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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28
Sings That Produce Dentb.

In an article on the stings of wasrs
the British Medical Journal cites the
two following cases. which have come
under its notice. A strong h althy
girl Of q was stung on the neck by
wasp and tainted. On regaining co1-
seriousness she complained of a general
feeling Of numbness and partial blind
ness and vomited; she suffered severe
abdominal pain. She recovered in the
course OF a few hours. Two months
later she was stung again, this time
on the hand. Her face became flushed,
she again complained of numbness and
blindness, suddenly became very pale.
tainted and died twenty-five minutes
after she was stung. Another case was
that of a girl of % years, who was
stung by wasp behind the angle of
the jaw. The sting was at once ex-
tracted and ammonia applied. In
few minutes she complained of faint
not been supported. Her face assumed
an expression of great anxiety, and a
few minutes later she was tossing on
the bed, complaining CT horrible feel
ing Of choking and agoaizing pain in
the chest and abdomen. Brandy gave
no relief. There was nausea, but no
vomiting. She rapidly became insen-
slble and died fifteen minutes after re
ceiving the sting. The most probable
explanation Of such cases seems to lie
in what is known as idicsyncrasy-tha
is,Nabnormal sensitiveness in particu-
lar individuals to certain toxic agents.
1t is well known that drugs vary much
in action in INHERENT people. What is
safe dose for one is dangerously
large for another. The inability of
some people to eat strawberries or
shellfish is another instance Of the
same phenomena. The active agent OF
bee stings is generally believed to be
formic acid. 1t. therefor seems very
desirable that we should have more
accurate information regard.n the
action of this drug on different species
of the lower animals, and through
them on man himself
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28

Dream Time.
You patient fields that lie and wait
the pillow
A little respite now
You gather for awhile; moment brief
OF rest from ear and Leaf
And so We dream, as toil-worn labor
ers may,
Outwearied with the day,
Soothed by sweet visions, yelled In
ruddy mist,
by mellow sunbeams kiss d.
The February rains above you float,
And March's bugle-note
Thrills your cold sod; you touch your
parched lips
To April's finger tips;
The scents and songs and splendo.s Of
the May
Within your gates delay;
In waves of green, the fal food tide o,
June
O'erbrims your hedges sooa.
July and August, all in gold attire,
And helmeted with fire.
Pass down your paths; September
smiles and grows
To bless you as she goes.
Dear endless iteration of delights.
Of happy days and n ghts,
The winter dawn glares through the
leafess void,
And dreamers wake a-cola.
Pail Mall Gazette
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28
Onion Cur. for Badness.

Most men are very sensitive abcu.
getting bald. They never give the mat
ter thought, perhaps, until the hair
begins to disappear rapidly, and then
they will try all sorts of remedies. 81
was told that onions had great deal
of virtue in making hair grow" said
a prematurely bald young lawyer yes
terday. do you smell 'enl?" He re-
moved his hat and strong odor of
that most penetrating of vegetables be-
came perceptible, says the Philade,-
phia Record Il tried it Saturday night,
but no more for me. I'd rather be bald.
My wife threatened to get divorce,
and, after dosing my head with raw
onions rubbed into the scalp the only
place for me to sleep was in the store
room with the dog. 1t was tough
on the dog, but there was nothing else
to do. My wife wouldn't allow me to
sleep elsewhere. and the dog has not
been we'll since. The next morning
which was Sunday, l spent hours try
ing to remove the odor. washed my
head thoroughly with CASTLE soap and
hot water, but it did no good. tried
carbolic soap and dtsinfectants, with
the same result. The only way cam
disguise the smell is to carry bot
tie Of violet extract around with me
and saturate my head with it at regu
lar intervals"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28

