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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-24
4 CAMPAIGN HUmoRIsT.

According TO Pittsburg dispatch.
the United States congress narrowly
missed having real humorist in its
midst The fact developed through
the publication Of the sworn stats
menr OF the campaign expenses Of Till
Reiss Of Greenville, Pa, who was a
candidate for congress from the Twen.
ty-eighth district on the Democratic
ticket
Reisz, Of course. was lest in that
great Republican district. but he takes
oath that spent only ten cents in the
fight He is the proprietor OF little
tobacco store and a few DAYS ago,
when told he must make cut a state
nent Of campaign expenses, he got
q sheet Of brown paper, made out his
statement and swore TO It. A country
newspaper got hold of it and printed
Il Here ii Ia:
= accepted the nomination on the
following platform:
That / would send TO each con
stituent q package Of seeds.
That ! wcuId draw my galarv
promptly
That all over my board / would
bring home and spend with nv con.
stituents
Taere I thought It would do the noss
good Mercer county is my home.
Iaz!ag the presidential vote Of 1904
tEto con sheraton. had only Abs
gotes 70 oVercone.
coansT ! did not get out cards or
Eaaze anT speeches that you could
notice. Captain whistler Of the West.
III Press assured me that becaus
Tas m exalted Elk I could carry
ss coantT without a doubt. ! had
5ca5tfge assurance from Joe sibley
md Alez Mcdowell that Venango
co1rstY positively was ayerse to the
Das d nsoafT in campaigns.
VILE there explanations I hereby
certfsy 70 the following bill Of ex.
Two lettera 70 D. J. Driscoll, ST.
Mary's college. postage ... "a
Coe letter ~ J. w Keller, Mar
Cre ietter " 9, 2. 5hatz, Mead
yllle, DcStage ................ %
To4zI 10
r 9The only seeds ! can give
mis- Year IRE isttle reeds Of Kindness. "
n - s@if sfsat western Pennsylvania
IN D@sn sn q Droad grin ever since.
nm thaf Ee.tgs faa received hundreds
u letters 0yomiaIng rim undying 10y
aifg mn s1pTynrt III any race he wants
~ sake 81 We future But Reisg says
~ thinks hes1l keep IN selling tobacco.
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thick this year. Squirrels are busy
storing up butts. and recently Mr.. Ham
tlton uneartled 2 squirrels cache. of
nuts TO find that he had nearly q bush
el buried IN 4 hollow log The log
was sufficiently high to insure It's re-
naming above tie drifts OF SHOW that
will surely cover this region this win
ter There viii be a white Thanks
giving and correspo1 ding Christmas
and sleighfng VIII be in vogue until
Me first part Of the coming year
Finally we ara warned 10 look out for
foods next spring from melting STOW
and ice We shall see what We shall
see
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-24

Az n illustration Of how far @our
farming baetEe line $ being extended
and strengthened the Springfield
Republican calls attention 10 an IN
noEucement that formal approval has
been given by The nary department
for The building OF the largest drydock
IN the world TITS dock, I.1l6 feet
long and TIC fes- vide. will be located
AZ Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where the
great naval base for the ships OF our
Pacific feet Is TO be constructed and
fortified It's reported dimensions will
make this dock large enough TO ac-
commodate two Of the biggest battle
ships Of the North Dakota class at
the same time. or three Of the Older
battleships, OF nearly whole feet Of
smaller vessels
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/ move1sas Z O. foot n Chicago
To Organize Kitchen gefor1stICn S,l-
czetF. which Mrs Helen Arnsrung
tle famous elsh wo1aa- lecturer and
culinary authority plans TO Ieu1ca AZ
= dtserEragsusut To the divorce
cont Mrs. Arustrunz believes that
EEs kitchen L not only the uost IN
portau- ruou IN the house, but thzt II
Is aIso the place where Etne-tslt-1s
OF domestic fev1Irry has Il inception
By propagzt1ng the philosophy q
correct Kitchens she believes that {
large portion Of domestic difficulty can
be forestzfled Some Of Chtcago's
most prominent women fnclu5t1g Mrs
Potter Palmer are behind rhe more
usn-
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-24

