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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01
ANCIENT WISDOM.

Writing of the movements Of a
provident little chipmunk who refused
70 carry perishable food into his den,
John Burroughs says in Harper,s
Magazine:
he acted exactly as if he knew
mat green corn and the choke-cher-
ries would spoil in his underground
retreat, and that the hard, dry kind.
and the cherry pits, would keep. He
did know it, but not as you and |
know 1t, by reason of experience: he
knew it, as all the wild creatures
know how to get on in the world, by
the wisdom that pervades nature, and
is much older than we or they are =
Whether instinct or reason or what
you viii, the Des Moines Tribune
finds in this wisdom a similarity to
the witchcraft and primitive knowl-
edge of mankind in which he has re-
acted often quite as unconsciously
upon his environment and the neces-
sity for existence. The Tribune says
of it:
1t still asserts itself frequently in
sudden crisis calling for instant
action. 1t is a valuable and often
subtle asset That we are attempting
in some manner to re-establish its ira.
ditional force through a more gen
eral recognition and cultivation OF
the old adaptability to the direct de.
mands Of nature suggests sane and
wholesome response to the simpler
aspects of living.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01
FEED The BIRDS.

Mrs. W. B. Small, president, anu
Mrs. w. F. PARROT, secretary OF the
Iowa stats Audubon society, both OF
Waterloo. are in receipt of telegram
from T. Gilbert Pearson Of New forh
CITY. secretary OF the National Auou-
bon society, in which he urges thehl
to call ON the public through the pres
and otherwise to fed the birds gram,
crumbs and suet while the snow lasts.
Apropos this the following from the
Waterloo Reporter has our unquaiiiiel
endorsement:
We in our snug homes, protected Ds
heavy clothing, warm fires ane' plenty
of hsat producing food, do not mina
the wintry blasts or the deep SHOWS.
But what about the birds? We enjoy
their songs in the summer months
bnt we are SO apt to forget their
hunger in the winter. What little
they demand costs next to nothing. 1t
ia only that wig give them mite out
of our abundance. Suet can be Sc
cured from the butcher for the ask
ing with every order OF meat and 10
is so warming to the birds. And then
II Is SO easy 10 tSSu tiit ofiuS VI uiupD
and little grain.
Children will find much pleasure in
driving stake in the ground and
mailing upon it fiat board at height
above the snow level upon which
crumbs, grain and other food can be
placed. It will make them happy to
watch the little birds come and eat
Quail. pbeasants and other game
birds should not b. overlooked while
the snow and wintry blasts last. Feed
them regularly and they will become
tame enough almost to eat out of
your hand. And while we are about
II let us not forget TO place water
where the birds NAV gst drink oca
casionaliy. They will repay you a
thousand times next summer
The same paper quotes good ole
man of Iowa, nov dead, an ardent
lover Of birds, as having said: Don't
ever burn a crust OF bread. If you
have no other use for it, throw 1t
out doors and let the birds eat it."
This was rule OF his household, and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01
PLAYING FAIR WITH INDIA.

/ MI. Vincent Tissera of Chicago, i'm.
porter of Ceylon teas, well known to
number OF Keokuk people, adds his
voice to the chorus of protest which
has been raised against an anti-Asiatic
Immigration law that shall be llarsh-
~ discriminatory to the people OF In
dia.
Mr., Tissera is now IN American
citizen and enjoys tbs unique distinc-
ton of being the only Cingalese voter
registered in Chicago. But he has not
lost interest in his native country. He
formerly resided in Davenport and We
find him quoted in the Democrat OF
that city as saying that the $4,000 600
people of India are not home-leaving
people. They endure the burdens of
life in an over-populated country
rather than leave it. In America, their
numbers are limited to few more
than 1000 that were imported, mainly
through Vancouver, for work in the
lumber districts of the northwest.
More of these are going home. he
thinks. than the number who are TAX
ing their piaces-so that the prob
lem of East Indian labor is not an
acute one in this country.
Therefore. would it not be well to
avoid legislation humiliating to a ma
1on Ike India, and trust to the ar
rangement through diplomatic chan
nels of the matter of immigration
from that country? We are lust com
pieting the expenditure of $3.50 ,0oo.-
600 on the Panama canal with a view
to enlarging trade which must be
largely with the oriental nations
whose good viii 1t is worth while to
conserve. We have over $50 Indian
students over here each year, and We
have been supplying them with the
worlds knowledge and sending them
home with it. We have their good
viii at present, says Mr.. Tissera, and
it is worth keeping.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01

