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factions Of the party. But there are
other candidates and this issue prom
ises to become as important as who
will be nominated by the democrats
for president.
Women on JurIes.

SPOKANE, Wash. Aug. 4.--Ten wo-
men drawn for jury duty at the COM
ing term of the Spokane county super
Tor court declare they will not servo
unless compelled to do SO by law.
Mrs. Sarah Witherell, living at 1925
Ninth avenue, the first woman drawn
for the yenire, voiced the sentiments
of her sisters in saying that while
women should use their franchise in
voting for good government she be-.
lieves jury duty is mans work. II
voted because l am a taxpayer" she
added, and because / had the right
to vote" Mrs. Flora P. Atchison, SOS
Shannon avenue, said: There are
certain cases where 1t is all right for
woman to serve on a jury, but they
are scattered. will not serve il called.
My home is the place for me. am
not an advocate of the equal suffrage
cause, although / think that women
will be able to accomplish much good
with their votes" Mrs. e. G.. Hubbard,
2116 North Madison street, told her
story in few words: 81 prefer to
stay at home, for think that is the
woman's place. Woman jurors in 8
divorce case? OH My! MOI"
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Adjustable Maxjms.

Cincinnati Times-Star: James ].
Corbett found enc of his friends in the
throes of thought the other day The
friend was contemplating giving up a
fat salaried position to take an indie
pendent chance. Whenever he thought
of the profits ahead IL he made good
as business man he glowed like an
Gil lamp. Whenever he thought of re.
signing that sure envelope at the end
of the week he became solid ice to
the midriff
When first began boxing In Cali
fornia," said Corbett, my father used
to lecture me. Stick to the job In the
bank Jimmie, by said he. It's the
fine salary you do be getting there.
and as long as you live you can keep
that fine job at the desk. Remember,
! "a rolling stone gathers no moss.
But ] kept on fighting" Corpett
said And father kept on panning me.
Finally fought with John L. Sullivan
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Mr.. ROBERTS VIEW.

Hon. George E. Roberts, director Of
the mint, says in letter to the Des
Moines Tribune:
81 know of no reason why the CUB
ject of Canadian reciprocity should be
dealt with specifically by the state
convention. BY that time It will eth
er have gone into effect or be dead
by the action Of Canada and in either
event there will be no occasion for
Iowa Republicans to have a coutro-
yersy over it and nine months from
now am confident all OF them will
think So
Mr.. Roberts view is an eminently
sensible one. There is no occasion
for Iowa Republicans to get into a
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DEMOCRATS DON'T
WANT WADE AGAIN
Think Iowa City Man Ought to Re-
tire as National Com
mitteeman.

DES MONIES, Aug. with the
coming adjournment of the congress
after the passage of the Canadian pact
and the farmers free list. the first
move Of the presidential campaign in
Iowa appears to be the opposition of
many democrats to the reelection of
Judge Martin j. Wade of Iowa City
as national committeeman from Iowa.
Wade was given the post originally
some six years ago when Charley
W alsh Of Iowa. former secretary of
the national committee and committee
man from Iowa resigned to 60 with
Hearst and his Independent campaign
for the presidency. Then, in the last
campaign four years ago Wade was re-
elected by the delegates from the
state to the national convention and
many democrats say he should be
willing to retire and follow the I'M
written law which says that two terms
are enough, for a democratic national
committeeman from Iowa. Still other
democrats oppose Wade on the ground
that he Is primarily responsible for
placing the liquor plank in the last
state convention at the Ottumwa con.
vention which lost to Claude r. Port,
err the nominee for governor, the sup.
port Of the dry democrats in the cen.
trail part Of the state and many re.
publicans. making the reelection OF
Carroll possible. Many democrats
blame Wade for this and say that in
the interests of harmony he should
withdraw and give some other demo
crat chance. Already there is a
small boom for several democrats for
the post, among them N. F. Reed, OF
Ottumwa, chairman of the democratic
state committee. His selection, dem
ocrats point out, Is promotion for
meritorious service in the last cam
paign and during the session OF the
| legislature when the democrats hold
together on party lines as fever be
fore. 1t Is urged that his selection
would meet with the approval OF al
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It begins to look as il the days OF
the Mississippi roustabout were num-
bered. The Lee line of steamboats,.
running between st. Louis and Mem
phis. is preparing to install inclines at
its six principal ports, consisting of a
track running from the warehouse at
the top OF the levee to the low water
stage. A chain with sprockets attach
ed will run continually over this track
like belt. The freight will be loaded
upon the chain by men on the boat
and unloaded by other men at the ware
house. The long line OF ronstabouts
moving back and forth on the levee
will be no more.
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A High Sign Of Prosperity

