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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-18
Work Is unnonuIar

DR.. Charles A. Eaton in Leslie's
Weekly: The masses~of men are de-
termined to secure their rightflll
place in the sun. But like the fortu-
nate few who have already reached
that delightful position they are
adopting methods which are as false
as they are futile. Everybody seems
tempted to substitute talk for work.
In fact, work is looked upon as pri-
NAL curse, and the awakened giant
proposes to usher in the millennium
by quitting work or at least by sur
rounding work with such regula-
lions and limitations that it really
amounts to play.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-18
THE ONLY SAFE COURSE.

fStephen Leacock, professor of political econ
omy at McGill university, Montreal, finds that
society must now take conservative middle
course between the old narrow indlv1duallsm
which is manifestly no longer workable, and
socialism with the yawnlng gulf OF social ca
tastrophe to which it would inevitably lead.
There is much that can and must be done, but
we can expect no sudden and complete trans
formation of the world III which we 1--we, and
attempt to alter things too rapidly and radically
is certain to dislocate the industrial machine
and bring chaos and Unreasonable calamity up
on the world
AS Professor Leacock sees it, the problem OF
SURPRISING Importance which confronts the ma
tons everywhere is the conservation OF men and
women. The view prevailed up to the war fhat
because a Door man found it difficult to bring up
a family, natures laws was limiting population
and it was not desirable from the viewpoint OF
the state that he should do so. The Nautilus
ians therefore looked with callous unconcern
Ipon the submerged element in the social order
as demanding no consideration from society as
q whole Here in America it was thought that
a simpler and better method of increasing pop
l.lation was the wholesale importation of back
ward peoples; and this nation boosted proudly
of it's immigration tables But the fallacy of
this is now apparent 1t is coming to be real
lied that those who really count in nation and
those who govern it's destinies for good or i'll are
those who are born in it; and we are now in this
country reaping the evil fruit of our mistaken
policy. To the two or three millions of unas-
similable immigrants unwisely brought here
much if not most Of our economic disorders ara
due.
The obligation resting upon the citizen to
take up arms in defense of his country is now
the recognized basis of progressive democra-
cies But if every citizen owes it to society that
he must fight for it in time of need, the obliga-
ton is reciprocal and society owes to every citi
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-18
Give Her a Chance.

Vinton Eagle: Give the silly, gig
Cling, chewing girl chance. Just
because she is always giggling and
talking about him is no sign that she
will not come out all right. The light
hearted, laughing girl is not new
product by any means Her mother
and her grandmother before her were
just the same at her age. You staid
and solemn matron of 40; you Were
a silly, giggling girl twenty-five years
ago, but you have forgotten 1t. You
are astonished at the antics of the
young girls nowadays, but you did
the same things twenty-five years
ago, or as near it as customs those
days would permit. You would have
worn silk stockings to school il the
girls of your day had done so; the
only thing that prevented it was the
fact that it was not then customary.
Your mother and grandmother at the
age of 16 talked of nothing but the
boys; they giggled in the postoffice
and chewed gum in Sunday school.
The silly, giggling girl Of today will
in all probability be pointed out as
the model wife and mother 81 her
community in twenty years from
now. Give the silly. giggling girl a
chance. Her heart is all right, and
she is just now at the age when her
brain is whirligig of contending
emotions, and needs nothing but the
SOLDERING Influence Of time to round
her out into perfect womanhood. In
Gods own good time He will make
her thing of beauty and joy for
ever
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-18
MEAT CAUSE Of
KIDNEY TRDUB|
Take a glass of Salts If your b
hurts or Bladder bothers-
Meat forms uric acid.