The addition OF two rooms to the
building will relieve the present con-
gestion and AFFORD every child in at
tendance an opportunity to do the
work expected of it, under favorable
conditions. This much. at least, is
justly its DUE
As we said at the outset, the board
acted wisely in submitting the ss5, 900
proposition, and the qualified voters
OF the district owe it to themselves,
to the little ones in the Garfield and
Lincoln divisions and in the Seventh
ward, to the teachers in those schools
and to ths good name OF Keokuk to
endorse it overwhelmingly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01

THE WATcHMAN's REPORT.
Waterman, tell us of the night
What its signs of promise are!
Traveller. Ger yon mountains hight
See that glory-beaming star!
Watchman, does its beauteous ray
Aught of hope or joy foretell?
Traveller. yes; it brings the day
Promised day OF Israel.
Waterman, tell US of the night
Higher yet that star ascends!
Traveller, blessedness and light
Peace and truth, its course portends
Waterman, will its beam alone
Gid the spot that gave them birth?
Traveller, ages are its own
See, it bursts DER all the earth!
Watchman, tell us of the night,
For the morning seems to dawn,
Traveller, darkness takes Its flight
Doubt and terror are withdrawn.
Watchman let thy wandering cease,
HE thee to thy quiet home.
Traveller, 10! the Prince of Peace
Lo! the Son of God is come.
John Bowring.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01
School and Pulpit Nonsense.

VIII Chamberlain in Sioux City
Journal: There are school men and
ministers who approve of almost
everything that ordinary common
sense objects to. They indorse that
crazy, snaky. nervous thing called
the tango; they advocate sparkling in
the house Of God: they would teach
our boys and girls SO much about
themselves that they would shun the
holy bond of marriage; they would
commemorative every sentiment of the
heart and place the dollar sign upon
every impulse Of the soul. Out with
these dyspectfc dreamers, these stupid
Missionaries,
God give us men and women OF bal
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01

ance and faith and love of child and
fireside. Give us people who love the
sunlight and the fields and the woods;
who do not spend their days worry
ing about flies or the latest way to
curl lap dogs tail.
We need the old Puritan yigor and
the inspiration of the tempest-facing
Mayflower.
Free speech is grand thing, but
the muzzle factory should not be far
away.
Let us go forward, ever keeping
close to the old simplicities, the old
fireside teachings, the old lighthouses
of guidance. the old anchors of hope.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01
A Change.

Before ] wed that gal Of mine,
There used to be dandy sign
Upon the door mat at her home,
When thitherward I'd fondly turn.
1T always stared me in the face
Whenever called at her place,
Yes, in those days before we we'd
The sign upon the door mat read
WELCOME
But things are different nowadays;
They're different in many ways.
We're married and when now roam
With weary legs into my home
Another motto greets my eyes,
But causes me no great surprise;
Another door mat is in place,
And this now stares me in the face:
WIPE YOUR FEET"
Roy X. Moulton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01

The postofice department proposes
TO catch certain yiolators of the laws
and regulations both a-comin' and
a-goin'.' 1t has Just ruled that con
Germ using the mails for the dissent
nation of salacious matter must de-
liver the goods under penalty of
fraud order; and delivering the goods
will be stopped for sending obscene
matter through the mails. The way
of the transgressor is becoming hard
er every day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01

The, political situation becomes a
bit confusing at times. For instance:
The Boone NewsRepublican cannot
understand why Governor Clarke
thinks it necessary to base his entire
campaign on a defense of Iowa CAPT
tol extension" On the other hand,
John w. Rowley, who was in Keokuk
the other day, cannot understand why
Governor Clarke ignores the capitol
extension issue in his speeches. And
there you are!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01

