Noble County Sentinel. (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 17, 1899 Page: 3 of 8
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lepers in (oloiij it One's Elbow fwywlm
the national banks
INSTITUTIONS FOUNDED
THE PEOPLE'S DEBTS.
ON
The Government, Alarmed at the Prev-
alence of the Loathsome Disease,
Is Trying to Check It.
Lei ."osy has Increased in the Repub-
lic of Colombia so much as to have
alarmed the government. Efforts are
to be made to "stamp it out," if possi-
ble; if not, to control it. It is expected
that the famous specialist, Dr.'Ara-
rnauer Hansen, head of the leper asyl-
ums of Norway, will visit Colombia
shortly at the request of the Colombian
government, to establish a national
system of dealing with the disease. A
Catholic priest, Father Rabagletti, who
has made a study of leprosy in Colom-
bia, recently returned from Norway,
where he went to consult with Dr.
Hansen. Although there are no [rust-
worthy statistics on the subject, it is
estimated that among Colombia's
population of about 4,000,000 there are
50,000 lepers. The disease is especially
prevalent in the departments of San-
tandar and Doyaca. The lepers of Co-
losrbia have no restrictions placed
upon their movements, and are to be
met everywhere—in the country roads,
the city streets, in public conveyances
and in churches. In Bogota one may
sit next to a leper in a street car or
kneel next to one in a church. They
are said especially to haunt the
churches, where the poor, stricken crop-
tures seem to find their only hope ; d
consolation in prayer.
The Colombian government would
have to spend large sums of money to
get the disease under control now that
it has become so widespread. From
time to time sporadio attempts have
been made to control the disease, but
have resulted in nothing, and it is be-
ginning to be believed now that isola-
tion is the only remedy. At one time
a doctor in Bogota announced that he
had discovered a cure for leprosy, and
a place was set apart at the capital for
his experiment. Lepers flocked to him
from all over the country; but his
treatment was not a success, and the
patients scattered again to the four cor
and healthy tablelands and mountain-
ous regions as wfll as on the hot.aud
unhealthy coasfc Environment seems
lombia nearly always ascribe their at
fliction to a severe chill. This is prob-
ably because the disease geneVally be-
gins to be felt by then, in this manner.
Dr. Hansen has discovered a leprosy
bacillus. Some of the Colombian doc-
tors believe that the disease is enable,
basing their belief upon studies made
at the hospital for lepers at Agua do
Dios.
How leprosy came to be in Colombia
Is a question. Some say that it was
the 1
opl« Direct
ernent Thotn
Organized to Hob
and Through ti
HotUaohllds Will Soon Own All
Gold I" the World Mined nnd (Jnml
V
TYPES OF LEPERS.
to have nothing to do with its preva-
All forms of leprosy are found in Co-
lombia, and at any time one is liable to
r /
A good Democrat writes from west-
ern Missouri to the Mississippi Valley
Democrat to sa>^:
"We are having plenty of rain, and
if it keeps on I feel sure we will have
overproduction' tli!s year, and all the
products of the farm will bo cheap
and (as the* Republicans 'say) nasty,
and in need of protection. What is
at fiiia ii. <■ committee of the senaTe
,ing to recommend? National banks,
. suppose. Don't you think that some
of the people who have been no en-
gulfed by that wave of prosperity will
see the error of their way and come
tiver and help suppress the wave and
its wavers? 1 think the national banks
are a greater curse, if possible, to the
people than the gold standard. 1 be-
lieve the government stamp should be
our standard of a dollar, whether on
gold, paper or silver. Let the govern-
ment be the bank of iseue, and dele-
gate that right to no man or corpora-
; tion."
j Replying to the above, we will say
that the sole object nnd purpose of the
creation of the finance committee was
to establish the gold standard and fas-
ten the national banks more firmly on
the backs of the people. We are now
living under a government by and for
the Rothschilds. They are bankers
Und lenders of certificates of debt called
money. In order that they might lend
! a larger volume of these debt
1 certificates and eventually con-
| trol the world's finances an>!
j thereby govern all the people of
' the world, it was necessary to limit ]
the volume and annual output of basi;
money, real money, money that repre-
sents no debt, but is free and stands on
Jts own bottom. Accordingly, by in
i trigue, bribery, deceit, theft, and such
other crookedness and seoundrellsin as
these people are familiar with, they se-
cured the demonetization <tf the noney
brought there by the Spanish conquer- that is the most beneficial to the peo-
ors; others that it existed among the ple-namely, sllver-because tW^ was
aboriginal inhabitants of the country, the money that the people^dug out of
The latter theorists say that the re- the eaith, ftee ani u ••
mains of the primitive inhabitants larger volume than any other kind, and
which have been exhumed show, in had it stamped in denomination^best
many cases,
they should not forget that the people
of the present age have a habit of
thinking, and when they see the lead-
ers of great religious organizations
doing things that are essentially and
grossly wrong, they are apt to lose
faith in the professions of those lead-
ers and the organizations that they rep-
resent. In the end this may defeat the
whole missionary movement by cut-
ting off the contributions, says the Mis-
sissippi Valley Democrat. To make
the matter still worse, in the present
Instance the people whose inalienable
rights we are so ruthlessly disregard-
ing are not heathens, but members o!
