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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-17

the salvation or the Unlcn, put lt was not placed there without opposition. To the Filipinos the grant of practically all of these guaranties comes not as the result of an intelligent demand fructifying through centuries of par tial self-government and political ex- perience. but as the sudden and un- sought gift from a con7uering nation. Many of the Filipinos who prate most loudly of Independence" place no value whatever on that kind ot inde- pendence thus guaranteed. The Fill pino Judiciary approves the reforms en- thusiastically. but the people do not understand them.
 It is altogether a question of educa- tion. The Filipino is the only Christian in the Far East The Spanish friars converted him to the religion of Christ. aided him to stem the tide of Islam. and endowed him with set of Ideals altogether different from those of other Orientals He does not look upon the Westerner with the contempt of the Chinese or the Hindu. He looks to Rome, to Madrid, to Paris, for his ideals and Inspirations. He is begln- ming to look to Runnymede and Wash ington for his political notions. It will require many years. perhaps sev- ereal generations. to adjust the Fili- pino mind to the Anglo-Saxon concept ion of law and political rights and du- ties. but 1t is not nearly so difficult an undertaking as It might be. The Fili- pino is a Christian. and that Is more than half the battle.
 The liberty of speech and the press. | giving opportunity to discuss and criti- cize the government Is in Itself a great | blessing to the people of the Philip pines. There are many Americans and not a few Filipinos in the islands who | for divers reasons. would deny this statement. The person or party conn ing in for hostile criticism from a caustic newspaper is rarely enthusias' tic about the freedom of the press. ii the person so criticized is absolutely
 convinced of his, own rectitude, the
 desire to stihe the press is even mors
 pronounced. But in the long run. the l freedom of the press aeeomplishes sum-
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-09-23
A TARIFF BATTLE-LINe

In every fight there must be a battle line. If the democrats desire to control the next con- gress they must convince the
 voters that they not only intend to reduce the tariff, But Can Be Relied Upon To Do So. If the democrats in the senate and
 house had voted solidly for every proposed decrease in the tariff and against every proposed in- crease we might make the next congressional fight on the party's record without outlining a spe- cific affirmative policy, but the fact that a considerable number of democrats in the house and a majority of the democrats in the senate repudiated parts of the
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-09-23

upon all other necessaries of life, especially upon articles sold abroad more cheaply than at home, the aim being to put the lowest duty on articles of neces- sity and the highest on articles of luxury. Articles coming into competition with trust made articles should be placed upon the free list.
 No tariff rate should be above fifty per cent ad valorem, eX- cepting upon liquor and tobacco, and all rates above twenty-five per cent, excepting those upon liquor ard tobacco. should be re- duced one-tW entieth each year until twenty-five per cent rate is reached, the purpose being to reduce the tartt gradually to a revenue basis and thereafter to collect tariff for revenue only.
 A congress elected on a plat form like the above would be pledge to real tariff reduction and a tariff bill embodying thes7 principles, would, if passed by a democratic house and rejected by ! republican senate, make a tariff issue fer 1912-an issue which would draw the line be- tween tariff reformers and pro- tectionists. The platform should, of course. cover all other ques- tions at issue. The Commoner.
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-09-23
HALLEY'S COMET
 IS VISIBLE
American Scientists See Ce- lestial Visitor With Naked Eye. Two photographic
 Negatives Secured

Chicago, Sept. 17.-For the first time in "A years, Halley's comet has been observed with the naked eye. The observation was made by Prof. s. w. Burn ham of the Yerkes Observatory of Lake Geneva on Wednesday and Thursday night. Two photo- graphic negatives were secured.
 The announcement of Prof. Burnham's exploit was made by Prof. Edwin B. Frost today.
 Prof. Burnham was the first in America to see the comet with the naked eye, unaided by a telescope" said Prof. Frost to- day. We said nothing about seeing the visitor Wednesday, even though our photographic plates showed it, because it was partly obscured by a small star and we could not be certain. Thursday morning about 3 O. clock Prof. Burnham again saw the comet and again the camera,
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-09-23
FARMER PLAYS
 JOKE ON COW
Bovine Would Not Consent to Let Him Approach and He Disguises Himself in
 Wife's Dress.

