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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-06
They Are Not Bogus Nickels.

If some person hands you a nickel
which has an odd appearance don't
think it is counterfeit, because it may
be one of the new nickels which
has just been turned out of the mint.
The new coin of your Uncle Sam is
thing of beauty and one OF the
most artistic coins ever put out by
the gederal government.
The nickel doesn't look like money
at all! The only resemblance it has
to any other coin is that it is round
and about the same size as the or
dina1y nickel.
On one side of the nickel is bison
and on the reverse side an Indian
lead with the date below. The
Five Cents appears below the buff
ldlo.
The mint has coined 100000 OF
the now nickels and sent them to all
Of the large cities in all parts OF
the country. They were put in cir
culation Saturday morning in al the
cities to which they We're sent.
1t may be few days before any
of the coins make their appearance
in Leon, but when they do, do not
be afraid that they are spurious
mediums of exchange.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-06
New Court Cases.

Maud M. Farmer vs 4. E. North
rup. Plaintiff asks for Judgment
against defendant for the sum OF
$500 as damages she has sustained
BY reason of defendant violating a
contract made when II. L. and A. E.
Northrup sold their meat and ice
business at Garden Grove to plain
aft in which they agreed not to en-
gage in the meat or ice business so
long as plaintiff remained in bust
ness. Plaintiff alleges defendant has
engaged in the meat and ice business
in connection with his grocery bust
ness. Sharp & Parrish, attorneys
for plaintiff.
Ann Ellis VS.. George Ellis. The
parties were married. in Harrison
county, Mo-, Dec. 81, 1876, and lived
together until Feb. S. 1913. Plain
tiff alleges her husband has become
an habitual drunkard. has failed to
support her and has been brutal in
his language and conduct towards
her. She asks for a decree of di-
vorce, 5000 temporary alimony and
$1,000 permanent alimony. Geo. w.
Baker, attorney for plaintiff.
Laclede Mfg. Co. VS.. A. A. Snow.
Suit is brought on contract for the
sale of bill of jewelry amounting
to S20O93. This suit was brought
y in the superior court at Cedar Rap
ids, Iowa, the contract providing for
payment in that city, and is brought
to Decatur county, the home OF the
defendant, on a change OF venue,
the first one in this county under
Z the, new law which provides that
where fraud is alleged on a contract
the case can be transferred to the
county in which the defendant re-
sides. M. B. Putnam, attorney for
plaintiff
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-06
Church Notes.

Mr.. Robert G. Dyer, the Armenian
Boy Preacher, gave an interesting
and stirring talk Sunday evening.
He dwelt upon the religious perse-
cutions in his native country by the
barbarous Turks; and contrasted
Christianity and Mohammedanism.
his following the teachings of Mo-
hamet. His lecture Thursday even
ing will doubtless touch more in de-
tail upon these points. Mr.. Dyer
purposes to educate himself in Simp-
son College and return to Armenia
as an American citizen and mission
airy.
The surprise at Sunday school
Sunday morning consisted of song
by the young mems class, solo by
Miss Hutchinson, reading by Miss
Mabel Horner, and a second number
by the young mems class. A good
program and a good Sunday school
attendance on so cold a Sunday
morning is very commendable. Don t
miss the benefits of Sabbath school.
The sessions at all the churches are
at 9:45.
No mid-week service tonight on
account of the lecture by the Ar
menian Boy Preacher in the church
at that hour.
The boys of the K of NJ. club will
be glad for odd jobbs to earn spend
ing money When needing their help
confer with Fay Marshall or Charles
VanWerden. The club held an en-
thusiastic meeting Monday night in
the church basement.
Both preaching services Sunday.
The hours are 1890 a.. M. and 1880
p. m. Those wishing Ito join the
church will be given an opportunity
to do SO, and will be cordially re-
ceiyed. Epworth League will be
held at 6::3O and led by Miss Mabel
Slower. All young people are in
;vited to come and take part.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-06
TO. Tell The Age of a Horse.

To tell the age of any horse,
| Inspect the lower jaw Of course;
The six front teeth the tale will tell
And every doubt and fear dispel
Two middle nippers you behold
Before the colt is two months old,
Before eight weeks two more will
come,
Eight months the corners cut the
gum.
The outside grooves will disappear
From middle two in just one year.
In two years from the second pair
In three years corners" too are bare.
At two the middle "nippers' drop;
At three the second pair can't stop;
When four years old the fourth pair
goes
At fiYe full new set he shows.
The deep black spots will pass from
view
At six years, from the middle two;
The second pair at seven years;
At eight, the spot each corner clears.
From middle "nippers' upper jaw
At nine the black spots will draw,
The second pair at ten are bright;
Eleven finds the corners light.
AS time goes on, the horsemen know,
The oval teeth three sided grow.
They longer Observation-Disclosures
Til twenty, wfen we know no more.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-06
kOnklin-Lane.

