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sorrows ID Motl,crhood.

The joys, fortunately, outweigh. the
sorrows of motherhood. But there Is no
denying thare are some sorrows. tor
example, isn't it pathetic to hear the
baby cry, or the child refuse food, anu
not know what to do for 1T? The next
time this happens In your family, IN
stead OF giving a narcotic, see II tne
youngsters bowels have moved thar
day, or II 1t is otherwise bilious; IN
such cases. give 1t DR. Caidwell's syrup
Pepsin, the great laxative tonic for t I,
stomach, liver and bowels. The CHG iia
Will take to 1t readily because lts
taste is pleasant. 1t is pure IN insree-
cent or s bottle, which you can obtain
OF any DRUGGIST.
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water power interests and Mr.. Logan
was called upon to address the coun-

water power interests and Mr.. Logan
was called upon to address the coun-
Gil.
After he had made his remarks he
offered TO answer any questions and
several of the aldermen Intercepted
him.
The council had already il commit
tee of the whole meeting, decided to
lease the land to the railway company,
but the matter came up again and the
relation between the deal and the wa
| ter power project was explained.
In his remarks, Judge Logan told
the council that the railway company
now had possession of the land 1t was
asking for and the council would have
a hard time to get 1t to move in fif-
teen years He could not see any
harm in leasing the ground to them,
either as a representative of the wa
ter power or as a citizen.
No Trouble Now.
Now that the matter is settled,
there seems to be no further stumb-
ling block in the road of the Freeman
syndicate which is expected to fur
nish a bulk Of the capital for the
building of the water power.
1t can secure from the railway a
contract to move its tracks between
here and Montrose and this feature is
the only thing which has stood in the
way.
1t can be seen that the railway com
pany has the power If it should SO
desire to block the whole water power
project by refusing to allow its tracks
to be damaged
1t is a peculiar situation. but has
been overcome by the city leasing to
the company the small tract of land
on the river front now In possession
OF the company. Tie city also gets a
new bridge over the Des Moines river
at no expense Excepting that the city
must maintain the approaches and
keep the flooring in repair.
This new bridge Will have wagon
road on each side Of the tracks and
lis promised by the railway company
to be big Improvement.
The turn Of events proves the state.
ment made recently by The Gate City
that Mr.. Freeman would make ia.
yorable report on his investigations OF
the water power. If lis report was
unfavorable, the negotiations would
J not have proceeded far enough tor the
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a New Version.
Hewitt-In this world a man is eth.
err a hammer or an anvil.
Jewett-You mean either an auto.
mobile or a pedestrian.
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g. 3. 9 Q. railway Co.
rams aeaAe lrulA Uuion neno,
nstsns AUG tickets. tifth and Joau.
son streets. 'sAA'
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Stomach Troubles.

MANY remarkable ures of stomach
troubles have been effected by Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
One man who had spent over two
thousand dollars for medicine and
treatment was cured by a few boxes
of these tablets. Price, % cents.
Samples free at Wilkinson & Co
Pharmacy and ]. 2. Kiedaisch &
Sons drug store.
Father at the Summer Cottage.
He has two weeks to rest, and so
He hurries up to Shady Nook
Nov here" said dad, I'll let things
go,
And lounge around and read a
book"
Next day his wife's relations come,
To entertain them was his job;
And every day it was the same,
Of friends he always had mob.
He dug the worms and minnows
caught
That they ell might a-fishing go;
He ran the raptha launch and taught
The children how to swim and row.
He cleaned the fish and baited hooks
To get the water was his chore;
He had no time to spend with books,
AT night he slept upon the floor.
Detroit Free Press.
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DOES not AGREE
With | CURTIS |
Captain FuIlison, an Old Steamboat
Man Takes Issue With Jour
, nalist Regarding the
River.
THE AMERICAN BOAT
south America Replaced English and
German Built Boats With Those
Made IN the United
States.

