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The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-10-04
A THOROUGH TEST
One to Convince the Most SkepticaI
Brownsville Reader.


The test Of time is the test that
counts.
Doan's Kidney Pills have made their
reputation by effective action. 2
The following case is typical:
Brownsville residents should be con-
WINGED.
The testimony is confrmed-the
proof complete.
Testimony like this cannot be ignor-
cd.
L. A. Cogbill, farmer, South Browns
vile ST., Brownsville, says: 81 get the
best Of results when l use Doan's Kid
ney Pills and | am glad to recommend
this remedy. l had been having a lot
of lameness and soreness through the
region Of my kidneys and got so /
could hardly straighten up from a
STOPPING position. After taking eou-
pie of boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills /
got better" Statement given Deem
Der 10, 1914.)
On May 20, 1918, Mr.. Cogbill said:
i recommend Doan's Kidney Pills as
highly today as / did in 1914. / am
glad to say the cure they gave me has
proven permanent"
Price 6Oc, at all dealers. Don't SIM
ply ask for a kidney remedy-Get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-10-04
DOCTORS SAY CALOMEL
is BEST MEDICINE

According to the worlds greatest
physicians and medical experts. calo-
mel is the best and most universally
useful Of all medicines. Medical au-
thorities prescribe calomel for almost
every disease, and explain that it is
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-10-04
BARB WIRE CUTS AND WOUNDS

Are troublesome to cure. Get bottle
OF Farris' Healing Remedy-costs SOC
make it at home. Heals rapidly. A
sore never matters where this remedy
is used. We sell it on the money back
plan. Get it if L. M. Short, Browns
vile, Tenn, X. E. Martin, Stanton; D.
c. Russell, Dancyville; F. Jones, Keel
ing; AT. S. Higgins, RS Ripley; L. G.
Graves & Co., Rs, Brownsville, or ].
L. Binford, Rs, Brownsville. oct
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-10-04

An average of 1000 letters consti-
tuts the daily correspondence receiv-
ed by Miss c. May Beeman, the or
ganizer of various movements in Eng
land which have resulted in raising
over $4,000 900 for war charities.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-10-04

sealed packages, price thirty-fve cts.
Your druggist recommends and guar
antees Calotabs, and will refund your
money if you are not delighted with
them. (Adv.)
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-10-04

A Prussian officer went on distrib-
uting iron crosses after he had been
captured. He may have desired to
tempt his fellow-prisoners Of less rank
to be a little easy with the hazing.-
Washington Star.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-10-04

Mr.. Cogbill had. Foster Milburn Co.
Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1918-10-04

Powdered SOAP

Just sprinkle Grandma in the tub and then, like
white magic millions of glorious suds in an instant
It's wonderful how Grandma does the work. 1t
makes no difference if the water is hard, soft, hot or
colo, the result is always the same Grandma is the
greatest AL round household soap Of the ageits
powdered. No chipping or slicing No whole bars
wasting away when Grandma is on hand
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-11
rHoRouGHBREDs AND OTHERS.

fshoroughbreds are at premium IN the world
If TODAY. The human or other animal that has
specialized to excellence in anything is In de-
mand. A COW has just been sold for sixteen
thousand dollars. A hen that produced an egg
la day for year would be worth Thousand
dollars pound Thoroughbred horses are the
only ones good for much in war, and human
lthoroughbreds are going to win 1t on lana anu
on the water and in the air. Of course 1t can
not he told until after demonstration who the
thoroughbred human is. He may have no
iqrnown pedigree. and every outward appear
ance of a grade (polite designation Tor mon
preD. There are stigmah OF 1ncapaclty puI
the hallmarks of superiority are not always Cd
yious and nature elights to trick and surprise
ns by hiding heroic souls in her commonest clay
Rut if there is an exception to the rule that lhe
thoroughbred animal is the best, it may be the
dog. The pedigreed dog is good to look at out
often good for nothing else. He has speclanzea
TO beauty. or curlycue tail, or perhaps to sikh
ness of coat or an orthognathous or Progna-
thous Jaw But for allaround usefulness, meh-
tai alertness and teachability the mongrel dog
of miscellaneous accidental breeding has the
prize winner with the printed pedigree beaten
out of ight
Dogs are like men in this that an unprePo Is
sessinp exteriour may cover SURPRISING quail
+;es. and he seems to be nearest to man In
nvchic endowments and development. The dog
an American soldier left behind was nconsol-
able for months and refused to eat for days at
a time. At last morning came when MS
mournful whining, piteous and continuous evl-
denced deepest grief. Later telegram IRON
the war department told that the soldier hao
been severely wounded on that day In france
Was this telepathy7 In any event this dog was
no bench show star. He was just DOG Oh un-
discoverable antecedents, dog Of the city
whose conduct probably was not always above
criticism, but he loved much
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-11

