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Urged That Everyone Should Wear
Red or White carnation on
That Day as Symbol Of
Love.
OBSERVANCE NOT NEW
Origin Of Day Goes Back Into Long
Line Of Years and 10 Found
In English Gus
toms.

A number of the churches are al
ready planning to observe Mothers
day this year and it is worthy of COM
memoration and observance. Every
| one who can secure a white or red
carnation May will wear 1t on that
day in honor of his mother-red II
happily she still remains to bless her
family and the world with her sun
shine and comfort, or white IL she has
passed to her reward beyond the
blue
Mothers day has now become an
established institution in the United
States. and Is annually celebrated on
the second Sunday in May, while an
attempt has been made to grant SINH
lar recognition to father on the first
Sunday in June. The observance In
honor OF 1.-The best mother who ever
| lived-your own" has been hailed as
an innovation, but it Is by no means
new. In former times in England and
in colonial America, Mothering Sun
day was a popular festival. and was
celebrated in the fourth Sunday In
Lent Owing to the war an attempt
has been made in England to revive
this ancient practice, and it is likely
that many British soldiers at the front
will on this Sunday visit IN spirit,
since they cannot do so in body, the
mother who awaits and prays for
them at home.
| Mothering Sunday in former times
was marked by the affectionate prac-
tice Of paying visit to parents and
particularly the feminine one, and
the presentation Of gifts. Even in
those days the mother was honored
above the father. who had to play
second fiddle in the celebration OF the
| day. Poor old dad" still occupies
the same humble position in the esti-
mate of his children, for. while the
attempt to establish Mothers day
in America met with instant success
and heartfelt appreciation, the Faith
er's day project was greeted with a
chorus officers. and was chiefly use
full as subject Of witticism for the
hard-driven hrmorists of the press
many of whom, doubtless, are them
selves fathers.
Going a-mothering" On mid-Lent
! Sunday was considered a necessary
4 duty and a pleasure by our ancestors.
It was a useful custom. for it helped
to keep alive the sentiments of filial
love which are SO often lacking in the
present generation. Rich and poor
went "a-mothering" on this day.
Those blessed with wealth provided
| handsome gifts for their mothers,
while the poorest offered some trim
ket and cake as a symbol Of devo-
ton.
| Many local customs and foods were
connected with Mothering Sunday. In
| parts of England the chief dish at the
Mothering Sunday feast was called
furmety, and was made Of whole
wheat grains boiled in milk, sweeten-
ed and favored with spices. In Scot
land and the north of England the
day was sometimes called CARING
Sunday, after variety Of pancakes
called earnings Stewed peas fried in
butter also occupied a place OF honor
on the table. In Shropshire and Here
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-06
SEES FIT MADISON
AS LARGE CENTER
Representative Of Power Company
Quoted as Expecting it to Have
$4,000 Population in 1920.

Fort Madison as a city of $4,000 by
1920 is the rosy prediction for that
place credited to Eugene Maxwell, Of
the Mississippi River Power company.
The Fort Madison Gem City has the
following to say concerning Mr.. Max
wells predictions:
The city Of Fort Madison will
have a population of not less than 20
900 by the close of the year 1916 and
will have more than $4,000 population
before the next government census
in the year $780, that was the opin-
ion expressed as to the future of Fort
Madison by Eugene Maxwell, of the
Mississippi River Power Co., in this
city, Tuesday.
Mr.. Maxwell, who has made tho.-
ough study of the industrial conditions
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-06
EXERCISE AND
GRECIAN BEAUTY
WHAT IT MEANS

