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Birmingham age-herald., 1894-11-01

swore away the lives of many innocent men in the later years of Charles II and survived the whippings in which he re- ceived 5000 lashes. "The blood ran in rivulets,'' says an eyewitness, land his bellowings were frightful to hear. Several times he swooned, but the cruel lash con- tiniled to fall and with vigor which showed the hangman had received special instructions. When unbound the flesh of his entire back was cut in strips to the bone.
 Contemporary with Oates was the t'wicked judge" the infamous Jeffreys. Boutwell,, ono of the husbands of Marie Stuart, is given prominent place in the book, but one wonders to sec so much made of Simon Fraser Lord Lovat, for he was neither cruel nor licentious. He re- belled against kJng George II, however, and the author ps Abably thought that the sum of all villains. Another star charac. ter is Colonel Frs 'sois Charteris, the fa- mous cheat gambl6f and rake, who lived from 1875 to 1732 and died in his bed aft er being twice condemned to death for rape and threatened with assassination for 80 years.
 Tho portraits are a'surprise. That of .Jeffreys is from a painting by Kneller NV and one can but ask: Is this the Gorgon which terrified malefactors. rebels and dissenters in the days of the restoration; the face at the sight of which men swooned and one young woman died; the face which inspired Charles II to say of its possessor that he had "moIo impudenoe than ten cartcd street walkers" " It is not even what Charles Surface would call disin- heriting cOuntenance Emphasized with an expletive). It is face to threaten and command one also of judicial openness and serenity.
 Jeffreys worked hard and drank deep. His youthful face soon became bloated and his eyes bloodshot, and when he had done the cruel work of Charles II and James II for few years his oountenance acquired an unearthly ferocity. It was after the failure of the Monmouth rebellion in 1885 that he was sent on the western assiZe, where he won for himself his lasting in- fanny. It was at Dorchester that he was observed to laugh ominously when the preacher referred to mercy in the assize sermon. A violent charge to the jury fol lowed, "so passionately expressed as seem- ed rather the language of Spanish in- quisitor than a Protestant judge. Thirty persons were convicted of treason. They were tried Saturday and hanged Monday. Vhree hundred others were convicted there, of whom 75 were hanged and the restscruelly whipped or transported. Ten der children, for merely walking in pro cession at the command of their teacher when honors were paid to Monmouth, were condemned to slavery in the West h. dies. At Taunton 184 prisoners were hanged and 19S transported. The corpses were hanged in chains before the country churches and left to rot. "The poor peas ants at worship could see the skulls of
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-11-01

nan and an >spie anu ing business man, and his many friends will rejoice at his continued success.
 fWinona (Miss.) Times.l
 Dr. Dozier is a specialist of great repu. tation, and has been unusually success ful in his practice. He never undertakes a caseunless reasonably sure of cure. He is a high toned gentleman, and can be consulted with the utmost confidence.
 lAtlanta Constitutional
 Dr. o. T. LcZier, the head of the South- e1n Medical Disrensary, of Birmingham, Ala, is a specialist Of nearly twenty years' experience in the treatment of chronic, nervous and private diseases, ,and his uniform success has given him leai- ing position in the medical profession in thatcity.
 Sunday Morning Star.l
 Dr. DoZier's success has been simply marvellous, and has elicited the most en- tbusiastic words of praise and gratitude from the dispensary' many patrons from all over the state.
 Cherokee Advertiser.I
 Dr. Dozier is a fluent and brilliant writer, perfect gentleman and true
 IEutaw whig and Observer.l
 While in Birmin gham recently we had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Dozier, and found him to be an interesting and genial gentleman. He has not only the reputa- ton of being a fine physician, but is writer of considerable character.
 [The Southern Odd FelIow.I
 We cannot acd anything to the reputa- tion Dr. o. T. Dozier has already a3- quiredin the line of his profession, but we Know him to be brother Odd Fellow that can be relied on to carry out every prom ise he makes to those needing his services.
 lMountain Home, Talladega.l
 
 Alabama speak in the highest terms of Dr. Dozier as physician, surgeon and gentleman, and we have no hesitancy in recommending him to those of our pat. Ious who need his services.
 Peoples Tribune.I
 There are men born for every calling in life, and in this particular we desire to call the attention of our readers to tae advertisement of the Southern Medical Dispensary, under the personal super vision of that eminent physician, Dr. o. T. Dozier, M. D. The fame of this cele- brated institute is now known far and wide, and it gives us pleasure to add our indorsement to it's worth and character.
 [The Gate City HumIning Bird]
 The fast increasing practice of Dr. O. T. Dozier is one of the greatest proofs to the intelligent ofrhis scientific skill in the medical profession.
 Alabama Christian Advocate
 Tho Southern Medical Dispensary is the leading institution of it's kind in Bir- mingham, and has been instrumental 1n effecting the cure of many serious cases, and thus carrying healing and happiness to many homes. Dr. O. T. Dozier, head of the Southern Medical Dispensary, gives his entire time and personal super vision to the work, and brings to bear 2 careful medical training in the best col- leges of the land and long and valuable experience in the treatment of special diseases. His professional standing is unimpeachable, and his character as a gentleman and citizen is above re- proach.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-11-01

