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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-19
AIlurina Surroundings.

a young u,an who had just gone 10
Philadelphia to take employment ID
business house was casting about for
suitable room for himself In Ger
mantown when he CHANGED upon ono
in a fine house overlooking a ccme-
terry.
He was a little doubtful about the
terms and more than doubtful about
the cemetery.
Your rate is pretty high" he muir
INJURED hesitatlngly to the landlady.
"But consider the cheerful view. Sir
ventured the mistress Of the house.
Cheerful view exclaimed that APP
plicant for lodgings. us that what
you call q view that embraces grave
yard?"
"Why, certainly" was the response.
"Just think how comfortin' and cheer
ia 1t will be when you look out OF
your window aud think you're not
there -Cincinnati Commercial IT'D
uQe
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-19
The Midnight Sun.

The midnight sun is not visible
south of the polar circle. 1t is above
the horizon throughout tho twenty
four hours 1T Bodo from June 3 to
July {, at Tromso from the 18th OF
sIay to tho 22d of July and at the
North cape from tue 10Th Of May to
the 29th Of July. There are CORE.
spending periods during December,
January and November when the sun
is not seen, but the darkness Of the
winter is BY no means SO great as
might be imagined. The vhiteness OF
the snow and the glimmer Of the
northern lights make sort OF per.
petual twilight.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-19
The Makinus In Church.

II never knew" said the nervous
man. whist an inveterate smoker
am until recently In church. my 6rs'
visit for q long while, found myself
mechanically rolling cigarette. IL
fact. had it rolled and was reaching
for match when suddenly came to
Suppose hadn't walked up? Rattle
awful. what ?"-New York Press.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-19
Spsendid Scheme.

"Habitual thirst. your honor. "
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-19
STEAMERS
Norfolk ard Washington
Steamboat Co.

Every day in the year for For. Mon
roc. Norfolk, Newport News and points
south, via superb. powerful steel palace
steamers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-19
MARYLAND Delaware and Vir-
GINA Railway Company.
SPRING SCHEDULE.

SPRING SCHEDULE.
Steamers OF this line leave Alexandria
on and after May 10. 1910.
Every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and
SATURDAY II 400 p. IN.
FOR BALTIMORE AND ALL THE
USUAL RIVER LANDINGS.
Cuisine and appointments uncXc elled.
Freight for Baltimore, Philadelphia
and New York solicited and handled
with care Through rates and bills OF
lading issued.
Single fare to Baltimore, $50: round
,rip. $3.50: staterooms, one way, sl.5O
Meals, SOC.
REARDON & GRIMES, Agents,
Foot Of Cameron street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-19
OnA Of Our Pet Phrases.

"Did any of the inhabitants escaIs
with his life:" inquired the man who
wants narrowing details.
II didn't stop TO ascertain" answer
ed the man who is harrowingly exact
'It struck me that If anybody escaped
without his life there wasn't much usc
in bis escaping any bow" Washington
Star
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-11-19

Leave Washington. 6ij p. m.
Leave Alexandria 80 p. III.
Arrive Fl. MonrocS I.GJa. IN.
Arrive Norfolk S.oOa. III.
Arrive Portsmouth 500 a. ~.
Leave Portsmouth 800 p. m.
Leave Eoriolh 600 p. III.
Leave TT. Monro"T.Oo p. IN.
Arrive Alexandria $50 n. IN.
Arrive Washington 7.D0a. IN.
Through connections made at Norfolk
with steamers Of the Old Dominion
Steamship Company for New York and
MSrchants' and Miners Steamships for
Boston.
General Ticket Office. 20 li;h St.N.W.
Bond building. Washington, ID. c.
Phone Main 1870.
Seventh street wharf Phone Main 300.
Alexandria wharf foot Of Prince street.
". II. CALLAHAN,
april Tyr General Passenger Agent
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20
Illinois Editors endorse Taft.

Burlington Hawk-Eye; Another IN
dication of the arousing regular Re
publican sentiment against the IN
sidous threats of the insurgents
az ainst the Taft administration. and
the danger which confronts the party
in the coming congressional campaign
was the unanimous action of the Re
publican editors of Illinois in eonvens
ton at Springfield Tuesday.
The convention was regularly called
b.. the chairman, George C. Rankin, OF
the Monmouth Atlas. and a hundred
editors representing the regular Re
publican party organization, were pres
ent A telegram was received from
President Taft. urging party harmony
and loyalty TO the administration, and
to the party action in congress, mclud-
ing the tariff measure. Letters were
read from Speaker Cannon and lena
tor Callom, breathing spirit of party
loyalty. Resolutions were unanimously
adopted endorsing the administration
OF President Taft. and the tariff and
other party measures passed by
congress The only note OF opposi-
ton was that uttered by George Fitch,
editor of the Peoria Herald-Transcript,
who declared that he was an "insur-
gent" and refused TO vote for the reso-
buttons. But ne stood alone and IN
aided in his attempt. by burst of elo-
quence. to stampede the gathering
The movement in Illinois. like that
in Iowa, is purely for the purpose OF
unfolding the hands of the Republican
administration, and counteracting the
deieterious effects of the insurgent
influence among Republicans. 1t dis
closes a spirit OF loyalty TO party.
which gives the lie to the claims that
Iowa and illinois are hotbeds of oppo-
sition to President Taft and the party
organization.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20
THE LAW AGAINST BRIBERY.

