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A BANKERS NERVE
Broken by Coffee and Restored by
Postum.

A banker needs perfect control OF
the nerves and a clear, quick. accur-
ate brain. A prominent banker Of
Chattanooga tells how he keeps him.
self in condition:
up to II years Of age I was not
allowed to drink coffee, but as soon
as got out into the world l began to
use it and grew very fond of 1t. For
some years I noticed no bad effects
from its use, but in time it began to
affect me unfavorably Ny hands
trembled, the muscles Of my face
twitched, my mental processes seemed
slow, and in other ways my system
got out of order. These conditions
grew so bad at last that had to give
up coffee altogether.
my attention having been drawn
Postum, began its use on leaving of
the coffee. and 1t gives me pleasure to
testify to its value. l find 1t deli
cious beverage: like 1t just as we'll as
/ did coffee, and during the years
that I have used Postum l have been
free from the distressing symptoms
that accompanied the use Of coffee.
The nervousness has entirely dlsap-
peared, and am as steady Of hand as
boy Of 25, though l am more than
80 years old. l owe all this to Pos
tum." There's a Reason" Read the
little book, "The Road to Wellville,"
in pkgs. Grocers sell.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
Interest.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-12-18
Locusts in Panama.

The method Of exterminating To-
gusts most generally adopted in Pana-
ma has been to dig trench about
fifty feet in length. two feet wide and
one foot deep, with perpendicular
sides, in which the locusts are driv-
en- by men beating the grass and trees
with switches. In this way millions
are collected and are destroyed with
a solution Of strong I've soapsuds. The
trench is then refilled with earth 50
as to aJlay the odor.-Argus.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-12-18

ferrous and uncomprehended possibil-
tiles. The beast is not merely the
servant of man; he is his friend and
ally He occupies complementary
place in the great scheme of creation.
Such a conception of animal life is
commonplace with many of the older
religions. 1t has permeated the
philosophy of the East to such an ex
tent that the devout Indian will not
willingly injure fly or a worm, lest
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-12-18
Justice and Luore.

Judge Giles Baker. Of q Pennsyl'
vania county, was likewise cashier
or his home bank. A man presented
4 check one day for payment. He
was q stranger. His evidence Of
Identification was not satisfactory to
tie cashier.
"Why, Judge" said the man. I've
known you to sentence men TO be
hanged on no better evidence than
this!"
Every likely" replied the Judge
But when It comes to letting 60 OF
cold cash we have to be mighty care
ful."-BrowninG's Magazine.
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he invoke divine retribution. In an
cient Egypt cats were considered
sacred and were worshiped. One OF
these Egyptian cats, preserved in
bronze, in the collection of the French
Ambassador at Rome, forms one OF
the illustrations in the volume and is
reproduced here.-Philadelphia Rec
ord
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-12-18

DR.. Roberts suggestion in 1881 Of
sewing wounds of the heart was re-
ceived as joke. DR.. REIN, of Ger
many, in 1897 got the first recovery
from heart wound. Altogether there
have been sixteen such operations,
with seven amazing recoveries.
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A Cat Of Ancient Egypt.

An interesting volume on "The
Place of Animals in Human
Thought" has just been written by
the Countess Evelyn Martinengo-
Cesaresco, who shows us that the life
of the meanest animal is full of mys-
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-12-18
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It dosen't take lazy man long to
solve the labor problem-in his
mind.
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-15
HUNTERS, LICENSES

writing from Orson, lowe, to the
Council Bluffs NonpaTefi, Mr. r. G.
Peterson raises an interesting ques
ton as 10 The validity 81 the new
hunters license Ian in thig state.
The point he makes is IN ingenious
one. The law requires resident hunt.
era 10 pay license fee Of one dollar,
but permits farmers 70 hunt On their
own land without a license. Conse.
quentiy that license IL III effect per
nit to shoot On other peoples farTns--
permit to treepasg. II that license
does not permit the holder On hig
neighbor's farm without being duly
permitted by that netghbor, then pray.
what does The hunter get ri return for
his dollar pertinentiy inquiries Mr.
Peterson. who suggesss that II lookg
like the state was getting something
for nothing, or rather obtaining money
under false pretenses, Just Mat me
hunter does get I'm return for hfs dol.
lar is subject worth thinking
about.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-15
A. New Paving.

