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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23
Health and Reauty.


Myrrh is an unrivaled dentifrice, but
it has other qualities, and has been
greatly valued from the most remote
times. In some parts Of Abyssinia the
natives give it to their horses in cases
of exhaustion or fatigue. Tincture OF
myrrh is excellent as dentifrice, fol
it cleanses the mouth. sweetens the
breath and hardens the gums. 1t may
be used three times week with great
benefit.
A celebrated and charming actress
who still looks young, though she is Q
grandmother, gives the following pre-
scription for the preservation of youth
and beauty. You must work till you
are tired, sleep till you are rested
have plenty of fresh air, live in cool
rooms, take a daily sponge bath and
eat the simplest food. Don't wear
diamonds" That is practically the
advice given by Nine Sarah Bernhard
to women, and though probably those
who have diamonds will continue 10
wear them. STILL the reason of the
great, actress objection to brilliants
is interesting. The wearing of dia
monds, according to Nine. Sarah Bern
hardt, destroys the best expression OF
the face, dims the fire of the eyes and
makes the teeth look like chalk. He1
fad is for beautiful gowns. one of he.
dresses being trimmed with turquo;ses
and having train lined with skins OF
200 ermines.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23
Modish Stationery.


MonogTams, which are used more
extensively upon the latest stationery
now than the initials, are made rather
small and are surrounded by one or
two rings, this making them more eff
fective. Crests are used in the same
way. Many people prefer to use the
single initial either in script or old
English, for the seal, which is rapidly
returning to favor, as it shows up
better in wax than does monogram
or combination of initials.
A possible reason for the popularity
of the seal may be that with handle
of gold. silver, pearl, ivory or bronze.
and perhaps with a setting of gems in
addition, together with the dainty
colored sticks of wax, it forms pretty
adjunct for the writing table. The
color of the wax used differs according
to individual tastes. White is con-
sidered the correct thing for blue or
Hebron olive, but all colors are dis
played in the shops.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23
DIPLOMATS UNIFORMS.
American Representatives at st. Peters
burg Obliged to Wear Them.

American Representatives at st. Peters
burg Obliged to Wear Them.
Gharlemagne Tower. who left Wien
IA last summer to become ambassador
to st. Petersburg, recently gave his
first large official reception, on which
occasion the American diplomats wore
their new uniforms for the first time.
American diplomats have, until now,
at all times and in all places always
appeared in ordinary full dress, uni
form not being considered necessary.
The change came about in the follow
ing manner. says London Modern So
ciety; III the month of August last
year, when Prince Vladimir Alexan-
droyich and his consort, Princess Ma
ria Pavlovna, celebrated their silver
wedding. they gave garden party, to
which every one who was invited was
requested to come in full dress, and
evening dress at a garden party could
not be right. They had no uniforms,
SO the, frock coat must be worn. Thus
equipped. the Americans repaired to
the gatden party. the only ones OF
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23
E2EzcAsl VOWS;

A favorite combination of the season
is red with white. Not in stripes Or
bows or trimming, but in solid punches.
Colored silk laces are some of the
new things seen on pretty gowns. They
exactly match the materials with
which they are used.
The boa we have always with us. 1t
is 80 light and fluffy and gives an out
door appearance without the sugges-
ton of warmth.
Complete suits of chambray, denim
and linen are being displayed in the
dry goods stores and cloak houses
They are made in the nattiest ways,
and in all popular modes for launder-
ing.
Black nets, grenadines and Examines
have for several seasons past usurped
the place of black lace in fashionable
favor for making Of semi-transparent
black gowns Where there has been
a black lace model recently it has been
Of exceptional elegance and cost.
The fichu is SO pretty and becoming
in any form that there is nothing
/ which has better right to develop. A
pretty. large, ruf1e-edged fichu, which
fastens with a, big, soft bow in front,
Slopes back across the shoulders, and,
hanging to the waist line in front, is
the prettiest manner of decorating a
summer gown. 1t is, of course, most
suitable for slender figures.
Some girls who make their own
gowns have discovered that black vel
vet ribbon will wash They use, as so
many do, quantity Of narrow satin
faced velvet ribbons on their summer
frocks. The first season these may be
worn without washing, but the second
it is almost impossible. They simply
put them in as they are and find that
the color does not run and the ribbon
looks quite well enough for second
summer gown.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23

