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The Rice belt journal., 1910-02-18
DOM MEsTlC.

Howard Little, who murdered Mrs.
Betsy Justice, her son-in-law, George
Meadows, and the latter's wife and
three children in their home near Hur-
ley, Buchanan county, Va, last Sep
tember, was put to death by electrocu-
tion in the penitentiary in Richmond at
dawn Friday, without unusual incident.
Little was no ordinary "lowbroWed
criminal. He bore an excellent reputa-
tion in the community in which he
lived, and number of friends still be-
lieve in his innocence. Little was oe-
scribed as one of the handsomest men
In the state, more than six feet IN
height, weighing 236 pounds.
Castro, the former dictator OF Vene-
zuela, has arrived at Santa Cruz, Ca
nary Islands. with his wife and Two
servants. This information has
reached the state department from
official sources, but nothing OF Cas-
tro's intention to remain there IS
known.
The testimony was concluded Thurs
day in the hearing before the railroad
commission to reduce cotton rates, but
the arguments will not be made until
some ten days from now.
Colder weather, with rain, sleet and
snow, was reported from twenty-five
counties in North, Central and Eastern
Texas Friday, Snow falling as far south
as Palestine.
The Knights of Pythias in the South
west will have great gathering al
the National Feeders and Breeders
show in Fort Worth on K. P. day
March Is. Members of that order
from all parts of Texas and Oklahoma
will attend, and great things are prom
ised in the way of entertainment.
Dr. F. A. Cook, who claimed to have
discovered the North Pole, has beer
discovered in Bermuda, according to
story printed Tuesday.
Scream after scream from the hys
terical lips of Mrs. Fay Hurd Jones. OF
trial in San Antonio, on the charge
OF numbering her husband, threw the
courtroom into confusion Wednesday
She became so excited that she nae
70 be removed from the room.
The Southern Pacific Company Wed
nesday won it's suit in the KentucK!
court of appeals against having III
taxable property assessed $5O.0OO,oO'
70 Jefferson county, Kentucky. for TN
year 1906. The effect of the decision
= to assess the property at s5OO,ouV
The Rice belt journal., 1910-02-18
Miles of Canal Completed.

Collinston.-The Coulee drainage ca
nal has been completed for more thar
q mile through the farm of Mr.. Stvfey
The dredge boat has crossed the Pattor
sIouoh and is near the center Of tint
Farm of Mr.. W. B. Heily, and is pro
pressing at the rate of 500 feet every
twenty.four hours, as the work is car
ried ON night and day. This lar9'
drainage canal will do a large amour
~ Good to the farms of this drainag
district. It will bring about ne
IRA for the farmers. and will reclaN
thousands of acres Of land.
The Rice belt journal., 1910-02-18
A Scandal,

The guests at the southern resor'
are noticeably perturbed.
"They will cast odium upon the
hitherto good name of the place" they
complain.
"Who will?" we ask
"That couple at the end of the
piazza. 1t is Mr.. and Mrs. Gayleigh
md they are carrying on the mos
tesperate of fiirtations, when thf
udge is still considering their SUI
or divorce. o, why can they not CO.
ider our feelings and wait until the
re no longer married persons"
The Rice belt journal., 1910-02-18
FOREIGN.

