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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE.

Forbes Magazine: Does it pay bet.
ter to lower prices little bit here
and a little bit there, a little bit to-
day and a little bit tomorrow, or to
make only one bite of the price-cut.
ting cherry? 1t would seem as IL the
hest results have been scored by
those who acted decisively and then
made a noise about their courageous
course. The public like to think they
are getting bargains. When they
read q big ad that at a certain store
prices have been slashed all round,
they are inclined to swoop down and
take advantage OF the lower prices.
The merchant who takes such stand
reans a lot of credit, whereas another
merchant whose prive levels may, on
the whole, be Just as low, will get
no applause IL his reductions have
been made piece-neal and unspec-
tacularIy. There is story to the
effect that a young debutante was
placed next to Chauncey M. Depew
AT party and that In her nervous
ness she knocked an egg from the
table. Turning TO the veteran sena-
for. she nervously exclaimed. "Oh.
Mr., Depew, whatever shall l do? I've
dropped an egg" "Cackle, madam,
cackle," was his retort- The mer.
chant or manufacturer who drops his
nrices should do little cackling
these days 1t helps to win applause
and to move goods.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25
One Of the principal charms of mountain
scenery is it's solitude-Ruskin
THE RUsTLING LEAVES.

There ism T anything else in the world ex-
actly like the rustling of new fallen leaves. All
Of the musicians of the earth could not initiate
the sound. No man s memory is so poor that
he cannot recoect it, no matter how long it has
been since he waded through forest, knee deep
in fresh and rafting leaves.
Oak leaves make the sweetest music, but they
hang on the trees longer than most of the others.
Many others are soft and flabby and send forth
no notes of harmonic natare. Walnut leaves
never become dry; they perish at once and be-
come part Of the soil. 1t is the same with the
leaves OF the smaller trees But the oak leaves
curl little, become dry and brittle, and rustic
all winter Autumn, however, or soon after the
leaves begin to swirl to earth, is tht best time
to enjoy the concert of nature. If one under
stands how to appreciate such music he finds it
sweet and comforting indeed
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25
THE LURE OF INDIAN SUMMER. .

Has it come and gone. The period OF sum
shine DAYS we call the Indian summer is varl-
able in the time Of its appearance. In the north
ern part of the United States Indian summer
occurs usually in October; in the south as late
las December Traditionally, it is not due until
next month, for November eleventh, when the
ienemy of mankind capitulated, is SAINT Mar
Tins dav, observed in honor of the saint who
Isixteen hundred years ago as a boy ran away to
Amiens to be a soldier. Meeting shivering
lbeggar on the road he gave him half of his cloak
and was that night, so the tale runs, shown IN
la vision that he had shared his garment with
the Christ The days that followed were, SO
mild that the self-sacrfcing soldier did not sui
fer: and this is the date on which that fleeing
period of sunshine days we call the Indian sum-
Imer additionally begins That is to say, it be-
gins then in theory if not always on schedule
time in fact. In some years it gets belated and
lost
! Whether Indian summer be now upon US or
not, health and days like these we have been
having afford chances to make the pomp OF en-
iperors ridiculous, as Emerson threatened to do
They give zest to day spent far from the mad
ding crowd in air as balmy as June with every
landscape revealing its farthest distances and
lac trees stretching their almost bare arms be
lore they take to their winter sleep. They Of
fer chances not to be missed to store memories
of impressionist splashes OF glarlng color Whlcf
will serve to warm the heart and 1maglnatlol
when the rigors of our climate drive US to the
Efireside and book and s'the yellow and the
purple and the crimson are no longer keeping
time
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25
A re.. Of Fic,<,e Memory.

