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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-10

The project now taking form. contem-
plates first Of all the purchase by the
government of the land on either side Of
the famous house The buildings occu-
plying this adjacent ground would be re-
moved and the area CONVEX ted into mInia-
ture parks Then the Lincoln house
would be rendered thoroughly freproof by
literally enclosing it in hreproof walls.
and finally the memorial collection would
be purchased and extensive additions
made to 1t. a freproof annex being
erected in the rear of the present struc-
ture in order to accommodate the added
objects bearing upon thu personality and
career of the Civil War president.
Nor is it believed that this important
addition to the shrines for patriotic Amer
leans will cost Uncle Sam any great sum
of money. It is thought that the prop
erty adjoining the Lincoln House on
either side can, in each instance, be ac-
CURED for S25. 900. When the government
paid $4,000 for the Lincoln house some
years since it was considered that this
price was almost. double what the realty
and improvements would be worth if
historic associations were ignored. but
property in Washington is steadily ad-
vancing in value. and 1t Is not consider ed
likely that Congress can obtain possession
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-10

two new governmental enterprises is the
scheme for the perpetuation and elabora-
ton of the house in which Lincoln died,
and the famous memorial collection Of
over 1900 articles pertaining to the mar
tyred President. which now repose in
this historic structure. The house where
Lincoln passed the last moments of his
life was purchased by the United States
government some years ago, but the in
valuable collection of relics which 1t con
tains is still the property of private per
sons. although the purchase of this mu-
scum is a subject which has several
times received the attention Of Congress,
invariably with the result that definite
action has been postponed for one reason
or another
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-10

valentines on the subject. Of which the
following Is a sample.
Are your guests such greedy swine
That you don't dare TO give them wine7
! wouldn't ask such folks to dine.
Eour much Disguised
Valentine
President Chester a. Arthur. who was
famous for his appreciation of good
dinner and bis fauitless attire. received
not few valentines in which the White
House dude came IN for sundr7 sharp
raps. Many of President uarrison's valen-
tines had reference to 'granrfather's
hat" aud. indeed. 1t would appear as
though a majority OF the poets ana
poetesses who dispatch their lltersry mas
terpieees TO the White House derived
their Inspiration from the Dewspape- car
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-10

entInes portrayfng enormously fat men
and accompanied In many instances By
original verse OF which the following Is g
sample:
pray you tell me. gentle Grover
Why are you always bubbiing over
With vanity and seif-eoneeIt
1 think you get too much to eat.
If you would only try starvation,
1t might be better for the nation
There are. IN all probability, only two
people In the country who will this year
receive q larger number OF valentines
than President Roosevelt. Of course.
reference is made to the Presidents pro
spective son-ln-laW. Representative Mich
olas Longworth, and Miss Alice Roosevelt
The wedding OF these Young people Is sci
for a date but a few days distant from
St Valentines festival, and It is expected
that the Presidents daughter viii be
literally deluged with tokens hberaIly
decorated with hearts and cnpids, while
the lucky Nicholas viii likewise be inun
dated with souvenirs. grave and gay.
The members of the Presidents Cab
met are always remembered on Valentine
Day by large numbers Of those persons.
resident in ali parts OF the country. who
are ever anxious 70 take advantage Of
any excuse for writing to public men
0cEAtL+AS "a wax AlAAs WHO the EGErFHt
man who ever held a government lob
win undoubtedly be made the butt OF
most Of the Jokes. and the fact that after
moHtbs Of strenuous training he ms Bnsi
" succeeded IN reducing bis weight 4
trihe below 800 pounds will enable the
valentine writer's to lmpart an element OF
timeliness to thelr poetic tributes. AZ
torney General Moody Is another Cabinet
member who affords a good target for
the valentine writer's By reason Of the
fact that be Is bachelor. Certnin mem
bers Of Congress never fail to reap har.
vest Of valentines. 1t Is Improbable. how.
ever, that Speaker Cannon. OF the House
OF Representatives. will receive ANYTHING
ike as many pictorial aud poetic rokans
as did Thomas B. Reed when spenkar
The Car was each February the reciu
lent or numerous penny pictures OF RS
men. with appropriate verses.
WALD0N PAWcETT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-10

