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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-22

Senator Chandler of New Hampshire
said in the senate Saturday on the pend
ing gold bill:
"The republican party is pledged to
bimetallism. Were we blunderers when
we shouted over and over again for re-
monetization? Is it not quite possible
that we were right then and are now
wrong when it is proposed to forever
discard reconciliation?
~ want the double standard. So do
l 800, 900, 900 of the people Of this world
of ours; while only 2Oo,oOO,O0o want the
single gold standard. We wan, the real
money of the world to be eight billions
of dollars in coin. They want it to be
only four billions of dollars. The diff.
ference means injustice, injury, suffering
and distress to millions of Gods poor
people the world over; while the gold
class is to wax fat at the cost of Its help.
less victims"
l
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-22
Homeseekers Excursion Tickets.

To nearly all points in the United
States on sale at all ticket offices of the
Chicago Great Western Railway on the
LIST and Bird Tuesdays of February, March
and April, at the very low homeseekers
rate of one fare plus 81. 90 for the round
trip. Tickets good for return within q
days from date Of sale. Persons con.
templating trip will save money by
calling on any agent Of the Chicago
Great Western Ry. and obtaining detail
information regarding the homeseekers
rates, or addressing F. III. Lord, q. p
and T. A., ll3 Adams st. Chicago. 2s-l1t'
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-22

Bethany women have organized an
improvement society the object Of which
will be to secure the improvement of
streets and the identifying of homes.
The women expect to show the men
few things along this line.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-22

Always attend strictly to Business
The best pills for Bilious People are
Morley's Little Liver Pills, because
they always attend Strictly to bust
ness. Sugar-coated. Ono dose. Sold by
L. Van Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-22

81 have used Beggs' Blood Purifier in my
family for over two years, and do not believe
there is better medicine made. 1t is the
family remedy for US. and all we need."writes
Frank Mitchell, Mason City. Iowa Purifies
the system-makes new RICH blood McGrath
e. Still Woodland.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-22
"The Lions Bride. !"

Mailed free for ~ lion heads cut from
Lion Coffee wrappers and a 2-cent stamp.
An unusually fine picture, from the brush
of the noted German artist, Gabriel Max.
1t is founded on Chamisso's poem, 1.-The
and we send with each picture hand
some folder, containing copy Of the poem
and telling all aboutit. Size, 15x26 inches.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-22

Every farmer should prepare to aid
the census taker. 1t will not he long
until the latter will be in active circu-
lation among the people asking innum-
cradle questions and it is The intention
to make the coming census the most
omplete and accurate ever taken. In
order to avoid emitting or forgetting
anything, the farmer should jot down
at his leisure a complete record Of the
farm operations Of 1899. The acreage
and yield Of all crops, the value Of
buildings, machinery and live stock and
questions of similar nature will be asked.
Upon the accuracy Of the individual
records depends the value of the census,
and it should be made matter of pub
lie interest that it is as accurate as
possible.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-22
a New Stock of
Shoes!

They have just arrived for the demands We pre-
paredwith stock of shoes of kinds and Styles
every demand of our trade The time has when
people search for better shoes than they have been
buying When times hard they fell into the habit of
buying cheap shoddy shoes but they have learned by
perience that that money Times and
they have money buy good shoes Wehave Ehe
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-22
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
signature s;:ss ss: Of AfAzzSzzs<
Personally Conducted Tours\to California
In pullman Tourist Sleep
Inc Cars.

Via Chicago Great Western Ky. to
Kansas City and Santa Fe route to Los
Angels and Southern California. Only
line having new Pullman Tourist Sleep
ers equipped with wide vestibules,
steam heat and gas lights. One Of
these new sleepers leaves Des Moines
at S:45 p. N. every Monday, via
Chicago Great Western for Los Angeles
and Southern California via Kansas
City, and reaches Los Angles the
following morning. These tours are per.
sonally conducted by an experienced
official, who accompanies the train to
its destination. The cars are we'll
equipped for long journey and are
as comfortable as the standard sleepers,
while the price for double berth is
only about one half. Full information
furnished by any Chicago Great West
ern Agent or F. II. Lord, General Pass.
& Ticket Agent, ll3 Adams ST., Chicago.
22.l0t GEORGE H. MEAD,
General Advertising Agent,
Chicago Great Western Ry.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-22
clliid's Drawing Book.

