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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-11-04
Decatur City.


evening, "In Business on Borrowed |
Capital" Leader, Mrs. S. w. Rob-
bins.
H. B. Lunbeck and wife were Leon
visitors Saturday.
Mrs. o. B. Creal was a Leon Wis
itor Wednesday.
w. H. Golfer, wife and daughter
left Thursday morning for Leeds,
Scotland.
R. E. Mclaughlin and wife were
Davis City callers Wednesday,
Mrs. Jim Lake was in Leon last
Wednesday.
Dick Jones made his usual visit at
Mr.. Caldows Sunday evening.
Grandpa Meeker, who has been
very sick, we are glad to note is
some better.
VIM. Fletcher, who lives west OF
town, has bought the E. w. Town
send property in the north part of
town. Mr.. Fletcher will take pos
session in a short time
Miss Blanche Marshall, of Leon,
came Wednesday for visit with rel
ativeS.
V. Anderson, wife and son, of
Osceola, spent Sunday in town with
relatives.
Miss Sylvia Springsteen went to
Humeston Saturday where she ex-
poets to attend school the coming
year.
Ray Tenney spent Sunday at his
home south of town.
Dell Euritt, wife and daughter
spent Sunday with relatives in the
country.
R. E. Mclaughlin, wife and daugh-
ter Verda returned from Murray last
Monday where they had been visit
ing relatives.
Walter Mclaughlin, wife and
daughter Louise spent Saturday
night and Sunday the guests of Mrs.
j. W. Mclaughlin
Miss Gertie Bibby spent Sunday
the guest of Miss Ressie Creal.
Mrs. Ben Akers spent Saturday
and Sunday on Elk the guest of rela-
tives.
Prof. R. H. Griffith, wife and chill
dren were Leon visitors Saturday.
Misses Agnes Shell and Ona Riley
and Mrs. j. C. Cozad were Leon Wis
itors Saturday.
Mrs. Jesse Andrew, of Leon, who
had been visiting with her sister,
Mrs. Frank Ross, returned home
Saturday.
Miss Sophia Shell is visiting with
friends in Grand River.
VIM Emmons and wife spent Sat
urday night and Sunday near Davis
City, the guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Harve Morgan.
Mrs. Harry Boak and daughter
Marie returned from months visit
in Pennsylvania the first of the week
Ed Shelton and sister, Mrs. Alma
Fisher, spent Sunday at Lead Shell
tons.
Mrs Andrew, of Leon spent few
days here last week at the home Of
her sister, Mrs. Frank Ross.
Uncle Van Fowler, of Elk, ha:
bought the Dora Campbell property
in the east part of town.
Miss Leila Huston spent Saturday
and Sunday the guest of Miss Goldit
Fowler.
Mrs. Alice Bedwell, of Osceola
was visiting relatives here las
week.
Ray Young was a guest at thu
J, home of Grandma Riddle Saturday
:, Charles Brown, our popular tele
phone man, who has been very sick
is better at this writing.
DR.. Camp has remodeled AM
painted his residence in the soutl
;, part of town which adds greatly t
: it's appearance.
!. More cement walks in town. LIE
the good work go on.
, A post card shower was planned
|, for Mrs. o. B. Creal last Monday,
!, being her birthday anniversary. Sh
: received forty-three cards for whic]
she wishes to thank her friends.
Miss Ethel Bridges, who live
north of town, is visiting with Mis-
Fern Reuss.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-11-04
How'S ThlS7

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Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c per bot.
tie. Sold by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-11-04


tion for your vision, one is too near, the
other too far. Notice your boy or your
girl when reading and see if the posi-.
tlon OF the book or paper is like either
OF these. If so, bring them to us and
we will tell you what the trouble is and
give the proper correction. The eye
troubles of children should be corrected
at the earliest opportunity. They
never outgrow them without aid. The
trouble only increases in severity and
becomes more permanent ard harder to
correct with the advance of time.
Cross corrected in children may be OUT
grown and glasses laid aside on reach
ing maturity. We guarantee our work
IN every particular. You must be satis-
tied or money refunded.
Cross eyes and muscular trouble our
speciality.
Respectfully yOurS
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-11-04

Cement blocks are cheaper and
better than brick for foundations.
See Roe Caster. jr.. for anything in
this line.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-11-04

Do you hold
your book or
p a er Xix e
either of these
W n e n y o u
read? If you
do you need
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-12
MANS EVER RESTLESS SPIRIT.
Iron Hand of Things" Is Evidenced in the Constant Charge That
 Seems Part of Life.

