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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04

London Telegraph: In the spring
of his 18TH year. DR.. Johnson return
ed thanks In St Clement Danes cnurcn
for his recovery from distemper
(which few in the vigor OF youth are
known to surmount." A new leave
of life seemed assured to him, LOT
soon afterwards, Gin all the madness
of superfiuous health" he went up al
the stairs to a picture exhlollon
without stopping to rest or breathe,
and gayly commented on the show 70
Mrs. Thrale, but like the Doge OF
yenise at Paris / admired notning
but myself" Two months later feil
the blow from which he never re-
covered. At 43, Mrs. Thrale an
nounced that her approaching mar
riage to Piozzi was "irrevocably
settled" Johnson thereupon wrote
that dignifed letter of fatherly re-
nunciation, ending with the famous
historical parallel (Mrs. Thrale had
stated that she intended making her
home in Italy):
when Queen Mary took the reso-
luton Of sheltering herself In Eng
land, the archbishop Of st. Andrew 8,
attempting to dissuade her, attended
her on her journey; and when they
came to the irremediable stream that
separated the two kingdoms, walked
by her side into the water, IN the
middle Of which he seized her bride
and with earnestness proportionate
to her danger and his own affection,
pressed her to return. The queen
went forward If the parallel reaches
thus far, may it go no farther. The
tears stand in my eyes"
The other day this noble letter
fetched CLOS (s525) at auction. The
price tempts one to quote Johnson's
translation Of an ode by Horace that,
after man is dead he "is nought but
ashes and shade"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04
The Farmers Prosperity,

Cedar Rapids Republican: One
thing that has discouraged the farm
ers a bit is the sheer nonsense that is
being talked about their war prosper
ity It is not yet clear to the actual
farmers that the talked of prosperity
has hit them in such big chunks. But
we are all hoping they will have bet
fer year of it. What hit them hardest
last wear was the failure of the corn
cron. which was not half a crop, even
II the yovernm emit reports for long
time insisted that it was the biggest
ON record 1t was not half a crop in
truth and 1t entailed an immense
mount of worry to know what to do
with II. Some of 1t is still in the
feIds we believe, the farmers having
been afraid to gather it in bins.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04
THE PERSONAL EQUATION.

Philadelphia Public Ledger: No
matter how successful You may De-
come or to what eminence you CLIMB
don't lose sight Of the fact without the
customer you would cease to exist.
A store that climbs is a shining
light but in rising the owner should
not lose sight Of the personal equa-
ton in business. A customer grows
to like clerk or admire the goods
a certain manager buys She will con-
tinue to patronize that store until
some incident displeases her, and
then she will turn against the entire
establishment For that reason, no
matter how large store gets to be,
a wise merchant will mingle with the
throng on the floor OF his store every
day. II he be observant he can pick
up many good hint, just why this
line is not selling, the reason or the
heavy demand for certain coIors, ETC.
OF course, q man who has no time TO
do this must depend on his assistants
to keep him in touch with the pulse
of the trade, but IL a merchant Is wise,
he will get this information frsthand
and not take it from the lips OF an
other
The merchant who spends a certain
time eaCQ Gay Oh INC llooi VI hio s.oAS
permits the trade to get to know him.
II he is wise, his clerks introduce him
to the many persons who crave a
hand-clasp or wish to know Just who
lis responsible for the goods they wear
| and buy. A merchant who builds Tor
the future will install such q feeling
| of confidence In the minds OF his Gus
toners that they will say: yes,
trade at Blanks because am
friend of the merchant, Mr.. Blank.
He puts in special lines for mo and
my friends"
| All the time Blank knows the Idea
Of that new style pillow top or the
dainty figured lawn so much In vogue
lis not the result of the sugg estion OF
| Mrs. Smith, but is on sale by many
other stores, but he has sown the seed
| of personal equation in the mind OF
his patron, and she thinks him won
der.
/ A. T. Stewart was a master hand In
sowing the seed of personal equation.
1t was said that he made habit OF
lmingling with his clerks behind the
counters OF his store, got to know the
names OF many Of his customers, call,
led many aside while walking through
his store, and with courtiy Dow
would ask permission to escort them
to the next section where they in
tended to shop.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04
THE CROWN PRINCES JOY.

