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ed this work as a mission in life, and
its success means more to me than any
thing outside my own family ties and
interests. I believe some people may be
entertained in hearing my account of
the labor. AS a corporate body, the as
ISOLATION has been in existence since
September. 1898. The mighty wave OF
recognition of our national obligation
and responsibilities may have been
among the forces which caused the
cohesive action. but as dormant in
tentiOn, the movement goes back to
the first Years after the death of WASH
ington Monuments to Washington are
not lacking in the city which honors
his name, nor are they infrequent all
over the regions where the American
flag floats To honor him, however, as
we propose to do in the establishment
of this fund with which to build and
endow a great hall is to place upon his
memory it's most glorious and appro-
pirate crown.
washington is full of halls and build
ings and endowments, say the critics, and,
for that matter, so is the world filled
with monuments and remembrances TO
more or less deserving people. The
memorial which l am aiming TO have
established will be one in which the his
tory and endeavors of the nation will be
epitomiZed and consecrated TO tine Tame
of Washington. 1t will be mammoth
hall specially adapted for congresses, ma
tional and international. and for the
meeting of all kinds of learned and liter
AIRY societies. A great hall OF this descrip-
ton is urgently needed in WASHINGTON.
II might be that in the fuiihess or time
a building which would in a way fill this
need would be erected by the benevolent
government. Though other governments
have built edifices almost as sumptuouS
as that which Washington Memorial AS
ISOLATION projects it would be folly to be-
lieve this nation will follow their eX-
ample.
''There are too many demands on the
public Treasury for industrial and com
mercial development, for the increased
needs OF the national defense for the
thousands of new wants demanded by the
national expansion: to make such nope
reasonable. But even should the nation
prove so paternai as to fit up an appro-
pirate assembly hall. it seems more
praiseworthy action for private citizens 70
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By Margaret B. Downing.

CEEN VICTORIA
after the death of
her consort. Prince
Albert of SaXe-Co-
burg. decided after
serious considera-
ton and consulta-
ton with learned
men that the most
lasting and appro-
pirate monument
she could erect to
his memory would
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provide it. AS our association is organ
lied every man, woman and child can be-
come an active promoter of this patriotic
scheme. We have used the button
scheme for small contributions, and every
one who presents ten cents or dollar
or more can be rewarded by the badge of
honor, which typifies brick or many
bricks in the complete structure. ] think
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conference, discussion, consultation,
awakening of public interest in any
worthy object promotes the good of the
nation. Such a building as our associa-
ton aims to erect is purposely designed
for all these ends. Washington has be-
come the city wherein it seems most fit
ting that societies, congresses and con-
ferences should meet and all threshing out
of new thoughts and theories be en-
vironed. A people who govern themselves
as this nation does must be engrossed in
following the processes by which results
are reached.
THE number of societies which seek to
bring students together to ponder prob
lens of Self-gOvernment are alone nu-
merous enough to make a building for
such a purpose q benefaction, and to
dedicate it to Washington's memory adds
to it's worth. But there are hundreds of
other problems in addition to economic.
and patriotic and legislative are large
factor Every thoughtful public man who
cordial Endorsement. Many have given 1t
the practical Endorsement of large sums
in hand with more promised when the
national interest in the matter became
apparent.
with a building which will cost 5000
OG0. and a vested fund of $5OO,0OO for it's
maintenance, we place at the disposal of
the public one of the greatest potential
lyceums the world has ever seen. Its
furnishings, equipment and general ar
appeal to every patriotic citizen, for in
every essential particular will their high
est aspirations be realized
Mrs. Dimock's forceful personality is
a powerful agency in realizing this am
bilious scheme She resembles her
brother. William c. Whitney. known for
many things. but best to the nation as
the father of the new navy. The asso-
citation Of which Mrs. Dimock is the
head dragged on a rather unprosperous
existence for several years as an af1ili-
alton of the George Washington Uni
versity. Logical reasons led to the
centralizing of the two vast enter
prises, and their making common cause
of their desire to honor the first citi
zen of the country. When events were
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The three parties reunited, and short
distance from the rivers mouth they went.
ashore. A wooden slab. on switch were
the arms of France, was raised. On II
was inscribed:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-22

