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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-07-03

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11
The Sergeant's Prayer
y Aired Damon Ruayaa--From Army and Navy lie.

Now God Just listen moment Kelly
the fghn three
somewhat
Now,
shake
They've the that's srtants three TO hundred Or
muddd somehow
CAROLS Kelly I'm earn is
wicked kindly don't take EN-
they shoot
little.
Don't help but hell OF fight
say sincere
hear)
There's Kelly heathens notice m here at my
side
asked pray God just mention please.
Kelly, 'm-their Il
kind notice
sound
Remember ben some hurried n their range
Kelly forget they're
the that
~
An go Kelly an me-
To in bunch all togehef You'll kindly find quarters for thre
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11
THE FREE TICKET.

An article on this subject in the Des
Moines Tribune contains some
thoughts worthy OF more than passing
attention. It declares that If the
newspaper men now assembled in that
city succeed in abolishing the free
ticket they will have broken the last
bond between the newspaper and the
ordinary object Of charity. and goes on
to say:
'Macaulay records that two centur-
les ago the preacher was a servant in
the halls of the great, living on what
was handed out. The church has never
quite escaped its inheritance. Al
though the church is in the highest
sense business enterprise. nobody
quite looks at it as one.
The newspaper began with too
much the air Of gratuity. It has be-
come prime necessity, but 1t is hard
to overcome wrong initial impr essions.
There is still feeling that something
ought to be donated to the editor.
There is no better reason for free
tickets in a newspaper Office than in
a bank. A merchant might as proper
ly accept them in exchange for flour
as newspaper for advertising. They
are the last survival of a period of
mendicancy. They ought to CO."
What the Tribune says is true, but
1t is mistake to call the tickets CIV
en- to newspapers free tickets" Al
though apparently proffered as a
gratuity, they are in fact paid for sew
eral times over. This is true of thea
ter ticket in particular, which are sold
to the general public at s1.00 to $3.50
each but which the newspaper publish
er pays for in advertising worth at
regular rates anywhere from S. to $40.
Aside from being "a survival of peri
cd of medicancy," as the Tribune calls
them, they involve rank discrim-
ination against valuable advertisers.
Not to put too fine point on
the matter, free tickets are
an abuse and should be abol-
ished for that reason If for no other.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11
THE OUTLOOK.

In his weekly review of business
conditions, Henry Clews. the veteran
New york financier. writes that the
continued rush OF imports. accom-
panied. by = prolonged deartli OF Aes
ports. is. having very important e'-
feet upon our international trade bal
ance. The outward gold movement
still continues and may run 20 con-
siderably larger proportions unIsss
checked by European absorption Oh
our Forthcoming new security Issues.
These increased importations have
had one beneficial effect. inasmuch as
they have increased the national rev.
enue and thus materially lessened
the treasury deficit which at enc time
was a source of considerable appre-
hension. Assistance from this source
however, cannot be indefinitely e
lied upon for the reasons that I'M
ports will soon return to the normai'
that advances in duties will check
imports, and are more likely to dim
inish than to expand public revenue
The deficit for the current hscal year
will now be reduced to probably $lOo,-
600 600, but treasury funds are al
ready much depleted, and July viii
be month Of large expenditures SO
that before long further important
reduction OF public deposits must be
anticipated.
The crop outlook thus far is as sat
isfactory as could be expected. the
season is late and comparatively
small crop of wheat must be expected
owing to reduced acreage. which sug-
gests continued high prices for that
staple and relatively small exports
next winter. The loss in wheat, how
ever, is likely to be more than com
pensated for by big corn crop.
Should the latter escape early frosts,
it is not unreasonable to expect q
bumper yield OF about 100000, ooo
bushels. Plenty Of cotton Is also IN
prospect at good prices. In view OF
the high prices for all farm products,
lit is quite certain that the agricultur-
al classes will enjoy another very
profitable harvest, which notnlng
4 short Of unusual disaster can pre-
vent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11
INNS AND THEIR PATRONS.

