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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-09-11

Come early in April and get your
nursery stock from the Leon Home
Nursery. My stock has never been
cuiled. w. A. GARRETT.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-09-11
Hoods ~Jarsaparilld

Acts with the most direct. beneficial effect
on the kidneys. 1t contains the best and
safest substances for correcting n toning
these organs. 4
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-09-11

A boy going with his first girl lelieves
every word she says.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-09-11

Mrs &c. Griffith raturred to her home
at Salt Lake City, Utah, last Wednesday
e-ening after a pleasant visit in this city
with bersister, Mrs. A. P. Olsen.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-09-11

q. A. Young and wife and Miss Matte
Wilkins returned Monday to their home
at Abba ai.er a pleasant visit at the home
ofC. L. Boord over on Elk Creek.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-09-11
PURELY PERSONAL.

Persons having friends visiting them or
Knowing of strangers visiting in the city
will confer a great favor upon the Editor
by informing him either in person or by
note. L.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-09-11

w n. Merwin and w'fe. and hie snr. E,
R.. Merwin and wife. of Elk Creek, Neb.,
are spending a few days at the home of
his brother, A.. MerHin, In this city.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25
A simple Cure Fer EaracAe.

81 am afraid | have greatly inter
fered with my own practice" said
celebrated aurist, by giving the fol
lowing advice to many OF my friends:
AT the first symptoms OF earache
let the patient lie on the bed with the
painful ear Ippermost. Fold thick
towel and tuck II around the neck:
then with a teaspoon I'LL the ear with
warm water.
Continue doing this for fifteen or
twenty minutes. The water will fill the
ear orifce and flow over ON the towel.
Afterward turn over the head, let the
water run out and plug the ear with
warm glycerin and cotton.
"This may be done every hour until
relief is obtained. 1t is an almost In
variable cure and has saved many
cases Of acute inflammation. The wa
ter should be quite warm, but not too
hot. London Tit Bits.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25
FLOWER AND TREE.

Fruit trees and fruit require potash
for their best development.
With house plants all extreme
changes OF temperature should be
avoided.
Too many trees prevent rapid growth
and extend the time when a grove Is
well shaded.
Grapevines like their roots TO be near
the surface, and the food for them
should not be placed at too great Il
depth.
Small growth and too much small
fruit go together Thrifty growth fur
nishes few large and fine specimens
Of fruit.
There Is no use In growing a tree
very tall. The top limbs are apt TO he
come slender and break if fruit is pro
duced on them.
All members Of the poppy family are
hard TO transplant. BY choosing a
rainy day and not exposing the roots
one can sometimes manage a trans
ference.
Avoid straight lines as much as posi-
ble. There Is no straight line in nature.
1t Is for this reason that groups and
masses are so much better than formal
or set beds.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25
Thouwhtlesa. selAah.

Thoughtlessness of others is nothing
more than downright selfshness, which
is the curse OF humanity. The man
who on leaving an elevated train
pauses at the head of the stairs to
light bis cigar Is selfish. He incom-
modes all who are behind him. The
woman who insists on passing mp or
down the stairs ahead of the eager
crowd, slowly. Indifferent to the haste
of others, must be an awful thing at
home. He who pauses to tie his shoe
regardless OF the Interruption Of traffic
is brute in his family. see all these
things a dozen times day and wonder
what kind of lives such persons lead in
the family circle. One OF the common
evidences of thoughtIessness Is seen In
those who stand In the middle OF the
sidewalk to chat while multitudes are
forced to defect or make an offset In
order to pass them. The more | see of
men the greater Is my respect for
asses, dogs and mules.-New York
Press.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25
MORALS IN BOSTON.

