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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-26
SAGE TEA DARkENa|
HAIR TO ANY SHAOa
Don't Stay Gray! Here's an oId-tim
Recipe that Anybody can
Apply.

The use of Sage and Sulphur fol
restoring faded, gray hair to its nat
ural color dates back to grandmoth.
ers time. She used it to keep her
hair beautifully dark, glossy and at
tractive. Whenever her hair took on
that dull, faded or streaked appear
ance, this simple mixture was applied
with wonderful effect.
But brewing at home is mussy and
out-of-date. Nowadays, by asking 81
any drug store for a bottle o.
"Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur COM
pound you will get this famous ola
preparation, improved by the addition
of other ingredients, which can Do
depended upon to restore naturai
color and beauty to the hair
A well-known downtown druggist
says it darkens the hair so naturaii!
and evenly that nobody can tell n
has been applied. You simply dampea
a sponge or soft brush with it ana
draw this through your hair, takins
one. strand at time. By mornins
the gray hair disappears, and after
another application or two. 1t pel
pomes beautifully dark and glossy
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-26

Why go to a play when 1t is SO lovely
outside? BuBt TO go to play out-oi-
doors in an enchanting Greek theatre
with real moon rising above it
that's another matter! / shall never
forget "a Midsummer Nights Dream
as given by the Philosophical society
at Point LONE. Strolling through the
grounds with the mauve and amber.
domes of their temples dimly lit,
found myself murmuring: "Xanadu did
Kubla Khan q stately pleasure dome
Decree The setting was perfect, and
the performance was worthy Of it. New
er have seen that play so beautifully
given, so artistically set and delight
fully acted, though the parts we're Ia.
ken by students in the Theosophical
school. After the hast adorable little
fairy had toddled off hope to bed
we heard youth behind us observe:
These nuts sure can give a play We
echoed his sentiments.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-26

There are i've kinds of tonnage in
use In the shipping business. They
are lightweight tonnage, cargo tom
mage, gross, net. and displacement
t0nnages.
i. Deadweight tonnage expresses
the number of tons of 2,240 pounds
that a vessel can transport of cargo.
stores, and bunker fuel II is the
difference between the number of
tons of water vessel light
and the number of tons it
displaces when submerged to
the load water line" Deadweight
tonnage is used Interchangeable with
lightweight carrying capacity. A yes
sells capacity for weight cargo is less
than its total lightweight tonnage.
2 Cargo tonnage is either
weight or measurement" The
weight ton In the United States and
in British countries is the English
long or gross ton of 2,240 pounds. In
France and other countries having
the metric system weight ton is
2,20A6 pounds. A measurement"
ton is usually 40 cubic feet, but in
some instances larger number Of
cubic feet Is taken for ton. Most
ocean package freight is taken at
weight or measurement (W-M), ships
option.
3. Gross tonnage applies to YES
sells, not to cargo. 1t is determined
by dividing by 100 the contents, in
cubic feet, of the vessels closed In
spaces. A vessel ton is 100 cubic
feet. The register OF vessel states
both gross and net tonnage.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-26
TONNAGE EXPLAINED

4. Net tonnage is vessels gross
tonnage minus deductions of space
occupied by accommodations for
crew, by machinery for navigation,
by the engine room and fuel A yes
sells net tonnage expresses the space
available for the accommodation OF
passengers and the stowage of cargo.
"A ton of cargo, in most instances,
occupies less than 100 cubic feet;
hence the vessels cargo tonnage may
exceed it's net tonnage, and, indeed,
the tonnage of cargo carried Is usual
Nv greater than the gross tonnage.
5. Displacement of vessel is the
weight, in tons OF 2,240 pounds. OF
the vessel and it's contents. Displace-
rnent light is the weight of the
vessel without stores, bunker fuel.
or cargo. Displacement loaded" is
the weight of the vessel, plus cargo,
fuel. and stores.
For modern freight steamer the
following relative tonnage figures
would ordinarily be approximately
correct:
Net tonnage 4'VoV
Gross tonnage .-....-........- o'ooV
Deadweight carrying capacity. -lo, 900
Displacement loaded, about 1850
A vessels registered tonnage.
whether gross or net, is practically
the same under the American rules
and the British rules When meas
ured according to the Panama or
Suez canal tonnage rules most yes
sells have larger gross and net ton
nases than when measured by Brit
ish or American national rules
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-26
Aphorisms Of Abraham Lincoln.

