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The age-herald., 1900-12-27
3O,OOO LEPERS
 IN THE V|SCAYAS
Some Rather Startling Facts In the Appended Report to
 MCArthur'S Review

! Washington, December 26.-An appended report to General MacArthurs review of the civil affairs of the Philippines for the past fiscal year gives some rather start ling facts regarding the introduction and prevalence of leprosy in the islands Ac- cording to the estimates of the Francis can fathers, says Maj Guy l.. Edie, the writer of the report, there are no fewer than 30,000 lepers In the Viscayas. Leprosy vas introduced in 1633 when the Emperor of Japan sent ship with 150 lepers on board to the Philippines as a present to be cared for by the Catholic priests. Thus the seed was planted, and as no practical methods were ever adopted to eradicate the disease or prevent it's sprad, it has taken firm root. A house-to-house inspec- ton begun last January found more than a hundred lepers concealed in dwellings, These were sent to San Lazaro Hospital in Manila, but many others escaped into the surrounding country. A committee Is now engaged in the work of selecting a suitable island or islands for the purpose of isolating all the lepers in the archi- pelago.
The age-herald., 1900-12-27
cuba,s New Constitution.

Havana, December 26.-The various sec- tions into which the Cuban constitutional convention was divided some weeks ago for the purpose of preparing and submit ting draft constitutions for the considera- ton of the convention as awhole, are grod- ually getting together on the basis of a unitary government with restricted suf- 6rage. The convention leaders now hope to have this work completed by Januar- 15, so that the results may be suh to the United States Congress in These factional discussions haN ter and prolonged and therefore, be less debate in the open ses. hard fights having been in the SC, ventions. The administrative cou decided against the Pan-American companies contract with the islano roads, declaring 1t to be illegal.
The age-herald., 1900-12-27
INGENIOUS sWINDLER.
Claimed He Was Catholic Bishop and
 Had Been ScaIped.

Paris, December 26.-The Appeal Court has confirmed the sentence of five years Imprisonment imposed on an ingenious swindler named Goffray, who posed in clerical circles here in April last as the Cardinal Bishop of Washington" solicit ing funds to convert the young Indians of New Mexico. Several times Goffray suc- ceeded in celebrating mass and was once nearly arrested when on the point of cele- brating mass at. Strassburg. Finally he appeared at Montelimar, in the Depart ment of Drome, where he lectured to the Trappist Monks on his terrible adventures in the Rocky Mountains where he said he was scalped by the Indians, to whom he was preaching the gospel. The fraud was discovered by Goffray pretending that the Indians of the Rocky Mountains were Es- quimaux.
The age-herald., 1900-12-27
BESSIE M ER.
Everybody in the Marvel City Spent
 Happy Christmas.

Bessemer, Dec. 26.-(Special.) )-This city, 1 as a whole, has never known a happier
 Christmas than yesterday Everything con-
 duced to the pleasure of the day, the beauti-
 full weather, the crowds of people freed
 from the necessity of labor on account of
 the closing down of most of the large in-
 dustries and the apparent abundance of
 money. Entertaining was general through
 out the city and the poor were abundantly
 provided for by the general public the
 United Charities distributing all donations
 Eighteen families were provided with a
 bountful Christmas dinner.
 | The crowds which thronged the principal streets Monday and Tuesday were wonder | fully peaceable and law-abiding. The police l had little to do. There were not even as
 many trunks as might have been expected
 end but one fight of any consequence. This I occurred at the old furnaces, Nos. 1 and 2 yesterday afternoon at o'clock Two ne l groes, George Slaughter and Will Knox, got l into a quarrel, the latter drawing knife
 and cutting the former badly. Knox man | aged to inflict half a dozen severe cuts be- l fore on-lookers interfered. He managed to make his escape before the arrival of the l police. Though very painfully hurt, the
 wounded man will probably recover. l ] jured by the explosion of a cannon cracker 1 last night The thumb was almost blown l off and the hand may have to be ampu- l tated.
 l Frank Lamar, a negro, attempted to board | the 10 o'clock Bessemer and Birmingham
 dummy yesterday while intoxicated and fell under the wheels, crushing his foot. The machine shop at the big pipe works
 started up again today. Work on the pits | will be resumed shortly.
 | Messrs. W. l.. Mitchell and w. H. Porter | of Texarhana Tex, are in town, the guests | of MT W. w. Holingworth.
 l Yesterday at the home of the brides 1 mother, near Hopervile, several miles east ] of here Mr. MT. Samuel Massey and Miss l Viola Sellers were married by the Rev. G. l F. Bain. The bride and groom are well | known young people of that section. | There was born Sunday night to MT. and 1 Mrs w. w. Hollingsworth daughter, l Mir and Mrs T. R. Campbell arrived to-
 day from Knoxville MT. Campbell who is l assistant superintendent of the Sun Life In surance Company for Alabama, went GO | Knoxville last week, where he was married | Wednesday to Miss Harrison.
The age-herald., 1900-12-27
Americans Were First.

