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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
That tie Was Not d Hero, She
Deserted Him.
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.

I do not know. But this much do
know full we'll, and that is that saw
her In the rotunda and she was de-
cidedly pretty girl. That caught my
eye, for love pretty women, and, Of
course, tried to strike up Irritation.
But Bertha would not flirt. was then
in a gray suit. never wore my uni
form, and without knowing her name,
l wrote the note. A porter was friend
Of mine. and gave him the note, say
ing was Capt. Clark. You see that
was the first name that came to me,
and thought that it would catch Ber-
tina, the idea of meeting the capain of
a battleship. So the porter got the
note, and he was little curious with
1t, asking If there was anything in it
that would make the lady mad. said
there was not. and told him never
mind, as everything was polite. That
note was delivered, and walked away
a little while. That was on Monday,
understand. When returned, the
porter pointed me out to my brother
in-law. Mr.. Aaronson, and the next
minute he came up to me and asked
me If I was Capt. Clark. There was no
use backing out then, and 1 said that
I was, and he seemed so glad to meet
me. The next word he said to me was
that his sister-in-law had turned over
the note to him, and he thought that If
there was to be an introduction that
he was the only person to give it. We
were talking little while, and of
course agreed to it. Then Mr.. Bloch
came up, and Mr.. Aaronson introduced
me as Capt. Clark of the battleship
Oregon.
"Then I was in for it, and deter
mined to play the whole thing through.
Understand, it was all Irritation then,
and did not think for one moment
that there would be any further
trouble. The first thing l did to put
myself right and high was to ask Mr..
Bloch If he would come down to the
battleship, say that very night, for
bit of wine. But then later excused
myself and said I,would name time
for big supper. Mr.. Aaronson was
pleased to know me, and introduced
me to his sister-in-la&w in the hotel.
That was delightful treat, and I
found myself in love with the girl, and
I believe she cared for Sne then. l
took Bertha by the asra aa,sd viewed
the parade Of Rex. She was Ola chair
and was careful that she should MOT
fall. We became very good friends
and the more saw her the more
loved her. l wanted to tell the truth
and tell the girl who was and all
about myself, but then I feared that
she did not love me and that the affair
would not go too far. That night we
viewed the parade at the corner
Of st. Chalres and Canal streets,
and after that I, with Mr.. Aaron
49, and his wife, vent out for
. little supper. We went to the
Imperial and drank wine. but
Bertha would take none, and was
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
NOW IT IS DooRkNockERs.
shabby Bits of Iron and Brass Hunted
In Antique ShopH.

In Antique Shopg.
The would-be Bohemian girl is on
the lookout for old doorknockers. II
you meet her rushing from one antique
shop to the next, you may be sure
she's got the fad and is on the chase.
Often one is heard of, but where 1t was
yesterday 1t is not today, and 1T is the
faddist's business to follow it until she
catches up with it. And then, perhaps.
some girl who won't give it up has it.
Old doorknockers are scarce. They are
being copied, it is true, but the manu-
facturers are not able to duplicate the
battered, denied appearance of the
knockers that, many years ago, in sun
and storm, stood as sentinel at the
door, ready to echo under the hand of
the colonial swain. Another reason
why new Knockers are not so accept
able Is because they are factory made
and all alike. The old ones, being hand
made, are stamped each with an in
dlvlduallty all its own, bearing the i'm
press of the workmans skill and, in
measure, of his humor at the time
the work was done. It is not the re-
suit of the labor of mechanic, but
OF an artist mechanic. So the girl is
looking for the shabby, well-worn bit
OF brass that is green with old age.
The particular pattern she wants is
the lions head, and if she finds it she
pays from SIS to $40 to possess it.
There are other patterns--some of flat
plain brass, that are we'll liked as a
second choice. They can be purchased
for about So. Some of the girls take
these when they cannot find the lions
head, but continue their search. When
they succeed in getting what they
want, the less desirable knocker is
snapped" for their latest find, or else
sold to one of their friends. If a girl
doesn't succeed in her search at all
she buys new knocker--for which
she pays about Sand buries it in the
ground until it becomes green and
moldy. Then she gives it to her.
small brother to play with She doesn't
tell the boy what she wants him to
do, but in these war times it is quite
certain that the knocker will go
through many a mock battle as some
piece of ammunition, and when it re-
turns to its owner is sure to have
enough dents to satisfy the most fas-
Gdious. The knocker is now ready to
be hung. If tie family is enthusiastic
1T goes on the front door, but when the
girl is alone in the enjoyment of her
fad it hangs OH the door of her own
domain, and luckless, indeed, the in
dividual who fails to announce.
through it's voice, her desire to enter.
New York Press.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26

