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The times., 1901-05-19

"A Sailors Log by Robley D. Evans
is not likely to disappoint many of its
readers. because it Is exactly the sort of
book which one would expect Admiral
Evans to write. There is a good deal Of
Fighting Bob in the four hundred and
Afty-odd pages, ana not much of any
thing else. but In an autobiography one
axnects TO see a good deal Of the author
The trouble with the book, from a lit
erarv point Of visE seems to he that
there is no perspective in it. The fact
that Admiral Evans. while midshipman
The times., 1901-05-19

What Is the size OF the University Of virginia.
compared with other universities Of the United
StateSf
The times., 1901-05-19

"Mononia" by Justin Mccarthy. is de-
scribed by its author as "a love story of
'forty-eight." 1t is fun Of Irish atmos-
phere; indeed the most remarkable thing
about it is the picture which it gives Of
a little town in the south Of ireland some
fifty years ago. The heroine is the daugh-
ter Of an impoverished representative Of
an old Irish family and her peculiar name
comes from the old historic name of the
province of Munster. The hero is one Of
the young Irishmen of good family who
were concerned in the uprising of that
year In fact, the book is as Irish as a
shamrock leaf.
The style of the author seems to be
modelled on Thackeray, though it may be
merely the similarity of the types with
which he deals to those Of Thackerays
London which gives that impression. At
any rate, those who lived in ThacEerays
time and fell in love with his novels usu-
ally did try TO write like him, and the
style of this book has the gentle moduia-
tions the carefully chosen language, and
restrained sentiment and humor of an au-
thor who was pre-eminenty "A man Of
the world and prone to take nothing too
scsiously. But there the resemblance
ends There is no Becky Sharp. Penden-
pect them. Thackerays do not grow
every bush. However to anyone who is
anxious to see just how Ireland looked In
As 20 an Irishman whose heart and soul
were with his native land against Eng
land, this book will be good reading. for
it certainly reproduces shllfully the con-
ditions of that time and the feeling which
prompted the uprising. (Boston: Small,
Maynard & Coz
THE American Husband in Paris by
Anna Bowman Dodd, is one Of the clcv-
crest satires on modern American life in
It's way that can be found in current lit
erature 1t is dramatic in its form, but
obviously not intended for acting, be/lg
merely a series Of dialogues between the
American husband. on his first visit to
Paris. and his devoted wife, who has paid
annual visits TO the fascinating city, for
the sake of the children" Also, 1t may
be inferred the charm of Partisan hats
and gowns has exercised magnetic force
upon her, since, while George" desires
to see the art treasures and historic mon
uments OF the capital, Louisa trots him
The times., 1901-05-19

What, where, and when was the first daily
newspaper published in the United States2
WIS
The times., 1901-05-19

How can one wheel OF locomotive or car, be-
ing fastened to its axle, cover more track in tax
ing the outside in curve than does the wheel
at the other end? 2. Which side DO The wheels
bind 10 in the curve2 W
The times., 1901-05-19

The american Daily Advertiser" pub
lication of which began in Philadelphia in
1884. Prior to this there were many week
lies, and in New York. during the occu-
patton Of that city by British troops, the
days of publication of four different pa
pers were so arranged that the public had
a newspaper each day.
The times., 1901-05-19

Was the Spanish cruiser Reiua Mercedes ever
in action with the Americans2 When where and
by whom. and under what circumstances was she
sunkl 2. When and by whom was she raised?
g. What are her dimensions7 AE.W
Yes; she was sunk by the fire of the
American feet before Santiago, in July,
1888. 2 By wreckers, assisted by Gov
ernment tugs, on March 2. 1899. g. Length
27S feet, 10 inches; breadth, 42 feet inch
es; depth, 16 feet inches
The times., 1901-05-19

"hat is the epltaph on the tombstone OF Ben
iamin Franklin7 JJS
The Body of Benjamin Franklin,
Printer (Like the Cover of an Old Book
its Contents Torn Out and Stript of its
Lettering and Gilding), Lies Here. Food
for Worms; but the Work Shall Not be
Lost, for it VIII (as he Believed) Appear
Once More in New and More Elegant
Edition. Revised and Corrected by the
Author"
The times., 1901-05-19

