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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28

Mrs. George Fry and daughter, Miss
Clara Gertrude will entertain COM
pany of sixty ladies at their residence,
No. S19 Franklin street, on Friday
afternoon Another company OF equal
number will be entertained by them on
Saturday afternoon, both affairs being
afternoon teas, the hours three to six.
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WANTED-Two dining room girls q
nce-Prescott's restaurant.
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WANT COLUMN
wANTEp.

WANTED-Men to learn barber trade.
Few weeks completes. Thoroughly
practical training. Moler graduates
command highest wages. Our d.
plomas recognized everywhere. shop
experience and wages before complet-
ing. Catalogue mailed free. Moler
Barber College. st. LOWS, Mo. tt
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Tho Regular Sunday Afternoon Meet
ings at the Y. NJ c. A Start
on Next Sunday Az
ternoon.
DR.. EVANS TO COME
To be Here on October II For the
Purpose Of Organizing Bible
study ciasses-Asso-
citation Notes.

Next Sunday afternoon, the first
mems meeting of the year will be
held at the Y. M. G. A. auditorium and
It is the purpose OF the committee in
charge to make this opener one of the
largest that has ever been held at the
association. The meeting will be one
Of the largest that has ever been held
at the association. The meeting will
be one Of prayer and conservation and
will be led by G. F. Mcfarland assist
ed by others who will speak. The
association quartet will sing.
The meetings this year will be con-
Quoted along almost entirely new lines
than heretofore and will be very in
teresting and helpful.
Two meetings which will be of vast
Importance will be those which will
be led by DR.. William Evans of the
Moody Bible institute of Chicago on
Sunday October 18th. Doctor Evans
will first speak in the afternoon at
the Boys meeting and then will speak
to men at three o'clock 1t is intend
ed that October 18th shall be red
letter day" in Bible study work as the
classes in Bible study will be formed
on that day with the assistance Of
Doctor Evans.
Association News.
A very strong effort is being made
by the educational committee to estab-
,ish a class in salesmanhip for the
night school course. Several teachers
for the class have been gotten in line
and one of these will probably be Sc
cured. 1t was first planned to make
a circuit for a teacher, so that differ
ent nearby associations could secure
the instructors services but If this
does not prove satisfactory the local
association will employ a teacher ex-
clusively for classes in Keokuk.
William Brugman has assumed his
new duties as assistant secretary at
the Y. M. C. A., starting in this morn
ing.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

WILL Save you dollars. For the next
ten days will offer car load OF
high grade vehicles below factory
prices. W. E. Bates, 603 Main street.
24-6t
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evening in the parlors of the church.
A marriage which will come as a
surprise to their many Keokuk friends
will be solemnized this evening at
Quincy, when Mrs Mamie M. Wilson
will become the bride of Charles P.
Englehardt. The wedding will take
place at the home of the brides un-
Gle, August Ramp of 1412 Spring
street at Quincy and the ceremonS
will be performed by Rev. j. g.
Kramer, pastor of German Evangelical
church of that city. They will reside
Immediately at 900 Main street where
cozy home has been fitted up by the
groom Immediately over his drug es.
Establishment, he being senior partner
of the we'll known drug firm of Engle-
hardt & Co.
The bride is we'll and favorably
known in Keokuk, having been resid'
ing at her home. 92S Main street and
has host of friends. The groom Is
also as we'll known as his bride ant
their many friends here extend con
gratulations and wish them much sue
cess and happiness in their future
welded life.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28

Miss Edna e. Miller and Mr.. Irving
H. jenkins, we'll known couple Of the
city, were married Monday afternoon
by Rev. E. B. Newcomb pastor of the
Westminster Presbyterian church, in
the church parsonage. Both have a
host of friends in the city, who extend
congratulations.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-28

WANTED-Four or five room cottage,
modern, close in. Call Bell phone,
296 or T44 r. 1t
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Mrs. John w. Collier and daughter,
Miss Pearl, entertained company OF
friends at tea yesterday at their resi-
dence, 315 Morgan street.
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Liverpool Opening.

