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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-30
CURES MADE RAPIDLY AND NO
HARM OR RISK TO HUMAN
LIFE.
DEFlEs DISEASE AND THROWS
THE KNIFE IN THE DITCH.
SEEMINGLY NO LIMIT TO HEAL
ING POWER.

AS the old saying is, We are grow
ing weaker and wiser is very true in
deed. for as we look back over the
past hundred years and see the adj
vance in all the different lines ana
then stop to think of each in their
turn we notice each has had its own
row to hoe, for in each and every
instance there has been plenty to cry
out its own downfall Even when cleo
tricity was first discovered it was
taken as joke for a considerable
time and even steam power was made
a laughing stock, horseless carriages.
and then we turn to the medical side
and we take up vaccination. 1t was
not much thought of for good period
and still today there are those who
decry it but 1t has stamped out great
evil. Pasteur also was decried, but
is now highly recognized by the med
ical men of all countries Bleeding
used to be a great cure for most any.
thing but 1t has greatly fallen by the
wayside, and newer methods have
taken its place and surgery has more
than reached its limit and the people
are beginning to see its object was
not always to save life, but many
times simply from q financial stand.
point was the appendix taken out and
numerous other operations performed.
1t is becoming well known that fewer
and fewer operations are needed than
are actually performed and other
methods are rapidly taking their
place and more satisfactory cures
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-30
PROVISIONS OF
ROCKAWAY BILL
Summed up Briefly the Hoad Bill
Provides for Number Of Rules
That WIN go Toward Making
Better Highways.
COMMISSION OF THREE
Which Has Power 70 Devise Plans Of
Highway Construction and Main
tenanee and to Disseminate
information.

The Brockway road bill passed the
house almost unanimously, summed
up briefly provides the following:
Section l. Establishes state high
way commission OF three. one to be
dean of college of engineering at
Anes. present dean is Prof. Mars-
DEM Term Of office, four years. APP
pointment Of two members of com.
mission BY governor.
Section .. Fixes salary of two an.
pointed members of commission at
SO per day. not to exceed s1.neo.
Section .. Fixes duties Of commits.
sion. Has power 10 devise plans OF
highway construction and mainten
ance. To disseminate information ia
county supervisors and engineers. To
keep record Of commissions work and
meetings. To appoint assistants and
their duties and fix their salaries. To
conduct investigations in any count,
TO have general supervision Of county
and township officers. To perform
al other duties fixed by law.
Section I. Empowers supervisors IL
employ county engineer and designate
state and county roads.
Section 2 Provides notice Of fiIint
Of maps Of county state and town
ship roads, and give people right L
object
section 8. Gives state commission
power 70 oppose or reject maps ant
county plans.
Section Z When counties fat t,
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Hives, eczema. Itch or sal, rheum
sets you crazy. Cant bear the touch
OF your clothing. Doan,s Ointment
cures the most obstinate cases. ~,
suffer. All druggists cell it.-Adyer.
tisement.
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Chicago Produce.

CHICAGO, March 29.-Butter mar
ket firmer. Creameries. 2s@3shc.
Egg market higher; receipts 1885
cases At mark, cases included, fs%
@17Ac; firsts. 1914 @18Ac.
Potato market steady; receipts. so
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peoria Cash Grain.

Peoria Cash Grain.
PEORIA, H.. March 29.-Corn, NC
lower; No. 2 white, 52c; No. yellow,
81 nc; No. 4 yellow, 501ac; No 8 mix
ed, 511sc; No. mixed, 50hc.
Oats, unchanged; No. Q white,
34Ac; standard, 33tzc; No. 3 white,
33&c; No. white. 311zc.
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FUNERAL RECORD
. o o o o q . q . 90 . . 90
MES. slizabeth Hammond.

The funeral OF Mrs. Elizabeth Ham
mond was held at O'Clock yesterday
afternoon at the undertaking parlors
of Crimmins & Chase, Rev. F. A. Nc
Cav conducting the services. The
burial took place in Oakland cemetery.
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cars. Michigan, 45@4sc; Minnesota,
43@4Sc; Wihconsin, 42@4Sc.
Poultry market steady. Turkeys,
dressed, 1Sc: chickens, alive, 1sc;
springs, alive, 17hc.
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Chicago Live Stock.

