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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-09-22
Alrh. bet iJr School Children in the
Prevention of Tuberculosis.

Prevention of tuberculosis.
A * fr Any body who can help pre-
Vent cousu nption, IA child as we'll
rs II grown person.
3 is for Breathing, which you should
learn to do deeply. Take deep
breaths in fresh open a'r.
g is for Coue hing, which you should
never do in anyones face, nor
should you sneeze in anyone face
Turn away your head ami hold
your hand before your mouth.
D is for Don't Don't swap apple cores,
candy, chewing gum, half eaten
food, whistles, bean blowers, or
anything you put in your mouth.
E is for Eating no fruit that has not
been washed or peeled, or any
that Is not clean.
F Is for Fingers, which should not be
put In the mouth nor wet to turn
the pages OF books.
G is for Giving good example to your
lVioN Pupilo duu pluy lldbco ny
being always neat and clean, just
as much so at home as at school.
Fl is for Handkerchief, which should
be used only to wipe your nose
and not your slate. desk or shoes.
| is for Illness of other kinds
besides consumption, which fol-
lowing these rules will help to
prevent. such as colds, measles,
grippe, diptheria and pneumonia.
J is for Joints, whore children have
tuberculosis more often than in
their lungs.
X is for keeping your fingernails clean.
A scratch from finger nail may
make bad sore.
L is for Learning to love fresh air, and
not for learning to smoke.
M is for Mouth, which is meant to put
food and drink into and not for
pins and money, or any anything
not good to eat in it.
N is for Nose, which you should never
pick nor wipe on your hand or
q sleeve.
o is for Outdoors, where you should
stay Just as much as much as you
can.
P is for Pencils, which you should not
wet In your mouth to make them
write backer.
Q is for Question, which you should
ask the teacher If you don't under
stand all these rules.
r is for Roughness In play by which
you may hurt yourself or your
comrades. II you have cut your
self, have been hurt by others,
or feel sick, don't fear to tell the
teacher.
S is for Splitting, which should never
be done except In spittoon,
or piece of cloth or handker-
chief used for that purpose alone.
Never spit on slate, on the floor,
the playground, nor the side
walk
T is for Teeth, which you should
clean with toothbrush and wa.er
after each meal, or when you get
up in the morning and before you
go to bed at night.
U is for Unkind, which you should
never be to copsumptive.
V is for Vessels, like drinking cups
and glasses, which should not be
used by one child after another
without being washed In clean
water each time.
w is for Washing your hands with soap
and water before each meal, even
II 1t is only lunch.
X is for X-rays. which sometimes help
to discover consumption or other
forms of tuberculosis.
Y is for You who should never kiss
anyone on the mouth, nor allow
them to do so to you.
z is for Zeal in carrying out these
rules.-DR. S. ADoLPHUs KNoPF,
New York POSTGRADUATE Medical
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-09-22
Letter List.

List OF unclaimed letters remaining
in post Office at Reyuoldsville, Pa, for
week ending Sept. IS, 1909
B. F. Clark, Mrs. Maud Hauck Miss
Margaret Mullaney, Forest Mover,
Galley Ramsey, Miss Katherine Shaw,
S. j. Schaskus, Frank Whitakee.
Say advertised and give date of list
when calling for above.
r. G. BURNS. 2. M.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21
PRoFlTLEss ADVERTISING.

The Business Mems Association of
Tarentum, Pa, at recent meeting
declared program, pamphlet, and
all scheme advertising to be almost
yalueless. 1t then passed resolutions
prohibiting its members from adver-
Using in anything other than news
papers and periodicals with legit.
innate paid circulation The resolu-
tons bar practically every merchant
of Tarentum from advertising in cele-
bration programs, etc, as well as in
schemes by sharp solicitors to raise
money for themselves By using the
name of organizations. lodges, union
or society.
The business men of Tarentum
have acted wisely and their example
could be followed with advantage by
the merchants of every city in the
country, including Keokuk. Every
year thousands of dollars are paid Out
in every community Of any size fol
useless and profitless advertising. Il
this money were expended for legiti
mate advertising in the newspaper!
i it would bring noteworthy and graft
/ flying results.
The business men Of Keokuk anC
other communities do not seek tn.
+ profitless advertising afforded b,
programs, pamphlets and schemes
of various kinds. 1t is in measur,
forced on them, and without concert
ed action they are unable to protec
themselves. They are visited by sole
itors and asked to place advertise
ments in programs of entertainment
of various kinds, in booklets or direc
tories for lodges, unions, societies
4 etc. These lodges, unions, societies
etc, are in many cases not benefte
by these advertisements and don
care anything about them; in thes
cases they are gotten up by some Ell
terprising individual VINO works Tn
advertiser in the name of the lodg,
union or society. In some cases tn
members of the society are made t
pay for copies of the directory 1
whatever it may be, as well as tn
advertiser for his advertisement
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21
RgpE ON SOCIAL CONDITIONS