trace the pictures beneath, thus affording
enjoyment, as well as instruction to the
hand and eye. These drawing books and
There are six different kinds and each
drawing book requires lion heads ard a
2=cent stamp.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-22
High water Aavertisine MnrH

ihe NeY ork Herald of April II printed an
~ 4na&El t55ll lnl Its paid advertising reached
5ae .ilsA Nait. marx ~ that Journals history.
AAe 0l4s - Tribune On that same day. last
-islng th4l lle New York Herald but wha1 is
believed g be the greatest amount ever printed
u a Flrgte issGe OF any regular main edition OF
2 seFSQ2UeE Leaving ont OF account the tWen-
{-tN9 eqqmns. Of atlveftieing printed by the
SEW foii1 Herald on that day in the special see
all asN+ted 70 the interests OF Brooklyn and
."N Jersey diid apnedfine only in those edit ions 4
paSsei thar of the Herald FOR the same DAY b
more Gfsn 10000 agate lines Of paid adYeItSingA
z ~ Towing tho Herald ali it claims. inelud-
irS 6 Brooklyn and New Jersey supplements
]. ~ York Herald on that day still fell Snort
4 ne Tribune - by more than / 900 lines in
ass actual un!ouut OF raid advertising
ne aNlGt Ile1res are given SIS Follows; Tho
StW Y3gE aefald of April 10 printed in its nam
a'liil ~ exclusive 81 its brooklyn and New Iar-
sey sI!uPl ments fI.S:3 agatp lines of advertise
4ntH ihn lndtnE those supplements il claims
5.s.'s, -, ~ NhieaEo TRIBUNE printed that
99S ~ 30 agate lines Of paid advertisements
a. eopi'eI son abetd he made in lines of agate
iGel SriN tsnnuse The columns OF q The THb-
- tro LONGER and contain 300 agate Iiess
a s 81 I'M s,,i N 81 81 10fk Herald contain only
t4E &c tqur sundays ending April 16, the
IN H',i y ,9iulnuS q! advertisements in the NU%
grh tiaIaii, aet9rdins 10 It's own claims aad
lhaiudlH@ ITS fiiool5lEn and New Jersey special
Sfatloh vas i.06I.23 N the same period OF iIne
ne Tribune printed 0Si AZ columns OF "A
~ P+d advertisements. These reduced 10
5lEi Sle ny 9qtz Herald 3ot 3s
tltlue there we're printed in that porjl4
~ more agate tines than in the New York
ltt,t.G ~ eE.sas was eeAal TO eight ae
}i-ald Fheref5re the New York Herald printed
~ lFei%;e oi "a - columns less each Sundal.
Than The Chicago Tribune"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-02-22

w. F. Whittacker, South Bend Ind. says
Nothing like Beggs' Little Giant Pills; curet
me of ds speptic trouble that had caused nj
ach, liver and bowels-ne. er grippe or sick en-
there's nothing Just as good.'' McGrath 1
Still, Woodland.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14
An Earthquake Alarm.

The Japanese are said to have dis
covered that a few seconds previous
to an earthquake the magnet Temporal
rily loses its power. and they have in
geniously constructed a light frame
supporting a horseshoe magnet, be-
meath which Is a cup of bell metal.
The armaturo is attached to weight.
50 that upon the magnet becoming
paralyze the weight drops and
strikiug the cuD, gives the alarm.
Everyone i'm the h9ase then seeks the
open air for afety
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14
Pure-BIooded Arabs Exported.

