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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-21

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Write Immediately for free outfit. In
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ing, Philadelphia.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-21
Offer One Million.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. !
LONDON, Aug. 21-An English
syndicate headed by Max Rasinoff to-
day cabled Oscar Hammerstein an Of
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house. The syndicate made deposit
of $4,000 as an evidence of good
faith,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-21
Mother TO Kittens.

LIBERTY, Mo-, Aug. 2L-Being de-
MED the right to set and raise a brood
of fall chickens, hen belonging to
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-21

LOST Silver purse on Des Moines
street between Second and Seventh.
Return to 5O2 So. Second street. Re-
ward.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-21
w ant Column
WANTED.

WANTEDt-Men to learn barber trade.
An army OF our graduates running
shops depending upon us for BARRIERS.
Many jobs waiting. Can't be had else.
where. Write today. Moler Barber
College. No limit to term. st. Louis,
Mo.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-21
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-House of six rooms, four
closets in house. large detached
summer kitchen, cement walks, fine
yard with fruit trees. Opposite park.
If you are looking for such a place
call at No. 1924 Orleans Ave-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-21

Rev. j. s. Cossairt drove a cat away
from four newly born kittens and is
mothering them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-21

LOST Between 18th and 14th on
Johnson, silver mesh bag with s5.75
in silver Return to this office. Re-
ward
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-21
Lloenaed TO Wed.

Jesse Deere. age ~, and Ruth Vice,
Ase ~, both Of yincennes
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-21

WANTED Girl for general house
work. Apply 725 N. Eighth st.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-21
FOR RENT.

FOR RaNT--Two furnished rooms,
modern convenienoes. 917 Blon-
deau.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-21
MISCELLANEOUS.

BARBER CoLLEGE-Learn barber
trade. Tools furnished. wages paid
Power City Barber College. 20 North
Fifth street. Keokuk. Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-21

FOR RENT-Nice large front room
strictly modern. Phone 1925 Red.
The Press., 1912-12-11
SHATTERED THE MOUNTAIN.
A Volcanic outburst That Tore Kra-
 katoa Up l. tae Roots.

A Volcanic Outburst That Tore .kra" katoa Up Ll t1e Roots.
 The eruption of Krakatoa. ill tbe Sunda strait Aug. 2S. 1883. still ranks first among the appalling convulsions of nature.
 Krakatoa was volcanic: mountain midway between Sumatra and Java but 1t had been inactive since 1880. IIl the spring of 1883 it began to show signs of activity. On the 26th of August loud explosions were heard. and on the 18th came the eruption that fairly shook the planet.
 The eruption was followed by, an appalling darkness, with a downpour of mud and sand. Then came tre- mendous tidal movement, the water receding and then returning and over whelming the people on the shores. The tidal wave was fifty feet high. When investigation became possible it was found that Krakatoa had burst, throwing one part eight miles to the north and hurling the other part com pletely over Lang island, seven miles to the northeast.
 The great mountain was literally torn up by the roots, as was shown by the fact that over the spot where the exploded volcano had stood the sound ing line found a depth of 16O fathoms, or 9G0 feet. Other soundings showed that the bottom of the ocean for miles around had been changed. Islands that had never been seen before appeared and others entirely disappeared.
 The damage to human life, done ! chiefly by the monster tidal waves, has. never. been definitely estimated, but it is known that at least 100000 -perished. The. loss was probably far in excess of tlf1f humber -s.aSome idea of the force of the ex- pIosion may be had from the fact that the waves that were started by it and driven east and west from the mar row straits, travelled across the oceans i and met on rhe other side of the globe. Indeed, it was proved that these waves crossed%at the antipodes and encircled the earth no less than four. times be- fore they got back to normal.
 Strange as it may seem, the detOna- tion accompanying the explosion was felt 5000 miles away, while from it's very immensity it was almost inaudi- ble to the dwellers in the immediate vicinity.
 Wonderful, too, were the meterologi- cal. phenomena ,felldWi gtfthe dread calamity. The sun did not rise or set fin the old familiar way for more than year after the explosion. The clouds appeared to be touched with strange lurid tints, and the blue of the heav- ems did not look as it had looked be- fore The superstitious in all lands felt that the very laws of nature were changing~and some imagined that the world was nearing its end.
 The explanation, later on given, was that the queer phenomena were due to the fact that the awful explosion had filled the whole upper atmosphere with thousands of tons of fine dust, which encircled the entire earth and changed the aspect of the heavens.-New York Amer. ain ''''
The Press., 1912-12-11
A TRIP IN ASIA MINOR.