This new evidence Of a nations graft
tude to the Civil War President viii take
the form Of a Dorie portico OF white
marble. approached by a canal 1900 feet
In length and 200 feet broad. into whlch
viii ponr volumes OF water from pic
turesque fountains at the base Of the
Memorial. Potomac Park. the garden
spot in which the Lincoln Memorial IS to
stand, has already been improved By
means Of appropriations from Congress.
Connecting the Lincoln Memoirs. with the
National Cemetery ct Arlington. on the
virginia side of the Potomac. Will be
massive memorial bridge which Is ex-
pected to take rank as the most beautiful
bridge in America. If not IN the world.
No mention Of the memorials 70 Lincoln
in the city where he achieved and died
would be complete without reference to
one unique tribute already IN existence.
namely '.Freedoulss Memorial or the
Emancipation Monument. a bronze statue
which stands in Lincoln Park and por-
trays Lincoln with the Ema ncipation
Proclamation in his hand standing beside
A slave whose broken. shackles betoken his
uew-found freedom. This memorial was
erected with funds contributed solely by
former slaves. The first contribution, IS.
was made by Charlotte Scott. freed
woman of virginia. being her frst earn
tngs in freedom
WALDoN TAWCETT.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-10

White House for years are of the opinion
that President Roosevelt receives more
valentines than any of his predecessors
Indeed. It is estimated that the present
occupant of the White House receives
more mail than any ruler IN the world,
not excepting King Edward. who has a
daily quota of 1000 letters Many Of the
valentines that reach the White Louise
come under one cent postage. some OF
the efusions that arrive on February Il
are critical and even caustic. 6ut few val
entines have eveui bee received 1T the
White House that were actually mali
cions.
President Hayes. who excited adverse
criticism because. In Difference to the
wishes OF his wife. he bani' he'd wine from
the White House table. received many
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-10

N o the President OF the United States
and other prominent men receive val
~ entines7 is q question frequently
asked by people with a natural curiosity
concerning notables. To be sure they do.
Some Of them receive each year on Cupld's
holiday great numbers Of mlsslvcs and
the valentines which come 10 our leading
citizens include both comics and pretty
ones" It must be confessed. however.
that there IS more satire than sentiment.
and since the most dignlhed officials are
sometimes given to playing pranks on one
another there is a suspicion that 10y no
means all OF these frivolous remem-
bfnnees are the work of small boys.
OF course. Interest ceuters in the valen-
tines received by the President and be
gets a plenty Of them. although the pub
lie hears comparatively little about it.
This silence Is easily explained. The
people who send Christmas presents to
tae Chief Magistrate sometimes tell
about tt themselves. But the mischievous
citizens who are responsible for swelling
the White House mail in mid-February
seldom show q disposition to say much
about their pranks. and. of course, the
Presidents discreet secretaries do not
talk about It,
Ordinarily unsigned communications IN
AAe1 w mus EAoAeH AAilAl M0uiU 20 mo Ice
nles or the wastebaskets and would never
reach the eyes of the President. but Oh
g. Valentines Day something Of the ses-
tiYal spirit pervhdes even the presidential
mansion, and the head of the nation is
given an opportunity to glance at some Of
the masterpieces Of art and literature
that are calculated to provoke smiles.
It Is perhaps an interesting commentary
On the personalities OF our presidents that
some OF the nations chief executives have
found In their Valentine Day mail a pre-
pouderanee OF comic tokens. while In the
ease OF other chief magistrates the senti-
mental remembrances have predominated.
President Roosevelt belongs in the latter
class. Or at least, the sentimental valen-
tines were IN the majority ia the heap Of
missives which his secretaries piled upon
his large datt0p mahogany desk last Val
entine Day
OF the complimentary valentines that
reached the President a gOodly proportion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-10

consist Of poems written By the senders.
and these illusions. If somewhat iacking
in meter and rhythm. are not wanting p
passion and fervor, One impressiOnable
young poetess begins her valentine tribute
to the occupant of the White House as
follows:
You are my hero every time;
You are my brave young valentine
Another woocr OF the muse produced
the following:
Brave and true. strong and steady;
No wonder you get there, gallant Teddy
Last year the Presidents valentines ia
some Instances contained references to
his election and Inauguration. and ii Is
expected that ar. Roosevelt's role rs
peacemaker In the RUsso-Japanese trouble
viii this year prove favorite source of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-10

inspiration for the producers Of senu-
mental valentines.
On the other hand. the Presidents Of
fee helpers are expecting an unusually
large crop of comic Valentines carrying
good natured jibes regarding the Panama
Canal the Presidents tusse with the
Senate. the Roosevelt missionary work
for football reform and other fruitful
topics for funmaking. Some of the Presl-
dents unknown correspondents address
their missives in unconventional manner
Last year a valentine reached the White
House though the envelope enclosing the
token bore no name or address other
than a picture of a Rough Rider. over
whose face spread the well-known Roose-
Telt smile.
Clerks who have beer on duty at the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-10

