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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15
USES OF GOLD.
Much of the Metal Used for Fancy orna-
mentatIon.

Much of the Metal Used for Fancy Orna-
mentatIon.
The amount Of gold turned into coin
each year by the minis Of the world is
a mere nothing to the huge quantity
used in gliding picture frames, paint
ing signs, binding books. designing
furniture and on pottery. The worlds
entire stock Of gold is about 1,1O0 tons,
but OF this only 100 exists in the form
of coin. This stock is increasing by
about three and a half tons year.
-Four tons and half is minted, but
a ton Is lost by waste. This is small
item compared with the 120 tons which,
jewellers and gilders use up every year,
and none of the vast amount is recoy-
cradle. France is the largest con-
sumner Of gold for the arts. She uses
$4,000 pounds a year Great Britain
is a good second. with 34,100 pounds.
Some things marked Made in Ger
many must be genuine, for her crafts
men use 29.040 pounds. Switzerland,
with her big watch industry, absorbs
$4,000 pounds; Italy 800 pounds;
Russia 5000 pounds, and the smaller.
nations the rest. It is estimated. too,
that in India gold to the value Of Nd y,
sly $4,000, 900 each year is withdr
from circulation by native hoan
and in other countries. bunchi1
all together, similar annoy
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15
Rage for the Antique.

There is perfect rage for the an
tique just now. Any girl finding bit
of antique embroidery, an old brooch
or fob, is now the envy of her ac-
squaintances, the fob is worn with the
chatelaine watch; odd brooches are
set as belt clasps, and the embroidery
figures as a yoke,V, or revers on waist
or jacket no matter how odd the silk,
cloth or velvet may be, or where it
came from, so long as it is antique.
New buttons for ornamental purposes,
for buttons are not supposed to be
useful nowadays, resemble ancient
brooches, and lovely pendants are OF
the old-fashioned miniatures.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15

IIezekiah. This alsoJwas ! failure, Tor
the very devil seewed to get into that
machine as the mare approached. 1t
fairly shrieked and blew out clouds Of
steam on both sides. while the mare
tried first to ST down and then to stand
on her head.
By this time the excitement was
intense, and there were cries Of. Go
on. 81! Go on! Now's your chance!"
But 81 had begun to see that there was
trouble ahead for him. The track was
not wide, and Hezekiah kept the mid
die Of it. There was room to pass on
either side, but very little more room
than was necessary, and very slight
collision with the fence would wreck
the ancient sulky Hence 81 pulled up
and talked soothingly to the mare be-
tore making another trial. But the
mare was not in a mood to be readily
soothed. On every side Of her there
were shouts and laughter, and from
ahead came that weird whistling, in
terspersed with occasional screeches-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15
l HATS FoR HORSES,
extraordinary Variety OF Equine Hssd-
gear Seen In Paris.

extraordinary Variety or Equine Hcxd.
/ gear Seen In Paris.
Hot weather this year led to the
adoption of many Paris fashions. and
II is to be hoped that one in particu-
lar will find favor over here that is,
sbonnets and big hats for horses. Amer.
lean horses are supposed to be wen
looked after in comparison with the
French ones, but as yet there has not
been seen over here such an extraordi-
nary variety Of headgear as Ii seen In
Paris. There medium sized and large
sized hats Of coarse yellow straw adorn
the heads of the truck horses, while
the donkeys and even some OF the cab
horses have also been seen lately with
bonnets on. At first sight there SEEING
something absolutely ridiculous about
a sedate looking horse wearing q vel
low straw hat but certainly he looks
most comfortable. The ears are stuck
through the straw on either side, and
around the crown is a band Of ribbon
or braid, on which is embroidered or
written the horses name. The brim
IS bound with the same colored rib
bon that is put around the crown.as
rule bright scarlet-or is left un-.
pound and the hat is then trimmed
with bunch Of flowers. The donkeya
look especially funny in their hats.
put they seem to know how to- wear
them better than horses. or else their
long ears give more piquant express
sion to the trimming, and they carry
their heads proudly. The object Of the
nat is, of course, to shield the animals
from the suns rays, and it has seemed
to work most satisfactorily, for II
Shields the head without giving any
undue weight, and is far better in ap.
pearance and in effect that canvass
headdresses. The crown of the hat is
always high enough to allow Of
sponge being put inside. 1t is inter-
esting from an artistic point Of view
to notice the flowers that the French
drivers put In the bands of the horses
hats. Cornflowers are, of course, great
favorftes, while marguerites and pop-
pies are combined in most attractive
punches. The horses name on the
band Of ribbon around the crown is
altogether the plainest trimming that
is seen, but the lettering is very dis
tinct, and the band is wide enough to
show off each letter. The names that
the horses bear have apparently some
thing to do with whether the band is
used or flowers are supplied. Often
the flowers are natural ones. New
York rress.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15

