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in YUCCA LAND.

IN YUCCA LAND.
The rim of the desert is Yucca land,
Behind it the snow peaked ranges
stand;
Beyond it, and out, the desert lies
And far as the line of the tenting
skies
"The ship of the desert sails there at
In the swift mirage; and there. up
drawn
From violet seas, in the sunrise glow
Are the coral reefs the mermen know: :
And the perfumed plains where the
iris grow
Out there where the web of gossamer
flies,
The shoals of the purple islands rise,
Out there are the pink gray mists, I'M
rolled,
And the sun goes down on world OF
gold,
In Yucca land
The grimness of time is Yucca land
When twilight reaches her sceptre
hand,
When the moon bends down, a living
thing,
And the midnight stars are whisper.
ing.
The Yucca glades are people then
With naiads and gnomes and the
ghosts of men;
From the inner earth, from the Ev
erywhere,
They come and they walk in the moon
light there,
The dryades step from the Yucca
And lean white arms on the waving
breeze,
There pallid priestess counts hel
beads;
Yon arch to Druid temple leads.
Aye; and yonder Yucca, whose grin
shape warns,
Is the cross of Him, and His crown
of thorns;
There are stealthy shadows, a phan
tom whirr-
The night vibrates with soundles
And oh, the silence-so tense. 81
terse,
You can hear the heart of the uni
verse.
The desert its mystery unbars
To you and the moon and the whisper
ing stars,
In Yucca land.
The newness of earth is Yucca land
The tang of the first made CLEAN o
sand;
Not ever a plow profaned its sod
The world is SO new you could tall
with God.
In Yucca land
-Madge Morris in Lippincott's.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-14
What VIII the Big Mississippi Dan
Do For This Section?

! Quincy Journal: What will the big
Mississippi dam do for this section OF
the Mississippi valley?
Let's see If we can speak of this
matter in plain. sensible, business
like way. Let's cut out the gush, and
mush, and hifalutin.
The dam is to develop 100000 cleo
trical horse power, and this power is
to be supplied much cheaper than it
can be supplied by steam.
The effect of this enterprise has
been largely to increase the value OF
real estate, In and around Keokuk and
Hamilton, and north of Keokuk and
Hamilton. along the stretch OF back
water that will be formed by the dam.
The big dam will. as we say, develop
100000 electrical horse power. This
is sixty times the horse power that
Quincy is now using.
The big dam will profoundly affect
this section Of the Mississippi valley
industrially and in real estate way.
For one thing, it will gridiron this
section OF the valley with interurbans
and now we have none. 1t will fur
nish cheap power for all Industrial en-
terprises. 1t will eventually profound
ly affect real estate values in Quincy,
for Quincy is quite near the site OF
the dam. plenty near enough for all
practical purposes.
The building of this dam is certain
ly great undertaking, and it will pro-
foundry affect all the country that can
be easily served with the power that
is generated.
Quincyis near the center of the ter
ritory that will be served by the pow.
er developed by the big dam, and
will, therefore, be greatly affected by
the construction OF this great water
power.
We can not now imagine how much
Quincy will be developed by the carry
ing out of this great enterprise It
will help us here much industrially
and add greatly to real estate values.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-14

Pennington, Iowa, hopes to become
point on a new railroad projected
from Minneapolis to ST. Louis. A
public meeting is to be held tomor-
row to consider the matter of offering
inducements. Chief Engineer John NJ
Wiley is on the ground and is expect
ed to state the terms desired by the
company he represents.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-14
STATES EMPLOYEES EXCLUDED.

STATES EMPLOYEES EXCLUDED.
That the provisions Of the women's
ten-hour law, which went into effect
In Illinois July /, do not
apply to any of the state
institutions, penal, reformatory or
charitable, is the opinion of Attor-
ney General Stead, rendered to the
state board of administration in an
swer to request for an opinion from
that body as to whether the law ap-
piled to the seventeen charitable in
situations of which it has the control
The attorney general in a lengthy
opinion, in which he quotes many
authorities, says the term public in
stitutions, incorporated or unincorpor-
ated,' in the act does not apply to
any state institutions.
THE sovereign is always excluded
from legislation for the citizens" says
the attorney general. "Unless the soy.
ereign is mentioned in the statute
which Is not the case in this act, 1t Is
not included in the provisions of an
act
IF the legislature intended to In
clude the state institutions In said
act" says the attorney gen
eral, ut would have provid
ed appropriate means to punish
the agents Of the state who were re
sponsible for the violations Of the
act
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-14

