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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-06-04
Why Don't He Kick.

Thai mule NIT great big ears,
he lives to me next door,
For dere hat stable huilt
Against my grocery store.
\ gif him oats, gif him corn.
v Und all vat mules can eat,
hat a blanket for his back
Il Und shoes protect his feet.
His saddle fits him all around,
Like paperon de wall,
take il off v hnefer he eats
Inside his wfhitewashed stall
His bed is maj de of stubble straw,
| Il so in Winter he don't freeze;
IN Summer hd looks the window oud
Und enchoyes the efening breeze.
brotect him tight, nit lock and key
I. re door he Fannot pass
F Uf / did not bot foolish mule
Would get 9ud ON the grass
He works from morning till in night.
60 not let him stop;
20 long dot ND behaves dis way
he never loEe his chob.
didn't hear Ihim grumble once,
He minds mie as like:
Brotection" fnakes him satisfied,
He doesn't want to Strike"
Not Tor do protect dot mule
IND gift hint dingS vot's goot?
Nv stroke hiskear and pat his head
Nich looks fike gratitoot?.
tell you W, If you keep still,
enc! .n don't Say it oud of school,
gif "brotec4 zion" efery time
because tide dot mule
| was so in de Faderland,
lind 1t yet this day,
|tewho brotetcts gifts hold de reins,
IND Makes de mule obey.
~ mule is like some workingman
Who gets h chob to pull
q has saddle on his back
So his dilhner" pail gifts full
Who Votes d ticket efery time,
Whose hed rt is full of charity
For all theY loafers riding him.
VINO bragg of 'our Brosberity'.
fmy old mule had half de sense
sNot worktnen dink dey've got,
te q MT h1E legs und take good aim,
lind kick my dam brains oud.
IVY don't he kick?" some people saw
/" Und get oud on the grass?'
~ mule cYont know to help himself,
His fad4r was an Ass.
81, v Hetzel, in Johnstown pa Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-06-04

6ne next will mark the Tooth ami
Eary Of the birth of Jefferson Davis,
sidcnt Of the Confederacy, and
borate plans are being made by Con-
brate veterans throughout the south
celebrate the occasion. This is in
prdance with a resolution adopted
The veterans at their general con-
tion, held in Richmond last summer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-06-04

lis figured that 300 or 400 Of the
bgates to the republican national
|vention in Chicago will be federal
Ee-holders. The like of this has not
b seen since 1892 at the convention
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-06-04

course the publishers lost their
4 against the wood pulp trust. AS
as congress remains republican, no
imitation can win fight against the
(ta.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-06-04

his section of the country is at pres
suffering with an aggravated case
po much water, but as we are not
to control the weather clerk, all
can be done is to grin and bear it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-06-04

English SPAWN Liniment removes Hard;
Soft or Calloused Lumps and Blemishes from horses
also Blood spavins Curbs splints, Sweeney, Ring
Bone, STILES, Sprains Swollen Threats, Coughs etc
Save $50 by use OF one bottle A wonderful Blemis
Cure Sold by W. A. Alexander. Druggist
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-06-04

