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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
Cecil F.mi,, Run. British EMPIRE.

Cecil Family Rams British Empire.
It might almost be said that at pres-
emit the Cecil family is running the
British empire. Lord Salisbury, head
Of the Cecil family. will continue to
be prime minister. Lord Cranbourne.
his son, under secretary for foreign
affairs; Lord Selborne, his son-in-law,
at the head Of the admiralty; Arthur
Balfour. his nephew. first lord OF, the
treasury and leader Of the house Of
commons, and Gerald Balfour, anothey
nephew, secretary Of Ireland.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
wAsHrNaToN

.
(Modeled at Mt. Vernon in 17s5. now still
keeps. its vigil s~urmountingi the case
containing the books at the Athenaeum.
Gilbert Stuart pronounced this the
greatest portrait of Washington. The
signature Is that Of Washington during
his presidency. and Of his best time.) :,
collect for the second Sunday in Ad-
vent is the following quaint certificate
of ownership evidently written In the
hand Of Bowman:
"This book Lint to me by the owner.
he being dead I believe it mine for
ever"
The margins Of the volume are worm
eaten. and the title page is defaced by
marks which suggest that the boy
might have attempted drawing also,
but as this book bears the earliest
'peciments Of Washfngton's writing
'xtant. It is Of untold value to the
Short Discourses upon the Whole
31oysr." by Thanas Comber.
-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21

Chicago, Feb. 16.-Messenger boys of
the Postal Telegraph company went OF
strike for more pay and their pickets
were soon involved in a lively fistic
encounter along "%newsboys' alley"
Extra" boys, put to work to take
the places Of the strikers. were way
laid when they ventured from the Pos
tai company's office at Washington
and La Sale streets, and some wera
handled roughly by the strikers,
punching committee" stripped Of
their badges and forced to join the In
surrection or take their messages bach
to the office,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
Just Before Valley Forge.

On the heights near Fort Washing
tin, Pa, are to be seer the remains Of
a redoubt erected by the ragged and
hungry continentals in December. 1777.
1t was expected that Lord Howe's army
of $4,000 men would on the 9th of that
month attempt to drive the patriots
from their encampment in White
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
Trap q Filipino Foro,,

Manila, Feb. 19.-Captain Martin.
with thirty-seven scouts and eighty
men Of the Fifth Infantry. surprised
General Alejandrino and Colonel Villa
NOR at Paparia, Abra., It is reported
Colonel Villamor was wounded. but he
managed to effect his escape. Twenty
four cavalry horses and some arma/
were cantured. ~
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
Folding Bed Claim. Victim,

Minneapolis, Mimi, Feb. l9.-Jamea
Stewart. a retired %lumberman. aged
SO years. is the latest victim of the
folding bed. He was killed at his
home in this city. The supports Of the
bed did not rest squarely on the floor,
and in some way the heavy top Of the
bed fell, the edge striking Stewart and
severing his spine at the sixth cervi-
val vertebrae.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21

rLf f- ~ ludk III oIC-
vens collection OF George Washington's
books, largely composed of books be-
queathed to Bushrod Washington,
should not go to the British Museum,
end subscribed enough to secure this
part OF the Mt. Vernon library to their
city and library. For this reason, Bos-
ton can boast of the largest collection
OF Washington's books gathered in any
n place.
In the fine explanatory catalogue,
which was made possible by the gener-
GUS bequest of 81, 0 from Mr.. Thomas
Dowse, the entire collection is CLASH
fed as follows by Mr.. Lane:
l to 239-Books mentioned in the in
ventory Of Washington's estate, with a
few volumes not in inventory, but CIV
ing evidence that Washington owned
them.
800 to Se2-Pamphlets bearing Wash
lngton's signature or known from cor
respondence to have belonged to him,
except those mentioned in inventory,
which are arranged with first division.
400 to 414-Volumes assigned to
Washington by Mr.. Griffin, but bearing
no evidence Of Washington's owner
ship.
500 to 663-Pamphlets before 1900
bearing no evidence of ownership, but
may have been Washington's.
$50 to 687-Pamphlets bearing the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
WaSHiNeToNs BOOK PLETE.