Let us have faith that right makes
might, and in that faith let us do our
duty as we understand it"
With malice toward none. with
charity for all, with firmness In the
right as God gives us to see the
right"
'Fondly do we hope -fevently do
we say--that this mighty scourge of
war may speedily pass away
THAT this nation. under God, shall
have a new birth of freedom, and
that government of the people, by
the people. for the people, shall not
perish from the earth"
81 believe that this government
cannot endure permanently half slave
and half free"
"The mystic chords of memory,
stretching from every battlefield and
patriot grave to every living heart
and hearthstone all over this broad
land, will yet swell the chorus of the
union when again touched, as surely
they will be, by the better angels of
our nature"
at may seem strange that any men
should dare esk just Gods assist
ance in wrfnging their bread from
the sweat Of other mems faces"
This country, with its institutions,
belongs to the people who fnhabit
it,
why should there not be patient
confidence in the ultimate justice of
the people"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-26
s,GNPosT,Ne THE DESERT.

The United States Geological Sur
vey, department OF the interior, has
surveyed and signposted great area
OF the most dangerous desert region OF
the United States. The thirty-ninth an
n,ral report of the Topographic ddv1-
zion Of the survey, just made public,
describes the method employed Of ma
king the desert safe to the unwary
traveller.
The region surveyed occupies about
sc, 900 square miles in southern Cali
fornia and southwestern Arizona. In
California 1t includes the southern
rart OF Death Valley and the region
between this valley and the Mexican
border; I'M Arizona It includes the re-
Hon west Of Tucson and Phoenix ara
South Of Wic1enburg and Parker. This
region was selected because 1t is the
driest, hottest, mad least explored part
Of the desert region, and also because
Of the strategic Importance of obtain
Ing information on the water supplies
along the $50 miles of national from
tier that 1t includes. The field work
was done by four parties, each OF
which consisted of one geologist and
one nontec1lnfcal assistant outfitted
with am automobile and light camping
equipment Practically all watering
places in the region we're examined,
about $50 samples of water were col
lected and shipped to the water-re-
sources laboratory at Washington, d.
c., for analysis, and a general eMplora-
ton was made Of the geography, geo
logy and gro1lnd-water conditions OF
the region. The maps prepared and
the data obtained were made availabls
to the army engineers for incorpora-
ton in the progressive military map
OF the United States. Guides with maps
are being prepared for publication.
Signs directing travellers to water
were erected at 167 localities in Call
fornia, and 1873 in Arizona. The sign
posts are galvanized iron, 1-9 inches
in outside diameter and 10 feet long.
Each post Is anchored in the ground
with two redwood blocks. The signs
are IS gage steel, galvanized, are White,
with dsrkibIue letters, and are sub
stantially bolted to the posts. There
are two sizes. 18 ny 90 inches and Q
hy 90 inches Most of the larger signs.
Of which 47O were erected, give the
names, distances and directions to
four watering places; most of the
smaller signs. 165 OF which were erect
ed, give the names, distances and oil
rection to two watering places. The
work done last year Is part OF a
marking the watering places in the en-
tire arid region lying east OF the Ser
ra, Nevada and Cascade mountains and
west of line running from eastern Or
egon through Salt Lake City and San
ia Fe to the mouth OF Pecos river.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-26
GROWTH OF AMERICAN ARMY.

