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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-04

Mrs. j. b.: Frequent shampoos with
santhrox during the summer months
insure fine growth of brilliant. fluffy
hair, rich In it's natural color and SO
responsive to the fingers touch that
uoing 1t up is genuine pleasure. A
q teaspoonful canthrox dissolved in a
cup hot water is enough mixture, and
when this is rubbed up it creates an
abundance of white, thick lather that
quickly dissolves all dust, dandruff
and excess OIL. Rinsing leaves hair
and scalp Immediately clean, and the
hair will dry quickly and evenly. The
regular use OF canthrox. gives to the
nair that exquisite fluff and nassy
softness and will insure lovely
growth.
b. A. f.: A delatone paste will re-
move the hairy growth. Mix enough
powdered delatone with water to COW
er the hairy surface, apply and after
or minutes remove, wash the skin
and the hairs are gone. This treat
ment is harmless and does not discol-
or the skin.
Anxious: Cutting the lashes is dan
gerous. apply a little pyroxin each
night at lash roots with the thumb
and forefinger and they will come in
song and silky. Thin eyebrows will
grow thick and heavy If pyroxin Is
rubbed on with finger end. Use cav
.lon not to get any where hair is not
wanted.
Mrs. 0. H.: Turkish baths are a Sc
we're tax on the system. Try the par
NOUS treatment for fet-reduction and
am sure your weight will soon be
Just where you want it. To prepare,
dissolve ounces parnotis in J. " pints
not water, then take tablespoonful
before each meal. This gradually and
surely dissolves the fat and restores
1he figure's symmetrical lines without
POSSIBLE injury or Inconvenience and
sMhen your weight is where you want
- you can stop without fear of its
returning.
lydia P: Large pores and skin
rougbness can be overcome with the
1aia OF an almozoin cream-jelly. This is
made by stirring 2 teaspoonsful glyc
'srlne into " pint cold water to which
= then added ounce almozoin. Appl,
ssenefously to the skin each day ana
~ -, VIII clear IT Of all local impurities
ms cream-jelly Is fine for beautify
ing the arms, neck and face. as wei
sas for banishing sallowness and that
sieasy condition. and it can also be
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-04

A vast amount of i'll health is due to
impaired digestion. When the stom-
ach fails to perform its functions
properly the whole system becomes
deranged. A few doses of Chamber
lain's Tablets is all you need. They
will strengthen yo'r digestion, inyis-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-04

crate your liver, and regulate your
bowels, entirely doing away with that
miserable feeling due to faulty diges-
ton. Try It. Many others have been
permanently cured-why net you? For
sale by Wilkinson & Co. Pharmacy
and j. f. Kiedaisch * Son
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-04

have the biggest corn crop in ten
years. From which we deduce that
President Ripley has postponed that
ruin which he predicted last year that
was to fall on the railroads by the
governments prosecution of them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-04
-, Horace E. HIxby, Who Taught
the Noted Author the Art Of
plotting River Steam
boats.
FAMOUS IN CIVIL WAR
81. piqued at TwaIn's Story life
On the Mississippi" Of Which
Capt. Rlxby Was the
Hero.

The st. Louis Globe-Democrat OF
friday morning contains an interest
|ng story Of the eventful life OF Capt
horace E. Bixby, prominent old Mis-
Iissippi river pilot, who gave Mark
Fwain his first lessons at the wheel.
10 was also the hero of one of the
'wain numerous stories, which was
Eerv distasteful to Captain Bixby, who
hiring his late years avoided all men
i'm Of Mark Twain's name Captain
hiyby played prominent. part during
be civil war and claimed credit for
be federal victory at Memphis. The
uneral Of Captain Bixby was held at
& Louis yesterday. Following is the
tory Of his conspicuous and notable
he as given In the Globe-Democrat:
His Eventful Life.
captain Bixby died suddenly at his
Iome, 7414 Maple avenue, Maplewood,
esterday morning. DR., Rolla Bracy,
oroner Of st. Louis county, who held
Il inquest, said death was caused by
poplexy Captain Bixby was eighty
n Years old, and was still in the river
seryice at the time of his death. He
saily expected a. call to take out the
eoyernment towboat Nokomis. He
arose early yesterday morning and
dressed. A little later his wife went
his room and found him lying dead
bn his bed. He died as he often had
laid he wished to die, in the harness.
Captain Bixbys fame rests upor
he writing of a cub pilot, one of the
many youths he aught-Samuel Glen
Ems mark Twain. He made an epic
bf the days he spent with Bixby and
The pilots name was known through
but the world. Captain BiXby receiv
ID hundreds Of letters from strangers
Who knew him solely through MARI
Twafn's books. This became distaste
ful TO him, and during late years hi
had avoided all mention of Marl
(Twain's name
The sixty-six years Captain Bixb,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-04
4 ;j|hflI.IIlI| c. F. Conradt
||ilI![l City Ticket Agent