Renewed activity in the headquar-
tiers Of the La Toilette boom suggests
to the Des Mdnes Register and Lead
er that another tank of oxygen has
been received by its anxious medical
attendants.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-14

The Trimble and Wallace interests
in the Abba State Bank have been
sold to Messrs. John 2. Evans and P.
H. Hynes of that place. Mr.. Evans is
said to be the wealthiest coal opera
tor in Iowa. The deal makes Abba and
Monroe county people owners Of the
entire stock of the bank in question.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-14

The Streckfus, formerly the Dia-
mond 10, Line will inaugurate through
steamboat service between st. Louis
and New Orleans beginning about
September 10. The st. Paul and
Quincy will make the initial trips and
open the eyes of competing lines on
the lower river as to what steamboat
service should be-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-14

home Monday leaving Mrs. Brumbay
to help care for her aunt.
Mr.. Griffith and Ed Lee OF Mt. Ham.
Ill were in town Monday buying fat
calves.
Mrs. NJ. Spring. Mrs. ]. Beggs and
Mrs. Will Allen of Montrose were
guests at the Hotel Westfall Friday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-14

The new United States senator from
Georgia is Hoke Smith who was a
member of Cleveland's cabinet. He
is now governor of that state. In
addition to his other accomplishments
he Is first class editor
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-14
THE DAILY GATE CITY

ley, Addie Balderbach, Vera Gehle,
Francis Hasenclever, Pete Ginter. c.
r. Freshwater. Lena Kratschman and
so we might go on for q column. We
say Fort Madison Is unique.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-14

A lighthouse keeper at New Orleans
claims to have picked up dead mer-
maid on mud bank The tempera-
ture down there must have been some
thing awful.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-14

When they sell at from 81 to SO
bnshel they are called by their right
name. "Spuds' is term seldom
heard nowadays.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-14
THOUGHT EoR The DAY,

Quit worrying about the corn crop
and saw wood. God Almighty looks
after the corn and the merchant who
advertises his goods sells 'em-Atlan.
tic Telegraph.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-14

Senator Cummins insurgency cloak
seems to the Des Moines Capital to
be ripping at some of the seams.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-14

The Sioux City Tribune confesses
that 1t actually sounds good to hear
of a circus tent being wrecked by =
storm. Storms are so much more
necessary than circus tents.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-14

Ethel Barrymore ought to have
known better than to try to break a
Colt by marrying him
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-14

All signs fail in dry weather, and
prayer seems to be efficacious in
spots only.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-14

If it be true that the Lord loves a
good loser he must have mighty little
use for Nat Goodwin.
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THE GATE CITY COMPAN I.
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THE GATE CITY Is on sale at the
following news stands:
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-14
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The first man to buy land in Cal
houn county is still living there and
is still enjoying good health.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-14
IOinton's Storage
Unions Transfer

Merchandise. Machinery, Furniture
Stoves, Musical instruments, Pictures
and everything In the Storage line.
Largo, clean, safe warehouses. Prices
reasonable Including insurance.
TRANSFER LINE IN CONNECTION
Office 625 5iondeau. Both phones 10
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-14

The Washington Democrat has no
decd that some elocutionists think
all that is needed is to read through
one side of their mouth and they call
1t art.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-14

