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Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-17
ELECTRIC CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
Still New Enough to Have Novelty
Element Dear to Americans

Element Dear to Americans.
Electric Christmas gifts still possess
that element of novelty dear to the
American heart and thus solve the
problem of giving Christmas gifts that
are. different" Imagine how pleased
most men would be to receive III. ,:lec-
trio shaving cup or electric cigar light
er instead of neckties, socks and hand
kerchiefs las usual
A teakettle for grandmother. sam
ovar for mothers 8 o'clock teas, a
cha ting dish for the college girl disk
stove for the bachelor. a flatiron or
sewing machine motor for the prac-
teal houSewife--all these novel and
useful gifts will be appreciated by the
recipients.
1t should not be forgotten that these
electric Christmas gifts are all useful
gifts. Each of these devices is de-
signed to do some one thing better
than it can be done any other way,
whether it is to percolate coffee, toast
bread or furnish the power for run
ming sewing machine
The presence of an electric perco-
1ator on any table adds a touch Of
something different and something
better. The electric tea samovar is
rapidly becoming quite the thing for
the modern tea table,
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-17
DRINK A GLASS
OF REAL HOT WATER
BEFORE BREAKFAST.
Says we will both look and feel
clean, sweet and fresh
and avoid illness.

Sanitary science has of late made
rapid strides with results that are of
untold blessing to humanity. The lat
est application of it's untiring research
is the recommendation that it is as
necessary to attend to internal SANTA
ton OF the drainage system of the hui
man body as it is to the drains of the
house.
Ihose OF us who are accustomed to
1eel dull and heavy when we arise.
splttlng headacne, stuffy from a cold,
foul tongue, nasty breath, acid stom-
ach, can, instead, feel as fresh as a,
daisy by opening the sluices of the sys-
tenn each morning and flushing out the
whole of the internal poisonous stag
nant matter.
Everyone, whether ailing, sick or
well, should, each morning before
breakfast, drink a glass of real hot
water with teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate in it to wash from the stom-
ach, liver and bowels the previous
days 1ndigestible waste, sour bile and
poisonous toxins; thus cleansing.
sWeetening and purifying the entire
allmentary canal. before putting more
1000 into the stomach The action Of
not water and limestone phosphate on
an empty stomach is wonderfully in
v1gorating. 1t cleans out all the sour
lamentations, gases, waste and aciditv
and gives one splendid appetite for
breakfast. While you are enjoying
your breakfast the phosphated hot
water is quietly extracting a large vol
ume OF water from the blood and get
ting ready for a thorough flushing of
all the inside organs.
me millions OF people who are both
cred with constipation, bilious smells
stomach trouble, rheumatic stiffness:
others who have sallow skins. blood
disorders and sickly complexions are
urged to get a quarter pound of lime
stone phosphate from the drug store.
iihls will cost very little, but is suffi-
Gent to make anyone a pronounced
crank on the subject of internal san
itatiOn
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-17

Then my thoughts travels on an onward
from !1is.S where the old folks be.
An wonder il our own children is lili,lk-
in O Jane ar me:
If they heard some organ sendin' the
song, ''Do they Miss EIe at IIome?''
Through the holy Christmas mornin',
through the holy Christmas gloam,
If they heard their children shoutin' in
pleasure beside their toys.
Would they think once more o the home
stead, where they lived when girls
an boys.
The young has the world before 'em, but
fer US it lies behind
A dim, dear land O. memories, where even
I keep in mind
Wee, faded clothes in the attic broken
toys long laid away,
AS l watch Jane iiXin' knickknacks fer
the dinner on Christmas day
Will T.. Hale.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-17
HWaSSail! DrinkaeIlH

The wassail bowl. which is still used
in some old European families at
Christmas, succeeded the skull Of the
Norseman's foe as a drinking vessel.
In these old wassa1 bowls, some speci-
mems of which are Of brown ware and
others of massive silver, were placed
the ale, the ginger, the sugar, the nut
meg and the roasted crab apples.
Where the old custom still prevails the
ale is served spiced and sweetened in
the wassail bowl. but the apples are
omitted
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-17
When Jane Fixes the
kniC kknackS

