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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-08
ARAFAT NOT EASY TO CLIMB
Only Seventeen Ascents of the Noun.
tain Where the Ark Rested Have
Been Recorded.

Ararat Is not a mountain that is
climbed every day. or even every
year. Seventeen ascents have been
recorded. When James Bryce. unac-
companied, made his remarkable as
cent in 1876 he was told by every one
whom he met in the vicinity of the
mountain that the top had never been
reached. and what was more, it new
er could be. Jinns and f1ends and gi-
ants had prevented the rascally
Kurds from even attempting to scale
the terrible mountain. and since the
Ark grounded there mortal man had
not been allowed to trespass on the
scaled heights he was informed Had
Tot st. Hsgop tried again and again
to reach the summit in order to ST.
lence the skeptics about the Ark? But
found himself each morning on wax
ing quietly deposited at the base,
whence he started. Finally an angel
presented him with piece of the
Ark for his pains. but told him to
cease his attempts to reach the for
hidden ground. That was in the
fourth century of our era. but the
piece of the Ark is still to be seen
at the monastery of the Eltchmaidsin,
where dwells the catholics OF the
Armenian church. That Russians. or
stray lone Englishman, had really
reached the top of Ararat was not to
be thought OF.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-08
Should Have Headed Alarm.

Because 1t had lied to him before.
James L. Ogden of Newark refused
to believe the burglar alarm in his
house recently, and now he is mourn
ing the loss of several hundred dol
lars worth OF silverware. Several
times within the last few months
Ogden has been awakened by the
burglar alarm. Each time he looked
for burglar but found none. A
short time ago he learned that the
alarm was set off by EARRING OF
passing trolley cars. When aroused
the other night by the ringing of the
alarm. he heard the rumble of troll
ley car and decided that the car was
responsible for the alarm, so he just
reached out of bed. stopped the gong,
and went to sleep again. Next morn
Ing 1t was discovered that a pane OF
glass had been cut out of window
and that the silverware was gone.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-08
WHEN THE EYEsIGHT FAILS
Then Things Look Good to One That
Everyone Else Is crlticislne
Harshly.

Everything has it's compensations,"
declared the man whose hair is gray.
Ing over his ears and who can't read
fine print as easily as he could ten
years ago. Yes, sir! Things look
good to me that hear other people
criticising like the mischief. Every
girl has flewless companion; ev,
erybody's hair looks as If 1t grew
there and didn't have to be pinned on;
all my friends are handsome; the
streets seem clean and my clothes
look new
Then. when I put on my spectacles
=! But I've learned not to, except
when want to read. When my straw
hat gets too spotty my good wife
punches me up and says it's time to
buy new one, and when she needs
frock she just quietly hauls my
specs out of my pocket hands them to
me pointedly, and stands before me in
a good light. Rose-colored spectacles
are all right. she tells me, when I'm
looking at her face. but she prefers
me to inspect her last summers gown
with my strongest clearest lenses"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-08
WHY WE HAVE NO LITERATURE
Writer Says It Is Because We Don't
Need It and Have No
Audience.

Mr.. Bryce, in his American Com
wealth, calls attention to the fact that
Americans have way of deprecating
themselves. a habit by which appar-
emily they intend to forestall any ad-
verse criticism. One American, In
talking to an English friend about
American institutions. will tell him
confidentially that the, are not what
they ought to be; will, in fact. point
to the national defects with the air
OF connoisseur. To outsiders ne
will talk impersonally and deprecat-
1ngly enough about his own country;
to insiders he will storm and scream
at some of It's crying defects; but the
idea that the Constitution is not per-
nanent never enters his head.
In the meantime, the Englishman
never understands America; 1t is true
that in criticizing America he is ike
ly often to hit the nail upon the head,
but never understands the real spirit
back Of the race.
1t is likely to be said of our litera-
ture, for example. that II Is not 1T
erature at all. that the thing which
we are pleased to call literature is
dominated by commercialism and Is
too hastily done. That is probably
true; but the real reason is that we
have no audience. If there were
enough people to demand literature
we should not lack for geniuses to
supply the demand.
But the truth is that we do not
need literature. Why should we at.
tempt to produce one. when we can
have the benefit of so many others?
When the time comes, II our coal
mines and forests hold out. we shall
make literature of our own-possi-
bly, just for the fun Of doing it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-08
ARTIST WHO HAD NO ARMS
Miss Sarah 6Iffen, do MenthoIon and
HiIes Held Brushes In Their
Teeth or Toes.

