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afternoon at Y. M. c. A. building will !,

afternoon at Y. M. C. A. building will
be one of the very best of the season.
The musical features to be given be-
tween and 8: 80 will consist of solos
and duets by Messrs. A. w. HUDSON
and G. F. Mcfarland, two of Keokuk's
leading male singers. 1t will be a fine
half-hour and many will enjoy 1t.
At the mems gathering in the audi
forum from $3.50 to 4:15 o'clock the
address will be given by Mr.. McFar-
land of the Rees-McFarland Co. Mr..
Mcfarland has always been a popular
and attractive speaker before Keokuk
men. Being {; man who thoroughly be-
lieves in an everyday Christianity, his
messages have been of the practical
sort that appeal to men in general.
His talk tomorrow will be no excep-
ton. A good turnout of men is ex-
pected
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Scattering Poison for Children.
Nobody has any more right to en-
danger my little boy by scattering the
poison of cont.gion than to scatter
strychnine or morphine pills around
the yard where he is likely to pick
them up and eat them
DIR. F. B. Dorsey favored closing
the schools, In an eloquent speech.
DR.. Scroggs said the most important
thing is to require doctors to report
cases to the board of health He does
not favor closing the schools now, at
least He said it does not make any
difference whether a child has scarlet
fever or "the fourth disease" erythema
infectiosa. and all such refnements
of diagnosis should be discarded.
DR.. Pease said strict quarantine
I is the secret of stopping the epidemic,
and the neighbors should be asked to
report all suspicious cases.
)r. C. r. Armentrout said not to
close the schools, but tosenforce a
more rigid quarantine.
Then the doctors went out and the
board got into action with orders and
resolutions.
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Deafness Cannot be Cured

reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness.
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed condi-
ton Of the mucous lining of the Eustach-
ian Tube. When this tube is inflamed
you have a rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when it is entirely
the inflammation can be taken out and
this tube restored to Its normal condi-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by Ca.
tarrah. which is nothing but an i1llamed
condition of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrhl
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars. free
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O..
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ton
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asking the parent to call physician
10 discover what ails the child. Also
teachers report to the health physi-
clans, through the superintendent or
directly, all cases they suspect to be
scarlet fever, and Dr.. Ddmond has
done an immense amount Of work
looking up these cases, most OF which
were not scarlet fever.
W. E. Strimback told the history of
the earliest stages OF the epidemic
the only death and several cases be.
ing traceable to one original case
which complied laxly with the quar-
antine regulations. He said he was
reliably informed that a later case
was not reported by the attending
physician and went to school to be
sent home by the teacher. He praised
the work of DR.. Dmond as health ply
slcian and concluded that the whole
thing is in the hands of the parents
and the doctors of Keokuk.
Dr. Frank M. Fuller made a strong
speech sticking to the texts given the
doctors. He strongly opposed closing
the schools; favored quarantine for all
doubtful cases; said mild cases of
scarlet fever are as dangerous as hard
ones: recommended that violators of
al ,rantine and delinquent doctors be
! heavily fined, and said:
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WHIT is AEM-Rolp?
a Tablet, Taken Internally, That
Cures Piles.

Piles (hemorrhoids) are getting
more common a7sry day, because we
live unnaturally pvere-ating, cvsrwcrs.
ing, taking little exercise, gradually
causing a deadeli;Dg of veins and It's.
sues in the lower bowel Bod stag
nation is the cause CT piles, aId con.
dition that can't 5e permanently cured
with ointment
DR.. Leonhardt's Hem-Ro is the
only internal tablet remedy that cares
piles by freeing the circulation. Seld
under guarantee It Wilkinson & Co
Price 81. DR.. Leonnaldt Co.. Station
B, Buffalo. N. Y.
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About the Schools.

