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New-York tribune., 1901-02-03
FRENCH RELIGIOUS ORDERS.
THEIR VAST POSSESSIONS.

Paris correspondence of The London News.
Two closely printed volumes of 1o"o pages
each have been distributed to the members of the
thamAer. The printing of them has tStD
They are packed with statistics ON the fortunes
IN real estate of the religious orders, and show
their progress since lSjo when the worst
of reaction that France ever experienced set in
Ihat year they owned properties valued at
l2Wntp Their Ostensihle real estate has since
risen to t44o~oooo but the wealth held in trust
ana otherwise kept out of sight must, II is
thought considerably exceed tl2nmh.W0
Should this ratio of increment continue they
would in another half century possess f4UN,-
Ooo 600 to f60Ood0O
What do the religious orders want with al
this wealth? The almsgiving If the religious
orders is not great. Indeed they are reputed
avarici"us Their orphanages are scarcely dis
guised industrial schools The profits of the
child labor in these houses are considerable.
and the children are turned adrift when of age,
pennlicss. badly clothed. narrowly specialized
and unable To adapt themselves to con-
ditions The Bishop of Nancy was a year ago
engaged in hot campaign at Rome and in his
diocese against the order of the Good Shep-
herd, which is the greatest outftter of lingerie
De luxe in France. The Bishop of Laval quite
recently did battle with begging order in his
diocese that also knows how To turn child labor
to industrial account He first demonstrated
and was publicly Viliiied by way Cf answer
on appeal tO Rome the Pope decided in his
favor and limited the conditions for the crea-
tion or spread of such orders. The ease with
which under the name of religion and charity
the laws against mendaclty could he eVaded I'd
To the great multiplication of religious orders
They nave TWO great sources Of Wcdlth-the
dowrlcS ~ new members and begging The
begging leads often Ia large donations and 20
legaCieS
There are altogether :{.2lG religious houses IN
France OF these 2.sSi have schools Of various
kinds including the kind of orphanages on
which the Bishop of Nancy has put his foot
down Since 1877 the religious orders have
swarmed in Algeria. where they number 80 1886
members. The numbers not given IF those
that swarm to the other French colonies and
I" canada and British India. where Roman
enterprise
converts go i'm for elegant education for young
women. They have been rapidly gaining ground
IN Canada, California and the hill districts Of
british India There orders. such as the
Poor Clares. TraI psts and Carmclites. which go
in for fasting and other notifications Of the
New-York tribune., 1901-02-03

prices one could not blame a for putting
5000 $4,000 into hole in the ground in
the hope OF getting out a fortune the contempla-
ton OF which fairly takes ones breath away. To
go now though. and deliberately spend Sa'rc
10 drill a hole sixteen hundred feet deep IN a
place where practical demonstration has shown
again and again that there is no more OIL seems
TO an outsider the height OF folly. Yet that is
lust what is done every day in the old oil coun-
try and the who do IL could not be induced
10 invest a like amount in legitimate business
enterprise.
There are towns out there going TO rack and
ruin and rapidly decaying because the inhabl-
tanis are impregnated with the oil fever and the
tradition OF riches in hour III they are
spoken to about the way their town as going 10
the dogs, they listen quietly and with re-
Elective air and acquiesce in all you say. Yes,
the old town is purity much run down. There
was five hundred people left here last year, an
i heard to-day that the Porterses an two fam
lies from across the creek goin' 10 leave
next month"
They sit awhile rejecting the situation and
saying nothing, and then one OF them brightens
up and remarks: But you orter seen 'er when
tn Oh was here There was plenty OF people
New-York tribune., 1901-02-03
.AMERltlS. \

