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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-10-13
Decatur

]. W. Bowman, of Leon, was in our
town Wednesday,.
Robert Milsap and sister returned
the first of the week from st. Louis.
Prof. Long and family of Davis CITY
were guests OF relatives here FRIDAY
and Saturday.
Alice Pugh Of Bethany, Mo-, is visit.
ing her sister, Mrs. Amanda Martin
west of town.
Vim. Grogan, of Burrell, was in town
the first of the week.
S. II. Campbell was Leon visitor the
first of the week.
Sherman Robbins wife and son Byron
were Leon visitors Saturday.
Mesdames Cora Shelton and Rozet
Cash were visiting friends in Murray
Tuesday Of last week.
Sam Covington of Grand River was in
town Thursday.
John Huston had business in Leon the
first of the week.
Mesdames Winfield Cash, c. K. Cher
rington, Samuel Chamberlin, James
Creswell, Fred Orchard, John Geeting
and I. Shelton attended the w. r. G.
District Convention which was held at
Osceola last week and were royalty en-
tertained while there.
E. F. Allen was Leon caller Thurs
day.
George Creal and James Ownsby ir.
returned Tuesday from ST. Louis.
The aid society met with Mrs. Shell
ton Thursday.
Miss Lille Morton left Wednesday
for Buxton where she. has secured a po-
sition as post mistress.
Mrs. Sarah Peck and daughter, Mrs.
B. o. Springer, Of Leon, were guests
Sunday at the Watson home.
Rev. Wolfe, a Dunkard minister, oc-
cupied the pulpit at the Christian
church Saturday evening.
H. G. Watson was Leon visitor the
first Of the week.
]. II. Hill planned very pleasant
surprise for his daughter, Miss Edna on
Sunday, Oct. 9th, the occasion being
her birthday. The guests attended
Sunday School as usual after which
they made their way to the hospitable
Hill home east of town. Miss Edna re-
manned for church and on her return
home must say she was little bit sur
prised. At twelve o'clock the guests
were invited to the dining room where
sumptuous dinner was awaiting. to
which all did ample justice. The after
noon was spent in conversation and
music after which they departed for
their homes feeling that it had been a
delightful day spent and wishing Miss
Edna many happy returns.
A. Hammond has bought fine farm
one mile north of Van Vert and will
take possession in short time.
Pearl Riley and Nora Golfer were the
guests Of Ethel Price Tuesday evening.
Sophia and Agnes Shell spent Sunday
with Susie Euritt.
Grandma Hess, of Albany, Mo-, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. John Shields.
Maude Payton, of Tuskeego, spent a
few days last week with Eta McIaugh-
lin.
Bertha Hammer returned to Leon Mon
day after visit with her parents, John
Hammer and wife.
Le!ah Huston spent Sunday with
Bessie Creal.
DR.. B. R. McAllaster, Of Cherokee, was
in town last week.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-10-13
Confessions of a Priest.

Rev. John S. Cox, of Wake, Ark.
writes, "For II years suffered from
Yellow Jaundice. consulted number
OF physicians and tried all sorts of
medicines, but got no relief. Then be-
gan the use of Electric Bitters and feel
that am now cured Of a disease that
had me in it's grasp for twelve years. /"
II you want reliable medicine for
liver and kidney trouble, stomach dis
order or general debility, get Electric
Bitters. It's guaranteed by L. P. Van
Werden. Only SOC.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-10-13
Many Mothers Of a Like Opinion

Mrs. Pilmer, Of Cordova, Iowa, says,
"One of my children was subject to
Group OF severe type, and the giving
OF Chamberlain's Cough Remedy prompt
~, always b. ought relief. Many mothers
in this neighborhood think the same as
| do about this remedy and want no
other kind for their children" For sale
by L. p. Van Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-10-13
A Guaranteed Cure for piles

Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles Drug.
gists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to
cure any case, matter of how long standing in to
"a days. First application gives ease and rest 50c
II your druggist hasn't send Soc in stamps and it
will be forwarded postpaid by Paris Medicine Co.,
st. Louis, Mo. 7.26w
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-10-13
Grand River.

We learn that DR.. W. C. Ward, OF Kan
sas City, has purchased DR.. Guffy's
regular visits to Grand River, from the
21st to the 18th of each month.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-10-13
"Watch The Kidneys.

