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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11
Macomb, H.. is suffering from an

Macomb, ILL.,, is suffering from an
epidemic of diphtheria. Tho situation
has become quite serious, presumably
through failure to establish and main
tain proper quarantine There is only
one certs'n way Of preventing the
spread of contagious diseases and that
is by isolating the sick and keeping
them isolated until perfectly we'll
Reliance upon any other means is
sure to res'lt in disappointment and
deaths. The people of Macomb have
the matter Of arresting the spread OF
the disease in their own hands. Let
them obey the quarantine laws in let.
ter and spirit and the diphtheria will
soon come to an end in their com.
munity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11
The Evanuelists.

Waverly Independent: The papers
have reported that an evangelist at
Sioux City, in sermon, almost sheer
ed at the merely moral man. the
man who pays his debts, lives decently
and does what good comes in his way
to do. The evangelist Is reported as
saving that all these things amount to
nothing. We have some times heard
about the same kind Of talk from the
pulpit Evangelists' who talk that
kind Of stuff only hurt the cause Of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11

worth while. If the world had NOR,
OF his kind it would be still better
place to live in. 4 man who pays hii
debts, who does what is right and 1--we,
decently is a great asset in any com
munity. He is it's chief asset. Where
he Is in the majority business is con.
Quoted honestly and governments are
properly administered. 1t is time such
evangelists as the one at Sioux City
were choked off.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11
a WORTHY INSTITUTION.

Rev. G. H. Mcdaniel is in Keokuk
in the interest Of the Enterprise Insti-
tute, general trades school in Chi
cago, of which he is the head. Mr..
Mcdaniel is not stranger in this
city, nor Is the good work in which he
is engaged unknown to keokuk peo-
pie. He was here previously as the
representative of the Ambidexter In
stitute at Springfield, H.. which pros
pered greatly under his manage
ment. The school with which he is
now identified is one of the largest
and most successful of It's kind ir the
country and is worthy general en-
couragement and liberal support. The
work it is doing is in the interest of
struggling negro youth of both sexes
who are endeavoring to fit themselves
for greater usefulness Rev. McDan-
lei rightly holds with Booker T. Wash
ington that the race problem can best
be solved by negroes qualifying them
selves for acceptable service to the
public in the various trades. In which
many colored men in Keokuk are new
successfully engaged Not only is
such training valuable to them in
material way, but it also makes for
good character and right living and
adds to their value as citizens. Rev.
Mcdaniel is going about the matter
in the right spirit and the right man
ner and already has accomplished
noteworthy results. The Gate City
bespeaks for him in Keokuk the cor
dial welcome and the substantial en-
enlargement he deserves.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11


The Illinois Central is now operat-
ing some of its new steel cars. These
cars are composed of steel through
out, the metal replacing wood every
where the light material was former
~ used and the cars are supposed to
be as nearly understandable as it is
possible to build them The cars are
of particularly handsome design and
were built by the Pullman company
for the Central The main body of
the cars is provided with forty-four
comfortable reclining chairs and the
smoker has sofa accommodations for
eleven more. The cars are equipped
for both electric lights and gas and
have new design of ventilators In
the roof instead of on the sides.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11

A scarcity of rural school teachers
is reported in some parts of the state.
Notwithstanding there has been an in
crease of 20 per cent in country
teachers salaries in Wright county, a
number OF schools there are without
teachers, with no prospect of the
vacancies being filled. Tie higher
standard of requirements in recent
years is possibly responsible in par1
for this state of affairs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11

The suspicion has been voiced that
the new state pharmacy commission
is more extravagant than the old. If
the allegation is true the commission
should be fired" bodily without a
moments loss of time. Any commits
sion that isn't as careful of the public
money as Of the private means of its
members has forfeited its right to
existence and cannot be put out of
business any too soon
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11

Council Bluffs is the latest Iowa city
to interest itself in the commission
plan of city government. The question
of the adoption of the new system is
to be submitted to the voters there in
the courfo of a few weeks in order
that it may become effective after the
next city election in case of an af-
firmative vote. Present indications
point to its adoption.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11

The near-philosopher of the Sioux
City Tribune has noticed that the only
thing some men do for community
is thirty days. Even at that the COM
munity is the loser in the transaction.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11

But suppose that a gentleman
named Joseph w. Hallam should take
Julia gently but firmly by the arm and
lead her home, with the admonition to
stay there and care for her children"
suggests the Odebolt Chronicle.
Would she fight? That is what JOS
.eph should do, SHOULD occasion arise"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11
Using What She Learned.