New York Herald: Let him who
has great faith in his memory take
lesson from the testimony given
after the explosion in Wall street.
The wagon, that vehicle OF disaster
which surely was seen in front OF
the assay office before the crash and
surely was never seen afterward, was
the subject Of a memory test. /.
Some who saw it declared that II
was new, clean and red.
Some said it was an old wagon,
dilapidated and OF a reddish color.
One man declared that it was a vel
low wagon with high rack.
Some said the wagon bore red
flag and the sign that is used on all
conveyances in which explosives are
lawfully moved. Others, equally con
fident of their memories. recalled
neither flag nor sign.
And on the point Of time the memo
RES of witnesses varied to a similar
extent, one man insisting that the
wagon had stopped only a minute
before the explosion; another sure
that it was there q long time.
Sir Walter Raleigh, looking from
his cell into the prison court, saw a
lively incident among the other pris
oners. He later compared his mem
ory of what occurred with the facts
as they were afterward established to
his satisfaction and found that Nom
ory had played him false in a ma,
iority of the important items.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25

Over fifty years ago a W.,
physician practiced widely 4
rural district and became fam,.
for his uniform success Il D
curing Of disease. This was h
Pierce, who afterwards essS
lished himself in Buffalo, N n
and placed one of his prescrip6a
which he called Golden Men,
Discovery" in the drug stores
the United States so that the mn
lie could easily obtain this v,
remarkable tonic, corrective 4,
blood maker. DR.. Pierce maD,]
featured this Discovery" fro,|
roots and barks "a correc61
remedy, the ingredients Of whie]
nature had put in the fields ~
forests, for keeping us healtbr
Few folks or families now liyir'
have not at sometime or other usei
this Golden Medical Discovery
for the stomach, liver and heart
Over twenty four million botts
Of this tonic and blood remed,
have been sold in this country.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25
irving 20 Fool Voters.

! Donnellson Review: 1t is unfor-
tunate that one John G. Bowen. can
didate for sheriff, has tried to fool
voters by circular dated October
liz. stating that his election will dis
continue the expense attached to the
board OF prisoners in the county jails
at Keokuk and Fort Madison.
| He admits the law fixes the rate
to be charged at 80 cents day for
board and washing No sheriff can
change this law, of course, even
tsuperman.
Every informed man and woman
knows that prisoners are admitted
to the iails on an order OF a court in
When this man Bowen says he can
discontinue this expense" he is
either utterly ignorant of the legal
chinery which Furnishes law break
ers-or he is stating that falsehood
to get some votes of persons not in
formed.
| His figures OF the total cost for a
period Of twenty-one months are cor
rect at about $1,000 a year for both
county seats and their jails COM
bined. His statement that this ex-
lpense can be discontinued by elect
ing him sheriff is false, foolish and
fraud on those to whom 1t is address
ted-only by the courts sending fewer
law breakers to Jail can this cost be
;lessened.
| Incidentally, the cost for the last
1.-TWO years is no more than it was
during the term of Office Of previous
isheriffs. including democrats, the
icost per day by law considered.
This Bowen specimen of misrepre-
lsentation ought not to pass UNI
noticed, although It ought to need no
comment among intelligent people
lof Lee county.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25
Industrial Picnics.

New York Evening Telegram: Pic
mics or, rather, outings and entertain
Iments given by big Industrial con-
Germs, are credited with having gone
far to calming unrest.
It is reported from Pittsburgh chat
It is estimated more than 100000 per
sons have this year attended picnics
given by concerns there to their en-
ployes, and number Of the most i'm.
portant are yet to be held.
Arrangements for these great gath
erings Of workmen and their families
are on a colossal scale and carried
out by an efficient organization OF
trained engineers and Office men.
The quantity Of provisions required
for the entertainment Of big plant
and it's workers astonishes those who
know little Of such enterprises, but
can be estimated to some extent when
it is related that at one event Of the
kind there were $4,000 persons pres
emit.
We hear much these days of bring
ing employer and employe in closer
touch and harmony, and this method
is one way of doing it.
There was one big plant In the
middle west which recently gave its
first outing. That occasion was the
first time a host Of men who had been
with the concern for twenty years had
ever seen 1.-The boss
Is It to be supposed that meeting Il
going to do good or harm?
Many OF us are selfish, more OF Us
thoughtiess and still others take life
too seriously.
It's a good thing to get together
once in while.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25
LADIES! DARKEN !
YOUR GRAY HA||


