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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27
BRohzEs BACK IN VENICE.

Rome Correspondence Of the Chris
tian Science Monitor: The famous
four bronze shorses of st. Marks,
Venice, have just been reinstated in
their old place in front Of that mag
nificent basilica, in which the patri-
arch Of Venice held solemn
tie deum Of thanksgiving for their
safe return. The four horses have
made In their time many strange
journeys Some think that they
originally came from Greece to Rome
and were the work of the sculptor,
Lysippns Others claim for them a
Roman origin, but 1t is agreed that
they once successfully adorned the
triumphal arches OF Nero, Trajan
and later emperors.
When Constantine transferred the
seat Of empire to the new Rome on
the Bosphorus, he took these animals
with him, and they are almost GER
tain1y the Identical horses mentioned
by the Byzantine historian, Nlketas,
who wrote soon after the fourth cru
SADIE Of 1904 and who describes how
certain Moslem, during the visit OF
the sultan OF Koniesh to the Byzan-
tine emperor Manuel Commenus,
mounted upon the tower, upon which
stood these horses, in the midst Of
a great assembly of people IN the
and, spreading ont his
flowing robes, distendad Ike para
chute. tried to fly across the arena
In vain the emperor sent one OF his
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27
THE NEwssoY.

Peoria Journal: When the paper
thumped up against your porch or
against your door tonight there was
a boy out on the sidewalk who was
doing hard job well
The lot OF the newsboy is not spe-
cially easy. This week lie travelled
his route when the temperature was
around the zero mark A couple of
nights he trarnped through the snow.
He carried bag of papers and the
papers were heavy. He does around
his route no matter whether there is
Snow, or sisst. or rain, or hail. or
slush. or mud, or zero temperatures.
And when many folks are complaining
about weather conditions the carrier
boy does his best to whistle, even
when the winds are biting and
whistling is next to impossible.
When paper comes a little late,
when it is thrown SO that 1t doesn't
land in front of the door. when it falls
off the porch into the rose bush. 1t
might be well for the subscriber to
doing his best and that In cold
a bed of rose leaves.
And nobody can tell but that this
particular carrier boy will be another
Edison-for that electrical wizard car
ried papers during his youth. Or he
may be another Garfield--for Gar
field carried papers.
In any event, the boy who carries
a route through winter without max
Ing many mistakes and without let
ting weather and wind and sleet and
snow throw him off his beat, may be
holding down a big and responsible
place in couple of decades.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27

turn twenty batteries Of turbines in succession
until it had fallen to the Dead sea one thousand,
three hundred feet below. The power thus OBJ
tanned would be put to many uses, lighting
industrial, mining and pumping water from the
Lake of Genezareth into irrigating canals
Beyond much question the coming quarter OF
a century will see marvellous development in
the holy land Countless prophecies foretod
this, though they are mostly vague and general
in their nature, necessarily perhaps because OF
the inability of the seers of a primitive day to
interpret Understandings the visions in which
foregleams of the future were presented to their
mind S eye Perhaps it is permissible to specu-
late if the proposed tunnel letting the water OF
z. the former sea into the hinder sea- would be
a fulfllment of prophecy dimly glimpsed, or if
the barrage across the Nile at Assouan over
which streams of people daily pass fultills the
prophecy that men in the latter days should go
over the great river dryshod.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27
EAT LESS MEAT
If BACK HURTS
Take a Glass Of Salts to flush Kid
neys if Bladder Bothers you
Drink lots Of water.

