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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07
CLASSIC OF PATRIOTISM.

st. Louis GIobe-Democrat: 1t Is
not surprising that every soldier IN
the Italian army has been furnished
with an idiomatic translation of Ed
ward Everett Hale's 1.-THE Man With
out Country" for it is world
classic of patriotism. capable OF
thrilling to deeds of heroic self-sac-
rifice all who are not like SCOTS
hypothetical migrate,
with soul so dead
Who never to himself has said,
This is my own, my native land
1t might we'll be circulated in every
language, for it's appeal is universal.
Its vividness. its verisimilitude and
its psychological insight have made
it SO powerful that it leaves an en-
during impression on every reader. Ii
is regrettable that copies were not
early put into the hands of "interna-
tionalists" whose queer conduct has
been so embarrassing in the great
war. Even some members of con-
gress might profitably ponder its
great lesson.
1t is a strange fact that this clas-
sic, everywhere proclaimed CON
summate work of art, designed for
all peoples and all times, was really
written as political campaign docu-
ment, to affect a gubernatorial cleo
ton in a single state. 1t appeared
anonymously in the December. 1858,
number of the Atlantic Monthly. Its
author, who. by the way, was a grand
nephew of the immortal Nathan Hale,
who regretted that he had but one
life to give his country. aimed 1t at
Clement L. Vallandigham. He ex-
pected it to appear in October, SO
that it might help John Brough, re-
publican union candidate for governor
of Ohio, defeat Vallandigham. 1t
was not needed, for Brough won by
100000, but DR.. Hale never forgave
the .'langour" In the office OF the At
lantic, amounting to an "infelicity."
which deferred the appearance OF the
story until after the election. 1t will
be recalled that after Vallandigham
had been defeated for reelection TO
congress, because of his opposition to
the war, he was arrested in May,
1858, for disloyalty. President Lin
coin changed the courtmartial sent
ence of Imprisonment to Punishment
from the federal lines. Being not
well received in the south, Vallandig
ham went from Wilmington to Ber-
muda and thence to Canada, staying
there when nominated for governor.
The title OF the story fitted him well.
But If it had appeared in time, would
it have lived? Campaign literature
seldom does.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07
AS FAR AS THAT WILL GET.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: Senator w.
S. Kenyon, of Iowa, has or is going to
introduce bill for the purpose OF
reducing congressmen's salaries from
$500 TO 5000 per annum. 1t has
been suggested that this be a temp
orary arrangement, to last only dur
ing the war. 1t appears TO the out
slider, to the iooker-on in Iowa that
during war time the law-giver is ex.
pected to do his level best. lust as
the soldier and the mere civilian are
expected to do their level best. And
the servant is worthy of his hire. Il
Will probably be conceded that some
congressman are not worth $500
per annum to the country. No. moi
$4,000. That some are worth nothing
at all to the union or to their respec-
tive constituency. But, just the
same, the country is rich and it u
generous. A proposal such as Sena.
tor Kenyon makes will scarcely be
take nseriously. The nation would
rather pay more and would do that
gladly, If better congressman could
be secured in that manner.
ON the other hand, while nobody
has been Directing to the congress.
mans present pay, there has been
much objection TO laws passed BY
congressman exempting themselves
from the payment of certain taxes.
There Is reason to believe thaf
Senator Kenyon's bill, if he really
introduces it, will be buried in com.
mittee. And It ought to be. TIL.
nation does not need cheaper CON
gressmen, but rather more valuable
more efficient men in congress.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07
THE MAD RULER OF GERMANY