CHICAGO, March 29.-Hog receipts
10000; market strong. generally So
10c higher than yesterdays average.
Bulk sales, ss2o@9.35; light, ss.O5@
s45; mixed, s9.oo@9.4o; heavy. 1915
@es5; rough, ss.759seo; pigs, $500
@s.15.
Cattle receipts 200; market steady.
Beeves, s7,00@9.10; Texas steers.
'$s.e01776; western. s6.s5@s.20;
sstockers and feeders, s6.1o0s.25:
cows and heifers, s375@s1o; calves,
s6.5o@9.60.
Sheep receipts $500; marke.
strong. Native, s5.75@s6o; western
s5.90@660; yearlings. se.s017s5:
lambs. native, s6s5@ss5; western
s720@s.s5.
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Gate City Want Ads. bring re-
suIta
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Cotton Market,

NEW YORK. March 2s.-Cotton fu-
lures opened steady. Marcn, SPAS;
May. s12.0S; July, s11.s7; August,
s11.s7; September. s11.61; October,
s1156; December. s11.57; January,
s1152.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-01-30
SYNOPSIS.

Phillip Clyde. newspaper publisher. re-
Earding ANONYMOUS threatening letters he
q the writer's power on a certain day.
On that day the head is mysteriously cut
rom a portrait Of Cameron while the lat
that the portrait was mutilated while the
room was unoccupied and the head later
removed by means of a string, unnoticed
Sy came,on. Evelyn Grayson, Gameron,s
the head of Cameron's portrait nailed to
9 tree. where it was had been used as a
target, Clyde, pledges Evelyn to secrecy;
by Philetus Murphy. an artist living
nearby, had borrowed a rifle from Cam
eron's lodgekeper. Clyde makes an ex-
9nse to call on Murphy and Is re pulsed
attractions Of the game laws and speaks
81 finding the bowl of an opium pipe un.
der the tree where Cameron's portrait
dead next morning. While visiting Cam
eron in his dressing room a Nell Gwynne
mirror is mysteriously shattered. Cameron
s becomes ,Y seriously tGnn;ssly ,l ~ as , a resaA1 m OF me
,,ously on Cameron's sick bed. It makes
direct threats against the life of Cameron.
Clyde tells Cameron the envelope was
plans to take Cameron on a yacht trip;
TIL yacht picks up a fisherman found
drifting helplessly in a boat. He gives
the name Of johnson. Cameron disap-
pears from yacht while Clyde's back is
turned. A fruitless search is made for a
motor boat seen by the captain Just be
fore Cameron disappeared. johnson is al
lowed to go after being closely questioned.
Evelyn takes the letters to an expert IN
Chinese literature. who pronounces them
from a Chinese fellow college student.
who recommends him to Zip Sing, most
prominent Chinaman in New York: The
latter promises to seek OF
Camez.n among his countrymen. .
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(To BE CoNT1NUED.>
Faults Of the Aerop,ane.

Commercially the aeroplane is use.
less in its present state. 1t cannot
carry any great weight, it will not
stand any extra strain and is unable
to fly unless the weather be almost
perfect. Automatic stability is still in
an imperfect stage, and the motors
are not altogether reliable. Last, but
not least, 1t is a very expensive mi.
chine, both in its first cost and in the
outlay necessary to keep 1t in proper
condition. These faults, as we'll az
many others, must be overcome be-
fore we have a practical flying MI.
chine. Danger must be eliminated to
a greater degree. and to do this 1t il
necessary to produce a machine taat
will automatically balance itself. A
thoroughly reliable motor and a -.
chine capable Of standing any aoeya
strain suddenly placed upon 1t @,
other requirements of the eat.ae ~
Olane.-saint ~ln11bsias.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-01-30
IN RUSS|AS CAPITAL
Streets Of St. Petersburg Are a
Semi Oriental Sight.
Houses Like Huge Human Hives
No Crowds Permitted to c~onsregates
and Newsboys Are Prohibited
From Calling Their Wares.

