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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
Future of
Expositions

In the following article the New
York Evening Post suggests that great
expositions have run their course:
Though international exhibitions date
only from 1851, the earlier half of the
century led up to them with a series of
national eXpositions, which were held
in nearly every country of Europe, as
we'll as the United States. They be-
IAN in France and were born of the
freedom from the old restrictions upon
commerce and industry. and of the eff
fort of Improvement that marked the
beginning of new life. They were
essentially different from the medieval
fair, like that still held annually at
Nijni-Novgorod, for example, in that
they do not exist for the sale of gooy2
brought in bulk by traders from re-
mote lands, but for the encouragement
of invention and enterprise by the dis
play and comparison of results. aid by
They were not places Of exchange, but
industrial exhibitions. They marked
the end of the system of trade guilds
and carefully guarded secrets, and il
lustrate the openness to ideas, the
search for new methods, and the in
PRODUCTION of improvements. both in
agriculture and in processes Of manu-
factnre, which mark the dawn of the
nineteenth century. At the same time
they We're conceived in a spirit Of ma
tional pride and gloriication. which
was intensely hostile to outside pow
ers. At the first French exhibition of
1898 gold medal was offered the man
who should deal the heaviest blow to
English trade, and in 1919 the minister
of foreign affairs ascribed to the enc
mics of French industry proposal to
admit foreign exhibitors. The Crys-
tai Palace exhibition of 1851 in Lon
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
METHODS
OF BURIAL
BOTH
FURNACE
AND COFFIN
CONDEMNED

open cemetery is absolutely inodor-
ous." Sir Seymour Haden reports
from experiments carried on for ~
years in the burial of animals that
bodies buried four feet deep require
more than four years for their COM
p9ete dissolution; three feet deep, three
years; two feet deep, two years; one
loot, one year; While bodies not buried,
but simply covered with foot of earth
disappeared, all save their bones, in
less than year; but in all cases with
out injuring the purity of earth OF
air. The Prussian government has
also made notable contribution to
our knowledge on this important part
OF the subject. In 1928 a secret
commission was issued by it to ascer-
tain the condition of the dead in the
battlefields of the Vosges. Two years,
or thereabouts, having elapsed since
those battles were fought, it was fear,
ed, as many dead bodies we're known
to have been only specifically buried.
that epidemic disease might result,
What the commissioners found, how
ever, entirely dissipated any such
fears. In cases in which as many as
eight hundred bodies, in the hurry in.
cident to rapid military movements.
had been thrust into one shallow exca,
walton, these bodies, it was found, had
already disappeared, their bones AND
accouterments alone being left But
TO this disappearance there was a re-
markable exception; the bodies Of Of
ficers, having been buried in mackin,
toshes (the action of which resembled
that of cof1ins) had not SO disappear
ed" Against the testimony of Sir
Henry Thompson. the writer quotes
the authority of Koch and Klein to
show that the bacilli Of anthrax being
aerobic, or dependent on air, are,when
buried four and half feet, incapable
of reproduction. The rest of the pa
per is occupied with the argument that
cremation, by making elimination i'm
possible, prevents the detection Of muir
ders.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13

A writer in the Quarterly Review
makes a powerful attack on "the eth
les of cremation" He regards it as
an improper corrective to the mis-
chievous practice of interment in
vaults and collins. He says: Little
or no difficulty appears to have at
tended the ready and efficient disposal
OF the dead till towards the close OF
Charles the Seconds reign. Not only
was the strong cot1in--the fons ct origc
mali-till then unknown, but the
palmer sort of men were content to
be carried to their graves in the open
chests OF Golfers which were kept in
every parish church for the occasion
and only employed to convey the body
from the house of death to that other
house which hath been appointed for
all living" after which the chests were
returned to their accustomed place,
which was usually niche in the
church wall. Arrived at the grave the
body, enveloped at one time in coarse
linen kept together by bone pins, and
| afterwards in woollen, was removed
| from its temporary case and buried
Resolution of the body by the agency
OF the earth to which we commit it
is affirmed by the writer to be the nat
ural and innocuous method Earth
is the most potent disinfectant
known" The common impression
that graveyards pollute the air i!
emphatically contradicted. Nothing
worse than carbonic acid Carbon diox
ide) and water are ever given off from
the surface of burial grounds, ant
these only in quantities SO small a:
to be even less than are naturally
present in the superintendent atmos
phere; and, further, that even this lit
tie is at once taken up by vegetation
and returned to the air, not as source
of peril to the. health, but as q neces
sary increment of atmospheric re
newal." The two hundred disuset
burial grounds in London now used a!
recreation grounds and health resorts
are cited as proof. The air of tn.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
WILLIAM H. THOMPSON.

