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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-03-24

parliament Diaz was out taking a ride.
He came up into congress and ad-
dressed them, saying:
''SenOrs, you will either pass this bill
or go straight home"
They looked a minute and raised the
cry of Long live the PRESIDENT! and
passed the bill
When DiaZ became president the
first time, before his principles became
known, his relatives and friends used
to go to him for easy jobs under the
government They expected to be al
lowed to plumber the treasury in the
good. old fashioned Mexican way, and
they were very much Disguised when
Diaz made 1t plain that he neither In
tended to loot on his own account nor
to allow anybody else to do so.
Believer In Revolutions.
Although called a benevolent despot,
Diaz has not forgotten his battles for
liberty and is still believer in revolu-
tons.
up north" be once remarked to an
American visitor, you do not under
stand the evil conditions which prevail
In Latin American countries and the
need which exists for armed protest
against them. am still a revolution
list at heart, because l believe In prog
ress. in Latin America revolution is
the spirit OF progress. the spirit of re-
sistance to evil
1T was through a bloody military
revolution that Mexico found herself
! on the road to advancement, and 1t is
owing entirely to the industrial revolu-
ton now going on, to the disgust of
many conservative people, that prog.
ress is being made.
without frequent, persistent revolu-
! lions the political question of Spanish
| America would be insoluble and the
I Spanish American people would lapse
into the conditions which prevailed in
! Europe during the middle ages"
Perhaps 1t is this belief in revolu
ton. liberty, progress and fundamen-
tai democracy that explains PorfiriC
piaz's hold on Mexico and on the
world.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-03-24
Glory In Defeat.


So splendid was the defense of Pu-
ebla that the anniversary of the first
battle, the 9TH of May, was made
national holiday.
A brusque American once asked the
president, "Why do you Mexicans cele-
brate a defeat when you know that
the French finally took Puebla?"
President Diaz, with twinkle In his
eye, replied: perhaps we have initial
ed the Americans even to the extent
OF celebrating our defeats, for l have
been told that the British defeated
the colonists at the battle of Bunker
Hill, and yet you built a monument to
commemorate the event"
After Macmillan became emperor Of
Mexico and BaZaine was placed In
command of the imperial army Diaz
refused allegiance to the empire and
was still further imbittered by the
execution of his brother, a republican
soldier like himself Bazaine at first
tried TO corrupt Diaz and, failing in
this, led great army against him,
Capturing him after stubborn fighting
and throwing him into prison a second
time. While incarcerated Diaz receiv-
ed an offer of liberty direct from Maxi
milan if he would be a general Of the
empire. Spurning the second oppor-
tunity to become traitor, the future
president once more escaped by clam
bering over the tops of buildings and
falling into a sty full of pigs, making
his getaway during the resultant
clamor.
After the American civil war was
ended the Monroe doctrine was taken
down from its nail, busted off and
tackled ON Uncle Sans front door in
sight of all the world. Napoleon the
Little was reminded by our state de.
partment that this would be good
time for him to remove his French
soldiers from the western hemisphere
which he did forthwith. leaving Maxi
milan to shift for himself. 1t wa
the twice imprisoned, twice temples
and twice escaped patriot genera
Porfirio Diaz, who at this junctur
captured the City of Mexico, AM
Macmillan lasted about long enoug
TO be taken out one morning befor
breakfast and shot.
Power Follows Defeats.
General Diaz's first marriage wa
celebrated during his siege of the Mex
lean capital. After the end Of tn
opera bouffe empire be was candi
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-03-24

In my SIDE, SICK
headaches and ner-
vOusness. | had ia
ken so many medi-
cines that / w a s
discouraged a n d
thought / would
never get well. A
friend told me of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Veg g table Com
pound a nd it re-
stored me to health.
/ have no more
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-03-24