Worlds Work: On April s, 1917,
the day when we declared ourselves
belligerents, our military resources
were SO largely undeveloped that it
seemed absurd to believe that this
country could prepare itself to take
any important part In land opera
lions under three or four years. In
deed, it may not be amiss here to
recall the feeling, amounting even in
some official quarters to the convic-
ton. that Americas share in the war
would be chiefly confined to feeding
and financing the allies, making their
munitions and furnishing naval
patrol for the North Atlantic sea-
lanes. The visit of Marshal Joffre
and his appeal for men changed all
this; it was not until then that the
country fully awoke to the necessity
of creating, equipping, arming, and
placing in the field tremendous
army in the shortest possible space
of time. We began then with what
amounted to blank sheet of paper,
upon which we could write either
success or failure.
The simplest and easiest task of
all was the Increase of the personnel
Of the army from 100000 officers and
men on April 6. 1917, to 3,734, 420
actually in service on the day the
armistice was signed This figure
includes, however, 27,28S marines;
the actual strength of the army
proper was 3,707,132 officers and men,
OF these, 2,002,175 had been sent
overseas and another 94,24S were on
ships, en- route to Europe. when hos
tilities ceased. Barring some COM
pletely unforseeable catastrophe, the
total strength of the army by June
80. 1919, would have reached 1885,
600 officers and men.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-26
for him; and not the least Of the soldiers joys
in getting back to civilization was to get nd OF
this abominable little featherleggsd, smooth
tailed, needle-nosed pest.
REPEAL1NG BLUE LAWS.

The senate OF the Iowa general assembly ap-
pears to have a liberal majority III this session.
1t has passed, by vote of thirty-three to thlr-
teen, bill repeating the states ancient Sunday
''blue laws. = The measure, which was drafted
by the senate committee on cities and towns,
gives to cities of six thousand and over the
right to decide for themselves whether Sunday
amusements should be permitted. If agreed to
by the house and not vetoed by the governor 1t
will make possible the operation Of theateds,
movies, drug stores cigar stores, ball games
and other amusements on the first day of the
week without violating the statutory law. Al
though the session of the Iowa general assembly
is now six weeks old, no measure of freedom
from prosecution has been passed by either
house comparable to this one, endorsed by the
senate.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-26
Experience does take dreadfully high
wages. but it teaches like no other-Carlyle.
e.GoING AFTER" THE HOTELS.

There is a bill pending in the Iowa senate,
having been passed by the house, placing GER
tain restrictions ON hotels. Some legislators ap-
pear to be s.agin'' many things and are for some
things that would put per diem into the peck
pts of a large number of prospective officehold-
ers Under the operation of a bill introduced by
Mr.. Moore, of Guthrie, and said to be favored
by Speaker MaoE'arlane, hotels would be re-
auired to pay a license ranging from four dol
lars to ten dollars day, depending on the num-
her of rooms But the milk in the cocoanut is
disclosed in the provision for larger number
Of state hotel inspectors who will be paid, pre-
sumably, from the funds accruing from the IL
cense returns The bill should get no further
than discussion in committee
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-26
w oman Not Worried
Over Food Shortage

II have lived on toast and Walei
for over 6 months and have peea
scarcely able to eat anything for u,
past year. l began suffering TOE
stomach trouble and bloating 3 yeA.
ago. A friend recommended May !.
Wonderful Remedy and since tahil.|
doses feel am entirely restofeIu,
even cabbage does not hurt me- .,..|
is simple, harmless preparalv,.l
that removes the catarrhal nue.
from the intestinal tract and allass1
the inflammation which causes pc.
tically all stomach, liver and inss
final ailments, including appenalci..ss
One dose will convince or money
funded. Wilkinson & Co., and oius
gists everywhere.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-26
CATS ARE sNoRs.

