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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-22
PERSONALS.

c. F. Skirvin as an invited guest of
the Keokuk bankers, attended the
meeting of the bank men in Burlington
this morning.
Mrs. James Young and Miss Mary
Young visited with friends in Mont
rose today.
William C. Shelley, and W, w.
Shelley, his son, and whose
home is in Kansas City,, are visit.
ing in Keokuk William G. Shelley Is
the son of Col. Shelley, former resi-
dent Of Keokuk, who has been dead
twenty years.
J. w. Pickens, advance agent of the
AL G. Fields Minstrel show, Is in
town today.
T. r. Hollowell, member of the
TT. Madison military company, was
in the city last night. confering with
Captain Frank T,eBron of Company
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-22
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healthy hair growth Stops its
falling out. Is not q dye.
si.oo and Soc ct Drue Stores or direct upon
sample bottle Phiio Hay Specialize. Co.,
Newark. n. J.. U.S.A.
REFUSE ALL SUBSTITUTES
For Sale and Recommended by Nc
Grath Bros. Drug Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-22
FUNERAL NOTICE.

RICHARD-The funeral Of Eli
Richard win be held at O'Clock to-
morrow morning from st. Peters
Catholic church. Friends invited
Burial in National cemetery.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-22
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Have You a
Prescr. ption
To Be Fl led?

Just telephone US, No. So,
either phone and our boy will
call In a hurry and get 1t. At
ter the medicine has been pre-
pared by one OF our four reg
istered pharmacists it viii be
delivered to you in a hurry
without extra cost.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10
JEFFhiES AND JOHNSON &C
ABROAD.

The coronation of King George is
calling men of ability and distinction
10 London from all parts of the earth.
The great sports, which include the
champion pugilists will all be there
and be cordially welcomed by the
sporting world which includes both
titled and untitled personages JEFF
fries will get there first. but he will
not be the figure among them Jack
Johnson will be. This co1ored gentle
man will take twenty new suits with
him. right from the most fashiona BILE
shops in Chicago, and with his present
outfit he can make a change twice a
day for 30 DAYS without repeating.
Besides his wife and family he takes
with him three of his trainers, and it
looks as if he would cut a swath
among the well-dressed 1t would not
be strange if he had an audience with
the king before his return, for royalty
likes to see the wearers of champion
belts-the worlds hardest hitters. 1t
is to be presumed that Jack will give
4 few exhibitions and make a pot of
money there; and let as hope that his
speed mania is under complete control,
so II he ventures out in an automobile
he viii not reach a prison instead of
his destination. This country is likely
to miss Mr.. Johnson and his liberal
contributions to the public revenues.
In London he will not be in danger
of being arrested because he is a bru-
nette in a blonde town."
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10
THE ANNUAL FIRE LOSS.

The great annual fire loss in this
country is truly our disgrace, for it
amounts to tax of $3.50 per capita
upon our 50 millions of population. In
addition TO this 1900 people lose their
lives annually and 5000 are injured by
fires.
In fighting forest fires last year 76
men employed by the government lost
their lives. and nearly 100000 acres
of national forest land We're burned
over, an area greater than New Jer-
sey. or Connecticut, Delaware and
Rhode Island combined
The New York Independent, COM
menting upon the losses by fire in this
country, says.
THE fire losses in the United States
during 1910 would pay off the total
Understanding debt of the country
in four years. They would pay for
building the Panama canal in two
years. They exceed the total cost of
the army and navy of the United
States for one year, and are greater
than the annual expenditure for pen
sions or the annual cost of the United
States postal service
1t certainly seems as if a way should
be discovered to reduce this loss at
least one-haf.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10
scoTcHMEN SEEKING NEW
HOMES.

There is a strong tide of immigra-
ton setting in from Scotland to this
country, in which Ecotchmen are in
creasing and doing WELL We learn
it is estimated from the bookings for
passenger steamers sailing from the
Clyde that between 10000 and $4,000
people will leave Scotland this season
to seek new homes in North America.
an average of ever 2s986 a week for
the twenty weeks during which the
emigrant season continues. In addi-
ton, considerable numbers are already
booked to travel from Scotland by way
of Liverpool and across to New York
or to Canada. What all this means to
q small country with only 100000 OF
population, says a writer familiar with
the country, can hardly be realized I'M
less one travels through the country
districts, the places where farm labor
ers and smart tenant farmers. and
strong, athletic tradesmen, with here
and there a studious youth who looks
farther than manual labor for career.
are raised. 1t is these districts which
are feeling the drain of young life,
and not the large towns. For although
10000 is not large proportion of
4, 500 Geo, 1t must be remembered that
the 10000 are all young and strong,
and full of high hopes and fine reso-
lutions, and with their way to make:
while the 4.500.000 contain the very
young and the very old. the women
and the children. the infirm and the
incapable, and those who require just
the strong arms of those who are
leaving them. This is the sad feature
of the emigration BOOM as it is
called. In many country districts in
Scotland the proportion of young men
and young women is alarmingly low,
and it will be lower still before the
close of this year.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10
THE REMsEN BOARD SLOW.

