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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-30

one in East Des Moines well knows
Through the kindness of Rev.
Nugent and his heartfelt feeling for
me, my wife and little children. who
had so long been neglected, he made
it possible for me to take the Neal
treatment for the cure of the drink
habit. On Saturday night, Dec IL,
1909, ! arrived at the Neal Institute,
corner 9Th and Center streets. Des
Moines. On the following Wednes-
day, Dec. 18th, after three days treat
ment, | was discharged from the In
stitute cured and returned to my
home, wife and children a changed
man, regenerated and made q new
man, with all inclination to drink
gone, with all desire or craving for
drink gone. My nerves steady, brain
clear, step elastic and feeling that
had something to live for. Whiskey
has no charm for me and a barrel OF
1t would not tempt me, for am now
in the same condition that l was be
fore l ever tasted liquor.
For this help which is beyond ali
price I owe my deepest gratitude tc
Rev. Nugent, who in the goodness oil
his heart took pity on me and made
| it possible for me to take the Neal
treatment that has made man OF
me.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-30
compasses In SLEEPING Rooms.

1t Is curious fact that no Japanese
ever sleeps with his head to the north.
Ihe reason is that the dead in Japan
are always buried with their heads In
tnat direction. Consequently. in the
sleeping rooms of many of the private
houses of Japan. not to speak OF hotels
IN larger cities, diagram of the
points OF the compass is conspicuously
posted on the ceiling for the informa-
Ton OF guests. The Sunday Magazine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-30

A sprained ankle will usually dis.
able the injured person for three
or four weeks. This l. due to lack
Of proper treatement. When Cham
berlain's Liniment is applied cure
may be effected in three or four days.
This liniment is one of the best and
aost remarkable preparations in use
by Wilkinson & Co. Pharmacy
F. Kieoaisch C Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-30
The Hynocrlte.

Really to be a hypocrite mus: re.
quire horrible strength OF character.
An ordinary man such as you or / gen.
orally falls at last because he has not
enough energy to be man. But the
hypocrite must have enough to be two
men-Gilbert K. Chesterton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-30
Could Not Capture Crook.

DR.. Burch says that he asked the
conductor why he had not arrested
the men before the trouble started
and says that the conductor doubted
his authority to do so. After the as
sailant had barricaded himself in the
closet there was no way to get at
him. in the opinion of the conductor,
according to what the doctor said, and
he made his getaway SO rapidly that
it was not possible to capture him at
that time.
It was stated further that the other
man had not done anything which
could be construed as criminal, so ne
was not detained. The man who. came
near losing his roll did not give his
name to DR.. Burch, but the doctor
learned that he was travelling solicit
tor for some st. Louis poultry jour
nal. DIR. Burch will be unable to use
his hand for some time as result of
the encounter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-30
Fire at Seventh and Blondeau' and
all would have been clear.
THE GIRL ON THE
Box Was THERE.
Sequel to the MAN on the Box" in
Real Life Played in Nice
style by keokuk
HACK WAS MAN-FULL
And Fair Traveller After Arriving Two
Hours Late From Christmas
Visit Rode on Seat
With Driver.
HACK WAS MAN-FULL

To return home after a Merry
Christmas with friends in large city,
feeling sweet and amiable and ready
TO give your last penny to the first poor
person you see, and then to have all
of your good intentions knocked in the
head, in the way of being smiling and
CHEEKY all the year, is not very pleas
ant. Especially not for young lady
who has her suit case. filed with
Christmas presents galore. yet the
train which should arrive in the city
at 12:45 each morning is two hours
late
Father and mother and the rest OF
the family had taken pains to see that
carriage was awaiting at the, depot
when the fair daughter arrived and
the carriage was waiting, even though
the train was two hours late. But our
fair traveller was not prepared for a
old, wild. ride through the streets OF
r1oon-lit Keokuk at almost three
O'Clock in the morning.
Alighting from the railway coach
our traveller noticed an elderly lady
about fifty feet in front of her making
for the nearest and only carriage in
sight at the depot The old lady stop
ped however, and was talking to the
driver of the stage coach for inside
We're four men and all space was TAX
en-. Our young traveller entered or
the scene at this time and asked the
driver If the folks" had not ordered
a carriage for her and received a re
! ply from the man on the box that they
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-30
Denniss Morrissey Burned.

While thawing out water pipes in
the livery barn OF James yermazen
last night, shortly past nine o'clock. a
blow torch which Dennis Morrissey, a
lineman of the Iowa Telephone COM
pany was using. exploded and he
was quite seriously burned about
the neck and arms by the burning oil
which saturated his upper clothing
when the torch exploded Several en-
ployes of the stables grabbed sacks
and with them extinguished the flames
which almost enveloped Morrissey's
body above the waist.
MorTissey was taken to his rooms
at Third and Main where he was Civ
en- the attentions of a physician and is
today resting as easily as could be
expected under painful circumstances.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-30
Patchwork Education,
" except Sunday.

