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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20
eILLis is A CANDIDATE.

Mr.. James r. ellis of Mt. Pleasant,
a very estimable gentleman, has an
nounced himself as candidate for the
Democratic nomination for congress In
ills district. He is in favor of taking
most of the power away from the
speaker of the house: believes that
railroad officials should obey the law;
that the tariff on trust articles should
be reduced to revenue basis; that
the trusts, good, bad and Indifferent
should be under government control;
is opposed to substituting merchant
marine; is opposed to a central bank,
and as he now sees it we should have
some system by which bank deposits
should be made absolutely safe, or in
lieu of that, postal savings banks
The Donnellson Review in comment
ing on his platform remarks that
taken altogether Mr., ellis is "agin
the government and goes on to say:
Down in this section we are not SO
much interested in what Mr.. ellis
thinks about the above matters, but
before we commit ourselves we would
like to know what his views are about
the Keokuk dam project; whether in
his opinion Halley's comet is going to
strike the earth; what breed of chick
els he raises, and if they laid well
this winter, and if not, why not? Also
if he needs the salary of congress
man in his business or wants to go to
Washington for the fun of it. These
are vital questions with us. and we
eagerly await a reply"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20
A Ham and Bacon sollIoquy

A Ham and Bacon soliIoquy.
To be or not to be-. that is the ques.
ton;
Whether tbs better to suffer the re-
lentless butchers
10 outrageously deprive us of our for
tune,
Or to take up arms against them and
the meat trust,
And by opposing, smash them? To
No more steaks, chops or sausage.
and SO end
The heartache and the thousand nat
ural shocks
The meat consumers heir to-'tis a
contamination
meat,
No fowl Perchance no fish; ay,
there's the rub!
For if We have no meat, no bone to
boil,
What friends may cone on and ... wish to
stay to meal 81,
This possibility must give us pause.
There's the respect we, owe to. those
Who have a taste for sirloin or sweet
breads
That makes calamity of SO long life;
For who would bear the clips and
bones they weigh,
The tainted ends for which they
charge full price,
The butchers wrong, the packers con-
tumely,
The pangs that bacon. costs and also
ham,.
The heavy price Of chops, the lean OK
joint s
That patient merit Of the unworthy
takes, Y
When he might feed on dandelion
green's
Or fill his stomach with mock-turtle
soup?
But there's the dread that if We cut
out meat
The packers would go in for garden
truck
And soak us as we neer were soaked
before;
This lurking danger puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear the ills we
have
Than to fly to others that we know not
of.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20
AN ATTACK OF RueARoos.

Clarence H. Mackay, president OF
the Postal Telegraph and Gable COM
pany, who has disposed of his inter
ests in the American Telephone COM
pany because it was controlled by the
Bell company, recently returned from
an inspection tour through the south
and was interviewed by the New York
reporters. AS reported in the papers,
Mr.. Mackay declares that conditions
warrant general good times, and we
will have it if business men cease to
sit like bumps on logs. He says that
the south has lost none of the impetus
that began before and continued in a
wonderful degree through the panic.
Mr.. Mackay, discussing the outlook all
over the country, says:
IF we are all going to wait till CAPT
Ital ceases to be timid, and labor de-
mands less instead of more, and states
men stop seeking popularity. we might
Jas we'll shut up shop and go home.
The only attack we have now is an
attack Of Bugaboos. The courts have
not been suddenly deprived of knowl.
edge of law, nor the administration of
pdITlOIiSu. II uldS dHu UouplitSS VIII
take some time to adjust legislation TO
meet the requirements of changing
conditions, but that is no reason why
business men should get scared and
sit like bumps on log till all aues-
lions are finally and definitely set
tied.
"If the heads of big concerns show
the white feather, tee thousands of
business men engaged in lesser af-
fairs will be disheartened naturally
and a period of common apathy will
set in without rhyme or reason. Such
a policy is not only nonsensival, but
wrong. At least that is my opinion.
and our companies are going to act
accordingly. We are doing more bust
ness today than ever before, and the
apparent requirements for the imme-
date future are greater than ever be-
fore. and We are not going to be
swerved from our original determine
ton to provide the additional facilities
that We foresee are going to be re
CURED"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20
CLUB WOMEN.

