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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-11
La SOQldDitG, The African Disease.
THE SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE OF ENGLAND IS INVFSTIGAT At
ING H STRANGE MENTAL DISORDER THAT AFFIICTs THE
WHITE MAN IN THE TROPICS.

Do men go ma in Africa? Is there
Europeans who enter the Dark Continent
and that makes them irresponsible for
their actions? Does the conquest of AT
rica mean the loss of the minds of the
brave men who ma undertake the ex-
ploratlOnS? These are questions tina have
been asked again and again i'll all parts
of Europe during the past few weeks and
the fact that they have been answered
afirmatlvely by the leading physicians
at the School of Tropical Medicine in
England has set three great nations
talking. Great Britain, France II Ger
many have made great plans for the flu
ture of Africa, but if the taking and set
Ting of the country means that the brav-
est and brightest of Europeans are to be
put in a position where it is almost inevi-
table that hey will run amuck is the
game worth the price? This is one Of the
great questions that IS disturbing the
foreign officers today.
The incident that is directly RESPONSE
Bile for bringing this matter 10 the front
is the latest military scanGal in France.
For years the question has been argued
by scientists. Men of science who have
explored the country have insisted that
such a disease existed and they have ad-
mitted that it defied investigation or
diagnosis. Although the public has been
kept in ignorance they have held firmly
to this opinion and they hav 10 lack Of
evidence to support them in their belief.
At last came the great scandal. In the
heart of the great French Soudan a
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AZ last the charges of the captains rela-
yves became so persistent that the count
was arrested and an expedition was sent
TO recover the remains of the dead .ex-
plorer. VI course 1t was oun that he
mad been killed by being shot in the head
and the count was then charged with his
murder, He persisted. however. that he
was gulltless. that his companion had
shot himself while in a drunken fury II
that he mad concealed the truth ONT Of
compassion for the family. As the med
ilcal testimony showed thai this might
nave been true the court martial acquit-
ted MN. but the disgrace so affected him
that he lived but a short time.
Inc case of Sir Henry NJ. Stanley is
almost as peculiar. Major Rartellot
OF the Scots Guard was the second in
command of the expedition for the rescue
Of Emin Pasha. He never returned frp4al
AFRICA and Stanley sAminously siltht
IN regard to the manner of his death. HIS
II was discovered. however, that the MA
Jor had had a bitter quarrel with &ss
chleT the latter was called upon for In
explanation. In reply he proceeded to as
pefse not only the humanity but also the
honor of Major Bartellot and as he was
unable to substantlate the charges there
was an immediate cutlery against him
and his popularity has not been increas-
ed by the fact that a veil of mystery has
always surrounded the manner of the
majors death. In fact it was due to this
feeling against Stanley that the explorer
was compelled to wait so many years for
the official recognition of his services, the
Order of the Bath being conferred upon
nm only a few months ago.
1t has always been customary to look
upon these incidents as somewhat unac
countable. to treat them as occasions on
which otherwise great men have ''slop-
ped over and one has been inclined to
admit a feeling of pity for those whose
mistakes have proved fatal. In view Of
our present knowledge of the existence of
this strange tropical disease, however, is
it not possible that many of the men who
have lost their good name in Africa may
have been suffering from the same mem
tai disorder? The French and English
scientists are confident that both Cap
tam Chanoine and Captain Noulet were
irresponsible for their acts of demonism.
II they We're victims of la Soudanita
might not other explorers have suffered
from a similar attack of insanity? And
is 1t not wrong to assign men to duty in
a country where they are exposed to a
malady that is epidemic and irresistible,
a malady for which no remedy is known,
a malady that makes them forget all
honor and virtue, that makes demons
and beasts of the best of men?
CHAS. w. WILSON, NJ. d.
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which whole companies have become af-
believe that it is epidemic. They have
known OF different occasions when entire
expeditions have stopped in the Desert
or Sahara and have wasted valuable
hours in a senseless dispute over the
