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shave separated from her, and the
white stripes shall go down to pos
terity representing liberty.
Again, where did the stars come
from? Historians have had many
long controversial; over that question
In George Washington's coat-of-arms
appear three golden stars above two
red bars on white background. So.
you see, it Is :. ,asant indeed to thinl,,
that the red, the white and the blue
with the stars and the stripes, were
taken from the family standard of our
Firs President.
"And of course you recall the story
of Betsy Ross, the pretty Philadei-
phia widow who, when Washington
came to see her about designing the
flag for the new nation, took her scls-
sors and shipped u five-pointed star
out of white cloth quicker than YOU
could say Jack Robinson.
However, it is a matter of histor-'
ical record that the Continental Con-
.gress, on that first Flag Day. met in
Philadelphia, appointed committee
to design the flag and finally passed
the resolution That the flag of the
thirteen United States be thirteen
stripes, alternate red and white, the
union to be thirteen stars, white on a
blue field, representing new constel-
lation the stars to be arranged in u
circle
'And this flag floated over our brave
ancestors as they fought for liberty at
Valley Forge, Yorktown, Brandywine'
and the momentous occasion of Gen
eral Burgoyne's surrender to Wash!
ington. John Paul Jones, the first
Admiral of the American Navy, is
said to have flown the first American
flag at sea from the masthead of the
Bon Homme Richard when she fought,
the terrible engagement with the Eng
lish ship Scraps.
I'm 1871 Vermont was admitted to
the Union and the State of Kentucky
a year later They of course, must
have representation on the flag. A
bill was passed by Congress increasing
the number of stars to fifteen and the
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W la. is the time. please"
" and you run to look at the
clock on the library mantel or.
maybe, look at Mammals watch living
on top of her bureau, it seems a sim
ple thing indeed-provided, of course.
you have learned how to tell time.
Nowadays, everybody seems to have.
either a clock or a watch. Goodnessi
me, why right in your own home are,
no less than three-one in the liyinei
room, another in the library and still
another out in the kitchen SO Bridget
can tell just how long to let the dinner
cook without burning! And. it seems,
nearly every grown-up carries a
watch. Grandpa and papa and Uncle
VIII and the policeman and the huck-
ster and-oh. most everyone!
But 1t was not always SO. Indeed
there was once time when people
told" the time of day'in the queerest
of ways imaginable. The first clock.
was not invented until about the mid
die of the Fourteenth Century: and
it, possessing but one hand, was made
by German named Henri de Vic. In
this crude clock of his a large wheel
was kept in motion by a weight grad
ually unwinding a cord which. in turn.
moved bar connected with the wheel.
long time ago-much more than.
two thousand years-a certain ruler
invented the sun-dial which, as YOU
have probably heard. is dial on,
which the hours were marked Off in n
circle; and an arm, or quadrant was
so placed upon this dial that its shad-.
ow fell upon the mar'-ed-off hours
successfully as the sun worked round
in the heavens When the day was a
cloudy or rainy one. of course, there
was no sun and the people could do
little more than guess at the time.
Then. in the days of good King
Arthur of England, people burned
candles Of the same length both night
and day. When one candle had
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think that silly, greedy creature said :?
Pouf, it's disgusting! Well, then. Mr..
Old Man. he cried. I wish 1 had "a
neck as long as-longer than my legs
so l could taste my food all the
way down! I do, so l do!'
L looked at him a moment and
shook my head. But he began to
weep and wall and beg me to make
his neck long-I had the power of
changing the animals as I willed, you
remember. I refused at first, but pres
emily, after he had carried on some
thing awful, consented. Instantly,
he was overcome with joy.
Il told him it would be very plain
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20 find an herb or leaf that tasted
il right to him. And then. mind
you. when he did get hold of one ne
gave just one swallow and-presto-
the good taste was all oYer
oh, Mr.. Old Man he walled, why
can't l get something to eat that'll
taste good for a long time Just as
soon as l swallow it. the tastes all
gomez
Imagine. Donald, just imagine any
animal carrying on lik that! Wasn't
he a silly, foolish creature! l was
simply disgusted with him. But |
still felt that | must do something to
cheer him up. So | carefully ex-
planned to him that the sense of taste
is located in the tongue and the mouth
and the throat, so to speak. Nobody,
animal or human being, | told him,
can possibly taste with his stomach.
''And then, Donald, what do you
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Telling Time When There
Were No Clocks

