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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-03

The use of oil as fuel may become gen.
eral in this country. An experiment
with fuel oil on Mississippi steamboat
demonstrated that 35 barrels Of oil are
equal to Is tons of coal. In New Or
leans ton Of coal is worth eight times
as much as barrel of oil. But it will
safely happen, just when the use of oil
becomes universal, that some tariff
prote cted trust will octuple the price Of
that commodity.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-03
A CORPORATION SERVER.

M. L. Temple is showing himself in
his true colors now. There never was a
more subservient tool of the corpora
tions than Temple of Clarke. A few
years ago, because he could not get what
be wanted of the g. B. go. railroad
company, he introduced into the legis-
lature bill known as the Temple
amendment to make it illegal FOR a rail-
road employe to sign away his statutory
rights, in order to secure position with
the railroad company, as it was neces-
sary under the system employed by the
G., B. & O., under its Burlington relief
system. Temple made quite reputa-
ton for him self with this bill, but he
was not in earnest in his work for the
railroad men against the railroads, and
he made his peace as soon as possible,
and as shown at the present time, he is
simply the subservient tool of the rail-
road company in the legislature, being
there not to serve the people who elect
ed him but the corporations.
When will the people begin to treat
such corporation time servers as Temple
as they deserve and refuse to nominate
them, IN any party, for office, and,
when they are nominated, teach them
the lesson they deserve by defeating
them at the polls? The sooner they
treatIsuch men in this manner the soon.
er legislation will be enacted for the
benefit of the people and not for the
corporations.-Ottumwa Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-03
ONCE IS ENOUGH TO SEE

Gustave Dore's portrait of Dante Is worth
seeing-once. But once is enough. Some
such look you notice on the faces Of those
who have suffered, and still suffer, much
physical pain; people subject torheumatism,
gout, neuralgia, periodic headache, lumba-
go, or pain from some old lesion. This pain.
habit puts its marks on them, as the custom
of handling ropes crooks sailors fingers {;
or as too much riding of bicycle stamps a
worried expression. on certain faces. No
wonder people said of the Italian poet ~
he passed along, "There goes
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-03

The Iowa house has killed the so.
called Crossley primary bill by vote of
81 to 4s. The measure provided for q
general primary system, the voters Of
all parties being required on primary
day to swear allegiance to one political
party or another, when they would be
provided with the proper ballot by the
judges. The bill was opposed on the
ground that it practically disfranchised
the independent voter. That reason
WIS quite enough and it should prove
potential wherever primary election
schemes are sprung. The independents
are rapidly increasing, and they may
rightfully resent any innovation which
would lash them back into party lines.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-03
THE MAN WHO NEVER LAUGHS .

The complaints above named all yield K
the action of Benson's Porous Plasters, and
quickly too. Not only those, but colds and
CONFESSIONS and aaa muscuar a ataans ds..ss.
Of the chest, asthma and all ailments which
are open to external treatment. It is fire.
quently said that Benson's Plaster Is Pain's
Master. It cures when others are not even
able to relieve. For thirty years the lead.
ing external remedy. The old-style plas.
ters, as well rs salves, iniments, oils. ETC.,
have little or no efficacy as compared with
it. Use it. Trust it. Keep it in the
house. Ask for Benson's Plaster; take no
other. All druggists, or we will prepay
postage on any number ordered in the
United States on receipt of Csc. each. 4
Ssabury l. Johnson, Mfg. Chemists, n. 7.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-03
MONEY is TIGHTER.