ST. Louis Globe-Democrat: What the
farmers get out of protection has been
made plain in many ways during al
most decade and half OF uninter-
rupted protection of American indus.
try by a protective tariff. The Dingley
tariff law, which repealed and displac
ed the Democratic tariff law OF the
middle COS, became operative In 1897.
Under the Democratic tariff law, the
American farmer, although favored by
rain and sun, and growing bounteous
crops. was in the slough Of despond.
Demand had fallen away, owing to
unemployment of labor, and prices
had followed. A change for the better
was noted soon after the Dingley law
became effective. The improvement.
increased during the years Of Its OPP
Grafton. The increase in the farmers
prosperity was felt in every line OF
business. but then, as in previous
years, and under earlier tariffs, there
was a constant cry that the farmer
was the victim and not the beneficiary
of tariffs levied and maintained for
the promotion Of manufacturing.
1t is, of course, impossible for any.
body to explain how farming lands
can increase greatly in value without
a steady and remunerative demand
for their products. growing out of q
home market In which labor is stead.
lily employed at fair wages That is
one of the things mo fellow can find
out" The demand for the lands which
increases their value is result OF
economic conditions making their
products salable at all times and al
good figures. To gauge the farmers
prosperity under protection, we have
now the official figures of the census
bureau. showing the increases during
the census period between 1900 and
1910. They ought to be an unanswer
able argument to such as have been
contending that the farmer has nc
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IT'S THE BABY.


It's because of baby fingers around
our grownup fingers clinging.
It's because OF baby voices in glad
some chorus singing.
It's because that baby dcings all our
plans and hopes enfetter
That this grand old world we 1--we In
is a good world and grows bet
ter
With each sunrise, and is sveeter
each night when the sun is set
ting;
THAT the future has grown brighter
and the past more worth forget
ting;
we are steadier and cleaner, more re-
liable, less flighty
Every time ne love and snuggle a
wee baby In It's nightie.
ITS the baby shapes the future, it's
the baby gilds the present.
,It's the baby makes the pathway we
are going green and pleasant.
IT'S the baby puts the sweetness IN
the wild birds song that
pleases,
IT'S the baby makes US see the pink
rose petals on the breeze,
Its the baby puts soft whispers In the
knee-high windblown grasses,
Its the baby makes US see the bright
ness when the dark cloud
passes.
It's the baby. big-eyed. laughing IS
the baby rolly-poly
Touches all our tasks with loving and
In touching makes them holy.
It's the baby when we turn back to
look down the past minute
Gurgles somewhere way off yonder
and puts worlds of sweetness in
1t.
It's the baby struggling onward on I'M
certain legs to meet US
Armors US and makes US splendid sc
no reverse may defeat us.
It's the baby gone before US that has
bridged deaths dark abysses.
It's the baby that has healed US
soothed our hurts with baby
kisses.
It's the baby that has saved us-o.
this heavy life the heaven
It's the baby leads orr footsteps II
the paths that climb 70 heaven.
j. VI. Lewis. IN Housoa Post
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Mrs. Belle A. Mansfield is dead at
the age Of sixty-fve. Her early home
was at Mt. Pleasant in this state. and
she was the first woman ever admitted
to the practice of law in the United
States This was in 1868. two years
after she had graduated from Iowa
Wesleyan University. Shortly there
after she was given the chair of polit-
ical science In that institution. AT
the time Of her death she was the
dean of the schools of music and art
at Depauw University, Greencastle,
Ind. She was highly talented and
worthy woman and her life was in
keeping with her character and op-
portunities.
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Legitimate interest in maintaining con-
ditions as they are. and IN standing
pat for letting well enough alone. For
they show that farm lands more than
doubled in values during the decade
covered by the census. In 1900 such
lands were valued at $13,05l ,O33.OOO
In 1910 they were valued at $2S,3S4,-
S21. 900. The Increase in values was
lis per cent. Farm buildings, always
and everywhere good indications Of
the state of prosperity on the farm,
nearly doubled in value, the increase
being from 1856. $4,000 in 1900 to a
valuation OF $6,294,O25, 900 in 1910.
The increase in farm implements was
from $749, 77s,0o0 to $l,261,S17 900.
That this great increase in farm
values was not result of the opening
of new lands is shown in the figures
setting out the comparative number
OF farms in the country last year and
ten years earlier. In 1900 the number
Of farms was 5,737,572. In 1910 the
number of farms was 6,340,120, an in
crease Of but little more than 10 per
cent. The highest and surest test is
found In the acreage values Of farm
lands. In 1900 the average value Of an
acre Of farm land in this country was
$3.50. In 1910 this had increased
to $3.50, an increase OF 108 per cent
Last year the men in enjoyment OF
this remarkable prosperity seemed to
be impressed with an idea that it was
no way due to the economic legisla
ton the continuance of which was
then threatened They showed a sur
prising Indifference to the assaults
made upon the tariff, and thousands
OF them voted to place its revision
again in the hands of the party which
made the tariff law of the early sos
They had forgotten how we'll off they
had grown without downward revi
sion. Perhaps these census statistics
! will refresh their memories.
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CHARGES AGAINST WARDEN.

