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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18
God-made giant that all should obey
his commandments"

God-made giant that all should obey
his commandments"
1t might cause a lot of guessing to
place the authorship of this highly
eulogistic tribute If placed before the
public unlabeled. 1t is from the pen OF
Thomas w. Lawson of Boston. The
eulogy itself is not so remarkable and
to be appreciated must be scrap
booked alongside this paragraph which
Mr.. Lawson spent many thousands Of
dollars to have printed in the ad-
vertisement columns OF many Amer.
lean newspapers only last August:
THE reign of Roosevelt is over His
alternative teeth have been drawn
by the Systems expert, painless den.
tistry. His papier-mache battering
ram. which made echo for his war
whoops, has crumpled up against the
hard, yellow metal bulwarks OF the
Dollar hordes."
II Mr.. Roosevelt has kept a scrap
book he may have lot of fun on dull
days in Africa reading what eminea
gentlemen have said about him dur
I ing his term of office. compared with
what they have said since his retire
ment-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18
GOOD ADVICE TO suFFRAelsTs.

Senator Gilliland has been the OBJ
ject of much criticism on the part of
certain women who have been pronot-
ing the equal suffrage movement He
fni-lly turned upon them the other
day and told them very plainly that
they are at work al the wrong end of
the measure Get the women in line
for equal suffrage and you viii get it
without any trouble is the way ne
met their protestations. He then pro
posed TO them that poll be taken of
the wives of the member. of the
legislature who are spending the
winter in Des Moines. He suggested
to them that If q majority of these
women, who are quite representative
OF the hopes and aspirations of the
sex. are favorable to II he would most
certainly fall in line In this connec
ton he said.
I The trouble is with you people that
you are eternaliy chasing members OF
B the legislature around and threatening
/ them, whereas you ought to be al
z work among the people you seek TO
benefit If the women of Iowa want
+ the ballot let them say SO, not dele
i gate the matter to a few agitators
i who come before the legislature with
no credentials from the great body
of women whose womanly graces and
home loving propensities have made
Iowa famous. Line up your own sex
and then the question OF the ballot
viii be easy
Senator Gilliland has the right idea
Iowa women viii get the ballot when
any considerable number OF them lei
i it be known that they want it. Until
f they have SO declared themselves pro
I fessional agitators win buster and
threaten in vain.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

Cedar Rapids Republican: To the
legislature in Des Moines: You have
devoted great deal of time to whis-
key. beer and milk.
Why not devote a little time to wa
teri Only few drink whiskey; few
er drink beer and of milk We all par
take but very little. But all must
drink water-three pints q day, we
believe, is the minimum of water that
should be taken into the system, TO
say nothing of the water that must
be used in cooking and for other pur
poses.
1t is therefore, very essential that
We have good water It is the water
of life. Life is water and water is
life.
What has the state to do with this
question? Everything,
The state should make a law fol
the publication and the keeping of al
running streams in the state from
which water supplies are taken. THREE
things will be necessary.
FORBID cities to use rivers FOL
common sewers There is no rea
son why the filth of cities, including
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18
No Resubmission.

Clinton Herald: The news that the
Iowa senate had referred the prohibit
ticn resolution amendment TO an IN
friendly committee. IN this manner
evidently dealing a death blow to re-
submission. was received throughout
the state with widely diverged feel
ings. PROFESSIONALLY a very large
number Of people. conscientious and
wen meaning in every resi- ect. and
who believe that prohibition is posi-
bic. were sorely disappointed An
other class, and numerous too. who are
deeply interested in the mora. uplift
ing Of the country. and who are desir
/ Gus Of having prohibition. when it il
3 possible to enforce the same, gave (
sigh Of relief, feeling that wise actor
had been taken. There is still anothe
! element which does not believe in Pre-
hibition. who also was pleased Wit
the action Of the senate.
Had the legislature been favorabl
To regubmisgion and passed the rest
luton which had come from the hous
with the stamp Of approval on IT fror
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18
The IDEAL WOMAN.