Abel E. Chase, sergt Co. D, seth Iowa Inf
Jesse B. Garrett, lieut.. Co. A, 18th Iowa Inf
David Garrett, Co. G, 9th Iowa Cav.
James Finley lieut.. Co. B, 9th Iowa Cav
Isaac Blunt, Co. B, 18th Iowa Inf
w. A. Brown, pr, Bird Iowa Cav.
E. w. Curry, Co. L, 3rd Iowa Cav.
Ebert Ernest, Co, L, 9th Iowa Cav.
l. P Martin, lieut.. Co. C, 23rd Missouri
Marion Oney, private.
Ed K. Pitman, Co. G, End Missouri Cav
j. A. Ray, capt. Co. d, 18th Iowa Inf
John w. Stanley, Co. G, 5th Kansas Cav
Allen Dunn, Co. A, 18th Iowa Inf
Daniel Thurman, 18th Indiana Bat
Norris Lorey, sergt. Co. B, 9TH Kansas Cav.
George Zimmerman, Co. B, 5th Iowa Inf
L. H. Sales, lieut. Co. A, 18th Iowa Inf
Samuel Burnison, Go. B, 43rd Ohio Inf
John Bennett, Co. G, 33rd Missouri Inf
Joseph G. Boyer, Co. B, 18th Iowa Inf
Ed Johns, 18th Ohio Inf.
James EARLY, Co. L, 9th Iowa Cav.
A. S. Ward, Mexican war.
James Coin, Mexican
L. M. Bright, private.
H. G. Sanford, surgeon 18th Iowa Inf
Madison Low, Co. M, 3rd Iowa Inf
2. P. Bobbltt, Co. A, 9th Iowa Inf.
A. G. Lockwood, Co. A, 34th Iowa Inf
William Gray, ST., pr. Iowa Inf.
William Gray, Jr., pri Iowa Inf.
Henry G. Knapp Co. D, 4th Iowa Inf.
W. c. Hebener, lieut.. West Virginia Inf
A. j. DERRICK, 5th Kansas Cav.
j. ?. Finley, surgeon.
G. A. Gillian, 4th Iowa Cav
Joseph Warner, lieut. Co. D, 4th Iowa Inf
John G. Harrah, Saith Illinois.
Ira B. Ryan, private.
Robert H. johnson, corp. Co. G, 10th Ohio In1
Tip Dilsaver, Co. g. 46th Iowa Inf
John Gunter, Co. l., 3rd Iowa Cav
Corwin Martin, Co. D. 4th Iowa Inf
William Graham, Illinois Inf.
Joshua Carmean, 18th Iowa Inf.
John H. Walker, California Inf.
H B. Burns, Co. D, 4th Iowa Inf
VIM. Hawkins, Co. D, 4th Iowa Inf
L. S. Lunbeck, 5th California Cav.
d. L. Black, Illinois Inf
Reuben Lawhorn, Co. F, 18th Illinois Inf
Bryant O'Neal, Illinois Inf.
John Shatfer, Co. D, 4th Iowa Inf
Samuel Benefel, Mexican war
Samuel Miller 100 day service.
Samuel Coover, Co. G, 18th Ohio Inf
Robert Shatfer, 9th Iowa Cav
George Foreman, Co. G, 33rd Iowa Inf.
w. G. Wheeler, Co. E, 18th Indiana Inf
Orr Sang, lieut. Co. G, 4th Iowa Cav.
John Piper, 140th Ohio Inf
George Mills, Co. c, 35th Missouri Inf
VIM. w. Holden, Co. l, 51st Iowa Inf.
Leander Powell, Co. G, 14th Iowa, Inf.
Garrett Gibson, capt. Co. G, 5th Kansas Cav.
J. NJ. Combs, Co. :, 26th Iowa Inf.
John P Finley, Jr., Co. D, 4th Iowa Inf.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-06-04

bngress doesn't mind spending bill
dollars year of Uncle Sans money.
an easy one.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-06-04

Most people laugh, not when they
want to, but when people think they
ought,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-06-04

Soldiers who are buried in the
Leon Cemetery. Their graves
mere decorated last Saturday.
The evening world., 1908-03-13
Smile OF Fat Man
Sadder Than Tears
Beneath Show Of Joy Lies the Gloomy
Vision Of the Grim Reaper.

We have learned to know that the adage
Laugh aud grow fat is just as untrue as
the elrly-to-bed end early -to-rse hb. 1t
does not usually make man healthy.
wealthy and wise. at least not In Our day.
And 30 We are oeguning TO realize that
fat j. very dangerous disease and not a
state Of giggling happiness.
Many fat people law-haw In public. and
wear thei, thumbs in their vest arm pits
just rs L safety valve TO their misery. and
to make u believe that their smiles are
X nuine
Some are really jolly, but not because
they are fat. To most OF the jolly ones. as
well rs to the others. every coming and
going Of their breath is a puff of misery.
and their smiles are sadder than the tears
OF childhood
Most lat people will not acknowledge II.
blt deep down in their hearts they know
this is true They know that smiles avail
not, and that the same heart which tries
to he happy that same moment is being
clutchei by death-fat, slowly but surely
to be finally snothered and made silent
forever. Some do rot know what is going
TO happen but they feel that something
might. They may well be apprehensive.
Rengo as a reducer OF fat and q cure
OF fat disease is Godsend to every fat
man and woman in the world 1t Is the
new method, the only safe method Rengo
, reduces you. while at the same time max
ing YOU feel better and stronger.
There Is nothing Just as good" as
Rengo For sale by all druggists at 81, 90
The Rengo Co. 1854 Rengo Bldg, Detroit.
Mich. The company will gladly send you
trial package free by mail, if you write
them direct TO Detroit no free packages
at drug stores.
For SAFE and recommended in New York b,
W. y. Riker & Son 90. G;h av and 23d st
Broadway and 9th St and 81 Ith av; by W
:. Rockey. sth ay: and 35th St also 9Th
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HeCcmdn CO.. 200 Broadway and ali
tranches; SieEel Cooper Co.. 9th av.. 18th
and lo;h SIS; Enrich Bros. eth av.. 22i Il
The evening world., 1908-03-13
NJ 'CARREN NOT 4
PROPHET On FATE
Of RACING BILLS
Can't Say What Legislature
May Do, but Wouldn't Like
to See Sport Ended.

