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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-12
ovERTAxEp.
Hundreds of keokuk Readers Know
What It Means.

The kidneys are overtaxed;
Have too much to do.
They tell about it in many aches and
pains
Backache, sideache, headache
Early symptoms of kidney Ills.
Urinary troubles, diabetes, Bright's
disease follow.
A Keokuk citizen tells here the way
to keep the kidneys we'll.
Mrs. J. G. Wycofr, 916, High street,
Keokuk, Iowa, says: Il had severe
pains in my back, accompanied by
dull headaches and feeling of Ian
guor. There was a constant pain
across my kidneys and l knew that
was in need of a kidney medicine.
Having heard that Doan's Kidney Pills
were yerv effective in cases OF this
kind, got supply at Wilkinson &.
Co.'S drug store and began their use.
Since taking this remedy, my health
has greatly improved and my back and
kidneys have been strengthened. My
advice to persons afflicted in similar
way is to give poan's Kidney Pills a
trial.
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. -Milburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-D oan sand
take no other.
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full Valley Mr.. Rice displayed rare
power in entering into the spirit OF
each one Of the characters and in CIV
ing clear expression to their peculari-
ties,
Tickets for this, the third number
in the All Star "Yn course, will be
placed on sale Saturday morning.
January 14th, at ten o'clock In their.
office corner Fifth and Blondeau SITS.
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Sunday Schoo, Work.

John Carpenter. secretary-treasurer
OF the Sunday school department. gave
a complete report OF affairs in that
one of inc active centers of church
work. During the past year Mr.. Car
penter's report showed that total of
4,st2 members have attended sessions
Of the Sunday school The senior de-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-12

Chamberlain Cough Remedy never
disappoints those who use it for OBJ
stinate coughs, colds and limitations
Of the throat and lungs. 1t stands
unrivalled as remedy for all throat
and lung diseases. Sold by all dealers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-12

to bright 1911. Mrs. c. Hornaday,
treasurer of the Quid Libet society,
reported that they have given to the
Building committee s2s5 during the
year, and altogether have contributed
toward the new church edifice, s1,340
Ia splendid showing. A neat balance
remains in their treasury.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-12
Officers For the Year.


Part of the business of the session
was the election of officers of the
church and Sunday school for the
coming year. The result of unani-
nous voting, substituting by motion,
the usual balloting, follows:
Fl. NJ Phillips succeeds himself as
clerk of the church.
J. l.. Candy succeeds himself as
church treasurer.
p G. Hayden succeeds himself as
deacon. for the ensuing year.
A. w. HUDSON was reelected as
emergency deacon for the coming
year.
C. d. Streeter succeeds himself as
member of the Prudential commit
] tee.
! C. f. Mcfarland was reelected SUI
/ perintendent of the Sunday school for
1 the year.
/ A. l.. Parsons was reelected as a
member of the board of trustees.
\ f. A. French was elected auditor for
4 the coming year.
The social committee composed OF
Prof Hayden, Mrs H. A. Becker and
G. c. Johnson, we're reelected to serve
during the ensuing year.
The Addresses.
After election of officers came the
I most pleasant part OF the meeting per
haps, with the exception of the eat
sign-the short addresses by the pas
4 tor, Mr.. Joy. Mr.. Brown, and Mr.. Nc
FFarland. Mr. Williams commended
/ his large family" exhorted them to
/ greater effort along some lines, and
all in all. told of the pleasure of en-
tering upon the sixth year of his pas
\ torate in this city.
] Mr.. Joy had personal talk, dealing
with figures, loyalty of church mem
bers in attending more regularly the
I services of the church, and other mat
/ tiers Of interest to all except the pub
4 lie
H. c. Brown made very neat talk
on the value OF personal work, telling
/ Of the need of more of this particular
i
/ lives of church workers. That each
and every one has his or her place
I in the church and it's great work, was
/ the weight of the speakers talk.
THE Prayer Meeting" was the
/ theme and principal substance of G.
f. McFarland's short address. The
good to be gained from attending this
mid-week service, the helpfulness of
the pastor, Mr. Williams, especially
on Wednesday nights. were among the
points dwelt on by Mr.. Mcfarland.
Mr.. Joy, as chairman of the Building
committee, gave a report of the finan-
cial status Of that body during the
other intervals of the evening session.
BY this time next year, the church
should be almost entirely free from
debt, and the title to the handsome
new church not long erected, cleared.
The meeting closed with the sing
ing of 1.-The Tie That Binds
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CONGREGATIONAL
SMILE LASTING.
Annual Meeting Of That Church
Last Evening, Supper Preceding
the Business
Session.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Reports Of Various Committees Heard
and New Year is Bright With
Promise For
Them.

