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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-12-22
MARKETS HAVE GONE DEMO
CRATIC.

Isn't it funny that you hear SO little
about 81 hogs? Nobody says a word
about the markets having gone demo-
cratic this year. Hogs are down to four
cents. Oats, % cents. Cattle are a
drug in the market. Everything is
away of. What if Parker had been
elected? There would have been yell
that you could have heard from Botany
Bay to Pixies Peak. With the republic
cans in full control, mum is the word.
Is it not beautiful to see such devotion
to party? The love of Damon and
Pythias, the affection between David
and Jonathan, even the love of Romeo
for Juliet is no comparison. 1t surely
is lovely.
The democrats may thank their stars
that they were not successful at the
last election. Understand we are not
saying that times are hard. Nothing of
the kind at all. We are merely remark
ing that if markets had dropped in the
event of Parkers election as they did
after Roosevelt's election, there would
have been no end of criticism. And so
it all depends upon whose OK is gored
Does it not?- Washington Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-12-22
Every Iowan Should Have 1t.

No Iowan, who tries to keep in touch
with the affairs of his state, can we'll do
without the Register and Leader, for it
gives more completely the general news
of the state than any other Iowa news
paper. 1t prints and pays for more
special news features than both the
other Des Moines newspapers put to-
gether; it has the only real high class
colored comic supplement issued in
Iowa; Its Sunday paper is every week
an illustrated Iowa Magazine; it re-
ceives the complete day and night re-
ports Of the Associated Press; it has a
correspondent in every important town
in Iowa; it has it's own special Washing
ton correspondent; it is devoted to the
upbuilding OF the best interests Of lows,
and it has no entangiing alliances with
any faction in politics or elsewhere.
Begin the new year right by subscrib-
ing for it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-12-22
Very Low Excursion Rates for
Christmas Holidays

to all points on the Nickel Plate Road
between Chicago and Buffalo. Excur-
sion tickets on sale December oath, 25th,
10Th and 31st, 1904, and January 1st and
End, 1905, good returning January 18th,
1905. Three through express trains
daily. No excess fare charged on any
train. Also lowest rates and shortest
line to Cleveland, Buffalo, New York,
Boston and all eastern points. Modern
sleeping and dining-cars. Individual
Club Meals, ranging in price from 35c.
to $1.00, served in Nickel Plate dining
cars; also service la carte. ALI trains
from La Sale st. Station, Chicago. City
ticket Office, Chicago, ILL.,, Ill Adams ST
and Auditorium Annex. For further
particulars address John Y. Callahan,
General Agent, 113 Adams ST., Room
298. Dec. "a.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-12-22
Constant Advertising.

One or two weeks advertising for a
permanent business is money thrown
away. The trouble with most small con-
Germs is they do not know how to push
their business through the medium of
the press. They look upon money spent
with the printer as sort Of charitable
contribution. The larger concerts know
the value of constant advertising, and
advertise constantly and Systematically.
The latter brings results in the end
commensurate with the outlay. The
semi-occasional advertiser reaps little
if any reward and hastily concludes
that advertising does not pay-he fools
himself.-Iowa Commercial Review.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-12-22
Christmas Holiday Excursion Rates


via. the Nickel Plate Road, Dec. 24th,
25th, 26th and 31st, 1904, and January
4th, 1905, at fare and third for the
round trip, between Chicago and Buffa-
10. Three through express trains daily
to Ft. Wayne, Findlay, Cleveland, Erie,
Buffalo, New York, Boston and all east
ern points. Through Pullman sleepers
and excellent dining-car service, indi-
vidual Club Meals, ranging in price
from 35c. to S1.00, being served in
Nickel Plate dining-cars; also service a
la carte. No excess fare charged on
any tr lin. Chicago depot, Van Buren,
and La Sale Streets, City ticket offices,
Ill Adams st. and Auditorium Annex
All information given upon application
to John Y. Callahan, General agent, Ill
Adams st. Room 29S. Dec. "a.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-12-22
WINTER TOURIST RATE COLORA-
DO AND RETURN, $32.4O
Special Rate on Special Dates.
$22.25.

