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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-08-13
w. c. T. u. District Convention.

The eleventh annual convention of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union Of the 3rd district of Iowa will
be held at the Christian church in this
city on Tuesday and Wednesday, August
18th and 10th. The officers are Presi-
dent Mrs. Mary Thomas, Osceola; Vice
President, Miss Ida Sowder, Russell;
Secretary, Miss Winnie Hickson, Hum
eston; Treasurer, Miss Cynthia Hertz,
Osceola. The following is the program:
TUESDAY, 500 P. NJ.
DevotlOnS. ....... Mrs. Boyd
Music.
Address of Welcome:
On Behalf of City. . Mayor Gates
On Behalf of Churches Rev. Boyd
On Behalf of W. G. 7. Mrs. Chastain
Response - Miss Sowder, Russell
Music.
Recitation - Miss Nellie Cain
"Why Am l Member Of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union ....
. ......... Mrs. Durham, Chicago
Offering.
Music.
Benediction.
WEDNESDAY, $50 A. NJ.
Devotions. Mrs. Shaw, Garden Grove
Appointment of Committees.
Reports of Unions - ...
- Osceola. Garden Grove, Russell,
M urray, Humeston, Leon and Charlton
Report of District Secretary. ......
....-,............... Miss Hickson, Humeston
Report of District Treasurer ................
$3.50. $500. ....... Mrs. Hertz, Osceola
Recitation. Miss Hazel Johns, Leon
Paper on Literature. ........
... ... Miss Hickson, Humeston
Report of Credentials Committee.
Roll Call.
Election of Officers.
Paper, present and Future Phases Of
the Liquor Traffic" - ..-.......
.......... ...... Mrs. Sells, Murray
Bible Reading - Mrs. Denley, Osceola
Announcement.
Benediction.
WEDNESDAY, 1880 p. NJ.
Devotions Mrs. Myers, Weldon
Readings Of Minutes.
Paper, sour Duty to Home, to State
and Nation .... - ......
........ Miss Mary Patterson, Russell
Recitation.
Song.
Paper, "The Prohibitory Movement Of
the Present Time" . ....
Mrs. S. H. Amos, Garden Grove
Discussion.......Led by Mrs. Hatch, Leor
Recitation.
Paper. Mrs. Mary Hickman, Charlton
Question Box.
Offering.
Announcements.
Benediction.
WEDNESDAY, 8:00P. NJ.
Music.
Devotions.
Solo.
Recitation.
Music.
Address .M Mrs. Durham, Chicago
Offering
Song.
Benediction.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-08-13
How's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case
Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. +. j. CHENEY Co., Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j. Cheney for
the last is years, and believe him perfectly honorab
in all business transactions and financially able to
carry out any obligations made by their firm.
W.1ntsa K,nS Mspg Whniasais n,no.
gists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of tho
system. Testimonials sent free Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all druggists.
Take Hah's Family Pills for constipation.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-08-13

"Had dyspepsia or Indigestion for
years. No appetite, and what did eat
distressed me terribly. Burdock Blood
Bitters cured mel. H. Walker, Sun
bury, Ohio.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-08-13
A Boon to Elderly People.

Most elderly people have some kidney
or bladder disorder that is both pain
full and dangerous. Foley's Kidney
Remedy has proven a boon to many
elderly people as it stimulates the
urinary organs, corrects Irregularities
and tones up the the whole system.
Commence taking Foley's Kidney Rem
edy at once and be vigorous. Bell &
Robinson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-08-13
How to Avoid Appendicitis.

Most victims of appendicitis are
those who are habitually constipated.
Foley's Orino Laxative cures chronic
constipation by stimulating the liver
and bowels and restores the natural
action of the bowels. Foley's Orino
Laxative does not nauseate or grippe
and is mild and pleasant to take. Re-
fuse substitutes. Bell & Robinson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-08-13

Don't let the baby suffer from eczema,
sores or any itching of the skin. Doan's
Ointment gives instant relief, cures
quickly. Perfectly safe for children.
All druggists sell it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-08-13

Never can tell when you'll mash
finger or suffer cut, bruise, burn or
scald. Be prepared. DR.. Thomas
Eclectric Oil instantly relieves the
pain-quickly cures the wound.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-08-13

No one is immune from kidney
trouble, so just remember that Foleys
Kidney Remedy will stop the irreg-
ularities and cure any case of kidney
or bladder trouble that is not beyond
the reach of medicine. Bell & Robin
SON.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-08-13

Constipation causes headache, nausea,
dizziness, languor, heart palpitation.
Drastic physics grippe, sicken, weaken
the bowels and don't cure. Doan's Reg
ulets act gently and cure constipation.
Is cents. Ask your druggist.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-08-13
She Likes Good Thinus.

