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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
"Well, of all the fools, And be toor

Well, of all the fools. And he took
prize for oratory last year, too. He
amt much like Teller / was readin'
about yesterday. He went down on
his knees, So And the youngster
Hoped down on the grass with the
grace Of young kangaroo, and rolled
his eyes like a dying COW. "And he
said, 'Qu-ween Of my hear-rt' and
lot more stuff that 1 can't remember.
1t was bully" he added. falling back
into lounging attitude.
Lend me the book"
PA got it," he said, Indignantly
Il KEEP it behind row OF books in
the book case and he got a-hunting'
somep'n and found it and chucked IL
into the fire. l don't care I can
write a piece just as good, an get il
by heart. Catch me a-makin' such a
fool of myself as that college dude.s
when you have written it may J
read it?"
"Yes." he replied, condescendingly.
"I'll let You see it. It'll be cracker
jack, you bet.''
Maybe I could help you write it, }"
she suggested, humbly.
ooh, l sha'n't need any help" he
said, complacently. Il know just how
it ought to co.
Grown people are so commonplace"
she sighed. DO you suppose Well
ever be like that?"
Land, mol" said he. as he slouched
back to his book. "If l thought I'd
ever be such fool as that Teller, I'd
trade myself off for a dog aud then
shoot the dog
A hooking bird, drunk with moon
light and dew, was careering from
tree to tree, singing madly, and send
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07

Unimaginative exactness-so the
Century dictionary defines Liberalism
may not always be the highest form
of truth, but commercially it has COM
pensations. Some American manufac-
turers recently sent to their German
agent ten thousand show-cards in
which their agricultural machines
were drawn by tigers, driven by an
airily attired goddess of liberty. The
agent returned the cards with the crit
icism that neither in Germany were
tigers available nor adapted for draft
purposes, nor could such women as
work in the fields afford to dress as
seems to be the fashion in wonderful
America.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07

The arrangements for introducing
the American cotton plant into Ger
man West Africa are practically COM
plete. In accordance with an arrange
ment made with planters in Alabama,
an American expert, with two Ameri-
can farmers and a mechanic has left
the coast for Tagoland. They will he
accompanied by $50 carriers and work.
men, who will join them in Lorne. The
expedition is under the protection OF
the German government. The funds
expended SO far amount to about $780,
900, and the Berlin Colonial economic
committee has promised to give fur
Their aid to the enterprise.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
STRONG
CHARACTER

One of the strong characters of ante
bellum days passed away recently in
the person of John G. Fee, founder of
Berea College in Kentucky. In early
life he presumed that slavery was
wrong. Rather than abandon this con-
viction and recede from his early
formed purpose to aid in bringing
about the freedom of the blacks, he
forsook home, incurred parental i'll
will, struggled for years against the
enmity of his former friends and bent
his back to receive the lash which
only respect for his courage prevented
falling. Eventually he saw the hopes
of his early years fulfilled and lived
long enough to see old prejudices and
hatreds mellowed by the softening
touch of time and to enjoy the esteem
of those who once reviled him. His
early days We're turbulent; his final
years were peaceful and if there was
aught of vanity in his composition he
could contemplate with pride the noble
monument to his youthful zeal and
fortitude which he himself erected
Berea College, in Madison county, Ky.
Years ago it was rallying point for
racial prejudice; to-day it is regarded
throughout the South as one of its
most beneficent institutions, from
which there graduate annually 500
blacks and white mountaineers, who
go forth to lives of usefulness.
A Slave Holders Son.
fee was born in Bracken county,
Ky, September 9, 1916. His father
owned dozen slaves. but the son,
after passing through Lane Theolog-
ical Seminary, became pronounced
abolitionist. His father disinherited
him and when he preached anti-slavery
doctrines, the church authorities dis
missed him. With his young wife he
wandered hither and thither in Ken
lucky, preaching where he could get
hearers and taking shelter wherever it
could be found. His father, years be-
fore, had given him tract of land.
This he now sold, not to use it's pro-
ceeds for his material welfare, but to
purchase the freedom of a slave. In
1853 Cassius M. Clay, the lion-hearted
old Kentuckian, the vicissitudes of
whose latter years have aroused no
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07

lege was obtained. Negroes were adj
mitted. Nevertheless the college flour
ished and there was no friction be-
tween white and black students. To-day
Berea has property which, with an en-
dowment of 100000 makes the assets
Of the college fully 100000. Fourteen
teachers are employed and their ex-
periences with the children Of the Ken
lucky mountains are most interesting.
Most of the pupils who are not black
belong to the families of mountain"ers
whose dialect and customs are the
bases of many entertaining tales and
the polishing of whose roughness re-
quires no small amount of patience.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
Victorian Poetry.