IT was a smiling and happy family
Of Congregationalists that gathered
around the snowy supper tables at the
annual business meeting and special
gathering OF the church fast evening
At half past six More than 15v mem
bers Of this prominent and healthy
one of the city's religious institutions
we're present and enjoyed the supper,
The reports and the "after dinner
talks OF some of the officers and in
dividual workers of the o.urch.
The blessing of the Almighty was
invoked on the gathering. which prov
ed one OF inspiration and help as the
/. members of The family enjoyed the
4 supper prepared by the members OF
the young ladies society, and with
grace and indulgence, the various
courses we're served.
A very pleasing menu consisting of:
Escalloped oysters.
Cold ham Potato chips
Slaw Butter rolls
Coffee Ices,
was served. Succeeding the repast,
Rev. Geo. c. Williams. pastor of the
church made q few brief remarks and
called upon the church clerk, Harry
NJ Phillips, for the minutes of the pre-.
ceeding annual meeting. Reports OF
the Benevolent fund and various 9th
er branches of finance under the jur.
isdictiton Of the cleiK. ~~ere given in
an acceptable manner by Mr.. Phillips.
Praise For Choir.
Among various other things. the
clerk expressed thanks - the congre.
cation and praise for the musical or
ganization, the choir which has been
faithful in attendance or the great
work ii is doing in the First Congre-
gational church. One of the largest
and finest in the city and locality, its
place is one OF the most ~alued in the
entire church life.
A noticeable feature. with regard to
The attendance. is the large number OF
outsiders non-members-w attend
we ''i YVES VI we cuuICH, eSpecidiiy
on Sunday evenings. .s.erk Phillips
report concluded, Mrs. J. l.. Daughrity
as secretary. gave a pleasing state.
ment of the years work of the Won.
ems Missionary society. Three prom
incnt mission workers have addressed
the society during the year Mrs. Mil
Ter of China, Mrs. lowell OF Grinnell
and Miss Mary Collins Of this city
have been among the speakers The
report OF Mrs. II. G. Brown, treasurer
Of the society. showed healthy prog.
gree being made by the Woman's Mis-
sionary society.
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Ladies' AuxilIiaries.

Prosperity has been the waichword
and happy realization OF the Ladies
Society. Mrs. Helper, s-cretary-treas-
urer, giving full and well prepared
report of the workings of this. one of
the churches Furnishing auxilliaries.
The ladies during the past year
have given $4,000 to the
Building committee. and at the close
Of the year. find that they have s13.54
left in the treasury.
Mrs. James Huiskamp, secretary of
The Quid Libet society, told of the diff
ferent commendable methods Employ
ed by the ladies of that organization,
in securing money for the furtherance
of their work. Suppers, markets, sale
OF old papers by the hundred pound
weight and the like have contributed
materially 10 the funds of the Quid
Libets and the members look forward
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I @sDTO-NIGHT
H|IR0G0)le&)A
| az se:;ssss!zslXgEIlIYCuI1''D5,. . ~
Spread the saIve

Spread the saIve.
Praise is encouraging; 1t brings out
the best that is in man and inspires
him to do his duty cheerfully and
faithfully.-Henry Lee.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-12

Electric Lighted Pianos.
IN the canal zone 1t is the custom
to keep electric lights burning insid.
pianos to prevent the wires rustinx.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-12

partment attendance for the year, to-
tally, was 1,2oS. The intermediates,
] ,6l5.
supplementary to the report of Sec
rotary Carpenter, superintendent Of
the school, G. r. Mcfarland, commend
ed the corps of teachers very highly,
spoke OF the splendid work in the pri-
mary department. and added that the
cradle roll of a year ago, numbering
-, had been increased seven, showing
that race suicide is far from the minds
of good Congregationalists. OF the
Sunday school department, forty of the
children, are members of the church.
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treasurer canby's Report.

