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Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-10
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"The man "'ow | shall marry"
said the proud h@uUr must perform
three tuSks,"
"Nome the 0rt"sad the lover.
''Go umpire q aol game"
1Ie bowed nd departed,
After two months he returned hav-
ing been discharged from the hos
pital, cured.
"Name the scro 4 tasl." he sat-
go act MS Judge Of the Ashbury
Park Baby SHOW"
Again he departed
In week he presented himself
again.
81 owe my life 80 the Jersey police"
he said. "Nnme the third task"
ATTEND meeting Of bicycle club
and state which, IN your opinion, is
The best make Of wheel"
He went and he returned.
Dearest" he said ~ am still In
The ring. Al last Won will be nine
az have changed my mind" said
the maiden. ain the first place |
could not marry man Of your pres
ent personal appearance. In the sec
ond place, I should be afraid to marry
a man with such n record for pugnac-
Hty. Forgive me-"
After thinking the matter over he
forgave her. He thought he might as
well do so.
And so they were not married.
Brooklyn Life.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-10

Ludwig II. OF Bavaria, the unfortu-
nate king, whose name IL best known
TO Americans as that OF the friend
and patron OF Richard Wagner, had a
stormy youth, which seemed 10 pro-
! phesy the misfortunes of his later
years. In her account OF the romance
OF his life, Frances Gerard relates
these characteristic Incidents.
On one occasion Prince Otto, his
I younger brother, had made himself
AN enormous SNOWFALL, and cried out
with pride TO his brother;
Look, Ludwig, | have got u snow.
ball twice as large as your heNd!"
AZ these words the crown prince fer
Into a fury and tore the ball from Nh,
child, who burst into tears, The
child's tutor came upon the scene ant
asked what had happened. Otto sob
bed and told his story.
"Oh, your highness," said the tutor
III can't allow this, Prince Otto has
right to his own snowban; you must
not take 1t from him"
Ludwig turned upon his tutor, his
eyes darting glances Of Indignation.
"Do You mean TO tell me-" he said
"that !, the crown prince have ne
right to this snowflake"
After all II was only q SNOWFALL;
but later on the wise men OF Bavaria
shook their heads and murmurcd.
A plensanter story IL told OF the
prince when, at eighteen, he received
his allowance, in coins fresh from the
mint, The amount was what would
now he called a pittance, The first
use made by the boy OF his new
wealth was TO 60 to the court jewelSr
and order for his mother locket
which he had heard her admire. Tho
ieweler inquired whether he should
send the account to the castle as us,
unl.
NO" replied the crown prince,
with an air Of inell'ablc pride. ~ have
now my own allowance. Here Is my
purse Take what you want"
On this same eighteenth birthday
Prince Ludwig was provided with an
establishment of his own. During his
boyhood his table had been frugal tc
the verge Of stlngiNcss, and the usual
dinner Of meat and cheese was fur.
nished once again. The prince turned
sharply to his attendants.
"Now," said he, "thot I am my own
master, shall have chicken and pud.
ding every day. Every day, do you
hear?"
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-10

Senator-elect "Joe" Blackburn 10
famed far and wide for his apparent
ly ineXhaustible fund of anecdotes
"lhe senator has an unconscious
streak Of humor and some good
stories are told of him which he
never recitcd," said prominent blue
grass politician the other day, 81
remember when Mr., Blackburn was
practicing law in Kentucky, which
may show hat he fears nothing. A
young fellow came into his office,
and, after showing some recommen-
dations and expressing Il longing de-
sire to get work Of some kind, was
given an opportunity 10 do some
thing, Mr., Blackburn handed him q
writ and told him to go TO Il certain
house and serve the paper on the
tenant, Nov, don't come back and
say you couldn't find him. he eau.
toned, Nail II N the door II you
have TO, but serve IT,. The eager
young man started out and returned
an hour later minus his hat and col
lar and with his iacr covered with
bruises and his Clothes torn into
shreds.
"'Wrll,' said Mr. blackburn, did
you serve IT,?
"'No, sir replied the battered em-
ploye 'rhc trnaut licked me and
told me TO bring Jh1 paper buck to
you
Blackburn rose from his chair,
and, towering up with indignation,
said Here, sub, take that writ back
and serve II on that tenant, sub, and
tell him for me, sub, that by -,
SUBJ he can't intimidatc me through
you, subj
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-10

