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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12

homes to form centers of industrial
progress in their own communities.
The government has established .
sales agency to dispose OF the com
modities thus produced, and SO far
the demand has greatly exceeded the
supply, One Filipino woman who
was trained in the new school has 500
women working under her and is re-
ceiving from firms in he United
States orders for thousands OF en-
broidered shirtwaists and handker-
chiefs. The beautiful Pima cloth, made
from pineapple. is one product to
which special attention is paid. Be
fore the Americans came this clotn
sold for from 10 to so cents a yard.
the demand for 1t is now such that |.
brings from $3.50 to So yard
The hardest thing American
teachers in the Philippines have to
contend with says Mr. Muerman.
is the American spirit Of hustle ano
hustle. The American is in too much
haste. 1t wants to get everything
done at once. He tries to overturn
in few weeks the traditions of cen
turtles. And yet, coming into a coun-
try where the ideal tends to be that
OF MANANA-never do today what
you can by any possibility put off till
tomorrow-he has really made aston
ishing Roadway In Transforming the
Philippines into country of TODAY.
where things move with something
like American hurry. The old folks
shake their heads and sigh for the
good old times, but the young people,
boys and girls alike. are glad to take
advantage of the more efficien. meth
DDS. They play American games ano
accept the educational opportunities
offered them with equal adaptability,
and it is through them that he new
Filipino civilization is making its way
irresistibly.
'Aguinaldo with his hemp weaving
and agriculture may be less heroft.
figure than the wiry general who for
so long eluded the American. armies,
just as clean streets and city high
schools somehow make less noise III
the concert of the powers than the
roar of guns in Manila bay; but when
the real history OF humanity is writ
ten, it can scarcely leave untold ms
story of the unseiflsh efforts of Amer
lea to carry the light of education to
the Philippines"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12
RAISING FALSE HOPES.

Consumptiyes have been duly eau
toned against too ready acceptance
Of the latest tuberculosis remedy and
great pains have been taken to re-
mind the public generally of the well
tried methods OF prevention and treat
ment at present in use 1t is remark
able. however, that the wholesome
scepticism shown in the majority of
serious discussions concerning the
ed in considering the possibilities and
prospects of current endeavors, so
that we are in manifest danger of the
very mischief against which we are
warned the mischief of raising false
hopes and depending too confidently
upon doctrine built upon a frail foun-
dation of established fact.
That the danger is very real one
lis shown by some recent comments
upon work dcne by the state board OF
I health in Pennsylvania, work describ-
| ed SO glowingly in the official bulle-
| tins as to lead a serious and sober
journal OF Philadelphia to the conclu
sion that consumption may disappear
or be reduced to an occasional cause
of death in Pennsylvania by 1918.
Now, without undertaking the efforts
of the health board or finding any
fault with the laudable desire of the
CRUSADERS to take the public int
their confidence in their warfare OF
tuberculosis, are we not justified II
scriticising. even in utterly condemn
ing the sort of optimism that encour
ages such unwarranted enthusiasm?
1t is we'll enough to stimulate popu
lar interest in the endeayor TO fin,
means OF dealing effectively with tn
problem. but to encourage the belle
that the methods now in use will elm
mate the plague In few years is t
betray the confidence of the public
. Admit as Professor Pearson ha
said, that there is as yet no certai
cure for phthisis in it's advanced stag
, and it incites men to find one ia
. more actively than TO praise existin
t cures
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12

saults CT the wretches composing the
mob have served to arouse sympathy
for the suffrage cause-som ething
that is needed everywhere. One may
not have strong liking for the hike
and some of the similar demonstra-
tons, but they are merely incidental
things calculated to attract notice. 1t
is difficult to imagine more con-
temptible official than the head of
the police department in Washington,
who did not enforce the law because
he was not in sympathy with the suff-
rage movement. And who can uphold
minister of the gospel who places
himself in the unenviable position of
asserting, directly in the face of over
whelming contradictory evidence. that
the police did their full duty? But
these are mere petty incidental hap
penings. They do not in the least
| detract from the business of the cause
mans suffrage one of the foremos,
nor do they in the least weaken the
earnestness Of those who regard wo
mans suffrage one of the ioremest
questions now before the public-and
there are a whole lot of people thai
so regard the question.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12
Wondrous Change in Philippines

