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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-04
is Company oodaina Tases2

Major Collins declared that he was
in error at a previous meeting in his
report on the taxable value Of the
Iowa Telephone company He said a
re-examiuation Of the tax books shov-
ed that the company is paying taxes
Of an actual valuation OF little less
than $4,000, including the Mississippi
Valley property which vas merged.
Collins amended the ordinance TO
provide rates az follows:
Business phones. 1870 per month
on straight line and 800 per month
on two party line and residence
phones, $3.50 per month on straight
line and fifty cents On two party
line
After Judge Hughes aad made 4
speech declaring for ak. eight or even
ten per cent profits for public seryice
corporations, advising Hberality With
them, urging continued meetings =
citizens and dwelling upon the neces-
sity Of the people protecting their
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-04
Attack Collins Rate.

Geo, Baker said Collins ordinance
was ridiculously low and declared for
Hornish's ordinance. He said if the
Iowa Telephone company was taxed
on seventeen thousand dollars valua-
ton of their property the people were
being robbed OF taxes as the plant
was well worth more than one hun
dred thousand dollars. He said he
stood for fair deal for public service
corporations and for factories or We
would keep them out of the city.
Frank Swan said it was evident that
the valuation was low and that Col
Inns ordinance was too low. He advo-
Gated abolishing the fifty cent clause.
J. F. Sanders said the rate in Col
Inns ordinance was the same for a
one party or two party line and Col
Inns explained that it would abolish
the two party line.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-04
High Life In CHICAGO.

Davenport Democrat: The Iowa far
mer VINO said It cost the price of two
pounds OF butter to tip the bellboy
VINO handled his suitcaga in Chicago
motel, must have developed an awful
disposition to throw his money
around
he also said 1t took the price OF
FOUR bushels of rye to ride -four
blocks in cab.
Is this sample of the pace that
Inc Iowa farmer hits when he goes tc
Chicago
why net tip the boy dime. and
fide IN the street cars, or walk ant
LOOK at the tall buildingss
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-07

her own experience. but it was through
her recommendation that So many
young. eXpeCtaut mothers derived the
comfort and blessing Of this famous
remedy
Mothers Friend is applied externally
10 the abdomen, stomach and breasts.
allays all pain. avoids all nausea. and
prevents cakiug ~ the breasts.
II is quickly and wonderfully peue-
trating. permits the muscles TO expand
without the strain on the ligaments and
prepares The system SO thoroughly that
The crisis is passed almost without the
slightest distress Thus there need be
no such Thing as dread or fear.
No better nor more cheering advice
can be given The .rXpeCtauf mother Than
tp suggest he use Of Mothers Friend
She wi'l take courage from the begin
ming The DAYS will be- cheerful. the
of lights rtStfuI Thus the health Is pre-
served the mind Is Iu repUse and the
period is an uueuding one Of quiet Joy
ful anticipation.
You can obtain Mothers Friend Of any
druggist az 81 a bottle DO not forget
nor neglect 90 be supplied wiki this
greatest remedy ever devised for moth
ernood o. is uufsiling Write AZ once
90 Bradiie'd Regulator Com pany. 1873 La
mar Building. Atlanta Ca. for their
very interesting and instructive book Of
advie, f1r eNpectHut mothers.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-07
BY Margaret Hubbard Aver.

all the actresses that
Wv are around nowadays YOU
would not think that it was
difficult to find any type that one
looked for, but the natural ingenue is
almost obsolete"
a manager in distress had poured
forth this tale Of woe to me only a
few days ago, so I bethought me Of Il
really for surely natural Young per-
son and went up 20 see how she did It.
The natural girl was little Louise
Seymour. who plays Susanna in Shell
don's Romance" She is as unaffect-
Cd as an April day. one Of the nice
days that we are AN looking forward
to when the crocuses come up and the
tulips bloom and there is a breeze
b'owing-bits of puffy clouds in the
blue sky to keep it from being mo-
uotouous
And now tell me how do YOU con-
tiuuc to he natural when every one
calls your attention 10 it,"
Isn't it dreadful Of them" said the
Natural Sir. quite seriously. People
are 50 used to anectatiou that "A
ratural manner appears artificial. and
/ am growing quite conscious OF
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-07
Copies Billie Burke.