Dr. A. B. Hughes said his own
large experience as a schoolman be-
fore he became a doctor, and the ex-
perience of the world for many years
proves that it is more dangerous to
close than to continue the schools
during an epidemic. A large increase
of cases here occurred in exactly the
time showing the children caught it
during the recent school vacation. The
schools of Keokuk offer the best and
most systematic method of investiga-
ton oil suspected cases.
He called on Superintendent AL
drich who explained the routine meth
DDS in use in the schools. The chill
dren are watched closely by the
teachers who send home a child as
soon as it shows any signs of illness,
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began to pick out lot of good alert,
straight men to appoint to catch citi-
zens who break quarantine or fail to
report scarlet fever in their house
holds-the law puts this duty on the
family where there is no attending
physician.
At the joint session of doctors and
the board, DR.. Dimond furnished the
official figures of the epidemic as fol-
lows.
Cases now under quarantine by
wards: First, 8; second, & third, 81;
fourth, 2; fifth, Z; sixth, 10: total, s..
Number of cases reported this year by
months: January 6; February, 4
March. IS; April to date, 81; total, 55.
Those present were Drs. Hughes,
Holmes, Armentrout, Brown, Fuller,
Pease, G. F. Jenkins. c. A. Jenkins,
Hogle, Wollenweber COPYRIGHT,
Scroggs Kinnaman, Dorsey and Cot
fey. A considerable audience was on
the benches of the superior court
room where the meeting was held.
When Doctors Disagreed.
DR.. ]. A. Scroggs answered the first
question by saying that the board
s, ould insist on it's quarantine regu-
lations being carried out strictly.
Chairman Off said one object of the
meeting was to emphasize the duty of
attending physicians to report all
cases of contagious diseases to the
city board of healtl.
DR.. George f. jenkins arose to say
that while there is some scarlet fever
in town, it is impossible to tell what
ratio of alleged scarlet fever cases
are really that disease. He has had
FIVE cases of German measles, and
does not believe large proportion OF
the quarantined cases are scarlet few
err. and three certain cases were Ger
man measles and nothing else. He
entered into technical discussion OF
the differences between scarlet fever
measles. German measles, and new
one called "the fourth disease and
said he believes German measles
with a rash that looks like scarlet
fever is what Keokuk has now, as a
s.rule-r--- h.
This caused most of the others who
spoke to talk about diagnosis. most
of them disagreeing with DR.. jenkins
DR.. Kinnaman said this is very mild
epidemic of scarlet fever without any
doubt and chief trouble Is that SO
many cases have no attending ply
stefan He said all quarantine might
as we'll be stopped in such mild
epidemic.
DR.. w. Frank Brown told of case
he saw in which the family said they
were sorry they called doctor, since
1t put them in quarantine. and dis
charged him as soon as they heard
the words scarlet fever. He also took
issue with DR.. Jenkins and quoted
some of the latter's medical college
lectures against him.
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ADVERTISED LETTERS.

List of letters remaining in the Keo-
kuk postoffice uncalled for, for weel
ending April II, 1909.
Ladies'.
Blanche Brown.
Mrs. Harriet Crutcher.
Miss Mae Conner.
Miss May Fletcher. j
Anna B. Kuhn.
Miss Emily Taylor.
Gentlemen.
Hale Bonner.
w. w. Bradford.
Frank Bundy
Harry Lewis.
r. H Moore.
F. R. Roseberry.
Will Smith.
Conrad g. Staff.
Ava l.. Stone.
John Strop.
H. B. Williams.
Persons calling for letters in above
list will please say they are adver-
tised
s. w MooREHhAD.
Postmaster.
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IS
CONFER WITH IT
|wuI Have Additional Health Special
officers to Enforce ouaran-
tine and Prosecute Viola
tors Of Regulations.
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Great rIgidlty Of enforcement =
Of all quarantine regulations =
= with the aid of a lot Of new board =
) Of health police to be appointed =
b at cr,ce. =
s Close all theaters, dance halls =
! and skating Kinks to persons I'M =
) der sixteen years Of age. =
Close all schools, public, paro- =
! chial and private. =
Close all Sunday Schools. =
II all this not effective, follow =
III by closing all churches. =
H><>> :, = = = - . = . . . =
The Keokuk board of health sent
out notices this morning that all the
above is law and its firm determine.
ton, as the result of discussion fol.
lowing a gabfest with score of ply
s!cians.
The board sent out invitations to
TIE Keokuk members of the Lee Coun-
" Medical society to meet with it.
When the doctors arrived, two ques-
ions were put to them:
What is best to do to stop the cpl
demic of scarlet fever in Keokuk?
Should the public schools be
closed?
Chairman Off had hard work hold
Ing the doctors to the texts, the med
ical men insisting upon arguing about
tn, different diagnosis of erythema in
fectiosa, rothlein, scarletiniosa and
other things which the aldermen
y made brave bluff at understanding
OF II" fifteen doctors present, only
one odvised closing the schools, sew
eral wing all experience proves that
fo do so will increase con-
tagfous diseases, but some OF
them came so near dis.
pute about whose case certain child
was, that the board of health decided
hter to get busy to the limit and do
nlngs on its own hook.
The session of the board following
ne medical gabfest was entirely
harmonious with all the members, the
city attorney, the board physician,
Dr. G. A. Dimond, and both
Acting Mayor Off and Mayor
strlmback present. It started
with request from Wilmering
{ King that an order be so modified
s to permit persons over sixteen
years old to attend the Roll-a-way
'ne age Of all patrons to be decided
BY a health board officer at the door
and all expense to be paid by the
firm.
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Stringent Measures Taken.