With the fate OF racing up IN the
clouds. DR.. Parkhurst demanding the
official decapitation OF Mayor Mcclellan.
ana legislation seeking to bo-st the
city's tinances impending. the visit of
Senator Patrici. ii. NcCarren 10 tha
City Hall to-day excited added interest
And the Senator. clad in funeral
black. was early on the job. II ne and
the Mayor had an apr !niment. the
Mayor DID not keep it, for the Senator
had come aad gone before the arrival
of the citys executive. Held up, the
Senator relieved the mon tony of his
al black effect by emitting a smile.
Racing, Racing" he echoed.
Il believe have heard and read
something about racing. Oh. yes, The
anti-racing bill. Yes, it's right up there
at Albany. and the legislators Will dis
pose of It. Dispose of it in the sense
of defeating it? l did MT say tha;.
The bin will be disposed Of as our leg
islators see fit. and their action. what
ever 1t is TO be. viii conserve the best
interests of the people Of the state
The uu;comec Tina; IS not lr me 10
state. 1t IS with the men elected by
the people Personally. | would like
racing to continue. It's a great sport
and a pity to destroy 1t. / am in favor
OF restricting betting in such form as
TO prevent its beinS classed as an evi.
OF DR.. Parkaurst's appeal 10 the Gov
ernor to remove Mayor Mcclellan the
Senator just said Indeed" HIS visit
to the Mayors Office, the Senator said,
had no reference 20 politics, racing OF
legislation. He is to head a delegation
OF Brooklyn property owners who VIII
appear before the Board OF Estimate in
advocacy OF borough improvement.
Borough President Coler, of Brooklyn.
The evening world., 1908-03-13
GETS 4 NEW OFFICE.

AT meeting to-day of the Board of
Directors of the American Tobacco
Company. Josiah T. Wilcox was elected
secretary. succeeding w. H. McAlister.
Mr.. Wilcox began his career in the
OaccO business, in 1884 with the Kin
neE Tobacco Company. With which he
was associated until 1890. when the
Kinney interests were absorbed by the
American
The evening world., 1908-03-13

who has started n campaign Of extermi-
nation. politically. against Senator Nc
Calren, arrived at the CITY Hall just as
Long PATS coat-;ais disappeared
through the rear exit
senator McCarren has been here and
zone" President Coler was informed
well. wc are still after him" he
angHered. also departing
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-03
Fashion In Wedding Music.

A musician who has played at many
fashionable weddings says that for
curious selections the musical pro
grams of this seasons weddings vie
with the output of the opera houses.
THE music generally is first class. =
he said. In fact. some of the best
concerts in town have been given at
big weddings, but many of the pieces
played have been so radically diner
ent from the old-fashioned nuptial COM
position as to shock the brides OF ten
or even five years ago. Apparently
the days have gone by when the
Lohengrin' and Mendelssohn wedding
marches, with oh, Promise Me- or
The Sweetest Story Ever Told,
thrown in for good measure were con-
sidered sufficiently melodious for girl
to be married by. This seasons mar
rage service demands very elabo-
rate musical program. All the masters
of harmony have been ransacked for
appropriate selections. 81 Bach, Beetho-
ven, Mozart, and the modern COM
posers contribute to the musical
feast. The program at one we'd
ding contained number that was
marked by request which seemed
about the last cry in wedding music"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-03
STRENGTH OF THE SEXES

with turn of her wrist: she can
spend all day in the saddle, walk the
moors with gun on her shoulder.
sail boat. drive in motor race,
play golf, tennis and hockey.
Certainly no man could run the
risks the average woman runs in the
mere matter of health and not become
a confirmed invalid. Has anybody ever
yet met man who would not get
rheumatic fever If he were to sit in a
transparent shirt in the bowling wind /?
Does the man breathe who would not
have an attack of pneumonia If he
walked through soaking field in
.ouse shoes and open-work stockings :?
Yet women do these things every day
without being one bit the worse.
Not only does woman show her
physical superiority over man by liv-
ing longer and doing more than he.
but also by the way in which she
bears pain. Every doctor and dentist
will tell you which is the stronger sex
where the capacity for endurance Of
pain is concerned.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-03
No Good Reason for Referring Il
Women as WEAKER VESSEL"

