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Eidht Your Own Nav

II you got into trouble without the
assistanca of your friends. you should
be game enough to get out In the
same way or take your medicine.
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KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF sECUR-
fTY. KEOKUK COUNCIL, No. 1889.
Meets the first and third Monday Of
each month, at A. O. q. w. hall ct
o'clock. o. w. Rowe. president;
Ernest Best Financier; Wayne Q,
Schenk. Secretary.
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3. P. o. EIIKS.

Keolsnk Lodge, No. 106-Meets first
and third Thursday nights at Elks'
hall. Gibbons opera house block. Sixth
and Main streets. Club rooms open
daily. Visiting brethren cordially In.
vited W. H. Reimbold, e. r.: Leroy
j. Wolf, Secretary.
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Daily Thouuht.

In the center OF the world whlrl.
wind. verify now as. in the oldest days,
dwells and speaks God Carlyle.
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- $3.50
E ROYAL ARCANUM,

Keokuk Council No. 536 meets first
and third Monday each month
Hawkes. hall. Eighth and Main Visit.
Ing brethren fraternally invited 70
attend c. M. vogler. Regent. J.
Annable. secy.
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K, Of p.
Morning Star Lodge. No. sheets
Fifth and Blondeau, X. Of P. building.
Tuesday at 7:30 p. m. o. O. Koepf.
Chancellor Commander; ]. A. Bur.
CESS. K. Of R. and 8. Visiting Knights
fraternally invited.
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MODERN WooDMEN OF AMERICA
Gibbons Hall.
Keokuk Camp No. 629-Meets every
Wednesday evening at 1880 p. m. Our
latch string is out to neighbors. G. B..
Lake. v. c.; J. A. Pollard, Clerk.
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Danish Fear by Trust

Fear not. but trust In Providence
wherever thou mayst be-Thomas
Haynes Bayly.
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Great Scoop Is Scored.
In the course of day the world
bares It's every spot to a glimpse OF
the sun.-Shreveport Times.
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i Herman Lodge No. LIS GERMAN,
meets regularly every wednesday
evening at O'Clock. ). J. RAbs, N. a.:
Albert Kiefer. Rec. Sec.
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Puckechetuck Encampment, No. I.
meets frst and third Thursday even.
ings OF each month. VIM. G. Kun.
mer, Scribe.
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Puckechetuck Lodge No. 43. meets
every Friday evening at o'clock.
Frank vollcrs, N. G.: Geo. W. Inms-
cart. Permanent Secretary.
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PERSONS AND THINGS.

The game of Persons and Things is
sometimes very amusing. Two persons go
out Of the room. and after agreeing to-
gether as TO what they shall represent.
they come back again and sit side by side
in front Of the company. One OF the two
takes the part Of some we'll known person
and the other represents an object which is
closely connected with that person. For
instance. one might represent Theodore
Roosevelt and the other his eyeglasses. The
other players take turns in asking queS-
tions, to which the answers must be SIM
ply 'yes" or mo" For instance, the per-
son representing the man will be asked,
Are you alive?' and will answer "Yes."
and then the person who represents the
object associated with the man will be
asked. Are you Of wood?" and will an
swer NO" In this way the players are
usually able to discover the person and
thing represented.
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shot from the horizon to the hilltop, where
the chariot was waiting, and instantly It
sprang forward and sped along the path of
light magically held In the air. On and
on sped the boys. over great stretches OF
dusky valleys and cleaning mountain tops.
over the great sparkling sea itself for an
immeasurable long distance, and at last
before them there shone a great gate, gold
as the sun itself.
The Gate Of the Future!" cried Dick.
Before the gate the chariot rested and the
boys sprang out. Through the bars they
could catch a glimpse OF the eager little
New Year.
What shall we do now?" asked one Of
the boys
And the little New Year called back,
Find the Key Of Hoper'
THE Key Of Hopel" said Dick. II won
der where we can find that The Old Year
has hidden It somewhere, but II can't be
far from the Gate of the Future, 1 know"
Then one Of the boys-the same one who
had suggested going to the Wise Man
said slowly: Perhaps the Old Year buried
II. Perhaps 1t is buried over there where
the flowers are so bright" So the boys ran
to clump of brilliant flowers and dug in
the soft earth till Dick cried joyfully. 1--WE
found it!'
The little New Year heard them and
laughed for Joy. Dick fitted the key into
the lock and opened the gate. and the little
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when she looked at the kitchen windows
and saw II was all solid white inside she
was scared. And then she looked up at
the roof OF the house and saw dough COM
ing out Of the chimney and slowly making
its way down the slanting roof. And when
she had touched 1t and tasted 1t she was
speechless with delight. And without wait
ing so much as to go upstairs and pack
her clothes, she ran down to the railway
station and took a ticket for New York
And the dough rose and ii rose-and after
a while the people in the house rose, be-
cause they thought 1t was about time for
breakfast. And when the little girls father
discovered what had happened he was wild
with Joy and sent for his nelghbors, who
came with buckets and barrels. And he
sold them the dough at great reduction.
And lie was congratulating himself on his
wonderful good fortune when he had two
thoughts. The first was, Where is the
cook?" and the second, Where Is the
other half Of that yeast cake?'
And he put two and two together and
decided the cook had taken the other half
OF that yeast cake to sell 10 multi-mill-
ionaire. I hadn't mentioned that the cook
had the other half Of the yeast cake, but
the cook hadn't mentioned 1t either.
When tho little girls father thought OF
this sad fact he became 80 depressed that
It affected the atmosphere. until there was
so much depression in the atmosphere that
IL in time affected George. He was unabl
to rise against the dead weight. lie had
almost outgrown his strength, anyhow, and
this was the last straw. lie stopped grow-
ing. And though the people mined enough
dough out Of the kitchen TO last them for
three weeks, the supply came to an end
at last.
Long before that time the cook had re-
turned from an unsuccessful attempt to
sell the other half OF the yeast cake. And
as servants were hard to get in that part
Of the country they were glad TO have her
back again.
They tried that night making bread with
the other half OF the yeast cake. but
though they sat up all night and their
neighbors assembled 10 watch the proceed
ings nothing happened. But ever since the
people Of the neighborhood have taken the
greatest interest In breadmahng. in the
hope that some day they will discover an
other ambitious yeast plant like George.
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The Obs1if,afe Old Year
BY Doris Webb.

