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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-10
Robertson Won the Right to Com.
pete For the Title BY De-
feating DR.. smales
Last Week.
WILL MEET E. o. ECKAND
A Close Finish is Looked For in
This Final Match Which
viii be Played Dur.
ing the Week.

The pool tournament which has
been in progress at the Y. M. C. A.
for the past month will probably be
brought to a close this week and the
winner will either be E. o. Eckland
or Ed. Robertson. Robertson won the
right OF meeting Eckland for the
championship by defeating DR.. Smales
last evening in a close match. The
final rack gave Robertson victory by
a score of rs to 70, Robertson playing
at rs and Smales at so. Both Eek
land and Robertson have been playing
in good form throughout the present
tourney and it is difficult to pick a
winner. Robertson will have a handi
cap of five balls in his final match
against Eckand.
The intermediate basket ball league
continues to incite interest among the
players OF that department of the as
ISOLATION although the victories yester-
day were very overwhelming. The
team captained by McManus defeated
Klaans aggregation by score of %
to 4, while the team captained by Nc.
Grath won from Fulton by score of
A to y. The victors had little diff
Guilty throughout the game in this sec
ond contest and Gagged the ball at will.
The officials were Duncan, referee,
Bode scorer, and Breitenstein timer.
Physical Director Chamberlain
wrote number of letters today for
basket ball games during the holiday
weeks. An effort is being made to
arrange a game with one of the fast
Quincy teams for Christmas afternoon
1t is thought that game at this time
would be a good drawing card. keo
kuk has difficulty in downing the Hi
nois teams last year, although the 10
Gals won majority of the games.
The seat sale for the second number
of the Y NJ. C. A. entertainment
course opened at the association this
morning and the remaining seats We're
disposed of very rapidly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-10

il you wish to sell property use
a Gate City want ad. It talks to sew
eral thousand people every evening
There is no better or cheaper way
to present your proposition than
through want ad in this paper.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-10
Guilty of counterfeitina.

Passing counterfeit money is no
worse than substituting some I'M
known worthless remedy for Foley's
Honey and Tar. the great cough and
cold remedy that cures the most OBJ
stinate coughs and heals the lungs.
Wilkinson & Co, and j, F. Kiedaisch
& Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-10

Tell your neighbor about getting
a complete newspaper for ten cents a
week. The Daily Gate City contains
all the news.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-10
A Favored One.

Though lavish wealth may envied b.
You'll find beyond all question,
The truly thankful man is he
Who has a good digestion
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-10

Booth's pills for constipation are
pleasant and efficient - oen
Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-10

The seat sale for the second number
of the Y NJ. C. A. entertainment
course opened at the association this
morning and the remaining seats were
disposed of very rapidly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-10

-Asad The want column.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-10

Detroit Free Press.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
"onIy."

The postal authorities of the United
States, as well as those OF Great Brit
ain, for a great many years expe-
rienced great difficulty with the word
"only" on postal cards. The efforts
to avoid clumsiness and ambiguity
taxed the ingenuity of the postoffice
people to the utmost.
The postoffice department made six
attempts to find a brief, elegant and
unambiguous legend for the card.
An early postal card was inscribed:
Nothing but the address can be
placed on this side," which was Meth
er true nor elegant.
Nothing but the address to be on
this side" was more to the point. But
as it looked bad to the authorities,
they next evolved this legend: Write
only the address on this side" This
was objected to on the ground that 1t
barred the use of a typewriting ma
chine. Write the address only on
this side, the message on the other"
came next, and was promptly criti-
cised as being both clumsy and am
biguous Then the word only was
dropped, but without much improve
ment.
Finally Uncle Sans officials gave
up the struggle to be original. The
card then adopted and now in use
bears this inscription: The space
below. Is for the address only
Harper's Weekly.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
Durham w. Stevens.

