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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
of the months. He evidently has our
views on the payday question.
The Legend OF Music.

The Jews have an old tradition that
when the world was done,
And God from his work was resting,
He called to Him, one by one.
The shining troops Of the angels, and
showing the wonder wrought,
The Master asked OF his servants what
they of the vision thought.
Then one waite angel, dreaming DER
the marvel before him spread,
Bent low in humble obeisance, lifted
his voice and said:
zone thing only is lacking praise
from the newborn tongue,
The song of hallelujah by the great
creation sung
So God created music--the voices Of
land and sea,
And the songs of the stars revolving
in one vast harmony.
Out of the deep uprising, out from
the ether sent,
The song of the destined ages thrilled
through the armament.
So the rivers among the valleys, the
murmur of the wind-swept hill,
The seas and the bird thrilled wood
lands utter their voices still;
Songs of stars and of waters, echoes
Of vale and shore
The voice of primeval nature praising
Him evermore.
And the instruments men have fash
toned since time and the world
were young,
With gifted fingers giving the metal
and wood tongue,
With the human voice translating the
souls wild JOY and pain.
Have swelled the undying paean, have
raised the immortal strain!
n. T. Weyburn in Youths Com
panion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

Rev. D. H. Carrick made quite q
splash in the religious pond by resign
ing his pastorate of the Christian
church of Lawrence, Kan, with the
simple explanation that he doesn't be-
lieye "a minister of the Gospel can
lead an honest life nowadays" He
added that if he were to preach the
truth ne would be oondemning the
lives of most of his congregation, and
that the average minister avoids any
thing that might tread on personal
grounds for fear of offense. After a
weeks experience as a street car con
ductor Mr.. Carrick resigned his posi-
ton and announced his intention Of
returning TO the ministry as an evan
gelist. There are grounds for the sus
picion that he doesn't know his OWE
mind.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

Alfred l. Dupont, head and chief
owner of the so-called powder trust,
the official name of which is the E. l..
Du Point de Nemours Powder Com
pany. was examined at New York We'd
nesday in the federal suit for alleged
violations OF the Sherman law. Mr..
Du Pont under oath positively denied
that the trade agreements which TO a
the basis of the suit now exist, explain
ing that all such had been Cancelled
in 1906. The suit was not begun until
1907.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

President Taft announces that he
hopes to go to Panama during the
Christmas holiday and to Alaska next
summer. The New York Tribune con-
cludes from this that he seems to be
trying to prove the correctness of his
recent statement that he is only a
transient occupant of the White
House
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

This talk about the icy old pole is
bearing its legitimate fruit. Tney had
a snowfall in Texas one day last week,
and everybody hereabouts knows what
kind of weather we have had of late.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

Just suppose some one should
charge that a certain former President
OF the United States had never reached
East Africa. Wouldn't there be some
thing doing in jiffy?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

Ruth Bryan Leavitt has announced
her candidacy from the First Colorado
district on the Democratic ticket. AS
president of the Jane Jefferson club,
she hopes to command the support OF
the women voters, as well as many OF
the men. 1t is said that the Republi-
cans intend to nominate woman in
the same district
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
The Dream Child.

The Dream Chiid.
Oh, the times that / have missed you,
Little son never had!
Drawn you close to me and kissed you,
Listened for your call of Dad"
Bought you picture books and play
things
That / thought you might enjoy;
Taught your lisping tongue to say
things,
Little boy
Oh, the tricks that you have played
me,
| Little son | never had!
/ (Pats from tiny hands repaid me
If you thought that / was sad.)
To my lap I've felt you creeping,
Wearied Of your game or toy;
In my arms I've held you sleeping,
Little boy.
Thoughts Of you have kept me
straighter,
Little son / never had;
For dream that, soon or later,
I shall see you, dearest lad,
In some happy land of love where
i Dreams are coined without alloy,
Will you meet me up above there,
Little boy?
Walter S. Trumbull in Lippincott's
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

A latter-day poet sings of the host
Of recollections in the old haymow,"
ard the unsentimental Omaha Bee
wants to know if he ever tried to feed
a forkful of them to hungry COW.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
A Busy Man.

