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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-03-29
ADWyEWNDK
IA|M TALL eli
PEACOCK
. MARY RAHA0 BONNER

The whole household was asleep"
said Daddy, land everything was very
still. Even the gold fishes in the bowl
were sleeping and the snails were en-
joying a good rest.
suddenly a little fairy came hopping
and skipping into the library. Hello.
peacOcks,' she said. I've been mean
ing to come for some time. but I've
been SO busy. Gracious, but I've been
r busy fairy!'
"'What have you been doing?' ask
ed the p%eacocks. I'VE like to hear
what's going on. We see a good deal,
but still when folks come into the II
brary they're apt to sit in big chairs
and put their heads inside of books
or it looks that way to us, anyway
and they read and read. They don't
to hear the newsstand we don't hear
any. So tell us, won't you, little fairy,
what you have been doing lately?
1.-THE little fairy put her wand down
on the library table and jumped up on
the table beside the peacocks. And
Of course you must know just who
the peacocks were. and why they We're
in the library. On the library table
was Il set of boOk-racks. At either
end these racks held up whatever
books We're put between them, so they
were arranged where people could loo
at the names of the books they wanted
to take out ard read. These book
racks We're very beautiful. Each II
was made to look like a beautiful pea
cock will a spread tail, n so, at
either end there was a m~ake-believe
peacock.
"They were the peacocks the fairy
had come to see. She stuck her lit.
tie feet straight out before her, and
she wore sandals with wings upon
them.
~ can jump and fly so much cas-
Ter that way than If l didn't wear
them, she said. when she noticed the
peacock were looking at them.
"'And now you've asked me what
I've been doing lately. I've been 60
ing to a number of parties. The fairies
have given q ball. the brownies and
gnomes have given a slush party on
a deliciously slushy day last week,
and there has been a lot Of work to
attend to.
1--WE been helping the Fairy Queen
in her talks to Mr.. Sandman and the
Dream King so children will have love-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-03-29
IN THE SPRING

will be the great test of a life and death
struggle on the Western front. In the
everyday walks of life, it is the spring
time that brings i'll health. One of the
chief reasons why the rundown man
finds himself in a bad state of health in
March or April. is because he has spent
nearly all his hours for the past four or
five months penned up within the walls
Of house, factory or Office. It is the rea-
son for our diminished resistance-that
is, lack Of outdoor life, coupled with
perhaps over-eating, lack of good exer-
else, insufficient sleep, and constipation.
In other words, we keep feeding the
the "clinkers," and our fire does not burn
brightly. Always keep the liver active.
There is nothing better for health than
taking a n occasional mild laxative, per-
haps once q week; such a one as you
can get at any drug store, made up Of
May-apple, jalap,. aloes, .(sugar-coated,
tiny, easily taken }, which has stood the
isst P Fl ,stts { Peasant ct fFP sIists' Bas ~
the Spring Fever" the general rundown
condition, the lack Of ambition, the
-"'blues," one should take a course Of
treatment every spring: such a standard
tonic as Dr.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery. now to be had In tablet form in
sixty;,cent walls. Watch the people 60
spring. no vitality. A vitahxine tonic mch
q this vegetable extract Of Dr.. Pierce's
e1ves you the power to force yourself into
action. h brain responds to the new
blood In circulation. and thus you're ready
TO make q Tight against stagnation which
hone you In bondage. Try II now! Don't
little pep" and laugh and live. Vim and
vitality are the natural o~ut-pouring OF q
healthy body. It does not spring up In Q
night. Try this spring tonic, and you gain
the courage that comes with good health.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-03-29

