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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-01-15
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year instead of $1,000 as at present.
For several years the judges have been
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but have been unsuccessful. Their
efforts have been unavailing for there is
a general prejudice in Iowa against
raising the salaries of public officials.
The unusually large number of lawyers
in the last legislature made it possible
to secure the desired increase IN the
salaries of both district and supreme
judges, but the salaries of the latter will
not be increased until 1904.
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Development of Infidelity
In the Hiqher Seats of Learning,

small booklet by J. F. Cook, NO. 1927
Hamilton Avenue. Racine, Wis. his price 10
cents. silver dime or postage st amps. 1t is
hornets nest and the hornets are at home. I
christians and intidels, mostly orders Some
are abusive and come kind. Some requesting
me to discontinue my publication, others
vert me- cannot reply. ! ann too busy
Circulars selt free on appA cation. Orders
1iloA Pee0pA1. l2es-l
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en-. They had seen how small a thing
Is NE. how easily aad swiftly TO be
ended.
la front Of the trenches were other
regiments. ont ahead iu ,sc woods. IN.
seen. somewhere toward that place
whence came the stcaGiest Earring OF
artillery and the loudcsi rafting of the
lessor arms. l. was very hard 10 lie
and listen. 10 imagine, "a suspect. 10
dread For hours Tire rame went on.
the reserves az tLC trcucnc1 hearing
now distinctly and now family tho
tumult ~ the lines. now rccca!ng. now
coming on.
These young mCa. who hut lately
had said goodbye % the women of
their hin. began Co learn what war
might mean. II lal been heretofore
a distant. u7ne1sarei unlrcadcd
thing. conqucrahle. not % be- feared. "a
seemed 80 rweet and o.. to 80 forth.
even though d had been harI 20 say
good bye.
Now there began 20 appear in the
woods before The trenches the fiEures
% men. az first scattered. then becnm.
ing steadily more numerous. There
came men bearing ether mon whose
arms Topped loosely Some men walked
with hand grippCd tightly 60 an arm:
others hobblcd painfully. Two moa
sometimes supported third. whose
head. heavy and a.dpCp. would now
and then be- kept erect with dificulty.
the eyes staring with n CHASTITY. sheep
ish gaze. tho face In O look 81 horri.
hci surprise. This awful rabbie. tho
parings OF the defeated line Ia front.
dropped back through the woods. drop
ped back upon the young reserves who
lay there IN The ilcc Some Of them
could go no farther Int fen there and
lay silent. Others passed back into
The fields whore droned the protesting
bees. or whore here and thcrc Wide
tree offered shelter Suddenly an the
summer air was nncd with anguish
and horror. Was this then. the War;
And now there appeared yet other
nggTcs among the trees. struggling.
broken line. which fell back. halted
stood and fred always calmly. cooiiy
a. some unseen thing in front Of them.
But thia line resolved Itself into In.
dlyidnals. who came bach to the edge
Of the wood. me,hodicaliy picking their
way through the abaitis climbing the
intervening fences. and finally clamb.
cring into the carthw0rks 20 take their
places for the flnal stand. They spoke
With grinning respect 81 that which
was ont there ahead coming on. They
threw OF their coats and tisliencd
their belts. making themselves CON.
Portable FOR what time there yet re.
NAMED.
At last there came n continued.
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no LING for klndness.

