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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-21

Don't use harsh physics The re-
action weakens the bowels. leads to
chronic constipation. Get Doan's Reg.
u'ets. They operate easily, tone the
stomach, cure constipation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-21

Because your case is a difficult
one. doctors having done you no
good, do not continue to suffer with
out giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etabie Compound a trial 1t surely
has cured many cases of female Ills,
such as Inflammation, liberation, dis
placements, tibroid tumors, irregu-
farities, periodic pains, backache, etc.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-21
Mrs. g. f. Hayes says:

Il was under the
d 0 C tors treat
ment for a fbroid
tumor. / suffered
with pain, sore
ness, bio a ting,
and could n o t
walk or stand on
m y foot a n y
length of time. /
W r 0 tie to Mrs.
|Pinkhann for adj
vice, followed her
6iractione and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-21
Fan This Man Read Your Life?

the rich, poor, exalted and humble
seek his advice on Business, Marriage
Friends, Enemies, Changes, SpecuIa-
tons, Love Affairs, Journeys, and all
events of life.
MANY SAY HE REVEALS THEIR
LIVES WITH AMAZING ACCURACY.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-21

Cor = OF 80 years Lydia Il. Pinlzham's Vegetable
f Sa0snppound has beer the standard remedy for
ih" anaaaiIe lis. No sick woman does justice to
Ma lseif who will not try this famous medicine:
ha au ~ exclusively from roots and herbs, and
las thousands of cures to it's credit.
EsSSs Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
$500 to write her for advice. She has
e1ineo thousands to health free of charge.
Sas'y-e- Address MRS. PinlSham, Lynn, Masss
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-21

G took Lydia o. Pinkham's Vegetable
compound. To-day / am we'll
~, moiaah, The tumor was expelled and
m ~ whole system strengthened. I
u % dtLse all women who are afflicted
NV h..l JUNIORS or female troubles to
~ Lydla 2. Pinkham's Vegetable
io No.nlPtound. = Mrs. E. i. HAYES,
100o washington ST., Boston, Mass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21
Soil Survey Ol Jefferson County

The Age-Herald commends to it's read CTS in this county the soil survey that has just been published by the govern ment. It is a pamphlet of S7 well-filled pages, and to these pages is added a map that shows at a glance the soils of this large county. Oscar Underwood stood behind the survey until it became a fact, and no doubt he will see that every cit izen who desires a copy of the pamphlet can procure it. Write directly to him at Washington.
 There are 13 soil types in this capacious county. These soils are suited to a wide range of crops, and the county has thou sands of acres admirably adapted to grape growing, the raising of Irish potatoes, and general trucking. Nearly everything that is grown elsewhere can be grown in this county. The soil is here. and so Is the climate, and 50 is the precipitation and excellent home markets can be found within the county's limits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21
|. Downfall of a New York Boss

It is difficult to say what proportion Of the victory in the Rochester, N. Y, con- gressional district should be assigned to dislike of an Aldrich tariff and what to the movement against bossism. For AL dridge was a canal boss who had wasted the states money and who represented the worst form of plutocratic politics. It is not necessary in this hour of victory to tion. Aldrichlsm and bossism lie buried under Rochester ballots, and that is glory enough for one day.
 The meaning of this victory to all pro- gressive patriots is plain-a man that ranks at least in integrity, and if possible in capacity. to James S. Ravens or Eu- gene N. Foss should be placed in nomina- tion this fall in every contested congress sional district north or south. A stand ard-bearer should be selected who has never sought office and never held it. The people are weary of professional politi- clans. They want men straight from their own ranks. Neither MT. Foss nor MT. Havens had ever held office. Much as the Aldrich tariff is condemned the boss system in politics is still more in disfavor. and the opponents of the Taft-Cannon- Aldrich administration should meet the peoples wishes in this matter.
 The opposition can carry any congress sional district if in each it will find a Havens or Foss. Tell the politicians ito stand back" this year, and let a man fresh from the people be brought out--a
 man who is in every sense progressive--a man who will fight tooth and toenail the corrupt Aldrich tariff which is fast in creasing the cost of living and rendering subsistence a dreaded burden in millions of honest households.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21

