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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1908-05-01
The FOOLS Prayer.

The royal feast was done; the King
Sought out some new sport to Danish care,
And to his jester cried: Sir Fool,
Kneel now and make for prayer"
The jester DOTTED his cap and bells,
And stood the hooking court before;
They could not see the bitter smile
Behind the painted grin he wore.
He bowed his head and bent his knee
Upon the monarch's silken stool;
His pleading voice arose: 20 Lord
Be mercitul to me, FOOL
"No pity Lord could change the heart
From red with wrong to white as wool;
The rod must heal the SIM but Lord,
Be merciful to me, fool!
CTS not by guilt the onward sweep
Of truth and right, O Lord, we stay;
IT'S by follies that long
We hold the earth from heaven away.
"These clumsy feet, still in the mire,
Go crushing blossoms without end;
These hard, well-meaning hands we thrust
Among the heartstrings of friend.
"The ill-tmed truth we might have kept
Who knows how sharp it pierced and stung?
The word we had not sense to say
Who knows how grandly it had rung?
"Out faults no tenderness should ask
The Christening stripes must cleanse them all;
But for our blunders-oh, in shame
Before the eyes of heaven fall
Earth bears balsam for mistakes
Men crown the knave, and scourge the tool
That did his will, but Thou, O Lord,
Be merciful to me, fOol!'
The room was hushed in silence rose
The King and sought his gardens cool,
And walked apart, and murmured low,
BE merc1tul to me, a fool!
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1908-05-01
New York Theatre Guide.

academy of Music.-E. H. Southern in
Lord Dundreary"
Astor.-"Paid In Full"
mathematician Grand Opera Com
pany.
Bijou.-Henry E. Dixey in Papa lie
Bonnard.'
DAYS. Girls"
Grand Chauncey Olcott in "O'Nein
Of Derry
Herald Square 1.-THE Girl Behind the
Counter"
Hudson.-Otis Skinner in "The Honor
OF the Family"
Hippodrome.- splendid big show
Enthusiastically Four Cohans in
Yankee Prince"
Majestic Knickerbocker Grand Opera
Company.
New Amsterdam: -"The Merry Wild
ow.v
Iyric-"The Wolff
Savoy-"The Servant in the House."
Wallacks.- "The Gay Musician" New
musical play.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1908-05-01
If l Can Live.
BY Helen Hunt JackSO

BY Helen Hunt Jackson
This writer has had frequent represen-
tation in this series.
If | can live,
To make some pale face brighter, and 10
give
A second lustre to some tear dimmed eye,
Or cen impart
One throb of comfort to an aching heart,
Or cheer some wayworn soul in passing
by;
If | can lend
strong hand to the fallen. or defend
The right against a single envious strain,
My life though bare,
Perhaps, of much that Seemeth dear and
fair
To us of earth, will not have been in vain.
The purest joy,
Most dear to heaven far from earth's
Is bidding cloud give way to sun and
And twill be well,
If on that day of days the angels tell
OF me, she did her best for one of Thine.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1908-05-01
Berqen Troops 10 Parade.

The Bergen County Troop Will occupy
the post of honor in the big parade OH
Decoration Day. They will assemble III
brentwood in the morning, moving
through Palisade, accompanied by
mounted band of sixteen pieces
The special occasion on which the
troop is invited to Hackensack is the dedi-
cation and mounting of a big parret gun]
to be set up in the park near the statuel
of General Poer opposite the court house,
OF course everybody will be on the look
out for the handsome boys in kaki.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1908-05-01
225
FOURTH
AVENUE
NEW YORK
PaIisadians at War Reception.

The tenth anniversary of the crew OF
the Z. S. s. Badger was celebrated Oh
board the U. s. S. Portsmouth recently
at Hoboken Among those present were
Captain Samuel e. Darby, of Palisade,
and Dr. Charles Stuart Brady OF Grant
wood. as special guests of honor. Captain
Darby responded to the toast, 'The Him
dis Naval Reserve" Having been the
father of this we'll known organization,
Captain Darby was able to speak elo-
quently, and his remarks were given al
enthusiastic reception
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1908-05-01
Il Al RAllARD SPECIAL CORE sPoNDENcE