Tickets via the Burlington to Denver,
Colorado Springs and Pueblo, good re-
turning until June 1, 1905, are now on
sale daily for $32.40. If you never have
thought of Colorado as winter resort,
| should like to talk with you about it.
If you cannot make a protracted stay
there, you might use the twenty-one
day round trip tickets to be,on sale De-
cember 6 and 20; rate for the round
trip S22.25. G. M. KETCHAM, Agent.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-12-22
I The
Christmas
Carol
THE Christmas carol as a feature
of the holiday observances is

6HE Christmas carol as a feature
Of the holiday observances is
an English rather than an
American custom, and the waits"
who sing them under the windows of
English houses or on street corners are
quite unknown with us. Yet the Yule-
tide carol plays some part in the
Christmas exercises of almost all our
churches, one in particular, the favor
lite, "GS, Rest You, Merry Gentle
lnen," being used in all Episcopal
churches. 1t is included in the hymnal,
but lest any one may have forgotten it
we give it here:
God rest you, merry gentlemen;
Let nothing you dismay,
[ For Jesus Christ, our Saviour,
Was born upon this day
| To save US all from Satan's power
When we are gone astray.
Oh. tidings OF comfort and Joy. >.
For Jesus Christ, our Saviour, va
bora on Christmas day,
! obviously enough, carol singing at
heathendom. The Anglo-Saxen Guile.
Of Yule, was an ancient pagan festival
which in the wisdom Of the early mis-
sionaries was retained with a new sig
nidcance when Britain was Christian
lied. The seasons merrymaking then
had its influence upon the carols,
which developed into two classes, one
Of joyous expressions OF the Saviour 8
birth and the other singing of wassail.
Though carols are said to have been
sung In the primitive church, the ear
Hest one extant is Of the thirteenth
century. It's manuscript is now in the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-12-22

TIE WAITS" ENGLISH CAROL SINGERS.
British museum. 1t Is written in An
Eio-Norman, and the first stanza. freely
translated, is as follows:
/ Now, lordinea. listen to our ditty,
\ Strangers coming from afar,
/ Let poor ntnRtrels move your pity;
/ Give W welcome. soothe our canss
! Ia this mansion. a. they tell us,
/ Christmas wassan keeps today
! And, 10 the king OF al good >feilowA
r. ReiGns with uncontrolled sway.
I CHORUS.
Hail. Father Christmas, hail to thee;
HonoF'd ever shalt thou be!
Z All the sweets thai love bestows.
/. Endless pleasures wait on those
| Who. like vassals brave and trua.
!! Give to Christmas homage due.
! A modernized form Of their carol was
used at Oxford up to recent time.
Another carol which was sung at the
beginning Of the sixteenth century and
which shows true religious feeling is
this:
When Chryst was born of Mary ire.
In Bedlen. In that fayre cyte,
AngeNis song Their with myth and gle.
In Excelsis Gloria.
Herdmen beheld thes ANGELES bright,
To hem apperyd with greet light
And seyd "Goddys some is born this
night
n In Excelsis Gloria
Theys keng US comyn to save (man)
kynde,
As yn Scriptures we fynde,
Therefore this song have we in mynde,
p In ExcelSiS Gloria
Then. Lord. for thy gret grace
lGTaunt US the blys to Sc thy face.
Where we may syng to thy sofas
IN Excelsis Gloria.
Among the many carols Of later date
are many Of exquisite beauty-Nahum
Tate's while Shepherds Watched
Their F1ocks by Night" Isaac Watts
+Joy to the World, the Lord Is Come >
Charles Wesley's clark, the Herald
Angels Sing" and Phillips Brooks "Oh,
Little Town of Bethlehem OF an
other age are these Christmas verses
OF Robert Herrick, the quaint old Eng
lish poet:
Where Is the Babe that lately sprung?
Lies he the lily banks among!
Or ray II this new Birth Of ours
Sleeps. laid within some ark Of flowers.
8pangled with dew light7 Thou canst
clear
An doubts and manifest the where.
Declare to us, bright star. II we shall seek
Film in the mornings blushing cheek
or search the beds OF spices through
70 find him out7
Millions Hymn on the Nativity" must,
pf course, be ranked among the best of
christmas songs. while the Gloria In
Excelsis" of the King James Bible will
always be sung wherever the English
language makes its way.
MARION B. BRADLEY.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-12-22
Holiday Rates Via Burlington
Route.

