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Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-31
LEPROSY IS SPREAD OVER
EVERY PART OF THE GLOBE
Found in Fourteen States of the Union
Lepers Make Connections Sold to Public
Woman Has Interested WorII
BY Study of the Disease.

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 30.-Mrs.
Landon R. Mason, wife of the Rev. DIR.
Mason, one of the most prominent
Episcopal clergymen In Virginia, has
been collecting records of lepers in
the United States and other coun,
tries which are regarded with especial
interest by the medical profession
and the missionary societies who are
sending forth nurses and missionaries
to the leper colonies in this country
and In foreign LANDS.
Mrs. Mason was especially interest.
ed In the case of John Early. the man
who is now being cared for by the
wife and their new baby, born about
Hten days ago.
| Mrs Mason has discovered that lep-
United States. Recently there
has been leper colony established
in Florida, where there are three vic
tins OF the plague In the louisiana
colony there are about 200 men and
women, and some children who are at,
flicted.
Mrs. Mason says that in the West
Indies leprosy is prevalent to an
dldTulluS utSItS anu IhdA At SlpA
is being made to isolate the cases,
the result being that travellers to the
West Indies and the West Indians
who come to this country are often
in contact with the disease or even
infected with it without knowing 1t.
Not a Warm Climate Disease
The argument has always been
made by the medical profession that
leprosy thriyes In the warm climates
only. Mrs. Mason brings forth rec,
ords showing that leprosy thrives in
Scandinavia, which shows that eli
mate has little or nothing to do with
the disease.
The United States government has
established leper asylums in Manila
and Hawaii This was done in self
defense. Mrs Mason also quotes a
recent speech made by King Edward
in which he said:
'Leprosy seems to be spreading in
our colonial possessions in South Afri
ca and in Australia, which in some
of our possessions is almost un'
checked"
A report made after a convention OF
European and American physicians in
China shows that the number of lep'
RS in that country is greater than II
any other nation of the world. L,
77as shown also that at times in Chl
IA when the scourge has been unbeaT-
aDle in certain communities relief has
been secured by burying alive the
sufferers, but as rule no isolation is
Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-31

was dead in less than a month. He
had died of broken heart.
Mrs. Mason is especially interested
in the statement made by DR.. John
Atcherley, of the Royal College OF
Surgeons, of London, who practiced
medicine for fifteen years among the
lepers of the Hawaiian Islands, who
says that leprosy IS due to diet and
is form of ,scuryy.
DR.. Atcherley is of the opinion that
the disease comes mainly from re
stricted diet, in which some necos
sary element is lacking, with the in
lection of an undue amount of spois
onous bacteria, ptomaines and toxin
He does not believe leprosy is con
tagious.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
TO BUILD HOUSES
NEW ENTERPRISE STARTED BY
MIDDAUGH & SHANNON.

Middaugh & Shannon. who built sc
largely in the Bloomingdale section and
then extended their operations to the re-
gion lying between the grounds of the Sol
diers' Home and Brightwood avenue have
lust completed another series of land pur-
chases These transactions will furnish
the sites for houses. the erection of which
will mark the beginning of the house
building Undertakings of this company FOL
the coming season.
The ground purchased is at the south
west corner of 18th and Monroe streets
the latter thoroughfare being the first
street north of Park road. The frontage
on Monroe street is $50 feet and on 1lth
street 100 feet. 1t is the purpose to erect
seven two-story houses, three each twenty
feet front and with the general design and
according to the plan which have been
carried out in the case of the houses
erected by this company on Park road
near the entrance to the grounds of the
Soldiers Home and which proved to be sc
popular.
A wide frontage on Warder avenue, just
south of Park road, has also been pur-
chased by this company, where will be
built during the coming season seven
houses, each twenty feet front and similar
in plan to those referred to above. War
der avenue is about on line with what
would be the extension of 9th street, SO
that the new location is in the same gen.
eral locality.
The unusual width of the houses for
structures of that size is in accordance
with a plan of building which Middaugh
& Shannon started here. 1t does away
with back buildings and dark areawats,
and provides an abundance of light and
air throughout the entire house. The
space in the back of the house is divided
between the dining room and the kitchen.
so that the latter is located on the main
floor without robbing the dining room of
it's share of light and air. The two rooms
have ample windows opening out into
rear yards, and the latter as features of
the Middaugh &, Shannon houses are
large.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Printers Inks Opinion

