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The National tribune., 1906-04-19
Did the Rest He Could.

H. Page. Friend. Ore. says that he
was too young to go in the army. be-
ing only eight years old, but he did the
best he could and married n veterans
sister. They have four boys, and he is
going to take The National Tribune al
ways for them TO train them up in trus
patriotism.
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each end OF ABB. Double q strong
thread and tie the loose ends together
to form a loop exactly two and
a half inches long. This may necessi-
tate several trials. Place the looped
thread over the pins, and with the pen
Gil point draw the string straight, as
at c. Then move the pencil around in
The National tribune., 1906-04-19
SCIENCE AND INVENTION.
Work the Worlds Busy Brains in Discovering, nyenng and
Creating.

of promoting foreign trade. The trade
of Great Britain is already suffering
sharply from the competition of metric
using countries. and il we are going
into the markets of the world we must
begin at once measuring our goods in
metric liters and Kilograms If we want
20 reach most effectively the foreign
customers. who are empl ,ying those
weights and measures.
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Steel Shelves for stores.

Shelves or racks for stores or ware
houses are now made OF steel. The
racks are shipped knocked down and
quickly set up on receipt, as the parts
~eadily go together. They are so made
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sheep Mountain Canyon. on Big Horn
River, Is n good site for a dam, but the
valley is narrow. and the area covered
| by the water small, SO that 1t is not
| thought practicable for a reservoir site.
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the direction indicated by the arrow.
always keeping the thread tight. The
curve traced by The pencil will be a
perfect ellipse.
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that racks of any desired length OF
height can be assembled. The adyan-
tages are freedom from collecting dust
lishtness. strength and not obstructing
the light,
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Metallic Barrel,

Charles I. Coffin, Detroit. Mich. has
received Il patent for a metallic barrel
Omprising an outer metallic-h q ded
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Rnzor SirOn.

:. Ernst r. Zarbock, Centralia. ILL.,, has
taken out a patent for razor stropi
with a layer of aluminium on one side
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Adding Device.

Lucius +. Coleman. Santa Ana. Cal,
patents a device TO aid bookkeepers and
others and consisting of light, port
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Harness.

The horse is not forgotten by in
ventors, and every week there are pat
ents issued for some article OF harness.
Joseph c. Hooper. San Francisco. Cal,
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has obtained a patent for a reinforce
for the throat portion of harness col
lars consisting OF tubular metal de-
vice.
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Land on the Diminished strip.

ground for construction, with very lit
tie side-hill work and ground of char
acter TO maintain n canal
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InternaI-Combustion Engine.

Francis NJ. Uhler, Lincoln, Neb., has
patented device for gasoline en-
gine which will work reciprocaily. The
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able disk adapted to be held in the
hand and reyolyed one step whenever
10 units have been added.
ScrubbIng Device.
HalIdor T.. II. Armann, Gardar. n.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-23
Regarding Stock Companies.

heQaTQlnD OtOCk SOHlPdtiCSs l As to stock companies the committee
 recommended naturalization
 | The committee, in it's remarks of stock | companies, reviews the purchase of a l controlling interest in the Equitable Life | Assurance society by Thomas F. Ryan 1 and the placing of the voting power in i the hands of the trustees selected by l him.
 NO exception can be taken to the 1 ability the Judgment and the character 1 of those who are acting as trustees or
 a majority of the Equitable shares l says the committee, "but their appoint
 ment and their efforts to ascertain the
 wishes of the policyholders as guide l to the selection of an ultimate majority 1 of the board affords most important l exposition of the conviction that stock
 control of long life insurance corporations no longer commands confidence" 1 Amendment to existing law is recom- mended to confer on directors of stock companies, the power to grant policy rolders the right to vote for directors. further recommendation Is made that opportunities should be afforded stock companies to convert themselves into purely mutual companies, but the com n1ittee does not believe that this conver- sion should be made compulsory and suitable safe guards should be provided
 so that no stockholder shall be deprived l of his right of property without his consent.
 Disapproves Deferred Dividends.
 The committee expressed disapproval of l deferred dividends, saying:
 ",rhere is no<reason why the dividend 1 should not be annually declared The de- | ferred dividend plan is to be supported 1T
 at all, upon the ground there should be
 no interference with freedom of con-
 tract. \ But in this matter freedom of contract should yield to important public policy. Of all the reforms suggested by l the committee nothing 1t is believed Is
 more imperativey demanded than that
 the companies should be compelled to l exhibit the results of their management
 by annual accounting
 1 The recommendations of the committee l is to remedial legislation are preceded hv A resume of the testimony brought l out by the investigation in New York city. The first company taken up is the 1 Mutual Life Insurance company. The 1 payment to Robert H. McCurdy and Louis H. Thebaud, son and son-in-law of | former President McCurdy respectively,
 are gone over and the amounts charged
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-23
Never Contributed Campaign Fund.