most unlmportant matters. In every in
stance outbreaks of demOnlsm have with
difficulty been prevented by the few men
who have kept their senses about them.
While this disease may possess unique
features when seen in Africa it is un-
doubtedly practically the same ailment
that OFTEN RACES in other tropical coun-
tries. In Asia it is often seen and is of
particularly frequent occurrence in the
PhllinpplneS where running ''amuck'' is
a common enough incident. Although it
is rot generally known the possibility of
the breaking out of such a disease among
the American troops has been SERIOUSLY
considered by the government and Dr..
W. j. Greanelle of New York has been
appointed to make a special study of the
question in the hope that he may be
able to discover some remedy that may
be used should the i'll attack our soldiers
IN the, east. In the same manner the
English war office has assigned physi-
Clans to study the curious malady in view
Of the African troubles and when such
countries as the United States and
England are so ready to recognize the
seriousness Of this disease the French
Officials ought to be willing to deal leni-
emily with it's apparently murderous ex-
plorers until it is found whether or not
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they We're actually suffering from this
form of insanity.
1t has only been within a
lively few years. that the existence of
such disease has been recognized by sci
entists and Yet the history Of African
exploration has many dark pages that
may have been nothing more or less
thon other appearances of the disease.
Africa has long been known as the white
mans grave and it is a grave in which
mere tt1al one White man has left his
reputation. During the past few years
the Dark Continent, has been fatal to the
good name and honor of more thai one
great man. Henry NJ. Stanley narrow
" escaped becoming a victim to the ir-
resistible epidemic that brought low the
heads of Baron Puttkammer, DIR. Peters,
Count de S~egonsac, General Baratieri,
Lieutenant Carey and many other just
as, during the present year, it has caus-
ed the downfall of Captains Chanoine
and Noulet. Noulet is a man who by his
own acts succeeded in winning the
highest honors that his country could
bestoW upon him. Equally as promis-
ing a career was that of Captain Cha
nome, the son of General Chanoine. but
both officers fell just as other good men
have fallen.
one OF the most striking instances ia
that of Count Segonsac, who was court
martialed on the charge of shooting a
comrade, Captain Quiquerez, who was
engaged with him in exploring Western
Africa. When the count returned from
the Dark Continent he reported that HIS
companion had died of fever, but. for
some reason the relatives of the captain
became suspicious II even went SO far
as to charge that the count had killed
their kinsman in order that he might en-.
JOY all the credit for their achievements.
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drama of hate and blood and sayagery
was enacted and the world stood
ashast. Without a satisfactory motive
Captain Voulet and Chanoine of the
French army had fired upon the flag
OF their country and had killed Lieut..
of their escort. Their object, it vas
SAID, was to create an empire in the
heart OF the Dark Continent.
AS soon as the news of this horrible
tragedy reached Europe scientists
shook their heads wisely and they are
now striving to persuade the military
authorities that this latest horror of
Afrlca was entirely due to the strange
disease that they have been studying
Ter SO long. Although but little is known
of THIS malady it is called LA S%oudanite''
and Is supposed to be a form of insan-
lty caused by the tropical heat and
malaria. According to the scientific
description of the disease its first symp-
toms are a strange form of ennui and
follows, and this assumes different
phases in different individuals.
One man may be so affected that he
will shout and yell and fire off his pistol
repeatedly at any object that seems to
disturb him. In other cases the victim
may insist in going about clad in dark,
heavy clothes in spite of the heat. IN
every instance. however, the sufferers
become erratic and irresponsible and are
possessed Of a frightfully savage temper.
Even men who are the mildest hammered
persons under ordinary circumstances de-
Velop intense quarrelsomeness under the
of this strange disease and they
VIII dispute for hours over the most tri-
vial matters.
scientists have described instances in
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and he went away with a cold, heavy
lump in his breast. +
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BETTER LEFT UNSAID.