1T slips enough to make up the differ
ence between the length of inside and
outside rails 2. To the outside eentrifu-
gal force holding the fianges of the outer
wheels tight against the rail
The times., 1901-05-19

around. willy-nilly to Viron. Mathilde,
and other people engaged in the clothing
business. Every husband who has been
through similar experience will delight
in this book and in its dramatic and un-
expected but thoroughly satisfactory de
nouement; and it would he a good lesson
for some women, although the kind OF
woman who most needs j. is the woman
who never reads ANYTHING and could not
possibly appreciate it's delicate cynicism
On the whole. Mrs Dodd ought not to
have written that book. 1t is liable to
make trouble in families. O3oston: Little,
Brown & Co. $1,000
The times., 1901-05-19


tries2 ~ D
Francis Joseph Emperor of Austria
Hungary; Leopold II, King of Pelg' um;
Ferdinand Prince of Bulgaria; Christian
tx King Of 1 ermark: Emile uoubet.
President of France: William III, Emperor
Of Germany; otto, King OF Bavaria; Al
bert King of SaXOny; Frederick, Grand
Duke of Baden; Ernst Louis V. Grand
Duke of Hesse; Alexander, Prince OF
iippe-Detmold "a regency; - Frederick.
Duke of AnhaIt; Prince Albrccht, Regent
of Brunswick Frederick Francis ".
Grand Duke of Mecklenhurg-Schw q
regeucy1: Frederick WilIigm, Grand Duke
Of Mecklenburg- -Strelitz; August, Grand
Duke of Oldenburg; Ernest, Duke
Of SaNe-Attenburg; Leopold, Duke -of
Of Sake Mcininsen; Karl Alexander
Grand Duke Of SaXe-Weimar; Frederick,
Prince of Waldeck- Py-rmont; Edward VII.
Sing of Great britain and Ireland:
George. King of Greece; Victor Emanuel
III, King of Italy; AdOlphus Grand Duke
af LuXembourg, Albert Prince OF Mon
AGO. Wnhclmiud. Queen of the Neither
innds: Carries. King OF Portugal; Charles,
sing of Roumania; Nicholas IL. Emperor
Il Russia: Ait.2 nder. King of Servia; Al
a0RsO NH, king OF Spain; Oscar IL,
shy Of Sweden and Norway Ernest
.;ri nrsr. President of Switzerland, and
n 5.lu, Fauid II, Sultan Of Turkey
The times., 1901-05-19

Are there any measurements of the speed Of
the shock generated by earthquakes? j. E.
Earthquake waves are of two sorts; the
compression. in which the particles of the
transmitting medium move forward and
backward, and the distortion wherein the
particles moves to and fro in a direction
transverse to the radical direction. The
former sort is the speedier. In the case
of the Charleston earthquake of 1886 their
velocity was about II 600 feet per second.
The times., 1901-05-19

ave that hive been reared in tho
hard school Of Golden and Adam
Smith, Stand by complacently while
the weak 20 10 the wall, and the mas
teTs of finance grasp the relns OF
power New Zealand declares that
such a state Of society IS undesirable,
and that for their part they mean to
experiment IN the hope Of finding
something better. We are pretty well
agreed that Henry George made a
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-07

ening through all Europe. MD
ening through America, wideh-
ing throurh the 1928 years that have
gone since he died, widening through
the earth, widening through the great
future, until at last the accumulated
influence of his baleful teachings ana
~dissolute life will beat against his dis
mayed spirit, and at that moment Il
will be enough to make the black hair
OF eternal darkness turn white with
horror. No one can tell how that bad
mans influence girdled the earth Save
the one who is seated on the circle OF
the earth. the Lord Almighty.
Gods Omnipotent Mercy.
We'll now" say some. this IN
ome respects is a very glad theory
and In others a very bad one. We
would like to have the good we have
aver done come back to us, but tho
thought that all the sins we have ever
committed will come back to us, nils
us with alright" My brother, I have
TO tell you God can break that circle
Will do so at your call. I can
bring twenty passages Of Scripture to
prove that when God for Christ's sake
forgives a man the sins Of his past
NE never come back. The wheel may
roll on and on, but you take your
position behind the cross, and the
wheel strikes the cross and Is SKATER.
ed forever. The sins fly of from the
circle and fall at right angles with
complete oblivion Forgiven! For
given! The meanest thing a man can
DO Is. after some difficulty has been
settled, to bring it up again, and God
will not do anything like that. Gods
memory Is mighty enough to hold all
the events of the ages, but there is one
thing that is sure to slip his memory.
one thing he Is sure to forget, and that
Is pardoned transgressions. How do I
know 1t? I will prove 1t. "Their sins
and their iniquities 1 will remember
no more" BLESSED is he whose trans
gression is forgiven"
But every circumference must have
a center. and what is the center Of this
heavenly circumference? Christ-his
all the glory. his all the praise, his al
h crowns. all heaven wreathed into
a garland round about him. Take OF
the imperial sandal from his foot and
behold the scar of the spike. Lift the
coronet Of dominion from his brow
and see where was the liberation Of
the briers. Come closer, all heaven,
Narrow the circle around his great
heart. o Christ. the Savior, o Christ!
tho man. o Christ, the God, keep thy,
throne forever, seated on the circle Of
the earth. seated on the circle o1l
heaveni
On Christ, the solid rock. + stand;
All other ground is shifting sand. (
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-07
e h of Waterfalls.

