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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
At the Tennessee Dairy School.


Geo. w. Markham, writing to the
Farmers Review from the Tennessee
Agricultural college, says: THE short
course began January 8, 1901. There
were about thirty-three students at the
opening, and some have come since.
Much prominence is given to dairying,
although all the subjects taken up
seem to be very carefully considered.
The dairy building is a very fine N
and supplied with a large variety OF
milk testers, e separators, cheese
making outfits, together with all the
other necessary machinery and fixtures
required. All the students working in
this building are uniformed in white
duck suits and they present a neat and
businesslike appearance. We are di-
vided into squads and on different days
have instruction in running the boiler
and engine, milk testing, churning, and
the manipulation of the several types
of separators. Besides this, there is
work in pasteurizing milk and prepar-
ing it for the city trade and in the
making of cheese. For myself, l have
been on churning, butter making, milk
testing, boiler and engine, etc., and l
have found out that one practice period
on churning extending from one to six
o'clock has taught mi more than l ever
imagined there was to know about this
subject, All the students are delighted
with this work and every n is sur
prised at the vast amount Of informa-
ton required to run a dairy properly"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
we all greatly heed more courage t

we all greatly need more courage t,
brave the world and brave satanic as
sault when thera is something aggres.
sive and bold and dangerous to be I'm,
dertaken for God and righteousness.
And if we happier. to get bit what an
ado we make about it! We all need
more of the stuff that martyrs are
made out of. VIE want sanctified
grit, more Christian pluck. more holy
recklessness as to what the world may
say and do ia any crisis of oLr life.
Be right and do right. and all earth
and hell combined cannot put you
down.
The same little missionary who
wrote my text also uttered that piled
up magnif1cence to be found in those
words which ring like battle axes on
splitting helmets: I'm all these things
we are more than %conquercrs through
him that loved us, for I am persuaded
that neither death, nor life, nor angels,
nor principalities, nor powers, nor
things present, nor things to come, nor
height, nor depth, nor any other crea-
~ Sllall OO " W oOpoldIC uS llOul
the love of God. which is in Christ
Jesus or Lord"
How do you like that, you towards,
who shrink back from aggressive work
and if so much as a splinter pierce
your flesh cry out louder than many a
one torn in auto da fe? Many a SOL
der has gone through a long war, been
H. 4x.1..k L-x41z- Ia - -.-.-..- $500
hill mounted by cannon and swept by
musketry and yet came home without
having been once hit and without a
mark upon him. But it will not be SO
among those who pass in the grand re-
view of heaven. They have all in the
holy wars been wounded. and all bear
scars. And what would the newly ar
rived in heaven do with nothing to
show that he had ever been struck by
human or diabolic weaponry? How
embarrassed and eccentric such an one
in such a place! Surely he would want
to be excused awhile from the heaven
ly ranks and be permitted to descend
to earth, crying Give me anothe.
chance to do something worthy of an
immortal. Show me some post of dan
ger to be -~---od. some fortress tc
be stormed. some difficult charge to
make. Like Leonidas at Thermopylae
like Miltriades at Marathon, like Marl.
borough at Blenheim, like Godfrey a,
Jerusalem, like Winkelried at sampacf
gathering the spears of the austrian
knights into his bosom. giving his life
for others, show me some place where
| can do a brave thing for God. l car
not go back to heaven until somewhere
bear in my body the marks of thu
Lord Jesus NY hearer, my reader
quit complaining about your misfor
tunes and disappointments and trou
bles and through all time and all eter
nifty thank God for scars!
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
DEATH OF A VETERAN IRON
WORKER.

There passed away in Allegheny, Pa,
the other day, a mar whose career has
embraced an epitome of the develop
ment and progress Of railroad build
ing-Philip James. The chief fame OF
this extraordinary old man was that
he puddled the iron for the first Trail.
This great innovation in iron manu-
featuring was produced in 1881, at the
Dowlias Iron Works, Dowlias, Gla-
~morganshire, Wales. owned by Josiah
John Guest and Rev. Thomas Guest. I
Mr.. James was born in Wales, id
1918. At the age OF Z he began worE
in the iron mill, sweeping plates.
Young James was later placed in charge
of a furnace. and was not yet 19 when
he assisted in making the first Trail.
He came to this country in 1887, locat-
ing as puddler at Haverstraw, N. Y.
Later he moved to Reading. Pa, and
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
American Horse. in Germany.

