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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-02
Two Austrlans Who Can't Speak En-
gllsh Vet Evidently Think
They Give Money Away
In America.
cAsHED TWO CHECKS
Received $50 Each on Two Checks
Calling for Flfty-Two Gents
and Then Move to New
Quarters.

Two husky foreigners with the
musical names OF Kristo Micovich and
Jovo Krusslsich, are probably more
than ever convinced today that Amer
lea is the land Of the free and gen
erous They accepted a gift Of $50
each from BILL Downey last evening.
and since then they have been lost to
the world.
The two Austrians, who speak Eng.
lish about as fiuently as donkey
sings the notes of hooking bird,
have been working for the Stone and
Webster people that is, they worked
fifty-two cents worth for the Stone
and Webster people. Yesterday was
their pay day, along with other en-
ployes, and last evening they started
out to get their checks cashed. The
crowd went into G. E. Locks empor-
ium at Third and Johnson streets and
portion Of them proceeded to cash
their checks. "Bill'' Downey was pres
ent and he assisted in making the
change. He dug down In his pocket
aud from a roll of crisp bills, counted
out $50 to Micovich and like amount
to Krusslsich. Each Of the two for
eigners had checks for fifty-two cents
each, and Downey, in reading them.
mistook them to call for $50.
AS soon as the discovery was made
| the police were communicated with,
but SO far, all efforts to locate the
foreigners have proved futile. A
crowd of them went to Burlington,
but search of the crowd failed to
reveal the parties wanted. Places
where the two men might alight have
been notified, but late today the po-
lice were without any clue whatever
as to where the men might be.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-02
II Do Beat.

Manson Democrat: 1t beats hell
and it also beats the butcher, the
baker, the grocer, the merchant, the
coal man and the newspaper man,
how some people spend their money.
Take for instance the medicine show
at the opera house last week, when
people who were never known to pay
a debt they could get out of paving
and they nearly always succeed In
getting out of paving If they ever
get trusted for anything-spent money
like intoxicated seamen to help out,
their choice for the most popular
baby in town. They bought tooth
powder by the peck and there are
some people mean enough to say that
they never before bought an ounce OF
tooth powder or used a tooth brush
in their lives.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-02

aHREE hundred miles north o.
Calcutta, "the City Of Dreadful
Night" brings the traveller
into a land OF everlasting
and gives his nervous system q
sneSs shock Instead Of hopping his
suuus brow with a towel and patheti-
ie, ~, - ealing for iced lemonade. he now
c s,Hsrs under his overcoat and well
sn'ss W. the coolie with hot tea az though
comr srs 4 lifelong friend. But not the
,'.st interesting feature OF Dar1eeiinE
= the getting there
W. left Calcutta early in the after
.aon--we Of the Cleveland who HAD
n ~. across India 1t was . prosaic
ye.,is train OF day coaches that looked
~, us street cars mounted on high wheels.
~. ~. he he, roadbed was good and OF stand I
s "a gauge. Out from the city gates
a ga IN through suburbs that recalled
R,r,,ng's cheat rotted jungle hollows'
~ northward still through an endless
smccsssion OF the rice paddles Of the
S s delta we sped along until after
s,rhtfall. Then we drew up at land
,ne IN the bank of the Ganges. and
me Law big two decked river steam
the ferrypoat Of the sacred river
+ was the eve Of Thanksgiving day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-02
CONFERENCE OF
THE METHCDISTS
Committees Are Organized and Rev
Buckley Announces Re-
tIrement.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service J.
MINNEAPOLIS, May Most i'm
portant in the standing committees ar
rangements of the Methodist general
conference announced today, is the
retirement of Rev. j. M. Buckley. edi-
tor of the New York Christian Advo-
cate, who has for many years been
chairman of the committee on the
episcopacy. This committee decides
whether certain bishops should be re-
tired, determines the number of new
bishops to be elected and establishes
their place of residence. Buckley is
succeeded in the Craftsmanship of the
committee by DR.. Thomas Nicholson
of the Dakota conference. The con
ference committees as organized to
date are:
Revision Chairman, R. A. Booth,
Eugene, Oregon.
Episcopacy chairman, Thomas Mich
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-02
A Nerve Cure.