H E ancient and
digni1ed Athenae-
UNI at Boston con-
tains one collection
of relics which will
always excite rev.
erence in the heart
Of every citizen. In
1S48 a company of
p u bile : spirited
Bostonians deter
p,inod fhof fho Cfo-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21

There are at present thirteen incor.
porated automobile clubs in the United
States.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-21
MoNJJMEN1

REvoLUTIoNARY MONUMENT
NEAR FORT WASHINGTON.
marsh to some indefinite place cover
the Blue mountain" A granite mark
on the south side of the Bethlehem
pike, just west Of Fort Side inn, has
been planted by the Pennsylvania So
ciety of Sons of the Revolution to d.
rect attention to the fort.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-29
Tit For Tat.

The diners at a popular New York
restaurant are said to have had the
privilege of witnessing an amusing lit
tie incident one evening not long ago
An Anglicized young man seated
himself at table at which there was
only one other person. writer well
known throughout the country, but
evidently a stranger to the newcomer.
The writer Is man whose dress Is
always fastidiously neat. but by no
means fashionable In cut or expensive
In material. When the young man took
his seat. the writer glanced up at him
and, seeing that it was no one whom
he knew, returned to his study Of the
bill of fare.
The young man languidly placed his
monocle In his eye, and. screwing up
his face to keep the glass In position,
treated the other guest at the table to
a prolonged stare.
The stare ended abruptly, however,
for suddenly the writer looked up.
Quick as thought he seized an empty
tumbler and. applying it to his right
eye, stared grayely through its bottom
at his vis-a-yis.
The monocle was dropped In very
few seconds. and then the tumbler was
replaced on the table But the young
Anglomaniac's face was crimson,
while that OF the writer remained
grave and unmoved, and through the
dining room rustled the sound OF some
thing that suggested repressed merri-
nent
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-29
where EIoquence Il. wasted.

1t might have been supposed that
Addison, the most polished writer of
our Augustan age; that Burke, with
his versatile intellect and exuberant
eloQuence; that Macintosh, with his
almost encyclopedia learning, or that
Jekyll, who had set a hundred dinner
tables IN roar, would one and all
have achieved conspicuous success In
the house of commons.
But, as Macaulay has pointed out.
exactly the reverse was the case. Their
speeches produced no effect. They
wearied and bewildered their audience.
And their rising to speak was too often
the signal for general exodus; In fact,
as was said of Burke, they acted us a
dinner bell. Even Macaulay himself,
though on two occasions his speeches
changed the fate of a division, was in
no sense of the word an orator or even
a great debater. His voice was too
shrill and monotonous, and he poured
out torrent Of words with such head
long tiuency as to confuse his hearers
as well as to battle the quickest OF par
hamentary reporters. Bulwer Lytton.
again, could recite an admirable essay.
but his delivery was bad. and the see
saw gestures which accompanied his
speech were as ''grotesque as those of
an old fashioned postboy."
In our own generation no two men
probably have had more highly cult
waited minds than John Stuart Mill and
MIR. John Morley, but as far as their
parliamentary utterances go their
names are writ In water"- Black
woods.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-29

The following is Professor Huxley's
definition or n church given In his
Life and Letters" "a place In which,
week by week, services should be de-
voted, not TO the iteration of abstract
propositions In theology, but to the set
ting before mems minds OF an ideal Of
true, just and pure living; place In
which those who are weary Of the bur-
den OF daily cares should find a mo-
ment's rest In the contemplation OF the
higher life which is possible for all,
though attained by so few; place In
which the man OF strife and business
should have time to think how small.
after all, are the rewards he coyets
compared with peace and charity"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-29
4 CIVIL ENGINEER
WANTED.
BY NJ. QUAD...............
Copyright. 1901, by c. B. Lewis.

