg=5 E
We find our own at last! ~ -
AS mists that cloud the morning
AS shadows of the night
Forgotten in the glory
OF noontide's radiant light,
The weary years of waiting
AS nothing then shall seem,
The pain, the loss. the sorrow
Remembered as a dream.
Oh, what will be the meeting!
No words its joy may frame!
When face to face we see them,
Immortal-yet the same;
When dear. long-silent voices
Shall speak our names once more,
And smiles of welcome greet US
AS fondly as of yore!
Oh, blessed thought of comfort,
When those we love have gone
To seek a better country, @
And we are left alone!
Shall we not wait in patience
A little longer here,
AS those who know that daily
The meeting time draws near?
Mrs. ]. E. Lyman, in n. \. Observer.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-07-14
ara Leave MY Happy Home ),

1t is not often that an organ
grinder contributes anything to de
velop the sense of humor which is i'm
planted in a greater or less degree in
all mortals. As a general thing the
organ-grinder awalSes a sentiment
just the opposite, particularly when
he insists upon grinding out popular
airs we have heard so often that
repetition is positively painful. One
grinder, however, played better than
he knew when he struck up in front
of school No. S the other day The
class in Greek history was on the
recitation bench. One pupil was re-.
peating the familiar story of Helen
and Paris. In al seriousness as she
closed the telling of the tale she said.
And she left her home for him.
just then the street organ outside be-
gan 10 peal forth: I'D Leave MY
Happy Home for You" Even the
teacher was compelled to abandon
dignity and join in the smile that
spread throughout the schoolroom.
Albany Prsss.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-07-14
NAIL THE GUILTY ONES.
The Nation Is Responsible for the
Looting of the Cuban Post
Omce.

Unless congress shall take in hand
the Cuban post office frauds and thefts,.
whereby the Cuban people have been
robbed of hundreds of thousands of dol
lars by appointees of President McKin-.
ley, and the United States has been put
in the position of an unfaithful trustee,
the facts of the crime are likely to be
smothered in the interest of McKin-,
.ley's reelection. At present the pur-
pose of the administrations to be
to make show of activity in dealing
with one or two of the culprits, and
then treat the whole subject as no
longer of public concern. Then the
plea will be offered that the wrongdo-
ing was liable to occur under any adj
ministration. and that, when detected,
it was vigorously prosecuted.
An answer like this, however, does
not cover the case. There have been
dishonest officials, it is true, under
democratic as well as republican rule
although it is equally undeniable that
dishonesty on the part of public men
las been much more frequent in re-
publican administrations than in DEM
ocratic, and that the era of fragrant
corruption came in with the advent
of the republican party to power.
These Cuban frauds, however, have a
turpitude all their own. They belong
to that most odious class of crimes
breaches of trust. and-worst of all
they constitute breaches of trust not
J. 4 !, RI talk
guilty, but of the national government.
As an employer is responsible for the
acts of his agent, so President McKin-
ley is responsible, and the nation of
which he is the head is responsible, for
the looting of Cuba's post office treas
ury by knayes whom Mckinley selected
and appointed.
1t is, in one sense, as if a minister or
ambassador of the United States adj
mitted to foreign court on the
strength of his credentials, should
steal the purse or rob the treasury OF
the sovereign receiving him.
The only way to clear the honor Of
the United States. which has been
marred, and tarnished by McKinley's
Cuban carpet-bagger is for congress
to make an honest and exhaustive in
vestigation, and fix the guilt and the
responsibility where they belong, no
matter how high the offenders. The
cry of the democrats in congress should
be that of Gen. Grant, when some of
his trusted associates proved to be
scoundrels: ''Let no guilty man es.
eape!'
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-07-14
THE PEOPLE APPEALED TO.
of Nation. Struggling tor
Freedom Ignored by the Re-
publicanB.