Foreign trade has picturesque fea-
lures which greatly relieve its coldly
commercial aspects. For. example, in
sending to Zanzibar hundred thou
sand dollars worth of kerosene oil last
year the United States was doubtless
trying to light up" the dark continent.
American locomotives are going to Al
rlca In such numbers that the conti-
nent cannot much longer be called
slow. Ivory. an ancient source OF At
r1ca's wealth, is becoming so scarce
that earnest efforts are now making
TO preserve the herds of elephants
from wanton slaughter. What wonders
modern commerce works!
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15
GIVE GIRLS A CHANGE.
Properly Trained They Arc as Rugged

Properly Trained They Arc as Rugged
as Boys.
The old fallacy that little girls.
made up of isugar and spice and all
that's nice are naturally sicllly, while
their brothers, manufactured out Of
sterner stuff, are we'll and stronger.
is being rapidly dispelled by the con-
slant assertion Of our physicians that
boys and girls are made up out Of the
same piece of clay. Take little girl
and dress her in warm, sensible cloth
ing, with light, comfortable hat and
thick-soled shoes. and send her out
doors in rain and wind and any kind
OF weather. teaching her that her legs
were made to walk with. and arms to
swing burdens with. and the girl will
grow up as healthy, rudy and full Of
life and vitality as her brother. Take
a healthy boy and shut him up day
after day in close, heated rooms, pinch
his lungs in corsets. fasten q weisslt
Of heavy skirts with number of tight
bands about his waist, lace paper soled
shoes with high French heels on his
feet; crimp his hair with hot irons and
fasten it with forty pins, and place an
enormous structure of flowers. yelyets.
ribbons and feathers on his head, then
bind up his hands in tightly fitting kid
gloves and never let him stir out Of
door when it is the least damp or when
the wind or sun would freekle his COM
plexion- always tell people In his
presence that he Is delicate child
a dollhouse plant; cram him with bon
bons and pastry at all hours; coddle
him, call him baby names:: never al
low him to speak, except In soft, mum
bly, tones; and finally feed his mind
with historical love stories giving him
false ideas of life. and at sixteen you
will have a boy as sickly, sentimental
and useless as any girl brought UP UNI
der like circumstances. a little girl
has the right to the use of her lungs
and voice. and tofthe freedom Of her
soft, growing little body from stricL
lures; she has the right to plenty OF
exercise in the wind, rain and sun
shine, and all the happiness that goes
with an out-of-door life: above all
things, she has the right to shape her
elastic young thoughts of life after
some good, sensible ideals of noble,
useful womanhood.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15

ond husband in Signor Nicolini. who
died about two and half years ago.
Several months afterward her engage
ment to Baron Cedarstrom was an
nounced, and before many weeks had
elapsed the marriage took place. The
Baron is a handsome young Swede OF
engaging manners AS counting nv
years he is little more than half the
age of his gifted and eyer-youthful
wife.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett. the
famous authoress of Little Lord
Fauntleroy' and many other notable
works. is a recent addition to the list
OF elderly ladies who have young
husbands. She was born in Manches-
ter in 1S4s and is consequently now in
her fifty-first year. When only sixteen
she migrated with her parents to the
United States, marrying eight years
later Dr.. Burnett of Washington.
From him she obtained divorce 4
couple of years ago. Last February
she was married to gentleman who
had for some time acted as her private
secretary, Stephen Townsend, r. r. A.
s., handsome young Englishman of
some thirty summers.
OF ladies who, as spfnsters, married
men much younger than themselves
there are one or two notable examples
Perhaps the most remarkable is that
of the "angel of goodness, 2 Baroness
Burdett- Coutts. Her ladyship was
born in the year 1914 and is conse-
quently now at the age Of eighty-six
She did not marry until she had reach
ed her sixty-seventh year, when she
accepted the hand and heart of Will
liam .Ashmead-B Bartlett. now NJ. P. for
Westminster.
This gentleman was at that time
only thirty years Of age, and instead
of giving his wife his name, as nearly
every man does when he marries. he
assumed that Of his wife. The Baro-
ness is one Of the few women in this
country who are peeresses in their
own right. This rare honor was be-
slowed on her In 1871 and never did
it have a more worthy recipient.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15
Lady
Churchill