;s the effort of Ivan Abramson
in a long time among the theaters
,-;tb his Italian company to essay grand
onera at the American Theater
lingo, and likewise hurrah. You
should go there and see and hear Tine
hravos of the melodrana crowd, the tenn
npramenta enthusiasm of the throng'
would swell your soul. Right here let
mo record that aida" Lucia, IRA
riata :" "Trovatore,' Faust, you know,
I'll distinctly within the schedule OF the
logitmately "grand'-in reality the soar
;ny sweetest. most inspiring music hui
manity may hear are sung there at that
ssnonular'' theater, at prices ranging from
e, cents to one dollar letting i'll the
school marms, the clerks, the truly music
loving masses. audiences the like OF
which for earnest Appreciation sound III
terest and eagerness of attention, L have
not seen this winter There are few
voices in the company that are quite up
To the standards of the two big opera
houses of Fashion. The orchestra is
thoroughly good, well balanced and com
petent. The conductor, NJ. Fornari, is
slick and sure as master. The whole
cast is fit.
Verdi. Donizetti and Gounod would
have glowed at the way their dulcet
strains were rendered There was moth
ing to be ashamed of anywhere. There
is much to be said in approval of this
popular presentation of the great lyric
operas. The specially interesting point
to be mentioned is the fact of the inn
mense crush of attendance. The many
may go and hear at moderate rates the
splendid music that a little while ago
cost Several dollars a throw at the Metro
politan or the Manhattan. The people
are eating it up, and it is worth a years
growth to see the excited sea of faces.
The arstocracy of our local Italy were
there in the boxes, with diamonds as big
as hens eggs in their ears and elsewhere.
I'll wager there isn't better entertained
or more perfectly satisfied aggregation of
human beings on the American continent
than these American Theater audiences.
1t is an immense place and holds very
large multitude There is nothing to re-
motely suggest the blase about these
audiences, and that is a great relief, They
applaud like an electric shock. and, still,
they are perfectly we'll behaved-and
there is a sprinkling of evening dress.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1908-05-01
The Booster Club.

On Thursday, May 18th, the Booster
BRIDGE Club was entertained most en-
toyably by Mr.. and Mrs. Dwiggens, of
Cumbermede road. Mrs. Darby and Mr..
Dwiggens enjoyed the distinction of max
ing the record score of 34S points at one
table-theit opponents being Mrs. Trux-
lilo and Mr.. Kelly, who saved themselves
by chicane, thus getting Is points.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1908-05-01
Some Modern Maxims.
Monotony kills.

Get busy Monotony kills
Faith in ones cause is half the battle
Nine-tenths of your troubles are inn
aginary.
Turn it around. Look at the other SIDE
You have mistaken the purpose of your
grindstone if your are holding your nose
70 it-Extracts from the Bulletin OF the
Kansas State Board of Health
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09
kEOkUk LODGE
BEST RECORD
slks of This City Did More Work Dur
ing the Past Lodge Year
Than Any Other in the
State.
" WERE INITIATED
Larger Percent Than Any Lodge
Which Did Not Have a Build
ing Boom to Help
Things Along.

In the annual report of Grand Sec
rotary Fred G. Robinson of Dubuque,
the Elks of Iowa are given credit for
having 1923 members besides those of
the new lodge at Shenandoah, which
was instituted after the report had
been made. There are now thirty lodg-
es Iowa and during the lolge year of
1907 to March 1908, there were 1920
new members taken in. During this
there were however, 703 members
dropped from the rolls, died or chang
ed their membership, making the &C.
tual gain about 700, which would in
clude the new lodge at Shenandoah.
Keokuk lodge had PIT members on
March 1, 1907 and year later had
2SS, after initiating n and lacking but
6, the lodge now standing eleventh in
the state in point of membership
and fifth in point of new members TAX
en- in during the last lodge year.
The Keokuk lodge, however, made
the greatest gain in membership Of
any Iowa lodge, considering its per-
centage and the fact that there was
70 new building erected during the
year Burlington erected new build
ing and as result, almost doubled it's
membership. Webster City also built
a new home and took in 81 new mem
i.bers as result. Iowa City had sim
liar boom and took in 70 new members
while the larger lodges of Des Moines,
Sioux City and Oskaloosa initiated
more new members than Keokuk.
The report of the grand secretary
for Iowa, is as follows, showing e
number of new members taken in and
the total membership on March l.:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09
ELKS JOURNEY
TO CALIFORNIA
Plans Being Made for the Iowa Mem
bers to Take the Trip Next
Summer.

