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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
LAWS OF
A Widow MAY Marry Her Deceate. :

4 Widow May Marry Her Dseeate> aus-
bands Brother.
The duties of husband and wife are
distinctly defined among the Kafhrs Of
South Africa. The husband does not
expect his wife to build the kaal or
nut. That is his work. 1t tak
HteSGlndrea 70 a thausaadt young trees
TO make the beehive kind OF dwelling
which is In favor and which is excel
lently adapted for protection. When
the husband has erected the hut it is
the wife's place to cut grass. carry it
home. and thatch the kraal once .
year. She looks after all that is need.
ed in the hut. cooks the food, gets the
hrewood, and makes the beer, Which
is not a small task, for the men drink
1t in immense quantities. 1t is made
from millet and mealies, and is mild
but intoxicating. Until quite recently
everything was carried on the head
A Zulu woman will carry 200 pounds
of mealies in this fashion. When .
Kahr was first seen carrying a load by
the hand instead of on his head, ths
Dutch thought it a dangerous imita.
ton of European fashion. Women
have so far asserted themselves as tt
refuse to hoe the mealies for planting
but they will weed. A woman goes
about with her baby tied on her back
while she rocks herself and croons te
it. When a man dies his widow may
il she chooses, become the wife Of hi,
brother. She stays at the kraal, and
all the children, including those of tbs
new marriage. are held to belong to
her eldest son, who takes his father.
place as guardian, and has the privil'
eye Of using, supposedly for the com
mon good, all the wages Of the young
er sons. It thus sometimes happen,
that a little boy is head over hi
mother and older sisters. If the widow
does not choose to marry the brother
but takes another husband, she losel
ali control Of her children, who sta,
In their fathers kraal.-Youth's Com,
panion.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
Eating Railway Iron.

Iron for the blood has evidently
been prescribed for the quails Of Flor,
ida; at least these birds are eating stee
rails on the tracks of the sugar bel,
near Runnymede. The report, which
Is well authenticated, does not charge
the quails with actually swallowing
the rails. but it does say they picl
away their particles wherever they
find a rusty spot where they are loos.
ened. From several points in the stats
comes the report of holes found in
steel rails, and in cases they are larg.
enough to seriously weaken the ma,
terial. Where a rusty spot starts and
is picked out, it naturally holds mois,
ture, continues to rust, to be agai1
picked at, and so the work Of destruc.
tion goes On. Railway engineers real
ly believe that the quails take the Iron
tonic because they are not well and
find it relieves their distress.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21

Glace kid. b%uttoned, gloves are the
correct ones for church. with two or
four buttons. and of white or a light
tan. II tan a heavier kid is used, and
one or two buttons are sufficient; in
fact, a regular heavy walking glove is
the smartest, says Harper's Bazaar.
Many women always cling to a Suede
glove of the mousquetaire style, with
two buttons only. These are of q
lighter shade Of color than the gown,
or Of black. OF course. this does not
refer to a red, or a green, or a blue
gown-simply to the brown or gray.
A white Suede glove is absolutely in
appropriate, however.
So much depends upon the lining Of
the muf as to what gloves can be worn
from a practical point of view that it
is as well to buy one with reference
to the other. The present fashion Of
the white lining or the fur Innings for
the very rich fur muffs makes it pos
sible to wear white or light gloves,
whereas the dark Innings so soon soil
the gloves that it. is generally silly
to follow slavishly the fashion of
wearing white gloves, especially If
economy has to be consulted.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
SPRING DEsrIN1Es.


Among the pretty straws that show
which way the wind of fashion will
blow for spring and summer. we wish
to record the promise, almost the GER
tafnty that with light weight cloth
skirts the proper waist is one of taft
'feta. mandarin crepe, or thick satin
finished foulard in a solid color that
exactly matches the SKIRT. The waist
can be upholstered with cloth taken
from the goods of which the skirt is
made, " lace will do as we'll, and to
crystalize a mental picture Of this a
tangible picture of the very newest Gre
alton is given.
satin-Faced Cashmere.
The skirt in this instance is of
satin faced with cashmere Of an al
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
CAVES WAR SUPPLIES.

