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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-17

when the long-expected plague"
aStived in New Orleans the city Of
aahtos was brought into an unenviable
prominence once more among the
cities of the western hemisphere.
Santos has enjoyed the reputation
of being the danger spot of the Amer
icas.
The inexorable march westward Of
that disease which IS the revenge of the
Orient IN the western world finally had
appeared before the sea gates OF New
Iork-and it had taken passage by way
OF Santos.
Some 300 miles down the Brazilian
coast from Rio Janeiro. where the
Brazilian Andes breaks snto serrated
fringes Of mountains, which remind
one Of
"Crags, knobs and mounds, ~confusedly
hurled.
The fragments of an earlier world"
is the white, cleaning city of Santos.
From there the major portion of the
world is supplied with coffee, and from
there come the plaques and the pestil-
enco which scare mankind.
Back Of Santos is the great coffee
raising district of Brazil. Rio de ia
metro used to be the place from which
the greatest amount of coffee vas ship
ped, but of late years Santos f1hs given
the Brazilian capital a hard rum. Sac
Paulo has stolen from MinaB the palm
Of the coffee bearing territory. Santos
was a healthy city before commerce
found it. The town woke up one morn
ing to find itself a great commercial
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-17
Ono Woman's Good Work

1t is not much owe twenty years
since a retired San Francisco teacher
named Miss Austin conceived the idea
that she could make the then barren
plains of Fresno blossom like a rosa
and bear fruit abundantly. Under the
inspiration of that belief she began the
cultivation and curing of the raisin
grape. AS a direct result of the ef-
forts of that one woman Fresno coun-
ty this year has profited In one indus
try alone to the extent of 81, 900, 900,
when is reported to be the value OF
the seasons raisin-curing there. AL
most all of the other industries, which
have since been developed in Fresno
county have been the indirect out
growth of the successful experiments
made by Miss Austin in raisin-making.
One of the latest developments is the
proposed construction there of a fruit
cannery to be the largest In the state
and to serve as a substitute for the
one now existing, which gives employ
nent to 600 persons during the
season,-San FranciRcc
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-17

as well as injecting the subsoil. The
sewage was collected at a pumping STA
ton at the edge of the town and dis
charged into the harbor on the mud
flats, a pretense Of chemical treatment
being made in some small settling
basins. The works as administered
were thoroughly inefficient, and it was
evident that, in view of their imper-
feet construction and inadequate sizes,
they would have to be reconstructed,
especially as the point OF discharge of
the effluent was In a very unfavorable
place, and as there was a good location
for it a little further down stream.
There we're also a number of drains,
with walls laid without mortar, leading
under the business portions of the
town, running under the buildings and
almost impossible to trace. The filth
Of these was carried back and forth
were into the harbor, through the
walls upon which the vessels dis
charged their cargoes. In the central
portion of the business district there
is a depression of the grade of the
street, thus forming a pocket in which
the surface water collected during
heavy rains on account of the stoppage
Of an untraceable drain, and the store
proprietors in the region built masonry
dams about three feet high across the
dOorways to prevent this flood water
from entering the stores and running
their stocks.
THE houses were built in the man
ner characteristic of the country, be
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-17

ton of force for extiAgaignlng the
plague, for which is expected as a
recompense a high degree of gratitude
to so careful a government, which
eventually may have prevented a fur
Their spread of an epidemic. Such
would not be an unnatural feeling. The
greater the danger has been just SO
much higher must be the considera-
ton
A little later, however, he reported
by cable:
Have had a consultation of physi-
clans arrived here today from Santos;
have seen cultures; it is very i'm
p~ortant that | should affirm; plague,
doubtless. Diagnosis confirmed by
archaeological examination. Am sat
isied that the disease has existed
-ince two months. Up to the present
& . here were seventeen cases and
foul a hs."
1t Is popularity believed in Santos
that the plague came there on the Por-
tuguese steamer Rio de Portugal. DR..
Havelburg dismisses this claim. and
says that the bubonic plague has been
present in Santos since the first days
of September. Among the well-known
men in Santos who were stricken down
by the plague was DR.. Vital Brazil, an
eminent bacteriologist.
In the plague cases in Santos Yer
sins serum has been used with graft
flying results. A letter from the Amer
lean vice-consul at Sautos received re-
Gently says that there are no new
cases of plague in the city, and that it
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-17