lands, and deyour with his greedy eyes the haute noblesse of those same lands, who order lavishly of the most wonderful cooking in the world.
 When man has won in Monte Carlo, says Colonel Newnham- Davis. that noted epicure and gentleman of the old school, who knows his Monte Carlo so we'll he wants the best of everything and is will ing to pay for it.
 Never is a more cosmopolitan assembly to be seen, nor one boasting more beauty of face and figure, of jewels and raiment, than one of the great hotels or restau- rants in Monte Carlo now at the seasons height. And one wonders as he sits and looks at the world and the half world amid all this luxury, if the old adage of 'Tell me what a man eats and I'll tell you what he is holds true. Surely here one may not judge person by his order, for more likely than not the English duchess is beginning her dinner with tho Russians favorite dish of zakousky and the Russian princess is sampling a lobster Newburg in American style, while the former Chinese ambassador to America, MT. Wu Ting-fang who is at the Riviera palace, is contentedly munching an art- choke, cooked in Turkish style, while he asks his inevitable questions as to the ingredients of it's delicious sauce. One never can tell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21
MOORLOCH MARY
By Mrs. Seumus MacManus.
 Like swords of battle theI scythes

By Mrs. Seumus MacManus Like swords of battle thel scythes
 plying, x The corn lay low in yellow rout. When down the stubble, dew-vet and
 ginting,
 A golden shaft of the sun came ont. It was Moorloch Mary, the slender bios.
 som,
 Who smiled on me in the misty morn, And since that hour I am lost with griey.
 ing, .s Through sleepless nights, and through
 days forlorn. . Oh Moorloch lies in a. world of .heatho, Where Mary's little brown feet go bare And many shadowy peak divides us, Yet will journey to find her there l will climb the mountains and swim
 the rivers,
 I will travel the crcsts of the heath
 wind-blown; Her face in my heart like star l
 carry,
 And it shall guide me unto my own When come at last to my Moorloch
 Mary,
 will take her little brown hands is
 mine, And kiss her lips where the rowans tarry, And kiss her hair where the sun-rayl
 shine, And whisper: "Astorin, my heart wal
 haunted By wistful eyes of the sweetest gral That drew it over the hills to Derry :. o Moorloch Mary, bid the wanderei
 stay"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21

good enough to attract the attention of the literary world. He wrote sonnets that the magazines were glad to get. He did not at any time complain of his pun ishment. He admits that he took the money, and when he was pardoned he was serving his term without a murmur. He was not an applicant for a pardon. The governor of Minnesota simply thought that he had served long enough, and that he was fitted for free life.
 Alas. the vilest and the wickedest men are not in prison. If they are rich they cannot, except in extreme cases, be put there Carter did not deserve a sentence of 10 years. but long as that sentence was it did not break his spirit and the country is glad he has been pardoned.
 He first published his poems in the weekly magazine of the Saltwater peni- tentiary. Then Harper's Weekly secured one of his sonnets, and the Century Mag azine for April contains one. 1t was the editor of the Century who really started the movement that resulted in a pardon
 "The most striking prison poetry" says the Philadelphia Public Ledger, lis The Ballad of Reading Goal which appeared originally over the pseudonym C S3,' be- ing the designation given Oscar Wilde during his two years jail sentence, which he began to serve in 1895. But there is a long predatory poem, introducing both parts of the Pilgrims Progress which was written while John Bunyan was con- fined for irregular preaching in Bedford jail, in the years 166O-1672, and again in 1675. There is likewise, in prose writ ing, the instance Of Cervantes, who is supposed to have begun Don Quixote' while serving a three-months' jail sen- tenee in Granada for alleged malfeasance as a tax gatherer."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21
Hale and AldriCh Out of the Running