birthstone and nitre-the nttre supply
ing the oxygen. These three things
made up the powder Of the ancient
Chinese. as well as that used in tina
rude cannon of the battle OF Cressy,
In 1916. But during the last few years
artillery has been so developed that
gunpowder could not properly fire the
huge shot fired by the 11O-ton gun.
What was wanted was something thai
would burn slowly at first, apply its
power as the shot moved up the gun.
and have expended itself by the time
the muzzle was reached. So that we
got gun-cotton, and later cordite. Thu
making of cordite was explained fully.
Its constituents are nitro-glycerine
and gun-cotton dissolved in mutual
solvent, and vaseline added as lubri-
cant.
Lyddite, he explained, was carbolic
acid in combination with sulphuriG
and nitric acids, forming picric acid,
The only way of exploding it was by
means of powerful detonator. When
the shell has been filled with the melt
ed yellow lyddite, "picric detona-
tor is placed at the top; and above
this illuminate of mercury detonator.
When the shell strikes an object the
illuminate explodes. flashing the second
detonator, which in it's turn explodes
the lyddite. The only disadvantage
Of lyddite was that there was less GER
tainty of decorating picric acid than
of firing powder. Melinite was sup
posed to be a gelatinised compound OF
plcric acid. Among several interesting
experiments was one in which little
white flag was treated with nitric acid,
and thereby converted into gun-cotton.
At touch of the gas flame it vanished
in an instant.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
THE DISTANCE OF THE STARS.
A Problem in Which Astronomers Are
Much Int rested.

Much Interested.
A problem in which the astronomers
are now much interested is that of the
distances of the stars, especially how
far out they extend, says Prof. Simon
Newcomb in the Youths Companion
1t was formerly thought that the
brightest stars were the nearest,@azAd
the faintest the ostIlistant. But it
Is IN, aagsnd that thjl d 9 t1s the whole
stars are as fl. away as those which
we cannot see without telescona
lhere are two remarkable cases Of mi.
kind. Campus, in the constel1ation =,
Argo, is, next to Sirius, the brightest
star IN the sky. But it's distance ia i'm
neasuraDly great, so that astronomers
certain abeesn able to leasfsn1 anything
conclusion from this is InsSsssalop,1,
although it is only a star in the sky,
is really thousand times brighter
than the sun. Campus is not the only
star of which this is true. Rigel, in
the constellation of Orion, Is star OF
the first magnitude; yet it's distance
| is beyond all that the most powerful
instruments of astronomy can fathom.
There may yet be other stars ten thou
sand times as bright as the sun, and yet
SO far away that we do not see them
as very bright stars. There are now
about sixty stars of whose distance as
tronomers have been able to get some
idea. The distances of few of the
nearest of these have been measured
with some approach to exactness, but
the farther a star is the harder it be.
comes to secure eXactness in such
measurements. But astronomers are
always trying to improve their instru
ments, and every year they are find
ing out more and more about the ar
| rangements of the stars. Perhaps be
fore the twentieth century shall be hall
gone they will know how far off the
Milky Way something they have
as yet no certain way of learning.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
desperately IN love with the girl. But.

desperately In love with the girl But.
with all that. kept myself back and
wanted to be sure that she reciprocal
ed my love. I had the privilege Of CALI
Ing at her place on Rampant st It.
near Canal, and Mr.. Aaronson xas
only too glad to have me come 18th
him. Tuesday went to the house and
met Mr.. Aaronson. and Bertha was
there. She greeted me so nicely that
"a wss sure that she loved me. That
night we were out to a little supper.
and after that went to her boarding
house, and It was there that Proposed
to her. asked her II she could love
me II I was not Capt. Clark, and IL /
was not seaman or q soldier, and
she told me abe would love me II I
had nothing.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
Az tlncial PavinR-stones.

