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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21

Discoveries like the oil flows of Texas
make the queries Of scientists relative to
the practical limits Of NATURES store
house seem almost worthless, yet in the
last number Of the Engineering News q
writer points out that with the present
prodigallty with which natural products
of the mine and land are used the end is
not far off.
One hundred years have made won
derful change. Then the consumption
of coal was practically nil. Steamships,
railroads, engines and heating appli-
ances, all calling for this fuel, have made
the price of coal gradually climb. This
is not because the supply is near exhaus-
ton, but because Of the increased cost
entailed through the necessity Of work
ing difficult seams.
Virgin soil of North and South Amer
ica has furnished heretofore the surplus
food supply of the World. The three
chief components OF rich soil are nitro
gen, potash and phosphorus. Even at
this early day the area of fertile land
maze SO without the use of artificial
means is com mparatiyely small.
Fortunately, the supply Of the worlds,
most useful metal, iron, is so widely dis.
tributed that there seems no cause for
worry. Yet, with this fact established,
engineers and inventors are bending
every energy toward securing valuable
returns from deposits that heretofore
have been deemed valueless. Tin mines
are growing more valuable with every
decade, the number of tin deposits
growing less with the years. OF copper
there seems to be enough, as Montana,
Michigan aud Chill haye enough for an
indefinite number of years.
Zinc and lead will probably increase
in price as the older deposits are worked
out; but this increase willie of large
part of their use. Even at this time
Europe is largely dependent on the
Missouri Kansas district for its zinc sup.
ply.
According to this writer, the tlmbt +
supply, if the present rapid inroads on
the forests are kept up, will soon disap.
pear. Since the settlement Of America,
this country has furnished the lumber
not only for home consumption but also
for Europe. 1t is figured that fifty
years more of the present destruction of
forests will see them entirely cut away.
Happily, timber can de replaced with
new growths
All Of the prediction Of coming ex-
haustion of natures stores are worthy
of note, for their fulfillment lies within
the century, not much more than the
span of life. In view Of these things
prudence would seem, to dictate that
ways and means to fill the coming VOID
be anticipated.-St. Louis Republic.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21

William e. Curtis, the able cores
pondent OF the Chicago Record, says
Mckinley will not Withdraw military rule
from Cuba till the Cubans give to this
Republic (McKinley for the next four
years at least unless he is lmpeached)
complete surzerainty Of the island. He
says Nick Kinley's ultimatum is that the
United States must have power given by
the Cuban constitution:
1. To preserve the peace and main
tain stable government.
2. To prevent foreign entanglements
and protect the foreign population,
8. To protect the credit Of the island
and prevent unnecessary and unjust
debts.
a. To. protect. the commercial inter-
ests Of the United States against un-
reasonable tariff duties and discrimina-
tions.
5. To permit the maintenance of at
least two coaling depots and naval sup.
ply and repair stations in convenient
harbors.
Being an imperialist, Curtis appears to
favor this tyrannical interference in the
affairs of Cuba in spite Of the promise
end declaration of the congress that de-
clared war against Spain; but no true,
liberty loving, honorable American will
sanction it. 1t simply means military
rule by us in Cuba, nothing less. Eng
land does not and dare not so hamper
and tyrannize Canada or any other OF
her white colonies. Such suzerainty
would keep us in constant trouble and
expense there, and indanger Of war with
other countries. Our government has
no authority nor right to be sovereign,
,or lord paramount over any country
much less has it right over Cuba, which
was promised liberty before We inter.
tfered.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
SpooNER AND THE PRESIDENCY.