One morning in my bachelor apart
ments In London 1 read the following
advertisement In my newspaper:
'sThe undersigned desires the services
OF a competent civil engineer for sew
eral days in rather strange enterprise
and promises a most liberal reward.
He must be a man who can keep a
secret. Address -"
2 1 was a competent civil engineer and
just then out of employment was
man who could keep a secret. was
therefore naturally interested In the
advertisement. 1t might possibly be
some job which would get me into
trouble with the law, but If so had
only to decline to take hold of 1t after
an interview. 1 was inclined to be-
lieve that some land or mine owner
wanted private and secret survey
made for his own satisfaction, as Is
often the case. 1t is sometimes the
case that where two neighbors quarrel
one of them builds house or barn on
what he believes to be his line. but
which is found to trespass by a few
inches. / could see n dozen good rea-
sons why the person should advertise
as he did, and 1 fastened to answer
him and post the letter. He gave his
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-29

wen, major, goodby. Glad to have
met you"
Indeed. sub? Wherefore glad? II
must take little to make you glad, sui"
cit does"
rHah! Wei put. But every one says
glad to have met you, on leaving q
new made acquaintance. and none
means it"
"Mere figure OF speech. To tell you
the exact truth would hurt your feel
ings. major. Only hypocrites can be
real nice to people. AS matter of fact
SIR am sorry met you. and don't
care II we never meet again."
Why. hang 1t. sub. you are getting
20 be an honest gentleman! [ should
IKE to meet you again. sub"
Never. II happen to see you first,
major. Ta-ta."
So the raspy old soldier had some
thing to think about.-New York Press.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-29
HOTEL PROPERTY.

Fine hotel property, No. solid brick
building OF 90 rooms. Heated by steam,
lighted by electricity, every room nicely
furnished. large, well furnished dining
room. House in good repair and every
thing in fine condition. Beautiful Ioca-
ton, the only hotel in lively town of
4 200 pt ople on N. & w. r. r., renting
and 81 900 per year. including furniture.
man. Original cost OF this property
S33, 900. besides the cost of furniture.
Has fine custom, and possession can be
given at once.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-29

turtive way, and Il wasn't long before
felt that he had some sinister de-
signs In Turing me to the Ion ~ e..
house l put bold face on tie mat
ter and demanded an explanation. aad
at that he attacked me and threw me
to the floor. From his savage manner
I believed he was going TO murder me
outright, but after growing in his
throat like wolf he lifted me up and
showed me into a closet and bolted the
stout door on me. or course l protest
ed, argued and struggled, but without
avail. heard him laughing to him
self after he had locked me i'm, but I
did not hear him leave the house. Fifty
times during the night kicked on the
door and called out. but l got no an
swer. Next morning. stil falling to
arouse him, began to cut at the door
with my pocketknife. 1t was Of oak
and my task was a hard one. 1t was
almost night when l reached up and
slid back the bolt, and as soon as out
found the house deserted and lost no
time in getting away myself.
1 went straight to the police with
my story, and who do you think the
man proved to be7 No more or less
than a lunatic who had escaped from
an asylum three months before. He
was under another name. lived far
from the address he had given me, and
his mania was the fear of starvation.
Before going to the asylum he had
locked, up two different people In ten
antless houses to see how long they
could live without food or drink, and
my capture was third experiment in
that line. 1 bore him no Ill will. of
course, but insisted that he be returned
to the asylum, and believe he is living
today. In that old house, far from
help and a place never visited, he
would have wrought my death by
inches but for my pocketknife and
months or years might have passed
before my corpse was ever found.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-29
A FAREWELL TO YESTERDAY.

Where Is re I'D 70 I>sicrdayf
Oh ten In I 80 or rayme,
For l would tie ~ ackward way
To that enel.@ating s.-set
Life was 50 srV-a an3 cd and true
And friends 50 kind and fair,
Why should day 80 bright and new
All fade away ia sirG
Who knows the road 10 Yesserdayf
Is every seeker blinds
Say. does IL cast no single ray
To pilot those behindf
Oh there's road that leads our feet
To hours more glad and bright
A road 50 short. Joy complete.
A journey Of night
Come. bid farewell to Yesterday,
For in Tomorrow's face
The haPpiest days nov eogn away
Shine with sweeter grace.
-woman's Life
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-29
COAL AND TIMBER LAND.

$1,000 acres No. l timber land. on
river, 25 miles above railroad, $50, 000,-
900 feet timber-hemlock, balsan, pine
poplar, maple. cherry and oak. in Tenn
essee, SO per acre. This is the finest
bargain east of tho Mississippi rivss.
Speak quick il you want this.
5000 acres timber and coal land in
West Virginia; on N. & w. railroad
Big investment at IS per acre.
A beautiful valley of very Ane tim.
Der land, original gro With; 1907 acres
at So per acre. Nothing can be better
than this.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-29
Adjustable Authors.