Senator Hale entered. the race for re- election, an after an active canvass he found himself facing defeat. Senator AL drich, ever shrewd, did not begin an open canvass for reelection. He went who carries the little state in his vest pocket, and Brayton told Aldrich, no doubt, what he was up against. Both withdrew their names, the one alleging illness and the other five-term service. Both really retire because they fear they cannot be reelected next winter.
 Those fears are well-founded. But there are others in the Aldrich-Hale clique which considers privilege perquisite to be distributed to the few, especially to those of the few who are or will become campaign subscribers. There is Lodge of Massachusetts and Kean of New Jer- sey, whose terms expire next March, and Penrose of Pennsylvania should be marked for slaughter, although his term does not expire until 1915. Dupont of Delaware, Burrows of Michigan, Warner of Missouri, Carter of Montana, Depew of New York, Dick of Ohio, Oliver of Pennsylvania, Sutherland of Utah, Scott of West Virginia and Clark of Wyoming these men are all standpatters and their terms expire next March. There is to be a fearful slaughter among them.
 The Senate cannot be revolutionized in Q single campaign. however, and a sweeping vltory in 1912 will be needed fl the tariff is to be revised downward and the cost of living turned in like direc- 4io-1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21
REVELATIONS OF FRAUDIN ART WORK

Paris. April 2O.-The revelations made the countess, is being examined at Tours, on a charge of having nisrepresented the origin of paintings and the antiquity of furniture purchased by Mrs Charles H. Payne of this city, but formerly of Bos- ton, have caused a profound impression in the world of art and served to open up the whole question of the many-sded
 traffic in sham paintings,/other works of art and antique furniture.
 Although the declarations of Henri Rochefort. editor of the Patrie, regard-
 ing the Rembrandts may constitute a
 satirical exaggeration, it is the general opinion that there is a neucleus of truth
 in his assertion that celebrated collections in hundreds of homes in America and elsewhere contain spurious Rembrandts, as well as copies of other masters. M
 Rochcfore has said, that 80 per cent of the "Rembrandts' owned in America were forgerios.
 "I have seen so many Turner's" said MT. Rochefort, that I have almost de- cided that Turner never existed. He could not have turned out the works attributed 10 him if he had lived 200 years. It is the same with Rembrandt never could con- vince my American friend that his col lection CT the school of 1880, containing 'Millets' and 'Carots,' was not genuine but I did convllee him. of the falsity of
 his works of one great living artist, for
 the artist himself upon seeing the pie
 ture, exclaimed, T will send my seconds | tc the man who says did that
 The recent exposures are hailed here as | helping to check the brazen frauds perpe. | tfated in T.ance and elsewhere.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21

From the Washington Post.
 'HThe United States is not the only country where the divorce habit is grow ing" remarked Daniel F. Silver. a so- lcitor of London, at the Raleigh.
 That divorce is increasing greatly in England is shown by the civil judicial statistics in 1908, recently issued. These statistics show that there were S46 peti- tions for divorce in that year, an in crease of 112 over the preceding year, or 15.26 per cent. The petitions for judicial separation decreased from S5 to e7, the latter figure being the lowest since 1868. There were 672 decrees, as against 5sS in 1907. The statistics also disclose a pre- pohderance of petitions for divorce by husbands, in which report England and Wales differ from almost all other coun- tries.
 "In no other country are there so many separations as in England. Separation orders granted by magistrates numbered 7265 in 1908. making with divorces. 672 and judicial separations, 2S, a total of 1865. This gives a percentage of p 5S per 100,0 GOO of population. In Italy, where divorce as distinguished from separation is unknown, separations on an average for eight years amounted to only s52, ol ? per 100000 of the population.
 "It is perhaps little easier to procure divorce in England than it is in this country, where, I understand, your laws arc quite strict except in a few states believe every nation should have a law prohibiting divorce except in rare cases. The marriage laws ought to be more strict than they are. and this would prevent many divorces."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21
CATHOLIC CLERGY
 HOLD CONFERENCE