If you must have your meat eVa
day, eat it, but flush your kidneys y
salts occasionally, says noted az
ority who tells us that meat fof1
uric acid which almost paralyzes
kidneys in their efforts to expel
from the blood. They become slusq
and weaken, then you suffer WITH
dull misery in the kidney region, sna
pains In the back or sick headac1
dizziness. your stomach sours, ton1
is coated and when the weather Is
you have rheumatic twinges. u
urine gets cloudy, full of sediment
channels often get sore and irrlla]
obliging you to seek relief Two
three times during the night
To neutralize these Irritating ac]
to cleanse the kidneys and fltsn
the body's urinous waste, vel y
ounces Of Jad Salts from any pha1
cy here: take Tablespoonful lhl
glass of water before breakfast lSI
few days and your kidneys VIII
act fine. This famous salts IS m
from the acid of grapes ana III
juice, combined with lithia, ana
been used for generations. 10 y
and stimulate sluggish kidneys
to neutralize the acids in urine "
no longer irritates, thus enolhs Y
der weakness. III
Jad Salts is inexpensive; canho.
jure. and makes a delightful eilef|
cent Whitewater drink.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-18

examination disclosed the fact that
while the bullet, on striking the YER
tebrea, had detected in one direction,
the eminent surgeon" in charge had
been probing in the opposite direc-
ton, delving deeper every day and
inflicting unnecessary pain. Then,
when Mckinley was shot, one of the
attending surgeons, on being asked
to compare the case with that OF
Garfield, looked pityingly on the
humble reporter and talked largely
and glibly about the great advance
ment in surgery making comparisons
ridiculous; that by the X-ray they
had located the bullet, traced it's
course, had the case well in hand,
and no immediate danger was appre-
hended. The next day Mckinley was
dead If President Wilson has the
constitution to withstand SO much
medical attention, it is more than
probable he will weather through the
lesser difficulty, his physical ailment
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-18

zen the opportunity Of livelihood. Society
as it developed under the individuaLstic doc
trine, every man for himself" was slow to
recognize the social duty of supporting some
body else's grandmother or child. But no state
which refuses to regard the child itself as a
member of society clothed with social rights
& burden for the moment but an asset for the
future-can hope to survive In one form or
another, says Professor Leacock, the economic
loss involved in idleness and infirmity must be
shifted from the shoulder of the individual to
that of society at large, and every child born
into it must be assured of an opportunity in
life In doing this we shall turn over new
leaf in the book of human development and pass
a new milestone on the upward path of the race.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-18
TODAYs BIT OF VERSE
i.MMANiENCE.

I come in the little things,
Saith the Lord;
Not borne morning wings
OF majesty; but have set my feet
Amidst the delicate and bladed wheat
That springs triumphant in the furroWed SOC.
There do / dwell. in weakness and IN power;
Not broken divided, said our God!
In your straight garden plot come to flower;
About your porch my vine,
Meek, fruitful. doth entWine;
Waits at the threshold, Loves appointed hour
/ come in the little things,
Saith the Lord;
Yea on the g1ancing wings
or eager BIRDS the soft and pattering feet
OF furred and gentle beasts, come TO meet
yo,,r hard and wayward heart In brown bright eyes
That peep from out the brake, stand con1es1
On every nest
Where feathery Patience is content to brood
And leaves her pleasure for the high emprlse;
O! motherhood
There does my Godhead rest
/ come in the little things,
Saith the Lord;
My starry wings
do forsake.
Tnye,s highway OF humility to take;
Meekly fit my stature to your need
In beggars part
Ahout YOUR gates shall not cease to plead
AS man. to speak with man
Till by such art
shall achieve my immenoraal plan;
pass the low Intel of the human heart .
Evelyn Underhill in London Natiol
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-18
Let the peonle Know.

Quincy Journal: Disquieting
runlors as to the condition of Presi-
dent Wilson should be set at rest.
The doctors who are attending MI.
Wilson and his close personal nd
visors, owe it to the country to give
a clear and positive statement as to
his sickness. So far there has been
nothing said as to the nature CT his
illness, except that the attack of in
fuenza, which he suffered in Paris,
had left him weakened and not able
to withstand disease. 1t was a!so
said that the sickness was due
largely to nervous exhaustion.
If Mr.. Wilson is seriously iE-if
it must be that the government must
continue to function without his
guiding hand, then the country should
know We have absolute faith in
the American people and believe
that even in such an emergency they
will be able to overcome such a
crisis.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-18
'RHEUMAT|SMIS PAIN
|. ONLY RUB IT AWAY
instant relief from pain, soreness,
stiffness, follows rubbing with
EST. Jacobs Lininrent"
ston dosing rheumatism.


