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He STOPPED SHORT.

Reason For the Peculiar Signature on
the Hotel Register
Many peculiar signatures In the
course Of a season find themselves
upon the register OF q hotel There
are foreign fists OF all sorts In script
that none but the Kytka could IN
ravel The most curious OF all. how
ever, was placed on the book only re.
Gently. It In this:
"Wm."
Only that and nothing morei
There Is no surname, no address,
nothing at all but Just "Wm."
This Is the way It happened:
A well dressed man entered the no
tel the other day and followed his
bags to the desk. The register was
swung around into position for him
and pen handed him by the gentle
manly desk clerk. Then. In a free.
swinging hand, be wrote the accepted
abbreviation Of his frst name. -Wm."
AS II thought had suddenly 90
CURED to him. he stopped writing and
looked up.
what do you charge for a single
room here by the day7" he asked.
'Three. four. Eve and ak dollars
answered the clerk.
Amt you got no dollar rooms?"
"No. we have no dollar rooms.
Three, four, FIVE and six"
"Goshr' he said. and he didn't look
the part either This is no place for
me. Gimme my luggage"
And he sneaked out of the hotel as
ooe who had troddeu on sacred ground
Which is why on the register today
Is the odd signature:
"Wm"-San Francisco Chronicle
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Wasted Effort.

Sorry, Bill. / can't come to the the.
alter with you tonight Now, don't look
80 cross. You amt cross. really. are
yer, BillT
mo, amt exactly cross, Liz, but
still 1t is a bit aggravating for a chap
TO find he's washed his face and hands
for nothing. amt itT'-London Tele
praDh
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Reasonable Eaar.

"John. is that your
"Yesh, Mary"
"what In the world are you doing
down there7 Why don't you come up
TO bed?"
"I'm afraid of gett1n' hurt on these
harmed revolvin' stairsh." - Chicago
Record Herald.
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A ForcibIe Indictment.

Little Nell don't like my papa one
bit. He's awful selfish. Mamma-He
is? Little Nell-Yes'm. He nearly sat
down on my dolly. an then. stead of
takin' another chair, he took her chair
right away from her an left her on
the hard floor
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act

He ito second wtfel-I am glad to
be In this charming spot once more.
She-I thought you were here on your
bridal tour with your first wife, He
Yes, but | was so much In love | never
saw the landscape.-Fliegende Batter.
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Sounded Ominous.

"Dad, can take post graduate
course In Biology
"Thnt depends. daughter replied
the old man cautiously. What Do
you want to buy frstT-Pittsbure
Post
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NOTICE OF FoREcIosIRE

~ Whereas, Frank NJ. Yittum of Scion.
on the 9th day Of December. 1903.
mortgaged to Ernest c Butler four
e cert lots or Parcels of land stu
ated on the North side of Hanover
street, SO called. In said Skowhegan
ana "a, peing Lots numbered twenty i've,
lwenty-six twenty-seven and twenty
e 5id t2f5It26-27-2Sl as designated on
a pan OF house lots which is recorded
In Somerset Registry OF Deeds Pian
r b9ok g. Page 49, to which said plan
having been duly recorded in the Reg
lstry Of Deeds Of Somerset COUNTY.
September Sth, 1910. in Book 303. PaFe
y. and whereas the said Ernest e.
Butler on the Sth DAY of September,
1910. assigned and transferred said
mortgage Deed 70 o. O. Xittum and F.
\. Nittum of said Scion and the same
having been duly recorded in the SOM
erset Registry of Deeds at Skowhe-
gan on February IL. 1919. in Book
800. Page 2Se.
Now the condition of said mort gage
having been broken. we claim a fore
closure Of the same and give this
notice for that purpose
Q. o. NITTrM
F. A N1TTUM 3w29
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into tho Next State.

A disheyeled citizen rushed into the
police station and shouted for venge
ance.
1.-THE motorcar that hit me FIVE min.
utes ago was No. 41144," he sputtered
~ can prove that he was exceeding
the speed limit, and want-I want
"You want a warrant for his ar
restP'
Warrant, nothingi What good
would warrant do me at the rate he
was going? want extradition pa
pers."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Witness-He's a dlrthy, name little
wretch. yer honor; u low
Silence, witness.
well, yer honor. it's the truth"
Doesn't matter. We want none OF
1t here."-London Telegraph.
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can.