st. Petersburg.-As n moves
about the streets, he is struck most
of all by the wasteful use Of space.
1t is at once apparent that Petersburg
never slowly evolved from embryonic
beginnings. But it would be unwise
| to proceed further In describing Pet
ersburg's streets without noting the
fact that she has two kinds of streets.
namely, the Nevsky Prospect and
others. An ordinary "oolitza" or
street except late in the afternoon
(when Petersburg wakes up!), Is a
semi-O Oriental sight. Save on court
holidays, when each house is required
to hang out the national flag, there.
is no color in the streets, the houses
are dun colored and monotonously
alike. There are no hills, no small
homes, no large ones-just huge, hui
man hives with courts in the rears,.
and icons constantly lit by tiny oil
lamps in the front. &.
There is little noise. No crowds
gather; the newsboys are not allowed
to call their wares; bands, hand or
SduS vi oIIScL V0uOOlo oCAOOh uA0
turb this solemn city Of the north.
Even the tram cars creep by noise
lessly; they are "curve-squeal" and
rattle proof.
All, but how different, kaleidoscope
Nevsky Prospect! 1t is the Fifth ave
nue., the Inter den Linden, the Re-
gent street of Russia's capital. Less
than three miles long, it is yet n
Of the worlds really unique highways.
There is nothing like 1t elsewhere.
Some visitors come and 60; others
stay; but foreigners never seem to
weary Of gazing upon this peculiarly
varied, ma%rvelously cosmopolitan
sight. Over the spacious wooden
pavement between the two, low banks
of glittering stores, flows a motley
stream Of traffic. Here the ends of
the earth seem to meet. Everybody
from everywhere rushes hither and
thither. Red French automobiles,
their horns singing tuneful, metallic,
ditties, swerve and. dodge about
ragged peasants bearing burdens with,
wooden shoulder Jokes or driving
primitive. homemade carts. Royalty
appointed equipages,. Haunting purple.
plumes and golden braid, prance &C.
dately by, while continually up one
side and down the other pours q.
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Ta1aee: Drawing Room Of the Empress
at ST.. Petersburg.
steady torrent of cabs. Perhaps; a.
funeral is creeping by (people. die.
much in Petersburg); the golden. tin
seied casket in the shabby, boat-like.
cart flames brilliantly in the sunlight,
and peasants stride proudly by it as
though they are escorting q prize
pumpkin to market. 1nexhaustfbIe is
the fascination Of this animated thor.
oughfare.
n the people! How varied and
gay are the colors! How dazzling.
are the uniforms, the Partisan gowns,
the flashing Of trailing swords! Sol
diers armed cap-a-pie to make
up half the parading multitude. They
meet. halt, salute and pass on. On
the Nevsky Prospect there is time for
everything. There are Frenchmen.
Germans, Dutchmen, Firms, Tartars,
The women r beautiful. Every
r u male Russian presents a study
IN whiskers. It is the land of the
great unshaved. There is a peasant
sweeping the street with a witch
broom of twigs-a tattered edition Of
Ioistoi himself! Before the street
icons the faithful halt, bow. cross
themselves and murmur a phrase of a
prayer. What a human melange!
Here the nations of Europe pass in
review. What a pot-pourri Of ian.
euages, sentiments, traditions and cul-
lures boils and mixes and disappears
into a thin, black rivulet far down at
the further end of Russia's one fas.
clnating, nervous highways. the
Nevsky Prospect!
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XIII.
When Damon Doubted P'ythla..

When Damon Doubted Pythfas.
Not until l had been passed into an
elevator by a dainty young woman in
the white habit Of a trained nurse,
shot up four floors into the hands Of
another who might have been the
first's twin sister, and ushered by her,
in turn. into a severely professional
appearing waiting room, did 1t occur
to me that I was upon an errand in
volving the employment of an ex-
traordinary degree Of tact. So i'm
bued had I been with the importance
of learning whether Cameron had a
had not been In Picking in 1903. that
mp to this moment l had quite ~
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-01-30
BY
HORACE
HAZEL1TINE

tention was on the swiftly moving
brush of the little Chinese maid, as,
deftly handled, it now blocked out
with bold black strokes a silhouette
upon the piece Of rice paper before
her-a familiar silhouette Of a short,
clumsy curved boat with broad lug
sail.
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xI,-contlnued.