/ One of the symptoms of the times is
that money is becoming tighter and
that there is less demand in some quar-.
ters for per cent investments. This is
the cloud the size of mans hand, but
it should have the attention of the peo-
| pie, and should act as check on spec
ulation.
The money of the country is under
the control Of just 81 men. They con-
troll the railroads, the Industries and the
financial affairs Of the United States.s
This is the smallest coterie that has ever
controlled the material affairs of ma
ton of such importance. There has
been no parallel for the condition. If
they controlled without selfish motive
and for the public good their influence
for the cause OF humanity might be
great They have sought and gained
control for reasons Of the most selfish
kind. They have, through the medium
of the trusts, pinched the people right
and left. They can pinch them through,
the medium of the money market. 1t
| is legitimate to pinch the money as the
. things that cost money. This is good
time for legitimate investments. 1t is
very poor time for speculation.
Drawn into the whirlpool of CONNER
lcialism BY the eeming prosperity Of the
past few years the people have becoinssa
|plungers. Debts have been piled up in
every direction as though money was to
come easier and easier all the time.
Farm lands that can be rented at but 81
, per acre have been sold up to $l00 per
acre. Counting on no expense the in
vestment can net but pei cent. 1t
debt has been contracted in the pur-
chase it costs even now about per cent
with prospect that the cost will be ad.
vanced. Then there are the taxes to pay
and the charges for repairs to be met.
1t is time to ask the people to look
about them for the true conditions?
A great many syndicates have bought
large acreages of wild and unproductive
land, paying one-third or one quarter Of
the purchase price down and ASSUME
ing the debt for the remainder. Com.
muni,les have been drained of large
parts of their surplus capital for this
purpose, and the money cannot be had
for the established business of such
places. If these cases were few and
scattered their Importance would be
less. They affect almost every part of
the state, and it is presumed almost
every part or at least all the western
states.
In villages and small towns that never
knew anything better than modest
brick and frame buildings, large blocks
have been erected. When they have
been paid for the improvement is cer-
tainly wise. In too many cases they
stand for debt. The national laws are
not the right kind to encourage the be-
lief that debts can be collected with any
satisfaction where there is chance to
evade. The mortgage buyers are tax.
ing, closer view Of the situation. They
are becoming wary. 1t will be we'll
enough for the people to heed. Better
look q little to the future. Better be
able to appreciate the conditions and
draw the right conclusions. 1t is always
a good thing to be out Of debt.-Cedar
Rapids Gazette.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-03

The Dubuque Times admits that the
railroad property, of the state is assessed
at but l2 per cent of its value, but com
bats the proposal that there be raise.
Then why should real estate be assessed
at 25 per cent Of Its value? Either the,
assesslasnt Of railroad property should
go up 100 per cent or the assessment Of
real property should go down SO per
cent. There should be equality of as.
sessme nt.-Des Moines Leader.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-03
Whose Girl Are You?

Do you ever have the headache so
you can't 60 to the theatre with him?
DIR. Caldwell s Syrup Pepsin cures head
ache, and if you take it according to
directions you can prevent its return.
Sold byVan Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-03

Governor Cummins is to be commend.
ed by democrats as we'll as republicans
for his bravery in vetoing the "Merger"
bill. He has undoubtedly surprised
some Of the corporation gang.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-03
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Tis Easy to Feel Good. /.

Countless thousands have found a
blessing to the body. in DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, which positively cure consli-
patton, SICK headache, dizziness, jaun.
dice, malaria, fever and ague and all
liver and stomach troubles. Purely
vegetables never gripe OF weaken. Only
25c at Van Werden's drug store
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-03

REPORTER readers are asked to read
the advertisements in this paper care
fully, and in answering them tell the
merchant where they we're seen. 1t
costs you nothing but it does The Re-
PORTER great deal of good, for it let's
the merchant know his advertisement
is read.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-03

Noting that Iowa leads all states in
in cattle, chickens and cabinet officers,
the Omaha Bee says: "Iowa should
leave few frsts fer other states"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-03
Some heroes want war at any price,

Representative Eiker's name is in the
list of legislators who voted to kill the
railroad assessment bill.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-03
How 70
Gain Iesh

Persons have been known to
gain a pound a day by taking
an ounce Of SCOTS EMUL.
SION. 1t is strange, but it often
happens.
Somehow the ounce produces
the pound; it seems to start the
digestive machinery going prop.
erly, so that the patient is able
to digest and absorb his ordinary
food, which he could not do be.
fore, and that is the way the gain
is made.
A certain amount Of flesh is
necessary for health; if you have
not got it you Can get it by
taking
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-03
Advertising Rates.