Miss Sarah Biffen was conspicu-
Gus example of the skill which arm
less people sometimes acquire in
spite of their affection. She was min
iature painter to Queen Victoria and
her work was widely known for its
beauty and delicacy
She was born without arms, but as
a girl, having great wish to become
an artist, she worked earnestly for
years until she could paint by holding
the brush In her teeth In 1921, ac-
cording to the Rata Yoga Messenger,
the Judges, without any knowledge of
the means she was compelled to use,
awarded her the gold medal of the
Society of Arts, a prize sought by
hundreds Of others.
M de Mentholon and Bertram
Hiles other artists who were de-
prived of the use of their arms. The
former had only one foot. which he
used to paint with.
Mr.. Hiles lost both his arms in an
accident, being run over by street
car when he was only s years old
and when he was Just beginning to
acquire skill In drawing He spent
two years in patient toll learning to
draw by holding the pencil in his
teeth, at the end Of which time he
won first-class certificate from a
local art school.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-08
THESE ARE YOUR ANCESTORS
Whsn One Considers Their Vast Mum.
her Pride Of Descent Seems Very
Foolish.

Are you proud of your ancestors?
OF how many of them?
Since the beginning of the Chris
tian era "a mere 1911 years--you have
had 139, 235 of, 4S9, ,976 ancestors.
Imagine, If you can, how many per-
sons were needed since the beginning
of the world to bring you forth-you,
who are reading this now. IT works
the other way. too. If single cou-
pie had started 5000 years ago to pop
ulate the world. and everybody had
grown to maturity and married at the
age of 81, the earths population would
be 2.199,915, followed by IA ciphers.
However, this world would not hold
them all; 1t would not be large enough
To give all these people breathing
space the size of the world would
have to be multiplied by 3,166.526, fol-
lowed by 125 ciphers. That is the
only way in which these enormous
numbers can be expressed.
How futile, then, is ancestor wor-
ship! Every one of us, high or low,
has had in his ancestry kings and
peasants, criminals and saints; 1t Is
almost impossible to name any one
Of ones own race to whom one cam
not prove in some way remote rela-
tionship
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-08
SAUCE IN CHEWING TOBACCO
Flavor Given the Weed by Licorlee,
Whisky, Honey and Many
Other Things.

ri am tobacco chef" said the sal
low man. II make the sauces that
give us smoking or chewing tobacco
as food chef makes the sauces which
give us sole colbert or poulet creole
Take this dark. sweet, Juicy plug
Of navy brown 80 popular among the
more prosperous type of teamsters.
Well the flavor Of this plug is due to
a sauce made OF sugar. licorice. whis-
ky and honey.
Here is a mild. cool pipe tobacco
that young college boys favor Smell
1t. Very aromatic, Ell? Well. It has
been stepped in a sauce composed Of
the essential oils of citronella, berga.
mot and cassia.
But 1t Is when you come to the
high grade Havana cigar. the cigar
that sells for 40 or SO cents. that you
see the tobacco chef at his best. He
doesn't make his sauces then of such
common ingredients as sugar, berga-
mot. licorice and SO forth No, he
makes them OF bacteria. The favors
of the high-grade Havana tobaccos de-
pend you see. entirely on their fer
ments. Each tobacco undergoes diff.
ferent fermentation and here the chef
comes In, applying the bacteria, OF
yeasts, which cause these fermente.
lions, to the leaf.
Yes. the tobacco chef Of the high.
est type. the one who ferments Hava.
ma tobacco. handles the various breeds
Of bacteria as an ordinary chef han
dies pepper and salt. mustard and
cloves and mace"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-08
Man and the Crowd.

