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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-03
Another Bomb Exploded.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel
CHICAGO, Feb. 3.-Chicago's Little
Italy had it's second bomb outrage
within week today when crudely
made bomb was exploded at the groc-
cry store of Salvatore Zlizecehio, In
Kensington avenue shortly before
daybreak. The grocer, who was asleep
over the store, with his wife and four
children were uninjured. Windows in
houses several doors away were
smash ed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-03
SWEATERS

Ladies', misses and children's
sweaters In all sizes, most OF
them are soiled, especially the
white ones, but they will wash.
They sold from $1.25 to $3.50.
Our price now 25c, 500, $500.
SILK AND LACE WAISTS
In lot of about fifty waists,
hardly more than one size Of
kind. This is an accumulation
Of several seasons. There are
waists from $3.50 to $1,000. To
close out at csc.
SILKS
The change from narrow 1S-in
silks to the wider ones, has lett
us with quite few narrow silks
on hand. Some have become
tender lying on the shelves,
some are as strong as the day
they were made. Pick out the
strong kind at csc per yard.
LADIES' SILK AND WOOL
DRESSES
We were undecided for some
time whether or not to put in
this lot of silk dresses, because
they are really good styles and
quite q number OF them recent
purchases, yet as we wish to
make room in our ready-to-wear
department for new goods which
will soon be arriving, we de-
cided to include these In the
sale. Dresses that are worth
from $12 to $25 now on sale at
$3.50.
STRIPPED poMET FLANNEL
This Is a white Domet flannel
with fine hair line stripes, very
suitable for waists, and many
other purposes. It sold for 15c.
The rummage sale price will be
1-3c per yard.
MoREEN FOR PETTIcoATs
Colored wool moreen that
sold for SOC per yard, has been
piled on top of the shelf for
several years, never even took
1t down for inventory. Per
haps someone can use it, now
that petticoats are coming back.
at 12zc per yard.
ODDS AND ENDS
Besides the goods enumerated,
there are lot OF odds and ends,
such as remnants OF embroidery,
remnants of lace, damaged kid
gloves, etc. Pesky little annoy
ances that we wish to part
company with.
Sullivan {
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-03
PERSONALS.

Fort Madison Democrat: MI. anu
Mrs. D. A. Young CT Keokuk are sQehu !
ing a few days in the city.
Miss Betty Hoffman left TINS mornlns
for Keokuk where she will enter .ne
training school for nurses at 'he
Mercy hospital. 80.
Mrs C. ]. Kirch has returneo itoin
a ST. Louis trip.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-03
PERSONALS.

j. Y. b. Wood, former Keokuk boy
who commenced his newspaper work
in keokuk. now staff cartoonist and
co torial contributor with the United
States Publishing company, and also
edits a column of Pencil Pushings"
In the Springfield, Mo-, Republican, is
in the city visiting with relatives and
meeting old Keokuk friends and as
sociates.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-03
CODE SUPPLEMENT
IS RECEIVED HERE

Judge w. L. lMcNamara Receives
Copy Of Book Which Has Been
Complied by Chas. S. Wilcox.
A new supplement to the code has
been received here. Judge McNansre
in the superior court received his
book today. The code supplement has
been compiled by Charles S. Wilcox
of Des Moines 1t contains the laws
passed from the twenty-seventh to
the thirty-fifth general assembly and
the supreme court decision up to the
May term of 1913.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
Fires In the Philippines.

The fighting Of fires in the dry a.
son is a grave problem In the cities n
pueblos of the Philippine Islam
House construction Is light, the roo
being made from nipa palm leaves r;
framework Of bamboo and the sides
either nipa or sawali-a woven PR"
net of certain species of bamboo VIII
this material has been exposed conf
uously to the sun for several mont
1t becomes as inflammable as tind,
Fires that break out In the nipa di
tricts always gain great Roadway 10
fore any kind of an alarm can be sci
in even where there is a fire depar
ment Fires in such districts sprea
with great rapidity. In thickly pop'
lated areas 1t is not uncommon for
fire to burn several hundred houses b,
fore 1t Is stopped.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
An Old Lareh Tree.

