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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-30

Henry Watterson, of the Louisville
Courier-Journal, has entered into 6
wager with Mr.. Pulitzer, of the New.
York World. Mr. Watterson bets {
fine dinner at Washington that by the
time he returns to America Theo-
dore Roosevelt will be at war witt
William n. Taft. The World insists
that Mr. Roosevelt will be found in
the ranks of Mr.. Taft's outspoker
defenders. Walter Wellman, who is
again Washington correspondent fol
the Chicago RecordHerald, says thai
Roosevelt is the specter at the
Washington capital" Mr.. Wellmar
says: Among the possible conse
Guences of this struggle between two
antagonistic forces within the repub-
lican party, these are much spoken OF
in well-informed circles: First-Fail-
ure of all important legislation this
coming winter, and the end of the
session coming in cloud of inaction,
pickering and discomfort. Second
The Taft administration, which is
still on trial before the country, fall
ing into the slough of do-nothingisn
and dissatisfaction, and failing to
achieve the success and popularity at
winch 1t aims, looking to 1912.
Third-Popular disgust with an in
effective party organization and in
consequence an opposition majority
Ill the next house of representatives
which will continue the failure of
the Taft administration so far as any
constructive or remedial legislation
is concerned. Fourth-A general
turning of the dissatisfied people to
that positive, original picturesque
interesting personality, the man in
Africa"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-30

Is it any wonder that the people
suffer as against the interests" in
the highest tribunal of the country
when appointments were made to the
U. S. supreme court such as that OF
Judge Lurton by President Taft? 1t
is charged-and the charge is pre-
sumably true-that Judge Lurton
and his entire family were transport.
ed from Nashville, Tenn, to the Pa.
cific coast and back in a Pullman
coach free of expense to the judge
while the Pullman Co. was being
sued for violating the Sherman law
with Lurton concerned in the case as
minor federal judge at the time
TT. Madison Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-30
Your Daily Newspaper.

In planning your reading for 1910
don't forget the one best daily news
paper for Iowa readers-The Des
Mo1nes Register and Leader. Every
day 1T gives all the news of Iowa, the
Nation and the World. Editorially it
stands for the best interests of Iowa,
and it is absolutely free from any
corporation dictation.
The Register and Leader prints
the best market page; the cartoons
by Ding are famous feature. No
liquor advertising is allowed. 1t
reaches nearly every postoffice and
rural route in Iowa early on the day
it is published
The editor of this paper will be
glad to send in your subscription, or
any postmaster will send it for YOU.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-30

'ooD hOAoh fok to smile and help
't"''t' so-'' : A. w. to make home
happy as it is a woman's. There's al
ways room for plenty Of good resolu-
..ons New Years day and other days
He might resolve. if he really meant
to turn oter il new leaf and try to do
his part toward making home happy,
to make his wife an allowance and pay
1t promptly as q debt Of honor; to re-
member that servants are mortal and
that you can't hire three dollar a
week girl to cook like a $1,000 chef;
to bear in mind that woman never
gets too old to like Il compliment or to
be interested in hearing that her hus-
band loves her and appreciates her,
ond. above all. to save some of his good
manners and good humor for home
consumption Dorothy Dix.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-30
THE PLUMBER

Joyous day
That finds the plumbers hear,
still gay
And full Of vows Of true reform.
To him's ne'er dark the winter storm.
For plumbers time and helpers toll
III charge much less this year and oil
My patrons fixtures free Of cost
CThe generous yet have never lost.)
And when grease his stop and waste
My bill Ill not present in haste.
His pipes I'll give the proper fall
And lay them on the southern wall
To do things well shall be my mission
And thus crowd out all competition.
lis my belief that sanitation
Is yet to save This penled nation.
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-30
Celestial New Year.

i According to the Chinese calendar,
the new year begins on the 25th Of
January. The day is celebrated with
great rejoicings. Professions and fes-
rivals of the carnival sort are held in
the principal cities. The Chinese are
extremely fond of fireworks and are
adopts in the manufacture Of them.
Many kinds are used i'll their New
Years celebrations. The noisy kinds
are particularly popular, so that the
professions move along in hula
baloo o. popping noises. The process
sions differ In the different localities.
At Canton. for instance, one curious
feature is the bearing aloft of little
girls on long poles. The girls are
lgarbed to represent idols. Borne high
above the crowd. each girl is sheltered
lby big umbrella carried on still
longer pole. They look like pretty
flowers rising above meadow. One
of these quaint professions is always
ia most interesting sight to the for
eigner.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-30