The most cheerful author-Samuel
Smiles.
The noisiest-Howells.
The tallest-Longfellow.
The most fiowery
The holiest-Pope.
The happiest-Gay.
The most aniusing-Thomas Tlcken
The most fiery-Burns.
The most Observation-Disclosures
The most distressed Akenside.
cago Times Herald.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-29
AT SEA.

On, We so down 20 sea IN shipa No.
But Hope remains behind,
And Love, with laughter on his llpS
And Peace, Of passive mind. -
While out across the deeps % night.
With lifted sails Of prayer,
We voyage of in ques, OF light
Nor Bnd It anywhere.
0 thou whe wroughtest earth and SEA.
Yet keepest from our eyes
The shores Of an eternity
In Gains Of paradise.
Blow back upon our foolish quest
With all the driving rain
% binding tears and wild unrest
And watt us home again
James whitcomb Riley In Home Folka
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-03-29

What" asked the proud young
mamma, do you think OF the baby's
featuresg''
Her big. coarse brother looked down
at the precious little innocent for q mo-
ment and then asked:
where are they Y-Chicago Times
Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-03
Ottawa ChautauQua Assembly
June "a to July 5.
Final Preparations For Great.
est Assembly Ever Held
SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK
One Day Devoted to This Work
Especially Pleasing.
July 4th Will be a Day of Ora
tory and Music.

Ottawa, Kan, May Arrangements
have been completed for the Chautau-
qua Assembly at Ottawa, June "a to
July g. The Sunday school and
its work will have a prominent
place during the Assembly. J. H. Engle
state secretary will have headquarters
on the ground during the session with
Sunday school literature. etc, and SUI
perintend this department. Rev. H. M.
Hamin d. D. of Jacksonville, Illinois,
win have charge of classes for Normal
Bible study and Sunday school methods
Rev. Alexander Patterson D. d. Of Chic
ago, win also have charge Of classes and
deliver lectures on biblical literature.
The management have arranged for a
great Sunday school day, with Governor
w. f. Stanley and DR.. w. A. Quayle as
the orators of the day, and the day 10
close with a childrens chorus Of 500
voices. One feature of the day viii be
a parade of Sunday school delegations
and a very handsome banner will be
given to the delegation making the best
appearance, etc. The Y NJ. G. A. of the
state Will hold their summer bible con-
gresS with the assembly this year.
Special workers will be present all
through the session and they will also
have one special day.
The Musical Festival day will be a
great attraction. Three great concerts
during the day. Prof. HuIett's orchestra
of Kansas City. The First Regiment
band and the Assembly chorus, with the
Choral Unions TO join will close the day
with the Oratorio Redemption" Mrs.
Geneva Clarke Wilson and Prof. Glenn
Hall of Chicago, two of the grea test solo
singers in this country will do solo work
during the day and evening But the
Fourth of July will be the greatest Ma
tional patriotic day ever held in the
west. The board have selected as orators
Of the day United States Senator
Charles A. Towne of Minnesota and Con-
gresham Charles Lands Of Indiana,
two of the greatest orators on the Amer
lean platform, and the day will close
with a patriotic concert by the First
Regiment band. Prof. Hulett'S OrchcS-
ira and the Assembly chorus Special
excursion trains will come in to Ottawa
from all directions on these four days.
In addition to these attractions, the AS
Clark for two lectures DR.. Whiteford,
The American Vitigraph Co. moving
pictures Nat Brigham illustrated lee
lures, Bertha Kuntz Baker, Edmond
Vance Cooke, humoriSt, and negotiating
for others.
Prof. George Penny, Musical Condue-
tor, Miss ontgOmery, Art Lecturer,
club, Dr. James Naismith, Wilbur g.
Searls, director of boys club. Mrs. L.
B. Kellogg, Superintendent of c. L. S
c. Round Table. Mrs. Noble Prentis, Su-
perintendent WOmen's club department,
Mrs. z. P. Hutchinson, superintendent
w c. T. Z. department, Rev Julius
Smith d. D. Of India, Superintendent
Missionary hour.
Prof. George Dougherty in charge of
short hand and StenOgraphy.
State Secretary Andrew Baird in
charge of Y. NJ c. A. Bible congress.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-03
Sharkey win Meet Fred Russell
at Denver Tonight.
Californian Credited With Strik-
ing Terrific Blow.
SAILOR is FAVORITE.
Washburn Defeated by Ottawa
in a Close Game.
Kansas University Loses to
KirksviIIe College.

