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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04

Quincy Wing: Born of the breads Of
war, and to hold with embattled might,
rival nations in awe, the American feet
of battleships on its homeward turn
from tae greatest voyage ever under
taken by the fleet of any nation, is has
tening on an Grand of peace and char
ity. Tomorrow it will steam past Suez
and, entering the Mediterranean, Will
carry thousands of the best and brav'
est men that any country can boast
with almost unlimited supplies of food
and medicine to the stricken provinces
OF southern Italy
Fitting conclusion for the world-girt
voyage. Happy idea of the President
of the United States. Fortunate, in
deed, the country that is about to en-
the like of which the world has never
seem
1t will be but 2 few days until those
mighty engines, intended to meet con-
tumely with thunderous fire, and n
suit with destruction, will steam into
the stricken harbors of Messina and
Reggie, and extend to the cities and
peoples of devastated foreign prov
! inces aid, mercy and comfort.
No one knew when the great fleet
moved out of Hampton Roads with Ad
miral Bob Evans in charge, after the
last few hurried words between the
President and the great naval com
mander, whether it was to fight OF
a frolic.' None could ever have
/ dreamed of the mighty conquest il
was to achieve, greater than all the
victories of war. None could know 81
the terrible calamity it would meet :
its pata and relieve. Who could have
! told that the earth would have beer
rifted for a few days journey in ad
vance of it, and that the seq woult
have emptied itself upon the dry earth
and that cities which have stood
through the centuries, and countless
human beings, would have been com
mingled in d ruined, wounded mass be
tween the jaws of devouring rock ane
wave?
But SO it was ordered in tAis wonder
full universe, where individuals are
as sands on the seashore and the viii
of God is not to be questioned.
Never before did one great fee
4 sail better equipped for deeds of mere.
and succor, as well as horror ant
deatl, than the American squadron
that has now almost circled the globe
1t has at hand the pick of the servic
in it's corps of physicians and SUI
! geons, and all the materials needed b
. the most advanced science to memo
as we'll as to break and wound and xii
/, These will be at the service of tn
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04

A bulletin issued by the department
of commerce and labor shows that Oh
the twenty-five countries of the world,
all but four slow a falling off in ex-
ports and nearly two-thirds show de
cline in imports for the fiscal year
1908. Thus it appears to be the truth
that the loss of s3oo,oooooo of Ameri-
can imports during 1908 and of sloo,-
100000 in American exports is only
part of a general depression the world
over.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04
The Minstrel.

To the minstrel said the king,
"Sing you mournful songs or glad?"
Nay, sire, It's of life ! SIM:
Gay today, tomorrow sad"
Minstrel, tell us not of tears;
Dulcet notes to joy belong"
Nay, sire, he who sorrow fears
Will not hear the sweetest song"
Edna Dean Proctor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04
Thankful for His.

0 pumpkin pie! That's my idee
OF what true heavens goin to be
Three times day and maybe four,
And in between times several more.
/ sometimes think the blazin sun
High up in the sky is one
81 come what may, I'm thankful
Have got my share of pumpkin pie!
-Harper's Weekly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04

Among the other thingless things
enumerated by a writer in the St
Louis Globe-Democrat is the snowless
wintcr-of which the present one
Sc ems to be an example.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04
Cedar Rapids Has Backbone.

Waterloo Courier: Cedar Rapids is
teaching neighboring towns lesson in
thorough business principles. She
would not accept a mile of bad paving
at a discount, but insisted that the
contract be adhered to. If such back
bone were more common in the bust
ness world there would be fewer care
less and incompetent contractors.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04

The waiter who pulled the beard of
the president of France should be Sc
verely punished Walters should be
made to understand that they must
confine themselves to their usual pro-
cedure of pulling peoples legs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04

The convicts in the Oklahoma peni-
Tertiary inaugurated riot last Satur-
day because they were not supplied
with perfumery. They must have teen
reading about Warden Sanders con
duct of our Iowa pen and concluded
they had been denied one Of their in
alienable rights 5"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04

The Mason City Times-Herald is I'm.
doubtedly correct in its belief that the
subject Of good roads would receive
more attention in the Legislature If
more of the members made use of the
country roads in the winter time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04

A minister in Chicago recently
preached sermon on the oft-ouoted
line in Checkers, Gee, amt it hell
to be poor" He maintained that the
sentiment was true and tat it is
almost as much a man S duty in so lar
as he may do so honorably to escape
living in such place on earth as
TIC avoid like habitation in the next
world.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04

A New Jersey judge has ruled that
mother-in-law must not hang around
the house and boss things. The full
force of this blow will be cit equally
by the mothers-in-law an, the joke
smiths.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04

Ths Byers' proposition for law en-
fcrcement in Iowa has Mr.. Rankin and
his state marshals bill going south,
all right.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04

No list of swear offs" is complete
that does not include a resolution not
to break good resolutions. The omis-
son of this simple precaution plays
havoc sometimes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04

Editor Harvey of Harper's Weekly
says the Panama canal will never be
finished The Peoria Herald-Tran-
script has word OF comment on this
that is entirely apropos. 1t SAYS that
a. the mouthpiece Of all the people
who don't want ii to be finished, Editor
Harvey speaks from the heart
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04
Keokuk, Iowa. January q, 1903.

