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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18

home. I could enumerate many stock
men and farmers who have nearly
bankrupted themselves, largely on ac-
count Of their unfamiliarity with the
growth and development Of these west
ern breeds. Again. quite q number OF
farmers came to the conclusion some
years ago that 1t did not pay to keep
a COW herd; that the amount OF feed
and care they required rendered them
Improbable; that steers which. they
wanted could be bought cheaper than
raised. These very same farmers are
now struggling to develop their COW
herds, and good herd of them Is en-
We'd almost above anything else on tn.
farm. This Is another reason why 1t
pays to keep right on raising ones own
cattle. Nearly every farmer who has
done so Is less subjected to financial
embarrassment, because he Is more
able to make accurate calculations OF
his income. Then, again, some stock
raisers think there Is always money
to be made in full-feeding, when it
very frequently happens that the steers
fulfilled would have melted the owner
more clear cash If they had been sold
off Of grass. 1t is now apparently most
profitable here to sell steers between
two and three years old, whether full
fed or sold off grass. Usually four or
five times as much pork as beef can
be produced with the same amount OF
corn, and this should be taken into &C.
count in an intelligent comparison
with beef production in its most eco
nomic sense. Usually well bred cattle
make the most gain, and sell for a
higher price than scrubs.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
Maomonpis. to. Leave Paris.

New York. Oct 16.-Frederick Mac
monnies, the famous American sculp-
tor,-who has lived in Paris for the last
eighteen years, has abandoned the
mallet and chisel for the palette and
brush, and intends taking up his resi-
dence in New York. Frank Macmon-
MES, a brother of the sculptor, who ar
rived in New York on the French line
steamship Lorraine. brings this infor-
nation. Here he will follow portrait
painting.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
THINK lii WAS NOT MURDER.
First Theory In Marie Defenbach Case
Abandoned. III

First Theory In Marie Defenbach Case
Abandoned.
Chicago, Oct. 15.-Much as 1t goes
against their grain some of the detec-
tives who have been assigned to solve
the Marie Defenbach insurance con-
spiracy are now compelled to scout
the murder theory. Suicide or an acct
dental dose of drugs is now indi-
Gated.
States Attorney Deneen declares
there is not sufficient evidence to sup
port charge of murder against F..
Wayland Brown. Frank H, Smiley or
DR.. A. M. Unger. The detectives work
ing on the case declare that a person
contemplating suicide would hardly sit
up in bed and stow away three dishes
of Ice cream Yet that astronomical
feat was performed by Miss Defenbach
on the eve of her death at Mrs. Mona
hans boarding house, 80 LaSalle ave
nEe.
No Proof of Sending Poison.
IT DR.. Unger caused poison to be de-
livered to the woman the night of her
death or at any other time nobody,
apparanely, is in possession of the
proof.
1t is now admitted by the Mooney &
Boland officials that no more arrests
are probable and that they are with
out additional evidence against Brown,
who was assistant manager of the
IL nf offN of 10
cution are now directed toward DR..
Unger, and Browns prediction that he
will soon walk out of the Jail a free
man, is working toward fulfillment.
The confession" of Smiley, the de-
tective, is expected to bring him his
freedom.
DR.. Unger's itch for money, however.
has followed him ever since he left
his old home in Prairie du Chen, Wis,
where his father was blacksmith
Plotting against insurance companies
and peddling pills were not his only
specialties.
Unger Tries Other Names.
He changed his name from time to
time, say the police. and played the
turf in Chicago and New York. Under
the name OF ga. M. Meyer" $50 West
Madison street. where his office is sit
uated, he did business by telegraph
with the New York turf exchange, to
which concern he is now indebted fol-
unpaid kilograms and commissions or
debts.
The forty conspirators" who vera
to be dragged into the case. according
to the prediction of Attorney Maher of
the Mooney & Boland agency, are still
in the thin air. Grave yard records
for young women, who have died with
in the period that DR.. Unger and
Brown have known each ether. have
been exhausted.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
Plans a Rig Watch Meeting.