Rev. DR.. Lyman Abott defined The
Ideal Woman" in his latest sermon in
Central Congregational church. Brook
Ign. He said that to be an ideal
woman the feminine type, represented
in each individual. must.
First. Discard all shoes the size
of which makes walking well nigh i'm
possible.
Second. She must not consider her
hands when it comes 10 the question
OF work
Third. To obtain red cheeks the
ideal woman must take exercise and
pass by paint and powder.
Fourth. She must not be a servant
to the dressmaker and milliner They
are her servants.
Fifth. She must not change hel
STYLES at the dictation OF men il
Paris.
Sixth. Her home must be her pal
ace because in ii she developed love
and beauty
Seventh. She must be industrious
sympathetic. energetic, motherly an
true friend
Dr. Abbott charged that woman''
idea of modern industry is playini
bridge morning, noon and night. He
idea Of modern life is to be supported
by someone else. Woman is mean
to be mans companion, and DR.. Al
bot declared if the idea were PROF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18
Financial Evolution.

Washington, Iowa, Press: About
the biggest surprise our grandparents
could have-if they just could drop
back to old Iowa for a few moments
would be the bank statements Did
they ever suspect their grandchildren
would be as rich and voluptuous as
they are?
In the time our grandparents held
sway on these prairies it was 2 won
der if they ever saw dollar to say
nothing of claiming It for their own.
Just TO think of what metamor-
phosis has taken place since then,
Grandparents knew nothing of the lux
uries of this life. They rode to town
behind an OK team in lumber wagon,
and swapped their small amount OF
produce for the very necessaries OF
life They lived on corn pone, sor.
ghum molasses and bacon. Some
times the menu was varied a trife
when the head of the house bagged
some game or the mother picked some
wild fruit. Log houses were palaces
ilr7l4- d1l 3lEN 81 Cdllls.
This was the beginning and the END
is not yet. The farmer now lives il
homes electric lighted. steam heated
and as modern as you can find. The
wife has her sealskin coat, diamond
on fingers on both hands, and the dresi
is cut in the latest style from Paris
The head Of the house is lord of al
he surveys. and 1t is as good land a
lays out of doors or "Old Sol' eve
snone on His bank account woul,
astonish an ancestor into a fit o
apoplexy.
Yet this is progress Iowa today i
one of the richest states in the union
her farms are the backbone of he
wealth and the farmer is the man BIZ
, hind the vault He ii is who hold
up our hands in panic time, when tn
stock .ugglers of Wall street get I
! playing the finance game too hard az
j dumping barrel of water into a ga
! Ion Of stock-bad mixture, but then
r has been done.
: But bank statements we are talkir
b about Did you ever stop to thir
how many millions of dollars were {
e deposit in the banks of washingtc
) county? Stop still. stock in yo
!, tracks, and ponder Some none
n eh2 What do You think our gran
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18
Nnthinn Loo Good for hephurn.

Marion Register: According TO the
usually reliable Washington CORES
pondent of the Register and Leader,
Colonel Hepburn is slated for assist
ant secretary of the treasury. There E
nothing TOO good for the veteran sol
der congressman from the Eighth
We hope he win go back to the house
and be elected speaker. Then no one
would care continental whether
there were any rules" Every decis
ion would be fair, just right Here's
| TO Colonel Hepburn, as noble Roman
as ever lived.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

The Burlington Hawk-Eye has a
word of deserved praise for Congress
man Kennedy for voting with his
party organization in the election Of
speaker of the house, THAI Mr. Ken
NEEDY would vote for the Republican
caucus nominee, whoever he might be,
was foregone conclusion from the
first. Our First district representa-
tive is a genuine Republican and be
lieves in maintaining Republican Or
ganization 10 redeem parry pledges
and carry Republican principles into
effect. There is no question that he
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18
Bob cameron's Mules.
When