It is rule that should be adopted in
every family. In many cases, entirely
too many. great quantities OF waste
bread and other edibles that would be
relished by our feathsre0 friends
are consigned to the furnace This
seems wanton waste of food, while
little shivering birds hunt almost
l ,pelessly for a few seeds now hid
den under banks of snow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01
HOW TO PAsTEuR,zE MIX

4 The question of ensuring an ade-
lquate supply of pure milk is one of
great interest and Importance in Keo-
kuk at the present time. The board OF
health. the city milk inspector. the
health committee of the Industrial
Association and number of repre-
sentative citizens not connected with
any organization are giving the mat
ter their time and attention with a
view to improving present conditions.
Some OF the milk that is marketed
locally is too filthy for human use,
and some of it, there is reason to be-
lieve. contains disease germs at
times. In number of instances it
mas been found to contain bacteria in
such large numbers as to make Ii an
unsafe food for children, especially
Tor infants whose food consists en-
t.reiy OF milk. Prompt recovery OF
sick children has occurred when rela.
lively pure milk was substituted
Under such circumstances it is adj
vlsaple to pasteurize all milk consum-
ed by small children. The nasteuriza.
ton should be done in such a way
that disease-producing bacteria &c
Wen as those likely to produce intes-
tinal disturbances are DESTROYED with.
OUT at the same time murine tho
mayor or the nutritive value of the
milk. This may be accomplished n
the home by the use of a simple i'm.
proyised outfit thus described hv tho
United States department of aericul-
ture: - ~
Milk is most conveniently pastepr.
ized in the bottles in which it is de.
hFered To do this use small nail
with perforated false bottom. An
inverted pie tin with few holes
punched in it will answer the purpose
This will raise the bottles from the
bottom of the pail, thus allowing a
Tree circulation of water and prevent
ing humping Of the bottles. Punch
mole through the cap of one of the
bottles and insert thermometer. a
thermometer with the scale etched on
the glass should be used Set the bot
ties OF milk in the rail and fill the
pail with water nearly to the level of
the milk. Put the pail on the stove
or gas fame and heat it until the
thermometer in the milk shows not
less than $50 degrees nor more than
155 degrees fahrenheit The bottles
should then be removed from the
water and allowed to stand from TWEEN
ty to thirty minutes. The temperature
will fall slowly, but may be held more
Uniformly by covering the bottles
with towel. The punctured cap
should be replaced with new one.
or the bottle should be covered with
an inverted cup.
After the milk has been held as
it should be cooled as
quickly and as much as possible by
setting it in water. To avoid danger
of breaking the bottle by too sudden
change Of temperature, this water
should be warm at first Replace the
warm water slowly with cold water.
After cooling milk should in all cases
be held at the lowest available tenn
perature.
These directions apply particularly
10 milk delivered in the summer Time
when bacteria are more numerous be-
cau-a of the warm weather, but when
mill has grown aged, as it does IN
many cases in Keokuk, the bacteria
multiply rapidly also and are almost
equally as dangerous to children as ia
the warmer months.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01

Now we know why bald-headed men
go to sleep in church. Ralph Eyre, a
senior electrical engineering student
In the state university, has explained
the phenomenon. He says the reason
Is that glazing light before the eyes
produces drowsiness, and men with
bald heads and scant eyebrows are
less protected from the light than
others, or particularly than women.
WHO wear their hats in church. Now
wlli some one tell us why men who
are not baidheaded go to sleep in
church?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01
THOUGHT FOR TopAy-A RE

SOLVE.
To keep my health!
To do my work.
To live.
To see to it grow and gain and
give,
Never to look behind me for an hour!
To wait in weakness and to walk in
power;
But always fronting onward to the
light,
Always and always facing towards
the right,
Robbed, starved, defeated, fallen,
wide astray-
On. with what strength have.
Back to the way.
Charlotte Perkins stetson.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01
Government. by Hubbub.

