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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
New Yor,k.s Japaue,e F.n.,.

japanese who reside in this city, says
the New York Sun, may o read the
news Of the week in a paper published
here in their W language, for the
Japanese American Weekly News has
made its modest appearance in the
newspaper world. At the head of the
first page, which would be the last in
an American paper, the name is given
in English and in Chinese characters.
In the latter, the sign for the sun rep
resents Japanese and the sign for
rice does duty for American" The
Japanese do not pretend to suppose
that America is the original source of
rice, as they fancy Japan is the land
Of the rising sun, but as me" the
most prominent syllable in America"
is also the first syllable in "meshi,"
rice, the sign for rice has been adopt
ed to represent the name of this coun-
try. The paper has four small pages,
which are autographed from hand
written copy, as is the case still with
many papers and periodicals in Japan.
This is a very tedious and cumbersome
process, but. the enterprise could not
support the considerable expense of
bringing from Tokyo the fonts of type
for the japanese and Chinese charac-
tiers. The columns are, as usual. lib
orally strewn with Chinese signs. still
dear to the Japanese, as a knowledge
Of these i~deographs is regarded as a
credential of education. 1t is a sort
of intellectual game, in which the ideas
are represented by Chinese picture
signs, but are read in Japanese equi-
valents. Hajima Hoshi, whose name
in Chinese and Japanese means Star
Origin" is the proprietor, and the edi-
tor and publisher is Masatoshi Fuku-
toni of 212 West Sixty-seventh street.
Mr.. Hoshi is in his last ear at Col
umbia university, where he Is studying
political economy and the science OF
government and law. The entire paper
news articles, market reports, edi-
~torials, advertisements and plain or
ornate types the work Of the "fude.'
or brush, of Mr.. Fukutomi, who write:
or copies everything. He has had te
try his hand at drawing barber signs
glasses of beer and the American flae
for the advertisements. There are some
800 Japanese in this city to read ths
paper. and from 5000 to 5000 in thi.
part of the United States. Mr.. Hoshi
the proprietor. is a Japanese of tn,
most advanced school. He is an ar
dent believer in a Japan much NOR,
modern and newer even than the new
Japan of Count Ito and the presen
mikado. Among other reform move,
ments he is enlisted in the cause o.
the Romaji Kwai. or the society which
is laboring for the substitution by this
Japanese OF the Roman letters for Tie
different kinds Of kama" or native
characters, and the Chinese signs. He
wants the Japanese to spell out theil
words instead Of drawing convention,
elized picture Of ideas. Mr.. Hoshi ex.
7ects to adopt Roman type entirely in
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
Grand Army Selects Peoria.

The Illinois state council of admins
tration Of the G. A. R., recently award
ed tht next encampment to Peoria. The
date of the encampment was set for
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
May IA, Is and 16. 1t is planned that
the opening session of the state en-
campment shall mark the dedication
of Peoria's new assembly hall, now in
course of construction.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
Omcers for Hopolnln.

In view of the growing Importance
of both Honolulu and Guam it is quite
probable that the navy department. will
increase the number of officers on duty
at both these stations in the near flu
ture. Honolulu is rapidly assuming
the position of a great port of call for
much of the m of the Pacific,
and the facilities of the small harbor
are being taxed to their utmost ca
pacity.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
It is contemplated to construct {

It Is Contemplated to CONSTRUCT a
railroad. similar to the Jungfrau line
10 the summit OF Mont Blanc. NJ.
Vallot, the director of the Mont Blanc
observatory, and NJ. Deperet, professor
Of mineralogy at the Lyons university.
In conjunction with M. Fabre, a Fren3h
engineer, have been engaged for some
time past in surveying the sides of the
mountain to ascertain a suitable route
and the atmospheric conditions. The
result of these inye ;tigations is the
projection of a line probably starting
from the village of Houches, on the
Savoy side, to the summit, to have 2
total length of eleven miles.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
Some Curious Counterfelts

One ingenious Individual. who mar
rowly escaped prosecution awhile ago
for counterfeiting rare eggs and selling
the bogus specimens to museums and
private collectors, has recently turned
up with exquisitely lifelike photographs
Of birds, which in reality are produced
by the help of stuffed specimens artis-
tfcally attitudinized with wires.-Sat-
urday Evening Post. &
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28