"The Washington Evening
Star is generally considered
one of the ten or twelve
choicest advertising mediums
that can be named among all
the dailies published through
out the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
PASTOR CAUGHT BY POSSE.
Accused by Dying Girl Of Betrayal
and Collision With Doctor.

ELSBERRY. Mo-. February 29.-Rev.
Clyde Cow. pastor Of the Methodist
Church South here. for whom a warrant
was issued in connection with the death
of Miss Elizabeth Gleason. granddaughter
of the founder of the town. was arrested
Thursday at the residence Of a farmer
eight miles north of here.
A posse, headed by Constable Alvis. had
been hunting for him since he left Els
berry Tuesday. He was taken to Troy.
the county seat. and put in JAIL
DR.. w. A. Hemphi.l. a prominent physi-
clan, who was arrested when the coro-
ners jury returned verdict that Miss
Gleason had died from an operation, at
tends Rev. Mr.. Cows church.
Mrs. Sarah Gleason, the girls mother.
testified at the inquest that her daughter
told her on her deathbed she was dying
from ain operation by DR.. Hemphill, and
said.
Mother, I have been deceived by Mr..
Cow. He sent me to DR.. Hemphill.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Jerome Will Reply to Charges.

NEW YORK, February 29.-When in
formed that Governor Hughes had for
warded to him a copy of the charges fled
Thursday at Albany asking for his remov-
al from office. District Attorney Jerome
siad: 81 will reply to the charges In an
exhaustive way. My reply will cover every
point. / may ask an extension of time II
/ cannot complete my answer in the time
specified by Gov. Hughes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

position at Picking. told me the other day
that the Duke Confucius, the present
head of the vast family of the descend
ants of the great sage. has recommended tG
hang-Chi-tung. the viceroy in charge OF
the matter. that western learning as vel
as the maxinls Of Confucius be taught al
the new institution, and this will probably
be done.
The present head of the family. the
"seventy-sixth duke" as he is familiarly
called because that many generations
have passed since the foundation of the
title. is a gentleman about forty-six years
Of age of great dignity, learning and
province of Shantung. the birthplace Of
his divine ancestor. and has charge of the
tomb and temples there. He frequently
visits Picking. where he is received with
the highest honors. but associates freely
with members of the foreign colony. and
even with the Christian missionaries.
Some years ago he applied to the Ameri-
nephew in the Methodist Missionary
School at Picking. supposing 1t was neces.
sary to do so. I understand that several
descendants Of Confucius. with his ap-
prevail. have been educated by the Amer
lean missionaries in modern learning.
The Confucius family are the Oldest
nobility in China. They take precedence
of everybody else and rank next to the
imperial princes. They have the only per.
petual title in China, the only hereditary
dignity that existed before the conquest
by the Manchus, and the title Of the head
of the family Is Yen Shingkung 0he
Ever-Sacred Duke). Confucius being the
the head Of the literati. the intellectuals
as they are otherwise called-the men O,
learning-who monopolize all civil, mill.
tary and ecclesiastical positions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
Purchase of a Home.

