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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-01
Heroine of the Civil War.

In September monument will be
erected on the Gettysburg battlefield,
dedicated to the memory Of brave
Iowa girl. 1t will bear these legends:
On the front, Jennie Wade, Killed
While Making Bread for the Union
Soldiers On the reverse, Erected by
the Women's Relief Corps of Iowa, A.
D. 1901" One side will bear these
words, Whatsoever God Willeth Must
Be, Though Nation Mourn" On the
other side will be, "She Hath Done
What She Could" Jennie Wade was
one Of the heroines of the civil war.
she was killed by stray mimic ball
of the Confederate while making bread
for the Union soldiers in the little
brick house of her sister, right in the
stormiest and most dangerous part of
the three days battle-ground. The first
day of the battle she drew and carried
water from the windlass we'll, and
filled the canteens of the Union SOL
diers, amid the shrieking of shells and
the awful din of the battle. For thirty
eight years her grave has remained UNI
marked. The movement for a monu-
ment started in 1899, at the close of
the national encampment at Philadel-
,phia, when the Iowa women spent a
day at Gettysburg, and resolved to
render homage to the memory Of the
brave Pennsylvania girl. The money is
now all raised. The monument is to be
of Barre granite and Italian marble,
and will cost $500.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-01

All the uniforms were blue, all the
swords and rifles new,
When the regiment went marching
down the street,
All the men were hale and strong as
they proudly moved along
Through the cheers that drowned
the music of their feet.
Oh the music Of their feet keeping
time to drums that beat,
Oh the glitter and the splendor Of
the sight;
AS with swords and rifles new, and in
uniforms of blue,
The regiment went marching to the
fight.
When the regiment came back all the
the guns and swords were black,
And the uniforms had faded into
gray,
And the faces of the men who march
ed, through that street again
4 Seemed like faces of the dead who
who lose their way.
For the dead who lose their way can
not look more gaunt or gray
Oh the sorrow and the anguish of
the sight,
Oh the weary tagging feet out of step
with drums that beat,
When the regiment came marching
from the fight.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Harper's
Weekly.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-01
Lincoln on Br,gadier Generals.

A writer in the Novoe Vremya tells
how, when Alexander, prince of Bull
garia, asked the Russian minister Of
war to lend Bulgaria 800 non-commis-
stoned officers to instruct his army, the
Russian general replied that Russia
had not 300 non-commissioned officers
to lend, but he could lend Bulgaria 800
generals, if that would do as well. This
recalls the story President Lincoln
used to tell during the civil war of the
man in Washington who threw stick
out of the window of his hotel and
knocked over six brigadiers, and ''itwas
not a good day for brigadier generals,
either" Another story of like purport
is that of Lincoln's saying, when some
of his mules and a brigadier general
were captured in raid near Washing
ton, he did not mind the brigadier, be-
cause he could easily make another,
but the mules were valuable.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-01

The latest yarn about the negotia-
tions between the United States and
Denmark as to the future of the Dan
ish West Indies has just been told and
denied. 1t came via London from
Copenhagen and was promptly
s9uelched at Washington. 1t brings
into notice a peculiar condition pre-
vailing down, in the Caribbean Sea.
The story said that if Denmark was
not to sell the islands the United
States would insist that st. Thomas
be fortified. In way, the beautiful
little harbor of Charlotte Amalie at
st. Thomas is fortified now. At least
there is a fort there and it is gar
jrisoned by Danish troops 1t is almost
a landlocked harbor, and on the high
ShAdland at its entrance there is a
&iy nal yard and an observer who is
constantly alert to sight while they are
still far at sea the large number of
ships of all kinds and all countries
which make the port busy place.
When the signal shows that a foreign
man~of-war is making for the harbor,
as one often does, the port being free
and an excellent coaling place, one of
the soldiers of the garrison gets him
self in readiness to fire the return sa-
lutte to the visitor when she shall have
fred the requisite number of guns in
honor Of the Danish flag, which may
be seen rising to her peak as she
'eteams up the harbor The little ex-
hange OF amenities may never be
emitted, and they say down at ST.
Thomas that these salutes cost the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-01
ART I'm FRONT DOORS.
Let Glazed Pictures Replace Blistered
Paint and Granting.

