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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28

oh, you will not have mitch to do.
You will be cheerful when I'm sad.
and kind when I'm cross; and you
won't offer to read aloud unless ask
You, and you will talk when want
you to talk; and, above all things,
you won't try ralpably to amuse me.
Nothing bores me like that; and l
DO hope you can arrange flowers nice
~. Mrs. Mortimer makes bouquets as
round as pumpkins, and is so annoyed
when | criticise.
WONDER" she said, with a rapid
change of subject, how you liked Cap
tain Merivale? I'm engaged to him.
you know and he has come to stay
here for little bit before he goes out
TO India. He is ordered to the front"
He was very kind" replied Janetta.
u scarcely know how would have got
here without him"
we were engaged before l had the
fall from my horse which has made
me what you see me-" went on Miss
Seymour, twisting her engagement
ring round and round upon her finger.
SO that every diamond in it caught and
reflected, the light in thousand rain
bow-colored hues.
It's hard luck that lie here help
less like this, isn't it, when there is
such life Of happiness before me?
I'm going to get we'll, but it's long to
wait. Now you can guess how much
shall need cheering when Harry
goes abroad. He's very good to me,
and declares he's never dull when he
comes; but you will try to make it
more cheerful for him. II you wait a
little while he'll be up again.
"You will not need an introduction
after that long drive in the dark. He
was pleased with you, because he said
you We're the only woman in the acct
dent who did not scream"
Janetta laughed. Terror does not
take that form with me; it makes me
feel Incapable of uttering sound.
expect was just as frightened as any
body else"
We'll, at any rate, you kept it well
UNDER" said voice behind her; and,
looking round, Janetta saw that Cap.
tain Merivale had entered the room
Ito be continued)
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28
Goat Frightened tho Negroes.

Some boys in Macon. Mo-, recently
fed the contents of a box of seidlitz
powders to goat belong to a family
which had recently moved into the
neighborhood. Then taking it for
granted that he was thirsty, they led
Billy to nearby trough and permit
ted him to drink heartily Soon the
fixing began and the goat tore down
the street toward the woods at reck.
less pace. Some negroes living sew
eral miles out Of town claim to have
seen Old Nick himself. as they verify
believed. rushing along the road in
broad daylight His majesty resem.
bled an enormous goat, they said, but
they recognized him rs the devil, be.
cause he was splitting fire and brin
stone.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28
puRE-FooD LAW.
Kentucky Tests Show Fruit jelly Mad,
Wholly of Glue.


Wholly of Glue.
The General Assembly of Kentucky
recently enacted law providing for
the inspection of food products sold in
that state, and intrusted the work to
the agricultural experiment station.
The station submitted report show
ing that fully 40 per cent of all sam
pies of food taken were adultera.ed.
Some of the adulterants used are in
furious to health; others have been
put in to cheaper articles of food. AS
examples of the former, the inspectors
found so-called fruit jellics'' made
wholly or in part of glue and artificial
coloring and favoring matters They
found salicylic acid, sometimes in
large quantities, in tomato catsups,
preserves and other food products
which were sold as pure, and formalde-
hyde and other personalities in milk,
which perhaps in some cases was fed
to infants. The most striking example
of all is in the case of essence of pep
permint and essence of cinnamon
These extracts contained wood alcohol,
poisonous substance, as one of the in
gradients. In the preparation of these
essences mixture of wood alcohol
and common alcohol was used in place
of common alcohol, presumably to
avoid the government tax on alcohol
This condition of affairs is by no
means confined to Kentucky. Equally
fragrant instances of adulteration are
reported in the publications of other
stations engaged in the inspection o.
foods and from many other sources.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28
GROWING FASTER THAN EVER.
The Mormon Church and Its shrewd

