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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-23
Every Thread and Color Has Special
Meaning so Miss Eleanor Brown
Tells Club Women at
Meeting.
SPECIAL USE FOR EACH
lowry Rugs, Hearth Rugs, Hosts
Hugs and Prayer Rugs Are Best
Known-cIub Plans Study
Of These.

thirty ladies' enjoyed the reciproc.
ny meeting held on Friday afternoon
lae nome of Mrs. e. B. Newcomb
which the Mentor Reading club en-
sIns the Wednesday Reading
.auo. Additional guests from out Of
soWn We're Mrs. John N. Irwin of st.
nuns, Mrs. Herbert Witherspoon of
INV York and Mrs. Mary Hitler Of
anoka. The program for the after.
un was talk on oriental rugs by
Use Eleanor Brown, who spoke in a
0st entertaining and instructive way
an hour on the subject. Those
s'eht felt that only a beginning
aa oeen made and it is planned to
ee. again in the autumn and bring
ssetner a collection of oriental rugs.
y which there are some very hand.
6;a. le ones IN Keokuk, and study the
Eanaay or the designs, their signifi.
anee' the coloring and all.
a Mss Brown said in part:
h ioln The mysterious east comes
ma NJ 'u uI which we are to study today,
nu IKE all else which comes from
E,rs. vi .eht 1t is full of Illusion and
(em saruism' In the beginning we must
|ba that in oriental countries
III Jug lug was the only medium Of artis-
Il .,Hpresslon. The ancient peoples
6nsi,an e east had neither painting,
heir pottery. or statuary to express
(Iea ,ei.istlc sense. All ancient peo-
I d, nad an inception of the rug and
aa back as far as 5000 B. G. II
han a na,. which involves many races.
hs, rsellsions, and many migrations.
[erfao., peen praeticed with marvellous
ecora '' VI tor more ages than we have
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-25
sxgtematica.llx and zealously carried

systematically and zealously carried on.
 Orton, who was born at Seneca Falls New York, in 1880, and educat- ed at Williams College and Andover Theological Seminary, entered upon his career as a scientist in 1866, when he was appointed instructor in nat uraI sciences in Rochester University. In 1887 a scientific expedition to the equatorial Andes and the River Amazon was organized under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institu- ton, and Prof. Orton was selected as it's leader. As result of this expedt- ton many hitherto unknown spect-
 mems of natural history were collect ed and today form portions of the collections in the museums of such welI-known5 Repositories as the Smith sonian Institution at Washington, the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science, the Boston Society of Natural History, the Peabody Academy of Sci ence, and Vassar College, while the bulk of the collection was purchased by Ingham University. @ Upon his return to the United
 States Professor Orton was offered the chair of natural history at Vas
 sar College in 1889. with which instt- i tuition he remained until his tragic
 death in 1877. In 1873 he made a, sec ond journey across South America i from Para up the Amazon to Lima, | T
 valuable ethnological collections of
 IncariaI relics. In 1876 he organized | a third expedition, with the object of
 exploring the Great Beni River, a
 branch of the Madeira, one of his
 companions being pr. Edwin Ruthven Heath, the well-known discoverer of | the River Heath in South America,
 who is still living hale and hearty,
 in Kansas City, Missouri.
 This expedition reached the mouth l of the river, where most of the | equipment and supplies were lost. Orr ton and his few companions made the 1 terrible 60O-niIe journey back to La,
 Paz through forest and jungle amid incredible hardships, but on crossing Lake Titicaca on the, way to Puno the intrepid scientist died September 25, 1877, from the exposure incurred.
 Subsequently his remains were taken to Esteves Island by sympathetic friends, and some years ago a Scotch i engineer by the name of Brighton built with his own hands the rough
 monument which now marks the spot | where, stto the everlasting requiem of
 Tfticaca's cease1ess waves, almost in
 the very shadow of the snowcapped
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fault of his was always admired by the slippery tongued orator, entered and after a, firm handshake with the burIesque Depew remarked how well the latter was looking. The remark gave Tom a chance to say ''Yes and r m feenn' as well as I look and why? Because I have just quit drinking beer as Q beverage and have taken to tea Why gentlemen I tell you that few people realize the health restor- ing properties which this tea I am advertising contains, for if its bene- ffcfa1 effects were only known there would be no need for a pro1li party in this land. There would be no Keeley institutes and there would be fewer jails and prisons.
 Getting away from teas Roman said that while his Repub1i canism was so black he< is out for Tammany Hall next time because observation teaches him that whatever chance reforrners have in other departments thy care top heavy in politics. ''Next fall," said Tom, 'tI'n stump the Second as- sembly district for Tammany, apoI- og1zing to all my constituents for all the lies told them about the party of Reform. Pm no sucker and when me before election and don't know me after it then I've got no time nnonkeying with them. Why, tell you that no power earth will stop Tammany Hall from sweeping the city from the Battery to Harlem next fa1''
 Chauncey Depew's Dinner.
 'FYou heard about me attending the dinner given by me prototype Chaunceys Depew ?'' asked Tom with a merry twinkle in his good optic, the left eye being 8 trif1e out of gear from constant watching for the job which never materialized: CT was about the last one to arrive. know that late corners succeed in attracting attention If only on account of the ing When I walked in had on me outdoor speech making suit and some of the big bugs kind O gave me the marble heart. when they observed I had no swallow tai1.''
 "fChauncey noticed me makeup and coming to me said, 'FWhy Tom, where's your dress suit?' says, uncey-tahng him a. little to one sfde-I made up me mind not to put it on for fear that your tony guests might take me for one O. Deimomco's walters Dis made Chauncey laugh and when he told the joke to de crowd later, they laughed too.''
 T have an engagement tonight with Mayor Strong said Tom, rising to go- sHe wants me to try and pacify the Bowery element, but its impossible. The boys are on to him and wait until they get another crack at these Reformers.''
 Before leaving Roman promised to return to Bridgeport with his troup of Turks before the season was over and spend a. week here.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-25
' AMERICAN
 MARTYR TO SCIENCE.