The interstate order forbidding in
terstate commerce in foods containing
saccharin after July l, has been held
up, and is likely TO be for some time,
although the necessity for such a pro-
hibition has for years been recognized.
It 10 said the order has not vet been
issued. owing to the absence of Sec
rotary MacVeagh from the hearing,
but the trunk full of data which the
Remeen board has submitted has been
returned to IL for revision" and it
will probably be four months before
the revised" report will be published.
Meanwhile, ii would be scarcely fair
10 the manufacturers to prohibit the
sale of their goods, would it?
The whole affair has amused scien-
tiic circles. for sacohsrin in foods
was condemned years ago. So con-
elusive were the results of investiga-
lions in this country and abroad that
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley. chief of the
bureau of chemistry. did not consider
il worth while to conduct an independ-
ent Investigation, but proposed to pro-
coed directly against manufacturers
using 1t in place of sugar. Learning
Of this fact they exerted their influ-
ence and had the question referred to
tho Remsen board. DIR. Ira Remsen,
president OF the board. being the dis
covever of ssccherin Now, after three
years OF elaboration. that board has
sustained DR.. Wileys position. Up to
date the Remsen board, which has cost
the government several hundred thou
sand dollars and which now receives
an allowance of $50. 900 per annum, has
rendered two decisions, one on benzo-
ate of soda reversing DIR. Wiley and
one on saccharin sustaining him.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10
HOW JEFFERSON CUT A BIG
CHEESE

The making of the great cheese in
Minnesota to weigh 100, e00 pounds.
for exhibition at the state fair this
fall. prompts the Richmond Times
Despatch to recall the Cheshire cheese
gwen to President Jefferson in 1902
as a New Years gift. which weighed
1885 pounds. 1t was made by Elder
John Leland. Massachusetts demo-
crat and IL was AZ inches in diameter
and Is inches through.
Mr.. jefferson heartily appreciated
the gift. and concluded his speech to
those who made the presentation thus
And now. my reverend and most
respected friend. ! will. with the con-
sent and in the presence of nv cabi-
net officers, proceed to have this mon
ster cut, and you will take back to
your Berkshire home a portion of II
that your people may test its richness.
flavor and quality. and you will con-
vey to them my heartest thanks. Tell
them never to faIter in their princi-
pies which they have so nobIy de-
Tended, having bravely and success
fully come to the rescue of our be-
loved country in the time of its deep
est and greatest peril. ] wish them
health and prosperity. and that rivers
II milk may never cease to abund-
antly flow into. not only themselves
but their posterity.'
This Minnesota cheese is to be abou,
nine times as big as Jeffersons and
when cut will have to be cut like the
monster trees, with a saw.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

games of tops and marbles on the
pavement below me. Then + can. see
the newsboys going to the printing of
flee for their bundles of papers to de-
liver to their customers
The theater, also, has come into
existence during my time and often l
watch the crowds coming down the
street. casting anxious glances up at
my face for fear they may lose the
car or train they desire. 1 want to
help them and tick as slowly as [ cah
to make time for them.
Oh, yes, l try to be helpful, and il
occasionally make d. mistake, it is
to be hoped d generotts,publie will re-
member the good | do. and for that
reason excuse the failures. / am sure
I am not so often rekniss as to reserve
much blame, and feel able to continue
my good work at the same old stand
for many years to come, for a clock $
lifetime is much longer than that OF
most mortals.
But it is time for me TO strike the
hour so / must stop taking and clear
my throat for a good strig ing tone
ANc IDEER.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10


living WAS believed to have power to
hold back the winds and keep the sea
calm in the two weeks preceding
the winter solstice that he might in
peace and comfort build his nest. His
dead body it was believed could turn
aside thunderbots; and in France to
this day he is called the moth bird
because his dead body is believed to
preserve Woolens from attack by
moths 1t took Abbot. the Jersey nat
uralist two years to prove he was I'M
familiar with its habits When he
thought Darwin was. In anger the
kingfisher huItles toward intruders
making a sound like watchman's rat
tie: and perhaps it is net more abs urd
to say he keeps the hawks off and
protects the fowls than to say
sly allows do, who are driven from
their nests by English sparrows.
What the professional naturalist does
not know about birds would fill big
book
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10
For the Efficiency Enaineer.