Little Mabel had spent the after
noon at her fathers business office,
where the telephones were kept pretty
busy. That night as she went to bed
she surprised her mother by closing
her prayers with: amen. Good-by.
Ring Off Boston Transcript.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11

Des Moines has set out to raise
$4,000 for a new Y. M. C. A. build
ing, with every prospect Of success
at an early day. Already $6S,415 has
been subscribed, with the campaign
only three days old. There are some
things that Des Moines does that
are worthy the highest admiration and
praise.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11

Possibly somewhere, some day,
somehow there will be played foot
ball game which is not "grueling,'
but just at present the outlook is not
at all encouraging. Maybe it will
come when baseball clubs no longer
cross bats" and play CLASSY
games.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11

Never trust a women said an
eastern writer recently. And now the
papers are wondering how long he
was engaged to her before she threw
him over
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11

The town of Anna, H., went dry
at the recent election and at the same
time elected an anti-prohibitionist
mayor by a decisive majority The
gentleman thus honored is quoted as
Saying that the town is now SO dry
that a carnival company there re-
Gently had to drill holes in the ground
for the tent stakes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11

This highly gratifying showing af-
fords a solid basis for continued pros
perity. At present prices farmers are
rewarded for their labors as never.
before And when the tillers of the
soil get their dues all other classes
share in their good fortune.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11

A cave said to be larger than the
Mammoth cave has been discovered in
Oklahoma. Thus is the kindness of
Providence again strikingly illustrat-
ed A lot of politicians in that state
are in urgent need of the seclusion
and protection such a cave affords.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11

From some of the counties over the
state comes word that farmers are
experiencing trouble with their corn
heating and moulding after it is husk-
ed and cribbed. Plymouth county
farmers have been obliged to discon-
tinue husking for a time, as have
also those in Page county.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11
NOTES AND COMMENT

1t has just occurred to the Marshall.
town Times-Republican that the pro
hibitionists also know something about
dry farming.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11

St Louis is having flower show
that is pronounced a blooming sue
cess by all who have seen it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11

The Toledo Democrat asks what a
Republican is. and the Traer Star
Clipper replies in the old fashion that
He is fellow who ticks Democrats"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11

What pity" exclaims the Wash
ington Democrat, that so many men
want to lecture with nothing to say
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11

Summing it all up, tae Sioux City
Journal concludes that President Taft
returns from his invasion of the south
with thousands of new friends and
about the same old number of votes
down that way.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11
THIS YEARS CROPS

That this country is the granary OF
the world is shown by some figures OF
1909 crop production just made pub
lie by the government. The corn crop
Is the second largest ever raised in
the United States. There were also
immense yields of the other cereals,
nearly all showing an increase over
last year. The following table gives
the figures for the leading agricultur-
al products:
Winter wheat ......... 437.s0S, 900
Spring wheat ......... 226,694, 900
Total wheat .....s... 664,6o2, 900
Corn ................. 1858, 602, 900
Oats Observation-Disclosures. S07 ,156, 900
Rye ........a......... 31,S51 900
Barley ......... ...... 166,756.000
Flaxseed :. ........... 25,S05, 900
Potatoes ........... 27S,985, 900
Buckwheat ........... 15,S74,000
Total ............ 4,65s, $50 900
Hay, tons ............ 80, 79s, 900
august report.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11

What would the Iowa farmers do
with their money if they should allow
it to pile up for few years instead Of
taking it to less desirable portions of
the country and investing it in cheap
land?' asks the Rockwell City Advo-
cate
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-11

the country and investing it in cheap
land?" asks the Rockwell City Advo-
cate.
The Des Moines Tribunes says il
will do Senator Aldrich good to get ac-
quainted with the west, and it will
not do the west any harm to get
acquainted with the senator, adding:
Mutual understandings are great
clearers of the atmosphere
One of the militant suffragists oil
Iowa says that there will not be
enough policemen in Des Moines "to
put us out of the capitol" The Mar
shalltown Times-Republican hopes
that the ladies won't be guilty OF
anything calling for such treatment
A Des Moines man claims to have
discovered process whereby lowe
coal can be made to consume gas
| thereby reducing the cost of fuel fol
manufacturing purposes about 81
per cent He even goes so far as te
claim that by his process the smoke
is SO thoroughly consumed that smoke
stacks are not necessary.
It is a hard job to refuse lady
anything reasonable that she asks as
a lady" says the Charter Oak Times
but if the American suffragettes stooI
to the level of their English sisters
and go before the legislature and the
voters as bunch of hoodlums, there
Is no question whatever of their los
ing out in their demands for the right
to vote"
Every son-of-a-gun is dead in earn
est on the home trading proposition
as regards the other fellow" asserts
the Mapleton Press. They howl and
groan and sweat drops of blood every
time they hear of an old woman
sending off for a pair of front lace
corset stays, and if Farmer Apple
jack imports set of bed springs he
is branded as tight wad who is drain
ing the community and running his
chances for heaven by sending his
money away to Shears & Sawbuck,
although he may have never seen a
bed spring advertisement, or one per-
tanning to bed, anywhere outside
of the S. & S. catalogue that had
shrewdly been placed in his posses
SION
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-11-25
HOGS WITH
MULE FEET

