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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29

Day, the program being in charge
Of Capt. j. d. Brown and the
day was given over to the old
veterans who were in evidence in
large numbers. There was music
by j.. H. Evans military band,
addresses by John Stahl, of Cedar
Rapids, Geo. w. Lefollett, of
Ft. Madison, Rev. Seth Samson,
Of Van Vert, Capt. H. G.. Jen-
nings, off, Grand River, Rev.
Ilsley, Capt. j. D. Brown and
others from this city. They told
old stories Of war timss, personal
etc. any occupied
every minute of the forenoon.
After dinner there was music, a
splendid Grafton by Congressman
John F. Lacey, of the Sixth Dis
trict, songs, cake walks sketches
by the minstrel company, etc. A
part of the afternoon Wis occunied
with ball game bt.ween the
Centerville Maroons anothe ,eon
Krafts. The home team was too
strong for the visitors an defeat
ed them by q score Of l. fo2-
In the evening tAsr!ms was oc-
cupied by a regular old time camp
fire, there being large crowd
who remained on the grounds un-
til late hour. The attendance
was estimated by Mr.. Lacey at
5000.
Thursday, Old Settlers Day,
was the big day, crowd of at
least 10000 people being on the
grounds. In the morning there
was concert by the K. P. band,
songs by quartetts and short talks
of early days in the county by a
number of the pioneers present.
Judge John w. Warner, of Provo
City, Utah, was the orator,
and was greeted by an audience
SO large that those on the out
skirts could not hear his voice.
Judge Warner was a prominent
figure in the early days of this
county and many old settler
drove a long ways to hear him,
and once more grasp his hand.
He made splendid and very in.
teresting talk Of early days, and
it was regretted that the condi,
ton of his health would not per.
NIT his talking longer. Ed. K.
Pitman was master of ceremonies
and short talks were also made
by VIM. Woodland, w. E. Gam
mon, Samuel Meter, S. L. Cox
and Mrs. John w. Warner. The
jubilee MINISTRIES sang coon songs,
gave a great cake walk, and the
Fairfield colored quartet sang
numerous songs interpersed with
music by the K. P. band. In the
evening Hon. Francis Varga made
an address which was greatly en-.
joyed. Father Yarga is one Of
the Oldest settlers of this county
having come here in an early day
with the Hungarian exlles,
stranger in a strange land, know
ing nothing of the life which con.
fronted that hardy band of pat
riots. He has lived here ever
since and there is no one in al
the county who has done more fol
the county and town of Leon than
he has. His talk was rare treat
and greatly enjoyed by all who
heard him. The famous 111th
Alaskas, under the command of
Commodore Axes greatly assisted
n the pleasure of the evening. |
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29
Get What You Ask Forl

When you ask for Cascarets Candy
Cathartic be sure you get them.
Genuine tablets stamped c. &C.
Never sold in bulk. A substitutor is
always a cheat and a fraud. Beware!
All druggists, 1oc.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29

Helps young ladies to withstand the
shock Of sudden proposals, that's what
Rocky Mountain Tea has done. 35c.
Made by Madison Medicine Co. w. g
Stempel.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29

