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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13

COL. CODY AS HE APPEARS TOT
TT was the effect of the bad exam
pie set them by the white men, Dur
ing the war of the rebellion the In
dian heard that the white men were
killing each other off. They kept
hearing about it for two years, until
all the tribes were talking about tho
gradual extinction of the white man,
who had wonderful guns and ammu-
milton. At last they held a grand
meeting which led to a general up
rising. They obtained modern guns
and armed themselves like the white
men, and 1t was their impression that
they could sweep across the continent
clear through to the great river the
Atlantic, and recapture their country
from the whites
The material for western romance
began at this time with a vengeance,
and followed the dramatic flavor that
literature had gained from the sor-
rows of the civil war. The United
States government is not romantic
organization, however, and as soon as
peace was declared in Washington be-
tween the North and the South, the
entire forces Of the regular army were
hurried out to the frontier, command
ed in turn by such men as Sherman,
Sheridan, Hancock, Custer. Carr, Miles,
Crook. Augur, Ord. Hazen, Emery,
Duncan, Forsythe, King. Reynolds.
Terry, Penrose, Palmer, Gibbon, Can
BY. Henry. Whistler, Crosby. Greedy,
Sudley. Mills. Hayes. Schwitzer and
many Others Most Of these officers
were totally unfamiliar with the
plains. and then came into existence
the man of whom "Bill' Cody is an
ideal representative-the scout.
"You see, when these army fellows
came out our way" continued Col.
Cody. "the question was, Who could
they find to act as guides and scouts?
Ihe miners were inefficient; they
didn't tell much about the hiding
places Of the Indians, SO they began to
look around for fellows like me, who
had been raised out there. When
Gen. Sherman came West in '65 and
,s6e to make his great treaty with the
IKiowa and the Comanche Indians,
mas first employed as scout and dis
petch carrier. Well. he soon found
hat ] knew the country bsttar than
{ q i
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13
FLASHES OF WIT.

'This is an imposition. Your sign
says Shoes Repaired While You Wait,
and here I've been over two hours y
We'll, isn't that waiting?"
Il wouldn't fight, my good men"
said the peacemaker. But he called
me thief, SIR" exclaimed one of the
combatants. "And he called me lazy
loafer." cried the other. WELL" said
the peacemaker serenely, 81 wouldn t
fight over a difference of opinion; you
may both be right"
Wife g a. NJ: John Henry, you're
drunk" John Henry: "N-no (hic), my
dear; I'm only ti(hic)red. WEI my slip
pers?' Wife lin disgust: cover there
beside the fireplace, where they have
been since o'clock last evening"" John
Henry (after wandering around for
half an hour: "'Scuse me (hic), my
dear. WEI the ireplace?"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13

Col. W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) is, as
. general rule, rather economical in
the matter of giving interviews to the
public press, but while in Boston with
his great educational exhibition the
other day he was induced to say a
few words about himself and the de-
velopment of the great West which
will be of interest to readers gener-
ally. Speaking of his early life he said:
There were heap Of occupations
for boys in those days, and guess l
tackled 'em all; driving loose cattle
behind bull train, carrying dispatch
es for freighting outfits, following and
going with trappers for furs on differ
ent streams. That's how learned to
know the Indian-by going with trad
ers who trade with 'em for furs. When
was along in my teens was per-
fectly familiar with all the country
from the Canadian river In the south
to the Yellowstone Of the north, and
the lands between the Rocky noun
tains and the Missouri river. became
thoroughly acquainted with the In
dams, knew their favorite haunts, their
camps and their bad lands"
What was the real cause of the first
Indian upriSing?"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13
Make joke OF p1sc1pL1NE.

