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Evening star., 1915-03-20
Contrast in Policies,

1aatrasting the policy OF the United
states with the course pursued by Ger
many, Mr.. Perkins said:
Germany has forged ahead during
tie last twenty-five Years. centraltzine
her various industries. until now nearly
every industry In Germany Is organ
.zed and centralized in some form of
large business unit. As a result. great
commercial power and vast commercial
Droits have come to her people And
now. mark thfs well: While this CEN
tralization has been going on. emigra-
tion from Germany has fallen from
what was very large figure twenty
I've years ago. practically to zero dur.
ing the last two or three years
Does not this rebuke the theories OF
our politicians and so-called states
lHen2 For the theory they have been
preaching has been that II we permit
ted Capitalization and cooperation in
business II would bring hardship and
ruin to our people: while the actual
carrying out of such a policy In Ger
many has resulted in the Industrial
prosperity and contentnlent Of her peo-
pie
Remedial Measures Proposed.
Coming to the question of remedia!
measures. Mr.. Perkins proposed:
.(19 Federal regulation Of our great
Evening star., 1915-03-20

clifford. c. r. The Lace Dictionary. WUL-
5Csl.
Hunter, @. L. Tapestries. Their Origin. His
tory and Renaissance. 1912. WCE-H31I.
La Crutx S. T. Old and New Designs in
CrGchet Work 5v WALLIS.
Robinson. Belle. ed. The Priscilla Netting
Uimann, Bernhard / Co., New York. Bucilla
Crochet Book. WUAUl5b.
Wilson. Il. L. The Wilson Original Lace Book.
wUA-W697o.
The Parker post., 1915-09-04
Luke M,Luke Saws

There isn't much romance about
having sunny. disposition. A man
usually feels as good as his stom.
ach.
, Ever notice that O street car runs
about thirty miles an hour when you
are trying to catch 1t and runs about
three miles an hour after you have
caught it?
The old-fashioned girl who was al.
ways afraid that she might show
through now has a daughter who be.
lieves that coat Of talcum powder is
opaque.
Another mystery is how a thin girl
can eat six square meals per day and
grow thinner, and how fat girl can
eat one potato and gain four pounds.
A woman may imagine that she is
saving money because she has every
thing charged and doesn't ask her hus.
band for some coin every morning.
Why does man always take sec.
ond look at red-headed girl?-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The Parker post., 1915-09-04
The Way of Robert e. Lee.

General Lee was in the cars going
to Richmond one day, and was seated
at the end farthest from the door. The
other seats were filed with officers
and soldiers. An old woman, poorly
dressed, entered at one of the sta
tions, and, finding no seat and having
none offered her, approached the end
where the general was seated. He i'm
mediately arose and gave her his seat
Instantly there was general rising,
each one offering his seat to the gen.
eral. But he calmly said: mo, gen.
tlemen, if there was no seat for the
infirm old woman, there can be none
for me-"
The effect was remarkable. One af-
ter another got out of the car. The
seats seemed to be too hot for them,
and the general and the old lady soon
had the car to Observation-Disclosures
Churchman.
The Parker post., 1915-09-04
Copyright, 1916. by W. q. chapman.)

Copyright, 1916, by W. q. Chapman.)
"A barefooted bride IN a way, eh?"
intimated to my old college chum,
Roy Dacre.
He flushed slightly. We were still
close friends, five years after gradu-
alton and drifting into new life chan
nels. He had inherited fortune and
had not gone into profession, al
though he made a feint at carrying
on the real estate business Of his de-
ceased father, which really meant
looking after the family investments.
Dacre was about the only one OF
my old friends who particularly cul-
tivated me. There was a reason. /
had broken all intellectual trammels
In the opinion of my college asso-
ciates, had placed myself beyond the
select social pale by disdaining the
respectable calling of the law and en-
gaging in the detective line. It had
always fascinated me. I made sue
cess at the start in a big bank mys-
terry. I was something of a scribbler,
and I fancied that eventually my ex-
perience might lead to my becoming
an expert writer on criminology.
"A barefooted bride? Yes, just that,
II necessary" spoke Dacre, a trife re-
sentingly. "What of it? Poor, OBJ
scure-but an angel! Between some
pampered spoiled lady of fashion and
this sweet wildwood flower, who
would hesitate that valued innocence,
the assurance Of fidelity and-love.
Yes, for I love her. / believe Elsa
Warren returns the sentiment. I am
going to marry her-if she will have
me-"
studied my client and friend for a
minute or two to decide that he was
fully resolved. He had ever been an
erratic, willful fellow, doing odd
things in violation of prevailing
ethics, generally right in his deduc-
ton, always right in his motives.
wondered what his aristocratic friends
would say about this new resolution
of his.
81 have told you my story from be-
ginning to end.' he added, "as / would
The Parker post., 1915-09-04
HOW TO HEAL STUBBORN
TORMENTING SKIN DISEASES

