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large, notwithstanding he had taken measures toprevent them from engag
 ing in the preparation of codhsh,' still the facts remain.
 After giving statistics relative to the Tracadie lazaretto, he asserts that mo radical cure of the disease has yet been 1 discovered, though, as with us, pal 1 liatives are used for meeting emergen- cies, allaying pain and mitigating sui fering, thus malsing,life more bearable. The new Japanese (Goto) treatment of lepers, which has been brought to the notice of the medical world, has been given fair trial in the Hawaiian leper settlement, but with negative result. Leprosy is disease the bacillus of which has been Identified. The con census of opinion is now against the theory of hereditary transmission. The disease here, as elsewhere, attaches most to people lowest in the scale of intelligence, and the comforts of life, and who live under conditions which favor consagion. Contrary conditions are attended with proportionate ex- emption from the disease"
 Dr. Pitlsin insists that not Q railway train should be admitted from Canadar or a ship from that country to any part of our territory, either ou the Canadian lakes, without rigid search being made for possible cases of feprosy.
 The disease is also spreading in cur northwestern states through imnigra- ton from the Scandinavian countries of Europe. Norway is the most i'm portant European center of sepr0syy where, in 1SS4 the leper population amounted to. nearly @re00. Minnesotay Iowa and Wisconsin havey without any question whatever, leper colonies, of Scandinavian birth and descent This fact was substantiated by Dr. Broclmann, who estimated that +sthere must be in Minnesota alene f00, 900 persons-of Norwegian descent lep- rous ancestors" Dr. Hansen, who dis covered the bacillus of leprosy in fS74y and who made tour of investigation in the sections of the United States just named, corroborates T1r- Brock mann's position ImrnigraTts from southern Russia have, 1t is claimed also been the means of spreading the contagion in some of QUIT western states. as we'll as, i'll cities OFT the At lantic seaboard~ This is an important fact, and should not be overlooked in view of Sir Norell Mekenzie7s state ment that "'Ieprosy is spreading to an alarming degree in Russia, and in al- most every other quarter of the globe it is extending its ravagess
 Mulhally the celebrated statistician, asserts that there are considerable number of Iepcrs in both Spain and Italy. 1t is possible, therefore, that
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was a very famous lazaretto, died out only to be rcsuscitated eighty years aft erward by emigration from the West Indies. This, according to Dr. Pitkin, brings us to very important question, aud that in the event of the annexation
 of either Cuba or the Hawaiian islands, where leprosy is most rife, one of the consequences will be naturally free communication, without those customs regulations now existing 1t is also not impossible that Newfoundland, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, all of which are dissatisfied with British rule, may likewise come under the jurisdic- tion of the stars and stripes. If so the same trouble will have to be considered, particularly from New Brunswick, where, according to A. c. Smith, NJ. l., inspector of leprosy and medical ad- wiser to the lazaretto at Trasadie, New Brunswick, in his last report to the minister of agriculture at Ottawa, there are leper populations as well as i'll the adjoining British dependencies. Some of these lepers, he states, remain at
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as to the necessity of immediate quar- antinc restrictions being carried out. One of these, Dr. Leonard k. Pitkin, phvsician in chief of the Institute of Dermatology and who was associated years ago with the late Profs. J. Mar ion Sims and John T. Darby, informed me short time ago that while heSwas attending physician of the New Hork dispensarv and a member of the hos .,ital staff at Wards and BlaelSwclIs islands ease after case of leprosy was brought to the notice of himself and associates, proving conclusively to them that the iaaaretsoa established on North Brother island, in Long Island sound, had been brought into existence not moment too soon. 44a
 Through the carelessness. of the health authorities there has been al- lowed to come into existence at Key West. in Florida, and New Orleans, in Louisiana, two distinct and large colo nies of lcpcrs. nearly, ,allof whom found their way to this country, from Cuba and the British West Indian islands of Barbaaoes, St. Kits. St Lucia and Jamaica, and these, like the rest of the British colonies all over the world, are positively rocking with leprosy. Emigrants thercfrom have not only found thoir;vay through the southern noints na,seei,s butshave also been per uittcd to9chter this country via the port of New York, which is claimed to have the most perfect system of quar- antinc in the world. Health Commis- sioncr Emery. of Brooklyn, unearthed recently several cases of colored lepers who had come directly from Barbadoes, and they had been permitted for the last two wears to commingle freely with tic Tcoplc ill the City of Churches, until aySacad mnder municipal surveil- lance. Dr. Thomas Wildes, who was the American consul for some years at Kinstoa. Jamaica. insists that 1t has becn. nroved to his satisfaction that t5ais trightfully infectious disease which he carefully studied while in tht west Indies, is rapidly spreading il New Yorl. and other eastern and south ern cities, end that cases which hav' lately come under his notice have beer imported without any peradventur' fro,, tic British insular possessions Il the Caribbean sea.
 Dr. Doty, health officer of the port o New York, thoroughly appreciates tn danger, and his mission to Havana, il consultation with United States Med nal Inspector Burgess. is not simply IS announced, to study the presen yreat mortality from yellow fever i G,,ba. but also to become more nt ouaintcd there and at New Orleans which he will inspect on his return with she ravagcs resultant from lcI rosy. It is strange circumstance tha the disease, which was rife in Louisian over century ago, and where ther
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some at least of the lepers in this country to-day have, come to us with the enormous Italian. immigration that has been of late years such a. marked feature of our civilization. Ne have also had not inconsiderable.n number of Greeks making a home in the new world. Leprosy is not uncommon both on the continent of Greece and in the island of the archipelago. Cyprus, Null hall points out, has a somewhat famous leper farm, which was established in 1880, cue mile from Nicosia.
 But of all foreign countries from which the dreaded disease has been brought to our shores, the worst is China. The immigrants from there have penetrated every city in the land, carrying along with them the lcprous germs, which through laundries and cigar factories, where they have been
 employed, have distributed the seeds of the disease by wholesale. Statistics
 gathered by the state of California have
 shown that the disease has been estab- lished on firm footing there, and that 1 1t is distinctly attributable to Mongo- | Han lepers, some of whom, discovered 1 in New York, were quarantined on 1 North Brother island. where they still
 remain. si@n
 Mormon converts brought the disease l from the Sandwich islands to Salt Lake l City, ard Utah stands a very good
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Gauge is used ir one way or another upon nearly every hat that is worn, IT it is not in the form of rosettes 1t Is ac- cordion plaited and is made into funnel like fans that stand up in place of rib bon loops. The same accordion plait- inc is used for facing the brims Of straw hats and for the brims them selves when wired. A green straw hat was entirely covered with null to match, and the trimming was white and purple lilacs.
 The ingenious girl will make her own null hats. It only requires three cir clets of wire set one with inthe other, with the smallest for the crown. They are joined by means of transverse wires that radiate spolze-lil1e from the smaller circle. The crown may be made of wire and covered with muh like the brirn. or of fancy straw. Flowers and two ostrich feathers are the proper trimming.
 Sailor hats of knockabout wear are no different from those worn season ago, except that the brims are shade narrower. Striped bands are worn on hats with outing suits. A new idea is narrow black velvet band in place of the silk one of 2-inch width. It is very convenient device by which to refurbish an old hat.
 Bodices, these days, are collection of
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Change or Life.

