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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-01

The Chinese emperor has his moments of
tiepidation, but his position does not seem
to have quite The peril which sometimes at
taches to governorship in this country.
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The bay States Contribution.

Massachusetts continues to furnish writ
ing paper for the United States govern
ment, leaving the other states to furnish
the talent for spelling 1t by writin. on In
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Aguinaldo does not feel called upon to
add his words to an argument which pro-
crosses with so much senatorial ginger
without any outside assistance.
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1t is said that St nator Clarks income az
5000 a day. His opponents are still fig
uring on the alleged out-go during an cleo
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Kentucky is evidently bent on causing the
cold-dcck and shcoting-iron romances of
the far west To fall into iusignifcance.
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SHOOTING STARS.
Her Reply.

Il wish I could put my whole heart in
poem and bestow it on you" said Willie
Washington.
ut would be quite appropriate. an
swered Miss Cayenne. Poems are SO often
noted as rejected articles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-01

If Mr.. w. j. Bryan is really anxious to
get into the euemys country he might try
d Jaunt through Kentucky.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-01

Mr.. Roberts will soon be busy going from
freside to fireside explaining to the fam
Hes how it happened.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-01

One great climatic advantage possessed
by the Philippines has escaped attention.
They offer no temptations to skate on thin
ice and get drowned
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st. Louis Mad Clear Through

From the Louisville Courier Journal
st. Louis is hot enough to boil her Chi
cago river water.
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Fridays Our Remnant Day.
Our Special Bargain Day.

81 t IS important o % busb ases asmabea
to sale eGusH of
o h1rpr sdanu
hl
o offered prices t mtret
Veneed
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One Black Velvet Bonnet. trimmed with pastel
shade of chiffon ard black wings.
$500. Reduced from $1,000.
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One Black Velvet Hat, trimmed with white ap-
plique lace and rhinestone ornament
$500. Reduced from SI2.oo.
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WM000War0 & T0tbr0p>
1uh d FStretN.

Great Art Exhibi1af Hours the National Gallery
Direction Mr.. III.
Reproductions of
by The Tnnoptco
8 attended toaM
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Millinery Department.

One Castor Hat trimmed with brown velvet.
$500. Reduced from $500.
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Oriental Rugs at Half Price.

About genuine Turkish Rugs consisting of Antique Dagheans
Antique Candies and Antique Massou of slight
tons offered at exactly half price Coong and designs
tracuve Sizes from it it. inches inches.
Prices, SOS to $500. Were S15.5O to $4,000.
These will be shown second floor nearby Upholstery Depart
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Mems House Coats at Half Price.

IvVeH1 HOUSE eOaES at GlaHf Price,
tomorrow, cleanup of House Coats77 All
except sxand they good styles Doubeced
rich veve handsome ma
Doubleaced and Plain Cheviots-
$3.50. Were SIS. 90. $500 Were $1,000.
$3.50. Were s8.75. 5000. Were $1,000.
Velvet Matelasse Tuxedo Goats
5000. Were $1,000.
in the lot but Of every pattern
Men -Fistao
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-01

One Fancy Jet Bonnet, trimmed with rich shad'
Of red satin antique
$500. Reduced from $I2.5o.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
The TITO nE,afer+,,n,,.

The commission appointed to inves
tfgate The question of a deep water
way from the great lakes to the At
iantic reports that the cost Of construc-
ton OF twenty-one-foot channel
from Lake Erie to New York city via
Lake Ontario, the Mohawk Valley and
the Hudson. will be $2O6, O0O. 900. The
estimated cost of the Nicaragua canal
Is $500. 100000. Assuming that the en-
gineers have been reasonably accurate
IN their estimates, there will be no
practical difference in the cost Of these
two great works. One Of them will
unite two oceans and shorten by thou
sands OF miles the distance by water
between the Atlantic aad Pacific coasts
of the United States. 1t will be open at
all seasons Of the year. The other,
which will not be available during the
winter months. will add to the facili-
ties which the chief products Of the
West enjoy for reaching the seaboard.
Kipling's "Absent-Minded Beggar,.
has realized In various ways the epor-
raous total OF $4ss. 900. all OF which has
teen turned over to the families OF
soldiers fighting IN South Africa
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
SCRAMBLE FOR DIAMONDS.
CONS Thrown Away by an Absent-
Minded Dealer.

