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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16
eAYNoR's APHoRisMs.

The late Mayor Gaynor OF New
York was the author OF number of
aphorisms, contained in replies he
made to letters sent him. In reply to
letter from a lady who wanted
happiness he wrote:
i. you want to be really happy for
the rest of your life, work for the
happiness of others, and forget your.
self"
In one of his letters the mayor re-
ferred to clergyman who is munic.
ipal agitator, as follows:
can not help him. He is sun
posed to be a preacher and charit-
able man. He is man of vast and
varied transformation, of brilliant
mental tncapacity and of prodigious
moral requirements. What a bowling
wilderness the mind of such man
must be. | have no use for these In.
fammatory rhetoricians. They are
all voice and no conscience or heart
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16
REDUCING FIRE LOSSES.

Within short time It will becor.
necessary to have fire in the heating
stove, crate or furnace. With the
kindling of the first fire of the season
there Is always more or less danger,
owing to accumulation of rubbish dur
ing the summer months, the creation
of unnoticed breaks in chimneys and
the rusting out of pipes.
The firemen have a little ditty
which has to do with the early fall
and the hurry-up CALL" which recog-
nizes September and October as the
hoseman's busy season" And be-
cause OF the approach of this season,
firemen regard this as an opportune
occasion for calling attention to Ger.
tain rules, observances of which NAV
lessen the work of the department and
1 save much loss. Here is a list of in.
functions you are asked to obey:
Don't go into closets looking for
clothing with lighted match.
1 Don't kindle fires in stoves with
kerosene.
Don't put hot ashes and coal in
wooden barrels or boxes.
Don't thaw out frozen water piper
with torch or lamp.
Don't allow waste paper, excelsior
and rubbish to collect.
Don't use gasoline for cleaning in a
closed room.
| Don't look for gas leaks with a
match or lamp.
Don't allow lace curtains near gas
brackets.
| Don't allow oily rags near stoves or
about the premises.
Don't allow sawdust to be used in
cuspidors or on floors.
Don't throw waste paper in fire
place.
Don't throw cigarettes or cigars
away if lighted.
Don't keep matches in paper boxes
or lying about carelessly.
Don't use swapping parlor matches,
taboo them.
| Don't forget that matches are the be.
ginning of many conflagrations.
Don't hang your clothing near open
fires Or stoves.
Don't fill lamps after dark, and never
when lighted.
Don't allow rubbish in Railways or
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16
The Fun They,rs Hauinn

Davenport Democrat The unfortun.
ate feature of Mr.. Bryans chautauoua
work is the fact that It gives his en-.
emies the chance to perpetrate such
pleasantries as the following:
Phonizville, Pa, Sept. Secretary
Bryan, scheduled to appear here 10.
night with the Alpine Tyrolean Yodel.
ers, sent word at the last hour post.
poning his lecture until tomorrow ar.
ternoon at O'Clock. President Wilson
had left for Cornish, n. H., and Mr.
Bryan had been called on to act as TOP.
liner in the Mexican situation.
If he appears here tomorrow Mr.
Bryan will have to compete with a
strong rival attraction-M Mutt and
Jeff in Panama He is also scheduled
for lecture at Woodbury., N. j.. to-
morrow night.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16
SANITARY BREAD.

The following provisions passed by
the city Of Chicago might we'll be
adopted by other cities: Bread must
be wrapped in suitable paper. Bak.
ers must wear washable suits and
shoes when at work. The use OF to-
'bacco in bakeries is prohibited. No
person with tuberculosis, scrofula,
venereal or other contagious or in.
fectious diseases, may work in baker.
les. Foods must be protected from
dust, flies. and contamination. Pat
rons must not handle foods on the
counters. Delivery wagons must have
canvas covers. The preparation OF
foods in Easements is prohibited.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16
That Lurking, Feeling of ours. .

