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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1914-04-03, Page 5BRAZES MANY IRONIES R1$Ll(A,>ON .AND POLITICS It.il SPONSIJU:E FOR UNREST. }pifllcult -Situation is Aggravated by dwligiolrs Complications •of ; the Interior, Itneebever may be the fluctuations .of the stock market it is unlikely thKt•the trottb:l�a in Brazil will take any ,real value. out of property field in the south nr centralportions of that republic Rio Janeiro is far from the, seat of the disturbance,• a:nd is not apt to be much more af- fected by it" than if the revolt had broken out in another country. There is every reason to believe that Brazil has passed the epoch of 'Spanish-American revolutions. The existing political and social order is So firmly established, the financial interests are se great, and the other forces that snake for peace are so powerful, that any repetition of the Mexican' situation in Mexico or the revolutions• that are so common in Central American countries is out of the • question. The situation is difficult, and is aggravated by the religious complication that has to be dealt with, but it is likely to be handled well by the Federal Gov- ernment, and nothing Hauch worse • ou:tsid•e of .the affected areas is likely to happen than the embarrassment of the Government, and possibly the election of anew President. Most Backward Part of Brazil. • The disturbance is confined to the State of Ceara, in the north of Bra- zil, and though there is some ex- citement in adjoining elates, it is an anxiety to get the thing settled rartlier than a desire to have the re- volt spread. Ceara is a state that does not offer great inducements to the foreign investor and exploit- er. Although it is the most back - Ward portion of Brazil, it is not a profitable field for commercial de- velopment. The soil is poor and thin, and on this account the state is subject to long. dry opeils that •• last from July to Deeember, anti sometimes 1onger. In 18.77-1878 thedrought lasted so long that half a million people are supposed eta have died through starvation and the subsequent pestilence. Of the pop- ulation only a very snail part is of European descent. Most of the peo- ple are of Indian and negro4bload:• This population, whioh is estimated tci number about 900,000, hes d•e- veloped apart from the rest of Bra- zil, having its own customs, its own folk -lore and traditions, and above all, its ,own superstitions. A Miracle Announced. The whole population is deeply religxous, the ifeelated e' arsoter of the state, and its frequent droughts, with great suffering and distress,( being probably responsible for this characteristic. Sonne twenty years • ego the little town of Joazeiro de C"ariry, which is situated about 200 ' miles from Fortaleza, the capital of the state, was thrown into tremen- dous excitement by the announce- nie.nt that a. miracle had bean pox-: formed by -the Parish priest, Padre ,Cicero Romao, The witness of the miracle was Maria,' Arenjo, a liese terical peasant woman, who was half-witted. This woman testified that upon a number of ooeaeions when partalving of communion in the church she had seen traces of blood. upon, (tile consecrated wafer, This miracle she• ascribed to . the wonderful powers of the padre. News of the miracle spread , fast. Credulous peasants flocked to the town front fax and near, and after listening to, • the woman were con- vinced :that what shes.saidd• was the truth. In order to 'be near the two saints, namely, the woman and the priest, many of the visitors sold their homes in other parts of the state and settled down at Joazeiro de 'Catriry. ' ',Excommunicated by the Pope. When the bishop of .the state Beard tbeaae a acreage repoaa ]ae tiered an investigation. His oom- missioners advised him that the whole thing was a fraud, and the bishop commanded the padre to• leave the -town before the. scandal increased. This :Rosters re:fused to do, and his parislri$ners Clung to • him, He was to mrnon cid to Rome: and there wee told • by Pope Leo:: that he rnusit obey his 'bi.sllo.p on threat of. exconnininicabion. :Even Ohs command was ignored; and Ro- meo returned to the 'little .town. Ever sinee.