sively as cabinet member. senator and
governor of Oaxaca. 1t was during
this interregnum that his second mar
rage occurred, the bride being the
daughter of bitter enemy. The hon
eymoon was spent In the United
States. Naturally he fondly remem-
bered this trip in later life.
President Gonzalez proved a weak
sister and, the law relating to sec
ond term having been repealed Diaz
was reelected in 1884 and has been
successfully chosen from that day to
this His friends say that he has fire.
quently tried to lay down the burdens
of office, but the Mexican people would
not have 1t. BY the size of the present
revolution 1t is apparent that at least
part of the electorate Is willing to
dispense with his services.
There are also various stories float
ing across the border to the effect that
In his old age President DiaS Is sew
eral different kinds of cruel tyrant.
A book was even written and pub
Al ANCN AOAh " piONG LAIS. tue
author going to Jail for year on the
charge that he libeled one of Diaz's
Heutenants.
World Pays Tribute.
These tales are likely to be told
against any man who has been in
power as long as Porfirio Diaz. On the
other side of the shield is the worlds
universal regard and a national prog
ress such as Mexico had never before
known. In this development Diaz has
! been the leading figure. His work has
been thus recounted:
Among the foremost achievements
of the existing Mexican government
must be counted the founding OF a ma
tional school system, free from sec
tartan influence. The strong hand OF
the president is also seen in the mar.
velous regeneration of the capital city
which is now drained by the greatest
piece of sanitary engineering In the
world and which is being rapidly mod
ernized in the matter of good pave
ments. parks, public buildings anG
canals
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-03-24
A Cold, LaGrippe,
then Pneumonia.

Is too often the fatal sequence
Foley's Honey and Tar expels the cold
checks the lagrippe, and prevents
pneumonia It is prompt and reliable
cough medicine that contains no mar
cotics. 1t is as safe for your children
as yourself. Sold by all druggists.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-03-24
INFLAM=
NATION
AND PAIN
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Creston, Iowa was troubled for
a long time with Inflammation, pains
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1911-03-24

ident Porfrio Diaz, the aged
ruler of Mexico, is held has
been illustrated by the univer-
sal concern displayed over the recent
rumors of his Illness and impending
death. While these reports have been
denied, they alarmed the nations and
may have played part in the dis
patching of an American army to the
Mexican border
President Taft and President Diaz
have the same birthday, Sept. Is, and
their warm mutual regard was evil
denced at their meeting in Ell Paso
and Juarez two years ago.
Count Leo Tolstoy once referred to
Diaz as ''the greatest ruler of our age"
Theodore Roosevelt called him 1.-The
greatest statesman now living" What
manner of man is this who can win so
high encOmiums from such sources?
In the first place, he is part Indian, his
mother having been a halfbreed and
his father, an innkeeper. having had
Indian blood. Porfirio was born in 1880,
on Sept. Is, the anniversary of Mex
dco's strike for liberty. While still
child he lost his father and his youth
was one of struggle and poverty.
Intended For Priesthood.
The mothers ambition was that he
should take orders, and he was placed
under priest for study. The lad had
more martial and worldly aspirations,
but compromised by reading law
When the war with the United States
broke out he went from his home in
Oaxaca to become soldier. but before
seeing a battle his country had sur
rendered. Returning to the law, he
studied and taught by turns. becoming
a full f1edged professor at the age of
twenty four. Then he took up arms
against Santa Anna and, placing him
self at the head of a band of poems.
helped in the dictator's overthrow. In
1853 he joined the army of Juarez In
the fight against the clericals first
serving as captain and leading n
charge with bullet hole in his side
tie which he' fought to recover his ma
tive town DiaZ was promoted rapidly
till he became a general, governor Of
a state, commander of a district and
member of congress.
When our own civil war occurred
and the Monroe doctrine was hung up
for season, France, England and
other European powers took the oppor-
tunity to intervene in Mexico. 1t was
then that Diaz became known as 1.-THE
hero of Puebla"
On the invasion of the French he
held the town against the beSiegers
and repulsed them, although outnum-
bered three to one. Later the French
We're REINFORCED and in the end com
PEELED his surrender He refused to
sign parole and was imprisoned, but
made a perilous escape disguised as
an Indian and became commander of
the army of the east
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03
"The War Is on!,