on the oceans is coming into sight. There is a
confident expectation in allied lands, and IN
creasing apprehension among the allles EN-
emies, that Germany will be disarmed and rem
dered harmless as an aggressive nationality tor
decades to come. There are indications also
that the central empires, ruined financially, Will
repudiate their rulers and split up into autono-
nous states Nor do well-informed observers
believe that Turkey can ever be patched up In
to an empire again. Further than this no one
sees clearly; and yet there is feeling that thls
is not all that is to be expected but that inter
national relations, the relations OF peoples TO
their governments and many ancient long-un
challenged conceptions of life and the nghts
and duties Of citizens to states and OF states 10
one another are to be profoundly and per1nan-
nently modified as result Of the war
What the reconstructed Europe Will be ana
how it will be brought about no one pretends 10
know. But this is that larger thing OF when
the war is only an episode which is felt to I'M
pend Thus far this four years struggle mas
been disintegratng, undermining; but ASIDE
from the chaos brought on Russia, pohtlcal
Europe, to superficial sight, is still unchanged.
Only when the destructive phase OF the epocn
is ended can the constructive, reconstructlve
work begin; and not until this is well under way
or approaching completion shall we be able to
see what this unparalleled upheaval means for
mankind.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-11

How They Say it is in South America.
World Outlook: The mission SCHOOLS
in South America yield rich harvest
of mistakes in English, such as are
always imminent because OF the close
similarity between Spanish and Eng
lish The consonants "b" and W IN
Spanish are practically interchange
able A teacher having given some
dictation to her class was, therefore
not so astonished as amazed to have
to come back to her:
"Ihen give the world the vest you
have,
And the vest fill come back to you
The same teacher has kept a col
lection of some other slips which need
no explanation. 1 don't could "A
pigeon with a rag tied around its
paw" MY father is very thick" MY
watch is not well; it is anticipate;
81 have to wash my hair very often
because it is so fat"
Two other mistakes probably arise
from a confusion of somewhat SIM
liar words rather than from the Span
ish reaction to a Puritan Sabbath.
Remember the Sabbath day to keep
it hollow" 1.-THE Lord bless the Sab
lbath day and howled it."
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-11
MR.. FoRD's "REMINISCENCES.

Minneapolis Journal: II Henry
Ford only gets enough chances &c
talk publicly he will defeat his OWE
aspirations to be senator from Mich
gan. Someone asked him point blank
whether he was a republican or a
democrat.
Whereupon Henry, to prove the
simonpurity and ancient custom of his
republicanism, recalled the fact tina,
when he had passed his twenty-first
birthday his father took him aside
and said: Henry, you are man now
and a citizen, and it is time for you
to- vote" Henry demanded to know
for whom he should vote. He says
that the elder Ford advised him to
vote for James A. Garfield for prest
dent and that he followed the pa
rental advice
A pretty story of adolescent po
litical training! But the New York
Times cruelty digs up the fact tina,
Henry Ford was 81 on July 80, 1884.
and that if he voted the republican
ticket that year he must have voted
for James G. Blaine, the republican
candidate of that year. Garfield had
been dead three years.
Did any man before ever forget for
whom he cast his first vote? In after
years Mr.. Ford, as he once confessed,
never voted at all, except when urged
to do so by Mrs. Ford He also pro-
fessed pride in his ignorance of his
tory and his Indifference to political
matters
Fine material for a United States
senator is Henry Ford!
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-11
One of the greatest lessons of life Is to
learn not to do what one likes, but to like
what one does-H. Black
DEATH BLOW TO SOCIALISM.