They formed in parade and in,
dulged in a sham battle with
roman candles across the lake and
had grand display of fire works,
the trees and reflection in the lake
making beautiful sight. You
can put it down that the 111th
Alaskas will have a promipent
part in the reunion next year, it
being proposed to set aside one
whole day for them and
if this is done they will have a
program that will eclipse anything
ever seen in the state. The ball
game between Centerville and
Leon in the afternoon resulted in
a victory tor Leon by score of
IA to 5. After the fireworks the
K. P. band gave concert at the
speakers stand and it was close to
midnight before the vast throng
left the grounds.
Friday, the closing day, was
Young Peoples Day, the exer-
cises being in charge of Joe S.
Warner, one of our rising young
attorneys. the morning the
K. P. band gave a concert, the
colored folks did their share of
the entertaining with songs and
sketches, cake walks, etc. Hon.
w. r. McGinnis made one of the
best addresses ever heard in south
ern Iowa, and added greatly to
his already great reputation as an
orator. He can talk anywhere
and on any subject and his address
was one Of the best during the
reunion. In the afternoon there
was regular vaudeville program
by the jubilee minstrels and an
old fashioned country dance par
ticipated in by both the young
people Of Leon and country folks
and for two hours they had a
merry time. 1t was with a feeling
Of regret that the people left the
grounds in the evening, for it
marked the close of the most sue
cessful reunion ever held in south
ern Iowa.
After supper an impromptu
parade headed by the K. P. band
was arranged and paraded the
principal streets to celebrate the
successful termination of the
greatest celebration Leon ever
had.
There was not a single speaker
or attraction placed on the pro-
gram during the entire reunion
who did not appear, everything
being carried out exactly as adj
vertised, except that there was a
number of attractions added which
did not appear on the program.
4 The quartet Of colored jubilee
J, singers from Fairfield were
4 brought here and paid for by the
enterprising firms of Bowsher &
Biddison and w. A. Alexander
They sang alternately at the
booths of these firms and also
frequently appeared at the speak
er's stand, greatly adding to the
pleasure of the reunion.
Qnite a number of Leon people
camped on the grounds during
the reunion and many others were
sorry they had not secured tents,
but contented themselves with
arranging to camp next year. 1t
is safe to say that next year
there will be at least 200 Leon
tents on the grounds.
DR.. Baker, the palmist, did a
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-08-29
Fine Speeches, Music, Cake Walks, Coons Songs,
Vaudeville, Fire Works and Good Time.
WE'LL ANOTHER ONE NEXT YEAR.

At the time The REPORTER
went to press last week the first
annual reunion Of the Decatur
County Veterans Association
and Summer Festival was in
progress at Casters Park, and
we said it was a big success. We
did not make it strong enough
for the success Of the gathering
exceeded the expectations of even
the most sanguine. From the
opening on Tuesday morning an
til the close late Friday evening,
nothing eecyrsed to mar the
pleasure Of the reunion in any
way.
That the committee made no
mistake when tbey secured Cas-
ter's Park for Che reunion was
the unanimous opinion of every
body, for there are no, finer
natural park grounds in the whole
state of Iowa. The grounds com
W
prise IS acres and entire tract
was thrown open : be free use
Of everybody. pti7e tract
as's1 Il trees and I carpet ar
Ct bye fIassz Noyhei aa the
Soinds Was there any brush or
atanfl rgrowth, IS for several years
Mr. Caster has been spending
conside rable money in clearing
and cleaning up the grounds and
this year we are satisfied he has
expended ever cent he received
for the use Of his land in building
roads, bridges, etc. In addition
to the fine shade there was an
abundance Of good pure water for
drinking purposes, and there was
no lack Of water for teams, the
lake furnishing an ample supply
which was pumped to two large
hydrants and all the farmers had
to do was to lead their horses to
the hydrants and let them drink.
Free tents were furnished to all
old soldiers whs applied for them
and tents we're rented to others
at nominal rent, free straw be-
ing supplied IN abundance for all
who occupied tents.
Sheriff Burns was in charge OF
an ample police force who care
fully patrolied the grounds night
and day and kept them free from
disreptuable characters, gamblers
and their ilk. To the credit OF
the vast crowds who attended the
reunion it can be said there was
very little drunkenness and dur
ing the entire reunion it was not
necessary to make 4 single arrest.
If man became the least BIZ
noisy an officer escorted him from
the grounds.
On Tuesday the program con
sisted of addresses by Mayor
Woodland, r. y. Parrish, Guy ?.
Arnold and others. There was
plenty Of music furnished by the
X. r. band, . colored quartet
from Fairfield, the ejIee min
strels from Des ~ and
others. Ii the aye.S e was
m orchestra concer the
direction of Mrs. G. per,
who also favored the tine
with . beautiful solo W. Jas
$50 heartily applauded that she ad
to respond to an encore. An i'm
promptu cake walk was alsp added
3 d . > I iii1iii il|| f. =!
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-03-22
New Books.