Thomas ]. Fisher & Company, Inc, re-
port the sale to Benjamin F. Queen
of property No. lis B street southeast,
fronting the block occupied by the Con-
gressional Library.
The house is three-story and base
ment, containing eleven rooms and bath.
The price paid was about $500.
After repairs ana improvements MI.
dence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
The Confucian Family.
BY WILLIAM e. CURTIS.

gentleman recently from China who
is quite as familiar with the situation as
any one, and who occupies an influential
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29

After twenty-five minutes elaboration
| the jury at Be1leville. ILL.,. in the case
Of Joseph Zadra. on trial for the killing
of August Genetti. by means Of an in
fernal machine. returned a verdict of
guilty and fixed the penalty at life i'm
] Dr;scnment in the penitentiary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-29
An Important Enterprise.

About eighteen months ago enterprise of immense
magnitude inauguraed 4th extended, short
distance north of Columbia Heights The object in view
meet the constantly increasing demand tor hg-cas
detached homes and ideal residence sites situated within few
minutes ride of the business and departmental ceners with
possible facilities How we'll the projectors of
this enterprise have succeeded in meeting this demand will be
disclosed by visit SAULS ADDITION to the CITY of
WASHINGTON.
You will there the charming and delightful resi-
dental the vicinity of the National capital supplied
with every modern city improvement beautiful macadamized
Streets granotc sidewalks shade city
gas and electricity.
large number of delightful detached homes have been
erected and occupied by the while others
ing completion and ready for inspection These splendid
houses embody the and best designs modern
struction equipment and finish and surrounded by
cious lawns, which give them peculiarly homelke charm
In their erection nothing has been omitted that would add to
their completeness, convenience and atractiveness
The superiority of its location, the high character of the
improvements and the remarkable natural beauty of the
rounding landscape render this property without rival in the
District of Columbia for either homes investment
Take 18th street north2o minutes from Treasury
building-no change Cars every three minutes.
N. l.. SALISBURY, Exclusive Agent,
1921 18th St. NV.
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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-02
ARE KILLERS OF TRADE.
surethine Grain and Live Stock Buy
ers Injure Business of Towns.

Mr.. Enterprising Citizen. did you
ever consider what an influence there
is in having your town recognized as
a good grain market, place where
the farmers can dispose of their hogs
and all their products at as high prices
as paid elsewhere? Were you ever
unfortunate enough to live in n town
where the grain buyer or the hog
buyer was a skintlint, and not liked
by the farmers?
There is county seat in a western
state, well located in a rich district,
and we'll supplied with railroads. A
few years ago there were good stores
in The town, and it. was prosperous
place Farmers came from many
miles about to sell their stock and do
their trading. There was change in
the elevator and in the hOg-huyinS
business. The newcomers were built
on the wrong plan. They were out
after the money, and didn't care much
how they got it. The eleyator man re-
fused to pay what grain was worth.
He could find more fault with load
of wheat or of corn than any man
ought to. He skimped on quality,
every kind, no matter how good, was
a low grade. and the farmers soon
found that he was not the kind of man
that they wanted to deal with. The
new stock buyer was of the same
stripe. He would beat the farmer
down to the last cent, and it was said
| that the way he would weigh was a
caution, and the fellows who had stock
to sell would steer clear of the town
Farmers would drive a few miles fur
! ther to another town. where they
would purchase the supplies that they
needed. IT. got so that whenever a
| farmer was seen in the town it was
for the purpose Of paying taxes or
looking after some business at the
courthouse To-day the town is a
Nead one. Both thG grain buyer and
the hlg buyer are out Of the town. hut
the farmers got in the habit 0f trad
ing elsewhere. and have not forgotten
that the business men of the place
Judged of course by the grain huyel
and the hog buyer. we're skinners. II
YOU are unfortunate in having such
men in your town. devise some means
of getting them to move to some other
place. They can do more harm thar
a dozen merchants can Offset by
square dealing.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-02

