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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-23

cures gripping, diarrhoea. dysentery,
and should be taken at the first I'M
natural looseness of the bowels. 1t
is equally valuable for children and
adults. 1t always cures. Sold by all
dealers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-23
Viewer Prepared.

Rebekahs, and the public generally,
will be interested in the program
printed here, to be observed by the
members of the fifty-sixth district
when they convene tomorrow Viewer
has made ample plans for the recep-
ton and entertainment of her many
guests, and the little town near Burl-
ington, will be arrayed in holiday at
tire for the notable gathering. Din
ner will be served at noon and in tn
evening a supper has ben planned for.
In full the program follows:
Program-Mornlng.
Morning reception at convention
hall.
Enrolment of delegates.
1O:3o-Call to order by District
President, Mrs Dorothea Mohnike,
of Viewer.
Reception of Grand Officers. Con-
ferring of honors of the degree.
Address of welcome, by district pres
ident, Mrs. Mohnike.
Response, Mrs. w. o. Phillips OF
Keokuk.
Instrumental music.
disqualification of the secret work,
Mrs. Hattie Barquist, president OF
the state assembly of Des Moines.
Dinner.
Afternoon.
Call to order by district president.
Reading of last meetings minutes.
Reading of vice presidents report.
Reading of secretary's report
Reading of treasurer's report.
Demonstration of working in the
lodge room, lesson lodge of Montrose.
Remarks by Mrs. Ida Won Hon, P. p
Mt. Pleasant
Demonstration of burial service,
Empress lodge, FIT Madison.
Address-Assembly President, Hat
tie Barquist, Des Moines.
Election of officers.
Elect next meeting place.
Miscellaneous.
Question Box-Assenbly President.
Supper.
Evening.
Call TO order at eight o'clock by
president
Instrumental music.
Vocal solo-Miss Bernice McKaig,
of Viewer.
Vocal solo-Miss Florence Lang OF
Viewer.
Comforting degrees by Colfax lodge
No. 4 of Keokuk.
Vocal solo-Mrs. Walter Douche
Keokuk
Installation of convention officers
by Good Hone lodge of Viewer.
District Representation.
The largest convention in the his
tory of tire order in district Sc is ex
pected to be held at Viewer to
morrow. FIT. Madison. Burlington
Montrose. Keokuk. Mt. Pleasant, We
yer and several other LODGES will send
complete list of delegates
The Keokuk Rehekphs leave to
morrow morning at 7:35 and will re
turn on the 12:45 train Sunday morn
| ing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-23
State President Here.

Mrs Hattie Barquist, state assembly
president of the Rebekah lodge, with
headquarters in Des Moines, visited
in the city the forepart of the week
with the Misses Matheney and left
Wednesday evening for Burlington.
Mrs. Barquist will be present at to-
morrow's convention.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-23
THE GRATITUDE OF ELDERLY
PEOpI

Goes out to whatever helps give
them ease. comfort and strength.
Foley Kidney Pills cure kidney and
bladder diseases promptly. and give
comfort and relief to elderly people.
Wilkinson G. Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-23

Not minute should be lost when a
child shows symptoms of Group
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy given
as soon as the child becomes hoarse,
or even after the croupy cough APP
pears, will prevent the attack. Sold
by all dealers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-23
SOAKING the Doctors.

Twenty-Five per cent of Chicago
people systematically and thoroughly
deadbeat the doctors every year for
only one per cent receive any other
kind of charity. Doctors In Chicago
are beaten right out or nearly $4,000
600 per annum. or $4,000 doctor
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-23
Justified.

The man who boisterously informs
you that he know what he is talking
about Is always justified in suspecting
that you may be harboring reason
able doubt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-23
Or. C. r. 6LANkENsHlP
DR.. J. EATON JOHNSTON.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON

Inc only physician practicing osts.
pathy In the county. The Smith.
son'an truss fitted and guaranteed.
we only truss that holds. Office
North side OF Main street, third door
above Fifth. Phone SO. Residence.
Ninth and Webster. Phone 4S4. p.
q. Lock Box Al. Warsaw Ill
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-23
pigeon Worth ownInu.

A Manchester, England firm of mill
owners is reported to be possessed OF
a pigeon which has been employed as
a messenger from one mill to another
for over ten years. During that period
it has made over 1000 journeys and
travelled over $4,000 miles. 1t is cal
culated that to have sent the mes
sages by wire would have cost 5000.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-09-08

When you think Of insurance think
Of FOUNTAIN. -
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-09-08
The Royal Road to Penmanship.

