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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-30
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-30

Many man in his reflective
moods. wonders why his wife loves
him, signs a near poet, and so do
his neighbors, adds Farm Journal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-30

and daughter verna. were Farming.
ton callers Wednesday.
Mrs. Hugh Meinhardt visited in
Charleston several days the past
week.
Harry Tayler of Humeston, Iowa.
was an over Sunday visitor in our
city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-30

The Hampton Chronicle says that
an anti-treating law would do more
to injure the liquor interests than
most any other legislation excepting
absolute prohibition.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-30

THE Deemer crowd are standpat-
tiers all right" says the Charter Oak
Times.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-30

The Sioux City Journal has noticed
that ii sometimes happens that all a
man has to look forward to is nervous
prostration.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-30

1t is the observation of the es-
teemed Nauvoo Rustler that those
Keokuk fellows can't keep still by a
dam site
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-30

Late in the day we reached the
citizen settlement at F'landreau, S. D..
where my father and some others
dwelt among the whites. Here my
wild life came to an end, and my
school days began.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-30

keokuk, Iowa ....... March 80, 1911
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-30

George Fitch explains that people
live in small towns because they are
too easily contented and go away to
bigger ones because they are not
contented enough.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28
Why Children Tell Stories

general remedies for the cure of the
habit of lying. Here. as in other
cases. q specific remedy is needed.
1t Is important to know that the lies
are different according to the source
from which they flow.
The most common Of all lies n
that arising from sheer egotism. Lies
are used to shield one from censure
and punishment as the umbrella 10
employed to protect one from rain
and hail. Sometimes the source Is
vanity; children boast at times even
OF wickedness. to appear bold before
comrades
1T is certain that some given to
lying. when once thoroughly aware of
the disgracefulness OF this habit. con-
ceived such horror against It that
they became disgusted with every.
thing dishonest and developed charac.
tiers known for uprightness and hon.
esty."
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28
Region About Adelaide, South Aus
tralia, Infested-Diseased Ro-
dents Fall In Water.

Adelaide. South Australia. This re-
gion Is suffering from a plague OF
mice. A resident of Adelaide, who re-
Gently made tour in the Yorke's Pc
ninsula district. records that mice
constitute one Of the chief topics OF
conversation throughout the peninsula.
One man told me tina. every morning
he skins about 800 on the water in
his underground stock tank. Another
on opening the top of his drill a few
mornings since found some of the
feed pipes choked. and approximately
400 mice In the seed box. The stacks
OF wheat at different places present
q deplorable appearance owing to the
ravages Of the little rodents. Grain is
running down the sides in all direc-
tons, and 1t is practically impossible
to move bag without disturbing a
dozen or more Of the brown-coated
burrowers. The wheat bumpers kill
with their bare hands. and
tie string around the bottoms of their
pants to prevent invasion from be-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28
FAT MAN BITES HIS OWN TOE
Wins Wager From Friend, But Goes
to Hospital With Dlsloeated Hip
Saw Baby Do the Trick.

Philadelphia.-lt will be q good
while before Charlie Bacon again
boasts Of his ability or tries to win a
bet by his athletic prowess.
Charlie is in hospital for this rea-
son. and he has learned a lesson that
will last long time. He tips the
scales at the $50 mark, but always
has been SO careful OF his physical
condition that he has been able to de
stunts OF which many a lighter man
might feel proud.
He watched his friend Ben Kearns
newest baby put its big toe in it's
mouth and boosted that he could do
the same. Ben bet him $40. all his
small change, that he couldn't. and
Bacon tried the trick He succeeded
but there was snap and the big fell
low tainted in pain.
When doctor arrived he found
that Bacon had dislocated his right hin
and sent him to hospital.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28
Suffers a Plague of Mice

low. 1t is safe to say that the wheat
merchants have suffered considerable
losses In the shape OF eaten and spoilt
grain"
According to Koolunga correspon-
dent the mice In that district have
lately been showing signs of disease.
and sores are breaking out on the
hands and arms of the men engaged
In transporting wheat. presumably
through contact with bags and other
things over which the diseased ro-
dents have been running. In several
instances people have had their sup
plies Of domestic water rendered un-
fit for consumption owing to the mice
drowned In the tanks.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28
Whales Like Popcorn.

