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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06
CANAL RIGHTS ARE sRCuRED
Secretary Hay Gets Concessions From
f3overnment of Nfcarng ua

Secretary Hay Gets Concessions From
Government of Nicaragua
Washington, Dec. 3-Secretary Hay,
for the government of the United
States, and Senior Correa, Nicaraguan
minister, signed a treaty whereby the
latter government comedies to the
United States the necessary rights
and privileges within her bestowal
for the construction of the Niearag
uan canal.
This action is ta.:en in anticipation
of congressional action upon the
pending Nicaragua canal bin and the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Pending the
submission of the treaty to the SEN.
ate, which body must ratify the
agreement. its terms will not be
made pubic. 1t is generally under
stood, however, that generally Mica
ragua grants to the United States
government the exclusive right to
construct and operate the canal be-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific across
Nicaragua, including the free use of
the San Juan river and of Lake Man
aqua as part of the water course.
Nicaragua is also to rid herself of
any outstanding treaties that would
tend in any way to abridge the priv
ileges to be acquired by the United
States. 1t is understood also that
Nicaragua comedies to the United
States full authority TO police the
canal. Nicaragua is to receive in
compensation q certain amount of
securities of the canal construction
company and although it is not pos
sible now to learn the figures set
down in the treaty, it is believed to
approximate S5,00O,0On.
The state deI artmcnt already ha a
entered into an agreement on similar
lines with the republic of Costa Rica.
This was because Costa RIGA has es-
tablished a claim to the right bank
of the San Juan rive, which 1nust
of necessity form about third Of
the length of the canal, should the
Nicaragua route be selected and.
be constructed on the lines which
will be suggested by the Walker com
mission.
An understanding also has been
arrived at with the United States of
Colombia covering the same rights
as are conveyed by Nicaragua and
Costa RIGA in the case of the Mica
ragua route. So the state depart
meDt now has cleared the way for
such action as congress may care to
take in the case of either of the
canal routes which have been found
feasible
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06
CONGRESS-.

Washington, Dec. An the senate
aside from the reading of the presi-
dents message and the aaministra-
ton of the oath of Office to VIM. b.
Dillingham;, the new senator from
Vermont, no business was transact-
ed.
House-After the reading of the
message the deaths of the late Rep
resentatlNes Daley, of New Jersey,
ana ltcffecker, of Delaware, and SEN
ator Davis, of Minnesota, and Gear,
OF Iowa, were announced, and as a
further marx of respect to their
memories. the house adjourned I'M
til tomorrow.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06

The pauperization of the famine suf-
ferers as result Of the charity OF
the india government. which is al
ways dreaded by the officials after such
= visitation as the country has just
experienced, has, to large extent,
6een accomplished. An indication OF
this is found in'the number of men and
women who are, getting relief and who
are perfectly able to work the land.
a Ssinla correspondent says that the
Total number of persons now receiy-
ing relief is about 100000 as against
9.5eaQ0o tIaemonths ago But this
= : ss5.Sase fssfar less than was ex-
psceed after the favorable rains
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06
sTATlsr DESIRES PEACE.
English Financial Journa, Wants Boo
War Stopped.

English Financial journal Wants Boer
War Stopped.
London, Dec. 3.-The Statist pro-
poses that the government shall be-
gin negotiations with Commandant
General Botha and General De Wet
to bring the war to close. AS the
Boer leaders might misunderstood
the motive of an overture from the
military authorities, it suggests that
the highest civil authority in Cape
Town should begin the negotiations,
if not Sir Alfred Miner, then the
chief justice of Cape Colony, or even
Mr.. j. II. Homeier.
This great financial journal leads
up to it's proposal by an analysis of
the situation in South Africa and
says:
1--WE are losing in every way, los
ing in prestige and losing in life. We
are seeing our South African possess
sions plunged into greater distress
and the opinion is gaining ground
abroad that we are incapable OF
bringing the struggle to satisfac-
tory termination"
Military Incompetence is alleged
and the Statist AYERS that military
harshness should be avoided and the
Beers be conciliated.
''If men like Botha and De Wet vol
unfairly surrender and bind them,
selves not to act against us in the fr-
ture," the Statist will say, els there
any good reason why a promise
should not be given not to send them
out of the country? Mr.. j. B. Robin
son suggests that Botha and De Wet
should be invited to take seats in the
Legislative council that would be es-
tablished. The suggestion is worthy
of approval. The Beers should not
be excluded, even from the begin
ming, from anything which can safely
be given them"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06