"When they are affected, life is in
danger" says DR.. Alternately, the great
English physician. Foley's Kidney Cure
makes sound Kidneys. For sale by L. P.
Van Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-10-13

For eruptions, sores, pimples, kidney
and liver troubles, constipation, indiges-
ton, use HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea. Carries new life to every part of
the body. Tea or tablet form. 35 cts.
W. 6. Stempel s. Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-10-13

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Pearl Riley entertained Tuesday even
ing at her home in honor of Ethel Price.
Robert Parker Miles lectured at the
NJ. q. church Monday evening, his sub
ject being "Spooks," and it was greatly
enjoyed by the entire audience. Pearl
Riley furnished excellent music for the
occasion.
Avoid all drying inhalants and use
that which cleanses and heals the mem
brane. Ely's Cream Balm is such a
remedy and cures catarrh easily and
pleasantly. Cold in the head vanishes
quickly. Price so cents at druggists or
by mail.
Catarrh caused difficulty in speaking
and to great extent loss of hearing.
By the use Of Ely's Cream Balm drop
ping Of mucus has ceased, voice and
hearing have greatly improved.-J. w.
Davidson, Atty at Law, Monmouth, Ill.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-10-13
Sweet Creek.

Mat Stevens and family spent Sunday
at ]. w. Wion's.
Marion Noftsger and wife sundayed
at Del Wiley's.
Oscar Wills spent Saturday night
with Emmett Noftsger.
Ivan Fortune spent Friday at home.
Lloyd Newlin from near Leon attend
ed church at Elk chapel Saturday night.
Seal Naylor called at J.W. Wion's
Wednesday.
Mrs. Marion Noftsger and son Tom
had business in Lamont Wednesday.
Fred Wion and family were Tuskeego
callers Sunday.
John Yandert1ught and family spent
Sunday at his brother Webbs.
Orville Willis is working for Ben
Cotton. yfaas
Will Won called on Dusky Gentry
Monday. 4,.
John ". wion and wife were Lamont
callers Wednesday,.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-10-13

Mesdames George P. Campbell, of
Davis City, and M. A. Snapp, of
Worthen, Texas, arrived here Friday to
visit with the formers daughter, Mrs.
r. II. Martz. Charlton Herald.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-10-13

To Cure Cold In One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets All
druggists refund the money II it fails to cure e. W.
Groves signature on each box 25c. 7-lyr e
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-10-13

s Lulu Stanhope, st. Louis; 81 used to
have horrid complexion. ] took Hol-
listers, Rocky Mountain Tea and am
called the prettiest girl in the city,
Tea or tablets. 50 cents. W. @. Stempel
s. Co.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-18
Shopping In japan.

Japanese ceremoniousness makes it a
serious matter going to japanese shop
unless you are going to buy silk hand
kerchiefs-the only things foreigners
buy often enough to spoil the manners
Of the shopkeeper. You get out of your
rickshaw, and the rickshaw boy ex-
plains your high and mightiness. Then
all the attendants in the shop saIaam till
you wish they would get up and let
you catch their eye and explain what
you want. When they do get up the
japanese equivalent of the shopwalker
and three or four counter jumpers in
rotation ask you to repeat your order
while they offer you five cups Of tea.
1t is Japanese tea, and there is no milk
or sugar, but you can have salted cher
ry blossoms If you want If it is q good
shop, This Is the Japanese way of Of
fering the customer a drink. Good
Japanese shops contain nothing except
the attendants. When you have got
as far as explaining what you want
the proprietor gives orders to attend
ants. OFF they go at a run-good serv-
ants always run-and bring back the
goods tied up in faded green silk hand
kerchiefs or green cotton cloths.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-18
THE eYPsIEs.

Their Tribes Existed In Europe
From Immemorial Times.
Gypsies were found in England about
1914, according to "a DIALOGUE of Sir
Thomas More" (1529), but the exact
year of their arrival is unknown. They
were present in Scotland in 1905, and
possibly they were the "Saracens''
whose depredations in that country
prior to 1460 are on record.
Bataillard and other authors believe
that gypsies existed in Europe from
immemorial times, for they find no ac-
count of their crossing the Bosporus,
and no record is known to exist of their
passage to England or Scotland
They were better received in these
countries than in any other, but so
early as 1881 an act was passed re-
quiring the Egyptians to quit the
realm under pain of death, similar
edict being issued in Scotland in 1541
and at varying periods in most of the
European states.
Transportation across the seas was
among the milder means adopted aud
probably was the cause of much fur
ther dispersion of the tribes Under
Henry VIII. gypsies were shipped from
England to Norway or France, and
from France, so recently as 1902, they
were deported to Africa.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-18
st. PatricIs,s Purrntarx.

