The Daily Gate City from Keokuk, Iowa • Page 14

HSTHE GATE CITY PUBLISHED BY 1 THE GATE CITY COMPANY C. F. Sklrvln JAXLT BT te.AIL. One year air months month Enteredln Keokulc poatottice class matter. Postage prepaid In advanMt AH subscription orders the P.

O. address and state whether Is a new or renewal order. If ohanfe cf address Is desired, state both the old money order, registered letter, draft, at our risk. of The date printed on the addraw 01 each paper notes when the subscription failing to papers promptly will confer a favor by Sigivlng notice of tne fact. No.

IS, North Sixth Keokuk. THE GATE CITY on sale at the. and I H. Rollins 629 Main sliset. Ward 625 Main street.

Depot News Stand. Iowa 13, 1914 THE DIVINE. goes with song behind the plow Turning all day the soil, I With bird thai builds upon the bough tem He shares thfe joy of toil. mi fv-' i' Who works with glee in the red glare of forge or furnace flame, Has healtbfulness and strength to irv." spare, Tho" lacking wealth and fame. 3' Who sweep's1 a room, with right good cheer Or weeds garden Fate's insolence need never fear Companioned of the rose.

Who builds a mousetrap or a song, Shaping with frenzy fine, He has a joy both sure and kw he has the fire divine! Wilbur Mason. Germany's two great electrical manufacturing concerns are the Allgemeine Gaesellschaft and Siemens ft Halske which last year did a gross business of $170,000,000. Last year the General Electric company of this country reported a gross business of $106,500,000. What is supposed to be record speed in'getting men to a forest Are is reported from Oregon, where on ope of the national forests, a ranger went to town, hired ten men, and got this force to the fire twelve miles away within 48 minutes after he was notified by telephone. two mile3 of concrete road east of Columbus Junction has completed, thus eliminating one of the worst sand clay stretches on any main road in eastern Iowa.

The work was. done'under, the direction of the state nigh way commission and largely with convict labor at a cost of 4Tie convicts receive regular The Ford brand of melon cultivated arcund Detroit is pronounced a superior article of olet for all seasons of the year, says the Omaha Bee. In ten months, 9,200 employes, under the profit-sharing plan, have paid 1,500,000 on home3 Wiiich they hope to own, have saved an average of $48.65 each a month and put a lot of money into life insurance. A device for killing moths and other consists of a 24-in. suction fan exhausting into a holder made up of metal screening ordinarily used on windows for fly protection.

In front of the exhanst, fan is mounted a 12in. searchlight or projector, the rays of which are directed1 toward the place from which such pests are likely to On favorable nights about one pallon of bugs and moths are collected. Keokuk congratulates Hamilton on the promptness with which the people of that place raised the necessary amount of money to secure the shoe factory. It was splendidly handled and the rapidity of action one to be commended. The Gate City hopes the factory will prove to be all that the people of Hamitlon expect of it and that further successes will meet their efforts.

With characteristic energy Thos. A. EJdison is superintending the work of reconstructing his destroyed factories. The Edison plant was supposed to be the last word in fire proof construction. They were of concrete, but the fire paid little attention to the material used to defeat him.

This "last word" business In many lines fails to live up to its name. In the death of Sereno E. Payne the republican party loses one of its most conspicuous efficient leadera and the country a man who brought prosperity through the operation of his tariff measures. McKinley and Payne were strong protective men. The full dinner pail was in the hand of every workman when the McKinley and the Payne tariff laws were operative.

That such measures would now have a most beneficial effect on the country if in effect is admitted even by those who have opposed snch legislation. Incalculable Riches Des Moines Capital. "All filings are yours" The saddest state into which an Individual may fall is to come to the conclusion that material wealth can alone bring happiness to the heart. We would not disparage wealth. We would not underestimate the advantages which accrue to those who have plenty of money for the gratification of every desire.