Jackson, Miss, Oct. 16.-Bishop
Charles Galloway, president of the
General Board of Education of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, will
issue a call to the 100000 Methodists
in the south to assemble in their
places of worship on the night of the
last day of the year to hold an old
fashioned watch meeting as fitting
climax to the twentieth century fund
movement. The fund now amounts to
81 100, 900.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
Electric Car Jumps the Track,
NEW YORK REGISTRATION BIG.
Return. from All Boroughs show Gains

Over First Day of 1896.
New York. Oct. 15.-Registry clerks
are still at work over Fridays reg
istration returns this morning, and six
election districts are still missing in
Manhattan and the Bronx. It is said
that the reason the returns have been
SO slow is that great majority of
lnose who registered did SO after p.
M. The first days registration for all
boroughs far exceeds that of last yea
and OF the last presidential year, 1896.
With six election districts missing,
the total in Manhattan and the Bronx
Is 147 .OS2. compared with 139, 225 IN.
1896. and S4,907 last year. The total
for Brooklyn is 1852. compared with
so, 1S5 In 1896 and 61.o10 last year.
Richmond had a total OF 4,776, COM
pared with s,02s in 1898. Queens had
z10.2s7 this year. compared with 5.soS
in 1898.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
10 r,,,no,. rru,t growers.


The Illinois State horticultural So
ciety will make an exhibit Of fruits.
consisting mainly OF apples, at the
Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo
in 1901. The exposition will open
May / and close November /. and 1t
is intended to have the fruit exhibit
continuous, from tho opening to the
close. The apples for this show must
come largely from this seasons crop,
and in order to have them properly
represent the fruit interests Of the
state the specimens must be carefully
selected, wrapped, packed and placed
in cold storage until wanted for ex-
hibition. The horticultural Society
expects that fruit viii. be contributed
for this purpose by individual grow
ers, horticultural societies and other
organizations. Proper credit will be
given the grower, the society, and To-
cality by entering the fruit in the
name of the grower and society the
same as II he were making the exhibit
in person. and by placards upon the
+ fruit when exhibited, giving the grow
er's name, locality and state.
All fruit growers are asked to aid
in the matter Of securing the fruit
from this state. The society will do
what 1t can, but it depends upon you,
the grower, to make the exhibit from
Illinois success. The exhibit will be
largely commercial one, that is, one
for the purpose of charging our for
eign markets for apples, and this is a
subject of great interest to Illinois
fruit growers. Illinois stands in the
front in the fruit exhibit at Paris this
year, but in order to retain her pres
tige, must continue her work in the
line Of exhibits of fruit and the op-
portunity presented at Buffalo should
not be neglected. Shall the state be
properly represented? This is for you
to decide. You must do what you can.
Will you contribute one, two, five or
more barrels Of carefully selected
fruit, and ship it to cold storage in
proper season? Write the secretary,
whose address you will find below,
how much you will contribute and
what varieties, and he will see that
you have paper for wrapping the
fruit and shipping tags furnished you.
Are you interested enough in Illinois
horticulture to do this? The commits
sion will pay the freight, storage and
all other charges and place the fruit
on the tables, without any charge to
you. We want one hundred barrels
of apples from this state and the
amount will be small to each one. il
each does his part.
It will save expense to the society II
you will pick, wrap and pack the fruit,
as per the directions which will be
furnished you later, but If you find
this will be impossible, write the sec
rotary, and some one will be sent to
assist in the work. Not less than one
peck of any one variety should be fur
nished; one-half barrel or a full bar
rel Of each variety preferred. 1t is not
intended to collect large number OF
varieties, but those most generally
grown for market, therefore full
barrel Of one variety will be acceptable
and is desired.-L. R. Bryant. Secre-
tary. Princeton, Illinois.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
To Repair Cru,ser New York.