WASHINGTON Star: Germany's crown
nrince has telegraphed his congratu-
Iations to the different airdromes In
Germany on the occasion of the one
hundredth air raid on London. me
fact that there were, no casualties
and no material damage In conse>
ouence of that raid does not appear
to have modified the crown prince
transport of joy He is simply glao
that for hundredth time Germany
has "strafed" England. He doubtless
wishes it was the two hundreoLn or
the five hundredth time that bombs
had been dropped on the Britlsn
people.
Just why Germany continues to
bomb England from the air Is BEYOND
understanding. 1t is certainly not
doing any good to the German cause.
On the contrary, these occasional
raids serve only to keep the British
public keyed up to the point OF de-
termination to win. Several hundred
neopIe have been killed, mostly
women and children. Perhaps a mil
lion dollars worth of damage has
| been caused, maybe s5,000,000. But
! if the damage had been ten times
/ the amount, IL the losses in life had
been ten times as great, these raids
would have been OF no advantage
/ whatever to Germany. And yet. the
crown prince is glad.
In recent issue OF the Atlantic
Monthly a French educator presents
an article on keeping school under
fire at Rheims" He tells of the
maintenance of classes In the cham
payne cellars OF that city where the
! children might be taught In some de-
gree OF safety from the lombard.
rnents. The Germans "strafe" Rheims
periodically, to no particular pur-
pose. They cannot possibly gain any
ground by dropping shells into the
already battered city They simply
fire In the hope OF killing. Most OF
the victims there, as in England, are
women and children and old men,
lnon-corbatants all. Yet the teachers
conduct the classes daily and the
children go to and from their homes
with little ga. masks hanging around
their necks, ready for instant use
trained to run quickly between shell
explosions or to seek shelter In eel
liars or to fling themselves on the
ground when they hear the whine Of
a projectile.
In discussion of peace terms al
theee items must be put into the
reckoning. The wantonness, the vii
llainy of these German lombard
ments, Justified by no military rea
son. must be put into the scale as G
actor
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04

Elsie Christman of Bethel, MO.
a teacher in the Oak Ridge
Mrs. Earnest Rowe and TWO eo, N,p5
liam and Paul; the Misses mai
and Ruby Woods. Miss Grace
Miss Bernice Crum. sister M
groom, Miss Hazel Harte,, ,,csl
Eugenia Blaize, Miss Verrla e]
Miss Ruby Elizabeth Egley VI oarn]
hoka, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis ha
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Crum, M pu,]
Mrs Albert Johnson, William NJ. rnn|
George Hagerman, Francis p lest
Gilbert vandervoor, OF WE aorsu
Ayperian Crum Of Warsaw; cos
the groom; Alva Under, olu sd
the bride. and Private Wllllan :, cas
United States soldier Doy psfrs
Cody, Deming, New Mexico sroou
ments were served by the
mother. and all departed az cr,rs
hour wishing Mr.. and Mrs.
long and happy married NE
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04
WHERE FOOD Is SCARCE.

report of the federal bureau of labor sta
tistics shows the economic conditions OF ger
many, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria ana turkey
The report is based upon statements made by
the nress the civic bodies and the public otlclais
.of the central powers. The conclusions from
the statements which are supported by status
I+ios may he thus summarized: In Germany
fodder is extremely scarce. The supply OF
vino has decreased. The milk supply has
diminished materially and the quality IS poor.
There ia a great shortage Of vegetables Inc
infant mortality in Berlin in 1917 was exceed
iinlv high. Fish is scarce we'll as meat, ana
the preserved porpoise has been added to the
LIST of edible fish. The price of beef In Berlin
is seventy-fve cents pound. Physical weak
ness is increasing among the German laborng
classes. and there has been an alarming increase
of deaths from phthisis and pneumonia.
IN Austria the workers are suffering intoler-
ably from the high cost of food. Hungary SUI
fers less but has given little aid to Austria
where, complaints are made OF hungarian
..nrofteering. Bulgaria is suffering from 1000
shortage less than any Of the other central
nowers but in Sofia distribution has become
81 difficult that all newcomers who have no war
business in the city are ordered to leave:
Turkey is starving not so much through
shortage of crops as through the graft and cor
rnntion Of Turkish officials and also through
Germany's appropriation of Turkeys supplies
Broad in that miserable country costs eleven
times as much as before the war and mix nve
fines as much. Coal and salt cost eight Tunes
az much In Turkey the grim word starva-
Ition" indicates an actually. Germany anu
her allies or vassals must count among thelf
enemies-hunger.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04
GLASS OF SALTS
CLEANS K|OkE|
If Your Back Hurts or slaS
Bothers You, Drink Lots OF
Water.