CONS Thrown Away by an Absent-
Minded Dealer.
Have you got any of those dia-
monds?" is the question Of the hour
In Birmingham. Some 800 precious
stones have been shared out by lucky
prospectors in Vittoria street, and the
search still continues, says the London
Express. 1t happened in this wise:
In a fit of abstraction John Davis,
member of firm of diamond mer.
chants, while walking down Vittoria
street an recent morning, pulled an
old envelope out of his pocket and
commenced to tear it up. When he
reached the last section the terrible
fact dawned upon him that it was the
envelope in which We're some 1000
small diamonds, valued at s100, and
that he had been sowing these broad
cast over a public thoroughfare The
news spread with lightning Like rapid
lty. Shopkeepers locked up and came
to the more lucrative occupation OF
picking up diamonds, while for mile
around an errand boy at his ordinary
work was phenomenon. Such a
scraping of the street with knives and
sticks had never been seen. AS it
happened, most of the lost stones went
down the cellar gratings of jewelers.
shop. Ingenious youths fished for
them with piece of soap attached to
stick and reeled in three prizes at q
time. Others sat in the gutter sort
ing an anxiously guarded handful OF
dirt. Still the crowd grew. At on1
period over 1900 lads were to be seen
hard at work. From noon to seven
o'clock the street was nearly blocked,
When night fell candles, lamps and
lanterns We're brought to aid the indie
fatigable hunters for treasure trove,
and the scene presented could only
have been done justice by Hogarth
About half the diamonds have found
their way back to their rightful owner.
Some were sold to a shopkeeper and
the rest, like the graves of house
hold, are scattered far and wide. Dia.
mond pins will shortly be fashionable
in Birmingham.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
Boer Campaianin&,

Late reports from South Africa show
the recent raids on the British lines in
an ever more favorable light. The
British had all the advantages Of in
terror lines, Of established bases Of
supplies, and of at least partially forth
fed camps. Their lines, in general,
extend from the Orange river north
ward along the railway 400 miles to
Pretoria; east from Pretoria through
the Transvaal $50 miles to Komati-
poort, on the Portuguese border;
southeast from johannesburg along
the railway through the pass at Laing's
Mex to Ladysmith, distance Of near
ly geo miles; then west from Lady
smith through the Drakensburg passes
to Bethlehem. Military men looking
tt the situation month ago would
have said that it would be worse than
madness for force of 10000 or 5000
men to attempt to break these lines.
But it is clear now that the Boer
commanders organized a campaign to
disturb the British not at one point
but at several. They attacked the
British position thirty or forty miles
west Of Pretoria in such force as to
bring on one Of the most spirited bat
ties Of the war.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
Gold in British columbia.

The first authenticated discovery Of
gold in British Columbia, according to
Or. G. M. Dawson, occurred at Mitch
ell, or Gold Harbor, on the west coast
Of Queen Charlotte island, in 1851, a
nugget weighing several ounces having
been accidentally picked up by an In
dian woman on the seashore. This
Nugget was brought to Fort Simpson,
and coming into the possession of the
officer in charge of the Hudson Bay
eompany's post at that place, was for
warded by him to the company's head
quarters at Victoria. An expedition
was at once fitted out and, proceeding
10 the spot, succeeded in locating a
quartz vein seven inches wide, report
ed to contain Is per cent gold in some
claces." The find was worked for some
months and then abandoned, the mar
cow vein entirely giving out; no
other indications of mineral were ever
found on the island, Notwithstanding
that this extraordinary little seam of
quartz had yielded in the few weeks
it was worked, a value Of $4,000 on
the word Of one authority, or $4,000
on that OF another. About the same
time coal, which had been discovered
on Vancouver island as far back as
1895, began to be mined in earnest at
acknowledgement Magazine.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
Victim o, Tea Habit.