Scenes Along the Route From Con. stantinopIe to Antioch.
 The modern traveller in visiting Anti och of Pisidia, will be likely to start from Constantinople. He will take the steam ferry at the bustling Galata bridge, the most famous and the most crowded bridge perhaps in the world. He will land at Haidar Pasha after a 1 half hours sail, where he will take a very comfortable train on the, Anato- Han railway, which is built and equip ped in first class German style.
 For fifty miles the road winds beside the beautiful sea of MarInora, afford ing charming glimpses of mountain and ocean, of peaceful bay and bold surf washed headlands. At Ismid the road begins to rise and great granite mountains. snow. covered through much of the year, come into view. .. "-
 Through stern. rocky, barren defles the railroad winds its way, occasiQn- ally skirting q small village of adobe houses surrounded by vineyards and by groves of olives and mulberries.a The silkworm is chief source of the little wealth of this. country, and the thou sands of,sacres of mulberry trees fur nish him with food. ;'
 We are now indeed in the land of the classics This is the very route that Cyrus the Younger followed with his great army, 400 years before Christ, in the expedition of which, Xenophon tells us.
 At the town of Chai, where we ar rive at noon on the second day. the army of. Cyrus putinied and halted for five days demanding an increase of pay. Thus we. see that strikes and quarrels over wages are not altogether things of modern invention. Near here. too, was fought great battle a hum dred years later, when Seleucus l., the founder of Antioch and the mighty puler of all this region, defeated Anti gonus. the one eyed general of Cappa- docia Christian Herald. ..... :
The Press., 1912-12-11
SHE DIDN'T LIKE CARLYLE.
Janet Ross Tells a Couple ot Tales to
 JustiTy Her AversIon.
Stafford Springs.

Janet Ross Tells a Couple ot Tales to
 Justify Her Aversion.
 Two good stories nt Carlyle appear In The Fourth ipneratiUn," by Janet Ross. the daughter of the brilliant Lady Duff-GordOn:
 ''The one of our many visitors to Queen square whom l cordially dis liked was Mir. Carlyle. He was a great friend of Mrs. Austin and pro- fessed to admire I.ucykin., as he called my mother. very much. One after noon be had discussion with her on German literature. and, her wonderful elOquence and fire prevailing. Carlyle lost his temper and burst forth in his Scotch tongue. You're just a windbag. Lucie: you're just windbag! had been listening with all my ears. as my grandmother always spoke with such enthusiasm about him: but. furious at my mother being. as thought, called names by SD uncouth d man. 1 inter rupted and exclaimed. My papa says men should be civil to womenr For which pert remark l was reproved by my mother MT. Carlyle. however. was not offended and only observed 'Lucykin. that child of yours has an eye for an inference"
 At later age she had this expert ence with him: My cousin. Henry Reeve. the great Henry as we called him. while others irreverently knew him as Baron Puffendorf' was all ways kind t0 me. When stayed with him in Rutland Gate 1 took up my cob. and we used to ride in the park with his friend. Charles Greville. whom l did not much like. with De lane. jnunty and kindly. who had smile and a nod for every one and looked freShPr than many of the young girls. although he was up till 2 or 8 every morning at the Times office. and with Mir. Carlyle
 Henry welcomed Carlyle with effu- sion hut generally managed that De lane or Charles GrevIlle should ride with him. while I had to go with Car lyle One day as we were trotting his widPawake blew of A civil work Ingman picked it up and ran after us InStrad of giving him a sixpence or even twopPnce. Carlyle said: Thank ye. my man Ye can just say ye've picked mp the hat of Thomas Carlyle. ] felt so ashamed that l told EOthen he must come and meet me in the park and take me away from the sage" -..s .-.
The Press., 1912-12-11
Sturdy Swedish Girls.

Bathing in Sweden is business. Even the hotel bathrooms are extraOr- dinary-regular suits of rooms, one for the bath proper. one for shower baths of various sorts and one for drying room. wherein you find enormous tow els as large as American sheets. The public baths are. luxurious. They are built around courts where, after the bath you may! have. your coffee under great trees surrounded by beds of beautiful flowers. It is apt to bother Americans a bit to find that the bath rubbers for both men and women are strapping. Swedish girls. businesslike and una abashed. But this Is only one manifestation of the advanced activi- ties of woman in Sweden. You find her occupying all sorts of positions, You see her boldly swinging off street cars without waiting for them to stop. -Harper's Weekly. .-a.. 1s..'>'.,-:
The Press., 1912-12-11
James Lick's Test.

