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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
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Cubus Prospecfive President.
Tomas Estrada Palma, the leading
candidate for president OF the new
Cuban republic. has been ever asso-
ciated with the cause of Cuba Lbre,
and was for a long time the manager
Of the junta in New York. His life has
been an active one, spent in the serv-
ice Of his country and devoted to the
principles Of liberty and political
equality he imbibed from the study Of
American institutions. A native Of
Cuba, he is descended from an ancient
family OF CASTLE. He was born at
Bayamo in 1885, studied law in Spain
and determined when youth to free
Cuba from the yoke of the dons. In
1877 he partly realized his ambition
when he was elected president of the
Cuban republic. He now bids fair
to be made the head of republic
which will be more than the dream of
a patriot. After his election he served
in the field during the ten years war,
in which over 100000 Spanish soldiers
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
ASSASSIN BORROWED
MONEY HB NEVER
REPAID.

that was the last l ever saw or heard
of him, but he left a souvenir in the
shape of a small work of reference
called Blair's Synonyms, which found
next day on the table. I remembered
seeing the book in his hand when he
came in, and he forgot it, no doubt, in
his eagerness to decamp after he se-
cured the cash. / threw it on the top
shelf in the library, so it wouldn't re-
mind me of the episode, for by that
time had come to my senses and real
lied what first-class donkey. had
made of myself. OF course, the money
was never returned, and the story as 1t
stands is a rather commonplace in
stance Of cunning and credulity, but it
happens to have curious little second
chapter. In 1885 / changed the loca-
ton Of my Office, and when the books
were being moved, Blair's Synonyms,
forgotten and covered with dust, fell
out of one of the cases. picked 1t
up, opened it at random, and for the
first time noticed the name of the own
err scrawled at the bottom of the back
fyleaf. The name was Charles j. Gui-
teau. Utica Globe
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16

and the first big gusher in
the famous Beaumont district
was opened up by him, and still
bears his name. He leased the ground
on which the Beatty gusher was, dug
for $40, and it has already returned. to
his company total of more than
million and quarter Of dollars. M
Beatty's time since the excitement b
gan has been taken up with the b,
ing and selling Of oil lands. He or ill.,
companies. which are practically
owned and controlled by him, have
hundreds of acres of oil lands under
lease, and the way they do business
may be Judged from the fact that one
day last week he refused first $4,000
and later 10000 for the lease Of a sin
gle acre of land near one Of the big
gushers which he has developed. Mr..
Beatty is personally delicate littls
man. only five feet six inches in
height, and since Jan. II, when the
Beatty gusher started the Texas oil
boom, he has been living under nerv-
Gus tension which might break Gown
giant.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
Cultlvatlns the orol,ara.

H. L. Dean of Illinois says: con-
slider good and thorough culture of the
utmost Importance in growing fruits
successfully. First getting your
ground in the best possible condition
before setting out your plants or vines
and then frequently stirring and
loosening the ground during the grow
ing season. Now this is not only nee
essary during the growing season be-
fore your trees and vines come into
bearing but especially is it true that
during their fruiting the ground must
be frequently stirred and kept pulyer-
lied, in order to have the best results
when gathering your fruits. By thus
Keeping your ground in loose, pill
able condition you counteract, in a
measure, the effect of drouths and en-
able your fruit to keep on growing and
to some extent prevent their dropping
Another condition also noticed, be-
tween orchards cultivated and those
not cultivated the last few years, and
one I think the fruit grower will fully
appreciate is this; the orchards that
have been down to grass for a number
of years and have been bearing fairly
good crops Of fruit as their owners
say, without any cultivation, are run-
ming down noticeably while those
which have been thoroughly cultivated
are improving every year. This is
gratifying to the orchardist and look
ing at his orchard he knows he has
been we'll repaid for all work put on
it. The fruit grower must watch his
trees and ought to be able to tell
whether his trees or vines are thriy-
ing as we'll as the stock man who goes
around amongst his stock, can tell how
his stock is growing. If your trees
are not doing as well as you think
they ought you can improve their con-
dition by judicious fertilizing, and es-
pecially will it do wonders on young
trees.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
Alfalfa Sllaee.