Neither the prohibition party nor
the socialists can come in on the
primaries of this coming year in
Iowa. They both failed at the last
election to poll two per cent of the
total vote, as required by the statute
to let them in on the primaries.
There will be but two parties-the
democratic and the republican par
ties. All the others will have to get
in on the election by petition, as
provided in the law. So none
but democrats and republicans need
attend these primaries. Democrats
should attend SO as to make good
nominations and a favorable public
showing. Democrats, remember this.
Dies Moines National Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-30
RESOLUTIONS
FOR The men,

wv THAT would suggest? Oh.
w lots of things! To begin with,
wv Id have husbands make a
cast iron resolution to spend
more of their time ut home When a
man marries woman he leads her to
suppose he does it because he yearus
for unlimited quantities Of her society,
and it must strike any fair minded
person good deal like getting goods
under false pretenses if as soon as
the honeymoon wancs he chases off to
the club or downtown the minute he
gets his dinner, leaving her to solitude
and the uneXciting delights of her own
company. 1t is a situation that per-
haps man never appreciates, because
he has never been there himself. 1t
couldn't happen to him. because the
moment he detected symptom of
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-30

arc forever Won YOU DON'T KNOW
dcring why. wo- WHAT YOU ARE
men want to con- TALKING ABOUT
gregate together in boarding houses.
One answer to the conundrum is that
they want somebody to talk to while
their husbands are downtown ut
night. | have yet to see the woman
whose husband was a home keeping
and home loving man who wasn't sat
islied to stay there too. There's one
thing dead certain. and that is if men
were so anxious to stay at home even
iugs as they were to call on Il girl be-
fore marriage and if they took as
much trouble and pains to try to CHI
tertain their wives as they do their
sweethcarts the domestic millennium
would be within hailing distance.
Then, it seems to me-, Il man might
resolve not to unload all his troubles on
the family hearth. OF course know
every day 4 man has to go through
With enough to try the patience of Il
saint. but because cotton has gone
down instead Of br things haven't
run smoothly at The Office is no real
reason for slapping Sammy and kick
ing the cat as soon as he gets within
his own door. A man might OCCASION
ally remember that woman has trou
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-30
THE DOCTOR

ANOTHER year! Well, Unjust make
~ In my prescriptions no mistake
In 1910, for these young men
In drug stores talk too much = ahem!
The code I'll follow close this year;
No advertising shall appear.
I'll speak no i'll Of other doc"
And quit for good all throwing rocks.
I'll be on hand in hours late
And greet good husbands at the gate.
i'll upright live as any Quaker
And spare my friend the undertaken.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-30

Dles OF her own
and needs to be
c Ii e cred a n d
frightened. We
are coutinually-
told that a wonn-
an should always
III Get her has
band with a smile,
but no woman
can smile long
enough or bright
~ en- ouSn to
raise the temper
allure in a house
where a man Is
sitting around
with, Il scowl on
his face. 1t takes
reciprocity, and
it's just as much
IL mans business
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-30
This is Worth Rememberine.

Whenever you have a cough OF
cold just remember that Foley's
Honey and Tar will cure 1t. Remem-
Der the name, Foley's Honey and
Tar and refuse substitutes. Bell &
Robinson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-30
The odebolt Chronicle suggests .

The Odebolt Chronicle suggests a
reason why President Taft advocated
an increase in the postage rates on
newspapers and magazines. Bearing
in mind the exposure by the maya
zines and newspapers of the methods
by which the Aldrich tariff was
forced on the people," says the
Chronicle, he would diminish their
circulation by imposing higher rates
of postage.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-30

i]oneSomenesS he
| would put on his
That and go off
to the theater or
Il he corner sa-
loon or S O m G
pl ce w h e re
there were light
a II d brightness
ard gayety. A.
woman has no
S NC Ii resources.
$ h G can't. so
around at night
by herself hunt
ing up company.
but must sit at
home. no matter
how lonesome
and bored she
m a Y be. Men
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-30

While corn is down in the field it
is up in the markets. There is re-
verse reciprocal relationship.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-30

If you are not satisfied with the
cold weather and want to do better,
go soulful you have the money
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-30
DO You Know This Man?

