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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

Mr.. Lewis jenkins, R. F. d. 4, Chill
,icothe, Livingston Co., Missouri, vet
eran Of the civil war and member of
Merrills Cavalry, writes: "Peruna has
built up my health SO can do as
much work in a day as young man
Of twenty years, and can recommend
1t everywhere.
Il was SO bad with catarrh Of the
head and kidneys that could not
sleep at all. | went in a drug store, |
saw few bottles of it, and asked
the druggist if that was what it was
put up for and he said was. So l
bought bottle and took it and it COM
menced to relieve me SO much that |
kept on taking it and 1t cleared every
thing like catarrh out of the system,
and has cleared me of chronic diar-
rhea, from camp life of the army of
the civil war.
Il took cold a week ago. / got a bot
tie of it and am taking it and my
cold has about left me.
Il am man of about sixty-five and
can do work of any kind. My strength
L. powerful, and the iGople ask me
what did that made me SO stout.
tell them took Peruna and cleared
the catarrh out.
Il told the drug man was not 60
ingFto do without it if had to send
to the Peruna Company think there
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
Visitors Are Invited.

Professor Mohler and the faculty of
the Mohler Business College invite Wis
itors to call at the school at any time
to view the class rooms and to talk
OF the several fine courses which are
presented for study.
The Keokuk Business College OF
Keokuk is one Of chain Of like in
situations Of which President Mohler
Is the active head.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
Mixed on Location.

The Carthage (Mo.) Democrat tells
of an old colored preacher in that
town who prayed for rain few days
ago and his prayer was answered, but
it must have been the same rain we got
last week Wednesday from the de.
scription. Here Is what he prayed for:
Thou knowest, o Lord, that we is
havin' de wo'st drout heah that you
evan saw. De craps is all dryin' up
de watch millions is wilted on de vine
sweet 'taters Is about all killed, dc
streams is about all stopped runnin
an famine is about to bust forth in
all it's fury. De whole lam is as dry
as an ornery, unconverted niggah In
a prohibition town, an sonthin'. rally
mus be done or thy servants will al
perish.
Now, what we need is a good soak
in rain an we implore thee to hear
our prayers an turn de flood gates Of
heaven loose. De time has gone by
when de gentle dew will do any good
We don't want no gentle showers
with rainbows an twittering birds
nor any sicily, sozzly sprinkles, but
we wants regular rip snortin', roar
in. screamin', sod-soakin', gully-wash
in, gravel-heavin', trash-movin, root
searchin', down-pourin' rain.
Den, o Lord, let de thundeh heller
let the lightnin' flash, let de clouds
burst an send us a rain that will soak
the groun' clean down to the bowels
of the airth an cause springs to bust
forth in the valleys an make de des.
ert bloom as de rose"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
What May BE Had.

In the Keokuk Business College one
may receive instructions in Gregg
shorthand, bookkeeping, commercial
law, arithmetic. spelling, letter writ
ing, advertising, salesmanship, rap
i'd calculation, business practice
for stenographers and bookkeepers,
as performed in the actual business
world. Other branches Of instruction
will be supplied for students as they
desire.
It is greatly pleasing to note that
the Mohler college of business instruc-
tions, will open tomorrow. That sue
cess will be attained by the students
and faculty in its fullest measure, is
certainty.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

lectively, may learn much from right
instruction. It is individual attention
to the needs Of a student In training
that will better fit him for a future
than the former method, however, and
it is the intention of President Mohl-
er and the faculty to see that individ-
ualism is an important factor in the
life OF the college.
Students may enter at any time dur
ing the isemesters and commence stud
les because of the fact that individual
attention will be given them. They
may also leave at will.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
Bowels and Stomach.

Mr.. S. A. Doolittle, 1913 East First
St. Corning, N. T., writes: i cannot
speak too highly of Peruna, as tonic
and catarrh cure in whatever form
or wherever located. had a great
deal of trouble with my bowels and
Peruna cured me.
My son was very low with catarrh
Of the stomach, and after doctoring
flor seven weeks was worse Shan
when he began. The doctor did not
seem to understand his case. He com
menced using Peruna, which helped
him right along, and he was soon at
work again"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
S446.35 COLLECTED
ON BLOCK DAY
Benevolent Union Funds Increased BY
Canvass Of City Made on Fri
day Noon.