IOI0 5VS!
~ dreams, and also SO they'll hear
that there are no bad COLLINS, Lut only
nice, jolly COLLINS.
~ do believe the children in the
bedrooms Of this house are dreaming
some Of our special dreams tonight
"She threw a kiss to each peacock,
and said, Now tell me the story you
promised me last time l came
1.-THE peacOcks could not look at
each other, as one was at n end OF
the books-and the other one at the
other end.
'The fairy noticed this ut once, and
said, You might begin, peacock at this
end, and then when vol pause, the
other peacocks will talk
$50 that settled the difficulty.
"'The story we wanted to tell YOU
said the first peacock, was this. We
wanted to let you know what an honor
had been paid to peacocks. We thought
you might tell the fairies about us,
and that would please us SO much. We
get rather tired staying SO still, but
we're happy because Of our story
'"The second peacock began to speak.
as the fairy hoped over nearer that
end of the book-rack. We're SO de-
lighted because for years We've been
considered very vain. We have beau
tiful tails and we love to spread them
out and strut about and show them
off. We know our tails are lovely,
and the colors of our feathers very
wonderful.
".No wonder, then, that we want to
show them to the whole world. We
think they enjoy beautiful things, and
so we show off our tails. But do they
appreciate them? Not for d moment.
Well, maybe that's q bit harsh. They
do think our tails are beautiful, I've
not a doubt Of that. but instead OF
thanking us for giving them so many
opportunities for seeing our tails. they
call US vain.'
1--WE are vain, to be sure said the
flrst peacock, but we like to give
pleasure with our beauty. And so it's
no wonder they choose us for lovely
book-racks. But more than that-we
make lovely decorations, but we hold
up books, and SO they must think we're
wise. and it's something we've never
been thought before
both the peacocks looked very
happy. and the fairy promised to tell
the other fairies about them, but she
laughed to herself for she didn't think
Il was any sign Of wisdom to simply
lid up bo0ks.s
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-03-29
Really Quick Work.

An Irishman, who was a bricklayer,
and who was evicted, went to America
to find work. When he was passing
through New York he saw some brick
layers at work, and stood looking at
them. While he was standing the fore
man came over and said to him:
well. Pat, are you able to build
houses as quick as this in Dublin? We
start n house in the morning and the
tenant is living in 1T in the evening""
"Well, begorra! !" said Pat, that's
nothing. In Dublin we start Il house in
the morning, and the landlord is evict-
ing the tenant from 1t in the evening""
Too Common.
"Have you Il site yet for your new
hOuse?"
"Oh. yes"
"Where is ft?"
"In my minds eye"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-03-29
~>>>>>~>>%A>>>
WAR GARDEN ADVICE.

Now is the time to plan your
war garden. Get your seed
catalogs and put your garden
on paper. Draw . diagram.
representing the size and
shape OF the garden. the kinds
OF vegetables grown. the posi-.
ton aud amount OF space to, be
allotted to each. the distance
apart OF the rows. the approx
mate time Of seed sowing or
plant setting for each vege-
table.
War times call for maximum
production and elimination OF
waste. Therefore plan for
companion and succession
crops. Keep all the ground
producing al the time. And
above all. get good seed. Place
your order early.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-03-29

my health 20 I can do all my work and
I am 20 grateful that ! am recommend-
ing It to my friends. = Mrs. y. =.
ALTERS, r. r. 4, Oregon, III.
Onlywomen who have suffered the tor
lures Of such troubles and have dragged
along from day to day al realize the
relief which this famous root and herb
remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, brought to Mrs. Alters.
Women everywhere in Mrs. Alters
condition should profit by her recon-
mendation, and II there r any COM
plications write Lydia F. Pinkham's
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for advice.
The result Of their 40 years experience
IL at your service.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-03-29

k6lllC uOOOlc "LllGAA
pulled me down un-
til l could not put my
foot to the floor and
could scarcely do my
work, and as / live
on q small farm and
raise six hundred
chickens e year
it made it very hard
for me.
II saw the Com
pound advertised in
our paper, and tried
t. hoA ~nnt4NnA
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-03-29
NOW RAISES
- 500 CHICKENS
After Being Relieved Of Or
ganic Trouble by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
COMPOUND.

Oregon, IIl.-"I took Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound for an or
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-03-29

The commissions on union Of TIN
Presbyterian church north and thu
Presbyterian church south failed 4
agree upon q plan for the proposed
merger Of the two church bodies d
their joint conference at Atlantic
CRY. n. ].
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-03-29

The Nebraska supreme court ruled
that men who have entered the mill
tary service Of the United States az.
ter the draft law was passed are NOT
members Of the regular army and are
entitled to vote under the provision
Of the Nebraska voting law.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-03-29

Wheat holdings In country mills
and elevators on March !. were est
matsd by the Department of Asri.
cultnre, q oe,o72yOD bushela about
aHGlaoQ hQ1Aela - I'm - sAold
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-03-29

American soldiers who give thei
lives for their country will be sen
home In full uniform. wrapped In tn.
dags Il the a college adopts new
regulations suggested by Proves
Marshal CrOwder.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-03-29