o,,s thereswas an Old'Year who refused
=, 60 on the thirty-frst OF December. All
:. four seasons came and pleaded with
= IN vain. He dst set his teeth in a
Lid hard way TIL the ictcles hung from
- ,ences and the trees wens bound fast In
y. and said NO Here I am and here I
'..vrr SO 1t kept on being the thirty first
:, neoember till the people got tired Of
,,,ng for the New Years Day and ate
-. cakes they had prepared for the first
;, January celebrations, and the Old Year
=, N his icy cave and laughed. so that It
'.,,sed ike the Grabbing of icy branches.
The calendar man sighed in despair. He
sd prepared a lot of nice new calendars
'.5 nobody wanted them. People just kept
:. ssting everything December 81. 1t was
Ute awkward. too. When people invited
~ other 20 parties they always said "for
r,oenber 81" and then nobody knew
.t,,b December 81 they meant AT last
-. calendar mans little boy Dick made
=, his mind that he would smuggle in the
,,ns New Year somehow You see, the
v,os New Year had to come in through
-, Golden Gate of the Future, and the
C,l Year was supposed 10 unlock the door
9Th the Key of Hope, but tho Old Year
rad hidden the Key ana "onidnn unlockthe
gate
rlck said IF only I~could End the Gold
an GsA and if only L could find the key,
,srtsps ! might unlock the door myself
and ltt the little New Year in. He talked
q over with a number of his friends. but
,oss OF them knew where the Golden Gate
Gas or how 10 get there. One of them
sB Il think the Gate of the Future must
y IN the East. Anyway. let's ask the"Wise
Van on the Hill"
50 they all went 30 the Wise. Man on the
gu and he said, - wondered why no one
cane to me before? SO you want to reach
ne Golden Gate of the Future, do you I"
and the boys said Yes How shall we
get to it?"
'How would you like to go in my magic
esriot?' asked the Wise Man. The boys
boxed at each other in astonishment. 1T
Egnds very nice indeed" said Dick.
Then come back at dusk" said the Wise
Mn, and the chariot will be- here, but
you must pull it TO the top of the hill be
trH sunrise or it will be Of no use" The
Wise Mans house was about ha2f way up
tie hill, and the rest Of the road was steep,
but the boys were not daunted. "Wen be
EIe TO-" said they.
Ehen they returned to the Wise Man Just
It lsk there was the great chariot, look
I strange and ghostly In the dinness..
lEe were two strong ropes attached to,
and the boys caught hold with a will
I'D began TO climb.
BE sure you climb in before sunrlses"
vas the last thing the Wise Man called
after them.
It was a harder, longer pull than any Of
he boys had thought. All through the
night they tugged at the ropes and pulled
the chariot only a few feet at 8, time. "But
Es must get 1t TO the hilltop before~ sun.
nse," said Dick.
Just as the Eastern sky began to grow
lght the chariot was drawn safely to the
1lltop and the boys bImped in ready for
that might come. A great shaft OF light
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Obe Ambitious Yeast Plant
BY Elizabeth c. Webb.