Please don't
"Oh. I shall not let IL affect me.
said the April Maid. I'm immune.
You sec, ! began in school to see how
girls deliberately gave up being their
natural selves to become very poor
copies of some one else, and deter
mined that / would be Louise Sey-
mour, and nothing else.
There was pretty girl al
school who was blessed with red hair
and a turned-up nose. She was quite
charming and delightful until some
one told her that she looked like Billie
Burke. That poor girl has been Billie
Burking ever since. and the sad part
Of il is that she is neither like Bi.Iie
nor ig she herself any more.
she is very poor and diluted
version of the auburn star. and one ~
the thousand girls who have ceased t1
he themselves and have not succeed
cd i'm adopting another personally
The girl who Is told that she Iooh-
like some woman on the stage 10
doomed 10 grow affected and un-
natural for she is always irving to
ACT "a part for an imaginary audience
She walks the streets with e conscious
air. hoping that people arc taking her
for a stage beauty. She Smiles and
-tare~ 49, -h" imagiucs her prototype
would do under similar circumstances
These girls even copy the stage
makeup iT they can, and that iS the
real reason Won see So MANY -5F'1 vii D
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-07
Up-to-Date Jokes

Robbie met neighbor who was
smoking some fine, fragrant tobacco
sent by his son. He took out his own
pipe osteutatiously
, "Ha' you a match. Sandy he
quPried.
The match was forthcoming. but
nothing more
Il do believe said Robbie, Il hl'
left ma tobacco az hame."
Then" said Sandy, after a silence
we MIGHT gle me back ma match"
Flatte-I thought Ia practice on my
Cornet last evening, but 10 save me
couldn't get the right pitch on IT,
Bratte-Couldn't YOU get the win
dow upen2
FTatte-W What's the window got 70
do with it'
Bratte-WelI. the right pitch would
have been through that
Maud Did the manager say he'd l~.
YOU play paTr2
Mabel Yes. he said he'd rather
have me play apart from his company
than with IL.
Knock-DiG YOU hear about tho
great fire I'm Cahills last night
SWa'I-No, in what part Of it,
In the CRATE" was the reply.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-07
e = The Manicure Lady . :
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.

40 OMETIMES ] think ] viii blow
this manicure game" said the
Manicure Lady. "lt used TO be
a pretty good graft for "a girl i'm the
good old racing days. when Joe Blow
and an the rest of them bookmakers
used To come in here with thir red
lies and diamonds after they had
trimmed few suckers at Sleeps
head. and forget TO take the change
coming to them Out of tiye-spot.
Goodness knows, George, times
has changed. There amt very many
gets their nails did az an now. and
the ones that does picks up all the
.hicken feed religious like. The only
tins gin gets now days in this
game is tips from some old long face
about how she should conduct herself
decorous."
Well" said the head barber, IF
YOU should quit this game what would
YOU do them Unless you're goin' to
90 that old lock-step up the aisle with
some rich miner from Butte, you've
got 10 figure on some Nnd of job.
amt you2 From what YOU tell me
about the way things is uu 20 the
house with your brother Wt'tred Out
Of lob an the time and your dad
going into "a slow decline from NOT
drinking enough. You must have Geo
figure on drawing something Sajur-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-07