Tt seems to me very strange" said Mark Twain one day. that people ever move The happiest day in the life of old John Bunyan was the day they threw him into prison. If they'd ever got me there, they'd never have got me out !"
 Here the humorist voiced. as he often does, profound truth. It reached to the core of one of the most trying evils of life. especially of mod ern life. Why can't people be like trees," asks another philosopher, "and stay put?" Our continued moving about Is merely an expression of the restless spirit of man. It Is only late ly that men have begun fully to un derstand what Ruskin meant when he declared that the invention of the steam engine was not a blessing, but curse. And now is the time of the year when many people begin to in. dulge in the most wearing of all kinds of moving. change from one environ ment to another, from the city to the country. And in making the change they feel the iron hand of things. !" Most of them are the slaves of things" It is not enough for them to move themselves with all the spir. itual decorations that the change i'm. plies they must take with them q multitude of things. whose transporta- ton Is trouble both to the spirit and to the purse.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-12
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The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-12

time will pass some way. There is an end to everything.
 Brent Lawrence wondered if there would ever be an end to the terrible feel. ing that had taken possession of him. Dropping into chair he looked about inc pretty rooms where he had drifted to his doom. 'tThe last day. he thought bit. terly. "Fool that I am, he said tc himself. "This is madness. l will be A man and not a weakling." The talk of his host about the mines irritated him. He was conscious of returning curt re- plies, and was ashamed of himself.
 When Jocko crept close to him, as though conscious of something wrong and anxious to learn what it was, he wa. pushed impatiently aside.
 Nothing daunted the monkey retired to respectful distance, closed one eye while he eyed the visitor with tho other. His expression seemed to mean, "You needn t blame me, for ycur trouble. I'm  nothing but a monkey, but saw what was coming and would have had more sense. ''
 Attributing the change in his visitor to disappointment Mir. Sanders thought best not to worry him with talk, so left him alone.
 Mir. Lawrence tried to read but failed. Constantly his eyes sought the door. He started at every sound, hoping it was her footsteps. Surely she would come to spend this last day with him. But this was no more to her, he told himself, than all the days that would come and go when he was gone Evening came and with it the miner s wife and happiness for the rest less, unhappy man.
 It was spent as the other evenings had been. Blossom had been tucked in her lit tie bed. Brave lay on the rug dozing. The miner sat on the gallery, just outside the open window and smoked his pipe Jocko crouched in a corner, with one eye open and watched the two at the piano.
 Never had the woman s voice rung so
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-12

sweet. So thought the man listening, his eyes wandering from the white fingers on the keys to the delicate profile. Was this like the song of the swan, tho last and sweetest.
 "We will have the valedictory and close the exercises, Elba said smiling. . The hour is growing la.e, I know you are tired. v
 The mans face grew white. His hands were cold and trembling. He thought that he understood how one fnlt when listen ing to the reading of his death warrant. Striking the chords, she sung simple little thing she had learned years before when at school A little song of farewell to her classmates.
 ssSweet have been the hours together But now comes the parting day, Hope, her rosy wreath is twining While we sing our parting lay
 She had sung only the one verse, when some peculiar sound, she never knew WnaJ CAnStQ utd tV tuih ohU Aooh dt NhV man standing almost behind her. It sounded like a half suppressed sigh.
 Their eyes met in one fatal glance. It was only look, but in that look was a meaning that words could never convey. Hearts untuned to love could never un- derstand. In a language known only to love, heart had spoken to heart and un- derstood.
 ssTwo shall be born the whole wide world
 apart,
 And speak in different tongues, and have
 no thought Each of the others being. and no heed; And these Der unknown seas, to un.
 known lands Shall cross, escaping wrecks, defying
 death;
 And all unconsciously shape every act And bend each wandering step to this one That one day out of darkness they shall
 meet,
 And read life's meaning m each other $
 eyes.
 And this is Fate.''
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-12
SHERIFF's SALE.

Notice is hereby given that I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at the south entrance to the county court house of Polk County, Arkansas, on Saturday, August 21, 1909, within the hours prescribed by law for judicial sales, upon a credit of three mouths with note and ap- proved security, the following de- scribed real estate, situate in the County of Polk and State of Arkansas. to-wit: The SW4 of NW4 and NW4 of SW4 of Sec. 2S, and NE4 of SEt and SE4 of NEt of Sec. 29, T. N., R. g w.
 Said sale will be made pursuant to an order of sale in my hands which was issued from the office of the Clerk of the Polk Circuit Court upon an att tachment which was issued, levied and confirmed before $. H. Smith, Justice of the Peace in and for said County. in favor of Harris Lumber Company and against NJ. c. Heller for the sum of S2S4. 25 debt, interest and cost.
 Given under my hand on this 26th day of July 1909.
 ]. w. Cunningham, Sheriff. 31-4t By w. NJ. Little, n. s.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-12
IN THE MATTER OF SPENDING
Much Truth In the Assertion That Any One Can Afford Anything
 If He Thinks He Can.