wort has been recslved 81 the
West BurEtngtna shops that 20 Ineo-
motives used On the Burlington system
VIII De ssnE 4 TO be repaired aa1 p1-
mo first class condition tetors the
first Of lie year This means atE1t
and day work for everybody. aud the
rush on general work IN that shop and
OILERS OF the sFsaeu viii cn-tIaua
far INTO next Fear 1 year ago the
Wss1 Bz.rilugta1 shops were closed
part Of the tine and many men wsre
7truwu out 81 work
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z. s. Goodman, senior secretary Of
the religious work department. OF the
Young Mems Christian Association OF
North America. holds that the reason
there are not more boys IN the SUN
day schools between tie ages o. tair-
teen and eighteen Is because the sun
day school teachers - rule are
women He thinks IF there we're
more men teachers there would De
more boys and young me1 z the SUE
lay scaooI1.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-24

Last Saturday was tag day" In
Burlington, ana it developed the mean
est man in the world on the AUTHORITY
Of the Gazette of that city. ~ that
paper relates the incident, he gave
ten cents for tag, the took the tag
home and instructed his small daugh-
ter to go out and sell it and bring back
The proceeds.
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earkis is Willin,

Webster City Freeman, Tribune.
Iowa has good men in abundance am
II President Taft wants to recruit h,
cabinet from this state plenty Of "a,
triots will be willing to make the psr.
sonal sacrifice in the hope of serytn,
their country. Iowa always did "a
s9ond to the call of duty. and it is toe
old to reverse the habit at this la,s
day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-24

Tire Newspaper paragraph which
caused the death 81 former Senator
Carmack Of Tennessee has been pub
Iished broadcast. Much worse things
have been said in the heat Of 2 politi.
cal campaign without melting to per.
sonal violence. much less deliberate
murder Here IS what Editor Car
mack wrote concerning the man who
subsequently shot lin:
To Major Duncan Brown Cooper.
VINO wrought the great coalition, VINO
acaieyed the harmonious confluence 81
incompatible elements, who welded
the pewter handle n the wooden
SPOON who grated The dead oough To
the living tree and made Il bloom
and bourgeon and band with golden
fI1ft; who made playmates Of the
lamb and the leopard and boon COM
paHions Of the spider and the f., who
made soda and Vinegar 10 dwell plac-
lily IN tae same bottle, and VITO
taught oil and water how they might
agree-to Major Duncan Brown Coop
=. The great diplomat Of the political
zreibuad, BE- al honor and glory for
eve-1
aqch . testimonial calls for vote
II thanks rather than q bullet, on
zny .sir estimate .. the value 81
rods Talz country - full Of men
vto nogld feel aattered, and Justly
-. 70 recefve sgch : tribute from q
5s,tt5ca1 opponent Some u thoss
err seseanz are queer a. tines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-24

A new feature of the Illinois Central
railroad is the installation of question
and suggestion boxes at numerous
points over the st. Lois division. All
employees are asked t. write any sug-
gestions they may have to o1or look
ing to the hetterment of service, safer
and moro economical operation. The
arrangement can hardly fail to yield
r01H2Vahle results.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-24

Hon. a. B. cummins resigns totsg
as governor to become senator ~
Is succeeded in the former cayzcEtg.
BY Lieutenant Governor rIarst Tae
latter will serve as governor until the
Inauguration o. Governor-elect car.
roll, which will occur about six weeks
hence.
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Reason for Refraininn.