A Baltimore doctor suggests this
simple, but reliable and inexpensive
home treatment for people suffering
with eczema, ringworm, heat-rash and
similar itching, burning skin troubles.
At any reliable druggists get a jar
of resinol ointment and cake of resi-
mol soap. These will not cost bit
more than seventy-five cents. With
the resinol soap and warm water
battle the affected parts thoroughly,
until they are free from crusts and
the skin is softened. Dry very gen.
tly, spread on a thin layer of the resi-
mol ointment, and cover with a light
bandage-if necessary to protect the
clothing. This should be done twice
a day. Usually the distressing itch
ing and burning stop with the first
treatment, and the skin soon becomes
clear and healthy again.-Adv.
The Parker post., 1915-09-04
POTATOES FOR THE POOR
Welcome Relief Promised for DestI.
tute Families In Hartford
City, Ind.

Hartford City, Ind.-On the sugges
ton of M. M! Weller, prominent bust
ness man, the Magazine club of this
city will put into operation a plan
which, 1t is believed, will afford wei
come relief for many poor families in
Hartford City next winter.
The club will obtain permission
from the owners of number of va
cant lots in the city to plant potatoes
1t is believed that from 600 to 80C
bushels can be raised in this manner
during the summer. Next winter
when calls for help are received from
destitute families, the potatoes will be
distributed. Mr.. Weller has agreed tc
donate the services Of several teams
and men and also to permit the clut
to use several lots owned by him.
The Parker post., 1915-09-04
Great Wall of China.

Few people realize what an almost
perfect condition prevails along a
large part of the great wall of China.
the bricks of the parapet are as firm
as ever, and their edges have stood
the severe climatic conditions Of
North China with scarcely a break.
The paving along the top of the wall
Is so smooth that one may ride over
1t with a bicycle. and the great gran.
ite blocks with which it is faced are
smooth and SO closely fitted as when
put In place over 1000 years ago.
The entire length of this wall is 1,400
miles. it is % feet high and 20 feet
in thickness. At intervals of 100 yards
or so there are towers, some 40 feet
In height.-Popular Magazine.
The Parker post., 1915-09-04
Patriotism Makes Her Wealthy.

The other day an old woman came
into bank in Prague and handed to
the clerk an antique savings book.
which showed credit Of $48. She
asked whether this would serve for
the war loan, since she had no other
money. She explained that this book
was left by will to her mother, who,
dying, gave it to her.
Anyhow" she added timidly, 81
would like SO much to help a little
bit"
The clerk took the book and disap-
peared. After a while he came back
and with him his superiors, including
even the president of the bank. And
then they broke it gently to her that
the book dated since 1886 and that
therefore the $48 amounted now, with
compound interest, to about $4,000.
Without her patriotism she would
never have known how rich she was.
The Parker post., 1915-09-04
Censor Requires Interpretation.

SHcSt hS4uICS tntCFpFeCafIOn.
The mysterious German word "Zu-
ger recently produced trouble In a
family residing in Coethen, says a
Hamburg dispatch. A son serving in
the German army wrote his parents
that he was returning home on leave
OF absence. He added that he would
stop over in Brussels and asked for
money to enable him to return to Ger
many. A few days later the family
received telegram: "Send 100 marks
to Victoria hotel. Zugel" The par
ents hesitated to send the money. as
this was not their name They made
inquiries at the Office OF military off,
cials. The answer came: "Zugel no
bunko steerer. You can safely send
the money. Zugel is an abbreviation
added by the censor, meaning 'zuge.
lassen' (passed."
The Parker post., 1915-09-04
GOVERNMENT AT LAST PAYS
Settles Claim for Property Seized by
Federal Troops Fifty-one
Years Ago.