Italy can boast of Al larch tree the
age OF which Is estimated TO be 20OU
years. Ii is situated on the northern
flank of Mont Chetip In the direction
Of the huts OF Plan Veni. above Cour
mayeur, few steps from the footpath
that skirts the limits Of the meadow
land. Due allowance being made for
the extreme siowness with which the
larch grows. for the altitude above sea
level Q.650 meters) at which 1t is root
ed and for its northerly exposure In
the near neighborhood Of the glacier,
where the cycle of It's development is
barely FIVE months every year, this
venerable larch, untouched alike by
woodman's ak and thunderbolt, cannot
be less than 1900 years Old.-Scots-
man,
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
Some Loud Noises Cannot Be Heard.

Experimenters in vibration have
found that no sound, no matter how
loud it may be, can be heard unless it
lasts longer than one-fortieth of a sec
ond. They have found that both the
number OF vibrations and the duration
Of sound influence it's audibility, prob
ably the latter more than the former.
This means that there are untold num-
bers Of piercing sounds with inhnites-
imal vibrations and short duration oc-
curing every moment about us. For
tunately we are unable to hear them,
else we should be driven crazy in a
short time. The ear apparatus is so
constructed that it records only those
sounds that last One-fortieth of Sec
0Ad or over.-Chicago Tribune.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
A Curious Superstition.

Many Greeks firmly believe to this
day in a curious heather notion, which
holds that the fate of every child is
controlled entirely by three mysterious
spirits, who are spoken of collectively
as the moral" These three "fates"
are supposed to be invisible women,
who come on a visit Of inspection
shortly after the birth Of each child.
They always come after sundown, says
the superstition, and the Greek parents
when a newly born baby is in the
house and visit from the moral is
expected carefully leave the door open
and lay q feast and money offerings
all ready for the ''fates" when they
should arrive.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
rszs ia, store Stock.

August Schmidt was acquitted al
Greensburg, Pa, of embezzlement
Blame for the $2,46O shortage Of
goods in the store of which ne was
manager in Monessen, was fixed or
the hordes Of rats that infest the build
ing, according to a half dozen wit
nesses. The rodents killed twenty
seven cats and weasel, bought to eX
terminate them. Clerks in the store
testified that half crate of eggs would
be destroyed in night and that seven
teen barrels of flour had been eater
by the rats in a short time.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
Curious Laws In India.

Some of the old laws Of Nepal. India.
were curious. killing COWS ranked with
murder as capital offense, for in
stance. Every girl at birth was mar
ried with great ceremony to a betel
fruit, which was then cast into a sa
cred stream. AS the fate of the frui;
was uncertain. the girl was supposed
never to become widow. To obtain
divorce from a husband a wife had
only to place betel nut under his pill
low and depart
In Nepal the day is considered to be-
gin when it is light enough to count
the tiles on the roof or distinguish the
hairs ON mans hand against the sky.
Exchange.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
The PerIscope.

Permit me to introduce myse'
the public generally Modest IN
firing both by nature and occn.
/ have hitherto refrained from 90.
ing myself upon the attention 81
multitude.
My name is Periscope Ny prln
object in life is to rise to every u''
sary occasion. When this dem"
my more or less immediate pre>c'''o
occupy myself by holding up TN
ror. not to nature. but 10 the -Er'
Like an occasional idea which rphJ
superfluous old systems OF philuS"i'
/ have come to render supertiu0nS
entire cycle of inventions AM q
last triumph Of mind over mattet
reflect, and q thousand men 30 dow
to their fate. Within the blue zoue
my horizon. subject to my orders. RI
the angel of death
! am the naval eye that put q
aaught in Dreadnought Life
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
Fort Gunntsr.

For four years Fort Sumter. In
Charleston harbor. resisted every at
tempt at it's capture. For ESQ days the
fort was actually under fire. 1.-THE du-
ration Of the three principal and eight
minor bombardments was altogether
157 days and 116 nights. The total
weight of metal thrown against the
fort from land and sea aggregated $500
tons, and of this great mass the fort
was actually struck by 2,400 tons. The
number of projectiles fired against the
fort was 46,058.-Philadelp Ledger
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
Got All He Asked For.