TT is probable that the present Congress
viii be asked to take the first steps to-
q ward the provision Of two fitting memo
rails to Abraham Lincoln at the capital Of
the nation. It has been a matter Of COM
ment that. whereas the deeds Of George
Washington and others Of the nations
heroes have been impressivelg commem-
oFated by tributes in marble and bronze
at Americas seat OF government. there
are few memorials worthy Of the name
TO the saviour of the Union in the city
which was the scene OF the most impor-
taut events in bis career. All this will
be changed in a most gratifying manner
II The new projects are carried out as
anticipated.
Perhaps the most interesting Of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-10

toons.
One valentine over which President
Harrison smiled broadly consisted OF more
than a dozen stanzas OF which the follow
ing is specimen:
Little Benny
Have you any
GHce you can send mel
not. sonny.
tsady money
You can kindly lend me
r. S.-Do it quickly. Baby Mine
And l will be your valentine
AS might pc imagined. the physical at
tributes OF President Grover Cleveland
proved a strong incentive to the prodn-
GERS Of homemade valentines designed for
White House consumption. He received.
each year he was in office. dozens Of val
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-10-04

! State Pardon Clerk B. W. Garrett re-
turned Saturday to his home in Des
| Moines. While not fully recovered
from his recent severe illness he is
greatly improved and will no doubt
continue to improve rapidly.
Mrs. Nancy John, Mrs. Esther Dill
saver, Mrs. Mary Buell., Mrs. j. H. Evans,
Mrs. A. S. Gardner, and Mrs. Nancy A.
Gunter went to Creston Monday as
delegates to the w. II. c. convention be-
ing held in that city this week.
Miss Grace Morrill, departed Friday
for Davenport, Iowa, where she will
attend the Davenport Academy of
Music the coming year, finishing a two
years course at this institution and she
will graduate with the class next
spring.
/! DR.. S. A. Burnison, of Davis City,
passed through Leon Saturday returning
from a trip to Promise City, where he
was called on professional business,
treating a number of cattle and horses.
He returned to promise City again the
first of the week.
John G. Stockton, who has been
| working in Chicago for tho past year
in the big printing house of DoGnelly
& Co.. returned home last Wednesday
and will visit here for couple of
months with his family and look after
affairs at his farm south of town.
G. A. Drury and wife, who were here
visiting at the home of Mrs. Drury's
parents, Mr.. ]. W. Allen, returned to
Des Moines Saturday and after visiting
a few days in that city will go to San
Diego, California, to make their future
home the change being made for the
benefit of Mr.. Drury's health.
G. H. Hodges and wife, of Weldon,
We're visiting with friends in this city
Friday. Mr.. Hodges is one of the in
fuential citizens of the north part of
the county and he is also one of the
heavy taxpayers of the county who is
a strong supporter of the proposition to
build new court house, as he knows
that it is for the benefit Of tho farmers
of the county that a safe place be pro-
vided for the public records.
Capt. T. H. Brown, of the big com
mission firm Of Brown Bros. & Ballinger
at the Union stock yards in Chicago,
came last Friday on his annual visit to
his brother, Capt. j. d. Brown and
other relatives and friends in this city
and vicinity. Although it has been
many years since Mr.. Brown removed
to Chicago he still retains warm spot
in his great big heart for the old home
in Decatur county and the hundreds
of friends here, who greatly enjoy his
visits whenever he can find time to
come back for few days.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-10-04
HICKS ON OCTOBER,
What He Predicts for the Coming
Month.