When your kidneys hurt and y
back feels sore, don't get scared J
proceed to load your stomach WI
lot OF drugs that excite the kial]
and irritate the entire urinary u
Keep your kidneys clean Ike
keep your bowels clean, BY iiusa
them with a mild, harmless
which removes the bodys uil1
waste and stimulates them 70 y
normal activity. The function o.
kidneys il to filter the blood. "
hours they strain from 1t ooo y,
Of acid and waste, so we can les'
understand the vital imporean''
keeping tho kidneys active. ;,
Drink lots Ct water-you can ST. y
too much; also get from any pn,
acist about four ounces OF Jad %
take q tablespoonful In a siss.
water before breakfast eacn mo-
for q few days and your Mene', >,
act fine. This famous sals - y,
from the acid OF grapes anu ~
juice, combined with lithia, anu !,
been used for generations to
and stimulate clogged kidneys
to ne,Itralize the acids IN uTlns .,,
no longer is a source OF h.N''
thus ending bladder weakness -,
Jad Salts is inexpensive ~.
injure; makes a delightful eii :,
cent Whitewater drink when :,
one should take now and then ~
their kidneys clean and acnye We,
this, also keep up the water ~ -,
and no doubt you will wona&
became of your kidney trouU''
backache.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04
Be PRETTY! from
GRAY HAIR DA
Try GrandmotheTs Old F,x
Recipe Of Sage Tea and
Sulphur.

Almost everyone knows that
Tea and Sulphur, properly como
ed, brings back the natural colo,
lustre to the hair when d
streaked or gray. Years ago the
way to get this mixture was to !
it at home, which is mussy and
blesome. Nowadays, by asking
any drug store for "Wyeth's Sag.
Sulphur Compound" you will 4
large bottle OF this famous old ,s
improved by the addition Of )
ingredients, at a small cost.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Manson Journal: So far as we
can see Harding has made very ao-
ceptahle governor He probably dis
appointed some in both the camps OF
his friends and enemies. Some OF MS
friends hoped and expected MIN 10 40
the impossible and his enemies ap-
peared to fear that he would do the
same as some of his friends hoped
He simply kept to the middle OF the
road and so disappointed both rae
tions and in doing so did the right
thing.
Mason City Globe-Gazette: Cerro
Gordo farmers have started some
more patriotic fires by being the first
to pledge 10000 acres OF spring wheat
this year to help the government.
Cedar Rapids Republican: Now
they are saving that there is d1sap-
pointment In the number OF women
who have registered for the special
congressional election to be held In a
New York district this spring. but
what of that? Can the women De ex-
lrected all to jump into politics at
once? Give them time to become &C
climated and Injured.
Davenport Democrat: Russia is
probably wondering, If she lets Japan
! help her to save Siberia, how easy II
will be to get the Japs to let 60
Des Moines Register: The investl-
CATION of the packing industry brings
to light the fact that the packers also
reeded q few diplomats In the nusl-
ness.
Sioux City Journal: Many politi-
cal movement doesn't realize how
many good reasons for existence II
has got until few newspapers ueciue
the movement shows signs OF galnins
popularity and assign their clever
editorial men to thinking up argu-
ments.
{ Burlington Hawk-Eye: Arranse-
ments are under way in Illinois 10 OPP
crate the coal mines all summer That
| looks good. And sensible. The pubic
will warm up to the thought.
| Knoxville Express: Some way
| should be devised for a political NOR
atorium until the war is over. Party
| politics that in time of peace IS a
murmuring breeze is apt to be dead
ily tornado in time OF war.
/ Sioux City Tribune: The inyest
cation ordered by President Wilson
may lead to a general showdown IN
the whole field Of war profteer1ns
1T will be worth while at least, as q
itest of whether our fair speaking DIG
business men can be trusted to alo
! the government.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04
There is a powerful influence that resolves
itself into a service for all in each individual
strong, pure and noble life.-Ralph Waldo
Urine.
HANNIBAL NEWSPAPERS CONSOLIDATE