in what luck consisted anyhow. for
paint on their faces They don't
know that most actresses are only
too thankful to get away from paint
and powder when they go out Of the
theater. The girl who looks theatri-
cal on the street is seldom an actress
But the worst thing about the bat
TALON Of Billie Burkes and the armies
of would-be Frances STAIRS is that
they never get acquainted with them
selves until It Is too late. They are so
busy acting their parts that they have
no time to find out what they are or
what they can do. ! think it's very
unlucky to delude yourself into a poor
imitation Of some one else"
Then, to be lucky, you think one
must be natural
why yes; as long ag you are nat
ural and uuaifeCtedly yourself. YOU
are being quite honest But affecta-
ton and pretense OF any kind are dis
honest and unluchy,' unused the April
Maid.
What is luck"
ON, wha, avfu' questions. DO
have TO answer that' Wasn't that
what they asked the SPHINX"
Mis-" seymour seemed to shrink
away in her chair. But what could
she do before the insistent interview
err who careth not for the agony Of
her victims when subject has been
bruaChed2
WITH pale. polite little moan she
began to explain her idea of luck
mad Co question again and again for
people who are lucky don't really like
To- give the formula away, and the
April Maid had not made up her mind
you see. she is very. very young
Well then. If ] must. must Sin,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-07
Advice to the
Lovelorn
Bv BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
SHE is TICKLE.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
am a boy of eighteen and
am in love with : girl of the
same age. We were engaged ana
fater she told me that she was en-
gagged to another not living here,
and asked me TO break our en-
argeernent, which | did. This boy,
70 whom she was engaged, came
home on a vacation. After he re-
turned to his work she wrote and
asked me TO come TO see her,
which / did. Some time after this
7 was with her and she told me
that she loved me and that our
engagement could be renewed.
was very glad to have her make
this offer. | accepted the renew
al and she seemed to be true to
me until one day ! saw her with
this other boy. Since that time
she has been cald to me except
AZ times. These times, ! think.
are the times when she and this
other lover are in bad humOr to-
ward each other. ! love Eer very
much and would be ready to DO
anything to regain her love.
TRUE BLUE.
There are two obstacles you mus
consider:
She is tickle and is using you as
-efuge when her other lover get
ross. You are only eighteen and toe
.oung to be engaged. though you
.veetheart be a paragon.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-07
Eldest Daughter Agrees.

when the doctor left she burst into
sobbing and said that they had AL.
been bewitched because they had sold
the dead girls hair, and now they
must all die.
The eldest daughter who was
frightened, shared her mothers opin-
ion. and when the man came TO buy
her hair she cursed him and told him
to leave the house.
When she had died and they had
led the mother frO:n the room. the
brother surreptitiously cut of her
hair to sell II for pocket money. The
mother heard nothing about this until
little Clara told her when she lay
dying
After she had buried her last girl
the mother sat motionless for hours ar
"A time in a corner of the room moan
inE
The son tried to console her. but
she cried. No, they are all gone You
are the last, and now it is your turn
The doctor came into the room.
" Woman, he said, YOU have now
lost three children from consumption
Leave this house. Don't let your last
son sleep here. everything is in
feCted
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-07
A Jolt For the Mate.

A grocer's boy hailed a vessel n
dock at Liverpool. The surly mate
gruffly asked him what he wanted.
i've got some vegetables for the
ship" was the reply.
"All right. you needn't come aboard;
throw them up one at time" said
the mate, as he stood ready to re-
ceive the expected vegetables.
"Ahoy there, look out!" shouted the
lad. as he threw up a small dried pea
toward the mate; I've got a sack
of these"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-07

would nearly go frantic. He was
weak and pa p. also listiesS and du.
as me- had suffered So long Many
remedies had been used for the boz.
but none OF them benefited. Several
of jhr leading physicians declared
that He WAS inCuraU'e. So i- was
with only a feeling of sseptigisW
that tne Young mans father called
at COursey A NUNS drug store and
% liked about his sons case He was
advised aud urged 10 begin the Qua
Ner treatment of Extract and oil OF
IA m. and he decided to 90 $50. After
only few DAYS there were good
ua-ceuribl= results waisI steadily
5uersas ed until AZ TAYLOR called To-
express his thanks He said. MY
son. oats. mas only taken TWO bot
lies Of tUe Extract. nuf Ee is a'-
ready nearly cured. lie has very
little distress OF any kind amy more.
frtr does uur r.=. Hr night. which .=
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-07
REALLY
REMARKABLE CASE

in itself wonderful blessing. as ne
was nearly dead from loss of sleep.
We can Jruthfu.jy say Quaker is "a
grand medicine"
six other cases were reported be
sides the above. which were Te-
Elections OF great credit To the jus,.s
celebrated Quaker Remedies II
YOU suffer from stomach. liver. kid
ney. bladder or blood troubles. or
have catarrh iu any form you sure
is owe yourself "a thorough treat
m-ut of Quaker Remedies which
have cured over goo local people.
This certain.v is % remarkable rec
ORD
Calf to-day az tho Doursey *
Nuru-s drug store. 20 Marietta
Street. for quaker Extract IS six
for $500 three for S--r u# or
Balm. 25r bottle No prepay IS
press charges uu an orders of $500
ur over
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-07
No Cause to Worry.

