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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20
SWISS DIVORCE CASES.
Tho Court Always Tries to Settle
Thorn by Reconciliation.

The Court Always Tries to Settle
Thorn by Reconciliation.
In one Important respect the Swiss
surpass other nations in the manage
ment Of their divorce cases, says an
English correspondent.
In every town there is q kind of Off
.cial paper known as the Feuille davis.
in which one may read daily the fol-
lowing announcement:
IN. and Nine. X. who are in in
stance of divorce. are requested to ap-
pear privately before the judge. alone
or with their lawyers. in order to
come to reconciliation IL possible"
Before the beginning of every d.
yorce case in Switzerland this notice
is published and sent out to the inter
ested parties. leaving the couple. of
course. free to attend before the Judge
or not, as they wish. Often the couple
meet
Although there are no statistics pub
lished on the subject. am told by a
leading lawyer in Geneva whose spe-
cialty is divorce cases that at least 80
per cent of divorce cases much to
my loss unfortunately" the lawyer
added, with smile-are settled by
the paternal advice of the judge at
these meetings out of court.
In fact. Swiss lawyers will not def
nitely take up divorce case until it
has passed through the reconciliation
process.
If one of the couple does not attend
the rendezvous this means that the at.
fair is to be fought out. but in any case
Swiss divorces are not expensive.
The average cost in contested case
is $500. often 500. and the lowest
when both parties are agreed $40 OF
$l5.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20
Pretty and Exciting Contest of Motor
Boats on the River Sunday
Afternoon For the
Cup.
DOROTHY IS SECOND.
Third Race for comodore's Trophy
Will be on the Afternoon
Of the Fourth Of
July.

A crowd of interested spectators
lined the shore of the river yesterday
afternoon at the starting point of the
motor boat races and number went
out into the big stream in boats to
see the second race for the Commo-
dore's cup which proved more excit-
ing than the first contest held two
weeks ago yesterday.
The race yesterday was won by the
Comet, Ed Browns fast little speed
boat, the time of the Comet being 81
minutes and % seconds in covering
the two laps of the course of about
seven and half miles, to the mouth
Of the Des Moines river and return.
Secretary j. P. Allen of the Keokuk
and Hamilton Water Power Company,
served as timer and gave entire sat
isfaction in the sport in which he is
interested.
The dolly" close second to the
Comet came in not quite a minute be-
hind the winning boat, Browns boat
winning by fifty-seven seconds over
iltO llCol COZ IOpPCACht. hO ooilSy
the third boat and the last one came
in one minute and twenty-one sec
onds after the Comet.
All during the race the three
boats "necked" it together and for
those on shore the outcome looked
doubtful until the very last minute of
time when the Dorothy nosed ahead
and won by a close margin over her
two opponents.
Burton Wilkinson's boat started
the first lap but did not finish on &C
count of the propeller shoe slipping
The occupants of the craft pulled her
ashore and rig'hted the affected part
and proceeded again but the other
three boats had too much of lead
and the race was not re-entered by
the Wilkinson boat.
The third race for the Commodore
cup will be run on the afternoon o
| the Fourth of July when several 9th
err exciting free-for-all contests viii
be pulled off.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20
THE LEGISLATIVE JOKER.
Easy Way In Which tho Intent Of
Law May 30 Changed.

Easy Way In Which tho Intent Of
Law May 30 Changed.
A joker in it's simplest form con-
sists In word or clause which. In
troduced into proposed legislation,
flches away from the public its power
to establish such laws as it desires,
either by cmascuiating an enactment
or by perverting the essence and pur-
pose of IT. So writes Samuel Hop
kins Adams in American Magazine,
and he cites these instances of how
the joker game is worked:
Sometimes 1t Is in one word, as
where the sale of piece of public
property to the lowest bidder was once
authorized Sometimes 1t may inhere
in that elusive character. the comma,
as in the case of the tariff clause of an
old schedule providing for the free en-
try Of fruit plants. where somebody
carelessly allowed comma to creep
In between fruit and plants, thereby
admitting millions of oranges and lem
ons into the country duty free and
costing the treasury hundreds. of thou
sands of dollars in loss of imports.
Nobody ever found out whether this
was printers slip or carefully de-
vised scheme Certain it is that the
trainers of the schedule never intend
ed IT.
Again, the entire body of the pro-
viso may constitute the joker by pur-
porting to carry one meaning when it
in reality carries quite another. Con.
gress still preserves the tradition OF
the Irish representative from Massa-
chusetts who proposed that March II
be made legal holiday in celebration
of the Boston tea party Several
New Englunders whose zeal exceeded
their erudition warmly supported the
measure until some one pointed out
that March II was much more closely
associated with the supposed birth of
the proposer's patron saint than with
the destruction of the obnoxious tea.
which latter, indeed. was midwinter
festival"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20
BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS
FRIENDS SEND.
Abundance Of Floral Tokens Amassed
on Bier of Beloved Woman.
Services Held Today.

