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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-12-08

Miss Sadie Radnish was severely
burned about the face Tuesday, at the
home of her brother Stephen. She open
ed the stove door to stir the fire, when
mass Of excelsior which was smouldering
therein, suddenly ignited and shot forth
heavy flame in her face. The hair on
one side of her head was badly burned.
Davis City Lariat.
Removes the microbes which impover-
ish the blood and circulation. Stops all
trouble that interferes with nutrition.
That's what HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea will do. 35cts. Tea or tablet form.
w. G. Stempel & Co.
DR.. Crofford informs us that he has
sold out his interest in the sanitarium
to the Cooperative Physicians Com
pany, of Des Moines, who,will be here
soon to dispose of $4,000 worth Of stock
prior to starting up business on large
scale and by the use of modern and APP
proved appliances.-Lamoni Patriot.
/ A Costly Mistake.
Blunders are sometimes very expen-
sive. Occasionally life itself is the
price Of a mistake, but you'll never be
wrong ifyou take DR.. Kings New Life
Pills for dyspepsia, dizziness, headache,
liver or bowel troubles. They are gentle
yet thorough. Csc at L. P. Van Wer
denis Drug Store.
1t seems to be the opinion of many
that Leon has lost interest in The Farm
ers Institute and don't push it as she
should. A change Of meeting place is
suggested for next year. On behalf of
the citizens Of Garden Grove we extend
cordial invitation to the farmers Of the
county to meet in our city at their next
annual gathering. Garden Grove is
foremost the friend of the farmer, she
has abundant facilities for entertain.
ing the institute in royal manner as
she has in former years and would con.
slider it a privilege and honor to again
do so.-Garden Grove Express.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-12-08
Best Remedy for Constipation.

AHe uuceG femeuy LOT constipation
ever used in Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets" says Mr.. Eli Butler, of
Franklinville, N. Y. "They act gently
and without any unpleasant effect, and
leave the bowels in a perfect condi-
ton" Sold by L. P. Van Werden.
Marshal Sam Mason arrested "Fritz"
Corners, of Derby, here Monday after
noon about four o'clock and took him to
Derby that evening, where he was want
ed on a charge of forgery. Corners aged
about Ia and his cousin Harry Corners,
aged about 16 were going into the
forgery business on a large scale and
were doing business as partners. At
Charlton Saturday Harry forged check
for S75 and Fritz" one at Humeston for
$3S and there was also one forged at
Derby for an amount we were unable to
learn. They all amount to probably
1925. 1t appears that at Humeston
being made out to his father and he had
to endorse it, Shaw Humeston real
estate agent vouching for his being
good. It is reported here that after
ward Shaw got the boy drunk and later
told him that Marshal Wilcut was after
him and that he could square it with
Wilcut for $15 which the boy gave
Shaw. Later evidence in the case shows
that Wilcut knew nothing of the Incl
dent which fact places Shaw in very
embarrassing light. The boys both had
their preliminary hearing before the
justice at Derby Monday and were
bound over to the grand jury. Other
forged checks were found on the boys
which they said they We're intending to
cash soon. Garden Grove Express.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-12-08
Everett Gibson Killed at Des
MolneS.