Far away in South America, on a small and unfrequented island in the Lake of T1ticaca, stands little crumb1ing tombstone roughly built of stones by sympathetic hands, which serves to mark the last resting place of a once noted American explorer, Professor James Orton. Not very many now living remember the mod est, kindly scholar whose work ad- vanced the cause of human knowl- edge, and in whom the gentle nature of, the poet was linked with the dar- ing spirit of the explorer of unknown WiIds Only in the hearts of his sur vtvfng relatives and of Vassar grad uates of some 40 years az is his memory enshrined, and until recently com paratiVely few even of these re- membered how Orton lost his life and where his body lay inferred. They have now, however. learned some thing of the particulars of his death and the location of his grave, and a. movem ent has been started among the Vassar alumnae of the early sew enties, among their daughters and tn cir granddaughters, and soon a marble shaft will rise to mark the spot where, Tar from tourist travel and the worlds unheedfng race,'' James Orton sleeps.
 An article by Edward Albes in the Monthly Bulletin of the Pan-Ameri- can Union served to awaken the memories of those who had forgot ten and struck a responsive chord in the hearts of the elder Vassar women. It was their old professor who lay there, liar from kindred, \home and friends, almost unknown and certain ly unsung, ,''-as the writer had it. and as soon as the Knowledge came to them they determined to show the world that Vassar's a1umnae were equal to the occasion. A committee has been appointed to collect a fund by private subscription. a fund that will be adequate to provide a, suitable monument, and the work is being
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-25
OLD TIME BOXERS WE'RE AS
 CHEsTY AS MODERN FIGHTERS

Although a defeated boxer is usual Iy able to flash a more or less con- Vincing a1ibi, by which he attempts to prove that he entered the ring a physical wreck, animated by stern sense of his duty to the public, it is noteworthy that he never discovers or confesses these disabilities before the contest. If there was ever a boxer who on the day before a battle, was not in the stpink of condition, '' and absolutely confident of victory the writer has never heard of him. The old time boxers were as chesty and confident as the moderns An amusing instance of this is afforded by a challenge published in an Eng fish paper in 1744. On June 24th of that year, I'll years ago today, Jack Slack, who. afterward became the third champion of England, met and defeated Daniel Smith. Daniel was not at all satisfied with the result, de- cIaring that illness was the cause of his downfall. and issued the follow ing challenge:
 sI, Daniel Smith, the Suffolk cham pion, do once more invite MT. John Slack, the Norfolk champion, to meet and fight me for the sum of forty guineas, and, though I had the mis- fortune to be dsfeated by him before, am sure I am much superior to him in the art of boxing, and doubt not that I shall give him and the. company entire satisfaction.'
 The publication of this def brought the following prompt re- sponse from Mir. Slack:
 .I, John Slack. the Norfolk cham pion, do accept the challenge of Dan- iel Smith, and will be certain to meet and fight the above hero, and don't doubt that shall support the char acter have hitherto maintained" MT. Smith was mistaken in his as- sunptions of superiority, for in the second meeting after a desperate conflict, Slack was again victorious
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-25
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
WOOD CARRIAGE