We would simply send home to the consciousness of every reader the teaching of Gallileean philosophy that men and women would be happier if they would open their eyes to a realization of the fact that are riches all about which were intended for their enjoyment but which they blindly ignore in the mad haste to lay up treasures which few are able to keep from the moth and dust which doth corrupt and the thieves which love toi-break through and steal. Do you feel poor? You are the direct heir to all the ages which are past. The wise, the great of former years have left the record of their experience for your edification. The lamp of their knowledge shining In order that there may be light thrown upon your pathway. Men have composed music that, your soul might be filled with melody, have placed the brush on canvass that a it el have won triumphs in scientific research that the problems which might is a abundantly plain: Do you feel poor? The present, with its boundless op portunities is before you.

The world'j is looking for willing hearts and ready hands. There was never so much to do as no-w. Perhaps you think you can do so little that it is hardly worth while. It was the widow who gave two she who was Immortalized, and not those who simply gave sparingly of their abundance. If you are contributing your mite of influence toward the tipbuilding of the cause you know to be worthy you are not only enriching others, but enriching yourself.

When men and women begin to understand that measuring up to present opportunity is the supreme human obligation, then do they begin to understand that true riches consist not alone in silver and gold, but in a lite of sacrificial service. What dievoted christian man or woman in Des Moines inured as they may have been to a life of toil and privation, would er change the riches which they have come to understand and possess the gold and the houses and lands which many another may possess but who have never known the thrill of a philanthropic impulse? "All things are yours." Such is the divine promise. Many who imagine themselves rich because of the inventory of their possessions are as poor as Iazarus was the day when he sought the crumbs which fell from the table of Dives. There are those who have never known the touch of luxury, who have been hungry and cold and seemingly without friends, who have a soul experience which makes them ever love to sing: "My Father Is rich in houses and lands He holdeth the wealth of a word in His handte." These know the relation which exists between Father and child. They know that the divine laws of inheritance will never he repealed.

All WOMAN ON THE BATTLEFIELD. What she gives to a nation. Shall we say that women contribute only the bandages, the nursing, cheering and comforting the wounded? No! They contribute the fighters! What sort of help and inspiration can a woman be who Is enfeebled and broken-down by diseases and weaknesses peculiar to her sex? Can she hope tp be a capable mother or an efficient wife The mighty restorative power of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription speedily causes all womanly troubles to the organs to properly perform their natural functions, corrects displacements, overcomes irregularities, removes pain and misery at certain times and brings back health and strength to nervous, irritable and exhausted women. It Is a wonderful prescription prepared only from nature's roots and herbs, with no alcohol to falsely stimulate and no narooticH to wreck the nerves.

It banishes pain, headache, backache, low spirits, hot flashes, dragging-down sensation, worry and sleeplessness surely and without loss of time. Why should any woman continue to And the visions gather nightly a day that's soon to come Where little feet should pattei To the music of the things thteirs? Heirg to "an lnherttance which is incorruptible, undefiled, and which fadeth not away. ADVENT MISSION PROVES SUCCESS Continuing the Advent mission at St. John's church, the Rev. John C.

Sage will preach in the morning on "The Patience of God." At this vesper service at 4:30 in the afternoon, he will continue the course on Christian Discipleship, the subject being "The Disciple's Experience." At the service, which is entirely informal and at which familiar hymns are the feature, a questlon box is placed at the door and attendants at the service are requested to ask such questions on religious subjects as may be of interest to them. During the service Mr. Sage answers these questions. There has been a marked increase In attendance at St. John's during the Advent mission.

HAMILTON RULES ON KEOKUK OASES Mechanics Liens Are Involved and Judge Heard Cases While Here Two Weeks Ago. Friday's Fort Madison Democrat says: In the district court here today, Judge Hamilton handed down his decisions in the equity cases of the Taber Lumber company versus Herman F. Melnberg, et aL, and the Taber Lumber company versus Dan Agne et al. Both suits are from Keokuk, but by agreement were argued here recently, the testimony having been taken while the judge was sitting at Keokuk. In the prior case, the company is denied a lien against the Meinberg premises, and Judgment issued against the contractor, Koppenhafer, for the amount sought, about $1,000.

