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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-10
he % Good Coy; Good-Ey.

Ise 10 Good 10y; Good-Ey.
How oft in my dreams go back to
the day
When stood at our old wooden gate,
And started to school in full battle
array.
Well armed with primer and slate
And as the latch fell thought myself
free,
And gloried, fear. on the sly,
Till l heard a kind voice that whis-
pered to me:
''Be good boy; gaod-by."
BE q good 10y; good-by." 1t seems
They have followed me- all thess
years:
They have given a fern to my youth
ful dreams
And scattered my youthful fears.
They have stayed my feet Ga many a
brink,
Unseen by a blinded eye;
For just in time would pause end
think:
BE q good boy; gooaby.'
On. brother of mine, in the battle OF
life.
Just starting or nearing it's close
This motto alott, in the midst Of the
STRIFE.
VIII conquer wherever it goes.
Mistakes YOU viii make, Tor each OF
us errs.
But, brother, just honestly try
To accomplish your best. In whatever
Occurs.
BE a good hoy; good-by.
John l.. Shroy in the Saturday Even
inc, Dat
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-10
A COMBINATION PA1L-HoLDER

A COMBINATION PAIL-HoLDER.
stool and pail holder illustrated below,
with the idea CT providing a secure
place for the pail and yet permitting it
to be instantly removed when desired
The front edge of the stool is cut out
IN semicircle. and at one side are
secured metallic straps which fasten
with hatch and form with the stool
circular well into which the pail is
lowered. The milkman may now seat
himself on the stool and draw the lat
ter forward until the pail is catching
the streams of milk. This invention
should prove useful when the pail is
nearly full. If at no other time, as the
weight is then much increased and
fitting the pail must also be avoided.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-10
HOLDS MILK STOOL FIRMLY,

1t is a somewhat difficult task to
hold ml4h pail between the knees
while filing it with the tactical fluid,
and it is not always wise plan to
set the pail on the floor beneath the
animals udder, both for sanitary rea-
Sons and because OF the danger Of an
accidental upset. An Iowa inventor
has recently patented the combined
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-10
Must Let snItnn WIN.

The Sultan Of Turkey imagines him.
self sport. Lately he has developed
a passion for playing cards for money,
and the man who is unfortunate
enough to win the sultan's money in
ours his enduring dislike. Public Of
ficials permit him to win, and thus
save their places.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-10

y Miss Anne Quits Boutelle, the
daughter OF Congressman Boutelle,
who christened the new United State
monitor at the Bath shipyardsl the
other day. is said to be one of theYmost
expert and daring yachtswomeh IN
New England. III
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-10
n,,n., ch,ld.

All the children stand In a ring
around blind child, who has been
chosen by counting ont, and blind
folded. The others join hands and skip
around her In circle while she counts
ten slowly then all stand still willis
sne advances and touches one. She
tries to guess name Of one touched W
leeiing her face. dress. etc. The one
whose name she suesses correctly BE-
comes BLIND child next time.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-10
Keeping oranra - ,Yar,n.

Some of the orange ss5wePs In Flor
ida cover their trees wRh tents SO ar
ranged as to admit tie sunlight on
one side and keep OFT frosty winds
On the other. In eacf tent is an oil
lamp, which Is lighted ON cole nights
tn keep the trees waIn.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-10
Hospital Linen Burned.

a curious official regulation demands
that all the old linen Of the Ceylon
secspital shall be burned every three
months. A government official comes
round on a periodic linen inspection
and condemns WORKOUT sheets, towels.
ETC.; to fiery fate
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-10
Paasing OF woman Is.c4nrer.

