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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-17
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blessing to the body in DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. which positively cure consti-
patton. sick headache, dizziness, jaun.
dice, malaria, fever and agus and all
liver and stomach troubles. Purely
vegetable; never grippe or weaken. Only
25c at Van Werden's drug store.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-17
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Locals cents per line each insertion.
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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 Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-17

Director Sage, Of the Iowa weather and
crop service. ia preparing to begin issu-
ing the weekly bulletins of the service
the 18th of the month, containing COM
piets crop reports from every part of
the ststs. He has already received pre-.
liminary reports from nearly al the crop
reporters of the state. II have not
known soil conditions to be any better
at any time in past years than pow," he
says. 1.-THE ground went into the win.
ter very dry and every particle of the
soil is soft and pulverized. We have
not as much water in the ground now as
usual. and some farmers have begun to
complain in advance for fear OF another
drouth, but conditions are similar to
those in the spring of 1895, when We
had fine crop year. There has been
much fine weather in March, ahead of
the normal here in Iowa. We may
have backward April, but certainly the
season has thus far been most excellent.
The farmers are far ahead with their
work, more plowing has been done than
usual. and preparations for seeding are
we'll advanced in every part Of the
state.''
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-02-08
The koHlNooR DIAMOND.
History of the Famous Gem that Will
Adorn AleXandra's Crown.

II i. ~
History of the Famous Gem that Will
Adorn AleXandra's Crown.
1t having been stated that Queen
Alexandra will wear the Kohinoor dia-
mond at King Edwards coronation,
there is a revival OF interest in the fas-
einating story of the finest diamond in
the world and valued at ten million
dollars.
More than $50 years ago this diamond
was found in India Tradition says
Nadir Shah, the Afghan, who cor
quered the reigning Mogul, won it from
the vanquished ruler by trick. The
potentate was accustomed to secrete
the stone in his turban. A woman re-
vealed the secret to Nadir Shah, who
when he met the Mogul, proposed
friendly courtesy that the latter should
exchange turbans with him. The Mo-
thus lost the magnificent stone. In the
early part of the nineteenth century
the English forced the occupant of the
throne to surrender the revenues to
England and become an English sub
iect, receiving an annual annuity. This
ruler was boy and in signing the doc
uments unwittingly transferred the
Kohinoor to tue English crown. 1t was
then taken to England. When the boy
was grown to manhood he wrote a let
ter to Victoria asking for the return
of the diamond, claiming that he had
been swindled out of it. His letter was
never answered.
The famous stone has been greatly
changed. In the sixteenth century, it
is said, the diamond weighed 1913 carats.
One hundred years later a French tray
eler says it weighed $50 carats, because
of unsklllful cutting. 1t weighs now
but 1927 carats, having been recut by
order of Victoria. A famous lapidary
from Amsterdam was brought to En-
gland, and special machinery was EN-.
ployed. Victoria wore the diamond
only on rare occasions, it being in the
form of brooch The stone will be
remounted and set in crown for Alex
andra. F- t1
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-02-08
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Queen me- Theater.

London, Feb. 3.-King Edward and
Queen Alexandra, with large suite, Wis
tied the Lyceum theater Saturday night to
witness the performance of ''Sherlock
Holmes" Their majesfies' entrance was
the signal for an enthusiastic demonstrl-
ton on the part of the large audience, at
which the king and queen were apparently
greatly pleased, the king bowling again and
again The royal party seemed delighted
with the play and at the end of the third
act King Edward sent for Mr. Gillette and
complimented him upon the performance.
At the end of the play the king again sum-
moned the actor and warmly shook, him
by the hand, thanking him for delight
full evening. A great crowd waiting out
side the theater cheered their majesties as
There has been d wonderful change in
the aspect of theatrical affairs here and
the majority Of the theaters are now at
floodtide of success. Old favorites like
kitty Grey" "Sherlock Holmes" and
Crooks and Frllsp continue to draw over
flowing audiences, while every one of this
weeks productions, has. been equally sue
cessful, Plays 4 hose success on the first
hight seemed doubtful are all sharing in
the general prosperity. The visits>of the
king and queen and other members of the
royal family to the theaters this week
have added Interest 10 the productions
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-02-08
/ be your friend, Believe me always

