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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-14
THE MARKINGS OF A MAN.

Leave in your sons such fighting spirit as
they have, is the advice Of Captain Tobin OF
Troop II, First cavalry, U. S. A., to the moth
ers of America Do not make lap dogs Of them.
The woman doesn't live who loves a coward;
yet if our luxury loving youth multiply as they
have of late years. there is very great danger OF
racial deterioration and decay.
There is no question to the value Of the
advice advanced by Captain Tobin. A wise
parent will not break the will of child but
seek rather to direct it to worthy ends. Nor
will an intelligent mother by word or act, by
coddling or by counsel, impair the courage or
the adventurous or intrepid spirit of her son.
a noble, chivarous manly man can be made OF
boy who will resist the tyrant of his play
grounds and fight at the drop of hat. He can
be made strong in adversely and gentle in his
strength; but it is uphill work to make any
thing out of a spiritless spirited boy.
The sagacious parents should prefer to have a
blooded boy overlastingly up to mischief
than a thin-haired, timorous, docile and abnor-
mally exemplary son. The red blood may be
too ready at times with tongue or fist may see
red upon occasion and may even have to fight
into subsection prediction for red liquor;
but he has in him the markings of man.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-14
vlel..ltudee Of Investore,

San Francisco Chronicle: When
the Western Pacific railroad was
built. its common stock simply repre-
scented whatever chance it had OF
getting any share Of the increment
OF values impaired to property all
along its line by those who risked
their money.
That increase Of land values was q
certainty. Those who did not risk .
cent have got their increase all righ..
which will Re further increased by
whatever addition Is made to the
railroads efficiency.
Something like 0.000. 900 was put
into the road on the security OF a
reinforced by a guaranty of interest
by the Denver and Rio Grande. then
believed to be more than competent
to make good fits guaranty.
And yet not merely the stock of
the company has been wiped out. but
all but $18.O00.00O of the actual ha-.l
, cash, including interest which actual
ly went into the road, which Is con-
coded to have been well and honestly
constructed. And the status Of that
| SIS 200, 900 has been redu eel from
that Of guaranteed bonds to the
apparently much less favor lb.e posi-
/ ton of stock. The bnninolders, Of
course, who have bought in the road
hope to make some money, but they
have got to get back over 100000, 900,
less whatever interest was paid to
them by the guarantor, before they
will receive what they actually put
into the road. They could not come
anywhere near it now.
The Western Pacific IL merely an
example familiar to US OF the for
tunes of probably three-fourths OF
the railroad mileage OF the country. In
each case there will be found the
squeezing out, not merely Of water"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-14
CLASS LINES AND CONTACT.

American railways now recognize what
amounts to three social strata of travellers
those who travel in PulnGans, those who travel
in tourist and those who sit up all night in
the day coaches. To these there might be
added two others-those who travel only in
private cars or on eXtra-fare limited trains, and
those who habitually travel in. under or on
freight cars, with or without the approval of
the brakemen. This is said to be degenera
ton from the good old times when all Ameri-
cans travelled in the same kind of physical and
mental discomfort in the same kind of car.
Nowadays the traveller may so regulate the
grandeur of his accommodations as to cores
pond in some degree with the state of his
pocketbook If he has plenty of money he does
not have to worry for fear nobody will find If
out.
This makes what might be called class
qualification. But class qualification cuts
both ways. Those who have great deal of
money often prefer not to mingle with those
who have only little, but people who bav.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-14
A Lesson to Parents.

Kansas City Starry: Occasionally
the community is brought face to face
with tragedy involving its young
people that stirs every parent to a
new sense OF responsibility but
for, the grace of God. there goes John
Wesley" was the exclamation OF the
great revivalist when he saw a drunk
en- man 60 Keeling by. But for the
grace OF God that might have been
my child" must be the feeling OF
fathers and mothers reading of these
tragedies that now and again are dis
closed In our complex social life.
There is no occasion here to COM
ment in detail on the wretched az
fair that is now before the federal
court in this city. The simple news
carries its own burning condemna-
ton The law and public opinion
may safely be trusted to deal with
those at fault.
But what is the responsibility OF
society for the future? How are we
to prevent occurrences OF similar
cases? How reduce the evil to its
lowest terms?
After all, the problem is largely one
of home training. The best we can
do Is to send our boys and girls out
into the world with high ideals. with
characters fortified to stand loyal to
duty. We all have seen boys from
good homes who seemed to have the
characteristic point Of view Of the
low pool hall We have seen girls
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-14

