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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
A SUDDEN HOP.
An Ice Gorge.

Eyes, Jedge," said the colored BROTH
IT who was arraigned for disturbing
the peace, Il reckon I'ze guilty of what
vo' say. Yes, sab, had row wild
Elder Bebee of de church, an mebbe
frowed Him down leetle too Hard.
but l had de biggest kind Of provo
cashun. Do yo' know what dat pus-
son did, sah?"
II do not, but you may relate"
We'll, sab, was in my pew in
church, an was blessin' de Lowd fur
his goodness an about to pray fur
rain an ask dat my lottery ticket hit
a thousand dollah prize when de Elder
comes along mighty sudden an hops
on to me-"
How hopped?" asked his honor.
Jest told me dat he'd dun figgered
up an found owed thirty-seben hun
dred dollahs pew rent an wanted de
hull of it right down in hunk to buy
tar to stop up de cracks in de floah.
owe dat pew rent Jedge-I owe 1t, an
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
Origin of Easter Hats


To neglect the putting on of some
entirely new article of dress on Eas-
ter Sunday was regarded by the Eng
lish of olden times as sure to bring bad
luck, and certainly this is one of the
practices which has lost nothing with
the increase of years. Only now it has
been slightly altered, so that to have
no new clothes to exhibit at the Easter
parade is considered sufficiently bad
luck in itself. without the fear Of any
further misfortunes that may result
from it. After DOMINIC their new Eas-
ter garments the English country peo-
pie dined off tansy pudding and bacon
or tansy pudding and good red her.
ring" the tansy being the symbol of
the bitter herbs commanded to be
eaten at the Paschal feast.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
Russia:s Internal 5roubles.

The mystery which cloakS the move
ments of the disturbing social and po-
litical forces in Russia prevents clear
understanding of the present situation
there. So far as the national censors
will allow the world to know, the
students of st. Petersburg have been
making demonstrations of hostility to
the government are not alone in their
dissatisfaction. There may be no wide
spread and definitely formed nihilistic
plot, but public sentiment has been
stirred and the actual attempt on the
life of Constantine Pobyedonostsev,
chief curator of the holy synod, shows
the lengths to which the real conspir-
ators are willing to go.
Baron Eugene De Haupick, the rep
resentative of the car, who is investi-
eating the oil fields of America and the
American methods of refining crude
petroleum, with the view to applying
the information to the development of
the Russian fields, in an interview in
the Chicago Record says that England
is supplying the money with which the
uprising among the students and
workingmen is melted. He said:
Russian correspondents of American
and European papers in writing of the
outbreaks ask, Where does the money
with which the leaders of the riots are
supplied come from?' That question is
not hard to answer. 1t comes from
London. The leaders are in England's
pay. She has no army to send to
China and is stirring up trouble in
Russia with the view to tying Russia S
hands in the far east. 1t is not diff
cult to raise disturbance of this kind
in European capitals if those who are
benefited are willing to pay the ex-
pense. England has worked this game
more than once, and, with St. Peters
burg in an uproar she thinks the Rus
slams will be unable to carry out their
plans in the east"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
Children's Easter

1t was the Saturday before Easter,
and the children all ran out to the
barn to hunt eggs, with Egypt, the
tame crow, hopping after them. Nan
ny was sure there must be several
dozen eggs in the hen house, Billy
& thought the haymow was the best place
to find them, and Kitty said she had
seen old Topknot flying out from Dob
bins manger. Egypt said nothing,
but rather think he knew as much
sabout the nests as they did.
u Egypt was sly old fellow. He
liked buttons and pennies, but he had
the greatest fancy for pins. He would
pull them out of every pin cushion in
the house when he could get chance,
so you might search through room
after room. and not come across a
single pin. Nobody knew what he did
with them all. He was fond of eggs.
too, and am afraid this was the rea-
4 son that the children had such long
hunt for them. and found so few.
At last they climbed up the long lad
I der into the NOW. The hay was piled
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

almost to the roof and covered the
windows. 1t was so dark that Nanny
and Kitty were a little bit afraid, but
Billy went first, aoundering along in
the hay, just as you wade through a
snow drift
Guess there are nests on this BEAM"
said Billy, "but it's so dark l can't
see. I'll feel"
In went billy's hand, and out it came
in second. with a loud "Ow!"
It's hornets or yellow-jackets or
something he screamed Fetch the
barn lantern. KIT, and III knock 'em
Quit"
Kitty brought the lantern, and then
ran to the other side of the barn, for
fear of the yellow jackets. Billy held
the lentern over his hear and peeped
in.
What did he see? Not hornets. but
pins.
He had run his hand into Egypt's
own little 'hidy-hole," where the sly
little rogue had laid away whole pile
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
SAN sALvApon EARTHQUAKE.