Reduced rates for holidays will be in
effect Dec. "a, Is, 26, 81. Jan. 1 and 2.
Good to return not later than Jan. A..
For particulars, ask G. M. Ketcham,
Agent.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-12-22

John Sharp Williams was trying to
hold his own with some republican con-
gressmen in a chatting match over the
election. The Mississippi man insisted
that the democratic party was still a
factor. "Not big one, maybe" he said,
"but still there is something left. Re
minds me of the young fellow from down
my way who got the Texas fever and
went west several years ago. He
couldn't hold his own with the cowboys
and after time he came home. Just
how can't say, but he managed to get
on the outskirts of his home town. He
sent a note to his father saying: Dear
Father: Please send me suit of
clothes, a shirt and pair of shoes. l
have hat Now, friends, the opposi-
tion took all except our headgear--our
name and we can cling to that"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-12-22

Iowa's official representation at the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition will cost
the state only about 100000 net, sal
wage on the building and contents being
estimated at $4,000.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-12-22

Miss Nora McNeill has informed us
that her resignation as post mistress at
Garden Grove has been forwarded to
the postal department at Washington,
to take effect April l, 1905. Miss Mo
Neill has made an excellent official and
has served the public admirably. Miss
Grace Vail, the deputy at present, cir
culated petition tho first of the week,
signed by many, asking to be appointed
to the Office, and we understand there
are others who will seek the appoint
ment.-Garden Grove Express.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-12-22

Piles may be your trouble. Antisep-
tic Pile Cones will cure you. We sell
them. SOC. box. w. G. Stempel & Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-12-22
A Frightened Horse.

Running like mad down the street
dumping the occupants, or hundred
other accidents, are every day occur
rences. 1t behooyes everybody to have
reliable salve handy and there's none
as good as Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
Burns, outs, sores, eczema and piles,
disappear quickly under it's soothing
effect. Is cents at L. P. Van Werden's
Drug Store.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-12-22

1t is rsgretable but too true that as
long as man is prosperous and has
plenty of money he can't keep his
friends (?) away with base ball club,
but let him lose his money and start
down hill and the most Of them will
grease the track and bet their money on
the time it will take him to reach the
bottom.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-12-22
To Cure a Cold In One Day

Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets At
druggists refund the money if it fails to cure E. w
Groves signature on each box. Csc. 7-1yr
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12
JAPAN AS A NAVAL POWER
She Draws Her Seamen From a Fish
 ing opulation of Two Million.

In 1853 Queen Victoria presented a small steam yacht to the emperor of Japan, detailing some, British, blue jackets to the duty of instructing the Japanese in the management of that class of vessel. 1ne Japanese under took to handle the craft before they had thoroughly learned their lesson, and on their first voyage when they wanted to stop, they discovered that they had forgotten how this operation was performed. They therefore steamed round and round the Gulf of Yeddo until the fires. died down, and then the yacht was lowed home
 Since then Japan has risen to the position of one of the greatest naval powers, and her progress of recent years has been notning short of mar vicious. At the time of her war with China .her whole fleet displaced about 3O,OO0 tons; to-day the aggre- gate displacement is more than 25O,- 900 tons. Japan has fishing poprlla- ton of about 2,000,Ouv men, and from this section of the community she draws her seamen. Hitherto she has been depending upon other countries for the construction of Aer vessels, but the time is near at hand when she will be able to throw off the assist ance of the western world. Her arse nals are already capable of building protected cruisers and torpedo craft, and gun factory and arnor plate factory are now being established, which will soon be ready to begin work. .s.
 Her seamen are men of intelligence, resource and sea lore, and capable of quickly acquiring sufficient mechani- cal skill to enable them to control the complex mechanism of their modern
 nen-of-war with comnlete success. They desire no pampering and they can live on the simplest food and sleep anywhere: but in their new ships they have more air and in some resperts. greater comforts than are to be found on many. if not most, British men-ofz war. s .4
 These sailors of the far east take things very much as they find them, with a stoical calm. They face dan- ger with much the same spirit with which they take their pleasure and in spite of their rapid strides which civ ilization has made in their country their 1uxuries are few, and they are contented and happy They are de voted 10 simple sports, to fencing and 70 acrlng: no one can ever TOrget# the dramatic entertainments oil board Tapanese men-of-war who has been privileged to witness them. Nor uoes the memory soon become dim of one of these ships when decked out in gala dress with chrysanthemums cherry blossoms and other blossoms typical of Japan enHvenihg the grim -asnect of the docks. The men are adopts in the making of initiation paper flowers. which so closely resem- ble the handiwork of nature that at a casual glance one hardly notices the deception. - North American Re view
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12