Don't YOU think the modern woman
o. In danger Of getting So busy she
has no tine 20 be kind?" asked a
sweet old lady the other day. we
hear SO much about making every
minute count and always having some
work or course of study for spare
hours and systcmatizIng our activities
that there Is no room left for way.
side kndncsses. We get SO tremen-
donsiy absorbed In our own affairs. so
sclf-centered. 80 intent on not missing
anything that IL going ON. that we
pass by a thousand little gracious acts
that. II We had been living ffty years
back. instead OF now, we should have
thcIght Of II isn't only the lame.
the halt aud the blind that need our
love. There are hundreds who never
Fall by the way or ask publicly for the
cup OF cold water. who yet are perish.
Ing for lack Of u. think the old.
fashioned woman had the advantage
over the sO-called new woman In
cuickness oA sympathy aud respons.
lyencss. New York Tribune.
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Colonel Fairfax. the leader at the local
bar. perhaps the representative IN the
legislature. or In some position OF yet
higher trust The BoauchampB had
always had men in the ranks 81 the
professions OF IN stations Of respon-
slbillty. They held large lands. and
In the almost fcudal creed OF the
times they gave large services IN re
turn.
II was considered a matter Of course
that young ioHry Fairfax. soa 81
Colonel Falrlux. should. after com
plctirs his Studies 20 the ancient instl-
tuition OF William and Mary College
step into his fathers law ofic', even.
tually 90 bo admitted 10 the bar and
To become his fathers partner: after
which he should marry Miss Ellen
Beauchamp. l7yoi.cst daughter OK
family noted Tor its beautiful women.
So much Was this taken Tor granted.
and 40 fully did 10 iGcet the approval
at both families. that the tide oi the
young peoples plans ran On with little
"a disturb Is current. Young Fairfax
seemed so perfectly to represent the
traditions of his family, and his future
seemed 10 secure: and Mary Ellen her.
self. tail and slender bound TO BE-
stately and az noble grace. seemed SO
enlnently az 60 be- a Bcauchamp
beauty and Fairfax bride.
For the young people themselves IL
may be doubted n there had yet awak-
ened the passion of genuine. personal
love. They met, but. under tho strict
code or that lana and time. they never
met alone.
For two yeara Colonel Fairfax had
been with his regiment. nghtinG for
what he considered the welfare II his
country aud FOR tho Institutions IN
whose Justice he had been taught 90
believe There remained az the old
FAIRFAX home In Loulsbcrs only the
wife ~ Colonel Fairfax ard the son
Henry. tire latter chatting al n part
which seemed 20 him so obviously ~.
noble. Spirited aud proud. FESTIVE un-
der comparisons which he had never
heard but always dreaded 10 hear.
Henry Fairfax begged his mother to
let him % though still shu said Not
Jet"
But the lines OF the enemy frightened
ever about Louisburg. Then came n
day fatal day-frnught with the lid.
ings ~ what seemed a double death
The wife or Colonel Henry Fairfax
was graade dame that day. when she
buried her husband and sent away her
son. Thorc were yet traditions 10 sup
port
Henry Fairfax said goodbye 10 Mary
Ellen upon the gallery 81 the old home.
beneath solemn, Whitehead moon.
amid the OdOrs Of The dropping honey
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CHAPTER M
The Victory.

The bandmaster marshaled his mu.
sic az the head OF the column OF oc.
cupatlon which was 10 march into
Louisburg The game had been ad-
mirably played. The victory was com
plete. There was no need 20 occupy
the trenches, FOR those who lay IN
them or near them would never rally
for another battle. There was no
longer need for hurry. Before the
middle OF the morning the lines would
start on the march OF the few short
miles.
During the delay n young officer OF
engineers. Captain Edward Franklin
by name. asked permission OF his
colonel TO advance along the line OF
march until he came 20 the earth.
works. 20 which he wished TO give
some examination. Joining his regi.
ment as IL passed beyond the fortifica-
tions ON It's march. The colonel gave
hts consent. not altogether willingly.
You may see more over there than
YOU want 10 see, young man. said
he
Franklin went on. following as near
Is as he could the line of the assault
ol the previous day. a track all to bold.
Is marked by the horrid debris OF the
fght As he reached the arst edge
of the wood. where the victorious col.
umn had made It's entrance. II seemed
90 him that there could have been no
such thing as war The air was soft
and sweet. Just cold enough To- stir
the leaves upon the trees and set
them whispering intimately All about
was the suggestion OF calm and rest
and happiness. Surely IL had been a
dream! There could have been no
battle here.
This that had been a dream was
changed into a horrid nightmare as
the young officer advanced into the
wood. About him lay the awful evil
denccs. Coats, caps. weapons bit OF
gear. all marked and emphasized with
many. many shapeless. CHASTITY things.
Hero they lay. these integers Of the
line. huddled. jumbled. They had all
the contortions. all the frozen ultimate
agOnics left for survivors 10 see and
remember. so that they should no
moro go 20 war. Again. they lay so
peacefully calm that all the lesson
was acclaim for happy. painless war.
Some lay upon their backs where they
had turned. thrusting mp knee In the
last struggle Some lay face down.
ward as the slaughtered fall. II was
oil a hidcous and cruel dream. Surely
Il could be- nothing more. Il could not
DC reality. The birds gurgled and
twittered. The squirrels barked and
played. The sky was innocent. Il
must be q dream.
(To be coutinued.)
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CHAPTER 4.
Tho Rrszen TonnEea

