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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07
A THREE-MILE AVENUE.
Inc Emperor Of Japan and His Line
Of Cherry Trees,

4 VI SHSTTy Trees.
Arnold Arboretum Bulletin: Al
koganei, near the Japanese capital
Toxic, there is growing a three-mile
avenue Of cherry trees. MANY of them
seVenty-f1ve feet high and as much as
four feet in diameter. which is main.
tanned without any consideration for
the fruit. In fact, the fruit is not
worth bothering with. but the beauty
of this avenue is so great that when
| 1t blooms, in the early spring, the EN-
peror proclaims general holiday for
TOXIC in order that all may have OBJ
portunity to see this display Of bios
SONS.
The particular cherry which has
thus been dignified by the creation Of
{. movable national holiday in its hon.
or is known in the United States as
the Sargent cherry. and it will be in
bloom in the Arnold arboretum, near
Boston. about the middle OF May.
This cherry not only grows to be
great and beautiful tree, but 1t pro-
vides the stock on which the wonder
ful named garden varieties OF cherries
for which Japan is famous. are bud
ded.
For many years American garden
lovers have known Of the Japanese
cherries, but most importations of
them failed to prosper 1t has now
been discovered that the difficulty
was in the stock on which they were
budded. Several years ago, Professor
Sargent. OF the Arnold arboretum.
sent the great plant explorer, E. H.
Wilson, to Japan with the idea of get
ting to the bottom OF the cherry sit
uation and discovering means for pro-
viding American gardens with the ex-
quisite cherry beauty for which Japan
is famous. Mr.. Wilson brought into
the country seventy named garden
varieties. the flowers of many of which
are as individual and peculiar to the
japanese idea as are the wonderful
chrysanthemums and irises which
also owe their origin to Japanese skill.
These cherries are being tried out
at the Arnold arboretum, and also, by
a special arrangement, m Highland
park, Rochester.
1t is not impossible that there may
result the development in America of |
a cherry as beautiful as the Yedo
cherry, which Is used on the streets !
and in the parks and cemeteries Of |
Toxic, and which is another reason |
for the cherry holiday proclaimed each |
spring by the emperor.
A visit to the Arnold arboretum, the /
one great tree garden of America,
will inform anyone of the cherry
DWELLINGS,: which is thus being placed
IT. the disposal Of the United States
through this institution. The Arnold
,rboretum is part of Harvard uni
though it is maintained by an
contract with the city
II Boston which assures it's contin-
lance for at least a thousand years.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
BEAUTY.

BEAUTY.
1t isn't the form of your features
Entirely that makes you beaut;
IL Ism face like preachers,
somberness, sadness of snout
That makes to his fellows
The kind of fellow worth while
Is smile.
We can't have the face and the figure
OF Venus, Apollo and such;
But even the handsomest jigger
He isn't the handsomer much
Than guy with grin that is pleasant
face with freedom from guile
Who looks on the past and the present
With smile.
We can't be Venus. Apollo,
But I'll tell you what we can do;
We can beat both these parties all hollow,
Though am az hoInely as you.
We cannot be really comely-
At that they may beat us mile
But mortal ever looks homeiy
With smile
I'd rather you with a grin on
Then Venus herself with a frown:
Good morning." I'd rather begin on
Than her with her mouth-corners down.
Apollo with beauty may dazzle,
But when he is troubled with bile
Then have him beat a FRAGILE.
If ! sme
Douglas Maoch, in American Lunberrnan.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07
PROOF OF GERMAN PURPOSE.