An address once made by President
Schurman to the graduating class at
Cornell was an eloquent appeal for
the individual against the crowd.
Would you abolish poverty, would
you advance civilization" he asked.
Then educate individuals one by ono
to be more virtuous, more intelligent,
more skillful, more industrious"
Upon the soundness of the plea
there will be general agreement. 1t
is but a new statement of the philos-
ophy of Jesus that each man should
take care of his own soul But ii is a
creed that has been much more sue
cesfully taught on lonely farms and
pastures than in universities.
Still, the creed is a good one to
teach 1t can never be taught too
often. Better than all laws against
vice and crime and folly is an i'm
pulse toward seif-reform. And per-
haps such an impulse was never more
needed than now, for never was the
voice of the crowd more clamorous
nor the influence of the crowd moro
potent. He that can make sure of his
own thought amid its noises is phil
osopher He that can stand against
it's power is hero.-New York
World
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-08
UNCLE HIRAM TO HIS NEPHEW
He Gives the Youngster a Little Ad-
Vice as to When to Make
Decisions.

Don't" said Uncle iiram to his
hopeful young nephew, make any
momentous decision when you're tired.
When we're tired we want to get the
question settled and we're ready to
make concessions, to give way, and
the other man Is sure to get the bet.
ter of US.
I'VE often hear 1t said that It's
good thing when in doubt about any
thing to sleep on 1t, and this is sound
advice. The general theory of the
benefits to be derived from sleeping
on question is that sleep clarifies the
mind. but In coming to a settlement
about a thing the most important ad-
vantage that we find in sleeping on
1t lies In the renswed strength that
sleep gives us. 1t renews our cour-
age, makes US ready not to give way
but to stand up and fight and fit and
able to fight.
Don't be in a terrible hurry to set.
tie things, Stevey, anyway. There are
times when you must st-ike when the
iron Is hot, but as general PROPOSE
ton don't be impatient to get things
settled: it's the man able to keep
cool and wait and let the other fell
low do the worrying that generally
gets the biggest piece of the cake.
I'VE may meet occasionally man
Of high and unhroken continuous
courage. but not often; the biggest Of
men have heart sag at times, though
they may not show it; we are all hui
man and much alike under the skin
II that's any comfort to you: we all
have our moods; times when we are
buoyant and happy and times when
we are low in spirits and depressed,
Don't, Stevey. settle things when
you are feeling low and disspirited
You'll take different view when you
come back, as you inevitably will, to
the summit.
Let your decisions be made
Stevey, not when you are tired or de-
pressed but when you are At and
strong, and pride and habit will make
you live up to their
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-08
TRUST CAMPAIGN
BEGINS THIS WEEK
Government VIII Reveal It's Attitude
Within Few Days. Regarding
Corporations.

IGate City Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON, Oct THE exact
attitude of the federal government
toward the trusts will probably be
clearly defined next week, and it is
not improbable that there will be
definite information regarding which
trusts are to be prosecuted and which
are to escape as a result of reorgan-
ization. Attorney General Wicker
sham on Monday will confer with the
two officials in the department who
have been his close advisors in the
present trust dissolution campaign
Solicitor General Fred Lehman, and
Assistant Attorney General Fowler.
lehman has prepared voluminous
report on the steel corporation, and
is believed to have recommended
prosecution.
Fowler is handling investigations in
volving the Harvester Co., the lumber
and electrical trusts and the Dupont
Powder Co. 1t is understood Wicker
sham will not make any move until
he has thoroughly discussed the plans
with his assistants.
Another matter which will engage
the attention of the attorney general
will be the recommendation of the
parole board on the paroling of John
R. Walsh. The board gave hearing
to the convicted Chicago financier at
Leavenworth penitentiary several
days ago and its report will be sub
mitted to Wickersham.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-08

then some. and they came morning,
noon and night! We had to wash and
iron long after we ought to have been
asleep. SO that we might be neat and
fresh all day long. for fear some OF
them would come out to call 1t was
simply awful!
IT vowed that l was never going
again. But the others seem to like it.
and they're going to make regular
house party OF their camping next
year,"
ITS too bad that Fred has to be
away all summer, isn't it?" murmured
a listener, cautiously. Now, If he'd
YES" admitted the girl In the gray
pongee dreamily. "if Fred had been
there"
A ripple Of laughter aroused her and
she blushed rosily.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-08
COMEDIAN rs
CERTAINLY FUNNY
choked His Wife Until She Was Black
and Blue and Threatened
Her Life.
IGate City Leased Wire Service

