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New-York tribune., 1901-04-07
THE JEWS ~ GREECE.
ish Chronicle.

From The Jewish Chronicle.
whatever may have been the connections be-
tween Greeks and Jews ia the past, The points
Of coflta,f between them the present day are
cIrnr,arativrly few for the Jewish population in
fi- kingdom Of King George appears To te not
only small. hut stationary. It's numbers when
j., 1891 are given as =. 49,. returned in lool
as > $40 or "A net increase of eight ln ten years
Cfr.lluees of numbers need not affect the natural
interest which English Jews feel ln their Greek
brethren. and particularly English Jews, for II
Was largely owing to the efforts of the lrltlSh
f.,, e,,f tb,t Greco. l,eranl.. indepe mdent
kingdom. Moreover, The fact mat the l"nlan
Islands were "A direct gift from TINS country 10
Greece intensiies the interest oi EnSlisn jews IN
the fate of their brethren in that part OF the
Greek kingdom. II is true that the handiul OF
Greek Jews have 40 legal or state made dlsabll-
ities like the Jews Of Russia and kufnanla IN
LrinciTIe the fullest equality obtains. But IN
New-York tribune., 1901-04-07
THE KLOW THAY kiLLED "BTR."

From The Chicago Tribune
Here lies what is left
of little 'Bub' Carroll.
He was cleaning his gun
And blew down the barrel.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21

WHILE ON A CAMP HUNT.
that will remain sweet and sound for
six months. This is how it is made:
They take ordinary corn, pound it in
the ordinary way. Instead of sprink-
ling the corn with water they sprinkle
it with I've; after being pounded into
fine meal it is mixed with wood ashes
instead Of baking powder. This is
baked in a skillet in little rings, each
weighing four ounces. When it will
stand any amount of rough handling
and the inclemency of the weather has
no effect on this bread, cold or hot.
This bread after six months can be put
into camp kettle, and little water
added, and when it becomes soaked
makes very good and wholesome
bread. The lYe seems to preserve the
bread through any and all kinds Of
weather, and it is this kind of bread
that the Indians take along when they
go on long journey or take a long
hunt"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21
LESSONS IN
MANNERS
Young Women
Requiring the
Social Poise.

analysis, and. as she candidly admits
herself no woman is hopeless sub
ject for reformation.
The American woman's wits.
THE American woman's quick wits
will carry her over the most tremen-
dous difficulties" admitted the actress,
and then most of them are trem n
dously ambitious to boot. The other
day l had an illustration of this.
The wife of man who had struck oil.
so to speak, came in to take course
of lessons. She was young, pretty,
wholly uncultivated, but daringly am
bilious, and determined to spend some
Of her husbands fortune in storming
the citadel of smart New York society.
"She had no time to waste in learn
ing by experience, so we started right
in, and I gave her the scene of an af-
,ternoon call to learn, and told her to
come dressed for the part. She came
and acquitted herself with positive
charm. but her pride in the achieve
ment WIS dashed when l went forward
and detached from her pretty person
no less than ten superb diamond orna-
ments. One was huge ray-shaped
thing pinned to the breast of her seal
skin coat, and which she proudly men
toned as 'cloud-burst'; then, item
by item. went over her costume. and
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21
90 o. So
=1/H
OF MOUTH BREATHING.

PREVENTION OF MOUTH BREATHING.
IN a former article we CONSIDERED
some of the evil effects of mouth
injury to the entire respiratory system
as well as in actual deformity of the
bones of the face. The cause OF mouth
breathing is of course anything that
nterferes with the free passage u
air through the nostrils. Thus IN Tue
early stage of an ordinary cold, the
membranous lining of the ncstrils DE-
comes swollen, the nose becomes
stopped up" and the sufferer mus
breathe through the mouth, 10 MS
1dded discomfort This is only tempo
rary, yet it is by no means unlHpoie-
ant, for while it lasts it exposes one "
Inflammation of the tonsils, throat anu
lungs through the inhalation Oh eoio
and unfiltered air.
Of greater Importance, however, are
the causes of habitual mouth pseatn-
ing, from which so many children SUI
fer The most common of these Is 7"
collection of glandular tissue IN ths
rharynX, ard whenever young chi'u
is seen to breathe habitually with Open
mouth, an examination OF lhe'o
erowths should be made. =,
Physicians some times hesitate w
remove them, for they say they WIZ
probably disappear as the child grows
older; but they may not disappear
and even il they do, it may be only
after permanent damage has De'n
done to the child. They ough Ways
to be removed when they are vsl"a'!-
nous enough to obstruct nasal respifa-
ton
A somewhat less common cause o.
haEitual mouth breathing is the pres
ence of enlarged tonsils-a cohuluon
which may or may rot coe&lst VIII
| that Just mentioned. These also WI
probably grow smaller as the chi
grows larger, but it is far better TO re
| move them at once, before irremcai'
able damage has been done.
Less frequently the nostrils are Cd
stiucted by growths, known as po.ypl
from their lining mucous membrane.
The treatment of NEST of these con
ditions is simple but as it can be car
ried out only by the physician. 1t neea
not be discussed here. The aim CT thl'
article is TO urge the necessity OF Elk
ing medical advice for any one, chile
or adult, who habitually breatheS
through the mouth, in order that NOR
serious trouble may be a2erted.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21
How the Alligator Was Named.

