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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-29

mother and daughters, Millie and Lita,
of Bloomington, visited Sunday with
Mr.. and Mrs. Dawson of north of
Hamilton.
Crystal Garvey visited several days
last week with Miss Lessie Harrison
of Basco.
Gene Atkinson and Earl Henderson
were Basco visitors Sunday.
Miss Mia Day is in Mackinaw visit
ing relatives.
Miss Rilla Murtin visited her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs j. S. Shipton,
Saturday.
Mrs. Orval French of Keokuk is
visiting with Cape French and family.
George Wells who has been visiting
with Walter Findley for nearly two
weeks, returned to his home in Car
rolton, Thursday Mr.. Wells reports
that the crops of all kinds in Ken
lucky are ruined with extremely wet
weather
Luther Ship and family spent Sun
day with Ed Martin and family.
MIR. Harry Burling of north of here,
is visiting at Hagerstown, H., with
George Colbert and family.
Mrs. Herman Watt and daughter,
Geraldine, returned home to Burling-
ton, Iowa. after weeks visit with
Mr. Lyman Watt.
Miss Mabel Marshall is at home
with her sister, Mrs. l.. G. Campbell
for vacation. She will soon return to
Minnesota, where she will resume her
duties as school teacher.
Misses Grace and Nellie Mack visit
ed with their father, w. S. Mack, of
this place.
Edna Cole of Omaha is visiting
with her aunts, Mrs. Frank Magee
and Mrs. j. II. Caldwell.
Mrs. Carrie Wetzel and Mrs. Mary
Boldon were Carthage visitors We'd
nesday.
Geo. Greenslaugh has bought West
Roseberry's hay press. Hay is com
ing into town faster than cars can be
had to put it on the market.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-29
Times Changes Recognized.

According to ancient British law the
sovereign shall not leave the kingdom
without the consent of both houses of
parliament. In ancient times the alb
sence of the king was met by the ap-
pointment of an officer called the jus
ticiar." This officer was afterward
superseded by the appointment of
lords justices under the great seal, but
none has been commissioned since
1921. La 1S45, when Queen Victoria
was about to visit Germany, Lord
Campbell urged that lords justices
should be appointed according to con-
stitutional practice, but the lord chan
cellor (Lord Lyndhurst) convinced the
house that this was no longer neces
sary, owing to the modern facilities
of communication This has served as
a precedent ever since.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-29
AWAITING RIGHT
TO RICH LAND
Iowa City Woman Fights for Her AL
legged Rights Involving 100000
Worth of Property.

Mrs. Belle Gray Curtis of Iowa City
IS eagerly awaiting the ruling of
Judge Thornell of Glenwood in the
case at Council Bluffs, in her great
suit against Mrs. Mary Armgast and
other children of her uncle, the late
James D. Andrews of Iowa City. She
alleges that nearly $20O2o0 worth of
rich farm land in Mills county and
the income therefrom for many years
back rightfully belong to her and
two heirs; that her uncle secured the
property from her grandmother by
unduly influencing the aged woman
to sign a paper supposed to be a
power of attorney, but in reality
deed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-29
FRANK M CHAPMAN
Curator of Birds in American Museum of Natural History

five or six months and that in itself
is a very accurate gauge of what
prices are likely to be. Already the
consumers are taking alarm over the
situation, and that is having a tend
ency to intensity the upward turn of
market values"
No increase has been made in coal
here over the prices WHICH have pre-
vailed during the summer, but coal
dealers are not willing to be quoted
on what the fall prices may be- The
industrial conditions are such that
they declare they cannot venture a
suggestion
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-29
Morning Services.

Morning Services.
i9.oO-sunday school, w. C. Thon,
Superintendent.
1000 Ordination Sermon, presi-
dent of the conference.
10:45-Ordination services.
ll:l5-The Administration of the
Lords Supper.
Suspension.
Afternoon Session.
2:sO-Christian Endeayor rally.
4:30-Suspension.
Evening Session.
7:30-Devotional services.
Soc Sermon, Rev. G. H. Schleh,
d. D.
Announcement and adjournment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-29

We want any person who suffers with
biliousness, constipation, indigestion
or any liver or blood ailment, to try
our Paw-Paw Liver Pills. We guar
antee they will purify the blood and
put the liver and stomach into a
healthful condition and will positively
cure biliousness and constipation, or
we will refund your money
MUNYON'S HOMEOPATHIC
POMF REMEDY CO Priie ~
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-29
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-29
Gas Companies Given Benefit.