port. and Immediately disease began to
be one Of its exports. Yellow fever
was imported from the north, and be-
came epidemic. When the fever gets
more in evidence than usual it Is said
to be epidemic, and even the health Of
ticers of the place acknowledge its
presence.
In the epidemic of 1892 10 per cent OF
the Inhabitants of the city died from
tho fever. There is an unwritten law
in Central and South America which
prevents a person who wishes to be
well thought of by his fellows from
speaking of yellow fever" The same
courtesy prevents yellow fever" from
forming any considerable part of the
vital statistics of American tropical
towns. People may die of malaria
or ''gastroenteritis," but no well-cOn-
Quoted person would die of yellow
fever" In striking contrast to this
desire to ignore the fact of yellow fever
has been the avidity with which the
Brazilian doctors have taken up the
plague. When it was reported first
that the Asiatic horror had crossed the
Atlantic and found a Judgment on the
western continent, the acting assistant
surgeon of the United States marine
hospital service stationed in Rio was
doubtful. But soon he acknowledged
that the plague had arrived and so in
formed the department,
Six years ago the yellow fever was so
bad in Santos that a commission. con-
sisting of Prof. e. A. Feurtes of Cor
nell, Rudolph Herring, civil engineer,
and James II. Feurtes, was sent there.
At that time the situation was so bad
In Santos that friends when they part
ed for the night said "Good-by~ and
not Good night" This commission
made several recommendations, many
OF which have been carried out. and
Santos today is in a much better sani-
tary condition than it was when the
commission visited it. 1t has grown
wonderfully in wealth and population,
and whereas a few years ago it was
inhabited almost entirely by laborers,
it now has many fine streets and fine
residences. The coffee merchant who
used to live entirely in the neighbor-
ing city of Sac Paulo now has his
house in the city of Santos, and spends
Mt least the cool months there. Santos
is built on a plain formed by the dis
integrated washings of the Brazilian
Andes at the foot of a pass leading up
to the coffee bearing district. James
II. Feurtes of the American commits
sion which was sent to Santos in 1898
says in a recent report to the govern
ment:
"The city is very flat and most Of it
is but a few feet above the sea level.
AS a result it is surrounded by large
areas of fresh water swamps. because
the heavy surf from the ocean throws
up a dixie of sand along the sea front,
thus holding back the waters Of the
streams from the mountains, except in
times of very heavy rains, when the
large flows break through and for q
cine relieve the swamps of their sur
plus eaters.
"The town had already a system OF
sewers, but they were laid Oh very fat
grades, and in some cases had no s}@pe,
the putrefying sewage filling long line
of mains and giving of offensive odors.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-17
WOMEN AND WORRY
A Feminine Failing Contrasted to Mans
Indifference

indifference.
Despite the fact that women have
been warned that worry digs untold
wrinkles in their faces and sprinkles
gray among their t~resses, they will go
on worrying through all time or until
time has solved some mooted ques-
lions. If ONE had the capacity with
men of getting up and doing battle
with things, worry would slip off their
shoulders as easily as from off those
OF the average masculine. Mar doesn't
worry about debt, because he feels that
he has it within him, since money
making is his business, to make suffi-
c1ent money to pay his debts some
time. Women look at it more prac-
tically and consider the now. Man
doesn't usually worry about his health,
because he really has not the time.
Man doesn't worry about the future
he is so madly interested in the pres
ent; nor about his clothes, for the
tailor stands between him and that;
nor about home matters-they, from
his point of view, are too trivial-until
he comes home to a badly cooked din
ner, and then in his broad outlook
there is no excuse for this state of
things; for in business circles if an en-
ploye does not do his work properly
his employer gets some one who can;
and this is a method that will yet come
to be a powerful lever in the leveling
of a woman's worries.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-17

exercise OF quarantine; to clean up the
town, establish proper public convent
ences, bath and wash houses; to build
hospitals in proper locations for the
treatment of yellow fever, smallpox and
other infectious disease; to construct
efficient ewers and drains; to drain
the fresh-water swamps surrounding
the city; to increase the water supply
and improve the distribution system
of the city; to pave the streets with
impervious pavements; to inaugurate
a good system of collecting and remov-
ing the refuse and garbage OF the city
and destroy it in furnaces, and to bring
about a gradual change in the name
of constructing houses, to permit prop
er lighting and ventilation as well as
to adopt proper methods of plumbing.
The improvement of the harbor has
been already undertaken, and prom
ised to give every facility needed by
the large and growing business of the
town.
The report was well received, and
1t was expected that work would soon
be undertaken, but, unfortunately, the
country became involved in a civil wal
that taxed the resources very heavily,
and this, as well as political complica-
tons, postponed operations. The city,
however, carried out the recommended
lions as far as it could, as to the gem
eral sanitary care of the streets and
public places, and to some extent also
in the matter of keeping a closer
watch on incoming vessels from sus-
pected ports"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-17