New York Times: This is what
Won Goetz said to him, this is what
Dewey, in the midst of great re.
sponsibilities at Manila, thought of
such Importance as to need a full
report to the navy department:
About fifteen years from now my
country will start great war She
will be in Paris about two months
after the commencement of hostil-
tiles. Her move on Paris will be but
step to her object--the crushing
of England. Some months after we
finish our work in Europe we will
take New York, and probably Wash
ington, and hold them for some
time. We will put your country In
its place with reference to Germany.
We do not purpose to take any OF
your territory. but we do intend TO
take billion or so OF your dollars
from New York and other places
The Monroe doctrine will be taken
charge Of by US. and we will dispose
OF South America as we wish, Don'r
forget this, about fifteen years from
now"
There the report has lain In the
fifteen years from now was 1919.
Germany intended to launch her at
tack In that year, a. Is proved by the
revelations made by the Italian gov
eminent of the proposals made to IL
to join in an invasion Of Serbia in
that year Italy refused, but the In.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07
WHEN IS AN EGG FREsH9

A fresh egg becomes stale egg
in four days if kept under improper
conditions--even sooner If the condi4
lions are very improper, according
to Lucy Open in Good Housekeep-
ing. But" she adds, "a fresh egg
will keep fresh for four months in
the right cold-storage conditions.
"A fresh egg, laid during the cool
months of spring, and kept continu-
ously cool in cold storage, will re-
main fresh egg for four months or
SO without the slightest deterioration
in taste or quality. 1t will be superior
to the highest grade of fresh-laid'
eggs laid during the hot summer
months and brought into the city
from the farm. However, IL
the egg laid during the cool spring
months and put into storage immedi-
ately is kept longer than four months
it will develop musty or a 'stor-
age taste which interferes seriously
with its palatability, though not with
its wholesomeness On this account
eggs are kept in storage on an aver
age of six months. The flush season
for the production Of eggs. as every
knows, is during the
months of March. April, May. and
June. 1t Is during these months that
the supply exceeds the demand, and
that the surplus is put into cold
storage. BY the end Of June It has
been estimated that there are per-
aaps six million, Ave hundred thou
sand cases OF eggs in cold storage.
During the months Of summer, fall.
md winter, these reserve supplies
ire drawn upon and thousands OF I
Eases are taken out of storage every
month until, In December. very few
ire left, From then on until the new
supply begins to come IN in the |
pring, housewives are buying cold
'torage eggs whether they know It |
" not" /
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07
THE GREATEST OF AouEDucTs

New York Sun: From an interest
ing booklet published by the mayors
IAtsRlI aqueduct celebration com.
mlttee we learn that the earliest
aqueduct OF which there seems To he
precise record was built about 600
years ago by Hezekiah, king of Judah.
Inc city OF Jerusalem had been get.
ting the water of the river Gihon
through a surface conduit. Fearing
an attack by the Assyrians. Hezekiah
/ built an underground tunnel about
Loo feet long to carry the water Of
mat stream to a reservoir or mol
called Siloam." This pool. hewn out
OF rock. was II feet by Is feet, and
lower down the valley the ruler of
Jerusalem built another pool to re-
ceive its overflow.
Everybody knows of the Roman
aqueducts, SO we'll built that two of
them supply the city of Rome with
water today. The longest of them
was ABOUT half the length of the mon
ster which supplies New York city to-
Jay. Inc Romans knew the principle
OF the inverted siphon, but if it had
oeen suggested to them that 1t b. en-.
ployed to carry water for over half
mile at depth of Lila feet below
sea level they would have stood
aghast at the idea. As well have sug
gested to Balboa, standing with wild
surprise and silent. upon a peak in
Darien, that men would cleave the
continents asunder and unite the
ocean he had crossed to the one that
lay before him.
Ten years ago a mayor OF New
} ork turned the first sod in the work
of constructing the Catskill aouedict
Since that time the engineers N
charge OF the work have recreated in
the valley of Esopus a lake which had
been destroyed in the glacial period
of the earth's history. To do this they
had to sweep aside nine villages and
flood 10000 acres. The lake they re-
stored is twelve miles long and from
one to three miles wide: It's average
depth is fifty feet. 1t holds enough
water to cover Manhattan island to a
depth OF thirty feet.
The engineers sank their shafts on
two sides Of the Hudson and bored |
TWO tunnels through solid rock. The
ends met within half an inch.
FIVE types of construction had to be {
employed in bringing the water from
he Esopus watershed to New York. !
But the Esopus watershed delivers I
'hiy SoU,upv,VDu ediiOuS VI water
lay. The Catsdill aqueduct is con-
itructed to deliver 500, 100000 gallons
! day, and the development of the
'choharie watershed. which is to fur
fish the other half of New York ulti-
nate supply from this source, goes
onward apace.
Here In New York the CatskflI wa
er will rise TO gravity alone to the
fifteenth story. A modern fire en-
line can send it to the top OF the
Voolworth building. It is distributed
through more than 1000 miles OF city !.
wned mains
One of the likely derivations OF the
anne Ashokan, given to the great
eservoir destroyed by the glacial
&c sheet and reconstructed by modern
genius, is thought to be I;
rom the Indian work "sokan." mean
ng ito cross the creek"
Those who bestowed the name natu- ;
ally could not conceive that the
yaters OF Ashokan would pass under I,
he Hudson. river thrust beneauth a ,
liver because IL suits the convenience :
{ man to have it so. ,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07