The use Of Sage and Sulphur 4
restoring faded, gray hair to its q
(ural color dates back to grandmod
er's time. She used It to keep \
Il hair beautifully dark, glossy and
ltractive. Whenever her hair took
that dull. faded or streaked appee
auce, this simple mixture was aD1dd
with wonderful effect
But4bpewing ateh0me u rnussy a
out.of.date. Nowadays, by asking
any drug store for a bottle
'Wyeths Sage and Sulphur ca
pound" you will get this famous q
preparation, improyed-by the addits
1 OF other. ingredients, which can
depended upon to restore natur
color land beauty to the hair.
A well-known downtown drugu
says H. darkens theshRirs 50 Natural
and evenly that nobody eanFateA
has been applied. You simply sdans'
sponge or soft brush with Il q
draw this through your hair, tain
one strand at a time. BY mernl
the gray hair disappears, and az
another application or two. It
yomes beautifully dark and glossy
wyeth's Sage and Sulphur ~
pound Is 4 delightful toilet requfS
for those whe desire more you
fui appearance. It is not 1nteno
for the cure, mitigation or prese"'
Of disease.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25
Hetter Rusiness Is Coming.

Forbes Magazine: Better business
looms ahead. Our business body had
become fat overfed. 1t is now re-
ducing. The process IS disagree
able, sometimes painful. But it
makes for greater strength and vigor.
Had not corrective measures been
taken, business would have collapsed
from hardening of the credit arteries.
AT the opening OF 1920 we were head
ing toward trouble At the opening
OF 1921 we should be heading toward
sound prosperity. Every fundamental
is making for greater
soIidity and stability. We have the
greatest wealth of resources in the
world: we have the greatest body OF
Intelligent, progressive manpower in
the world: we have the greatest
system OF transportation In the
world; the greatest stock OF gold in
the world; the greatest amount OF
confidence and optimism and enter
prise Of any nation in the world: and
the least amount of worries and han
dicaps Of any people in the world.
We have the material, the men.
+ the money and the Will to prosper.
Everything combines to indicate that,
after the dfsagreeable but necessary
now under way. we
/ shall prosper.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE

COURAGE.
Because hold it SINFUL to despond,
And will not let the bitterness OF life
Blind me with burning tears, but look beyond
Its tumult and its strife.
Because lift my head above the mist,
Where the sun shines and the broad breezes dow,
By every ray and every raindrop kissed
That Gods love doth bestow;
Think you find no bitterness at all,
No burden to be borne, like Christians pack!
Think You there ready tears to fall,
Because l keep them back?
Why should hug Iife's ills with cold reserve,
To curse myself and all who love me? Nay!
A thousand times good than deserve
God gives every day.
And in each one of these robellious tears
Kept bravely back He makes rainbow SHINE;
Grateful take His slightest gift; no fears
Nor any doubts are mine.
Dark skies must clear and when the clouds are past
One golden day redeems weary year;
Patient listen that sweet at last
Will sound His voice of cheer.
Celia Thaxte
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25
HITTING THE FARMER.

Hit the farmer again. Let everybody hit
him. He has no friends at Washington under
this administration. He has splendid apple
crop which ought to help him out but freight
rates are so high and cars so few, labor and
lnddlemen rapacious that he cannot market
it to advantage. He might put large part of
it into cider which is in great demand and would
keep until it could be Sold whereas his apples
would rot But commissioner of internal
revenue at Washington has ruled that the farm
er cannot sell his cider unless it is so doctored
and drugged and denaturized that nobody will
buy it. Hit the famer; hit him again. Let the
federal reserve board hit him in the solar plexus
by denying credits which could enable him to
hold and get fair price for his crops Let
every Jack in Office and every bigot out of of
flee hit him and the result may be that he will
store in his cellar such cider as he USE raise
such crops next season as he needs, feed his
corn to his cows and pigs and eat them when he
wants to and wait for times to change and give
him fairer deal. If any citizen is in position
to ''wait till the clouds roll by it is the farm
er Of America. He has food enough and if hi
needs fuel and has no woodlot on his holdings
he will recall no doubt how Kansas farmer
found that corn in the kitchen stove made
roaring, rousing fire enabling them to defy tn
bitterest Boreal blasts
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25
PRETTY HEFTY MEN.