Miss Floretta Vining. editor OF the
Hull Beacon. and eight other Massa-
chusetts newspapers, has spread con-
sternation in Boston and elsewhe ere
statements in regard TO growing con-
viviality on the part of the women OF
the old Bay State. She hasn't done
this in a parlor conversation or a
street talk either, but has said it be-
tween double leads in her newspapers.
and declares she is willing to make aft
davt as to the correctness of her
facts
Miss Vining says with emphasis and
directness that the women of the ,Iav
particularly in Boston, have too much
leisure, and take pleasure in doing
their credit in after years. She adds
that she has more sympathy for the
average man than she used to have
because he is frequently compelled to
take up the daily paper to find out
where his wife is Some women like
to make speeches, to discuss politi IS
and to participate in public affairs
Others are accumulating a f0ndness to
look on the wine when tis red. This
drifting of women from their natural
and proper moorings, Miss Vining
thinks. will only end in disgrace for
themselves and their children. Com
ing down to details she gives the pain
tul information that young women
have been in the habit of coming 10
Hull and spending Sundays with young
men, and things are at a pretty pass
when young girls under q and of good
fan lilies conluct themselves ir such a
fa. mon"
Miss Vining urges that. leaving the
moral side Of the question undiscussed
this dissipation by night and sleeping
by day is sapping the health OF the
young women of New England to such
a degree that the perpetuation of the
race is in danger" This is really
alarming, If the future American
should be deprived of the Massachu-
setts strain in the blood. where is the
hope for the country.
Had this shocking talk emanated
from Chicago or Los Angeles. one
would not have thought It extraor-
dlnary but coming from the center of
culture, from the austere and super
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25
Getting the Kings Ear.

The gentle art of speeding a parting
guest is not new. The story from Hert-
fordshire, as told in the Victoria Coun-
ty History" series. reveals the method
tried on King james |. Hunting had
taken the place of state affairs In the
monarchs affections, and one morning
a favorite hound was missing. The dog
appeared the next day. bearing mes
sage tied to his neck: Good Mr.. Jowl-
er, we pray you speak to the king for
us (he hearing you every day and so
doth not us) that it will please his maj
esty to go back to London, for else the
country will be undone. all our pro
visions spent already"
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25
WHILE WE SLEEP.
whe Muscles and Organs of the Body
Are SIN working.

Are StiIl working.
If the organs of the body cannot he
said to sleep. neither can the voluntary
muscles Witness the phenomena or
sleepwalking the positions In stage
coach days who slept In their SADDLES
and cavalrymen who do II today, IN
fanfry who have been known to sleep
ON forced marches, sentinels who walk
their beats carrying their guns IN
fixed position while they sleep. For
ali we know policemen may do II TOO.
People who talk in their sleep are IA
miliar to all OF us. Experiments maze
bv Speir. Armstrong and Child on 200
college students of both sexes showed
that AZ per cent Of the men and 81
per cent of the women talked In their
sleep A number OF thirGs might be
proved by these statistics or these
sleep takers one-half of the women
and one-third of the men are able to
answer questions while asleep. More
women than men could answer ques-
tions on any subject, not alone that OF
which they had been talking. 1t has
also been found that most sleep talk
ers are under twenty FIVE years of age.
Evidently, then, with the muscles
and organs of the body all working, II
is the brain only that sleeps. aud by
no means all OF the brain. The senses
OF sight, hearing, touch, smell ana
taste may be very much awake while
the subject sleeps. A sleeping person
hears and answers questions, rear.
ranges his bedclothng. covers his eyes
to keep out the light, draws away his
hand when the experimcnter tickles it,.
A child is broken of the habit of suck
ing his thumb while asleep 10y putting
aloes on it, He Is conscious Of the bit
ter taste and dreams of wormwood.
| The nerves. then. and the brain cen.
ters corresponding to them ARE awake.
| A busy lawyer. exhausted by over
work, one night went out to supper
| with some friends. ate. talked and
walked with them, and the next day
remembered absolutely nothing OF the
occurrence He had not been drinking.
! The man was simply asleep during the
! whole evening His conscious mem
ory-that is, consciousness itself-slept.
-Ainslee's Magazine.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25
Birds Made "a sieve.