no brS-cn ion0LcA.
The hand major was u poet His
laT&s IL lost 20 history. but II deserves
pace among the titles OF the great.
onls IN the soul OF a poet. a great
naR. coald there have been conceived
:has thought by which the music OF
triumph should pass the little pinnacle
81 human exultation, and reach the
sighcr plane OF human sympathy.
Forty black horses. keeping step;
iorty trumpeters. Keeping unison;
his procession. headed by IA mere mu.
sician. who none the less was poet.
a great man. crossed the Geld OF Louis
nurg a. II lay dotted with the heaps OF
slain. and dotted also with the groups
Of those who sought their slain:
crossed that held 0f woe. meeting only
hatred and despair. yet leaving be-
hind only tears and grief. Tears and
grief. II is true. yet grief that knew
Of sympathy. and tears that rocked OF
other tears.
For long time the llnes OF invasion
had frightened about the old city OF
l.ouisburg, and l.ouisburg grew weak
or IN the coil The wheat lay green
upon the fields and the odor OF the
blossoms OF the peach trees hung
heavy on the air: but there was none
who thought Of frultage or Of harvest.
Out there In front. where the guns
were pulslng. there went on that grin.
mer harvest with which the souls OF
all were ultimately concerned. The
boys who threw up their hats 10 greet
the infantry were fewer thaa they had
beon bofors the blossoming OF the
peach. The war had grown less par.
ticulsr OF IT, food. A boy could speed
a bullet, "a could stop one. There
were vet Tho boys.
or all ths old.time families OF this
ancient little city none held position
more secure or more willingly accord
ell than the Falrfaxes and the Bean.
champs. There had always been
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suckle. Had Mary Ellens eyes not
been hid beneath tho lids they might
have seen a face pale and sad as her
own. They sat silent. FOR 81 was no
time for human speech. The hour
came for parting. ana he rose. His
lips just lightly touched her cheek.
II seemed 10 him he heard a faint
goodbye" lie stepped slowly down
the long walk In tho moonlight. and
his hand was at his face. Turning at
the gate for tho last wrench OF separa.
ton. bee gazed bacl. at a dropping form
upon the gallery. Then Mrs. Beau
champ came and took Ellen's head
upon her bosom. seeing that now she
was woman. and that her suffcrings
nad begun.
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hoarse. deep. cheering. a roaring wave
OF menace made up of little sounds.
An officer sprang up to the top OF tho
breastworks and waved his sword,
shouting out something which no one
heard or cared 60 hear. The line in
the trenches, boys and veterans, re-
serves and remnants OF the columns Of
defense. rose and poured volley after
volley. as they could. into the thick
and concealing woods that lay befsre
them. None the less, there appeared
soon a long. dusty, faded line. trot'
ting. running. walking falling, stumb-
ling. but coming on. IL swept like n
long serpent parallel 10 the works,
writhing. smitten but surviving. II
came on through the wood, writhing,
tearing at the cruel abattis laid 10 en-
trap Il. II writhed. roared, but IL
broke through. II swept over the rail-
fences that lay between the lines and
the abattis. and still came on! This
was not war. but Fate!
There came a cloud OF smoke, hiding
the face OF tho intrenchment. Then
the boys OF Louisburg saw bursting
through this suifocating curtain a few
faces. many faces, long rows of faces.
some pale. some red. some laughing.
some Mortified. some shouting, some
swearing-a long row OF faces that
swept through the smoke. following
line OF steel--a line OF steel that flick.
cred, waved and dipped.
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CHAPTER 10.
INC PIaYere 81 the oam :.