NeVer COntTlUutCQ OdfbpdiJn TunO.
 In it's report on the affairs of the Home Life company, the committee remarks that this company never contributed to political campaign funds, nor did 1t make payment in connection with legislation in any state. Tt would seem that this company" says the report, "as we'll as the other smaller companies, has not felt called upon to make expenditures of this sort. but this matter has been left to the three leading companies. This company's expenses have amounted to 120 .13 per cent of the loadings.
 The expenses of tine Bankers Life h. surance company have been very largely exceeded by the loadings on the pre- miums.
 Recently economies have been intro- duced This company has made no con tributions to political campaign funds and has made no expenditures in con nection with legislation.
 The affairs of the Prevalent Savings life Assurance society as brought out In the testimony during the investigation. are covered in detail The control of this company was bought some years ago by Edward W. Scott. who borrowed the money for the purchase of the stock necessary from trust company through an introduction by John A. Mccall the president of the New York Life. Of this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-23

Nothing disclosed by the investigation deserves more serious attention than the systematic efforts of the large companies to control a large part of the manage ment of the state They have been or ranIzed into an offensive and defensive al- liance to procure or to prevent the pas sage of laws affecting not only insur- ance but great variety of important interests to which these subsidiary com nanies or through the connect tions of their officers. they have become related. Their operations have extended beyond inc state and the country has been divid- ed into districts so that each company might perform conveniently its share of the work. Enormous sums have been expended in a surrepttious manner. Reg uIar accounts have been kept to conceal the payments for which proper vouchers have not been required. This course of conduct has created a widespread con- viction that large portions of this money have been dishonesty used. Andrew Eields, who represented both the Mutual and the Equitable in legislative matters. and was in control of the supply de- nartment of the former company. remain ed heyond the jurisdiction during the session of the committee. The general aolicitor of the Mutual, to whom the chairman of the committee on expenses entrusted large sums died just before the beginning of the investigation and annarently left no account as how the money had been spent
 Hamilton Remains Abroad.
 Andrew Hamilton, who within ten years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-23

may be made of the duty accredited eoun- sel of municipalities public boards and public services in drafting bills or advis- ing clients as to the construction and effect or proposed or pending legislation, where the professional service Is not otherwise connected with legislative ac- tion. Violation of the law should be made mlsdemeanor and the failure to file the statements required should subject the offender to appropriate penalties.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-23
SUPERINTENDENT
 FAILS ID DO DUTY Armstrong Committee Makes
 Lengthy Report OFFICERS ARE CENSURED Lobbying Is Condemned and Leeisa- tion Is Recommended Which Will
 Do Away With All Politi-
 cal Contributions.
OFFICERS ARE CENSURED

(contlnued from First Psea)
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Publicity.

The companies should be required to set forth in their annual statement apart from those matters which the superin- tendent may otherwise require: l. The real estate held by the com pany, the dates of acquisition: the names of vendors; the actual cost, the value at which it Is carried on the company's
 
