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enough, if one will look at the prima donnas ghost it will be found quite true.
 Miss Geraldine Farrar was enchanted with her ghost which she said looked like veritable butterfly. How splendid to be picturesque ghost!" Miss Farrar commented.
 Miss Emma c. Thursby has one of the most remarkable ghosts of all, and for beauty and symmetry 1t is quite as pleasing as a wrought iron work design a Japanese brass candle stick. 'I prefer to think of it something that was designed by the shades of some Japanese artist. which idea I absorbed when I visited some of the great temples in Japan, said Miss Thursby.
 Lady Warwick says she doesn't believe in ghosts at all, but she very much impressed by the appearance of her titled name when her ghost became a reality. q think l shall design a book plate out of it. That wouldn't be bad idea, would it?" the countess added as she viewed the strong, bold writing that formed her signature.
 Lady Cosmo Duff-Gordon enchanted with her ghost and ghost-collecting has become such a fad with her that she has purchased dozen yof the little volumes for her friends. T put my ghost in each and I suppose must be woman of number of selves or else there are a number of warning ghosts in my ancestry, for each of my signatures produced ghost so totally different from the others that one would scarcely believe that they came from the same name and handwriting But I rather pleased with the idea, for what is more prosaic than lack of variety? l have made my fortune by original and diverse designs in the making of frocks, said the titled dressmaker "so why shouldn't my ghost signatures portray that characteristics"
 When Mrs. Elinor Glyn author of Three Weeks had made her ghost she thought that it bore some resemblance to a tiger and eagerly pointed out it's claws "The tiger is essentially one of my transmigrations, shall say mani festations?" remarked Mrs. Glyn. Hence my tiger ghost Paul would be pleased with that wouldn't he?" she added with smile
 Emmy Destinn, the gifted Bohemian prima donna of the Royal opera house. Berlin, who has
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AU1(0dRZpH Gh(2)5D or FAM OUS pEopL-E

person will often show an apparent wide differ ence in conformation. owing to the shape of the pen, the flow of the ink and the amount of pres sure used, a more careful scrutiny will make it clear that the chief char acteristics hold through out. The ghost is true to it's type.
 Who, then, will inter- pret and reveal the true meaning of our ghost au- tographS? Here is a new
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it gets beyond the secretary at aland the auto graph is stamped on in such manner that 1t serves the purpose well and Mir. Author, Mr Actor of MT. Singer a lot of time and trouble.
 But request for name in ones ghost book mas certain novelty about it and there s too, conslderaDe curiosity just what sort of ghost ones name will make that nearly everyone will take the trouoe to picture his ghost for you.
 In making collection for ghost book, partially reproduced here, many welknown and women were asked for ghosts President and Mrs Taft were immensely amused idea and both took the keen-
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field for investigation and amusement
 With the advent of the ghost book we have new twist to old, old fad. Travellers in central Europe early as the fourteenth century used to carry their Book of Friends" octave vol in which names and sentiments were in- scribed. On their return home they could show interesting record of the famous personages they had met. These the first autograph al buns of which hear, but the passion for col lecting manuScrintS and antogranhS is as old
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the history of cultured society is not without it's romantic side One of the Ptoemies paid the star
 ing Ahenians in wheat the privilege copying treasured manuscripts of the immortal Greek dramatsts The wretch kept the originals the copies
 If 1t had been the ghost signatures of Euripdes and Sophocles that the interruptions he would not have found perpetrate heartless trick
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est interest in seeing how their ghosts would turn out. The big statesman adjusted his glasses, fold ed with the utmost precision the paper on which he was to inscribe his ghost, looked around for stub pen, which, unfortunately, he could not find on his desk in the Hot Springs bungalow and then he wrote his name and hastily folded back the paper.
 Cannot say that for such a big man as I am in the flesh my ghost cuts such a wide swath, he laugh ingly remarked as he held the pa per up for Mrs. Taft to view. But anyhow, the smaller ones ghost the better-perhaps," he added.
 Mrs. Taft was more pleased with her ghost than she was with that of her husband. You are more important just now, but my ghost is far more artistic creature than yours and really more spirituelle," she laughed
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It will be no- ticed that a part of Mrs. Taft's ghost bears a re- markable resem- blance to a Ma sonic emblem.
 Miss Mary Gar den practiced sev- eral times on her ghost before she would allow the final one to ap- pear in the writ CTS ghost book.
 Ghosts, like ev- erything else, inn prove by practice, and l look upon my final ghost as a worthy effort, /" laughed Miss Gar den. "In fact, I see the urn above from which my spook must have hoped out, she said, a n d sure
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These little books are becoming very popular both in London and in New York They have an advantage the ordinary autograph album, because the collecting of signatures has been so overdone that many of the great ones" have had rubber facsmiles made of their very best autographs-not the kind that appears on their checks-and instead of taking time to respond whenever a stamped and addressed envelope is fnclosed all they do is to pass the letter request and enVelnne tn their secretarY-Or DerhapS
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T h i S m e a Il s something to the rest of the coun- try. Paying to see Europe is our an nuai blood-letting operation. Millions upon millions are taken out of our national circula- ton. We work hard during the winter, either at earning money or at getting 1t from those who have earned it, then hustle across the water to fatten up the Swiss guides and the hotel keepers. That is, about 1,200, 900 of us do. The other 7S,S00, 900 do their travelling in their sleep, so they can b e b a c k n xt morning in time
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dinary signatures of ex- traordinary folk, and the newest thing in this hobby necessitates the possession of a ghost
 book" to hold the sigma lures which portray the ghosts" of the eminent
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MONEY THAT GOES ABROAD