The highest waterfall in the world.
geography tells us. is the Cerosola
cascade in the Alps, having a fall OF
2,400 feet; that of Arvey, In Savoy. Is
LOO feet, and the falls Of Yosemite
valley range from 700 to 1000 feet. But
higher yet is the waterfall in the San
Cuayatan canon, in the state Of Du-.
range, Mexico. It was discovered ~
some prospectors, ten years ago, n
the great barranca district which Is
called the Tierras Dasconocidas. While
searching for the famous lost mine.
Naranjal. a great roar Of water wa
heard. With great difficulty the par
ty pushed on, and up and down the
mighty chasms until they beheld the
superb fall that is at least 5000 feet
highland Of Sunshine.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-07
WILD ESKIMO.
Some Of the Habits of These RJeo,

Some Of tho Habits %.. ., These 5s'''.
Returning from the Copperne
fell in with a party Of Eski
ran from us as we approx
spite Of all our efforts to restI
But, as a matter OF fact, eved
been ~bloodthirstily inclined we
have put up a poor fight, becauA bot
my assistant and / were quite tired
out. and my men had gone on. some
hours before us. It seems rather In
credible that twenty-five Eskimo
would II from two played-out white
men; but 1t is quite probable that they
may have expected an army behind us.
Their camp was a most extraordinary
place. It lay on a hillock Of sand.
with a large lake in front and a pond
behind. The knoll huts, the walls Of
which were formed Of fiat stones placed
on end, and the roofs of caribou skin.
The pond was filled with caribou
bones, which showed that the camp
had been much f%requented. In the mid
die Of the miniature village lay a large
heap of raw caribou meat, which the
Eskimo store up in seasons Of plenty.
We waited some time at the camp.
hoping the natives would reappear.
but they did not. 1t was their period.
Of good feeding. The caribou were
grazing on the Barren Lands in vast
herds, and musk oxen were plentiful,
SO there was no necessity for them
to return to their extra food supply,
They had evidently never come In
contact with white men before, be-
cause no article of civilized manufac-
ture was found in their camp.-Geo-
graphical Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-07

why, Brother Dickey, / hardly
knew you, you're looking SO young
and spry! What's up now?"
We'll. sub, l studyin' bout gittin'
married ergin-dat's all?"
Getting married?"
Eyes. sub. l made de 'quaintance er
a young gal ter day, en- she lowed
dat ct I'd shave off my gray whiskers,
on chop off de hair what on my head,
EN- stop limpin' wild de rheumatism,
en- res cloze what come out de
ssto', en- smoke se-gars 'stidder pipe.
en- stop preachin' gin dancin'. en- Sc
cure my life in her favor fer n hun
dred dollars, she'd marry me. Dat
how come I look so young!!"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-07

Pictorial bum1or
BADLY ILLUSTRATED.

He was giving the young man some
good advice as they hung on two
straps in the trolley car and rode
downtown together.
"You must plant your feet care
fully" he said. "and know just where
you are going to step. Do nothing by
impulse. Be calm and deliberate.
Don't hurry. and always be sure you
are right before going ahead"
Just then the car started with a VIC.
lent Jerk and the man of good advice
lost his grip on the strap and plunged
up the aisle, stumbling on half a doz
en- pairs Of outstretched feet as he adj
vanced. and finally sitting down with
a heavy thump in the middle of the
aisle.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-07

auest-What q splendid dinneri I
don't often get as good a meal as this.
Little Willie (son Of the hosb-We
don't either.
Tho camel can go two weeks with
out taking a drink. but it would make
some men hump themselves to abstain
for two days.
Kind Lady-Why are you crying,
little boy7 Little Boy-Coz nav ills
made a example cut o me fer my
little brothers sake.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-07
A BIASED Opinion.