Mrs. Donald Mclean, former presi-
dent of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution, does not agree with
Mrs. Dore Lyon, who say that only
rich women ought to be clubwomen.
Mrs, Mclean says that brains count
for more than money and give the
clubwoman leadership In society,
she says, wealth counts for more than
in clubs, for the clubwonan is cultur.
ed and able to look below the surface.
Mrs. Lyon says that she thought she
could attend to business and be a
club leader. and the call of the club
became SO great that she neglected
her business, and consequently it went
back on her. Club life, she says, to be
made successful must be zone into
like business. If a woman accents
office or becomes leader in any de-
partment, she must neglect duties of
business or home. Mrs. Belle De
Rivera, president of the New York
City Federation of Women's clubs,
says that club life in New York is ex-
persive, not dues alone, but luncheons,
obligations to entertain, and
a thousand other things call for
large bank account. Conditions in
this state are thus contrasted by the
Dubuque Times-Journal:
Here in Iowa it will not be agreed
that membership in woman's club
is of necessity either expensive or
diStracting The club women ae a
class compare well with their neigh
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20

w. H. Wiseman and Frank G. Moor.
head of Des Moines have purchased
the Atlantic Telegraph of E. l.. An.
derson and will continue its publica.
ton as Republican newspaper. The
Telegraph was established by LATE
Young nearly forty years ago and
has always been well edited, force
ful paper. With single exception it is
the only Republican daily newspaper
in the Ninth district outside of Coun.
Gil Bluffs. Messrs. Wiseman and
Moorhead are capable, experienced
and successful newspaper men and
Will doubtless increase the Tele.
graphs popularity and prestige. The
former will reside in Atlantic and
be in immediate charge. Mr.. Moor
head will remain in Des Moines on the
Homestead staff, but will contribute
editorial articles from time to time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20
Second Glass Postal Rates.

Cedar Rapids Republican. The
magazine publishers have formed a
close corporation to fight the increase
in postal rates. They have millions
back of them and they can buy a
whole congress, if a congress were for
sale. They will also use their pages for
the political benefit of those who vote
to continue the postal subsidy which
they enjoy.
President Wilder, who represents
the magazines in the Washington
hearings, plead the other day that
the newspapers and magazines should
be treated alike Don't separate them,
he says. But why not9 They are
entirely different. The magazine haul
lis much longer. The average distance
newspapers are carried does not en-
coed fifty miles, while the average dis
lance the magazines are carried is at
least 1000 miles. The great magazines
published in New York circulate all
the way to California. Newspapers of
the Iowa dailies class have the bulk
of their circulation within a fifty miles
radius. The average length OF their
haul is probably less than that. It is
ridiculous to say that these newspa-
pers should be in the same mail class
as the magazines
The proper solution would seem to
be in the zone system. Say that one
cent pound were retained for haul
of 100 miles, and then one cent added
for each 100 miles, or one-half cent for
each 100 miles might be fairer and re-
munerative to the government. There
should be some relation in price and
distance, for second-class mail matter
is not different from freight matter
and the distance carried is an import
ant factor
The mail subsidized magazines have
multiplied beyond all comprehension
and many of them are made UP of
nine-tenths advertising matter. Some
of these magazines like the. Ladies'
Home Journal, and the Post are said
to be making a million dollars a year
for their owners. which is 100 per cent
or more on their invested capital, and
they are making it because the gov
eminent carries their matter for one
cent a pound. while the government
spends nine cents a pound to do the
carrying. The eight cents pound is
subsidy. The magazine publishers
simply put into their pockets the
s60,000,000 which the government
loses on that kind of mail matter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20
Keokuk. Iowa -. February 20, 1910