The type has been common enough,
perhaps, in the case of Englishmen
in the native States Of India, but Dur
ham White Stevens was one of few
Americans of intellect and energy
whose careers have been devoted al
most wholly to the service of sove-
reigns or nations not their own. He
went directly from college to a desk
In the United States legations at To
kio, and his ten years there were but
a preparation for the quarter of a
century he has spent as political and
diplomatic adviser and agent of Japan
at Toxic, at Seuol and even in the
city Of his birth, Washington. He
has given to the government that en-
ployed him great abilities and emf
nent loyalty, and now he has given
Japan his life.-New York Sun.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
.2SS1bOW|
-1%8XB|

I'M A GIRL.
I'm 'Liz'beth; and you needn't think
Just accuse l am girl
That I'm a-scared to romp and play
Fear my hair'll come out O. curl.
I'm a girl. low no boys
On our porch, cause they'd rather
Track up mud than wipe their feets-
(All 'cept Sammy-he's my broth
er.) n.
I'm a girl-you don't catch me
Braggin' bout my mustle-pooh!
I'm no boy what fights! and, sides,
I've a dress what's most brand
new
It's betten n muscles any day;
And there's Lucinda-she's my doll
The folks next door, they has a bird
What screeches out plain. Pretty
POLL"
I'm a girl, and can skate
On rollers, good as any boy.
When mother goes down town -
shop,
She fetches me funny toy.
Father buys me ice cream; then
I've an uncle what writes rhymes
And lovely stories. l tell you
1t takes a girl to have grand times!
Washington Star.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
Gold In Abundance.

The Philippines press agent is doing
good work. He has not yet half be
gun to exploit the mineral richness Of
the Islands but has said enough about
the forests to drive any ambitious
American boy to go to our first col
ony and saw wood. II were young Il
would be Orange Island for mine, one
Of the Bashee group, about twenty
two miles long and six wide. Avart
cious Spain established a settlement
there in 1882 in order to procure the
gold which was washed down by the
mountain torrents. The natives, hay
ing but little understanding OF the
value Of the metal, fashioned 1t into
kind Of wire for ornaments, and had
some means of judging OF It's purity
by its smell. The Bashee Islands are
five In number-Orange, Monmouth,
Grafton Goats and Bashee. The group
Is practically in the Chinese Sea-.
New York Press.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
PAVING Debts in Japan.

Foreigners in Japan find a great
opportunity to purchase curios at the
beginning of each new year. Every
one in Japan Is expected to clear up
his books and pay his debts by the
last day Of the old year. The trades
men send in their ya-ds-more often
miles-of bills to "the honorable lady
of the house" and presents are polite
ly exchanged all around. Shopkeepers
hold bargain sales to enable them to
pay the wholesale houses, and il a
man cannot raise sufficient money to
pay his creditors 1t is not an uncom
mon thing for him to sell of suf.
icient or even all of his property at
a sacrifice to enable him to meet the
new year with smiling face. The
only other honorable way out of his
difficulties is for him to commit sui
cide.-Chicago News
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
Horse Breeding.

OF all the countries of the world
France has probably the most extern
sive and efficient system Of govern
ment encouragement of horse breed
ing. Under the law provision Is made
for the maintenance OF about three
thousand three hundred stations in
the stud throughout the country at
nominal fees-less than SS-for in
spected and approved mares, the gov
eminent reserving the right to buy
the offspring at a certain price for
army or breeding purposes. Two
thousand of the government stations
are OF the breed known here as the
French coacher, and FIVE hundred are
English thoroughbreds or Anglo
Arabs. From these government stall
lions and inspected mares more than
one hundred thousand foals are rails
ed annually, giving to the French
army an unfailing supply of remounts,
which in time of war might be of in
calculable value.-New York Herald
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
The letter-Writinq Habit.

Recently l called to see Gov
Hughes about an important business
matter said a political friend OF the
State executive. "Mr. Hughes at the
time had just got through reading DIS
morning mail with the aid OF his sec
rotary, and his table was literally GOV.
cred with correspondence. After
had been escorted to seat near MIN
the governor turned to me presently
with a most weary look on his race
and with a sweep of his hand at tns
pile of letters remarked: There Is =
large class-a very large class-ol
people who seem to take moroia
pleasure in sending me letters wnfch
do not require an answer about SUD
jects which do not concern them, me-
or my office, and which they know
nothing about anyway." New foA
Times.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
Gas Pressure

A manufacturer of high-grade s,.,
ranges in Columbus, Ohio, tells m.
that the gas pressure in the yariou,
States varies so much that It is I'm.
possible to regulate a range without
sending an expert along with each ar.
der, that perfect satisfaction NAV IA
assured. This costs money. Couse.
quertly ranges come high, and absut
one purchaser of such a range orf
OF a billion understands how to rem.
late the flow of gas even when he
mixers" operate as they were de
signed to do. There is always either
too much gas or too much air. To
have perfect cooking there must be
an equilibrium of the two agents. n
too much air the burners pop out:
IL too much gas the utensils are Gov.
cred with SCOT. What you want "a
a royal blue flame without a bit a
white light.-New York Press.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
The Young Ladies Stared.