Washington, Dec. 26-Brigadier Honey wood, commandant of the Marine Corps, has forwarded to the Navy Department a letter from Capt. Charles D. Long, serving with the marines in China, stating that the American marines were the first to enter the forbidden city. There has been much controversy as to whether the Russians, British, Germans or Americans were the first inside the sacred precincts of the for bidden city, and this letter Is regarded as establishing the claims of the Americans to have been the first on the ground.
The age-herald., 1900-12-27
Delta sioma Delta.

Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 26.-The supreme chapter, Delta Sigma Delta, fraternity composed of dentists exclusively, met here today. The sessions today were devoted to framing and revising laws, several oandi- dates being initiated also. The National Institute of Dental Pedagogics meets to- morrow.
The age-herald., 1900-12-27
Notice.

Birmingham, Ala. Dec. ', 1900 A meeting of the stockholders of the Ber- ney National Bank will be held at It's bank ing house in Birmingham, Ala, at 12 m. on Tuesday, January 8. 1901, for the election of directors for the ensuing year. and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. At this meeting the stockholders will be asked to amend the articles of incorporation so as 10 reduce the number of directors to such number as they may deem proper, not less than five.
 w. w. CRAWFORD,
 12-S-1mo.= Cashier.
The age-herald., 1900-12-27
mrs. WinsIow,s soothino svrun,

Has been used for over FIFTY YEAkS uy MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILL REIN WHILE TEETHING. with PER- FECT SUCCESS.It SoOTHES the CHILD, SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYS all PAIN, CURES WIND COLO, and is the best rem edy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by druggists in every part of the world Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup" and take no other kind. Twenty-Five cents A hottie.
The age-herald., 1900-12-27

Messrs w L. Mitchell and w. H. Portel of Texarkana, Tex, are in town, the guest! of MT. w. w. Hollingworth
The age-herald., 1900-12-27

Yesterday at the home of the bride! mother, near Hopervile, several miles eas of here, MT. MT. Samuel Massey and Mis! Viola Sellers were married by the Rev. G F. Bain The bride and groom are wei known young people of that section.
The age-herald., 1900-12-27

The machine shop at the big pipe work started up again today. Work on the pit will be resumed shortly.
The age-herald., 1900-12-27

There was born Sunday night to MT. an Mrs. w. w. Holingsworth a daughter.
The age-herald., 1900-12-27

Frank Lamar, a negro, attempted to board the 10 o'clock Bessemer and Birmingham dummy yesterday while intoxicated and fell under the wheels, crushing his foot.
The age-herald., 1900-12-27

MT and Mrs T. R. Campbell arrived to- day from Knoxville. MT. Campbell, who is assistant superintendent of the Sun Life In surance Company for Alabama, went to Knoxville last week, where he was married Wednesday to Miss Harrison.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16
S.S.S!Fffsse Blood

