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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Rheumatism Comes
From Bad Kidneys
Once Your Kidneys Work Properly,
rheumatism, Kidney Disease and
Bladder Trouble Disappear

Bladder Trouble Disappear
How to Cure Yourself.
1t is no longer necessary to spend
months and months undergoing a
complicated treatment for rheuma-
tism, kidney Or bladder trouble or
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ment has produced such satisfactory
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There should be no more DOUBT
about the rapid cure of rheumatism.
no fears of the fatal termination Of
treacherous kidney disease or dropsy
rheumatism means nothing more
nor less than that your kidneys do
not work properly. Your blood passes
through the kidneys hundreds of
times day to be filtered and purified
When the kidneys are weak, the pois-
ons are not taken out OF the blood
as they slould be. This leads to vari-
Gus diseases, such as rheumatism, ter
rible Bright's disease, diabetes. drop
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The new guaranteed treatment is
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Bird Friend Of Farmer.

Possibly the most useful bird to
crops is the bob white, the common
partridge. The agricultural reports Of
the southern states, especially Virgin.
ia, show that annually several hun
dred tons of pernicious weed seeds
are destroyed by bob whites alone. 1t is
figured that from September to April
30 annually in Virginia alone the total
consumption of weed seed by bob
whites amounts to 573 tons
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
signature sssss sss :. l1Azzszs~
PROOF of VIII.

Proof OF VIII.
State of Iowa, Lee County. IS. r,
In District Court
To All Whom it May Conoernf
Samuel Wheeler, Agnes Lyons and
Sarah j. Horsey:
Notice is Hereby Given, That on
the 10th day of March. A, D, 1911,
petition was filed with the Clerk of
the District Court of Lee county, iowa
pertaining to the lost Will and Tes-
lament of Adelaide Wheeler. late of
Lee county, in the state of Iowa, de-
ceased; and that proof of the genu-
ineness of said instrument and es-
tablishing same will he heard in the
District Court of said county at Keo-
kuk on the Sth day of April. A. d.
1871 at the hour of 10 o'clock a. M.
of said day. being the Gath day of the
March Term, 1911 of said court, when
all persons interested in said Will are
required to be present and make their
objections to the same, if any they
have.
In Witness Whereof, l hereunto set
my hand this 10th day of March,
1911.
C. B. LAKE,
Clerk of the District Court.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17

he will wait until the air conditions
are such that he can fly toward st.
Louis. II he breaks the record in
flying In this direction he must land
In Michigan. Honeywell said last
night he was not interested In the
army maneuvers at San Antonio. ].
w Holland will accompany him as aid.
The worlds record is 1913 miles, made
by Count de la Vaulx.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Minute Insects BIsckened Sea.

About nine years ago the sea turned
almost black off large portion of the
California coast. The whole of Santa
Cruz bay assumed this extraordinary
inky hue. and fishing came abruptly
to an end. In this case the darkness
seems to have been caused by mil.
lions of tiny animalcuIae known as
whale food.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
PHILADELPHIA Lady Saws !.

Mrs. G. J. Anton, No. 2054 No Alder
Philadelphia, says. "CascaRoyal-Pills
are the best | have ever taken. They
have done ME wonderful lot OF
good, and are unequaled for chronic
constipation You can publish this If
you want to-
Any reader suffering with consti-
patton, Indigestion, nervousness sleep
lessness, blood and skin troubles, can
have a free trial package of Black
burns cascaRoyai-PilIs, by addressing
ia postcard to The Blackburn Products
Co., Dayton, Ohio, Sold by all drug
gists in 10c and 25c packages.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
VIII Try for Cup.

