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CHALLENGE TO
CATHOLIC FOES
$4,000 Offered to Charity If Alleged
Oath Of X. Of c. Can be
Proven.

CRESTON, Ia Nov. MARTIN J..
Wade, in a speech here denounced the
sending of campaign literature about
the country intended to stir UP enmity
between church organizations. Con-
corning this he made the following
proposition:
ITO emphasize the absurdity of the
alleged Knights of Columbus oath,
am authorized to make the following
proposal by certain gentlemen of this
state. There will be deposited in one
of the leading banks of Des Moines
! the sum OF $4,000 tomorrow. It is
proposed by these gentlemen that
there shall be deposited by some man
or men or organization in said bank,
like sum of $4,000; and there shall
then be a committee appointed, COM
posed Of one Methodist minister one
Presbyterian minister and one Catho-
lie layman. The necessary privilege
will be obtained from the organization
of the Knights of Columbus to permit
an examination by this committee of
every obligation taken by knight of
Columbus, and
"First-If this committee does not
unanimously report that there is not,
in the obligations of the Knights of
Columbus, single aentence which Is
contained in the published oath which
has been scattered about, the $4,000
deposited shall be paid to any school
or hospital designated by the major.
ity of the aforesaid committee.
"second-If this committee does not
unanimously report that in the obliga-
tions of the Knights of Columbus
there is not single expression which
could be tortured into any expression
found in this alleged oath, tho $4,000
will be paid as aforesaid.
"Third-If this committee does not
unanimously report that one of the
strongest obligations of every Knight
of Columbus is loyalty to his country
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After two months of your wonderful
treatment l am happy to say that I can
hear again perfectly. I was almost en-
tirely deaf in both ears. Could not hear
a watch tick more than a few inches
distant with the best ear. Could not
hear any conversation without great
straining and difficulty catarrh OF the
nose and throat was very bad Eusta-
chan tubes were closed Now / can
hear watch tick several feet distant
and hear ordinary conversation as well
as l ever could in my life. The catarrh
is entirely cured and | breathe freely
through both nostrils without any ais-
charge of Mucous whatever, The throat
and voice are clear Before taking your
treatment l had tried a number of diff
ferent kinds of treatment without any
benefit. In fact I grew worse all the
time until came to you. / began to
improve rapidly from the very first
treatment. ] am now perfectly cured
and 4 regard your treatmen. as marvel
Gus In every sense and would not take
thousand dollars for the benefits
have received from it,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-01

When you have bad cold you
want the best medicine obtainable 80
as to cure IT with as little delay az
possible. Here is druggists opin-
Ion: II have sold Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for fifteen years.
says Enos Lollar of Saratoga, Ind.
"and consider 1t the best on the mar
ket." For sale by all druggists
Adv.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-01
Experiments
Never Before
Published
Mose mastsrly Work on Deafness. and
10 Causes Ever Prinaad ~
Fres Dlstrshsitloa-

Hitherto unpuhfished facts. snS 70
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-01
Murderous Family.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
SHREVEPORT, La, Nov. LA
strange case was revealed here
when Albert L. Watson was sentenced
to death for the murder Of A. G.
Bailey. Watson confessed that he
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killed Bailey. Mrs. Bailey. wife OF
the murdered man, is to be tried next
week for the murder OF Mrs. Watson.
wife Of the condemned murderer.
Following the murder of her husband.
Mrs. Bailey has confessed she killed
Mrs, Watson So that the surviving
husband and wife OF the two families
could wed
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According to Reports the Government
Will Provide New Fleet fer
the Upper Mis-
sissippi.
SEASON COO.
Good Water This Past Summer Has
Resulted In the Movement Of
More Freight Than
Before.