Lieut.. E. T. Shackelton, the Soutn
Pole explorer, will sail from London
for the United States on March IL and
after a lecture tour will make an eX-
tended hunting trip in Northern Alaska.
In the First chamber of the states
general Thursday at The Hague, For-
eign Ministed Van Sinderen denied
categorically the truth of the state
ment made by Baron Won Heckeren 70
the effect that Emperor William had
threatened to occupy Holland unless
that country was placed in state OF
defense against Great Britain.
In connection with the discussion
Thursday in the chamber OF deputies
in Paris on the reorganization OF the
navy, M. senac, deputy from Taron,
introduced amendments to the nnance
hill with the object or reviving the
deem waterway canal project to con-
meet the Atlantic with the Mediterran-
can The plan calls for the construc-
tion of a canal 100 feet wide by 80
feet deep, capable of accommodating
tho largest merchant steamers and pat
+Ioshins to France and in addltlon
would be very profitable commercially
He estimated that it would cost Sloo''
100000.
Tho government steamboat Managua
was seized Friday at Managua at the
wharf by a band of revolutionists, who
oseaned under a heavy rife fire. Hun
dreds lined the lake front, Watching
the soldiers vainly rain bullets upon
+he boats captors, striking the water
and bouncing off the Managua's slde'
The feat was unexcelled for boldness'
The shore cannon was pulled through
the streets amid great excitement pu'
roocbad the lake front too late, the
hoat being hidden in the darkness.
nuring the trial in Paris, France
thursday of the old suit brought oS
Mile Wilhemina Kemper, who claims
that she was defrauded out OF $S',ooo
which sum was to have been used tc
finance the matrimonial projects OF
prince Victor of Thurn and Taxis
Count Bearn testified that at one time
negotiations were in progress for the
hand of Miss Vanderbilt, but that the
srit failed and the prince carried OF
an American dancer.
L. Dachol, the Bolivian consul at Al
y,ers was shot and killed Friday oS
woman as he was entering an auto
n,obile. Revenge was the motive.
Premier Sonnino, in announcing tne
no,icv Of the government in the cham
ner of deputies at Rome Friday, sale
that it was planned to devote s6Ooo,oo'
q the subsidy of Italian shipping B'lis
wera also introduced creating the de
nartment of railroads, providing Tor as
sistance by the government in the re
hr,ldine of cities and villages de
stroved by the earthquake and estaD
fishing cooperative bank for working
|, Eneople with an initial capital OF s5,ooo'
o0o and making more stringent ruie'
for the governing of foreign insurance
.ompanies doing business in Italy.
The Rice belt journal., 1910-02-18
q Gift To RrYn MaMr.

Miss Cynthia NJ WessOn of SPRING
field, Mass, has given $1,000 to Bryn
Mawr college, Miss WessOn, who was
graduated from Bryn Mawr in 1909,
was prominent in the athletic affairs
of the institution, and her gift is to
be expended toward the betterment OF
the swimming pool. All undergrad
yates are required to qualify as swim.
mers, as the exercise is one of the
most popular of the college sports.
The Rice belt journal., 1910-02-18
To Expaud Protective Organization.

According to letters received in the
rity the Louisiana State Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with
headquarters in New Orleans, after
MANY years of successful effort in car
rving out its work in that city, will
take up the work of statewide organi
,ation of the cause and establish
branches of the organization in differ
mt towns of the state. 1t is hoped t.
,stablsh society in every town in tn.
tate, an an organizer has been appoint
ID to do this work.
The Rice belt journal., 1910-02-18
Growth of Peanut Industry.

shreveport.-W. R. Beattie of the
United States Agricultural Depart
ment, Washington, who is here in the
interest of peanut cultivation, reports
his investigation indicates an increase
this year in the peanut interest of 80
per cent in the Shreveport vicinity,
and 100 per cent in the state as a
whole. He says that a peanut factory
will be located near Ruston or Shreve'
bort at an early date.
The Rice belt journal., 1910-02-18
Cotton Acreage Reduced.

The cotton acreage in East Baton
Rouge is going to be eat in half, com
pared to what was placed last year. In
1909 there was a reduction in the acre
age, but what acreage there was planted
the farmers had such poor success, rails
ing about onc-fOurth Of a bale to the
acre. that they have all practically de-
cided to cut the acreage about III half
this year. There will be much better
cultivation. The farmers are learning
how to fight the wecvi. They are fol-
lowing this year the method of intense
cultivation. What acreage will be
planted will be thoroughly cultivated.
with the result that it is expected that
as large a crop will be raised this year
on half the acreage as was raised last
year The farmers are now at work in
the field. Much of the ground has been
broken Under the new cultural Sys-
TEN. which is the only system so far
found by which the cotton can be
grown in spite of the weevil, the plant,
ing will begin just as soon as the ground
is warm enough to gcrminate the seed
and the weather is enough advanced to
make safe against late frost.
The Rice belt journal., 1910-02-18

sSsss IN LIQUOR represent waste:
stop drinking and you will profit. The
Drink-Habit is now easily overcome
with the Acme home treatment. En-
dorsed by physicians. Write E. Forth,
Dickey Bldg, Chicago, H., for free trial.
The Rice belt journal., 1910-02-18

Rather than follow a multitude to
do evil, one should stand, like Pompey's
pillar, conspicuous by ones self, and
single in integrity. Sir Thomas
Browne.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-17
LOW CASTE MANGs.
Hindus Not Only Despise Them, They
Fear and Hate Them.

