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and the American doctors at Havana
who permitted themselves to be bitten by
yellow fever mosquitoes and thereby took
the fever that they might make these in.
vestigations deserve to be ranked among
the greatest of our heroes. OF them. DR..
Lazear died. DR.. Carroll took the disease.
but recovered. DR.. Reed was absent at
the time the test was made"
Tell me in few words how you keep
out the mosquitoes, Col Gorgas"
Our first work here was to clean up
Panama and Colon, and especially all
places on the zone within 200 yards or
the settlements. We cleaned the cities to
get rid of the yellow fever. and We have
drained all places about the settlements
and kept down the vegetation to fight the
malaria. In some places our drains are
made Of concrete and in others they are
open bitches which must be kept free
from grass. We have also subsoil drain
age. We have taken away the breeding
places and are trying to keep them away.
We have a mosquito brigade. which 10
devoted to this business. We have also
housed our men in mosquito-proof quar-
tiers. Their homes are covered with
woven wire I'm such a way that they
practically sleep out of doors safe from
all insects. In addition to our drainage
system We sprinkle all such stagnant
water as we cannot drain with crude
petroleum to destroy the larvae or young
OF the mosquitoes. The larvae are the
little wrigglers you have seen in rain
barrels. They are the tadpoles OF the
mosquito. II you will imagine the mos.
quitoes frogs. They are air breathers.
and must come to the top Of the water
bump their noses against the oil scum.
and are suffocated by 1t. We use also
larvacide, another preventive, and we have
imported fish from Barbados to put In
the pools. They are fond Of the larvae
and eat them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-14

HAVE just re-
turned from a
chat with Col.
William c. Cor
gas. the army
surgeon who has
been in charge OF
h e a l I h matters
during our stay
on the Isthmus OF
p n a m a. You
all know or MS
wonderful work.
n nj q
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an affirmative answer pelnS the coAi0e'
one IL you buy your clothes from one OF
the swell second hand dealers in Ne"
York. Most of the royal cast-offs make
their way across the Atlantic, but the
chances are that not word OF their
aristocratic pasts is breathed to their
new owners.
or course most of the readers Of this
article would object to wearing the cast
offs Of even kings. but they can be as
sured that the garments. by the time
they get to the secondhand dealers, show
few signs of wear. Their exact condi-
tons vary according to whether they
come from the wardrobs OF king, kaiser
or car. King George, for instance, wears
his suits as often as twenty times before
they are disposed Of. Moreover, he pays
an extremely moderate figure for them.
and they would not attract the attention
Of a Beau Brummel. His father. the late
King Edward. was one OF the finest
dressers in the male world, and spent
three times as much as his son alots to
that item In his yearly budget. King
George, like many a man OF vastly
humber position. Is perfectly at ease in
q sack suit that runs him into no more
than the equivalent Of $50. In some
CAS0Ss WHICH, a SiiA iiAotcfSu OL Lii0
more usual mohair material is used, the
king actually stretches a point and agrees
to pay about $40 for a suit.
On his ordinary clothes-that is, aside
from uniforms. which are many and va
rious-King Georges yearly bill for
clothes is limited to the modest total of
about $4,000. His wardrobe always in
cludes q large number Of suits of almost
every description. and he meyer wears the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-14