Hicks predicts the following weather
for October:
The regular storm period from the I'd
to the 18th will take up the disturbances
and renew and prolong them during the
first week of the month. Taking the
country as a whole, every variety of
storms from tropical and tornado
southwark, to boreal, with early sleet
and snow in the extreme north and
northwest, are among the probabilities
at this time. Be on the watch, in the
northwest, for this boreal wave as early
as the 3rd to 9Th.
! A reactionary storm period is central
on the 10th, 18th and 18th. Look at
this time for return of cloudiness and
autumnal rains and gales, extremes OF
temperature, with storms all the way
from vicious lightning and thunder tc
sudden change into almost winter
storms and temperatures.
A regular storm period covers the
| 10Th to the Goth. In all probability
this will prove one Of the most severe
to dangerous storm periods of the
month, if not the whole autumn
Frosts will work into central to south
ern regions from the 18th to the 22nd
or dates touching. From the 18th tt
the Goth is a most probable time fol
some more earthquakes.
A reactionary storm period is centra
on the 23rd to 18th, at which time
change to warmer, falling baromete
with cloudiness and more autumna
rain may be expected.
A regular storm period covers tn
last five days of the month, embracing
the second full moon on the 31st an
moon on the equator on the 29tl
Storm areas will develope in the Yves
and from the 2Sth to 31st wide street.-the
of cloudiness, rain and snow will pas
across the whole country from west t
% ct
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-10-04
In Memory of Clark Fairall.

The writer of this short sketch be-
came acquainted with Mr.. Fairall in
1865. There never was a more welcome
visitor to our home. He was stock
doctor and always charged us less than
the rest of our neighbors, for he board
ed with us. He was such kind man
and gave myself and husband such
good advice, how to get along and pay
for our home, and gave us the lumber
to put the floor in our cabin after it
had been blown away in cyclone.
He visited us as long as his health
would permit him to come. One
characteristic was that he would not
permit any Of his neighbors to quarrel
over small debt, but would take the
money out of his own pocket and pay
the debt. His sole object was to live
right in the sight Of God. Being a
faithful follower of God he often
requested me to pray for him, that his
desire was to serve his master. He has
gone to his reward where sorrow never
comes. To his children and grand
children l would say for them to follow
him as he followed Christ, is the prayer
of the writer.
E. A. WILSON.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-10-04
Leon School Report.

Consolidated report for month ending
Sept. %, 1906.
No. belonging .......... .................41S
Daily attendance y............... - 3S5
Per cent of attendance ....94
Per cent of punctuality ,.. ..., 80
Not absent or tardy .,......., .........167
Names of those not absent or tardy.
NORTH BUILDING.
HIGH SCHOOL
Jessie Artt Birdie Crowell, Fora Cummins Ruth
Conrey Bertha Rhoades, Mabel Wright Neva Curry
Hymena Hoffman, Alpha Long, Eta Ryan, Georgia
Stewart, Ida Brggaman, Iva Brggaman, Mabel
Matsler Edna sprague, Clara Caster, Ruth Ford,
Cation, Ethel Gatchel, Ora Hill, Eunice Long, Leila
Sanger, e;ussie Wilson, Estey Armstrong, Harry
Swanson Malcolm johnson, Edgar ketcham, Ralph
Sears, Norborn Crowell, Herman Deck, Viii ard
Marvin, Clair Cation
EIGHTH GRADE.
Olive Beneiel, Bessie Beneiel, Olive Bright, Brown
Caster, Vera Cox. Eva Curry, John Fulton, Samuel
Hamilton, Georgia Hurst, Hazel Moore, Helen Norton
lseuah Tharp Eula Quiet, Raymond McNlorris
Sam CARRIER, Bessie Farver Ethel Bunch.
SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADES.
Mabel Dorm, Grace Ghormley, Arlie Lane, Jean
Lane, Maud Ogilvie, Aileen Scott, Earl Dorm, Ray
Parker Floyd Nanostrand, Arthur Hale, Claud
Ogi!ve.
FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADES.
Hugo Benelel, Ollie Foxworhy, Eva Tharp, Joe
Waight, Claude Hiatt, Lloyd Hiatt, Dorothy Hull
Leai Buchanan, Alta Durham, Harold Carey, Robt
Beardsley, Archie Pickering, Margaret McKlveen
Amnetta Howard, Ralph Scott.
THIRD GRADE
Eva Mullin, Neil Quiet. Dorothy Eals Mabel Smith
Dean Hale, Harry Woodard John Gates, Arthur
Howard.
FIRST AND SECOND GRADES.
Marie Wilson, Fern Mlullin Clara McHarness
Irving Little Friedrich Parrish Lester Van Ostrand
Ralph Beck, Forrest Grimes, MaCge Pickering, Bar
Smith, Oral Frost, Fred Durham, Horace Beardsley,
Stephen Hurst Clark Smith, Marie Frost, Marjorie
Eals.
SOUTH SCHOOL.
SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADES.
Frank Caster Raymond Eppery, George Boone
Leland Lutz, Bert Huffman, Ethel Hatch Ruth
Farquhar Wilma Caster, Elsie Mitchell, Marea
Grogan, Mildred Avery, Hazel Swanson.
FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADES.
Nellie Cain Hale Lorey, Eliza Allard, JOIN,
Parsons, Lillian Combs Cecil Wright, Edith Owens
Harry Billiard, Dewitt Matsler, Mabel Blatt, Reba
Parsons, Marguerite Daughton.
THIRD GRADE.
Helen Dorm Oscar Farnes, Edna Gatchell, Wini.
fred Hamilton, Ralph IthoadeS, Byron Tharp, Bessie
Armstrong Elizabeth Daughton, Gladys Lutz
Franklin Matsler, Walter Phipps, Teresa Tullis
BERTHE b. Tus, Harold Wright, Clyde Combs
FIRST AND SECOND GRADE.
Augustus Spes, Reha Blatt, May McKern ,Iessi
Phipps, Martin Permission, Dice Sipes, Lulu Owens
James Daughton, Charles Van Werden Robert
'rpi,Sa u Ind
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-10-04