Another "meanest man" has been
found. He lives in the city and con-
duets thriving business. The other
day seedy individual approached him
and said: "Say, mister, I'm hungry and
would like to get nickel to get a cup
Of coffee and roll. have four pen
MES and only need one more. Please
give me penny"
The man after searching himself
said: al haven't got penny. All I
have Is a nickel Give rue your four
cents in change, and will give you
the nickel"
The beggar requests that his name
be not mentioned in connection with
the 1tem.-CincinIrad Enquirer.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
Soldering Aluminium.

When holes appear in aluminium
utensils it is not necessary to discard
the dishes as no longer useful, for by
simple method they can be made to
take solder. Insert a brass or copper
rivet In the hole. hatten both ends and
then solder over both the inside an
the outside surfaces in the usual mar
ner. If you wish to solder a piece I
a sound part of the utensil use a sha
awl to punch holes for holding spots
copper or brass. II the aluminium
very thick cut the holes with SIN
drill held in carpenters Bit bra.~
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
WalIack on the Ballet.

The late Lester Wallack once told
story Of bis still more famous father.
James W., that as either an actor or a.
manager he could never tolerate the
ballet
One day there came to him friend,
a man about town, who said, MY dear
Wallack, it is very curious that you do
not see the beauties Of imagination
shown by the poses Of the ballet" Go
ing on in this strain, the visitor at last
wore out the patience Of the actor
manager, who replied:
Look here, it is bad enough to stand
these absurdities In an opera; but
though / can comprehend people sing
ing their joys, am hanged If / can
their dancing their griefs."
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
The Women of Belgium.

No one can travel in Belgium with
oet being struck by the extraordinary
activity and prominence of the women.
Over the doors Of shops Of all descrip
tons the name of the owner or owners
is frequently followed by Sisters" or
widow" You find them proprietors
Of hotels and restaurants. They are Of
ten custodians Of the churches. They
are employed to tow the boats along
the canal banks. They cut up the meat
In the butchers shops, and they are
even to be noticed shoeing horses at
the forge.-Liverpool Mercury.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
LAUGHED and Mon.

When the British were storming
Badajoz the Duke of Wellington rode
up and. observing an artilleryman par
ticularly active. inquired the mans
name. He was answered Taylor
"a very good maine too said the
duke. Cheer up. my men: Our Tay-
lor will soon make pair of breaches
in the walls
At this sally the men forgot their
danger, burst of laughter broke from
them and the next charge carried the
fortress. London Answers.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
The Egyptian Lotus.

The lotus figures to a very great ex-
tent in ancient Egyptian sculpture,
though the flower is often crude and
difficult to make out. The fruit of the
Egyptian lotus was forbidden as food
to disciples Of Pythagoras. The lotus
was dedicated to the goddess of fe-
cundlty, Isis, and buds are said to have
been found in the tombs OF ancient
Egyptian kings. Psychologists have
decided that the lotus of Egypt was
the common white water lily Of the
Nile and not the true sacred nelumbo
&C the far east.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
More Than One trafalgar Square.


The Scotland Yard examination
which would be taxicab drivers have to
undergo in the knowledge of London
is no mere matter Of form. If" asked
the inquisitor recently of candidate,
ga fare halls you in Trafalgar square
and asks to be driven to Trafalgar
square, what would you do?'' 81 should
drive him around d bit and drop him
on the other side of the square," re-
piled the candidate. And he was turn
ed down, for he did not know that
London has three Trafalgar squares
besides the finest site in Europe-one in
Camberwell. another in Chelsea and
still another one in Stepney.-London
ChrUGicle.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
Quickly Relieved.

Little Hannah had been left in the
library one morning and shortly after
she came running to her mother.
Mother" she asked, "that ink that
father writes with isn't indelible ink
is itT'
"No, DEAR" was the reply.
"Oh, I'm so glad of that" cried the
child.
"Why, DEAR" queried the mother.
"Why," said Hannah, 1--WE split il
all over the library rug."-Boston Her
aid,
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
Realism.