Sioux City News: Neither Roose.
welt, Taft nor Bryan smoke. If 1t
were not for the fact that Joe Can
non and Pierpont Mongan eat their
stogies alive we would make that the
subject Of an editorial, urging youths
to abstain from the use of the weed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-24

roaring out-no other phrase -
es-a vulgar vaudeville Iprssa
pears to the art of music. From s ne
those WHO love art, civtltzatfa - aosa
humanity must turn away ~ aad
would from the spectacle Of The v ,
turned prostitutes and soIteiti- uses
the streets. 'ss o.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-24

4 Pittsburg youth is stae nz ~
20 he can be one of The a,mr.ags
he litigation over his s4thcrs es.z
Instead Of being a mere clalmz A.
an heir. Evidently he has more g7r-
ton than the average Pittsburg yogt1
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The ae~ tariff ~ vi b. kaov1
~ the PANE BIZ ami froza ores@a.
indications TIE free tr1dsra rl!. E4ve
70 admit that II was appro1rztel7
FAMED
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NOTES AND COMMENT.

A temple Of Buddha is to be erected
at Pittsburg
On the other hand, however, rab.
bits are plentiful and cheap.
Speaking of names man named
Halter has been referred to by the Bal
timore Star as "one of the leading cit
liens" of Maryland.
Where may woman wear her
hat2" asks New York paper. "on
her head, for one place" responds the
Omaha Bee.
A Pittsburg parson has solved the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-24
It's That Kind

Sioux City Journal The Hitch
cock smile did not come into evidence
until the close of the campaign. but /,
hasn't come off since election day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-24

This is tn open season for holiday
shoDping. Tie earlfer Il 3 nproyed
The better.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-24

s 3. W. Blanchard IN Des Motnes
Forum When you came home from
school the other night, Mary. We no
ttced that your mother was very tfrsd.
She had gone through ~earisome
and exac5iag day. and was not IN her
usual guod health We observed that
yo1 did not offer To help her. but
thai you slipped away to neighbor' :
4 house. and did not return until sup
per was on the table Your mother did
rot seold you- but If you could hare
seen the panied look upon her face
as We saw it, and the tear she tried
70 hide As It wet her faded cheek. you
might have felt tfnge of regret over
Ecur 1agratefuI conduct.
Some day you may be sorry for this.
Not long ago We read 9 story about
: reporter for : paper who passed
house from which emaaatad inspiring
strains OF music from q piano and the
5hruaE OF q charming young girl The
reporter says the song was entitled
What IS Home without Mother.
Passing on and turning down a side
street he saw through the kitchen
window the dear mother in that home
with her arms buried almost TO her
atbo~s N 4 pan OF dough. the sweat
streaming down her ErinkIed face
sHd the heat from the hot range en-
vsio3zng her. She was singing. also.
and her song was. Wei Work TIL
Jesus Comes This is. OF course.
fiction. hut it is a good illustration OF
what happens in too many homes ev-
cry day. and presents the relationship
too often existing between mother and
daughter.
ron would not want 10 have that
said OF you
Perhaps mothers are TO blame. but
if they err it is on the side OF love
and kindness But mother who al
lows her daughter TO grow up in idle
ness, and refuse 10 do her share of the
housework. especially where servants
cannot be employed, is doing that
child positive harm. The natural
tendency of girls today is TO drift
away from the drudgery of homework
as early as possible. They will prefer
10 work in department store or in
laundry, rather than perform the
highest kind of work at home This
gives them freedom. and too much
freq dom ;c q dou1aro,. thiro %or ,
young girl just budding into woman
hood. 1t is TOO much freedom that
makes so many "Flossies." who roam
the streets day and night, gadding
after young men and behaving them
selves most improperly. Wayward
and impetuous and rebellious girls do
not make good wives and devoted
mothers
A few days ago we saw couple of
Young girls, neither of whom was over
fourteen years of age. parading the
streets. They were dressed in red
from head to feet They wore red
hats, red coats. red dresses and red
shoes. They were chewing gum, and
talking loudly and attracting atten-
ton in every possible way They had
been on the streets all the afternoon
A man who knew them said their
mother took in washings. and that the
clothes the girls were wearing were
paid for out OF mothers hard-earned
wages. Do you think that mother was
kind To them? Not by any means
She was their worst enemy. but she
did not think SO. She may have not
had a happy childhood, and foolfshly
imagined she was doing her duty as
mother BY allowing her DAUGHTERS TO
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All Not Lost.

