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Anne Cages Beau
Bv CORA A. N. SORNSEN

Girls, look quick" Gail sprang
from her chair and ran to the window.
Isn't that Anne Gage going by? 1t
is, as l live. Anne! Anne!" she
called, humping upon the window
with all her might. Then she flew to
the front door and flung it wide open.
Anne turned and her absorbed face
frightened with smile. She had not
before been aware that her attention
was being demanded. And Anne was
always so quick to hear and see!
"Oh, is that you, Gail?" she ex-
claimed. She came slowly up the
steps, hold out her hand. There
was a gentle abstraction in her man
ner, a dreaminess in her face, con-
scious reserve in her voice that Gail
noticed without being able to define,
and which was new to her. Certainly.
changed her perceptibly.
I'm so glad to see you," Gail said,
kissing her little breathlessly. Il
did not look for you so soon. When
did you Gomez"
"Oh, we came yesterday, father and
I. But it is no sooner than we ex-
pected to come" She followed Gail
Into the parlor, where Fanny Leal,
who was always cold, and Hilda
Mains, who could never be happy at
any distance from Fanny, we're hover
ing over the radiator and eagerly
awaiting her entrance.
"Oh, Anne!" They both kissed her
rapturously.
and you wrote me only two letters
in all those three months" Fanny re-
minded her reproachfully.
you wrote me only once, Anne"
Hilda took up the complaint. And
Gail says you treated her almost as
badly. Such snippy letters too! Moth
ing to them but beginning and end
ing"
We'll, now! By the beginning you
knew l was alive and well, and by
the ending you knew / loved you in
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called a plantation-and for each pur-
chase he drew particularly polite
check When this banks threw these
out on the ground that their author
had no account the poor old parson
found the situation a difficult one to
understand. Hef had thought that the
very purpose of a banks being was to
cash checks for persons who hap
pened to be short of money. why, If
I'd had the money In the bank he ex-
planned, I shouldn't have written the
checks at all; should have got the
money and paid the bills Fortunate
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the same old way. What more would
you have" Anne parted laughingly
sitting down comfortably and loosen.
ing her furs.
Lots more" Hilda grumbled. I'VE
wanted to know about your good times
and your beaux for surely you must
have had both. No girl could spend
three months at a Georgia winter re.
sort without them"
gloves while she studied water color
upon the opposite wall Yet she dio
not seem to see the picture so much
as something far beyond it.
ooh, beaux and good times" she
said. Eyes, suppose had as many
of both as were good for me-" She
was fumbling at her left glove. 1t
yielded suddenly and slipped from her
hand.
"Anne!" the three girls cried in one
breath, starting. Anne looked down
at her cleaning new ring with q flush
and smile.
And you never told us!"
1T happened just before I came
away" she explained shyly.
"And you came away to get ready
to be married.! Girls, our Anne!"
Fanny turned and awestruck, faced
one and then the other. There was a
moments tense silence, then they fell
upon her and kissed her.
Il am sorry-I mean I'm so happy
Gail stammered. But, Anne, you! !
never dreamed OF such a thing, after
you'd been about so much and had
SO many chances you wouldn't take,
right here in this town, too. Oh.
Anne!"
"Well?" Anne turned the ring upon
her finger lovingly.
well, I should say!" Hilda said.
Then the three sat down and stared
at her as if she suddenly had been
transformed into a new being.
SIS your father pleased?" demand
ed Gail firmly.
rs he nice?" asked Fannie.
rs he as good looking as John
Wilbur" Hilda's tone was wistful,
She had always wanted John viii.
bur herself.
Girls, wait! Three questions at
once! How can / answer them %
Anne defended.
He is coming up here in q month
or SO and you will all have a chance
to see him and Judge for yourself
whether he is nice or not. l think he
u.s."
IF he can suit you, Anne, he must
be marvel" Hilda sighed. "Your
taste In men is SO fastidious. Mother
has always said you would never mar
ry, because you would never find any
one who even approached your ideal. !"
Is he tall and blonde, Anne? And
handsome? But, of course, he isl"
Gail cried excitedly.
What does he do?" INQUIRED FANNY
Is he a lawyer or clergyman Or"
She paused, trying to recall the pro.
session Anne had always shown most
preference for.
"Oh, he Is business man." Anne
said. still turning her ring proudly.
Then he is rich. Of course. Oh,
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candy, and invariably wears a small
hat, veil, and corsage bouquet.
He's clean shaven, and wears, be.
sides immaculate linen, a careworn,
worried expression.
He pulls out his watch, presumably
to see how much Of the honeymoon Is
left.
When he registers at the hotel the
and wife" is written twice as large as
his own name
She never fails to ask how raany
Jumps of sugar he takes in hiz coffee.
Judge
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IN THE ANTE-BELLUM DAYS