 (Continued m Tenth paoaN
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-23

company the report says that consider ing the volume and results of the busi- ness, 4ile president has been paid a large salary. This salary is $s6,O0O. Ac- cording to it's statement of December 8l, 1904 this company has unassigned funds to provide for all contingencies amounting to s652, 767.
 The next company treated of In the report is the Reserve Life Insurance company, the charges against officers of this company as made during the investigation, are recited in detail, and the committee says that important as the matter Is. it has been impossible to make an exhaustive examination of the companys affairs.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-11-29

is not vitality Interested in his brothers
troubles, explained that the great ques-
ton now facing Bacteria is where to go.
AS before the order is divided in opinion,
the Haemophilia Neonatorium-Fl oures-
Gems Putridus-Butricum Amylobacter
faction claiming that the city sewer is
the only decent place left for self-re-
speeding microbes. On the other hand
Septicus Liquefaciens, Proteus Mirabilis,
Pyogenes Tenuis and the Spirillum
family strenuously maintain that the
sewer isn't filthy enough for them after
being raised on the succulent corrup-
ton of the court house.
Feeling a touch of pity for old Strep-
tococcus Pyogenes, the reporter sided
over to where he was moping in the
corner and tried to offer cheer by tell
ing him that the sewer was only little
less nasty than the court house. But
he would have none of it. "Woe is me,
he walled, ''They dragged me out of a
good home to attend murder trial here
and now, just as am getting good
start, I've got to pull out and commence
all over. | wish | knew where my dear
friend Staphylococcus is located.
know he'd furnish me with a nice berth
if he knew what's befallen me. But it
wouldn't be like this; no indeed
Flourescens Foetidus, junior, who re-
sides in the nose of the Judge, Clipped
in: Say old fellow you're always howl
ing about something. What's the mat
ter with you? This old shack is nice
and rotten, that's true; but my land!
there are lots of backyards around town
that are almost as bad and you might
find a nice nose somewhere. | guess
you can locate stink If you smell
around for it. You need change of air
anyway young fellow" rejoined
Pyogenes; "you ought to have little
respect for old age, and you don't know
what your talking about anyway. You
ought to know that ] couldn't do any
good in a mans nose, specially a judges
I've got to have more room; and besides
I'm little bit particular.
"Oh, don't pay any attention to that
little snip" growled Septicus Lique-
faciens; hes young yet. | know can
get along all right, but after all there S
no place like home and cant help feel
ing compassion for Typus and Erthros-
porus and Pyogenes in their homeless
ness. I've got little christian spirit
in me, have"
well, well, don't get fussy," interpos-
ed the elder Leuconostoccus; every
thing will come out all right in the
spring as fellow says
"By George! didn't think they'd do
it" said Sarcina referring to the election.
"When you've watched election as
long as have, you'll know that there's
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-11-29
DANGER IN DELAY.
Kidney Diseases Are Too Dangerous
for Leon People to Neglect.

The great danger of kidney troubles
is that they get a firm hold before the
sufferer recognizes them. Health is
gradually undermined. Backache,
headache, nervousness, lameness, sore
ness, ]umbago, urinary troubles, dropsy,
diabetes and Bright's disease follow in
merciless succession. Don't neglect
the kidneys. Cure the kidneys with a
certain and safe remedy, Doan's Kidney
Pills, which has cured people right here
in Leon,
Mrs. Mary Kinds, living in southeast
part of town says: 81 knew years ago
that my kidneys were weak and | have
been subject to backache on the last
provocation particularly so if l over ex-
erted myself. There was no doubt the
! action and condition of the kidneys
secretions plainly proved it. They con-
tanned sediment, full of acid and scald-
ed. If contracted slight cold it was
sure to seat itself in the loins and great
aggravations followed, and l always
knew coming change in the weather.
have used more than one remedy in
my time when these attacks were very
pronounced but until | went to L. p.
Van Werden's drug store for Doan's
Kidney Pills never was able to cure
the trouble. The treatment of Doans
Kidney Pills differ from anything ever
employed. They acted directly upon
kidneys and removed every symptom
of kidney complaint.
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. FosterM ilburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
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Remember the name-Doan sand take
no other.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-11-29