ply. Give me two weeks more to
consider. Then-Ill say yes, if can
for your sake-you poor, dear old
worried thing!'
Bessinger made the most of Bar
4bara's concession. Ferguson was pro-
foundry gratified. His one movable
eye expressed his happy anticipation.
Tell her." said he, that Il have
never married because my ideal was so
lofty. Never until met Miss Barbara
did I meet any woman possessing
every perfection"
Tell her yourself" advised Quin-
tus. Girls don't like to be courted
through their parents"
So Ferguson called every evening
His deliberate compliments and Ian
gushing glance set her wild with re-
sentiment. Two weeks! Why hadn't
she said two months? Surely the
hours were racing by. 1t seemed to
her the days fairly galloped out of
sight. Her father grew more haggard
more depressed. She used to catch
him watching her furtively. Ferguson
would stave off failure, would build
up his business, would put his credit
on firm basis, if only He had
been good father to her. She would
probably never fall in love anyway.
Perhaps she ought to do as he wished
there she shuddered.
The fateful day of her decision ar
rived. A glorious day it was, crisp and
golden, with rollicking wind skurry-
ing along State street and playing
-pranks at the corner where towers the
Masonic Temple. Just there it swirled
a girls skirts around her slender an
kles, and-not content with this auda-
city-snatched off Ter veil and flirted
it out Of reach. But a tall young man
in grayssuit gave prompt pursuit.
20, thank you!" cried Barbara Bessin-
ger, blushing, when he stood before
her, hat in hand, returning the truant
trifle You are very kind!'
A murmured depreciation, a linger-
ing look of admiration, deep bow,
and he was lost in the crowd. Bar
bara went home in a strange state of
eXhllaratlon. Some little ones at her
gate offered her roses. She took the
roses and kissed the children. She
had never thought flowers and child
faces so beautiful before. She found
herself singing as she ran upstairs.
She was startled by the loneliness q
her own reflection in the glass. Why
did she feel so happy, why Sud-
denly she seemed to see again the
homage of those flashing blue eyes,
No! She surely was not SO silly as
that In delicious, girlish shame she
pressed her slim fingers over her eyes
to shut cut those others. But they
would not bebarred. They gazed into
hers still! All at once dreadful
thought thrilled her.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23
lgl.lh flour
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

--0p~ ~
From the Chicago Tribune.
Love took up the glass of Time.
Turned it in his glowing hands,
Every moment lightly shaken.
Ran itself in golden sands!
--Tennyson.
but he's so old, papa" protested
Barbara Bessinger.
A man should be several years the
senior of his wife," declared Quintus
Bessinger.
And he has glass eye.''
"One less with which to observe
shortcomings, my dear!"
And has false teeth"
$50 have I. Now, Barbara, be SEN
sible, and think it over"
Barbara thought it over, and decided
that If being sensible meant marrying
Giles Ferguson she must persist in be-
Ing foolish. The next time her father
returned to the charge he put his plea
on personal grounds. His pathetic
representation of his position was
rather effective. The improvements
In his Office building had cost much
more than he had fancied they would
An Eastern firm, on whose leniency he
had relied, were pressing him for an
Immediate payment of a heavy ac-
count. Ferguson had practically re-
fused him further advances because
Barbara had declined to marry him.
He could find better use for his money
than loaning i to the man whom he
was anxious to accept as a father-in-
law.
81 wouldn't urge you." concluded
Bessinger, "if thought you cared for
any one else. There isn't any one else
-eh, Barbara"
Barbara was IS. She had a round,
trim young form, brunette face full
of life and sparkle, arch hazel eyes,
and a lovely scarlet mouth.
mo one else, papa!' There was no
doubling the frank sincerity Of the re-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23
ODDS AND ENDS.

The Swedish mile is the longest mile
in the world.
The annual death rate of Geneva,
Switzerland. is only 14.7 thousand.
The number of emigrants to Siberia
in the last seven years has averaged
10000 year.
1t is estimated that the armor for
the new battleships for the German
navy will cost SOS 100000.
England has exactly fifty times as
much lunatic asylum accommodation
per head of population as Egypt.
The latest ice cream freezer is small,
artistic and performs it's work in three
minutes on the drawing room table.
Cuban pineapples are coming to this
country in increasing cargoes. They
sell for cents apiece wholesale on
reaching New York.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23
In
SMART +
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SOCIETY
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(Newport. R. l., Lottery

