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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-19
Franklin street PAVING. J

10 the Editor OF Inc Gate CITY
There has been considerable discus
sion and some criticism Of :he recent
action OF the council in regard TO
street work. and the statement. has
been made that Keokuk is behind in
paving its streets. Some have implied
that our citizens are not up to the
times in this respect notably those
living on Franklin street. Possibly.
1t has been stated by a number of
representative citizens that in order
to get any work through south OF
Main street it was necessary to make
a goat of some street north of
Main street This seems impossible,
as it would tend to create an antago-
nistic feeling between people living
in different parts OF the city which
should not exist. But a recent UNI
signed communication published in
The Gate City would indicate that
such is the condition. as the writer
seemed to think that If the Franklin
street paving with brick was not put
through that Eighteenth street also
should be released from paving. He
seems to overlook the fact that
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-19
A wide-spreading hopeful disposition is
your only true umbrella in this sale of tears.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
TAGoRE's TEACHING.

The most illustrious native Of modern India
Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the Nobel
prize for literary productions of surprising
merit, contemplates visit to this country. Ia
gore is highly gifted man of remarkable
spirituality, and it is unfortunate that there is
no living master of our language capable of
clothing the thoughts of this Bengalese in Eng
lish for the benefit of occidental readers. The
one thought forever uppermostin Tagore IS mind
is one on which this hurrying, materialistic
generation of ours may dwell with profit.
Our civilization with it's myriad mechanical
appliances for making life comfortable has be-
come, as this sweet souled mystic sees it. bar
rier to the inner spirit of man. Our life is SO
intricate that it has lost it's transparency of sim
plicity. and the things we have are more in evil
dence than ourselves.
Emerson realized this generation ago and
said that things were in the saddle, riding men
to death. Yet life in his day was a louisiana of
restfulness compared with the ceaseess swirl
and maelstrom Of nlammonism in which man
kind is caught today. The teaching of Tangore
is that the inconsequential and impermanent
good for which so many of US struggle frantic
ally and fercely blinds us to the worth while
things preventing the attainment of wisdom
and deep abiding JOY of life
A pleasure-chasing age like ours is skeptica
of this and contemptous of the notion that &
truer happiness can be found by turning the
thoughts within and away from the evanescen
externals of life. But this is the clear teachins
of the founder of christianity; and ever sine,
that truth was given to the world the illuminet
men and women who through the centuries
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-19

legislation. Just now 1t is gasoline;
it may be something else next week.
The high price Of gasoline was re-
ferred to the federal trade commits
sion to investigate. Washington adj
vices indicate the commission will
inform congress that "the remedy for
present conditions Hes in some sort
of regulation Of gasoline manufac.
turers to insure real competition, or
as a last resort in creation of gov
eminent machinery authorized to fix
prices" This would be sorry world
if prices were to be regulated "by
government machinery The cure
if it cured-would be worse than the
ailment.
Cedar Rapids Republican,: The
achievement of Webster City man
in growing, what he estimates, a
bushel of coffee, has been much her
aided as the beginning ofsa new in
dustry in this state. But that NAV
be termed freak cultivation. We do
not know by what means the thing
was accomplished, but We do know
that Iowa is not properly a coffee
producing state. 1t will be better for
us to try to grow more of other
things with which we can buy coff q
grown in Brazil or Java
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-19