Official tests Of gas meters in New
York city show that defective meters
give the gas companies the benefit OF
the doubt, that is, where there is one
that is too slow there are two that
are foo fast
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-29

me q well woman,
and / would like to
tell the whole world
of it. / suffered
fromfemale trouble
and fearful painsin
my back. Ihad the
best doctors and
they all decided
that I had a tumor
In addition to my
female trouble. and
advised an opera
ton. lydia r..
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-29

III S. Engineer Office, Kansas City, Mo-,
~ Aug. IL. 1910. Sealed proposals tor con-
structing and delivering steel hull sternwh heel
tow-boats Will be received here until II noon,
Sept. le, 1910, and then publicly opened In
formation furnished on application. Edward
IL. Schulz, Major, kngrs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-29
DRENCHED WITH
BURNING OIL
Lamp Fell In Opera House, Woman is
Burned and Now Manager Is
Made Defendant in Suit.

One of the most interesting and i'm
portant suits that will come up for
hearing at the coming September term
of the district court in Mt. Pleasant.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-29
AFTER
SUFFERING
ONE YEAR
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
ham, Vegetable Compound

Milwaukee, Wis. - Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has made
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-29

IOWA CONFERENCE
OF MP. CHURCH
viii be Held in keokuk for the First
Time Bringing Many Visitors
Here This
Week.
LASTS THROUGH SUNDAY
Opening Tomorrow Evening at the
Harcsome New Church, Corner
81 Twelfth and
Exchange.
LASTS THROUGH SUNDAY

: i. tfs s. $ : ..
Beginning tomorrow evening, the
Iowa conference of the Methodist
Protestant church, will be held in
this city, the first time in its history,
the conference to be held at the
handsome new M. P. church, corner
of Twelfth and Exchange streets of
which Rev. J. @. Mccain is the pas
tor. The conference will bring from
SO to 100 ministers and lay delegates
here and the sessions will last
through the week until next Sunday
evening. All of the sessions are open
to the public. On Saturday, the APP
pointments will be made.
Rev. G. j. Mutt is president of the
conference and j. w. Murphy is the
secretary.
The following program has been
arranged for the week:
Tuesday, August 80, 1910.
Evening Session.
$50 Song service, local choir.
S:00-Sermon, Rev. J. G. Leonard.
Announcements and benediction.
Wednesday, August 81, 1910.
Morning Session.
9:3O-Devotional services, Rev. S.
M. Johnson.
1000 Conference convened-C. j.
Mutt, president.
10: Conference sermon, Rev. J.
VIII Payne.
11:S0-Suspension.
Afternoon Session.
1:3D--Devotiona service-Rev. j. S.
Wood.
Conference business.
4:30-Suspension
Evening Session.
7:30-Song and praise service
Rev. D. II. Howery.
800 Sermon. Rev. A. H. Under.
Announcements and henediction,
Thursday, September /, 1910.
Morning Session.
S:S0-Devotiona service, Rev. w.
N. Mcvey.
9:00-Conference business.
O-Suspension.
SallSihOOu ioCGSlOH
1.30-Devotional service--Rey. Eli
jah Tillotson.
2:00-Conference business.
4:30-Suspension.
Evening Session
7:S0-Song and praise services,
Rev. ]. Will Payne.
8:00-S Sermon Rev. Henry Caryon
Announcements and benediction.
Friday, September 2, 1910.
$50 Devotional services. Rev. T.
F. Martin.
800 Conference business.
1:30- Suspension.
Afternoon Session.
1:30-Devotional services Rev. H.
G. Cameron.
00-Conference business.
4:30-Suspension
Evening Session,
730-Song and praise service
Rev. D. H. Howery.
S:00-Sermon, Rev. T. S. Tague
Announcements and benediction.
Saturday, September 8, 1910.
Morning Session.
S:00-Deyotional services-Rev. R.
Wilkinson.
Conference Business.
1870 Suspension.
Afternoon Session.
1:S0-Devotional services, Rev. A.
S. Leach.
2:00--Confercnce business.
3:30-Christian Endeavor Conven-
ton.
Suspension.
Evening Services.
7:S0--Chrstian Endeavor praise
service
Convention sermon, Rev. A.
@. Chariot, President.
Announcements and benediction.
Sunday, September 4, 1910.
The Holbrook news., 1910-05-06
A Russian Scare in Australia.