When woman approaches tba os
 Bfe she is liable to have a retnrn ceange Of menstrual Arrangements, and othe.aa,a a all the that afflicted her in former years a11tineuh rect action of McElree's Wine of co1e a1e d. the organs afflicted, make it the bes.a s.aruui On for use during this period essrenedy
 Mrs. D. Pennington, West pla;,. :. says: ''I had been suffering from 'as,s, cbs, Mo-, life and it took the form of dronsSan ot doctors told my husband it was psy nss,. The prescribe for me any more. Ahonss Ahv,sss to time we got pr. McElree's book on gus tba that ment of female diseases and decided I', ~ sreat- the Wine hott,e or Cardnl Treatment. n Alter ,, "
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people in the United States. A horri-
 ble, lingering living death, far more to
 be feared than either yellow fever or cholera, upder which the individual either quickly succumbs or is cured with In few days, is now face to face with Americans in the incurable and loath- some disease of leprosy. Unless stern and determined measures are taken by the national and state board of health to vigorously exclude leper suspects from entering our Atlantic and Pacific ports,- as we'll ns from the Mexican and Canadian borders, we may within few years be placed in the position of India, which t<,-day has leper popula- ton of close upon 132 1000, all of which have been developed within the mem ory of living men. And If a close scrutiny is not kept by our consuls in foreign countries on the invoices of goods sent from places where lepers abound the contagion may be spread here to the same dimensions it was in Europe irl the twelfth century, when there were no less than 10000 lazar houses on that continent and 5000 in France alone.
 The disease is now right here among us. The eastern and southern states have had the germs brought to them direct from three sources-the West Indies, Canada and southern Europe; the western states, from China, north ern Europe and Oceanica. The 1eprous taint is gradually spreading in Louiss- ana, Florida. Minnesota, Iowa, Wis consin and California, and 1t Is also to be found in lesser degree in Texas, Oregon, Utah, South Carolina and the Empire state of New York. Prof. Prince A. Morrow, MD.y Health Com missioner Dr. Cyrus Edsou and Chief Inspector of Contagious Diseases Dr. Alvah II. Doty have not hesitated on occasions to warn the people of the United States of the horrible peril now hanging over the country. Our most prominent dermatologists, who are in- tfnately acquainted with the facts, not only through their theoretic scientific knowledge, but their practical expert ences .with the disease, are all united
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 To Cleanse the Sxstem

