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The Red Cloud chief., 1912-02-22

C,u ,v,,,or pa,eish. "and then give me your
opinion" At the first flavor or this strange
vegetable he was delighted. and ever after
wards gave particular attention 10 increasing
his supply OF the wonderful potato
By such experiences the potato was spread
over Europe In France 1t was a rare but
priced vegetable in 1916; in Germany 1t was
recognized In 1860 and from that time on Eu'
rope, as we'll as other parts Of the world, grad
ually accepted 1t as an addition to the 1000
supply OF all peoples. 1t is unwise TO discuss
here the mooted point about the so'cailed IN
digenous potato OF Mexico and Arizona;
about the origin Of the 8. commersoni In
Uruguay and Argentina; for the settlement OF
It cannot disturb the fact that the Solanum
tuberosum the common potato Of today, came
from the west coast OF South America and
that the natives Of these regions must be
given credit OF having recognized Its food
value long before they were discovered BY Eu-
ropeans.
The widespread botanical order Of the solan.
aceae, to which our potato belongs EN-.
braces plants of little APPARENT similarity. There
are as members OF the great family. among
medicinal plants, for example, the hyoscyamus.
dulcamara. belladonna. and datura among
food supplies are the thorn apple Ia tree, In
this case). the artichoke. and the tomato; and
adding to mans enjoyment II not to his vital
sustenance. the capsicum or the chile OF COM
merce, and the American tobacco, Not many
OF them have tubers, however. and OF the tn.
Nbers, the potato holds the prize for its useful.
ness In human economy The tuber OF the
plant we are interested In Is the common po-
tato.
Now, the tuber 10 a curious provision Of ma
ture which by propagation can be carried on
by means Of the regular and normal plant ac-
tivity of the seed above ground. and also by
anomalous stems, enlarged by the develop
ment. to an unusual degree, o! cellular tissue.
which are below the ground. Potatoes have
seeds and fruit like any other member OF the
botanic kingdom. but when left to themselves
1t may happen that more energy is expended
In storing up food In the tubers. SO that flow.
ers and seeds are imperfect. Theoretically II
makes little difference which element-tuber
or seeds used for perpetuation Of the potato.
but practically SO much encouragement has
been given to the tuber that the seed is habit
ually ignored. Incidentally 1t deserves men,
ton that the popular Burbank potato the
spread of which was one OF the earliest demon.
strations OF the genius OF the botanical wizard.
Luther Burbank. was propagated from the
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-02-22

OF the indigenous potato the Maglia, which so at
tracted the attention of Darwin when he made
his famous voyage In the Beagle. As far
south rs the Chonos Archipelago (about As
degrees south) this plant grows wild near the
sea. The potatoes from It resemble English po-
tatoes. and have the same smell. but do not
stand cooking 40 we'll Little effort seems to
have been made to develop the original tubers.
although they form a good part OF the FOOD
OF the people. yet in this neighborhood the Is.
land OF Chloe alone has about $4,000 acres un.
der cultivation. Of the 123.000 acres devoted to
potatoes In all Chile That the Europeans
found potatoes In Quito and BOgota need not
be denied but there ia no strong reason for
supposing that 1t was more than the same
plant already mentioned. transported thither
before they came
Quite another story is uncovered along the
coast OF South America. There the potato Ia
considered European vegetable and ia culti-
waited only by those whose experiences are
derived from the old world No tradition con.
meets the few remaining natives with past in
which the potato fourished, and In the minor
instances In which tina wild potato has been
found experiment shows that 1t Is inedible and
perhaps even poisonous.
This is the case in the wild potato" of Par
aguay. Such plant has for years been
known TO exist In the basin OF the River
Parana. II grows on the plains. budding In
March and April, and ripening during the win.
ter months Of May to August. The tubers are
about the size Of walnut and sometimes
larger. soft and watery, full OF irritating so
ana (the active alkaloid OF the potato), and
Of poor taste. They are not eaten nor are
they cultivated; the socalled edible potato 10
considered an imported vegetable. foreign to
native experience and judgment. while the veg.
etabe that takes the place OF potato in all ma.
tive dietary is the "mandioca." which has been
prepared as a food from time immemorial by
the pr oumban Inhabitants
The food potato OF commerce made its way,
therefore from its prehistoric home in the
Andes to North America and via Europe to the
eastern shores OF South America.
Great credit belongs also to Sir Francis
Drake who learned OF the potato about 1875
either In Peru itself or In some nearby is
land. He took specimens back with him. stop
ping first In Virginia. where he helped to plant
them In 1856. In 1856 he arrived in England
carrying potatoes among his treasures. and
thus the story arose that potatoes came frem
North America. Closely allied to this error
that other. which confused the South American
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-02-22
HEART REPAIRED WITH WIRE
How elk Feet Of Golden Thread
coiled In . Mans Aorta Made u
Strong Again.