Eating meat re.;Tiarly' eventually
produces kidney trouble in some form
or other. says well-known authority,
because the uric acil in meat excites
the Kidneys. they become oycr.
worked; get slrggish; clog up and
cause all'sorts of distress, particular
ly tackacile and misery in the kidney
region; rheumatic twinges, severe
headaches, acid stomach. constipation,
torpid liver, slceplessness, bladder
and urinary irritation.
The moment your back hurts OF
kidneys aren't acting right, or IL blad.
IT Dotners you, get aDonr tour ounces
of Jad Salts from any go n pharma lacy;
take tablespoonful in glass Of wat
er before breakfast for a few days
and your kidneys will then act finc.
This famous salts is made from the
acid OF grapes an. lemon juice. COM
bfned with lithia. and has been used
fer generations to flush clogged kid
neys and stimulate them to normal
activity; also to neutralize the acids
in the urine so II no longer irritates.
thus ending bladder disorders.
Jad salts cannot iniure anyone;
makes delightful effervescent lithfa.
water drink which millions OF men
ana women take now and then to keep
the kidneys and urinary organs clean.
thus avoiding serious kidney disease.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27
TODAYs BIT OF VERSE
THE YOUNG MAPLE.

THE YOUNG MAPLE.
But yesterday my maple tree,
Like Joseph, WAS most fair to see;
A many-coored coat II wore,
And laughed beside my cottage door.
Alas this morning it is bare.
Not one gay leaf to shield it there;
The windy brethren of the night
Have left it but a sorry sight
Yea, they have sold my lovely tree
Into base captivity;
And yet / know its dream OF power
And they shall heal this dismal hour.
My tree shall live to cheer and bless
For days with shade and loveliness,
Refusing not its bounty sweet
To all who crowd about its feet
For it shall wax both strong and great.
Shall master all the wies OF fate,
UNTIL majestic, full OF years
And dignities, it disappears
And yet remains! Remembered long
Inspiring many a bard to song,
It's gentle soul shall prove to men
That even naples live again.
Laura Blackburn, in Chicago Tribune
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27
A hen is simply an egg s way Of producing
another Samuel Butler.
BUDGET LEGISLATION.

It may be taken for granted that legislation
enacting national budget system is to be pass
4 ed by this congress. The people want good
budget system, but have little expert knowledge
Il Of what will constitute the sort of system they
/ want 1t is well to take stock Of the two propo-
sitions now before congress- one the Good bill
already passed by the house, the other the
amended measure proposed to the senate by
Secretary Glass. By the Good bill the pres-
dent would be held responsible for the nation S
J business management; the budget bureau or
commission would work directly under his sup
ervision and report to him; he would personally
take the budget before congress. In support OF
this provision it is argued that the president
is in control of the cabinet and that he alone
q has an impartial view of all departments and
their balanced needs
Secretary Glass contends that the secretary
/ of the treasury is responsible for the raising Of
the government IS revenues and should have
a special voice in determining government ex-
penditures; that putting the budget bureau in
the presidents Office would multiply the gov
g ernments already too heavy bureaucracy and
complcate the smooth working of government
7 financing
I In addition to determination of which is the
e better of the plans proposed for the budget
bureau comes the fight over the congressional
. committee handling of the budget when it comes
: before congress. Two committees, one of the
Ii house the other Of the senate, each to report to
u its own body acting committee of the whole,
Ii is the plan that the sincere budget plan sup
K porters are working for.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27
GOLDEN RULE In LABOR

New York Evening Telegram:
In these days OF unrest in the
workaday world and the passing
of organized labor under cloud
It Is refreshing to contemplate
that the disturbance 10 not uni
versal.
Only few weeks ago at cele-
bration by the firm member of
the big soap concern of Colgate
& Co.. announced with justifiable
pride that the institution. more
than u hundred years old, had
never known a strike.
Equally cheering to contemplate
Is the great shoe manufacturing
plant or Henry B. Endicott and
George f. Johnson.
This concern, with headquarters
in Binghamton, employing $4,000
men, is an open shop, with the
labor unions still friendly.
The extraordinary spectacle is
presented of an open shop with
every ono perfectly contented
after the organizers have had and
otiii utNo lISc opportunity W
unionize the $4,000 employees and
have failed to do so.
Mr. William l.. Chenery,
trained Investigator and writer.
during the war attached to the
war labor policy board and an ar
dent believer in labor unionism.
who was sent by the New York
Times to investigate this strange
condition, wrote at length on 1t.
Among other things he said:
with the idea of finding the
weak points in the Endicott-
Johnson industrial situation
went to the offices of the Central
Labor union in Binghamton.
There ! found Jerry Ryan. who
for sixteen years had been the
business agent of thirty-four labor
unions in his community. ! asked
MIR. Ryan ii he as trade union
list was satisfied with conditions
in the Endicott-Johnson company.
He said:
The company is, OF course, not
organized, but they do not dis
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27
criminate against members Of the