p. S. Don't forget about the annual
"Shan Kive" and Summer Carnival at
Colorado Springs-M anitou, Aug. 81
80. They're going to have big time.
Better arrange to be there, If you can,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-04

ebid Won't yoa ca. e or play. Investigate the
condition of its bowels. II IL IS con-
stipated cor bilious give 1t Dr,eoCatd-
wells syrup Pepsin. Price so cents ca
81 at any drug store.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-04
TWO WOMEN 7
TESTIFY
What Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound Did For
Their Health Their own
Statements Follow.
New Moorefeld, Ohio. - take great
pleasure in thanking you for what vo,,r

Compound
has done for me. /
had bearing down
pains, was dizzy and
weak, had pains in
lower back and could
not be upon my feet
long enough to get a
meal. As long as l
laid on my back 1
would feel better,
but when l would
get IN those hearing
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-04

spent in the pilot house marked the
growth and gradual decline of steam
boat days on he Mississippi and Ohio
rivers. While pilot on the Missouri
river in 1868 his boat would be
stopped by buffalo herds crossing the
river one day and by Sioux warriors
the next.
Was Chief Pilot for Union Fleet.
I'm the civil war he was chief pilot
for the union fleet besieging Vicksburg
and Memphis. He always held the
union victory at Memphis was due to
the information he gave Commodore
Foote. Later as a principal stockhold-
er and commander of the finest steam
boats in the Anchor service, Captain
Bixby was known the length Of the
Mississippi. He ran the City of Alton
when it made the single trip record
of $4,000 clear.
"On the decline of river commerce
he entered government service.
Born in Geneseo. N. Y, in 1926,
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvanus
Bixby. who was Henrietta Barnes, he
was descended from revolutionary
stock. At thirteen he was sent out to
plant pumpkin seed, but instead went
/ fishing. He dumped the seed in hole,
and fearing whipping ran away For
lawhile he worked in tailor shop in
cincinnati, Ohio. Then the river call.
led. He first was mud clerk on the
OLIVIA. Two years later, at the age
Iof twenty, he was her pilot Next he
was in the ST. Louis-New Orleans
trade, plotting boats for $500 month,
/ wearing a tall hat and yellow gloves
lone of the aristocracy of riverdom.
He often edged his boat into the
4 st. Louis wharf, when tall steamboats,
were ranged on the river front like
horses in stalls.
Clemens Gets Material for Book.
Captain Bixby was pilot of the
Paul Jones about 1856, when Samuel
Clemens became his pupil. Clemens
then gathered material later used fol
ibis Life on the Mississippi Year.
(, later, after he won literary fame, hi
!, made trip from st. Louis to New
Orleans with Captain Bixby, and onl,
Y a few years ago was his guest in ST
-ILouis.
In early life, Captain Bixby married
, Susan Webbing, belle OF New
Orleans. She died and their child ais,
: died in his youth In 1864, Captain
! Bixby was married to Mary Sheble
daughter of Captain H. E. Shehle,
! noted river man. She survives he
= husband. Three children survive
Guy Bixby of Oklahoma, Harry E
n Bixby of 7415 Hazel avenue, Maple
e wood, and Mrs. PIN.
! Captain Bixby was of small ply
e sique, nervous and wiry. He had
. tremendous energy Throughout hi
/ river service he kept diary, record
{ ing daily the events and the shiftin
$ of the river current. This record tn
United States government is anxiou
! to get and 1t probably will be embodie
g in book which will further perpetual
Captain Bixby's fame
Mark Twain in his writing mad
y Captain Bixby out a profane mai
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-04
Ranishinn the Gloom.