1t has been averred that but for the
saltpeter furnished by the Mammoth
Cave of Kentucky and by some smaller
limestone caverns, the United States
would have been unable successfully to
wage the war of 1912. Even during the
civil war these ave supplies of salt
peter were largely utilized for making
gunpowder. Recently the question OF
the origin Of cave saltpeter has been
discussed anew in the Journal OF
Geology, and w. H. Hess, dissenting
from the view that the saltpeter de-
posits are due to the formation OF
guano by bats, holds that they have
originated from the evaporation Of
water which, as it p%ercolated through
the roof of the cavern, absorbed nj
trates from the soil.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
LATE c WILDE
Regretssi Reflections Of His Closlps
49, Houra.

Paris Correspondence Of the London
Chronicle: About three weeks ago ]
was securing Paris to discover the ad.
dress OF a NJ. Sebastian Helnoth fol
a purpose OF verifying a statement
thai he had been unjustly deprived OF
certain dramatic rights OF authorship
AZ length a French literary friend in.
formed me that the object of my search
was lying Ill at a little hotel in the far
OH itse ees EeaIx Arts. To save time
ne had called upon him in my name
M. Melnoth was Oscar Wilde. On the
same evening / received a letter
J n ansWer to my petit 'bleu." I in.
stantly answered this person. The
once brilliant and adulated poet-play.
wright, though in bed, looked well in
the face. The first part of the CONVEX.
satlon on his side was a mixture of de-.
n and bitterness. I did my best te
console him, and he suddenly burst
INTO tears. I felt deeply moved as he
toid the sad tale of blight and misery
through which he had passed. Men
VINO a been the recipients of sterling
generosity had betrayed him and trod.
zen him under their feet. Perhaps
tnere was some Justice in his wailing.
Ihen he turned to religious subjects,
ana muttered almost savagely: Much
OF my moral obliquy is due to the fact
tnat my father would not allows me to
become a Catholic. The artistic side
OF the church and the fragrance of its
teaching would have curbed nv de-
generates. I intend to be received be.
Iore long" He spoke almost smilingly
OF MS operation. saying that it would
cost him $40. adding that he owed
nearly 1000 francs to the hotel. The
operation In question was intestinal,
and then symptoms of cerebral men
nights set in. Leeches were applied to
the ears. but the patient sank awfully
rapidly. Two kind friends, Mr.. Rob
ert Ross and.Mr. Turner, nursed him,
while Father Cuthbert Dunn, one Of
the British Catholic chaplains from the
Avenue Hoche, administered the Gus
tomary rites Of the church. Oscar
Wilde tried to %articulate the prayers
which accompany extreme JUNCTION and
MS deathbed was one of repentance.
tomorrow morning the funeral serv-
Ices will take place at the Church st.
Germain des Pres, after which the body
Will be inferred in the Bagneux
terry. A small cross will surmount the
grave. with the following inscription:
.Ci git Oscar Wilde. Poete ct Auteur
D~ramatique, R. I. p"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
PENNIES In THE WEST.
SMALL CHANGE APPEARs IN
CITIES OF MONTANA.
Copper Pennies Begin to Circulate in
. Hitherto Untried Field-Merchant.
of Butte About to Give Penny Ch.nre
at Stores.

Is Butte going to be q one-cent
town? asks the Anaconda Standard.
There are some indications that Butte
is drifting that way, and there are some
business men of Butte who prophesy
that within a year the copper penny
Will be in general circulation in the
city OF Butte. It wasn't so many years
ago that. the two-bit piece was the
smallest coin that circulated in this
neck OF the woods, and Butte got along
very pr~osperously as a town in which
there was no circulating medium OF a
less denomination than rs cents. Gradu-
ally nickels and dimes came into cir
culation, and now there is a strong
probability that before long the cop
per cents will be jingling in the pock-
cts OF Butte's citizens and will be CIV
en- oyer the counters of Butte's business
houses. in change. What makes this
innovation probable Is the fact that
several of Butte's business houses in
the past year or two have inaugurated
the scheme Of selling goods with an
odd" price-that is to say, they have
inaugurated the SO and 40 cent method
of catching trade from those who look
close at a bargain. Now when one OF
these Butte houses sells a certain arti-
Gle for 40 cents, and receives a halt
dollar in payment for it, the house
does not give the customer a copper
cent, but instead gives the customer a
little envelope, which on being opened
is found to contain a common 1-cent
postage stamp. In case 2 cents in
change is coming to the customer an
envelope containing a 2-cent postage
stamp, and so on. So far as known
no business house has yet inaugurated
the plan of giving pennies, yet it is
manifestly more convenient to handle
pennies than to handle the postage
stamps. Another indication that the
pennies are soon to be here is found in
the fact that. pennies are more and
more frequently rendered at the post
Office in exchange for postage stamps.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
o VACCINATION.

