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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08
Builders on the Great
Lakes are Very
Busy.

or about 100000 tons greater than
the capacity of the vessels which en-
tered and left the port Of New York.
1t was two and half times as great
as that which passed through the
suez canal, and the number of yes
sells was five times as great. The car
goes carried by the ships passing
through this canal were valued at
$220,0O0,0O0 and the owners of the yes
sells received s15.00O,00O in freight
charges And the boom of the BUSH
ness in the lakes has only just begun.
There is still room in the country tri-
butary to them for millions Of peo-
pie. and the earth will yield ten times
as much as is got from it today. And
no man dare prophesy what the fac
tories that will be built in the lake
region will produce in the next ten
years.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08
STOPS A SHIP QUICKLY.

The necessity for stopping vessel in
a short distance often occurs and has
led Friedrich Wendler. of New York
city, to devise the drag brake shown
in the accompanying cut. Its use may
be the means of saving many a coll;-
sion or the grounding of ship when
shoal water appears suddenly. In
either case the vessel cannot be
stopped in too short space Of time,
and this device would be a material
aid in accomplishing the desired result.
The illustration shows. the device
housed on the stern of the vessel. in
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08
JonIin6 <
* q Prince

When Robert 7. Stewart was COVER
nor of Missouri it was in the days
when everybody drank whiskey, and
the governor was no exception to the
rule. Years ago when the Prince of
Wales was on a visit to this country,
they gave a grand ball in his honor
in ST. Louis. Governor Stewart came
down from Jefferson City to honor the
event with his presence. In the course
or the evening the enthusiastic COVER
nor drank rather too much. He be-
came exceedingly happy as well as
proud and enthusiastic. He and she
prince were seated on the platform
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08
"A GOVERNOR
ASKS WALES If
HE WOULDN'T
LIKE HIS JOB,

while the beauty and aristocracy of st.
Louis swept past them in gorgeous re-
view Stewards feelings and bosom
swelled. Eventually, in a mighty i'm
pulse Of glow and glory. he adminis-
.ered tremendous slap upon the
princes back. exclaiming with intense
animation:
Say, prince, don't you wish you
were governor Of Missouri"
England's heir to royalty was trife
wine befogged himself and paid no at
tention to the governors familiarity,
otherwise his dignity might have sus-
tanned a severe shock.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08
ElectrIcity used in pyeing Clot,,.


Among the more recent tasks i'm
posed upon that busy new servant Of
man, electricity, is the acting as an as
sistant in the operation of dyeing.
When, cloth soaked in aniline snlphate
is placed between two metal plates
connected with the opposite ends Of a
dynamo, and an electric current is
passed through it, the spiphate is con
verified into aniline black. BY altering
the strength of the solution and ofsthe
current, shades varying from green to
pure black can be obtained. In the
case of indigo, the cloth is impregnated
with paste of indigo blue and caustic
alkali. The electric current converts
the insoluble indigo blue, by reduction
OF oxygen, into indigo white, which is
soluble. and on being exposed to the
air becomes oxidized once more and
turns blue, thus thoroughly dyeing the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08
Dress and Undress Coat.

The quartermaster's department has
practically decided upon the new dress
and rndress coat for the enlisted men
Of the army. Samples have been re-
ceived at the department OF the new
garment as devised by Maj. Patten Of
the quartermaster's department, which
will soon be acted upon by the secre-s
tary Of war, says the Army and Navy
Journal. The coat is blouse, having,
for the artillery, trimmings OF red,
which can be detached in order that
the coat may be used for undress.
The shoulder knots on the coat are
less. bulky than those now in use and
are extremely tasteful in appearance,
In fact. the coat as whole presents
natty appearance and does great
credit to the officer who planned it,.
The hat to be worn with the coat for
dress is SHAPED like the hat now in
use. with red trimmings and with a
fancy red plume at the top and in
front. This plume is detachable. The
coats and hats for the other arms Of
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08
DRAG BRAKE FOR MARINE YES

3 -. d Il
position to be dropped instantly into
the water by pulling the lever located
adjacent to the winding drum. The
brake is shaped like an immense scoop
and is supported by an arm attached
to either side of the hull near the
water line. When the lever is pulled
forward it releases the rachel and all
lows the drum to reyolve. the scoop
falling into the water of it's own ac-
cord. 1t instantly exerts such a re-
sistance to the water that the vessel
is readily brought to standstill After
accomplishing its purpose the brake is
returned to its housing by the reyolu-
ton of the drum on deck. winding up
the cable connected to the top Of the
brake.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08
Ngl AN 81
; R0G Re- SIS
cloth with that color.
RAPID BUTTER CUTTER.