Sci liners: A cat is master of that
most subtle of the arts, reserve.
Neither shyness nor bashfulness Is
his; humility dwells not in him, and
modesty touches him with but in
effective fingers. For modesty con-
notes two factors: a slender conf
dence in self and an inner restraint
from thrusting oneself forward
Neither belongs to the cat. In our
own race only the Scotchmen have
glorified reserve and made national
trait of reticence; for canniness i'm
plies the wisdom Of Withholding ex-
preston. The Scotchman has claim
ed and won honor for his limitation
in expression. Not SO the cat
Calumny has fallen upon him. and
he is made to wear the adtectives
"stealthy' and selfish" and 'ftreach-
erous" We are apt, in our large
minded way, TO call reserve treachery
when we do not understand 1t. And
we never, in our large-minded way,
will understand the cat. Though
caution and warfness Jingle on his
whiskers, his nalf-ciosed eyes are
focused on some distant. unseen
world, and enmesh his reserve with
a sense Of mystery. Inscrutability
wells the expression of his eyes,
something secret and occult vibrates
in the atmosphere, and unseen forces
which are at once close and remote
battle our perplexed and cumbrous
understanding.
The reserve which is most irrf-
tating is that which we cannot under
stand. It is our subjective attitude
which makes us interpret such re-
serve as obstinacy, stupidity, or per-
iverseness, and which calls forth in
us spirit of allied evaporation and
determination to shatter. For the
human ego is curious and demand
ing creature, which is, strangely
enough, at the mercy of that which
most quickly retreats before 1t. The
incomprehensible touches the pride:
SO 1t Is through the medium of vanity
that the ego is conquered by the
cold demeanor of aloofness. Cats
either pique the curiosity of the
imaginative Or battle and therefore
madden the swift, logical thinker.
There is a subtle connotation to be
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-26
RIGHTs OF THE DEFENDANT.

1t is legal maxim that the burden of proof
rests with the plaintiff. Furthermore, the de-
PENDANT may not be treated except as innocent
by presumption until he is found guilty. 1t fol-
lows that the defendant has every right TO de-
fend himself from acts threatening him on the
grounds of his guilt until that guilt is proved.
These patent facts apply to our organized sys-
TENS of industrial and social life. There ele-
ments the world over which stating their
plants against governments, against society
and industry as it is organized. These elements
are not willing to present their case before the
court of public opinion in orderly procedure
and await a verdict; they are trying to act them
selves as Judge and jury and executive agent !;
they are making their arguments a law unto
thmselves and by this law they try to speak
and try to act revolutions. They have no right
to such procedure; the burden of proof rests on
them and before their case is won by orderly
methods nations have the right to self-protec-
ton. We seeking to get rid of foreign
agents of anarchy.
A federal Judge declares that this is no time
Ito invade the rights of men, even of bolshvist
men, Experts must deal with the law and the
law must be upheld. But in the abstract this
Judge is wrong. This nation has every right to
defend itself against treason spoken and prac-
iced against it. 1t has the right of the defend
ant. People who under protection of the law de-
fly the law forfeit protection and become unlaw-
full enemies of the nation. They should be
treated as such as a matter of abstract justice
and of national safety.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-26
TODAYs BIT OF VERSE
LINCOLN.

LINCOLN
This man whose honnely face you look upon,
Was one of Natures masterful great men;
Born with strong arms, that unfought battles won
Direct OF speech and cumming with the pen
Chosen large designs, he had the art
OF winning with his humor and he went
straiga,t to his mark which the human heart;
wise too for what he could not break he bent
JIpon his back a more than Atlas load,
The burden OF the commonwealth, was laid
He stooped and rose up It, though the road
shot suddenly upward, whit disanayed
Hold warriors councillors, kings All now give place
To the dear benefactor of this race!
- Richard Henry Stoddard
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-26
THE CooTIE.

The coolies are a feeble folk yet they make
their houses in such places that they are not
easy to evict; and though they probably are the
smallest Of the visible belligerents in the late
unpleasantness their activities are by no means
to be despised. The man who first called them
cootie is unknown to fame. He may have been
AN chronological expert or merely an exacer-
bated victim The word appears to be Scottish
and given to birds with feathered legs. Wheth-
er cootie legs are thus adorned does not appear
from any literature at hand. But he is CLASH
fed as q small anoplurous insect, parasitic on
hosts who are ordinarily unreconciled to his
presence and habits of life Anoporous ap-
pears to Indicate that he has an unarmed tail
hut no description available enables us to speak
szitl confident knowledge as to this. It may OF
NAV not be so; but it is not of particular i'm
rortance in view of the fact that he is certainly
dangerously armed at the other end with pro-
trusible proboscis, said to be singularly effect
I've apparatus for the end in view, which is
boring for nutlitive fluids.
And vet this Insignificant creature was one
of the most deadly combatants in the world war
He is credited with at least million killings,
and the total may be greater still. For in
Serbia alone the typhus germs he carried infect
ed nearly that number of people, and in the
little city of Jassy killed for time five hundred
persons a dav. When the cootie could not find
typhus germs to carry, he often stocked up
With trench fever germs germs OF relapslng
lever; and in default of these no one knows
With certainty what other lethal mlcroDlc Or
ganisms he may not have taken aboard. But
TINS Is sure, empty handed or heavy laden
uu4ootie was highly unwelcome intruder where
ne Went No one ever had kindly wore
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-26
Tho great rule Of conduc. for u.s. regard foreign