The Iowa City Republican and Gov
ernor Carroll have recently
been engaged In a heated
controversy over sanitary and
other conditions in the state pen
itentiary at Fort Madison Grave
charges were preferred by the Repub-
lican to the effect that local conditions,
especially during the late hot weather,
were such as to endanger the health
of the inmates and to make their lot
well-nigh uncomfortable. Growing out
out of the discussion of this phase of
the conduct of the institution are
charges Of gross mismanagement and
criminal practice preferred against
Warden Sanders, the executive head
Haley, an inmate, In letter to At
torney General Cosson. Haley de-
clares that his charges are we'll
founded, that they are made in good
faith and that his purpose in making
them SIS to effect the removal from
office of an officer who is guilty OF
acts which render him liable to pros
ecution under the statute known as the
| Cosson law, The writer further de.
clares that
Il can say with all sincerity that
Warden J. c. Sanders Is the most I'M
fit man to hold office it has been my
fortune. good or bad, to fall under,
and have served now under the adj
ministrations of the wardens, respec.
lively, P W. Madden, W. A. Hunter
/ and Marquis Barr, all of Anamosa
and have had, In virtue of my several
employ ments In more than seventeen
years' time, uncommonly good oppor-
tuntties for observing the kind OF
l men that the state Of Iowa sets over
us who are supposed to be fit subjects
for reform If We be obliged to sui
fer from the effuvia of our disease
bresding cells, spare US. pray you
from an official who Is not above rob
hing the desd-whose continued pres
encs amongst Us means our common
/ pollution
This Is strong language and 4
shogaid not be permitted to pass un
noticed Thorough investigation int
fEe facts In the case should be in
stttut4d ~ once. If above allegation!
are Entrue their falsity should be ex
posed WITH the least possibly delay If
tus4sce 70 Warden Sanders. II they arr
soVnte5 On tsct be should be sum
naa-5lr reu0vad from the position h'
holes. neither Attorney General Cos
soz. Governor Carroll nor the stat
bard u control can afford to ignor,
ire natter ss It has now come up t.
them
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The reports from the coal mines OF
the state now being received by the
state mine inspectors indicate that
the coal output for the last fiscal year
was smaller than usual. For some
time the Iowa mines have been all but
idle and the operators say that no
orders for coal are being received,
Just why there Is such slackness in
the trade is not apparent as usually
at this season many large orders are
received.
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insurgent Insincerity and MuddIlng.
Chicago Record Herald: The ques-
ton is often asked. What has become
Of the great popularity OF the Repub-
lican insurgents? The answer is that
the insurgents have FILTERED it away
Their movement is being destroyed
by insincerity. laundering and self
qualification.
We commend to the insurgents
these terrible but true words of the
Springfield (Mass.) Republican. an
absolutely Independent and candid pa
per: In capacity for self-destruction
the Republican insurgent faction ex-
ceeds anything known in recent Amer
lean history
The insurgent anti-reciprocity antics
were pitiful enough. The reputation
of all the insurgent platforms and
speeches in support of tariff revision
guided by intelligent, adequate, scien-
tific information obtained by board
or commission; the attempt to put the
administration in hole" by rushing
through crude tariff bills based on
guesswork and inviting vetoes, place
the insurgents in an even more pa
thetic position. Columns could easily
be filled with quotations which would
condemn them out of their own
mouths on the proposition.
AS our Massachusetts contempor-
airy says, their insincerity as reveal
ed in the one case becomes doubly
branded in the latter CASE
This paper warned the insurgents,
to whom it gladly paid earnest tribute
when they stood for progress regard.
less of patronage, that their opposition
to reciprocity with Canada meant 20
llitical suicide, since everything liberal
| and enlightened in the country favor.
| ed reciprocity. 1t now warns them
again In sorrow rather than In anger
that cheap, peanut politics in connec
ton with tariff revision, the eating Of
1 their own words and the light-hearted
violation of their solemn declarations
regarding the need of facts and knowI
edge will do their regulations and
standing infinitely more damage than
a veto of their patchwork bill will dc
/ the President.
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and you know what happened. WIN !
got home carelessly peeled thous-
and dollar bill off roll as big as a
cabbage and tossed it over to dad.
Just little pipe money for you,
father said. Fathers grin began at
the corners and kept on expanding.
His eyes twinkled.
All. Jimmie. BY said he. its
the rowing bee that gets the honey
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pack, and pack Of thieves is called
a gang. a gang of angels is called, a
host, and host OF porpoises is called
a shoal, and shoal OF bnffaloes is
called herd. and a herd Of chickens
is called a troop. and a troop of par
tridges is called covey, and covey
of beauties is called galaxy. and a
galaxy of ruffians is called a horde
and horde of rubbish is called heap.
and a heap Of oxen is called drove,
and a drove of blackguards is called a
mob, and mob of whales is called a
school. and school of worshippers is
called congregation, and a congrega-
ton Of engineers is called a corps,
and a corps of robbers is called a
band, end band of bees is called
a swarm, and swarm of people is
called a crowd.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-04
Beware of Ointments for Ca.
tarrh that Contain Mercury.

