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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-29
GIFTED WOMAN
LAYS down LIFE
Miss Cora H. x. Pittman, Friend of
Thousands and Comforter of
Many. Gives Up Work
She Loved.
FUNERAL SERVICE TODAY
Deceased was the First Lady Principal
in the Schools Of keokuk and
was Long in Active
Public Service.

keokuk has indeed lost one of its
most valuable friends among woman
kind. In the sad death of Miss Cora
H. Pittman who passed away at 1870
O'Clock on Friday night the city is
hereft of one whose noble sorK has
been one of the principal factors in
the upbuilding of the educational fac
ilities of Keokuk for more than a
quarter of century. No obituary of
ELUSIVE praise for the inestimable
service which Miss Pittman has rem
dered during her long years of work
filled with sacrificial love, crowned
with successful efforts, need be writ
ten to tell of the place she has oc-
cupied and which can never quite be
refilled in the years to come. The
unexcelled works of the deceased will
ever be monument TO her memory
which is known by all citizens and her
deeds will be ones when will ever
linger In the minds of those who have
met and rejoiced in the friendship OF
most estimable woman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-29
Funeral Service Today.

This afternoon at half past four.
he obsequies for the deceased will be
conducted by the Rev. NJ Rowena
Mcrse. Of the First Unitarian church.
This service viii be private. Inter
ment will be made in Oakland Gem
etery.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-29
Death Not Unexpected.

The death of Miss Pittman was not
unexpected. For several days before
her passing, it was known that she
could not remain long. though she had
made brave struggle for the life
which she has ever frightened and
has successfully sought to uplift by
her teachings, coming from mind of
larger and more brilliant qualities.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-29
A FInaneier,s Observation.

HE spends money like a prince
said the man who makes trite com
parsons. Perhaps replied Mr..
Dustin Stax only most members of
royal families l have net in my bank
ing experience are more anxious TO
borrow money than to disbrrse it,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-29
THE DAILY GATE CITY

ed TO the unusual success which his
appointee had attained during her
work as assistant teacher
Miss Pittman remained as principal
of the Carey school for almost twenty
five years until by her own request,
she was transferred to assume the
same position at the Terrence school,
which she had held since the first of
this century.
In speaking recently of the SPLEEN
did service which Miss Pittman has
rendered this city as instructor and
principal in the schools, a Keokuk
lady remarked that the deceased has
been to Keokuk what Jane Adams
has been to Chicago Many have
been the times when parents in dis
tress and illness have called Miss Pitt
man TO their homes, to receive words
OF comfort and it was ever through
this happy way of looking after those
in her district that this beloved wom-
an won a success in her position that
has no parallel in the annals of the
school system Of Keokuk.
This spring there has been much
illness in the schools among the
scholars and a number of the teach
ers have been forced temporarily TO
discontinue their work as instructors.
More than once Miss Pittman has
been required to do more than double
work during the absence of some 9TH
a pov t1x L. ~ 10 - !,
death can be attributed.
First D. A. r. Regent.
Miss Pittman was the first to or
gan1ze the local chapter of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution in
this city. She was also the first
regent of that organization and at
the time of her death held the first
office OF the society. Her work to this
one of keokuk's societies has been of
invaluable worth. During her entire
life she had been a faithful member
OF the First Unitarian society in this
city and her christian traits were fore
most among the others of her worthy
life. Not only was her work confln-
ed to regular duties but outside of
these. she had stepped almost every
day to assist in some way or other
] by words or deeds, those in need of
comfort and assistance.
The deceased was the daughter of
Eliza and Granville w. Pittman,
among Lee county's earliest residents
and well known many years ago in
this vicinity by the pioneer settlers.
Mr.. Pittman passed away just a few
short years ago in the west. A broth
er, Harry, also died several years ago
In Arizona
The relatives who survive this good
woman in death are three sisters,
and one brother: Miss Lucia Gran.
vile Pittman, instructor in the Keo-
kuk high school; Mrs. Walter B
Brinkman. of Duluth. Mimi; Miss
Emily D. Pittman, of Chicago, and
c. X. Pittman of Evanston. Wyo.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-29
Tit for Tat.

