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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21

eign and home missions yesterday
afternoon and evening at the parson-
age, 1888 Fourth avenue In the after
noon Mrs. Urna Bersell, the president
of the Ladies' Foreign Mission society
of the Illinois conference. gave hear
ty talk upon the claims of foreign
missions and upon the love and activ
ity of Christian women. In the even
ing the pastor gave talk on foreign
missions. and read paper on Mrs.
Ella Cook, the saint on Second ave
nue." New York. About 40 or 30 at
tended in the afternoon and some 80
or 60 in the evening. The collections
amounted to about $34. The society
decided 10 support native coiporteur
iii India a year for $50 and donated
the rest of The net proceeds to the
home work of the Illinois conference.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21

Coffee for Vii!a.-A coffee will be
given tomorrow afternoon at the home
of Mrs. Walter Yerbury. 2l0S1a Third
avenue. the proceeds to go towards
the furnishing of the Villa de Chantal
parlOrs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21
Live STOCK.

Hogs-S3.7j 10 $i.15
Strengthening or over, $500 to
$500; lambs. $3.50 TO s6.75.
Cattle-Steers $3.50 10 $3.50; cows
and heifers $500 to $500; calves, $500
"a $3.50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21
Kniqhts of Columbus Dance.

Knights of Columbus gave dancing
party at the X. of c, hall last evening
which was largely attended The
music for the dancing was furnished
by Mrs WriXOns orchestra.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-21

Mission Sociable a SUGGESTIVE
ladies Mission society of the First
Swedish Lutheran church gave a sue
cessful sociable for the benefit of for
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27
Couldn't Possibly Esteem Alex Miller
More Highly.

Washington 1owa) Democrat:
Now that the Canton (Mo) News
has become Republican newspaper
there is ground for hope that even the
Washington Qowa) Democrat may
yet be brought to see the error of its
way and enlisted under thu, banner of
political sanity and righteousness.
The esteemed Gate CITY prints the
above squib, more in jest than earn
est of course. Because as a matter
of fact, nobody cares whether the
Democrat is a Democrat or a Repub-
lican. The Democrat could not be
anything but what it is, under the
present management The Democrat
believes in too many Democratic
ideas 10 be anything else than what
il is and we do not believe The Gate
City would think any more of the
Democrat as a newspaper, if it Topped
than it does as a Democrat, misguid-
ed though it may be.
We will put it up to The Gate City
and if it will honestly say that it
would esteem the editor of the Demo
crat more highly as Republican than
i. does as a Democrat, then he will
come out and say hereafter he will
vote for nothing but Republicans.
Now will The Gate City be honest
and tell its real convictions?
If the editor of this paper were
looking for popularity he would not
be a Democrat at all, for Democracy
has not been popular in Iowa, but
bless the Lord, it is right and to be
right, is more to us than to be pop
ular.
Now put that in your pipe and
smoke it, Mr. Gate City.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27
The "Biu Stick" Needed

Cedar Rapids Gazette: A woman
writing to the Kansas City Star says
Il do the chores and the work for
eight in the family. The oldest child
is ten years and the youngest eight
months. There are six children. |
haven't much to do the housekeeping
with as my husband says he can do
as he pleases, but he blames me for
not having things. have to build the
fires in the mornings, winter and sum
mer, while he is still asleep and in
the winter he makes me warm his
boots and socks and to take them to
him. Do you think he should have all
j the money or should I have some?"
Possibly the President had that OIL
similar story of farm life in mind
when he proposed the betterment OF
conditions in rural communities. How.
ever, 1t must not be taken for grant
ed that very large percentage oil
farmers treat their wives in the man
ner above indicated, or that there are
not men in the cities, towns and vii
lagos who are as badly in need of an
application of somebody's big stivk
as the brute whose slave was moved
10 pen the lines above quoted
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27
RESTORING The MussELs.

Experiments looking toward the pro-
pagation of fresh water clans or mus.
sels are in progress in tAe geological
department Of the University of Mis-
SQUIRT The United States bureau of
fisheries recently sent the geological
department 10000 small fish to be
used in the experiments. The fish are
placed in long glass tank. and the
spawn That produces nussels is put in
me water with them. The spawn adj
neres to tae gllls and fins Of the fish,
after which they are turned loose in
the small rivers and creeks of the
state As soon as the mussels are suf
heiently developed they drop off, and
thus it is hoped to re-stock the streams
OF the state with the fresh water clam
Almost the entire supply of mussel
smells from which pearl buttons are
made, has been exhausted.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27
Manual Training in Local Schools.