In the mountains Of Tennessee
stranger came upon man who was
shovellng coal upon wooden sieve.
Upon inquiry how on earth he got such
a curious thing the old man replied:
stranger, l don't think you'll b'leeve
me II tell you
"Oh, yes, certainly" said the man;
Il will believe YOU"
WAL" said the mountaineer, ut
war this way: About five years ago
lived down ON the side OF the mountain
whar woodpeckers and other kind o
birds is powerful thick. That ar thing
pointing to the sieye-"war my door
to my cabin. 1t 'ud mock any bird that
flies. I'D Jest sit thar some summer
evenin' and Jest move it, and every
bird came that war initiated.
"Howsumever, one day | left my
cabin to go huntin' and went pream-
blin' down the mountain. WAL some
wind come along and made that ar
door initiate woodpecker. First one
come and then whole pile o the
critters. They lit In on the door, and
when | come it war jest like You see
it,"
The man thanked him and moved on.
Il declar'," said the mountaineer, Il
don't b'leeve he thought | war tellIn
the truth" And he resumed shovel
ing coal. New York Herald.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25
African Snakes.

The African cobra IL regarded some
what revPrently by the natives or that
country, who once a year Kill cobra
de capello and hang it's skin to the
branch Of tree tail downward. Then
all the children born during the last
year are brought out and made to
touch the skin. This the parents think
puts them under the serpents protec-
tlon. The cobra de capelio divides with
the horned viper of Africa the ques-
tionable honor OF being the worm OF
the Nile" to whose venomous tooth
Cleopatra death was due.
The Kaffirs use the venom OF this
snakes cousin. the puff adder. to pol
son their arrows. and when they have
any small quantity left they swallow
It, having theory that Ii Will protect
them from the bad effects OF future
bites. The Snake tribe OF the Puntab
say that the bites OF snakes do not hurt
them, and If they find dead serpent
they dress II In clothes and give 1t
superb funeral.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25
A Da ssnpeneF.

A young man bashfully approa ched
q popular official few days ago aud
said:
Judge, | have come to ask your ad-
vice. You have always been like fa.
ther TO me. and l have now come to
you In very important matter. am
thinking of getting married.
well, young man." interrupted the
Judge, III you are thinking Of getting
married go do 1t right away Don't
wait. because the girl might not be
willing this time tomorrow"
but. you see.' protested the youth,
I'm afraid I'm not able to take care
of her.
"rut, tut" deprecatingly retorted the
Judge. why, when | got married |
was twenty-one years old and $500
In debt"
'Is that s0?" exclaimed the other
with happy encouragement cleaning
from his eye. And l suppose you
must now lie worth about
And now" concluded the Judge,
I'm only $4,000 in debt"
The young man has not yet married.
-Paducab (ky) Sun.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25
a R0mmn dinner.

A Roman dinner at the house OF q
wealthy man consisted chiefly OF three
courses. All sorts OF stimulants to the
appetite were first served up, and eggs
were Indispensable to the first course.
Among the various dishes we may in
stance the guinea hen, pheasant, night
ingale and the thrush as birds most in
repute. The Roman gourmands held
eacocks In great estimation, especial
ly their tongues. Macroblus states
that they were first eaten by Horton
sius, the orator, and acquired such re-
pute that single peacock was sold
for so denarii, the denarius being equal
to about eightpence halfpenny OF our
money Chambers Journal
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25
What PuExIed VOuta

Louis Philippe was wit What he
specially excelled in was the clinching
of an argument, such as, for instance,
his final remark ON the death OF Talley-
rand. He had paid him visit the day
before. When the news of the princes
death was brought to him. he said.
Are you sure he is deadI" VERY
sure, sire" was the answer. why.
did not your majesty himself notice
yesterday that he was dying" ~ did,
but there is no judging from appear
ances with Talleyrand. and have
been asking myself for the last four
and twenty hours what interest he
could possibly have in departing at
this particular moment"
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25
Vanilla For Mental weaknesn.

Vanilla is one of the most powerful
restoratives known in cases of weak
ened vitality, when large dose Is Civ
en-. South America In general shows n
much slighter tendency to madness
than any of the countries which may
be called civilized. statistical authori-
ties attribute this fact to the ignora nee
and thoughtlessno IS Of the population,
but they themselves give the credit to
vanilla. At the first sign of mental dis
with.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25
NO Need OF Asalatance.