Effectually, yet gently, when costiye 4, !, ious or when the blood is impure or ps sua @l' gish, to permanently cure habitual couss sss healthy activity without irritating or ,,sa v ening them, to dispel headaches, colds ass. os z.
 vers, use Syrup of Figs. VI v
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"THERE are too many bills introducea i. our legislatures" said the lawyer. 1cn, right,o replied the banker. And tha Sus ssas acter of the legislation frequently indjcsssas. djsss. that some of the bills are of high denors;sxss tions. .o-Chicago Evening Post.
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Hairs Catarrh Cure Is c Constitutional Cure. Price 75c.

A NATURAL REsUL7.-Barber dDsi,n..
 ingly)-"You our hair is getting very tSss tS;s sir.n Grimshaw-"Ye es I treated it for sssa ,ws weeks with anti-fst, under. the impressaoss it was hair restorer.n--Puck. sss''l
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To KNOW the preacher well ought .o
 the sinner hungry to know his Cod S0 tmass sometimes turns out just the other wsa ou. Il Rams Horn. "ays-
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MENACE OF LEPROSY.
A Terrible Danger Which Men, aces the Lives of Thousands.
Contagion Which Is Spread from the West Indies, Canada and Southern Eu- rope Threat from China
 and Occanica.
feopYRrGHr. 1so5.1


 TIE R R IB LIE and constantly increasing dan ger menaccs the lives of tens of thousands, if not of hundreds of t h O Il s a nds of
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Hoods SarsapariIIa

To purify and enrich your blood. A i.r bottles of this great medicine will gn you strength and vitality because 1t MI make pure blood. Get Hoods.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-23
Physicians

prescribe Scott's Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil and Hypophos- phites because they find their patients can tolerate it for a long time, as it does not upset the stomach nor derange the digestion like the plain oil.
 Scott's Emulsion is as much easier to digest than the plain oil as milk is easier to digest than butter. Besides, the fish fat taste is taken out of the oil, and it is almost palatable. The way sickly children, emaciated, anemic and consumptive adults, gain flesh on Scott's Emulsion Is very remarkable.
 Don't De persuaded to accept q suoshtufe! Scott a Bowne, NY. All Druggists. soc and si.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-23
Hold on to It.

es"When you've got good thing hold on to it :" that's what everybody says, and it's good logic, too. It ap- plies wonderfully well to Simmons Liver Regulator. It's good medi- cine, and there is none better for the same purpose. For nigh three-quar- ters of century the people have held on to it, notw ithstanding the frauds upon it's good name and sale. It's just as good as ever, and better when compared wi;h the vile stuff offered you instead Be sure to take nothing else instead of it. It's the Red Z you want, and must have. Tell your drug gist so. The people are waking up to the fact that they are being cheated when they take the -var.ous prepara- tions sold them On the promise that they are just as good as Simmons Liv- CT Regulator, and they are all coming bacs again to the Old Friend. Take nothing else, and you'll live longer and happier.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-23
Children Cry for
 Pitchers Castoria. .
 TERSELY TOLD.
Ben M. Jacobs & Bros. sell furniture.