burned out in certain length of time,
another was straightway lighted and
1t, too, was supposed to burn for the
same length of time when another was
lit-and so on through tie hours.
AS a matter of fact however, the
candles did not burn with regularity,
for, as you well know yourself, a
draught or sudden gust of wind
makes a candle burn more rapidly
than in still air. To obviate this, a
shade was placed around the candle.
About a century after de Vic had
invented his weight clock, another
German named Peter Henlein hit upon
the happy idea of keeping the wheel
In motion by ooiling ribbon steel
around a spindle. And from then on,
improvement after Improvement was
made in various parts of Europe until
clocks began to resemble somewhat
the ones with which you are familiar.
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What Stretched the Giraffe's Neck

the hungriest, the greediest and the
most 'choosey' about his food of them
all. From sunrise to sunset he trot-
ted about looking for something.
dainty and choice to eat. Ordinary
leaves and succulent greens he scorn-'
ed. He would go to any lengths to
get a tasty morsel and, my, how he
would smack his lips when he did find
one
well, Donald, one day he came TO
me-all the animals, you know, al
ways brought all their troubles to me
and complained about his food.
Nothing suited him. 1t was only now
and then, he said, that he was able
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ne down! Helpl It's pulling my
neck, It's stretching my neckl
'Humphr growled Gray Baboon.
isn't that just what you wantedr
And gradually, inch by inch, az
Giraffe kicked and plunged, his nc k
began to get longer and longer, the
weight of his own body stretching 1t.
you see!
But Gray Baboon wasn't satisfied
with that. So he secured another
long piece of palm fibre, made moose
in one end and lassoed Giraffe's hind
legs. Then he twisted another loop
in it-and hung on with his feet and
tail, just as you see the monkeys
hang on to a trapez in their cage at
the Monkey House.
Poor Giraffe yelled and yelled and
yelled Whew, how he did beg to
be cut down. But Baboon wouldn't
hear to it-until his neck was stretch
ed as long as his legs! Then we
climbed the tree and released him
but-whewl here comes Nurse. Dom
And 1t was, too.
Lands sakes!" Nurse exclaimed.
you're the sleepiest little boy I ever
had to take care of. The idea! Dom
aid, do you know that you've been
standing up leaning on that railing
and-sound asleepl"
Nurse" asked Donald. sleepily. as
he rubbed his eyes. Does eatin'
candy stretch-stretch-yo neck?"
WHAT Stretch your necki Lands
sakes. what a queer child! No In
deed-but it's mighty apt to give you
a pain in your little tummy! Good
ness me, where'd you get that ideafj
Been dreaming again, suppose-and
standing up, tool Your Mamma'u
certainly have to get the Doctor to
come around and look at you, DonaidL
The ideai'
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PRINTERS PI-BIRDS.