Many thousands of women are now
a-days paying attention to physical
culture and the proper exercises Of
their body muscles, where, thirty
years ago there was no thought ex-
pended on this science, which Is
quite necessary to physical beauty.
The reason the Greeks, both men and
women, excelled in beautiful and sym
metrical forms was because of the at
tention they paid to the proper exer-
cise Then, too, they were untram
me1ed by corsets, shoes and the in
conveniences of clothing. To the
minds OF some women the idea Of
physical exercise conveys only the
idea of hard fatiguing work. Mid
exercise continued day after day is
best for the body and spirits and
Health. Without proper exercise,
there can be no health, and without
health there can be no real beauty.
There is no stronger proof Of the
sound remedial value Of DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription than that It re-
stores the wasted form to its wonted
roundness.
| The mighty restorative power of Dr.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription speed
lily causes all womanly troubles to
disappear-compels the organs to
properly perform their natural func-
tons, corrects displacements, over
comes Irregularities, removes pain
and misery at certain times and
brings back health and strength to
nervous, irritable and exhausted
women.
! 1t is a wonderful prescription pre-
pared only from Natures roots with
| glycerine, with no alcohol to falsely
stimulate. 1t banishes pain, head
ache, backache, low spirits hot
flashes, dragging-down sensations
worry and sleeplessness surely and
without loss of time
/ Sick women are invited to consul,
| DIR. Pierce, by letter, free Address
DR.. Pierce. lnvalids' Hotel, Buffalo
In. Y.-Ad''
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fordshire the simmel cake was an ac-
compartment of the dinner. This cake
was rich and expensive, and hardly
suited to the digestion OF moderns.
Dollar Day, May B.
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Grippe "A Robber OF
Strength and Flesh
Run Down, Underweight People Shouts
Regain Lost Flesh and Strength
at This Season.

People who have gone through Wild
ter suffering succession of coughs,
colds, grippe, catarrh or other all
ments peculiar to cold weather Will
probably be surprised, If they CLIMB
on a weighing scales, to see how mucn
flesh they have lost. Most everyone
reaches spring with weight decreas,
ed, vitality lowered, nerves afrectea
and general health and strength Inn
paired.
The best way to regain lost fesn
and strength is through the original
source of all flesh and strength-your
food. Food, however. produces flesh
and strength only In the proportion IN
which it's nourishing elements are
absorbed by the blood. Loss of weight
indicates a leakage of the fats, sugars
and starches of your food. Instead o!
going to the blood they are passing
through your body as waste. The as
similative functions OF your stomach
and intestines are out of order and
you need something that will get them
working right again Nothing is bet
te. for this purpose than single
Sargol tablet eaten at meals for a
few weeks. Sargol does not build
H6SIl VI 1tSSh anu SohCh cSt"SSN
meals Is of little value for the pur-
pose, but, swallowed with your food,
it acts upon every mouthful you eat,
first separating all the fats, oils, sug-
ars, starches and other materials
which make for flesh and strength
from the waste matter and then pre-
pairing all these fat making, nourish-
ing elements into a form which the
blood can readily absorb and dis
tribute throughout the body. The ef-
feet is quickly felt. Reported gains
In weight of from ten to twenty-five
pounds a month are by no means IL
frequent Yet its action is perfectly
natural and absolutely harmless, Sar-
gol is sold by Wilkinson & Co. and
leading druggists everywhere and
every package contains a positive
guarantee Of weight increase or mon
ey back.
Caution:-Sargol is widely used as
a general body builder and for many
nervous troubles, but when used for
such purposes alone and where pa
tient does not desire an increase OF
weight 1t should be taken not less
than one hour after meals. If taken
at meal-times it will almost certainly
produce an increase in weight that
some may not desire.
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STOPPING A TRAIN.

