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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14
The "wrona Number, Nuisance.

Complaint is general among tele-
phone users In Keokuk that they are
constantly summoned to the phone
only to be told that some other num-
Der Is wanted or. when asking for
one number. are given another. This
is vexatious, and to most persons an
defect IT involves double
waste of the users time and patience
and a double burden on the service
Keokuk Gate City.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: The re.
sponsibility lies largely with the
public. Telephone operators, as rule,
speak plainly and can easily be
heard. but many patrons do not They
talk too fast, clip their words, hold
the transmitter too near or too far
away from the mouth and many Of
them have not got good voice for
telephone talk They often realize this
fact themselves whom trying to hear
each other in conversation over the
wire. 1t is not always the fault OF the
operator that the wrong number is
switched on. Call the number wanted,
slow, and in clear, distinct tone.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14
MISS SHAW pIssENTs.

Rev Miss Shaw has no patience
with Colonel Roosevelt's theory that
every woman should marry and have
babies In recent article she points
out that God, who presumab bly, knows
a little more about running the uni
verse than does t. r.. has made it I'M
possible for many married women to
have children, and keeps other women
unmarried. Besides:
What is the sense or morality. or
even the policy, of a surplus popula-
tion? Japan is 50 oyerburdened with
surplus population that to give It
space to grow UP she mas 10 make
war and grab territory anchuria,
Corea, for instance-from other ma
tons. One of the supposed benefits
of war is that war gets rid of the
surplus population. Why should WON
en- bear surplus children to be gotten
rid of by wars? The truth of the mat
ter Is that we have enough producers
of children. but not nearly enough
mothers and fathers
Miss Shaw clearly has the best OF
the argument.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14
NOTES AND COMMENT.

Every week should be cleanup
week, suggests the Sioux City Jour
nal
A Chicago copy reader perpetrates
this: IF Macmillan died as a hero,
what will Porfirio Diaze
According to George Fitch, all that
is needed to make this world perfect
is for everyone to agree with you
The FIRST Republican club formed TO
boom President Taft for renomina-
ton has just been launched in New
Jersey
The ST. Louis Giobe-Democrat notes
that Maderos capital is still within
convenient walking distance of the
American side.
The washington Post says the NO
men have yefrained from taking sides
in this whiskers debate, knowing II
is ticklish subject.
The Des Moines Register and
Leader calls attention to the fact that
the Detroit team now has long lead
on the liveliest iin1 in the queerins
business.
The towns decision TO abolish
the open saloon appears 10 have had
no effect on the community's thirst,
says the Dubuque Times-Journai. com
menting on the seizure of thirty-three
b.arssls of Dubuque beer at Mason City
dry town. by the city marshal.
The Baptist ladies' in Cedar Rapids
are advertising Dutch lunch TO be
given in the church parlors. without
wishing to knock on the ladies' enter
prise, the Waterloo Reporter says II
will wager that the first essential of
such feast will not be found on the
menu al all.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14
EQUALITY OF TEACHERS PAY

Controversy has long ranged around
he subject of equal pay to teachers,
men ord women, where equal work is
done, but the question is apparently
as far from being satisfactorily set
tied AZ In the beginning Men of dis.
tinctio1 as educators admit their in
ability to solve it. DIR. Elmer
e. Brown. United States com
missioner of education and soon
to become chancellor of the New
York university, recently addressed a
letter on the subject to the secretary
of the commission on teachers salaries,
which is Of special interest. not be
cause it offers solution of the mooted
question, but for the side-hght 1t
throws on it. In the letter the doctor
says:
There are two aspects of teaching
which must, in measure, be con-
sidered separately. Teaching is a
means OF bringing pupils to mastery
Of certain definite forms of knowledge
and skill; it is also means of in
fuencing their sentiments, personal
habits and views of life.
So far as the first of these forms
of teaching is concerned there is little
need to raise the question whether
men or women should be employed in
the schools. Indeed, at such time
as this, when opportunities of profit
able employment for men are unusual
ly abundant, it will generally be
found that for given expenditure d
better grade of teaching on this side
can be had by the employment of
women than by any general employ
ment Of men. 1t is on the other side
that it becomes necessary to consider
the question which your commission
! is considering.
NO one | think, seriously questions
that the teaching OF the earlier grades
may safely be left for women exclus
lively. From the fifth or sixth grade
on the problem is different. For both
boys and girls. but especially for boys
there is need in these grammar grades
and in the High school of positive in
fluences which are distinctively mas
culine In character. as we'll as of pos
tive influences which are distinctive
Nv feminine These two moods of in
fluence must, ! think, be regarded as
incommensurable, Their difference is
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14
THE PREVENTION OF INSANITY