Let Glazed Pictures Replace Blistere5
Paint and Granting.
How many thousands of expanses of
blank nonentity are represented in
London alone by that portentous en-
blem of responsibility, the front
door? Has it never occurred to any,
body what boundless field for the
exercise of decorative art has here
been so long neglected? With the
exception of very few made in pol
ished mahogany and some with orna-
mental iron work, the artistic posi-
lihittiees-eeff Wbastt~ DDsT. Johnson might
have called "the Egneous -harrieadoe"
is altogether neglected. If you knooee}S,
or ring, and the servant is long
while answering the door''-as if a
door were in the habit of asking uues-
tions-you will find there is nothing
to look at but blistered paint, or grain
ing, which is never the least like any
wood that was ever known, or possibly
bilious, distorted presentment of
yourself in brass plate. Now, why
should this dismal state Of things be
allowed to exist? Every front door
should be different from it's neighbor,
and every portal should be JOY to the
waiter in the doorstep. Artists are
plentiful, and plate glass is inexpen-
siye Let the panels be removed from
the door and let glazed pictures take
their place. 1t might take the form
of landscape, figure, or decorative
work, or anyone who wished to adj
vertise himself might exhibit his own
portrait to the passing public. If you
could not afford pictures you might
have black-and-white sketches, etch-
ings and prints. In little while you
would get to know mans house. not
by the number, but by the picture.
The only drawback 1 see to the idea
is that, if you exhibited a specially fine
work of art, you would have your steps
blocked up by enthusiasts anxious to
have a cheap look at it.-Lady's Pic
torial.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-01

pity 1t is thai you cannot spend more
evenings at hS.ae in trying to help her
bear that sorrow! You can never
drown that grief in the wine cup. You
can never break away from the little
arms that ueed to be flung around
your neck when she used to say,
Papa, do stay with me tonight, do
stay with me tonight" You will never
be able to wipe away from your lips
the dying kiss of your little girl. The
fascination of a bad secret society is so
great that sometimes man has turned
MS back on his home when his child
was dying of scarlet fever. He went
away Before he got back at midnight
the eyes had been closed, the under
taker had done his work, and the wife.
worn out with three weeks watching,
lay unconscious in the next room.
Then the returned father comes I'm
stairs, and sees the cradle gone, and he
says, What is the matter?" On the
Judgment day he will find out what
was the matter.
oh, man astray, God help you!
am going to make very stout rome.
You know that sometimes a ropemaker
Will take very small threads and wind
them together until after awhile they
become ship cable. And I am going
to take some very small delicate
threads and wind them together I'M
TIL they make very stout rope. 1
will take all the memories of the mar
r1age day-a thread of laughter, a
thread of light, a thread of music. a
thread of banqueting, a thread of con-
gratulation-and twist them together.
and l have one strand Then l take a
thread of the hour of the first advent
IN your house, a thread of the dark
ness that preceded, and a thread of the
beautiful scarf that little child used to
wear when she bounded out at even
tide to greet you, and a thread of the
beautiful dress in which you laid her
away for the resurrection, and then T
tWlst all these threads together, and
nave another strand Then I take n
thread of the scarlet robe of a suffer-
ing Christ, and thread of the white
ralment OF your loved ones before the
throne, and string of the harp cheru-
bic, and a string of the harp seraphic,
and twist them all together, and I
have third strand. "Oh,' you say,
EITHER strand is enough to hold fast
world" No, will take these
strands and l will twist them together
and one end of that rope 1 will fasten
not to the communion table, for it
shall be removed; not to pillar of the
organ, for that will crumble in the
ages; but I wind it round and round
the cross of a sympathizing Christ,
and, having fastened one end of the
rope to the cross, throw the other
end to you. Lay hold of it! Pull for
your life! Pull for heaven!
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-01
MKl AZ (ISuI i!
Danish government more for powder
and the necessary garrison mainten-
ance than the total of the government
receipts from the island.
Veteran Ha. youthful, Ann..r,,