IGate City Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, Oct Claiming that
her husband, Ralph c. Herr, the
comedian, grasped her around the
throat and "choked her until she was
black and blue Lulu Glazer, the
we'll known theatrical star. today en-
tered suit in the superior court here
for an absolute divorce. The couple
were married in New York May %,
1907, and the bill alleges that they
have been separated since Nov. TO-
1910. The choking is said to have oc'
CURED ON Nov. IL, 1907. Miss Glazer
also claims that her husband made
threats against her life at the same
time he choked her.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-08
Blind Charity.

while / think am rather inclined
to give, yet try to be discriminating,
not to give to every beggar with an
idle and obviously untrse tale. but"
said the nearsighted man to New
York Sun reporter, Il recently fell
impulsively for story new to me.
Boss said this man as he looked
at me. I've lost my spectacles and
I'm trying to get together money
enough to buy another pair
You know, II should lose my
spectacles l should be lost myself, and
on that story gave up without az
other thought"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-08
Where David copperfeld Wa. Write,

BLEAK House" at Broadstairs, Eng.
land. which has failed to find a pur-
chaser, is of interest to the Dickens
lover because the greater part OF
David Copperfield" was written there.
But it is not the Bleak House" of
the novel, which is definitely located
in Hertfordshire. The novelist and
his family appear to have been some
what tightly packed in their Broad
stairs home. When Lord Carlisle con.
templated paying visit to Our wa
tering place" in 1851, Dickens wrote
promising him the North Foreland
Lighthouse for night light in his
bedroom, and he continues: "As we
think of putting mignonette boxes out
side the windows for the younger chill
dren to sleep in by and by, I am
afraid we should give your servant
the cramp If we hardly undertook to
lodge him." During the last few years
the house has been transformed out
OF all recognition.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-08
What's tho User

Folks do lot of useless things,
don't they?" asks the man with the
iridescent whiskers.
Guess they do" answers the man
with the undecided eyebrows.
Yep. F'rinstance, there's my Aunt
Jane. She persists in going through
her whole list Of symptoms over and
over again to everybody that calls
after she has recovered from her i'll
ness"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-08
Strike on Illinois Central Katy and
Hartman Lines 10 Rather
a Quiet Al.
fair.
BOTH SIDES CHEERFUL
Companies Not Complaining and the
Unions Appear to be Satisfied
With the Present
Conditions.

lGate City Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, Oct. Although ILL.,
nois Central and Hartman railway
officials declared tonight that there
we're no disorders along their ines,
reports from the south indicate that
further blood has been shed in the
strike by members of the federation
system.
In riot in New Orleans tonight
John Alberts, Burns detective, en-
ployed to guard the Illinois Central
snop, shot and seriously wounded
George Gallagher. striker. A crowd
attempted to mob Alberts, accusing
MN OF protecting strikebreakers He
drew his revolver and held at bay a
hundred men. until rescued by munic-
ipal police.
Feeling against alleged strong
arm methods of special policemen
EMPLOYED by the Illinois Central, is
uecoming strong and late today reach
ed climax at Centralia, Ill, when
Special Railroad Officer J. L. Smith
was lined $3.50 for assault and battery
aau carrying a revolver. The special
pohceman was arrested while beating
striker.
The railroad officials, following
.neir policy of appealing all matters
a {" federal courts, SO that federal
troops may be called for in the event
disturbances become general, immed-
a'eiy secured from the federal court
"a injunction, restraining city police
.len from patrolling the railroad sta
uon Platform or setting foot on Hi
hols Central property
vice President Park, Of the Illinois
eeatral, issued statement tonight In
snich he declared conditions all along
ue line were improving.
was admitted today that more
.uaa nifty witnesses have been exam
aea mere this week by law officers
: tne Illinois Central to procure af-
aSaSlts on which it is expected the
.oupany will apply to the federal
sour's in this district for an injunc-
on 70 prevent strikers from picket
e Or otherwise interfering with
strikebreakers
y is believed that as soon as the
a asAs federal court meets, the railroad
pans 70 demand criminal indictments
-, ,sa'iist the heads of the federation of
,apor and the systems federation for
ssvsuspiracy under the terms of the
sherman antitrust law. Chief coun-
- Tor the Illinois Central has adj
.'eu tnat the law offices were op-
sVsed to federation. He minated
'oad would ask indictments and
souid also enter suit for triple dam.
law. i"0 " 'ne A'ne'
So Quiet In the West.
o, aaN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. T.
xNet prevails in the strike situation
AZ me Hartman lines on the coast
Ms .she after week which has been
,na Aed mere by lack of disorders
H.. lio.s between strikers and strike
~ aAers. Beyond a few fist fights
n mas been no trouble.
sna IN me coast the strike has settled
Il, 20 an endurance contest with,
i strikers claim, appearances great
bnatsainst the railroads. Engines arc
bss. 70 be going dead in large num-
!. On various coast divisions.
= san Francisco guards with riot
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-08
A Boston casulst.