Homer folks, writing on The Pre-
vention of Insanity in the current
Review of Reviews. makes some state
ments which ought to be printed In
every newspaper in the United States.
The subject is one which has been
tabooed too long by false modesty
The fact that insanity has doubled In
the United States in ten years should
prompt frank presentation of the
statements made by this writer.
Mr.. Folks calls attention to the
fact that one OF the most dreadful of
all forms OF insanity is that which is
popularity known as "softening OF the
BRAIN and is known scientifically as
paresis or general paralysis. This
particular form Of insanity is abso-
lutely incurable by any means now
known to the medical profession
Those afflicted with 1t suffer gradual
but complete mental and physical de-
cay. The very substance of the brain
and It's appearance become changed.
These unfortunates live but a few
years. During the last year, 600 men
were admitted to state hospitals for
the insane in the state Of New York.
suffering from this disease,--f7 per
cent of all the men who were admit
ted; and 263 women. or 8 per cent of
all the women admitted. In view of
these things Mr.. Folks does well to
say
The medical profession knows that
of which. to the present time. the
| average layman has had no intima-
ton whatever, that this disease Is in
substantially every case, II not in
every case, caused by an earlier dis
ease which until just now it has been
| thought improper to mention in po-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14
"AGAJN in our MIDST

In characteristic article in the
! Dies Moines Capital Lafa Young vel
comes the return OF Gilbert n. Hau-
! gen, the Fourth district congressman.
to the Republican party. Prior to
two years ago Mr.. Haugen was re-
garded as half-breed standpatter.
| Since then he has done good deal OF
| faultf1nding with the tariff Last
August he was in full harmony with
| the state convention which demanded
renewal of the fight on protection.
During the sessions of congress when
Joe Cannon was made an issue Mr..
Haugen was pronouncediy antCan-
non Mr.. Young tells of sitting in the
gallery of the house at Washington
and seeing Mr.. Haugen hobnobbing
with Champ Clark. Underwood and
several leading Democrats of the
house. He seemed TO be taking their
advice. He was generally accompan-
led by Representative Hubbard of the
Eleventh Iowa district. 1T was a
spectacle for gods and men, says Mr..
Young. ut made Republicans hang
their heads to see men who were
elected as Republicans going to their
opponents for advice Messrs. Hau-
gen and Hubbard. along with ma
jority of the Iowa delegation, voted
with the Democrats at that time
The outcome of this dallying with the
Democratic Delilah is told by Mr..
Young in these words:
.srrh.,,
before the people and was almost de-
ton is that he will lose his seat
toward the close of the present ses-
sion. He is not now going to the
Democrats for advice Neither is he
going to them for support A dis
tinguished Democrat By the name of
Murphy will probably get Mr.. Hau-
gems seat.
Mr.. Haugen is learning bitter
lesson and it seems TO be doing him
some good. On all the propositions n
the present congress he has been
voting with Joe Cannon, Jim Mann
and the other Republicans. Mr.
Haugen has voted against the Can
adam free trade contract. He voted
against the free trade bill offered by
the Democrats, known as the farmers
free list"
In his article in the Capital Mr.,
Young voices the hope that the Fourth
district congressman has been broken
of sucking eggs. and anticipates that
he will stay On the Republican side
for the brief time which the Demo
Gratis intend to permit him to remain
in the house. The moral drawn from
Mr.. Haugen's experience is that
Tariff ripping is losing its charm.
II is losing its charm because the men
who have been advocating it have
practically admitted by their conduct
that they have simply been playing
game of politics. They have been
giving the people chaff. They have
been doing their work in the name Of
reform. When they come up to their
own reforms they shy and take to the
woods,
The Gate City joins with Mr.
Young and the Capital in welcoming
Mr.. Haugen back into the Republican
party.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14