Marshalltown Times Republican:
The Spencer News, owned and edit
| ed by preacher who served In the
Ifulpit the best part of a lifetime,
confesses to cherishing secret hope
that Thaw may escape further pun
tlshment or Incarceration. Some
where in our nature admits the min.
lister editor, ''it is lurking that Thaw
does In some way deserve some credit
for Kidding the world of a monster
with the power to work havoc with
innocent women almost unlimited, and
yet intrenched in social prestige be.
yond the reach of the law
Minister, doctor, merchant, besgar-
man, chief. we are as like under the
skin as the captains LADY and Judy
OGrady. The preacher-editor, Hike a
lot more Of us, slips one over on the
commandment which proclaims that
thou shalt not kill" in the special
case of man who deserves killing.
And this in the face of the laws made
and provided by the wisdom of the
ages and in the face of the firm com
mand of the decalogue. We are all
essentially alike. The barbarian crops
out in US at times. Scratch a Russian
and you find Tartar Dig through
the veneer of civilized human beings
and you touch the primitive man
whose theory Of law and social order
was based on the efficacious swing Of
"a stone hammer directed to the spot
where it would effectively accomplish.
That prognathous person of the earlier
time Turks" to considerable degree
in all humanity from Willie to
Mike the Bite
But it needs tempering. much tenn
Ipering. We have been busy ever
since the murder in the Garden try.
ing to suppress killing. 1t is scarcely
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16

Bank clearings in this country last
week amounted to 1864, 22s,677, a
falling off of 1,9 per cent compared
with the s2,7o5,51o,s9S of the same
week last year, but a gain of 40 per
cent as contrasted with the $780,.
G06,771 reported for the corresponding
week In 1911. Railroad earnings in
August, on the other hand, showed a
slight gain-1.0 per cent as compared
with the earnings of the SAME roads
for the corresponding month last year,
and of 5 per cent as contrasted with
August 1911.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16
ABSURD QUESTIONS

what effect did the battle of Crecy
nave upon feudalism and chivalry?
Inis is a sample Of the questions
put 10 applicants for appointment to
the United States Naval and Military
Academies. Here are a few more
sample questions taken from recent
examinations
/. State the significance Of shay's
Rebellion.
2 State concisely the achievements
of De Narvaez.
3. What brought about the union of
the two most important states of
Spain?
4. What was decided at the battle
of Bannockburne
.. Identify the Hussites
8. What Is meant by 1.-The Hegira ."
Z. State concisely the chief signifi-
canoe CT Plataea.
s. Give briefly the wars OF CONQUEST
of Darius l.
A recent session of the house of rep
resentatives was devoted almos. en-.
tirely to criticism of the severity of
the examinations. Members Of CON
gress complained that although they
had made the examinations open to
all competitors, 1t frequently occurred
they could find no young man in their
districts who could pass the examina-
ton.
The fact was brought out that of
over TOO candidates for admission to
the naval academy only 219 were sue
cessful.
I 1t appears, however, that there Is a
I way to get into the Academies, and
that is by attending certain coaching
! schools, which exist in Washington
and which institutions advertise that
they can positively fit young man OF
average intelligence so that he can
successfully pass the examination.
Z Several members of congress re-
/ ported that it was fact that young
men in their congressional districts
had taken the examination and failed
but later, after having taken course
at one Of the coaching" schools in
! Washington, they succeeded in pass.
ing the examination.
4 These coaching" schools are not
maintained by the government, but are
run by private individuals, and 1t
seems to be fact that these institll-
lions have remarkable powers for as.
pertaining what questions are likely
TO be put TO applicants in approach.
! ing examinations-th this in spite of the
fact that new questions are PROFOUND
ed at each examination.
J Some Of the members of congress
complained that while they have No
Collections to the mental examinations
being severe, they protest against the
test questions being framed along
such lines that practically only gradu,
tates of special coaching schools can
pass them. They aver that many OF
their farmer boys, who would like to
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16