Aguinaldo, erstwhile rebel leader
engaged In farming and in the manu-
facture of special brand of hemp
braid for hats, is the en;icing picture
OF Philippine Industrial conditions
drawn by j. c. Muerman. formerly
division school superintendent d
Cebu, P. L.. now rural school spec
ialist in the United States bureau Of
education. Aguinaldo's peaceful puT-
suit is typical Of the change tha. has
taken place in the Philippines during
the past few years.
Mr.. Muerman describes entertain
ingly the remarkable educational adj
vance in the islands since the day tho
, first American teachers dsembarked
from the U. S. Transport Thomas a
dozen years ago. Unhampered b..
academic tradition, and face to face
with problems of education that were
as big as civilization itself, these edu-
Gators and those who followed them
have gradually developed a system OF
Filipino schools under Filipino
teachers that is rapidly Transforming
the social and Industrial life of the
islands.
Compulsory Industrial training,
fitted for the needs of everyday Fill
pino life, Is the most distinctive fea-
ture OF the island schools. The Amer
leans have carefully studied the pos
sibilities of the valuable raw materials
abundantly at hand in the islands,
and are able to show the Filipinos
how to make the most of them.
Every Filipino school boy is required
to do certain amount of work with
native woods and fbers; everyone
must learn to till the soil by actually
doing 1t In the school garden and in
plat OF his own; and every Filipino
school girl is taught certain essen
tials OF sewing and other home-mak.
Ing arts. All the children in the
schools are obliged to pass through
this period OF elementary training in
the everyday tasks of life.
Most significant in the scheme OF
industrial education is the recent es
Enlistment of the Philippine school
of household industries. Two hun,
dred women from different parts OF
the islands were brought together al
Manila, shown how to adapt their ma
tive skill in embroidery and lace-mak
ing to the demands OF foreign mar
ke-s, and then sent back to their
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12
IoWA,s FIRE LOSS.

The report OF the state fire marshal
shows that there were 2,sO1 fires in
Iowa during 1912 involving a loss OF
s4,492,0D0. a million and quarter OF
which represented an excess OF loss
over insurance. The fire marshal
points to this great loss as an evil
dence that communities and individu-
ais should pay more attention to fire
prevention measures He makes 1t
plain that when property is de-
stroyed by fire the loss is absolute
and cannot be replaced except by the
expenditure of labor, money and new
material. If" he says, the property
is not insured the loss Is individual
and often falls with crushing force
upon person who can i'll afford to
bear it. If insurance is carried upon
the property the loss is collective, OF
ia community loss, but nevertheless a
loss
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12
It's Time to Get.
Ready for Easter
BY John P. Fallon.

AS the days grow longer and
Easter draws near thoughts turn
from cold-proof apparel for
wintry weather to the lighter
and brighter new things for
spring.
The spirit of springtime
floods the stores. You can feel
its influence even when you sit
at home and read THE GATE
CITY.
Every one is talking of the
new styles and planning for new
hats, new suits and accessories.
The advertisements are partic-
ularly interesting. They tell of
the newest STYLES, the fabrics
and colors to be the vogue, and
the many novel and becoming
modes Fashion has decreed for
the season.
Now is the time to prepare, to
take advantage of early selec-
ton, to secure your complete
Easter outfit in advance of the
eleventh hour rush.
Read the advertisements in
THE GATE CITY closely and
constantly every night. They
will keep you posted. They
will direct you to the most re-
liable stores and enable you to
purchase your Springtime ap.
parel to best advantage.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12