Peoria Transcript: Marie
Jones, eighteen years old and high
school pupil in Chicago, found her.
self on the verge of nervous prostra-
ton as a result of overstudy and too
close application to her piano practice.
The doctors ordered a rest cure.
Pa Jones thought differently; he
ordered work cure. The result was
that Marie was drafted into kitchen
service. Instead of soaking her pink
hide in Turkish bath, thinking sooth.
ing thoughts and lolling in q dim
chamber in eiderdown, Marie took a
course of daily treatment in washing
dishes, scrubbing floors, mailing beds
getting meals and mending socks
Also she cut out the moving pictures
and the moonlight walk and Struggled
into her downy cot at 9 p. m. nightly
After few short months, as the ties
mcnials read, Marie found herself
gaining in weight, forgot she ever had
a nerve and felt like wrestling bull
every morning. 1t didn't cost Pc
Jones a marquee sou.
Jones pere ought to 60 down in his
tory as public benefactor, but hi
will not Every girl whose parent:
happen to read this tale will hate
hate, hate him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-02
kAHo%a, MO-.
= 49, . . . : . . = = . : 4

The Courier Is installing new
press purchased from Lutz and Stahl,
of Keokuk.
s. P Mapes has been re-employed
as superintendent of Kahoka public
schools. He has given splendid salts
faction. The teachers of the grades
and of the High school will be en-
ployed at later date.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alva Hays are the
happy parents Of baby girl, born
April 25.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. T. Marsh of La
plata were guests over Sunday with
The formers parents in Kahoka.
Remember the date OF the Clark
county spelling contest to be held in
hahoka Saturday, May II.
The body of Rev. Harry Perkins,
colored, arrived In Kahoka Saturday
rom 0ttumwa, Iowa. Interment in
Waterloo cemetery Sunday.
Senator c.. F. Carter departed
tuesday for trip to southern Mis-,
souri.
Mrs. Anna Jenkins has purchased
The Mrs. Calvert property west of the
Presbyterian church.
sam Arnold has sold his 80 acre
farm southeast of Kahoka to Rudolph
hlrchner. Consideration 100000
County Clerk J. p. Scott will move
% his farm near Medill for the sum
mer.
Editor j. n. Talbot has purchased
me Jones sisters property just south
oi the Presbyterian church.
AS You Like IT. presented by the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-02
Not TO Be ln4lmIdated.

In certain New York town there
lived an eccentric character whom
every one called Uncle HI" In his
old age Uncle Hi experienced relig-
ion," and one night was asked to lead
the prayer meeting. AS he could Meth
er read nor write. the request might
easily have daunted him had he been
less courageous man. But Uncle HI
was not one to be daunted. Very sol
EMMY he rose and drawing his I'M
usually tall form to its greatest height
said: Brethren, sing the one thou
sandth Psalm" After silence, broken
only by an occasional litter, some one
said: There aren't as many as that"
Sing as many as there be, them"
Numbered Uncle Si.-Youth's Com
panion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-02
Senator'S Little Innovation.

A senator from Kentucky was one
day walking down Pennsylvania ave-
nue., in Washington, when dapper
young gentleman approached him and
said, "Ah. Senator, how de do? / call
ed on you this morning. Did you get
my card?" YES" said the senator.
"but what did you mean by writing
e. p in the corner?" "Oh, that's the
correct thing, you know" said the
young man, when you leave the card
yourself. 1t means EN- personne, left
in person" Next day it was the SEN
ator who met the young gentleman
and accosted him with the question
Did you get my card? / called on
you this morning" Yes was the re
ply, but what In the world did you
mean, senator, by writing s. B. A. N.
IN the corner? That's something new
isn't it?" "Oh, no." said the senator
that's the correct thing when yol
don't leave the card yourself. Tha
means Sent by niger"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-02

make a six mile Journey to Tiger hill
and back in order to see the sun rise
on Mount Everest, the loftiest In all
the world. A pitiless slave pulled us
out of warm beds into a shivering at
mosphere at the unearthly hour of 3
a m, but atoned for his sin by bring
ing hot coffee. Then we climbed into
our dandies or mounted sturdy little
ponies and were off toward the hill OF
sunrise. 1t was weird procession that
| wound upward through the darkness
and the weirdness increased in the case
OF an occasional lady whose dandy
bearers dropped behind, for they were
wicked looking bunch. But we all
| landed at last on the very top of Tiger
| hill just at dawn and watched the most
resplendent sun that ever shone as the
pink and orange light diffused across
| the eastern sky above great masses of
| heecy clouds.
All at once an exclamation broke
! from the watchers Directly in front OF
us the snow peak of Kanchenjunga
flashed up, all a-pink with the first
rays of light 1t is about thousand
/ feet lower than Everest, but much
nearer, so its vast and beautiful range
was aglow long before the first darts
/ of light had touched the giant peak
At last, as the rays shot higher, they
1 illumined distant pyramid OF snow
half concealed by two other pyramids
and we were gazing at the highest
mountain in the world $4,000 feet high
and more than hundred miles away
/ We were sf1ivering in the frosty atmos-
4 phere. and our toes ached in the freez.
ing temperature. but not croakel
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-02