Hindus Not Only Despise Them, They
Fear and Hate Them.
BY his fellow Hindu the Mang, one
Of the lowest of all Indian castles, is
not only despised, but even feared and
hated A writer in the Times Of India
says: ITO be cruel is to be Mang
hearted to fly into a passion may be
expressed In Marathe idiom as having
Mang within one When on the oc-
casion of an eclipse fears are awak-
ened for the safety Of the sun or moon,
1t is the Mang whose help is sought.
He goes among the people claiming
their propitatory gifts. saying: Give
your gifts that the grasp may be re
moved. For are not Rahu and Ketu,
the enemies who have laid evil hands
on the heavenly bodies, themselves
MangsT Similarly, to their recognized
relation with dark worship and with
subterranean and demoniac Influences
is to be traced the making of offerings
to Mang women on Dasera day and
tuc SlulstSl ldIl lhdt tuSlC dlC lev
great buildings erected In pre- British
days in this part Of India that have
not-whether they be temples or forts
or palaces Mang victims built into
their foundations.
'The peculiar place that these popu-
lar superstitions have given to the
Mang community is seen especially in
the ceremonies that are sometimes per-
formed for the removal Of disease.
Frequently when some one has fallen
Ill JOSH is consulted and explains
the illness as due to the influence of
some evil spirit The one effective pre-
| scription in such case lis to call a
I Mang and give him dinner. This Is
ness toward despised community, but
has as its object apparently the pro
pitiation of the demoniac power and
the removal Of the source of the dis.
ease from the sick man to its proper
| habitation.
with this end in view practices OF
| sympathetic magic. which can be par.
alleled in the folk lore of many peo
pies, are employed. Portions Of the
finger nails or. 1t may be, fragments OF
hair Of the invalid are secretly mixed
| with the food to be given to the Mang
and before the sugar water OF which
he is to partake Is given to him the
sick man must see his face in it. II
this way the evil is supposed to bs
passed back to where It properly be
longs and the disease removed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-17
LATEST SPORTING NEWS
emanating from the Three-Eye league
are to the effect that the organization
will stand pat on its present makeup.
TY COBB IS
BEST BATTER
OFFICIAL Averages Are Figured Down
to Six Decimals to Decide

CHICAGO, Oct. 17.-For the third
time in his baseball career Ty Cobb
of the Detroit Americans was accord
ed the undisputed title of the world
champion batsman In a statement is
sued by President Ban B. johnson of
the American league, announcing the
official averages of Cobb and Napof.
con LaJoie, OF the Cleveland team, his
nearest competitor Cobb will be
awarded the automobile offered by the
Chalmer Company as a prize for the
champion hitter and LaJoie will be
presented with duplicate machine,
In consideration OF his great record
for the season.
When the final averages were foot
ed up Cobb and LaJoie were found
to be batting at so near the same
average that the percentage had to be
figured down to six decimal places,
Cobb being the winner by .o0oS6.
According to the official averages
Cobb was at bat 500 times, made 1876
base hits and finished with per
centage of 1884; LaJoie was 5e1
times at bat and made 227 base hits,
percentage .3S40S4
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-17
Opinions of Baseball
Greats on Title Games

PHILADELPHIA, Oct 17.-State-
ments from men nigh up in baseball
regarding the probaule or possible out
come OF the worlds series nave been
gathered from the 1our points of the
compass as follows:
TOM LYNCH, president of the Nation
al League-As head of the big
league, don't care to attempt to pick
a winner
Is. d. JOHNSON, president American
League-The Athletics will defeat
the cubs this year. They have the
best machine ever.
CHIEF BENDER, Athletic pitcher
i have seen the Cubs play and We
should win from them
EDDIE COLLINS, Athletics second
baseman-The Athletics great pitch
ing staff will make it easy for US
to win.
FRED CLARKE, Pittsburg Pirates
@ icago for mine. They have the
experience, and it tells in the long
run.
UOll-N 1hSdRfd w, view
Mack his stronger team than in
1905, but it isn't formidable enough
to resist the Cubs.
CHARLES COMISkEY, Chicago White
Sox-The Athletics appear the win
ners. The Cubs catchers cannot off.
set Mack's advantage in the box.
CLARK GRIFFITH, Cincinnati Reds
I'll wager On the Athletics because
of the Cubs weak pitching staff, as
compared to the Athletics.
HJGHEY JENNINGS, Detroit Tigers
Mack owns such great set OF
pitchers that they will overcome the
teams other weaknesses.
JIMMY McALEER, Washington Sena
tors-The Athletics look good. The
finging department of the Athletic;
will more than Offset the alleged
catching superiority of the Cubs.
JACK O'CONNOR. st. Louis Browns
The Athletics all the time.
HANS WAGNER, Pirates-The Cub
should win because of heavier hit
tiers and corking staff OF twirlers
4 CHRIsTY MATHEWsON, Giants
realize that Connie Mack has grea
bunch of pitchers, but the all-aroun
good work of the Cubs will win 70
them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-17
PLANT THRIvEs ON FLIES
Little Weed, Grown in England, Helps
in Work Of Kidding Homes
Of Pest.

