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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-28
Sunnyside No. 1.

These parts were visited by a
snow storm Saturday night and Sun
day.
Miss Merle Traupel spent last
week with her sister, Mrs. P. A.
Truitt.
S. D. Roberts returned to his home
in Garden Grove Saturday evening
Uncle John Layton is some better
at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Gochenour
and sister Bess attended lodge at
Woodland Friday night.
n. T. Smith made business triL
to Des Moines Thursday, returning
home Saturday.
w. w. Warrington was a Garden
Grove caller Saturday.
Carrie Deisher was Leon visitor
one day last week.
Ira Durlin is slowly improving.
Lyman Parsons has been improv-
ing his place by putting in new
yard fence.
Mr.. and Mrs. p A. Truitt and
daughter Marjorie visited Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Oren Skinner.
Lena and James Traupel spent
Saturday night with their cousins,
Charles and Iva Himebaugh.
Blanche Morton called on Lenna
Deisher one evening last week.
Mary and Leslie Parsons spent
Saturday night and Sunday at the
Ed Kendall home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Traupel and
children spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. John Traupel and family.
Several of Woodlands young peo-
pie attended League at High Point
Sunday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Konklin and
family spent Sunday at the w. J.
Tatman home.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-28
I'D Rather Die, Doctor,

than to have my feet cut off, said
NJ. L. Bingham, of Princeville, III.
But you'll die from gangrene
(Which had eaten away eight toes)
if you don't" said all doctors. In
stead, he used Bucklen's Arnica
Salve till wholly cured. It's cures
of eczema, fever sores, boils, burns
and piles astound the world. Csc at
Van Werden & Kopp's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-28
Watch for the Comet.

The Red Dragon of the sky.
Watch the children for spring
coughs and colds. Carful mothers
keep Foley's Honey and Tar in the
house. 1t is the best and safest pre-
vention and cure for Group where
the need is urgent and immediate
relief vital necessity. Contains no
opiates or harmful drugs. Refuse
substitutes. Bell & Robinson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-28

It's just as important that you be
clean inside as out-more so, in fact.
Unless your system is entirely
cleansed Of all impurities, you cannot
be one hundred per cent healthy,
physically or mentally. HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea is the greatest
systemic cleanser known. w. c.
Stempel & Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-28

There's no better spring tonic than
Holsters Rocky Mountain Tea. The
standard for thirty years. Tea or
Tablets, 35c. Get a package today,
and you will thank us for the ad-
vice. w. c. Stempel & Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-28

For Rent-A six room residence
property. See j.. r. Bowsher.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-28

For the best auto oil and batter
les see HI. A. Wright.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-02-03
SCIENTISTS DIFFER IN VIEWS
DR.. Minot of Harvard Medical School
Takes Issue with Prof.
Metc!n,koff

Metchnihof aecrjhas old age to In
jury from the bacterial poisons devel-
oped as a result OF lamentations oc
curing in the large intestine. and pro-
ducing their effect by weakening the
various cells and tissues, which then
become prey to the scayenging cells
OF the body the phagocytes DR..
Charles S. MIinot of the Harvard medi
cal school, in a recently published
work on Age. Growth and Death"
combats the view that old age Is a
kind of disease, and regards 1t as a
necessary consequence OF the changes
in the cells of the body. which are in
avitably progressive from birth to
death; this succession of cellular
changes is termed 'cytomorphosts."
He surmises that in the future it may
be possible to increase the activity
OF nuclei and prolong the younger sys-
tenn of organization. Death he re.
CARDS as acquired during the process
OF evolution in consequence of cyto-
moTnhosis, AS organization becomes
higher and higher, the need for diff
ferentiation becomes greater; this in
wolves the end and death is the price
we have to pay for the differentiation
which exists in us, and to which we
owe our great array of faculties!
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-02-03
GOT AWAY WITH HIS LIFE
Amateur Baseball Pitcher Made Rec.
ord Run, Though Really There
Was No Need of II.