Veteran Has Youthful Appearance.
Maj.-Gen. William T. Clark of Wash
lngton, who was Acknowledgement I'M
der Gen. Mcpherson, is one of the
youngest looking of the civil war vet
Grams. He is portly, ruddy, and hand
some, and would hardly be recognized
by those of McPhersons men who
have not seen him in the interval be-
tween the war and now. At that time
he weighed lit pounds. Now he weighs
all of 200. In commenting on the Phil
ippines situation, with which he keeps
in touch in Washington, Gen. Clark
said: Those people have little idea of
the really beneficial work our soldiers
are doing for them, and they won't
either, for the next two or three gener-
at1ens. They have had an opportunity
during the last 400 years to work out
their own salvation under Spanish
systems. and they haven't done it. Here
at home we've had the Yankee idea
with us so long that we sometimes
forget that it was a thing Of slow
growth. like to go off in New Eng
land and look over those old towns and
villages. To me those old gray country
schoolhouses, and some of those fray
ed-out old homesteads, where our early
lawyers and preachers and school
teachers hammered out system of
political and religious liberty for them
selves, are an inspiration. They are the
cradle spots of the mighty things that
move this nation today. Those yellow
devils shooting our soldiers from the
brush off in the Philippines don't real
lze any of these things today, but their
grandchildren will"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-01
Pretty Story of Gen. Harrison.

The late General Harrison was wide
ly respected, admired and esteemed.
He could, moreover, make warm
friends and keep them. Nevertheless,
he had not what is considered win
ming ersonality-except to children.
"A born child lover, children instinc-
lively knew and loved him for their
friend. A prettier campaign anecdote
seldom found it's way into print than
that, recently retold and worth retell-
ing Of how he unconsciously converted
an opponent into a partisan. In fam
lily of strong Republican principles
there was a little daughter, Emily, only
years old, but of an exceptionally
quick mind and fair spirit. This little
lady picked up enough understanding
of the presidential campaign then in
progress to know that there were two
candidates for office, General Harrison
and Mr.. Cleveland, and to observe in
her household what struck her as I'M
fair favoritism toward Mr.. Harrison.
He was always commended; Mr. Cleve-
land was always decried. In spirit of
childish championship for the under
dog" she constituted herself, much to
tho family's amusement and little to
their veKation, the friend of the Demo-
cratic candidate, and whenever others
praised OF cheered Harrison, she would
promptly hurrah for the neglected
cleveland. Before the contest was over,
Ter family took her with them to In
annapolis to visit friends who were al
lifelong friends of Harrison, and
took them all to call upon the
pective president General Harri-
was delighted with the youngest of
q guests, and devoted himself especi-
lily Ito her pleasure. He took her on
his knee, talked with her, told her
stories, and wholly captiyated her
warm little heart. When the call ended,
Emily reluctantly, and on the steps
outside she suddenly stopped and re-
fused to go any farther.
II want to see hint" she said obstin-
ately.
But you have seen him." said her
mother. 1--WE must go now; it would
not be polite to stay any longer
II want to see him!' Emily insisted;
but she would give no reason, and
neither would she give up her request.
Just then General Harrison saw her
through the open door and perceived
that she was hesitating and had some
thing on her mind. He came out, and
STOPPING down and taking her hand,
asked:
what is it, Emily?"
Emily looked up into his face, and
answered, in the faintest little quaver-
ing voice:
"Hurrah for Harrison!"
Her abrupt conversion from Demo-
crat to Republican was explained to
him, and no compliment that he ever
received touched, amused and delight
ed him so much. He kissed his new
partisan and thanked her, and they
were firm friends thereafter.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-01
schley on wa,t,nr order..

It seems to be settled that Rear AID.
miral Schley will remain on waiting
orders until the date Of his retirement
for age, which is Oct. 9. Some of the
frierds Of Admiral schley have urged
that DE detailed to some prominent
shorgsduty to round out his career, but
the navy department has no place to
which he could be assigned, and he is
likely to fill in his period of active SER
vice on waiting orders.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-01
Notes ON Sugar Reets.