The careful gardener closely
watches the weeds that spring mp to
strangle the growth Of his profitable
crop. In early scriptural times evil
disposed persons sowed tares among
the wheat of their Reighbors, causing
much trouble and discord. A like con-
dition is found to-day. Troublesome
weeds have sprung up, and now there
is weeding-out process going on that
is essential to the welfare of the ma
ton. With sturdy, dutiful men to
carry out the work of protection, there
is little danger of obnoxious weeds
causing ruin. Every good citizen can
assist in the work. which is part Of
the task that goes with his good citi-
zenship. Encourage those who have
taken up the labor of uprootins the
common evils that exist, and prevent
as far as lies in your power the SOW
ing of tares" in the great public gar
den-the nation. Raise your voice
against every effort of the enemies OF
the common people to SOW weeds
broadcast. Do your part toward les
sening the power of trusts and com
bines. This you can do by prevent.
ing concentration OF great capitalistiC
power in large financial Senters. Keep
f.om sending your money away frcE,
the community where It Is earned
Give your support to the home trade
movement. Stand BY your home
town
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-02
AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE
Woman Makes Mistake Who Appears
at Morning Meal unbeconingiy
Or Untidily Attired.

The finest compliment we have ever
heard told to woman was by her
husband, and he said, in speaking of
her: I'VE always think of her as a
morning glory, because she looks so
bright and CHEEKY and pretty at the
breakfast table"
How many breakfast tables are pre-
sided over by women who make no
efforts to be dainty? and there are a
great number who are at once untidy
and even uncleanly to look at.
The claim that household duties
keep women from looking we'll in the
morning is easily disproved, for in
many a household where the lady
gives a helping hand in the kitchen
big apron will thoroughly protect her
dress, and then, too, cooking, unless
one makes it So is never dirty work.
That woman commits an error who
looks uncared for and badly dressed
in the morning. The other woman who
wears any old thing to the breakfast
table, is also making mistake, for
that is the time when the men of the
household ought to see a woman at-her
best, and not specially rely on her ap.
pearance in the evening, when the soft
and charitable light of the gas will
hide many defects.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-02

One of the best tonics in the world
to stop the hair from falling, nourish
it and induce luxuriant growth is an
infusion of the leaf of the common
sage. The leaves should be as fresh
as possible and guaranteed by ones
druggist to be grown the year they
are used. A liberal quantity should
be placed in cold water and allowed
to- stand in porcelain or agateware
dish in some place where they will
not boil, or boiling water may be
poured over them and then be set
aside for several hours. They must
not be boiled at all; an infusion, not a
decoction, is the thing needed. When
cold strain the tea and add to each
half teacupful tablespoonful of fine
French brandy, bottle, and keep in the
ice box or cool place. It should be
made fresh every weeK. 1t should be
applied as often as convenient, once
day If possible, for several weeks
to get good start, and twice week
after that.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-02
CAN NOT BE ELIMINATED.
Position Of the MiddIemen Secure In
the Worlds Commerce.

Much is printed in the trade papers
about the cutting out of the middle
men, the jobbers and retailers. Bust
ness revolutionists have taken up the
theme, and have aired themselves
Socialistic economists have advocated
the annihilatiou of the middlemen as
a class of non-producers. The farm
ers of the country are trying to devise
means of doing away with sharks
that produce nothing. and make liv
ing off the labor of others But the
ones who are so desirOus to see the
middlemen done away with will have
to wait for few thousand years
The jObber and the little storekeepeI
are necessary in the distribution OF
products. They are most important
parts of the machinery of commerce,
To illustrate: A large manufacturing
company is located in an eastern city.
It's products are sold by more than
100000 stores These stores are To-
Gated in all parts Of the United States.
Perhaps it costs the concern ten per
cent to have its products distributed
by the iobbers. If the concern at
tempted to sell its products direct to
the retailers it would be necessary to
carry 100000 accounts.
There would be required a shipping
force of several hundred men. The
freight on the small amounts of goods
that would be called for would be enor.
nous over the cost of shipping in
trainload or carload lots. The delay
in the transportation of goods long
distance would be costly. Should the
company not send goods direct from
the factory, distributing stations
would have to be established. These
would have to be maintained at cost
greater than the ten per cent. paid TO
the jobber for the warehouse charges
and the carrying of the accounts. and
the employment of travellers. Be
Sides the manufacturer would be COM
PEELED to employ an army of travelling
men, or institute a system OF trade
getting that would be more expensive
The jobber sends out traveller and
he sells a few hundred kinds OF goods,
the makes of few hundred different
factories. Here We have cooperation
that is sane and profitable, and it is
doubtful whether the time will ever
come when the jobber and the traveller
will be out of business. The present
system is the development of eighteen
hundred years or more of experience
1t is doubtful whether the inventive
brain of man can devise any other
system of distribution that will be an
| improvement. Don't worry about the
mi1dleman being driven out OF the
field inst vet.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-02