ST. LOUIS, March HI E. Honey
well will leave for San Antonio, Texas,
next Tuesday taking with him new
balloon, with which he will attempt to
break the worlds record for distance
and capture the Lahm cup. He says
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
CARTHAGE, I'LL.
: . : : : : : /. > : : =

State Highway Engineer A. n. John
son of Springfield, will make an adj
dress at the opera house in this city,
this evening, on the subject of good
roads. This address will be illustrated
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17

Oily one "RRoMo oulNlNE."
That is LAXATIVE BROMO QUI-
NINE. Look for the signature of q.
w. GROVE. Used the World Over to
Cure Cold in One Day. Csc.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17
Spring Debility

IS due to the facilitating weather ofthe season,
and 70 the impure, Impoverished, devtalizec
condition Of the blood caused by too close con-
fInement too little outdoor air and exercise, too
heavy diet during the winter.
1t is cured by the great constitutional remedy
Hoods Sarsaparilla
which effects
but because Of
nrged you
snferor make yields
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-17

FTUUf OF VIII.
State of Iowa. Lee County. So.
In District Court
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10
- Among Who with Hand 4BRA
ManyB yBusinessM MenSeIf Educated;
College Training Not Essential.
By JOHN "A ROWLAND.

specialized training in that particular branch
of human activity in which they excel, that
they were self-taught amateurs, but that
many Of the ablest politicians and OF the most
successful business men have not even had
the advantages OF fair general education.
Abraham Lincoln had learned at school only
the three RS, and those incompletely; Pres
ident Garfield worked with a boatman when
only 10 years old; President jackson was q
saddler and never spelled correctly; Presi-
dent Benjamin Harrison started life as a
farmer; and President Andrew Johnson, a
former tailor, visited no school and learned
reading only from his wife. George Peabody
started work when only II years old; the late
Sir Edward Harland was apprenticed at the
age Of 15 years; Andrew Carnegie began his
commercial career when Il years old as a
factory hand: Charles Schwab, president of
q coach as a boy, and then became stake
driver at an iron works. Josiah Wedgwood
started work when only II years old; ARK
wright. the father of our cotton industry.
was never at school; Edison was engaged in
selling papers when Y years OF age; and
Sir Hiram Maxim was with a carriage builder
when he was Il. Commodore Cornelius
Vanderbilt, the railway King, who left more
than a hundred million dollars, started as a
ferryman a n tender age; the founder OF the
wealth OF the Astors was a butchers boy;
Baron Amsel Mayer Won Rothschid a ptn-
dler: Alfred Krupp 4 smith; Rockefeller, the
mead Of the Standard OH trust, clerk. All
these most successful men were autodidactS.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10
Notes from World of Science.

OF the 113 electric furnaces for the pro-
duction Of steel now in operation Germany
has twenty-eight. France twenty-five. the
United States eight, and England FIVE.
An electric ambulance equipped with the
newest apparatus for handling injured an
imaIs, has been stationed in Boston S heaviest
teaming district
With an area equal to that Of Texas, two
thirds or It tillable, Morocco has less than 10
per cent of its soil under even the rudest
cultivation.
The president Of Chile has asked its con-
gress to establish a geographic institute and
corps Of mining engineers to aid in develop
ing the country's mineral resources.
Complete ultraviolet rays apparatus, so
has been devised by United States army
officers to purify water for troops in the field.
Frances new automobile law has elm
mated a speed limit. only requiring that
motorist shall always be master of his speed,
which never shall be so rapid as to damage a
road.
One part Of powdered sheIlac to ten of
strong ammonia. dissolved in an alright
receptacle until It forms transparent mix
ture, will make an excellent cement for
fastening rubber to metal
Tire economy and added comfort for the oc.
cupants are claimed for an eight wheeled
automobile built for experimental purposes
by an Indiana manufacturer.
Sweden's streams are estimated to be ca
pable Of furnishing 1900 900 horse power. OF
which only about one-eighth has been har-
messed for Industrial purposes.
Brazil's Official rubber export returns for
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10
Money from Damp Graves"