Liverpool Opening.
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 2s.-wheat, UNI
changed; corn, I'd lower
Liverpool, 1880 p. m.-Wheat, sd
higher; corn, I'D higher.
Liverpool Close.
Wheat. * to I'D higher; corn, I'd
hiuhar
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Estimated Receipts Tomorrow.
Wheat, 24 corn. 1876; oats, 1o4.
Estimated stock Receipts Tomorrow.
Hogs, 10 900; cattle, 10000; sheep.
$4,000
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WANTED-Posi by experienced
young lady stenographer. Address
"Stenographer," this office. 1t.
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Geometrical Problems.

1t may interest readers to know
that the problem of the square and
triangle can be solved very easily If
the required number of pieces is five,
instead of four. Those who do not
know that solution may like to try
for it.
Here is something that is going to
make trouble, III as fate. The
thing is not so much to find the an
swer as to prove 1t.
Electricians are usually pretty lib
eral with their wire, but just to edu-
cate his assistant a bit one of them
took the boy into a room which was
forty feet long, fourteen feet wide
and twelve feet high. There were no
openings or offsets on the two ends
or on one side. Here is the way 1t
looked:
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Retreat? Never!

IeClTCoCs NSsSAs
In an Irish garrison town a theat-
rical company was giving perform
ances, and some soldiers from the
local barracks were engaged to act as
supers. Their duties included the
waging of a fierce fight in which, af-
ter a stirring struggle, n army was
defeated on a given signal from the
prompter. For a few nights all went
well, but on the Friday evening a
special performance of the piece was
to be given under the patronage Of
the Colonel and other officers Of the
garrison. The two armies met as
usual at the end of the second act,
when they foughtand fought and kept
on fighting, regardless of the agon-
lied glare in the eye of their (actor)
general, who hoarsely ordered the
proper army to Retreat, confound
you!" But the fight still went on,
and soon the Mortified manager saw
the wrong army being driven slowly
off the stage, still fighting desperate
ly. Down came the curtain amid
roars of laughter, and the Tuning
manager fastened to ask the aelin-
quents why they had failed to retreat
on hearing the signal.
"Retraite," roared a burly fusilier,
whose. visage had been badly bat.
tered, land is it retraite ye'd have US,
wild the colonel and all the officers in
the boxes?"-Tit-Bits.
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Clever Boy.

AS 1t happened, the boss was talk
ag to q customer when a boy came
in. Thinking he wanted. to bug
something, he excused himself, and
going over to the boy asked him
what he could do for him. The boy
told him that he came in answer te
his advertisement and asked for the
Job.
Well, Of course, the boss got mad
by being disturbed while he was talk
Ing to a customer. He said to the
boy. you go outside and walk g
block. If I call you back, why, J
will hire you; If I don't, why, you
just keep right on walking"
The boy did as he was told, but
going out, he picked up a shovel thai
was standing near the door, put II
on his back and started down the
street.
Before he had gone ten feet away
the old man was after him, yelling:
Come back! Come back"
The boy came back, took off his
coat, asked where he wanted him tc
work-downstairs or upstairs, OF
where.
The man took one good look al
him and said: IT guess I'll hire you
Never mind putting your coat on
Start right Nudge.
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CHAPTER XVII.
1S
Continued.