Ben M. Jacobs & Bros. sell furniture.
 The Home Market Republican club will meet at Erswell's hall tonight at o'clock
 false alarm of fire called the depart ment to Second avenue, between Twen- ty-first and Twenty-second streets. last night at 1015 o'clock.
 T. c. King will sell you gents hand sewed black and tan shoes at $3, $3.60 and $4.50. Same grade elsewhere you will pay $4, $5 and $6. Honest dealings
 The Thurston Rifles won the first prize at the Memphis drill. and now hold the championship of the United States. Miss Overton was sponsor and Miss Sarah Ro- gan maid of honor.
 The National Fencibles and Cadets of Washington passed through the city yes terday afternoon on their return from the Memphis drill. The two companies of regulars will pass through this morning.
 w. H. Williams, "the drummer evan gelist," will lecture tonight at the Third Presbyterian church, southside. Sub ject: The Young Man and His Oppor- tunities." The lecture is free and every body is invited.
 Yesterday and last night the ticket brokers were selling tickets to Houston, Tex, for the sum of $1450 for the round trip, with limit of thirty days for re- turn. The tickets were the same as used for the reunion and will probably be on sale again today.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-23
THIRD EDITION.
OFF TO MEMPHIS.

Birmingham's Delegation Leave in a Special
 Sleeper-Who Are in the Party.
 Birmingham's delegation to the Mem phis sound money convention left in special sleeper attached to the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham train at 1925 last night. There were twenty nine men in the party, including bank CTS, lawyers, merchants, editors, insur- ance men-representative citizens of Birmingham.
 It is probably the largest delegation that any city in the south will send to the convention.
 The following gentlemen are in the delegation:
 L. Rogan, R. N. Rhodes, Ben Carter, J. D. Moore, G. H. Harrison, J. r. Glover M. Well, w. J. Dangaix C. q Brown, k. A. Terrell. pr. Lawson. r. H. Earle, Frank V. Evans, George l.. Morris, Sig Steiner Morris Adler J. M. Weatherly T. T. HillHan, J. H. Little E. M. Allen.
 Nine others whose names the reporter did not ascertain were. in the party.
 On the Southern train that arrived at 1920 were delegations from other cities, as follows
 Anniston-.D. c. Blackwell, M. B. We'll born.
 savannah-capt. c. S. Ellis, J. s. Col lins.
 Augusta-T. B. Tobin, Henry B. King.
 Atlanta-C. A Collier, T. B. Neal, R. r. Maddox, Lewis Beck, II. T. Inman, A l.. Halbrook, A. H. Cox, r. H. Rich ardson, George IIillyer, E. II. Hill, w. c. Glenn.
 The delegations will reach Memphis q little before o'clock this morning
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-23
IN THE COURTS.