honorable society like the Elder Broth
ten Of the Trinity House. Later 1t
was made close corporation for aris-
tocratic heads of the state. The en-
perors took the name of Pontifex Max
linus as one of their titles Of honor.
And, lastly, we see the pope, Christ's
7ice-regent on earth, the high pom
Tiff" or, in plain words, the head build
er Of bridges, no bad title for the chief
Of those who maintain the road from
earth to heaven.
Roman and Gothio Bridges.
Several old bridges in the north of
England are believed to be Roman,
among them Swarkestone bridge in
Derbyshire. But the greater number
of the more ancient structures were
originally Gothic, or are renewals of
bridges made in the middle ages. One
of the most curious points about them
is that though they are known to have
been built in the days when every ar
chitect in England used pointed arches,
nearly all of them have rounded arches
and differ very little in general design
from the rules laid down by Palladio
for bridge building. Possibly some of
these bridges were mostly made in the
nrst place with stone piers and wooden
cops, like the bridge at Castle Eaton,
and the round arches were added later.
A perfect and most delightful sur, living
Gothic bridge, in which the pointed
stone arches remain. is that at New
Bridge on the Thames, opposite Tyfield
In Berkshire. Leland says that It was
the oldest bridge on the river. IT, was
built by a Sir John Golafe, 1929 Tie
had a manor house near at Fyfield,
and during floods in the winter the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28

making five safe hits to a game, one
including triple. and three double
baggers, three times making four safe
hits, one including three double bag
gers, and twenty times making three
safe hits, while his long safe hits in
cluded three homers, six triples and
forty-three double baggers. He re-
NAMED with the Pawtuckets until the
end of the season in 1896, and during
the latter year he took part in LOT
championship contests and had bat
ting average of 1913, the highest point
he has ever reached. His best batting
feats We're seven times making four
safe hits to game and twenty-one
times three. His long safe hits includ-
ed six homers, five triples and forty
three double baggers. In 1897 he took
his first step upward by joining the st.
Joseph Western Association team, and
that year he participated in 112 cham
plonship games and had a batting per-
centage of 1853, ranking first in the Of
fetal batting average of his assecia-
ton. Twice he made four safe hits to
game and sixteen times three. His
batting was more consistent; once he
went a spell of eighteen without fail
ing to get at least one safe hit, another
time he batted safely in thirteen con-
secutive games and another in a
stretch of twelve games. His long safs
hits included three homers, eleven
triples and thirty-three double baggsrs.
By this time he had gained sufficient
renown to get him an engagement
with the Milwaukee Western League
team for the season of 1898, and he has
continued with the Milwaukee ever
since. During his first year with the
Milwaukees he played in LAT champion,
ship contests, the greatest number OF
championship games he has ever par
t1clpated in in one season. His best
batting performance was in double
header against st. Paul on July 10, at
Milwaukee, when he made six safe hits
out of nine chances at bat. Once he
made four safe hits to game and
seven times three. He also showed
up finely in fielding. He once went a
stretch of forty-seven games without
making the least semblance of mis-
play. Another time he went twenty
nine games, making only one error. In
the campaign of 1899 he showed a,
marked improvement in both his bat
ting and fielding. That year he took
part in lis championship games and
mad batting percentage of 1882. rank
ing sixth in the official batting per-
centage averages of his league. -Four
times he made four safe hits to g ma
and fourteen times three. His long
safe hits included nine triples and
twenty-five double bagg RS.
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ty-two arches, through various sizes,
like the quaint little stone bridges
over the Windrush at Bourton-on-the-
Water. down to those of mixed stone
and wood, such as that, now Destroy
ed, at Castle Eaton on the Thames, or
the tiny bridgelets with one handrail
on footpath causeways by the roadside,
where freshets were wont to break out
in winter and wet the village girls
shoes. They are infinitely various;
and, except the churches, there are no
structures in England so good, so full
Of familiar story, or so old. 1t is q
thousand pities that they should ever
pc removed, where sensible advice can
De had whereby the old fabric can be
| made strong enough for new wants.
Cut if the old bridges have to go, the
Examples of their varied and sound de-
sign may suggest ideas and models for
the new ones. The county councils are
now very accessible to any sensible
proposal for retaining historical build
ings and are aware that cheap bridges
If iron Orders and blue clinker bricks
are poor substitutes for the old ones.
But there is plenty Of evidence that
the mischief is already begun, and that
where old bridges are not pulled down,
hideous new ones are often built, with
out regard to good models close by.
Two of the very worst instances are
the new brick bridge over the Wey at
Godalming, and the blue clinker arches
which now cover what was the love-
Hest of little roadside fords over the
Chess, just below Lord Chesham's
house at Latimer.
Wonderful Roman Works.
The Romans, who were the first great
bridge builders in Europe, built the
Oldest in England as necessary part
of their military roads. They had a
conscience about roads and bridges,
just as Frontinus, waterworks engin-
eer to the Emperor Nerya, had about
his aqueducts The Oldest guild of early
Rome were the pontifexes, the makers
| of hridpes TT benamo q great and
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28
YOUNG .ror,y. uanrsE1.