Charles City Intelligencer: In the
battle now on On Iowa. some idols
are going to be smashed and not a
few polical toes trodden to a bloody
pulp. But the war is on, The parting
of the ways has come and in the pre-
lininary battle for the control of the
next delegation to the national con-
vention an entirely new alignment in
state politics is likely to be made.
Welcome the fight. let the political
snickersnee be got out, the knotted
war club, SO much in evidence but a
few months ago, taken from it's cave,
and the battle ak of political hate and
disruption dug up. The hour is at
hand when the Republican party OF
Iowa must determine whether it will
adhere to the teachings of the fathers
or be swung from pillar to post by
the selfish ambitions of small CO.
terie Of individuals who must needs
ruin the party if 1t can't rule it. The
Republican party is bigger than any
one man and President Taft is the
head and front Of 1t and as such is
entitled to denomination.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

er birth rate among the blacks than
among the whites, the death rate is
also much higher. Then, too, the in
crease from immigration Is all on the
sides of the whites. The negroes have
no foreign country to draw on to in.
crease their numbers Relatively to
the other element Of the people. the
blacks must continue to decrease, al.
though their actual numbers will keep
on growing.
The south's hysteria on account of
the presence of so many negroes in It's
states is needless. The proportion OF
the negroes is steadily declining. The
lament will eventually take a new
tack. There will not be enough ne
groes to do the work which they have
been doing hitherto. Already there
is a complaint in some quarters in the
south that there are not enough la
horers to meet the demand. White
migrants do not go to the south in
anything like the number that they do
to the rest of the country, and con-
sequently the greater part OF the hard
manual labor must be performed by
the blacks. Some of the southern pa,
pers are predicting that time may
come in their region when Chinese
will have to be imported to do work
which the negroes had performed
since the beginning OF things. st.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03
The Des Molnes Market.

Davenport Democrat: Des Moines
has just discovered something else
that beats the plan as an ad'-es.
pecially as the plan isn't working as
beautifully now as it ought to. 1t is
the Des Moines market at present
that is being exploited the country
over, and offered as the great recipe
for reducing the high cost of living.
In order to make it go well, crowds
of several thousand persons are pic
tured each market day as besieging
the huckster's wagons and competing
for chance to buy vegetables at half
the former retail price.
All of which sounds good and part
of it may be true-after making q
air allowance for what Barnum used
to call museum measure" It was
museum measure that made an So
foot boa constructor out of harmless
12-foot snake. And it is probably Des
Moines' advertising measure that
makes 1000 crowd out of few hun
dred people.
But there is a big germ Of truth in
the new Des Moines idea 1t empha.
sizes the high price that the consum-
er pays for the waste of distribution
that accompanies our average mercan.
tile transactions. The huckster who
can sell his wagon load of produce at
nice profit in a city market at fig
ures way below ordinary retail prices,
under other conditions makes a tour
of number of stores before he emp
ties his wagon, or sells to commits
sion man who takes a profit as he
parcels the load out to various retail
ers. Then the retailer maintains sew
eral delivery wagons in order to de-
liver to all parts of the city in compe-
tition with scores of retailers who are
doing the same thing Such system
means an enormous waste of labor
and capital for which the consumer
has to pay.
With more markets there would ul-
timately be fewer middlemen and few.
er profits to pay before the produce
reached the consumer Trade would
soon adjust itself to the change, and
the new conditions would be to the ad.
vantage of everybody
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03
HAMILTON, ILL.

~
Mrs. Henry Ridgely of Cache. Okla.
were week end visitors at the Robt
Watson home.
). M. Cain and wife Of Denver. III
were visitors in town over Sunday.
Miss Lottie Hill has been EMPLOY
ed TO teach the coming year at Oal,
Ridge near Warsaw.
The Current Event Club will mao,
with Mrs. w. G. Humphrey SATURDAY
OF this week.
The Loyal Workers Of the Chris
tan church will hold an afternoon tea
at the home OF Mrs. ]. c. Stark on
Friday, August 5th.
The family of 8. r. Parker Of car
image are enjoying summers outline
at Wild Cat Springs.
Miss Gertrude Nichols returned sat
urday from a three weeks visit n
Colorado and Kansas City.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
bungalow of w. H, Rose on Laure, e.
Mrs Hurley Berry and daughte,
lnez We're guests Of Miss Florence
Howard Of Wythe, last week,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03
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WARREN.
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J. L. Kincaid and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. N. Dresser, were guests Of
Ed. Loges and wife Sunday.
Misses Grace and Hazel Wedel
were Keokuk visitors last week.
James Farrell and family were call
ing at the Lee r. Anthony home Fri.
day evening.
Miss Anna Latham spent Thursday
with the Misses Henkle.
Miss Fannie Wilson departed Sat.
urday, to visit with relatives at Keo-
kuk, for some two weeks. For
tome weeks past she has been at the
Ed Park home.
Andrew Kincaid and wife snent
Sunday with their daughter Mrs
Grover Billiard of Franklin.
Mrs. Archibald Brown returned To
TT. Madison Thursday evening after
few days stay with the Misses
eliza and Pearl Anderson
Butler Chapman and wife Howard
Knapp and family were entertained
at the home of Mrs. Anna Hoover
Sunday.
MRS. Silvers and children of Stock
port have been visiting with relatives
and friends here this week.
water Roth and family. took din.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03
White Population Increasing
Census Shows That There is No Need TO Wony
About the Domination Of the South BY the Negro