After July i those VINO stop at no
tells in the state of Illinois will find
new rules posted up In the hostclries,
to which they would do well to give
attention. They will be tased on a
new inn keepers law which was
passed by the legislature. of that state
at its recent session. Some of tle
most important feature of this new
law are outlined in recent issue of
the Kewanee Star-Courier.
Nowadays you go into a hotel and
throw your grip down in front of the
desk. If it is lost or stolen you COM
plain and demand its value. Under
the new order in Illinois you must ask
for a check for the grip else you will
have no recourse. You want to
leave a package with the clerk over
night, the clerk will give you a re
ceipt for the package, but if it con
tains over 5000 in money or value you
must tell him SO and have it regis
tered as such.
Otherwise you cannot recover its
full value The same is true as t.
contents of trunks. If you have
trunk full of diamonds or iewelry yol
must notify the hotel management
and get receipt for it.
The hotel man will have lien on al
trunks and baggage under the new
law. At present time he has no lier
on baggage which belongs to tn
house for which /. man is travelling
The new law gives aim right to seiz
all baggage, no matter if 1t does be
long to the company for which tn
man is travelling. Baggage left at
hotel may be removed to a storag
warehouse and left there at owners
risk and cost. This affects the larg
hotels in Chicago, where people ant
travelling men frequently send taei
baggage and leave it indefinitely
making the hotel storage ware
louse.
The new law provides that
each room shall have rope fire es
cape This applies to the non-fire
proof hotels. There are a number Q
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11
A New Joker Discovered.

Des Moines Capital: A goodly
number of jokers have been dis
covered in the Aldrich bill. A joker
is something which is concealed
and has different purpose from the
one that is apparent. A number of
these jokers have been discovered and
corrected.
Now a new joker has been found.
1t has been discovered that large
merchandising establishment In Chi
cago which has used its influence in
exciting the women of the country in
regard to the duty that was proposed
to be put on high class gloves for
women, owns is own glove factories
in France. The same concern has
been selling its own imported gloves
to the. women OF the northwest for
twenty-five years and has been paying
no duty, or if any, it has been trifing.
The firm we refer to has been passing
in the public mind as patriotic In
stitution, spending its own money for
postage and for circulars fo- the pub
lie good Now it is discovered thar
THESE pdLIlUliCs lHulViuudlS nave Uetu
/ working for their own interest
and have worked the women Of
the northwest to finish. The
4 concern when it went to estab-
lish glove factory did not
establish 1t in Chicago, Elgin, Rock
ford, Lake Forest or any place in Ill
inois. but established it in France
where cheap labor could be had. Now,
they do not desire to pay duty on
their own gloves made by their own
cheap labor in France. Such selfish
ness makes the heart sick. But the
4 truth is ort Possibly it is knowledge
of facts like these which makes Sena-
j tor Aldrich the mean man which he
Il seems to be. Possibly Aldrich has
4 discovered that there are other mean
men besides himself and Lodge.
i But a fact like this will not cut any
Il figure nor will 1t become known wide
Z ly. The other fact has taken deep root
. Furthermore, the ladies want cheap
gloves and they will stay by the orig
inal proposition OF having those nice
gloves that reach to the shoulder come
! in without paying the government any
thing.
The tariff is great game.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11

All hope of a peach crop in Iowa
this year has gone glimmering, accord
ing to Wesley Greene, secretary OF the
state horticultural society. Mr.. Greene
says that the crop will be less than
one per cent of normal. The crop of
cherries also is short-only As per
cent. But, on the other hand, as If
to compensate for these deficiencies,
apples will be 60 per cent. grapes 70.
red raspberries 81, black raspberries
81, blackberries so, currants rs, goose
berries 65 and strawberries 70 per
cent. So there will be no lack of lus-
cious frui. for present and future
use.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11
GOOD ADVICE TO LAWYERS.