Mrs. Chas. E. Smith, of West Frank
lin, Maine, says: 81 like good things
and have adopted DR.. Kings New Lite
Pills as our family laxative medicine,
because they are good and do their
work without making fuss about it,"
These painless purifiers sold at L. P.
Van Werden's drug store. Csc.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-08-13

English spawn Lintment removes Hard,
also Blood Spavins, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney, Ring,
Bone, Stiles sprains, Swollen Throats Coughs ETC.
Save $50 by use Of one bottle wonderful Blenish.
Cure Sold by W. A. Alexander. Druggist
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-08-13

The pure in heart see more from the
bottom Of a dungeon than do the evil
from the roof.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-08-13

It's not the smile you put on your
face but the one you bring to another
that makes you happy.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-08-13

Make the best of what you have, and
you will be surprised to find how good
the best can be.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-08-13

When the enemy can persuade that
it is wrong to be cheerful he has done
a good days work.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-08-13

No man was ever led into truth by
the cudgel of dogma.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-08-13

Every temptation is blessing if WE
face it instead of flirting with it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-08-13

1t is never safe to look into the fu.
ture with eyes Of fear.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-08-13

In the divine kingdom the place Of
service il the one Of sovereignty.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-08-13

You never know the joy Of living till
you try the luxury Of giving.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-08-13
To Redden
the BI God

Rich, red blood.
That is what pale, weak, nervous people
oeed.
Red blood to form new cells and tissues, to
tnvigorate the nerves, to strengthen the hearts
action, to give energy and vigor to the organs
of the body.
The elements from which nature forms rich.
red blood are found in condensed and easily
assimulated form in DR.. A. w. Chase's Nerve
Pills and because of its wonderful blood-bu
ing qualities this great restorative has become
world famous.
There is no guess work, no experimenting
with this treatment. Every dose is bound to
do you certain amount of good.
Mrs. H. HARBoUGH, Mansfield, Ohio,
states:-"A child of mine was pale, bloodless,
weak and nervous. DR.. A. w. Chase's Nerve
Pills acted splendidly. making the nerves strong
the blood rich. the color good, and building up
the system in every way"
The portrait and signature of A. w. Chase
M. D. the famous Receipt Book author, are on
every box. so cents at all dealers or DR.. A.
w. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
DR.. A. w. Chase's
Nerve Pills
Bell & Robinson. Druggists
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Strange Capture of a Salmon.

Fishing a we'll known river in Nor
way this June, one Of the tenants of
the fishing lodge opposite ours caught
a fish Of Twenty-Five pounds in the
morning and lost another, his spin
ming line being broken by the rush
of a heavy fish. Fishing with prawn
the afternoon Of the same day, the
same angler, in the same pool, got
into a good fish at his first cast. At
ter a long fight the fish was gated
and landed. Then was revealed a
strange state of things. The prawn
tackle had never touched the fish; in
fact the hooks were a foot or more
from it. They had caught in the cast
which had been lost that morning,
and was now twisted into knots and
tangles, no doubt by the salmon en-
deavoring to get rid Of the treble
Norsk cast and hooks. The line had
been got rid of. AS the prawn swung
down the pool it had grappled the
lost cast still attached to the salmon,
and fish (thirty-three pounds, cast,
and tackle were recovered. We
watched the incident from the road,
and crossing the river handled the re-
covered cast. Many maintain that
salmon once hooked and played for
any length of time 1eave the pool
w. H., in London Field.
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FISHING.