1t is stated the sultan has authorized
to be sent to the Paris exposition
sixteen pure-blooded Arabian horses
from Turkey-in-Asia, and the director
of the imperial stables has been per-
sonally charged with the choice Of
these horses and Of their care while
In France. This will be sensational
news to horsemen, for it is the first
time that the expectation into Eu-
rope, even temporarily, of these
horses, has ever been authorized; the
Arabian ''pure-bloods" which Europ-
cans believe they possess being no
more than half-bloods.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14

by druggists. in fifty
cent and one dollar
sizes. You may have a
sample bottle by mail
free. also pamphlet tell
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14

The idea Of making the high school
course elective has advanced from
Massachusetts 10 .'linois A revised
curriculum, approved by the high
school committee of the Chicago
Board Of Education. permits election
courses by the pupils, with the advice
and consent of parents and principal.
The entire course is made elective eX-
cepting two years of English language
and literature, two years Of foreign
language, and one year of algebra,
one of history, and one of science.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14

ing all about it. including many of the
thousands of testimonial letters received
from sufferers cured. In writing DR.. Kilrner
& Co.. Binghamton, N. T.. be sure and
mention this paper.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14
Strange Coincidence.

a On December ), 1904, vessel cross
Ing the Menai strait with eighty-one
; passengers on bArd encountered a
terrific gale and foundered The only
man wao escaped death was Hugh
WtB,ams More than 10oGears 4ater.
a December ;, 1880 another vessel
with large number Of passengers
sank in the same circumstances and
in the same place. All the passengers
were drowned except one, again Hugh
Williams. Again, on December 5,
1920 boat laden with thirty people
sank in the same spot The sole sur
vivor once more was Hugh Williams.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14
Bomb to DESTROY an ARMY.

A retired artillery officer of the Bel
gian army has invited a number of
officers and engineers to an exhibit
tion at Antwerp of an invention he
contends will revolutionize warfare
The inventor, a Mr.. Reuling, says that
his invention is 50 deadly that the
army against which it is directed
would be entirely destroyed in a few
minutes 1t is a species of bomb,
loaded with terrible explosive, the
name of which the inventor has not
yet divulged He has promised to give
incontestabe proof Of the destructive
powers of the invention before ex-
perts
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14
Andre House a Soap Factory.

The 1875 stone house at Tappan, N.
Y, where Major Andre was imprison-
ed until his execution, is to be turned
into a soap factory. For couple of
years past the 1916 house has been
used as a hotel, and thousands OF
people have visited it. but recently the
proprietor Charles A. Pike, had his
license revoked Now he has leased
the property to New Workers, who in
tend to make soap by new process on
the grounds east Of the house, and the
building will be used for their offices.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14
Cabinet without omcial Existence.

The authority attached in England
to simple custom or usage cannot be
better illustrated than in the fact that,
although the cabinet has existed as
the real executive power in the gov
eminent for more than a century and
a half it is an institution entirely I'M
known to the law never having been
recognized by any act of parliament.
There is no official announcement of
the names of its members and no Offic-
ial record of its meetings.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14
To Ihe Farmers OF Wisconsin.

The farmers of the state of Wiscon-
sin have organized and incorporated
under the laws of the state to protect
themselves against loss by hail to
their growing crops, and against loss
by wind on their buildings, stock and
farm machinery. The assessment for
the past two seasons has been very
low, not exceeding mills. Mr..
VIM. Wetter of North Lancaster car
ried insurance to the amount of $640.
and his assessment in full for two
seasons past was only $2.06. A num-
Der OF other farmers in the surround
ing country have been induced to join
this company and are all well satisfied
with the insurance. The company is
known as The Northwestern Farmers
Mutual Hail and Cyclone Insurance
Company of Waterloo, Wisconsin.
+. ID. KNOwLToN. Sec'y.
A. WAYNE, County agent for Grant
county.
There will be several other solicit
ers in the county besides Mr.. Wayne
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14
Fisheries in saghalIen waters.

One of the most recent of the many
vexatious questions existing between
Japan and Russia is that in relation
to the fisheries in Saghalien waters.
The Japanese have been pursuing this
industry unobstructed for forty years.
Their fishing stations in those waters
number $50 or more and 5000 men are
employed. Although practically tres
passers, they have been allowed TOY fish
for so many years without interference
that they had come to believe that
they had as much right to do so as
the Russians themselves.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14

Serious Thoughts.