Again we get the metal bank which has
been hidien N the damp cellar for several
months. The paper money is mildewed. The
silver and nickel coins have become disco-
ored until II Is hard to tell a silver dime from
a copper cent. Where some Of these banks
haven't been. to the end of disfguring their
contents, would be hard to guess"
An experience Of one Of the officers Of :
Chicago bank shows a phase OF the metal
savings bank proposition which was unusual
The officer was at his desk when telephone
call was referred to him. The call was from
a man on the far south side OF Chicago. He
wanted to know. in emphatic tones, how he
could open one OF those blanked little banks.
II was suggested that a teller at a savings
department window would open II in accord
ance with the implied contract.
Hang the teIIer!" exclaimed the voice
I'm not coming nine miles downtown to
have the thing opened! I'll open 1t with an
AK
GO ahead" returned the oficiaI, warming
a little himself. You talk as If you were
just the kind Of man to do tt
The next day a man came into the bank
asking for the man who had answered his
telephone call Of the day before He found
the bank oficial The caller had package
in his hand, unwrapped 1t, and disclosed a
badly battered and broken metal savings
bank Of the pattern issued by this particular
bank. The mans face was badly cut and
strip or two of court plaster showed that he
had bumped something.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10
Queer Finds in Banks.

But there is another thing which troubles
the teller quite as much as it does the depos-
itor Opening some Of these banks that have
been out a long time, and which have been
kept in the best OF condition, We find pins
needles matches, toothpIcks. and-yes-even
bugs mixed up with the bills. silver dollars.
halves quarters. dimes. nickels, and pennies.
But more than anything else, we have to
make sure that there are no counterfeits or
plugged or wornout coins or telephone siugs
in them.
1t would be hard to say whether the lead
nickels and mutilated coins are put in will
fully by an adult member Of the family But
we do know that when a bank In the family
of a street car conductor comes in we find
greater proportion OF counterfeit and mutt
lated small coins than In a bank from any
other home. That We find pins, and needles,
and toothpicks in many of these banks, how
ever does show that the kids have been
at them. A lead nickel might be given to
such a youngster. who would drop 1t in-or.
again. papa, or mamma or even grandma
might be tempted to try to put II over. We
aren't mind readers. But we do know that
when a bunch Of queer coins are rejected
the depositor isn't pleased nor even quite
comfortable.
Speaking Of the bank that has been kept
in good condition, too. we find sometimes a
small check on another bank which may be
two to five months old. Every body who
knows business knows that checks should be
kept moving as fast as possible.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10

the first six months this year show a de-
crease Of about so per cent from last years
figures for the same period.
For contractors use there has been per-
fected portable electric lighting plant ca
paole OF 10000 candle power and weighing
but 827 pounds. which can be supplied with
steam by donkey or derrick engine boiler.
Passports issued to balloon pilots and
aeroplanists by the Austrian Aero club ara
worded In fifteen languages as persons start
ing aerial journeys in Austria are liable N
land among persons speaking any one Of as
many tongues.
There are more than 100 firms or individual,
making business Of building aeroplanes or
their motors in Germany.
Switzerland is planning to electrify all OF
Its 1880 miles of railroads
A patent has been granted on a waterprooT
shoulder pad and body shield for the US. OF
men who carry ice or meat
English automobile builders are turning out
light car with a body of wicker work
Bananas are immune from insect attacks
and from most OF the diseases which afYecs
fruit.
AFrench scientist believes he has succeeded
IN generating life in frogs eggs by electricity.
bone collar button is an effective substi-
tute for plug in repairing a punctured
bicycle tire
Banana wine, made from the Juice Of the
fruit, has been perfected in Cochin China by
two Frenchmen,
The japanese government, which controls
all telephone service in that country, plans TO
double the present equipment within SIX
years.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10
Why American Boys Succeed;
British Youth Lack Opportunity.
By JOHN TRAINOR.