The Players OF the cams
When the band major was twenty
miles away I'm front Of Louisburg his
trumpets sounded always the advance.
The main Entertainments erected In
the defences OF Louisburg lay az right
angles To the road along which came
the Northern advance. and upon the
side OF the wood nearest 20 the town.
In the fields both the wheat and the
flowers were now trampled. and
thousand Industrious and complaining
bees buzzed protest az the losing Of
their commerce. The defenses them.
selves were but earthworks. though
skilfully laid out. Alopg their front,
we'll hidden by the forest growth. ran
line OF entangling abattis Of stakes
and sharpcned interviewer boughs.
In the center OF the line Of defense
lay the reserves. the boys OF Louis
burg. fnakcd on either side by regi.
ments OF veterans. the lean and black.
haired Gcorgians and Carollnians.
whose steadiness and unconcern gave
comfort to moro than one bursting
boyish heart The veterans had long
played the game Of war They had
long siace said good bye 10 their WON
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NEW FAST TRAIN TO TEXAS
Via Iron Mountain Route.

Leaving 81. Louis $3.50 a. m. FOR
points in Texas and tho Southwest.
Direct connection with trains from
North and East. In addition To this
the Iron Mountain Route have three
other trains TO Texas, leaving ST.
Louis 2:21 p. m, $40 D. m. and sos
n. m. Through Pullman sleepers din
ing cars and elegant chair cars.
Twelve hours saved 20 California.
Fastest schedules 10 Texas. Tourist
tickets on sale the year round. Write
any agent OF Iron Mountain Route. or
H. c. Townsend. general passenger
and ticket agent. St. Louis.
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a Technical Point.

"Iou cay your road carried million
passengers last year2"
Yes. sir: and | can prove H."
''You car2"
Yes. sir
We'll. row. let's get right down to
f1rts. Can you make two passengers
out OF one mani"
"Of course not"
No doubt In some eases you've car.
ried the same man fifteen or twsnty
times"
"Unqucstionably."
Well. does that make fifteen sr
twenty passengers OF him."
Moo"
In view OF that. can you say that
you've carried n million"
But the railroad man retired an
grily. lie never did have any use for
a technically exact man anyway.
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whatsoever shall exert himself shall
d. abascd"-thc choice Christ offers
us Is between humility and humilla.
toni. O. Il.
In round numbers. the frozen rab-
bits imported last year from Australia
ana Ncw Zealand totalcd ll.JOO.OOO.
II seems queer that SO many crooked
people should find themselves in
Strengthened circumstances.
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mans experience bore THIS out
Continuing. he says: "I did not
know the cause or the trouble. but
/ am led TO believe now that II was
first brought about by jumping In and
out OF the wagon and I'm some way /
may have strained my back.
IT was constantly growing worse" he
continues. land became very much
alarmed about my condition. i knew
that something had 10 be done or serious
results were sure 10 follow. i went 10
a specialist here In Sherman. and under
went n rigid examination"
Then he relates how the doctor told
him that Il was a serious case. but that
he could cure him for nifty dollars.
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Headache.

The ordinary feminine headache
will be greatly relieved and in many
cases entirely cured. by removing the
bodice. knottIng the hair high up on
the head out OF the way and. while
sponge soaked In water as hot as can
leaning over the basin. placing n
be borne, on the back OF the neck Re.
peat this many times. also applying
The sponge behind tho ears, and the
strained muscles aud nerves that have
caused SO much misery vii be felt 10
relax and smooth themselves out de.
liciously. and very frequently the pair
promptly yanIshes In consequence.
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In0uqttIhad

neys. ana thus making tho action OF thso
kidneys regular and natural.
AehiRg backs Gr eassd. HIP, bact, and loi-.
pains O'ercoD'e Seeding The hD'e', rAs'ons-
stsDa and droEsy signs Uanish
Thy correct UJtnS pith 6r'ck-l,iI iedim<af.
hi9h-colored, eTeessiSe, pain 10 passing. dris-
bling, .JrrqEcaey DoaH's Midday rus diSsoirs
aad reUOUs ea!eHh aud grapd. Iisli7e heurE
sioPlessae's headache, AerOH1eb.
Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo. ~. Y.
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Irritation OF the
bladder shows that
the kidneys are out
of order. Delay I'm
prompt attention
often causes serb
Gus complication.
Relieve and cure
sick kidneys and
ward or dangerous
diabetes, dreaded
dropsy ana Bright's
disease, by using
ID GA ms Kidney
Pills.
They begin by
healing the delicate
membranes and re-
duclng any innam-
nation or the hid
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Restrict shlpment Of Bodies.