Dubuque Telegraph Herald The
scope of manual training instruction
I has been widened to embrace the sey
enth and eighth grades in all the pub
lie schools in the city. Heretofore
manual training has been confined to
j the high school. The Telegraph Her.
aid congratulates the school board on
having done what ought to have been
done ten years ago, when this news.
paper first called for it, along with the
kindergarten. The latter was intro.
duced in good time.
AS the curricula of public schools
are altered to suit the needs of the
ninety-eight per cent of their students
who never get to college. there will he
increasing emphasis, upon the need
of supplementing the theoretical with
the practical, and crowding into the
five years the average boy and girl
spends in school, instruction in the
things most necessary in after life
The schools are turning out too MANY
boys and girls who can not figure ont
simple arithmetical propositions and
who cannot spell simple words cor.
rectly.
The need Is for economizing the
time of the student and giving him
what he most needs 1t is a great
pity that the time at the disposal of
students does not admit the benefits
of studies aimed to produce mental
culture, and that they must bolt their
Institutional morsels Educating the
average boy and girl with only five
years to be devoted to the task is a
good deal like getting out daily
newspaper Much that should get in
is left out, and In the hurry of prena
ration many mistakes are made. II
must be SO with the education of the
pupil whom necessity drives to fac.
tory mill or office when the age limit
in the compulsory education law per.
mits him to 60
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27
Nature. the Healer.

Waterloo Courier: The calender
warns us that winter is about to de-
prive us of the last days of deliberate
out door comfort. Any day, any hour
may be the last of autumn in the pres
ent year. And vet how few of us
yield to the lure of the forests and
fields. Our bodies are intrenched in
brick and mortar; our eyes see only
man and his structures; to our nos
trils, almost in any quarter, comes the
tainted air of the populous center. To
invite the bounty of life we 20 to
work; to rest we go to bed. And still
we worry along with our ills. dissat.
isfied and wondering.
We go only where our business calls
US. The country is the working
ground of the farmer. Many of us
never think of going there except on
business or as hunters And yet there
is more delight for you in the antici.
patton of hunting trip than the
game you get. You love the electrify-
ing air, the brown earth, the non
restraint, the freshness, the simplicity
and as much as you can find OF the
wildnese Of nature Admit It. admit
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

the chair. / think we have come
nearer the past two years in elm.
mating the differences Of factional
difference in our party In Iowa than
we have accomplished in months
past, and look forward to the day
when the citizens Of this great COM
monwealth will not come as Republi-
cans, not as Democrats, but as citi-
zens of great commonwealth whose
lest and highest efforts shall be to
serve the common veal and enact
legislation which shall meet the ap-
prevail in the days that are to come.
i want to congratulate the Demo.
cratic minority for its helpful share.
want to tell all of you how close to
my heart the members OF this as.
sembly have grown, and In that wider
held OF industry my heart shall re.
| turn to this hall and the memories
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27
MAKING INSURANCE RESPECT
All +

Under this rather drastic head the
Denver Republican discusses the en-
terprise of a Boston department store
which has opened an insurance de-
partment 1t will sell life insurance
as it will sell other articles. The same
regulations prevail as in all safe com
panies The innovation consists sim
things are for sale where people can
90 and get it when and if they want
it. This, of course, is a revolution in
the way of doing the business as here
tofore done, cutting out the agent or
solicitor. The Republican continues:
There is no question but that the
continuance of the agent system has
harmed the insurance business IN
more WAYS than one. There are peo-
pie who still dodge the agent with the
same agility practiced against the
book canvasser. but aside from that.
the expense of selling insurance UNI
der the present system is so heavy
that it's cost to the insured is all but
doubled Figures brought out in the
New York Investigations suggest tlat
if insurance were sold on the same
close commission basis that prevails
in handling bonds and other forms OF
investment it would be possible for
the companies to put their rates
quite in two without interfering in
the least with their ability to pay
their losses This innovation of the
Boston department store will, there
fore be viewed as a step toward a re
form that has .ong been awaited"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27
MOB INSURANCE

a genuine novelty in the way Of in
surance has been introduced in Lon.
qoh England, called mob insurance. .
u is taken out by merchants against
possible losses through rioting or loot
ing by mobs There exists a fear in
the English metropolis that the "un-
employed who are unusually numer-
Gus IN London this fall and are likely
10 become more SO as the cold days
VI winter approach, will become tur-
Dulent and may engage in riotine. The
most active demand for this queer in
s ,. IS IN the vicinity of tae par
lament buildings, which would natur-
ally be the objective point Of NOR
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