This Is a severe arraignment of a
that the new water front which has
been built is a distinct advance in the
line of sanitary work. 1t was along
this same water front, however, that
the rats were found dead in such great
numbers when the first cases of plague
were reported from Santos. The
plague seems to have been brought to
Santos in ships from Portugal or India,
and carried ashore by rats. In his
report to the government, when the
first news of the plague having reached
Santos was received, the United States
medical officer in Rio said:
The administration of the docks at
Santos have declared hat recently
they have been much troubled by rats
to such an extent that they have
been forced to poison those animals.
This, then, seems to explain the ap-
pearance of the large number of dead
rats, and there is no reason for con-
lectures hat are made thereon.
"As l am describing the situation, |
will not omit to mention other con-
lectures, which are nearly always made
when such measures against epidemic
diseases are taken, that illegitimate
commercial and political interests are
connected with the question. | do not
believe in the existence of the first in
this case; but the other, | suspect, may
be possible to a certain extent. After
the medical advisers have declared the
existence of plague a strong effort is
made to silence all doubts, without re-
gard to the interests of the commerce
and personal intercourse. without re-
gard to the city, the state and the fed
eral union, and to display an o~stenta-
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-17
Rocking Chairs and Insanity.

The rocking chair aus insanity, so
it is said. In fact, the physicians are
claiming that the rocking chairs are
the cause of the troubles from
which women suffer and are advising
they will not be used. The more ner-
vous and tired a person is the more
vigorously she rocks, totally oblivious
to the fact that energy is simply being
consumed by the endless motion and
strength that might be applied is vast
ed daily.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-17

He helped to organize the Rock Island
district lodge, being elected its secre-
tary and lecturer, and travelled over a
number Of counties in it's interest. He
was then 20 years old.
During his college life he was very
active in prohibition work, attending
the Illinois state convention in 1883
and 1890. In 1889, he won the nation
al prohibition oratorical contest at
Decatur. In 1890. he was the prohibit
ton candidate for congress in the
Ninth Illinois district.
In the fall of '93 he began preach
ing at Mackinaw, H., continuing to
fill the pulpit there until Jan. l. 1898,
though for two years preceding that
time he was giving nearly his entire
time to party work.
For two years he was secretary of
the Christian Endeavor Union of the
state and was elected it's president in
1895, and reelected in 1886. During
his presidency he addressed nearly
every district and county convention
in the state.
He was the founder of the Illinois
News, which has come to be recognized
as the state paper of the Church of
Christ.
Mr.. Stewart has attended every
party convention held in his state
since 1888. He was elected a member
of the Illinois state committee in 1894,
chairman of the state executive COM
mittee in 1896, and of the state CEN
trail committee in 1898. He was Per-
manent chairman of his W state
convention in 1896 and also of the ma
tional convention at Pittsburg the
same year.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-17
RMAGAINST LIQUOR
THE PROHIBITION PARTY'S NEW
FIELD MARSHAL.
short Sketch of the Life of Oliver w.
Stewart. Recently Chosen Chairman of
the National Committee-A Young
and Vigorous Campaigner.

Oliver w. Stewart, the new chair
man of the national committee of the
prohibition party, was born May %,
1857, near Rio, Mercer county, III. He
lived the early part of his life at Mus
catine, Iowa, and went to Illinois in
1883. For two years he attended the
high school at Galesburg, graduating
IN 1885, after which he taught school
for two years in Knox and Henry
counties. He entered Eureka college
in the fall of 1887, graduating from
that institution three years later.
From 1883 to 1885 he was very ac-
tive in Good Templar work, being a
member of the lodge at Woodruff, III.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-17
FRENCH FAINTER COMING.

