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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-02
Ito be continued.)
The Pool of Sloan.

For over ten years the Pool of ST.
loan has been only name. Visitors
to Palestine who visited this famous
spot of late years found that its heal
Ing waters had vanished. This was
a great blow to the inhabitants, but re-
Gently the waters of Sloan have been
made to flow once again, and there
has been great rejoicing in the hol
land. 1t appears that Jerusalem has
been especially short of water of late.
and 1t occurred to some of the inhabi-
tants of Sloan to try to find out
whether the spring which used to
supply the pool was really dry. Tons
of accumulated rubbish were cleared
away, and after about months work
the spring was found. The excavators
discovered behind some fallen rocks
an old aqueduct running away into the
valley of the Kedron, and into this
aqueduct the beautiful, cool, clear
water had run and been wasting for
years.-Sunday Companion.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-02
Angora Goats.

From Farmers Review: In reply to
D. A. Taylor's inquiries on Angora
goats, beg to say there is nothing
that will equal the Angora goat for
clearing up brush land. We are now
clearing up our second farm in five
years. The present farm consists of
500 acres. When we went on this farm
two years ago it was SO thickly COW
cred with underbrush that man on
foot could scarcely get through it.
This piece of land was located in a
section near here where cleared land
was selling for from $40 to SIS per
acre. Today this land is as clear of
underbrush as it is possible to make
It., and the blue grass is now coming
on. We paid 81 per acre for the land.
Any one can figure the profit for them
selves, in year from now, when in
place Of the brush there is good stand
of blue grass, instead of this land cost
ing So to $40 per acre to clear. The
Angora did it, and clothed and board
ed himself while doing it, to say moth
ing Of what he has done for us in 9th
er ways-breeding and SO forth. The
average cost of carload lots of graded
does is from $3.50 to $6 per hundred
weight. The cost of registered
does is from $40 to most any
price. Some does recently sold at
auction in Kansas City for $275;
these. of course. were prize win
ners. They are prolific breeders. some
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-02
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRI-
CULTURISTS.
Some Up-to-Date Hints About Guilt
walton of the Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures, viticulture and
Horticulture.
Distance Apart to Set Apple Trees.

Distance Apart to Set Apple Trees.
From Farmers Review: Again this
Same old subject has come up for a
rehearlng. If we are to Judge by the
divergence of opinions held by writer's
IN our various farm papers, it must
appear to novices a complicated ques-
tlon. l, for one, wish I had no more
difficult matters to deal with in horti-
culture. People know that their chill
dren have to nave clothes according
to their size. Different varieties Of
fruit trees differ very much as to the
size of their growth Location and eli
mate also play important parts. A
Talman Sweet in some of our middle
and eastern states would need -. least
forty feet each way. The same variety
grown in the northwest would not need
thirty feet each way. If one were set
ting out Tetofskys twenty feet each
way would be an abundance of room.
One rule cannot be made to apply to
all varieties and all locations. The
most approved plan for setting apple
trees in the northwest, and one quite
generally adopted here by our best in
formed norticulturists, as about this:
With the large growing varieties place
the rows thirty feet apart and set the
trees twenty .eet apart in the rows. l
refer to such varieties as Talman
Sweet, Plum's Cider, and Northwest
Greening. Varieties like Tetofsky and
Whitney can be set in rows twenty
feet apart, the trees being fifteen feet
apart in the rows. The rows should
run north and south, or, what is better
still, In the line of the sun in Febru-
airy. This plan has been thoroughly
tested here and this Arrangement of
Tho trees has proved to be very i'm
portant factor in protecting the trees
from sun killing, which has proved SO
detrimental to orchards in the north
west. Here we have too much hot
sun and dry air. In the eastern part
OF the country they have too much
cloudy, damp weather and not enough
sun. In setting apple trees one needs
to know his varieties and what each
one requires He must also understand
his location and climate. BY follow
ing this plan one can have the rows the
same distance apart east and west, but
can set the trees of smaller growth
closer together in the rows north and
south. This gives each variety its
proper space and aids very much in
making an orchard self-protecting.
EDISON GAYLORD.
Floyd County, Iowa.
Mr.. Gaylord says, "set the trees in
the line of the February SUM-" Did he
not intend to say the February sun
at certain hour?-Ed. F. r.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-02
Denmark a. a Hog Producer.

