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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23

Christmas In the Colonies.

Twas the merry Christmas season, and
the palms swung in the breeze
OF the lovely hot December in an island
over seas.
And a medtative maiden Of the kind
called Philippine 4
Sat and Sazed, with pensive visage. on
the sultry winter scene.
Well she knew that on the morrow all her
folks would celebrate
Place palm tree in the parlor, hang
their anklets DER the crate.
On the heaped up Christmas table. groan-
ing with it's load. there'd be
Appetizing birds nest trufties and la
mana f,icassee.
LET me see." She murmured softly: IA
Their II get his string OF beads.
Blue and yellow am certain they're the
very kind he needs,
For his old ones looked quite shocking,
though he never seemed to care,
And his new sets quite the SWEETEST thing
a gentleman can wear.
And for mamma there's the nose ring
tina, | bought on Thursday week.
With the handsome whalehone stickpin
for Insertion N the cheek.
And little brother boomerang. He'll be
immensely pleased.
That or "a bainnoo jumping lack are the
things ior Which he's teased
And as for me only hope they've sol
The things ! need
just one OF TWO nice costumes made OF
genuine coral bead.
A toe ring would be lovely, and d pece
of copper Wire
To Wear around the lnstep make up al
that desire.
Except. of course, some other things tina
every girl receives.
Such as various kinds of dresses made O
nicely Irened leaves.
For surely, said the maiden as sh'
smiled a seornful smile.
I'm not like those American girls VIII,
always think OF style.
Chicago Record Herald.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23
A Timely Caution,

Don't give any one bric-a-brac or pic
lures unless you are morally sure you
displayed are apt to be a great strain
on the affections. No matter how tho
receiver may hate them, he must fn.
Their them and deface his rooms with
them or insult tie glver. Now, u book,
for instance. even II the receiver
rsn't like it and doesn't want ii. can
he tucked away among other books
and forgotten, but an ugly vase we
have always with us-at least till we
can smash it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23

The definition of the two classes Of
Iowa republicans is thus given: A
progressive republican is one who
progresses towards an Office early
and late. A standpat republican is
one who holds fast to any office he
gets hold of until he can get into a
better one. And it is the offices only
that the two sets are always guard
ing over. That and nothing else, is
what is the matter with them. Their
principles are bounded on the east
and the west, the north and the
south by office boundaries. They
want the offices for themselves and
have the other fellows shut out
National Democrat
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23

Whenever you have a cough or
cold just remember that Foley's
Honey and Tar will cure it. Remem-
Der the name, Foley's Honey and
Tar, and refuse substitutes. Bell &
Robinson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23

Constipation causes headache
nausea, dizziness languor, heart pal
pitation. Drastic physics grippe,
sicken, weaken the bowels and don't
cure. Doan's Regulets act gently
and cure constipation. 25 cents. Ask
your druggist
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23

ibid you ever notice that the fell
low who does the most boosting
is the one who generally loses out
when the plums are passed around?
inquiries the Washington County
Press. Appreciation of good turn
is lost many times in the enjoyment
Of the fruits of it. Politics is a great
game =
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23

Reports from Los Angeles indi-
cate that they have just had the
coolest snap there for thirty-eight
years. Perhaps this is once that Los
Angeles broke the record without
being proud of it. Everything out
there, you know, is the biggest and
grandest ever.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23
Boone News-Republ

The Boone News-Republican in
clines to the opinion that "if Presi-
dent Taft wants these reforms which
he advocates he will have to get
right up on his high horse and drive
them through with all the power he
can command
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23

The papers. have for years been
running pages of pictures of beauti-
full women. Did you ever see them
print any pictures of beautiful men?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23

The sugar trust officials declare
that they do not fear an investiga-
ton by congress. Is it possible that
they feel they will be investigated
BY their friends?-St Paul Dis
patch.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23

The political barometer indicates
that low obtains in the vicinity of
many congressional seat, with cor
responding highs all around.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23

The man who read the president
message i'll full may be even rarer
than the fellow who does his Christ
mas shopping early
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23

We now know what President
TAFT thinks the tariff board should
do, but what do Aldrich and Cannon
think about itR II
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23

The. present congress finds a de-
felt in the United States treasury of
sST3, 075,60O.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-23
J. O. WOODMANsEE

OsTEoPATHIo PHYSICIAN. Consultation and
" examination free. Ofaos at Woodma nsee
House ono block north of square Phone g. ono.
hours to IL .. m. and to 4 p. m
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-19
NICARAGUA
AT FAULT
The Information Of the State
Department
-
MILITARY PREPARATIONS
Are Rapidly Progressing-Answer to Sec
rotary KnOx's Note Awaited-Stcry
Of Truce to Allow Hostiles Ar
mics to See Circus
MILITARY PREPARATIONS.

