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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-10

viewed the picture and could find nothing else to say in disparagement save that it was not life size.
 No" said the artist, who was IS great a wit as he was master of color-"few men are!''
 Few men are, it is true-but many might be.
 What is life size? Is it not measuring up to the full capacity of yourself? Is 1t not using your faculties to all their pur- pose? Is it not growing and expanding until the performance of your body and mind and soul comes within reaching dis tance of their promise?
 That is worth while object, to be- come life size,"
 To be content with less, to be willing to live in the lower atmosphere instead of mounting to the glorious heights, is un- worthy of the divine inheritance of aspi- ration which dwells in every human heart.
 The upward trend' is the thing, not the dull, slow, deadly pacing forever on one level Each day that does not see some advance upward, some growth, is a day lost.
 '.'I have lost a day." said the Emperor Titus, refecting that he had done no good thing since the sun rose. So let us think when we reflect that day has passed WllHoul advancement m mental growth, in mental or moral stature. =
 But such time may not be lost if 1t leads to reflection. Says Longfelow: Nor deem the irrevocable past
 As wholly wasted, wholly vain, If, rising on it's wrecks. at last
 To something nobler we attain
 Pity the poor office boy.
 ic .Ixxfax ss,,s,
 When there's good ball game on he has to kill off his relatives to get off the lop, contrary to all his natural human instincts, while all the boss has to do IS to shut up his desk, say Jimmy, mind the office while I'm off on import ant business, and hike to the ball grounds.
 Business couldn't get along without tbe office boy. although the telephone and parcel post have cut into his profession considerably. And now comes along thc "highbrow'' scientist to tell us, with a lot of scientific efficiency movements and hig words, that the office boy wastes a lot of energy,
 Just listen, office boys. their fathers, mothers and friends, to what this in- vestigator has to say:
 ''The average office boy, through lack of control over the muscles of his legs. wastes as much energy in walking about the office each day as it would to shovel 15 tons of coal
 By dragging his feet along the floor instead of allowing them to swing for ward of their own momentum, the office boy makes his muscles move about 20 pounds too much every dime he, takes a step, and the average boy takes 1.50O steps day.
 Considering what an important part of this nations business life the office boys <f ~.f between Passport Me. and San Diego. Cal. this is serious indictment of America. If our office boys are SO lazy and unprogressive that they drag their legs instead of swinging them. how bad must be the men "higher upl"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-10
Recipe for Acquiring Riches


 This recipe Is not oopyrighted-neither is it new.
 Perhaps 1t is not well to give it wide circulation, since morallsts generally are agreed that the pursuit of riches Is vain.
 Still
 Since 1t cannot be denied that most per sons desire riches for their children. if not for themselves. 1t will do no harm to give again the one infalible. guaranteed method of acquiring fortune . simply discover something which the world wants and supply the want. As a necessary preliminary, of course. must come the Idea. The rest Is easy
 The following story of man and an idea is one of the latest stories of finan- ical success:
 The mans capital IS years ago con sisted of sS2 and an idea. Not very promising beginning perhaps. Many of us have as' much as sS2, but few of us have the original ideas This man had both. and he put them both to work The idea was simply that of putting a new flavor into an article of general use He knew the flavor when he was a boy and liked it. and he believed that other folks would like 1t if 1t were presented to them in the right way.
 Now the mans S2 has grown into s. 0000o0. Good interest-but not on the S32. Alone and unpaid, they could never have gathered unto themselves any such ac- erection, even if the highest rate of Inc terest paid,
 But
 The $s,s99 9es interest has not been earned by the s32 It Is the fruit. tho profit. of the idea. An idea pays bfg~ dvidents
 It would be foolish to attempt to set down here all the stories of treat f1nan- cIal success gained through the deYelop- ment of ideas Everyone who reads at all knows some Of them. And everyone has read the old and famous question, sometimes attributed to Emerson, about the worlds wearing path to the door Of the man who can preach better sermon or write n better book or make d better mouse trap than anyone else
 There's the underlying idea.
 The world is willing and eager to give rich rewards to the pioneers in the land of thought.
 The way to riches is not blazed trail. You must make your path for yourself. All you need to widen the path into a great golden highway Ia an idea to aee ao guide and lead the way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-10
I TO HEART TALKS-By Charles N Lurie