AS the country had a right to ex
pect, the white population in the
south is growing faster than the ne
gro element. The census returns
from nine of the cotton states show
this plainly. In the cities of those
states the whites increased aga per
cent during the decade, as compared
with ZIG in the previous ten years
while the negiues gained 30.5 per
cent, as against 1872 per cent in the
ten years Immediately preceding. Each
race, as Will DC noticed, grew faster
III the past e.. years than it did in
the preceding ten, but the gain was
much greater among the whites than
among the blacks. In the rural dis
tricts in those states the white gain
in population In the decade just end
ed was 17.3 per cent and the negro
only S.3 per cent, while in the preced-
ing ten years the gain in the two
races was Is and It's per cent, re-
spectively.
In the country as whole, the
cities in the south are growing faster
than the farming regions. 1t may be
said, too, that the relative growth of
the two races in the south is pretty
we'll maintained throughout the north
ann west also. All over rhe country
the white lead over the black race is
frightening. While there is a high
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

Jailer George West, of the Middle
sex county prison, at Haddam, Conn,
believes that it pays to advertise
That he has reason for his belief is
evidenced by his recent experiences
1t was announced through the news
papers a short time ago that there
were not enough inmates in the prison
to care for the crops at the prison
farm and that for this reason there
was danger of part of the crops go
ing to waste. Within a few days after
this information was published
nine squads of prisoners were sen
fenced to prison on minor offenses
and thus became Immediately avail
able for work on the farm, saving the
crops.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03
kAHokA, MO.
- - 80 80

Mrs. Gertrude Ballard and daughter
and Miss Catherine Sisson went to
LAGRANGE Saturday for visit with
relatives.
The crack CORN bail team came to
Kahoka last Friday and engaged our
boys They were sent home a wiser
anc sadder bunch. Score 8 to Z. The
game was a close contest and went
ten innings Numerous errors on
the part of one of Kahoka's usually
reliable players gave the visitors about
six OF their runs. The game should
have gone only nine innings and the
score should have been not more than
five to two.
G. Barnes and May Dobson, both OF
Keokuk, were united in marriage Mon.
day by Squire S. M. Perry in Kahoka
The recent good rains have made
our farmer friends feel much better.
Miss Florence Matlick is the guest
of friends in Keosauqua.
Jacob G. Matlick has sold his resi-
dence on lots and 6. block "a, Clark's
Bird addition, to Thomas M. Glen.
County Collector P. l. Wilsey is
having an Office 2Ox32x10 built in the
court house yard. His present quar-
tiers are crowded and unsanitary. He
will either sell or remove the building
at the close of his official term.
John We're was a st. Louis visitor
a portion of last week.
Mr. and MIRO uopru
the guests of Nauvoo relatives.
Mrs. O. G. Watson and children
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Hardness, Of Memphis. from
Saturday to Monday.
A large crowd attended the circus
in Keokuk from Kahoka, Monday.
Many went over in automobiles and
other conveyances.
Mayor Dorsey and John Seyb ex-
pect to leave next week on an ex-
tensive tour of the west
Mesdames s. S. Ball and ]. S. Tall
were KeolSuk visitors Tuesday.
Miss Elizabeth Trump is the guest
of relatives at Davenport, Iowa.
Mrs. ]. P. Scott and daughter.
Miss Halle, are the guests of rela.
tives at VanWert, Milan and Kinks.
Vile.
A very light vote was polled in
Kahoka Tuesday at the special cleo
ton to vote on the new capitol build
ing. Probably not more than 800
votes were polled in the county.
A two days teachers meeting will
be held in Kahoka, Friday and Satur-
day, August II and IL. A fine pro-
gram has been prepared and the at
tendance is expected to be large.
Probate court convenes next Mon
day in regular August term.
Kahoka people are getting the base
ball fever and meeting has been
called for Wednesday night at the
Airdome to help boost the home team
c. L. Young is in Lancaster this
week in the interest of the Keokuk
Canning Co.
The first pickles of the season were
received at the Kahoka station Mon.
day.
The Loyal Farmers of the Chris
tian church gave a party Monday night
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