It's pain only: not one 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. "St Jacobs Liniment" con
quers paint 1t is a harmless rheu-
matism liniment which never disap-
points and doesn't burn the skin.
1t 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 old-tine, honest "St. Jacobs
Liniment1 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, 1919-10-18
stockholders of the Farmington

stockholders Of the Farmingtoh y.
tauqua association last week ~ -,
a vote on whether the asso otS
should vote to appropriate Sl1u NJ
ward the state park or not !,
were sixty-two votes In taVol
appropriation and three agaln, !,
The action of the association =
tically assumes the state pan
Pennington. ,.
The friends OF Miss Maggie AZ
hill surprised her last Mohea S,,d
ing by going in with well ilii1 bsr
kets and eating supper win iii lii
The union prayer meetihs oS y
held in the Methodist cnutV invB
Thursday evening. Everyone - d
e. S. Kelley and wife aIn ,ota
Grimm Holtz and husband snv
to Des Moines last saturas, 10y /
visit their daughter. MISS hei"
ley, and friends.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-18
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Des Moines Capital: The return OF
100000 soldiers to peace times ana
peace conditions is the greatest
triumph of the republic. 1t was
great undertaking to call 4,0o0,0eo
young men to the colors. 1t was
greater undertaking to send half OF
them overseas. 1t was an unpar-
alleled triumph to bring the soldiers
back again and still greater triumph
for all of them to find their places IN
civil life with hardly mufmur. None
OF the governments of the earth ex-
cept the United States could do a
thing like it
Perry Chief: Members Of the house
of representative who do not have TO
take a stand on the league of nations
are more outspoken than they would
be if they were in the shoes OF the
senators.
Webster City Freeman-Journal: The
miners are asking something unrea-
sonab,e. In substance they are hold
ing a revolver at the heads OF the
mine owners and demanding thelr
money or their life.
yinton Eagle: We must ultimately
have a-government in this country lna'
no man or class will dare hand an ultl
matum to except through the pailo'
box.
Des Moies Register: The doctors In
charge of President Wilson's case ap'
pear to be demanding the uncondf
tjonal surrender of their patient
Waterloo Tirnes-Tribune: They have
gone far enough to give birth to the
oninion that the industrial conference
is going to agree upon nothing put tne
motion to adjourn.
Abba Union: 1t is said that zig
houses are going out of fashion. That
is a pity. Men with money should De
able to lock up some Of it In fine
homes. That is what makes America
a great country in the eyes OF Tor
eigners. The fact that splendid homes
and surroundings appear everywhere
gives them the impression that our
neople have not only wealth but good
taste in expanding 1T.
Cedar Rapids Republican: we
started out with the wrong conception
of after war conditions. We all De.
lieyed that the period of prodigal
prosperity had come upon US. We I'M
agined that forever thereafter every
one was going to draw down Dig
wages and that money would be grow
ing on all the bushes while beggars
made horses out of their wishes. That's
the way we started out and we set
loose the profiteers and the strikers.
Roth believed that the harvest was
IN and that it was the sopDortune time
TO get all possible, for there might
never again be so propitious time.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-18

persons who are so fortunate as TO DC
unable tell when they formed the habit OF reaons VINO
find II constant and everncreans advantage and pleas
ure. There and women in the world whose youth
and ace in the reading habit that II ques
toned as to it's inception and probable end could
only reply like Dmpleehin and Grzzleface in Mr. s.ea
mans pretty poem Of "TouIours Amour: ASK some
YOUNGER lass "Ask older sage tnan l. Rap
~ are those early surroundings thus permit them
Is form the reading habit uneonscously.-charies F.
Richardson
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-18
A WORTHY CHARITY.

The drive to raise an endowment fund for the
Actors Fund of America is begun; it was in
augurated by dinner in New York City last
week. Preliminary work has enlisted wide IN
terest in the plans and gained assurance Of aid
from prominent people all over the land.
The actor has always been generous to his
own tribe and has never failed the whole public
Tor any section of the public when called to do
his bit in time of emergency. Heretofore the
players who have by age or incapacity OF any
sort become unable to earn livelihood have
been cared for by this fine fund, and the fund
has managed by contributions from player folk
and their friends to do a great work. But hap
hazard financing is not the proper sort for a
charitable enterprise Of this size and worth.
The actors amply deserve such an endowment
fund as is proposed, particularly when they
themselves are principal agents In raising it.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-18

All industry and earnestness will be use
less unless they are consecrated by resolu-
ton to be in all things man OF honor
Ruskin.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-18
A DANGEROUS Mission.