Washington, Oct. 15.-As the North
Atlantic squadron will not start on it's
winter cruise south until about Dec. 6
the navy department has decided to
utilize the intervening two months for
necessary repairs on the flagship of
the squadron, the cruiser New York.
and these have been ordered to be
made at the New York yard, with the
condition that they shall be completed
by Dec. 6.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
Four Die by Blazing OIL.

Holyoke, Mass, Oct. 16.-Ovide Ber-
liche left his four children in bed and
went out to buy Sundays provisions.
During his absence lamp exploded
and the blazing oil spread over the
children's beds. All four were burned
to death. The body of the eldest, a
boy of II, was found in the hallway
with the body of his 5-year-old sister
in his arms
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
Driven out Of Man,f,eld.

Mansfield, Ohio, Oct. 16.--The Dowie-
tie deacon, Homer Kessler of Chicago.
made another unsuccessful attempt to
hold services here. He was taken in
charge by the police while holding
services at the home of F. D. Calver
and was sent out of the city on the
west-bound Pennsylvania passenger
train at noon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
King George at E.po,,t,o

Paris, Oct. licking George of
Greece, accompanied by Gen. Reineck.
his aid de camp. and Nicholas Thon,
intendant of the civil list. arrived to
visit the exposition. High French Of
icials met him at the railway station,
from which he was driven to the Hotel
Bristol. No incident of special i'm
portance occurred.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
Nov Hybrid Gamma.


]. A. Kemp Of Dickson county,
Tenn, writes to Rural New Yorker
that he has at last succeeded in
blooming hybrid between the Or
towering or Italian type OF Can
mas, and dwarf Gamma Of the ordi-
nary French or bedding type. The
Italian Cannas are supposed to be di-
rect hybrids of Gamma faccida, our ma
tive southern species, while the
French varieties have descended from
Gamma Indica and other tropical forms.
A horticultural firm in Italy has pro-
duced and disseminated all the Cannas
of the Orchid Towering type now in
commerce, except the yellow variety.
Burbank, which was grown by Luther
Burbank of California.
A number of fine varieties, varying
in color Of foliage and bloom, all pro-
ducing flowers of really enormous size,
are now becoming familiar in this
country, and countless have been the
efforts to hybridize these fine sorts
with the common bedding Cannas. in
order to secure greater substance of
petal; and increased profusion Of
bloom; but up to this time, the by
brids Of Flaccida have proved sterile,
both as pollen and seed parents. Mr..
Kemp says that his pet is a cross be-
tween Parthenope, an Italian variety
bearing very large reddish-salmon
flowers, and the Duke of MARI
borough, the darkest crimson
bedding variety, the latter be-
ing the seed parent. He says that the
resulting flowers are of the most
gorgeous crimson coloring, but not OF
much better substance than the best
OF the italian type. He is glad to
show that our southern climates are
favorable to work of this character.
and to demonstrate the possibility Of a
cross that has heretofore failed IN
many expert hands,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
Freight Hit BY Passenger.

Lima. o., Oct. 16.-An east-bound
passenger train on the Lake Erie and
Western road hit freight as the lat
ser was taking siding near st. Mary's.
Conductor A. L. Heath of Lima was
rendered unconscious and may die Of
his injuries. Miss Winter, an actress,
was painfully cut and a number OF
others were bruised. All on board
were severely shaken I'D.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
Breaks the Voltage Record.

st. Paul. MINI. Oct. 16.AA remark
able series of experiments was con-
Quoted here by Henry Floy of New
York, who successfully accomplished
the feat of carrying 10000 volts OF cleo
tricity through an underground cable
three miles long. The highest voltage
hitherto attained with this class Of
conductor was 10000 yolts.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
Gov. Richards in a HosnitaI.

Chicago, Oct. 15.-Gov. De Forrest
Richards of Wyoming, is at St. Luke's
hospital suffering from inhammatory
rheumatism. He was taken to the
hospital last night from the Palmer
house and today he was better. The
condition of the governor is not dan
gerous. but it is expected he will have
to remain in the hospital for some
time
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
Drowned on a Canoe rr,n.