Inc board discussed this during the
SESSION OF yesterday afternoon and
again at another meeting held last
might. 1t finally decided that the mod
lncatlon is safe and all that Is re-
CURED, and also decided to treat all
similar places alike. 1t actually pass
g resolution closing all places of
pubic entertainment, but when some
Fpooy suggested that this included sa-
.oons and the baseball park, the board
uasslly reconsidered and changed the
wording Of its order. Having passed
~ the orders stated above, and ex-
pressed its determination to strictly
'llorce quarantine and keep UP its
ic'lon In wholehoarted way the
BOARD adjourned and Chairman Off
Evening star., 1909-07-09
N FAVOR OF ELECTROCUTION
d. L. SELKE PREFERS THAT
MODE OF EXECUTION.
More Humane and Satisfactory Than
Hanging, Although He Does Not
Approve Capital Punishment.

Indorsng the proposed change of the
method of legal execution in the District
from hanging to electrocution the first
expression of opinion on the matter by a
citizen of the District was received by
Commissioner Macfarland this morning
He recently invited such expression as
an aid to a decision by the Commissioners
on bill now before Congress providing
that electrocution shall be the legal mode
OF execution in the National Capital.
This first letter was received from D. l..
Selke.
Noticing that you desire the express
sions of citizens of Washington regard
Ing the bill now under consideration by
you, which proposes to change the mode
of capital punishment in the District of
Columbia from hanging to electrocution,
l take the liberty to say to you that the
change is desirable from every point of
view Mr.. Sellse wrote.
Capital punishment is a relic Of bar
barisrn. Viewed from the standpoint of
the most advanced philanthropic judg-
ment, it has no place in the scheme of
modern civilization. At the best it is
judicial murder. Under the strict in
struction of the commandment Thou
shalt not kill the taking of life by per-
sons in authority is no more justifiable
Evening star., 1909-07-09
WORLDS PERFECT GIRL.
Margaret Edwards Of Napa, Cal,
Wins Physical Culture Prize.

NEW YORK. July 9.-After a contest
which embraced all the principal cities
of the world. the gold medal of the
Physical Culture Society of New York
has been awarded to Miss Margaret
Claire Edwards of Napa. Cal. for the
most perfect development of a girl under
seventeen Years of age
The winner is IL years and Q months
Old. > feet lis inches tall, and weighs
Jog pounds
Her physical measurements are: Neck,
111s inches; arm, .; forearm. So: chest,
normal. 81; contracted. 81: expanded, 32h:
oust. ""' waist, 23 hips, "a: thigh, 19;
calf IL; ankle, S.
Miss Edwards home is at Napa. Cal
and DR.. J. c. Anthony of San Francisco
took her measurements
Tier mother and friends say Margaret
eats but one meal day. uses practically
candy. 20
Evening star., 1909-07-09
e glad TO receive contributions at S1l
Names of Contributors.

Andrew Parker, treasurer. acknowledges
the following contributions for Camp
Good Will:
Fred c. Mexican. $3.50; Justice David
j. Brewer, SO; Mrs. Herbert Knox Smith,
S. 80; Mrs. John c. Phillips. $40; several
government employees, $l5.25; George c
Aukam, So; Commissioner Charles P
Neill, $40: A. Dammann, So: William A.
II. Church, So: Mrs. NJ. Edith Robinson.
So; Richard Rathbun, $40; DR.. A. ID. Mel
win, 50: II. K. Fulton. So; Frank FL. Be-
theli. So; Mrs. w. b. Orme. So; Miss Mary
Murray Lockwood. $40; Rev. Wallace
Radcliffe IS; Campbell Darlington, SO;
Miss Lucille w. Wilkinson, 81: Miss Jane
Read. s.; Mrs. Frank B. Moss, So; the
AcetyIene Company, SO; William II.
Pope, 50; Mrs. w. r. Graves, 50; Saks &
Co., $40. Emmons s. Smith. 50; Fl. s. B..
SO: Mrs. Louisa A. Crosby, So; William
A. Hill. SO; Miss Mary F. Mellon. SIS,
and Mrs. p. M. Dubant. So.
Evening star., 1909-07-09
OUTING FOR POOR CHILDREN
UNITED AMERICAN MECHANICS
GIVES A HUNDRED TICKETS.
Youngsters Also Looking Forward
to Picnic Of Navy Yard Employees.
Names of Contributors.

