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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-14
BE UP TO DATE OR FAIL.

A physician tells me that he goes
through his medical library every year
and throws out lot Of books which
have become useless to him because
the new, the up-to-date, the more pro-
gressive, are pushing out the old.
We all know that some of the
scientific books published are useless
a year after they appear in print
There never was a time in the his
tory of the world when the new in
every line Of endeavor crowded out
the old as it does today.
If you examine your business thor
oughly you will probably find old
fogy methods, obsolete ideas, and
cumbersome ways of doing things; a
lot of red-tape in your methods.
Remember that nothing else is i'm
proving faster than business meth
DDS. If you are keeping books as
they were kept quarter of a Gen.
fury ago, if you are using the same
business system, you will find that
you are way behind the times.-Suc-
cess Magazine.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-14

Public Opinion Throughout the Union

DR.. Heidi that I am most agreeably
surprised to find that he is the father
Of the sons whom I have known so
we'll and so favorably and who have
served their country so CALAMITY in
times of peril, when perhaps they dis
played as much bravery as did their
father when he wore the gray
It is not difficult to imagine the
wen-sp1ing Of paternal pride which
gushed from the heart and reached to
the eyelids Of the gentle man Of God
upon hearing this golden encomium
from the great jurist who is soon to
be the president Of the United States.
But the history Of the whole Span
ish-American war bears eloquent tes-
timony to the fact that DR.. Heidi is
only one among many thousands Of ex-
Confederate veterans whose sons are
ready to follow the streaming stripes
and the blazing stars of Old Glory
whenever the hour of national danger
shall sound the cry 'to arms THE
Georgian.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-14
MR.. TAFT's TRIBUTE TO DIR.
HEIDI.

DR.. John W. Heidi we'll deserves the
unique tribute which he received from
Mr. Taft when he called upon the
president-elect, in company with the
Augusta ministers, on Tuesday last;
and the country will no doubt soon
be ringing with the praises of this
former Albanian.
An ex-Confederate soldier, who
plighted his youthful allegiance to the
flag which rose at Sumter and which
fell at Appomattox, DR.. Heidi enjoys
the rare distinction Of having given
to the United States army four gallant
sons.
Two have attained the rank Of cap
tain, and have rendered signal service
in the Philippines, ONE is now lieu
tenant in the service, and the fourth
is a student in the Military Academy
at West Point.
Said Mr.. Taft: II want to say to
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-14
HONESTY.

The Standard Oil Trust started in
1862 with $4,000 and is now worth
about $4OOO,OOO,OOO. Coal Oil John
ME D. declares it was all accumulated
honestly, that no unfair advantage
was taken. Yes. A horse thief would
say the same if he got away with the
goods after a hard chase. He would
have a hard time making the people
believe him just the same as the horse
thief would have trouble to convince
the owner of the equine that it was
fair for the thief to take the horse
st. Johns (Oregon) Review.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-14
MANY A SLIP.

During the next six months or so
the really judicious politician will
keep ever in mind the fact that there
is many slip between the pre-elec-
ton promise and the post-election
postofice.-West Baden (Ind.) Jour
nal.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-14

Although we have temporarily mis-
laid our surveying instruments, we
are willing to place small bet that's
the Hon. William Howard Taf' -
this moment not more than hao
inch from the middle of the bUU~1
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-14
THE TARIFF THIEVES AND
HOGS.