Franklin street is now paved with
macadam, some Of it comparatively
recent, the street as whole being
in fair condition and could be put in
excellent shape for about 5 per cent to
7 per cent. of the cost Of the proposed
improvement. There is OH over half
Of the nine blocks affected cement
cutters, some of which have been
put in within the last year or SO,
and all OF which would be a total
loss, while Eighteenth street is a
dirt street, never having had any
work done on it outside some grad
ing. The citizens on Franklin street
have paid for paving their street
once, and while it has been custom
airy for the city to keep in repair
from the general fund such streets
(and they are SO doing on some
streets now, this street has not re-
ceived its share OF this repair work,
which partly accounts for its present
condition, and in one block in par
tically ruined by the construction Of
a storm sewer by the city couple
Of years ago, it being left just as the
dirt and rock was thrown back.
The citizens of Franklin street are
not trying to evade their duties as
citizens Of Keokuk-rather they are
trying to fulfill them, and as the city
officials represented that the city was
without funds to repair the street,
and that to legally put it in good con.
dition at the expense Of tn. property
owners Gas it could be done no other
way) it would be necessary to order
whole new improvement, they, as a
whole were, and believe are now,
willing to pay the greater part If not
all Of the amount necessary to put
the street in good condition, and I'M
less it is the desire of the citizens
of Keokuk as whole to replace all
macadam streets with brick, it would
seem that they are fulfilling their
civic duties in making this offer. Had
Franklin street been an unimproved
street, or had the macadam been
worn out there is no doubt but that
the citizens on this street would have
been willing to pay for the proposed
improvement, but 1t is not dirt
street, or had the macadam been
Many of the blocks affected are In
good condition, some need some filling
and surfacing, and If the street was
spiked up, filled to grade and oiled
the present paving should give five
or ten years Of good service, especial
ly as this street is not in central use.
It is a narrow street with a car line
the entire length of the proposed
nine blocks and has now and prob
ably will never have other than a
local traffic. Quite number of rep
resentative business men have in my
hearing commended the action Of the
council in resembling the resolution
IN tear nm this street and repave IL
with brick, as they did rot believe
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-19
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: From cur
rent comment the idea is gathered
that Hon. Weather Man IS the only
citizen of the com munity entirely
ignorant on the subject of weather.
Sioux City Journal: William Jen-
nings Bryan no doubt heard with in
terest the news that Roger Sullivan
will take no active part In the demo-
cratic campaign in Illinois. Mr..
Bryan never has considered Mr.. Sui
Ivan deserving democrat"
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Another thing that is likely to be
scarce in Iowa this fall is corn crib
lumber. It's going to take lot of
it to fill the bill of specifications
being drafted by the cornfields.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: 1t looks as
though the country is to have some
foolishness in congress with the view
to the federal government fixing
prices of commodities. Whenever the
price of some article is much higher
than the consumer wants to pay, or
thinks he ought to pay, there com IS
the thought to some people-too
many people-that the remedy is by
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-19
TODAY,s BIT OF VERSE
HAMMER AND ANVIL,

Hammer away, we hostile bands;
Your hammers break, Gods anvil stands.
Look forth and tell me what they do
On life's broad field, Oh. still they fight,
The false forever with the true,
The wrong forever with the right.
And still Gods faithful ones, as men
Who hold a fortress strong and high,
Cry out in confidence again.
And find comfort in the cry:
Hammer away, We hostile bands,
Your hammers break, Gods anvil stands
Older than pyramid or sphinx,
Old as the stars themselves, the word
Whereby, when other courage sinks.
The courage born of heaven is stirred,
! For, when God made the world and knew
That good and evil could not blend
He planned however men might do
What should be, would be in the end,
And, though as thick as sands
They rain their blows, the anvil stands.
oh, many time has this vain world
Essayed to thwart the mighty plan;
It's fleets and armies have been hurled
Against the common rights Of man.
But wrecked armadas,. Waterloos,
Empires abandoned to decay,
Proclaim the truth they did not choose
What broken hammers strew the way!
Though all the world together bands
To smite It, still the anvil stands.
Thou knowest that thy cause Is Just?
Then rest in that thy cause is sure.
Thy word is true? Oh, then 1t must
In spite of slanderous tongues endure.
AS toward the crag the billow rides,
Then falls back, shattered to its place;
AS fans the breeze the mountain side
Nor fans the mountain from its base
So, in all times and in all lands,
Mems hammers break, Gods anvil stands.
Samuel Valentine Cole.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-19