A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES
Itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protrudiny Piles. Drug
gists authorized to refund money if PAZO
OINTMENT fails to in TO IA days. Soc
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-10-04

FIRST AND SECOND GRADE.
Augustus SipeS, Retha Batt, May Mckern Jessi
Phipps, Martin Pennsten Dice Sipes Lulu Owens
James Daughton, Charles Van Werden Robert
Grouse, Lawrence Billiard.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-10-04

Helen Dorm, Oscar Farnes, Edna Gatchell, Wini
fred Hamilton, Ralph Rhoades, Byron Tharp Bessi,
Armstrong, Elizabeth Daughton Gladys Lutz
Franklin Matsler, Walter Phipps, Teresa Tuis
BERTHE b. Tullis, Harold Wright, Clyde Combs.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-10-04
FIRST AND SECOND GRADES.

Marie Wilson, Fern Mullin Clara McHarness
Irving Little Friedrich Parrish Lester Van Ostrand
Ralph Beck, Forrest Grimes, Madge Pickering, Bar
bara Penniwell, Darrell Scott, Harry Gillian, Irving
Smith, Oral Frost Fred Durham, Horace Beardsley,
stephen Hurst Clark Smith, Marie Frost, Marjorie
EnIs
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-10-04

Nellie Cain, Hale Lorey, Eliza Aard, JOIN,
Gatchell, Ruth Witcher. Leland Allbaugh, Edith
Parsons Lillian Combs, Cecil Wright, Edith Owens
Harry luard Dewitt Matsler, Mabel Blutt, Reba
Parsons, Marguerite Daughton
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-12
A New Beinu.

Shepard. H., Jan. Sth Especially
Mrs. Sarah e. Rowe, who is residing
here. says she feels like "A New Be
ing" although she is in her fifty-sev-
enth year. Why? because she has
taken Dodd's Kidney Pills. that well
known medicine that has put new life
into old bodies, and has come as a
God-send into homes Of sorrow and
suffering. She says:-
"No one knows what awful torture
I suffered with Rheumatism and Kid
ney Trouble, until | got cured by
Dodd's Kidney Pills. This grand rem
edy drove the Rheumatism out of my
body, nothing else ever did me any
good Dodd's Kidney Pills are worth
one hundred times their price, for they
have made me, though | am fifty
seven years old, new being. l am
in better shape now than | have been
for many years and l owe it all to
Dodd's Kidney Pills"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-12
DRAINING LARGE Areas.

The draining of large areas OF land
calls for expert advice and superin.
tendence. The man that owns a small
piece of land and has an outlet for
his surplus water will find little trou.
BILE perhaps in getting drainage sys-
tenn to work; but it is far otherwise
with large area, whether that area
consist of level plain or of hills. 1t
is very easy to construct a drainage
system that will not work well on the
hills and that will not work at all on
the level land. Expert advice and su.
perintendence cost money, but they
are worth money. A drainage sys.
tenn should be built to last; but IL 1t
is built unscientifically it may have to
be partly torn out before it has been
in the ground many years.