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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
THE SPEED MANIA.
Sensations That Come With a Ride In
Racinu Motor.

Imagine yourself in a big racing ma
chine plunging over coui eighty
miles an hour For the a., ige man
the sensation is awful, but the speed
kings revel in it. Down the road
streaks the ear. Lashed into q
typhoon by the appalling speed, the
still air roars In your ears. You think
you wiz never regain your hearing
The resistance Of the atmosphere Is
fearful. The slightest forward move
ment is an effort. Distant objects
loom up suddenly before you and jump
by. The landscape is a streaky line
OF green, blotched here and there as 8
house is passed The gale seems to
cut your face, and you feel yourself
being gradually fattened out against
the back of the seat. 1t seems that
the glass in your auto goggles is on
the point of breaking. Particles Of
dust are driven back in your eyes. You
of the engine is terrific. Mysterious
indicators huctuate alnrmiIgly. II
may mean that the engine is on tho
point Of exploding. What makes the
floor tremble SO: Surely something
vii, happen now.
And then you hear explosions boom
ing from the exhausts as the driveE,
shut of" a sharp turn is ahead
The noise is deafening The terrific
speed does not seem to have been
cbpnLod Tho a,IfIina Of tho turn
grows more distinct. 1t is sheer folly
maybe death-to rush at it at such
pace. You dare not breathe as tho
car tears into the bend. 1t skids and
wall of dirt is thrown up alongside
you as the driver. with sharp twist
OF the wheel. sends the car once more
back in the middle of the road. You
are safe-until another turn is encoun,
tered.-Hampton's Magazine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
ANCESTRY.
Some Famoue Personascs to Whom II
Meant Nothing.

Meant Nothing.
The making famous of the express
sion II am my own ancestor" is usual
~ credited to Andoche Junot for
time marshal of France. Junot had
risen from the ranks and became the
Duke of Abrantes and an important
figure at Napoleon's newly formed
court One day nobleman of the old
regime asked him what was his ances-
try. "Ah. sir" replied the spirited SOL
der. II know nothing about 1t. am
my own ancestor Probably he had
never heard of the similar remark
made by Tiberius about Curtius Ru-
fus. He seems to me to be descended
from himself"
Austria was in kindred vein. The
Austrian when Napoleon became his
prospective son-in-law would fain have
traced the Bonaparte lineage to some
petty prince Of Treviso. II am my
own Rudolph of Hapsburg." said Ma
poleon Under similar circumstance
! Napoleon silenced genealogist.
fFiehu, NY piielt Oh HoDlllty oates
from Montenotte." his first great vic
| tory.
| When Ipichrates. the Athenian gen
eral. had 1t cast up in his face by a
| descendant. of Harmodius that he was
shoemaker's son he calmly replied
THE nobility of my family begins
with me; yours ends with you"
Almost the same words were used
by Alexander Dumas when asked If he
were not descended from an ape
| covert sheer at his negro grandmoth-
err. Very likely my ancestry begins
where yours ends"
1 Voltaire in his "Merope' says: THE
| first to become king was a successful
soldier. He who serves well his coun-
try has no need of ancestry
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
conaucred the Orchestra

in his early days Herr Arthur III
kisch. the famous conductor, was APP
pointed to conduct performance OF
"Tannhaeuser" at the Leipzig opera.
He was but a young chorus master at
the time. and the orchestra absolutely
refused TO play under SO youthful a
conductor. They were only induced to
do so when director said that If they
We're Of the same mind after the over
ture had been played they could then
and there hand in their designations
The overture was yeritable triumph
for Nikisch. and with profuse apollo
gies the orchestra offered him their
congratulations London Tit-Bits.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
FILLED WITH CURIOSITY.
That Was Why Iio Was Anxiousiy
Waiting Outside the House.