HnAL LIKE to loaf in the kitchen while
Jane in her wifely way
Wis putin the finish on knickknacks
"A Tor the dinner on Christmas day
say, tolllble early O. mornins, when
the cofeepots Simmerin' low,
An the ROSTERS is CROWN for daybreak
like nobody else didn't know
An out through the white curtained win
der the stars is beginnin' to fade
An the hills that was hid in darkness is
at last comm out O. the shade
OHecy silence Settles so plain it is
mighty nigh SEEN
An me an the past stand together, with
scurcely a mint between,
Fer | feel unusually tender-in a glad,
half sad sort o. way
While Jane is fixin' the knickknacks for
the dinner on Christmas day.
a person don't never, reckon, disremem-
Der the old folks at home
NO matter how feeble he grows an no
. matter jest where he may roam,
An they show pretty clear at such mnits,
c,.,, iue an brave as in days gone by,
LII 1 push my chair in the shadders-
a-hidin' the mist in my eye.
see the grave face of my father as he
reads by the candlestick there.
All l near some hymn of nv mother "a
- sue rocks in the hickory chair.
Aheh the nrelight falls on the ceilin' with
.iie rose O the old time glow
AS cream only dreams O. the future ,stid
creams o the long ago.
1aeisa no! What a world O. changes from,
me iao to the man now gray.
= "a'onln Jane as she flxes knickkna cks
o' 'Ne oinner on Christmas day!
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-17
HELP YOUR LIVER-IT PAYS.

When your liver gets torpid and
your stomach acts queer, take DR..
Kings New Life Pills and you will
find yourself feeling better. They
purify the blood, give you freedom
from constipation. biliousness, diz-
illness and indigestion. You feel
fine-just like you want to feel.
Clear the complexion too. Csc. at
druggists.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1915-12-17

AS L must settle with the State
Jan. LIST 1916. wish to impress upon
those who have not paid their taxes.
the necessity of doing SO at once.
Make an honest effort to get your
taxes to me before Jan. LIST 1916.
You can do it.
Respectfully,
j. w. Buchanan, Sheriff
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
VALVE BLOW OUT
DELAYS DUBUQUE
Excursionists From Quincy Saturday
Didn't Get Home Until Late
Because Of This Accident.

Quincy Herald: The steamer Du-
buque OF the Streckfus steamboat
company was due here last SATURDAY.
night at 600 o'clock from St. Louis,
but did not arrive until 500 o'clock
Sunday morning. The boat left St..
Louis on time with the special excur
sion Of the Knights Of Columbus Choir
al club, including the singers, their
families and number of friends, max
ing quite a large crowd. The exact
number on the boat was not learned.
and estimates varied from 100 to $50.
Near Hamburg, an exhaust valve blew
out. 1t was a small thing, but very
serious, for it put the engine on one
side out of commission, and with but
one engine working, the Dubuque
completed the run to Quincy. Agains.
the current, progress was slow, and
the boat was eleven hours late when
it got here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
INJURIES PROVE
FATAL TO SMITH
Harry r. Smith, Fireman on Engine
Which CoIlfded With OIL Tank,
Succumbs to Burns.

Keokuk friends of Leslie A. Smith,
city editor Of the FIT. Madison Demo
crat, will be sorry to learn of the
death of his brother II. R. Smith. The
FIT. Madison Democrat says:
Harry r. Smith of San Bernardino,
Calf, resident of Fort Madison I'M
It'll about six years ago and the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert R. Smith Of
416 Third street. this city, died at the
hospital at Anaheim. Calf, at 11:00
p. M, Saturday from the effects of
burns and INJURIES received in the
wreck the preceding Wednesday of a
Santa Fe passenger train, of which
he was fireman. The remains were
taken to his home at San Bernardino
for funeral and burial, probably We'd
nesday. His mother and brother,
Ernest Smith, have departed for Cali
fornia and will reach there in time
for the funeral. ..
Harry r. Smith was 81 years of age,
born at Fort Madison September II,
1883. the eldest son of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. r. Smith, who survive him with
the widow two children, Imgoene.
aged five, and Albert, aged two. and
two brothers Of this city. Leslie A.
Smith and Ernest c. Smith, A sister,
Mrs. A. X. Manifold. died here two
years ago at the age Of 81. His resi-
dence at and near Fort Madison dated
until his connection with the Santa
Fe in California few years ago. He
was q member Of the Masonic orders
here-Claypoole blue lodge. Delta
commandery and Potowonok chapter.
Prior. to his removal to California he
held membership in the local Elks
lodge. At San Bernardino he beling-
ed to the trainmen's orders. His mar
rage to Miss Wi1dhaber occurred
here June 21, 1909. Though the ma
joritv Of the time in California his
residence was at San Bernardino, his
work was such that the residence was
often changed and he had lived at
Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Ana
and other points for shorter inter
walls.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
Thin People
Can Increase WEIGHT