The commission plan law contains
some very stringent provisions against
influencing voters by the payment OF
money or other valuable consideration.
No candidate is permitted TO make re-
turn of any kind for services render
ed in his interest. Section ga reads
as follows:
ANY person who shall agree to per,
form any services in the interest OF
any candidate for any office provided
in this act, in consideration of any
money or other valuable thing for
such services performed in the Inter
est of any candidate. shall be punish
ed by fine not exceeding $500 or be
imprisoned in the county Jail not ex
ceeding thirty days
Similar penalties attach to candi-
date offering any bride of beer, of
fee or other consideration. 1t is held
by good legal authority that candi-
dates are even forbidden to purchase
newspaper space in which to set forth
their claims to preferment, but this
view has not governed in the other
commission cities in this state. In
Des Moines. Cedar Rapids and Sioux
City candidates make liberal use OF
the advertising columns of the news
papers and their right to do so has
never been called in question
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20
The Movement TO Endorse Taft.

Cedar Falls Record: 1t seems
strange that Republfcanism in Iowa
has reached a point where it is neces-
sary to call convention for the pur
pose Of declaring fealty and loyalty
TO Republican President and his adj
ministration, but that is just the shape
We are in right here in proud old
Iowa, the state that never before fall
tered in its devotion to the party. Al
Des Moiaes the other day probably 500
men assembled in an impromptu con-
yention and sent to President Taft by
telegraph the following resolution
that had been unanimously adopted:
Be it resolved by the Republicans
of Iowa in informal meeting as
sembled, that the purpose of this meet
ing IS TO approve and indorse the
laws and policies of the national Re-
publican administration, the acts of
President William H. Taft and the
principles of Republicanism as ex-
pressed by him, and we pledge to
him and his administration our sup
port y
That was the only resolution be-
fore tie gathering No other name
was mentioned in any Of the addresses
made than that Of Taft. Such move
ment as this ought not to be neces-
sary, but with the constant assault
made upon the administration by the
Des Moines Register and Leader, and
its satellites all over the state, the
impression has gone out that the
Republicans Of Iowa have repudiated
the Republican administration at
Washington Right here in Black
Hawk county the Waterloo Courier
boldly and openly bolts and declares
that the administration must be re
buked at the next state convention
Insurgency has reached a most acute
stage when in order to bow the knee
L TO personal ambition it is necessary
to diseredit the reputed and &C
knowledged head of the parry in the
nation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20
Facing the Issue.

Wapello Republican, BE it
resolved by the Republicans of
Iowa in informal meeting assem-
bled, that the purpose of this meeting
is to approve and endorse the laws
and policies of the national Republi-
can administration the acts of Presi.
dent William H. Taft and the princi.
pies of Republicanism as expressed by
him, and we pledge to him and his adj
ministration our support"
This resolution. which was adopted
at the meeting in Des Moines last
week, should meet with the hearty
approval of the rank and file of the
Republicans of Iowa We may honest
ly differ in our Interpretation of narty
declarations; we may venture to ex-
press our ideas and ideals virtuously
and vigorously. But as Republicans
we must, in loyalty to party as well
as principles, stand by the President
in his effort to secure the cooperation
necessary to redeem the party
pledges. The only hope of Republi-
can triumph now, as in the past is
through loyalty to party organization
What is called insurgency in Iowa
or in the nations capitol, whoever the
man Or whatever the motive. if II
takes the form Of aggressive meas
ures, surely spells Reorganization ant
that inevitably means disaster. Sucf
IS the history OF the Democratic par
ty for well-nigh fifty years, The Re
publican party in Iowa and in til,
nation is facing the issue OF party in
tegrity or disintegration. It is not
question of Cummins against Canno
or La Toilette against everything; bu
its a question of whether we. IT,
Republican of iowa, viii stand b
the administration We must face tn
Issue 80 yT-ft-t 80 ostcdo IL
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20
keokuk, Iowa ...... March 20, 1910
EVERYDAY RELIGION.