•he has been holding' hie, unauthorized services thele, and performing his alleged. Miracles. The town has grown to be one of 20,900 populat,irin,end besides' being it notable "fanatical`eentre has be come the headquarters of onteastts an KJ1 i d i tla Vs 'ef every deacription. It has grown to be ,so ,largo and formidable that it has defied the state authorities to govern it, A. Big Family Overthrown. Until two ai lee t h ' years ago g o tits most. powerful family in the State of Ceara has been that of Nogie_ra Acoio:ly, a. veritable oligarchy, that chose the Governor and all ether. important umicers, and controlled ()eans with' unlimited sway, So powerful was •this family that the presexit Federal Executive, Marshal Hermes de Fonseca, thought it de- sirabthat i•t,should be •cu:rb.ed; and two years ago oreraurned.the Ceara Government and :appointed friends of his own. Though without office, the Aeeioly family was by no means shorn of power. It entered into an alliance with Romeo and his fana- tical followers, rebelled against the Governor of the state, went through the formality of 'electing one of their own, and defied the Federal Gov- erument to .. interfere. The other enemies and opponents of Fonseca have aeied the opportunity of mak- ing trouble fax him, and unrest has been observed in two or three states bordering upon Ceara. If the Fed- eral Government intervenes, there will bo an outcry against the inva- sion of etate rights. If it does not •interfere, the neighboring states may take the law into their own hands and invade Ceara for the pur- pose of putting down the brigand- age. The situation is an extremely awkward one, but is hardly likely to agitate the whole country. GAMBLING IN FRANCE, Government Decides That It Should Get Bigger Share. Legalized gambling in France has increased so enormously that the Government has decided it ought to get a greater share of the profits. Under an Act passed in 1907 the State has been getting 15 per cent. of the •gross receipts. A Parlia- mentary commission has brought in a recommendation that from the gross incomes of gambling casinos the State should have three per cent. on incomes less than $2,000 up to 45 per cent. on incomes exceed- ing $1,000,000, according'to a grad- uated scale. One hundred: and thirty-three casinos were authorized by the Min- istry of the Interior last season to have beccaraat, the mechanical rac- ing horses, whist, bridge, bezique, ecarte and piquet. The official fig- ures = before the eommissivn ahoy; that the casinos: in France at sum- mer resorts and• springs took in about $10,000,000 profit during. a single season. Enghien, ' which is within seven and one-half miles from Paris, had about one-fifth of the whole, or $2,000,000. One hundred and fifty trains a day ay x •lin from Paris during the short holiday season, and the opponents of gambling affirm that hundreds of young men. and women from Paris become bankrupt at the tables every season. The municipal casino 'at Nice. owned by the city, tock :in $1,600,000; sed paid nearly all the expenses of the local admin- istration. A second casino at Nice, undea."'.:a license of the Minister of she Interium•,, won fon its proprietors .$427,000., There: were a nuihber of little •x•esttts which. we1^e. • run •at a . .roar. Public gambling revenues, accord- ing to the official figures, have in= creased about fourfold since 1907 These' figures do not include 4,600 clubs in Fiance, where gambling is allowed, and for which then State also takes .a percentage of the pro- fits, nor *the pari-mutuel machines at race courses, which haat season . tc;ok bets ef about $80,000,000. Soxne 'of the newspapers, in 're- proaching the Cabinet for trying to take noire "tainted" money, relate that one 'of •the wealthiest proprie- tors of e,caa einos in Prance. began :xs a dish -washer in a restaurant, and that his income is now $400,000 a year, besides that from his .accumu- la;taons;'whieli amount t•o $6,000,000. Another proprietor, who was a hol:i.so painter, is reputed to have a Attune of $4,000,000. In Donbt.