Travelling, speeding, feasting, preacl
ing,
Doing of different things raft,
Counsel lending, mine descending,
Work unending,
Taft.
Boston Transcript.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

Not What He Thinks He ls.
The man who doesn't toll or spin
To meet his earthly need
May think he's in the lily class;
But he's just a measly weed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

There is said to have been re-
markedly fine exhibit of Illinois poll
ticians at the Springfield fair.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
NOTES AND COMMENT.

Don't waste any sympathy on the
ultimate consumer" says the Eagle
Grove Eagle. HE is buying automo-
biles."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

A state contemporary has an article
on THE Comfortable Insurgents" Is
an insurgent ever really comfortable?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
Easy to Figure Out.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Corn is
sixty cents a bushel. The iowa farm
err with 100 acres yielding fifty bushels
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
Thoughts of you have kept me
The Jim River Mennonite.

Will Chamberlain in the Vermillion,
s. D.. Republican: Day Mennonites
hat some bats wat ketches any kinds
of fisaes,'' said small boy who had
visited the settlements.
"Once par was up dar an he wants
a nice mess to take home. A man say
What kin's?' %, all kin's,' say pa. Man
laugh and he git rooster liver an tings
out of doves an go down to river, an
he don't spit tall, but he pull out-O
my! he pull out, black cats an yaller
cats an pickersells an spikes an an
snakes (eels), an 0, my, offul lot OF
fishes"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

Some Mennonites are extremely saw
ing. A certain member of the sect
purchased tanning mill in town and
rode on it several miles to save his
spring seat. Unfortunately the seat
slipped from the wagon and was shat
tered on the highway.
The stricter young men Of the COM
munity do not shave until they marry.
After that no beard is permitted to
grow unless it be of the full face pat
tern.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

Tae Fort Dodge Chronicle has no.
ticed that the girl who is regarded as
a peach is not long in becoming one
of pair.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
A Popular View,

st. Joseph (Mo9 Gazette: A St.
Louis man advocates the shortening
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

Importers report that there is an
unsatisfied demand for diamonds
Also for beefsteaks,' adds the Spring
field Register.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12
DAILY BY MAIL.

DAILY BY MAIL.
One year ....... So 0OFour Months ...SLW
Six months $500. 1.50lOne month q
Entered In Keokuk postoffice as second
class matter.
Postage prepaid; terms in advance.
All subscription orders should Slxe ZIG
F. o. address and state whether IL Is
new or renewal order. If change OF ao.
dress is desired, state both the OLD anu
new address.
Remit by postoffice money order eA-
press money order. registered lettt" or
draft at risk.
The date printed on the address OF each
paper notes when the subscription eA
pires.
Subscribers failing to receive their pa pa.
pers promptly will confer a favor ny
giving notice of the fact.
Address all communications 70
i THE GATE CITY COMPAN I.
No. IS North Sixth St, keokuk' io"a-
THE GATE CITY is on sale at the loi-
lowing news stands:
Hotel Keoluk, cor. Third and Johnson.
C. H. Rollins & Co, 60 Main street
. Ward Bros, 525 Main street
Depot News Stand.
( ~
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

Ora Williams is so anxious to find a
candidate to run against Governor Car
roll that the Des Moines Capital sug-
gests he may yet conclude to tackle
the job himself.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