Here is a baseball story which Al
bert T. Reid, the artist, tells on him.
self in his newspaper, the Leaven-
worth Post;
Il was pitching for Abilene against
COncordia and a big, -boned cuss
came to the bat | hit him on the
arm. He didn't waste a second on
his reply In words that burned the
grass off the diamond he told me If l
did that again he would crack my
cocoanut, and I knew that he was
quite sincere.
Il prepared to throw the next one
about rod outside the plate, but you
know h a scared man will some
times do just what he is trying not to
do. ] hit him on the arm again, as
though | had practiced throwing at it
TO. month
He and | started at the same In
stant-he for me and | for the back
fence. / hit the top board on the fly
and was just bouncing on over when
| caught myself for d look back A
little runt who played shortstop had
given the big cuss low tackle and
downed him and was sitting on his
head and making him eat dirt.
Several of them got around me
and Gained me down and led me back
into the game. Kansas City Journal.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-02-03
OPPORTUNITY For A SHOCK
Churchgoer Thinks Sensation Is IN.
vited by Present Method of An
nouncing Hyrirs.

last Sunday evening and the sun
day before that and the Sunday eve
ming before that | went to church,
said the gray-headed New Yorker 4
went to a different church each time.
l noticed that the years have stayed
away from church have wrought many
changes in the service but the change
that impressed me most was the man
ner of announcing the hymns. For
merly the minister said. Let us sing,
or We will now sine hymn No. AS
Now he puts it III the form of an In
terrogation and says. Shall We sing
hymn No. 1852 At any rate that is
the way the hymns were announced
where | went to church those last
three Sundays | wonder If the fashion
is universal now also | wonder what
the minister would say il some tenn
erarious soul should speak up No,
we will not sing that hymn | don't
like it. Let US sing No 1868 OF
course it is hardly conceivable that
anybody ever could develop SO much
rambunctiousness but it is interest
ing to speculate. on what would hap
pen If somebody should"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-02-03
SURPRISED THE YOUNG MEN
MARY" Proved to Be a Silky Haired
Dog, Not One of Group
of Children.

The two young men were wander
ing down West End avenue when a
tall young woman stopped at the cor
ner and called back sharply toward q
gronp of children. as it seemed to the
young men. Mary, Mary" There was
no movement among the children and
the woman repeated her call
Guess the kid don't obey her very
well. said one of the young men, as
he sized up the situation 'Therell
be a spanking coming to some one. "
The woman still standing at the
corner, called out again: Come here,
Mary" this time rather more per-
suasively There was no responsive
movement by any of the children and
he young men paused in their walk
ing to see what the outcome would
be. The young woman pursed up her
lips and whistled shrilly. The children
kept on playing and several nurse
maids near by kept on indifferently
with their gossip
Suddenly there was patter of feet
and rush, and a small dog with silky
hair came running out of an alleyway
and dashed up~to the feet of the young
woman She attached leash to the
dogs collar and then she turned the
corner.
The young men said HUI" and
kept on walking, and the children
kept on playing,
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-02-03
FAMOUS ABBEY OF SOLESMES
T-&asur.s of Centuries with Ancient
House TO Be Sold-Art Lovers
Mourn

One Of the most famous OF the re-
ligious houses in France is about to
be sold 1t is the Benedictine abbey
of SoIesmes, and what makes the sale
regrettabIe is that the treasures, col
lected with such care during so many
ages. are to be dispersed in the lit.
eral sense for they are TO be sold
separately The abbey is a magnifi-
cent feuda dwelling full OF artistic
wonders Il is oil the pure style or
the thirteenth century, situated about
a mile and quarter from the little
town of Sarthe There are so hec-
tares of land belonging to the priory,
hectare being two acres one rood
81 perches, upon which the monks
have bestowed all their energy. Be-
low flows the Iistless Sarthe, and in
the distance can be seen the little
tower of Sable parish church, pointing
to the skies Within the precincts
the first object to note is the chapel
dating from and for the most part of
the thirteenth century. completed In
the sixteenth and seventeenth The
majestic arches are above, in somber
inches are priceless sculptures, and
the windows, a Paris contemporary
tells us, says the London Globe. must
be seen to form an idea of their
beauty The statuary is said to form
some Of the finest specimens of the
renaissance period The Oldest and
finest piece is Mise au Tombeau," at
tributed to Fiesole Another piece is
La Sculpture de Ia Verge about
the end OF the sixteenth century, a
purely French conception Among
the other artistic tliumphs showered
upon the visitor are- lie Trespasse
ment de Notre Dame lie Triomphe
de Marie" and Jesus parmi les Doc
tours
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-02-03
THE MODERN SCHOOL SYSTEM
Writer Advances Arguments Against
Idea OF Making Things Easy
for Children.