In the second case there is a judg DiscoloredWrinkled Skin Ectaily Removed Since brown or yellow, overred or blotchy complexions are decidedly not the fashion, I cannot understand why' so many continue to wear them. Surely every woman has heard of mercoilzed wax. This I my own and others' positively banish every unsightly tint. neally takes off a bad complexion. It gradually, harmlessly, absorbs the thin layer of surface skin -with ail its (Defects, as chaps, liver spots, pimples, freckles, blactfheadsJust as gradually the discarded skin worry, to lead a miserable existence, Is replaced by the clear, white, youth-! when certain help is at hand? Ifui skin underneath.

Mercoilzed wax, What Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre- procurable at any drugstore, is applied scription has done for thousands it nightly like cold cream and erased will do for you. It's not a secret mornings with warm water. One remedy for its ingredients are print- ounce will produce loveliest girl-. a it is is xi on in a a or at any medicine dealers in either night.

liquid or tablet form. In the address Doctor Pierce, Invalid's Hotel, Buffalo, N. and simply write "Dear Doctor: Please send ma without charge further information," and you will receive the advice of a Physician Specialist absolutely free 136 page book on women's diseases sent free. I can't understand, either, why folks will be bothered with wrinkles, since am ax a a come public property. One ounce of.

rHE DAILY GATE CITY THE EMPTY STOCKING an empty stocking hanging From many a little bed, Where a God-blown dream hangs over sleeping curling head an empty stocking hanging By many a wind-blown door, That must wait in vain for Christmas -In the gray haunts of the poor 3 And eyes that now shine brightly Shall, through a rain of tears, See nothing there on Christmas But the sorrows of the years. 1 Buf out where splendor centers "In the mansions of the great, No call shall go unanswered to a in a it The Christmas horn will The Christmas drum will roll The tide of joy in magic fJ Through the gateway of each soul. But where one gift would brighten The dark of weary days, No reindeer's hoof will thunder Out poverty's dreaiy ways And so, for God's white Don't you think that you might whisper Just a word to Santa Claus? Rice. ment on the lien against the Agne premises in the amount of $510.00, being the amount in the hands of the defendant at the time notice of the lien was given, with judgment for the remainder of the plaintiff's account against the contractor above named. There is also a judgment in Question Box One Feature Which It favor of John Moore, painter, under Proving instructive and Interesting tovThose Who Attend.

his lien against the Agne premises for $198, Agne to recover a like sum from the contractor. Attorneys for the defeQse in the Wissmath-Water Power suit today met here and prepared their list of exceptions to be tiled in support of argument for the setting aside the jury's verdict returned last Sunday. CHRISTMAS TRUCE -y PROPOSED BY POPE England Has Left the Decision France, While Germany Partially Aereea. Ed L. Keen, United Press Staff LONDON, Dec.

wni leave entirely to the French government the decision on the proposal of Pope Benedict that the warring powers declare a Christmas truce. Although there has been no official expression as to England's attitude in the matter, it is understood the decision will be left to France Inasmuch as General Joffre is recognized as commander-in-chief in the allied armies operating in France and Belgium. The possibility of the proposal of his holiness being adopted depends largely upon the military situation at Christmas time. There Is no disposition to handicap General Joffre and the allied armies in any movement that may then be under way, in the event military exigencies render a truce undesirable. Russia's reported rejection of the truce proposal will not effect Immediately the prospects of a cessation of fighting on the western front.

Germany's conditional approval of the plan would have opened the question of two truces had Russia accepted, as the Russian Christmas falls on January 7 Instead of December 25. ADVERTISED LETTERS. List of letters remaining In Keokuk postofflce. uncalled for. week ending December 12, 1914: 3 MTS.

Jennie McKinney. Mrs. Mollie Mitchell. Mrs. Vivan Russ.

powdered Faxollte dissolved In a half- tiaed. E. P. McMANtJS, pint wltnh hazel, makes a wash lotion Postmaster, that will quickly efface every even the Org in Social The Daily Mirror. vujx 3f H4 Particular Ghren to till Ladies.

Miss Bernice Huffman. Miss Bertha Lavery. Miss Margaret Lowry. (2). 2.

Collarettes, $14 to Careful hauling sf diss, machinery, furniture mus I I Dr. G. B. Bell. Mr.