lite society and which most newspa-
ners will not refer to. syphilis
Syphilis Is germ disease. It Is
usually acquired Ia the course of I'M
moral habits, though one may get 1t
innocently. Every man and boy
should know that by yielding 10 the
temptation which comes sooner or
later to almost every man and boy. TO
go with immoral women. he is expcs,
ing himself TO the probability Of get
ting this disease, which may result
years after in ineursble insanity
Over the door OF immoral resort
might truthfully be hung. Incurahle
insanity may be contracted here. II
self-respect, the desire for the good
opinion OF others, ale influence OF re-
ligious training, and the attractions
of home life are not suticient TO pre-
vent this kind of wrong-doins. the
danger of contracting disease which
may result in incurahle Insanity
should be sufficient Who can doubt
that If these facts we're Senerally
known to the public. as they are
known 10 physicians familiar with
mental diseases, they would have 3
profound effect upon the conduct OF
the average man.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14
NOT A POLITICAL QUESTION.

In reply to the formal inquiry from
Rev Thomas Shannon. head Of the
New Jersey Anti-Saloon League. as to
his attitude on the local option Dues
ton, Governor Wilson explained that
while he was believer in the princi-
pie of local option, the questions in
volved are social and moral, and as
such could not be made parts OF a
party program. Wherever that had
been done, he added, it had confused
political action in other fields and
made constructive party action i'm
possible for long years together He
therefore had reached this conclus-
ion: $50 far as l myself an concern
ed, therefore. ] can never consent TO
have the question of local option
made an issue between political par
ties in this state"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14
But


When old man Noah built his ark
They thought ne was bloomin marx
They laughed at him and called him
mutt"
And in their sleeves they chortled,
but
When Fulton built his queer old tub
Men laughed and said he was dub.
They said: This fellows off his nut s.
He was joke in those days, but
When Wilbur Wright said: II can fly, =
Men smiled and winked the other eye.
They kidded him and said, tut, tut.
They thought that he was daffy, but
So. gentle readers. do not leer
When some damphooI does something
queer,
A genius Is funny nut,
His actions are peculiar, but
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14
is 1T WORTH WHILE?

is 1T WORTH WHILE?
ID it worth while that we jostle a
brother,
Bearing his load on the rough side
OF life:
is il worth while that we jeer at each
other,
In blackness of heart-that we
war to the knife?
God pity us all in our pitiful strife.
God pity us all as we jostle each 9TH
God pardon us all for the triumphs
we feel
When fellow goes down; poor, heart
broken brother,
Pierced to the heart-words are
keener than steel,
And mighter far for woe or for veal
We're it not well in this brief little
journey,
On over the isthmus. down into the
tide
We give him fish instead of a SER
Ere folding the hands, to be and
abide,
For ever and aye, in dust at his
sidei
Look at the roses saluting each other;
Look at the herds all at peace on
the plain;
Man, and man only. makes war on his
brother,
And does in his heart on his peril and
pain,
shamed by the brutes that go down
on the plain.
Is it worth while that We battle to
humble
Some poor fellow traveller down into
the dust?
Good pity US all, Time too soon will
us tumble,
All men together, like leaves on a
gust;
All of us humbled down into the
dust.
Joaquin Miller
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14
70 DISCOURAGE THE pANpELloN

TO DISCOURAGE THE DANDELloN.
The Chicago Tribune gives this
prescription:
ITO discourage a dandelion. grasp
it firmly at the point where it
energies from the ground. offer a
silent PRAYER. and pull steadily up
ward. Should it break of five or six
inches down, leaving half of the root
in the ground. as it probably will.
wait patiently day or two and you
will have chance 10 tackle it again.
Continue this process until the de-
sired result is achieved, if it takes al
summer A dandelion is persistent,
but it yields finally"
The Tribune's optimism is admir-
able, but the efficiency of the treat
ment it suggests is open to question
It isn't possible to discourage a
dandelion without removing every
vestige OF it, and it cannot be COM
pleteIy removed except by digging 1t
out by the roots. Simply pulling it
steadily upward" even after offering
a silent PRAYER, will not do the bust
ness, as anyone will discover who fol
lows the Tribunes well-meant but
mistaken advice.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14

A Word Of Praise for keokuk.
I'm not living at Keokuk, but far from
there
Near 1oga's western gate;
I'm not In business anywhere;
daub not in real estate;
Yet boost the old town wherever |
am
And speak a word in It's praise,
Rejoicing over the fact that the dam
Is booming the old, dear place.
In days long, long buried in memory s
grave,
But treasured through struggle and
strife,
It opened it's gates to poor little
wall
And gave me the time of my life
That's why / boost the old town
wherever am
And speak word in its praise;
Rejoicing over the fact that the dam
Is booming the old, dear place.
I'm not living at Keokuk, but my
wife halls from there,
The old city's choicest gift:
A wonder Of love, OF motherly care,
A marvel in beauty and thrift.
And boost the old town for the
sake Of Its girls,
The girls Of today and OF yore.
Rejoicing to see that It proudly I'M
furis
Prosperity's banner once more.
KARL FAUTH.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14
MORE FUNDS FOR INSTITUTIONS.