Denmark is becoming very active
rival of the United States as producer
Of hogs. In 1861 the swine population
of Denmark is given at 100000. By
1881 it had increased to I'll 900 and by
1898 the number was 1,168,000. 1t has
doubtless increased steadily during the
last three years, but the official figures
for those years are not at hand.
The prohibition of the importation
Of live hogs into Germany and the
United Kingdom, which countries were
Denmark's principal customers in this
line, resulted in the establishment or
slaughter houses In Denmark, and the
increase in the production of Danish
bacon and hams in recent years has
been phenomenal. The exports of
hams and bacon from Denmark have
grown from 9,12O,O00 Danish pounds in
1873 to 29,700,0O0 Danish pounds in
1898, the value Increasing from 4,110,-
900 kroner IN 1878 to 47,0S0,0O0 kroner
in 1898, the value of the kroner being
1858 cents.
There are now twenty-five co-opera-
tive slaughter houses in Denmark,
which in 1899 killed about 729, 900 head
of swine, at value of about 81, $50, 900
kroner (about $S,000,O00), and about
22,450 head of cattle for export, at a
value of about 100000 kroner. The
largest slaughter houses killed from
$4,000 to $1,000 pigs in 1899, and the
smaller from 5000 to 10000. In 1897
twenty-one slaughter houses were stat
ed as having been established, at a cost
of 3,543,000 kroner, and the number Of
persons sharing in the profits of these
twenty-one establishments was 41,72S.
Adding to these the two largest, those
of Odense and Holding, the first of
which cost 1,750,0O0 kroner, besides
two smaller slaughter houses and ex-
tensions for the slaughtering of cattle
for export and other objects, and the
total outlay amounts to 100000
kroner, and the total number of CO.
operators about $4,000.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-02
Two Kinds of Muck.

although muck is subject that has
been written about much, it is as yet
one that is only half understood by
many farmers that have, often I'M
known to themselves, bed of muck
available. One man says: Haul out
your muck and mix it with the manure
at once" Another says, "By no means.
Dig up your muck in the fall and let
it lie in ridges. SO that the frost can
work on it and through it." Both are
right, for each man is speaking Of
particular kind of muck.
In a muck bed will often be found
two kinds of muck. That on top seems
to be moist black soil. 1t is so friable
that it falls easily into disintegrated
mass. Such muck, if tested with lit
mus paper, will often show almost no
acid. Such is ready for composing
at once or to be applied to land de-
'hcient in humus. Its readiness for use
is perhaps due as much as anything to
the effect of the frosts of many win
ters.
Below the first layer of muck will
often be found cheesy mass. 1t In
sticky and is in that state of no value
for composing. 1t not infrequently
contains as high as so per cent Of wa
ter. If dug in the summer it dries out
hard and lumpy and is in that condi-
ton fit only for fuel, for which it is
used in some European countries. To
reduce it to an available fertilizer it
should be heaped in long ridges in the
fall and left to the action of the frost
till it has taken on the character of
that to which reference was made
above. 1t may then be composted or
used in it's character as humus
maker.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-02
Amer1can-Grown Glover Seed.


To the merits of American clover
seed the Secretary of Agriculture in
his annual report testifies as follows:
Owing to controversy in Europe re-
garding the relative value of American
and European clover seed, the depart
ment has undertaken some compare
tive experiments, the initial series of
which was conducted at Washington.
Many samples of clover seed of known
origin from the different countries of
Europe and from different parts of the
United States and Canada were grown
hay were made at suitable intervals
the product of each plat being care
fully weighed. These experiments,
which have now been under way for
two years, show conclusively that I'M
der the conditions existing here the
European red clover is decidedly infe-
rior in productiveness to the Ameri-
can. Apparently the American strain
is better adapted to the conditions of
bright sunshine, periodic heat, and
dryness that exist here. For the pur-
poses of our FARMERS, therefore, de-
cision of the question whether to use
American or imported seed is easily
reached. During the past year series
of supplementary experiments has
been started at typical selected areas
in different parts of the United States,
to see whether these results hold in
the principal cloyer-growing states"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-02
Elevation and Thermal Lines.

1t is currently supposed that in ev-
cry state the ATTITUDES of fruit growing
lie directly east and west and that a
single point can be fixed as the north
ern or southern limit of the produce
ton Of certain varieties. Such is not
the case. The heat lines govern them
selves largely by elevation. In the
state of Iowa, for instance, the fruiting
periods of the same varieties of fruit
move not directly north but is toward
the Northwest. 1t is said that the
northwest part Of Iowa is 1000 feet
higher than the southeast This alti-
tude means much in changed tempera-
t1,ra
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-02
Fish Are Like Moths.