When all is said and done at last and
creeds have warred with creeds,
When men have coined new terms to
clear the ground of verbal
weeds,
When systems change and doctrines
clash and some put off the old
To don new faiths that seem to them
clearer light to hold;
Although it may be silly, yet its back
for you and me
To the everyday religion that was
taught at mothers knee.
The new fads have their beauty, and
well-grounded thought may
bring
A comfort to believers who enlist be
meath their wing;
TIE ologies and sms and the abstract
and the new
For those who seek adventure IN soul
comforting may do:
But there's nothing quite SO filling in
aught that l can see
Like the everyday religion that We
learned at mothers knee
Some criticise the heaven Of the Bible
and some smell
A little too mues birthstone ID the old
time Bible hell
This one thinks creation wasn't scien
tific, quite,
And this ones half convinced that hs
has seen another light,
But when they've passed opinions. ant
the cloiee is left to me,
Mines the everyday religion that ",
learned at mothers knee.
Just plain and sweet and simple, witt
its creed of faith and trust,
In golden rules OF brotherhood, in lif'
begond the dust
Iii joy and song eternal, if in this If
We've seen fit
To obey the ten eommandments-ant
that's all there is to it:
No fancy frill or trimming; but IT.
good enough for me
The everyday religion that We learne'
al mothers knee.
Baltimore Sun
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20

According to the Cedar Rapids Re
publican, La Follette's ailment is one
of the stomach. That paper is more
inclined to be sorry for him than 9TH
erwise. Among other things it says:
For a great many years he has
been a sufferer and he cannot toda5
eat a wholesome meal. He subsists
on nuts and that sort of a thing makes
even statesman nutty- He had the
same kind of quarrel with Roosevelt
that he has with Taft. That's his ma
ture.',
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20
The Standard Fire Insurance Co.

of Keokuk, Iowa, is now authorized
by the Auditor of State to increase
It's capital if s2oo,O00.oo. There will
perhaps be no aggressive campaign
inaugurated to sell stock, as the
present capital and surplus is ample
for present needs but their books are
open for subscription of stock from
now till all is taken, and any director
or officer of the company will be glad
to give information to any one desir-
ing to invest.
Both capital and surplus of this
company is loaned on real estate, and
the interest on this money, as we'll as
the profits of underwriting contribute
to the fund available for dividends.
Look into this.
STANDARD FIRE ms. co.
F. c. Overton, pres; Henri. Strick
Ter, vice pres; N. =. King, secy.; w.
j. Steckel, treas.
Directors-F. C. Overton, W. C.
Howell, J. F. Wilson, w. J. Steckel.
E. c. Peterson, -4enry Shredder.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20

The vote at the primary election
tomorrow should reflect the best judg-
ment, not the resentments. of the
community Local political observers
say there is real danger that g good
many votes will be inspired BY de-
sire To get even with some one.
rather than by 4 desire 10 select the
best men as candidates for mayor and
councilmen. It is to he hoped they
are mistaken in this. but if there is
such spirit rife it should be dis
couraged by every legitimate means.
Keokuk has too much at stake lust
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20
SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS.

An orthodox minister, Rev. l. NJ.
Haldeman, has written book on
Christian Science which he begins by
asking the following pointed ques-
tons:
Did Jesus actually die or did he only
pretend TO die
Ought marriage to be abolished9
Is it a scientific fact that the body
never dies?
Is It true that a tree or flower is
the product of mind, not matter?
Is it true that heat and cold are
produced by the mind and not By eli
matte conditions?
Is it true and demonstrate that il
we made up our mind to we could live
without eating or drinking?
Authoritative answer TO these In
quiries will be awaited with some in
terest- II Iesus did not actually dis
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20

Peary is discovering that the bitter
dose he concocted for Cook has lost
none OF its bitterness now that he is
being made to swallow it himself.
Poetic justice is bit slow sometimes,
but eventually it gets there with
both feet
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20

now to allow its interests to be bat
ted about by private piques and in
dividual resentments. If any consider
able number of voters are Influenced
by unworthy motives they will make
the mistake of their lives.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20

According to scientist one pair of
mosquitoes can produce in single
Year 5000 600 ,OO0,oO0,o 600 descendants.
These figures are calculated to make
the prolific Belgian hare turn green
with envy
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20

Tie coal man no sooner turns his
back than the milliner and the house
cleaning brigade put in an appear
ance Which is further proof that
Life is Just one thing after
another
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20

A man dear GAINESVILLE, Ark,
plowed up a buried cssk containing
s235 in cash and much jewelry the
other day The back-to-the-farm
movement is gaining impetus right
along.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20

The financial loss in the United
States caused by tuberculosis in food
producing animals amounts to s24,-
100000 annually, according 10 an es-
innate made by Dir. A. D. Melvin,
chief of the bureau of animal indus
try
Developments in the situation exist.
ing between the operators and the
United Mine Workers of America in,
dictate that the strike of 4Oo00e coal
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20

The esteemed Peoria Herald-Tran-
script, edited by George Fitch, finds
it necessary to explain that it is still
a Republican newspaper The HIT,
1t is noted with regret, is badly infect
ed with the insurgency microbe.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20

If the pointed Photographer of the
Chicago News ever publishes a die
tionary he says he viii define molly
coddle as man whose every act
meets with the approval of his wife,s
mother
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20

Another thing this country needs is
fewer statesmen with poor seomachs
and obstreperous livers. The germs
OF insurgency cannot multiply in a
system fortified by a good digestion
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20
miners in Pennsylvania. Ohio, In
diana, and Illinois is almost certain.
ty April l.