Thin men and women who would
like to increase their weight with 10
or 10 pounds of healthy stay there
fat should try eating a little SaTgol
with their meals for while and note
results. Here Is a good test worth
trying. First weigh yourself and meas
ure yourself. Then take Sargol-one
tablet with every meal-for two weeks.
Then weigh and measure again. It
isn't question of what your friends
say and think. The scales and the
tape measure will tell their own story,
and most any thin man or woman can
easily add from five to eight pounds
in the first fourteen days by Following
this simple direction. And best of all,
the new flesh stays put.
Sargol does not of itself make fat,
but mixing with your food, it turns the
fats, sugars and starches Of what
you have eaten. into rich. ripe fat
producing nourishment for the It's
sues and blood-prepares it in an
easily assimilated form which tho
blood can readily accept. All this
nourishment now passes from your
body as waste But Sargol stops the
waste and does 1t quickly and makes
the fat producing contents of the very
same meals you are eating now d.
velop pounds and pounds of healthy
flesh between your skin and bones.
Sargol is safe, pleasant, efficient and
inexpensive. Wilkinson & Co. and
other leading druggists in Keokuk and
vicinity sell 1t in large boxes-forty
tablets to a package-on guarantee
of weight increase or money back.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
FOOD FACTS FOR THE
WORKINGMAN'S WIFE
TO STUDY.

You owe 1t to yourself. your hus-
band and family to buy all food stuffs
from practically one standpoint-nu-
triton. Other factors count, Of course.
but nutrition should not be sacrificed
for anything else, for nutrition is the
basis of economic food buying.
Most workingmens wives serve
too much meat. From a standpoint
Of nutrition, meat is dear food.
Some meat is essential, but we can
profitably cut out much Of our meat
and substitute other nutritious but
much cheaper food.
There's Faust Spaghetti. When we
eat it, we absorb practically all of it;
most of it goes to enrich our blood
and build up our bodies. Faust Spa
ghetti is made Of Durum wheat-a
highly glutinous cereal. Sold in large
1Oc packages-is a splendid partial
meat substitute, is easily prepared
and makes fine eating. Try plenty of
Faust Spaghetti-cut down on meat.
MAULL BROS.
St. Louis, U. S. A.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
CARTHAGE, ILL.
. . . . . . . . . . . 4

Mr.. and Mrs. B. G. Rogers of Omaha.
Neb., are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. W.
W. Lawless.
Mrs. Maud Berkeley of Quincy is
visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Brakensiek.
Miss Anna Reyer returned Saturday
from California.
Mrs. H. c. Montague and son OF
Muskogee, Okla, are visiting her fath-
er. Robert Baird.
Mrs. Carl Peterson of Galesburg, Is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. s. W. Prentiss.
Miss Charlotte Cavanaugh Of Ke-
vance, is visiting her brother, B. NJ.
lCavanaugh.
The following young people are
camping on the Mississippi river near
Hawks Nest: Misses Ada Zimmer-
man, Elizabeth Humphrey. Marie Har-
ris, Margaret Snavley. Mary Clark,
Adele Harrison and Edward Martin,
Floyd Nfgameyer, Leo McCarty, Frank
lin HartzeIl and Paul Westfall.
Miss Myrtle Falcon Of Chicago is
the guest of Mrs. Harold Wolf.
Mrs. Margaret Griffith, aged sew
enty-eight years, nine months and two
days, died at the home Of her daugE-
ter, Mrs. A J. Blair. Sunday afternoon
at 3:15 O'Clock. Mrs. Griffith was
born in Carthage October 6, 1886, and
was married tn the late<Mr. Thoma 5
! Griffith 5, 1859. She had spent her
;e--tt'-n lie in Carthage and will &c
ir.o. Rcd by a host of friends. The
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
Summer Foods As
Cause of Dyspepsia
Effect on Digestive Organs
Responsible for Many
Ills.

