The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-09-04
what Makes Mirr,rs Roflectf

The light will pass through the glass,
but will not pass through the metal
backing. Light has the property OF
bounding from surface that it cannot
penetrate, the same as u ball would
when thrown against a surface that 1t
cannot penetrate. The light passes
through the glass Of the mirror, meets
the metal backing and then bounds
from it. This bounding Of the light
from the metal surface is called rehec-
ton, and mirrors are said to reflect
st. Nicholas.
Eighteenth Century Dandies.
In the early part of the eighteenth
century 1t was common thing in
London for a man Of fashion to spend
several hours day with his valet.
among the many quaint operations be-
ing 1.-THE starching of the beard and
the proper pertaining of garments, tho
painting Of the face and amounting
with oils, tinctures, quintessences and
pomatums" 1t is even said that some
of the handles of the time bathed In
wine and milk "for the preservation
of their compilations and the rejuve-
nation Of their energies"
Tho Crust and tho Crumbs. i
In the days when the bread loaf"
was dear careful mothers had set Of
thrifty sayings which are seldom
heard in this time Of the big cheap
loaf Crumbs were regularly swept
up and kept for some useful purpose.
If child threw crumbs in the fire
the old fashioned mother lifted warn
ing finger and said, III you throw
crumbs in the fire you are feeding the
devil" Children were told that the
better part Of a loaf was the crust.
and when a child was sent to the shop
for bread the order was to ask for "a
crusty loaf" If child left its crust,
came the warning: Eyes, my lady Tor
my lad), you'll want for a loaf some
day. You'll find hunger's sharp
thorn London Notes and Queries.
Greenwich Hill.
Probably no hill in the world has
had so strangely varied history or
played so important a part In the af-
fairs Of men as that at Greenwich. The
granite line across the footpath on its
summit is the meridian from which
the longitude on every British map
and chart is calculated. All England
sets its time by the mean solar clock.
There is large electromagnetic
clock fixed on the outside wall of the
observatory and divided into twenty
four hours. There are still many who
believe this clock is kept going by the
sun. They do not know that the fixed
stars are the real timekeepers from
which Britishers check. their daily
progress.-LOndon Graphic.
SuIphuric Acid Burns.
Burns from sulphuric acid are easily
cared. Just remember that plain wa
ater--lots of thrust be poured on tho
victim Of a sulphuric acid accident at
once. even to throwing the party into
the water if possible. This acid on
The skin feels like fire. With water
acid}sis rendered harmless. Men have
been burned with it repeatedly with.
out harm through knowledge Of this
proper antidote. II not treated
promptly the most horrible disfgure.
nents result. The police department
Paris exhibits wax figures of faces
|6f victims Of the foreign practice Of
throwing this acid in ones face. A
prompt treatment of water would
have rendered the acid harmless.
Letting His Light Shine.
If anybody wanted to see something
curious just come with him, the mar
BILE cutter said. Somebody did. So he
led the way to a monument that had
inscriptions engraved in three Ian.
guages. English, German and Hebrew.
Same thing in each one," he said.
"You can see for yourself what it says
in English-a good citizen, a good ia
Their, Il good husband, and peace to his
SOUL The relatives had that eulogy
printed in all three languages because
their friends are kind Of mixed on
tongues. Some can read one thing and
some another, and he was too good q
man for anybody to pass by unaware
of his virtues simply because they
couldn't read the language on the
tombstone" New York Press. Is
First Colonial Assembly.
The first legislative assembly that
ever met in America was at James.
town, Va Governor Yeardley, feel.
ing that the colonists should have
hand in the governing Of themselves"
to use his own language, called tho
assembly together at jamestown, July
80, 1919 1t consisted of the governor.
council and 'burgesses." as they were
called, chosen from the various plan
tations. The laws passed by this body
had to be ratified in England; but, in
turn, the orders from London were not
binding unless ratified by the colonial
assembly. In 1921 these privileges
were embodied in written consttu-
ton, the first Of the kird in America