a thought which forces itself upon
the farmer as he mingles with the
motley throng OF city is: How do
all these people get a living. and
how many of them could leave tae
city without its hurt?" In discuss
ing this subject recent. j. Adam
Bede, former member of congress now
a popular lecturer, said:
Probably there is not even in the
United States city that could not
spare one-fourth of its population and
be the better for the change. BY the
introduction OF modern economics
and elimination of non-producers half
the urban population could be sent
back to the soil Duluth, with $4,000
population Git probably has 100000,
could handle as much commerce. to-
day as a city of half million cen
fury ago. Commerce alone can no long.
er make a big city, and this change is q
blessing to mankind, for all transpor
tation is tax on production. But
still people cling to the attic, the cleo,
trio light, and nickleodeon show and
a submerged existence, when they
could have the fields and flowers
woods and birds, and be somebody.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21
Idle Debates Condemned.

Jesus declined to be drawn into
idle debates concerning the relative
Importance of dogmas. He refused to
be entangied in theological bubbles.
He would not busy himself in making
thermometer of piety on which the
gradings were indicated by human es-
Inmates OF the comparative degrees OF
sanctity of external acts. Contention
about the religious heft Of mere intel
lectualities was distastful to Him. All
such concern in theology is Rabbin-
ism.
Religion does not consist in de-
bates over metaphysical dogmas or
cannon discharge chain shot of per-
feet syllogisms, nor in tight ecclesias-
teal fences to guard divine legisla.
ton, nor in pious conyentionaiities
True religion is true love for God
and men,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21
keokuk and MUSIC.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: Keokuk has
a new musical organization whose pur-
pose 1t is to bring out musical talent
that might otherwise be overlooked.
No doubt, there is some musical tai
ent in every city, that would be worth
developing, and that would delight
the hearers. And perhaps here and
there much time and money is being
practically wasted in the develop.
ment Of voices that will sooner or
later prove disappointment. But
there seems no good reason why every
normal person should not know some
music and should not be able to SING
and perhaps to play some instrument
The training. if it did nothing else
would help the respective person to a
better understanding and to greater
enjoyment of good music.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21
He Walked Up.

Galesburg Republican Register:
Daniel willard second vice president
OF the Burlington road, has been offer
ed the presidency OF the Baltimore
and Ohio, one of The big systems OF
the country. This announcement VIII
give pleasure to the Galesburg friends
of this man. Mr. Willard began MS
railroad career as a track laborer ana
has advanced through merit. No one
can talk with him without being con-
WINGED that he has made good use OF
his time and that he has all along
tried to fit himself for large useiut
ness. He Is moreover man OF con-
siderable culture. This appeared IN
an address that he gave here year
or two ago. 1t showed deep study not
merely of railroad details but of raj.
road questions affecting the roads and
the public and from the company
point Of view was an able presents
ton. In his career there Is inspira-
ton for the young man who starts IN
railroading. Willard has shown what
| application can do. When he goes 10
| his new position the Burlington VIII
/ lose one Of It's best men and one thal
/ is popular with the employees general
| iy because he has been through Tue
| whole length of their experiences.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21

ion. The government has sound rea-
sons of state for carrying them at q
low rate of postage. But an avalanche
of advertising magazines. whose read
ing pages are filled with literary old
junk and penny dreadful stories, is
delivered by the mails at the same
price. President Taft contends that
this invasion is wrong in principle
and perversion of the intent of the
government in establishing the cent
a-pound rate. He asks Congress to
raise the rate of postage on maya
zines and miscellaneous publications,
and his figures show that, If this IS
done by Congress, there will be q
postal surplus instead of a deficit,
There are signs that those who an
tagonize the President in this mat
ter will misrepresent him and the true
issue involved The public should
examine closely the methods OF oppo-
sition.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21
The Missouri Dialect.