Philadelphia.-W the walls Of his
heart reinforced by a coil Of wire
through which electricity passes, just
as It follows an electric-light wire.
John Braden rests at the University
hosrital and expects to resume his
usual routine in life in few weeks.
The heart Is the pump which keeps
all the machinery of the human body
in motion. 1t has valves just as all
other pumps have. and when an engt
neer finds a valve leaking In a pump
under his care he stops the engine
and introduces a new valve II the de-
fective one is beyond repair The
main valve in the heart Of John Bra
den leaked. All through the day he
was disturbed by its unnatural noise,
and at night It kept him awake.
Finally the pressure became so very
severe and the peril to his life SO i'm.
mediately grave that he was removed
to the University hospital. where DR..
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Charles H. Frazier essayed the dell.
cate task Of tightening up the valve
Of his heart and reinforcing the entire
structure.
Examination disclosed the fact that
the aorta was about to rupture. This
would inevitably have resulted in
death.
DR.. Frazier opened the aorta as
near to the heart as possible and
deftly inserted a hollow needle which
had been electrically insulated.
Through this needle DR.. Frazier push
ed and arranged in evenly distributed
coils more than six feet of solid gold
wire. This thread of wire was guided
by the surgeon through the pulsing
blood vessel by the sense of touch
alone, and It was built up in the
aorta. at the point Of its weakest dila.
tion. just as q weakened building wall
would be strengthened at it's most
perilous point. Thus the heart was
bound round, on the inside. with a
coil Of strong but fine wire, caught
and held in place by the surgeons
trained fingers. Then the problem Of
preventing hemorhage arose.
Coagulation of the blood was the
great. the vital end sought. II was
decided to employ electricity to obtain
this purpose. Coagulation takes place
at both ends Of the galvanic current
that at the positive pole being small.
black and hard. and that the the mega.
tive being larger softer and Of vel.
lowish color. It happens that the
blood is the very best agency in the
body for the conducting of electricity,
and when, as in this case, both poles
are inside the sac and near to each
other, mild current OF electricity
will cause vigorous electrolysis. In
applying the current to Braden
rheostat was used to control the flow
and to prevent shock when 1t should
be cut of.
Thus by coagulation the reinforce.
ment Of the heart was accomplished
over the gold wire framework and
nature is building a new wall within
the valve. stopping all leakage and
giving John Braden a new lease of
life.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-02-22
CAT FOSTERS STRANGE BABES
Mother Pussy, Having Lost All but
Ono Of Her Babies, Adopts Three
Squirrels.

Knoxville, Tenn.-A squirrel is about
the last thing one would expect q cat
to adopt. Yet q motherly, gray pussy,
having lost all but one Of her own ba,
bies. took charge Of three gray squir.
rels In their stead. and brought them
up as carefully and tenderly as she did
her own remaining kitten.
They played about her. with one an.
other and with the kitten as uncon.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-02-22
Lizard In Stomach q Year.

Milton. N. D.-Lcss Of flesh at the
rate OF pound a day has been sue.
cessfully combated by Joseph Schnei.
der OF Wales since he coughed up q
i've lizard about an inch and half
long. The lizard had evidently got
Into his stomach last summer while
ne was drinking water from q slough
where no was hunting.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-02-22
A Happy Family.

cernedly as though they had never had
any other mother.
This happy little family was kept
on exhibition In O show.window In
Lawrenceburg. Tenn, for q long time
indeed, until they were SO we'll
grown that they needed no further
care.
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-02-22
Ban Minee Pla.