Each of these words contains all the
letters in the name of a bird, but
they are mixed, as you can see. Can
you straighten them out? No. l is
Sparrow.
l. Posarwr. 2. Any-ac. 8. Igdaptrer.
A Kirdlabcb. 5. Pokerdewco. 6. Vearn.
ZIG-ZAG PUZZLE.
If the following words Of four let
ters each are written one below an
other, their zig-zag letters, beginning
at the upper left hand corner and
ending at the lower left hand corner,
will spell the name of summer sport.
1. An animal.
2. An article of wearing apparel.
8. To rise above.
A. Small particles of earth.
S. A broad smile.
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a yellow flag in the center of which
a. peared a rattlesnake. ready to
strike, and the warning, Don't Tread
On Mel was popular.
'As the Revolution came on In
1875 there foated over George Wash
ington's headquarters the English flag
changed by white stripes across Its
red field. Though the origin Of these
stripes is not exactl definitely known,
ther is a theory to the effect that
they were placed on the English en-
sign to show that the Colonies had.
separated from the Mother Country.
And this explanation is further sub.
stantiated by a statement attributed
to Washington. We take the STAR
from heaven, he said, the red fronis
our Mother Country, separating it by;
white stripes, thus showing that we
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Then we arranged a slip-noose out
of palm fiber so that the moose would
close over Giraffe's neck and hold il
fast, once he bit into the dates. Then
we fixed a rope to the weight that
was holding the tree bent over and
carried the other end of it off through
the underbrush. concealing it care
fully with leaves. Then we curled
up and went to sleep.
Just at sunrise, the next morning,
1 was awakened by a rustling in the
grove. l touched Gray Baboon on
the shoulder and he sat up. rubbing
his eyes for all the world like you do
when Nurse calls you in the morning
I put my fingers to my lips, caution
ing him to make no noise, and then
pointed out through the underbrush
to where Giraffe was coming along
looking eagerly from side to side and
shifting the morning air.
presently, Giraffe espied the date
tree, all bent over, with its choice
cluster of fruit within easy reach of
him. He gave one joyous yelp and
made rush for the dainty morsels.
And then
"Well, Donald, he had no more
than closed his greedy jaws upon the
dates than-presto-I pulled on the
rope which released the weight; the!
tree straightened up like a bow; the
slip-noose fell tight about Giraffesi
neck and-there he was dangling high
in air and kicking and plunging for
dear life! Oh, Donald, he looked SO
funny
Gray Baboon and 7 came out of
hiding and laughed and roared and
rolled all over the ground in our
merriment. Poor, silly Giraffe! The
moose, you see, held him fast, sus-
pended to the top of the swaying tree.
"'Helpl Help!' he cried out in
giraffe language. Let me down. Let
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APPLE PIE ORDER,

TT is not exactly known where this
old-fashioned phrase originated,
but it is supposed by those max
ing study of old phrases to have
come from the children's game. which
begins thus: "a was an apple-pie; b
bit 1t; C cut it; D divided it; f fought
for it; G got it; Fl had it." and so on.
to the end of the alphabet. Doubtless
when the children were ranging them
selves for the game they called it
"Getting in apple-pie order"
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HEN Teacher closed the aritb-
IA metic lesson full half-hcur.
before the customary time. /;
w every child in the room knew,
something unusual was about ITO har5
pen. Who had broken a rule? Who,
was to be called up to her desk and:
lectured before the whole class? Who;
was to be kept in after school as:
punishment for his misdeeds? The,
entire room was on tip-toe.
But, also, the anxious scholars were.
wrong. NO one was to be reprimand 9
ed; for Teacher moved her chair out
from her desk so that she was directly
racing the class and smiled at them.
Children" she said in quite the:
pleasantest of tones next Saturday Isl,
Flag Day and I'm going to tell you
the interesting story of how the Star,
Spangled Banner happens to appear,
as 1t does today. It was not always.
the way you see 1t now. Indeed, just
as little babies grow to be children,
and then men and women, SO this;
nag of ours was once an infant and:
grew up to be the beautiful emblem
you know and love so we'll.
When the Colonists first settled att
jamestown, and Plymouth, you re-,
member, they did so under the flag
or England, which consisted of a blue
field bearing the white cross of ST.
Andrew and the red st. George Cross,
as ordained by King James the First.
Thus, you see, we have the red, white,
and blue which now appears in old,
Glory
From then op until the actuali
birth of the American flag the colon-'
ists-in those stormy days preceding,
the Revolution used the English,
flag with some changes here and there,
according to popular sentiment in the:
different colonies. And during this
period, in which England's flag seemed;
to be decidedly unpopular. some queer
banners were unfurled to the breezes
For example, in Massachusetts, there
was a white flag bearing a pine tree
in its center and underneath it th,S
motto, An Appeal to Heaven And
down among the Southern Colonists
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NO CINcR.

EtheTs mother heard great splash
ing in the bathroom, and. upon in.
yestigation, found her little daughter
standing in the partially filled tub. in
most bedrabbled condition.
"Why, you see, mamma" she ex-
planned, 1--WE been trying to walk on
the water, and it's no FOOLS job. let
me tell you'll"
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How Willie Read It