Simon Fraser really ought not to be in this collection. He was born in 1867 and beheaded in 1747. He seized by fraud and violence the headship of the Clan Fraser, but used his authority go well that his people loved him. His Authority was recognized by the crown, and he be. came Lord Lovat, but in his many in trigues made tho mistake of thinking the Stuarts could be restored, joined in the last Jacobite rebellion. and soon after tn, battle of Culloden was captured. Hogartl, saw him in prison and sketched his DO, trait as the old rebel was counting tn clans on his fingers.
 At the age of 80 he was beheaded ard died with great dignity, repeating as l.;. laid his head on the block, "Dtlce ct de corum est pro patria mori." He had been a traitor to both sides, and the only "pa tria" he cared for was his own lordship in the highlands
 Other characters in this book are Jona- than Wild, the most rascally of all the ras cal detectives in history; Wainwright, the poisoner, and Kelly, the murderous bush ranger of Australia, and Sir Edward Kel ley But in pure and unrelieved business all the others yield to Titus Oates, the liking of perjurers. From the cradle to the grave this man never once exhibited moral trait of any kind whatever. He was born in Norfolk in 1649 He was known at school first as 0 dunce then as sneak and informer and finally as pick pocket. Nevertheless he obtained some education and a poor vicarage in the church.
 He was accused of stealing the pigs and chickens of his parishioners, and as mild punishment was made chaplain in war ship of the worst class. For various of lenses he had to flee from England, and so tried to become a Jesuit in Spain The fathers there were too shrewd for him, so he got back to England and entered a Jesuit school from which he was soon expelled It was then, in 1878, that he unfolded the alleged and ever famous Roman Catholic plot to kill King Charles II.
 The mysterious mprder of Sir Edmund bury Godfrey set the nation in a fury against the Catholics, and Oates was hailed as a savior. By his abominable lies he caused the death of many innocent men, including Lord Stafford. He had not the wit to perceive when the reaction came and was caught in his last and worst viii lainy -the attempt to conviot the queen of conspiring against her husband. The jury gave an awful sentence, part of which was:
 You shall upon the next Wednesday be whipped from Aldgate to Newgate. Upon Friday you shall be whipped from New gate to Tybufn by the hands of the com mon hangman."
 On the first day he received ], 1900 lashes; on the second |, 700, being stretched on tumbril, as he was unable to walk. Yet he survived, and his partisans claimed it for miracle. The revolution came, and he was released. The remaining IS years of his life were passed in all manner of petty viuainies. He succeeded in marrying an old woman of some property and died in 1705, having outlived Jeffreys, the cruel judge who sentenced him, 16 years
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Birmingham age-herald., 1894-11-01

revolution came, and he tried to escape from England disguised as butcher, but was caught, and only th6 exertions of po- lice and military saved him from being torn in pieces by the people, He lived in the Tower four months, dying by inches and suffering such agonies as cannot be described, and when dead his corpse was laid beside that of Monmouth, whose fol- lowers he had used so cruelty, in the chapel of the Tower. Yet he was man of remarkable talents and early in his ca reer noted for a certain coarse humor
 We at once recognize the portrait of scoundrel in that of Colonel Francis Char teris. 1t represents him as he stood in the dock of the Old Bailey, with his thumbs tied The face is powerful and intelligent, its best feature, the nose, being well form ed and prominent but the eager, protrud ing eyes and thick, sensual lips are not beautiful. Tho portrait suggests human hawk. It might stand as the incarnation of rapacity. Indeed this man preyed on two classes of his fellow creatures-on fools with money and on women who pleased him.
 He was of an excellent Scotch family, but took to cards and dice as a young duck to water, and his first crime struck the keynote of his career. Coming home from Flanders with money intrusted to him to raise recruits, he gambled away ev- erything while on shipboard
 Although frequently exposed as cheat, tke penalty for which was the stripping of the culprit and making him stand for hours in the corner of room, Charteris waxed rich and won even the title of colonel" He secured the Earl of Wemyss for son-in law, having given his daugh- ter the dowry of princess. Meanwhile he committed outrages that cannot be de- scribed in a modern newspaper Suffice it to say that it was violence to women that twice earned for him the sentence of death, but he had influence and was spared.
 He WAS old at 50 and grew painfully de- vout proposed to establish a home and school for his unlawful children, who were to be Collected by advertisements, and "A almshouses for poor women whom he had injured. He recovered, however, and for awhile was worse than ever. It was he of whom the story was told that he offered 930, GOO to any one who would prove there is no such place as hell, but the stories of Scotch preachers in 1750 and whereabouts ought not to be accepted without confir- nation. Besides, if there had been no hell, such a man would have made one for himself. He died in 1732, and the mob bespattered the hoarse with the vilest filth and garbage as his corpse was taken through Edinburgh. There was riot at the church, and at the gravo the mob drove away the sextons and threw dead dogs and cats on his coffin. Arbuthnot wrote his epitaph, of which this is part:
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-11-01