II m very much inclined" said
Col. Stilwell, to the belief that total
abstinence ought to be encouraged"
II am surprised to hear you say
that"
"Well. it has Just occurred to me
that II the demand for spirituous bev-
lerages were not SO large the cost
might become a little more reasona-
ble."-Washington Star.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-07
Stopping tho Music.

YES" said young Mrs. Torkins,
Charley used to come and serenade
me for hours every night. So at last I
married him." Dear me!' rejoined
Miss Cayenne. "did he sing 30 badly
as all that?"-Washington Star.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-07
photographic Stone Is Plenti,.,.

A deposit of photographic stone ha.
been found near Mt. Sterling. KY.
which Eugene Leary. of the United.
States Geological Survey. believes to DO
more valuable than any gold mine
''There is no reason" says Mr.. 5Leary.
why the quarry should not control
the market in this country. There =
no photographic stone anywhere else.
so far as is known, and there will b
no difficulty in competing with tho
German product.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-07
Information Wanted.

Information Wanted.
Miss Citybred-What are those queer
looking animals? Farmer Hayrix-
They are the COWS that supply us with
milk and cream. Miss Citybred-Oh.
are they7 And where are the cows that
give the beef tea?-Chicago News.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-07
Once Again

Once Again.
"Wheze are you going. my prett,
maid?"
I'm going milking, sir" she said.
May I go long?" he asked OF her,
There's n calf there already. SIR
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-07
Net symp.thet4o.

seldum Fedd-Honestly, boss, 1
don't know whore mo next meal is
comm from. Citizen (grufay)-
Neither do II It Is certainly not com
ing fem mel
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-07
K FROM JUDGE.

Mrs. Waggles-I met the doctor to-
day and told him about your malaria.
He said you were to take some whisky
every time you had the CALLS.
Waggles-All right, my dear. III
shake for the drinks.
First chorus girl-What do you sup
pose persuaded Sadie to marry that
young brewer? He hasn't much
money.
Second cnorus girl-Maybe not. But,
you know, one has to begin at the
bottom of the ladder.
IAN did O'Brien hav a good walker"
asked Rafferty, of Mulligan.
did he?" replied Mulligan. "shure.
an II he'd been aloive to enjoy it he'd
q thought he was havin' the tonne of
his life" .
Mrs Wellment-Ain't you ashamed
to be begging for a living?
Weary Willie-Not a bit, mum. I
wuz educated fer de ministry.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-07

Tcmmy-sister got a pearl from an
oyster.
Willie-My sister got a whole string
o. pearls an a bokay from a lobster.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-07

Miss Vassar-Do you chew gum?
Miss Wellesley-Yes, I eschew it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-07

II a baby is a well-spring of pleas
ure twins must be a deluge.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-07

The first factory for the manufaeture
of cotton sewing thread was located ak
Pawtucket in 1894.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-07

Those whom we suffer ourselves 10
scorn or hate have overcome us. !.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-07

II a man has insomnia he is seldom
troubled with nightmare.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-07
IT WAS THE LANGUAGE.

Il had heard about the beggars of
Rome long enough before 1 went
abroad" said the tourist, land I had
also made up my mind that they
should not profit by me. When 1 got
to the holy city at last and found my
self surrounded as I walked out in
the morning, I gave the crowd the
cold shoulder. One Of them-and he
wa tho frowsiest and raggedest of
the lot-stuck to me till l lost my pa
thence and swore at him, and an hour
later I was arrested and taken into
court. The charge was using profane
language in public. and after l had
been fined the equivalent Of two dol
lars and was free to go l said to the
judge:
"'You Italians are a curious people.
There are plenty Of you who must
swear in public
"'That is certainly true, signor,, he
replied. ~ -
"'Then why fine me for doing it?'
Because you swore in English9and
not in our beautiful Italian tongue.''
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-07

stranger-Are the farmers thrifty
down here?
Crawfoot-Thrifty amt no name for
1t! Why. they put their scarecrows on
the railroad track, swear they are hir-
ed men an then recover damages for
loss of service.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-07