This is told of James. Lick, the eccen- tric San Francisco millionaire, who founded the famous observatory bear ing his name. When taking any one into his service he always asked the person to plant q tree upside down the roots in the air, the branches tln- derground. If there were any protest the man was at once sent away. Iicf saying that he wanted only men whe would obey orders strictly.
The Press., 1912-12-11
1913 Models of the Indian MOtocycle.

Followinglthe ''14 Important Improve ments'' of 1919, The Hendee Mfg. Compa- ny announce no less than a dozen addi- tional new features in theh 1913 model of the Indian Motorcycle
 By far the most significant feature of the new machine Is the Cradle Spring Frame. It Is something entirely new. 8 radical departure from the conventional bicycle and recent motorcycle systems of "epringing." Briefly, the new device consists of the application to the rear wheel of the Indian Cradle Spring device as used on the front fork for the past three years.
 Extending back horizontally from the frame joint cluster under the saddle, flank ing the rear mud guard. are two leaf Chrome Vanadium steel springs. The "C'' shaped curls at the rear end of these springs are connected by stays to bell eranks on which the rear axle Is hung. The forward end of the rear fork has a hinge joint which enables the rear wheel to yield to imperfectiOns of road surface. All shocks are completely absorbed by the leaf springs. The rear wheel can go through almost any vertical motion with
 HENDN EITKTNGED Ar.
The Press., 1912-12-11
Not Worrying.

sYoung Wife--I want you to- promise me one thing. If we would avoid trOu- ble we must live within our means, and to help me in doing this want ,.our promise that you will never run fiji debt. Young Husband-I will prom ise. my love. If ever get in debt I'll let the other fellows do the running.
The Press., 1912-12-11

out affecting the body gof.Ithe machine.
 There Is no bottom" to this spring de- vice. The life of the3machine Is greatly increased.
 The Engineering Department of The Hendee Mfg. Co devoted IS months of exhaustive ktest to the Cradle Spring Frame before finally deciding on its adop- tion for all models of the 1913 Indian.
 In addition to the Cradle Spring Frame, the 1913 Indian embodies 10 other i'm portant improvements which will be ap- preciated by motorcycle riders in general Prices remain the same as last year.
 New style, single clinch rims; larger tires wider mud guards front and rear with larger splashers casing for upper stretch of transmission chain and curve of sprocket larger luggage carrier in rear, fitted to all models; foot rests, as we'll as pedals, fitted to regular h. p. and 7h p. models; foot brake lever fitted on left side now operates band brake as well as the pedal action; larger size multiple disc clutch now fitted to all models alike; i'm proved Indian type saddle.
 All 1913 Indians will be chain driven and finished in Indian red only. mt, Stafford Springs.
The Press., 1912-12-11
Runk,o;eed.

''Son. why don't you play circus? It's great fun First you make sawdust fing.''
 '.whereII l get any sawdust. dad7''
 Here's the saw. Just. saw some df that cordwoNl into stove lengths. You can have all the sawdust you make" Pittsburgh Post
The Press., 1912-12-11
. ---------E-7-'-+--- - -v7-V '
 Seven IHa Human Llfe...

# X ,wgites divides the human life as folioMs:. At three times seven a man reaches a competent age in the eyes of the laWsa,tt four times seven he is in full possession of his strength: at. five times seven he is fit for the business of the. world; at six times seven he be- comes grave and wise if he is ever des- tined to: at seven times seven he is in his apogee, and froms that time he begins to decay: at eight times sseven he is in his first climacteric.. at nine times seven. he is in. his grand eltmac- teric. and.at ten times seven he has reached the allotted span of lifesig.
The Press., 1912-12-11
snttinn It un tn pata.

He-They say that no man Is hero to his valet. She-And no man is a hero tu his stenographer.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Press., 1912-12-11
Fen4inine Deception.