When the Spanish discoveries first
saw the American crocodile now known
as the alligator, they were so astound-
ed and impressed by its size that thew
called it eel lagarto." "Lagarto" means
lizard and eel" means "the." The
Spaniards laid especial stress upon the
first word to signify that it was the
king of its kind-"the" lizard" When
Sir Walter Raleigh sailed up the ORR
noco river the natives still called the
reptile ''legarto" and he used the word
in his book. Discovery of New Guia-
ma" His English sailors caught the
name. and never having seen it writ
ten. they soon began to transform II
by INSTRUMENTATION. eel" became
AL" and when Ben Jonson had occa.
sion to write of the creature he used
"aligarta." Gator" is a much reader
word for English tongues, and it was
not long before the Transforming pro-
cess worked out alligator" Then tho
dictionary makers pounced upon the
word and put it away in their books
where it is likely to keep a permanent
place. even though eel lagarto" itself
become extinct.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21

suggested changes, all Of which she
took in perfectly good part, and now
am sure you could hardly tell on meet
ing her that she had not all her life
been member Of the highest society.
You may say that her discreet dress.
her little notions and manners are
nothing but tricks, acquired by precept
and application; just as a clever poodle
learns to jump through hoop and
play dead dog; nevertheless, they will
pass her into the circle she fain would
enter, and by dint of steady practic,
they will become second nature with
her, and place her at once where self.
tuition would not carry her in ten
years.
Its Just the same case with the
hobbledehoy girls have been training.
Debutantes are turned into society
every year absolutely unequipped
for the difficult task of making them
selves priced and popular, and that is
just where my work comes in. l new
er saw the woman vet out of whom /
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21
POCKET PERoUlslTE.
Members OF Congress Keep the Sta
-. tlonery Allowance.

Members Of Congress Keep the Sta
tionery Allowance.
When 1t was decided some years ago
10 allow each member Of the house the
sum Of $125 a year for stationery it
was supposed that the amount would
be expended for that purpose. says the
Chicago Chronicle. The fact is. how.
ever, that very large number OF COM
greasmen use the committee station
cry, witch is supplied by the govern
ment, and pocket the $125 rs an addi-
/ ton to- their salary. The report Of the
! clerk Of the house, which has just ap-
peared, gives the names OF the mem
bers who accept the money each year
and their numba. shows that the GUS
tom is incre asing. The custom is con-
fined to m section. Some Of the best
known Lien in the house pocket the
rrc- The members who use only
ST or 81 worth Of stationery ARE also
very numerous. They draw nearly the
entire allowance in cash, adding the
amount to their salary. The cnenpar-
atfvely small amount Of stationery
used and the very large proportion OF
cash paid out has led to some srgges-
! tion Of the abolition Il TIE stationery
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21
AUXILIARY ncon GUIDE.

1t does not often occur that an in
,entor takes it into his head to tighten
the labors of the student or applies
himself to anything pertaining to
books, but herewith is presented
practical idea which will be much APP
preciated by the bookworm. Its object
is to provide a simple and convenisnt
guide to be inserted in books for at
fording more ready access to refer
ences or articles of comment contained
in different parts of the book and re-
lating to the same subject, enabling
the reader to turn directly to the pas
sage desired. The manner of using
the guide is as follows: The reader
having found the main object sought
in the book places the first index slip
in that part of the book containing the
nearest reference to the subject, and
inserts the companion slips, with their
index numbers or marks in consecutive
order. in the different portions of the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21
COMPLETE HOSPITAL OUTFIT.

