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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
MAIDS 0F faoNOR.
They are Required to be Discrees Con.
corning the Private Life of
Their Sovereign

Being an attendant upon queen il
not SO splendid as it may sound. Al
thu present moment Queen Alexandra
IL deeply concerned about her court"
for hs queen consort she has a Ettla
court Of her own, with chamberlains
and officials and other high-soundins
Iersonages for her special and exclu.
siye use. These ladies and gentlemen
are her household" and they have
some very tiresome duties. In the de.
partment of the mistress of the robe,
there are eight ladies of the bedcham.
be:. eight women Of the bedchambe,
and eight maids of honor. A lord in
waiting receives $3.50 a year, and a
groom in waiting $1,e7o. A lady in
waiting has about $4,000, and bed.
chamber woman less. A maid of honol
used to get 81 500, but this has of late
been increased TO $4,000, and if she
marries, and the queen, her mistress
approves of her marriage. she ha,
9o,VVU as wedding gilt.
In the days of Queen Victoria thu
ladies of the court were required t.
wear gloves, indoors, as well as out Of
doors, and during the day as we'll as in
the evening. In fact, they were always
gloved. The rule may or may not b,
maintained in the court 9 Queen Alex
andra. Ladies of the cou 2 .an only b
recruited from certain degrees of rank
The queens ladies in waiting must b
married women and peeresses. Bed
chamber women have to be wives O
peers eldest sons, or daughters O
granddaughters of peers. They may b
either single or married. The wives O
peers younger sons ore also eligible a
bedchamber women. Maids of homo
must be daughters or granddaughter
of peers. But the daughters of duke.
marQuises and earls are of too hig
rank to hold this appointment. It fall
to daughters of viscounts and baron!
The mistress of the robes is politics
appointment, and does not lapse on th
demise of the crown.
| Maids of honor wait two together
for period of month, three times
year. They have, of course, no meni,
duties to perform, but they are expecte
to be active, willing, very punctual an
entirely devoted to the queens servic
They are required to be discreet ar
forever silent concerning the priva
lif. and possible secrets of their sove
eign's palace. There is an old story
a maid Of honor, who, being close
questioned on the daily doing
royalty, refused any information, sa
ing: eff told you these things
should no longer be maid-of honor
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
BELr AROUND NEW YORK.
Gigantic Plans of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company That VIII
Cost Many Millions.

The construction of the tunnel undet
the Cast river, from Long Island City
rig INTO the heart of New York City.
by the Long Island railroad, with
terminus at Thirty fourth street and
Seventh avenue, it is said, is only ona
link in aEeat belt line OF railway
tracks the Pennsylvania Rail.
road, the Long Island line
-. erd 1870 asrsss intaslias To maks
around nhattan Island in the near
future. d cost of upwards OF $4,000
600.
The route of the proposed belt line
starts at Greenyille, on the New jersey
shore of New York Bay, where grea:
piers and warehouses are now building.
From Greenville across the bay to Bay
Ridge, on the Brooklyn shore, is abou.
three miles The cars will cross the
water On floats, and upon being landed
at Bay Ridge will be run upon tha
tracks of the old New York, Bay Ridge
& Jamaica railroad, now part of the
Long Islands system. The spur wilt
carry the cars through East New York
| to st, James park. From st. James
park to point on the East River, near
| Astoria, the cars will run over line
yet to be constructed under a charter
| granted some years ago to the NE"
| vorlr Connnctin0 Railroad
This charter has been bought by the
Pennsylvania Railroad, and authorizes,
it is said, the laying of a railroad from
St. James park to Astoria, the con"
struction of bridge from Astoria ID
Wards Island, the laying OF tracks
hcross Wards Island, the construction
\ Of a second bridge from Wards Island
I ito RandalTs Island, the laying OF tracks
A across Randalls Island, the construc'
ton Of bridge from Randalls Island
to Port Morris, the formation there OF
| direct connection with the New YORK
New Haven & Hartford line, and the
, further laying of tracks in Bronx
borough from Port Morris to poa''
, near 1G0th street, where direct connec'
tion can be made With the New York
:, Central system.
:, The Pennsylvania will then have
belt line for freight and passenger traf
), f1c passing completely around Mammal
tan Island on the south, east and north
and when the tunnel from Long Islant
City to Greeley Square is Joined witt
tho projected passenger bridge acros tn
North River it will have direct mean
Of entrance and exit for its passenger
- in.o the very heart Of Manhattan.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
A MATTER OF EVOLUTION.

