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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
THE LEGION OF HONOR,
AN AMERICAN TELLS WHY HE
WAS DECORATED.
Tho Remarkable business Establi.hed nv
Charles t. s"oen of Pittsburg-
Railroad Inventors the Cause of the
High Tribute to Gentus.
Especial Lottery

N-PSSioA 11CllCT.J
Charles I. Schoen, formerly president
of pressed steel car company, of
Pittsburg, has recently been made a
chevalier of the Legion of Honor by
the French government. To celebrate
this honor diner was given him at
the Union League club, in Philadel-
phia, the other evening, at which many
prominent men were present. Mr.
Schoen explained why the decoration
was conferred on him.
1T is the custom of the French au-
thorities," said Mr.. Schoen, "to request
those whom they propose to decorate
to write what is called in France dos
sier. In the dossier you are asked
what you have done, and in answer to
this query stated that had taken out
nearly 800 patents, mainly on railway
equipment. l had also built up bust
ness the like OF which had never exist
ed before-the pressing of steel plates
in shapes to take the place of castings,
For example, take the high hat l am
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
verdi's Fear of the see.

The circumstances in which aida"
was produced are worth a'passing note.
The idea of the opera was first sug-
gested to Ismail Pasha, the then khe-
dive of Egypt, and Verdi was commits
stoned to write it. being left to name
his own price. This he fixed at $4,000.
and as lsmail did not willingly allow
a question Of money to interfere with
the qualification Of his pleasure, Yer
dis terms were accepted. and he was
even offered an additional $4,000 to
proceed to Cairo to superintend the
production. This, however. he declined
to do. and for no more valid reason
than his uncomfortable fear of trust
ing himself on the sea.-Londor
Chronicle
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

The thick, low beat of distant drums
Thro' clouds of dust, falls on my ear,
AS bravely on the long line comes
Chasseur, dragon and grenadier.
With swing and toss of plumed head,
Mid sloping rows of shining steel,
They pass, and he who boldly led
Them long ago, for woe or veal
Rides on before; and in that face,
Deep-scarred and brown. l see once
more
Him who abhored defeat, disgrace,
Leading victorious as OF yore.
A glance of those gray eyes, and 10!
With cracked voice calling, silly
hand
Outstretched in greeting as they go,
rise to follow his command.
And waking, find it but a dream,
That flash of scarlet. blue and gold.
How strangely real it all doth seem,
To me, gray-haired and bent and old.
Harriet R. Golf, in Leslie's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
West Point Cadets Graduate.

The hrst-class of cadets of the mill
tary academy at West Point was grad
uated in Cullum memorial building re-
Gently. The address to the class of
seFenty-three members was Delivered
by General John Brooke commanding
the Department OF the East, who also
presented the diplomas Tha early
graduation of the class this year was
necessitated by the reorganization OF
the army. The men graduated were
given furlough until March 10, after
which many of them were assigned
to duty in the Philippines. The first
ten members of the class were assigned
to the engineers branch of the service.
They are Johnston, Oregon; Sheriff.,
North Carolina; Poole, Wisconsin;
Peck, Wisconsin,; Lee, North Carolina;
Spalding, Michigan; Dent, Pennsylva-
MIA; Caples, Missouri; Jewett, New
York; and Williams, Missouri. This
is an unusual assignment, five being
the usual number allotted The six
following will be given their choice
between ordnance, artillery, cavalry,
or infantry. Then thirty-two may
go into either the artillery, cavalry, or
infantry. The remaining twenty-five
have choice only between the cavalry
or infantry.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

Philanthropy has been defined as
TOMS opinion OF what Dick ought TO
do for Harry. An ounce OF illustrat!n
is worth ton of definition. A visitor
at Hartford hospital was told that
Nancy Ccrnelius,a Young Indian nurse,
could earn twenty dollars week in
that city, ard have all her time en-
ptoyed. Feeling call of duty to the
sick and aged among her own people,
this splendidly equipped woman Offer
ed her services as doctor nurse.
housekeeper and scrubwoman in a lit
tie hospital among the Wisconsin In
dams. Fer this arduous work she re-
ceives the meager sum of $500 year.
Her returns in gratitude, and the
humble efforts of her people to follow
her lead to better things, pass all com
pusation.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
VOLCANIC ERuPTloNs.
Terrific Exp,o.lon, aud oatburss.