] be your friendi Believe me always
so. Good-nightv'
SO he left her, and each retreating
footstep sounding on her ear sounded
the deathknell Of the fair hopes she had
once more permitted herself to build,
and upon the baftied plans which lay
shipwrecked and stranded. But ah! as
sweetest music, they steal upon the
presence of one who had so mourned
their absence. Darling, were those
tears for me| he says, kissing the
drops still wet upon her cheek My
engagement ended earlier than l ex-
pected, and had to come to you before
| slept. My darling, my darling" wip-
ing tenderly the flushed cheeks. God
grant | may never cause you to shed
another tear"-New Y DIRK Ledger.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-02-08
FOUR IMAGES OF T1E MOON.
Odd Reflections of Luna Can Be Seen
e in a Mirror, ~

#.#e in a Mirror. - ss.-
Some night when the moon is at it's
full and the air is free from haze go
outdoors with hand mirror and hold
it so that the moons image will fall
on it. Make the experiment, prefera-
bly,, when the moon is we'll up in the
heavens. @4 lA. DtH2l~ 1"#
Instead of seeing one image, as you
will expect, you will see four. One Of
these images will be very bright, but
the other three win be dull, like I'M
FURNISHED silver. They will be in a
straight line, one of the dull images
on one side of the bright image and
two on the other side of It, Turn the
mirror slowly around and the images
will appear to reyolye around a com
mon center
The explanation of this queer little
phenomenon may lie found In the fact
that there are two surfaces in mir
ror, one in front and the other in the
back, where the quicksilver is.
The brightest of the images Is from
the moon itself; the others are what
are known as secondary images, re-
fected from the front to the back of
the mirror. and thence to the eye.
Ia similar experiment may be made
with the planets Venus, Jupiter and
Mars, or with any of the first magni-
tude stars, such as Sirius, Capella, Are
turus, Vega and Antares.fdW 53H
re- The planets and the stars, however,
make only three images, the number
Of images depending on the breadth of
the object "A perfectly clear night is
essential sds -53ftoo.1f -,ff,t,,tt,l.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-02-08
Girls School in Russia. d

The, first girls school. in Russia for
Russian Mohammedans was opened at
Baktt on oct 20. The SCHOOL, which
IS under the patronage of the Czaritsa,
owes It's existence to the Iiberallty of
a Baku merchant, who contributed a
sum of 125 900 rotibles towards It's con-
stfuctfongi sItTbegins pits careeruwith
fifty-eight resident pupils from various
parts of the empire.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-02-08
WASHINGTON NEWS.

'WAON NEWS.
FRANK Bell and Jack Ferris, two
young men of Meyers Falls, are report
ed missing.
Spokane will be the meeting place
IN 1903 for the Northwest Fruitgrowers
association.
Inc Great Northern railway has tax
en- over the operation of the Seattle &
Northern road. aaas -. >.
2 Henry Arrasmith, a pioneer of
whitman county and of the Pacific
coast, is dead, eas.a-.-> ....,v
81 news OF the sudden death of C..
Grant Perkins, formerly of Seattle, in
dawson, has been received.
Governor Henry Mcbride has made
the announcement that 1t was his in
tention to retain the present adjutant
general { G 70 ~9fT .Y~-TTy yr
The ofiee>of state grain Inspector
has been, rendered to- John w. Arras-
NTH of Whitman county. by Governor
Mcbride.
79oveFnor Mcbride has announced
the selection of Grant Neal of Skagit
county~to be a member of the state
board of control.
III William Ii. Lewellyp, formerly Of
Pittsburg, Pa, a sWitehman, commit
ted suicide, at Seattle by taking car
Eboic acid. A
st. John Dix, the alleged bank wreck
er, who was arrested in London, has
arrived at Whatcom in custody of the
sheriff and will be held for trial.
An earthquake and landslide occur
red in the Olympic mountains, in the
western portion of Jenerson county,
just prior to the big storm of last
week.
Ten Chinese market gardeners on
the Duwamish river near Van Asset,
We're bound and gagged by a gang OF
tramps, who looted their cabin In
in search for money recently.
} There are AIT persons working for
the city, the county and the national
government in Spokane. They are paid
annually total of $3SS,000 That
does not include school teachers.
JohA L lllOboOu, VI w dlld w ala, dS6u
68, known as BLACK Jack" is dead.
He was one of the pioneers of the val
ley. Death was due to paralysis.
AT South Bend last week Lum Yu,
the Chinaman who murdered Oscar
Bloom at Bay Center, August 9Th, last,
was hanged in the court house yard.
Henry E. Rogers, until recently dep
uty county auditor of King county, left
his wife and fed the city with Miss
Jessie Keith, who was employed as
stenographer in the auditors office.
Governor Mcbride has pardoned Ar
thur L. Ferry, sentenced April IL, 1901,
to one year in the penitentiary from
King county, for burglary. With good
time allowance, Ferry's time would ex
pire in few days, blu. the pardon was
granted to restore the rights of citi
zenship. - - ess-. -, sss5s.s
The farmers of Thorn creek have or
ganized the Oakesdale and Thornton
rural telephone line and will have a
barb wire line from UaKesdale to the
Cashup Davis place, thence to Thorn
ton, connecting there with the line to
Pine city and Rosalia and also with
the Huntly line to Cottonwood and
Pleasant Valley.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-02-08
ssebatal Explosion in Mines,