A bulletin of the Colorado station
thus summarizes the results of tests
Of alfalfa as si1age crop: Some tests
were carefully made upon small scale
to see what losses might be expected
in making silage of alfalfa. One test
was made with the alfalfa put in
whole as cut in the field, the other
with the alfalfa cut into quarter-inch
pieces as we cut our corn for silage
The whole alfalfa showed a spoiled
layer three inches thick on the top
and an inch layer around the side
nearly all the way down. The silage
Of the bottom and middle was excel
lent and was greedily eaten by the
cows and calves. Its loss in the total
weight was 1917 per cent, but it's loss
in feeding value was probably little
larger. The other silo was filled with
cut alfalfa. The next day the silo
was covered with two thicknesses Of
building paper and one of boards and
weighted with stone to about IS pounds
per square foot. When covered, the
silage was hotter than the hand could
bear. Two days later the tempera-
ture lad fallen to SO degrees F. and
in two days more had fallen to that of
the air. The silage shrank and set
tied good deal. When put in i: con-
tanned SO per cent of dry matter. On
opening, the silo showed inches of
spoiled silage on top and half an inch
on the sides. The spoiled silage was
7.3 per cent of the total weight. The
loss in dry matter was approximately
10 per cent. It is fair to presume that
with good tight silo, we'll made
silage from cut alfalfa should not make
a larger loss than was here given in
our small experimental silo, or about
topper cent Of it's feeding value. To
make good silage from whole alfalfa
is much harder proposition. It re-
quires that the alfalfa be quite green;
that the silo be both tight and deep;
that the alfalfa be thrown into the silo
in small forkfuls and carefully
tramped, and that it be weighted by
four to six feet of some heavy, tight
packing material like cut-corn fodder.
If the alfalfa is put up in the middle
o: summer in clear, bright weather,
il mast be raked and loaded as fast
as cut. One lot we tried was too dry
for silage two hours after It was cut.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16

full counts in over sixty counties Of
the state last year, was Ia per cent.
Illinois produces the largest amount
OF oats of any state in the union or
about 1854 100000 bushels for 1900. Max
ing liberal allowances for variation
In estimates of yield and per cent OF
smut the loss to the farmers of our
state from smut was not far from
So,000,000 or about S45 for every forty
acre oat field. This loss can be en-
tlrely prevented at very slight ex-
pense by the hot water or formalin
treatment of the seed.
Hot Water Treatment.-The appar-
atus needed for this treatment consists
OF an ordinary scalding kettle or any
arrangement for heating water, bar
REL several gunny sacks and an ac-
curate thermometer.
The kettle should be partly filed
with 35 to 60 gallons of water land
heated until the temperature of the
water reaches 1877 degrees f. Tie
gunny sacks should be about half filed
with one bushel Of seed oats after they
nave been famed and cleaned. Dip
the sack OF oats into the hot water.
taking care to keep the sack complete
~ under water and stirring it gently
to keep the water circulating through
every part of the sack. Treat for live
minutes at from between 1872 and 1877
degrees F. After treating dip imme-
dlately into the barrel filled with cold
water. This will cool the oats off
quickly and prevent over heating in
the center Of the sack.
About two pecks by measure of the
wet oats should be added to the
amount desired to be sowed per acre.
to make up for the swollen seed. The
wet oats cannot be dried and should
be sown Immediately after treating, by
hand or with force seed drill. The
treating process quickens termination
and makes more vigorous plant, thus
increasing the yield Independent of the
destruction Of the smut. It is advis-,
able to treat part of the seed this
year, sow it apart from the general
crop, thresh separately and save this
seed for the general seeding the fol-
lowing year. The treatment need not
be repeated oftener than once in three
years at most.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16