A report that is always one full of
interest on account of that quality be-
ing manifested by the officer in
charge of its preparation, was the
reading of his table of figures by ].
T.. Candy, treasurer of the church. A
short while ago, Mr. Candy stated, it
looked as though at the end of the
year. the church would come out in
debt. All current expenses have been
paid, however, and there is a good
balance in the treasury. The Ladies'
Society came to the Keller Of the finan-
cial stringency, and two Christmas of
ferings of s25 each, helped out might
lily. Mr. Candy made report of sub
scriptions paid, plate collections, spec
ial offerings, etc, showing the receipts
for the year to be s5.134.56, and the
disbursements s3,0S2.1i, leaving bal
ance on hand Of more ,nan s102.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-06-14
PAROLES POST HEARING.

Washington, June 14.-Representa-
tives of many interests and organiza-
lions favorable to the parcels post
scheme were given hearing today be-
fore the house committee on postoffices
and post roads, which now has under
consideration the bill introduced by
Representative Sulzer of New York
providing for the establishment of a
general parcels post. The Postal Prog
ress league has Endorsed the measure
and is giving it great publicity Many
friends of the movement privately ad-
nit, however, that the express COM
panies still have too much power in
congress to, permit the passage of such
a bill at present.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-06-14

Edwin F. Atkins. acting head of the
sugar trust, said on the witness stand
that a reduction in the sugar tariff
would make cheaper sugar, but II
would cripple the farmers who raise
sugar beets and sugar cane. Is there
any justice in taxing all the, consum-
ers of sugar in the United States to
put money in the pockets of the few
farmers who raise beets and cane? If
these products are not profitable let
them raise something else that is.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-06-14
LA FoLLETTE is FIFTY.sx

Washington, June a. - Robert
Marion La Toilette, United States SEN
ator from Wisconsin and leader of
the insurgents in the national upper
house, found a bunch of flowers on
his desk today, signifying that he
had reached his fifty-siZth milestone.
The greatest insurgent of them all,
who is just now insurging against re-
ciprocity and thus finds himself for
the first time in many years ranged
up with the "stand-patters," was born
at Primrose, Wis, June IA, 1855. He
began the practice of law in 1880 and
five years later came to the national
capital to represent his district in the
house. He served through the forty
ninth, fiftieth and fifty-first congresses,
and was then elected governor of Wis
consin three terms, but resigned in
1905 to return to Washington as SEN
ator. In that capacity he has kept his
name on the front pages of the news
papers of the entire country with con-
siderable regularity, and there are
lot of people, in Wisconsin and out of
it. who believe he is the one man who
could lead the republican party to vic
tory next year.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-06-14
PERFUMED FRUIT.
Five Fingered Oranges Smell Sweet.
but Are Not Good to Eat

A most weird looking fruit Is the
five fingered orange. 1t grows In exact
ly the shape of half open hand. Even
the nails are identical. hard pointed
and claw-like. tipping the orange
flowers with length equal. In some
cases. to three inches.
II Is no freak. but a proper kind Of
orange, belonging to a special variety.
The tree itself is rugged little shrub
that does not average more than five
or six feet In height In its native home.
Japan. 1t does not grow straight, as
the ordinary orange tree should, but Is
curved In all directions.
Even the branches grow In spiral or
twisted forms. so that the width of the
tree is often greater than the height.
The fruit itself is of pale yellow
color. Of pure lemon hue. growing
greenish toward the stem The size Is
immense. considering the smalness OF
the tree. the largest ones measuring
when mature fully ten inches from
the wrist to the point of the middle
finger. including the nail.
But the fruit is not good to eat.
though what 1t lacks in flavor II more
than makes good in perfume. Perhaps
the strangest thing about this perfume
is that 1t Is the fruit and not the flower
that Is odorous. Parsons Weekly
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-06-14
pssiodiI supsdshions.

