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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
Sailors Pursued by sharks.

1t is bad enough to be wrecked at
sea and floating about on what. re-
mains of ship, but when there is a
big school of sharks following in the
wake, ready to grab the first thing
that drops into the water, it is inf
nitely worse. That was the expert
ence of the crew Of the brig L. e. Mum
son. They arrived at New York aboard
the Morgan line steamer Ell Rio, Which
rescued them Just as the sharks were
about to devour the sailors. For
tunately none Of them lost their lives
although one man came near losing a
leg, which was seized by a hungry
shark. His companion dragged hin
aboard the wreckage just as the bis
fish waG about to take another bite.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
Mud Is Forever
Boiling

Among the wonders of the Yellow
stone National Park none excites more
interest than what are known as 'the
paint pots" or boiling mud springs.
Into one of thes caldrons two women
tourists recently fell and We're serl-
ously scalded. There are several
groups of these springs in the parks,
one of the largest of which occupies
space 800 yards in length by 20 IN
width. in what is known as the valley
of Alum creek, near the Crater hills.
A second group is near the wall OF the
grand canyon of the Yellowstone, four
miles below Yellowstone lake and six
miles from the Crater hills. This
group occupies space three acres in
extent and it is said the springs pre-
sent a magnificent sight when IN the
course of eruption.
The principal spring is. called the
Blue Mud Pot and is 35 feet in diam
eter. 1t is near the large sulphur
spring and when in tranquil state
looks like a lake Of blue mud. The
contents of the spring are more like
muddy water than thick mud, although
at times the mud has consistency of
mortar. In some portions of the
spring various degrees of consistency
are found, ranging from the muddy
water state to thickness of common
mortar.
There are no particular times OF
eruption from these springs, and al
though they are in groups or are very
close together, not more than two feet
separating some of them, there seems
to be no connection between them, and
they are of different colors. Various
shades of brown, red, pink, blue, Law
ender and gray are to be found, and
when all of them are spouting together
the Kaleidoscope coloring makes a
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05


the summer without him would have
been failure. He danced with
Daphne, played cards with the men,
Maud claimed him for golf, he rode
with Irene, talked books with Isabel,
rescued half dozen girls from peril
Gus positions, but Miss Peyton was
forced to acknowledge that he seemed
no nearer matrimony than at the be-
shining Of the season.
Lunch was served on the mountains
top. The daintiest of lunches, with
water clear as crystal, cold as ice.
from the depths of Swallowed
spring. A mountain top lunch-happy
faces, careless laughter born of youth
and joyousness, background of
mighty hills clothed to their crests
in verdure, golden sunshine, the coun-
try below spread out in the beauty of
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

A number Of years ago Castle Rising,
in the eastern part of England, was a
furnishing borough, returning Two
members to Parliament and possessifg
a mayor, one Wakefield, ga character
who might have stepped out of a now
elist's gallery. On one occasion the
bearer Of some election dispatches ar
rived in hot haste at Rising, and asked
for the mayor. Wakefield was engaged
in the exercise of his high calling,
which happened to be that of a thatch.
err; he was thatching a barn. On hear
ing that his presence was required, he
sent message to the dispatch-bearer
to this effect: IF it's John Wakefield
that he wants to see, I'll come down
at once. If it's the mayor of Castle
Rising he has business with, he must
come up here to me-" And on the roof
of that barn in Already the mayor re-
ceived the dispatches, with dignity be-
fitting his position, official and other
wise.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
Municipal Ownership.

Municipal ownership of public util-s
tiles seems to be making more rapid
progress in England than in the United
States, though perhaps more progress
here than most people are aware of.
A recent report by parliamentary
commissioner, which is as fair and
thorough a means of obtaining facts
as any that exists, shows that 1872
towns and cities in the United King
dom own and operate their own gas
plants. This includes many cities Of
considerable size, though not the larg-
est, like London, Liverpool, Dublin.
etc. In respect Of service and finan-
cial results a comparison is decidedly
in favor of municipal ownership as
against private.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