LOUIS LIE GRAND. ROY DE
FRANCE EFT DE NAVARRO
REGIME; LIE NEUVIEME ANRIL,
1USo
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of all the great adventures of France
in the new world he saw the clearest
and planned the best. Disaster followed
disaster in his undertakings. but moth
ing could daunt his brave spirit For
twenty years he struggled against a
combination of forces such as few OF
the pathfinders of civilization have had
to contend with, but he was ever reso-
lutte No man of his time and field ranks
higher. Disappointment, treachery or
ruin meant only delay to him. In the
pursuit of his mighty plan he spared no
man and least of all himself. He bore
the brunt of every hardship and every
danger Religious zeal played no part in
squirting him on. His spirit was that of
the eonqueror ReSet by enemies, be-
trayed and deserted many times, he
never lost sight of the goal which 1t
was his ambition to attain. Stern and
uncompromising, ne made more bitter
enemies than warm friends. His great
est weakness was in his judgment or
men Never did a great commander
have poorer lot Of lieutenants- OF all
the lot only one. Henri de Tonty, stood
the test, but he was a host in himself.
for he measured only a little below
La Sale in reSourcefulneSS, iAtrep1d1ty,
patience devotion and steadfast BRAY
cry.
Wealthy French burghers had Gus
tom of distinguishing members of their
families by designations taken from
their estates, so Rene Robert Cavelier
got the name OF De La Sale. He was
born in Rouen in 1643. and at an early
age became connected with the Jesuits.
How long he remained with the Jesuits
Is not clear. but he was on good terms
with the order when he left 1t. He had
an elder brother, the Able Jean Caveller.
in Canada, priest OF st. Sulplce, and
in 1866 he crossed the ocean to join
him. The corporation of priests styled
the Seminary of st. Sulpice owned
Montreal, then the most exposed settle
ment in Canada They were eager to
against the IroquOis. From them La
Sale got a grant of land nine miles
west of Montreal and started at once
to improve his domain. 1t was admi-
rably situated for the fur trade. Later,
in derision, it got the name La Chine
(China), by which it is known today.
La Sale, had he been conservative,
might have developed his domain and be-
come one OF the grand seigneurs of Can
ada, but il is likely that before he came
to the New World he had ideas about
becoming an explorer, for no sooner had
he reached La Chine than he began to
STUDY the indian languages. NltHAl
years he mastered the IroQuoiS and seven
or eight other languages or dialects.
passage to the South sea and a new road
for the commerce and riches of China
We're the dreams of the age. He heard
from the Senecas of the Ohio river and
OF a great river in the west that he sup
posed flowed into the Pacific, and his
ina gination took fire.
To Quebec he went one day in 1869 with
the project OF equipping an expedition to
find the passage He had no money, hav-
ing expended all he possessed his
seigniority. but the seminary was willing
TO buy back part of his land with the
improvements Courceles, the governor
of Canada, authorized, the expedition. as
well he might, seeing .that La Sale pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-22
France Greatest Explorer
in the Western World, to
Whom Desertion, Treachery
and Disaster Meant Only
Delay - To His Dauntless
Spirit hing Louis Owed the
Acquisition Of the Vast Ter
ritory Of Louisiana
r ever man de-