All expert on hogs writes as follows:
The mule footed hGgs usually are black
or black with White points aud resen-
bic the Poland hinas more than any
other breed Of hogs They are gentle
and like the Poland China or Duroc
Jersey in disposition aud as rule
have tine soft coats.
Their origin and nativity are un-
known. That they are distinct breed
there can be no doubt. and they are
the strongest breeders.
. Put a mule foot male i'm herd of
common split foot sows and in short
time you will have all mule footed
hogs,
These hogs are immune from cholera
or swine plague. There are many
people who have seen them in the
pens with hogs in every stage of the
disease known as cholera or swine
plague. and although the mule foots
were healthy. fattening and fine feed
ers. they did not believe they were
different from the common hog. But
There are others" and the others are
in the majority.
After a careful search covering sew
eral years | fail TO lind the south sea
island or any other island or coun-
Try whose history gives any account
OF the mule footed hog. And l find no
mention of the origin of this breed eX-
cept one writer. who says they were
brought to this country in 1857 by the
Swedes and landed on the coast now
the state of Delaware. They were
called the horse hoofed hogs"
The author Of the ozark Hog" as
serts they originated from the Texas
peccary." The Texas peccary has a
split hoof. the North American wild
boar has split hoof. and every spe
cies Of known swine has the split hoof
except the mule foots. and / assert
that their origin is unknown.
AS 10 the special qualifications and
fine points of the mule foot hog.
know il 10 have greater vitality than
any other breed of hogs in the United
States. have never known a full
blooded mule foot hog to have hog
cholera. II Is an easy feeder, develops
early and rapidly. is in strong demand
on the market at a premium, is neither
lard nor a bacon hog, but a happy
medium between the two, making 1t
profitable hog to handle under all con-
ditions and demands. The sows are
good, gentle mothers and raise large
filters of pigs, which if turned out will
hustle for their living, or they will
grow fat and thrive. paying big re-
turns under good care and attention.
Breeders of this hog find it as COM
pared with other breeds harder. OF
greater vitality. natures earlier. cost
ing less to make the first $50 pounds.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-11-25
RELATIONS NEAR END
kearaguan Charge d'Attaires
Is Snubbed

Washington. Nov. 23.--The fact that
Mr.. Rodriguez. Nicaraguan charge
d'aRaires. called at the state depart.
ment and was not received indicates
that diplomatic negotiations between
the two republics have been broken
on, although no formal notification to
that effect has yet been given.
Mr.. Rodriguez made his visit about
p. m He took seat in the diplo
matte reception room and notified Mr.
Adee that he was present. Mr.. Adee
apparently paid no attention TO the
information and Mr.. Rodriguez, after
waiting about fifteen minutes, put on
his hat and left In high dudgeon.
Preparations are being made for
4e0 marines TO sail from Philadelphia
either for the canal zone or for Mic
aragua next Saturday. This will con
stitdte the first armed force to land
i'm Nicaragua. II Developments in the
situation there within the next few
days require such a course. All Will
depend upon the action TO be taken
by the state department, which Is
marking time. pending the receipt OF
additional details OF the killing OF the
two Americans. Grace and Cannon
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-11-25
FOOT OF MULE FOOT HOG.

When sold on the market packers will
pay premium for them because of
their superior cutting qualities.
l have interviewed many breeders
OF mule foot hogs and have never
found one who has lost any from chol.
era. Many have made cholera tests by
turning their mule foots In lots where
other hogs were dying OF cholera or
had died. Sometimes the mule foots
ate the carcasses. and they ate and
slept In the same quarters. yet no mule
foots were sick or died.
This is the claim made by all breed
ers OF this hog. and some even go so
far as to sell with guarantee against
cholera. may say got these returns
from over dozen states where they
are raised. ! know OF no veterinarians
who have made any tests with the
breed. and was only successful In
getting one experiment station to take
up any experiments with them. In
short, would say that the mule foot
50 far as tested by farmers has been
immune from cholera. is a vigorous.
nardy hog. good rustier and active
and seems to have lots Of vitality.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-11-25

The history of Savona is that of a
long struggle with the Genoese ended
In the sixteenth century. when they
seized the town and rendered its har-
Dor useless by sinking vessels filed
with stones at the entrance In I746
1t was captured by Sardinia. but was
soon back again under the control of
Genoa. The ancient Savo where Mage
stored his booty in the second Punic
war. Savona was the birthplace of the
popes Sixtus Nv. and julius III. and
the home of the ancestors Of Column
bus. who bestox~>d lis name on one of
the first islands he discovered In the
West Indies. London Standard
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-11-25
Meaning of the Green Houoh.