Tho conduct for In regard TO foresn
nations is In extending commercial relations to have
them little political connection as possibe-So
lar as we formed engagements, let them 20
ufied with perfect good fathHere let US STOP Europe
has Of primary interests, which to US have none Or
very remote relation Hence she must engage In ire
puent controversies the Of which essentially
foreign to our Hence, therefore, must De IN
wise mpcate ourselves, by artificial ties In 'ne
ordinary vclsstudes Of politics, the ordinary com
binations and of her Friendships, or enmees
George Washington.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-26
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Fort Dodge Messenger: Statistics
were prepared last fall to show how
many people raised vegetables in
their own gardens, how much money
was realized from the sale of sur
plus products, how much food was
saved and 80 on. Statistics might
also have been submitted to show
how much happiness came from
working out OF doors, how many
good nights Of sleep came as re-
suit Of the fresh air and exercise,
how many bad tempers were i'm
proved and how many jaded appe-
tites were tempted by something
fresh from ones own plot.
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Lest we forget say it again that a
good job is thing to be cherished.
This is mighty poor time to be out
lof work. Most of US couldn't stand
lit many weeks at the h. C. of l.
Webster City Freeman-Jour
The Knoxville inebriate asylum, now
Iout OF commission, is another illus
tration of how prohibition kills bust
ness
Burlington Hawk-Eye: 1t will be a
difficult matter to convince many
people who know the professor that
Heron is the man for the job. And
the presidents friends are wonder
ling who wished the professor on the
Des Moines Capital: The work OF
the negroes in the service of the
United States in the great war de-
serves a glowing place in history.
They were brave. They wree loyal.
They toiled tirelessly. They died
heroically for the cause of the re-
public. And a grateful public will
not soon forget their service to their
country.
Atlantic News-Telegraph: Repre-
sentative Johnson, of South Dakota,
seems to have found no one disput-
ing his charge in the house that the
sons of administration officials all
had bullet proof assignments in the
recent war.
Algona Upper Des Moines-Republi-
can: Some of the boys who were
sore because they did not get to
France are now glad 1t was so as
they view the thousands of heroes
who are crippled for life.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-26

found in the comparative number of
men and women who like cats. Even
in the kindest Of men, the insolent
and independent department OF
cats tail arouses some spirit Of yexa-
ton If the Cat That Walked by Ills
Lone had not waved his wild tail, the
Iliad OF Catdom might have been q
different story.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-26

One of the most notable devei -,
ments in the demand in China 81. I'd
things western is the increasing
for modern sanitary appliances.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-26

Now that the league of nations Is probab-
llity it behooves alert Keokuk managers to
close a lease ON the peace palace at The Hague
and turn the building into a movie theater.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-26

Algona Upper Des Moines-Republi-
can: Some of the boys who were
sore because they did not get to
France are now glad 1t was so as
they view the thousands of heroes
who are crippled for life.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-26

Marshalltown Times-Republican
Lest we forget say it again that a
good job is thing to be cherished.
This is mighty poor time to be out
of work. Most of US couldn't stand
1t many weeks at the h. C. of |.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-10-30
TO ALL SCHOOL TEACHERS
IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY

The American Red Cross during
the period of Nov. 2 to II will ask
the American public for funds. Ev.
eryone knows the great good that
the Red Cross has done and is do
ing. l, therefore, request you to aid
in every manner possible the raising
of money for the Red Cross, making
remittances to Mrs. ]. R. Millard
County Treasurer, Ruby, S. C.
j. A. KNIGHT,
Supt. of Education.