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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-08
A Few Suggestions for the Housewife.

A Few Suggestions for the Housewife.
When soaking mackereI or other salt
fish see that the skin side is placed
uppermoSt.
When making sweet croquettes add a
little sugar to the crumbs in which the
croquetteS are to be rolled.
Celery can be much improved by
soaking it for an hour in ice cold water
in which lemon has been squeezed.
TO clean copper kettle rub it with
powdered bath brick and paraffin and
polish with dry brick dust or whiting
Pans creased with butter will make
the bottom crust Of pies soft and flaky
and prevent them from being soggy.
All cups and jugs should occasion
ally be scrubbed round the handles
with well soaped brush. If this is
not done they are apt to get a grimy
appearance that is anything but APP
petiZing.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-08
WALDO
PALERMO.

SINIER-Mrs Mary Pullen and
snu'aughter, Mary Carleton, of Au-
.a, are visiting at Alonzo Stevens.
ss Mildred M. Edwards, who has
49,. n passing a few days with 4 her
ssls' Mrs. c. E. Knox. has gone to
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-08
HY0MEI
(A1ll1lAl42 MW,01k.

r,roa catarrh or money back. Juss
U II Fl. Complete outfit including
ishales q. Extra hE1sles oOc druggists
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-08

A notice which has been filed AT the
ONCE of the secretary of state cert'-
A hes that at d special meeting or 'he
Nockhoders of the Havana Terminal
Railroad Co. which was held at the
principal office Of the company at klt-
tery on Tuesday. July Is. it was Voteo
That the original capital stock or the
company. fixed at $4,000 par value
divided into $50 shares of the par
value of 800 each. be and the same
hereby is increased to $5.ooo.ooo par
I value. divided into 10000 shares OF the
! var value of 500 each"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
THE RAILROAD POINT OF VIEW.

Front Lage statement of Great
Western folder. 1t costs more TO haul
the farm produce Of this country from
the farms 10 the railway stations than
it does IN operate all the railroads
of the United States, comprising near
ly half me mileage OF the world. 1his
statement will be found in the report
OF the industrial commission made TO
the congress in 1901, Volume VI. Yet
farm mortgages pay higher interest
than railroad bonds. and the profits
OF the farmer average over twice as
great as those of the railroads
For the eggs, coffee, rice. potatoes.
onions. milk, cabbages. meat and poul-
try consumed in the city Of New York
during the year 1909 the farmers re-
ceiyed 1924 .2s3 900, the consumers
paid SAGA Al 900. The freight bill waS
approximately $25,04500o, leaving
s1s4.sI2,500 for the middlemen. The
railroads serving New York have in
vested hundreds OF millions OF dol
lars in ne necessary terminals. and
500 900, 900 have been expended upon
street car and subway facilities for
the conveyAiics OF the people, but
practically noting Is being done 10
reduce he expense Of the distribution
OF the food supply
For the yetr 1906 the net returng
TO capital averaged 15.1 per cent in
the case OF manufacturers. 9.s per
cent in The case OF agriculture, and
IA per rent IN the Gaze OF the rail
roads. The statistics of the United
States government are the basis for
these figures. The net earnings Of the
national banks. for the period from
4 1870 to 1907, have averaged 1l.5 per
cent on the capital Little wonder
4 that money has poured into mills and
factories, and farms are doubling and
trebling IN value, while the railroads
are compelled to go to foreign coun
tries for lew capital, which they car
/ obtain only al a heavy discount.
In 1905, OF the total expenditure o
the railroads. 81 per cent WAS 10
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
A FREAK INQUIRY.

Prof. Avian A. Tenney OF the de-
partment of sociology, Columbia uni
versity, Is engaged in an attempt to
discover the relative extent to which
different classes OF news command the
attention of the public. With this OBJ
ject in view he has set twenty-five OF
his students at work reading files of
newspapers and weekly publications OF
a general character published during
being required to prepare table
showing the amount of space devoted
to each subject in each newspaper He
Is convinced for one thing that they
will prove that within the past ten
years religious news has fallen of and
sporting news has increased. indicat-,
ing. he deduces. q growing desire for
outdoor life and exercise. He believes
that when he has collected all his data
he can determine therefrom how much
time the average man spends in think
Ing. upon any given subject during
lifetime.
The effort NAV in some way be
worth while. but 1t is not clear that
such is the case. The Council Bluffs
Nonpareil well says of it:
For the most part it is freakish. II
the professors reasoning were sound.
which il probably isn't, he still might
go far astray because of defective
premises He seems TO assume that
the newspapers give their readers ex-
actly what they want. the several
kinds of news in the exact proportion
that is wanted It will De news OF the
revsiest sort to newspaper men that
the problem has been solved. The
professor would be on practical line
Of research If, instead OF reducing to
statistical form knowledge of what
the newspapers give the people. he
would find out what the people want
and tell the publishers about it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
viii the Legislature do somethinsa