vasion was made in 1914. I'VE will
put your country in its place. said
Won Goetz In 1898. . AFTER the war
America had better look out" said
the kaiser to Ambassador Gerard in
1915.
Any man who says this war is not
a war of self defense, war against
invasion, is either proof against facts
by reason OF the construction of his
brain or has full possession of his
powers and is serving the
enemy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07

ally keeps the stomacb
and they eat their favor;.e eI
without fear. e
II your stomach doesn'. =,
OF your liberal limit witbos..
hon; II your food is a H.
stead of a help. remembA- ~
est. surest. most harmless -.
pape's Diapepsin which cos..
fifty cents for a large caso s
stores. It's truly wonderfully
food souring and sets things III
SO gently and easily that /, -
astonishing. Your stomach
gest your meals if you Eas,
neutralized.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07
and out of her practices more or less directly
comes the exclusion of her great art contribu-
lions from non German homes.
COME AND SEE.

Revelations, Chapter Six: And I saw whel
the Lamb opened one of the seals, and heart
las it were the noise of thunder, one of the foul
beasts, saying, Come and See.
And | saw, and behold white horse; anC
| he that sat on him had bow; and crown
was given unto him; and he went forth, con
quering and to conquer.
| And when he had opened the second seal, ]
heard the second beast say, Come end See.
And there went out another horse that was
red; and power was given to him that sat there
on to take peace from the earth, and that they
should kill one another and there was given
unto him great sword.
And when he had opened the third seal, ]
heard the third beast say, Come and See. And ]
beheld, and, To- black horse; and he that sat
on him had pair of balances in his hand.
And | heard a voice in the midst of the four
beasts say, A measure of wheat for penny,
and three measures of barley for a penny; and
see thou hurt not the oil and the wine
And when he had opened the fourth seal,
heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come
and See.
And looked and behold pale horse; and
his name that sat on him was Death, and He'll
followed with him. And power was given unto
them over the fourth part Of the earth, to kill
with sword and with hunger, and with death
and with the beasts of the earth.
And when he opened the fifth seal, saw un-
der the altar, the souls of them that were slain
for the word of God, and for the testimony
which they held.
And they cried with a loud voice, saying,
How long, 0 Lord, holy and true, dost Thou
not judge and avenge our blood on them that
dwell on the earthl
And white robes were given unto them, that
they should rest yet for little season, and
their fellow-servants also and their brethren,
that should be killed as they were, should be
fulfilled.
And / beheld when he had opened the sixth
seal, and, 10, there was a great earthquake;
and the sun became black as sackcloth Of hair,
and the moon became as blood;
And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth,
even as the fig tree casteth her untimely figs,
when she is shaken by a mighty wind.
And the heavens departed scroll when
It is rolled together and every mountain and
sland We're moved out of their places
And the kings of the earth, and the great
men, and the rich men, and the chief captains
md the mighty men, and the bondmen, and
very freeman hid themselves in the dens and
n the rocks of the mountains;
And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall
IN us, and hide us from the face of Him that
itteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the
1amb
For the great day of His wrath is come; and
Who shall be able to stand7
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Sioux City Journal: Since it has
been shown that those bootblacks in
Boston make $50 week, it may be
expected that there win be immedi.
ate competition from the daughters
OF those congressman who are too
poor to pay their income tax.
| Burlington ,Hawk-Eye: If mere
boys can grow more than 100 bushels
Oh corn to the acre, how long are
grown men, who claim to be expert
farmers and who have the benefit OF
the help and advice of a county
agent going 10 be satisfied with
much smaller returns. And why
farm two acres. when one acre viii
give bigger crops than two.
Sioux City Tribune: Another proof
that 1t is impossible TO raise wheat
prontably at present prices is afford
ed by the fact that the number OF
automobiles in South Dakota has
doubled in one year.
Waterloo Tfmes-Tribune: Now that
i. K. has admitted that he has only
one good eye, he ought to quit talk
ing about his rejection for active war
duty.
Mason City Globe-Gazette: If Ger
many should win Russia will be Prus-
sianized in decade and the dream
OF Russian democracy will simply be
ha ha.
Webster City Freeman Journal.
The soldier in the trench, while he
is doing his duty to his country
should not overlook his duty to his
mother. He should write her a LET.
ter as often as opportunity offers.
Cherokee Times: Evidence grows
that the campaign next year will be |
based largely on the wet and dry
issue Already the lines are form |
ing for the battle
Perry Chief: The most hiphIv |
priced Liberty bonds will be those |
owned by people who bought them |
with money earned by personal effort !
and saved by personal sacrifice.
Traer star-Clipper: The people !
VIII in time sanction all the bone drv I
avs enacted the past few years. Int
.hey VIII not take, them in such large /
doses:
burlington Gazette: A law is badly
needed In this state to put some pen /
IN the election machinery.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07