Pittsburgh Dispatch: President Rip
ley says that the west is going to
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-04

fead The Daily Gate city for
sporting news.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-04

spent in the pilot house marked the
growth and gradual decline of steam
boat days on he Mississippi and Ohio
rivers. While pilot on the Missouri
river in 1868 his boat would be
stopped by buffalo herds crossing the
river one day and by Sioux warriors
the next,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25
SIrnnle Faith Of Bretons.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)

There Is probably no place IN
France where the %peasantry are more
inclined to believe in the so-called
hidden forces Of nature, and where
the INSCRIPTIONS charlatan has SO
good an opportunity Of d%eceiving his
listeners as in Brittany. Whether in
sickness or in health, the people OF
Brittany look for an answer to their
demands in the mysterious kingdom
of the supernatural, and with a faith
which, to the educated, Is sometimes
almost unbelievable. A curious in
stance of this widespread superstition
is cited by M. Paul Geniaux, a well.
known French folklorist. The inhabi.
tants Of Muzillac and district, in the
Morbihan, firmly believe that the only
effective method Of curing their chill
dren of the collie Is to carry them to
a certain chapel, that Of st. Manners,
and deposit them on the altar. There
they humble a short prayer, the text
of which you a never get them to
contestant the cure is Immediately
effected!
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25

me! this cigarette stub Is certainly
remarkable. The gentleman was
bearded and ~mustached, you say?"
Eyes, sir"
81 don't understand that. I should
say that only a clean-shaven man
could have smoked this. Why, Wat
son, even your modest mustache
would have been singed."
"a holder?" 1 suggested.
mo, no; the end is matted. / sup
pose there could not be two people
in your rooms, Mrs. Warren?"
mo, sir. He eats so little that l
often wonder it can keep life in one"
well, I think We must wait for a
little more material. After all, you
have nothing to complain Of. You
have received your rent, and he is
not a troublesome ledger, through he
Is certainly an unusual one. He pays
you we'll, and if he chooses to lie con-
cealed it is no direct business Of
yours. We have no excuse for an in
trusion upon his privacy until We have
some reason to think that there is a
guilty reason for it. I've taken up
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25
Gander With Fishing Line Tied to
His Leg Has Lively Time
With Pickerel.

A Wisconsin gander was so upset
by experiments made upon and
through him by a mischievous boy
that tor a long time he would not go
into the water.
The gander's determination to abb
stain from water as a means OF bath
ing grew out of the following circum-
stances:
The boy thought he would tie a fish,
ing-Iine to the gander's leg and with
a hook properly baited turn the bird
out into the water. The bait was a
frog.
The gander went into the mill pond,
where he swan around for half an
hour, turning '~fip-tiaps" and diving
for food. Suddenly he felt a pull at
his leg and looked as surprised as the
lone fisherman" when he caught a
whale.
The gander concluded that there
was something the matter, and he
looked to ascertain the cause. The
pickerel on the hook gave several
jerks, w~hereupon the gander decided
that he wanted to go home.
He at once started for the shore,
but the pickerel on the hook wanted
to go the other way. I The gander
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25
SEVERAL MATTERS OF IMPORT
ANcE TO SCHOOLS OF STATE
WE'RE DISCUSSED.
COKER COLLEGE ACCREDITED
The Report Was Made on High
Schools Applying For State Aid
The New Supervisors Were Also
Manufacturer Work Dome.

Columbia.-Several matters Of i'm
portance were discussed at the meet
ing of the state board Of education
which was held in the governors Of
flee. Superintendent D. T. Kinard SUI
p~erintendent of the Dillon schools,
representing the Sixth congressional
district, and Superintendent Lueco
Gunter of Rock Hill schools, repre-
senting the Fifth congressional dis
trict, the two new members Of the
board, were in attendance.
The committee to examine the cur
riculum, standing, faculty and equip
ment of Cocker college recommended
that this institution be placed on the
list of accredited schools whose grad
yates are entitled to teachers certifi-
Gates upon the presentation of their
diplomas. In their visit to Huntsville
the committee found Cocker college to
be in admirable condition and doing
excellent work. The report was unan-
imously adopted and this institution
who takes rank with the accredited
schools of higher learning for girls.
No other change in the list OF &C.
credited schools was made at this
time, but the board will announce a
revised list both of whites and of
negro colleges in 1913. All accredited
institutions will be expected to require
a full and accurate knowledge OF
Buehler's grammar from all appli-
cants. The president Of each institu-
ton will, be asked to furnish a COM
plete list of new students showing the
school each applicant attended and
the grade completed in this school.
The new. reading circle course for
teachers was adopted and will be
ready for distribution in a few weeks.
The date of the next regular teach
ers' examination was set for Friday,
October 4. The board hopes to avoid
the necessity of ordering an extra
teachers examination in January as
was done last year. All teachers
without certificates, and all prospec-
tive teachers were required to con-
fer with the several county superin-
tendents in order to inform them.
selves fully respecting the date and
scope Of this examination.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25
Samuel Hyde Declared Sane.