Washington, March 1o.--Nicaragua is
charged with being the sole cause of the
unsettled conditions in Central America,
according to official statements made
OF the state department yesterday which
are based on dispatches from its diplo-
matte and consular representatives.
The department had communicated with
lis agents, stating what this govern
ment and Mexico had done TO precent
matters taking serious turn and re.
questing an expression showing the
opinions held in the various Central Am
erican capitals. The dispatches indi-
cate that military activity in Nioara-
qua is undated. The government is
awaiting Nicaragm's answer Of Sec
rotary knox's note TO Senior Espinosa
several days ago which, contained the
final terms on which this government
will agree to it's settlement OF the
Emery claim which the United States
has been seeking to have Nicaragua ar,
bitrate. Secretary Of Legation Greg
DRY at Managua, Nicaragua. whom the
state department has summoned TO
for conference ON the Cen
tral American situation, left Corinto
last night for Panama on the cruiser
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-19
FEARED THE MAFIA.
and Shipping Company Would Not Care
for Petrosini's Body.

Palermo, March l9.--The body Of 10.
seph Petrosini is still in the mortuary
chamber OF the Rotoli cemeterysAt the
disposal Of r. W. Bishop, the American
consul. 1t is being carefully guarded
Mr.. Bishop Wednesday received an
anonymous letter in which the writer
says he heard certain man, whom
he indicates but does not identity, utter
the threat that il Mr.. Bishop continues
his activity in the Petrosini case he
will return to America dead instead Of
alive.
The influence Of the Malta is strillingly
indicated by the following occurrence;
Mr.. Bishop a few days ago concluded a
contract with the agent of shipping
company for the transportation of Petro-
sini's body back to America. Yesterday
the agent went to Mr. Bishops Office and
threw his engagement up He said that
he had received secret warning that his
life would be in danger If he in any
way became connected with the case
and he was fearful of the Mafas re-
venRe.
Among the men taken into custody
by the Italian authorities are two whose
connection with the case is thought to
be very close. The police maintain abb
solute secrecy with regard to their iden-
tity.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-19
Kiss Me, Doctor.

Observation-Disclosures
Copyright. 1909. by American Press Asso.
ciation.l
Young DR.. Beamerton was an origI.
nal thinker. he had no sooner learned
what tho medical profession knew
fhan he began b speculate upon what
It did not know. what about these
hith curesf" he asked himself. His
answer was. Influence OF mind over
matter" And what about hypno.
tismr Influence OF one mind over
smother"
The doctor tried the first innuenc,
.-mind over matter-and met with lit
dc success. But In attempting to in
fiuence his patients he made a dis
covery. He possessed the power Of
hypnottsm.
Now, jim Beamerton, as his friends
called him. after learning Of his power,
caught an idea--a new idea. He was
very much IN love with Julia Adams
and had found It impossible, so far as
he could Judge, to make the slightest
impression upon her. But in matters
Of Dve hope springs eternal." He was
not convinced that Julia did not favor
him, and he hoped that she did. When
he discovered his power OF hypnotism
It occurred TO him to use 1t for the
purpose Of finding out her real senti-
rnents toward him.
The doctor called upon Miss Adams,
told her that he had discovered hyp-
hottie power in himself and after some
bantering on either side gained her
consent that be should put her to
sleep. She went of very easily, and
when he was satisfied that she was
completely under his control he began
to ply her with questions.
''You are in love- he said. Don't
say you are not; you are"
YES" was the faint reply.
Describe. the man. you love-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-19

DRIVEN FROM
The BLOOD
A Remedy Which Assists Nature
Produces a Cure Which Is
Permanent as This
Case Proves.