One reason for the comparative dis.
appearance Of women fror, the lecture
platform was explained the other day
by an agent who had Just received
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-10

y vtakeSit out with a pair of tong
and then he put it out of doors in a
big snowdrift TO cool off. But, do you
know. even after all that careful treat
'ment, that hateful old watch wouldn't
go right, SO Bobby gave it back te
Uncle John and said he didn't care
much for watches. anyway.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-10

B Thoughtlessness is often selfishness
with only another name.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-10

LIZ FOR MEASURING VESSELS.
not run down the outside either at the
beginning or end OF the pouring, and,
the lip being perfectly plain, it is an
easy matter to wipe it dry.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-10

The science of clouds has attracted
many devotees within the past few
years. and photograph his greatly as
sisted in advancing it. Clouds, like
stars, become far more interesting to
the non-scientlfic observer Of nature
when he knows the names attached to
them. While the grandest and most
imposing form of cloud is the domed
and pinnacled cumulus which frequent
ly accompanies thunderstorms, thu
most beautiful is the feathery cirrus.
O4rrus clouds sometimes exist at
enormous elevations. While their
mean height is about $4,000 feet,-the
height of Mount Everest they have
been measured at an elevation of 49,
80 feet, or more than nine miles. They
move with great velocity, about ninety
miles an hour on the average, and In
winter sometimes more than 200 miles
an hour.
A T-lescopic and RIicroscopio Ran.
DR.. A. A. Common, the English as
tronomer, in illustrating recently what
the telescope and the microscope have
done in extending the powers OF vision.
employed the following figures: I'M
agine the size Of an eye, and therefore
of a man capable Of seeing in natu-
raj way what the ordinary eye sees
with the aid Of a large telescope, and
also the size of a man who could plain
ly see with his natural eye what we
see with powerful microscope. Tho
first man would be giant several
miles tall, and the second midget a
very small fraction Of an inch in
height.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-10
Bohby's New watch.

When Uncle John came home from
Europe, what do you think he brought
to Bobby? Why, watch; really
fine watch that would keep time. o.
course, as Bobby was only six yeara
old, ne was rather young to take cara
of nice watch like that, but Uncla
John showed him how to wind it. and
set it, and SO Bobby kept his watch In
first-rate order. But one day he &c,
ticed speck Of dirt on its face "Ho.
ho!" said Bobby to himself. 81 don't
want my nice new watch to have O
dirty face. I'll wash it.
So he went up in the bathroom and
put the watch in bowl Of warm water
and rubbed plenty of soap on it. Ha
even took little brush and scrubbed
the inside works, says the Philadel,
phia Inquirer, so there wouldn't be
speck of dirt about it anywhere. Then
he wiped it dry with clean towel and
put it back in his pocket. Well Well alien
that it didn't seem to go as we'll as
before, SO Bobby decided it needed oil,'
ing. He got his rncthar's oil can from
her sewing mach;He a. d carefully oiled
all the wheels o. MS watch. But stiff
it didn' t6sem to SO right. Then Bobby
happe1 % think that perhaps the
weatI too cold for it, SO he went
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-01-10
Ca pa and Cap.rs.

"Ealf-past nine. sh! Yes, down i'll
the old laundry
who's coming?"
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18
Looxing without Seeing.

Perhaps you are an exception to the
rule. but If you are not you have prob
ably on many occasions, just after look
Ing at yvar watch, been forced to &C.
knowledge to a friend who asked you
the time that you did not know what 1t
was. Yet you undoubtedly took your
timepiece out of your pocket, looked at
his face and carefully replaced 1t In
your pocket. showing logical Sc
quence Of thought and well defined
object. which did not. however. result
In leaving sufficiently distinct i'm
preston OH your mind to satisfy your
friends curiosity as to the hour OF the
day. The motion was not an involun-
tary one. like that of the boy who can
not too often admire his first chronom-
rter, nor yet habitual. for few persons
are merely in the habit of taking out
their watches. One does so only for
specific purpose.
Now. how may this seeming contra
diction be accounted for! Perhaps the
reason is that not once in ten times
does man look at his watch to see
what the actual time Is, but rather to
learn whether he still has time to ac-
complish some purpose. He may want
to keep an appointment at certain
time or to be sure not to miss a boat
or train. When he takes out his watch,
therefore, he instinctlvely looks for
the hands in the position called for by
that particular moment. and when he
sees that they have not yet reached
that point he returns the watch to its
resting place, with his mind relieved.
The actual position of the hands real
ly plays no part at all in the opera
ton. and so when the time Is asked Of
him he is unable to reply. In other
words. he accomplishes the paradoxical
feat of intently looking at thing with
out really seeing it.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18
A W0MAN's LETTER.
Telling Of Unexpected Help In Time
SfNeed.