What did the lady say when you
told her was outT'
"She smiled and said, Fridays not
always an unlucky day."
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Mo Ersa Hand Drawjno

Son-Father. I've decided to become
an artist. Have you any objection7
Father-No. provided you don't draw
on me-Boston Transcript
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1t is easy to take a Joke In the spirit
in which 1t is intended If it is on the
other fellow
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CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to express our heartfelt
thanks to all for their many kind
nesses to US in our recent affection.
To the singers we also render thanks.
Mr. and Mrs. Irving Adams
And family.
Mr.. and Mrs G. A Mullen,
Miss Abbie Colby,
Miss Ivy Colby.
Also other immediate members
of the Family
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WORMS

Doctors laugh at worms" Mothers
pooh pooh worms Fathers snn at
worms but children go on suffering
with worms Just the same.
Surprising how Kiokapoo Worm
Killer will knock "pig-headedness'
out OF some parents and make them
ashamed of letting their children
suffer needlessly Try X W X aHi
you will believe in worms and quit
knocking Price. Csc; sold by drug
gsts everywhere and by
e. r. F0GG.
e. Skowhegan, Maine.
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II YOU would allay the pain

And Inflammation of a sprain
Just send for Mentholatum quick
You'll find twill always do the trick.
All druggists, Csc. 20
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When you feel s s5sfs.ss S:1:
vous, tired, worried or respondent it is a
sure sign you need MOTIFS NERVERINE
FILLS. They renew the normal vigor and
make life worth living. Be sure and ask for
Motifs Nerverine Pills Pyi ssu 81 90
WILLIAMS MFG. CO., Props.. Cleveland. Ohio
sold by F. w. Buchanan and @. r. Fogg.
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NOTICE.

NOTICE.
- Notice Is hereby given that Maurice
made application to the Maine State
Board of Bar Examiners for examina-
tion for admission to the Bar at the
on the first Tuesday of August 1911.
JOHN B. MADIGAN,
Sw-29 Secretary of the Board.
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Anything that is worth reading at
ali, is worth reading again.
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RsprehehsIbis AbsentmIndednsss.
"Why are you SO very angry with
Walter?"
"He proposed to me last night"
''What of thatr'
Nothing. Only accepted him the
night Decentralization Stray Stories
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Subscribe for Names Newsiesi
"eekly--The Independent Reporter.
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Discounted.
Man With Wooden Leg-Your charge
for cremation Ia exorbitant Porter at
Crematory-Well, we will throw of
10 per cent In your case on account OF
your wooden leg.-Mergendorfer Blat'
tar.
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PROBATE NOTICES.

To All Persons Interested fn Either OF
the Estates Hereinafter Named.
At a Probate Court held at Show.
hogan, in and for the County of Som
erset on the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19
Touched by Gypsies.

DR.. d. F. Boyer, veterinary sur
geon of Princeton, Mo-, was touched
last week for $50 by a gang of gypsy
women, probably the same gang who
recently visited Leon. The Princeton
Post has the following interesting &C
count of the "touch:"
"a couple of Acknowledgements
Gypsy queens, with winning ways and
sparkling eyes, who "tella de fortune
past, present and future'-here
Tuesday morning with gang of
nomads, proved to be pick-pockets
and robbers of very smooth sort.
Depending on the gallantry of their
victims to shield them, they grew a
little bold, however, and thirty dol
lars they got from DR.. D. F. Boyer's
pocket was returned to him after a
little persuasion by Marshal Cisco.
Mr.. Boyer was standing in front of
the Bailey building on the north side
of the square when approached by
the two women who wanted to tell
his fortune. Now the Doctor knows
all about his fortune, and for little
sport he played deaf and dumb. The
women were experts with the sign
language, and while one of them
spelled ''fortune'' in front of him, the
other fingered leash" from behind.
She neatly removed wallet from his
hip pocket and after extracting three
Green Williams, returned the leather
to it's snug resting place. Dock
chuckled out loud as the beaded
queens left him.
The deal would have probably
went through" but mortar-mixer
standing near, who witnessed the
proceedings, complained that Dock
had raised the price too high on for
tunes. This started an investigation
and the deaf mute doctor found
that he had been relieved of several
minutes salary.
Mr.. Boyer and the marshal rounded
the Gypsies up and got the money
back. Using as a shield, me have
baby; me no go to JAIL" every female
in the bunch big enough to walk
proved CD to be mother, and the
horseswappers of twenty were great
grand-daddies. The calaboose was
too small to hold more than four gen.
erations, so the marshal fired the
gang out of town on a double quick
march.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19
HER HAIR GREW.
That's Why a Thankful Woman Rec
OmmendS Partisan Sage.