It was learned that the commission
appointed by Governor Blease to *
anime into the sanity OF Samuel N.
Hyde, the Anderson county wife MUIR
derer, has reported that Hyde is sane.
Hyde's attorney asked the Governor
to commute the sentence to life i'm
prisonment on the ground that Hyde
was insane at the time he committed
his awful deed. Hyde is confined in
the death house at the state prison
awaiting electrocution. He was con-
victed in Anderson of the murder Of
his wife and father-in-law and SEN
fenced to die. Twice already he has
been granted reprieves but 1t is be-
lieved here that the report that he is
sane will mean that Hyde will have
to pay his crime with his life in the
electric chair.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25
Politics In oranaeburg County.

At the meeting Of the Orangeburg
county executive committee, held at
the court house, a subcommittee, con-
sisting of J.. w. Meek, chairman, j.
G. Smith, Jr., A. A. Dantzler, A. c..
Board, J. J. Farley, was appointed
to look into and investigate the re-
turns, holding of and any other mat
tiers incidental to the first primary tn
Orangeburg county and to hear any
matters that may be brought before
it. This committee will hold its meet
ing to hear complaints and to report
on Investigations in the near furture.
The matter Of recount in the election
for supervisor Of this county will in
all probability be brought before this
committee, which committee also has
the power to declare the result of the
second primary in Orangeburg coun-
ty, because Of the unsual close vote
between the four leading candidates.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25
Keeps Out of Water Now

seemed frightened at first. Then he
evinced signs Of anger and tried to
fly to shore. but the pickerel pulled
him back.
After half an hour of the hardest
work he had ever done, the gander
anne ashore dragging a six-pound
pickerel up the bank.
The boy took off the pickereI ana
baited the hook with another frog. He
tried to induce the gander to go in
for another swim, but no amount Of
persuasion could get the bird to do SO.
He simply could not be driven in. For
many weeks the gander would not go
into the water. He would proceed
with the rest of his flock to the wa
ter's edge, but there he would stop.
He would seem to be arguing with
them with reference to the danger
they were counting.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25
Conference at Winthrop.

Winthrop College, Rock Hill-A very
important conference was held at Wn-
throp College in regard to the extern
sion work throughout the state in mill
village betterment, canning and poul-
try clubs and home economic work
It was attended by President D. B..
Johnson, Nh. o. B. Martin, represent
ing the United States department Of
agriculture at Washington; Mr.. W. L.
English, representing the United
States Of South Carolina and the ex-
tension of Clemson College and
others.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25
Politics In Aiken County.

The county executive committee
held a meeting to canvass the results
of the primary, but adjourned without
declaring any Of the four candidates
as nominees for the house Of repre-
sentatives. Another meeting will be
held soon, as one or two Of the boxes
are still missing, but the vote in these
will not materially alter the standing
of the four legislative candidates.
Hugh Long Of Wagner is still in the
lead, J. Chester Busbee following, but
revised returns alter relative stand
ing Of R. J. Wade and E. Bigham.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25
To be Best Fair Ever Held.

The directors of the county Fair
Association are actively at work in an
endeavor to make the Abbeville fair
this fall one Of the best yet held.
Negotiations have been entered into
looking to the appearance of an aero
plane exhibition during the fair. The
premium list, which is now. in the
hands of the printer, will be ready for
distribution at an early date. Many
valuable premiums have been offered
for exhibits in all lines Of farm and
household endeayors.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25
summerviIIe Highway Impossible.