There has been much making of
books for children and young people
of late years and much of it has been
fine. The latest to reach our table.
1.-The True Citizen," is the most fun
damental and far reaching of any
book that we have yet seen. Its prime
ciples and teaching stand under and
form an eternal foundation for every.
thing else in the way of mental and
moral discipline that makes for the
development of the youth. AS the
authors say, ''while there are many
books for use in schools dealing with
citizenship from the political of view,
the higher aspects, the moral and eth.
ical, have been seriously overlooked. !"
1t is with an idea of this deficiency in
view that the author, w. F. Masick,
of the Ansonia Board of Education,
w. A. Smith, Supt. of the Ansonia
City Schools, have dealt with this far
reaching subject.
Americans realize that ethics and
civics ought tA be the same thing.
The one word ethics really covers the
ground, but we have cOnfounded civics
with politics to our sorrow. 1t is only
by giving the boys and girls the cor.
rect moral meaning OF true citizen
ship, that we can hope to Eliminate
from our national life the.undesirable
features that tend to subvert our
ideals of self government.
1.-The True Citizen" is adapted to
pupils from the 7th grade on up thro
the high school. 1t is arranged so
that it can be used as a supplementary
reader in the 7th and 9th grades, but
will also interest the pupils in the
higher grades.
1t is divided into 80 chapters one
for each week of the school year.
Each chapter has its tenchings il.
Illuminated by biography and incident
that will hold the interest of the pm.
pills. American Book Co. Chicago,
Ill.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-03-22
School Notes.

Greendale school, Dist. No. A.,
which is one of the largest in the
county, has been nearly broken up by
an epidemic of whooping cough.
The best specimen of map drawing
secured this year is by Master Jack
White of Dist No. 6. 1t is a coored
map of North America and looks al
most as well as the original in the
geography.
Every pupil in the county is invited
TO cali at theS superintendent office
and see the coileetion of pupils work
on eXhi bitiOn there.
The school board of Dist. No. 10
have decided not to reopen school.
The term lacked several weeks of
completion when the teacher, Mr..
Alexander was smitten with small
pox. DR.. Pearson fumigated the
school room last Monday.
Mr.. F.. E. .Bissitt, the teacher at
Columbia, has a new edition of the
Universal encyclopedia which he keeps
in the schoolroom for the benefit of
his advanced pupils.
Dist. No. Is is badly in need of a
new schoolhouse. The one doing au-
ty at present is small. shabby, crowd
ed, and apoor ad vertisement for the
neighborhood. 1t has served it's time
and should be rep aced by better.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-03-22

The following portion of an address
by President Hadley. of Yale college
commends itself to all people who are
watching the trend of events:
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-03-22

The daily papers are taking advant-
age of the absence of our senator to
Say things about him. The only trou-
BILE seems to be that they can't agree.
Some of his strongest admirers are
nominating him for United States SEN
ator, while others inclined to be more
moderate are nominating him for con-
gress. The Times says the republic
ans will probably make suffrage a
plank in their. next platform and that
MIR. Smith has become "A party boss
and will use his influence in that di-
rection.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-03-22
Chicago.
BY a sixth grade pupil. J

chicago IS one OF the youngest cities
of the United States 1t is just about
seventy two years old. 1t was very
swampy and low there and the people
could not build large or heavy houses
because they would sink down on one
side. SO they raised the houses up
on high posts and filled 1t in with
dirt. 1t was raised up ten feet.
A few years alter they had down
COW and took her lamp out and put it
on box. The cow kicked the lamp
over and the hay caught on fire and
the best part of the city was burned
down. The fire burned about three
days.
Hardy had the bricks cooled when
they started to build it up again.
Pullman sleeping cars are made in
Pullman in the Suburbs of Chicago.
Chicago is noted for it's paking
houses and it's stock yards The
stock-yards are very large and cover
a large track of land They hold
16O, 600 animals at a time. The wells
in the stock yards are l,200 feet deep.
In the packing houses everything is
used. The houfs of the cow the hair
the skin the horns and the men say
the save every of the pig excep the
squeal.
Many streets are named after
Washington, Jefferson and the other
presidents.
Chicay o grows SO fast that a person
would have to take the cencus every
month the got the population.
The demand for final examinatio on
questions was greater than was ex-
u Of hn ft TO
received has been sent out. If any
teacher has a copy left after exami-
nation he or she will confer favor
upon the county superintendent by
forwarding it to his office.
Report of School in Dist. No. IL.
Term opened October 1st, closed
March 10Th.
Number of days taught 12O.
Total number of pupils enrolled II.
Average daily attendance IL.
j. L. COATES, Teacher.
Report of Eureka school, Dist. No.
81.
Term opened October 9th, closed
February 2lst.
Total number of days taught "a.
Number of pupils enrolled II.
Average daily dCCenOdnCe III.
0. D. CLARK, Teacher.
Report of Center School, District
No. 40.
Term opened Oct 1, closed March
l8.
Total number of days taught l2O.
Number of pupils enrolled 10.
Average daily attendance Z.
Number neither absent or tardy 2,
EDWARD LITTLE, Teacher.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-03-22

it was reported last week that the
war in South Africa WAS to come to
an end because the British were nego-
tiating for peace with General BotF1a.
These negotiations have failed and
now the English charge the Beers
with being responsible for the contin-
uance of the war because they would
hot accept Impossible terms.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-03-22
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN,
BY County Supt. l.. r. Clark.

