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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-09-01
HOW HAY SINKS IN STORING.
1t varies From Five Per Cent all
the Way to Thirty.

According to bulletin of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture the variations in
weight of hay are more marked than in
almost any other farm product. A con-
siderable difference in shrinkage occurs
between hay cured in dry weather and
hay cured when the atmosphere is more
or less moist.
For this reason the shrinkage of hay
in dry climate is usually smaller than
in the more humid regions. At the
Kansas station small quantities of thir-
teen different kinds of hay buried in the
NOW from four to six months shrunk As
per cent on an average, ranging from IA
per cent loss to 8 per cent gain.
| Five tons of very dry timothy hay
stored in NOW for six months at the
Michigan station lost nearly per cent
and in another test 5000 pounds of the
same kind of hay in good condition
! placed in the now July 6, lost 776
pounds, or 1873 per cent by February IS
following.
Practical men estimate that hay put
in the NOW in good condition usually
shrinks> about 20 per cent by the time it
is baled. The Utah station has report
a loss of little over Is per cent in a
ton of timothy hay after it had been
kept in the barn nine months. A stack
of timothy containing little over two
tons and built in the open had gained a
little over per cent during the same
time.
The result with clover hay at the
same station showed loss of 3.75 per
cent during nine months when kept in
the barn, and gain of 10 per cent for
the same period when stacked out of
doors.
At the Missouri station timothy hay
in the stack lost 1926 per cent by
spring and when stored in the NOV
about per cent. A stack of second
growth clover put up at this same
station in July had shrunk about 30 pei
cent in weight by the following March
The results of experiments conducted
by different stations show that the de-
gree of maturity at which the hay is
cut influences very largely the shrink
age during the curing. At the Pennsyl-
vania station early cut hay lost on an
average Of % per cent in weight, while
late-cut hay lost only 21.5 per cent.
Timothy cut when just beginning tc
head lost rs per cent of water in curing
when cut at the beginning of the
blossoming period, 6G per cent; and cut
little later, or about the usual time 81
per cent.
The Michigan station found shrink
age of about go per cent in curing
clover.
At the New York State station
meadow fescue mixed with little rec
clover lost in one lot GIGS per cent ant
in another 1925 per cent during curing
The moisture retained in cured fodde
varies in different kinds.
Atwater states that for New England
timothy hay retains on an average l.
per cent and corn fodder 25 per cent.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-09-01
Go to Worlds Fair Via Wabash.

Now is the time to go to st. Louis as
the fair is at it's best. Take your family
as it is worth more than years school
ing to any boy or girl over 10 years old.
1t is twice as great as was the Column
bian Exposition, and cost three times as
much. Send for map Of the grounds.
The Wabash has three fast trains
daily, and you should ask to have your
tickets read Wabash. ALI Wabash trains
stop at the main gate. For other infor-
nation write s. w. Flint, P. s. 7. A., Des
Moines, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-09-01
American Trade With Japan.
(Harold Bolce in the September Book
lovers Magazine)

(Harold Bolce in the September Book
lovers Magazine.)
1t is a matter well-calculated to
awaken American enthusiasm that pro-
gressive railway promoters from the
United States are figuring on taking an
active part in the new railway regime
of the Sunrise Kingdom. 1t is not too
much to hope that it may mark Amer
ica's substantial and permanent inva-
sion, commercially of the rich fields of
Asia.
For there is great amount of patriot
ic exaggeration in the United States in
the development of modern Japan. 1t
is prevalent misconception, for exam
pie, that we have built up a great trade
in manufactures with that country. AS
matter of fact, if American exporters
should sell to every individual of
Japan's forty-fve millions Of people one
dollars worth Of goods in a year, our
shipments of manufactured products to
the Sunrise Kingdom would be quad
rupled. In 1902, before the threat Of
| war had ELECTED the market in the Far
East, the total value of articles Of
domestic manufacture sent from the
United States to Japan was little
more than nine and half million
dollars. or that, five million went to
the Standard Oil Company, and two
millions directly, or Indirectly, to the
Steel Trust. In other words, the remit
tances to the smaller firms in the United
States amounted to less than two and
one-half million dollars, which was less
than six cents apiece from the inhabit-
ants of Japan. In that same year Japan
purchased from all the countries in the
world vast quantities Of goods, the
aggregate value of which was more than
two hundred and seventy million yen.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-09-01
Only Did His Duty as he saw it.