Is guaranteed Purely Vegetable, and il
the only blood remedy free from thesa
dangerous minerals.
Book on self-treatment vent free b,
Swift Specific Company, Atlantis. Ga.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16

treasury. Subsequently h funds were
taken from the Farmers and Traders
bank. of which Mr.. Sanford was the
virtual head, n were placed IN tne
Citizens National bank The oit,er-
ness between the two men was aug
mented by these successive occurrences.
When a Judge OF the court or pea
was to be nominated at Augusta, Mr..
Sanford was a delegate from kenton-
Mr. Goebei was defeated. he
had made no public announcement or
his candidacy. Mr.. Sanford was credit
ed with the responsibility for Mr.. Goe-
bells defeat. Meanwhile. articles. OF
which Sanford was b alleged author,
appeared in The Covington Common
wealth. The articles assailed Senaor
Goebel. In the race for governor be-
tween Clay and Hardin. Goebel sup
ported Clay. and Sanford championed
Hardin. On Saturday. April s. a bitter
artcicle appeared in The C~ovington
Ledger attacking the reputation OF
Sanford. Sanford accuses Gosbel OF
being the author OF the article. and
the latter acknowledged that he had
purchased the paper and assumed the
responsibility for the article. MT Goe-
bel thereupon ccuse Mr.. SANFORD OF
being responsible for the articles in
The Commonwealth.
Trouble was expected when the two
~ MUM < 49,
O'Clock on the afternoon OF April II.
1895. Mr. Sanford left his bank with
the intention of going to the First Ma
tional bank so transact some business
When he entered the bank
Goebel with a number OF friends went
into a cigar store across the street.
One OF the party wanted TO have q
check cashed, and the gentlemen
thereupoE started over TO the First
National bank. When they reached
the sidewalk Mr.. Sanford emerged
from the bank and descended TO the
bottom step OF the flight that led TO the
front doors of the bank.
I understand that you admit the au-
thorship OF the article?" said Mr.. San
ford.
Il do replied Mr.. Goebel.
Both men drew their pistols and san
ford fired first. The senator twisted
himself about and the bullet passed
through his coat tails. rousers and I'M
derwear without drawing blood. An In
slant later Mr. Goebel fired. The bull
lie struck the banker above the right
eve and penetrated the brain. He was
taken home. where he fingered until
nearly : O'Clock before he succumbed.
Mr.. Goebel gave himself up and was
released on $40, 900 bond. The coroner
rendered a verdict OF self-defenSe. Mr..
Goebel, however, was arrested on the
charge Of manslaughter. but at the
hearing in court was discharged.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16

flied three months g never again
coming under our Christian influence.
oh, is It not high time that We awake
out of sleep?
Church Of God. lift Cp your head at
the coming victory, The Philistines
will go down. and the Israelites will
go up. We are On the winning side.
think just now the kings horses are
being hooked up TO the chariot. and
when ne does ride down the sky there
will be such a hosanna among his
trends and such a wailing among his
enemies as will make the earth lrem-
bic and the heavens sing. / see now
the plumss OF the Lords cavalryraen
tossing in che air. The archangei be
fore the throne a already FURNISHED
his trumpet, and then he will put its
golden lips to his own, and he will
blow the long, loud blast that will
nah all the nations free. Clap your
hands, all We people, Hark, / hear the
falling thrones and the dashing down
OF demolished iniquities. "Halleluiah,
the Lord God omnipotent reigneth,
Halleluiah, the Kingdoms of his world
are become the kingdoms of our Lord
Jesus Christi"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16
RULES IN FARMING.

Don't try any costly experiments on
a costly scale.
Don't buy anything of any descrip-
ton whatsoever. especially a horse,
from a peddler who tells you he is los
ing money by it, because he is going
away and don't expect to return.
Don't fail to raise your own v%ittles."
and then be sure to raise a little more
"vittles." The farmer who always has
something of that kind to spare will be
as sure to prosper as the ~faro-banker
who swaps your ivory chips for green
backs.
My standard for a successful farmer
may be considered TOO high, but I be-
lieve he requires a more extended abil-
ity, a more diversified education and
experience h one in almost any 9TH
er occupation. You may know how to
hoe corn and dig potatoes" you may
learn how to perform all the manual
labor required in the routine of ordi-
nary crops, but you will find that far
more is necessary on a well-appoint-
ed farm If you would keep your inn
provements in "apple-pie order" your
stock in first-class condition., and at
the same time get all out Of your land
that it is capable of producing.-Boaz
in Southern Farm Magazine for Feb
ruary.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16
WHAT THE SOUTH IS DOING.