Policy of Colonization.
The Mormon church is growing fast
er to-day than ever before in its his
tory. 1t is building more churches,
planting more settlements, maintain
ing more missionaries all over the
earth. The general public appears to
know nothing of it except polygamy.
And polygamy is only the ornamental
buckle on it's shoe. Behind that is the
s,uruy body and enterprising brain OF
great materialism, which possesses
attractions far more potent than a
plurality of wives. Whatever myster-
les may be embalmed within the ex-
elusive precincts of Mormon temples
there is nothing occult about their
method of gaining converts and max
ing those converts prosperous and con-
tented.
The Mormon policy Is colonization.
The Mormon method is cooperation.
tllty years of expanding prosperity
have shown that this is a winning COM
bination. There is no reason to sup
pose that it will appeal less effectively
in the future than in the past. On
the contrary, present economic ten
denotes more urgently favor emigra-
ton and cooperative industry than
those Of twenty-five or fifty years ago.
Where the missionaries of other
churches speak chiefly of security in
the life to come Mormon missionaries
add their prescription for security here
and now. The missionary who holds
out the hope of three square meals a
day" in this world has striking adj
vantage over his rival who deals only
in the hopes Of futurity.
The great social and economic facts
which alone give the Mormon religion
habitation and name and enable it
to survive the assaults Of congresses,
presidents and all the churches of the
land have been overlooked. The truth
is that the Mormon church is great
plan of cooperative settlement, to
which thousands Of people have fed
as to rock of refuge. Those who ask
this church for bread do not get a
stone. They get an irrigated farm.
They get the shrewd bat kindly as
sistance of able men in making their
way from servitude to self-employ-
ment and landed proprietorship. All
the church asks in return is obedience.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28

s
the people of his state nothing was too
good for Steve" White, as he was af-
lectionately called
His father, William White, who be-
longed to well-known family of New
Yo k state, went to California in t349
Stephen White was born in San Fran
cisco forty-seven years ago. He at
tended the Jesuit college of Santa
Clara and was graduated in 1871
He began the practice of law in Los
Angeles in 1874. Entering politics. he
became in succession, district attorney
of the county, state senator and lieu
tenant governor. He was chairman OF
the National Democratic convention in
1888, and again in 1896 He was elected
to the United States senate in 1893
Former Senator White achieved a
national reputation as a lawyer, and
during the last twenty years argued
many cases before the United States
supreme court.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28
LADY cuRzoN.s PARTIES.
New Form of Entertainment which
Amuses Ipdia.s 400. ;

Amuses IndIa.s 400.
Elephant parties are the latest form
of amusement to be invented by Lady
Curzon to entertain midas 400. It
seems that several of the native rul-
ers have taken a great fancy to her,
and the Maharajah of Durhhunga re-
Gently made her unique gift by plac-
ing at her disposal magnificent herd
of elephants.
The vicereine was at loss to know
just what to do with the gift at first!
Then the idea occurred to her of Civ
ing an elephant party. She arranged
it SO that each animal was to bear
young woman and an attendant saint
to rendezvous, where tiffin was to be
served to the assembled pairs.
Lady Curzon herself rode the largest
elephant in the group, and in her how
dab Of silver was protected from the
sun by an umbrella Of white silk, Dor
dered with pearls. Her mahout car
ried silver goad and fly fan. The
trappings of her mounts were en-
broidered in silk and gold, while
ACSIoOA vi peal 10 Auu6 dTOuuO the ole-
plants ears.
The first party was such success
that her ladyship gave several more.
and now the fad has developed into
almost craze.
The humorous side Of these affairs
was supplied by the elephants them
selves, who insisted on testifying to
their affection by snatching treasures
from passersby, or from the bazaars,
and bestowing them upon the rider.
This thoughtfulness on the part OF the
elephants several times became en-
barrassing, especially when the gift
happened to take the form Of naked
Indian child. One chubby little boy.
the son of the elephants keeper, wear
ing only string of beads. was lifted
into the yicereine's howdah, causing
great amusement to the party. Lady
Curzon received the gift graciously.
and gave the child present to take
home.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28
AN IMPoTENT REMEDY.