1t is remarked by the Sioux City
Journal that it sometimes happens
that senator may talk and talk and
every day bite off more than he can
chew.
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every day bite off more than he can
chew.
"The insurgents are disposed to ad-
NIT that this is the hottest summer
they ever spent in Washington" says
the Sioux City Journal. And the joke
is that the insurgents are furnishing
the fuel" adds the Burlington Hawk
Eye.
What will gain for Dr. Cook his
place in history will not be his discov-
cry Of the North pole mot guilty.
says the Waterloo Courier, "but his
strange ability to transport such a
quantity Of steamheated air from such
a raw climate
Rev. Jonathan Lee, of Ottumwa, is
hard after the record Of the famous
marrying squire, Justice William Hun.
ecke, of Burlington. The 0ttumwa pas
tor has united some 910 couples, while
the Burlington man has Joined almost
1000.
The Ocheyedan Press thinks that
Congressman Hubbard is too great a
man to be vice President of the Unit
ed States, and the Des Moines Capital
tenders its congratulations to the
Press for having scored the most sen
sational scoop of the season.
Stand for Iowa reciprocity" says
the Alton Democrat Trade your dol.
lars for Iowa product, made in Iowa
factories by Iowa people. The state
then owns the dollars and the mer
chandise. This kind of reciprocity
builds our state and increases our
wealth.
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Read The Daily Gate city loo
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keokuk, Iowa ......... July IA, 1911
The Washington herald., 1911-03-26
BLAZE OF JEWELS
TO MARK DURBAR
Famous Gems Will Be Seen
at Delhi Festivities.

London. March 25.-The keepers Of the
British crown jewels are making prepara-
tions for their safe transport from Lon
don to Delhi in readiness for the great
durbar, at which King George will crown
himself Emperor of India. Those who
attend this durbar will have a chance to
see such a display of precious stones as
the eye of mo living man has ever
gazed on.
The British crown jewels. fine as they
are, cannot, with the exception of few in
dividual gems, compare with some of the
great Indian collections. The princes,
rajahs, and maharajahs Of India have
the accumulated wealth of generations
invested in countless dazzling gems, whose
value Is incalculable. But IL every In
dian rajah had as great and as valuable
a collection as the aggregate of all their
collections, even then, in the eyes Of
India, the British crown jewels would
surpass them all. And this for the sake
of one stone, the Koh-i-nor.
Compared with either of the Stars OF
Africa, as the Cullinan diamonds are now
called, the Koh-i-nor Is but a splendid
pebble Its history is what appeals to
the Indian mind. Long years ago it was
the chief jewel Of the Mogul emperors
and remains to this day the symbol of
imperial authority in India.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-26
OPERATES ON GIRL
TO "SHOW" SULTAN
Appendicitis Victim" Sues
Surgeon for Damages.

London, March 5.-From Constantine
pie comes an account of a strange law
suit which is proceeding in the court of
Pera against a well-known physician. Ac-
cording to the papers in the case one of
the Sultas's daughters was suffering from
appendicitis and the doctor who Is being
sued was called in. He recommended an
operation, but to this the Sultan de-
INJURED. He said that he would not allow
the use of the knife until he saw a pa
tient who had been operated on recover
ing from the effects of it. He did not
believe, he said. that such an operation
could be safely performed.
A Miss Keyser was at that time a pa
tient in the Hamidieh Hospital at Saloniki
and the doctor who Is now being sued
was attending her. She now alleges that
the doctor told her that she was suffering
from appendicitis and that he operated, on
her to show his skill to the Sultan. who
upon seeing that Miss Keyser was on the
road to recovery allowed his daughter to
undergo a similar operation The story
leaked out afterward and Miss Keyser
brought civil action.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-26
ALL DO NOT DECLARE
LOVE WHILE PROPOSING
Marriage Proposals Typical of Different Nationalities
Show Wide Variance.

ST. Petersburg, March 25.-A Russian
newspaper has been amusing its readers
with the following collection of marriage
proposals typical of different national
tiles:
A Russian-Natasha, my little dove,
soul of my soul, I love you with my
whole heart, with my whole being! 1
love you madly! I will love you unto
death, and should trouble befall US my
love will conquer everything. Be mine,
oh. Natasha,
A Frenchman - You are divine, my
ideal. Tomorrow 1 will press my suit
before your parents, and you, my fairy.
You will become my wife.
An Englishman-I am about to start
or a long voyage and l shall be very
lonely. / wonder if you would care to
marry me. Let US make the journey to-
Sether.
A German-Fraulein, you are notable
The Washington herald., 1911-03-26
NEW ROYAL OPERA
HOUSE FOR KAISER
Wilhelm's Cherished Project
Will Cost S5,25O,OO0.