, ever man de-
served to be
known as the
lion hearted sure
ly it was Robert
Cavelier, Sieur de
La Sale Paladin
or crusader never
showed higher
courage. OF all
the great eX-
plorers he en-
dured the most;
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a board of trustees and full compile
ment of officers, among whom Charles j.
Bell and Mrs. Archibald Hopkins of this
city have been from the beginning ldenti-
fled with the work and earnest assistants
toward its success. With Mrs. Dimock
as president the other officers are Mrs
Charles d. Walcott, wife of the secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution: Mrs. Fred
erick Mcclure. Mrs. Charles j. Bell Mrs
Henry r. Mallory and Miss BESSIE j.
Kibbey. The trustees are Mrs. Leslie {.
Wead, Mrs. Frederick *. Thompson and
Mrs Archibald Hopkins. Mrs. Susanna
P. Gage is recording secretary and Miss
Florence Guernsey corresponding secre-
tary. Mrs. Frank Northrop is treasurer
and Charles J. Bell trustee of the perma-
nent fund. The advisory council is COM
posed of Senator Elihu Root, who ac
cepted the position when Secretary of
State, and has always shown a cordial
interest in all that concerns the enter
prise; DIR. S. Weir Mitchell of Philadel-
phia, DR.. William WEIGH of Baltimore.
Gen. Horace Porter of New York. DR..
Charles d. Walcott. DR.. Edwin Alderman.
president of the University of Virginia:
Prof Alexander Agassiz, son Of the great
naturalist of Harvard: DIR. Ira Remsen.
president of Johns Hopkins; Prof II.
Fairfield Osborn of the American Museum
of Natural History In New York DR..
Charles w. Dabney. president of the Uni
versity of Cincinnati: DIR. John A. Wyeth
and Thomas Nelson Page.
4
Mrs. Dimock is one of the most persua-
sive public speakers found among the
women of affairs. She made a splendid
appeal for her cause before the Washing
ton Chamber of Commerce as we'll as be-
fore several we'll known feminine organ
izations which recently held meetings in
Washington. Coming of prominent So
cial and political family CT Gotham and
of Massachusetts, she has not permitted
the frivols of Vanity Fair to interfere with
her absorbing occupation in getting funds
for the memorial. As the wife OF a
wealthy New Yorker. Mrs. Dimock has
moved from her youth in that Silded
throng which for more than half CEN
fury has focused the attention of the
world.
Her only daughter married Perry
Hutchinson Of New York, and is promi-
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Late that night six Indians. led by
Monso, a Mascoutin chief arrived in
camp and warned the Illinois against La
Sale. Before daylight they departed.
They had been sent from Canada to
spread the story that La Sales real
purpose was to stir the tribes beyond the
Mississippi to war on the Illinois.
At feast the next day the Illinois
chiefs were doleful. They begged La
Sale not to proceed. The Mississippi was
filled with ferocious monsters. There We're
fathomless pits. whirlpools and nameless
horrors, and its shores were lined with
cannibals.
La Sale. who had heard of the visit of
Monso from an Indian he had befriended.
astounded the chiefs by showing his full
knowledge of all that had been said. They
aScribed ii to supernatural power, but,
alas, next day six of his best men We're
gone. They mad believed the stories of
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time' by starting his men building the
fort At last Tonty arrived. His men
We're nearly dead. They had been re-
duced to living on acorns. Two had
deserted. The second stage of the jour-
ney had been completed. but at dire cost.
December 2 La Sale, worried over
the non-appearance of the Griffon. start
ed up the ST. Joseph. Near the present
site of South Bend they shouldered their
canoes and struck across the frozen
swamps in search of the headwater Of
the Illinois. They found it at last, and
within a few days were in prairie coun-
try. Once more they were nearly starved.
1t was a godsend when they found
stray buffalo. January 3, 1885, when
they were below Peoria Lake, they came
upon a great encampment of Illinois In
dians. La Sale, who knew Indians thor
oughly, made a show of force, and then
accepted the calumet. He offered to aid
them against their foes, the Iroquois, and
then told them he meant to build fort
in their village, and a big canoe with sails
to descend to the sea and bring goods to
them.
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CARTHAGE, ILL.
- . : . : 10000 !.

L. e. Garvin and family of Keokuk
spent last week with relatives at this
place.
Damon Johnson, of Pittsburg. Penn,
is visiting his mother, Mrs. M. M.
Johnson, and other relatives.
Mrs. j. A. Weiss, Of Anamosa. Iowa.
arrived Wednesday for a visit with
the family of Henry Sickle.
Samuel Harvest and Walton Harm
est attended the sale of the livery
stock of Fred Harvest, at Quincy
Thursday. Fred Johnson, of this city
was the auctioneer.
Mrs. VIM. McCreary visited with
Ferris friends one day last week.
l.. Meltzer returned from Keokuk.
the first of last week, where he has
been in hospital
Mrs. Mary Gill has been visiting
friends in Dallas City
Mesaames Carroll and Simmons, OF
Chicago, We're recent guests of Mrs.
Chas Hart.
Mrs. Geo. Hearn and daughter,
visited relatives near Hamilton last
week.
Miss Helen Sweeney visited over
Sunday with the Misses Fay and Ber-
nice Skiles, of Monmouth.
Mrs. F. NJ. Cutler has returned TO
Chicago
Burton Cannon visited his mother
Mrs. Fannie Cannon at tie Maple
wood Sanitarium in Jacksonville, last
week
Mrs Dehaven of Wichita. Kans.. is
visiting her mother, Mrs. :. v. Banks.
James P. Fletcher was a business
visitor to Quincy Thursday.
! Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Lawless, Frank
Shreve, Marion Mosley, D. NJ. Johnson
and j. B. Johnson re in Quincy
! Thursday.
Quite a nmber from here expect to
attend the national missionary con-
gress, to be held In Chicago this week.
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Three inches Of Water Came Down
in a Perfect Flood From the
Skies During Most Of
Night.
NO STREET LIGHTS ON
lightning Played and Thunder Rolled
While the Water Came Down in
Torrents During the
Night.