Il was in San Salvador, staying with
an American friend" said the re-
turned tourist, when one summers
night, as l sat in chair on the We
randa and he reclined IN hammock,
there came rumb,ing and quak-
ing. l instinctively knew it for an
earthquake but said to my friend:
Jim, aren't we in for a calamity
of some sort?'
"'Oh, l guess not, was the lazy re-
ply.
But that was shock, wasn't 1t?
81 guess it was
'How's the house?'
Pretty solid. No need of worry
ing
There came a second shock after
minute, and that veranda wapbleo
around under it till my head swan.
l herd the servants running and yell
ing, and was pretty thoroughly
scared as l said to jim:
Don't you think we'd better get
out into the garden, where all is clear!
mot yet. The ground out there
might open and swallow US
but another such shock will bring
the house down over u.s.
Hardly. That's only the second
shock The third won't be much
worse, but the fourth will be buster.
If there is one We'll have to walk in
time
THE third shock did make things
rattle. The house seemed to be picked
up and shaken like a rat. l was not
only seas;ck, but frightened to death
as l said:
Don't you think it's time to move
Jim?
"'Not yet; may not be another
shock and we must keep our dignity
before the natives. Just listen for 8
far-oT roaring
"In about two minutes we caught il
and left the veranda for the garden
and we were only clear of the house
when it collapsed with every othel
building on the place. The eartl
heaved up as if rolling in waves. ant
as | was flung down l seized the gras
and held on. The shock was over III ;
minute, and as l sat up called out:
For Gods sake, Jim, is this tn
last?'
Sure, Mike!' he laughed. w
never have to exceed four shocks a
once
} "'And the house is Destroyer
'Teetotally busted. as you see
And what-what-
5 "Oh, nothing!' he interrupted. IT
e a derned nuisance, of course, but Nv
: got to so to work and build up AGAR
e It's the seventh time and enough t
e bore man, but lets look for the whis
n ky and then find bush to sleep IN
Il der. Ho-hum! Why can't thing
S let Teller alone when he's dog tire
! and half asleep?'"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
mApAGAscAn HnpGEHoes.

At the Regents park menagerie in
London several living specimens OF
the 'tenrec," the hedgehog of NADIA
gascar. were recently received. 1t is
said that stuffed specimens in muse
ums give no adequate idea of the form
of these strange animals. Their re-
semblance to hedgehogs rests only
upon their possession of a sping cover
ing. The shape of their bodies resem-
bles that Of an inflated globefish. They
are insectivorous. and are said to be
restricted to the island of Madagascar.
The specimens in London, at any rate
are remarkable for their habit OF
| yawning.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

women, particularly on evenings and
Sundays, the Jews of the neighborhood
being most strongly represented, and
the popularity OF the gallery encour-
aged the committee to start the fund
for a new building and exhibitions on
larger scale.
The new building stands on the main
road between the public library and a
public house. In the academy four
Presidents of the Royal Academy are
representative Leighton, Mil
lais, and Poynter-and there are some
excellent pictufts from the Paris ex-
hibition. Among these are pictures by
Constable. Turner, licgarth, Raeburn
Rubens, Rossetti, Burne- Jones, Aim;
Tadema. and Watts. Ford Mado.
Brown is represented by abc;,t fort,
pictures and sketches, and all of tn
leading English artists are represente
by one or more pictures.-From TIL
London News
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

Hhen I come to share my music with
the little ones l love,
mere is gladness in the faces at the WIN
.SdoWs up above.
ine to brighten, cheer and tighten hours
that else We're dull and drear,
tumble though my occupation, tits mill
tstry of cheer
and the mothers hearts are lighter,
For the babies lives are brighter
hen they hear the merry music of my
organ.
fthe weary turning of the ceaseless
breaking crank,
ct rouse the children's laughter, girl
ish glee and boyish prank:
Nine to see their faces brighten with a
welcome glad and sweet;
Vine the ministry of music to the chill
- dren of the street
Their happy faces greet me,
AS they come in throngs to meet
And they dance about my organ all the
morning.
The little ones are weary with the rum
bling of the wheels,
he quiet of their baby lives the noisy
traffic steals.
bring them sweet refreshing, and my
work is one of cure
he ministry of music to the'children OF
the poor.
The little ones in glee
Come romping out to me,
md they're better for their dancing in
the morning.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
colfornia's Redwood Parks.