Boston.-A seventy-five-mile race
upon the high seas with two man.
moth whales. each measuring more
than $50 feet. furnished keen excite
ment to the 173 passengers of the
steamer Boston. which arrived from
Nova Scotia.
1t was not until after the exciting
race had lasted for eight hours that
the two whales gave up the race
Some popcorn was thrown from the
steamer by children and the two
whales eagerly made for 1t. Evident.
ly expecting more. they chung to the
ship. They drew up alongside, and
at times brushed up against it.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28
Esotism and Vanity Are Chief Causes
OF Falsehoods and Habit 10
Difficult One to Cure.

Boston.-How lying children can be
cured and the habit prevented was
told by Rev. Robert Swickerath, s. j.,
professor Of pedagogy in Holy Cross
college, in one Of ten lectures he de-
hvered before the Catholic teachers
institute which closed recently at Bos-
ton college.
Liars must not be taken either too
lightly or too seriously" he said, but
every means must be taken by educa-
tors to cure them"
prevention he regards as more i'm
portant than the actual curing. yet in
every case lying will crop out from
time to time. requiring the. utmost
care, prudence. vigilance and tact OF
the best teachers. Said he:
Lying should above all. be pre-
vented. Much can be prevented by
prudence and tact and by systematic
treatment Of children. If child has
caused any disturbance and the teach
er, especially one who is known to
infiict invariable severe punishments,
angrily charges him with the offense,
the child will usually deny the deed
In sheer excitement. One lie leads
to another.
"A teacher as a rule should not
insist on arguing the
case but await better opportunity,
until the child has Gained down. A
teacher who is generally sympathetic.
patient. judicious in inquiries. reas-
enable in punishment. will seldom be
told lie.
1T is much more difficult to assign
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28
OLD JOB IS FINISHED
st. Louis Savant Works Half
Century on Aristotle's Book.
Or. Denton J. Snlder, Leading Writer
on Philosophical and Psychic
logical Subjects, Finally
Completes Long Task.

st. Louis, Mo.-Dr. Denton j. Sni.
der, st. Louis savant, who has been
pronounced by eminent American
and European critics the leading writ
er on philosophical and psychological
subjects. has just completed the final
work in his system of universal psy-
chology.
The new book is entitled The Bic
COSMOS" and is an exposition of the
life Of nature psychologically treated.
Specifically, 1t treats of the science Of
biology in its widest sense. In DR..
Snider's system this is the third part
OF nature, as the whole is conceived.
Scientists and the world of letters
have been following the progress of
DR.. Snider's labors during many
years. and his announcement that the
entire work is completed is one of
the important literary items of the
season.
In this tremendous work the dream
OF the Greek philosopher Aristotle,
and later that of Herbert Spencer. of
accommodating all there was of definite
knowledge and weaving 1t into a vast,
comprehensive system, to be a monu.
ment for future ages, has been realiz-
ed by the st. Louisan.
Aristotle accomplished what he set
out to do. and in a measure Spencer
was successful, but in the system of
the English thinker there are certain
gaps. such as history and esthetics.
These gaps are filed, and the prog
ress In learning since Aristotle's time
Is supplied in DR.. Snider's new sys
tenn.
The works of DR.. Snider number
more than 36. but the essential ones
included in his new science are 16.
The entire subject Is grouped under
seven general heads: Organic psy-
chology. psychology of philosophy.
psychology Of nature. psychology of
art. psychology of institutions. psy.
chology Of history and psychology of
biography.
For more than half century DIR.
Snider has been gathering the mate
RAILS for and working upon his sys-
,em. Most of his labors were per
.ormed In St Louis. but in the course
'f his investigations he visited for
'ign countries. where he was able to
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28

Persons who grow vastly discomfort
Cd with their lot II they are not pro.
NOTED or otherwise elevated in power
ana remuneration every year or two
may be interested In the announce
ment that Principal Charles +. Har-
man. who has just retired from serv.
ice In New York city. has been a
schooimaster for nfty-four years and
only missed" two days. His boys
gave him reunion dinner. They be-
iieve. and rightly. that he has had q
great influence upon the civilization
of the city.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28
INDUSTRY AND EDUCATION.