a Every sufferer from rheumatism wants
TO DO cured and to stay cured.
The prospect OF the return OF the
same old rheumatism every year is not
attractive 10 anybody who has gone
through one siege, Most treatmonti
aim simply TO keep down" the rheu.
matte poisons in the blood. The toni
treatment with DR. Williams Pink Pill.
has proved by hundreds OF cures that il
builds up the blood TO q point that
enables It 30 cast out these poisons
through the regular channels Of excre-
ton, the bowels. kidneys and the akin.
When this is done the rheumatism is per-
manently cured and as long as the blood
Ia kept pure and rich the patient win DO
immune from attacks Of rheumatism
Mrs. w. H. Amburg is the wife Of
prosperous farmer living on Il. It. ID.
No. 3, Lancaster, N. H., and about four
miles from that city. She owes her ro-
covery from rheumatism to this treat
ment and her statement should interest
every sufferer.
II have no idea what brought on the
rheumatism, she says, "but suffered
agonies from IL for about two years and
for five months Of that time my condi-
ton was very serious. / had severe
pains through my hips, in my limbs and
in the small Of my back so that / was
unable TO stand up straight. ! felt
weak and respondent aad lost in weight.
1.-TWO Lancaster doets-s treated me
but didn't get any better and as had
seen DR.. Williams Pink Pills mentioned
in our home newspaper, stopped using
all other medicines and began taking
them. After had taken the first box
felt that they were benefting me and
after few moro boxes had been used ]
was entirely free from the rheumatism.
This was two years ago and / have had
no return of the trouble. have recon-
mended DR. Williams Pink Pills TO my
friends and know of one case in which
they brought great benefit"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists. or win be mailed, postpaid,
on receipt of price, 80 cents per box;
six boxes for 81. 50, by the Dr. Williams
Medicine Co.. Schenectady, n. Y.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-19
THE STEADY USE OF
.x,yr,sf1g air
~ 9 a:.gfh

PREVENTS as well as RE-
STORES gray hairs TO their nafu-
ral color ana beauty. and keeps
the hair SOFT glossy and I'm n
healthy condition.
GRAY HAIRS mar every vvoman's
beauty and should ne guarded
against I'm every way. Nothing
contributes SO much 10 . WO-
mans beauty az her hair. and ft
should he every WOman's duty
10 take tine best care OF ID.
Ne other preparation cam compare
with AZ In amy sVny. IS NOT A DYE.
81 mnd soc. bottles. ne druggists. ].
Send 2c for free book, 1.-THE Care OF the Hair"
Philo Hay Spec. Coz Newark Ne De
RED CROSS PHARMACY.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-19
The Danger in a Democracy.

In the March American Magazine,
William Allen White, writing of the
various reforms Of the past twenty five
years says;
There is danger always when man
makes a thing--whether it is king,
constitution, city, democracy, or
tution-of his misteking the thing for
en- end, when it should be merely a
means of human usefulness. The real
danger from democracy is that we win
get drunk on it. Government of the
many by the many Is not necessarily
more desirable than government Of the
many by the few, or than the govern
ment of all by one. The tyranny of the
mob was known OF old to be as cruel as
the tyranny Of the king. And there is
grave danger that the rise of demo.
.craey may not be accompanied by wis
dom and self-restraint. There must be
10 cheek on the power of the masses;
and the veto only benefcent, but alb
solutely necessary, il the masses are
not checked in their use of power by
their own broad charity, their own
wide intelligence, and their own I'M
selfish courage to do the right even
against their immediate material inter-
ests. The success or failure Of demo
cracy depends entirely upon that work.
ing common sense of impersonal Justice
in the average man which is best term
ed righteousness. And as the essence
of what preachers call sin in mere sell
fishness, it follows il we are to use our
reformed ballots, or cleansed party-sys-
tenn, our direct primary nominations or
our direct legislation to any good end
in this world, it will depend upon the
breadth Of view Of the average man, and
mon sense that men put into our ballot
boxes
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-19
MAN
WITH $4,000
Broker Brown in Race With
Police
TOWARD MEXICAN BORDER
Charge Of Robbing His California CHI
ents-creditOrs Try to Get His
Money in Eastern cities-Run-
ing Away in an Auto.