I see in the Boston Herald of this
morning that the President-elect is
anxious that those who desire a re-
vision Of the tariff in the direction
of reduced schedules should make
themselves heard in Washington. It
is claimed that those asking that the
tariff schedules should remain as they
are, or should be changed only in the
way of increase, are much IN evidence
at the hearings now in progress, and
that the tariff reformer, so-called,
does not appear, or is silent.
You, my dear Mr. Mccall, know
perfectly well the reason of this.
Those first referred to are directly
and peculiarly interested; and, as
such, naturally divided into two class
es. Speaking after the fashion of
men, they are either Thieves or Hogs.
/ myself belong to the former class.
| am tariff Thief, and [ have IL
cense to steal! 1t bears the broad
seal of the United States, and is what
is known as the "Dingley Tariff. y
stole under it yesterday; am steal
ing under it today; | propose to steal
under it tomorrow. The government
has forced me into this position, and
I both do and shall take full advan-
tage Of it. | am, therefore, tariff
Thief-with a license to steal! And
what are you going to do about it?
The other class come under the
Hog category; that is, they rush
squealing and struggling to the great
Washington Protection Trough, and,
with all four feet in it, they proceed
to gobble the swill. Well acquainted
with those of this class, you know
their attitude and their utterances. 1t
is useless for me to dilate upon either.
To this class [ do not belong. am
simply tariff Thief; but, as I have
said, with license to steal,
But, on the other hand, am also
tariff reformer. [ would like to see
every protective schedule swept out
of existence my own included.
Meanwhile, what inducement have [
to go to Washington on a public mis-
sion of this sort? A mere citizen, [
represent no one. IF [ went | would
receive from the committee scarcely
a respectful hearing, if any hearing
at all; and I would have to go at
considerable expense both of my
money and my time, the last of which
/ can least afford.
My position in these respects is
exactly the position of myriads of
others. And then they say we do
not exist!
Meanwhile, I do know this. On
every occasion when Of late | have
had occasion to address an audience,
any reference to "Protection run
mad" or to the tariff as "the Moth
err of Trusts" has invariably elected
a more spontaneous response than any
otboY uttoronca T could make This
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-14

DR.. Lyman Abbott asks if anybody
can explain the mystery of life and
death. Nobody has yet, anyway, and
it has not been because of lack Of
time, either.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-14

The unconfrmed news that Castro
is going to jar himself loose from
million dollars in satisfaction of the
French cable company's claim is
enough to fracture the most elastic
imagination.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-14

The reading public owes big debt
to Poet Laureate Austin in connec-
ton with the Milton celebration. For
some unexplained reason he failed to
do any laureating.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-14

An enterprising life insurance
agent might do thriving business
with the jungle folk of Darkest AT
RIGA about this time.
Here's hoping the American troops
who will leave Cuba soon will not be
called upon to play any return dates
upon the island.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-14
90 90
lust 70 K FUN
IT. OfhinqeY in WASHINGTON Post
ga 90

How would Mr. Roosevelt like to
be John D. Rockefeller s dentist?
If the hens do not get busy pretty
soon Easter will be a cold-storage
proposition.
Milton is in luck. He does not
have to read some of the tercente-
nary poems about himself.
The Dutch have got Holland, and
they also have one of Castro s ships;
but they haven't got Castro.
Another way out Of it would be
for Congress to offer Mr.. Roosevelt
a dollar a word to keep STILL
The establishment of a rebel re-
public in Persia gave the shah
chance to abolish another constitu-
ton.
The latest astronomical observa-
tons indicate that Mars is among
the few places which have not gone
dry" yet.
Now they cable over the news that
Kaiser Wilhelm is broke. Tom John
son will chortle at this announce
ment.
It will be observed that when the
shooting commenced President Cas-
tro was elsewhere. Now, there is a
practical man.
That clergyman who thinks New
York will be a pagan city twenty
years from now is just twenty years
behindhand.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-14

There are intimations that the con-
templated rebuke of the president
by congress may become serial that
will read like Sherlock Holmes ad-
venture.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-14

Bachelor AIDE denies the soft i'm
parchment that he is engaged, and
the denial is couched in terms almost
vigorous enough to make one infer
that he had tried matrimony before.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-14

It would be sowing the seeds of
political revolution should congress
have the audacity to increase the cost
of women's hats by putting higher
tariff on trimmings.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-14

That clergyman who thinks New
York will be pagan city twenty
years from now is just twenty years
behindhand.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-14

The latest astronomical observa-
tions indicate that Mars is among
the few places which have not gone
"dry" yet.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-14

It will be observed that when the
shooting commenced President Cas-
tro was elsewhere. Now, there is
practical man.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-14

Now they cable over the news that
Kaiser Wilhelm is broke. Tom John
son will chortle at this announce
ment.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-14

How would Mr. Roosevelt like to
be John D. Rockefeller dentist?
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-01-14

The establishment of a rebel re-
public in Persia gave the shah a
chance to abolish another constitu-
ton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-19
WHY WE CALL 1T
Ok: I1nle