no telling what the voter will do, re-
marked tuberculosis.
I'll be jiggered if | see what's goin' to
become of our children sighed Diplo-
coccus: "there amt no humans goin' to
come down into that sewer for us to
work on. I'm afraid the whole caboodle
of us will just naturally peter out for
! want OF nourishment.'
'I'm scared too, cried Cladothrix:
''and the very first lawyer find fooling
around here I'm going to climb aboard
"Huh-uh, shouldn't do that, lawyers
amt healthy for microbes; they're too
tough" said Clostridium; 81 can stand
most anything but lawyer.
Lawyers are no good for me- said
Haemtodes; 81 never caught one OF them
in sweat in my life
Say" called out member from the
shadows of the gallery, "a whole lot of
us could find happy homes if we'd go
down to the clerks office and lay for
the blushing bride"
'Oh, get OUT" said one of the
Spirilus family, "the blushing bride and
the bashful groom make me sick. I'd
rather have the sewer in mine"
They'd just about suit me | think, if
! had to move," remarked old Gonococ-
Gus, who lives in the Annex and will be
provided for.
This new board of supervisors will
suit me all right" said Graveolens, as
he wriggled out from between the
janitors toes; 81 understand that one of
them doesn't wear socks"
At this iuncture Articulorum Dip
theriticus jumped to the chandelier and
waved his palps for attention. "Friends
of the mighty legion of Bacteria" he be-
gan; "I'm sorry for you; I'm real sorry
for myself. I've felt all along that we'd
better watch these fool voters instead
Of keeping an eye on the new serums'
| told you -"
ooh, dry up you old croaker, that's
not germ-ane to the subject at all and
what's the use of rubbing it in anyway
said Ochrolecus; "things are bad enough
without that
well, told you SO and if you make
another pun like that I'll have you
serumed,' said Articulorum as he sub
sided.
"We're not worrying any," chorused
Ochroleucus and Ureae, who had dropp-
ed in from the Annex to console their
relatives; "for even if they do tear this
building down, they've got to provide a
place for us to infest."
"We're all right, too" said Dentalis
Veridans to Buccalis, unless these new
officials all have false teeth"
81 do hope therell be another divorce
case soon,' walled Foersteri; $50 | can
find nice home in some fair lady's
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-11-29
SORROW IN BUGDOM
COnCatenated Order of BaCilli-Mi-
OcoCCi-SpiriIIum- Merismopedia
Lament Fall of Court House.

Yes, there's sorrow IN Germdom! A
year ago the G. O. of B. NJ. S. NJ. happy
in the knowledge that the old court
house would Still stand, gathered in the
court room for Notification: and,
through the influence of his great and
good friend Sycosiferus Foetdus, your
reporter was granted admission.
While his welcome was not so warm
as the one accorded him year ago, still
your reporter made bold election night
to enter the court room, where the
members of the order were in conclave
of mutual coincidence assembled. The
nu nbers present were beyond human
conception, and it was a revelation OF
the manner of increase in Bacteria
Notwi outstanding he wore a sponge over
his nose and mouth, the reporter prob
ably carried away millions of self-invit-
ed bugs when he left.
Bacteria is not easily cast down in
spirit; but the general air of the room
that night was as if something had gone
radically wrong. Streptococus Pyogenes
Wno was last year laying claim to the
Deaaship because his ante-election prog.
.nostications had been verified, set
away back, his head bowed in his feeIers
and gloom writ in his face. Articulorum
DiPtheriticus, the pessimist, who had
all along predicted disaster, was in'h high
feather and his Il told you SOS" added
to: the depression. 1t cannot be said
thhagh that he had lost caste with the
society, for his forebodings having been
realized at last, he has now firmer
hold than ever on the leadership, and
not even old tuberculosis, with all his
numerous progeny and power, will be
Able to dethrone him.
tuberculosis Zooglaic was mad cleal
through. When the subject of his forced
fitting was mentioned, he excitedly
flung his antenna in the air and made a
noise as much like cussing as microbe
could. 81 came here in the early sos
he said. land have spread my family all
over this building and even placed some
Of them in the best families of the city
Ii the people didn't want us here why
the deuce didn't they clean up long age
and not let US stay here till we thought
we owned the place? I'll make it hot
for 'em you bet! If they don't smother
usin formaldehyde, I'll show EN- that
I'm not dead yet anyway"
i Sycosiferus Foetidus, who has nest
in the reporters whiskers and therefore
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-11-29