A number OF young women grouped
on the pavement on Main street. above
Schoolhouse lane, Germantown, on
Saturday evening, gazing intently at
an overhauling sign illumlned brightly
by encircling incandescent bulbs, at.
tracted the attention of pedestrians
The sign, OF large proportions, was
suspended over the sidewalk from me
old-fashioned stone building which .
century or more ago was known as
the King OF Prussia Inn, the building
being one of the best known land
marks OF that historic suburb. Part
OF this old structure Is now occupied
by a tonsorial artist named Hug, o.
German extraction, and his unusually
attractive sign read Hug the bar
ber." The comma after the word Hug
had been NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. REQ
ord
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
Contrary to the Last.

Speaking OF 'contrariness' cat.
the man from Connecticut, "nroh.s,s'
the most contrary person tina, ars.
was heard Of lived near my b,ms :.
Not only did he carrv ~
stubborn streak through all the thin
OF this life, but he intended. accors
ing to his own statement, to ner.,s.
even further with It. Just behind N.
little house where he lived there v.s
a stone blur, and the old man snon,
most OF his spare time quarrying or:
a big rectangular hole in this r.s.
OF rock. To all the questions O, h,s
inquisitive neighbors, he would mai.
no replies until he had completed ,hs
excavation to his satisfaction Than
to the first person who chapced -
ask the purpose Of the work, the ala
man answered proudly:
well, I'll tell We. When d,a p
goin' to be buried in that hole ana
all them stone blccks ye see settIn.
round air goin' to be piled in on ~,
OF me. Then. when Judgment pev
comes and Gabriel blows his horn |,
amt a'comin'-'"-New York Timss
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
Device That Ruined Him.

James R. Garfield who is to be the
new Secretary of the Interior, was
praising labor saving devices.
Labor saving devices always make
for prosperity" Mr.. Garfield said.
The accusations brought against
them are rarely logical. On the con.
trary, these accusations have as o
rule as little logic in them as had
the claim OF a tattered tramp.
This tramp, appealing to kind old
farmer for help, whined:s
"'Wunst / wuz in a fair way ter
become a millionaire, but one OF these
here labor savin' devices knocked
me out
How so. my poor fellowr the
farmer asked.
az wuz dom fine,' the tramp ex
planned, 'holdin' down a bartender'i
Job in saloon, when the boss went
and put in a cash register. Min
neapclis Journal.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
CEREMONY UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
Unusual Dinner at British Embassy at
Time of Paris Siege.

lime OF FdTtS oICUC.
Sir Frank Lascelles, our Ambassa-
dor in Berlin, who Is just retiring.
has had some exciting experiences
in the course of his diplomatic ca
reer.
He was with Sir Edward Malet In
Paris in 1870 during the siege and the
Commune, and tells the story Of an
extraordinary dinner which they had
at the embassy shortly after a
cannon ball had driven in the front
wall and reduced the kitchen to ruins.
A general retreat was made to the
cellar.
And here the two Englishmen So
lemnly arrayed themselves in dress
clothes and set down to dine in as
much state" as possible, amid hope
less tumble of treasured bric-a-brac,
valuables, clocks. china, &C, for not
a scrap of the usual ceremony and
etiquette was waived, despite the in
congruous surroundings.
1T looked like the haunt Of brig
ands," Sir Edward wrote to a friend,
who had just ransacked stately
castle and brought the booty hither;
while in the centre, in vivid contrast
of neatness with the disorder, was
the table laid out for dinner, with its
white tablecloth and silver candle
sticks, and, to crown incongruities,
Frank Lascelles and myself in even
ing dress and white ties, waited on by
the stately butler and embassy ser
vants."-From Tit-Bits.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
Where Nurseries Are Unknown.