gressive and highly civilized nations.
The most marvellous thing in the new
century is the republic of China. Its
very beginning was marvellous. There
was no shedding of blood. The ruling
race had fattened upon the misery of
the people of China for three centur-
les They had brought untold misery
tc the celestial empire. They were an
alien race. And yet. when they were
driven out of the places to which
they had no right, there was no kill
ing and there was no danger to the
dethroned. They were permitted to
go in peace and to take with them
much of their ill-gotten wealth. And
then the people set to work quietly,
wisely and carefully to build a repub
lie. They had enough of aristocrats
and CT thrones and crowned heads
and of sub-kings. And these people
who had been under the most pater-
nal of governments for thousands of
| years. who were supposed to be de-
4 void of anything that we call pa
| triotism, who were supposed to be lack
| ing in even the first rudiments OF
qualification for self government, are
building republic that promises to
abide They were so wise that they
refused financial aid from the great
powers, for the reason that they might
thus give into the hands of others a
weapon which might be welded to the
disadvantage Of the young republic.
All of which shows how easy 1t is to
misiudge whole great peoples, and
how foolish it is for some to imagine
that they alone have the ability tc
plan and to think and to do, and that
others are SO woefuliy lacking in this
ability that 1t becomes our duty te
4 think and to plan and to do for them
Heretofore everybody believed that
he knew that the Chinese we're help
LESS and hopeless, a dying race, past
all hope of regeneration, and now We
are discovering that as in regard tt
SO many other things, everybody knew
nothing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12
hoMEsIck.

The Sioux City Tribune in a recent
Issue reproduces a poen contributed
to The Gate City and first published
Rev. Mr.. E. B. Newcomb, pastor of
Westminster Presbyterian church of
keokuk. Its merits are such that our
readers will thank US for the priyii-
ege of re-perusal.
I was born in Indiany-an' I'm pinin'
to get back
From these prairie winds at howl,
an snarl. an moan around my
shack;
From this empty endless Wilderness,
stretchin' fur as We can see,
An my hearts purt' night breakin'
for the sight O Jest one tree.
was raised in Indiany-an' I'm wish
ing / was back
Where the shiftin', shinin' Wabash
cuts its twistin, trailin' track,
Plowin' through the rus'iin' cornfields,
loafn under hangin' boughs,
Where they's pools to hide the fishes
an they's shade to cool the
cows.
Ny old homes in Indiany-an I'm
heartsick to git back.
Them creeks an woods hes got a
tongue these lonesome prairies
lack;
~ H,,t ctl
'cept the neVer-endin' cry
o. the winds at moan an mourn onti
ye think yen shorely die.
An We hain't no wish fer Twin, an
the dearest thing We crave
Is to die. an hev it over-ef they'l
only make yer grave
Back there in Indiana where the Wa
hash twists an turns,
Where the sun hes trees to shine on
an the autumn color burns.
Where the sycamore's crook;
branches shows the way tn,
river goes,
An across The yallerin' ccrnfelds y,
can hear the cry O. crows;
Where the leaves is drappin' softly
Naci1ur's tears fer days t
dead,
An nlongst the hick'ry tremblin
boughs the squirrel perks hi
head.
Where the oak an maple colors max
the woods kind O. hint
o. the lands yer lookin' fer at las
an seems 10 ketch a CLINT
o. the glory streamin downward
through break in heaven
wall,
An in the whisperin silences, ye hea
the angels call.
Indiany'a purt' night heaven, an II
wishin' l was home.
II they's them, ats thlnkin' drern
they've got licenae fer to roam
But heaven an Indiany is Jest the tB
things lack
I'm a good ways off from both Of 'el
AN prayin' to git back,
Ezra b Newcomb.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12

The superintendent of the Cleve-
land street cleaning department has
evidently been hearing from the wo-
men of that city. as he has declared
that women are trouble raisers and
would not do at all in politics. He
does not like it because women will
not make bluff and says they are
SO conscientious that they annoy"
those who believe 1t best not to try
to do any of the things that are prom
Used when men are elected to Office,
but have a nice. good, quiet time,
with no obstreperous women to re
mind them of duties.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12
A PIONEER PREACHER.