-
-,,, e. bO'ris, Feb. ga special to the
uiOOe' democrat from San Antonio, Fex.y
w. .Woo% g.tv,e5 t,o,
yInyYe miners killed and rs more
suiiso under debris is the awful record
a ,.saY agA dust yexploaioa at the Hondo
Jsss "a m Aexide, news Of which was re-
''1eo mere Saturday night 2 A'v 81"
~. AZ .ae time the explosion occurred there
a =, iOo miners at work in the mine, all
inc mum We're entdmbed by, the shaft, ,beI
NESS S Srphep up by falling earth and stone
ara 5 S, oy the explosion Just how many
a., 1eau Is not at this time known. hut at
SsJ 8 counts ~ received here by wire Satur-
Il "'siu 80 bodies had 9Been (fecoSeSedI
lSStissa4aa e 9 that the, death list will be
s'satiy over 1o0. > NJ
Ns ,ue tfondv MISREPRESENTATION
he,ss 5heS terminus Of a branch of the
miles -. International road, about 100
most ;ros a'n q Eagle Pass. and are the
The A. 'portant in that state. Details Of
setin mister -. are meager, no names of the
aniSrsS'ft44s.a. 4 1ts5s51qsq
iornA,,naal..oIni Texas.-The latest in
'nine-ssso''a, from the Hondo (Mexico)
Serious 1 y - shows it to be fully as
? total - At nrst reported. There was
nine wbas ~ miners at work in the
all Of tS en tne explosion occurred and
Oithe yiS,It are dead The majority
men, ver~ IN are Mexicans and China,
atwork : lew .N Americans having been
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-02-08
RRm Run over BY / Freight Car.

Topeka, Kan.y FebA 4.-Mark Withers
and w. Deweese were instantly killed here
by freight car. The men were crossing
the Santa Fe tracks and on account OF the
approach. of a train did not hear the car'
Which had beenSpiished optlona the tracks
by q switch engine. Both were railroad
men and were married.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-02-08
} I'D 49,, 20 Liverymnn Murdered.

seChiAesaAa6S, Febas.-ec. d. Harzoa wealthy
liyeryman, was shot and instantly killed
by Edward coughlin, one of his drivers,
in the barn at 500502 Dearborn avenue.
Mr.. Harz is said to have been the largest
cab owner in Chicago. Coughlin was ar
rested and confessed the shooting.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-02-08

Prizes amounting to 100000, 1t is
said. will be offered in the grand IN
.ternational airship race when the
paris Aero club is organizing for next
summer.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-02-08
Paw of German Army Oflcers.

The pay Of the officers Of the German
army is very small, and no one can OBJ
tain a commission unless he has suf-
ficient private fortune to yield him an
income of at least $125 year.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-02-08

The average man never enters the
parior at his house except 10 fasten the
windows at night
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-02-08
DYspepsia from Unsound Teeth.

A German physician declares that
725 per cent of dyspeptics have I'M
sound teeth. 1ste1s OF e.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-02-08
Eight below at Chicago.

'jqago, Feb. 4.-Chicago suffered SC
geefely IRON the cold wave, the mercury
" o'clock being 81 degrees below zero
qua at | o'clock s below. An inmate OF
'ne Old People home was frozen TO death.
eai John R. Davis of Gloville, H., was
taAen to the hospital with his hands 50
d p'sg fEezepe that tamputatio1l may 8 be
iaeeesery.e a Il 4 n IL y % No
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-02-08
Worst OF. the season.

