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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-06
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
VIVA IAMERIQUE.


They called him Tony Wop" at the cantonnent-
The great big hulking Yankee fighting breed
They chucked up "Dago" at him as atonement
For being alien their ragtime creed
It was spaghetti" this, and that, and tother,
While Tony only turned the other cheek
They couldn't seem get" him az brother;
IIis only answer-FViva LAmerique."
In France they slachened up the merest tr1Iie,
They were too busy fighting Huns to play.
And Tony made up with Browning rifle
For words his Latin tongue could never say.
And when one day hell kings spawn came flying
The Yankees fought like wild men; wnle the meek
And lovly Tony saw his comrades dying
And screamed in rnadness-'VIVA IASERlQuS!"
The wave of grey clad Teuton knaves was broken
The Yankees gave them steel; and gave them neil;
And when his friends had conquered by that token
Which he had cried-then Tony reeled and 1eh-
They took him TO a nearby dressing station.
Tfev cleansed a chastity cavern in his cneek;
And as he died for his adopted nation,
Forrest W. Tebbetts. in New York Herald.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-06
JACK AND THE GIANT.

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English essaylst
maintains that fairy stories are form OF phil
osophy: that underneath the fantastic story
lies a great experience of the human race which
the makers of fairy tales were far too clever to
lug in as moral, leaving it rather for wise
readers to find In support OF this argument
he set down long ago in book some observa-
lions coming from his reading of 'Jack, the
Giant Killer" and they are rather interesting
just now.
In the first place Jack begins with brains and
great need of them; with the courage that Is
greatest because it recognizes its weakness and
vet persists; with cause so just that 1T dehes
the thought to-be impossible with conviction
that it must succeed, although how is apparent
ly impossible to foresee The Giant is at dis
advantage from the first. He is so outrageous
Iy big. strong and cruel that he cannot foresee
defeat and gives no thought to possible misfor'
tune He is a poor fighter, because he has no
practice in fighting his equals in strength As
soon as Jack begins to match brute strength
with wits; as soon as the Giant finds the unex-
pected happening, he is all agog; loses his
head metaphorally. It is the weak who fight
with real courage and who grow strong until
they win; it is the giants who are lost when
once they cannot win at a single blow
Here is philosophy that is timely. The ap-
plication is easily made. Jack, better the
Jack family has had the courage to grow
strong until the Giant is whipped, and has now
come to a pass where his head is in danger.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-06
GRANDMAUSED sAG|
TEA TO DARKEN HA|||
She mixed Sulphur with II 10 neS"
Color, Gloss, Youth
fitness.

Common garden sage brewed ~
heavy tea, with sulphur adaea' NJ "
turn gray, streaked and fadea ~ =,
beautifully dark and luxuriant' ~
few applications will prove ~. -,
lation if your hair is fading, sueA :,
or gray. Mixing the Sage Iea =
Sulphur recipe at home, thousn, !,
troublesome. An easier way Is ~ :
a bottle of Wyeth's Sage ana nulp p.i
Compound at any drug store al lssr
for use. This is the old-ume is.a
improved by the addition OF o'n''
gradients. 80 hair
While wispy, gray, faded nan sn a
not sinful, we all desire TO re.a aao,iv
youthful appearance, and aura i. vi
ness. BY darkening your nai, ,o M
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Coinpy !.
no one can tell, because it does
naturally, SO evenly. You JUS, Ga !. y,
a sponge or soft brush Win !! .,tf
draw this through your hair ' an,
one small strand at a time; W aar,
ing all gray hairs have disa , pr N
and after another application o. a a.
your hair becomes peau'ilu
glossy, soft and luxurianl so,igbti
This preparation is a uintend
toilet requisite and is not tm
for the cure, mitigation OF VI
OF disease
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-06
LEARN TO LIVE OUTDOORS.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Most Of us
are already planning what we shall
do when the boys come home"
They have been away so long, on
such a dangerous. heroic mission,
that when they come back we will
love them more, and treat them bet
ter than ever before. We will aDpre-
ciate them-and take more. time
from our foolish hurryings for love.
and comradeship. We will spend
more time enjoying the human COM
psnfonship OF the boys and each
other.
But If we spend more time with
them we'1l have to spend it out of
doors-for they won't stay in the
house to play!
The men in the army and navy,
drawn from the cooped-up places of
modern social and industrial life,
have suddenly been taught the uses
and delights of plain, everyday fresh
air. They like it so well that they
won't be content with any other
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-06