The envelopes collected on Friday
noon by the Benevolent Union Block
day campaign, contained S44635
The full report of the contribution
campaign has not been made yet as
there are some collections yet to be
made and the ladies expect the grand
total of the day to fall not far short
of $500 in cash raised by the novel
method of soliciting for the work.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
A "commercIai. Smile.

A London haberdasher instructs his
clerks after this fashion: Our EN-.
ployes are reminded that while serv.
ing customers they are expected to
wear commercial SMILE" The phrase
is valuable contribution to the liter
ature Of the subject. The CONNER
cial smile" is the kind that has no
heart in It
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
Old Maine House.

One of the oldest houses in Win
.hrop is the old Morton stand on
Turkey lane" The name may not
be familiar to present residents OF
the town, but Turkey lane was no
dream to past generation.
Its odd nomenclature is derived
from the fact that prior to the war
all the residents OF the highway over
the crest Of the ridge owned and
raised turkeys and over 100 gobblers
each year gobbled their living here
until a fateful Thanksgiving removed
them from earth. The old Morton
house stands just at the turn OF the
road and is about 100 years old
Lewiston Journal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
Digestion and Assimilation,

It is not the quantity of food taken
but the amount digested and assimi-
lated that gives strength and vitality
to the system. Chamberlain's Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets invigorate the
stomach and liver and enable them to
perform their functions naturally. For
sale by all dealers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
Could Hardly Breathe.

Mr.. George McDougall, R. F. D. /,
Box 81. Mineral City, Ohio, writes:
After taking about six bottles Of
Peruna, l have been cured Of catarrh.
Before started using it could hard
ly sleep, and always had a pain in
the back and could hardly breathe.
But now / feel like new person,
am in such good health
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
Common Colds Must Be Taken Ser.

Common Colds Must Be Taken Ser.
lousy.
For unless cured they sap the vitality
and lower the vital resistance to more
serious infection. Protect your chill.
dren and yourself by the prompt use
OF Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
and note It's quick and decisive re
suits. For coughs, colds. Group
whooping cough, bronchitis and ar
fections OF the throat, chest and lungs
1t is an ever ready and valuable rem
edy. Wilkinsor & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
Before You Reach the Limit

Of physical endurance and while your
condition Is still curab.e, take Foley
Kidney Pills. Their quick action and
positive results will delight you. For
backache, nervousness, rheumatism
and all kidney, bladder and urinary
troubles. Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
KE0KUK BUSINESS
COLLEGE OPENS
Tomorrow VIII be the First Day Of
Enrolment In Splendid School
for Actual Commercial
instruction.
SUCCESSFUL TO START
Indlvlduallsm viii be Leading Fac
tor In Training the Minds Of
the Young Men and
Women.
SUCCESSFUL TO START

Establishing itself as one of the
most prominent educational factors of
the city and becoming an institution
OF knowledge in which Keokuk will
take just and admissible pride, the
keokuk Business College at Seventh
and Main streets, will commence It's
initial enrolment tomorrow.
Splendidly equipped with fixtures
which add to the attractiveness of a
school of instruction and its curricu-
lum entrusted to men of note in the
world of learning, the Keokuk Bust
ness College is amply provided with
those assets so necessary to the prop
er training of the mind for future up
life in clerical pursuits.
This newly equipped business school
Is most inviting to study, the class
rooms. light and airy, the most mod
ern of accessories for practical at
tainment of business education, be-
speaks the success of the institution
in themselves, thus early. Entirely
remodeled and SO constructed that
charts of learning and student desks
will be advantageous for the patrons
OF the institution, better arrange.
ment for a modern business office,
which combines the elements, school
life and actual commercialism could
not have been devised.
Where Success Takes Root.
To succeed, one must be skilled
i The Keokuk Business College will
seek to uplift and bring out those
qualities in it's students. the most
desirable results from the prepared
courses of study. For those who in
their earlier life, have been deprived
of the benefits of an education. the
opportunity that presents itself fol
applied instructions, can be said te
be golden.
Both Day and Evening Schools.
There are to be both day and even
| ing school sessions of the Mohler Bust
mes College. The morning and after
noon student body will meet for in
structions from to - o'clock. Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday evening
of each week have been designated
for the night classes which will be In
session at those times from 1880 te
$50 o'clock p. m.
Thorough instructors.
When one considers entering 8
school or college where tuition is re
CURED. the first interrogative is:
what kind of instructors has this
SCHOOL,"
This is perfectly natural. Associ
ated with President A. Mohler Of the
4 Keokuk Business College for the past
/ five years has been Professor A. A
Lang. 1t has been generally conced
ed by those who have sought and OBJ
tanned Professor Iang's instructions
! that he is an expert instructor in the
varied branches of commercial les
sons.
Perfectness of equipment and thor
oughness of faculty teachings will
place the Keokuk Business College
among the leaders of the middle west
ern section and in her many boasts
the city will consider this institution
as the first of its kind in regard tc
rank
Individual Attention to Students.
A class of students as class col
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
Piles Quickly
Cured AT Home
Instant Relief, Permanent cure-Trla,
Package Mailed Free to All In
Plain Wrapper.
The Pyramid Smile.