Marshall Boulware Mr. Mathew Bryson. Dave Fuller. Mr. Otto Heber.

Mr. Homer Hymbaugh Jas. Kennett. Sidney A. Kiel.

Mr. Paul Kost. Lovd McCarthy. McCarty ft Miller. H.

P. Newton, Sect. Claude Owens. H. F.

Sweatland. Mr. V. Smith. Mf.

Jorn M. Wilson. Mr. Wm. Z.

Wletnsch. calling for Tetters tn above list will please say they are adver- Duiican-Schell Furniture Co. THE STORE OF THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT Christmas Gifts of Furniture These are imported $38 ea A VOU probably don need any spe-r ial arguments to make you want comfortable chair in your home like pleasant neighbors they are always M1. But these chairs are special arguments in themselves well made, beautifullv upholstered and luxuriously comfortable. They as introductions to our long list of bargains in chaiis.

There are not only bargains in chairs, but in everything that goes into your bedrooms, diningroom, living room, library or anywhere that you use furnituie. Remember that quality is more important than price. it -Book Blocks, Book Cases, $7.76 to Card and Game Tables, to Gifts may be chosen with greatest advantage at this store we are confident that no other stock in the country presents such an extensive va- 0 riety of choice, suitable pieces, or more generous values at the prices asked. Our ability to secure the best things of the makeis were never better demonstrated than in the displays we have arranged for the season. Special low prices are marked upon several hundred desirable designs which very properly come under the classification of "Gift Pieces." A featuie is tho very large assortment between $5 and $25.

As suggestions we submit the following partial list: Mirrors, to and femum 'Av inton's Storage inton's Transfer PhoMlS. 625 BlondeM JOHN Sw ST1I.LF. Piano Tuning Ixpsft with the W. W. Kimball Factory.

Leave erdara with W. W. ball Oo $07 Main Street. John Opstelton For Moving, Storage, Trmnsfes kSpostal attsntlsn given Plama 1 Chiffoniers for Men, $35 to $85. Children's Chairs, Rockers, $1 to $5.

Costume rs, 75c to $10. Dinner Gongs, $3 to Dressing Tables, $12.76 to Easy Chairs and -Rockers, $18 to Footstools, 50c to Hall Clock, Library Tsblss, $6 to Magazine Stands, $1.75 to $12. Mehogany Chairs and Rocksrs, with' Upholstered Beats, $10.75 to $25 Morris Chairs, to $110. General Hauling and Storage Goodm wiU he delivered any specified invite charge accountn 3' to martaf SUNDAY, DEC. 13,1914 Music Cabinets, to 40.

Nests of Tsblss, $12 to $65. Overstuffed LounBlng and Reading Chairs, Cevsrsd In Fins Ettsllsh Morocco or German Goat 22to Pedsstala, $2. to $10. Piano Benches, $4J0 to $201 Screens, to $12.50. Sewing to $1230), Shaving to $27.

Taboursttss, 50c to Tta Tables, $0 to $70. Tea Wagons, $7.50 to Telephone Stands and Stools, SS.78 to Trays, $1.78 to $7.50. Work Tables, $8 to Writing Desks, $8 to $58. Writing TsMesr $7.50 to $36. Birift is a simple thing but it mesas a great deal, istlxe foundation of success anfd contentment.

Your savings will draw 3 per oent interest if deposittll0 f. State Central Bank Capital 1200,000.00 Surplus $200,000.00 Corner Sixth and Main Sts. MIIIIMIII HHMMI WHEN THE INCLINATION moves yon to begin to save year money and provide for tho future of your family, The Keokuk Savings reapecting the boat method. At tUi bank yen wm received courteously and will be paid per coat interest on your SAVINGS I A Capital $100,000 Surplus $100,000 E. Johnstons, Prsaldant M.

L. Connabls, Vies Presldsnt F. W. Davis, Caahler H. W.

Wsod, Assistant Caahler. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I BUCK-R EI NEK CO. Wholommtm mnd Coffme Rommters MSTRIMITOftS FOR THS HART BRAND OF CANNED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. oiRECTomm KKOKUK, tOWA v. WW.

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