VII t"e IS9ietatVfS W Sohis s'H9
Cedar Rapids Gazette. Il wonder
if the legislature will pass law ex-
empting more ys and credits from tax
alton. ] wonder If The lawmakers will
have the good sense to adopt some
such law as the Minnesota statute pro
viding for 4 u ortsage registry tax
These expressions were uttered b.
a prominent Cedar Rapids business
man yesterday. lie is deeply interest
ed in The, nptuild;ns of Iowa. Moreov
er he pas heavy taxes, and never
kicks on: lis taxes. He is not a taEg
dodger.
From the lone & his voice when
he was giving VI erance to his senti
ments, the wsitcT inferred that he
was not ~ II; fo.eful that the leg
islature would get busy along proper
lines. He seemed to fear that the law
makers of Iowa had not yet. in suffi-
cient numbers req ched tie rain.
where they fully appreciate the real
needs Of the state.
1t is matter of regret that there
is little confidence that the legisla-
.ture watch conyenes soon will take
up the tax question In dead earnest
and do something quickly. There does
not seem TO be the necessary appre-
citation Of the situation on the part
of the lawmakers. However, II the
commercial clubs, the various trade
organizations, the newspapers and
the other good boosters get after the
legislature with q sharp stick, some
thing might be accomplished. 1t is not
too late 10 start united agitation
that will induce the legislature to act
Some OF the loss Of Iowas popula-
ton has been due to natural causes.
There's no question about that But
some Of il has been due, also 10
| Iowa's failure to be modern in it's
taxation laws. Two years ago a then
resident OF Iowa said he hoped that
the Legislature then about to assemble
wo.ld revise the tax laws. He said IL
something was not done he would
leave the state. The something he
hoped for vas not done. Nothing was
done. And within the next year he
left the state. going to California, and
taking with him three hundred thous-
and dollars. There are others who
have followed his example, or who
preceded him to the far west. They
have gone because they found Iowa's
laws ont Of date, while other states
have been more progressive.
/ The lawmakers win assemble within
a few days for the purpose OF Iegis-
lating in the interests of Iowa.
! Are they going 10 really legislate
in the interests OF the state2
/ What Will be their answer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
A Keokuk Poet Of Hoosierdom

A real Keokuk poet who hides his
light under bushel too much is
Rev. Dr.. Ezra Butler Newcomb, pas
tor of the First Westminster Presby-
terrain church. Born and bred of a
famous Indiana family, DR.. New
comb has absorbed all the poetry
of that distinctly literary state, and
some OF his Hoosier dialect verse is
quite as good poetry. quite as good
philosophy and quite as deep in its
insight into Hoosier human nature as
anything James Whitcomb Riley ev-
er wrote.
This Christmastide, DR.. Newcomb
gave to each of his friends one of
these poems, printed de luxe, and
bearing as frontispiece wonder
fully faithful photograph of the au-
thor. The portrait is autographed, and
above 1t is the couplet:
I'm wishing a mighty good wish for
Keep VT Chris mas the whole year
through
In at least one copy which is shown
The Gate City by It's recipient there
is the following in autograph:
fApologia)
Jim Riley. he's tn only one
Kin make Hoosier talk like it ortes
be done:
That's III rail fact. an so. says /,
Other folks ortn't t never try.
Which is more modest than true.
The rail fact is, that Ez. Newcomb
orter keep right on maxim Hoosier
talk: somebody's gotter do it. now
th't Jim Riiey's dyin' and nobody kin
do it qnite as well as Newcomb Kin.
Here's the proof in this latest poem:
At Christmas Time.
They's no new ching at kin say
Or think, concernin' Christmas day;
The things worth sayin has been
said
The things worth readin' has been
real:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27