Many cases of Piles have been cur
ed by trial package of Pyramid Pile
Cure without further treatment When
it proves its value to you, get more
from your druggist at SOC box and
be sure you get the kind you ask for.
Simply fill out free coupon below and
mail today. Save yourself from the
surgeons knife and it's tortures, the
doctor and his bills.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

DR.. BRUCE :. GlLFILl.AN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
once. e21h Main street. over
Crooks & Cox Millinery store. Be.l
Phone 100 Black.
Residence 317 North Fourth stree
Bell Phone 1880 Red.
Hours: 1912 a. M; "a p. ~: rs
p. m. Sunday by appointment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

there is not bad show in the entire
lot
The groupe of shows is so varied
that no matter what your taste for
amusement, you are sure to find some
thing to your. liking.
The motto of the Parker Shows is
Cleanliness and Morality" and they
are surely living up to it in Moberly.
One need not hesitate about taking
his mother, wife or sweetheart to
anything that is offered. There Is not
word spoken or an act presented
that could offend the most refined per-
son.
The biggest feature of this entire
carnival is the square way the Parker
employees treat you. They are cour-
teous and gentlemanly and seem more
than willing to show you every con-
sideration After listening to one of
the takers in front of the shows, and
you enter, you are sure to find things
just as represented.
Taking it all in all, this is the most
orderly and we'll conducted street fair
that has ever been offered in Mober-
ly, and If this policy prevails during
the week 1t is sure to prove popular
From Moberly (Mo.) Monitor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

W. ). HARTFs, NJ. o.. o. 0.
Osteopathic ant Electric treatments
spe -ialty. Off Sc. 30 North Fourth
street. Ground floor.
Hours-10 to IL p M; 2 to s p q.
Evenings by appointment.
Phone-Om' Iowa 1?54-Red; resi-.
dence. low. STORED.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
DR.. J EATON JOHNSTON
PHYSICIAN AND aIJRGEON

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
The only physician practicing Oste
opathy In the county. The Smitheoni.
a. truss fitted and guaranteed, the
only truss that holds. Office. North
side of Main street, third door above
Fifth. Phone SO. Residence. Ninth and
Webster. Phone 4s4. ?. o. Lock Box
Al. Warsaw. Ill.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
Special Attraction.

The special added attraction. Coul-
ter's Dog and Pony and Elephant
show Is now giving exhibitions on the
city market lot at Fourth and John
son streets. Everybody should visit
this show as it is first class in ev-
cry particular. All the different shows
will give daily entertainments and ex-
hibitions and will run continuously
from 2 p. m. to 10 p. m. There will
be something amusing and entertain
ing to see all the time. SO everybody
come to the big celebration and enjoy
yourselves.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
DR.. II. q. wEscoTT

once over Younker's store corner
Fifth and Main streets.
He'll phone 676- Blrc.: Hub phone las.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
Or. c. J. CHRISTENSEN
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN.

Z. NJ. z, A. Burning.
ONCE hours-9 to IL a. M: to s
p. m. Residence Iowa phone Inst.
, rings. Office. Iowa phone l157.
ring: Residence 800 North Eighth St
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
PHYSICIANS.
DR.. w. p. SHERLOCK.

Or. w. P. SHERLOCK,
PHYSlCIk AND SURGEON.
Office. is North Fifth street. In
Howell building.
Office hours-1o to IL a. NJ: 2 to s
p. m; evenings. Z to s: Sundays. II
to p. m.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-01

Read The Daily Gate City.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14
Men Who Cry on the Street.