Germany is one of the countries in
which American horses have obtained
a footing, and the effect upon horse
growing there is described in the Ham
burger Nachrichtan as follows:
Importations from America have
caused the horse raisers of Holstein
to suffer much Of late. A stock COM
pany has just been formed in Berlin
for the express purpose Of importing
horses from the United States. The
Americans have succeeded in breeding
a horse which compares favorabiy i'll
every way with the Holstein animal,
especially in those points so highly
priced in a work horse-namely, broad
hips and large build generally. The
best markets for Holstein horses have
always been the provinces Of Saxony,
T%huringia and Brunswick. The de-
mand is created by the large sugar
factories. This market has been de-
creasing Of late, owing to American
horses being purchased in Berlin. A
few days ago this Berlin company
shipped a drove of eighty through
Hamburg en- route for Milan, Italy,
where they are to be used on the tram
ways. Almost every week a long
freight train filled with American
horses leaves the Berliner bahnhof for
various parts of Germany. In spite OF
expensive freight and a tariff of 81
per head, the Americans have built up
a respectable competition in the Ger
man market.
Reports from American %consuls, both
in Germany and elsewhere in Europe,
indicate that the conditions described
in the foregoing extract are becoming
the prevailing ones in many other for
eign markets. as we'll as those OF Ger
many.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
A HOME.
Rousseau's Famous Les Charmettes'
Ready for a Purchaser.

lSO~uSSeAuS Famous Ley SnAFheEtSS
Ready for a Purchaser.
In all literature there is hardly n
house more famous than Les Char
mettes, that modest dwelling in Cham
berry where Jean Jacques Rousseau, The
renowned French philosopher, spent
the happiest years of his life,a and there
fore it is no wonder that the reading
public of Europe was considerably sur
prised and somewhat shocked when it
heard the other day thz. It Cad been
advertised for sale, says the ssAIouis
Star. The advertisement reau
lows: For saleIIes Charms1 Il
historic homs~of Jean Jacques Rous-
sealAs together with furniture, fields,
and orchard" In 1900 the house was
built, but it first became historic on
July 6, 1883, that being the day on
which Nine. de Warens, Rousseau's
friend, purchased it, together with "a
barn, m~eadowland, orchard, plowland,
vineyard, two oxen, two COWS, ten
sheep, seven hens, and a cock" The
new owner occupied it at once and
Rousseau Joined her there later in the
same year.. OF his life there one of his
French biographers says: ITO Nine. de
Warens the world is infinitely indebted
since it was she who provided this
man, the son of a Geneva matchmaker,
with a home in which he had ample
opportunity to improve himself and to
develop his many talents. Since 1882,
the year in which Rousseau's "Confes-
sions" were published, Les Charmettes
has been a Mecca for thousands of his
admirers from all parts Of the world,
not a year since that time passing in
which hundreds have not visited it and
reverently taken away from the little
flower garden some buds or leaves in
memory of him.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS or INTEREST TO
AGRlcULTURISTs.
seme Up-to-Date Hints About Cultiva-
sion of the Soil and Yields Thereof
Horticulturs. %vitioulturs and Florioul-
ture.
Experiments With Wheat.