Professor Robert Ellis Thompson
spoke in Philadelphia recently on "Vic.
torian Poetry: Tennyson and Browns
ing" In speaking of the former Pro,
lessor Thompson said he was the CHIEF
poet of the reign; that after being re,
buffed in his early life he studied Eng.
fish metrical law and returned to the
field victorious: that he was the poet
of English proprieties and social order
rich in the wealth of the past, a clos.
observer of nature, master of mann
verse forms, and skilled in cadences
and the choice Of words. He regarded
as his highest achievements "In Me.
moriam" and the 'Idylls of the King
Robert Browning, he said, was con.
trast to social relations and mental at
Ntude, a dissenter, disbeliever in con
vention and full of faith in the purify.
ing power of the great passions dove
search for knowledge, patriotism, etc.
that he was over-subtle in expression
especially in poems written before hi,
wife's criticism, dramatic but moi
theatrical; that he got inside other
mems minds; that he was often care
less of n1etrical form and intelligibil.
ity. and that he i2s :, greater mipki
than TennySon,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
So9oo9sooose0oe9e
; Bineen on the Rhine


A soldier of the Legion. lay dying in
Algiers,
There was lack of wo,nan.s nursing
there was dearth of woman's tears.
But comrade stood beside him, while
his life-blood ebbed away,
AND bent with plying glances, to hear
what he might cay.
The dying soldier faltered, as took that
comrades hand,
And he said: Il never more shall see
my own, my native land.
Take message and a token to some
distant friends of mine,
For was born at Bingen, at Bingen on
the Rhine
'Tell my brothers and companions, when
they meet and crowd around
To hear my mournful story, in the pleas
ant vineyard ground,
That we fought the battle bravely. and
when the day was done,
Full many corpse lay CHASTITY pale, be-
meath the setting sun,
And mid the dead and dying. were some
grown old in wars,
The death wound on their gallant breasts,
the last of many scars,
But some We're young, and suddenly be-
held life's morn decline,
And one had come from Bingen, fair
Bingen on the Rhire."
Tell my mother that her other sons
shall comfort her old age,
For l was aye truant bird. that
thought his home cage;
For my father was a soldier, and even
as child,
My heart leaped forth to hear him tell
of struggles fierce and wild,
And when he died. and left us to divide
his scanty hoard,
1 let them take whate'er they would. but
kept my fathers sword
And with boyish love, L hung 1t where
the bright light used to shine
On the cottage wall at Bingen, calm
Bingen on the Rhine.
Tell my sister not to weep for me, and
sob with weeping head,
When the troops are marching home
again with gay and gallant tread,
But to look upon them proudly with
calm and steadfast eye
for her brother was q solder, too, and
not afraid to die.
And IL q conlrade seeks her love. ask
her in my name,
To listen to him kindly without regret or
shame
And TO hang the old sword In It's place
Cny fathers sword and mine)
tor the honor of old Bingen, dear Eengen
on the Rhine
His voice grew faint and hoarser. his
grasp was childish weak.
HIS eyes put on dying look, he sighed
and ceased to speak.
Ills comrade bent to lift him, but the
spark OF life was fled,
soldier of the Legion. in foreign land
was dead.
And the soft moon rose up slowly, and
calmly she looked down,
On the red sands of the battle field with
bloody corpses strewn.
Yea, calmly, on that dreadful scene. her
pale light seemed to shine.
AS it shone on distant Bingen. fair Bin
gen on the Rhine.
Mrs. Norton.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
The Dollar Family.