Enid crouched down as he disap-
peared; she rocked herself to and fro,
her grief was so great, her mental
agony SO terrible.
Heaven forgive me for this sim"
she moaned out loud. 1T was to save
you, Gervais, to ave you, my dar-
ling, and you did not know-you
shall never know it! I must go away,
and I shall never see you again, Ger
vais; but I have saved you, and that
is all I need"
The whisper was caught on the
wintry wind and carried away, and
Enid still wept on. but after awhile
her tears ceased and she rose from
her cramped position.
1T is good-by," she said, brokenly
to herself, Is she moved with Diff
ffculty along the snow-covered path;
'good-by forever!'
AS she went slowly away, a man
came from behind the clump of trees
and stood looking after her.
For my sake!" he repeated, in a
low voice. For my sake, and I said
such cruel things to her! Oh, my
poor child, what a heart is yours,
and how I have been mistaken!
Would Dorothy have sacrificed her
self like this?" He shook his head;
his mad passion had gone. his face
was set with a grim, determined look.
"Dorothy-my wife-the woman l
have worshiped-false to her honor
end. to her name! Well, the end
has come; the scales have fallen
from my eyes. Heaven knows
what my life will be; she has
destroyed all faith and trust, and
shaken my great love to its very
roots. l must know all, be it as black
as hades itself. I have been walking
blindfold-poor, miserablefool; now I
must see, even if it break my heart"
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supported on an adjustable brace. The
fiat surface, or writing table, Is fast
ened to the top of the chair and can
be widened or CONSTRUCTED as desired.
The brace, or support, sets on the
back of the seat, and can be length
enad or shortened. When not in use
the writing table can be folded in
close to the back of the chair, and
when needed can be fixed at any an
gle required. The writer, Of course,
needs another chair to sit upon, but
the advantage of the desk chair is its
economy in space. The device will
be found useful in small schools, as
it can be made to sell for a low price.
Such chairs would also be found con-
venient in homes where there are
several children who have lessons to
do at ~night.-Washington Star.
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A wire had been tapped at +, one
foot from the floor, and exactly in
the middle Of that side Of the room
seven feet from each wall. It was
necessary to carry a wire from there
to the point B, which was exactly In
the middle Of the opposite wall,
seven feet from each side, but two
feet from the ceiling.
This wire. might be run along the
floor, the walls or the ceiling. What
was the shortest cut the wire could
take from A to B, and how do you
prove it? In your answer, II you
cannot draw, call the possible loca-
lions for the wire; the floor, the side
wall, the A wall, the B wall and the
ceiling. The wire must pass over
some Of those fve.-New York Sun.
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CHAPTER XIX.
The Bitter Ed.

Christmas broke cold and gloomy
over Bromley Manor. Two days had
elapsed since the earl's departure,
and he had not returned, nor had his
mother arrived IN her expected visit.
Dare Broughton was down early
on Christmas morning.
ugh" he said to hi:n2elf, with a
SILVER, how cherries and misera-
ble!"
He made his way to Gervais' study
to read through his letters and
papers, but started back with aston
ishment when he entered and saw a
man seated in the armchair, his face
bowed on his folded arms that rested
on the table.
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The First EvoIutionist.

The first to suggest the transmuta-
ton of species among animals was
Button, about 1850. The eccentric
Lord Monboddo was the first to sug.
gest the possible descent of man from
the ape, about 1774. In 1913 a DR..
w. c. Wells first proposed to apply
the principle of natural selection to
the natural history of man, and in
1922 Herbert first asserted the trans
mutation of species in plants.-Ths
American.
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The Kansas Corn Crop.

We have noticed several articles in
your valuable paper in the last two
weeks in regard to the corr crop in
Kansas. We think we have the ban
ner stalk of corn. 1t measures 14K
feet high and the first ear of corn
is eight feet from the ground. There
will be a good chance for some wide
awake salesman to dispose of several
cars of stepladders or a carload Of
axes in this community between now
and corn gathering time.-Quenemo
(Kan.) Letter to the Kansas City
Star.
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The Water uf-Life.

