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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-24
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S. D. Kilsey was taken to the Ora
ham hospital at Keokuk Wednesday
where he was operated on for appendi-
citis.
John McElroy has returned from
visit with his son Frank McElroy and
family at FIT. Madison.
Miss Mollie Boyer visited over Sun
day with her aunt Mrs. Agnes Sterl-
ing.
Mrs. Otto sherrick was an ottumwa
visitor Monday.
Mrs. Laura Sawyers has gone to
Hannibal, Mo-, for visit with her
son Harry Sawyers and family.
Rev. "a. H. Jesup OF Ft. Madison was
a business visitor Monday.
Chapter A. P. E. %. held their reg
|'ular meeting Monday evening at the
home OF Mrs. Elizabeth Masters. The
| topic for discussion was Shall Wo-
men Vote Questions pertaining to
woman suffrage were given the DIFFER
emit members which brought out a
general discussion.
Mrs. Myra Hassler has gone to
i Bonaparte for few days visit with
/ Mrs. Sarah Petrie.
i Grant Campbell OF Atlantic visited
4 recently at the home of H. B. Masters
d and enjoyed few days quail hunting
/ Mrs. Harry Bank and Miss Anna
i Riser OF Keokuk were recent guests
! Of Mrs. Julia Wanner.
s Miss Pearl Heath of Mt. Sterling
y visited over Sunday with her cousin
Miss Virgil Mclaughlin.
Word has been received of the mar
q rage Of Victor Telander and Mis-.
q Lois Coffeen at Sheridan, Wyoming
where Mr. Telander has been engaged
!. in the jewelry business for seyera
years. Mr.. Telander was a formeI
resident Of this place and has hos
Of friends who extend congratulations
John Kirkpatrick has returned from
Ames where he spent few days witt
his sister Miss Mamie who Is a stud
: ent there.
: DR.. and Mrs. M. J. Linderholm wer
: over Sunday guests of w. B. Newbol'
y and wife at Keosauqua.
+ The funeral Of John Combs was he'll
Friday at the Christian church cor
+ Quoted by Elder James McKiernar
V The deceased had been ill for severa
weeks and is survived by his widoN
r and one daughter Mrs. Ida HenshaN
n The Baptist Methodist union NEE
d ings now in session at the NJ. I
e church are drawing large crowds an
y much good is being accomplished
!. Evangelist P. C. Nelson. Is forcef,
l. speaker and his singer N. w. Woo
n has charge OF the large chorus choi
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Mrs Lloyd Werntz, who received
surgical treatment at Chicago hos
pital succumbed after an illness of
several weeks and death ensued from
the results of an operation. The de-
ceased was thirty-two years and four
months old when summoned; was
born and reared to young womanhood
in this city. The Rev. Sage of Keo-
kuk conducted the services at her
home church, the Episcopal, Friday
afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock, using the
beautiful burial service of that faith
which she was consistent member.
The choir rendition Lead Kindly
Light Asleep in Jesus. The body
bearers we're her schnolmate friends
who laid away the beloved daughter,
Iva Allen, In her earthly home in
the Montrose cemetery. Those who
survive to mourn are her parents,
IMr. and Mrs Chas. Allen, brother,
Robert, and Ruby Allen, of this place,
Mrs. Mira Tindell Of Chicago. The
Eastern Star took charge at the GENE
| terry. The floral emblems on the bier
/ were pr0fuSe ana DedullLul HooO
who were in attendance from out of
town were Mrs. Oscar Swartz Of Keo-
kuk; Mrs. VIM Siegal of st. Louis.
Miss Laura Curtis accompanied
| Miss Bessie sWorster from Chicago
Heights. where she will visit her
mother, Mrs. P. E. Worster, for an in
definite time.
Elmer Spencer expects to consult
la specialist for cancer of the face at
Mt Pleasant.
1 Cricken pox is prevalent here.
| Fred Sipes has the contract fol
plastering the large school building
at Hamilton Fred, they say. car
spread more mud to the square YARD
than any man in this vicinity.
i Mrs. VIM. Robson has arrived from
a hospital at Rochester, Mimi, where
she was treated for double goitre o.
the throat.
4 A merry hay rack party took In the
box social at the Liberty schoo
house Friday night in Jefferson town
ship.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sapp will return
from Abba this week to make he
home during the winter with her sol
kand family.
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Y. M. c. A. ITEMS
Colonel aearhar.. !.