Beyond the Alps Ies''-a sad lot
of miscellaneous wreckage,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04

some member of the assemblyman $
family or some political henchman
may have a few weeks at Des Moincs
belongs with the free railroad pass
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04
Not a Printer, for a Wonder.

Knoxville Express: The Mitchell
Vile Index has found blacksmith who
has worked at his trade continuously
for sixty years. And he's not print
er, either. which is little surprising
in view of the fact that the blacksmith
printers never seem to die off.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04

1T is all right to talk of teaching
the rudiments of agriculture in the
country schools, but where are the
teachers to come from who can give
such practical Instruction." asks tae
Cedar Rapids Republican.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04

Attorney General Byers is making
another grandstand play" says the
Denison Review. If one were not SO
we'll acquainted with Web, one might
take him more seriously
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04

Read The Daily Gate City.
cents per week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The Marshalltown Times-Republican
notices that Mr.. Rankin and the state
marshals bill are enroute to the dump
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04

Governor Bert NJ. Fernald of Maine
whose Inauguration takes place next
week, is said to be the first genuine
farmer who has ever been called upon
to fill the office of chief executive in
tae Pinetree state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04

cents per week.
Read The Daily Gate City. 10
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04

Those who would have the local
authorities usurped by hired agents OF
the state notes the Iowa City Repub.
lican, point to the game wardens as
an example of law enforcement by the
state. The analogy does rot exist. No
body ever heard of the game wardens
ever enforcing thing, excepting the
collection of their fees
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04

There isn't high school student in
the state" says the Council Bluffs Non
pareil, who would be the least bit
worse off If there were no frats.' 1t
appears that there are high schools
and high school pupils taat would be
better off if all frats' were abolished. =
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-04

The Marshalltown Times-Republica
says tae custom of grating the state
treasury for So day in order that
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1909-11-01
GREAT PROSPERITY.

L. B. Kerr: 81 returned few
days ago from New York, Boston
and other eastern centers, COM
pleting a business tour which 1
have made many times. Never
before, in my many trips, have |
found the country in such pros
porous condition. East, west,
north and south-it is hurry, bus
tie, business and money. Estab-
lished enterprises are going ahead
by leaps and bounds, and new
cnes were springing up like mush-
rooms all over the country. 1t is
almost ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS enor-
nous prosperity wave which has
struck the States. 1t was big
enough and potent enough before
the adjournment of Congress, but
the new tariff law seems to have
been the means of letting all the
steam on at once.
81 do not know, but | am in
clined to think that the unprece-
denied prosperity over there will
be felt to the good here. There
is bound to be an overflow of the
good times. Even great America
is too small to hold it all, and we
will get our share out here"
u - u
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1909-11-01

The night is drifting music
merry-sweet;
The hardest work is over and
the bees are in the clover,
And there's such a Juba feel
ing in the feet!
- y y
That Kohala Midget is indeed
clever mite of a midget, anil
talks almost like grown-ups.
- y -
Mr.. Waldron says that in each
instance the heavier the interest of
a man in commercial affairs, the
stronger and more unreserved was
his endorsement of the Y. M.
c. A. as an institution. "They de-
clared," remarked Mr.. Waldron
this morning, "that the Y. M.
c. A. simply made good, that it
was to the fore in every step for
the advancement of the interests
of the people generally, and it was
harmonizer and that it was so
manifold and so dependable and
so versatile that it's members
could be called upon and could be
relied upon at any time to put all
effective shoulder to the wheel"
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1909-11-01
WALTER CLIFFORD SMITH.

A little less than ten years ago
Walter Clifford Smith accepted
the editorship of the Pacific Com
mercial Advertiser. Not quito
seven years ago, upon the estab
lishment of cable communication
between San Francisco and Ho-
nolulu, the publication of the Sun
day Advertiser was begun, also
under the editorial guidance of
"Walter g." as he has become
Familiarity known throughout Ha-
wall mel.
That Walter G. Smith has
made good" in Hawaii during thc
past ten years, needs no reminder
from me, to the people of this
Territory.
The newspapers of Honolulu
suffer through having a reading
constituency with an appetite for
a metropolitan journal, while
possessing but a country village
circulation-a parallel to the man
with champagne appetite and a
beer purse.
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1909-11-01
"EXtravagance is the meat that
invites the wolf to the door,"
THE CORNSTALK FIDDLE.

