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The Leon reporter., 1902-09-25

Mills hardware.
Avoid serious results of Kidney or
bladder disorder by taking Foley's Kid.
ney Cure sold by L. Van Werden.
Losr.-Between the old fair grounds
and Grown, lady's chatelaine, which
the finder is requested to leave al The
REPORTER office.
II you want a farm sold or want
a farm loan at lowest rate Of In
terest and best terms 90 to e. j.
Sankey. southeast corner, Main
and Commercial streets. Leon, Ia.
Mrs. ]. F. Deahl who has been danger.
ously illat her home in this city for
several weeks was taken Monday night
to the home Of her mother at Birming.
ham, Iowa.
]. F. Chandler, the harness maker at
Barry's shop. has moyedl Ibis family to
this city from Kirksville, Mo-, and is
occupying Mrs: Dilsaver's property in
the east part of the CITY.
Mrs. Elizabeth Zimmerman has
brought us samples of her potato crop
which are hard to beat and show that a
good woman can raise fine potatoes just
as we'll an man in this country, \,
Q. n. Axes sports the finest set of
double heavy harness in this county,
They are made Of the very best material,
all hand sewed and elaborately trimmed
with nickel trimmings. The harness
were made at the new shop of q. T..
Smith & Co., and are fair samples of the
kind OF work they are putting out.
MrJ. w. Nc Connell, who has been
Mr. Ovens principal support and stage
director for so many years is again q
member of bis company. Much credit
is is due him to the excellence of the
staging of "The School For Scandal"
the comedy Mr. Owen will present at
Van Werden Opera House on Saturday
September 81. @
Ed h. Pitman jr. will leave Saturday
for Charlton to take charge of tho
mechanical, advertising and job depart.
ments of The Charlton Democrat, in
which he has acq uired an interest. Mr..
Pitman is one of the best all around
newspaper men in the state, especially
on advertising and job work, and will
no doubt make success Of these depart
ments for the Democrat.
Mr.. j., M. Burnette, of near Van
Vert, was in Leon Monday, having
brought his daughter, Miss Letha, Sdotwyn
to enter as student of the Leon hiahl
school. Mr.. Burnette is onesof the pro,
gressive and up-to.date farmers oof this
.countysand while in the city called to
renew his REPORTER, Homestead and St.
Louis Republic, which, will give him AN
ample supply Of reading for the coming
winter.
L R. B. Strong better known as "Doc",
Strong, aformer we'll know resident Of
this county residing near Van WeH,
was thrown from horse on Sept. 18th,
and died three days later at his home
near Parkersburgh. Oklahoma. thefall
resultingiu injuries 70 bis bladder which
his death. The particulars ws,seife
received here in a letter from Mrs.
Strong TO her brother g, Kslhs.>
Mr.. Strong and family; removed S t Is !
Oklahoma several years ago.
The Leon reporter., 1902-09-25

The Thursday Social Club gave
their monthly entertainment at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Goodman,
Tuesday evening Sept. Is, 1902, These
evenings have always been full of inter-
est and enjoyment to all and this one
was no exception to the rule. The
house was beautifully decorated with
golden rod, institutions. etc. The pro.
gram for the evening was unusually
good, also the luncheon was most dainty,
with souvenirs of golden rod at each.
Everyone seemed to feel that the eve
ming had been well spent, and that
their monthly socials were becoming
more and more especial features of
the neighborhood.
Monday evening travelling circus
performer and his wife gave a public
exhibition of juggling and Indian club
swinging on the street, aud then wound
up with clever boxing match between
the. man and woman. In making his
announcement the man said that if the
'sparring match was not fast enough to
suit the spectators any one in the town
had the privilege of putting on the
gloves and trying round with either
one of them. No one accepted the chal.
lenge, but after supper some of the
sports went out to the home Of James
i. Aldredge. on the old Fulton farm
southwest Of town and wanted to getsup
match for six round 60. Mr.. AL.
dredge who is one of the best pugilists
in the country was perfectly willing and
came to;toxn with them, but the travel
ing, professional sl?)acou1d not be induced
to put on the gloves with him.
/ Havana panetelas,s 4 five, cent;
cigar. equal to ten cent one Is
sold by all dealers In Leon.
The Leon reporter., 1902-09-25