81 deem it my duty to add a word of
praise for Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy" says j. Wiley
Park, the we'll known merchant and
postmaster at Wiley, Ky. 81 have been
selling it for three or four years, and it
gives complete satisfaction. Several Of
my customers tell me they would not be
without it for anything. Very often, to
my knowledge, one single dose has
cured severe attack of diarrhoea, and
positive know that it will cure the
flux (dysentery). You are at liberty to
use this testimony as you please" For
sale by L. P. Van Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-09-01
Only Living Widow of the Revo
luton.

Among the pensioners of the govern
ment are many widows of soldiers who
served in the various wars. Only one
widow of the revolution now remains,
however, two having died during the
last year. This solitary survivor is
Mrs. Esther S. Damon, and she lives at
Plymouth Union, VT. Her maiden name
was Esther Summers, and she was born
in Plymouth in 1914. When she was
twenty-one years old she was married
to Noah Damon, then seventy-one years
old, who had served two years in the
Massachusetts, Continentals, and was in
the battle of Long Island. The marriage
took place in 1885, and Damon died in
1858.
Mrs. Damon, who is now ninety years
old, may be regarded as very interest
ing person, inasmuch as she furnishes a
connecting link between the war for in
dependence and the present day-a
time-break of 125 years. Though she
herself did not witness the birth of this
great republic, her husband beheld that
event and took part in the doings which
led to the formation Of our government.
1t seems wonderful to think that man
whose wife is now alive and drawing a
stipend from the treasury was old
enough to bear arms when the shot fired
at Lexington was heard around the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-09-01
Lamont People to Prosecute
DiCkerhoff,

Saturdays Des Moines Register and
Leader has the following regarding the
prosecution of John Dickerhoff, who was
convicted of enticing two Lamont girls
into house of i'll fame in Des Moines:
/, 1t is believed that Lamont people will
take a hand in the trial of John Dicker
hoff, the procurer, in case the supreme
court should decide that a new trial is
due him. The Tolman sisters who were
enticed into the house of ill repute
operated by Dickerhoff and his wife on
East Court Avenue, are residents OF
Lamont and public sentiment there is
much in favor of a rigorous punishment
for the procurer and his wife, who were
arrested and convicted jointly for the
crime against the young ladies'.
Dickerhoff since his return from the
penitentiary, where he was confined
since he was sentenced in the district
court, has been somewhat of changed
man, but believes that he will not be
found guilty second time of the crime
of which he was once convicted. The
mitigating circumstances in the trial OF
the first case is the admissibility of the
evidence presented by the Tolman
sisters as to what took place in the
Dickerhotf house between the two girls
and the Dickerhoff woman. The de-
Tense believes the actions OF the woman
should not be binding on the husband
The reputation of the young women
from Lamont has never been questioned
and the people Of that little city have
been aroused by the appeal to the
supreme court from the decision of&the
lower courts, and are strongly against
granting new trial to Dickerhotf, pre-,
ferring to allow his sentence of sin
years in lieu Of heavier term which
they believe he merits.
The Dickerhof case will be one of the
first to be heard after the beginning Of
the court, in case of reversal by the
cOI1pt
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-09-01
NORTH ENTRANCE PALACE OF MINES AND
METALLURGY, WORLDS FAIR.


large areas of ground which are often
mistaken for single plantations. This
is hardly ever the case, as the large
tracts are very often owned by hun
dreds of different men, whose individ-
ual plots of ground bearing the tea
plants are carefully mapped out, so
that each individual owuer may cult
vate and pick his own crop OF tea.
Each owner likewise markets his own
tea and puts his own special mark, or
'chop," on the packages. Hence the
term "chop" signifies an individual
growth or picking of tea by one owner.
In an area Of tea land of, say, thou
sands acres, all apparently under one
ownership, there may be some forty.
fifty or more owners of the plantation
and consequently a like number of
'chops" of tea.
1t must not be imagined that all these
different owners of the tea get the
same price for their commodity-far
from it, as each Of these individual tea
growers has his own secrets for i'm
proving the quality and flavor OF tea.
Take, for instance, the Annoy and Eu-
chau districts, whence most Of the tea
for the United States comes. The own
ers of ''chops" Of tea varying from 10
to 200 chests Of Sc pounds each bring
samples of their goods to the various
foreign merchants for sale. These lat
ter turn the Chinese tea growers over
to the good offices Of the foreign or
American professional tea faster, who
passes on the goods as to price. The
tea faster has the samples infused, not
boiled, in his presence and passes upon
the quality, favor, twang and manner
of curing. fixing price accordingly,
from which there is never any varia-
ton and which the tea grower must &C
cept Or go elsewhere to dispose Of his
wares. In single tract Of tea land
like the one cited above the price has
ranged from II cents, the lowest to
4S1a cents, the highest, per pound
among sixty-one Different tea proln-
GERS. A matter Of great moment that
also figures in the price Of tea b
that very often tea from the same dis
trict viii have the various chops"
blended together in order to produce
special flavors.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-09-01
Has Sold a Pile of Chamberlain.
Cough Remedy.