st. Louis Star: That Missourians
have dialect all their own which ID
characteristic OF certain sections of
the State and that one Missourian is
able to detect a fellow-citizen from
the State no matter where he meets
him, once he hears him engage In
conversation, is the belief of Miss
Idress Head, librarian of the Missouri
Historical Society.
Miss Head Is to read paper on
Provincial Dialect in Missouri" at
the meeting of the Missouri Folklore
Society at the Missouri Historical SO.
ciety's building at 1900 Locust street
Saturday.
Il don't mean that all Missourians
use a yernacular." Eaid Miss Head to
a star reporter, but, in my travels In
the outlying districts of Missouri
have come across certain expressions
that seem characteristic OF the State.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21

Former State Senator c. C. Dowell
has withdrawn from the contest in
the Seventh district for the Republi-
can nomination for congress In the
interest of progressive harmony"
This leaves Judge S. F. Prouty the
only insurgent in the field in opposi-
ton to Captain Hull. The impression
obtains that Senator Dowells with
drawal was in obedience to orders
from Washington, and color is given
to this belief by the fact that his in
tention was known at the national
capital at least twelve hours before
the published announcement in Des
Moines. According to paragraph in
the Register and Leader. 1T is re-
garded as certain that both Senator'S
/ Cummins and Dolliver will enter the
! Seventh district for progressive cam
paign." Congressman Hull's friends
state that they accept the challenge
to bitter fight and have no fears
over the outcome even though the
progressive" forces of the district dc
unite upon one man
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21
CHRISTMAS.

Two thousand years ago. the world
was dark
A sordid night made Swallowed souls
of men,
Nor beat the heart for aught save
love of self
A dreary waste of worthless strife and
then
Behold, tiny star stole through the
arch
OF dawning day and spread its Won
drous light,
Until the earth suffulgent lay be
fore
Its msgic spell and 10! there was no
night!
Two thousand years have passed-the
world is bright
For as that mystic star of Bethlehem
Batfed all the earth in its supernal
glow,
So has it been within the hearts OF
men,
God gave that Christmas morn His
choicest boon
His son-the Infant Chrst-that love
might reign,
And all mankind bowed low and hum
bly, learned
The JOY eternal that was born Q
j. P. Mulgrew.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21
We uns Are Tn, Reatlness.

There are many expressions I've
heard that are quite peculiar. For
example, mud clerk for man who
has to travel among the towns on the
Mississippi River; split tn blanket
for a separation; cut his comb to ex-
press the downfall OF bully; lit a
rag for left, and he must a-measured
/. with coonskin, with tn tail throw
ed in in describing an oyerdrawn
story.
Then there's the term endurin' to
express some time: 'beatin'e est as an
expression of extraordinary charac,
teristics; 'beholdin to ye' to express
obligation, and smart chance for
good opportunity
The close observer who has the
opportunity to study our people will
probably find that each section of the
state has few characteristic expires.
sions not found in other parts of Mis-
sonri.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21
Christmas Home With Mother.