Dubuque Times-J ournal A gentle.
man named Walton is paving the
roadways on Mrs. Stout's country
place beyond Dubuque with westrun-
ite.a This is a composition of asphalt
and hard limestone which is said to
make the best road for automobiles.
The limestone, harder article than
Dubuque produces, prevents the auto
wheels from sinking into the asphalt
and the latter gives a smooth surface
and prevents dust. Mr.. Walton al.
leges that 1t is the cleanest pavement
and the most easily kept, since it is
laid cold and may be repaired without
the use of heat or expensive machtn.
cry. A wheelbarrow, load of the as.
phalt and stone, concrete board for
mixing and man of moderate intelli-
gence and moderate experience in
street work will suffice when repairs
are needed. He says that compost
tion requiring heat is likely to be un-
satisfactory because some patches
will be heated excessively and others
insufficiently. If burned it will crum-
Bile and if heated insnfficiently 1t will
be safe. He is doing his present work
under five year guarantee. The
stuff costs s1.87 a square yard when
laid on a base of concrete or macadam
supplied by the contractor and $1.35
square yard when laid to depth of
two inches on brick paving.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-15
Wants to Be Grand Exalted Ruler Of
Eliza


Alex Miller in Washington Demo-
crat: Iowa City has a new Elk's
lodge room and we read ell about 1t
In Dave Brant's paper, the Republi-
can But we do not understand what
a RathskelIer is. The basement has
two rooms, check room and a
Rathskeller. Of course, we think we
know what it is, but down here we
do not call it Rathskeller. And
besides, Washington is a prohibition
town. They hsr banquet and Grand
Exalted Ruler ]. U. Sammis was one
OF the speakers. That is the only
office we aspire to. We want to some
day become Grand Exalted Ruler Of
the Elks. Grand Exalted Ruler of
Elks. J. y. Sammis said in his soeech
that the Elks were the best men in
the United States, which surprised
us. We didn't expect him to say
they were good men. We expected
him to say that they were all lot of
long cared, knock kneed. yellow
legged, hiD-ghot shysters that wore
government socks and ate pie with
knife. But he didn't; all right, Grand
Exalted Ruler Of Elks ]. u. Sanlmis.
We congratulate you and also Iowa
City.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-15

With a wise foresight characteristic
of its management the Burlington rail
road is growing trees to be utilized
later as ties. With the gradual
depletion OF the forests of the country
the railway tie proposition has be-
come a vital one with the railroads.
The Burlington will solve the problem
by growing its own ties. It's tree farm
was established in 1906 near Glad
stone. Iii. The soil there is light and
sandy and thought to furnish good
for growing trees. Ex-
perimental work mas proved that
catalpa trees thirteen years old VIII
Weld one good railroad tie and four
fence posts, and at the age of sixteen
he railroad men can get two good
les from the tree and the farmer can
AVE six fence posts. The straighter
he stock the better and the more
Material for both railroad man and
armer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-15
Y. W. G. A. FOR HANNIBAL.


The citizens of Hannibal, Mo, have
Just closed campaign to raise a
fund of So. 10000 for Y. NJ. G. A.
building. The campaign was remark.
ably successful, resulting in raising a
fund Of s76.16075 in ten days. The
work of raising the fund was organ
lied By the Commercial club. One
hundred picked men we're divided
into ten committees of ten each and
great rivalry was engendered between
the different committees.
The fund raised is perhaps the
largest amount ever raised for T..
n G. A. building in a city of 10000
Inhabitants which was made possible
IN Hannibal by the hearty co-opera-
ton Of the business men through the
Commercial club. It has been the
policy Of the club to foster anything
hat tends 10 the betterment Of the
,ity, whether it was Y. NJ. C. A.. al
soilsge. a park or factory
There were 2,T46 contributors to the
I. NJ c. a fund Including over eight
hundred employees of factories. three
large number of saloon
.eepers and wholesale liquor dealers
Tere liberal contributors and several
aloon men were active workers on
ne committees Active work on
ne building win not begin until early /
pring.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-15
CURIOUS PIECE OF WOOD.
State Geologist Gives State Depart.
ment Interesting
Relic.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Nov. 15.-Dr.
]. A. Mintor has presented the state
historical department with stick OF
wood, supposed to be cedar, which
represents an ancient period Of Iowa's
physical geographical history, The
wood was found fifty feet under
ground, on top Of ridge and at the
head of ravine two and half miles
southwest of Magnolia. 1t was part of
an old log. and wood of this character
has not grown in Iowa for many
hundreds of years, if ever.
Curator Harlan took the piece to
State Geologist Lewis, who stated
that 1T was probably washed down
from the north In the glacial period Of
history or that there had been a great
upheaval In some prehistoric time
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-15