Europe Is lovely place; the grave Shakespeare is noble sight and it's worth money to the hlsides that produce the wine that made the Rhine famous But
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HE autograph
 fend has a f ar m ore amusing fad just now than
 the mere col leeting of or
The Carlisle independent., 1909-08-19

thls year 1t was Broadway, Bath Beach, Kokomo or Kalamazoo for large number of worthy American citizens whose custom it has been to spend the sultry months across the water
 It's the old story of Balaklava over again-only worse. Some millions have blundered Times are twisted up in hard knot and we are just beginning to get the kinks out No body knows what is going to be the outcome of the new tariff law. The indications are good for poor wheat crop. Panama hats and overcoats are selling side by side in the open market.
 In short. there is no time like the present for staying at home and at- tending to business. In these crucial circumstances 100000 persons have consented to make the sacrifice. At any rate, such are the present indi- cations.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-07-01
Mrs. Douglass played Whist.

Mrs. Minnie Douglass, of Adel, Iowa,
has been turned out of the Methodist
church for playing whist. Her pastor
warned her time and again against the
sinful game and read Section 26 of the
M. d. discipline to her, but she con
tinued to transgress until she played
herself outside the pale of the church.
1t is not stated whether she played a
good game or not, probably she lead
from sneak, or trumped her partners
ace or played second hand high when
she ought to have played low, all of
which would be taken into consider
alton by the ordinary layman who
understands the game, but none of
which we're considered by her pastor,
who was the sole umpire and declares
her out.
There are quite number of M. E.
ladies in Adel who play whist and they
are backing Mrs. Douglass and are
going to carry the case up to the
general conference.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-07-01
Jennie Gertrude pelrsoI.

Jennie Gertrude Peirsol, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Trembly, was born
in Woodland township, Decatur county,
Iowa, September II, 1881, and died at
her home in Frontier county, Nebraska
June II, 1909, being 27 years, 8 months
and "a days old.
She removed with her parents to
Frontier county, Nebraska, in 1898, and
was united in marriage to George Peir-
sol April 20, 1899. To this union six
children were born, three boys and
three girls, who with the husband sur
vive. She leaves besides, father,
mother, three sisters, two brothers and
many relatives and friends both in Iowa
and Nebraska to mourn her loss.
The funeral services were conducted
at the home by Rev. Moore, after which
the remains were followed to the Denny
cemetery by large number of friends
and neighbors. She was a kind and low
ing wife and mother, never complaining
to the last.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-07-01
Ground Your Fence Wires.