Washington dispatch: Representa-.
tiyes OF railroad companies and the
National Association OF Undertakers
have decided 20 refuse 10 ship bodies
OF persons dying OF infectious dis.
eases.
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GRITTY OF a high
er recommendation
than 1 can find
words TO express. "
This IL what Mr..
]. ii. Plangrnan (of
Sherman, Tex.)
says or Doan's
Kidney Pills. lie
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down my left leg
as far as the knee"
This Is precisely
what kidney trou-
bic viii do with the
body.
IL does not al
ways show itself
at first, but APP
pears just in this
way. when some
unusual movement
or action brings
sharp pains and
exhaustive aches.
telling OF sick Kid
neys.
So bir. Plang-
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tells his experience I'm the following
words: lie says. sometime In Septem-
Der i was taken with dull aching pain
across the small or my back. directly
over the kidneys. paid small attention
90 this at first. thinking IL would pass
of. But instead or getting better IL
became worse and I'm a short time the
pain centered through my left hip and
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However. necessity knows no law and
Mr.. Plangman paid half down and took
the treatment and followed IL faithful
ly for four weeks
Naturally. he thought that he would
soon be rid OF the trouble. but In spite
OF the doctoring he goes on TO add. II
was I'm such misery that IL was almost
impossible for me 20 do my work"
1T was at this juncture that Doan's
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Kidney Pills came
20 my notice and 1
procured some from
the drug store OF c.
Il. Craycroft. L
used these pills
according 10 direc-
tons and TO my
surprise / was con-
siderably relieved
on the second day
and In n short time
completely cured"
This Is the uni
versal experience OF
those who have
been sufferers from
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O - or td3c line rugnof b. ogHaird az any nficr
shoes by mail, - cents extra. IIlustrntsr
tAtaIog free. W. l.. DOUGLAS. Brorkton Has,
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4 hty - hAi AltoNo
that have bocn cost
INK You from $500
TO $500. Tho i'm
Inense sale of w. J..
Douglas shoes proves
their superiority over
all other makes.
Sold by retail shoe
dealers everywhere.
Look for namo aud
price on hnttOm.
That Douglas uses Cor
onatOlt proves fhrro ~
value la douglas shoes.
corona u the Highest
grade raf.I.eathor made.
Euff ilInr NUfIaffa.sr.f
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when answering Ads. please mention this paper
on. sa,' :;a. . 40 Thompson's Eye Water
w. L. DOUGLAS
$50 & So SHOES SEI1s

You can save from 50 to So yearly BY
wearing W. L. Douglas $3.50 or 50 shoes.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-02-26
Newspaper Reading.ROOm,

It Is found that no one room of the
Boston Public Library has so many
visitors as the newspaper reading
room, and it is easily explained, says
the Boston Transcript 1t contains
not only home papers all over the coun.
try. but foreign papers all over the
world. not free to the public until this
room was opened. Newspapers have
become q necessity of life to the bus.
iness man. to the pleasure seeker. the
idler. all Of any avocation, the first to
receive attention before beginning the
work Of the day. When DR.. Watson
Uan MacLareD was in this country
some Of his Boston friends took him
into the library as one of the sights
Of Boston. Among those present were
DR.. Hale and q Newburyport gentle
man. DR.. Watson was comparatively
silent until he came to the newspaper
reading room, when he seized a Liver.
pool paper with which he busted him
self, and with difficulty left it behind
to proceed with the party. He exclaim-
ed: II have not seen a home paper
before since l arrived in America.
There is no institution in Europe, or
elsewhere, like this to provide a paper
for all the common people," When the
newspaper reading-room was institut-
ed there was grave doubt in many
minds about Its expediency.