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away from home for q long time. to
make him sorry for IT,"
"Oh. papa. has he been In prison?
asked Winifred In an awed tone.
The Governor nodded: then he told
them how very surry Jenner had been
for the wrong he had done. and they
were letting him out before his SEN
tence was out. on account Of his good
behavior. He had been to see Jenner
and had shown Bobby's letter 10 him.
and Jenner had cried like baby over
II.
When the children showed the Gov
ernor the huge bundle they had ready
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-11-26
THANKSGIVING At GRANDMOTHER'S
AN ACR0STIC
Hslen II. Richardson

She folded this inside Bobby's letter.
fastened the corners Of the brown en-
velope with mucilage, addressed it
properly. and taking stamp from her
own stamp book put Il on the corner.
She took out her purse and counted
her scanty savings: then she put n
dime in the stamp drawer and put n
special delivery stamp on the brown
envelope. TOO.
The Governors mail was brought to
him Mt breakfast time. In the package
was the queer brown envelope. and
the Governor opened II first out Of
curiosity. He read 1t through once
and smiled. He read II again and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-11-26

Money flowing in all directions.
everybody Is happy and paying Off his
debts. our merchants are all smiles
and their clerks polite rs Chester.
field: the married ladies look ten years
younger: the old men are out Of the
grunts: The little kids rs frisky as q
jay: the cooks prepare meals on time
without n frown. and you borrow
money without any explanation OF
your financial standing.-Atlanta Con.
stitutioD.
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leach the holes where the big folks
but their letters"
The girl told him to run along home
Ind try to be patient. and maybe the
answer would come yet before Thanks.
Ewing.
She hastened back to her window.
and pulling out the stamp drawer
reached in behind 1t and found a
rrumpled paper. 1t was Bobby's let
ker to the Guv'nor.
1t dropped out Of the envelope into
her lap. and she read the pitiful ap-
peal: then taking q sheet of paper she
wrote:
Dear Sir: This important letter has
been mislaid In our Office. but I hope
a ID not too late for you to answer II
before Thanksgiving.
Yours very truly.
''TFy GIRL AT THE OFFICE WINDOW.
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Horacs Grecler and Coffee.

On one occasion. when DR.. Cuylet
was pastor of q church In Trenton.
y. j.. he had as guest at table Horace
Greeley. who had come over to make
D speech at 4 political convention. In
the course Of the meal Mrs. Cuyler
asked the editor II he would take cof.
fee. His droll reply was: II hope to
drink coffee. madam. In heaven, but ]
cannot stand It in this world"
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Uncle SANS Waste Basket.

A little more than 100000 pieces Of
mail turned up at Uncle Sans dead
letter Office last year. Letters and
parcels to the number Of $4,000 were
opened, yielding $4,000 In cash and
commercial paper Of an aggregate
face value of $1,399,926. Yet there
are some people cruel enough to say
that husbands who neglect to mail
their wives letters are the most ab.
sent. minded people on earth. II will
be consoling to the maligned to know
there are others.-Omaha Bee.
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When q woman Is dead sure 1t isn't
q burglar. but cat, she makes her
husband 60 down stairs to see about
II so as to be able to brag how brave
he is.-New York Press.
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En~,.na.. High Price Of Living.

England's High Price Of Living.
Consular prices from England are
to the effect that the increased cost OF
living there keeps parallel with the
pronounced advance in food prices In
the United States.
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Feed Him.

II you want TO win the gratitude OF Q
dog, feed him; as to men. the material
difference Is the quality Of the food
Baltimore News.
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Tha Imna.tans Thing.

In the social swim life preservers
are not so important as reputation
preseryers.-New York Press.
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Beware OF Ointments For Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,

C0nthiu Mercuryp
as mercury will surely destroy the sense oil
smell and completely derange the whole sys.
tenn when entering It through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable ply
sicians, as the damage they will do Is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured
by F. J. Cheney 4 Co.. Toledo, o.. contains
no mercury, and Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
OF the system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure to get the genuine. 1t Is taken In
ternally, and Is made In Toledo. Ohio, by F.
J. Cheney l. Co. Testimonials free.
c5Sold by Druggists: price, 75c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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A Love Affair.

Take some Imagination. mix with q
little passion, bottle 1t up-and you
have q love affair.-New York Press.
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FITspemanently cured. No Ats or nervous.
pess after first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
NeryeRestorer. s2trial bottle and treatisefrse
Dr.R.H KLINE, Ltd. 93l Arch st., Phila., Pa.
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Mrs. winslow's Soothing syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces tnhamma-
tion allays pa.n, Gu res wind collie. 25c. bottle
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The empty.headed fellow demonstrates
that there is plenty Of room at the top.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-11-26

PUTNAM FADELEss Dyes do not stain
the hands or spot the kettle, except green
and purple.
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lido not believe Piso's Cure for Consump.
ton has an equal for coughs and colds-JonS
r. BorxR, Trinity Springs, Ind. Feb. IS. 1900.
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Many a fellow who is blind to his own
interests Is always looking for trouble.
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CURIOUS FACTS.