North American Review War Week
ly. There is a storm brewing in the
governmen at Washington, and more
or less violent conflict between the
president and the senate seems ineyi-
table. Just how soon it will break is
not yet evident 1t is not likely to
break SO long as the United States is
astively engaged in war, but as soon
as anything approaching actual peace
negotiations arrives, the explosion, in
the estimation of leading senators, is
unacceptable. President Wilson has
long shown a disposition to ignore
completely the part which the senate,
as the duly constituted voice of the
sovereign states, is designed by the
constitution to play in the conduct OF
the nations foreign relations.
AS far back as the Mexican embro-
Clio, at the beginning OF his admins
tration, MIR. Wilson ignored the sem
ate by selecting, with neither its adj
vice nor consent, his diplomatic rep
resentatives, such as John II. Lind,
DR.. Hale and others, and, in the esti-
nation of many, he made war on Mex
leo by the investiture of Vera Cruz
without proper respect for the respon-
sibilities imposed on congress by the
W d lCdlSl CAtC1AS
he violated the constitution in his
wars on Haiti and Santo Domingo
wars conducted without formal decla-
rations, but none the less wars.
/ The selection of Col House as his
Representative at the first inter-allied
conference, with neither the advice
inor consent of the senate. was felt to
be a fragrant VOCATION of the spirit Of
the constitution, but with the nation
! at war and the president acting In
his capacity as commander-in-chief,
members of congress refrained from
doing anything which might embar-
rass the chief executive.
| The enunciation OF fourteen propo-
isitions rs basis OF peace and their
subsequent amplification, regarding
which neither the senate nor its COM
,aittee on foreign relations was con-
suited, was held to be a usurpation of
the field of coordinate, treaty-making
branch of the government. And then
came Germany's acceptance of these
propositions as rude shock to the
men, who, as the chosen representa-
tives OF the states. are equally respon-
sible with the president for the terms
on which peace Will be made 1t was
not until Germany's acceptance, in
deed, that these representatives either
undertook to analyze those PROPOSE,
lions or to ask themselves whether
they would for amoment consider
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-06
A STORM Is BREWING

ratifyiue a treaty embodying them.
Now they realize that for the sake OF
harmony and to avoid any appear
ance of hampering the executive in
the conduct of the war they have per
n,itted themselves to be iulied into
fancied security by sonorous rhetoric,
the real purport of which they nave
not, and in some instances cannot,
grasp. "
Now that they are aroused, they
are asking some serious questions
Does the president, for instance, pur-
pose by his first fourteen propositions
to abolish the time honOred practice
Of the senate of considering foreign
relations in executive session? BY the
third does he mean to bind his coun-
try to remove every economic barrier,
even a protective tariff. from the
trade paths Of the nations signatory
to the peace? BY the fourth does he
mean to reduce the military establish
ment to the mere necessities OF In
ternal police duty? Would he abolish
the navy as unnecessary to the main
tenance of domestic saf0fy? Would
he low er the military establishment
tc a point where it would he insuf1i-
cient to deal with disturbances IN
Mexico? BY the fifth does he commit
the United States to the policy OF
til: nins TIE Philippines adrift- when
ever majority of the Filipinos SO de-
sire? What course would the United
states be justified in pursuing toward
the Philippines under the third propo-
sition of his Mount Vernon speech:
If the presidents terms are not to De
construed in the affirmative. why are
they so framed as to permit OF reason
able suspicion that they are?
Mr.. Wilson has framed his peace
terms without the slightest consul
tation with the men, two-thirds OF
whom must approve any treaty he
may make before 1. can be ratified;
hut have not they been supine and al
most needless of the responsibility
which rests on them, under their
oaths to support the constitution OF
the United States?
During the six years he has been
president. MIR. Wilson has exhibited a
notable disinclination, indeed an IN
willingness. to consult those who, un.
der the constitution. should be his adj
visers in the conduct of foreign AT.
fairs. Can he change now? Can he. az
ter exercising the extraordinary auto
cratic powers which have been dele
gated to him as commander In chfei
OF the army and navy, adjust himself
TO the conditions which must prevail
with the cessation of hostiliuesf
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-06
EAT LESS AND TAN[|
SALTS FOR KIDNEY
Take a glass of Salts If your Bs
hurts or Bladder
bothers.