Especial to The Gate City.1

WASHINGTON, D. G., June To-
Captain ]. F. Ellison, OF Cincinnati.
secretary OF the National Rivers and
Harbors congress, now and for the
past thirty years an operator and own
er OF steamboats, on the Mississippi
3 river and Its tributaries, does not
agree with William E. Curtis, news
4 paper writer of note, in his conclus.
tops based on the report OF the Inland
Waterway Commission, regarding the
decreasing tonnage Of various Amer
lean rivers, Captain Ellison com
msnting on an article recently pub
lished by Mr.. Curtis in several met
ropolitan newspapers said today:
The report OF the Inland Water
way Commission, as it applies to the
Mississippi river and the remarks
thereon by Mr.. Curtis are in the main
correct: There is no question but
what there has been during the past
20 years steady decrease in through
tonnage on the Mississippi river. BY
through tonnage is meant tonnage
from st. Louis to New Orleans and
from the tributary streams to the
same port, but to Offset this there is
a condition that the Inland Waterway
Commission has failed to take note
OF, which is . very decided increase
IN local and way tonnage, which has
Increased In practically the same
proportion that the through tonnage.
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CoBpgLIA:
Gold Medal Flour is cheapest-it's best,
too-more loaves to the sack, EUPHEMIA.
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great extent the Mississippi river
valley country, to which, by the river,
they never had dependable route.
The Mississippi river, never GER
tain for steamers Of proper draft,
was in the years preceding the early
SOS the most dependable route to
New Orleans from st. Louis, In the
years which have elapsed there has
been built upon practically both
banks Of the Mississippi river, rail
lines, parallelling the river through
out its entire length, and while the
river by the work done by the Missis-
sippi river commission. through the
engineers OF the war department, is
today in better condition than ever
before in Its history between Cairo
and New Orleans no permanent work
has been done and no better channel
supplied from st. Louis to Cairo, ana
the same condition applies to the
principal tributaries OF the Missis-
sippi, the Missouri from Sioux City to
Its mouth, the upper Mississippi from
st. Paul to st. Louis. and the Ohio
from Pittsburg to Cairo, together
with its great tributaries the Ten
nessee and the Cumberland.
In this day and age Of close and
keen competition in business, neither
the receiver or shipper of freight,
even If the rate be much less. will
undertake to handle business on an
obstructed route when there are I'M
INSTRUCTED routes that can and do de-
liver the goods. 1t is this condition
that the friends of improved water
ways are earnestly endeavoring to
change. With the Mississippi river
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(Continued.)
CHAPTER ~.
K. RILEY DENT.
Copyrighted 1903. by rnblishcrs
New. '~t>u Co.

The morrow was wild and drear Tho
mountains were hid by sheets Of falling
water. Brent Lawrence's first waking
thought, was Of the woman who had fig
ured in his dream. Would she appear to
him as she had the evening beforef Per-
haps the fancy had worn away, during
the night. He was anxious to see her
again.
He saw her at breakfast, and thought
her, if possible more beautiful in her
dainty morning dress than she had APP
peared the night before. Her golden hair
arranged less elaborately lay in soft
loose puffs and curls about her face Civ
ing it girlish look.
After breakfast the miner was restless
and longed to be off to the mines. Hs
talked necessarily of shafts and blasts,
stocks and wages. His visitor tried hard
to feel and appear interested in what had
brought him to tho mining country, but
he caught himself wondering il his host
ess would make her appearance in the
parlor that morning.
Not until dinner did she join the gen.
tlemen. She wore a dress Of dark green
that fitted to perfection, showing to ad-
vantage every curve Of beauty.
After dinner there was music again,
and a discussion of books and pictures
in which the miner took no part, unless
the frequent glances Of admiration be-
slowed upon his wife could be considered
such, or his smile Of proud appreciation
when she would defeat their guest in some
heated argument.
To tell how the following five day.
were spent would be going too much into
detail Perhaps were to attempt it, il
would be, as the visitor in the mountain
home was unable to say. He only knew
that not one moment hung heavily on hii
hands save when he was waiting for the
appearance Of the miner 3 wife.
The first was fair sample Of those
days that followed. When the program be
came familiar and to the miner monot
onous he would settle back on the sofa ant
indulge in nap, leaving his wife ant
their visitor at the piano.
When tired of play, Blossom woul
creep up into her fathers arms an
| journey with him to dreamland. BRAY
crouching as close to his little mistres
as possible, would follow her example
Jocko never left the side of the miner
wife. For her he seemed to fear danger
With one eye closed the other blinking
at the stranger he alone was left to pla.
propriety. If there was any impropriet.
in their conduct not one Of the three 8,
deeply interested thought of it.
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The Power To Do Good
! And the Power to Be Good Are
Much the Same.