Stranger Ito prominent clergyman
II came in here, sir, to criticise your
church management and tell you how
it ought to be run.
Prominent Clergyman (amazed)-
Wnat 90 you mean. sir? How dare
you! Who are you, anyway?
! am the humble editor of the pa
per you have been writing to.p-Life
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10
sARToRIAL sNossERY.

That elusive individual to whom the
New York tailors owe a large debt OF
gratitude-which may be more than
balanced by the amount he owes the
tailors-has rendered the public an
other profound statement He says
that man who doesn't go out much"
can dress decently on $1,000 year,
says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. OBJ
serve the subtle malgnity of that quail
flying phrase. The man who goes out
much, the fellow who romps through
routs and dinners and teas and al
fresco twaddlefests, must pay his tail
or-no matter what he does for the
piper. While the poor chappie who
Ii hampered by a measly $4,000 will
cut his pleasures carefully according
to his cloth. being SO closely menaced
by that deadly line of decency. Just
now this distinction will be regarded
by the possessor Of two coat hangers.
with only one in active use, can easily
be imagined. He will smile at the
ukase and snap his fingers at a code
Of decency that is based on 20 coats
and countless trousers. Nevertheless.
II you are ambitious to be Of the
patricians you must do as the patric-
ians do-provided your income ex-
ceeds the paltry s5.000-and 1t will be
an exhibition of extremely bad form
II you regard this sartorial declara-
ton of the man who knows in any
other save the most serious light.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10
oILING LANE ON ATLANTIC
With Ocean Highway Thus Smoothed
Passengers May Cross Without
Fear Of Seasickness.

New York.-Plans are being consid-
cred by the United States photograph
ic Office to keep an ocean lane be-
tween New York and Europe smooth
by systematic oiling. With the At
lantic highway smoothed out In this
way, passengers may cross with per-
feet comfort, and seasickness will be
thing of the past 1t has been es-
timated that one quart of oil poured
upon the waves every hour by every
ship in the transatlantic service
would keep the pillows smooth in any
ordinary weather. The cheapest
grade of petroleum will answer the
purpose, and 1t is estimated that an
expenditure of SIS per trip will pay
the expense
The ocean lane is so crowded nova
days that it is believed that the oil
carried away by the ocean currents
will be restored frequently enough to
keep the ocean highway smooth. The
oil spreads quickly. and a very thin
covering sufiices to still the water.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10
FINDS QUEER TRIBE

Immediately afterwards to undergo
ceremonial washing.
These people lived in little huts,
all of which were raised about ten
feet from the ground. access being
obtained by a notched pole. These
little huts we found to be divided into
two. one-half being used for domestic
animals--mostly pigs. which pre-
sumably, also climbed the rough lad
der-and the other half by the people
themselves. These natives are not
dwarfs. We noticed that some of the
women had the middle finger of the
left hand cut on
We had no means of discovering
the meaning Of this. although 1t was
clear that the mutiiation was made
during youth. Many of the men. too.
had the upper portion of one of their
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10
RAISE FINE DATES.
Palms Thrive in Sun of Southern
California.
Demonstrated That Conditions
coacheIIa Valley Are Favor
able to Development Of
FIrst-CIass Fruit.

Los Angeles, Cal.-The date indus
try in California promises to become
a great factor in the. fruit markets of
the world. for 1t has been proved that
the conditions in the Coachella val.
ley are more favorable to the devel-
opment of the date of first quality
than OF any other country where the
date is grown. 1t has also been DEM
onstrated that much larger per-
centage Of first quality dates can be
produced from the seed than in the
Saharan cases.
In planting the date seed plant in
rows thirty feet apart, placing the
seed about eighteen inches apart In
the row, thus planting about one
thousand seed to the acre. During
the first few years any kind of crop
can be cultivated between the rows.
When the palm is three years old It
begins to blossom. At this time the
process of thinning begins, and the
male plants can be taken up and sent
to the city to be planted as orna-
mental trees. From this time until
after the fifth year the thinning and
rearranging in rows must be properly
attended to and. according to best au-
thority, growers may expect at least
one hundred plants of the best quality
OF dates out of the one thousand
seeds planted to the acre. and as the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10
POKER SKILL PROVE SANITY
Witness In VIII Contest Case Says
Aged Testator Played Very shrewd
Game Of Cards.