A CHURCH BELL IN THE CITY.
Calling to prayer meeting Wednesday
night,
Suddenly over the rattle and clang
" steam and traffic. and toll and
blight,
The silvery peal of church bell
rang.
scurrying multitudes lifted their
heads;
Dynamos halted. Where Babylon
treads
Gay and gaudy in alley and street.
And bleared eyes, leering. with blue
eyes meet,
Echoes of something caught old and
young
In the musical Tilt of the bells sweet
~ tongue.
Visions OF Babylon came to light
In the church bell music of Wednes.
day night;
And dreams rose over the DYNAMO
roar
Or the city streets of vine-clad door
n summer valleys of long ago
With church bells beautiful tremulo.
Iradesmen, bankers, bare-armed toll,
Homeward bound from the long DAYS
mol.
Paused one moment to catch the spell
Calling them, calling them, down,
down.. down,
TO still, sweet places of childhood
town
Bell of the blessed and sweet refrain.
Many went back to your spell again,
70 sweeter moments and cleaner life
In unstained valleys afar from strife.
With rosy summers and dreams of
spring
Spread over the hills like magic
wing.
Just that to prayer meeting wednes-
day night
The silvery peal of church bell
rang,
The thoughts of a city arose in fight
Ger the roar and rattle and throb
and clang!
Baltimore Sun.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20
A correspondent writing from Wash

A correspondent writing from Wash
ington tells in this issue of the splen.
did utterances Of the late Sam M.
Clark on the subject of Service in
an address deliverel at Takoma Park,
Washington, D. c., on Washington
birthday, about twelve years ago. From
what the correspondent says of the
trend of the address it was evidently
very like the one Mr.. Clark delivered
in Keokuk on Memorial day, about the
same time. All who heard Mr.. Clark
in the National cemetery in this city
on that occasion will agree that our
correspondents praise is richly de-
served. Mr.. Clark delivered many
public addresses during his active and
useful career, but good as some others
were, none went at as high range or
made such powerful appeal as his
address on self-sacrifice as an element
of service. Our correspondent has
done well in directing public attention
to it anew
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20
Society Question at MT. pleasant.

Mt Pleasant Free Press: We were
talking to woman recently and she
blew her nose into corner OF her
apron. What We want to know is
this: Is it ever justifable for won.
an to blow her nose into her apron
This is referred to the junior editor
of the Farmer Times. If she can't
decide satisfactorily, we want the opin-
ion of the Winfield Beacon or the
Knoxville Express. OF course we
know as final resort we may have
to refer il to the Ladies' Home Jour
nal, but we want information nearer
home.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20
Power Will be Used at and Near keo
%ktIk,

Cantril New Era: We do not look
for the electricity generated from the
keokuk dam to be transmitted great
distances for power purposes, as some
have. said 1t was thought this would
be done when electricity was first gen.
Grated at Niagara but the tenden-
cy has been for more industries to
move near Niagara, than to transmit
the power, consequently Keolsuk and
adjoining places will no doubt become
great manufacturing center, provid-
ing the proposed plan is successfully
executed. This becoming manufact.
uring center would add to the wealth
of this section of Iowa very materially.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20

bors as housekeepers and economists.
Inc clubs are Jewellers, uniting women
OF various fortune in the bonds OF
common interest. Their influence up
on the home is to stimulate pride in
It's proper management. They give
hits in this direction and opportun-
tiles for observation and make won.
en- more critical of their own domestic
establishments than they might be If
they lacked the opportunities arising
from their club connection. The
club does not make poor housekeepers.
It merely fails to reform some of
them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20

There is more than suspicion of
sarcasm in the following from the
Louisville Courier-Journal:
Lest we forget, a$qiiiet, unostenta-
tious, self-eRacing. publicity stunning
shrinkinglx modest. unknown, unpho-
tographed, unsmiling, nofse-hating
reticent, secretive, lion hunter con.
templates approaching these shores
ciandestinely and surreptitiously slip
ping unnoticed through the crowd at
the pier, to seek the solace OF solitude
and indulge in pious patriotic medita-
ton"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20

