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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02
GUESSING AT THE ADS"
form OF Puzzle Working Devised by
New York Young Woman

Form of Puzzle Working Devised nv a
New York Young Woman.
A new game is being played on the
upper west siGe by young people, says
the New York Sun. 1t is an outgrowth
of the immense amount of pictorial
advertising which is being done in all
the newspapers, magazines and street
cars and elevated trains. Almost all
articles which have a sale that is
more. than purely local, whether they
be books, corsets, gloves, magazines
crackers, pickles, hair tones, stove
polishes. or liniments, have NOWADAYS
some pictures which have become
identified with them in the public
mind through seeing them in all sorts
of public places. This led certain
young woman, who was at a loss for
something new to do for an evenings
entertainment to work out a game.
She collected lot of magazines and
cut from the back pages all the adj
vertising pictures, carefully removing
any hint of the article advertised
which was not part Of the picture
itself. Then she selected thirty-six of
them and pasted them on cards, Civ
ing to each number. These she
strung around her parlors and when
her guests arrived they were put at
work to find out what the pictures ad-
vertised. Some of the pictures were so
familiar that the task was not difficult
and yet 1t was surprising to find how
confusing it all was to the puzzle
workers. Pictures that seemed fami-
liar were mighty elusive when 1t
came to identifying them among
thirty-six others. The soap ads got
dreadfully mixed up, and so did the
hair restorers. If the pictures were
ever published labeled the way most
of the guests guessed there would
have followed a whole lot of trade
mark infringement suits. The girls
were very much better at the work
than the young men, presumably be-
cause the articles advertised were
mostly household things and so of
more interest to the fair sex than to
their brothers. OF the thirty-six pic
lures the highest number guessed was
twenty-five and this was by one of the
young women.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02
CAPTIVATING sHiRrwAlsr..
There Are MANY Charming and Accept
able Spring Styles.

able Spring Styles.
There is no genuine shirlwaist
weather yet, but womankind is eyi
IDENTIFY determined to be equipped fol
the pleasant season when it does come
Petticoated purchasers now stand
three deep about the counters where
the new cotton blouses are displayed.
Shirt manufacturers have learned to
cater to every taste by producing nc
less than dozen varieties of this in
valuable garment, ranging from the
perfectly plain percale and duck tc
organdie and fancifully trimmed silk
madras garments. There Is no tenden-
cy to reinaugurate the use of the
stiH white linen collar. Contrasting
and fanciful neckties hang cheek by
1owl with the shirts, and no woman
can escape the hint. Sleeves, as is only
natural. are inclined to the bishop
shape. to wrist puffs or double cuff eff
fects, and bosoms still pouch little
and hang in soft fullness. Last au-
tumn, when the new flannel waists
were put on the counters, the women
who rushed in to buy turned away in
disgust, for the manufacturers had
daringly tried to force a tight fitting
shirt The sacrificial sales of tight
flannel shirtwaists now forced at the
retail shops have impressed the mer-
chants with sense of their own help
lessness in choosing the mode, and
among the percale and toll du nord
ana brown batiste and colored French
linen shirts not one basque-like model
is seen.
Pretty sailor blouses are evidently
going to play part this spring, for
dozens Of charming white and colored
cotton examples are being brought up
decorated with collar, cuffs, a tiny
steel blue linen blouse of this variety,
opening over vest of finely tucked
white linen and decorated with big
white cut pearl buttons. A rival to
this is a shirt of soft toll du nord,
decorated with collar, cuffs, a tiny
yoke and broad front band of exceed
lngly coarse cream linen lace edged
with narrow cream linen braid, and
third noticeably popular model is
made of bingham in blue, brown, red
or green embroidered in dots of a con-
trasting color and made up with en-
broidered bands that echo the two
colors in the material itself,-Boston
Globe.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02
MENTAL Fow. R, ARE
SlRSN LoT fEIWE N
THE AGES CT 40 AND 60
How L" Select Gu st

