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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-24

Chattanooga, June 3.-(SpeciaD-Chat- tanooga came very near to playing an errorless game. The only one run that was scored was on Hoffmeister for failure to catch a throw to second that was in his hands. A base on balls this error and a groundeT and a y scored the only run that the Coal Barons made. Every noun taineer got hit. Bruner pitched great game allowing only three hits, though the only man that was given his base on balls scored It was a streak of luck that sell dom happens The fire works began In the first With one out Molesworth got his base and went to third on Spratt's sin gle to third. A double steal came next a slick one, too. and Molesworth came home while Spratt went to second; Hoft- mester got hit and Durrett singled to center through second, each man taking an extra base on the throw-in and Spratt scoring. Ballantyne hit to far center for three bags and two more scores came in. Ballantyne scored on Roths grounder to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-24

Score by innings: Chattanooga .. ..5 0 0 4-16 Birmingham . 70 1 0 0 0 O.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-11-20
MOnOnaania.

In accounting for certain kinds
of mania, it is not in the least an
absolute necessity that the sub
ject be confined to purely physical
causes, such as the destruction of
visual memory, auditory memory,
memory of speech, etc; there
being functions of the brain hav-
ing an absolute looalization in the
cerebral cortex and subject to an
Inhalation by localized disease or
by surgical operation.
There still remains memory or
mind to be accounted for; un-
trammeled in its inherent power
and apparently free from anatom-
ical relations; it has various names
the ego, the over soul, sublimin-
al self, subjective self, the sub
consciousness. This memory may
be evoked in trance, somnambul-
ism and hypnosis. It would seem
to be distinct entity in itself.
DR.. George M. Beard of New
York, says positively, that to at
tempt to build up a theory of
trance Hypnotic phenomenal on
basis of cerebral anatomy, is to
attempt the impossible; and that
all theories of trance based on
cerebral anatomy or physiology
such as suspension of the activ-
ity of the cortex, or half the brain
break down when brought face
to face with the facts. All facts
of hypnotism show that the more
quiescent the ordinary faculties
become, or in other words, the
more perfectly the functions of the
brain are suspended, the more ex-
allied are the manifestations Of this
separate entity or subconscious
mind. But, strange to say, their
subconsciousness is peculiarly sus-
ceptible to suggestion; and ac-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-11-20
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-11-20

did frightful execution with their
invisible swords on the terrified
idolators. His disciples had no
more than assimilated this won
derful news when he told them
that the fifth part of the booty
belonged to him by special rev.
citation. It is remarkable how
these visions could appear at such
opportune moments. At Ohud he
suffered severe defeat, Moham-
med himself being wounded. This
check in his piratical cruise i'm
periled his reputation among his
followers. But with his usual
adroitness and his inexhaustible
supply Of Divine revelations, he
convinced his warriors that the
defeat was entirely due to their
sins, and solemnly assured them
that the seventy martyrs who lost
their lives were now gamboling on
the green in paradise.
In A. D., 628, Mohammed's
forces we're SO largely augmented
that he declared war against
Mecca. By a. truce he secured a
peaceful entrance into the city the
following year. When the Mec-
cans finally embraced Islam, am
bassadors from all quarters rode
night and day to congratulate the
new temporal and spiritual ruler.
By the aid of his visions and the
fanatical zeal of his soldiers, Mo-
manned was now the ruling SOW
ereign of Arabia. His generals
marched from the shores of the
Red Sea to those of the Persian
Gulf and the Indian Ocean. All
acknowledged his authority. His
enemies were all under his feet
his doctrines were everywhere &C.
cepted, and one hundred and
fourteen thousand Mussulman
soldiers marched under the Proph-
cts banner and shouted: "There
is no god but Allah, and Moham-
med is His Apostle!'
Such was the turbulent career
Of the little boy who tended sheep
on the rugged hills overlooking
the city of Mecca, with it's teem-
ing population, its long cara
vans that entered it's gates, and
the numerous pilgrims who focked
there to pay homage to its many
wooden gods. S.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-11-20