That Was Why fie Was Anxiousiy
Waiting Outside the House.
The man was standing behind tree
In front OF an apartment house in a
cross street when the cop on that beat
came pounding along on the sidewalk.
1t was close TO midnight and naturally
the cop stopped and looked at the man
standing behind the tree
"Howdy," says the cop, by way Of
opening conversation.
You're another replied the man
good naturally.
''Whutchuh dom - waitin' for some
hody?" inquired the brave policeman.
Nope,
Just standin' there, hey?"
you've hit it,
Live near here. do your"
Right in there says the citizen,
Jerking his thumb in the direction OF
the apartment house he was standing
in front Of.
The cop looked at him thoughtfully
for minute.
"Mebby it's none of my business"
he says. .and then again mebby it Is.
don't like to go round buttin' into
anybody's private affairs. but tell me.
neighi,or, what's your graft. anyhow 2,
We'll" loosened up the citizen, III
! it's 4 case Of me a-tellin' you or you
croakin from earnestly right in front
of my eyes. I'll tell you how it is
provided il don't go any further. My
wife says to me when | started down
town this eyenin', If you're not home
| by midnight M goin' to pack up and
| go right back to mothers. So there" "
Well" says the cop.
Well" repeated the citizen. 'it's
| just about midnight now, and I'm like
| you've got curiosity. I'm waitin'
here to see IL she's goin' to keep her
word
The cops curiosity ceased at that
| point, and he walked on down the
street whistling, without waiting to
see the thing out.-Cleveland Plain
| Dealer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

A teacher was instructing a class Of
boys and had spent half an hour try
ing TO drive into their heads the diff,
ference between man and the lower
animals. but apparently with little sue.
cess.
Tommy he said coaxingly TO lit,
lie chap. do you know the difference
between. say. me and a pig or any
other brute:''
"No,' replied Tommy innocently, bu,
another teacher standing by laughed
London Answers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
A WITTY PASTA.
He Told tho Missionary Story to Fit
the Occasion.

=
the Occasion.
Official bribery is common In the
east. and it Is a tender subject there
as humorous story told by the late
Rev. II. II. 5essup. D. D., in his book.
"Fifty three Years In Syria bears
witness.
One day in 1873 DR.. Van Dyck. man
ager of the press in connection with
the work Of propaganda of the Syrian
Protestant college ut Beirut. was sent
for by Kamil Pasha. the governor. to
come to the serai. us he was about to
shut up the press for a violation Of the
press laws. DR.. Van Dyck proceeded
to the serai and asked the pasha what
he meant.
The pasta. holding up a little tract.
said, Was this printed ut your press?"
YES"
"Then it must be confscated. as it
contains an attack on the Turkish gov
eminent"
Wherein asked DR.. Van Dyck.
does It attack the government?
The pasha pointed out several pas
sages which criticised the bribery and
corruption everywhere prevalent. per-.
jury and lying among witnesses and
public officials and the fact that truth
had fallen in the streets and equity
could not enter"
Are not these statements true?"
said DR.. Van Dyck. Your exceilency
ought to put copy into the hands Of
every government official in your pa
shalic. Is it not so:"
Have you never heard the story Of
the Cadi Ell All War;" asked the pasta.
''And what is that?" queried the doc
tor.
"Well." began the pasha. 'once there
was famous one eyed cadi Cudge).
One day man came to court and ad.
dressed him as follows:
"'Good morning, Q one eyed cadil
cadi. / have heard Of the noble char
acter and Justice Of the one eyed cadi.
and would ask the distinguished and
revered one eyed cadi to do me JUS
tice. and
"'Stop!' interrupted the cadi. Sup
posing am one eyed, Go want to be
everlastinsly reminded Of It? Get out
of my sight.'
"And So" concluded the pasha. eve
know that these reflections on our
country and our courts are true. but
we don't want to be publicly reminded
Of itr'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
PERSONALS.

Mrs Bertha Knott and Mr.. John
Wines of st, Louis are visiting at
the home of H. j. Bonham, 521
Concert street.
Miss Mildred Dodds formerly of
this city, and Miss Elizabeth Mooney
of Davenport are the guests of The
Misses Veda and Laura Alton.
Alvin Kraft returned last evening
from a visit in Galesburg, with
friends.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
podainn tbs Bora.

The tardy clubman paused at the
door of the smoking room.
"Bingley.' he asked. in a whisper
has Slodger given out the daily state.
ment OF his health and told all about
his symptoms yet:"
Yes" said the man inside the door
He's just flushed.
"All right. I'll come Chicago
Tribune.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

In the light of what has been learned
about lie househs there is no longer
any excuse for the gay insouciance OF
the poet who wrote a summer board,
ing house lyric. in which these lines
occurred:
Here, sir, is your currant pie,
Alternating currant pie.
First a currant. then fly
Meath the crust alternate lie.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
Conclusive.

Briggs-It's too bad about Wrinkle
and the girl he is engaged to- Neither
of them is good enough for the other.
Griggs-What makes you think that.
We'll. Tve been talking the matter
over with both families Life.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
SPECIAL NOTICE

We will close out all two piece wash
suits at half price. about 40 suits. all
shades and natural linen in all sizes.
SULLIVAN & AUWERDA.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
Not an Authority.

