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The San Francisco call., 1910-10-23

holy church and provided lavishly for
her priests. These cows are carefully
tended. theirs is the most succulent
grass, their calves are either raised for
mtlchers or beef, or turned into veal
for the household; they are never sold.
The dairy. noored with tiles fashioned
by the Indian neophytes over 100 years
ago. Is pleasant place to visit on a
summer morning. In the cement lined
brooklet that runs through the room
there were many pans of milk. each
with It's thick coat of cream, and a
brother moved deftly about among
them. wrinkling the surface of the
pans into great yellow folds, as he
passed spoon around the edges and
lifted the cream to stone churn. In
the water stood crooks of golden but
ter, deep pans where, in green cen
ters. reposed white cottage cheeses,
the fragrance Of the whole giving as
surance Of good food and abundance
Of 1T.
The storeroom beyond the dairy is
an appetizing place In which to linger,
for there are jars of spicy smelling
pickles, pots and bottles of preserves,
promise of goodies in store for the
days when even in sunny Santa Bar
bara the supply of fresh fruit gives
outAand, excepting for oranges, grape
fruit. lemons and lines, the housewife
must depend upon her stored sweets
and condiments. Olives are no longer
made into oil by the mission brothers.
for. although their forefathers in the
work brought olives and introduced
the oil industry to California. they
themselves have lost the art and the
ancient machinery is battered past re-
pair. They still grow and pickle tho
ripe olives. those OF the mission gar
dens being famous. 1t was due to
these very trees that E11wood Cooper
decided to settle within short dis
tance of Santa Barbara.
''Methinks the fathers and brothers
wear out their shoes and sandals all
too FAST" grumbled friar, who bent
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-23

by the mission Indians for the housing
or their brothers from the Santa Ynez
and now. waving palms and carpeting
the ground with fragrant blossoms, the
Indians walk before their guests. chant
ing rude song Of welcome as they
march.
Later they all stand beside a huge
caldron. the glow OF the red. molten
liquid reflected IN their dusky faces.
and watch with fascinated eyes the
artstocratic sons and daughters, In all
the splendor OF dress and setting.
casting gold or silver into the
mass. so that when ready for the mold
1t Is two-thirds precious metal. When
they hear 1t christened, with prayer
and songs and thanksgiv and swing
ing Of censers and showering Of holy
water, Santa Barbara Purissima' and
that done. they take humble part IN,
the three days feasting in honor of the
wonderful event. That picture will not
fade until time is no more: it is kr-lEea
by the hand Of Godr'
Again the ancient seeress spoke and
this time OF lighter things:
a wedding in which a daughter OF
the house OF De Ia Guerra Noriega
has been Joined to an offcer OF the
United States navy. is Just over, and
the women. In trailing 1acess filmy man.
tillas, gorgeous brocades, are gather
ing. like a flock Of bright birds, at
tables on this very corridor. They are
attended by caballeros whose uniforms.
with their gold lace and braid. are
scarcely less rich than the women's
costumes. the gray habited padres max
ing a sombre background for the scene.
1t is an event that would be impossible
in the.life OF today. for the elements are
wanting. Why? Who can tell! The
old fathers are dead; their dust as gray
have been replaced by the more utili-
tartan brown habits that we meet
everywhere. In the cloisters and on the
streets today"
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-23

low over his last. tapping, tapping
with small hammer and thinking
that only fellow worlner stood be-
side the bench. The sandals and shoes
wear well, for they are strongly made"
apologizej he, after due Introduction,
"but we grow to expect everlasting
quality in earthly thin gs." At the
suggestion that he liked best to fash
ion dainty slippers he shook a laughing
head. Nothing dainty about these" he
chuckled. holding forth FOR inspection
a pair Of sandals seeminfs intended for
a giant. These are to be worn by
one of the most delicate OF the
brothers"
From the shoe shop we passed to the
tailor's, where brown h abited figures
were busy cutting and making robes
such as the order wears summer and
winter. In still another, quarter we
stood beside a solitary brother, his
cowl well up over his head, weaving
with skillful fingers tfks ST. Francis
cord that is used to gir Ole the waists
of the fraternity, and asthe knotted the
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-23