FACTORY FIRE
 About half past nine o'clock last night, a 1arge flame of fire burst frr1ous4y out of the windows in the south wing of Woodys Carriage fac tory. Inc Gremen were soon on the ground with their machines but the fro had made such progress and the building being Of wood, filled with combusdb1e material, 1t was impos- si1oIe to save this part of the esfab- IshmerE
 The main building and north wing of the factory were in the greatest danger and the efforts of the hose rectedH fo1zs aa6 4zt es5F va1fon. Some four or five streams were soon in full play and by we'll directed efforts these portions of the establishment were saved
 In the two upper stories Of the main building, used for Ep4lolstering and trimming, was a large amount of carriage work in an unfinished state which though not actually destroyed were rendered almost wholly value less by heat, smoke and water. From the lower rooms, in this part of the factory, everything was removed and saved, with only such daInagess as is unavoidable in hlzescases Of haste and often heed1essness- In the north wing everything was saved from injury by fire, but much derangement was caused by displacement of tools, etc., under apprehensions which at first were entertained, that the building was doomed. In the south wing where the fire originated, were some sixteen or eighteen carriages in a nearly finished state. a paint mill, and quantities of paints, varniehes Sc, all of the most combustibIe character. Of tFeses nothing was saved
 The loss and damage are estimated at not less than $3Os0OO. Some esti- mates make it as high as~ $50, % 0. The origin of the fire Is not known, but there is little room for doubt that 1t was the work Of an incen diary. The entire loss is covered by insurance
 The fire hydrants of theeCtty Water Works proved themselves of great
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-25
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
SQUADRON TO SAIL.

The squadron for the Mediter- ranean will sail on July ?, and will consist of the following vessels, viz. ::
 INDEPENDENCE, "A guns, Com modore Bainbridge, Capt. Crane.
 ERIE. sioop, Capt Ridgely.
 CHTPPAWA, brig Ut. Commander Reid.
 LYNx, schooner, Lieut. Storer.
 The squadron has been detained some days past in consequence of the independence having been on trial, found rather crank with the heavy metal she had Oh board, which con- sisted of all S2 pounders-9O guns; long guns on the middle and lower decks, and caxronades on the upper.
 The lower deck gpnsywere cast con Ederably heavier than those on the middle deck, and have been taken out and their place supplied by those on the middle decks and the middle deck has been supplied with 24 pounders In Lieu of the former which change has nghtened her about 50 hona The pilot will leave the squad ron at half after ! D. about 5 leagues from the hgh1h0usB, under a press of sail standing to the east ward, expecting good breeze at w. 1T ". The 1ndependence who out sails the remainder of the squadron will spare them her light sails. s.SLCCESS ATTEND THEM
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-25
July Columbia Records
 Are Now On Sale Wissner's, 92S Main Street
Where Quality
 Is Supreme
Columbia GrafOnolas

The only reason why more people don't have Grafonolas in their homes is that they have never had the true value of talking machine explained to them.
 The GrafonoIa is not only entertaining it is educational-the issuance of new records each month makes it never ending source of pleasure.
 Come in and let our expert musician salesman give you a demonstration and ex- plain the many exclusive Columbia" Fea- lures.
 There are no dull moments in the home where there is a SGrafonola'-it is a joy to the young folks, 8 pleasure to the old folks and ever-ready entertainer always.
 GRAFONOLAS $17.5O UP
 on exceptional terms
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-25
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
PEOPLE AND THEIR DOINGs.