A Philadelphia young man, a victim
of the tea habit, visits Chinatown
regularly, and drinks the special tea
which is brewed there at Is cents a
bowl. He will put away in an even
ing fifteen or twenty bowls, becoming
finally boisterous and silly, though he
will not stagger. He says he remem-
bers nothing after the ninth or tenth
bowl of tea, and that on the day after
one of his sprees he has wretched
headache and sore, parched mouth.
He does not drink alcoholic beverages
because he dislikes their taste, and hi
is a member in good standing of a
total abstinence society. An effort has
been made to throw him out of this
organization, but, since he violates
none of it's rules, that can not be done
Philadelphia Record.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27

New Years Eve. and at home. This
Is coy little den of mine, just as it
looks now, quite eclipses anything 1
ever see at the club; books, pipes, easy
chairs, cheerful fire in the CRATE;
pictures, busts, my well-beloved etch-
fngs all about the walls.
What's the matter with you, old
man, tonight? Why are you taking an
inventory Of these surroundings on
this last night of the year? Everybody
thinks you are tired Of them, don't you
know, for you spend very little time
In their midst, says some provoking
little voice. (Wonder if it's my con-
science.)
Dorothy is up stairs, the servants
are out; as soon as she finishes the
sewing of button on Johnnie's re-
fractory trousers she will come down.
she says, and watch the old year out,
being evidently well pleased over the
prospect of club night Of our own,
a little Home, Sweet Home" sort of
an arrangement.
It seems that Johnnie is the only
member Of our family not member OF
a club. Dorothy simply holds on to
the little shaver by the collar, tied to
her apron strings he is, and am glad
OF it.
Can ever forget the day when our
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27

among the celestials who may often be
seen with her brothers careering along
the fine roads of Shanghai. There ara
not more than two or three Chinese
girls who ride. though the sons Of thu
wealthy Chinese merchants and many
other Chinese youths may often be
seen riding in the streets Of the treaty
ports. the only places in China where
riding is possible. On the whole, the
Chinese have taken kindly to the
bike" and many are expert trick rid
ers. The lady referred to is Miss
Kit-Sen of Shanghai and was the first
girl in China to cycle. She evidently
enjoys the sport.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27

And generations pass, as they have
passed,
A troop of shadows moving with the
sun;
Thousands of times has the old tale
been told:
The world belongs to those who
come the last,
we have done.
Was ever answer sent to mortal
man more clearly?
| think I'm sent for; there's some.
thing besides old Father Time after
me, surely. Here is the very answer
to my dismals as to those boys and
their doings. But here comes Dorothy,
singing, apparently in very cheerful
mood
This is perfectly lovely, George
Augustus.
"Johnnie's trousers are all right for
tomorrow, and l have been looking
over my precious tin box, and / find
such lovely bits of literature and all
sorts; suppose we look them over to-
night"
Perhaps Dorothy noticed an unusual
expression on my manly countenance,
for she paused and said: What are
you thinking about? What has this
ola year been saying to you? Are you
having retrospective sort of revival
meeting all by yourself?"
Only few ideas have struck me,
Dorothy. l rather like this den OF
mine, especially tonight, and one OF
two articles in these books here seem
to have been written especially fog me,
and an uncomfortable little voice
has been questioning me. A thought
strikes me that we, you and 1, have
drifted apart rather more than l evel
dreamed We could. There has seer
sort Of we fellows at the club al,
and manner about me. that 1 really
think now, as l sit here, has been a
foolishness on my part that l shall
endeayor to discontinue; a sort OF
desire to be lin with the boys and
off with my wife I hope, Dorothy,
that you do not think my past is
really a dreadful one to look back
upon"
20, no." Dorothy replied, with some.
thing of twinkle in her eyes: "but
then. you know, you might be more
Of saint, if you tried. dear"
"And perhaps, most noble and ador.
able (my temper rising) and TWEEN
tieth century wife, if J should give up
my Sunday evenings at the club. pos
sibly you may be willing to sacrifice q
few of those insufferable teas and
bring an appetite uncontaminated with
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
PRAIRIE DOGS.
They Have Had Their Day on The Plain,
OP tho How yu.,+