Advertising Rates.
Yearly adwertlsers cents per inch per issue
Occasional advertisers IL cents per inch per
ssue.
Locals cents per line each insertion.
Locals set In black face type 10 cents per
line each Insertion.
Legal advertising at legal rates.
Church and other notices where an admis-
sion fee is charged, will be charged for at the
rate of cents per line.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-01-10
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MANAGEMENT OF DUCKS.
The MN Who Expects to Make Pc
kins Pay Must Take Excellent
Care of Them.

1t is not absolutely necessary to
have so warm a house for Pekin ducks
as for fowls, but it pays best to have
a good comfortable house for them,
as will be shown presently. When
properly cared for, ducks begin to lay
during the winter months; those that
are Matched quite early in the spring
may lay in December. We should pre-
fer ducks in their second year for
breeders, or at least very early
Matched ones, so they might be almost
or quite one year old before eggs from
them are used for Matching. Duck
lings do better that are Matched from
eggs that are laid by mature ducks.
Ducks can be plucked during warm
weather, just prior to beginning to
moult; then all the blood has gone
from the quill of the feather, and but
little pain is given by plucking them
at that time.
Ducks sit about on the ground; they
do not roost like fowls. 1t is their
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-01-10
A MIXED LOT.

In Poland it is a penal offense to
speak Polish in any public resort.
Great Britain loses more than
e1O,o0O,OOO woi tn of property an
nually by fire.
In 1876 William Jenner made his i'm
mortal experiments and placed them
on a working basis.
In every 1000 British men there are
35 widowers; in 1000 British women
there are rs widows.
In Turkey red hair is counted a
great beauty, and the women dye
their hair that tint.
The amount of live stock in the
United States is worth $1,000,O0O,c COO
more than five years ago.
1t is said that raw eggs and milk
are sure remedy for poison of any
kind taken into the stomach.
When the present prince of Wales
was sailor boy on the warship Britain
MIA his nickname was ''Sprats."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-01-10
A GRATEFUL MAN.

Cox, Wis, Jan 6th.-With Kidney dis
ease SO bad that he could hardly walk
across the room for pain Frank M. Rus
sell of this place was a man greatly to
be pitied.
He tired out with the slightest exer-
ton and in spite of all the doctors
could do for him he was growing grad
ually worse. He had tried many med
icines and treatments without benefit,
but recently he read in a newspaper
about Dodd's Kidney Pills and these
helped him from the very first dose.
He took several boxes before he was
completely cured but now he is well
and strong as ever he was and feels
very grateful to Dodd's Kidney Pills
for his restoration to good health.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-01-10
Packing Fowls for shipping.

Before packing and shipping, poul-
try should be thoroughly dry and cold,
but not frozen. The animal heat should
be entirely out of the body. Pack in
boxes or barrels; boxes holding loo
to 200 pounds are preferable. Pack
snugly, straighten out the body and
legs so that they will not arrive very
much bent or twisted out of shape, fill
the packages as full as possible to pre-.
vent moving about on the way. Bar
rels answer better for chickens and
ducks than for turkeys and geese.
When convenient avoid putting more
than one kind in package, mark kind
and weight of each description on the
package and marx shipping directions
plainly on the cover.-C. d. Huse, in
Farm and Home.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-01-10
AMONG THE POULTRY.

If the hen is machine for con.
verting feed into eggs, it is a plain
business principle that the machine
should be kept running at full ca
pacity and at the lowest cost.
Don't keep single fowl over win
ter that you can't make pay its board
Gull them out and sell for what they
will bring. The feed and care thus
saved may be given to the more wor.
thy ones.
Although eggs are a good price
now they will go higher later on
And the hens will be sure to suspend
business unless they have comfort.
able quarters and are well cared for
Increasing the profits depends
largely on the observance of three
important points: Increasing the
quantity, improving the quality and
obtaining a better price for the
product sold.
To frequently change from one
breed to another is nearly always at
tended by more or less expense; il
other words loss. And to experiment
in cross breeding is still worse Try
to find some one pure breed thai
most nearly meets the demand o.
your fancy and your market, theI
stick to it and make it pay
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-01-10