Los Angeles, March l0.--Ai1ned with
shotguns and carrying felony warrants
for the arrest Of Harry D. Brown, q
broker who disappeared from his Office
on Monday, two detectives in an auto
mobile are pursuing the broker, who is
believed to be making his way into Mex.
leo.
Brown has in his possession $4,000
of his clients money, according TO the
assertion of Harry thinner, who was the
cashier in Browns Office. His total debts
aggregate 100000 it is said. Brown
came here from New York and has con
nections with Eastern cities which the
police are trying to trace, to tie up his
money.
Brown telephoned his wife Wednesda,
that he would await the automobile at
a station near San Diego thinner Sc.
cured this information and enlisted the
aid Of the police. While the officers were
arranging for the pursuit, 100 angry
creditors besieged the brokers' office.
They said their losses represented their
savings of a lifetime.
"Few Of them" said thinner, '1ost as
much as $4,000, ], an employee Of the
firm, lost as seriously as anyone. Brown
left me 40 cents. lie has secured by his
manipulations $4,000 Of my money.
Three weeks ago he sold out every stool,
he had purchased, but made no mention
OF this TO me-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-19
MAGAZINE REVIEW.
The Man Behind The Door.

The door Of a small Office in the Bos-
ton stock exchange building bears this
legend; Theodore Hastings, Broker"
In Wall street are many men deeply
and particularly informed who have
never heard of Mr.. Hastings. The in
side Of his plant agrees with our des-
cription, only il Is perhaps rather more
given over to telephones than some 9TH
ers, because his operations converge first
upon the Boston stock exchange, then
upon the New York stock exchange, and
then again cover both at once. His
long-distance telephones bring him as
close to the New York stock exchange
as II his Office were on the other side Of
New street.
Thomas w. Lawson makes a fine
mystery Of his seeming physical de-
tachment from the stock market. In
his office at Yount's hotel. Boston, there
is no ticker. Men have sat with him
whole days and whole nights in the
midst of one Of his advertising COM
paigns, when presumably he had large
open interests ia the stock market,
and have afterward told how he neither
received nor transmitted a stock mark
ct message and could only have known
by occult means what prices were.
There was once theory that Mr.,
Lawson employed automatic orders"
TO an extent never before attempted by
large stock operator. An Automatic
order" is one that becomes operative
under definite conditions anticipated.
But the real explanation is Theodore
Hastings, Broker. He knows why Mr..
Lawson can sit calmly through the
hours of stock exchange session with
out seeing quotation.--John Parr, in
the March Everybody's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-19
WILL TRY TO FIND
KIDD'S TREASURE
New York Engineer Proposes to Dig Up
a Nova Scotia Island and Hopes to
Find Fortune Others Have
Mi..a5

New York, March ls.--"Ten feet be-
low two million pounds lie buried" an
inscription said to have been found years
ago upon a stone dug from depth of
100 feet out of hole on Oak island, in
Malone Bay, n. S., has inspired H. L.
Bnwdoin of this city to sign contract
with the owners of the island under
which he says he will literally tear up
the earth there in quest Of hidden for
tune He expects to begin his operations
next May.
Tradition has il that Oak island was
once a rendezvous for Capt. Kidd and his
band of pirates and that his ship, the Adj
penturer, often came to anchor in Malone
Bay, where the spoils Of raids on the
high seas were landed and buried
Other persons are said to have had
rough tits with fortune in an endeavor
to find the supposed hidden treasure, and
although all OF them have failed, there
are those who relate that one man, after
the hole had become partially filed with
water, bored down to a great depth with
an auger which when taken out held
particles of gold and the links of an old.
fashioned gold chain.
Mr.. Bowdoin is a hydraulic and me-
chanical engineer and he says that with
modern appliances he can dig to the bot
tom Of the hole and find any treasure
that may be hidden there. If there is
none, he says, his efforts will not have
been entirely in vain, for be will have
spent a pleasant summer in delightful
country and away from the heat and hui
Nudity Of the city.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-19
W. H. Bishop at Palermo is
Threatened With Death
THE MALTA is ANGERED
By Activity in Seeking to Bring to JUS
tice the Murderers of Lieut.. Petro-
Sni-4-AmbassadO Griseom
Takes Note.

Rome, March l9.-Ambassador Girls
com had a talk yesterday with foreign
minister Tittoni regarding the threaten
ing letters addressed to w. II. Bishop,
the American consul at Palermo, Sicily,
in the matter of his activity in running
down men suspected of completely in the
murder of Lieutenant Petrosini Of New
York at Palermo six days ago.
The foreign minister assured the am
bassador that all precautions to insure
the safety of Mr., Bishop and the con
sulate had been taken.
The building is being closely watched
and Mr.. Bishop is being guarded every
time he goes out.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-19
HE WON THE BARONESS.
Nobleman Disguised as Girl Secures
Hand Of Wealthy Widow.