1t is worth while to consider if the kaiser's
delusions of grandeur, to use medical term,
have not mastered him. This does not mean
dementia, in the ordinary acceptance of the
word, but that Wilhelm's grandicose conception
OF himself as an agent and ally of Deity has be-
come his one most real and dominant idea This
disease, according to students Of mentality,
passes through several stages, in the last of
which the imaginary world of the victim or the
fixed delusion which has takenpossession of him
becomes for him an actually of life If this be
not the mental condition of the German en-
perors jug recent Entrances make the hypothesis
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07

ton. and not the least Of these causes,
Ia the insufficient compensation for
teaching, which applies to both wo.
men and men teachers. To the rs
per cent. of men teachers who are
heads of households the inadequate
pay, coupled with the high cost of liv.
ing. tends naturally to turn them to
more remunerative fields of endeayor.
The solution seems clearly to be to
adjust salaries, giving heed especially
to the welfare of heads of families.
both men and women. Better pay is
imperative
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE

OLD HOUSES.
The images old houses beautiful old tunes,
Old music that brings a remembered pain,
Music that awakens music
Like pain added pain.
many old houses scattered
In the white ghost field of the brain!
j remember old house in France
All, countless old in northern France
They stand in rows, in broken ranks:
They wait quietly in the sunlight.
Where they used stand
There is a hollow filled with water,
And the wide sky overhead.
Do you think that old houses have souls?
That they do not stay
Where the body persisted?
Alice Corbin.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07

Time it! In five minutes your
sour. acid stomach feels fine. NO IN
digestion, heartburn, or belching OF
gas. no eructations of undlgested
food, no dizziness, bloating, foul
breath or headache.
Pape's Diapepsin IS noted for its
speed in sweetening upset stomachs.
1t is the surest, quickest and most
certain stomach antacid in the whole
world and besides, 1t is harmless.
Millions of men and women now
eat their favorite foods without fear
they know Pape's Diapepsin Will
save them from such misery.
Please, for your sake, get large
fifty-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07
Gas, Gas, Indigestion, Sourness,
Upset Stomach Pape's Diapepsin
7s+,nt Relefl Neutralizes stomach acids, stopping
dyspepsia, heartburn, belching, distress. Read

from any drug store and put your
stomach right. Don't keep on being
miserable-life is too short--you ara
not here long. so make your stav
agreeable. Eat what you like and
enjoy it, without dread Of acid fer.
mentation in the stomach.
Pape's Diapepsin belongs in your
home anyway. Should one of ths
family eat something which don't
agree with them, or in case Of an
attack of indigestion. dyspepsia, gas.
'tritis or stomach arrangement due to
fermentation and acidity. at daytime
or during the night. it is handy to
give the quickest, surest relief
known.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07
True Christianity.

Perry Chief: The congregation Of
Boston church voted to accept the
OF the pastor that
church services be suspended for
time and the coal in the church bins
be distributed among the poor. The
action has probably caused more peo-
pie to think about christianity, the
real kind. than IL the church had been
kept open and thrice the usual num-
Der OF prayers said.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07
and see.
FOOD AND PRICES.

President Schurman, of Cornell university at
Ithaca N Y has come to certain definite con-
illusions concerning the food needs OF our coun-
try and the world Our allies cannot maintain
themselves, he says, and must depend largely
upon the United States They cannot now get
wheat in any considerable quantity from Aus
tralia owing to lack of ships; and even the Rus-
sian cities are likely to feel the pinch OF munger
although Siberia has grain to spare. Our al
lies will need four hundred and sixty mllnon
bushels Of wheat, and as our surplus last year
was only eighty million bushels, we must econ
omize in our consumption of the grains they can
use, eat more corn and increase as lar as pos
sible our production Of wheat.
To this end the matter OF price control must
be carefully considered. Men will not produce
commodities unless they can secure reason
able profit, and no one class in the community
can be expected to sacrifice for the rest Our
allies have undertaken to fix food prices but
have had to readjust them from time to time in
order to stimulate production; and, Dr.
Schur1nan sees it, we shall be forced to one or
two alternatives neither Of which we have thus
far tried Our government must either give up
the attempt to regulate food prices, leaving
everything to the law Of supply and demand-a
course that he does not recommended it must
fix the prices of the staple commodities the
farmers buy at the same time that it fixes the
prices of the food they sell.
DR.. Schurman is led to believe that prices
must still tend upwards here and in Europe
during the rest Of the war and even after its
close, since millions of men who formerly were
producers will be gone or in the non-producing
class. It is of supreme Importance therefore
that boys and men who can and will work on the
farms should be allowed to do So They should
not be classified as unskilled laborers and
called to military service, but should be
exempted as skilled laborers engaged in a vital
ly necessary work This conclusion of Dr. Schur-
mon is that expressed recently by The Gate
City and is in substantial accord with the sug-
gestion as to the imperative need Of keeping
the capable agricultural workers Of the state at
home to work the farms
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07
AIwaxs Prepared.