WILLIAM II. i t1ONlI SOINs
country the tide must change and flow
back again. For the betterment of our
commercial interests some of our
young men should turn their attention
to the farm and the raising of prod
uce. Among the large number OF sue
percentage whose sons have chosen the
farm life. Their early school days on
the farm were spent in reading of men
and events that had nothing to do with
country life. Soldiers, statesmen, law
yers, ministers, bankers, and even pol
iticians figure upon every page Of their
district school readers. Scarcely was
mention made of any man who had led
a successful life on the farm.
"The farmers children are as rule
the natural farmers Of the country.
What they become in after life is de-
termined by their early education. At
the district school the farmers son
lays the foundation for his future, and
his ideas are largely influenced by
reading books treating on men and
objects which seem to him to be Of
an outside world. Why not change
this? Let his books speak of some of
our great men who have been farmers
and there are thousands of them. Let
him study the things he comes in con-
tact with every day. Let him be
taught he can improve his condition
by adopting improved methods of pro-
duction. This will make him more in
terested in farm life and more con-
tented. 1t will fire his ambition to ex-
eel in his fathers calling. 1t will make
him a better man, better farmer
and a better citizen. 1t will keep
many boys in the country and relieve
the cities of their congestion. There
will be more ground cultivated and
better results. The strains of live
stock will be improved and the farmer
will get more money. In every way
such change will be a benefit to the
farmer. boys and to the country at
large"
Mr.. Thompson presented his propo-
sition in an address before the Ma
tional Live Stock exchange, and he is
urging agricultural and live stock
papers to carry on a crusade along the
lines he has mapped out.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
"A NEW YORK PAPER
THINKS THEY HAVE
RUN THEIR COURSE


don was the triumph of material civil
ization over national prejudices. It
marked the fact that Europe was des-
tined to be. if it had not already be-
come an industrial unit. The network
of railways, which in the next few
years We're to spread over the CONT
nent, helped to bring this about, and
by the increased facilities for transport.
tation and travel which they offered.
contributed another element to the
success of the international exhibition.
But above all The Crystal Palace stood
tor the beginning of the age of ma
chinery. 1t was TIE point of depart-s
9Te for the revolution VIII. .s, ,sjsss,
AangeSastse face OF u
Which sorllls Ssr,~ most cOnspmtIous
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
Paris to berlin by phone.

The telephone line between Paris
and Berlin. which has been but re.
Gently inaugurated, was completed in
June last. The French and German
officials, however, would not give the
line over to the public until it had been
thoroughly tested. A conversation be-
tween Berlin and the French towns
cost five marks. except in the case OF.
Bordeaux, Orleans and st. Etienne, for
which 61s marks is charged. Both tn:
lines between Paris and Berlin AM
Paris and Frankfort are double. AMI
are constructed with bronze wire Ava
millimeters thick. 1t was original,
the intention of both governments that
the telephone should be ready at tn.
opening of the exhibition. The Ger
man part of the wire was brought to
the French frontier in March. Tho
French portion. however. was not
ready until June.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
Number q.
BY GARRARD HARRIS.

ES3t o1 -GtAnEtSAILD I1AItItlo.
Author 1.-THE Atonement." when Love
is Done" etc.
Copyrighted, 1900: Daily Story Pub. Coz
Fifteen long, dreary years had
Alapsed-he had waited patiently, and
the day had come. Long had he antici-
pated the moment, and now he, No. %,
stood outside the prison walls, No. %
no longer. but free man, for he had
paid the price demanded by the law.
He had sinned and he had suffered.
He did not intend to kill the deputy
marshal, but the officers and some men
were searching his house for an Illicit
still; they said he had been making
whisky without license. One of the
men showed his wife roughly, and mad
dened beyond endurance, he fired upon
them, and one fell with bullet in his
temple. He was arrested, torn from
his mountain, home, put in prison, and
finally, sentenced to fifteen years at
hard labor.
And now, now he was free. It was
all like some horrible nightmare, a
fevered dream dissipated by the CLEAN
Of the morning sunlight. For a while
after he went to the prison his wife
came to see him, and brought the chill
dren. Then Tue visits grew further
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
HlGH-PRlcED ROSES.
Fancy Sums Paid by Wealthy Persons
for Blossoms.