This year very considerable num-
Der Of cattle will be killed along the
fences and in the fence corners during
severe thunder storms, all of which
might be avoided by very trif1ing ex-
pense and little trouble. When light
ming strikes wire fence it runs around
the fence until it finds place at which
it can be conducted to the ground, for
example, broken wire. All that is
needed, therefore, to protect cattle
along wire fence in fenced pastures
is to provide a way for the electricity
to reach the ground. This can be done
most conveniently by taking No. 8
wire and stapling it up and down a
post over each wire in the fence, or in
the case of woven wire, at intervals,
and then seeing that the end goes down
into the ground to moist earth. AS to
how close together these wires should
be, there is a difference of opinion
Some recommend stapling wire to
|every other post. We do not think this
Is necessary We should say that every
Isaen rods would be sufficient.
OF course this will not protect cattle
in the middle of the field from being
struck by lightning; but it will make
the fence the safest place in the field.
All this can be done when repairing
FENCES, and we do not know of any much
better way that the farmer can employ
his time on a wet day than in simply
rounding his fences as far as possible
al! over the farm, and especially around
pastures"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-07-01
Carnegie Libraries in Iowa.

Andrew Carnegie has already given
more than million and a quarter dol
lars for free public libraries in the state
OF Iowa. There are Carnegie libraries
located in seventy-eight cities and
towns in the state, the total cost of
which has been S1,2S4,906.. The cities
and towns which have been favored by
Mr.. Carnegie's generosity are Abba,
Algona, Ames, Atlantic, Bedford, Char
iton, Carroll, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids,
Charles City, Cherokee, Clarinda, Clin-
ton, Colfax, Council Bluffs, Davenport,
Denison, Dewitt, Dubuque, Eagle Grove,
sEldora, Estherville, Fairfield, Fayette,
sEt. Dodge, Glenwood, Grinnell, Harvard
zen, Hampton, Humboldt, Guthrie Center,
indianola, Iowa City, Iowa Falls, Jeffer-
son, Lake City, Laurens, Lemars, Leon,
Manchester, Manson, Maquoketa, Ma
rengo, Marion, Marshalltown, Mason
City, Monticello, Mt. Pleasant, Nashua,
New Hampton, Newton, Odebolt, Oel-
vein, Onawa, Usage, Osceola, Oska-
loosa, Ottumwa, Pella, Perry, Red Bluff,
Red Oak, Rockwell City, Sheldon, Shen-
andoah, Spencer, Spirit Lake, Storm
lake, Stuart, Tama, Upton, Villisca,
9inton, Waterloo, Waverly, West Lib
asst.., WinterSet
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-07-01
Cleanup Day Did Good.

The call for general cleanup in
Leon on Tuesday of this week accom-
plished great good, especially in the
way of trimming up trees and cutting
down some where they were too thick.
This tree trimming business is contagi-
GUS. If you trim up your trees the
chances are that your neighbor is not
going to stand back and allow his trees
to go untrimmed. There are entirely
too many trees in Leon. Years ago
when they were small they were all
right, but with the added growth each
year they have spread out until one
tree now covers as much territory as
several did when they were smaller.
We believe that shade is good thing
and everybody likes it in hot weather,
but there is such thing as too much
shade, which keeps the earth damp and
soggy, prevents the streets from drying
out, and is not healthy. If you failed
to trim up your trees Tuesday because
you did not have time or could not Sc
cure man to do the work, don't for
get all about it, but do it at the earliest
date you can. Just take walk down
south Main street, where most of the
property owners have done splendid
work in this line and see what an i'm
provement has been made.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-07-01
Tri.County Medical Meeting.

The first annual meeting of the Tri,
County Medical Society, composed Of
Decatur, Clarke and Ringgold counties
was held at Davis City on Tuesday and
Wednesday of last week. The M. DIS
had Intended to make it picnic party
but the weather interferred with this
part of the program, but notwithstand-
ing the weather they had very sue
cessful meeting. A banquet was served
them at the Cooper hotel on Tuesday
evening, and during the two days ses-
sion there were a number of interesting
and instructive papers read by those or
the program, including DR.. Woodson,
of st. Joe, Mo-, DR.. James, of Center.
vile, Iowa, and DIR. Stokes, of Omaha
Neb. Arrangements were made to
make the tri-county meeting an annual
affair.
The following is list of the physi
clans in attendance:
ST. Joe, Mo.-Dr. Woodson.
Omaha, Neb.-Dr. Stokes.
Centerville-Dr. James.
Osceola DR.. Mitchell.
Knowlton-Dr. Watson.
Mt. Ayr-Dr. Bailey, DR.. Leason.
Lamoni-Dr. Horner, DR.. Greer, DR.
Goff
Garden Grove DIR. Coontz.
Leon-Dr. Eiker, DR.. Bowman, DR.
Layton, DR.. FoXworthy, DR.. Jeffries.
The next meeting of the Decatur
County Medical Society will be held at
Leon on one Of the Chautauqua days.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-07-01
Prof. Charles Tye Married.