Here continueth to rot the body of
 Colonel Don Francisco
 Who, with aii infexible constancy
 And inimitabIe uniformity of life,
 Persisted in spite of age and inRrmity In the practice of every human vice. Think not, indignant reader, his life useless to mankind. Providence ia vored his execrable designs that be might remain to this and future. ages conspicuous proof and example of how small estimation exofbitent wealth is held in the sight of the Almighty by his bestowing it on the most unworthy of the descendants of Adam.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-11-01

COLONEL FRANCISCO CHARTERS. their late neighbors grinning over the church door.' And so it went through all the western counties. the progress of this monster everywhere attended with scenes of which the mere description sick ens the heart.
 l He became lord chancellor at 87. The
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-11-01
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Birmingham age-herald., 1894-11-01

two or three who did not give this reference rance and did not give any reference. This volumes in favor of pr. Dozier and the So Dispensary."
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-18
Thomasion for Tramps.

The Bangor Commercial declares that
the Transporting of tramps to the Psnobscot
Jail from Waldo county is an on rage upon
the good people of the Queen city. 1t says ::
They are all under short sentences, at
the expiration of which they are to be
turned loose upon Bangor, ragged and PEN
niless, without means of support, or place
to lay their heads at hight. The county of
Waldo i, to be congratulated upon the.dip-
lomacy of its commissioners in executing
this grand coup. 1t will cost that county
no more to support these tramps IN Bangor
than in Belfast and when they are released
they become. it is claimed, charges of Ban
gor in case they are obliged to rely upon the
public for support"
1t is evident from the burden that has
been put upon our county treasures the
present winter for the support of vagrant
buns that our statute laws are not yet
stringent enough to free US from this unmit-
igated nuisance. The taxpayers of Maine
are growing heartily sick and tired Of foot
ing the bills fer the comfortable support
of such utterly worthless fellows. lie
perience has shown the people of this State
anything it has shown them that our county
jails are no places for professional tramps.
They should be sent to the State prison q,
Thomaston on sentences of not lees than q
year, where they will be Obliged to do a
little work in return for their keeping.
Until some such law is passed our county
treasures will be drained every winter for
the support of an army of lazy vagrlnts
who now look upon the Pine Tree State al
veritable Mecca during this season of the
year
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-18
Unjust Criticism.

In attempting to criticise Prison Inspec-
tors Gilman and Jones, for the removal OF
tramps from the jail in Waldo county to
the Penobsco: jail, the Bangor Commercial
displays q lamentable ignorance of the facts
which influenced them to this action. Pris-
on inspectors do not make laws. Their duty
is simply to execute them. 1t is provided 10
Sec. IL, Chap. 40, of the Maine statutes
that the inspectors OF prisons and jails
MAY remove prisoners from jails when
NO arrangements have been made for the Ia
Dor Of convicts, to some work jail and when
one Jail has larger number of convicts At
labor than can well be accommodated, they
may remove portion Of them to another,
where better facilities for labor can be af.
forded." The conditions which forced the
inspectors to take action in the case of the
prisoners confined in the Waldo county j Ill
were peculiar and imperative. This is email
I Jail with only eight cells. It, rosuuds is
mot large one. and yet within this struc-
ture there were herded los prisoners
mostly professional tramps. The commits
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-18
make GOOD YOUR LOSSES
GIN PARTY
On Defaulted Mortgages

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VIM. n. Titus, Attorney. at Law,
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OctsA dewhm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-18
sioners of Waldo county endeavorsd to

sionefs of Waldo county underworld to
employ these men outside. A superinten-
dent was employed. ami large amount
of wool secured for them to
work up; but the great hulkine
buns who were thus sponging their
livelihood off the taxpayers of Waldo stub
born1y refused to labor. There was abso-
lutely no way to compel their submission.
The law does not permit of corporal punish
ment: neither are there the necessary dun
geons in the Waldo Jail to enforce dis
cipline. Every consideration, therefore,
sanitary ard otherwise called for the remov-
Al of portion of these prisoners to some
work Jail. There are but three such in Ma ae.
Those at Auburn and Portland were crowd
ed AMI had no available fati tiles. The
Bangor Ill not only had ample room; but
there were sufficient orders ahead 10 the
workshop department to enable it to utilize
the labor of a number of more men for some
weeks to come. The inspectors were there
fore forced to lis selection in the removal
of Waldo county prisoners from the
force of circumstances, and not from any
wish to impose an unwelcome burden upon
the good citizens of Bangor and vicinity.
A gentleman who saw these prisoners when
they were transferred said that scarcely one
of them was more than thirty-fve years Of
age. They were healthy lab 'e-bodied crowd
of professional dead beats. 1t is to be hoped
that they may be forced to do some hard work
ut Bangor. To enforce it is the only posi-
BILE way of Kidding the State of the members
of the tramp fraternity.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-18