Col. G. A. Gearheart of Buffalo, N.
Y, who is a deep student Of popular
topics and q very able. eloquent and
cultured platform orator, Is coming to
Keokuk to give two addresses. He
will be here next Sunday. In the aft.
ernoon at the Y. M. C. A. auditorium
his subject will be 'sCivic Righteous
ness and at night at one of the
churches With 1.-THE Coming Man." as
his topic. Press notices OF this emil
nent scholar and orator in the eastern
papers are most complimentary.
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NO EXCURSION RATES
FOR THANKSGIVING
Railroads viii Not Grant the Usual
Reductions This Year to y
Holiday Travellers.

Railroads are going out OF the ex-
cursion business. There will be no
holiday rates for Thanksgiving this
year east or west.
There are number OF reasons for
the withdrawal of special holiday
rates of late years. The two cent fare
is the principal cause for blotting
them out, according to railroad peo-
pie. The policy extends particularly
to the states where two cent fares are
in force, but 1t is not confined to
them.
Low traffic rates, including two cent
passenger fares coupled with the
fact Of the poor crops and increasing
operating costs that railroads have
faced for period of two years put
many lines all over the country on
the verge OF bankruptcy. In fact the
country at large is not aware how
close to the edge some OF even the
big systems got last year. The i'm
mense crops this year will pull them
through.
Again railroads have come to ap-
Ipr%iate that there is hidden danger
in che special rate for holiday occa-
sions. It is generally believed that
rates and the mileage privileges have
inspired or been factors which en-
i couraged certain class of state leg
Il islators to believe that rate which
lis profitable for q special occasion is
81 profitable for ali occasions IL applied
regularly. 1t Is this theory, railroads
believe, which is responsible for the
! introduction of reduced railroad rates
In all other lines Of business prices
have been forced up to correspond
!, with the increased cost of production
| The railroads alone Of all corporate
energies have been excluded by law
: from the free exercise of this privil
! ege, railroad men are declaring. Rail
roads have been forced to invest in
! more powerful machinery and keel
up the old rate of earnings by increas
!, ing the tonnage OF the hauls. In 9th
! Ell lines the output has been increased
In the same way but the producer has
: also had the benefit of the increased
prevailing prices. This is true from
:. the farm where steam machinery i
: used to the mill and manufacturing
! plant. Therefore there will be no eS
cursion rates for the holidays.
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Barn Burner Burton.

limited Press Leased Wire Seryice.l
GALESBURG, H.. Nov. 23.-Mose
Burton. a half-witted negro boy, con-
fessed today to Burning barns in the
fashionable part of the city. For sew
eral weeks early each Sunday morn
ing barn has been burned, and the
REPETITION caused great anxiety. Bur
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The boys appetite is of en- the
source Of amazement. Il you would
have such an appetite take Chamber
fain's Tablets. They not only create
a healthy appetite, but strengthen the
stomach and enable 1t to do it's work
naturally For sale by all druggists.
ADV.
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generous acknowledgement and il
tender memory of him.

Don't waste your money buying
strengthening plasters. Chamber
lain's Liniment Is cheaper and better.
Dampen piece OF flannel with t and
bind 1t over the affected parts and It
will relieve the pain and soreness. For
sale by all druggists. ADV.
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Gate City Want Ads. bring re.
suits.
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Iowa Telephone
Company

to disordered stomach. A man with
good digestion is nearly always good
natured. A great many have been per
manently cured of stomach trouble by
taking Chamberlain's Tablets. For
sale by all druggists.-Adv.
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ton has been living in cave in the
southwest part of town and said that
he burned the barns because he liked
to see the fire department come out.
He also admitted that he is the one
who has been troubling the depart
ment by sending in false alarms.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
PHYSICIANS.
DIR. C. j. CHRISTENSEN
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN

Y. NJ. G. A. Building
Office hours--9 to - a. M: q to 8
p. m. Residence IOWA phone 1857
2 rings. Office Iowa phone 1857, ring
Residence 800 North Eighth Street
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Is your husband CROSS? An irritable.
fault finding disposition is often due
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-13