But while King George Is able to re-
cover a fair proportion of the amount he
spends on his ordinary clothes. the same
is not true Of the $4,000 he spends every
year on uniforms. Before they are sold
to the second dealers they must be
stripped Of the lace. braid. gold cord and
buttons, so that they bear small resem-
blance to their original appearance. Thus.
a uniform which costs the king 500 or even
$500 brings even less than a sack suit
which costs him a tenth as much.
The late King Edward, especially dur
ing the later years of his life, confined
the bulk of his patronage to one tailor
although there were half a dozen which,
on the strength of single orders, had the
privilege Of sporting the lion and the uni:
corn over the front door. The present
monarch. however. splits hia orders up
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and he has made it one of the health
lest of all spots upon earth. The oeath
rate last year among our mt! oou
thousand employees was less than eight
to the thousand, and among the whlte
Americans who work on the canal II
was less than three to that NUMBER.
The death rate in New York of all
causes was about sixteen per thousand.
and In many other cities OF the ohi'eu
States It is very much higher.
1 have never seen anywhere neai'iieii
looking crowd than those men who are
working on the canal Ihey iaooi
all day in the sun. and in the rainy
season are out for eight hours when
the heavens downpour. Nevertheless
their eyes are as bright as the oiue OF
the Panama sky, and their races as
rosy as that of the sun when II rises
out of the Pacific ocean to send It's
blazing fire down upon them
That sun and the Pacific will not again
attempt to explain. 1t seems here TO rise
in the west and set in the east, but IL -
just as hot as any sun of the tropics, ana
for all other things quite as deadly
Through the efforts of Col. Gorgas and
the others of our medical force IL has
been robbed of its terrors. and men labor
away all day. all week and the whole
year without fearing. Their experiments
In sanitation have, indeed. robbed the
tropics Of its terrors, and they have insti-
tuted a new scheme of treatment which
promises to create a new world for the
future. But I will tell you what Col.
Gorgas says about this farther on
During my talk | asked Col Gorgas
something as to the Panama of the past
and whether it was really as bad IS was
painted. He replied:
I'VE found it SO when We took charge
here in 1904. he official pilot chart used
at that time described sAe isthmus as the
hottest wettest and most feverish region
on earth. II said that intermittent and
malignant fevers were prevalent, and that
there was an epidemic of yellow fever al
times. This had been the condition fol-
centuries. The Spaniards, who first cross
ed to the Pacific about 1920, found it SO
and at the time of the discovery of gold
in California the forty-niners died by the
hundreds. Along about 1853, when the
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LONDON, July 4, 1912.
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Il suppose you use a great deal OF
oil?'
I'VE are using about a thousand barrels
a month, and also about 500 barrels OF
larvacide. But you must remember that
tn. use of oil is to a certain extent Q
confession of failure as to the drainage.
II We could keep down the breeding
places of the mosquito, including the
pools. drains and water holes hidden by
vegetation, We should not need oil at all.
We are using less and less as We extend
our system of drainage.
THE methods l have given are those
which relate to the towns and settlements
and working places along the Canal Zoue
We have also certain ways OF taking care
of the surveyors and others who work
in the jungle on such jobs as that Of re-
locating the Panama railroad. where the
sleeping places are constantly changing.
We give such men daily doses OF quinine.
and protect the cars and tents in which
they sleep with mosquito netting or woven
wire. BY these means We have reduced
the malaria here to a minimum. and the
disease Is now not as serious feature
as some others which are prevalent
among the workmen Of the temperate
zones FRANK G. CARPENTER
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LOW Our New Methods
! ! of Sanitation Will Rev
olutionize Equatorial Lands
The Death Rate at Panama
and It's Contrast Between
That Of the French-Our An
nual Sanitation Costs Only
One Cent per Head-Yellow
Fever and Malaria - The
Deadly Mosquitoes-How the
Zone Is Kept Healthy
Frank G. Carpenter Talks
With DR.. Gorgas AS to the
Far-reaching Results of His
Work.
tcopyrfSht. ;91.. ny frank G. Carpenter,
HOTEL TIVOLI, ANCON. Panama.
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KING KAISER AND GAR AS SECOND HAND CLOTHES DEALERS

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-12-25

ht county hodFd OF supervisors OF
vernon county met IN annual session
at tho Court House Ia the CITY of Vie
foquas ttesddY November II. 1913,
dnc N'-a S.-tlN0 90 order at lt@i by
NiAaiili''io f-7Al'nva
'.' oieti5' ot Nf eggF the roll
tall "i.s 0lsl1 yass-A4 "5l2, AND na mo-
tlqa OF af fneh. tataoata aalauga-
SO tiii 3.h
EAat# SESSION
h}aH a..d o. eraet IS. O'Clock
10y tH4E14 ~tpsa. ttal GAIA
sh0Nea H'enrs present rscsNs
bait ~ faf9 ata r. .faaur-
sen &"
t.H ttes
pt it atta rHe~ r ths
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-12-25
Wednesday. November Is