Medieval songs and legends, which
are rich in all sorts of mythical and
fantastical lore locate the entrance to
st. Patrick's famous "purgatory'' on
the island of Lough Derg,. Ireland. The
opening itself was through cave, the
existence of which was revealed to the
saint by Christ, who informed the good
Patrick that any one with the moral
courage to go down into the cavern
would be saved the pangs of the real
"purgatory" after death, Patrick built
a monastery at the entrance of his
earthly 'purgatory" and, secured the
way to the pit by an iron gate provid-
ed with strong chains and locks of
peculiar and intricate workmanship.
Lough Derg, next to Jerusalem, was
the most celebrated spot Oh earth DUR
ing the middle ages. Thousands visited
"purgatory" every year, and the whole
island had the appearance of a popu-
lops city.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-18
His Little Bill.

When Brander Matthews went to his
club one evening, according to the
Bookman, he went to the letter box
and looked through the compartment
marked "M' and found therein q very
peremptory dun from a tailor. Mr..
Matthews was puzzled, as he had had
no dealings with the insistent tailor,
until he again looked at the envelope
and found that he had unwittingly
opened a letter belonging to another
member of the club; so he put the bill
back In the envelope and returned 1t to
the compartment. AS Mr.. Matthews
was turning to go he noticed the men,
ber for whom the bill was intended
coming toward the letter box. A min
ute later he came into the reading
room, where Mr. Matthews was sitting
with several others. Taking from its
envelope the bill. he read it attentively
for a few minutes, sighed, tore it into
bits, then, with wink and the leer of
an invincible conqueror, commented,
Poor. silly little girl"
The Fable In Russia.
This fable, dealing with the fall Of
Witte, the Russian finance minister, is
related in brochure entitled "a Glance
at the Secrets of Russian Policy" pub
lished at Vienna; 'eThe czar dreamed
the following singular dream: He saw
three cows, one fat, one lean and one
blind. The next day he sent for the
metropolitan Paliadius and begged him
to explain the dream, but the metropol-
itan declined. The car then sent for
Father John of Kronstadt and made
the same request of him. Father John
stroked his long curly hair with his
hand and made reply in the following
words: Your majesty, / understand
your dream In this way; The fat cow
Is the finance minister, the lean one is
the Russian people and the blind one
Don't be afraid. Go on said the czar.
The blind cow is-your majesyy"
Amador ledger., 1904-03-18
slckRooM TACTICS.
a Successful Nurse Must he Gentle
Patient and Tactful.


Patient and Tactful
The proper mental atmosphere Great
ed in sickroom is often as important
as the remedies given. A nurse should
be in touch with her patient-that is,
she should be sympathetic and not al
low irritability and whims to upset her
eQuanimity. The nurse who can create
an atmosphere of repose, who can hu-
NOR without indulging her patient In
all the idiosyncrasies Of sick people,
has won half the battle. An unsympa-
thetc, impatient nurse will do more to
hinder recovery than the lack of rem
edies. 1t is not acts and words alone
that help or hinder; her very thoughts
are as potent as her general conduct,
and the sensitive patient will be infiu-
enced for good or Ill If the nurse were
dumb. She should at all times main
tain a positive uplifting mental atti-
tude and remember that the patients
irritability or melancholia is justified
by her physical condition and is not
perverseness.
Gentleness, patience and, above all,
tact are the requisites for good and in
telligent nursing, and the nurse who
lacks these qualities has indeed missed
her calling Patients have often failed
to improve simply because they did not
fancy their nurse. A nurse must be
likable and make herself liked, and 1t
takes only plain tact and little cir
cumSDection to ingratiate herself with
the most uninteresting of patients.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-18
Reversible Snake. In India.

A snake not often heard of, at least
In America, is the liver colored snake
with two heads, or perhaps they should
be called mouths, though it does not
have two mouths at the same time.
They are reversible mouths, occupying
the opposite end every six months. 1t
lies with the two ends crossed on each
other, as with folded hands. Every
six months the change of the seasons
Feverses the functions of the two ends,
the head becoming the tail and the tail
becoming the head The mouth at one
end heals or closes up all but small
opening, while the opposite end be-
comes the mouth for the next six
months.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-18
impeachment.