Boston.-Simmons college, follow.
Ing the action Of Mount Holyoke, will
allow girl students to cot mince pio
only twice year. 1t makes them
'-owsy. the pedagogues say
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ITOH tuC StVhi ohN
1t. As he found this part
OF the plant merely insipid.
he spat 1t out in disgust.
and complained to Sir wal
ter that he had wasted so
much time upon the mlser.
able thing: rs this, then.
your delicious fruit from
America?" The reply star
tied the gardener. for he
was told to drag up the Of
fender by the roots. for
fear that the other plants
might be contaminated. On
doing so. however. he was
ast stonished 10 discover
among them a mass OF ex'
actly the same kind OF tn.
bers he had planted In the
anrinp. Cook them" said
The Red Cloud chief., 1912-02-22

potato with what Is now known as
the sweet potato, the "batata," sam.
pies Of which surely came from
Virginia somewhat earlier than
this time. 1t Is probable that Drake
gave potatoes to Raleigh. At any
rate, II Is an accepted statement
that Sir Walter Raleigh was re-
sponsible for their use In Ireland.
because he gave several to the
grandfather of Sir Robert South
we'll. who, TO check the famine
spreading In that island after the
disastrous failure Of the grain
crop, cultivated them ut once
there, and popularized their use to
his eternal credit.
John Gerard, u celebrated Eng
lish botanist, grew them In Eng
land. following the example OF Ra.
leigh, who ordered his own garden
er, with O utilitarian purpose, to
cultivate them along with other
vegetables. The story runs that
this man, whose curiosity was In
tensely aroused by the new plant
from America. watched Its growth
carefully, and when the fruit
(sic) was ripe, gleefully plucked 1t
Il TfV
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seed. as he had noticed what splendid fruit Ger.
tain plants were showing. and reasoned cor
rectly that the product must equal the parent.
Exactly what the tuber is. is another Ques.
tion. BY some it's production is ascribed to
fungous irritation. although this is not proved.
As has been said. not all the solanaceae have
tubers, nor are all tubers members OF the fam.
lily. Be the cause what 1t may, the tuber is not
Il true root, but leafess branch. usually be.
low yet sometimes above the ground; the eyes
on a tuber are leaf buds which In due time
lengthen into shoots and form stems. The
contents Of a tuber are a reserve supply OF
food. supporting the young growth until 1t
can put forth roots OF its own.
The food supply in the potato. Is shown by
analysis to be about as follows:
Parts
StarCn, etc. ............ ................. 400
heterogeneous matters neutrality-suspicious.. 81
Fat O.2
SaIines OF
1Otal ................. ........... ......... AVo'"
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bic crop In Africa In many parts OF Europe.
and even in Asia, where the original Indians
cultivate II without knowing or perhaps caring
whence It came. II II has not displaced 1t has
at least supplemented rice, the great lifesup.
porting grain. which from time mmemora
has been grown in the far east; but Indian
corn is an antipodal product. having come. as
history teaches us. from the neighborhood OF
the lsthmus Of Tchuantepec, In North America
The potato came originally from South
America. But here II is necessary to pause a
moment to state that what Is really meant by
the word potato is the plant and tuber vulgarly
called the Irish or white potato. although It
has no more relation to tho Emerald Isle
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-11
HELD FIVE DAYS
BY RUSSIANS
American Aeronaut VIII Sail for
Home at End Of
Week,

LUsited Press Leased Wire Service !
BERLIN, Nov. 11.-John watts
the American aeronaut who, with A. T
Atherholt, sailed the German balloon
Dusseldorf from Cannstatt, Germany.
to Pskov, Russia, in the race for the
international cup, said today that he in.
tends to write down his experience
on his way back to the United States.
He will sail on November 16.
Watts attributed his five DAYS de.
tentton by the Russian authorities
wholly to the fact that the Russian
consul at Stuttgart failed to note on
his passport that he was sailing the
Dusseldorf instead of the Kansas city.
which blew UP while being inflated.
Watts was still suffering today from
the effects of being struck on the
head by the basket as he was landing
and from the rough treatment he and
Atherholt underwent while trying to
convince the Russians that they were
not German spies.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-11
TOO MUCH POLITICS
IN THE PosTOFFICE
Postmaster Campbell is Charged With
Encouraged His Men to
Work.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. I
CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-THE hearing OF
charges that Postmaster Daniel A..
Campbell encouraged postoff1ce en-
ployes in Chicago to engage actively
in politics in violation of rule of the
department, was begun this after
noon. The evidence in the case which
will require several days was to be
heard by John T. Doyle, Of the fed
eral civil service commission; Peter
Newton, local secretary of the com.
mission, and postoffice inspector
who will be chosen by Doyle and
Newton.
A large number Of witnesses have
been summoned and all have been
warned not. to discuss the nature or
their testimony. The sessions of the
trial board will be secret and no in.
formation will be given out until all
the evidence has been placed in the
hands of the postoffice department Of
ficials at Washington.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-11
EXTRA SESSION
is UNLIKELY
Illinois Legislature Probably Not to be
Called to Name Lorimer's
Successor.