81 have sold Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for more than twenty years and
it has given entire satisfaction. | have
sold pile of it and can recommend it
highly.-Joseph McElhiney. Linton,
Iowa. You will find this, remedy good
friend when troubled with cough or
cold. 1t always affords quick relief and
is pleasant to take. For sale by L. P,
Van Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-09-01
Fearful Odds AGAINST Him.

Bedridden, alone and destitute. Such,
in brief was the condition of an old
soldier by name of j. Ravens, YER
sailles, o. For years he was troubled
with kidney disease and neither doctors
nor medicine gave him relief. At length
he tried Electric Bitters. 1t put him on
his feet in short order and now he testi-
ties. "Im on the road to complete re-
covery" Best on earth for liver and
kidney troubles and all forms of stomach
and bowel complaints. Only SOC. Guar
anteed by L. P. Van Werden, druggist
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-09-01
What is Life.

In the last analysis nobody knows,
but we do know that it is under strict
law. Abuse that law even slightly, pain
results. Irregular living means derange-
ment of the organs, resulting in consti-
patton, headache or liver trouble. DR..
Kings New Life Pills quickly re-adjusts
this. It's gentle, yet thorough. Only
25c at L. P. Van Werden's drug store.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-09-01
Homeseekers Excursions.

The Chicago Great Western Railway
will on the first and third Tuesday up
to October IS, sell tickets to points in
Alberta, Arizona, Assiniboia, Canadian
Northwest, Colorado, Indian Territory,
Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota,
Oklahoma, Saskatchewan, Texas, Utah,
and Wyoming. For further information
apply to any Great Western agent. or
j. P. Elmer, G. P. A., Chicago, Ill. Oct. 1S
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-09-01

WANTED-Industriou man or woman as perman-
xnt representative of big manufacturing company to
look after its business in this county and adjoining
territory. Business successful and established Sal
AIRY $4,000 weekly and expenses Salary paid weekly
from home office. Expense money advanced. Exper-
fence not essential Enclose self addressed envelope
General Manager, Como Block. Chicago. 52-8t
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-09-01
Strawberry and
Vegetable Dealers

Illinois Central Railroad Company have
recently issued a publication known as
Circular No. II, in which is described
The Best Territory In this Country
for the growing of early strawberries
and early vegetables. Every dealer in
such products should address a postal
card to the undersigned at Dubuque,
Iowa, Requesting copy of Circular
No. 12." J. f. MERRY,
SO Asst. Gen'l Pass'r Agent.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-03-03

That young fellow said and grew curl
GUS to see what the young fellow had
further to say in the Herald
Politics is the one subject that goes
to the vitals Of every rural American.
and a Hoosier will talk politics after
he is dead.
Everybody read the campaign edi-
torials and found them interesting. al
though there was no one who did not
perceive the utter absurdity Of young
stranger dropping into Carlow and
involving himself in party fight
against the boss of the district. It was
entirely party fight, for by grace of
the last gerrymander the nomination
carried with it the certainty of cleo
ton.
A week before the convention there
came provincial earthquake. The
news passed from man to man in awe
struck whispers Mcclure had with
drawn his name, making the shallow
est of excuses to his cohorts. Nothing
was known of the real reason for his
disordered retreat beyond the fact that
he had been in Plattville on the morn
ing before his withdrawal and had is
sued from visit to the Herald Office in
state of palsy. Mr.. Parker, the
Rouen printer, had been present at the
close of the interview, but he held his
peace at the command Of his employer.
he had been called into the sanctum
and had found McCune, white and
nH,11x
Parker said the editor, exhibiting
4 bundle of papers he held in his hand,
II want you to witness verbal con-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-03-03

Erick Heglund has started black
smith and repair shop in the old Pc
terson & Nelson shop north of the
Sadley mill and is prepared to do all
kinds of blacksmithing and repair
work. 48-13t
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-03-03

\ c. SMITH,
Dealer in
FRESH AND SALT MEATS.
Lard. Poultry, Fish and Game in Season
Telephone 81.
Princeton, MINI.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-03-03
CHAPTER I,

CHAPTER I.
HEN the rusty hands Of the
Office clock marked half past
4, the editor in chief of the
Carlow County Herald took
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-15
BUQUES QUE Sc ESPERAN