In 1897 Senator William Blount Of
Tennessee was impeached for treason
In negotiating personally with Great
Britain and was acquitted. On March
8, 1S0a Judge John Pickering Of the
federal court In New Hampshire was
found guilty on the trial Of an i'm
parchment Of drunkenness and pro-
family on the bench and was removed.
On March 1S, 1904, William Chase, as
sociate Justice Of the supreme court,
was impeached. He was acquitted on
March 1, 1906. Meantime, on Dec. 13,
1904, Judge James 81. Peck Of the fed
eral court of Missouri was acquitted
by the senate after impeachment by
the house. On May 9. 1852, Judge
West H. Humphrey Of the federal
court Of Tennessee was removed for
treason. In 1858 Andrew Johnson.
president of the United States, was
mpeached for high crimes and mis-
demeanors and acquitted. In March,
1875, the former secretary Of wan
General W. W. Belknap. was impeach-
ed for bribery In making appoint
ments. He was acquitted on Aug. /,
1875. His was the last impeachment.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-18
MARvELs OF MEMORY.
Feats of Famous Men That Seem Al
most Beyond Belief.

most Beyond Belief.
Some examples of the marvels of
memory would seem entirely incredible
had they not been given to us upon
the highest authority. Cyrus knew the
name of each soldier in his army. 1t is
also related of Themistocles that he
could tell by name every citizen of
Athens, although the number amount.
ed to 10000 Mithridates, king of Pom
tus, knew all his $4,000 soldiers by
their right names.
Scipio knew all the inhabitants of
Rome. Seneca complained of old age
because he could not, as formerly, re-
peat 1000 names in the order in which
they were read to him, and he stated
that on one occasion, when at his
studies, 200 unconnected verses having
been recited by the different pupils of
his preceptor, he repeated them In q
reverse order, proceeding from the last
to the first.
Thomas Cranmer committed to mem
ory in three months an entire transla-
ton Of the Bible. Euler, the mathema-
tician, could repeat the "1Eneid;y' and
Leibnitz, when an old man, could re-
cite the whole of Virgil, word for word.
1t is said that Bossuet could repeat not
only the whole Bible, but all of Homer,
Virgil and Horace, besides many other
works.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-18
JADE AS MEDICINE.
II Is Used In Various Ways For Many
Diseases In China.

II Is Used In Various Ways For Many
Diseases In China.
Everything in China of any rarity
whatever is certain to be dragged into
the pharmacopRia of the Chinese physi-
clan. Jade is no exception to the rule.
1t may be swallowed as q powder OF In
little pieces the size of hemp seed for
various stomachic complaints. Even
pockmarks and scars may be obliterat-
ed by being daily rubbed with a piece
of pure jade. 1t is also considered to
be of moist nature, and we readsof
an imperial favoTite of the eighth cen
tury who was cured of excessive, thirst
by holding fish shaped Jade in her
mouth. And so when the tomb of the
great commander, Ts'ao Ts'ao, third
century, A. D., was opened 200 years
after his death, among the usual OBJ
jects found in such circumstances was
large silver bowl full of water. That
the water had not dried up was ac-
counted for by the presence in the bowl
of jade boy three feet in height.
Jade is chiefly brought from the
K'un-lun, or Koulkun, range, between
the desert of Cobb and Tibet; from
Khoten or Ilchi in Yarkand, and from
Lan-t'ien, on the Belqrtagh mountains,
still farther to the west. In the tenth
century, A. D., the latter was actually
known as the Jade hills district,
though it does not appear that any jade
has ever been found there-Professor
Herbert A. Giles in Nineteenth Cen
tury.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-18
FROST FAIRIES.
The Wonderful Designs That win
dow Panes Picture.

The Wonderful Designs That Win
dow Panes Picture.
When the frost fairies have a mate
rial ready for original design they often
produce in the hours of darkness most
exquisite decorations. The window
panes are their drawing paper, and the
window frames serve as picture frames
on those particular occasions. There
are said to be no less than a thousand
forms of snow crystals, every one Of
them of the finest finish and of unim-
peachable symmetry. Some are like
the patterns in honiton lace, while 9TH
ers are elaborated with geometrical
patterns so complex that 1t is difficult
to analyze them. But ON the window
papes the frost pictures are by no
means confined to what are standard
patterns" in snowflakes, but show the
most various and dainty schemes Of
ornament. Some are like starry flow
ers, set with stars In the center and
with starry shoots and comets flying
into space around them. Others take
the shape Of leaves arranged In set
form by some human designers. The
endive pattern is among the most beau
tiful, the curves and motive" being
often scarcely distinguishable from
those in which goldsmith of the days
of Louis XIV. modelled the ormoiu in
which he graced some priceless vase Of
jasper or crystal. Scale patterns, like
the scales of fishes, with striated lines
upon the overlapping disks, wavy pat
terms, set with stars, fern patterns,
moss patterns and formalized sprays
of maidenhair are among the choicest
on the list.-London Spectator.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-18
Americans ON Guard.