Following is one of the late Sam NJ. I
Clark's characteristic editorials II
appeared originally in The Gate City
of October %, 1889:
The metaphysicians have said much
about mental association of ideas. We
presume some of 1t Is worth while
yet the older we become the more
averse all OF us are to being reduced
to system When we heard the
other day of the death OF the pioneer
Methodist preacher we fell within the
categories of the metaphysicians, Can
any one tell why we thought only of
the early autumn and of no other sea
son? There was nc spring, no sum-
mer, no winter in our thought, only
the changing fall We saw a country
road where you drove a short distance
between all sorts of trees and under
growth that thrust their branches IN,
to your face. And then little creek
that the wagon went down into with
jerk; then was still moment; then
| straining of singletree and harness
4 you went up the other side There
I we're two big trees on the right hand
/ side which you must be careful to
! miss. On the left was a cluster OF
i white thorn bushes We saw a short
i stretch OF prairie covered with tall
grasses and rosin weeds. This was
merely a vagrant strip OF II thai,
/ grew down to the woods and the
I creek. II you followed 1t 1t would
4 take you out to where there was moth.
ing but prairie grasses and rosin
weeds for miles and miles and miles
4 In every direction. We see a little
4 patch OF thicket or grove There is
a dense outer wall of hazel and In
dian arrow and the low thrust
a branches Of the thorn and the crab.
] Just beyond a cluster of Wild piums
makes an open place. Beyond these
are a dozen or more oaks. elms and
cherries that almost reach the dig
nifty OF trees Some Of them are Gov
cred and festooned all over with wird
grape vines loaded with clusters OF
grapes. black-blue- purple with sun,
mer frosting of silver powder upon
them as women sugar cakes The sun
is shining upon that thicket bringing
1t into relief The sun always shines
upon It. You see block OF tents
with wagons just beyond, and cookinl
! stoves with short pipes. and yor
! smell the odors of chickens and din
. ners out of the common and the table
. Is set with dishes you vainly aspire
! TO the rest of the year. At one sid'
of the square of tents there is widt
high platform OF unplaned planks ant
II tent the length Of it just beyond
s That is the preachers tent" Their
e is an adytum In every temple wher'
1t priestly sacredness keeps its secre
" from the vulgar eye. 1t greatly pre-
notes the peoples reverence. On tn,
platform occasionally you see you
n pioneer preacher with various Others
la. On Sunday night you wake u
M with a great start and in a coll
ng sweat You think you have been vel
ms Ing loud enough to be heard over I
est Humphrey's but you are not certai
'ei that you we're able 20 make any nois
he at all The way of IT was this: 70
al were coming down the path fror
Towards when all at once a prairi
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12

This is the season OF the year when
mothers feel very muci concerned
over the frequent colds contracted by
their children, and have abundant rea
son for it as every cold weakens the
lungs, lowers he vitality and paves
the way for the more serious diseases
that So often follow. Chamberlain
Cough Remedy is famous for its cures
and is pleasant a. d safe to take. For
sale by Wilkinson & Co. Pharmacy
and ]. r. Kiedalsch & Son.-Adv.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12

Under the pension bill of May IL
1912, every soldier who was entitled
to an increase when he arrived at q
certain age, had to go to the trouble
of making a new application for the
increase. Before 1t closed, the last
congress passed and the President
signed a bill making this unneces-
sary and the Commissioner of Pen
sions will now allow the increase on
account of age, without any appEca
ton being made for the same.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12
The Mob and the suffrasette.

Jacksonville Courier: Ddsgracefui
as were the efforts put forth by the
mob of hoodlums to disorganize the
suffragette parade in Washington, the
women will not lose as result OF
their embarrassing experience. The
incident has attracted attention to
the laxness of the governmental d.
rectors OF the District Of Columbia
and there IL promise that a prompt
cleaning up will follow. And the as
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12

The state senate on Monday de-
feated bill introduced by Cowles OF
Des Moines county authorizing state,
city and local governments to pay for
the bonds OF officials and employees.
provided the cost did not exceed one
half of i per cent of the annual sal
airy. The vote was IA to %. Cowles
fled a motion for reconsideration.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12
ped in the Boulevard de Lavillette tc
watch street fair.