1t would be interesting to know
from how many little wilderness sta
lions in the North there goes each
spring, to eager business and profess
sional men in the large cities, the
message that the ice Is out. If one
could measure and sum up all the
pleasure Of those who take the mes
sage for their marching-orders, and
all the increment Of health and
strength that comes to them by vir-
tue of their annual fishing trips, it
would make the world seem a very
cheerful place.
The charm of fishing, for the nor
NAL man, is so deeply rooted that it
cal be accounted for only by regard
ing it as a reawakening Of 'primeval
instinct. When a fly bobs down, the
rapids, or a wor drops into the hole
below the big boulder, a racial mem-
DRY older than history comes to life,
and the cashier of the First National
becomes blood-brother to the skin
clad savage who made the first hook
from a bone or piece of shell.
To the savage, fishing was earning
q livelihood, getting a dinner. The
fish he caught was the wages he re-
ceived for working at his job. To his
descendant Of to-day, fishing" is far
more. 1t is a return, for a time, to
natural conditions, where the sun
touches the skin and water vets the
feet, and clothes are friends which
serve, not masters to be considered.
The fish himself is not the most i'm
portant, or ever an essential, thing
until he is hooked. But when the
tug comes on the line and the fly
disappears, and a thrill runs up and
down the backbone till the very toes
Jingle, then he becomes suddenly the
most important thing in the world;
and his appearance later, if, happily,
he so appears, in an overcoat of corn
meal, Drowned crisp and piping hot
from the pan-this confirms the i'm
preston of his Importance, and
crowns with reason the absurd bust
ness of catching him.
The wholesome sentiment which
would protect all animal life from
cruelty has lately been showing a
tendency to lapse into unwholesome
sentimentality. There are those who
regard all fishermen as monsters, and
look upon a school of mackerel as an
educational institution. Alas for the
boys OF tomorrow If this creed
spreads.-Youth's Companion.
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little tormenting spirit that had no
right in the farmhouse or in the city
church whispered, "But he isn't
yours, he isn't your own, these are
his people, you are not like them
why did you Gomez"
Then as the tired head bowed to
hide the great tears that shut out
the face on the platform, David Hol-
lands eyes,. directed by DR.. Wilson,
found her. Just a low spoken SEN
tence to one of his brethren on the
platform, a quick, courteous reply
and he quietly stepped down, walked
around by a side aisle, across the
back of the church, and then paused
beside the pew back by the door,
Those sitting very near saw a hand
rest on the shoulder of the little
woman, who looked up startled az
his voice said softly, Mother" Like
a fash the heartache and the fear left
her. The music trembled, and then
burst forth in joyous might and pow
er, and like one in a happy dream she
was moving up the aisle leaning a
little heavily upon the arm of her
stalwart "boy."
Very near the platform he paused;
a man rose quickly, stepped out into
the aisle and motioned to a seat be-
side him. Have you room for my
mother, Mr.. Ferris?" the young min
lister asked very softly, very distinct
ly. "It will give us great pleasure
the other responded quickly. Then
she sat down and David was back in
his place.
But, oh, the heaven-sent bliss OF
1t all! She lever knew that hun
dreds of eyes had filled with tears as
they saw the minister they had cho-
sen, leading so tenderly the white
haired old lady to cher place among
them. She did not know that the
grave, dignifed men on the platform
looked on with a new feeling of love
for, and pride in, their brilliant young
brother. She did not know that, as
he walked up that broad aisle there
was in David Hollands heart a strong
desire to cry out to all these, his
people'-"Look at her-look at her
at the bravest, purest, most unset
fish soul that ever liyed-look at her
and be like her!"
She only knew as she sat there,
her sweet old face aglow with a Won
derful light, that she was happy, hap
Ply, happy!
A divine melody sang itself in her
heart. The great congregation rose
to its feet. They sang the JOY song,
too-"Joy to the world, the Lord is
come" Oh, yes, that was the word.
Joy-joy! HE wasn't ashamed OF
me. He's mine, my own. Have you
room for my mother?'" That was
what he had said-for my mother"
Down in the depths of her heart, she
knew he was glad to call her that
Epworth Herald.
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GASES OF CHILEAN DESERT.
Part They Play in Development OF
the Great Nitrate Beds.