Boonville, Mo.-Fifty-one yearS ago
federal troops converted to their use
personal property belonging to a citi-
zen at Upton, Moniteau county, con-
Quoting livery stable. This property
consisted Of mules, horses, etc. After
his death his daughter, Mrs. Mary
Christopher Of this place, began the
prosecution Of claim against the gov
ernment Of the United States to re-
cover damage for confiscation of her
fathers property.
Twelve years ago Attorney G. w.
Journey took the matter in hand and
worked increasingly in behalf of the
complainant. A few days ago w. w.
Trigg. appointed administrator, re-
ceived a government voucher for $10,.
600, what was left Of the claim of
$12,500. The attorneys in the case
were allowed $4,000 by the govern
ment for their services.
The Parker post., 1915-09-04

do to no other person. I need your
professional assistance. Can I have
it?"
I'm other words, you wish me to
find this Reuben Thorpe and his step
daughter, Elsa Warren"
Precisely"
II will think it over this evening
and let you know in the morning." ]
answered, and with that my visitor
departed.
There was a good deal to think
over. Briefly, Dacre, while hunting in
wild part Of the Lake Superior
country, had sustained bad fall from
cliff-side. He had lain helpless and
isolated half of the day and all of
one night, unable to climb up the
steep incline. He had been discov-
cred by girl whose whole appear
ance suggested some wild mountain
maid.
Her name was Elsa Warren and she
lived with her stepfather, Reuben
Thorpe, hunter he proclaimed him
self, but not ayerse to assisting bor-
der smugglers at times. He was a
surly, unsociable old fellow, but with
one great redeeming feature in his
warped nature-he idolized Elsa as
he had loved her dead mother. She
seemed to feel it a duty to remain
with the lonely, bereaved old man. In
her presence all his rudeness seemed
to disappear. Poor, obscure as they
were. the girl had grown up commun-
Ing only with nature, ardently fond
Of books. These had refined her ma
ture. and these her stepfather always
provided, no matter how poorly his
desultory vocation paid him.
For month Dacre was laid up at
the humble cottage home of Elsa,
near little town named Clyde. The
purity and freshness of his faithful
nurse had enraptured him. He made
an honest, earnest declaration of love.
Elsa had bluEhed and trembled. Her
stepfather, coming in, flew into pas
sion. He drove Dacre forcibly from
the place. The next morning Dacre
found the little hut deserted. Elsa
and Thorpe had disappeared.
For month he sought them with
The Parker post., 1915-09-04
PRISONERS TO CUT WEEDS
VIII Be Used to Improve the High.
ways In Wayne County,
Indiana.

Richmond, Ind.-The elimination Of
weeds along the public highways is a
part Of the work of the road improve
ment," according to Superintendent
Jones Of the Wayne County Depart
ment of Highways, and accordingly
he will begin within the next few
weeks to cut weeds all over the
county.
Prisoners from the county Jail will
be used in this work, as they have
been during the spring in road re.
pair work. The county now has an
automobile truck used for the trans
portation Of prisoners to various parts
Of the county.
The experiment Of working prison.
ers on the roads was undertaken with
some misgivings by citizens, but now,
according to county officers, the only
objection comes from the prisoners
themselves, who prefer, in most cases,
to be permitted to spend their time in
idleness at the jail.
The Parker post., 1915-09-04
Grave DIaaer,s Record

Brazil, Ind.-William de Brular, who
has been a grave digger since 1881,
has dug more than 262,500 cubic feet
Of earth and rock from graves alone.
OF the $500 graves III were for per-
sons who met death by accident, five
were victims of murderers, one was
a murderer who took his own life and
SO were for persons who had commit
ted suicide. Mr.. de Brular was for.
merly o minister.
The Parker post., 1915-09-04
WOMEN WHO ARE
ALWAYS TIRED
May Find Help in This
Letter.
Swan Greek, Mich" / cannot speak
too highly of your medicine. When

Cnrougn neglect or
overwork I get run
down and my appe-
tite is poor and I
have that weak, Ian
guild, always tired
feeling, l get a bot
tie of Lydia E. Pink
hams V Vege ia Bile
Compound, and it
builds me up, gives
me strength, and re-
stores me to perfect
The Parker post., 1915-09-04
Reversing Conditions.

hGVeTSIn9 VOnuItIon8s
Mrs. Flatbush-How that boy of
yours is growing! l believe he is tall
er than his father.
Mrs. Bensonhurst-Yes, he is. You
see we are now cutting down the boys
,lothes for his father.
The Parker post., 1915-09-04
Crafty Editor.

