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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-11-26
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Decatur County Farmers Institute to
be held at Leon, Iowa, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, December 10, II and II,
1908.
THURSDAY
Meet at the Court House at 80 D. m.
Invocation, by the Rev. l. N. Wood
ward.
Address Of Welcome, by Marion
Woodland.
Response, G. P. Arnold.
Address by President, L. D. CARRIER.
Papers on Horticulture, by Eugene
Moore and w. A. Garrett.
THURSDAY EVENING.
Meet at 1880 p. m.
Paper on Birds and their Habits in
this county, Mrs. ]. w. Rowell.
Paper on Clubs for Country Women,
Mrs. P. Fl. Young.
| Address on Domestic Science, by Miss
Alice Merritt, Supt. Women's Dept.
| Ames.
Paper on Sheep, J. W. Keller.
FRIDAY MORNING.
| Meet at 8 o'clock.
| Election of officers.
| Paper on Good Roads, G. G. Dye.
| Paper Oh Horses, r. ]. Critchtield.
| Discussion, J. d. Brown and Eugene
| Dancer.
Paper on cattle, A. M. Pryor.
Discussion, A. N. Arney and G. W. Barr.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
Meet at 1:30.
Music.
Paper on Hogs, Frank Matthews.
Paper on Raising Corn, Ralph Baker.
Address on Corn, Prof. Holden, of
Ames.
Paper on Ensilage and Slices, w. E.
Bracewell, of Lineville.
FRIDAY EVENING.
| Meet at 7:30 p. m.
Country schools, Eli Hutchison.
| Gold Fields in Alaska, G. P. Arnold.
SATURDAY MORNING.
Meet at o'clock a. m.
Dairying,by c. D. Mallett.
General discussion of all farm, horti-
culture and live stock subjects.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
Meet at o'clock p. m.
Address by Prof. Summers on Eth
nology.
The following committees were Sc
| lected:
Music-H. J.. Vogt, W. j. Edwards, E.
]. Warner Mrs. E. D. Dorm and Louise
Waight.
Committee on Arrangements James
Bowsher, Geo. Hurst and l. N. Beard.
This committee is to make the neces-
sary arrangements for the Court House
to see it is heated and properly lighted.
Committee on Programmed a p h
Baker, Robert McCaull and G. W. Hoff-
man.
There will be awarded $40 in prem
iums for the best corn shown at the
institute, as follows:
$500 for first premium on yellow corn.
$500 for second premium on yellow
corn.
$500 for first premium of white corn.
$500 for second premium on white
corn.
$500 for first premium on mixed corn.
| $500 for second premium on mixed
corn.
$500 for the best ten ears of corn of
any color.
| $500 for the biggest ear of sound
corn.
All corn to be here by noon on Dec.
10th. Corn to be judged by Prof.
| Holden
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-11-26
Real Estate Transfers

The following are the most important
real estate transfers as reported by
Stephen Varga from Nov. End to Nov. 23rd
1908.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-06-01

ENco.Iine 10 artistic supremacy.
parapherrai'a geological wonders
general equipment and IN every par.
tcuar and detail oar ambition is
tn suIpa-s
Greater Salem MidSummsr Carnival
June 21-Iuly &
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-06-01

Where yOu get qoality as well as quantity.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-06-01

I4. summit Of ,,..
The 'nith Of zoolo.,
Gran. rotgie Of vo.
hl''at.ng merItoaoa
matched
'Iya'' Salem NIlS,.
JuAo ~ July A.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-06-01
E. J. ARNOLD,

pupE tor OIuscU Pacific and
Oriental Caulvsl Co. Which will
furnish an ths attractions for
Greater Salems Midsummer Car.
u.y1l. June 29-July 4
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-07-10
FEEDING FOR COLOR.
u eau tie Don~ at small Expense md
without iniuring the Health
OF h. Chickens.