are visiting their relatives. Mr.. and
Mrs. W. H. Beyler and family, Mr.
Beyler being sick
Miss Nellie Kennedy visited Miss
Garnett Brussels of Keokuk a few
days last week.
Miss Iviah Johnson returned home
Wednesday from a few days visi,
with relatives at Clayton.
Little Pauline and Mildred Math
eny visited their grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. H. Burnett, a few days
this week.
Many people from this place attend
ed the show at Keokuk Monday.
Mrs. Ed Kennedy visited at the
home of her nephew Mr.. Ernest Grove
Sunday.
Miss Mary Davidson is visiting at
the home of her aunt, Mrs. Beulah
Lillard Of this place.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

very much. as had never had anything the
matter with my skin. was so afraid would
have to give up my employment.
II consulted my doctor. and he said he
didn't think it would amount to anything.
But it kept getting worse. One day saw
piece in one of the papers about a lady who
had the same trouble with her hands. She
had used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and
was cured. decided to try them, and my
hands were oil healed before / had used one
cake OF Cuticura Soap and one box Of Cuticura
Ointment. am truly thankful for the good
results from the Cuticura Soap and Ointment
for thanks to them I was cured. and did not
have to lose day from work. have had
no return of the skin trouble" (Signed) Mrs.
Mary E. Breig, 1922 Brown Street, Phila-
delphia. Pa. Jan. IL, 1911.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are for sale
everywhere, but those who wish to try them
without charge may do so by sending to
Potter Drug q Chem. Corp, Dept. GA, Boston,
for q liberal sample Of each. post-free. together
with 32-p. book on the skin and scalp.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03
Beware Of Ointments for Ca.
tarrh that Contain Mercury,

e mercury Will surely dest-oy the sense
OF smell and completely oerange the
the mucous surfaces Such articles
should never be used except on prescrp-
TONS from reputable physicians, . the
gooa you can possibly derive from them.
Hairs Catarrh Cure. manufactured by
j. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. O.. som
tains no mercury. and is taken inter.
naly. acting directly upon tho blood
and mucous surfaces OF the sys.sm. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be cure you
get the genuine. II II taken internally
cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
30. by Druggists. Price. 7bc Der bot
Take Halls Family Pms for constJpa-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

at the home of Mr.. and Mrs Alva
Hays. A fine cine is reported.
Pete Shea, of Madison township,
went to Fort Madison Tuesday to
visit his son, Henry. who is confined
in the Santa Fe hospital there, the
result of mashed foot sustained at
Marceline. The extent of the injury
was. not known to the father.
Cletus Hays came in from Union
vile Saturday and visited several
days with home folks.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

Old interest checks found in the
government vaults at Washington
show that the first William H. Wander
bilt once owned $4S,050,o0O in govern
ment bonds. This was before the
time when national banks became
nearly sole owners of the govern
ment's debt, and individual owners be
came few. 1t is quite possible that
Joseph Pulitzer of the New York
World. with his s1,0oo.00O subscrip.
ton to the recent Panama canal
bond issue, now becomes the largest
individual owner Of United States
bonds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

A woman attracted some attention
in Broadway. New York, the other
day by appearing before signboard and
outlining the figures for whisky adj
vertisement The painter was Miss
Madge Claiborne, who is said to have
travelled over much of the country
as tramp painter. She bid for the
contract with number of men and
secured it. She works on scaffold-
ing or other places that is necessary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

Why is it that every writer of fic-
ton thinks that western story has
to be well busted with alkili and dot
ted with cactus plants?- Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Because most of them have never
been in the west and are utterly ig-
norant of the great progress the west
is making away from alkali dust and
cactus plants.