Sioux City Journal: A hubbub arose
in Seattle last year and the mayor
was subjected to a recall election.
and was recalled. Another hubbub
has arisen and this same recallsd
mayor Is renominated by an over
wheiming vote for the same Office.
with mighty good prospect for cleo.
ticn. Government by hubbub thus has
some disadvantages as well as advan-
tags
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01

It Is becoming increasingly evident
that ths difference between the fed
erals and the rebels in northern Mex
leo is the same as the diuerence be.
tween tweedleoes and tweedledum.
They are alike vicious and irrespon.
sible.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01

1t has been discovered that the less
women war the more they eat. The
law of compensation doesn't appl
here, however. The less they wear
the more 1t costs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01

There are various remedies for in
somnia, but as yet nothing has been
found equal to a job as night witch
man in the state house at Des Moines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01

The first robin story is due now
any time, and may be expected any
bright, sunshiny day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01

children have all taken It and y
works like a charm. For colds ana
whooplng cought 1t Is excellent" For
sale BY all dealers. d--ortisement
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01

Millionairss are discovering that
the white slave law applies to them
the same as to others. Also to a good
many OF them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01

Speaking of lent,-why not bring it
back2
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01

Remedy eyer since / have been keep
ing house" says L. c. hamer, OF
Marbury, Ala. Il consider 1t one OF
the best remedies ever used. Ny
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-08-07
Classification of Futility.

When General Ben Butler was prac
ticing law in the courts of the District
of Columbia he was famous for the
striking ideas he evolved and the effec
tive methods he employed in order to
get the interests of his clients before
the jury in a favorable light
In one case, in which he had rather
poor show of winning. the time came
for him to cross examine fellow law
yer, who had given testimony extreme
~ favorable to the other side. Every
body listened intently for Buffers on
slaught 1t was expected that be
would go after the witness with gloves
off.
Gentlemen of the jury" he said
with an air Of confding familiarity
II would as soon think of shooting
slxyrockets into the Internal regions for
purposes of Illumination as to cross
examine this witness in the hope Of
extracting the truth."-Popular Maya
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-08-07
superstitions of the cingalese.

An old Cingalese woman who lived
in an ordinary native hut by herself
died and was buried. On the follow
ing day a large iguana "a species of
lizard which attains great size) entered
the compound of a gentleman living
close by and attacked his poultry
Hearing the noise and commotion, he
came out and on ascertaining the cause
got his gun and shot the iguana. No
sooner had he done this than there
arose a great uproar from the relatives
of the old woman. who declared that
he had killed her, because her spirit
had passed into the lizard. in proof of
which they pointed triumphantly to
the fact that it had never before been
seen in the vicinity and only appeared
after her death. Rupees finally appeas-
ed the outraged feelings of the old
woman's descendants.-Java Times.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-08-07
Music Hath Charms.

Dohnanyi. the famous pianist. tells
a story of two Scotchmen who lived
in the same fat. Each had a piano.
upon which he Strummed in his own
room, and one day friend suggested
that they should run the two pianos
into the same room so that they could
play music written for two pianos.
The two men thought it was good
idea. and accordingly the pianos were
both placed in the same room. They
practiced diligently at sonata for two
pianos, but with little success for some
time, the difficulty being that one had
generally finished his movement two or
three bars before the other.
At last. however, they succeeded in
finishing one movement exactly at the
same moment, and one said. "Aweel.
Donald. now that we've been SO sue
cessful with the first movement. sup
pose we try the seconds"
Donald looked at him in profound as
constituent. Eth, but, Angus" he ex-
claimed, that was the second move
ment that | was playingp'-London
Tit-Bits.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-08-07
Lee at Vera Cruz.

Robert e. Lee. as captain of engi
neers. arranged the American batteries
when the United States forces landed
at Vera Cruz in 1847. Lees brother. a
naval lieutenant. served one Of the
guns, and here are Lees first impress
sions of war. whenever turned my
eyes reverted to him. and ] stood by
his gun whenever ! was not wanted
elsewhere. Oh, felt awfully. and am
at loss what should have done bad
he been cut down before me.
He preserved his usual cheerfulness.
and could see his white teeth through
all the smoke and din Of the fire" Chi
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-08-07
American catacombs and Mummie.