4E"HH " AOeN
At the Ontario experiment station
tests with wheat have been a promi-
nent part OF. the work. Some of the re-
suits are reported on as follows:
The average Of several years results
from seeding at different dates shows
that the grain which was sown on or
before the ninth OF September gave a
considerably larger yield Of both straw
and grain than that which was sown
after that date. The very best yields
were obtained from the wheat which
was sown in the last week of August.
An experiment with different prep
arations Of winter wheat land has
been conducted in duplicate in each Of
four years. The average results in
bushels Of grain per acre of the eight
tests are as follows: Twenty tons Of
farm-yard manure per acre on bare
summer fallow, 40.9; crop Of peas
plowed under, 36.1; bare summer fall
low. 1873; crop Of buckwheat plowed
under, 29.6. These results show that
peas give much better results than
buckwheat when used as a green ma
nure on land to be used for winter
wheat.
In an experiment conducted during
the past year in growing wheat on
grass sod and on clover sod it was
found that the former gave 1872 per
cent less in yield of grain per acre
than the latter. Ten plots were used
for the experiment. The crop of both
grass and clover was removed from the
land in 1899, after which the land was
plowed and the wheat was sown dur
ing the first week of September. The
experiment will likely be repeated for
several years.
In each of six years an experiment
has been conducted in duplicate by
sowing winter wheat broadcast and
with a drill The results from sowing
the same quantities Of seed by the two
methods are very similar, the yields
per acre being practically equal. 1t
should be understood that the land
was in a good state Of cultivation when
the seeding took place, in every case.
In order to find out the influence of
cutting wheat at different stages of
maturity upon the quality of the grain
for seed purposes, samples were taken
from the crop cut at different dates,
and these samples were carefully sown
upon separate plots. In the average
results of these tests made with two
varieties in each Of five years, it was
found that the heaviest weight of
grain per measured bushel, and the
largest yield of grain and straw per
acre, were produced from seed taken
from the crop which had been allowed
to become very ripe before it was cut.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
The Progress. in poultry-Keep,nr.

Half a century ago poultry-keeping
was simply a fashionable amusement
and pastime, says American Stockman.
The beginning may be said to be about
lS47 to 1850. at the time of the intro
duction of the Shanghais. Those who
have some knowledge of the history
OF the past have a fair idea Of what
poultry has accomplished. The casual
observer Of years ago saw only enough
of it to disgust him with the whole
business. Men who were engaged in it
saw enough money in it, and as many
as had judgment enough to curtail ex-
penses and reduce stock at the right
time came out with a little money and
or less experience, the latter
worth perhaps as much in the long run
as the money. A great many so-called
fanciers, however, went into the BUSH
ness merely for the sake of the specu-
lation and excitement it afforded, and
went out of it without knowing or car
ing anything about the ultimate results
OF the poultry interest at large. Fan
ciers of this type land it is possible
that there are a few Of them in the
business YETI were interested only in
the proceeds, with no thought OF what
poultry breeding has done for the i'm
provement of the general stock OF the
country, and the increase Of the prod
ucts Of the pou,try-yards Of the ma
ton. There have always been some
fanciers who were true fanciers-not
speculators-who worked for nobler
ends than merely to make money. The
money end, of course, was not lost sight
of, but it was not the governing pur-
pose.
The Senate committee on agricul-
ture has reported favorably on the bill
prohibiting the coloring Of oleomar-
garine. The minority on the commit
tee has reported a substitute bill, as
was done in the House, but it is prob
able that it will meet with the same
fate as did that substitute. The live
stock raisers committee appeared be-
fore the Senate committee on agricul-
ture and did all in their power to
prevent favorable action and they were
backed up by a committee from the
cotton raisers Of the South, who were
interested because Of the amount Of
~cottonseed oil used in the making Of
ol~eomargarine. The report of the ma
jority says that the bill is desired by
the farmers of tho country and that
it's passage will o interfere to any
considerable extent with the interests
of the stock raisers and cotton grow.
ers.
A serious malady resembling typhoid
is said to be raging among live stock
in the Province Of Quebec. Large num-
bers Of both horses and cattle have
died
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
American Poland Chin. Record Com
pany Meeting.

