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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07

ness, how much is going onf Yor
 wish you had a dozen pair of eyes. SO you wouldn't miss a single thinet You munch your peanuts and look this way and that and the other: and pres ently Pa says to Ma-oh yes. Ma went too-'L Lands sakes, Ma, he'll twist his head off if he doesn't stop that!r Ma laughs and says, "Oh. Pa. look at that man with those ice cream cones-let's have some of them,v The performance goes on. one thrilling act after another. And you get happier and happier all the time and you laugh yourself sick at the clowns and yell and throw peanuts at them whenever they pass in front
 of you.
 Presently, maybe, you espy dainty little miss right in the ring in front of you. She has gorgeous golden hair, and she's wearing 8 wonderful short.
 pink skirt that looks like-well, Nike the foam at the top of a glass of strawberry ice cream soda. She has diamond buckles on her trim little shoes and she balances herself won derfully-on one foot, mind you on top of a big ball painted red and decorated with gilt stars and half
 moons.
 She twists and turns and dances and kisses her hand at the audience
 no, by George, not at the audience,
 but at youl Shucks, guess you can tell when a persons looking straight
 at you, can't youl Of course you canl
 Then as the performance goes on to its close and the side shows open
 up you-but what's the use of trying to describe it, It can't be done. So don't let's even try to. Just let's
 say again, 'The circus is here, Hur- ray! Hurray!'
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It, meaning the huge tent under which the performance will be given. Per- haps one of them lets you help pull on the canvas or, maybe, hand him a peg.
 Now and then, if you look sharply, you catch a glimpse of one of the ami malls feeding in his wagon or of the elephants all herded together at one i end of the lot eating their morning meal
 Then comes the time when they form for the morning parade through the town. What a noise and din there is with the animals roaring, the men believing out orders and the wagons creaking as they wheel into line.
 You are torn between two desires whether to tramp into, town along with the head of the procession, or l whether to watch the whole parade pass by and then run ahead as fast as you can and reach the first band wagon before it gets to Main street. 1 As the parade turns into Main street, you march proudly along by l the wagon with the biggest and loud est band playing on top of it. And you just can't help but feel that every body is looking at you and knows that you, too, are in the parade.
 Then, just before you come to Her house, maybe. you drop back until you are directly opposite the wagon 1 (sides open) which carries the big I lion; and you walk real close to him, pretending to be utterly indifferent to the danger of a paw suddenly stretched out between the bars and well-tearing your arm out or your head off! Brave? You bet you are! And as you pass Her house you glance out of the corner of your eye to see
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| tato is lifted on his fork, you ask in your best company" voice, "Pa. won't you have some more of these pota- toes?" He looks at you in surprise and then grins. For he, too, has been boy and remembers circus time
 Well, Ma" he says, as he pushes back the plate on which was his big slice of lemon pie, q daresay this young rascal doesn't care much about seeing the circus this afternoon? ?"
 Ma smiles and looks at you low ingly. And you just grin and get red clear up to the top of your ears.
 Well, Son." Pa continues, with a sly wink at Ma. you weren't planning on going today were you? Guess you'd rather split up the rest of that wood in the woodshed, wouldn't you?''
 You hasten to assure him that it's already split-and he can come out and see for himself what a good job you made of it!
 Pa reaches in his pocket-slowly, slowly-and pulls out a half-dollar. There now, guess this'l1 see you through, eh?"
 You are just in the midst of thank ing him and telling how disappointed you'd have been if he hadn't let you go, when he exclaims:
 T do believe, Ma, I'd better go along with him! He's such a careless young rascal that he might try to bite a lion or-er-or upset an elephant or-or-"
 "Go long with you, Par laughs Ma. Whats the use of pretending? You know perfectly well you've been plan ming to go with him for the past two weeks. I'd just like to see a circus come to town and you miss it!'' And inside the "big top" Good
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07

~ DON it will be time to run out \ into the fields and pick daisies ~ Did you ever make daisy v chain? No! Then I will tell you how to make the kind of chain the May Queen wore when she sat on her fowery throne.
 Gather only the daisies with long stems, and make loop in the stem about an inch from the flower. Put the head of another daisy through it, and then tighten the loop so as to hold the daisy. You can make this chain as long as you want and you can wear it either around your head, neck or waist
 Did you know that Daisy means Days Eye?" The daisy opens with the rising of the sun and shuts up, or goes to sleep when the sun sets hence it's name.
 One day little Lucy Smith had to stay in bed because she had a spring cold. The poor child did not know how to make the time pass and she fretted herself into a headache. Mother wondered what she could give the child to do, when suddenly she saw the vase of daisies on the little table beside the bed.
 Come dear, I'll show you how to make a family of Daisy Children, {" said Mother, seating herself beside Lucy.
 She took daisy out of the vase
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07