A certain fiction writer applied to q
friend, an inferno in a hospital. for
some local color for a tale he had
based upon an occurrence in such all
institution.
The inferno couldn't think Of any
thing Of moment, but the writer jog
ged his memory thus:
Surely you know of some realistic
bit here that / could use"
II have it!' suddenly exclaimed the
inferno.
''Yes," eagerly came from the writer
Here is realism with vengeance .
said the youthful inferno. "One Of our
patients walked in his sleep because he
dreamed he had no car fare. New
York Globe.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
Photo by American Press Association
Rhode Islands CAPITALS.

Rhode Island adopted constitution
In 1S42. which named i've capitals tor
the state, designating Newport South
Kingston. Bristol. East Greenwich and
Providence as the places for successive
honor In 1854 an amendment restrict
ed the meeting places OF the general
assembly or Legislature 10 two places
Newport and Providence. In 1900
Providence became the only seat of the
legislature
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
Last Wish of q Poet,

@0Se W q T0S1
i wish to lie on the north side OF
the churchyard about the middle of
the ground, where the morning and
evening sun can linger the longest on
my grave. I wish to have a rough.
unhewn stone. something in the form
of milestone, SO that the playing boys
may not break 1t in their needless pas
times, with nothing more on 1t than
this inscription: "Here rest the hopes
and ashes Of John Clare" / desire
that no date be inscribed thereon, as l
wish it to live or die with my poems
and other writings, which, If they have
merit, with posterity 1t will, and ne
they have not 1t is not worth preserv-
ing.-John Glare, 1864.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
Bullet Wounds.

The entrance wound caused by the
modern small arm bullet is not a
grewsome spectacle. 1t is small, and
its appearance has been compared to
that produced by the bite of a certain
parasite insect Often there is but
little external bleeding. but this is not
to be taken as n danger signal. az
might be popularity upposed.-LondoF
telegraph.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
A Great War mScoon.v


Days have changed for the war cor.
respondent since Archibald Forbes was
praised In the house Of lords by Lord
Salisbury and received by Queen Vic
toria at Buckingham palace In reeoS-
milton of his exploits as a news gather
er during the Russo Turkish war Of
1877. Forbes greatest exploit was his
ride from Shipka pass to the nearest
telegraph station at Bucharest and his
reception en- route by the czar, to
whom he was the first to communicate
news of the Russian victory. the for
mer trooper of the Royals having out
distanced not only all rival correspond
ents. but the official messengers as
well.-London Mail.
An UngaIIant Rascal.
81 suppose" said the angular spin
ster, that you never had romance:"
Oats where youse is wrong" re-
piled the unlaundered hobo. II wunst
had a sweetheart wot wuz a dead
ringer fer youse"
"And did she die?" asked the angu-
Lar spinster as she helped him TO an
other hunk of pie.
mo, ma'am," answered the hobo.
when leap year come round she
asked me t. marry her-an' run away
from homa"-Chicago News.
a.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
Pretty Weary,

Weary Dying under apple treel-Say,
mister. kin / have one of dem apples
Farmer-Why, them apples won't be
ripe for four months yit. Weary-Oh.
dat's all right. / amt in no hurry.
I'll wait.-Life.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
The Boys Idea.

Par
"Yep"
II don't see why the men who wrote
the rules of grammar didn't make i
done and has went proper. It's easier
to say II that way" - DetrOH Free
Press
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02

President Will Not Take Stump.
President Wilson announces that he
will make no speaking tour during the
campaign. lie believes his duty is al
Washington.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
AFFECTIONS.

Affections seat by Providence
melt the constancy f the noble
minded. but confirm the obduracy
of the vile. The same furnace that
hardens clay Eque6es gold. andin the
strong manifestations Of Divine pow
z Pharaoh found his punishment
but David hs par5on.-Ca4on.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
a. Summer of Haze.