one of the largest divisions of the
Christian church, lleople will natur-
ally begin to ask themselves why they
should contribute to the missionary
cause when it is necessary as soon as
the heathens have been converted to
fine branch of the faith to reconvert
them to another. No Christian can af-
ford to lend his sanction to the prose-
cution of this wicked and indefensible
| war, but on the contrary the voice and
heart of all Christendom should cry
out in horror against it, and force its
discontinuance.
Ttio Truth Ih I.oaklnB
Now that the volunteers and some of
the war correspondents are coming
horse we are beginning to get the truth
in this wretched Philippine business.
From these sources the people are
learning that the press dispatches and
TEE ISSUES OF I0OO.
Democrats who favor the "second
declaration of independence," made at
Chicago in 1898, would like to kflow
why so many of our papers are occu-
pying so much valuable space In their
columns with the opinion of men who
belong to the so-called goldbug Democ-
racy. These same men—many of them,
at least—were tn the convention, ami
there tried to defeat the will of the
people; but not being successful, after-
ward as ardently labored to that end
in the campaign.that followed, as well
as at the polls. Why the opinions of
these men shoud be constantly thrust
upon the readers of our valuable pa-
pers as a reason for changing the plat-
form on the question of bimetallism is
a matter of no little concern.
This "second declaration of inde-
pendence" was adopted over their pro-
test, and nothing has occurred since to
chug* the minds of those who favored
its adoption. It was not the intention
I of the traineri and •supports of the
Chicago platform that It should be set
aside at the behest of its enemies, but.
like the first declaration of independ-
ence, it was the Intention that it should
stand ns the creed of the party that
adopted it until the war was over, the
victory won and the principles de-
clared firmly Imbedded in the laws of
the land.
learning ttiai me press uninnwn , Any number of opinions from the
even the private mails have been ecn- plating Democracy, however well col-
, . i ohcnl lltpIV 1... 1 l„ nnnnaltlnn tfl the ClllcagO
ueen exnunieu ,
that they died from the suited to their convenience in carrylng
disease. At any rate, whether the Span
iards found it there or brought it there,
it played havoc with them.
Ximenez de Quesada, the conqueror
of what is now Colombia, is said by
legend to have died of leprosy, and
others of the Spaniards who fought in
on their daily transactions. With this
money of the people in full and free
circulation, and being added to by each
year's product of the mines, it would
have been impossible for the Roths-
childs and their international gang of
financial cutthroats to corner the
sored to a degree that is absolutely
amazing. We apparently know as lit-
tle about the real facts of the Phil-
ippine war as we would it we were in-
habiting the forests of Central Af-
rica. We may be sure that where there
is so much secrecy there must of ne-
cessity be a great deal of very bad busi-
ness, says the the Mississippi ^ alley
Democrat and Journal of Agriculture.
Mr. James Creelman, one of the most
distinguished and reliable of our war
correspondents, who took a prominent
part in the gallant charge up San Juan
Hill, and wa3 seriously wounded in
that ever memorable engagement, has
just relumed from the seat of war In
the Philippines. Referring to his ex-
perience while there, ho says:
"When I complained to General Otis
that he was garbing my dispatches and
striking out of them things I had wit-
nesed with my own eyes, and which
the American people had a right to
know, he said; '1 don't propose to al-
low the American public to know any-
thing about this campaign that will
agitate or excite It. So long as 1 am
in command here, the people of the
United States will know only such
facts as 1 deem advisable to allow to be
known. Any man who writes any-
thing about this campaign contrary to
my orders will be expelled from the
Philippines. We are not going to have
lated, in opposition to the Chicago
platform, will not serve to change the
mind of a single loyal Democrat. It
is not empty victory that the true Dem-
ocrat Is seeking, but It is the estab-
lishment of correct principles of gov-
ernment for the benefit and enjoyment
of the masses. True Democrats prefer
to go down in honorable defeat rather
than be parties to a meaningless vic-
tory. Great reforms are not usually
accomplished in a single battle, and
most certainly there was nothing in
the outcome of "the first great battle"
for independent bimetallism to dis-
courage any of its friends and support-
ers. Notwithstanding the opposition
of the combined forces of the Repub-
lican party, the Middle of-the-Road
Populist party and the Gold Democ-
racy, aided by the money powers ot
this country and Europe, the princi-
ples of bimetallism came near suc-
ceeding.
r;T y,Ti"wT,: K «« rsi? i,""« —
came, the disease now Is so prevalent . Wause U
... the republic that the govern-
ment is brought face to face with the
necessity of doing something to pre-
vent its further spread.