"Mr. Clyde" he said, with no more
emotion than he might have exhibited
had l told him I wished him to sell for
inc a Chinese bronze on commission,
"Mr. Clyde, I do not see, exactly, why
you com to me-"
II, came at Mr.. Mow's suggestion"
Explained. "He tells me you know the
|Chinese of New York as no n else
does"
1.-THE police, I should say" he re-
turned, "know the class you seek bet
ter than I. Why not go to the police?'
; 1t was not easy to explain to him
why I had not gone to the police, for l
did not care to reveal all that we
feared, and how we dreaded that
which police pursuit might precipf-
tate.
Because" began, after a mo-
|ment's hesitation, II believe the whole
thing is a mistake. believe that
those involved in the plot must soon
.er or later find out it is a mistake. If
the aid of the police is enlisted, the
fact that a mistake has been made
Twill not be any extenuation. My OBJ
'ject is to find the %plotters, prove to
them that they are in error, promise
them immunity, and my
friend"
What you have told me-" said Yup
Sing, speaking slowly, SIS not enough.
If you will tell me everything. l will
let you know what I think. You must
give the names and the places and the
dates"
I did give him the and the
places and the dates. Now Chez had
told me l could rely upon him, i'm
plicitly, and l told him all, without
reservation. l gave him even the let
ter, the only one of the three that re-
manned to us-the last letter in which
the final threat was made.
AS l look back on it, now, l cannot
understand why I did this. 1t vas the
only piece of proof, the only clue left.
And yet, when he asked to keep It
for a little, I consented without so
much as a demur. l argued, ! sup
pose, that he was a reputable mer-
chant, with an established business,
0AO IIAoL, IAOA CASoN4CAJ oA -
part was not to be considered.
"And your friend" he said, as he
folded the paper, was never in
China!"
p, Never" I affirmed,
How do you know?"
HE has told me So"
1t was neither a smile o a sneer
which foated for Just a moment across
those sphinx-like features. It was a
look Of plying tolerance, a patronizing
CLEAN, merely, from the small, deep
set. almond eyes. One of England's
greatest actresses. in speaking of the
Chinese. has said: "They look as If
they are always thinking, 4 have lived
before you; l shall live after YOU"
That vas how Yup Sing looked then.
But he merely said:
Very well. I will learn what l can"
"Soon?"I begged. Very soon?"
He stood up, an imposing figure in
lhis purple silk.
Come to me tomorrow evening.
Not here. but at the Chinese restau-
rant on Doyers street. Come at nine
O'Clock"
From my pocket I drew out the copy
;of the afternoon paper. and pointed to
the article about the Celestial and the
pysterious box.
DO you suppose that could have
Iany bearing on the natter" I
asked.
He adjusted his spectacles and read
khe half-column, slowly, from first to
past. Then he smiled.
II have that box In my cellar" he
baid. 1T contains wooden underwear
Ahipped to me from Lowell, Massa-
Nhuse. is"
Rv' s"arcely heard him. for my at
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Loses Savings, Attempts Suicide.
Mlddletown, N. Y.-His home
robbed of his savings of $s7, Wm.%I
cannon a contractor, attempted to
commit suicide by swallowing arsenic.
but doctors saved him.
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Invents Aluminium Solder.

flttsourg, Pa.-Patrolman H. M.
chatham, a member of the local no.
lice department, has invented a solder
for aluminium.
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WHO CAN p Z rr7

Philadelphia Ledger: There has
been submitted to congress under
date Of June 20 a statement in sup
port Of a proposed amendment to the
constitution to prohibit tho manufac-
ture. sale or importation or distilled
liquors. The main interest Of the
statement - in its data. A table Of
dry territory prepared by the National
Brewery association was checked by
the prohibition petitioner, hence both
sides practically agree on the figures.
New Jersey and Pennsylvania have
no local option. Wyoming il all wet
sRcept the country districts. and South
Carolina has IN dispensartss. But
the other states have prohibition or
local option. Eeven-Maine. Kansas.
North Dakota. Mississippi, Tennessee.
lsefth Carolina and West Virginia
lths last state otter ls14)-have con-
GettutionaI prohibition. Georgia and
Oklahoma hswe statutory prohibition.
~ the other states have iocai option
~ aes part vet and part dry The
DsRulaE1oa und4 drz territory In
tLry ~
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ocal option state. i, 2b,12s.sss. the

local option states is ~25,126.6ss. the
population of prohibition states ia
1~4,635,ss2, thus making the total
population under dry territory in the
United States 39,s12.641. This does
not count such instances as could be
furnished by Pennsylvania, where
come of the counties have been made
dry by the courts All told. therefore.
o than 10000, 900 Americans live
in territory where the selling Of alco-
holic beverages is prohibited by Law.
This means fully two ffths Of the
whole population OF the United States.
Now comes the mystery. In spite Of
all this extension of dry territory the
in distilled spirits for the last
fiscal year was 2%,s47,5a0 gallons. the
largest in the history of the United
States. The Withdrawals from bond
ed warehouses exceed the Withdrawals
of the year previous by l,20O,511 gall
Ions. These figures may be found in
the last report Of the commissioner
Of internal revenue. 1t is asserted
that the increase for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1913. will show
startling gains over 1912. and the fig
ures for the months now at hand in
dictate this Enthusiastically.
So here is the nation going gradu-
ally under prohibition and local option
and the consumption Of liquor in
.creasins at an u~nprecedented rate
What is the explanation?
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POULTRY -
By Cockspw.
SUMNER VS.. WINTER EGGS.