A recent traveller in Central Africa
gives several instances of the capaci-
ty for sleep developed by his Arab ser
wants. He mentions one of these men
as being undisturbed by the discharge
of firearms within two feet of his
head. Another is described as follows:
'Salam, our Arab boy, sleeps more
soundly than any one else l have ever
come across. 1t is task of no ordinary
magnitude to waRe him. He tells a
story in regard to- himself to the effect
that one night, when he was travelling
with an Arab IN North Africa, he had
to sleep witty their donkey tethered to
his leg t1'Keep it from running away.
When h9 woke in the morning he
found That the donkey had wandered
away t p considerable distance, and
had DRAGGED him along. Judging from
our own( experience of his sleeping
powers do not thin1etRe story in
~
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
Honduras Officials
Protect Thieves and
Social Exiles.

it is not unreasonable to ALLOW an
average membership of 100 to the 1900
clubs, or a total listed membership Of
100000. In New York city there are
1000 players who are not members Of
any club. Golfers of this class
throughout the country must aggre-
gate at least 10000, so that the golfers
of America may be put down as 10000
strong. Certainly it is not too much
to allow an average annual expense of
$500 each, which makes the total $15,-
0O0,O00.-Gustav Kohle in Harper's
Weekly.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
Golf Climbs In America,

In round numbers there are thou
sand listed clubs in the United States,
but there must be many more. my
self belong to club within littla more
than an hours railroad ride from New
York, but it has not yet got into the
Guide. How many more clubs must
there be that have escaped notice. The
total number easily is 1900, alth r
I think 200 is small aggregate
low as having escaped the ofic1
Considering that the Country
Brookline, Mass, has $50 memb|
hat it is not at all extraordi
dnd golf clubs with over 300 M
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
BUFFALO. MODEL CITY.
It's Water System a Wonder to Experts
From Other Towns.

Its Water System a Wonder to Experts
From Other Towns.
To persons interested in municipal
government one of the sights of the
Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo is
the city of Buffalo itself, which has
the reputation among municipal ex-
perts of being one of the best gov
ened cities in the world. It has 4,OOO,-
900 square yards of asphalt pavement,
almost as much as New York itself,
its system of parks and boulevards is
scarcely surpassed in the world and it's
other public utilities are not equalled
in a town of it's size. Most Of all,
however, Buffalos water system is
agreed by experts to be wonder. Its
plant is valued at $9,O0O,O0O; the
water supply, coming from an intake
in the middle of the Niagara River
within a mile of Lake Erie, is mex
haustible, and in the center of the city
is kept a vast distributing reservoir,
which alone has capacity of 49,
100000 gallons. Water comes to Buff
falo from the river through two great
tunnels, both hewn out Of the solid
rock. The pumping station which
controls the supply is the largest in
the world. 1t has $3.50 horse power,
driving through the mains daily 49,
100000 gallons, which is almost equal
to the flow of the River Thames. Buff
falo owns and operates its own water
plant Although the population of
Boston is twice that of Buffalo, twice
as much water is consumed in Buff
falo. as in Boston, and the cost and
revenue of the Boston water plant are
four times those Of Buffalo.-New
York Sun.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
To Meef ,Slosson.

Louis Barutel, the French billiard
expert, who came to America three
months ago with Jacob Schaefer on
his return from Europe, has been
matched to play George f. Slosson in
New York at date yet to be agreed
upon. A deposit Of $500 has been made
with billiard firm to bind the match,
which will be for $1,000 side, at eight
een-inch balk line. Mr.. Barutel is a
been playing billiards professionally
for fifteen years. He has met all the
we'll known experts except Slosson. He
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
Rantists of Maiden Mass. are int

Baptists of Maiden, Mass, are inter-
ested in a suit for back salary which
has been filed in the courts of Middle
sex county by the Rev. james, R. Ran
dolph against The trustees.of St. Luke's
Baptist church. Mr.. Randolph claims
that he entered into contract with
the defendant trustees of the church
on May 10, 1896, agreeing to serve as
pastor of the church at a salary of $50
a month. He claims there is now due
him the sum of s1,051.44, back salary,
and he sues the trustees to recover it
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
The Success Of Failure.