"Pm goin' ato. swear off onapinchin' wonenss purses" said Csimlet Pete dis Rustedly. .s+
 What's the matter? asked Cork screw Hank. tsl# .a} "Aw. follow nice, plump pocket book for Il mile. It was bulgin' out. An when I cops it what do get? A. handkerchief. pair of old stockings a secondhand wad of chewing gum Cincinnati Enquirer , -ss :.~ 4i5egiS-
 k. Great thoughts reduced to practice Aacome great Ncts.-Hazlitt.
The Press., 1912-12-11
Bells and the Koran.

+ It is said in the Koran that beautiful bells are hung upon the trees ofspdra' disc in such way as to be stirred by wind from the golden throne of God whenever the blessed ones in his pres ence wish''fo music. It is 10 this that the author of ''Talla Ro0kh" refers in the Hines: ''''-- '-'>.'
 Re,,s os musical a:-s. ..u.t |. s~e
 As those that on the golden shafted trees Of Eden. shook by the eternal breeze.
The Press., 1912-12-11
w.il DeHred.

"Pa. is a vessel boat?" "Er-yes. you may call 1t that. Well. what kind of boat is a blood. Gssel?' "A lifeboat."
The Press., 1912-12-11

Iris held that sorrow makes us wise -Tennyson.
The Press., 1912-12-11

Life is Rot so short but thai there i. always time for courtesy Emrrsthi
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-23

Around us were ranged five eld-
erly men, u other women and
twice as many. children. 1t was
late afternoon. Wet from wind
driven showers, we sat on rough
boards laid upon packing boxes,
cold, weary and comfortless,
shipping incessantly.
The sound of coughing was
continuous. "A smell.of damp hui
.manity .Permeated the place. The
accommodating smells grew horri-
bic, the ache7of sitting on the low,
rickety benches intolerable. De-
spite the chill, the faces of tired
workers flushed. Voices grew
shrill and combative.
MY GodP' groaned a voice be-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-23

WOMEN OF The Can 1dCtOl4SS WIZ
By Mary Boyle o'Reilly, Special
Investigator for The Day Book.
Zone cent a pound zone. centsa
pound" 1t ran through my
brain like a miserefe.
I was working on my first job
in the big, open bean shed of, a
great can factory in one of the
historic towns of the Mohawk
valley, N. Y. 1 was an unregis-
tered piece worker, the mere.
holder of a punch card, toiling at
a task in which skill and extreme
exertion might earn me 60 cents
a day. Beside me sat. Rosa Car
uso, wholesome Italian girl who
had learned me the job" of snip
ping beans,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-29
SAY THEY VOTED FOR TAFT
Many Swear to Alleged Primary
Frauds in Friedel's District.

Many witnesses from the Fifth and Sixth
election districts of the Eighth Assembly
District. whose vote Louis Friedel is al
legged TO have turned over bodily to the
Roosevelt delegates In the spring primary.
were Mt the District Attorneys office yes
terday. George z. Medalie, the Assistant
District Attorney, who is investigating the
election, found that In each of the dis
tricts. although only three votes were re-
corded for the Taft delegates, several
more voters were willing to swear they
had cast their votes for the Taft dele
gates
The returns In the Fifth showed that the
Roosevelt delegates had received no votes
and the Taft delegates three Thirty-nine
OF those who were on the poll book OF
having voted swore they did not vote T;
SO swore that they did vote. OF the
&c, II were found who were willing TO
tel for whom they voted; ali swore they
voted for tho Taft delegates. 1t is al
legged that a similar situation existed IN
the Sixth Election District.
In looking over the poll book OF the
Fourth Election District. Mr.. Medalie
found the names of Wolf and Henry
kaufman near the top OF the page writ
ten in black ink. Their numbers were
20 and 40. Near the bottom of the page
the same names appeared again, though
this time written in blue Ink and num-
bered los and 1906 A line had been drawn
through the latter. entries. with the mar
ginaI note entered by error" Both
Kautmans were, in Mr.. Medahe's once
and swore they did not vote at all.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-29
TAFT WILL MEET HlLLES
To Confer with Him While Here
for New York Launching.

