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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-12
CHAPTER lII.
Volna Drakona.

1 lost no time in undeCeiving the
police agent. You are plucking unshot
birds" I said. There is not going to
be any arrest either of this lady or
myself You can end the thing any
how you please, short of arresting
either of US"
I was glad that that made him lose
DO you dare to disobey me?' he
cried fuTiOusly.
I became personal and heaped fuel on
the fire of his anger. Don't be a fool
! ish little person. You don't know how
idiOtic you look. You can do nothing
You are six inches shorter than I am
and I don't care q kOpeck for your
authority as a policeman"
/ He swOTe fuently and stamped his
feet with rage. You will answer for
/ this" he shouted, using a very foul
/ epithet. L thought this morning you
were a spy. Now I know 1t. You shall
not insult me. In the name of the car,
/ call on you to submit"
I laughed at him with intentional ag-
/ gravation. You are a worse fool than
/ I thought. 1 am a British subject;
/ have done no wrong; and I care no
more for your car than I do for you.
You have just insulted me grossly and
the best thing you can do is to clear
out"
You are a revolutionary, in league
with this woman and the carTion
there" and he jerked his thumb to-
ward the dead body.
took no notice of this coarseness
but untethered the unhurt horse and
| led il over to my companion.
I'VE are going" I said to him. u
have told you that this is Miss Mary
Smith; I have her passport here in my
coat" I rummaged in the pockets
found two passports, and handed them
to him.
He glanced at them and then pocket
ed them with a grin Of Self-satisfac-
ton at his astuteness.
Where are you gOing?"
THAT is our own business. 1 will not
let you follow US. Return me those
passports, said, threateningly He
did not see my object, but backed away
toward his horse. Come, quick"
He hesitated a moment and theT
mounted hurriedIy "As they were il
your coat they will connect you witt
these people" he said with a cunning
ieer.
1 did not care a rap for this now
whether he kept or returned them. W.
could not possibly use them again, 81
shrugged my shoulders and turned
away. Go to the devil" I said.
But he had a surprise for me. A
my back was turned pistol shot rams
out, and the horse I was holding
plunged and tore loose from me
limped down the hill and fell to tn
| ground.
Now Wen see about your tall talk
Mr. Englishman. You and the wOmal
there will just march on ahead of m
into Bratinsk; and if either of you 81
much as look round, I'll fire. Min,
that BY Cod"
His weapon was levelled at my heat
and my companion again showed tn
stuff she was made Of With a littl
cry she dashed right in front of m
r dead in the line of fire.
you must not shoot she said, quit
[ steadily. This gentleman has don
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-12

He was a little beast, only fit to be
kicked; but I thought of the girl and
smOthered my natural inclinations.
BY the time we reached my rooms l
had worked some Of his suspicious
loose; and when I laid before him let
ters from my sister and friends at
home and showed him such things as
my cheque book, letter of credit, and so
on, he was sufficiently satisfied to have
d bottle of wine with me.
Over this his tongue was lOOsened and
we discussed the conspiracy, which he
admitted was widespread and in some
respects more dangerous than any
which had threatened the empire for
! years. It's especial danger lay in the
| skill with which the leaders had at
tempted to blend industrial discomfort
with political intrigue; and so form a
/ union among vast masses of the pOpu-
/ latiOn in many industrial cities
! The practical grievances of the work.
| eTs and the many wrongs of the rural
population were being used by the dem
! ocratic theorists, the dreameTs and the
political agitators TO foment discomfort;
and I knew enough Of Russia to be
aware that such highly inhammable
materials as these might easily be
| heaped together and then famed into
one huge simultaneous explosion. all
over the empire, terrible enough 70
/ staTtle the world.
In Russian Poland the cause was the
old One-natiOnal independence; and 1t
was in this that Count Peter ValdemaT
had taken part and that my friend
Ladislas was involved.
I repeated my surprise that my friend
should be regarded as dangerous.
He is a leader; and at such times
any man may be a source of danger,
| was the reply.
And this Count Peter-where is hep
I asked casually.
HE is probably making for the Ger
man frontier, with the intention Of fly
ing to England. He was at warsaw;
but disappeared. Your country has
much TO answer for in harboring al
these plOtteTs"
IF it comes to that we have a few
anarchists of our own, and they are
harbOred on this side Of the channel"
Not in Russia. But I don't think
the count will escape US this time. He
is well known to so many Of us
And if you catch him." A signi1-
cant smile answered me and a tilt OF
the eyebrows.
You have a wonderful police sys-
tenn" said 7. admiringly.
I'VE shall catch him on the frontier
sir. Make no mistake. No man car
get Through the net we have spread
there"
I emptied my glass. We'll, here's lucl
to all who deserve it. And now, about
MYSELF"
Il will communicate with Warsaw
and meantime go where you will or stay
here if you prefer"
had succeeded in OBTAINING hin
nearly a couple Of hours. and by thi'
time the count and his companion Ough
to be out Of the place; so 1 ordered m!
horse, resolved to go for a ride to ties
the truth of the little beggar's assur
ance that I was not TO be watched.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-12