Miss Annie McMahon, of 1o4 Gregory street, leaves this week for a visit to, her native home in Ireland. Her many friends wish her safe and pleasant Journey.
 Miss Mary Ford has just completed her Kindergarten course under the direction of Mrs B. 2. Walker and is spending her vacation in Kennebec, Me
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Service BegetS Satisfaction
 WiSSner Service Guarantees If

TO torea bte than it the f he neso of here
 In everyde mnth here is busne vel o
 
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 the recordyo nt tor O. o y a C i
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Where Service
 Is Automatic
Wissner Pianos

If you buy a wissner Piano you will strike the keynote of economy and quality. You buy direct from the maker and enjoy the factory to home prices which eliminates the middleman's profit, and you buy a Piano which has earned the recognition of artists and musicians of the highest rank.
 Wissner Pianos surpass all others at any where near the price, in tone, quality, simplic- ity of construction, durability and artistic workmanship.
 Exceptional terms are offered "Wissner" Buyers and the first cost is considerably less than any other instrument of equal merit
 PIANOS 1925 UP
 on exceptional terms
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-25

President Wilson offered the post of American Commissioner to the Panama-Pacific Exposition to Abra- ham I. E1kius, of New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-25
 BRIDGEPORT As IT WAS . eS1~o~-5o11 asssss xz $ sz sa1OO-5o-2 APPEARS AGO a c>@oe<GeSSSo1 eTaken from Files of The Evening Farmer) S
s 100 YEARS AGO
I1AAen droall 4n6 NAAos oA AHe K1V6LIaay
 

would have been reduced to ashes Too high an estimate can scarcely be placed upon their value.
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FROM THE EAST INDIES.
 1rreat nf The Rrsifs11.

The Bombay Gazette of Oct. 2s, g1ues many particulars of an unsuc- eeasfu1 attack by fhe British troops against the Fort Of NaIapanee, of K1Iunga, in the Goorkha country, in which much gal1antry was displayed and many lives lost; but 50 we'll post ed were the natives and so resolute- 1y did they defend. their strong holds, as eventually to resist every attack made on them for several successive days In this affair, Maj General Gillespie, c1fef in command on that station WAS kiIled--BostUn Gazette-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-25

Auctions of town sites along the route of the government railroad be- tween Seward and Fairbanks, Alaska, will begin at Ship Creek on July g.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-25
WHO MUST NOT MARRY.
(sDecia1 to The Farmer.)

Especial to The F'arEp6r-1
 Hartford, June 25, 1895--In the House today the committee on Hu- mane Institutions favorably reported a, bill providing that no man or wo- man, either of whom was born deaf, blind, epileptic, imbecf1e OF feeble. minded, shall marry or live together as huEband and wife, when the wo- man is under A5 years of age. Viola tions punishable by not less than three years imprisonment- Select men counLenancing such violations, or the marriage of any pauper when the woman is under 45 years of age shall be fined not less than $1.O0O, or imprisoned not less than one year, or both.
 Any woman who shall illegally know any woman under the age of 45, who shall come under the restric- tions above mentioned shall be son. tenced to from three years to life i'm prisonments and any woman who shall so violate the law shall be inn ADD BRIDGEPORT AS TT WAS prdsoned not less than three years Tabled for calendar.
 ae@%s
 A LAWN PARTY.
 A lawn party was given last even Ing by Mrs Charles Hountoon at her residence, 75 DeForest avenue, for the benefit of the Order of the East ern Star Chinese lanterns lighted the AaWIs ana Ln0 DaTn, where the dancing took place. was decorated with American flags. Music was fur nished by Sansone's orch estra and Je- rome Mays banjo quartette.
 Those assisting Mrs Huntoon in re- ceiving were. Mrs. Parker Tales of Worcester. Mass: Mrs Irving Fergu- son, Mrs. E- L. Graves, Mrs. E. Allen, Mrs. George Blo1oIn, Mrs. w. H.. Bib bins, Mrs. A L. Eugene, Mrs. Charles Gerdineier. Mrs M c. Cowles. Mrs. William Harvey, Mrs Carl Wood, and Mrs. F. Bartlett
 tertainment realized a satisfactory sum.
 TOM ROMAN IS HERE.
 For a few hours yesterday Bridge port was sfgnaIIy honored. BetWee the hours of and p. m. it. had as a. visitor ex-AIdernnan Tom Roman he of India Tea fame, who to use his own expression, s4just took the notion to run up and note what important changes had taken place in the .elit-t tie village to which he is indebted Into the Central Police station about l2:30 and after assuring S4pt. Brming- ham that he was pleased to hear of the 1atter's eleVation to the office he now fills, he seated himself and care fully adjusted his creased trousers at IIl0 AA00S so dsSs IO pT0cluQo any pos sdbflity of their bagging. Then he turned to the writer and recognizing him as an old enemy arose, politely raised his lava colored soft felt hat and said:> Let's bury the hatchet" He next presented the newspaper man with one of his business cards.
 The former statesman from the Golden Valley precinct was not at tired in his famous Oriental outfit which has at various times been de- scribed in. these columns. Laughing he replied in merry manner when asked why he, did not wear his Tur- kish costume: There is no necessity my boy for wearing it here, as in any attire it would be hard to convincel those who know me that am not a. Turk.''
 Butsthe sBowery Depew had a whole lot of India Tea talk on tap and it was apparent that he was only wait ing for an opportunity to spread him self It came sooner than expected. Detective Arnold, who through no
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peaks he loved so well, James orton Sleeps
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-14