Rev. w. II. Ilsley will preach at
Grown Chapel next Sunday afternoon
at $3.50 O'Clock.
The Leon reporter., 1902-09-25

! Havana ], IL ! anetelas,s 4 etlye cent,
cigar. equal to a ten cent one Is
sold by all dealers In Leon.
The Leon reporter., 1902-09-25

For stoves, hardware, queensware and
fine china, it will pay you to call at
M,lls'
The Leon reporter., 1902-09-25

New up.to.date photo mounts and
portrait lenses as good as they make,
SwEApINCRN
The Leon reporter., 1902-09-25

The Auxiliary to the q. w. B. NJ. of
the Christian Church will meet with
Mrs. w. L. Armstrong Wednesday Oct.
l at 2.3O o'clock. Should the weather be
stormy the meeting will be with Mrs.
Marion Osborne.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-23
The Art Collection Sale.

/. The Art Collection sale in the Young
Building last night attracted a large
crowd. 1t was carried on by Auctioneei
Morgan until after 10 O'Clock. The sales
were not large as to numbers. but some
of the choice articles We're knocked
down. The beautiful Sevres vase in
Royal Blue coloring. representing the
Battle of Wagram," was sold to Mrs.
Geo. w. Macfarlane for $110O, the cost
price being mentioned as $1,000. Col.
Parker started the bidding at $500,
which was raised by Col. Cornwen and
Mrs. Macfarlane. The decorated French
terra Gotta figure, The Wave" was
bought by John Ena for $3.50: the
Violin Player, by Mr.. Buffandeau; the
handsome coffee set with inlaid silver
decorations went to Col. Parker for
800; a Royal Boue coffee set was pur-
chased by Mrs. Clarence Macfarlane
and A. A. Young was a liberal buyer of
sets of handsome wine glasses.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-23
The Hamano Caee

The appeal of H. Hanano from the
decision of the New York Board of Gen
eral Appraisers was argued before
Judge Estee yesterday. Mr.. Highton,
who appeared on behalf of the japanese
importers, of sandals which had been
classified as iron. contended that the
classification was palpably absurd,
that the shoes were of rawhide, and
that rawhide was the nearest approach
to leather. He claims that they should
be assessed as leather at twenty five
per cent ad valorem under the simil-
itude clause, and not as iron at forty
five per cent. The matter will be sub
mitted on briefs, SO no response was
made by MIR. Breckons.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-23
Manager Lake Returnin q

Manager Lake of the new Young
Building Hotel, accompanied by Mrs.
Lake, is expected back on The Sierra.
Upon Mr.. Lakes arrival it is expected
that he will at once commence the fur
nishing of the hosiery. A large con-
signment of furniture is expected on
the Sierra and most of the kitchen fur
niture is already here. The ranges are
said to be the finest that are made in
the States, there being two for the
American plan, and one for the grill to
be conducted in connection with the
hotel.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-23

1t will not do to fool with bad cold.
No one can tell what the end will be.
Pneumonia, catarrh, chronic bronchitis
and consumption invariably result from
a neglected cold. AS a medicine for
the cure of colds. coughs and influenza,
nothing can compare with Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. 1t always cures
and cures quickly. Benson, Smith &
Co., Ltd, wholesale agents. sell #.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-23

The report of the committee of bank
ers appointed by Gov. Dole to prepare
a memorial to Hon. w. H. Eustis on
the subject of the local coinage, sets
forth the whole subject in calm and
temperate way and with absolute fdel-
ity to the facts. The report is largely
a transcript of one appearing in the
proceedings of the Hawaiian Commits
sion, already given in these columns,
but is reprinted herewith for the con-
venienee of the public.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-23

DR.. McGrew's birthday occurs today
and the venerable citizen will receive
the congratulations of host of friends.
For thirty years DR.. McGrew labored
ior annexation, Pearl Harbor improve
ment and the cable and in the evening
of his life he is realizing them all
Over eighty. but still hale and hearty,
he enjoys the fruitage of a life well
spent. That he will have many happy
returns of his birthday is a public ex-
pectation as well as a wish.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-23