Because this wonderful product
through It's ORIGINATING properties
purifies the blood by freeing the same
from disease germ Infection and other
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at once brings about an uplift for the
better, tonic effect ,bracing up and
vitalizing the entire system. The
blood with thorough oxygenation be-
come a disease remover, a germicide
itself and SO will bring about cures
when all else fails. Certainly drug
ging the system will not do this
And when once health has again been
restored it may be kept SO by keeping
the 'ood In purified state there
after, and which is easily attained
through the Oxygen effects found n
the use of Oxy-Tonic. Then why not
give this preparation free from all
drugs of any description. trial?
Write US for facts and advice. It will
cost you nothing as we will even re-
turn you gladly the postage it cost to
mail US your letter. Our advice is
expert ant. all letters are hels sacred
ly confidential.
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-19
Iowa Newspapers.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: BY the way,
Iowa newspapers have been making
excellent progress, most of them. New
presses, enlarged papers, increased
facilities, etc, have made them better
in every way. The Iowa papers fill
their field we'll. sThey fill it far bet
ter, from the Iowa news standpoint,
than can any outside newspapers, no
matter how big or how metropolitan
the latter may be. The Iowa papers
do more than give Iowa news. They
give all the essential news of the
world, in attractive form. In addition
they are continually boosting for
Iowa. They are more interested in
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-19

There is more Catarrh in this section
Of the country than all other diseases
put together and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable For
q great many years doctors pronounced
ita local disease and prescribed local rem
edies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment. pronounced 1t In
durable. Science has proven catarrh to
be constitutional disease and therefore
requires constitutional treatment Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j.
Cheney & Co. Toledo. Ohio. is the only
taken internally in doses from 10 drops
70 a teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. They offer one hundred dollars
for any case It fails to cure Send for
circulars and testimonials
Address: +. j.. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo. Ohio
Sold by Druggists. 7bc
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-19
If WOMEN ONLY KNEW
What Heap Of Happiness 1t Woulc
Bring to keokuk Homes.

Hard to do homework with an ach-
ing back.
Brings you hours of misery at leis-
ure or at work.
If women only knew the cause
that
Backache pains come from sick kid
neys,
'Twould save much needless woe.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kid
neys.
Keokuk people endorse this:
Mrs. M. Belts, 1926 High ST., Keo.
kuk, Iowa, says: about eight years
ago when l was suffering from kidney
trouble, / procured Doan's Kidney
Pills at Wilkinson & Co.'s Drug Store
and they cured me. l have never had
occasion to use them but once since
Two years ago when my back became
lame as the result of cold which
settled in my kidneys, l at once began
taking Doan's Kidney Pills and they
again brought prompt relief. / have
publicly recommended this remedy be
fore and now willingly confirm all
have said concerning it."
For sale by all dealers, Price 81
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name Doan's an,
take no other.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-19

Foley's Honey and Tar is the best
and safest cough remedy for children.
At the first symptoms of a cold, give
as directed. and ward off Danger Of
Group, bronchitis, sore throat, cold in
the head and stuffy breathing. 1t
bring comfort and ease to the little
ones. Contains no opiates or other
harmful drugs. Keep always on hand,
and refuse substitutes. Wilkinson &
Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-19
Observation-Disclosures

The above is the n,ne of German
chemical, which is one of the many
valuable ingredients of Foley's Kid
ney Remedy. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
is recognized by medical text
books and authorities as uric acid
solvent and antiseptic for the urine.
Take Foley's Kidney Remedy as soon
as you notice any irregularities and
avoid a serious malady. Wilkinson &
Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-19

building up Iowa industries, in rails
ing the value of Iowa farms, in en-
couraging splendid development Of
Iowa, than they are interested in build
ing up Chicago, or any other outside
city. Iowa papers are faithful to
Iowa; Iowa people can afford to be
nothing less than very faithful to
Iowa papers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-19
Daily Grain Letter.