HOW 10 Se'sct tNu ST.
In entertaining small companies do
not make a mistake of inviting thu
same people to meet each other too
often. If you have party of $ mus
ical people it will be enjoyable to-
them to sing, play or talk music to ona
another once or twice. Blu, rene mbet
that many people who can netaer sing
nor play an instrument enjoy music
passionately. Invite these uon-musi-
clans to meet one or two of these WHO
make music. If you know two OF TIRES
people who love books and reading,
bring them together some evening. ASK
one of them t. read aloud a new short
story or magazine sketch, or an old
but perhaps unfani.i:ar one. If you
have among your frieads two good
story-tellers do not invite them to en-
terrain each other, but ask pecpla
whom you know will eniay their
stories to meet each from time 10 time.
Everyone loves an appreciative listen
er, especially one who is free from the
uneasy spur of competition.-Ada G,
Sweet in Woman's Home Companion
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02
! MEN OF MIDDLE AGE

Let those who are young cease to
vaunt themselves and they who are of
middle age rejoice. Research has
proved that the human mind is at its
fullest power between the ages of 40
and 60. There are, OF course, excep-
tons to this rule, such as Byron, tho
young Napoleon and Alexander, but
taking it full and by" the prime age
Of the mind of man is between 40 and
SO. Swift was 40 when he wrote Gull
liver's Travels, and John Stuart Mill &c
when his essay on Utilitarianism was
published, although his Liberty was
written three years before. When Wa
verley came out Sir Walter Scott was
A years old. and nearly all of those
tales which have made his lasting fame
as novelist were written after he was
46. Millions genius made its lofti-
est flights when he was between 54 and
SO. 1t was between those years that he
wrote Paradise Lost. The Task AMI
John Gilpin were written when Cowper
was over so, and Defoe was within
two years of 60 when he wrote Robin
son Crusoe. OF all the writing of
Thomas Hood. The Song of the Shirt.
and The Bridge Of Signs are the best
known and will live the longest. Hood
wrote these two poems at the age of
46.
Darwin wrote his Origin Of Species
when he was so. and was 81 when he
gave the world his Descent OF Man.
Longfellow wrote Hiawatha at IS. and
Oliver Wendell Holmes gave us Songs
Of Many Keys when he had passed his
55th birthday. George Eliot was near
SO when she wrote Middlemarch. Ba-
cons greatest book took 50 years to
mature, and Grote's History Of Greece
several years. longer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02
NEW MEANING.
Impressive Words It'll the Sea Gives
Up It's Dealo

Impressive Words TIL the Sea Gives
Up It's Deal"
Sentences, phrases, and even single
words frequently gain new meaning
and solemnity from their use in
strange or peculiarly impressive sur
roundings. A New Yorker who has
recently returned from South Africa
relates that on the second day out
from Cape Town. on an English ship,
the captain came to tell him that an
American passenger in the third cabin
"a johannesburg refugee, whom no.
body knew-had died, and to ask him
to attend the burial services. At mid
night the narrator and the only other
American who happened to be ION
board, together with the captain and
several of his officers in fulldress uni
'orm, assembled on deck at the ap-
pointed place. The bright, star-lighted
sky Of the southern hemisphere was
above them. The dark waves were
surging below and around them. Then
six burly sailors, carefully dressed in
their best apparel, bore forward the
body of this poor, friendless American.
But i was wrapped in the Stars and
Stripes The captain read in clear
ano Distinct voice, with the little group
about him, from the solemn burial
service of the church; and at the
proper point in it the body slid away
to its resting-place, "till the sea gives
up its dead" These words, the Amer
lean traveller says, gained wonderful
impressiveness from this scene. The
Vastness of the universe, the littleness
of man and the equaHty,of all in death
seemed TO he brought home to him as
ever befor. For the first time the
'eep meaning Of the words, ''tiH the
sea gives up its dead, {. dawned upon
him. Youths Companion.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02
LITTLE MORE THAN A
THOUSAND OF III Sc
ANIMALS IN EXISTENCE

chance offers. A mounted head of one
of these animals is today worth from
$l5O to 5000, and skin brings a good
price. Ten years ago there were
nearly 400 buffalo in the park and 1t
is thought that the survivors can be
preserved only by corraling them AND
reducing them to captivity
c. j. Jones, better known as Buff
falo" Jones, of Oklahoma, has herd
OF over 100 full-bred buffalo. which he
wishes to sell to the government AUS
tin Corbin was the possessor of ninety
bison, which have been more OF less
scattered since his death, some OF
them having been presented to New
York city. The animals. wien kept in
captivity, show . tendency to increase
in numbers, and ,tfal Jones has pro-
duced thousan1 desirable cross.
breeds from h!s
1t is stated t. there are not ITO
pure-bred American bison outside of
this country
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02
Bristol Cadets Unlucky.