O. the bssls Of tho announcement
Dat ~ peace treaty had been -.
DsOyed " all-Russian congress comes
- report that Ntk0laysv. The great
nayx 1ard city northeast Or Odessa.
- - srsstsd from Rnssla " ths
e1e,nanA
Qnotag - bpys which middle west,
nkoo IN Aekpected q enllst n
n pioskilg reeeeve " ~.
Eoon Ie4nxIyooo,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-03-29

One American woman was killed
and an American nan and wo..,ai'
were wounded in an air raid over
Paris, March 18th. Total casualties
were 100 killed and seventy-ui..e
wounded.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-03-29

A nonpartisan league meeting
scheduled to be held at Gregory. s
p. was prevented and I'VE league or
ganfzers were beaten and driven out
Of Gregory county across the Nebras'
ka line.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19

knows whether some enemy agent
has not planted a time bomb. And
even in port, IN the European side,
who knows but what air raids will
not make life d~isagreeable.
at isn't the danger of the mer-
chant sailors career that I want to
emphasize SO much as 1t is the cheer
full, volunteer way he goes about 1t,
To come ashore in a European port
he must undergo all the alien for
malities that any civilian would have.
He doesn't appear to be much Of
anybody when he m ashore. Soon
afterward he sails out Of port to take
another chance on the briny deep.
If he's lost at sea nobody hears and
nobody Seems to care, for he doesn't
wear a uniform, and his name is not
enrolled n the glory books in
Washington. He's simply one Of the
mass doing glorious work without any
hope for glory.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19
TEACHERS MEET
AT OTTUMWA
Southeastern Division Of Association
to Hold Convention April 4, s
and 8 with Interesting
Program.

The southeastern division Of the
Iowa Teachers association meets at
.Ottumwa, April 4, 8 and 6.
The Iowa Congress of Mothers and
Parent-Teacher associations will con-
duct a round table on Friday, April
5 at 2 o'clock at the high school build
ing. The leader OF the round table is
Mrs. e. E. Sherman, treasurer of the
Iowa branch OF the National Congress
of Mothers and Is also chairman Of the
state department of Parent-Teachers
association. She will be assisted by
Hiss Alice Fielder of Ottumwa, the eff
ficient principal Of Hedrick schools,
who will act as secretary.
The opening address will be by Rev.
W. 70. Reavis. pastor Of the Christian
church, Ottumwa, who is an educator,
an uplifter Of community life and
needs no special Introduction to OF
.tumwa people.
The child welfare research station
will be presented by DR.. Bird T. Bald
win, director of the station at Iowa
State university. Professor Baldwin
is one of the foremost educators of
the present day. He is a member Of
the American Psychology association
and a well known writer of psychol-
ogical works. He has filed profession
al positions with the university of
Pennsylvania, Harvard. university Of
Chicago and spent a season of re-
search work in Leipzig. He was in
troduced to Iowa people last Septem-
Der at the Iowa state fair. when he
addressed an assemblage IN the aud
itorium of the women's and children's
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19
E;ap4 seats seI,inc Hon,

limited Press Leased Wire Servicel
NEW ORLEANS, La, March 10
Mat Hinkel and Domick To-torfch
fight promoters who are. partners IN
the s105, 000 bid for the Willard-Fulton
championship battle are now busy
figuring on preparing the biggest
fight arena in the history Of pugilism
IL their record smashing offer Is &C
cepted. Tortorich already has an
arena which seats over 10000 rams,
but he and Htnkel have decided to en-
large this to seat $4,000, if they stage
the battle. They plan for the first
time In ring history to have Thousands
OF So and So seats which viii be popu-
lar price ducats when compared with
prices at other heavyweight cham
pionship ARRAYS. Ri1gside box seats
are to sell at $50 each and possibly
800.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19
DOyBEY PROVEN
keokuk Readers Car No Longer
Doubt the Evidence.

keokuk Readers a No Longer
Doubt the Evidence.
This Keokuk citizen testified long
ago.
Told Of quick relief-of undoubted
benefit
The facts are now confirmed.
Such testimony Is complete-the
evidence conclusive.
1t forms convincing proof of merit.
Mrs. Mary Lange, Adams House,
says: whenever I get a cold it is
SIRE to settle in my back and for sew
eral days it is misery for me to get
around. At such times sharp pains
tart through my kidneys. During one
of these spells I began using Doan<
Kidney Pills and they soon put me in
good shape"
Over eight years later Mrs. LANCE
said: "Doan's Kidney Pills have cured
me Of kidney weakness and don't
hesitate to praise them when I can"
Price Coo, at all dealers. Don't
somply ask for g. kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pilis-the same that
Mrs. Lange had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Ifgrs, Buffalo, N. Y,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19
SPORTS
p o r E S
Capt. John E. Mcmahon of west