They are now talking of Judge
Towner of Corning as a candidate for
congress in Colonel Hepburn's district
two years hence. He belongs to what
has been called the "standpat7 fac
ton, and the Dubuque Journal
recalls that il was his complimentary
allusion to Mr.. Shaw in his speech
as temporary chairman of the state
convention in 1905 that called forth
the memorable kissing of the then sec
rotary of the treasury. The Times
Journal adds, in line with the facts in
the case. that Judge Towner is we'll
regarded in his district and is an
example of the scholar in politics.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

a man employed on Maine rail-
road as a ''greaser" was injured by the
derailment of car while being trans
ported by his employer to his place
of work. On the ground that he had
paid his fare with a ticket given ~
the company, and that he was going
to his work, it was contended that he
was not passenger. But tie supreme
judicial court of Maine has just -uled
that he had paid for the ticket by his
service; that it was part o. his wages
and delivered to him as such; that it
could make no difference to his status
as passenger whether he paid his
fare In cash or in tickets thus earned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27
Praise for Iowa Democrats

In his farewell address to the house
of representatives on Tuesday. N n
Kendall. the speaker, paid fine trib
ute to the Democrats who sat in the
Iowa house during the time he nre
sided. Mr.. Kendall said:
j want to express to the Demo
cratic minority which has been with
us In the regular and extraordinary
sessions of this assembly nv sincere
apnreciation Of their courtesv tom.us
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

it! There is no weakness in yielding.
Each submission is added strength.
The more play of this kind. the more
work you are fitted for. Why don't
you, why don't all of us slip off the
duh yoke of working for living and
spend few hours of the dying sea
son in communion with nature?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

More than six hundred women are
reported to be studying medicine at
French universities. Paris alone is
said to have one hundred women prac-
titioners most of them holding official
places of more or less Importance
Women physicians are preferred in
girls high SCHOOLS, normal schools and
public schools generally.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

John Whitaker carries mail over n
rural route out of Newton. Iowa. He
has purchased an automobile, which
Will enable him to get over his route
IN very short order, when the roads
are in good condition. But the Bur.
lington HawkEye foresees that whe,l
the roads are practically impossible
he viii have TO leave that machine at
home and shoulder his mail bag and
cut. across fields and meadows and
set over his route perhaps every third
day. Wherefore that paper is prompt
ed TO remark:
With real roads and the general In.
PRODUCTION of the automobile. se
farmers in Iowa will soon be able TO
have two deliveries of mail per da5.
Or the rural carriers will have s..
Or the number of carriers will be
reduced, the routes heightened d
the pay increased. And the next ten
years ought TO see wonderful m
.proyement In the country roads in
Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27
Entering the Ministry.

Knoxville Express: Alex Miller OF
Washington is so disguised that he
yells DUN CAST politics, anyhow"
and says he sometimes thinks he will
quit politics and enter the ministry
If Alex. were a acknowledged rooster
he would stand better chance OF
entering the ministry.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27
which are the pleasantest can ever
entertain
There's Hope for Some Of lys

THeret HUpe TOT some Of U.s.
Marion Register: Once upon time
William Howard Taft, President-elect,
worked in newspaper office at sal.
airy OF six dollars per week. But he
did his work well and then step BY
step. That's the way to success and
the only way.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

In railroad wreck at Lacrosse
Wis, the other day. the engineer Of a
passenger train remained at his post.
saved $50 lives, and escaped from the
wreckage uninjured while the fireman
leaped and was killed. 1t is always
best to stand pat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

A Cornell professor says that If the
birth rate continues to decrease in
the same proportion as in the last
forty years, there will be no children
left in fifteen years. However there
may be something in the suggestion of
the Ottumwa Courier that he is only
kiddin
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

melted to make E demonstration
against the authorities. The fact that
numerous merchants are taking out
this mob insurance is highly signi-
ficant of conditions in the car'tal city
of England.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

Travelling men arc winning money
by offering to bet that exactly four
months after Taft's inau~uration AS
President every bank n The United
States will be closed -Four months
from Inauguration DAY is July 4.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

1t is generally agreed that there are
many phases of country life which
need the revivifying touch of the hand
OF legislation. Some of these phases
the President mentioned tentatively
for consideration, and it would be diff.
ticult to find more valuable subjects
for discussion. The efficiency of the
rural schools, farm labor, need of
good roads, postal facilities and sani-
tary conditions on the farm are sub
lects eminently worthy of considera-
ton, not merely spasmodic attention,
but constant thought. These and kin
dred subjects touch the very life of
every rural community and even the
humblest citizen may have ideas upon
them that will prove valuable starting
points for Legislation and supervision.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

The editors of thirty-three high-class
technical and trade papers. respond
ing to request from the American
Trade Press Association, have given
reports on the actual conditions of
business during the last few months
and the prospects for 1909 in their
respective fields, and the almost unan-
imous opinion is expressed that the
outlook is bright for resumption of
normal trade, following the general
tone of increased confidence which
succeeded the presidential election.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