Doubtless no young outfielder at
tracted more attention on paper last
season than T. F. ("Topsy') Hartsel.
on account of the contention for him by
the Chicago and Cincinnati National
league clubs, in which the latter fin
ally yielded to the other. Hartsel An
ished the season with the Cincinnati
club, and attracted wide attention by
his fine fielding and fast base run
ming. In eighteen games he batted
for 32s, and stole eight bases. In the
field he had tw4nty-one puts out,
no assists, and one errcr. a percentage
Of 954.
Hartsel was born at Polk, Ohio,
twenty-five years ago. He stands five
feet four and a half inches in height.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28

The groups of coast-defenders on
luty at life-saying stations are now
having their most trying experiences.
One Of the force describes a sentinel
tour along the shore in terrific gale
with binding snow. He was unable
to keep his feet, but crawled to the
outer limit of his beat, and returned
In the same manner. The cold ami
fatigue made the night-watching an
exhausting test of endurance and cour-
age. His warning light was happily
not needed, and no vessel came within
the danger line; but the devotion was
ready and the duty faithfully fulfilled
In the homes of comfort and security
when darkness and tempest bring no
fear to- the householder, let not the
men whose service often means peril
and privation be forgotten. Sympa-
thetic thought, and whatever is needed
to make their lives exempt from un-
necessary suffering, ought to be glad
offering to the brave and patient men
whose record is an honor to them.
selves and to their country.
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sout,, Sen Meaicin, ven.

Among the South Sea Islanders no
man falls sick or dies from natural
causes. They would argue, If thsy
were called upon to analyze their be-
lief,that healthis the natural condition
and that every departure f.om it must
be caused by supernatural agency, and
since disease is an evil. you must look
for it's agent among those who wish
you evil. Thus far they are at one
take comfort in the thought that evary
visitation of sickness is divine judg-
ment for their sins; but sayages push
their logic further. Their gods do no
mischief for mischief's sake, and since
all men have enemies and are all free
to invoke the unseen powers for eth
er good or evil, the sick man has only
to make his choice among the num-
Der of his i'll wishers and charge hij
heirs to avenge him.
Every skilled craft tends to speciali-
cation, says the Medical Record. A
few successes in causing illness by
spells gave a man reputation as an
expert: The unsuccessful found him
ready to remove their enemies for a
consideration, he took to the business
as profession, handing his secret
down to his son. and his sons son,
until. the trade becomes hereditary. A
family that onca acquired it took g .ol
care not to lose it by bungling, as the
wise women" sometimes did, for the
art of killing by witchcraft had this
decided advantage over the art Of heal
ing, that if the spell failed there were
other ways-a dose of something In
the kava cup or club stroke en- dark
night. Thus among some Of the Mela-
nesian tribes it is not too much to say
that the population is divided between
the companies of them that caused
disease and them that hea'ed it. In
Fiji leprosy was special branch Of
the black art. No common wizard has
the hardihood to pretend that he can
compass it by the ordinary means Of
burying lock of the victims hair in
bamboo with lamentations, and this
Is we'll, for even the most cunning
healers admit that leprosy is incurable.
The power of injecting with leprosy is
hereditary in certain families alone
Their deified ancestors have become, a,
it were, leper gods. whose priests are
the Oldest living representatives Of
their stock. The evolution Of the idea
may be easily traced. Leprosy prevails
in certain families, therefore the spirit
Of leprosy which is the Ethan eluiva-
lent for contagion, is a SCI. Of fanny
retainer, obsequicus to the commands
OF his hereditary masters, and since g
living spirit must have place to live
in certain stones are pointed cut as his
shrtnes and these are hedged about !
u a taboo that is never raised.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28
'TOPSY" HARTSELL.
The New Outflelder OF the Chicago
League Club.