Christmas Home With Mother.
Christmas in the city, with its streets
of light ashine,
Christmas in the castle, with so
many things and fnes
Christmas in the village, with its
neighbors on the streets.
And friendship smiling at you from
the lips you love to meet;
But Christmas home with mother
you may take away the rest,
And give me that for gladness that
is tenderest and blest-
Christmas home with mother as 1t
used to be, you know
In 1ife's divine reversion to the
dreams of long ago;
The old house ringing laughter from
the lips OF chick and child.
The old dreams dancing after In the
hearts just fairly wild,
And the romping, ringing reyei ana
the dinner with its smells
Of the old familiar dishes with their
haunting homespun spells.
Turn back again. oh, marchers IN
the ranks that lead away
From Christmas home with mother
to the fields of fame and fray.
The triumph may be tempting and
the victory fine and sweet,
But Christmas home with mother
makes the heart forget the street,
And the roaring world around one,
and the new life for the old.
And its fanfare and its tinsel and
its gift without the gold.
Christmas home with motner-tis 9
dream to make one creep
To the attic as in childhood. for a
little childhood sleep;
And the waking at her calling, and
the marching single file
To the Christmas in the parlor VIII
our faces wreathed in smile
At the tender experimentation il
glows within us yet
OF the things We said we wanted ano
the things We knew we'd get.
Christmas home with mother-wher
/ it's train time let me know,
! For my heart has bought a ticket {
| the days of long ago.
And l have lost the city. with 1t;
splendor and its CLEAN.
In the Christmas home with mothel
that has come to be my dream
The old house and the childhood. ant
I her sweet face waiting there
For the phantom sons and daughter
single file upon the stair.
Benton Bard.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21
A Postal Question Misunderstood.

ST. Louis Globe-Democrat: A
great deal of transformation is get
ting into print in regard to Presi-
dent Tafts recommendations on the
subject of reform and retrenchment
in handling second-class mail on
which the charge is one cent pound.
The President does net propose that
this rate shall be changed as far as
newspapers are concerned. He makes
it clear that he approves the present
cent-a-pound postage on newspapers
and is in sympathy with the reasons
that originally led to it in behalf OF
the prompt circulation among the
people OF the news OF the day. What
President Taft condemns and seeks
to remedy is the great abuse Of the
seeond-class mail rate by publica-
tions other than newspapers. 1t IS
clear that much of the comment is
based on a careless reading of the
message and on mic conception OF
the essential facts in tho case. After
analyzing the annual postal deficit
the President locates a loss OF $685.
| 100000 a year in second-class matter,
for which the government receives
1 but / cent a pound, while its trans
mission costs the government over
9 cents a pound. As far as newspaper
I postage is an element in the case, the
i message offers no objection. But the
/ President would raise the postage on
I the great food of magazines and mis-
cellaneous publications, and he asks
Congress to do it at the present ses-
son, thus overcoming the postal def
! icit by the adjustment of single
item.
The Presidents statement Of the
1 case is terse and perfectly clear. and
the attempts to befog his position in
dicate a conscious weakness In those
who are proceeding to antagonize the
reform he recommends. He is famil
lar with the historical fact that the
long line Of Presidents, as well as the
Il succession of congresses have recog
4 nized the need of a policy that would
Il encourage the spread of intelligence
! among the people and the promotion
of the general habit Of reading the
news OF the day. Jefferson was one o
the earliest among American states
men to write on circulation of news
papers that would penetrate tn
/ whole mass of people, and he wen
so far as to say. in regard to crestin!
sound public opinion, that EVER,
: It left to me to decide whether w
! should have government withou
/ newspapers, or newspapers without
government. should not hesitate
moment to prefer the latter Pres
dent Taft raises no question as :
] this time-honored government policy
: nor as to the continued admission c
t newspapers to the mail at the cen
a-pound rate. But he advises Cor
: gress to increase the rate on mag;
i zines and miscellaneous publication
t which are printed ON heavier pape
4 and largely filed with advertising
8 Moreover, they give no news unless i
y a stale, fragmentary form. and muc
r of their matter Is the merest trasl
t whose object is secondary TO getttln
Y advertisements before the public.
G Newspapers carry the news Of th
g day and pay the bills for its cole
/. ton They are also the medium
;, through which the prompt discussio
a of the affairs of government is ca
i ried on. They are essential in mai
tanning a well-informed public OPT
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21

A new high record figure for the
amount of money circulating in the
United States was established during
November an increase of 1851 OF
in that month bringing the total up to
$3,131,31O,934 on December 1, which
compares with s311z561,o33 on the
same date last year A gain in the
estimated population to S9,524,000,
however, held the per capita allow,
ance down to $3498, or about 40 cent?
below the the average for each inhabi
tant in 1908.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21
Secretary Wilson.