THE CORNSTALK FIDDLE.
The cornstalk fiddle makes the
music of the day,
And the old land smiles meath
thousand stacks of hay;
The sweet potatoes smiling and
the watermelons shine,
Oh, lead your little lady to the
center of the line
The cornstalk fiddle, let it
swing, swing, swing,
The music of the harvest is so
sweet;
The hardest work is over and
the bees are in the clover,
And there's such Juba feel
ing in the feet
Every pickaninny in the country
for mile
Wears a postum visage and
sweet potato smile,
And along the lovely orchards and
beside the bank-barn hill
They're grinding cider apples in
the creaking cider mill:
The cornstalk fiddle, let it buzz,
buzz, buzz,
The laughter of the morning
is a goldenness of bliss;
The harvest toll is ended and
the loving hearts have
wendell
TO the shadows of the valley
for kiss!
A rabbit in the warren shakes his
little cotton tail,
The covert leans to listen to the
drumming of the quail,
The dogwood turns to crimson
and the naples are on fire,
Oh, life is summer dreaming Of
the April's lost desire:
The cornstalk fiddle, let it talk,
talk, talk,
The barn is full of dancers,
and | know
Its whistle and its toot and it's
chassez and salute,
And then it's all together in
the old heel and toe!
The cornstalk fiddle makes a
music all its own,
a music of the mornings that have
blossomed and have flown,
A music of the misty and the
magic and the fine,
Oh, lead your little ladies to the
center of the line
The cornstalk fiddle, let it play,
play, play,
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1909-11-01
TO END WITH.

The undersigned concludes,
with this issue, his editorship of
the Advertiser, which began ten
The Honolulu times. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1902-1911, 1909-11-01

years ago this fall. The decade
has been formative one in Ha-
waiian journalism and politics
and interesting throughout, and
it is a pleasure to the retiring
editor to feel that the Advertiser
has always done it's part for good
government in urging the causes
to which the best citizenship of
the Territory has been devoted
during that long and at times
strenuous period.
How greatly the undersigned is
indebted to the owner of this pa
per for encouragement and coop.
Grafton in carrying on the work
cut out for the Advertiser and to
the writing staff for their loyal
assistance, he can not find words
TO express.
The new editor, Mr.. r. O.
Matheson, has been with the Ad-
vertiser several years and is one
of the best equipped newspaper
men this office has ever employ
ed. Lately, as chief clerk of the
Governor, he has proved his apti-
tude in other directions. Under
his management the Advertiser is
certain to lose nothing and to gain
much; and in his work no one can
wish him more agreeable en-
ploymet, more appreciative
public and a greater professional
success than does the one who
now makes room for him.
Walter G.. Smith.
Sept. rs.
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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-09-22

Seatle.-The ruling of President
Taft in the Ballinger-Glavis contro-
versy does not change the title to the
vast coal areas near Katalla. in Alas
ka, which are claimed by several syn
dicates, including the Cunningham
combination. with headquarters in Sc
attic. The biologists in charge of the
United States survey of Alaska said
recently that six billion tons Of coal
are in sight in Alaska, with the coun-
try only partially explored. This coal
is claimed to be superior to any found
elsewhere in North America except in
Pennsylvania. Estimates of the value
of the coal lands claimed by the syn
dicates vary from s75,0oo.o00 to ST.
goo, 000,0 900.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-09-22
GENERAL NEWS.

Miss Sarah Lathrop Herrshoff. the
neteen-year-old daughter OF j. u.
Francis Herreshoff. n younger member
OF the celebrated Herreshoff family OF
Rhode Island. and n millionaire. visit
ed the city hall in New York. with her
fiance. Signor Luigi Masnaba of Ber-
gamo. Itaiy. a former jockey both in
America and abroad. who obtained n
license permitting them to be married
There was issued by the English
Board of Education recently a sylla-
bus respecting physical exercises IN
elementary schools which Is receiving
the warmest concentrations from Bri-
fish educationalists. This syllabus is
regarded as IN a measure constituting
the first official recognition in this
country OF the fact that it 's not only
the mind. but also the body, OF the
child that requires development in
system of national education Old
time pedagogues might hoit up their
hands in horror at the rois which the
board of education now assigns to the
schoolmaster. VINO Is expe Ted TO De
stow as much attention on the care
OF his pupils todies as on the training
OF their intelligence.
Lord Tweedmouth. former lord
president of the Council, is reported
to be dying ut London.
The gross earnings of the railroads
of the United States for the year end
ing June 80. 1909. were $2.is7 .3s5.sii,
according to the figures compiled by
the bureau of railway news and sta
tistics from the monthly reports of
the Interstate commerce commission
as given out at Chicago. The operat-
ing expenses were 81 GIL .921 .766: taxes.
SIS. s6i AIS. and net operating income,
1856. 496.6O0.
General Porfirio Diaz. president OF
Mexico. celebrated his eightieth birth
day September 18th. He received
greetings from many foreign countries.
A body of workmen expressed the hope
that Diaz might rule Mexico for many
years and their enthusiasm moved the
PIT sidont to tears. President Diaz has
occupied his office for thirty-two years.
He has been renominated for the term
commencing in 1910 and ending six
years later.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-09-22