Summer should be the season Of
most perfect health but impure wa
ter and milk, unripe fruit and ten
dency to over-indulge in acid foods
and iced drinks results In contrary
condition In many people.
The effect of the average summer
diet is to constipate even normally
regular bowels, and disturb the d.
gestion. This condition can best be
corrected by the use of a mild laxa-
tive that has combined with 1t the
elements Of a digestive tonic. The
combination of simple laxative herbs
with pepsin that Is sold in drug
stores under the name of DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin Is gentle, yet
positive in its action and brings re-
lief in an easy, natural manner, with
out gripping or other discomfort.
A dose of DR.. Caldwelrs Syrup Pep
sin on retiring each night will regu.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
VIII Hama In October.

DENVER, Colo, Aug. 1O.-To the
county jail here there comes every
day a sweet faced little woman to see
George A. Quinn, condemned murder
er Of her former husband. Quinn and
the woman, Mrs. Nellie Coral Herbert
son, were married recently that an
innocent eight-months-old boy might
have a name.
Quinn in broad daylight last Octob-
er, went to Herbertson's house with O
shotgun and killed him.
Formerly a teamster and still a
giant in physique, Quinn has ambit-
ious plans for the little boy born 10
himself and Mrs. Herbtson.
L want him to be a prize fighter,
proudly said the father who is to be
hanged next October Look how we'll
built that kid is
Mrs. Quinn. however. has othe'
plans for the baby Leo. HE is to be
we'll educated, because" she said, "a
fellow without an education never has
a chance
Relatives are caring for mother AMI
child.
The wedding ceremony in the ward
ems office was the most dramatic ever
seen by officials here. With the shad
Iows of the Jail bars falling across
Quinn's face and with the baby sleep.
ing soundly in the arms of the brides
maid, Justice Henry Bray pronounce
the ritual. Mrs. Herbertson, her voic2
clear, repeated the words that bound
her to the murderer of her husban !
only faltering when the justice reach
ed the words, till death do us part
The thought Oh the hangman, however
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
HERE IS ANOTHER
CHANCE TO VOTE
Presidential Preferencme Primary to
be Held In, April Next Year
New One for Iowa.

DEs MONIES, Aug. 1o.-The presl.
Dental preference primary, which is
to be held in Iowa in accordance
with the new law on April 10. 1916,
is beginning to excite the interest OF
number Of public men, but in a
general way, but little concern is
manifested thus far In this new plan
which is to be tried out for the first
time in 1916. It is believed there
will have to be quite little agita-
ton with reference to this .opportun-
ity for the people to express their
choice for president If there Is to be
anything like full expression OF the
people at that first primary.
The date falls at a time when
farmers are apt to be rushed with
spring work and the roads are often
uninviting. The general experience
In getting out vote at primary Is
that there must be some local issue
if large vote is expected.
Eleven western states in all ara to
have similar primaries next Spring
where the people express their pref
erence for president. Some Of these
states had such law In 1912, but the
majority Of them will be tried out
for the first time next spring. In
Iowa the people will vote for the fol-
lowing: President of the United
States, vice president, party national
committeeman, district delegates to
the national convention, delegates at
large, alternate district delegates and
alternate delegates at large. They
will also vote on delegates to the
county convention. They will vote
also on the question as to whether
the district delegates to the national
convention be instructed by the vote
at large or by the vote of the con-
gressional district.
With these primaries only a COM
paratively shor: time away, there is
very little activity on the part Of
party leaders as to candidates or is
sues All political parties will partici-
pate in these primaries. 1t is gener-
ally conceded that President Wilson
will be put forward by the democrats
on his record during the past four
years. In the west both Senator
Cummins and Senator Borah have
been mentioned, but no definite ex-
preston has been secured from eth
er Of them as yet as to their candi-
dacy. Issues have been but little
discussed. Hence it is evident that
ere long there will have to be some
action on the part of the leaders II
the people are to be ready to e1er-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
Business Mon Learn Military Game.