1t appears that the highest noun
tain in North America is named
Mount Mckinley. The peak is in
Alaska, about 200 miles from the
coast of Cooks inlet, and its altitude
is 2O,463 feet Mount st, Elias, which
was formerly believed to be the high
est, has an altitude of 1904 feet,
while Wrnugle mountain comes next
with a height of 1880 feet, Mount
Fairweather, whose shapely peak so
long served the Pacific whaling fleet
as its most familiar landmark, is 49,
POP feet in height.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-10

The indianapolis Press finds there
is movement in many parts of In
diana for the naming of country
roads on the same plan MS now used
in designating the streets of city.
The only difficulty seems to be that
there is nobody with authority to look
after the matter. Nor is there any
one TO act as arbiter in the selection
Of names, and II is said that the pro-
position TO name a road in one county
gave rise to dispute between seven
factions, each favoring different
name.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-10

Baltimore American: Editor--"Ah,
here's contribution from a poet of
the right stamp!"
Assistant-"Good stuff" eh?"
mo; but he incloses return post
age"
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-10

Chicago Post; "After ALL" she said,
women have to bear he burdens
Of life"
GLOW so?" he asked.
"Why, just look at the time Lady,
smith is having, while Harrismith ia
taking it easy"
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-10

Chicago Record; "Do you think
Congressman Roberts is guilty of big
amy, Aunt Melissa"
"Bigamy? He's guilty of trigono-
merry"
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-10

Forty-one lives were lost In the
Colorado coal mines in 1899, one for
each IT'S miners employed. There
were also recorded 81 Academia
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1900-05-10

Don't be consistent" but De simply
true Holmes.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
ADAMS SPEECH.

John Adams, second president of the
United States. was a man of great
vigor and directness. He was the
most prominent advocate of the decla-
ration of independence, in the CONT
mental congress. In the following ex-
tract, Daniel Webster utters what he
thinks might naturally have been Mr.
Adams language while speaking on
this theme. Some of the members of
OF congress were timid-afraid of
openly resisting the great power of
England. They are stimulated here,
by the most encouraging considera
lions, to go on and make the declara-
ton:
But. whatever may be our fate, be
assured, be assured, that this declara-
ton will stand. 1t may ~ treasure,
and it may cost blood; but it viii
stand, and it will richly compensate
for both. Through the thick gloom
of the present, see the brightness OF
the future as the sun in heaven. We
shall make this glorious, an i'm
mortal, day. When we are in our
graves, our children will honor it.
They will celebrate it with thanksgiv-
ing, with festivity with bonfires and
illumina lions. On it's annual return.
they will shed tears-copious, gushing
tears, not of subsection and slavery,
not of agony and distress, but of ex-
ultation, of gratitude, and of joy. Sir.
before God, l believe the hour is come.
My judgment approves this measure,
and my whole heart is in it. ALI that
l have, and all that l am, and all that
hope, in this life, I am now ready
here to stake upon it; and l leave off
as 1 began. that, live or die, survive
or perish, am for the declaration. 1t
is my living sentiment, and, by the
blessing of God, it shall be my dying
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS now; and Int
dependence forever!" 81
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

teristic one. is found in the bill now
reposing on the Senate calendar with
a favorable report from the Republic
an majority of the judiciary commit
tee to increase the pay of all federal
judges from the chief justice of the
Supreme Court down. The chief JUS
tice now gets $10,5O0. 1t is proposed
to give him $4,000 year. The other
justices of the Supreme Court are to
have their pay doubled. Taking the
whole list, an increase Of salary
amounting to half a million dollars
annually is to be put through.
The army reorganization bill, which
is hung up to see whether Mckinley is
to be reelected or not, involves an
increase of the standing army to 65,-
600. with trebling of the expense of
its maintenance. These are few brief
samples of what continuation of Re-
publican control means to the taxpay-
ers. The Democratic party will put
the issue squarely before the people.
JACKSON DAY.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

LEXINGTON AND
ITS COMMON.....