Here is message OF hope and good
cheer from Mrs. G. J. Martin, Boone
Mill. Va. who 10 tho mother Of eigh.
teen children. Mrs. Martin was cured
OF stomach trouble and constipation by
Chamberlain's Tablets after five
years Of suffering, and low recon-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12

The Carroll Herald sees a new men
ace in the fact that the urban popula.
ton is fast increasing in Iowa. Farm.
ers are moving to town and letting
the younger generation run the farms
It says. They are buying the best
city homes and reducing the number
OF dwellings available for renters. The
result Is scarcity of dwellings in al.
most every. city and town In Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12

The great water power project will
be completed in a few months. This
and the fact that Keokuk has no city
election this spring ought to make it
especially attractive to all seeking
new homes in an ideal community.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12
Anarchist Arrested.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
PARIS, March 12.-LaCombe, an
archist and alleged lieutenant of the
notorious Bonnet, auto bandit leader,
was captured by the police as he stop
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12
The Marvel of the Century.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: The most
Wonderful thing that the century has
brought is not aerial navigation. is
no mechanical invention Or purely
scientific invention or discovery, is no
movement among the self-styled pro-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12

After July / C. o. D. packages will
be transmissible by parcel post. This
will be a great convenience to the
business community, but what is most
needed is some arrangement whereby
we can all get things on credit.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12
mends these tablets to the puol.
Solr by Wilkinson & co. Phaallas'
and ]. F. Kieoaisch & Son.-Aa"
War Insurance.

LONDON, March 12.-Large iia IT,
.ance policies are being placed on !.
risk of war among the powers y I. -
months; the rate being ten gum
per cent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12
Fooled Her.

Washington Star: This isn't like
the bread mother makes said the
young married man.
$50 you are going to start that, are
your
Il was merely congratulating you.
Mother never was very good bread
maker
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12

The house at Jefferson city has
killed the anti-Sunday baseball bill
by refusing to place it on the calen.
dar after it had been adversely re-
ported by the committee on criminal
jurisprudence.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12

General Felix Diaz is quoted as
saving he does not want any office.
which, If true, Is evidence of almost
human intelligence.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12

Kin Hubbard has noticed that the
surer you are Of being right these
days the harder it is to go ahead.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-12

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.
No man IS hurt but by himself.
Diogenes.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-15

spend her small, carefully boarded al
lowance on a fabric for suit or dress
simply because it came under the shop
keepers hammer, and which she dis
covers, when too late, is a year behind
the styles.
FOR the coming season the woman
VINO chooses an open mesh or loosely
woven fabric and develops it in Rus
sian fashion makes no mistake. Such
a costume is shown in the first fig
ure' 1t was developed in tan agaric
with drawn-work border at the hem
OF skirt and peplum and about the
sleeves. The girdle is of brown satin
and the buttons of amber. No more
serviceable or stylish frock for the
summer months could be chosen. The
peplum is laid in pleats and extends
low almost to the knees. This fulness
about the hips is a notable feature Of
prevailing modes. The skirt retains
its slender lines and, II possible, is
narrower than ever at the hem, pre-
senting a decidedly drawn-in appear
ance. The skirt of the illustration is
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-02-15
NOTICE OF LAND SALE.

No. s36
Great Southern Phosphate Co.
VS..
N. w. Lee, ]. e. Lee and E. R. Lee.
By virtue of an execution issued to
me on the 9Th day of January, 1918,
by T. ]. Nixon, Clerk Of the Circuit
Court Of Forrest County, State of Mis-
sissippi, have levied upon and will
offer for sale on
the first Monday and third day Of
March, 1918,
during legal hours, at the Main street
door Of the Court House of Forrest
County, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi,
and will sell to the highest and best
bidder for cash, the following de-
scribed property situated in said coun.
ty and state which has been levied upon
as the property of the defendant In the
above styled cause, to-wit:
w. 1-2 of S. w. IA of section Is,
township 1 south. range IS west; west
half CIV. 1-2) Of N. w. IA OF section