Jim Tanks would swear off, so hear,
Every. New Years on whisky and beer,
Which he thought was 50, great
That he'd then celebrate
The feat all tho rest OF the year.
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-18
Peanuts and Sleep

Recently a friend who had heard
that I sometimes suffer from insom
MIA told me of a sure cure. "Eat a
pint of peanuts and drink two or
three glasses OF milk before going
to bed" said he, "and I'll warrant
you'll be asleep within half an
hour I-did as he suggested, and
now for the benefit of others who
may be afflicted with insomnia 1
feel it to be my duty to report
what happened, SO far as I am able
TO recall the details.
First, let me say my friend was
right. I did go to sleep very soon
after my retirement. Then a friend
with his head under his arm came
along and asked me IL / wanted to
buy his feet. l wal negotiating
with him when the dragon on which
/ was riding slipped out of his skin
and left me floating in midair.
While / was considering how
should get down a bull with two
heads peered over the edge OF the
wall and said he would haul me UP
il l would first climb up and rig a
windlass for him. So as I was
sliding down the mountain side
the brakeman came in, and I asked
him when the train would reach my
station.
"We passed your station 400 year
ago." he said, calmly folding the
train UP and slipping 1T into his
vest pocket.-Ex.
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-18
A Gift to Saline coun: '

The relatives OF Gen. John s.
Marmaduke last week presented
the county a large and handsome
painting representing Mr.. Marina
duke and in accepting same the
county passed the following ex-
preston of thanks:
The County court OF Saline coun
ty, Mo-, in full bench assembled,
doth order to be placed upon the
record an expression OF their graf
itude for the gift, and admiration
for the memory of that distinguish
ed Missourian, who first opened his
eyes in the light Of this world here
in Saline County, and was reared to
manhood here, and who during his
brilliant are as a brave soldier
and wise and patriotic citizen as
the chief executive officer of our
commonwealth, amid troublous
times, signalized his administration
as one OF the best the state has
ever had, and who loved Saline
county and at all times in his ac-
tive and useful life-whether up
on the distant battlefield, or at JET
ferson City, engaged in the coun-
ellis OF state, was wont to refer to
Saline county as though of his
home.
The county court will hold and
care for this product OF the paint
er's best skill, as n OF the dear
est treasures belonging to the peo-
pie OF Saline county, and give 1T
one OF the most conspicuous places
in the county's court house where
future generations can behold, pre-
served by artistic skill, the manly
form and features of a Saline coun
~ man, who was willing to take
up as his personal burden, the res
sponsibility of large and hazard-
GUS affairs, and who amid all his
personal environments, endeavor-
cd to do, as he saw it, his whole
duty in life.
1t is further ordered that a copy
of this record be furnished the
donors OF the portrait, and the pa
pers of Saline county for publica-
ton.
Done by order OF the court, this
9Th day of June, 1909.
Attest w. G.. DURRETT,
Clerk.
R. w. HICKMAN,
Presiding Judge.
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-18
A Ideal Country Home

I Saline County has many modern
and handsome residences, but we
believe that H. c. Terrell mas the
most complete and convenient
home in the county AMI we take
the liberty of describing it. The
residence is large and handsome
and situated on a good elevation
just half a mile south of Elmwood.
1t has splendid improvements in
the way OF barns, a water system,
lightning system, etc.
The residence was erected in a
very substantial name with a
view to comfort and convenience.
| 1t was built before furnaces were
much in use and SO lacks this one
modern convenience but makes up
by having several old fashioned
fire-places SO pleasant during the
fall and spring.
The residence, barn and summer
house are well lighted by .acety-
iene lights, a plant being installed
in the cellar and pipes laid by a
practical plumber to all the points
needed. The lights are the best
and always ready for use. A pipe
also leads to the kitchen where the
gas is used for cooking purposes.
The water system is one of the
best we have seen. A soft-wateg
spring is located near the house
and a windmill pumps the water to
a large metal tank situated at q
good elevation. From this pipes
lead to the barns, residence and to
various points where water may &c
needed. The water is fine.
Another feature of the place not
generally found is a combination
kitchen, smokehouse and woodshed
1t is a large wellbuilt structure wit.
a steeple and bell on top. The
first room is used as a iwash-coom
1t is equipped with washing macliy
cry, two brick furnaces, used 70,
heating water, making apple bu.-
ter, rendering lard, etc. IwolargC
boilers are built into the furnaces
A cut off turns the smoke into The
second room, into which a splendit
s~moke-house is built, when desired
The third room is a place for stor.
ing things which are always aceum
ulating on a big place. Than tn.
roof extends about ten feet as j
protection to the wood pile in haS
weather.
4; A building about 100 feet Ion!
Is used as a narrowing house TO
the swine. Like the house just de
scribed it is connected up wit
light and water.
The main barn was constructs
out OF an old residence that wa
very substantially built and
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-18