Fancy Sums Paid by Wealthy Persons
for Blossoms.
The costliest Of all flowers produced
of late years is the Rothesay rose,
strange looking, flesh-colored bloom
1t is of an extraordinary color-velvety
and just like the cheek of healthy
baby in tint. Every petal is wrinkled
like the "goffering" Of a girls dress,
and the entire bloom is very closely set
and weighs as much as six ordinary
roses of the same kind. A single flower
is worth $3.50. The prize of $1,000 Of
fered in Holland for black tulip has
never been claimed, but five jet-black
hyacinths have been known to grow in
the last twenty years. The cheapest
fetched S100 and the deaerst $450-al-
most a record price for bulb. Only
one of the five reached a second gen
Grafton, and now there has not been
black hyacinth for three years. Or
chids fetch the highest of all prices
among flowers, though one may buy
tolerable orchid buttonhole for quar-
ter. The sunset orchid, a lovely flower
Of deep yellow and carmine and fam
ing crimson, which cost many a life be-
fore it was first brought home from the
virgin forests of the Amazon, could
not be bought for less than $1,000 a
plant when it arrived in England. Only
three out of forty-five sunsets! were
alive on arrival. The record price paid
for an orchid lately was $1,000 for
plant of a new species called the cano-
pus, from the interior of Brazil. 1t
has most lovely bloom, each flower
eight inches across, streaked white and
purple. "A blue peony seems to be as
likely a thing to encounter as blue
horse. However, light and washed
out-looking but distinctly blue speci-
men grew in the dollhouse of Man
chester flower culturer. 1t was bought
by very wealthy amateur for $1,000.
You can pay as much as $40 a hlns-
som for some varieties of the chrysa1.-
themum. and pea green flower of this
species, which is occasionally to be
had, will fetch double that amount.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
Old Birds Nests.

Hundreds of thousands of nests are
built every year in trees and hedges.
What becomes of all these homes after
the birds have fitted from them at
summers end? Most of them are lined
with sleeps wool, with feathers and
other materials that bind them to-
gether. Now it happens that beetles
and moths and other insects devour
these things, and by thus destroying
them loosen the nests so much that
wind and rain soon scatter the rest Of
the materials. But for this timely help
the trees would be elogged up with
a mass of old nests. the leaves could
not sprout, and many trees would per-
ish.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
Airing Sleeping Rooms.

Too little attention is given to til
proper airing Of sleeping rooms az.
to the ventilating qualities of bed COZ
ers. Comfortables that are almo:
alright should never be used, and i
the best these cotton stuffed covers az
menace to health. Properly, noti
ing should be used about a. bed whic.
cannot be washed. Bedclothes should
be spread upon chairs, singly. in the
light and air for at least two hours
every morning, and draught should
meanwhile be allowed to sweep
through the room. Pillows should re-
ceive good kneading. and be left d.
rectly before the open window in the
sun and air.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
rh,rtx-Nine .Art,oles %

On the occasion when the bishop oil
Oxford alighted from the train al
Wheatley, the station for, Cuddleston
palace, an officious porter rushed ul
to him and asked, amy articles in the
wan, my lord?" "Articles!" said the
bishop, grimly. Yes; thirty-nine ar.
ticles!" Off hurried the porter and
worried the guard almost out of. his
senses by the way he searched the
van and detained the train. Presently
he came back to the bishop with a
crestfallen expression Of eountenance
There are only seven. my lord,
only seven? All! you're dissenter
then, should Think"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13