Chartran, the celebrated French
artist, who has recently painted the
scene of the signing of the peace pro-
tocol, will shortly visit the United
States, where he expects to remain
several months. Some n who has
seen the picture describes it thus.
Rarely has President Mckinley been
painted with a happier result. He is
leaning on a table, which is the ordi-
nary writing table of the executive Of
fees. His face expresses that thought
full intenseness fitting the great occa-
sion, the signing of the peace protocol.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-17
Value of wild Animals,

OF late years, since menageries have
become common in large cities, the
imPortations of wild animals have
greatly increased, and ships have car
ried across the ocean cargoes of fierce
tigers, lions, great apes and elephants
with as much as though
they were white rats or rabbits. Fa-
nous dogs and horses cost more
money than wild animals, for while a
blooded st. Bernard may bring $4,000
a well-grown lion can be bought for
less than $1,000, and the prices in the
lion market neVer go over 81, 200 for
a good specimen. The elephant is a
beast of burden as well as a curiosity,
and is therefore always valuable &C
cording to his size and intelligence.
A well-trained elephant will bring
$1,000, and the lowest price paid is
81, 800. Bears live a long time and are
not subject to many illnesses. A fine
grizzly can be bought for $3.50. Gil
RATES. cost the most. $500 to 5000 be-
ing their usual price. They are also
so delicate that they have to be treat
ed like a dollhouse flower and die
very soon. Ostriches also are delicate,
and suffer from dyspepsia.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-17

In piping times of peace the jackies
of the navy often find it hard work to
amuse themselves during their ids
hours. This is especially the case
when a man-of-war happens to be in
quarantine, which, of course, usually
appens in southern waters. When
oh is the case, the sailor boys do
cir best to amuse themselves with
INNING races, water polo matches
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-17

and amateur theatrical performances,
but the most popular amusement of
all is going out on the creased pole,
This pole is let down from n of the
upper decks CT the ship, and then
jacky after jacky attempts to climb
out to the end of it. 1t is no easy
task, and many an agile young seaman
goes Topping down into the water be-
fore the feat is once accomplished and
the prize awarded.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-17
REASONS FOR SOME WARS.
Apparently Doesn't Take Much to Lead
John Bull to Fight,

John Bull to Fight.
An English paper has the following
to say on the reasons for some British
wars: From all appearances it does
not tade much provocation to set John
Bull at war. William the Conqueror
made war on France because King
Philip had made a sighting aliusion
to his embonpoint. More recent wars
have been brought about by trivial in
cidents. In 1910 a large trade in opium
was done by British traders in China,
and the Chinese government at length
forbade the Importation of the per-
nicious drug by our sailors. The edict,
however, had little or no effect, and the
trade continued, till at length the
Chinese imprisoned a number of Brit
ish subjects and we promptly declared
war. Our second war, in 1856, ought
never to have come about if it's origin
is taken into account. A Chinese pi-
rate hoisted the British flag at his
mainmast, and was afterWard seized by
his government as a bloodthirsty ad-
venturer. Had he failed to run up our
flag. his capture would have been re-
garded as a good thing here, but as it
was, it was taken as an insult, and we
made war on the Chinese for refusing
to apologize. The horrors of the In
dian mutiny will still be remembered
by a minority of our readers, and the
cause which led to it is a matter of
history. Cartridges creased with cows
fat were served out to the Sepoys, who
refused to use them on the ground that
the cow was a sacred animal. We in
sisted, and almost without any warn
ing, the terrible massacres followed,
which were only avenged at an enor-
nous expenditure of lives and money"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-17

The picture is striking. Seated at the
table is Cambon in the acs of fixing
his signature. Near Cambon is first
secretary of the French embassy,
watching his chief as he writes.
Around these central figures are Mr..
Day, Mr.. Cridler, Mr.. Moore and Mr..
Adler. Through a square window, the
only one in the room shown in the pic
ture, falls a ray of light, softly illu-
minating the seen The effect of the
whole is impressive"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-17
Rush for automobiles in Eny,and.