sfNeed.
will quote you d part only OF a
short letter--a woman's letter, and
women ALWAYS write better letters
than men. They tell more truth and
in a simpler way.
"In Sepremb-r of 1899" she says,
~ fouud my elf nervous and low
spirited. My appetite was gone, and
even after the lightes5 meal | suffered
from II 'tuency and nausea. the d c.
tors gave me s,oLhing medicines aud
tOnics but they had no effect. 1t was
all 'uld do 10 walk, and In the open
air was soon fatigued and exhausted.
In January 1900, read a1Out a new
medicine, Calcura Solvent, In our local
paper, and concluded to t'y it. because
it was discovered by DR.. David Ken
needy. One bottle relieved me very
much aud when had taken the sec.
ond was able to eat heartily, and
early in April WAS as strong and we'll
as ever. How glad and thankful am
any one can imagine.
II your druggist is out Of Calcura
Solvent, send 81 90 to DR.. David Ken
needy, Kennedy Row, Kingston, N. Y;
express prepaid. Write for free sam
pie bUttle.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18
UtiliziuR the Wante Prnduct

A parish in the highlands had been
cut off from communication, with the
nearest town owing to severe snow
storm. relates The Scottish American.
Supplies began to give out, and the
minister was much perturbed in mind
as his snuffbox was quite empty. The
Sabbath came round. How was he to
get through his discourse without the
aid of his usual stimulant? He appeal
ed to his faithful henchnan. the sex
ton. Alas. he was in a similar unsat-
isfactory predicament! How was it to
be remedied? Andrew shook his head.
thought long and suddenly disappear.
ed. Presently he returned with some.
thing resembling snuff wrapped care
fully in paper. The minister took q
hearty pinch or two and then asked:
Where did you get it. Andrews"
please, sir, ! just went and swept
the pulpit oot," was the reply.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18
The SIav and Woman.

Abhorrent even to the strongest
"Slavophile" is the position occupied
by woman in the family and In social
life. To escape the charge of prejudice
! shall quote n few proverbs current
among the southern Slavs-a few out
of manH hundreds:
The man is the head: the woman is grass.
One man is worth more than ten women
man Of straw is worth more than wonap Of
gold.
Let the dog bark, but let the woman keep 81.
lent.
He who does not beat his wife Is no man.
"What shall get when I marry2' asks boy
Of his father. "For your wife stick for your
children SWITCH"
Twice in las life is man happy-once when he
marries and once when he bures his wife.
And the woman sings, in the Russian
folksong which have freely trans
lated,
Love me true and love me quick,
Pull my hair and use the stick
Although there are love songs Of an
other kind. in which woman IL praised
for her charms. she becomes virtually
a slave as soon as she mArries. and the
little poetry Of the folksOng does not
accompany her even to the marriage
altar. She is valued only for the work
she can 40 in household and for the
children she can bear, and should this
latter blessing be denied her her lot
becomes doubly pitiable, and she often
seeks release by suicide.-Outlook.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18

NOAh8 1atO y OoheF n0olneo0s
1t was Cassidy's first morning as
newspaper carrier. From side to side
Of the avenue he hurried, dropping the
moist sheets In vestibules and running
them in the space between the door
and sill. Finally he came to a house
that was separated from the sidewalk
ny an urn studded yard. Cassidy open
ed the iron gate and walked up the
stone path. He knelt in the vestibule
and started running the paper under
the door. An upper window was raised.
and woman's voice called:
"ls that you. Harry? You are awful
late. hear the milk carts rafting"
Cassidy thought it best to remain
quiet. The voice continues:
You needn't think Pm coming down
at such an hour! The idea of you. u
married man. coming home at such
time! Lost your key, as usual? Well,
catch this one"
A heavy piece Of brass shot two sto-
ries. There was heavy fall. and the
vestibule resembled pressroom.
Some one found Cassidy smoking his
pipe in the accident ward"
Going back to the carrier route"
they asked.
"Niver once MORE" responded CASH
dy. "Oi'm goin back to wur-ruk in TIL
quarry. Thors no fallin kaes thor;
only dynomited ocks."-Chlcago News.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18