Funeral services for the late Mrs
Mary j. Garmo we're conducted this
afternoon at four O'Clock from tAe
late family residence, 41S South
Eighth street. Rev A. v. Kendrick
was in charge and the obsequies for
the departed citizen were beautiful!
and impressive. A large number of
friends were present to pay parting
tribute to the memory of the deceased
The floral offerings from many
friends were profuse and beautiful
Interment was made in the family lot
in Oakland cemetery The following
gentlemen acted as body bearers: M
]. Burke, Jno. R. King, w. j. Donovan.
w. S. Sample, B. F. Taber, James
Cameron, Sr., Joe Steiger, and John
Cosgrove.
The singers were: Mr.. and Mrs
Jno. Elgin, Mrs. "A. G. Peterson and
Louis Pelz.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20
SURPRISE FOR THE BARBER
WieIder OF Razor Had No Idea How
Many Strokes OF implement
Were Necessary.

The barber was just about to lean
over and ask the customer in low
whisper If he didn't want facial mas
sodge." But the customer forestalled
him by looking UP suddenly and ask
ing question himself
How many strokes of the razor are
required in shaving the average man
or, rather, how many strokes do you
make in shaving me. for instance?'
20, ! dunno" replied the barber.
Never thought of it,
But you must have some rough
idea. You've been in the business a
good many years. ] take It,"
yes, about nine years"
We'll, how many strokes do you
think 1t takes?"
20. mebby 150-or ITS; not more'n
that"
You're wrong" laughed the Gus
toner. Some time ago fell into the
habit of counting the razor strokes
when I'm being shaved. just as a
means of resting my mind; you can't
think about your business when you're
counting the short, quick strokes of a
razor. So I've got to be something
of an authority on the subject. Count
/ ing 1t as stroke every time the razor
Is moved forward and drawn back
again. it takes between 900 and zoe
strokes as rule-that is on my face
4 1t does-my boards pretty tough. Oh
course, when | shave myself with a
safety razor it doesn't take anything
like as many because you can cover
more facial territory at a single stroke
I have been shaved in barber chair
with as few as 500 strokes, but as q
rule it is nearer 700 Kind Of sur
prises you, doesn't it,"
TT sure does" says the barber.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20
Be a Real Power In the World.

1t is Il great thing to start out in
active life with the resolution that you
will not be Il mere cipher in your COM
munity. but a real constructive force:
that you will stand for something more
than q real living getter or a dollar
gatherer: that you will not be merely
one more citizen. but a strong. robust.
vigorous force, power respected, a
force that moves things. To be known
as n progressive man who stands for
everything that is for the betterment
OF his community. every one should be
ambitious to be something as citizen
besides specialist in his vocation
Success Magazine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20
PERSONA

Mrs. w. H. Palmer and daughter,
Miss Greta, of Los Angeles, Cal, ar
rived in the city this morning to at
tend the funeral of Mrs. Palmer's
mother, Mrs. Mary J. Garmo.
Malcolm Mcfarland arrived home
last evening from the University Of
Wisconsin
Sam N. Young and R. T. Armstrong
of CORN, Mo-, were Keokuk callers to-
day.
Mrs. ]. w. Wilson and mother, Mrs.
M. Dawson of Oklahoma City, Okla.
are visiting in the city at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. R. T. Burgess.
]. o. Boyd returned home this noon
from Kahoka where he spent Sunday
Jas. Hirst arrived home today from
New York.
J. l.. Waite of the Burlington Hawk
Eye was in the city this morning.
Rodney Gilbert of Mooar left this
noon for Darlington, Wis, where he
will visit with friends for few
months.
Mrs. Anna Ferris and Miss Sadie
Ferris left this noon for few weeks
visit with friends in Davenport.
Mrs. H. w. Huiskamp left this noon
for Burlington, where she will visit.
Mrs. J. M. Reimers has returned
from FIT. Madison after visit with her
! son. Robt. F. Reimers.
After a pleasant visit of three
weeks with their sister, Mrs. Mary
Bennett Mrs. Hester Stewart and Mrs.
Byrdie Observation-Disclosures have return
ed to their home in Chicago.
Mrs. Albert Mccullough of Chicago
has returned home after attending the
SAN FRANCISCO, June 20-Sam
Langford and All Kaufman will not
fight in San Francisco at all. Instead
they will clash at Reno on the morn
/ ing of July 4th, in the same ring in
which Jeffries and Johnson are ex'
pected to battle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20
STORY PURPosELY MADE LONG
Teller Wore Out Patience Of Listen.
ers, but He Accomplished
His Object.