Van Werden & Kopp will sell you
Ia fifty cent bottle of PARTISAN
SAGE and guarantee it to Danish
|dandruff, stop falling hair and itch
ing scalp, or money back. It's de-
|lightful hair dressing that makes
hair lustrous and fascinating.
In the spring I was recovering
from a severe case of erysipelas,
which left me virtually bald on the
front of my head and next to my
ears. The hair kept coming out rap
idly and nothing l used stopped my
getting entirely bald, until used
1.-TWO bottles of PARTISAN SAGE.
This tonic made my hair start to
|grow in and, in fact, grew me a good
fair amount of hair, and it has en-
tirely stopped my hair falling out.
1t is with pleasure that l give a
public recommend to PARTISAN
SAGE, which I know is wonder"
Mrs. Ella Gilchrist, w. Pitt St., Bed
ford, Pa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19
RED CROSS CAMPAIGN.
Christmas Seals to be Sold Again This
Year. Department OF Tuber-
culOsis Will Handle
the Sale.

Press Bureau Board of Control of
State Institutions, Department OF
Tuberculosis. Des Moines, Oct. Is,
1911.-The state department on tu-
berculosis will conduct the campaign
for the sale of Red Cross Seals this
year. An order for a million seals
has been placed with the National
Association for the Study and Pre-
vention of Tuberculosis and will be
used as a method of extending the
educational work on tuberculosis.
A large number of cities and towns
handled the seals last year with most
gratifying results and it is expected
that this year the sales of these
stamps will be conducted in many
more cities and towns throughout
the state.
The National Association for the
Study and Prevention of Tuberculo-
sis furnishes the seals, requiring but
- h per cent of the money realized
in their sale and permitting the re-
turn of all unsold seals. This allows
871A per cent to remain in the COM
munity where the stamps are sold.
This department will not realize
any money from, the seals but on the
other hand will expend quite sum
in stimulating their sale. The
stamps sell at 1c each and are placed
on the reverse side of letters and
Christmas packages. They are in
tended for the purpose of raising
money to be used locally in the sup
preston or relief of tuberculosis.
Women's clubs, visiting nurses
associations, charity organization
societies and other institutions in
terested in the combat against tu-
berculosis, desiring to use this meth
cd of raising money to stamp out
tuberculosis and incidentally to bring
relief perhaps to some sufferer with
the scourge, should communicate at
once with the Department on Tuber-
culosis, Des Moines, Iowa.
Aretas E. Kepford,
State Lecturer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19
AN INTERESTING CASE.
Decatur County School Case to be
Referred to State Superintend-
ent of Schools DeyOe.

An interesting case is soon to be
referred to the state superintendent
of schools for an official opinion.
Tick Ridge District, of Garden
Grove township, Decatur county, has
decided to have ninth and tenth
grade work taught, and has notified
Humeston High School and Garden
Grove High School that they will not
pay tuition for pupils taking work in
these grades.
1t seems that the State Superin-
tendent has already made ruling
that any district may do this. But
we understand that in the case al
ready passed upon, teacher OF liber-
al education had been employed es-
pecially for this work, and another
teacher was employed for the work
of lower grades.
Inasmuch as the law requires
High School teachers to hold higher
certificates than those required for
country schools, and colleges and
colleges everywhere require from
thirty-five to forty minutes recita-
tons, it would seem that in this case
the Tick Ridge district would not be
upheld. 1t is said that their teacher
holds second grade certificate, and
there are many pupils in lower
grades. If each grade has four stud
les, she would need at least forty
classes daily, and they would have to
average less than fifteen minutes
each. The alternative of teaching
eight classes for the ninth and
tenth grades of forty minutes
each and giving the other pu-
pills the remaining time seems
unsatisfactory to all who have child
rem in the lower grades.
1t would seem that this district is
attempting to turn back the wheels
of progress to nulify one of the best
laws ever put among the statutes OF
the state of Iowa.-A. L. Lyon, in
| itumeston New Era.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19
JUSTICE HARLAN DIED SATUR-
,,. DAY. a.
Member of United States Supreme
Court Since 1877.