BY SARA LINDSAY COLEMAN.
Copyright, 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Cob
She was a tiny creature. 1t seemed
precocious for her to be twenty years
old; her hair curled wilfully on her
neak and brow; in the dark-lasheo
gray eyes, in the hooking red mouth
a charm, rare, perverse, charm that
transcribed beauty lurked. She rooe
slowly up the mountain trail. On
every side strange flowers shone,
MOSES covered fallen logs; in the IN
terstices of broken rock great pines
grew; a stream in it's seward rush
leaped and swirled over it's rocky bed.
Lost in mesh of thought she was
brought back to the mountain trail
by sharp blow on her face that dis
lodged her hat. Her steed, mule,
went on in spite of the desperate pull
on his mouth. She felt herself being
lifted from the saddle, her eyes stood
out, her face blanched with pain; I'M
less something stopped the mules
course the low-lying limb OF a tree
that had caught her hair threatened
to place her in a very uncomtortaple
position, for the party had gone on
and there was no help in shouting dis
tance
"Absalom, Absalom," a laughing
voice called, 81 am coming, . and down
the mountain path a man came run
ming at full speed. He threw the
mule back and released the girl from
her painful position.
In radiant good humor with himself
and all the world he looked up at her
with laughing eyes.
1t was her fate to be seen by him
at a disadvantage. There are people
who always see one at ones best, but
the Professor came on the scene When
Miss Peyton was least desirous OIL
spectators. Not two hours before she
had plunged from a rock into the Fro
fessor's long arms and he had laughed
and said he knew she would fall just
there so he had waited to save her
few bruises. The afternoon before
when the male members of the camp
ing party were fishing, she, at the en-
treaty of the girls who knew her repu-
tation for such adventures, had climb
ed to the'top of an apple tree, gone
out on the limbs and tossed apples to
the hungry girls, and in an endeavor
to descend swiftly, warned by them
that thu men were approaching, had
caught Aer dress which refused 10
tear, and hung in mid-air to be
rescued by the Professor.
Are you all right?" The Profess
sors laughter had changed to solicit
tude.
yes" The haughtiness in her
voice was born of humiliation.
The Professor led the mule up the
mountain side, breathless task III
spite of the young womans protest he
chung on to the bride. Finding con-
versation a failure he relapsed into
| silence.
| Miss Peyton sat erect, flush on her
| cheeks. 1t would have been impos-
| sible for him to follow the train of
her thought. 1t is said that every
bachelor is secretly watched by some
woman Miss Peyton had known the
| Professor for several summers. His
mothers cottage was not a hundred
| yards from her own summer home.
There was a vague report that his
| mothers and his sisters avowed dis
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

blue, misty distance, mountains melt
ing into mountains and receding into
dimmest distance-and over all the
wide panorama, shifting shadows.
After lunch Miss Peyton did not ac-
company the party to a distant point
to see the view-she was tired.
The Professor found her in the
depths of very flimsy handkerchief.
His CONSERVATION got the better of his
caution, and he made himself known
by taking the handkerchief from the
hidden face. He was rewarded by an
indignant glance under which he
quailed, but he sat down beside her.
You've made my summer miser-
able!" with a burst of righteous an
ger. II was sorry because you were
lonely, and l thought you needed a
wife-every man does who reaches
your age. I've done everything to
help you out. But you have no senti-
ment, no gratitude" She paused for
lack of breath and the Professor re-
garded her helplessly.
She said every man of his age need
ed wife-she thought him old-and
he had been dreaming such sweet
dreams.
I've given up my summer to you.
I've been dragged to picnics, crawled
up mountain sides, danced on hot
nights, and this is the end of it," she
threw out her small hands tragically,
Il can't make you marry anybody"
Why do you want me to marry? 2"
the Professors face was graver than
she had ever seen it.
Because do" she said. Because
want you to be happy"
DO the girls know" he asked.
No" Indignantly. 1t was my own
plan, never told SOUL"
There was wonderful tenderness
in the mans eyes as he regarded this
spoiled child of happiness-she was so
young so tenderly nurtured.
Il had committed The folly of fall
ing in love at an earlier date" the
Professor was punctilious in his
speech. "It was folly, but folly is
sometimes divine" The Professors
calm voice actually trembled.
And l didn't have anything to do
with it," the girl said regretfully.
You had everything to do with it.
l danced attendance on them, l didn't
care rap for them but I saw it
pleased you. Lord" the Professor
| groaned, what fools men are! You
wanted me to marry one of them. and
wanted"
| 'Who?" breathlessly.
"You"
The trees and the landscape we're
out of their normal places. There
was rushing and roaring as OF
many waters in the girls ears.
III time would help my cause" his
voice was very far away.
Time! 1t was such an old, old fac,
that the Professor wanted to marry
her-to marry little Dorothy Peytor
with all her faults and inconsistencies
IF I were younger" the Professor
said sorrowfully.
"Wed not boys, but wed grave ant
gentle men," some where she ha,
heard these words that rang in he
BRAIN
| The Professors watchful eyes tina
had not left the girls face, saw soft
color flush her cheeks.
| Dorothy, Dorothy" the Professors
hand closed over hers. his voice was
| TREMENDOUSLY eager.
Without warning the other mem
bers of the party focked into the
quietness and sweetness of their re-
treat, then stopped discreetly, but
Daphne. the irrepressible, cried: "The
Professor is in love with Dorothy" ?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
1,oo,, pei,ce . Grand Army vet.