\ Newark, N. J., Feb. 4.--The worst storm
] p the season is raging in Wayne county.
etrans are delayed and all country roads
are blocked. Old
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-02-08


in France
B a retail to-
rance is con-
working for
ange of min
,portunityg
i've power
ugments the
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#s.s.,A.., it.
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Qq1 III
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-02-08

Atlantic City, n. j., Feb. 4.-There is
NO change in the position OF the British
steamship Clayerdale, which stranded on
Brgantine shoal in dense fog. a ;iigh
wind prevails and the wrecking tugs have
not teen able to render assistance to the
d;s,re.sad vessaI ~ s-ias asss
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-06
An Unofficial Order.

Thomas, tenth Earl of Dundonald,
at his death vice-admiral in the
English navy, tells in his auto
biography of a Seaman" an incident
on board the Hind, on which he
served as midshipman. The pet of
the ship was a parrot, the aversion
of the boatswain, whose whistle the
bird learned to initiate. exactly. One
day party of ladies paid US a visit
aboard. By the usual means of a
whip" on the yardarm several had
been hoisted on deck. The chain had
descended for another. Scarcely had
its fair freight been lifted out of the
boat alongside when the parrot pi-
ped, "Let go!" The order was in
stantly obeyed, and the unfortunate
lady, instead of being comfortab bly,
seated on the deck, was soused in
the sea. Luckily for her, the men
were on the watch and quickly
pulled her out, and luckily for the
parrot the boatswain was on shore,
or this unreasonable assumption
of the boatswain's functions might
have ended tragically for the bird.
Youths Companion.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-06
PEN POINTS.

Police sometimes get those who help
themselves.
An optimist is a man who beIves that
all eggs will hatch.
Your failure is as sweet to your rival
as it is bitter to yourself.
There is a period in every girls life
when she dislikes her surname.
The tastes of a millionaire are often
imprisoned in pauper's purse.
There are probably two historical
falsehoods for each historical fact.
Pride makes some people ridiculous
and prevents others from becoming so.
A genius is a man who is bile to dis
pose of his troubles for a consideration.
Virtue is its own reward and genius
is frequently found in the same class.
If a man owned the earth he would
try to dodge the tax collector just the
same.
Some men are not content with be-
ing treated well; they want to be treat
ed often.
A newly married couple always i'm
agine they are living on love until the
first butchers bill is banded in.
When man wants to borrow money
he discovers that his most distant rela-
tions don't always live farthest away.
Chicago Daily News.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-06
Coffee in Ancient Times

Coffee, the beverage of a large por-
ton of the civilized world, contains an
oil of very active properties. This aro-
matte shrub, which was first discov-
cred wild in the desert Businesses of
Arabia and Ethiopia, produces clusters
of fragrant white flowers growing
from the axis of the leaves The berry
is red when ripe, and separating the
kernel from the husk was laborious
and difficult process when performed
after the primitive methods of the
east. Coffee acts upon the nerves, and
is an antidote for many poisons. The
herdsmen Of Arabia noticed the exhil-
arating effect of this plant upon their
focks, and the bowling Dervishes
drank infusions of the berries to keep
them wakefu1 in their wild night-rav-
ings, long before it was in use as a
beverage. Coffee, unlike spices, is a
modern luxury, having been introduced
into Europe only about the middle of
the seventeenth century. = Peoples
Home Journal.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-06

to get the lines right. But finally
succeeded and sent it to the president
with a letter wishing him health and
prosperity. In return I got letter
from Mr.. Porter, which you have
SEEM
Davis has in his shop an instrument
which he calls a double guitar. 1t is
two instruments joined on the prin-
ciple of the tongue and groove, and
can be played as one or taken apart.
as the player desires. He said he did
not make this entirely, but the idea
originated with him, and he made the
second instrument and the jointure.
He has been playing in bands and mu-
steal organizations for nearly thirty
years, he says, but now he finds it no
longer remunerative, and his age is
such that the labor is tax upon his
energies. But he still amuses the chill
dren in the neighborhood once in a
while with rare and dear old tunes. He
sits in the doorway when work is light
and plays for the benefit of the assem-
bled urchins, and they stand silently
till the music is over.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-06
HAPPY JOHNNY BURNS.