We ar0 all of us inclined to feel that certain sum spent for a cer- tain thing is extravaganza while the same sum expended for something else is not undue extravagance on the part of an almost pauper.
 Well, here Is Mecaenas, junior. spends s7 for dinner with wine aud gets so befuddled at 1t that next day he is not sure whether he dined at all. but he has a dim recollection that some lobster disagreed with him. writes Charles Battell Loomis in the Smart Set.
 How wildly extravagant to spend so large sum and get so little for it! No man but a millionaire would ever do such a thing.
 Still, I'm not sure that we won't find that Jack M. Pekunios, who is year by the sale of his landscapes. has spent just the same amount and got as little for it.
 He had years lease of his house, for which he paid $25 month. and on the first of June he left it and went down to Provincetown to paint for three months. But his rent for his unused house went on just the same. He handed out s75 for not even a dinner with wine. He didn't try to sublet 1t. Said 1t would be too much bother.
 Old Alexander 0. Croesus has the notion that he hasn't much time for pleasure, so he and his wife-who is deaf-go to the opera just once in a season, and it costs them S10.
 Little Eleanor Shaminart--whose name bellies her, for she is genuine clear through--has lots of time in the evenings, but she hasn't much money. Yet she spends just as much on the opera as Croesus does. only she gets 50-cent seats and goes 20 times.
 Any one can afford anything if he thinks he can.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-12
sorrow had come to her.


 From the porch me voices came to her, one loud and grating the other low and musical. She started and lifted her head when she heard her husband say wages. Memory swept backward, again she heard Aunt Debby say, "The wages of sin is death" And Judge Latham z warning. "Honor sleeps sometimes. Love never. |"
 Afterwards. when she thought of this night, she remembered going to her room and to bed without kissing Blossom good , night. Whether she slept or not she never knew. She knew that she felt old and hopeless when she rose the next morning. Her heart had stood still for an instant when her husband told her that Mir. Law renee had gone, then took up it's burden of woe and beat on.
 "Wouldn't stay for breakfast" tho miner declared. ''Wantcd to catch the early train. Sick of this life, guess and keen to get back home. Some woman at the bottom of all this sudden hurry. I'll bet. Well he's devilish fine fellow and she II do well to get him, no difference who she is Paid the spot cash for his interest in the business. Hope his invest ment will pan ont well and he II not be sorry he came out here. Wouldn t let me send him over in the trap. Said he d rather walk. He's the kind of fellow you oughter have married. When I die and leave you rich widow you can go for him providin the woman he g got on the string now hasn't roped him in. You d make spanking team and don t you forget it.
 With loud laugh he left the room, never noticing the white face looking out of the window.
 (Continuef inext woaEl
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-12
LEGAL NOTICES.
COMMISSfONER'S SALE.

Notice is hereby given that in pur- suance of the authority and directions contained in the decretal order of the chancery court of Polk county, Ar kansas, made and entered on the 26th day of July, A. D. 1909, in certain cause (No. 505) then pending therein in the nature of an exparte petition upon the part of J. N. Sullivan, ct al, for partition, the undersigned, as Commissioner of said Court, will offer for sale at public vendue to the highest bidder, at the southeast door or en- trance of the County Courthouse, in which said Court is held, in the County of Polk, within the hours prescribed by law for judicial sales, on the 28th day of August, A. D. 1909, the follow ing described real estate to-wit: Part of the NW4 SW4, Section "A, Township 3 S., Range 32 w., more particularly described as follows: Be- ginning at the Northwest corner of the said NW4 SW4 and running thence East 2l0 yards, thence South 70 yards, thence West 2l0 yards, thence North to place of beginning, containing } acres more or less. Also part of the NW4 SW! of said section. more particularly described as follows Beginning 10 yards South of Ethe Northwest corner of the said NW4 SW4, running thence South 40 val ds, thence East 40 yards, thence North 40 yards, thence West 40 yards to place of beginning. containing acres more or less. Also Lots 6 and of Whites Addition to Hatfield. in Polk County, Arkansas.
 Terms Of Sale: On a credit of Three Months, the purchaser being re- quired to execute bond, as required by law and the order and decree of said Court in said cause, with ap- proved security, bearing interer- est at the rate of 10 per cent per annum from date of sale until paid, and a lien being retained on the prem ises sold to secure the payment of the purchase money.
 Given undsr my hand this 18th day of July, A. D., 1909.
 H. J. Green,
 COmmigsi0nar in Chapcarv
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-12
And this is Fate. T

The man's face was ghastly. A erim- son tide dyed the woman's. Her bosom rose and fell heavily. She put one hand over her eyes as if to shut out what she had seen. Her head dropped for ward on the piano.
 ssGod forgive me and pity us both. I never intended you to know"
 He put out his hand as fl to touch her bowed head, but did not. He turned away. stepped through the low window and left her alone. A mo- ment later she heard him in conversa- tion with her husband.
 ssHe can ialk, {" she thought bitterly. She could not, she told herself, if her lie depended on her doing so. But he was q man. wha. would he do when he was gonei Would he go back to his own world and take up the same old routine and forget this nigbti And shef The old content, and half learned lesson of resipnation were done away with forever What would her future bef
 She did rot rry 10 reason nor argue with herself. Did not try to excuse her crime. she had not the power Her mind seemed to move mechanically evolving one thought after another without all, volition on her part. She only realized that an overwhelming shame and bitter
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The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-12
CoMMIssIoNER,s SALE.