scribe the best, and as know and have
proven that there is nothing in Materia
Medica which equals Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound in
severe cases of female disorders,
unhesitatingly prescribe it, and have
never yet been sorry. l know of moth
ing better for ovarian troubles and for
falling of the womb or alterations; it
absolutely restores the affected parts
to their normal condition quicker and
better than anything else. I have
known it to cure barrenness in wo-
men, who to-day are happy mothers of
children, and while the medical pro-
fession looks down upon 'patents,' 1
have learned, instead, to lookup to
the healing potion, by whatever name
it be known. If my fellow physicians
dared tell the truth, hundreds of them
would voice my sentiments. y DIR.
WANATA, Lansing, Mich.
$4,000 forfeit if abovc testimonial is not genuine.
The record of Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound cannot be
equalled. Accept no substitute.
Mrs. Pinkham advises sick wO-
men free. Address Lynn, Mass.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-01-10
CURRENT TOPICS,

Electric cab service in Paris has
proved very Improbable.
The Christmas tree was first heard
OF In England about 1444.
Scabbards worn by Russian officers
are made of papier-mache.
London requires 100000 COWS to sup
ply 1t with daily products.
James Cooper, jr., of Red Bank, N.
j., shot and killed white quail.
Russia is now opening new savings
banks at the rate of 600 a year.
The number of railway employees of
all classes in the United States in 1900
was 1,O17,653.
AS national flags go, the Danish one
is the oldest in the world. 1t has been
in use since 1919.
The Bank of France can compel it's
ey drawn in gold.
The Chinese government wants to
employ an American adviser at sal
airy of $4,000 a year.
Cuba imported 10000 Chinese cool
les 80 years ago. Within five years
$1,000 of them were dead.
Lord Stanmore, who is now II years
old, enjoys the distinction of being the
last peer created by Mr.. Gladstone.
The biggest average farm in the
world is in South Australia, where the
average squatter holds $4,000 acres.
Senator Hanna receives larger
mail than any of his colleagues. 1t
fills bushel basket three times day.
A heather was originally dweller
on the German heaths, the last locali-
tian religion.
The number of eggs in cold storage
in the United States on October Is
was 720,000,O00; in value about S10,-
100000 worth.
In the early machines electricity was
generated by turning a large glass
wheel which rubbed against silken
band or cloth.
Most civilized nations begin the day
at midnight; astronomers and navi-
gators since the days of Ptolemy be-
gin it at noon.
Until recently medical missionaries
were the only doctors in Madagascar.
The capital now has a school of medi-
cine and a hospital.
In the quantity of annual rainfall
the continents rank as follows: South
America, Africa, North America, Eu.
rome Asia Australia
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-01-10
HOUSE FOR POULTRY.

and expensive buildings. This house
has the advantage also of being very
convenient to care for, as will be seen
by the illustration. The nest boxes
are in the upper part under the win
dows. (F) is the floor of the passage
way and (d) is the droppings board
with hinged door to open at the back
of the house, thus making it possible
to clean the droppings conveniently
without entering the roosting place.
The dimensions of building are as
follows: Front, nine feet high; back.
six feet. Upper story, front, six feet;
lower scratching room, three feet
The length and width dimensions to be
governed by size of tlocks kept.-Agri'
cultural Epitomist.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-01-10
HOUSE FOR REARING DUCKS.