Philadelphia.-The question wheth-
er a mans ability to play poker is
proof that he is mentally able to exc
cute a will was put up to Register of
Wills David Martin the other day. The
proceedings were brought to prevent
the probate Of the testament of
Thomas Morgan. who died at the age
of eighty years. The testator's daugh-
ter-in-law. Nora Morgan, alleged that
when he made a will favoring his
niece, Rose Devine. he was of unsound
mind. Magistrate James A. Briggs, an
old friend OF Morgan, was called be-
fore the register of wills.
WAS Mr.. Morgan, in your opinion.
of unsound mind?" was asked.
His mind always seemed pretty
clear to me. had often seen him In
the ONCE of the water bureau at night
playing in game of poker. He played
the game for all 1t was worth. and
there was nothing about the way he
handled the cards to indicate that his
mind was In any way weak"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10
Says World is Going Mad

with the decadence of our youth, near
proximity to nation of madmen.
by comparing the lunacy statistics
of 1869 with those of 1909, four de-
cades having interviewed. by reflections
are sad indeed. A terrible but real
curse Ii In store. and an insane world
looks forward to me with certainty In
the not far distant future.
I'm 1869. out Of population of H.
22S.299. there were 53.177 registered
lunatics in England and Wales. there
being one lunatic In every 41S of total
population. whereas In 1909. out of a
population of 35.756.616. the number
of registered lunatics was 12S.787, ma
king on an average one lunatic IN
every 278 of population. So that In 40
years ali enormous increase in lunacy
Is seen. Surely dreadful future for
nations still unborn to have to cope
with.
These are the facts. and sad to re-
fleet upon. They must be accepted.
They cannot In any way be chal-
lenged."
Doctor Winslow's phraseology Is
sometimes unhappy. as when he
writes, for instance:
Il have breathed the atmosphere OF
lunacy for over sixty years. and the
conclusions l arrive at are pessimistic
in the extreme"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10

There is beginning to be comment
on the growing responsibility of trade
In Germany. Time was when a man
OF title was believed to soil his hands
by making money. The tradition can
hardly be insisted on. however. when
the kaiser himself has a business in
terest in the manufacture of terra cot
IA. From the old American stand
point 1t is much more honorable to get
money in trade or industry than to &C.
Quire 1t by marriage: but It may be a
long time before European aristocracy
OF any description sees the mercenary
marriage problem in its true light.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10
Fire Horses "Con1e Back

hoofs outside Of the firehouse. One Of
the men sneaked down to the front of
the station. There strange sight con-
fronted him. Larry and Spot were
standing at the entrance with their
noses over the chains. waiting to be
admitted.
Some Of tie firemen, when they were
told OF the incident by their comrade,
ran down to the entrance and petted
the horses. Larry and Spot were ad-
mitted and the firemep communicated
with the farmer who had purchased
the animals. He arrived later and
took the horses back to his ranch.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10
Animals In Denver Department foI
Ten Years Run Away From Life
Of Ease on Ranch.