visited me, and regarded me as a sus
pect because Of my friendship with the
Count, and because l admitted l had
known you. Take the warning from me
as d friend: and be on your guard. If
1 have recognized you. others may"
It was safer for us both not to be
seen together, so I walked off, leaving
him a very much surprised Count in
dpnd
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-09-12
PILES CURED At HOME BY
new ABSORPTION METHOD

If you suffer from bleeding, itching.
blind or protruding Piles. send me your
address. and / will tell you how to cure
Yourself at home by the new absorption
treatment, and will also send some OF TINS
home treatment free for trial with refer
enCes from your own locality If requested.
Immediate relief and permanent cure as
sl1red. Send no money, but tell others %
this offer Write today TO Mrs. N. SUM
mers, box P, NOtre Dame, Ind.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25
CANNON RAPs ROOSEVELT.

pure rot was the term used by
Speaker Cannon in an address before
the city planning conference In Wash
ington last Saturday to characterize
what he thought of former President
Roosevelt's home commission report.
During the course of his address, the
speaker by way of contrast pictured
in glowing terms the wonderful results
achieved by the advocates of better
city homes for the working classes,
and then in picturesque language
launched into defense of the 'coun-
4 try people,. who, he suggested, were
getting along very well in these times
and were in no wise suffering drudg-
cry Through their mode of living. The
speaker said he did not take time to
read much of Rooseyelt's commission
report about the country people, but
added: 9What little / did read, how.
ever, was pure rot, and nothing else"
/ Mr.. Cannon said that he was an
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25
sound Talk 70 Retailers.


a retail clothier OF Charlton, yester.
day asked the retailers, met in annual
convention at Davenport, why they
were compelled to carry certain lines
of goods on which the margin of profit
was so small that there was really
nothing for them in the business.
His answer was that the manufac-
turer has advertised his goods SO
thoroughly that the retailer cannot
do business without them.
He was talking Of the value of adj
vertising to the retailer and cited this
as an illustration Of what can be done
and is being done by judicious adj
vertising. The market demand is to-
day created by advertising.
Mr.. Larimer is reported as follows:
HE said the merchant who failed
to use his home newspaper was stand
ing in his own light. So many said
they had nothing to advertise. His
answer to the grocer was that II he
had nothing more to annonce than
his store had reputation for cleanli-
ness, that was point that would
create favorable comment in the com
munity and would bring people into
his place of business
1t is probably true that II a grocer
has nothing to advertise but clean
store, he might much better have his
name in the newspaper in that way
! than not to have it in at all.
/ Advertising is the basis OF nearly
all distribution at the present time
Banks are being built up on adver
Using. The man who does not ad
! vertise is today just what the mar
who sat by the stove In the back
end Of his store and waited for his
customers to call him out was to the
merchandising of twenty-five years
ago.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25
Not just the Right Word.