The San Francisco Chronicle is respon-
Mble for the statement that in Massachu-
sets according to decision which has
never been reversed a marriage between
two infants above the age Of ~ in females
and IA in males is valid without the con-
sent of their parents or guardians, notwith-
standing the statutes which prohibit ma2is-
trates or ministers, under penalty, from
solemnizing the marriage Of female un-
der the age Of IS or male under the age
of 81 without the consent of parents or
guardians" If this be true the present
Legislature of the Old Bay state should GER
tainly take the matter in hand.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-18

Assuming that the mayor did not exceed
his authority in filing up the electric rail-
road track in Water street nearly week
sgo,why If he really wishes to put the street
in q practically cafe condition has it not
been donep If he did not have Abe author
ity to take such measure as he did, and took
altogether too much responsibility upon his
shoulders. why has he not adopted a
proper course to effect the desired end,
viz, the proper condition for travel in Wa
ter s.reet2 live remember correctly, last
winter, when the late but heavy SHOWS had
left the street in bad condition the street
was cleared, the city having no difficulty in
securing practically safe conditions for
travel. After wait of weeks, then radical
step, filing the street, a step that has not
been up to time of writing, supported, the
question arises, how much longer is tie
public to wait? There is . suspicion OF
"boy's play" about The whole transaction
thus far. It is likely, however, to prove
costly amusement for somebody. There is
large amount OF work necessary to be done
on Water street in the interests and forthe
safety Of the public. 1t shoull be done at
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-18
The ou.en's TESTS.

.wha. is ihis thing yoi ask o. me-"
Said Lily on par ,de.
am have fhe.r heads. III hsve their heads.
eor q ats the way I'm made.
Thes took my thr lne, thu y AnO ked me ont;
They think I'm not N.Y.:
Or know the reason why.
IL.
"You canno. buff your gentle Lii;
I'll have my til of gore.
To hang their heads upon my bet
lis long ago swore.
Come off, Come OF or take walk.
Mines NOT heart to quai!"-
The sequel of her awful iareat
VIII come by later mail.
BLooDYARD RIPPING
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-18

Speaking about big CATTLE said an Au-
burn man, ~ saw a pair of oxen the other
day that were driven in from the country
for beef. Well, as they passed through the
street allowed that they weighed two tons.
Mr.. G-thought the pair wouldn't 60 over
1900 pounds and so we went over to see
them weighed and, do you know, those oxen
tipped the scales at $500. They both girted
7 l-2 feet. Yes, and while we were there
another pair of beefers came along. There
were seven OF eight of US who guessed on
their weight, and in the crowd was little
thirteen years old farmer boy. Somebody
asked him to guess and. do,you believe it,
that boy came within so pounds OF their
actual weight, which was the nearest eAti-
mate Of ALL"
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The New York Sun describes, in its mint
able way, the remarkable interview between
Minister Willis aud Liliuokalani, in which
Mrs. Dominis expressed her desire for the
heads and worldly possessions of the mem
beers ofthe pro, ,ionsl government, and ably
voices the sentiments of all true Americans in
The following language: "Thank heaven that
the partnership proposed in Mr.. Cleveland's
name in that little back room in Honolulu
miscarried, that the policy of infamy has
failed. This nation hassescapcd shame
and disgrace even blacker and deeper than
that which has been put upon it by the
Presidents attempt to do an Infamous thing
upon his own responsibility.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-18

1t 10 to be b. ped that CoDgressm'n Bon
telle Of this State may be a memb,r Of M
joint committee to investigate the suf jet
Of rank and pay In the navy. No man In
the country has a better or more practical
grasp of naval affairs.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-01-18
PRESS COMMENTS.
A Remarkable Coincidence.
New York Sun. J

One of the principal witnesses put for
ward by Mr.. Blount as supporter OF the
provisional government reluctantly COM
PEELED to admit the justice of the Queens
cause, was F. Wundenburg of Honolulu.
One of the names privately submitted to
Minister Willis by Paramour Wilson as
those Of the persons who could be trusted
with the secrets of the conspiracy to restore
the Queen, was F. Wundenburg OF Homo
lulu . a.e