ing the dalai lama, religious head Of
the Tibetan Buddhists. that mystic
rious hierarch whose exclusiveness at
Lassa has been almost proverbial. The
aggression of the Chinese on the one
hand and the cleverness OF the British
diplomats on the other have resulted
in his fight from Lassa and his ac-
ceptance of English hospitality. He
and his immediate court are domiciled
here In this mountain town, and the
Indian government bestows upon him
a respectable pension. expecting, of
course, some day to get value receiv-
ed" The dalai lama is also said to be
very wealthy in his own right. He is
also young man and not the hoary
patriarch that my fancy had painted.
Darjeeling in December was relative-
ly quiet little city. but during the hot
months 1t is alive with social activity.
Hither come army officers and civil
servants. bringing their families to re-
cuperate after the weakening strain of
work in the lower levels of India. The
| tea planters from the entire district
help to swell the throng, and many
friends and relatives come also from
England to visit here. And so 1t has
| come to pass that an Insignificant Six
kim town at the entrance to the pass
of Tibet has evolved into summer re-
| sort for the Anglo Saxon-another Sim
! la, but more fortunate in It's natural
! setting than any other mountain town
| in the great Indian empire. He who
has not seen Darjeeling has not seen
India, even though he may have trav-
ersed the Punjab and fingered in the
vale OF Cashmere.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-02

and on the we'll lighted and open upper
deck Of the steamer we caught
glimpse of white tablec1oth and white
uniformed walters And so 1t was that
we ate our Thanksgiving dinner on the
Ganges, with real turkey as the piece
de resistance. ordered by telegraph q
week before from the city Of the Tai
Mahal BY the time the coffee was
finished We had bumped into the pier
on the other side. a short distance
down the river, and then came rush
for the sleepers. In the chilly dawn
OF the next morning we crawled out at
sil!guri to ind warm breakfast
awaiting us in the station.
From this point the real fun began.
Had we been flock OF crows instead
Of a pack OF tourists we might have
gone to Darjeeling from Siliguri in a
fight OF twenty seven miles. but our
painting little locomotive pulled us over
a space OF fifty-one miles. for 1t is up
Hill all the way, and II was even neces-
sary to split our little toy train Ghe
track is only two feet wide) into two
sections in order 10 get up at all. 1t
mas al iHSpifuB rue upward 70 al
elevation OF 300 feet. and overcoats
we're in demand before half the dis
lance had been covered. Beautiful for
ests, with tea plantations interspersed,
line the little railway all the way to
the top, for this Is one of the worlds
famous tea districts. We went up one
range after another in spiral, often
winding backward until we could look
down and see below us the rails over
which we had passed fifteen minutes
before Four times we made beautiful
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-02

freshmen class Of the High school
at the opera house last Friday night,
was pronounced to have been the best
OF the series. Al large audience was
in attendance and showed their ap-
probation by hearty applause.
A large crowd from Kahoka will at
tend the track meet in Keokuk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Woodruff
have sold their residence in north part
Of town to Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Ewart OF southern Missouri.
The case of Grover Calvert charged
with grand larceny came to a close
last Friday with verdict OF guilty
and the punishment assessed at two
years In the penitentiary. The case
has been appealed.
A special school election was held
in Kahoka Tuesday to vote on two
propositions. First--to vote levy OF
100 cents on the 500 assessed valua-
ton for school purposes and the sec.
ond for a levy of % cents on the Sloc
valuation for repairing and refurnish-
ing the school buildings. The former
carried by vote of 200 to 53 and the
latter was defeated by vote of las
to ITO. For the good of our schools
both propositions should have carried
by large majorities.
| G.. w. Laugh and wife have moved
1 to Centerville where he will have
charge Of a section.
| Al number Of people from Kahoka
attended the celebration of the Re
we're 1. o. O. f. and Rebekah lodges
last Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wood are the
parents of IL pound son.
First band concert of the season II
the park next Saturday evening.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-02

olson, New York; secretary, o. F.
Hypes, Cincinnati.
Temporary economy-Chairman, J.
Edgar Leacraft. New York; secretary,
John Kratz, New York.
State of the church-Chairman, AL
bert j. Wallace, Los Angeles; secre-
tary, j. D. Gildan, Lagrande, Oregon.
Temperance and Prohibition Chair
man, ]. Frank Hanley, Indianapolis;
secretary, w. H. Anderson, Baltimore.
Book contest-Chairman, j. H Rice,
Chattanooga; secretary, j. H. Ferst,
Canal Dover, Ohio.
Home missions Chairman, T. J. B.
Robinson, Hampton, Iowa.
Education-C Chairman, w. H. Craw.
ford, Meadville, Pa; secretary, e. NJ.
Mills, Syracuse.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-02
.sRlcHAm" YOUNG viaoRs
Kidney and Bladder Disease Can OF.
ten be Relieved, But How Many
Remedies Effect Permanent
Cure.