Pennies five Half-Dime make.
For a Dime two Half-Dimes take.
Five Half-Dimes-'tis surely So
To Quarter quickly grow.
Two of these-I tell you true
One Half-Dollar give to you.
You shall tell me, little scholar,
How many Halves will make Dollar
And to show, my little rhymes
You've not forgot, how many times
One Half-Dollar counts in Dimes!
Yet again, if Quarters two
Make Half, I'll ask of you,
If I owe Dollar, yet
How many Quarters pay the debt?
Or if Dimes are needed, tell
Just how many do as we'll.
Back to Half-Dimes now we come
If you tell me what's the sum
Needed for Dollar, dear,
My short lessons ended here!
Agnes Lewis Mitchell.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
WAS REV. FEE,
WHO DIED
RECENTLY

small amount Of pity for him, invited
Fee to preach in Madison county,
where he gave him farm. Here he
founded a school-the original Berea
College. It was only a small frame
structure, but humble as it was, it
proved fertile ground for the seeds
which Fee sowed. It's work began in
1855, and Fee had the assistance Of sew
eral teachers from Oberlin College.
After a time prominent families sent
their sonu and daughters there. It
was closed during the war.
At the close of the war the school
was reopened and charter as coll
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
The d amer city for Big Policemen

The largest aggregation of fat po-
licemen in the world is to be found on
the Chicago police force. A majority
of the members of the force, including
officers, have grown in weight much
beyond the maximum limit set down
in the physical test" of the civil SER
vice examination. According to the
test, as shown by it's graduations in
heights and minimum and maximum
measurements, the average weight of
the 1843 men on the police pay rolls
shol be 1872 pounds. Instead of this
shou age is found to be 210 pounds.
the men are more in excess
Us. but alphabetically Chit
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07

It is reported at the navy department
that the battleship Illinois, now near
ing completion at the Newport News
shipyard, will be in readiness for her
trial trip about the middle of Febru-
airy. The trial would have been made
at an earlier date, but there was some
delay on account of the armor plate
for the vessel. Considerable interest
is attached to the trial of this ship, as
it is intimated that she will exceed in
speed the records made by the Kear-
sarge and the Kentucky.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
A London paper sums un the nine

A London paper sums up the nine
tenth century in nutshell I'VE re-
celved the goosequill, we bequeath the
typewriter" The steel pen is not men
toned. 1t is said that the sale Of pens
mas steadily decreased CT late, and that
more than one manufacturer has been
driven out of business. In lone that
excels the quirks Of blazoning pens"
Cassie Enthusiastically foreshadowed the
reign of the typewriter.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07

Prof. G. H. Eigenmann has discov-
cred new type of cave salamander.
an active creature about four inches
iong' with protruding eyes and tail
longer than its body. speckled brown
ana yellow, and the peculiar formation
OF Its feet enables it to climb vertical
walls OF glass and even move like fly
across the ceiling.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07

A cup of hot coffee is an unfailing
barometer, if you allow lump Of
sugar to drop to the bottom of the cup
and watch the air bubbles arise with
out disturbing the coffee. If the buD-
bles collect in the middle the weather
will be fine; if they adhere to the cup,
forming ring, it will either rain or
snow; and if the bubbles separate
without assuming any fixed position,
changeable weather may be expected.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07

Henrik Ibsen has been living for half
year in great seclusion at saadef-
!oro' norway, preparing the material
lor a new work. Asked il he intended
to remain in Norway, he said: Eyes,
IN all probability. My correspondence
is SO extensive that this alone would
make it inconvenient to change my
address,"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
Cost of a London Fog.

1t is estimated that the dense pail OF
smoke and fog that from time to time
oyerhangs London costs the city from
$250,000 to $1,000 daily in the matter
of bills for electricity and gas. The
embargo on railway traffic, with other
expenses. making up huge bill.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07

There are upward Of $4,000 insane in
custody in the state of New York to-
DAY, involving an outlay OF $500 900
for hospital Plants and equipments and
an annual expenditure Of So ,oOo, 900 for
maintenance, repairs and improve
ments
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07

The late Prof. Marsh of Yale he
queathed his house and grounds for a
botanical garden. They are to be made
the home of the newly created school
of forestry.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07

Berlin nov contains 1000 donkeys,
which have been imported in the last
eighteen months to take the place Of
dogs as beasts of draught. The change
Is dre to the agitation of tie S. p
c. A.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07

1t is believed by many that the drv
climate OF southern Oklahoma and the
southern district Of Indian Territory
IS going to make all that section the
nome OF the finest grades of cotton.
Durlng the season it has developed
mat the cotton grown in the Chocfaw
Nallon was OF an extra good fibre,
grading above the average and in great
demand for export.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07

cago is protected by policemen who are
lnterfered with in the discharge OF
their duties by large quantity OF
super1uous flesh. The aggregate
weight of the entire force is 500, 991
pounds.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07