"Oh. YOU don't need ro wosr- about
me. George" said the Manicure Lady,
loftiIy. Il got a friend THAT'S older
and fatter than me, and not nal 81"
good looking, if do say il. and s9oo-
ness knows I amt conceited. This
..frr is an actress with a moving pie
lure company and she gets hundred
dollars every week of her life. more
than tric. a- much as ever urD" at
this table iu -be old paImy days. Sha
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-07
Knew What He Wanted.

Shuukcepor- PsrambuIdtors. Yes.
sir. We have Just got i'm new stock
sa,iu-Iined. siik-Uimmed. silver-pIat-
cd irouworh. fuIl-jeWeled handle. etc.
only ten guineas. Step this way.
please. First child. ] suppose,
fuStouer-NO- seventh
ShupkeepeT John. show the
gentleman those latest improved fif-
tevn-auu -sINp.uuy baby coaches"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-07
Boy the Last to Go.

And turning To the boy h said
You must leave this house and
take your mother with YOU Then we
win disiufcCt and burn everything.
But the boy cried.
" oh, ] ana strong and healthy, and
I am not afraid of anything
AN bewitChed. moaned the old
woman.
Sometimes l perspire a little
went on the boy, and wiped his fore
head with his hand.
They viii all die. God has pun
ished Them, murmured the old
woman.
- am strong and 1 defy an the
devils cried the son.
As me spoke he felt something
warm come into his mouth. and the
hlouC gushed over his lips.
THE doctor laid him on tn" bed
where he died two days later after
another hemorThsge.
For months she mother SAT I'm he.
corner moaning necessarily
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-07
HERBS. PLANTS AND ROOTS.

Their medicinal properties and
power over disease form a most in
tsrestiug study. There are Over
zoo varieties. all natures rene
dies. let even in this eulignteue-
"a ge the medicinal value of many
OF them is little understood.
II was IN this study that LEd.a
r Pirkham discovered her famous
Vegetable Compound for woman
Ills a combination OF roots ana
herbs which for nearly forty years
has proved a most suceessfu. rem
edy for an those distressing sy.uu-
toms commonly attendant upon
functional and organic diseases of
-ra feminine .-au-. which .fS.Ir-
-..i. r.n.r .r '- rs.r
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-07

was telling me the other night,
George, that it would be cinch for
me TO break In and make anyhow half
as much as she makes for starter"
You got 10 have a lot of experience.
haven't you?" asked the head barber.
she said you didn't have to, II YOU
had the youth and form in your favor.
OF course. she amt very heavy Oh
either the youth or form, so she had
To- work pretty hard for ten years to
get where she is. but the way ! figure
it I ought TO be booming along some
Trims grand in few months.
The Artist S Fate.
Brother WHfred threw a lot of cold
water on the scheme when ] sprang it
al dinner the other night. He says
that no true artist never got no
where without years of toll and dis
appointments. the same as he had 10
hustle for years and study nights to
set so he could write poetry. but /
don't figure that WHfrcd is enough Of
"a true artist or poet TO have any
right TO horn In telling nae where to
get off. Five Of the best young poems
that ne ever wrote. 10 hear MIN tell IL.
came back iu the mail yesterday. He
says thar them magazine editors is "a
lot of Joes uuat don't know real poetry
when they see il. and couldn't tell
'haucpr from chop Sucy Ii would
take a whole lot more Encouragement
than my fat head brother could offer
to make me change my mind about
,his moving picture stunt"
Well said the head barber. Il
suppose if you have got your mind
made up To try some new gesheft,
there won't De- mo- stopping YOU any
now When YOU go kid. YOU will go
with my best wishes. and maybe
some night about six months after.
when I go to the picture show and see a
seared-loojliug. clumsy dame falling
ail over herself in the films. I'm throw
kiss cat You.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-07
WAIT FOUR YEARS MORE.