There's one thing | will say for
Maud" her proud mother declared.
pumping down dish OF jelly upon
the table. she does know what's
s what in keeping house. and even il
she haunt to scrape and save Az l did
when David. and we're first married.
economy is great thing when you're
young have aiwaysssaid 80, and
stick to it, N
Quite right, mother Mr.. Barnes
declared
IL instead Of sitting there" Mrs.
Barnes continued in high good-humor.
you were TO get bottle of that port
wine out OF the cellarette, We might
drink Mr.. Fiszgerald's health, being as
it's his first visit"
Mr. Barnes rose to his feet with
aiacrity. " For woman with sound
IDEAS" he declared, commend me TO
your mother!
Maud. having finished her duties. re-
sumed her place by the side OF the
guest OF the evening. Their hands met
under the tablecloth for moment.
To the girl. the pleasure OF such pro-
ceeding was natural enough. but Fitz-
gerald asked himself for the f1ftieth
time why on earth he. who, notwith-
standing his present modest exterlor'
was a young man of some experience.
should derive rapture from sucn
primitive lovemaking which nothing
else in life afforded him. He was. AZ.
that moment, content with his future.
future which he had ABSOLUTELY ana
finally decided upon. He was content
with his father-in-law and his motner-
in.law. with Daisy Villa. and the pros
pect OF a Daisy villa for himself.
content, even, with Adolphus! But Tor
>Mr. Spencer Fitzgerald, these things
were not to be! The awakening was
even then at. hand.
The dining.room of Daisy villa
fronted the street. and was removed
from it only few feet. Consequently,
the footsteps of passers.by upon the
tagged pavement we're clearly distin-
giishable. 1t was just at the moment
when Mrs. Barnes was inserting Few
fresh almonds into somewhat pre-
carious tipsy cake, and Mr.. Barnes was
engaged with the decanting OF the
port. that two pairs Of footsteps, con-
siderably heavier than those OF the
ordinary promenader. paused outside
and finally stopped. The gate creaked.
Mr.. Barnes looked up. 81.
Hulio. he exclaimed. what's
that? Visitors?
Tt esstisssS1s
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27

products would not only let such pro-
ducts in from Canada but from Mex
leo, Argentine and all the Central
and South American states. If We
are going to do these things, why
continue to spend millions OF dollars
in irrigating western lands? With
duties removed from food products,
the spending of millions of dollars,
part of it coming out of the pockets
of the Iowa farmers, on reclamation
and irrigation schemes, would be a
crime.
In my judgment there is little that
congress ought 10 do just now. But
Mr. Sulzer. a representative in the
house from the state of New York.
representing one of the city districts,
has introduced bill removing all
duties from farm products. The city
of New York wants 10 buy cheaper
foods. Nobody has proposed TO make
a corresponding reduction on the du-
ties imposed on manufactured pro-
ducts. The manufacturers want to
KEEP their protection and take it away
from everybody else. Such course
is not a square deal. The protective
tariff should protect everybody or no
body.
Senator Young says that President
Taft's administration is gaining IN
popular favor and ii is generally ad.
ynitted that the President is becoming
quite a politician. He is mas
ter OF the situation as ii
il at present, Senator Young de.
clares. He does not expect much
from the present congress. but would
like TO have the interstate commerce
laws amended. giving that body pow,
err over the Issuance of stocks and
bonds. Senator Young agrees with
him in this position and believes
such an amendment win be made.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27