A new method Of making durable
artificial stone for paving purposes has
been successfully introduced in Ger
many, and is likely to find employment
in many countries. The basis Of the
pavement is. like that Of many other
systems, coal tar. This Is mixed with
sulphur and heated, and to the plastic
mass is added preparation Of lime.
When cold, the compound is broken
into fragments and mixed with glass
or blast furnace glass Stag. Subjected
to heavy pressure, the powder is mold
ed to any form required; and 1t is
found that its resistance to wear and
tear is fully half as great as that of
Swedish granite. The other advantages
claimed for the paving is that its
fonghened surface gives q good foot
hold, that 1t resists changes Of temper
ature. is not noisys and e easily kept
clean.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26

my WOTQt IL, 1AIcA 49,,
all when r. married hsi to tell her
once she was mine, could taRffou see'
Freeny'lle, femaiyr ,1fei Rs -Assssa;s yer 70
then we could live together in happfse
ness. But Mr.. Aaronson bothered me
with that Capt. Clark business, and !
could not let out on myself then, for
would lose the girl, and I did not
want to do that. So had to bluff my
brother-in-law, and that is how came
to invite Bloch to come aboard the YES
sci for Wednesday night, and told him
to invite his friends, as wanted them
to enjoy a good time on the water.
That strengthened my hold on Mr..
Aaronson, and the bluff held good, be-
cause believe Mr.. Bloch was getting
ready to go to supper"
well, the proposal. You are for
getting that?"
well, Bertha accepted me and was
glad, and she said that had her con-
sent. But it was necessary to see her
brother-in-law, and, of course, I had
| to go to him that same night and tell
him all. He shook my hand and said
he was glad. At 10 o'clock the next
morning l was to meet my brother-in-
law at the house and we were to go for
the license. l was there to the minute,
met Bertha, and off we started-that
Is, my brother-in-law and myself
and we got Mr.. Beer. After that we
got Bertha and Mrs Aaronson, and We
started for DR.. Percivaps house and
were married"
Religion did not stand in the way?"
mo, it made no difference. We
wanted to get married. It was more
through me that the hurry was had,
because wanted Bertha as my wife as
soon as possible"
Now, about the supper on board the
vessel?"
| "Wait. For let me tell you that
that same morning, when we were
married, Mr.. Aaronson gave me his
watch as present, and remarked that
he was glad to give it to Capt. Clark.
OF course / took it. / could not re-
fuse him, because he was SO nice about
it.; but the truth is that / had watch
with me at the time. Well, after the
marriage I saw that was in trouble
about that supper; so / thought that
1t, was best to say that some lieutenant
was dead on board the vessel. To dc
this l made the bluff good by going tc
the undertaken, as you know, and
made all of the arrangements. That
gave the excuse to disappoint Bloch
and telephoned him. Then you know
how worked the racket of going te
the vessel. Well, that was to bluff Mr.
Aaronson. bluffed him, but, hon
testly, that was all for one thing. The
truth Of 1t is that loved the girl and
wanted her for my wife, and by q
prank got in the trouble. II could
have t5iic .'sem that was Moyse and
not Clark / would have done 80, but
there was danger In losing the girl. Sc
Just held out. No am willing te
marry the girl over, and will do any
thing to comfort her.
d But Aaronson wants nothing more
of Private Moyse or Capt. Clark
though he was at the parish prison
with his wife last afternoon. Tht
prisoner wanted to see him, but he
(Aaronsone would not go into the
place.
Perhaps in q day or so Mrs. Aaron.
son and the woman will leave for Ohio
though the victim Of Private Moys,
/ viii return Il she il wanted to prose
cute him. u &
Y Robert Mari. district attorney. wa
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
BERTHA MARRIED CAPTAIN CLARK"

questioned with reference to the legal
situation Of the Moyse case, and he
expressed grave doubts as to the posi-
bility of holding the man.
There was no statute in the state
criminal law which made 1t an offense
for person to assume a different
name and make false representations
unless the person or persons obtained
goods or money by this misrepresenta
ton. There was also no statute whid
made 1T unlawful for a person to Sc.
cure a marriage license under an as.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
be transformed into a new article Of

be transformed into a new article of
manufacture by an inventor of New
York city. This patentee claims a
portable candle holder in which there
are two fixed wings for the support Of
the candle and an adjustable wing at
tached to the handle. This arrange
ment permits of the use of candles OF
different sizes, and of the removal Of
the butt end which is left after the
candle has burned down as far as pos
sible. The simplicity Of the design
permits of cheap manufacture. an es-
sential feature of such an article.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
I corning Later