Davenport Times: Speaking of
George F. Rinehart at Des Moines the
other evening William Jennings Bryan
said: Mr. Rinehart has fought the
battles of mis- party with faith in the
ultimate triumph Of its principles. His
plans have met defeat quite as often
as my own presidential aspirations.
but he has never lost his courage and
has fought on with renewed activity.
1t is such men as he that give any
party strength" Get the thought?
Rhinehart is like Bryan himself and It
is such men who give the party
strength. Mr.. Bryan will find few
gentlemen down east possibly some
nearer Iowa-who have suspiclol.
that the word strength" was not just
the word to use.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25

The state board Of health and the
general operating officials of the rail:
roads will hold conference on July
Is to agree on a plan for abolishing
the common drinking cup on passenger
trains in Iowa. It is thought that the
plan most likely to be agreed upon is
that recommended by General Mana
ger Ashton OF the Northwestern road,
who has suggested that the tin cups
be retained but vending machine full
of paper cups be placed near the
water cooler so that passengers could
take their choice.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25

The other day Representative Ken
dali OF the Sixth district introduced a
liquor tax bill based on an editorial
in Mr.. Bryan's Commoner. Now he
is trying to enact into law some Bry-
an-Gompers ideas concerning injunc-
ton matters, regardless OF what was
accepted and rejected as party doc
trine by the Republican national con
vention last year. In view Of these
things the Sioux City Journal raises
the pertinent inquiry if Representative
Kendall figures that his district Is
going Democratic next year and If he
is going with it. Present indications
are that he intends to out-Hamilton
Dan Hamilton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25
FoR The BENEFIT OF KEokuk

FOR THE BENEFIT OF KEokuk.
Major D. B. Hamill has come for
ward with good suggestion, to-wit:
that Keokuk people write and The
Gate City print short letters bearing
on the advancement of Keokuk's in
terests along worthy lines. He thus
states his proposition:
To the Editor of The Gate City:
AS Keokuk is improving in many re-
spects, how would it do to have col
umn say once week for short letters
bearing on projects and municipal af-
fairs that would greatly improve the
city in various ways. OF course no
politics allowed
This would bring out we think good
suggestions from our citizens and per
haps we might hear from such fellow
citizens as DR.. Shaffer, and perhaps
some of the ladies of the Civic FEEDER
alton. and lot of others whose names
would add great force to what they
might write We might include the
Honorable Jasper Blines of Missouri
as the old adage might apply:
\ ooh. wad some pow'r the giftie gle us
To see oursel's as ithers see u.s.
This is only a suggestion for say 9
column once week of short letters
bearing on important matters to hell
4 our city forward to greater Keokuk
Respectfully yours,
d. B. HAMILL.
The idea is good one and The
Gate City will cheerfully do its part
toward carrying it into effect and max
ing it a success. Anyone who has 2
suggestion to make in the interest o.
4 Keokuk's betterment Is cordially in
vited to commit 1t to paper and send
1t to this paper. Communications
should be brief, pointed and practical
Let us have the thought of the com
munity on all important matters o
local interest.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25
NJ. Iusserand. the French

NJ. Jusserand, the French ambas-
sador at Washington, who leaving
washington Monday, is making the
Journey across the continent TO deliver
a gold medal, designed by his country
men to commemorate the splendid re-
coverys of San Francisco from the
earthquake and fire, was accompanied
west of Chicago as far as the Grand
Canyon by F. L. vandegrift, formerly
of Keokuk. M. Jusserand is taking
lime. Jusserand with him, and from
Chicago the Santa Fe railway is carry
ing them in private car. They will
stop one day at the Petrified Forest
of Arizona, one at the Grand Canyon,
one at Riverside and Redlands, Cal
enrpia. and one at Santa Barbara, en-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25

Word comes from Marshalltown that
Rev. Sunday is disappointed with the
results of his revival campaign there
after four weeks earnest effort. The
evangelist's complaint is with the
church members themselves. whom ne
thinks have not warmed up" to the
works as they should. Sunday has an
nounced that he may remain in Mar
shalltown another week. making a
six weeks campaign instead of five
but that depends on the results Of
this week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25

The fact should not be lost sight OF
that If there is to be general ever
turning OF manufacturing prices foi ced
by tariff ripping and consequent ear-
eign competition. there will be q gen.
eral revision of wages also. Then
when wage-earners can no longer buy
farm produce at present prices the
farmers will discover that they cannot
sell their grain, cattle, hogs, horses,
wool, vegetables, etc. at prosperity
figures as they have been doing ever
since the Dingley law was enacted,
Any material reductions in the tariff
schedule are certain to be eye-open-
ers to wage-earners and farmers alike
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25
CROSSING the Divide.