A curious street car line is that be-
tween Atami and Yoshihoma, two
coast towns In the province of LIE,
Japan. The line is seven miles long,
the rolling stock consists of a single
car. and the motive power is furnished
by q couple Of muscular coolies, who
push the car along wherever power IL
necessary. When the car comes to a
down grade they jump on and ride.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
Daniel Morgan and the Baby,

@AA s.N SAo
When Arnold's expedition against
Quebec sailed for the Kennebec, in
1775, it included no finer troops, and
none more picturesque than the Viz
gilman sharpshooters Of Daniel Nor
gan, who was afterward famous as
the friend of Washington and the vic
tor of Cowpens. A pretty tradition OF
the march of the Virginians from the
camp at Cambridge to the rendezvous
at Newburyport belongs to an old
farmhouse set back a little from the
main road on a shady lane of Its own.
In its kitchen, that September day, a
boy of nine was engaged in washing
dishes, half-crying with vexation over
his task and the possibility Of the sol
diers passing without his seeing them.
His mother had been called suddenly
away, and had left him in charge, with
an injunction not to leave the house
until her return. With the dish pan
him and one foot frequently on the
rocker of the cradle drawn up beside
him, he dutifully but despairingly clat-
tered china n sang to his baby sis
ter. b A shadow in the doorway made
him aaNok up, and he ,beheld there two
lAtn, brown, towering fgures-one
rhat of the tallest and handsomest men
ne mad ever seen, several inches over
Xix . feet-attired in buckskin hunting
shirts and with caps bearing the motto
Liberty or DEATH" They were Daniel
Morgan and n of his l~ieutenants.
They entered and asked for a draft OF
water; but the boy hastily whisking of
his apron, invited them to sit down
and partake of milk and cookies in
stead-an offer which they readily ac-
cepted. But the baby, as her brothers
foot left the rocker, reused herself and
began to cry so Justify that he hesitat-
ed whether to try and quiet her first,
or to go at once to the pantry. The
mighty Virginian captain did not hesi-
tate at all; he stopped with a laugh,
scooped the small lady out of her era
die and lifted her to such a breathless
height that she stopped her complaints
in sheer amazement, and presently be-
Sun W SQuCdI Will oSllSAl.
when the food was brought, and her
brother tried to take her from her new
friend, she protested so tempestuously
and chung SO tightly to the fringes OF
his shirt, that he laughed again and
would not let her go, but ate and drank
one-handed, with the baby still held on
his left arm. In consequence he was
somewhat awkward and let fall a plate
which was broken in halves. After thu
departure of the mea this breakage
worried the boy, who feared he might
be punished for having served his i'm
posing guests, as he had done, from
the precious best china, which no ont
but the mistress of the house might
touch without permission. On his
mothers return, therefore, it was witt
much t%repidation that he told hi
story; but that strict, although patri
otto ~housekeeper. forgave and approved
him. She had the broken plate mend
ed, and for many years it remained il
the family, and was known to sue
ceeding generations as General Nor
gan's plate"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28

Were the protection of our forests
carried to the full extent, there would
be no offender to come under the con-
demnation which Phillips Brooks thus
expressed: There is something wrong
about a man that needlessly p.ucks Off
= new leaf-bud from a forest tree, even
IL he be where no human steps would
have been sheltered by it's shade ana
no human eye charmed with its
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
After a recent contest it came out

After a recent contest it came out
that in some instances. the struggling
athletes we're sustained by the use Of
arsenic, %strychnine and nitroglycerine.
The winner in a close trial may tri-
umph because the truiner has been
judicious in administering tonic drugs.
But does not the pharmaceutical road
to victory seem less attractive than
the old way which led through physi-
cal strength and skill unaided by the
stimulants which n edicine offers?
There is a modernness about the pos
sibility VI being beaten by a sixtieth
OF a grain Of strychnine, which to
earl n Gttnninettes would have brought
both wonder and regret.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28

When Phil Armour was a boy living
on a farm in Madison, N. Y, he did
not take his weekly bath in a marble
tub, O was he rubbed with perfumed
soap. Saturday nights his mother used
to take him and the other boys down
to the creek for their weekly securing.
Home made soft o would be poured
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28

Potatoes are now being imported
from the Pacific coast to China. The
afst large shipment OF potatoes from
this country to the Walled Empire wa
feD6rted . short while ago. The car
30 left Tacoma. Wash, for Shanghai.
The Chinese have drawn on the Pacific
eoa1& for breadstufis In recent years,
bue this 10 the hrst sign that they have
acquired . taste for potatoes.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
To Repair the Oregon.