American Polsnd-China Record Com
pany Meeting.
The twenty-fourth annual meeting
Of this company will be held in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, Wednesday, Feb. 10,
1901. The business to be reported
will show a great increase over the
past few years. This denotes a great
ly increased interest in the business
and should draw out a large meeting
Of the members of the company. This
is always one Of the most interesting
swine gatherings Of the country. The
forenoon will be devoted to transact
ing the regular record business. and
the afternoon and evening to the read
ing of several papers and discussion
thereon. Among those who Will read
papers will be J. ]. Furlong, Austin.
MINI; G. G. Kenyon, Mt. Carroll. ILL.,:
Carlos Fawcett, Springdale, Ia; c. r.
Hood. Battle Creek, Ia, and H. H.
Fay. Coggon. la. For program OF
other particulars, address w. M. Nc
Fadden, Sec'y, West Liberty. la.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28

There are thirty social settlements i !
New York which are in touch with
mor than 10000 people. In the set
Element houses are 233 classes and 23s
clubs, with a membership Of II, $50
Social pursuits are the object of 1O2
clubs, while r%ecreative and instructive
features are combined in the others,
In rs settlements there are 20 kinder
gartens with 1882 children.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
Weeds in the Garden.

Weeds injure growing crops by ap-
propriating the available plant food, by
removing water from the soil, and, in
the case Of small vegetables, by
excluding light. While a soil may be
very fertile, there seldom is present
enough plant food, in the form neces-
sary for the use of plants, to support
a crop of weeds and a crop of vegeta-
bles at the same time. But weeds
usually do the greatest injury by re-
moving from about the roots of the
crop the water needed by it. Not only
do weeds require water for their in
crease in size, but water is continually
evaporating from the surface Of their
leaves. While they may shade the
surface Of the soil SO as to check evap-
grafton there, the evaporation from
their leaves is much more rapid than
it would be from the surface of the
unshaded soil, If it were properly Gull
tivated. Thus, the destruction Of the
weeds by cultivation not only curtails
the loss of plant food and of water, but
the process produces all the desirable
conditions Of the soil mentioned above.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28

MRS. CHARLOTTE PADGHA
Ssho was born near Kensington %
al the same hour as Queen Victoril
ing circumstances of events occur
In the vicinity of the great EnS
palace. In those days the Duk9
Kent was far from being in af1ue1N
circumstances and the family lived i d
a very modest way. The little Prin4
cess Victoria was kept in ignorance OF
the fact that she would one day bd
queen until she was II years oldh S
recalls wildly the night that WI
III. died. The villagers stood i
streets during the night and
morning when It vas announced
Alexandria Victoria, daughter
Duchess of Kent, had been made
Of the United Kingdom, the tow
shaken with cheers and God Saw
Queen" rang out for the first
Mrs, Padgharn often saw Prince
bert, who married the queen, and 4
~ pccrinnS hj1, nc a M 4, rH
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28

With yer 75.0oe,0o0 Of population
in this country California today stands
isolated. with only 1.5oo.O0 OF popula-
ton, but producing In many Hnes suf-
iclsnt for 100.0oo.00o. Of consumers.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
REMARKABLE WOMAN
WHOSE BIRTH WAS A STRANGE
CONFIDENT.
syracuse, New York, Lady born -
Same Time and Place as b LAts
Queen Victoria Wanted - Outlive
the Queen and Still Lives.

In a modest house on South State
street, Syracuse, N. Y, lives an aged
widow. who was born within sight Of
the windows Of Kensington palace, on
the same day and almost at the samel
hour that Queen Victoria first saw the
light She is Mrs. Charlotte Padgham1
and by her survival OF England's
queen her lifelong wish has been graf
lied.
Mrs. Padgham's maiden nam
Charlotte Carpenter, and sha.was
IN the parish of St. Margal
minister, May "a. 1919. Hs
a well-to-do farmer. Acc
English law all births are
be recorded in the parish
whether the children be the
the land or the lowliest.
and Duchess of Kent followe
tom and Princess Victoria's \
inscribed. and directly after W &S&68
the signature Of the humble
Carpenter, announcing the bill
daughter, Charlotte.
Mrs. Padgham recalls many
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
ay,e

the prince consort's habit, while stay.
ing at Kensington, to roam through
the village, stopping here and thereI
to chat with the farmers and trades
people. Mrs. Padgham zane to this
country soon after the queens mag
riage.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
A Students, imitation PATS
PHILIP JAMES

a Stud8Hts InitiatIOn Party.
A wild-eyed resident of Iowa
dashed into police headquarters
the other evening and announced
a lot of grave robbers were at wor
the church yard. Several OH
started for the scene and there, 8
enough, We're a number Of fguI
grouped around one of the largestm
uments. The sleuths crept
were Just ahoaat tos
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
Martyrs All Around Us.