please" pay the amount specified. Egg
gleston says: This custom of paying
by check 50 strongly commended it.
self to a certain unworldly parson of
my time that he resorted to 1t on one
occasion In entire ignorance and inno-
cense Of the necessity of having a
bank deposit as preliminary to the
drawing Of checks. He went to Rich
mond and bought years supplies for
his little place-it was too small to be
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Sets End to Public s.rv,..

1t was the example set by Natbania,
Macon, one of the old-time puhl;o naan
OF the south, that has influenced Con.
gressman Champ Clark in setting q
time for his own retirement. Mr. Ma.
cen hxee- aReH his seventy-fffth birth.
Jay, and when it came he immedi,
ateiy resigned his seat in the TTnitea
States senate, although his term was
no more than half expired. MIR Clark
proposes to retire likewise at precise.
ly seventy-ive. - oe''0'
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ly the matter came to the knowledge
Of well-to-do and generous planter
who knew Parson j., and who hap
pened to be in Richmond at the time.
His Endorsement made the checks good
and saved the unworthy old parson a
deal of trouble"
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Supply OF Ready Money Matter OF
Indifference to Rich and
Poor Alike.

According to George Cary Eggles-
ton, virginians Of ante-bellum days
showed great Indifference in money
matters. Money in the form of coin
was rarely seen; the planters were in
khe habit of writing checks on slip
Of foolscap, instructing the bank to
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land of boundless dis
tances the altitude Is
stimulating, the air Is a
tonic, giving health to
the infirm and courage
to those who have failed
elsewhere. It's constant
sunshine encourages op-
timism and cheerful
ness. The glories Of its
opal-tinted dawns. the
indescribable beauty of
dts sunsets and the
nameless witchery Of its
twilight softly melting
into night are the work
Of a divine painter.
There Is a mental
and spiritual uplift In
its mountains, whose
SUBMITS are In regions
Of perpetual snow. Its
sapphire lakes, excel
ling in beauty those of
Switzerland, open up
a wondrous field of in
terest and pleasure to
the sightseer and those
In search of rest and
recreation. The mon
archs of it's forests cast
their shadows on the
earth before the coming
of the gentle Nazarene.
Its canons, sculp-
tured during uncounted
centuries by wind and
wave, are unrivaled in
their wonderful and
varied coloring and in
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Another Gam, u
low structure OF
concrete, will d.
vert the waters
through a tun-
mel 81 miles
long into a canal
which for 40
miles pas S 9 8
along the upper
edge of a broad
and fertile valley
containing $780,
900 acres.
Two years ago
It was a desolate
waste. Today 1t
contains m or Q
than 200 farm
houses and three
thriving towns.
Ten t h o u 8 a n d
acres produced
crops last year
on this project
With 16 farm
h GU s es along
each mile of the
main highways,
the valley al
ready has a SUBJ
urban appear.
ance.
More than ESQ
farm units of 40
to 80 acres each
are now avail
able to entry and
offer exceptional
opnortunitieS for
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Bride and Groom.

Bride and Groom.
He carries two new grips and two
umbrellas.
He offers her his arm.
She carries nothing but a box of
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06

This Is the most
critical period IN
the history of ma
tional irrigation
since the passage
of the reclamation
act, in 1902. By
public notices Of the
secretary of the in
terror, issued last
year, hundreds of
water-right Install
ments, involving ap-
proximately $1,000
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Worlds Model Power pI..

ine nnlsning touches have just been
placed on the exterior of "the model
power plant of the world"-a 1900.
ooo structure erected by the ,United'
states government a stones Ne @w
rom the capitol at Washington This
station Is to furnish heat, Iigk and
power to the entire s groun 80 I'm.
mense government buildings on Can.
ttol hill. 10Y
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pire of unparalleled richness from the Missis-
sippi valley.
Once a wilderness SO unpromising that it
evoked derison in the halls of congress, the
west has become today the land Of fortune and
opportunity In this
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06
SPECIALIZATION.