What the modern child lacks III 4
is the power of observation. nc
saturated with smatterings Of ess w..
KIND Of knowledge. lives strehus w,
life and cannot find time for opse. "a ~
ton and assimilation. Madrid Muu1s'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-30

Read Plain Straightforward Honest Statement of Well
Des MONIES Man Who Had Reached the Lowest
Lephs of Degradation Through the Drink Habit Drank
for More Than Twenty Years. and Was Cured Per-
fectly by the Neal Internal Treatment
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-30
Plain Contract Given Each Patient

You will not doubt for moment the statements made
the following article after you read it. because refers
personally Rev. J. f. Nugen pastor of the Church of
Visitation Of Des Monies:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-30
(Signed.)

posely omitted for the reason that
of any patient.
contract and free book. Neal Insti-
tute, Des Moines, Iowa, corner Fifth
and Center streets. Everything
strictly confidential.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-30
ADVENTURE ON
A KLINE TRAIN
Two Crooks Who Boarded Train al
keokuk Tried to Rob Passenger
and One Of Them
slashed Doctor.
MAN JUMPS FROM TRAIN
After sIashing Doctor he Rarricaded
Himself in Closet Then Jumped
From Train Near La
Grange.

When DR.. G. W. Busch. of Quincy,
tried to protect stranger on the h
line train from being robbed by two
crooks who got on at Keokuk, he was
attacked by one of them and badly
slashed with a knife. Both crooks
made their escape, one OF them bar
ricaded himself in the closet and
when the train slowed down at La
Grange made dash for freedom and
escaped. The story is told as follows
by the Quincy Whig.
DR.. G.. ". Bursch, of Quincy, Re
turning from business trip north.
was stabbed in the right hand yester-
day afternoon, he says. while trying
to protect travelling man, a stranger
and fraternity man, from being sep
arated from his money by a couple Of
supposed crooks who had him in tow.
According to statement made by DIR.
Bursch, he was approached by Con-
ductor George Hanna and the brake
man, while the train was between
Canton and Lagrange, and asked to
keep one eye on the travelling man,
seated across the aisle, who was in a
condition bordering on mellowness,
and who had several times flashed a
big roll of bills, without regard to
what might happen to him. Two
strangers were near him, men who
got on at Keokuk, it was stated. Ac-
cording to DIR. Busch, these fellows
did not look good to the conductor
and brakeman. and It was because of
a lurking suspicion that they might
/ get their hands on the money, about
s675, it was stated, that they asked the
/ doctor to see that the supposed VIC
i tim did not get the worst of it.
Dr.. Bursch says that the conductor
came to him and said that he saw
that the stranger belonged to the
same fraternal order that the doctor
did, consequently he had no hesitancy
! in requesting him to see that no
harm befell him.
Were About to sTurn the Trick"
Shortly after the train left Canton,
said the doctor, he noticed that the
two fellows the trainmen suspected
were about to pull off some sort of a
slight-of-hand performance which the
doctor thought would result in the
money displayed by the travelling man
being transferred to one of them. The
doctor says that just as he was in the
act of warning his brother of impend-
ing danger that one of the strangers
got up and made slash at him, cut
ting him with the knife concealed in
the palm of his hand.
/ DR.. Busch says that Conductor Han
ma came rushing up just then. the
man with the knife lunging at him and
cutting a slit in the back of his coat
4 Before anyone could lay hands on the
offender, said the doctor, he got UP
and ran to the closet, locking the door
behind him. The doctor added that
the crook refused to come out until
the train was slowing down for La
Grange, when he suddenly threw open
the door and made run for it, jump
ing from the train and disappearing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-30
A Few Instructions.

In sending in an alarm of fire
DON'T give central the house mum Der
of the place of the blaze or conf1agra-
ton. Merely tell her the nearest
street crossing and she will inform
the firemen who will do the rest and
as a result of giving simpler instruc-
tons will get out of the engine houses
much quicker. Recently. it has been
more noticeable than ever, that people
telling the central girls, give the
house number when merely the near
est street crossing to the place in
question would result in the depart
mentss arriving more quickly. Many
times the firemen spend several prec-
ious moments, dallying at the phone
trying to catch the number when il a
person would merely say to central
Seventh and Orleans, !" Eleventh and
Johnson etc, much valuable time
could be saved.
Recently an alarm came in, FIJI
North Seventh street" The chief told
the driver the number, who instead of
going to Seventh and Blondeau was
making all possible haste to reach
Eleventh and Blondeau streets, I'M
/ til told of his mistake. The infor.
mant of central should have said
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Fire at Seventh and Blondeau'' and
all would have been clear.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-09-11
That Government Bank