hundreds Of Indians skulls found scat
tered like pebbles about the place when
the padres returned In force to the
mission after the secularization act had
wrought ruin. although in Santa Bar
bara the mission was never given up,
daily mass being said in the chapel and
the altar light never being extin-
guished. But. as the youthful priest
said, What could one do. where there
was so much required and the tasks
We're very heavy?"
II was under the guidance of Padre
Inselmo that we visited the several
workshops and found the lay brothers
toiling in silence at their tasks AS
We wended our way, with the grave
air of man triple his age he told US
Of the founding of the Santa Barbara
mission in December, 1856, and OF the
picturesque and impressive ceremonies
attendant upon its dedication, April 4,
1887. At that time, he informed us, 1t
was imperative that each mission
should have within itself not only the
means of maintaining it's large house
hold and the numerous Indian re-
tainers, but the suceoring of many who
from time to time claimed it's aid and
shelter. So the missions formed prac-
tically a line of hostelries, where
physical and temporal needs were i'm
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robed padres at their books: to listen to
their buoyant philosophy; to catch a
glimpse Of the busy historian tucked
away with pencil and paper in a corner
or the library; to see the lay brothers
at their homely tasks; 70 learn some
thing Of their skill with flowers, fruits,
vegetables and crafts, IS to turn reluc-
family from the peaceful walls and, as
the meaning OF It makes itself felt, to
wonder that more persons do not ex-
pertinent along the lines Of simple liv-
ing and cooperative house keeping
even though it must be on a much more
limited scale than that brought to per-
fection by the monks who inhabit the
long line OF Franciscan missions that
stretch from one end OF California to
the other.
Those who chat with the padres are
sure to catch. for the moment at least,
something OF the spirit that led
round faced, rosy checked young friar
60 point to the spot where he expects
70 rest when his work is done He
spoke Of 1t as frankly and cheerfully
and in as matter of fact a way as a
man mentions his place for a new
house, his intention of buying a fresh
polo pony or other question of the mo-
nent.
Why not2" counter-Questioned Padre
SnSelnO, Wnen asked why he turned so
blithely, TO the place where, tier after
tier the holy men rest, their only
monuments the slabs that bear their
names and a brief Latin date OF birth
and DEATH why Hot?" rising from
the bed Of violets over which he had
been bending as we talked, and offer
ing US each a cluster of the fragrant
blossoms. They grow better here than
elsewhere" he remarked. smiling at the
shudder that ran over his hearers.
He was little more than a lad, such
year from the universities OF the land,
eager to enter the worlds arena and
show their fitness for the struggle;
eager, too, TO win some need of glory
IN their several fields. And there he
was, wearing the coarse brown habit as
though IT were Of purple and fine linen,
IN his frank eyes a look OF ineffable
happiness, laughter .bubbling over his
sensitive young lips and a big content
IN every line of his vigorous frame.
HIS duty IS TO cultivate the flowers
that grow luxuriantly IN the sacred
garden, where never the foot Of woman
treads, the only exceptions ever made
being In favor of the late Mrs Nc
Kinley, wife Of the martyred president,
and the Princess Louise, daughter OF
the late Queen Victoria OF Great Brit
ain. Padre Inselmo also cares for the
burial ground OF the mission, and, see
ing that his listeners were a bit shaky
over his grewsome tales. he. with the
air OF a whimsical boy. told of the
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-23

turned their attention to other matters,
for they were also responsible for
everything in the way of pastries.
cakes, puddings, ETC.. and. simple as the
daily fare is, there must perforce be
much to do for household whose
members never fall below 45, each with
a good appetite.
The ancient oven is of brick and was
built soon after the mission was
founded; it has not been repaired for
100 years. There are those who say
that no bread has quite the same nutty
flavor as that baked in a brick oven
that has had years Of seasoning. Be
that as it may, there are many men who
think the bread made at the mission is
unequaled in the world
Bread demands butter, so the dairy
was next visited. The padres have rea-
son to be proud of their herd for the
cows have pedigrees longer than that
of many a blue blooded dame of high
degree They are the offspring of cattle
brought from Spain, gifts of a royal
master who grudged nothing to the
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
Some Facts About Los Angeles Worth Knowing

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Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25