shelbina (Mo.) TorchHght fDemA.
Cheer up. brother Democrat; you're
not dead.
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keokuk, Iowa. November ~. 1903
fFE
Give me q taste Of liz,

Give me q taste Of life,
Not the tang OF seasoned wine:
Not drug Of an unear1ed bread;
Not the grape Of an untitled vine.
The life that is really life:
That comes from no tount afsr,
But springs from the toll and strife
In the world Of things as they are.
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MARY AND HER MOTHER.

do as they pleased. while she shaved
over the washtuh to provide for them.
Some day she Will realize her mistake,
perhaps. after she has reaped 5 har-
vest OF tears
There is one thing, Mary, we would
have you remember, and that Is that
you can never repay your mother the
debt you owe her. Ii you were to be-
gin when only five years of age and
work for the rest of your natural life
in an effort 10 wipe out the debt. you
could not do so. And after she has
raised yuu 10 womanhood, and proyid-
eG for all your wants, and educated
you. and given you good start in life.
were you to live thousand years.
and daTote Ill your time and lavish all
YOUR love upon her. the balance
would still be on her side of the ledger.
How important il is. then. that you
should be kind 10 her now. and do all
you can 10 tighten her burdens. Your
little feet can save her many steps,
and your little hands can help her to
carry many load. You need not
fear that she will place too much upon
your shoulders. Too often she will
try to bear the greater part OF the load
that you should carry. That is
mothers way
If you will think of these things,
Mary, and follow our advice. you will
never have cause for regret. Some
day your mother will leave you. Some
day they will fold her weary hands
over her pulseless breast and you will
place the last kiss upon lips that loved
TO speak your name-lips that Groom
ed sweet songs above your cradle
lips that whispered words of cheer and
comfort in hours of gloom and sorrow
lips that pressed your baby brow in
the first dawn OF life's morning. And
when you begin to realize your loss,
and when the days seem so long and
dreary because mother is no longer
With you, there will be much to cheer
you in the thought that while living
you did nothing to deeply wound her
and that you helped her to bear the
burdens which rest on the shoulders
of every mother.
You have often heard it said. Mary.
that girls best friend is her mother.
And nothing truer was ever spoken.
II girls mother is not her friend, she
is to be pitied. A girl who has
mother to whom she cannot 60 in abb
solute confidence, and tell all her
secrets and her troubles, is in danger.
There IS no one else who will listen
to her with such deep attention and
sympathy as mother There is no
one else who can SO perfectly under
stand her nature and her needs.
But there are girls who are denied
the blessed gift of mother. and who
are compelled to grope along the dan
gerous path of life, falling and stun
bling, struggling to reach higher
ground, looking in vain for helping
hand and listening for word of cheer
and encouragement. 1t is little won
der that such girls fall into the abyss
of hell even before they have reached
maturity. But girl who has q kind
and devoted mother-whose young life
is guarded by love and home and
sympathy-has much to be thankful
for And such girl will never know
how much good mother is worth to
her, until she looks for the last time
upon her sweet face.
Think over what we have said to
Won Mary
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problem by requesting that all but the
elderly women of his congregation re-
move their hats during the services.
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The Chicago Tribune calls atten-
ton to the fact that Mr.. Bryan has not
appeared to need any enlightenment
as to the meaning OF that word "fraz-
zle.'
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Give ne the toll Of IIte.