It is still usual to think of women as
something infinitely feebler than men,
to allude to her as the weaker YES
sell" and this in spite of the fact that
she often towers head and shoulders
above him, and can often wear him
out at any game or sport in which
she condescends to take him on. 1t
may be, as it is said to be. that it is
a sign of nations decay when its
women grow taller and stronger than
its men. If this is the case, then
England must be on the downward
grade.
On the stage the Gibson girl rep
resents the modern ideal of healthy
womanhood, while in art we see the
same craving to combine the perfec-
ton of physical strength with the
highest type Of feminine beauty.
The modern girl fences and learns
jiu-jitsu; she can hang on a trapeze
Eith her heels and knock a man down
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-03

and caring for the boat and nets.
The limu gatherers go out at low
tide with tin pals, old sacks, and
pieces of sharpened iron or an old
knife, and scrape the seaweed from
the coral or rocks. The seaweed is
freed from sand and pebbles and each
kind placed in a separate receptacle,
If possible.
Immediately after gathering the
limu 1t is very carefully washed
either in salt or fresh water. to re-
move all sand, mud, or clinging mol
lusks and crustaceans. The Hawaiian
women are most particular about this
cleaning process, SO wash the seaweed
through many waters, and look II over
very carefully to remove every par
ticle of grit or inedible limu that often
becomes entangled with the edible
varieties.
A few varieties of limu cannot be
washed In fresh water without injur.
ing the flavor and causing very rapid
decay, SO that in a few hours 1t is en-
tirely unfit for food.
After cleaning. the seaweed is al
ways sailed and usually broken,
UT CuODptu picStss
and usually 1t is eaten uncooked as a
relish with poi, meats or fish. Raw
fish is never eaten without limu or
some other relish. such as raw toma-
toes, chill peppers. or onions.
1t is not probable that raw seaweed
prepared in the usual Hawaiian style
would ever be generally popular with
the American or European, who nat
urally prefers his own salads and rel
ishes to which he is accustomed
Even those having the most pleasant
saline flavor and crispness, as limu
kohu, limu manauea, limu huna and
limu pahapaha. or limu lipoa. with its
peculiar pleasant spiciness have in ad
dition slight flavor that suggests the
sea, to which many people object. II
is only after tasting several times that
many people come to really like tho
marine flavor, common to all raw sea
weeds.
Many of the seaweeds. when cooked
in soups, gravies, or with meats OF
made into jellies, are entirely free
from this disagreeable or peculiar
favor. II cooked too long. or too
large a quantity is used in the soups
or jellies. the favor is apt to be
strong, but If used in smaller quaint
ties it is very delicate and pleasant
The writer has carefully tested a
number of species. cooking them in a
variety of combinations. They seem
to be equally palatable when used
either fresh or dried. The bleached
seaweeds of course make the best ap
pearing jelly and blancmange, and
look best in the soups and stews.
The most attractive and delicately
favored coffee, fruit or other jellies
and blancmange was made by the
writer from the four gelatinous linus
mentioned above. They were equal in
every way to jellies made from the
best gelatins in the market, and in
some ways seemed superior in flavor.
The blancmange could not be distin-
guished from that made with Irish
moss farina or with the whole Irish
moss.
MINNIE REED. NJ s..
Science Teacher, Honolulu
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-03