The American men and woms
must guard constantly against Kidn
trouble, because we eat too much al
all our food is rich. Our blood
filled with uric acid which the b
neys strive to filter out, they weaE
from overwork, become sluggish;
eliminative tissues clog and the n
suit is kidney trouble, bladder vsal
ness and a general decline in heat
When your kidneys feel like lumi
of lead; your back hurts or the URN
is cloudy, full of sediment or YOU n
Obliged to seek relief two or hre|
times during the night; if you sung
with sick headache or dizzy, nerva1
spells, acid stomach, or you hay
rheumatism when the weather is bal
get from your pharmacist about fo1
ounces of Jad Salts; take a ah(
spoonful in glass Of water beto1
breakfast for few days and yu11
kidneys will then act fine, Ifl
famous salts is made from the aci
of grapes and lemon Juice, combine
with lithia, and has been used 4
generations to flush and stimuls'
clogged kidneys; to neutrallze y
acids in the urine so 1t no Longer
source of irritation, thus enoll
bladder disorders.
Jad Salts Is inexpensive; eann'
injure, makes a delightful enel's
cent Whitewater beverage, anu
longs in every home, because nopoe
can make mistake by having sOs
kidney flushing any time.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-06
WHY COWS CROSS THE ROAD.

Scientific American: When a COW
faces an object both eyes may with
ease be focused on it. When the OBJ
iect is at the side or rear one eye
may be focused on 1t, while the other
is viewing objects in quite different
direction Evidently the animal may
direct attention to one object with
both eyes, or two objects with differ
ent eyes, or 1t may inhfbit one eye
and direct and concentrate attention
with the other toward some object
OF fear or fancy.
In advancing in car toward COWS
standing in the roadway it will be
noticed that those facing the car
usually turn to one side and let the
car pass; those with side toward car
will IL on, say, the right side of the
road run and attempt to cross to the
left side; those with head away from
the car will usually run down the
roadway ahead, turning off at one
side or the other.
The reason why the COW or chick
en- on the right side of the road turns
to cross to the left side, and vice
versa, is, ! suggest, because the eye
of the animal, which sees and appre-
ciates the danger of the advancing
car, is by instinct kept on the dan
gerous object. To turn to the right
and escape would blind the animal
during the period of turning, and
this she will not willingly do. But IL
she runs across the road in front OF
( the car, the eye with which she first
observed it will keep it clearly and
continuously in view and, she thinks,
allows her to escape the impending
danger.
Even when safely across, II turned
around by encountering fence or
i by chance so as to perceive the enc
my with the other eye, l have seen
| her run for dear life to recross the
road to the side whence she is just
come. The instructive action, origi
nally protective, is thus made q
! source of danger to the animal. The
chicken, with monocular vision, la
bors under the same hallucination;
/ it, too. thinks that the danger may
he avoided by running with all its
might, keeping the enemy all the
I time in view with the eye that was
| originally turned toward it. Thus
truly, the COW crossed the road be
cause she crossed the road.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-06
HEALTH TALK
SPANISH INFLUENZA 10 F.
BY DR. LEE H. SMITH