Salvation Is free. Yes, free as any
thing man can conceive to exist, as
the very air we breathe, or the water
we drink. And yet how few there
are who avail themselves of it's bless
ings.
But, says one, If the religion Of
wants, and Is free, why do l not pos
sess it? There are eve some persons.
who murmur because God in His
goodness has so freely offered saliva
ton to a lost and ruined world. They
wish the Almighty would, and try to
convince themselves that He does,
oblige all to be saved; and thus, by
compelling them to enter the King
dom of Heaven, render that state,
not one Of freedom, but Of endless
slavery.
A party of persons embark upon e
river, and are Nborne along with its
tide towards the ocean. The scenery
upon every side enchants them; and
the breeze refreshes them. After q
while they become thirsty. A portion
the company put forth an exertion,
and .partake of the water Of the river
which upon every hand surrounds
them. The remainder simply neg
lect, thirst on, and finally perish for
want Of water; and yet no individual
would for, q moment deny that the
water was free, and as free for the
one class as the other. /
Thus 1t Is with the fountain Of liy-I
Ing water so freely offered in the
Gospel Of Jesus Christ. Moment by
moment we are hurrying down the.
river Of time, to the eternity beyond.
We may, perchance, be surrounded
by friends who have drunk at the
fountain, and in whom it is as a well
Of water springing up into everlast-
ing life. They would rejoice to see
US partaking of the same, which Is.
offered as freely to US as them; the.
Spirit Of God which has, even since
our earliest recollections, surrounded,
US by its blessed influences, and which
has been rejected by US, is still point
ing us to the Lamb of God, who
taketh away the sin Of the world,
but we simply have neglected to par;
take of the Water of Life, and perish.
Whom but ourselves can we condemn
In that day?-Zion's Herald.
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Try It On, Mr.. Gilmore!

The Model License League "chal.
lenges the advocates Of Prohibition
to name a trade or industry in Ken
lucky which would not lose If the
State Widers Estate Prohibitionists)
should be victorious"
Well, Mr.. Gilmore, suppose you
start with shoes. Would the poor
chumps in Kentucky who now &c
with their feet half clad and give
their money to your folks buy any
less shoes if they didn't buy as much
booze?-Franklin (Pa) Venango
Daily Record.
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Inyents Noiseless Cannon.

Hiram Percy Maxim announced
that he has invented a n~oiseless can
non Of large bore and that he will 20
to Europe to demonstrate it. He de-
cided to prepare for the test In Hart.
ford, Conn. His patents for ~noiseless
weapons cover Japan as well as Euro
ear countries. +.
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loot, loot!

A woman on a train entering Grand
Rapids asked the conductor how long
the cars stopped at Union station:
He replied: Madam, we stop just
four minutes, from two to two to
two two"
The woman turned to her con:pan-
ion and said:
Il wonder if he thinks he's the
whistle on the engine?"-Outdoor
Life.
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REJOICE.

In the morning time, rejoice.
Hear we not the tuneful rhyming
Of all things-the gifts of God?
Each shortening shadow; each Frightening
~ vision
Doth more plainly show the beauty
Of the love that He bestows. q
From the distance comes the cadence
Of the zephyrs, soft and low,
Singing in their morning freshness d
Of the long, dark night just past.
Within the heart there is reflected
Every image from without
Every love and every beauty,
Every joy and every duty
And methinks that Hope doth whisper,
otis a foretaste-of the morn which comes
When time shall be no more.Y
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Stupid Mankind.

Notwithstanding our boosted civil
ization, mankind, as a rule, is more
stupid than the OK and the ass, be-
cause those creatures know their
masters; but mankind, during the
long ages of its pupilage, has not
learned to know its Father.-Rev. O.
Ross Baker.
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Cast Thy Care on Him.

Whatsoever it is that presses thee,
60, tell thy Father, put over the mat
ter into His hand, and so thou shalt
be freed from that dividing, perplex-
ing arr that the world is full of.
When thou are either to do or suffer
anything, go, tell God of it, and &C
quaint Him with it; yea, burden Him
with it, and thou hast done for mat
ter Of caring; no more care, but quiet,
sweet diligence in thy duty, and de-
pendence on Him for the carriage Of
thy matters. Roll thy cares and thy
self with them, as one burden, all on
thy God.-R. Leighton.
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Retort Courteous.