DR.. James B. Thornton. Of Boston.
who has the finest collection Of small
arms owned by a private individual
In the United States. has just secured
a knife fully 5000 years old from the
mining lands OF the Central West.
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Absence makes the heart grow fondel
Of the people who bore you.
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Johnson's Happy Pills are manufactured
blythe Happy Medicine Co.. Borough OF Rich
mord, n. Y. City. They are highly recon-
mended for malaria and chills and fevers.
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A combination of chain makers wa
formed in Cleveland, Ohio, recently.
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by PerunA many years ago
have been eager to recommend Peruna TO
their friends ever since. This is the way
Peruna 10 advertised. Il advertises itself.
It's merits are it's chief advertisement: Once
cured Of % distressing and exa.perating z
malady a. catarrh II becomes the. duty OF
every one to pass it along, 20 call the atten'
ton of those who are still victims 70
remedy that rarely fails to cure.
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A German inventor has produced M
instrument to assist people to swal.
low pills. A small apparatus Is placed
in the mouth so that the open tube
goes close to the throat. the end Is
pressed and the pill is on its travels be.
fore the taker Is aware of the fact.
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Europe has 5000 births and 2i,oet
deaths daily.
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A company Of half a hundred Phfla.
delphians have had the novel expert.
ence Of eating luncheon at the top Of
q brick smokestack 275 feet high. The
smokestack. which Is the largest OF Its
kind in the United States. has been
built for the Southern Electric Light
and Power Company. at Christian
street and the Schuylkill. The inside
diameter Of the stack at the Nop IL
eighteen feet. About FIVE feet below
the rim a platform was built, and on
this long table laden with good things
to eat was placed. There was chicken
higher than It ever few before-in
the delectable form of salad, and there
were sandwiches which had gone up1n
an unprecedented way. and coffee, aud
olives, and such things.
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Procrastination is o word that carries
wait.
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Beware OF Cheap limitations OF Pc
ru.us...13e Sure That You Ge'
Pe.ru.nS,

There are no substitutes for Peruna. Al
low no one to persuade you that there i:
something Just g good. The success OF
Peruna has tempted many people. to devise
cheap limitations. Beware Of them. Be
Miss jennie DriscoIl, $40 Putnam ave-,
Brooklyn, N. Y, writes:
II heard 20 much in praise Of Peruna
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One Of the most curious lawsuits on
record Is reported from San Diego. Cal.
The plaintiff Is q Yuma Indian named
Aqua His. and the defendant is one j.
8. Spear, an Indian agent. He asserts
that while held a prisoner by Spear.
the latter cut his hair of. thereby de-
priving him of his proper standing In
the Yuma tribe. Of which he was a
chief. because the Yuma Indians. 1t
seems. set great store by their hair.
He wants $4,000 damages.
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A chicken recently hatched In Wads.
worth. London. was well provided for
In the way Of different members Of
he body. notwithstanding. or perhaps
If which it soon died. 1t had two
beaks, three eyes. FIVE claws on the LEFT
foot and four on the right, and three
sets Of brains.
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Bread Is the staff Of life. but some
people prefer the roll Of fame.
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recommend IL TO
neighbor. Peru n .
cures catarTh perma-
nently, and thi. way.
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Glass houses of a very substantial
kind can now be built. Silesian glass
makers are turning out glass bricks
for all sorts OF building purposes,
claiming for them such advantages as
variety of shape. free transmission OF
light. strength. cheapness and general
adaptability. When complete diffusion
Of light Is needed. rs in factories. con-
servatories. courtyards, ETC.. they are
specially suitable.
A curious and interesting peach has
turned up among the collections Of
fruit trees growing on the grounds OF
the Massachusetts, Agricultural COL
lege at Amherst. This is the fruit
known to pomological experts as the
Peen.to peach. The fruit Is about the
size of q Tangerine orange, but much
more oblate. In fact. II Is almost rs
dat as the proverbial pancake. The
Peen.to peach comes to this country
from Southern China. >.....
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-24
Dekalb.

Long creek was the highest for the
season last week.
Roland Branaman has finished haying
and has about s%eventy-five acres Of tim
othy to cat for seed.
Much hay was damaged by the heavy
rain last week and some of the roads on
the mail routes were impossible.
Mail carrier of route No. 2from Grand
River. turned back when he came TO Sand
creek and.could not get to Westeryille.
The biggest rain of the season visited
us Thursday night. Five inches of
rain fell.
Levi Johnson of Zula. Oklahoma,
writes that he has fifty acres of wheat
that will make twenty bushels to the
acre. They have sold $3.50 worth of eggs
and raised two hundred chickens.
Levi has many friends in Decatur Co.
who will be glad to hear of his prosperity.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-24
Center.