The Star calls attention to the, fact
that the Federal buildings, when locat-
ed. will take their time about construe-
ton. Usually such buildings are as
slow as the proverbial government
job Three years ago the San Fran
cisco postoffice made fair appearance
outside, after some years of piece-meal
construction. but it is not finished yet
and will not be, SO Postal Inspector
Erwin said, for long time to come.
The Washington postoffice fingered
along for years, often with only two
or three men on the job. It used to be
a standing editorial paragraph in the
Washington Star that zone man was
busy on the new postoffice yesterday
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-23

When the cable is completed to Hong
kong, this city at midnight can call up
the great Asiatic port at p. m. and
New York at a. m. The figures are
not exact but they are nearly enough
SO to show how central Honolulu is for
the news of both hemispheres.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-23

The only way for those frozen people
in the East to get a warm winter is to
buy ticket to the tropics. Out this
way the Christmas problem is more
hkeiy to be one of keeping off mos
quitoes than paying a fire bill.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-23

Delay is precisely what the cormor-
ants want in the Sumner case. If there
can be enough of them the prosecuted
old man, who is already complaining of
insomnia, may be induced to settle out
of court In that case he viii be lucky
if he gets enough cash to pay his fare
TO Tahiti.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-23

Hawaii stands eighth among the rev.
enue-producing seaboard districts of the
United States. 1t is ahead of some
highly important cities AS basis for
its claim upon fine public buildings this
rating is all that ought to be neces-
sarY.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-23

The Chinese hackman who arrested
the highwayman would be a good man
to put on the police force. He has the
right cue for the work.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-23

His needs were small: Landlady-
What portion of the chicken would
you like, Mr.. Newcomer, Mr.. New
comer-"Oh, half of it will be ample,
thank you. "--Tit-Bits.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-23

Such a foolish question: Waitress
Cat quick lunch stand)-sDo you
want to eat this sandwich here or take
it with you" Gentleman-"B Both. -
Harvard Lampoon.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-23

To0ay's advices ought to bring some
interesting reports from Venezuela, loud
reports in fact.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-23

John Barrett says that a sparrow in
the hand is worth a partridge in the
other mans bush.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-23

Coal is still good thing TO fill the
Christmas stocking with back East.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-23
We WISH

To remind everybody that We believe
we carry the finest stock and variety
OF Perfumery in this city, or any other
place.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

lets in his head that he actually ahghted
from the vehicle, walked along the gar
den path and up the steps of the hospital.
and was then able to give an intelligent
account of what had taken place.
In a similar case Of self-inf1icted injury
that came before the doctors at Guys
hospital few months later the would-be
suicide, after firing a revolver bullet into
his head, was discovered smoking his
pipe, as if nothing very serious had hap
pened; and though the bullet had pene-
trated the skull to the dept of three and
half inches, he was able to walk part Of
way to the hospital and there undress
himself without assistance previous to
undergoing examination.
The effects of removing bullets from the
brain are sometimes as remarkable as
any of the foregoing, and perhaps in this
connection mention may be made of a
case of a military cadet operated on by
q doctor of Vienna just recently.
On removing the bullet small guam
tity of brain had also to be taken away,
the peculiar result being that, though
unaltered in any other respect, the pa
tent irretrievably lost all his good man
ners, for which he was noted. The en-
inent surgeon therefore suggests that the
nortion of brain removed with the bullet
corresponds to what he describes as the
bump of good manners.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