i The story Of the representation Of
Capt Clark Of the battleship Oregon
~ Julius Leon Moyse in this city Gre
ated g remarkable stir throughout the
country. The unfortunate woman,
Miss Bertha Waenken Of Cincinnati,
who was imposed upon by him and In
duced to marry him, has returned to
Cincinnati with her brother-in-law.
who was also deceived. She. however,
can throw no further .Ns1t on the
crime. All fy-kdows was made known
IN the first airing of the case. The
shly one who could add to the story
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
How to Cure Chappeo H.nd..

insufficient drying is the cause Of
most chapped hands. 1t is an excellent
idea to keep on ones dressing-table
a box OF almond meal with perofrat-
ed cover. When the hands are dried
with the towel. a little almond meal
busted over them will complete the
work Of absorbing the moisture. and
the hands will not chap.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
Modern High, Explosives.

Mr.. J. s. S. Brame, F, s. c.. gave q
lecture at the London Institution.
Dundee. the other day. on Modern Ex-
plosives." He began by showing, says
the Courier Of that city, that an ax-
plosion was simply rapid combustioa,
caused by the combination OF oxygen
with some infiammahle material and
the application of q light A step on
ward led him to gunpo wder charcoal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
JULIUS LEON MoYsE IN HIS
NAVAL UNIFORM.

n was Moyse himself, and hitherto he
has refused to say word.
The first work of the police on the
4 case was to trace his record. This
. was found to be none too good When
any 7discreditable facts were brought
bme to him he was made to see the
difaculty OF his position and was In
dueed to tell the true story Of the
W today. =. -5--
m h1a he claimed that the de-
ception was just a device to start a
Irritation with the girl. and that when
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26

"She loved me for myself. and I was
happy-in fact, was too happy to tell
her that was not Capt. Clark. But,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
Magnetism In Islands.

The Danish island of BornhoIm, in
the Baltic sea, is so magnetic as to be
danger to navigation. The island,
which measures about twenty miles in
length by fourteen in breadth, and is
distant about twenty-four miles east
by south from the nearest point of
Sweden, is famous for it's geological
peculiarities. 1t consists almost en-
tirely of magnetic. Bornholm's mag
netic influence is not only known to
the navigators on those waters, but is
much feared by them on account of its
influence on the magnetic needle, which
makes the correct steering of a shin a.
matter Of much difficulty. This infu-
ence is felt at a distance of ten miles,
and SO palpably that, on the island
being sighted, mariners on the Baltic
at once discontinue steering their
course by the needle and turn instead
to the well-known lighthouses and
other signs by which to direct their
craft. There are several magnetic is
lands and points along the Atlantic
coast of South America. Near the
mouth of the Rio de la Plata is a ia
nous magnetic point-the western
side of the headland known as the
Punta Negra-and navigators of YES
sells bound for Buenos Ayres of Monte
Vldeo have to be very careful not to go
too near it. Trinidad is another place
OF the same description, and one rea-
son for its abandonment to Brazil was
It's utter unftness for a. telegraphic
station, owing to is strong magnetic
acknowledgements Scimetar.
ID >'nsFer for this Great E1hIbitis g.
Enginering mentions the surprising
TACT that 10000 horsepower Of machin.
cry VIII be required for the Paria ax-
posleton. IS 1t Is intended that the
processes of manutaC,u. .ho,, -. ~.
played side by side with exhlhffs VS.
raw material, much machinery will be
distributed throughout the Champ de
Mars, and the transmission of energy
will be electrical. About 5000 horse
power will be needed for this purpose
besides $4,000 horsepower for light
ing, making total Of 10000 horse
power. The steam producing plant
will be collected in two buildings plac-
| ed parallel to the old Machinery hall.
OF course in each case, the generators
supplying steam will constitute exhi5-
its, and payment made for the steam
supplied, with an allowance towards
the cost Of installation. The coal sup.
ply will be taken through underground
passages. The electrical units, consist
! ing each of an engine and direct
coupled dynamo, will be placed as near
as possible to the boiler-houses in a
gallery parallel to them.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
Novel Candle Holder.

Nothing to the inventor appears too
trivial for improvement, and even the
modest candlestick that has remained
the same for generations is now to
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-04-26
H.ltinx Rhxne.

