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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11
Grant ana the Private.

Probably the most popular story told
during the recent reunion at Memphis"
remarked an old confederate soldier,
was m which related to a converse
ton between Grant and a private sol
der, and, while it has been told often
before, 1t was received with a good
natured, and. l may say, patriotic rel
1sh by every man who heard it. But
few Of my old comrades failed to hear
it, and but few of them failed to re-
peat it. Really, the story is an interest
ing combination of fact and fiction,
and this is probably why it was sc
popular with the old soldiers. OF course
there was no rancor, no bitterness in
the telling Of the tale, but the fact
that it brought in three most promi-
nent characters of the war and gave
the c%onfederates the best of a we'll
rounded point, caused the old fellows
to split their sides when they heard it,
Grant ran into a private in the confed-
crate ranks on n occasion, and the
private called: General, where are you
going? To Petersburg. l think, but
maybe to heaven or to hell the Cen
eral replied. Well, l will tell you,
General the soldier said dryly, Bob
Lee is at Petersburg, and Stonewall
Jackson is in heaven. Hell is the only
place left for you Grant enjoyed the
thrust, as grim as it was, and after
peace had been restored he was often
delighted by telling it, and always re-
ferred to it as one Of the p~leasantries
of the war between the states. But he
never got any more pleasure out of it
than the old soldiers did at the re-
union at Memphis. "-New Orleans
Times-Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11

During the battle of Shiloh an officer
hurriedly rode up to an aid and in
quired for Grant. That's the man,
with the field glass;" said the aid.
Wheeling his horse about, the
stranger rode furiously at the general,
and touching his cap, addressed him
thus:
%"sheneral, 1 wants to make n re-
bort, Schwartz pattery is took"
"Ah! said the general. How was
that?"
well, you see, sheneral, der sheces-
sionists f1anked us. ind der Succession
lists came in der rear Of us, und den
Schwartz's pattery vas took"
We'll, sir; you of course spiked the
guns"
"Vot!" exclaimed the Dutchman, in
establishment. "Schpike dem guns!
Schpike dem bran new guns? Wy, it
would sphoil dem!"
WELL" said the general, sharply.
what did you do?"
do? Ply tam, We took dem pack
again!"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11

T.. EH.HFNL 3Tar-NN LN-ota
land cemetery there was some talk Of
erecting a suitable monument to mark
the spot where he vas buried, but the
plan never got beyond supplying a base
for the shaft. The base was put in
position and for a year or so
means were furnished to keep the
grave in order. Then interest in the
movement Jagged and there was an
end to 1t. For several years nothing
has been done with the grave. Weeds
and wild grasses have grown over it
until all trace Of the original grave
has disappeared. One man, acting as
the representative Of a Grand Army
post, saw that it was decorated proper
ly with flowers on Memorial day, much
to the surprise of the cemetery attend
ants.-Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11
Polly and the Liberty Pole.

Polly Daggett was a revolutionary
heroine of Martha's Vineyard, and her
name will eve be associated with the
famous liberty-pole at Vineyard Hav-
en-. 1t was in 1775 that the village
people erected the first liberty-pole
on the highest point of land. One day
a British vessel came sailing into the
snug little harbor. Its captain needed
a new mast, and sent a boat full Of
men ashore to obtain one. The liberty
pole was just what they wanted, and
they proceeded to negotiate with the
selectmen, saying that they would
take it away by force, and therefore
a price might as we'll be fixed. So the
selectmen sold the pole. When Polly
Daggett, who was an ardent little pa
triot, heard of this proceeding, she be-
came very indignant. "They shall
never have our liberty-pole!" she de-
clared, with sparkling eyes. Learning
that the Britisners were coming in the
morning to saw off the pole, Polly laid
her plans. When night came she, with
two girl friends, went to the hilltop,
bored a hole in the staff, poured in a
brand on the end of a bean-pole, and
then watched gleefully the fall of the
pole-ruined as a mast. The next day
the men from the ship came for the
pole, and were furious to find the COW
eted "stick" in %splinters. The select
men could not explain matters, but in
wardly charged the affair to the prank
of village boys. The ship sailed away
without the new mast. For several
years the three girls kept their secret
concerning this incident, which is now
famous in the annals of Vineyard Hav-
en-. In 1898 a new l%iberty-pole was
erected by the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution fac-simile of the
historical ne-on the same spot where
the old one stood. A bronze tablet tells
why the Britishers did not secure a
new mast, and bears the names of the
plucky heroines of that night.-Youth's
Companion.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11
ARMY Ra,ions In the philippines.