WeD circus? Indeed no!
 First of all, you see the big, brightly colored posters. There's a huge one
 on the side of the blacksmith's shop
 and it is so gorgeous that you simply
 can't take it all in at one glance you have to look at it in sections. Why, it's almost as good as seeing the
 circus itself.
 There's the big ring. with a couple of clowns falling over each other in their awkward, funny fashion. Then there's the Ring Master, in his black | silk evening clothes and high hat; and he's cracking his long whip as a beautiful milk-white horse prances around with a beautiful maiden bal ancing herself on his broad back and jumping through paper hoops, one after another, with never a thought of the nasty fall she'd have should her dainty foot slip.
 Overhead, trapeze artists are flying through the air as though they had wings, serenely indifferent to the dizzy height at which they are performing. And in one corner are the acrobats, doing "fiip-fops" over the backs of seven elephants standing in a row. Then. of course, there are the ami mals-ferce lions, sleek, treacherous looking tigers, long-necked giraffes, clumsy, numbering hippopotami, state ly zebras, agile. chattering monkies and-goodness me-one never could name them all!
 The great day dawns at last. You are up with the sun and out at the big lot on the outskirts of the town where, already, the men are beginning to put up the "big-top," as they call
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07

Mother spread a large paper over the bed so that Lucy would not spot the covers with ink, and handing her pen and ink said: Make two eyes, a nose and a mouth.'
 Lucy laughed aloud at the comical face, and for that day, at least, mother had no further trouble keeping the child in bed.
 When Lucy was able to run out in the fields again her mother told her to pick Dandelions.
 Bring them home to me and I will show you how to make chain.'' Lucy felt a little sad to see her
 mother nip the flowers from the stems, but this chain was to be made
 of rings. One end of the dandelion
 stem Is smaller than the other, and the stem is hollow. Push the smaller end of stem into the larger and you
 will have ring any size you please, | Just as Lucy had. Now before making the next ring pass the stem through l the first ring and then join it. A livery pretty link-chain can be made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07

visit to England the birds were reused
 from their siumper and began a most singular and insistent clamor. This sudden outcry of scared birds was heard in places so far away from the Zeppelin's line of travel that the hu
 man ear would not catch the sound of the big engines at all And now and then in that firing line where they sing and play so fearlessly they pay the penalty of their daring. They don't get hit by shrapnel, but they come within the area of violent air vibration caused by bursting shell and this kills them. No wonder, when the concussion can throw a grown man off his legs and out of his wits!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07


 anniversary of Florence Night ingale This lady had the distinction of being the first Red Cross nurse, in fact she called the organization into existence. Florence Nightingale was born in sunny Florence, Italy, and was named after that beautiful spot, where flowers hold full sway. When wee child she showed her fondness, not only for flowers and plants, but for everything in nature. When a. young girl she lived in a town in Eng land, and she had little corner of the garden for her special care. Her fa- ther said of her 'She is a born gar dener" and be encouraged her to care for wild flowers as well as the culti- vated ones.
 Florence is born nurse,' said Mir. Nightingale to his wife one day. q found her yesterday caring for poor little robin that had broken it's wing, and then she built the bird Q nest. l dare say she intends to feed it until 1t can hunt it's own food again"
 Whenever she found any animal or bird that was hurt, or any creature that was suffering she nursed it, and by and by her father gave her a cor -ner in the greenhouse for hospital purposes, and he called her The little
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07
THE SUN.

