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The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-05-03
THE INDIANS PAID.
whnt the White Men Charged Them
For killing One Donkey.


In "Reminiscences of Old Times In
. Tennessee" story is told of the good
faith and honor of party of Chicka-
saw Indians. While huntil-g one fall
they shot n donkey. mistalling the
creature for wild animal. They sold
the hide. and it finally came to the
hands of John Barnes in Upton.
When the Chckasaws returned to
the region of Upton for their annual
hunt the next fall, Barnes invited them
to q shooting match. the prize to be
the skin of very rare animal.
Thirty braves appeared at the con-
test, and one of them won the prize.
When he saw the skin. he turned 1t
over and said: 'Ha, ha. me kill him.
Me shoot him. See!" And he pointed
to the fatal bullet hole.
Then Barnes told them that they had
killed donkey, Il very useful animal
but he was sure that they had done
1t by mistake. believing 1t to be wild
animal.
The Indians listened attentively to
the white mans words and then con-
suited together few minutes. Finally
they separated, each brave going to his
pony. unhitching him and leading him
to the spot where a gang of white men
stood, Barnes In the midst of them.
Then one OF the Indians spoke:
I'VE sorry we kill donkey. We think
he belong to the woods. We find him
in cane. We think him wild. We
sorry; now we pay. We take no white
mans boss. pony, nothing of white
man. We honest. We have ponies.
that's all. Take pay" And he mo-
toned to the long line of ponies, held
by their owners.
"How many" asked Barnes.
white man say" returned the In
dian. take plenty
The honor of the red men was not
equaled by the white men. for, be 1t
recorded to their shame, they took
from the Chickasaws 35 ponies to pay
for the accidental killing of one don
key.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-05-03
Chinese Method of uea.urins.

Many travellers returning from China
have commented upon the apparently
singular lack OF knowledge OF the dis
tances across their country or between
their towns that exists among the Chi
nese If at one town you inquire the
distance to the next, you may be told
that ii Is 20 II (one-third OF a mile), but
upon arriving at the town you will be
surprised to find the distance back to
the town from which you have just
come is "a Ii and that the cost of jour
ncying back again is correspondingly
greater than the cost to go to It.
The Chinese measure distance not by
rule, but by the amount of physical en-
ergy required to traverse them. Their
wage Is based on unit of energy, the
amount that 1t takes them to carry q
given load, one picul one II, on level
ground. If the road from A to B Is
down hill, the distance Is regarded as
less than the actual linear distance be-
cause 1t Is supposed to take less energy
to travel in that direction, or, as the
Chinese say. ''the II are short" 1t nat
urally follows that In travelling In the
other direction, from back to A, the
road being gradual ascent, a greater
expenditure of energy is necessary
"The II are long," and in order to get a
fair compensation for their work the
carriers must see that the distance and
the charges are correspondingly in
creased. With this explanation what
has often appeared as a vagary of the
Chinese becomes simple and reasona-
ble.-Leslie's Weekly.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-05-03
Sale of wtIliam penn,s wi,I.

At recent sale In London of histor-
ical documents some interesting speci-
mems of caligraphy changed hands.
The list included large number of
autographs by William Penn, the quak-
er founder of Pennsylvania, including
"My Last VIII and Testament made, and
writ In my own hand this twentyeth
day of ye 8th month of year 17O5 In We
60 years of my age" VIII and codicil
cover ten pages quarto, all In the hand
writing of William Penn. except, as
the catalogue points out, the signatures
of the witnesses.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-05-03

The pain produced by a hornets
sting Is caused by poison injected in
to the wound. and so instantaneous 10
its effect as to cause the attack of this
insect to resemble a violent blow In the
face.
The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-05-03

Every thief causes lot of honest
men to be suspected unjustly.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

Mention was made in the the Record
last week of the serious accident which
happened to Henderson Chance of
Washington township while out hunting
on Wednesday. The accident proved
quite serious. While crawling through
a barb wire fence his shot gun was acct
IDENTIFY discharged the shot taking effect
in his left arm. DR.. VIM. Horne of
Mt. Ayr, and DR.. w. w. Syp Of Knowl.
ton, were called and it was found necess-
airy to amputate his arm between the
elbow and shoulder. The operation was
a very successful one, and the patient is
now getting along as we'll as could be
expected. The. accident is a very dis.
tressing one. Mr.. Chance is one of our
best young men and it is a sad reflection
to know that he will have to go through
life with only n ,arm.-Ringgo]d
Record.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

Burlington route conductors are now
using colored numbered checks for pas
sengers. This scheme was devised by
the passenger department to prevent
parties from using old pasteboards over
their seats to deceive the conductor and
defraud. the company. The conductor
now places one OF the numbered checks
over the seat of the passenger and is
thus enabled to keep a definite record
of his people.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