Pasture and range are necessary in
order to keep breedin>, swine in a
healthy condition and grow the stock
at profit. The man who tries to raise
swine under other conditions is play
ing losing game, and his balance will
be on the debtor side of the ledger
just as sure as we have day and night.
Although these facts have been vouch-
ed for many times by experiment sta
tons and successful swine raisers and
given wide publicity, thousands Of
farmers still continue in trying to
raise hogs in dry lot with nothing
but corn as feed, with the expecta-
tons OF making it profitable opera.
ton.
A hog pasture does not mean dust
lot with possibly few old weeds of
In one corner, but good and commo-
dious range. and if planned to give the
best results, it will contain a variety
OF crops. selected as to their food
value The pasture should not be so
small that the hog is compelled to eat
his own filth to get the feed. Every
farm should have six to eight acres
OF hog pasture fenced purposely for
this use. This is in addition to what
range may be utilized outside at times.
Better far to have little too much
than not enough. If the crop gets
ahead of the hogs and becomes woody
cut 1t off with the mower and new
growth will start This can be done
with many plants and will pay even If
the moved portion is not gathered.
Inc pasture may be greatly fortified
by this method in many cases. The
enclosure should be divided into two
or three parts, at least, so that while
one part is being pastnred, crops may
be growing in the others.
While succulent food is very essen
tial the year round for growing and
breeding stock, the exercise is just as
necessary. Pigs confined in pens will
DO much better If they have some
green feed, but the results will be
vastly better if the pigs are allowed
range and the chance to gather this
feed for themselves. Any green crop
~ AAoS4 OCCISf Iudu no pasture, OuL
some crops Tor this purpose are very
much superior to others, and variety
OF crops, even though they may be
much alike in composition, are supe-
rlor to single crop. Many swine
ralsers that appreciate the value of
hog pasture, do not realize the import
ance of giving attention to variety and
composition of the plants to be used
IN selecting the crops for a hog pasture
consider the composition of the plants
as you would consider the composition
OF the grain in a ration. Bear in mind
mat certain crops are rich in the food
nutrient protein, that is so essential in
the animal system to build up the
frame and muscles, and is very neces-
sary in the food of breeding stock
crops OF the opposite nature are rich in
carbohydrates, the heat and fat form
ing compounds. Endeavor to have
some of the former to pasture along
with the latter and the results will be
better.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
GUITEAU
WAS BROK E.

A Chicago lawyer tells a peculiar
story Of his first and only meeting
with Charles j. Guiteau, the assassin Of
Garfield. cone afternoon in 1873 or
1879" he says, Il was sitting in my Of
flee, rather busy, as l remember, when
In walked an odd-looking, brisk little
man, who asked for a few moments
Interview in private. He was decently
dressed in black, put there was some
thing about him, I don't know what.
that Immediately excited my curiosity.
led him to the back room and. with
out wasting any time, he Immediately
came to the point. I am lawyer he
said, as nearly as can remember his
exact words, and my home is in Buff
falo, N. Y. Bad health broke up nv
practice and forced me to go to Cali
fornla last year, but have run out
OF money and lind myself stranded
mere in Chicago Will you lend me
enough to buy ticket on cheap ex-
cursion train that leaves for Buffalo
this evening? The amount will be re-
turned he added before the close of
the week. I was astonished, very nat
urally, not only by his request, but by
the matter-of-fact manner in which he
preferred it. But why in the world
do you apply to me?' asked: I never
saw You before and have no earthly in
terest in your affairs Well, sir, am
religious man., he replied, and be-
lleve in special Providence. 1t is alb
solutely necessary for me to secure this
assistance from somebody, and in pass
ing your door few moments ago
something told me that would find it
here. The statement made to you
regarding my predicament may seem
meager.' he went on, but it would be
childish to waste your time on details
when l have no means at hand for
confirming them. I gave you the es-
sent1al facts and now ask you to lend
me the money on faith purely He
said all this in a simple, straightfor-
ward fashion that impressed me with
its truth" continued the lawyer, 'sand,
acting on one Of those fantastic i'm
pulses that occasionally seize the most
level-headed of us, stuck my hand
in my pocket and gave him the sum he
wanted. He thanked me quietly took
memoranda of nay name and address
and was about to write his own when
stopped him and remarked that, as
long as it was purely faith transac-
ton, any data of that kind would be
highly superfluous. If you don't send
me the money said I, I shall certainly
make no effort to collect it, He
smiled blandly and walked out, and !
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
HolsteIn- Fries ian Records.