A Great Quest for Some Spot Other than
the Arm.
There can be little doubt that the
spot on the outside of the arm where
the vaccination usually is performed
has been chosen from motives of on
with small reference to the feelings Of
the patients. So far as convenience is
concerned. nothing could be better;
and when the good time comes when
to be unvaccinated will be considered
a disgrace, no doubt every young wom-
an will be proud to carry her scars
open public view. In the meantime
they don't like it, and many attempts
have been made to find a better place.
On the whole. the most popular substi-
tute seems to be the leg. The objec-
ton to using the leg as a site for vac
cination of children arises chiefly from
the difficulty which is found by some
mothers in keeping the part dry and
clean; but with modern methods Of
protected vaccination this may not
prove so important as it was when
=
all vaccinations we're left bare. Take
it altogether, however, the most jgsn-
orally convenient place will probably
be found on the left flank. oyer the
lower ribs. II babies were reasonably
dressed that would be a spot on which
but little friction need ever fall. on
which it would be easy to apply a pro-
tective dressing, and on which the
necessary area Of cicatrix would not
become a deformity. Moreover, much
of the trouble which sometimes fol
lows vaccination arises from the area
of vesication required. and its being
crowded on the small extent of surface
offered by the arm. But with a larger
area to work upon the vesicles might
be further apart, and it is not impossi-
bic that much secondary Inflammation
might be saved. All, however, depends
upon how the baby is dressed. So long
as the attempt is made to make an in
fant's clothes fit it there is no use
v~accinating just where they are sure
to rub, and the choice probably lies be-
tween the arm and leg-arms for boys
and legs for girls.-Boston Journals
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
THUMB-NAILs.
Length = Flatness Helps Palmlst to
Read Character.

Length = F1atness Helps Palmlst to
Read Character.
According to a European palmist tho
average length of the thumb nail is
in the case Of a man. 165 millimetres,
and those men whose nails are longer
than this always possess unusual viril-
ity. Women, on the other hand, whose
thumb nails are of abnormal length
are as a rule very fond Of pleasure
and have pronounced artistic tastes.
Emperor William Of Germany. says
this palmist, has a very delicate hand,
yet the thumb is too short and the nail
is fat and colorlessEa sure indication,
in his opinion, Of some cerebral weak
ness. The Emperor of Austria, on the
other hand, has a thumb nail which in
dicates high birth and a%ristocratic
tastes. 1t is pearly white and unusual
" curved, and Is in marked contrast
to his hand, which is coarse and rather
vnlgar. The new KingSof Italy has a
z~1patulate thumb nail, which is said to
80 IN indication Of distrast and feroc-
S1tys The Sultan Of Turkeys hand is
white and slender and bears tokens of
nigh breeding. King Leopold Of Bel
GUM has the thumb of a plebeian, the
nail being short and Square. Queen
Victoria differs from alb other rulers in
the fact that the thumbs of her two
hands are quite unlike each other.
This Is said to be an uSnfailing indica-
ton Of shrewdness atad also Of long
life. The young Queen of Holland has
q strong but rather Commonplace hand,
the nails being short \and Of a vulgar
type. but, on the other hand, the Queen
OF Italy has an admire ,ble hand. the
only marked defect 'bein: : in the nails
the little fingers, whid ii are some
what too oonical and too puch. curved
st the ends.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
INSECT AND WEED DESTROYER.

Is made for adjusting the size Of the
mouth through which the fiery
draught is emitted and also for revolv-
Ing the fan by hand when the machine
is standing still. as when burning a
stump. When utilized for destroying
weeds or burning stubble the hood is
adjusted close to the ground and the
machine propelled at a rapid rate,
when the gearing puts the fan in mo-
ton and drives a fierce heat through
the opening in front, which cuts a
swath of ashes through the field. By
providing for the substitution of a fer
tilizer-spreading apparatus Or seeder
in place Of the firebox, the machines
utility can be greatly increased, and
it will be found a valuable addition to
the stock Of farm machinery.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
NEW FARMING IMPLEMENT,

a citizen Of Wellington, Ark, has
designed the apparatus shown in the
picture for use in destroying insects
and noxious weeds and also for burn
ing stumps Of trees. 1t contains a fire.
mouth through which thel fiery
box, which burns either coal or wood,
with a rotary fan to create intense heat
by forcing the draught. The furnace
is mounted on a two-wheeled carriage,
which makes it easy to transport it
from place to place. and arrangement
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
TELEGRAPH AND rELrpHoNE.