The many friends in this city of Rev.
and Mrs. J. f. Gibson will deeply SYM
pathize with them in the terrible be-
reavement of the death of their eldest
son at Des Moines last Thursday
evening, the young man being in
stantly killed by being run over by a
freight train at the Rock Island depot,
the accident being witnessed by many
people. Rev. Gibson was at one time
stationed at Leon as the pastor of the
Nj. &. church and Everett his eldest son
will be remembered as an unusually
bright little fellow, and very popular
among his playmates. The Register and
Leader gives the following account Of
the terrible accident:
Gin plain sight of a hundred or moro
passengers on the platform of the Rock
Island passenger station, Everett Glib
son, a switchman for the road, slipped
and fell beneath the wheels of freight
train at 8 o'clock last night, and his
body was cut in two. Death resulted
few minutes afterward in the baggage
room of the station.
A cry of terror came from the crowd
as the passengers saw the man slip and
fall. When his body went under the
wheels and the shadow of the cars hid
the gruesome sight, many turned their
heads away and one woman tainted. The
platform was filled at the time, it being
just at the time several trains arrive
and depart from the Des Moines sta
tion.
| Everett Gibson was switchman, a
member Of the crew in charge of the
train. He had been working but few
weeks when the accident occurred. He
was but 10 years old.
] Everett Gibson is the son Of J. f. Glib
son, a druggist at Ninth and Center
street, and lived with his parents at 937
West Fifteenth street. He had beer
with the Rock Island road for over 9
year, but applied for position as
switchman only last August. He was
formerly the yard clerk in the Office al
Valley junction. He assumed the duties
of switchman in an extra place only 6
few weeks ago. He had not yet drawn
his first pay check.
Gibson for three years was drug clerl
for his father at Twelfth and Higl
streets, and while there became vel
acquainted throughout Des Moines. Ht
was with his father for one year in the
store now owned at Ninth and Center
streets.
When Gibson was picked up he wa.
barely breathing. He was laid in The
baggage room and DR.. Hanawalt. the
company's- surgeon, was notified. HI
and City Physician Miller arrived abou
the same time, but the boy was thel
dead. He never recovered conscious
ness. The wheels passed over thu
mans stomach, cutting through the flesl
and almost severing the body in twain
His left arm was torn from it's socke
and he was otherwise bruised and bat
tered.
When his father was nouifcd, tn,
grief of the elder Gibson was in thu
extreme. The heart-rending news cam,
over the telephone. He closed his stor,
and notifying his wife, went at once t,
the station. There the mangled an,
bleeding mass was shown him. The re
mains were ordered removed to tn
undertaking rooms. No arrangement
for the funeral have as yet been made
Fight Will be Bitter.
Those who will persist in closing thei
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-12-08

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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-06-23
Pearls as Birthday Presents.

The fashion of presenting a pearl to
mark the occasion of each birthday
anniversary is a pretty idea in addi-
ton to being a sensible investment.
From childhood the three daughters
OF the king and queen have each birth
day received a single beautiful pearl
from their parents. This idea has
been followed by numbers of society
mothers well endowed with this
worlds goods. There are many peo-
pie from royalty downward who pos
sess magnificent strings of pearls.
Queen Alexandra, for instance, who
inherited from the late Queen Anne
some of the most beautiful pear
shaped pearls in existence. The new
Duchess of Norfolk has also by her
marriage become the possessor of
very lovely strings of pearls.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-06-23
Freshmen's DARING Feat.

One of the most daring of college
pranks vas carried through a Hart
ford, Conn. Two members of the
freshman class climbed to the top of
the state capitol, by means of staging
placed there to aid in the making of
repairs, and nailed their class banner
to the flag pole. The rest of the class
were fighting the 'sephs" in an at
tempt to prevent a banner being
placed ON one of the college buildings.
After the sophomore flag was in place
the victors were shown the 1908 flag
floating about 100 feet higher than
that of 1907.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-06-23
Peat Fuel by Electricity.

Another process for the manufac-
ture of peat coal, which, according to
its promoters; threatens to revolu-
tionize the worlds coal trade, has ap-
peared. The peat is first subjected to
a process of dehydration by beating
fans, and is then d~isintegrated cleo
trically, without loss of any of the
valuable properties which it possesses.
1t is then nodded and pressed, and is
ready for use. According to the re-
port, the actual cost of producing one
ton of peat is $1.25, and the product is
said to be equal in every respect to
Welsh steam coal, costing over 81 at
the pits mouth.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-06-23
IGNORANCE IN BRITISH GUIANA.
Indian Woman Falls a Victim to
Heather Superstition.

