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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-01-21
HUNTER STILL BAD.
The Murderer of Homer Holland,
Submits to punlshments, but
Will Not Work.

Ft. Madison, Ia, Jan. 16-Matt
Hunter is proving to be the most in
tractable prisoner in the history of the
state prison at this place. Homer
Hollands slayer is a terror to the
warden and submits to any form Of
punishment prescribed by the rules
rather than to go to work. He is sullen,
morose and mean.
He realizes that he could complete his
sentence in thirteen years by working,
while his present course will mean that
he must endure all manner Of hardships
for full twenty-five years, but he says he
don't care.
Hunters theory is that the state owes
him living. "Tm entitled to the best
you've got down here,' says he to the
warden, land propose to have it. GER
tainly shall not work lick for the state.
Now go ahead and do your worst"
When the judge who sentenced Hunter
after he was convicted the second time,
little less than year ago, sentenced
him to but twenty-five years instead of
life Imprisonment, which was his former
sentence, every one thought him very
lucky. But Matt Hunter was mad. He
thought it an outrage that he should be
returned to prison at all. He made up
his mind from that hour to be bad man
and he has carried out his purpose.
L Lo1x :, H. 10 Ho I0r,
Jones by the sheriff, he told the warden
that he would not work. He was re-
minded that it would make big differ
ence in his sentence and comfort, but
Hunter said he didn't care. He was
then placed in the "third grade" This
includes small number of prisoners
who are the worst in the institution.
They are kept looked up in their cells
and are permitted only the plainest kind
of food. They are allowed liberal
quantity, but it is decidedly unattrac-
tive. They are allowed bible and one
book each week. They are not allowed
to receive visitors nor to write or re-
ceive letters except upon the most i'm
portant business. They are allowed no
newspapers. All these privileges are
enjoyed by prisoners of the first grade
who to entitle them to them, have but
to perform their share of the work in
the work shops. They usually prefer
work with the comparative freedom it
carries with it, to the loneliness Of the
solitary cell. Then, too, the tobacco, the
newspapers, the visitors, the letter, the
mess table and all other comparative
comforts are in marked contrast with
the fate of the "third grade" man.
But Matt Hunter chose to be third
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-01-21
Saved From Terrible Death,

The family of Mrs. M. L. Bobbitt of
Bargerton, Tenn, saw her dying and
were powerless to save her. The most
skillful physicians and every remedy
used, failed, while consumption was
slowly but surely taking her life. In
this terrible hour DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption turned des-
pair into JOY. The first bottle brought
immediate relief and it's continued use
completely cured her. It's the most
certain cure in the world for all throat
troubles. Guaranteed Bottles SOC and
$1.00. Trial Bottles Free at L. P. Van
Werden's Drug Store.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-01-21
IN LEAP YEAR.
The Fair Sex Has the Privilege of
Proposing.

Mr.. Smith, may have the honor Of
asking you to lead me to the altar in
19O4?"
"The honor is mine!"
"Mr. Jones, let me cast my heart at
your feet and lay my hand in yours
ION the contrary, Miss Brown, it is
my heart which shall be cast at your
feet-and my hand.'
Thus will the leap year girl propose.
And thus does she dream ahead of the
year to come, thinking Of the day when
she may offer heart and hand to the
man of her choice and feel that it is no
shame to do so. She will trust to the
fate which hovers over all good loving
maids for a favorable answer, and so she
will become a leap year maid.
| There is an old verse which runs:
Come, ye lassies, gather round,
Mix bowl of cheere;
Fill the cup and lift it up,
Toast the maids Leap Yeare!
i lucfc dEc oil Minus VI girls, SuiullSE
girls and winter girls, but the newest
girl Of all is the leap year girl. She
comes in with the bells of the new year
and for twelve months she is the most
privileged of all characters.
The leap year girl has prerogatives;
she has privileges and she has permits
sions. She can do things which other
girls cannot do and she can perform
acts which would be impossible for hel
during any other year except leap year
Just what leap year is few people
know. That it means the gaining of a
day in the calendar, the skipping ahead
of twenty-four hours and the adjust
ment of the years, nearly everybody has
some dim notion. But it's real import is
grasped by few except the SCIENTISTS
and of these none but the astronomer
himself could tell you exactly why it is
There is vague notion that leap year
is caused by some flaw in the making
out of our time calendars, and that there
is loss, IN some manner, OF SIN hours
every year. Our time does not quite
tally with the suns time. At the enc
of four years this amounts to twenty.
four hours, or one whole day.
To make this up and to gain day it
is necessary to add day to the year
Consequently leap year has 1866 days in
stead of 365.
Leap year enables the astronomers t.
square things with the sun and to keel
the old earth moving along just as il
should move. If it were not for LEAF
year there would be too much time los
without a chance of regaining it. This
error is corrected by appointing every
fourth year leap year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-01-21