Continued observation with the tele-
scope of the Yerkes observatory re-
vealed the unpleasant existence of u
number of curious streaks of light run
ming horizontally. whose appearance
lad certainly never been noticed be-
fore and gave rise to redoubled un-
easiness. And yet everything seemed
eight with the glass viewed externally
and the most searching investigation
could discover no cause.
At last In desperation the eyepiece
end was unscrewed, and Professor
Ellerman. the slimmest of the party,
was hidden to crawl. as he we'll could
do. along in the tube itself, and see If
he could discover aught amiss. He
crept along well enough. so wide is the
tube. till he got beyond the center,
when the telescope began to turn over
with his weight, and he would have
slid down on the top of the glass had
not the other end been promptly seized
and held fast. Then he continued bis
journey. and In another moment had
discovered the unsupported author of
The mischief. an Overindustrious spider
and her equally Woodworking progeny,
who had succeeded in filling up the
entire end of the tube with a mass of
In the hope of catching what
must have been wholly imaginary flies.
The webs and their spiders were care
Fully removed. and from that day to
his the behavior of the Yerkes 40 inch
glass has been all that heart could de-
Iire.-Good Words.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18
May Know TOO Much.

DO women who have had the ad-
vantage of advanced education make
good wfves?" asked the bachelor
thoughtfully.
At this the benedict took him to one
side, where he could speak confiden-
TALLY.
III you ever marry" he said. land
find occasion to frame up real good
excuse for protracted session at the
club. you will discover that it Is DOS
sible for woman to know too much"
Chicago Post.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18

The Oldest known artesian we'll was
sunk at Lillers. France, in the twelfth
century.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18
Holds Up A coneressm.n.

"At the end Of the last campaign. I"
writes Champ Clark. Missouri's brilliant
Congressman, from overwork, nervous
tension, loss of sleep and constant sneak
ing had about utterly collapsed. 1t see
med that all ! he organs in my body were
out of order, but three bottles of Electric
Bitters made me all right. It's the best
druggists counter" Over worked. run
down men and weak, sickly women gain
splendid health and vitality from Electric
Try them. Only SOC. Guar
anteed by Parlor Drug Store.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18

Every thief causes a lot of honest
men to be suspected unjustly.-Atchi-
son Globe.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18
Job Couldn't Have stood I,

II he'd had Itching Piles. They're ter
ribly annoying; but Bucklen's Arnica
salve will cure the worst case of Piles on
earth. 1t has cured thousands. For In
juries. Pains or Bodily Eruptions it's the
best salve in the world Price 25c box.
Cure guaranteed. Sold by druggist.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18

You cannot enjoy perfect health, rosy
cheeks and sparkling eyes if your liver is
sluggish and your bowels clogged. De.
Wits Little Early Risers cleanse the
whole system. They never grippe. Ken
drick & Co., Barre Wilcox & Gillette.
Moretown. W. E. Poole, East Barre, Vt.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18

Those famous little pills, DeWitt's Little
Early Risers will remove all impurities
from your system cleanse your bowels.
make them regular. Kendrick & Co.,
Barre. Wilcox 4 Gillette. Moretown. W..
E. Poole. East Barre, Vt.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-18

ohafius Quickly 0 heal BY the 1 use Of De.
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. 1t il initiated.
Be sure you get DeWitt's. Kendrick Il
Co., Barre Wilcox Il Gillette. Moretown.
W. E. Poole. East Barre, Vt,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-12
Licensed to Wed.
Saw Death Near.

at often made my heart ache"
writes L. c. Overstreet, of Elgin.
Tenn, to hear my wife cough until
it seemed her weak and sore lungs
would collapse. Good doctors said
she was so far gone with consump-
ton that no medicine or earthly help
could save her, but a friend recon-
mended DR.. Kings New Discovery
and persistent use of this excellent
medicine saved her life" It's abso-
lutely guaranteed for coughs, colds,
bronchitis, asthma and all throat and
lung diseases. soc and S1.o0 at Hartz
& UIlemeyer's. Trial bottles free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-12
BLOSSOMBURG MINER IS
ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY

Charles Taylor, a resident of Bios
somburg near Rock River, just across
the line in Henry county. was arrest
ed last night by Constable Moran. of
Coal Valley, assisted by Deputy Sher-
iff Andrews. Taylor is wanted for
the alleged robbery of a peddler near
Sherrard recently and a reward is
offered for his arrest by the author
tiles at Os<aloosa, Iowa, where it is
claimed he recently committed rape.
He was given n preliminary hearing
before Justice Murphy in Coal Valley
this afternoon. The prisoner has
wife living at Blossomburg and was
working in the mines at Oskaloosa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-12
FIGURES WENT WRONG.
Something About Food That Saves One
From Brain Fag.


From Brain Fag.
That food can make or break a
man is shown in thousands of cases
If ones work requires the use of the
brain, the food must furnish par
ticles that will build up the brain
and replace the daily loss.
Many times people fall i'll not
knowing that he real cause of the
trouble is the lack of the right kind
of food to keep the body nourished.
As an illustration: \ young man
in Chatham, Va, says, II have been
employed for quite time in a large
tobacco warehouse here. My work
required a great deal of calculating,
running up long and tiresome col
umns of figures. Last winter my
health began to give out and 1 lost
from two to ten days out of every
month.
L gradually got worse instead of
better. Ii was discovered that when
1 did work many mistakes crept into
my calculations in spite of all 1
could do. II was, of course. brain
flag and exhaustion. After dragging
along for several months / finally
gave up my position for every rem
edy on earth that 1 tried seemed to
make me worse instead of better
and 1 had to force down what food
ate, hating to see meal time come.
One day a friend said, Order, do
you know there is a food called
Grape-Nuts that 1 believe is made to
fit just such cases as yours?" The
name rather attracted me and l
tried the food. The delicious, sweet
ish taste pleased me and / relished
il. In about a week my old color
began TO come back and L gained in
strength every day. Finally
and found was gaining fast
in flesh, and with the strength came
the desire for work, and when ]
went back / found that my mind was
as accurate as ever and ready to
TACKLE anything.
now can do as much work as any
man. and know exactly from what
my benefit was derived, and that is
from Grape-Nuts. 1 feel that il is
but fair and just that my experience
be known" Z. p. Crider, Chatham,
Va.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-12
OBITUARY RECORD.

Mrs. Wilhelmina Hanshaw died at
$3.50 this morning at St. Anthony's
hospital of peritonitis. She is sur
vived by seven children, c. NJ. ]. Han
shaw, Mrs. Mabel NJ. Leadwell and
Rose, Elsie, Henry. Antoinette and
Fannie. The funeral Will take place
at 2:3O Sunday afternoon from the
home at 74O Fourteenth street, with
interment at the German Lutheran
cemetery.
Mrs. Uriah Carothers died at her
home in Milan last night of cancer
of the liver, with which she had been
suffering some time. She was about
Is years of age and leaves a husband
and two children, Hercules and
Belle, both grown. The funeral will
be held at 10 tomorrow from the
home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-12
McCABE'S
BOOK NEWS.

Famous selling OF BOOKS ana great
price inducements in the big second
floor book department.
All the Henty books are in stock just
now in good cloth binding at. 15c
A large line of 16mo books for Christ
mas gifts, over 400 titles, by the
best authors at just 10c
Fine stories for boys and girls, great
big, cloth bound books, from 400 to
700 pages, in three lots, 69c, 49c
400 kinds of children's illustrated pic
ture books, the largest, finest and
cheapest line we have ever had, zoe,
1Sc, 15c, 13c, 12c, 10c, &c, Sc, &c,
sc, Sc and Observation-Disclosures. 1c
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary,
next to the international the best
edition published, bound in full
sheep, sold today for $40 every
where, we have 10 copies to sell
At 1880 Friday Gustav Dore's famous
Bible Gallery, with splendid illus
trations, published to sell at $3.50,
Also at 1880 each day the famous
White House Cook book Acc