Most religious communities live we'll Loyola
expressly forbids modification of the body,
which might render the Jesuit less efficient
Soldier of the Cross He wanted his disciples TO
be able bodied. enterprisIng. resourceful SAINT
Vincent forbade every attempt To rise above
the common law. unless in observing the vow OF
Celibacy and rising at cock crow in the morn
ing. His daughters kept "a plain excellent table.
| once a ntiSEhOr in the country 0f a
SisterhoOd of ST. Thomas de Nilleneuve and
hired a cook who had been with them for seven
years. She of the best cooks | ever
knew in narrow range. She spoke of the
sisters gournandS and G0urmets, as hearty
eaters and dainty. but without thinking the
worse of them for that. They ran hospital for
sCrOfulous children and they were assisted by
"a large staff of servants. The sisters never did
serVie work themselves. but knew how to get
il done They not saints, but certainly
not sinners. either. They were good to
the children. and most successful in begging
for them The worst thing l knew of their COM
munity that member fell in love with the
gardener. and finally insisted retiring from it
To marry him The Mayor of the Commune
though Clerical. had to post the bans on the
door of the parish church, to the great disgust OF
the religious people with small minds
New-York tribune., 1901-02-03

luck these last few years. strikin' nothin' but
dry holes. an 1 guess his moneys just about
give out. That's purity tough. too l mind when
Joe worth million. easy"
Well. if there are nothing but dry holes now,
why don't you go into some other business
''Oh. strike oil once in a while
There isn't one Of you here. though. who
hasn't put more money into dry holes this year
than ne has taken out Of producing wells
We'll, l don know but mebbe you might be
right. But look at Tom Henderson. He's got
nigh onto two hunderd prOducin' wells maxim
anywhere from six 10 twenty-i five bar'ls apiece"
Yes Tom Henderson and perhaps half a
dozen others in the town have production that
amounts TO something. but they not drilling
any more wells"
''Oh, yes, they are. That's where you're wrong
They're drilln every day
Not drilling around here: not going over
worked out territory. They're drilling in West
Virginia, where there y OIL"
New-York tribune., 1901-02-03

chinery To the well drillers. Their roofs are
sagging and their windows broken. Doors hang
by one hinge, flo. re have fallen through, the
rain and snow come il to rot the beams and
ruin with rust the few remaining pieces of
machinery which the owners have been too
shiftless To remove. And the inhabitants point
To those ruins with pride, They show what the
town has been. The people who point out those
ruins To you never seem Ia think that they also
show what the town is to-day.
Easily the most prosperous class are the farm
ers. They lease their farms to the oil men,
who drill them full of holes and pay well for the
privilege. The farmers themselves do not often
take an active part in the oil business. although
there are some who have done so, and they have
generally done well. because they have been
content when they have made enough, and haze
not sunk all their profits i'm busters When
the oil gives out and the wells go dry they still
have their farms.
An abandoned Oil field is a desolate sight dot
New-York tribune., 1901-02-03
PLAYED-OUT OIL TOWNS.
MELANCHOLY SURVIvALS OF THE "GUSH
ING" DAYS THAT ARE NO MORE.

Out in Western Pennsylvania there many
\towns and cOmmunities-in fact, almost whole
eounties-where the oil industry is the support
the population. A slight decrease in the
rice of oil will nearly wipe out the income of
whole families. Oil is scarce and the price low
ana every slight occurrence that may affect the
price is commented uDoH and carefully weighed
And discussed from ali points Of view.
There is not the money in oil in Western
Pennsylvania now that there used 10 be. ''Gush-
ers" are not struck any more. OIL men, and
that means all OF the residents sit around the
hotels and the postOfices and the stores and
tell about the old days when wells came in
with fifty thousand barrels day and oil was
worth IS 40 barrel but when a man has
well giving eight or ten barrels day by pump
ing nowadays they congratulate him his
production"
In the days OF gushing wells and bonanza
New-York tribune., 1901-02-03

Il don know
as he's q DIN
IN u c n OF any
thing now. The
old mans been
hayin' purity hard
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
HEART
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Will Send So. so Worth of His Spec
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tation, s%mothering spells, putting OF the
ankles, or dropsy, DR.. Miles will send
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His treatments are the result of
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tensive research, and remarkable exper-
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of the heart, stomach, and nerves, which
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ishing are the results Of his complete
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Nothing could be more generous. Few
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Send at once to Franklin Miles, NJ.
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0h .3t
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
Library Notes.