A brake that will stop a train Of
twelve steel cars weighing 1000, 900
pounds going at sixty miles an hour,
within 1000 feet, practically in it's own
length, and do it without jolting the
passengers. has been adopted by the
Pennsylvania railroad, according to a
bulletin issued recently.
One has to know how air brakes
work before 1t is possible to under
stand how an almost instantaneous
stop can be made without jar. This
is we'll explained in one of the rail-
roads recent bulletins:
The air brake apparatus controls a
flow Of compressed air through the
train and to and from the brake
cylinders on each car. A system of
levers transmits the force exerted by
the compressed air to the brake shoes
that part Of the brake which comes
in contact with the wheel. AS the
controlling force of the brake is air
and the control itself Is given from
the engine. brakes on the first car ap-
ply first, on the second car next, and
so on to the rear Of the train as the
flow of air travels from car to car.
About eight seconds elapse from the
time the brake application is started
by the eng:neman until full brakina
force is obtained on the last car of a
twelve car train. This serial action
results in surges and shocks through
out the train during brake application
the shocks increaing in severity as the
train length is increased.
The new brake differs from the
old mainly in that the control of the
compressed air is electric, with the
result that the brokes are applied al
. the same instant on all cars; the full
/ braking power OF the train is exertea
/ in two seconds after the engfnemaf
! turns his lever"
! Thus Ii is not the sudden stoppins
Of train that causes the jar, but
the slowing down of the cars one aftel
another those in the rear OF the trail
1 not feeling any of the brakes unit
about eight seconds after those neal
the engine have slowed down.
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may not be described as busy he
should direct a part of his leisure to
the same object as his buster brother,
says the Waterloo Courier.
The day is one of sentiment solely,
yet it should teach beautiful lesson
which should have its influence as
long as life lasts.
In connection with Mothers Day 4
suggestion comes from one of the
larger cities which should be prompt
" carried out in every city and ham
let, or wherever Mothers Day has a
place on the calendar. The sugges-
ton is that where it Is impossible for
the son to pay personal homage to
his mother, that he shall write her a
letter filled with tender regard
Write to Mother Is the message to
be given to the tens of thousands of
men and women living apart from
their mothers by the Organization
promoting Mothers Day. Business and
professional men engrossed in the
conduct Of affairs in the larger and
smaller cities, it is declared, need
the reminder. as do the young men
and women who live in boarding and
rooming houses. This being remind
ed of mother will lead the man or
woman to good thoughts.
There are thousands of men and
women. who through the press of a
busy life, have gotten out OF the
habit of writing to mother. a little
thing which means much to those
who cared for us in our helplessness.
guided US through the difficulties and
protected us from all danger.
Observance of Mothers Day should
be general. Let us hope that such
will be the case in Keokuk
-DoIIar Dav Nav
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Dollar Day. May g

Among the other good things tina
the legislature did was to adjourn.
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It would appear that the prediction
made by Lord Kitchener that the wal
would begin In May is being fulniled-
at least from the German end OF the
proposition.
DOLLAR Day, May g.
Some newspapers are very prosper
Gus. The Sioux City Journal and the
Des Mofnes Register and Leader nave
both decided to build for themselves
pretentious homes.
DOLLAR Day, May s.
IL the weather conditions continue
favorable for this part Of the country
the big crops will add to the pros
perity of Keokuk. At the present time
the outlook is very promising.
DOLLAR Day, May 8
We presume there will be no oo'
jections to May showers bringing the
flowers as well as the April moisture.
But the one responsible for the dand =
lion crop is in very bad repnte.
dollar Day, May g.
That the thirty-sixtn general as
sembly not only failed to simplify our
election laws. but added another eie:'
tfoa, that for presidential primary, is
the complaint of the Fairfield Ledger.
Dollar Day. May 8
"In choosing w. ". Marsh for ma
tional committeeman the state COM
mittee got a goou active democrat for
the place without the advice of any,
body at Washington remarks the
Sibley Tribune.
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of this section of the country states
that he bases his figures on the splen-
did opportunities that are already con-
fronting the city and the advantages
that have already been accepted by
the citizens Of FIT. Madison.
He is of the belief that allrof the
firms that have recently been added
to the industrial circles CT Fort Madi-
son will develop and eventually grow
into institutions of enormous and In
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keokuk, Iowa ........... May 6, 1915
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Dollar Day. May -

Remember Dollar Day next Satur-
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Day, May g.
kEOkUK'S DOLLAR DAY,

| kEOkUk'S DOLLAR DAY.
Saturday is Keokuk Dollar day
Let's make it day long to be re
membered.
Merchants almost to man are CO
operating to make additional friends
for Keokuk.
Nearly every business house in the
city is offering exceptional induce
ments for everybody to buy goods
| Saturday.
| It's a mighty good time for every
loyal citizen of our city to turn out
and do all they can to assist the mer.
chants.
Every man and woman in the city
should extend the glad hand to yisf-
| tors.
There should not be a single dis
cordant note-everyone should boost.
Even if you are not in full accord
with the Dollar day movement, don't
knock.
The main idea OF Dollar day from
the very beginning has been, not to
draw trade from other towns that
could be supplied at home, but to en-
phasize the fact that Keokuk is bet
ter shopping place for Lee and neigh
boring county people than Chicago or
st. LOUIS, ana 10 get III IouCn Win tne
people of all parts of the county with
view to impressing upon them the
wisdom and economy and the good
policy of looking to Keokuk for sup
plies not to be had of their home mer-
chants instead of going to or spend
ing to the large cities for such sup
plies.
Keokuk does not ask for or want a
dollar of trade from any source that,
from any other ponit of view, she is
not entitled to have. Her merchants
are deeply devoted to the principle OF
Ioyalty. to the home town; but they
Justly claim that Keokuk is in large
sense the home town OF every citizen
of Lee county. 1t is the county seat
the largest city: it has many lines OF
business not to be found in the small
er cities and towns of the county, and
in behalf OF these, solicits business
from other county towns and their i'm.
mediate territory.
The fact is quite generally recog-
nized and the force and business of
the point of view is conceded by the
press and business interests of other
county cities and towns.
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dollar Day, May g.
WRIIE TO MOTHER.