Denver, May 3.-The greatest event Of
the season in hstic circles in Colorado
swim take place tonight before the Colo
rad0 Athletic club. at Denver. when
Tom Sharkey, the sailor" and Fred
Russell viii meet Both men have been
training hard for the fight, and are in
the pink of condition When the sailor
arranged the fight with Russell, he
thought he had an easy thing, and went
IN 1t for the money, but late reports
from the new heavyweight champion
ship aspirant's training quarters and the
expents' opinion Of his condition
have changed the sailors mind, and the
last two weeks have seen him working
as If he was preparing for a fight with
Jeffries He realizes that he IS going 10
be called upon to make the battle OF his
life tonight, and has learned that RuS-
sell is a far better man than he at first
thought The sailor broke training yes
terday, and will arrive in Denver to-
day at noon, rest the remainder OF the
day and go to the club Just before time
to enter the ring. All his trainers are
confident of the big sailors winning
barring accidents and Bob Armstrong,
especially. IS loud in his praises OF the
big sailor and says: Il have trained
him for all his big fights, and never
saw him in such splendid condition be-
fore
Russell has never filled a very promi-
nent place in the gallery Of pugilistic
heroes and Sharl1ey is not to be blamed
# he entertained q hazy idea or his Op-
pOnent's fighting abilities. But the gen.
eral opinion OF those who have seen
Russell in action is that he is decidedly
dangerous.
In reference to the big Californfan's
chances Tom O'Rourke lately said:
I hear that Russell weighs over 200
pounds stripped, and can hit like a mule
kicking. They tell me also he likes
roughing it. Well, that is just the kind
Of man who has the best chance
against Sharkey. The sailor likes the
roughing game himself, but he doesn't
like it 50 well when the other fellow
roughs back a bit If Russell IS game he
has the greatest opportunity he ever
had in his life to beat Sharkey."
Russell is credited with having hit Joe
Choynski 50 hard that he knocked him
clear over the top of the ring into the
audience and if he lands on the big sal
Tor in that fashion, he will be swimming
in mid-ocean. The men will both be ex-
amined by a local physician before they
enter the ring, 80 that there will be no
possibility Of either man entering the
contest unless he is pronounced in per-
feet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-03
STATE DENTAL ASSOCIATION
To Meet at Leavenworth May $40
Programme as Given.

Ieavenworth Nav 3-The State Dental
association holds its thirtieth annual ia
Extensive arrangements are being made
for entertaining the visiting dentists by
the local members of the association and
the thirtieth annual will probably be the
most successful in many years.
The program Tor the meeting mas Just
been issued.
Evolution c. L. Hungerford, Kansas
.Extirpation of the Pulp" W. H.
Schulze, AtchiSOn, Kan
Vitality" E. Bergstresser, Abilene,
Kan,
Work. F. p CrOnlSite. St. Joseph Mo.
at Paris as I Saw IT. J. F. Burkett,
'Poreeiain Work" D O. NJ LIE Cron.
1.-THE Comparative Anatomy of the BIZ
cuspid Tooth" A. H Thompson, Topeka,
Abuses in Dentistry J. P. Root. Kan
sas City, Kan
Paper Subject to be announced), ". A.
McCarter. Topeka. Kan.
Paper (subject to be announced J. r.
7suggestion.' F. 3. Hetricl. Ottawa.
"A Method of Separating Plaster I'm
for Engine Cord" S. f. Johnston, Leav-
Gold FiiIing with Hand Mailet,'' G. F.
Ambrose FL Dorado, Kan.
Making Metal Die Direct from Plas-
ter Impression and SWaging Device for
the Use of Same O. H Simpson, Dodge
Contour Gold Filling of Bicuspid or
Molar with Matrix,'' E. Bergstresser, Abb
Porcelain Bridge D. J. McAnnen.
Disqualification of the Use of Com
s;Removing Live Pulp by Use of Co.
game" J. Fremont Burkett, Kingman,
s'Grinding and Articu1ating Facing for