CHICAGO, H.. Dec. Wheat
Trade almost entirely protest. nal
and largely local. Whenever senti-
ment turns, the Argentine market
which has been the chief instrument
of the bulls in advancing prices, is
likely to become an equally positive
bear instrument. Although the ex-
portable surplus from Argentine is
said to be under last years figures this
is more than Offset ny the large crop
raised in America and the fine pros
pect for another CROP The nit situa-
ton and the domestic cash situation
are really the foundation of the bull
movement. With the passing of De-
cember these influences will be lost
to some extent.
Corn-This market has been some
what neglected as the sensational
action of wheat is absorbing specula-
tive attention. Clear cold weather
leads to the operation of an increased
movement and better grading. The
only demand for cash corr seems to
come from elevator int, ests who are
preparing contract grades for deliv-
cry. The leaders of the Patten con-
tingent are still positively and active
lily bearish and keep the market under
pressure. On the basis of hog prices
corn is cheap but high hog prices,
are the result of hog scarcity, which
means reduced feeding, and hog
prices may not be maintained. While
we are friendly to May corn on sharp
breaks. we strongly advise the ac-
tceptance Of profits on long stuff at
this level and believe short sales will
produce at least scalping profits.
Oats--Holders Of December con-
tracts have shown more disposition
ito sell and considerable evening up
has been done through the past week.
The continued small movement indi-
eating the strong attitude of the
farmer is the principal bullish fac
tor. On the basis of cash prices De-
cember should sell higher, but with
a large crop of oats still in the coun-
TRY, May is probably a sale on hard
spots.
! Provisions Western hog receipts
show an increasing tendency and to-
Hday at 43,sOO are 1000 more than last
year. Sentiment seems to have
changed somewhat in provisions and
packers are again trying to load the
market sufficiently to depress prices
Current figures of hog product are toe
thigh to be maintained for any decent
length of time especially as the pros
ipects seem to be for an increased hog
movement
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-19
Tact,

Mrs. Pyne-"Mrs. Blank certainly
possesses tact" Mrs. Hyne-"What
is your definition of tact?' Mrs.
Pyne-"Tact is womans ability to
make her husband believe he is hav-
ing his own way" -Lippincott's Maya
zine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-19
THE WORLDS MARKETS
Furnished b, James Bennett Co.. Members Chicago Board
Of Trade and ST. Louis Merchants Exchange
VALLEY PHONE

ss.o5@s:5o; bulk. ss.4o@s.eo; pigs,
$6.35@775.
Cattle Receipts, 1900; market,
steady; beeves, $3.90@8.60; cows and
heifers, $2.0005.S5; seekers and feed
ers. $3.00@5.00; calves, $7.50@9.50;
Texans, $5.00@6.00; westerners, $4.25
@6.25.
Sheep Receipts, 5000; market,
steady; natives. $3.25@5.50; lambs,
$t.50@S.60;.
Estimated Receipts Monday.
Hogs, 41,000; cattle, $4,000; sheep,
$4,000.
St. Louis Live Stock.
NATIONAL STOCK YARDS, ILL.,,
Dec. 18.-Hog receipts 1000; market
steady; mixed $S,30@8.60; heavy $3.50
@S.60; rough $S.20@S.4O; light $S.35
@S.45; bulk ss.30@s.50; pigs $1,000
$40.
Cattle receipts 1000; beeves $3.75
@S.25; cows and heifers $3.25@5.75;
stockers and feeders $3O0@4.65; cal
yes $5.50@8.75; Texans steady, $4,000
500.
Sheep receipts 100; market steady;
natives $3a5@5.50; lambs $1,000
1928.
Kansas City Live Stock.
KANSAS. CITY, Dec. 1S.-Hogs
5000; cattle, 1000; sheep, 500.
Omaha Live Stock.
OMAHA, Dec. 49, Hogs. 5000; cat
tie, 300; sheep, 1000
Local Grain Market.
KEOKUK, Iowa, Dec. 1S-Today's
local markets furnished by the o. A.
Talbot Co:
No. 2, wheat, red winter ISL. II
No. 8, wheat, red winter 49,. LOS
No. 2, wheat, hard winter :. .9SA
White oats ...... .......s. 80
Mixed oats ................ .3S
hye ........ $500. ,b5
Corn, new, ear ............ ST
Local Produce.
KEOKUK, Dec 17.-The following
local produce market is furnished tc-
dey by the s. ?. Pond Co.:
Butter Shippers pay 2s1sc; grocers
s23c; crear.eries, 31@S2c; butter fat
S2c.
/ EGGS -24@25c.
Poultry Shippers pay: Hens, lie;
Springs, 12kc; cocks, Sc; hen tur
Keys, Ice; toms, 14c; young toms
| Ice; geese, &c; ducks, Zoe.
Local Live Stock.
1 KEOKUK, Dec. 1.-THE followin.
live stock market is Furnished toda.
by Joseph Haubert:
Hogs-Good butchers, 81. 25@7. so.
Sheep - Butchers, $4.00@4.55
lambs, $5.00@5.50.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-19
Early Matches,

The earliest matches made were
lighted not by friction, but my means
OF striking fire with flint and steel
In the finder. The next kind were
dipped in chloride OF potash, which
took fire when touched with sulphur
ate acid. A small vial of sulphurate
acid accompanied each box Of match
% sold.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-19
II Pays Better.