Lady Randolph Churchill as she
now prefers to call herself. Mrs.
George Corvallis Vests by no
means the first lady Of prominence to
marry a man less than half her own
age, says Tit-Bits.
As is we'll known, this clever. hand
some and enterprising American wo-
man is the mother Of a son who is sew
eral months older than her present
youthful spouse. It is twenty-six years
since she became the wife Of the late
Lord Randolph Churchill, who died in
1895. Nobody who witnessed the we'd
ding could have Imagined that she
would take unto herself as second
husband a young nan at that time
unborn. At the present time Lady
Randolph is well into the forties,
while her husband has not gone far
into his twenties.
The lady so long famous as Mrs.
Langtry, but whose correct designu--
ton has for some little time been Mrs.
Hugo de Battle, Is another who has
married as second husband man
young enough to be her son. Having
been born SO far back as the year 1852,
the Jersey Lily has been charming the
world for fully a quarter of. a century.
It was in her twenty-second year
that she was married to her first hus-
band, Major Langtry, who died two
or three years ago. Her present hus-
band, Mr.. Hugo de Battle, son and heir
or Sir Henry de Battle. is now in his
twenty-ninth year. For some time
past he has been absent in South AZ
RIGA fighting with his regiment.
When Nine. Patti was married to the
Swedish Baron Cedertstrom she not
only secured third husband, but one
a great many years younger than her.
self The world-famed songstress, has
so well preserved her youth and beau
TT that people are apt to forget that
she is In her fifty-eighth year.
She was born in Madrid, in February,
1843. At the age OF twenty-five she be-
came the wife of Marquis de Caux, and
eighteen years later she found sec
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15
EDITORIAL GAL LGardere

EDITORIALS IGardere
The growth OF population about the
Great Lakes will be one of the impor-
tant revelations Of the present census.
Six Lake cities, Buffalo, Cleveland, To-
ledo. Detroit, Milwaukee and Chicago,
have added more than million people
since 1890. an increase of nearly fifty
Der cent. The increase is directly re-
lated to the growth of commerce Of
the Great Lakes, which has doubled in
the last five years. The tonnage ca
pacity Of vessels passing through the
canal at Sault sainte Marie is now half
as large again as that of all the yes
sells which enter and leave the port Of
New York, aud two and half times as
great as the tonnage which passes
through the Suez Canal. The Great
Lakes certainly cannot be called ga
waste Of waters" They are teeming
with life and usefulness.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15

The relations existing between mis-
tress and maid in Australia are aptly
illustrated in recent issue of a
Queensland paper, in which girl adj
yertises for a situation to take charge
OF laundry or dairy. She can cook,
and understands Housekeeping, and
adds: None but respectable mis-
tress. who wishes to leave her servant
in uninterrupted discharge of her du-
ties. need apply"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15

Those who are privileged to act as
hosts of the prince of Wales have to
carefully study his likes and dislikes
in the matter of food and wines, there
being quite long list of things which
are "blackmailed" by him. He is also
very particular as to punctuality in
the matter of meals, viewing delays
with much disfavor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15
Lack Of telegraph Fac,lIties.

A correspondent Of the Western
Electrician, writing from Manila. says
that lack Of communication between
the larger towns has been one Of thu
drawbacks to their development.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15

The Natal subscribers to testimo-
NAL to Major-G General Baden-P Powell, in
recognition of his gallant defense of
Mafeking, have decided to present him
with a shield made of Transvaal SOW.
ereigns.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15
JudIcious Editorial IN. spain.