Among other good stories told by
Cyrus Townsend Brady in his Under
Tops'ls and tents" is this. 1t is re-
lated that a large number of naval
cadets were negligent in following the
service in the chapel. which was after
the ritual of the Episcopal church. An
incautious officer in charge on Sunday
morning made little address to the
church party on the subject, saying he
supposed that some of them erred
through ignorance, but If they would
observe him carefully and do as he did
Tin military parlance, follow the mo-
tons of the commanding officer) they
would not go wrong. Word was passed
quietly through the battalion. They
marched into the church. The officer
in charge tooK his place in the front
pew, settled himself in his seat and
calmly blew his nose. Three hundred
noses We're blown simultaneously with
vehemence that was startling. The
officer looked around and blushed VIC
lently in great surprise. Three hundred
heads followed the motions of the
commanding officer" Six hundred
cheeks violently tried to blush-a hard
thing for midshipman to do-and so
on through the service. The man could
not stir without instant imitation. He
finally confined himself strictly to the
prescribed ritual of the service, look
ing neither to the right nor to the left.
not daring to raise finger or breathe
out of the ordinary course. This en-
terprise also was a startling SUCCESS.
The cadets receiyed other instructions
later in the day from a furious office
who sternly resented their innocent
statements that they did not know
which was ritual and which was not,
and that e had not instructed them
that blowing his nose stood on diff
ferent plane from saying his prayers.
1t was huge joke everywhere.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13

any man in his command. and he
made me his guide. felt considerable
pride in my responsibility, too, for l
was pretty young to have an old army
veteran like Sherman leaning on
me-" He paused
"How young?" asked.
"Nineteen!" he said, emphatically.
and In two years-that is, in 6S-when
Sherman took command Of the field.
he made me chief of scouts and guide
Of the United States army"
Scouting was trader? asked.
"It's gift. The Indian is the nat
ural scout, and he'll keep white man
hustling, with all his clothes on, and
no sleep either to beat him."
"The scout knew his game?"
eyes, sir, as we'll as the Indian could
hunt his. A scout had to have ewes.
ears and brain working overtime when
he was on the trail. can tell you."
"You followed the tracks of the In
dian ponies?"
Tracks, nothing!" said "Bill" con-
temptuously. That's no sawdust
country out there; it's all grass. You
couldn't see hoof print. I've fol-
lowed single horse file by watching
the grass and noticing how It was
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13
Dixio's Land Again.

The familiar controversy never Ian
guishes.. What is the origin of Dix
les Land or Dixie Land, or Dixie? On,
on. it goes. I believe it was right
here on Manhattan Island. and that
the fellow who wrote about it being
land Of cotton, 'simmon seed, and
sandy bottom" was chump. Old Man
Dixie was a STAKEHOLDER on Manhattan
Island, who removed his slaves to the
Southern states. where they had to
work harder and fare worse: so they
were always signing for their old
home, which they called Dixie Land"
The "nigger" imagination soon ad-
vanced this island into sort of De-
lectable Country, or Land OF Beulah.
New York Press.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13
A BLOW THAT STUNNED.

Have you ever had a dumb, name
less feeling of some approaching disas-
ter?' she asked.
well, no." the celebrated lawyer
replied; "the only time 1 ever had that
kind of feeling was once after the
disaster had arrived"
ooh, dear! What was it that hap
pened to you?"
why, you see, a girl that 1 had
been engaged to several years before
my marriage came into my Office one
day to have me give her some advice
concerning the disposition of about
100000 worth of property she had just
inherited from an uncle in Australia
that she had never told me about"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13