The county papers main mission
Is to promote a good will and in
terest in the citizens with one
another, The average city mar
does not know nor care who his
neighbor is because he is no. in
terested in him and he would as
soon fuss with him as be soti,!,
The result is eventually a selfish,
the country man who neither reads
nor is connected with any organize
ton with the same spirit. The pa
per aims to interest AMI cause a
pleasant fellowship among its
rsaasrs- apsd, the ~pas}}is,,-H3t a-b&d
mission after all.
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-18

julius Hemme and Chas. Dierk.
ing two of our Emma subscribers
are old residents OF the county but
have never been in the county seat
Mr. Dierking has been reading the
Republican six years and says he
is very anxious to see our city as
he has become interested in l..
Now if some of our town people
would read a good county paper
and get interested enough to visit
the country it would be OF mutual
benefit and we would feel that we
are Of some help in producing a
brotherly interest in persons who
ought to get acquainted.
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-18
The Telepost Here.

The Telepost Company of New
York wrote us this week that they
had opened an office in Marshall.
We have thus far been unable to
locate it but no doubt it is the COM
pany's intention to use the Bell
Telephone wires. The Telepost is
a system of t~elegraphy by mech
anical means. kilograms are sent
at the rate of 1000 words a minute,
or in other words, the contents OF
a page or this paper could be tele-
graphed to and recorded in every
II re in the country in about six
minutes. The process is mechani-
cal after the matter has been pune
tured on a tape by a typewriter.
Ordinary telephone wires are
used and one wire will accommo-
date an unlimited amount of BUSH
ness, as kilograms car be sent both
ways at the same time. A telepost,
{. telegram mailed at the nearest
postoffice to the person addressed,
OF % words cost 10c, kilograms are
eorrespondingly low.
The new system will probably
drive the telegraph companies out
OF business which no ONE will re-
greet who understands the work
ings OF this monopoly. 1t will
revolutionize tine mail and tele-
graph business and the public viii
quickly become familiar with and
lpush agood thing.
Instead OF making use Of modern
Inventions, the telegraph coinpan
les have suppressed all attempts f
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-18
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they can
not reach the diseased portion O.
the ear. There is only one way to
cure deafness, and that is by coa-
stitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition
OF the C lining Of the Eusta-
chan Tube. When this tube is in.
famed you have a rumbling sound
or imperfect hearing, and wh,h. ii
is entirely closed, Deafness is tine
result, and unless the inflammation
ear be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition
hearing will be destroyed foreye
nine cases out of ten are causel by
Catarrh, which is nothing but All
inflamed condition of the mucous
surfaces. ,'
We will give One Hundred Do
lars for any case of Deafness(caus-
ed by catarih that can. OF be cure
by Halls Catarrh Cure. SEMI 10
circulars free.
F. J. CHENEY & co To:edo. G.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills 70: cor
stipation.
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-18
"Old Fool, Bill"

Washington, June 11,-"Who's
talking2 Isn't that old fool Bill
Stone through yet? What's the
sense in his talking, anyhow Mo-
body wants to listen to him. Some
body ought to tell him to quit.p
The interrogation was Senator
Money of Mississippi, who was
stretched out on a big leather
couch in the Democratic smoking
room OF the Senate. The complaint
was addressed to a tall form which
had entered and taken a seat be-
side him.
Senator Moneys eyesight Is not
good and he had NOT recognized
the tail form. He had lett the SEN
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-18