all Europe in 1456, and that prompted Pope
Calixtus to order prayers to be offered for
protection against the comet, Is soon
again to make its appearance Din the
spring of 1910.
Prayers are still in order.
Skeptics made sport of the "popes pull
against the comet" but science shows
that the pope was right and prayers are
still in order; not that the collision may
not occur, for that is inevitable.
1t is impossible for US to tell just where
the comets are in their orbits, but as the
earth crosses the orbit every year we
must inevitably come in collision some
time. We may look for them any No
vember.
Lockyer says that the last distance that
the comets passed near the earth was
Temples comet. 100000 miles, and Tuttles
comet 100000 miles. AS the earth passes
100000 miles through the swarm it is rea-
sonable to be anxious.
A solid body of half the size Of the
moon, or even smaller, coming with the
rapidity of forty-fve miles a second,
would burst through the crust of the
earth, causing the earth to expand and
become larger; the mountain ranges that
have been forced up by the internal rises
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

areolites, or bolides, that occupy the space
between the nucleus and the swarm Of
smaller meteors, but we will never see the
display Of the November meteors again.
In a correspondence with Prof. Halden
Of the Lick observatory, California,
mentioned to him that the velocity with
which the swarm Of November meteors
passed in Its orbit indicated that the
swarm was led by very heavy body.
According to the law of tangential forces
the swarm goes with the rapidity of
twenty-five miles a second, while the
earth at that same distance from the sun
goes only nineteen miles a second, prov
ing that the comet or nucleus that led
the swarm must be of metallic density.
Prof. Halden did not dispute my ascer-
ton. We will explain the law of tan
genital forces. Bodies In motion going
in the same direction, the heavier bodies
go faster than the lighter. Everyone has
noticed that when a buggy wheel goes
through q mud hole the wheel throws the
gravel and heavier particles further to
the front than the mud and water It
is the weight that gives them the greater
tangential motion.
Kepler. in 1900 A. D., regarded shooting
stars as akin in nature to meteorites, and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19
z Theory WHv Earth Can i Expl0de

atively thin layer. The thickness OF the
earth's crust within the great continents
is probably from so to 100 miles. II we
estimate the pressure exerted by thu
weight of one mile of earth and rock at
10 900 pounds, which is well within the
truth. then fifty miles of earth would
exert a pressure Of about 100000 pounds.
and 100 miles would exert pressure or
1000 600 pounds to the square inch. Now,
as the pressure capable of being exerted
by the most powerful dynamite. exploded
In a space equal tie its own volume, Is
about 100000 to $4,000 pounds, it is evident
that if the whole interior Of the earth
were filled with dynamite, and exploded,
it would be capable of exerting pres-
sure only about one-third great enough
to raise the continents or disrupt tho
crust of the earth.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

both have the same origin of comets. This
same opinion is held by Lockyer, Newton
Adams and the eminent Italian astrono-
mer Schiaparelli.
Our earth crosses the orbit of these No
vember meteors at a very acute angle-l7
degrees every thirty three years, but at a
different part of the swarm every time
approaching the nucleus each time 100000
miles nearer the head.
1.-THE point of intersection of the two
orbits of the earth and the meteors moves
forward So seconds per annum, or over
2S1a degrees each period" Qockyer.)
"The comets and meteors are one and
the same phenomena" Rochenbach)
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

brain after 1t had been hidden there for
several years.
A French soldier who received bullet
in the head during the F'ranco-Prussian
war Of 1870 carried 1t there for twenty
seven years. and was said to have felt no
Ill effects till 1897, when 1t one day worked
Its way downward into the mouth and so
rid him Of It's presence.
In the case Of German soldier who
was shot in the head during the Som
derbun war he lived to carry the leaden
souvenir in his brain for forty-three years,
and it was notextracted until after death
These two remarkable cases, however
seem to be beaten by another that has
quite recently been brought to light, the
case being that of an old soldier still liv-
Ing at -. who for over half a century
has carried in his head the bullet received
during the Austrian rebellion in 1S4S.
Wouldbe suicides have occasionally
put bullets into their brains to no pur-
pose; and perhaps one OF the most as
founding cases of recent years was that
dealt with at the Richmond hospital only
year or so ago.
The patient had In vain tried to take his
life by shooting himself in the head. and
after thus placing two Bullets In his brain
he was Immediately conveyed in a cab to
the hospital. But he was so little affected
at the time by the presence of the bull
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