Desiring to make this department
interesting aud helpful to pupils as
well AS teachers, a limited number of
pupils essays will be printed. They
must be written on one side of the pa
per, contain not more than 25O words
and be written by pupils without as
sistance. Essays will be printed ex-
actly as received, without alteration
or correction. The grade of the writer
will be indicated. but the name will be
Withheld upon request.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-03-22
TIME TABLE A. T. & s. F. r. Y.
~

TIME TABLE A. I. & >. r. K. Y.
EASTBoUND.
Depart
No. =. Atlantic Ex. 6:lO, a. m. branch
Not. X. g.. " Cbgo Ex.. $50, II. N.
via main line.
No. 8. h. G. 81 Chgo. Ex., 6:35 p. N.
via main line.
No. .il2ss. Mixed: 3:l5 p. m. via branch.
No. I6, i:4O q. tu.
WESTBOUND.
No. !, Cal. Ex., 9:25 y. m., branch.
No. ). Colo. Ex.. S:45 p. n., nj. l..
No. Il. NIX. e.. EX., l. 100 a. m, BIRCH.
No. 341~ (arrivej. 2:o5 p. M, branch.
No. 75. 400 p. IN.
sDaily except Sunday.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-03-22

regardless of politics and will be con-
sls,ent and support the citizens ticket
which avoids partisanship by recog-
nizing all parties.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-03-22

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The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-11
Dog Spotted the Egg Case.

The authorities whose duty it is to
enforce the game laws of Kansas re-
Gently had reason to suspect that some
market hunters were illegally shipping
quail from Wellington, but the gather
ing of evidence was found to be an
almost impossible task. Finally the
officers borrowed pointer dog and
took it to the freight depot and the
animal promptly centered its attention
upon large egg case. The case was
opened and under its two top layers of
eggs were found several dozen quail.
The lawbreakers were located without
difficult upon reference to the railroad
company's books, and arrests prompt
ly followed
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-11

these out to their needs they pro-
nounce them in different tones" each
tone" giving an entirely altered mean
ing. In some parts of the Empire as
many as eight tones" are in use, CIV
ing eight Specifications to words
whose actual pronunciation Is other
wise the same. No wonder the Euro
pean ear jibs at the task.-the
ninth meaning of Greek particle Is
nothing to the eighth tone" of Chi
nese noun. Chinese has no grammar,
as we know grammar. According 10
its position in a sentence word IS
either noun, adjective, verb, or ad-
verb-the word itself remains the
same. In this respect Chinese Is
baby" among languages. But, like
so many other things that the Ceies-
tial has invented and left as he in
vented, the Chinese tongue has never
grown up And yet, with all its draw,
backs, the literary men OF the FLOW
cry Land have contrived to make 1t
serve their purpose. But almost all
the classical philosophical, and hlstorl-
cal works of the Chinese are written
in the queer characters that only mean
something to the eye. and cannot be
made to mean anything to the ear.
Where the Chinese anguage-written
or spoken-came from nobody knows,
any more than they know where the
original Chinese themselves came
from. But it is probable that the
primary Chinese characters existed D.
900 years ago pretty much as they 90
today. They are written in vertical
columns, which begin on the right Oh
the paper The instrument is a brush
and a thick solution of Indian ink Is
the medium-the paper the famlllar
fiimsy material made from rice straw.
Oddly enough, though the Manchus-
who are the ruling race in China-aA
we'll as their Tartar relatives, the
Mongols, speak a language related 70
the Chinese, they have a proper al
phabet, derived indirectly from the
West. 1t has borrowed from the Sy-
riac, which came from the Phoeniclan
alphabet. And the Roman letters OF
today owe more than little to the
Phoenician. So the Tartar writing
is at one end of the chain that which
was derived from the Aramalc,
stretches to our own A B G. The Tar
tars owe their alphabet to the Chris
tian missionaries known as the Mes
torians. But that is another story
London Express.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-11
IN MAURITIUS.
English Possession Whose Inhabitants
Are Anti-British.