In Golfers Weekly Walter Wellman
says that "Mr. spooneris likely nom-
inee Of the republican party for pres.
ident to succeed Mckinley. The writ
er does not s'mean that Mr.. Spooner is
lbitlous or that he is cutting his pres
cloth according to a presidential
ttern. He is, without doubt, as pat
tic and sincere man as we have in
bile life, and as little given toself-seek-
ing. Probably the idea of chasing the
presidency has never entered his mind.
But his friends persist in mentioning
him in that connection. AS for Spoon
er his ability is no longer questioned.
He is looked upon as the little giant of
the west. A student, a thinker, man
Of action and courage, supporter Of
the present administration without ever
falling into the cuckoo class or in any
wise surrendering bis independence, a
really great debater who knows as we'll
when to keep still as when to speak, he
is in many respects an ideal public ser.
want, and one of whom it is only natur-
{ al for men to say that the future has
great things in store for him.
This is remarkable language from one
of the foremost correspondents Of the
country and will be grateful to the
many personal friends Of the distin-
,guished Wisconsin gentleman. The lat-
ter, despite his very welcome act the
other day in refusing to hold all-night
sessions to thottle the opponents of the
subsidy free-booters into subj tssion.
4 has been said by some to favor the
Hanna bill. If he is wrongly accused
and his friends earnestly assert that he
has been and that he is now and ever
Silae been hostile to the measure-the
truth must certainly appear and then
With the general vindicatlon which the
press will be only too happy to proclaim
there wilT be added reason to believe
thae Mr.. WellmaIis 3 hint at presidential
possibilities may be founded on circunl-
stances Of much tangibility
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
AKYs s2l 1901. REPORTER SERIES VOL. XVI. NO 2e

can pass 9 ship subsidy bill having in
It the elements Of fairness to those en-
gagged IN the shipbuiid ding and the. ship
sailing business. The Aepc Of those op-
posed to the snbsid principle Is that
the stencil this bill vim leave IN the
nostrils OF the fair 1naGded public will
make it impossible to PASS In the next
congress any sort ot i bill transferring
by any kind OF a. div Tion 5000, 900 .oOO
from the pockets Of the people to the
pockets Of special bene neficiaries.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
ship SUBSIDY BILL.
SPECIAL WASHINGTON LETTER.

The Pruning to which the Bill Has
Been Subjected y Letting others
Into tsthe Divide"-The Attitude Of
Dissatisfied Republican,.
@ WASHINGTON, D.. c.. The advocates
Of the Hanna-Frye-Payn ship subsidy
bill continue to retreat before the crit
les Of that measure.
When it was sf1rsts presented to the
senate by Senator Hanna during the
first days OF the now expiring congress,
they said that 1t was the result Of
many months of study by the shipping
experts and the best law constructors
of the country, that It condensed into
a congressional bill lifetimes Of study
upon the best means OF building up the
merchant marine and that it was as
perfect as human brains could make it
and ready, for passage without any
amateur legislative tinkering. Il
This was when it carried an unlimit-.
ed appropriation. What it would have
done for the country in its thus per-
fected state the Lord only knows. Very
soon howl Of protest went up from
Dan to Beersheba against the s.unlimit-
ed provisions" Of the measure, and an
amendment was accepted limiting the
appropriation to SO, OOO, 600 a year.
Ever since this time the elasticity of
the bills perfection has been drawn
upon. Its advocates have yielded inch
by inch until the bill has quite diff
ferent complexion from the unphotos
graphable countenance that it at first
presented. But with all this carving
and splicing and remolding 1t retains
its essential feature OF taking out Of
the pockets of the whole people some
5000, 600, 600 for the benefit Of a favored
few composed mainly Of the lifetime
experts who drew the bill.
The critics to whom Its original pro-
moters have been yielding are all with
in the Republican party and among
those whose support has been counted
on from the beginning. II the supposed
friends Of the measure have brought
upon 1t the Disagreement that now APP:
pears, what would It look like II its op-
ponents drove their criticisms through
It? Verify it would only be useful for
waste paper! -
This constant retreating of the advo-
Gates of the bill does not indicate that
it is a measure founded on principle,
but that it is q desire to pilfer from the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
!. a MARITIME OLD LADY,s HOME.

se.5
The SHIP subsiay nill,s ,Inase n
Keepins Ola sEiIs AlSat.
II further proof were nSeded that
the object OF these subsidy biiis Is not
to secure new OF better or faster ship
ping but to enrich the gentlemen who
own the vessels to ft which the bill
was drawn, 1t would be furnished by
United States Shipping Commissioner
Chamberlain's statement on page 1913
of his report for 1900:
rof the foreign bulh steamships eligible six,
with gross tonnage sof q, ,2ss, which would have
earned $105575 and NJ $40 under the senate and
house bills respectively, were built prior to 1881
Thirty.ave American steam vessels OF 60,1S6 TONS
entitled to e27s,s44 under the senate bill and
s276, ,546 under the house bill. were built before
1881. The total subsidy proposed to Be paid to
cessets built before 1881 u thys ander the sen-
ate blu sssiirs and sl,.der the hosss tiit $685.
$50. :. 4 s.s g
That is to say. some $4O0 600 is to be;
paid by the government to keep afoat
shipping already more than 20 years
old and which BY every rule Of mari
time accounting has already been
charged OF to profit and loss. Indeed
the International itself, as soon as the
Paris Ii again In commission, would
draw $3.50, 600 on ships IL and Is years
old respectively.
| While Mr. Chamberlain was on this
subject he might have added greatly to
the interest Of his report. for the fact
| is that as nearly as may be one-half
the entire subsidy which would be paid
for years to come on vessels now more
than ten years old, Including solace
given the worm eaten years Of such ves-
| sells as the following whose names,
datesof building and age are tabulated: !:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21