The illustration shows a specially
constructed bed adapted for use in
hospitals, provision being made for
treating numerous diseases and ais i,
for surgical work. A cooling tank t.
provided which contains ice and wat r,
and this can be brought in prox misy
with any portion of the body, VIII lie
the remainder is given hct treatmentl
by other appliances. The special func-
ton of the cooling tank is to regulate
the temperature of pyretic or febrile
patient-as, for instance, in spinal
meningitis. pneumonia. typhoid fever
and all forms of eruDtive diseases,
where bodily temperature plays suca
an important role. In spinal menif g :
tbs and typhoid it may be necessa Y
10 apply heat to the SPINAL column and
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21
Especial letter.

Especial Letter.)
Inc retired actress believes that
lere are more ways of raising an in
ome than by knocking about the
ovlnces, playing one-night stands
I'D running the chances of grip and
inallpox. The retired actress used to
popular, graciously hammered,
facefully gowned leading lady at a
.shlonable metropolitan theater, and,
lough she never rose to tragic
Fights, she was enormously popular
18th the matinee girls fifteen years
go.
After some adverse experience the
etired actress schemed out, scheme.
L her day she had made friends wi h
he powerful society women, and to
IN she explained that for con-
Grafton she was willing to take pri-
te"pupils and impart to them pre-
Jus distinction of manner.
Last autumn she began with ten pu-
lis, today her clientele KEEPS her busy
ON 8 in the morning until 10 at
.ight; her prices are SIS for lesson
alt an hour long, and the charming
rawing room of her apartment is al
ace her stage and schoolro m. School
iris and debutantes, social climbers
Id settled matrons have all demand
i her assistance in acquiring deport-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21
Mistaken for Letter.(arrier.

Inc drivers Of a well known local
laundry are equipped with uniforms
very much like that of letter carriers.
Strangers in the city often mistake
these hustling laundrymen for govern
ment employees. The other afternoon,
says the Chattanooga News, a lady
hailed one Of the drivers, and, without
asking any questions, gave him a let
ter, which she intended that he should
mail. The letter was returned to the
lady, with the remark that II haven't
time to take this to the postoftice for
you"
WELL" she replied, IT shall report
you to Mr.. Sharp. He is a personal
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21
Cares Nm for Titla..

A man who does not care two straws
for his title is Sir Bryan O'Laghlan,
once prime minister Of Victoria. For
twenty years after he succeeded his
brother as third baronet the name "Mr.
B. O'Laghlan" stood on the door of his
Office in Melbourne. and may stand
still. the baronet not having taken the
trouble to have the "Sir" substituted
for Mr.. A man of the same type
was Adam Black, the founder of the
famous English publishing firm. He
refused a knighthood in recognition Of
his services to Edinburg. ma, ma"
said he. 1T would never do to have the
ladies comm into the shop and sayin'.
Sir Adam. I'll take a penny o.
pens. +"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21
oId-Time Indian Hunt
Charles GIBSON relates the followin

Charles GIBSON relates the following
interesting account of an old time In
dian hunt in the Creek Nation. says
the Dallas News.
Some fifty-dve years ago the Creek
Indians would go on camp hunts that
lasted from November until May. On
these hunts it was common for them to
go as far as the Rocky mountains
They tell Of seeing people who Travelled
on their hands and feet, and in this
way ran very fast. The young men
tried to overtake them, but were al
ways left far behind in the race. They
tell Of seeing species Of wild chicken,
the little ROSTERS being size smaller
than the little bantam of today. The
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21

Correct Walking. laugh. or bring out
the cheerful mirth Of too sober miss
To timid pupil l reveal the art of
starting conversation, and to one
who has no powers of talk within her
reach teach the habit Of artful, in
spring attention"
Evidently, though the actress finds
her profession exacting, it is, she af-
firms. never dull; and. for a clever wo-
man. retired from the stage it is one
of the most lucrative that has eve,
been tried. FANNY ENDERS.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21
SCIENTIFIC JoTTINGs.
A Far-Carrying Gun.