No orders have yet been sent out to
to the Oregon looking to that ships
coming home, but it is said that the
navy department that she will be
brought to the Mare island navy yard
within the next three months. Ex-
tensive repairs will be required by the
Oregon and it is not unlikely that the
Union iron works may get the contract
for the work. e
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
What Booker Washington is saying

What Booker Washington is saying
60 the men Of his own race, anothes
sleaI voice is saying to the white folks:
What the south needs is respect for
work. We must put on our overalls
and use u hands," There is no sec
tonalism In such a lesson: it is law
and gospel for all ATTITUDES and longi-
tudea. Industrial development offers
both oasis and security for all higher
interests.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28

Glowing reports come from the
S~heepraising district in southern Colc-
RADIO. The Arkansas valley is under
irrigation over an area of eighty-fits
miles long and ten miles wide, and
will shortly become the greatest lamb
feeding center in the world. At the
present time over 315.O sheep and
lambs are on feed there, and judging
from the rate of increase there should
&A 100000 In another year
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28

Speaking Of the difficulty students
experience in remembering tho exact
situation of the mitral and tricuspid
valves OF the heart, Prof. Huxley once
remarked that he remembered that the
mitral ESQ called from its resemblance
to the headgear Of the church digni.
tary1 must be on the left side, because
. bishop could never be In the right
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
Recruits from Rural Districts.

UncIals OF the navy department ara
considering a plan for recruiting for
the navy from the farms and country
towns in the interior Of the country
While it is true that recruiting for the
navy is now carried on outside Of the
large cities, it has not yet reached the
interior sections remote from large cen.
tiers.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
Some Wood Hard to sniff.

Tough wood, or wood that is hard tc
split, is SO because the fibers of which
it is composed cross and interlace each
other. The wood of the elm is a IA
miliar example. The toughest wood
known is the lignum vitae. It cannot
be worked by splitting.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
Armour'S First Baths.

upon their heads and then rubbed in.
Long after Philip said:
"Otten when the soapsuds were rum
ming into my eyes, making them smart
like fire, l felt as though l would like
to bite my mothers hand, and / knew
better than tt do it. l felt that her
power was supreme, and that / must
submit to it, as it was for the best"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
4 Singular Coincidence.

Both arkansas and Mississippi,
which are to have new state houses, to
cost about $ $1,000. 900 each, have, by a
singular coincidence, selected as the
sites for their buildings these f-rnerly
occupied by penitentiaries.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
I Among the Noteworthy bsdne,
Charitable purposes during the

charitable purposes during the Is
year was that OF a Navajo Indian,
whose estate. valued at over $4,000,
was left for the establishment Of a free
medical ~dispensary, as IAN aid in ex.
&inguishing cruel aboriginal supersti-
stions in the tribe" The giver recog.
znized the fact that. in an important
;sense. 1t is for the Indian to say what
the future OF the Indian shall be.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.

The Japanese of New York Start o Pa
per In Their Own Lansuage-The Edi-
tor Women Like to Introduce Roman
Type.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
i company at Ansonia, Conn, h

"A company at Ansonia, Conn, han
Just received the largest order for COP
Der trolley wire ever placed in this
country. The weight is more than
1000, 900 pounds and the destination
is British India, where the wire will
4 be used to equip one Of .tae first trolley
lines in that colony.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
Curious warning Against Ly,n