SWork of art! exclaimed the critic.
Say, If that daub is a work of art,
then I'm an IDIOT
"The latter part of your statement, "
rejoined the artist calmly, would
seem to furnish conclusive proof that
It Is a work of rt."-Chicago News.
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The new and beautiful villa Il

The new and beautiful villa d
earthed at Pompeii is situated, writes
the Naples correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Mail, near the house OF
Diomed. 1t consists of a row of
rooms of great elegance, the largest
having a marble floor and frescoes on
three walls.
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Choir. This has been placed in the
National Cemetery at Arlington, Va,
to mark the spot where a number of
the bodies of the men Of the Maine
are buried.-From Harper's Weekly.
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Names Flag Giventothe Government
One Of the flags which had been
flown in Havana harbor by the ILL
fated Maine has just been presented
to the Government by an American
resident in Havana, and has Just
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THEOLOGY and Christ.

A knowledge of theology does not
bring a knowledge of Christ.-Rey-
E. L. Powell.
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Observed Strikers From Balloon.

Swedish officials made use Of a cap
tive balloon to watch the first meet
ing of the strikers, which was peace
able.
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In the United States on June 80,
1906. there were 1920 rectifiers and
243,00O retail liquor dealers. On
June 80, 1908, there were 2447 rec
filters and 236,4SS retail liquor deal.
ers. This represents a falling off OF
1S43 rectifiers and 6552 retail liquor
dealers and this decrease is growing.
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The envelope was invented in 1888
and was in disfavor for a long time. -.
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A New Desk Chair.

A South Dakota man has devised a
Tesk chair which is handy for use in
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s~eventy-fve per cent. of the crime
committed in Chicago and Cook
County is due to liquor, gambling and
houses of i'll fame.-John ]. Healy,
Former State Attorney Of Cook Coun-
ty, Chicago. O..
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Sometime: Somewhere.

The outcropping rock upon some
of the Catskills is cemented conglom-
crate pebbles cemented together.
each one Of which was worn smooth
by the ceaseless ebb and flow upon
the shore Of some geologic lei ages.
before man was spoken into being.
Could you or I have walked upon
that ancient shore, and have see
those pebbles as they we're being,
smoothed and polished by the waves,
we might have asked: What are
these for?, Why are they being thus
tossed about?" There would have
come no answer but the moaning Of
the sea. Nevertheless God had q.
purpose which was to appear In the,
far extended ages, and we now see it.
In the upheaved mountains.
We view our hard and sad life ex-.
periences n by one, and we impa-
tiently ask: What are they for?".
There comes no answer but the Sob.
bling of our own hearts. But every.
one Of them has a blessed spiritual
meaning. That meaning is to be-
grasped by faith. It will be made
manifest in Gods own time.-Rev.
Craig 5. Thomas, in the Standard.
The Highest Achievement of Prayer
That prayer which does not succeed
In m%oderating our wish, in changing
the passionate desire into still SUBJ
mission. the anxious, tumultuous x
pectation into silent surrender, is no
true prayer, and proves that we have
not the spirit of true prayer. That
life is most holy in which there Is
least of petition and desire, and most
of waiting upon God; that in which
petition most often passes into
thanksgiving.
Pray till prayer makes you forget
your own wish, and leave 1t or merge
It in Gods will. The divine wisdom
has given us prayer, not as a means
to obtain the good things Of earth,
but as a means whereby we learn to
do without them; not as a means
whereby we become strong to meet
TT, w. Robertson.
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Ce~va.S paced he Goor Of mis- room
at a London hotel and tried to think,
ceason and hope, but all to no effect.
His last glimpse of Dorothy had been
the greatest witness against her; her
white face. her sudden alarm and agi-
tuition, all spoke of the existence Of
some secret, whether a guilty n or
90 the morning would nrove, for he
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Frau Flamingo, where dc you get your frocks maze! 20 always
look SC elegant From Simpltssimus.