"West Point has always been an ILL
omened place to send Bristol boy"
said an elderly resident of that town.
Young Oscar Booz is not the first Of
our Bristol lads to come home from
there to die. Samuel Kinsey, a son Of
the late Senator William Kinsey, en-
tered West Point in 1855. He was
graduated and assigned to post in
Washington. In the year of his grad
uation he died. William Hammond, of
Bristol, was graduated from the acad-
envy in 1875, and it was but a short
time afterward that l heard of his
death. Last comes unhappy Oscar
ooz."-Philadelph Record.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02
Farmer. stm Saved the pav.

FnrmGf'S SV1Il saved tne DaVs
Boys who imagine that the farm is
a dull place and narrow in it's scope
for developing the faculties, will find
instruction in the story of how Joseph
Bailey, a Wisconsin farmer, by his
readiness Of resource accomplished
during the civil war task which
naval experts gave up in despair. Bal
ley was captain of Wisconsin regl-
ment detailed to assist General Banks
in his support of Rear Admiral Porters
fleet of gunboats in the Red River of
Texas. The advance suffered defeat,
and the admiral believed all that he
could do was to destroy his boats, save
what stores he could, and retreat with
the army, as the river had fallen so
low that the fleet could not pass. In
spite of the assertions of the regular
engineers to the effect that 1T was i'm
possible, Captain Bailey proposed to
build a dam and raise the water in the
shallow spots. His counsel prevailed.
1t was necessary to deepen the river
for mile, and make current of ten
miles an hour. Details of 5000 SOL
diers worked day and night and the
dam was finished, with an opening six
ty feet wide, through which the fleet
passed in safety, owing to the skill Of
this Wisconsin farmer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02

trailing corselet skirt in sroooth-faced
biscuit colored cloth, fitting the figure
closely at the waist and encircled at
the hips with broad band in black
guipure over mauve silk. From this
band in front fall two big double box
plaits, each plat decorated at the top
with three fancy silver buttons. Broad
bretelles of the cloth, studded with
buttons, cross the shoulders and APP
parently hold the frock in place. The
deep yoke consists Of mauve muslin
tucked and shirred and banded with
the black guipure. Guipure forms the
stock and extends upon the shoulders
with good effect. The cloth sleeves
have puff undersleeves Of the muslin.
The hat Of white crinoline has crum-
pied crown girded with black.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02
FRANCE Always AWAKE.

FRANCE ALWAYS AWAKE.
A project is on foot for the reten-
don for number of years Of twelve
out of the sixteen buildings on the
Street Of Nations of the Paris exposI-
ton. With the exception of those
representing Italy, Spain, Turkey and
Servia, the buildings were found to be
sound. It is proposed to establish a
museum of comparative education in
the United States building, and in the
Austrian building an exhibition of the
International exhibitions between 1898
and 1900; the Hungarian building will
he assigned to the history of civili-
zation; the Belgian building will prob
ably be used as museum of national
art The Swedish building will be con-
verified into a museum Of manual In
struction, and the building Of Greece.
Is It can be retained. will be used to
show the recent discoveries in CLASH
scal architecture.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02

Proposition is under way to make
an endeavor to tighten to some ex-
tent the equipment Of an infantry SOL
dier in heavy marching order. The
board of ordnance and Notifications
will undoubtedly take this matter up
in the near future and give it careful
consideration. When it is taken into
account that soldier of infantry I'M
der heavy marching orders has to carry
seventy-three pounds fifteen and one
half ounces. exclusive of the water in
his canteen, which weighs approx
mately three pounds, it will be seen
that this question is worthy of action
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02

nothing from there for eighteen years.
He then, having made some money,
thought he would go back to the old
place and see how the folks we're get
ting along. When he got there he
found the old house and barn looking
just as he had left them. but father,
mother. brother and sister were all
sleeping up in the little cemetery on
the hill. There are all too many peo-
pie who like this man neglects to keep
in touch with those nearest and dear
est to them, who, like him, may real
lie the folly of so doing when it il
all too late. Suggestions.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02
A Trait of Harrison.