An old enemy is with us 49,
whether we fight a Ger,asa ~
germ, we must put up aos, o.
and not be afraid. The inf,nS.a asa
a very brief course when ~ ny
is careful, and if we keen NJ iN'lss
TEN in good condition and w
the poisons which tend IN a
late within our bodies. We e,r SCUM
the disease. Remember thss. eseal
Cs-a clean mouth, a clean -, as
clean bowels. To carry of ~;
from the system and keep tbs g h
loose, daily doses OF a uIesss,s.ss
tive should be taken. Sueh ~
made of May-apple. leaves =. Oa
root OF Jalap, and called Dr.. pe,..
Pleasant Pellets. Hot ,ame
should be used freely if atta.so.
a cold, and the patient shonIS ~
to bed after hot mustard ioo,,
To prevent the attack of bronoss|
or pneumonia and to control X
pain, Anuric tablets should \.
tanned at the drug store. ana
given every two hours, with Isu
ade. The Anuric tablets we,a ~
discovered by DR.. Pierce. and >. y
flush the bladder and cleanse ,ho n
lneys, they carry away much !, \
poisons and the uric acid.
It is important that broths n,u
buttermilk, ice-cream and simple n
be given regularly to Strengthen =
system and increase the vital Raj.
ance. The fever is diminished !
the use of the Anuric tablets bu,
addition, the forehead, arms !,
hands may be bathed with Taa
(tepid) in which a Tablespoonful
salaratus has been dissolved n
quart. After an attack of grin
pneumonia to build up and strength.
! the system, obtain at the drug IN
a good iron tonic, called Tropti
Tablets, or that well known herb
tonic, DR.. Pierce's Golden Ned,
Discovery.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-06
Mr.. Wilson plumbers.

Philadelphia Public Le 1iSent "
spite his disclaimer, Presideh If /
son arraigns the repuDIoa zion up
country and casts a ren rene, 10 deeT
their patriotism. This VIII .s u
resented. But the more ed nv t
pect of the situation crea. .bat its
presidents appeal viii be thai ,,ate y i
evitable effect will De " ,.tisan co
coming election a bitter pa,I mon Il
test and to align the voters - upon
lines of party instead sen. " upc
broad platform of patrlo sslieve TIL
which all can stand. We oe ars erro
the president has maue q
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-06
sToNEHENGE.

New York Sun: Stonehenge, one OF
the most famous prehistoric monu-
ments in the world. has just become
the property of the British nation.
The generous donor IL c. "a. T.
Chubb. of Bremerton Lodge, Sails
bury, who purchased the site IN 1915
from the former owner, Sir Cosmo
Antrobus, for $4,000. The circle OF
great stones was formerly accessible
to visitors without charge, but the
site was surrounded by fence OF
barbed wire during the AntroDus
ownership, and an admission fee. OF
one shilling was exacted. THIS leu
to lawsuit in which 1t was con-
tended that the portion Of Salisbury
plain occupied by Stonehenge was an
ancient common from which the pup
lie could not rightfully be excluded;
but the courts decided otherwise ana
upheld the right OF the owner TO
charge an admission fee. Inc net
receipts average $1,80G year. In
making the gift MIR. Chubb told Sir
Alfred Mond, the first commissioner
of works, who accepted 1t IN penali
of the government, that he hoped
this income would be turned over TO
the Red Cross during the remainder
of the war. After that 1t is probable
that the admission fee will be abol-
ished.
Stonehenge is situated on Sails
bury plain, ten miles north OF the
cathedral town OF Salisbury. 1t con-
sists of double circle OF gigantic
stones. originally standing upright
but many OF which have now fallen
/ in the shape of a great horseshoe.
L. Saxon
word Stanhengest, signifying hang
ling stones" Some of the upright
Iu,onoIiths. the tallest of which is 231s
feet high, supported huge capstones.
Those of the outer circle consist OF
sandstone; those of the inner circle
consist of granite Standing apart
from the others, outside the horse
shoe. is an isolated stone known as
i"The Friar's Heel or the sunstone.
Robert Munro OF Glasgow, well
known archeologist, who wrote the
iarticle on Stonehenge In the En-
encyclopaedia Britannica, says that this
stone, standing on the axis of the
). horseshoe, marks the point where
spectator, centrally placed within the
horseshoe, would see the sun rise on
1.-THE horizon at the solstice.. This
tends to show that the Stonehenge
structure as whole had some as.
Economical Significance.
! There are at least dozen plaus-
iible stories as to the origin and
purpose of Stonehenge, although 1t is
most commonly spoken of as a Drui
dical monument. The weight OF
archaeological authority at the pres
ent day, however is in favor of the
view that it was temple of the
Bronze Age, comprised in the period
from 1900 to 1000 years before
Christ. Sir j. Norman Lockyer, the
eminent astronomer, has calculated
that the sun rose exactly over the
iFriar's Heel at Stonehenge and In q
line with the axis of the horseshoe
Eon Midsummer's day in the year 1856
sB. C. His conclusion. making allow
ance for possible errors, LIS thai
lStonehenge was erected within 20(
years of that date.
The gift of this wonderful monu
inaent to the people entities the givel
to the gratitude of every public
spirited citizen of Great Britain and
| the esteem of all persons, everywhere
who admire a generous act.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-06