!, Lewis Coleman, sworn on my oath
say, am Al years of age. Three years
ago became badly afflicted with Kid.
ney and Bladder troubles, my back
hurt me SO bad could not sit up,
could scarcely urinate and then small
quantities, with hard efforts, although
having to respond to the call Of ma
ture every hour. After trying other
medicine, commenced taking Brig
ham" Young Vigors, and the improve.
ment in my health began Immediately
and after had taken or Z boxes, I
was entirely we'll; and fearing the re-
turn of my affliction, took or 8
boxes more, and since that time have
had no Indication of any trouble with
my kidneys and bladder whatever
further swear ! am paid nothing
directly or indirectly for this affidavit,
and If some other poor sufferers are
cured by means Of reading what cured
me feel that am well paid for the
testimonial. LEWIS COLEMAN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this gath day of December, 1910
| (SeaD N. 7. CHERRY,
Circuit Clerk.
| Never accept substitute.
| For Sale by, I. G. Reeves, 326 Main
St., and other Keokuk dealers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-02
Commercial Dishonesty.

The London chamber OF commerce
has gathered evidence showing that
there is growing disposition to mis-
represent the nature, origin, quality,
quantity and value of goods offered fos5
sale, both at home and abroad.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-02
ssalnuo" Beats Bloody Razor and Ali

Fuss no more with bloody knives
and razors-with Shiny salves land
sticky plasters. Bother no more with
bulky straps, cotton wads, cloth dough
nuts and similar nuisances! No more
need adding insult to injury.
Foot-torture days are over! Praise
be to Bingo! Great. wonderful, Corn
Conquering Bingo. Worst corns quick
ly yield to it's whitening touch. In
lammation and pain stop "as II by
magic,' No harm to normal flesh.
Corn or callous just fades away
you peel it off, cast it from your
sight-foot trouble then is merely a
memory!
Make no mistake. II pestered with
corps, bunions, callouses, warts
severally or collectively-it's BINGO
you want There isn't anything Just
as good"
At druggists. Csc. Or direct upon
receipt of price, by Dennison Pharma
cal Co, Ill No. Dearborn St., Chi
cago, H. Sold in this city by
WILKINSON & co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-02

'Train 47s-Leaves Keokuk. TAO am
'Train 741-Leaves Keokuk. $3.50 pm
'Train 472-Arrives Keokuk. 7:40 pm
sTratn 470-Arrives Keokuk. 1:05 I'm
Local Freight Trains.
'Train 86-Arrives Keokuk. $3.50 pm
'Train s5-Leave Keokuk.. TOO am
sDaily except Sunday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-02
c. E. q q. RAILWAY co.

Trains leave from Union Depot.
No. s. st. Louis and south,
sDaily except Sunday. 'fsE-s I,
ssSundays only. rFNT ysls
South Bound.
leaves .@.............. 1870 pm
streets.
sodVeS ss....... 46.Ao IA
mo. IL, st. Louis and Kan
sas City and west. south.
leaves -................ $50 am
NO. 4, Quincy. Hannibal q
st. Louis. arrive 1:15 p. N.
EMO. 10, Quincy and Hanni-
bal. arrives ..........-.... 1925 pm
No. 10 leaves ............ $3.50 pm
Berths and tickets, Fifth and Johnson I
North Bound.
No. I, Chicago, ST. Paul
and points west, leaves =. 2:35s am
mo. IS, Chicago. st. Paul
and points west, arrives !. 1885 pm
mo. 10 leaves ........... 7:S5 pm
'No. 8, Burlington, Chicago
and east, leaves ......... 1:55 pm
mo. /, Burlington, leaves 7:35 am
sNo. 81. Donnellson, G. B. &
| K. c., and North Road
leaves ......-........... $3.50 pm
EMO. 50, from i.onn ellison.
c.. B. & X. O.. & North
Road, arrives ........... 11:30 am
sNo. /. X. & W., west leaves 9:05 am
emo. 8, Centerville. leaves 1885 I'm
'No. 4, from Centerville and
points intermediate arrives Isis IA
EMO. 2, from Centerville and
west, arrives ............. $40 pm
'No. 8. Centerville. leave s:1o pm
''No. 6. from Centerville. a.
rives ................... I:55 am
! Daily.
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The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-09-06
BOARD AND ROOMS