The state council of the District of CO.
lumbia Junior Order of the United Amer
lean Mechanics has sent one hundred
tickets to the summer outings committee
OF the Associated Charities to be used in
sending one hundred of Washington
poorest children to Marshall Hall July H.
The letter that accompanied the tickets
set forth: IF you need more OF these
tickets the committee will pc glad to
supply YOU
A letter from the employees of the navy
yard says that they are planning that
their picnic to Chesapeake Beach July 10
shall be the greatest and best they have
ever given. The annual picnic of the
navy yard employees is eagerly awaited
by the poor children of Washington. The
navy yard always provides transportation,
lunches. ice cream and peanuts. tickets
Tor amusements and plunge in the bay.
An additional feature of the picnic this
year is that the Naval Gun Factory Band
mas offered its services.
The summer outing committee explains
that 1t is greatly encouraged by the hear
ty support being given its work. 1t Is
still in need of money, however. and VIII
Evening star., 1909-07-09
MIsSoURIAN TRAINS DUCKS.
Educates Quacks to Hunt and Eat
Potato Bugs.

ST LOUIS. Mo-. July a.-Joseph Ju-
nette who farms on the Alton Bluffs,
thinks he will go to duck" farming
and educate ducks TO eat potato bugs at
81 day a duck.
Just now Junette is enjoying an in
come of So a day from fifteen ducks
which he has trained TO clear potato
patches of the little spotted pests.
Several weeks ago Farmer Junette, who
is original II ANYTHING. conceived the idea
OF making his ducks work for their
board and keep" and at the same time
earn a surplus.
He shut up the ducks in a pen and fed
them on potato bugs exclusively after
starving them until they were glad to get
the bug diet. Junette labored gathering
large herds of potato bugs for the fowls.
which Quacked joyfully when they saw
him coming with their rations.
At last the ducks were ready to be grad
uated. each with the honorary degree of
=. 3. E.-potato bug eXterminator. They
held a June commencement and were
turned out into the warm world 10 be-
gin their careers as bug winners for them
selves.
Junette tried them first on his own po-
tato patch. which comprised several acres
The ducks went through the patch like
a neighborhood scandal. In an hour there
wasn't "A bug on potato plant in the
entire four-acre field.
After the performance Junette shut UP
his P.B.E. brigade in the bug pen, SO
they would not acquire a taste for other
diet. He kept them bugless until they
were hungry again and then let them to
his neighbors on a per diem basis.
The ducks are in great demand on the
farms in Junettes neighborhood. Farm
ers are glad TO pay Sl.5O an hour for the
sSSV1eeo Oe the brigade.
Juneau 6Rs in sight an income OF $40
4 xeG1 fSO0 the fifteen ducks already en-
IisZsA
ssT>nssC the use to work. says Junette
.49 cMG set this idea of mine patented
PA yotaG into the duck-educating busi-
ness on a big scale next season. I'll es-
tsblish here the Bug Duck University and
lease my graduates all over the United
States. There's millions in it,
Evening star., 1909-07-09
SPURS CAUSE BABES DEATH
Iowa Child Dies From Poisoning Fol.
lowing Rooster's Attack

SIOUX CITY. Ia, July 9.-Death. re-
sulting from blood poisoning, caused by
a rooster squirting her in the temple,
relieved the suffering of Annie Marie
Cornwall the eighteen-months-o child
of Mr.. and Mrs James Cornwall of this
city.
Three weeks ago the little child, while
playing in the front yard of the home OF
It's parents. was attacked by rooster.
which stuck one of its spurs in her tenn
pie. The scratch was slight and, after
applying local remedies, no further at
tention was paid to the wound. until II
began TO swell and the child became yio-
lently Ill.
She was Immediately removed to a hos
pital. where 1t was learned that infec
tsOn had set In, and. following an onera
ton. she became delirious and grew worse
until the end.
Evening star., 1909-07-09
IN the killing of a person by high.

than the killing of person by high
Wayman.
Without going further into some
what abstract discussion, / take it that
1t is undeniable that so long as capital
punishment remains on the statute books
it ought to be administered in the most
humane manner possible and with the
least degree of physical torture to the
criminal. There have been too many in
stances-some right here in the District
of such miscarriages in the administering
OF capital punishment by hanging, that 1t
Is shocking to every impulse of common
humanity to contemplate execution by
this method.
Il have no doubt that hanging has
caused a strong revulsion in public senti-
ment in favor of the abolition of capital
punishment.
The Introduction of electrocution has
demonstrated that this method of inf1ict-
ing capital punishment is the least OBJ
jectionable from a consideration both of
the criminal and Of the feelings of those
who are compelled to witness an execu-
ton. 1 sincerely hope that the Commits
sioners will see their way clear to recon-
mend the passage of the bill in question: -
Evening star., 1909-07-09

A woman cannot cut much ice with Q
hatchet face.-Life.
Evening star., 1909-07-09
Family Longevity.