One of the hardest things about the
growing OF sugar beets is to get uni
form stand. 1t is evident that if there
are spaces in the field not covered by
the beets the losses will be consider
able. This irregularity comes often
from poor preparation of the land and
also from putting in the seed too deem
SO that 1t does not terminate at all, or
II IT does terminate, does so at a pe-
ROD SO far anterior to the other beets
that the new plants have little encour-
agement to develop. Lack of moisture
at planting time is also responsible for
much OF this unevenness in stand.
When fertilizers are used it would seem
quite necessary to be sure that their
admixture with the soil is perfect. to
make an even feeding ground for the
plants and thus ensure a uniform de-
velopment.
The most common cause of failure
among beginners, according to William
Headden, is lack of thorough prepa-
ration of soil. He advocates blowing
IN the fall and subsoiling to depth of
10 inches In the spring narrowing is
all that is necessary. That, however
is for Colorado. Subsoiling may not
be SO necessary for some other states
and in fact there are places where if
would certainly be detriment. The
ground, however, should be well pn]-
verified or be by nature porous enough
to permit the beet to make a down
ward and uniform lateral growth. We
have seen sugar beets planted on soi1s
OF clayey nature and where the
ground had been poorly prepared. The
result was beets of irregular growth
many of them understood, and large
numbers Of them developed SO much
above the ground that they were of
little value
What is the cost of raising an ac.e
OF beets for the sugar factory? The
answer will vary according to condi-
tioas, and one of these conditions is
the price of labor. A great deal Of
labor is necessary, as the beets must
be Trimmed and otherwise given atten-
ton. The cost runs from $50 to s45
per acre, estimated This will make
the cost of growing the beets range
anywhere from So to 81 per ton, If an
average yield of II or 70 tons per acre
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-01
Hydrocyanio Gas and Seeds.

G. o. Townsend, in the proceedings
of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, says that
seeds in both dry and damp state
We're tested with different strengths Of
gas and for different periods of time.
In the case of dry grains and seeds it
was found that they were able to with
stand for several weeks an atmosphere
of hydrocyanic-gas many times strong
err than that required for the destruc-
ton Of insect life. Under these condi-
lions a slightly accelerated germina-
ton was observed, and the subsequent
growth of the seedlings was slightly
above normal. Seeds that had been
soaked in water were very sensitive to
the presence Of the gas. Three one
hundredths of grain Of potassium
cyanide per cubic foot used in generat-
ing gas destroys the termination ct
seeds that have been soaked for "a
hours in water. The resistance 81 seeds
to this gas seems 10 be sonaewhaf Itl
proportion to the lem Ia of Hin
which they had been eViopSll = =
The PRICE Of medicine 4 |
regulated hn
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-01

1t Is estimated that the men of Great
Britain spend s25o,o0o year on silk
hats.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-01
Muck.

MUCK.
The correct use of the word muck
which means dung in moist state, has
been entirely lost in England and is
applied without much discrimination
to any bog earth derived chiefly from
decaying vegetable matter The term
IS used includes materials ranging
from bog meadow mud to quite per-
feet peats. Large deep boys contain
ing true peat are comparatively few in
New England, but small, shallow de-
pressions, containing impure peats, oc-
cur everywhere. The gravelly soils of
New England need the addition of
large amounts of organic matter and
these impure peats have been thus
used for generations under the general
name of muck" While the use of the
word in this sense is provincial and
perhaps not to be encouraged, it will
be SO used here for lack of a better
term. By peat" is generally under
stood a somewhat similar product in
which the decomposition has not adj
vanced so far Such material is usually
brownish in color and when dry has
considerable fuel value.
These peaty soils OF mucks are the.
results of the partial decay of vege-
table materials They are found in
swampy places filled with stagnant
water. The successive growth Of
sphagnum and other water-loving
MOSES, as well as the forest leaves
falling into the water, are changed by
decay into the black eaTths,and impure
peats. Macks thus formed Sontain sp-@
prec.ab.e amounts of in&oIuhle nitro
gen AID usually but little mineral mat
tiers, uiiess sand, clay or silt has been
washed into them during thir formaH
ton. Muc'.s owe their peculiar prd
critics to this decomposed vegetab
matter, which constitutes the humid
of the agricultural chemist.-Bulletih
"A, Maine Experiment Station.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-01

lands as the highest soureel of agrf-
cultural prosperity. So, too, will our
eastern and southern states find in
creased prosperity as they increase and
improve their live stock, especially Cd
their high-priced lands.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-01