Moscow, March ia story which
reads like a chapter from a romance of
the middle ages is being published by
the local press. The wealthy and beau
tiful young Baroness Urusoff, widow OF
a distinguished Russian government Of
fetal, took up her residence in Moscow
about Is months ago and lived an ex-
tremely secluded life. Her beauty,
however, attracted attention wherever
she was seen.
The baroness rejected all attempts
to obtain an introduction to her, and
continued to live in seclusion, attended
only by an elderly relative. Some
months ago young peasant girl began
to visit the residence of the baroness,
offering the servants cheap articles for
sale. Once she brought some old Rus
sian proclaim which she offered the
baroness Subsequently the baroness
used 10 buy different articles from the
peasant girl, who was intelligent, had
good manners and considerable CONVEX
sational talents.
The baroness eventually asked the
girl whether she would enter her SER
wee as a lady's maid. The peasant girl
agreed and became the baroness maid.
She discharged her duties to perfection
for fortnight and then revealed ''her-
self" young Russian nobleman named
Maximoff, who, taking advantage of his
fair hair and complexion, had masquer-
AIDED as a domestic to break down the
barriers with which the beautiful baron
ess had surrounded herself.
Baroness Urusof was so much i'm
pressed by the extraordinary perssver-
ance which the young nobleman had
revealed in coming month after month
as peasant girl, then working as a do
nestle to gain her favor. that she be.
came engaged to him and the marriage
took place week or SO ago. The story
has Just become known in society cir
cles in Moscow.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-19
CAVES ARE SMALL ONES.
Stories of caverns in Adirondaeks Gave
Exaggerated Proportions.

Saranae Lake, N. Y, March ia
correspondent returned here yesterday
from Norton's peak. in the w range,
where be went Monday to investigate
the stories of mammoth cave discoveries
and Of gold, iron and lead mines located.
He reports that Their are, however, no
caves worthy of the name, let alone com
parsons with the Mammoth cave OF Ken
lucky. II was noted that while the twin
ponds at the base of Norton's Peak are
fed by numerous streams, neither lake
has any outlet.
AS caves, the holes in the ground at
the peak boast neither beauty nor ac.
feasibility. In one Of the smaller holes
Indian arrow heads were found, while
in the largest the profile of an Indian
chief appeared on the face OF the rocks.
This head appeared at first to have been
cut, but closer examination showed that
it was the freak production OF broken
strata.
The correspondent was unable to To-
cate any gold, iron or lead mines.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-19
50 Per Cent. Of the Population Of the

live in rural districts remote from physi-
clans or drug stores, and they are obliged
to depend upon proprietary medicines to
a very great extent.
To the women in these homes such
standard remedies as Lydia L, Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound come as boon and
blessing. Records show that it has
cured more women of those dread femi.
nine ills than any other remedy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-19
DOCTORS FAIL TO GET
BILL THROUGH.
Christian Scientists Successfully End a
Contest in Missouri Over Medical
Legislr ton.

Jefferson City, Mo-, March l9.--Sena-
tor Allee's bill in relation 10 the practice
Of medicine over which vigorous con-
test has been waged by the state board
Of health, physicians and Christian Scien.
lists, has been amended in a manner
satisfactory to those opposing the pass
age Of the measure. The end was reached
by the supporters of the bill agreeing
to eliminate from the text the part OBJ.
jcetionabIe to the Christian Scientists
and by inserting the following:
"The provisions Of this chapter shall
not apply to persons who merely prac-
tice the religious tenets OF their church
without pretending a knowledge Of medi-
cine or surgery, provided that quaran-
tine regulations relating to contagious
or infectious diseases are not infringed
upon.
The original bill was opposed by huge
petitions signed by many earnest citi-
zens.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-19

the corner Of the mouth quivered and
a smile took possession Of her lips.
There was no need for her to repeat
her request. He pressed a kiss upon
her lips, and at the same time she
opened a pair OF laughing eyes.
The article for the Medical Record
was never written,
EVELYN w1TNoTH.