Gusher Dancing is the poetry Of
motion. Guyer Yes, and quite often
there are too many feet in the poetry.
Kansas City Independent.
The evening times., 1900-05-12
GIRLS WITH RED HAIR.
The Lively DamseIs to he Found In
Nearly Every Nation.

From the St Louis Republic.)
The geographical distribution OF red
headed girls is, fortunately. wide They
can be found in every inhabited quarter OF
the world.
The so-called dark races are frequently
glorihed by glowing locks. The Spaniards
are swarthy as a race, but the purest-
blOoded Castilians frequently show traces
Of their Visigothic blood by blue eyes and
red Lair. The Infanta Eulalia who vis-
tied his country in 1893. is red-headed
Rsj-bsired Italians are fairly numerous
in Italy. They are most numerous in the
northern provinces. where there is the
greatest infusion Of German blood.
And there is no girl in the world pret-
tier than a red-haired Italian or Spaniari
except II be a red-haired American.
In Ireland red-haired girl is made mis-
cradle by being called Dane" This
epithet is a legacy of thousand years or
more-from the time when the Danes did
override the coasts of Britain
In similar manner the Norsemen. who
invaded Sicily centuries ago and intermar-
ried with the Inhabitants, left descendants
with cleaning brain thatches
The Turks are a light-haired. blue-evad
race and their children are everywbare
scttered about Asia and northern Africa
And where there aren't any red-haired
girls by nature-as among the Moors and
Arabs-the glowing locks are commonest
of all The women all dye their ieftv
tresses to a most lovely red with henna.
The evening times., 1900-05-12
WOOL REsHlPPED AT SEA.
treasury Agents Unearth CIevel
Smuggling scheme

BOSTON. May Especial Treasury
agents have discovered that. as near as
they can estimate. fully s49.oC0 worth OF
Canadian wool has been smuEgIed into this
country through the port of BoTsrH the past
year. The tarif ranges from u cents 70
50 cents per pound
Special Emp!Oye Bum who is stationed
Si Eastport. Ne. as the Treasury Depart
ment watchdog, learned some months ago
that large quantities Of wool We're being
shipped from the provinces via St John 10
Grand Manan Island, OF the Eastport coast
Grand Aauan is a British possession. There
are no WOOL duties on ths island. and IL
appeared TO the Treasury representative
a little peculiar.
lie made many trips 10 the island and
found that the wool was. loaded onto Brit
ish steamers He shadowed the steamers
and found that they were met al sea bv
american steamers. which took the wool
Oh and landed il on the Maine coast. where
II was teamed TO a railroad and loaded
aboard freights cars and then sent over the
railway TO various New England points
The evening times., 1900-05-12
Paine's Celery Compound is a resource
for health, strength, vitality.

than go to Molokai. Others have risked
death to escape from there In the wilds
of Hawaii there is a canyon IN which live
few lepers who guard the approach 10
their resort with guns. lest they be ar
rested and moved TO the settlement They
are not mOlested. as they are harmless to
the world and may as we'll be allowed to
live out their wretched existence on the
spot they have chosen.
II was 10 MOlokai that Whey Hally de-
eided to 60 He returned 10 Honolulu,
surrendered himself. and was taken 10 the
settlement But for its horrible pOpula-
tion. Kaanapali. the Molokai leper settle
ment, is one of the most lovely spots in
the world Its climate is unsurpassed. its
scenery grand. But these beauties are lost
In contemplation OF the horror of the place.
The lepers live and love, marry and raise
children like human beings in the outside
world. They even have their entertain
ments and their industries, but the pail
is never absent The old cry. Room for
the leper! Roomi'' has not been given up
yet though now civilized man provides the
room and tries TO alleviate the suffering
rather than run from it.
Whey knew when he set foot on
Molokai that he had not the slightest
chance OF leaving the place again No
earthly circumstances can be conceived IN
der which he could ever expect to tread
any other soil than that of the leper col
ony He built home there, and with
the courage of a man who refuses to yield
to anything bc death itself. he took up
again his occupation of contractor.
He is at Molokgi yet He has a home
with servants lepers all. but is still a
property owner in Honolulu. He will
never see any of his relatives or former
friends again. AS far as they are con-
eerned he is dead. But in fact he is liv-