good government or justice or pro-
gress to set the Harry Thaws killing
of the Stanford Whites however much
the one may be fitted for killing and
the other deserve to be wiped out.
II these are to be killed it would be
better to do it in order as stray and
vicious dogs are smothered by author
ity, and to include the Thaws and
Whites. This indiscriminate killing
lof one libertine and scoundrel by an
iother ltbertine and degenerate ought
not to receive even a lurking, ap-
proval from press, pulpit or persons
1t won't do. 1t isn't the way out.
And as to this matter of social In
ltrenchment; is there community
where some person or persons are not
SO socially intrenched' as to defy
public opinion and override moral laws
and statutes and get away with It? Is#
Spencer entirely free of men whose
moral derelictions are common gossip
and who hold social and business
prominence in defiance of this com
mon knowledge and understanding
The prominence of the Thaw case
from the killing at the roof garden
down to the day is the prominence OF
money. The men were rich. That is Il
how they get away with It. Their
prestige socially was mainly of the
roof gardens and the cabarets and
the automobile sort White was an
architect with brains end skill and
money. Thaw was a degenerate with
wealthy parents. The American spirit
lof independence which defes kings
can not keep its head high against
wealth But isn't that as true in
Spencer as in New York
A little straight moral independence
displayed by all of us, by the good
woman whose invitation gees to the
moral leper because OF prominence"
when she entertains, by men who for
tget the "follies'' of half million
while condemning the outra- eous con.
duct of the hired girl or the baseness
OF the man who can't Pay a fine would
go long way toward the avoidance
Of any necessity of setting the Harry
Thaws acting as executioners of the
stanford Whites. And that is no idle
dream. Moreover it is not at cross
PURPOSES with the decalogue.
Speaking Of standing pat-let,s
stand pat on the ten commandments.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16

The annual convention of the Illi
nois Equal Suffrage Association will
be held In Peoria the week of Novem-
Der 6, and it is expected that more
than 5000 women from all parts OF
the state will be in attendance, as 1t
will be the first meeting since the
governor signed the suffrage bill. Mrs.
Grace Wilbur Trout, who is the pres
ent president will probably be a can
didate for reelection. The Peoria
Woman's club will entertain the Chi
cago delegates.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16

William Faversham. the actor, says
he saw in italy the very house where
Juliet lived" and discovered that the
Romeo-Juliet love scene was enacted
not on a balcony, but in sunken gar.
den. If Mr.. Faversham knows what
he is talking about, balconies were
unknown in Romeo and Juliet's time
hadn't yet been invented Accordinsly
Mr. Faversham proposes that here
after hole will be made in the
ground and Romeo will plead for his
Juliet in ditch.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16

The equities in the Thaw case are
set forth very clearly and convincingly
by the Council Bluffs Nonpareil. In
brief:
There is term in law called
"estoppel.' This means that when a
man has secured an advantage in law
ny proving point that he is thereby
estopped from disproving the premise
on which ne gained his advantage.
Thaw saved himself from the electric
chair By proving that he was insane.
1Ie is nov "estopped" in law from
disproying this claim.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16
7aESF lI Ne aotsa!D
>Rs1SVKlh
kcokuk, Iowa ~. September is, 1918
THE FREEMAN.

HE NE IVAN.
Let them levy income taxes,
Let them cut their tariff down,
Let the man who strikes and wracks
Blow old Croesus out Of town;
What care for trouble.makers?
Let the gored OK grunt and groan
I've patch of good ten acres
And rooftree all my own.
mot for me the ocean liner.
Not for me the foreign tour,
Toiling, l have something finer
Than the glitt'ring dollars lure
Life that fears no mans resentment
Happiness that knows no sting,
Health and strength and calm con-
tentment,
Ten green acres where I'm king.
What care l for trouble-makers?
! can reap where l have sown.
I've patch Of ten green acres
And rooftree all my own.
This the song of all the ages
First in manhoods ranks shall stand
He who tolls for no mans wages,
Owns the soil and rules the land.
!, Truth.
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Average Z to 10 cents a Pound.
in fire escapes.
ForeIfsn Beef Living Factor.