For some years the tendency Of
young men seeking higher education
has been toward law and medicine.
Schools of these professions have In
creased In number ana the fields Of
occupation have become more over.
crowded. says the Omaha Bee. Ger.
tain new tendencies in industry and
the science Of treating human ills are
ut work which suggest the possibility
Of change In the drift OF the educa-
tional current. Public and private en-
terprise are enlisted In a movement to
work out new cures for old diseases
and improve sanitation throughout
the country. Vast progress has been.
and moro will be. made. Along with
this. though distinctly apart from it,
goes the effort Of the government and
private capital to harness nature for
the needs OF Industry; to open up irri-
cation and water-power plants for ag-
ricultural and Industrial purposes. The
New York Times invites to the new
helds OF scientific service the attention
OF young men contemplating finished
Quotations They are. undoubtedly.
prolific Of opportunities. What viii the
eject be IN these two channels? Will
The current be diverted from law and
to that Of technical or sani-
tary engineering!
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28

An entirely unromantic Austrian
count. who has lived in New York
some years concealing his title and
earning his bread. has just found 1t
necessary In getting a marriage H.
cense to reveal his secret He came
TO America to escape the dull conven.
lions imposed by his rank at home.
and Is DO well content with social
freedom that he will never return to
Austria This is not the kind of no
bleman that marries an American
neiress In q church decorated with
$4,000 worth OF roses. but he viii
make no worse American citizen ON
that account
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28

According to reports from United
States Consul Charles Adams Holden
OF Houen the much discussed project
OF establishing a train ferry service
between Dieppe. France. and New.
maven. Eng. is soon to become an &C.
comphshed fact At present passen-
gers and freight are transferred from
the railway cars to steamers, trans
ported across the English channel,
and again loaded on the railway. By
having ferry steamers on which an
entire train could be transported, all
inc annoyance. expense and waste OF
time could be avoided.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28

university which DR.. Snider hopes will
survive him and use the materials be
has created. In recent years the
classes. open to all. have been held In
the branch library buildings.
Books were given to the students
without charge by their author. and
the talks and lessons were by DR.. Sni-
der himself. Now there are a number
OF classes conducted by former pupils,
who have mastered the system.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28

achieved.
The playground idea must be pushed if health
and physical efficiency are to be incorporated in our
chidren's lives, but what is done in the playground
would certainly constitute very desultory education
Everybody who thinks realizes that the play element
should be fostered-no only in children but in grown
ups-from the kindergarten games, tops and Marbles
hop-Scotch and tag to tennis baseball, cricket etc.,
for children of older growth. They are all in the
same category-the recreational list-and are yalu-
able, as they meet the individual need for recreation
and fun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28
Many
Girls Have
Chewing
Gum Habit
BY BLANCHE BRUCE
Nashville. Tsna.

business and in professional @ and they gum chewing
habit pulsve that makes acquaintance
business deal.
matter how may gowned attraction for them
when once they see her jaws working like engine
prominent physician told that his stand all the
way home In the from the city, distance eight miles, other
wise she would have been compelled woman
girl who chewing which keng not
endure it.
have young cousin at Yale university and he viii
the acquaintance of young who chews gum
He and his companions formed club $50 in
this club of young mons lawyers who have signed
pledges never to young matter is
who chews gum in public.
They sincere he told that go society
II ones wife embarrasses by chewing gum.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28

Notwithstanding to figures just
published. the proportion OF German
students studying at the German uni.
versities this summer underwent a
further increase. At all the universi.
ties there were $3.50 students. Of
whom 4.51s were foreigners. This il
equal to 7.9 per cent. Of the whole.
against 7.6 per cent. 20 years ago. OF
foreign countries Russia sent BY far
the largest number. 1000. There
were 2s2 Americans. against zss last
year.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28
BuffaIo enat PeIIaera Cause.

Lexington, Ky.-The buffalo ena,
has been fixed upon by Henry Gar
man. government bacteriologist and
chronological. as the cause of the mys.
ferrous disease pellagra. which has
been spreading in the mountain re.
gions of Kentucky. Mr.. Garman has
been conducting Investigations into
the cause Of the disease in Whitley
county. aided by DR.. Grim. a govern.
ment expert
How the gnat communicates ths
disease is not known, but both scien.
tists believe they are on the right
track andseventually will find a cure
for the disease. The buffalo gnat ex.
lists in great numbers throughout the
south.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28
Game Birds Plentiful.

Grand Rapids. Minn.-Game Ward
en- Jesse Harry says game birds OF all
kinds will be more plentiful this fall
than during the last five years. He
says ducks are more plentiful. and
that partridges are present in great
numbers.
Deer are plentiful also, and on the
less freQuented roads 1t is not unusual
to see five or six during a days travel
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28
Sees Record Wheat cror