There was once little yeast plant. You
can't think how little it was. But it was
more ambitious than many a larger and
more ferocious vegetable-prickly pears. for
instance, or cacti or pitcher plants. Now
this little yeast plaintiffs name was George
was more ambitious than any other yeast
plant in the cake. He lived in a cake-not
a chocolate cake or Jelly cake, but yeast
cake. And It sometimes used to annoy the
mullins and other things around to hear
the way he would talk.
II intend TO rise in the world" he said
one morning to q tea biscuit. II shall rise
so that 1 won't be able 10 see you without
the aid OF q microscope"
This annoyed the tea biscuit, who was
rather short in his temper, having been
made with too much shortening; and he
said things to George that would have
made anything but an ambitious yeast
plant dry up and blow away.
II seemed TO George as II he never would
get chance to rise, because you know he
couldn't begin doing It until he got made
into dough. But at last q little girl who
belonged 10 the house where Georges yeast
cake had been left by the grocer was filled
with Il desire to make some bread. The
cook did not like tho idea, but the little
girls mother said: Let the child try-it
will keep her out Of mischief
SO without realizing what the conse-
Quences would be- she mixed some dough
and put in half the yeast cake-the half
containing George. Then she left the dough
in pan before the fire and went 10 bed,
planning TO get up early in the morning
and make some loaves.
And all that night George riz. lie rlz
and he riz, and he riz TIL the dough pufred
away above tho pan. And he riz till that
pan OF dough was as high as the table.
And he riz till that pan OF dough was as
high as the mantelpiece. And he riz 50
that the next morning that whole kitchen
was just solid mass Of dough; and up
the chimney 1t was still keeping on rising
and rising and rising. Now, when the cook
got UP before 1t was light. and came down
stairs with her shoes In her hand and found
she couldn't get the kitchen door open. she
was cross. She didn't know IL was because
the whole kitchen was full Of dough. And
she thought the little girl had tied the
handle Of the door with string. So she
went out at the front door and around 10
the back door TO get IA that way. But
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

Dear Editor: received the check for one
dollar for my story and / want TO thank
you for f. 1t is the first check l ever
got for a story. Sincerely yours,
EVELYN VALENTINE.
No. 1924 SOD street. Bensonhurst, Long
Island.
Dear Editor: / received the pretty silver
purse and thank you very much for IT.
I'll try some more puzzles again, since
you give such nice rewards. Your little
friend. GRACE HASTINGS.
No. 149 West 11th street.
Dear Editor; This morning / received a
book for last Sundays Fairy Tale puzzle. l
thank you for sending It for my birthday.
I am seven years old to-day Your little
friend, JOHN b. RESCHhE,
No. West Goth street.
Dear Editor: l am glad you thought my
little piece worth prize. / did not think
I would even get II in the paper, and you
can not imagine how / felt when the check
came. | felt like saying Thank you, thank
you, thank you" l am going TO buy some
thing that / can keep all the time. Thank
you very much. Your little friend,
RUTH c. BRANIN.
No. 400 Hanover street, Baltimore.
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bish in a bonfire. came across box Of
sawdust, and went to the IRE and shook It
out. On looking to see II any remained ]
was much startled to see a row and a half
Of dynamite sticks.
run. girisl" cried, probably dumped
some dynamite into the fire."
You ought to have seen US run, I. in my
haste. dropping the box with the rest Of
the combustble stuff but a foot from the
fire. When We told mother she laughed
and said that dynamite would only go off
with some shock. None Of us dared to
take the box from the fire. and mother had
to go after It, Hoping / have interested
you, remain. your sincere friend,
ETHEL w. PARKER aged l0.
No. go Keap street. Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
Rebuffed in Paris
Critics Explain Why Sieefried
WasneT's Concert Failed.
Paris. December %.