criminate against members Of the
union.
1.-THE shoemakers as whole
are not organized. There may be
some union members among them.
The point is that the company is
carrying out labor ideal of It's
own, and l say 1t Is good ideal.
| say it is a good ideal because
their workers are satisfied. II they
are satisfied, why should | modest
them?
1.-THE fact is that II any worker
has a grievance he can always get
to George f. Johnson or to one Of
the members of the firm.
Mr.. George +. Johnson's view
can be briefly summarized IN
these words,
I'VE have tried to do as much
MS the men could in reason ask
for, even though they had
union organized to enforce their
demands. We want to do all we
can to improve our working condi-
tions-which means increasing
wages-and in every way improv-
lib all COA0ltAOAS UAAS~SAAo
ployes. l think our wages are
better than union men draw else
where, and we have been able
through good organization \ TO
help the living costs in many
ways.
Now. if things ever got to such
an extremity that we had strike,
1t would mean that we had ex-
hausted every resource at our
command. For my part, would be
willing to say. I have done the
best can for you; now you run
the business and see If you can do
BETTER"
Almost everything in life Is o
matter of compromise.
With these modern instances 1t
occurs there is much food for
thought for both employe and EN-
ployer
Calm consideration of the mat
ter may also cause consideration
OF Uncle Joe" Cannon's opinion
that much of the labor trouble is
caused by the anxiety OF so-called
leaders To retain their jobs.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27
RHEUMATISM IS
PAIN ONLY, RUB
It AWAY
Instant relief from pain, soreness,
stiffness, follows rubbing with
49,. JAG obs Liniment.u
Stop dosing, rheumatism.

2
It's pain only; not ono case In fifty
requires Internal treatment. Rub
soothing. penetrating st Jacobs Lini-
ment" right on the tender spot" and
by the time you say Jack Robinson
out comes the rheumatic pain and
distress. est. Jacobs Liniment" con-
quers pain! 1t is harmless rheu-
n,atism liniment which never disap-
points and doesn't burn tho skin.
II takes pain, soreness and stiffness
from aching joints. muscles and
bones; stops sciatica, lumbago, back
ache, neuralgia. and reduces swell
ing.
Timber up! Get small trial bot.
tie of oId-time, honest est. Jacobs
Liniment" from any drug store, and
In a moment you'll be free from
pains, aches and stiffness. Don't
suffer. Rub rheumatism away.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Des Moines Capital: Just what the
packers have on their minds IS not
/ yet disclosed We would anticipate,
however, that they viii organize new
| corporations for each product and
/ thus the business will go on practical
lily the same as before. The courts
dissolved the Standard Oil company
and the result was thirty-four new
corporations, instead OF the old one.
After that business went on as usual.
Waterloo Times-Tribune: One fine
thing about Russia for BeTliman and
Emma is that they can be perfectly
respectable without taking out a mar
lriage license.
Marshalltown Times Republican:
Naturally the disgust of decent citi-
zenship of the country will be turned
against Milwaukee. Berger's success
lis Milwaukee's shame. 1t is against
the good name and repute of that city
and the city and its interests must
bear 1t and will probably suffer by 1t.
Davenport Times: Now that the
president has selected the three men
for his coal commission, we may ex-
pect rigid investigation of the mine
situation, something that was prom
ised the miners in bringing about the
end of the strike.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The more
the reds agitate and threaten in this
country the brighter become the pros
poets of Gen. Wood for nomination
and election as president. Wood
knows how to deal effectively with
people who want to destroy this gov
eminent.
Burlington Hawkeye: Garfield sup
posed that he had the support of the
cabinet" and informed congress of
that supposition. He lis evidently the
innocent Of innocents.
Cedar Rapids Republican: If every
man were to turn honest and just OF
course the present state Of things In
the world would come to an end. That
is what is meant by those who say
that the acceptance of Christ's teach
ings can save the world. 1t Is just
downright honesty and proper re-
gard for the rights of others that Is
needed to save the world.
Waterloo Times-Tribune: Politi-
ticians are still asking whether Her
bert Hoover is a democrat or republi-
can With that kind of fellow presi-
dent, wouldn't some congressman
have hard time deciding which
side of question to take and whether
to attack the president or not?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27
A MoDERNIzED HOLY LAND.