Newport. R. l., Lottery
The Havemeyer-Whiting wedding
che other day, and the conduct of some
Of the guests that followed it, are still
the talk Of the Casino and Bailey's
Beach. Soon after the wedding break
fast the bride and groom were bonn
barded with rice and old shoes. Young
Mrs. Havemeyer, thinking to escape,
dashed over the lawn, but she was cap
tured and stood still while her friends
did their worst"
Instead of two bays, two large white
horses were attached to the bridal
coupe. A brass band in an express
wagon and carriages followed the
coupe, and the procession went whirl-
ing through town.
One of the carriages, containing
Mrs. Edgar Morris Phelps and the two
bridesmaids, Miss Lillian Oelrichs and
Miss Nettie Orves, and Howard Boo
cock, lost wheel on car track and
out they rolled on the street. No one
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23
yuson would coml

s sharp sense Of repulsion over.
whelmed her. She could not marry
him: She would not. She bathed,
coiled her dark hair afresh, went down
to dinner in gown of rosy lawn. At
8 o'clock the hopeful sutton made his
appearance. He wore brand new
suit, and was apparently prepared for
conquest. He and Bessinger talked.
At 10 Barbara was to give her final de-
cision. She watched the clock in an
agony Of nervousness. Half past g.!
The hands were moving around the
dial with appalling speed. Nine! She
did not know the bell had rung-
that visitor was shown in. He was
young, tall. good looking. With a
start she recognized the agile captor
of her veil.
THE small gentleman is Mr.. Fergu-
son." she heard the servant say.
The stranger walked straight up to
Barbara's sutton.
How do you do, father?" he said.
Whats that?" screamed the old
man. He had turned CHASTITY.
My name is Robin Ferguson. only
arrived yesterday from California.
Your man told me would find you
here. My mother died three months
ago. Dying, she told me the story of
your desertion OF her when l was a
little lad. She made me promise to
look you up. For her sake I've done
it. I can prove all say"
''1-I-I can't discuss the matter
with you here-now" His teeth chat
tered so he feared they would drop out.
Even if-if it were sod not give
you cent?"
The newcomer burst out laughing.
"Pll never ask you for one. My moth
er's brother left all his property to
me, and there's "a rafting lot Of it,
too"
"O!" gasped Ferguson senior. This
gave matters a new aspect But.
there was Barbara. The clock struck
10.
Barbara" said Bessenger, rising,
you agreed to tell Giles Ferguson at
this hour whether or not you would
marry him"
White as a lily Barbara came for
ward. The young fellow stared in de-
lighted surprise, as turning, he faced
her. %Fstt
Never! You would not wish me
now, papa, to do so. He has deceived
me. At any rate, could never love
him." Then she bowed slightly and
took herself and her peach-bloom
gown from the room.
But soon Barbara learned how easy
it was to surrender ones whole heart
when the one destined lover came. Out
of confidential talks grew reconcilia-
ton between father and son. The
former came to the wedding.
Lord. what an old fool I was!" he
said. Things are only as they ought
to be! Bessinger and are going into
partnership. Together we will make
the business pay. And Rob, would
you-have you-any objection II
were toto kiss the bride?"
"No. indeed!" cried the groom.
heartily.
mo, indeed" echoed the bride
sweetly. as she held up her glowing
cheek.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23

Dsen found that smallpox pa
ients are least marked when kept in
81 rooms darkened with red curtains.
r.. Cycliste and scyclisme'' have been
accepted as dictionary words by the
French Academy, after a hard strug-
gle.
A ConceS a. N. H., Judge has decided
that soda water is one of the neees-
saries of lie. and may be sold on SUN
day,
Gradus'es of Concordia (.sas)
school q use as a. class motto: Beyond
this lie the washtub and the saw
buck,
A cotton milling company, to be
q owned and controlled entirely by
4 North Carolina farmers. has been or
4 ganizes.
Thee are only 81 vessels over 1000
tons ~ all the Siamese navy. The larg-
est l. the cruiser Naha Chakskri, of
\ 5000 IONS.
Jossph Flory, the Republican candi-
date for governor of Missouri, was
conductor on the Wabash railroad for
twenty years.
s. he greatest height ever reached in
BALLOON was 26,160 feet Two of the
4 three aeronauts who made this ascent
WIRE suffocated.
Mansour, the horse that ran third in
tie Grand Prix of Paris in 1894, is now
Y pulling a public cab in tht streets Of
that gay capital.
Among royal women, Queen Amelie
4 of Portugal and the Grown Princess of
Denmark are the talleA., their height
being nearW six feet.
The will Of the late Archibald Forbes,
war correspondent. shows an estate
valued at $54,540, most of which he
made with his pen.
The scheme Of illuminating politi-
cal or other night parade by calcium
lights carried in the procession in wag-
IONS originated in Philadelphia. !.
The authorities of Missouri town
have invited the wrath of the public
by leasing the city park to cattlemen.
4 to be used for grazing purposes.
Amadee Joulin, an American artist
born in California. has just been made
4 q brevet officer of the French Academy
In recognition of his recent work.
Dora e. Yates of the University Col
iege. Liverpool, has passed the examin-
alton for the degree of M. a., the first
Jewess to win such an honor in Eng
land.
William Dean Howells has become
something of yachtsman and has
little boat of his own in which he de-
lights to cruise about Long Island
sound
A Philadelphia dry goods advertiser
makes this announcement: "There is,
we believe. one other store in town
that has, for dollar. negligee shirts
Just about as good as ours
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23