 Notice is hereby given that in pnr- suance of the authority and directions contained in the decretal order of the Chancery court of Polk county, made and entered on the 27th day of July, A. D., 1909, in certain cause tNo. 507) then pending therein between D. H. Hopkins, complainant, and Alexander Brunson and T. Y. Nix, d ef e ndants, the undersigned, as Commissioner of said Court, will offer for sale at public yendue to the high est bidder, at the southeast door or entrance of the county court house in which said court is held in the county of Polk, within the hours prescribed by law for judicial sales, on Saturday, the 18th day of August, A. D., 1909, the following described real estate, to-wit: SW4 of the NWi and the NW4 of the SW4 of Section B, Township South, Range 3l West, in Polk County, Ark. Terms of Sale: On credit of three months, the purchaser being required to execute bond as required by law and the order and decree of said court in said cause, with approved security, bearing interest at the rate of 10 per cent per annum from date of sale until paid, and lien being retained on the premises sold to secure the payment of the purchase money.
 Given under my hand this 4th day of August, A. D., 1909
 H. J. Green,
 Commissioner in Chancery.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-12
PasteurIzed MIX.

In Berlin the custom of retailing milk in bottles has nearly gone out of fashion. as has also the sale of steril. ized milk--by heating it to 90 degrees centigrade Both of these have been largely superseded by the sale of milk which has been pasteurized by spe cial process, by which the milk is not heated above 60 degrees centigrade.
 One concern markets nearlS 30,000 gallons of this milk daily the bottles being provided with wire-rubber stop. pers, which are sealed to afford the public the necessary guarantee.
 Pasteurized milk Is also sold large ly in Dresden. where one concern sup plies G.600 gallons daily.
The Mena weekly star., 1909-08-12

ssShe is more congenial than he" MT. Lawrence would say to himself by way of c.cuse for conining his conversation to the wife rather than the husband. ''But he is noble fellow in his rough way :"
 When we begin to make excuses to our conscience, we may be sure that, if rot wrong, something is not exactly right.
 It was these evenings after the lights came on and the curtains shut out the world that Brent Lawrence enjoyed most, and thought of most in after years when it was all over.
 To Elba the man s conversation about things and people she had known and enjoyed was like reading the second time n book partially forgotten. But page was slowly but surely unfolding which she had never read before For inc first time she was reading the old, old story Old but ever new. uncon- sciously the two were drifting nearer ana nearer the danger line beyond when law ruin worse than death.
 Brent Lawrence had a pardonapiy cood opinion of his intellectual powers and scholarly attainments consequently wos a little surprised to find a woman and that woman the wife of an uncui- tpred miner, who could measure lanees uitb him in n discussion as sklllfuiiy as many men. Boldly she stepped out on .,a.s;. sround. following where he led Sustaining herself where the majority 0i hor sex would have found themselves De- -=:..a--~a .;a room he u.o,Ia review the incidents past' what
 .,soa him most was the strange sen a.:on exnerienced when in her presence Tho interest found in her most 'r's'ai
 art He had always enjoyed musle
 a ,ros familiar with the best but never had it stirred his blood and qulekeneu ms 0's r,,,sos aa did her voiee mingiing wl'n 'ne p'i7e .ha instrument in the parlors or nosss ...,,otain home He had always ao' sa;roa . bcauty. Thorough man or 'n' '''- .,s be had mingled with every 'ype' s n9 tbe dreamy eyed Creole with her Ve' l'oas '.,'s;ns Y, smiles and shrugs and charming ''sent N'. to inc pale proud Nor'nefn accent " a.., one of sunlight on o,0"S ','"'sr ue had flirted with flower iae, !, ' sl"srs' raglish maidens by the hawthorn o. 0l ea a+''sa' at;ro hedges. Had talked swee. s nonsense to the velsety eyed ,'.snea psas''v with poupsuous France Had Ist.'nss ss Sir sar 1ls1s's ,1,'s,ans '' and sung love ditis' uaae. Anaa,us @ sa,soaes with all the fervOf Of 'ns'. .a. 'helr .,'sa paas~ Had syea looked into tho +ft-->r@f