Terrific Exp!osiCns and Outbursts of
Flames at Different Perioes.
Careful study of the behavior Of vol
canoes has enabled observers in recent
years to predict with some degree Of
accuracy when renewal of plutonic
activity is impending. This was the
case last summer, when Mount Etna
for few days attracted attention, af-
ter seven years of almost complete
quiescence. The last eruption had oc-
cured in 1892, but in the autumn OF
1898 blue. flames began to emerge from
the mouth of the largest crater and
great deal of vapor was emitted from
the lesser orifices 1t was then an
nounced that Etna seemed to be pre-
pairing for it's flow of lava on the
southern slopes. The expected erup-
ton did not begin until the morning
of July 10, 1899, when great volumes
OF lava and smoke began to issue from
the main crater, but after several days
the activity subsidized and Etna soon
resumed its peaceful aspect The pres
cnt generation hears little Of Santorin,
among the Cyclades, in the Egean sea,
but the volcano will again become
center of interest if the recent state
ment is true that Santorin is preparing
Tor another series Of terrific explosions
and outbursts of flame that have al
ways marked it's active periods. For
30 years Santori has been content with
the continuous mild emission of gases,
but according to experts the volcano.
now exhibits much unrest, and an act
i've period is predicted. 1t is near the
crescent western shore of Thera that
Santorin has reared itself and two
other lava islands above the sea.
When it finally rouses itself after long
periods of quiescense, no volcano ex-
cells it in the violence of ts.outbursts.
The erupticns between 1866 and 1870,
when no less than 50000~were counted,
drew spectators from all parts of the
world including men of science, whose
observations made a distinct addition
to our knowledge of volcanic action.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
uonors for Battleships.

With the exception of torpedo boats
and a few small pleasure craft, the
American built Russian cruiser Variag
is today the fastest vessel. afioat, hav-
ing gone through a seven and half
hours trial run at speed of from
1856 to 237 knots. or 27.14 to 27.25
miles an hour, says the New York
Post. We need go back only few
years to find a time when the large
Atlantic racers in point of regularly
attainable speed were far beyond any
thing that had ever been done in any
navy,and TIER performances were con-
sidered practically beyond reach I'M
der the severe conditions of cramped
space, light machinery weight, and 9th
ers similarly restrictive to the design
er. The United States triple-screw
cruiser Minneapolis about six years
ago developed slightly more than %
knots during her contract trials. AS
in the cases of most naval vessels, it
was not expected that this would be
demanded hour after hour in a run of
several days, and in 1895 practical
representation was given for the first
time that a naval vessel could actu-
ally hold her own with one OF the
crack Atlantic liners. This was af-
forded by the United States cruiser
Columbia, in her phenomenal run from
the Needles, near Southampton, to
Sandy Hook lightship, off the Ameri
can shore, in a few minutes less than
seven days, or, to be exact. in 6 days,
% hours and 80 minutes, the average
speed for the whole trip being 21.3
miles an hour. Since that time high
priced long distance runs Of war YES
sells have been repeated. But among
all the swift cruisers and battleships
the Variag's 23.7 knots give her today
first place.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
Jealous Little Housewives.

A school of domestic economy at
Bethnal Green, London, carries off the
palm for enthusiasm among its pupils.
The school is built and finished in
imitation of an English workingman's
cottage, and the poor little girls of the
district are taken in and trained to
be capable wives for workingmen.
The school has been great success,
and is always crowded to its full ca
pacity, but either the ordinary rou-
tine work must be deadly dreary or
the pupils zeal must be monumental,
for the records show that scrubbing
and stone cleaning are dealt out as
rewards to deserving little women.
When pupil has been extraordinarily
good she is allowed to scrub a floor or
blackep stove, for treat. After all,
the theory may be sound. Both kinds
of work are delightfully."- messy, and
messiness, undoubtedly, appeals to the
youthful mind,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
erse;:=Nd Sergeant
000s0s0sst0s@y0s