Called to order at 10 by Chairman
Eastman, all present except Dalton
and Tulloch. Minutes of last meeting
read and approved.
Invitation of Superintendent and
Mrs. Foweh to visit county farm
Thursday, November II. read, and on
motion of Mr.. Sloggy accepted.
10 he Board 81 Supervisors and County
Officers:
You are cordially invited TO attend
the annual dinner given at the Yer
non county aims house, Thursday,
November Ii, and inspect the follow
ing in particular: AS you step out of
the bus notice that instead of the old
rut and jog OF, you get out on that
dandy new horse block. Coming up
the walk see how the yard has been
filed in, notice the cement curbs
around the windows and the cement
vases in the front yard. In our attic
we have securely stored new window
screens for the entire house and some
new storm doors. Once inside we in
vite you to look over the house and
sec if you think our old people have
the necessary comforts, we urge you
to visit our basement. We have lath-
ed and plastercd the overhead, ce-
mented the floors, installed a laundry,
stOreroom, wardro 'es, and an evapo-
rator. We have also raised the air
ducts, cut out the stone walls and
changed the doors.
Con- let US 20 20 the barn, and
gentlemen, be sure and walk on the
new walk. Since there is no odor in
this barn Of ours you must agree with
me that We have the king ventilat-
ing system. Note the ceiling, and
then come with me to the compost
pile From here see if YOU can find
anything ttractive in the same lot.
Now you must come back and wash
your hands ia the new layatory IN
stalled IN the barn, before | will per-
nit you to visit the hog pen to see
the fine bunch of Sunaower hogs which
have been fed on separated milk. BE
careful or you might see that new
slaughter house and chicken park.
Yours very sincerely,
MIR. AND Mrs. CHAs. w. POWELL.
On motion of Mr.. Sloggy the board
then adjourned to meet at the asylum
at 1:30 p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION
Board called to order at the asylum
at lJO by Chairman Eastman. Roll
call shows quorum present. Read
ing minutes of morning meeting dis
pensed with.
Report of asylum trustees, super
inteudeut and medical officer were
read and after due discussion the ma
iority report of the trustees was
adoted.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-12-25

|
year ended June 80. 1912
Respectfully submitted.
{. W. POWELL, Com of Poor.
Resolution Of committee on poor
and insane in -egard to sals v of
poor commissioner read and adolced.
all voting in the affirmative
Resolved. That the conversation of moor
commissioner be liked at the sum OF $500 the
salary ana expense OF hired help except for one
man Tor SIX months OF the year to be paid by
the commissioner Of poor except for perma-
nent Improvements.
Resolution and ordinance present
ed by Mr., Hamilton read. The reso-
Iution was adopted and the ordinance
passed, all voting in the affirmative
except Mr Dalton.
Resolved. That the sum Of 500 be appropri-
ated and set apart in the hands Of the county
treasurer. 10 oe kaosn - the district attor-
ney' s contingent fund. 20 be drawn upon in
ahe manner provided by law There being
now ia the hands of the county treasurer. the
cd IN 1893. T. s HAMILTON
The county board of Supervisors do ortiaiu
-s follows. phatt.ere t-a and hereby is levied
1p1u tne taxable property Of Vernon county
fer me purpose Of the foregoing resolution The
nm oE SEC ana the same IS hereby dppropTiat-
ed for pCrpos % tBe foregoing resolution.
1. s. HAMILTON
Report OF c0mm-stee on poor and
insane read and adopted
Erur committee On P2u and tnsaue submit
Dr. io.aa ls rtactt we have carefliiy exc
Hed and coliaafaa tpa t,lsh analysis and
cceiHtz $3.50 eSa ores an account of tae
s'faf eai91z sf'a'aer s1 , t..t rs. cheeks 11s5
a-at p..Ela1 ts.sz1 H.- .1eresa ana Gaa
Report of comm ttee OF finance oa
couny cier rea ana adopt
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-12-25
ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE
TRusTEES' REPORT