The withdrawal of Allan l.. Benson from the
socialist party removes another of the men who
gave to that party its standing, so far as it has
had one, with the people. Mr. Benson was the
socialist candidate for president in 1916 but he
advocated socialism which he believed could
be made form of Americanism not an Arleri-
canism betrayed into anarchistic turmoil His
letter of resignation shows his position when he
says: "The socialist party has among its lead
e1s an undue percentage Of The foreign born.
These foreign leaders mislead the party be-
cause they are incapable by reason of their birth
of doing otherwise. They cannot feel what
Americans feel And they are assisted by an
anarchistic, syndicalistic minority that the
party, prior to the war, had always suppressed.
The last suppression of this minority was the
beginning of the party's downfall" This
is frank writing and it indcts the socialist party
on the very count on which non-socialists indict
it: on the ground that it is disloyal to American
ism.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-11
Styles in Shoes Regulated
in War Industries Schedule

sboes for women shall not exceed 61s
inches.
The maximum height OF all WON,
ems overgaiters shall not exceed
inches measured from breast OF heel
at side to center of top at side.
The maximum height OF misses
oyergaiters shall not exceed o1s
inches measured as aboVe).
Colors.
All shoes, both leather ana iaDric'
shall be restricted to black, white.
and two colors of tan (the two colors
of tan to be dark brown or tan anu
a medium brown or tam.
Patent leather shall be biack only.
These color regulations DO not appiS
to baby shoes made OF faprlcs.
Lasts.
Shoe manufacturers shall not lor
the next six months introduce pu-
chase, or use any new style iasts.
They may replenish to cover wastase
or to meet requirements on presehs
lasts now in use in the manufacture
OF shoes. This is to be effective at
once. (By new style lasts is meant
any lasts which have not actually
been used for the manufacture OF
shoes in the past seasons.)
Innings.
The use of leather as a quarter
lining in oxfords and low shoes Is
permitted only when used in skeleton
form with fabric Leather Innings
will be permitted in evening slippers
where uppers are made OF fabrics
We advocate the use of full faorlc
Innings for low shoes wherever pos
sible.
Cartons.
Cartons shall be made of either all
white or gray paper, with the excep.
tion of the front label and the front
flanse. which may conform with the
color and paper now IN use. NO
bottom covering, trimming, strlnsns'
fly sheets, or printed tops to be per-
mitted on cartons
You are requested, IN SO iar as
possible or wherever practicable, 10
institute the following methods OIL
conservation:
/. To use economical cutting pat
terms.
3. To cooperate with retailers and
wholesalers to restrict the return OF
merchandise.
8. To reduce the number OF ne"
boot samples for women to be maze
for spring season of 1919.
4. To discourage the purchase or
order OF unnecessary sample pairs
of shoes for future buying.
5. To encourage the sale OF low
cut and low effects.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-11
TODAYS BIT OF VERSE
A WoMAiN's THANKS.

A WoMAN'S THANKS.
Whenever ! meet sailor soldier on the street.
My thanks lie at his feet.
While his head, place helmet fair of prayer
That may again to all
Who hold him DEAR
Both far and
long to say you give your rfe,
Your future fair, to
Me from the lash of driven labor
cNfong strange neis lbors,
To keep battered ruin, cannonbfown, dear home
To let live in my body's peace
Not loathing 1t, defled,
Bearing a stranger child.
OF your young you build living wall, around an
10 womens hearts most dear. The
Young, the old,
You guard fear untold!
Far out of reach of human eyes,
The ramparts OF sacred country rise,
Irnpalpable but stronger far than death.
Freedom and light and love- nations breath,
Dwell safely there free from all thought OF care.
These walls your noble spirit builds and bears!
This, while pass soldier on the street
This vision fleet!
/ do not even hold grateful hand thus while stand
only my head and say,
rDear lad God bless you your way,
And bring you SAFE some day,
To harbor where you long TO be,
Z cannot thank you for your gift to me,
For who can thank for life, love, liberty,
me one who gives life's hourly sacrifice?
E A. FHrman, in New York Times
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-11
THE WAR AN EPISODE

