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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-01
WHAT THE FARMER NEEDS.

A pamphlet issued by the National
Soil Fertility League declares that
the American farmer needs scientific
aid. Man for man the American farm
er produces twice as much as the
farmer of Europe. but he requires
-four or FIVE times the area to do 1t.
His methods are poorer, but his opsr-
atoms are larger.
In European farming there is more
hand and less machine work than
with US. There often the Whole fam
lily is in the field for long hours Of
gruelling labor. This means a psas-
ant farmer. and this we certainly do
not want.
Our need, the circular continues, IS
the best farm methods that can be
carried on by machinery, cultivatlng
smaller areas in better manner. II
is better to raise so bushels YIELD.
say, of corn, on so acres than so
bushels yield on so acres. Too often
farming large areas means two crops
on the same land, I. e., grain and
weeds.
The Lever agricultural extension
bill provides for trained farm dem
onstrator or county agent" to carry
10 the farmer in the field the best
known methods and show him how to
apply them. In other words, how to
increase his yield, how to build up
his soil. how to decrease the cost of
production. how to increase farm pro-
fits and how to shorten his hours Of
labor by an increase of brain power.
The farm demonstrators will quicken
interest In farming among the young.
He will show them the splendid OPP
portunities and the large and sure
reward scientific farming opens to
them; that it is big business, an
interesting business. a dignifed bust
ness, and, when coupled with brains,
industry and patience, the best and
safest business in the world
The farm demonstrator or county
agent" will connect the farm with
the source Of scientific knowledge. He
will aid in building up a community
spirit, will aid in cooperative move
ments and educational and social de
velopment, out Of which viii grow a
higher type Of citizen-the worlds
most valuable and necessary man
the scientific, efhcient and prosperous
farmer.
The passage Of the Lever bill will
in due time double the efficiency Of
the average American farmer by rails
ing the poorer farmer up to the pres
ent average farmer and raising the
latter to the standard of the press
best farmers. II is the opinion O
nearly every authority upon the sub
iect, both at home and abroad. thai
the Lever bill or show me" plan /:
the only one that will effectivel,
reach the great inert mass that mos
needs help but who do not realize 1t
Our best farmers of today are abb,
to take care Of themselves.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-01
The High Cost Of Living and the Dis
creditinq Of One Political Remedy.

The High Cost OF Living and the Dis
crediting Of One Political Remedy.
La Crosse Leader-Press: The Dem
ocratic party has reduced the tariff
to revenue basis, frankly ignoring
the thought OF protection to industry,
and yet the cost of living. which was
the main cause. and excuse for tariff
legislation has not as yet been affect
ed. A report issued within the last
week by the federal bureau Of Stats
tics finds that the cost of foods, in
the proportion consumed by the aver
age family, has advanced 66 per cent
IN IL years. The figures cover the
period bttween 1901 and 1913. And
nothing is falling Indeed prices this
winter on most foods are higher than
at any previous time.
One would not expect prices ma
| terially to decline Immediately after
! the tariff law was passed, but the
tendency that way should soon be
/ noticed If there is to be at all any
such effect as has been promised If
/ quotations were to be cut little la
! ter, those holding stocks now wculd
be forced to act in order to avoid
having them on their hands when
foreign goods began to pour in. But
I there is neither reduction now, nor
4 is there promise OF It. Producers Of
food, clothing, household goods, all
4 other staples, do not offer anything
/, substantial in the near future In the
i way OF restoration Of the prices OF
the SOS. Rather they hint at further
advances.
4 One is forced to the conclusion
4 and conviction we believe will
!, strengthen as time goes by, that the
! tariff is much smaller factor II
prices than has generally been sup
Z posed. Indeed the democratic nation
3 al administration seems to be com
! Ing around to that point of view. I
e announces that 1t is next to begin 1
. campaign against the trusts with tn,
! hope of reducing the cost OF living.
Here then Is confession, taken Ii
/ connection with failure to fall sine
I the Underwood bill passed, that tn
:, present Prices are not due 10 the tarf1
after all.
: Having tried the tariff way, an
= accomplished nothink the democrats
:, who are pledged by their platform t
:. put prices down IL they can, do we
: doubtless to seek out another rem
:, edo. Hence the antitrust campaign
;, And II that fails, other things may b
! attempted. Eventually possibly 1t wi
occur to somebody to go into nature
- causes and to use political device
- only in so far as may be necessar
= to prevent artificial interference wit
:, supply and demand. Then we may 81
:. somewhere.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-01
Pages Mock Session.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. J
WASHINGTON, Dec L. Senate
pages held a mock session In the
upper house with vice president.
Joseph b. o'Toole. chief OF the pages,
and the precedent shrouded routine
of the senate was closely followed.
The measures introduced were to
increase salary of the pages to ST..
500 per annum; to provide each with
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-01
CARTHAGE, ILL.
: : . = = . 2 : : = "a, . =