"a mercury Will surely destroy the sense
who's system when entering II through
the mucous surfaces Such artioics
should never be used except on Yrescr.p.
tons from reputable physicians. t. the
gooi you can possibly derive from tLen.
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured BY
F.. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, o.. ,.on-
tains no mercury, and Is taken inter
nally. acting directly upon the blood
Ind mucous surfaces OF the system. n.
suyi1g Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you
:. mado In Toledo. Ohio, BY 81.
Cheney q Co. Testimonials free,
So by Druggists. Price. 76c per boz.
FAKE Halls Family PHI. for const,p OF
ton.
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An unbrIdqed GAP.

Sioux City Journal: The discrep-
ancy between the price paid by con-
sumers for staple farm products.
especially foodstufss, and the amount
realized therefor by the farmer is at
tracing more and more Of the atten-
ton Of competent practical business
men. B. F. Yoakum, one Of the most
sincere great men In transportation
service, with business experience
matching his ability, puts the matter
In forcful address before farmers
congress at Dallas Texas, when he
says that "the serious trouble with
agriculturists Is not the high cost OF
living, but the high cost OF selling"
Many students have lately shown
in detail how grotesQuely wasteful
and uneconomic is the course. OF our
table necessities between the hands
of the average farmer who produces
them and the hands OF the consumer.
1t amounts to this, as anyone who will
inquire thoughtfully cannot fail to
see, that the methods OF simplifica-
ton and cooperative efficiency, which
have accomplished such wonders In
other fields of industry within quar-
ter or half century, are yet woeful-
ly lacking beyond the point where the
farmers products must be got from
his hands to those for whom they are
produced, must be marketed-in short,
must be realized upon
The bald result OF the government
statistics, viz: that out of every dollar
paid last year by the consumers for
/ the products of the field, only forty
six cents was received by the farmer,
while the other fifty-four cents went
| to others, speaks for itself, and
ought to stir every neighborhood of
farmers to wrench this palpable an
| omaly out of the realm of academic
discussion ana into that OF practical
business solution. That means, o,
course, cooperative methods of mar.
keting in farming, precisely as it has
meant those methods in other
| branches of business
A leading bankers periodical fur.
nishes a striking illustration from
the experience Of Denmark, where
thirty years ago the farmers were suf
/ fering from the same absurd and
neglectful methods which now are Sc
| injurious to our farmers Butter
eggs and bacon which then brought
Denmark farmers $12,000,000 are now
bringing them s100,00O.oO0 a year
This beneficent miracle has been
wrought mainly by practical co-opera
tive organization, such as cooperative
oreameries and egg export societies
the latter alone having $4,000 mem
bers. An infinite number of needless
costs have thus been cut out for the
individual Danish farmer as they must
I by like methods be cut out for and by
! the American farmer.
BY improved machinery and by all
the sciences and methods taught by
our agricultural colleges and other
| national and state agencies, great re.
auctions have within generation been
/ made in cost Of producing crops on
Our American farms AMI in putting
! them into conden.s.:: ;o,ms of mar
let coincidentally with great reduc