The Saturday Evening Post: The next big task that Congress
undertakes will probably be the Aldrich Currency Bill The none
tary commission, OF which the Rhode Island Senator is chairman.
has been at work nearly a year and a half 1t has examined extern
sively the systems of banking and currency in all leading CONNER
cial nations; knows what experience such nations have had with
their monetary apparatus in good times and bad times; should be
able to point out, with considerable authority, what experience the
United States might reasonably expect to have with this system and
that or with this and that detail of systems.
The commission, it is expected, will recommend a thoroughgo-
ing reform of our currency. with a central Governmental bank of
issue somewhat similar to the Imperial Bank of Germany-as a
basic feature. This subject is a very important one, as anybody who
recalls the scandalous wholesale breakdown Of our monetary machine
in the Fall of 1907. with all the loss and Inconvenience attendant
thereon, will readily believe. We have long been persuaded that a
Government bank was the cornerstone of any really satisfactory and
lasting monetary reform in the United States. 1t remains to be
noted. however. that, in the nature of the case, any such plan must
involve the vestirg of certain individuals with large discretionary
powers, and a plan, bearing the magic name of Aldrich, which pro-
poses to vest individuals with largo discretionary powers, will prob
ably be handicapped by al unfortunate popular suspicion.
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An Inspired Sculptures.

As a mere girl Miss Winnie Ream, the
sculptress, visited Rome. her soul filled
with enthusiasm for music and art.
On n occasion she was taken to one
of LISTS concerts and was fortunate
enough to obtain a seat near enough
to have touched him with her hand.
AS the great master played she lis
tened rapturously to the wonderful
music. entranced and forgetfui Of ev-
erything save the glorious sounds pro-
duced by his inspired touch.
At a pause List turned and looked
at her, and quietly, without a word, he
leaned and overlaid one hand over
hers and gently pressed it in silent
recognition Of the appreciation which
glowed in her large black eyes and
filed her whole being. At the close Of
the concert he turned to her and said,
MY child. we need no introduction"
At her earnest request that he would
sit for her he readily consented, and
she modelled the bust from life, putting
In the work the true artists inspiration
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too. has grown old she knows OF MS
triumphs and Of his desertion OF her In
heart as well as In person. We may
expect that she will receive hin as a
stranger, that she viii reproach him
with his neglect and that she who had
the first right to share In his triumphs
has been denied them. that. IL possible,
they would have been given to others
others signally unworthy of them.
When the aged invalid rode up to
her door she went out with open arms
to receive him. He tottered into the
house supported by her. She spoke
no word Of ~reproach. The love he had
sighted for more than three decades
was still there for him. As she had
nursed him in bis youth she nursed
him In his old age.
Again he saw her ministering to him
not as a youth. In youth herself with
life before them. but as a decrepit OLD
man. The dreams they then dreamed
had been far more than realized. but
not for her, and they could not now
be recalled that she might enjoy them.
He remembered his triumphs and how
unworthily they had been bestowed.
And yet she was caring for him as
tenderly as II he haa shared them
with her.
A poet has created a fancy of a
peri asking for admittance to heaven
and denied unless she will bring a gift
most acceptable. She goes back TO
! earth and brings various gifts. all OF
which are rejected. At last b K
a tear from the eye of a repentant sin
ner. This Is the gift. the one gift, by
which she may attain a dwelling with
the blessed.
May not the neglected wife have
seen that tear in the eye Of the man
who had 80 ~shamefully deserted her?
Then was a heaven opened to both
with which the plaudits Of the heath
en- throngs Of London could not be
compared. Though the past could not
be recalled, what remained of b ~
ture was Of heavens own kind.
LAURENCE FOSTER CHURCH.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-09-11

Perry during the matches. The ma
tional matches proper as distinguish
ed from those of the National Rife
association are shot under the direc-
ton of the secretary of war, the rules
for the same being prepared by the
national board for promotion OF rife
practice, of which Assistant Secretary
of Wal Robert Shaw Oliver Is presi-
dent.
The preparations for the national
matches are on a larger scale than
ever before. Approximately 100 reg
ular army officers and 1000 troops will
be stationed at Camp Perry during tho
matches. Congress has appropriated
$4,000 for the messing Of the COM
petitors during the national matches,
and the prize money will be largely
increased. From 1000 to 1900 com
petitors will participate In the ma
| tional matches and those of the N. Il.
A., and many more 10 the Ohio na-
tional guard matches and those OF
the Ohio State Rife association and
the Department Of the Lakes Rife as
sociat!ons. which precede the national
matches. The contests begin Aug. 9
and run to Sept. 3, when the Sea Gir'
tournament opens.
A difference of opinion exists as t.
| the probable purchase by the United
| States government of the Ohio rift
range at Camp Perry. Its purchase /
advocated because of its central loca
ton and because 1t is well equipped
has a north light and requires no ar
tificial backstops. On the other hand
| there is a well defined expression o
| opinion that a national range shoult
be established near washington. Tin
United States marine corps has recent
Iy secured 1000 acres of land at In
dian Head. about thirty miles dowI
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-09-11