lachrymal canal; I've really been out of
place here ever since that Divorce
wept and lost me a year ago."
81 guess that Agilis and kuhniana and
| will just stick right here" laughed
Flavus. me for the water tank in a
prohibition town"
"Ill bet when they get new court
house we'll never see another piece of
nice rotten cheese" said Tyrogeum,
with his palp on his stomach; "and then
what's to become of me and brother
Mesentoroides, Id like to know"
Eyes, and Ill bet they fix it up so
there won't be any rats or rabbits
around here SMILED Haemophilia Naen-
forum; 1--we notion to commit germi-
eide
"Well, you know I've always told you
that the officials here are called rats
and | guess they're pretty good sub
stitute," said Cinnabarenus.
"It's all very we'll for you to talk that
way returned Haemophilia, "when you
can live in thin air and weak water, but
| if you had to chase around finding rats
for living you wouldn't feel SO clipper
about it.
"My, do hope they keep my nice
deputy here" said Decalvens; she amt
got much hair to harbor in, but I've had
lots of fun coasting on the bare places.
"Pm real sorry for you poor fellows
said Flava, "but / don't have to move
because there'll always be people
around the court house, old Or new, that
drink liquor and get sick, and if there S
anything | dote on it's vomited stuff"
Gee! l hate to move" whined Tetanus
81 have such snug home here in the
carpet, aud moving is such hard work.
ooh, Dunno" laughed Salivarus Sep
ticus; 81 once had an elegant home on a
guys tonsil and thought was fixed for
life. But one day up here there was
the doggondest explosion you ever
heard, and the first thing l knew, slap
bang! | was up against the wall almost
mashed flat. thought it was cyclone
bnt l learned afterwards that my nice
man had sneezed. So you see in my case
moving was easy. But by gum, the
landing was rough
81 can move all right by continuity OF
tissue and can do fairly well in the
ciliated epithelium," said Puerperalis
"but l don't know about this thing O.
going down drain pipe"
"Well," cried Butricum, Amylobacter
pounding on the table with his antenna
Twelve done enough talking; what de
you say to taking vote on the question
and deciding where we shall go?'
There were cries of "vote", great
waving of palps and some wailing ant
crashing of teeth, as the seriousness O
the situation was thus brought home tt
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-11-29
the members.

the members.
81 expect we'd better count noses"
said Amylobacter and take the liberty
of naming Beggiatoa and Lepthorix as
tellers. First, all those in favor Of the
sewer for our future home will form in
line and march through the gate here
past the tellers.
The Haemophilia : Neonatorum, Flour
escens Putridus -Butricum Amylobac-
ter faction Immediately lined up and,
with hurrah, began their march. The
count showed that exactly 324, 543, 0l8,-
97G,546, 900, 1873, IL ,345, 1888 800, 100 Of the
sewer friends were present; and when
the opposing faction lined up and were
counted it was seen that they were sad
ly outnumbered, there being but $780,
100000, 1855, 1868, 7S3, 1888 1897 1856, 800
of them. A few trillions there were
who refused to vote, being we'll content
to remain and occupy the places that
will necessarily be provided for them in
the new building.
After the hubbub had subsidized, old
Articulorum Diptheriticus assumed
command of the meeting without dissent
from Streptococcus Pyogenes and his
followers and mapped out the plan of
future action.
When the workmen shall remove the
first brick the tribes of Bacteria are to
move en- masse to the city sewer
through the nearest channel and take
up their abode there where, so far as
humanity is concerned, they will be
harmless, unless humanity waits to
crawl into the sewer after them.
Inquiry at the several headquarters
of the cockroaches, the rats, the rabbits
and the bats elected the information
that these denizens of the court house
are SO shocked at the outcome of the
election that they have not yet realized
that it is their move. Wherever they
decide to go no doubt the fleas and the
bedbugs will also go, as matter of
necessity.
| AS Wednesdays dawn approached the
| reporter tucked Sycosiferous snugly in
to his whiskers, brushed a few million
other would be squatters from his per-
son and softly withdrew, leaving the G.
o. of b. Nj. S. NJ. to it's sorrow. 1t is in
deed tough on the Germs, but good
thing for the county and the taxpayers
are to be congratulated upon bringing
about the eviction of such large num-
Der of very undesirable free-will tenants
/
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-11-29

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