Assuming that the chickens which {,
IL intended To feed for color are the
product OF wcll-colorcd stock birds,
there IN no a why their color
should not be intensified by direct feed.
Ing M canarlcs are fed: but this must
bc done more with n view to supple.
mcnting the tendency to sound color,
than To altering II materially. II IL not
much use attempting to color feed an
adult I rd-the experiment must be
tried upon chickens, and they must be
color fed from the shell. The proper
principle 10 follow In 10 supply a 1T.
tie color food rogularly-a small quan.
tity given In n systematic way, but not
H%pasmodlc dosing on u large scale. II
the birds he accustomed TO II from
Matching time upwards. and then when
passing through their first or chicken
moult they be given a rather more lib.
eral supply. that liz all that can be done.
After the moult the color. OF course
will be determined. and one cannot alter
the color Of feathers which have nj.
ready de~vclopcd-one can only do that
during the process Of development.
When the moult In finished. therefore.
and the color II fixed for the time being,
the color food may be almost entirely
discontinued. but II should not be al
together given up. because fowls ara
constantly losing feathers. and n tho
effect of this feather food upon the
system be not maintained. by constant.
iy giving small doses Of II. there Ia a
possibility that any feathers which may
be lost will be replaced by those OF n
different color. The effect OF tho color
food. therefore. must not be allowed
to entirely lapse from the blood. The
expense Of keeping up color feeding
on n limited scale like this Is not great.
and 80 II is within reason to do So
Poultry.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-07-10

The absence OF individual incomes.
A wife should have a anowance-not only a carte blanche order
on her grocer and her milncr for whatever she wants. and send the
bill in at the end of the month-but a regular cash allowance to do
with as she chooses. a man can hardly realize the calling position
in which thousands OF wives are placed in begging their husbands Tor
money. A man does not realize that a woman needs a certain amount
OF independence for her happiness. and so he goes OH pauing him
SELF on the back rs a model husband. whose wife can have most every
thing she wants by going to this or that store and ordering II on
credit.
As for womcn-womcn OF soccty-spending more than their
husband. can afford; IT is certainly true that many women have been
raised with cxtravagant ideas. none OF which is OF the value of money.
Women should learn the value OF money from the time they are girls,
and it should be taught them by their parents. The parent who fails
TO do this is doing a girl NOT only a grave injustice. but il commit.
ing a social crime.
Most OF the rinous extravaganza OF women is practiccd by
those who are not strictly in society. but are trying to buy their way
there. That is always a costly undertaking. and a foolish one. he.
cause a wcn-brcd womanly woman never dreams of such a thing. She
make. her own place in her own sphere.
No young man should marry until his position in life is assured,
and IN New York and other great ccntcrs. before a man is married
lie ought to be able to provide handsomely for his wife ii he desires
to be happy. Marriage in New York i a problem very different to
marriage in a country village In the country simplicity is the rule.
denceS OF extravaganza are all around us. Young wives see nothing
but wealth and its display. Gorgeous dresses, expensive cquiplgcs.
lives OF luxury and OF ease held up a. daily examples. gradually arouse
III the average woman the spirit OF discomfort. She Is a wonderful
woman who can live on a pitancc and have constantly held up before
her gorgeousncSs oi attire and ease ri lie. and still be able tn conquer
the desire To be likewise, and her disappointment il she cannot be.
This display on the part OF the rich before the eyes of the poor is the
cause oi more unhappincSs and more divorces and separations than
one can think Of And when say the poor, mean those who are
poor by comparison with what some oi the newspapers humorousy
alulc TO as the smart set Perhaps the hardest lot in city HE is
The lot of the great middle class, ii may use the tcrm-midnc class
i'll point OF wealth. II bchoovcs Young men To give this matter scri-
Gus thought, Love on little is quite romantic, to be sure. but human
nature is alike the world over, and women will ever be cnyious of
their more fortunate sisters. a man should be rich. quite rich, before
he IS married il he would live happily in a large city like Chicago or
New York
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-07-10

klNt tNlklflN Als Jhss
tTS pIcal Ideal Form VI Rhode Island Rcd
tor and summer. the Reds are peer.
less. THIS has been proved by the tes.
timony of every one who has cvc
bred them. Whether or not the
change to a heavier standard Of
weight. which now reads Sh pounds
for cock aud 90 pounds for hens. will
nncct the laying qualities remains 10
be seen, The testimony Of my cus,o.
toners from east to west fayors the
small. active type as the best layers.
but my avn experience docs not coin.
eide with theirs. as | find the large
hens on the nest fully ~ often N the
smaller ones.
For dressed fowls ! want 10 say that
the local butcher has no eye for
beauty of plumnFc. hut actually pays
mo two cents per pound more for the
culls | XIII than he pays for common
kinds ! asked him why he did ~.
The nswo was: "plumpor. more
meat. less bone. nice yellow legs and
skin. medium sizc three TO ave
Pounds. There is the argument In
dollars and cents Ohio Farmer
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-07-10