Knoxville Express: At Iowa City
the other evening, as a young man
and a girl from the country were
walking down the street, some hood
lums tore the boy away. The young
fellow promptly hit hoodlum in the
jaw and was chased block by the
mob, but the police saved him. The
same evening a young man and his
wife from Omaha, strangers in the
town, were pursued half a dozen
blocks: the Nebraska man finally
turned and knocked down one of the
pursuing gang. The police, SO the
newspapers say, had to hustle him
into hotel to save him from the
violence of the mob. And this was
In Iowa City, seat of the state uni
versity, principal fountain Of learnin g
in the state-and the hoodlums who
formed the mob were students sup
posed to have gone to the university
to get the higher learning, rather
than Central African savages who
know nothing of civilization. This is
the place and these are the surround
ings which the people Of Iowa pay a
great sum of money each year to
support And no doubt the folks
back home" are scrimping and saw
ing and denying themselves the com
forts of life to support many OF these
young hoodlums in what ought to be
an earnest effort to learn and fit
themselves for life. but what seems
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-14

The great event OF the year draw
eth near. Already in the eastern sky
one observes peculiar bright rays ex-
tending themselves and radiating all
over the United States. The presi-
dental comet is coming and will ne
visible all over our land in great
brilliancy for just one day. When
astronomers were making critical
examination along the orbit when
Halley's comet was expected to APP
pear, they knew that the comet was
very near from the uneasy and dis
turbed actions of other planetary
bodies along the celestial pathway of
Halley's historic and well studied
comet Well may we affirm that
many bodies and enterprises have
been disturbed because of the sure
arrival OF the presidential comet in
the United States on the first Tues
day after the first Monday In Novem-
Der. And what worldwide and i'm
mensely important event this one day
will be when SO many millions of
American citizens, men and women,
appear in dress parade and patriotic
duty and make their declarations as
to who shall be president OF this vast
republic.
A few days after this shall appear
in print the luminary will appear and
the great decision be made in one
day.
And what quiet campaign this
has been! haven't heard one
hurrah for either Hughes or Wilson.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-14
Greece and the Greeks.

.
Mythology derived the name.
Greece, from an ancient king.
Graecus.
The Greeks are tabled to have been
the progeny OF Javan, fourth son of
Japheth.
Athens, the Greek capital. has a
population about equal to that of To-
ledo. O.
Agriculture is the chief industry of
Greece. and the principal exports are
ores, wines, fruits and olive oil.
The national flag Of Greece CON
sists OF nine stripes. alternate blue
and white. and with a white cross
In the blue neld.
Education is compulsory in Greece
between the ages of 5 and IL. but a
large proportion OF the population is
illiterate.
Greece is an irregular-shaped coun-
try, with an area of 24,528 square
miles, or slightly smaller than the
state Of West Virginia.
The Greek orthodox church, gov
erned by permanent council called
the holy synod, is the state religion
OF Greece, but complete liberty OF
worship prevails.
| The Greek army consists Of 10000
officers and men on peace footing.
about 15O, 900 on war footing, but
with reserves 1t can put In the held
about 100000 men.
The Greek navy includes four
battleships, two of which were pur-
chased from the United States and
renamed. In addition there are sew.
eral cruisers and lighter craft.
| The total population of Greece is
about 100000, or less than half the
population of Greater New York. Mil
lions Of Greeks. however. live outside
the limits Of the kingdom.
Greece won its independence in the
struggle Of 1929, after centuries OF
1880 declared an independent king
dom under the protection of Great
Britain, France and Russia.
/ In the war with Turkey. which
arose in 1897, out of Greek sympathy
with Crete, Greece was defeated, and
had to pay heavy indemnity and to
| submit to q strategic reconstruction
Of the frontier in Turkeys favor.
Under the Greek constitution OF
1864, revised several years ago, the
executive power Is vested in the king
and his responsible ministers. The
| legislative authority in the hands OF
the boule or house of representatives
elected by manhood suffrage.
| The present king of Greece is Con
stantine l, who succeeded to the
throne after the assassination Of his
/ father in 1913. The mother of King
! Constantine was the Grand Duchess
! Olga Of Russia and his wife was the
Princess Sophie of Prussia, sister OF
the present German emperor.
| The king and queen of Greece have
/ six children: Crown Prince Georgios
born 1890, unmarried; Prince Alexan
dros, born 1893; Princess Helene
born 1896; Prince Paulos, born 1901
Princess Irene, born 1904, and Prin
cess Catherine, born 1913. The king
has four brothers and one sister
| living.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-14

of similar parentage who seemed to
have no ideal beyond having "a good
time"
In these cases something usually
has been wrong with the home train
ing. Perhaps the home life has been
forbidding. Perhaps 1t has been SO
engrossed with outside interests that
father and mother have had little
time to devote to becoming acquaint-
ed with the children. Perhaps it has
failed to provide the training In care
for the welfare Of others, which 1t Is
every child's birthright to have.
1t is no easy task to bring up q
child in the way he should go. It
demands infinite patience. and CIV
ing OF interest and attention that
sometimes we are unwilling to be-
stow. The pathetic story OF Luzon
Koppenhaver will incite all parents
to consider anew how they are meet
Ing the obligations they have. as
sumed in the rearing Of sons and
daughters.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-14