But little has been said in Spai1
about Cuba and Porto Rico since the
close of the Spanish war. However, La
Epooa. the semi-official conservative
organ, recently broke through this rule
and in "a long article spoke freely Of
conditions in the islands Spain lost. It
urges Spaniards to cease affecting in
difference toward SPANS former coll
onies, urges Spanish subjects in Cuba
and Porto Rico to avoid creating dis.
turbances and to work tremendously
under the new conditions. The ar
ticle closes with the hope that some
day common ties Of origin. race, his
tory, literature and material interests
will make the West Indies seek close
and friendly relations with Spain and
forget recent struggles and painful
recollections.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15
Navas.a Island.


Navassa island-which lies south of
Haiti in the Caribbean sea, and can be
sighted from the decks Of vessels pass
ing from New York to the isthmus
was the only outlying possession Of the
United States until we acquired Porto
Rico and the Philippines. 1t lis COW
cred with phosp pilates, but was unin-
habited until a Baltimore company dis
covered its riches and sent gang of
men to work the mines. It became a
part Of the United States under law
OF congress. passed many years ago.
which extended sovereignty over any
uninhabited territory discovered and
occupied by our citizens.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15

s4az!z
>-xz..zs---- 81. s.....'
There was a shrill shrieking whistle.
noises that would have frightened a
more docile horse than the blind mare
ever thought of being. She danced a
Scottish hornpipe even while her mas
ter was talking to her, and when he
again urged her forward she seemed
to be disposed to give an exhibition of
ground and lofty tumbling. Indeed,
as she stood on her hind legs and
paved the air with her forefeet some
one in the crowd suggested that she
was probably circus horse.
Meanwhile the horseless cart was
Mostly pursuing the even tenor of its
way. Hezekiah glanced over his
shoulder occasionally, but did not seem
to be at all worried. Some men in the
crowd insisted that when the mare be-
gan to come up from behind the ma
chine seemed to make more noise than
at any other time, but it was admitted
that automobiles were contrary crit
tiers" at best and there was no telling
what they would do or when they
would do it.
At the half-mile post 81 broke a
spoke in the right wheel of his sulky
and Hezekiah was seen to fill his pipe
and light it. After another furlong ST
got down from the sulky and stroked
the blind mares neck and whispered
in her ear, while Hezekiah leaned back
in his seat and made pretense OF go
ing to sleep. Naturally, this was too
much for the men who were backing
ST. They climbed the fence and rushed
across the field, all shouting at once.
go on!" they yelled. You've got to
beat him.
Il could" returned ST ruefully, "if
the mare would only sprout wings"
You've got to do it anyway" they
insisted.
IF thought she could jump the
whole machine" answered 81 reflect
lively, sd get on her back and try it,
but it amt so easy to make her pass a
slice of hell"
Still he made another trial He
waited until they were in the home
stretch, and then he came laundering
down the track at top speed, intent on
getting her by before she realized what
was happening. Hezekiah apparently
was oblivious Of all that was taking
place, although the crowd. having now
entered thoroughly into the spirit of
the contest, yelled at him vociferously.
He had his pipe in his teeth and was
using an oilcan with one hand while
he held the lever with the other. The
machine was moving with less noise
than previously, too, and it really
seemed as if the mare would go by it,
but
There was shrill, shrieking whistle.
Calm, undesigning Hezekiah looked
startled So did the mare.
Fragments of the sulky were picked
up all over the inner Enclosure and
three yards of fence had to be rebuilt
before the track was again used AS
for ST, he was able to get out again in
about two weeks. although he walked
with a cane for something over a
month.
The stranger took the night train
out of town, but before going was seen
to pocket roll of bills and slap Heze-
kiah heartily On the back.
you're all right he was reported
to have said, to which Hezekiah re
sponded, as he put the remaining bills
in his own pocket, Il reckon / know
my business, don't II"
And since that time the subject o,
Hezekiah's Invention has been tabooed
in the little town of Sun Prairie.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15
Canine CurfeM JAW.

The newspapers OF Richmond, Va,
are agitating in favor OF the passage Of
"a canine curfew law" to the end that
the stiffness Of the night shall not be
broken by the bowling and barking Of
warrant dogs.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15
Pierpont Morgan,s Costly Doc.