President Wilson's denunciation OF the OPP
ponents of the league Of nations as Ignorant
and audacious'' must cause smile on the faces
of people who are familiar with American his
tory and current affairs. Among the men who
are opposed to the league Of nations covenant
are men who have had vastly more experience
in international affairs than has President VIII
son, and men who have been receiving edorse-
meet after endorsement at the hands OF their
constituents for the last twenty to thirty years
Neither in native ability nor in training IS
President Wilson the peer of the men he IS de-
nouncing as ignorant and audacious-'
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25
Knoxville Express: This is the tim
of year when the candidates keep tn
flivver wheels turning.
PockEr-BuRIED DOLLARS.

Forbes Magazine: A manufacturer
took a census of his four hundred
workmen to find out how much
money they had in their pockets. The
average was $28. II the Steel corpo-
ration's workmen each carried the
same amount, the total for them
would be almost $4,000 The
American Telephone company's EN-
ployes would have something like
s5.5e0.OG0 similarly withdrawn from
business channels. And II half the
people in America wer to carry round
with them S2S each. tn total would
rach the staggering figure of $1,5Vo.
900 600
This practice, more rife today than
ever before. Of carrying around large
amounts of currency is an economic
crime. 1t tends to increase the cos,
Of living. It checks the development
of the nations resources. 1t retards
enterprise. 1t reduces the banks
ability to furnish credit to the indus
trial and business world. 1t forces
interest rates up. It fosters caution
even pessimism, among the bankin'
fraternity, the holders of the nation!
purse-strings. And it hurts the work
! man by reducing the amount OF bust
ness which could and would be don.
were money and credit more plenti
full in banking channels. It will hastel
/. the business depression which nearl.
all experts declare is bound to COM
sooner or later. And, consequently,
makes for unemployment.
II everybody in America were t
carry around $2S it would represen
sum greater than all the gold il
the land. 1t would more than equa
half the total currency in circulation
in the United States.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25
PROOF OF WILL
State of Iowa, Lee County

To all whom 1t may concern:
Notice is hereby given, Tna.s
the 18th day of October, A. u IL
a paper was opened and read .! y
Clerk Of the District Court OF = =
County, iowa, supporting to ne
last win and Testament OF Mra i
C. Mellen, late Of Lee County, ~
State Of Iowa, deceased; ana ~
proof of tho .genuineness OF san
strument will be heard tn the plsus
Court of said County at Keoka. III
the 18th day of'November, A D. NJ
at the hour Of 2 o'clock p. m. Oh =,
day. being the fifth day OF the p,
TENDER Term, 1870. OF said ~ :.
when all p@sons interested m 90 80
Will are Required ato be.prescn .. .,
make their objections to tho '0''
IL any they have -. 9
In witness whereof. Ishereun,u $, :
nv hand this 18th day OF ec'O'I
i'1O. O. r. JOHNSTON,
Clerk District cour
IBy ED. S MERRICK, Deputy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25