A Virginia editor threatened to pub
fish the name of certain young man
who was seen hugging and kissing a
girl in the park unless his subscription
to the paper was paid up in week
Fifty-nine young men called and pait
up the next day. while two even paic
year in advance.
The Parker post., 1915-09-04
To Break In New Shoe.

Always shake in Aliens Foot-Ease,
q powder. It cures hot, sweating, ach-
ing, swollen feet. Cures corns, ingrow-
Ing nails and bunions. At all drug
gists and shoe stores, 25c. Don't ac-
cept any substitute Sample mailed
FREE. Address Allen s. Olmsted, LIE
Roy. N. Y. (adYt)
The Parker post., 1915-09-04
Need Fair Notice.

1t is said Marconi has invented a
device which will enable one to see
through brick wall and detect what
is going on within them. We hope
the inventor will give. fair notice Of
putting this invention on the market.
The poker games will need time to
hide in the Easements and caves
Houston Post.
The Parker post., 1915-09-04
Classified Column

BOILER AND MACHINE WORKS
Founders, machinists, pattern makers,
steel tanks, boilers, engines, ranges, fur
naces, boiler repairs. Pioneer Boiler q
Machine Works, S. W.. Cor. Palmetto ana
Caroline SITS. Phones A2211, Main 1885.
The Parker post., 1915-09-04

A scene such as this is not uncom-
mon in the countries stricken by the
war. This picture was taken In one
of the picturesque hamlets Of the
Spreewald, one Of the outskirts Of Ber-
lin. The natives Of this part Of the
country are descendants Of a very an.
cient race, the Wenden. They still
speak among themselves the ancient
language Of their ancestors. The
children, at an early age, are trained
In household duties. This custom now
shows its real value to the country
for the young children, together with
the older women, knit stockings for
the men at the front.
The Parker post., 1915-09-04

DIR. Pderce's Pleasant Pellets regu-
late and invigorate stomach, Mver and
bowels. Sugar-coated, tiny granules,
easy to take as candy. (Advt)
The Parker post., 1915-09-04

Her Way.
"That woman across the way treats
her husband like dog"
Poor mani"
ooh, he likes it. She's always feed
ing and petting him."
The Parker post., 1915-09-04
Their Glass.

Their Glass.
"Some malicious farmer must have
sowed thank-y you-marms on this road
'Well, if he did, he's raised Q
bumper crop"
The Parker post., 1915-09-04

health again. It is truly great bless
ing to women, and I cannot speak too
highly of it. take pleasure in recon-
mending it to others. Mrs. ANNIE
CAMERON, RID, No. 1, Swan Greek,
Michigan.
Another Sufferer Relieved.
Hebron, Me. "Before taking YOUR
remedies | was all run down, discour-
aged and had female weakness. took
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and used the Sanative Wash. and
find today that I am an. entirely new
woman, ready and willing to do nv
housework now, where before taking
your medicine it was dread. try to
impress upon the minds of all ailing
women I meet the benefits they can
derive from your medicines" = Mrs.
CHARLES Rowe, Kennebago, Maine.
If you want special advice
write to Lydia e. Pinkham Med
icine Co., confidential Lynn.
Mass. Your letter will be opened.
read and answered by a woman
and held in strict confidence.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-23
CITY NEWS.

Poultry and meats. Jos Haubert.
Summer dress goods going at big
reductions. Central Store.
Ask your dealer for Snowfall
Cleaner for white shoes. Price 10c.
A marriage license was issued
yesterday to Charles r. Puder. %
and Emma F. Falkenburg. IS, both of
Keokuk
ALI summer underwear, ladies',
gents and children's at 20 per cent
discount tomorrow. At the Central
The two automobiles ordered oy
the state dairy and food commission
to be used in scale testing are now
ready and will start Immediately on
tour OF the state. These cars have
specially designed bodies for the
transportation Of the apparatus used
in testing the scales. The exact
weight Of the cars is known and each
one carries 1000 pounds in weights
The cars are to be sent all over the
state for a complete test Of all the
coal and grain scales used. They will
be in charge of competent inspectors.
Ladies' and chndren's parasols at
very special prices. Central.
The supplemental supplement to
the code of 1915 has only been on the
market since yesterday, but the speed
with which lawyers are buying 1t up
is taxing the ability of Henry G. Sa-
berson, who is handling the business
of selling 1t, to the limit, says the
Des Moines Capital. Mr.. Saberson is
in charge of the blue sky" depart
ment In the office of the secretary OF
state, but has also taken over the
handling Of the, supplemental supple
ment. Fifteen hundred copies were
ordered. These contain the emerRn-
cy index, and sell for seventy-Nve
cents. The supply has not yet been
exhausted, but Is going fast.
Wash goods at almost half price
at the Central store.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-23