On one Of the rivers in China pas
senger boat had just started when
man came running up and called out.
stop, stop. and take me on board"
You are too late" replied the
soatman.
If you will let me come win tell
you tale" the man called out
Now everybody likes to hear story.
and so the passengers persuaded the
captain to take the man on board, and
he began:
"Once upon time famous gen.
eral led an army to the south to fight
an enemy On their way they came
to river which they had to cross.
They were only able to build very
narrow bridge, so that they had to
cross over one by one. Tramp. tramp.
tramp, tramp; one after the other
tramp. tramp
The man kept on saying, Tramp.
tramp, tramp" for some time until the
people grew tired of It, At last one
said: Yes, but go on with the story"
You must let them cross the river"
the man replied. One after the
other--tramp, tramp. tramp"
Presently the people stopped him
again and asked him to miss all that
part of the story. but the man replied.
They cannot cross the bridge in a
short time: they must go slowly and
carefully. one after the other, tramp
tramp, tramp" and SO the man KEEP;
on and would say nothing else.
At last the boat reached the end Of
its journey and the story was never
finished.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20
49, :. 1891
CITY NEWS.

A marriage license was issued TO-
day to Andrew Reid. Jr, of Spring
field, aged twenty-seven, and Ruby v.
Seckman, aged nineteen, of Clayton.
A local railroad official who has
recently made a trip over number OF
southern Iowa lines, reports decided
improvement in the corn crop the past
week and trade conditions improving
nicely as result Of the bettered
prospect. He believes the railroad
business will be very heavy this fall.
The picnic of the First Congrega-
tional Sunday school will be given
Wednesday at Wild Cat Springs. A
hundred or more of the parents and
younger folks will enjoy the day at the
Illinois summer resort and return in
the evening.
The evening service at the Com
gregational church has been discon-
tinued for the summer and no SER
vices were held in that house of wor-
ship last. evening. Rev. George G.
Williams with his wife and daughter,
will sail July Fourth for Europe, where
they will sojourn for three months.
Masonic Special meeting of
Eagle lodge No. IL, A. F. & A. NJ, s
o'clock Tuesday evening, June 81,
1910. Work on second degree. Visiting
brethren fraternally invited. BY or
der OF the w. M. 8. H. Johnston, Sec
rotary
George Mundorf, who was injured
a short time ago when he was thrown
from a horse, is reported to be i'm
proving nicely.
"A street car hit horse belonging
to Wiley Ray Sunday evening, about
10 o'clock. No damage was done to
the horse. but the fender on the car
was broken off. The accident hap.
pened between Main and Blondeau on
Fourth.
"A clever petty swindler is making
the rounds Of West Keokuk and re
lieving residents in that part of the
city who happen to be the owners o.
organs, of little of their loose
change. His heavy day was Saturday
when three homes were visited. His
plan Is one not entirely new to thu
public. He visits house and ascer
ta1ns II secondhand organ is TO
sale. In case there is he enters int,
negotiations for the sale OF the instru
ment on commission basis. Blu
during his examination of the organ
ne decides that there are several re
pairs necessary and instills enough
confidence in the owner through hi
good playing to be entrusted with
small sum to purchase the necessaries
IN several cases he obtained 81, blu
tailed to return with the materials h
was to purchase.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20
Jolly twenty Had Jolly Time.