Thanks to this scientist for playing the role of latter day Jeremiah He may yet explain why America lags so far be- hind the rest of the world, beginning his elucidation of our horrible condition with the unprogressiveness of the office boys legs.
 Do the rest of us carry about with us as much dead weight as do the office bzoys? Is our reputation for quickness and brightness and activity all mistake :?
 Woe unto America
 We'll have to pay serious attention to this matter. We can't afford to have this scientist or others who hold up to the world the heavy footed office boy as an example of the American
 What shall we do? Hire more active office boys. who will use the impulse of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-10

the brain to quicken the leg muscles into more energetic action, thus removing reproach from Uncle Sans land, or shall we laugh this man to seorn and tell him that Americas boys. like America S men, are just as quick and intelligent as any others to be found on earth?
 There's a new idea in city and county administration-that of hiring a law off cer to serve as public defender of persons accused of crimes who are too poor to engage counsel with their own means
 This may do away in time with what is a fearful evil in American life-the 'railroading' to prison of men innocent of crime who have been unfortunate enough to fall under suspicion and are accused on circumstantia1 evidence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-10

Ihen he shall be interested in the con. tents of the leaden oasket"
 The man is dead and his daughter lives in city far from the town in which her father built the mansion The wrecker tearing down the mansion told of the find ing of the casket and the news of Its dis oovery came to the ears of the woman. She sent to the wreeker and asked him to give her the letters and writings which told of the planned greatness of ,ths house
 One Of them was letter from the young daughter of the family to an aunt. telling her of the glories of the great house which her father was building and how happy she and her parents expected to be in their magnificent new home.
 Men build mansions for themselves and their families but no man can foresee the end of his labofs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-10
MOTHERHOOD-By George Eaves D. D.

the eggs or feed the young. And how many biography tells of daughters whose supreme debt Is to the tender, gracious gentleman whose circumstances compelled him to be all the guide philoso- pher and friend that his motherless girl could know!
 But these are exceptions, or adumbra- tions. of a fact incalculably vast-the su- premacy of motherhood.
 Sunday schools and churches are today leading us once again to a most pious consideration of the fact that
 "A mother Is a mother still
 The holiest thing alive"
 She is the holiest thing, because beyond comparison the most intimately powerful influence in the destiny of men. And she obtains that influence by first going down to the chambers of death for her child and then daily, hourly living a life of sacri- f1cial watchfulness lest any enemy should kill or wound it. Deep in the breast of motherhood is a solicitous fear lest the babe should be in anywise dama ged should in anywise lose it's perfection should come short of its full power of manhood or womanhood If a man may dare interpret to the world the heart of mother is not this among it's most
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-10
Snow Upon the Deserts Dusty Face

The worldly hope men set their hearts Turns ashes, or it prospers and anon.
 Like snow upon the deserts dusty face, Lighting little hour or two-is gone.
 Omar Khayyam. There was a wealthy man who buiided for himself house in New Jersey town. 'It shall be the finest house in the town" said this man. And he sent to his native place in Scotland for red granite for the walls and to Spain for til- Ing for the roof And he watched the house grow in size and in beauty. With an exultant heart, rejoicing ih his riches and in his success in the world. he saw it rise and he looked upon it and found 1t was good.
 But the house was never finished Be- fore 1t could measure up to the mans ex- pectations the face of fortune froze to him and he lost his worldly possessions Creditors came into that town and took possession of the house.
 The ghosts of disappointed hopes haunt ed it. No one ever liv1 i in it.
 Now 26 years after the man began to rear the house. 1t has been torn down by wreckers. The site will be occupied by apartment houses The red granite of the walls win be used to build the walls of a church.
 When the man was still planning the house he said to himself: Tt shall stand as a home for myself and my daughter and her chiIdren's children. I shall place in the cornerstone an indestructible leaden casket containing newspapers and coins and letters and other things. such as are commonly placed In cornerstones. Perhaps some one of my descendants may wish to build . larger. finer house on the sits of this one which am erecting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-10