Every busy man, or youth. should
take few minutes next Sunday to
pay special homage to his mother, or
if she has passed beyond, he should
pay homage TO mothers in general on
the occasion of Mothers Day, which
will receive attention in practically
all churches in the land. II a man
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fiuential concerns in. the business
world.
The opinion of Mr.. Maxwell can ps
accepted as one OF authority. that IS
as far as that term can be implied 10
such prediction, for that gentlemai
probably has the prospects Of the III.
ture of this section better in manu-
than any other resident in this v1cin.
[ity. His work brings him in constant
with the possibilities.
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What became of the movement start
ed some few years ago to refund the
city Indebtedness and 10 adopt a plan
whereby the city could proceed with
q number of important improvements.
About one hundred Of the most PROM
inent citizens and heaviest taxpayers
were endorsers OF the plan
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ORCHARD PATHS.
When springtime suns have warmer
To bring to life the flowers,
And buds appear on apple trees,
And leaves on summer bowers,
Then comes a sweet and dainty child,
Whose years are scarcely three,
With roguish smile and winsome
ways,
A source of joy to me.
She runs along the orchard paths
In splendors of the spring;
For her the rose in beauty blooms,
For her the robins sing.
The clustered lilacs bend to her;
She breathes the sweet perfume
Distilled by springtime's ample show
From out the buds of June.
And through the lattice formed Of
sprays
The apple branches bear,
The glinting sunshine deity weaves
Gilt tangles in her hair.
She climbs half way the orchard gate
And peeps through, wonder eyed,
To where beyond the distant trees
The great world broadens wide.
o little one, when through the world
You walk in paths afar,
May all our hope and love for you
Be your guiding star.
May all your paths be blessed with
peace,
May all good things come true.
And like the splendors of the spring
Be filed with joy for you
$. c. Dickinson.
n Cherokee, Ia, April %, 1915.
DOLLAR Day, May -
THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
The whole trouble is that We won't
let God help us.-Georse Macdonald.
dollar Day. May -
Remember Dollar Day next Satur-
nay.
Dollar Day, May -
Among the other good things tina.
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Dynamite Bomb.

Dynamite Bomb.
rUnited Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, May 6.-Scores OF peo-
pie were thrown from their beds and
many fed to the street in panic early
today, when terrific explosion wreck
ed the two story building at 2316
West Ohio street and the three story
brick building next door. The police
believe the explosion was the result
of a powerful dynamite bomb thrown
between the two buildings.
nav Nav
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NEW SHIP TO sHUN WAR PERIL
CSnritsH. with Cargo for Russia,
VIII sail Far North.

There was a 1000 ton cargo Of war
munitions In the hold of the new Rus
gan-Amerlcan liner Czaritza when she
sailed yesterday from her pier In South
Brooklyn for A~rchangel, Russia's north
ern seaport. now free OF ice. In the
war supplies were twenty Curtiss hydro
a%eroplanes.
A cheering throng said good-by to
the 500 passengers. thirty OF them frat
class. who will journey by n new top
OF the world route as a precaution
against submarines. This new great
circle track will take the Czaritxa on
the coast OF Greenland. north OF Iceland
and into the White Sea.
Capt Crlstoph Russman had a qualm
or two because his ship had not been
blessed according to the rite of the
Russian Church. In his thirty years at
sea In had never before had to command
an unblcssed vessel. She will be blessed
when she gets TO Archangel.
The vessel was built by Barclay, Curle
4 Co, Glasgow, and was sent directly
over here, Archangel being Their ice
bound. She Is 435 feet long, OF IS foot
beam and displaces $4,000 tons
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AUSTRIA PUTS ALL
BLAME ON ITALY
Note Expresses "Painful Sur
prise at Decision to End
Alliance SO Abruptly"
DENIES ALL ACCUSATIONS