His first ball playing was done In his
school days at Wellington. O. In
1895 he played with the Gibsonburg,
Ohio, professional club. blossom
ing as a second baseman The next
season found him with the Burlington
Qa.) club, but owing to injuries receiv-
ed in spring training. he was released,
and finished the season with semi-pro-
fessional organizations. In 1898 he
played with the Montgomery, Ala,
,lub of the Southern league as an out
fielder. The league disbanded in May.
He then played shortstop for the sa-
lem (O) club OF the West Virginia
league, and here had another short
stay, as the league disbanded in June.
From Salem he went to Grand Rapids
and played in the outfield until he was
sold to Louisville in September. Hart
sell signed with Louisville for 1899,
but was sold to indianapolis. and
there he remained during 1899 and
1900. Chicago secured him, but Gin
cinnati claimed him by virtue Of a
private understanding, but this was
found not to hold good, and Chicago
Aas man baseball experts consider a
ne prize.
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s 2slS{GzZ
,@I1@0g3a
A PnoMIsINa RIGHT rIELp,ER.

PROMISING RIGHT FIELDER.
OF all the young players who aspire
for an opportunity to show their
ability in major league company mono
OF them seem to excel in all the quail
ties necessary for that purpose more
than Erwin j. Waldron, right fielder Of
the Milwaukee American League team.
He is considered by good judges one
of the fastest men in that organization
a 800 per cent. batsman, remarkably
clever fielder, and holds popular
place in the eyes Of the enthusiasts
who watch him play. He was born
Jan. 20. 1874, at Hillsdale, N. j., but it
was at smithbridge, Mass. that he
learned to play ball. After gaining
considerable renown in the amateur
and mi-professional ranks he re-
ceived his first professional engage
ment with the Pawtucket club
OF the New England league
in 1895. That year he par
ticipated in LOG championship games
and had batting average Of .345. His
best batting performances were twice
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28
DIAMOND GLISrs.

Hanlon's success as manager Ia
ascribed to the fact that he pays good
prices for good ball players
Dick Harley tells the Philadelphia
scribes that he expects to play with
the Detroit team OF the American
league.
Joe Franklin, secretary of the Buff
falo ball club, says the Bisons will
play twenty games this season on the
Pan-American grounds.
Walter Wilmot, former manager OF
the Minneapolis American league team
will be manager of the Milwaukee as
ISOLATION team this season.
Billy Keller of the Brooklyn club,
is coaching the Manhattan college hasa
ball team. He has thirty-seven candi-
dates from which to select team.
President Watkins Of the Indianapo-
lis Club has written Ban johnson
asking for the return of $500 forfeit
money which was due the Hoosier cub
when 1t was dropped from the Amari-
can League. He threatens to begin
legal proceedings to secure the money
johnson says the money will be paid
in good season.
Chicago managers think 'Childs will
show up with twenty pounds less fat
aboard than last year. With the small
number of players allowed each League,
the players are going to start the $ a.
son in better shape. Therewon't tie any
fat Jimmy Callahan this year. Gala
han has been bowling all winter and
looks fit and not nearly SO high in the
flesh as last year Callahan is lsoks d
on to do the bulk of the heavy wosk
for Chicago this year.
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ner in particular kind of stick. Sem
ator Hanna is responsible for this new
hobby, for until he took govt and the
cane habit simultaneously, Senator
Chiffon, of Texas, Senator Warren, Of
Wyoming, and Senator Bate, of Ten
nessee, We're about the only senator's
who put this article to practical use
every day and who could not get on
without it. Both Senator Hoar and
Senator Morgan, the two Oldest men
in the Senate, Morgan being n. are
often seen without stick, while since
the last attack of govt assailed Hanna
each Of them has taken to carrying a
cane whether he uses it as support
or not. There is an intimation that
some of them bought job lot, for
they are all about one type-dark wood
with an ivory or bone handle.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-28
PLAYERS ARE PUZZLED:

That the Buffalo players who were
last year reserved by Mr.. franklin UNI
der American league contracts are in
a somewhat delicate position now, by
reason of the entrance of the Bisonic
aggregation into the eastern league,
there is no doubt. While 1t is true that
MIR. Johnson of the American league
has promised not to interfere with the
Buffalo team, that doesn't absolve the
Buffalo members OF the P. P. A. from
their obligation not to sign with the
eastern league.
This sitution reminds the writer Of
the peculiar predicament of the big
Four Of Buffalo back in 1885. The
Big -Four" as all followers of base
ball know, were Dan Brouthers, Harry
Richardson, Jack Rowe and Deacon
Jim White. The Buffalo club had a
run a little behind that year, and as
the company owning the team We're
about ready to quit at the end of the
season, the directors concluded to cook
up little deal with Detroit, on the
juliet, the proposition having been deli
cately preached to the Buffalo mag
mates. There was regulation which
would not allow of the outright sa OF
four such king piGs as these to one
club, so the players were simply re.eas-
ed in September. 1885, after agreement
to the terms of the Detroit club, and
went to that city.
There was a mighty commotion
when it was found out what had been
done,and hasty meeting of the league
was called with the result that the Big
Four were ordered back to Buffalo to
finish out The season, after they had
played one game as Detroiters. The
-Four refused to do this, saying they
had been released and that Buffalo
had no claim on them. 1t had been
agreed among the magnates at
the meeting that no one OF
them would make a bid for the SER
VICES of any of the mighty quartette
until after another meeting in Novem-
Der but as the Detroit management
apparently hai the call, they not only
paid the salaries of the Buffalo four
for the rest of the season, but put the
whole outfit On Fl yacht and took them
for a hunting and fishing trip along the
st. Clair river, so that no other clubs
could get at them for the men had
merely given their word that they
would go to Detroit the next season
Jack Rowe said the other day, as il
Illustrating the way in which the mag
mates of that day were like those of to-
day, that ten hours after he came back
20 Buffalo from his hunting trip, and
though the magnates had promised to
open up no negotiations with any one
of the Big Four, Soden of Boston
dropped into town and told him he
would give him more salary than any
other club would, and to stick by him
iSoden), and he would eventually land
in mighty good berth in Boston A
day or so afterward AL. Reach of Phila-
delphia also casually dropped into
town and made the same proposition
for that city.
To the credit OF the Big -Four be it
said, however, they stuck to their word
and played with Detroit the next sea-
son, 1886. and the club finished second
In 1887, the quartet still stuck and De-
troit won the pennant.-Buffalo Ex-
press.
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approach to the river was probe bly,
overfiowed and the bridge must have
been an immense convenience, though
ferries were then less objectionable
than now, because nearly every one
Travelled on horseback, and luggage
was carried on pack horses instead OF
in carts.
Bridge Defenses.
The most important of the medieval
bridges were defended by one or more
gates and towers. Those on old Lon
don bridge were the regular place of
exhibition for the heads of traitors
And even more common. and indeed
the most usual, equipment OF those of
any size was a little chapel, generally
set on the center pier. Old London
bridge had one, so had that at Wake.
field. and that at st. Ives in Hunting
don.
In nearly all cases the first bridge
took the place of ferry, which sug-
gested that there ought to be a bridge
at that particular spot. The same old
story applies to one of the newest on
the river, built quite recently at Clifton
Hampden, in OXfordshire. 1t was built
by Lord Alderman in the place OF a
very ancient ferry owned by Exeter
College, which sold him the ferry
rights for nominal sum. 1t is built in
the Gothic style, to resemble an early
English model. But the Gothic design
is heavy, just as that Of New Bridge"
is. 1t blocks the view up and down
the river, and the situation is chosen
against rule. 1t is by bend of the