Francis L. Wellman, in the last OF
four lectures on 1.-THE Trial Lawyer"
in which he discussed Gross Exami-
nation and Summing Up" says per
Jury is decidedly on the increase in
the courts. If it we're confined to the
poor and ignorant the work of the
cross-examiner would be simplified,
but it is necessary to apply IT as well
to the well-to-do, the intelligent and
the powerful. He declared that evil
dence rather than eloquence wins
cases; and says that in their enthus-
iasm young attorneys frequently draw
more damaging facts from the wit
ness whom they are cross-examining
than in direct testimony. He de-
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nounced shouting and browbeating OF
witnesses and gave the following bits
An unskillful question is worse
than none at all.
There is a distinction between dis
crediting testimony and the dlscredi,-
ing witness.
The sympathy Of the jury Is invar.
iably on the side of the witness,
Put no false construction on the
words Of witness.
There is no art in trying to bully
a witness.
Hold your temper is the goldsu
rule of the cross-examiner
Never lose control Of witness.
"a good advocate should be goou
actor.
Stop with victory, Is gool
motto for cross-examiners.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11
A Place For Mr.. Roosevelt.

Denver Times: The following is
credited to negro preacher in Wash
ington:
"Ah dreamed All was in heaven
tae other night AS All stood Jest
inside de golden gate, dar came rap
and George Washington was an
nounced by ST. Peter. Let him come
up and sit on nah right side said
the good Lawd, who was sittin' on
de throne.
Pretty soon there was another
knock, and Abraham Linkum was an
nounced by ST. Peter. Let him sit
on NAH left side said the Lawd
Den All heard terrible knockin'
at de gate, and the angels all trem-
blcd.
st. Peter opened de gate carefully
and den he turned roun' and said to
de Lawd: 'You-all II have to git
down and give him your seat, Lawd
its Mr., Roosevelt"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11

The American Water Works associa-
tion is to hold convention in Milwau-
kee OF all the places in the world to
hold water works meeting! How
ever, lot of things In this world go
by contraries.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11

w. G. Barber. superintendent OF the
Iowa Anti-saloon League, has given
notice that Attorney General Byers
must have third term for the futher-
ance Of the purpose Of that organiza-
ton. The league will undertake to
give the Cosson law enforcement law
a thorough test and needs Mr.. Byers in
its business. If the leagues wishes in
the matter are respected Mr.. Byers
will not oppose Governor Carroll for
denomination next year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11

patents on the market with which
many hotels are equipping t1eir
rooms. They range from knotted
rope to an arrangement that fits I'M
der the arms and by automatic ac-
ton lets person to the ground
gradually and safely.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11
a FREEDOM, coMs.,

The Washington Qowa) Democrat |
has paragraph to the following eff
feet in It's latest issue:
In a letter the other day, Jim |
Lemley of Brighton says he has
found the old fashioned man who
called it a 'reddin' comb He says
he lives in Hungry Holler, Tut what
is .reddin' comb?' We thought It
was fine toothed comb, but Newt
Arnold of Kalona was down the 9TH
er day and he says it is a coarse
toothed comb. And what Newt Arm
old doesn't know about old fashioned
things isn't worth knowing. He
knows all the old fashioned things
| that ever happened. He told us of
woman who calls harness for horses
gears He helped build the ark and
of course. he knows the old fashioned
things, and yet, Newt isn't SO old.
Only his memory goes away back to
|: the time of the Flood. We do not
know of anybody who knows things as
we'll away back as he does, except
Squire Kerr, who knows the history
1 Of Richmond, where he used to live,
/ better than the men who made it.
/ Indeed. we think he helped haul the
dirt to make the ground Richmond
stands on. But what has that to do
i with sreddin' combs What is a
'reddin' comb? q"
A redding comb, frequently m
pronounced reddin' comb, is coarse
toothed comb used to red up the hair,
! that is, to put it in order. RED" in
! this sense is provincial English
word. generally followed by "up," as
; to "red up the house" 1t was in
common use in country districts IN
r western Pennsylvania half cen
: fury ago, and may be yet. Use OF the
, word gears" for harness was also
common there at that time. Many
old-fashioned words which SOUND
strange now can be traced to sim
= liar origin
1t is an interesting speculation HOY
!. SO many English colloquialisms found
e their way into western Pennsylvania
a The early settlers there were yer.
s largely Scotch-Irish. Roosevelt in hi
q "Winning of the West" calls then
q the Irish Presbyterians." The prob
i abilities are against the introduction
f. of such words by them. 1t is possibl
that William Penn was largely re
! sponsible for the coming of Englis
: provincialisms to that part Of tn
country. One of the first thing
= he did after acquiring It'll
:. to PENIS Land was to sui
!, divide it into manors, each the Gel
:. ), ter and headquarters of settle
= ment. Large manor houses wer
: erected in which resided his person;
representatives in charge OF hi
= large estates. Manor station on tn
- Pennsylvania Central railroad shol
% distance east of Pittsburg was $
named because located on one
70 these manors Many of the first tel
10 ants were direct importations frol
a England and it may be some or
ou the English provincialisms sprea
NJ from them. The language used c
the manor would naturally be accep
III ed by the people in the vicinity
w authoritative.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11
What Does John snure Know About