ultimate consumer, says the Eagle
Grove Eagle. HE is buying automo-
biles."
Tae Fort Dodge Chronicle has no.
ticed that the girl who is regarded as
peach is not long in becoming one
of pair.
Importers report that there is an
unsatisfied demand for diamonds.
also for beefsteaks. adds the Spring
field Register.
Ora Williams is so anxious to find
candidate to run against Governor Car
roll that the Des Moines Capital sug-
gests he may yet conclude to tackle
the job himself.
The Cedar Falls Record says that
the newspaper men who were at Des
MONIES Taft day are unanimously of
the opinion that Harvey Ingham looks
fine in plug hat!
The Monticello Express says the
Winona address was not expected to
please Democrats who believe in free
trade and an open door to the manu-
featured goods of all countries.
The Wright air ships were devel-
oped by means of the savings of sis
! ter of the brothers. Moral drawn from
this by the Marshalltown Times-Re-
publican: If your sister has saved
something borrow it and take flyer.
MEN are denounced as being ex.
tremely selfish to advocate tariffs for
! the benefit of the home manufacture
ers.'' says the Des Moines Capital
"but nobody thinks to suggest that
the man is selfish who advocates a
doctrine that would help the foreign
manufacturer"
The town of Hickory in Monroe
county, Iowa, has been authorized b!
the postoffice department to change
its name to Lockman and move three
quarters of mile northeast of It's
present site. Thomas E. Evans has
been appointed postmaster of the re
ohris.ened town.
Speaking in favor Of the commission
plan the Iowa Citizen says that while
all municipal systems must in the las
ANALYSIS depend largely upon the hon
estv and sincerity of the men in office
for their successful working, yet tina
form of government which makes i
easy for men to do right and hard TO
men to do wrong must in the end b'
the one which will prove most salts
factory to those seeking the most ef
ficiency in government.
The census bureau has figured ou
that 357 out OF every 1000 persons j
Iowa are church members OF tnes
258 are Protestants, ninety-four re
man Catholics, four are Latter Da
Saint and one belong to some other re
ligious body. That the church peopl
of Iowa may know the extent of thei
field for home missionary work, tn
census bureau reports the number c
church members per 1000 popuiatio
for the various protestant bodies
follows: Baptists, twenty out of ever
900 persons in the state; Congregi
t;onalists seventeen; Disciples. @
Christians, twenty-six; German Evai
gelical. five; Lutheran, fifty-three
Methodists, seventy-five; Presbyter
ans. twenty-seven; Protestant Episc'
J palians, four; Reformed bodies, five
: United Brethren, five; other protes
g ant bodies, twenty-one.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

The Cedar Falls Record says that
the newspaper men who were at Des
Moines Taft day are unanimously of
the opinion that Harvey Ingham looks
fine in a plug hat!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

The simple life of Christ is the
guide. Therefore, the followers do not
wander far The applause of the world
Is neither sought nor desired. From
a righteous and frugal life the reyerent
Mennonite hopes to finally pass to that
dear and undiscovered country beyond
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

The town of Hickory in Monroe
county, Iowa, has been authorized by
the postoffice department to change
its name to Lockman and move three
quarters of a mile northeast of its
present SITE Thomas E. Evans has
been appointed postmaster of the re-
chris,ened town.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

keokuk, Iowa October 70, 1909.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

Men are denounced as being ex-
tremely selfish to advocate tariffs for
the benefit of the home manufacture
ers,'' says the Des Moines Capital,
"but nobody thinks to suggest that
the man is selfish who advocates a
doctrine that would help the foreign
manufacturer"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

There is no poverty in the Jim river
Mennonite settlements. All work in
taefr places from early youth until hale
old age. Seek We first the kingdom
of heaven and all shall be given unto
you is a daily doctrine, and it has
been bountifully verified amidst these
Quakers The air Is white with their
flocks of pigeons, the river floats their
countless fleets of geese and ducks and
cribs and granaries groan with the
golden fruit of field labor. Stacks
stand sleek and capped. So gentle is
tne dyed in the wool Mennonite that
he will not use switch thicker than
lead pencil on his sheep or cattle,
and as he passes his pig pens the
drowsy, broad chopped dwellers there
in seem to grunt God bless you.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

Ere Mennonite lass will marry she
must have a pile Of quilts quite as tall
as herself, and must know how to-
knead the choicest of bread. Work
takes no color from her rosy cheeks
She never has heard of beauty cures
and tricks, but she has the real arti-
Gle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