Concluded on Fourth Page)
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-14

well read and intelligent citizens,
whose ancestors fought in the war for
American independence Now, / do
not know whether these men are right
or wrong in what they contend that
they believe, but there Is logic In
most of it. / do not know, however,
that while il is the undoubted right
Of every American citizen 10 travel on
/ the high seas in any ship he or she
may choose, it does seem 70 me that
no good and patriotic citizen would
| jeopardize his or her life or their
country's peace and prosperity by
/ travelling on a ship loaded with contra
band or armed for conflict when the
travelling could be done Just as swiftly
and as pleasantly as bour own
ships. As ! have said, they have the
unquestioned right TO travel on any
highest duty of every citizen TO in
sist upon exercising every right which
he has? Would it not be better some
times TO follow ST. Paul's action when
he says, "All things are possible with
me, but all things are not expedient."
think so.
On next Tuesday the 14th there is
to be an election held in every county
in this state for statewide prohibit
ton. but / have been around and
about here now for nearly two weeks
and | have scarcely heard the subject
mentioned one way or another. The
newspapers have very little to say
about it, so there is no way that / can
guess at what the result will be. All
that / can say is that if the people
are as Indifferent as they seem to be,
there will be a very light vote cast.
l see by the Star that Mayor Rob
ertson has published the two bids for
the city bond issue, and in connection
Herewith has asked some pretty per-
tinent and interesting questions. l
had never seen these bids before and
they are rather interesting documents
and have some unusual stipulations.
1t would be or rather is, thing un-
heard of by me before, that the pur-
chasers of the city bonds should ex-
pect the city to permit them to desig-
nate the place or places the city
should keep its own money and to keep
it indefinitely without interest and al
most dictate to the city when it
should be drawn upon. But will not
comment further upon the subject
until / see what the bond trustees
have to say in reply TO the mayors
questions, except to say that the two
bids and the sidelight papers accom-
panying them look as much alike as
Miss O'Marity's twins, Dennis and
Mike, and it may be the only way you
could tell them apart is to do as she
said she did-only it might turn out
upon the test that both of them were
'ssMoikes."
The weather is very warm for the
past two days, but it is good weather
The Ocala evening star., 1915-09-14
OCALA SOCIAL AFFAIRS:
Of department. phone 1867

plans have not been perfected, it is
known that it viii be one of the larg-
est and most beautiful weddings ever
heid in the city Of Macon.
Lake Weir the beautiful was the
scene Of one Of the largest supper
parties Of the season last Sunday eve
ming when Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Camp entertained a number of their
friends. Besides the various members
Of the Camp families the other guests
were Misses Blair Woodrow, Lutte
Smith, Mary Harriet Livingston, Hope
Robinson, Mary and Agnes Burford,
Martha Kate and Louise Rentz,
ReZie Todd, Margaret Jackson, Meme
Davis, Elizabeth Davis, Mabel Meffert,
Messrs. Robert, Leslie and Pat Ander-
son, Sam Burford, Edward Brooks,
Robert, Alfred and Kenneth MacaKy,
Norton Davis. Mrs. J. C.. B. Koonce
and Mrs. c. Fl. Lloyd chaperoned the
homes about II o'clock. Nearly every
home on the lake had its quota of
guests over Sunday and it was one of
those hot sultry days known only to a
'hot time in September" The change
from city streets to cool refreshing
breezes was most enjoyable to all. AT
Idlewild Mr.. and Mrs. McIver had as
their guests Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Har-
ricg Mr. q HaT-riSS and Miss Caro-
line Harriss of Ocala and Mr.. and
Mrs. Rice of Citra.
Miss Dorothy Schreiber was hostess
today of the Tuesday auction club.
The young ladies met at o'clock and
for two hours enjoyed to the fullest
the pleasures of this ever fascinating
game. Miss Schneider, Mrs. F. T.