quickly. Oh, q StupendOuS
thought that the good and the evil we
start come back to us! Do you know
that the judgment day will be only the
points at which the circles join, the
good and the bad we have done COM
ing back to us unless divine %interven-
ton hinder-cofhing back to us with
welcome of delight or curse of con-
demnation?
Oh, I would like to see Paul, the
invalid missionary. at the moment
when his influence comes to full orb,
his influence rolling out through An
tioch, through Cyprus. through Lystra,
through Corinth, through Athens,
through Asia, through Europe,
through America, through the first
century, through five centuries,
through twenty centuries, through
earth. through heaven, and at last the
wave Of influence, having made full
circuit, strikes his soul. Oh, then I
would like to see him! No one can
tell the wide sweep Of the circle Of
Pau1's influence I've the one who Is
seated on the circle Of the earth.
should not like to see the counte-
nance Of Voltaire when his influence
comes to full orb. When the fatal
hemorrhage seized him at eighty-three
years of age, his influence did not
cease. The most brilliant man Of his
century. he had used all his faculties
for assaulting Christianity. his bad in
auenee widening through France,
widening out through Germany, Wild
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-11-30
NOT FORCED IN WINCHESTER
HOW THE PATRONS an THAT TOWN
CALL UP THE EXCHANGE.
Users OF the 'Phone There Not Conn
PEELED 20 Hunt Through book
for Number n They want
TO Talk Through a VIM
chester phone.

1t seems that the patrons of the
Winchester Telephone Company IN
Martinsburg are the only patrons of
the company who are compelled TO
call bv numbers when they want to
call. or talk at all. After quoting an
article on the subject which appeared
in The Evening World on Monday
the Winchester Star saws;
One of the Young lady operators Mt
the Winchester exchange Office was
asked by Star reporter today if the
company had put new rule in
operation in Winchester. She said !:
"Yes the rule has been put in OPP
Grafton here, but we operators will
not insist on the subscriber calling a
phone by number we will let the
subscribers know that such rule has
been adopted and request them to con-
form to it. Then if they choose to
disregard the rule. they will be Mt lib
erty to call MP the phone holders by
name.
I'VE will not insist on the number
rule as we realize that the custom of
calling up Jones, Brown or Smith by
name has become 10 ingrained with
our Subscribers that it would be q
hardship for them to consult the
phone hoax every time they wished to
talk. Men, and particularly the
phone holding meu are so queer, any
way, Ii we attempted TO ignore the
request of caller when tre asked for
a name, as the girls are doing in
Martinsburg. and insist upon his Civ
ing the number he wishes, an inter-
esting conversation would verv likely
ensue between the said phone holder
and the exchange office. which would
not give the Hello Girl" any tight
or cinch on her position. We shall
endeavor TO conciiliate the phone
holder and if he is not tIactable to
entreatv. he can catre ont his course
to suit himself
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-11-30
YOUNG MAN ARRESTED.
charged With Stealing From b. q o
Cars as They Pass Through Town
Found Guilty and Fined

Frank Bailey, young man about
seventeen years of age, was rreste d
last evening bv Constable Fulk. on
complaint of b. & o. Detective Bur
nett. for stealing coal off of b. & o.
cars passing through town. Bailey
was caught jumping ON cars throw :
ing off coal in wholesale lots, not only
for himslf, but all so for crowd of
coal gatherers. He was taken before
Justice SNYDER and fined 81 and costs.
which be paid and was released.
AND HE SCOOTED.
B. & O. Detective Burnett chase d
a colored blind baggage rider off
train No 9 last night. The man
was halfhdrunk and pennyless and
the officers decided not to escort him
to the cages. On being told TO
"scoot" he kicked up the cinders
down the railroad track at a 2 40
gait.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-11-30
MORE STONE QUARRIES.
Limestone Land Owners, II IL evee
VIII Have Railroad Built and
Quarries Opened on Their


County Surveyor Geo w. VanMetre
has just completed route for a short
line railroad from the main line of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad to new
limestone fields in the county which
it is proposed to omen.
The route surveyed begins near the
Opequon bridge and extends eastward
to the land OF f. +. Mi,liard, which
adJoins the limestone land owned by
w. o. Nicklas.
1t will only be'a short time until o
shortline railroad Is constructed to
this valuable limestone land and more
quarries opened to increase the output
of this now famous limestone county.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-11-30
The Best Remedy for Diarrhoea.

Some wears ago while at Martins
burg, W. Va, was taken with chol-
era morbus, which was followed by
diarrhoea. The DOCTORS medicine did
me no good. was advised to get a
bottle of Chamberlain Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy, which /
did, and it cured me so und aud we'll
Ct A. Morris, Emberville, Pa.
S I'D by Matthaei's Pharmacy.