The committee having in charge the
transportation of the Elks of Iowa to
the grand lodge meeting in California
next summer. is busy one according
TO the following from the Register
and Leader which tells of the progress
toward taking large crowd on the
trip:
If the plans of the leaders of the
Iowa Elks are realized, special trains
will carry between 1000 and 5000
members of the order from the Hawk
Eye state to California next summer
There are 1000 members of the or
der In the state and 1t is now believed
that half of them can be prevailed
upon to take the long trip to the coast
At meeting of the state committee
of the order of Ells in Des Moines
yesterday plans were laid for the
transportation of the Iowa members
of the order to Los Angeles, Cal, for
the national meeting to be held there
next July. Three special trains will
be chartered and will leave Omaha
July for the coast.
Chairman G. T. Reddick of Iowa
City and Secretary G. NJ. Myers of OF
tumwa were in the city all day yes
terday laying plans for the trip and
some great doings are being planned
A special Pullman car will be taken to
each town in the state where there is
an Elk lodge from which delegation
will go. On July these cars will
be picked up by the regular trains
and carried to Omaha where all will
be coupled in three special trains for
the west
The different trains will then pro
coed at once to Colorado Springs and
then on to Salt Lake. At Salt Lake
an organ recital will be given in the
Mormon tabernacle especially for the
entertainment of the members.
The Fifty-four Regimental band Of
Ottumwa will be taken with the trains
1 and music will be feature of the Ions
! trip to the coast Each train will be
made up of parlor car, buffet car
! dining car, library car, and an obser
walton coach Nothing will be spared
to make the trip interesting and al
ready many of the Elks of the stat'
have declared their intention of going
A low rate has been secured from
the Western Passenger association
and Mr.. Reddick and Mr.. Myers will
| go to Chicago this week to complete
the arrangements. Coming back tn
trip will be made by steamer from Sal
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09
CITY NEWS

Mrs. Mark Foley is critically sick
at her home.
With the coming of the better
times no city in Iowa has a better
prospect than Keokuk.
Regular meeting OF Keokuk Lodge
No. 10, l. o. o. F., Ionuay night, at
O'Clock. Visiting brethren fratern-
ally invited.
TO CURE A COLD I'M ONE DAY
Glen Maxwell of Burlington, who
spent Sunday at home, reports that ms
firm has all the work it is able to take
care of and that the business feeling
in Burlington is greatly improved. He
anticipates plenty of work for every
body.
Do you know how many articles are
made in Keokuk? 1t would be a sur
prise to many to learn just what keo-
kuk is doing as a manufacturing cen
ter A few of the Made in Keokuk
articles will be found on the Made
in Keokuk page" in this issue.
The 18th of this month the local
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
will be twenty years old and number
of the members are discussing the
idea of properly celebrating the ami
versary. 1t is very likely that some
action will be taken with reference to
the matter at regular business meet
ing
William G. Brown, senior vice pres
ident of the New York Central lines,
well known and well liked in keokuk.
has been visiting at the Iowa farm
near Clarinda for a few days. Mr.
Brown in an interview with an Omaha
Bee reporter admitted that his rail
road had released large number of
orders that were pending upon the
election of Taft The railroads are
all opening up and an era OF good
times is at hand.
The Sunday school Of the First
Christian church this month is engag-
ed in rally exercises, Last Sunday
! was ribbon day and each one who at
1 tended the school was presented with
a red ribbon. The interest was Keen
/ and the attendance increased. Next
/ Sunday will be known as flower day
! and each attendant will be presented
with flower. November % is Chill
dren's Day for home missions and tae
scholars are collecting funds that viii
be contributed to the home mission
treasury.
The trial of Witch, Wheatley ant
Harrington, charged by Henry San
ders with threatening to commit
public ofiense, has been set for tc
morrow afternoon at o'clock in Jus
tice Burrows court. The information
| against Witch, charging him wit
carrying concealed weapons ha
been dismissed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09
THE DEATH OF
CHARLES McKEON
Former keokuk Resident Passed
Away Saturday at Mt. Pleasant.
Funeral This Morning.

The death of Charles McKeon, son
of James McKeon of this city, occurred
Saturday morning at Mt Pleasant af-
ter siege of typhoid fever. The body
was brought to this city and funer~l
services held this morning at 500
o'clock at st. Peters Catholic church,
of which the deceased was member
during his residence in Keokuk. Rev.
Thos. OReilly conducted the services
and the pall-bearers were the follow
ing gentlemen: Frank G. Mcdonald,
Harry Watson, p HI. Seaman, TIN
Crimmins, A. V. Adams and A. e.
Adams
Charles McKeon will be remember
ed by many in this city during his res
idence but few years ago. He was
twenty-nine years of age.
The surviving relatives are as fol
lows: Father, James McKeon; sisters,
Mrs. Mary Hitler of Ottumwa and Kate
c. McKeon of Trenton, New Jersey.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09
STOCK BUSINESS
HAS Big JUMP
A Train Of sixty.one Cars Came Into
the City Yesterday Over
the X. & w. For
Chicago.
FIFTY-FIvE FOR vIELE
Stock Business Has Begun to Pick up
Immediately After Election
and All Business is
Good
FIFTY FIVE FOR v1ELE