The father of the family had stepped
into bookstore to buy birthday
present for his fourteen year-old son.
What kind OF book would you likeY'
asked the salesman to whom he had
confided his purpose.
Something that would be useful for
the boy" was his reply.
well, here is very good one on
Self Help"
Self help" exclaimed the father.
"Ben don't need anything of that kind.
You'd ought to see him at the dinner
tablev'
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25
A Queer Library,

A curious collection of books is con
tanned In the library OF Warstentein.
near Cassel, in Germany. The books
appear at first sight to be logs of wood,
but each volume Is really a complete
history Of the tree 1t represents. The
back shows the bark, in which n small
place is cut to write the scientific and
common name as title. One side
shows the tree trunk in It's natural
state, and the other is polished and
vanished. Inside are shown the leaves,
fruit, fiber and insect parasites, to
which is added full description of the
tree and It's products.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25
The Way to Catch "a Porcupine.

The porcupine climbs the tree as
readily as squirrel would, provided
you don't slip up and cut his tail off
while he Is going up. Somehow or 9TH
er he cant climb the tree without his
tail. and he won't come down without
1t. II you catch one Of these porcu-
pines climbing tree and chop his tail
of, he will stop right where he ls and
will stay there until he starves to
death unless he is taken away.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25
The BILLY MASON BOOM.

About this time every year there is
a silly season, increasing In Virulence
as the dog days approach. In TINS re-
spect the summer of 1902 does not
differ materially from those which
have preceded it, and fellow named
Magnus Hess. claiming Chicago as his
home. is evidently at work trying 10
win any prize which may be given FOR
pushing the ridiculous TO the llmH.
Nagnus Hess got out of bed on a re-
cent Friday and went forth TO sundry
newspaper Offices and announced that
he had an Inspiration that William =,
Mason better known as Billy, ana
now a Senator from Illinois in the
Congress of the United States was due
10 be the next Vice President OF this
great republic.
/ Mr.. Hess did not neglect to add to
his announcement that he had not
seen Mr.. Mason, but assures the public
that the junior Senator of The sucker
State would take the nomination and
the office in the event of election. II
seems entirely unnecessary that Mr
Hess should feel it incumbent upon
him to make a statement Of tins char
acter OF course tha gentleman
from Illinois," whose belly band is
somewhat longer than would be re-
quired to traverse from his toes to his
bald spot. would accept Mr.. Mason
has been merrly meandering over the
United States some fifty-two years. and
ii is nowhere recorded that he refused
to accept anything. from bull pup to
public Office.
The fact is that Billy Mason is get
ting nervous over his future. The
people of Illinois are tired of him. and
are preparing to put him on a high
shelf the moment the opportunity is
afforded. Through their Legislature
they chose him United States Senator
just for fun some yeas ago. but they
have had all the fun they want, ant
the curtain is about to drop. Hence
this latest bit of humor by Magnu:
Hess. who. by the way, claims to have
been the original Mckinley man, ant
brought an interesting suit agains
Mark Hanna for an expense account
less is apparently OVERRIDING the dis
,covery business. He is unquestionabl!
the original Mason man, and it woulC
that he was the only Mason man
Billy himself of course, not included
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25

A minister in Syracuse, New York,
was forced to give up preaching be-
cause he could not discover how to
support his family of four on $6.l7
week. 1t is not so stated, but 1t is
entirely probable that the members Of
his congregation think he didn't have
faith enough.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25
A Matter Of Fact

DO you see the horizon yonder,
where the sky seems to meet the
earthr'
Yes, uncle"
Boy, have journeyed so near there
that | couldn't put n sixpence between
my head and the sky"
why, uncle, what a whopper"
ITS fact, my lad. | hadn't one to
put. London Tit Bits.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25
LEI The CITIZEN FOLL0W.Y YOU.

Parties leaving for the coast or otner
resorts for the summer months can
have The Citizen mailed to their ad-
dress at the same price at which IT 10
delivered by carrier. Leave address NJ
The Citizen business ofice. corner
Stone avenue and Broadway. or tels-
phone Main III
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25
FL6EClNG THE PEOPLE.