to succeed. He must get his bearings before he can fully understand
himself and estimate his own powers. lie can obtain The necessary pre-.
lminarv preparation nowhere with the same economy OF time and cf-
tort that he can in the college. In college he is aided by those who are
familiar with the books and who spare him time that might otherwise
be wasted because of misdirecion OF msapphcaton. He goes by A
direct road, and he saves time that would be lost to the urr.coarrd
man. Then there is the stimulus Of rivalry and OF association with
men travelling the same road.
College training is not simply a matter oil books. Books are
valuable. but. they are not everything in education. They hclp rs to
get our bearings. by giving rs the results Of Investigations and cx-
leriences. Added to that. the college lie gives knowledge OF men
through its student associations and the rivahicS OF the men as they
IRE brought together. The college life gives lift to the Imagination
The atmosphere OF the university is invigoraing. The man who ac-
uuires an education without it loses that. and it is, in my estimation
one OF the most important results secured to the college man. The
importance of college association in education cannot be over
estimated.
College training cannot stand in the way of the business success
f the college graduate. The man with the college training NAV Nc,
be fully prepared tc grasp all the business problems. He may need
special training as supplementary to the general training tina. the col
lege gives him. But he has lost nothing that he had when he began
as a student. either Of business inclination or faculty. lie has acquired
an adaptvcness that readily molds itself to circumstances.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-07-10
Reasons for Unhappy Marriages
By MRS. RUSSELL SAGE.

! have been asked many times to answer
some OF the serious questions which affect
modern society, the causes OF unhappy mar
riagcs, the so-callcd extravaganza OF Our
American women. their weakness for nus
bands with titles. and finally the duty OF a
wealthy woman toward her husband aud
family. as well as society.
Very often. especially. have ! been asked
what. in my opinion. is the most frequent
cause of unhappy marriages.
After years OF observation among dif-
ferent sorts and conditions of people. | have
come to the conclusion that the answer is
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-07-10

Crops cannot grow without water
because they do not eat their food, but
drink II. Now. while the water is In
the soil. Is the time to conserve It by
a frequent cultivation and narrowing
Keep the soil pulverlzed nnN.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-07-10
A Chinese Record.

China holds the world. record in
the way OF executions. There are at
least 1900 legal executions yearly.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-07-10
The CoAege Man and Business
BY WOODROW WILSON,
President Of Princeton University

III oft mootcd question Is the colcgc-brcd young
man less qualified for business life than the man who
has been so trainedi is again up for discussion, and
! confidently answer: Certainly not. The man must
learn a great many things before he is fitted to III.
rect business affairs. The knowledge required Of
business men, in large undertakings, is greater than
ever. II must be acquired at some time. il the man i,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
Fad of Musical Composer.

Some curious anecdotes are related
of Hermann zumpe, the Wagnerian
conductor at Munich, who died sud-
denly a few weeks ago. He was well
known to be a spiritualist and be-
lever that the ghosts of dead COM
posers inspired his conducting their
works. One day Zumpe told another
conductor of note how Beethoven's
spirit was present during the perform
ance of one of the symphonies and SO
pleased was the ghost after the end
of the first movement he exclaimed,
"At last." "Ah, my dear fellow" ex-
claimed the other conductor, surely
Beethoven made a mistake. He
thought it was the end of the last
movement"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
Sources of the Earthquakes.

The great earthquakes are traced
by a committee of the British aSsocia-
ton to eight districts, of which seven
are beneath the ocean. Five fringe
the shores of the Pacific, one is in the
Indian ocean, one in the West Indies,
and the eighth is in the Caucasian
Himilayan region. Each of these
earthquakes shook the entire earth,
while the broken up strata left gave
numerous after shocks. The earth
quake movement is p-opagated around
the globe at the uniform rate of about
two miles per second. but through
the earth the rate increases with the
depth to about seven miles per sec
Ond.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
JOKE WAS ON THAckERAY.
Rebuke to Tuft-Hunter Recoiled on the
Novelist.