~ HE sun makes all the cherries A red, N And makes the oak trees tall, And ripens berries by the shed
 And grapes along the wall. The sun makes wrens and robins sing
 And makes the kitties play, And stretch and roll like anything
 And keeps them glad all day. And I'll take of my stockings so
 My legs can have some fun. And roll up both my sleeves and so
 A wading in the sun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07

MA or long ago you were told about X poor little Hans and the trouble. W he was having in school witt 8 k the English language. Well every day his perplexities seemed te increase, and the German youtf wished himself back in his own coun try many time. in spite of tht troublesome times they were havins over there.
 | Here is an instance of the othel days troubles. His teacher called ol him and said:
 Now Hans, spell ONE for me" ONE spells ONE" Very good. Now spell WON. DER,'" said Teacher.
 "O-N-E-D-E-R WONDER"
 Wrong" said Teacher, and she told him the correct way. Then she said Spell Two TWO, TWO,'' was Hans answer Correct. The next word is DO ' "DW-O spells DO." Teacher laughed. Spell LAUGH ? Hans spells LA U-G-H-LAUGH,' 2 proudly.
 Then Teacher asks him GALE"
 Hans promptly, "C-A-U-G- H. CALF"
 Wrong again" Spell 'ENOUGH.'
 Hans, "E-N-O-U-G U-G-H - ENOUGH ?
 Right, and now be careful and spell STUFF"
 Hans answered, triumphantly SIT OUCH spells STUFF"
 You are hopeless,' said the teach CT. "Go home and study from the book"
 That night Hans had a funny dream. The 26 letters of the alpha bet rose in rebellion and jumped around his bed. They scolded him for not giving them more serious thought. and they argued with the poor little German until his head ached
 They all talked together and they talked in a streak. and one letter more precocious than the rest q think it was the K) beat him most unmer- cifully. As the boy lay exhausted in his bed. he dreamt the door opened and in came the teacher. Hans cried out his heart on her sympathetic breast, and begged her to have just a little more patience with him.
 Teacher then ordered the alphabet to arrange themselves in straight line, and then she led Hans up to them
 This she said. lis your new mas ter" Hans bowed, and Teacher con- tinued: T want you to serve him well. Treat him kindly and do your best. Remember he comes from far across the ocean and everything is new
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07

HlITH little food fox had been " So nearly starved that he
 was thin. He smelled within an ancient oak Provisions left by hunter folk. The opening they had nearly closed To make quite sure as they supposed. Against intruders such as he. This cupboard of hollow tree. The odorous treasure to secure He squeezed him through the aperture, And said, Twill be my wisest plan, To put within me all 1 can. Whate'er is left I'll gather then, And carry safely to my den.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07

if she is witnessing this astounding display of bravery
 When Pa comes home for dinner at noon you're right there to open the door for him and to see that his glass is filled with fresh, cold water just pumped from the we'll You sit in vour place at the table as though the
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different to the noise of firing there
 is much evidence that they are leenly sensitive to the impact of air-waves When the Zeppelins paid their first
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07

Right In the ring in front of you. Preacher were present, and you are careful to hold your knife and fork just so and not to wipe your mouth on the back of your hand.
 You watch Pas plate and, just be- fore the last mouthful of mashed po-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07

and strange to him.
 We will" cried the 26 letters in such loud chorus that Hans woke up with start However, he remem- bered his dream. and he and his 26 servants got along much better after 1 that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07

But when he wished to go, he found
 That he had grown so large and round
 He could not pass the narrow space, And. like a prison was the place. Another fox, soon passing by. Thus answered his bewailing cry: No use at all, my friend. to groan. One thing there is to do alone; Stay where you are till you are thin, And may come out as you went in. To one with sudden riches great, Unhtted for his new estate;
 Adversity applied once more Will bring him where he was before.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07

- = III France. The rooms perch on the edge of the trenches and peer down as if they were generals on in spection; they are tempted into the very trenches themselves to have a share of the rations. Game and perched on my bayonet, the little beg gar did," as one of the soldiers said, when put it up out of the trench, just the same as a Christmas card" Sometimes in the course of heavy cannonading, the sky-larks, high in the sky through which the shells are hurtling, go singing as if they were trying to drown with their song the noise of the bombardment.
 Mere noise has very little terror for birds as English people know who watch thrush on her nest by the side of a railway cutting, while an express goes by at the rate of sixty miles an
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07

DELETIONS. |. Delete a letter from a machine producing motion and find a waste land.
 3. Delete a letter from precious stone and leave to sound loudly. !. Delete letter from a nourish- ing food and leave to stuff. {. Delete a letter from a small Branch and leave active.
 FLORAL MIX UP. L-e-i-o-s-t-v, y-p-p-p-o, s-o-p-e-i-r- mr., n-y-s-p-a, a-y-s-d-i, n-m-u-i-g-r-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07

|e-a, i-t-l-p-u, p-r-e-t-o-o-e- -e-i-h-l.
 ANSWERS. DELETIONS: l, Motor-moor; 2, Peartpeal,; 3, Cream-cran,; 4, Spray Spry.
 Floral Mir-up: Violets. poppy, prim- rose, pansy daisy, geraniuma, tulip, helotrope.
 BASEBALL PUZZLE. One in center 0f picture betWeen tuo boys, one at the right of picture behind boy, and one bet,Deen feet of bOn in renter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07
sHELL-F1RE AND THE BIRDS.