There are some persons who can't
take a joke, but Fogg is not one OF
them. One of the boys, acquainted
with Fogg's frequent changes Of
abode, asked him which he thought
was the cheaper, to move or to pay
rent.
Il can't tell you, my dear boy re.
piled Fogg. Il have always moved"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

1t is useless 10 attempt to reason a
man out Of thing he WINS never rea.
soned into. Swift.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

Peace is not mere tranquility, fo.
tranquility may be indifference.
field.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

Miss Vera Van Sitter has gone to
Des Moines and Chicago for a visit
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
WILLING to Be the Goat,

why should the spirit of mortal
be proud"' quoted the impassioned
orator.
Then he paused moment to let /,
take effect
Well" spoke up a half inebriated
man iii the audience. I'll be the goat.
Why should it?"-Chicago Tribune.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08
NOTICE TO EMpl OWES

Our logs are in the canal and mill
will start Wednesday mornirg.
TABER LUMBER co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-08

Read The Daily Gate CITY.
The weekly Iberian., 1910-01-22
EARLY CLOSING.


The desire to close All bnsinesa
houses by six O'Clock in tho even
ing. so 40 to allow proprietors an
clerks alike an opportunity of ea.
Joying 4 little o. outdoor ii, Is
growing strong year ~ yea
The agreement. which wo Publish
below, signed BY the leading firms
OF this city, fixes the beginning Of
the six O'Clock closing A an cartier
date than was the practice in form
er years.
AGREEMENT.
We the undersigned merchants of
New Iberia agrea To cio3e orr
places of business ut 6 o'clock r.
M, Saturdays excepted, from Veb
1st to Sept. fst, 1910.
IN. We'll.
2.-M. Arrigo.
3.--Ahe Hirch.
4. Mistrot (per W. ] Laperouse)
5.-s. G. Harry.
6.-Pfister Bros.
10. Renoudet.
81. We'll.
Dauteriye Furniture Go.
10.-Mrs. Blanc.
IL Eckart Jly. and Mfg. 90 Id.
& Carstens.
13.-H. Scharff & Sons.
Il. VOORHEES, Hardware co. i,
The weekly Iberian., 1910-01-22

for the purpose Of considering r.
proposed plan IF Tie Atchafalaya
Leyee Board to dam Alabama Bay-
on and to extend tha leVee 81 The
east bank Of the Atchaialaya river.
With SO many State aaI levao
board officials present, the mlst ra
discussed al the conference will
doubtless b. interesting aud the
outcome more so. There il n
strong element of opposition 10 ~
plan OF the board 10 divorce the
Atchafa'a,ya from the mississippi
river, ani this opposition Is e1uept-
ca to put up strong fiTht aPainst
the proposition ami to appeai to
the governor FOR support NJ. O.
States.
The weekly Iberian., 1910-01-22

Rivers And this, III my opinion
" the only way II cAn M done, lnl
how cau il br donI ~ long as The
floods of he Mississippi are allow
ed - dam AZ the Red ana Hood
the Atcha(aiANa2 sav f'.u The
river table III your paper that
the;e was - : Ioet al Simmfsport,
'on The Atchafalaya, When tlIctr
was only : , ~ Alexandria. show
ing 4 wall OF water ~ feet high
that the Red and Onachita had 10
climb over hcfole their waters
could be discharged INTO either the
Mississippi " thc AtchafHlaya.
| asked again, hov il ii possible
IT, drain aud reclaim. those in
m"nsp bodies of land as long as
the tIeods Of the mississippi are
allowed ~ dam MP and prevent
theif dtain gc? by dive,tlug the
Mlssi- inn from lhe AtclIaialaya,
the latter can discharge al the va
ters Of the Il Il, AID The whole
drainage Of western Louisiana ~
the whole country. without On
Iargng its basin.
have gwen tIpse statistics 10
prove tie immense value Of Oh;
lands when projected ircm the
floods oi he Mississippi. We
have spent hundreds Of millions
Of dollars IN leveping about ., BOO.
600 acres Of land ON This land
cities and towns nave been built,
plantations have been established,
costly machinery erected. aud two
thirds Of the estimated value epf
The entire property Of the STATE Is
On them We have done All his
with little or no aid from ho Gen
eral Government. After doing ali
this, Why stop and not 20 on and
redeem a. much Of l6 100000
acres Of rich aIleyial soil Az possi-
blc2 Nothing would add more to-
the wealth and population of oul
State. We have been waiting for
years for the General Government
to come to our aid, but SO far only
to be disappointed. 1t has spent
SD OO0, coo 20 irfigate the desert
lands Of the West, aud has pro
jects on hand TO spend more,
bat SO far has refused to DO any
thing towards the protection and |
drainage Of the millions of acres
of the great Mississippi valley,
which are az much entitled to pro
lection az The lands Of the arid |
West to water for irrlgatoi.
These are questions Of vital i'm.
portance 10 the peol le Of our State
and are worthy of more attention !
from our rulers, the politicians
and the press than they Lave re-
ceived. We should take the adj
vice Of Hercules TO the WAGNER.
PIT our shoulders 10 the wheel |
and see il we cannot 10 something.
Il /. KING
The weekly Iberian., 1910-01-22
GOV. SANDERS GOES
TO ST. MARTINvIlLE
ACCOMPANIED BY ENGINEERS
He LEFT ON FORENOON TRAIN
TO-DAY - BIG MEETING ON
LEVEE PROPOSITIONS.