| made an army man so sore as to have
guide make dry camp at night, so
that scout had to be conversant with
the country and reach water when
nightfall came.
The subsection Of the Indians was
one Of the toughest propositions to
face. In 1877 the Pine Ridge trouble
broke out. The Indians expected their
Messiah. who was to liberate them
from captivity. The suppression Of
this uprising fell to the lot OF Gen.
Miles. and he fought, as he always
does when in command, with his head.
He put down the ghost dance without
the loss Of hardly life on either side,
and In all my service as a scout I
never saw finer generalship than his
at Pine Ridge.
Even in the thick Of the Indian
fighting it was impossible for a man
to escape seeing the great possibilities
OF those arid states, but it took pro-
lessor to convince me of the chances
OF c1vilizing that country. was sta
toned at Fort Mcpherson, Neb., Gen.
Sheridan, in command of the Missouri
division. The general came to me ono
day and Instructed me to act as guide
for Prof. o. G. Marsh and rs Yale
students who wanted to go through the
Bad Lands on fossil expedition.
Well! l got kinder jealous of that pro-
lessor. He was always talkin' whole
lot OF stuff about that country that I'd
never heard before He said that the
Great Big Horn basin was formed by
the passage of big snake that had
finally cut its way through the Big
Horn canyon. He went in to tell why
there should be in this basin the finest
soil In the world; that there must be
great mineral deposits there, probably
sea gold. said to him then that I
guess he thought he knew more about
that country than 1 did, and told him
he'd better go it alone. Well, sir, the
old fossil hunter was right. Twenty
years later party of prospectors dis
covered gold, campers had seen the
color of it and hurried out there to
locate claims"
"And what did they find?"
the sides of the canyons covered with
timber, all kinds of building stone.
marble, granite, sandstone, gypsum.
They found they could raise cereals
as good as any in Indiana or elsewhere.
They had discovered national park
Why, in my town of Cody, within a
few miles are seven different kinds Of
natural water geysers, hot, cold, boil
ing, freezing, any old style you want.
Starting life in the West at its most
thrilling period, Col. Cody has seen
the butfaloes pass away, the Indian
subdued, the cowboy farmed out, the
settlers crowding in. He has been of
active service to the United States
government in all these years; but the
most American thing that this typical
American has done is to build a town
in the shadow of the canyons and bap-
tie it with his own name.-Boston
Daily Herald.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13
and territories, while gradually find

and territories, while gradually find
Ing favor farther east.
Eastward from the Pacific coast was
not, however, the only route Of intro
duction of alfalfa into America. 1t
was early known in Germany and 9th
er northern countries of Europe. but
never became 80 popular there as
farther south. AS early as 1920, years
before it reached California, it was
grown in New York, but seems to have
been little appreciated.
1t is interesting to know that such
oldtime authorities as Columella and
Jethro Tull were familiar with alfalfa.
French lucerne was introduced into
England as early as 1850, but seems to
have been much neglected for many
years. In 1865 farmer in Kent had
fourteen acres. 1t is stated that at
that time alfalfa was recognized as
increasing the milk of kline, but an au-
thority who knew it well asserted that
"cattle were apt to grow tired of it,;
and were subject to be bloated by
It," These statements are interesting
from the fact that SO many consider
alfalfa new plant.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13
FRIGHTENED Away THE GHOST.

FRIGHTENED AWAY THE GHOST.
Some years ago, when Bishop
Creighton was Bishop of Peterborough,
he was the guest, during confrma-
ton tour in the diocese at an old
manor house. and slept one night in a
room supposed to be haunted. Next
morning at breakfast he was asked
whether he had seen the ghost.
Yes" he replied, with great solemn
ity. .'but I have laid the spirit. 1t will
never trouble You again. Being fur
Their questioned on the subject. tn
bishop said: The ghost instantly van
ished when ! asked fer z suhscriDtIon
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13
What Kind of Corn Shall 1 Plant ?

Last spring the Vermont Expert
ment Station planted four varieties of
corn on three different parts of its
farm. Sanford, Red Cob, Leaning and
a large Virginia corn were chosen.
They were separately harvested, en-
silaged and fed. The Sanford grew 6
feet TALL and matured; the Red Cob,
81 feet and partly glazed its ears; the
Leaning and Virginia corns. 91z and
liz feet respectively, the ears arriv-
ing at the milk stage. The yields OF
green fodder per acre were Sanford 9,
Red Cob IA, Leaning Is, and Virginia
II tons. The yields of food matter
to the acre were Sanford rs, Red Cob
81, Leaning and Virginia corn 1-3
tons.
The Sanford corn, being most ma
ture, kept best in the silo and came
out with an exceedingly small loss.
The Red Cob corn lost comparatively
little, the other two immature corns
much, as such wet material always
must, in the silo or out Of it. AS q
result, therefore, the actual food which
lCdSASQ luS GUNS 1lolA Gil
acre of Sanford corn which only grew
9 tons of green fodder, was nearly as
great as from an acre of the Virginia
corn which grew II tons, and greater
than from an acre of Leaning corn
which grew 16 tons. The Red Cob
matured better than hitherto at the
station farm and it's food yield ex-
ceeded that Of the Sanford slightly
This result is exceptional
The Sanford silage was the best and
heartiest of the four and the COWS did
better on it than on either of the
other Stages
These trials confirm others hitherto
made at the Vermont and other sta
tons. They show that the extra growth
of the big varieties over those like the
Sanford is practically all water. He
who grows such must handle in the
| field, on the wagons and on the silage
cutter from to tons of extra water
| to the acre. He must furnish silo room
for it and then laboriously lift it out
of the silo and carry 1t to the cattle.
This extra water has no food value
whatever. 1t is better and cheaper all
around to water the cattle in some
other way.
Moral: Don't.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13
Now YORK;. Death Rate.