That was enough for Carriere.
He left the house in broad daylight,
trusting entirely to luck; and on
his way out of the city he met a de-
tachment of troops marching to sur
round his hiding place. They halted
him, but a Bulgarian girl, a friend of
his future wife, who was standing near
by, claimed him as her brother, and
he was allowed to go on.
In Bulgaria he married the Russian
girl who had been his principal help
er and incentive, and cast about for
some new task,
Young Ford was as different from
Carriere or the others as a man well
could be. / have known Ford for some
years, and l think he is, without ex-
ception, the checklist man l have ever
encountered. For one thing, he Is a
newspaper man-when he is anything,
that is. Ford never works unless he
has to, and he always makes sure that
any position he accepts does not en-
tail undue effort, mental or physical.
1t vas several years ago that Ford
came to me and said he was going
to South America. BY leans unknown
he had got together about $4,000, and
he fancied that he could make at least
as much as he spent by doing special
descriptive articles of his travels.
His n mistake was In ~electing to
go by way OF Europe, more especially,
by way of Paris. l knew the hold
Paris had on Ford, so / was not sur
prised at the outcome--although | did
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-13
FIND OPIUM IN MAIL BAGS
$4,000 Worth Found In One on
Pacific Llner-U. s. Office to
Probe Japan Ports.

Honolulu.-Smugglers Of opium II
their efforts to circumyent the Gus
toms authorities at American ports
have been using mailbags as carriers
OF the contraband. Discovery Of this
method taken by the smugglers was
made sometime ago, but has been
kent secret while an investigation
was under way.
On a steamer, which arrived at
Honolulu from the Orient on August
8. a mailbag was found which, In
stead of containing letters, was
stuffed with 5000 worth Of opium.
Either mailbags long have been sur.
reptitiously used for this purpose by
collision between postal employees
here and at some Oriental port, or
the bag has been opened aboard the
steamer during the voyage. its mail
matter destroyed and the tins OF
opium substituted.
Assistant United States Attorney
General Gordon went from here to
Japan. and It is said his mission 10
To extend the Investigation to Japan
$50 n~~<s
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-13
PROPHECY WAS TRUE
Tragedy Rests on House Near
Grave of Slain WoOer.
Curse That Rests Over Place Near
St. Joseph, Mo-, Had Its lncep-
ton When Two Rival Gypsies
Fought Over Girl.

ST. Joseph, Mo,-Built upon
the unmarked grave of a muir.
dered wooer, a Httle house
stands upon a lonely knoll near Sax
ton station, seven miles east OF 81.
Joe, No.. a thing accursed and
Stunned by those who know its his
tory. They fear the baleful inlu-
enCes which are said to surround It,
During the IL years 1t has been
standing eight lives have been blotted
out by violent means, illness and i'll
fortune have followed the advert OF
new tenants, the crops have failed,
while those on neighboring farms
prospered and q sequence of misfor
tunes has logged the footsteps Of
those who have brayed the place and
its curse.
ThosCuTso that hangs over the place
began before the house was built. It
had its inception when two young
gypsiCs. rivals for the hand OF II
daughter Of the tribe. fell GU over
their love affairs and fought, The
vauquished one stole up behind his
sleeping rival that night and plunged
a knife into his back, Then he vent
to the king Of the band and confessed
what he had done.
Whatever the motive which inspired
the king-whether his heart was with
the murderer or whether he did not
want an Investigation by the autho
ties-he ordered that the body of the
slain man be taken to the knoll near
by and buried.
1t was years later that Christopher
Schroers, a young farmer, building the
house to shelter the wife whom he
soon proposed to take, looked down
from the roof he was shingling to see
standing at the foot of his ladder an
aged gypsy crone, She expressed a
desire to tell his fortune.
The fates are unkind, said the
gypsy dolefully, shaking her head
You are soon to be married. You
dream of a long life ahead. You
think to gather with your children
and grandchildren about this place,
But in your hand l see naught but
trouble. Your dreams will not come
true. You will meet a death of VIC,
lence, and your widow will be left to
mourn alone"
Get out with your bad-luck tales"
said Schroers and laughed again.
Il read a-truly," said the gypsy,
The house that you build shall be a
house Of i'll luck. Beneath n Of the
trees that shades 1t there lies a body
one of my own tribe who vas buried
there by the hands of his friends,
His spirit cries out for vengeance and
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Another one Of the SIX was Car
riere. He was. big and quiet, with
a deceptive plaeidity-not at all the
sort of man you expected 10 meet II
you had ever heard OF him.
Like many other adventures. Car
riere ran away at sea. Like all who
have ever done so, he paid for his
fun in sweat and agony. He was a
sailor before the mast for several
years, on coasting vessels. tramp
steamers, trading schooners in the Far
East. He was In the Philippines
when the var broke out, and he was
captured by the insurgents and held
prisoner for several months. He was
engaged In vague, Informed reyolu'
~tionary plots; he Joined secret soci.
cites that have for their aim the
emancipation of British India; and he
did many other things in many other
places that took him down into the
deeps of life.
Finally, he drIfted to the Balkans,
about the time Macedonia was in the
throes of the terrible revolt against
Turkish rule. Carriere became In
tensely interested in this blind strug-
gle OF a Christian people for free
! dom, and he determined to let the
world know some OF the inside details
of prevailing conditions, He believed,
too, that he could be Of help to the
revolutionary chiefs in perfecting their
organization in the villages and towns
of the five vilayets.
In the course of nearly two years
work he had carried out his entire
J plan Of organization, except in Salon
ika and some of the territory around
that city, He left that to the last, be-
cause it was the most difficult task
and he thought that, with the pres
tige of what he had accomplished, sue
cess would be more easy. The chief
of the local committee in Salonika had
rather a sinister reputation. 1t had
never been proved against him, but
there were rumors Of blackmall.
For several weeks, Carriere lay In
hiding In one Of the suburbs of the
city, receiving prominent members of
the committee and talking over the
new schemes he advocated. He had
no suspicious at first, although he did
not like the local yoivode, and 1t came
as a wholly unexpected shock when
his secretary was shot down on the
streets at night, after he had ventured
out for a brief walk. The local com
mittee claimed that a Greek had done
it, but Carriere was suspicious,
Two nights passed, and then the
old woman In whose house he was hid
ing came to him with a scared look
on her face. She had heard two men
talking in her garden about askarea
and the approaches to the house. One
Of these men was the local yoivode
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-13
AN EARLY BIBLICAL ROMANCE
First Popular Story In Ltteraturs
World Is Discovered In Ele-
phantine,