in fire escapes.
Don't burn leaves and dead grass on
windy days.
Don't forget to have the chimneys
of your home cleaned once year.
Don't fail to look twice at everything
that looks like FIRE.
Don't leave everything to the land.
lord; inspect your own building.
Don't fail to give the fire department
representatives every opportunity to
make careful examination of your
property. They are trying to help you.
Don't fail to notify the chief of the
fire deparement of anything you may
see that is dangw-ous and liable to
cause fire, remembering that every
day Is fire prevention day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16

Uncle Sam assumed the task Of tran
QUILTING the Philippines, rehabilitat-
ing Porto Rico and fumigating Cuba.
The st. Louis Globe-Democrat figures
that he will need all of his appliances
if he shall decide to go into Mexico.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16

Senator Ashurst Of Arizona com
plains that the Republican minority
has filled the circumambient atmos-
phere with lugubrious ieremiads. :"
What would the senator from Arizona
suggest as substitute? A pronounce
ment from Cole Blease?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16

New York, Omaha, Philadelphia Pitts
burgh, Portland, Ore; Providence, R..
II; Richmond, Va. st. Louis, st. Paul,
Mimi; Salt Lake City, San Francisco,
Scranton, Pa; Seattle, and Washing
ton, D. G.
Foreifgn Bee Living Factor.
Fresh beef from the south temper
ate zone is now an established factor
| in the import trade Of the United
States. Between 2,00o,0 600 and 3,C00,-
600 pounds of fresh practically
/ all of 1t from Australia and Argentina
have entered ports in the United
States in the last three months, in
dicating that imports of the current
fiscal year will amount to more than
| 100000 pounds.
Prior to 1912 the importation OF
fresh beef averaged about $4,000
pounds per annum In 1912, however,
there was a sharp increase to lit
tie over 100000. pounds, while in
1913 the total was over 100000
pounds. A tremendous increase is ex-
pected when meat is placed on the
free list the latter part Of this month,
Gradual Increase In Imports.
These detailed figures are now in
hand for the months of June, July
and August. They show imports of
fresh beef in June amounted to 567,205
pounds. of which 396,s13 pounds en-
tered at San Francisco, 26,947 pounds
at Seattle. and 1903 pounds at New
York. The entrances at San Francisco
We're from Australia. those at Seattle
from Canada, and those at New York
from England, but understood to be
Argentine beef, which had been sent
from Argentina to England and thence
to the United States.
In July the total was larger than
in June, being 642,3ss pounds, of
which 201,317 pounds coming from
Australia entered at San Francisco
and 30,7S4 pounds from Australia en-
| tered at Seattle, while A1O,232 pounds
direct from England. but probably or
iginating in Argentina, entered at
New York
In August the total grew to S24,342
pounds. of which 404,13S pounds were
/ from Australia and entered by the
Pacific ports. and 1885 pounds en-
tered at New York from England, but
probably originated in Argentina.
Average z to 10 cents Pound
| The import prices of this foreign
beef range from approximately seven
cents to ten cents per pound, the aver
age valuation of the meats received
during the three months for which
these details are available having
been, from Australia, 60 cents per
pound; from England, SO cents per
pound.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16

The Burlington road is going to
start out an apple special this fall
to teach the farmers how to pick and
pack apples. If it will kindly over.
look the Ben Davis it will confer a
real favor on a long suffering apple
consuming public.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16

at 1914 cents, potatoes at IS cents per
bushel, and other products at equally
low rates. What the farmer had to
buy was in reverse ratio to the pres
ent day. Kerosene was quoted at %
cents per gallon, sugar at 10 cents
per pound, etc.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16

take the examinations and who have
had the benefit OF high school training
are prevented from securing appoint
ment because they do not nave the
necessary money to enable them to nj
tend the coaching schools in Washing.
ton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16

The percentage of rent in living ex-
penses in five countries is as follows:
Sweden, 1864 per cent; United States.
1912; Germany. 1896; Denmark,
1929: Finland, 1910.
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16