grade man from the start and he has
carried out his threat to the very letter.
He says he don't mind the food because
he don't want to eat anything any way.
He wants to get into the hospital where
he will find more comforts.
Hunter is regarded as a desperate man
and is carefully watched. To those who
knew his victim, Homer Holland, and his
frank, boyish, generous, jolly way, can
hardly conceive that he would select as
his chum such man as Hunter. But
then, gambling makes strange bed
| fellows.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-01-21

Little Nellie Rhodes, daughter of
Frank Rhodes, had her arm broken at
the east side school building, last Fri
day. 1t seems that she and a larger
girl were running down a gradual slope,
pulling sled. Upon reaching the fence
Nellie threw her right hand out to
check her progress. The force Of the
momentum, together with the weight Of
her playmate, was too much for her arm,
breaking it between the wrist and
elbow. DR.. Horner was summoned, re-
ducing the fracture. The little girl is
getting along nicely, but will be unable
to attend school for some time.-Lamoni
Chronicle.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-01-21
But to the home mind leap year means

But to the home mind leap year means
nothing more or less than an additional
day. a setting to rights of time, a mys-
terious adjustment Of things, which
comes once in four years.
But connected with leap year there is
bit of sentiment, just as there is in
other anniversaries. And to the girl of
the period, the girl who understands
leap year, it has a significance which
belongs to no other year.
Once upon time, long years ago,
when leap year first came in, there was
a society of people which called itself
by name which would mean the leap
year society. They were merrymakers
and testers and they amused the court.
Now, these merrymakers decided that
leap year, because it had one more day
than any other year, should be made re-
markable in some way.
And one of them hit upon the idea Of
making the extra day day on which
the young women of the society or
clique could propose to the men. The
proposition was laughingly accepted,
and one of the young women present, a
great beauty at the court, jestingly pro-
posed to one of the courtiers. The
knight accepted her hand and the we'd
ding was celebrated that very night.
The significance of leap year in this
respect has been preserved, and there
are communities in which the young
women wait for the coming of this year
in order that they may speak out to the
men of their choice. The women pro-
pose and are accepted.
Nor are such marriages unhappy.
History shows that when the man ac-
cepts, as he usually does. the wedding
takes place, and the couple live happily
ever afterward. The reason for this is
that the woman, having won the man of
her choice, loves him we'll, and is con-
tented ever afterward to abide by her
own decision.
There have been instances in history
where women have proposed to men and
have happily married them. And was
there not that Quaker maiden of Long
fellows who proposed and was accept
ed? Elizabeth Haddon did not wait for
leap year, but spoke her mind, and her
lover, after thinking it over for season
came back to tell her that he would ac-
cept the offer of her hand. The house
and the green field still lie there at
Haddonfield, mute testimony to the fact
that couple lived happily and died
leaving great deal of worth.
| AS a rule the leap year marriage is a
happy one, so experience proves, simply
for the reason that the woman feels that
the marriage was of her own seeking
and that she is in sense responsible
for it. 1t was of her own making and
! she of all others should make it come
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-01-21
out all right.

out all right.
The leap year girl is pretty girl
usually, for a homely girl would never
be bold enough to propose, and as
wife she has certain advantages over
other girls.
She is of a willing disposition.
She is in love with the man she mar
ries or she would not have proposed to
him.
He was her first choice, not her last
choice.
She says, 81 loved him best of all"
She does not say, 81 took him as last
resort for fear no one else would ask
me-"
Once married she tries to be happy,
for she realizes that in case of failure
the blame would come very largely
upon herself. She proposed and the
marriage was of her own seeking.
Should woman propose and is the
leap year girl justified in the course she
takes?
That is a question which is variously
answered. There are people who think
her a vulgar and forward young woman
] But there are others who regard her as
the most womanly of women.
/ Should or should not woman pro-
pose? The leap year says she can and
should, and 1904 is the year in which
she can do it.
! The leap year dance and the leap yea,
party are now in style, and the lear
year girl will have abundant opportun.
ity for proposing to the man of hel
choice.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-01-21
The Event of the Season.