SHS
Major G. w. Ruthers, chief commits
sary of the department of Northern
Luzon, in a letter to Commissary Gen
eral Weston of Washington, says that
there are 1913 stations in that depart
ment, without about twenty-five thous-
and troops and that the supplying Of
an army of this size, divided into so
many stations, is much more difficult
than if it was an army in n body.
Besides the troops there were at that
time several thousand prisoners who
were Being fed by the government. The
subsistence department, he says, is in
superb condition, and many gratifying
statements and reports are received
from all the officers. Gen. Weston, in
command of the department, has TAX
en- occasion several times to speak in
the highest terms of the commissary
department. Speaking of a particular
feature of the army ration, Major
Ruthers says: THE beef stew with
the vegetables is the finest component
of the ration ever put into the hands
of troops. 1t will take the place of
fresh beef when the latter cannot be
supplied for some time, and with the
addition of some bareback, coffee, sug-
ar, salt and baked beans, you could
cut an army loose from its transport
tation for some time. 1t is the finest
ration for hikes ever put into the
hands of a soldier and is highly praised
by them. Major Ruthers a y for some
time he used the English army rations
(beef stew and p%otatoes) in 2-pound
cans, which gave satisfaction, but does
not compare to the beef stew issue Of
the United States army %rations. Anoth-
er fact he states: Experience shows
that the American soldier serving in
these islands needs the full army ra-
ton, including the full allowance of
fresh beef; his health cannot be main
tanned without it. In addition, his ap-
petite apparently Graves sweets and
ACIDS. In this connection he ment' ons
the demand for sauerkraut. Without
abundance Of nutritious food, he a
the health Of the Americans cannot be
maintained in the Luzon climate. The
healthy Filipinos living on American
food, he says. is much better than
those living on native foods.-st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11
Lincoln and John Brosun.

A Kansas paper says an old citizen
of that state attended a meeting held
at Atchison in 1859 at which Mr.. Lin
coin made a speech. According to this
old citizen, some one in the audience
asked, "How about John Brown" who
had been hanged a few days before,
to which Mr.. Lincoln replied: HE
was hanged and he deserved it. l
don't know much about Browns his
tory in Kansas, but John Brown VIC
lated the laws Of his country, and
Governor Wise did right in hanging
him"
Whether MI. Lincoln actually said
this, it is impossible to decide. The
memories of old men play them sad
tricks sometimes. They sincerely be-
lieve often that they heard at first
hand what they may have heard at
second hand, or may not have heard
at all. But whatever Mr.. Lincoln may
have said or thought of the execution
Of John Brown, he certainly disap-
proved of what John Brown did at
Harper's Ferry.-Chicago Tribune.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11
Fremont.s Grave Unmarried.

On the grave of Gen. John c. Ere
mont, to whom the republic owes so
much, there is not even a stone to in
d1cate the resting place of a man whom
foreign nations delighted to honor for
the important work he had done. All
that remains of the a. who opened
a way over the Rocky mountains, who
suffered great privation and almost lost
his life for the benefit of his fellow
men is o resting in Rockland ceme-
terry, in the lower part of Rockland
county, New York. The body of Gen.
Fremont might just as we'll be in any
ordinary pasture lot as where it is, SO
far as any distinguishing marks are
concerned. Fills grave is oyergrown
with grasses and weeds and only the
men employed regularly in the ceme-
terry are able to find it. When the body
Of Gen. Fremont was taken to Rock
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11
The Encampment city.

The streets of Cleveland, both for
residence and business, are exception
ally broad and we'll paved. The bust
the important streets radiating from
the square constitute part of the line of
march of all the city's parades. When
ever there is a public demonstration
the square and adjoining streets are
crowded with people. The square on
the day of the Grand Army parade in
all probability will be the point from
which the Grand Army officials and
other notables will review the process
sion. At all events, there will be a
huge %grandstand in the square for the
delegates and others, and doubtless the
chorus of school children will also
have accommodation on a stand. to be
located in the Public square. James
Richie, engineer of the Grade Cross
ing Commission, has been appointed
chairman Of the committee on grand
stands. He and Arthur Bradley, whose
committee IN decorations is planning
to make the square especially beautiful
by night and day, will work together in
making this central point of the city
attractive to the visitors. So far as the
crowds are concerned, it is safe to say
even at this early day that the at
tendance at the thirty-fifth encamp-
ment will exceed that of any other in
the history of the Grand Army. Forty
eight per cent of the population of
the United States is within 500-miles
of Cleveland, and the large proportion
of the Grand Army is to be found in
Ohio. New York. Michigan, Pennsyl-
vania, West Virginia, Indiana, Ken
lucky and Illinois. Not only is Cleve-
land on the trunk lines of railroads
running in all directions, but she is
in steamboat communication with De-
troit, Buffalo and Toledo. The railroads
have given a rate of a cent a mile,
with stop-over privileges of thirty
days. The steamboat lines, Of course,
will make low raes; indeed, they do
as much of summer travel in ordinary
times. Taking all these items into con-
sideration, it would not be at all sur
prising should about half a million Wis
itors be in Cleveland in the week of
September 9. The Mayor of Cleveland,
Tom L. Johnson, has been appointed
as the head of the committee on re-
ception, and he and his colleagues will
extend a hearty welcome to the guests
of the city when they arrive.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11
Commoner Comment.
Extracts From W. J. Bryon.s paper.
Harrison VS.. Brown.