ployers want. Poor help is plentiful but
able men are rare and can command their
price. The complaint made by American
business men is We cannot always find the
men we want : not We want cheaper men,
worry about lack Of opportunity: all he has
opportunity is his
There are hundreds o. men in every large
city who are partners in the concerns where
they once worked employees. Most OF the
managers of big business institutions have
worked their way TO the top through their
own business houses or those Of others
These things are seldom heard Of in Europe
There man is willing to share honors with
his own family and relatives, but he would
laugh at the suggestion Of taking one Of his
own employees into his firm. 1t would be al
most impossible TO make him believe that
many Of our ablest bankers, railroad men,
and lawyers were once inexperienced boys
who succeeded as the result Of capabi
This is part of our democratic idea, based
on the principle of equal opportunities for
all and unjust privileges for none.
e" This is a broad and far sighted policy
1t puts ginger into the right sort of man
He knows that success is his II he is willing
TO go out and fight for 1t. The game is there.
All he has to do is to prove himself good
fighter. A young man who is unknown In the
business world today need not worry about
future recognition. Successful men are
hunting for him to help them carry on their
work and will give him the opportunity to
succeed II he shows himself willing and
anxious to work.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10
The Stereotyped Product.

People well acquainted with the city
can name a goodly number of millionaIruS
who occasionally make grammatical errors
the only evidence left OF an arduous career
from the bottom rung of the ladder" All
this IS instructive, but We cannot presum.
that because these men succeeded in various
ways without much institutional education
that, therefore, institutional education would
have retarded their progress. 1t might or
i; might not; we can dogma tize in neither Oh
rection. All we know is this, that the ten
denCy of the college is to turn out sterao-
typed article; but. at the same time, IT would
be possible TO draw up as good list as that
given by Mr.. EItzbaCher Of men who hal
received university training. Not long sEo
there were six college men in one OF our cab
inets.
The student who occasionally laments the
absence OF college training may. therefore
take heart. for past eXperieure shows us
that he may not have lost much thereby;
possibly he may have gained by the loss. II
he he anxious for classes, there are well CON
Quoted evening classes in most cities Gr1
towns. But let him remember that all edu-
cation, in the main, is self-education, anG
that a p!cnituGe OF professors. text books.
and examinations is not the only avenue to
knowledge. If our previous findings are
true. it is not knowledge that should concern
us so much as power. There are men OF vast
knowledge in the world whose power is prac-
tiCally nil Their faculty for acquisition has
been more than match for their other gifts
" 2 do not praise or blame them: they are
only fulfilling their destiny. just as others
do who belong to another type. But the
man who has had no time to acquire vast
stores OF information need not be distressed.
The likelihood is that he can therefore con-
centrate moro mental aCumen upon the facts
he knows. And originality lies that way.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10

What can be said about the disappearance
Of goods that fail to show up anywhere within
the ken OF legitimate knowledge or in law
fuI commerce? What is involved in the pay
ment by one group or railroad operating
out OF Chicago, comprising IS 05T miles,
within q recent period OF three months, for
1882 entire packages which disappeared
as II the earth had swallowed them? What
became Of these goods? Who got them?
To whom they did not belong? Is there
widespread purpose to take sinister ad-
vantage OF opportunity? There is an un-
comfortable suggestiveness in these losses.
You will. believe, sustain me in the state
ment that the dry goods. shoes. clothing.
edibles. and other valuable and convenient
property that disappears is not the kind OF
freight that shows up in the public sales Of
undeivered goods.
Third-From negligence and carelessness Of
shippers. When one OF our government de-
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10