The bodice is simply constructed. 1t
has tucked vest of pastel-green Lib
erty satin that extends below the bust
line, where it is confined beneath a
girdle of the same material. 1t is in
the bolero that Dame Fashion dis
plays her most artistic effect. This is
an abbreviated affair, cut perfectly
square at the front. 1t is made OF the
biscuit-colored wolfe. The facing is
formed of narrow band of pastel.
green satin. The same bands are
stitched upon the front of the bolero
to form beautiful embroidery. The
back of the bodice is tight fitting anc
laid in succession of the tiniest
plaits piped with pastel green. Tns
sleeves, too, are novel, They fit snug,
~ to the elbow and here widen sud.
denly over a deep cuff of soft silk
null. They are of wolfe and are Dor.
dered with bands of Liberty satin. An
ecru-colored lace straw, trimmed with
long, full plumes, is worn.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23
A Bankrupt irish Earl

The Earl of Clancarty, who made
himself famous by marrying the music
hall artistic, Belle Bolton. does not
seem to be in too fou2ishing state
as regards money matters. Recently
in the Court of Queens Bench, Dublin,
an order was granted against his lord
ship for the sum of eli rs Sd, being
the amount due to Messrs. Falkner, of
Grafton street, for liquors supplied to
him. The late earl was SO much an
noycd at his sons marriage that he
left everything he could away from
him.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23
Bicycle Costumes Kept oat.

The Chapter Of Rouen Cathedral
have decided not to admit the fair
sex to the sasred building in "unwom-
anly Clothes" and the rest of the
French clergy will probably follow
suit. This is protest against the mod
ern innovation known as the bicycle
costume, and includes both boomers
and short skirts. The verger of the
cathedral, with an eye to money-mak-
ing, has Ibid in stock Of long skirts
which he proposes to let out at 20
cents per garment to women with in
admissible costumes.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23

OF less ragged and "a
dirty faced urchins gathered about the
door of Mr.. Wendell's home On East
Thirty-eighth street, and it has been
found necessary to make lule that,
none of the boys shall ring tho ball un-.
til after their friends breakfast, hour
is over. else there would ibe small
chance for him to get anything to eat
all morning. Mr.. Wendell has been in
strumental in placing ALMOST all the
boys with whom he corresponds in
good homes on Westerf farms or in
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23
Now Motor Tor clnal. Bargss.

Great interest is beng taken In the
application OF bslzine motor for
driving canal barg4s "a France, the
first vessel Of the type having been set
to work on one II the canals connect
ed with the Rhine. The vessel is Of
the ordinary chal typeA built OF iron,
but is fitted with motor having two
cylinders Of Sufficient cabacity to give
twelve horse power. These operate
twin propellds, both at the stern Of
the vessel, md the boat which can
carry 265 tds Of cargo on Y araught
of 1--WE feet hng inches, attainss a speed
considerably in excess Of thai with a
horse on The towpath drawingN the
boat alonASpares Moments.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23

their kind. Every one was surprised.
most of all the Princess herself, Who,
it is said. criticised the ambassador
for appearing in that attire The lat
ter, in self defense, assured his host,4
ess that in Europe it was customary.
to wear frock coat at garden parties.
In Europe, did you say?" was the as
tonished answer. Are we, then, In
Asia?" The answer is not known, but
as soon as possible uniforms for the
American diplomats were forthcom-
ing. made after the usual pattern. and
in future they will be spared all en-
barrass2ent on that point.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23
Hosv the
NesDporf Colony
Disporfs IfseLf