They WIZ man In Sundy-schoo1 last Sum
day said at he
Wished we would all be good and grow like
Moses used to be,
But don't care SO much fer that, as, others
mebby does
I'd like to be like Johnny Burns, cause he
wears gallus-uz.
Ny nav she never wants to let me play
with Johnny, fer
She says his folks is ignerunt and amt the
style fer her,
And every time she sce1ds me when I do
what Johnny does
! wisht he wore my waist and I could have
his gallGs-uz.
My paws almost the richest man they are
in this here town,
Cause we live In a big white house and
Johnny he lives down
Beside the railroad track-I wisht at lived
where he does,
cause nearly all the boys down there are
wearin' gallus-uz.
I wisht5my pawd git poor some day, and
then we'd haft to go
And live down by the track and not be all
stuck up, you know
Then mebby mawd let me be dressed the
way at Johnny wuz,
And he'd be friendly with me, cause I'd
have on gallus-uZ.
s. E. Kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-06
ALICE ROOSEVELT'S VIOLIN.
he Fine instrument Is Presented by
Its Maker to the Presidents
Daughter.

In small shop on Dryades street, in
Jew Orleans, Samuel E. Davis ham,
ners away all day long and sometimes
ar into the night, fashioning musical
Instruments, turning out scroll work
If beautiful design and finish, and Oc-
:asionally doing the more prosaic
work. of repairing a broken table leg
>r fractured chair rung, says an eX-
.hange of that city.
He has been working for more than
10 years in New Orleans. He was born
n New Jersey and came to this city
1915. How old he is cannot be ascer-
aimed, for this is the one point about
which he maintains the reticence of
IN old maid. But he will show the let
er he received from Secretary Cor
;elyou acknowledging the receipt of
he beautiful violin he sent Miss Alice
Roosevelt the other day, and the let
er he received from Secretary John
Addison Porter acknowledging the re-
eipt of the model for an electric launch
which Davis sent tt. Mr.. Mckinley four
fears ago.
The violin which was sent Miss
Roosevelt was made by the old man. 1t
vas a gourd-shaped instrument, made
:or the most part Of mahogany, inlaid
With mother of pearl, and with just
trimming of cypress. 1t was all the
work. of mis- hands except the strings,
which were brought here. He made the
Keys, the finger board, the body, and
he fashioned it with rare skill, intend
ng all the time to make for the daugh-
ter of the president something which
she will keep. 1t was beautiful piece
IF craftsmanship, daintily curved, ex-
Iuisitely touched, and it had a tone
rare and sweet. 81 worked on the VIC
lin for months" he said. 81 had no in
tention at first of presenting 1t to Miss
Roosevelt, but, as I progressed with it
and saw it was going to be the best
work of my days, 1 determined to send
it to the presidents daughter. 1t was
assuredly a good instrument - one
which sounded better than any I have
seen. I thought she would appreciate
1t, and I am sure she does. You see
the letter from the presidents secre-
tary thanking me for it's
Then he took down a model and
began to explain the shape and finish
of the violin, and how carefully he
selected each piece of the wood which
went into it, how they would produce
the harmony which he desired, and
how he played it for days and days
in the loneliness of his shop in order
to be sure the work was good.
"When President Mckinley was
elected" the old man went on to say,
81 made up my mind to send him a
souvenir. and I made the model of an
electric launch. This, too, cost me
months of labor, but L was proud of it,
because there was not a detail missing.
1t took some of my finest saws to get
the curves right, though, and it took
all my little knowledge of sea craft
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-06-06
A CURE FOR DRoPSY.

Ashley, North Dakota, June 2nd.@J
81. Hanson of this place has found a
cure for Dropsy.
For years Mr. Hanson himself has
suffered with rheumatism of the
Heart and Dropsy, and of late has been
so bad that he could not work
He has tried many remedies but
nothing he could get helped him in the
least and he was growing worse and
worse.
Finally he began a treatment of
Dodd's Kidney Pills, and to his great
delight he soon found that the Drop
steal Swelling was gradually going
down and that the rheumatism of the
Heart was also disappearing. He
says:
Il have taken seven boxes of Dodd's
Kidney Pills and am feeling better
than have for five years
Il am able to work again and if the
Dropsy or Heart Trouble ever comes
back I will use Dodd's Kidney Pills at
once"