Il was standing on the street corner
waiting for a car" said a caller at the
DeacOness home in Chicago, land I
saw man walking along with bowed
head. cryin.. No lie had not been
drinking. I,e looked like respectable
workingman Of middle age | wanted
to speak TO him, butt didn't. What
do you suppose was the matterT''
The deacOneSs whom he was address.
ing said nothing. but she knew why
some respectable middle aged men
walk the city streets crying Visions
rose before her: a man who had Just
visited his boy, In Jail for stealing-a
man who has been hunting work foi
three weeks and "lost out" every time.
till the dearly loved wife and baby al
home were literally starving-a man
who had just had flashlight Of his
own degradation and was comparing
1t with the innocence Of the clean
hearted lad that used TO cuddle into
his mothers lap. The men go weeping
along the streets sometimes, but often.
er far they go too dead at heart tc
weep.-Christian Herald.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

The diameter Of the sun Is reckoned
at $4,000 miles. This diameter. ow.
Ing to its loss Of heat and the conse-
Quent condemnation. is steadily being
shortened. though at very slow rate.
Of course. The whole solar system
the sun and all Of Its planets-is NOV.
Ing through space at a pace estimat.
ed at about 10000. 900 Of miles annu.
ally. Those who are supposed to
know about the matter assure us that.
owing to certain causes. too numerous
and complicated to be dealt with In
this place. the planet on which we live
receives only the 2.25O-millionth part
Of the heat that In thrown of by the
sun Even as 1t Is the earth receives
annually from the sun an amount of
heat that exceeds by a million times
the heat producible by the combustion
Of 2S0O0O.0O0 tons Of coaL-New York
American.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

Fussy Man ,hurrying into newspaper
otdceS-Iye .ost ny spectacles soI1e
where. and I want to advertise for
them. but I can't zee to write without
them. you know. Advertising Clerk
Qikely to be business manager some
day>-I Will write the ad for you. sir.
Any marks on them? Fussy Man
Yes, yea Gold trimmed. lenses differ.
ent focus. and letters L. Q. @. on In.
side. Insert It three times. Advertis-
Ing Clerk-Yes, sir. Ten shillings.
please. Fussy Man-Here Il is. Ad-
vertising Clerk-Thanks. 1t gives me.
sir. great pleasure-very great pleas
ure. to inform you. sir. that your spec.
tacles are on top Of your head Fussy
Man-My stars! SO they are. Why
didn't you say 90 before2 Advertising
Clerk-Business before pleasure. you
know.-London Mail.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14
Als 0reat 0eneroai<x

I'VE are getting up subscription"
began the lady who was carrying
around the paper. Her voice trembled
as she spoke, for the person she was
now bracing happened to be the richest
fellow in the community. She hoped
against hope that she would get some
thing fat from him
You are getting up subscription 2"
echoed the millionaire, with sweet
smile. I'm sure you'll be very sue.
cessful. And what can ! do?"
Would ycu-cOuld you"-she nearly
tainted at her would YOU
p-p-put your name down on this paper
for h-h-hundrcd dollars?"
There-it was done. BE wouldn't
have missed n thousand, but she was
pretty courageous to ask for as much
as she did. His gentle smile reassured
her.
"Will 1 put my name down for a
hundred dollars?' said he. "Why, my
dear young lady, I don't charge that
amouat for the use Of my name when
charity IS the cause will put my
name down. Of course, but not for
hundred dollars. won't charge you
cent for 1t. 1t is a slight service"
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14
The Female houseHv.

A female house fly which has hiber.
mated in a dwelling house, or else
where, may produce In the spring, al
the lowest estimate, 100 eggs. Assum.
Ing that One-half Of these hatch as fe.
males, and allowing that the breeding
goes on without check for four months
we have as the descendants of q single
hibernating individual 214,557. .S44,32O,.
OO.OOO,OOO,OOO flies. Now, house fly
measures exactly one-fourth Of an inch
IN length; the distance around the
earth at the equator is said to be 81,
800 miles. 1t would take, therefore
,6SS,312,OOO flies placed end to end to
go around the world once. Using this
number as denominator, and the
number Of flies produced in four
months from one mother as a numer-
ator. we find she will give rise. in the
course of summer, to enough flies
to encircle the globe at the equator
5000 times and have plenty Of progeny
to spare.-ProfessOr F. l.. Washburn in
Popular Science Monthly.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14
The Death Pain.