Hotelkeepers and restaurateurs will
appreciate the merits of the little ma
chine shown below, which will rapidly
cut a brick Of butter into parts of any
desired thickness. The machine is OPP
Grated by turning crank and has a
traveller which is automatically moved
forward short distance at each revo-
tuition, the movement being easily adj
justed by a screw to vary the thickness
of the pats as desired. Across the face
OF the cutter are strung two or more
wires which can be set to divide the
brick lengthwise into four bars. 1t
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08

"A great institutional church, mod
eled after the famous Metropolitan
Tabernacle of New York, is planned
by the Methodists Of Chicago, as re-
suit of recent consultations.
There was recently celebrated in
Berlin an orthodox diamond we'd
ding" i. e., connubial partnership
of Is years. The nonagenarian bride
and the almost centenarian bridegroom
are not wealthy people. Herr Muller
is a pensioned schoolmaster
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08
Islands on the Gulf.

Islands on the Gulf.
The Galveston disaster ought to
serve as a warning that the sand ISL
ands fringing our gulf coast, from
Florida to the Rio Grande,. are not
safe in their present condition for hui
man habitation. and in great and con-
slant danger from the violent hurri-
canes which arise. from time to time,
in the West Indies. Some better pro-
lection must be assured before these
islands can be settled without great
risk Of life. What that protection
should be il. will be for the engineers
to say, whether breakwaters, raising
the grade of the islands. or whether
some other better means OF protection
can be found. There have been so
many disasters, too great loss Of life
and property, to continue the risk,
as we have done for years. New Or
leans Times Democrat. s5
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08
Pensions and Pensioners.


No pensioner Of the revolutionary
war survives. The last one died IN
1869, at the age of 109, but last year
there were and doubtless still are four
revolutionary WIDOWS on the pension
rolls, none of them older than eighty
six. Pensioners widows make little
of the lapse OF centuries. Judging by
precedent, it is not improbable that
$50 years from now there will still be
widows drawing pensions on account
of the services of their husbands in
our late war with Spain. Only one
pensioner who served in the war Of
1872 Is left. His name is Hiram Cronk
He is 100 years old and lives in Oneida
county, New York. About 1000 Wild
ows of 1872 are left on the rolls. The
pensioners of the civil war hold out
very well indeed. Every year on June
80, they are counted. In June, 1898,
the number on the lists was 993, TIA.
Last year there were about 1000 less,
and this year also there are fewer than
in 1898, but the commissioner says
that in 1901 the list will beat the rec.
ord, because an act of congress, passed
last May, has extended the provisions
of the law of 1890 SO as to let in many
thousands Of new claimants. About
one quarter of all the pensions go to
widows. July 4, 1900. there were $685.
529 pensioners on the rolls OF the PEN
sion Office, according to the annual
report OF Commissioner Evans. Dur
ing the year 40,645 names were added
to the. rolls and 1859 restored; 43,334
were dropped because of death. 909 by
remarriage Of pensioners and 6.616 for
other causes. During the past. six,
years 26o.797 aames were dropped
from the rolls, 1904 because OF
deaths. The number dropped this year
because Of death il 1920 less than
estimated. e
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08

4 a Universalist minister in Middle
town. n. Y, in order to be allowed to
lay the cornerstone of his peoples
new house of worship, will have to
Join the Mason's union. Rev. Mr..
Emery is no mason, but he will pay
el5 for the privilege of holding a
trowel in his hand for fifteen minutes
or less Otherwise, there might fol-
low strike, or boycott.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08

will be seen that the crank has a
curved arm extending across the face
OF the machine, with thread stretched
from the tip of the arm to the base.
In operation, turn of the crank forces
the brick of butter forward and the
thread cuts into the end Then the
thread on the crank machine will cut
up an entire brick in remarkably short
time. and it will be found very con-
venient and clean in its operation.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08
Postage Easy to Paw.