Seems easy enough to write book,
too, Mrs. Barnes said Why, de-
clare that some Of those we get from
the library-we subscribe to library,
Mr.. Fitzgerald-are just as simple and
straightforward that child might
have written them. No plot whatso-
ever, no murders or mysteries or any.
thing of that sort-just stories ABOUT
people like ourselves | don't see how
they can pay people for writing stories
about people just like those one meets
every day! .
!" always say" Maud interviewed.
that Spencer means TO write a book
some day He has quite the literary
air, hasn't he, mother ("
" Indeed he has! Mrs Barnes de-
clared, with an appreciative glance at
the gold-rimmed spectacles.
Mr.. Fitzgerald modestly acclaimed
any literary aspirations.
. The thing is a gift. after ALL he
declared generously. can keep ac-
counts. and earn fair salary at It.
but II | attempted fiction should
soon be up tree"
Mr.. Barnes nodded his approval OF
such sentiments.
Every one TO his trade. say he
remarked What sort of salaries do
they pay now In the book trader" he
asked guilelessly.
Very fair" Mr.. Fitzgerald ad-
mitted candidly,-.' very fair indeed
When ! was your age" Mr. Barnes
said refiectively. was getting-let
me see-forty-two shillings a week.
Pretty good pay, too. for those days"
Mr.. Fitzgerald admitted the fact
OF course he said apologeticaily,
salaries are a little higher now all
round. Mr.. Howell has been very kind
TO me,-In fact, have had two rises
this year am getting four pounds
ten now"
Four pounds ten per week." Mrs
Barnes exclaimed, laying down her
knife and fork.
Certainly" Mr.. Fitzgerald an
swered. After Christmas. | have
some reason to believe that 1t may be
five pounds"
Mr.. Barnes whistled softly. and
looked at the young man with Z new
respect.
told you that-Mr.-that Spencer
was doing pretty we'll mother, Maud
simpered, looking down at her plate.
Any one to support" her father
asked. transferring a pickle from the
fork 10 his mouth
No one" Mr.. Fitzgerald answered.
In fact, may say that have some
small expectations. l haven't done
badly, either. out OF the few invest
ments l have made from time to time.
Saved bit OF money, eh?" Mr..
Barnes inquired genially.
have a matter OF four hundred
pounds put by" Mr.. Fitzgerald ad-
mitted modestly, besides few sticks
Of furniture. ! never cared much
about lodging-house things, SO fur
nished couple OF rooms myself some
time ago.
Mrs. Barnes rose slowly TO her feet.
You are quite sure you won't have
small piece more beef" she in
quired anxiously.
Just morsel?" Mr. Barnes asked.
! tapping the joint insinuatingIy with
his carving knife
No, | thank you! Mr.. Fitzgerald
declared firmly. have done excel
! lently."
Then II you will put the joint on
I the sideboard, Adolphus," Mrs Barnes
/ directed, Maud and / will change the
| plates. We always let the girl go out
on Sundays, Mr.. Fitzgerald, she ex-
/ planned, turning to their guest. Its
very awkward, of course, but they seem
I 10 expect It,"
Quite natural. I'm sure" Mr.. Fitz-
gerald murmured, watching Maud's
light movements with admirinK eyes.
. like TO see ladies interested in do
/ mestic work.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27

An, yit love the old day so
AT can't let it pass, y Joe,
'Ithout a word o. Chris mas cheer
To SIGH as you. at hold dear.
An jest this much / must remark
AT any where. twixt sun and dark,
In any place. by any way,
They amt no folks to whom I'd say
A Chris mas greetin more sincere
Than SIGH as you, at far or near.
Is illustratin' right along.
The sentiments o. that old song
The shepherds heard at midnight,
when
The Pence on Airth, Goodwill TO
Men,
Was sonndin' over Bethlehen's hill
An Bethlehem's Star was standins
still.
'Ithout no care for prose or rhyme,
I'm sayin', at the Chris mas time
viii be test kept by you an me
II we shall allus try to be.
IN every season, bringin Joy
To everybody, man or boy
An holdin' sympathy an love
To'rd men on airth an God above.
Tbs amt a-tellin' nothin' new.
But jest recallin' 10 your view
The truth at we sometimes fergit; -
That angel song is with us yit;
An Christmas time for US is best
When we're a-doin' for the rest:
An, bringin' cheer to heavy hearts;
An servin' God with all our parts.
So. what say O. Chris mas time
You've heard before. in better
rhyme:
But, cause | love the old day so.
I can't consent TO let it go
'Ithout iovin' line or two
To them love as much as you;
An wishin' for you every year.
A bigger chunk o. Christmas cheer:
With more o. peace and less o strife
A-workin' in your common life;
With more o. love to God an man
A-gittin' into every plan;
An known every day more love
From men on airth an God above.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27

Should musical comedy so out,
how will Kalamazoo and Oshkosh,
Keokuk and Oskaloosa fare for adver-
Using st. Louis Globe-Democrat
Keokuk will not suffer by a dam
site. 1t will soon be known far and
wide as the greatest storehouse OF
electrical energy in the world, barring
only Niagara Falls, and its light win
90 shine before men that it will be
like city set on hill to be known
and admired by all
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
Kind Words From Home.