There is gun in the British navy, a
22-ton Armstrong, which furls solid
shot distance of twelve miles, the
highest point in the arc described by
the shot being $4,000 feet above the
earth's surface. The discharge of the
gun cannot be heard at the place where
the ball strikes.
Zeppelin's Air Shin Does Well.
Count Won Zeppelin's air ship has
made several successful trips at the
Lake of Constance. Supported by its
huge cigar-shaped balloon and driven
by it's fan-wheels, the air ship was able
to make Roadway against a light
breeze. but has not always succeeded
in returning to it's starting point, a
feat that it accomplished on its first
trial last summer.
Dimming OF Eyeglasses.
Constant wearers of eyeglasses, spec
tacles, ETC., are much annoyed by the
dimming of the glasses upon entsring
a warm room from cooler place. 1t
will greatly interest them to know
that this evil can be obviated by rub
bling the glasses with soft soap. All
that is necessary is to rub every morn
ing OF before going out little so
called green soap (washing soap, pot
ash soap) over the whole surface of the
plass. polishing it until it is bright
again.
Electric Alarm Clock.
An electric time alarm which has
been patented lately has at least one
novelty to recommend it. 1t is direct
ly connected to the bed, and it is i'm
possible for the sleeper to stop it until
he gets up to stay. Underneath the bed
is a series of contact points, the weight
of the person forcing them together.
A clock is used in connection with the
apparatus. and as soon as the hour
of rising is indicated the remainiug
opening or break in the wire is closed,
the current passing through the con
tact points underneath the bed and
causing the bell to ring continuous,
until the sleeper, by leaving THE bed
breaks the circuit. Should he ieNdowr
again. the circuit is again compretet
and the bell rings until the second rfs
ing. -Electrleity
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21
King Who Wa. Made . scu,,,on.

Here is an obscure little story from
that very large book, the history Of
England: In 1887. during the reign of
Henry VII, a young man appeared in
Ireland, announced himself as Edward
Plantagenet and claimed the right tn
the English throne. Some disenntenrD
ed noblemen took up his cause. formal.
ly crowned him. proclaimed his "Kin,
Edward W." and set out toward I.on'
don with 5000 followers to make rood
his heirship. The rebellion lasted, mil
the town Of Stoke was reached. Thor
the rebel forces met an army sent IN,
against them by King Henry. oppose,5
1t and were defeated and scattered
King Edward w." with a nriea,
named Simons. was caught ald taken
to London. where 1t was found tha,
his real name was Lambert simnel
King Henry, who had keen se.se nf
economy perhaps Of the r1dic,,-
lous- cast Simons. the true conspIra.
tor. into prison, and set his pretending
brother monarch to securing pots If
the royal kitchen.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21
W, y rs SCIENCE AAD
EDP RoGRESS

day The spectacle was Witnessed OF
Large number of balloons starting on
their journey. Zone afternoon" says
Mr.. A. Lawrence Rotch, Seventeen
balloons raise successfully, each aero
naut endeavoring to land as near as
possible to some point. that he had fix
ed beforehand. BY taking advantage
of the various air-currents and SIX. l.
fully manipulating the guide-rop S,
surprising results were obtained. One
aeronaut, after travelling thi ty miles,
landed within half mile of the goal
he had set out for. The greatest
height attained by any of the aero
nauts was $1,000 feet In the long-dis-
lance race six balloons started, and
three of them landed in Russia. Alb ut
1,4O0 miles We're travelled in thirty.
seven hours.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21
The Players Story

was playing once with the elder
Sothern when he was doing the hero
In romantic play which required hts
leaping from window in tall tower
to the stage below, where he alighted
on q mattress behind wooden rock,
and Immediately made of rapidly into
q forest" said an old actor who wax
telling some theatrical anecdotes to a
party of friends recently. says the
Washington Star. Zone night, in per-
forming this bit OF acrobatic business,
he hurt his ankle and vowed he would
leap no more. Accordingly the next
day the manager hired professional
Circus performer to do the actual leap,
while the actor had to slip back under
one part of the tower wall and descend
by safe but unromantic ladder to, his
dressing room. The manager provid-
ed the circus man with a costume
precisely like Sothern's to the end that
the illusion might be kept up with the
audience, and sent him to the theater
to practice. The man made the jump
and set up loud complaint.
What's the row." inquired young
member Of the company who happened
to be at the theater.
Why, see here explained the pro-
fessional acrobat, this ERE drop is
dead easy. A man with a wooden leg
and two glass eyes could do it, Now,
II they let me turn somerset in the
air wouldn't make any fus.'
'Capital!' said the young actor. DO
IT.
"'You think Mr.. sothern wouldn't
mind? said the athlete, doubtfu1ly.
'Mind!' returned the young player,
why, he'd be tickled to death and
probably have your salary raised as
well. Besides. it would bring down
the house. Do it. by all means
That evening, when the part oif the
performance was reached wherein the
hero took leave of the heroine Sothern
was gratified to see his substitute
crouching in the shadow of the case
ment ready to leap.
Love, goodnight goodnight"
cried Sothern.
'Stay!' pleaded the heroine, cling
ing round his neck; stay! that leap is
death!
Nay. my sweet; it's honor. leap,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21
THE ROMANCE OF ou1s1SE.