Hawaii has nearly a thousand miles
of coast line; as consequence the
native Hawaiians are skillful and dar-
ing fishermen and sailors, as well as
splendid swimmers. The Hawaiians,
like the Japanese. are fond of almost
all the products of the sea, and, like
them, prize the seaweed very highly
for food. Ancient Hawaiians probably
seldom ate a meal without some kind
of limu ork sea weed. and even to-day
no Hawaiian feast is considered quito
complete without several varieties
served as relish with meats or poi.
Many tons of these seaweeds are
gathered and eaten by the Hawaiians
annually. besides large quantities are
imported from the orient and San
Francisco for the consumption of both
the Japanese and Chinese. The sea
weed sold In Honolulu alone mounts
annually to thousands of dollars.
Before the coming of the white man
to these islands the diet of the poorer
Hawaiians was largely poi, fish and
limu. Even poi was scarce in times
of war or famine, and then the poorer
fishermen contented themselves with
only fish and limu. Sometimes for
weeks no other vegetable food could
be obtained but limu. which can be
gathered all the year, except during
very severe. storms. Sweet potatoes.
in the good soil. where there was
plenty of rain or sufficient water for
irrigation. Many of the fishing vii.
lagos had no fertile land near them, so
these people were compelled to go to
the mountain valleys TO secure all
their food except what they fished
from the sea. Until the death of
Kamehameha the Great GS19) wom-
en- suffered the death penalty II they
ate bananas, cocoanuts. turtles, pork,
or certain fish. SO that their diet was
even more limited than that of the
men. They must have suffered great
ly during times Of famine and war.
when their only food came from the
sea. Before the coming of the mis-
sionaries there were no fruits except
bananas, cocoanuts. and the mountain
apple and none of these were ever
abundant except the mountain apple
or ohia, which is plentiful only during
July and August in the mountain val
leys wherever there is a heavy rain
fall.
There are over 10 distinct species OF
algae or limu used for food by the
Hawaiians. or these 20 species not
more than 40 are in general use. The
other 80 or IS are used only by a few
people in certain small areas where
they are found in limited quantities
There are perhaps a dozen or more
common species of algae, mostly ma
rine,-that are termed by the Hawaiians
simply limu, or with some descriptive
appellation, like limu make, meaning
poisonous limu. Each edible limu
has its own special appellation be-
sides the generic name limu with
which it is combined either as de-
scriptive adjective or as a suffix.
Most of the limu is gathered by ma
tive women and children. except that
which grows in the deeper or rougher
water, far out on the coral reefs. or
on exposed rocks, where expert swim
ming and more strength are required,
and also where boat is usually
needed. In such places at least two
people are required, and often party
of three or more men and women go
together. The women usually gather
the limu while the men are fishing
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There remains. also. the man escort
ing another woman. He yields his
place promptly. He does not dare to
retain 1t. And this is the only in
stance in which one woman has cause
to be grateful for what another wom-
an will think!
Failing these, there remain yet
others. The white-haired gentleman
with an old-fashioned air; the en-
ploye of the road, who has no right to
be there at all; the well-brought-up
little boy: and the nervous old lady,
who is looking over her shoulder 10
see If she has passed her street, and
is liable to get off at any moment. All
these are possibilities, If not probable
tiles: but If it is to be by deliberate
sacrifice, and not mere chance, that
ovr lady gets her seat, she must be
pretty, or white-haired. or burdened
with u baby. Otherwise, she stands
not the ghost of show.
Apropos of the fair sex, how extraor-
dinarily hard 1t is 10 find! Even in
connection with the remote gold field5
of the Klondike. the fact that a pocket
has been discovered calls for extended
notice in the daily press! But a
woman's pocket is an old, old joke,
and too true to be good
One wonders. nevertheless, whether
they ever read the alleged comic jour
nails. 1t is in the highest degree i'm
probable that they do. Else how
were 1t possible for them to continue
year after year. getting on and OH
backwards, searching desperately for
their pockets. and clamoring for the
privilege of paying each others fare
things which every observant eye is
watching for. and which happen as
inevitably as sunrise. These Pc
culiarities form a solid foundation for
the jests reared upon them, and a
solid foundation is precisely what
most jokes lack. The mother-in-law
the young wife's biscuit, the impos
sible janitor, the sleeping policeman.
the dime novel of the messenger boy,
etc, etc, ad infinitum, have to a great
extent passed out of the world of
reality as material for testing. What
ever they may have been, now, at
II i'Stfzs.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-03

The visitor to the home of a we'll
known Hoosier state author found his
three youngsters romping in the hall
way.
What are you playing, boys? he
inquired.
I'VE are playing pirates" elucidated
the smallest.
pirates? Why, how can you play
pirates in Indiana? There are no seas
bordering on this state"
"Oh. we don't need any sea. We
are literary pirates like pa"
And five minutes later chorus OF
yells from behind the barn told that
the hand that Yields the pen can also
WELD the shinglc.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-06-03
With His Friends.

st. Peter-"Did you make good use
of the talents given you? Did you do
your share toward improving and en-
nobling the land and the free go, ern-
ment that you lived in?"
American Spirit (proudly)-'I voted
the straight party ticket at every cleo
ton"
st. Peter-"So l have heard. Did you
ever take the trouble to inquire into
the character of the men you voted
for?"
Spirit" Hin! They were our reg
ular party candidates, sir"
st. Peter-"I see. Well, you will find
most of them in Department X"
Spirit" Thank you. But l have no
wings to fly to them
st. Peter" You don't have to fly.
You dive."-New York Weekly.