They Have Had Their Day on the Plain,
of the Far West.
Passengers on the CO. system who
have ridden the better part of day
through western Nebraska and east.
ern Colorado will remember the prairie
dog. He is numerous in that sectio,
of the country. He lives in villages
and the villages are as close together
as the villages of certain parts of Eur,
ope, says the Des Moines News. But
the prairie dog has had his day. This
agricultural department says he must
go. Mr.. Wilson has decided that the
dogs kill the grass and ruin good graz.
ing land. "Tama Jim has little of the
love Of picturesqueness in his make.
up. He is eminently practical and HE
philanthropy is of the type which
seeks to make two blades Of grass grow
instead of one. Therefore he proposes
to relegate the prairie dog to the pic.
ture books and to the stuffed specimens
of the museum along with the buffalo
Mr.. Wilson's chemists have discovered
a mixture that will make whole vii,
lagos fight for the first bite,abut which
at the last biteth like a. serpent and
stingeth like an adder. Under it's in
fuence the hole that knows the prairie
dog will know it no more forever. The
frislky, nervous, barking little beast
will join the innumerable caravan o.:
prairie dogs who have gone before
There will be more grass when the
prairie dog is gone, and therefore mora
cattle There will be less break.
ing of the legs of cowboys ponies and
The rattlesnake will live alone in the
hole until the summons come to him
S1so
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
To Bride fbe Bospbor1lS.

The scheme of bridging the Bosphor-
us has been revived at Constantinople
and 1t is announced that magnificent
structure will span the river ere the
apse Of another year and will bear
de name of the sultan OF Turkey,
Abdul Hamid. 1t is to be constructed
by the Bosphorus Railway company,
which designs junction between the
railways of Europe and the Asiatic
railway of Bagdad. Naturally the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27

narrowest dividing line OF sea has been
chosen for the point of connection. A
military bridge, erected by Corinth-
ian long before the Christian era, once
spanned these 600 yards Of water at
the same spot and over it marched
King Darius and his 100000 Persian
braves. Lord Byron, impatient Of
bridges as of many things, swan the
food and as result was addressed in
much minor verse as Leander. The
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
Gen. Wood Resentr Inr,,ft

Governor-General Wood severed the
official connection Of the Havana Bar
association with the government in
consequences Of the action Of the as.
ISOLATION in electing to the board OF
governors FIVE deposed judges who had
been removed for dishonesty. Hitler.
to the association has sustained semi.
official relations with the government
1t has 300 members. IS Of whom were
present at the election.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27

new bridge is to be erected on lasting
lines. Massive granite pillars are to
be built and these will support the
steel cables on which the bridge de-
ponds. They will provide accommo-
dation for artillery and ornaments
will not be wanting in the shape Of
minarees and cupolas, decorated with
tiles and arabesques. The cost of the
bridge is estimated at about s3,00O.-
900.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
What Can You Expect?

There was a bargain sale of gloves
in one of the uptown stores the other
day. One woman who had considered
herself fortunate in being in the front
rank in the bargain counter rush was
much disgruntled when she reached
home to find that both gloves were
for the same hand. She took them
back and explained. What can you
expect at such a price?" asked the
girl OF whom the purchase had been
made, in a deprecatory tone.-Nev
York Times.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
THIS IS A COY LITTLE DEN.