Until yesterday Richard Croker had
the honor Of owning the most costly
dog in the United States, an English
bull pup, named Rodney Stone, for
which he paid s5.0p0. but on. Saturdays
steamer Mr.. Piergbnt Morgan received
a Scotch collie p med Southport Per-
lection, for VIII he is said to have
paid $500, tn highest price ever
given for a d in the world. New
York Letter.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15

Allegany, Pa. has an ordinance re-
curing street railway companies to
equip their cars with jacks, for use
in lifting cars from the bodies of per-
sons that have been run down.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15
How to Addres. c1ereymen.

A candidate for ordination is not a
clergyman. and is not entitled to the
prefix Rev. Address him as Ar
thur Jones. ESQ.," or aMr. Arthur
Jones. The term Rev" is not used
In conversation, when speaking Of a
clergyman. To designate his calling.
say Mr.. Jones, pastor of st. Martins
Church. z It would be incorrect to
write Rev. Mr.. Jones' It should be
Rev. Arthur Jones, When ignorant
OF the Christian name or initial, it is
permissible to replace it by dash,
thus REV. Jones. 2 a
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15
Fishing in, British waters

1AshAng In british Waters.
In England and Wales there are Z, 81
fishing boats and 100000 fishermen en-
gagged III the sea fishery. Last year
they caught 6,S50,O0O hundredweight
of fish. including 2.25O.O0O hundred
weight Of herring. Us \. ii
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15

"A revolution" said a Colombian
gentleman to an English traveller late
", 'tis our substitute for cricket; our
young men must have their game"
The cricketing season has begun. The
Colombian president is in jail, the
vice president has assumed a dictator
ship. and a revolution has taken place.
Meanwhile. to prove that such political
cricket is a family and not an inter
national affair. Colombia and Costa
Rica submitted vexed question OF
boundary dispute to the arbitration OF
the President Of France. and promise
to abide by his recent decision thereon,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15

. K Ii y y
Ex-Governor Pillsbury of Minnesota
and his wife are going to build a
home for poor girls in St. Paul. The
ex-governor says: "If girl is thrown
out Of employment, or for any reason
loses her bread-earning power. we
want her to 1el that she is not with
- iend She need never despair
home STANDS. There she
Ca y ID shel,ets he as com
Portable. SO far as her surroue6 t,ss
are concerned. as she would be any
where in the world It is. by such
things as this that John 1. Pillsbury
deserves his statue, which, the work
OF Daniel G. French, has just unveiled
on the campus Of the University Of
Minnesota.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15

The possible philanthropist, unde-
cided whether to give to his native
town a library or a reformatory, a
gymnasium or hospital, may find his
answer in recent conversation. A
clergyman visiting in Cleveland ac-
costed well-known settlement-work-
er to tell Of fine reform school in his
place. The citizens were very proud
of II.
"And how about the schools for good
boys In your town." came the answer
Are they anything to- p proud off"
The visitor stared, V he did not
know.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15
It is now proposed as punishment
to cut OF Chan Chi lungs cue Just
below the collar button.
A man who marries disagreeable
woman for the sake OF her money
swallows a bitter silver-coated pill.

Sir Thomas Lipton's challenge has
been promptly accepted by the New
York Yacht club. Sir Thomas now
knows what to do with some OF that
pork corner" money.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15
Marconi Apparatus for ~,

Marconi Apparntus for W.
Sets of the Marconi apparatdl
been ordered for British warshipl
It is said that the royalty paid
inventor will be aSs10O on eao
using the wireless te EraphS.
mits of communicate ye1 =
q f'fty miles
Watches and ri1
without windi1g
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15

One of oklahoma's Curiosltie,.
Cashion, Ok, claims to have bank
Of white earth. which. when dampened
and rubbed on grease spot will Grad
icate the grease.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15

Strong reasons make strong actions.
Shakespeare.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15
Illustrates the Paradox

Johnny goes to the school, near
Halsted street. One day last week his
teacher asked for a sentence illustrat-
ing the paradox. After much mental
and physical wrlggling, he handed in
the following: Billy. the foxy lookin'
kid. came out of his mothers pantry
lookin' sheepish. Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-11-15

The baggageman doesn't stop a
trunk when he checks 1t.