house keeper. His friends are all
RECALLED with the tale. Constant
oral statement and auto-sugges-
ton get in their lethiferous work,
and he eventually believes it.
Egoism stands behind it all, and
laughs in demoniacal shrieks at
the dire effects of his mendacity.
Horrible! the man has become
monomaniac.
There again, this same man
may lunch ordinarily, at a fifteen
cent table d'hote. His egoism
forbids the public knowledge Of
this fact. To his friends he
never "eats," he "dines." He
abhors emaciation, and as an in
centive to an increase in avordu-
pois, he recounts the quantity of
delicacies masticated, digested and
absorbed at a single sitting. Four
plates Of consomme, three of ter
rapin, a half dozen entrees of fish,
innumerable solids, two pies, a
watermelon, with half peck of
macaroons and kickshaws thrown
in as sedative. It is not neces-
sary to state whether he left the
menu card, or.not, as in state of
self-imposed hypnosis, one can
digest anything. This plethoric
tale through reiteration or sugges-
ton becomes to him eventually,
realistic, gastronomic feat. Once
again, egoism has claimed it's vic
tim. The monomaniac with leer-
ing imbecilic confidence, sidles
through his daily walk, and glib
bers of PATE de t0ie gvas and caviar.
These hallucinations-for they
cannot be classed under any other
head-are largely due to that sub
tie, protean law Of psychology,
auto-suggestion. Used in the
right direction it bids fair to revo-
lutionize the moral and physical
status of humanity. But abused,
its revenge is terrible. Baron
Munchausen grew to believe the
preventative tales of his own. i'm
agination. Annanius suffered from
the frothy ebullitions due to a
diseased conception of the veri-
ties; and Judas Iscariot died a
monomaniac, from the self-im-
posed conviction that the "pieces
of silver were gold. Auto-sug-
gestion smiles benignly on all who
come to her in good faith, and
scatters her blessings with a lavish
hand; but she exacts the severest
penalty of those who would mer-
etriciously prostitute her best
gifts to the god Egoism. X. NJ.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-11-20

There are ten redwood trees in
Calaveras county, California,
which are thirty feet in diameter,
ranging in height from $50 to 237
feet and are from 1000 to $500
years of age.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-11-20

OCC upy PIoHlH0AI
part in the annals of posterity, can
be found the name of Mohammed.
He was born at Mecca in A. d.,
500, and belonged to one OF the
most illustrious families of Arabia.
AS lawgiver Mohammed was as
highly venerated by his subjects
as was Lycurgus by the Spartans
and Scion by the Athenians. AS
great monotheistic expounder
he had few equals, and he closely
followed in the footsteps of Jesus
the Christ; but here the parallel
ceases to be analogous. His teach
ings differ as widely from those Of
the Nazarene as do the excellent
doctrines promulgated by Confu-
cius differ from those of Brahma.
The career of Mohammed was a
picturesque and turbulent one.
AS factor in promoting civiliza-
ton from. the crude conditions in
which he found it and in which it
had existed for ages, the credit is
entirely due to the genius Of Mo-
manned. But the very beginning
of this wonderful mans career
was marred by the shedding Of such
an enormous amount of blood and
the commission of such atrocious
brutalities deeds which place
him on par with his predeces-
ssors, the Gauls, Vandals and Huns
who made the whole world shud-
der at their excessive cruelty. AS
statesman and warrior Moham-
med compares we'll with such
famous generals as Alexander,
Hannibal, Caesar and Napoleon.
As a teacher of monotheism he
holds an exalted position. as he
succeeded in a few years in unit
ing the scattering and warning
Arab tribes into one religious
faith and consolidated them into
one nation. AS an individual Mo-
manned was kind-hearted, affec-
7tionate and great humanitarian !;
but as soon as he accomplished
his chief aim and mad been dele
gated unlimited authority, he
ceased to practice the moral ethics
that have immortalized the name
of Jesus the Christ. He now
made converts at the swords point
where before he used moral sua-
ssion.
at tender age Mohammed was
left an orphan and was brought up
under the watchful care of Add al
Motalleb and Abu Taleb. AS q
hoy he tended sheep and goats on
the hills in the vicinity of Mecca.
AT this period he possessed such
an unblemished character that it
won for him the title of "The
Faithful" At the age Of twenty
i've he married a widow named
Khadijah, who was very wealthy.
When about forty years of age
Mohammed became very religious,
began to have visions and is sup
posed to have esta blished direct
communications with the Angel
Gabriel.
The first converts of the Apostle
were his wife and immediate
friends. During the first twelve
years Of his preaching in Mecca
few converts we're made, and these
continually suffered persecution
at the hands of the Koreish, who
we're the ruling tribe Of Mecca.
When Mohammed announced his
mission the following text was the
cardinal principal of his creed:
T"There is no god but Allah, and
Mohammed is His Apostle. This
egotistical catch phrase was con-
siderably reinforced by an over
flowing amount of visions and
divine revelations that were suit
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-11-20