lftt usage Easy co raw.
There really is neither reason nor
excuse for SO small letter rate as
two cents an ounce. 1t is impolitic to
raise a charge once reduced, but we
would not mind paying three cents a
letter any more than we object to
putting two cents on check. The
late Uncle Coils Pacific Huntington
used to tell me about paying 40 cents
on every letter he received in Cali.
fornia from the Atlantic coast upg to
1851. when the rate was reduced to 10
cents a half ounce unpaid and six
cents prepaid. In the same year the
rate on letters was reduced to three
cents half ounce. if prepaid, for dis
8tances under 5000 miles. New York
Press. (
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08

It has frequently been stated that
Mrs. Louis Botha, the wife of the
Boer general, is a descendant of
Robert Emmett, the Irish patriot This
sls q mistake. She is a descendant of
Emmet's elder brother Thomas Adj
dls Emmett, who was one of the
United Irish Directory in 1888, and was
punished by the government by CON
finement in Fort George for three
years.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08
Municipal Savings Hanks.

For some time the corporation
Glasgow has taken comparatis
small sums Of money on deposit, a
the experiment has worked we'll. Ell
boldened by this success the progress
sive element Of the city council pro-
posed that banking should be added te
the municipal undertakings.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08

A bulletin of the New York Zoologi.
cal Society reports that the experiment
of decorating the walls OF the bird
house with paintings of landscapes has
had at least one interesting result
the cranes have several times tried to
walk through the walls.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08

A New Jersey farmer read all the
campaign literature sent to him by the
opposing organizations and then com
mltted suicide. The warning contained
In this case fairly bulges out.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08

Berlin last year for the first time
registered over 1000, 900 strangers who
mad visited the city. Vienna, which
formerly had more visitors than Ber
lin, counted only a few over 100000
N 1899, and was surpassed by Munich
with 6OO,0 600. Dresden had over half
"a million visitors; Hamburg, Leipzig
and zuricn each about 100000, and
Stuttgart, Basel and Dusseldorf each
over a quarter of million.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08
Hard to Catch.

Il guess our soldiers in China will
soon master the Chinese national air..
How SOP"
Why, they are all trying to catch
the Tuan. - Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08

How Sleep tho Brave.
How sleep the brave who sink to rest.
BY all their country's wishes blest!
When spring, with dewy fingers sold,
Returns to deck their followed mould,
She there shall dress a sweeter sod
Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
By fairy hands their knell is rung,
BY forms unseen their dirge is sung; y
There Honor comes, pilgrim gray,
To bless the turf that wraps their
clay,
And Freedom shall while repair,
To dwell a weeping hermit there!
& William Collins.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08

The wedding present of the emperor
and empress of Russia to the new
queen of Servia is necklace and tiara
4Of diamonds and emeralds valued at
100000.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08

Y The pleasures Of dissipation are
IKE gaudy colors they attract for
moment, but afterwards they oppose
the senses.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08
"Forty Rounds. U. 81"

} Forty Rounds, u. S.''.ss5f SO.
Capt. j. McAssey. who during the
civil war served in the Ninetieth,
Illinois, which was in the Fifteenth
army corps under Gen. Logan, tells the
story Of how that famous corps got its
motto. My regiment" he says, was
recruited in Chicago, and went to the
front as the Irish Legion We were
made a part Of the Fifteenth army
corps, and after Mission Ridge and
Tunnel Hill Gen. Logan was ordered to
lead us over to Knoxville, Tenn, to re-
lieve Burnside. When we got to Knox
vile we found that Burnside had ss
ready been relieved, and then we were
sent down for duty along the line of
the Memphis & Charleston railroad.
When we reached Stevenson, Ala,
we found some members of the Twen.
tieth army corps on guard duty there.
We were tired and dirty, and had had
little to eat for weeks but horse corn
up along the line of march. guess we
looked about as disreputable as 1T is
possible for men to look. Our uniforms
were in rags land some of the men were
practically barefooted. AS 1 say. we
met some of the Twentieth army corps
on guard duty at Stevenson. They
were dressed fit to kill Had stiff coll
lars and clean uniforms. and whole
shoes, and everything shipshape. The
Twentieth corps had adopted badge,
and every fellow we met was wearing
it big as life.
whose name have forgotten. ran
into one of these Twentieth corps
dudes.
Hello said the well-dressed chap.
who are you? What's your regiment,
and where's your badger
I belong to the Ninetieth Illinois,
said the ragged soldier, and as for
my badge it's hanging across my back.
It's cartridge box, and our motto is
Forty Rounds. U. s" What's yours 2
Gen. Logan heard the story and
sent for the man. He was frightened
to death when he was called up before
Black Jack, s.
Are you the man who said our
badge is Forty Ropnds, U. SIP asked
the general.
II am. SIR said the frightened
Irishman.
Well, sir, want to shake hands
with you and to say that we've adopt
ed it as the badge of the whole Fiji
teenth army corps
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08