H. F. Stimson, an deficiency engi-
neer, testffying before the house COM
n1ittee of labor in Washington. pre-
diets a universal four hour work day
at good wages as the result of "scfen-
tific management" Won't it cure a
spring cold. too?-LouisvilIe Courier
Journal
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

There is nobody expecting that Ior-
inner VIII come out az white as snow
when Brandeis gets through with the
case; and if he should, it will show
they had finer brand of whitewash.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

J. Pierp. Morgan has been invited to
attend the coronation services in
Westminster abbey. Men who can
write royal check are recognized by
royalty the world over
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

In Chicago park there is an octo-
pus ON exhibition; and the papers,
since ne is dead, feel called upon to
say that he was not killed by decis-
ion of the supreme court.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

Since Uncle Joe must sit and watch
The democrats sidestepping the Muir
dock Norris rules. it is to be hoped for
his sake that his lips aren't chapped
Washington Post
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

After London has set her king to
draw crowd and make millions, what
is the use of saying a king does not
amount to much.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

A Boston woman and her daughter
are going to the interior of Africa to
hunt lions. and it looks as if they.
too, might be lionized before their re-
turn home
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

The Wisconsin legislature is about
to investigate the election of Senator
Stephenson. whose success is said to
have depended upon liberal distribu-
ton of dough.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

years ago. Tor many changes nave
taken place during my residence on
Union square.
can remember when a forlorn
tenement house gave way to the Ma
sonic Temple, when an unsightly ledge
of rocks and a tumble down black
smith shop occupied the present site
of the Central Baptist church. 1t
was a pleasure to me when the Y.
NJ G. A. building was erected in my
sight and / feel that Union square
is an appropriate name for the open
space in front of me. [ can look down
Broadway and Bath street, both much
improved since I first saw them. My
view of Church street is much clear
er since one or two trees were cus
down. I do not like trees. Theil
branches prevent me from seeing all
that happens and hinder people from
seeing me. and [ am expected to be
color, and think the ivy a great orna
nent to the Library, the Masonic
temple and Broadway church.
Though 1 hold my hands in front
of my face, L behold a great deal. and
then it must be remembered that I
advantage over nortals. They can
face only one way at a time, and still
they find fault with me and say my
record of time varies on my different
faces. Let them try having four
faces, and see whether they would
wear the same expression on each.
Dishonest, insincere people are said
to be two-faced. but four faces seem
to sauare~up matters, and so M
reputation for integrity is seldom
questioned.
Many notable events have come in
to my experience during my term of
life Only last week the Grand Army
passed by in procession on Memorial
Day. I noticed the line of veterans
was shorter than formerly, but their
sons are banded together to carry on
the good work of honor and remem-
brance for the patriotic dead.
The bell beneath me has three
times toIled Il knell for the death Of
the chief executive of our nation, and
even / felt mournful at the sound,
which expressed the nations grief
More than one president has reviewed
a passing line from a stand directly
in my line of vision and received an
ovation of praise and honor from
crowds in gala attire Weary indeed
must those people have been when
they reached their homes at night,
! but thankful to have been privileged
to view the President, whom they all
delight to honor, whether he be OF
their own party or not. Once in office,
like the flag, he becomes the country 5
pf1Oe ana glory WHY even like tc
look out on .OId Glory as it foate
in the breeze near me, and feeling
of sadness thrills me when [ see it at
half-staff, for | know that means
sadness for someone else.
| enjoy. too, the children who gath
er in my sight on theiI. way TO school
and wait the ringing of the bell which
summons them to the SchoolhouSe
further up the hill | feel response
BILE for Them too. for [ am told they
depend on me for the ringing of that
bell, and ! try to .be Very accurate
for their sake, and mean to speak
loudly enough to be heard plainly, SC
that no boy or girl may have haze
occasions to blame me for his. tard-
Sness. Flow they seem to enjoy their
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

The national capital is said by
New York minister to be wide open on
Sunday for all sorts of secular bust
ness. Other cities are not far behind.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

The last rain put life and weight and
dollars into the haycrop of New Eng
land and the farmers have broadened
their smile a little.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

When science gets this old world to
running, so no one will have to work.
as they say she will in so years more.
science will be a dead cock in the pit.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

Happy thought for today There is
one thing certain. the under dog is
never the one who objects to inter-
vention.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

Kansas is in the field for eighteen
thousand harvest hands. Kansas al
ways grows more than she can with
comfort harvest.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

funny story so agitated a New
Yorker the other day that he laughed
a rupture into blood vessel and then
expired. Moderation is always wise.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

New York is collecting ashes and
garbage at night with satisfactory re-
suits. This is something that would
disturb a sleepy town.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

Mexico is furnishing evidence that
she does not know when a war is over.
A friendly nation may have to inform
her. =
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The submarine boats are developing
ability TO bore hole through the hull
of a ship third Of a mile away.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10
Fortunate in His Critics.