Crossing the Divide.
Parson. I'm maverick, just runnin'
loose an grain.
Eatin' where's tn greenest grass
an drinkin' where choose,
Had TO rustic in my youth an never
had no raisin,
Wasn't never halter broke, an I
amt much to lose.
Used to sleepin' in a bag an Twin in
a slicker,
Church folks never branded me-
don't know as they tried;
Wish you'd say prayer for me an
try to make a decker,
For tae best they'll give me when !
cross the Big Divide.
Tell 'em amt been corraled nigat
in more'n twenty,
Tell EN- I'm rawboned an rough an
4 amt much for looks;
Tell 'em don't need much grief be.
cause I've had plenty,
I don't know how bad / am, cause
amt kept no books.
Tell 'em I'm maverick a-runnin loose
unbranded,
Tell 'em I shoot straight an quick
an amt, got much to hide;
Have 'em come an size me up as soon
as / get landed,
/ just want my needin's when cross
the Big Divide.
Tell 'em l rose straight an square an
never grabbed for leather.
Never roped crippled steer or rode
sore-backed horse,
Tell 'em I've bucked wind an rain
an every sort OF weather,
Had my tits with AL X. Hall an
Captain r. e. Morse.
Don't hide nothin' from EN- whether 1t
be sweet or bitter,
Tell EN- I'll stay on the range, but
If I'm shut outside
Ill abide it like a man, because
amt no gutter,
I amt going to change just when
cross the Big Divide.
Tell EN- when tn Roundup comes fol
all US human critters
Just corral me with my kind an rur
a brand on me;
I don't want to be corraled with hypo
critics and cutters.
Brand me just for what l am an
I'm just what you see.
1 don't want no steam-het stall o.
bran-mash for my ration.
just want to meet tn Boss an fac,
him honest-eyed,
Show him just what chips got an
shove 'em in for cashin,
That's what you can tell em when
cross the Big Divide.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25

Bank clearings continue to I'm.
prove. For the third week in May
the total exchanges at all leading
cities in the United States were 81.
S1O,4S1, 1863 per cent larger than a
year ago. and 1877 per cent over the
corresponding week in 1906. The i'm
provement since the first of the year
is indicated in the average daily fig
ures for May to date, which are larger
than for any month since January.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25
Conditions that Breed Disease.

Chicago Tribune: Dirt, dust, and
darkness are alike favorable for
growth and propagation of germ life.
Dark closets, damp Easements, and
dust laden rooms are dangerous for
this reason. Light, fresh air and
cleanliness, then, count for much as
factors that make for health.
Before one can possibly contract a
communicable disease two things are
requisite the presence of the germs
that<cauee it and the condition Of the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25
The Purpose Of Memorial Day.

TO the Editor OF The Gate City:
Kindly permit nue. to say some
Memorial Day.
Memorial Day was. established by
the Grand Army for specified pur-
pose patriotic in its aim. The Rules
and Regulations say It is 9 to be OBJ
served by the members of the Grand
Army of the Republic in commemora.
ton Of the deeds Of our fallen COM
rades;" and seeks thus to preserve
the memories OF those only who fought
in defense Of the national unity.
This exclusion OF the Confederate
Day is based upon principle 1t means
the teaching of true American patriot
ism one Of the main objects Of the
Grand Army. It means that those who
fought to destroy the Nation, however
bravely they fought, shall not be plac-
ed upon equal pedestals with those
who fought to save the Nation. -Four
hundred thousand died to save the Ma
ton the Grand Army of the Immor-
tai" They died for all in holy cause.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25

A rural correspondent, reporting a
death, writes to the Dubuque Tele-
graph-Herald as follows:
Mrs. was a long and patient
sufferer. For twenty-five years she
was reader of the Telegraph Herald. >
What she must have endured!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25

lie demands. Let the people give their
confidence to the trade and let them
eliminate those goods which they do
not want to purchase by inspection Of
the label.
II you think this letter will be OF
benefit to the trade | shall be very
glad to have you publish 1t.
Respectfully.
H. w. Wiley.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25

Cuba is facing crisis with pos
sible deficit of SIS 200, 900 on the year s
expenses. The prospects that it will
be able to repay this country for the
expense incurred in establishing a
stable government on the island are
far from encouraging.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25
CANNED GOODS ALL RIGHT.
Or. Wiley Puts His o. x. on tina,
Valuable Line Of Food STUFF.