Vernon County, Wis, oct 10, 1912.
This to certify that We, the under
signed, the board of trustees of the
Vernon county asylum for the insane,
have audited the annexed financial
exhibit, verified and compared the
cash analysis OF receipts and expen-
ditures, on account Of said asylum
with vouchers, check book, receipts
and certified statement Of the county
treasurer, of entries on his official
records, and other documents per
tanning thereto, and find the same to
be correct.
Reports of the superintendent and
medical officer are hereunto attached,
setting forth clearly and ooncisely
the working of their respective de-
partments.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-12-25
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. REPORT

TO the Board of Trustees OF the
Vernon County Asylum Tor Insane.
Gentlemen: J take pleasure in sub
uniting TO you the twenty fourth an
nual report OF the Vernon county asy-
hum for insane, this report being Tor
the year cEding jane 80, 1872
You will fad ia the following report,
"A classified statement of expenditures
and earnings, with the movement OF
population, aud such other matters as
may be OF interest TO the citizens of
Vernon county
Wlth my wife, the matrOn, we wish
To acknowledge our obligation To the
board of trustees for the cO-operation,
COUNSEL and friendship of every mem
Der Of your board, which has inspired
Ms IN the discharge OF our duties, and
made the task most pleasurahle one,
also TO the county board and the peu-
pie OF this county for their kindness
shown ms with words Of Appreciation
for our services We desire here to
express our thanks to the clergy who
have looked after the spiritual in
terests of the patients, to the county
fair association for providing free
tickets 10 the inmates during the an
nual tatr, for the music rendered by
the Third Regiment Band, aad for
the enjoyable and profitable day spent
with Prot. G. =. Norgord of the Uni
yersity at the demonstration meeting.
We are further indebted 10 Or {. II.
Trowbridge the medical officer, VINO
has so efficiently discharged his duties,
being ever ready day or night 20 rem
der medical aid TO the uufortunates
confined here. / have the honor to
submit the financial statement of the
Institution us made to the state board
OF Coutrui
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-12-25

] Robinson. apprasernent cattle killed AIS
Dr. Morley. sx- insane. visits TO Ja1 1890
A ? Kremer. burial Of dead ,Jersons Gas
Report of soldiers relief commits
sion read aud adopted:
Balance on hand at last report ...s sZ7Os
From county board appropriation. ......l SO "a
Total receipts ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 3 6s6.0s
DISBURSEMENTS
Paid orders for reiief. Z s.,s -
By balance on hand ....... s53 s.
Total ...---..-.................. ss6s50s
Z
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-12-25

w = I''Tsttl q I'M NUIE-
Report Of committee 90 finance GA
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-12-25

Gentemen:-I have the honor of herewith pre-
senttSs 70 you my 5th annual report and state
ment OF finances and other matters pertaining to
the poor of Vernon county from November hi 1e1I
TO November II. 1912:
Amt IN hands Of Co. treas. Nov. 1881 s. $40 IS
zen aoprop. for current expenses 49, 5000 90
APPROPRIATION for perm. Improvements coo 90
Sales from Co. farm and house paid treas 1870 Al
Doaru receipts ~ Is
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-12-25

Resolution Of committee on poor
and insane in -egard to sals v of
poor commissioner read and adopted,
all voting in the affirmative.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-12-25

On motion of Mr. Haugh the board
to meet at the court house
rhursfiav at 10 a IN
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-12-25
Monday. Novenb- I8

On motion of Mr.. Broadhead boar
adjourned till II O'clock Monday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-29
IOWA WESLEYAN
GLEE CLUB MUSIC
Gave Popular Entertainment Last
Night at Trinity M. e. Church
to Large Audience.