and at the start on the Pacific coast
one-third Of the entire subsidy would
be, paid to vesselssnow more than 20
years old. three-fourths to those 15
or more years old and ine-twentieths
to those more than 10 years old.
Could there h3 q neoya efFectsYe plan
for making old vessels profitable Ito
their owners) and to that extent dis
couraging the building Of new ones?
II a ship is a "she," as every chival-
rous tar will allow, the Hanna-Frye-
Payne bill might appropriately be
termed "An act to establish maritime
old lady's home"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21

Sidney IA Foster, Of Des Moines, has
announced himself as q candidate for
! the republican nomination forgovernor
i to succeed GOV. Shaw. Sid isn't a bit
backward about it either. He says he
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21


Of private parties. None Of the changes
that have been made apply to the prin-
ciples or purposes Of the bill. Those
originally provided for wanted to trans
fer from the taxpayers money to their
pockets So, 100000 year. Finding that
they had overreached themselves, they
have gradually let others into the ''di-
vide" Now all of those originally in
and those let in and their various pot
swabbers and bottle washers are de-
claring that the bill has been perfectly
adjusted to the needs Of the times and
that its passage Is only matter of
few days. In sending out this bugle
note Of victory they have forgotten all
the Democrats and all the Populists
who oppose this sort Of grab on princi-
pie. They have also forgotten a num-
ber of Republicans who feel the same
sort of opposition. They have forgot
ten likewise the miscellaneous but ever
active pie hunters who have not yet
been let into the divide" The result
of this forgetfulness will be the failure
of the bill.
There has been no lobby in Washing
ton opposing the ship subsidy bill, but
there have been some very strong men
who have worked hard against this
measure as matter Of principle. Some
Of these men have been Republicans
and some Of them have had no connec-
ton, directly or indirectly, with the
shipping business. They have been in
tensely in earnest. 1t is largely due to
the fact that they have not worked
along the usual lobby lines that this
bill has not yet been passed and in all
probability will not be passed. They
have absolutely stripped it Of its pre-.
lenses and shown to the world that the
Standard Oil company, which controls
the Pennsylvania Railroad company,
the International Navigation company
and the National Transit company,
would receive not less than $50, ,OOO,-.
600 out Of the $9O,0OO0OO provided for
within the next ten years and that 1t
would,be very easy matter for COM
bine to be formed by which they would
receive practically the whole subsidy.
Those who were inclined to favor the
bill as a party measure are becoming
alarmed and are not willing that the
Republican party should shoulder the
responsibility for such q scheme.
There are many Republicans who do
not oppose Boss Hanna In the caucuses
or the steering committee meetings
who win still lend the weight Of their
influence to the postponement of the
1 bill. These Republicans are still not
satisfied with the methods Of division.
During the last days Of this rapidly
waning session they are getting all the
concessions that they can get. They
know that they can now get many
more concessions than they could get
in a long session, where there would be
the greater probability Of their being
driven into line by the party whip
Having made these concessions In this
congress, the favored few who at first
4 started out to bag all the game car
hardly revert to their first purpose
when the next congress conssnes. The
hope Of the reasonably good Republic
ans - that IN the next congress sthey
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
This viii Interest Mothers.

Mother Gray's sweet Powders for Children
cure Feyerishness. Bad Stomach, Teething,
Disorders, Break up Colds. move and regulate
fail. Over IO0O0 testimonials At all drug
gists 25c. sample mailed free free. Address
Allen s. Oimstead. Leroy, N. Y.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21

A new paper, The Reasoher, has been
started to oppose Bryan's Commoner.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-04-13
HIS FEELINGS ovERcAME HIM.
lag His DauGhter's
First story.