Washington Democrat: OF course,
we don't pretend to understand the
devious and mysterious ways of Re
publicans, but we wonder what John
Snure, Washington's correspondent
for the Register-Leader of Des Moines.
knows about Iowa politics. He Is
continually electing or defeating this
or that Republican congressman, al
though he has his head quarters in
Washington, thousands of miles away
from Iowa. The last congressman that
Snure has turned down and out with
his picture turned to the wall, is
Judge Walter /. Smith OF Council
Bluffs.
Now, We do not know Walter !.
Smith from Adams off OK and Walter
hasn't tie pleasure of our acquaint-
ance. but what we want to know is,
| how In thunder does John Snure, away
down in Washington, know what we do
not know. To read what he says, you
would guess that there is regular
ground swell of protest against Smith,
/
as the Progressive Republicans so
sailed pretend to think he ought to.
If you read Snures article you would
/ imagine that the farmers have stopped
j their work to gather in little knots to
! discuss and cuss Walter I. Smith. You
would think that mass meetings we're
4 being held in which singing resolu-
ton Of disapproval were being passed
4 because Walter I. Smith did not vote
4 with Cummins and Dolliver and their
so-called reformers. You would think
that people were neglectinG their reg
ular occupation to abuse Congress
man Walter /. Smith, If you believed
what John Snure writes.
But the truth is, farmers are plowins
corn and weaving their spring calves
and they are inducing the little pigs
to keep their little shouts out of othel
, peoples business. The house wives o
, the district where Walter /. Smith i:
: at home, are setting hens and raising
: chickens and teaching the little chicks
how to avoid the gay and festive pole
: cats, and they are teaching. little wob
bly, legged turkey gobblers how t
gobble and how to be happy, althougl
homely. The people of the Mint
district Of Iowa are attending to thei
: business with never a misgiying tina
! maybe tlings are not exactly right
? Meantime, John Snure, Progressiv
! correspondent of the Register-Leade
is writing long strings of stuff abou
2 Iowa politics when there is no NOR
!, truth in them in fact than there wa
truth about the celebrated sCardii
giant found in the gypsum beds {
: Fit. Dodge many years ago.
Anyhow, what would John Snur
know? Does he expect the people {
! Washington. D. G., to elect congress
!, man for the Ninth Iowa district.
seems funny to us that SO we'll ba
anced a paper with such able editor
! as Harvey Ingham and John j. 0
!. finger and such magnificent ca
$ toonist as Darling, we say, 1t seen
e funny to us that they should tolerat
+. such coarse political guessing {
e Snure INDUCES in. Meantime, tt
= prospects for a good corn crop wei
I. never better.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11

DR.. F. ]. Mayer, hygienic lecturer OF
the Mississippi state board of health.
says zone kiss is always a plenty"
It's a heap he knows about it. A pub
lie teacher knowing no more than this
indicates should go out Of business at
once.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11

Thought for the day:
Example sheds a genial ray
A light that men are apt to Dor
row,
So first improve yourself today
And then improve your friends to,
tomorrow
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11

cemetery. Years ago he was In the
poultry business in Atchison with
Andy McKeever, now dead. He could
husk the feathers of chicken at the
rate of chicken a minute. He row
claims New York City, U. S. A.. as
his home, and is patent right vender.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11

Sam. Jones had the right idea. He
once said that the way to bring up
boy is first to appeal to his con-
science, then to his pride, and
then to his hide.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11

A New York woman died from ex
haustion following the beating Of
carpets. That is too bad. 1t is likely
to discourage other women from in
dulging in that exercise.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11
Ne Mas a champion.