WY why s''oa SS''y '''''Ss
Yesterday the jolly Twentys, mer-
ry score of local young people, went
to Ballinger Switch above the second
lock and there spent the day picnic
ing. Well filed lunch hampers were
taken along and laughter and enjoy
ment filled that section of the country
during the day and early evening
when in the cool of the June night the
retrrn trip was made. Next Saturday
evesing hay rack party will be Civ
en- ~ the "Jolliers" to nearby woods
where a good time will be had. The
Jolly Twentys are composed of the
following young ladies and gentlemen:
Misses Gussie LaFebre, Carrie La
Febre, Nellie Rafferty,, Maggie Rea
Ellen Rea, Gertrude Schevers, Ellen
Peterson, Amanda Carlson, Kate Car
roll, Ethel Mcdowell and Messrs. Ben
Consbrook, George Consbrook, Will
Schevers, Albert Winkler, Earl Lewis,
Ed Cavanaugh, Charles Hough. James
Kenselt, VIM. Halle, and Herbert
Rockenbach.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20
The Wild eeet.

Beets were first found growing wild
in sandy soils near the sea in Europe
and western Asia The wild beet still
found there is regarded by authority
as the original type. This wild beet
is slender rooted and has taste so
different from the beet we know to-
day that one must consider the first
man who tasted one and thought it
possible to develop had gifts of hope
and Imagination far beyond ordinary.
The beet has been cultivated since 200
300 B. G.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20
Handicapped.

The second Duke of Wellington was
handicapped through life by his fa-
Tiers fame. Bernal Osborne once ask
ed him why with his undoubted tai
ents he made no effort to shine III pub
lie affairs. The duke replied If you
had sat SO long as | have under the
shadow of a great tree you would be
as colorless as | am"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20
A Diet of Wild Honey.

Wild honey as change Is an agree
q HE sweetmeat, but after few days
constantly partaking of it the Euro
mean palate rejects 1T as nauseous and
almost disgusting. Our experience ex-
tended over fortnight, during which
period our food consisted solely of 1t
and maize. II has escaped the Bibli-
cal commentators that one of the prin-
cipal hardships that John the Baptist
must have undergone was his diet Of
wild National Geographic
Magazine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20
Too Clever.

Mr.. Barne who acts Romeo. aren't
you? | think I've seen you climb
down from Juliet's balcony Barne-l
am that famous actor. sir Hotel Clerk
Cash in advance. please. You climb
too well for any other terms. New
York Journal
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20

MOVEMENTS ON RIVER.
The Burlington Launch Club is to
Have New Home-stage Over
the River Low for
This Month.

Rivermen are preparing to attend
the big convention at ST. Paul early
in July of the advocates of a slx-foot
channel from the Minnesota capital
to st. Louis. The ninth annual con-
yention of the Upper Mississippi River
Improvement association will be held
July IL to 10, and promises to break
all records in interest and attendance.
st. Paul is making splendid prepare
lions for the entertainment of the
several hundred visitors. Many Of
these will make the trip by steamboat
to obtain view of the river work
now in progress.
Along the upper stretch the work
has been completed giving a six-foot
channel at even the lowest stage.
From Quincy, the. headquarters of
Secretary Boswell, of the association,
comes the following information relat-
ling to the project:
The river and harbor bill that has
Eeef. ~ ed favorably by the con-
gressional committee carries with it a
continuous appropriation sufficient to
improve the Mississippi between St.
Louis and st. Paul in twelve years, on
the basis of providing a channel six
feet in depth at low water This is
what the association has been work
ing for from the day it was organized
in Quincy in 1902, when 1872 delegates
were in attendance. The agitation
then commenced has been kept up con-
tinuously and has been given impetus
at each of the succeeding annual meet
ings.
Both the steamers Sidney and Du-
buque were up last night from ST
Louis. The Sidney went on through
to st. Paul and the Dubuque made her
regular turn. going back to st. Louis
this morning. "a 8.S II
The steamer Columbia brought an
excursion down from Burlington yes
terday afternoon. The boat did not
stop long at the local port returning
! after about an hours stay.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20
$500
Trinity Ladies' Aid.

The Ladies Aid Society of the Trim
ity M. 3. church will be entertained
next Friday afternoon at the residence
of Mrs. William E. Strimback, 1908
Franklin street by Mesdames Pinkley,
Martin, Eaton and Strimback.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20

DOZENS ARE KILLED.
Animals Brought to the City Pound
Have Been Shot Each Morning
After Being Held
Two Days.