NA ANY people have been won-
 dering over the behavior of
 the birds on the fighting line U r in France. The robins perch
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07
A Born Durse

~L 0 RENCE NIGHTINGALE. ew born May 12, 1920.
 Next Friday is the birthday
 o1.tx,arsa,-- of u7lorAy,ca NySol~4
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07
Hans Troubles

MA or long ago you were told about
 W H poor little Hans and the troubles W he was having in school with @ k the English language. Well,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07
pHESE are circus days-Hurray
 Is there anything quite so thrill

Ing, so utterly enjoyabIe as a circls? Indeed mol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-07
Out in the Fields

Q DON it will be time to run out M into the fields and pick daisies
 Y Did you ever make daisy W chain? Noi Then I will tall
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-05-10
SENATOR ALLEN IN
CITY, MEETS VOTERS
Pocahontas Man Who Is Candidate
for Governor, Stopped Here
Yesterday Few Hours.

Senator Joseph II. Allen, of PoCa-
hontas, was in the city yesterday in
company with E. r. Smith, of Fair
field, an old college classmate, and
visited a number of the republican
voters. Mr.. Allen is a candidate for
governor. He left Atlantic last We'd
nesday for an automobile tour of the
southern part of the state and has
driven /, 900 miles since leaving At
lantc. He was in Ottumwa Tuesday
forenoon and enrOute to keokuk de-
livered number OF addresses and
was greeted with attentive and large
audiences He spoke in Fort Madi-
son last night. Mr.. Allen is courag-
eous in his position on important
matters and has brought forth crit
icism from the railroads for his po-
sition on the tax question. He has
also aroused the packers for his
position regarding the price paid for
live stock and methods of fixing
compensation and is opposed to the
South American competition with the
Iowa farmer. He is for good roads
but prefers that each locality decide
just what is the best material to be
used. He is one that believes in en-
couraging good roads, but is not in
favor of compulsory road legislation.
MI Allen says that Iowa roads just
now have permitted him to cover
considerable distance in his six
cylinder machine.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-05-10

1awton, Oka.-"When began to take Lydia E. Pmkhan1s
Vegetable Compound
and had much the time and irregular agan
before little child did wonderful OF
good at that time fail to recommend Lydia Pnkham
Vegetable Compound ang because has much
for meMrs A. L. MoCAsLAND, 500 Have St, awton, Okla.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-05-10
SAL M.
. = . - 80 80 -

Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Grim who have
been visiting the 1atter's sisters,
Misses Alice and Clara Cooper, and
other relatives for several weeks, De
parted Tuesday to visit relatives at
various points In Iowa and Nebraska
before they return to their home at
Central Point, Oregon.
Ed M. Watkins of Garden City,
Kansas. who purchased the Watts
store will soon be a resident of Salem.
In the meantime w. T. Morrow will
manage the business.
Mrs. AlonZo Barr, Dayton, Ohio;
Van Davis. Mt. Ayr; Mrs. Walter
Burns and Mrs. Jim Davis, Bonaparte,
recently spent day at the A. David
son home.
Thursday friends of Mrs. Patti
Frame Thornburg received the news
Of the death Of her husband, Harry
Thornburg, who passed away at his
home at Fairfield, after an illness of
few days duration. Besides the
wife, one little son survives him.
Mrs. J. T. Ingrim and Mrs. w. e.
Simkin are delegates to attend the
M. E. w. F. NJ. S. convention to be
held at Fl. Madison. May $40.
Mrs. G. II. Cook and daughter
MlTldIu, spent tuS LII 81 VI ioSS "SSh
with the formers sister Mrs. Harry
Reeves, at Keokuk.
Mrs. Fred Taylor was a guest OF
her daughter Mrs. Roy Smith at Mt.
Pleasant. several days Of last week.
Mrs. Martha Yakle. after visiting
at the home of her brother Milton
Smith, returned to Mt. Pleasant.
C. 1. DeSashmutt sold tract of
five and one-half acres Of land just
south of town, to Mrs. Rue Garretson
for the consideration of $4,000.
Mrs. Frank Way came from Keo-
kuk and -spent several days with her
mother Mrs. Caroline Campbell.
Mrs. Lucy Tirary is home from
visit with relatives at Richland.
l.. F. Phillips and wife of Gravity,
arrived Saturday morning. While
here they are guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
7. r. Insrim. MI Phillips and MP.
Insrim were boyhood chums and
were comrades in the Second Iowa
light artillery during four years OF
the civil war.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Scott and chill
dren Of Stockport spent Saturday ana
Sunday with Mrs. SCOTS mother Mrs.
Elizabeth Ofdt. Sunday they autoed
to Mt. Pleasant and enjoyed a few
hours visit with Mr.. SCOTS sister
Mrs. Clara Glover.
Mrs. Emma Keller entertained her
niece Mrs Ward Decker, from BITS
toll, Colo. ,-
John EIerton. Aurora, Nebr.. Frank
Elerton, Chicago, were sreetihS
friends at Salem Saturday. They
we're called to Mt. Pleasant by the
death of their mother Mrs. Mary Eler-
Ton. who passed away at the home of
her daughter. Funeral was held from
the residence Friday. Burial at HIS
boro by the side Of her hus oano.
nrr T Grim, Mrs. Kate Carlisle
made a trip In the Foss car to Fl.
Madison. viewed the big dam at keo-
xxx and enjoyed the sights at varl-
GUS points Sunday. -
III Pickard and daughter Clara Wis
tied relatives at Bonaparte sunday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-05-10
You Can't Brush Or
Wash Out Dandruff

The only sure way to get rid of dand-
ruff il to dissolve it, then you destroy it
entirely. To do this. get about tour
ounces of ordinary liquid arvon; apply 1t
at night when retiring; use enough to
moisten the scalp and rub it II, gently
with the finger tips.
Do this tonight, and by morning most
if not all of your dandruff will be gone;
and three or four more applications WIZ
romnleteIv dissolve and entirely destroy.
every single sign and trace of it, no mat
fer how much dandruff you may have. :,
You will find, too, that all itching and
DIGGING of the scalp will stop at once,
and your hair will be fluffy, lustrous;
glossy, silky and soft and look and feel
a hundred times better.
You can get liquid arvon at any drug
store. 1t is inexpensive and never taas
to do the work.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-05-10
EeaHk for
sick 1G0men
For Forty Years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Has Been
Woman's Most Reliable Medicine
Here is More Proof.

To who suffering from form of
woman's special ns and have constant fear of breaking
down. the three following letters ought to bring hope:-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-05-10
GET RID OF HUMORS
Hood's SarsapariIIa Is the Medicine
TO Take-Makes Pure Blood.

Dry. moist, scaly letter, pimples,
Dolls, and other eruptions come from
numors, which may be either inherited,
or acquired through defective diges-
ton and assimilation.
10 treat these eruptions with dry
ing medicines is dangerous.
Hoods Sarsaparilla, the old reliable
medicine, helps the system to dis
charge the humors, and improves the
digestion and assimilation.
Get Hoods Sarsaparilla from your
druggist. 1t may be confidently relied
upon to do its work. 1t purifies the
Dlood tones the stomach, and builds
up the whole system. It goes to the
roots OF diseases, and its beneficial re-
suits are permanent. 1t sets things to
rights in the system. Remember to
ask for Hoods Sarsaparilla, because
nothing else acts like it and nothing
else can take its place.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-05-10
EARLY MORNING FIRE
CALL IS RECEIVED
About Twenty-Five Dollars Worth Of
Damage Done In Home Of
Mrs. j. w. Patterson,

A fire alarm was turned in at 400
O'Clock this morning from the home
of Mrs. J. w. Patterson, lilo Frank
lin street. A lamp in the bathroom
beside an open window was blown
over and the floor was set CT fire.
Curtains and some clothing were
burned also. The total loss was about
twenty-five dollars. When the alarm
was turned in the fire department
made the run to Twelfth and Frank
lin streets, but were unable to find
the fire. The firemen then went to
Seventh and Franklin and then re-
turned to the station. Central was
called and supplied the correct num-
Der and another trip was made. The
firemen had no difficulty in extin-
gushing the small blaze.