Prof. Charles Tye, of Pleasanton, was
married to Miss Ethel Keyes at the
home of her father in Bethany, Mo-,
last Wednesday morning, the ceremony
being performed by Rev. E. P. Reed,
pastor of the Bethany M. E. church.
Prof. Tye has been employed as prin-
cipal of the public schools at Truro
for the past two years, and his wife has
also been teacher in the Truro schools.
The happy couple left the same day
for a trip to Des Moines and other
places and will be at home at Truro
after August 1st. Both Prof. Tye and
his wife have been employed as teachers
in the Truro schools for next year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-07-01
WHERE TO CELEBRATE
Davis City, Decatur City and Van
Vert are the Only Towns which
will Celebrate This Year.

Leon does not celebrate the Fourth
this year and many of our citizens are
making preparations to attend the cele-
brations held at other places. Only
three towns in Decatur county celebrate
this year, Davis City, Decatur City and
Van Vert, and the train service is so
that Leon people can attend any of
them, spend the day and return home on
the train the same evening. The regu-
lar train service affords an excellent
opportunity to go to Davis City, either
on the six o'clock train in the morning,
or at noon and come home on the nine
o'clock train at night. A special train
will run from Osceola to Leon on Satur-
day evening, leaving Osceola at six
o'clock and reaching Leon about 7:15.
This will provide service so that those
who want to go to Decatur City or Van
Vert can go up on the morning train
and return on the special, and it also
provides an opportunity for those who
wish to go to Osceola to attend the big
firemen's tournament to spend the day
there and return home in the evening.
The X. of P. band goes to Corydon to
play, and the School band goes to De-
catur City, and quite number will of
course accompany the band.
1t will be a mighty quiet day in Leon,
as business will be practically sus-
pended and the few people who remain
in Leon can enjoy safe and sane cele-
bration
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-07-01
A Wedding Reception.

A grand reception was given at the
beautiful homo of Mr.. and Mrs. j. B.
Tye at Pleanton, Iowa, Friday, June 25,
in honor of Prof. Charles Fl. I've and
wife, who just returned from their we'd
ding tour in different parts of northern
Iowa.
About forty guests were assembled in
the beautifully decorated rooms pre-
pared by Misses Veta McClaran and
Dot Tye. The parlor was decorated in
the beautiful colors Of old rose and
white, and blue and white, those colors
being the Professors graduating colors
of 0S and '09, and arches OF roses
over the windows and doors. The re-
ception room was elegantly arranged in
white, and arches of roses, ferns and
lilies were found in all parts of the
room.
The guests were received by the bride
and groom, who were elegantly dressed
in their second day clothes, the bride
wearing beautiful robe Of white and
the groom attired in black. The guests
were we'll entertained with music fur
,nished by the groom sister, Miss Dot
Tye, and her friend, Miss Veta Me-
Claran, also the brides sister, Miss
Sallie Keys. The out of town guests
were Miss Sallie Keys, of Bethany, Mo-,
and DR.. S. Ii. Stover, of Kirksville,
No.
At $3.50 the guests were led by the
bride and groom to the dining room,
which was artistically arrayed in pure
white, decked with roses of pink and
red, where sumptuous three course
supper was served by Mrs. Tye and
daughters, Beulah and Dot. The bride
and groom received many useful and
costly presents.
AT late hour the guests departed
for their home wishing the happy
couple much joy and happiness as we'll!
as health and prosperity. The Professor
and wife will be at home after August
1, at Truro, Iowa, where Mr.. Tye will be
the principal and his wife teacher of
the grammar room in the Truro public.
schools the coming year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-07-01
Corrin gton- -Meeker.