A CHASTITY tale of heather supersti-
ton was recently urfoldcd at the
criminal session of the supreme court
Of Georgetown, British Guiana, when
the chief priest and medicine man"
OF the Wapishana tribe of Carib Indi-
ans was charged with instigating the
murder of an Indian woman named
Kaliwa, who was in ill-health. The
priest, who was consulted, recon-
mended that she should be stung WITH
ants and marabuntas. This was duly
carried out. But Kaliwa continued
to pine away, and the priest was again
consulted, with the result that he said
she had been possessed Of an evil
spirit in the shape of a camodiO
snake, and that the only mean of
dispossessing her was by burning her
alive. The woman was thereupon
slung in a hammock and placed over a
pyre. which the husband of the woman
lit. When examined in court ,Taruma
said he loved Kaliwa, but unless he
had done what the priest told him he
would have been afflicted with the
same malady, and SO would all the
village. The jury returned a verdict
OF guilty, with a strong recommends
ton to mercy, and tae priest was SEN
fenced to death. Immediately after
ward, however, the governor granted a
YeDrieva
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-06-23
Wears a Queens Crown.

When Jay Gould as a young man
wandering about the country try
ing to sell books the queen Of Spain
was wearing as her crown the valu.
able possession which now often
graces the head of the book canvass
er's daughter. When Queen Isabella
was exiled she carried with her most
of her jewels. One of these was a
crown set with some of the finest
diamonds, emeralds, rubies and sap.
phires in the world. A few years age
a Spanish grandee, known as the
Prince Drago, came to America. His
sole fortune consisted of the gorgeous
crown which had belonged to his
grandaunt. The imperial bauble was
offered for sale and vas eventually
bought by the Goulds for $685. 600. II
is row wCrn by the Countess Castel
lane.-Ohio State Journal.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-06-23
PSYCHOLOGISTS
Hints FOR THE
T1OUSEkEEPER
WISASlA&S "a M18Is5

1t is said that a baby's hair may be
made to grow curly by rubbing the
hair in little circles from right to left
all over the scalp, just after the daily
bath.
When cheese is too soft to CRATE and
no food chopper is included in the kit
chen furnishings, press the cheese
through a wire strainer with the back
Of a tablespoon.
A plate warmer on which the platter
Of French sausages comes to the table
smoking hot in certain restaurants is
furnished with an alcohol lamp and
may be adjusted to a round or an OBJ
long platter. 1t is silver plated with
an ornate cut edge and is to be had in
hOusefurnishing departments.
When there are deep rust spots on
steel that resist all the usual methods
of polishing it will be wise to try a
paste made from fine emery powder
and kerosene. There are few spots
that will not yield to this. After APP
plying the paste-and rubbing the
spots Thoroughbred it stand for sew
eral hours, then polish with oil.
Loops for hanging up garments are
always wearing out and breaking, par
ticularly with children's cloaks and
coats. To make a serviceable loop cut
a strip of kid from an old glove, roll
in it a piece Of coarse string and sew
the edges of kid neatly together. This
loop, fastened securely to a garment,
will stand any amount of pulling with
out wearing or breaking.
A room situated so that it does not
get any direct sunlight, but only re-
Elected light, may be made more cheer
full If the walls are covered with a pa
per that has a background of some del
icate yellow shade. The painted wood
work should be of a creamy tint. and
with yellow India silk or muslin drap-
cries at the windows one can almost
imagine oneself in a room with a south
ern exposure.
One of the prettiest curtains seen
for a set of shelves was of brown bur-
lap with trimmings of red. The cur.
tain was thrown over the brass rod in
such a way as to form a deep lambre-
quin at the top. The burlap was lined
throughout with the red. Red felt was
used for the border. The top and bot
tom was feather stitched to the burlap
with red worsted in clusters of six
quite long stitches. the middle one
longest. and the others graduated to.
ward each end. The clusters of stitches
were about an inch apart,
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-06-23
Lightning Struck Bee Hives.