Several English companies engaged
in building automobiles have refused
to accept any further orders unless
a nine months delivery clause is in
serted in the contract.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-17

is believed that the disease is under
control. if it has not beex entirely
stamped out.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-03-17

Ritualism is ar attempt to feed men
furniture,
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1900-07-12
pie 2sirren TT @6tna.

sobne ltnterlab fladert bic Glamme
bes aufrubrs in irgenb elmer Der 5ubls
reiden prpbtn5en bes Rei9es berMitte
unb itets iinb es bieIelben llriuden,
ipelde bic 9tuFtGnos erSsus,n: Der SaB
segen bic 5remOen unO bic Diiblersien
eegsn bic berrI9enbe NanbIdus0 0pnas
itie, ipsl9e BON Uielen g9ineien
immsr nod als Srembberri9dft
6etta6tet nirb. Die llrbeber Der
2ebellionsn nit ibren blutisen
@reueln limb tets bic n!Soei" Dber
8ebsimbiinbe, tpel9e felt urdIten 3eis
ten in China sinsebiirgert Inb. Sbre
@ntItebung ipurbe tbeils bur6 bic foz
eiale Gage, tbsils burd bic rsltsiOien
QnI6auunssn bes 8oltes bssiinitist.
Die Mibpirt6I9aft auf alien 9ebieten
Der @srpultung, iiber Die in China 10
lebbaft getlagt pirb, batirt ni9t bon
neuerer 3eit. Seit bielen Sdbrbunosrz
ten lit bic dineIiI6e Regierung ~sin
balb msbr, baIb tpeniser offsn berausz
tretenbes Rdubertbum". Die Bedmten
Tu9en Iitb auf Soften Der Siirgsr gu
berei6ern, bic @eri9te iinb beite4li4,
unb lper Su Ieinsm Gedte 9elangen
mill, Der muB es ertuufsn Obsr nit Ses
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auf fetne Qlnbdnoer iiber. WOrb,rbunb

auf fetne anbdnser iiber. @orbsrbanb
trDffneten bic propbsten bss grDbsn
GrieOens einen aries, Der an Sdreden
unb 9reueltbaten faum bon einsm ans
beren In Der 9ef9i6te iibertroffen
ipurbe. SIM Sabre 1851 iparen bic
Saiping bic Serrsn BON Spansii. i'm
folsenben Sabre I9lusen iie bic taifers
liden9eere unb eri9isnen am SungtIes
fang. 9lm 10. MGr3 eroberten iie
Hanting unb ri9tsten in Der Stdbt
elm fur9tbares 8lutbdb an, inbem lie
bic tdtariide 9arniIon iummt ben
8eibern unb Sfinbern Der Solodten,
suiammen segen 10000 PeriOnen. nies
bermebelten. Nanting tpurbe sur
nRefbena bss SimmeIs" (Sbienting)
erboben, unb Der Simmslst0nig fab
auf Ieiner Burg, bon sinem Sarem umz
geben. Gr erndnnte bier &0niee, bon
benen ieber sine 9immslsri9tung sus
ertbeilt betdm, unb bisIe Sogen als
Seerfiibrer binaus, Inn China gu err
pbern unb bic MdnbI9uren su psrias
gen. Sabrelang tpurbe Der Srieg nit
tue9feInbem Slid sefiibrt, unb in
Ranting 5srfleiidten ii9 bic gtnbdnssr
Der eiferIiidtisen &Onise unteretnun'
Der. Str0me bon 8lut floFsn in benz
fiibliden Gbina, tpGbrenb i'm Notb,n
bic taiierliden Seere 9eeen bic englii9'
fransDIif6e @rmee tGmpften. SIN
Sabre 1860 5ogen bic gurppGer iiegz
reid in petins elm, iie f9lOfen nit
bem &aiIer 5rieben unb boten ibm
ou9 Silfe an aur llnterbriidun9 bes
Suipinuufitanbes. gtod brei Sabre
bauerten inbeFen bic &dmpfe, bis i'm
Sommer 1868 Nanting eingenommsn
ipurbe. Der Simmelst0nig berbrannte
it9 am 80. Suni nit Isinen Deibsrn
in Der Sofburg, bic iibsrlebenben unb
gefunsen senommenen 5iibrer ipurben
binseridtst. Run mar es lei9t, bic
ein5elnen Qbtbeilunsen Der @ebsims
biinbler in ben Propinsen nteberaupsrs
fen; immerbin bauerten bic &dmpfe
nod in bas Subr 1865 binein.
2luf ben Saiping fpl9ts Der vOrei>
faItisteitsbunb", Der ii9 in flint
Sauptlogen etntbeilte: bic MutterGose
in Der probina Soften nit Der I9purs