Curious Warning Against Lying.
At least 4 monument has been
erected as a warning against lying.
Such a monument exists in the Market
Square af Devices, in Wiltshire, Eng
land. The inscription reads as fol-
lows: "The Mayor and Corporation Of
Devices avail themselves of the stabil-
ity Of this building to transmit to fu-
ture times the record Of an awful event
which occurred in the market place
in the year 1853, hoping that such a
record may serve as a salutary warn
ing against the danger Of impiously in
yoking the Divine vengeance, o. OF
calling on, the Holy name of God to
conceal the devices Of falsehood and
fraud. On Thursday the 18th Janu-.
airy, 1853, Ruth Pierce of Posterne, in
this county. agreed with three other
women to buy a sack Of wheat in the
market, each paying her due proportion
towards the same. One of these wom-
en-, in collecting the several quotas of
money discovered a deficiency, and de-
manded OF Ruth Pierce the sum which
was wanted to make good the amount.
Ruth Pierce protested she had paid her
share. and said she wished she might
drop down dead If she had not. She
rashly repeated this awful wish, when,
to the CONSERVATION Of the surround
ing multitude, she instantly
and expired, having the
cealed in her hand"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28

The will Of the late Jarvis Ford OF
et. Joseph. Mo-, leaves $40, 1000 for .
free memorial library in that place.
and $4,000 to the municipal hospital.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-02-28
Pitch Cloak for

Pitch Cloak for
A pitch cloak is Il
life-saving apparatl
invention. 1t weig
and will keep eY
soldier above the
1t has water-pr1
food and drink i
as blue lights,
shipwrecked in
Man must Cd
self before Go
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-03-08

The Mt. Vernon College students
went to Northfeld on the noon train
Thursday. Their car was draped in
purple, each member wearing purple
badge. They go there to meet the
Mortified students in debate. AT
the rear of the car they had banner
with the words: 1.-THE United States
should not Subsidize the Merchant
Marine" which, we presume, is the
subject of their debate.
Don It fail to attend the great origi-
nal, Oberammergau Passion Play in
Living pictures, Monday, March 1lth.
The only chance to see this grand
Original Oberammergau Passion Play
from 1900 in this city and vicinity.
For the benetitof ST. Joseph's Church,
Cresco, Iowa, at Opera House March
11th, at 1:30 in the afternoon and 7:3O
in the evening. Reserved seats Soc,
general admission 35c., children 25c.
Matinee tickets for children 15c., for
sale by the young Ladies of the Par
ish, children OF the Parochial school
and at the residence of Rev. Father
Loosbrock.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-03-08

The District court convenes next
Monday with Ill causes on the calen-
dar, 6 criminals, 80 probate, Al old,
and % new causes. The grand jury
is called for sMonday, the petit jury
for Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Lauraine Mead and Miss Gene
We've eDissmore,are expected home from
Chicago about the %. They have been
taking music with w. Fl. Sherwood,
the most noted instructor and pianist
in this country, and the equal of the
best in the world.
Revival services at the M. q. church
all next week conducted by Rev. Heald
assisted by an evangelist, Rev. Ruth,
from Indianapolis, and singer, Miss
Springer, from Pennsylvania. Three
services will be held each day at 1O:45
a. m. and 2:3O and 1880 p. m.
Emmett Howard and Bruce Howell
go to Spring Valley, Minn., where
they will engage in the nursery, small
fruit and green house business. Mr..
Howell has had considerable expert
ence with Bents & Upton and later
with Mr.. Bents in Nursery work.
The Daughters of the King, St.
Margaret's Guild and ST. Catharine's IS
Guild are united in giving the Easter
sale, with depart tment store in Lyric
Hall on the 9th of April. One of the
suppers for which the Episcopal ladies
are famous will be an event of the oc-
casion.
Jos. Woods is building the new
wagon to be used by w. H. Deane on
his rural mail delivery route. 1t will
be a substantially built and elegantly
finished job, equal to anything that
can be obtained from the factories
and at no greater cost, and Cresco
labor has received the benefit.
For Sale-The Brown residence and
10 acre farm blocks west of the de-
pot. This place has a good room
house, good cellar and barn, wood
house, corn crib, hen house, hog pen,
good well and fine assortment of
fruit, good sidewalk and is all we'll
fenced. This property must be sold
at once to close an estate. For price
and terms see j. II. Luers.
A poverty Eociable will be given by
the Bonair school in the Woodmen
hall on Friday, March 18th, for the
benefit OF the school library. A solid
old fashioned supper will be served
consisting of pork and beans, brown
bread, Johnny cake, beets, carrots,
potatoes, mush and milk and other
ldelicacies. Everyone admitted that
Is dressed to represent poverty; old
style games played: a small admission
charged.
The firm of Brown, Treacy & Co.. of
st. Paul, established in 1881, is dis
solved in consequence of the death of
Mr.. Treacy and is succeeded by the
corporation ofBrown, Treacy s. Sperry
Co., on the 1lth Of March. The cor
poratlon comprises the old employees
of the late firm with Mrs. Treacy,
wife of the deceased partner, as a
member Of the corporation. II. d,
Brown, who for all these years has
been at the head of the late firm, is
president and will continue it's general
manager. This is one of the square
dealing concerns of the twin cities,
dealing in paper, blank books and
stationery.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-03-08
D. 4. LYONS,