IOWA.
CLARION, Iowa, Aug. 1s.-The cat
crop in Wright county is large. Oats
are threshing out so, 55 and IS
bushels per acre. ]. s. Ross finished
Ia piece last week that turned out
GIN bushels per acre. Corn also
looks great.
MARSHALLTOWN. Iowa, Aug. 49,.
To have an inheritance OF from
$25. GOO to $4,000 come to her as UNI
expectedly as IL fairy godmother
had suddenly appeared and handed
her the money was the surprising ex-
perience Of Mrs. C. B. Damien, liv-
ing ten miles southwest Of this city.
The Inheritance came from an aunt.
who died in Blue Island, ILL.,, last
April, leaving large fortune and no
Will. A firm OF lawyers took up the
case, and have finally found all the
living heirs and apprised them OF
their good fortune. The estate Is
valued at 100000.
DIES MONIES, Iowa, Aug. lev.
B. Barney, dairy and food commits
sioner of Iowa, prevented butter fat
being given hard blow at the ma
tional convention Of food commission
ers held at Detroit. Southern dele
gates introduced q resolution favoring
oleomargarine and condemning but
ter Barney. as president OF the as
ISOLATION, prevented the measure
from coming to vote.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Aug. 19.-May-
or William Maxfield of Neville, this
county, is defendant in a damage
suit in which Harry NJ. Huxtable of
Neville, asks $4,000 OF the mayor for
alienation Of Mrs. Huxtable's affec-
lions. Mrs. Huxtable is a bride OF
three months.
GRINNELL, Iowa, Aug. 19.-Rev.
wv. P. Stoddard of this city, has re-
Gently been elected for the eighth
successive year as corresponding
secretary of the Iowa Methodist hos
pital OF Des Moines. He has charge
now CT both the Iowa and the Upper
Iowa conferences covering the en-
tire eastern part OF the state.
DIES MONIES, Iowa, Aug. 19.--It
is announced that William McAdoo,
secretary of the treasury, will come
to Des Moines with the rural credits
board when it meets here, August "a
to 29.
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Aug 19.-Dr.
Fred D. Merritt, OF Iowa City. form
erly a member OF the university
faculty, has been elected head of the
department. of social service, OF the
extension division Of the University
of Oregon, at Eugene. Ore. His
duties begin in September.
PERRY, Iowa, Aug. 19.-Septemb
rs and 16 are the dates for the an
nual sauer kratt day at Bouton, east
of here. Plans for this year indicate
a bigger affair than usual Free
sauer kraut is distributed by the
Bouton business men to all who visit
the city on those days.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-19
Every collective work division Of labor; the

Every collective necesstates division OF labor; tne
existence nations is consequences OF THIS
sty Every nation special Junction. or mission, IN
the collective and special aptitude fttne her "
perform that function. insignia her baptism,
the sian of her legitimacy Each nation Is one OF ne
work people humanity, and abors for the ADVANCE OF
humanity towards the good and for the common
GOOD Every nation which neelects fulfill this special
function betrays her mission, into esotism decays
and underqoes period epiaton proportonate to ner
error or ofense For the separate nations for human
fty the various stages education have been named
epochs-Joseph Mazzini.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-19

have made trial Of it, confirm the dictum that
things cannot bring happiness but always
leave life incomplete; and that it is utterly and
eternally useless to look for peace or bliss I'M
less one looks within.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-19

1.-THE Gate City does not assume re-
sponsibility for views expressed by
Writers OF communal
cations must furnish their names
not necessarily for publication, but for
the information of the editor.1
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-19
Illinois Iowa Missouri