Calls are beginning to come in
for board and rooms by students
who wish to enter Prescott Agri-
cultural High School. Friends
will you kindly open your homes
so that we may take care of the
young people who wish the adam
tages that our school offer them 4?
We trust that TO one will have
to be turned away because of the
lack Of a home. Those who can
take one or more students to mott
fly Mr.. Alex Vaughn, Secretary
of the Board of Education or the
Supt, Mr.. J. W. Tavenner.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-09-06
DRUNMERS RESPONSIBLE

That the drummers, more poll
tely termed Travelling Statesmen
are responsible for a great big
per cent of the high cost of living
is the verdict of two prominent
Stephens business men very forci-
bly, expressed in the presence of
the News editor a day or two
ago.
These business men said that
there were drummers coming to
Stephens every week who could
as easily quit the road without
any inconvenience to the public
and the business world as if they
were present all the time. They
cited the instance of N eat and
other drummers who swarm in
here every week TO sell their
goods when there is absolutely
no need of it. The salaries, rail-
road fare and hotel bills of these
men must be added to the price
of meat and the consumer pays
the salaries and expenses of the
great army of drummers who are
everlastingly travelling up and
down the country, he mas pre-
cious little left to buy anything
with.-Stephens News.
And by the way, we heard a
man say the other day that he
thought if the farmers or other
consumers would order their sup
plies from the Mail Order Houses
and cut out this everlasting pro-
fit that was going to the home
merchant that they would not
be so high. Now what do those
two prominent merchants of
Stephens think of that idea?
Where would you stop this cut
ting out business?
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-09-06
SPECTACULAR PYR0TECHnICS AT
ARKANSAS STATE FAIR

The Arkansas State Fair
management offers to the people
of the state each year, some parti-
cularly spectacular exhibit which
constitutes one of the big at
fractions.
Experience in tn e past has
proven that nothing attracts the
public attention like day and
night fireworks which have been
the fea ures of several fairs in
past.
This year the management has
contracted with the Pain Fire
works Company, for one of the
greatest pyrotechnic spectacles
ever witnessed. "The Last Days
of Pompei, a reproduction of
this historic city. wildly shown
in a daily spectacle and on a
grander scale than this event has
ever been attempted before.
Pain is the greatest producer.
of fireworks display the world
has ever known, and this year at
the Arkansas State Fair he will
be given greater leeway in the
matter Of expense in staging the
spectacle and for this occasion,
many new and novel features
have been added to make the dis
play greater than ever.
Every day of the fair there
will be both day aud night fire.
works a spectacle which it cost
thousands of dollars to produce,
and it will prove one of the big
attractions of the 1912 fair.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-09-06
LOCALS

Vote against license.
Vote against Act No. 2.
Rub Ny Tism will cure you.
Vote the Democratic ticket and
be happy.
Everything in drugs at Guthrie
Drug Store.
A. A. Gordon is spending this
week at home.
Born-Last week to Mr.. and
Mrs. N. B. Price girl.
Roy Hale of Little Rock, was
Prescott visitor last week.
Pure Drugs and a square deal
] for every one. Guthrie Drug
Store.
Vote against Act No. 8. This
is the election law initiated by
the republicans.
Bamboo Briar Blood Builder, a
tonic you need this hot weather.
81. 90 at Guthrie Drug Store.
W. NJ. Mum and family left
yesterday morning for Arkadel-
phia. where they will make their
future home.
5 or 6 doses 666 will break any
case of Chills & Fever; and if
taken then as a tonic the Fever
will not return. Price 25c.
Ninety Three, hair tonic and
Ninety Three Shampoo Paste will
make your hair grow. SOC and
$1.00 Guthrie Drug Store.
Dick Christopher is now cut
ting meat at the Model Meat
Market. He asks his friends to
call on him when in need of nice
cut meats.
Vote for Amendment No. Is
That is the bond amendment for
cities and if the cities are willing
to have the bonds the country
people should not object.
Louis Suckle, proprietor of the
New York Store is in New York
City where he is buying up-to-
date Fall Merchandise for the
New York Store. New fall goods
is coming in daily.
Vote against Act No. l. This
is the T. J. Bill, and it proposes
to increase the revenue and OF
course that means more taxes,
and every body knows that we
are loaded down with taxes now.