Jacob PIERCE, Grand Army veteran.
who died few days ago in Denver,
Colo, was known in Ohio il the years
preceding the civil Wara director
of the "undergrouno faliW ay," and
through him many d sia'e Was helped
to freedom beyond Tue lana lian from
tier. HIS prlnclpal WON aaring the
war was as Waramas.er " all the
union hospitals IN Nasnvrae' Tenn. In
the line OF MS duty II zen " his lot to
close the eyes OIL more enan 1000 boyg
in blue.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

Christian. the grandson a. +ho king
ana helr-apparent to the Danish
throne, married the Princess Alexan-
drlne OF Germany and they have a son,
Frederick, who was born two years ago
last Maych, Charles, another grand
son, is the husband Of the Princess
Maud Of Wales, daughter of the king
OF England Charlotte. a grandaugh-
ter, is the wife OF Prince Carl of swe-
den' and there are five grandchildren
unmarried.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
People hnd
ar Ex,enfS
BIackburn.s Bride TO BE.

The positive announcement Of Sen.
ator Joseph G. S. Blackburn's impend.
ing marriage to Mrs. Mary r. Black
burn, widow of his kinsman, Judge
H. H. Blackburn OF West Virginia, has
aroused Washington society from its
summer siesta. This engagement was
announced January 8 and publication
met with vigorous protest from the
prospective bride and groom. The we'd
ding was originally set for an early
date in March and was to have been
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

She Rode Slowly Up the Mountain.
approval of matrimony had caused
him to give up the woman he loved.
Each year he grew more preoccupied,
more wrapped in his studies. If one
might judge from externalities, the
Professor seemed drifting into perma-
nent bachelorhood.
Miss Peyton was young, pretty
She counted her lovers by the dozen.
and she was not accustomed to have
her plans miscarry. The Professors
ill-luck depressed her-she believed
his relatives had doomed him to I'M
happiness. She took things into her
own hands. She filed her house with
guests.
The summer had been ore round of
frolic, which was to terminate with
the week of camp life. The Professor
had Joined the party and had thrown
himself into the gay life with an
abandon and boyishness that had
delighted Miss Peyton.
There was unanimous yctv that |
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
Miss Mary Holbrook, a men \

Miss Mary Holbrook, men Der Of a
well-known family of Holbrool Mass.
has established a fund of $4,000. the
income from which is to bel o main
tain public worship IN tne Winthrop
Congregational Churcn OF LIT town.
1t is also given 10 perpet''ale Mss Hol-
brooks annual glit' as sue as been
accustomed to give yearly. to the
church an amount about eqI TO the
income from $4,000.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
Murky Springs of Yellow
stone Park Which
Continually

beautiful picture. The streams thrown
from the craters of the springs some
times mount as high as 40 feet, and
in falling form an edge around the tur-
bid lake that causes the resemblance
to paint pots, from which the springs
take their names. In the valley of
the Alum creek, where the Blue Mud
pot is found, tourists observe puffs of
mud rising from the surface for over
500 yards.
The second group of springs pre-
sents every possible variation Of col
or. There are perhaps hundrehS OF
the smaller springs, all of then
ing the raised edges, which .ar|
cred with the vari-cA 1agad
mud has a temporal
grees and seems to
times. The springs al
ly resemble caldrons
pink, blue lavender a
color.
In these smaller
generally circular p
deep, completely cove
side with the colored
when dried and burned
fire or by the sun, m
quality of plaster. CD
that after being properly
would make better mortal
than anything now used II
pose. When the white mu
it takes a form very much
of finished meerschaum, and
as pliable and lasting. The
tains a great deal of sulp
tastes strongly of alum. The
show no signs of diminishing t.
or size.
A creed may be either compay
a strait-jacket
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

Mand, tory ApproprIating for Schools
Ever year increases the cost of the
public chools Of New York. This
year V cost $1S,512,OOO. Next year
about 8, 800 900 will be demanded by
the ard of Education. OF this
12aldnt sis, Isl, 900 will be mandatory
nder the Davis law.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
Louis RARETEI.