+
Under the sinproycd" system, says
a writer IL the Atlantic the teacher
does all the hard work. and does 1t In
advance The ideal is to make child
hood, including the school period,
prolonged PLAY spell Far be 1t from
me to cast reproach upon anything
which renders lie happier for any
class of human beings; but are ease
and Happiness always synonymous
terms? Tie champion of the new
system insists that the old one was
economically wasteful, since TO walk
over well cleared paths conserves
force which would also be profitlessly
expressed In hacking ones way
through a jungle. Granted; and by
the same token is a shocking waste In
our ordinary mode OF eating ana
drinking, so why should not the whole
race subsfst on concentrated tablets
and quench its thirst with VaporizersY
Show me the person who has made
such an experiment in scientifically
sifted alimentation, and ! will pre-
sent him as a horrible example to II.
lustrate the otter side of The argu-
ment When DR. Tanner went step
further, and proved that man could
live for 40 days with no food at all.
he did so at the cost Of set of teeth,
and some other sacrifices which few
Of us are yet prepared to make. II
the end sought is the reduction of the
problem of ~living to its simplest
terms, why not model upon the wild
Indian and be done witb 1t?
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-02-03
DIDN'T MEAN TO BE UNKIND
Comment or Lecturers Personal APP
pearance, However, Was Some
what Humlliating.

Strickland W. Gillian. lecturer,
newspaper humorist and author Of
that famous section hand classic, "Off
Again, On Again, Gone Again, Finni,
gan" is not quite the perfect type
OF masculine beauty. and he tells
story on him self that illustrates the
esteem In which he is held by those
who witness him for the first time
and afterward until they become ac-
customed TO his looks.
On one occasion in rural town
where he was billed TO lecture Al
night he was an,bling along the main
thoroughfare during the afternoon
looking at things and seeking local
color. A group OF natives stood on the
corner. viewing him curiously as he
passed He knew they were talking
about him and modestly wondered
what their estimate of him was. When
he was we'll by the crowd he was
inform ed. although not intentionally
FOR they were kindly Rubes.
Huh, conn erted one in critical
tone. II don't know what kind OF a
show he's got, but his street parade
is rotten"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-02-03
TREE TELLS OF A THRILLER.
Good Business, But MOI Really
Adapted TO TIE requirements
of Modern Stage

Beerbohm Tree is always interest
ing and entertaining, epigrammatic in
conversation and delightfully."- out
spoken.
When Miss Constance Collier was
playing Roma in The Eternal City,"
Hall Game was anxious to get power
full effect in certain scene she was
taking with the late Robert Taber,
and the former was himself In q vein
of "Reminiscences.
II once saw" said Mr. Game, "a
very striking bit of businc IS. The man
picked UP the woman and threw her
over his shoulder
Miss Collier looked at him in con
sternation, for she would be rather
a heavy person 70 throw about How
ever. they did their best, but their flu
tile efforts We're interrupted by Mr..
Tree.
THAT reminds me, said the actor
manager. Il saw play in Italy once
in which the hero caught hold of the
heroine by the legs and banged her
head on the floor
Splendid! A magnificent ideal" in
terrupted the enthusiastic author
What was the play?'
Punch and judy replied Mr..
Tree.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-02-03
OF THE SUCCULENT PUMPKIN
Merited Words of Praise for DeIicacy
That Is Distinctly and Abso-
lutely American.

Behold the first piece of pumpkin
Pie.
How dark and brown and Healthy
It looks. It is Deep, too, and shows
considerable class. No, it isn't like
mother used to make, because every
thing has changed. The stomach that
used to Carry off Pie that mother
made would have hard work now to
carry off a near-hotni'k Sandwich.
Even the appetite has changed. The
appetite of the Old Days was the real
thing; the appetite of To-day Is only
a Think appetite. The sight of lit
tie food drives the Think appetite to
the Ropes, where it is soon counted
out
A piece of cheese accompanies the
Pie as q body guard. The Pie.is safe
in the company of the Cheese because
the cheese Is active and strong.
Pumpkin pie is a forerunner of Win
ter: let it come Also another piece
of Pie!
Up. S.--A young and willing piece of
Pie. should never be turned down. If
you can't Do anything for it perhaps
your next-door neighbor can. If one
piece of Pie will produce crop of
Indigestion, how many are willing to
let others do the Farming ?)--Boston
Herald
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-02-03
suhsidlzlno Automobiles.