The new laws OF the state increas-
ing the support funds OF the various
state institutions have Just gone into
effect BY reason OF these laws the
sums available for support OF the in,
stitutions have been increased by
about 100000 year. The support
for the hospitals was increased from
sl2 month to sl4 for the Two in
southern Iowa and SIS each for the
two in northern Iowa. and as there
are about 1000 patients this makes an
increase OF $4,000 a year for the
hospitals. Then there is an increase
of at least 100000 year at other in
stitutions. The legislature fxed
minimum of $500 for the college for
the blind raised the minimum at
MitcheilviIle from $4,000 to sS,s0o and
raised the minimum at Eldora from
$500 to $500.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14

Everybody has had a hand in trying
to interpret the letters P. e. O. The
Waterloo Reporter says that the state
convention of the order held at Sioux
City brought out the real thing. 1t is
Protect Each Other"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14
Learn TO Keep hou.s.

Beautiful maiden, pause ere you we'd
Learn to boil coffee, learn to bake
bread:
Learn, oh, sweet girl, the one road
TO mans heart
Lies through his stomach they are
not far apart
He loves your sweet face. he praises
your eyes,
Has tooth for your puddinas, dotes
on your pies.
Then, beautiful maiden, be sure ere
you wed
That you learn TO make coffee, learn
TO bake bread. Selected.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14

After the fire at Bangor, Me, the
mayor ordered all the saloons closed.
which prompts the st. Louis Globe
Democrat to remark that 1t takes a
conf1agration like that to close sa-
looms in prohibition state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14

Iowa miners nave voted to erect n
permanent labor temple in some Iowa
city. The location of the headquarters
must be submitted for second vote,
no city having received a majority.
Des Moines leads, Abba second, Oska.
loosa third, and Ottumwa fourth.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14

Poet DINNER OF this city, author
of "Keokuk viii be Town Like a
Jewel" wrote to the Chicago Tribune
TO ask If it pays any prices for
pieces which are worthy" p. T. l..
replied in his Line-o-Type column as
follows: Certainly not But we
keep all stamps inclosed.' Thus is
fnll-blown genius rebuffed in quarters
where IT has right to look for recog-
milton and reward. This is a cruel,
unfeeling world.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14

The Mt. Pleasant Journal reports
that Stanley Miller. the militant edi-
tor of the Free Press of that place, is
back from the front bronzed and
healthy looking as though the Texas
"gumbo' agreed with him. He is
loyal to Iowa, though, and is quoted
as saying that it is mighty good" to
be back in Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14

The Fort Madison Democrat agrees
with The Gate City's estimate of the
number of visitors to Keokuk this
summer. In an editorial paragraph it
says:
"The Keokuk Gate City figures that
half million people will visit that
city during the excursion season
about to begin We do not believe
that 1t places the figures any too
high. The Great dam is powerful
magnet
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

Many men owe the grandeur of
their lives to their tremendous diff
culties.-Spurgeon
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14

not quantitiye but qualitative
DR.. Brown declines to say what
bearing this consideration may have
upon equality of pay for men and
women teachers. and the matter rests
for the present as far from solution as
before.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14

The rebel army in Mexico doesn't
seem to be quite as much of a joke
as it did few days ago.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14

"The iron hand of Diaz'' seems tt
be largely clay.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14

Meanwhile, pending the appearance
OF the ny, swat the dandelon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-14