Berlin, March 3.-The Kaiser's long
cherished project for the construction of
new royal opera house in keeping with
the artistic importance or modern Berlin
is now approaching a realization.
Preliminary discussions leading TO. a
definite settlement has begun in the bud
get committee of the Prussian Diet to-
day. 1t is planned to spend s5.25o.Oo0
upon the acquisition Of a site and the
erection of the new building. The Kaiser
will personally contribute $4,000 of this
amount.
The new opera house will probably rise
on the site of the present Royal Operetta
Theater. on the western side of the great
Square of Victory, Of which the eastern
side is fianked by the Reichstag buildings.
The old opera house, Inter den Linden,
will probably be sold to the city of Ber-
lin, possibly for use as museum.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-26
CHESS GAME LASTS 81 HOURS.
About 1,4OO Moves Made I'm Longest
uuSvS>,-uutsd Coutesf

About 1,4OO Moves Made I'm Longest
Uninterrupted Contest.
London, March 5.-one Of the, longest
uninterrupted games OF chess on record
was played last weekend at Vienna
chess club. Two members. Count orsini
and Herr Tennenbaum. sat down to a
game at . p. m. on Saturday and did
rot rise until a. m. on the following
Monday. when Tennenbaum won. amid
great excitement and cheers from their
fellow-members. who had been betting
heavily.
Neither player took any food except a
few cups of black coffee, and neither
showed signs Of great fatigue. They had
made in their thirty-seven hour game
about 1,400 moves.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-26
NEW DASH TO FROZEN
SOUTH BEING PLANNED
Australia Raising 100000 to Defray Expenses of
Douglas Mawsons Proposed Expedition

London. March 2.-Dr. Douglas Maw-
son, who accompanied Sir Ernest
Shackleton on his antarctic expedition
and shared its greatest dongers and sue
cesses, is now in London completing ar
rangements for an Australian expedition
to the south.
of commercial possibilities are its main
objects. For this DR.. Mawson is ex-
ceptionally well equipped. He is a grad
uate in mining engineering, and when
he joined the Shackleton expedition he
was lecturer in mineralogy and petrology
at Adelaide University.
This is not a South Pole expedition" T"
The Washington herald., 1911-03-26
WEARING MONOCLE
INSURES ATTENTION
Experiment Proves Trades.
men Pay Difference to 1t.

London. March "a member of the
stan of the Daily Mirror one day last
week took to himself monocie and
sailed forth to see the results. He writes
that he found that monocle increased
the cost OF living. chiefly because trades
men seemed 10th to offer their cheap
goods to a gentleman 50 equipped
On the other hand, 1t was discovered
that IL ones expenses increase by Is per
cent ones comfort is increased by so Der
cent. An eyeglass seems to insure i'm
mediate attention and civility. so that on
the whole the balance is in favor of the
eyeglass.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-26

said Mr.. Mawson recently. What we
want to do is to establish 2,4OO miles of
unknown coast line and fix it on the
map. West of Cape Adare' to Gaussberg.
the German antarctic expeditions head
quarters, and beyond il, the coast line
of the antarctic continent is unknown.
There may, however, be possibilities in
it. and Australia should have the chance
Of these"
Der, and spend two summers and one
winter on the expedition. The cost, it is
estimated. will be about 1000, and this
sum is being raised in Australia. Thirty
thousand dollars was subscribed in five
days.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-26

woman. You have read and understood
my book. 1 cannot tell you how much /
admire and esteem you. May 1 dare to
offer you my hand?
An 1talian-Cara mia. you are fairer
than the blushing dawn. Your voice is
more melodious than the soft west wind
On! let me kiss those dark locks Of
yours, and let those heavenly eyes not
spurn me, for otherwise 1 must die. Live
without you / cannot
A Montenegrin-You are a handsome
and good girl If you will marry me 1
VIII cut OFF two Turks heads and lay
them at your feet
The Washington herald., 1911-03-26
FISH DESTROYED By BOATS.
Damage fro. Submarine. and Tor

Damage from Submarines and Tor-
pedo Boat Destroyers Reported.
London. March eS-Complaints of ex-
tensive damage to gear and loss of fish
by the maneuvering Of torpedo destroy
ers and submarines close to the fishing
grounds between Bembridge and Dunose
have been made to the admiralty by FISH,
ermen at Eastern Point, Isle of Wight,
through the Southern Sea fisheries board.
1t is alleged that the craft drive fish
from the bays and the prcpeIlers cut OF
the watch" Of nets. lobster and spawn
pots, resulting In tremendous loss Of gear
and fish The admiralty viii hold an i'm
CURRY into the matter at Portsmouth
next wednesday.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-26
NEWBORN BABES SALTED.
Strange Custom Still Practiced II
Remote Corners of Old World.