On Feb. 26, 1913, a pretty home
wedding occurred at the pleasant
home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. c. Lane when their daugh-
ter, Miss Nellie was united in mar
riage to Mr.. Everett Konklin. The
ceremony was solemniZed at $50 in
the evening by Rev. j. G. Duling. of
Garden Grove, being witnessed by
near relatives and a few friends.
Miss Lenna kOnklin, sister Of
the groom played the wedding march.
After hearty congratulations an elab-
crate four course dinner was served
in the dining room. Gifts Of silver,
linen and china were left as tokens
Of love and esteem. The bride look
ed very sweet in her wedding dress
of tan whipcord serge, white silk
and lace trimmings. She is one OF
Woodlands most popular young
ladies and is loved by all who knew
her. The groom is the only son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Konklin and is
one of High Points best young men
Of capablity and sterling worth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Konklin will i'm
mediately go to housekeeping on the
Paris farm which his father owns.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-06
The Log of the Biggs Deep Well.

We have been asked on several
occasions if we had the log of the
deep we'll which was put down to a
depth of 500 feet in 1902 by VIM.
Biggs, which is located at the same
place where the city's deep we'll was
drilled which now supplies an abun-
dant supply of good water for Icons
waterworks. Through the kindness
of Mr.. Biggs we have secured the
following report of his we'll, which
is published in the official book is
sued in 1912 by the United States
Geological survey, which was prepar-
ed in cooperation with the Iowa
Geological Survey, the report being
as follows:
The we'll was drilled for William
Biggs in 1902 at point few rods
west of the city square. 1t is 500
feet deep and is cased with $50 feet
of ~ inch, 1852 feet of 3 u inch, and
210 feet of ~ inch pipe. The curb
is ,120 feet above sea level. Water
was found in sandstone at depth
of 700 feet. No other water was re-
ported. The normal water level is
$40 feet below the surface or ap-
proximately $50 feet above sea level.
With the suction pipe extending SO
feet below the water level the yield
is not sufficient to supply the pump,
somewhat less than 40 gallons a
minute having been reported. In
1906 Mr.. Biggs reported the yield to
be Is gallons per minute. The
analysis shows that the water is only
moderately hard but that it contains
sufficient sodium and the sulphates
to render it mildly laxative and give
it some reputation as medicinal
water. The water is said to be more
or less turbid at all times.
Driller's Log of Biggs Well at Leon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-06
A Pleasant Social Evening.

Some 80 or 80 young people of
the different Sunday schools of town
met in the Methodist church base
ment last Tuesday evening for So
ciai time as the guests of Glass No.
8; the young mems class of the NJ.
E. church. The disagreeable wealth
er no doubt interferred with many's
coming, but all who came had an
enjoyable evening playing games in
which all could take part. While
refreshments were being served Miss
Mabel Horner, the teacher of Class
No. 3, gave two short readings that
were appreciated very much. Just
before returning to their homes the
young people went up stairs in the
church and sang several songs in
which they were led by Prof. Gass.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-06
New Buda.

This last week has been a hard
one on stock.
S. 0. Sprinkle went to st. Joe
last week and bought three head of
work horses.
Word received here from British
Columbia, Canada says that Nathan
iel Seymour had died there on the
Goth Of February.
Myles Boegar has sold his auto to
Joe McLain
Moses Latta is hauling logs to
build a new house for Joe Vandall
Ora Lapoint and family from Of
tumwa are visiting at the home of
Mrs. Lapoint's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. F. Hagen's.
Ora Fetty spent Saturday and Sun
day with home folks
Myles BOegar went to Lamont and
purchased new 1913 model Ford
car this last week.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-06
Great Reduction Sale.