Who unjustly accuses others Of bad
deeds.
Who never has a good word for any
body.
who when he drinks, habitually
drinks alone.
Who boasts of the superiority of his
family.
Who talks religion downtown in con-
nection with his daily business affairs.
Who talks reCklessly against the Vir-
tue of respectable women.
Who runs in debt with no apparent
intention Of paying,
Who bOrrows small sums on his note
or check dated ahead.
Who will not work for an honest
living.
Who looks down upon those who do
Who is always prating about his own
virtues
Who imputes bad motives to those
trying to do good.
Who betrays confidence.
Who lies.
Who is honest only for policys sake
Who deeaives his wife and boasts of
1t to others.
Who chews tobacco in a public con-
veyance.
Who gets intoxicated in public places.
Who partakes Of hospitality and talks
behind his entertainers back
Who borroWs money from a friend
and then blaCkEuards the lender.
With a population Of ninety-one mil
lions, which this country now has, it
is easy to find associates in life with
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
HOW NOTED BANKER
TALKS To YOUNG MEN
Pointers from a Busy FinanCier
After Years of Close
Observation

In the course Of an address in New
York City at a gathering of bankers,
Henry CIews said:
And now a word for the young men
only: Next to the unwisdom Of se-
lecting and following bad or incom-
petent advisers in matters of business
there are also certain persons y HON,
if you wish to do well and make a for
tune honestly you should be careful to
avoid. You will not always know them
by their appearance; in fact, that is
often the worst rule to go by, for they
are generally well disguised. 1t is in
their manner and conversation that
YOU will find them out, and that this
be the easier I have made a collection
Of their characteristics, as follows:
Avoid a man who yiiifies his bene~
factor.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
A LONESOME PRINCESS

The question Of finding suitable play
mates for Princess Mary of England
has given her royal parents much con-
cern. She is an only daughter, and
while she enjoys the society of her
brothers she naturally longs for girls
as playmates. There has been talk of
sending her to a school, but Queen
Mary is reluctant to take such a step
and is not convinced that this would
be for the better upbringing Of the
child The queen also believes that
home is the best place where a girl
would have chance to make friends
with other girls. The Princesses
Alexandra and Maud Of Fife, who have
visited Marlborough house frequently,
are both much older than Princess
Mary. The daughters of Mrs. Derek
keppel, who is one of Queen Marys
most intimate friends. are too young
to make suitable playmates for the
princess. Louvina Knollys, daughter
of Lord knollys is a great favorite of
the queen, and she is a friend of the
princess, but older than she. At pres
ent the royal family is in a quandary
over the question.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25

out selecting men possessed of any of
these characteristics and life is the bet
ter worth living without them.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-25
STORAGE BATTERY AUTOS

A recent investigation revealed the
fact that there are about 5000 storage
battery Automobiles in Chicago.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-11
HELPING TO
MAKE CHICAGO
Men Like cleaver serosgs Are the
Kind They Like There to Handle
clty's Business.

The Chicago Evening Post of Sat
urday, contained the following of in
terest here:
Through an oversight our depot re-
porters did not meet Mr. Scroggs when
he came in. 1t may be that he came
in from Burlington on No. "a, which
gets In here at night long after the
members of our staff have completed
their sociological Investigations about
town and are safe in bed. At all
events, the first we heard about the
change in Mr.. Scroggs affairs was the
announcement in the Burlington Ga
zette:
Another Iowa boy has been kid
mapped by wicked Chicago concern.
Mr.. T. G. Scroggs of Keokuk, who in
his capacity as travelling freight agent
of the Burlington, has made his home
In this city for year or two. and who
during his stay here has made all OF
us his sincere friends, has been found
out. The Nelson Morris Company, the
great packing concern, always on the
outlook for bright fellows. got their
spectacles on Mr.. Scroggs and got him.
He is to have responsible position
in their traffic department. BY the
way, Mr.. Scroggs' nnadie name Is
Cleaver, but we don't believe that fact
had anything to do with the world S
greatest butcher hiring his services.
It would take scandalous proper
tion of fine nonpareil type in our fair
pages properly to announce the arrival
of all the Scroggses. But 1t might be
well worth doing. These energetic
fellows who are drawn, like lively
iron filings to the magnet, from keo-
kuk to Chicago and Madison, Wis, to
Chicago and from all the great middle
west to Chicago-their various illads
would repay our reporters far better
than any amount of sociologlzins
around town. 1t is Scroggs and his
tribe who make Chicago.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-11