King-Perkins Company, making fifth
annual tour will bring to the opera
house on Friday, January p, the brilli-
antly amusing comedy "Old Farmer
Hopkins The play is pure as noun
tain air and enjoyable thruout it's every
moment. 1t is a delightful idyl of rural
life, intelligently interpreted and great
ly enhanced by lavish display of cost
ly scenery and paraphernalia. Here
will be a performance to which your
family may be taken for fun without
vulgarity. Frank G.. King and "Chic"
Perkins need no Introduction; King
Perkins company means collection Of
players whose art is acknowledged and
complete. By all means attend the visit
of "Old Farmer Hopkins"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-01-21
Serious Stomach Trouble Cured

l was troubled with distress in my
stomach, sour stomach and vomiting
spells, and can truthfully say that
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets cured me.-MRs. T. v. WILLIAMS,
Laingsburg, Mich. These tablets are
guaranteed to cure every case of
stomach trouble of this character. For
sale by L. P. Van Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-01-21

"It was almost a miracle. Burdock
Blood Bitters cured me Of a terrible
breaking out all over the body. lam
very grateful" Miss Julia Filbridge,
West Cornell, Conn.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-01-21

Jennie Sitter, Omaha-I have gain
ed thirty-fve pounds in two months.
Nothing did me any good until used
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea A
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-01-21

For Oklahoma real estate write or cal
on c. B. Jordan, Enid, o. T.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-01-21

Because mans boys are half as bad
as he used to be, he thinks the world is
growing worse.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14
DELHI EASILY WON THE
SARATOGA DERBY IN FIELD OF THREE
Led From Start to Finish and Was Never in
TroubIe-Other Results.

Saratoga, N. Y, Aug. 13.-James R.
Keene's Delhi won the Saratoga Derby
to-day, his only opponents for the So
600 stake being Stalwart and ST. Val
entine, both from the stable of E. r.
Thomas. The race was featureless.
The Keene colt led from start to fin
ish. st. Valentine was second until
they had gone nearly a mile, at which
point Stalwart passed him, finishing in
second position, a length and a half
back of Delhi. Summarizes
First Race-Seven furlongs. Scarfell,
to l, won, with Gayboy, to /, sec
ond, and New York, Is to l, third.
Time 1:25 Is.
Second Race-The Shillelah steeple-
chase, about two and one-half miles.
Foxhunter, to 5, won, with St. Judge,
10 to 5, second, and Grand Pa, II to
1, third. Time SOL.
Third Race-Six furlongs. Tanya, 10
to l, won, with Rose of Dawn, 13 to
10, second, and Hot Shot, to l, third.
Time 1:13 2-5
Fourth Race-Saratoga Derby, mile
and five-sixteenths. Delhi, to l, won,
with Stalwart, to l, second, and St.
Valentine, to l, third. Time 2:13 rs.
Fifth Race-Nile. Dapple Gold, 16
to 5, won, with Kilogram, IL to l, sec
ond, and Homestead, 6 to /, third. Time
1:44
Sixth Race-Fdve and one-half fur
longs. Lincroft, AZ to 1, won, with
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

fish fresh you've got to have zero OF
nothing. A steak or roast won't Spot
very fast in 46 degrees, and cooked
food will keep a week in that tempera-
ture.
Air circulation in refrigerators was
understood centuries ago, and better,
perhaps, than it is now by the average
butcher, old Nero, had famous ice
houses. You see, heat rises. cold de-
Ecends. People ask me every day II
l know of style of refrigerator which
has the ice chamber at the bottom in
stead of the top. What do you think
Of that? As the cold descends from
the ice chamber it ought to be under
stood that delicacies, milk, butter and
so forth, should be placed on the top
shelves, right under the ice pan, Sc
as to get the benefit of the purest air
The cold air goes right down TO the
bottom of the refrigera tor. then. slight
ly warmed, rises again to the top Of
the box, is condensed by contact with
the Ice, deposits its gathered impuri-
ties into the drip-pipe-and there you
are. as simple as nature.
An ice box is just as much a nee
sary of life in New York as gas, cleo
trio light. a bed. shoes, clothes. hats.
etc. In fiat you've got to take ice
winter as well as summer, and nearly
as much of It. In house you can roll
the refrigerator out on the back porch
and let the weather do the rest. or
you can have window box. No
matter what sort Of box you have IL
must be dry inside You ought 10 be
able to strike a match anywhere on
the lining at all times. A box OF
matches left inside for a month ought
10 be as good as new. II your refrig-
orator is moist inside get a new one.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