/ items in transportation .osts. But We
/ have not fully realized r?on these op
rortunities,. because Of lack of mod
ern business methods in bridging the
great gap or series OF gaps that sep
arates the farmer and the mouths thai
the farmer feeds.
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"MorHERD sTARkwEATHER.

Mrs. Perry Starkweather is the first
woman in America on labor COM
mission. She originated, organized
and now conducts a new department
in the interest of women and children
and is making success of it. She
was appointed member of the Min
nesota commission by the late Gov
ernor Johnson of that state and aims
to make the department the pioneer
working toward federal bureau for
women and children.
Mrs. Starkweather is wealthy and
a mother, and was for many years a
mill owner. The adverse conditions
surrounding the mill girls set her to
active work investigating and better
ing their conditions. Then she TOOK
up the cause Of children unlawfully
employed It is significant that ten
other states have written to her re-
garding the organization and mainten-
ance of such a department.
The main idea OF Mrs. Starkwcather
is to keep every girl in the home if
possible until she is at least eighteen,
to teach her cooking and housekeep-
ing and to fit her for motherhood. II
she must go to work outside, make
conditions safe and sanitary
Mrs. Starkweather gives personal
answers to hundreds Of letters from
women and girls, giving advice and
some times money and finding places
for those needing work. In one year
nearly 5000 places have been visited
where women and children work, and
in every instance general conditions
have been improved
For ten years Mrs. Starkweathel
has been active In Minnesota public
lifeA She is interchangeable in her work
and an old fashioned housewife. She
says: Eleven people, some my owr
children, some adopted, call me
mother She is also called the
mother in Minnesota
To Mrs. Starkweather Is due per
haps the greatest known feat OF phil
anthropic advertising in the north
west She composed, had printed ant
caused to be hung in every railwa,
station in Minnesota and in many 9th
er public places notice to young
women and girls which reads as fol
| lows:
/ Do not go to the large cities TO
work unless you are compelled to. |
/ you must go write at least two week
I in advance to the woman's depart
rnent. bureau of labor, st. Paul, or t.
i the Young Woman's Christian Asso
i citation in the city where you want t
/ work.
They will obtain for you such
position as you ask; tell you abou
! wages, boarding places and whateve
you want to know.
I Two days before you leave hom
write again and tell the day and hou
when your train will arrive and
responsible woman will meet you a
the station and take you safely t
your destination.
DO not ask questions OF stranger
! nor take advice from them.
4 Ask uniformed railway official 0
policeman.
This advice Is issued by the stat
bureau of labor and posted throug
the courtesy Of the railway official
Of this road.
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The course of the Nebraska Repub-
lican convention in avoiding all ref
erence to Canadian reciprocity re-
minds the Council Bluffs Nonpareil
of a boat going over rapid shoals in
low water.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-04

Twenty-one citizens of the little
town of Milton in Van Buren, county
own automobiles, costing $25,oo0, and
there is said to be- lots of money there
notwithstanding this large investment.
1t goes without saying that Milton is
prosperous.