u. III. LlUuU
Dealer in Farm Implements
Headquarters for All that is Best in Farm
Machinery, Buggies, Wag ons, &c. We
carry the Most Complete Line to
be found in any retail estab-
lishment in the northwest
All goods Warranted It will be a pleasure
to show you our stock and we guar
antee to treat you right
Here is a Partial List of a few of the Lead
ing Makes handled by us.
Threshersand Engines.
Ga.r Scott & Co. Advanbe Threshng o.
Binders Mowers and Hay Rakes:
Deering Harvesting Machine Co.
Carriages, Buggies and Spring Wagons:
Kingmu Gabaaith Wagon and Carriage Company
Klblinger & Co,
Hay Leaders,:
Rock Island .B.&Q. Deere & Co
Corn Planters.
Deere & Co. Hayes. Moline Champion
Sulky Plows and Corn Cultivators:
Deere & Co. e. Plow Co. Potter Plow Co.
Janesvlle Machinery Company.
Farm Wagons:
Weber T. g. Mandt. L. o. Rud.
Disc Cultivators:
GAINESVILLE Machinery Companp.
Harnesses:
complete Hand and Machine Made Double
Single Har neses in the county.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-03-08

The Ladies Aid Society, of Kendall
vile, desire to express their apprecia-
tion and thanks to the Cresco Minstrels
for the very pleasing entertainment
recently given by them at Kendall
vile hall and especially for the nice
little sum it placed in our empty
treasury, which is ever hungry for
cash with which to cancel our debts.
The receipts from the play amounted
to s22.00 and will go long way to
apply on the $4,000 which the L. AS
assumed, and which was still lacking
about $4,000. ''He who giveth to the
poor, lendeth to the Lord.'
Mrs. e. M. BARNES, Pres.
MRS. A. CL1NK, Sec.
MRS. L. LUDDEN, Treas.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-03-08

Headache often results from dis
ordered condition of the stomach and
conStipa tion of the bowels. A dose or
or two Of Chamberlain s Stomach and
Liver Tablets will correct these dis
orders and cure the headache Sold
by Shuttleworth Drug 20.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-03-08
TheBeSt
Eat
M A D E
w / T H
ROYAL
Baking
Powder

Risen with Royal Baking Powder, all these
foods are superlatively light, sweet, tender,
delicious and wholesome
Royal Baking Powder is the greatest of
time and labor savers to the pastry cook.
Besides, it economies -four, butter and eggs,
and, best of all, makes the food more
digestible and healthful.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-03-08

The "Royal Baker and Pastry
Cook y containing over 500
most practical and valuable
cooking receipts free to
every patron. Send postal
card with your full address.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-03-08

There are cheap baking pow
ders, made from alum, but they
are exceedingly harmful to
health. Their astringent and
cauterizing qualities add a
dangerous element to food.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-03-08

ROYAL BAKING POWDER 60. WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-03-08

breads,
biscuit,
cake,
rolls,
mullins,
crusts,
puddings,
and
the various
pastries
requiring
a leavening
or raising
agent.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-03-08

The Lakota Herald tells of Dakota
clergyman who closed his Sunday
evening prayer thus: "God bless Car
rie Nation and keep her in jail"