People think they must look for mar
tyrs on battlefields or go through a his
tory to find busnrngs at the stake and
tortures on racks when there are mar
tyrs all about Us. At this time in this
capital city there are scores of men
wearing themselves out IN the public
service. In ten years they will not
have a healthy nerve left in their body.
In committee rooms. in consultations
ikat involve the welfare of the nation.
'nder the weight of great responsible
les. their vitality is being %subtracted.
~ almost every village of the country
Q find some broken down state or ma
tional ofaciai. After exhausting him
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
ARMY or Chrl .tlan soldier.

Army of Chri.tIan Soldiers.
All We who bear in your body the
marks of the Lord Jesus, have you
thought what use those marks will be
in the heavenly world? What source
of glorious Renaissance! In that world
you will sit together and talk over
earthly experiences. Where did you
get that SCARF" saint will say to saint.
and there will come back a story of
hardship and struggle and persecution
and wounds and victory through the
grace Of the gospel. Another spirit will
say to listening spirit, Where did you
get that hurt so plainly marked?" And
the answer will be: ooh, that was one
OF the worst hurts l ever had. That
was a broken friendship. We were in
sweetest accord for years, together in
JOY and sorrow. What one thought
the other thought. We were David
and Jonathan. But our personal in
terests parted, and our friendship
broke. never to be renewed on earth.
But we have made it all up here, and
Misunderstanding are gone, and we
are in the same heaven, on neighboring
thrones, in neighboring castles, on the
banks Of the same river"
Practical Application.
Now what is the practical use of this
subject? 1t is the cultivation of Chris
tian heroics. The most of us want t.
say things and do things for God when
there is no danger of getting hurt. We
are all ready for easy work. for popu-
lar work. for compromising work. but
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28

A serious malady resembling typhoid
is said to be raging among live stock
in the Province Of Quebec. Large num-
beers Of both horses and cattle have
died
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28

self in the public service, rough Ameri-
can politics kicks him out of congress
or cabinet or legislative hall. and he
goes into comparative %obscurity and
comparative want. for he has been
long enough away from home to lose
his professional opportunities. No
man that was ever put to death by
sword or instrument of torture was
more OF a martyr than that mar who
has been wrung to death by the de-
mand Of official position. The scars
may not be visible, for these are scars
on the brain and scars on the nerves
and scars on the heart. but neverthe-
less are they scars, and God counts
them, and their reward will be abund-
ant
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ALBERT BfYigvHiU, CashleI

The more we hear Il tks Con-
cert to be given on the 10th fh5t'.
for the benefit 81 the Knights Of
Honor lodge, the more We are cor
tain of a grand success The pf0-
gramme Is fine one, and thoie
Who will attend will have i treat.
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Let every one Of our citizens
bear in mind that unless hs pays
his poll tax Before the 3lst inst:
he will not be qualified to vote in
the town election next May, nor in
the Congressional election next
November. Therefore, his night
of suffrage rests With himself, BE-
can preserve this right or disaus-
lify himself.
/. car Buggiss just received
ct Z. G. Duchamp.
Our phone number is 47-4. il
you have any news item of any
kind pledse call us and We viii Be
glad to get the news II you have
any guests ct your house 've will
be pleased to hsvs you call us,
give MS their names, whore they
are from etc. Do not be afraid
| Of bothering us, We have put the
phone in the Office just for thu
purpose. So give us the call.
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REV. EDWARD FORD

Who was adjudant Of the old Sol.
disrs society in St Martin parish
we'll knownFand esteemed by the
citizens of the town And parish.
died at his home In St M3ftin-
vile. Saturday morning Deoember
l4th 1901. Hs'lsaves : widow and
q large family Of children TO
mourn bis losa he is gone from
labor to his reward.
PC. HurA