DEAE MISS FAIRFAA.
When ] was IA I was friend
IN with a girl. II is now four
Years since I saw her Knowing
her address, / wrote twice, but
have received no answer nor
were the letters returned. What
is the best thing to do2 r
You were too young at Il To- cor
r, spond with a girl; you are sill
90 Young, now that You are is. Wat
four years more. and spend the inter
vauiug time IN making man ~ your
.aIr witch whom she would Doe PROUD
-u CORE pond.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-07
ANXIOUS
CERTAINLY.
Dear Miss Fairfax

Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am twenty and in love with
a young woman. | know that she
has learned to love me, too, so
went up to the house once a week
TO see her and once in a while /
took her to e. show. The last time
took her out / wrote next day
and asked her how she enjoyed II,
hut have had no answer. NouId
il be right for ue 20 write ana ask
the reason why She didn't an
swerg II. y. u.
Perhaps she didn't get the letter
Perhaps she thought she would an
swer your question next time YOU
oalled. instead Of by mail. give hel
he benefit of the doubt
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-07
TELL HER so.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
I am a young man rs years OF
age. There is a young girl whom
love very much and | know she
cares q lot for me. The only time
7, can see this girl is Sunday
morning at church. l would like
very much to keep company with
her but my position occupies
most Of my time at present and
II is Impossible for me to take
her ont on that account. What
shall l do?
ANXIOUS.
Explain conditions to her. l thini
that you Will fnd that love can thrive
or only che meeting week. In the
meantime. there is the mail box,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-07
AS YOU LOVE HIM, YES.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAN;
/ am 20, and went with
young man % years old for two
wears. This young man loved me
very much / did not love him at
the time. In the meantime | met
a Young man I thought | loved.
After giving the first one up J
found ak months later that
loved the first man. / had met
him in the meantime and we had
a little quarrel. Now ] love him
and would like very much to
meet him. Do you think he could
forget the girl he loved so very
much IN a years timc2 Would you
write and ask him to call, as ]
think he would? ROSEBUD.
There would be no improperly
a friendly letter, and much to rec
ommend n.
II he is manly, and worth loving, h
will bear you no resentment for you
mistaken judgment.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-07
Do You Know
That

Frank Hinse. Of Rockford. Eng .aDd.
ate a barrel of apples in ten days. It
was a regulation barrel. Hines ie-
complished the feat for bet. lie
wager netted him $50 and ne ives Z
pounds heavier when he had finished
lie has now a dislike for apples vhich
ne can not express in words. He fig
ures it will be 80 years at least bsfocs
he asks any one to please pass tae
apple sauce" Hinse was visiting the
warehouse of a friend when he re-
marked some apples on display looked
so good he believed he could eat a
barrel of them His friend wa gerei
$50 that Hinse couldn't eat a barrel
ful in ten days. Scores called at the
store daily to see how Hinse was get
ting along. and many side wagsrs
were made.
In Italy marriage brokers are a
regular institution. They have pock-
etbooks filed with the names of mar
riageabl maidens in various ranks II
life. and go about trying to arrange
matches. When they are successful
they receive commission, and very
likely something extra as voluntary
gift from their customer.
Frank Baccus, the giant negro of
Nevada. a pioneer of California. has
just died in Reno, al the age of 120
years He was feet inches hign
and weighed 230 pounds, and recall ID
events of 100 years go. He was born
in Missouri and came West in 1850.
Baccus was formerly a slave, but
worked out his freedom
The first telephone ever installed IN
a private residence is still to be seen
at Marlborough House. 1t was made
In 1873 on board the warship Thu1-
derer. and was subsequently fixed Up
between the school room and the hou-
dolr Of the then Princess Of Wales.