After January /, 1910, new system
OF handling the assessment of prop
erty will be put into commission at
Des Moines. Hereafter the property
owner will have to call on the assessor
instead of the assessor being obliged
to trail the property owner. BY doing
this a large force of expensive deputy
assessors can be cut down and the
county saved a lot of money. This
is done in many other states, and it
has just been discovered that the
Iowa Law is so worded that property
owners here may be required to do
the same thing. Failure to report
to the assessor is misdemeanor
punishable by q fine of not TO exceed
$500, with the additional penalty that
the assessor may, IL he sees proper,
increase the valuation of the property
100 per cent. This arrangement is as
applicable in Keokuk and every other
city in Iowa as in Des Moines OF
course the assessor would have to be
provided With Office room, but that
would pc very small expense
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-15
THE PRIMARY IN PRACTICE

In letter from Nebraska to the
Macomb, Ill, Journal Mr.. L. T. Brook
ing tells how the primary law works
In actual practice there. while it
may work good in some cases, says
Mr.. Brooking, as whole it is a dis
nal failure, and have yet to hear
single man speak well of it. It is uniyer-
sally condemned out here in western
Nebraska, and just how it was given
to the people as reform measure, en-
tirely unasked for by them, lis a great
mystery. The people are going to ask
for the old convention system again.
Last year the Nebraska law, like
the present Iowa law, required
that man had to state his poll
tics when he voted at the primary.
This had the effect of destroying
the secrecy that seemed to be the
peoples birthright. The Nebraska
legislature then changed it to the
open primary. Uuder this system one
party can make the other party's nom
nations, and the nomination of the
weakest candidate is the result. Fur.
thermore, it is difficult to get men to
file and go through the necessary
routine to get on the ticket, but OBJ
jectionable men will do it. To sum it
up, the busiest men get the nomina-
tions. Under the old system the OBJ
1eetionable aspirant got sat upon"
very quickly when the people met in
convention Mr.. Brooking comedies
that the principle of the primary
seems good. but he declares that the
practical results Of It are bad in
large majority Of cases. His conclus.
ion is directly in line with all expert
ence with the primary wherever it
has been tried.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-15


The great diversity and value OF
Iowa crops are shown by some cen
sus figures just made public. These
are TO this effect that Iowa produces
14-6 per cent of the oats raised In the
whole country; that Iowa cattle are
7.6 per cent of ali the cattle in the
country; that Iowa has 81 per cent OF
all tie horses in the country; 1856
per cent OF all the swine the hen
produces in Iowa each year as much
wealth as do the silver mines OF
Colorado; the products of the Iowa
diaries in thes present generation
would pay the national debt and the
state produces u per cent OF the
national corn crop. Iowa is great
state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-15

Ii is believed now that hundreds OF
deaths which occurred at the Confeder-
ate prison at Andersonyille, Ga, dur
ing the summer of 1864 were not due
TO typhoid fever, as then supposed
but were caused by pellagra- This
view was recently advanced by DR..
u. w. Kerr of Corsicana, Texas,
who was surgeon at the Andersonville
prison, In paper read before the
Southern Medical convention at New
Orleans a few days ago he described
the symptoms of the disease which at
tackled the inmates SO fatally at that
time, and in nearly every particular
they were recognized as being charac-
teristic of pellagra. DR. Kerr said that
musty or spoiled corn constituted the
main diet of the prisoners, because OF
the inability to furnish them other
supplies. The concensus of opinion
among the physicians who presented
papers on the subject was that pei
lagra is attributable to spoiled corn.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-15
Oyster Society,

1t Is but seldom one im.gines that
good joke is made about an oyster. Ed
mund Yates, howe ver, In his "Recol-
lections and Experiences" relates one.
= was walking with him one evening
from the club" writes Yates, "and
passing Ash shop ID New street, he
noticed two different tubs OF oysters.
one marked liz Dozen and the other
Is 80 dozen How they must hate
each other! said Thackeray.'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-15
A Farmer Prince.

From David Rankin Plain Farm
err in Technical World Magazine for
December: Sixty years ago poor
Indiana farmer boy was married
After the ceremony was over he
turned to the parson and said.
Here is FIVE dollars. 1t is every cent
In the world / have Take it-an |
want is an even start in the world
A few weeks ago stood on the big
gest farm in the world and let my
eve lose itself in the distance Oh a
six thousand acre cornfield. The UNI
dulating corn riding up the slope of
hill and dropping softly over made
me think of some placid green sea.
Turning to David Rankin looked at
him and marveled at the romance OF
a mere farmer
How did you do its" asked of
the worlds most extensive farmer.
Early and Late he answered,
smiling.
There are other men in the world
who own more land than David Ran
kin of Tarkio, Missouri. but they are
not farmers. There are men who
have finer farms but they have
brought the money to the farm. Ey-
cry acre in David Rankin's farms in
Atchison county, Missouri, produces.
I don't Craze sheep, nor pasture cat
tie,' he explained simply, q farm.
In the midst Of the great Missouri
Illinois-Iowa corn-belt are his farms.
Cattle and corn are the products.
Land on all sides sells at one hun.
dred dollars an acre and up. David
Rankin has $3.50 acres of such land
devoted to raising corn and feeding
cattle.
Although eighty-four years old
David Eankin is light of step. quick
of movement, and enjoys good health.
It is evident that his regular life and
moderate living is the explanation.
In all his work he is systematic and
runs his many acres on schedule plan.
Farming to him is business and
not merely a way OF eking out an ex
istence.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-15
MUST NOT POCKET PETITIONS.