Ladies' and misses shoes, 500,
$3.50 per pair. Mems and boys
shoes, $3.50 and $500 per pair.
Ladies' and misses coats and
jackets, $1.OO, $1.50 and $500 each.
Mems apron overalls, 60 cents.
Duck coats, $1.0O.
Laces, cents per yard, embroid-
cry sikh cent per spool.
Arctics, $1.25, Alaskas, 80 cents,
and $1.00. Come see us. North
side of square.
S. A: Gates & Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-06

, When a big aple-Dodied man is
seen hauling home big washing in
order that his wife may do her part
toward supporting the family" the
sight recclls the statement of the
colored woman as to her new hus-
band. "He suttinly is awful good to
me-" said She He's done found me
six moro washins to do" There
should be some way of getting at the
men who live on the proceeds of
their wives washboards and the
Iowa statutes will not be complete
until they have provided a method.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-06
Boughtin-May.

Mr.. Vern Nj. Boughtin and Miss
Rosa Diana May, two we'll known
young people Of Clarke county, re-
siding near Weldon, were married at
the clerks office in this city on Tues
day morning by Justice A. R. War
ford. The happy young couple re-
turned home the same day and will
go to housekeeping at once on a
farm near Weldon. Their many
friends extend congratulations.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-06
The Largest Magazine in the World.

9Today's Magazine is the largest
and best edited magazine published
at so cents per year. Five cents per
copy at all newsdealers. Every lady
Who appreciates a good magazine
should send for free sample copy
md premium catalogue. Address
Tsday,s Magazine, Canton, Ohio.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-06
ChurChill-Gelhaar.

Yesterday at high noon, at the
county clerk Goltry's Office in the
court house, Mr.. Clifton Churchill
and Miss Louise Gelhaar both of
Garden Grove. were united in the
bonds of wedlock. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. n. F. Hicks,
pastor of the United Brethren
church. The worthy couple will re-
side in Garden Characterization
Herald.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-06

1t will pay to get our prices on
coal before buying. Biddison Coal 4
Grain Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-06
The Thief.

Rollingstone Nomoss--Wot's a KEEP
tomaniac, Tatters?
Tatterdon lorna kieptomaniac,
Rolly, is Teller wot steals Ter de love
Of stealing, not because he wants de
stuff
Rollingstone Nomoss-Gee! Den I
must be one. I swiped cake of soap.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-06

Order cut flowers and Aoral de-
signs from O. E. Hull, local agent OF
Lozier. of Des MoiIes, at The Re-
porter Office. Orders sent by phone
or mail, but order as early as posi-
bic.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-06
DIR, G.. III. MITCHELL

Surgery and Obstetrics Specially.
B;ggs block, Leon, Iowa. Phone
48. All calls answered day or night.
Hours 2 to 4 p. m. and Z to s on
Saturday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-06
Christianity,

Many man would find it easier to
do his Christian duty of he were not
so busy trying to do his Christian
friends.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-06

Don't forget the Saturday after
Hoon matinee at the Idle Hour
theatre at 3 o'clock. Admission S
and 10 cents.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-06

Come in and look over our new
line Of jewellery. G. E. Butler, the
new jeweler.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-03-06

All kinds vi cement and brick
work contracted by the Leon Cement
and Brick Co.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-09

strange it is that you should bring me
your compliments, when all day long
every one has been bringing me their
insults. Read that"
She handed him the paper which
was still between her fingers, and De
Maupeou, taking it, read:
"Pourquoi ce brilliant vis-a-vis?
Est-ce lie char dune deesse
Gu de quelque jeune Princesse?"
S'ecriait I'm baduad surpris.
"Non,' de Ia foule curieusc,
Lui repond I'm caustique. mon;
C'cst lie char de la blanchisscusc
De Get infame-d'Aiguillon."
De Maupeou read this elegant pro-
duction without moving muscle of his
face.
He knew the history of the mag
nihcent carriage which the Due d'Aig-
uillon had presented to Madame du
Barry; carriage which goes down
through history as the most beautiful
ever built, costing in IFS construction
at least sixty thousand livres.
He had good cause to know the his
tory of this carriage, as when the
Due d'Aiguillon had been accused OF
expressing the people of Brittany, De
Maupeou it was who had moved the
Comtesse du Barry TO induce the king
TO pardon DAiguillon The carriage
had been and acknowledgment of this
act and the acknowledgment had
brought down on the unfortunate COM
tesse a shower of lampoons and bal
ladies' of nature to drive an ordinary
woman to distraction.
De SartineS could have easily seized
ballad-nongers, but he held his hand
simply because De Maupeou, being at
the bottom of the gift of the carriage,
De Sartines was determined to make
that gift as bitter as possible 10 Mad
amc du Barry.
1t is necessary to the progress of this
story, and it is also interesting, to ex-
pose few of those hidden springs and
wheels Tin the forms of motives and
acts) which made up the everyday
story of Versailles
Madame" said De Maupeou, the
writer of this rubbish is to be pitied
for his poverty of pocket and mind,
and perhaps pardoned for his fault,
but the man who allowed this to be
written has committed an unpardon-
able act"
"Aie!" cried she. the vision of the
pretty carriage in which she could new
er now drive trundling off into invis-
ibility, IF / but had him | would show
him how far it is safe to insult a wom-
an with spirit. And look, here are
more, the same, and worse"
Il say again, Madame. that the man
who wrote these things is only the
pen; it is the man who allows them to
be circulated who deserves punish
mcnt."
And that man."
"Oh, Madame, do you need to ask?
Who punished Rochas for his pamphlet
against the monarchy? Who punished
Therrcy for his ballad of Versailles !?
Who"
All" said madame. you mean
Monsieur de Sartines:"
Precisely"
But, my dear friend. Monsieur de
Sartines himself told me that though
the things were printed in Paris, the
printers had escaped to Holland and
were beyond pursuit"
"Oh, did he? Well, Madame. must
ask you question: when was the first
OF these ballads sent to you?"
The Washington herald., 1913-02-09