Kansas City Journal: Colonel
Roosevelt's chief grievance is that
Uncle Sam is not ready for war.
The colonel is always ready for war
II there is no foreign foe handy he
opens fire on the home folks
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07
Troubge wlthin

Topeka Journal: Now that the cen.
trail powers are proposing to restore
conquered territory they are likely to
hear from Bulgaria, which makes no
secret of the fact that she entered the
var to better herself.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07
Would Have Needed Them.

Duluth News-Tribune: 1t now de.
velops that the Mexican army had
more machine guns than the Amerl-
can army. when 1t looked like war
on the border.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07
The Rioht Hunch.

Toledo News-Bee: Germany. Ber-
lin paper says, will hold out to the
Bitter end. They know what kind
of an end it's going to be, don't
thew
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Cedar Rapids Republican: One
French high commissioner says that
the war will be over in six months.
Let it be hoped that he knows what
he is talking about and let it be hoped
more feryently that it will be ended
right, not along the lines of bolshevi-
Xxi proposals.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07
Sort of an "AIso RAN"

Chicago News: Feminists allege
that "the father is only casual
parent" It Is gratifying to find the
poor wretch listed, IL only casually.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07
Probably is No Reader

Washington Post: Mr.. Trotz,v
has read history in vain IL he has
overlooked what happens to those
who set up guillotines.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07

Webster City Freeman-Journal: The
king of Bulgaria says Bulgaria will
hold what she has won. but the game
is not over yet and it is not wise to
claim the gate receipts before it is
determined who is going to have the
dividing Of the money.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07

Russia gives us sixty days to make peace
But our impression is that nations cannot make
peace with days; they must have soldiers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07

Boone News-Repubncan: The rail-
roads have been taken over by the adj
iministration for the period of the war.
One Improvement can be inaugurated
by the government right away, and
THAT is to make it, possible to find out
whether train is on time or not
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Admiral Jel-
licoe has been removed from the com.
mand of the British grand fleet and
made peer. A very pretty way our
cousins have of saying that prominent
men may become entirely useless.
Sioux City Journal: Since Senator
Kenyon appears to be about the only
member of the upper house genuine
ly enthusiastic about it. feelings might
be soothed all around by making the
salary reduction bill applicable only
to the junior senator from Iowa.
Webster City Freeman-J ournal: The
mine owners and oil producers better
take note of the handwriting on the
wall
Humboldt Republican: Not soul
IN EnS iaLu, france, Italy, or any of the
North or South Americas will knowing
ly use German-made goods.
Sioux City Tribune: This Is i'm
portant: VIII the McAdoo railroads
continue all the legal departments
Cedar Rapids Gazette: What will
become of divers and several state
railroad commissioners "for the term
of the war;" VIII the states continue
to pay SALARIES. clerk hire and other
expenses when nothing is to be done?
Abba Union: There are a few poll
ticians in Iowa who want to cali off
the 1918 election and allow the present
officials to hold over for another term.
That's foolishness. The game Of poll
tics should 90 or as usual.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07