rupted. and the eve sweeps over miles
and miles Of these forest covered
northern Laurentides. Americans
boast. and with reason, of their White
Mountains, Adirondacks,an and Catslzills;
but in all New York and New England
there is nothing to surpass the piano.
rama spread as scroll beneath the
weary feet Of the pilgrim who stands
at length. blown, but happy. amid the
BURBERRY bushes on Trembling Noun
tain's SCARED old crest. Unlike the
Innocent Abroad, an explorer of the
mountain will find no guide to point
heavenward to the lofty peak and
splutter: Ger wis re haut can be-"
will be often in his mind as he strug-
giles doggedly up the steep slope.
Trembling Lake at the foot of the
mountain is 734 feet above sea level,
thus the ascent means climbing 1000
feet. Unfortunately the path that
must be followed is not direct one
on the contrary, it resembles Brer
Rabbits doublings when he endeavor-
ed to escape the too assiduous atten-
tons of Brer Fox. Windfalls have to
| be dodged, and rock falls avoided. all
! of such deviations consuming time,
and making the climb much longer
one than would be the case if few
hundred dollars were spent in opening
up one of the most attractive peaks
| in the province. Trembling Mountain
station, ninety-one miles from Mon
treal, is the gateway to the park. A
drive of two and half miles over an
unusually good country road, leads to
the lake, just where the latter spills
its surplus waters into the Discharge
by a leap of some forty feet. This
Discharge eventually helps to swell
the DEVILS river. 1t contains great
store of pike, and some very heavy
red trout, but the smaller fry are alb
sent, owing to the esteem in which
they are held by the said pike. Hap
PLY these fresh water sharks have
never found their way into the lake
OR into any of it's feeders; were the.
to do so, it's grand trout fishing woult
be in serious danger.-Montreal Her
aid and Star.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
WHO Are your"

and further apart, and finally they
ceased altogether.
He felt SO strange, did No. 23-as
though he had slept for a long, long
time and then had been awakened in
the glare of midday. He, took fare
well look at the grim walls that for so
many years had been his abiding place
and then turned his face toward the
home Of his young manhood. g
a He remembered the log cabin sit
ting high on the side of the mountain
saw his wife standing in the doorway
with glad, expectant light on her
face. He saw the children playing in
the front yard among the marigolds
and sunfowers, and he could smell the
resinous incense of tho pine forest
No, it was out a dream. That was
the home Of fifteen years ago. But she
loved and trusted him, and she would
be there waiting for hin--she had
kept track of the tardy years and
months and would be as glad as he
when his penance was done. She
would be older. of course; her hair
would be streaked with gray, but she
would be the same wife that comforted
him in the dreary prison. She had told
him that she would trust him, and
would wait lifetime for him, gladly;
And the children-how they would be
grown! He wondered if they would
know him.
The rattle Of the car wheels sung
refrain, Home, home, going home"
He could just see the tops Of the noun
tains in the distance. Back in their
blue depths was the home of his youth,
his happier days. At last the train
stopped at q little station, and No. %
alighted. The loungers about the vii
lage store gazed with idle curiosity at
the strange figure. There was not a
familiar face to greet him, but that did
not matter-he was going home. He
took the wel1-remembered road and
started toward the mountains and the
log cabin nesting near the cliffs.
On ana on he went. Up and up he
climb The distant peaks doomed up
vague and grand and mysterious in the
silence Of the purple haze of an Indian
Gumn2sr. High in the ARA hawk
wheeled in great, graceful circles and
screalned shril greetings to- its mate.
From the forest on either side Of the
road rouId be heard the rustling Of the
lleav as they dropped softly to their
rest place upon the ground. A
SOUL barked from nearby tree. and
IN t midst Of d deserted old field a
quail WAS whist ling megrily. On the
mountain side In the clearings the,
sumas and the golden rod cleaned
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
portuears Treatment o. conv,ot,.