• #ri insurance agent was falling out en eriplieation blank. ':Have veil ever' had ap,pendici- tisi" he asked. • :``W'eil,..".:answered the epplicdint. "I. was <lperated on, but T have never felt' cluite::•srire whether it was appendicitis or professional curio- sity." The ,Surest Way. '.."My iife is :made a, burden by`bill collectors." "I've discovered a way of getting rid, of 'ens that never Jails." "For heaven's• sake, put inc wise." . • • . "I pay ,ern, my boy," Y011110EN qRf DY6N6 FSS; HOW ?t3'liC9'°;tr • LINTS' RUINS THE AR'lI',J<dlES. nt;esiesnt•s 'Before and After Meals • Gire"Dbseose 'a 'Foot- hold, Young men of wealth and ability, middle-eged •/nen active iri business, are dyii'.rg at a rate' that locks as though not many sons of .stable,' fathers axe bo he left. I'he cause is due not to•inability to live through weak constitutions, or inherited disease, bet to fatally wrong living and over living. -. The arteries are the piping of 'the human body. They go everywhere, to the toes, brain, spin,aloord. They carry all the blood in the aysttena, and if this, blood is overburdened with the pole:me left over from ex- oessive drinking,from the drains of passion, from gorging, there is just one place where they settle the in- side of the arteries. This deposit of extra material causesa gradual hardening' of the. arteries—what is called arterio- sclerosis, the modern Moloch.• The tiny blood vesselsin the liver are affected, and then 000nxruences that fatal disease, cirrhosis of the liver. The cells of the kidneys become starved because they cannot get a proper supply of good, clean blood —then Bright's disease gets its start. The very delicate arteries of the brain are similarly affeoted, and then •come all kinds of mental trou- bles—saItening of the brain, loss of memory, incompetency, moral palsy and sometimes mania. Tax on. -Arteries. Now, get into your minds the vi- sion of the vast extent of rubber piping throughout the whole body. That this piping is most delicate in and around the vital organs; that it must expand, elongate, contract, as the blood •streams put pressure upon it, are facts you must keep in mind. These rubber -like arteries must be in this plastic condition to enable man to do this work well and ' be ready to respond to all extra ef- fort. _ t l hey aa'c� Deft nlapr,rs•clarrd. Tight - hieing prevents a proper amount of cixygenin their sy steijis, which is always needed to burn lip thepro ducts left, by ,tile feed verestipa;tien follies'sto increase the trouble and 'xi time, the woman has apoplexy of. temper• ---she Ilterally bursts. \\ e do not think any advise is needed to show how to avoid -thees troubles:. Man and his mate must have fun, relaxation, ;and food en- joyment,. but all must be taketx so that no by-products are left in the system and the necessary exercise and liberty must. be given all' the organs to do their work. GASOLINE STILL SUPRE'ME'. - Cash Prize Falls to Develot i Suc- cessful Substitute. - Gasoline 'seems likely to remain uppermost as a motor fuel, much to the disappointment ef automobile users, and especially those of for- eign countries, where the prime of the commodity has risen to such heights that many motorists find .themselves compelled to cut down on their mileage in order to indulge at all it the use of the car. Surae months ago the Society of ._Motor Manufacturers and Trades of Great Britain offered a cash prize of $10,000 1» induce experiments which might disclose a less costly fuel than gasuline to be produced entirely from materials available in that country and in such quantities as. to constitute a national supply. It is now announced that ear one has succeeded in winning the prize, a1theugh 37 entries were, received from eight different countries. De- tailed ,study of the communications has failed to afford ground for mak- ing even a partial award, although it is said that many of the sugges- tion were of a most interesting na- ture and possibly susceptible of de- velopment toward the desired end. Processes which were known prior to May 1 of last year were ruled out of the competition. Fullowing the surprise and disap- pointment caused by the announce- ment English tourists are now look- ing fur relief in the direction of de- natured alcohol, which, it is said, can be produced in almost any amount. It has been suggested that some society or some other public spirited organization offer a sub - This they can never do if the lin- et tesal prize for the production of ings of the tubes are covered by de- an alcohol motor of stated efficiency. posit. This deposit will surely come It is realized that the