The bolsheviki have had a rude awakening
as they scan the terms upon which Germany is
ready to negotiate a separate peace involving
as they do virtual surrender of Russian SOW
reignty. Yet they are by no means as harsh
in this particular as the terms Of the ultimatum
of Austria to Serbia, the refusal of which pro-
voked the war. Then Russia, under the mon
archv, could not stand for the surrender Of
sovereignty by Slav state. Now Russia, I'M
der anarchy, cannot stand for a surrender of
her own OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES though that SOW
reignty is The two incidents should serve to
convince the Russian people Of the character Of
their foe.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07

Maxlmalists are the fellows who want all or
nothing, and when they get ali they have
nothing.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07

has the efficient people of the world whose
work has lasted It has been those who have been will
ing their souls for pittance, who have been
willing give-and give of their hest-without question
ing what their to be.-Darragh AIdrich.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-07

It is argued that we should not declare war
upon the Turk lest he fall upon our mission
aries within his realm, lest he take over and de-
stroy our schools, colleges and hospitals within
his reach, lest he be moved to another massacre
of the Arnenians as being the nearest to Ameri-
cans whom he can get at These, Of course, are
the chances Of war. We doubt if there are
many missionaries now in Turkey; and in any
event if we are to shrink from war because Of
the danger which it might bring to any Amer-
cans in their person or their property, we might
as well chuck the whole game. War is not
made with rose water.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-17
AMERICAN \. men /: = !. E:
1: AND Il 4 women 0 | \. !. IN n:
!. FIGHTING Trim
They Keep To The Top
Notch of Health Il

~ The spirit Of the times demands
perfect health and nerves, and keep
ing them up to the highest degree Of
efficiency, 1'sss 3f'Zf -
Ga Wise men and women have learned
that 1t does not pay to allow health
or nerves 20 srun down and are; quick
est red blood and nerve tonic Phos-
Sphated Iron. the minute they feel
they are slowing up. .. =, = vi
q Whatever your work may be thers
Is ne, reason why 1t should continue
to tire you: work should only use the
right amount OF your energy. IT IL
trying to work on your nerves anil
forming yourself that wastes your
St stsr rem runs yol down. gives y ,,s
land indigestion. when you get up In
the morning as tired as when you
went 10 bed. s-gsss ,-.. .7.- -
There Is no sense IN, anyone being
a victim OF Ill health. poor blood,
over work. nerves or the blues when
Phosphated Iron will afford such
prompt and permanent, relief.
All over the country men and wonn-
en- In every walk Of life lay their
good health. strength and nerves of
iron to the use OF Phosphated Iron.
the red blood and nerve builder. and
make you feel IKE live one. r
produces results that last, that's
what counts. no IFS. about it. :
To insure physicians and their
patients getting the genuine Phos-
phated Iron we have put In capsules
only, Do not take pills or tablets
Insist on capsules.
City Drug Store, and leading drug
gists svsFywheFs.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-17
NEWS, AND LETTERS
! FROM BELTRAMI co.
SOLDIERS SAILORS
CORPORAL GREENSLIT SAYS
WE GOT THEM CRITTERS

well, we got then, damned crit
ters," is the way Corporal yOrville
Greenslit Of rural route Nos.3, Be-
midji, expressed himself concerning
the surrended OF the Germans IN a
letter to his mother, Mrs. B. Green
slit, written from France, he being
q member of the experitionary force,
and he continued, "and 1t didn't
take us long to do It.. T.
II was up on Dead Mans hill today
and 1t Is great to see the enemy
trenches a mile long and dugouts
that are two and three hundred feet
deep where one can enter on top Of
a hill and come ont away down about
q mile under ground. How Is that
for an underground house? It looks
like a tornado had struck the place,
for there are the parts of shells three
feet long and ten inches In diameter.
HoW's that for bullet? Any one Of
them make a hole about fifteen feet
deep and about twenty feet across
the top OF the hole and makes mud
fly 50 you want to keep your head In.
for it sure makes some noise, and that
kind Is shot from fifteen to twenty
miles" z.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-17
be taken further up the harbor and