Daffodils are not only poisonous and
libelous. but most unlucky flowers. es-
peclally when single specimens are
encountered. Herrick. who must Of
ten have gone through the experience
without much harm happening. de-
clares that
When n daffodil see
Hanging down her head to me.
Guess ] may what ! must be.
First. shall decline my head:
Secondly shall be dead;
Lastly. safely buried.
In Herrict's own Devon to this day II
you place Il single daffodll on the ia
BILE of farmhouse the farmer will
Jump up and exclaim. Now we shall
have no young ducks this year" The
evil spell can be broken by increasing
the single flower TO bunch.-St
James Gazette.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-06-14
PREACHERS WERE "RALLY Hoos"

New York, June 14.-Magistrate Nc
Adoo will announce his decision today
in the case of Mrs. Millicent Searle,
a handsome woman of thirty-five who
is charged by the county medical So
ciety with the illegal practice of med
icine. Mrs. Searle is president and
treasurer of medical company in
Twenty-ninth street. She testified that
she delivered frequent lectures before
women and that she secured her audi
ences through the influence of clergy
men, who induced the feminine men,
bers of their flocks to attend the meet
ings. For this service, she said, she
paid the ministers at the rate of 10
cents a head for each woman persuad-
ed to listen to the lecture. She said
she never prescribed" for women, but
only recommended" the medicines
manufactured by the company with
which she is connected.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-06-14
CONTRIBUTED BY
COMMERCIAL SECRETARIES

A Split-Log Drag club Is one of the
latest organized movements for road
building in Texas. The territory GOV.
cred by club usually embraces about
six miles of road and the farmers
along the route join the club, and pay
fifty cents membership dues per month.
All the money received by the club
is used in defraying the expenses Of
running a split-log drag over the road
when needed.
The county commissioners Of Cooke
county furnish free of charge to each
club split-log drag of steel construc-
ton which costs $25 to build, and the
club stands the expense of operation.
Cooke county now has eleven of these
clubs in operation and the results are
so satisfactory that the movement is
rapidly spreading throughout the ELI
tire county.
The business men of Gainesville as
sst in the organizations. 1t is quite
common occurrence for fifteen or
twenty merchants and bankers to ride
ten or fifteen miles in the country tc
attend split-log drag meeting AZ
they usually join the club, lending
their moral and financial support to
the movement.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-06-14
Tho Term Philosopher.

The word philosopher is said
have originated with the celebrate
Pythagoras, who was born about 3,
B. C. The word means n lover of wi
dom. Pythagoras must have been
very remarkable man. for it is certai
that he made profound and lastiu
impression upon his time. He We
the originator Of the idea that natul
is harmony and that its varied pl-
nomena are all brought about by Q
erring and universal laws and are
expression If nothing less than {
universe itself True to the name
gave himself. Pythagoras is said
have devoted his whole life to the a
QUESTION of knowledge to the end th-
he might impart it to others withoi
money and without price. He vi,
one Of the noble influences of anti,
uity, and the effects Of his unselfis
labors are still visible among men,,
Exchange.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-06-14
THE SHORTEST SPEECH.
Il Was Delivered by Caesar and Con-
sisted of a Single Word.

sisted OF Single Word.
julius Caesar holds the record for
brevity Of convincing speech.
The story is told that while Caesar
was In the midst of his struggle for
the mastery of the Roman empire the
soldiers of his favorite Tenth legion
mutinied. He appeared before them,
and. uttering the one word "Quirites."
paused.
That word means. Of course, "citi
Zens." but to the veterans to whom II
was addressed it meant great deal
more. 1t was the special term used in
addressing Roman voters assembled in
a purely civic capacity. not as soldiers.
but as civilians.
To the mutinous soldiers 1t meant
that the great commander. whom they
had followed for ten long years from
the Alps to the Thames and from the
Rhine to the Pyrenees and across the
Rubicon, disowned them as soldiers
and dismissed them from his victori-
Gus service.
Realizing Its meaning, the story
goes, the mutineers were appalled,.
Battle SCARED veterans burst into
tears. implored their leader to pardon
them and inflicted summary punish
ment upon the meters of the mutiny
as proof of their repentance.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-06-14
isITA MISREPRESENTATION?