Columbus, Ind, Aug. 2S.- William Baker a farmer who lives in Clay Township, Bartholomew County, has super ceded his wife in the affection of the family COW, but the cow does not know it. Baker is playing a joke on the cow.
 Mrs. Baker always milks the COW, but this week she decided to go to Newman, Ill.,. on visit. When the COW returned from the pasture, Baker took the milking pail and the little stool and started to milk.
 The gentle bovine turned her head and stared in mild surprise to see a man at her side. Then she became genuinely aroused and started trouble. She kicked the bucket and the bucket holder, and tore up things generally. Baker was in a quandry. The COW had to be milked and his wife was on her way to Illinois, Then he had an idea and he put it to work.
 He went to the house, donned a dress belonging to his wife and pulled a sunbonnet over his face. Returning to the barnyard, he approached the ccw and she seemed glad to see him. He milked without any trouble, and now he has to wear his wife's clothes whenever milking time comes.
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-09-23
CHURCHES.

VI Church South-Rev. w. A. Steele: Pastor. H~sning every Sunday. morning and night. M meeting every Wednesday nj z h [ Es;a school every Sunday morning at 9:45 a. m. |rs. murrsh. Superintendent.
 svust Church-E l.. M. Keeling. pastor. H~snins every Sunday morning and night M M meeting every Thursday night. Sunday (mss ssvery Sunday morning at 9 o'clock: J. c. Church-Rev.J. M. Alexander pastor. Slms every Sunday morning and night
 " school every Sunday morning at 9:3O:W.V. sekins. Superintendent
 SAn Church-Eld. R. A. Highsmith pastor \ pSns ps every Lords day at Il am. and [ IS meeting every Wednesday night N 'Shool every Sunday morning at 10 o'clocki
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-09-23
2,594.67 ACRES
 IN CULTIVATION
Surveyors Report on State Farm Land on Which Crops Are Now
 Growing

The survey of the state farm in Lincoln county by H. G. and Jared Martin has been complet- ed, and shows that there are 2,594, .67 acres in cultivation, distributed as follows: Cotton, 2, 032.6 68 acres; corn, 451. 28; sor- ghum, B. 6; garden. 3S. 28, hay, 39 37.
 The penitentiary officisls were Of the opinion that there were at least 2, 800 more acres planted in cotton, about 800 more acres than are shown by the survey. Superintendent Pitcock based his estimate of the amount of land cleared since the purchase of the farm by the state. which he placed at about l 900 acres. Most of this newly-cleared land was planted in cotton, according
 o Mr. Pitcock's figures. would easily increase the number to g. 300. It is a difficult matter to estimate correctly the acreage of the farm on account of its pe- culiar topography. It has many small lakes upon it, and the lands lie in necks and bends, the fields being very irregular in their formation. This is given as the reason for the mistakes of the penitentiary officials in estimat- ing the amount of acres planted.
 The two engineers have not yet made an estimate of the value of the timber on the farm, and will not undertake this work until sometime in Novem- Der, when the frost denudes the trees of their foliage. which will render the task easier for the surveyors. Messrs. Martin are now engaged in making a detail ed map of the farm, which they expect to have completed in the next two or three weeks.
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-09-23
POSTOFFICE.
Jack Grayson
 Walt~r Hi-f

M '''.'''........ Jack Grayson 06.. Walter Hirst hm st sours-open at .. m. close at p. m..
 -" D. m.. close at 7:SO D. m. Sundsy-opsD
 n n. close at i0:So .. m. open at 40 D. n. "sSo p. m. Money ords- -departmsnt-opes Dsu st \, hosston and intermediats points ar | iSS t!i n q m. leavss at D. n.
 m " Csie and intermediate points arrivss TT outss daily except Sualay. t0 S. Sti ro1fo Noa. 1. q [. (. and lave
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-09-23
manipulated by Oliver ]. Lee, picked LID the comet.

picked up the comet.
 The plates, which were taken with a two-foot reflector, show ed the comet as a faint, fuzzy patch, slightly elongated in the southwest. It was about five degrees distant from the star Geminorum, in the predicted position, sa there can be no mis- take as to the correctness of our discoveries. The position of the comet was accurately fixed with the milrometer."
 Halley's comet, according to the scientists, will not be visible to the naked eye without a teIa- scope before sext spring. The sighting of 1t with the eye through the telescope is con sidered a great feat by"tbe scientists.
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-09-23
DIRECTORY.
HTDICIAI.