From ST. Louis comes the story of
the killing of hotel guest in fold
ing bed The Marshalltown Times,
Republican declares that anybody fool
enough to commit himself TO ae
mercy of a folding bed ought to be
killed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20

Hannibal has adopted as It's motto
10000 in Five Years All the hui
morists did not leave Hannibal when
Mark Twain migrated from there.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20

Peary is doubtless a great explorer.
but congress will have to be shown
that he reached the north pole.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20

The insurgents breathe freer again.
Roosevelt viii not talk politics at
present.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The Burlington Hawk-Eye says that
iowa Republicans propose to help
keep that smile on the Taft face
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20
DAILY BY NAIL.

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20

then the whole scheme of salvation
falls to the ground Are the Scientists
prepared to go to this length?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-20

-Read TIL nail. Ga4e ST.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-05-10
Everything in Rubber Goods.

fountain and bulb syriuges, hot water bottles
etc, best quality, lowest prices.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-05-10

take her. won't be responsible for
her getting partners. How about her
evening dresses?''
Her father wrote that we must do
the best we can on short notice and
not TO mind expense I'm going to
take her to Nine. Marier's and have
something made for her Marier win
hurry 1t for me-
The next morning Dora was driven
to the dressmakers, and madame, who
was a natural artist. got up a very
simple costume for her that accorded
well with her rustic beauty. When
her cousin saw her arrayed for the
ball she remarked that Dora looked
we'll enough. but that the men would
not pay any attention to girl who
had no "chic."
But the men OF that set had been
surfeited with chic" and as soon as
Dora appeared in the ballroom Ida
was besieged by them for introduc-
ton TO that pretty little country girl"
Dora's card was soon filed with names,
and as she sailed over the floor her
Madonna-like face. the simple manner
in which her hair was done. the un-
studied arrangement OF her costume.
so unlike the elaborate toilets of the
others. attracted every eye.
Two young men. both frequent viz
itors at the Rowlands. George Her
bert and Edward Dickinson, secured
81 fof~ - arfr, ~ he.
evening when her card was blank.
Herbert was young man with his
way to make In the world Dickinson
was prominent in society and cotillion
leader. Dora was naturally graceful,
and she and Dickinson were much
observed when dancing together Ida
Rowland had designs on Dickinson and
noticed his attentions TO her cousin
with i'll concealed rancor When the
ball was over the unique feature
among the ladies had been Theodore
Clemence
The next morning Mrs. Rowland sat
down with her niece to do some coach
ing.
Dora" she said, Il owe it to your
father and mother and to you to wara
you against some Of the snares OF So
eial life. Many of the young men have
nothing better to do than win hearts
merely to throw them away. There's
Ned Dickinson. He has no occasion
to work, having $4,000 year income.
He would Ike nothing better than to
amuse himself with poor girl from
the country Ike you"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1910-05-10
The Sweet Country Girl Who
Took Society by Storm.
BY r. A. mitchell.

copyright. 1910. by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
my dear" said John Rowland,
after reading the morning mail at the
breakfast table. Sarah writes that she
would like US to have Theodore come
to us for little POLISHING
'Oh. heavens, John, must We bring a
country girl here to introduce into
society? 1t win be an awful load to
carry. ! suppose We'll have to do it, but
heaven protect us from poor country
relations"
II don't know anything about Sam
Clemence's affairs but I'm sure he is
not very poor. He owns his farm free
of debt. and he once owned some land
in a region where oil was discovered.
Dora CTemence arrived one after
noon just before dinner. She was
fresh looking country girl, but her
clothes were several years behind the
fashion. She had winning way with
her. though she did not win her aunt
and her cousin, Ida Rowland. the lat
ter couple of years her senior, for
they were not to be won by Il guest
they considered an imposition. But
demonstrative Dora did not display
a bit of chill at the undemonstrative
reception she received Mt the hands of
her aunt and cousin. She prattled
about affairs ut her home the inter-
est she expected TO take In city life
and how kind 1t was In her relatives
to let her come and visit them. Mrs.
Rowland and Ida said that she was
very welcome in a tone indicating that
she was not welcome at ALL
''She doesn't seem to realize" said
Ida TO her mother, that we don't want
her."
What can one expect from coun-
try girl?" replied the mother.
THE bachelors ball comes off on
Thursday. | suppose well have to