Two Yale students have discovered
that electric light is the best bait for
fishing. AS a result of this discovery
the fishing industry promises to be
revolutionized. 1t has been found that
the rays of an electric light under the
water hypnotic the denizens of the
deep. When they see the rays they
flock to them like moth to flame,
and nothing can drive them away as
long as the light shines. If it is
turned off they scamper away in all
directions. A company has been
formed which proposes to enter into
the capture of fish by electric light
upon an extensive scale.-Kansas
City Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-02

treated before the rushing flood, there
by saving Lord Chugmough good
many thousand pounds, and probably
the lives of the crew as well.
And it is also known that when Sir
Galloping Grace and the other men,
bers of Lord Chugmough's party
turned their backs on the washed-out
city of Bolivar to return to Pedro
Francisco's hospitable plantation, the
Cheerway was already blowing the
waters of the subsiding Orinoco to re-
gain her deserted anchorage off Boil.
var.
Two days later, on beautiful clear
day, when the hot sun was beating
down on the decks, Captain Glover
stood on the bridge-his throne, and
more secure one than was the ambi-
ton of the false Philip of Aragon-
with the visor of his cap pulled low
over his eyes to shade them from the
glare, watching, with considerable
wonder and pleasure, the splendid
scenery of the north shore near which
he was running, the wonder being that
all nature could be so beautiful and
smiling SO soon after the tempestuons
experience of few days before.
Now and then Captain Glover raised
a pair OF glasses to his eyes and swept
the verdure-clad shore, noting the
many-colored flowers, which certainly
must have bloomed since the storm.
for they could not have lived through
it.
"Ah," he said to himself, giving a
characteristic grunt at the same time,
now l know where I am. 1 remem-
per that mountain. Now, that's
queer place for a mountain. It's al
ways been my opinion that a noun
tain Is necessarily a land animal. But
this is square in the river-sort of am
phibious mountain, as it WERE"
And smiling at his own Joke. the
captain continued to study the bold
outlines and lofty eminence of the
mountain that had attracted him.
which was no other than the Island of
the Clouds, which has already played
not unimportant part in the history
of some of our friends.
Every minute brought the rapid
yacht nearer to the mountain, and
after an hour or so Captain Glover
raised the glass again to take another
and closer survey.
The same day he rescued Dona
Maria, Jacinta and their American
protector and. the Cheerway bore them
up the Amazon to Bolivar.
In due time the yacht arrived at
Bolivar, and Medworth, seeing no SOL
diers of Philip near, made bold to re-
quest to be sent ashore that he might
make Inquiries concerning Castle Sal
varez, and also put in a few sly ques-
| lions to see if Jack Tempest was any
| where about.
| The information he received on
shore fairly staggered him with a
mixed emotlon--part joy, part grief.
Everybody in Bolivar knew all about
the battle on Carib Hill, and Medworth
listened with beating heart to the
story of the supposed death of Lola
Cara, the crafty treachery of Namam-
pa, the meeting Of Namampa and Lola
with Lord Chugmough on Carib Hill,
the subsequent attack by Mattazudo.
and the final misunderstanding which
resulted in the total humiliation of
both wings of Philips army. He also
heard with sorrow of the heroism and
death of his old comrade, and the joy
over the knowledge that Lola waa
alive and well was tempered with
grief over the death of his loyal
friend.
Ito be continued.)
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-02
Illinois Swine breeders to Meet.

The annual meeting of the Illinois
State Swine Breeders and Association
of Expert Judges will be held at Be-
ment, Illinois, Jan. z and s, 1902. The
meeting will convene at p. m. of the
7th. Competent persons will read pa
pers on the various phases of swine
breeding. The forenoon Of the 9Th will
be taken up with scoring practice. In
the afternoon the regular institute
work will be again taken up. The eve
ming of the 9Th will be devoted to the
regular business of the association and
a literary entertainment. At the close
of this session the regular banquet will
be held. The association is by far the
largest of its kind in the state. At
each convention the number in attend
ance reaches into the hundreds. The
Wabash Railroad has granted a rate
Of 1-3 fare for the round trip from all
points on its line, regardless of the
number attending. Swine breeders
should take notice, and it is hoped that
many of them will be at the meeting.
The program will appear later.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-02
Agriculturlsts of Norway.

Sixty per cent of the population of
Norway live by agriculture, Is per
cent by manufacturing and numbering,
10 per cent by commerce and trade, S
per cent by mining and the remainder
are in the professions and the army
and navy, and engaged in different
employments.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-02
Good Training.

Surface see that nearly all the
rich men of today began their careers
by teaching school. Deepun-Yes;
man who succeeds along with an av-
erage lot Of school directors can make
his way anywhere.-New York Week.
ly.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-02

1t makes all the difference in the
world whether our religion is an inner
force or an outer fashion.-Ram's
Horn.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-02

Popularity is measured in Paris BY
the sale of gingerbread ef6gies. The
dirigible balloon man leads the list at
present
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-02
Cuba-Wind and dry weather h.

Cuba-Wind and dry weather have
seriously interfered with the trans
planting of tobacco plants in many
parts of Cuba. The cool dry weather
has fastened the maturing of the main
crop Of cane and grinding will soon
begin. The drouth is not beneficial to
young cane. however. Corn is being
planted in southeastern Havana.
In 1899 the number OF horses slaugh-
tered for food in Vienna was $3.50.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-02
CHAPTER XVIII.