Kahoka Gazette-Herald: When
horses were cheap. not long ago, too,
Robert Cameron, who lives southwest
of Kahoka, bought mare for $50.
She has raised for him six mule
colts. Two of these he sold for $3.50
This week he sold two more for s57;
or SIPS for the four. The two
younger mules he still has on tht
farm and who would now posses:
them must part with sum sufficien
10 push the total close TO the $1,000
mark. He has the mother yet
Great is the Missouri mule.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

First ward Republicans are talk
ing of Mr.. F. C. johnson as their can
didate for alderman The suggestion
is a good one and is likely 10 become
increasingly popular. Mr. Johnson
would be certain OF election and would
make a first class official
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

The Missouri State Equal Suffrage
Association, through Mrs. Virginia G.
Whitney of ST. Louis and other officers
is circulating petition for the grant
ing of suffrage to women by Missouri.
The petition has about 5000 signers
IN to date. 1t indorses a bill intro
duced in the assembly Monday by
Sc ator Peck OF Atchison for the sub
mission of a constitutional amendment
] to the voters of Missouri at the elec
4 ton in November, 1910
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

The railroad companies Of Missouri
will not be permitted to resume he
Scent passenger fare on April 10 in
that state without vigorous opposition.
Governor Hadley has announced his
determination not to permit the roads
TO increase passenger rates without
exhausting every possible remedy tn
prevent them from doing so.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

In the course of an address before
the Western Railway Club in Chicago
Tuesday evening. Mr. W L. Park,
general superintendent of the Union
Pacific. frankly declared:
"As railroad men, we must admit
that the long list of appalling acct
dents, accompanied with fatalities and
personal injuries to passengers and
employees, many of which were avoid
able. is blot to our escutcheon which
must be wiped out before we can re
turn TO the full confidence of the
greatest of earthly Judges public
i sentiment"
In the opinion of Mr.. Park. the best
way TO reduce railway casualties is tc
take the public into the confidence OF
the railways and thereby male the
public feel that it has as great a re
sponsibility in UNFOLDING the law o
discipline as the railroads.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

A bill pending in the Minnesota leg
islature provides a fine of $500 on any
chorus girl who wears red, white and
blue tights and subjects the theatre
manager permitting such a dress TO a
forfeiture of his license. The freak
legislator is not confined to any par
ticular degree of latitude or longitude
But he is more numerous west of 80
west than east OF it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

The state senate has passed the bill
for the protection of travellers by re-
curing that hotels be made fire proof
and be provided with fire escapes and
safety appliances, also that q state in
spector of hotels be employed to en-
force the law. The house should add
its endorsement TO the measure if it
has not already done so.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

The saying is attributed to Coquelin.
the leading French actor who recently
died, that too many of US define a
philosopher as one who bears with
resignation the cold and hunger from
which his neighbor is suffering and
too many OF US define philanthropist
as one who gives away other peoples
money. Whoever said it stated a
lamentable truth.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

A Dnnkirk. n. Y. some high school
frat boys initiated lot of new
members by branding them on the
face with acid. dishguring them fol
life This adds another to the already
innumerable reasons why high school
-.frats" should not be permitted The
"and-frat'' bin before the legislature
should pass.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

The ST. Louis Globe-Democrat tells
Champ Clark that he has been in
congress long enough to have known
that insurgents are ure TO find other
insurgents to bite EN-.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

Speaker Cannon put it all over
Champ Clark by his refusal 10 recog-
nize the latter as the Democrat lead
er in making the minority committee
appointments All that is left Mr..
Clark is ID go into the garden and
et / worms.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

It has been decided by the Georgia
court Of appeals that 10 call man a
liar in that state is a breach of the
peace and generally means q fight
The court comedies that there may be
exceptions TO this rule, but they are
e-otics and find little nourishment on
Georgia soil and under Southern
skies" Begad sab,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