Make time for serious thoughts.
Let no day pass without some mem
DRY of solemn things. Each morning
as you rise remind yourself that God
spake these words and said" Each
evening as you lie down to rest let
Gods angels close the door of your
heart on thoughts of purity and peace.
The soul that has never lived face to
face with eternity is a vulgar soul.
The life that has never learnt the high
law of holiness is a ruined and vast
ed life.-F. w. Farrar.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14

1t appears that the pie bakers Of
New York are quite unable to keep up
with their orders. They can't find the
necessary expert help required and
the demand frequently has to go I'M
satisfied. Which seems to show that
this ancient form of dessert is holding
its own handsomely against the in
roads of the trapped sweets and
frothy nothings of the French cook
books.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14
Mary Johpson,s Novel Damage Suit.

A supreme court jury has awarded
the sum of $1,000 to one Mary John
son as compensation due to her from
the Nassau Railroad Company for in
juries sustained under circumstances
which are a menace to all patrons of
the road As a result of the sudden
stoppage of a car the plaintiff was
heavily sat upon by man unknown
to her, but sufficiently identified as
being "a very fat man
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14
Cleaning Fine Lace.

Occasionally a piece of fancy work
on the lace order does not show soil
enough to justify sacrificing its lacy
newness to the process of washing.
If such work is laid away for week
in a heavy book between blue tissue
paper, having had rubbed into the
soiled places calcined magnesia or
pipe clay, it will come out cleaned
and frightened by the process. This
is a good way to treat Battenberg and
point lace work which has become
dingy or yellow
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14

Notice has been received at the
Swedish ard Norwegian consulate in
New York and the king of Sweden
and Norway has decided - reward
personD who have found objects be-
longing to the Andree polar expedi-
ton, and that fund has been set
aside for rewards for persons who
may hereafter find objects from the
expedition. 1t is supposed thata the
hope Of reward IS meant to be an in
centive to whalars and other mariners
who go far nortr TO search for traces
Of the explorer and penetrate places
out of the beaten path for that pur-
pose
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14
American Rails for ru.sia.

At Newport novs the British tramp
steamg Samoa is being loaded with
5000 tons of steel rails for the great
Siberian railway now under construc-
ton BY the Russian government The
rails come from Birmingham. Ala,
and will be carried from here through
the Suez canal 10000 miles to Vladi-
vostok, Siberia, the eastern tsPminus
of the road It is understood here
that 100000 tons of rails have been
contracted for at Birmingham by the
Russian government and will be Ship
ped from this port.-New York Let
ter Chicago Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14
Concrete for High walls.

Concrete as a building material for
walls of high structures is to have a
test in Washington. The permit, re-
Gently issued. is for a seven-story
structure, with both the inside and
outside walls of concrete. Twisted iron
rods are to be used in connection with
the concrete. and the thickness of the
outside walls is to be twelve inches.
The walls are of sufficient strength, as
calculated. to resist all compressive
strains without taking into account the
strengthening effect of the twisted
iron.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14
The Highest Hapniness.

We can only have the highest hap
piness, such as goes along with being
a great man, by having wide thoughts,
and much feeling for the rest of the
world as well as ourselves. And this
sort of happiness often brings so much
pain with it that we can only tell it
from pain by its being what We would
choose before anything else, because
our souls see that it is good.-Georse
Eliot
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14

Trees are to be restored to Boston's
streets by the efforts of the Rox-
burghe Club and the Home Club OF
East Boston, acting in conjunction
with the public grounds department
and individual citizens. Each club is
to furnish 1000 trees this spring, to be
given free Of charge to citizens who
apply for them, on condition that they
be planted in good loan and in proper
alignment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14

A literally attended entertainment
in West Virginia the other day. was
a fight between a wild cat and a bull
dog. The animals were confined in a
wire cage fifteen feet square. At the
end of thirty minutes the dog was
dead, but the cat was uninjured. 1t is
pleasant to know that cockfghting
has been stopped in the Philippines
in the interests of civilization.-Bos
ton Transcript
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14
Healthy CheerfnIness.