It has already been seen how the re-
doubtable sailing master Of the yacht
CheerWay pulled up anchor, and re-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-02

A man we'll versed in horticultural
lore tells the Farmers Review that
most of the fruits and vegetables grown
in hot houses out of their season are
of exceedingly poor flavor, though they
bring fancy prices on the markets. He
says: Cucumbers thus grown have the
color of cucumbers and the shape Of
cucumbers, but that is all. The same
is true of tomatoes, which have the
ruddy cheeks of those grown in the
open fields but lacking almost entirely
their flavor. Nevertheless, the real
test is, from the fruit-grower's stand
point, what they will bring in the
market, and judged by that test, the
growing of fruit out of season Ia to
be encouraged.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-02
Keeping Seed Potatoes.

From the Farmers Review: do not
dig my potatoes till late in the fall.
when l dig them and put them in
boxes containing bushel each. These
put into the cellar. 1t is necessary
to keep the temperature in the cellar
as low as possible, and to do this l
keep the cellar windows open at night
till the weather gets so cold that there
would be danger of freezing the pota-
toes. In the spring, if l find l have
any to spare, l send them to market
A. Alison. Sangamon County. Illinois.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-06

Those promoters of Texas OIL
companies who are chasing up and
down the range of the oil country
with their 80 miles of territory, clay
tanks and marvellous yield of per-
centages of products from their oil,
do not seem to inspire that degree
of confidence that their long resi-
dence In the oil country and their
experiences Ia the producing bust
ness should entitle them. The
belief prevails that they have either
become contaminated by associa-
ton with a class of adventures
whose sole aim Is 10 fleece the pub
lie or else they are laboring under
the burdens of a load that will
break their backs. They do not
find the crop of investors In Texas
propositions as large as formerly
and the crop of suckers that are
born every minute" seem to have
been effectually worked by the
Standard Oil Company and other
bunco steering trusts.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-06

1t Is a pleasure to note that some
clergyman have the courage to dis
cuss the attributes which constitute
Christians In an open and fearless
manner. Rev. DIR: Rainsford of
New York Is one of this class. In
commenting on one of his recent
differences the New York Ameri-
can and Journal has the following:
Zone can admire DR.. Rainsford
for his candor without indorsing his
Judgment In holding up Andrew
Carnegie as peculiar offender.
"Mr. Carnegie Is no worse than
any other business man who takes
advantage of the laws help TO en-
rich himself through the tariff
at Is robbery. of course. But 1t
Is legalized robbery under a sys-
tenn which has been approved by
the people at the polls.
IF the people are being robbed
by the tariff 1t is not Mr.. Carnegie's
fault, nor anybody's bat the PEG.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-06

We have received a communities
ton In answer to a letter which
appeared In the Star last week,
signed, we believe, by Mr.. Mere
dith. Our correspondent takes
umbrage at the statement In the
latter to the Star about calling Mr..
Hickman's friends "Mossbacks +"
The contest Is now over. Mr..
Meredith had right to support
Mr.. Long and In doing so It's pos
sible he has said things he regrets
and would not say except
In the heat of a red hot
campaign. While he was writ
Ing 1t must be remembered
the other side were pouring In
some hot remarks about Long.
It's now ali over and let 1t be for
gotten. Let the matter end. Any
further controversy would do no
good and only make matters worse.
Let's have peace. Besides, It's
mighty bad policy to want to kick
at a man when he Is down. Mr..
Long and his friends did every
thing In their power to win and SC
did Mr.. Hickman and his friends,
We won out with hands down, SC
we can afford to be gracious. Cut
vut all bad feelings and let's all be
friends again.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-06

The beef trust isn't concerning
itself about the situation. If the
people won't buy the high priced
meats the trust economies by dis
charging Its workmen. More than
1000 men were discharged In the
Chicago yards last week. Cattle
have deprecated about one cent a
pound and as there are no buyers
of the great western herds except
the packers the western farmers
are now feeling the effects of the
trusts determination to win at all
hazards.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-06
Thousands sent Into Exile.

<
Every year. a large number of
poor sufferers whose lungs are sore
and racked with coughs are urged
to go to another climate But this
Is costly and not always sure. Don't
be an exile when Dr.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption will
cure you at home It's the most
infalNble medicine for coughs, colds
and all throat and lung diseases on
earth. The FIRST, dose brings relief.
Astounding cures result from per-
sistent use. Trial bottles free at
D. A Hendershot's drug store.
Price soc and 81. Every bottle
guaranteed.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1902-05-06

The proposition to hold Street
Fair meets with the Reviews hearty
appreciation. We have fine stores
here of all kinds, and anything that
will bring the people to our city is
a good thing. We should land
that Fair here but we suggest that
If 1t is possible we have 1t the
Fourth of July. We will want to
celebrate the Fourth and why not
do so by having the Street Fair.