While the grass is in evidence in
this part OF the state northern Iowa is
covered with snow, and al Eldora
almost two feet are reported. In
places the roads are wholly impossible.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

President Taft's message to con-
gress on the subject of the tariff is
brief and pointed and model of ex-
executive directness. 1t couldn't have
been better either in matter or man
ner
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

Pennsylvania in ST. Louis ate
'scrapplea at their banquet Tuesday
evening. ..Scrapple," as every Penn
sylvanian knows. is q combination OF
corn mush and bacon-old fashioned
fitch Anyone who has never eaten
tscrapple, we'll. he wasn't born and
reared in Pennsylvania.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

The groundhog's additional six
weeks of seclusion are now at an end.
The attention of the weather bureau
is respectfully but firmly called to this
fact.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

that body, the state would have been
involved in one of the bitterest fights
ever known when it came to the cleo
ton of another legislature. But that
is now averted, for there is good reas-
on TO believe that the last has been
heard OF resubmission for the present
at least
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

Professor Starr says Mr.. Roosevelt
cannot live in Africa. The Omaha Bee
comedies that Professor Starr may
know Africa, but ii is very certain
he does not know Mr. Roosevelt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

The Cedar Rapids Republican per-
tinently suggests that some of the Iowa
boys in congress might write letters
to their home papers how i feels in
the cold gray dawn of the morning
after.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

A Washington society editor writes
that Mrs. Taft wore her hair as
usual" In the absence OF definite in
formation to the contrary the pre-
sumption is that President Taft had
his on. too.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

parents would say if they were here
and knew the enormous wealth we
have amassed? The pioneers of this
state would be astonished. Yet this
is financial evolution. The banks will
still hold more and will get it. TOO.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

Walter wellman telegraphs from
Washington that President Taft
scored a big hit with ire lawmakers
by making his tariff message brief.
1t goes without saying that he made
an equally big hit with the country.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

Speaking of the cost of different
kinds of locomoton, it is said that it
costs $50 month to board an auto
mobile and SIS month to board a
horse. A street car. on the other
hand, can be boarded for FIVE cents.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

did right and it is equally certain that
he has strengthened himself in public
confidence by his straightforward,
manly course
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18
keokuk, Iowa March 10, 1909

George Fitch has noticed that moth
ing succeeds like carefully managed
failure.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

Iowa has more telephones than any
other state, but it isn't phoney state,
by any means.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

The Council Bluffs Nonparei, ad-
mits that the members OF President
Taft's cabinet are not the men Bryan
would have chosen.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

The Chicago Record-derald declares
positively that there II no truth in the
rumor that the eagle on our $50 gold
piece is to be displaced by the pos
sum.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

Forgive yoh enemies" said Uncle
Eben. but don't let yoh forgiveness
go so far as TO tempt yoh to get So
ciable an trade horses"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

erly carried out there would be no
afinities.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

Between the two. writer in the st
Louis Globe-Democrat thinks that a
fashionable woman would rather wear
a nice fancy lamp shade than these
spring hats.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18
NOTES AND COMMENT.

aThe way for Missouri to get Two
cent fare law is to get more people into
tae state" suggests the Davenport
Times.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

Booker T. Washington was born
near Hales Ford. Va, about 1859.
His motaer was a slave in the Bur
roughs family, where she was known
as Jane Burroughs. Her husband lived
on a neighboring plantation. Booker
Washington was educated at Hamp-
ton institute. Virginia, where he grad
uated in 1875. He taught there until
he was selected head Of ire Tuskegee
institute
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

According TO George Fitch. this is
the distressing season of the year for
boy. 1t is too warm to go skating,
too cold TO go barefoot and too windy
10 fly kites.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

1t is the observation OF the Waterloo
Reporter that many woman drags
a weeks salary along the streets and
then scolds her husband because he
will not turn up his trousers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-18