The state government of California
has decided very wisely to purchase
the redwood grove in the big basin,
Santa Cruz county, and has set ASIDE
S25o,oOO for that purpose. This grove
is we'll located for a show place and
contains some magnificent specimens
of the redwood. one of which is more
than twenty feet in diameter North
ward in San Mateo county there are
forests of similar character, and tho
| work of destruction in that region
and in the region still farther mort
beyond San Francisco Bay emphasize
the need of Immediate action to pre-
vent the complete deliberations OF
splendid and unique possession which
should certainly be cherished by thu
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
THE OTHER EYE.

James Albery, the dramatist. was one
day descending in great hurry the
steps fronting the Savage club, London,
when stranger. in state of mind
which defied punctuation, addressed
him thus:
Il beg your pardon, but is there a
gentleman in this club with one eye
by the name of X.?"
Albery answered thu question eager
ly with another: stop moment;
what's the name of his other eye?"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
TIE Sultan Of Morocco.
Mulai Ahdel

Mulal Abdel Az
IL. the Sultan of
Morocco, who has
lately come into in
ternational notice,
Is the fifteenth
ruler in the present
dynasty of Morocco
and only 20 years
old. He has al
ready paid $4,000
indemnity to the
widow OF a New
York man who was
killed by a mob in
Fee, but tae little
despot op es this
country a humble,
OF other debts
which Uncle Sam
does not care to
carry any longer
on his books. Mu-
lai. or M,iley. al
though young. is
said to be a very
vigorous Moham-
medap and an
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

oriental Of intense prejudices, notwith-
standing his contact with Europeans.
he succeeded to the throne on the
death OF his father in 1894 as the sue
cessor appointed and elected from
among the members of the Sherifian
family, who are the hereditary rulers
OF the realm. He governs his minis.
tiers unsparingly. He hates unbeliev-
ers, and has forced the United States
to make an appeal to him before
which even his Moslem prejudice.
must give way.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
"A Mixed Dief TIE Bes1.

The vegetarians contend that flesh
eating is relic of barbarism, They
adjure men to conquer their inherited
savagery by abstaining from animal
food. They argue for vegetable diet
on grounds of economy. They point to
the Hindoo sage and the Chinese coolie
as proofs that the highest intellectual
acuteness and the greatest physical en-
durance may exist without flesh food.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
= The Famous Father John.

One of the most interesting person.
alities in Russia is the famous Father
john, the handsome priest, whose pi-
ETY. is SO great that he is supposed to
have the power Of performing mira
cles. He is devoted to his religious
work at Cronstadt, where he often
greets English travellers, and he dis
tributes large sums of money intrust-
ed to him by the wealthy Russian mo-
bles among the poor of the neighbor-
hood. 1t was Father John who was
called to pray at the bedside OF the late
car, and he possesses many tokens OF
royal favor. f
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
= = m E@;zizzk NJ

1 amt gwine to deny de same-but do
suddenness of dat hop jes' took my
BRET away, an de fust think knowed
l had de Elder on his back out doahs
an wasn't carin' two cents whether
de Lawd sent lots of rain or let all
de watermillions shrivel up on de
vines"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
Niagara Falls May Di..pps.,.

That Niagara Falls will disappear 10
the fear of Congressman Scudder OF
New York. He thinks the flow Of
100000 cubic feet Of water each min.
ute through the Chicago canal wiz
eventually diminish the water in the
great lakes and he sees further Iosa
in the proposed canal from Cleveland
to the Ohio river and the enlargenfent
Of the Erie canal. Private corporations
are taking vast amounts of water juss
above the falls and the volume Of the
cataract is already thought to be less-
ene4.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
Maryland Ballof Lea;slaf;o,.

Maryland BaVof Liquidation.
Whatever may have been the motives
prompting the politicians who have
just forced the German illiteracy bill
through the Maryland legislature, the
measure itself has obvious merits to
commend 1t to public notice. 1t is NO
conformation of Mr.. Germans partisan
purposes to say that the bill which
best serves his ends happens to be
most likely to encourage intelligent
voting.-Ex.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
Inexhausttb'e Nonsense.