The graphophone is one of those won
ders OF modern times that has come to
us through the perfecting process of
evolution. The first talking machine,
the photograph, while successful in
demonstrating the basic scientific prin-
ciples Of soundrecording and reproduc-
ing by mechanical means, was failure
so far asits everyday use was concerned
The process employed in making the
sound record was crude, the means of
reproducing the sound when once re-
corded were elementary, and the repro
duction itself WAS so imperfect as to be.
in the case Of speech or song, almos,
unintelligible. There were other diff
culties in the way of the practical use oi
the monograph. After years Of pains
taking and determined effort in th+
course of which vast amount of well
directed experimental work was carried
on, the graphophone was finally evoly.
ed with its entirely novel method of re.
cordlng and its hitherto unused tablet
| or cylinder of wax or a wax-like compo
sition upon which the sound waves
were engraved,
1t became at once apparent that il
the graphophone we're successfully over
come those difficulties which were pro
hlbitlve of practical use of the phono
graph. The engraving process of record
ing as distinguished from the melho
OF indenting, was mach more exac
one and gave a reproduction marvellous
ly faithful to the original sound. Tn
use OF wax cylinders allowed the reno,
al OF record once made from one M,
chine and its subsequent reproductic
on another. Records on graphophop
cylinders could be and were stored ava
for months and years to be reproduced
afterward, at the pleasure of the owns
ard as many times as desired.
The crude invention of Edison is +
more to be compared with graph
phone than were the primitive stea
craft of Fulton and his immediate fo
lowers to be compared with the mode,
steam palaces in which we cross the go
47.2t
Brick for sale at my yard at $500 D,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
Correspondence.
And Items. of Interest
as Reported by our
Correspondents
Garden Grove.

Ross Adams and G. z. Stookey left
Monday morning for Oklahoma.
Miss May Stevenson, who has been
visiting Mrs. Eveland, returned to her
home in Galesburg Ill.,, Monday.
Charlie Kline, of Lamont, came Mon
day to assist f. w. Wolf in his barber
shop.
Sid Lllard returned from Mullen,
Neb., the first of the week.
The fence has been completed around
the public school grounds.
Grant Fox and wife, of w ignore, Neb.,
came Monday for visit with the fam
lily of G. X. Daily.
Mrs. j. T. Gill returned to her home
at Leon Sunday.
A. V. Stearns came Monday for Wis
it with his family here.
i Charlie Norton went to Chicago Mon
day on business.
Miss Eugean Vaughn, of Ceariield, is
! visiting friends here.
j. E. Peugh and j. d. Farrall, of Os.
kaloosa, Ia, arrived here the first OF
he week.
;. y. Thomas and family left for Min
lis, Mimi, for visit with Mrs.
as sister, Monday.
n TH{s. Mckinney and family left Mon.
day f4r Cortland, N. y, to visit rela-
tives.'
Miss Ollie Bennett went to Leon Mon
day
Joe Adar, Of Woodland, went to Leon
Monday morning.
Misses Blanche and Opal Roberts, O
Salinas, CAL, arrived here Monday fol
visit with their brother, Harry Shelter
G. 3. Frasee returned from Chicago
Monday
Mrs. H. II. Smith and daughter re
turned to Des Moines Saturday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
Parents OF large families need no as

Parents OF large families need no az
surance that the advent of another child
is rot always as welcome in fact as in
theory, bn. it is scarcely kind to make
the chile bear token of disapproval
all its life 1t must be rather unp1eas-
ant to go through life, for example, as
Net Wanted James, What Another
Only Fancy William Brown, or even as
Last OF En- Harper, or Still Another
Hewitt. And yet these are ali names
which the caprice of parents has inn
posed on innocent children.
An American lady spending some
time in Devonshire, England, met at an
afternoon tea Mr.. Pine-Coffin, Mr..
Deith pronounced Death), and Miss
Graves.-New York Sun.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
heartburn.

