The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12

Thought for the day: Getting some
thing out Of life depends on putting
something into life.
NOTES AND COMMENT.
= Photos of the new pantaloon dresses
make the wearers Of them look to the
Cedar Rapids Gazette like the Cherry
sisters used to act simply awful.
The germ to encourage is the ono
that works for midsummer vacation.
Away if you can; but at home If you
must, advises the Davenport Demo
crat.
Life is strawberry shortcake,
1t ought to jbe added, enough,
That the optimist sees the berries
While the pessimist sees the dough.
S. E. Kiser.
A good deal Of fuss is being made
because Billy Sunday preached in his
undershirt at Marshalltown the otner
day 4Well, did they expect him to,
take that of, too?" inquiries the
Washington Democrat.
The Houston Post claims that the
town Of Damsite was founded by the
Republican boss Of Texas. The Des
Moines Tribune suggests that he
probably yearned for one spot in the
state that he could swear by.
Noting that President Taft wants
the fools restrained, an exchange re-
marks that there is no better time for
restraining fools than now, as the
boat rocking season is on and the
Glorious Fourth is only three weeks
away.
The Sioux City Tribune has discov-
cred that there is some evidence go
ing to show that the crusade against
the fly, so far from being started as a
health measure, was instituted by the
bald headed man.
The world will rise up and call that
Boston dentist blessed if he has real
~ discovered an Obtundent for use in
filling teeth which will stand In the
same relation to dentistry as ether
does to surgery. It will even do away
with some of the joys Of that nerve
soothing buzzer.
| according to the philosophy of the
Colfax Clipper. he who marries Tor
| love gets a wife; who marries for po-
sition gets lady; who marries for
money gets a mistress. If you are
Isick, the wife will nurse you; the lady
i will visit rr-r; the mistress will In
quire abe ,ealth. If you die
| the wife will W. II you; the lady
will lament, and your mistress will
1 wear mourning.
A 200-acre farm in the state OF
Washington was recently sold, to be
4 paid for in wheat, at the rate of loo
4 bushels to an acre in two years
| Farmers thereabout have often. ac
cording to the Tacoma Ledger, gath
a cred crops of from fifty to fifty-five
bushels an acre; and in this particu
lar instance the purchaser seems tt
aim at making his crop for two years
pay for the land.
During the year 1908 the steam ant
electric railroads of the United States
purchased more than II 100000 eros
, ties, costing at the point of purchase
, over 56,0O0,000, an average of s.
cents per tie, according to statistic
! just made public by the bureau of tn
: census in cooperation with the Unite'
. States forest service. This was som
: 40,O00000 ties less than the quantit
purchased in 1907, the highest eve
recorded. The decreased purchases i
i. 1908 were, of course. chiefly due to tn
81 business5de pression which affected ey
cry line OF industry. This forced mos
& of the roads to purchase only the tie
r which were absolutely essential 70
: renewals, and heavily cut down tn
I purchase for new track In 1908 onl
y ! 7,431 900 cross ties were reported a
: purchased for new track as agains
23,557 900 in 1907. OF the total nun
i Der of ties purchased for all purpose
/ the steam roads took approximately
! per cent, leaving about 6 per cent fc
3 the electric roads,. ms, -
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