Evidence of the fact that business
Is to pick up right away in local way
since the election of Taft as we'll as
all over the country was shown yester-
day when two section train of stock
was shipped through this city over the
K. & W., the train consisting of sixty
one cars and being run in two sections,
the first one arriving at 2:3O and the
second section arriving at 2:40 from
the west and being a through freight
81 of the cars being billed for Chicago
and the other four going to the st.
Louis stock markets.
One of the railroads local clerks
stated this morning that this was the
largest freight extra run for three
months and that business has been on
the jump for the last few days and
is expected to increase rapidly now
that the presidential election has been
settled and all other markets exclus.
i've of the stock yards are doing a big
business at the present time which is
considered by railroad men to be the
poorest season of the year as the
heavy months come in September and
October and as a rule generally de,
creases noticeably during the present
month and until after the holidays
when the first of the year and early
spring business comes in.
Fifty-fve cars of stock were shipped
over the K. G. into Viele Sunday, the
largest train for the stock yards at
that place in a long time and more
evidence that business is picking up
rapidly especially so for this time of
year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

George Kimler died Sunday after
noon at the county home aged GA
years, death being due to cerebral
hemmorrhage. He had been an in
mate of the home for the past four
years, coming there from Charleston,
where he has relatives who are eX-
pccted to take charge of the remains.
The meetings being held at the
Christian church, Fifteenth and Bank
streets. are increasing in interest
more and more each night, last night
there being capacity audience. To
date there has been seven additions.
There will be preaching each evening
this week by the pastor, Elder n. p.
Cory. Mrs. Emily Collins has charge
of the singing, which is most excel
lent. Rev. Rhodes has charge of the
opening services. All are invited to
attend these meetings.
For those who are well up in their
mathematics here is problem which
will puzzle many when worked alge
braically and has not been proved
as yet, having been handed to Keo
kuk citizens ten years ago by High
1 school professor. The problem i:
this: What is the longest straight
strip of carpet, three feet wide witt
ends cut square that can be laid or
the floor of room 40X60 feet. An
other problem which can be solved
automatically is this and was hand
ed to a reporter by the same gentle
man: A man lost $780, He gaine'
three-fourths of what he had left. HI
/ then had one-half as much as he ha
before losing any. How much did h
have in the first place.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

each

Limit of one to a customer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09
Greeks Leave City.

A large number of the Greeks who
have been working in the local yards
replacing old rails and otherwise i'm
proving the yards quit their jobs to-
day and left for Oklahoma where they
will find warmer climate, the
climate here being too cold for them
during the next four or five months.
The gang which left today will work
for the Rock Island in the state of
Oklahoma.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09
WAS 70 YEARS OF AGE

One of the oldest residents OF Keo-
kuk, Mrs. Catherine j. Springer who
had lived in this city since 1888, died
Saturday at o'clock at her home No.
1920 Morgan street.
Death was due to heart failure. from
which she had suffered number of
attacks since last June, but previous
to that time had enjoyed excellent
health despite her advanced age Of
seventy-nine wears.
Mrs. Springer was one of the earl
lest settlers in Keokuk, having come
here from Ohio in 1885, seventy years
ago. as child and making this city
her home up until the time of her
death.
She was good woman and enjoyed
the esteem and love of large circle
of friends. She was a member of the
old Exchange street Methodist church
and later of the Chatham Square
church and took a deep interest in
church work during her life.
Born in Ohio.
Catherine J. Hardesty was born In
Ohio on June 5, 1929, and was there
fore I years, months and 2 days Of
age at the time of her death, her final
sleep coming after long and useful
life.
She came west to Keokuk in 1865
and was married here on June q, 1916
to Leander D. Springer. Her husband
was a well known commercial traveller
of the city and died about ten years
ago.
The deceased is survived by three
children: Mrs. G. G. VanWerden or
Keokuk: Grant Springer of New YORK;
and Miss Annie Lee Springer, a teach
err in the public schools.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock from the home
of her daughter, Mrs. VanWerden' NO.
Ills Morgan street.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

An information has been filed in
the court of Justice Landes by Rosa
Vaughn against her husband James
Vaughn, charging him with intoxica-
ton and carrying concealed weapons.
He will have hearing tomorrow at
ter he sobers up.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

Francisco to Seattle and few days
will be spent at the Yukon-Seattle ex
position. The party will then come
home on the Canadian Pacific through
the Canadian Rockies and stops will
be made at all of the important places.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money If 1t
fails to cure E. w. GROVES sigma
ture is on each box 25c.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-09

Miss Mary olden l. sick at her
homo on Sixteenth and Carroll streets.
Che entered st. Joseph's hospital TO
take the training to become nurse
and was taken sick after a week
there and he's been sick ever since
Jubilant over the fact that the team
had been the second one CT the sea
son to score against ottumwa, asplr'
ants for championship honors, the
Keokuk High school students pulit a
big bonfire Saturday evening in front
~ the High school building and there
Was much cheering and horray.
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