The heaviest rain storm of the sea-
son SO far was the ors of Sunday
night when the water came down in
great quantities and soaked old moth
er earth in great shape.
The storms was an electrical one
and was accompanied by most vivid
lightning and cracking thunder with
heavy downpours of rain. but very
little wind. The day was fair, but
during the evening the clouds began
to gather and there were a few small
showers, followed by clearing skies
until about 10 o'clock.
After that hour it was almost a
continuous rain all night long. and
it was still sprinkling this morning.
Shortly after IL O'Clock there was
a torrent of rain; then lull of few
minutes; then another downpour; then
a lull and so on most of the night.
The street lights went out at 10
O'Clock ard those who were compelled
to be out later on had to depend upon
the lightning flashes to grope their
way through the storm.
| Cutters were soon overflowing and
in many Of the low spots in the city,
little lakes formed during the night.
On Exchange street, between Four
teenth and Fifteenth streets, there was
lake four feet deep this morning and
small frame house located there was
surrounded by water, with everything
loose in the yard floating around like
a Venetian scene.
At Ninth and Palean there was a
half block stretch of water suitable for
motor boat racing, and at Sixth and
johnson there was quite pond.
/ About 1 o'clock this morning, lurid
glow in the sky in the vicinity of War
saw was noticed by some people, show.
ing where the lightning must have
struck a barn or house and set it on
fire.
The corners at Eleventh and Main
and Ninth and High, which are usually
two big sensational places during
heavy rain storms, escaped last night
! the sewers at these points being able
A to carry off the water in good shape
and there was no damage there.
4 The rainfall was particularly heavy
the government mark showing almost
three inches of rain. the exact figure
being 2,94 inches or more than falls
in some entire months.
The rain will have its effect on the
river, in fact the Mississippi took =
jump of over foot and half from
the downpour.
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The Death OF
anna NOAkES
Call From Death Angel Came this
Morning Rather Unexpectedly
and at a Very Early
Hour.
AILING SEVERAL MONTHS
Death Was Caused by Paralysis of
Heart-Was Born in Chicago
and Was Resident of
Quincy for Time.

The angel of death took from the
Noakes family, 724 Exchange street, a
daughter, Miss Anna, who passed away
this morning at 4;30 o'clock. Although
in i'll health for two months past the
end was not expected SO soon, and
her death came with suddenness to
members of the family. Death was
caused by paralysis of the heart and
her early illness was catarfh of the
stomach. Her aged mother and mem
bers of the family had gathered
around her bedside this morning
when the final hour came.
Miss Noakes was forty-three years
of age She was born in Chicago on
July Is, 1866. and was the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Noakes. The
family moved to Quincy, ILL.,, when she
was but five years old. She grew to
womanhood in Quincy and resided
there until eleven years ago, when
the family came to Keokuk
The deceased attended the Episcopal
church and had wide acquaintance
of friends in Keokuk and Quincy.
She is survived by a mother, Mrs
Sarah Noakes; three sisters, Mrs. I
l.. Faucet of Chattanooga, Tenn.
Mrs. AL J. Seibert of this city and
Miss Kate Noakes also of Keokuky anG
a brother, Charles A. Noakes Of the
Irwin-Phillips company.
Although the Tour has not yet beer
set, funeral services viii be held al
the home and the body will be taker
to Quincy for interment.
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patton. In my opinion constipation
is responsible for most ailments. There
are thirty-two feet of human bowels,
pipe becomes clogged. the whole system
becomes poisoned. causing biliousness, in
digestion and impure blood. which often
produces rheumatism and kidney all
ments No woman who suffers with con-
stipation or any liver complaint can ex-
good health.
Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills are tonic
to the stomach, liver and nerves. They
inyigorate instead of weakening; they
enrich the blood instead of impoverish-
ing it; they enable the stomach to get
ali the nourishment from food that il
put into it.
These pills contain no ealomel, no dope.
they are soothing, healing and stimu-
lating. They school the bowels to act
without physic. Price rs cents.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-02
SAD Death
OF MRS. FABER
Was keokuk Resident Few Years auo
When Her Husband Was in
Charge Of the Jewish
Temple.
WAS BURIED IN TEXAS
Death Resulted From an Operation in
New York and Remains Were
Brought Back to
Tyler.
WAS BURIED IN TEXAS