~PfO IX1 debe haber salido d
Barcelona el dia del corriente me-
con destino este puerto y ell de Pom
ce.
Barca americana ~Boylston,D de
puerto de New York debe .haber sail
do el 18 del ppdo. para esta.
&Catalinao, sali6 de Canarias Ell
Z del corriente para esta.
~Niceto,> , saldra de Liverpool el
p del corriente mes con destino di-
recto este puerto.
Rergantfn americana xMaurice
Swau.0 Esta la carga en- New York
de donde saldra para este puerto el %
del corriente mes.
GSaint Simon,> fondeara proceden-
te Puerto Plata del Is al 18 del corrien-
te y seguira viaje para Saint Thomas
y Europa.
&Montevideo,1 recalara del 20 al
2 para seguir viaje para Espafa.
&Julia,1 del Is al 20 Sc aguarda,
orocedente de Habana y escalas.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-15
CAPITULO XXI
LA yUELTA AL HOGAR

ternura de su alma; tratando de
olvidar las privaciones, Ia mise
ris, los juramentos, los malos
tratos de sus 1ltimos tiempos
pasa recordar en- el al rubio mi
IitRr que habia encoptrado en-
los bosques de Lenobal. Sus
honrados sentimientos solo po-
dian inspirarle la idea de que
siendo viuds, como tai hablx de
conducirse. en- vez do abrigar
rencores Y fuIminsr snstemas
contra squel cue hsbfa volado 4
olras regiones & dar cuents &
Dioe, de les locos extravfos de
GU conducta.
En- seguida escribi6 & fu pa
dre, rarticipzndole la muerte de
81 marido y envi8ndole al pro-
pio tempo el peri6dico en- que
Sc relataba, y sgUArd6 la res
puesta en- silenciosa impacien-
cis, por mas que presentfa cual
habia de ser. sQue Iodfa sino
esperar mas que una smante in
vitaci6n de les que sc desvivian
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-15

Maria Luisa visti6 de Iuto
como una buena esposa & In
muerte de su marido, aunque
hacfa tempo llevaba ell dueIo
en- ell alma. Otro hubiera sido
su sentimiento 81 ell cspit6n hu-
biese muerto antes de su matri-
monio 6 durante su luna de miel,
pero Ia imsgen de squel Gui-
llermo que ella s6orsbs, del he
roe que era In illusion de 81 vi
da, sc habfa Dorado va de tai
modo de su corazon, que Ell he
cho de no 7 oder nunca mas vol
verle & yer TO Ie ipquietaba.
les terrible cosa por cierto
ell que In muelte de un msrido
sea IN slivio para So mujerl I
si nembsrgo, este debfa ser ell
csso de Maria Luiss, aurque
ella Sc negsba & reconoeerlo. no
consintieDdo js mas en- dar CO bids
& esta ides en- 50 mente, Y obran-
do como obrar{a Ia desdichads
viuda que en- vida de su esposo
10 hubiese smsdo con toda Il
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-15

creido muerta; tan poderosa era
IL reacci6n operada en- aquel
cuerpo, que pssaba de In extre-
ma miseria al mas perfscto bie-
nestar material. En- las soleda-
des de su aposento, ell recuerdo
de los dfas de so infsncia, pasa-
dos entire aquell&s cuatro pare
des hslagaba su imagination So
f1adora, y bajo II influences del
nuevo medic que IL envolvfa,
POGO & POGO fu6 olVidsndo los
recientes hechos de fsu vida y
empezo & fortslecerse y su ga
lud & mejorar visiblemente. 81
primer sfntona de esta mejora
10 acogio ell caballero con un
suspiro de esper&nza III irle &
ofrecer una msf1ana un ramo de
flores h1medas aGn de rocfo, &
cuya vista Maria Luisa. que es-
taba acostads, Sc incorpor6 con
viveza para percibir sn delicado
aroma. y miro despues & su pa
are con una sOnrls2 de satlsf&c-
cion en- los labios.
A psrtir de este momento
&c fue encontrando mejor sin
sdelantar por ESQ tan rapida-
meLte que no les ocssionase al
guna vez serios temores; pero
al flo, Ia que mas bien que Ma
ria Luisa parecia so sombrs, pu-
do dejar la habitacion para di-
rjGirse por sus propios pasos oil
jardfn en- donde divsasba horas
y horAe, clavada su mirada pc
rezosa en- las flores, no tan err
guido y esbelto como antes ell
delgado tale cefIido por ell ves-
lido negro que bscfa ressltar
artit t'csmente su rubis, fina Y
abundsnte cabellers.
POGO a POGO sc fue resta ble-
ciendo sl calor de los smaptes y
solicitos cuidsdos de su padre y
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-15
LA NINA MIMADA