The village of Lexington lies about
ten miles northwest of Boston. The
first settlement was made there in
1910 near the site of what afterwards
became known as the Buckman Tav-
ern. There still remain in the village
several well-preserved houses which
were standing at the time of the bat
tie of Lexington 125 years ago. They
have been we'll cared for and have I'M
dergone little change. They add much
to the historic interest of the place
and are annually visited by thousands
of tourists. The local historical society
has placed tablets on them enumerat-
ing the dates and facts of especial in
terest.
Lexington Common is in the form
of a triangle and stands nearly in the
center of the village At the time of
the fight on April 10, 1875, it was an
open space and used as a drill ground
for the militia. Today it is beautiful
park. At the southern end of the tri-
angle is what is known as the Pulpit
monument, in the form of a granite
pedestal surmounted by an open Bible.
This monument stands on the site of
the first three churches built by the
colonists. Just behind it. properly
protected, is a thrifty elm which was
set out by Gen. Grant % years ago
on the centennial anniversary of the
battle. Near the northwest corner of
the Common is the Minute-men mon
ument, at the foot of which are buried
those killed in the battle 1t is quaint
ly inscribed and bears the names of
those whose last resting place it
marks. In 1924 Lafayette was given
a public reception in front of this
monument, and fourteen survivors of
Capt. Parker's men shook hands with
him. Near the northeast corner of
the Common is huge boulder mark
ing the place where Parker's men were
drawn up. Engraved on the boulder
is musket and Capt. Parker's COM
mand to his men.
The original church on the Common
had no steeple and belfry was erect
ed near by. In 1851 new belfry was
erected on Belfry hill, just to the west
of the Common. From this belfry rang
out the alarm on that memorable
mornip& 125 years ago. The belfry
remaiSs ON the hill until 1891: then
it rs removed to the Common and
was used to summon the peo-
to worship, to toll for their funer-
IS, and 70 tell them at. 8 O'Clock each
"a I'M the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

(From which rang out the alarm on
the night of April Is, 1775, warning
the Americans that the British SOL
diers were on their way from Bos-
TOM
rendezvous of the minute-men. It
was fired on by the British regulars
and the bullet holes can still be seen.
To the west of the Common is the
Monroe house, built in 1928. A bullet
passed through the glass over the
door and imbedded itself in a bureau.
The bureau. bullet and ALL is in the
possession of one of Monroe's descend
ants at Chicopee, Mass.
At the north of the Common is the
Harrington house,at the door of which
the original owner died with his head
in his wife's lap the morning of April
10. 1775.
Only 100 rods northeast of the Com
mon is the famous Hancock Clark
house. The or II partI
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
DEMOCRATIC EXPANSION.

The Republican newspapers have
been doing the people real service by
publication of a map sent out by some
one of the imperialist committees
very likely the Cuban annexation jun
ia Of Washington-which map shows
how the United States has grown and
enlarged by Democratic expansion.
Louisiana is marked Democratic ex-
pansion," and SO is all Of California,
Texas, Oregon, the Gadsden purchase
and Florida.
Cuba is also included in the list. 1t
is an instructive map. If We had one
of them we would publish it. Every
voter ought to see copy and study it
carefully. By this map it is shown that
the present great area of the United
States Of America is due entirely to
Democratic expansion" save and
alone the original thirteen states and
Alaska. This is record which the
Republican party dare not point to
with PRIDE" There was no "Repub-
lican expansion" known until McKin-
ley got in his work. The growth of
the United States so as to cover a large
part of the continent and include
homogeneous states working togeth-
er in harmony has been due to the
Democratic party,
We are glad that the Republicans
have called attention to the fact that
the expansion we have known before
has practically all been Democratic
expansion" This is point We have
been making all along, but the Re-
publicans refuse to acknowledge it.
President Schurman of the first Phil
ippine peace commission, acknowl-
edged it. He was among the first
Republicans to declare that the expan-
sion under this administration differs
in every essential from the expansion
of the Louisiana purchase. Then Sec
rotary Root stated the distinction
plainly.
Since then the administration has
acted entirely upon the theory that
expansion which includes islands in
distant seas is entirely unlike the ex-
pansion which the Democratic party
brought about. In fact,
has been done to make /, sAlOlgl,g
that the Republican expansion
1899 is entirely different from the
Democratic expansion" which has
made ours great and glorious nation.
The truth is that Democratic ex-
pansion" is in accord with the spirit
of our institutions, while Republican
expansion" or Imperialism, is along
the lines of European colonization
Sioux Falls Press.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
Hindoos Are vegetarians.