I. A. Carlton went to Quincy Tues
day to visit his son Doug.
Mrs. j. p. Beckman visited Miss
Myrtle Baker in Augusta last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Ferris and
daughter Mary went to Chicago Wed.
nesday to spend Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Crie SIMPSON went to Keokuk
Thursday to join Miss Gail Simpson
on trip to TT. Madison to spend
Thanksgiving with Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Btggs and Lake Simpson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Briley OF Pom.
toosuc. accompanied by his sister
Mrs. Hebner Of Niota, and Mr.. and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-01

Secretary Houston's declaration
that less than 40 per cent of the cul-
tivatcd land in the United States is
reasonably well cultivated, and less
than IL per cent is yielding maxi
mum returns, is severe Indictment
OF those engaged in agricultural pur-
suits. AS the Dubuque Telegraph.
Herald we'll says, the manufacturer
who should get maximum production
out of only IL per cent of his plant
and fail in getting what he should
from more than 40 percent OF 1t
wouldn't keep out of the sheriff
hands very long.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-01
MAKE THE BEST.

MAKE THE BEST.
Making the most of life's the thing,
Singing, if it is your gift to sing.
Hoeing if it is your gift to hoe,
Glowing if 1t is your gift to glow,
Making the most of life-that's all;
Answering with all of your heart the
call,
Meeting the issue and standing pat
On whatever the toll life finds you at,
Sure in your own heart you're trying
to do
That toll the best 1T has ever been
done
A whole world wide and whole world
through
Since the very first era of toll begun.
Baltimore Sun.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-01
CHARLESTON, IA.

. = a n . y a \ , a .
Mr.. Lewis Westermyer was a Keo-
kuk caller Saturday.
Mr.. Murdoch Campbell and Mr..
Stafford OF Ft. Madison were out in
their car Friday and spend a few
hours In hunting.
The Misses Ida and Sparkel Pick
ering were Donnellson callers satur
day.
Mr. George Lawson OF Illinois 1.
home for the winter
Miss Anna westermeyer lett fol
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-01

Dollar dinners are blooming in
North Carolina Eeiov the Potomac
dollar dinners, by common report.
consist of Is cents worth OF grub and
s. cents worth of hot air.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-01

Kansas City's Society for the Pre-
vention of Commercialized Vice
serves permanent injunctions on prop
erty rented for such purposes. and
the chairman says it has the desired
effect and also shows up some mis-
cradle scoundrels who have been pos
ing as leading citizens" who own anc
rent houses of this kind. That seem
to be the case almost everywhere.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-01

speaking probably from 10th obser-
vation ard experience, Ale Martin
declares that it doesn't make any DIFF
ference where You wear your heart
If your liver is off the job.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-01

IN San Franoiscos hght for the
Fetch Hetchy the opponents are
designated as nature lovers, nature
fakirs irrigation promoters and wa
ter power corporations. That all9
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-01

Governor Blease is evidently de-
termined TO keep in the limelight If
he has TO pardon every prisoner in
he South Carolina penitentiary
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-01

The eugentsts say that j girl should
know all about man before she mar
ries him, bpt an upstate paper is of
the opinion that in such event she
wouldn't marry him And we guess
it is about right.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-01