Docaor-Wh2k can do for your
Patient lave cut my iniay an.or
Doctor-V sps ry; but am q ara.
ciailss on tn middle finger.
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He spirit Of the west Is
optimism and progress. 1t
Is the spirit that fired the
hearts of our forefathers
who erected in the prime
val forests of New Eng
land the superstructure of
the greatest nation on
earth. 1t is the optimism
and faith which imbued
their descendants who
carved an agricultural en-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-17
TIE COST OF LIVING.

No party VIII dare ignore the adj
vance in cost of living, which hits
the wage and salary workers so hard.
But no party can alter certain inev-
table causes. No party can again
make it possible for man to move
into fertile country and receive a
farm from Uncle Sam for next to
nothing. Round prices must hence
forth he paid, and in the end they
come out OF the consumer.
Furthermore, our consumption of
farm products, plus exports, has been
increasing much faster than produc-
ton It has been fashionable to
ridieule the farmer as a Reuben and
q hayseed which has tended to make
his calling unpopular. This attitude
has been large factor in luriug
country boys TO the great cities. a
drift that has so depleted the forces
OF productive agriculture that the
farms can not both feed the country
and keep up the export business that
is open to them AS a consequence.
consumers are bidding against each
other for many classes Of farm pr ,
duce. and prices OF course go up.
The first thing 10 do is to persuade
the boys to stick to the home acres
until production shall again equal
consumption
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TO TEST IOWA LIQUOR LAWS

The federal court at Dubuque has
Issued an injunction TO restrain the
Woodbury. county Aati-saloon league
from prosecuting contempt proceed
ings against Frank J. Donohce. pro-
prietor OF the Hotel Yves. at Sioux
City, and the hearing on the applica-
ton for permanent Injunction will
be before Judge Reed MAJ "a. In
junction is asked on the following
grounds:
/. The statutes violate the consti-
tuition OF the United States. They per
nit legal business to be destroyed
without remedy, thorgh it might be
proved later that the business was
legal
2 They permit -uinous penalties
and Imprisonment for violating in
functions without remedy or recourse
even though there might De fEsl ad-
judiciation showing that Injunction
should not have been granted.
g. Tney make appeal useless and
such can be taken only on condition
tEat appellant shall first abandon the
business, with which, Is may be de
cided on appeal, the court should not
have interfered.
4 They deny equal protection Of
the laws. They permit trial Of one
charged with liquor offense on terms
not exacted of these charged with
other crimes.
5. Litigants are not given same
immunities as other litisants or like
class
| In reciting these things the Dubuque
| Times-Journal recalls that somewhai
similar objection to the prohibitory
4 laws OF Iowa were mede III proceed
i frgs in federal court in tilat city
many years ago and were presented
to the court, Judge Brewer presiding
by Fred Lehman. now OF st. Louis
Judge Cole and serveral other attor
neys of statewide prominence Th'
court upheld the law and was sns
tanned by the supreme court OF tn
Il Tinted States
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The Enthusiastic Man.