Goals TO N~ewsactle." A South Car
DINA cotton mill Is importing from
Egypt all the cotton il consumes. in
order TO manufacture arm Of a quail
~ that canno be made out OF the
American product.
In addition, South Carolina last year
manufactured twO-thirds Of all the
cotton produced in the state and al the
present rate OF progres she will man
ufacture all OF y n nor within a
very few years. thus c~easing 10 export
her chief product and importing it in
stead. TO be exported again IN the form
OF a finished product whose manufac-
ture has meantime given work and
wages TO thousands OF Carolinians.
In tuhe entire south the growth Of COT
ton manufactures continues 10 be phe-
nomenaL During h month of Janu-
airy that section ordered 294. SIG spin
dies and 5000 new looms az a cost OF
s.. 500, o0o.-New York World.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16
A Thousand Tongues

Could not express the rapture of An
lie E. Springer, of 1125 Howard street,
Philadelphia, Pa, when she found that
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption had completely cured her Of
hacking cough that for many years
had made life a burden. All other
remedies and doctors could give her no
help, but she says of this Royal Cure:
1t soon removed the pain in my chest
and / can now sleep soundly, some
thing ! al scarcely remember doing
before. l feel like sounding its praises
throughout the Universe" So will ev-
cry one who tries DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for any trouble of the Throat,
Chest or Lungs. Price soc and S1.00.
Trial bottles free at r. r. Bellamy's
drug store. Every bottle guaranteed.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16
STOLEN MONEY RETURNED.

London, February S.-The sum of
100000 (about 500, 000), the balance Of
e60,0 900 (about $500, 0O0) stolen from
PARIS bank a year ago, has been mys-
t~eriously returned.
The notes were found this morning
Enclosed in a customers pasS-book.
Bank notes to the value of about
$4,000 mysteriously disappeared from
PARIS bank, Bartholomew lane, Lon
don, January %, 1899, and it was sup
posed they were stolen.
The affair took a dramatic turn jan
uary 18th, when the chairman of the
bank at a meeting Of the shareholders
announced that $40 900, in the biggest
notes, had been returned to the bank
by post. The remainder of the money
was in notes of smaller amounts, which
could be easily passed, and was, there
fore, considered lost.
Later, The Pail Mall Gazette said
that the letter accompanying the notes
which were returned to the bank set
forth in detail the circumstances under
which the notes came into the hands
of the writer. He protested his COM
plete innocence, saying that uncontrol-
able circumstances put the notes into
his possession, and added that he re-
turned them as soon as he learned they
were stolen.
The London Daily Telegraph, Feb
ruary 3, 1899, said it had learned that
the letter containing the money de-
clared that the person sending it had
been summoned to the bedside of a
friend who was suffering from alco-
holism and he was amazed when he
arrived there to see a bundle of bank
notes projecting from a pocket of his
friends coat. Upon inquiry, it was
added, he learned where the notes had
come from, obtained permission to re-
turn them and pleaded for leniency for
his friend, limiting at the possibility of
the recovery of the remainder of the
stolen notes.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16
Doctors Can't
Cure 1t!

Contagious blood poison is absolutely
beyond the skill of the doctors. They
may dose a patient for years on their
mercurial and potash remedies, but he
will never be rid of the disease; on the
other hand, his condition will grow
steadily worse. S. S. s. is the only cur
for this terrible affection, because it is
the only remedy which goes direct to
the cause of the disease and forces it
from the system.
was afflicted with Blood Poison, and the
best doctors did me no good. though I tooS
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16

their treatment faith.
fully. In fact, 1 seemed
to get worse all thu
while. / took AIN
every SOCIAL e d loo d
remedy, but they did moi
seem TO reach the dis
ease, and had no eneca
whatever. I was dis
heartened, for 1t seemed
that / would never b
cured. At the advice O.
q friend I then tool
s. 8. S., and began toim
prove. / continued the
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16

medicine, and ft cured me completely, build
ing up my health and increasing my appetite
Although this was ten years ago, I have neyes
yet had Q sign Of the disease to return.
W. r. NEwNAN,
Staunton, Va.
It is like self-destruction to continue
to take potash and mercury besides
totally destroying the digestion, they
dry up the narrow in the bones, pro
ducing a stiffness and swelling Of the
joints, causing the hair to fall out, and
completely wrecking the system.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-02-16