came serious beyond his years. Now, as a young man of nearly 22, he shows the marks of his rigid education, being of quiet and thoughtful disposition and still somewhat shy. #
 With a father of such striking person. ality as Emperor William, the prince is naturally somewhat in the background, but it is not from weakness of charac- ter. The emperor. has always made a great companion of his eldest boy, and father and son are much alike in many Ways-the stern sense of duty, military tastes and love of sport, for instance.
 AS the future head of soldier nation, Prince William was encouraged in . things military from his very cradle. tradition relating that st 21a he insisted on sleeping with miniture rifle on his arm. He was delicate, slight boy, and made a tiny soldier indeed when he en- tered the Prussian foot guards at the age of ten, according to the custom of German princes. With his next brother, Eitel Fritz. the crown prince worked very hard, first at home in Potsdam, and then at the college at Plon, in Schles- wig-Holstein On finishing his course there, the prince went to Bonn, where he thoroughly enjoyed university life, and matriculated with due honors. 5#
 It was whilst he was at Bonn that he was besieged one day by a 'deputation
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12
We're All Right.

We recall story about baby who had always, in the few months of his existence. been kept in a room where a little gas burned at night. Once he opened his eyes on utter darknes. At first he showed great terror atithe new unknown blackness Then he realized his own personal immunity from what ever catastrophe might have en- veloped the world. and cried out re- assuringly, "Baby's all rightr' Looking across at Asia to-day, We feel con- siderably like that baby. All kinds of disaster may Turk in the clouds in that direction. but not for us. War or no war, alliances or single foes, victory for Russia or Japan, the Unit ed States of America can feel it's body and be assured that all is about the same. Our security is due primarily to fortune and geography. It is ir1- creased, however, blythe Judgment and 2stuteness of our pilot in foreign af- fairs. If MT Hay should suddenly ex- pire, and the delicate business of fencing with clever diplomatists were intrusted to Mir Roosevelt himself, for Snstance. or to some one equally de- pendent upon luck for diplomatic safe ty. certain tremulousness would take place of our serenity. If an untested democratic candidate should be elect ed president in November next, his choice of a cabinet would be observed
 with serious concern. Perhaps a
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12

really enlightened democrat would en- deavor to retain MT Hay, who has never been known as much of par y man. The secretary's present hand ling of eastern matters has equaned any of his performances in the past He takes everything he can get for this country, while riskmg nothing. By closing a treaty with China by cable and sending consuls to the treaty ports in Manchuria, he has made the open door a reality, and giv- en Russia no pretext for complaint, since her professions in the past, how ever insecure, are a complete answer to anything to which she mays ob- ject. Her newspapers may rave at us, but her diplomats will see that they have been outplayed. From the day when he insisted, in face of general incredulitv, that the legations were safe in Picking, down to this la-est outwitting of the country which is the cleverest diplomatic gamester in Flu rope MT Hays cautious boldness has been one series of triumphs. In only one instance have we been disconi- fited in our foreign ot3attons-ln the case. namely of the Kishinen peti- tion-and that affair is generally be Iieyed to have been handl@d by the president.-Collier's Weekly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12
COLORADO'S COSTLY
 INDUSTRIAL WAR.