The semi-annual conference Of the catholic clergy of the north Alabama deanerv was held in St. Paufs rectory yesterday afternoon at o'clock. oW- ing to the fact that in many parishes large first communion and confirmation classes are under instruction the at- tendance was not as large as on pre- vious occasions.
 The Very Rev. Henry E. OGrady, dean of north Alabama. presided. The following were present: The Rev. Paul Klish. St. Anthony's church, Ensley; the Rev. John Bratton, St. Clement church.. Woodlawn; the Rev. John B' t.anepa, San Marcos church, East Thomas; the Rev. Jerome M. Shultz, St. Augustine's church, North Birming ham; the Rev. Oswald Stahl, Church of the Sacred Heart, Anniston the Rev. Celestine Millermeir, o. s. B., St. Cyril and Methodius church, Brookside; the Rev. Michael F.. Filan, St. Vincent hospital, Birmingham; the Rev. James L. Coyle, St PauPs church, Birming ham.
 The Rev Mir Dean opened the con terence with prayer. Father Stahl oi Anniston read a Latin essay on Sacred Scripture" After a brief dissertation or the books of the New Testament in gen era1 he took up the four gospels and gave, against the modernists, what was regarded as clear cut and con- vincing arguments of the true Catholic position regarding genuineness, author ity and inspiration.
 Father Coyle next read a paper or the Seven SacramentS of the Ch urch. This paper was prepared by the Rev. Robert J. McQuillen of Huntsville and was highly complimented by the Very Rev. Dean and the other clergy pres ent. It was very complete and lengthy. having many extracts from sacred scriptures and from the canons of the Council of Trent
 Father Celestine of Brookside next read an excellent paper on Moral The ology." He discussed the tn ological vir- tue of hope. He clearly explained it's necessity and afterward touched brief- iy on the sins opposed to that virtue presumption and despair.
 Father Klish of Ensley had assigned him the rather difficult question ot "Canon Law" He gave scholarly dis cils, explaining clearly the methods em- ployed In calling together such coun- cils and the mode of procedure to be adopted when the councils are con yoked. He also dwelt on the author ity of provincial councils, explaining how they differ from national councils
 After some interesting remarks bt Fathers Filan, Canepa and Bratton, thu conference was closed with prayer by Dean O'Grady. It will meet again some six months hence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES.
nenutifnl sxmnnonx

Music lovers are remarkine on the attractiveness of the festival pro- grammes. It would be difficult indeed to imagine how five programmes could have been arranged with finer taste than those MT. Damrosch has proVldea for this festival. All the music heard thus far seems to have appealed 10 everybody and yet as delightful as the Tuesday and Wednesday programmes were the most enjoyable music of the festival, according to well known crit ics, will be rendered this afternoon and tonight.
 Every symphony that one finds on programme is worth while, else the conductor would not have put 1t there But to persons not musically edueated many symphonies sound dry. On the other hand most of the symphonic works of Beethoven are Huch as any miscellaneous audience could follow and two or three of his symphonies might be classed as popular music, for the melodies in them are easily caught and hummed. When it comes to modern music it is safe to say that few symph- onies are so popular as Dvorak's American" or New World" symph- ony which opens this afternoons pro- gramme. It is a very fine work and is a great favorite. It is called the New World" because Dvorak wrote it while sojourning in this country The famous composer. born and reared in Bohemia, got it into his head that A T l,.,f our folk music was found in negro melodies. When he first came to the United States he did not know that the plantation songs were written not by negroes but by white folks These plantation" tunes seemed to suggest the plantation cabin and some of them were redolent of the soil. Dvorak set to work to write this American symph ony on alleged negro themes, but it is for the most part reminiscent of the folk music of Europe and has a Czech flavor through and through. Even the sad but beautiful largo in which the English horn, the ordinary name for the alto oboe, plays a plaintive mel ody, sighs with longing for the com- poser's native Bohemia. Dvorak is said to have had the loneliness of a vast prairie in mind when he wrote tha. largo movement. MT. Damrosch says It suggests to him, however, the majestic loneliness of the primeval forest. But no matter what might come to us as the programme" of the work, one thing seems certain, Dvorak was home sick when he. composed it. MT. Dam- rosch gave the largo at one of the festival concerts a year ago. This time he plays the entire symphony The dis tinguished conductor once remarked that in this work Dvorak struck his high water inark.
 The matinee is to begin at o'clock sharp.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21
NEWSPAPER ERRORS