motor in- to the man who overeats, drinksall kinds of .liceiOressand at. afl tine s who gives rein to. passaorxe. of any ;ort; who, in fact; ahol*•els alto his human machine the kind' °`of - fuel which leaves a lot of poisonotts ash- es which the excreting organs can- not get rid of. x skin the blood time, to cast off its commercial and economic rivalry normal amount of -debris, is slowly with .the present type. We de not dying. Ile eom ienees .to die from: know• even if that result is possible. the very start of this condition tin- We t do• :not actually, know whether less it is early recognized, and the alpoliest ean,.be,produoed.,to. sell iat etaaise:s'bop'ped: •'The arteries became one :shi tial ae allon for u.e1, , We like a 'piece of rotten axed stiffened ", .'�" • g - fete p� da na�•,,kngw ;(taw .the �itu.atien pre-: rubber hose, n high •tire• cast tasfde seiii eel bye, the existing ,excise :laws' just as 'atoll 'ne It-.. coininences tt; cii n;be til ned. , Tlie ivito'1e ' sition leak. ' Arid 1:he'e•aiaperison is•�aleso-' is wxappe5 in .a•doitbt'ifi'whxcch..aoii- lately correct. ,' • .. sidera,ble delay in •securing any �suc What l aet.lolaeoee when, ye have `a. cess is about the only thing certain. rotttee or •ba. gq,rden ).ce Arid we , '';Should it be:,impossible , to d•e- take it' out in. the spring and turn sign. an alcohol engine equally eflit' on the water' A bursting hoses-•- dent with the existing type..(nobody ap�opleex , with rthes ,spurting :fluid appears ready to affiem that:;it can going all `oyer Was"- When the hard excel it) should it, not., be ;possible.. These excreting organs—the kid- neys, liver, lungs, a t 5 , g ,and many little glands scattered throughout. the body—Un1y can getrid of so muck .material during t e 24, hours. Hence the individual who never duxtry all eyes:. the' world is based our''the eXisttng type of engine, a.ncl it is not expected that themanu- facturers will go teethe:- expense and trouble of developing `a new type motor, the general adoption of which would mean for them only theeserapping of their present pro- dtiction machinery. Commenting on e t i h oasis lxties of alcohol and the alcohol -consuming motor, The Field, .of London, has this -to say : "We do not know how long it will take to bring the alcohol engine into artery bursts =an• the' -human brain to markeet alcohol" at one shilling a there is a,p4plexy, with .the blood gallon, tale futtui:e_'af.:the develop- spurting over,,. the brain end, •elog- .meet becomes definitely delayed un - ging some v tal::oentre :the centre til•.aruch Mimes es the cost of petrol for breathing,; for example,—then .(ga,spline),.will have grown so high Budden death. . that the,: less efUaient.substitute will „� 1 , • .... > be .a matter of Rehean's choice.. Itd, x It of li xoub Livxnr�. 4•r'. "He died fromapoplexy," sas u :t nniist octet( to ani tltikjng Y inol<oriet that here is a.. field for 're- tihe morning paper,. No, he died setteeh ;at..Unce a:tttreetiye and re-. because In. ,so lived' that he had meliorative, whatever • the .results hardenedand rotted 'his brarn pip= atts ixied. rti as ole (which iio`rap1- ing. ' "He died''fidin':cirrheeis •of. the fraalist lvatirld''ve:nti re upon as a coin - liver." Again wrong. He graduals' ,xtie.reial;apeeelation,,,for the simple ly passed out`.because,. be gave the liver cells mor.e.thae they could do or were ever ,anade; to do. • A. cocktail be.fe e:breakfa t a highball, before Ienolseon; several drinks before. dinner, tin artificial appetite for a: inestf'in 'which spiced delicacieast, hot birds and a cold bot- tle are •cr3txsunted,: all spell apop- lexy, cirrhosis 'el •i1ierliver, Bright's disease, mental failure. In women jeelnsisy, passion, frenzy, tight cIwrtlring, all affect.the blood in many way, Eating hot, highly spiced clishes, drinking iced sod>l;tai]s in a wean. "rooxn with the greater portion of their •skins• ex- posr<l.to all kinds or 'inside and out- . side temperatures, cause a banking. no of lairs•. body poirunns. Those poi- sons !cannot get but through the contracted pores of the skin oven reason that he could not hope to se- cure any—return of his capital. 