Denver.-The story OF Larry and
Spot, two horses which were for ten
years at the fire station Of Blake
street. between Eighteenth and Nine
teenth streets. will appeal to all low
ers of horses.
Both the horses were large, white
animals with black spots. They were
the pets Of the boys at the station.
For ten years they had run to every
fire in their district and they had
learned to answer the call of the
gongs with almost as much intelli-
gence as the fremen themselves.
They were never more delighted than
when they were in the harness and
making their way. full speed. down
the street. their bodies Quivering with
the excitement and Joy of the run.
But Larry and Spot were not young
when they were put upon the fire
wagons. and SO. after ten years of
hard service, they began to show their
age and had to be sold. The f1remen
when they saw that they must part
with their old animal friends were as
sad as II two Of the boys were leaving
them.
A farmer living about twenty miles
from Denver was the buyer Of the
horses. and the night he went to the
fire station to get the animals the
heart of every fireman sank. Larry
and Spot were led away with dropping
heads.
There was many a fireman who had
been around the station for years. and
who had come to listen for the nicker
of the creatures. who felt bit lone
some that night
Larry and Spot. however. were not
ready to give up their old friends, and
the next morning at daybreak the men
were awakened by the stamping Of
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10

plants should be at least thirty feet
apart each way when twelve or If
teen years OF age, they will have fifty
good plants to the acre to dispose Of.
but when one considers the profit to
be derived from the first offshoots,
which may be expected from a Eve
year-old plant. one will be tempted to
leave the plants fifteen feet in the
row for few years at least. A con-
sentative estimate places an average
OF four offshoots to the plant five
years old. and an average Of one on.
shoot to the plant year for the next
i've years. The offshoot always bears
fruit identical with the parent tree.
In this way the parties who plant the
first Seeding orchard will be In line
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10
Dutch Explorer Tells of Wild Folk
in New Guinea.
Mysterious Mountain People Who,
With Their Pigs, Live In Little
Huts Raised Ten Feet From
Ground.

London.-Mr. H. A. Torrents, a Dutch
explorer. the first white man to pene
trate into the mysterious central snow
range of New Guinea, has returned to
Europe with thrilling story of ad.
ventures.
The explorer discovered a mysteri-
GUS mountain tribe who. with their
pigA lived IN little huts raised ten
feet from the ground. into which both
the people and the animals climbed by
way Of notched boards.
Doctor Lorentz says:
Suddenly we came across q Sc
cluded valley which. to our amaze
ment, We found to be thickly popu-
lated. We were walking in single file
through the twilight shade of the
great forest when we heard mysteri-
GUS calls. Suddenly a small band of
savages. all armed with bows and ar
rows and stone axes. ran out from the
jungle. They approached US with
hands outstretched. Offering US sweet
potatoes as sign Of friendship.
"On our arrival in their village the
people performed curious ceremony,
BY which they made us blood brothers.
They sacrificed pig and smeared
each Of us on the forehead with the
creatures blood. This proved some
what awkward attention In the case
of our Mohammedan soldiers, but at
my earnest request they agreed to sub
NIT, provided that we allowed them
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10
Boy orIeved for Cat.

New York.-Frank Allighietta, ten
years old, has had his first square
meal In three days. A big Maltese
has been his pet for years. Three
days ago the cat was taken by the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals. The lad began pining
to such an extent that he could not
eat. His family was on the verge of
summoning a doctor, when the cat
turned up. How 1t escaped the 90
ciety agents is unknown. The sight
of his old companion was a tonic for
the boy, who ate with his family for
the first time in three days.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10

to reap rich harvest for their sur
plus offshoots, for the imported OF
shoots win be very expensive for sew
eral yeara to come. besides, after
transporting the offshoots on the
backs Of camels across the burning
sands of the Sahara desert to the
ocean liner, lying upon the docks at
both ends of the line, then transport
ed by rail to the indicated farms, the
plants will certainly be considerably
weakened. and will require year of
tender nursing. Even though the
plants cost SIS each, and not more
than one-half survive the rough treat
ment. there yet remains fortune to
the one who engages in the date bust
ness in this favored location.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10
Or. Forbes WInsIow, Lunacy Expert.
Takes PessImIstIc View Of Future
Pace 10 Rapid.