There is no work under the jurisdtc-
tion of the United States post office
department which presents more diff
ficulty to it's officials than the admin
istration of the law relating to the de-
lection ard suppression of the sWlnd'
lers who use the United States mails
to prosecute a guerilla warfare upon
the people os this COuntry-and espe-
.ciallv upOn those whose industry and
thrift have enabled them to put by a
tsttle surplus against the inevitable
rainy day"
have been asked to say few
words on the subject of financial
frauds that operate through the mails,
and take pleasure in responding to
;a,h a request in the hope that what
shalt say may have the effect OF pre-
venting some working and thrifty
,,erson, who has contrivcd by dint OF
selfdeniaI to save up a little surplus,
from falling a ready prey to the hun
lreds of schemerS who are living by
heir wits and making fortunes from
honest but crcdulous individuals.
Perhaps the most important thing
70 the possible victim is to know what
arc the most common characteristics
oE fraudulent schemes-the signs by
which those familiar with their opera
lions recognize their fraudulent char
acter
One of these earmarks is the prom
lse of excessive profits or dividends;
another is the actual payment of ex
.essive dividends-at the start! One
1r both OF these features invariably
accompany all such schemes. And in
the days when frauds in the mail are
numbered by the thousands and COM
petition for the spoils Of the people S
savings is almost as keen as it is in
legitimate lines of business, the throw
ing of bait in the form of several
iarge monthly dividends has come to
be regarded as a practical necessity.
There was a time when the mere
promise OF big profits was enough to
insure a liberal response, but today
the use of dividend bait is regarded
AS a necessary and highly profitable
investment on the part of those who
wish to secure the largest possible re-
turns.
The great fund w" swindle, op
Grated in Chicago in the early '90s
may be ci.cd in illustration of the
aype. II is especially typical not only
because of its immense success but
ihecause it. has apparently furnished
tChe model upon which many succeed
ing frauds have been based. 1t il
true that many, perhaps most, of the
present day schemes are seasoned
with tile Investment" flavor rather
than that of speculation, but the prin
ciple of their operation and appeal Is
the same This is the way in which
the historic Fund w" was worked:
Under the name of Fleming & Mer
riam's Mutual Cooperative Fund W.
an appeal was made to the people tC
send their money for the purpose o
creating a great centralized fund" tt
be used in speculative operations II
grains, provisions and stocks on th'
Chicago board OF trade and the stool
exchauge-the emphasis being PLACED
on the opportunities offered by thu
board Of trade.
In all the printed matter put out b.
these clever swindlers the plea wa
substantially this: The great for
tunes Of the kings Of the pit haE'
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-01-02
ImmenSlty of Muffs.

Sumptuous is the only word that ex-
presses the newest muffs. Some of
them are simply immense in regard
to size and all are of the richest furs.
Even the fancy muffs are extremely
large.
One on this order fashioned from
caracul was made with flaring ends
faced with black satin, box-plaited
and edged with ruching, black silk
cords adorning the front, a regular
granny muff, indeed.
Chinchilla and black lynx muffs re-
sembled veritable pillows and ten
pelts of the little ermine went to
make a single muff, while fashion
able one in Persian lamb took as
much fur in it's construction as a
small coatee.