SOME MORE LEPER TYPES.
ners of the republic, carrying the | ^'dtls? in'its'moli
Colombia1 leprosy6 exists in the high i loathsome shapes. The lepers of Co-
THE REAL "WINDOW IN THRUMS.
Ventilation of Room*.
Except in foggy or very severe
weather the bedroom windows should
be open a little bit at the top during
the night. Warm air (that which is
given out in breathing) always rises.
If the top of the window is not open
it cannot escape and so it is breathed
back again into the lungs and is pre-
judicial to health. Before leaving the
room in the morning the window and
door should be thrown open for an
hour of so. Spread the bedclothes near
the open window and allow the fresh
air to play upon the bed coverings.
The foul air and carbonic gas will thus
escape from the clothes, and conse-
quently rest taken in them will be
healthy rest.
Denmark has no mountains.
1o comer gold, because it is the rich
man's money and does not go out
pmong the people; but silver is free
rnd easy in its way and loves to min-
gle with the "common herd" in dimes,
quarters, halves and dollars. Hence
It was necessary to get rid of, still fur-
ther favoring the rich at the expense
o? the poor, and placing the latter more
fUmly under the heels of the Roths-
childs and • their International cut-
throats, as aforesaid; it was essential
to establish and sustain the national
bfnks (founded on public debts), which
are owned by the bankers themselves;
and by this hoeuspocus of extra finan-
clHl crookedness they are enabled to
Jend their money to the government,
which is the people, and also to th*
people individually, so that the people
p.ly the bankers double interest, and
the hankers still have their money to
lend out to somebody else, or lock it
up in their vaults, as they prefer. It
is the most beautiful system of stu-
pendous public and private robbery
that was ever invented—worthy of the
intricate and scheming brain of a
Rothschild. And the worst of it all Is
that the people, being sovereign, are
the only authority that can create
money; consequently the money that
they borrow from the bankers and pay
double interest on is the very same
money that they create and stand good
for. All this would lead one to con-
clude that the people must be natural-
born unthlnkers; and in answer to thl*
supposition we must frankly con-'esj
that some of them are. If things con-
tinue as now, the Rothschild family
will own all the basic money (gold) if
the world before another generation,
and when that time comes who will l>o
the masters of all the people 011 earth;
It does not require much wisdom to
answer this question.
paign if I can prevent it."
And General Otis has always claimed, 1
from the beginning of this abomina- |
ble business, that be was acting strict-
ly under orders from Washington, and
he no doubt told the truth.
The president of the United
States has taken it upon him-
self to declare and carry on an il-
legal war—Illegal by his own adminis-
tration—against a people who were our
friends and allies, and during this war
he has issued orders and exercised au-
thority that no ruler on earth would
think of assuming to himself, except
possibly the czar of Russia or the sliah
of Persia. And the president of the
United States is a servant of the peo-
ple! No wonder he courts secrecy re
Still we are told that this Issuecannot
win. If it cannot win, why not? This
conclusion of some of our papers Is
certainly not deduced from the results
of "the first great battle." The impress
of that great educational contest is
manifesting itself In every section of
the country, and it is a well-known
fact that the friends of the independent
bimetallism are more numerous today -
than ever before. It is only by sup-
} pressing the true sentiment of the
masses and by giving undue proml-
I nence through the press to the opin-
I ions of its enemies that a victory for
i bimetallism can even be retarded. De-^
| spite the efforts of its enemies, the
Chicago platform will continue to be
I the creed of the Democracy until its
principles are victorious at the polls.
M. E. CLODEFELLER.
Crawfordsville, Ind.
lean people to say about it?
View* of Bepuhlloan Organ. j
From the Portland Oregonian: The
McKlnley administration has made
most disgraceful appointments to of-
fice at the behest of unscrupulous poli-
ticians. It has betrayed the civil ser-
ple! No wonaer tie couns - , vice to the spoilsmen, paralyzed the
gardlng his "benevolent assimilation" organization of the army, violated it
in the east. But what have the Atner- pledges as to currency reform, humil-
iated its most efficient servants and
discredited American intelligence and
valor in the eyes of the civilized world.