Uncle Henry Peas is on the sick list.
Mrs. Willis Frost visited with her son
Lawrence last Monday.
Miss Minnie DERRICK had business at
Leon the first of the week. She will
teach the Kingston school.
Mr.. Leeper has been putting in a
bridge near e. Hull's this week.
Monday found US viewing the high
water and milling some at Davis City.
The heavy rains did not hurt the crops
much in that vicinity. We met Milton
Lindsey down there and We learned
from him that an old scloolmate we
knew as Hetty Rogers is visiting at Da-
Wis City, after An absence of 20 years.
She is now married.
Mrs. Molly Gardner returned from her
trip out to the western part of the state
last Monday.
George Gray was out IN Center this
week tuning pianos.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-24
High Point.

Mrs. George Porter, of Alton, is here
visiting her mother, Mrs. j. d. Com.
stock.
A lady from Leon was here last week
doing some fine artists work.
Mrs. John Hinebaugh was the guest of
w. w. Warrington and family one day
last week.
Sam Mendenhall, of Oklahoma, came
last week for a short visit with his
mother at this place.
Claude Stiles is painting for l.. Sears
this week.
A big rain visited this place last
Thursday night and did considerable
damage to the small grain and hay.
Lewis Sears and family had business
in Leon Saturday.
Edwin Raines, who has been danger
ously ill for some time, is thought to be
some better.
Mrs. B. Smith, of Leon, is visiting her
sister, Mrs. G. A. Konklin, this week.
Herbert Bailey, who has been quite
sick, is able to be out again.
We notice some of our Woodland
young men were in these ports Sunday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Morton, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. P. Truitt took dinner with AL.
bert Northrup and family Sunday.
Rev. Newland filled his regular ap.
pointment here Sunday.
MI. and Mrs. Otis Metz visited the
%latter's parents Sunday.
Grace Cartwright spent Saturday
night and Sunday with her friend Grace
Bailey.
John konklin and family took dinner
with l.. Sears Sunday.
B. Cunningham and family of Wayne
county, were in these parts Sunday.
Pete Parker, Of Brandy, was the guest
OF Hugh Morris Sunday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-24
Treat your Kidneys for
Rheumatism.

When you are suffering from rheuma.
tism, the kidneys must be attended to
at once so that they will eliminate the
uric acid from the blood. Foley's Kid
ney Cure is the most effective remedy
for this purpose. r. L. Hopkins, of
Polar, Wis, says, CATER unsuccessfully
doctoring three years for rheumatism
with the best doctors, | tried Foley's
Kidney Cure and it cured me. / cannot
speak too highly of this..great medicine"
Sold bv w. A. Alexander.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-24
Saves A Woman's Life.

To have given up would have meant
death for Mrs. Lois Cragg, of Dorchester,
Mass. For years she had endured untold
misery from a severe lung trouble and
obstinate cough. "Often", she writes,
81 could scarcely breathe and some
times could not speak. All doctors and
remedies failed till l used DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption and
was completely cured" Sufferers from
Coughs, Colds, Throat and Lung Trouble
need this grand remedy, for it never
disappolnts. Cure is guaranteed by
j.. Van. Werden, Price, SOC and Sl.0J
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-24
Masquerade Party.

Miss Bessie Brazelton, of Decatur, as.
sisted by Miss Zetta Springer, entertain
ed their many friends at masquerade
party at the home of the former last
Saturday night. The evening was ideal
and the beautiful lawn had been espec.
tally ARA nged and Illuminated for the
occasion.
About nine o'clock the guests in their
mysterious CARDS commenced to as
semble and ere long the premises were a
mass of disguised figures which caused
the sober c%ountenances OF some of the
older people, who had assembled as
spectators, to smile and take on the ex-
preston Of the days of their youth, re-
minding all present that "a little nom
sense now and then is relished by tn e
best of men,"
After some time had been spent in
trying to get acquainted with each other
1t was announced that the main feature
OF the evening would be a mock we'd
ding and the guests assembled to well
come the wedding party. To the tune of
"Yankee Doodle the bride and groom,
with their attendants, took their stand
in front of the audience. Scarcely had
the sweet strains of the wedding march
died upon the air when the attendants
OF the bridal party sang "little Annie
Rooney" with a might and main which
added to the general merriment of the
occasion. 1.-The Great High Priest
then stepped forward and with a some.
what lengthy ceremony which was filled
with many VOWS, promises and pledges,
pronounced the couple man andwoman.
Congratulations were next: ia order.
after which ice cream and axe were
served to theinvitea guests which num-
bered about one hundred. among the
many amusing features of the evening
none seemed to be enjoyed more than
the unmasking, which was done after
the guests were seated at the table, as
was the cake walk given by Miss Ona
Riley. The remainder of the evening
was spent with games, songs and music.
a I'D no one thought of going home until
the clock gave its solemn warning that
the day of rest had arrived. The guests
then departed feeling that at the Brazel-
ton home they were always sure of a
hearty welcome and a royal good time.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-24
Garden Grove.