One Of Grants old sergeants was a
farmer in southern Oregon when the
general arrived at Portland homeward
bound from his tour around the world.
He read of the proposed receptions to
be given him in the city ard also at
Vancouver barracks, and could not re-
sist the temptation to make the trip
and once more see the old commander.
says the Saturday Evening Post At
Vancouver he found a number of men
he had known when the army was in
Mexico. The old fellows made I'D their
minds to make a regular, not hus-
Ting, reception call upon the general.
The ordnance sergeant said that as he
had carried ammunition to Lieut..
Grant at the battles Of Palo Alto, Mon
terey and Chapultepec, he would call
and see the general and arrange for
the meeting, or reunion. as he termed
it. Soon after Gen. Grant reached de-
partment headquarters-Gen. O. O.
Howard was then in command of the
department Of the Columbia-the old
ordnance sergeant appeared and asked
to see Gen. Grant.
DO you know him." asked an aid.
The sergeant Strengthened up. salut-
ed and said: We have met. sir; the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
THE 7oMEs OF ROYALTY.
Final Resting Places of European King
and Queens.


and Queens.
England is almost the only country
in Europe which does not possess a
recognized resting place for the re-
mains OF its royal family. The kings
and queens of England are buried at
chester and Canterbury. Spain, which
pays perhaps most attention TO mat
tcrs of ceremony, has the finest vault
for it's royalty. Its kings rest in the
Pantheon, which is part of the Escu-
rial, built by Philip, the Monk-hing.
Hard by is the Pantheon de los 1nfan-
ties, in which repose the remains OF
the princes OF the royal house. Philip
V and Ferdinand VI are the only mon
archs who are buried elsewhere. The
Cars of Russia since Peter the Great,
with one exception, are buried in the
Cathedral Fortress of Peter and Paul
at st. Petersburg. The kings of Hol-
land lie not in the splendid ard mod
ern capital of The Hague, but amid
the rural simplicity of the little town
of Delft. They are buried i'll the
Nieuwe Kerk there. Austria, on the
other hand, revcls in splendor. The
Capuchin Church of Vienna contains
105 metal collins of the Austrian fam
lily, some of them solid silver. This
has been their place of burial since
1919. Most of the Prussian royal fam
ily are buried in the DomlSirche at Bcr-
lin, though some rest in Potsdam. The
Domkirche contains the tombs OF 81
of the ancestors of the German en-
peror, including that of the Great
Elector. The tombs OF the Swedish
royal family rival those Of the Dutch
in simplicity. The kings OF Sweden,
since the days of Gustavus Adolphus,
have been buried in the Iiiddarholrs5
Church at Stockholm.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
ZONE Anecdotes * *
~ 20 ae2d Incidents

ter of officers and men and women and
asked them to excuse him for time,
and then led them to another room,
where for more than half an hour the
SIN veterans of two wars had re-
union The general remembered and
alluded to the mule tanning experience.
he had many pleasant words for each.
Hundreds of ladies and gentlemen had
gathered in and about the house Twice
Gen. Howard went to the door to tell
Gen. Grant that the hour for the re-
ception to begin had arrived and twice
the general had said: wait few min.
utes MORE
Then. after he had taken each by
the hand and spoken tender good
by, he stepped to the door and called
out:
Howard, go ahead with the recep-
ton
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
The lsarony OF De,yln.

The earl of Westmeath, the newly
elected representative Irish peer, is
just 80 years of age, and has taken a
deep interest in politics ever since he
left Christ church. He was an attache
at Washington before he became one
of Mr.. Chamberlain's private secretar-
les, and his experiences include a visit
to Newfoundland as secretary to the
royal commissioners in 1898. The ba-
rony of Delvin. which is his. has been
held by the Nugents from the time Of
Henry II.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

mink OF what saw all around me 4
shiver with horror. Believe me, can.
scarcely keep the tears out of my eyes
at night when think OF the sufferings
! nave seen. ] grieye as mtsefr for the
WIDOWS In England as for those Of our
own people.
i know I am prisoner, and must
De obedient,' he added. Il have my
parole. and can go little way out of
the camp. and sit down quietly to
read. am thankful they give me that
liberty" said word of sympathy.
~ is Well" he answered gently chat
we have the Bible Mrs. John
Richard Green in the Nineteenth Cen
fury.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