DO not allow melancholy person
to enter the sick room. There is moth
ing so absolutely necessary to an in
valid as cheerful companions. ! narv-
Gus woman may be thrown into re-
lapse by a well-meaning but mischief
making friend relating to her how a
mutual friend suffered with a similar
disease.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14

The present shah recently celebrat-
ed his 46th birthday. The shah is
enormously wealthy and almost the
whole of his fortune consists of dia
monds and precious stones. The royal
family of Persia is one Of the larg-
est in the world. There are some
thousands of princes and princesses,
and the present occupant Of the throne
has a family OF about 20.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14
TIE New Photogranhy.

A young man in Eew York city has
invented process whereby photo
graphs can be developed in broad day
light This revolutionizes the picture
taking art. No move dark room and
red light, no chemistry. The green
est amateur, with only brains enough
to snap his camera at barn, may
now develop his own plates
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14

Kansas farmers have paid off $780,
100000 Indebtedness in the past year.
Good crops are responsible. The last
yield of corn amounted to 5O,O0O,O00
bushels. The wheat crop was about
64,00000O bushels Each of these
products netted the state about $780,
100000. The value of the other farm
produce and live stock makes the
total about $3.50 900 600.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14
Wide Open.

Miss Szreecher-I notice that DR..
Brown, who sat next to you, was quite
interested 81 my singing last night.
Miss Peppery-I don't think it was
your singing, dear lie turned to me
when You had finished and said: Il
never miss an opportunity to study
the tonsils; its my specially, you
know. Philadelphia Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14

All doubts as to the burial place of
Louis XVL's great minister of finance.
Turgot, have been removed by the
opening Of a tomb in the chapel next
to the Laennec Hospital. Paris, France.
His coffin was found, which, together
with those Of his father and two other
members Of his family, were in excel
lent preservation
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14

In restoring the White House re
Gently While the wolEmen were paint
Ing Tie doors they discovered that they
we've Of solid mahogany. but owing to
some mistake the original wood had
he5a painted in imitation Of walnut.
Tie paint Was al once scraped off and
the doors returned To their pristine
s.ate
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14

Men may differ on politics, religion
or finance, but all who have tried
Banner Salve are agreed as to its
worth for cuts, burns, sores, piles
and skin diseases. It's the most heal
inc medicine in the world.-Hatch
Bros +, and j. t. Bennett, druggists.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14
Invented lie Arc Light.

A patent record which has been I'M
earthed al Toronto shows that the
original inventors of the electric arc
light We're Toronto men, Henry Wood
ward, medical student and Matthew
Evans. saloonEaeper. The invention,
completed in 1873. was the fruit of
their joint experiments. It was pat
eDted Ill ne following year
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14

Mrs. Leland Stanford has given the
old Stanford home in Sacramento,
Cal, to Bishop Mora of the Catholic
church. together with a $4,000 en-
dowment with which to maintain it as
an orphange. This is the house where
Senator Stanford lived for twenty
years, and where his son, in whose
memory the Stanford University was
founded. was born
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14

convention, which will very probably
in following past precedent be held
at Montfort in the no distant future,
we predict his name will be presented
with the strong endorsement Of an
enthusiastic following.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14

a move, ANA Interesting sight ct
Lake Bile haHH5r is the mammoth
o3r-ia. alng machines in operation.
wen these ma hines cars Of cgal are
l.feed ao ly. emoJied into the hold Of
a vessel and replaced on the tracks
ii four minutes
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14
Eniidine In Gotharn.

Building operations undertaken dur
inE the first three months of this year
in New Yorkamounted to SlGQooc00, as
AGAINST S3So00.905 for the correspond
ing period last year. The principal
cause Of this large falling eff IS 70 be
found III tile hieh price Of materials.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14
BURNS MEETS WITH FAVOR.

The asndida9 Of +. Of. Burns, Of
pIatteviIle. Pr the office ogstate Sen
ator to succeed {. II. B2xter Of this
city meets with approval throughout
the district and at the dominating
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14

There will be several other solicit
ers in the county besides Mr.. Wayne
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-06-14

An electric locomotive in a Cana
dian coal mine shows a saving over
mules Of S2.52S in 2oO days and an
electric pump in the same mine shows
a saving over steam pumps Of S1,573
il go days