ETC., and last, but not least, and that
which caused Dorothy much suffering,
were ssundry pieces Of rope to be fur
nfshed with all the paraphernalia of
traseze arrangement, preparatory to
meanderings aloft, all of which caused
a. rush Of blood to my head, as
thought of these venturesome boys,
three of them at work daily, expert
menting with the center Of gravity,
walking on their heads being the OBJ
jective point apparently.
I'VE are happily rejoicing these days,
however, in more recent occupant of
the family cradle, who 30 far walks
feet downward after the fashion of
mortals.
AS time goes on. the children's
youthful exploits, with the accom-
panying worries Of their elders, fade
Into oblivion, as the more serious as
pect confronts us.
The Ollapodrida members of my
family have taken unto themselves a
few extra years; two Of these afore-
said members are looking college
ward, and seem to worry about them
In wonderful way quite unlike my
self.
The bread and butter question con-
fronts me? What profession will be
theirs? Are they sufficiently strong in
purpose to resist this or that?
The day will come when Dorothy
and cannot shield them or stand be-
meath them and the cold world; we
won't be here to settle the little &C.
counts or encounters, or watch the lit
tie cotillions they are going to have
with the jewellers Of this mundane
sphere.
Then comes the question over again:
"Well. old fellow, what's the matter
now? Can't you let the boys alone,
and let them fight it out just as you
did?'' Some truth in that, / answer.
81 will wait until Dorothy comes and
I'll ask her, just for curiosity, what
she thinks of my past, and the general
outlook"
In part I am going to turn over a
new leaf.
Here is volume OF Longfellow be-
side me on the table; he is so human
you know, and will close my eyes
open, the book "a little game OF
chance, you see). and on the page
where my finger rests will try If by
chance word Of comfort come to me-
that would hit my case.
seem to have case of the blues;
probably staying away from the club
on this convivial occasion is not agree
ing with me.
'Shut your eyes, open the book"
says the little exhorter, that unseen
individual.
Presto change-O, what meets my
eye? Will it be some dire prophecy
or? Here 1t is under my foref1nger:
"A Shadow" It reads:
I said to myself If were dead,
What would befall these children?
What would be
Their fate, who are now looking W
to me
For help and furtherance7 Their
lives,
/ said.
Would It be volume wherein I have
read
But the first chapters, and no long
er see
To read the rest Of their dear history
SO full OF beauty and SO full Of dread.
ee comforted; the world is very old.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
Chinese Hg,on1er1 Asa,6eeI.

The bicycle woman has invaded Chi
ma, the last place on earth where one
would expect to find her. Aside from
the national prejudice that exists
among the Mongol people to women
taking part in occupations or pastimes
that men ordinarily reserve for them
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27

Ask your grocer for Russ Bleaching Blue, ~
not be deceived by fraudulent limitations, nee
that the name Russ appears on oil packags1
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27

Jell-O, the Now Dessert,
nleases all the family. Four Aavors:-
Lemon. Orange, Raspberry and Straw
berry. At your grocers. 10 cts TT
1t today.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27

Morley's Sarsape rilla and Iron not
only purifes the blood but makes
new, rich, red blood. If you have
skin eruptions, boils, assesses, rheu-s
matism or scro1ula, or if you have, .
rundown, tired-out-feeling, try this
remedy and note the prompt results.
Ask your druggist.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
DOROTHY is REALLY ELOQUENT

such diet as slipping frappes, Russian
teas and chocolate to respectable,
cozy dinner with your George Angus.
tus; and" (pausing for breath) don't
be angry; couldn't you leave out that
tiresome, quarrelsome card party and
await my return with unrufIied nerves
for instance. meet me at the door just
as you used to do, little wife?" (grow.
ing little more tender).
why, whatever Can be the matte,
with you, George Augustus? 1t ii,
only case of too many clubs in the
family, that is all; easily remedied,
you know. If this is to be Home
club tonight, let us invoke the spirit
Of the New Year here, right under
this roof; let us stand here, and With
the right hand uplifted VOW that
naught shall come between thee and
me, George Augustus and Dorothy;
we will reach that land of trust and
confidence that requires no weapon
not even club, to create or quell a
disturbance" Dorothy is really elo.
quent.
Bring down the tin box, Dorothy;
1--WE are the Ollapodrida club (the
tin box. Dorothy and y in memory
of those boys who are trying another
sort of trapeze swinging high or low
with the wings of ambition, up tc
greater heights"
| By the way, Dorothy sketches and
paints. will give her a subject
earth, sky and water. the soft green
turf the blue ethereal, the hazy noun.
tain top. while the lazy tapping waves
touch the eager feet of the climbers
yet in the valley as they stand
on the shore twixt earth and sea, grid.
ed and armed for the steep ascent tt
the shrine on the distant heights.
| Send them wings. o guardian angels
and give me sight,
I cannot read the all Of their dear his
toy,
Vanish old year;
Forward. the new!
| Detroit Free Press
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27

Eye glasses are made from Brazil
ian pebble, which is very transparent
rock crystal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-27
Fire a Shot Twenty ATiIes,

The United States will fire q shot
twenty miles, which will be record
breaker for the distance. The gun
from which it is to be fired will be q.
marvel of American ingenuity ana
workmanship. Another marvel OF
American ingenuity is Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. For fifty years II
has cured constipation, indigestion.
dyspepsia and biliousness.