The free public reading room is daily
growing i'll popularity,and interest. Each
evening finds an attendance of fifteen to
twenty young people enjoying the daily
papers and magazines. The association
thankfully acknowledges the donation
of books made by Mrs. j. r. Conrey,
Mrs. g. |, Finley aud Mr.. G. W. Hoffman
during the past week. We hope soon
to have the new books on the shelves
and ready for loaning. In the mean
time come and enjoy the material on
hand. Rooms are open every evening
from Z It'll $50 and onSunday afternoon
from It'll 5. Carrie HYATT.
Asst. Librarian.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
Teachers Meetings.

Program for teachers and patrons
meeting at Grand River, Friday p. IN.
March LIST, 1901.
''The Teaching of U. S. History
Rosa Burkart.
Discussion-Lloyd Gilreath, Mrs. E.
J. Mckee, Cary 0. Andrew, Fannie Nc.
.kee.
Language Work in Sd and 18th
Grades"-Ella Rogers.
Discussion-Ella Mckee, odette Gil
reath, Maggie E. Edwards.
Relation Of Parent and School,
Geo. r. Sullivan.
Discussion-John Mckee, Rev. o.
Wolever, j. NJ. Palmer.
Paper-H. g. Jennings.
General Discussion.
"The Iowa Hand Book for Teachers
"Ca1e and Use of New Library Eek
aminations in Rural Districts for Com.
mon School Diplomas.''--J. A. Mcln-
tosh.
General Discussion.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
Educational.

The Decatur County feathers Assn.
Is to be congratulated on having am
other excellent meeting at Garden Grove
on last Friday and. Saturday. a large
number of teachers, and patrons of the
Garden Grove schools We're present and
took part in the discussions and assist.
ed in making the meeting a success.
The papers We're all carefully prepared
and contained SO many good things for
teachers and all interested in education
that the superintendent will have
them published, If the Leon papers
would find room in their columns for
them. The program was carried out in
full as advertised and the meeting at
the opera house at night was a most eN-
~cellent feature of a teachers meeting as
it wa mainly in the hands of the pat
rons Of the Garden Grove schools and
indicated that the people have a deep
interest in the welfare of our public
schools. Excellent papers were read by
Prof. ]. l.. Latta, of Weldon, E. Orlo
Moore, of Grown, Miss Ella Tallman, of
Weldon, S. FL. Amos, Of the Garden
Grove school board, Miss. Bessie Nj.
Moore, of Leon, Geo. n. Briggs, Lamont,
Eli Hutchinson, Woodland, and Miss
AIDA Hoadley of Weldon. Rev. L. o.
Lovett, a patron of the Garden Grove
schools gave an interesting talk on the
patrons duty to the school. which con.
tanned many valuable ideas for patrons
and teachers. Interesting features of
the meeting were the class drill in Syn
thetic Reading by Miss Mayme Judd's
class OF primary pupils. The Cause of
the SnoWtiakes, and especially the part
of the program furnished by the Garden
Grove schools.
Taking into consideration all things,
the meeting at Garden Grove was a
grand success. The opera house was
entirely filled by an appreciative aud
fence and the sessions held at the school
house were we'll attended by teachers
and the discussions developed many
good things for our schools.
The teachers were fortunate this year
in having with them Prof. II. A.
Hardness. 1t is an inspiration to n
one to hear him discuss the subjects pre-
scented at a teachers meeting and his
presence always adds enthusiasm to
teachers. The following teachers were
in attendance:
LEoN-Bertha W~atsabaugh, Kathleen
Ogden, j. H. Drake, James Conwell,
Ethel Gardner. Grace Reitzel.
CRowN-E. Orlo Moore.
LAMoN1-Geo. N. Briggs, La June
Howard, Carrie Judd, Nellie M.
Anderson, Roxana Il. Anderson, Blanche
Lawrence, Il. A. Hardness.
WELDoN-Bessie NJ. Moore, j. l.. Latta,
Alkaline Hoadley, Ella Tallman.
GARDEN GRovE-Geo. W.. Monroe,
Mrs. Mary Zichey, John II. Beavers,
Mayme Judd, Dilla Swope, Mary Arnold,
Kate Vail, Margaret f. Zichey, Fannie
Swope, j. +. Chamberlin, W.. b. Aten,
Lulu E. Miller, Ella Zook.
DEcATuR-Isabel r. Cash.
HIGH PoINr-Jessle Keller.
WooDLAND-Charles Newlin, Nellie
Grogan, Eli Hutchinson, j. E. Coontz,
Ella Grogan, L. II. Carver, Maggie
Mullin, Cleo Bryson.
DAVIS CITY-Helen Radnich.
LERoY-H. w. Helmick.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
To Be Prepared.