Associate Justice John Marshall
Harlan. of the supreme court OF the
United States, died at his home In
Washington, D. c., at S:15 Saturday
morning of acute bronchitis. He was
70 years of age.
Justice John Marshall Harlan was
born in Boyle county, KENTUCKY, III
1888. He was educated at center
College, and, for number OF years,
practiced law in Louisville, Kentucky:
During the civil war he was colonel
of the Tenth Kentucky regiment and
served from 1861 to 1868. From
1868 to 1857 he was attorney general
of the state of Kentucky. Twice ne
was the republican candidate for
governor of Kentucky, in the year
1871 and 1875, and was defeated both
times. He was candidate for the
vice-presidentia nomination in 1917
Justice Harlan was appointed to the
supreme court of the United States
in 1877, by President Hays. ne was
one of the members of the Behrlne
Sea tribunal of arbitration which sat
in the year 1898.
Justice Harlan was one OF the o!o'
est JUSTICES Ill ycd10 VI oSA 'ASS w. O-~~
United States supreme bench. ne was
a man of strong convictions, and out
spoken and fearless in the discharge
of his duties, no matter in what
capacity he served. In the fedora
income tax case, he dissented from the
majority decision of the court whlcf
held that the law was unconstltu'
tional, Justice Harlan and Justice
Field at that time believing that suct
law was constitutional and shoulc
be enforced. In the recent STANDARD
oil decision, Justice Harlan also dis
sented from the majority of the
court, he being of the opinion thai
no authority for the exercise OF rea
sonab1e restraint of commerce coulc
be delegated to any corporate entity
under the provisions of the Sherman
Act. The United States has lost one
of her greatest jurists in the death
of Justice Harlan.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19

There is many a man who isn't
worth what it costs him to live. 8
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19
Will be at the
Leon Hotel
Monday liiIdiIij! Oct. %
One Day Only.
REMARKABLE / R SUCCESS
Of These Talented Physicians In
the Treatment of Chronic
Diseases.

The Northwestern Doctors, repre-
scented by able and experienced phys
icians, registered and licensed by the
state especially for the treatment OF
all nervous and chronic diseases OF
men, women and children, offer to all
who call, consultation, examination
and opinion free, making no charge
whatever.
Over twenty-five years OF active
practice in acute and chronic dis
eases. and in the most famous medi-
cal and surgical hospitals in the
country, enables us to give the most
valuable advice, and to those taking
treatment our prices are the most
reasonable.
We were among the first to do
away with the knife, blood and pain
dicitis, gall-stones, goitre, piles, etc.,
, thus avoiding dangerous surgical OPP
erations.
Our new treatment for cancer,
tumor, tubercular glands, eating ul-
GERS and other malignant growths is
wonderful in it's effect. A germ
destroying fluid, our own specific, is
injected hypodermically into the
very heart of the growth until it
reaches every root, fibre, cell and
substance. After few days the
growth comes away of its own ac-
cord. So great and wonderful have
been the cures that in many cases 1t
is hard indeed to find the dividing
line between skill and miracle.
We make complete record OF
each case undertaken showing the
condition of the vital organs wheth-
er in health or disease, and giving
, description of the disease the patient
has. To each patient we give with
out additional charge, a complete,
| typewriter chart, containing direc-
tons and regulations as to diet, etc.,
especially prepared in each case.
These explicit directions greatly aid
! in the home treatment and cure of
chronic diseases, and have won for
us great praise for the care and at
tention we give our patients.
We recognize the power of drugs
and medicine, rightly used, in the
treatment of chronic diseases, and
rely upon our ability to know the
seat and condition of your trouble
and knowing this, we treat success
fully many of the worst cases, even
after they have been pronounced in
durable by others.
Diseases of the stomach, liver,
blood, skin, nerves, heart, kidneys
and bladder, Deafness, rheumatism
sciatica, diabetes, bed-wetting, leg
ulcers, weak lungs, obesity, etc., are
all treated with gratifying success.
No matter what your ailment may
be, no matter what others have told
you, no matter what experience you
may have had with other physicians,
it will be to your advantage to see us.
If your case is ihcurable, we will
give you such advice as may relieve
you and stay the disease:
Don't put off this duty you owe
yourself, but make note of the date
Of our visit and be prepared to take
advantage of the opportunity to be
treated at home by our successful
methods.
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J. o. WOODMANSEE