In spite of the drought in the southwestern
section, Iowa will produce ffty-three million
bushels more corn this year than Illinois, her
nearest competitor, according to the recent crop
report of the United States bureau OF crop estl-
mates. While the average Illinois yield Is
thirtv-three and four tenths bushels to the acre,
the average Iowa yield is estimated to be
tbirtv-seven and four-tenths bushels. These
figures are significant in view of the seed corn
conditions last spring.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-06
eermany,s STAGGERING Debt.

New York World: EXCLUSIVE of the
southern states coming back into the
union, the victorious federal govern
ment ended the civil war with per
capita funded and unfunded debt of
about STA. Germany's total war debt
of both classes is already more than
$3.50 per capita, which stands against
government defeated and discred-
tied
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-06

The quartermaster's department is
now supplying gas-proof food-contain-
ers to our soldiers in France. These
containers, in which the men carry
their emergency rations, prevent
seepage of gas and guard against the
contamination of food
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-06
A LESSON In ADVERTISING.

If it hadn't been for newspaper advertising
and keeping continually at it the proprietary
medicine business would not have reached the
peak of prosperity it now surmounts, and In
some notable cases adorns. Fortunes have
been made in ADVERTISED remedies, and there is
no time when newspaper source of publicity
should be neglected in maintaining the for
handedness of manufacturers of specifics and
relief medicines. This appears to be the point
of view encouraged by Frank A. Blair, chair
man of the war service committee for the
proprietary trade Says Mr.. Blair:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-06

Dust, by its own nature, can rise only so
far above the road; and birds which fly high
err never have it upon their wings-Henry
Ward Beecher
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-06
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

washington journal: Great as was
thes initiation of the war activities,
lust so great Will be their collapse.
so far as Germany is concerned.
That which started out in a most
splendid grandeur is destined TO end
in a ridiculous collapse
Muscatine Journal: The man whom
Macmillan Harden. the eminent Ger
man Journalist, charges with start
ing the war with a dirty trick, was
born a potentate, but he viii never
be the choice of his people for any
honor. Until the German people are
convinced that they were sold out oy
the kaiser for the qualification OF MS
war lust, and that luster might be
added to the name Of HohenzolieTp,
they are going TO be too busy nght-
ing to do any voting
Cedar Rapids Republican: They are
ali ready for what they caH the
peace of justice" but the trouble
with them Is still that they all want
to sit at the table and say what is
Justice for them-that is for those
who during four years have Waged
war of the most outrageous injustice
Dubuque Times-Journal: Germany
cannot be punished adequately for
her wickedness. She can be made te
pay in material way for the dam
age she has done. But for her sins
, there is no punishment horrible
enough And the civilized countries
of the world could not bring them
selves TO infict punishment compar
able to Germany's SINS
DEBORAH Republican: 1t was only 9
short time ago that the kaiser, his
statesmen, generals and the editors
who were under his will were boast
ing with lordly air about German
strength" about the German fist
and the German sword" and the
will to win"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-06

Sioux Falls Press: We trust Ger
many is not allowing the supply OF
white cloth to run low. A lot of it is
going to be needed in flag making
one of these days.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-06

What kind of office is that of hereditary
PRESIDENT The kaiser says he is ready to be
one, which is a new proof of his uncrushed
spirit of adventure.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-06

stuins pocketbook and starving the mind is pretty
poor business and always indication Of narrow out
look Of fe morbid things, pincbed mentality
The world full people talk about leading the
Marden
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-06

Pretty soon it will be in order to ask: What
is the Prussian empire7
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-06

The weather bureau is a mighty good fuel
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-06

The situation In respect to paper continues to
become acute The government has made
very heavy acquisitions of pulp for munitions
work-thus seriously depicting the supplies on
which estimates had been made, and making ne
cessary further reduction of consumption on the
part Of the users OF paper We must cut to the
quick and substitute newspaper space for circu-
lars and bookets,-because we must not
lose our identity and individuality but must keep
ourselves before the PUBLIC.