The Monticello Express says the
Winona address was not expected to
please Democrats who believe in free
trade and an open door to the manu-
featured goods of all countries.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-12

The Wright air ships were devel-
oped by means of the savings OF sis
ter of the brothers. Moral drawn from
this by the Marshalltown Times-Re-
publican If your sister has saved
something borrow it and take flyer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-09-22

over the shoulders, giving becoming
breadth, and the sleeves are simple
and effective, yet relieved of all over
severity. In the illustration CASH
mere is trimmed with satin covered
buttons in matching color.
The waist consists of the fitted
lining, which includes plain sleeves,
the fronts, back trimming and sleeve
portions Of the waist proper. The
waist is tucked in groups and is fin
ished with the trimming portions,
which are arranged over it and
stitched to position. The closing of
the lining is made at the centre front
of the waist, slightly to the left. The
sleeves are made in sections, the CEN
ire portions being tucked, while the
outer portions overlap them. The COL
lar is novel one, made in two per-
tions, one overlapping the other, and
is closed invisibly at the back.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size. is five and five
eighth yards twenty-four, three and
one-half yards thirty-two or two and
three-fourth yards forty-four inches
wide.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-09-22
Bishop sleeves With Cnps.

Bishop gleeves make e of the
very latest development, of fashion
and those illustrated with separate
caps, are exceedingly smart as we'll
as practical The lower portion of
each is designed FIR thinner material,
while the cap is supposed to match
the blouse, and it will be seen at
glance that they are admirably well
adapted to remodeling as we'll as for
new material. The sleeves can be
made in long, three-quarter or elbow
length In the illustration the full
length sleeve is made with cuff Of
fancy material, the three-quarter
sleeve is made with a cum which
matches the cap, and the elbow sleeve
is made with the under portion Of
dotted Swiss and the over portion
embroidered in simple but effective
design. The caps can be embroidered,
trimmed with banding or with ap-
plique or treated in any way that
fancy may suggest.
All the sleeves are designed to be
made over fitted foundation. The
full, or bishop portion, is made in one
piece and gathered at upper and lower
edges and the cap is made in one piece
finished separately. The full length
sleeve is finished with shaped cuff,
the three-quarter sleeve is finished
with rolled-over cuff Joined to its
lower edge and the elbow sleeve is
finished with a band that is edged
with frill. The cap in each instance
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-09-22
AN OLD-FASHIONED ACTRESS.

Charlottee Crabtree, otherwise
"Lotta" TASK your father if he ever
saw her on the stage) has just won
litigation which will bring her prop
erty valued at 100000. She is
worth, it is said about s1,000,000,
made by investing her stage earnings
in real estate in large cities. She
was never counted beauty, she did
not encourage the "Johnnies," did
not figure in the divorce court IN
any capacity and she quit playing
before the public got tired of her.
No benefit performances had to be
given for her after her retirement.
She was altogether respectable and
she paid her own bills. Quite an
old style tress.--Chicago Tribune.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-09-22
The Village Catcher.

Behind the erstwhile willow tree
The village catcher squats.
A cross and hostile man is he
With fingers tied in knots
Festooned about two mammoth palms
AS big as corner lots.
His neck is short and thick and red;
His face is black with tan.
He tears his muzzle from his head
And kicks whene'er he can
And shakes his fist at all the world,
For he fears not any man.
The merchant kings with eager
grins
Come focking by the score
To see him rake the wide ones IN
And wave his arms and roar,
And hear his pungent chaff which
flies
Like sparks from the furnace door
He goes on Sunday to the park
Anu SllS aiming IuS Uoyo
Upon the bench with visage dark
And loud, Internal noise.
And when the umpire lodges rocks
1t makes his heart rejoice.
Broiling, rejoicing, laundering,
On through the game he goes.
Each inning sees some reason new
To rise upon his toes
And put it Ger the other crew
BY means each player knows.
Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy
friend,
For the lesson thou hast taught.
Turn loose your tongue to join the
strife
When battles must be fought,
Hot air will do as much In life
AS muscle, nerve or thought.
Omaha World-Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-09-22
POISONED BLOOD.