There is food for reflection in the highly sig
rifcant statement that the people Of the central
empires, and to lesser degree the thoughtful
people of Europe generally, are coming to re-
gard this war as only an episode in something
larger which is coming on the world. What
this larger thing is presG'nes to say; but
tue feeling deepens that this gigantic clash and
the travail of the nations are only a prepar-
alton, first step, in remaking the world into
something that is only glimpsed as yet.
The outcome Of the conflict in the field and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-11
They Will Repret.

Minneapolis Improvement Bulletin ::
Mississippi river towns that fail to
cooperate with the government in its
effort to develop an effective river
transportation system, will, in days to
come, look back on the present time
with acute regret for the opportunity
they have missed.
For economic reasons inland water
ways viii, in the future. largely re-
lieye the railroads from the burden
of carrying shipments of heavy freight
in which speed is not a factor The
experience of continental Europe has
shown the great Importance of nayig-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-11
PORTO RICO, ONE HUNDRED PER CENT:

An,ono the states and insular possessions OIL
the United States there was but one coiiiaiioi-
wealth in which it was not necessary TO enforce
tba draft That was Porto Rico, with popu-
lation fundamentally and in great majority
T ATTN in origin. The response OF volunteers III
the early days of the war was SO great tfla1 t,ie
onota of the island was more than raised by the
mon who answered the call, and Porto Rlco mas
been a part of the United States for less than
twenty years This praiseworthy Loyalty OIL
Porto Rico has been well known for seVerai
wears It is not new, but had its beginning
when the island was taken over by the United
states during the war with Spain. 1t has IN
creased steadily ever since. The credit Tor the
LOYALTY belongs to no person or party, Dut 10
the Porto Ricans themselves.
General Crowder has included shop clerks
among the men of draft age affected by the
work OF fight order. Possibly he is looking for
some particularly good soldiers from this
source of supply; certainly we have had them.
At the outbreak OF the civil war General Nelson
A. Miles was clerk in drygoods store. Gen
eral Custer was selling hides General Howard
was merchandising was also General Long
street Good soldiers come from all places
where Young men work in democracy, and as
we get into our stride in this war we shall de
velop some fighters Of pre-emlnent ability. The
great military genius that stands plainly seen
at the close Of war is quite often latent at its
beginning.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-11
IOWA PRESS COMMENT

Cedar Rapids Republican: The six
cent street car fare may come by &C
ton of the government in WASHINGTON
In ordinary times it would be none OF
Washington's business, but in these
war times unusual powers are assured
over there and sometimes it is neces-
sary to both assume and exercise the
powers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-11