Happiness is like meteor. 1t
olazes and goes out and all is blacker
.han before it came. People are often
deceived as to their true interests.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08
Blind Fish from Mammoth Cave.

50 I'M : ' ~ TUT WA iIHoth cave. -
For the first time some blind fish
from the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky
have reached England alive and been
placed in the London Geological Gar
p dens.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08
A Phosphorescent Crab.

There was recently added to the
aquarium at Calcutta gigantic crab
about two feet in diameter across its
shell, and having legs three feet long,
which was captured in drag-net in
the Indian Ocean about mile from
the shore and at depth of forty five
fathoms. After being placed in a large
tank it devoured the fish and smaller
crustaceans that were its fellow-pris-
oners, and later. in the evening, sur
prised its Keepers and visitors by emit
ting a white phosphorescent light,
strangely Illuminating the gloomy cor
ner where it had concealed itself be-
tween two boulders
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08

Common sense in an uncommon de-
gree is what passes in the world for
wisdom.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08

Old Friend in a New Guise.
Il didn't see as many plumbers as
I expected in the Labor day parade
mo. They insisted on riding in
y
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08

The police Of Cincinnati state that
there are two lovers in that city who
have been engaged to be married for
the last fifteen years This postpone
ment of the fateful plunge, however,
is not due to the prospective BRIDE
groom being laggard in love; still
less is it due to the bride proving un-
duly coy. The simple explanation is
That no time has occurred during the
Rboye period when they were bott
!. OF prison rre same timE.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08
Fighter and Book Writer.

General Oliver o. Howard was born
in Maine, graduated at college, and
later at West Point. standing fourth
in the class of 1850. He was professor
OF mathematics when the war broke
out. which place he left to take COM
mand of a Maine regiment. He COM
handed a brigade at the battle Of
Bull Run. and in September of the
same year was made a brigadier gen
eral. He lost his arm in a charge at
the battle Of Fair Oaks in May. 1862
After a rest of less than three months
he rejoined his brigade, and in No
vember. 1862. was appointed a6major
general. He led the Eleventh Army
corps at Chancellor and Gettys-
burg. His corps took part in the bat
tie of Chattanooga and in Sherman's.
Atlanta campaign. When Mcpherson
fell before Atlanta Howard succeeded
him as commander Of the Army and
Department of the Tennessee and was
appointed brigadier in the regular
army In 1865 he was brevetted major
general. After the war he led a cam
paign against the Indians. He5is the
author of several books and has the
degree Of LII. D. conferred on him by
four colleges. s3,s
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08

& Many people are said to have given
the dimensions of their houses when
the census enumerators asked them
about their length ofSresidence. The
length of residence to which the cen-
sus inquiry referred mist have been
rather short.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08
Why Certain Metals Cannot Be Cast


why Certain Metals Cannot Be Cast.
AS is we'll known. some metals are
unsuitable for casting, while others,
like iron. can readily be cast in any
desired shape. The property Of cast
ing well is said to depend upon
whether the metal contracts or ex-
pands on solidifying from the liquid
form. Iron. like water, expands in SOL
idifying, and hence the solid metal
may be seen floating in the liquid
iron about it. Gold and silver contract
in cooling, and, therefore, are not suit
able for casting.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08
The reputation Of tn, NJ