Congressman lester is in receipt or
an interesting letter from an American
now resident in the South African re-
public. which gives a picture Of the
war as il appears to one on the ground
and who is evidently a strong sympa-
thizer with the Beers. The letter reads
&c F,frnu-S-
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-11-30

Heredity and the micrObe theory
have been getting some hard knocks
during the past decade The microbe
is still holding his own as the primary
disturbance in certain classes of hui
man ailments, although the physicians
have now reached point in bacteriol-
ogy sufficiently advanced to enable
them to confidently assert that the ba-
cilli are not responsible for every dis
ease that flesh Is heir to. AT the recent
international medican congress held in
Paris one Of the most renowned Of
medical authorities warned the younger
members of the profession against the
danger Of ascribing every human all
ment to bacterial influence. But her
edity" as an excuse for all sorts of alb
normal mental manifestations and
moral delinquencies has been almost
completely. dislodged by scientists. The
time is gone by when the drunkard can
hide behind his inebriated greatgreat-
grandfather Heredity can no longer
be urged as a sufficient cause for the
moral degeneracy that leads II man to
appropriate that which belongs 10 9th
ers. LOw-browed men may come from
low -browed ancestors. but statistics
tend TO prove that under proper envi-
ronment and Influences the lOw-brOwed
youngster may be developed into
strong and most creditable member of
society in spite of his progenitors. In
an address before the national prison
congress at Cleveland George Torrance.
superintendent OF the Illinois State
RefOrmatory, placed the portion of
crime that Is due to heredity at less
than 10 per cent He maintained what
is now the commonly accepted view of
the soclologiglsts and criminOlogists
that crime is due TO environment. 1t
follows, therefore. that a great major
lty Of criminals can be saved If prop
erly handled and placed under a proper
environment. Said Mr.. Torrance: Il
have no hesitation in asserting that at
least 50 per cent of all young men and
boys who have committed crimes. II
taken charge OF in time and subjected
to proper treatment. will become good
citizens. Ninety per cent of the young
convicted of crimes would not become
criminals with proper surroundings,
proper companions and proper atten-
ton" The sooner the ancient notions
about Incredibly" are exploded the bet
ter for society and the state The idea
that alcoholism or consumption among
mans ancestors predestines him to
the same fate Is most perniciOus doc
trine. and is sometimes appalling in It's
consequences. 1t not only excuses
crime but superinduces a condition OF
hopelessness that is all the more pit
liable because unfounded. Heredity has
had many centuries of moral derelic
| ton and mental despair to answer for
1t is time that the light of science was
relieving II OF its burdens. The new
science teaches that man Is largely re-
| sponsible for what he is; that his moral
and mental shortcomings caunot be
charged up against his progenitors.
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death when he comes home at night,
and every one of them wanting to climb
all over him at once and the same time
Still, it is possible that there may be
an embarrassment of~rlches, as the
French say, of even this sort, and when
baby Is of the squalling kind he
sometimes thinks he would almost com
NIT crime for the sake of five or six
minutes of peace and quiet. A friend
of mine, who lives in a fiat, is the faith
er of a regular, four-time squaller, and
there was an incident at his home the
other evening that has caused his wife
to look upon him with suspicion. AL
bert is one of the mildestmannered m
that ever lived Across the hall from
his fiat live two bachelor friends of his,
and you know bachelors are not overly
partial to babies with unrestrained
lungs. The other afternoon his wife
came in where he was reading. or try
ing to, and she was considerably
wrought up
1--we got no use for those two
friends OF yours across the hail. she
said
"'Why not. my dearY he responded,
in his usual mild manner.
Because, when Willie was crying
a while ago, one OF them said. Oh. shoot
the baby
"'Oh, did he? said the father, raising
his eyebrows. after the manner of some
people expressing surprise or resent
ment or some other emotion
Yes, he did, repeated the fond
mother.
And what did you say to that? he
inquired. with "A half smile.
"'What could l sayT she asked, the
anger showing in her face.
Really, / don't know. my dear
hesitated her husband. but l thought
possibly you might have said you didn't
have any gun
"She couldn't say a word; she didn't
try to; she just looked at him in speech
less establishment and went out of the
room. "-Washington Star