/ Rubric, 10 to 1, second, and Danseuse.
z to 1. third. Time 1907 3-5.
Entries for Monday:
First Race-Mares. 3 years old and
up, seven furlongs. Wild Thyme, Prom
ia, Virgin Soil, Jane Holly, 103; Dim
pie, SO; Armenia, Girdle, Hoodwink,
So: Ishlana, go
Second Race-Hunters' steeplechase
and handicap 4-year-olds and up, short
course. Bonfire, 145; Gortnagallon,
Daddney Down billy, 14O; Seagull, 1879;
Libretto, $50.
Third Race-The Kentucky for fill
lies, years old, selling, five and one
half furlongs. Incarnation, 102; Cara
phine, 100; Candida, Mirthless, SO; Peg
gy 81; High Born, SO; Gold Ten, 95;
Linda Rosa, No Pal, Lizzie Albertine,
Miss Morgan, Fleur De Marie, ga
Matha German, co. Delhi, 49,
Fourth Race-For 3-year-olds and
up, handicap, mile and a furlong. Au-
dience, 1O6; Knight Errant, 1O4; Dales-
man, Carbuncle, 1903; Hello, 1902; Ada
Nay. 81; Elliott, 80.
Fifth Race-For maiden 3-year-olds,
six furlongs. Sandalwood. Yorkshire
Lad, Tennyburn, Lobo, Saulsberry,
Lindsay Gordon, liz; Bedouin, st. Au-
buyn, Bulwark, Alps, The Doctor, Art
full, Zeala, Raiment, Mirthless, 100.
Sixth Race-Three-year- oldS and UP,
which have not won $1,000 in 1904, one
mile. McChesney, 119; Ada Nay, ia:
Jocund, FleXion, Atwood, 1909; Witch
craft, Dimple, 104; Andrew Mack, Gar
nish, 1903; Brierthorpe, 100; King of the
Valley, SO; Goldspot, SO; Auromaster,
So
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14
LIGHT HARNESS RACE RESULT
Major DeImar Made Record Time in
Trial TrOt.

New York, Aug. 13-The last days
programme of the Empire City Grand
Circuit meeting consisted of six dash
races and a trial against time by
Major Delnnar who was sent to beat
2:02A without runner in front.
The champion gelding came to the
wire at $50 o'clock, with a strong
breeze blowing. With a runner on
each side of him but none in front,
he went to the quarter in 81 seconds,
to the half in 1:00A, to the three
quarters in 1904 and came home in
:02A, thus equalling the Cresceus rec
ord. 1t was a most wonderful per-
Torrance, weather conditions consider
ed, and equals the worlds record, ex-
cepting the performance of Lou Dillon
of 1859 and Major Delmar's per-
Torrance of 1:5934 with a runner in
front. Summaries:
1922 Pace-Purse, $500, half mile
dash. Gordon Prince, won; Lookout
Hal. second; Alcidine. third. Time,
1:0115.
2:O9 Pace-Purse $500, mile dash.
Black Hal. won; John NJ, second; Guy
Cation, third. Time 2:05A.
2:15 Pace-Purse, $500. dash, 1 1-16
miles. Cherry Lass. won; Belle Starr,
second; Edgar Boy, third. Time,
2:14%.
2:S5 Trot-Purse. $500. half mile DASH
Leonardo, won; Ben Axworthy, sec
ond jolly Bachelor, third Time,
102A.
2:O9 Trot-Purse. $780, Dash, 1 1-16
miles. Masetlo. won; Judge Green,
second Marion Wilkes, third. Time
2:17A.
Eli Trot-Purse. 500, dash 11s miles.
John Taylor. won: Direct View, sec
ond; Queen Wilkes, third. Time,
2:27h.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14