President Hadley, of Yale college,
in recent speech at Boston renewed a
recommendation which he made some
months ago to the effect that there
should be a public opinion which
would drive the trusts out of existence
regardless of statutes. The earlier
| dispatches quoted MIN as saying that
we would have an empire here within
twenty-five years unless something
was done to destroy the trusts, but he
has since denied making any such
prophecy. The mere fact that so
| prominent an educator recognizes the
menace of private monopolies is both
significant and encouraging, but the
remedy which he suggests is an i'm
potent one. Public opinion is neces-
sary, first, to enact, and second. to en-
force law, but public opinion alone
will never give the public protection
from the trusts.
1t would not be safe to keep horses
if public opinion was the only protec-
ton society had against horse stealing
A man is influenced by the public
opinion with which he comes into con-
tact and the horse thief does not as
sociate with those who have conscien-
tlouS ScrupleS against larceny; neither
does the trust magnate associate with
those who object to trusts. 1t will be
long time before the opinion of an
ordinary mortal or, for that matter.
of all the ordinary mortals, has an in
fluence upon the man who can make a
fortune in year by preyfng upon
those ordinary mortals.
Mr.. Rockefeller would be Indifferent
to petition signed by ninety mine per
cent of the people asking him to low
er the price of oil (even at the risk of
decreasing his donations to colleges),
but he would heed law made and
executed by majority Of the people.
All credit to President Hadley for
his effort to create public opinion
against trusts, but that public opinion
must be crystalfzed into public stat
utes before it will check the trust evil.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28

Of being the only woman In Bosd
who bears United States commissid
empowering her to collect pensio]
claims. For another thing. she does
an enterprising real estate business
and for a third, she has been in politi-
cal life in Kansas. q
She is the widow Of a clergyman.
eie was born way down east" but
after her marriage went to Kansas to
reside. Then, Of course, she voted,
and in other ways she took an active
to perform the marriage service. and
part in politics. On one occasion she
closed up saloon. though she did not
resort to the sure methods now In
use by Mrs. Nation and others. A
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28
In South Australia there are only IS
women for every 100 men.

however remote. This is the rule in
Holland-from which it takes its
name-Russia, and some of the minor
German states. The third system is
that prevailing in Great Britain, under
which females are excluded when there
are males in the same degree of rela-
tionship, but take precedence of males
whose degree of relationship is not 30
close as their own. Thus an elder
daughter Of the ruling sovereign Of
Great Britain gives way to all her
younger brothers and their issue, but
takes precedence Of a male cousin or
nephew. This system is the rule in
Spain and Portugal as we'll as in Eng
land.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28
THE SITUATION IN ST. LOUIS.

In the last number of The Commoner
there appeared an editorial entitled
"A Sample of Harmony" which called
afternoon to the attempt which is be-
ing made in st. Louis to elect Mr..
Wells on the democratic ticket, not
withstanding the fact that he opposed
the national ticket in 1896 and 1900,
and still refuses to accept democratic
principles, though willing to accept a
democratic office.
The st. Louis Republic in last Sat
urday's issue seems to admit the facts
stated in that editorial, but attempts
to avoid the conclusions drawn from
them. 1t says:
"Mr. Bryan naturally does not care
big cities. That is a problem with
which he has never been called upon
to contend. But ST., Louis democrats
but as party men. If they do not take
the best course in municipal politics
they will dwindle into small political
on st. Louis politics in Mr.. Bryan's
paper have not the weight Of knowl-
edge or of sympathy"
liz 1SCpuOl1S 10 LII Ol 1Ol. 4ul ID al
does care about municipal government
in big cities, but he does not expect
good municipal government under the
administration of man who believes
in making the president an emperor,
and who is willing to let the trusts
control the national administration.
The man who sees, no danger in imper
ialism, a large standing army, wars of
oonnroct nriuofo poouorn1ioc the
other policies for which the republican
party now stands is not likely to give
the people of any city, large or small,
a wise, just or economical administra-
ton. The mind of an intelligent man
is consistent and, as no one doubts the
intelligence of Mr.. Wells, it is fair to
assume that he would be as willing
to allow local corporations to control
the city administration as he has
shown himself willing to allow larger
corporations to control the national
administration. 1t is no answer to
say that the republican candidate may
be as bad as Mr.. Wells. The demo-
cratic party is not responsible for re-
publican administration and can make
political capital out of the wrong do
ings of such an administration But if
Mr.. Wells is elected the democratic
party must assume responsibility for
what he does. If, as is probable, he
would run the city according to the
latest and most approved republican
methods, the democrats would be COM
PEELED to repudiate his administration
or obliterate the distinction between
| republican methods and democratic
methods.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28
COST on a WORRIED poWER,