The election bet folly reached its
depth IN the town of Oxford, Mass,
where Divide Villers, member of the
Republican town committee. made a
weger with his daughter, the wife of
z democrat, John ]. Toomey. If Bry-
IN was elected, Mr.. yillers agreed to
TON g peanut on the ground with a
soeehpiek an eighth of mile from
MS residence; il Mckinley won, Mrs.
rooney was to do likewise. So that
peanut has just been rolled amid the
pary1ng smiles of the villagers.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06
TAKE Darn OF ALLEGIANcs.
Twenty-two Hundred Bolomen Hav

Enough of War.
Manila, Dee. 4.-Sunday in yigan
was a great day for the American
cause. Twenty-Five hundred natives
of the region, nearly all fighting
rebels. crowded the church and took
the oath OF allegiance to the United
States. The oath was administered
by the priest. All but 500 of those
taking the onth were bolomen. The
number included the 1900 bolomen
who had previously surrendered.
The proceedings in the church oc-
cupiad the entire day ana included
an address by General Young and an
eNhortation by the priest. Scarcely
any rebels remain in the vicinity of
Santa Maria. General Young attri-
iruies this fact to three causes-the
reelection of President Mckinley,
che arrival of a strong body of troops
and the especially rigid enforcement
tof war measures, and the deporta-
ltion of prisoners to Malay. He re-
ports that it is necessary to occupy
all the barriers in order to protect
the natives from the vengeance of
lTagalo raiders.
A suspended enemy is half CON
Iuered.
Some of the orange growers of
Florida cover their trees with tents
so arranged as to admit the sun
light on one side and keep out frosty
winds on the other. In each tent
is an oil lamp which is lighted on
cold nights to keep the trees warm.
The man Who does wrong inten.
'tionally always plans an excuse for
doing it in advance.
8 In various parts of India offers
are used by the natives to catch fish
for them. So rapid is the speed If
: the otter under water that no fish
can escape them. When not work
ing the offers are tied to stakes, like
chained dogs.
One-third of all the oars made in
this country are sent abroad. All
the oars used on British war vessels
come from the United States. Our
oars are renowned for their light
ness, strength, durability and beauty
of finish.
{ There is "a, bill before the Vermont
legislature to authorize the issue of
$1O,000,000 of state bonds for imp oy-
ing the public highways.
DIN Alatel1dl Is no IHOueTn aiLalr.
1t is known that silken garments
were worn $500 years before the
Christian era.
If expectations are realized, the.
output of copper for 1900 will reach
325, 100000 pounds, valued at $42,
100000, the largest on record.
Thomas A. Edisonss motto of wori-
is Never watch the deck" He fre-.
quently works sixteen hours at i,
stretch and never notes the passage
of time. .
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06

Holland is place where primitive
castons abound. Traditions are sa-
credfy handed down and observed and
shis veneration for ancient things has
xept alive in the country what are
Anown as counting Sundays. Through
oat Holland the four Sundays of No
vember are said to be kept as fete
Gays They are named severally Re-
view, Decision. Purpose and Posses
sion Sundays.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06

a Massachusetts, physician recsn+,-
save an amusing illustrat}an Of the
q 1se, some N, people have of fAesh all
-. eaelr sleeping-rooms. In thA west
81. ~ part OF the state a few yesA age
). ..ssa q family who were. accustotsA sa
~ SssR as2rs and EiadnMs all tfsi lsa
closed. nc l.e.Idllef the house was a
carpenter. and one fall undertook ID
remodel part of his dwelling. The
task was not completed when winter
Get in, and the family. to their horror
had TO endure an amount of fresh all
that filed them with alarm. The wife
speaking about it. afterward, said she
didn't know how they could havs
stood it II it hadn't happened that they
were all in better health than usual
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06

The chilly experiences of gold-seek-
-sfs Ia Alaska are hardly calculated to
anaEe one think of that country as a
3cod field for agricultural enterprise,
osit In fact our Agricultural Depart
ment thinks SO well of the farming
oossi oillties OF Alaska that experiment
stations have been placed in Sitka and
Aenai, and headquarters are to be
esea ohshed for similar work In the
interior.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06
Plot to XIII Isoberts.