Germany has improved upon the
ship-subsidy plan by substituting auto.
mobiles. The German government Is
nov paying $2,242 to owners of auto
mobiles of certain types which can
be seized In time of war following
five years from the date of purchase
and which can be utilized in military
operations In order that none but
the German army can benefit by this
subsidy, the provision Is made that
the subsidy will cease when such au-
tomobiles are shipped outside the en-
pire. The subsidized machines can
be acquired only by the purchaser
who binds himself to turn them over
to the government wherever occasion
requires. Aside from this, however,
the government pays a certain indem-
nifty to the owner of such automobiles
tie indemnity to be fixed by board
of military appraisers, and to be paid
when the machines are taken for the
use of the army
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-02-03
SHELDON
special correspondence to the News-Budset

Special correspondence to the News-Bud8et
Clyde Shuts and wife have moved in
to the upper story of one of the Lacy
houses.
Ladies Aid met with Mildred Willis
Wednesday, Jan. 26.
Milo Bell has more than 800, 900 feet
of logs at his mill, and more coming
right along.
Behnke Bros. have begun cutting
timber on the Myers land this week.
Fife Spurrier from Viola is visiting
her brother Warren Spurrier and other
relatives here and in Ladyssnith.
Geo. Nelson is putting in logs, ties
and bolts from land owned by Ole Ny
hus of Chippewa Falls.
Thompson Coleman went Feb. / to
Abbottsford, having secured employ
ment in the round house at that place.
A. S. Treakle, having built a dwell
ing here, moved his family from Rols
combe on the End inst. to take up
residence among the Sheldonites.
The masquerade dance at Arnold Sat-
urday night was attended by quite a
number from Sheldon and vicinity, both
young and DID, All report good time.
JAS. >Kast, who was feared to have
been fatally hurt by falling tree last
week, has improved very rapidly and
appears in fair way to soon regain
his usual health.
Maude Kast, from Petersburg, Wis,
is visiting friends and relatives here,
before returning, having been sum-
moned in haste by telephone, at the
time of the accident to her brother,
James Kast.
Mrs. w. S. Sergeant returned on the
% ult. from Chippewa Falls, where she
has been for time, for an operation,
at st. Joseph's hospital.
c. E. Craman was hurt jumping from
a load of logs which had become loos-
ened and is unable to work at present,
but hopes to have his enforced vacation
end soon.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-02-03
THE FIRST LONE STAR FLAG
That Adopted by the First Congress
Of the Republic CT Texas Had
a Predecessor.

The lone star of Texas has for
many years afforded subject inter
esting alike to the romantic poet and
the student of American history, and
concerning 1t iLany conflicting state
ments have been made.
The first congress of the republic OF
Texas met on October 3, 1895, and
during the session adopted a flag and
national seal which are those now
In use by the state of Texas. The
flag is of red, white and blue, with a
single five-pointed star of white, The
seal is star surrounded by wreath
of laurel and oak leaves.
This was not the first Tone star
flag" that was flung to the breeze in
Texas, however In May, 1885, Mrs
Sarah A. Dawson Of Harrisburg, Tex.
presented very similar flag to a
company organized at that place and
commanded by andrew Robinson, and
that banner few in the forefront OF
many of the fercest fights for Texan
liberty.
Many dauntless Hearts in other
states heard the first Texan bugles
blowing, and Georgia III particular
hurried her sons to the war for indie
pendence At Macon. Ga. on Novem-
Der II, 1885, battalion was organized
under the command of William Ward,
and by the twentieth of the same
month it was at Columbus. Ga, on its
way TO the front At the latter city
the command was presented with a
plain white silk flag bearing a single
fiye-pointed azure star, by Miss Trout
man of Knoxville. Ca Ward, the gal
liant leader of this little band, persisted
at the massacre Of Goliad and the
battalion fell to the last man.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-02-03
Effect Of stumpaae Dues.