Russian scares" were at one tim. common in Sydney and Melbourne, Once, when Australia was not yet con. nected with the Old World by. tele. graph, a mail steamer from London beat the record in smart passage, and to signalize the event she fired off all her guns as she advanced up the har- bor of Melbourne. But the Melbourne authorities misconstrued this demon stration and, feeling sure that the Rus sians were really coming at last. promptly mobilized all their military and naval resources before they dis covered their mistake.
The Holbrook news., 1910-05-06
NOTES OF FOREIGN LANDS.
Furnished in Consular Reports and
 Gathered from Other Sources.


 limited stock company has been formed in Berlin by leading German industrial concerns for the manufac- ture of flying machines of the Wright system. Wilbur and Oryille Wright have conveyed all the rights for Ger many to the new company. The Gen. eral Electric Company of Berlin and New York is interested l Schools are being established in ev- cry part of the Chinese Empire and are being put in charge of educated Chinese who have studied in Japan, Europe and the United States, says consular report No. 3636. Popular education is a strong feature of the new movement in China for the gem eral betterment of the country and it's people. all tending toward limited monarchy in place of the centuries oIu autocracy.
 The new dealers annual license tax of SS1.1O imposed at Alden may injure the sale of American kerosene in that busy city, and force the natives to re- sume the use of candles. Next to cot ton goods, kerosene has for years been the leading American export to Alden after driving Russian and Sumatran oil out of the market.
 One hundred thousand dollars is to be spent for improvements in the ser vice of the fire brigade in the city of Sac Paulo, Brazil.
 In the effort to reorganize the rub her factories of Scotland on Amarioan lines American experts are being put in charge of the principal depart ments of. manufacture. The salaries are much higher than the British standard The industry turns out about 6,OO0,OOO worth of rubber goods is forcing the change, says our consul at Edinburgh.
 Liberia, West Africa, is energetical- Iy calling for American goods even among the 2,5OO,0O0 aboriginal popu- lation.
 China buys s2,OOO,OOO worth of for eign-made printing paper every year. The American share is insignificant. Why? See consular report No. 3635.
 The Euphrates river will probably be bridged at the three points where the crossing is now done by ferries. The first bridge will be- constructed next spring.
 ped up in Turkey The new governor of Adana is favorably disposed to con- cessionaries.
The Holbrook news., 1910-05-06

other tree, feeding upon which the 1n- sect makes its wax.
 This removal is one of the most picturesque features of the industry Thousands of porters are employed in it. The colonies of insects removed from the trees are wrapped in leaves of the wood-oil tree. Packed carefully in baskets they are slung from the shoulders of the porters, who must bear them from 200 to 400 miles. The way lies over the rocky paths and heights of the Szechwan mountains, through several cities and ends at the farms, where the masters of the bear CTS await them. All the journey must be made at night, as the suns heat would develop the insects too fast.
 At that time of year it is the custom of the cities along the way to leave their gates open all night in order that the progress of the bearers may not be interrupted. With the baskets sus- pended from their shoulders, the port CTS run in their weird procession at their top speed from dark till day light. Clad almost invariably in rain proof straw, they carry picturesque lanterns which swing a sthey run, throwing the fantastic shadows of their bodies all around.
 At daybreak the men find some dense shade for their burdens. prepare their meals and go to sleep. At night fall they are under way again.
 At the farms where the wax is to be formed the leaves containing insects are tied to the limbs of trees, where the heat of the sun develops them. Crawling out, the males proceed to form cocoons and these are the sources of the wax. In a short time the entire tree is covered with the shining white, so that, but for the heat, one would believe the tree was hidden in frost. This white covering is sometimes a quarter of an inch thick over most of a tree. It is scraped off and refined, and from it are made candles for the household, objects for the temples and many other things, and an annual tribute of the best quality is sent to the royal family at Pekin.
The Holbrook news., 1910-05-06
BOUND TO RISE.