sieur, only l warn you of this; if you
display your power before the rIgh,
moment arrives you will spoil all"
Madame" replied he, rising to go
Il leave the matter in your hands, as
sured that your aim is the same as
mine-justice. | shall be with you to-
night.
lie took his leave. entered his car
riage, and gave his coachman the or
der. Versailles"
His hatred of De Sartines had been
growth of years. one of those hatreds
complex as a mechanism and cold as
ice. despite the fire that keeps it alive
He knew much against De Sartinesr
but he had never been able to make use
of his knowledge Instinct told him
now that this woman was probably the
instrument he had been long searching
for. That she had the lieutenant gen
eral of police in her grip was SELF
evident.
"A criminal who has conspired
against the welfare OF the state. lie
kept mumbling the words over as
though they pleased him. The crini-
nal could be none other than De Sar-
tines. What crime had he committed
out of the many possible crimes that
he might commit De Maupeou could
not tell, nor did he care so long as the
crime was big enough.
An hour and a half after leaving
Paris, that is to say at about twenty
minutes past four, De Maupeou'S car
riage entered the courtyard OF Yer
saiIles. We have said that at this
period the diner-hour OF the nobility
was four o'clock; that of the king
five. From this it followed that from
four to FIVE O'Clock there was an emp
tying of the anterooms and corridors
adjoining the kings apartments. One
might have fancied that the dinner
hour would have empticd them entire
ly, but this was not so. A number Of
courtiers always clung on in the hope
of a glance or word from the king as
he passed to the dining-room or the
private apartments of Madame du
Barry.
Nothing is more extraordinary than
this obSeSsion of the courtiers of the
kings OF France which caused them
to cling TO the presence OF the mon
arch as bees to their queen. Marked
in the time of Louis XIII, it became
acute in the reign OF the Grand Mon
arch, and still more so in the time
OF Louis Nv. From the Duchesse de
Gramont to the Marchioness de Mire-
polk, from Monsieur dc Choiseul TO
the Prince de Soubisc. there was not
one of these people who did not feel
half-stiled when condemned to breathe
air other than the air of the court.
So, though it was past the dinner
hour, Monsieur de Maupeou as he
passed up the stairway of the anbasSa-
dors encountered several of his ac-
and more in the Hall of
Mirrors.
But it was not to the King that
Monsieur dc Maupeou had come to
pay his court. and disregarding the
people whom he met and who made
attempts to hold him in talk. he turned
his steps toward that wing of the
chateau once occupied by the Princess
Adelaide and now occupied by Madame
du Barry when that lady was not in
residence at Luciennes.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-09
CHAPTER II.
MADAME DU BARRY.