whose mysterious death occurred as)
Kilbourne, H., four hours after her
wedding at Havana, ILL.,, Thursday
died from natural causes, was intro
duced at the cOroner's inquest yester
day afternoon. Inability at first to-
locate the physician who attended
Mrs. Van Auken and the husbands
reticence led to the belief that
tragedy had occurred. This belief
was not supported by the evidence.
GALESBURG, Ill, Aug. 1s.-Ths
new state armory located here Is
nearly complete. lacking only the in.
stallation OF lighting fixtures. The
new armory will furnish the people
of this community the largest amphi.
theater within radius OF fifty miles
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Aug. 49,
John w. Aldrich, president Of the !
First National bank OF Normal, ILL.,,
died Friday evening.
OTTAWA, I'LL, Aug. ia dozen
freight cars were piled in a heap FIJI
day at North Ottawa when a switch
ing train on the Burlington railroad
collided with similar train on the
Rock Island railroad. Michael
Creed, the flagman, was killed. John
Neary, brakeman on the Burling'
ton, was so severely injured that 1t
was said he might not recover.
QUINCY. Ill. Aug. 1s.-Commis.
sioner Gross on Friday established
one more quarantine for infantile
paralysis. This time 1t Is the nome
CT Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Waddle, 321ts
South Eleventh street, where their
daughter, Marjorie, 1914 months Ola,
is suspected OF having the dreaded
aff1iction.
MISSOURI.
WESTON, Mo-, Aug. 19.-Colonei
James A. Price, 81, resident of TINS
county since 1841, died here Friday.
His mother was Miss Nancy Lee,
cousin of General Robert Lee.
HANNIBAL, Mo-, Aug. 19.-John D.
Shepherd, pioneer miller and iof
many years connected with the carr
er-Shepherd Milling company, OWE
ers OF the Eagles Mills, died at iVo
o'clock Friday morning In his hom'
on st. Mary's avenue.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Aug. 19.-N.
Chas. Gieger of st. Joseph, chairman
of the progressive congressional com,
mittee, fourth district, has declareu
for Judge Henry L. Lamm OF Sedanss
republican candidate for governor
He also declared for Hughes.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. ia bill %
shoes amounting to $105,S00 was solu
to representatives Of Russia by sno0
company here recently. The cons
pany called attention to the fact tnas
it was not a war order" but con.
sisted OF high Crude shoes for me.
and boys In civil life. The sale W.
made in less than an hour.
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1t is learned that the Danish West Indies pro-
duce all the genuine bay rum. Our imperialism
will get us into trouble yet.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-19
THE USELESS HOBO.

A correspondent of The Gate City, who owns
a money making farm in Lee county and ought
to know what he is writing about but whose
kindness Of heart and slant of perception lead
to over-estimates, writes in defense Of the sho-
boz He declares that the "hobo" is general
ly good-natured, fairly intelligent nomad who
works well ION occasions This is not at all
very well here in Iowa, for we need more than
good nature and idle intelligence to garner our
harvests and do the work that must be done to
avoid loss. Doubtless this expressed view OBJ
tains in level-headed thinking in all parts Of the
country There is demand for skilled labor in
the centers of mechanical activity and there is
a like demand for labor on the farms and
ranches of the west and middle west Wages at
all points have risen and there will soon be
interests at work in Europe to restrict emigra-
ton to this country after the war. We need
workers and thrifty ones, and we shall need
them more as time goes on. It is high time that
the "hobo'' went to work in earnest and ceased
to be peripatetic object of brotherhood" cult
and literary interest, furnishing an occasional
convenience to farmers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-19

If this war is causing serious curtailment
of the ingredients of soda water, the war has
got to stop, no matter how the principals feel
about it.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-19

There are still some I. W. W. leaders who
have escaped the dragnet of the labor shortage.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-19

President Wilson has not been officially mott
fed of his denomination, but by this time he
must have gathered from the reports of the
Hughes speeches that something of interest to
him took place while back in st. Louis.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-19
ILLINOIS

PEORIA, Ill, Aug. 19.-Evidence to
chow that Mrx- James Van Auken.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-19

The International Custom Cutters associa-
ton may decree the Punishment Of suspenders
until it gets red in the face, but it will be of no
avail. Suspenders make too useful a
Christmas gift for husband, father, cousin and
brother to be lightly discarded.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-19