John d Rockefeller gavs there IS
more important york than making
money The Hannibal cogrierPogt
notices that John did not come 10 this
conclusion until he had most or It
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

I'VE are all anxious" remarks Sen
ator Elkins, ito revise the other fell
lows tariffs" The Cedar Rapids
Republican observes that this is the
keynote to great deal of tariff dis
cussion, and cites an instance in
point as follows:
Massachusetts,, for instance, wants
to revise the tariff on leather, or
hides, but not on manufactured shoes.
She buys the hides and sells the
shoes. We want to sell what we have
to sell high and to buy what we have
TO buy cheap. That is human nature
the country over and it is not always
the most edifying kind of human
nature.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27
Sure to Work.

Iowa Falls Sentinel If woman
wants welcome when she gets
home she should leave her husband
with the baby when she goes
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

Someone f. Connecticut caught a
req fo2 vita white feet and the winter
is therefore bound 70 be colder than
ever
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

BesideE. as George Fitch points out.
u 5o1 90 ronr shoDpiDg early You will
have Jus thai much more time 10 save
the none p pay for your presents.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

rncle Joe" Cannon isn't disap.
bearing gun If he knows himself. and
be THINKS he does.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27
keokuk' Iowa. November q, 1908.
THE PROPHETIC VISION.

For dipt into the future, far as hui
man eye could see,
Saw the Vision of the world. and all
the wonder that would be-;
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27
NOTES AND COMMENT.

NOiGS AMI COMM EN-.
The Charles City Intelligencer says
il looks very much as if Colonel Hep
burn was rather glad to let go of his
job.
The Des Moines Capital declares
that the next man who tries to gen
crate political war-cloud over this
fair state should be shot on the spot.
Mrs. Dyer--Have you had any eX-
perience in taking care of children?
Applicant-No ma'am Heretofore
I've only worked for the best families.
Puck.
The Sioux City Journal has a sus-
picion that Rockefeller's smoothness
as witness can be accounted for
from the fact that he has been SO
long in OIL
1t has been charged that womans
idea of economy is to buy five cents
worth of anything on two separate
occasions instead OF blowing in a
dime at once.
There is no doubt in the mind OF
the Toledo Blade that many fingers
that escaped the corn shredder will
be blown off by shotguns during the
Ohio open season.
Don't pity the standpatters." pro.
tests the Iowa City Republican.
They accomplished what had besn
their purpose for a number of years
they kept Senator Allison from being
turned out in his old age
The Chicago Tribune insists that it
will not be denied that Mr.. Bryan
himself was liberal contributor to
the Democratic campaign fund. He
gave $1,000 in cash and nearly all
the words in common use in the Eng
lish language.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil does
not apprehend that there will be
very strenuous opposition to the res
toration of the circle on the ballot.
The purpose for which it was orig
inally eliminated having been &C
complished,' says the Nonpareil, I'VE
can return to the former and more
approved form"
The Iowa State Teachers associa.
ton meets in Des Moines on Deem
Der % to 81. Among those who APP
pear on the program of the associa-
ton are the following: Superintend-
en- William H. Maxwell, of New York
schools; George H. Martin. secretary
of the Massachusetts board of educa-
ton; Patty S. HILL noted kindergar-
ten teacher: DR.. Edward A. Steiner,
Grinnell; Henry Turner Baily author
of the Arts Craft book; DR.. VIM. B.
Forbush, author of THE Boy Prob
LEM" DR.. Luther Halsey, New York
schools; DR.. John J. Cronin, assist
ant health inspector. New York;
Martha A. Sherwood, Chicago
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

Thought for the day A man has
just a. much religion as he can com
nnard il the time Of trouble.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

Saw the heavens fill with commerce
argosies of magic sails,
Pilots of the purple twilights drop-
ping down with costly bales;
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

Heard the heavens fill with shouting.
and there rained a CHASTITY dew
From the nations airy navies Crap
ping in the central blue;
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

The Charles City Intelligencer says
il looks very much as if Colonel Hep
burn was rather glad to let go of his
job.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

The Des Moines Capital declares
that the next man who tries to gen
crate political war-cloud over this
fair state should be shot on the spot.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

The Chicago Tribune insists that it
will not be denied that Mr.. Bryan
himself was liberal contributor to
the Democratic campaign fund. He
gave $1,000 in cash and nearly all
the words in common use in the Eng
lish language
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

Mrs. Dyer--Have you had any ex-
perience in taking care of children?
Applicant-No. ma am Heretofore
I've only worked for the best families.
Puck.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-27

There the common sense of most shall
hold fretful realm in awe.
And the kindly earth shall slumber,
lapt in universal law.
Tennyson.