Thackeray was proud of the literary
talent his daughter displayed, yet he
did not use his great personal infiue-
ence with the editors of the magazines
to secure publicity for her productions,
wisely preferring to let them stand on
their own merits. THE first novel writ
ten by Miss Thackeray, the charming
Story of Elizabeth writes G. w.
Smith. editor of Cornhill, appeared in
the Cornhill Magazine toward the end
of 1862. As l was coming away from
her father one morning early in that
year she slipped out of the dining
room. put a packet into my hand. and
said, in a pretty. shy manner: will
you please read this. Mr.. Smith, and
disappeared. The packet contained
the Story of Elizabeth After reading
it had it put into type for the Cornhill
and sent proof to her father. When
I next saw him asked il he had read
il. No. he said; 4 tried to. but broke
down. This was only one of a thou
sand indications of Thackeray's sensi-
bility and of the great love between
the father and daughter. The first
article Miss Thackeray wrote for the
magazine was called Little Scholars
and was printed in the fifth number.
Thackeray sent it to me with a letter
containing the following passage:
And in the meantime comes little
contribution called Little Scholars" "
which send you and which moistened
my paternal spectacles. 1t is the arti-
Gle / talked of sending to Blackwood.
But why should Cornhill lose such .
sweet paper because it was my dear
girl who wrote it? Papas, however, are
bad judges-you decide whether We
shall have it or not
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-04-13
NEEDY AND FAR FROM HOME.

to the door with him, telling him that
as a representative Of the people Of
that district it was very great pleas
ure to him to help one Of the needy
boys OF Crcston or any other town out
there.
Now be itunderstood that Congress-
man Hepburn Is substantially . poor
man himself. After his 20 years Of
public service he has neither property
nor other pecuniary savings. But he
never allows a worthy applicant for
aid 10 leave him unassisted. That il
one of the reasons that he is poor
man himself in his declining years.
After the poor fellow had gone with
the messenger Of the committee to
look after him, Col. Hepburn said:
"That il a worthy case. am very
sure Of it, because he knows some OBJ
scure men in Creston, whose names
could not be known to anybody who
had not been . resident there. But
there are scores Of bogus cases, and
then there are other cases where .
congressman gets abuse instead Of
gratitude for his beuefaction.
"When Coxey's army was here : was
approached by man from my district
whoshowed me . letter from his wife.
begging hi4 70 seDe hone, becsusl
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-04-13

both of the children were sick, she Wss
not able to work. and destitutton
reigned in, their house, where the rsat
was i've months overdue. The post
mark ON the envelope showed that the
letter was genuine and Of recent date.
I presumed that the man was ignorant
and that he had been misled by the
literature Of that day into following
Coxey in his crazy-quilt political
scheme. But, aside from the man him.
self, my sympathies for the forsaken
wife were fully aroused, and l pro-
cured transportation for him. / also
gave him $40 in cash. My committee
clerk saw him on ON the train and gave
his tickets to the conductor.
Surprising - II may seem to you,
and Surprising az 1t was to me, thatfel'
low was out working against my re-
election when the. next ca4naign was
ON. He told the people thu was .
nabob living in the lapof luxury; and
that when he ASKED Justice OF me
simply gave him aims. Some of the
newspapers printed his statements,
and he actually caused me to lose .
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-04-13
AS ONE MAN 70 ANOTHER

1eu know my pa, he always says,
When We have company.
A.pattin' me upon the head:
This is my son." says he:
Pr-raps the future PRESIDENT"
And then, with wink an grin.
DE IL give my head another nat.
Or pinch my cheeks an chin.
The other Gay my pa an me
Went out into the shed
Pa-weIi-he had his hick'ry switch.
An Just up an said:
ia. but my voice was awful weak
Says he: Speak up, my son."
Wien 1 am PRESIDENT, says /.
t'H member what you've done.
An, here l shouted big an loud,
u lock you up in jah.''rS a A- W.
Then Just turned my back myself. IL
ENpectin him to whale. -. -.
But flrst 1 knew, heard him laugh:
tie laughed until he cried;
lnen ne sat down on the wood t z
An pulled me to his side. ..s tasss s4s#
An talked to me a long. long while
Bout when he was a boy,
An all the games he used to play. -
of cat, an Siege of Troy" -.
Ar now my pa an / are chums,
Pas broke his switch in two. ET
When | think what said that day
I'm shamed, all through an through.
-Philadelphia Inquirer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-04-13
CENTRAL AMERICAN PIPES
suryivals from AboFiwinal nays-UAa
Extreme Of seeiabilitJ n
snskisg.