British occupation has already done much for
the prosperity Of Palestine. That part of the
+ country south of Beersheba is receiving several
ledmilion gallons of Nile water day through a
pipe line from the Kantara canal; and the city
of Jerusalem is getting quarter OF a million
ssgallons of pure water daily from the springs Of
lWady-eLArab, sixteen miles away. The an
Gent water carrier, archaic distributor of
iwater-born diseases, is fast becoming thing of
the past. Much else has already been accomp
lshed and colossal reclamation projects are
under consideration. The boldest Of these CON
templates tunnel thirty-seven miles long from
the Mediterranean sea under Jerusalem to the
Jordan valley. From there the water would
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27

say to a friend In New York: "Why
even your newsboys can't take a
joke!"
The American friend replied: Just
try the next one that comes along
with some nonsense and see If he
can't answer you"
The Englishman agreed and stepped
up TO a newsie saying, Hello. young
ster, look at your nose and tell me
what time il u.s."
The boy quickly replied, Jaw. look
at your own. mine amt running"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27
THE ROBIN.

Quincy Journal: Prof. r. l.. Wash
burn of the University OF Minnesota
says the robin is nuisance and
should be exterminated. Perhaps SO.
The good Intentions of the professor
are not doubted, but he does not re-
call the boyhood pleasure with which
he GREETED the first robin OF spring 1t
must be that Prof. Washburn never
looked out wfndow~in the morning
and heard robin singing. 1t is sure
that he could not have passed SEN
tence on the bird, SO heartlessiy, IL he
had recalled his boyhood days.
Wordsworth says:
Stay, little cheerful robin, stay,
At my easement sing,
Though 1t should prove a parting
lay.
And this our parting spring.
Then little bird, this boon confer:
Come and my requiem sing,
Nor fail to the harbinger
OF Eternal Spring.
The robin never rose to heavens
gate with his song but, nevertheless.
he has sung his way into the heart of
the world. While other birds are
shivering In the south, he Games back
to remind us that summer is lust
around the corner.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27

There can be fairsr ambition than to excel In talk;
b be affabIe, gay ready clear and welcomed to nave
Eec thought illustration pat to every subject; ana
not only cheer the flight of time among our ntmate
Mt part that great international congress al
ways sitting public first declared PUBIC
errors first corrected and the course OF public aa'rs
shaped day by day. little nearer to the ri9nt-nooere
Louis Stevenson.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27

aides-de-camp TO stop this first me-
dioval attempt at aviation. The
aviator waited only till he consia-
cred the wind to be favorable, and
then Jumped off, only to- be dashed
TO pieces, amidst the gibes CT the
assembled people.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27

It will probably take goodly part of that
two million dollars to pay for the eternal tigi-
lance that will be required to block the sale and
consumption of fermented cider alone
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27

The high cost of living did not apparently
have any effect on holiday shopping. Perhaps
on the principle that people can do without the
necessaries of life if they only have the Injuries
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27

a part of the public still believes that in
sufficient production in all industries can be
remedied by legislation or by action of the de-
partment of justice. A part of the public has
not learned that economy and work is the only
road back to normal conditions.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27
Where to Hold convcn+to,.