There is no record that any such or
der as PUT none but Americans on
guard" was issued by Washington.
Those who quote 1t do not know when
1t was supposed to have been issued
But it is fact that on April 80, 1777,
in an order issued at Morristown, N. J.,
for recognizing the improperly called
"Washington's bedyguard" he did say
that he thought that men having an in
terest in the country would be less
likely to prove traitors than foreigners.
The order continued, you will, there
fore, send me none but Americans"
Washington directed that this prefer
ence for Americans should not be made
known, as he feared 1t might excite
the many foreigners in the army.-Ex-
change.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-18

woman, suffering from female weakness,
prolapsus, or falling of womb or from leu
corrhea who has used DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription without complete success, the
proprietors of that medicine would like to
hear from such person-and it will be to
her advantage to write them as they offer
in perfect good faith, reward of $500
for any case of the above maladies which
they cannot cure. No other medicine for
woman's ills is possessed of the unparal-
leled curative properties that would war
rant its makers in making such an offer.
The Sisters of the Good Shepherd, at their
convent, rOur Lady of the Woods Carthage,
Ohio use great deal of DR.. Pierce's medicines;
they say, in recent letter to DR.. Pierce: 1--WE
beg to assure you of the great benefit these
medicines give ailing ones We cannot
sufficiently recommend their excelence.n
When the druggist says he has some
thing that is as good as DR.. Pierce's Favor
ite Prescription, just tell him, Where's
nothing just as good" He says so because
he hopes to make better profit but his
own mixtures have not stood the test of
long experience and success that Doctor
Pierce's medicines have. Then, too, many
patent medicines advertised as tonics, con-
tain large quantities of alcohol. DR.. Pierce
guarantees that his Prescription does
not contain particle of alcohol. .
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Ad-
viser-sent on receipt of 2I one-cent stamps
for copy in paper; 81 stamps in cloth bind-
ing. Address DR.. R.V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
1t is good thing to keep DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets in the house. One Pellet
is laxative, two mild cathartic,
Amador ledger., 1904-03-18
UNTlMELY CHEERS.
The Misplaced Enthusiasm of an E1
Corpse In Ireland.

The Misplaced Enthusiasm of an Ex-
Corpse In ireland.
1t was the rule In Ireland at one
time that after an execution the body
should hang an hour, but the sheriff,
from mistaken lenity, would on some
occasions look away after the prisoner
had been turned off, while the friends
Of the culprlt would hold up their com,
panion by the waistband of the trousers
so that the rope would not press upon
his throat
When the hour was expired the
deceased was put into a cart which
was driven at gallop along the stony
road. The Jolting generally brought
the prisoner to. One such recovery
was SO complete that the resuscitated
man sat up in the coffin and gave three
cheers.
One of his friends was so shocked at
this indecent conduct that he hit the
ex-corpse on the head with his shillalah
and finished him. The question then
arose whether the assailant could be
tried for murder, but 1t was ruled that
no man could be successfully charged
with the murder of man who was al
ready dead in law.-Pearson's Weekly.
Amador ledger., 1904-03-18
THE SCIENCE OF A LIGHT.
Cheap Acetylene Gas Was Discover
ed hY an Accident.

Cheap Acetylene Gas Was Discover
ed by an Accident.
Cheap commercial acetylene gas was
discovered by accident. Wilson, sci
entific experimenter, believed that near
ly all metallic oxides could be reduced
to metallic state by heating them to
an extremely high temperature by the
voltaic arc In the presence Of free car
bon. Aluminium had been successfully
reduced in this way. Mr.. Wilson
wished to obtain metallic calcium. He
therefore mixed quantity of quick
lime with pulverized coke and brought
the mixture to high temperature by
the action Of the voltaic arc. He ex-
pected to obtain a white metal, but in
stead he appeared to produce nothing
but Stag. This was thrown into the
yard, and one day at noon while the
boys were having their luncheon they
picked up these bits Of Stag and threw
them at each other. One piece fell into
pail of water and produced bub-
bling effect and strong odor. This at
tracted Mr.. Wilson's attention, and
upon investigation he found that the
strong smelling gas was extremely In
flammable. Further investigation re-
yealed that it was pure acetylene gas
Sir Hiram Maxim in Harper's Weekly.