JUDICIAL.
 S,nceIor ...................y. D. Shaver. of Mena
 sdge NJ. Carter. of Texarkans )hss Senator ......... H. B. Mckenzie. Prescott | Circuit court meets second Monday in January v third Monday in July. | Chsncery court meets first Mondays in June " December. County court meets first Mondays in January. lpnl July and October. Probate court meets 4th Mondays in January. )pnl July and October Court of Common Pleas meets 2nd Mondays in )lnuary. Apri July and October
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-09-23

last democratic national platform and voted against reductions urged by the rest of the demo- crats and by progressive repubii- cans makes it impossible for us to make the fight next year upon the party's record in congress.
 The Country Must Have As surance That The Democratic Party Can Agree Upon A Tariff Policy And Carry It Out. If the democratic candidates for con gress can not agree upon a pro- gram Before the election they are not likely to agree upon bill Afterwards. The influence of the special interests is so great that 1t ia absolutely neces- sary to pledge congressman in advance in order that they may be fortified against the pressure which the protected interests bring to bear against the legisla- tors. The necessity for specific declarations was shown in the last congress when the republi- can tariff reformers attempted to interpret their ambiguous platform. Even the democratic platform was interpreted differ ently by different members of the party.
 In view of the fact that some of the democrats denied the binding force of platforms every democratic platform should con- tain a plank endorsing the demo- cratic doctrine that platform pledges are inviolable.
 The commoner presents, below, a sample tariff plank. It con- tains three propositions, the first, declaring that a platform IS binding, the second, promising a revision of the rules of the house of representatives and the third. outlining a tariff policy. No democratic candidate is deserv- ing of support who denies that a platform is binding or who re- fuses to announce his position on questions at issue, and no demo- crat should be elected to con- gress who is not willing to assist in restoring popular government in the house of representatives. Democrats may honestly differ as to schedules but they are not likely to differ much unless they are tinctured with the protective tariff idea. It is only when they are seeking a pretext for giving protection to some industry that they begin to manufacture reasons for opposing reductions. Here is the sample tariff plank:
 First, A platform is a pledge, given by the candidate to the voters and, when ratified at the poles, becomes a contract be- tween the official and his consti- tuents. To violate it, in letter or spirit, is not only undemocrat- ic but repugnant to the principles of representative government, and constitutes an embeZzlement of power.
 Second, We denounce the des- potism known as Cannonism and favor such an amendment of the rules of the national house of representatives as will restore popular government in that body and insure the rule of the majority on every question.
 Third, We endorse the tariff plank of the last national demo-
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-09-23
COUNTY.

oaso of health-Drs. Adam Guthrie. W. E.
 n0o' s J. Hesterly A. s. Buchanan and wv. osnool Board-C. c. Hamby. President: Alex gym. cM. Secretary; c. R. Haynie. W. N. Bemis. { cs S Young. J. S. Began.
 My council meets first and third Tuesday nights
The Nevada County picayune., 1909-09-23
tl-as o. K. Gordon. Cash.
 W B. Walters, Vice-Pres'
 NEVADA COUNTY B A RI K oeo A M [ Q
$25,ooo Capital
 Paid Up

m One of the ol d e s t Banks in South Ark
 anSaS.
 m Solicits the accounts Y of merchants, farm,
 CTS, manufactors and everybody else. We of- fer our customers the facilities and experience gained in over 20 years of continued service, to- gether with every ac- commodation consistent with sound banking prin- eiples.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-15
CITY NEWS.