Nurseries are unknown in France,
and year-old infants take their place
at the dinner table, eating whatever
they take fancy to. my daughter
adores fish, said the proud mother
of a tiny baby to her d'hote neighbor.
French babies are never supposed to
be in the way. OF course, there are
seldom more than two in the same
family. A hard working professional
man confided to friend that his wife
and he had given up attending the the.
atre because their little boy cried
at being left behind. When in Lon
don Nine. Alphonse Daudet was as.
tonished to find that children were
not invited to luncheons, dinners and
receptions. A clever Frepchman at.
tributes the amiability of his nation
to the fact of early Indulgence, chill
dren's tempers never having been
spoiled by contradiction.-Dundee Ad.
vertiser.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
SAVING THE SPILES.
A Problem In Wharf Building Which
Seems Hard, but Isn't.

A Problem in Wharf Building Which
Seems Hard, but Isn't.
When in building a wharf they have
got the spiles driven you see them
first standing in rows and sticking up
above the water at uneven heights
and with their tops all frayed. Then
the surplus upper length Of the spiles
has to be sawed off so that the string
ers upon which the wharf planking
will be laid can rest upon them; and
the question is, How do they manage
to saw off each spile so that 1t VIII
have a perfectly fat and lever head,
and how do they manage to get all
the spiles sawed off at exactly the
same height? They do this in the
simplest way in the world.
The spiles all driven, they spike
along to each row, at a little dis
lance below where they are to cut
them of, planks upon which they lay
crosswise other planks to make a scat
folding to work on. Then along each
row of spiles at the height where they
are to be cut of they draw levelling
line which, drawn taut and levelled
up, touches every Spite in the row
at exactly the same height; and then
to each Spite they nail two smooth
topped crosspieces, little strips OF
board, one one either side Of the spike,
like the crosstrees on a mast, only
shorter. these cross strips being nall
ed on SO that their tops just touch the
under side OF the dwelling line. And
then the sawyers, with long crosscut
saws worked by a man at each end,
come along.
The crosspieces nailed to the spile
show exactly where 1t is to be cut on.
and they serve also as guides and
supports for the saw in cutting the
Spite off true. Resting the saw blade
On their projecting ends at one side
the men saw and saw until they have
sawed the spile off. And so they
keep on until they have got them
all sawed of and ready for the string.
pieces.-New York Sun.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
ALEXANDER ESCAPED.

As a young man Alexander the
Great escaped death in curious man.
ner. A great banquet was being held
at Pella, the capital Of Macedonia, at
which were present the future con-
queror of the world, and his father,
Philip.
During the feast one of the guests
proposed a toast and prayer offensive
to Alexander, who hurled goblet at
him. King Philip, angry at this out.
rage, started up, drew his sword. and
rushed furiously upon his son. but Id
had drunk so deeply that before he
reached him he fell PROSTATE among
the terrified merrymakers.
Not a whit perturbed at this extra,
ordinary escape from death, Alexan-
der retorted: Here is a man prepar-
ing to cross from Europe to Asia, who
yet cannot step surely from one couch
to another."-New York Herald.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
Who 10 Bless.

A very young child was saying us
prayers at the bedside in his grand'
fathers house. The grandfather. anA'
ious to hear the boy, stood at inc
room door, which was sufficiently open
for him to see and hear the child.
After the usual asking, God to oless
his parents" the child reached 1eu
bless grandma and grandpa" AT tne
mention OF the last named. the ooy'
eyes catching sight OF his grandfaln'
er, he stopped, and, pointing MS nv
tie finger, said: There he Isl
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12