WINE payment OF claims by railroads of
the United States for loss and damage
age to goods has reached. according
to a recent report, the sum Of $4,000
ONO in one year.
Amy rule or set of rules. however they
may be drawn. for proratIng or distr!but-
ing losses between carriers connected in
joint service. becomes relatively unimport-
ant against the study Of causes, not so
much to know these causes as to deter
mine what can be done to minimize this
tremendous expense The lines:
Little drops Of water. little grains Of sand.
Make the mighty ocean and the beauteous
land -
we'll illustrate the way in which the count
less multitude Of payments, most Of which
are relatively small. unite in aggregate
that now flows like torrent.
These payments may be roughly CLASH
fed:
First-From causes beyond the control OF
a common carrier the liability being occa-
stoned by the principle of law which makes
It the insurer of the safe delivery Of goods
in transit.
The tendency Of law Is to afrx a greater
degree of liability as the science of trans
pOrtation advances In the early history Of
railroads courts decided that common
carrier was not responsible for damage TO
live stock because of its presumed extraordi-
nary nature; but with the construction OF
cars especially prepared for this traffic and
the spread Of information respecting the
characteristics Of horses and cattle and
their fitness for rail transportation. this
primitive view disappeared as it has de-
parted in respect to nearly every commod-
ity which is now transported. A demon
stration that the thing can be done affixed
a duty to do it.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10
By JAMES LINE.

from track, equipment. employment, and
satisfactory public achievement. A man en-
gagged in other pursuits may lack one or all
Of these qualities without appreciable loss.
A portion OF the $4,000, 900 toll that is
charged as the penalty OF neglect is alarming
ly heavy.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10

to the idea Of the metal savings bank
1 on the basis Of You have the bank;
we have the key" Some OF the saw
ings institutions put these little banks out
by the thousands.
Banks are not doing 1t any more to speak
Of Hundreds Of these original issues Of
metal banks have disappeared. no one but
the thief or burglar knowing where or how.
Also complaints have come that they have
been lost-left in cars. secreted in places
where they could not be found. dropped BY
the baby into the cistern, melted down in
hard coal ranges-gone somewhere. What
can the bank do about II:
As a matter Of fact" said a receiving
teller in a big bank which put out about
IS, 900 OF these small metal banks in the time
Of their advertising popularity, a. don't be-
llsve that these miniature banks ever helped
any bank TO a savings deposit business.
Why?
There are a good many reasons, but as a
chief reason I would say that 90 per cent Of
the depositors who still come in here with
these banks are disappointed in the amount
which they contain. You can imagine that
the average depositor who needs the presence
Of the small bank as an inducement to save
something isn't going to keep a pen or pencil
record Of just what money is put in. Not
keeping II, It Is easy to see that the person Is
likely to overestimate the amount Of the
contents.
Just a few Of these holders OF metal banks
come in once q month; scores of them come
in from three to six months between visits.
Women bring most Of them in. These women
have parted with the prospect OF some small
luxuries-maybe lot Of them-in this time
and have put the cost Of the thing in the
metal bank. Naturally, any remembrance
OF these self-sacrlfces will e1aggerate the
total that Is in the bank. So that when the
bank finally is opened and emptied on the
counter IN plain view OF the deposition and
counted twice in the effort to make certain
the amount, most OF these depositors are
disappointed
The Washington herald., 1911-12-10
Carriers Always Responsible.

always
We are all familiar with the cases involv-
ing loss Of goods where a railroad has done
everything within Its power: has carried
property to destination: made delivery on
the premises OF consignees; goods have then
been destroyed by fire originating within
mills or warehouses of the owners, and even
then the insurance doctrine Of transportation
has held the carrier liable The FIRE, in all
likelihood, was occasioned by negligence
somewhere, but. however it occurred or by
whom caused, the carrier has paid.
In the current discussions of reasonable
freight rates We do not hear or read OF
separation whereby portion is indicated as
for transportation and a portion to cover
loss occasioned by causes beyond the con-
troll OF transporting companies.
Railroads must keep their necks barred to
the yoke. The rigor OF commonlaw liability
is not abated when a government body estab-
fishes a rate; there is no relaxation Of re-
sponsibility. In theory a railroad must get
property to destination. whether It is possible
to do so or not-save the infrequent cases Of
an act of God and limited number Of other
exceptions, which affect an inappreciable
fraction OF traflc.