Boston Transcript: JACK
my photograph taken oeiole a !,
your father? What's the tut ut
Madge-You may never iooA
self again.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-18

When it comes down to the fine point, the
executive branch Of the United States govern
nent is in the hands of DR.. Grayson.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-18

I It is rather curious to find that section Of
the American Chemical society which held a
meeting in New York City the other day devot.
ed it's discussion to new means and methods Of
producing alcohol. These chemists are dis
covering new sources of alcohol and are devils
ing ways of recovering it as by-product which
seems to mean that it will be more plentiful and
less costly than ever before And they declare
that it will be found a most valuable motor
fuel as the supply of gasoline diminishes. The
chemists seem determined to make alcohol
/. carry ON despite prohibitive legislation
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-18
america THE LAND OF ZI01
The Place of the New Jerusalem

By DR.. JAMES E. TALMAGE
OF the Council the Twelve Church of Jesus Christ Of
ter-Day Saints; Salt Lake City, Utah.
NOTE For free copies Of other articles of this series semi
request to the author.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-18

Striking, in itself, is not paying industry
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-18

Who will demobilize the profteers2
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-18

1t may not be long before the workers of this
country curse heartily the element that is so
strong in many Of the unions at present This
element is not merely greedy, it is bolshevistic.
1T is not the mere asking of absurdly high
wages that makes man bolsheVlst, though
that is a sign of bolshevist leanings. But in
most cases the men ask these wages and work
ing DAYS so short as to make it ludicrous to call
them working days; and other things of the
kind aim not at the wages or the hours they ask
for, but at the naturalization of industry.
Their views are not shared by the.vast majority
of workers The differences threaten to disrupt
the unions.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-18

Waterloo Times-Tribune: They have
gone far enough to give birth to the
oninion that the industrial conference
is going to agree upon nothing Dut eno
motion to adjourn.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-30
City and Vicinity
News

Mrs. Emil Hess, corner Hayes and
Elm streets, is getting along NIGEL!
following IA serious operation which
she underwent at the Illinois VALLEY
Hospital
Rev. Isaac Diyan went TO Peru thi.
morning To oificiate at funeral.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hooker anC
daughter, Ruth Elizabeth. have re
turned to their home in Chicago after
"A visit with Mr. and Mrs Julian Hess
at their home, 1860 Illinois avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Petit OF
Detroit are visiting at the home o
Mr. and Mrs. B. +. Ringer on La Sale
street
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael GoetZ Of Chi
cago are visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs Justus Bruck on West Madi
son street.
Father Edward Dunn has returned
to his home in this city after attend
ing a conference in Peoria.
Miss Elizabeth Asseltine has gone
10 Springfield. where she will attenc
to business connected with her Office
as a member of the state board TO-
the education and registration o.
nurses.
Howard Thacker of Dayton was al
Ottawa visitor yesterday.
Corp. r. f. Nolan has returned tC
Hoboken. y. j.. where he is stationed
after a visit at the home of Mr. ant
Mrs William Keleher on Columbus
street.
Emil SIMMER of North Ottaw;
transacted business in Wedron yester
day.
Miss Wear Matchett has returned t.
her home in Chicago after a visit a.
the home of Mr. and Mrs. George
Walking on West Main street
Wallace Williams of Chicago is vi,
ting at the home of his aunt, Mrs
w. S Blue, on Christie street.
Mrs. August =. Erickson of Norri
street is patient at Rybun Memo
fal Hospital and is recovering nicely
Mr. and Mrs. l.. NJ. Lucey of Cor
gress street have gone to EXCelsiu
Springs, Mo, to spend vacation.
Harry Giljames, who has been sta
toned in a Kansas cantonment foJ
the past several months, has received
his honorable discharge from the sery
ice and has returned to his home il
Chis city.
Mrs A. H. Le Messurier of Chicag
arrived in ottawa this afternoon tor
"isit with Mr.. and Mrs. j. ID. Murphy
to2 Paul street,
Mr. and Mrs, Curt A. Nader have
gone to Basin, Wyo.. where they vii
make their future home.
Chester Wiilowby of Decatur, !;
former Ottawa resident. is spending
few days here visiting friends.
Carl Metzger went to Chicago thi
on a short business trip.
Mrs. William Gagel, sos La Sail,
street, has gone to Chicago for visit
with friends.
Mr. and Mrs Fred BEEN were Jolie
visitors yesterday.
Mrs. ]. J. West has returned to he
home in Chicago after spending tho
Nast few days at the home Of Nh anG
Mrs L, w Brewer Jr. on Pearl street
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-30
Great AIexanders.