The Hindoo is a strict vegetarian.
The low caste Hindoo is a fatalist. $50 So,
when the famine stalks abroad afthe
Hindoo submits uncomplainingly. Day
by day he will subsist on less food, iunL
til at last. when mere shadow, he
will drag his bony self to relief sta
ton. There he may get foodT1or he
may not. If not, he crouches IN some
corner. or out in the fields, under the
trees and awaits the coming at death.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
EXPENSIVE FLOWER SEEDS.
One Species Is Worth as Much a, $40

cat this time of the year there is
put up seed packets in the numerous
wholesale flower houses in New York"
says correspondent. Some of the
big houses take on hands early in Feb
ruary, but most of the girls do not find
steady employment until March and
April, when the demand for flower and
vegetable seeds is very large. Girls
make the best packers of seeds because
they are small fingered and alert, and
do the delicate work more expedi-
tiously than men. Seed packets hold
anywhere from one-eighth Of an
ounce up to one pound or more, and a
good hand will measure, fill and seal
up ready for shipment from 1900 to
1000 packets in an hour. The girls are
paid about Is cents for each 1000
packets they put up, and providing
they work steadily for eight hours,
they can earn from $1.75 to $3.50 per
day. The most expensive seeds that
are put up are petunias, the fancy
newly grated kind, and calciolaria. A
fine petunia seed is worth $25 an
ounce. 1t is as light and fine as chaff
or down, and must be handled very
carefully to avoid waste. Extra fine
grades of calciolaria and petunia seeds
are worth as much as $120 an ounce.
This may seem like big price for
such a small quantity of seed, but the
greatest pains have to be taken to
raise these plants and prepare the seed
for market. In vegetables the most
costly we have to consider is the cauli-
flower. This seed is worth from $25
| to $50 pound, and is put I'D and gen
orally sold in vel
lments. The chea
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
CHAPTER XII.

Resting his two arms against the
trunk of great tree, he laid his face
upon them, shutting out the beautiful
garden-scene, in which the maiden was
not, and there he rested long in ex-
ceeding bitterness of spirit. Suddenly
there was sound of wings, and again
the bird which he could recognize by
its broken and injured plumage flew
down, and lowering above him a mo-
ment, as if in doubt, came and nestled
on his shoulder.
Adina took it softly in his hands.
and turned his sad eyes silently toward
the house where he lived alone. Even
yet he had not the courage to 20 to
Jephthah, but put it off until the NOR
row. AS he walked along, ever smooth
ing the birds feathers with caressing
touches, he suddenly became aware of
something smooth and hard fastened
beneath it's wing. Instantly the thought
occurred to him that 1t might be a mes
sage from Namarah; but how, indeed,
could it be so? Breathless with eager
ness. he reached his chamber, and
there found lights.
Carefully shutting himself in, and
even drawing the curtains of the win
'dows close, he severed the cord that
held in place the little folded note, and
opening the sheet, read:
"Adina, My Beloved: can give thee
no greeting as I pass thy window, but
shall even then have close to my
breast the dove which is to bear this
my last message to thee. The mes
sage is but this, that thou hast heard
so often: love thee, and I charge
thee, by that love, give not thyself to
heavy grief, but ever take courage and
have hope. If thou lowest me, would
have thee bear up with patience under
the heavy burden and to comfort my
father Jephthah. Pray ever for deliv-
erance for us both. Sorrow not, be-
loved, seeing that ever love thee, both
in this life and that which is to come.
Thine, NAMARAH."
And underneath she had written the
word "Mizpeh."
In reading these lines, the soul OF
Adina was greatly comforted, so that
The felt a new courage come to him, and
ever thereafter, until the two months
were come to an end, he bore himself
patiently and submissively and MUIR
Injured no more. Each day that dawned
saw him beside the old man Jephtll
llstaining. comforting and chegi
n3annph mayLan
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