Novelist.
Justin Mccarthy says that Thacke-
ray often created erroneous impress
sions of himself by indulging in irony
in the presence of people who were
Incapable of understanding it. One
curious instance which he gives is
this: "Thackeray had been dining at
the Garrick, and was talking in the
smoking room after dinner with vari-
Gus club acquaintances. One of them
happening to have left his cigar case
at home, Thackeray, although disliking
the man, who was a notorious tuft-
hunter, good-naturedly offered him one
of his cigars. The man accepted the
cigar, but not finding it to his liking
had the bad taste to say to Thackeray:
L say, Thackeray, you won't mind my
saying that l don't think much of this
cigar?' Thackeray, no doubt irritated
at the mans ungraciousness and bear
ing in mind his tuft-hunting predilec-
lions, quietly responded: You ought,
my good fellow, for it was given to me
by lord Instead, however, of detect
ing the irony, the dolt Immediately
attributed the remark to snobbishness
on Thackeray's part and to the end OF
his days went about declaring that
Thackeray had boosted that he had
been given a cigar by lord!"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
A Relic Of Nero.

The government has undertaken ex-
cavationS on the site of the Campus
Martius, and has discovered remains
and foundations of the monument
erected by the Roman Senate, 13 B. c.,
under the consulship of Nero and
Quintilius, in honor of the Emperor
Augustus after his victories in Spain
and Gaul.
The remains now discovered, to-
gether with those collected in 1850
and preserved in museums, are suffi-
cient to allow of the reconstruction of
the monument, which is symbolic of
peace, and it is hoped to complete the
work on the occasion OF the Czsr's
visit.-London Mail.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
ARTISTS AND THEIR MODELS.
Eminent Knights of the Pencil Make
Confessions.

Eminent Knights of the Pencil Make
Confessions.
The late Phil May of Punch, of
whose drawings Whistler said, BLACK
and white is summed up in two words
Phil May" visited this country dur
ing the Worlds Fair at Chicago. In
New York he fell in with Frank Yer
beck, whose illustrations chiefly depict
bears and other animals. They first
swore an eternal friendship and then
proceeded to pass an agreeable night
Rather late May leaned over the table
and said:
VERIFY, your bears are SO charming
by the way, how many bears have
you probably drawn in your timer"
About three thousand" returned
Verbeck proudly.
"They are so charming that I sup
pose you must have gone out in the
woods and made many studies from
the life
phil" replied the other, 81 have
always lived in town. 1 never saw a
live bear in my life. But your delight
full street children, now; you've
studied them at first hand, I'm sure"
VERIFY answered May solemnly, 81
never saw a street child. l always
travel in a sedan chair, and with the
curtains drawn. All my family are
Dukes, except the ladies, who are
more like what you might call
Duchesses. "-Philadelphia Post.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
Hospitality Limited.

The Arson Phelps Stokeses have a
very large and imposing place in sBerk-
shire hills, and their hospitality is
famous. The following incident. how
ever, shows that even the capacity of
that hospitab1e house was limited.
Some time ago the son of the fam
lily was at Yale. 1t was early in Octo-
b0r. the time when the Berkshire re-
gion is at it's best. Young Stokes
thought he would take half dozen or
SO of his classmates up with him on
Friday and keep them over Sunday.
So as to make sure that everything
would be in readiness, he sent a tele-
gram ahead, which read:
81 am going to bring party of 90
men up to stay over Sunday"
This was the reply he got from one
of the members of the family:
"Can accommodate twenty-five or
thirty, but not room enough for nine
ty-six.''
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
BOY WAS A DIPLOMAT.
Went to Work in Neat Way to Secure
Tip.

VSHe 70 VOTH III NSdt way 10 ScCurc
Tip.
Hon. Wilson S. Bissell of Buffalo
conducted at one time a partnership
in law with Grover Cleveland. Mr..
Cleveland, during his partnership, fire.
quently went hunting and fishing, aAad
would never fail, on his return, to send
a bird or bass to Bissel1.
One day a servant of Mr.. C1evelSnd,
a boy of seventeen or Whereabouts,
brought from his master to Bissell a
basket, of fish. Mr.. BisselI thanked
the lad, and then felt in his pocket
for a quarter, but his pocket was
empty of silver; it contained nothing
but notes of large denomination.
Thank you for the fish, my boy
repeated Mr.. Bissell, and he turned
again to his desk. He thought it
hardly worth while to explain that he
had no change. He doubted if the lad
was anxious enough for a tip to be
willing to ransack the neighborhood
for change for a large bill. But here
the boy set him right.
Mr.. Bissell,'' he said, excuse me-"
and he wriggled difidently.
'.Well, my lad, what is it?"
"Why," said the boy, when I go
back home and tell Mr. Cleveland that
I delivered the fish, if he asks me
what you gave me, what would you
like me to say to him, sir?"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
HE r MIN AT u II E
BY LUCY VAUGHAN FOWLER
copyrighted. 1908, By The authors Publishing Company