Limited Press Leased Wire Service. |
SPRINGFIELD, Ill Nov. 11.--Gover.
nor Deneen, Attorney General Stead.
L. Y. Sherman and other republican
leaders are comforting this afternoon
over the question of whether or not a
special session of the general assem-.
bly, shall be called to elect a successor
to Senator Lorimer and re-apportion
the state. The governor will issue a
statement tonight as to the conclu.
sion reached at the conference.
The general opinion OF party lead.
ers today is that no session will he
called The attitude of the progress.
sives elected to the 4sth eenerai az.
sembly Is considered likely to bar the
issuance of call. The progressives
contend that the election ended tba
life of the 47th assembly and that If
any session is called, 1t should he tho
18TH assembly members.
The attorney general is LOOKING nm
the law on the matter at the request
of the governor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-11
LECTURES AT FIRST
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
discuss Municipal Needs and condI.
ton at Meetings Being Held in
Local Church.

Inc First Christian church ia con.
uuctlng a unique series of lectures
Illustrated with lantern slides under
the tltie OF what is known as a
Social Mission The church is con
tributing a series of six lectures ON
i've, municipal problems and prob-
lens which will confront KeolSuk with.
IN the next few years. This is a ma
terlai contribution to the civic well
rare OF Keokuk. The Keokuk Indus
trial Association early recognized the
Importance of this work, and its of.
Ulcers and committees are heartily co.
operating In the series of lectures.
Inc subject for discussion this
evening is the Amusement Problem"
and the slides will portray the evil
influences in civic life Of saloons.
cheap dance halls. cheap theatres and
certain classes Of moving pictures.
On the other hand, views will be
shown indicating how this need OF
amusement may be met in social CEN
ters, Fairgrounds and other WAYS of
amusement that are helpful physical
" and contribute to the moral vel
fare of the city.
These lectures (each of which is il
lustrated by fifty slides) are given in
Reverend Lilley's characteristic style
and are material contributor to the
welfare OF all the people in Keokuk.
Reverend Lilley believes in helping
MS brother men and this series of
lectures is in line with what he be-
ieves to be modern christianity.
Everyone who has the welfare of
Keokuk at heart should attend this
series Of lectures. No admission is
charged and the public are cordi..lly
Welcome.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-11

OF the alarm clock devices. He wen,
% st. Louis and from there tn Mi
vernon, where he used the name Q,
van Clark. At Mount Vernon ne
blew up power plant April IS, being
built by the McClintic Marshall CON.
struction Company. he said. He ties.
titled that he carried the nitroglycerin
IN 2 suitcase in the smoking car OF
the trains he rode from Chicago to
st. Louis and thence to Mount Yer.
non.
Following the Mount Vernon explo.
sion. McManigal said, he was visited
IN Chicago by Herbert S. Hockin who
refused to pay him because he dyna-
m1ted the wrong job. Mechanical in
sisted that he blew up the right
structure and HoclSin SEM an agent
20 investigate. Later, the informer
said, Hockin returned to Chicago and
paid him s125 and expenses, caution.
ing MIN not to tell ]. b. McNamara
now much he received.
1t is the governments contention
lhat Hock1n double-crossed Mechanical
and pocketed most of the money an.
propriated by the executive board
me next move, according to Nc
Manlgal was telegram signed "Ping."
an alias used by Hockin, asking him
TO come to Cincinnati. ]. B. McNa-
mara was there and at secret meet.
ing In grove, Hockin gave McMani.
gal and Mcnamara instructions about
explosions to be caused in Cleveland
and Detroit. They were toll to coma
TO indianapolis to get dynamite and
alarm clicks.
On the train, the witness said. Nc.
Namara asked him what he got for.
the Mount Vernon job and informed
him that the supposed amount was
1883 They compared figures. Nc
Manigal said, and found that Hockin
mad "short-changed" him out of s525
AZ indianapolis, he said, they con-
ferred with j. J. Mcnamara and he
refunde dthe money to Mechanical
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-11
BEAVERS ARE
BEST DAM BUILDERS
Little Animals Have EnqineerIno
Sense and Better Brains Than
Some Men.

zone thinks of the beaver in CON
,nection with arctic climates and the
wilds of Canada and Hudson's bay"
writes Bernard Alfieri.
But have just met him under
summer conditions in Newfoundland
when one had to bushwhack in the
forests in weather SO hot that one
carried his coat as pack, and would
have been glad to get rid of it alto
gether.
Owing to protective measures the
beaver is quite common in the island.
Within a mile of Grand Falls, New
foundland, the center of that vast in
dustry where paper is made, colony
of beavers have established them.
selves on the shores of Rusty Lake.
They have built dam, where a
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-11
This pay y the First Anniversary Of
the Great sleet Storm
Experience In
xeokuk.
FROM WARM TO COLD
Fa'' n the Thermometer In Few
Hours Of slxty-Elsht De
srees-FIre That
Day.