We may talk about unnatural things, there
sucn, for the laws the forces
manfestns through the play Of and ef
fects No effect was produced without adequate
cause, and whatever do, from making commit
ting murder, their actions natural, though may
term them at times abnormal of the ordinary Men
are Natures puppets and her infinite forces play with
them exactly they do with everything else, through
laws that change vary and for instant
suspended in their dominion visible invisible
thngs.-channing Severance.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07
Way of Politics.

Syracuse Post-Standard: It is one
of the little Inconsistencies Of poll
tics that a congressman who has to
get consent to have his speeches
printed because hts colleagues won't
give him the time to deliver them,
even to empty benches, can go on
the chautauqua circuit and get real
money for speaking.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07

ed from Utah shale beds. Tests lla,]
IN the presence of the governor sn Al
ed car run of 24.61 miles on III, ~
Ion OF the fluid, against 2S.H "A
on a gallon of gasoline,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07

New York taxpayers face aIo.oosSl
lively shakedown. about s2b,s4u ~
more In 1918 than In 1917. the az
gate for city and state purposes n.
$237,954 ,549.57 The fraction OF IA
dollar suggests q bargain figure, =
the people who pay are not hseH
see Il In that light
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07
MEsoPoTAMIA, LAND OF PROMISE.

Canon Parfit British churchman who has
lived and labored for twenty years in Mesopo-
itamia declares that this ancient land is the key
I to the future and certain to become, in the era
now opening, one of the most important re-
gions of the earth. A land of origins, of great
world empires, Of Babylon Nineveh, Palmyra,
Bagdad, land which holds some of the most
sacred shrines Of earth-Jerusalem, Mecca and
iMedina-it is now the most desolate and dreary
land beneath the sun, wretchedly poor, tree
less, barren and with millions Of fertile acres
given over to weeds and thorns Yet future
world peace, progress and prosperity largely
depend upon the settlement Of the problems as
ISOLATED with this remarkable country.
It's vast alluvial plains may be easily irri-
gated and transferred into the finest wheat
fields of the world It's oil fields are Of price
less value, and it's unique location, connecting
link as it is between three continents must
make it Of unparalleled Importance in the fu
ture as it was in the past. Through the city of
AIeppo passed the ''silk street. of the middle
ages, that great highway Of trade from interior
Asia to the Mediterranean, over which came the
silks of China, the bombazines of Bambyce the
muslins of Mosul and other treasures of the
east And so situated is this city geographical
ly that through it will run the greatest trunk
lines yet unbuilt or uncompleted-the railways
from London to India, from Paris to Pekin,
from Petrograd to the Cape of Good Hope.
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07
Thanks TO conscription.