be taken further up the harbor and
be interned.
You should have seen the rush
for ditty boxes when the signal came
for lifting the, censorship. In five
minutes the deck was crowded with
the fellows sitting down and stand
ing up all writing home.
Look me up on the map Of Scot
land, Firth OF Forth sDumferline and
Edinburough Edinburgh" ]
4. Brosie entered the naval service In
1916 and was at Great Lakes when
the war broke. d.. He. was taken into
active service and made a third class
electrical apprentice, advanced to a
second class and then made first class,
a high rating for d member Of a
ships crew. - N - =. -
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-17
YANKEES EAT COUGH .
DROPS by THE TON.
(By United Press. J

Paris, Nov IS, by Mall 1-C Cough
drops to the extent of 81 u tons ere
consumed by the American Expedi-
tionary Force in the month just
concluded. which might seem to, In
dictate an alarming prevalence OF
coughs, but does not. It merely
means that the soldiers used up that
many lozenges as q substitute for
candy OF which they could not. OBJ
tain enough. They may have, swal-
lowed more than 31A tons OF cough
drops, probably did, but they OBJ
tanned that many through the Y. NJ.
G. A. post exchanges. *se' 2PsS9 ri
The Americans demand fol. sweets
is stuDendous,y "a the Y. NJ. C. IS
monthly consignment shows. 70
take the edge OF his appetite for
sweet things the Red Triangle eau
teens have ordered some staggering
quantities Of supplies. The biggest
single item Is sugar, most Of 1T Is
used In manufacturing chocolate and
cookies In France. Just 1850 tons
of this will be needed. - '-..sAs
It will take 1895 tons Of -four to
keep the factories which are turning
out cookies, Tor. the Y. NJ C. busy
LUZ Suc HEAL 4uQu Ill ~ IOuu0tloSu$ tulih
Is In demand to the extent Of 94Iz
tons. and milk powder, which is used
ii making chocolate, will weigh So
tons. The soldier. Is 9 great :onsum-
Ter Of. chocolate bars. Two hundred
tons viii be bought frem America,
and almost az much will be purchased
In France. jam Is another big item,
reaching 200 tons, ito say nothing Of
a large quantity thatswill be obtained
from French manufactures. A total
Of ITS tons Of candy has been sre-
Questioned, and much more could be
sold II there were, ways OF getting 1t
on the shelves Of the post exchanges.
Totalling up all the things that the
Red Triangle .storekeepers ordered
shipped from America in a month, we
find 1t amounts to 6,268 " tons.
That's o big Item, but 1t isn't nearly
enough. Everything has been pared
right down to the bone. If transpor-
tation presented no difficulties, the
Y. M. c. A. would show what big
business really means. The trouble
is that it's hard enough to get the
stuff across the Atlantic, and once
landed In a base port It runs up
against embargoes and other trans
port difficulties galore. Just when
the Red Triangle people think they
have enough motor trucks to handle
the situation for instance, the army
comandeers part Of the trucks. =. I. I'd.
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GIRLS ARE CLIMBERS.
.{Ry United Press. J

Toxic, Noy. 20. (By Mail. More
than twice, ass many women and girls
climbed Mount Full this, season. than
in 1917-to be exact, 1884 this year
and 2,873 last, This mountain, 90
miles, from Toxic aud clearly visible
here on clear days, is sacred to all
Japanese, the mecca Of pilgrims and
the most familiar figure In japanese
art. During the season just closed,
$3.50 men climbed Full making a
decrease Of 1928 from last year, otft-
cial records state. The marked Ia
crease in female climbers is princfp-
ally due to the Increased popularity
81 mountaineering among girl stud
ents. a., .~ ..-.-, 49, ...t. "
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O. ~ - s-.EEEELi y
GIVEN HOME SUNDAY

Mrs. N. E. Given has received
word from her husband that he is
now at Camp Dodge and expects to
return to .Bemidji perhaps by Sun
day.. Young Congdon IS also at the
same camp. ~