MOSi NO PUNE PE1IDICR5.
State Superintendent Riggs hab
ruled that school directors must not
carry petitions around In their pock.
cts in order TO give time for condi-
tions to change 80 that they can find
a way to deny the petitions. The
case came UP to him from Liberty
township in Johnson county. 1t seems
that a petition was sigred By patrons
OF the schools Of certain section Of
the township asking that that section
be made an independent school dis.
trict There were enough slgners TO
the petition, that according to the
law if the school board had met All
once and acted upon 1t they would
have been forced to grant the petit.
ton.
Instead of calling meeting the
chairman Of the board carried the be.
tition in his pocket tn some of the
signers had moved ont OF the district
Then he called the meeting and the
board erased from the petition the
names of those who had removed
since signing II This brought the
number of petitioners down 80 that
the board could deny 1t and II did 80.
Mr. Riggs in his written decision on
the case holds that IL the number ~
signers was sufficient had the board
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-15

and that in some unaccountable man.
ner the log had been deposited on the
top Of the ridge.
Curator Harlan hopes before long to
have collection of these prehistoric
woods of Iowa and urges that any per.
son who finds a stick OF some prehis-
toric period to bring it to the depart.
ment, where 1t will be properly
authenticated and If found OF historic
value will be added to the collection.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-15

One OF the strong arguments adj
vanced by the Association Opposed to
the Extension OF Suffrage to Women
Is that a man may be a father with
out the slightest care or thought for
his offspring, without in fact, knowing
of its existence, but mo woman be
she queen or empress, the head of the
state or the leader Of armies. can full.
fill the obligations of mother. with.
out giving at least full year Of IN.
convenience, self sacrifice and phvs-
ical pain and loss for every child
she bears; and this fact makes II i'm.
possible that women as a sex should
ever be the equals Of men in public
capacities" The Illinois Legislature
which last winter refused to bestow
upon women political equality was
besought not unjustly nor in vain to
shorten her hours of labor. and mitt-
gate its circumstances, because as a
mother, actual or potential, she
should not safely be called upon to
bear the restrictions to which men are
subject A recent decision Of the SUI
preme court of the United States af
firms this view. Socialists and suf-
fragists alike strive sedulously to
ignore the vital fact, that If the race
Is to continue, the great majority of
women must always be mothers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-15

After all. 1t doesn't make much
difference to the turkeys whether
they have appendicitis or not. They
VIII be operated on pretty soon, Just
the same. They are in the same
situation az humans.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-15

General ). p. Weaver has ouit
politics and has gone on the plat
form to proclaim the possibilities Of
iaith cure He Is entirely consistent
IN this. He has been faith curist
ever since fiat money vas proposed
as remedy for financial Ills.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-15

The women Of the Methodist com
munion are growing in inslstence In
their demand for lay representation
IN the church conferences. They
point to the fact that they raise the
money It would seem only fair that
those who raise the funds should have
something to say as to their dlstribu-
ton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-15

The delinquent tax list Of Grundy
county is less than twenty descrip-
lions and most Of these are against a
town site company that has ceased to
exist. The fact is additional evf
dence that GTundy is one OF the beet
counties in the state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-15

Many turkeys, it is said, are dying
OF appendicitis. The Chicago Trib-
nne rightly protests that that is no
way for a turkey to die at this time
OF year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-15
NOT Vet.

Nellie apologized for the action Of
her new baby sister by saying: you
see, she hasn't got any sense yet
Her mother objected to such an idea,
and Nellie replied "Oh, Of course,
she's got sense. but It isn't working
yet
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-15
Why the Negligence?

Fairfield Ledger: Southern Iowa
counties Like Clarke are estimating
the damage to the apple crop in the
October freeze at $4,000 to 800, 900.
y apples are such an item, why does.
NJ the southern farmer show more In
terest IN them?