H.rLE practice n good marks
manship are things TO which
the military authorities of the
country. both state and fed
era!. are d~evoting ever increasing at
tention. 1t Is recognized that, no mat
ter how much money the nation spends
ON forts and military equipment and
naval armament. it Is money thrown
away unless the men behind the guns
know how TO shoot. Whether the men
who are to handle the weapons OF de-
Tense be militiamen or regulars, lands
men or sea lighters, ii is Important
for the strength of the nation and Its
defense In any contest With hostile
forces that craftsmanship receive prop
err study. To encourage good marks
manship Is the object of the annual
matches at Camp Perry. o., which
have recently come much into public
notice. In consequence Of the In
creased interest IN rife practice 1t Is
expected that more distinguished VS.
itors will attend the national rifle
matches to be held at the camp during
August than have ever attended a
similar event.
A cordial invitation to visit the
matches was extended to President
Taft. Secretary of War Dickinson.
the members of the senate and house
committees on military affairs and 9TH
er distinguished men by General James
A. Drain. president of the National
Ride Association Of America. The
national rife aud revolver matches be-
gin on Aug. % and will be followed
Immediately by those OF the National
Rife association. 1t Is not probable
that President Taft will find 1t con-
yenient to attend the matches. al
though his interest In military rifle
work aud In the matches. to say moth
ing of the great range In his native
state. * such that he may be there
fer a day. lie is a life member OF the
National Rifle association. and during
nis administration OF the war depart
mert rifle practice made great strides
forward. In presenting b matter Il
the president General Drain said, IN
seems sure that your attendance 10
even a part Of one day within this
period would add immensely to tht
success of these truly national contests
thus making for greater rifle efficiency
and Increased power to our nation al
a maker of and preserver OF peace TO
ourselves and others"
In addressing the senators and rep
resentativcs General Drain said 4
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-09-11

aust slap down a sketch Of a drunk.
en- husband sitting In a wretched hove.
Of a home" requested the newspaper
editor. hurrying into the apartment OF
the lazy staff cartoonist
The artist carelessly complied and
sprawled back In his chair.
Don't you think 1t would fill out
better If you were to sketch in a Ia
BILE and an empty whisky bother In
quired the editor, gazing at the bare
figure.
"Oh, the readers will imagine the
booze part Of 1t, all right!'
swell, how about adding a broken
hearted wife and a couple Of ragged
children?"
Unnecessary. The readers Will
readily imagine all that as part and
parcel of such a scene"
"Then." calculated the editor. tear
ing the sketch to bits, then the read.
ers can imagine the drunken man.
Washington Post.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-09-11
Not on the Programme.

Two stout old Germans were enjoy
ing their pipes and placidly listening
to the strains Of the summer garden
orchestra. One Of them In tipping his
chair back stepped on a parlor match
which exploded with a bang.
dot vas not on the programme" he
said. turning to his companion
"vat vas not?"
IVY, dot match"
swat matchT"
rDe match l walked on"
"vell, I didn't see no match vat
aboud it,"
Ivy, I walked on a match. n II
went bang. and / said It a not on the
programme"
The other picked up his programme
and read 1t through very carefully.
81 don't see 1t on the programme" he
said.
"veIl. / said It vas not on the pro
gramme, didn't II
"vell, vat has 1t got to do NIT the
programme anyway? Egsplain your
self."-Ladies' Home Journal
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School For Cirls

Mrs. A. D. Elliott win open . school
for young ladies and girls ct her resi-.
dence on Mob Hill. All kinds Of plain
and fancy sewing win be taught-also
mending and darning. For particulars
inquire Of MRS. ELLIOTT. Advt
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-09-11
WATER NOTICE

Notice of Application for Permission to Ap-
propriate the Public Waters Of
the State Of Nevada
Application No. 1405.
Notice is hereby given that on the 14th day
August, 1903. in accordance with Section %,
Chapter XVIII, Of the Statutes OF 1907, one
w. j. Mahoney of Beowawe. County of Eu-
reka, and State Of Nevada. made application
to the State Engineer Of Nevada for permits
sion to appropriate the public waters OF the
State Of Nevada. Such appropriation is to be
made from Willow Creek. Eureka County. at
points about IL miles southeast OF Deans
Ranch and about five miles north Of horse
ranch. by means Of dam and open cut, and all
the flow Is to be conveyed TO points Of use by
means OF ditches and there used for irrigation
and domestic purposes. Water not to be re
turned TO stream.
Signed:
FRANK r. NICHOLAS,
State Engineer.
Date OF first publication August 81, 1909.
Date Of last publication September II. 1906