light. The triumph OF the league Of
nations would be the most glorious
culmination OF the life-saving cam
paign. Here is a vast field for the
enlightened efforts of the teacher;
the home and the school, are the real
decisive backgrounds of material
and spiritual forces in the worlds
life.
JOHN w. ROYANE.
Keokuk, Oct. %, 1920.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Carroll Herald: At the democratic
meeting in Des Moines last week 1t
is reported that some speakers stated
they saw victory for the state ticket
in the air. One effect Of this beauti-
full October weather Is to produce
optical Illusions.
Des Moines Capital: There can be
no progress made toward settled con-
ditions or normal business until there
is an entire change of the national
administration. The democratic party
has not made good even though 1t
had the cooperation of republicans
throughout the war.
Marshalltown Times Republican:
An automobile doesn't kill anyone of
itself. It's the careless man who
drives it and the officials who avoid
and evade their legal duties and re-
sponsibilities.
Davenport Times: Old timers who
miss the torchlight parades that used
to mark a national campaign realize,
of course, that the fashions have
changed in late years. But demon
stration of this kind, were it possible
today, would put lot of pep into
politics and make hot finish. And
what's become of the old-time flag
raisings, the new brooms that were
enlblematic OF clean sweep, and the
stirring music of the fife and drum
corps? Gone forever, perhaps, but
not forgotten by the old guard.
Knoxville Express: This is the time
Of year when the candidates keep the
flivver wheels turning.
Cedar Rapids Republican: Eddie
Rickenbacker, who was the air ace
Of the American service in France,
says that men will fight for country
or a home, but not for boundary
line in the Balkans. Eddie fought
twenty-six victories in the air and he
is competent to speak on the subject
,, of ighting-which a great many are
! not
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25

II Sir Walter, who had hee .cr
terest in the prison incidenl,
have been deceived as to wn' 40
nened how can we expect the oa
spectator in Wall street 10 IN
the details of a casual car, .rot
until 1t had vanished was no. nort1
to be perhaps the most ln sa,
piece Of evidence in a tras
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25

For one individual, be who he will will be FOUND up
on comparison inferior whole people taken
~; but state composed Of many u.s. as PUBIC enter
better than mans portion for ~hicn
the multitude Judge of many things better than any one
sinqIe The multitude also less liable 20 cor
ruption from it's quantity so are the many ess
liable to corruption than the few; besides the judgment
of an individual necessarily be perverted II ne IS
overcome by anger other passion; but wouio pc
anaer-Aristotie.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25

In spite of the coal strike, England is gettlng
back to normal times. Sylvia Pankhurst mas
been arrested in London for publishing sedltlous
literature
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25
MEANS TO ENDS.

The mass of good Americans of both the po-
flitical parties desire world peace and such an
association of nations as will promote It, Men
and women who are earnest for the league or
earnest for changes in it wish the same thing.
They differ merely about the best means to the
end Bishop Anderson, Of Ohio, just back from
Europe, was originally for the league as 1T
stands but returned convinced that 1t must be
changed He found that the great leaders OF
British thought-the Bishop of Canterbury,
Arthur j. Balfour Earl Grey, Lord Haldane,
Lord Charnwood who wrote the splendid hfe
of Lincoln, leaders OF the labor party and even
our ambassador at st. Jalnes-do not care
snap of their fingers what reservations America
puts into the league. They know that 1t must
be changed in order to be effective, and deplore
the fact that Mr. Wilson would not accept the
senate reservations In France and Italy Bishop
Anderson found public sentiment running
strongly against us. Their statesmen would
gladly accept any conditions might attach
to the league. They realize that the reason why
we failed at the peace conference was that the
strength and wisdom of American statesman
ship was not there" that the presidents egotr
ism stood in the way OF constructive statesman
shin and that he cared less about the league
than about his own way.
Bishop Anderson is of the Methodist dlocese
of Cincinnati, was in Europe frequently during
the war and has been there five times since the
armistice was signed. He is ardent Tor WORK
able association of the nations and 1t must be
that he knows far better what the Old world
needs and wants than clergymen and lawyers
who have had no such opportunities Tor INFORM
ing themselves. The only question on Which
good men and women differ is the sort OF an as
ISOLATION which will help the world EUROPE
looks to our statesmen-not to our preseh.
nresident.-to make the covenant a practical
vital aeencv for world betterment and peace
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25

The best cut of beefsteak,is cut nm price,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-25

The great number of voters being registered :,
when compared with the lack OF argument near :,
in public places and in the homes on poh'io<l
issues is the outstanding feature OF the Closing
presidential campaign. The big noise on tho
second of November will be made by the sileh'
voter