+. P. Adams, IN New York Tribune.
All this talk about whore to hold
the republican convention is futile.
Let 1t assemble at Lowden. Ia, or
Wood, Pa.
And the democrats might convene
at McAdoo, Tex. or Palmer, Va.
OF course, the conventions might
be assembled at Democracy, o., or
Republican, Ark.
Speaking of good towns for con.
ventions, there always is Convene
Mass.
OF course the republicans may as
scmbla at Harding, Mass.
And the prohibs at Dryville, Pa.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27

4 chimney 115 feet high will sway
10 inches in a high wind without
danger.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27

Russia is too far away for Ms to hear bolshe-
vism fall. But one can imagine a squashy thud
VI hen it hits the inevitable
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27

Love and wine get credit for max.
ing fools Of some men who were
born fools.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27
Rinht Rack Al Him

An EngiishRan, talking against
many things in America. happened to
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-27

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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-14
DECLARE SOLDIERS
!. DISCHARGED WITH
BUT s7.5 TO CO ON
Veterans Explain Situation to
Washington State Legisla-
tors; Urge Passage Of Lamp
ing Bill to Meet Problem.

Olympia. Wash. Feb. 14.-America's
soldiers are leaving the service with
an average of $3.50 pay In their clothes.
They need civilian attire, food and a
few days relaxation at least to say
"howdy" to the folks at home. Unless
they are given a lump sum of money
to tide them over for this period, it
will be stain on the state. They will
not ask for charity
These statements were made by men
back from overseas duty who tried to
explain the veterans viewpoint to
members of the state legislature now
considering an appropriation of $2,-
100000 Under the Lamping bill, to pay
a cash bonus to every ex-service man.
MANY FAVOR MEASURE.
Organized labor leaders, taxpayers
representatives. service mems parents
and veterans of the civil and Spanish
American war appeared to back up the
returned soldiers and sailors and urge
passage of the Iamping measure. Con-
gressional action, they said, will be too
late to accomplish any material good.
A petition signed by every Seattle
bank and dozens of big business con-
Germs was presented calling for favor
able action on the provisions.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-14
OREGON BILL BANS
SALMON CATCHING
FROM SUBMARINES

Salem, Ore, Feb. 14ERepresen-
tative Romans bill prohibiting
shooting Of ducks from airplanes
has been amended by the house
so that it bans the catching Of SAL
mon and other food fish from sub
marines.
The representatives took the
amendment to be a huge joke
when it was proposed Thursday
afternoon, but tho advocates of
the bill and amendment convinced
the legislators they had been in
troduced in all seriousness.
Defenders of fish and game
from airplanes and fishing from
foresee the day when hunting
submarines will be popular sport.
The bill as amended will be
considered by the house today.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-14
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NINE. SCHUMANN-HEINK
HEARS OF SONS DEATH;
WAS OFFICER FOR HUNS

Kansas City, Feb. 14-Mme. Schu-
mann Heink, prma donna. was inform
ed here of the death of her oldest son,
August Schumann-H Heink, who died two
months ago of wounds received in the
German naval service. A letter, which
was dated Copenhagen. Denmark, De-
cember Is, S91S, and signed "Kathe,"
was the first word the prima donna had
received of her son since he became
an officer in the German navy. 1t con-
tanned no mention of the manner OF
her sons death except to say II was "in
performance Of his duty"
The prima donna, who has four sons
in the American service, said she would
not cancel any of her engagements.
"All my life ! have worked for my
children" she explained, "and | will be
brave. 1t is for them.o