TT was tho class In the Second
Reader and little Willie had just
been called upon to rise and take
up the reading where Martha had left
off. Willie stood at attention" his
book held in the proper position be-
fore him, clutched the corner of his
desk with his free hand. swallowed
hard and read:
This is a warm doughnut. Step
on tt"
"What!" gasped Teacher. willie!
That Is not correct. Read II again."
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thirteen stripes to T cen.
But new States were being adj
mitted right along at intervals during
the years. So, in 1918, Congress re
duced the number of stripes to the
original thirteen, in honor of the
original Colonies, and increased the
number of stars to twenty-one, order
Ing that thereafter. whenever new
State was admitted, a star should be
added for it.
And so old Glory has remained
unchanged during all the years since
then, except for the addi--on of the
stars as the Nation grew and new
States came to join the great Union" 4"
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BASEBALL PUZZLE.

pitcher and catcher, so that they will
form seven rows with three players in
each row. At the left can be found
a tiny diamond showing the usual ar
rangement. which, Of course. cannot be
followed too closely If ou are to form
the seven rows.
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hen twas my turn at the bat.
An this was i'as case:
Two on hase an lwo hands cut
An ti.ses rms to make
lell you standlp q ihe baf
Kinda made me quake.
But the ball came whizzin' by
An | caught it square.
Way out past the center-held
Sent it sailin' fair;
An the gang let out yell
Fit to split the dome.
AS | went a-tearin round
Bringin' all three home.
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m HEW! we had a game today.
~ All our club played fine;
And the other fellows. too.
Had a bully nine.
They was leadin' by two runs
When our side went in
For the last half of the ninth.
With one chance to win.
First man up struck out-the next
Hit an got to first;
hen one went out on a fly,
And things looked their worst.
Next man, though. got safe away.
Which made two on base;
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Willie did-with the same result.
Moreover, he maintained stoutly that
that was what his book said.
So Teacher had him bring it to her.
Perhaps thore had been a misprint
and
But this is what Teacher read in
Willie's book:
This is a worm. Do not step
on it,"
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There are over two hundred thou,
sand telephones in London.
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6. A girls name.
Z. An insect.
ANNWERS

PRINTERS PI: 1. Spdrroto. 2. Ca
nary. g. Pdrtridge A. Blackbird. 8
Woodpecker. 6. Rduen.
ZIG-ZAG PUZZLE: - Boating. l
Bear. 2. Coat. 8. Soar. 4. Dust 8
Grin. g. Inez. 7. Gnat.
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Here is a picture of Lefty McSwatt
captain of the South Side Tigers. He
is just ready to bat out a home-run. To-
t. left Is a diamond See If you can
arrange the players. indicating their
Positions by a small circle, like the
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The Story Of Old Glop9

~ g: 8; 4; 81: :: s: &:
every child in the room knew,
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n M m n uhi"e exclaimed little
81 Donald, as he stood by the en-
WIZ closure for the giraffes at the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-02
spread Organizers have recently been
active among the garment workers.
REGATTA MAY NOT BE
HELD THIS SUMMER
Conflict Of Dates May Cause Aban-
donment of Plans for Big
River Carnival.

At the meeting last night OF the
Keokuk Motor Boat Club, a grea1
many questions regarding the staging
of the regatta here this summer were
brought up. among them a question
that may force the local club to
abandon their plans for the summer
and give up the regatta.
Captain A. C. Decker said this al
ternoon that great many Of the fast
boats are entered in races around the
circuit during the summer and that
practically all Of the well known
boats were entered In Milwaukee dur
ing the three days of August 3, 4. 5
which if carried out would keep all Of
them from competing at Keokuk dur
ing the Regatta, scheduled for August
5, 6 and Z.
II they do not appear here 1t will
materially affect the crowds and
about the only boats entered will be
the stock craft that can be picked ur
over the country.
A committee was appointed last
night to go to Muscatine Saturday
night and discuss the matter with
the officials OF the NJ. v. P. B. A.
In the party are Captain A. C. Decker
Chandler Carter, and NJ. S. Ackles
They will report to the club Monday
night.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-02
Majority for Protection.

Sioux City Journal: Does the coun.
try really want to try an abandon
ment of the protective principle at
this timee One often hears it said
that the public is ready for an expert
ment in this direction. The Journal,
for one, doesn't believe it. The demo
cratic party appealed TO the voters
last fall On a tariff platform opposing
the protective principle. but agreeing
70 be very slow and easy about aban-
doning it. And the voters of the
country rolled up majority Of more
than a million and quarter votes
against the democratic party and in
favor of the protective principle. The
Democrats were lucky in that the
votes for protection were divided be-
tween two parties.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-02
HYOMEI RELIEVES
in FIVE MINUTES
Help Comes Quickly When Hyomel Il
Used for catarrh.