All over the country land is being
reclaimed. In Louisiana engineers are
Dusy with plans for draining swamps.
which form practically three entire
parishes. A system OF canals will be
aug which will be eighty-fve miles
long. The land to be cleared will have
the richest alluvial soil and will be
cultivated in cotton. rice and sugar
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07

The Southern Cross (Buenos Ayres)
states that the existence OF a lake Of
natural asphalt in the province OF Ju-
luy determined the Argentine minister
OF agriculture to have an analy -
o. me ma5srzall, WIKI h. eurnsd an
to be Of Excellent quality. Tae Iuiny
asphalt in it's natural state is said to
De Just as good as that used in the
paving OF Argentine streets
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
THURSDAY. MARCH 2, 1901

An electric railroad between Rome
and Naples is proposed, the limo being,
1873 miles long. The idea is to furnish
fast trains, with frequent service.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07

MAI. SAM L. LEFFINGWELL.
locals at Lebanon, Lafayette Muncie,
Fort Wayne, Rushville, Richmond,
Ind, and at Dayton, O.: and now, as a
hand typesetter, in his list year, is
working at the case in book concern
at Indianapolis.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
Questions to Ask Your Teacher.

Questions to Ask Your Teacher.
Monday-Where is the Emerald Isle?
Why is it so called?
Tuesday What is The Milky
Way?"
ENTHUSIASTICALLY is glass used to
fasten telegraph wires to the poles?
Thursday-What is mummy?
Friday-What and where is the Dead
Letter Office?
Monday-Why are some island
Tuesday What ~
Wednesday-W
Park and what
brated there?
Thursday-Why are N!h5
mild at Puget Sound than
gion of Lake Superior?
Friday-Why is it colder at tdl
arctic Circle than at the Arctic?-A
ton Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
A Isaby Lark's Lesson.

A pretty fancy put into charming
words is that of a young lark's flight,
told by j. M. Barrie, in Scribner's Mag
aZine:
A baby lark had got out of it's nest
sideways, a fall of foot only, but a
dreadful drop for baby.
"You can get back this way" its
mother said, and showed it the way.
But when the baby tried to leap, it
fell on it's back. Then the mother
marked out lines on the ground, on
which it was to practice hopping, and
it got along beautifully so long as the
mother was there every moment, to
say, GLOW wonderful you hop!"
Nov teach me to hop up" said the
little lark, meaning that it wanted to
fly; and the mother tried to do it in
vain. She could soar up, up, very
brayely, but she could not explain how
she did it.
"Wait till the sun comes out after
the rain" she said, half-remembering.
What is sun? What is rain?" the
little bird asked. "If you cannot teach
me to fly, teach me to sing"
When the sun comes out after rain, "
the mother replied, then you will
know how to sing"
The rain came, and glued the little
birds wings together.
81 shall never be able to fly or singh
it walled.
Then, of sudden. it had to blink
its eyes, for glorious light had spread
over the world, catching every leaf and
twig and blade of grass in tears, put
ting smile into every tear. The baby
birds breast swelled, it did not know
why; it futtered from the ground, it
did not know why. !.
"The sun has come out after the
rain!" it trilled. Thank you, sun!
Thank you! thank you! o mother!
Did you hear me? I can sing!"
Then it foated up, up, calling,
''Thank you! thank you! thank you!''
to the sun. 20 mother, do you seq
me? am fying!"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
His Excuse Was Good.

= TITS H11CuNe WIS OOOue
Ap Irish recruit was once brought
up fpr breaking into barracks that is.
getting over the wall instead Of enter
ing tie gate. But, Murphy" said the
of1cd Though you were late you
shol have come in by the gate..
tP] yer honor" said Murphy, IT
wa aid of waking the sintry..
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07

Bob" she said, in stage whisper.
the apple blossoms and singing like
a crazy thing, just as it is doing now.
think it sang all night, for / heard
1t whenever I woke. What do you
suppose it does that for?"
81 dunno. Bee stung it mebbe. Get
on with your rat killing
"Well, didn't notice a word they
said until l heard chair scrape
across the porch, and he cleared his
throat tremendously. Then 1 peepad
through the leaves. He was sitting
very close to her, and he said:
Miss Phillips, I-I-you must have
seen-I-that is, you must know-I-
l. And then he kissed her."
Her eyes were exclamation points!
well" said the boy, breathlessly.
That's ALL"
whats"
"S-sh! Don't talk so loud. That's
all can tell you. Then they were
'Jementaly! Why, how'd she know
what he meant?"
GWhy, she knew"
Unjust be mind reader thGn..'
Pshaw! She knew from the way
Rcted. She's known long time"
the miniature woman. with a
look.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-08-27