anticipating an increase in steam
boat traffic resulting from the i'm.
provement in the navigation OF the
river caused by the back waters from
the dam and the impetus to through
traffic the Panama canal Is expected
to give, 1t is said that an entire gov
eminent fleet will be built for the
upper Mississippi.
According to report from Rock
Island the boats will be built by the
government engineers this winter and
that the plans and specifications will
be started in the near future. The
cost Is placed at 100000 for each yes
sci. In addition to new steamboats,
several dredger, a number OF new
pontoons and some quarter boats will
also be built.
The government fleet now in ser
vice on the upper Mississippi is said
to be in poor condition resulting
from long service. The old wooden
steamboats, have broken down from
usage and 1t is expected that the new
fleet will be Of steel, constructed for
length and efficiency OF service. The
engineers have had to hire extra
steamboats, during the past summer
two of which, the Acorn and Prescott
are in service in the vicinity of Rock
Island.
4
Only Two New Boats.
The snagboat, David Upton, has
served it's time and soon must go &c
the scrap pile. The Water Lilly is nc
longer in service and another steam
boat is handling the river lights on
the upper Mississippi and Illinois tna
season. 1t is claimed that Of the en-
tire fleet only two boats, the U. S
Ellen and the steel drill boat, bull
this summer at Dubuque, are reai,
/; fit to continue in service.
The government engineers realizt
the need OF the new boats and if thu
proper authority is secured the worl
will be begun as soon as practicable
Packets Still Running.
With the closing of the government
canal the packets operating into this
city from above will be forced to
abandon their trade until next sum
mer when the lock is completed. The
Streckfus boat will operate between
st. Louis and Keokuk until the ice
begins to run. All the excursion boats
have been placed in winter quarters
and the river traffic for the year is
almost over.
The predictions of ample water
from March to November made %,
river men last spring were fulfilled
and more freight was moved by the
packets during the past summer than
any in recent years. The regular
passenger boats and the excursion
steamers also report an extraordinary
business. Much of the excursion
business was to and from the dam at
this city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-01
NAUVOO MAN AT
HEAD OF SOCIETY
e. J. Baxter 10 Elected President Of
the Illinois Bee Keepers
Association.

| United Press Leased Wire Service.
SPRINGFIELD. H.. Nov. LIE. ].
Baxter OF Nauvoo. m. was elected
president OF the Illinois Bee-Keepers'
Association, III annual convention
here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-01

Sick headache as caused by a dis.
ordered stomach. Take Chamber
lain's Tablets and correct that and
the headaches will disappear. For
sale by all druggists.-Adv
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-01
Letters Of Rejoicing from Those
Who Have Been Made to Hear
Extracts Grateful Patients Hearing
cd nv rhic NeNvAA

II have faithfully carried out your
instructions for the paa three months
and am glad to say that your treatment
has entirely cured me- the improvement
in both ears began at once and my hear
ing is now as good as 1t ever was In my
life. ~ general health Is also very
much improved and my friends as well
as myself are ali surprised at the re-
suits. As I had tried tho most eminent
specialists in the country without relief.
your treatment has also entirely cured
my catarTh. I cannot rnanx you too
much for relieving me of this terrible
affliction.'
'I am we'll satisfied with the resulta
of your treatment for deafness The
roaring in nay head has ceased and
can hear much better l am not using
the apparatus al the time now. I expect
/ should but I feel all right 80 / miss
sometimes I would not par. with 1t for
$1,000. SO you can see how / appreciate
it and how l feel toward Tour wonderful
cure for deafness
TT is with grea. JOY that l announce
to you that my hearing has been per
fectly restored to me through your
treatment.
deaf--and thought that would lose my
reason as the terrible head noises almost
made me crazy.
II could not attend to my work in the
round house and was forced to lay off.
4 former patient of yours gent me to
you, for which shall always be CRATE
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full to him. improves from the start
After the first treatment I was con-
vtrced you could cure me- Now after
six weeks 1 can hear n whisper across
large size roon--have been at work
since the first week and am ae we'll as
ever was Too much praise cannot be
given both you and your treatment Ihe
problem of curing deafness has been
solved by YOU"
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persisted in the FIRE, instead of two,
as first reported. The dead are:
Francis o'Brien. aged 8; Charles Mat
ZACH, 8. and George York, u.
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Gold Dust 71ui1,s
Philosophy az

My customers are mostly wives. who
have to bargain all their lives; each penny
of the household fund, is counted, and the
wasteful Stunned. For instance, take the
cleaning game: Not ali the cleansers work
Il L e Il 4 1 Il 4
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-08
MAKE USE OF CHEAPER DYES
Aniline Preparations, to a Large Ex.
tent. Are Being Employed to
Color Turkish Rugs.

Within the past two years vege.
table dyes, generally of local manu-
facture, have been superseded to n
great extent by the introduction into
Turkey Of coal tar and aniline prepa.
ratlons,' write Consul Masterson OF
Harput, Turkey, In the old days the
art of preparing vegetable dyes and
OF dyeing was followed by many
people OF this country, the secrets of
the trade being handed down for gen
erations. Those engaged In this trade
occupied an enviable position IN the
villages and lived far better than the
mechanics and tradespeople of The
place. In those times every rug weav-
Ing establishment had dyer perma-
nenty employed whose only work was
the preparation Of the different col
ored woods. indigo then formed a
considerable item OF import from In.
dia, for this color was the base of
many OF the different shades OF blues,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-08
Canada Has Sufficient
Coal for 5000 Years
1t Has Enough Agricultural Land for the Set
Ting of Millions.