One year ago today was a mamor.
able weather event in Keol,n,, Tha
DAY opened bright and PROMISING with
mlid velvety temperature. A little
after the noon hour great, ominous
clouds appeared in the far west grow
Ing IN density and darkness. brinp,ns
predictions of an unusually severe
storm OF some kind. At 1925 o'clock
p. m. the first signal gun sounded It
was the first roaring thunder of the
storm. At 1:55 o'clock the rain com.
menced to come down and continued
until Abs o'clock, when it turned TO
sleet, pouring its lev shot to tha
earth, Frustrating trees, fences md
other standing objects, breaking large.
sturdy limbs from trees and doing
other damage. This sleet continued
until S:25 o'clock in the evening and
when the measurement was taken IL
was found that the face OF the earth
in this locality was covered with =
carpet Of sleet one inch thick.
The temperature fell with the fall
of the sleet. At 1880 O'Clock on the
afternoon OF this historic Saturday
the mercury in the thermometer was
having a pleasant summer romp in
the upper stories Of the instrument
showing 70 degrees above: at mid.
night It was only IA above. The next
morning 1t marked only IL degrees
above, a fall in a few hours of about
6s degrees. It remained at this low
est point until o'clock the next
morning which was Sunday.
The firemen In the afternoon, were
called out to suppress fire away
down on the south end Of South Eley-
enth street, or somewhere in that
neighborhood They were gone about
two hours. When they started the
weather was fine and pleasant, but on
their return the storm was raging
and the thermometer had fallen to
such low degrees, that the firemen
suffered from the sudden change and
exposure.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-11
PERSONALS.

Mrs. Frances Willard Of Chicago, is
visiting at the home of Mrs. Grace
Brownell.
Charles ]. Engelhart of Canyon
City, Colo, a former well-known Keo.
kuls boy, is visiting in the city, look.
ing as natural as in the days of his
residence in KeoRuk.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Chase, Miss
Males and ]. Given Chase, all of Des
Moines and Mrs. Frank Crosswell of
Ottumwa formed pleasant automo-
bile party visiting in the city today
at the Hotel Keokuk.
c. B. Melenly of Waterloo, Iowa, is
a Keokuk visitor.
Richard Grams who has been visit
ing with his sister, Mrs. b. NJ. Pow
less at Peoria, has returned and re-
sumed his duties with the Adams Elk.
press Company,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-11

set an example most worthy to War
saw young men who could easily
form booster club OF forty and go
and do likewise on every occasion
that offered. The life of town is
IN It's progressive young men and in
these progressive times all the young
men IN this section ought to get busy
at once and the old men will cordially
help them.
]. w. Westfall passed through town
Saturday. destination Tioga, In the
interest of the great Keokuk and st.
Louis transmission line.
Rev. John Forbes Mitchell return
ed from weeks visit in Macomb and
Rushville and will on Tuesday to at
tend the synodical meeting at Rock Is.
land.
Sunday was so bright and warm
that very many of our people visited
the great dam, some of them even
the "steenth time We don't grow
weary of well doing" and can learn
something every trip.
There are whispers OF another we'd
ding before the holidays, the parties
being quite prominent.
Albert Holmes spent Sunday with
homo folks. He is principal Of the
Bowen schools.
Warsaw greatly needs laborers for
all kinds of work, but Aey are not to
be had. The laying of the water pipe
to the shoe factory is much hindered
on this account, the force of hands
being about one-third the number
needed
Mrs. Ella Slade Of Kansas City is
visiting her niece Mrs. Ella Goddertz
Mrs. Mary Jackson Harris and
daughter OF Chicago were calling on
Warsaw friends last week.
Rod Harris, former resident OF
Wythe township died in Chicago last
week of typhoid fever and was buried
in the cemetery of Wythe Congrega-
tiNMl church on Saturday afternoon,
Nov. 9. He was aged about 65 years
and resided in Wythe about twelve
years ago.