desechar toda pena para entire
garse & 10 satisfaction propia dc
aqusl momento, L. volvio & es-
trechar una y otra vez entire sus
brazos y ayudandola a quitarse
ell sombrero y ell manto, IL asom-
pafi6 hasta 81 cusrto, para que
descansase del visie y de sus
emociones.
Irene tarnbien Ia acompxn6
Y arrodilIandose q su lado Gu
brio sus p&lidas mejillas de amo-
rosos besos y de lagrimAs.
No puedo llorar, exclama-
ba Maria LuiEa; me parece que
va no tengo mas lagrimas que
perder.
Anonadada bajo ell peso de
los encontrados sentimientos
que Sc sQitaban en- gu aims, es-
tas eran las 1nicss pslabrss que
scertaba q pronunciar, hacienda
referencia & su vida pasada.
FL caballero no cesaba de
mirarla:
-Esta peor de 10 que me
habia 6gurado, exclsmab bs, mil
veces peor; spenas puede Greer
que esta sea nni Maria Luisa.
En- realidad, no podfa con-
cebirse como esta podfa soste-
nerse Y como vivi6 mucho item
po; tan exhansta estaba y sin
vigor en- ell cuerpo y en- ell espf-
ritu, pues hxbfa sufrido hasta
apurar Ia Ultima gotta del calz
de su smArgura. Durante mu-
chos dfss permaneeio hoTas y
mas horss sin mirarlos nj hablar
v sin tomar mas alimento que
ell indispensable para sostenerse
Apenas, siendo tan gIandes ell
aopor y In apatiA que la domi-
naban, que muchas veces per-
maneciA en- IN estado tai de in
movilidad que sc Ia hubiera
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1904-07-15
La Carretera de San
Sebastian a Lares
ImpOrta que Sc active ycOn-
CIuya, antes de las IIuViaS

Desde la Carolina hasta Camuy, !
desde Aguadilla la ciudad del Sur,
la companfa de los ferrocarriles de
Puerto Rico, 4 la que tanto debe el
progreso de la isla, brind incalcula-
bles beneficios a los pueblos del Ito
raj. Tales beneficios no Sc circuns-
crlben al trasporte de efectos pasa-
jeros, sino que Sc hacen extensivos q
| centenares de colonos que cultivan la
cana q gran distancia de las respecti-
vas centrales y q estas Sc las conduce
a locomotora. Es de observar Ia vi
da y ell moviento que Sc advierten en-
esos pueblos en- los tiempos de zafra.
es una desgracia que no Sc pue-
da decir 10 mismo de todos los pueblos
del interior de la isla. Lares, por
ejernplo, desde su fundaci6n, ha veni-
do luchando- con el aislamiento, que
mata. Con ningun punto importante
Sc lie ha puesto en- communication por
medio de carretera. Nj con Arecibo, |
nj con Utuado, nj con Aguadilla.
Durante mucho tempo Lares ha !
invertido anualmente mas de 100 mil |
pesos, solo en- trasporte de provisiones |
de consume del cafe que produce. |
Al trazarse y construirse la carretera
de Aguadilla San Sebastian CO.
menzarse hasta dicho pueblo, desapa-
recieron todos los antiques pesimis-
mosy aquellos vecinos abrigaron La
esperanza de que por fin tendrfan ca
rretera. Y cuando mas llenos Sc ha-
llaban de esta confanza, surge un ru-
NOR que ha sorprendido lodo ell mum
do.
Dfcese allf que los trabajos de la
carretera sc suspenderan que las
brigadas de trabajadores pasaran q
la seccion de Aguadilla al Pepino
para ponerla en- condolences de Que
lleguen San Sebastian. {
Sin embargo, no Sc da credito q
5odo ell rumor. Bien que Sc repare la
citada seccion, pero que no Sc abaudo- {
ne la secci6n entire ell Pepino y Lares. !
2or el contrario, no solo deben soste- t
lerse en- actividad las brigadas que {
lhora trabajan, sino duplicarse, q fin
le Cue las obras esten conclufdas den :
no de tees meses, antes que llegue la |
de las lluvias.
No es exage ado ese calculo, pues
lacia Lares no falca,n mas que tres XII
ometros. en- cuanto-A fondos, aho-
"a comienza q regir el presppuesto.
LA DEMOCRACIA llama la atenci6n
obre este particular para que Sc re r
uelva ssg1n los deseos del pueblo la
emo. Todos ALI Sc 10 agradecerfan
ii senior Comisionado del Interior. 8