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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04
AN UNwARRANTEp ATTACK.

Emerson Hough, the novelist,
makes bitter attack on the weather
bureau in Everybody's Magazine for
May. He does not undertake. prob
ably because of inability,-to quote
any representative of the numerous
agricultural, commercial and marine
interests that the weather bureau so
intimately and faithfully serves, but
is quite free in the expression of his
own adverse opinion. Unfortunately
for the strength Of the case he at
tempts to make against the bureau,
his charges are largely based upon as
sumptions which will not bear anal
ysis. Writer'S Of fiction as rule find
1t exceedingly difficult to confine
themselves to exact facts, and Mr..
Hough, judged by his article in Every
body's, Is no exception to his literary
confreres in this regard.
Two cases in particular, cited by Mr..
Hough, merit consideration in this
connection. One of these is the Gal
weston storm and the other the storm
in which the steamship Portland, out
ward bound from Boston, was
wrecked. Mr.. Hough claims that the
weather bureau failed to forecast
these destructive storms, but the rec
ords of marine associations, OF the To-
cal press, and of the weather bureau
bear unimpeachable testimony to the
fact that the bureau gave such ample
warning of the coming of the Calves
ton storm that the Gulf of Mexico was
practically cleared of vessels OF COM
MERGE and no loss of life or property
occurred in the open sea, and that
the morning before the passage OF the
storm hurricane signals were ordered
for Galveston and other Cuff ports. AS
for the steamship Portland, the facts
in the case are that the vessel left
Boston harbor against the protest OF
the Boston weather bureau official,
personally delivered to the captain,
and in the face of storm signals that
had been flying for many hours along
the New England coast. Moreover,
the harbors were filled with craft
| that had needed the signals and were
waiting for the. storm to come. THESE
are facts that disprove Mr.. Hough's
indictment of the weather bureau.
Mr.. Hough admits that signals were
displayed for the gale, but asserts that
during all the week equal warnings
had been displayed, land the warning
given of this storm indicated no more
severity than did those already dis
played. Nothing of exceptional sever
ity was announced. The storm sig
nails went up after the storm had be-
gum" These statements are direct
ly denied by newspaper files, and the
files Of the telegraph companies and
the records Of the weather bureau at
Washington and Boston show con.
clusively that no similar warning had
been given to Boston for months pre-
vious.
Other charges preferred by Mr..
Hough have no more basis in fact.
It is unfortunate that Everybody
should have opened its pages to them
and given them publicity. The good
work of the bureau in giving timely
warning of danger to life and prop
erty entities it to better treatment
than it has received.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04
A Great Combination.

Charlton Leader An Abba man
has started lunch counter in livery
barn and the News of that city says
it is "a nice clean place, and handy
for all WHO want good shave, hail
cut or lunch" This surely is the
limit. The waiter is supposed tc
lather your beard, shave tho butter
and serve you with baled hay, chopped
feed or anything on the bill of fare
for either man or beast. Jordan Ref
erendum Norman is the proprietor
and it is surmised that many leading
Abba citizens have already taker
boarding stalls.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04
Minneapolis Retail Merchants associa-
ton, and Fred Mason of New York.
Lay Of 4 Modern Home.

Lay Of Modern Home.
Lets build us a beautiful home"
said she,
with pillared porches galore;
With great bay windows and white
tiled halls,
And curled birch finish on all the
walls,
And with polished oaken floor"
And how shall the kitchen De'' said
pray, how shall the kitchen be-"
well plan dainty boudoir," said
she,
For me, and den for you;
OF course. an art and a music room.
A handsome greenhouse with plants
a-bloom,
A pretty pergola, too"
"But how shall the kitchen be?' said
"Oh, how shall the kitchen be?"
Wen have a lofty tower" said she,
"And an observation dome,
A bath with the newest kinks and
quirks,
A library with the finest works,
For our lovely modern ksme."
'But how shall the kitchen be"
said he.
SAY. how shall the kitchen be?"
you make of my life care" said
she,
with wall of your woeful fret;
Wen do quite well with chafing-
dish,
But If more bountiful meals you wish,
Well plan for kitchenette-
~ plain little kitchenette," said she;
"A cheap little kitchenette.'
-Lippincott's Magazine
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04
The Auto mosphere.