The war industries board author
ICES publication of the folloWlhs
letter and schedule sent to the shoe
manufacturers of the United States:
In order to husband our resources
and assist in carrying on the war
program, further measures or con-
serva ton are absolutely necessary IN
the shoe trade for the spring season
of 1919.
The purpose of this program is TO
reduce still further, If possible. the
number of styles and to avoid those
styles that involve the unnecessary
use Of material and capital.
Details as Ratified.
AS it is impossible for this section
to issue the plan in its final form
before June %, 1918, we wish to IN.
form you of the details. and there
fore we are inclosing the list OF the
suggested methods of conservation
These suggestions have been care
fully investigated and are the result
of various meetings with representa-
tive members of all branches OF the
allied shoe and leather industry.
They have been ratified by the ex-
ecutiye committee of the council of
national service Of the shoe and
This program will be made effec-
tive in this form, unless substantial
reasons are Immediately presented
which necessitate its modification m
order to assist more effectively IN
meeting present war conditions
Yours, very truly,
Chief, Hide, Leather and Tanning
Materials Section, War Industries
Board.
These recommendations apply to
all samples made for the sprlas
season of 1919 and to all shoes cut
for manufacture on or after OCTOBER
l, 1918.
Height Of Shoes.
The maximum height of women 8
shoes. both leather and fabric, shall
not exceed eight inches (meas lrec
from breast of heel at side to center
of top at side of finished shoes, size
4b to be the base measure.
The maximum height of misses
shoes, size 11-2, shall not exceed 6k
inches (measured as above).
The maximum height Of children $
shoes, sizes gil, shall not exceed
6 inches.
The maximum height OF boys and
Youths shoes shall not exceed 5Ea
inches.
The maximum height Of infants
shoes, sizes As, shall not exceed 5E
inches.
The maximum height OF button
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-11

down grade for him and they are try
ing to kick him out of the chairman
shin of the congressional committee
In politics the victor is always big
man, but there never is any room for
the loser.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-11

Sioux City Journal: A good example
of Henry i ord's political sagacity is
afforded by his statement that he was
commanded" to run.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-11

able streams in relieving railroads of
part of their burdens.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-11

miners of Spitbzbergen for elsn
months, but they are now able 10 -
the worlds news twice a day by Wlio
less telegraph.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-11

Alas for the seifsatisied. He who is without aspr-
.tions is poor indeed all fife consists in realizing
realized IDEALS who has unreaiized ideals is
pready dead, knows it not-Lyman Abbott
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-11

now There cannot De OlStlnCtlOu
man cannot claim the title of patrfo-
tism without doing his duty. If he does
his duty fully and faithfully be can.
not be denied the classification as
patriot.
Davenport Democrat: Every one OF
the allied powers-the nations the
blinded rulers of Prussia have reused"
will De a signer of the new declara-
ton of independence for the entire
world which President Wilson ieclar-
ed at Mt. Vernon.
MarshaIltown Times-Republican: II
Miss Rankin wins her race for the
senate she Will not be utterly lone
some. There are other vary iadyiike
senators there.
washington Evening Journal: We
are of the opinion that, IN the temper
ance matter, our government should
crowd its power for the total elifnina-
ton of liquor as a beverage to the
farthest limit possible. There never
was a better excuse for arbitrary &C
tion than there is now, and once the
prohibition idea is established there
is going to be such a marked increase
in general efficiency as will more than
ioverbalance the disturbances that may
attend the institution OF the prohioitory
system.
Humboldt Republican: The work or
fight" bill should be enforced to the
limit. Every community. has an IN
divfdual or two who is hiding penmu
the skirts of a wife and baby. By all
@rJ-
Anamosa Eureka: The automobile
driver who used to roar about undrag-
eed roads now gIories in the fact that
the farmers are raising crops for the
army while the roads take care OF
themselves.
Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune: Not even
the most sanguine democrat has had
the temerfty to express the opinion
that Gov Harding could be defeated
Knoxville Express: Among other
non-essential industries which are en-
crossing much time that might be de-
voted to production is the crossroads
war strategy board.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil The suffra-
gists find the senators at Washington
like horses. You can lead them up to
trough, but they hesitate to drink.
Algona Upper Des Moines-Repuoli-
can: Every time the Huns orAustrians
get trimmed Iowa land goes up about
$40 an acre.
Cherokee Times: After a charmed
nc Tor, &c
man Wood finally met the same end
that always comes to the man who
makes politics a business-defeat.
aNnx everything seems to be on the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-11

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Patrio-
tism and duty are synonymous terms
now. There cannot be distinction.
man cannot claim the title of patrfo-
tism without doing his duty If he does
his duty fully and faithfully be can.
not be denied the classification as
patriot.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-07-11

At one period no mail reached the