Every week should be cleanup
week. suggests the Sioux City Jour
nal.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-01
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE BY NOON
ANDSON REALTY CORPORATION,
NO. IS n EIGHTH:

l4-room house. all modern convent
ences, on corner Floyd Avenue. So,
Groom house. All convenicnces. liop.
block, Floyd Avenue, $6.25o.
S-roonl house, all conveniences, $1,000.
fioyd, $500
s-room house, zoe block. y Lombor-
room home, 100 block y. Lonbardy.
$500.
Three new Groom homes. 1900 block.
W. Main, S3,5O0 each
Broom honep, 200 block, w Grace.
lot $2Xl+5, $1,000.
lc.room home. lot 25xi50 1890 block.
W. Grace three baths and every
modern convcuiencc $ll,50c Beau
iitul home. please any one.
io.roon home 900 mock. " Grace.
l4:reom home. 100 block, IS. Grace.
Two 7-room frame houses. 1900 block.
w. Cary street. Good renters.
s-room brick, 400 block, ". Clay: all
trade for West End properly.
'-room house. renting form $40 per
month. Price. sl,2oo. viii trade
1000 block. Buchanan street; lot S7x
155: Sroom house stable for ten
horses; $500 gets il.
Nine frame houses on beverly street.
rent over $1,000 year. all for Sill 900
all ON Baker Street. ali rent for s5a
per month, price for All $4,000.
lo-room frame on corner, 200 East
Broad street: price. $4,000
1000 block, w d'ranklin. 10 rooms; all
modern convcniences. price, $i50O0
Beautitul S-room home; all convent
ences: 1900 block, Hanover Avenue.
We have complete list Church Hill
property Al attractive prices and on
very easy terms. BE pleased 10 tell
YOU about them
7-room home, stuart Avenue. $3.50.
'-f room h 1.,, al convenieness, 500
Street, only $4,000 Rents for $50
per month
i1..room house 500 block. N. Tenth.
S3750
Barrels of property in all suburbs
around city at attractive prices. OH
easy terms.
Lot. i59xlsS. with 6-room house. Ten
pie street. near Cary, only $4,000.
Plenty large to farm OH in the city.
List your for sale property with us.
mo firm 50 active.
Three Iroom bricks, South Vine, at
Main. $500 each New houses.
Two fats. II rooms all convcniences
on each Nat. $500 block Park Ave
PLENTY other properties Oh Park for
tents collected Why not try us.
New 7-room house. large lot lovely
grove. Il, stop 2, Petersburg ear. only
Large list central and business prop
critics &c sure 10 see us before buy
ing, Glad 10 snow you our list.
Two real nice little homes, on car
line. seven miles OUT i-room house
hcnhonsc, pump; three blocks from
stop. Lots l26x40. Price. $500.
y good little farm Of - acres: 6-roOm
house. outbuildings. etc. X. l.. D.,
phone etc; 800 yards from stop on
car Inc; west of city. $4,000. PLENTY
5o-acre farm. snlcndia new house. S
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-01
for &ale.

FOR SALE. B.hLING MACHINE. SIZE
22N36N10. suitable for department
store or printing office. JOHNSTON
bon CO. No. 10 South Tenth street
FOR SALE. MEM DOUBLE AND SIN
sic trucks. also two second hand
single trucks. two second hand
grocery wagons, one second hand
buggy. Some bargains In these. Call
quick. Il. c. BRlSTOW. 10 North
t.tEltrcnth S;rpct
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-01

10 ACRES. NEAR WILLIAMSBURG.
on Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad;
in1ri! NY. acirs Ia cuilIVatiou. nt-
loan soil; sevcnty-iive acres IN oak
and pine that VIII cue $4,000 feet
at sawed timber: good eight-room
dwelling. in large walnut grove.
$4,000.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-01

s.5 ACRES. NEAR RAILROAD AND
on river: good. rich soil: l25 acres
III cultivation. ftty acres in bottom
land: 10 acres in oak ana nine; will
cut l.Oo0.noo feet sawed timber. with
Two good eightroom dwellings,. in
good condition, and all outbuildings:
$4,000,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-01

LADIES. MY NEW SAMPLES HAyp,
ARRIVED AND FOR THE COMING
WEEK WILL OFFER SUITS FOR
s35, AND ! ASSURE YOU THAT
THESE WILL BE THE BEST VAL
UES EVER OFFERED FOR THE
MONEY PAUL KAMSkY, LADIES'
TAILOR. 2li y. FIRST ST. NEAR
GRACE.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-01
COLD WATER PAINT.

CALCISio. THE ORIGINAL COLD
water paint: easy 10 apply: ali col
ors; write or phone for color card;
more Calcimo sold than all the water
paints combined. ELBA HARDW ARH
&C.. Agents, Henry and Broad