The Rev. Barber has left Des
Moines temporarily and is IN Dubuque
in an effort to defeat the new petit.
ton Of consent for the sale Of
liquors. The strange thing about II,
comments the Waterloo Times-Trib.
une, is that Rev Bagber is said to
be well acquainted in Dubuque That
man viii be tackling Davenport next
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-01

Colcrado's woman senator told the
male members Of the state senate
hat they talked too much. A knock
rom such source is knock in
deed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-01

Il grape juice diplomacy has made
any noteworthy impression on Huerta
as yet it isn't conspicuous on the sur
face OF things.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-01

There should be less kicking now
that the football season is ended.
Pears as If some people don't know
when to quit.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-01

A farm expert says that hens need
10 be amused. Quotations showing the
retail price Of eggs ought to tickle
them nightly
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-01

woman In letter TO her hus-
band says she left him for a man
who would treat her with more bru-
tally. Did you ever?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-01

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.
There never was a person who did
anything worth doing that did not
receive more than he gave.-H. W.
Beecher.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-01
Continues
To Increase

Sold =-sr7~asre. In boxes ios., 2Se.
assssei 70 Rad he air.ssisss M en-, ~.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-01-29
Working Backward.

A japanese house is built quite
differently from an English one The
90, which with us is the last i'm
portant part of the outward structure
o be completed. is with the Japanese
the first thing to be finished. All the
tools used by the carpenters and
joiners have a reversed action. The
Japanese carpenter does not push a
plane a way from him, but pulls it
toward him. The gimlets are thread
ed in the opposite way to ours, the
saws are made so as to cut on the
upward pull and not on the down
ward thrust; screws have their
threads reversed, and keyholes are
always made upside down and the
keys turned backward. In the house
il the clock is an old one it will have
stationary hands, with the face re
volving backward and the hours
marked s, I, 6, 3, 4, and so on,
reckoning onward from noon. London
Globe.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-01-29
primitiv. School Books.

The horn book invented in ll6O ana
used considerably up to the close oil
the eighteenth century was the usual
text book of the elementary school
A thin slab of hard wood was cover
ed with parchment, on which were
printed the capital and small letters
numerals and some elementary
syllables and words.
over this thin sheet OF trans
parent cows horn was placed and
firmly bound so that no moisture
could penetrate. To this the Bible
and the sampler on which little girls
painfully stitched the letters of the
alphabet, some "Godly saying" and
border of herring stitch, or some
conventional pattern of Impossible
flowers and foliage and the egend
MARY Smith, her sampler" or the
like, were about all that the child
rem used up to the beginning OF the
eighteenth century.-London Globe
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-01-29
Birds Rob Ohio Farmers.

Margaretta township farmers went
out with guns for pair of thieving
blackbirds. Fred Blair saw one of the
two leaving his dwelling through a
window with his razor in its mouth
The birds inhabited big elm tree
in a field near the outskirts OF the
village of Teemes. A search recover
ed plunder in crotch several feet
above the ground. There were num-
erous spools of thread, several Thin
bles, pins, needles, hairpins, small
articles of wearing apparel, collar
buttons, a pair of scissors and two
case knifes.
The blackbirds saw the posse OF
farmers coming and by lodging buck
shot managed to make their escape.
They are believed to have established
a new fence. ."-Clevelan Plain
Dealer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-01-29
Must Do Without Almanac.

1t looks as if the Chinese public in
the south will be in fix this year for
the want of the usual almanac, which
is an indispensable requisite in every
household In order to distinguish be-
tween lucky and unlucky days and the
like. The little kobos are sold by the
hundreds of thousands and the trade
got them ready as usual. To meet
the situation new covers were put on
with the new dates, while the inside
remained the same as II there had
Zen no change. The sale OF these is
strictly interdicted and nothing has
been provided to take their place.
Pekin Daily News.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-01-29
Louisiana Figs.

Figs as large as hens egg and
fully ripe were on exhibition here,
having been raised on the place OF
Martha Franklin in this city The
fig is the best crop of this section,
and one crop that never fails. The
trees grow from sprouts and thrive
under any and all conditions. The
fruit natures especially early and
could be made the source of great rev.
enue if used as the basis for canning
and pre-. .erving for the market. Trees
that are affected by the lale fcosts
and freezes have put forth a second
crop.-Baton Rouge correspondence
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-01-29
A ROYAL SportsWoman.