One writer has truly said during
sleep and rest, sufficient energy and
strength should be supplied for tomor-
rows work. If you will learn how to
allow perfect relaxation to take place
in every part of your body and how
to fall asleep whenever you desire, you
will need no other remedy than good
food to keep you in perfect physical
condition.
A food does not need to be heavy
to be strengthening Wheat possesses
every element found in the human body
and Egg-O-See Wheat Flakes. dainty,
delicious breakfast food, always ready
to serve contains all the nourishment
and strength of wheat in easily di-
gested form.
Be sure it's Egg O-see you get, for it's
the famous and original Egg O-See process
that makes Egg-O-See Wheat Flakes and
the &c Corn Flakes SO dainty, so ap.
petizing ard so strengthening. A break
fast of either means a satisfied appe.
tite, a grateful stomach and good days
work free from nervous headaches" OF
dullness. Be sure it's the Egg-O-See prod
uct. Always watch for the ETC Marx
! on the package.
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improved from st. Paul to Cairo and
the Ohio river improved from Pitts
burg to Cairo. there will unquestion-
ably flow through these natural chan
neis great commerce. and this state.
ment is backed up by the experience,
not only of this country. but by that
Of the older countries Of the world,
for history does not show a single
waterway properly improved, SO that
its navigation can be depended upon
by the receiver and shipper, that is
not now doing great business.
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Alone in sawniII at Midnight

nnmindful Of dampness, drafts, storms
or cold w. j. Atkins worked as night
watchnan at Banner Springs, Tenn
Such exposure gave him severe colo
that settled on his lung. At last he
had to give up work. He tried many
remedies but all failed till he used Dr..
Kings New Discovery. After using
one bottle" he writes, 81 went back to
work as well as ever" Severe Colds,
stubborn Coughs, infiamed threats and
sore lungs, Hemorrhages, Group and
whooping Cough get quick relief and
prompt cure from this glorious medi-
cine. SOC and s1oo. Trial bottle free,
guaranteed by Wilkinson & Co.. and J.
B. Kiedaisch & Son.
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FIRST MOONLIGHT
OF THE SEASON
Catholic Mems Club VIII Give outing
on the Beautiful Missis-
sippi River.

The first moonlight excursion of the
season will be given tais evening by
the Catholic Mems club of tho city
on the steamer Dubuque, the boat
leaving the local landing at $3.50
o'clock. Music will be furnished by
Agnes orchestra and those who attend
can enjoy both a pleasant river trip
and excellent dancing. Everything is
being done to make the trip the best
of the league and there should be a
large crowd of people on board the
boat when it departs on the evening
trip.
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GOODBYE, MR.. LAWRENCE, WE GER
TAINLY HAVE ENJOYED YOUR EN-
FORCED VISIT.
20, the dreary, dreary moorland,
@. the barren. barren shore. y