American Catacombs and Mummies.
Recent publicity has been given to
the wonders of the cliff villages of the
ella canyon in New Mexico. where the
lofty pumice or tufa walls of the box
canyon are honeycombed with the ex-
cavated dwellings of nation of
dwarfs. whose mummies here and
there found. preserved by the stone
dust for centuries, are clad in woven
clothes and ornamented with gay
feathers at neck and waist. The re-
mains Of an adult man Of this people
measured only twenty three inches in
height, and the doors and windows of
their "homes in the rock" are hardly
passable by a half grown girl. Like
the dwarf temples Of Yucatan-of
which LIE Plongeon wrote SO entertain
ingly-hovel, mansion. fortress and
temple. seem like toys made with in
finite pains for the children of re-
mote past; indeed, an antiquity fixed
by the best authorities at least as far
back as 5000 years ago.-Nationai
Magazine.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-08-07
Lightning Destroys Barn.

WAUTOMA, WIS. - The large
barn and silo on the farm of Alfred
Vlader, farmer living six miles south
of here, was struck by lightning and
destroyed by the fire which followed.
Several tons of hay, all of the farming
implements and one colt were lost in
the fire. The farmer carried but small
insurance.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-08-07
Burke Files Papers.

GREEN BAY, WIS. - Timothy
Furle, state senator, filed nomination
papers with the secretary of state at
Madison. Burke is seeking nomina-
ton for United States senator to sue
coed Senator Isaac Stephenson on the
Republican ticket.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-08-07
New School Is Established.

AMIGO, WIS. - On the recon-
mendation of County Superintendent
A. M. Arveson and A. L. Hayner, presi-
dent of the county board of education
it was voted to establish another
school in the town of Evergreen. Fiji
teen children will attend
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-08-07
Berry Crop Is Record.

WASHBURN, WIS. = The crop
of raspberries, currants and goose
berries now being harvested in this
section of the state is one of the big
gest on record here. The wild fruit
crop is bumper and the woods are
full of berry pickers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-08-07
Volunteers to Organize.

La CROSSE, WIS. = John q.
Maggie, formerly a sergeant in the
Austrian infantry, is organizing COM
.'any of Austrians and Bohemians liv-
ing in La Crosse. He plans to take
them to Austria to join the army
-gainst Servia.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-08-07
WISCONSIN BRIEFS
Road Exhibit at Fair.

MADISON, WIS. The state
highway commission will maintain an
exhibit at the state fair. Officials OF
the department will be in charge to
explain the work of the commission
and to advise those interested in de-
tails of the state and plan and adj
yanced construction methods. Pictures
of new and old roads in Wisconsin
will be an important part Of the ex-
hibit.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-08-07
John Butcher Passes Away.

OCONOMOWOC, WIS. - John c.
Butcher died at Oconomowoc, aged
siSty-nine years. Mr.. Butcher had re
sided IN Oconomowoc since 1872 and
had been in business there many years
FIe is survived by two sons.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-08-07
Interesting Local Hints

An $500 real estate mortgage for
sale by Atwell & Blanchard.
-Rooming house for rent. Reason
able terms. Inquire Atwell & Blanch-
ard
Mrs. Frank Wyman offers at pri-
vate sale quantity of furniture, bed
ding, crockery, 200 fruit jars and many
kitchen utensils. .36tf
For special line of tobacco racks
and hay racks, apply to the Edgerton
Wagon Co. soft
"A nearly new surrey and light
single buggy for sale by Harry Ash.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-08-07
Man Killed by Street Car.

OSHKOSH, WIS. = Adam M. Lett
IKE, a cobbler, fifty-five years old,
was instantly killed by street car
Both legs were severed at the knee
ana the body was carried 100 fees
along the drive.
It is thought that Leitzke unthink.
ingiy walked in front of the rapidly
approaching street car.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-08-07
Liohtnino Strikes Brothers.

LA CROSSE, WIS. - John NJ. Gal
loway, twenty-five years old, was in
stantly killed, and two brothers, Har-
ry and Chester Galloway, were severe
~ burned and paralyzed when a tree
under which they had sought refuge
during an electrical storm, was struck
by lightning.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-08-07
Seeks Lenroot's Place.

SUPERIOR, WIS. L. J. Z.
Malone, Superior dentist, entered the
field as a candidate Off the Democratic
nomination for the seat in congress
now held by Irvine Lenroot.