n EADAME DU BARRY on this
N especial day was in bad tenn
per, a rare condition of mind
with her who, capricious, fanciful, vo-
latile, and changeable as any woman
could be. rarely displayed ill-humor.
She was seated now. buried in cush-
ions, in an embrasure of one of the
windows showing the trees of the
park, a glimpse of the fountains, and
sky of forget-me-not blue broken
by pearl-white clouds.
Never docs the great park of Yer
sailles look more beautiful than under
the afternoon sun of a summers day,
but madame had no eyes for its beauty
Just now, nor for the antics of Pts
tache, her little dog. begging to be
taken up from the floor, nor for the
beauty of Combefere, the macaw, blaz-
ing with tropical color on his perch !;
her eyes were entirely taken up by a
paper which she held in her hands.
Other papers lay on the cushions. evil
IDENTIFY read and cast there in a fit OF
impatiencc.
Madame du Barry was dressed in a
gown of blue Italian silk; stiff almost
as brocade, clasped at the waist with
diamonds, and showing the pearl-white
of her throat and arms to perfection.
Her hair was dressed after her own
fashion, that is TO say, negligently; the
frisure and the other horrors of the
hair-dresser's art had been condemned
I, L. II .I,o - L..
of the court fashion had been intro
duced disastrous TO all but the Young
and beautiful Her face was lovely,
one OF those faces that surprise as
much as they delight us, because they
are new.
With what feelings of disgust one
reads the description of her by the
Infamous Madame Gourdan: Her
waist was we'll rounded; her face. of
an oval that might have been chiseled
by a sculptor; she had large deep-set
eyes whose subtle glance was always
delightful, and | noticed that her skin
was of marble whiteness, her hands
and feet of the daintiest, and her hair
in such profusion that could not hold
it in my two hands"
And yet this ogress in her stereo-
typed way had found something of the
countess nameless charm in those
"deep-set eyes whose subtle glance was
always delightful"
Madame du Barry raised her head
on the introduction of Monsieur de
Maupeou, and presented her hand to
him while retaining in the other hand
the paper which she had been read
ing.
"Madame-chere cousine," murmur-
ed the first magistrate of France as
he bowed over the hand of the COM
tesse, what a pleasure it is to find
you TO delight the eye, after the dust
of the law-courts, the faces one sees.
My compliments
"Oh, Monsieur. replied the Lowell,
creature among the cushions, how
The Washington herald., 1913-02-09
THE MINISTER OF POLICE es.,5. .e.,5e,

Ten days ago. and | have received
ballad a day since"
When did you apply to Monsieur d.
Sartines?"
Five days ago"
so that FIVE ballads have been print
ed since, and you will receive another
tomorrow No, Madame. the printer:
have not escaped to Holland, nor dc
they wish TO escape there; they arr
| quite satisfied to remain in Paris under
the protection and in the pay Of
lie paused as if he had gone further
than he wished.
t, You mean to say Monsieur de Sar-
tines is the instigator of these vii
lainies?"
81 mean to say nothing, Madame,
replied De Maupcou coldly.
You hint"
Madame, l only give you food fol
reflection"
at must be. The things have beer
published daily since | spoke, and ht
was to have seen me to-day abou
them, and he has not called All, DE-
Sartincs, De Sartines, i. that how yor
| recompense your friends~
De Maupeou smiled; but he sait
| nothing for a moment, fixing his eyes
on the carved mantel emblazoned witt
the Du Barry arms and the motto
''Boutez En- Avant"
In his carriage, which contained
among other things materials for cor.
respondence, he had occupied himself
during the journey to Versailles in the
preparation of a document which he
now drew from his pocket.
Madame" said he, for every bant
there is an antidote, and strangely
enough, for the drugs of the poisonel
antidotc" He handed the order to her
and she read:
For our vice chancellor, Monsieur
de Alaupcou, to hold this day an in
quiry at the house known as No II
Rue Cog Heron into the conduct oil
certain persons under suspicion as en-
emies to the state Giving the said
Monsieur dc Maupeou full power &c
seize all documents that may cast light
OH the conduct of the persons indicat-
! cd. with power to arrest and detair
for further examination any person oI
persons concerning whom, in his judg-
ment. the evidence may direct itself.
Signed. At our Palace of Versailles
All" said Madame du Barry when
she had finished reading, can it be
that De Sartines-"
De Maupcou cut her short with a
grimacc In the mirror opposite tc
him he had seen a curtain pushed aside
and the form of gentleman disclosing
itself at the doorway 1t was the king
who had entered unannounccd.
Good day, Madame. Good day
Monsieur de Maupeou. Well, what is
this hear about Monsieur de Sar-
tines"
"Oh. your Majesty" replied the CON-
tesse. 1T is not what we hear about
Monsieur de Sartines that troubles me
but rather what we do not hear. He
was to have called upon me to-day
with reference to matters like this
she handed the verses to the king-'but
he has not arrived He is too busy
no doubt. with the arrest OF pickpock-
cts and other high affairs of state to
trouble about matters like these"
The king read the verses carefully
through. for he was very often minute
in affairs of that sort. and with every
line his irritation deepencd. 1t was