A good story has been going the
rounds of an old Spanish priest who
labored for loag time in the Philip
pine Islands. His friends entreated
him, before he died, to write out in a
book the knowledge which he had gain
ed of the people for the enlightenment
of his successors. After he was gone.
they opened hopefully a large volume
which he LEFT, Inscribed What /
know about the t'lipinos," only to
find that the pages were all blank.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
For Naval Station at Charleston

Arrangements are being made by the
bureau of yards and docks for the ac-
QUESTION of land designated as the site
of the new naval station at Charles
ton, S. G. The portion of Chicora park
desired, little over LAT acres. has all
ready been secured from the city. and
this part of the site formally made
over to the United States government.
The negotiations for what is known as
Lawton's land, comprising some ITO
acres, are stated to be in satisfactory
state, and the requirement of all The
land desired for the naval station, it is
stated, will be accomplished within
short time.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
chance-1t. Narrou 1i,n,...

If, in speaking OF chance, we mean
simply something whose cause we do
not know, it may be allowable to use
the word, but if we mean by it any
thing which happens without cause
it is an injurious fallacy, which should
be banished from every mind and
every lip. If we remember that every
chance is only an illustration of our
own ignorance, we shall be less likely
to use the word inadvisedly, and if we
habitually search for the causes of
things and turn cur ignorance into
knowledge, we shall gradually curtail
the idea of it within narrower and
truer limits. Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

Mothers never have any trouble With
the naturally curly locks OF their chill
dren. but it is the straight ones which
nerplex them. Some hair doctors say
that il a child's hair be brushed up
ward instead of downward from in
fancy it will have acquired tendency
10 curl by the end of the first year. IN
TACT. hair dressing is detail that re-
eeiyes too little attention in the case
of little girls. Probably not one
mother in three score studies the coa-
tour of her daughters face with view
10 finding the most becoming head
dressing.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
The Wurlika .Ianx.

Japan has of late years greatly in
creased her cavalry, and still more re-
Gently added nearly 40 field batteries
to her artillery, and as the country
itself produces practically no horses
suitable for this purpose, the necessity
for importing them is urgent.
The typical Moro is never unarmed.
He fights equally well on foot, on
horseback, In his feet war canoe, or in
the water. for he swims like fish and
dives like penguin.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

The Bon Marche, the great depart
ment store Of Paris, feeds it's 1000
employees. The. smallest kettle in its
Kitchen has a capacity Of 100 quarts,
and the largest 300 Each Of The fifty
frying pans is big enough for 800 cut
let's. Every dish for baking potatoes
holds 225 pounds. When omelets are
On the bill of fare, $500 eggs are used
at once. For cooking alone Sky cooks
and 100 assistants are usually at tie
ranges
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
Aged Roer Prisoner.

"How could you face war;" | said
at st. Helena to trembling old man
of 65, who had volunteered to fight.
Il prayed to the Lord he said. 81
gave myself and my family to his
care. And it was wonderful to see how
he strengthened us. There was not a
tear. One daughter carried my rife,
the other my bandolier. and my wife
(she is 63) carried my bag. They were
all quiet; you would never have
thought | was going away. did a
soldiers duty; did what had to do.
1t is strange, in the heat of fight
you do not care what happens. You
shoot, and you do not care. How 1t
should come that a thing like that can
happen | do not know. but It does
happen to a man. But. oh, It is bitter
thing to think OF afterwardi When I
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
.amer!ca,s First patt,eshtn. &

1t is interesting to recall at this t
when the navy is undergoing suc1
tremendous growth, the fact that |
1875, about 125 years ago, the first sd
carrying the stars and stripes to
saluted by foreign gun was the A
drew Doria. The exact circumstand
are unknown, but the record goes
to say: THE governor Of Eustad
was subsequently removed for his 1
discretion" The Andrew Doria w
a purchased brig mounting but fol-
teen guns, sailed from Baltimore, a,
was burned in Delaware bay in Id
to prevent her from falling into &
hands of the enemy.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
Marines for Dry Tortusa.