New York city's Health Department
was created in 1866. At that time, ac-
cording to the Public Health Record,
the death rate in the city was 84.9s
per 1000, with a population Of 767,979.
In 1900 the death rate had decreased to
21.04 per 1000 in a population O,
3444675
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13
THINGS TOO COOP To

THINGS TOO GOOD TO THROW AwAJ
Every woman making half-yearl,
inspection of her closets and trunk
mas probably experienced the great dill
hculty OF declining what to keep AMI
what to give or throw away as useless
Perhaps there is no department d
housekeeping in which the natural ID
pravlty of inanimate objects Is morI
e1emplifed than in such selectionl
Some garment or piece of material hal
been kept year after year just because
1t IS too good to throw away" It hal
been taken from the town house to thI
country house, and back again from
the country house to the town house
and the expected need for it has neve|
occurred, says the New York Tribune
Finally the owner is quite tired on
waiting until it may be useful, and
gives it away with a bundle of OLE
clothes: whereupon, of course, the lonl
looked for occasion arrives when 1t,
need is almost imperative, and some
thing must be bought to fill a necee
sity for which the missing Object woul
have been Gust the thing"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13

while Cardinal Vaughan sat on the left
In yellow inter and purple cope. Att
er the gospel had been read. the inter
and cope were removed and the car
dinal. IN pure white. knelt before each
man. laved his foot, wiped It with
towel. Kissed Il. and then handed the
man Z small gift.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13
A Wall Street Victim.

Mr.. Pink: sympathize with you.
Mr.. PUNK.
Mr.. PUNK: Yes; that's the worst Of
it; don't mind dropping the money so
much as I do having fellows who are
really tickled about it come and tell
me they feel sorry for me.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13
HIS GROUNDS.

HIS GROUNDS.
And on what grounds do you BID
your application for divorce?' ash
lne lawyer of his new client.
"Exertion, sah."
You mean desertion. suppo|
-FOUR wife has left you, doubtless"
NO, sab, she hasn't left me sab. p
linen you can't ask for divo1
On the ground Of desertion."
said exertion sab. It's de grouI
perzackly. She done exert herself CO
llnually to make me mizzable, sab. r
IL on de ground OBJ exertion. sah.' :
Detroit Free Press.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13

broken. could tell the way the grass
broke II the Indians were travelling
fast or slow. horses packed heavy or
light. ridden by Indians or running
loose. The manner in which moo
casin shaped its tread on the prairie
would tell me what tribe our enemy
belonged to-, and by their camp en-
bers whether it was a party on the
warpath or peaceful Indians. Nothing
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13
Missouri Hort,cultur,.t.


The summer meeting Of the Missouri
State Horticultural Society will be
held at New Haven, Mo-, June 4, and
6, 1901. All the small fruits and orna-
mentals will come up for discussion.
and any facts you may be able to
present will be gladly accepted. spray-
ing for insects and fungus diseases will
be an important feature of the meet
ing. The stone fruits will be fully
discussed, and many other matters of
interest to the fruit grower will have
place on the program. We are prom
ised half rate by some of the rail-
roads, of which due notice will be
given in the program. The good peo-
pie of New Haven will provide all the
usual requirements to make success
full meeting. Make ready to meet with
us. Send in questions and topics for
discussion as they seem to occur to
you or trouble you'll. A. Goodman.
Secretary, 1000 Warwick blvd, kan
sas City. Mo.
Examine carefully all small seeds.
such as clover and timothy, before
buying. 2 naks sure What numerous
weed seeds an not bsiag struggled il.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13

On Maundy Thursday the curious
religious ceremony of feet washing was
performed at the Cathedral in
Kensington. London, with full ritual
by Cardinal Vaughan. Within the sac
rarium were twelve old men from Max
areth House. each wearing slippers.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13
Had Not Changed Her Mind.