Benjamin Harrison had opinions
about things. He expressed them free
ly. Rarely would he discuss men,
their records, characteristics or their
motives The only exception to this
rule was when duty compelled him to
learn the fitness of candidate for Of
fee. From his six years in the senate
and four years in the White House
there is preserved not one recollection
Of harsh or bitter remark of personal
character. 1t might be added that
complimentary mention of an indivi-
dual was almost as unusual with him.
It was simply trait with him not to
talk about men. There were times,
crises, in Benjamin Harrison's career
when sharp rivalries or antagonistic
relationships might have given provo
cation for an expression of p PERSONAL
resentment Whatever Gen. Harrison
thought of other men he did not say.
The disinclination to talk about per-
son amounted to almost positive pro-
hibition. 1t was more marked in Gen.
Harrison than in any other public man
of the generation. On one occasion
when at a public gathering the speech
es took a eulogistic character of some
man, Gen. Harrison, who had not yet
spoken. was seen slipping out of the
door. A friend followed and said, I'VE
want you to say something" II can't"
was the reply, and he didn't. Yet Gen.
Harrison drew line sharply and dis
tinctly between the public acts and the
personal character of man. The for
mer he considered legitimate subjects
Of discussion and criticism. This was
illustrated in the speech made to the
senate upon the veto messages of the
then President Cleveland. That speech
Is still remembered as one of the most
if not the most notable of the congress-
1t was far-reaching in it's conse-
quences. 1t was unsparing. But it
contained not one word rejecting per-
sonally upon the president.-W. B. s.,
IN St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02

Over $17,O00,000 was spent on 1o2
vessels purchased by the navy depart
ment during the war with Spain. Sew
en- of these were transferred to the war
department, seven were sold and two
sunk; thirteen are used by the state
naval militia and five for the training
of landsmen and thirty-fve are in the
navy yards or stations. OF the re-
naming thirty-two seventeen are at
the Asiatic station.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02

delight in destroying the coastins
places which the boys had prepared.
At last the boys held meeting and
appointed committee to wait upon
Gen. Gage, then in command, and to
make protest. The committee was
admitted to Gen. Cages headquarters,
and In reply to the generals question
as to what they wanted, the leader
replied:
Sir, we are here to demand our
rights"
What's this!" exclaimed the gener-
al, surprised. do your fathers teach
you rebellion and send you here to dis
play it?"
mo one teaches us rebellion, sir"
promptly spoke up the leader. "But
your soldiers trample down our snow
slides and destroy our snow forts.
When we complain they laugh at us,
call US young rebels, and tell us to
help ourselves if we can. Sir, we will
stand it no longer"
Gen. Cages surprise changed to adj
miration. you are brave boys" he
said. Go, and if my soldiers trouble
you again they shall be punished"
Henceforth the boys of Boston en-
joyed their sport without molestation
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02
AN EMPIRE GnWN

IN this characteristic mode. An EN-
pire dinner frock fresh from Paris is
illustrated to-day. Violet satin is the
foundation fabric, trimmed round the
skirts lower edge with a thick gar
land OF white roses interspersed with
black velvet knot. The Empire tunic,
reaching from shoulders to skirt hem,
Is in white net appliqued in Mechlin
lace. The tunic is draped effectively
In the front, where it is caught by a
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02
Boston Boy. Demand Their RIGHTS.

Boston Boys Demand Their RIGHTS.
The spirit of liberty that prevailed
IN Boston at the time Of the revolution
was not confined to the men who
could carry muskets. Even the chill
dren were ready to stand up for their
rights as Americans. An incident that
took palce in the winter before the bat
tie Of Lexington was fought shows
this. The boys Of Boston had been
much troubled by the British soldiers
rho were on their garrison duty In
eke town. These soldiers great
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02
CLEVER SCHEME.

The clever girl has found new use
for the embroidered and lace-trimmed
handkerchiefs which can be bought for
tri1ing sums In the shops. says the
Philadelphia Times. She cuts of the
corners and converts them into more
ornate uses as turnovers. straight Or
with dainty little triangular tlrn-down
pieces. under sleeve wristbands, small
revers, square colalrs, etc.
There ars nearly 200 bishops 81 the
Catholic church Within the Rritish
smpisa
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02
Tests Of Fire PROOF Wood,

Senate document No. 1T gives re-
port OF tests OF freproof woods from
the torpedo boat Winslow. the purpose
being to determine whether the process
is enduring. The result was very sat
isfactory. showing that the wood
treated Ave years ago had lost none
OF its dreproof qualities.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02