Minneapolis. Minn.-E. ]. Weiser.
Fargo banker. sent 20 Frank E. Hol-
ton. Minneapolis banker, an esti.
mate Of the crop of North Dakota. in
which he places the wheat production
at sOo00.0o0 bushels, the greatest in
the history Of the state, with the ex.
ception Of the crop of .9C9.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28

bring into play the dozen or more
languages of which he is master.
? During the years of toll he was not
the absorbed. solitary scholar. such as
Faust is represented. buried in mus
ty volumes and away from the world"
He has taught a large following of
students In classes that at times num-
bered well into the hundreds.
These classes were unique and were
the beginnings of a sort of worlds
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28

How rapidly the aeropiane is becom.
Ing practically useful is shown by the
plan Of the English postofflce depart
ment to install Immediately an aerial
post between London and Windsor
and the report that the French postal
omcials intend to employ the hydro
aeroplane for delivering mail from in
coming steamships. says the Chicago
Record-Herald. Not more than two
years ago men of affairs and scientists
saw little possibility Of the heavier.
than-air machines becoming more
than a means of sport. There seems
not much to be gained In time In send.
ing letters by aeroplane between Lon
don and Windsor. but the experiment
VIII doubtless lead 70 the establish.
ment Of other lines II successful. The
distance is only u miles. and It is
expected that the trip win take about
half an hour. A railway express train
could travel a. quickly. As regards
Sbs transfer of man rom steamships,
there seem greater possibilities: sew.
eral hours may be gained.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28

An outside umpire declares that
New York has cleaner streets than
chicago. But the western metropolis
rs not to be outdone in something su.
periative 1t has smaller mosquitoes
than New York ever dreamed Of ana
moreover. they are self-culture. So
ihonors are even.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28
Swim Channel Both NAV,

London.-T. w. Burgess. who re-
Gently swan from Dover to the
French coast in about twenty-three
hours. announces he will attempt to
swim across the English channel and
back in fifty hours for $4,000.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28

can tell many girls why they have
missed their chance Of marrying. While
they may be good looking and may dress
well, if they have that awful habit of gum
chewing there is not one gentleman out Of
five hundred who will take one of them for
wife unless he is habitual gum chewer-
himself
Why is it that women persist in gum.
chewing in public when it is, as we all
know, q vulgar habit? If one must chew
gum for indigestion one should do so in
the privacy Of ones room at home.
/ have talked to dozens of men. both
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28

A woman in New York in a Mobile
skirt chased and caught a pickpocket
VI course. In the interests of reason
and logic. the hobble skirt should have
Drought Its wearer to failure, but II
was strictly in the nature OF tlloe,ca,
4emfninity that she triumphed and
criticism is again abashed.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28

and the acquisition little clear perception of the
educational side of physical training and public interest has
athletics instead of educational Development It is difficult
clear line between the though thoughtful
see that the distinction is real
Exercise that develops brain centes and brain control of
enngs must be symmetrical design and proceed from simple
plex Such training is educational Exercise its ultimate
object fun recreation competition, the ability beat belongs the
play ground division of physical training The tendency
to induce asmme onsded Development
part and under-developmen of another
Could college faculties this throughout would
be less uncertainty handling football and other games involving
paratlvey few Of the students and greater justice the treatment
gymnasium directors and understanding Of the
with the many
Games conduce control to-
the acquisition of various good qualities but only within limits
When some one expang the great value Of football
cping lfcontro friend of remarked like
to know if the sefnto gained the football field
more patient with crying baby at night"
IT'S question whether sfontrol gained in compe-
tton under restricting rules the eye crtcng public
troll that will ordinary living where
lives without them Athletics within hehu limits highly
TO be priced but they should be entirely separated
educational field Games of all kinds would educational
progressive training but they would take subordinate part
used only until the special development they capable giving is
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28

1t is believed that Lake Michigan
coois on Chicago. while it warns the
fruit belt Of Michigan. Could any
shing be more amiabIe?
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28

Mss CLARA BARTON Of
IVA death after war when
in
service battefedS During
1870
She organized the National Red Cross
applied It's relief
comfort of the sick modes woman
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28

In the near future everything will be-
done to benefit the greater part of the chill
dren attending our public schools, but
what has been done to improve the present
system for the benefit of the weak and ner-
vous children that attend them?
After the vacation these children will
begin their tasks fairly well, but look at
those children two months later, and still
later when the school days are over. What
is left?
In many cases the child is physical
wreck or complete ruin, in few years
ready for the asylum or even the cemetery
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28

Never watch an airship. o innocent
bystander. from the track OF taxicab,
or street cars.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-10-28
Lessen
Trials of
Nervous
School
Children

What to be done? To do justice to such children
each public school set aside with special teacher perfect
understanding of these children and them proper
ton for they need different training from that required by ordinary
healthy children.