y
O, the barren, barren Shore -
A shadow crossed her face. She turn
ed from him with SILVER.
81 do not like Locksley Hail." she
said in dry hard tone.
"Indeedi According to my judg-
ment, Locksley Hall is the brightest gem
in Tennyson IS crown of fame. =
She made no reply. The words Judge
Latham had repeated, years before, were
ringing in her ears
As the husband is the wife is,
Thou art mated with clown,
And the grossness Of his nature,
Will have weight to drag thee down"
Mr.. Sanders Joined them on the porch.
Elba turned and entered the house,
Watching her Brent Lawrence wished
he had never seen her. Never seen her I
To the unhappy man it seemed there had
never been time when he had not
known her.. He felt just then that there
would never be time when he could for
get her. He wished he had been per.
| mitted to go on his way and the sooDe,
begin the lesson.
HNo use to look glum, it can't b.
helped, Mr.. Sanders laughed, "Gt
| in and amuse yourself the best you can
with the books and music. Elba will play
for you and you can both sing The
ne will pass some way. There is an
ID to everything"
Brent Lawrence wondered if there
would ever be an end to the terrible feel.
ing that had taken possession of him.
Dropping into chair he looked about the
pretty rooms where he had drifted to his
doom. The last day. he thought bit.
terly. Fool that am,' he said to
himself. "This is madness / will be a
man and not weakling." The talk OF
his host about the mines irritated him
He was conscious of returning curt re-
plies, and was ashamed of himself.
When Jocko crept close to him, al
though conscious of something wrong
and anxious to learn what it was, he was
pushed impatiently aside.
Nothing daunted the monkey retired tt
respectful distance, closed one eye
while he eyed the visitor with THO other
His expression seemed to mean, Yor
needn t blame me, for your trouble. Tn
nothing but monkey, but saw wha'
was coming and would have had more
sense
Attributing the change in his visitor
to disappointment Mr.. Sanders though
best not to worry him with talk, so lief
him alone.
Mr.. Lawrence tried to read but failed
Constantly his eyes sought the door. II
started at every sound, hoping it was he
footsteps. Surely she would come to spent
this last day with him. But this was NJ
more to her, he told himself, than all TIN
| days that would come and go when h
was gone. Evening came and with it thu
miners wife and happiness for the rest
less, unhappy man.
1t was spent as the other evenings ha'
bcen. Blossom had been tucked in her lit
lie bed. Brave lay on the rug doing. Th
miner sat on the gallery, just outside til
open window and smoked his pipe. Jock
'rouched in corner, with one eye ope'
nd watched 'N" two at the piano.
/
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only momentary thought. III,
manhood asserted itself. He breath.
cd feryent Thank God, she is safe. !
ssLife is full of dsappointments.
Mrs. Sanders. Few dreams are ever real
lied, and even the few more often prove
to be Dead Sea fruit
81 have passed the age of dreams,
even if there we're any thing in this bar
rem region to encourage one to indulge"
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(To be continued.)
Men Past FIFTY in Danger.

Men past middle life have found
comfort and relief in Foley's Kidney
Remedy, especially for enlarged pros
tate gland. which If very common
among elderly men. l.. E. Morris,
Dexter, KY, writes "Up to year
ago my father suffered from kidney
and bladder trouble and several ply
sician. pronounced it enlargement
of the prostate gland and advised an
operation. On account of his age we
were afraid he could not stand it and
/ recommended Foley's Kidney Rene
dy, ard the first bottle relieved him.
and after taking the second bottle
he was no longer troubled with this
complaint" Wilkinson & Co.
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stune For is Years.

by Indigestion's pangs trying many
doctors anG 100000 worth of medi-
cine in vain. B. f. Ayscue. of Ingle-
side, N. c., at last used DR.. Kings
New Life Pills, and writes they wholly
cured him. They cure Constipation,
Biliousness, Sick Headache, Stomach.
Liver. Kidney and Bowel troubles.
Csc at Wilkinson & Co., ]. F. Kie-
daisch & Son.
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Il. [. couRTRIeHr, M. D.

II. [. COPYRIGHT. M. D.
Office COL Main street.
special attention to X-Ray end cleo.
trical work.
Office hours. 10 to 1880 s. M: 2 to
4:30 and z to p. m.
residence. 1923 Franklin street. :,
W. M. HoGLE, M. D. Il
COL Main street.
ONCE hours. to and z TO 8 .. m.
residence. GOA High street.
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PHYS. CLANS.
DIR. CORAL r. ARMENTRouT
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON

Oflce-Y. NJ. c. A. Building. Resi-.
dence 912 Fulton street. Office hours:I
~ to a. M: 2 to Up. ~; evening
hours by appointment Iowa phone.
S2s-Y. and Hub. phone 20s2. oz1ca
phone Residence phone. Iowa 12-M;
Hu 1915.
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DIR. J. EATON JOHNSTON