English Possession Whose Inhabitants
Are Anti British.
The British possession of Mauriti-
us is at present the ground of cam
paign against everything British: The
French childs copybook which gives
a picture of the alleged British afro
cities at Ladysmith is being widely
used, and this is not the only mon
strous publication that is being is
sued with the view of fostering hatred
of things British. The newspapers,
of which there are nine or ten pub
lished here, are with two exceptions
violently anti-British, says the Lon
don Mail They constantly speak of
the "undying hatred of the natives
for the English, and stigmatize the
British residents as pigs, thieves,
drunkards and almost every other
Objectionable thing they can imagine.
Although Mauritius has been a Brit
ish possession since 1910, it is as anti
British as ever. Out of a population
Of 100000, 100000 are Indian natives
engaged in the sugar industry. About
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-11

every week, and some of them become
violent when told that they cannot
see the president A few Of them are
dangerous in that they believe the
government has wronged them and
will not pay just claim. Probably
twenty such cranks are taken into
custody each year, and are either sent
to the workhouse as vagrants or else
discharged on their promise to leave
Washington within twenty-four hours.
Most of them take advantage of the
latter offer.
The force which patrols the white
house consists of fifteen policemen d.
vided into three squads Of five each,
who surround the white house con-
stantly, under command of a sergeant,
who may be communicated with quick
ly at the white house. At the watch
house, which is in the rear of the
white house, are clerk and an opera
tor, who manage the workingapparatus
which includes a telephone in direct
communication with police headquar-
ters. Signal buttons are in every por-
tion of the grounds, in places where
the average citizen never dreams or
their existence. Only the policemen
on duty know of the exact location OF
these signal buttons, and even if the
average civilian should accidentally
stumble on one of them he could not
work it properly, because the police
operate them by means of a secret
code.
OF all the persons, however, whose
duty it is to look after the chief mag
istrate's safety, the railroad officials
over whose line the presidential spe-
cial is scheduled to pass are probably
subjected to the most severe tension.
1t extends to every employe-from the
track walker, whose duty it is to see
that no effort is made to wreck the
special train, to the general superin-
tendent, upon whom the responsibility
for the life of the president and his
party rests from the time the private
cars roll on to the rails of his line.
Sooner than run the most remote
risk of leaving the country without
| legitimate chief magistrate Mr.. Cleve-
| land remained in the white house, even
| giving up his favorite trips down the
river duck shooting. while the number
of his drives in the citys suburbs were
materially decreased President Nc
Kinley, however,is known to be some
| thing of a fatalist-as indeed all SOL
diers are-confidently believing that
when the proper time comes he will
| be ready
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-01-11
CHINA'S QUEER BOOKS
LANGUAGE WITHOUT ALPHA
BET is CURIOUS.
The Written Language Cannot Be Read
Aloud So That a Listener May Com
prehend It-Eighth Tone" of Chinese
Noun,

A language without an alphabet
sounds sufficiently curious, especially
when it is added that it is written
language and the medium of communl-
panse of territory, the Chinese EN-
pire. Not only has the Chinese Ian
guage no alphabet, but it is actually
true that in its purest form, though
it could, literally speaking, be read
aloud, the sounds would have abso-
lutely no significance whatever to
listener. To the reader of course, the
written or printed page would con-
vey all that the author wished it to.
But in order to convey its meaning,
say, to a blind person, the reader
would be compelled to find his own
words, chosen from the spoken Chi
nese language And his translation"
would be much more roundabout than
the written version. Some idea Of
this singular fact may be gathered
from the estimate that the fable OF
"The Fox and the Grapes which
can be told in 1870 English words, could
be narrated in eighty-fve Chinese
written characters. To tell the story
in spoken Chinese would require 1863
words. Written Chinese is practically
uniform throughout the Empire, and
has hardly altered during the entire
course of Chinese history. The spok-
en- language. on the other hand, is
constantly changing, and prevails in
several dialects. some of which are
quite unintelligible to Chinese from
the different provinces. But even the
purest form of spoken Chinese is al
most incomprehensible to foreigner
except by the most arduous study, and
after years of application the Euro
pean continues to make the most lud-
icrous blunders. The reason for this
is that the Chinese tongue has but 800
to 1000 elementary words, which form
the base of their language-as the al
phabet does of ours, In order to spin