AssOuaL What is declared to be
the earliest popular romance In the
literature Of the world has come to
light in Elephanlinen an ancient is.
land In the Nile, neal Assouan This
tale, bearing the title ~"ACiCarius, Is
found In an ancient African manu-
script It was written about 500 d. c.
The tale is referred to by the author
OF the Book OF Tobias, and later 1t
appears In q modified form IN the
Arabian Nights. The manuscript has
been restored by a German transla-
tor, who gives an entertaining synop-
sis Of its contents:
The wise Achikar Is the vtzier OF
the king Stnacherib and his son
As]uraChiddin. He Is extraordinarily
rich, but has no son, When he com
plains OF this to the gods he receives
the advice to adopt his nephew Madam
in place OF a son. He follows the ad'
vice and i]nstructs Madam in all wis
dom-the romanC gives his precepts
In detail-and then Commends hts fos'
ter,sou to the king as his " sue
cessor. AsuraChiddin agrees. but Ma
dan misuBes his position and wher
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-13
Grace for Small Needs,

There Is more effort, more stead
fastness, involved In a diligent atten.
ton to little duties than appears at
first sight, and that because of their
continual recurrence. Such heed to
little things implies a c~easeless listen
ing to the whispers Of grace, n strict
watchfulness against every thought,
wish, word, or act which can offend
God ever so little, q constant effort to
do everything as perfectly as possible.
All this, however, must be done with
q free, childllke spirit, without rest.
lessness and anxiety. He does not
ask a fretted, shrinking service. Give
yourself to him, trust him, fix your
eye of faith upon his, listen TO his
dice, and then go on bravely and
ch~eerfully, never doubling for an in
slant that his grace win Iced you In
small things as well as great, and will
keep you from offending bic law OF
loye.-Jean Nicolas Grou
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sations must have resembled those
of an habitual user. He was sure
that he could see the flowers, huge,
colorous, many-hued clusters Of them,
the most magnificent collection Of
orchids in the world, cleaning enttc-
ingly through the Jungle trees; and
then he, himself, collapsed. When
he regained consciousness they were
back at the camp where they had left
the rest of the porters. Two Of the
men who had accompanied him were
dead; another was mad. He and the
rest, who had brought him off, were
horribly sick.
With the madness Of despair, he
begged his men to try again with
him. But they refused. The con-
tinued effect. of the scent was almost
intoxicating, SO they turned back,
Their way thither had been fraught
with perils. 1t was a Sunday excur.
sion compared with the march home
ward. The baleful influence of the
flowers followed close at their heels.
1t was always with them, like a human
vengeance. They were prosecuted by
fever; jaguars and serpents took their
toll; the blow-guns Of the Indians,
the stunted people Of the woods. slew
with poisoned arrows. In the end, a
handful staggered out on the banks of
the Orinoco and sought their way to-
ward the frontier of civilization. Gray
son was sick for months after he
reached Caracas. He was still sick
when he reached New York.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-09-13
VAGABONDS OF THE EARTH
-BY--
ARTHUR D. HowoEN SMITH
ARTHUR d. HoWDEN SMITH