The Russian inventor. Popof, has
successfully applied a telephone re-
ceiver in transln ting telegraphic mes.
sages without wires. BY means OF
ra%dio-conducto ~iations Of resist.
ance of short -. are produced,
and these can : al4 ectfgA observed In
a telephone. Last winter a Russian
cruiser, ashore on an island in the Gulf
of Finland, was able to communicate
Geographically, without wires. with an
island Twenty-Five miles distant,
where the ice-breaking steamer Err
max was stationed, and by the same
means the lives of twenty-seven Rus
sian fishermen, carried off by an Ice
foe in sight of the stranded cruiser,
were saved.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21

the goat respectfully declined. Gle was
invited to be eaten.)
If acquainted with a bear, keep hold
of the ak.
His thoughts are over the noun
tains, but death is behind his shout
der. (Of building castles in the air.)
With God, over the sea; without
God, go not over the threshold.
When you walk, pray once; when
you go to sea, pray twice; when you
go to be married, pray three times.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
THE SMALLEST WILD CArr1E.

DR.. R. Lydekker says that Celebes
has the distinction of being the home
of the smallest representative of the
wild cattle, not only Of this but OF n
period in the worlds history. It is
called the "anoa," and is not much, II
any, larger that a well grown South
down sheep. Its height at the shoulde,
is three feet and three inches. It has
many of the characteristics Of the
large Indian buffalo, and there are rea-
sons for thinking that it may be q
primitive type of buffalo.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21

Turing tinge called creamed coffee.
because it is Of that pale golden tan
that good coffee takes when dashed
with genuine country Stitch
ings and straps and buttons Of gold
colored silk, give a delicate and spark.
ling effect of decortion to the simple
skirt.
The waist, which buttons ZIP in tina
rear and which is tucked in tiny up,
standing tucks from the neck to with-
in a few inches of the waist line. ia
strips of taffeta extending from the
waist down hold the skirt width Of
muslin together. and serve also in
some sort as extra support for the sin
bouffante frills Of taffeta that loweH
out from below the knees.
The waist Of this gown is all made
Of tucked and embroidered organdie
with taffeta rising to the surface at
throat and waist. and over the bust,
at which point two tasseled scarfs hold
the muslin fronts together uuon the
tucked velvet.
made Of creamed coffee colored man,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
Expressive Russian Proverbs.

Knock out his eye who remembers
bygones.
A kind word is better than a pie.
Pray to God, but keep rowing to the
shore.
Drink at table-not behind a pillar.
Dog, why do you bark? To brighten
the wolf away. But, dog, your tail is
between your legs. Oh! I'm afraid Of
the wolf. (Said of great takers and
little doers.)
The wolf asked the goat to dinner;
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
RESERVES OF RUBBER-rREEs

1t is reported that the department OF
agriculture will set aside as forest re.
serves the island of Romblon, north OF
Panay, and the island of Pauitaui In
the Jolo group. United States army
officers report that these are perhaps
the richest islands in the world for
rubber trees. In Zanzibar a new kind
Of gutta-percha is said to have been
found. 1t is produced by a tree bear.
ing a peach-shaped fruit which attain,
the size of a small melon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21

DARN crepe. A O0-
lero collar and
small cuffs of
cream colored ge-
noese lace, a gilt
buckle holding the
bolero fronts fast
v e the bust, and
a girdle Of soft
stein satin are the
artfully calculated
details of this I'M
c%riticisable spring
suit. Before the
raw blasts Of
March and on into
the first bright y
meal days of April
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
KITES AND TELEPHONES IN WAR.

KITES AND TELEPHONES IN WAR.
In the Monthly Weather Review for
October is given an account Of recent
experiments at Chicago Intended to
demonstrate the usefulness of kites in
effecting telephone communication be-
tween a besieged town and its friends
beyond the enemy's lines. The sug-
gested plan Is to send UP from the
town a very large box kite carrying .
tel zone fastened ~ - end Of Q wire
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
Indian Studies Medicine.