How many of those who fully realize
the value of quinine in these days of
colds galore and grip, are familiar
with the pretty story connected with
the drug.
In the year 1888 Donna Ana, the
beautiful wife of Don Luis Geronimo
Fernandez de Cabrera Bcbadilla y
Mendoza, fourth count of Chinchona,
and governor of the Spanish province
Of Peru, lay sick and, it was feared,
dying of an intermittent fever in her
palace at Lima; her physician, Juan
de Vega, was at his wits end her hus-
band was in despair, when the Core
gidor of LoXa, a neighboring state,
sent to the former small packet OF
powdered quinquina bark. which he
knew the Indians priced highly as a
febrifuge.
The powder was administered to the
countess, with the happy result that
the fever left her and complete cure
was effected.
Two years later, in 1640, the much
named Count of Chinchona and his
wife returned to Spain, and as the
Countess Ana brought with her guam
tity of the healing bark, the distinc-
ton is claimed for her Of being the
first person to introduce it into Eu-
rope.
Her physician, we are told, made a
large fortune by selling it in Seville
at 100 reals the pound. 1t was this
famous cure of the Countess Chinchona
that induced the great Swedish botan-
list Linnaeus, long afterwards, to re-
name the whole genus OF quinine.
yielding tree "cinchona" in her honor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21
New YORK l.ropo.es Mouse Show.

What New York really needs in or
Ter to be up-to-date is Mouse Fan
iers Club. There is fourishing one
i England. and the members hold an
.ual shows and take as much interest
u the .pedigrces of their little exhibits
, members of kennel club do in the
cdigrees of valuable dogs. The mouse
'hich took first prize at the last show
.as sold for $125 to Mr.. Whitehouse
Manchester. 1t was carefully bred
lack and tan mouse with a long line
distinguished ancestors. A fawn and
7hite mouse took second prize and a
hite one got third. In the catalogue
the show a Dutch mouse was put
,wn as being for sale at SIS, and a
ng haired silver-gray one as being
orth $35. Four hundred varieties
ere shown, and many of the speci-
ems were valued at S., We have.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21

could not cast the
imp of shyness by
the simple means
of acting and re-
acting and acting
again the roles Of
guest and hostess
with her. l pre-
vent years of dis
comfort and disap-
po i II t m e n t by
showing a girl how
IN c,,rn-oc. ~ cil1,-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21

neck of The patient to produce muscu-
lar relaxation. while the general tenn
perature is reduced by the application
OF the cooling apparatus to other parts
OF the body The mattress of the bed
is adapted to be inflated with hot wa
ter or air. and in order to maintain
the water at the required temperature
the mattress is connected with the wa
ter heater in proximity to the bed by
means of a pipe. 1t will be not ced
that supports for fractured arm or
leg are also provided, as we as Their
mometer, writing tablet, holder for
medicine glasses, etc.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21

convenience to the country through
which 1t passes. People down there
tell me 1t has been kept going several
years almost entirely through the eff
forts of the young manager-conductor
who is hard-working, pntiring and
very popular. He has been busy i'm
proving the roadbed recently"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21

waves. From the impressed cylinder
the message can be retransformed into
spoken words by the ordinary method
of a photograph. The usefulness of
the instrument depends upon the fact
that by its means message can be
sent when the intended recipient Is
absent. Upon his return the latter can
set the photographic apparatus going
and listen to the message at his leis-
ure.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-21

friend of mine. and he'll discharge
YOU"
What do you take me for?'s the boz
gus letter carrier inquired.
IAN idiot" was the heated reply.
Stunt for you!" replied the man.
"I'm a laundryman. Say, where does
your husband have his laundry work
done?"
Then the irate lady sneaked off
down the street, endeavoring to con-
ceal her bushes. She discovered her
mistake and was Gust dying to laugh. y