When any one mentioned John Sib ley, the face of Johns grandfather frightened, for John was the apple oi the old mans eye. The folks thought because he was kind of undersized he wouldn't ever amount to much" the old gentleman would say, with a chuckle. but I guess they've seen be fore now. Youngest of the lot of 'em and already sup'rintendent of one branch of the railroad where he start ed in as conductor only five years ago."
 He must have made quick pro- gress," said one visitor, who had acci- dentally started MT. Sibley on the sub iect of his favorite grandson.
 He did, certain" said MT. Sibley. Fact is, John has lot O horse-sense and level head.
 Seems the president of the road is most seven feet tall, and one day, just to try John, who didn't know him by sight, he got on Johns train, having his. hatband, and when John came along he was standing up at the rear end of the car, talking to man, and watching to see what John would do.
 John took a good look at him, saw he didn't intend to pass down his tick ct, and looked as if he'd make some game of Johns size if a word was said but there wasn't
 John finished up the other fares, then he opened the little store closet, took out the steps he used when he lighted the lamps to go through the tunnel, set 'em up against the presi- dent, climbed up, took the ticket punched it, and put it back in the hat band.
 Well, sir, there were good many in the car that knew who the presi- dent was, and when John had gone on, sober as judge, there was consid erable talk.
 When he came through the car next time the president was sitting down, and he asked John number of ques- tions, and the upshot of it was that John got his first promotion the next week
 The president said that he'd shown three things all at once, John had that he was good-tempered, knew when to hold his tongue, and had resources of his own"
The Holbrook news., 1910-05-06
Rather VenOmOus.

A tenderfoot who visited the Yosem- ite in the cid days thus related his ex- perience: The stage driver found out that he was seriously afraid of snakes and immediately proceeded to make his hair stand on end.
 "Venomous reptiles? You bet. I don't know what reptiles is, but them snakes you can just bet your life Is venomous. Why, one day was comin' down here drivin' a wagon when I catches sight of snake in the brush all ready for a spring. My horses starts, an whips 'em up fast to clear the snake, don't you see, afore he could spring He makes one clear spring, the snake does, an he misses the horses"
 That was lucky. But you-you"-
 Lucky? You bet your life it was lucky. He missed the horses. the snake did, but he stuck his fangs clean through the wagon"
 You don't say!"
 T do say, and maybe you don't b. lieve it, but it's fact. He stuck his fangs clean through that wagon, an that wagon is swelled up so bad that we had to leave it by the wayside and take the horses home"
The Holbrook news., 1910-05-06
THE BUNDLE OF HAY.
OOOO0O@((OO

When travelling on foot from Rothen- burg to the Danube, Everett Warner had the good fortune to put up at an inn, The Sign of the Lamb" where the charges were so small as to sur prise him. He describes in Scribners Magazine this unusual experience:
 It was quite dark when l reached the Lamb" On entering the tavern, which I found crowded to overaow.nes. I sought the Frau Wirtin and made the customary inquiry about the charge for accommodation.
 Twenty pfennigs," five cents, "is the charge for a single room," she an swered, to my great astonishmsnt I barely recovered sufficient natural effrontery to inquire if light was in cluded at that figure. It was.
 I will confess that, once irrevoca5ly committed to the room, and following the Frau Wirtin's fiickering candle up- stairs, I had some furtive regrets for the haystack under the open sky; but when I reached my quarters. I found that the misgivings due to the alarmingly low price were unfounded. I will not pretend it was luxurious chamber into which I was shown, but it was reasonably clean. and. 10 De fair to it, many better bed has not yielded me half so good nights rest.
 The next morning, while settling the most insignificant hotel bill that it has ever been my lot to encounter, could not help thinking that those who pie tured the country innkeeper as a rapacious brigand had certainly never put up at the Sign of the Lamb" Personally, I have yet to be charged with a bundle of hay, but understand 1t has happened.
 How is this, Herr Wirt?" exclaimed the amazed traveller, going over the items of food and drink on his bill. You have me charged with bundle of hay"
 Quite right, quite right" responded the landlord, readily You complained last night of the mooing of a COW in the adjoining stable, and I gave her a bundle of hay to quiet her"
The Holbrook news., 1910-05-06
Tree. from the Woods.