The Brigade at Fontenoy.
By our campfires rose murmur
AT the dawning of the day,
And the sound of many footsteps
Spoke the advent of the fray;
And as we took our places
Few and stern were our words.
And some were tightening horse-girths
And some were girding swords.
The trumpet blast has sounded
Our footmen to array;
The willing steed has bounded,
Impatient for the fray.
The green flag is unfolded,
While rose the cry of joy;
Heaven speed dear Ireland's banner
This day at Fontenoy."
We looked upon that banner
And the memory arose
OF our homes and persisted kindred
Where the Lee or Shannon flows;
And we looked upon that banner
And we swore to God on high
To smite to-day the Saxon's might
To conquer or to die.
Loud swells the charging trumpet
'Tis a voice from our own land
God of battles, God of vengeance,
Guide to-day the patriot band.
Their are stains to wash away,
There are memories to destroy
In the best blood of Britain
To-day, at Fontenoy.
Plunge deep the fiery rowels
In thousand reeking tanks;
Down, chivalry of Ireland,
Down to the British ranks.
Now shall their serried columns
Beneath our sabres reel:
Through their ranks, then. with the
warhorse.
Through their bosoms with the steel.
With one shout for good King Louis
And the fair land of the vine,
Like the wrathful Alpine tempest
We swept upon their line.
Then rang along the battlefield
Triumphant our hurrah,
And we smote them down, still cheer
ing
erin, slanthagal go bragh."
As priced as is the blessing
From an aged fathers lip.
AS welcome as the haven
To the tempest driven ship;
AS dear as to the lover
Is the smile of gentle maid.
Is this day of long-sought vengeance
To the swords Of the brigade.
See their scattered forces flying.
A broken, routed line.
See, England, what brave laurels
For your brow to-day we twine.
O, thrice-blessed the hour that wit
messed
The Briton turn to flee
From the chivalry of Erin
And Frances "feur-de-lis."
AS we lay beside our campfires
When the sun had passed away
And thought upon our brethren
Who had per- Jhed in the fray,
We prayed to God to grant us,
And then we'd die with JOY,
One day upon our own dear land
Like this at Fontenoy.
Bartholomew Bowling.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02
xEEP IN roUoH.s

q man who was raised In the state
~ Pennsylvania left the old home
;Nhsn oe ase and went west. He neg
lected 70 keep IN touch With the old
$3.50 ana III kith and IN I'D haaxd
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02
Uncl. sam Recogn,ze. His owr

Uncle Sam Recognizes His Own.
An old tin pan with a S. bill pasted
on the bottom was found in pile OF
rubbish in Bowdoinham, Me. The find
er cut the bottom out Of the pan ana
sent it to the United States treasury
In Washington. and later received =
new five In return.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02

A woman has succe\ 3sd ia climbing
the Breifhon. one Of dim
cult peaks In switSerls
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02

Tho child Il wiser In his innocence
than the philosopher in his wisdom.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02

huge bunch Of mauve and white roses
with foliage. More roses appear upon
the left shoulder, heading the sleeve
In transparent Mechlin lace, which, f1t-
ting the arm closely, ends at the elbow.
The other sleeve is headed by band
and bow in black velvet ribbon. The
corsage is banded with the velvet, or
namented with big paste buckles and
ending in bow knots.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02

FOR SPRING AND SUMMER
Here we have the very latest spring
model in street frocks. Fundamental
ly Princesse, 1t varies from that ever
graceful theme in novel and original
way. There Is what is known as a
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02

Loud swells the charging trumpet
Ills voice from our own land
God of battles, God of vengeance,
Guide to-day the patriot band.
Their are stains to wash away,
There are memories to destroy
In the best blood of Britain
To-day, at Fontenoy.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02
Az we Law beside our campfires

AS we lay beside our campfires
When the sun had passed away
And thought upon our brethren
Who had per- Jhed in the fray,
We prayed to God to grant us,
And then we'd die with joy,
One day upon our own dear land
Like this at Fontenoy.
Bartholomew DoMlins
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-05-02

We looked upon that banner
And the memory arose
OF our homes and persisted kindred
Where the Lee or Shannon flows;
And we looked upon that banner
And we swore to God on high
To smite to-day the Saxon's might
To conquer or to die.