are sometimes questionable on the part of private defenders.
 There's little doubt that the system Is good one.
 But
 Do We not need public defenders for others than those suspected of crime? In the imperfect state of our laws, despite their enormous numbe,s, there are many offenses which they do not touch. over is not contrary to the statutes in many places, although the tendency Is all to- ward giving them proper protection. If We have public defender of such feeble folk, who cannot protect themselves would not it be his first duty to see that justice is dealt to them?
 And how should the poor babies who are permitted to die because their parents are ignorant of the first laws of hygiens and cleanliness? Do they not need d public defender? How about the boys and girls who have no proper playgrounds and have to do their running and jump ing and playing amid the perils of the city streets? public defender could find much work among such
 Too much paternalism is the idea?
 Perhaps, but tAe world Is mo longer con tent to let the natural laws of selection and "the survivalSof the fietest" work their will on the bodies and souls and minds of men. The "brotherhood of man is becoming more than an empty ideal Each of us Is his brothers keeper in every increasing measure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-10

<< A LL the world loves a lover." is
 A an adage that might as well
 . read "All the world loves it's
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-17
ADJUSTMENTS.

Primrose and Dockstader's MinstreIs.
The plaintive southern plantation
songs with their strange mixture of
mslody and pathos have a prominent
place in The big spectacular revival of
old time minstrelsy which Messrs.
Primrose and Dockstader, the reunit-
ed veteran minstrel stars are pres mt
Ing this season. The attraction Is
booked to appear at the Grand for
two performances. matinee and night,
Wednesday, March IS.
After a separation which had exist
ed for nearly ten years, Messrs. Prim-
rose and Dockstader decided to pool
their interests and to present to the
leatre-gosrs big revue of min
strelsy, showing its origin, develop
ment and triumph. This arrangement
was entered into last sesson. The
success of the revival and reunion
was instantaneous. Every city visit
e. greeted these well-known minstrel
stars with capacity audiences In
several instances engagements of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-17
This is Guaranteed 70
stop -FOUR Cough


This plan makes 4 pint Of better
made for $3.50. A few doses usually
conquer. an ordinary cough re!ieves
even whooping cough quickly. Simple
as it is, no better remedy can be had
at any price.
Mix one pint of granulated sugar with
"a pint of warm water, and stir for 2
minutes. Put 23ls ounces of Pinex fifty
cents worth in q pint bottle; then
add the Sugar Syrup. It has q pleasant
taste and lasts family q long time.
Take q teaspoonful every one, two or
three hours.
You can feel this take hold of q cough
in way that means business. Has 9
good tonic effect, braces up the appetite,
and is slightly laxative, too. which il
helpful. A handy remedy for hoarse-
ness, spasmodic Group. bronchitis, bron-
chial asthma and whooping cough.
The effect Of pine on the membranes
is well known. Pinex is a most valu-
able concentrated compound of Norwe-
gian white pine extract, and is rich in
guaiacol and other natural healing
pine elements. Other preparations will
not work in this combination.
This Pinex and Sugar Syrup remedy
has often been initiated, though never
successfully. It is now used in more
homes than any other cough remedy.
A guaranty of absolute satisfaction, or
money promptly refunded. goes with this
Your druggist has Pinex,
or will get it for you. If not, send to
The Pinex Co., TT. Wayne, Ind.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-17
Y.W.C.A. NOTES
ST. Patrick,s Day.

Merry preparations are being made
for the entertainment oftTrl-State Bust
ness college students as the guests Of
the girls club at the Y. VIC. A. tonight.
It is good old Saint Patrick's night,
and a roilicking good time awaits all.
The first part OF the evenings fun
will be program of readings and
music and the last half will canafst
in playing such gamss as pop goes
tn eweasel, all hands round, say
stoop, and did you ever see lassie.
It is rumored, too, that two mysteri-
Gus guests will arrive later during
the evening.
Club Meeting.
Thursday night the Tri-state Girls
club will meet for their regular bust
ness meeting and spread.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-17
LOCHHEAD CASE Is
GIVEN TO JURY
Arguments Were Made by Attorneys
Today-Some Other Court
Items,

The case of McCarty. administrator
of the estate of Marion Steidley VS..
John Lochhead, went to the jury this
afternoon about three o'clock. Argu-
ments in the case were commenced
this morning and were completed
shortly after 2:30 o'clock. ]. P. Horn
ish and c. NJ. Kendrick spoke for
plaintiff, and B. F. Jones and B. A.
Dolan for the defendant. Judge Hamil.
ton instructed the jury following the
arguments. and that body then retired.
Steidley's widow was in the court
room seated inside the railing, as was
also Mrs. Lochhead.
The case of ]. P. Dickson VS.. George
II. Paul and company was settled and
dismissed. Judgment for costs WIGS
entered in the case also.
Mary Wilsey was appointed guar
dian Of her minor children. by the
court
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-17
informations Filed BY Woman in sI.
perior Court Today Against
Five Alleged Boot
leggers.
oUTGRoWTH OF Fight
Son of Woman who Filed informa-
tons Injured In Fisht-clalms
He Had Been
Doped.