London, March "a strange custom
Of sailing newborn babes is still prac-
ticed in certain remote regions of Eu-
rope and Asia The mother imagines
that this custom brings health and
strength to her children and also serves
to keep away evil spirits. Among the
Armenians of Russia it Is the custom to
cover the entire skin of the infant with
very fine salt. For three hours or more
this is left on the baby, when It is
washed off with warm water.
Even more peculiar are the women of
a mountain tribe Of Asia Minor, for they
are alleged to keep their newborn babies
covered with salt for a period Of twenty
four hours. The modern Greeks also
sprinkle their babies with salt, and even
in certain parts of Germany salt is still
used on a child at birth.
The Washington herald., 1911-03-26
LATEST NEWS FROM EUROPEAN CAPITALS FOR HERALD READERS

Vienna, who for nearly twenty years
lived among the Bedouin practically as
one of them, and whom have just had a
| talk with as he passed. through Berlin
returning from a series of lectures at
the University of Copenhagen.
'If you ask me- the professor said,
how much a Bedouin cares for a MEM
ber of the Turkish Parliament, must
say that he considers good camel vast
ly more valuable and useful The desert
governs the Bedouins, who laugh at the
idea that any parliament in Constan-
tinople has any right to lay down laws
to them
THE present campaign in the desert
will be and must be disastrous to the
Turks, who will never accomplish any
thing in Yemen, although they have
10000 men, the pick of the Turkish army,
it is said. there I hope for the Turks
that these troops are not the pick of
their army, for they desert by the score
every day and return to their tribes.
The secret of this war in Yemen is
that the Arabs will not accept the Sultan
in Constantinople as Kalif and descend
ant of Mahomet, and the Arabian
chieftains who are the leaders of the
war are, therefore, fighting holy war"
In these circumstances the Turkish cam
pdlSH HOpticSS Inc Troops
are bound to pass a mountain range of
S,4o0 feet before they can reach the two
chiefs, and in the winter months it is
bitterly cold there. Further, the Turkish
officers do not know the country, and
are not in possession of even a map. The
wells are distant from one another. The
oases are the only hope of the troops,
but in the long run they will be insult
ficient for the wants of a greater force.
"Over and over again the Bedouins win
attack the Turkish troops. rob them of
their provisions, and disappear. They
will poison the wells by throwing a
camel cargo of dead grasshoppers into
them. / know myself the terrible poi
soning which follows quenching ones
thirst with that water. And yet 1t
would be an easy matter to pacify the
Arabs il the system itself were not as
bad as bad can be- If only Turkey would
keep her promise and conclude an aTli-
ance with the tribes, 1 know how easily
it can be done. Alliance and peace with
the Bedouin is the only solution for
Turkey in Arabia
The Washington herald., 1911-03-26
"MAMMA," WORD LITTLE USED
81 Beg Your Pardon. Also Has Beer
Replaced by "Sorry.o

London, March 25.-Comment has re-
Gently been made upon the growing dis
use Of word once used regularly in
most upper-class families. This is the
word mamma"
Thirty and forty years ago children
were taught to call their parents papa
and mamma. Nowadays it is generally
father and mother. and the use of the
word mamma strikes quantity on the ear,
especially when it is uttered by a middle
aged person.
The change is doubtless part of the
general modern revulsion from the f1orid
and sentimental to the sensible and
realistic. IT beg your pardon has been
replaced by r.sorry."
The Washington herald., 1911-03-26
CARPET HEATS ROOM.
Cost Said to BE Less Than Any Other
known System.

London, March 25.-The latest electric
invention is the electric carpet for heat
ing rooms. 1t was originated in Paris.
The underside of the new carpet consists
of a network of steel wires, through
which the current is equally distributed
in all directions.
1t is said that the cost Of the new form
of heating will be less than that of any
known system. Indeed. it is estimated
that a room fitted with one of these
carpets can be heated at a total cost of
penny an hour.