After he had kissed her and pressed her
rosy cheek against his and patted her
soft, round chin, she drew back and
asked:
George, do You shave yourself?"
Yes" he replied.
II thought So she said. Your face is
the toughest l ever
Then she stopped, but it was too late,
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NO

1t is curious to know that wood tar is
prepared just as it was in the fourth CEN
fury B. C. A bank is chosen and a hole
dug, into which the wood is placed COW
cred with turf. A fire is lighted UNDER
heath. and the tar slowly drips into the
barrels placed to receive it.
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EIFFEL TOWER SPIES.

The Elffel Tower has been turned to
practical use by the Paris police, who
use II as a watch tower, from which to
spy out those chimneNs that throw UP
more smoke thar the law allows.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-11
EASILY MENDED.

An old maid suggests that when men
break their hearts it is all the same as
when a lobster breaks one Of his claws
another sprouts Immediately and grows
in its place.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-17
FOOTBALL
aeeeeeesseaaeeaaeeeeae

The football team at the Carlisle In
dian school this year promises to up
hold the brilliant reputation made by
the eleven in past years. Twenty
seven candidates have already reported
for practice. and work will begin in
earnest this week under the direction
of Pop" Warner, who was at one time
athletic director at Cornell. The VaCan-
cies on the team caused by pupils leav-
ing school can easily be filled with the
material on hand, and the eleven Will
suffer nothing on this score. Artie Mil
Ter, who has been a sub, will fill the
vacancy at right end caused by the ab-
sence of Chauncey Archiquette, and
Bryan Wild will take Miller's place as
sub at half back. The vacancy left by
the graduation of Befs Pierce will be
filled by Joseph Scholdir, and, in case
Frank Hudson finds it impossible to re-
turn this year, his place will be taken
by Charles Robert. MetoXin. the IA
nous full back of the team, will be
among those who will not return but
two promising candidates have been
found for the position in Blaine and
Seneca. On the whole, the material on
hand to fill the vacancies is considered
to be fully equal to the players whose
places they will fill, and, with any kind
of luck, the team should make a good
showing. The corrected schedule of
games to be played by the team Is as
follows: Sept. 20, Gettysburg at Car
Isle: Sept. 80. Susquehanna at Carlisle;
Oct Z, Bloomsbury at Carlisle; Oct 1t,
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There was no rider he felt he could
trust out one, and this man had a fatal
craving for strong drink. For a week
before the race, however, he was kept
under strict surveillance, yet. notwith-
standing all the care taken, an hour
or two in front of the big race he
fell across a bottle of methylated spir-
it's used for polishing harness, and
drained it dry.
80 intoxicated did be become that,
once in the saddle, he could hardly
keep there; but it was now too late
to procure a substitute. Despite his
condition, however, he had the race
well won furlong from home, but
turning round to grin triumphantly
at his beaten rivals, one of them drew
silently up on the inside, and before
the others horse could be set going
again it was beaten by a neck, and
thousands of pounds thrown away.
That man, who formerly could, with
little difficulty, earn $4,000 a year, is
now reduced to selling tips on race
courses"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-17