From the Washington Herald.
 Speaking of newspaper errors and mis- takes, Richard s. Hagan of New York, who is at the Shoreham, said last night that newspapers which are issued sev- eral times a day, each paper containing almost as much set matters as is con tained in a book, are, of course, prone to errors of all kinds.
 They are not excusabe in books, said MT. Hagan, but they are in newspapers, One typogrhpical error in large daily spoke of an aged woman, three years old Really, eighty-three years was what the reporter wrote. Peculiar expressions and mixed metaphor as the result of fast writing are frequently discovered by ob- serving readers. One Buffalo paper dur ing political campaign: said: The fruit from the political plum tree will prob ably be gathered by dark horses. The mental picture of a black horse climbing a tree and picking plums is irresistibly funny. The old break about the Irish man who lay speechless. hollering for help. appears in daily and weekly pa- pers with many startling variations
 ''When one considers the hurry in which the articles for the newspapers have to be written. it is really wonder that there are not more errors"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21
Decafur,H Lnn dmark

The city of Decatur has almost unanimously voted to issue s25,000 worth of bonds for the purpose of pur- chasing municipal home" said a prominent citizen of Alabama, who is not a resident of Decatur
 T hope that the people of Decatur will utilize the opportunity that they have of preserving one of the land marks of the state and at the same time have Q city hall that not only De- catur people, but all sections of the state can te proud of. I refer to the old State bank that was built in Jack sons administration. living example of what honest work was in the days of old. This old state bank is one of the three remaining buildings that withstood the ravages of the civil war and stands as monument to the patriotism of the south. It's massive columns of stone are unique. They were hewn out of the mountains near Decatur during the days of slavery
 "rhe building is freproof and very substantial in every way. By utilizing this building for courtroom, city offices, and putting the JaIl and fire depart ment on the back, Decatur will be housed in manner in keeping with her importance as one of the coming ci;ies of Alabama. The building is now occupied by the city government, and with very little cost it can be made one of the most convenient city halls in the country.
 Mayor Henry Skeggs deserves much he ;z managing municipal affairs in Decatur. If the old Statc bank is purchased and preserved, it can be pointed to with pride. and knowing the business acu- mon and sentiment wrapped up in Mayor Skeggs, i. is almost certain that he will recommend to the city council the purcnase of the building in ques- tior."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-21
Amen, if you love her, for the lady i, very well worthy.
 Much Ado About Nothing.
MT, WickerSham Aids the Bears

At the instance of Attorney General Wickersham. who represents in this mat ter the Taft administration, the federal grand jury in New York has begun an investigation of the alleged bull pool in contracts for May delivery. The Attorney General seems to think the pool is in restraint of trade and is, therefore, con- frary to the terms of the sherman law.
 No one rises up to explain why the ad- ministration assais bull pool when it did not raise a finger against the bear pool that shook S15 a bale out of the market price of cotton a few weeks ago. Why a. bull pool is assailed when a bear pool was not is one of the enigmas of this peculiar administration.
 The truth seems to be that the bull pool in May cotton is about to demand de- liveries. and this would no doubt carry cotton skyward. The spinners, who are a powerful force do not want to see cot ton carried to high figures, or even to the figures of a few weeks ago, and it is these men that may have prompted MT. Wickersham to begin the present investi- gation.
 The Juggling of MT. Patten into the in- vestigation should not be permitted to confuse the situation. He is specula- tor. but so are the McFaddens and hun dreds of other men engaged in cotton trades. Patten has as good right to create corner as the bears had few weeks ago. The contracts held by the bull leaders call, it is said, for 100000 bales of May cotton, and there are but 10000 bales in New York to meet them with.
 the aid of the men who have sold cotton that they haven't got, even to please the New England spinners. He never came to the aid of the farmers of the south when spectators were raiding the price of the staple, and he should keep his hands off the contest between the. bulls and bears as 1t stands today