Bl0l moss Mon Ioarn MilttdFy tame.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-The wide
interest in the question Of military
preparedness has sent large num-
Der Of New Workers. to the military
training camp for business and pro-
fessiona1 men at Plattsburg. near
the United States army post. The
period Of training is from today to
September s. The organization Of
the camp grew out Of the success Of
the camp for college men just end
ed, and the desire is expressed by
older men to receive the same train
ing.
It is explained that participating in
the training offered does not In
crease the legal or moral obligation
of those who attend. The course Of
instruction is designed to aid in I'LL
ing with educated men the great de-
fciency in commissioned officers that
would Immediately arise In case OF
national emergency that required
the raising Of a large volunteer army.
The training is along this line. rath-
er for service in the ranks.
In view Of the utter lack Of a re-
serve body Of officers such as would
be necessary to organize and COM
mand volunteer troops, attendance
at the camp is encouraged by United
States army officers, including Cen
eral Leonard Wood. as an important
and most useful public service
United States army officers will
furnish the instruction. The course
comprises company and battalion
drill, the mechanism and use Of mod
ern rifles, target practice. military
hygiene, tactics, strategy etc. Maneu
vers with regular troops representing
the opposing forces, will be held to-
ward the close of the camp. Men at
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
HAY FEVER TIME
Is AT HAND NOW
Those Who Sneeze are Looking at
Railroad Maps and Time Tables
Which Lead to North.

Hay fever time is near at hand and
the wfelder Of the festive handker-
chief Is completing his plans to go to
the northern cline that has ozone clear
from the sneeze-producing particles so
plentiful in this locality. The coming
of rag weed time" brings the SUI
ferer to the realization that comfort
for him in this locality is something
that is extremely limited, and the
thoughts Of the cool clear air Of the
north or west crowds out the ideas
of the better way to make a few ex-
ira sheckels this season.
Suit cases are being packed and
within the course Of the next couple
OF weeks there will be an exodus
from Keokuk that will make the
old time pilgrimage Of the faithful
to the shrine at Mecca thing Of small
Importance. The trains leading to the
north will be crowded and some Of
the western passengers will have
other things in their minds than at
tending the big fair at Frisco.
If the cool weather continues here
for some time longer the "sneexers"
will be given few days Of grace but
II the sun comes out warm and the
pollen. or whatever the trritant from
the rag weed is called. starts floating
around through the air, the sufferers
from the malady will make tracks"
for the frozen north or the wi1ds Of
Arizona.
Tears and crimson noses are sure
signs Of the presence Of the hay
fever time In the midst Of commun.
ity and the comb rag ohmb" style Of
conversation is the general language.
The handkerchief Is the best friend
of the fever-stricken person and al
though the sufferer Is always willing
to laugh at the malady he is in reality
in a most uncomfortable position. To
be forced to carry couple Of spare
bed sheets to be used as handker-
chiefs is not exactly to be desired but
the person who is unable to get away
and dodge the fever must do just that
thing. .s.#.
Years Of experiment have failed, so
far, to produce any cure for the
trouble and It seems that each year
the sufferer WIN be forced to migrate
along with the duck and other north
ward-bound CRITTERS" for the season
from about this time until the first
frost.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
chief kohJer rries AqaIn.

CLEVELAND, Aug. 10.-Fred Koh-
Ter, ousted Cleveland police chief OF
nationwide fame, has started his
third campaign to come back"
I'm going before all the people OF
Cleveland this time for my chance
said Kohler, announcing his candi-
.dacy for city clerk. I'm going to
fight hard and I believe the people
will elect me-" Kohler, since his ex-
pulsion from the police force, fol-
lowing a sensational hearing by the
civil service commission, has twice
been defeated for Office. 49,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-10
SOME PACKAGE
FOR EXPRElSSMAN

. A strange express shipment Of 4
. three baby elephants arrived in 4
q keokuk last week from the
. burning sands of India and con-
. signed to the hospitable quar-
. tiers Of Billy Hall, the great ami
. NAL dealer at Lancaster, Mo.
. The pachyderms had travelled I
. thousands of miles under the I
. care and protection Of the Ad- I
. ANS Express Co., and the total
. charge will amount to approxt-
. mately $1,000. The charges I
. from the Atlantic coast to this I
. city will equal about sos.
. The baby elephants had come
. from far off India to Amster- I
. dam, Holland. AS general 4
Q rule. wild animals are consigned
. to the European port of Ham
. burg. but the consigners were
. trifle afraid that their elephants 4
. would be shot full of holes or 4
. sunk by submarines so Holland
. Was selected as the second point I
. in the grand tour.
. From Holland they were ship 4
. ped across the Atlantic to Jer-
. sey City, N. J.. and from this I
. place finished their journey by I
. rail. The animals have travel
. ed thousands of miles through I
. strange lands and on strange I
. waters, but are now in Lancas-
= ter calmly eating their hay.