A proposition is on foot at the nav
department to send a garrison of MAJ
rines to the Dry Tortugas, Fla, which
it will be remembered has been turne,
over to the navy and is now withou
any troops. Reports have recently
been received stating that the amount
of illicit traffic being carried on in that
vicinity is increasing and should b4
stopped. The first detachment of NAL
rines will consist Of about sixty meI
and the necessary officers.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
Kansas Adds to the Language.

A word recently come into frequent
use in Kansas is .'buffaloed.' 1t has
delicate shade Of meaning. A man who
is scared, is merely awakened into the
activities of defense; man who is
bluffed is one who is SO badly scared
that he believes defense impossible but
man who is buffaloed not only be-
lieves defense is impossible but can't
work up enough locomotion to run
Wichita Eagle.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
A Spiritual Uplift

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"A cnGrcn restlval was Delng ned in
the opera house and an attractive
young lady was selling lemonade as
one of the methods of raising revenue,
says the PunXsutawney Spirit. But
in spite Of the attractiveness of the
young lady'and the excellent purpose
to which the proceeds were to be de-
voted, business was SLOW Three young
men Matched out very wicked scheme
to stimulate business, and incidentally
stimulate the crowd in attendance at
the festival. They procured a quart of
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

mexico has Il national bathing day.
IT comes once a year-on that day
every Mexican. from the president
down to the humblest servant or la
porer, is expected to give himself or
3nerseif good wash Some of the Mex
leans, probably fearing the pneumonia,
rarely permit water to touch their
bodies; but on the national bathing
day the most of them like to get in the
swim.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

a queer sentence closes the inscrip-
ticn on tombstone in churchyard
IN Leigh, England. After announcing
we name and other particulars OF the
saay there buried, these words follow:
= vlftuous woman is SIS, to her hus-
band The explanation is that space
prevented "A crown" being cut in full,
ana the stonscutter argued that
crown equals SIS
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04

During the past eight months dona-
sions anu subscriptions amounting to
over $4,000 have been received for
.ne roman Catholic cathedral of
westminster, which structure is exter-
hally now practically complete.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
United States Military schools.

The annual report Of the Inspector
general Of the army regarding mill
tary schools shows that there are lid
such schools scattered through every
state in the union. Last year they
had S0,135 students enrolled, of whom
27,300 were over IA years of age, and
the students, former students and
alumni of these institutions, to the
number of 1858. served in the war
with Spain, of whom 1,0S4 were OH
GERS and FLAG enlisted men.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
Maurice 1hompso1's Nerve

AS illustrative of the nerve of Maur-
ice Thompson, story is recalled here,
writes correspondent of the Indian
apolis News. Along in the '7Os line
for an east and west railroad was sur
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
South Dakota a, a wealth Producer.

The claim is made for South Da-
kota that it has for the third consec-
utive year produced more wealth per
capita tina any other state in the union,
the total for last year being $1O6, $780,
900. or this sum $27,OO0,0OO comes
from live stock, $4,000. 900 from corn,
p15. 600 from wheat and $4,000
100 minerals.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04


In order to be able to feed the SOL
diers in the Philippines as they are
fed it is necessary to keep a kind CT
procession OF supply ships on the wat
erways from New York to Manila by
way of the Suez canal and across the
Pacific from San Francisco. 1t will
not do to store immense volumes of
supplies in Manila, for that is a trop-
lcal climate, and all food is more or
less perishable in SO hot a tempera-
ture. Therefore. ships are going all
the time. and never in one shipment
are supplies for more than one month
sent. We have 10000 troops there,
that is not the total number depend
in great degree upon the commiss
supplies. The civilians connected VI
the army in any way have tie pri
ege of buying from the commissaries
Harper's Weekly.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-04-04
Waning ropularitr of .Inries

Is trial by jury becoming less popu-
lar? There would certainly seem to
be some ground for believing that it
is. The proportion of actions to be
tried without juries in the Queens
Bench division during the present
term is exceptionally large; the jury
cases number 295, and the nonjury
cases 1870. Even more striking is the
want of faith in trial by jury dis
played by litigants in the county
courts.-London Law Journal.