the opening up Of this rich field Of ag-
rlculture. and 1t 10 high class OF ag-
riculture. carried ON BY the use Of
brains, and, where energy has not
been endowed, 1t has become In that
splendid air case of inoculated en-
|ergy.
The rapid advancement Of railways
makes the situation easy. Today one
may be located thirty miles from one
of the many branches of the different
systems. A year from now, the whis-
tie OF the locomotive and the long
train OF cars may pass the farm. the
elevator Is but short drive from the
home, splendid market Is established.
and all the advantages of an old set
tied community are at hand.
The prospects this year from an ag-
ricultural standpoint are exceedingly
bright, and, relieved Of untoward con-
ditions, the farmer is already counting
his bank roll, planning for more ex-
tensive operations for next year, and
figuring on paying out for his farm.
He is calculating what the increased
value of his holdings, as a result of q
successful crop, will add to his assets.
Already sore fields Of wheat have been
harvested, barley has been cut, and
the yield Is above his expectation. In
fact, the feeling at the time of writing
Is that never in the history Of any
country on the continent has there
been such prospect Of a large aver
age crop, all over the three central
provinces of Canada. as will be harvest
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-08

A report dealing with the coal re-
Sc irces Of Canada has been issued by
the Dominion Department Of Mines.
The estimates given are only based on
what is known. In the western and
northern regions. which have been
little explored, there may be vast de-
posits OF which nothing whatever IL
known at present. The officials Of the
department estimate that Of btu
minous coal there is in Canada 731s
billion tons: OF anthracite 461 mil
lion tons; sub-bituminous and Ignite
over 100 billion tons. The quantity
of coal now annually mined in Canada
is about - million tons. With an es-
timated quantity of unmixed good coal,
Of "A billion tons, 1t would require
6,166 years to exhaust the supply. II
the inferior grades were included, sup
ply would last for 14,575 years. OF
course the coal demands of Canada
will keep on increasing, but 1t will be
a good many years before the quantity
Of Canadian coal mined will equal
present output Of the United States
mines. Their annual output Is about
500,O00,000 tons. At that rate 1t
would take only 145 years to exhaust
the estimated Canadian supply OF
good coal, and about $50 years to get
to the end Of the total supply. And
with the increasing population, made
up of about four hundred thousand per-
sons year land it looks now as If this
number would be reached this year,,
one hundred and seventy-five thousand
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-08
SOME NICE DESSERTS.

Angel Parfat.-Boil together q cup
of sugar and a third of a cup of boil
ing water; pour over the we'll beaten
whites OF two eggs. When cold fold
In pint of double cream, whipped.
rack in half-pound baking powder cans
and place in equal parts of ice and
salt to mold. Let stand four hours,
then unmold and serve with fresh rasp-
berries. This amount serves eight.
Dainty Dessert.-When one has
plenty of cream there are endless va
rteties of most delicious dishes which
may be prepared on short notice.
Chop a half cup of blanched almonds
cut in quarters a cup of marshmal-
lows; add sugar to taste and stir into
pint of whipped cream. Put spoon
ful of this on slices of chilled pineap-
pie. The pineapple may be shredded
and the mixture served in sherbet
cup, tasting full as well.
Pastry shells baked in patty tins.
and when cold filled with sliced
peaches, well sugared, and whipped
cream added Is a variation from the
ordinary peaches and cream
Line sherbet cup with strips OF
sponge cake, fill with chocolate ice
cream, arrange tablespoonful of
whipped cream on the top of each,
sprinkle with chopped pistachio nuts
and decorate with a candied cherry.
This is called Chocolate Trihe. but is
no traing dessert
A delicious lemon strawberry frappe
is prepared by crushing a pint of ripe
berries and then pass them through
sieve; add a sirup of cup of sugar
and third Of a cup of water boiled
together, a half cup of lemon Juice.
Mix well and pack In a mold. Let
stand four hours in ice and salt.
simple and inexpensive dessert,
when nothing else seems available. is
cornstarch pudding Prepare the milk
and boil the starch, tablespoonful or
two to pint OF milk, sugar to taste,
and II chocolate or cocoa is liked, a
few tablespoonful OF that with a bit
OF vanilla Be sure to cook it long
enough to cook the starch well. Serve
with cream and sugar.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-08
MEALS WITH LITTLE HEAT.