don't let her use any more hot water
when she cleans out the refrigerator
Don't have the drip-pipe connected
with the sewer unless you want 10 die
And see that all the slime of the ice
that the trap catches is cleaned away
frequently. Some ice is very filthy
though the naked eye is slow to detect
it.
Ice savers.
For the lawd's sake don't waste any
more money on ice saving inventions
Folks will tell you to wrap the ice in
newspapers. or blankets. to keep it
from melting. Very good but how are
you to keep the refrigerator cold I'M
less the ice melts-as / said before =?
II the ice melts too fast and the re-
frigerator isn't cold enough some
things wrong. Maybe the trap at the
drip-pipe amt working right Maybe
you've got a worthless refrigerator.
which is the condition of most of EN-
Ny my, but what extravaganza some
of 'em arei
Iccbox Temperature.
How much ice do you use a day7
Fifty pounds is what the average
family in an eight-room fat takes ev-
cry other day. Twenty-Five a day
would be far better. There are ia
nous ice boxes in some OF the swell
houses and flats in New York. can
tell you. Some Of em cost as high as
$1,000. and hold from 900 to 1000 pounds
of ice. AS to temperature? Well. it's
a mighty good ice box, or refrigerator,
whichever you choose to call II, that
gets the temperature Of the provision
compartments below 46 degrees. That's
right! For storage Of beer you've got
10 have 36 degrees. For beef you want
25 degrees. Fish? Oh, my! To keep
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14
RESULTS AT HARLE
Chicago. Aug. 18.-Results at Har-

Chicago, Aug. 13.-Results at Har-
lem:
First Race-Six furlongs. Fleuron, Z
to l, won, with Marco, to l, second,
and Bay Wonder, to 1, third. Time
1:14
Second Race-Six furlongs. Mayor
Johnson, to 2, won. with Peter j.,
to l, second, and Rag Tag, to l, third.
Time 1913 3-5.
Third Race-Mile and an eighth
Highland Park handicap. Phil Finch
5 to l. won, with Prince Silverwings,
TO l, second and School, to 5, third.
Time 1853 3-5.
Fourth Race-Mile. Bragg, 16 to s
won, with Ahola. Is to 5, second and
Huzzah to l. third. Time ZAP.
Fifth Race-Mile and a sixteenth.
San Reno. to l, won, with Docile, 3
to l, second and Harvey, to 1, third.
Time 1:51 3-5.
Sixth Race-Eleven sixteenths of a
mile. Lady Ellison, to 1, won. with
Cutter. 20 to 1. second, and Costigan
to /. third. Time 1:10.
Seventh Race-Mile. Dungannon,
to 1, won, with Sweet Tone, 3 to 1. sec
ond and Bob Franklin, I to 1, third
Time 1 A.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14
Savannah at Jacksonville.
Augusta at Macon.
Charleston ut COIum bia.


Savannah won both games yesterday
from Augusta in easy style. Each team
played like it was a foregone conclu-
sion that the locals were to win. and
after the fourth inning of the first
game there was little interest either to
spectators or players.
In the first game Savidge and Pol
chow were the opposing pitchers.
Neither side scored in the first, but
both tailed in the second. In the
fourth with the score still a tie, four
singles and two bases on balls netted
six runs for Savannah. 1t was then
that the game lapsed into farce.
In the sixth three singles and an out
put two men across the plate for the
visitors Savidge was hit freely. but
fast fielding and good generalship at
critical stages cut off the runs.
In the second game matters grew
worse right from the start. After Luz
cas- had gwen up two singles his field
went to pieces and a, total of five runs
We're chalked up before the close of the
inning. Four errors in rapid success
sion in this inning disheartened Lucas
and he gave way in the second to
Engel. who pitched a good game for
an infielder. A base on balls, a sac
rifice and a single netted another run
for the locals in the second. Two sin
giles and Burt's error in left field net
ted the visitors a run in the fourth,
and two singles. and an out Melted an
other in the eighth.
Burke's umpiring was little If any
better than on the day previous, and
Mr.. Boyer's objections. sarcastically
expressed. to having the jumps justly
criticised, will find little support
among local fans.
The Savannah team will leave this
nnorning for Jacksonville.
The scores:
The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-14
Cincinnati 100 0 90
WAYCROSS WON FINAL
GAME FROM BLACKSHEAR.

Waycross, Ga, Aug. 13.-Waycross
won the last of a series of five games
from Blackshear, the score being to
in eight innings. Blackshear quit
the game after the eighth inning, and
the umpire announced the score 9 to
0 in favor of Waycross.
Walker and Bowen of Brunswick
was again the battery for Blackshear
Walker struck out nine men and gave
two hits, one for three bases. Whitner
for WaYcross struck out ten and gave
two hits. Up to the eighth inning only
three men had reached first base. Mar
tin batted for three bases, scoring Sol
oman