The custom of placing a green bough
on the roof of a newly built house is
not confined to Germany. but was
adopted by the French Canadians. who
brought ii with them from Brittany.
The custom originated from the super
stition prevalent centuries ago that
every tree is inhabited by a spirit;
consequently 1t was believed that ev.
cry time a tree was felled another
spirit was dispossessed, and this was
supposed to cause some bitterness on
his part against society. Rather than
risk having these homeless and dis
gruntled spirits vent their iii feeling
upon the houses under construction or
upon the builders branch was plant
ed on the highest part of the house
for their occupancy. They were then
supposed to be Modified. and IL they
remained so until the roof was put on
any evil design contemplated would
prove harmless. for the spell would be
broken.-van Norden's Magazine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-11-25
A PET MONKEY.
its Franks With an Authors Manu-
scripts and Decorations.

tS FRANKS with an NbtnorS Manu
scripts and Decorations.
A Paris contemporary dealing with
the love of great men for animals
gives an amusing account Of Chateau
brand and his monkey. When he was
engaged 10 preparing Fontanes works
for he press. on returning one day he
was met by his monkey.
''Ah you rogue" said Chateaubriand
'your shamefaced look tells of mis-
chief" The monkey was chained up,
but as things did not appear much dis
turbed Chateaubriand thought no more
Of the matter until 1t was time to re-
sumo work Fontanes manuscripts
were not TO be found
At last Chateaubriand looked into
the waste paper basket aud there were
the manuscripts. The monkey had
watched his master. and as he bad
seen him fold sheet of paper aud
tear II into four. so he had dealt with
Fontanes' writings With much labor
they were pieced together aud after
ward published
Chateaubriand thought IL advisable
10 see what else the monkey had done.
His orders had disappeared from a
draw which was always kept closed.
The servants searched everywhere for
them. but they were not to be found.
Nearly week elapsed before they
were traced. and then a domestic no
ha al ha Oh
them to the cornice In quasi-sym-
metrical way.
The monkey was given his conge.
and Chatbeaubriand replaced him by
cat. which was allowed place on
his masters writing table. and great
was the pleasure which he derived in
playing with puss.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-11-25
THE RIVER SEINE.
It's Contact With Paris on Its Journey
to the Sea.

TO tpE 9Cos
Inevitably IN It's passage through
Paris the blue and silver of the Seine's
robe are blurred by contact with the
volumes Of smoke which occasionally
hang upon irs surface and stained by
the impurities which reach il from the
streets Though il quickly RECEIVERS its
pristine blueness after the fortitica-
tons nave bepu left behind. II ls never
again quite the unsophisIicated river
that il was before its Paris experience.
more nervous. while at It's meeting
with the sea at Honfeur It's color aud
character have changed completely
There the vast stretches OF mud over
which II rolls. mud of Paris. mud Of
Rouen. give to the waters of the wide
Seine estuary reaching from Trouville
to lie Havre the half dead MORE tones
of oxidized silver The great Partisan
river dies magniicently. and no more
gorgeous spectacle can be conceived
than when on tine evening the sun
sets upon the Seine at its junction with
the sea. where it's ultimate cliffs fade
away behind the summer haze into a
powder OF gold. and it burns light
turquoise blue. with weird reflections
Of brazen yellow. old gold and cadav-
erous green. How different from its
gentler and simpler aspect as IL hnd-
dies round the heart of Paris. warm
purple and FURNISHED gold when the
sinking sun strikes IL as 1t softly laps
against the stone embaDkment OF the
Louvre or sparkling blue. dappled with
milk white. beneath the silvery mists
of the Paris moruing!-Harper's Week
w
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-11-25
MetheoIin.

Methegiin and hypocras were mum
bered among the many good things be-
loved of Pepys. and the latter drink
stood him in good stead at guildhall
banquet which occurred during one of
his spells OF pledged abstinence from
wine. This was on lord mayors day.
1868. when the diarist notes: I'VE went
into the buttry and there stayed and
talked and then into the hall again,
and there wihe was offered. and they
drunk. only drinking some hypocras.
which do not break my vowe. 1t being.
to the best of my present judgement
only a mixed compound drink and not
any wine. II am mistaken. God for
give me- But | hope and do think
am not" He was. Hypocras was
usually composed Of spice. herbs and
sugar STEPPED for many days in Rhen-
ish wine. and II is not reasonable to
suppose that the lord mayors butler
had forgotten the wine.