Burlington Gazette: The gossips
are having Secretary Of Agriculture
Wilson resign again. Tama Jim has
resigned oftener and been cabinet
officer longer than any other cabinet
officer In our history. This time both
President Taft and the secretary him
self have denied that he has resigned.
Isn't It about time to let Mr.. Wilson
90 his own resigning and the Presl.
dent to DO his own firing und the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21

II the Danes feel compelled to re-
verse the first impression verdict
they will not be stultifying themselves.
The Sioux City Journal makes this
clear in an editorial paragraph in
which it says that in taking the word
OF DR.. Cook in the first place the
Danes were acting like gentlemen to-
ward one whom they had every reason
to believe gentleman. They were
acting on the theory that man is pre-
sumed innocent until good reason is
advanced in proof of his guilt. The
Journal adds:
The balance of probability at the
outset was al in favor of taking DR..
Cooks word for what he had done IN
til he could be given fair chance to
prove it. Peary would be in much
higher esteem today if he had follow.
ed the same course. With DR.. Cocks
veracity somewhat clouded, and his
/ showing of proof weak or Inadequate
/ the Danes may withdraw their tanta
| tive Endorsement, and their course II
both phases of the incident will be be
yond criticism.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21

the country road and Silas Jones goes
to the dooryard fence with the greet
ing: Light an look at yer saddle.
Perhaps, in continuing the CONVEX
sation. Silas will say: I'm proud TO
see We, l havn't seen ye in coon's
age. Set by an have some dinner.
'Neighbor Smith might reply: Wal,
no; Jest thought I'd stop an pass tn
time O. day. It's better than mile
to town. hain't it?"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21

Orson Shaffer Of Swaledaie, in Ger
TO Gordo county. this state, raised this
year 1850 bushels of corn on ten
acres. an average of 1865 bushels an
acre The corn was grown on land no
better than the average soil of the
county, but it was by far the largest
crop ever raised in the county, and il
won for Mr.. Shaffcr a prize of 500
The second prize vas won by Daniel
Spi1linan of Clear Lake whose ter
acres averaged 93.l bushels per acre
The contest was arranged last spring
by representatives of the State Col
lege at Ames.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21

press to walt until either gentleman
does the deed. AS matter of fact
Mr.. Wilson has been the most efficient
public servant who has ever held the
secretaryship of agriculture. Every
man, child and chick in the nation
has been benefited by his wise service
Instead of firing" him. the newspa
pers better hold on to him as long
as they can.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21

In at least one economical Sioux
City family, on the authority of the
Journal, the problem Of the increased
cost Of living has been met by pro-
tocol agreeing to let the interchange
O. gifts go over Antil the post season
bargain sales are on.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21

Many letters are being consigned to
the mails with no other stamp than a
Red Cross emblem Or a holiday stick
err of some kind or other. Unless
such letters bear the name Of the
sender they are sent to the dead letter
Office the same as other mail matter
posted without stamps.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21

That the people have money to
spend and are willing to spend it. is
proven by the active holiday trade re.
ported at most of the large cities of
the country. 1t is proven also by the
heavy imports which, during Novem-
Der, according to figures submitted by
Dun & Co, were s14o.392 600, the
largest months total on record. and
s36,577O00 greater than year ago
At the port of New York during the
latest week the imports were
s1T,406, 1893, gain of $1,755,-
995 over year ago. and
s2.1s3.613 in excess Of the months ex
parts. The year is closing with the
volume of business back to more than
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21

This is holdup game which should
not be tolerated anywhere Money
expended for such advertising is
money thrown away. The remedy lies
in emulating the good example of the
business men OF Tarentum.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21

Scientists agree that a person going
in any direction from the north pole
travels south. The. rest of US are OF
the opinion with like unanimity, that
those who claim to have been at the
pole have been going south" ever
since.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-21
the normal point, and with conf
dencs fully restored.

1t is stated that Cash Mcdowell
retired from the Seventh district
campaign as the result OF pressure
from insurgent headquarters in Wash
ington. In view of recent statements
by Mr, Dowell denying most positive
IL any intention of Withdrawing the
conclusion seems warranted that the
pressure TO which he was subjected
was of the third degree" variety.