A severe windstorm in Whiteburg
KY, picked up a hive of bees ant
dashed it through a farmhouse win
dow. The hive was demolished, ant
the liberated bees soon made it so un
comfortable for the human occupant.
of the house that they were compelled
to vacate it and rush out in the storm
Lightning struck a tree in the orchard
under which were several other hives
and all the bees were shocked tt
death and the honey in ono hive
melted by the heat of the electric dis
charge.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-06-23
Strawberry Sl,ortcnke.

Strawberry shortcake with whipped
cream colored green with pistache is
attractive to behold and very good to
eat. Never make strawberry shortcake
with cake dough. The original short
cake mixture is like baking powder bis
in equal parts. Spread II piece with
butter and rlace the other piece on it.
Bake and while hot gently separate
the two pieces. Spread with the ber-
ries and put together again. Serve
with cream.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-06-23
English city's Tramway System.

The tramway system of Hull. Eng
land, is owned and operated by the
city. The cars are double-deckers and
the fare is Id. 1.-TWO cents) on all lines
and for all distances. The financial
results Of this low-fare system are
equally interesting. During the latest
twelve months reported on there were
ten miles of double track, or twenty
miles of single track, in operation
The gross income is about s445 ,000;
the cost of operation was about 1888,
900. This left a gross profit of s212,-
900. and, deducting interest on the in
vestment and the sinking sum, a net
profit Of $4,000. or an average of
over $4,000 a mile of double track,
which went into the city treasury.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-06-23
French Fried Potatoes.

Peel potatoes, cut in strips one inch
Ong, one-quarter inch thick; lay in
cold water; have lard hot; take out po-
%tatoes, dry on a towel, lift fat kettle to
sink, put in half the potatoes don't
use a basket; find it better to move
them about with perforated spoon;
when cooked soft lift them out; let the
fat come to smoking point; again put
them back to brown; as soon as they
are brown take them out; they are
much crisper and better done this
way; sprinkle salt over them; it is al
ways wise to take the fat kettle to the
sink when filling or taking anything
out.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-06-23
A CroWless Rooster.

Realizing that a crowless rooster is
a long felt want George F. Natchwey
of Seattle, Wash, invented one. rather
a mute male fowl. Natchwey has two
samples of the crowless bird, both
full grown and silent. Whether they
are deaf and dumb Natchwey does not
know, but they can't, don't OF won't
crow. In all other respects they are
like ordinary ROSTERS.
The crowless fowls are a cross of
Black Spanish with W~yandottes.
Whether this result will happen every
time in crossing these two breeds
Natchwey does not know.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-06-23
Makea Artificial Thundsr

Prof. John Trowbridge Of Harvard
University says that some recent ex
periments he has made in the Jefer.
o Physical laboratory show that
"the astounding noise Of a lightning
discharge is largely due to the disso.
citation OF water vapor," through the
explosion Of the hyrogen and oxygen
gases produced by such dissertation.
In his mimic lightning experiments
Prof. Trowbridge produced a torrent
of huge electric sparks. The noise of
the discharge was so great that the
operator had to stop his ears with cot.
ton and then wrap a heavy cloth
around them.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-06-23
Deafness Cannot BE Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach tho
diseased portion ofthe ear. There is only ono
way to cure deafness, and that is by corsti-
tutional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an
infamed condition of the mucous lining OF
the Eustachian Tube. When this tubs is in
famed you have a rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when 1t is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the inflam-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever. Nine cases out OF ten
are caused by catarrh, which Is nothing but an
infamed condition OF the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness Caused by catarrh)that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars free. FL. CHENEY Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-06-23
Gingerbread.