Chicago News: The Splurge fam
lily were in the throes of tanning an
automobile, when one day physician
was summoned hurriedly to their
home.
What is wrong?" asked the medi-
cal man, as he pulled off his gloves
in the reception hall
We'll" said the 16-year-daughter
who admitted him, Father was down
stairs cranking up the furnace when
the telephone bell rang. He tried to
take the steep grade of the stairs on
the high speed, and fell and got a
puncture."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04

Senator Dolllver on the Parcels Post.
Retailers Journal: The reply of
Senator Dolliver, Of Iowa, to a farmer
organizations request for support of
the parcels post SO deftly uncovers the
viciousness Of the proposed legislation
and SO clearly points out the harmful
effects that are sure to ensue, that we
take great pleasure in reproducing it
in part as follows:
II do not think it is for the welfare
of the community for the government
to convert the postofflce department
into machine for the distribution OF
merchandise purchased in the large
cities, to the detriment of home mer
chants, upon whose solvency and pros
perity the growth and even life Of the
country town depends. If few OF
us took advantage of the alleged bar
gains that are advertised by the de
partment stores, and left off patroniz
ing home merchants, 1t may be that
we could make little in that way;
but if the whole community took the
same view, it is obvious that the
home town would be totally destroyed
its business ruined, and where we now
have hundreds of thriving little towns
throughout the country we would, IN
time, find ourselves surrounded with
shiftless and backward village popu
lations, wholly out of line with the
progress of which we are so proud
The immediate effect of these condi
tions would be to depreciate our lands
and fatally injure our people,"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04
WORTH THINKING ABOUT.

. Rock Island Union: Great water =
= power plants cost great sums Of =
= money. Consequently their de- .
= velopment must necessarily be =
= by great corporations. Harness =
= ing up water power is something =
= more than fastening a wooden =
= water wheel in swift current. .
= The larger the amount Of capital =
= that can be interested in the de- .
= velopment of water power, the .
= better it will be for the country. =
= 1t is possible for agitators to .
= raise such popular hue and cry =
= against capital, that capital will .
= refrain from developing indus .
= tries.
= More working men join the =
= ranks of industrial labor every .
= year. This increase must be =
= provided with work if the old .
= hands are to be furnished steady .
= employment. How can this be =
= done unless capital is willing to .
. make additions to old factories =
- ana build new ones
More water power means more .
= factories, more factories means Z
= more employment, more employ =
= ment means more work for the .
= working man. More hands are Z
= joining the ranks of the work =
= ingman every year. =
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04

The District of Columbia is govern
ed by commission. The commission
consists of two civilians appointed by
the President and confirmed by the
senate, and one army engineer officer,
detailed by the secretary of war, the
three constituting TIE board of COM
missioners for three years. If three
men can transact the business of the
District of Columbia including the
City of Washington, the same number
of men should be able to attend to
Keokuk's municipal affairs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04
Tho peach Crop.

Mt. Pleasant Free Press: The ap-
pie crop is safe our friend G. G
Blodgett informs us, but peaches won't
make any sort OF crop. A local pa
per reported him as saying there will
be 25 per cent of a. crop. He says
there will be practically nothing. The
state crop is estimated at Is per cent
so there will probably be a pretty
good crop in other parts of the state
but it is not the case in southern
Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04
sixty per cent of the Democrats il

Sixty per cent of the Democrats in
congress are said to favor protection
in one form or another. 1t augurs
well for the continuance of prosperity
that so many leading representatives
of the opposition party are aligning
themselves with the settled policy of
the Republican party. The assurance
thus afforded that protection will not
be withdrawn will operate powerfully
to encourage the investment of cap
ital in manufacturing industries and
to upbuild still further the home mar.
ket, which is by all odds the best mar.
ket in the world.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04

According to the Washington press
bureau the mere threat of speech by
Representative Good was sufficient
to induce the Washington Gas COM
pany to cut the rate to 80 cents. AS
there are lot of towns that are not
exactly satisfied with their gas rates,
the Sioux City Journal suggests that
Representative Good should have no
trouble in keeping busy after the
close of the special session.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04

The total gross earnings of all rail-
roads in the United States reporting
for the three weeks of April are ST.
So1,956, a gain of 1870 per cent over
last year but loss of SIS per cent
compared with the corresponding per
Tod Of 1907.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04
Jacksonville woman's Experience.