On Wednesday evening, June 23rd,
Decatur City witnessed one of the
prettiest weddings of the season when
one of her fair young women, Miss
kathryne Meeker, eldest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Meeker, was united
in marriage to Mr.. Harry A. Corlington,
of Valley, Neb. The ceremony was per-
formed at the home of the brides par
ents, which was beautifully decorated
for the occasion.
Promptly at S:15 o'clock the beautiful
strains of Mendelsohn's wedding march
was commenced by Mrs. r. l.. Meeker,
of Marshalltown, cousin of the bride.
The bride and groom, preceded by little
Mis-; Marcia Maeker As ring haarer,
took their place in charmingly ar
ranged bower Of roses. The ever ap-i
propriate ring ceremony was used, the
words of unison being said by Rev.
Chas. Arthur Coax we'll, of Leon.
Following the congratulations most
dainty luncheon was served, the dining
room being festooned in pink and white.
Large boquets of pink and white car
nations and roses were everywhere
conspicuous,
Mr.. and Mrs. Corrington are popular
young people and enjoy a large circle
OF friends, who shower congratulations
and we'll wishes. They will be at home
in Valley, Neb. The following is a
partial list of those present:
| Mr.. and Mrs. G. M. Corrington, Mr..
and Mrs. G. B. Townsend, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. G. Creswell, Mr.. and Mrs. o. It.
Walker, Mr.. and Mrs. W. M. Meeker,
Miss Maude Springsteen, Miss Mary
Tullis, Miss Marie Boak, Mr.. Chas. r.
Benton, Master ClairesSpry, of Decatur;
Mrs. F. L. Meeker and children, Marcia
and Mahlon, Marshalltown, Mrs. Nella
Meeker, Sycamore, ILL.,, A. G. Meeker,
Sycamore, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Fl. Holden,
Humeston, Iowa, Hugh Crawford, Humes-
ton, Iowa, l.. J. Walker, Van Vert, Iowa,
Miss Mabel Hodges, Weldon, Iowa, Rev.
| c. A. Coakwell, wife and son Charles.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-07-01
Davis City's Celebration.

Davis City has unusual advantages
for celebration having an abundance
of shade in their fine park, the river
and other conveniences, and they are
making preparations to entertain big
crowd. They have secured number Of
special attractions for the day, the Kel-
lerton band having been secured to
furnish music. Rev. o. f. Howard will
deliver the address in the morning, and
Hon. D. F. Lambert, of Lamont, makes
the principal address in the afternoon.
The Declaration of independence will
be read by Prof. j. M. Howell, there
will be vocal music by the Davis City
glee club, entertainment by the High
School scholars, minuet and other drills
by the children. singing and dancing by
a company of colored people from
Ottumwa. A big ball game, broncho
riding, and races will be held at Miller's
park, and in the evening there will be
a big free moving picture show in the
park. Fifteen acres of ground has been
secured for free hitching purposes.
Everybody is invited to come to Davis
City and have the time of their life.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-07-01
Last Week Boys can Smoke Cigar
cites.

All boys under the age of twenty-one
years who smoke cigarettes, should be
using up as many of the coffin nails as
possible the balance of this week, for
the new state law which goes into
effect on July 4th prohibits any minor
under the age of twenty-one years,
from smoking cigarette on the
premises Of another, or in any public
road, street, alley or park, or any other
lands used for public purposes, or in
any public place of business or amuse-
ment, except when in company of their
parents or guardian. The penalty for
each offence is a fine not to exceed $40
or imprisonment in Jail net to exceed
three days. Under the new law it be-
comes the duty of sheriff Andrew and
other peace officers to vigorously en-
force the law, SO the boys will have to
cut out the cigarettes or be arrested.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-07-01
Minor-Newcomer.

Mr.. John Minor and Miss Lulu E.
Newcomer were married at the home of
the groom's brother, Henry Minor, in
this city, at high noon last Wednesday,
the ceremony being performed by Rev.
J. l.. Boyd, pastor Of the M. E. church,
only few intimate friends and rel
atives being present.
Following the ceremony delicious
luncheon was served by Mrs. Henry.
Minor.
The bride is we'll known young lady
of Morgan township, daughter of u.
7. Newcomer, and has been one of our
most successful teachers. She is young
lady who has large circle of true
friends. The groom is the son of Mrs.
John Minor, of Eden township, and
is progressive and enterprising young
farmer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Minor will make their
home in Eden township, and many
friends extend their hearty congratu-
lations and wish them unbroken happi-
ness.