February is an excellent month for transplanting towering trees and shrubs from the woods into the home grounds. says the Garden, Magazine, especially if the January thaw has barred the ground and the air thrills with the promise of spring. The trees are dormant, their roots packed tight in frozen earth. It is harder digging, but you get better ball of roots.
 Certain towering trees among our native trees are as beautiful as any exotics obtainable from a nurseryman. In fact, all the best ones are sold by nurserymen. Every garden needs a Towering dogwood, with it's snow of white blossoms in spring. It should be planted in the border of an open lawn, but overtopped behind by large trees, because it has no foliage of it's
The Holbrook news., 1910-05-06
Chinese Wax Farming.

One of the best known industries of China is wax farming, Harper's Week. ly says. A certain tiny insect is culti- vated with great skill by the Chinese of a certain district. because of the fine white wax it produces.
 This little insect, which is hardly yet known to western science, has many peculiarities, one of which is that for the successful production of wax two stages of its life must be passed in very different regions. The earlier stage, in which the females de- velop until almost ready to deposit their eggs, is in the Chien-chang val ley, in the western part of China, where grows a tree at an altitude of 5000 feet, on which the insect passes the first part of its existence. In May 1t is time to remove the colonies of wax workers 70 the lower altitude of szeehwan province. where is found an
The Holbrook news., 1910-05-06
A Polite Elephant.

That everything should be in it's own place is a matter not only of conven fence, but of necessity for some people and some animals, as the following ex amples from John Augustus O'Shea's Leaves from the Life of a Special Cor. respondent go to prove. Certain or ders Of intellect run smoothly in accus toned grooves, but have no ability to meet any unusual occasion. The author describes a visit to a travelling menagerie.
 The snowman was repeating his les son like a schoelboy. He was enlarg- ing on the peculiarities of the ostrich of Africa, upon the uncanny form of which the visitors were supposed to be gazing.
 But, my friend" I remarked in an undertone to that functionary, that is not the ostrich of Africa; that is the pelican of Australia"
 They're always playing jokes on mel" exclaimed the snowman, plain lively How can cove tell which is which, if they goes on exchanging of the cages when his back is turned?"
 In the other instance of the value of order it was the animal which was not equal to the emergency. The show man rose superior to such slight vicis- situdes of fortune.
 In the illness of the regular show man, substitute was furnished w4,A a piece of paper setting forth the ele- phant's tricks.
 The behemoth will now walk around the ring on three legs!" shout ed the snowman.
 Behemoth did as ordered, and the audience applauded.
 The behemoth will now stand on his hind legs," the elephant perform ing his tasks faithfully.
 At last a mistake was made in the order. Throwing his whip on the ground. the snowman announced that the behemoth would now lift the whip with his trunk Nothing of the kind happened. The elephant began moving round the ring backward. A negro at- tendant whispered to the snowman:
 That's his next numberi"
 The snowman was equal to the oc- casion, and said:
 Ladies and gentlemen, my favorite is not backing out of his engagement but he is more polite than I, and wishes to make his farewell before he goes. So polished are his manners that he retires as he might at court, and presently will follow with the whip"
The Holbrook news., 1910-05-06

1O4.55 Pou1

snail as one among the great host of organized beings, for the expert ments made by Prof. Spallanzani prove that any or all the usual life condi- tions can be removed in its case with out terminating it's existence or in any way impairing its functions.
 It is fact we'll known that the com mon land snail retreats into his shell on the approach of frosty weather in the fall and that the opening or mouth of the shell is dramatically sealed by a secretion which is of silky texture and absolutely impervi- ous to air and water. In this condi- tion it is plain that he is deprived of three out of four elements of life mentioned by Leppert-viz.. air, water and nourishment