Ex-Gov. Pennypacker of Pennsyl-
vania Is finding fault with Gov. Wood
row wilson of New Jersey. Gov Will
son appears to be fortunate in his
critics--Chicago Record Herald.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

The most serious charge against the
postmaster general is that he was
hard hearted enough to bring the de-
partment upon a straight business
level
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

A New York masher has been sent
to the workhouse for ten days. He
was not respectable enough to send to
jail.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

Because there is ALWAYS room at the
TOP some people make it a point tn
begin there and work down.-Phila-
deiphia Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10
Knows How to Satisfy Il.

Pierpont Morgan complains bitterly
of faded taste for food, but his APP
petite for more money still has an
edge like a razor.-Louisville Courier
Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

The advice mans wife gives him
is usually sound; and why it should
irritate instead of soothe. and benefit
him is not easy to understand. II
some other woman had said it he
would quite likely have complimented
her upon her excellent foresight or
judgment. There are exceptions to
this, of course. for husbands differ
quite a bit in their opinions of advice
and the manner of treating it. Many
a bad husband has declined to take a
good wife's counsel and when he
reached the end of his tether an i'm
proved vision revealed TO hin that he
would have been wiser and known less
trouble and, disgrace had he done so.
1t is a male weakness not to like to be
bossed by a woman; and some men re-
gard any attempt at wise direction
Dossing; and miss good things through
lack of perception and discrimination.
The women know We are qeer lot.
We have made our own reputa ton
with them. We know we are. too.
You know what Byron said of US:
Half dust. half deity, alike unfit to
sink or soar"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

College Professors do not make bet
ter husbands than other men. An
other 10 being sued for q divorce,
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10
SUNDAY MORNING Talk
DROPPING OFF THE eLuEsA

The conductor that Monday moFHn ie
was uncommonly gracious. Not TIA y
he is ordinarily a disagrrable pers&
but that day he had q smile THAI
did not vanish when the old lady
passengers quizzed him minutelX con-
corning the timetable. As he went
from seat to seat there was about his
bearing that which suggested nope,
health and cheer One of the COM
muters who knew him ventured to say
Whats got into you this morning,
Ferguson ~ To which, he blithely
responded: 1--WE been UP in the
country over Sundey dropping off
the blues. l tell you it's great getting
away from the city paNements and
blocks. It's made a new man of me-
The ruddiness Of his complexion, the
clearness of his eyes and the ring of
courage in the tones of his voice GER
tainlv told what SO hours of the up
lands, along with the breath of the
pines and the odor of the cloyeFs had
done for him.
But what interested me particularly
was not 50 much the Transformation
wrought in the conductor by his Sun
day in the country as the figure of
speech which he used. Dropping Off
the blues suggests the fact that blues
are not an integral part of human
nature but that they come upon us
to our. garments or the flies and mos
quitos feed upon our flesh. Blues do
not really have any more right to
Judgment with US even for night
than has any human enemy of our
peace and welfare. They are really
adven titious, external. and they can
be dropped off as truly and is COM
pletely as our clothing after the end
of a busy day. They are no true part
of the real busy man.
The other suggestion of the figure
Of speech is that a change of environ
ment is often the most effective way
of disposing of the blues. Just TO go
somewhere else into a different at
mosphere often puts to flight melan-
choly and all the gloomy fears and
doubts that follow in it's train.
The most obvious place into which
to wand our way especially at this sea-
son of the year is some spot in God s
beautiful world where our eyes will be
pleased with lovely and unfamiliar
scenery, our ears by the sound OF
singing birds or dancing brooks or
booming surf and our whole being
refreshed and invigorated by the heal
ing and help which nature always
affords to those who will give her
time to express her spell. In June
if ever we should hear and heed
Wordworth's exhortation
Up. up my friend and quit your books,
Or surely you'll grow double
ITp. up my friend and clear your books,
Why all this toll and trouble
j
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-10

A mans home too, should be place
where he can drop off the blues. Nc
matter what troubles him at the office,
or the shop, the moment he comes in
sight of his dwelling, BE it ever so
HUMBLE his worries should depart not
to return till the next morning, and
perhaps not to return even then. More
over he should help to create such an
atmosphere in his home that the pa
tient. hard working wife who stays by
the stuff all day long shall also look
forward to the evening reunion as a
time when
THE cares that infest the day
Shall fold their tents like the Arabs
And as silently steal away.
Not few people find the church a
place where the blues drop off of them
selves The quiet of the sanctuary, its
haIlowed associations, its inspiring mu-
sic the message from the pulpit ought
TO put fight tormenting thoughts.
If the church does not do that for a
man, it. must be it's own fault, or his,
or perhaps the fault of both.
And still another antidote for the
blues is SYSTEMATIC, persistent effort To
find someone worse off than oneself ana
to proffer whatever help one can
Take it all in all. there is no gooG
reason why a man should stay blue
long. When though little change i'll
his environment he can find release
THE PARSON.