The increasing comMesce viii
Honduras and Nicaragua is bringing
to this country many of the odd inn
piements and curios of these lands.
The Spanish population hss large
admixture of Aztec or othfr aborig-
inal blood, and preserves slnany Of
the implements as wen as customs
which prevailed in the tirfe of the
Montezumas. One of the queerest
suurvivals in. this regard IL the long
pipe which is still employfd in the
rural districts of both repablics. II
is made from shrub or sapling
which grows somewhat ikelthe elder.
The bush is cut down and the pith
extracted from the stem,s which il
afterwards peeled, polished, dried
and painted with primaryi colors in
barbaric style. The simplest form il
straight stem from thrSe to six
feet in length. A more Expensive
kind is made from stems with two
terminal branches. This demands
much more care in extratting the
pith, and enables the ownSr to offer
a friend mouthpiece on tane branch
while he is enjoying another upon .
second. Three-stemmed sticks ara
also made. and, very rarely, four
stemmed ones. These arg kept -
curios rather than as useful articles,
and are supposed to have been em-'
ployed upon especial occasions in tho
days of the Incas, says the New York
Post.
The bowl is Of red clay, gray clay.
or sandstone, and the pouthpiece
may be of bone or horn oridecorated
silver and amber. The length Of the
stem causes the tobacco smoke to
cool appreciably in its passage from
the bowl to the lips, andl gives :
taste almost as mild as that pro-
duced by the oriental naEgile. Tho
| tobacco used with it is of rich red
brown color, about interr5ediate in
flavor and appearance between vir-
ginia and Havana leaf. Tpese pipes
make very pretty ornamesats for =
mantel or for a wall, being much
more pleasing to the eyes than the
Church warden" familiar to all
smokers. They are strong and dur
able, but, unless oiled orl vanished
now and then, they are apt to split
in dry climate. Collectofs make it
a rule to oil them on the inside once
| n wear
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-04-13
rrKArrRs m wuTERs


..nt cold snap brought WITH
Il some discomforts, ana
has been made of the imPel1sc. -
;ng Of. the surface cars. sSaoo 80
places of public amusemsns Ia.
whot would : metropolitan EaDnc
.h;ns - ,uch an .announccmeEe ON
the % thea.er programmes 2. this asks
the New York Times. l....
an at is permitted - 9rine
YOUR stoves to the theatef;
yet such an announcen1ens
common thing on the prog e'ns.
and in the advertisements
early tbeaters of New York; apa ~
illustrates forcibly the diherenfe y
the climate, and the custoans' :nf -
tbeaters of Gotham then one NV
An old-fashioned winter. yim sne
thermometer ranging abous s .o-
weeks at strenh, and deeP 0~
in the streets for month as ?
is as much out of fashion now ~ sns
old stse coaches; and % the sdfgree
of cold ut of doors has leeeene9 oof
facilities for warmth indoors hate M
| creased.
York, up to the time When tn3 olu
Park fell into the hands OF 'onn
Astor and James Beekman, were
mere barns-not even as weHs con
structed as are rich mems bar1s o
the present day. They,were, acsoro-
| ing to all accounts, airy enough
seasons, but in the. depth OF
they were frightfully cold, eyenA
their big stoves, which hed 20 pe Few
constantly supplied with w9o
coal was not yet brought into nrv
A lady and gentleman who
| went to the theater, if they
tightly wrapped up, and esrh1
their roomy, old-fashioned sig
with heated bricks at their feet
| bearskin rugs over them. ahiverfd -
they entered the barn-like places, ano
| counted themselves lucky, uYs
| tllir seats were near the stage, but
near the stove.
The ultra-rich and aristocratr New
| Yorker was often followed hiu his
sleigh by some attendance on foot,
! who carried, on a board 81 . boz
a little stove. With: this apparatus
he generally entered the RI fheater
with his mistress. placed tbs stove
/ on the floor at the lady's seat, ar
ranged the lady's feet nicely ON top
1 of the little stove, and then depart
ed. There was good deal of style
in that. perhaps, but what comfort
compared with that now enjoyed by
theatergoers? - i
And yet there are some people who
have growled the past week at our
baby winter. with the therinometeR
ranging only between Is and 90 de.