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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-01-18

WnAA ~ D@~~ ~.
There has just died, in Kansas
City, Mo-, a man who had lived there
about thirty years. all the time sup
posed to be poor. but who leaves 81
fortune considerably exceeding $780,
900. Beginning his career as clerk
ON So a week, he managed to save
something from the start, increasing
his savings, but not his expenses
as his income grew. He never oc-
cupied a very lucrative position but
by maintaining his original standard
of living he came in a few years
to be q money-lender and holder OF
mortgages. Now he Is as deed as
Marley. He never married. such
men cannot afford the luxury OF
wife. children and homeland nis
money goes to relatives in Europe.
who very likely did not know or
care whether he was dead or alive.
The question that arises whenever
a man gives us all else for money
is the old. old one-did II pay!
Thousands of men have gone to Kan
sas City, as they have gone every
where, commenced on IS week
or less, were gradually atyanced to
a modest hut comfortable salary,
married. established happy homes,
reared good children, lived Iuiet,
useful lives, became COOL and ic'
spected citizens, and died I'M Due
tine, but left little monsJ. Having
homes, they could not ts'aps the
tax gatherer II they desired, ana bore
their full share often more, OF the
cost Of government. Tho Kansas
City miser evidently paid no taxes,
else his wealth would be no sur
nrise to the community. We Will
not ask which sort of men is the
most useful to the city and state
merely which gets the most down
right happiness out of life.
When John Sherman began his
career he resolved to save hall his
income. Whatever it was he would
cut his expenses SO low that he could
keen his resolution. He became a.
very rich man, but he acquired, along
with his millions, the reputation OF
a money lover. He may not have
deserved this reputation, but he ac-
ouired 1t, and it chung to him to-
the very end. He had acquired
friends, but not the sort OF friends
that come to a man of the generous
whole-souled sort. In some respects
the best equipped man of his time
for the presidential office, his sup
uorters found that he had no hold
on the popular heart. He had made
money, but he had forfeited what
ever claim he might otherwise have
had to the highest office in the GIT
of the people. He died a disap-
pointed man, maintaining 70 the end
that his southern delegates had been
swung to another candidate by the
use At money. He had lived in an
atmosphere of money all his life'
and could never apprehend the popu17r.
lar distrust Of any man who makes
money the end and aim Of his exist
ence.
Money properly used is one OF the
chief blessings Of life. But II 10
only an incident in happy and use
full career. The man who puts It be-
fore home and friends and good citi-
zenship may never realize how mean
~ he is regarded by his fellows.
but when his petty life has shriveled
away the community has no diff
Guilty in appraising him at his true
value. =
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-01-18

Some people seem to love peace
so much that they are willing &c
fight for It. .a
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-01-18

From indications the most popular
poem in Abilene next summer Will
be RiAey's IL want to hear the ola
band play" -
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-01-18

Be thankful you are not burning
gas-and have the gas supply weak
en-.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1912-01-18

Of the farmer by cheapening his car
rying costs and, consequently, reduce
the market price of many living nee
essaries. But the amount Of money
that real road improvement would
require would greatly exceed the
sums demanded by river and harbOr
development
Clean old papers can be had ut
the Reflector office, at &c per bundle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15
Appeal TO Young Men
BY JOHN HAY

INoTEThs Republican written
diplomat,
ca in this millions will
their first needed
WANT TO SAY YOUNG WHOSE Pc
BEGINNING
OF established firm with behind
Everything
the Of the Republican this
Garfield, Harrison Mckinley
the amethey all leaving small
BUT WHAT YOUNG WOULD NOT RATHER BELONG TO
THE PARTY THAT THINGS, INSTEAD THAT
POSES THEM; TO PARTY THAT LOOKS UP RATHER THAN
DOWN; TO THE PARTY OF THE DAWN RATHER THAN OF THE
abored for it in hope joy;
followed
planted
horizons.
country
regions unknown to fathers
/ a i'm
Constitution
light of path will
of liberty under the law.
daunted afraid light,
will Of
pleasure looking
important
We are passing stage you children of
bidden We
the flaming torch
the truth to the that
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15
WILL SUPPORT TAFT.