Charleston.-Charleston County san
itary and drainage commission was to
the effect that the Summerville high
way had been rendered impossible as
4 result of the cloudburst in the VIC
unity of Ladson several days ago and
that it would scarcely be possible for
traffic to be resumed until the middle
If next week. Engineer Reid Whitford
stated that the bridges on that portion
If the road in Berkeley county had
oeen washed away, and other dam
,ge done.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25
Heavy Rains do Much Damage.

While definite information could
not be secured, it Is currently stated
that the almost continuous rainfall for
the past week has worked serious
damage to the cotton crop in Charles
ton county. The principal injury is the
beating out of the staple which is
rapidly opening in the bolls and the
lowering Of it's quality by the dirt
scattering it gets in such heavy
downpours. 1t was reported that much
Of the staple had been beaten out
upon the ground, and that the farm
ers would be heavy losers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25
Headon, Collision on Southern.

Fast freights No. II and No. ~ on
the Southern railway, came into head
on collision at Cheddar, about three
miles south Of Williamson. Fred
Caudle, engineer on the south-bound,
suffered a broken leg and cuts and
bruises; Jack Elliott, engineer Of the
n%orthbound, sustained a sprained back
as a result Of jumping from his en-.
CINE; Dave Thomas, who was beat
ing his way to Columbia, was perhaps
fatally scalded, and Fireman Howell
was badly bruised. Both engines were
wrecked and many box cars were
thrown from the track and splintered,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25
Small Wreck on Southern.

Columbia. - Southern northbound
train Al, Columbia to Spartanburg.
collided with through freight number
ITS, at Torrance, just outside Of Co.
lumbia, resulting in minor injuries to
members of the passenger trains
crew and damage to the caboose OF
the freight. Traffic was delayed
about an hour. Conductor "Jim"
Weaver and Engineer D. G. McAllis'
ter suffered minor injuries from the
accident as did Hal Robinson, a negro,
who was fireman on the passenger
train.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25
Ihackam Acquitted Of Murder.

Columoia.-Robert o. Thackam,
constable for Magistrate, Fowles, has
been acquitted Of the charge Of muir
der. Constable Thackam was charged
with killing Ira B. Hunt, a prisoner,
while taking him to Jail last February,
Hunt attempted to run and Thackam
shot to scare him and accidentally
mortally wounded the man. This was
the defense. J. R. Eddings, whose trial
for assault with criminal intent took
place recently and a sealed verdict or
dered, was found guilty Of simple as
sault and battery.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-09-25
- "Reminiscences
~ GcSHfMOCK
Mp HOLMES
M \ kxAfHmrCo mauDQwc
N Y Illustrators BY WBa1ues

IT cannot imagine"
ct opens a pleasing field for intelli-
gent speculation. The words are writ
ten with a broad-pointed, violet-tinted
pencil of a not unusual pattern. o
will observe that the paper is torn
away at the side here after the print
ing was done, so that the s OF
SOAP is partly gone. Suggestive
Watson, is it not%
"Of caution?"
Exactly. There was evidently some
mark, some thumb print, something
which might give a clew to he per-
sons identity. Now, Mrs. Warren,
you say that the nan was Of middle
size, dark and bearded. What age
would he be-"
"Youngish-not over thirty"
well, can you give me no further
indications?"
HE spoke good English, sir, and
yet 1 thought he was a foreigner by
his accent"
"And he was well dressed?"
VERY smartly dressed, sir-quite
the gentleman. Dark clothes-noth'
ing you would note" Sc
He gave no name?"
mo, sir"
"And has had no letters or callers?'
None"
"But surely you or the girl enter
b;c ronr NJ q mornin02b
mo, sir; he looks after himself
entirely"
Dear me! that Is certainly remark
able. What about his luggage"
"He had n big brown bag with
him-nothing. else"
well, we don't seem to have much
material to help US. Do you say
nothing has come out Of that room
absolutely nothing?"
The landlady drew an envelope
from her bag; from 1t she shook out
two burned matches and a cigarette
end upon the table.
They were on his tray this morn
ing. 1 brought them because I had
heard that you can read great things
out Of small ones"
Holmes shrugged his shoulders.
There Is nothing here" said he.
1.-THE matches have, Of course, been
used to light cigarettes. That Is obvi-
GUS from the shortness Of the burnt
end. Half the match Is consumed In
lighting a pipe or q, cigar. But, dear