cepts unequivocally as fact, any
suggestion offered it, mental OF
oral-the all=potent factor being
simple suggestions by second
party.
This brings up the subject of
self, or auto-suggestion. The
subtle role which the latter plays
in all psychological phenomena,
has been underestimated by all
savants until very recent period.
In hypnosis this entity reveals but
a single mode of reasoning that
Of deduction; from generals to
particulars. Given a stated fact
or premise, it will follow the Sc
quence to a logical result. The
reasoning is always perfect, but
the suggestion or premise may be
false. Paracelsus in the fourteenth
century noted this fact, and made
the following statement: 'It mat
ters not whether the object of
your faith be real or false, the eff
feet is the sarae." Recent inves-
tigation has shown this to be true.
and it also initiates somewhat
against the teachings of a certain
cult, that would have us believe
there is nothing substantial or
real in the cosmos, except mind.
Just the same the law of sugges-
ton is the fundamental that un-
derlies all their miraculous cures.
This depression from the subject
may be pardoned, as it shows the
utter falsity of conception. The
sine qua nom of the whole psyche
logical question lies in the sug-
gestion-foreign, auto, or tele-
pathic. It is to the second
qualification that attention is Sc
quested; and with it, its apparent
relationship to monomania.
| For convenience's sake the
proposition NAV be reduced to a
syllogistic formula. First: that
egoism (egotism) produces con-
centration of mind; superinduced
by the constant asseveration of one
idea-one suggestion. Second
that concentration of mind, in
duces self-imposed hypnosis
condition susceptible to auto-sug-
gestion. Conclusion: that the
constant iteration of one idea by
mutual or oral suggestion, pro-
duces monomania, and consequent
lunacy. In considering the above,
it may be we'll to restate previ-
Gus observation-"It matters not
whether the object of your faith
(suggestion) be real or false, the
effect is the same.''
| A monomaniac is one controlled
by dominant impression, which
subordinates all others. Long
and intense contraction Of mind
upon one subject, and inordinate
egotism, will be readily recognized
as striking illustrations of the
power of auto-suggestion as a
factor in monomania. A few ex-
amples might not prove inoppor-
tune at the present moment Let
us evolve few illustrations. For
instance, a person suggests to
himself: "My character is above
rep1oach-my reputation implies
an ascendency of being, unparal-
leled in the history of human kind
it shines on the sordid grovelling
Ignorant about me with the iri-
descent complacency of high Zeus. .
Now this person may be very COM
monplace, very mediocre: but this
statement through constant auto
suggestion, and its external i'm
plication, becomes fact to him.
It matters not how others see it.
Egoism-auto- suggestions have
accomplished their deadly work
| he is monomaniac.
TIT
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-11-20
"
THE CAREER -------.--.
~ VI MonAMMED.

ehOAS' AOA oAAJ 49, EOSO i"
During the first three years of
his mission Mohammed labored
with interchangeable zeal, but he
only succeeded in gaining fourteen
disciples. He now adopted new
line of procedure. He directed
Ali, one of his wealthy converts,
to prepare banquet to which he
invited forty guests and addressed
them in these words: Friends,
I this day offer you what no other
person in Arabia can offer-the
most valuable of all gifts, the
treasures of this world and of that
which is to come. God has COM
handed me to call you to this
service. Who among you will be
my Vizier, to share with me the
burden and the tolls of this i'm
portant mission, to become my
brother, my Vicar and my ambas-
sador?" The guests received the
Prophets eloquent words with
stoical contempt and assailed his
announcement with caustic ridi-
Guile.
Mohammed's indomitable persis-
tency, however, finally triumphed.
Converts focked to the Apostle in
great numbers, accepted his reli-
gion, asked no questions in regard
to the authenticity of his visions
and swore undying fealty to his
cause. This rapid increase had
an alarming effect upon the Kore-
ishers. and they began planning
to remove him by assassination.
Mohammed, hearing of their wick
ed design, warned the faithful and
fled to Yatreb. a city located to
the north of Mecca. This sudden
fight occurred in A. D., 622, and
from this period fortune ceased to
frown upon Mohammed. His
character also changed. Before
the hegira he was noted for his
sublime faith, his benevolence, and
his patience under trying circum-
stances, but now the demon within
the man broke loose and seized
the sword. He DO longer used the
arts of persuasion, but gave die
tatorial commands. He declared
that the period Of long suffering
and patience was past, and that
his mission and that of every
Moslem was to propagate the do
minion of Islam by the sword.
Said Mohammed: "The sword is
the key of heaven and hell. A
drop Of blood shed in the cause Of
Allah, night spent in arms, is of
more avail than two months Of
fasting and prayer. Whoever dies
in battle, his sins are forgiven"
What transformation of ideals!
How the mighty has degenerated!
From a great monotheistic teacher
he has declined into a common
plunderer of cities, who recognizes
no law but that which he himself
creates. From follower of Moses
and Christ he has become leader
of band of freebooters and MUIR
derers. In order to check the
plundering propensities of his
fanatical soldiers, he told them of
vision he recently had in which
he was told that the poor would
get to heaven seventy years before
the rich. Crafty Mohammed! His
visions were all made by special
artist on the spot, to suit any
emergency, however dificult-and
Mohammed was his sponsor.
Mohammedanism was founded
upon as pure principles as was
Christianity, but these principles
gave away to things earth, earthly.
The influence which he command
ed was misdirected. One of the
first raids in which he was en-
gagged was made on caravan that
was slowly vending its way to
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An Elephantine Fraud.