Congressman Livingston, the demo-
cratic member Of the house committee
on appropriations, has issued state
ment comparing the appropriations of
the recent congress with that of the
congress that died March 4, 1897 The
.Ftfty-sixth congress appropriated ST.
440,062, 1885. Congressman Cannon
for the republicans points out that
this is a decrease of $128, 100000 from
the appropriations made by the Fifty
fifth congress, which was the imme-
diate predecessor of the recent one.
But Congressman Livingston MAIN
tains that it is better to make the
comparison with the Fifty-fourth con-
gress, that being the last to make APP
preparations for the support of the
government prior to the war With
Spain.
Mr.. Livingston shows that the ap-
preparations made by the Fifty-sixth
congress exceed those made by the
Fifty-fourth congress in the sum Of
1895, 4S2, 272.0S. He calls attention to
the fact that nearly all this increase
was due to appropriations for the sup
port of the military establishments.
For each of the two years prior to the
Spanish-American war, the regular
army cost 500, 1000 900. Since then, how
ever, it has increased to SIZE, 000, 900
per year. The Fifty-fourth congress
appropriated $S0O00,OOO for the navy,
while the Fifty-sixth congress appro-
priated for the navy SLAB, 793, 900. Dur
ing the last two years the pension ap-
preparations have increased $4,000, 900.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28
II the King vIsits Ireland.

Should King Edward VII. visit Ire
land this year, as may happen. he will
be the first king, with his consort, who
ever visited the country since it be-
come part of the British kingdom. Dur
ing that time six kings Of England
have visited Ireland, but unaccompan-
led by their queens.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28

few years after the great rush to the
Golden Gate" he was essentially a
Californian, and to many Of his fellow
citizens of that state he represented
the best that the term could imply.
His qualities won for him remark
able following, and in the opinion Of
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28

The most novel provision made in
will is that of a St. Louis woman thai
her remains be incinerated and the
ashes mingled with those of her hus.
band in the urn where his already re-
pose.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28
TIE Late Senator HZ,bife


Former United States Senator Steph-
en- M. White, who died at his home in
Los Angeles a few days ago, was one
of the most remarkable men that Cal
ifornia has produced. Born within
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28
MRS. MARTHA S. HoYT.a

MRS. MARTHA S. HOYT.
man from Missouri came to the town
in which Mrs. Hoyt lived and opened
barroom. Mrs. Hoyt and another
woman secured formidable list OF
names petitioning his removal. and
then calmly proceeded to the barroom,
walked in and read the petition to
the irate proprietor. The next day he
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28

4 Confusion is the enemy Of all COM
fort. and confusion is born Of pro-
crastination. Amiel.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28

The republican governor of Utah
has acted in the interest of the Nor
mon church as well as in the interest
of the gentle population of his state,
in vetoing the bill which was intend
ed to prevent the prosecution of per-
sons guilty of polygamy. The practice
Of polygamy, at one time Endorsed by
the Mormon church, is now renowned
/ by the church and prohibited by stat
ute. 1t. is not surprising that there
are occasional violations of the law,
but these will become less and less as
the years go by, until polygamy be-
comes thing of the past. Any attempt
to reopen the question by giving direct
or indirect sanction to the practice
would bring on political controversy
which could result only in one way,
| namely, in the continuance of present
laws, and then to the enforcement of
the law would be added the bitterness
and prejudice which such a contest
would be sure to arouse.
President Lincoln said that labor
deserved much higher consideration
than capital. Mr.. Carnegie says that
labor and capital deserve equal con-
sideration. 1t is quite step from the
| doctrine of Lincoln to the doctrine Of
Carnegie, but the, Hanna doctrine is
isr,4 worse for it puts capital first and
| labor nowhere.
According to the dictionary of the
reorganizers. democrat is man who
votes the republican ticket in national
campaigns, but is generous enough to
allow democrats to vote for him in a
municipal campaign.
| The president has announced that
ne will go to San Francisco soon to
witness the launching Of battleship.
There is still work for the peace So
ciety when the chief executive of a
great nation travels across the conti-
| nent to celebrate the completion of an
engine of destruction.
1t appears that the trusts were very
well satisfied with Mr.. John Griggs Of
New Jersey. At any rate Mr.. Griggs
of New Jersey will remain in the cab
inat for time. It may be that Mr..
Knox of Pittsburg did not have his
trust business in shape to turn over to
successor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28
CHAPTER III.