Atchison Globe: Duncan Proctor,
who claims the belt as the lightning
poultry dresser, is in town for a
week to look after placing stone
oyer<his wife's grave in Mount Vernon
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11
NOTES AND COMMENT.

< 4 s
If the washington Democrat is to DC
believed a man becomes as jealous OF |
his automobile as of his dog.
Alex Miller notes that putting a
white vest and Prince Albert coat on
man doesn't make him lecturer.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil has
decided that what Dolliyer objects 70
is having the woollen schedule pulled
over his eyes.
The Atcnison Globe believes that
man should not worry II his clothes
are seedy, so long as his vermilorm
appendix is not.
Chicago court has decided that
theater managers have right TO ex-
clude from their houses women who
have been eating garlic.
At the recent Unitarian anniversar-
les in Boston President Taft was elect
ed honary president Of the newly
formed national league of Unitarian
| laymen.
In, Servia woman who has q mar
riagabi4 daughter hangs doll in the
4 window. In this country the Des
4 Moines Register and Leader says
man similarly situated throws dollars
to the dressmakers.
1t is told of an English woman who
lived to be nearly 100, to illustrate
4 that frequent eating is not necessar-
ily fatal. that she ate throughout her
life "a dew bit and breakfast, stay
hit and dinner, nommet and crum-
met and a bit after supper" as she
herself would phrase it. Here are
eight meals a day listed.
Tests have been made near Indian
anolis to ascertain the distances In
which train running at various rates
of speed might be stopped. A trair
running at the rate OF forty-six miles
an hour was stopped in 672 feet, the
operation taking ~ SECONDS, at lott.
miles it was stopped in COL feet, ane
II seconds; at twenty-six miles, in ~
feet. and 10 seconds and twelve miles
in twenty-nine feet and four seconds.
Mrs. Frank Belleville tells in thu
Queen of her fight in aeroplane witt
Wilbur Wright. She was in Rome
t and as many women had asked MI
Wright to allow them to go, he finali.
I consented to; take up one lady, but re
: fused to choose, and those who wish
4 ed to go must submit to a ballot. Mrs
. BeilevilIe won. much to her surprise
q and she describes the ascent. Mi
|, Wright says to her: As you ar
1 English know you will not fuss,
d which she took as a great compliment
/ She was not to speak to him and O
s NO account to raise her arms. even
j. her hat blew off. She describes tn
y aeroplane as looking like rocks mes
+ az though the boards were thrown Il
e gether. She felt no fear and wa
! much impressed with her experience,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11

public about such disagreeable fam
lily matters? Keep such skeletons in
the closet. 1t Is bad enough that he
was born in Iowa without Iowa pa
pers parading the unwelcome fact.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11

There is general complaint In the
newspapers that some of these days
in June are SO rare as to be actually
raw.
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Would Like tc RepudIate Him.

Keokuk Gate City: DR.. Haldane
Cleminson, the homeopathic physician
under arrest in Chicago charged with
numbering his wife, is a native of this
state.
Sioux City Tribune: Why talk in
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11

Read The Daily Gate City.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11

If the washington DemocIa5 1s 70 De
believed man becomes as jealous OF
his automobile as of his dog.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11

At the recent Unitarian anniversar-
les in Boston President Taft was elect
I'd honary president Of the newly
formed national league of Unitarian
laymen.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11

In servia woman who has mar
riagabis: daughter hangs a doll in the
window In this country the Des
Moines Register and Leader says a
man similarly situated throws dollars
to the dressmakers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11

Alex Miller notes that putting 8
white vest and Prince Albert coat 81
a man doesn't make him lecturer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11

A Chicago court has decided that
theater managers have right to ex-
clude from their houses women VINO
have been eating garlic.