habit to lay their eggs very early in
the morning, often before daylight;
for this reason they are driven into
the house at night, and kept shut in
till several hours after sunrise, to
prevent them from running about and
dropping their eggs on the ground
wherever they may be. Pekin ducks
are a kind of a machine; they seldom
lay an egg in nest, and will lay the
most of them in the water if allowed
their freedom and are not shut up
at night. We doubt if one out of five of
them would go into the house to lay
if they are allowed to run as they
please.
For these reasons they should have
q comfortable house that has a good,
dry earth floor. This should be COW
cred over with straw or dry meadow
grass for them to rest on at night.
During cold weather the house should
be closed up like the hen house. When
spring and warmer weather come, give
all the air and ventilation possible
while they are shut in. You will find
it necessary to drive them in at night,
or to give the evening meal within the
house, and shut them in while they
eat. The litter should be turned over
at least twice a week; it should be
put out in the sun once a week to air
and dry, and at this time the floor
should be cleaned and the litter put
back. We know that some who keep
ducks do not clean the houses all win
ter. With such care the ducks and
their eggs are always covered with
dirt.
For old or laying ducks, mix by
measure one-half corn meal, one
fourth wheat bran. the rest green
food, cooked vegetables and meat
scraps. Mix into this some coarse
sand, and mix all into dry mash food
with water. The green food should
be cut up into short pieces; green rye,
oats or clover is good for this. When
the ducks are not laying, feed light;
when laying, feed strong two or three
times a day; if they grow fat, feed
less corn meal and meat and more
bran. Always feed the ducks in
troughs or boxes. They should have
plenty of grit and oyster shell. The
sand that is mixed in their food is
good for digestion or grinding, but
they must have in addition to this
food grit or shell. Green cut bone OF
meat of any kind is good for them.
All animal food is better if cooked
for ducks.
Pekin ducks will do very we'll with
simply enough water to drink, and
thousands of them are raised that
never had chance to swim in water
at all. AT the same time, ducks that
are kept for breeders do better when
they have the chance to swim and wash
in the water.-Country Gentleman.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-01-10
MACHINE-MADE HENS.
In a New England Factory Chickens
Are Mechanically Hatched, Fed
and Picked.

The old-fashioned Plymouth Rock
hen considered she was faithfully do
| ing her duty if she laid about three
dozen eggs a year, but the modern
machine-made hen is afraid that her
head will GO off if she does not keep
| fashioned times she enjoyed the
honor of motherhood and was con-
| sidered of much greater Importance
than being an producing ma
chine. That was all changed with the
| introduction of the incubator system,
which not only cuts off several days
in the period of Matching, but does
the business in a generally more sat-
| isfactory manner than did the mother
hen.
Besides this there is the necessity
of system all around which leads to
the ultimate production of the manu-
featured chicken.
In one of the largest poultry-pro'
ducing places of the east a large
plant has recently been installed
which is probably the most perfect in
the world. The entire plant, in fact
is but one vast machine, each floor OF
| which is devoted to the chicken-pro'
| ducing business. On the top floor are
| located the incubators in which the
| unmatched eggs are placed on tray
and subjected to a heat of about sc
degrees. Beneath the tray, in which
are Matched about 1000 chickens a
day, are the brooders, and here in a
temperature of about 90 degrees the
chicks remain for 81 days. After be-
ing born one day feeding commences.
the fare being millet, ground oats and
canary seed. For the first week they
are fed five times day, the amount
of foot being gradually increased, al
though given less often, their diet be-
ing gradually changed to include the
coarser grains. By the rapid forcing
method of feeding adopted it takes
only a week or two to bring the
chicken to weight of two pounds.
The chicken is then taken to the
floor below, where a very limited
space is allowed for the running
around and where a number of cram
ming machines are located. The
crowded pens on this floor are the
first and last glimpse the modern
chicken catches of the world into
which it is born, for here it begins to
fatten rapidly, as the examining ma
chimes force en- abnormal quantity OF
food down it's throat. 1t takes from
two to four weeks to bring the
weight of these chickens up to about
six pounds, at which time they are
exactly in shape for market.
They are then removed to the floor
below where are the guillotines and
plucking machines. Here they are
disposed of more rapidly than in any
of the foregoing processes, the kill
ing and dressing being carried out
with the greatest speed possible, so
that the fowl may be placed in the
packing barrel as nearly warm as
possible and reach the market while
perfectly fresh.
1t is a surprising fact that the
products of this esta blishment re-
ceive better favor at the hands OF
poultry buyers in the large cities
than does the oldfashioned farm-fed
product. The owners of the plant
expect to make a fortune out OF
their enterprise and are really max
ing money fast already.-Boston Let
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1902-01-10
Education in Cuba.

Some idea of the important educational
reforms brought about and the wonderful
progress made since the island came under
American rule, can be obtained from their
exhibit at the Pan-American exposition re-
Gently, for which they were awarded nine
medals. There is also wonderful record
back of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, and one
that has never been equalled. 1t is a spe-
citc remedy for dyspepsia, indigestion, sick
headache and malaria, fever anda gue. Don't
fail to try it.