Hannibal, Mo-, will hereafter be we'll served
by one newspaper the Courier-Post having
taken over the Journal The Journal discon-
tinued separate publication with its issue of
Saturday The consolidation was made i'm
perative by the greatly increased expense of
publishing q daily newspaper, and is in line
with conditions prevailing in the newspaper
business throughout the country.
Announcement Of the passing of the Han
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04

nibal Journal Will be read with no small degree
of interest, inasunuch as it was for years unoei
the editorial, direction of John a. hno'', nov
deceased, and was one OF the strohgest ue'iiio-
cratic organs in northern Missouri. Inc 'oul-
nal likewise figures prominently from literary
standpoint Samuel l.. Clemens was a. one cue
time in his boyhood years devil" in the
of;.a and other men who are now prominent IN
the business world began their carers on the
Journal
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04

Tho closer the government and tho
people come into contact with the
men in training, as Mr.. Taft has done,
the quicker will the conduct OF the
war and it's support become worthy
the flne spirit Of the men with the
-colors on both sides of the Atlantic.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04
Slow TO Learn.

Women's Press: Men are learning
some of them very slowly, that the
sasest way to Judge woman is by lis
teninp To what she has to say instead
of studving the shape OF her ankle.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04

Don't stay gray! Try It! No
can possibly tell that you dark
your hair, as 1t does it so natu1
and evenly. You dampen spong|
soft brush with it and draw
through your hair; taking one 1
strand at a time; by morning
gray hair disappears. and after
other application or two, your
becomes beautifully dark, glossy
attractive.
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur .
pound is a delightful toilet requ
for those who desire dark hair q
youthful appearance. It is not Int
ed for the cure. mitigation or pre-
ton OF disease.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04
First War Baby.

DALLAS, March 4-This country's
first war baby was born recently.
Myrtle Luella Rumble is the war
baby. She is the daughter Of Corporal
and Mrs. Laurel Run die.
Corporal Rumble is stationed at
Camp Dodge and was given a furlough
to see his daughter.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04

God gave my son in trust to me;
Christ died for him, and he should be
A man for Christ. He Is his own,
And Gods and mans; not milne alone.
He was not mine to give" He gave
Himself that he might help to save
All that Christian should revere,
All that enlightened men hold dear.
ITO feed the gunsi" o torpid soul.
Awake and see life as q whole.
When freedom, honor, justice, right,
Were threatened by the despot's might,
With heart afame and soul aIght.
He bravely went for God to fight
Against base savages, whose pride
The laws OF God and man dehed;
Who slew. the mother and her child.
Who maidens pure and sweet defled-
He did not go ito feed the guns,
He went to save from ruthless Huns
His home and country, and to be
A guardian Of democracy.
what If he does not comet" you say;
Ali. well! My sky would be more gray,
But through the clouds the sun would shine
And vital memories be mine.
Gods test Of manhood is, know,
Not 'fWiI he Gomez" but Did he go?'
My son well knew that he might die,
And yet he went, with purpose high,
To fight for peace, and overthrow
The plans Of Christ's relentless foe.
He dreaded not the battle field;
He went to make fierce vandals yield
If he comes not again to me
l shall be sad but not that he
Went like a mana hero true
His part unselfshly to DO.
My heart will feel exultant pride
That for humanity he died.
forgotten gravel" This selfish plea
Awakes no deep response IN me,
For, though his grave l may not see,
My boy will neer forgotten be-
My real son can never die;
IT'S but his body that may lie
In foreign land, and I shall keep
Remembrance fond, forever, deep
Within my heart Of my true son
Because of triurnphs that he won.
It matters not where anyone
May lie and sleep when work is done.
It matters not where some men live;
If my dear son his life must give,
Hosannas / will sing for him
Zen though my eyes with tears be dim,
And when the war is over, when
His gallant comrades come again,
I'll cheer them as they're marching by,
Rejoicing that they did not die.
And when his vacant place l see
Ny heart will bound with Joy that he
Was mine so long-my fair young son
And cheer for him whose work Is done.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04

The demand for potatoes has been unusually
small the present season. The cause of this, ac-
cording to the food administration at WASH
ington, is the fact that potato eaters changed
their food habits last spring when tubers be-
came luxuries, and only the earnest and con
tinuous cooperation of producers and distr1bu-
tors will restore the potato to it's rightful place
on the table of every household. If the dealers
would reduce their excessive toll for handling
potatoes and let consumers have them at a
reasonably fair price it would help some.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04
TODAY's BIT OF VERSE
GODS TEST OF MANHOOD.