Five alleged bootleggers were
charged with maintaining q nuisancs
In informati0ns filed in the superior
court this morning by Mrs. Josephine
Enlow, while two men were charged
with keeping gambling house. The
informations were filed as an out
growth of fight which is said to have
occurred last night In a Third street
resort where William Hartford, son OF
Mrs. Bnlow. was badly injured by be-
ing struck in the face with a beer
bottle.
Elmer Monical, according to Hart
ford, the man who struck him in the
face with the bottle. was arrested by
the police last night, but was later re-
leased upon giving bond for his APP
pearance today. Monical denied to
the police that he had struck Hart.
ford. The fight is said to have &C.
Cured last night at about o'clock.
after the election returns had been an
nounced.
Hartford was unable to appear In
court this morning, being confined to
his home on account of the injuries
received last night. According to the
story told by Hartford's mother, Mrs.
Enlow believes that her son received
Intoxicating liquors in all OF the places
operated by the men against whom
she has filed information.
The informations are sworn against
tins following men:
Charles Reno and C. ]. Hickey,
charged with giving away or selling
intoxicating liquors at number IS,
South Third street, in the rear.
Tom Robinson and ]. A. Wheatley,
intoxicating liquors at 1921 South
Third street
Caleb Hewitt, charged with selling
or giving away Intoxicating liquors at
number %. South Third street.
The informations charge that on or
about the 18th day Of March, 1914, and
within six months prior thereto at
Keokuk, Iowa, did then and there
wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously
continue and use certain building or
place, to-wit (street and number as
given above) in which said building
intoxicating liquors, to-wit. beer and
whiskey. kept for sale, and sold or CIV
en- away. contrary to the form Of the
statute in such cases made and pro-
vided, and against the peace and dig
nifty of the state of Iowa. All of the
informations were signed by Mrs. En-
low.
informations were fled in the su.
perior court this afternoon by Chief
Kenney against Gale Hewitt and
Elmer Monical, charging them with
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-17
Rub MUSTEROLE On
That Sore, Tight Chest!

Try this clean. white. soothing
ointment. See how quickly it brings
relief.
MuSTHROLE does all that the old
fashioned mustard plaster used TO do
In the days of our grandmothers. hut
It does it without the blisser,
Doctors and nurses frankly recon-
mend MUSTERoLE for Sore Throat.
Bronchitis. Group, Stiff Neck. Asthma.
Neuralgia, Congestion. Pleurisy. Rheu-
matism. Lumbago. Pains and Aches
of the back or Joints, Sl,ains, Sore
Muscles. Bruises. Chilblains, Frosted
Feet Colds OF the Chest (it prevents
Pneumonial.
AT your druggists, in 25c and soc
Jars, and a special large hospital
size for $3.50.
Accept no substitute. If your drug
gist cannot supply you, send csc or
soc to the MUSTEROLE Company,
Cleveland, Ohio, and we will mail
you jar, postage prepaid.
William Mess, Sacramento, Calf,
says:
Gentlemen: Enclosed please find
2. O. Money Order for $500 for which
kindly send by return mail eight jars
Of 50c size Musterole. This is my
third order OF Musterole. which speaks
we'll OF its merits. Our friends and
ourselves would not willingly be with
out it, as 1t has saved doctors ex-
Dense many times.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-17
MEXICAN WAR
FILLS CEMETERY
Continued from page L.