was injured. They held up fish de-
livery wagon. whose driver consented
to follow the procession. There was
not room for all on the seats, SO Miss
Orves and Howard Boocock were
obliged to stand among the. fish bas-
-kets. When the boat was reached :
crowd Of fully 900 gathered at the
banks, sang I'D Leave My Happy
Home for YOU" followed by a cake
walk by Yale men. ~
The latest development in the feud
between Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish and
Mrs. Herman Oelrichs occurred In con-
nection with the Havemeyeri wedding.
Mrs. Fish refused to attend the we'd
ding and her only reason was that Mrs.
Oelrichs was to be there. At first 1t
was not thought that Mrs. Fish would
allow the feud to keep her from COM
ing, but the Fish trap only brought
Miss Marion Fish. Mrs Oelrichs came
and so did Mrs. w. X Vanderbilt, Jr.,
her sister.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23
MUCH IN LITTLE.

It costs 67 cents to utter a profane
oath in Hamburg. Berks county, Penn
syiaynia.
Cork, if sunk 200 feet in the ocean,
will not rise, OH account Of the pres
sure of the water.
A university for the study of the arts
and sciences is to be founded at Con-
sstantinople by order Of the sultan.
sparrows have aestrange antipathy
for robins. and sometimes they be-
lllae,1actiyely antagQ astcA to them.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23
RuSsa's Great Whe1tPfodu(ing Belt.
BB0oe0oooooeG1e

south and west ale salt and alkaline
districts and ssAdy wastes. and finally
the Caucasus. and the Ural mountains.
BY both chemical and mechanical am
alysis the soil is shown to be remark.
ably similar to that Of our own prai-
ries, also commonly known by the sim,
liar term of f'black loan" The depth
is, on an average, probably little
greater thanl THAT Of our prairie soil.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23
VINE Flints Are Still Made.

The odest manufacturing industry
in Gres Britain is that Of flints and
flint leks, which has been carried on
since AZ beginning of the 10Th CEN
fury, not farther back still, at the
LingEath mines, Brandon, on the bor-
dersbf Norfolk and Suffolk. The fints
are It'll made by hand, being placed
on fhe operators knee and Clipped
VIII q hammer to the proper shape
A tumber Of these flints are used for,
~ making. being principally used in
dlntries like Spain and italy. where
Re duties on ordinary matches ara
p high as TO convert them into lux
lriss. "a
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23

Soil of the greater portion of the
grain region of Russia and Siberia is
well known in that country as the
"chernozem' or "black earth" 1t is
a broad belt of prairie, 600 to 700
miles in average width, beginning in
Hungary and extending northeast
ward into Siberia to unknown bound
aries. On the north and the west are
the "gray forest lands.p and on the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23

of education as women are. However.
that is not the point We were talk,
ing petticoats. not personalities.
The girl who is travelling showed mo
how she kept her silk sirts from cut
ting into ribbons. 1t was by means OF
this facing, and the facing was made
of pongee.
"Pongee," she said. els very light.
It doesn't soil easily, and it's not as
expensive as you would think. Two
yards were all l needed for this. ]
faced the bottom of the skirt. you see,
where it rubs against my shoe tops,
and then thought would put it in
the front against my knees. The plan
has worked admirably. Once I have
taken out the facing and have had 1t
washed.
The skirt has already lasted twice
the allotted span of silk petticoat,
and am hoping that it may have nine
lives
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23
A WOLFE VISITING TOILET.

Fashion is employing the yelling FAB
RIGS to bring out her newest features
in afternoon toilets, and with good
effect, for there is no material better
adapted to this purpose than voile,
which is one of the new veilings.
A visiting gown in biscuit-colored
wolfe is delightfully."- combined with
pastel-green Liberty satin. The skirt
is made without a tunic and fits snugly
over the hips. Around the foot there
are very tiny bands of Liberty satin,
appliqued in decorative design.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23

MA. WCAoOlA 40
rich. But all
these things are
chiefly accidents of
birth. The one
thing of which Mr..
Wendell is proud
is the fact that he
is known all over
New York as the
"best friend of bad
b o y s. :" Every,
morning there is a
long line of more
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-23
Rats Gnaw Elephants Feet.

Keepers at the Central Park zoo in
New York are vain1y looking for some
means of preserving the elephants
from rats. The latter gnaw the feet
Of the big brutes until they are LAGER
ated and no way has yet been found to
protect them.