For those who feel that they cannot
the heated term, there are many
dishes which may be favored with
meat in small quantities which serve
every purpose. The agricultural de-
partment tells us that two and half
quarts of milk are equal in protein ma
terial to pound of average beef, nine
eggs have the same value, two-thirds
of a pound or ordinary cheese, half a
pound of peanut butter and two-thirds
of a pint of dried peas, beans or len
ills.
There are still people who depreci-
ate the value of skinned milk: 1t is
most excellent for soup making, many
buildings and for use in bread and
rolls. Skim milk has nearly all Of the
food value left in it minus the fat.
This may be supplied if needed in any
of the dishes, SO that the milk is az
valuable practically for food as if 1t
were unskimmed.
cupful of meat added to dish Of
vegetables or with dumplings makes
n good favored dish, and the gravy
will make it go much farther. A mix
ture of two or three kinds of vegeta-
Eles with a cheap cut Of meat will
serve a large family. If housekeepers
studied the amount of meat necessary
per capita for their family and what
wGs considered suitable allowance,
there would be smaller meat bills and
better nourished families.
Excessive protein food is dangerous,
as Il imposes undue exertion on some
of the organs Over-eating is a COM
mon fault and many of the diseases to
%hich our flesh Is heir might be done
away with if we were more abstemiOus.
The suggestions to cure the meat
ridden" menu are the substitution Of
salads, milk and milk dishes, cheese.
eggs and nuts.
Nuts are so good and wholesome
eaten with no accompaniment except
salt, made into croquettes or baked in
loaf and served with a sauce as for
meat loaf.
Sudden changes are never wise; II
Is better to gradually wean the family
from large quantities of meat by the
substitution of some Of the above foods
Il little at a time
When cooking fowl add Snuckle
of veal and the favor will be nearly
as good for a pie as the chicken itself
for another days dinner.
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scotland silver medal and diploma
or recognition of the services which
his son. the late Andrew d. welsh.
rendered on the occasion of the great
earthquake of 1908. when the town
OF Messlha was wiped out. Andrew
Welsh was then engineer on board the
). D. Drake, which was used for con.
Veyihg the refugees to Palermo. and
was the means OF rescuing above roo
OF the unfortunate inhabitants Mr.
welsh afterwards sailed in the s. s.
auiilemot. and when that Inflated YES.
SCI was lost In the Bay OF Biscay. In
december last he was drowned IN a
heroic attempt to clear the pump. the
choking of which threatened a speedv
death to the whole ships company. In
the letter which accompanied the
King OF Italy's gifts, sympathy was
expressed with the parents in the los,
which they had sustained.
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and nearly every shopkeeper In the
market kept. as staples, some OF the
commoner vegetable coloring prepara.
lions.
Fortunately. however, the aniline
dyes can be detected with compara.
tive ease. The colors are always
bright and very pronounced and gen
orally, on the application OF little
moisture on a rag, Will rub of; or.
IT rug be placed In the sunlight for
few days the colors will fade quite
decidedly. On the contrary, vegetable
coloring is generally not so pro.
nounced In tone. will not fade either
in washing or In sunlight. and viii
grow softer. richer and glossier with
the passing years.
About the only reason for this
substitution Is the cheapness of ami.
line colorings In comparison with the
time and labor spent In procuring the
vegetable dyes. Hunting for some OF
the roots and herbs, boiling and blend.
ing. all take time and labor and add
to the expense of the vegetable dyes"
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ed this year. The railroads are add
ing to their already large mileage and
have got ready for handling the crop
| thousands of box cars. The govern
ment agents and the railways are max
ing arrangements for from fifty to six
ty thousand extra farm hands In order
that the crop may be successfully and
quickly harvested. business men are
laying In larger stocks than usual real
estate men are active. preparing for
the rush OF business that Is sure to
follow, and everywhere there is the
note of optimism. which seems to be
perfectly justi1able.
There is, as has been said, vast
area OF the country still open for set
Element and homesteading lying In the
center north. Speaking of this part
a writer. who made tic trip when the
crop was in its green stage, said:
Gust now, the whole country is q
beautiful sight, as 1t presents itself in
full dress Of living green, varied in
shade, many places elegantly fringed
and interspersel with pleatings Of
shrubbery and patches OF sweet scent.
ed flowers In rose, yellow, white, pink,
scarlet, cardinal and purple. In trav.
cling over the virgin soil, / have seen
some Of the most charming rolling
prairies, sloping hills, deep ravines,
mirrored lakes, artistic flower feldss
and natural parks that one could wish
to behold, and all placed there without
the aid Of man. The land In general
is heavily matted with grass, mixed
with vetches and pea vines, nearly up
to the knee, and many millions OF
acres of which are going to waste
while beef. pork and mutton are soar
ing at prices heretofore unknown. The
comparatively small acreage under cul-
tivaticn reminds one OF o few small
garden patches.
when we consider the estimated
crop Of 300,00O,0O0 bushels of wheat
for 1912, to be produced on these west
ern prairies from these garden patches,
some faint idea can be formed by an
imaginative mind as to the immense
possibilities and rich heritage of glo-
rious western Canada"
The estimate of the wheat crop, as
made by the writer quoted, is Excess
sive, but with even ESQ million bushels,
there will be a great deal of satisfac-
ton on the part OF the settlers.