Shuangh chi'u-er. although the name
may sound like disease, is not form
OF writer's cramp. On the contrary.
their" purpose is to prevent it. The
words mean the double balls" and
shuangh chi'u-er are two iron balls.
an inch or so in diameter, which mes
tie in the right hand of every Chinese
man OF letters for hours each day.
one being revolved about the other
until they are worn bright. They are
just large enough to make a handful.
and the action OF shifting one about
the other brings the fingers into play
and lends them that suppleness and
digital dexterity which is necessary
in the manipulation of the Chinese
Ilettering-pen or fine-pointed brush. OF
what a mplicity.-Atlantic Monthly
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-09-08
Prone Tablets to Memory Of AIteeid.

With palms, ferns and flowers the
stage Of the Carrick Teater was trans
formed into a beautiful garden Sun
day, when We're held the dedicatory
exercises that marked the unwilling OF
!cur bronze tablets that will later be
placed on the shaft over the grave
of the late John P. Altgeld. citizen,
volunteer soldier, lawyer. judge, ora
tor and governor OF the state OF Hi
nois''
The first tablet bears the name of
Mr.. Altgeld. and recital Of the posi-
tons he held at various times, and the
following extract from one of the
public addresses:
Il have given Illinois four of my best
years, and have brought all my offer
ings to her altar. Had it been neces-
sary, l should have considered life
Itself small sacrifice in her interest.
On the other tablets are quotations
from the speeches and writings OF Mr.
Altgeld, one of them being a sentence
from his pardon of the anarchists in
1893, and another a short extract from
his message to President Cleveland
concerning the sending of federal
troops to Chicago in 1S94-Chicago
Record-Herald.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-09-08

Let Alba T. fountain INSURE
your property -
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-09-08
DIET For YOUNG CHILDREN
Proper Foods, Quantities and Periods
for the Wholesome Daily Regime.

After the beginning of the third
year meat may be given once every
day-scraped beef. beefsteak, lamb
chops (broiled, never fried|, roast
beef and lamb. and the white meat
of chicken. Beef and lamb should
never be overlooked rather a trifie
gare; chicken, however, should al
ways be well cooked.
Milk This must continue the stand
by. A quart day is not too much.
If not perfectly digested in its unmod-
flied state. it may be prepared in the
following way: To SIX ounces of
milk add one onuce of cream and three
ounces of water.
Eggs. One soft boiled, coddlad or
poached egg may be given every day,
but it is often wiser to give every
other day, especially before the age
of five years. Eggs are very val
liable form of food, and it is unfor,
tunate to create in children a dislike
for them. and this frequently happens
when they are used every day for
long periods.
Broths. These are valuable as slim,
ulating foods. They are made more
nutritious by the addition of cream
or milk and when thickened by arrow,
root or corn starch.
Cereals, always we'll cooked. may be
eaten twice day, morning ard even.
ing. Oatmeal, wheat cereals, hominy
cornmeal mush, farina, etc, give op.
portunity for pleasant variation
Cream or rich milk, but little, if any
sugar should be eaten with these.
Candy, in small quantities, of un'
doubted purity, may sometimes take
the place of dessert, or lump or two
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-09-08

John A. Miesen, playing Robert Os-
bourne. the heavy, in Silver Threads
at the Columbia Theatre, Friday night,
Sept. 9th, has leading roles in the
past three years with Nance O'Neil
and Henrietta Crossman and in THE
Light Eternal" Edith NJ. Cook, who
was the Cockney housekeeper in
Merely Mary Ann" has a similar
part in Silver Threads as Eliza B.
Lunch, a typical gossipping New Eng.
land housekeeper. Leslie S. Stowe
was in James A. Hernes Shore
Acres" as Martin Berry. is cast as
John Laurie. and Louise Kent, the
leading woman was in vaudeville last
season in Sold" 81
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-09-08
GERMAN MARRIAGE MARKET
A Declaration That the kaiser's Men
Are Passive Articles of Sale.