sieafried Wagner both as composer and
as leader OF orchestra, has made dis-
astrous impression upon the musical pub
lie of Paris. NJ Chevillard, conductor or
the Association Of the Lamoureux Concerts,
during his absence in Russia, intrusted his
baton to Siegfried Wagner. Siegfried WaS-
ner was not hissed. He did not attain the
honors of martyrdom. The public was fully
alive TO the fact that II would never do
TO hiss the son OF Richard Wagner. The
audience at the concert In the Sale Ga
yeau listened ettentively. at first with sur
prise, then with CONSERVATION, afterward
with patient resignation, finally with friSid
politeness. and refraneG from manifest
ing It's disapproval. But 1t was impossible
20 mistake the true meaning OF the faint.
meagre, ironical chilling applause that
followed each piece. The rebuff was pain
ful and decisive.
The causes OF this defeat are frankly ex-
planned ty two eminent critics. Pierre Ialo
and Henri Lichtenberger. In the first place
siegfried Wagner arranged his programme
30 as 10 comprise the works OF three COM
posers-his grandfather. Franz Liszt; his
father. Richard Wagner. and himself.
There was one moroccan OF Liszt, four OF
Richard Wagner apd seven of Siegfried
Wagner This selection was deemed not
only out of proportion to tho talents OF the
composer, but also as falling TO maintain
either chronological order or sequence OF
artistic nliation. Siesfried Wagner placed
his grandfather at the beginning as a
sort OF curtain raiser" relegated his
father 10 the very end Of the concert, ana
New-York tribune., 1911-01-01

Contest No ! (New Years Puzzle)-
Choice OF sterling silver Tribune badge.
n set Of battleship postcards. German
silver purse with chain, an interesting book,
p gold filed belt pin, a box of water color
paints Or gold filed tic clasp for the neat
est and best three answers.
Contest No. 2 Things to Think About
You may solve any two Of the four puzzles
that you like and for the neatest and best
two answers we offer the choice Of the same
prizes as in Contest No. /.
Contest No. (Our Letter Box)-A prize
Of 81 is given for every letter printed under
this heading. The letter may contain incl
dents in your life, anecdotes Of pets. novel
school experiences, things seen In travel or
made UP stories. These stories must be
original and must be written on one side OF
the paper. Letters entitled to the prize OF
81 are often crowded out for lack Of space
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+ Continued From Opposite Pa6e

emma waltzes, and which strike the ear as
painful parodies Of paternal heroism ana
genius. 1t was astounding TO note the seri-
Gus manner in which Siegfried wagner
grandson of a great man, and son OF Sill
greater man, indeed Of one OF the greatest
men who ever lived, proclaimed himself
their equal, placed himself on their pedes-
tai and in a concert In which he executed
their works together with his own gave to
himself the lions share"
The verdict OF the French critics is also
extremely severe upon Siegfried Wagner
as a conductor OF orchestra. NJ. Lalo says:
"As a leader Siegfried Wagner evinces
neither force. accent. feeling nor passion
All the music that he touches becomes
feeble. pale tasteless and. under his baton
OF leader Of orchestra. the overture OF
'Tanhauser' seemed as II written by him
self" After this memorable and disastrous
concert siegfried Wagner forthwith left
Paris. G. I. b.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
LAST WEEKS PRIZE WINNERS.

Christ tmas Stocking Puzzle.-Santa Claus
got nine packages into the Christmas
stocking.
The prize winners and their prizes are
Florence E. Small. aged thirteen, No 81
Rockview avenue, Plainfield, n. j., German
silver purse; Myrtle 4. King. aged nine.
No. 2S Oak street, Willimantic, Conn.,, an
interesting book, and Katharine Lyman,
aged eleven, Park Hill. Easthampton,
Mass, G. box Of water color paints.
Things To Think About-The two prize
winners and their prizes are Norman s.
MCGEE, aged nine, No. 80 Willow avenue,
Plainfeld, n. j., a gold filled tie clasp,
and Julia Gerber, aged twelve, No. AIS
Logan street, Bridgeport, Conn, an inter
esting book.
Our Letter Box.-See letters by prize
winners
New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
THE TRAVEL GAME.

The players sit in a row and the first
begins by saying, Il am going on Jour
ney TO Athens" OF any place beginning
with 4. The one sitting next asks, What
will you do there?" The verbs, adjectives
and nouns used in the reply must all begin
with A; as "Amuse Ailing Authors with
Anecdotes" II the first player answers
correctly, It is the next players turn; he
says, perhaps. II am going to Bradford"
What to do there?' ITO Bring Back
Bread and Butter" third says, Il am
going TO COnstantinople." What TO do
there?" ITO Carry Contented Cats" Any
one who makes a mistake must pay q
forfeit.
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Oberwager; %. Elizabeth Osborne; n. Anna
Owen; 22, Adelaide II. Parker; %, Janet
Patterson; "a. Edgerton Pattison; 3, Kath-
arine ID. Peck; 2s Henrietta NJ. Preston;
q, Oswald Rennlson; 2s, Gwendolyu Rich
ards; 20, Frederick w. Ridgway; so. BESIDE
Rothberg; 81, Olive Randall; 49, Elisabeth
Reigart; 80, Birdie Salant; "a, Ethel Schsf-
fenhaus; 80, David Sehortemeier; 90. BTteda
Schroeder; 81, Ruth Schwabe; IS. John Sey.
mOur; SO, Henry E. Smalli 10. Ruth y.
Small; Al. Alison NJ. Smith; AZ. Charlotte
Smith; 43. Dorothy G. steilenwerf, a.
Harry Van Velsor; As, Agnes Walton; g.
Donald G. Wanner; AZ. Pearl +. Witt, &,
Louis Zeaman; 40, Godfrey Zane; 30. John
Zedwitz
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Years?