With plain cord wood as fuel. the
wall sided. scow shaped. stovepipe fun
neled craft In which Robert Fulton
first navigated the waters OF the Hud-
son river under steam propulsion 1o2
years ago. came to life again recently
when the reconstructed Clermont,
built for the Hudson-Fulton celebra-
ton. had her official speed trial from
Mariners Harbor. Staten Island, to
Robbins reef light.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion received the complaint OF the
Colorado Coal Traffic Association OF
Denver against the Colorado & South
ern, Denver & Rio Grande and Rock
Island railroad companies in which 1t
is alleged that their carload rates on
coal from the Walsenburg district,
Colorado. to Omaha and Lincoln. Neb..
and common points. is unreasonable
and excessive.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-09-22

And now come dispatches from
Winnipeg announcing that the yield OF
wheat In the prairie rovinces OF Can
ada this year will reach 100000 900
bushels In the World Almanac for
1909 the whoe wheai crop of Canada
for 1907 is stated to have been Sc.
100000 bushels. This caused some
doubt to be expressed as to the au-
thenticity OF extracts from a United
States consul's reports as To the in
crease Of wheat production In the
northwest provinces which were pub
iished during the excitement attend
ing the recent wheat corner. The in
crease Of wheat production in the
Canadian northwest has been almost
sufficient TO stagger belief. II will be
n great blessing to the crowded cities
Of the earth whose cry goes up for
bread.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-09-22

Washington.-Rival propositions to
carry the mails from Chicago to Sc
attic in fifty-six hours have been sub
mitted by the Great Northern company
and by the Chicago Milwaukee & st.
Paul railroad. Such an accomplish
nient as is promised would clip sixteen
hours off the present schedule for the
twenty-five hundred miles.
The threatened speed war has for
its reward the four-year contract for
carrying the Overland mail from Chi
cago for the Puget Sound country. Al
aska and Trans-Pacific ports and from
Chicago to st. Paul and Minneapolis.
1t means nearly s7.000.oo0 additional
revenue to the successful road during
the four years following next Febru-
airy. when the contract is due to be
awarded
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-09-22
A NEW SCHOOL NEEDED.

The Wright brothers are quoted as
saying that they will build an aero
plane for 1880 for anybody who
wants one. Now that they have dem
onstrated SO thoroughly the fine quail
ties OF their machine-its great speed
and Its birdIike ability to rise and sink
while sweeping over hills and valleys.
there must be a number of adventur
Gus spirits who would like to own one
The automobilists. whose recreation Is
fnterfered with by bad roads and by
other vehicles would like to try the
smooth and vacant pathways OF the
air. to fly as the bird flies. and float
over the ponds or lakes instead OF
having to travel around them. There
is practical difficulty as yet. says the
Chicago Tribune. No one can buy with
the machine the skill to operate 1t.
and there are no aeroplane chauffeurs
nor is there any one 20 teach them
Orville Wright is going abroad to in
terest foreign governments in the
American invention. His brother Will
teach some army officers how to han
die the aeroplane the government has
bought oil him After having attended
to that he VIII devote himself to the
business OF aeroplane construction
Along with that should go the estab
lishment oil a school where n capable
aviator could give instruction to eager
pupils.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-09-22

Chicago.-For the first time in sew.
enty-four years, Halley's comet has
been observed with the human eye.
The observation was made by Profess
or S. w. Burnham OF the Yerkes OBJ
servatory at Lake Geneva. early on
Wednesday and Thursday mornings.
last week. Two Photographic mega
tives were secured.
The announcement OF Professor
Burnham's exploit was made by Pro-
fessor Edward B. Frost today.
Professor Burnham was the first
in America to see the comet even
with the aid OF telescope" said Pro
lessor Frost. Heretofore IL has need
ed the camera to detect 1t. We said
nothing about seeing the visitor
Wednesday. even though Dur photo
graphic plates showed IL. because it
was partly obscured by a small star
and we could not he certain.
Thursday morning about 3 o'clock.
Professor Burnham again saw the
comet and again the camera manipu-
lated by Oliver ]. Lee picked 1t up.
This time there could be no mistake"