Governor Sanders, Hon. Victor
M. Lefebvre, president of the At
chafalava Levee Bgard; Col. f. NJ
Kerr, chief State engineer, ana
Assistant State engineer II. G..
Smith left this city on the II 50
Southern Pacific train for St. Mar
tinsville, st. Martin parish, Thurs
day morning.
The distinguished party go to
St. Martinville to attend the con-
ference to be held there on Friday
The weekly Iberian., 1910-01-22
We are more than thankful to

We are more than thankful to
our many friends for their very
liberal patronage of our job print
ing department.. We were all but
overwhelmed with orders for the
first three weeks Of the new year.
We we're able, however, to get ex.
ira help and this saved the day
and enabled deliveries with bat
little loss of time. A cordial invi.
tation Is extended to our patrons
to come again soon.
The weekly Iberian., 1910-01-22

Mr.. T.. q. kibblinger, OF this city.
was one of six applicants who success
fully passed examinations before the
State Board of Embamers at New Or
leans last week. He will be granted a
certificate emitting him TO practice EN-
balming.
The weekly Iberian., 1910-01-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Broussard of
Loreauviilc, La, announce the mar
rage Of their daughter, Miss Lillian,
to Mr.. Armand Gonsoulin. The we'd
ding will take place at st Joseph's
Catholic Church in Loreauvillc on Feb.
9TH. 1910.
The weekly Iberian., 1910-01-22

It is said that the coinage Of the
silver dollar will be discontinued,
There are good reasons for this. We
can't keep pockets in our trousers
- besides the blamed things roll
10 easily. We need the change.
The weekly Iberian., 1910-01-22

If there we're as many OppOrtu
mites Of making the 8 as there are
Of spending them, there would be
some reason in one getting frat
tied" by the rash Of business.
The weekly Iberian., 1910-01-22

Judge AM Mrs. g. w Armstrong
Of Fort Worth, Tex, are expected tc
visit New Iberia this coming week
During their stay here .hey will be The
guests OF Mr., and Mrs. J &. iIardison
Judge Armstrong is prominent in f.
nancial circles in his home state, being
an investor 10 many. enterprises. He
is the owner Of "Fhe Nyiior,um." OF
Fort Worth a moder,k family hotel,
where he makes his h me Dur'ns
his visit here he vii indulge in the
spirit OF hunting Lou lana game wi h
his hoet, The weather trmitting.
The weekly Iberian., 1910-01-22
N. |. & N. R. R.

The work Of finishing the grad
ing Of tho road-Jed has been pro
crossing very satisfactorily this
week. The low places are being
filed and brought up to grade and
the track is Ra,ng strengthened
In that section of the road which
runs through the Iiee fields be
tween this city AMI the Teche
crossing, large force Of men were
employed with vheel-barrowa fll.
iag in under he croHs-ties.
On ihe upper end of the road
the gravel train is doing the wo k
bringing IN the materials for fiji
ing in Of the roadhed
At Loreauvllle the depot build
ing - progressing nicely. 1t was
expected in the early part of the
week that it would be enclosed
and covered by the end Of thi
week.
The weekly Iberian., 1910-01-22

Almos. everyone in this imme-
s'iate section has a touch Of Opti-
,nism just now. 1t is to be hoped
that no pessimistic frost will
blight the crop.
The weekly Iberian., 1910-01-22

America has two remarkable
linguists. Miss Elizabeth s. Col.
ION, of East Hampton, Mass Is
accredited with the ability Of ex.
pressing her thoughts in 81 differ
ent languages. The otGer is Miss
Mary Montgomery, now in New
York.
The weekly Iberian., 1910-01-22

The sidewalks Of Main street,
this city, are demonstrating the
fact that they are not wide enough
to accommodate the crowds which
almost daily make use Of them.
The weekly Iberian., 1910-01-22
loose Leaf Ledgers, at MiIIards
Thursday it rained some.