H. A. and Rob't Routt, of Charlton,
started last Thursday evening for
Murray where they expected to go to
work for their brother. One had $35
and the ether had IS cents but they
decided to take free passage on q freight
rather than wait for, the midnight
passenger. Soon after boarding an
empty car they were followed by four
tramps. Between Lucas and Woodburn
the tramps "held up" the Routt boys,
robbed them, abused them and finally
made them jump from the moving train.
They were not seriously injured. They
walked into Woodburn, had their
wounds dressed and returned to Chari-
ton on No. IA. A search was made at
Osceola for the robbers but they had
evidently left the train before. it pulled
up to the station. - WOODBURY. cor.
Osceola Sentinel. ~
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

Hardy WATSON has recently made
some substantial and convenient i'm
provements about his home place over
in Decatur, the most important of which
is a large addition to his barn Including
a finished and comfortable room for his
hired help in the buying. fitting up and
selling of horses, in which line of bust
ness be has been quite successful. Chas.
Cain did the carpenter work in his usual
neat and handy style, but some remarks
haye been made by critics in regard to
the style of the t1ue he built, which
shows that q carpenter should not try
to ''get aboye his business" .-Lineville
Tribune.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

When you feel that life is hardly worth
the candle take a dose of Chamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets. They will
cleanse your stomach, tone up your
liver and regulate your bowels making
you feel like a new man. For sale by
w. A. Alexander.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21
Rev. Sunday at Corydon.

Rev. Sunday has succeeded in arousing
a greater religious feeling in Corydon
than has been known in forty years,
or perhaps eve before. The religious
feeling here had been in q dormant
state for years and when he arrived it
was freely expressed he had struck a
tough proposition. His first effort was
toward the professel Christians and
his labors in that line were crowned
with success. Then came the effort Cor
the 'non-christians and his success in
that line has been unprecedent. His
e~loquence and his deep earnestness has
attracted the people from far AMI wide.
The church is crowded every evening.
People m going by + O'Clock
and by standing room is almost at a
premium. UP to and including We'd.
nesday evening there were 3ll who had
joined the church. They are of all ages
and sexes, children, young people, mid
die aged and past the meridian of life
they include the moralist and the skep-
tic, the drunkard and the tippler-all
classes. Every one, be he a skeptic or a
christian, can not but realize that o
marvellous work has been done for good.
Rev. Sunday is a. marvellous man. He
is sociable lively and entertaining,
either in or out of the pulpit. He is
eloquent, a veritable walking cyclopedia
with facts and figures at his tongues end
to sustain his every proposition. But
above all his sincerity and earnestness
in the work is his browning success. He
has preached a number of powerful
ermons here but his sermon on Tues
day evening impressed US as being an
extraordinary revival sermon and re.
suited in thirty-three persons taking
the first step toward becoming chris
tians. Mr.. Fischer, his singer, is a fit
companion and aids materially in the
work. They are both comparatively
young and without accident bid fair to
rival Moody and Sankey in their great
work.--Corydon Times-Republan.
Worth 500 to you to cure child or adult
''Antl-Diuretlc,' stops it Immediately.
al Snid nv " q. Stempel a. On mr., oyioto
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

Adolph Bluner, of Grand Mound, Ia,
writes: 81 have used Foley's Honey
and Tar in my family and think it Is
the best cough cure on the market. l
would not be without it in my home, as
there is nothing so good for coughs and
colds. w. A. Alexander.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

Some two or three weeks ago Charles
Waffle north Of town, shot and crippled
a young eagle which he caught and took
care of. Monday he brought it to town
and sold it to A. M. Haag who had it in
his show windows a part of the time. 1t
is quite an interesting bird and attracts
considerable Observation-Disclosures In
dax
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21
Great Luck OF An Editor.

"For two years all efforts to cure &C.
zema in the palms of my hands failed"
writes Editor H, N. Lester, Of Syracuse,
Kan, "then 1 was wholly cured by
Bucklen's Arnica Salye." It's the
worlds best for eruptions, sores and all
skin diseases. Only Csc at L. Van
Werden's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

E. o. Lovett has torn down the old
brick house which stood on his farm
southwest of town and has built a two
story farm house in its stead. This old
house was one of the land marks of the
country, being known as the Slack
house, built sometime in the 6O's.-Gar-
den Grove Express.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21
In Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and BLADDER Disease
cured in six hours by New Great South
American Kidney Cure" 1t is o great sur
prise on account Of its exceeding promptness
In relieving pain in bladder. Kidneys and back,
in male or female. Relieves retention Of
water almost Immediately. If you want quick
roliei and cure this is the remedy. Sold by w.
c. Stempel & Co, Druggists, Leon, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

Elmina Chase was born. October 10th,
1867, and died November 9Th, 1901.
Early last spring she went to Nebraska
IN hopes that the climate would give her
better health, but death was more pow
erful. Early in life she j%olned.the Chris
tian church and died embracing its faith.
Weldon cor. in Osceola Sentinel.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21
That Throbbina Headache

would quickly leave you, if you used
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. Thousands
of sufferers have proved their matchless
merit for sick and headaches.
They MAKE pure blood and build up
your health. Only 25 cents. Money
back if not cured. Sold by L. Van
Werden, druggist.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21
Spreads Like Wndtire.