Which would you rather have in
your hand when you come to die, a
pack Of cards or a Bible? Which would
you rather have pressed to your lips
in the closing moment, the cup of Bel
shazzarean wassail Or the chalice of
Christian communion? Whom would
you rather have for your pallbearers,
the elders of Christian church or the
companions whose conversation was
full of slang and innuendo? Whom
would you rather have for your eter-
nal companions, those men who spend
their evenings betting, gambling,
swearing, carousing and telling vile
stories or your little child, that bright
girl whom the Lord took? oh, you
would not have been away so many
nights, would you, If you had known
she was going away SO soon? Dear
me, your house has never been the
same place since. Your wife has never
frightened up. She has never got over
it. She never will get over it. How
long the evenings are with no one to
put to bed and no one to whom to tell
the beautiful Bible stories! What a
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-21

the Bridgton News. He says he has a
family of six hares and they are the
most interesting animals he ever
saw. They are clean, pretty ana
lcvable" and up to date have cost MIN
just 80 cents. But we can't imagine
him killing and eating his pets, or
butchering them in answer to an
imaginary demand for hare meat III
the market There will always be
some legitimate demand for Belgian
hares as pet stock. as there viii be al
ways demand for guinea pigs. goid
fish, canaries and white mice. but any
attempt To raise them for the market.
with the idea that the farmer, profess
sional or amateur, will find them as
profitable as pigs. steers, sheep on
hens. will result in financial disaster.
The cl2ims made by belgian mare
dealers. a year on two ago. as To inc
demand ana supply. have been shown
to he utterly absurd and the rad Is
dying out and will soon be forgotten
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-21

'1 th" day that the Schlry court VI
inquiry adjourned. on receiving Tho
l"WS "f tn" death uf .x-Judgr Wilson
Z h"nt old lriShman made his WAY.
WITH som" difficulty. through thc w
-tlttd "nd confused crowd which was
pressing around tn" gnt,. and sue
'ttI"d IN getting NJ I" the rail which
separates tn" court from the reporters
II" attempted I" {" through. but thr
orderly told him it was Impossible
Judge Advocate Lemly. happening To-
pass at n" moment. WIS attracted n,
the alt.rcation ana stopped a. ask what
Wa~ thn matter.
II am very anxious to get in. Sir =
said the old man. II want To see At-
miral Dewey"
You can't come in here" said cap
tain Lemly.
The old mans face fcl II am very
sorry, he said. II haven't seen him
since til" battle of Port Hudson. and |
Want very much to see him and remind
ann "r what he did for me there"
What did h do for YOU" asked
Captain Lemly.
He saved my life" said the old man.
simply.
Captain Lemly's tone changed. III
that is 50. my man." h. said you
stand right here at this gate. and when
Admiral Dewey comes out you stop
him. Ile will he glad To see YOU"
And the old man took his stand at
the gate and waited until his COM
mander should come out. While he
was waiting he was asked to tell the
story of how Admiral Dewey saved his
life.
My name is Patrick Doolan." he
said. Il was thirty years in the Marine
Corps. and in 1863 | was a sergeant of
marines. ! was on the Mississippi
during the fight at Port Hudson. on
March lc. 1863. When the Mississippi
was set on fire by the rebel shot
there was the most imminent danger
that the flames would reach her maga-
zine and blow up everybody on the
snip.
'''Thc only thing to do was to abandon
the ship. and Lieutenant Dewey. the
executive officer, took charge of the
boat and started to convey the men