In England there grows little red.
dish-leaved. odd-looking plant known
as sundew. 1t is but an inconspicu.
Gus weed. and yet literary and scien-
tific honors have been heaped upon 1t.
The leaf Is round and fiat, and is
covered by number of small red
glands, which act as the attractive
advertisement to the misguided In
sects. Their knobby ends are covered
with glutinous secretion, which
glistens like honey In the sunlight,
and so gains for the plant It's common
English name. But the moment a
hapless fly, attracted by hopes of meat
or nectar settles quietly In It's midst,
on hospitable thoughts intent, the
viscid liquid holds him tight immedi.
ately, and clogs his legs and wings, so
that he is shared exactly as sparrow
is shared in birdlime
Then the leaf closes over him slow.
ly but surely, and crushes him by
folding It's edges inward gradually to-
ward the center. The fly often fingers
long with Intellectual struggles, while
the cruel, crawling leaf pours forth a
digestive fiufd-a vegetable gastric
juice, as it were-and dissolves him
alive piecemeal
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-17
WELL KNOWN MINISTER.
Restored to Health by vinol.

Rev. D. Schneider, who is a we'll.
known minister in Rice Lake, Wis.
writes:
Il had very severe stomach trou-
BILE last year from which l was kept
in bed three months, had engaged
the services OF doctor, but to no
avail. then read of vinol and deter
mined to try bottle. Before 1t was
used up l was out of bed, and four
bottles made me well man vinol is
a splendid medicine and canagladly
recommend It,"
Prominent men from all over the
country do not hesitate to indorse
this wonderful tonic.
For twelve years Vinol has been
sold on the money back plan and
every year strengthens it's popularity
and proves by continued tests that it
will do what we claim for it. Nc
Grath Bros. Drug Co., Keokuk, iowa
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-17
An Easy Way to Clean Greasy Pots
and Pans

Cleaning the pots and pans and kettles
is usually most disagreeable piece of
work, but like everything else there is
an easier way to do it, if one knows how.
As soon as the food is removed, pour
in water and dissolve in ii Gold Dust in
the proportion of one tablespoonful to
gallon of water. Leave to soak while
washing the dishes, then pour off the wa
ter and fill with clean suds made in the
same way. If particles OF food still adj
here to the inside of the utensils, use
pot-rings for removing them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-17
elaboration and realism IN staso at

elaboration and real1sm IN stage set
ting. Mr.. Jefferson at once rosa to the
question. He spoke somewhat rapidly
with quaint humor and sympathetic
charm that were irresistible. he char
acterised the modern fashion Of stags
setting as "a tribute to the weakness
of the human Imagination" II am Of
ten askedy' he went on, why do not
have realsdog Schneider. But II did
none Of you would be satisfied. You
would go home saying, Well, schef
der never looked like that dogr You
love Schneider because you have made
him out Of piece Of your own heart
And Them meditatively, III hsd
real Schneider some one In the gallery
would probably whistle to him at the
critical moment, and he would bark
and spoil the play, while II he knew
his part perfectly and did just what
Schneider ought to do"-pausing and
with his delightful smile "schneides
would be the hero, and not RIP Then,
with twinkle Of the eye, he summed
up the whole matter with the quiet re
mark, Realism with tail to wag IN
the wrong place 10 dangerous thing
New York Post
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-17
FEAR OF NIGHT AIR PASSING
We Are Slowly Learning That It Is
Far Healthier to Breathe Than
That of Closed Room.

Slowly, far too slowly, we are real
izing how dire is the danger we incur
every time we sleep in bedrooms with
the windows shut close. After all, we
ought to feel it kind of slur on our
intelligence and libel on our healthy,
temperate climate that consumptive
sanatoria should be considered neces-
sary for this country. 1t has been
established beyond a doubt that fresh
air is not only curative, but also pre-
ventive of tuberculosis; and surely 1t
would be better to impress this fact
deeply upon the minds Of the rising
generation rather than cram them
with pabulum which produces only
mental indigestion The prejudice
against the open window Is so deep
rooted in some country homes that
it is only through the children that
it will ever be destroyed Even worse
is the prejudice against night air.
Many people who ought to know bet
ter will contend that night air is dan
gerous on account of its dampness.
One can quite understand that for
persons suffering from bronchitis and
asthma the cold night air may be
dangerous, but for comparatively
healthy people, both old and young,
cold night air, even if it is slightly
damp. is infinitely healthier and safer
to breathe throughout the night than
the slowly poisoning air of the closed
bedroom
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-17
More Than $4,000 Offered to Pin
Knights Who Can Make Wood
Fall at Seattle Begin
ming March 8.
A NEW BOWLING EVENT
Prize VIII be Given for High Three
Man Team-lowa viii Send its
Best Bowiers-Entr Fee
is High.