'Itt is elilf`issultr enough eomnrer- cielly to.eetablisit a radical varies:. tion of entreat practice, but to up- turn.,,an industry ,and to secure a roe:Shaionn in the production and sale of a:leoho.l are More liban the peeek'ef one roan's life. This re- . can only beemit:rived by -the ton nine ence of motoring philanthro- pists." Slow Progress. 'otrrig T!rnaeed-•-•-;;Well, dad, through my ;univer•sitt;y course now • can write Ph 1). rafter nanie. ", :,d', r ` 'Old Pap '1`i.rnse<.Sllxtck,.q . All that •school.in' for jest that? Why, T could write Actin letters when I. was a kid," I' 01 and Huy rr 1+. WITH A STEER. Sequel to Treatment (riven for Pink Eye.. Ralph Ryerson threw his saddle o i his horse one crisp•morxxing i12. • March, and started fur the stook - yard, to help feed anti care Lor his cattle. He was very proud of the three hundred. liver -colored. and white Hereford's, T,hoy were smooth,• sleek fellow's, with. well- rounded eider, iirm., full anke, and. broad backs, .As hewatched them at the feeding tables busy with the shelled corn, oil. eake and alfalfa,. he thought with. satisfaction of the prices. they would bring at. the city stockyard's... All at once his quick eye detect- ed•one in which he thought, he saw the first •symptoms of pink eye. He rode over to the •steer, uncoiled the lariat at hie saddle, dismounted, roped the big fellow quietly, and snubbed him to a post. His mad was net at hand just then, and Ry- erson decided to give the steer an injection alone. As he approached with the g- ringo, the herd took it into their heads to stampede from the feeding tables. They galloped away in the highest of •spirits, and frisked about the yard with their tails high in the air. Ralph gave the steer an injection in the flank, and turned him loose. The liveliness of the others excited the animal, and when Ralph slip- ped the rope from his horns, he first pulled hack, and then lunged forward, with a loud bellow. Ryerson had no idea that the beast was really angry, and turned aside to coil up the lariat. Sudden- ly he felt himself hurled into the air. The beast had charged him. Ralph fell to the ground with a thud that jarred the breath from his .lungs. Fortunately, the steer overran him, and _could not gore him Ralph leaped to his feet, only to see the steer madly charging at hini again. As the oame on with lowered head, Ralph sprang to one side, and the great head with its cruel horns grazed his leg. He looked about for his horse, but it was some dis- tance away. Evidently the stam- pede of the cattle had excited it, too. Ryerson was in extreme peril. The snubbing post was his only re- fuge. He dodged behind it, and kept it between him ami the charg- ing steer. The beast - stopped, paw- ed the ground, and came ;at him deliberately to dislodge , iixu.. • The. ereatare was thoroughly aroused; its lips were foam -flecked and its eyes were savage. Fortunately for Ryerson, the cat- tle at this moment name galloping up the yard. I•t was Ralph's oppor- tunity. As they charged past, he seized the tail of one animal and ran with it. That seemed to divert the attention of the infuriated steer from the pian to the other steer, and he charged after it. The two animals came together with a crash; that knocked the one to which Ry- erson was clinging to its knees. It• quickly recovered itself, and the two animals began to fight. Ryerson ran to his horse, mount-- • ed mount'ad it','ttook his biacksnake whip•. and' 'separated' the twro • steer s •, • butt 'it took a long time :fere-the cattle "to eget• quieted •gown •and ,resume their feeding. , To :this day •Ralph .l er- pee. ,car,ries, a.aear, xn.the,feshy-part of .his -thigh to.•ren i id. him of • his adventure. RARI. TREASURES 7.0 BE SOLD. Objects Stored at Contts's In Lon- don Thirty 'leave. A go. Not many banks are likely to house such treasrdtres as the bowl fashioned by Benvenuto Cellixii, the Henry VII. salt cellar, and other silver wares well nigh as precious, which after lying et. Cootie's for thirty years are to be sold by auc- tion. Of the many precious documents stored at Coutts's probably.. the must interesting to historians are t:na:ese detailing the , true story of George IV. and Mrs. Fitzherbert,, which were deposited there by her executors after her death in '1837, All those -who had authority to open the box containing these papers have, long since •passed awaY,I so their'. contents will never be re- vealed. • I.uua' for