Mrs. Kawler-But how in the world
did you manage to hire this fiat when
the landlord is SO set against families
with children?
Mrs. Smart told him my children
were all underground.
Mrs. K.-But that was er-
Mrs. S.-Oh. 1t was quite true. You
see, at the time told him. I'd sent
the children riding through the sub
way.--Boston Evening Transcript
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-08
II He But Knew.

Sergeant Murphy drilling men of
awkward squad)-H OF knew which OF
We two spalpeens was out av shtep.
old run I'm right In to tn g'ardroom.
Judge.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-08
Both Had Grievances

First Professional Humorist-Why
SO sad old man?
Second Professional Humorist--l
am the only one who takes myself
seriously.
That's nothing am the only one
who takes myself humorously.-Life.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-08

S-Nco - " oeoSAOhSu az Oil LILO onOpo
which are inside stockades. Strikers
declare the strikebreakers are daily
DESERVING to their ranks
The first week of the shopment
strike In the northwest on the Harri-
man lines ended tonight with ninety
eight per cent of the unionists still out
and standing firm.
South Is Orderly.
DALLAS, Texas, Oct. with the
Hartman line strike week old, and
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas car
mems strike still older, the situa-
ton in Texas is practically unchanged
tonight. Both sides claim satisfac.
tory conduct of affairs, the strikers
contending that additions have been
made to their ranks and the railroads
that their service is not materially i'm
paired. There has been no further
violence today and no calls have been
made on the governor for troops
Strikers at Houston where most VOL
ence has occurred, tonight heard an
address by prominent attorney in
which he urged observance of the law
and following which such observance
was unanimously promised.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-08

order Gold Medal Flour next time.
FHLIcrrf.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-08

THAT ended all the fun. There were
enough young men to go around, and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-01-11
FAIRFIELD.
Holiday Guests Returning
to Various Homes.
Two Local Ladies' Return from
Pleasant Sea Voyage.
Rebekah Installation Tomorrow
Eveaing..Personal Mention.

Hrs. MARY Gibson left TUESDAY for
Clinton. where she viii visit her daugh-
tel. MIS-. William Flood
AIRS. y. Il. GAYLORD ana daughter,
fIclen, who have heen in town for :.
few days visit 10 DR.. and Mrs. +. j..
2obinson, viii return today To their
home in Oakland.
The officers of Good Will Rehekah
Lodge, No. ~. will be installed Thurs
day evening for the ensuing year by
Mis-. I-ottle BigelGw of the Clinton
4udgc.
The many friends Of Mrs. \. r.
Roundy &C N'inslow, who underwent
an operation at tee Augusta General
hospital last Thursday, will be glad to
hear that she is doing we'll and is con-
sdered as ont of danger. @
Miss Fannie Richardson. who has
been confined to her home with bad
Iee!d. is able to be cut and in school
AGAIN.
Frank Nadc;tu and son, Frank. IT.,
who are cutting lumber il Clinton,
lave been spending few days at their
acme here. They returned to Clinton
Monday.
iezzie Ward, who has been visiting
lat his home il 'rhorndii<e. has return
ee Ia this town ana taken up his duties
again al MqrGAns Business college.
MIS-. Harris. l. 3t.ler Of Chester Har-
ri, is quite III, suffering with bad
coit
cant. ". Z. Ereger of the Edward j.
lawrence arrived in town Monday ana
Lx..
hare. Hiss Leslie Cameron and Miss
Esther Drew, who took the trip to
Philadelphia. returned with him. They
r"noft deliehtfpl trip.
II" Las'!ss' c.rcla Of the Ur@,r-
9a!-ri cHpg' h va meet a 3.2r this aft
le ecoH in sls@ ,.trtl":. GD,nen.
i,,aTF ~ c@ yno his neaH
So ndirg = few Nceis at his home here.