President Taft will confer with Chair
man Hilles Of the Republican National
Committee on the political situation at
the Hotel Manhattan to-nigh. He is CON-
ing on for the launching OF the battleship
New York at the navy yard tomorrow,
and decided his trip here would give him
an opportunity to go over q number Of
political matters that could be best dis
cussed personally with the manager Of
the. campaign
The President will reach the city in
time 10 be the guest Of Chairman Hilles
and of Charles p. Taft and Henry W.
Taft, his brothers, at dinner at the Man.
haitian. II will be a small dinner, but Il
Is understood that there will be several
others at the board. In the course OF the
evening a number Of political leaders will
have the opportunity Of talking with the
President and giving to him at first hand
their ideas as to the outcome, Of the cam
pajgu.
He has Kept closely i'm touch with the
campaign through reports from Chairman
Hiies and other leaders, but he has lost
no opportunity OF talking personally with
the chairman whenever he has had the
opportunity. II Is understood that Chair
man Hilles has several suggestions for
work during the closing days Of The cam
paign that he wishes TO discuss with the
President.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-29
INDIANA SURE FOR TAFT
Democratic Farmers Flocking
to Him, Chairman Reports.

Joseph B. Healing, Republican state
chairman Of Indiana sent a telegraph
message to Chairman Hillcs yesterday.
saying that Indiana might be taken out
Of the doubtful column and placed as
practically sure for President Taft
Mr. Healing said he was basing his
statement on reports received within a
few days from nearly every county chair
man in the state They report that Will
son wiz fall behind the Bryan vote IN
1905 as many Democratic farmers are
openly supporting President Taft.
In 1896 the situation was similar to
that this year, said Mr.. Healing. Then
thousands Of Republicans left the party
in June, only to return in November.
Thousands Of third term men this year
have come 70 the conclusion that they
must vote foI Taft In. order to insure
the defeat OF Wilson"
Such favorable. reports have also come
from Washington as to, make Chairman
Hules certain that President Taft is
reasonably sure Of that state.
From Massachusetts came poll taken
In the factory OF the McCallum Hosiery
Company. of northampton. The four
candidates named received the following
percentage. of the votes cast: Taft, 70;
Wilson IA; Roosevelt 6: Debs, !.
Tho skilled Workmen in this factory re-
Ceive on an average Of t35 a week. SINH
lar Workers in Germany and England
receive from 81 50 70 SO a week.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-29
TAFT STRONG UPSTATE
Leaders Say Talk of Roosevelt
Sentiment Is Moonshine.

Several OF the upstate leaders dropped
into Republican state headquarters yes
-terday TO tell Chairman Barnes and
former Senator Lewis. chairman Of the
executive committee, that the tide had
turned strongly toward President Taft
and Job z. Hedges for Governor.
Former Governor b. b. Odell said he
did not see much OF the Progressive senti-
ment In his Congress district that there
was so much talk OF in various other
parts OF the state. 'I am willing 70 bank
on the statement that L made at the last
meeting OF the state committee" he said,
which was that Taft and Hedges would
carry Duchess, Orange and Putnam
counties, which comprise my Congress
district. Hedges will get more votes than
Stimson did two years ago"
Speaker Merritt, of ST. Lawrence
County, said that most OF tho talk or
Roosevelt and Straus sentiment there
yyas moonshine "I do not see why we
should not roll up our usual Republican
majority" he said. THE farmers and
the business men are too prosperous TO
take any chances on a change at this
time"
Conditions are improving greatly In
our section OF the state" said Senator
Hamilton. OF Chautauqua County. THE
farmers are coming back TO the Repuo-
llcan party, and the factory hands ana
other workmen have decided that they DO
not want to have any experiments MADE
with the tariff"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-29
TAFT WRONG, SAYS STUBBS
He Declares Kansas Republi-
cans Not DISTINGUISHED.

Topeka, Oct. Ex-Governor Stubs made
the following statement to-day, in reply
to President Tafrs assertion that the Re-
pubncans of Kansas are DISTINGUISHED:
President Taft is entirely mistaken IN
his statement that the Republicans in
Kansas are disfranchised. The exact
facts are that after the Taft electors had
been defeated in a statewide legal Re-
publican primary by 5000 In favor OF
Roosevelt electors the Roosevelt men vol
unfairly withdrew from the Republican
column, and the Republican state central
committee has placed the Taft electors on
the Republican ticket, under the name of
Taft and sherman. The Roosevelt cleo
tors I'm Kansas viii appear in an inde-
pendent column under the name OF Roose-
vell and Johnson.
The voluntary withdrawal of the Roose-
welt electors from the Republican column
was after the Taft attorneys had failed
20 get them removed in two suits in
the Supreme Court Of the state, one In
a district court Of the state and three
suits In the federal court OF the United
States
President Taft evidently has failed 10
keep up with the political situation In
Kansas during the present campaign.