-Matinees every day except Sun.
days, at Dodges.
Fresh oysters served in any style
at Wittich's restaurant.
Matinee every day except Sunday,
at Dodges.
Heinz dill pickles, just in, Reck's
grocery. Both phones.
"A playing card salesman while in
one of the local retail stores this
morning, thought he was in the
clutches of Carrie Nation when an
elderly woman entered the place
where he was displaying his wares,
and commenced line of talk tended
to show the great harm the game of
cards did to humanity and the punish
ment which the salesman was bringing
down upon his head by dealing in the
pretty pasteboards The information
was entirely unprovoked, the heroine
being simply customer in the store
when she noticed the wares which
the victim was displaying and which
he was trying to make the would be
buyer believe were the best in the
land. Mrs Nation" or whoever she
was did make things warm for time
and the salesman was expecting every
minute to have his wares hacked to
| pieces. However it seems that the
| Good Samaritan" had forgotten her
| Ratchet and so there was nothing do
| ing in the cutlery line. After the re-
treat the victim vowed that he would
never enter the particular store again.
If there are any Lee county farm
ers who have grape arbor which has
1 not been bearing a good quality OF
grapes, they should follow the example
/ OF c. E. Widger, who resides three
miles northwest of Ottumwa. Mr.
| Widger used common coal ashes
around his vines and his crops of
grapes this season were not only much
larger, but were finer in quality. The
use OF coal ashes was an experiment
with Mr. Widger The first season
there was a marked improvement
i the second year showed better results
and the third seasons test demonstrat
ed that coal ashes make the grapes
grow a great deal larger and in more
| abundance. The variety raised by Mr.
Widger is the Concord and they We're
larger than grapes which are grown in
California He states that according
to scientists there is an element in
coal ashes which is necessary for the
growth and peri ction of grapes and
he believes any Iowa farmer can De
as successful as he in the cultivation
OF the luscious fruit.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-15

Smoke Moeller's Silver Ash cigar.
In Old Kentucky, at Dodges to
night
-Ewers Mccarthy Co.'S suits and
overcoats are the kind that give sat.
isfaction.
The steamer Wenona will make
her last trip of the season on Satur-
day. October %, closing the season
earlier this year than heretofore.
--Puckechetuck lodge No. 43 meets
every Friday evening at 800 o'clock.
w. E. Rokey, N. G.: George w. Imme'
CART, secretary. Work in first degree
The Fort Madison school board
has decided to enforce the compulsory
education law, it having been discov-
cred that 1876 children of school age
are not attending school in that city.
Clark County News: Will Knot,
formerly editor of the Pennington,
Iowa, News, is here today working
in the interest of The Daily Gate City,
Keokuk's best daily paper.
At the recent meeting of the
Board Of Supervisors, 81 in bounty
was paid out for rattlesnake skins,
showing that eight of the serpents
had been slain In the country.
At both shows at the Dodge the
atre last evening, the pretty picture
house was filled to it's capacity. A
fine program is being presented each
evening this week and patrons OF Man
ager Abell's house are appreciative.
believing that he has the fastest
motor boat in the world, Captain Cor
sepius of Fort Madison has sent a
challenge to Peoria, offering to race
any motor boat in the world on the
Illinois river, excepting the record
breaking Dixie II. His challenge will
likely not be taken up by any OF the
launch owners of Peoria or vicinity
j. S. Knox of Des Moines viii
speak at the Y M. c. A. this even
ing regarding the class in salesman
ship. All interested in this subject
and all others VINO wish to will be
made very welcome to hear Mr. Kno'
lecture this evening. His talk vii
commence at eight o'clock.
The horse barn on J. G. Brewster:
farm in Jefferson township was de
stroyed by fire at about five o'clocl
Yesterday morning. The cause of TIT
blaze is unknown. The horses wer'
gotten out in safety but several set
of harness and considerable quantit.
of hay and grain was consumed by TIL
flames. The loss on the barn and con
tents is estimated at about $1,000 witt
81 900 insurance. The granary ad
Joining, as well as the corn crib ant
hog house, which were only abou
thirty feet distant, were saved.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-15
CITY NEWS.

Best harness repairing, Sherwood
See Love and War;" at Dodges
tonight,
Genuine Vermont maple syrup.
fresh pan cake -four. Reck's grocery.
People seem to take delight in
attacking DR.. Cook. They say he did
not get to the North Pole nor did he
Climb Mount Mckinley. The next
thing we know. someone will declare
that Cook never passed through Keo-
kuk last week and gave out the in
terview published in these columns.
Engineer Critchfield of the Keo-
kuk reports that the mallards are
thick between the Quincy bridge and
La Grange "Tney are as thick as
fies,' he said, "and they are big fat
birds, too" He said he saw some hunt
ers on the dry sand bar south of Hog
lunches. The shooting attracted the
attention of the passengers on board
and they watched the hunters with
considerable interest.
Quincy Wing: The Wabash Rail
road company was made the defend
ant to $500 damage suit docketed in
the circuit court yesterday afternoon
by Attorney j. l.. Stalker, of Clayton,
for George A. Campbell, of that place
The suit was brought to recover dam
ages that Campbell alleged was done
to his fields along the Wabash right
of-way last summer by fires caught
from the smokestack of passing loco
! motives.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-15