Ypsilanti, Mich. Oct. 16.-ward
Wood and Miss abb Cronin, two stu
dents at the state normal school. were
drowned in Huron river yesterday.
Their bodies were recovered today aft
er a search of sixteen hours
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
Bartenders on a Strike.

Murphysboro, H., Oct. 16.-An I'M
usual strike began here. Every bar
tender connected with the thirty sa-
looms OF the city went out. They de-
mand pay for overtime and picnic days.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18

Illinois Pure Food Commission Laws.
The Illinois Pure Food Commission
has adopted the following rules apply
ing to products of the dairy:
All milk offered for sale must be
from healthy cows Of clean and whole
some character, unadulterated. free
from preservative, and must contain
not less than three per cent of butter
fat.
The use Of the word Cream" on con-
densed milk cans is deemed prima
facie evidence Of intent to commit
fraud.
Condensed milk should be made
from milk containing at least the legal
standard of three per cent butter-fat
and evaporated to- one-third or less Of
its original volume.
Condensed skim-milk must be plain
ly labeled as such.
Imitation butter must not be marked
and sold as Creamery" or DAIRY, %
but each should be marked plainly
with its own name, but must be
branded Imitation Butter"
Oleomargarine, butterine and imita-
ton butter can be manufactured and
sold under their appropriate names
and color when appropriately labeled.
Each tub, package or parcel shall have
distinctly and durably painted,
stamped or marked thereon the true
and appropriate name OF such sub
stance in ordinary bold-faced capital
letters, not less than five lines plea.
whole milk" cheese. commonly
miscalled full cream" cheese, must
contain at least forty-eight per cent OF
fat to total solids.
Butter shall contain at least 80 per
cent Of fat.
Coffee Cream" shan contain at least
Is per cent Of fat, and whipping
cream" at least ~ per cent.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
IMPOSSIBLE TO COPY.

Customer wish you'd give me a
sopy Of the prescription you filled for
me last week.
Druggist-1ll have to give you the
original.
Customer-Why?
!. Druggist-Well, to tell you the
truth. can't read it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18

No matter what ails you. headache
to cancer, you will never get well
until your bowels are put right.
CASCARETS help nature, cure you
without grippe or pain, produce easy
natural movements. cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
CASCARETS Candy Cathartic, the
genuine. put up in metal boxes, every.
tablet has G. G. G. stamped on It. Be-
ware Of limitations.
The duelist's aim is at the point
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
New Ocea u J, ound.

The famous Deutschland cost IS, 332,.
700; displacement $4,000 tons; accom-
notation 1.O57 passengers, has estab-.
sished new record. Among the great
remedies of the world Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters holds the record with
IT'S fifty years Of cures Of constipation,
Indigestion and biliousness. Our Priv
lte Revenue Stamp is over the neck Of
the bottle. n 5. 5Is.sj
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
Good and Poor Judges.

A western swine grower expresses
himself thus: II I was starting out
as an exhibitor to the county fair my
earnest prayer would be to be deltv.
cred from picked up committee Of
three. Not that three men do not
know more than one. nor that three
men are not as honest as one. but II
is q difficult matter on any occasion
for the superintendent to secure the
men who really are competent to 81
out and award premiums justly ant
correctly. It is hard to get the ma.
Sterial he wants. Take a good. practi;
cal, honest breeder take man thor.
oughly up in the business and ono
who has experience enough and send
him in there as single Judge and ht
can not tell when he comes out who's,
hogs won the premiums. This class
Of men are going to put the premiums
where they belong and you will ge
more universal satisfaction.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18

No one, looking at the matter from the stand.
point OF common sense, expects to CURE consti-j
patton bv taking pills and strong cathnrtics; al
PERMANENT CURE is only effected by re-.
moving the CAUSE GARFIELD TEA SO!
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18

Jell-O. the Now Dessert,
pleases all the family. Four favors:--
Lemon, Orange. Raspberry and Straw
berry. At your grocers. 10 cts. Try
It today.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18

Which breed Of turkeys will bear
confinement best? We would be
pleased to have the opinions and ex-
periences Of our readers on the ques-
ton. 1t is very desirable to develop a
strain OF turkeys that will bear con-
finement, and we are sure that such q
strain will ultimately be produced.
When that is brought about 1t will
place embarrassing on surer basis
than that upon which it rests at the
present time. as We have now to ac-
commodate ourselves to Natures ways,
which are on the extensive rather thar
the intensive plan.
National Association Of Postmasters
Nok ak
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
horticultural Observation.