SbS
Northern Chile, which is so largely
mountain or desert, is generally re-
garded as a %forbidding wilderness,
but in spite of it's natural desolation
the landscape presents a scene Of
great beauty under the softened hues
of sunset, and here and there in the
waste of sand and salt may be found
by looking for them a number Of
GASES, the most conspicuous of which
are Plea and Matilda.
These GASES are supplied with wat
er from the high Andes, but the par
ticular streams that support their
life are not certainly known. 1t has
been found that in various parts Of
the great Atacama desert the earth
underneath the surface layer of sand
or salt is sufficiently moist to grow
crops, capillary attraction spreading
the water through the soil. The
rainless Atacama desert is the scene
of the greatest industry of its kind
in the world, yielding enormous
quantities of nitrateS used to enrich
the fields Of Europe and the United
States.
The GASES play a very important
economic role in the industries of
the region, supplying vegetables and
foodstuffs for the support of the
workmen, alfalfa for the cattle and
various fruits, and also serving as
timber producers for the nitrate
works, which require much fuel.
There is no part of the world where
agriculture is more intensively car
ried on than in these green spots in
the Atacama desert.-Zion's Herald.
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Improved Fire Escape.

An improvement in fire escapes,
one which will keep cool during ex-
posure to the heat Of a burning struc-
ture, is shown in the illustration be-
low, the invention of a New YORK
man. One feature is the construction
Of the rung-ladder, which is in the
shape of a ~" in the point of which
one end of the rung is secured. The
supporting chains are attached to the
ends. Obviously the rungs Of this
fire escape will not come in contact
with the hot wall of the burning
building, assuring safety Of descent
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made of two pieces, n bent substan-
TALLY in the shape of a V, and having
lateral flanges whereby it is bolted
to the bottom of the pan, with the
apex at the centre of the 1tensil. The
other partition is a straight piece ar
ranged to project from the apex to
the opposite side of the pan. Thus
the pan is divided into three COM
partments. The bolt heads which
are formed on the under side of the
pan serve as supports to hold the
bottom of the pan from direct con-
tact with a 3tove.-Scientifc Ameri-
can.
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H|sGEn GETS NOTIFICATION
Informed of His Selection to
Head independence Party.
John Temple Graves, Candidate Fol
Vice.President, Too Ill to Be
Notified, as Was Intended.

New York City.-Thomas L. His,
gen, of Massachusetts,, was formally
notified in this city that he was the
choice of the first national convention
of the independence party for the
Presidential nomination.
The enthusiasm that punctuated
the official ceremony was too vast to
be held within the walls Of the Ma
tional Independence Club, Nc. II
Gramercy Park, and it overlooked
through every outlet into the street.
There several thousands of indie
pendence party men who had been
unable to get into the clubhouse took
up, the cheering for Hisgen and
Graves, and one after another for the
many national reforms demanded In
the party's Chicago platform.
AS a demonstration it was unique
to all New York. 1t sounded a warn
ing to the leaders of both the old par
ties that a new party had been born
into the land and a new power in pol
itics was to be reckoned with.
Mr.. Hisgen was informed Of his
nomination by Thomas A. Powell, OF
Brooklyn, chairman Of the committee
on notification.
Although Mr.. Hisgen has been &C
lively campaigning in Vermont and
other parts Of New England for the
past two weeks, it was his first ap-
pearance in New York since his nom
ination. The crowd which packed
the clubhouse to the last inch OF
standing room took to him like an old
friend. He earned their real and last
ing friendship before he was half
through with the speech of accept
ance, in which he stood upon every,
plank of the new party's platform.
William Randolph Hearst, the ma
tional chairman Of the party, respond
ed to repeated calls from the crowd
with a stirring speech.
John Temple Graves, the Irdepend-
ent nominee for Vice-President, was
to have been notified jointly with Mr..
Hisgen. On the advice Of his physi-
clan he remained In the mountains or
Virginia, where he has been recover
ing from a recent operation. How
ever, he sent a telegram OF felicia
ton to his running mate and a mes
sage to the rank and file of the party
that before the end Of the week he
would be in harness and ready for a
wnirlwind campaign. His formal no
LITIGATION will come later in the month.
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building is too old to be used, except
IS a clock tower. 1t can be seen from
Ill parts of the city.
The chief interest in the old syna-
gogue is that, according to local ira
lition, in the early days of the Chris
:ian Church Paul and Barnabas
preached in it. They had been driven
out of Antioch and reached 1conium
tootsore and weary. We read / n Acts
14:1 that they both went into the
synagogue and preached, and that
many believed their teaching. At
last, however, they were forced to
leave Iconium. In his Epistle to
Timothy Oh. Tim. BID Paul refers
to his prosecutions there.
Travellers in Asia Minor should not
fail to visit this venerable building
Bessie D. Palmer, in the Christian
Herald.
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Oya. Of Harmony.