Capt. John E. Mcmahon Of West
Point has recommended to the army
athletic council that the annual Army
Navy football game be staged this
year. His report states that 1t is the
game with Annapolis that gives the
incentive to build up good teams and
that the spirit was woefully lacking
last year when he game was cancel
lied.
Frank Birch, the old Eariham star,
officiated in forty-eight basketball
anne and eighteen football games
the past year. Those who may have
seen Birch work in the Iowa-Ames
games know that he is a competent
and fair official.
Iowa a just finished a disastrous
basketball season. ranking next to
Michigan who took cellar honors this
year. There was not an Iowa player
ON the circumference five.
Zbysco won in two straight falls
from Pat Conley at Sioux City the
other night. Conley admitted that the
Poles strength made it impossible for
him to get by.
Officials at the recent high school
Basketball tournament have picked
the all-state high school team as fol-
lows: Green, Mt. Pleasant, forward;
Darner. Iowa City, forward; Jensen,
Cedar Rapids, center; Otteopby, Sioux
City, center, guard; Shimek, Iowa
City, guard.
John ]. Egan of Providence, r. l.,
has been named as the manager OF
the Milwaukee team to succeed Ned
Egan, forced to resign because OF Ill
health.
The ST. Louis Browns nave ten men
on the squad who measure six feet or
over. They should be able to pull that
old stuff about falling down to make a
base.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19
DIAMOND A
HAVE ENLISTED
Sevcnty-six Big League Ball Players
In the Service, According
to Baseball
Magazine.

The current issue of the Baseball
Magazine has an interesting article
on the number of ball players who
have forsaken the diamond for the
service. Big league baseball has
come to the front and contributed
some of the best men in the game,
some Of whom Ire now In France
with the American forces. The list
recalls names Of men that have helped
make baseball history In the past
few years.
The American league has forty
eight men enlisted and the National
league tw~enty-eight- Boston teams
have given the most men with a total
of thirteen and Philadelphia ranks sec
ond with eleven. Hank Gowdy, of
the Boston Nationals, was one Of the
first to go and is now seeing service
in France. With such men as Maran-
vile. Jimmy Barry, Ernie Shore, Bob
bic Burns, Jim Scott, Janvrfn and Red
.Torkelson in a grenade squad 1t would
keep the Huns busy.
This spring the training trips have
started out on a much less elaborate
scale than in previous years n man
are willing and determined to
DO their part in every way possible.
which is a necessary sport Is
being run on a war basis this year
and 1t is a relief TO look owe this list
of men who have thrown up high sal
aried Jobs to 60 to war, while men
like Grover Cleveland Alexander and
old Buck Herzog, the last named who
is due to go back to the minors in a
year or two anyway, are holding out
for higher salaries and who, letting
their grand opera temperaments run
wild, are baseball slackers in every
sense OF the word. 1t is well to be-
.1ieye that if those men who have gone
are called to give their lives that they
will be batting nearer the 1000 mark
when the last great Score Keeper
looks them over.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19
Chicago Is Fight Headquarters.

United Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, March 19,-Chicago to-
day became headquarters for the ap-
preaching heavyweight championship
fight when promoters and managers
We're reported heading this way.
Fred Fulton's manager, Mike Col
Inns, will confer with Promoter ]. @.
Miller. possibly producing his fighter
to sign the formal agreement to meet
Jess Willard July four.
Domick Tortorich of New Orleans,
who offered s1O5,o00 for the match.
also notified Miller he Is shortly com
ing for q talk fest.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19
George K. Andrews Of Missouri PacI-
fic VIII Speak at Mt. Hamiil
School Friday Of
This Week.
AID IN ORGANIZING
Farm Work Of the Students OF This
School viii be Put on Most
Efficient BasIe-Others
Invited to Hear Him.