{First two weeks Of April, 1907
The size of the records and the num-
Der received during these two weeks
are very remarkable. The number is
thirty-two, eight of which average 20
lbs. 10 OF. equivalent butter of 80 per
cent fat. The full-age cows, seven in
number, average Is lbs. 1913 o.; and
the average Of the eight four-year-
olds is II lbs. 12.6 o.: of the threy.
year-old class only three reports were
received, the average product of
which is IA lbs. IL o.; of the two
year-old class fourteen were received,
of which the average product is IL
lbs. 9.4 o., the average of the seven
highest of this class is IA lbs. 1872 OF.
IS. Hoxie. in Farmers Review.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
soma c,oxer Facts.

Cloyers are among our most valu-
able forage plants, but they will not
Withstand the extremes of drouth and
+ heat that prevail over large sections
Of the west every year and in other
sections of the same region some
years. Being soil renovators they can
be grown in rotation with other crops
to advantage. On account of the large
amount of protein they contain they
have a high feeding value. There are
several varieties of clovers grown in
this country, among which are the fol-
lowing:
Red clover Curriculum pratense).-
This is the most common variety, and
Is grown successfully in the north
wherever the supply of moisture is SUI
dcient In dry sections it becomes I'M
certain. Some call it perennial, but
It is scarcely more than biennial, Its
perennial character being often as
sumed by new plants springing up
from seeds dropped by the plants each
year. It makes good hay, but is un-
suited for permanent pasture. When
it Is desired to use it for pasture, as
single plant, it is necessary to TO-
tate, keeping the clover pasture in one
place for not more than two years.
Mammoth clover (trifolium medium)
resembles red clover, but has no
spots on the leaves. 1t is adapted to
more moist land than is red clover,
and under favorable conditions will
give a larger yield.
81 A to- p1
whose appearance suggests hybrid
between red and white clover, but it IS
not a hybrid. 1t will thrive on soil too
wet for red clover. but on ordinary
soil is probably not to be so highly
recommended. A writer says that it
should be sown with grasses to get
the best results,
White clover (trifolium repens) is a
Iow-growing perennial, spreading by
creeping stems. The flowers are white,
the older ones more or less purplish
tirged. It is Of little value for hay
owing to It's small growth, but is very
useful for identifying lawns. and has
some value as pasture pant. Some
farmers SOW white clover seed with
bluegrass and consider it an assist
ant to the bluegrass pasture. 1t stands
droaths fairly we'll, and will grow on
soil too poor to give good yields OF
some other pasture plants. In Ireland
1t Is called the shamrock
Crimson clover (trifolium incarna-
tum) is an erect annual foot or two
higl. 1t bears scarlet flowers in OBJ
long heads. 1t was ':ghly spoken of
some years ago as a soil renovator. but
Of recent years has been quite gener-
ally ignored in the north. In the
south 1t is proving valuable in some
localities.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
The Watch Dial Numerals


If you were told to corr ectly write
the numerals which appear on the face
of your watch without consulting your
timepiece, you would not consider the
task difficult. You look UPON the dial
Of your ticker dozen or more times
a day, yet the chances are that not one
Of 100 people would write the numerals
correctly. If they were in the Roman
form you would write J., II, III, w.,
etc. Here you would be wrong. The
four on your watch is expressed iii.
If in the Arabic, you would write from
1 to -. Wrong again, for on nearly
all watches which have a second hand
there is no six. Such little catches
show that our faculty Of observation
is not always fully developed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
DIR. HERSLOw

requested to take seat in the cabi.
net, everything points to him as the
future minister Of state for the two
countries. DR.. Herslow is the editor
in-chief of Sydsvenska Dagliga Snail
poten. one of the leading newspapers
in Sweden, and it is the first time In
the history of Sweden that a man
from this profession will occupy the
high position of cabinet minister,
a convincing proof Of the progress Of
democratic ideas in Sweden. For sew.
eral years DR.. Herslow was the speak
er of the second chamber, and has
long been considered the leading
statesman of Sweden. His platform.
"a just division of citizens privileges
and duties and the right to offer his
life for his country as a soldier should
also be accompanied with the right
to VOTE" has made him the idol OF the
Swedish people.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
Nature Never so Kind
as When severlns
Earthly Ties.