Sour milk gingerbread, according to
a Good Housekeeping recipe, is made
ms follows: One cup of butter and one
cup Of sugar creamed; one cup of mo-
lasses, one cup of soul milk, two tea
spoonfuls soda dissolved in a little hot
water, half a ~teaspoonful of salt, two
teaspoonfuls of ginger, one of pow
dered cinnamon, two beaten eggs, flour
TO make the mixture as thick as or
iinary cake, nj cup of ~raisins, dredged
with flour. and added the last thing
before baking.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-06-23
WOULD FLOAT A BIG FLEET.
eli Products Of Pennsylvania Exceeds
That Of All the Rest Of the World.

ell Products Of Pennsylvania Exceeds
That Of All the Rest Of the World.
According to a report of the geo.
ogical survey Of the United States
government, now nearly ready for
publication, petroleum was first dis
covered by Col. Drake less than half
1 century ago in Pennsylvania near
Titusville. Men in those days had no
lotion that petroleum was among the
necessities of existence. A tallow dip
Dr. a wax candle illuminated sufficient
ly the nights activities and a blazing
log wood fire left no room for desire
for another kind of heater. 4 Petro-
leum might have been counted a SUI
p%erfluity, but instead it sprang into
immediate favor, and now it's list OF
popular byproducts grows longer
every year..
The total production CT crude pc
troleum from 1859 to the end of 1902
has been no less than 1,I65, 2S0, 727
barrels. That mean that II two and
one-half feet were allowed for the
height of a barrel and IL these bar
rels filled with all the domestic oil
that has been produced were laid sc
that their heads touched they would
encircle the earth two and one-quar
ter times.
OF this total, Pennsylvania and New
York produced 53.S per cent; Ohio
24.3 per cent; West Virginia, 11.3 pei
cent; Indiana, 3.9 per cent; Cslifor
MIA, SO per cent; Texas, 81 per cent
leaving 9 per CEN to be supplied by
the states of Kansas, Colorado, Louis
lana, Illinois, Missouri, Indian terri
tory, Wyoming, Michigan and Okla
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-06-23
The M~isanthrope.

He neither joys nor grieves,
But cavils and m~istrusts:
His hopes are like the wizened leaves,
Swiried down the autumn gusts.
He looks askance at Life.
II so be Mirth lurk near;
Ee has i'll -humored Doubt to wife.
And is the slave Of Sheer.
He makes a mock Of Love.
And all that Oh her wait:
vet howso'er desires may move,
He cannot rise TO Hate.
Crimes of a former birth
Must wreak on him their spell.
rise why. while yet upon this earth.
Must be abide in he'll.
~cnHten 6cel.srd IN Smart Set
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-06-23
eRAssAoPPERs AS A DELIcAcr.
Are Esteemed Highly by Housewives
of the Philippines.

Dig grasshoppers, such as grow fat
and buzz loudly in the Orient, are
looked upon as table ~delicacies in the
Philippines.
There are several methods used by
the natives for catching grasshoppers.
The most effective is the net. This Is
a large butterfly net. arranged with
netting placed over a hoop, and to the
latter is fixed a long handle.
The hopper is first so thoroughly
dried out in the heat of the sun or in
the bake oven that there is nothing
left that is really Objectionable, and a
nice crispy article of food results. This
tastes sweet of itself, and something
like ginger biscuits. The natives usu.
ally sweeten the grasshopper by
using a sprinkling of brown sugar.
Then the confectioners make up grass.
hoppers with sugar, chocolate trim.
mings, and colored candies in such a
way that a very nice tasting piece OF
confectionery is obtained. The house
wife of the Philippines takes consider
able delight in placing before you a
nice grasshopper pie or cake. The
grasshopper pie is the most wonder
full dish, as the big hoppers are pre-
pared in such a way that they do not
lose their form.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1904-06-23

NJ ISIS BLANCHE GREY, a prominent
AZ young society woman of idtmphis.
Tenn, in a recent letter from ia Alabama
street, says:
ITO a society ,Uoman ,chose
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k"oG OF nothing achfch is of so much
0eneTt as PerunI. L took Il a feU
months ago echen IJett mig strength
giving ,cay, and IL soon made itself
manifest IN giving me neU strength
ana health. ~ BLANCHE Grey.
feruna is without an equal as a nerve
tonic and vital invigorator.
Buy a bottle of peruna. Ii You do not
receive all the benefits from Peruna that
you expected, write to DIR. Hartman, Co.
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