from sheer naughtiness. The misun-
derstood little Smith was sent away
in disgrace to stand before her own
seat with her primer in her hand
while the tears rolled down her cheeks
until the unfortunate ~" was soaked.
A second trial after school was
worse than the first. The little Smith
no longer laughed. ., 49,.
~" said the teacher.
Me-" sobbed the little Smith.
you are a naughty little GIRL" said
the teacher as she dismissed her.
The little Smith went home with
a heavy heart for she loved the teach
er and loved school, and this first
cloud was black.
She went ON her fathers shoulder
as she told her troubles, and then
dear patient Papa Smith, in his own
bright way, made his little girl see
what the matter was.
The clouds cleared away and long
before nine o'clock the next morning
the little Smith skipped away to
school, her black eyes shining, and
ran to her teacher, saying, ZULU
o. o. B., in Christian Register.
TWO JACKETS AND TWO GIRLS.
There was an uneasy stir at one
side of the closet. 1t was LOUIS jack
ct. Finally, it spoke, in tired, ner-
vous voice.
"Oh, dear! Lou has left me hang
ing by loop and my shoulders sag
so that l can hardly get my breath. 1
don't know how can ever look nice
and fresh II get no rest"
Mays jacket reused itself to an
swer:
You poor thing. l am so sorry for
you. Now, my shoulders are resting
so nicely on this coat frame. May is
never in too much Of a hurry to slip
me we'll on it. Tomorrow some one
will be sure to say to her. How fresh
and nice your jacket loOks!'"
That's just it," grumbled LOUIS
jacket.
And they will say to Lou, How
wrinkled your jacket is! 1t doesn't
seem to keep its shape at all well,
while all the time 1t is not my fault.
How can rest, hung only by loop
and that not a strong one? There's
a button of, too, and three-cornered
tear in one elbow that makes me very
uncomfortable. I suppose when 1t is
torn bigger her mother will see it and
mend it for her. Oh, dear! This loop
is giving way, and l am going to fall
to the floor. I suppose that means
dust and more wrinkles"
With a gasp the jacket sat down,
falling directly upon a pair of muddy
overshoes.
Mays jacket peered down through
darkness to where the other lay for
moment, then settled itself for quiet
nap. 1t looked so fresh and bright the
next morning that no one ever dream
ed 1t knew all about the troubles OF
Louis Observation-Disclosures Star.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12
Resumes His Rounds.

Mrs. Goodsole-I haven't seen you,
I think, since last fall. Begging again,
are you?
Ruffon Wratz with deprecatory
cough)-Yes, ma'am. I'm one OF de
harbinjaires Of spring.-Chicago Trib-
une. -
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12

1t must be lovely to De born that
kind of a person, but since l wasn't,
suppose I'll just have to keep
working away at that husk."-Frow
Youths Companion.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12

THE TIDE OF DREAMS.
4 lambert tide OF dreams,
Doth watt my soul away,
Where faint and fragrant CLEANS
A peaceful harbor gray.
-iTa
%
Come, love, o haste. thy hand,
{ Across the yearning miles,
Beyond the leagued land,
The happy mirage smiles,
Robert Ioveman, In Uncle Remus's
Magazine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12

Theory is we'll enough to follow
philosophises the American Cultiva
tor. il the feet are kept shod with
facts
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12

William Newberry Of Quincy, Miens
Is 80, but he has never used spectacie'
to read or work with
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12

Some Of the larger boats OF the At.
lantic service carry as many as $50
6remen. -.-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-06-12

ed Sallie, hopefully. After all l told
him about Cement he can't help
voting for me. Twas simply grand.
1t was 'Macadamized Roads he ask
ed for, but l knew more about 'Ce-
ment,' so | just gave him tons"
You're to vote, grandpa" explain
ed Frances, proffering a slip. for the
girl whose conversation pleased you
most"
Hunt" said the old gent'as,an,
frankly 81 can't say that any Of
them pleased me overmuch. Tried
EN- on politics, trusts and potato
bugs. There was one girl, the Den
nison girl-Land, no, not that chat
tering Sallie, ! mean the little dark
one with the shiny eyes. She pleas
ed me more than all the rest put to-
gether. Yes. I'll vote for her"
1--WE found a way" said Eleanor,
unwrapping her prize an hour later
to display it to her sleepy mother,
Ito have good time even at parties.
It's to make everybody else just as
comfortable as you can. When you're
doing that you can't help forgetting
your own bashfulness."
The women of our family said
Mrs. Dennison, complacently, have
always been noted for their social
graces."
"Yes," supplemented Sallie, even
more complacently, its nothing for
Dennison to be a success socially"
II wonder" unused Eleanor, ''if they
all had 10 peel thick husk of BASH
fulness off before they acquired those
graces, as l did! or if they just ma
turally put other peoples comfort first
from the very beginning, as / didn't.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-26

For Saie-27 acres Of land, half
mile of Quarry. Small house on 1t.
J. w. Burroughs, Fidelity bank.