Rome G.. Brown, of Minneapolis, and
graduate of Harvard, 1884, when
asked by the Woodrow Wilson College
Mems League, to contribute to the
Woodrow Wilson campaig n fund,
wrote an emphatic declination. He
said:
my failure TO contribute Is not at
all from any lack of esteem for Gov
Wilson. He is an eminent represen
tative of the scholar In politics, OF
whom Princeton men are justly
proud. But, as a Harvard man, fee
constrained TO give all the support
/ within my power to that son of Yale
4 whose sturdy, judicial and statesman
like qualities as demonstrated by his
record in public office. have made
him, beyond all other presidential
candidates, the exponent of tina
spirit of Harvard which is signifiec
in its motto, Veritas. Because Of III,
Iunflinching adherence to truth. Presi
dent Taft deserves the support o
every Harvard man. He has stead
lastly refused to compromise Will
error. He has kept to the straigh
J course dictated only by wise and de
liberate Judgment, uninfIuenced b,
any selfish interests or by any mer'
:. policies of parties or persons. H
has been true to his friends and tru
= to his noble principles and hlgl
/, sense of duty.
! "Mr. Taft has fought and is still
: fighting for the cause of good govern
, ment, for the cause of progress and re
form under our constitution. III
stands today in greater measur
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15
Time to Wake up.

Chicago Inter-Ocean. Inc Amefi-
can people have rarely been asked to
decide political issues more import
ant than those now before them. The
Democratic party demands reyolu-
ton in our fiscal system, which would
affect the whole industrial organiza-
ton. The Roosevelt party demands a
downright revolution in our form OF
government revolution to social
istic Capitalization or a centralized
depotism
Yet in the face of issues so grave
issues which lay the ak at the root OF
every households prosperity and COM
Ifort-public indifference to the out
come of the contest is widespread and
manifest 1t seems evident that mil
lions of voters have come to no defin-
lite decision and are even Indifferent
whether they reach any real decision
or not.
The registration in Chicago last
week is typical of the indecision and
sluggishness of the public mind all
over the country. Last spring, $4,000
voters registered in Chicago. So far
this fall less than 272.O00 have put
themselves in legal position to express
an opinion on the grave issues which
will be decided on November 5.
So far there has been almost a
total failure of the educational pro-
cess that a national campaign should
be and always has been heretofore.
The Republican party is only just be
ginning to make really active cam
paign. The Democratic party is OBJ
lviously trusting to luck and the Roose
welt bolt to bring it an unearned vic
tory. Only the Roosevelters have
carried on what can be called an act
live campaign.
| While the Rooseveltian reformers
| BY riot are a visible minority in the
country there is some danger they
may be an effective majority on cleo
ltion day because the people have no
been aroused and awakened to thu
menace to personal liberty and prop
erty rights that Rooseveltism is.
1t is time to wake up, lest a revo
Ilutionary minority gain control of thu
government and through public indif
ference to the gravity of the issue
plunge us all into disaster.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15
MEDICATION FOR Ex-oFFlcERs.

Judging from recent developments
the statements made by ex-Qffcer
Fuqua, and later confirmed by ex-
Chief of Police Schevers, are being
substantiated. The indictments by
the grand jury OF several well known
gamblers and the raid Sunds7 on the
Wheatley place, only go to confirm
what every one who has any knowi-
edge of civic operations has known
for many months, that gambling and
illegal sales of liquor have been OF
the most fragrant kind and advertised
in almost every publicity vehicle but
the newspapers Only Commission
er Of Public Safety Gray seems to
have been uniformed. To let civic
condition grow so obnoxious that pro-
tests developed into the necessity for
certain citizens to start a cleanup
campaign, is not calculated to add to
the luster of commissioners of pub
/ lie safety as sagacious, efficient or
precocious official. This community
/ is not being deceived. 1t has known
/ and known for months that no inter-
ference with gambling and illegal
sales of liquor has been made by that
department of the municipal govern
ment from whom action was expected
and justly so. Men who are in the
liquor business in legitimate way.
who by law are required to periodical
lily deposit their license money for
permission to operate under the
mulct provisions, have had no protec.
ton from that arm of the local gov
eminent enforced with power to act
This city does not want any dirty
game in politics to interfere with the
correct application of the commits
sion form of government The cardin
al virtue of the commission plan is to
!, fix responsibility and this community
is sufficiently well informed to prop
erly place the blame.
There is judgment day coming.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