Octave Chanute, who has been made
president of the newly organized Aero
Club of Illinois, was one of the pioneer
scientific students of the art of me.
cfanical flying, and to his experiments
the Wright brothers owe much of their
success as aviators, according to their
published statements. He was born
Ia Paris, France, in 1882, and came to
the United States in 1888. In 1S49 he
began his career as a civil engineer in
railway work and in 1863 became chief
engineer of the Chicago & Alton rail
road. For many years he has been in
business in Chicago. He has been
president OF the Western Society OF.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20

1t may interest some one to learn
ehat postage stamps were invented
by Rowland Hill. In 1887 he proposed
the use OF a 'bit of paper. just ls-ge
enough to bear the stamp. and Gov
cred at the back with a glutinous
wash, which the bringer might, by the
application ct little moisture, at.
zach to the back of the letter"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20
teachers to other departments of hu.
man life.''

A writer in the st. Louis Globe
Democrat asserts that as soon as it
was learned that indianapolis had Is
inches Of snow and ST. Louis only IL.
the snowstorm in the latter city was
started over again.
There is just as much money to be
made in Iowa land, either as farm
ing proposition or as an investment,
as can be made anywhere else on
EARTH" says the Cedar Rapids Ga.
zette. Iowa has more people. in pro-
portion to its population, who have
made good on Iowa land investments
than has any other state in the union.
Other states may be good, but none OF
them can beat Iowa.
The Washington Herald said recent
~ that magazine editors appear finally
to have discovered rank .odor about
the postofifce department. Muck,
evidently" comments the Sioux City
Journal. If the editors will keep
their nostrils working they will dis
cover that the odor is rankest dur
ing the period of the month when the
mail clerks are wrestling with the
countless tons of uplift magazines.
The Iowa City Citizen says 1T is
now quite evident that President Taft
intends to say what he thinks. regard
less OF adverse criticism from his
political enemies, and to do what he
believes to be right without reference
to its bearing on his chances for re-
nomination and reelection. Taft may
not be right all the time" adds the
Citizen, but he will be honest and
fearless always and right most of the
time"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20
Engineers and is a member of num-
Der of other scientific societies.

Senator Burton of Ohio is said to
De a snag in the way of the chip
channel. The suggestion Of the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat anent this is
pointed and practical, to-wit: that the
appropriation be large enough to pro-
vide the necessary snag-boats.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20

A Chicago paper is SO enthusiastic
over what can be done with reinforced
concrete that it suggests the possibil-
ity Of reforestation with it. The pro-
posal has a decided Bryanistic tang
to it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20
Loudest Revival in Iowa

Iowa City Republican: Billy Sun
day will conduct revival meetings in
Waterloo next fall. Waterloo is
somewhat afflicted with chronic brain
fever, hence Sunday should have pick
ms. Here is prediction that it will
be the loudest revival ever conducted
in Iowa
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20

man at Orient, Iowa, IS dead from
blood poisoning caused by a slight
scratch received while helping his
wife with the family Washing In the
face Of this dreadful warning no pru-
dent husband win subject himself to
the. possibility of ike fate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20

The MARYLAND legislature adjourned
cut of respect to tie memory Of
man thought to be. dead, wherein. On
he turned up alive. That was a mean
trick. Any man who would do that
would quarrel with his mother-inlaw.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20

State Auditor Bleakly and Secretary
of State Hayward have announced
themselves as candidates for renomin-
alton. Both are excellent officials and
should have clear field.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20

According to George Fitch, four big
words are as good as one fact in an
argument any lay But what has fact
to do with most arguments?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20

Burlington has no less than sixty
candidates for commissioners. The
moral imbedded in this fact is that
Keokuk might be lot worse off than
1t is.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20