A Chicago Mckinley organ, the Tri.-
une, anxious, lest the Boer ENJOYS fall
into the error of appealing to the peo-
pie directly, instead of through the
government, expresses its fear that in
SO doing they are in danger at the
outset of becoming the play thing of a
democratic political gathering.
1t is a trife surprising that the for
eign ENJOYS. of a nation struggling for
freedom are not entitled to receive
the sympathy of the American people
or of that part of them allied to the
democratic party. The suspicion is
excited that if, in the beginning of
the South African war, when the Brit
ish were being moved down like grass
with the Boer scythe, an English
deputation had appealed to the SYM
pathy of the republican party it
would have been granted with fer
For enhanced by large contributions
of money. That indeed was the re-
publican sentiment unconcealed by
tho republican press and official Anglo.
maniaes.a,
I The real fear of the republican
managers is not that the Boer ENJOYS
will fall into the hands#of the demo-
cratic Philistines, but because the pol
icy of the Mckinley administration
mas put itself so far out of line with
free government, whether abroad or.
at home, that itsees slipping away
from the party the affections Of
freedom-loving American people, and
cannot avail itself of any. expressed
sympathy for a struggling people, to
add to Mr.. McKin1ey's chances of re-
election
Since when is it that the American
people are not free to express tsenti-
ments adverse to the policy and prac-
tices, of the. party in power? Is not
shat a greater right in the people of
this country than it is the right of the
party in power to adopt a policy in
direct opposition to the people and in
furious to their interestse
We might bring on a terrible war.
Perhaps, but would it not be in bet
ter cause than bringing on an equally
terrible war at the request of nom
combatants to collect a few paltry
thousand dollars alleged to be due
from Turkey on account of highly
oyeryalued secondhand wearing an
parel2 l2-National Democrat zessd5ssss.q#
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-07-14
ABUSE TIE MARKETS.
on the Naked Plea of overproduction
disaster Has Been Forced
Upon the People.

The alarmist has a poor. vocation
Men, generally speaking, who are en-
gagged in active industries, are much
given to dHscounting the prosperity
which seems apparent to almost every
one who is not profoundly thought
full on the conditions necessary to
and the Interruptions which are a
1itions. Therefore it is that the hon
est masters of trade are constantly on
the lookout for an interruption of the
essential conditions which insure
prosperity. Were these dependent ON
supply and demand it would not be
difficult to gauge the relations be-
tween the producer and the censum-
er, and if honest principles We're in
control between the two forces, pro-
duction and consumption, the crisis
would in most instances be ayerted, or
certainly controlled within the small
est space of the business affected
A large, intelligent lesson has been
taught in the last few weeks to those
controlling the productive market. 1t
it notable fact that prices of stock
in all the actives had sailed into the
skies, and insatiate greed was doing
its full part to keep them to their
flight. The conservative buyers fully
appreciated the situation. They felt
that the spectators had taken a fear
full hold on the manufa cturing indus
tries, and the result could not be any
thing but disastrous. They would not
be losers. They could hold their hold
ings. They could give warnings and
They could go still further. They
could punish the vicious element
which had assaulted prices without
just cause, and who, it was claimed
were amenable under the law. With
in a day the slump came. Thousands
of people were ruined. A great enter
prise which had involved 100000, 600
to perform a service which only re-
quired so per cent, of that amount
($5o,ooo,0O0) was struggling ngwith bank
ruptcy.
There were other means ST disor-
der which could have assailed the
"Steel and Wire trust other than the
one which did. Either of them would
have been as effective in destroying
the prosperity of the concern. A
strike or lockout would have been
highly injurious. Or a combination
of the controlling interest in the stock
and other securities of the trust"
would have worked deplorable dam
age. On the naked plea of oFerpro-
duction this disaster was forced on
the people. 1t could not have been SO
done had not its principal officers
countenanced the movement. and thus
gave the strength of their names to
the reduction of values. It seems
strange that no legislation can be en-
acted which will insure punishment
to those commercial outlaws. That it
is not reflects severely on the class of
people whom the public selects for
the discharge of legislative life. The
lesson taught in the above described
illustra ton is one which it is wisdom
to heed The labor, the wage-earners,
are less given to the destruction
of established Industries than are
the men who are in possession of the
securities, and who speculate to ille-
Ultimate returns on the capital they
have invested, even though it be of a
liquid character.-Cincinn En-
quirer.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-07-14
where .he Paint Went.

'tI thought you were working on Jay
FRANKS new house said the house.
painters friend
Il was going to-" replied the house
painter, 'but I had q quarrel with
him, and he said he'd put the paint on
himself"
"And did he do it?"
Eyes, that is where he put most OF
ftp Philadelphia Press.