Quick climatic changes try strong
constitutions and cause, among other
evils, nasal catarrh, a troublesome and
offensive disease. Sneezing, snuffling,
and difficult breathing, and the foul
discharge into the throat-all are end
ed by Ely's Cream Balm. This honest
remedy contains no cocaine, mercury.
nor other harmful ingredient. The
worst cases yield to treatment in a
short time. All druggists, soc.
If you prefer to use an atomizer, ask
for Liquid Cream Balm. 1t has all the
good qualities of the solid form @. this
remedy and will rid you of catarrh or
hay fever. No cocaine to breed a
dreadful habit. No mercury to dry
out the secretion. Price 75c., with
spraying tube. All druggists or mailed
by Ely Bros, Sc Warren Street. New
York.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-11
KEEP TO YOUR
RIGHT SLOGAN
If all Drivers Would Observe This,
There Would be Less Chance
For Accident on the
Streets.
TAKES UP QUESTION
Commissioner of Police Department
Has Asked Liverymen and Dray
Firms to Assist in Right
ing Things.

The police department has taken
up the matter of motorists, wagon
lists. buggyists and every other kind
of vehiclist driving on the wrong
side of the street. 1t is the intention
of the officers to see that the rule
hereafter of keep to the right is
obeyed, but another appeal in print
is to be given to the public in the
hope that those who do have motor
driven or animal pulled conveyances
will mind the little admonition and
keep on the right side OF the road.
The accident which was narrowly
averted at Fifth and Johnson streets
last Saturday night again set the po-
lice department ION it's ear and like
happenings with probably worse re-
suits can be expected if drivers per-
sistently swerve off the side of the
road intended for them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-11
CHICAGO PAPER AND
COMMISSION PLAN

In it's Sunday issue the Chicago
Record Herald has the following edi-
torial about commission plan govern
ment and makes reference to the keo'
kuk experience as follows:
In the last several weeks two or
three cities have joined the growing
group of commission-goyern NUM-
cipalities. Perhaps the rush" is over
for the present, and people generally
are disposed to await the results OF
the experiments already undertaken
But there is no evidence or intima-
ton from any quarter that commits
sion government has been disappoint-
ing. On the contrary, all the reports
SO far are highly encouraging
Keokuk, Iowa has just published a
statement covering the first six
months of its new form of admins
tration There has been Improvement
all along the line. Bonded Indebted
ness has been reduced; cash bal
ance has taken the place Of short
age and floating debt; the city has
been drawing interest instead of pay
ing it. rents and fines have been col
lected where they had never been
collected before; more and better
work has been obtained in the street
repairing department, and at lessen
ed cost; and SO on.
The application of ordinary bust
ness efficiency and method has
brought about these results. few re-
sponsible men have accomplished
what many politicians under sys-
tenn of misdirected checks and bal
ances could not or would not accom-
plish.
Not all American cities win adopt
or need to adopt, government by com
mission. Many will retain councils
MAYORS. ward representatives and 9th
err features long established. But al
must come to the application of non
political methods, the simpification O
machinery. the shortened ballot ant
the election of fit administrators re
CARELESS of party labels. All mus
} abandon the old checks and baances
so favorable to spoils and substitutes
, new ones-direct ccuntability to tn
people, plain and honest budgets
merit service, etc.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-11
THE PEOPLE ALL
In Chorus Cried, Give Us Newbro',
Herpioide.

This word of late has been in every
ones mouth, and many are wondering
what the word signifies, though no
one has yet been found who will deny
that NEWBRO'S HERPICIDE does the
work. Well, for the information of
thousands of people who like to know
all about good thing, we would say
that Herpicide means destroyer or
killer of Herpes" Now Herpes is
the family name of a disease caused
by various vegetable parasites A
similar microbe causes dandruff. itch
ing scalp, and falling hair; this is the
nicrobe that NBWBRO'S AERPICIDE
promptly destroys; after which the
hair grows. Sold by leading druggists
Send loo in stamps for sample to The
Herpicide Co, Detroit, Mich. One dol
lar bottles guaranteed. For sale by al
druggists.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-11
PERSONALS.