'0sTEOPATHIO PHYSICIAN. Consultation snA
- examination free. Once ct WoodmAnses
House one block north Of square. Phone 8. Ones
hours to IL .. m. and l to I p N
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19

The fast man Is pretty certain =
fall behind.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19
Egotism's AntidOte
(Gillilan.)

\IllllldL.
When you kind o. git t. thinkin'
Ye're tn whole endurin' thing,
When We think tn world must have We
Same's kite must have string,
Tehn it's time t. fix fer dodgin'
An begin t. look around
Cause they's somepin' goin' t. hit We
That'll surely take We down.
When We git to t. livin', regular,
Way up in tn upper air,
An when folks without field glass
Couldn't find We anywhere,
Then it's time t. get yer parachute
An see it's workin' right,
While we glance tow'rd terry firmly
Pickin' out spot t. light.
Cause most folks is lots like water
Finds their level off an on
Though they 'vaporate occasional,
An, we wonder where they've gomez
But they're bound t. light back some
how,
Fog err rain, er coolin' dew
An when I say "folks,'' reckon
That's includin' me an you.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19
MeritOl Rheumatism Powders.

Stand as the result of the highest
medical achievement of modern sci
ence, and are guaranteed to give per-
manent relief in all cases of Rheu-
matism. If you suffer from Rheu-
matism give this wonderful remedy a
trial. Stempel & Cherrington, Ex-
elusive Agents.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19
Notice of Appointment of Executor

In the District Court of the State
of Iowa, in and for Decatur County.
In probate.
In the matter of the estate OF
w. A. Mcintosh, deceased.
To whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned has been appointed and
qualified as Executor of the estate
of w. A. Mcintosh, late of Decatur
County, Iowa, deceased. All per-
sons r in any manner indebted to
said deceased or his estate will make
payment to the undersigned; and
those having claims against said de-
ceased or his estate will =. present
them in manner and form az by law
required, for allowance and payment
Dated this 18th day Of October,
A. D. 1911. g,ss, 'staz5. II. "a. ~ u =
= .-.s.-..Iz 5.f Nv. H. YOUNG,
9-3t 3q Executor of said estate
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19

Be sure you are right, and then
don't make q fuss about it; us t-e1:r"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19

What three vowels express trou-
BILE? I. O. u.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19

Our idea of utter worthlessness
ts territory" for some patent right.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19

1t will probably never be known
what the hand-saw.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19

Any man who can't remembers
when he was a fool, is one yet. y
Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1911-01-14
CONVERT LEAGUE
Starts Out with Great
AuRuries of
Success,

Quite a crowd attended the mass
meeting of Catholics at Knights of
Columbus Hall last Sunday evening
when the foundations were laid for
the establishment of a Catholic Con-
vert League in Louisville. The Rev.
Father Charles p. Ratio presided,
and the principal address was deliv-
cred by by Father Xavier Sutton,
c. P, who told of the aims and OBJ
jects of the society. Its principal
idea, he said, was to put the Cath
oils faith before our Protestant
brethren and to explain it in such a
manner that all could understand.
Father Sutton said there were
some of our separated brethren who
looked upon the Catholic church as
a haunted house and were afraid to
enter therein. The object of the
league, he said, was to make all
these misunderstanding plain, and
to enable Catholics to answer all
questions propounded by non-Cath-
olics. All present were fayorably
impressed by Father Sutton's adj
dress. Their names and addresses
were taken and all will be called
upon to attend another meeting at
a date yet 10 he named. when a per-
manent organization will be effected.