We describe the natural history Of the SOUL but
know divine I tell II these wonder
full qualities which house today frame shall
reassembe In equal activity In similar Frame or
before they natural history like that
Of this body you before you; but this one thing
know, that these qualities did not begin to exist cannot
be sick my sickness buried in grave; but
that they circulate through the Universe before the
world they Nothing bar them out, or shut
penetrate and land space and
tie and hold the key to the universal
Mature. draw from this faith, courage and hope Az
things is to be surprised ~
communication Nothing be greater than It. Let
those those who WILL The soul 10 In her
native realm and It is wider than space. than te
wide hope rich Iove.-Raph Waldo Emerson
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-14
A catechisn.

|
Manchester Press: What is r
paper?
Print paper is something on Wit
newspapers are printed when III
can get 1t.
Is 1t hard to get print paper!
1t is not hard to get enough for
week or two in advance, il you hs
the money.
Does it take money to buy pri
paper?
It does, and then some.
How much money does 1t take!
All that the editor can make, a
ed to his home. family COW. grapi
phone and underwear.
Is the Press printed on print papel
At the present writing it Is, but
will soon be reduced to the editotl
old shirts and nighties.
What is the Press paying for prh
paper?
When 1t pays for anything, whia
is very seldom, 1t pays all that i
trahic will bear and II the traffic &c
any heavier may the Lord hal
mercy on our souls.
What Is the latitude and longitu
OF the present traffic?
! We have not heard from the pap
house for a day or two, but at pr
ent print paper, such as the Press
using, sets us back 81 cents poun
We have been buying 1t heretofo
for 8 cents q pound. This is why q
editor is about to leave town al
swallow the contents Of drug stos
Under these narrowing circm
stances. should We subscriber get so
| and froth at the mouth il his pap
is stopped when the time is out!
He should not Rather, he shou
fall on both kneecaps and offer !
| thanks because taxes are not increa
ed owing to the great influx of q
| tors to the poor house.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-14
The Good Times.

Burlington Hawk+Eye: There is
much talk of the good old times, and
there probably always has been and
always will be such talk Many peo-
pie are SO constituted that they are
continually looking backward, and
with fondness do they dwell upon
the times that are gone. Distance
does lend enchantment to the view.
And perhaps much of the trouble and
discomfort is softened by the finger
of time, and the pleasures and joys
Of the past are consequently brought
out more prominently upon the can
vas. To be sure. there was much
that was good and blessed in the
good old times. 1t was always good,
just to be alive and to bask in the
! sunshine, or to hunt the shade. when
the rays OF the sun beat down too
fiercely. There was always the at
lection Of good people. and there
helpfulness in the world. But, after
all. there has never been time in
all the past when it was SO good to
be alive as in the present. We are the
heirs of all who went before US and
| it is indeed a glorious Inheritance
that we are enjoying and as rule
making good use Of. By the same
token, the best times OF all, far bet
ter than the pres ent on, the good old
days, are those which are hidden In
the future. Many Of the dreams OF
good people will be realized in the
years that are coming, and It, will in
deed be good times for all the world.
Going back to the good old times,
which lie but a very short journey
behind us, just put yourself back
thirty or forty years, in some Iowa
community, in the days before wire
screen was invented, and when not
even the mosquito netting had come
into use. Some people waged a
hopeless war against the fly, and 9TH
ers simply surrendered and let the
pests wander over them and over
their food at their own sweet will. II
something akin to relief was desired.
or on special occasions, one or two
members of the family cut branches
from trees and waved them over the
table and the guests, and sometimes
into the milk or the butter, which
was often no more consistent than
the milk. But as a rule, people
simply got down to the very earnest
business Of eating and disputed with
the swarms of flies for their share
OF the good things that had been pre-
pared. In these comparatively fly
| less days. one look back with some
thing akin to horror upon the good
old times. when the fly was undisput
ed master of the situation. Summer
DAYS in Iowa began to become really
enjoyable after screened doors and
windows and porches and refriger
ators came into general use.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-14

this point Of view are generally not great loss
to the circles which are deprived Of their So
ciety Exclusive people are rarely very inter
Iesting, because they have deliberately narrowed
their opportunities for coming in contact with
interesting men and ideas. The exclusive cui-
|tured people are bad enough, but the exclusive
rich would bore recording angel
So it isn't necessary to worry about the
class lines which we see being drawn here and
there between the extremely well-to-do and the
rest of the people. Glass lines which bar tire
some individuals from contact with the other
kind make the other kind by that much more
interesting medium in which to live and circu
late.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-14