Sioux City Journal: 1t pays to grow
corn. 1t pays better to grow good
corn.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-19
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

List OF letters remaining in the Keo
kuk postcffice nncalled for. for weeB
ending Dec. 10, 1909.
Ladies'.
Mrs. Ellen Brown.
Miss ]. Crowley.
Mrs. w. Dyer.
Miss Maude Farlow.
Mrs. Jno. w. Hoffman.
Mrs. Leota Lane.
Miss Nellie Shafer.
Mrs. Harel Smith.
Mrs. Mildred Wheeler.
Gentlemen.
Geo. A. Allen.
Geo. Boyce.
David Duland
P. R. Johnson.
Harry l.. MeRemson.
w. S. Patterson.
Walter Rank
John Umphrey.
Chas. Wright.
Persons calling for letters In above
list will please say they are adver.
tise,.
S. w. MOORHEAD,
Postmaster.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-19
Northwest Receipts.
CHICAGO Cash Grain Market.

CHICAGO, Dec Wheat No.
red, s12S@1.29; 8 red, s1.20@1.26;
Q hard winter, $1.19@1.2O; 3 hard win
ter, s1.10@1.17; Nor. spring, $1.1SW
1.2O; 2 Nor, spring. $1.16@1.18; 3
spring, $1.10@1.7.
Corn-No. A yellow. new, SIX @5S.
Oats-No. 4 white, 43@43Ac; No.
white, 441ac.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-03-06
SONG Of lie woRkINeMAN.

sing the Joy OF unbroken sleep with
the moon in the cloudless skies
OF the watch and ward that the dim
stars keep and the night winds
grooming sighs;
I sing the JOY Of the waking day with
the rested limbs astlr,
The nerves strained tight for another
fray-a full days work-for her,
On, a well worth game is the game
life!
A royal game for a mans estate and
the love of a loyal wifel
1 sing the song OF the morning scene
the smile and the word OF cheer
Then the rack and rub OF the dull
routine OF mans grim duty
here.
'Tis a weary day with the sun o'erhead
and the slow hours dragging bv
But a man. must toll for his daik-
bread In the marts where his
talents lie.
A man must sweat for the boon of rest
and strive for the hour Of bliss
From the morning hour on a woman g
breast 20 the evenings welcome
kiss.
I sing the song Of the whole weeks
work. and the pay days ivenIng
slip:
OF the hours Of toll that have know no
shirk and the nerve that has
held its grip.
On, man must bow and a man must
bend to the lash OF an honest
need
TO enjoy the peace Of the hard weeks
end and the rest that Is rest in
deed.
New York Times.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-03-06
BREED PICTURE.
Cord Of Life. Feature Picture.

One of the strongest pictures shown
at the Breed tlleater, SO far, is the big
picture. The Cord Of Life, and is a
wonderful representation of human ma
ture as we find 1t III the tenement dis
tricts OF large cities. It deals with a
phase of humanity somewhat new to
the moving picture world, and while
very thrilling, it is very natural, and
is interesting the large audiences that
are visiting this popular theater
nightly. The Migrate is another pow
erful picture, and Is a story of the Ca
madam woods, introducing bear trap
pers, in the familiar haunts. The COM
coy pictures are the Human Wheel, and
the entertaining colored picture, The
Bewildered Professor, besides Jack Of
All Trades, and last, but not least by
any means. Mrs. Jones Entertains; this
in particular is one Of the funniest pic
lures yet shown, the patrons of this
theater being kept in ripple of laugh
ter until the last scene, when eonserv-
stism seems thrown to the winds, and
all burst into one wild applause
Madam Morelle sings the sweet and
pathetic little So Soon We Are Forgot
ten to'the delighted audience and rem
ders the high class ballad OF Robyn's
Answer, IN her usual artistic manner.
MIR. Cooper's pleasing tonor solo, TO
the End of the World With You, is
pleasing TO all.