London, Nov. 2s.-According to q
special edition of the Evening Stand
ard, a plot to assassinate Lord Rob
erts, in which two Foreigners are CON
cerned, was discovered. It appears
the conspirator--, laid mine which
was designed to be blown up Sunday
while Roberts was in church at Jo-
hannesburg. But the police and Rob.
erts' body-guard frustrated the CON
spiracy. Ten men, mostly Italians,
were arrested. These details, the
Evening Standard says, it is unable
to verify.
There are upward of $4,000 inhabfs
tants on the slopes and skirts of
Vesuvius.
A slump in early Kiplings has been
noted at recent London auction sales.
The "schoolboy Lyrics, Wild Il
couple of years ago brought b9, I
has been sold recently for $16.25.
The sewage of Paris is conveyed TO
an immense farm about twenty-five
miles from the city. The farm is
four square miles in area, and this
fertilizer has proved so profitable t.,
the land that neighboring farmers
are anxions to secure some Of thu
sewage, although at first they oppos1
ed its use.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06
KRUGER wErr BITTER TEARS.
Ex-President distressed by Emperor vii
liam's COldness


liam's COldness.
Paris, Dec. "A dispatch from
Cologne says Kruger after he had
received Emperor Williams tele-
gram, spoke as follows to the de-
putation, styled, Friends of the
Beers: hope with all my heart the
circumstance which prevents his
majesty from receiving me today
will become favorable later. I shall
never cease to have confidence in
the spirit Of justice of the emperor,
who. without knowing me, sent me
four years ago significant encour-
agement. I shall stay some time at
The Hague and will then renew my.
request, and this time the empcro..
will not refuse
Kruger was very sad and after
wards retired to his apartment in
tears
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06

NOW that the Prince OF Wales is
wearing eyeglasses. he may be able to
see some Of the things which have
shocked his critics.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06

The first lesson for mule-trafner
rsays writer In an agricultural jour
NAL. is to learn to govern himself.
sStrike out "mule-trainer" and insert
,-'public school-teacher." and the state
iment is equally true and far more i'm
.pOrtant.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06

The Union Traction company of
philadelphia promises I'd run open
cars. one in five, all wintdE long, with
mo restriction as to smokihk In the
ssummer smoking is permit I'd there
only on the three last seat of the
pen cars
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06
AMERICANS sLAuuHrEKED.
Governor of shsn-si Implicated in
Outra ees

Berlin, Dec. "A dispatch from
China to Volks-Zeitung reports a
fearful mission slaughter in the
providence of Shan-Sl. Mr.. and Mrs.
Atwater and their two little child
rem, Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. rrice and
their son, all of the American board;
Mr.. and Mrs. Lagren of the Swedish,
and Miss Eldred, an Engnsh woman,
were butchered. ahe story of these.
murders directly implicated YuHsien,
then governor of Shan-el.
If man has chronic dyspepsia it
is hard to convince him that the.
world is growing better.
The world owes much to it's writ
ers, but a great deal more to it's
cooks !.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06

Broomhall says that reports from
Argentina are becoming more positive
each day that the wheat crop is not
doing well. There has, no doubt, been
q danger this season in observers reck-
cntng upon a repetition of the remark
able yield Of December, 1So The yield
I; pes acre in Argentina in s9S must
have been phenomenal indeed, for,
inAs not storms of wind and rain de-
Etroyed 100000 tons after harvest, the
total available for expectation during
1899 would have been about II ,0OO,00
quarters and the total crop about 15,-
100000 quarters, which, being grown
on an area OF s, 100, 900 acres, Indicates
VI yield of % bushels per acre. This
figure may not be reached again for
years to come. and consequently, al
though the acreage is now in the
neighborhood Of 100000, 1t is quite
ON the cards that the total outturD
may fall to 100000 quarters.
Victims Of seasickness will be
pleased that league for the suppress
sion OF the evil has been formed in
4 France. The society proposes to col
{tlect documents. to deal with scientific
Experiences and publish any matter
likely to interest persons subject to
,seasickness, to collect band of medi-
scal specialists ashore and adoat. to
bring pressure to bear upon public
odies, that they may grant subyen-
3tions only to differentiated vessels,
and to assist inventors in the discov-
cry Of remedies for counteracting the
effect Of the motion of vessel.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06