In a time for courage it has quailed. In
a time for decision It has hesitated. In
a time for action It has delayed. In
a time for honest dealing it has falter-
ed and equivocated. Its policy has
been to drift; its aim has been to pla-
cate everybody, however unworthy,
and cater to everything, however mis-
chievous; Its course has been to sac-
rifice any and every vital interest of
the nation on the altar of partisan and
personal polities.
ttiaround Brae," but fciso the greater portion of
Here Is a picture of tne real "Win- dow" of Action t.as ■ SrPa the house roofs of "Thrums" (Klrrie-
„ow m Thrums," from which Barrle floor while the window 0f realil ^ R can ras„y be .understood
„w all the human nature he tells of in In the gable end o t Frcm how this would suggest to Barrle the
v',, story. The proprietor ot the ground picture, Is a small a"\c {rom the Idea of deciding hat household had
on which the famous cottage stands It however, t p,3'creati0n, to visitors by the smoke from the rc-pe#-
has sold it to Alexander McPherson, window 0I the ai o^e tive chimneys.
coal merchant, Kirriemuir. The "win- command not only a full Mew 01
"Mauser Christianity."
This Is the term applied by a loc«!
contemporary to McKinley's ciimlna-
aggression in the Philippines. We are
gospellzlng and Christianizing the
heathen with magazine rifles, and set-
ting an example that will return in
after 3 ears to curse our children and
bring shame to our country. It has
been a matter of surprise That so many
professedly Christian ministers should
throw their influence on the side of
this unholy and unchristian war, for
which there can be no more justifica-
tion than there is for the man who
kills his neighbor in an attempt to rob
his house. The explanation is found in
the fact that the churches have built
up a great system of missions, Involv-
ing the expenditure of hundtcds of mil-
lions of. dollars annually, and affording
permanent livings to many thousands
of men and women who spend their
lives in efforts to convert the heathen.
Without the heathen there would be
no need of missions or missionaries,
nd in searching the world over to find
I ho heathen, good people sometimes
allow their religious Jnthuslaim to get
tke better of their normal sense, tut
Amirchy In Broadcloth#
From the New York Sunday News:
Stock jobbers are accused of trying to
precipitate a strike among Brooklyn
street railway employes for the pur-
pose of battering down values, which
is one way ot destroying property
This is a species of anarchy with which
it is hard to deal in a legal way. I!
a man who believes that liia wuge Ui
not sufficient to keep body and sou",
together loses his temper when he sees
another take his place, he Is stamped
as a dangerous character. If he go a
a step farther and smash a window, ho
at once interferes with vested Inter-
ests and Is branded an Anarchist. But
kid-gloved crooks in Wall street may,
it seems, with impunity disturb busi-
ness by lying about the relations be-
tween employer and employe. Several
days ago the labor crisis in Urooklyn
seemed to be happily and satisfactori-
ly passed. If new complications have
arisen we hope they will be adjusted
In a spirit of fairness to all concerned.
Both sides have rights, and the work-
ingman'i natural • predisposition to
honesty will cause him to listen to
any reasonable proposition, assuming
that he is not satisfied with present
conditions. One thing is certain, he
will not knowingly play into the hanna
of curbstone gamblers. He has no use
for men of the kidney which thrive by
scalping the market. Meantime would
it not be well for law makers to devise
some means of dealing with anarchy
in broadcloth and silk tiles? It would
afford a pie j ant dlvei.-ion from ti"1
pursuit of labor, which icems of late
years to be a favorite pastime of offi-
cial kingdom.
Mis li«Mir<! W'M Hcjuv«natrd.
Dr. Koveos of Amorgos, Greece, tells
of a relative of his wife who died re-
cently, aged SO. He had never been
ill In his life, but the hair of his head
and face had become prematurely
white. Six monthS before his death,
however, his beard and mustache sud-
denly became dark, the color continu-
ally deepening, "to the curiosity and
stupefaction of all."
Special Notice.
The Badge committee, which has
been organized for the purpose of aid-
ing the treasury, reports that their
lG-to-l-Bryan button, pin and charm
finds universal favor among Democrats
and cites as an Instance that It is be-
ing worn by nearly all the national
committeemen and prominent Demo-
crats of the country. They expect to
sell three to four million of them
within the next twelve months, which
will be a big thing for the Ways and
Means committee. The badge is pat-
ented and'nmrked "Official," and every
Democrat Is exhorted to provide him-
self with one. thereby contributing to
the campaign fund. They can be pro-
cured only through the Badge commit-
tee, Unity building, Chicago.
1'ronperlly to lluru.
From the Waterloo (Ills.) Times:
Eastern savings hanks feel the down-
ward pressure In Interest more strong-
ly than ever. Several have already re-
duced their rates below I per cent, and
more are likely to follow. Does this
look like general prosperity? Low rates
of interest imply low earning power of
capital, and low earning power of cap-
ital gOM I hie by ride with low earn-
ing power cf labor. The prosperity, of
which so much is heard and so little
gecn is confined to monopolists, lucky
speculators, and their favored depend-
ents, who prosper at the expense of
thelr.vletlms. Legitimate business, In
which the prosperity of all, is not
prosperous, and the d .pressed rit« ^
Interest goes to Drove It.
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