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but of actual cash. In some case,
cash was dishonesty diverted +
the hands Of unfaithful officials. +
It was lost to those who Furnished
Just the same. and in most cases I
loss resulted from too great optimi1
by investors or lack Of skill in ,
trolling officials, which are among
risks which investors in railro
must take and for which those Z
succeed expect profit.
The majority Of our present ~
railroad systems are the result Of
organizations similar to that Of
Western Pacific.
Considering our entire railroad !
tenn. there is probably not a drop
water" In It.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-14
ToDAY,s BIT OF VERSE
ocIoRERs RRleHI BLUE WEATHER.

ocToBER'S BRIGHT BLUE WEATHER.
O suns and skies and clouds OF June,
And flowers of June together,
Ye cannot rival for one hour
October's bright blue weather.
When gentians roll their fringes tight
To save them for the morning,
And chestnuts fall from satin burrs
Without a sound of warning;
When on the ground red apples lie
In piles like jewels shining,
And redder still old stone walls
49,, Are leaves of woodbine twining.
10y Helen Hunt Jackson
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-14

in good many cases merely an eff
fort to qualify for inebriate hospital
and penitentiaries. College life to a
considerable extent is a method Of
expending what the old man has
made raising hogs in giving the boys
a chance to raise hell
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-14
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: An exchange
explains that I'VE need yirile bIts
and girls" Everybody will guess
what the editor means. OF cour se,
there can be no yirile girls, and when
q boy becomes virtle. he is no longer
boy And still the editor Is right,
and everybody agrees with him.
Cedar Rapids Republican: Ever
democratic papers, among them the
Washington Democrat, are beginning
to protest against the Registers Will
fication of the republican candidate.
The Washington paper says that the
Des MOines organ is really hurting
instead of helping Meredith. We
found that out some time ago and
the only thing we have been fearing
is that the Register might come to
its senses and cease it's insane at
tacks on man it has vowed to
drive from public life."
Cedar Rapids Gazette: If race OF
pygmies should be discovered, Iowa
has the very thing they will want by
way Of politics. Any insect, quadru-
ped or biped, having brain tissue in
excess OF one drachm weight, may
properly aspire to political promi-
nence. The more competent bugs
may even become popular idols.
Waterloo Courier: Mother Jones
told the women of New York that
they ought to be. out raising hell"
But the old fashioned mother prefers
to stay at home and raise the kids
Ottumwa Courier: The rigors of
war have shown the people OF Eng
land the fallacy of free trade and
that greatest OF merchant nations is
to adopt a protective tariff. That
will mean the cutting off of one of
the best paying markets Of the Unit
ed States. Likewise it will mean in
creased production In England and a
consequent stronger invasion of the
United States markets.
Washington Democrat: Bryan is
| the most abused and the best beloved
democrat in tire world today, and we
may as well understand that now, ls
any other time. Without Bryan we
would not have the ghost of a show
at the polls this autumn.
Sigourney Review: Now is the
time for all you men and women who
have been talking dry for a quarter
| of century to come to the rescue
OF Mr.. Meredith.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-14

To do an evil act is base. To do good
one without mourning danger, is common
enough But it is the part Of good man to
do great and noble deeds though he risk
everything in doing them.-Plutarch.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-14

Luck plays many favorites at Nj
waukee. Jimmy Owen, barkeep
modest mein, il heir to one-thfrd
his grandmother's estate, valued
100000. and will forsake the steir
for the sport Of aviation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-14

Great Britain and France have =
stored the hands Of the clocks to u
old standard OF time reckoning. Th
advantages derived from the hou
saving plan >remain to be checked u
Inventors have discovered that ele
tricity applied to soil moistened wit
salt water will destroy potato bus
and other insect pests without inju
ing growing crops.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-14

If General Goethals, who is to preside over
the investigation of the eight-hour matter, had
always adhered to the eight hour rule in his
own work it is doubtful if ships would now be
passing through the Panama canal.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-14

Some day there will arise demand for the
eight-minute Sunday sermon.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-14

The Associated Confectioners of the country
have set apart today, October fourteenth, as
/" candy day. on which everybody will be ex-
ipected to buy or eat or give away candy. In
view of the candy-eating proclivities of the
American public, this is almost as sensational
a decision as to fix a day for motoring or see
ing baseball game
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-14

Surely, good term deserves another
and so the electors of Lee county will register
when they return Supervisor Maxwell to office
at the coming November election. Being SUI
prvisor is business-the peoples business.
Mr. Maxwell's conduct of county affairs has
never been Justly criticised. He has handled
the affairs Of the people he represents he
would conduct his own.