The men in Germany do not marry
they are married; they are more or
stand in rows in the matrimonial shop
window with their price labeled in
large letters in their buttonhole, wait
! ing patiently for purchaser They are
| perfectly willing. even eager, victims;
they want to be bought. but their posi-
| ton does not allow them to grasp the
| initiative and they are thankful when
at last someone comes along and de-
clares herself capable and willing to
pay the price.
| The girl and her mother, with their
purse in hand. pass the articles in re-
view and choose out the one which
best suits their means and fancy.
Il shall marry an officer one girl
told me some time ago. with the easy
confidence of person about to order
a new dress; and 10. and behold. be-
ioI tie vas Jul SHC as " ain
ing proudly on the arm OF a Dragon
lieutenant. l even knew of three
women who swore to each other that
they would only marry geniuses, and
here also they had their Will. One
married a great painter, one poet
and another a famous diplomatist-
That they were all three peculiarly un-
happy is not witness against the
system. but proof that geniuses may
-occasionally-be very uncomforta-
BILE partners. In this case the pur-
chasers were rich, and popular-and
could. therefore, make their choice.
Others of lesser means would have
had to content themselves with an
officer, cavalry or infantry. according
to the dot" or a lawyer, or a doctor.
or merchant, and so on down the
scale.-Miss Wylie's My German
Year
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-09-08
Silk Hats Go to Dahomey.

Among the articles packed in box
TO be sent next week from the Society
for the Propagation of the Faith to
Dahomey. Africa, are two silk hats.
The mission at Dahomey is in charge
OF Father John Shanahan. of the Or
der OF the Holy Ghost. A few years
ago the Rev. John ]. Dunn. the di-
rector OF the local society, put sew
'eral silk hats which had been donated
to him into a box that went to the
wilds of West Africa. Months later
he received a photograph of six ma
,tives wearing high hats, although the
remainder of their apparel was some
what abbreviated.-New York Herald.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-09-08
An Eve for Business,

Here" solemnly said the Boston,
ian, General Warren fell"
Sol replied the gentleman from
Chicago, running a speculative eye up
and down the perpendicular Bunker
Hill Monument. Must have been a
swell subject for moving picture
act."-Puck.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-09-08
Suspicious.
must hurry home at once"

Il must hurry home at once"
But you've been here only 10 days,
and you intended to remain two
weeks"
Il know. but l must get back at
once. I've Just received a letter from
my husband telling me to stay another
week if I'm enjoying myselt-Detroit
Free Press.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-09-08
FOR SALE

A number Of first class street paving
taxbiIls in amounts from one hundred
to two thousand dollars. These tax
bills are first lien on the property i'm.
proved, bear eight per cent interest
and are personally guaranteed by me.
They are splendid investments, being
absolutely safe. I also have some
good interest bearing notes secured
by first mortgage on real estate for
sale. (adv.)
J.. A. STEWART,
Exchange National Bank Bldg.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-09-08

The special rate of one dollar for
the Missourian until Jan. 1. 1911 IL
still in effect Many have taken ad-
vantage of the offer. II you wish 70
have the paper sent to you till Jan.
1, 1911, either call or mail your sub
scription this week. The offer IL good
to both old and new subscribers.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-09-08
NOTICE

The DR.. Els Optical Company will
make free examination OF all school
children's eyes. when accompanied by
parent or guardian. This examination
will excuse the child from schoolroom
examination and gives the parent priv
ilege to be present at time of exam
nation. *
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-09-08

Miss Neverstop (seating herself be-
tween two much-engrossed Senators)
exclaims, "A rose between two
thorns."
NAY. madame" retorts one irate
old gentleman. say, rather, a tongue
sandwich. Life.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-09-08

Tandy Denning Furniture and In
Idertaking. Phone, Day Or Night, 49,
Black. >
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-09-08

OF sugar may he allowed at the close
of meal. dinner preferably. even
when a simple dessert has been in
cluded.-Woman's Home Companion.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-20
Forced To Leave home.

Every year large number of
poor sufferers whose lungs are sore
and racked with coughs are urge d
20 go to another climate. But this
IS costly and not ALWAYS sure.
here 5 a better way. Let Dr.
hlns $ new Discovery cure YOU at
nome 1t cured ME of lung
trouble writes W. r. Nelson of
oalamlne, Ark, when all else
'alled' and | gained " pounds in
weight. Its surely the King of
cough and lung cures" Thous-
sands owe their lives and health to
IT, Its positively guaranteed for
oonghs, Colds, LaGrippe, Croup.
Asthma, all Throat and Limo.
troubles soc and sl.oo Trial bot
tic tree at H. S. Elwood's.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-20