1t doesn't always pay to Judge
too quickly or to be too sharp
tongued-you may be mistaken.
While riding up from Sweet Spring
Saturday evening on the Mo. Pac.
Ry. we decided to stake it easy''
and settled back for a nap with
Rev. --- nearby doing likewise,
Soon after leaving Concordia a
sharp-tongued woman sat down
near us and we we're compelled to
listen to such remarks-"No Won
der the train is late, with such q
load on "Wonder how those Hig-
ginsville people can come down
here every day and do nothing
etc. We didn't mind it, but it was
a little hard on the preacher and
he was sober too.
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-18
Alone 10 Saw Mill at Midnight

unmindful of dampness, drafts,
storms or cold, w. j. Atkins work
ed as Night Waterman, at Banner
Springs, Tenn. Such expo-u;e
gave him a severe cold that set
tied on his lungs. At last he had
TO give up his work. He tried
many remedies but all failed till
he used DR.. Kings New Discovery.
"After using one bottle" he writes,
81 went back to work as well as
ever.n Severe Gods, stubborn
Coughs, inflamed throats and sore
lungs Hemorrhages, Group and
Whooping Cough get quick relief
and prompt cure from this glori-
GUS medicine. soc and $1.o0. Trial
bottle free, guaranteed by P. H.
Franklin, Druggist.
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-18

The editor spent several hours
very pleasantly at Emma last Sat-
urday and we were very much sur
prised at the many farmers doing
business there, due mainly to the
creamery. Chas. Dferking, the
able and accommodating manager
informed us that he paid for butter
fat during 1908 over $4,000 and
the business Is rapidly increasing.
Any town without a creamery is
missing much, especially II it can
secure a manager as the Emma
Creamery Co. has. The company
pays its stock holders 8 per cent
profit and returns the additional
profit to the farmers furnishing
the cream.
Fritz Haesemeyer one of the pa
irons, said he kept seven cows dur
ing 1898, sold $3oS.5) worth of
cream and received an average Of
Bic for his butter fat.
We might add that Emma is a
German town in the southwestern
part OF Saline, where German and
English is spoken, but German pre-
dom'n1tes. We added quite a num-
Der of new names there Saturday
several of whom said they could
not read English but would use the
Republican as a-text~book as Fritz
H22eseIeyer had done. he inform
ed us that he reads English well
now having learned it out of the
Republican the past several years,
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-18

ate chamber while tina Mi.Sor.i
senator was talking, and was so
weary he had sought the couch to
rest.
After the long, lank form beside
the Mississippi senator had assem-
ed to all that the Mississippian had
said, Senator Money asked:
".Who is this sitting here?"
"It's that old fool Bill Stone,'
came the reply.
Here the story ends 70 he Dem
ocratic senator from Missouri who
has himself told the story, did no
add what Senator fernando d.
Soto Money said when he d~iscove.
ed the identity of his colleague.
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-18

In a little while summer board
ers will be in evidence. Deal gem
thy with them, brethren, when they
ask you how many eggs the egg
plant produces in a day, and when
they ask to see the COW that gives
butter and cheese. They mean well
but they are very green concern
ing country ways; and il they are
frightened out of their wits when
they meet a flock of sheep, do not
remind them of their cheap jokes
about the perils Of a countryman
crossing a busy street in town. The
summer boarder is usually willing
to learn, and in time he will even
be able to distinguish between a
bumblebee and a grasshopper.
The Marshall republican., 1909-06-18
Amos's Anodyne

"We always wondered alittle how
Amos Dore and his wife got along
really "Aunt Emu MacQmber
said frankly. "Some in the neigh
borhood said they'd never over
heard a single loud or o word
on either side, but Lie Daniels al
ways stuck to it that Amos was as
mis'ablc at home as a man could
be.
"He never spoke right out till
Amos died and Mis-, Dore went
back up-country to her folks. Then
he let out.n
"WhatPp queried Aunt Ems Wis
itor.
DWELL, Amos worked logging
alongside Of Life every winter and
summers they hayed together all
most always, and it seems,' said
Aunt En-, impressively, shat Amos
complained OF his shoes hurting him
about all the time. Finally Lie
asked why he wore tight shoes.
g why don't you get a pair
Zig enoughP' says Life, one day.
asWell, I'll tell you,' Amos says
when I wear tight shoes I forget
all my other troubles.
Youths Companion