WI
as In a cafe in Caracas, however, he
heard a tale which caused him to
change all his plans.
This tale. or, rather, legend, had
uttered into the city through the me-
dunn OF ~up-country planters, and had
oeen impaired to them by tame In
dams, who In turn, had heard It from
their wild brethren of the jungle. 1t
had to do with a mysterious place
known as Ell Lugar de los Flores
V~enenosos" (The Place of the Poison.
GUS FIoWers), a great clump of welrdly
beautiful flowers, exhaling a deadly
perfume, which was said to be located
In the dense wilderness that lies about
the h~eadwaters of the Orinoco. This
perfume was noticeable two days off:
within a days march 1t was sickening;
and by the time a man was within
sight Of the flowers, he was overcome
by the intense smell.
With the instinct of the orchid-hunt-
or, Grayson OWNED that the legend
implied the presence Of his quarry.
He secuted the melodramatic features
OF the tale, setting them down to the
imagination Of the countless untutored
individuals through whom it had
passed, and without more ado he set
to work organizing an expedition.
Strange to say, he preferred to be the
only white man, although he took with
him an old half-breed who had been
his companion on several other ex.
petitions, and a large train of Indian
porters.
One morning there was a p~ercepti,
BILE odor of flowers in the air; by moor
it had increased considerably. When
they camped that Night, the jungle.
smells had been entirely supplanted
Their nostrils were filled with the
cloying scent. A number Of the In.
dams refused to go any farther, but
Grayson, the half-breed and a hall
dozen of the stanchest porters pushed
on in the morning. The perfume grew
heavier and heavier as they advanced
Finally, n of the porters collapsed
In his tracks. Another went down
and another. Grayson could feel his
senses leaving him, although he strug,
gled on. He said he had never smoked
opium, but he imagined that his sen,
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Ruins on Island Of E~Iephantlne.
Achikar rebukes hiN for it he Sian
ders the wise old man, ~denouncing
him 20 the king as Il traitor, Achikar
Is 80 stunned with horror that ne 10
unable to utter a word In his own DE
Tense, ~whereupOn the ruler gives or
ders to Nabusamach to put him to
death. But NabusamaCh, who had
once been saved from death by Achi.
kar, kills a slave in his place and
hides the old man in a secret dun
geon.
THE Egyptian Pharaoh hears Of the
v~izier's downfall and promptly de-
clares war on the Babylonian unless
he shall ransom himself by the per
Torrance Of a heavy task. The kings
councillors are at [ loss for words OF
advice. In this dire need Nabusamach
confesses that Achikar still lives and
the king may avail himself Of his
counsel. The old vizier promptly res
cues the king, to the great annoyance
Of the Pharaoh.
The conclusion of the tale, Is as
naive as 1t is amusing In It's oriental
viewpoint. Madam Is deposed and
brought in chains before AChikar, who
has him i~ncarcerated and fed on bread
and water. Meanwhile he daily re-
gales him with intellectual ~sustenance
in the share Of stories and fables
which are packed with both worldly
wisdom and spiritual editlcation. This
Is especially interesting because It re-
calls the plan OF the ancient Sanskrit
collection of instructive tales known
as the Hitopadesa.
THE wretched Madam takes the
treatment very III. Overcome with
anger and chagrin-and possibly en-
nui-he "swells up and bursts!
This history was widely known In
the Orient and a pi0usly com
mented on by the writer of the Book
Of Tobias as follows:
Behold, my son, how Nadab INA
dam dealt with Achikar, that he
brought him alive into a dungeon un'
der the earth. But God recompensed
him for his sorrow. He came again
unto the light and Nadab went hence
into eternal darkness"