a Chang( Old Roxleigh--•''Marr-• in, daugh- ter Why, ;you are stippotted by you r• fathe r. Suitors -"Yes, sir; hut. my gov'- nor is tired •n:f ,supporting me, he says, and I thought 1'd get int) 'with eV' fairai•Iy:" SLAVERY !IVES INAIRICA L'I?IIISIII t MIGHTFOLLOW ABOLISHED .t. ONCl e Native Population Is Shrieking Under Contact With the., White hien, A brief, defending slavery, for colonise, declaring that itta,: in- diate abolition would lead' tonative risings, ishanded in by the Gover,'. nor of G uuan Bast Africa,, Dr. Schnee, In response to a resolu- tion passed by the Reichstag iast year, calling fox the termination -oaf; household slavery by January 1, 1920. Dr. Schnee has reported that there are about 185,000 slaves, in the colony at :present --many of them captives in. wars as late as, 1905 and 1906, while othersarea being invest- ed even to -day, fro¢n, Portuguese East Africa and British Cape Col- ony. But the number is steadily growing less. • • A law passed a, few years ago : liberates all children ef household slaves, born after 1905: deaths ate further reducing the number of slaves ; many are :able to buy their liberty frani sums ranging from $:' to $15, and in addition, many owr- ers are voluntarily giving then slaves freedom .. The Governor predicts that alas ery praetieally will have ceased t, exist without further restrictive measures by 1930, and. , pleads against stating any fixedd a e for a general emancipation, which he .dam , Glares would ruin many plantation owners, provoke rebellion aamong the native farmers and oast t Government at least $2,000,000indemnify owners for She loss of: their property. Familiar Arguments.: " The Governor uses arguments that had a familiar ring in the United States sixty years:a;go. He says that the negro by no ,means feels the lack of personal liberty as a hardship, that the slavery is of a decidedly patriarchal elearacter, that 4he labor exacted is light, that,- they are given certain drays each: week the cultivate their own garden. By a general • emancipation the aged slaves, who are now fed and';,; sheltered by their owners when no • longer able to work, would be thrown destitute. upon, the•world. In discussion Olathe report Ili the Budget Committee of the Reichstag,_' the Socialists and Olerleala sharply criticized the .attitude of the Govt= ernnient, behind which, they aver- red, .was the •self-interest of the • plantation owners, seeking a cheap supply 3 of Advertisements seneats ; froni. colonial newspapers offering to • sell or buy slaves, were read by the Socialists, who .declared that the Government was favoring and even promoting the Slave trade, and a Clerical leader alleged that German planters organize regular man - :hunts to get labor "fox thein planta- tions: Dr. Solf, Secretary of •State. lor•the Colonies,: admitted that the new hats been ixterpxeted to • testify compuleory..recruitirlg of native' Ise bor fon,.pla,ntartions, .,+ands that grace infringements of the law had bei eommatted by native soldiers with the knowledge' and'•eonsent of their white officers. The native population of Afriett is at beast steadily"shrinking under contact with the white man. It lire been thought that under the • fluence of white -civilization the c • sation of .the continual tribal wa • and the . introduction of seientifi, medical methods the negro popula- tion in Africa would grow rapidly. Dieder:.ich Westerniann;" Professor at the Oriental .Seminary of the Berlin Univensit oaleciares, on the contrary, that- -Viedepopulation is steady .and rapid'. He ekes the re- port of a Catholic missionary, P a- ther ver der Burge„ who, after. 22 years' work in 0 -anima Ra•st Africa, found that the native population in that time has decreased a third if not a half. Trifant death rates of from 47 to 80' per cent. and a sur- prisingly low .birth, rate are factors which missionaries observed in Togo, the, Ganierovnits and other Af- rican :colonies ad Well as` German. East Africa. • Not ills Fault. Poe t--`:C4end gr•.aeioua, : Here ie your servant a.aleep." Hostess Silly fool. He meet have been eavesdropping while yon were reading your new poem to ane.,, • The Useful Rind. •llrfrs. Fus•ebody---"W-hat is your idea of a good prtintical. joker The Joke sriaith••—`'Oh , any dein that will sell seadily.''