Europe and Asia were covered by
fog during the summer Of 1888. Says
Gilbert White Qetter 109): THE sum-
mer of the year 1888 was an amazing
and a portentous one, for, be-
sides the alarming meteors and ire
mendous thunderstorms, the
peculiar haze or smoky fog that pre-
vailed for many weeks in this island
(Englan6 and In every part Of Europe
and even beyond its limits was most
extraordinary appearance. The heat
was intense Calabria and part Of the
isle of Sicily were torn and convulsed
with earthquakes" Cowper also re-
fezS to this phenomenon in speaking of
"rgture. with dim and Siclzly eye"
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
Capitals and Armies.

Twice the United States has lost its
capital to a foreign foe, but neither
time did 1t produce much effect upon
the war The first time was when
Howe's redcoats swept into Philadel-
phia after the battle Of Brandywine.
The other occasion was when anoth-
er British army seized and burned
Washington. What Howe needed to
end the war in 1777 was not Philadel-
phia, but Washington's army, and that
he didn't get. A country's army is
worth dozen capitals. The British
captured Americas three largest cit
les, Boston, New York and Philadel-
phia, but that availed them little in the
long run.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-01-02
Seem to Like It.

The more trouble some people have
the mcze they want to borrow.-Phil-
Adelphin Record.
The day book., 1915-03-12

(CopyrIght, 1918, by the new:
Dick and Harry SymOne carried me
downstairs the other night after
had recovered from my fainting fit
and put me in one of the Symone
cars.
After had been out in the air I
felt able to walk from the motor to
the elevator which took us to our
apartment.
This morning Dick would not let
me get up, and all the time sputtered
about my dancing too much.
You must see a doctor" he COM
manded. 81 want to be sure that
your heart is not affected"
"Of course, it's affected, dear. 1t
has been ever since 1 met you" l
said as I pulled him down to me and
kissed him.
There, little book, I think that dec
laration and kiss will drive from his
mind any lingering memory of Flea
nor FairlOw's flattery.
| promised to see my old friend DR..
Atwater, and after Dick went asked
Aunt Mary to call him up.
Dear old man! l had rather neg
lected him since was married, first
because 1 did not believe what he
told me about marriage and at last
because l found out it was true and
l did not want to own up.
However, I did feel rather queerly
and 1 had more confidence in him
than any of the newer practitioners.
While I waited for him my Irish
imagination got in it's work. I be-
gan to think that probably did have
heart disease. My heart at that mo-
ment was pounding like mad and I
had a horrible feeling of nausea at
the pit if my stomach. Then l got
hot all over and suddenly I turned
cold and shivered, although l was
well covered and the room was warm.
The day book., 1915-03-12

myself lying in a coffin with banks
of flowers and all around my sOrrOw-
ing friends standing about. Some
of them were gently pushed aside
and Eleanor FaiTlOw bent over me.
What l saw in her eyes made me in
stantIy resolve to get well and l put
all imaginary pictures out of my
head and began to get up and dress,
but, alas! found myself very weak,
my heart began to beat so rapidly
that l crawled back into bed and was
weeping when DR.. Atwater arrived.
Here, here, what is the matter,
my chiId?" he exclaimed as he look
ed at my tear-stained eyes. "This
will never. do"
Doctor, am going to die"
Nonsense. You are. probably go
ing to live longer than you will want
to-"
"But, Doctor, my heart is all wrong
and last night when was dancing
tainted"
Were your corsets tight?"
mot very, but I've been getting a
little plumper lately. guess so, for
my corsets seem tighter"
Dear Doctor AtwateT's eyes
twinkIed. ''Margie," he said, 'it is
not death here with which we are ,
concerned-bUt life
ooh, Doctor, you don't think"
Certainly do"
Then I did cry in earnest tt was
so happy.
No longer need I envy Eliene or
Annie; no longer need I pretend to
myself that Dick is not disappointed
because we have no children; no
longer need I think that I am not like
other women and that the blessing
of maternity is to be denied me.
am going to have baby for my
very own. The crown of woman
hood is placed upon me and shall
soon hold my baby.
What shall I tell Dick? I am as
The day book., 1915-03-12
CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE

WONDERFUL NEWS, LITTLE &
wright, 1915, by the Newspaper Enterprise Asso
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The Review and Chicago a m
Daily Tribune. l year only bsfsOO
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