Munyon's Paw Paw Pills coax the
liver into activity by gentle methods.
They do not scour, grippe or weaken;
they enrich the blood and enable the
stomach to get all the nourishment
from food that is put into 1t. These
pills contain no calomel they are
soothing healing and stimulating. For
sale by ali druggists in 10c and Csc
sizes. II you need medical advice,
write Munyon's Doctors. They will
advise you to the best Of their ability
absolutely free Of charge. Munyon's
53rd and Jefferson SITS, PHILADELPHIA,
Pa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-15
CITY NEWS.

Smoke Moeller's Silver Ash cigar.
In Old Kentucky. at Dodges to
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-15
ANNOUNCEMENT.

We do not mine any $500 coal. Get
a ton of our Springfield chunks, $3.50
per ton and get real coal. D. b.
Reeves, district agent for the mines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-15
NOTICE.

Str. Wenona will make her last Sun
day trip on next Sunday, Oct. II. One
fare round trip to all points.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-05-04

have spent 05J, 100000 Of your money
unnecessarily and just because ! could
you win DC called to the bar Of pub
lie opinion and condemned 20 the soil.
iude Of private life"
Speaking Of the agitation fQr
greater navy. Mr. Borah said thar II
more ships must be built they should
be built BY the wealth OF the nation.
The constant preparation for war jus.
ilAed and demanded on income TAX
lust ns much as the preparation for
war did IN other days, was his con-
teniion. Tie said he DID not crlticlse
at this time the necessity Of building
ships or enIarging the army but
claimed that this program could net
be continued BY q tax on consump-
iion, THE working people and the
producers Of this country are willing
to help" concluded Mr. Borah, "but
they ask tbat IN these extraordinary
expenditures property and gathered
wealth may assume their portion Of
The burden
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-05-04
AGONY Or ECZEMA
( BEYOND WORDS
CASE SEEMED HOPELESS
BUT CUTICURA CURED HER


words cannot describe the terrible
exxhma 1 knlSHnod with. II hrohe out
nfi Wv head and kept spreading until it
covered nv whole body. / was almost
= aolId masa ~ sores from head to foot.
/ looked mofu like pleee OF raw beef
than q human being. The pain nnd
aaoMY / endured seemed more than
t8Uld bear Eioud and pla oo1ed froEn
fhH Fye4f sore On my scalp, from lsndfe
Aay AuKef nails, and nearly all ovsr my
body NV eNfs were 40 cfisted and
sNollen wa afraid thoy would beak
Uf. Every hkir IN my head fell but.
4 could not sik down. for my clothes
w0uId stick % the raw and bleeding
Htth. makine me cry out from the pain.
My family doctor did all be could, but
! fbf worse and worse. Ny condition
Was awful. did not think could live,
nud wanted death to come and end my
fflKhffsal euferinRe.
N this condition my mofhor-ln.Iaw
keHmsd ma "a trg the Cuticura Rem
Adi4s. 4 said i would but had no hope
II itookety. But Oh. what blessed re-
llal Axpeionoed after applying Cllls
eurn 0fniment II cooled the bleeding
and ll5hlnk desh and brought me th3
hfai real altep ! had had IN weelsa, Il
was a. grateful as ice 10 a burning
tongue would battle with warm
water ard cuiiunA Soap, then apply
fhA Ointment freely. also took Cutt-
rHfa Hhtolvent fof the blood. IN q
ehoff Slime The sores stopped running,
che fleah hhkan N heal and 4 knew /
was tn Ret well again. Then The hair
on ny head began 70 grow, and IN q
short time WAS completely cured.
7 0annof precise Cutioura enough.
wish ! ooiisd lnll everybody who has
e1Hema 10 use Cutieura. Ny condition
was - iorriblo that what cured me
cannot fou 70 cure anybody of this
eMfSN diaease. IN any one doubts the
Ahilh Il lhls letter. tcu them 10 write
- nae. Mrs Vim. Hunt, 1876 Thomas
&c. Newark. N. ]. Sept, 2s iepe.n
cgu pesy qln.nsg. V. ans ns.eIs,ssn' ,,s s. sIsg.s
n.s Gen OR sgle l.nns 1es'oa a a .a Nos