Eugene F. Smith, a full-blooded
Oneida Indian. has entered a medical
college in Milwaukee and will when
graduated be one Of the very few red
men who have fitted themselves to
practice medicine
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21

Captain-What is strategy in war.
Give me an instance of 1t. Irish ser
geant-Well, strategy is when ye donY
let the enemy discover that ye are out
Of ammunition, but keep right OF
6vsr - 4f Gta ri
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21

II "ould pe sooo toFor EARLY Spring,
wear such a gown
as has been planned for a slim debut
tante who knows the value Of pretty
clothes. This is a figured spring vel
veteen in tapestry blue of two shades,
DIR scHooI.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
ySCZENGE AAD|
(

running through a pulley. When the
Kite has attained the desired position,
the besieged are supposed to slacken
the wire and drop the telephone to the
ground, while the kite remains in the
air. There are manifestly many prac-
teal details not provided for in the
scheme as thus outlined, but it is at
least an interesting suggestion.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
OUR COOKING SCHOOL.
Sweet Potatoes au Gratin.

Peel and slice cold boiled sweet POI
tatoes. Grease a pudding dish, put a
layer of potatoes in the bottom OF
it, sprinkle with salt. pepper. sugar
and bits Of butter. Put in more po-
tatoes, sprinkle these as you did the
others, and when the dish is full pour
over the contents a gill Of boiling wa
ter in which a tablespoonful of butter
has been melted. Stew with fine
crumbs, sprinkle with salt and pep
per and bake, covered, for twenty min-
utes. Uncover and brown.
Mk4
Sweet Potato Pun.
Into two cupfuls of boiled and
mashed sweet potatoes heat three ia
~blespoonfuls melted butter, a cup Of
milk and four beaten eggs. Sale to-
taste, beat hard and run into a creased
pudding dish. Bake to a golden brown.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
SCRUBS AND DRIES WINDOWS.

SCRUBS AND DRIES WINDOWS.
The picture shows an improved
cleaner, which has just been patented.
Hitherto a brush mounted on a pole,
with a rubber mop on a separate han
die, We're in common use for this pur-
pose, and water has also been applied
to the brush through a hose attached
to the faucet. But the implement
shown below is complete in itself, hav-
ing the scrubber, mop and fountain OF
water all combined in one convenient
utensil. The apparatus consists of a
tube to contain the water, with an
elongated slot in one face, through
which a wick or piece of heavy cloth
is forced. The strips of rubber form
ing the mop are inserted between two
metal strips secured to the outside OF
the reservoir and the latter is provided
at n end with a screw cap, through
which the water is poured into the in
terror. To use the cleaner it Is first
filled with water and tilted downward
until the wick is saturated, when the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21

latter is placed against the window
pane and scrubbed up and down until
the dirt is removed. Then the mop
side is applied to drain the water OF.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-10-26
MONTANA ITEMS.

The Total tax to be collected in JEFF
ferson county is $79,749.75.
The country north of the Yellow
stone is settling up gradually.
The estate of the late R. S Fowler
of Victor is appraised at $8,24675.
Bears are reported to be committing
numerous depredations on the west
side below Hamilton.
George T. Boggs has obtained a 20
year franchise to run electric cars
through the streets of Stevensville.
The attendance at the Helena high
school is 1852, slightly in excess of the
number for a corresponding time last
year.
A record breaking crop for this year
is reported from Salesville. John Mic
kleberry reports that from 85 acres of
land seeded to oats he secured a little
over rs bushels of oats to the acre. and
that his crop of barley yielded close to
90 bushels to Ehe acre. The grain was
raised on the Alec Black ranch near
Salesville.
j. B. Collins, superintendent of the
6uu6dN-
oring to have the next congress take
the necessary steps toward the enlarge
ment Of the Gallatin fores. reserve,
which now includes but 40, 900 acres,
so as to cover the watershed of the
tributaries of the West Gallatin. Madi-
son and Jefferson rivers.
John Henninfin, who was shot in the
breast last week at Butte by Alfred
Ankcorn, died Of his wound. He re-
FUSED to say a word concerning the
shooting, and seemed anxious to shield
Ankoorn as much as possible. The lat
ter is recovering from the bullet wound
which he accidentally inflicted upon
himself while attempting to escape aft
er the shooting.
Patrick F. Haynes, who shot and
killed William Mccain at Butte, was
captured near Elk Park canyon. He
refuses to say a word concerning the