few nights ago Il flock of sheep
near where the writer lives were raid
eel by Il bunch of neighhorhood ours,
ana next morning thirteen of the limo
cents were found dead and dozen
badly injured OF course il Che owner
OF these sheep can prove whose dogs
they We're " ho did ills killing he am
cohlpei them To foot the bill Of dam
ages. If not hen have to charge ii to
lroht and loss. This lust for blood in
the average canine is natural enough
perhaps, for it tells of the wild dog or
Won ancestry Of the modern dog fam
lly ana OF time when their whole bill
ol iare consisted Of The blood and flies h
OF the wild animals which they ran to
earth. This sheep killing streak in dogs
mas It's parallel among humankind in
the barbarian instinct which CROPS out
now and then in mobS bent on lyuching
or maudlin droves Of bipcds that will
mack Il notorious criminals scaffold or
colin to pieces for grim souvenirs.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-20

Dairy Maid Of pinclurSt is the nan!c
of the champion thite-yctr iii cow Of
thu world. In Il years mill.iu- Test
which closed Il short time ago She
gave 1860 pounds of milk, which
contained $50 pounds Of butter fat, or
the equivalent Of 1852 pounds # IN
mcrcial butter. Tine cow was ga cA
hbitlon mt some of the big state fairs
and was admired by thousands. she
Is a Guernsey Of large size, bcauiilu!
color and splendid dairy TYP" conior-
nation and belongs to W. ". Mar b
OF Waterloo, la.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-20
ISOLATION AN AID.

Many an animal husbandman wS |
r,du e the losses sustained from tuhg
culosis aud other diseases In liz b.
ana cattle if he would prac6e b |
simple precaution Of isolating lAdrs
ualS which have the appeanDN 4
being diseased. whatever the nN
Of the trouble. We are led 10 nah
the above appa antly trite suggsa
from visiting N long since hsdt
mixed feeding nd dairy cattle tq
under decidedly nasty and ins1liuV
conditions. amc g which vae tltt
lating a number Of animals that va
very plainly in well advanced stisH
Of tuberculosis. Experimenten hi''
proved conclusiyely that an amin
thus affected may discharge not eal
virulc fcces, but nasal discharge "
another farm We know Of a sted Oh
vas far along With lulnpy Jaw Des
allowed to mingle freely with OH
cattie. the oxidation from the 'ls
sore lcfouling not only the ground o
the feed which the other cattle %
ward ate. Many a serious epidens
hog cholera could be prevented q o
sidorably lessened were dump !
isolated ut the start and kept 50 u
they recovered or died. the uF
precaution referred to COSTS iNus
has a merit Entirely apart irom =
cine or vc.eriuary ATTENDANCE W.
should also lie made use OF II occas
....tf,.,.s
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-20

Along with the very commcndahle
policy of storing the barn full of lol
der for the stock and the cellar full q!
fruit aud vegetables for pht,l al chc' +
durn- the bong winter months, it l. ii
yer! excellent idea TO PROV ld" 20 -oudly
supply of mental pruy"ud't fer tine
library table in the shape # popular
periodicals and several wholesome
books Suited To- their respective tastes
and ages. thcr" should be found in
these something for the boys ana Iris.
for the soberor parent and for -.aAl-
pa and grandma, If the home is still
grHccd with their presence. 1t Will
cost II few dollars thus fifty 10 provide
for the mental needs. but no money
put In around the place in the way Of
winter supplies viii havca more whole
some effect or be more enjoyed.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-20

The day IS not here yet, but it Will he
ere long. when the only accepted meth
cd Of handling the farm manure VIII
be storing them carefully unt"r COW
cred shed with a couraye cement floor.
which VIII not only prevent their
teaching IN the rain, hut viii catch and
hold all the liquid ingredients with
fresh manure worth by actual crop
growing test SO per ton and with
more than half this value ln.t under
the prevalent method Of handling. a
saner method for conserving 3D. im-
portant by product of the farn would
seem t. lee demanded
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-20