When the quantity of food taken is too
large or the quality too rich, heartburn
is likely to follow, and especially so if
the digestion has been weakened by con-
stipation. Eat slowly and not to freely
of easily digested food. Masticate the
food thoroughly. Let six hours eapse
between meals and when you feel a full
ness and weight in the region of the
stomach after eating, indicating that
you have eaten too much, take one of
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab
let's and the heartburn may be avoided.
For sale by w. AlAlexander.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
Stopped His Paper.

Here is man who has Just stopped
his paper. What miserable looking
creature he is. He looks as if he had
been stealing sheep. How will he know
what is going on now that he has stop.
ped his paper? He will borrow his
neighbours paper. One of these days he
will break his leg, or be a candidate for
office, and then the paper will say moth
ing about it. That will be treating hin.
just right, will it not, little children
Eugene Field
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18

this place Friday.
Will Rhodes and Jennie Moore spent
Sunday in Andover.
Mrs. Dunbar and baby spent Thurs
day at Mrs. Ross.
Rev. Moyier took dinner Sunday at
Rev. Fosdick s.
Chas. Rhodes and wife called on the
formers father Sunday evening.
Will Fesler and family sundayed al
the formers parents.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
Weather Crop Bulletin.
Des Moines, Iowa, July Is, 1901


Another week of intense heat and Sc.
we're drought must be added to the rec
ord Of this exceptional season. The
maximum temperatures have ranged
from 100 to lob, on four to five days in
numerous localities, and the general ex-
cess has been to s degrees in the daily
means. The air has been excessively
dry as we'll as hot, with occasional brisk
winds adding to the intensity of the
drought. On the evening of the 18th a
portion of the southeastern quarter of
the state was favored by refreshing
showers, which brought temporary re-
lief in the dryest part of the state.
The hay crop has been saved in the
best condition. Harvesting has been
quite general in the prematurely ripen-
ed grain fields, with variable results as
to quality Of the crop; but generally the
small grain crops will be below stand.
ard weight and less than averase yield.
Potatoes, pastures, and garden truck of
all kinds have suffered greatest damage.
Reports as to the corn crop indicate
that it has suffered some injury within
quite limited areas, and on light, sandy
or hard pan soils; but the bulk of the
crop, in at least four-fi of the state,
is stoutly holding its own with promise
of fair output. But the result is con.
1
tingent upon relief in the near future.
Raspberries, blackberries and apples
have been materially injured.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
Teacher's Examination.
Teachers examination will be hello

Teachers examination will be held as
follows:
Decatur, July 1920
Garden Grove, July % %
Leon, July 2627
Woodland, July $3.50
Davis City, August SO
Lamont, August IS
Teachers please note the changes in
the dates for Decatur and Garden Grove.
J. A. Nc INrusH.
County Superintendent.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
Use Aliens Foot-Ease

A powder to be shaker into the shoes. Your
feet feel swollen, nervous and hot, and get
tired easily. If you have smarting feet or
tight shoes, try Aliens Foot Ease. 1t cools
the feet, makes walking easy. Cures swollen
sweating feet ingrowng nails busters and
callous spots. Relieves corns and bunions Of
all pain and gives rest and comfort. Try it
to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores
for CSC. Trial package free. Address, Allen
S. Olmstead, LIE Roy, N. Y. 474t
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
Woodland.

The hot winds and sun are drying up
the crops in this vicinity very fast and
the water haulers are very busy as al
most every we'll in town has given out,
j. M. Deisher was taken very sick
Sunday, but is some better at this writ
ing.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
Cash Wanted.

If you know yourself to be indebted
to me | would much prefer to have you
call on me and settle than to have me
call on you for same. | think there is a
balance in my favor. Awaiting your
coming few days, | am yours truly,
T. E.. HoRNER.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
She Didn,t Wear "A MASK.

But her beauty was completely hidden
by sores, blotches and pimples till she
used Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Then
they vanished as will all Eruptions,
Fever Sores, Boils, Ulcers, Carbuncles
and Felons from its use. Infalible fol
Cuts, Corns, Burns, Scalds, and Piles
Cure guaranteed. 25c at l.. Van Wer-
denis.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18

A new insect has appeared in Califor-
mia in time to devour the eggs Of count
less spiders that iniure the orange
groves.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18

Judge N. w. Rowel, of Alton, was
quite badly injured this morning in a
runaway. He with his son were riding
on hay rack when the team ran away.
The judge was thrown from the rack
and the wagon ran over him, but he
has no bones broken. He is in bed suf-
fering from severe bruises and is feeling
quite sore but no serious results are ex-
pected to attend his misfortune. Judge
Rowell is gritty but he could not pre-
vent the team running away.-Creston
Advertiser, July 10.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18
Souvenir Postal Cards.