The Iowa Wesleyan Glee club on its
thirteenth annual tour pleased large
audience at the Trinity Methodist
Episcopal church last evening with a
most attractive program which was
presented in manner which sur
prised the critics OF music who heard,
being skillful and artistic in every
feature and far above the average of
glee clubs who come before the pub
lie, while the reader, Miss UlIena In
gersoll; the accompanist. and Carl
d. Woodworth, the violinist, were SUI
perior artists in their line.
The personnel of the glee club
was as follows:
First tenors, Brenneman, Newell,
Petit, Peterson, Smith.
Second tenors, Davis, Hotchkiss,
Hueftle, Lodwick, Wright.
First bass, Cornic, Lofquist, Ship
ley, Swaney.
Second bass, Campbell, Hissong,
Moffett, Neutzman Tiede.
DIR. A. Rommel director: Chas. f.
Petit, leader, and Roy W. Lofquist,
manager, completed the combination.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-29
MASS MEETING
PLANS COMPLETED
Ladies Interested In Movement to
Clean the City VIII Meet
Tomorrow.

The plans for the mass meeting for
women to be held in the Y. M. G. A.
auditorium Saturday afternoon at 9
O'Clock are completed. Mrs. Clara
Sheldon has been added to the list
of speakers. Mrs. D. A, Collier
will read letter from Mrs. w. E..
Praeger telling of the work accom-
plished by the women OF. Kalamazoo
in civic affairs. The other features Of
the program have already appeared
in The Gate City. Mrs Nellie Wray
Herrick and Miss Elsie Buck will
have charge of the registration table.
Mrs. Frank LeBron, Jr., Miss Lucy
Elder, Miss Laura Alton and Miss
Celestine Agnew will act as ushers
The indications are that the capacity
Of the hall will be taxed. The meetines
opens promptly at p. M. with Mrs.
Geo. d. Rand presiding
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-29
o. zIZ]
Swedish Society Celebrates.

The Swedish Aid Society is to hold
a celebration this evening in Hawkes.
hall in honor of the fifteenth anniver-
sary CT the organization. A program
will be given tt, friends and rela-
tives of the me bers of the organiza-
ton. The society was organized fif-
teen years ago, with a membership of
thirty-five and today it has 175 mem
bers. The officers are: President,
John Erickson; vice president, Chas.
Gustavson; secretary, Frank VAIL
gren and treasurer, Joseph Hansen.
The committee in charge of tonight's
affair is Frank Wahlgren, chairman
G. T. Huffman, 1. R. Carlson, u. Swan
son, Joseph Hanson, G. Young, John
Erickson, Carl Johnson arr G. A. Mel
son. The hall will Ie decorated with
Swedish and American flags.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-29
DEPOSITED IN BANK
FOR SAFE KEEPING
Money Paid Him for Services in the
Confederate Army Comes
Out of Sock.

A Keokuk man today went down in
to an old gray sock and took there
from lot of silver money which had
snugly lain there since during tho
war of the rebellion. He said the
money was paid him for his services
in the southern confederacy and de-
clared that he had never spent it
and did not intend to, but now as a
precautionary measure had concluded
to place the money in the safest place
to be found and he considered bank
the most reliable and safest place of
deposit Among these coins of historic
note are some rare old coins of differ
ent nations and are probably worth
much more than the metal they con-
tain.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-29
Y. M. c. A. Entertainment

The social committee of the Young
Mems Christian Association has en-
gagged Belle Forde Walton, humorous
entertainer, to give an entertainment
in the auditorium of the association
Saturday evening, March Goth, at
eight o'clock. This entertainment Will
be free to the members but it will
be open to the general public includ-
ing men and women upon payment OF
the admission fee which will be CSC
for adults and 15c for children. Miss
Walton is q musical genius She
sldllfully plays thirteen different in
struments. She is clever imperson-
ator and the possessor of a pleasing
soprano voice. This entertainment
promises to be one OF the best of the
series given under the auspices of the
association through the so ial com
mittee.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-29
COULD NOT WRITE.

Versailles, Ky.-Mrs. Elisha Green,
of this place, says, 81 could not writa
all the different pains ! had, when
| first tried Cardui. could scarcely
walk. Now am able to run the
sewing machine and do my work; and
my neighbors tell me the medicine
must be good, for l look SO much bet
ter" Cardui is a specific. pain-relev-
ing, tonic remedy, for women. In
the past so years. it has been found
to relieve women's unnecessary pains.
and female misery, for which over a
million suffering women have success
fully used it. Try Cardui for your
troubles, 1t will help you. at the
nearest drug store.