What If Huerta should ask Presi-
dent Wilson not to be candidate for
reelection, since his party platform
forbfds it?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16

The Northwestern Hotelkeepers' as
sociation has decided to abolish the
finger bowl Bully" exclaims the
Jacksonville Courier. Wed rather
drink out Of a glass or saucer any
day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16

The Traer star-clipper last week
reproduced in tabloid form a copy of
lis frst issue, published May /, 1878.
Among the Interesting items noted is
the local MARKET list Eggs we're
qiloteG at 9 ceats per dozen, butter
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16

If misery loves company Abe Mar.
tin concludes that some folks must
be awful miserable
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16
u. S. Data Shows Cost Of
Living Racing Upward
Increased 90 Per Cent Over Average Of the Decade
Between 1890 and 900 Big Advance
in Two Years.

WASHINGTON D. c., Sept 10
The cost of living on June 15 was
approximately 60 per cent higher than
the average between 1890 and 1900;
more than 8 per cent higher than it
was year ago and nearly 10 per
cent higher than it was two years ago.
Investigations of retail prices in
forty cities conducted by experts Of
the bureau of labor show prices prac-
tically at the same level as last No
vember when the high record of the
last quarter century we're reached,
Fourteen articles of food were in
vestigated and compared with the
average prices between 1890 and
1900. Every one of them except sugar
showed a marked advance; bacon,
which led in the soaring, went up 12s. 5
per cent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16
Blind Ball Fan

Los ANGELES. Sept. &c. p.
Houck' a blind baseball fan, described
Two innings of yesterdays game here
play by play. He made but one r,is
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

A wise man reflects before he
speaks; a fool speaks and then re
fleets On what he has uttered-Delile.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-16

take Baseball instinct and attention
to the volume and timbre of bleacher
ties cheers tells ne the play he es
planned.
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Decrease In Four Articles.

The other four declined as follows:
Potatoes, per cent 31.e
Sugar, per cent 1872
Wheat flour, per cent .......... II
Corn meal, per cent 80
Prices were investigated In Atlanta,
Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, Buff
falo, Charleston, s. c.: Chicago, Gin
cinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver,
Detroit Fall River, Mass Indlanap-
oils, Jacksonville, Fla; Kansas City,
Los Angeles, Louisville, Manchester,
n. H; Little Rock, Ark; Memphis,
Milwaukee. Minneapolis, Newark, N.
j.; New Haven, Conn; New Orleans,
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New York, Omaha, Philadelphia, Pitts
burgh. Portland. Ore; Providence, R.
T.; Richmond, Va; st. Louis, St Paul.
Mimi; Salt Lake City, San Francisco,
Scranton, Pa; Seattle. and Washing
ton, D. G.
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The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there Is at
least one dreaded disease that sci
ence has been able to cure IN all its
stages, and that is Catarh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is The only positive
cure now known to the medical fra
ternity. Catarrh beng n constitu-
tional disease, requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarh
Cure IS taken internally, acting di-
rectly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation of the dis
ease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the con-
stitulon and assisting nature in do
ing it's work. The proprietora have
so mach faith in its curative power
that they offer One Hundred Dol
lars for any case that it fails to
cure Send for list Of testimonials.
Address L. j. Cheney x Go.
Toledo, Ohio.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1913-05-27

troubled with constipation, and have
Tried many remedies, all of which
seemed TO cause pain without giving
much relief l finally tried DR.. Miles
Laxative Tablets and found them ex-
cellent. Their action Is pleasant ana
mild. and their chocolate taste makes
them easy TO take ! am more than
glad 20 recommend them"
Clean up the bowels and keep
them clean" is the advice OF all
physicians, because they realize the
danger resulting from habitual con
stlpation. Do not delay too long,
but begin proper curative measures.
DIR. Miles Laxative Tablets are a
new remedy for this old complaint.
and a great Improvement over the
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DR. Miles Laxative Tablets are
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q box containing IS doses. II not
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