Cincinnati Times Star: we Il
not yet a military nation, either ~,
training or instinct. But once il .Sl
it is being shown that, given ~
and holy cause, we can trahsi n
citizens into as good soldiers %
world possesses.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07

Salt Lakers anticipate big things
IN the way OF cheap automobile fluid
manufactured at home It Is obtain
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07

1t is hard to make things soft for the soft
coal operators.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07

Only twenty-five days to Thanksgiving Buy
your turkey early and imprison it in the fam
lily icebox. AS time passessthe price of the ma
tional bird is likely to soar.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07

Indian summer is mighty good Indian.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07

burlington Gazette: A law is badly
needed In this state to put some pen
IN the election machinery.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07

Traer star-Clipper: The people
VIII In time sanction all the bone dry
laws enacted the past few years, but
they VIII not take, them in such large
doses: go Q .
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07

Sioux City Tribune: Another proof
that it is impossible to raise wheat
probably at present prices is afford
ed by the fact that the number OF
automobiles in South Dakota has
doubled in one year.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07

Waterloo Tfmes-Tribune: Now that
T. Il. has admitted that he has only
one good eye, he ought to quit talk
ing about his rejection for active war
duty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
S12,OOO PER YEAR BEQUEATHED FIRST
 LADY OF THE LAND

Philadelphia, November 2S.-Twelve thousand dollars a year "pin money for the wife of the President of the United States or the first lady of the land" is provided in fund from the estate of Henry G. Freeman, Jr, wealthy lawyer, who died here re- gently. The estate is valued at $2.- 000,O0O and upward. The will provides for various amounts for MT. Free mans son and daughter and nieces and other relatives. When all the bene- ficiaries named in the will are dead the trustees are directed to set aside a sum sufficient to yield $12.36o a year, of which s12000 shall be pay able to the lady termed the first lady in the land,'" that is the Pres ident of the United States wife of anyone representing the President as such should be not be married or should he die during his admiinstra- tion the person so representing her and this shall continue in force as long as this glorious government lasts. That s360 shall be the commission for the trustees and the fund shall be known as the Henry G. Freeman, Jr., pin money fund.-
 The remainder of the income from the estate is to go to charities
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
IA BRITISH MERCHANT SHIPS SENT DOWN BY
 MINES OR SUBMARINES
Increase of Four Vessels of the Larger Type Over Previous
 Week

London, November 2s.-Fourteen Brit ish merchantmen of 1900 tons and over and seven of less than 1900 tons were sunk by mines or submarines last week according to the weekly admiralty state ment, issued this evening This is an increase of four vessels in the larger category over the number reported sunk in last weeks report
 Last weeks admiralty report an nounced the sinking of F British mer- chant vessels; 10 of more than 1900 tons and seven of less tonnage. The week previously only one craft of 1900 tons and over and five of less ton mage were sent to the bottom.
 The admiralty statement follows:
 Arrivals, 2058; sailngs, 2lo2
 British merchantmen over 1890 tons sunk by mine or submarine, including one previously, IA; under 1900 tons, :.
 Fishing vessels sunk, none.
 British merchantmen unsuccessfully at tackled including one previously, S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-29
'POSSUM AND EATERS"
 I N s T E A D OF BOLD, BAD BLOUSE BREAKER

As result of a burglar call this morn ing about o'clock from the residence of w. E. Meade, 1510 Twelfth avenue. north, some member of the city police force will have an unusual Thanksgiving dinner today.
 A hurry-up call was turned in at the police department this morning about I o'clock Tn the belief that chicken thieves were paying visit to the family hem roost. Officers Crump and Newton loaded into the patrol auto prepared to bring the would-be thief into headauar- ters. Arriving at the residence of MT. Meade cautious advance was made and the culprit-a small 'possunn-was discovered in the chicken house The opossum had a ride to the city hall in the big auto patrol, and at a late hour 1t was undecided whether Officers Crump and Newton would fight a duel for the possession of this Thanksgiving delicacy. but later a compromise was affected by one of them producing the sweet pota- toes.