An Ohio man dropped dead while
shoveling snow off his sidewalk. The
average Keokuk man is immune from
like accident-for a very good reason.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20

"A thoughtful contemporary admits
that it was tough on Adam to lose
his, rib, but Insists that it was the
very making of Eve.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20

The Sioux City Tribune suggests
that you cut the bad effort out of
your bad luck and see how little there
is left of it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The veterinarians of Iowa have
been in annual convention in Des
Moines for several days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20

The Sioux City Journal records the
fact that it is admitted that Auditor
Bleakly has such a long stride that
he can win in walk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20

The jealous Waterloo Times-Trib.
une predicts that the Des Moines river
will never boast much of the Ships
that pass in the night
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20

1t is about time for us to shake the
Black Hand. = Waterloo Times-Tri-
bune.
The best way to shake" the Black
Hand would be to amputate it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20

The Atchison Globe remarks that
nearly everyone can find lot of ways
to reduce expenses, but that isn't what
people are looking for; they want to
reduce prices.
J. Ham Lewis is maintaining a ST.
Ience that suggests to the Monmouth
Atlas a possibility that he split his
kid gloves the last time he applauded
the state department.
The Waterloo Reporter says the
Iowa hog continues to greater ex-
tent than ever to be the gentleman
who pays the rent and the mortgage
and also buys the farmers automo.
bile.
"The proposition to teach sociology
in our public schools will scarcely get
farther than it is at the present time, .
says the Charles City Press. Such a
requirement would scatter the school
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-20

IT w. 4IOOTILso. \
Takoma Park, Washington, D. c..
February is, 1910.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-04-08
SILVER TEA.

Mcsdames Beeth aud Thompson will
give a Silver Tea for the ocncft of the
Christian Ladies Aid Society, Thurs
day, Aprn 18th, from . tn o L. NJ. at
the home of Mrs. &. ID. Beeth, 400
Aber avenue. All the ladies of the city
are cordially invited to attend.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-04-08
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS

All ads will be run twice-a.week un.
less we are notified to the contrary by
the advertiser. II has been impossible
for us to see every advertiser for
change this week. but we will get to
Won in the next few days.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-04-08

The friends of Engineer Keefe and
wife are entertaining them tonight at
the Hancock Building. The program is
music and dancing.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-04-08
BAPTIST CALL A MINISTER.

The Baptist congregation of this city
have called 10 the passionate of that
church here, Rev. George X. varney Of
Ration, who has accepted the work, aud
will preach his first sermon on Sunday
April 18th. Rev. Varney has had the
church at Ration for two years. He is
a strong preacher, and the church of
this city is fortunate in securing him.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-04
MONS. .PAULHAN ~
Intrepid Frenchman Tells OF
His Flight from London
to Manchester.

London, Eng, May 4.-Louis Paulhan,
the Frenchman who won the prize of
$4,000 for making the flight from
London TO Manchester, has written his
account of his experience. and says he
flew part of the way in the rain and
had a very narrow escape from death
when his fuel gave out on him and the
engine stopped in midair.
Il had to fight the wind all the way
from London TO Litchfield. Not a mo-
ment's rest came TO me in the battle
against the gusts" he says. My alti-
tude chart showed that / made rises and
dips as much as 800 feet, always with
the object Of flying in the steadiest
level Of air / could find.
TT was cold, very cold, indeed, and
the wind bit my face. Fortunately my
eyes do not suffer while / am flying.
though they begin 10 burn terribly
when I come down to earth again /
have had to battle them steadily since
my descent to relieve the smarting-
Encountered RainstOrm.
"A pelting rainstorm dashed me for %
minutes while in the neighborhOod OF
Rugby. Fortunately, l am not unused
to flying in the rain, therefore, al
though it was uncomfortable, il had
no effect upon my flight L kept on
at a steady pace, although the altitude
varied remarkably
ION nearing Litchfield, 1 decided TO
descend close to a brewery. Suddenly
my motor stopped. Every drop of Pc
troll was exhausted and the machine