If there are any dissatisfied farmers
in this section who have an idea OF
going west their attention is calico
to this item from the Weinert (Has.
kell county, Enterprise: IF crop
insurance company would write sand.
storm insurance we would bet OH them
doing big business" The writer has
seen not only crops but fences buried
by sandstorms.-Bryan Eagle.
We are surprised at such intelligent
men like those Of The Eagle missin-
terpreting the point in view to its
readers when they know that sand
storms are plentiful in all parts of
Texas, even in the red bottom of the
Brazos around Bryan. Correct it,
therefore by giving facts, which you
generally stand for.-Weinert Enter
prise.
The editor of the Enterprise may be-
lieve that destructive sandstorms,
such as sometimes occur in the west,
"are plentiful in all parts of Texas,
even in the red bottom of the Brazos
around Bryan" In order that he may
be convinced of his error we invite
him to visit Bryan and the Brazos bot
tom in the midst of as severe a drouth
as has occurred in many years, and If
he is not convinced that he is
in the wrong The Eagle will not
only apologize but will pay the
expenses of the trip. The editor
Of The Eagle has several times as
much invested in West Texas as he
has in Bryan and certainly has no rea-
son for disappearing that section.
Like all other countries, it has its ad-
vantages and disadvantages. Some
men can do well there but most farm
ers of small means can do better
here, especially those accustomed to
the farming methods practiced here.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-06-14
Tho M acqreqors.

The Macgregors were forbidden t
use theil family name in 1903. TIL
prescription was removed by Charlie
H.. only to be inflicted again in tn
reign of William and Mary. 1t was no
till 1922 that a royal license to use tn,
name was granted to Sir Charles Mac
gregor. up to then known as Murray.
In the early years of the seventeenth
century every mans hand was RAISED
against this prosecuted race and the!
could be mutilated and slain with i'm
punity.-London Spectator.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-06-14
A Quaint Introduction.

Clarence King. the ethnologist. ono
wrote from San Francisco to job
Hay the following letter of introduC
ton: my Dear Johnny friend. Hol
ace F. Cutter, In the next geological
period will go east 1t would be ca
tastrophe If he did not know you
You will swarm in as the German
say. when you meet. Lest | SHOULD
not be there to expose Mr.. Cutter
alias take this opportunity to divulg
to you that the police are divided il
opinion as to whether he Is SOcrate
or Don Quixote. | know better; he |
both"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-06-14

Speaking for the directors of A. &
M. college yesterday, Judge Guion
said politics should have nothing to
do with the management of that in
stitution, and the statement was re-
ceived with great applause. Nothing
could be more gratifying to the friends
of education than the assurance that
politics will never be permitted to in
fluence the selection of the officers and
teachers of the schools.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-06-14
Queer Nest Of Tho Tonsocane.

Queer Nest Of the Tonsocane.
The oldest of all birds nests IL the
one built by the tontobane, Il South
African songster. II IL built OF cot
ton and always upon the tree produc-
ing the uinerial. In constructing the
domiriie The female works inside and
The male outside. where he builds n
sentinel box for his own special use.
He sits in the box and keeps watch or
sings nearly all the time. and when
danger comes in the form Of haw.:
or snake he warns the family. but
never enters the main nest.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-06-14
The inadequacy of the water suppl

The inadequacy of the water supply
Of Bryan is not because of decreased
production but of increased consump-
ton. There are more people and dur
ing this torrid weather each person
requires a greater quantity for culinary
purposes, for drinking and for
bathing. The dust is very disagree
able, but there is no hope of relief
until 1t rains. There is consolation in
the assurance that the new water sys-
tenn will furnish abundance for all
purposes.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-06-14

An examination of the wheat acre
age planted in Texas, each year fol
the past three years, shows an irregu-
lar and volcanic condition. In 1908,
we harvested $4,000 acres; in 1909
there we're $4,000 acres harvested,
and in 1910 we harvested 100000
acres, indicating sudden and rapid
changes in our wheat acreage.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-06-14

The friends of A. & M. college have
satisfactory assurance both in the
words and i'm the acts of the board Of
directors that there will be no politics
in the management of that institution
Whether or not Senator Cofer gets a
position in the faculty of the state uni
versity will be accepted by many as
A test of whether or not there is poll
tics in it's management.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-06-14
a Turkish RiddIe.

Here is an old Turkish riddle which
has been handed down for many cen
turtles and yet has never been an
swered: There was once a beggar
who always dreamed he was pasha.
and there was pasha who always
dreamed he was a beggar. Which was
the happieri"