Visitor lat insane asylum Who is
that fine looking man making stars,
crosses and things out of letters?
Attendant-Oh he was the editor OF
chlldren's column in some weekly
paper. One week he lost the am
swers to the puzzles and tried to
solve them himself.
If your shoes have got caked with
backing, as they often do, wash it
off occasionally with cloth, wrlng
out of luke warm water. Let nearly
dry. then rub very little castor oil
well in. Clean next day in the usual
way. Leather or kid that is caked
with blacking is likely to crack and
go In holes.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06

When man firmly believes himself
Above his neighbours level he can af-
1oFd TO admit thatthe latter has leve,
head.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06
Death of MRS. Miller.

Washington, Dec. s.-Mrs. Eliza W..
Miller, widow of the late Associate
Justice Miller of the United States
court, was found dead in bed Satur-
day morning at her home in this city.
Death resulted from Angina pcctoris.
Mrs. Miller had just returned from
her old home in Keokuk, Iowa.
Thanksgiving evening she dined with
Senator and Mrs. Cullom.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06

This is the way Goethe defined it:
aIll humor is nothing more than an
inward feeling of our own want of
merit, dissatisfaction with our
selves"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06

Many man who gives up his money
lSfeeiy for foolish whims disputes the
tpriee Of necessities.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06

Don't think because man, is short
of stature that he was brought up
on condensed milk.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06

A man usually laughs when he il
amused; a woman usually larrhs
when she thinks other people think
she ought to laugh.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06

Another chapter has heen added to
the court house squabb'e by the fill
ing of a petition in the district court
asking that an order be issued re-
straining the board of supervisors
from taking any further action in
the court house matter and declar-
ing that everything done SO far was
illegal. Mr.. Windsor. who filed the
petition, represents the river front
DeoDle
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-06

At the annual convention of the
Iowa State Travelling Mems Assoc
iation w. III. Wheeler was reelected
president without opposition, as
was T. Il. Haley to the Office of sec
rotary and Treasurer.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-25
Will Knock the Girls out of Work.

The Capitalization Of the country
schools is topic which is receiving
much attention all through the agricul-
tural portion of the country. BY con-
solidating the schools Of an average civil
township and transporting the pupils to
the central school, it is claimed, in fact
is well proven, that the cost will be no
greater than under the present system
Assuming ...~.s the average township
now has ten schools, and that three
teachers would readily handle all the
children taught a. the central school,
this plan would throw out of employ
ment seven lady teachers in each town
ship, or not less than one hundred such
teachers in each county. The question
arises. should this be done, what is to
be done with the seven girls? II they
were only willing to turn their attention
to housework and let us use them in
that way, we could feel quite reconciled
to the proposed change; but dear, dear.
the girls would never take kindly to
that, SO for the sake Of the girls, il for
no other reason, we are inclined to think
the old way OF conducting the schools is
the best.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-25

with the culture of small fruits is the
market for them, and this applies any,
where where the business is ken up.
II home market can be found this ID
best; il this market is TOO limited to
take the pr duct of sm II fruit garden,
a foreign market must be sought. then
come the items of freight, express charg-
es and commission, which all too often
gobble mp the entire proceeds of the con-
signment. Small fruits are exceedingly
perishable and unless they can be placed
upon the market fresh and nice, will sell
dom bring paying prices Given mar
ket, strawberries and re raspberries
will be found the most profitable fruits
to raise. In the matter Of strawberries
care should be taken to grow argelv OF
the very latest maturing var cites for
the northern market, for homegrown
early berries always have to compete
with berries grown south, while the late
maturing varieties, coming after the bulk
Of the crop is gone. will always bring the
highest prices These Lite var cites will
not yield so heavy crop as the early
ones. but will be found to bring in bet
ter returns for all that, The red rasp-
berry is always salable at good price. as
it is the most delicious berry we have
tor canning purposes.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-25
The Best Opening for the Young Mar