Mr.. and Mrs. James Jones returned to
Leon Monday.
Sheldon Norton who came up from
Leon Saturday returned Monday,
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Cackler came Mon.
day to visit Mr.. and Mrs. RatliH.
Stephen Radnish of Davis City came
Saturday and returned Monday.
Rev. and Mrs. E. G. Newland and
niece Vera Taylor went to Villisca Mon
day to visit Mr.. Newland's parents.
Last Friday morning the water in
Weldon creek west of town wa the
highest it has been in years. 1t was
within about six inches of the high wa.
ter mark. Much damage vas done to
crops, especially oats and hay,
Agnes Hughes who has been visiting
her cousin, Mrs. Joe Layman, returned
to Indianola Monday.
Ed Alexander of Leon came Monday
On business.
Rev. Matthews of Weldon will preach
at the Methodist church next Sunday
morning.
Prof. A. l.. Lyon came last week and
is making arrangements for the opening
of the public schools.
Mrs. Jones of Leon came Saturday to
visit her brother, Mat Jones.
Miss Nellie Campbell came up from
Missouri Saturday to visit old friends
and relatives.
Miss Cricket who has been visiting her
grandmother Mrs. Bunney and other
relatives went to Andover the latter
part of last week.
MIR. and Mrs. Greene and children
went to Lovilla Friday, Mrs. Greene be-
ing called by the serious illness of her
father. MIR. and Mrs. Henry Bledsoe
will take charge of the hotel during
their absence.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-24
Crop Bulletin.
For WEEK ENDING July 81, 100:
nEc Nn1Nrc Iowa

Dies MONIES, Iowa.
The week was s%easonably warm, with
two to three fair days for haying and
harvesting on dry upland. General
rains occurred on the 18th t. 18th, and
severe local windstorms with heavy
downpours swept over extensive areas in
the southwest, south central, southeast
and east central districts, causing dam
age to small grain, corn and hay crops
that cannot as yet be estimated.
The most damaging effects were
wrought in the section southeast of a
line from Page to Dubuque; but nearly
all parts of the state suffered some dam.
age from excessive moisture. The worst
feature of the crop situation is noted in
the reports from all districts that the
grain crops are ready to harvest and the
fields are too wet to be entered by har
v%esters. Oats are badly lodged in one.
fourth to one.half of the area seeded.
Wheat and oats are generally we'll filled,
and the damage by rust is not very
great; but the situation is critical, and
normal weather is imperatively needed
to save these crops. The reports indi.
cate that corn has suffered least damage,
and the condition of that great staple in
well cultivated fields is still quite
promising. Much hay is yet uncut, and
much has been spoiled after being cut.
Parturage is bulky but mott in prime con
dition for stock in the flooded regions.
Apples are badly windfallen in many
localities.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-24
Vest Eden.

The rain last night did a good deal of
damage to farmers, washing their fences
away and their corn, Some farmers liv-
ing near the river lost considerable
stock.
Miss Lulu Harmon has returned from
visiting ear P%Iessanton.
Several of the young folks from this
vicinity will attend the Woodman pic
mic at Pleasanton Friday and Saturday.
There was quite a wreck on the X. &
w. near Blockley, last week.
Mr.. aad Mrs. Chosen Campbell visit
ed with their son William one day last
week.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-24
Tuskeego.

Rev. Smith filled his regular appoint
ment at this place Sunday.
Little Ruth and James Percy haye
been on the sick list the past week.
Miss Fannie Fowler Of Elk Greek is
assisting Mrs. Ed Scott during harvest
times.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ryan spent Sunday at
j.. NJ. Smiths.
Bessie Fosdick spent Tuesday night
with Fay Rhodes.
Mr.. o. Gleason and family spent Sun.
day at Rev. q. w. Smiths.
Lou Barnes spent the past week visit.
ing home folks at this place. :
Frank Fosdiek and wife who have
deem here the past few weeks visiting
relatives, left Monday for their new
home in Cambria, Iowa.
Mrs. Abba Tapscott and daughter
Blanche Of Lamont, was a guest at Mrs.
A. A. Piercy's Sunday.
James Buoy and wife OF Lamoni and
Grandpa and Grandma Payton, took
dinner at Marion Marshall's Sunday.
Quite a number from this place attend
ed the Sunday School picnic at Baker,
Sunday.
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