The. attempted assassination OF ex-
President Theodore Roosevelt is abb
horrent. In a free and liberty loving
country, where personal privileges
are vastly In excess of that OF any 9th
er nation on the globe; where pros
|perity abounds and opportunity is
open to all mankind, it is incredible
that any man other than a maniac
would attempt to destroy the life OF
an illustrious citizen. There always
has been, always will be, divergent
thought on political and economic Is
sues, but in this country of liberty and
tolerance there is no cause for the
assassination of a public official and
the attempt on the life of Theodore
Roosevelt is deplored by all men OF
broad and healthy minds. This coun-
try abounds with the highest order of
intelligence and political issues have
always found remedy in the appiica-
ton of brains and not violence. Dis
cussions wax warm and heated argu-
ments are common but murder solves
no economic problem. 1t introduces
anarchy. Every worthy citizen re-
Igrets the attempt on the life of Theo-
dore Roosevelt and hopes for his
speedy and complete recovery.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15
TOLD IN KE0KUK
A Resident known to all Our Read.
ers Relates an Experience.

Readers of The Gate City have been
told again and again OF the merits OF
that reliable, time-proved kidney rem
edy-Doan's Kidney Pills. The ex.
periences told are not those of un-
known persons, living far away. The
cases are Keokuk cases, told by Keo
kuk people.
Thomas G. French, 200 South
Eighth street, Keokuk, Iowa, says:
my back was very sensitive and
had pains in my head and neck. Re
Gently, while suffering in that way,
got supply of Doan's Kidney pills al
Wilkinson & Co.'S drug store. The re
suits of their use were so satisfactory
that willingly give this public state
ment''
Mr.. French Is only one of many
Keokuk people who have gratefully
endorsed Doan's Kidney Pills. If your
back aches-if your kidneys bother
you, don't simply ask for a kidne,
remedy ask distinctly for Deans Kid
ney Pills, the same that Mr.. French
had-the remedy backed by home ties
timony. SOC all stores. Foster-Milburr
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y. 4wher
Your Back is Lame-Remember the
'Name,"-Adv.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15
APPEAL TO BUSINESS MEN.

John Wannamaker of Philadelphia
has issued statement addressed to
the merchants and business men OF
tn United States" in which he urges
the reelection of President Taft In
part his statement follows:
Nothing under heaven can stop the
havoc of desperate fighters but a con-
tinent-wide rally of the republican
party able and willing to build in the
proper way and proper time on its
old stanch timbers as much progress
siveness as is safe for the country
The situation narrows down to this:
1. Taft and the top wave of pros
perity or
2. Destruction to industries
8. The whirligig administration of
an unbalanced president in a star
spangled robe with arch-angenc
Wings
| Why exchange humanity speaking
present prosperity politically assured
| for a riddled, shot through tariff and
the fantastic, un-American projects of
1 the launchers of new party?
! Let US rouse ourselves to keep our
Republican friends together and by
determined efforts scatter our enc,
mics to the four winds.
/ No new government ought to be
permitted to check existing prosper
| ity or to begin new policies that
iieopardize the nations future.
! Larger. far larger than either OF the
men before the country for the press
dency Is the one condition on which
the good times of the next four years
must rest.
i II we are ready to sacrifice the
next four years OF prosperity We car
shut our eyes and jump in any direc
ton we choose, but in my opinion
were the phenomenal crops twice as
large it would make no difference ex
cept this particular year when tbs
crops have partially failed ON the
other side OF the sea. With a new
tariff such as is proposed to cure par
of the trouble of high prices the rail
road companies will not want NOR,
rolling stock to haul the grain AMI
corn, for the common or plain people
will be out of work and have n,
money to buy with.
Mr.. Wannamakef devotes the re
mainder of his article to discussion
of the tariff, in which he draws e1
: amples OF the hard times which exist
ed under previous democratic admin
istrations. He tells OF industrial pros
! perity under Harrison in 1892 AM
the dismal outlook in 1898 when Cley
Gland was president. He draws o.
Bradstreet's for support He the
: shows how under Mckinley nataona
prosperity and confidence again al
+, peared. He blames democratic az
mfnistration and free trade agitatio
for the starvation and unemployment
!. of 1894. He ends his statement wit
!, an appeal in which he says:
!. do American farmers, workinl
i men, manufacturers and merchant
! desire return to the Cleveland col
dition9 II so the way is open by tn
y election OF a free trade president an
II free trade congress-"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15