The Reverend Houghton flung down
his pen and threw himself back in his
chair, utterly weary and respondent.
Its all of no use," he said, aloud, 81
can deceive myself no longer; 1 have
neither heart nor inclination for the
work.
Outside he could just see the girlish
figure of his wife, half hidden in the
folds of a large hammock in which
she was reclining; then, as if she had
heard him, the words of hymn she
was singing fell in apt reproof upon
his ear.
The sweet voice died away, and an
expression of sadness came over the
bright upturned face, he had listened
breathlessly while she sang, for he
loved her with a depth of feeling
amounting almost to idolatry; and yet,
although she was his wife. she was as
a stranger to him. She had opposed
their marriage till the very day on
which it had been solemnized, but. he
had not known it until the ceremony
was over-then. with burning cheeks
and dark, defiant eyes, she had told
him plainly that she hated him.
The revelation made, Cece1 had
swept scornfully out of the room, and
left her husband with his bright
dream of love and happiness shat
tered. Six months had passed, and
during all that time, they had lived
together as mere strangers, treating
each other with rigid politeness when
the demands of social life or church
work required them to be present to-
gether at some entertainment or meet
ing.
AS he sat looking at her now and
noted the sad expression on her face
he longed to go to her, but he dared
not. Then Strengthening himself, he
took up his pen again, and resolved
that for her sake he would persevere.
Before he began again he glanced once
more at her, and started to his feet,
Tor large tears were standing in her
eyes, and she was trying to look
through their binding brightness at a
miniature which she held in her hand.
He wondered vaguely whose it was,
and spasm of jealousy smote him
as he saw her press it passionateIy to
ner lips and then place it in her bosom.
He turned away-the pen fell unheed-
ed from his hand, and his resolve was
completely forgotten In an agony of
dispair he threw himself on a couch.
worn out as he was, from loss of sleep
and a long nervous strain, his eyes
gradually closed, and his troubles were
drowned in oblivion. 1t was evening
when he awoke. He tried to recollect
how he came to be sleeping there at
such an hour, when a suppressed sob
at the foot of the couch caused him to
look in that direction. There, crouch
ed upon the floor, was Cece1. Instant
~ the events of the morning came
crowding to his mind; but instead of
scorn or anger, he felt only pity for
his wife. He determined that some
how, in some way, she should be free;
he despised those who sought divorces,
and never before had he been able to
imagine any case which might be con-
sidered pardonable; but it was differ
emit in their case; she was his lawful
wife to be sure, but more than that
sne was not and she must be free-es
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21

head was thrown back among tina
cushions of the chair, and her hands
were c1osped above it. She was watch
ing him with flushed cheeks and. shin
ing eyes; the shawl had fallen away
from her shoulders, and among the
snowy 1aces at her breast something
cleaned bright and yellow In an In
slant he was by her side and had TAX
en- it gently from its hiding place. The
color in her face deepened and her
eyes danced mischieyously, but she Of
fered no resistance. One glance at the
miniature sufficed; the next moment
he was on his knees by her side, with
one arm thrown about her waist, while
the other drew the bright head down
till their lips met.
Forgive me, darling" he whispered.
But she only wound her white arms
around his neck, and laying his head
upon her shoulder, let her eyes meet
his.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-21
CURED OF BAD HABIT.
Little Incident That Taught the Youth
Lesson.

d
Never but once did l go to my task
with a 'blear.'' That morning my
computations were so riotous and
was 50 set on distributing my checks
into the wrong pigeonholes, that I
went to the cashier about IL o'clock
to ask permission to go home. He
looked at me keenly, and said, not
unkindly:
Last night is responsible for this
morning. Let me tell you right here
that you can't do that sort of thing
and make a banker of yourself, no
matter what your name is. No; keep
at your work to-day, make your errors,
face the consequences of them, even
If you are fined for them. 1 guess
your modification will be the best
cure for you"
What a wise man he was. never
presented myself in that condition
again. 1t was paying too much
from 1.-THE Autobiography of a Bank
Cashier" in Everybody's Magazine for
October.