on one occasion / went out shooting
with the commissariat officer and we
took out an assortment OF elephants
FIVE. as matter OF fact--in order to
give them a change of food and the on.
portunity OF carrying some pf our kit One
OF the elephants was named Glendower,
and was reputed 10 be "staunoh" with
tiger--that is 10 say. he was supposed to
stand stll I'm the presence OF a tiger and
let you shoot on his back. But Glendow-
er was. I regret 90 say. an elephantins
fraud. and did his Dsst ~ pre,cnr my
ever letting OF n rifle again.
During one OF the beats my friend. the
commissariat officer. wounded a large
panther which bounded into n small patch
OF Jungle and became lost 20 view. We
promptly arranged TO follow him on
Clendower. who was duly brought up for
the occasion. NV friend and sat side by
side I'm the howdah. and shortly after we
had entered the patch OF Jungle out
'urrcd the panther on 10 Cicndower's
head. Now by all the rules Of the game.
Glendower ought % have stood stiIi and
Let one Of us put bullet into tho pan.
thers brain Put Instead OF that ne
shook the panther on. turned tail and
simply scuttled.
You have no notion how fast an cle-
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phant can run II he tries. and 70 us, who
expected every moment to be carried or
by a branch OF a tree and left to the ten
der mercies OF a panther. who was ca
vorting you In the rear, the pace seemed
equal to anything you ever see I'm the
straight for home" After splendid
sprint. however. Glendower stopped, and
the mahout, who behaved most pluckily
all through. got him to turn round and
face the panther once more. We both put
in shots this time, but again Glendower
bolted, and II was not until we had gone
through this remarkable performance
three times that by lucky shot deliver
ed over the faithless Glendower's stern. l
managed to give the panther seventh
and fatal bullet In the shoulder.-Captain
owen Wheeler in Navy and Army.
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HE SPURNS
WEALTH OF
HIS FATHER
Could Be Rich, but Believes
No Man Has Right TO More
Than He Needs.

George w. Ruddy. Jr.. n young man
with peculiar social ideas was twice shot
at Saturday night by Kulhpan Geitz. a
neighbor. in Woodbridge. ". j.
Although heir TO the largest fortune In
Woodbridge. young Ruddy has scorned
his fathers money. His father lives in a
handsome home on Main street, George is
the only son and was brought up In lux
ury. While still lad young Ruddy began
to develop eccentric traits. Instead OF
managing his fathers extensive clay
mines he accepted a job driving clay
wagon.
His peculiar notions caused break be-
tween father and son. Next young Ruddy
drove tho town sprinkling cart. The diff
Guilty between father and son has since
been patched up. and young Ruddy with
his wife and baby, now lives on one OF
his fathers farms, although he could
live In affluence II he chose. He works
on the little farm and sells its products
about the town. Ruddy's idea OF life is
extremely simple He holds that no man
has right to more than he actually
needs.
His social theories led TO a row with
Geitz who last night while Mr.. and Mrs
Ruddy were In their door-yard. crept near
and fired two shots at them. The shots
were badly aimed and passed between
husband and wife. over the carriage
where the baby lay asleep. Geitz was ar
rested and held 10 await the action OF the
grand jury
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