A reporter asked we'll known sur.
geOn whether his experience as a med
ical man had led him to believe that
death Is painless.
Speaking generally" he said. the
death agony is very rarely attended
by pain. because the system IS always
prepared for death by u weakening of
the vital for, es. by the circulation of
impure blood through the brain and by
the Obtunding of the nerves. OF course
some people have more pain than
others. and this is very largelySdeter-
mined by temperament A nervous
man-all other things being equal
suffers more pain than a man who
has enjoyed robust health, because
the nervous mans sens!bilities are
stronger. but the pain Of death is more
In the anticipation Of 1t than in the
reality. Men of education face death
with greater fortitude than men who
are not educated. Women are almost
always pluckier than men, They en-
dure pain much better."-LOndOn
Globe.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14
being bitten.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat
Life of q Gown.

"A lawsuit in which women's clothes
are the center Of litigation teaches
even woman many things she never
before suspected about the clothes she
wears" said well dressed woman.
Last week was present at q trial
In which woman was attempting to
secure full insurance for gowns dam.
aged by fire. In the expert testimony
1t was asserted no dress hns a money
value In law after 1t has been worn
ten times. According to that theory,
every gown owned by the plaintiff had
outlived Its usefulness before the fire
came along to complete Its destruction,
and with the exception Of trifiing
sum representing the actual worth of
old material the insurance company
was absOlved from its obligations"
New York Sun.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14
The Bitter Bitten.

A Philadelphia man went to dealer
to purchase dozen hOming pigeons
and was both surprised and delighted
at the extremely low price asked fol
the birds. The bargain was finally
concluded and the pigeons delivered
Two weeks later the gentleman hap
pened to be passing, when the dealer
stopped him and asked him how the
birds were getting on.
Il don't know" replied the gentle
man. II have not heard from my
friend"
Your friend?"
"YeS; ! bought them for man il
San Francisco"
The dealers Jaw fell In dismay, and
then. with rueful laugh. he admits ed
that De had sold the birds 20 chcal
because he }neW that on being rele,
ed they would immediate return
their old home. But from San Fra
cisco. Y was clear case cf the BIT
being bitten.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14
WHEN THE MAILS LEAVE.
Latest Schedule for Closing of Mails
Prepared for Service at the SUM
tor Post Office.

The following schedule which has
recently been prepared for service at
the postofIice will be of interest to
the patrons OF that office. The
schedule shows when all mails are
closed for the various mail trains
which take mail out from this city.
This schedule was in effect Friday
September Is. 1911.
Train No. 35, Florence and Angus
Ia, due to leave 5.47 a. NJ; mail clos
es S.45 z. NJ.
Train No. "a, Wilmington and Co.
lumbia, due to leave Tao A. NJ:
mail closes 100 A. NJ.
Train No. 46, Florence and Or
angeburg, due to leave $40 A. NJ;
mail closes 80 A. NJ.
Train No. 50, GreenvilIe and
Charleston. due to leave 9.41 A. NJ;
mail closes 80 A. NJ.
Train No. 6S, Gibson and Sumter,
due to leave 9.45 A. NJ; mail closes
80 A. NJ.
Train No. II, Camden and Sumter,
due to leave 9.45 A. NJ; mail closes
80 A. NJ.
Train No. 81. Wilmington ad Co.
lumbia, due to leave 11.3O A. NJ:
mail closes 11.0O A. NJ.
Train No. 79, Sumter and Wilson.
due to leave $50 P. NJ; mail closes
800 P. NJ.
Train No. so, Wilmington and Co.
lumbia, due to leave 5.55 P NJ. mail
closes SIS p. NJ.
Train No. SO, Camden and Sumter.
due to leave 6.31 P. NJ; mail close
900 P. NJ.
Train No. SO, Florence and Angus
ia. due to leave 6.35 P. NJ; mail clos
es 500 =. NJ.
Train No. SO, Greenvire and Char
lesion, due to leave 6.S5 p. NJ; mail
closes 800 p. M.
Train No. Sc, Gibson and Sumter.
due to leave $50 p. NJ; mail closes
800 p. M.
Train No. AZ, Florence and Orange
burg. due to leave S25 p. NJ: mail
closes 500 p. M.
Train No. 55, Wilmington and CO.
lumbia, due to leave $50 p. NJ; mai,
closes S.45 p. NJ.
GEO. D. SHORE,
Postmaster