The Plate Makers Criterion: Who
has the inspiration? Who pursues his
ideal with confidence in ultimate sue.
cess? The enthusiastic man.
Enthusiasm is the vitalizing spark;
without 1t man is mere autowa-
ton; with it his work becomes a
pleasure, his whole world brighter and
better.
Although liable at times to make
mistakes because of his ardent efforts.
1.-THE man who DOES things necessar-
lily makes more mistakes than the one
who never attempts anything) he ac-
complishes Infinitely more for himself
and the world in general than the
phlegmatic windmill sort OF individual
who will not move until he is moved.
The few mistakes are quickly swal-
lowed up by his numeroue successes,
The man who succeeds, both pro-
fessionally and socially, does SO In
large measure because of his store OF
enthusiasm, for by his stimulus he Is
led along paths (which others fear to
tread"
If thing is worth doing IT is
worth doing we'll: get interested in IT;
put yourself into it, and draw every
one else along with you.
In short--be an enthusiast
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Two women head the list in the De-
llneator for March with two sers re-
r1arkable articles. Miss Grace G.
strachen. for'-erls of Bufaio, presi-
dent Of the Intersoorough Association
OF Women School Teachers. city of
New YORK who speaks for 5000
TEACHERS in New York CITY alone, tells
OF their fight for equal Pay with the
men of similar rank Mrs Wilson
Woodrow says some things in The
American Husband that will stir up
much comment Kansas City's re-
markable method OF dealing with its
prisoners through board of pardon
and paroles is explained by Charles
Dillon, under the title "A New Way
to Save Men The fiction is pleasing
Virginia Frazer Boyle. VIII n. Har-
ben, Elizabeth Jordan and Thomas L.
Mason contribute the leading stories.
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ploy two accountants to examine the
accounts of the city clerk. clerk OF
the council, city collector, city mar
shall and treasurer. and report their
findings to the first regular council
meeting ii April
Adopted
BY AID. KIEF'ER:
Resolved, That William Cassidys
road tax, sold 1909, be cancelled and
money refunded TO George S. Tucker,
as the same property was assessed to
Jesse E. Baker and the taxes paid by
him.
Adopted BY the following vote:
Yeas-Annable, Christy, De Yong,
Johnson, Kiefer, Lindstrand. McCor-
mick, Roberts, Tigue.-Total 9.
Nays Butler.-Total 1.
Absent-Hickey. Swanson. Total 2.
CHARLES OFF,
Attest: Mayor
H. T. MOORE, Clerk OF the Council,
City of Keokuk.
BY AID. ROBERTS:
Resolved, Whereas, William Rees
deceased, on or about May oath, 1854,
made a conditional dedication to the
/ city OF Keolsuk of certain block in
Rees' subdivision to the city of Keo-
kuk. designated On the plat as pub
I lie square, the conditions of which
were, that the said city of Keokuk
should pay for certain improvements
made thereon, and shall use said
square as public park; and
Whereas. the said city of Keokuk
has never fulfilled, in part or in whole,
any of the conditions mentioned In
the dedication, deeming the premises
impracticable and unsuited for the
purposes set forth therein; and
Whereas, the dedication above men
toned and set out on the plat OF
Rees' subdivision to the city Of Keo-
kuk, filed for record in the office OF
the recorder of Lee county, constitutes
a cloud on the title to the said prem
Uses: therefore
Be it resolved by the City Council
LOT the City OF Keokuk:
/ That the mayor be. and he is hereby
authorized and instructed to execute
and deliver, in the name and on be-
half of the city of Keokuk, quit.
claim deed, conveying to Robert Rees
and the other heirs of William Rees,
deceased, all interest, title or claim
that the city of Keokuk has or may
have in the following described prem
ises, to-wit. A block situated in Rees
subdivision to the city of Keokuk
bounded on the south by Missouri
street, and on the east by Oregon
avenue, and designated on the plat In
the Office of Lee county recorder al
EKeokuk as Public Square"
Referred to the committee of the
whole.
ITO be continued.)
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CONGRESSMAN SMITHS AN,
NoUNCEMENT

Congressman Walter |. Smith has
made his formal announcement as a
candidate for denomination as mem
Der OF congress from the Ninth dis
trict of this state What he says is
of general interest:
| shall be candidate for renoni-
nation as a member of congress from
the Ninth district of Iowa, at the com
ing June primary
During the years / have been in
congress | have constantly supported
eli those great policies in relation to
the conservation OF our resources, the
control of transportation the abate-
ment of trusts and the abuses by cor
porations and by corporate wealth
which have come to be known as the
Eoosey cit policies.
Time and experience will now en-
able congress to enact more wise and
effective laws on these subjects than
heretofore.
I believe that congress viii sooI
pass the best laws on these subjects
yet enacted, and to that end / shall
fully cooperate so long as ! remain
In congress, or until the ends sought
are fully attained
There should be left no doubt re
naming as to the power and duty OF
the tariff commission or board Great
ed by the Payne tariff law to collect
in ample time before another tariff
revision full and detailed information
as to the relative cost Of production
/ in this country and elsewhere, and
confidently believe that congress
! through the committee of which | an
I a member, will at this session In con
nection with the appropriation for TINS
commission. expressly authorize sucf
investigation.
If reelected shall continue the eli
forts to which have devoted myself
during my entire service to keep ma
tional expenses within reason ant
within revenue,
The soldiers of the republic are grow
| ing older, feebler and fewer in. mum
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think We must have and boiler about
high prices.
Give Me Your Heart in February.