Quick relief comes from the Hyo.
mel treatment for catarrh and all
troubles of the breathing organs such
as stopped-up head, sniffles or morn
ing choking. Put a few drops OF
liquid hyomei in the pocket inhaler
that comes with every outfit, and be-
fore you have used the treatment i've
minutes you will rctice relief from
your catarrhal troubles.
1t gives tonic healing effect to the
air you breathe, kills the catarrhal
germs, stops the poisonous secretions.
soothes the irritated mucous mem
brane and makes a marked improve
ment in the general health.
Hyomei is not cureall; 1t has
but one aim, the relief OF catarrh and
diseases of the breathing organs.
When there is no catarrh, the general
health is improved, for then nature
has chance to build up the entire
system.
II you suffer from offensive breath,
raising of mucus, frequent sneezing,
husky voice, discharge from the nose,
droppings in the throat, loss OF
strength. spasmodic coughing and
feeling of tightness across the upper
part of the chest. or any other symp-
toms OF catarrh, use Hyomei at
once. 1t will destroy the disease
germs in the nose, throat and lungs.
and give a quick and permanent re-
lief
Hyomei does not contain cocaine or
any habit-forming drug. The COM
plete outfit costs s1eo. extra bottles
if later needed so cents. Wilkinson &
Co, and druggists everywhere
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-02
VALUE OF MOTOR BOATS.

Secretary of Commerce William C.
Redfeld is In receipt of a report from
the bureau of navigation showing the
results accomplished in enforcing the
motor-hoat and other navigation laws
through the work OF the motor boat
Tarragon from the Tine OF its going
into commission on July ], 1912, IN 10
March ID last notwithstanding fhe
fact that practically three months
were lost in repairing and refttina
the Tarragon for her winters work
1905 miles We're Travelled, 1872 YES.
sells overhauled. and 495 violations =,
the navigation laws reported.
This work was instituted In Decem
Der, 1911, when, owing to continued
complaints OF shanghaiing and IN
treatment Of and poor quarters fur
nished crews in the oyster feet ii
Chesapeake bay, the department b,red
the motor boat Old Glory and placed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-02
MELLEN DENIES
HE WAS SELFISH
Gives Statement in Which He Says
All Transactions Were Fully
Explained.

BOSTON, May q. President Chas
S. Mellen, OF the New Haven railroad
In statement read BY him before In
ternational Commerce Commissioner
Prouty today, sweepingly denied allie
cations made during the present hear
ing that he personally profited in
New Haven stock transactions OF
that "favorites' of his have been lei
in on big deals. netting them huge
profits.
Il never personally received or re.
tanned one dollar to my profit, or adj.
vantage,' said Mellen. All the tran,
sactions were fully explained to the
auditing committee, and were salts.
factory to them, as expenditures in
furtherance of the companys inter
ests and protection Of its property"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-02
K LINE TRAIN
KILLS A MAN
North Bound Train Hits Man Near La
Grange, Mo-, Killing Him
Instantly.

LA GRANGE, No. May Am aged
man, thought to be A. Scott of Car
Ithage, H., was struck and instantly
killed by the northbound K line train
Nc. f3 yesterday evening about 7::1o
O'clock mile north of Santuzza, 10.
Gated between Canton and Gregory
landing.
The man was walking along the
track when struck by the train. His
body was badly mangled and he was
dead when the train stopped and the
trainmen reached his side. The only
manner of Identification was by some
letters found in his pocket addressed
to Mr.. A. Scott, OF Carthage.
The train was in charge of Conduc-
tor Walker.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-02
Coat Workers Strike.

CHICAGO, May .. The strike to.
day Of 400 ready-mede coat workers
most Of whom are girls and women. is
the first protest against starvation
wages uncovered by the Illinois sen
ate committee probe. according to
Samuel sax, business agent fer tho
Garment Workers who addressed a
mass meeting OF the strikers today.
The women and girls walked out TO
day and shortly afterwsrd were fol
lowed by the men Two big Chicago
firms are affected.
The women and girls demand an 81
minimum wage and fifty hour week
There is danger that the strike viii