From the London Standard.
At a local government board inquiry
held yesterday at Sheerness at the in
stance of the army council with a view
to compelling the Sheerness urban dis
trict council to join three public bodies
on the mainland of Kent in having a
medical officer of health without private
practice, it was stated that there was
family Of four brothers and one sister
living within half a mile radius of the
council chamber whose ages were SO, ST,
70. 76 and r. respectively.
Evening star., 1909-07-09
DON'T BE BALD.

II there IS any vitality in the hair roots
RexsIl ..e3" Hair Tonic viii positively grow
now hair and cure badness. We want you to
try this preparation risk. Well return
tie money you paid IL yOu are not entirely
satisfied. Two sizes, soc and S10o. o'Donnell's
Pharmacies so4 f st. NV. sd and NJ sts. NV.
Sd and Pa. ave Sc. sd and D sts. NV. the
RexalI stores.
Evening star., 1909-07-09
Court Makes Boy Study the Bible.

BARTLESVILLE. Okla. July 9.-"Go
home and study the Bible for three
months. Then come back and repeat the
Ten Commandments. the Lords Prayer
and two psalms and you will be free
This was the sentence meted to Archie
Powell aged twenty-one years. convicted
OF horse stealing, by Judge Thomas
Brown at Nowata.
Judge Brown. in passing sentence. de-
clared that a penitentiary sentence would
only cause the young man to fall deeper
into crime.
Evening star., 1909-07-09
Favorites.
From Puck.

From PICK.
What are you going to put in there? ?'
asked his wife.
Peas, DEAR" replied the man with the
trowei. Say, if you're going into the
house. bring out can with you. You
know-the kind we had for dinner yes
terday.'
Evening star., 1909-07-09
Advice.
From Puck.

I'm sort o. thinkin' about-eh-h -heh
-marryn' again." said Uncle Totterly,
who was old enough not to know better
"A han'some young wife kind O. bright
ems up home, and-heh! heh.-''
WELL" grimly replied the Old Codger,
"all the advice l can offer you is to
select one that will look well in black"'
Evening star., 1909-07-09
Doesn't Yet.

From Lie
Brownies. I'm acquainted with your
wife, old man. l knew her before you
married her.
Smith-Ah. that's where you had the
advantage of mel didn't,
Evening star., 1909-07-09
Western Senators Reply.

Then Senators Crawford, Nelson and
Clapp replied by declaring that Mr.. AL
drich and the state of Rhode Island
could not read them or their states out of
the republican party. They said they
would vote against the bill for practically
the same reasons as those advanced by
Mr. Beveridge.
Senators Stone of Missouri and Gore of
Oklahoma took occasion to poke some
fun at the republicans. Mr.. Stone Iik-
ened the speeches Of Senator's Aldrich and
Beyeridge to funeral orations. After the
sermon he said 1t was customary to have
a song. SO he recited the words OF Mas
sa.s I'm de Cold. Cold Ground Mr.. Gore
described Mr.. Aldrich and his republican
followers in the following words:
MARY had one lamb. and 1t followed
her to school one day; the chairman of
the finance committee has fifty lambs.
and they follow him every day"
Suggesting that the President should
promptly veto the tariff bill In fairness
fo the pledges made by him during the
la ST campaign and referring to the return
of Mr.. Roosevelt to this country, MI
Gore added
.sThen it may not be SO far stretching
a prophecy to say that the next President
of the United States may be an African.
AS soon as the final vote had been
taken Mr.. Aldrich saved time by NOV
ing that the Senate insist on its amend
ments and ask for a conference with the
House without waiting to make the pre-
liminary report of the passage OF the Dill
to that body.
Evening star., 1909-07-09

Absent and not voting. ...... 13
History of the Bill.
March 17-Introduced in the
House by Chairman Payne of the
House committee on ways and
means.
April 9-Passed by the House by
PIT to 161.
April 17--Introduced in the SEN
ate as amended by the Senate COM
mittee on finance.
April 19-Debate opened by Sen
ator Aldrich.
July S-Passed by the Senate The
bill contains 400 paragraphs.
The Senate added $40 amend
ments to the House provisions.