has travelled extensively, giving exhi.
Litions and playing matches in Vienna
Berlin, Buda-Pesth, Rome, Carlsbad
St. Petersburg, Brazil, Portugal, Chile
and Mexico, as well as in the leading
academies of France and America.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

K John Brown, scotchman, is just
now making a tour Of the rivers of
France in sort Of sailing canoe, hav-
ing resolved to cover 1000 miles onj
water before returning to his native
larI. Mr.. Brown cooks and sleeps irl
his diminutive vessel and has no traY
cling companion. His craft measures
fifteen feet in length, is little OVER
three feet wide, and nearly two ffee
in depth. Brown assures his FreHfcn
interviewers that he thoroughly ~,
joys his outing, which, he says, W ~
keep him from home more than year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
Use TIL
More 4
Heels. J

would soon beco
manner of Kilke
may be said of ]
are armed with
most as formidan
boar. With the !
orang-outang, VIII
grisly ridge rounI
of loose skin ben
few Of the quadr
sess any mechanic
ton from the murd
fellows. Among cd
lean monkeys, as 9
of mankind, the v
to have supplanted {
the settlement of civil
is also true of most
rious duel is product
a very little wool an,
of corpses.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

About 1000 persons and 30 vessels
are employed in the spong. fisheries
Of Florida. The profits las ve,r ara
estimated at $3.50, 900.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

There was an awkward moment.
''And l am in love with the Profess
sor" Dorothy's laughter rang out as
amused and unconscious as a child,s.
It's silvery peal opened the gates OF
heaven to a man.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

Few things arc mora iovons n an
,audianca +hans +ha ,oixaa ,,,st t ~
an orator Tha Ir;s -, go 10 sp. fan,ons
for tic contrib,,t;ons = :, a,.ri ,,,ant IN
this narticn1ar The 1cad ss rs, Gives
+hraa ;l, ~ 49,, ~ 60 s ), ao;a
lata I,ars No.. No., - n,,l,,;a .s+and
sna -, ~ 49,, 800 - - 80. u 80. LIN,
ha eight -, $50 go. a7, ' 4h nost
80 ivy. 49,. - so err, necAs az .ne iess
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The Lamar register., 1901-09-04
TAMMEN AND BONFILS
CLEARED BY COURT

Denver, Sept. 1.-Judge Mullins yes
terday granted the motion of Attorney
Milton Smith and instructed the jury
to acquit H. H. Tammen, f. G. Bon
ills, w. ]. Thomas, Daniel J. Sadlier
and Robert Schroeder. charged with
attempting to bribe jury to return n
verdict against w. w. Anderson on
trial charged with the shooting of
Tammen and Bonfils.
The order of the court was as fol-
lows:
In cnses numbered 1901 to 8, the
People versus Tammen ct al. the
court has during the recess fully and
carefully gone over and considered the
law and the evidence In the case now
before the court. The burden Of proof
in these cases is upon the state. and
the state must show the guilt Of the
defendants beyond all reasonable
doubt. The law has clothed these de-
PENDANTS with the presumption of In
nocence, which protects them from the
beginning to the end of the trial. The
state having introduced its evidence,
the defense under Its rights has
asked the court to instruct the jury to
return a verdict for the defendants.
- n
The Lamar register., 1901-09-04
OLD YACHT COLUMBIA
BEATS CONSTITUTION

Newport. r. l.. Sept. 1.-The Column
bia, splendidly handled. beat the Con-
stitution yesterday, four minutes. nine
teen seconds, corrected time. over u
course of fifteen miles to windward
and back in the first trial races to Sc
lect the cup defender. The defeat was
decisive and admirers of the Consti-
tuition are at their wits end to make
apologies and excuses for her bad be-
havior. She was fresh from the Her.
reshof ship yard. where her bottom
was FURNISHED until it glistened ike
plates of glass in the sunlight. Her
sails fitted her admirably, with the ex-
ception of the balloon jib topsail. which
she set on the homeward reach. Thus
she had no drawback to act as detri-
ment to her speed. Moreover. Nat Her
reshoff, her designer and builder. was
aboard. All, however. was of no
avail. The Constitution was beaten
fairly on her merits, and unless sne
sails better on Monday and wednesday
the committee which has the matter
in charge may decide upon selecting
the Columbia to meet Shamrock H.