you smoke thirty cigarettes
day?"
"Yes, on the average"
"You don't blame them for your
rundown condition."
'SNot in the least. / blame my
hard work."
The physician shook his head. He
smiled in vexed way. Then he took
a leech out of glass jar.
Let me show you something" he
said. ''Bare your arm"
The cigarette fend barred his pale
arm, and the other Laid the lean.
black leech upon it. The leech fell
to work busily. Its body began to
swell. Then all of a sudden, kind
of shudder convulsed it, and it fell
to the floor, dead.
What is what your blood did to
the leech," said the physician. He
took up the little corpse between his
finger and thumb. Look at it." he
said. quite dead, you see. You
poisoned it."
II guess it wasn't healthy leech,"
said the cigarette smoker, sullenly.
Wasn't healthy, eh? Well, we'll
try again"
And the physician clapped two
leeches on the young mans thin
arm.
''If they both die" said the pa
tient; 'Tll swear off-or at least I'll
cut down my daily allowance from
thirty cigarettes to ten"
Even as he spoke the smaller
leech shivered and dropped on his
knee, dead, and moment later the
larger one fell beside it.
"This is CHASTITY" said the young
man; 81 am worse than the pestilence
to these leeches."
at is the empyreumatic oil in
your blood" said the medical man.
"All cigarette fiends have it,"
"Doc," said the young man, re-
garding ths three leeches thought
fully, al half believe you're right"
Montana True Witness.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-09-22
For the Little Folks

dark; and almost every bird. big or
little, had his head tucked snugly be-
meath his wing.
Away at the back end OF the
store there was a place where the
bird-seed and cutie fishbone and
empty cages and boxes were kept.
And there in one corner was pile OF
oily cotton waste. Somehow, nobody
ever knew Just how, this cotton
waste began to smoulder-just a few
tiny sparks-then a little creeping
flame. Soon the wooden boxes be-
gan to get charred and black. Then
there were little flames going mer-
rily in some places. The smoke be-
came thicker and blacker.
After a while the smoke began to
curl through the doorway into the
Dig front room where the birds were,
then more and more smoke, until
some OF the little Japanese birds
woke up and began to choke and
cough. And at last the room was so
hlled with smoke that it was hard
for the birds to breathe.
Outside, in the alley at the back
OF the store, man going by saw
tne Dlaze and smoke through the
windows. He pulled in fire alarm,
ana soon after the big fire engine
came rushing up to the corner, the
gong going, clang, clang, clang! The
nremen jumped down and broke in
tne door to the back room.
Polly-Billy was awake by this time,
and he was coughing and choking
iike the other birds. The smoke made
MS eyes ache, and it was hard work
lor him to breathe. He stretched
MS head, and climbed about his
cage. and felt very queer and uncom-
Portable.
IN very few minutes the firemen
mad the fire in the back room put
out. There was still plenty of smoke
however, in where the birds were;
out their room was dark, and, as
the hremen were very sure there was
no more fire, they all started to go
away.
When they had first broken in the
door, Billy had said: ooh, my!
what's that" as Mrs. Hatch did
sometimes; but no one heard him.
Just as the firemen started to leave,
one of them stumbled over a box,
which fell down with a loud noise.
This frightened Polly-Billy, and he
screamed out: whats happened
now, Maggie? What's happened now.
Maggie? What's happened now?"
How the flremen jumped! They did
not know who was calling, for they
had never thought of the birds in
the big front room.
Billy kept on crying, Whats hap
pened now, Maggie?" So the firemea
looked into the big bird-room. It
was dark, but they got a lantern.
and then they saw Billy-and all the
other parrots and canaries and lit
tie birds. Some of them were near
ly dead from the smoke. The fire.
men rushed to open the windows and
let in fresh air. They famed out
the smoke.
And all the little birds were saved
saved because Polly-Billy had made
the firemen come back to help them!
Ida Remission, in Little Folks.