AMSTERDAM, May ga formal re.
ply TO the CHARGES contained In the Ital.
ian Green Book was issued to-day at
Vienna. II denies all responsibility for
the breaking of the Triple Alliance.
The Austro-Hungarlan Government,
says the note. cannot recognize the Ital-
ian Governments statement. which o n
tradicts the obligation adopted by italy
on December Is, 1913, n which fixed
the duration of the Triple Alliance until
June 10, 1920. This obligation per-
mitted Remuneration only upon the giving
Of one years notice. during which period
there wac TO be no declaration OF war.
In the Green Book the Italian Gov
eminent practically r%enounces all obli-
gations-an action which Austria de-
clines to recognize.
A copy Of Austria's statement was
handed to the Italian Ambassador by
Baron Stephen Won Burian. the Austro-
Hungarian Minister OF Foreign Affairs,
1t expressed Austria's painful surprise
at the decision Of Italy "to put an end
in such an abrupt manner to the treaty
which was based on the community or
our most important political interests
which has guaranteed security and
peace to our states for so many years,
and which has rendered Italy notable
services"
: II is repeated in the note that the OBJ
ject OF the ultimatum to Serbia was
purely and simply to protect the mon
archy against the revolutionary machin-
atoms of Serbia and that this aim could
in no way affect the interests of Italy.
II Is then indicated that there was no
hint by the Italian Government when the
war began that 1t regarded the Austro-
Hungarian proceedings as violation
OF the Triple Alliance, and that Austria
and Germany accepted Italy's proclama-
ton Of neutrality IN good part, though
il was not considered TO lie in accord
with the spirit of the existing treaties
In reply to the Italian objection that
the concessions offered by Austria were
to he realized only at an indefinite time,
Baron Won Burian has said. according
10 the note, that Austria was ready "a
offer all necessary guarantees for the
purpose OF preparing for this transfer
and insure its even being carried out
at no distant date
The note says In conclusion that 1.-THE
royal Italian Government IN an arb!-
trary manner has disburdened itself oi
all It's obligations and the Austrian Gov
rnmen declines responsibility for the
consequences that may arise from this
procedure
There Is a tone OF resignation n
the German and Austrian press, while
Ital7s declaration of war Is being
awaited. II one can judge from the
published m on the new aspec'
the German peoples feel confidence IL
final victory despite the new enemy.
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ENVOY TO LEAVE VIENNA
Austria Asks 4. =. to Take over
Interests In Italy.

PARIS. May o2.-The Havas Agency
has received "A despatch from Vienna
saying
The Italian Ambassador. the Duke
OF hvarna, leaves to-day for Rome.
austria has asked the United States
TO take over the protection OF Austrian
subjects in Italy. The American Gov
errrlent has transmitted instructions to
it's Ambassadors in Austria and Italy"
\ despatch from Budapest says the
Onic!al Gazette has published n decree
calling up the Landsturm, from Is to
80 years of age. for military examina-
tloa. II will he decided later whether
these classes are wanted for military
service.
Prince Won Buelow. the German Am
hrgsador at Rome. will not leave Italy
until he is compelled to do so, according
10 2 despatch to the Petit Journal. IL
i- irported also that when Prince Won
Ruclow was asked regarding the time
of his departure he replied:
Il shall leave Rome only when l am
ordered to do so. Never again will l
set foot on the soil OF treacherous Italy"
Prime Won Buelow's wife is an
italian, belonging to one of the most
noted noble families OF the country. He
has resided in Rome since his resiRna-
tLon OF the Office of German Imperial
Chancellor in 1909.
The correspondent OF the Petit Jour
raj also telegraphs that Prince Won
Buplow has installed his mother-in-law
Donna Laura Minghetti, widow OF the
great statesman who was in power when
the Triple Alliance was signed, In his
Rome residence, the villa Malta. so that
II may not he confscated when war Is
declared. This palace was formerly the
horne OF the knights OF Malta,