In the grim tenacity of purpose, in the methods employed, in the number enlisted on both sides in proportion to the population of the state, and in the appalling cost, both in life and proper ty, the industrial war now going on ill Colorado is one of the most far-reach- ing ever recorded in the labor history of the world.
 Thirty-tive thousand workmen idle on an average of five months each; 4 100000 working days lost; $1O,OO0,- OO0--a low estimate-as a wage loss, OOOO, O,0OO-cOnseryativ / estimate loss from direct damage and non-pro- duction; $50O,OOO cost of national Guard ordered to three different parts of the state within nine months for the protection of life and property. A total loss-at the most conservative estimate, of $50,OOO,OOO. And this is a state where the total assessed val uation is less than $15O,OOO, GOO.
 This is the stupendous cost to Colo rado of the labor troubles of the year 1903. Sixteen strikes. That is the years record Sixteen strikes affect ing from 300 to 21;0O0 men each and lasting from ten days to ten months each. .-.t0., '..., It, sr
 The results: A declaration of war between capital and organized labor as represented in the state; the in crease of the national guard from $50 men in March, 1903, to 5000 men full ly armed and equipped: courts and civil writs superseded in the mining districts and martial law declared; the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus and the enforcement of the 'vag' law in the mining camps and the subsequent deportation of all men who refuse to work. And, with all this, the 25,O00 miners in the metalli- ferrous and coal camps are still out, and threaten to stay out for months to come, although their places are gradually being filled with imported non-union men est1 E
 It has passed the point where one can refer to it as on industrial up- heaval.' It has become social re- bellion--a rebellion against every recognized standard of business as it exists to-day-a rebellion brought about by the determination of organ ized labor to reign supreme in Color ado.
 To get at the real beginning of this trouble you have to go back just three years. In 1901, the state legis- lature, at the insistent demand of the labor unions, passed an eight-hour law, applicable to all classes of labor in the state. A few months later, the supreme court declared it unconstitu- tiOnal-at the behest of the mine own- CTS, so the labor leaders declared. But whatever the cause, that started the fight Labor in Colorado organized for an eight-hour lay. They went into politics and united with the democrat ic party, and at the succeeding session the eight-horr law failed to pass. Then the unions took the matter into their own. hand. They formally es- poused the cause of socialisIn-in June, 1903-and supported the social istic platform at the next election. They failed to win at the polls, and then came the threatened deluge of
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12

of schoolgirls. who brought postcards for him to sign. After the prince had att tained his majority-celebrated with much ceremony at Berlin-he came out into the world by visiting foreign courts.
 The prince had often been in England, where he was much liked by his great grandmother, Queen Victoria, and when over there the summer after her death he was invested by King Edward with the order of the garter.
 Last spring the prince and his brother, Prince Eitel, made tour in the east, and came home by Rome, having an au- dience of the late Pope. Leo XIII spoke of the young prince as the pam bino piu grande-the eldest little boy, much to the brothers amusement. Now the prince has settled down to military duty in Potsdam with his guards regiment.
 The crown prince shows his English origin by his love of outdoor life. He is a crack rider, and has competed in sew eral military races-hardly altogether to his fathers satisfaction, as the em- ing is his favorite pursuit--not in big court drives, but a quiet day's sport with only forester in attendance. The prince has been very successful in deer stalking, and displays the utmost pa- tience in following his quarry.
 At home he proves his talent as pi- anist, for all the princes have been taught some musical instrument, and the emperor and empress are very fond of quiet family musical evenings at Potsdam. The question of the day is: t'Who will the crown prince marry ?" He is little susceptible, but the choice
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12
TIE GROWN PRINCE.
Short Sketch of the Heir Apparent of the German Empire.
One of the Most Interesting Young
 Men of Europe-Resembles His '' Distinguished Father in
 NIaRy Ways.

great inheritance like the German
 imperial crown is apt to weigh a trife heavy on youthful shoulders. The Ger man crown prince was only six years old when he became heir apparent, and
 from that time the :dea of his fu-
 ture duties and responsibilities was al- ways kept before him till the boy be-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12

Leave all job printing orders at the Democrat office, such as tickets, win dow hangers, bills, badges, programs, door checks, and in fact anything and everything that can be printed, from one letter up to full sheet poster.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12

strikes, with a war cry: "We'll fight until we force an eight-hour agree ment over the state. .''-Collier's Week ly.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12
AND KIDNEY CURE.

25 cents will break no man. but might gain many dollars for him. Just try an ad in the Democrat once.