Before she married him, you know,
she used to say there wasn't another
man like him in the world"
Yes, but now she says she'd hate to
think that there was. "-Philadelphia
Press
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13
Tho Cheruh,s bath.

my wife didn't stay but a week
down at her Mothers"
"Homesick?"
mo; but her younger sisters ad.
mired our baby so much they nearly
washed it to pieces"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13
A New Monocle,

What peculiar monocle that COLT
er is wearing"
Eyes, that is the very latest. 1t L.
called the hoot-monocle!" Detroit
Journal
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13
Music and Music

What do you think Of barring out
ragtime airs?
ooh, peanuts have right to live a.
well as sailed almonds"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13
TOO ToorHsomE.

: The Lion: BY Heaven! I'd give
thousand cocoanuts to lay my hand
on the monkey VINO asked me to hay
a NICE turtle acknowledgements
Magazine.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13
xITTLE LAUGHLErs

sussus.... '2ous Swim.
I'D martyrs epitaphs we may yet b
She wore herself out for society,""
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13
cultivate Beauty Of sp,,,t.

Intelligence and common sense in re-
gard to the laws of health will change
comparatively ordinary looking wom-
an into creature who can claim her
own share of good looks. Such wom-
an will eat only healthy. nutritious
food and endeavor to get good sup
ply of fresh air each day. She will
know that bath taken before retiring
each night is essential to preserve her
health and beauty. A sponge bath taxi
en- in the morning Immediately after
rising will commence for her one Of
the duties of the day, says Julia Tere-
sa Butler in the Weekly Bouquet. And
she will not forget to cultivate beauty
of spirit. No woman can be lovely
without lovely disposition. She may
be fair to look upon, but, like rose
without fragrance. she will impart no
sweetness.
A superstitious Candidate.
The following odd political an
nouncement appeared recently In q
Georgia exchange: II announce my
self as candidate to succeed myserf
I have held the Office Is years, and
desire to hold over one more year. a
10. as all men know. is most unluck,
number.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13
A DIPLOMAT.

Dyer want to buy dis dog, Miss?"
Why, no indeed!"
"Oh, don't really want to sell him !;
I just wanted to speak to you. New
York Press.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13
The Bad Habit of Hoardlnr Trash.

e VI aoaFutnG IrRSns
IN cleaning house from year to year
A woman's ways are wondrous queer
She walls DER rubbish; then, alack,
'Tis busted and put safely back.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-06-13
&mkbSfE ffS911gz
50 qel e

toward the restoration of Peterborot
Cathedral"
The Grit-advocate., 1901-08-23
fore the board an adjournment was
taken to Monday, September 2, 1901,
at 9o'clock a. m.
And it was 50 ordered.
Attest: c. W. White,
H. c. McNew, Chairman.
Clerk.
A MINISTER'S GOOD WORK.

MINISTER'S GOOD WORK.
81 had severe case Of bilious collie,
got a bottle of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, took
two doses and was entirely cured"
writes Rev. A. A. Power, of Emporia,
Kansas. "My neighbor across the
street was sick for over week, had
two OR three bottles of medicine from
the doctor. He used them for three
or four days without any relief, then
called in another doctor who treated
him for some days and gave him no
relief, so discharged him. went over
to see him the next morning. He said
his bowels were in terrible fix, that
they had been running off SO long that
it was almost bloody tlux. l asked him
If he had tried Chamderlains Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and
he said, NO. I went home and
brought him my bottle and gave him
one dose; told him to take another
dose in fifteen or twenty minutes if he
did not find relief, but he took no more
and was entirely cured" For sale by
G. Lavelle.