The J. P. Weller case, which was on trial in the criminal court Tuesday and yesterday morning. resulted in a mis- trial.
 w T. Coopwood was on trial when court adjourned yesterday afternoon. The defendant was delivery clerk for the Southern Express company, and is charged with embedding money while acting as such The amount charged in the indictment on which he was being tried yesterday was $49. There are four other indictments against him, alleging the same crime.
 City Court
 A $20,000 damage suit was filed in the city court yesterday by John McKen- drick ys. the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad company. The plaintiff sets out in his complaint that he is the father of 9-year-old William Me Kendrick. who was run over by Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham train. near Galloway, on the 14th of February, 1895, as a result of which death ensued. Lee Echols vs. George M. Morrow ct al; judgment for defendant.
 Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad com pany vs. J. w. Norment ct al; on trial. Marks Bros. vs. B. B. Conner and Sam. uel W. Barnett; dismissed. John Eeves vs. Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad company; dismissed at the defendants cost
 Circuit Court.
 Fred J. waddell vs. Little Warrior Coal company: judgment for plaintiff for s192.97
 E. I. DuPont and DeNemoins & Co. vs. Little Warrior Coal company; judgment for plaintiff for $117.S2.
 Real Estate Transfers
 c. A. Johnston to Mrs. Mollie Young, part of the southwest quarter of block TSP, Birmingham; $1700.
 Alabama Trust and Savings company, mortgagee. to Edgar L. Mitchell lot 1371sx320 feet, southeast quarter of south east quarter of setion 10, township 19, range 4, west; s305
 Charles Wheeler and wife to Libbie P, Hodges. lot 4. block 56, Birmingham: $252O
 Libbie P. Hodges and husband to P G. Ault lot 4, block 56, Birmingham s300o.
 Marriage Licenses.
 The probate judge yesterday granted a marriage license to Richard c. Gibson nd Miss Bertie L. Smith.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-23
DIR. CRAIG REELECTED
Secretary of the Home Missions Board of the
 Southern Presbyterans.

southern freSDyterianS.
 Dallas. Tex, May 22.-The assembly met again at D. m. and continued the debate on the election of a secretary of home missions. pr. Lefevre of Balti- more made a telling speech in favor of Dr. Craig, who was finally reelected on the call of the ayes and nays by a vote of 97 to G2. The vote was made unanl- nous. Charlotte, $. C., Memphis, Tenn, Atlanta, Ga., and Fredricksburg, Va, were placed in nomination for the next meeting. Memphis was chosen by a bare majority. The whole afternoon was spent in debate on these two questions. ganic union paper. After reference to the contents of overtures sent up by the various PreSbyteries, the report proceeds in the following terms
 This assembly does not deem it wise, under existing conditions, to agitate the questions submitted in these oyertureS. 1t avails itself of this occasion, however. to place again on record it's sentiments of sincere regard and Christian affection for that honored branch of the great Presby- terian family between whom and our selves close fraternal relations already existed, and we here renew the expression of our desire that the plans of co-opera- tion in Christian work, both at home and abroad, which have been agreed to by our respective assemblies, may be always faithfully and cordially observed by both churches"
 In an interview with your correspond ent, Rev. R. A. Walton, expressing the views of the advocates of union with the northern assembly said "A great pres sure was brought to bear on me to con tend for the appointment of committee of conference to meet a like committee from the northern assembly on the sub ject of organization. If the report of our committee on overtures should fail to make this recommendation, it matters not what else might be embodied in the report, but l take 1t that what is needed just now is the securing that real and hearty cooperation which has been the purpose of the former deliverances; and l am of the opinion that the spirit of thGj report, which was presented and adopted is a most decided step in this direc- tion. We must go on step by step until, we reach that point of union which the work demands"
 The session of the assembly tonight was devoted to the cause of foreign mis- sions. Rev. R. H. Fleming, D. D., pre- sided, and the address of the evening was by Rev. G. w. Painter of Hong Chow, China, who spoke for over an hour. At the conclusion of the address the assem- ply took recess until g a. m. tomorrow
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-23
The .. s. Govt Reports show Royal Baking Powder superior 10 aH others.
TO PROTECT THE PARKS.
Mayor VanHoose Names Seven Who Have
 Qualified

Mayor VanHoose Names Seven Who Have
 Qualified.
 The city has three parks on the North side which have been to a certain ex- tent neglected recently, and many dep relations have been committed in them which have recently come to light. There were a number of rose aud other Towering bushes set out in the parks which were placed there for the benefit of the public to look at, but not to pluck. They were destined. however, not tc re- main unmolested, and it became neces- sary for Mayor VanHoose to appoint park commissioners, who would prevent. If possible further depredations.
 Yesterday he made the appointments, as follows:
 Central park-Hon. J. M. Arnold. Hon. J. J. Garrett and Richard Fries, Esq.
 West park-Messrs. c. r. Enslen and Reese.
 East park-Hugh Morrow and P. Cos minsky.
 These commissioners have qualified, and police power has been given them to protect the parks, which it is pre- sumed they will do.