When things are "the best" they
become 'the best selling" Abraham
Hare, a leading druggist, of Belleville,
O., writes: "Electrlc Bitters are the best
selling bitters I.ihave handled in 20
years." You know why? Most diseases
begin in disorders of stomach, liver,
kidneys, bowels. blood and nerves,
Electric Bltters tones up the stomach,
regulates liver, kidneys and bowels,
'purifies the blood, strengthens the
nerves, hence cures multitudes of mala.
dies. 1t builds up the entire system.
Puts new life and vigor into any weak,
sickly, rundown man or woman Price
80 cents. Soldl by L. Van Werden,
druggist.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

Q. D. Mallette lost three of his mich
COWS this week. 1t was thought at first
that some disease was in the herd but
it was found later that it was caused by
owe eating in a stock field.-Garden
Grove Express,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

A few days ago the report was circu-
lated that James Treanor was dead, but
which proved to be not true. His
daughter, Mrs. Stephens, who was in
town Tuesday, said that he was feeling
better than when he left Kellerton.-
Kellerton Globe.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21
For H~oarseness.

Benz. Ingerson, of Hutton, Ind, says
he had not spoken a word above a whis-
per for months, and one bottle of
Foley's Honey and Tar restored his
voice. Be sure you get Foley's. w. A.
Alexander.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21
Up Late Last Niqht?

Then you don't feel just the best to.
day. DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is
very effective for sick headache, bilious.
ness or disordered stomach. Sold by
l.. Van Werden,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

A thousand things by it are done far
better than most things do one. We
refer to Rocky Mountain Tea made by
Madison Medicine Co. 35c. w. G.
Stempel & Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

Geo. A. Points, of Upper Sanduskv,
o., writes: "I have been using Foley's
Honey and Tar for hoarseness and
find it the best remedy l eve tried. 1t
stopped the cough Immediately and
relieved all soreness" Take none but
Foley's. w. A. Alexander.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

A switch will be put in southwest of
town at the rock quarry and a crusher
put up; the rock to be crushed and ship:
ped.-Davis City COZ. in Pleasanton In
dex.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

George Curry suffered the misfortune
last Thursday of having his fingers
smashed while tending a corn shredder
at the Brooks farm east of town.-La-
moni Chronicle.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

English SPAWN Liniment removes all Hard,
Soft or Calloused Lumps and Blemishes from
horses, Blood Spavins, Curbs, Splints,
Ring.Bone. STILES, Spralns, all
Swollen Threats. Coughs. etc. Save $50 by
use Of one bottle. Warranted the most won.
Y. Stempel & Co., Druggists, Leon, Iowa,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

I'd leave my happy home and cross the
deep blue sea,
Rather than be without Charley and my
Rocky Mountain Tea. w. q. Stem
pei & Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

Tea imports last year we're $1l, 7s3OO0
in value; coffee, $50, 500, 900. Per capita
consumption Of coffee, 9.S pounds.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

Brings attractiveness to listless, un-
loyeable girls, making them handsome,
manageable women. That's what
Rocky Mountain Tea will do. 35c. w.
g. Stempel & Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21
Quebec is hoping to become the great.
est wheat exporting point in America.

To-day take Foley's Honey and
Tar. 1t positively prevents pneumonia.
or other serious results from colds. 1t
may be too late Tomorrow. w. A,
Alexander.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

The beautifully mounted and life like
antelope head at the Farmers & Mer-
chants Bank was brought by Jid WATSON
from Wyoming. Jid had the good luck
to bag three of them while visiting in
that country.-Lineyille Tribune.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21
Cure a Couch

stop coughing, as it initiates the lungs
and gives them no chance to heal.
Foley's Honey and Tar cures without
causing a strain in throwing off the
phlegm like common cough expector-
ants. w. A. Alexander.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21
Corning, Ohio, Nov. 9Th, 1900.