It is stated that the Cinclare
sugar refinery at Adds, La, turn
I'd out this season 100, ,OOO, 900
pounds of sugar, or $4,000 tons.
The weekly Iberian., 1910-01-22

Any erroneous reflection upon the
Ltarding or reputation Of any person,
1lrm or corporation which may appear
in the columns Of the Iberian will be
l,ladly corrected if brought to the at
tentiOn of the editor.
The weekly Iberian., 1910-01-22

Any subscriber not receiving his
Taper regularly will please report
,ame to this Office and an tnvestiga-
tion will promptly be made by the
arrangement.
The weekly Iberian., 1910-01-22

EIanusCripts Sent to the Editor VIII
Not be Returned Unless Postage Il
Enclosed.
The weekly Iberian., 1910-01-22

The Iberian Is responsible for no
6lu.vidual debts contracted by par
Yes connected In any capacity with
the paper.
The weekly Iberian., 1910-01-22

Captain Trouslow II your paper
Bis principal Objection Wa lhal
Of the necessity Of an outlet inr
the Hoods of tho mississippi. 70
protect the planters aud country
below. This is the same objection
urged by Captain Cowdcn aud 9th
ers years ago It was made tn
the leveeing of Bayou Plaque
mine. and 70 Bayou LHfouiche
They predicted dire disasters 70
result from both Of til hhse seas.
ures. Some Of them went even SO
far as TO contend that it was i'm
possible to control the floods by
levces unlpsa outlets were made.
In spite "f these forchoaings Of
evil, both Of these measures have
been effected without any ovil re-
suit from same; on the contrary,
the levccs have been kept up bet
ter than ever before, and the
planters and others have received
better protection than they ever
had before.
His second objection is to the
navigation Of the AtchaiaIaya on
account Of the railroad bridges
across it and the loss of time in
getting through ile bridges and
the locks at Plauuemine. lie al
lows nothing for the route by the
Atchafalaya being twenty miles
shorter than by the Mississippi,
which will more than compensate
for time lost; in addition, what is
TO prevent the placing Of locks III
Old River II it IA necessary IIls
other remedy suggested by he At
is equally falacious. If
he knows any thing about the At
Basin. lie should know
that the AtchafaIaya below Battle
a la Rose loses it's name and dis
charges it's waters through numer.
GUS rivers, bayous and lakes
through country forty miles
wide, until It's waters again unite
in forming the Lower Atchafalaya,
and there will he no possible way
to protect the country by lcvees,
aud all the rich parishes below
will he at the mercy Of the floods.
This is an immense section of our
State embracing many millions Of
acres, Of which 1000, 900 acres
high and never known to overflow
before our Civil War, were very
valuable and were being rapidly
settled up, having twenty sngar
plantations and many farms. But
since then, owing to the Increasing
Hoods coming down the Atchafa.
aya from the Mississippi, they are
now ovelflowed every year, and
sugar plantations and farms are
abandoned and fast growing NJ
ntO forest trees. Notwlthstand
ng, the owners Of this land have
70 pay heavy tax Of from 80 to
10 mills on assessed value to the
Levee Board.
! have with great pains taken
Of twenty-one parishes
IN the west bank Of the Mississippi,
River, from the Arkansas lne to
he Gulf Of Mexico, as far as and
including the Lafourche. | find
he total amount TO be S.OSl, 303
|cres. Of tins amount 1000, 600
lave been protected by levees;
-, ,OOC Of prairie that have been
protected have been l,nproved and
re IN cultivation. The value of
he crops of sugar, cotton aud rice
'ctually shipped to markct, not
ounting other crops made,
mounted 10 SIS 3ls,9lO; from
ale Of cypress and other timber.
IL, 1850, 900, making s6O,5 ,59s 91O.
further find there were 5,S74, SO4
cres of woodland and GS7, sos
cres of sea marsh and pastur,
snds uniplproved and not in cul
walton. one half Of which can be
and put into cultivation
y simply divorcing the Miss:ssip. .
frOm fha Rad and Afo1,ac,1
The weekly Iberian., 1910-01-22
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