George K. Andrews, agricultural
commissioner OF the Missouri Pacino
railroad will be In Lee county this
week, and will speak at Whites Man.
ual Institute al Mt. Hamill Friday to
the boys of that school and to the
farmers in the vicinity who would like
to hear him. Mr.. Andrews Is coming
here to organize the agricultural work
of the White institute to its most ef-
ficiency, and he will tell the boys OF
the school how they can utilize the
ground there to the best advantage,
and will help to plan the campaign for
agricultural work at the institute.
Mr.. Andrews wrote to Burton Will
kinson here today that he would arrive
in Keokuk Thursday evening at TAO
o'clock and would go out to Mt. Hamin
with him the next morning. where he
will meet the school people and all
farmers In the vicinity. He will not
alone lecture, but will give some prac-
teal demonstrations The FARMERS OF
the community are invited to come in
and hear Mr. Andrews.
The Importance OF agriculture this
year above all years is to be empna-
sized il his talk, and he will urge the
officials Of the school at Mt. HamiH to
utilize their ground to help beat the
kaiser.
Mr.. Andrews will be the first of the
railroad commissioners to come to
the school. 1t Is expected that the
Santa Fe will send n of it's experts
in on a similar mission, and other
roads may SEND their agricultural men
to help plan the war gardens at the
school.
The boys and girls at the school
under the direction of Superintendent
Graham are already planning their
spring and summer work in the fields
and the aid of the railroad expert will
be gladly received by them in getting
the most out of their gardens.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19
SAILOR
is REAL HERO
officers Say American Sailors are
Undergoing Triple Dangers
These Days on Every
Trip,
IBv ". S. Forrest, United Press Staff
CORRESPONDENT

by W. S. Forrest, United Press Stan
Correspondent
PARIS, Feb. 2.-(By mail.)-'It Is
not too early In the game for the
American people to begin to appre-
ciate the u~nappreciated, unpratsed
and unrecognized civilian heroes Of
the seas" said an American naval
officer in Paris today.
The naval officer spoke OF thou
sands Of common American sailors
who are undergoing the almost
tripled dangers of constant ocean
voyages and doing 1T cheerfully with
out n of the advantages of Uncle
Sans services-without uniforms,
privileges derived therefrom or the
glory of dying for their country, Off
cially. This officer knows the civilian
sailor because he has seen him at
sea ever since America declared war.
He has seen him In port n af1oat,
in danger and at rest ashore carry
ing on the highly important work
that will eventually beat the German
submarine.
For a naval officer to plead the
case of civilian sailors is e~xtraordi-
nary In the extreme. He might In
teryene In behalf of his own navy
men. but for common sailors never.
But the officer who spoke in behalf
of the unmiiitarized sailors in the
Paris Office Of the United Press to-
day was not a navy regular"
Months ago., when America de-
clared war, he left his desk in the
editorial rooms of a big Minneapolis
newspaper and went to sea. Former
experience in the US. navy pro-
noted him Immediately to command
of q gun crew on an American mer-
chant liner. He has sunk n sub
marine, had one ship burn from under
his feet at sea and is now manning
the guns of another. He said:
at would be irregular to say how
many thousands of American mer-
chant sailors are now at sea. America
hears of the navy and army on every
possible occasion. but n seldom
thinks Of the civilian who is playing
a great part in this wal and who
will play q greater part as the war
goes on. These men + unsung
heroes. They are volunteers and they
get nothing but a small bonus with
monthly pay for taking sisks as great
as can be found in government war
service anywhere. They are in per-
haps greater danger than the men
of the U. S. avy The latter man
the staunch, seaworthy ships-best
that Uncle Sans money can buy.
The former man, In many cases most
any ship, among hundreds pressed
hurriedly into transatlantic service
after having served their time on
Atlantic and Pacific coastwise routes.
THE old self satisfied security Of
the ancient sea dog has been swept
away.
1.-THE war time merchant ship
FORCES ahead without lights and doub-
ling dangers of night collisions. IL
there is fog. no horn or whistle is
permitted. Days are spent at sea in
the lurking menace of submarines or
floating mines. Usually, somewhere
in the hull, there are explosives, dam
gerous in storms and heavy weather.
Even in the coal bunkers, no one
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-19
Cubs In First Came.

TUnfted Press Leased Wire Service.I
PASADENA, Calf, Mar. 19.-With
mis- first game of the season-against
San Diego-twentyfour hours away,
Manager Mitchell of the Cubs, today
announced his lineup which may be
retained throughout the 1918 season.
Packert, Mann and F7ack in the OUT
field, Merkle, Killduff, Hollacher and
Deal, infielders, were the favored
players.
Grover Alexander, supposed to de-
eide on joining or quitting, showed no
signs Of weakening.