The advance in stumpage dues on
Iurnb cut on crown lands in Quebec
province, Canada, for export is ex-
pected to occur in September. 1910,
and win. says our consul at Sher-
brook. practically prohibit the ship
ping of pulp wood to the United
States.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-02-03
The Leading Daily Paper
Of Wisconsin

The Milwaukee Journal is offer
ed for the next few weeks with
the News-Budget for 1925 per
year. Think of it! A metropol-
itan daily paper and your own
local paper for only 1925. Bring
your subscription to The News
Budget Office before this offer is
withdrawn.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-02-03
Handicap OF CerbeFCs.

Pluto was Dragging OF his three
headed dog.
"But." they pointed out. at would
eat too much for arctic exploring"
Herewith he decided to stick to his
own climate.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-02-03
Unidentified.

Mrs. Trout-Have you found any
trace of poor dear Speckles?
Mr. Trout-No; I've read all the
papers that fell overheard, but nobody
has caught anything under ave
pounds.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-02-03
In the Came Class.

The following appears outside a
clothing store in New York:
American and theatrical outfits"
Evidently for those who dress tc
amuse!
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-02-03

j. O. Sinclair, Cashier OF the above-named
bank, do solemnly swear that the foregoing
statement is true to the best OF my knowledge
and belief. ]. O. SINCLAIR, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 4th
day of February, 1910.
EsEALl b. T.. FRENCH NOTARY FuOhc'
Correct Attest:
r. S. JOHNSON | r;rec+ora
w j. KERMoTT } IA
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-02-03
foficial Publicationl
REPORT or rHE CONDITION or The
STATE SANK OF LADYsMITH

located at Ladysmith, State of Wiscon-
sin, at the close of business on the 3lst
day of January, 1910, pursuant to call
by the Commissioner of Banking.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-04
ILLEGAL TAX ON
oLEOMARGARINE
Frank J. Ewers, Butcher, Has Start
ed Action In United States
Circuit Court Here.

Frank ]. Ewers has brought an
action in the United States circuit
court here, against H. o. Weaver, as
collector Of internal revenue, asking
Judgment in the sum OF s106 alleging
that an Illegal and unwarranted as
sessment tax and penalty was col
lected from him on the ground that
he was wholesale dealer in oleo-
margarine,
The petition recites that early in
January of this year the plaintiff ran
out of the product and borrowed an
unbroken original manufacturers
package from HIS brother, A P. Ewers
No price in money or other thing OF
value was paid and all the oleomarga
rine therefrom was sold at retail.
During February, the commission
based upon the transaction. assessed
a special tax as a wholesale dealer II
oleomargarine in the sum OF s1oo.
The plaintiff made application /
I the commissioner TO ahate aforesai
tax which was refused.
I On April 10, Deputy John A. One
4 collected at plaintiffs place OF bus
ness the sum OF s1o6. which was PAL
under protest.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-04
No Bonuses Allowed.

The commission also called atten
ton to the rule OF the series which
forbid the teams to give any part OF
the worlds series receipts to former
teammates released TO other clubs in
the same league this season and PRO.
hibits the giving OF bonuses by the
owners TO the PLAYERS of the two clubs.
All press tickets are to be issued
only after application to William e,
Weart, secretary of the Baseball
Writers Association of America,
These applications must be passed
upon by that body and then certified
TO the commission. which will issue
the tickets
In case aRy OF the games are post
poned by weather conditions. the
succeeding games are to be moved
ahead. except that in any event the
game scheduled for Sunday. October
IS, is TO be PLAYED IN Chicago
Having in mind the trouble with
ticket scalpers during the last worlds
series, the commission added the fol-
lowing warning TO its announcements;
The public Is cautioned sgainst
paying any prices for tickets than
those fixed In the Official schedule,
Every effort will be made 70 prevent
ticket scalping. and the licenses grant
ed 10 the tickets viii be revoked Il
they are found. il the hands o.
scslpeTss
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-04
ohlo championshlp sehedule.

The post series between the Gin
ctnnati National team and the Cleve
land Americans teams viii start on
October II ST Cincinnati October IL
IS an open date, The second game
viii be plsyed in Cleveland October
IS. October IL is an open date and
the third game is scheduled in Cleve-
land on October 10. The fourth game
viii be played at Cincinnati. on
October is and the firth at Cleveland
October IS. Umpire Brennan OF the
National and OIaughlin of the Amer
lean league, will be umpires.
Unpires Klein of the National. and
Evans OF the American league, were
selected to ofhciate IN the post-season
series between the New York Ma
tionals and Americans. The date for
this series was not settled.