The Pan-American postage-stampa
are generally praised for their beauty
The six designs are as follows:
nt.-Lake steamer with side
wheels, the pilot-house being we'll for.
ward.
Two-cent. Railroad train of four
cars, drawn by locomotive having four
drive-wheels.
-Four cent.-A closed automobile with
two men on the box, passing the Capt..
toll building at Washington.
Eiye-cent.-Two trolley cars crossing
the bridge at Niagara, with picturesque
view of the falls.
Eight-cent. The locks Of the grea
ship-canal at Saulte Ste. Marie.
Ten-cent. An ocean steamship 9th
American Line, presenting It's ~ -
bow Tapped by rising wave.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18

Tuesday evening David Ball drove to
town in the spring wagon to do some
trading and rs he usually does, decided
to water his horses at the well back of
j. G. Early's store, and while he was
holding the bucket for them to drink
the horses became frightened at some
thing and began kicking and jumping,
and knocking Mr. Ball to one side start
ed to run. But Mr.. Ball was quick
enough to catch rein and hold on un-
til they reached the hitch rack in front
of Early's, there they threw Mr.. Ball
against the rack, which broke his hold
on the lines and hung one wheel against
the post. They made total wreck OF
the spring wagon. By that time people
began to arrive on the ground and go
the horses quieted down, some going t6
Mr., Balls rescue. His Injuries were
such that it was necessary to call DR.
Macy to attend him. He was taken tt
his home north of town. The DR.
thinks at this time there are no bones
broken, but there are some bruises
which will be quite sore for "a few days
and his back is also injured some
Pleasanton Index.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18

Mrs. H. M. Blair met with quite
painful accident Monday afternoon
about A. miles southeast of Ilumeston
In company with Mrs. j. +. Moredick
she had started to a timber near Cam
bria to gather wild gooseberries, and
when about onehalf mile south of the
Shuster schoolhouse in Washington
township, they came upon a sick horse
lying in the road, which frightened the
horse they were driving so that it turn
ed around in an excited manner and
upset the buggy, throwing both ladies
out, injuring Mrs. Blair quite badly in
her right side, while Mrs Moredick es-
capped with only slight bruise on her
right arm. After the buggy upset, Mrs
Blair managed to hold their horse while
Mrs. Moredick walked one half mile tt
Mr.. Cartons for assistance, and Mrs
Blair was placed as comfortably as pos
sible in buggy belonging to Mr.. Thos
Sheets, which gentleman brought her tt
her home in Humeston. DIR. Smith was
called, and found her injuries to be o
an internal nature, and her improve
ment is reported very favorable -Hu
eston Era.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-18

Brick for sale at my yard at $500 per
thousand. 4S.tf F. g. Mullinnix,
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-03
B. H.Levy & Bro.

the arriving passengers have disembarls-
ed woman has no possible chance to
get a seat. and she runs great risk OF
having her skirts torn from her to get
IN at all. This disgraceful exhibit on
takes place every day all the year round,
and to a great extent the same people
act the same part every day. Now, when
these youths get home and are ready for
the social exercises OF the evening, can
we expect them, with their changed coats
and freshened linen to have changed their
natures. to have become Chesterfields by
some magic transformation? ] think not.
In grazing countries it is well known that
dog that once kills a sheep will always
be a sheep killer In Scotland the sheep
killing dog is himself executed. 1t may
not be quite so bad as this with the
Brooklyn bridge seat-stealer. for he may
reform and grow gentler; but there Is
really very little hope for him. No public
executioner will take his life, but he him
self commits in his practice a kind of
voluntary hari-kari. for he kills that
which is beet In man, the flower and
the fruit OF his genti.ity. When man
has become a boor and a rufiian, what
good is there Ia the material success
which enables him to have a house to live
in horses to drive, and a comfortable
balance In the bank? He may have pow
or. He may have servants TO fetch and
carry. He may have wife and children.
But he win still be a ruffian and a bcor.
Men will hate him and women will fear
him. It were better that he had never
been born. This daily spectacle on the
Brooklyn bridge is pretty surely the
worst in America"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-03