SPOKANE, Wash. Oct. 17.-Ten
thousand dollars in prizes and $3.50
is guaranteed purses for the highest
individual and three team scores will
be offered at the 1911 tourney of the
Western Bowling Congress In Spo-
kane, beginning March and continu-
ing 10 days. The $1,000 prize for the
high five-man team is the largest ey-
er hung up in bowling tournament.
The other special prizes are: High
three-man team, $3.50; high two-man
team. $500; high individual score
1906
Managers OF the congress in Spo-
kane say that the three-man tourney.
a new feature of the sport. will estab-
lish precedent Tor prize money.
while the other guaranteed purses
equal the largest amounts ever offer
ed in similar events.
Expert bowlers will come from Den
yer, st. Louis, Kansas City, Omaha,
Council Bluffs, Des Moines, Duluth,
ST. Paul, Minneapolis, Milwaukee,
Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinna-
ii, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, New York
and Boston and 100 other centers in
the eastern, middlewestern and south
ern states, also from various parts OF
the northwestern and Pacific states
The entrance fee has been placed al
500, to permit teams to enter their
members in the four special events.
The Spokane chamber of commerce
will furnish the convention hall and
raise $4,000 for the tournament and
$4,000 is to be subscribed by bust
ness men and received in entrance
fees. The funds for the expense O
/ the tourney will be secured by S.
membership fees and the gate money
The chamber of commerce IS alst
/ planning to entertain officers Of tn,
congress and visiting delegates anc
families at series of receptions AND
4 banquets.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-17
IOWA FRUIT CROP
NOT ALL GONE
One of the Crafty Farmers Cheated
Jack Frost by Means of
Oil Torches.

DIES MONIES, Oct. While
Iowa's fruit crop as whole was prac-
tically annihilated by the heavy frost
in early spring it is yet possible that
the state may hold its reputation at
the National Fruit Growers gathering
where two years ago it won silver
cup in competition against 27 other
states, including California This is
because of the care exercised by a
Hamburg, Iowa, man Wesley Greene.
secretary of the Iowa Horticultural
society, SAYS that this fruit grower
has some excellent fruit which he
succeeded in raising by burning crude
oil stoves in his orchard during the
spring and successfully warding of
the ravages of Jack Frost" He will
practically be the only exhibitor from
this state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-17
Twenty Pints Of Wet Goods Grabbed
by Police Sunday Afternoon, as it
Was Being Sold by
w. J. Luke.
HAD IT UNDER COUNTER,
Brown satchel Contained the Spirits
and Police Get Wise as Custom
ers Bob To and
Fro.

Swooping down unexpectedly on the
restaurant Of w. ]. Luke at the Clyde
Hotel Sunday afternoon, the police
seized twenty pints OF whlskey that
was being Illegally doled out over the
chop house counter. The wet goods
were contained in worn. valise that
had been slipped under the counter
and the suspicious of the police pat
rolman was aroused when he saw
what seemed to be an endless chain
OF customers coming from the re-
freshment stand.
One man arrested on the levee yes
terday, told the officers that he had
obtained a bottle Of whiskey at the
Clyde restaurant. When the chief
of police approached w. ]. Luke and
read the search warrant, the pro-
prietor appeared added and turned
ashen
The confiscation of the whiskey by
the police was made between the
hours of three and four, Sunday
afternoon and the liquor in the trav-
cling satchel. taken to the police sta.
ton where it will be held awaiting an
order from the court for its demoli-
ton.
Chief H. NJ. Schevers, Assistant
Chief Pearson and Officers Fuqua
and Parks were present at the time
of the reading of the search warrant
and the taking Of the liquor.
A saloon is conducted at No. 4
| Water street, next to the restaurant
which is located on the corner at No
2 Water This thirst parlor is owned
and operated by w. j. Luke, who
manages the Clyde Hotel and restau
rant. The building belongs to &
brewing company. but the fixtures are
the property of Luke.