Tommy Ryan about his toutng Shar-
key to beat Jeff, and he retorted:
Stuff! You've been reading the news
papers or smoking snuff. There's only
one in it-Jeff," Sharkey. l see, says
he does not believe Corbett is sincere
in his desire to meet the winner, but
if he is he will give him a match. Why
not give him a box. They are cheap.
If Corbett meets the winner of Oc-
tober's mill he'll not meet the sailor.
l don't believe he has a one, two, three
look in. Now, you smart guys, go get
the other way.-Sandy Griswold in
World-Herald.
If England has lost the art of pro-
ducing good, big men, California seems
to have acquired it, for fouv OF the
crackerjacks of the heavyweight di-
vision, to- wit: Jim Corbett. Jim JEFF
fries, Jim Kennedy and Jim Jeffords,
first saw the light of day in the Golden
state. They are all big fellows. One
of them is the champion of the world
Another has been, and the other two
are lively aspirants for the fistic pre-
miership. Less than two weeks ago
Jeffords put old Peter Jackson to sleep
in four rounds, and last week he knock
ed the tar out of big Nick Burley in
less than one round. While these vic
tories do not actually prove that JEFF
fords is the coming champion, for Jack
son is a good old has been, and Bur-
ley but third-rater, still they do show
that the young California giant is head
ing towards championship and making
progress.
John L. Sullivan never would have
been beaten had he left the ring when
his manager, Pat Sheedy, wished him
to do so. This was Immediately after
he broke his arm on Patsy Cardiff s
head. Had he followed Dandy Pats
advice, to this day the big fellow would
rank as the high daddy of them all, He
took his own advice and that of mis-
guided hackers, and 10. the result. Jim
Corbett owes much of his prosperity
| to the managerial ability of Billy Bra
dy and but for Martin Julian's clever
handling 1t is doubtful II Bob Fitz-
| simmons would own thousand dollars
| to-day. Kid Mccoy can't be managed
by any one. He is too erratic and sus-
| picious. Properly handled, he ought to
| have made a hundred thousand dollars
| in the past three years. One would like
| to have all mat he is shy of that sum
| for a years salary. Fighters stand in
| their own light when they quarrel with
| a good manager but one seldom knows
one who didn't after year or two.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-17
! MISCELLANEOUS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

All the wild rumors of long odds bets
on the Columbia, which were caused
either by excess of patriotism or by the
appearance of the Shamrock in its ketch
rig, have subsidized, and the natural good
sense of the American people and their
aptitude for measuring the laws of
chance have caused them to recognize
in the Shamrock a worthy foeman in
the coming races. The wagers should
be at the outside about Z to s. although
the wild rumors of to l money have
been refuge for the Shamrock back
ers, and they run to this cover when
ever proposition to bet is offered. In
terest in the race is on the increase,
and as the time approaches the Sham
rock is finding many supporters.
The sportsmanlike spirit which has
pervaded the whole Americas cup af-
fair this season is the highest tribute
which could possibly be paid to the
sport of yachting, and brands II be-
yond doubt as the noblest and purest
of sports. Horse racing is generally al
luded to as the sport Of kings. This
may be fact but for honest. disinter-
ested craftsmanship, 1t is dwarf be-
side yachting. The commercial spirit
does not enter into the latter at all.
Here are two gentlemen, or syndicates
of gentlemen, spending from 100000 to
81, 900, 900 each, for what? The possess
sion of an old silver cup worth scarcely
S500-without purse, without side bets,
without any hope of financial return.
If after the races are over the victor
ious yacht, which cost in itself nearly
5000 900, were put up for sale, it is hard
ly probable that it would bring even
$4,000. The spectacle Is an object les
son in what true sport is.
It is not England, Ireland and the
United States alone which are interest
ed in the outcome of the big cup race,
but almost every European nation as
we'll, France has made such rapid
strides in yachting of late years that II
now ranks almost as an equal or Eng
land and America. The German en-
peror has made a fad of it, and all
Germany follows him and to such an
extent that it will be a yachting nation
in a few years. Russia is already well
advanced in the sport and Italy is be-
ginning to appreciate the beauties OF
the sailing yacht. Indications point TO-
ward the adoption of the sport by other
nations as we'll. The Americas cup, be-
ing an international one, is open TO
challenge from any of these nations,
and while they have not as yet plucked
up courage enough to send challenger
to this side, they would all. beyond
doubt, challenge if the cup was won by
the Shamrock Consequently they are
all hoping and wishing that II Will win
so that they may take a hand in chal-
longing for the old time-honored tro-
ply If it does go back both Germany
and France will challenge beyond
doubt, and the glorious spectacle of the
United States England, Germany and
France represented in a grand fnterna-
tiOnal race may be seen.