G. B. Rube of Donnellson was in
the city this afternoon on business
l.. d. Boyd was city visitor to-
day from Red Oak, Iowa.
A R. Ramsey of Valley Junction,
was in the city today on L<siness
Mrs. Mary Cramer of Quincy arriv-
ed in the city this afternoon and will
spend a few days with Mrs. Mary
Nolkemper.
Mr. and Mrs. John Leisy departed
this afternoon for Chicago where they
will spend few days with relatives
and friends
John Nagel made business trip to
Nauvoo this afternoon.
Mrs John Hornish departed this af-
ternoon for Peoria where she will
visit friends and relatives.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-11
GOAL WILL BE
REACHED TODAY
Examining Physician BusiIy Engaged
Today and Fifty-Eight Mark
is in Sight.

1t was impossible for Dr. w. L..
Sherlock, the examining physician,
to finish his work of examining can
didates for the company of national
guards yesterday and work was re-
sumed early this morning. At noon to-
day the number examined had passed
the forty mark and it is expected
that the fifty-eight candidates will
have been examined by this evening.
Tonight meeting will be held for
the purpose of electing officers,
which was postponed last night.
The captaincy of the company is
an uncertainty as Henry A. Heaslip
refuses to take the commission
A meeting of the armory commit,
tee from the Commercial club will be
held tomorrow evening in the com.
mercial club room 1t is understood
that there is no change in the tenta
tive plans outlined in previous is
sue of The Gate City.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-11
CITY NEWS

On the night of October I, two
horses We're stolen from the pasture
OF Carthage, Illinois, citizen. One
of the animals was sixteen hands
high and weighed 100 pounds and
had white back feet The other was
fifteen and half hands high, weigh
ed 100 pounds. and had white back
feet Anyone seeing this property
should let Carl Bertschi, sheriff Of
Hancock county know
ATTEND A. O. u. w. dance to-
morrow night at Hawkes. hall, Eighth
and Main. Agnes orchestra.
Julia A. Scuras has transferred
70 Edward ]. Kennedy a small tract
OF land on the Johnson street road.
y. B. Van Pappelendam has con-
VeSed to Joseph Hanson tract OF
iahd In section "a. township SIS. range
5 west.
Capt. George Hartman, owner OF
.he Go-Devil launch, while out hunt
ing on the river yesterday morning
shct and killed a ten pound silver
speckled loon which is known among
hunters as one of the most rare
species of water fowls. The captain
Is very proud of his feat.
j. M. Huiskamp, the local artist
mas Just completed some very fine
PAINTINGS which he estimates as the
pest work he has done in recent years
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-11
GOLDEN CHANGE
TO Be ELIGIBLE
Meeting Of Board Of Civil Services
Commissioners Yesterday At
ternoon and Applicants
Examined.
MORE NEXT WEEK
an Eligible List Needed and no Fear
should be Had by Those Who
Wish to Be Elk
amIned.
MORE NEXT WEEK

Yesterday afternoon at two O'Clock,
the second meeting of the Board OF
Civil Service commissioners was hold
In the superior court room. Seven ap-
plicants for city positions were exam
ined by the board, four passing for
police department situations and three
for service in the fire department.
On next Monday afternoon at two
o'clock there will be another meeting
of the board of civil service commits
sioners at which time any new ap-
plicants will be put through the ex-
aminations and in case they pass
their names will be placed on the list
of eligibles.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-11
other situations in Want.

Any who are DESTROYS of taking
these examinations for civil or munich
nal service, should scout all timidity.
There are many places in the service
OF the city that must be filed up in
case vacancies occur. Stenographers,
street and mechanical department po-
sitions will naturally be opened from
time to time, in case death or remov-
al occurs either unavoidably- or by
disposition.
A little later, statement by the
city clerk will be made enumerating
the various positions coming under
the head of civil service for which
examinations will be held.
1t is we'll known fact that there
are many in Keokuk who are desir-
Gus of taking the examinations for
the different departmental jobs and
there should be full list of appli-
cants to take the tests that are being
held from week to week.