Portugal deals gently with her con-
victs. Some she transports to the east
and west coasts of Africa; others are
sent to Goa, in India. says a London
newspaper. Portuguese conyicts are
not even compelled to work, and, pro-
vided they keep within the limits Of
the town or settlement to which they
are assigned, enjoy the fullest liberty.
So little is their social status affected
by the fact that they are transported
criminals that the governor general at
Mozambique thinks nothing of playing
billiards in the principal hotel with a
convicted forger, or of inviting no
torious prisoner to dinner.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13

Jimmy" Whistler, the self-exiled
American artist and author Of "The
Gentle Art Of Making Enemies" has a
number of students under instruction
in Paris. One of them, a young wom-
an, asked him not long ago if he
thought she might paint nature as she
saw it. Certainly, my dear madam"
said Whistler. There is no reason
why you should not paint nature as
you see it SC long as you do not see
nature as you paint." Which would
seem to Indicate that Jimmy" is still
practicing the gentle art
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13

suggests weddings, and that in turn
means present When hunting for a
wedding gift, remember that cake
saw-that is thin fiat knife, with
one edge cut into saw teeth-is the
best knife to use to cut loaf or cake
For brides loaf a silver one is often
used, and is an appreciated wedding
present, and one to be handed down
in the family. 1t is, moreover, SO I'M
usual gift that it is not likely to be
duplicated many times, even to the
bride with most numerous gifts.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
THE ROSE TREE.

~ rose-tree stood where the busy wheels
OF commerce swiftly glide:
AL undeterred by noise and smoke
it, blossoms opened wide.
They bloomed as sweet in that dingy
place
A. In some garden fair.
And weary eyes were oft refreshed
" To see them growing there
a porter passing with heavy load
Jostled against thorn,
And cursed the rose-tree under his breath
With thoughts Of hate and scorn.
What need is there for foolish flower
Where men must work for bread7
- ] had my way I'd root you out.
You thorny thing!''f he said.
Next a sharp-faced woman hurried by
And gave pasr.ng glance;
But naught she saw in the lovely flower
OF beauty and romance
Save this: IF each were a silken rose.
With handsome rubber stem,
Twould be no trouble at all to get
Z A dollar each for them"
But within the office sat man
Who smiled to see the flowers +,,-
That shyly peeped through the open door
And frightened long, dull hours.
Ae thought Of the hand that long ago
Planted the tiny tree,
sAh. her love makes light my hardest
task,
Dear wife Of mine!" said he.
One looked at the rose-tree with a scowl,
And thought of naught but pain;
TO the keen-eyed woman-ah, twas
strange!- n u 3
The roses spoke of gain; @
But unto the man Of clearer sight
Their June-time grace did prove
The mightfeSt fact in all the world.
4 The worth to life of love.
DO choose. With what sight shall we see
The blessings God gives you and me?
Ida Reed Smith. in Young Peoples
Weekly. .S8s3zs. 49,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13

Why do people commit suicide? 1t
is easy enough to answer Because
they are miserable" How, then, shall
we account for the fact that as the
standard of comfort advances suicide
becomes more frequent? The poorest
laborer in Europe has comforts which
were unknown to Queen Elizabeth and
King Philip of Spain, yet the rapidity
with which suicide has increased is
shown by the following table:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
A UNION PRINTER So YEARS.

Thomas ]. Mattingly, an employe Of
the government printing Office at
Washington, d. c.. has been a union
printer 81 years. He was born in Vir-
ginia in 1927 and began his trade at
the age of 10 and learned to be press
man as well as compositor He Joined
Columbia Typographical Society in
1S4S on attaining his majority, and has
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
Pink Pearls Of the bahamas.

One of the most important industries
OF the Bahama islands is the gather
Ing Of pink pearls. It is the only
place in the world where these pearls
are found. These pearls, when perfect
bring very high prices. It Is said.
ing frQm $40 to E1.0oe.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13

were found to be lively and strong.
although somewhat emaciated, and it
was noticed that their backs and sides
were much darker than normal, while
the belly was unusually light colored.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
Passing of the bicycle.

do you still arrest bicycle riders
who wheel along your sidewalks?''
Arrest 'em! Gosh: We don't seq
none to arrest! Its dunn shame!
The village used to git a mighty gooo
thing out OF it, and Jim Cronk, tn
Justice that 4 the fning, was takin'
!, in cold cash nd over fist. But this
fall derned If liz didn't have to go to
movin' ashes whitewashin' to gil
an honest liviA Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
2 Admires rnpoleon's Genius.
lord Rosebery is an ardent admirer
OF the genius Of Napoleon. For yeay
he has been writing study of the
great Napoleon while he was at st.
Helena, with his hands behind him.
looking at the stars and over the sea.
It rs there that Lord Rosebery finds
the man most interesting.