Janetta's heart sank. The stern fea
lures of the lady to whom she was in
troduced scarcely relaxed into smile.
and cold hand held her own
"Come in, Miss Howard. Your train
must have been very late; we expected
you more than an hour ago"
There was an accident. The train
ran off the line, l think, and we were
landed, Mr.. Meriyale and l."
Captain Merivale." corrected her
listener.
Janetta glanced round quickly to see
4 Il Captain Merivale had followed, and
Vas listening to the correction; but
he was nowhere to be seen.
We had not met before. I did not
know that he was Captain Merivale
by intuition; but he was very anxious
that you Should not be frightened on
his account, Miss seym0Er. He told
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28
CRATES HARsHLY ON AMERICAN
EARS

Down with the Americans" is the
popular cry among the people of the
PHILIPPINES. "Dewn with the Ameri-
cans" is the cry that resounded
throughout Porto Rico last week.
Even in Cuba they are beginning to
whisper, Down with the Americans"
When the Spaniards called us yam
kee pigs" we were not in the least dis
turbed; on the. c6ntrary;; we rather en-,
joyed it. Our conscience was clear. 1t
was natural for people engaged in
uphohing despotism to show their
hatred for a people devoted to liberty
and republican form of government.
But this cry, Down with the Ameri-
cans" has become altogether too pop
ular among people who have shown
their devotion to liberty as thoroughly
as we ever displayed our love for
liberty.
Is it not about time for thoughtful
Americans to ask what we have done
to provoke this popular cry? Why
have we done it, and why do we per-
sist in 1t to the detriment Of our ma
terial interests, the disturbance of our
conscience and the destruction of our
reputation as the foremost champions
of liberty?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28

John Sherman, the greatest financier
in the republican party. repudiated
the Philippine policy of his party;
Benjamin Harrison, the last republic
can president before Mckinley, repu-
dated the Philippine policy of his par
ty; Thomas B. Reed, the most distin-
guished republican out of Office, has
repudiated the Philippine policy of his
party. These. things might disturb the
president, but for the fact that Mr..
Hanna is ever near and keeps the fin
ger of destiny pointed toward the
Orient.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28

The trusts generally issue two kinds
of stock-preferred and common. The
preferred stock is intended for the pre-
ferred people and the common stock
for the common people. The preferred
stock has fixed dividend, which must
be paid before any dividend can be
declared on the common stock; the
common stock, therefore, is subject to
the greater fluctuation. 1t might with
propriety be called lambs food, be-
cause it is most popular with young
sheep before they have experienced
the first shearing.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28

According to the dictionary of the
reorganizers. democrat is man who
votes the republican ticket in national
campaigns, but is generous enough to
allow democrats to vote for him in a
municipal campaign,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28

A man who would openly advocate
the breaking Of a solemn political
pledge may boast of his business in
tegrity, but 1t would be just as we'll
to watch him.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28

After listening to all the praise be-
slowed upon Senator Carter for his
having talked the river and harbor
bill to death it is humiliating to learn
that he did not do it through patriotic
motives, but because the managers of
the bill would not include an appro-
priation for the building of storeage
reservoirs in Senator Carriers section
Of the country.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28

"A PRETTY ~ 5.
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