investigator the fact that they went
through such an ordeal, shows them to be
of metallic density" (Newcomb.)
The fact that the earth passes through
this November swarm at such an acute
angle as to be nearly In the same line,
indicates that eventually there must be a
collision-the swarm going in one dlrec-
ton at the rate Of twenty-five miles sec
ond, and the earth going in an opposite
direction at the rate Of nineteen miles a
second each coming together at the rate
of forty-four miles a second, must result
in just such a catastrope as mentioned oy
Prof. Newcomb
Hally's comet, the one that frightened
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19
# Deserfer N1Yesfed Under Wafer

mediately made up his mind to capture
the deserter at all costs. Traynor how
ever, saw the officer and started to run,
with his pursuer a close second.
They raced for nearly mile, and then
Traynor, seeing that he was being over
taken, took to the canal as a last resort,
jumped in and chung to a log that was
floating in midstream.
The policeman followed.
Traynor dived from his log and disap-
peared, and the officer, not in the least
daunted, dove under after him and caught
him actually under the water.
There was a desperate struggle, but
when the two rose to the surface it was
seen that the policeman had his man
firmly by the neck, and 1t did not take
long to get him to shore and behind the
bars
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19
Pudvnrd Kibhnq. As a Nan Rather Than As Writer

tile circumstances, which," and, moro
over. he was quick to mark his approval
of the speakers points. When the time
arrived he jumped up, came forward with
curious, awkward gait and stood peering
at us through his glasses. Gentlemen"
he began, only to correct himself and
substitute Ladies' and gentlemen" in re-
Spouse to an audible reminder from the
rear. 1t may only have been slip. but
it struck me as characteristic of the man.
He had come to talk to men Of mems
work, and, although there were many
ladies present in sense he saw them not.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

ton in the experience of people who have
met with peculiar injuries to the head.
The history of brain surgery presents
some remarkable facts In regard to the
extent to which the thinking organ will
sometimes resist the effects of external
injury. 1t has been shown that in some
cases quantities Of this substance may be
removed without appreciably diminishing
the normal intelligence Of the patient;
while some have been known to carry the
most extraordinary foreign substances
Embedded in their skulls for years.
In one case it was the blade OF a PEN
knife that was carried about in the brain
for half a lifetime without the patient
being in the least aware of 1t; In another
it was a penholder that had somehow
found It's way there and remained In its
hiding place without apparently interior
ing with the thinking power of the organ;
while only week or so ago "a piece of
slate pencil was recovered from a boy $
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19
A Close Weir of the Famous Enqlish Author Rpdyara

sinews, neither fat nor thin, neither over
nor underdeyeloped. A brewers lorry-
man could pick him up and walk away
with him under one arn-but I don't
know that he would go very far. AL
though he is obviously at, there is no
fuddiness in Mr.. Npling's cheeks. His
complexion has been tanned and bronzed
In a healthy, clear. light mahogany To
physiognomist the face is rather baf-
fling. The eyes, "the windows Of the
SOUL" are obscured by the gold-rimmed
spectacles. while the thick. dark mus
tache masks that other sure guide to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

THE identity of meteoric swarms and
comets is one of 8the greatest physical
triumphs of the century" Qockyer.)
The meteoric display arises from the
earth, encountering the swarm of meteors
following Temples comet" (Newcomb.)
The nucleus of, large comets are solid
bodies, composed Of 80 per cent iron, Z
per cent. nickel and 8 per cent other
bodies.
Prof. Pierce showed that the comets of
1911, 1S49 and 1858 must have been COM
pletely pulled apart by the enormous tidal
forces generated by their near approach
to the sun, if they were a cloud Of solid
or liquid particles In the opinion Of this
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

large black tie-not bowof the kind
worn chiefly by elderly city clerks. Other
items were straw hat. rev, and prob
ably purchased most reluctantly for the
occasion, a gold band round the third
finger Of the left hand and black shoes
untidily Laced.
While the chairman was speaking Mr.
Kipling f1dgeted, clasping and unclasping
his hands and drumming on the boards
with restless foot Not that he was
inattentiye, for spasm contracted his
features when the chairman was guilty
of that very common soIecism, under