Several years ago Rabbi Maurice
Faber was located in Keokuk, being
in charge of the Jewish temple. From
here the family removed to Tyler,
Texas, and it was there that Mrs.
Faber was buried few days ago.
She had host of friends
here who will be sorry to
hear of her death. The Cour-
ier-Times of Tyler, had the fol-
lowing to say of her death:
Yesterday afternoon the funeral
services of Mrs. M. Faber were con-
Quoted at the home on S. College
avenue and from the Synagogue at
O'Clock, interment being at the Jew
ish cemetery. DR.. Greenburg of Dali
las came down to officiate.
The death of Mrs. Raber is very
deep grief to a home where she was
an unusually devoted and beloved
mother and wife. Coming in a way
suddenly, since DR.. Faber was so
hopeful to bring her home that at
least death might come while sur
iouhdGQ ny tuO SHAulC Gil dilu lllCH
who loved her so devotedly. it is a
heavier, harder grief upon the hearts
of the sufferers than possibly it
might have been if she could have
lived to reach home. AS it was the
last hour came while she was in her
sisters home in New York, recover
ing from the operation of several
weeks ago. but succumbing at last to
the disease that had marked her sc
fatally for death.
DR.. Faber was surrounded by al
the comfort that loyal friends could
give him in New York, among them
being Mrs. Abe Harris and Mrs. l.
Hyman, who formerly lived here. Or
his arrival here all that devoted con
gregation could do was done and yes
terday she was laid away with every
token of the high regard and respect
her life and character deserved.
| DR. and Mrs. Faber have lived in
Tyler for 10 years and during thai
time the tenderest love for her has
4
and the devotion and faithful dis
! charge of all her obligations has
/ made her loss an irreparable one tt
the children whose welfare was hel
chief care. Two of these children
! are in the University at Austin. Ar
thur will finish this year and Miss
Gertrude the following year.
4 1t is difficult for us at any time t.
be prepared for death and We fee
nothing can palliate it, but the sym
pathy and expressions of love AMI
appreciation of our friends go far t.
mark the dark hours less heavy ant
4 the loss less keen. These loving ex
pressions from friends on every hant
are extended to this beloved man ant
his children in this their darkes
hour of grief.
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Houses of corncobs.

In certain parts of Europe corncobs
are utilized for building purposes. The
cobs are taken to factory, where
heavy congresses crush and mold
them into blocks of various sizes, just
as bricks are variously nodded These
blocks are then bound with wire so as
to make them hold together. They
are then soaked in tar in order that
they may be watertight, and, after this
last operation, they are ready for the
market
This product is. of course. much
lighter than brick; and they are al
ways dry, which cannot be said of the
brick. 1t is said that the corncob con.
struction affords good house for the
poorer class.
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CASTORlA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
z s,.ss the :, Zxhz2zz-
PAY HIGH PRICES FOR PIPES
Amounts on Adornments for
Their Favcrites.

.Tennyson delighted in an Irish clay
and birdseye tobacco. while Bismarck,
who reduced something like 1000
cigars to ashes every year, was great
ly devoted to his old brier pipe, the
fumes of which were, to quote one au-
thority, comparable only to mix
ture of sewer and gasworks."
The kaiser always smokes pipe in
private, and, like the prince of Wales,
favors the small brier pipe.
On the other hand, there are many
middle-class men to-day who smoke
pipes costing many dollars. For the
most part they are presentation pipes
of carved meerschaum. or 0 fthe brier
type with gold mountings and the
choicest amber mouthpieces. or
course, you can make pipe as ex-
pensive as you please. You can
mount it with diamonds. rubies and
emeralds, and run up the value to an
enormous extent, or you could have
an oriental hookah at anything from
$500 to $4,000
The most costly pipes of to-day Sre
those used by the Dutch and the Ger
mans. They are of formidable dimen-
sions, some holding as much as a
pound of tobacco These pipes are
mostly of the meerschaum variety, and
some are carved so deliberately as to
command $1,000 each.-Stray Stories.