n+t
In his now famous, or infamous
opinion, Justice Brown sought to re-
assure our Porto Rican subjects by
telling them that they could safely de-
pend upon the b~enevolence and kind
ness of congress in the exercise of that
body's ''unrestrained possession Of
power" The Pittsburg Post reminds
us that Justice Brown, on this point,
was well answered by the late Benja-
min Harrison. In the January NUM-
Der of the North American Review,
General Harrison had an article an
titled: "The Status of Annexed Ter
ritory." In that article he said it was
expressibly absurd that the "constitu-
ton does not apply, but all these pro-
visions in it are in full force notwith-
standing"
Then General Harrison said:
lit should be asked further, wheth-
er the rule of uniformity of taxation is
a part of the law of our civilization
for, without it, all property rights are
protected. The man whose property
may be taxed arbitrarily, without re-
gard to uniformity within the tax dist
trict and without any limitation as to'
the purposes for which taxes may be{
levied, does not own anything; he is q
tenant at will. But if these supposed
laws of civilization are not enforcible
by the courts, and rest wholly for their
sanction upon the consciences of presi-
dents and congresses, then there is a
very wide difference. The one is own
ership, the other is charity. The one
is freedom; the other slavery-however
just and kind the master may be.
"Our fathers were not content with
an assurance of these great rights that
rested wholly upon the sense of Justice
and be%nevolence of the congress. The
man whose protection from wrong
rests wholly upon the benevolence of
another man or of a congress, is a slave
"a man without rights
1t would be interesting to hear what
Benjamin Harrison would have to say
in the presence of such a decision as
was delivered by Justice Brown. When
congress levied the Porto Rican tariff
General Harrison referred to it as ga
serious departure from right princi-'
pies" What would he have thought
had he known that the highest court
in the land had solemnly given it's N
ton to that "serious departure from
right principles"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11

oAl6ll1d1 eApeT1-
ment in tenement
u next spring.
He proposes to
build several large
fireproof structures
in the West End,
which will replace
the dingy, unsafe,
a n d unhealthful
h%abitations which
are now used by
t h 9 i g
classes in that part
OF the city. MIR.
CHM made a care
full investigation
of the facts before
he decided to make
his experiment. He
visited the people
living in the tene-
ment d Its,
counseled them as
to the kind of
ouses they would
desire for the
rents they could
afford to pay, and
then had his archi-
tects arrange plans
accordingly. Mr..
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11
Fought on Union Side,

General Joseph M. S%udsburg, who
died recently in Baltimore, was a
fighting man Of the old school. He was
born in Munich, Bavaria, in 1925, and
entered the Bavarian army. After sew
eral years of service he was appoint
ed second lieutenant in the Bavarian
Royal Artillery. In 1S4S he took part
in the struggle Of the people against
the king, and after the defeat which
came up to his party he went to Swift
zerland. He then went to France.
where he enlisted as a private in tbs
Foreign Legion and served under Mar
shall MacMahon, who was his colonel,
He came to the United States and en-.
tered into active service on the Union
side in the war between the states.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11

The copying paper is in the form of
: continuous roll, which Is loosely
mounted on a spindle inside the cab
met, where is also located a tray Of
water, through which the sheet pass
O. on it's way to the pressure rollers.
IA crank is used to turn the rollers,
and the original letter is slipped be-
tween tho two pressure rolls, where 1t
in contact with the dampened
sheet and leaves it's copy, the letter
passing cut at the opposite side Of the
and the copy ribbon falling
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11
The Wbssky Famine in Guam.