For what is the surest way for this ma
ton to maintain peace. That is the
opinion Of the wisest statesmen. 1t is
equally true that to be prepared for
spring is the best way to avoid the pc.
culiar dangers of the season. This is a
lesson multitudes are learning, and at
this time, when the blood is sure to be
be loaded with impurities and to be
weak and sluggish, the millions began
to take Hoods Sa~rsaparilla, which pur-
iiies, enriches and vitalizes the blood,
expels all disease germs, creates a good
appetite, gives strength and energy and
puts the whole system in a healthy con.
dition, preventing pneumonia, fevers,
and other dangerous diseases which are
liable to attack a weakened system.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
Matter of State Pride.

The whole state of Iowa is proud of
the immense success that has been at.
tanned by the Des Moines Leader as the
foremost newspaper of the state, and
the most metropolitan publication in
the territory between Chicago and Den
yer. The press of the entire country
has come to recognize The Leader as
being Iowa's Greatest Daily.
Mather-the 80 years dentist of over
so years experience is at Leon on the
morning of the 9th and will remain
until the last of every month.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21

have ever attained. He rests now
where relatives, comrades and friends
will ever keep his grave blooming with
flowers and fresh with evergreens.
Bethany Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
Story of a Slave.

TO be bound hand and foot for years
by the chains of disease is the worst
form of slavery. George ID. Williams, of
Manchester, Mich. tells how such a slave
was made free. He says: "My wife has
been so helpless for five years that she
could not urn over in bed alone. After
using two bottles of Electric Bitters, she
is wonderfully improved and able to do
her own work." This supreme remedy
for female diseases quickly cures nervous
ness, sleeplessness, melancholy, head
ache. backache, fainting and dizzy
spells. This miracle working medicine
is a godsend to weak, sickly, run down
people. Every bottle guaranteed.
Only 90 cents. Sold by l.. Van. Werden
druggist.
| will sell at my farm 5 miles south
east of Leon, mile north of the county
farm, on Monday Feb. %, the following
property to.wit: 8 cattle consisting of
9 head of cows. These are extra good
ones, some fresh, others o will be. 3
horses consisting of 3 good mares, l span
of matched bay mares, n OF the best
all purpose teams in the county. 20
hogs, 4 brood SONS, / male, balance
shoats. ] Moline wagon, l spring wagon
i road wagon. 2 cu%ltiyators, i riding
cultjvator, l breaking ploy, diamond
pillow, corn shelter, 2 sets double har-
ness, one bob sled, | cider mill, ] feed
cooker, 80 gallon size, i moving ma.
chine, / large cupboard, chicken coops
of all kinds, Z dozen good chickens, $50
bushels corn, 80 bushels good spring
wheat, % bushels oats, 100 fence posts,
] steel harrow, | straw stack, 100 shocks
of fodder. Terms II months.
Chas. Woods, a%uctioneer. S. n. DALE.
Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature e NHANzZm
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21

Raven Food is positive cure for chick
en- cholera, roupe, gapes and all dis
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bowels, blood and digestive organs,
produces bone, muscle and larger fowl;
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Young chickens will grow rapidly free
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The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-02-14