Of the midway t. D.. Other. L. the
German village are ROUND. well-faI
Tyrolaan jodeers; ,r 10. Mclean en-
closure are the dark aa.rI b.ack-eyel
senoritas Of our sister republic. and in
another tent are slan'-ayeI sons Of
Japan who exh.b,. their eyer acrobatlc
pr0wess.
It is no small matt-.,,1 n..a q show
as large az the one p.!oeI by George
Jab1ur in the bn-f spare u time be-
tween the closing Il he Tacoma fair
and the opening Of the Astoria car
nlvaL At midnight Saturday The las.
performance was given in he Sound
city. Yesterday afternoon the first per-
formance was given here. r. there was
an air Of unreldinsss conglIer what
had been accomplished 81 the brief
space Of time. Today the shows will
all be going without a hitch; the re-
mainder Of the electric lights viii be
installed and the management will be
ready for the crowds.
Already a large number II strangers
are in the city. The Street parade yes
terday was viewed by several thousand
people, wh0 lined the streets along
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-08-27
THf RESULTS KNOWN
ABSOLUTE PROOF THAT MO-
SQUITOS CARRY DISEASE.
Prosecutions Against Yellow Fever
viii Greatly RSdutc Death
Rate in Havana.

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WV ''s
p',\' DISCUSSING %. "'''' vi ""''"'
" Miss Clara Mas, ry;'ra;ej his ne
Gently ,yprrss,l opinion .aa, N, re-
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'.'''".'''S '"'' 81, '.'''N ''''''' '' ''
Cuba,
We mus; no. look simply az The
deaths ~ .hs .N-1, persons IN llaya-
no" saii pr. po.y bu, We mus con-
slider also ,he .ul1',uAb'e number os
lives that will ba sawed by this a5so-
lu;e proof that mosquitoes carry yellow
fever. This was the ca,v way % dnd
., Out. We now Enov beyonl question
,ha; asop.e mus: 7r,.e,. themselves by
netting. especially a. n,sh. from mos
uul,oss In districts infected with yel-
low fever and ;a,. ;hty mus, ~, rid
by drai-,ge and other means " the
p,stnttarv conditions that favor the
nran,gat.5n Of mosquitoes.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-08-27

which The pr,crSs,on moved Fire ChicC
stockton assisted by his aides, ] NJ,
Ellsworth and sheriff lApvUle, Wcrc ~
charge " The parade, Mayor Bergman,
The members " the city council and p'-
lice department prctedcd tha, par, or
The parade given over to Mr. jahour's
people The latter section VAS headed
by colonel Daniel Roooc lUcal dcSccn-
ami A rva1wp'd ,am'r ~ Jungle beasts,
FcllowinS were Tuvss Egyptians, Al
gcr3nS, ryrr,c1ns ans representatives
ot Other al,ioos \ large camel wish
gorgeous Nayi.c'N'I 'rJpp,ngs carried
the principal janN- ot ,Ae Egyptan
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-08-27
NOTED FENIAN DYING.
Was Charged With Completely With
the Three Manchester Martyrs"

NEW YORK, Aug. s6-Pa;r.ck NAL
aiy who many years ago was con-
v.c;ei aud sentenced 20 lie imprs,n-
men; in England for completely In the
Fsniau plo; for which the three Irish
men known 10 history as The Man
chester Martyrs" were executed is dy-
.ne in $. McaasrS hospital. Newark.
y. J.
Malady was parioned after serving 10
years Of his sentence and came 20 ;hls
country. going ou; west. H returned
20 Newark some months ago in bad
heal:A, Malady insists tha; he Is inao-
esa- of the oHanse for watch he was
convicted
The men with whom he was said 70
have been concerned ana who died on
the soaHoli belonged to Fenlan or
ganizaton and planned the rescue u
Two IrisA-American suspects who were
being conveyed 70 prison in Manches,-
er. In the attack on the prison van.
policeman was killed