Those in their third year will not lay
much during the summe and will
then begin to mott. II they are kept
on the plant they will go on consum-
ing food and thereby add to the ex-
penses. AS % as a fair market
price can be obtained for them they
should be killed and sent away, or II
there are only q few Of them they can
be eaten at the poultryman's own
table.
But it doesn't pay to keep them, so
why bring down the profits? Killing
them of Is good management.
While looking over your stock don't
forget that your result will be greater
II you begin to Gull your growing
stock. The delay in doing this has
caused many troubles among chick
enmen. ~overcrowding being the prin-
cipal cause Of lack of vitality in
growing chicks. AS has been said
many times in this column, It. is bet
ter t. have a good healthy stock,
small in number. than a large stock
lacking in vigor. The weaklings< will
not produce their share of eggs. Meth
Matching next spring. A good reputa-
ton canno be gained by selling eggs
that will not hatch strong chicks.
Too much salt given chickens will
injure them. It sometimes causes
their death. Better not feed it at all,
as chickens will get along without 1t,
than to- overfeed 1t. Pepper, too,
should be avoided in summer time
unless 1t is given to aid chilled birds,
or birds with colds.
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JEKYLL AN HYDE.

~oteyenson's marvellous study OF the
cast of DR.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde mas
usually been treated as pure allegory,
with a bearing on the development
Of character, IL without n really
close parallel in real life. The story
10 based on the existence in una
beings Of opposite tendencies, the n
good, and the other evil. Of h war
fare between the two. n Of the GER
tainty that if their is yielding to the
evil nature that nature will in time
take absolute possession Of the being
and the other will die. Those oppo-
site tendencies are present in every
person. Sometimes they are so differ
ent and 80 apparently distinct as to
constitute practically two separate
personalities. But, whether distinct
or not. probably every rational being
had experience with the struggle be-
tween the two natures. and of the
deplorable effects Of yielding to the
baser one.
In the play which was given at the
Metropolitan last night an explana-
ton is given Of the Jekyll and Hyde
case which treats it as a real incident,
or one much less fanciful than we
usually suppose. The case is treated
as one of hypnosis or auto sugges-
ton, and the influence of the drug
which Jekyll is supposed to have TAX
en- is ascribed to the power of sugges-
ton alone. Whether or not Steven
son had this in mind We have no
means Of knowing. Neither is there
any very well defined understanding
Of the power Of suggestion. 1t is
known and accepted by science that
the minds of men may be powerfully
Influenced by suggestion. whether
that suggestion comes from within
Or without. Suggestion has its power
for good and for evil, and its influence
for evil depends on the willingness
Of the subject to yield.
There are mysteries in the opera
lions OF the human mind which we
do not understand. Science is CROP
ing after an explanation Of many Of
the most familiar processes, and it
can be certain of very little.
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THE PERILs OF VACATION.

Great are these perils, we are in
formed by medical men whose word
has weight. and care-free souls about
to depart for sylvia retreats ought not
to be too careless. The country is
by no mean as innocent as it looks
and should be approached with eau
ton # not with absolute suspicion,
says the Chicago Record.Herald.
The moss-covered bucket of roman
tic memory and the cow brushing flies
in the brook may be looked upon with
pleasure, but should never be trusted
too far. Deadly peril may Turk in
the water and the milk may not be
pasteurized. Our local health depart
ment has already sent out many
warnings, the latest Of which says that
medical authorities are inclined to
think that the summer and fall may
find TYPHOID fever more prevalent
than in recent years. 1t urges vaca-
tionists to he vaccinated. The depart
ment of agriculture likewise advises
caution and says that resorters will
do we'll to insist upon having their
water boiled. Undertaking the coun-
try Is hardly an agreeable task, but
it seems to be necessary at this sea-
son.