This poem written by Dr.. ]. d. Hughes, whose
is The Gate City, but who it is said
had son killed battle Flanders. He wrote 1t in
answer to Edwin Markham's poem II Did Not Raise My
Boy to Be SoIdier."l
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04

Some people advocate calling it a 'produc-
tive tariff" instead of a protective tariff. .
That would be a distinction without a differ
ence. The records show that whenever we have
had protective tariff we have increased home
production, and whenever we have removed
that tariff we have reduced home production.
Everybody knows that to be true and those
who oppose home production under one name
! will oppose it under any other.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04
Get All tho Dope.

"On this card" said Mr.. McNider.
"we will have the name, occupation,
residence address, nationality and
many other facts concerning every
resident We will get the amount OF
his property from the books Of the as
SCISSOR and we will know his financial
standing. II he is worth s50,000 and
has bought only trifling amount Of
Liberty bonds, the card will be evil
dence that he is Stacker. He will be
expected to do his duty in the next
loan drive"
Mr.. McNider declared the compiling
Of this comprehensive card index in
each county will be one of the tmpor-
tant features OF the work which will
be done preparatory to actual selling
Of the bonds.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04
CARD INDEX
EVERY IOWAN
Record as Patriot and Purchaser OF
War Bonds and Other
Activities are Sug-
qested

DEs MONIES, March 4.-Bvery
man in Iowa will be card indexed and
his record as patriot and purchaser
of war bonds and as a supporter OF
Red Cross and other drives for the
good of the nation will be thrown open
to the public, according to Charles H.
McNider Of Mason City, director OF
sales for the seventh federal reserve
district in the coming Liberty loan
campaign. Mr., McNider returned to
Des Moines from Chicago yesterday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04

Knoxville Express: Some wa
should be devised for a political mol
atorium until the war is over. Part
politics that in time of peace IS
murmuring breeze is apt to be deaf
ly tornado In time Of war.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04

Mason City Globe-Gazette: Cerr
Cordo farmers have started som
more patriotic fires by being the mrs
to pledge 10000 acres OF spring whea
this year TO help the government.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-19
Sheriff Charges
Board No. l Is
Discriminating

termination in the classical
ton Of registrants which gives to
policemen on the police forces of
South Bend and Mishawaka a de
ferred position. but puts deputy
sheriffs right up to the front, even
disregarding the fact of their having
dependents by marriage, is charged
by Sheriff Charles Bailey against
district exemption board No. 1, ref
Deputy Sheriff Raymond G. Bark
ley. Barlxley is Sheriff Bailey's
right-hand man, perhaps better
versed in the work of the sheriff
office, and 10 carry on its work in
the absence of the sheriff, than is
any other person. Sheriff Bailey
sees politics in the discrimination
shown by the board, all OF which are
republicans, and wonders what
chance there is for a democrat in
quest OF a square deal, with Gov.
Goodrich making the exemption
boards a part OF his political ma
chinery.
The sheriffs office is constantly
called upon TO aid the exemption
boards in carrying on their work, -
says the sheriff, exhibiting a dOcu-
ment with a score of names on il,
of men for him 10 look up for fail
ure 10 return their missionaries.
We are virtually attaches OF the
secret service department OF he
government, and have investigated
any number of cases, including nu-
merous arrests made for the boards
of men who have not responded to
registration and examination calls.
and of men wanted to be sent to
the front. regard the sheriffs Of
fee quite as important, especially
to them rs is the city police depart
ment, which never helps them out
at all" Whether Barley will ap-
peal from the classification given
him the sheriff does not know, but
insists that there is something no.
tOriOusly prejudicial in the boards
action.
Exemption board No. l consists
Of DR.. W. L. Owen, DR.. r. &. Dug
dale and John b. Haberle. 1t is
pointed out that Gov. Goodrich saw
10 il that six Of the nine members
OF the three boards in the county
are Of his political faith.