every well kept country place. The foun-
dalton Of an outdoor drawingroom IL
usually laid with a large Manila rug that
is waterproof and brilliantly colored, and
on this is set up q reception tent. A re-
ception tent Is square canvas room,
oheerfully striped In any colors preferred;
peaked as to roof, with tiny dormers IN
its pointed top from the center of which
waves old glory or a banquet of dazzling
flags The tent has scallOped and braid
bound ewes and one side OF 1t lifts out and
Is stretched to form a sort OF fiat veranda
roof
Under this roof or comfortably at
large IN the grass, the lawn furn ture Is
placed, a set OF which usual y numbers
a serving tea table, a half dozen three
legged iAdiv dual tea cup stands, Sc
res of straight and ext MS on canvas
chairs, a bag tray for holding golf, ten
mis- and croquet balls, camp s.ools and q
zinc lined tub OF wicker that has top,
handles. etc.. and Is des gned TO contain
ice buried bottles OF ginger ole, sarsap-
ar,,la and 50 70 IT,
The wicker tea table legs are now pro-
vided with 50 kcd feet. by which Il can
be- fixed firmly for the safe brewing Of
cheerful cups. and the best Of these out
door trays have swinging leaves hangi 'g
from the four sides ~ the top The
leaves can all be spread out Oar to extend
the. area 81 Tho top Or pulled up like
screens 10 protect the keitleH hame from
the TOO playful broezos Underneath some
~ these table, hangs a frlbged bag Ut
striped canvas lbat ~ inea With nannei
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-03
ratiating little garments take.

gratiating little garments take.
The first one is wrought from rem
nant of imitation Irish point lace, of a
deep tea tint, allied with sky blue accor-
dion pleated chiffon. The boned body, on
which the lace and chiffon are draped, is
of blue silk, but the sleeves are trans
parent, with a vine of the stout lace COW
ering the seam at the back of the ARM
With such a body a cream white grena-
zine skirt is the proper accompaniment
and this inexpensive toilet is meant for
service at small dinners and in ormal
dances. The second waist was built Of
pink silk muslin, white imitation Louis
point lace and back velvet ribbon, for
a tall and rather attenuated debutante
who wished to use it with black satin
skirt. How well the dressmaker sue
ceeded in creating daphanous fullness
where angles required concealment only
an acutely slender woman can appre-
ciate.
A cream colored bolero Of coarse net,
brilliantly and profusely jeweled and
spangled and rescued from bargain
counter, was the foundation and inspira-
ton of the third bodice. BY dropping the
bolero over an old maize colored taffeta
ball gown body adding a puff and bow
of chiffon. a bit of broad betting ribbon
and a garland of little roses, a very
charming garment was contrived for al
most nothing at all.
With a view to encouraging this man
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-03

and again lined with thin skin OF white
grease proof linen; hot mullins and but
tered toast are kept warm in It's shelter
ing folds The individual tea stands
have round canvas tops that stretch taut
and fiat, when their sp Ike footed tripod
legs are spread out and thrust into the
grass, and when out of service these cup
and saucer and muffin holders foid UP
and occupy no more space than bundle
of close rolled umbrellas.
Nearly all the best lawn chairs are built
OF canvas and though they fold for COM
Portable handling, when spread they are
luxurious TO a degree. Those for loung-
ing pull out as long as steamer chairs
and the tops OF their backs are stuffed
with one roll of cotton or down thus pro-
viding the luxury loving occupants with
pillows. The straight backed as wen as
the lounging chairs boast a superior device
in the form of canopy top that can be
pulled up to exclude the SUMS rays or
dropped back when not needed. Some OF
The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-03

the canopy tops have curtained sides
that can be buttoned down to shut out
draughts and occasional chairs have one
extension arm on which pad ana pencil
can be placed for keeping tabs on q
tennis or croquet game.
SO complete and compact have these
set of lawn furniture been made that
last summer. in a village where money
enough could not be raised to build a
little golf clnb house, a reception tent,
set Of charsi tables, etc, was purchased
with the moderate accumulation of funds
Set up IN the afternoon on the links they
answered every purpose so thoroughly
that the ambitious hopes of a stationary
club house have been resigned and tho
movable canvas casino, for all future
use, enthusiastically adopted In its stead.
Fanny Finders.