The only physician practicing Oste.
opathy in the county. The Smith.
fonian truss fitted and guaranteed.
only truss that holds. Office
North side Of Main street, third door
above Fifth. Phone SO. Residences.
Ninth an Webster. Phone 4S4. r.
y. Lock Box, Al, Warsaw, III.
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OF the older countries OF the world
for history does not show single
waterway properly improved, SO that
Its navigation can be depended upon
by the receiver and shipper, that is
not now doing great business.
The American Boat.
TMr. Curtis, in common with great
many writers who are not thoroughly
posted on their subject, criticises the
mode of construction OF western riv-
er steamboats,. 1t will perhaps be of
interest to great many people to
know that the western river style Of
steamboats, is pronounced by experts
the world over as being the best craft
for navigating shoal waters. To illus
trate and prove this assertion it is
proper to say that on quite number
Of the rivers Of South America,
notably the Magdalena river, Ameri-
c. !, built boats of the ordinary Ohio
and Mississippi river type have re-
placed the boats of English and Ger
man design to such an extent that
one firm Of boat builders, located at
Plttsburg. Pennsylvania, have in op-
Grafton on the Magdalena % boats,
which they built at Pittsburg and ship
ped knocked down to South America.
Less than two years ago boat build
ing firm upon the Clyde sent one of
their engineers to this country to
examine our style of tow-boats, the
result being that the English firm
paid for designs, drawings and spec
ifications Of bulls, machinery and
general equipment, and built, under
one order, Is boats of our type for
service on the Hoogly river, in India.
The same Pittsburg firm referred to
above have within the past 80 days
built and shipped a tow-boat for ser
vice on the Nile, to tow coal above
the Assouan dam. More than 20
years ago Russia adopted our boats
for service on thee upper reaches OF
the volga, the initial boats for this
service were built under the super
vision Of an American and the ma
cnlnery was udue III InAS Couu oAy ss.NN
shipped there.
Il think the foregoing illustrates
that no great change in the form OF
construction Of western river boats
is needed. What is needed, however
is that the rivers be improved SO that
they may become dependable routes
upon which the commodities that are
produced can be handled to the adj
vantage of both the producer and the
consumer. This done, then the rivers
that the Inland Waterway Commits
sion now designate as being devoid
1 Of traffic will again become what they
we're in the oiden days, before raj
competition, the main arteries Q
commerce.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-15
BIG TIMBER.

Washington is the state of big tim
ber-of trees that win furnish a stick
Of fir timber five feet square and 80
feet long-of single trees that will
build a house complete. We should
not blame Washington for wanting to
protect this industry any more than
we blame ourselves for asking protec-
ton for our industries.
A 14-room house was built at Elna
in that state from a single yellow fir
which cut $4,000 feet of lumber.
Some of these trees are 30 feet in
diameter at the ground and the first
limb is $50 feet from the ground with
total height of 600 feet. These big
trees are almost beyond comprehen-
sion.
Concerning the timber in the state
of Washington, the Square Deal mag
azine for May says:
There is $4,000 square miles of tim
Der standing in this state. This would
make a plank road three inches thick
and 500 feet wide twice around the
world. 1t would load 100000 cars of
10000 feet each, each As feet long,
equal to 85,227 miles of trains, or one
train reaching three and a half times
around the globe at the equator. It
would build 100000 six or eight room
houses, enough to shelter one-third Of
the people of the United States"
This shows that there is a great deal
Of timber in the far west and that
this single state has a greater supply
than we dreamed of.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-05-15
THE TWO FOOLS.

The Wright brothers-the aeroplane
champions, who have been honored
abroad by foreign governments, and
who were too busy to halt In New
York to be wined and dined, were FIVE
years ago the subjects of the same
ridicule which fell to Darius Greene
and his flying machine. They were
then enjoying wide repute as two fools.
This is what travelling man has
to say of them:
Il was going by trolley car from
Xenia, o., to Dayton, about five years
ago. when the conductor, with whom I
had been chatting, said: See that
shanty over there in the field? There's
a couple Of fools building an airship
in there I was interested and asked
for further information. Wright is
their name. They've nearly killed
themselves a couple of times, tryin'
to hy,' he continued. I believe I'll get
off and take look at them said L.
No USE said he. They'd shoot at
you. No one is allowed to go near
the shanty.'"
Their persistent folly has proved to
be wisdom. They have become IA
nous for their skill and are likely to
become rich as reward for their
genius. No two men are in greater
demand now than they-none are more
driven with orders. They are to fulfil
their engagements here with the gov
eminent, and then away they go again
to Europe to demonstrate the practi-
cality of an airship heavier than air.
These two fools" are today the most
distinguished men in the world.