fires and go to bed. In 1897 it was
bought By a son of Capt. John Parker
and removed to his homestead. re-
naming there for nearly a century.
Then it was purchased by the Lex
ington Historical society, restored to
its original appearance and replaced
on Belfrv hill.
Three buildings of great historical
interest stand one opposite each of the
three sides of the Common. To the
east is the Merriam House, known at
the time as the Buckman Tavern. the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

According to German publication,
chemist of that country has prepared
fluid that has the power when in!
jected into the tissue of plant. near
its roots. Of anaesthetizing the plant
not dst"~ying it, but temporarily sus-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
FROM FREMONT TO HANNA.

report that Senator Hanna has invited
the survivors Of the first Republican
national convention, which nominated
Fremont for the presidency, to attend
this years convention for the renom-
ination Of Mckinley. Possibly the
veterans, who are fourteen in number,
so far as known-just escaping by one
the unlucky thirteen-are intended as
party pallbearers.
At any rate, whatever the motive Of
the invitation, they can hardly fail to.
be impressed by the difference between
the Republican party Of 1856 and the
so-called Republican party of today.
However radical and revolutionary
Republican principles and policies may
have been at that time, it's member.
ship was at least sincere, honest, self
sacrificing and nobly Indifferent to
any effect upon their personal fortunes
of the political course which they
chose to adopt.
Today what will those veterans see?
A party which is the tool and mouth
piece of organized and oppressive CAPT.
tai, which has no principle save sordid
gain and which is just as strenuously
bent on enslaving the white working
man as the Republicans of the FIRE.
mont convention were upon the lib
Grafton of the black slave.
There is no Republican party in the
sense of that party's origin and exist
ence under such leaders as Fremont
Lincoln and Blaine. The party is now
the shadow Of a name. while vast
combination of trust and monopoly
has taken it's place and masquerades
in the garments of the mighty leaders
of the past. 1t is difficult to believe
that real Republicans, who attended
the birth of their party, can indorse
the usurpation Of its name and history
by corrupt and corrupting ring of
financial and industrial tyrants.
Many of the old Republicans who
were sincere in their advocacy of hui
man equality are today in the ranks
Of the Democracy, battling against the
trusts and their political agents, and
it will take more than a parade Of
venerable survivors Of the Fremont
convention to convince them that the
Philadelphia convention is a legiti-
mate successor Of that historic and
memorable gathering. - New York
News.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
u OF ggW
Mule Catches turtles.

A mule patrols the beacho atiest.
Augustine, Fla, in quest ofMtugtlssY
When she has found one shetWnseit
on its back. and then amSids qgas&0
inform her Qaster. 1edT .asnfm
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
THE PATRIOT Spy.

FRANCIS FINCH.
10 drum beat and With
marches o
There in cheek In his ookthe
There shad of
yet to drum
IN He him 20
By starlight In the
He ekneels the
rustlng the
And the star light
lamp. He wher Christi trod
With
tree,
atteryg ne thocank
BY the
il the
rit-wines
N@ ~ message Seag
TT meets his glance, They friendly
And it parkles meath
Like the gimmer a A patri
dark
an A oldiersb
sharp clang
andU
His STORY learn,
or
The patriot is bound shall
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28
''s TS1IWRllSiE sfTM

THE HANcoCK-cLARK HOUSE,
LEXINGTON, MASS.
Rod of 105 years. Young John Han
cock and Samuel Adams were hiding
with Rev. Jonas Clark in this house
when warned to flee by Paul Revere.
A. NJ D.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-06-28

which is now the rear L, as shown in
the illustration, was erected in 1898 by
Rev. John Hancock His son built the
two-story front in 1884. After Rev.
John Hancock's death it passed into
the hands of Rev. Jonas Clark. who
had married Hancock's granddaugh.
ter. The ministry of John Hancock
and Jonas Clark extended over a Pc