and site. 1t will be a two-story a sa
ern brick, 20x60 feet. Inc ster
equipment will be new. Pos. ne old
Ben C. Klusmeier has moved .n
equipment into temporary qu.A''
across the street.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-23
New Pos.osfiee for La Grange.

LA GRANGE, Mo-, July LA
Grange is to have a new postoffice
building. The structure is to be
erected by George A. Conrath, who
recently purchased the old building
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-23
Ask Reasonable Rates

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, July 23.-Tennes-
see agricultural implement makers to-
day asked the interstate commerce
commission for reasonable rates be-
tween southern points.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-05-20
RECIPROCAL DUTIES IN CITY BUILDING

There are two sides to the Public Progress Shield.
One shows the Commercial Organization working
with the people,
The other the People working with the Commercial
Organization.
The latter is just important as the former it would
not be a Shield if there were not two sides to it,
The trouble is, most persons but one side OF the
Shield.
But they do not recognize the equal need for the Peo
pie working with the Organization.
The People should at all times work untedly and
hamoniously with the Commercial Club
1t is the Peoples agency the Peoples Machinery for
the promotion Of Public Business.
Is it not the Peoples duty to get behind their own
Agency?
Is it not to the Peoples interest and benefit to CO.
operate enthusiastically and vigorously in the operation
of their own Machinery?
Once create Community Feeling like that once
stimulate Community Action along these lines and the
whole Aspect of the Development of Salem will change
decidedly for the Better
Enthusiastic Cooperation between the People and the
Commercial Club is the surest way to secure Community
Development.
Cooperation is the cheapest Tax the People can pay;
it is the best producer of Substantial Results
The Best Citizen is the One who does his Best to help
the Commercial Club do its Best.
And every wants to be counted as one of the Best
Citizens, Especially when this Citizenship is in Salem
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-05-20
POLITICS AND BUSINESS
"How small of i'll that human hearts endure

"How small Of i'll that human hearts endure
That part which kings or laws can cause or cure
The wise words of Oliver Goldsmith ought not to De
forgotten particularly in America where deep-seated
impression prevails and always has prevailed that the
universe is governed by congress and the state eglSa-
lures says the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.
There was time when laws were very powerful Ior
the veal or woe of nations and communities 1t was when
rulers were absolute with the power of life and death IN
their hands 1t was in early primitive days when all the
relations of society simple and little wealth had been
accumulated 1t was before the age of machinery.
But that is changed now. Industry creates vast
wealth. and commerce distributes it the world pref
ty much regardless of national boundaries or laws.
Economics has become far greater power than politics.
Business goes like the tides and the seasons with little
yielding to policies and parties and rulers and preudlces
Governing bodies affect it, Of couse-as local conditions
of shore and sea bottom may vary the time and volume
of the tide little and local geography may advance or
etard the coming of the for few days or weeks
But the part played by potcs-by statutes and admin
istrations is greatly exaggerated.
History ought to teach us how little can really af
feet the currents of industry and trade how business has
its own laws and tends to leap all artificial BARRIERS but
still go year after year imagining, something like
old King Canute that we can sweep back the economic
tide with the broom Of legislation We can only build
ships to float the tide and put up dykes here and there
to keep it from crowdng into forbidden quarters The
business is the real governing power and nations and
communities and political parties must in general adapt
themselves to 1t or be swept out of existence 1t may not
be best for the world but is the way Of the world
This is by no means an argument for toleratng the
abuses of business for neglecting to do what may be
done for the wise development of natural and
the fostering of manufacture and commerce 1t is merely
reminder that shouldn't expect too much from bal
lots laws and executives and shouldn't take the eXtrav
agant promises of politicians too seriously Even pres-
dents and congresses but cogs in the great world
machine by which all mankind produces exchanges and
consumes wealth.