, was one of the most brilliant and
charming men ever met. told him
that he could not live and asked him
If he desired to talk with clergyman.
He replied in rather careless way
that he did not feel disposed to change
his vtews-that death, as he believed,
ended all, and there was no use drag
ging religion in at the last hour. That
was In the morning He then felt
strong and clear-headed. When saw
him in the afternoon he was weaker,
and referring to our earlier conversa-
ton told me that he had been raised in
the Methodist faith and that it's teach
1ngs had left an impress on his mind.
He asked me to send for Methodist
clergyman, which l did. When saw
him just before he died he told me
what comfort the talk with the minis
ter had given him and that he would
now face death with a drawer heart
than he could have done before.
Il merely cite this instance" said
DR.. Andrews, to show that there is
nothing which influences man so
much in later life, and even in the
death hour, as the environment and
teaching of his boyhood days. Jimmy
Logue, the notorious burglar and
criminal, told me here in my Office that
that he did not kneel down and saw his
prayers.
II have found" continued DR.. An
drews, that persons Of clean life, of
honorable, upright, religious character.
not only do not display an indifference
to the approach Of death, as those of
grosser life do, but welcome it as re-
lief from care and toll. There is some
thing about the approach of death
that reconciles man to it. The senses
are dulled, the perceptive faculties
blunted, and the end comes quietly,
painlessly, like gentle Sleep"
Keeping out of debt is a flrst-cla,s
life policy.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16

hrst fish, which seemed to be quite a
large one. | reeled him where | could
see him and found it was large pike.
70 or 80 inches long. l pulled him up
TO my boat. but when I lifted him from
the water he was as light as feather.
measured him and found he was lust
81 inches long, and should have weigh
cd eight or nine pounds, while he only
weighed two. He had just skin and
bones. killed him, took my knife
and cut him open, and found live
lizard, five inches long, in his stomach
The reptile was as black as coal and
very lively, living "a hours after toni,
him from his prison. Field and
Stream.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
Ole Chinese Indemnity.

The international committee on in
demnity at Pekin has reported in ia
vor Of total Of s27S, 1000. Large
as is this bill of damages which China
must pay for the Boxer riots, it is con-
sidered smaller than some Of the Eu-
ropean powers were at first inclined
to demand. Credit for this reduction
must be given to the United States.
When the other powers were pressing
claims amounting to a total Of $780,.
100000 the Americans urged that one
half or one-quarter Of that sum ought
to be sufficient.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
Germany:s Able Chancellor.

If the rumor that Count Won Buelow
IS to be pushed out of the German
chancellorship should be verified by
events Germany must be deprived Of
the services of one Of the very ablest
of contemporary statesmen. The
count is now in the prime Of life, being
only 81 years old, but he has had a
long experience in the affairs of gov
eminent. He took part in the Franco
German war, was attached to the staff
of the Berlin congress, was first sec
rotary at the Paris and st, Petersburg
embassies, charge d'affaires at Athens
during the Russo-Turkish war, man
aged the negotiations at Bucharest
which brought about the accession Of
Roumania to the triple alliance, was
minister to Italy, then secretary for
foreign affairs, from which post he
was advanced to this present position.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16

fell. At the close of that strife he
refused to swear allegiance to the king
and exiled himself in Honduras, where
he married and became postmaster
general and otherwise conspicuous as
a statesman. In 1883 he came to Amer
lea, established an educational insti-
tuition. and as soon as the last revo-
luton appeared threw himself into it
heart and soul.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16
Dr.. Carl Hersyot,,.

DR.. Carl Herslow, who is generally
mentioned as the successor of the
present swedish-Norwegian minister
of state, Baron Won Often, is promi-
nent member of the riksdag. The new
army bill is certain to meet with de-
feat unless the king consents to uni
versal suffrage, and this is the meas
ure advocated by DR.. Herslow. The
present administration is sure to re-
sign, whatever the result will be, and,
as DR.. Herslow has repeatedly been
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-16

you say was the name of the author?"
inquired the judge. "Brownes-. yer
honor; Browne, Browney." "My
name," said the judge, is spelled
Greene; how would you prom ounce
that. Greene or 'Greeney'?" shall re-
serve me Judgment on that, yer hon
or" replied the attorney, until 1.-THE
honorable court has rendered defis.
ion in the case"