"The sounds Of the city streets are
like the sounds Of the country" said
the woman. THE screech Of the pull
leys as the washerwoman draws in
the lines is like the song OF birds.
The whirr Of the elevated, if you lis
ten long enough, is like the waterfall
over the mill dam. The electric fans
at the cafes are like the humming Of
bees. The cry of the e cash cloes!'
r&a has the gutteral sound Of the
brllfrog. But the yell of the Line
up mai is like nothing on the earth,
above the earth, or under the waters
thereof. New York Press.
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before him. They had promised not
to speak a word-a glimpse was all
they wanted. One woman, however,
refused to be bound by the contract.
LEO Tolstoi," she exclaimed, all
your writings have had a profound
influence upon my life, but the one
which has taught me the most Is
your" Here she awkwardly for
got the name of the work. The SICK
author leaned over the rail of the
balcony and whispered, with a smile:
'The Dead Souls?"
Eyes, yes" she replied.
THAT book" said Tolstoi, was
written by Gogol, not by me-
New England Grocer.
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A False Impression.

Patience-"I've certainly made an
impression on that man over there;
he hasn't taken his eyes off me since
I got here"
Patrice-"Which man."
THAT one with the black mus
tache."
"Oh, he's the hired detectiye!"-
Yonkers Statesman.
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The World Of Sport.

The University of Pennsylvania de.
fea+ Oxford at chess by a score OF
H.. 70 6R. m
w. J. Clothier defeated R: D. LII.
tie in straight sets in the Natlonaf
lawn tennis tournament at Newport.
The Nottinghamshire eleven won
the cricket match against the Gen.
tlemen Of Philadelphia by l3o runs
M. J. McGrath, of the New York A.
c., threw the sixteen-pound hanmaH
us feet from a nine-foot circle at
Nenagh, in Ireland, understanding
John Flanagan's record throw Of liz
feet.
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The Retort CourteCSls,

DR.. Copeland objects very strongly
to being interrupted during a lee
ture by a late conner. One day, while
%lecturing to a roomful of young la
dies, he was annoyed by seeing the
door open and a tardy girl come in.
Il suppose you consider this an af-
ternoon tea. Will you take your tea
with or without, sugar, lemon or
cream"
And the startling answer he re-
ceived was: mo lemon, thank you"
philadelphia Ledger.
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BROWNS WITH TWO CHILDREN.
Mother Dragged Down in Water
When Trying to Save Them.

Brooklyn, N. Yin a brave at
tempt to save her two little children
from drowning in Broad Channel,
Jamaica Bay, a mother plunged. into
the water where they were struggling,
but the combined weight of the little
ones, one Of whom was trying to save
the other, pulled her down and all
three were drowned.
Richard Radermacher, four years
old, fell from a float from which he
and his sister, Ida, eleven years old,
were fishing, and the little girl
plunged in after him to save his life.
The struggles of the children were
seen by their mother, who ran from
their cottage nearby and dived into
the water after them. In his fright
the little boy grasped his sister and
pulled her under. As. she struck
bravely out for the surface she SAW
her mother, whom she, almost ex-
hausted, seized. Then the woman
was pulled under by the combined
weight of her children and none came
to the surface alive. !
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PARDONED BY PRESIDENT.
Cherokee Boy Convicted Of Murder
by S~wcetheart's Perjury.

Washington, D. C.-The President
has ordered the pardon of William
Judge, a Cherokee Indian boy serving
a life sentence at Fort LeaVsEworth
for murder. Behind this matter of
fact item is a story that would serve
for the foundation Of a 6rst-class the
atre thriller, for Judge was convicted
of killing a rival in love, and his
sweetheart, who testified at his trial
and aided the prosecution in convict
ing him, now comes forward to say
that she was compelled to psrJure
herself then, and that Judge is inno-
cent.
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He HelDed Her.

Count Tolstoi was ono recuperat-
ing from a sickness by resting in the
Crimea. A party of rich Americans
arrived in a yacht and asked per-
mission to see the great Russian.
Tolstoi sat upon his balcony like
a Buddhist idol" as he said, and the
Americans filed silently and slowly