The Comtesse de Paris, who went
shooting at Wood Norton with her
grandson. King Manoel, ranks with
the Duchess of Bedford and few
other society leaders as one of the
best lady shots in England The
Orleans and the Bourbons have always
been devoted to sport, and the Com
tesse has been an enthusiastic and
clever shot since her early girlhood.
A good many years have passed since
the Comtesse when staying at Sand
ringham astonished the natives of
Norfolk by her provess with the gun,
ew members of the royal shooting
parties acquitting themselves better.
Westminster Gazette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-01-29
NOVEL EYEGLASSES.
German Inventions for the Near
Slahted and for the Police.

0i4nICu anu IOT NNC
A German inventor has devised
what he calls telescope eyeglasses.
They are intended for the use OF
short sighted persons by the very
simple means of enlarging the image
on the retina. They are especially de-
sg ed for that class of near sighted
ol pie who cannot wear the ordinary
sir, ply corrected glasses.
The monocle combination consists
of two parts united in single metal
frame. front objective lens or col
leotor and a second nearer the eye to
dispense the rays at the proper angle
to make the correction for the degree
of myopy in question. When properly
prescribed and made, says the
Scientific American" the two lenses
have such relation to each other that
there is no distortion, astigmatism or
colored border to the image obtained.
Another German has invented what
he calls police eyeglasses, On the
side next the face they have tiny con
cave mirrors which may be extended
sidewise or be folded back so as not
10 show. They give the wearer II he
has normal sight an image ot what
is going on almost directly behind
him. They are proposed for the Ger
man secret police.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-01-29
ONE WAY TO BUILD A ROAD.
How Some Kentucky Women Sue
ceeded Where Men Failed.

EVERYBODY is in favor of good roads
as an abstract proposition, but when
il comes down to the concrete that
is to say, to sand and gravel-there
are differences Of opinion. Some
Kentuckians there are who declare
themselves strongly for good roads,
but say they do not know how to go
about getting them.
One way to go about 1t has been eN-
emplfied recently by the Federated
Woman's Club of Brandenburg. The
members OF that live organization
felt the need of good road from
Brandenburg to Weldon, station on
the Louisville, Henderson and ST.
Louis Railroad Brandenburg has no
tailroad and when the citizens Of that
.own go travelling they either take
1 steamboat or drive over to Weldon
to take the train.
Meade county mud possibly is few
degrees worse than the mud any
where else in Kentucky The male
citizens of Meade have been handling
the road question in the same way
hat many other Kentucky counties
have been handling it. Mud
multiplied by mud produces more
mud. but the male citizens of Meade
didn't seem to know it.
The women woke up to the situa-
don first and they determined to
pike" the road from Brandenburg
Weldon. They raised more than
1900 by private subscription and
hey asked the Fiscal Court to do the
est The court came across with
n appropriation of $4,000 as an egi-
ence of good faith. The road will
le built 1t will be possible to travel
rom Brandenburg to Weldon with
nut breaking a hamestring or strain
ne singletree. A wagon will no;
De a load for four horse team,
nd walking will not be an impossi-
oility. when big thaw comes.--Louis-
vile Courier-Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-01-29
Vicar of One Parish n Years.

The Rev. Henry Martyr Sherwood,
who recently completed seventy-one
years as vicar of the parish of White
Ladies, Aston, placed his resignation
in the hands of the Bishop of Worces.
ter. Mr.. Sherwood was graduated
from Oxford seyenty-six years ago
and was ordained deacon in 1885.
He accepted the living of White
Ladies in 1889, and four years later
was also appointed to the incumbency
of Broughton Hackett, which he held
until 1898. 1t is claimed for the re-
firing vicar that he is the oldest
clergyman in the diocese of Wor-
cester-London Evening Standard.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-01-29
ONLY a Summer Doq.

A little boy was enterta ming the
minister until his mother could com
plete her toilet The minister to make
congenial CONVEX sation inquired.
Have you dog?'
"Yes, sir, a dachshund," responded
the lad.
where is he?" questioned the
dominic, knowing the way to boy's
heart.
Father sends him away for the
winter. He says it takes him so long
to go in and out the door he COOS
the whole house off. ff."-Success.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-01-29
Doctor the Best Pie Maker.