-
WHICH WAY DlO SUMMER cor
Which way did summer go?
But Yesterday 1 called her mine,
felt her breath like new-made wine
Fall soft upon my waiting lips;
She pledged her faith, and yet she
slips
Away from me, leaving no sign;
o. winds that blow,
Which way did summer go?
Which way did summer go?
o, warm brown hills, you saw her
pass:
Her swift feet bent your dreaming
grass
That lies half Swallowed, half in
light:
clasped her close but yesternight;
o, half stilled brooks, you saw her
pass,
o, birds, you know
Which way did summer go?
Florence Jones Hadley.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15

Right on the heels OF the declara-
ticn of all three parties in New York
in favor of submitting to the voters
the question Of woman suffrage there
has been organized in New York City
the Anti-Nagging society, composed OF
married women, the object OF which
is to have breakfast ready on the
minute, dinner on the dot and cease
questioning the customary lodge
meeting excuse. A year or two OF
that brand OF CHEEKY happiness In
sures the bosses of the house all the
ballots they can stuff into the bvx.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15

than does any other living person, as
the hulwark of our constitutional gov
eminent against impracticable and
vicious innovations, heedlessly and
capriously advocated by those who
blindly plunge down the path leading
inevitably to tyranny, either OF
monarchy or democracy, for this ma
ton"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15

Gene Debs would tax his memory
some to discover when he did q job
with his hands instead of his mouth,
still he chides his opponets on their
jobless careers. Take all three of
Them" he says, land not one of
them ever had to look for a job
From which it is to be inferred that
"all three" at the present time are
running away from job.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15

John Jay McDevttt, who spent 81
500 seeing New York in one day, says
he will erect a monument to himself
in Wilkesbarre, Pa, and dedicate 1t
OF Thanksgiving day. He has earned
some money running a little cigar
store, and he intends to spend 1t on
a memorial that will keep mis- fame
alive for future generations.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15
Level Headed.

Louisville Gourier,Journal: Score
tary Wilson sees no hope of beef get
ting cheaper. He il not pessimist
II you show him doughnut he can
see the doughnut as well as the hole,
but, being a level-headed individual
IL you show him knot hole he does
not zee doughnnt surrounding 1t.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15

Every voter in Keokuk and other
Iowa cities who evpect to exercise
the right of franchise on November 5
must register in order to do so. Each
presidential election year requires an
entire new registration. The first
day of registration will be Thursday,
October "a, the registration boards
converting in each voting precinct in
the city on the morning of that day
and continuing in session for three
ys-Thursday, Friday and Satur
day, October "a, 25 and 26 The hours
of session are fixed by law and will
be published in due time in the city
papers. Make it your business, Mr.
Voter, to register at your earlies
opportunity Don't put 1t off, ther
forget it and thereby lose your vote
which you are quite apt to do If yor
don't take advantage of the first OPP
portunity to get on the books. NJ
registration is required in the coun
try precincts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15

If you have young children you
have perhaps noticed that disorders
OF the stomach are their most COM
mon ailment. To correct this you will
find Chamberlain's Stomach and Liy-
er Tablets excellent. They are easy
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15