Asphyxiation method Patent ap-
piled for. Kills dogs without usual
pain and agony accompanying exter-
mination of bankers.
A new and better plan, one that will
meet with the approval of all citizens
and especially the members of the
Humane Society, has been devised by
Chief of Police Schevers in getting rid
OF the tagless and untaxed bow vows
of Keokuk. This new contraption for
the killing of dogs without the use of
guns and bullets, is nothing more nor
less than an air tight cheese box
which is being fitted up at the back
of the police station, near the pound.
where Dog Catcher Asa Cutwright, he
of the dog catching proclivities, has
consigned dozens of dogs of every
description, age and color since the
fifteenth Of June.
Into this air tight box which will
hold half dozen dogs at once. a
gas pipe has been run and when the
unfortunate ones are thrust into their
living sepulchre, the gas is turned on
and away floats the spirits to the last
heaven of dogdom.
Killing Them off.
:, Forty-eight hours, the dogs that are
caught each day by the official catch
ers or are brought to the pound by
industrious outside workers, are held
AT the end of that time, the police get
busy and shoot the animals. A pitiful
and CHASTITY sight is witnessed each
morning as the animals one by one,
are led out of the pound on the end
of rope and after sitting down as ali
dogs do, they are shot and are nc
more.
Several dozen of these stray ami
mails have been done away with .,
this method in the last several days
since the time for paying taxes has
expired and many more are yet to BIZ
killed and the dog population of the
city greatly decreased
The new method of killing the dogs
is thought to be much better thar
shooting, and is truly a more humane
way of disposing of the poor animals
shat unsuspectingly find themselves
locked within the pound because theil
owners have neglected to pay theil
| taxes. The dogs after being shot are
hauled away to a dumping ground a
the back of the cemetery where the.
! are buried
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20
To Entertain Rebeccas.

The Rebeccas will be entertained to-
morrow afternoon at the home of Mrs.
F. A. Wedler, 913 Leighton street.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20
Flies and TYphold.

It has been found that the preya-
lence of typhoid fever in India varies
regularly with the abundance of flies.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20
On Belna a Hero.

Any man with FIVE dollars in his
pocket can be hero to the fellow who
wants to borrow that much.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20
sa,u uncle sIlss:

There's this difference between
thirsty dog an thirsty mana
thirsty dog knows when ii MAS had
enough .
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20
The Misses Maxwell Entertain.

The Misses Grace and Ida Maxwell
will entertain a company of ladies at
their residence, COZ Concert street,
tomorrow afternoon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20

The love of beauty is taste; the cres
ton of beauty is art. Emerson.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20
From cowner

He is the free man whom the truth
makes frea. and all are slaves beside,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20

HONEY: ,,.a,
Gold Medal Flour.-no sah- MAAAA'
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MISCELLANEOUS.

SALESMAN to call on Doctors. Es-
tablished trade. Clean, well-paid work
for hard worker. Also one for CEN
trail Iowa. P. o. Box 121, Philadel-
phia.
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= :
TOR SALE

FOR SALE Household goods. En-
quire of Mrs. Harry Coluson, 319 N.
8.
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENT Six room house, No.
1870, North Fourth street. E. G.
Brownlee, 1902 Main.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20

Read The Daily Gate City.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20

The steamer Columbia brought an
excursion down from Burlington yes
terday afternoon. The boat did not
stop long at the local port returning
after about an hours stay.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-20

FOR SA4E-An ice box in fine con-
2 dition. Call Bell phone 6S2 x.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-25

Dave Never and Andrew CROSSE.
1almi of Duck Duck specially raised
nv McPhee)
Ham Champagne Sauce,
Banana Fritters from l-aha'ha.
Sucking pig imported from Q Ro1rke
stables in Hilo with Apple Sauce
This sauce was doped by Howell j
might not be served).
Mashed Potatoes. Green Corn, Aspara
gus
These vegetables were grown and cuI
tivated at Kahului in captain
Parker : yard.
lettuce and Tomato,
Pronounced good for eating by the
judges.
Strawberry Sherbet,
Some Of Wadsvorth : ice was used II
making this sherbet, so It
must he good.
Raisins. Assorted Cakes. Nuts.
(from Decoro's yard.)
Crackers and Cheese. Cafe Noir,
(Searle 5 favorite).