In spite OF the large crop OF Amer
lean apples this year, it is very likely
that prices will keep UP well espe-
cially in the great shipping and mar
ket centers. England is now taking
several million barrels per year, and
the markets on the continent are be-
ing gradually opened. These foreign
markets demand the best we have and
are willing to pay for it. 1t creates a
rapid movement of good fruit in our
big markets and prices for good fruit
is stimulated accordingly. The diff
ference in price between good and
poor fruit must become greater as the
foreign trade increases, for the poor
fruit finds no stimulus from the for
eign trade.
Ramsdell's Sweet is an apple that
originated in the United States. 1t
has proved an excellent apple in Hill
nois, Iowa and Missouri, as we'll as N
eastern Kansas. Over a large part of
the South it has proved a failure. 1t
has proved fairly good in the whole
strip of country between Maine and
Utah and south of the Great Lakes,
its southern limits of successful
growth lying as far south as Tennes-
see. The apple is of medium size,
oblong-conical in shape, red in color,
sweet in flavor and of fair quality. 1t
is used for both dessert and kitchen.
We notice by recent market quota
lions on peaches that the smaller
bas-ets sold at wholesale at from s
to 20 cents per basket. The same
peaches retailed at the stands at from
Is to 80 cents per basket. The re-
taller made cents on the poor and
10 cents on the good peaches. But
what about the producer? The basket
that sold for 20 cents cost no more
to handle than the one that sold at
cents. The cost Of the empty basket
was the same. the cost of transport
was the same, and the labor connected
with the two would not differ. 1t Is
doubtful If the Scent peaches gave
the producer single cent Of profit;
while it is certain that the 20-cent
peaches did. The moral is plain-the
growers must stop marketing inferior
peaches. Thinning the fruit while
it is small should be universally
practiced. We believe. however. that
thinning is becoming quite common,
as there has been very large sup
ply of good peaches on the Chicago
market this year. The writer has no
remembrance of season when it was
SO easy to get. large and properly
packed fruit. There seems also to
have been great improvement in the
packing Of fruit. Usually peaches in
the Chicago market have been merely
faced with good peaches, but this year
honesty in packing is apparent. The
statesmen seem to have awakened to
the demands Of the hour and are will
ing to guarantee the contents Of their
baskets as being uniform throughout.
This improvement is largely due to the
constant agitation carried on by the
agricultural press and by the numer-
Gus horticultural societies and fruit
shippers unions. To all appearances
the trade in peaches this year has
been large and profitable one. The
good work should go on till there are
no poor peaches sold on the market.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18

Economy in carfare is often ex-
in shoe leather.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
Get Your Moneys worth

Every man who isn't prominent
imagines he will be some day.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
The Homo Herd.

Z A q n B.
Albert Pogler: One of the foremost
considerations in beef production Is
that we, as stock raisers, should grow
our own stock. This regard as very
important matter. The large number
of failures in the cattle business points
to the fact that we, as farmers. are
not sufficiently well acquainted with
the effects of acclimation and domesti-
cation Of cattle brought from any great
distance to the south or west. In other
words, we are unfamiliar with the
amount Of shrinkage likely to occur
during the period of adjustment to eli
matte and other conditions. Nor do
we understand the laws OF growth Of
these foreigners. and compare them too
favorably with well-bred animals at
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-10-18
Rest for the bowen.

The woman who is fond Of homo
ISN'T necessarily homelv M