Give Me Your Heart in February.
What do care for an April lovers
What is the worth of a springtine
yow7
Winds OF the winter around me
hover
Give me girl who will love me
now.
Give me Your heart when the heart is
wary.
When Annabel-Lee-lovos chill and
die.
Give me your heart in February,
If you would have my hearts reply
Any that live are in love in the spring
time;
ALI OF the world is a-wocing in MAY;
Will birds coo in the JOY OF the wing
time:
Teamsters sing on the city dray.
But oh, when the ice On the pave is
glary
And the sleat bites cold from the
leaden sky.
Give me your heart in February,
If you would have my hearts reply,
What is the faith of a summer lover!
Cupid's a jester gay in June.
A laugh or a sigh or a four-leaf clover
Is cause for kiss. forgos too soon.
Smile if you viii on the swains that
tarry
When warm sea sands in the sun
light lie:-
Give me your heart in February,
If you would have my hearts reply,
Chester Firkins in Lippincott's.
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New Order Of Things.

Oelwein Register: Anent the high
price OF articles it Is recalled that
we used to eat cold fish hacked of
from whole cod hung up in the at
tic-now it is homeless cod put up in
tissue paper, etc. Once we ate crack
ers from box or barrel-now we need
biscuit Once we ate pies made
from home dried apples-now lit is
steam dried fruit that makes the fill
ing. Once we ate oat meal from a
barrel--now 1t is put up in nifty pack
ages with lot Of printed dope and
chromos on the outside. We used
to eat popcorn and milknow we eat
"predigested" preparation that is
warranted to cure anything from stom-
ach to liver complaint But we pay
for the new order of thi.ss which we
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sixteen to One Financiers.

There was once a distinguished tel
low citizen who went up and down
the country assuring Us that prices
of farm products would never rise
again until we opened our minis to
the free coinage OF silver at the sacred
ratio Of sixteen TO one without want
ing for the aid or consent of any other
nation on earth. Where is that dis
tinguished fellow citizen now and
what has he to say Keokuk Gate
City.
Dubuque Times-Journal: That dis
tinguished fellow citizen is in South
America at present. but his followers
are still with us. In view of the fall
ure of the predictions they offered in
1896. nothing else would so become
them as modest stiffness and huInil-
ity. but that is not their style. a
blush on the cheek of a sixteen to one
financier would be as anonymous az
a violet in the button hole of an Es-
quimax If the people vote to retain
the gold standard. their leader said
in 1886. prices are as certain TO fall
as a stone thrown into the air. Soon
after this prediction was offered they
were tossed into the air. but they
alighted with lungs intact and immed-
lately proceeded TO inquire where $
your prosperity ~ They wanted to
know when Mckinley was going to
open the mills instead of the mints.
Nor did the opening OF the mills sill
ence them A silent sixteen to one
hnancier is dead sixteen TO one fin
fnancier
Their next complaint was that the
trusts were getting all the prosperity
TO the exclusion OF the workingman
and the farmer When the tables
were published to show how wages
and employment and deposits in the
savings bank had advanced since
1896. they declared that farm prices.
too low in 1896. were now too high,
that the tariff and the trusts were
to blame. and that we ough TO have
free trade with Canada, though they
gave q promise in 1896 that If entrust-
ed with power they would not disturb
the tariff except for the purpose ct
repairing the deficit arising from the
adverse decision in the income tax
case.
There has been one appealing strain
throughout End the appeal has ever
l,cen to class prejudice. envy, hatred.
JEALOUSY and the msaner and weaker
side Of human nature. In 1895 the
workingman was advised by the six
teen TO one leaders to find out what
policy his employer and The wealthy
members Of the community wanted
e7d then vote for the other He IL
getting the same sort OF advice TODAY
from the same sort of men. Some OF
them feel the class prejudice they
/ seek 10 inculcate in others and all Of
item are willing TO appeal to it in
the absence Of other and better means
Of sustaining their ambitions and pre-
tensions.