III people would only say what they
think instead OF waiting to write It,
The woman remarked, ut would be Z
lot easier old world to live In. Now.
there's the girl. She writes me from
way back there in Kentucky that am
the sweetest thing in the world. That
/ am so patient and lovely and 80
handsome. She is telling them all
how handsome am. am go clever
she writes, and SO smart! She's tell
ing them that, too. II she had said
ali those things to me when she was
here we wouldn't have had quite 50
many pitched battles as we did. 1
don't believe. / am quite sure We
wouldn't"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27

wages. while of the total expenditure
of manufacturers "a per cent was for
wages. Yet the average wage paid by
the railroad was 1875 per cent greater
than the average paid by manufacture
ers.
In 1909 the gross receipts OF the
railroads were about sl,400,000. 900,
while the value Of the farm crop was
nearly $500, 100000. The railroads
give employment to three-fifths as
many men as the farms, but receive
less THAI three-tenths as much mon.
ey.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
curIous paradox.

1t is q curious paradox that the man
with the strongest will ID the man
who Yields the most quickly to oppo'
sition. He saves All his strength TO
throw II into the line of least resist
ance. He is 4 good general ana does
not waste himself battering away At
an impregnable position, but makes
flank movement At. once.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY-coN-
TENTMENT,

Let Us learn to be content with
what we have. let US get rid of our
false estimates, set up all the higher
ideals-a quiet home; vines OF our
OWN planting: few books full of the
inspiration OF genius; few friends
worthy OF being loved and able to
love us in return: a hundred innocent
pleasures that bring no pain or re-
morse. devotion to the right that
viii never swerve; simple religion
empty of ali bigotry. full of trust and
hope and love. and to such a phi
losophy this world will give up all the
empty joy it has.
David Swing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27

The annual meetings OF number
OF educational associations and learn
ed societies will be held during the
present week. Among the meetings
OF general interest will be those of
the Southern Educational Association
at Chattanooga. the American Asso-
citation for the advancement OF
Science, at Minneapolis: the Ameri-
can Historical Association and allied
societies. at indianapolis; the Ameri.
can Philosophical Association, at
Princeton university: the Archaeolog-
ical Institute Of America and the
American Pathological society. at
Brown university. and the Society OF
American Bacte biologists. at Cornell
nrive~sit--
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27

A Texas editor received kilograms
from Huntsville. Laredo and Louis
vile, KY. telling him to look out Tor
packages by express. I'VE know it's
sausage from Huntsville and onions
from Laredo he says, but what in
the dickens can be that package from
Louisville?'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27

In line with the general advance in
the cost OF living, the cost Of being
i'll in New York. as indicated by the
expense OF hospital maintenance, has
increased practically 100 per cent in
many instances during the last ten
years This is the inference drawn
by Frederick D. Greene. general sec
rotary Of the Hospital Saturday and
Sunday Association. from an investi-
cation just completed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27

The state railway commissioners
have given notice that there will be
general reduction of express rates,
although their findings in the cases
against the I'VE companies may not
be made public for some time yet.
The board. however, refuses to make
lie reduction on physical valuation
basis as requested by Attorney Gen
eral Byers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27
The Cattle Were Saved.

While ferryboat was taking cat
tie across the Trent two animals
Jumped on board, in addition to three
that were being carried. When in
midstream all the animals crowded
on one side Of the boat, which cap.
sized and the ferryman was drowned
The CATTLE got safely ashore
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27

The record shows that zss persons
in hicago took their own lives during
tire year ending November 80. The
EXHIBIT reflects seriously on the facil-
tits for getting out of that city. They
must be sadly Inadequate
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27

The world is growing wiser and
better right along This year fewer
people than eFcr before made the
mistake Of supposing that the real
Chris;mas spirit was TO be found in
cases and jugs
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27

Speaking Of low water and the diff
ficulties of navigation, steamboat cap
tains on the Missouri are represent
ed as requesting the catfish to get out
OF the way.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27

New York recently sent carload
of babies to Texas. The Omaha
Bee uses none TOO strong language
in characterizing this as taking an IN
fair advantage OF helpless infants.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-27

The January interest and dividend
disbursements this year are estimated
as high as s22s,oo0,0oe. In any event
they will be larger than usual and
should give corresponding impetus
10 trade.