The Best Opening for the Young Man.
You are young man who has spent
all your life up to his time upon the
farm and you are now nearly twenty one
years old and are doing good deal Of
hard thinking about your future. You
have notion that there is something
better for you in the old world than the
growing Of crops and the milking Of
cows and would like to see something Of
the ways of the world as it is off the
farm. Lots just like you, my boy. And
they 60 from the farm by the thousand
year by year, and some become little
one horse attorneys and parsons, and
some book agents and medicine peddlers,
and some six dollar week jumping
jacks in dry goods stores, and some
worthless town loifers, and some wan
dering, homeless tramps. Many make a
good fight for place and position, only
to be swamped in mid-life by the merci-
less power of modern competition in all
lines OF business, and the few, the very
few, by virtue Of opportunity, pluck and
pull, climb high on fortunes ladder and
are held up to an admiring world as il
Illustrations Of what the country boy can
do when he leaves the farm.
Now listen, my boy; the time is coming
and is pretty nearly here now, when the
man who owns a piece OF land and
knows how to work it in an intelligent
manner, is going to have the whip-row
over all the peddlers, parsons, doctors,
lawyers, clerks and genteel loafers in
the land. Land ownership is the con-
crete foundation of European aristoc-
racy and all that is best in foreign civil
ization. Science is smiling most kindly
on agriculture. Unlimited possibilities
await the man who has best studied
natures text books. The best intellec-
tual development is uniting with the
hand hardened and Drowned by farm
work. All that is best in man may now
be evolved under rural conditions, In
ventions have greatly modified the
drudgery of farm toll, without in any
degree impairing agricultural independ-
ence. Suppose, my boy, you now decide
to be first class modern farmers man
well posted on the technical as we'll as
the practical side OF your BUSINESS
raiser Of the best crops, a breeder Of the
best stock, an up-to-date man in your
Professionalism you can easily do il
you will apply yourself to the doing Of
it with the same persistency and dill
gence which you would have to devote
to any outside profession il you would
make a success Of it. 1t is absolutely
true that agriculture so undertaken Of
fers today far more certain reward in
both financial and man developing way
than any other vocation open to the
young man
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-25

1t is said that our modern system Of
education as applied to farm boys, edu-
Gates them away from the farm; that
the tendency of the system is to incline
the boy to professional life and give him
q distaste for the so called humdrum
life of the farm. The natural remedy
for this state OF things is coming along
pretty fast, the overlooking ranks Of
young men seeking place in the profess
sions making it year by year more diff
cult for them to get place or foothold.
With this is constantly lowering rate
Of wage for the professional services and
it will not be long until farm life will
cease to be SO unattractive.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-25

A year or two ago tourist from
Baltimore while in Alexandria pur-
chased mummy In case, and took
1t home TO the states with him. Lately
wishing to assure himself of the gen
zine character of his possession, he
subjected the swathed figure to the
Rontgen rays. when 1t was found to
ack a skeleton. Tearing the mummy
open In disgust he found. besides straw
and shavings. and English. French and
Egyptian newspapers of ten years ago
ticket Of admission to the British
museum reading-room, which is dated
1880.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-25

Attention has been drawn to the
prevalence of consumption in New
York by the report of the state board
IF health, which shows that 1927 per-
sons died of consumption in that state
last year. The board, further states
that there are $4,000 consumptivss
walking the streets Of New York every
FAY and endangerins the lives OF every
vne they pass.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-25

voBosSoAO AVOHy rum hcuhuoI Nutos
In the forests Of the Pacific slope In
Ecuador abounds the species of palm
which bears the nuts known as "vege-
table ivory" The nuts are exceedingly
hard and white. Germany takes two
thirds Of the product, and the rest goes
to the United States. France and Eng
land. The harvest is in the rainy sea-
son, and great RATS loaded with the
outs are sent down the swollen rivers.
Those engaged in the industry are In
1ians and mixed races. The unpeeled
auts bring. in the native markets, about
so cents q hundred pounds.