DR.. Silas L. Mcdonald is Oak Parks
star pumpkin pie maker. His recip-
won the prize position in the Euclid
Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church's
cook book.
He said his mother made goo,
pumpkin pie, but his wife's was bel
ter, and he followed her plan. Here
it is:
ITO one quart of properly steweC
pumpkin, pressed through col2nder,
add enough good rich milk to mo.steA
it, a teaspoonful of salt, one-half GU,
of molasses, one tablespoonful Q.
ginger and one teaspoonful of nut
meg. Bake in moderate oven"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-01-29
Cheese Boxes Imported.

About two thousand imported
empty Camembert cheese boxes, bear
ng the names of well-known French
cheeses, were imported at New York
on one steamship recently. Duty had
20 be paid on the printed matter on
their two thousand labels, and an.
other duty on the imported boxes.
According to New York trade
journal, these boxes are filled in New
York State and sold as coming from
abroad.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-01-29
There is only one sudden death
among women TO eight among men.
Convenient shoe Horns.

A problem which has agitated the
feminine mind for some time has been
successfully solved at last. A way in
which women may reach their feet un-
aided, even though corseted, comes to
relieve those who are overburdened
with obesity. How is this feat accom-
plished? It's simple If one possesses
one of the new shoe horns which have
a three-foot wooden handle attached
to the horn. This novelty is imported,
and though the price may seem high,
the relief purchased with one Of these
toilet accessories is certainly worth
the price.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-01-29
On Sanltv'a Border Line.

Experts can hardly define the thin
line that separates the insane from
the sane. There is twilight Of the
mind in which many people buy and
sell, love and divorce, marry and give
in marriage and live and die. At no
time in their lives are they really In
sane more than a few moments at o
time and yet they live in world that
is tangled, out of tune and different
from that all around them.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-01-29
Trus - r. - True
angle lamps

The best oil burning lamp at
any price.
Angle Lamps are different
rom other oil burning Lamps
they cast no shadow, consume
enough less oil for the same il
Elimination to soon pay for their
cost; non-eXplosive; odorless;
easy to care for; guaranteed.
We're sole Pittsburgh dis
tributors for Angle Lamps and
would like to send you the Angle
Lamp Booklet, describing in de-
tail the various sizes and styles.
Angle Lamps, 1925 to $l2.OO
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-01-29
HOPELESS Case,

DE trouble wild me and muh wife"
admitted old Brother Gaumpers, "am
dat, whilst we gree most O de time,
we don't gree at de same time. l kin
gree bout anything, and she kin gree
bout anything, but we KANT gree wild
each udder bout it. When I'm willin'
to gree wild her she won't gree wild
me, and when she is ready to gree wild
me I've changed muh mind and KANT
gree wild her. We kin bofe gree sep
arate, but we KANT gree together on
de same thing at de same time, and de
mo- we tries de wuss we gifts"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-01-29
Evidently a Diplomat,

A courtier taking leave OF Louis
XIV, who was sending him as an am
bassador to a foreign court, was told
by the king: my most important IN
struction for yol is to pursue a policy
entirely different from that OF your
predecessor" Sire" said the diplo-
matist, 81 will endeavor to do 30, that
your majesty may not repeat the ad-
vice to my successor
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-01-29
Girl Slaves,

In Yunnan, China, girls are still
sold into slavery. In one year about
300 children for this neighborhood
were sold to dealers and carried to
the capital in baskets like poultry
At ordinary times the price for girl
is IS. I'd. for each year of their age.
but in time of famine children be
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1913-01-29
Nospltal Service for pcue,

A special ambulance service has
recently been started in London for
wounded dogs. 1t is run in connection
with the Animals Hospital and lnsti-
tute at Kinnerton street, Pimlico.
When a dog is run over in the street
or injured in any way, the hospital
may be 'phoned and motor ambu-
lance is Immediately despatched A
qualified attendant always accom-.
,panies the ambulance.