Pepsin Syrup Co.,
Monticello, Ill.
While visiting in Tayiorville, ILL.,, 1
came across your DR.. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin. Have used two and one-half
bottles and it has done me more good
than all the medicine l have used for
two years. Please let me know if you
will send me three or four bottles and
what it will cost to send it to Corning
Perry county, Ohio, and oblige,
MRS. SARAH A. McCRAcKEN.
Sold by L. Van Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

Last years fire losses in the United
States were $16l 900, 900. The greatest
loss was in 1893, $l67, 544, 3l7.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

Some southern cotton mill owners are
supplying lunch and coffee to their
night workers.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cnthartic, cure constipation forever.
10c. 25c. II c. c. fail, druggists refund money,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets cures biliousness, constipation
and headache. They are easy to take
and pleasant in effect. For sale by w.
A. Alexander.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

A Mt. Ayr firm offers a basket of
choice candy to all who are neither
absent nor tardy at school between
October Is and the holidays. The
statement that their attendance has
been regular and no hardness must be
signed by a teacher.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

We understand that the White Oak
school, taught by Flora Duncan. was
closed last week on account of the pre-
valence of scarlet fever in that neighbor-
hood.-Lineyille News.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21
Not a dissenting Vote,

A perfect laxative! That is the unani-
nous verdict of the people who use DR..
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. SOC and $1.OO
sizes. Sold by l.. Van Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

Oren Ruffcorn's family moved to Muir
ray Friday. They will be greatly missed
here.-Weldon cor. in Oscecla Sentinel.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21
Quite an imposing little village O.

Quite an imposing little village of a
dozen shanties presents itself on the left
bank of the Weldon in the Morris tim.
Der, and thousands of tree tops lay
strewn over the ground like the dead
and dying on a battle field. Men are
busy %chopping, saving and hauling
lumber OIL. The telephone wire here is
switched to give the managers communi.
cation with other points. About a mile
below this is Sam Marsengill with hi
crew in the same business. But sawmill
ing will soon be a thing of the past il
this section Of country.-Lineville Tri
bune.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

Jid and Yant WATSON are corn fatten-
ing 70 head of three year.old steers and
$50 hogs on the Morris farm over in
Decatur county.-Llneville Tribune.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

Wednesday night of last week Her
man Roleke, Grand Inner Guard, Claud
Cole, Geo. Dodd and w. Roleke, Repre-
sentatives to the Grand Lodge, tender.
ed a reception and banquet to a num-
Der of the X. p. boys. Mt. Moriah was
represented by eight of her members
and a jolly good time was enjoyed by
all present. ALT. Bonser, the prince of
caterers served the banquet which, it is
needless to say, was fully up to the ex
pectations of the fellows who par.ook
Of it.-Bethany Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21
personal.

Will the lady who fell in a swoon last
Thursday. in front of the postoffice, call
at our store? She suffers from bilious.
ness. DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin will
surely cure her. Sold by T.. Van Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

Y. j. Moore bought the Eek Kemp
property opposite the school house last
week and on Monday of this week
moved in from his farm five miles west
Of town and will make his permanent
home in Lineville. Mr.. Moore is one of
the substantial and influential citizens of
this vicinity and ne gladly welcome him
and his excellent. family To Lineville.
He leaves the farm in charge of his two
sons, jeff and Green, who will continue
preside on the place -Lineville Tribune.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

No guardianship of the law can save
zone from being a fool.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

1t is stated that 39,s72 persons per-
ished at the hands of homicides in the
United States during the five years
ending with 1900.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-21

Worth 500 to you to cure child or adult
of incontinence OF water during sleep.
'1Antl.DiuretIc'' stops 1t Immediately,
81. Sold by w. y. Stempel & Co., Druggists.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-03


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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-03
NOR z LIND For EN- TRY.

The Duluth land Office has receiv-
ed the platS of two new townships
in northern Itasca county that will
be thrown open to settlement in
about four weeks. They are town
ship SO, range ~, and township 60,
range %, about ten miles southwest
of koochiching and quite close to
the projected line of railroad from
Bemidji to Rainy Lake.
There is some good farming land
in both townships and in q there is
quite belt of pine which, however.
has been squatted on for some time,
although in some cases there is
confliction with scrip applications.
There is considerable swamp land
in both tracts, the plat showing
6,6O acres in % and 1910 acres in q,
The soil is of fair quality, and the
fact that it is near a proposed line
of railway will probably cause quite
a demand when it is opened for set
Element.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-03

The partne ship heretofore exist
ing under the firm name and style
of Rubloff and Botfsky, wherein Sol
Bubloff. of Virginia, Mimi, and
Abram Boffsky were partners, is
this 18th day of April, 1901, dissolv
ed by mutual consent.
The business will be continued
by Sol Rubloff who will settle all
debts of the late firm and to. whom
all debts due said firm should be
paid.
Virginia, Mimi, April Is, 1901.
SOL. RUBLOFF.
.... ADRIAN BUFFSKY.