Jacksonville Courier: a Jackson
vile dame who is comely, obese and
quadragenarious has been endeavoring
to reduce her flesh, wipe out her
double chin and assume the hipless
firm. She has resorted to fasting, to
exercise calculated to reduce avoirdu
pois and has tried the rolling treat
rnent which Lillian Russell says keeps
her young and fair and sweet, but to
no avail. The more she fasts the fat
ter she gets. The more she exercises
The larger appear her hips. The more
she rolls the heftier she becomes. The
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04

Nature isn't all tooth and claw
and that sort of thing, as some of the
poets would have us believe. That it
has its kindly moods as well is at
tested by the fact that in one Of the
counties of Missouri which went dry
by a large majority farmer in dig
ging a we'll the other day tapped a
spring of pure apple brandy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04

Under new law gun toting in Mis-
souri, may be punished by sentence
OF two years in the penitentiary 1t
is to be hoped in the interest Of law
and order that the new statute will be
strictly enforced.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04

The agricultural department has
started out to argue with the farmer
that there is nothing to the old super
stition about planting in the moon.
Next thing 1t will be claiming that
neither the goosebone nor the musk
rat is reliable weather prognos-
ticator.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04

Under 1t bankrupt cities can be made
solvent without Gripping the people
b. taxation. Under 1t more can be
done for the people with less money.
That ought to commend it to cities
which are solvent"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04

4
ated that an exchange OF coincidence
would help some
"Too much politics has made the
state house hive of loafers," asserts
the Webster City Herald
Mehmed signifies glorious" AS the
new sultan is red-headed, the signifi-
canoe of the title is obvious.
"A tax on incomes would give us an
Ananias club in every community"
says the Cherokee Democrat.
The most popular lady nowadays is
the woman who can make good corn
bread. in the view of the Manson Dem
ocrat
The Omaha Bee remarks tnat while
Roosevelt is in Africa hunting lions,
the Detroit tigers are eating up every
thing in sight.
Taft doesn't do much talking, and
the Sioux City Journal calls attention
to the fact that he isn't called upon to
do any contradicting.
The Carroll Herald says q insur-
gent is man who believes in doing
in a spectacular way. what others do
regularly and say nothing about it.
The new sultan of Turkey, Mehem-
med v. has but two wives At the
present price of Paris hats this change
at the palace is an immense stroke OF
imperial economy.
The Manson Democrat says that
while Mr.. Patten did not succeed in
cornering wheat 1.-The damned scoun-
drel has showed the price OF flour
away up beyond the reach of poor peo-
pie"
I "The boys dad and a leather strap
about four feet long with buckle on
the end can accomplish more reform
in this direction than seventeen laws
says the Ida Grove Pioneer, referring
to the law prohfbitingscigarette smok-
ing by minors
The Iowa State Retail Merchants
association will hold it's eleventh an
nual convention at Davenport May 49,,
10 and 20. The program includes adj
dresses by Secretary James Wilson,
National Secretary John A. Green.
State Dairy Commissioner H. R.
Wright, ]. ]. Ryan. secretary OF the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04
more she messages the more pro.
ncunced her double chin.

His Laundry.
The laundry that they got from me
Was marked quite plainly
c. r.. B.
They sent it back; 1 wore that day
A collar owned by
r. A. ].
1t went again; had to try
To wear the shirts Of
M. s. I.
Once more they took 1t off and SO
wear the things Of
B. M. O..
Again, 1 wear now, confess,
Pajamas meant for
S. G. S.
The last just broke this heart Of
l can't wear things marked
Angelina
Charles R. Barnes in N. Y. Sun,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04

"The deeper drink of the cup OF
life the sweeter 1t grows-the sugar
is all at the bottom" says Julia Ward
H I've who will reach her ninetieth
birthday on the 9th OF this month.
Mrs. Howe las children, grandchildren
and great grandchildren. She
Is a grand woman and no one ever
grew old more gracefully.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04

the seventh. and SO frail at birth that
his life was despaired Of The moth.
er of Benjamin Franklin was the
ninth child, born under conditions Of
adversely on the island OF Nantucket"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04

Offices of assessor and county super
visor md why should any man want
to hog number of offices when there
are always large number of patriots
willing and anxious to hold office, and
always just very few Offices TO fill.
Even If the attorney general had not
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04

A Boston man insists he saw rain
bow upsie down. Some Of the liquor
sold there must be as bad as that con-
sumed in prohibition towns in Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04

found objection the man ought not to
have attempted to hold down two
public jobs. The final outcome will
be that he will lose the one that be
does not relinquish Immediately.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04
Can't Hold Two .Iohs

Burlington HawkEye: The Gttor-
ney general has just decided that a
man cannot at the same time hold the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04

AN APRIL DAY.