"1s there anything more nonsensical
than your poetry?" asked the very can
did friend.
"Oh, yes" responded the great maya
zine editor; I'VE are going to publish
love letters of famous men,"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

Yet the masses of mankind, unless
constrained by poverty, cling to their
fiesh-pots
Professor Ferdinand Hueppe of Ber-
lin, one of the most eminent of living
Psychologists, in recent paper d ais
exhaustively with the vegetarian argu-
ment. He shows that vegetable diet
does not necessarily produce a mild
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

year at this season testify to the in
genuity expended in devising new and
attractive objects in which the idea of
the Easter egg shall be preserved. In
Paris these Easter presents are gener-
ally given on the first day of Passion
Week. All are emblematic of eggs,
and are known as "oeufs des Paque,"
or "Paschal eggs.'
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

Some B O S t on
ministers allow that
it wouldn't be
wrong to go to
church on Sunday
morning and play
golf on Sunday af-
ternoon. T b i S
looks like a radical
step in the way of
establishing links
between piety and
pleasure
An o p t i'm i s t i c
English physician
says that modern
life is easier. safer
and smoother than
life 100 years ago;
that young people
are h e al t h / e r,
stronger and bet
ter grown than
their great-grand-
parents, and that
the complaints of
increasing. neurotic
tendencies ar e
uh0lly unfOlndod
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

Thomas Cahill,
who was 80 years
old a few days ago,
is the Oldest mem
Der of the Ancient
and Honorable Ar
tillery company Of
Boston.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
LITTLE LAUGHS.
The Comm. Danre-.

Melton-"Hello, Tankerton, what are
you doing out in the woodshed at this
hour?"
Tankerton-"s I'm hiding the hat
Chef. My wife has been reading the
story of the Kansas crusade and you
can't tell what minute she may follow
in Mrs. Nations footsteps"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
In and Out.

1da-"Ever since Harry asked for
your hand he has been drinking heav-
lily. Aren't you worried about his out
Gomez"
May-"Yes; but am more worried
about his income
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
Lar.e ExtremitIes.

Pearl-"I wonder why that merchant
is rolling the grinding stone under the
counter?''
Ruby-"Why, that shoplifter win
take anything she can cover with her
hands and she is from ST. Louis"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

ne giving of eggs at Easter, or the
ng festival, is one of the most
lely known, as it is also one of the
Rdest, Of the customs. From the re-
hottest times the egg has stood to the
Eastern nations as the symbol of the
Universe, and it's breaking at that time
as represented the opening of the new
fe of the year. When the custom
Is carried over into Christian prac-
the Easter eggs were usually sent
the priests to be blessed and sprin-
d with holy water. In later times
coloring and decorating of the
g was introduced, and in a royal
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
Not Alarmed.

Uncle Sam says if you don't settle
up he'll send over a man-o-war.'
The sultan grinned.
and it seems that even Uncle Sam
is stuffing Turkey with chestnuts
these days"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

King Alexander,
Of Servia, is the
only reigning Eu-
ropean sovereign
without a living
heir to the throne.
He is the last of
the Obrenovitches
and has not even a
distant cousin to
succeed him.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

customs, traditions and SUPER
ms connected with Easter are al
innumerable. Their origins are
Amy cases impossible to determine,
Re they evidently took place at q
hen the season was still pagan
haracter. Olners, again, are di-
connected with the Christian OBJ
Of the festival. The early
ms in many countries used to
he another on Easter morning
he salutation:
list is risen"
reply to this was:
[rist is risen. indeed, and hath
hred to Simon"
his custom, it is said. is still OBJ
ed in the Greek church.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

roll of the time of Edward l., which is
preserved in the Tower of London,
there is an entry of 1Sd. for 400 eggs.
to be used for Easter gifts.
In the last few years artificial eggs
Of candy, china and other materials,
and egg-shaped articles of all kinds.
have largely replaced the real eggs as
Easter gifts. The shop windows each
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

There are 252 Instructors connsstsd
with the university OF Paris.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

He who takes the child by the hAnA
takes the mother by the heart.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
mesa

Bill-"My dear lady. got this scar
at Gettysburg
The lady-"How did you come to get
it, poor man."
Bill-"Just my luck to be hangin'
aroun' town when the vaccine physi-
clans made der roun'."
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

In Japan every workman wears 6
cap with an inscription on it telling
his business and his employers name
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
Short Glaze 90

MY husband came home very late
last night"
What was his excuse, dear?"
Il think he must have gone to a
horse auction
'Indeed?"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
Progress.

stubb-"Is Nibbs making any prog
ress in the literary world?
Penn-"I suppose SO. He has raked
up an ugly middle name and calls his
ballroom den"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

he said he tried a few p,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

Sure, Mike!' he laughed. We
never have to exceed four shocks at
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

And the house is destroyed?'
'Teetotally busted. as you See
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