An Oklahoma preacher claims TO
have brought about six months
drouth through prayer. The Des
Moines Capital says that Governor
Haskell has caused a period OF hot
winds TO sweep over the state for a
much longer period than that and
Haskell is not a PRAYING man, either,
so far as IL has ever heard
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1909-11-13
HOW TO RFCOC-
ME PITCHBLFNDE

Pitchblende-How to Recognize It.
Pitchblende occurs in fissure veins
in igneous rocks like granite. 1t is
valued for its uranium and radiun
contents. 1t is not fonud in hedimen-
tary rocks like sand stone, although
alteration products of may be found
therein. Such alteration products are
colored yellow or g~reenish and, when
in sufficient concentration and quaint
ty, are valuable for their uranium con.
tents. The radium value in these is
small, as a rule.
Pitchblende is found in vein matter
in stringers varying from knifeblade
thickness to several inches. 1t is
"~bunchy.' The associated minerals
in addition to vein matter are sui
phides such as zinc b1ende, galena and
iron pyrites. The latter usually pre-
dominates. 1t is detected in these
streaks by the following properties:
ltCH DldChy FtlNcty DldCh,
brownish sometimes with a grayish OF
greenish cast. The streak on rough
porcelain, ie., the edge of a broken
plate, is brownish black, olive green,
or grayish.
Luster-Dull, metallic, greasy, pitch.
like.
Fracture-Conchoidal, that is with
smooth curved surfaces, to uneven
Brittle.
Hardness-Less than quartz. 1t is
not scratched by a knifeblade unless
weathered.
Specific gravity-Heavier than iron
or steel; also heavier than galena.
The following common minerals are
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1909-11-13

likely to be mistaken for pitchblende
by prospectors:
Obsidian or volcanic glass, which
differs from ~pitchblende in its light
ness, CLASSY luster and light streak.
Magnetic, which differs from pitch
blende mainly in that it is attracted
by the magnet.
Hermatite, which differs from pitcn-
blende mainly in possessing a red
streak.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1909-11-13

Following is the report Of the local
oince Of the United States weather
bureau Of the department Of agricul.
ture for Winnemucca for the twenty
foru hours ending at 8 q. m. today:
Maximum temperature, 40.
Minimum temperature, II.
Mean temperature, %.
Normal temperature, 3S.
Prevailing direction Of the wind,
northeast.
Precipitation, trace.
Forecast for Winnemucca and vicini-
ty for the twenty-four hours ending at
D p. m. Sunday, issued from San Fran.
CISCO Snow tonight; fair Sunday.
X. L. FISHER,
Official in Charge.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1909-11-13
TABLE D'HOTE DINNER
AT LAFAYETTE TOMORROW

AL IAI n 4 a. Ii 4OuAOR&O"
Tomorrow the Lafayette will serve
it's regular Sunday table d'hote dinner
from 4 until 7 p. m, town time.
Price $1.00, which will include wine.
MENU
SOUP
Bisque of Oysters.
RELISHES
Celery en- branch. Spiced Beets.
Sweet Pickles. Oyster Cocktail.
SALAD
Fresh Crab, Mayonnaise.
FISH
Tenderloin of Sole, Tartar Sauce.
ENTREES
Bruised Young Rabbit, hunter style.
: ROAST
Chicken, with Club dressing.
Cranberry Sauce. Saratoga chips
VEGETABLES
Sugar Corn. Mashed Potatoes.
Macaroni, I%talienne style.
SWEET ENTREES
Banana Fritters, Fried Lemon Cream.
ROAST
Prime Ribs of Beef, au jus.
DESSERT
Mince Pie. vanilla Ice Cream.
Compete of Fruit.
Nuts. Raisins.
Roquefort Cheese.
CAFE NOIR
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1909-11-13

Ebbett & Co. still have a few boxes
left from that carload Of Bellefower
apples, which they are selling at $500
per box. The same apples are now
whoiesaling at $40 per box in Ogden.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1909-11-13

You feel nks . new man after rat.
ting . faes massaes at Robinson =
barber shop.