misunderstanding to DR.. Forbes
Winslow. who acquired international
celebrity by his sedulous insistence on
his theory that Jack the Ripper" was
a homicidal maniac. the world is go
ing mad.
Doctor Winslow considers that the
rate of progress to that contamination
Is shockingly rapid. In book of remi-
niscences published recently this ex-
pert In criminal lunacy says:
by simple arithmetical calcula-
ton 1t can be shown the exact year
when there will be more insane per-
sons In the world than sane. We in
England are gradually approaching,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10

ears removed. Unlike all Papuan
tribes have met they were entirely
free from skin disease. None Of whom
wore a stitch of clothing. While the
tribes on the coast never smoke. these
mountain people grow tobacco. which
they smoke In their pipes.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10

practical willing Philosophy has never
touched the except through religion And though the par
a not complete safe that science will touch them
unaded by its practical applications
Critics have made the fmportanc which repre-
nted the and final of the and conceived the
upendous mechanism nature primarily designed satisfy his wants
and minister his entertainment But there another and opposite
danger into which it is possible to fall
The world may gained subimi has,
andr the touch of science lost in domestic charm Except where
affects the immediate needs of organic m may remote from
the majority will curiosity while
those will be chilled by its
mpersonal and Indifferent immensely.
The appropriate remedy the perpetual stimulus which the influence
of science the business mankind offers their sluggish curiosity
And believe this influence be moderated If in the last
hundred the whole material setting of civilized life has altered
neither politicians political institutions We it to the
combined efforts of those who have advanced science and those who have
applied it.
outlook the suffered notifications in detail
great and that they collectively revolution
of heologians philosophers On
these indeed and wghy responsibilities being cast They have
harmonic and coordinate the from being onede
to preserve the valuable of what old.
But the great social change all the greater
because its object not change but knowledge And its silent appopa
ton of this function amid the din political religious
strife the most vital of all the revolutions which have marked the de-
velopment of modern civilization
may fanc find single aspect
ton influence which resembles religion patriotism appeals
the higher side of ordinary especially
regard the appropriation by industry scientific discoveries merely
Of multiplying the material conveniences of life
social force has into being, if
This force the modern alliance between pure industry
That this must mainly rely for the
rial conditions under which societies live opinion
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10

A New Jersey pastor says that wom-
On who wear hobble skirts should be
spanked. True. but In that skirt
there's no chance Of getting them in
the proper position for spanking.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10

Writing poetry is such a mild form
of insanity that heretofore it has not
been thought necessary to lock up the
victim.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10

A man in Massachusetts, turning to
look after hobble skirt fell and broke
his leg. He would not be a true son
OF Adam II he does not put all the
blame on the hobble skirt.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10

London.-A consular report from
the Bahama islands describes what is
termed "the worlds biggest sponge"
1t is perfectly round and is six feet in
circumference and two feet In d.
amteter. When taken from the water
1t weighed between eighty and ninst,
pounds.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10

Cannot anything be done to- protect the.
people from that dangerous weed, poison
ivy?
l myself have not been q victim, but
one OF my neighbors and a friend of his
have-been badly poisoneda
On the way home from work one day.
they cut through prairie in order to short.
en- their trip.
Coming to place where the weeds were.
high' my friends used their hands in ma
king their way and thus happened to touch.
some poison ivy.
Not knowing the dangerous wao5 49,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10

though no one would conjecture it from historic sur
vey of political controversy It's direct moral effects
are less obvious indeed there many most excellent
people who would altogether deny their existence To
regard it as force fitted to rouse and sustain the
energies of nations would seem to them absurd
believe this view to be utterly misleading con-
founding accident with essence, transient accompan
ments with inseparable characteristics
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10

A Paris dentist who tinkered with
the teeth of the royalty Of Europe at
about $500 tinker. has just died,
leaving an estate worth only q little
over q million.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10

1t is about this time that the sum.
mer girls at the shores begins to get
busy with her letters to the winter
standby in the city.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1910-12-10

A Pfttsburg man has received a
legacy of $S50.o0O because he didn't
marry. Not being married we can't
see that he needs the money.