DR. Wiley, chief OF the bureau of
chemistry at Washington and member
Of the federal board Of food and drug
inspection, has given canned goods
the cleanest kind OF clean bill Of
health, and already steps have been
taken to give his words such publicity
that a vast amount of good, In re-
storing canned goods to the confidence
Of the more timid class of customers,
is certain to be speedily accomplished.
DR.. Wiley's strong endorsement OF
canned goods was contained in a let
ter written to Walter A. Frost, of the
brokerage firm of Walter A. Frost &
Co., of Chicago. and reads as follows:
washington, D. c., May 1, 1909.
Mr.. Walter A. Frost,
5 Wabash Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois.
Dear Mr.. Frost: have often re-
GREETED the inadvertent injury which
| is done to the canned goods trade by
enthusiastic. well-intentioned and yet
not fully informed writers, implying
that canned goods, as such, are adul
| terated. think can safely say that
taking the whole matter of canned
meats, canned vegetables, and canned
| fruits, only an extremely small per-
centage of them ever contain any add
ed substances whatever, except food
and perhaps little salt or sugar.
1 think this fact ought to be well adver
tised and published.
OF course. do not include in can
ned goods, articles which have not
been sterilized, for in such articles
preservatives are often employed.
do not think the great canning trade
should suffer because such an insig
nifcant few persist in either using
artificial color, artificial sweetener, OF
4 a chemical preservative.
Under the rules of the department
of agriculture certain S distances MAY
be used in foods legally, provided
their presence is plainly stated upor
the label. Buyers of canned goods
4 therefore, have certain method o
protecting themselves in this matter
and that is to look at the label
When we consider the immense bene
Ats of the canning industry to the con
Stunning public, it appears to me tina
\ we ought to use every honorable en-
! deavor to set the minds Of the com
munity right in regard to tie com
position of such articles. OF course
some canned goods are of better quail
ity than others, that is. natural ant
necessary consequence; but the i'm
1 preston that some people obtain tina
all canned goods contain artificial
colors, artificial sweeteners and pre-
seryatives, is a most erroneous ont
d and is harmful to the trade. am
as you know believer in canned
goods and in the canning process.
think it is a blessing, and a blessin;
which is not in disguise. realize a
well as anyone that public prejudic'
is difficult to control and to rectify
but / should like to do as much as
can to help this good trade along b,
appealing to the public not to condemn
the whole trade because occasionally
!. sample may be found which is no
in that state OF purity which the pub
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25

R. G. Dun & Co. announce that the
future is bright. The Chicago Record
Herald concludes that R. G. Dun &
Co. must have new ice ticket all
paid for and several tons OF coal left
in the cellar.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25

It is agreed on all sides that that
rhinoceros in the African jungle which
fell at the first shot," as tod in re-
cent dispatches. seen his duty and
done it,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25

President Taft says it is necessary
that the dominant party have "an in
telligent and healthy opposition" But
the Kansas City Journal notes that
the Republican party seems to get
along pretty well without it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25

According to testimony offered in
behalf of woman suffrage by woman
who speaks from personal experience
gained in Colorado, women never
discuss politics" This would seem
to dispose of one of the chief objec.
lions to the proposed extension of the
franchise.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25

A contributor to one Of the maya
zines asks: "Did Spenser write Eng,
lish p Authoritative reply is made
by the Davenport Democrat, which
says:
is no account of baseball game
There was no pure and indebted Eng
lish until the American game was
brought down to fine point
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25

A professional funny man insists
that there is but one genuine joke
with the bark on. That is the one on
Adam when he lost his rib. All others
are base limitations.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-25

Because the word "the" was omit
ted in the bill of Indictment against a
Missouri legislator caught with mark
ed money. his conviction has been Re
'farsed by the highest court. The
learned judges must have thought that
1t was English grammar that was on
rial.