game Of baseball which you play with two
dice. The rules are as follows: When you
throw double skies count It homo run;
double fves. three-base hit; double fours,
two-base hit. and double threes. a one
bagger. All the other doubles count as
outs. When q one and five are thrown 1t
counts as a safe bunt: one and two
equals stolen base; two and four is out
stealing: six and three are counted safe on
error, and four and three equal sacrifice
hit. Whenever a four and five, five and
three, a six and FIVE or six and two are
thrown they are counted as balls. and
when six and four. two and three or three
| and four are thrown they are counted
strikes. All the remaining numbers are
counted out Hoping you Will understand
and enjoy this game. l remain, your loving
reader, ROLAND DOANE (aged 19.
No 252 West l04th street
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THE NEW YEARS PUZZLE.

like the bowlegged golfer-a conservative
and foe to innovations.
THE bowlegged golfer was playing in .
two-some. He made very good approach,
and proceeded TO stride after his ball
toward the green. His opponent then made
an approach. and this second ball glided
over the grass and rolled through the bow
legged chaps legs
"He instantly halted and looked around
with an angry frown.
Here, here lie said. that's not golf"
well said his opponent, with a coarse
laugh, If it's not golf it's croquet.'"
New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
NINE. sEMBRICH's RECITALs.

Nine. sembrch. who yesterday settled on
January 81 as the date OF her return to
Europe, will give her first song recital In
Hamburg during the early part OF Febru-
ary. She will later sing In Berlin. Dres-
den, Vienna, Budapest and all the leading
cities OF Germany and Austria. In May
she will give two song recitals In Paris
where she will present for the first time
there programmes composed exclusively OF
the songs OF Schubert. Schumann and
Brahms.
Mime. sembrich Will give her last recital
here In Carnegie Hall on Tuesday, January
"a
New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
DECEIVED BY SOUND.

THAT was g. wrong analogy" said Sena-
tor Depew. at a dinner In Washington. Of
a socialistic argument.
"AIy socalistic friend was deceived by
figures into a false analogy. as New York
lady was deceived by sound
This lady. from a window. watched Mr..
Roosevelts triumphant entry into New
York after his great tour.
"'How well he does look" she said en-
Enthusiastically.
But her companion. a race suicide ad-
vocate. said in cold voice:
He has come back more bellicose than
ever
mot a bit OF it, cried the first lady
Indignantly. I'd say on the contrary that
his travels have reduced his girth a good
three inches
New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
OLD RYHM ES.

The common little rhyme beginning
Thirty days hath September" IL not as
old as the hills, at least is as old as 1886,
for I'm that year It was printed in London
In an old arithmetic. This IS how 1t reads
in its original form:
"Thirtie daies hath September. April,
June and November. Februarie eight and
twenty alone, all the rest thirtie and one
The rhyme beginning multiplication is
a vexation," is likewise not an outburst of
modern scholars, for It is found in a man.
uscript of even older date. 1910:
Multiplication is mie veXation,
And Division quite as bad,
The Golden Rule Is mle stumbling stule,
And Practice makes mie mad"
New-York tribune., 1911-01-01
TIE STORY OF NICK.

Dear Little Men and lAttie "ohe"
home l have a cat which We cal NicA-
don't know exactly how he got tfA' halie'
onlv that my father gave 1t to him as so0h
as he received him. He might have given
II 20 him as an sbbreviation OF Nlcode'ilus
or more likely, from Jolly st. Nicholas, as
q was at Christmas he came to us. wen,
now that you know his name l guess
,,,iIl describe him to you. He Is quite a
,orao eat with white and black patches oil
t,,r ,I,s tai, is black and his paws white
tTa has two large gray eyes and small
mink nose; sometimes it is not pink bur
h,oox ga he has a great habit OF poking II
,n the coal scuttle. On Sunday nights OF
anv other night when we are out ana 'he
bonss is quiet he goes to sleep. one night