The government of the United States
finds a ready sale for its 2 per cent
bonds. There are plenty OF financiers
who regard these securities as gilt
edged investments. The rate of in
terest on United States bonds has been
decreasing steadily since the civil war.
There would be a great outcry II Con-
gress should attempt to order a bond
issue bearing per cent interest. Much
would be said, and very justly, about
imposing excessive burdens upon the
taxpayers.
If the government will not pay a
high rate of interest on its own Sc
curities because of its disinclinatiOn to
add to the burdens of taxpayers, 1t ar
parently eo-operates with the great IA
dustrial combinations in holding up
the latter's interest rates. President
Schwab, of the United States steel
trust. in answer to injunction pro-
ceedings recently instituted in New
Jersey against that corporation, gives
some interesting information on this
point, The properties" he said, are
earning over IA per cent upon the com
Quoting per cent cumulative interest
upon the preferred stock" The out
standing capital stock of the steel trust
amounts to over 81 1,0LJ, J,000,0 900, in al
most equal proportions of common and
preferred. Mr. Sehwab estimates the
company's earnings for the year which
will end on April l, 1908. at $14O,00O,-
600 The total capitalization. includ-
ing bonds. is $1,400, 100000 The
company has orders on hand aggregat-
ing $150.000, 600, on which, Mr.. Schwab
says, it will probably make a net profit
of over 500, 600, 000-or 40 per cent
How does the steel combination
make such handsome profits? Chiefly
through the tariff The government
of the United States protects it from
! tOHl HlpetllIOH, anu tHuo tHobISo IL w uC-
mand a higher price for its products
than the corporation would otherwise
obtain. The company is able to
compete in foreign markets with the
foreign manufacturers of steel prod
uets. Hence it is plain that it does
not need protection from the competi-
tors whom it undersells abroad BY
imposing heavy duties on imports of
iron and steel products, the govern
ment enables the steel trust to pay
large dividends and 10 earn muGtl great
er profits than ought to be taken from
American purchasers of the trusts
products.
While the financial policy of the
United States tends to a reduction of
the interest on national securities, its
tariff policy tends to increase the rate
OF interest on industrial securities
What the people gain by low interest
rates on government bonds they lose
in the high duties which enables a
combination like the steel trust to pay
huge dividends on it's securities. Is it
good policy to tax the people to main
tain high interest rates for the benefit
of holders of the steel trusts Sc
curities? Is it just? Is it defensible?
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25

An attempt is being made in Massa-
chusetts to exterminate the 'rooter AZ
the base ball game. and it will prooa-
bly he successful about the time they
have succeeded in eXterminating the
mosquito in New Jersey.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25

1t would be unjust TO Colonel J. +.
Wilson TO hold him responsible for the
opposition to union labor of some of
his newspaper organs. There is 40
evidence that Colonel Wilson is in
sympathy with the attitude of all OF
his newspaper supporters
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25

1t won't be any more difficult for the
Los Angeles Times TO support the re-
election of Governor Gage of Califor-
MIA, after his denomination, than 1t
was for it to denounce the free coinage
of silver after the action OF the St
Louis Republican national convention.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25

South Carolina~s three-pound pistol
law makes it more convenient to carry
porterhouse steak than a pistol, and
we may expect in that commonwealth
in future more corpulence and fewer
corpses.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT

When party pledges can be repudiated
without rebuke, people are far ad-
yanced toward incapacity for self
government.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25

respectable commonwealth OF Massa-
ehusetts. it is simply awful.
something should be done, and that
At once. Texas and Arizona and Col
orado and Idaho and South Carolina
should organize missionaries and send
them at once to New England to try 10
save the remnant of the Yankees from
degradation and degeneration.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25

The true test of civilization Is not
the census or the size OF cities or the
crops-no. but the kind Of men the
country turns out
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25

1t appears to cost as much of the Jay
Gould money to buy seats for the Cas-
tellanes In the French Chamber Of
Deputies as it takes to buy a legisla-
ture in an American State.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-25

Mr. Roosevelt is going to swing
around the circle in the fall, making
speeches from the rear platform of his
car The President seems to have for
gotten that James G. Blaine and
William J. Bryan did that, too, and
they were much more attractive
speakers than he is.