DN( ogtttt0 M OudU1.
There comes a tale Of woe from dis
tant Guam. This is the remote island
In the Pacific where for some time
Captain Leary of the navy was a be-
nevolent despot, forcing lazy Guamites
to work and unmarried ones to wed.
He appealed to the department for a
BRASS band to aid in the civilizing of
the inhabitants, but was unable to get
1t. It Is not a lack of music, however,
which causes unhappiness in Guam.
1T Is a scarcity of whisky. The last
barrel OF "commissary" has been
stolen and drunk up by bad marines
on duty in the island.
This sad news is given in an order
Issued by Commander Seaton Schroe-
der, U. 8. NJ, Governor of Guam. In
It he calls the attention of the COM
mand to the "hoodlumism and law
aessness which are rampant in it." Per-
haps this language Is not too strong
when the dastardly character of the
crime which has been committed is
taken into consideration. The Com
mander says excitedly:
There is reason for alluding to the
theft a few weeks ago of a barrel of
whisky from the naval hospital that was
the last and sole supply of the medical
department for medical purposes. Ar Of
ncer on duty here has since then been
80 reduced by climatic fever that a Ger
tain amount Of whisky was considered
necessary to keep him from utter pros
eration. Fortunately, a small supply was
obtained from a passing vessel. Had that
accidental supply not besn Forthcoming.
and had that officer succuhbed, his death
would have rested upon tie heads of the
scoundrels who communicative theft"
The percentage Of illiteates among
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11

he was still under 20. He next went to
college, studied theology, took q
church and preached with great sue
cess for several years. Oddly enough
his Meath WIS not so robust in the
pulpit as in the mill, and he gave up
his charge to return to his trade, to
which he has since devoted himself. He
was first elected president of the
Amalgamated Association at its con-
vention in Cincinnati.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11

which four British vessels overcame
and captured the water-logged frigate
President, commanded by Captain
Stephen Decatur. The London paper
adds the interesting information that
the President, after nearly a century
of service in war and peace, is still
useful as a drill ship OF. the fourth
class for the royal naval reserve in
the southwest India dock basin, where
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11

The Religious Fight in France.
The French Associations bill is now
safely through the legislature, and the
debate, which has occupied the greater
part of a year, is closed. During the
progress of the discussion several
amendments to the measure have been
introduced and passed, and the gov
eminent has receded on some points,
the most important of which was the
project to confscate the property Of
the religious congregations under GER
tain conditions for the benefit of a
approximation fund.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11
War.

War.
Call trembling is the meadow;
All crimson is the rill.
The dead lie in the valley;
The dead lie on the hill.
And one side is the victor,
The other side has lost
The women of two peoples
Are counting up the cost"
Edwin L. Sabin in Ainslee's Maya
zine.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11

than forty miles an hour at a time
when automobiles were the merest
novelties. Thus it will be seen that he
was no new hand in the big race which
has just been won at Berlin. Fournier
is a veritable spectacle on his ma
chine. He flies along with bullying eyes
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11

through a slot into the bottom Of the
cabinet. In filing the copy away the
endless sheet is taken up and clipped
to separate letters, which are then
placed with the letter to which the
original is the reply, the two being
filed together and making 1t unneces-
sary to look in both the letter file and
copying book when information is de-
sired.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11

cast groundward, hair streaming in
the wind, and his motor putting like
mad under him. He is so accustomed
to these hazardous trips that he is per-
fectly cool while travelling over a
country road at express train speed. A
second race NAV be run
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11

General Lew Wallace is at work ups
on his autobiography. He made a trim
to Kentucky recently to confer with
some veterans on certain features of
the battle of Shiloh which will be in.
cluded in the work,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11

The Rev. Edward s. Tead, pastor
of Prospect Hill Congregational
church, Somerville, Mass, has been
elected secretary of the Congregational
Educational society in Boston, to sue
coed the Rev. Charles O. Day, the new
president Of Andover Theological Sem.
mary.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11

graduate, a former clergyman and a
most earnest and eloquent pulpit or
ator, Mr.. Shafer may be considered
out Of his sphere in a rolling mill, but
the theological iron worker prefers
that trade to the church. He is a ma
tive of Pittsburg, As years old, and be-
gan his career as an iron worker when
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11

Henri Fournier the winner of the
automobile race from Paris to Berlin,
has long been known on the continent
as he king of automobiles. He first
used a petroleum tricycle. for his road
work. With a machine of ia horse
power he made an average of more
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11


has advantages
over the former
method both in
speed and in the
convenience for
preservation Of the
copy in connection
with the letter to
which. n ren1ieS
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11

Theodore J. Shaffer, who, in his ca
oacity as president of the Amalgamat-
cd Association Of Iron, Steel and Tin
Workers, gave out the sheet iron ma
chinists strike order, is himself one of
the most skillful sheet iron rollers in
the trade. He Ii unique among labor
leaders the world over. A college
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11

1t is only within the last three years
chat Americans have learned to look
with composure on the spectacle of a
bandof patriots ruthlessly slaughtered
while defending their homes.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11

"A Hundred Years AfZoeS.
Reviewing some famous ships that
fly the British flag, a London paper
tells anew the story Of the fight in
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-11

It is amusing to read in ahigh tariff
organ words of rejoicing because Amer
lean manufacturers are competing sue
cessfully with foreign manufacturers.
The high tariff organs are continually
shrieking for protection against COM
petition.