: y 71f11Se7 t1ry 1HosEIu ltU,
which was never of the best, is ~
torn to shreds by the scientists 2ese
days. The insect has been proved to
be one, If not the sole, means of spread
Ing malaria; and now it has been dis
.cssvered that elephantiasis, hideously
deforming disease Of the tropics is due
to the action Of a very minute worm
which enters the body through the
mosquitoes proboscis while the in
sect is sucking it's victims blood.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08


planned for the enlisted men. "A prom
inent officer of the cavalry is working
on the shoulder knots for officers and
has now several samples to submit for
action by the department.
Grants Abilities.
Grant was always disposed to work
with the tools he had. and through his
whole military career showed himself
averse to meddling much with the or
ganization of his army. He had strong
likes and dislikes, but was very reti-
cent OF his expression of them. He
would quietly take advantage Of va
canctes or Of circumstances to put men
where he wanted them, but very rarely
made sweeping reorganization. II
anyone crossed him or became antag-
onistic without open insubordination,
he would bear with it till an opportun-
ity came to- get rid Of the offender. He
hated verbal quarreling,, never used
violent language, but formed his Judg-
ments and bided his time for acting on
them. This sometimes looked like, a
lack of frankness and there were times
when q warm but honest alteration
would. have cleared the air and remov-
ed misunderstanding. 1t was really
done in a sort of shyness which was
curiously blended with remarkable
faith in himself. From behind his
wall of tactiturnity he was alert to see
what was within sight. and to form
opinions of men and things that root
ed fast and became part OF his mental
constitution. He sometimes unbent
and would talk with apparent freedom
and ease: but it was in the way Of
narrative or anecdote, and almost
never in the form of discussion or
comparison of views. 1t used to be
said that during the Vicksburg cam
paign he liked to have Sherman and
MCPHERSON meet at his tent, and would
manage to set them to discussing the
military situation. Sherman would be
brilliant and trenchant; Mcpherson
would be politely critical and intellec-
tual; Rawlins would break in COCA
sionally with some blunt and vigorous
opinion of his own; Grant sat impassi-
BILE and dumb in his camp chair smok-
ing; but the lively discussion stimu-
lated his strong common sense and
gave him more assured confidence in
the judgments and conclusions he
reached. He sometimes enjoyed, with
ia spice of real humor, the mistaken
assumption of fluent men that reticent
ones lack brains.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08
o. *. HuLL, Pabll.her.
No prattle is so purposeless as that
pf prayerless preaching.

The man who reflects deeply will
soon be light instead of reflector.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08
ms AEIgSII (IzIIIl
e. lAlG| m

the service are to be exactly like the
one for artillery. with distinguishing
colors OF the infantry or the cavalry.
The change to be made in the officer's
uniform will correspond to those
planned for the enlisted men. A prom
fnent officer of the cavalry is working
on the shoulder knots for officers and
has now several samples to submit for
action by the department.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08
Navy Department Library.

ss7sas navy Departmfn nj LtDfArv. f2laf X
The navy department library is rap
idly assuming its proper proportions
and is regarded as the most valuable
in this country in those branches OF
literature dealing especially with sea-
faring lore, travels, explorations, his
tories Of ships and navies, and the aim
for the future is to make here the
naval library of the country. The coll
lection of photographs from life OF
foreign naval vessels in the possession
of the office of naval intelligence is
probably not excelled by any similar
collection in the world Through our
naval representatives abroad this de-
partment has been steadily gathering
information in this form for many
years past, and it is not too much to
say that with the information in store
here the navy department can inform
itself atsonce of the exact force Of any
nation at any designated point of the
globe. This information relates to
personnel and material and IS in the
main exact and official. y:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08

Gen. Wheeler's Battle Record.
General Joseph Wheeler has been
ul.der fire more than 800 times. and
has commanded in 200 battles.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-08

& Rev. Charles M Sheldon has re-
turned from Britain and will make his
headquarters In Boston for a season
His church in Topeka some time ago
granted him eight months leave of alb
sence. His new story will deal with
the servant girl problem, and those
who have read the opening chapters
pronounce it equal to In His Steps"