The press correspondents at the front
!" somewhere along the Rio Grande'' are not
likely to be greatly embarrassed by the restric-
tons laid down by the military authorities in
issued for their guidance The
first, longest and apparently what is officially
regarded as the most important prohibition re-
lates to the dissemination Of news regarding
the operations of the aero squadron, or any
of the aeroplanes, their condition, numbers
intentions with regard to reconnaissance flights
or the result of flights" According to all
available reports the Mexican border aeroplane
service could be described roughly in about the
same words as the chapter in the natural his
tories devoted to .Snakes in Ireland - ssThere
are none"
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PERRY, Iowa, Aug 19.-September
rs and Is are the dates for the an
nual sauer kraht day at Bouton, east
of here. Plans for this year indicate
a bigger affair than usual Free
sauer kraut is distributed by the
Bouton business men to all who visit
the city on those days.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-19

ST. JOSEPH, NO.. Aug. I'D
Chas. Gieger OF st. Joseph, chairnla
of the progressive congressional coz
mittee, fourth district, has declare
for Judge Henry L. Lamm OF SEDAN
republican candidate for goyerno
He also declared for Hughes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-19
MISSOURI.

WESTON, Mo-, Aug. 19.-Colonel
James A. Price, 81, resident OF TINS
county since 1841, died here Friday.
His mother was Miss Nancy Lee,
cousin of General Robert Lee.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-28
lNCURABLE DEFECT IN BRAIN
Color Blindness Cannot Be Over
Come, Though Word-BIindness
May Be AIIeviated.
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(TO BE CONTINUED

Two defects in regard to sight
word-blindness and color-blindness-
are described by an English writer.
He points out that they are not de-
fects of the eyes at all, but are really
mental defects, and, curiously enough,
are found veSy often in clever men,
the discoverer of the liberalization,
the great scientist-being himself
color-blind.
COlOr-blindneSS occurs in about
three to four per cent of males and in
a smaller number of females. 1t is
frequently hereditary, but, strangely
enough, though the males suffer from
the defect, the females carry 1t on.
Color-blindness is a defect in the
registering apparatus in the brain and
is incurable. 1t is of Importance to
recognize the defect early, and to turn
the attention of the sufferer to work
in which this defect will not be ham
dicap. Such children should learn
early that there is no work for them
on the railway.
Word-blindnesS is q much more Sc
rious defect, and may be the cause Of
the difficulty some children find in
learning to read. They see correctly.
Tested with figures or pictures, they
may pass the standard, but the let
tiers of the alphabet, when strung to-
gether to form words, convey no mean
ing to them. The effect is due to a
want of association Of the brain CEN
tiers. The defect is usually mistaken
at first to indicate defective eyesight,
but this is not so. 1t is noteworthy
that these same children may show
considerable ease in reading figures,
even money sums. To teach these
children to read, words must not be
taken letter by letter, but as a whole.
the word "cat" must be taken not as
scat" equals cat, but the whole
thing must be the sign for cat. The
method is known as the ''look and say"
plan, and by it's aid it is possible to
teach the child to read.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-12-28

to endure the insults az Britain than
to plunge the country into honorable
war, when his young wife and bevy
of radiant women made a sudden rush
from within and the gentlemen were
led captive TO the great silver punch
bowl, where officiated a grinning,
ducking, beruff1ed darby.
David was swept into the midst of
a group of young people; but the chat
fer in his ears ceased, as far as he
was concerned, when he saw Toinette
radiant among the rest. Ike Black
ford Joined them, and when she had
heard what the men had been discuss
ing the girl demanded why the two
had not yet joined Spencer's company
of militia.
$50 you want US to get shot, do
vou?" teased Blackford. ST know
that we're worthless pair, but 1
didn't think we were that BAD
"Stop being funny. Mr.. Blackford !:
7 should think you two great, strong
men would be eager to enlist and help
drive out these terrible Indians for
good"
"Well, I'm as ready as the next man
to have the Indians leave US in
neace." declared David slowly, 'but
rye never been a soldier and I don't
believe that I'd make a very good
one"
"Pshawy cried Toinette indignant