Alexander Bell was the great Amer.
'an Who invented the telephone,
'hich is still called the Bell tele-
hone; and Alexander Humboldt was
German traveller statesman and the
most distinguished naturalist of all
ines. One of his most important dis
overies was the decrease in intensity
T The earth's magnetic force from the
"oIe I" the equator. HIS most impor-
amt book, "koSmos," was written In
MS Sevents fifth year. He did much In
MS long life to further the science of
The world.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-30
Invisible Airplane Wings.

Wings of cclnlose acetate, being
transparent, make an airplane inviSi.
bic at the height of few thousand
feet, also increasing the operators
field of vision. Sheets one One-hun-
dredth-inch thick are about as strong
as the ordinary wing cover. and the
weight of nine ounces to the square
yard is but slightly greater. The rap
id spread of tear when started is a
disadvantage that may be overcome
with a reinforcing of loosely woven
silk.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-30
Loan Pass Billion Mark
GHOSTS ALWAYS WHITE?
NO, HERE'S A BLACK ONE
Deputy Sheriffs Solve Mystery When
They Obtain Confession From
Negro Boy.

Fayettc. Mo- The well grounded
notion that ghosts are always white
and shimmery was given a setback
here when Deputy Sheriffs Dollard
and Robinson brought in Jack Black.
a negro as dark as his name, from the
Missouri River hills. Black had been
playing spook so cleverly around the
farm of young Albert Rainsberger
that Rainsbcrger had contemplated
selling out and moving away from
Howard County, and the whole coun-
tryside had become stirred up by the
nocturnal visits.
Rainsberger lives with his wife on
l farm in the edge of Boons borO For
1Wo weeks so many mysterious things
happened around the home. without
any apparent cause or sequence.
Rainsbcrger became greatly disturb
deep and destroyed his appetite was
the mysterious lights which were
flashed on him at night.
The glare OF the lights would ilu-
inmate momentarily the inside of his
home and then would disappear with
out even giving him a chance to look
for the clever manipulation. He shot
IN the direction of the lights on one
or two occasions. but he heard and
saw no one run.
But perhaps the most mystifying
evidence of ghosts were the tracks
which he saw in the light snow at
his front door one morning. The
tracks leading to the door were small,
almost dainty. while those leading
from the doorstep were huge.
What human being could thus
change his pedal eXtermities and be-
wilder the occupant of the home?
Wings became so uncomfortable Mr..
and Mrs. Rainsberger left home one
or two nights and when they returned
they found their furniture turned
top3y turvy as if the genies of Hal
3owe'en had made a visit out of sea
son. Half burned rags were found
under the ice box. Things We're mis-
placed, but nothing was taken away.
Finally Mr.. Rainsberger appealed to
Sheriff Dollard. who spent a night at
the Rainsberger home, but he saw no
ghosts. He later sent his deputies,
Kirk Dollard and W. H. Robinson,
who spent q night with the Rains
bergers.
The two deputies visited Jack, a
negro boy who lives in a shanty near
the Rainsberger home and who is en-
ployed by Mr.. Rainsberger, While
they were there they saw a very large
0vershoe under the bed. They asked
Jack about that oyershoe and the
truth about the nocturnal ghosts
came out in a deluge of narrative
punCtuated with laughter.
Jack was unable to explain fully to
the justice court here his motive for
such conduct, but is is believed he
was coached by some one who was
enTious of the prosperity of the