True, it's an old fashioned plant hut
FOR the housewife who has little tim"
to give to Horticulture the grrnnium j.
one Of the most satisfactory II is a
thrifty grower. fire." IL umcr. Eo p.St-
bother il, while if one i.ts sl..- VI lhc
finest kinds beautiful b.pssom effect,
may be secured. The requirements are
rich soil and plenty Of water and sun
shine.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-20

at at a big state fair ', wssa ~.
l lho g display Of pure Sss "a
UPON ,'I~ T ,ne f,s Of these asts, " v
p nrl"1 dot to in the jud d'i'sa' !, y
a Dn[I% 1, seemed Ssl to result III |, : y
h nesn not only abnormal , .,
detrimental to Their csa., aet d
a anick blanket Of fat lll s' ss'
t honcr several bovine , ass
n %a",s breeders breeders Of The s w.
n were their show animal. ~ a' Y
pcea@d to be- but required ~ y !, y
erage breeding condition W.
Gently the need Of the sds,.. y
more rational STANDARD h. "'s : q
pressed coneretely BY a ls =, y
er who has Won many ' n.y.
az az stock shows and who w. .s..l'
three" "three-fourths Of the an..t t lsI1
country are ruined for brs,s s.'s
ing fattened for the sbos ~
cattle should be shown .., y
steer class" This puts tb s' n
nuts nutshell. 1t is strange thai H. ~
nave been 50 slow in av,ii,, ,s'' /
Importance Of this simple A.
a number Of people who ,.,s i.
national corn show At Op,h !
years ago had a taste Of a. ~
meal cookies ard cakes whkb ~
exhibition In the Nebraska b.,d.'
tiers. Now comes the Tenn ~
ment station in bulletin No. rs I
the suggestion that finely rcur
tonseed meal may In the ne,, \,
be used extensively as a p,os,
niShing ration in place Of meat .
cheese, beans, peas, etc. E1ued,.
haYe been made along this lin
biscuits, cakes, cookies and bre,a,
been made Of a -four mixture en-,
Ing one part Of cottonseed meal h
parts Of wheat. These prCdus,
palaiable and are Of a yellowth b
color, just as the alfalfa meal IN,
were Of a light olive green. Its
mated that a pound Of protein
cottonseed meal costs but oue
tic'h Of a pJlnd Of protein 70.
meat, while three ounces Of q
SEED meal-the maximum ratio,
owmcndcd for an adult-funlsl
much protein as would be suppl
six ounces of meat, an avessgs
ration.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-20

No higher word Of commentaries
can be given Of any home than {" han
said Of 1t that the boys and girls ~
the neighbOrhood like 10 gather ih'r'
TO spend some of their evenings II IS
an accomplishment. by the WY. o.,
which any homemakcr may we'll b'
proud The country needs more homes
OF this kind.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-20

The refined city dWclltr who j, too
rcspcrtablc t. ~ to the poi. .u C.'-
ton day because he dos n7i 81 t to
nssoclate with the Kind Of uu UAJ
gather there" Is, if anyH.n.e, - ice
worse traitor to the country OF Wh d
he is u citizen and the free institutions
Of which he is beneficiary tlaH t4c
farmer who Is 50 busy he "caEl par.
the time TO vote this year" However,
the important thing to rrW'Wl i
that both are traitors and should be-
viewed as such by all right thinking
people.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-20

At a branch experiment station which
the oregon Agricultural college expects
to establish at Gold Ray, in southern
Oregon, a line of work which Will re
ceiYe special attention will be- given to
asc"rtaining the effects Of electricity
upon plant life. Tests along this line
which have been conducted in two or
three European countries have been at
tended with considerable success, ii be
Ing found that electricity applied FROM
network of Wires overhead to an or
chard or garden increased not only the
size and amount of sugar contained III
fruit and vegetables. but FASTENED their
maturity as well. There is abundant
water power at the point in Oregon
mentioned, and the proprietors of the
electric plant there have offered the
state land, electricity and water power
Tor such an experimental tract.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-20

Russia, the worst plague slrirE'h' Is
also one of the worst rat ridden co"ii-
tries in the world Aided to ,1!. I'D re-
is widespread disregard fo. hI,-
ton which goes hand in hand "'iH the
rest and makes terrible situation.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-20

Probably the biggest cheese ever
made has lately been "cast 10y VIE.
consin cheese factory. 1t weighs >, inD
pounds, required one milking of 100
cows to make 1t and Is 10 bee on "N-
hibition ut the national dairy show To
be held soon at Chicaei.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-10-20

Graham bread takes its name from
the fact that in the year 1894 a Con
necticut doctor of the name of Sylycs-
ter Graham started IL crusade in favor
Of making bread from whole wheat or
brown flour. He gave lectures and
wrote books on the subject. ana 50
much emphasis did he lay on the new
bread that from that time on to the
present it has been known rs "gra-
ham"