Drink In South Africa

! But of all the wrongs In regard to
natives and their labor In the Trans
lvaal none come ear to the scandals
of the liquor trade. The laws restrict
ing It are excellent on paper, but their
administration Is infamous. They pro-
'hibit the sale to natives; but they are
broken wholesale. The profits are
enormous; to the inexperienced Kafif
the sensation of getting drunk is a nov
ielty-something too grand to be re-
sisted. The government sells drink IL
censes, and all nationalities are more
!or less engaged in the Illicit traffic.
There have been some 150, 900 natives
In the mines, earning, say. f40 or ESQ
IA year in wages. Their one tempta-
Ition to expenditure is drink. Vile
spirits are sold to them on wage days.
manufactured In johannesburg itself,
underground. or imported from the
east coast, and worth perhaps I'd per
bottle, but charged at IS, los. 16s. A
native, when he is paid. will buy a
bottle of this poison. drink 1t in an
hour or two, and go mad for a week.
They 60 mad with drink, jump about.
and are beside themselves. ready for
murder or anything else. Under the
drink influence, natives employed in
different mines frequently have regu-
lar battles, especially on Sunday. when
work is stopped, and many have been
killed. Now, the mine owners have
made every effort to get this trade
stopped. 1t is exceedingly injurious to
their business; they have to allow for
average, being drunk and absent from
work, all the time. In numbers of
mines the WHOLE difference between
profit and loss depends upon passing
the average quantity Of rock through
the mill every week. II the average
is not reaehed-that is, II the men are
not there to keep the mill constantly
igoing-it is a loss.-Contemporary Re-
view
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-02-14

IN your career that you SPEAK Oh
When was it," ..
lyon know very we'll what / eiiuos
"a. You know that l have loved you
for all these years. since we were niue
more than children. You know .nas
here has not been a day that the IN
cnse of my soul was not onereo "
you. I have loved you truly ial.n
f,aly. unwaveringly. You know tna'
mn highest dream Of earthly nappi-
mss was to some day make a nome
for Won. where | could have you wi.h
me always You know that my wax
ing thoughts are all of you; tnat
dream of you at night; that not
pan | have made has not had you ioI
its inspiration, with the hope tnal :.
would conduce toward the emu
wished. There has not been an ahpi.
ton In my brain that was not causeo
ty my wish to excel and make you
proud of me-.
THE rest of the world can go nans
You are my world, the all In all ior
me. And now, after all these years
all that counts for naught. lneIo
comes into your life a great big peeiy
man-you know little about MIN eA-
cept that he is very wealthy, and In
the course of two months he nooes
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-02-14

A secret society called the Home
Makers has a large membership among
the foreigners in the mining districts
Of Pennsylvania. The purpose of the
organization is to provide and main
tain pleasant homes for its members
and those dependent upon them, and
rs gossipy, careless wives and mothers
are held by them to be the cause of a
majority of the unhappy, ill-kept homes
and neglected children. the society be-
lieves the members have a right to use
every possible means to see that their
homes ar not neglected. A member
who corrects his wife by beating her
must do SO only after all other means
to induce her to do her duty have
failed. The society pays for the de-
Tense of its members when arrested for
wife beating, and in case of conviction
pays the fine.
The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1901-02-14
PETITION.

Hsrs among your poppy neioAs
~ldlenSss, l pray you.
Let me wander lazy-eyeo'
Slow of thought and pace:
Empty -handed. light OF heart
Eager to obey you,
To loaf and mako q madrisa
Tuned to fit your face.
Sick am I of strife and toll,
! would seek your daisies,
Count the clouds and dose ana orea"
Through drowsy afternoons.
Prithee, TAKE me by the hand.
Show me where the way Is
Let me change the clink OF goio
For your linnets' tunes
Idienessi oh, Idleness,
Smile a welcome for me.
Here's q minstrel out OF voice,
A weary heart to rest.
Soothe me with the pipes OF Pan'
Hum his music DER me,
Rock me like a tired child
Sleepy on YOU breast
-Theodosia Pickering Garrison