Give ne tbs toll Of life,
The muscle and mind To dare,
40 lExurE's Zap FOR my head,
No idly ron wealth to hare.
Whether oy pick OF plane,
Whether By tongue Or pen,
Lef ne not I've fl vain;
~ ne % z mans work among men
--<'hss. Poole Ceayes, in YOUTHS Coa-
psnfoa
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Give ne the best of life,

Give ne the best of life,
To live in the world with God
Where the seed that Is soEn and dies
Lifts harvest over the sod.
Where beauty and truth are one.
Where the right mEst hare It's way.
Where the storn-cIouds part .or stars,
And the starlight heraIds the day.
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Give me the whole Of life.

Give me the whole Of life.
The Joy, the hope, and the pain.
The struggle whose end IS strength,
The loss that is infinite gain.
Not the drought OF a cloudIesg SKY
Not the rust Of q fruitless rest.
Give me the sun and the storm.
The calm and the white sea-crest
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ZIe.
1t is said that the stopping of an
express train requires twice as much
power as starting It. The Des Moines
Forum observes that it is the same
with a lie.
George III. was puzzled by how the
apple got into the dumping.
That's nothing they cried, Bryan
doesn't know how he was beaten"
Herewith royalty cheered up.-New
York Sun.
Among the congratulations received
by Mr.. Taft on his election was the
Following from man in Galveston.
Texas: We did our damdest for you
down here; angels could ID no more.
Come and recuperate in our midst
etc.
Hats off to Mrs. Elizabeth Mccarthy
of Pittsburg. Just to emphasize her
objections to the marriage of her
brother she whipped him once, the
bride-to-be twice, ran the license clerk
out of his cage and mussed the clothes
OF four policemenaon the way to Jail.
Waen the Pittsburg amazon got her
bond fixed up the offending couple
were hitched and out of reach. Mrs.
Mccarthy is gentle and quite low
able-when asleeps sge N
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Think over what We have said to
you. Mary.
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do as they pleased. while she shaved
over the washtuh TO provide for them.
Some day she viii realize her mistake.
perhaps. after she has reaped 5 har-
vest OF tears
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A PIttsburg parson has solved the
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-01-11
SYNOPSIS

Chip Mcclure, a 16-year old girl living
at Tins place in the Maine woods is
sold by her father to Pete Bolduc.
half-breed. She runs away and reaches
the camp of Martin Frisble, occupied by
Martin his wife, nephew, Raymond Stet-
son, and guides. She tells her story and
is cared for by Mrs. Frisbie. Journey of
I'risbie's party into woods to visit father
of Mrs. Erisbie, an old hermit, who has
resided i'm the wilderness for many years.
When camp is broken Chip and Ray oc>
.cupy same canoe. The party reach camp
of Mrs. Frisbic's father and are well
coined by him and Cy Walker, an old
friend and former townsman of the her
init They settle down for summers
stay Chip and Ray are in love, but no
one realizes this but Cy Walker Strange
canoe marks found on lake shore in front
OF their cabin. Strange smoke is seen
across the lake. Martin and Levi leave
for settlement TO get officers to arrest
Mcclure, who is known as outlaw and
escaped murderer Chips one woods
friend, Tomah, an Indian, visits camp.
Ray believes he sees a bear on the ridge
Chip is stolen by Pete Bolduc and es-
capeS with her in a canoe. CHIP is res
cued by Martin and Levi as they are re-
turning from the settlement Bolduc es-
capes Old Cy proposes To Ray that he
remain i'm the woods with himself and
AMI and trap during the winter, and he
concludes to do so. Others of the party
return to Greenvalc. taking Chip with
them. Chip starts to school in GreenVale
and finds life unpleasant at Aunt Com
forts made so especially by Hannah.
Old Cy and Ray discover strange tracks
I'm the wilderness. They penetrate fur
lther into the wilderness and discover the
hiding place of the man who had been
sneaking about their cabin. They inves-
itigate the cave home of Mcguire during
his absence Boduc finds Mcclure and
the two fight to the death, finding Il
watery grave together.