The solution Of The high cost OF
living, SO long sought ny economists
and politicians. is at hand. Burbank's
spineless cactus is proclaimed the
eleventh-hour remedy Cut out sir
loins smothered with onions. Chew
spineless cacti and be happy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15

Separated for forty years after a
quarrel in Kalamazoo, Mich, where
they lived, Mark H. Woodruff, Ga
years old, and Mrs Mary e. Jones, u
years old. were married in Brooklyn,
after coming face to face accidental.
ly on a city street a few days before,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15

Anna Collins cooked for the Will
sons at Sea Girt, n. j., this summer.
Farmer Albert Weirrnan brought the
vegetables to the kitchen door Now
she is Mrs, Weirman, and the first
stage of the wedding journey was
made in Governor Wilson's automobile
lent for the occasion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15
Landed at Last.

A man who was much in need OF
sleep rolled out of bed during the
night. The jar did not awake him
thoroughly, and his hand wandered
in exploration. It encountered the
mesh of some protruding springs and
sturdy, iron corner post ''In jail at
last he murmured as he passed away.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15

If KING Peter of Servia viii put on
the Balkan firing line the men who
shot his predecessor into a premature
grave, the world at large wolld take
more than languid interest in the
progress of the slaughter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15

ed. In comics. the Missouri legisla-
ture is noted all over the world where
ever the Anglo-Saxon and Irish
languages are spoken.
JASPER BLINEs.
Seven Pines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15

and pleasant to take, and mild and
gentle in effect. For sale by all drug
Observation-Disclosures.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15
Diaz justified.

Chicago RecordHerald: People
who criticised Diaz>for ruling Mexico
as he did are beginning to understand
that it was about the only way ii
which Mexico could be ruled.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15

Read The Daily Gate City 70,
sporting news.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15

The republic appears not to be re-
treating. The ship of state sails on
in power and majesty. The little
waves from political voices fall feeb-
ly away from the grand old ship.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15

The Missouri Legislature which
holds one of its biennial and comic
sessions this winter, will be tame
affair, as there will not be United
States senator to be chosen. There
will be a feasting on lots by suppers,
passing few laws in place OF other
laws, and finally, the best Of all,
drawing their pay and being discharg-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-15

keokuk, Iowa ......... Oct. is, 1912
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-16
FEW GREEKS ARE LEAVING
onIy Six From Copper Country Pial
10 Co % Seene Of War

only Six From Copper Country Piar
10 Co 20 Sosne Of War
There has been no general exodus
of CIR SIS from Tie copper country to
the scene of impending hosiilitics as
hes been The case az many other
POINTS 80 far olrl sIN from tho coo~
per country have lcfi the district 0f
dhese rvo are from Hancock, two arc
from Point Mills ana two from Calu-
met.
When asked II No expected many
to go from the copper country q
prominent Greek declared If thore WAS
mo- danger ia The situation very few
would so FROM This part of thc country
out IL the Gghtns oocamc general hr
believed general rall would so on;
Tor al abic-hodisj mon to return
home al once, and in event this was
done considerable number from the
copper country would leave FOR the
front
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-16
Hancock Department
WORKING ON TRACKS.
Traction Company Expects TO Have
Work Completed Soon.

The Houghton County Traction
company ,has a gang of men al work
laying the new tracks on Railroad
avenuc between Elevation and Ethel
streets and with good luck and fair
weather expect to have the work COM
pIetcd in two days more. The worl,
was resumed Moncay morning after
lapse OF about week. owing to the
press of other construction work ana
las now reached IT'S last stage.
These tracks are being laid ON the
strip of land secured FOR ~ five year
term under lease by the city from the
south shore. At the last few council
meetings the matter has come in for
a good deal of publicity. the street car
company bcing perfectly willing TO go
10 the expense of shifting It's tracbs
if The city would guarantee them that
they would not be compelled go move
hack at the end of the five years. The
city finally concluded arrangements
with the south Shore for q Ave years
lease ana promised the traction com
rany that the city would stand any
further expense that might be involv-
ed M the end Of that time.
The general manager Is waiting un-
IN tho traction company has complct
ed this street. The pipes are on the
ground am, all arrangement made.