AN APKIE DAY.
a gush of bird-song, a patter of dew.
A cloud, and rainbow's warning;
Suddenly sunshine and perfect blue
An April day In the morning!
Harriet Prescott Spofford.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04

IA tax on incomes would give us an
Ananias club in every community,
saws the Cherokee Democrat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04

Mehmed signifies glorious" AS the
new sultan is red-headed, the signifi-
canoe of the title is obvious.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04
NOTES AND COMMENT.

C. Castro and A. Hamid are SO situ-
ated that an exchange of coincidence
would help some
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04

"Too much politics has made the
state house hive of loafers," asserts
the Webster City Herald.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-04

The most popular lady nowadays is
the woman who can make good corn
bread. in the view of the Manson Dem
ocrat.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-02-04
QhIc
AQx Iury
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-02-04
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

Mrs. Elisabeth Knauff, widow Of
Louise Kaauff. died at her home in
Aartinsburg last Friday, aged 30
years.
Capt q. G. Getzendanner has bought
from G.. T. Stonesifsr the latter's
house and lot in Charles Town for
$4,000.
The temperance people Of Frederick
and Washington counties. Nd, have
begun preliminary work looking to an
active local option campaign.
Mr.. J. W. Gatrsll and Miss Belle
Henshaw. two popular young residents
of Martinsburg, surprised their friends
last week by going to Baltimore and
getting married.
The Merchants and Farmers Bank
of Martinsburg has purchased the
Charles Tunnel property on Queen
street, in that city. and will erect
handsome modern banking house upon
it. They paid $l4. 100 for the prop
ertY.
A warehouse of Miley Bros. near
the Baltimore & Ohio depot in Charles
Town, was partially destroyed BY FIRE
Tuesday afternoon, together with the
contents owned by William E. Reed
& Son. The loss will amount to
about 81 900. covered by insurance.
At a meeting of the elders md trus.
tees of the Presbyterian Church, the
subject of the resignation Of the Rev.
R. A. Boyle as pastor Of the church
was discussed and it was unanimous
ly decided not to consider his resig-
nation. The public will be much
grati6ed to learn that Rev. Mr.. Boyle
will continue to occupy the pulpit of
the Presbyterian Church.-Hagers-
town Herald.
The Elmore & Hamilton Contract.
ing Company, through Attorney ia.
Mason, has sued out foreign attach.
ment against the Washington and
Berkeley Bridge Company for $l6,.
238 09. being the amount alleged by
Elmore & Hamilton to be due for ex.
cavating and concrete work for the
new bridge at Wllliamsport. Since
the accident shortly before Christmas
DO work has been done on the bridge.
The refusal of the bridge company to
pay the contractors is said to be due
to the failure Of the contractors to
complete the work.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-02-04
Misery In Stomach.

Why not start now-today, and for
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breath with nauseous odors.
Pape's Diapepsln osts only 30 cents
for large case at any drug store here,
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There is nothing else better to take
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-02-04
Germs In Her System.
Every Woman Should Read This.

The number of cases peculiar to
woman is such that we believe this
space would hardly contain a mere
mention of their names, and it is a
fact that most of these diseases are OF
catarrhal nature. A woman cannot
be we'll if there is trace Of the ca
tarrhal germs in her system.
Some women think there is no help
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to be mistaken idea. We are 80
sure of this that we offer to supply
medicine absolutely free of all cost in
every instance where it fails to give
entire satisfaction or dose not substan.
liate our claims. With this under.
standing no woman should hesitate to
believe our honesty ofpurpose, or hes
itate to put our claims to test.
There is only one way to cure Ca
tarrh. That way is through the blood.
You may use all the snufs, douches
or like remedies for years without get
ting more than temporary relief at
best. Catarrh is caused by a germ.
That germ is carried by the blood to
the innermost part Of the system until
the mucous membrane is broken, irri-
tation and inf animation produced and
a flow of mucous results, and you can
probably realize how silly it is to at
Tempt to cure such an ailment unless
you take medicine that follows the
same course as the germ or parasite.
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