No further word has been received
at rebel headquarters In Juarez re-
gardtng the engagement reported in
Bustamente canon, between Neuyo
Laredo and Monterey, where the con.
stitutionalists are said to have been
routed with loss OF 500 killed. Juarez
officials discredit the report. Thomas
Edwards, u s. consul at Juarez is
investigating reports that Oscar Al
len, a citizen OF Texas, was murdered
at Pearon recently. He says he knows
nothing except Allen was found with
his head split open with an axe. The
MADEIRA company limited employed
Along the Border.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, March IT,
Martial law virtually exists along the
border near Tecate where Mexican
bandits murdered Postmaster Frank
Johnson and burned the American
postoffice, hut no formal orders have
been issued. United States cavalry
from Ft. Rosecranz is patrolling the
Cordlsr to keep Mexicans out Of Amer
lean territory and Americans in. II
1t We're not for the presence of troops,
parties OF Johnson's American friends
would undoubtedly cross the boun-
Diary and avense his death. On the
Mexican side ruraies are patrolling
the border.
Governor Johnson Of California, has
telegraphed the governor OF Lower
California asking for the extradition
OF Mexican named Gutierrez and
two Mexicans, names unknown, who
ara suspected Of numbering johnson.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-17

from two to five weeks were played
in order to accommodate the many
seeking admission. The supporting
company this season is said to be of
the all star variety. Prominent among
the assisting artists are the Six Mus
ical Brown Brothers, who are said to
be the greatest in their line on the
American stage; Raymond Wylie, the
phenomina. male soprano; the Four
Meteors. an exceptionally brilliant
coterie of vocalists; Foley and MUIR
ply. Americas most graceful soft
shoe dancers; Happy Jack" Lambert,
and many others CT equal distinction.
Messrs. Primrose and Dockstader
have given their revival most sump-
tuous scenic and costume investiture.
The tour is under the personal d.rec-
ton OF Earl Burgess. Advertise
ment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-17
ROT TON WALL
B:||UR|Es W0RkMEN
-
Ruins Of M. A. 6. May Prove
Death Trap for
More Vic
Tins.
CRIES FROM THE WRECK
Fire Alarm Sent in and Every Ambu-
lance Called for When
the Bricks
Tumbied.
THREE GIRLS CRUSHED
Ruins Fell on the Seed Company
Building and Caught
the People
There.

United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March II.
The west wall of the Mis-
souri, Athletic club building
fell at two 0 clock this after
noon. A score of workmen
who were on the first floor level
were caught, it seemed to spec
tators on the Washington av-
enue side of the ruins. The
city dispensary was asked for
all its ambulances and fire
alarm was sent in.
The west wall lowered sever
al stories, above the workmen
who had been massed in the
debris in the swimming pool
in an effort to clean out the re-
naming pile of wreckage. The
wall was seventeen inches
thick and had been regarded
with apprehension ever since
the fire. 1t rose four stories
above the roof Of the st. Louis
Seed company roof.
Screams and cries of the in
lured were heard coming from
the debris as rescuers arrived
on the scene.
The northwest corner of the
wall where an angle was
formed with the Lucas avenue
side had been cracked above the
window arches ever sir.a the
fire and it was this wall which
G Commissioner McKelvey had
intended dynamiting as soon
as the debris was cleared from
the swimming pool.
Two hundred workmen had
been employed in the ruins
constantly since Wednesday
lnorning. The tangled wreck
age had been cleared from the
third floor level where most If
fl1e bodies had been found and
dumped into Fourth street
The force was then pulled off
the third floor and sent into
the swimming pool leaving
only a few pulling down the
floor shelves hanging to the
wall. The crowd of sight
see1s across Washington ay-
enlleg ran for cover when the
wall began to totter and soon
tumbled into the ruins.
Nineteen persons are miss
ing and thought to be under
the wall.
-Four persons badly injured
We're taken from under the wall
at 2::45.
Known to be under the ruins OF tn.
M A. c. west wall at 2:3o O'Clock.
and buried in the debris of the Ct
Louis Seed company, were:
HAZEL soNDERMAN, sales oirI
MILDRED soNDERMAN. her ole.
ter. sales girl
HERMAN COBB, salesman.
MAE MuLLRiNE, stenoeraphcr.
HENRY STRATHMoRE, bookkeep
er.
FOUR LARoRERs and TWO CAR
RENTERS, who were on the fourth
floor.
EIGHT LAsoRERs, who were a
work in the basement.
George Siebold, who was belne
shown through the bird department
at the rear of the ST. Louis Seed Co
escaped.
Cobb who is under the ruins, wa
his escort
The estimate of Iaborers cauqh
was supplied by chas. A. Hanna. cor