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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-16
FRIGHTENED HIS ILLS AWAY.
Suffered with an Addiction of SHINE
for Fifteen Years and Then Was
MiracuIOusIy Cured.

There are not few recorded cases
OF chronic diseases and physical de-
formities being cured by fright or
some violent emotion" said an old New
Orleans resident, recently, while Cos
siping with his friends at the st.
Charles, relates the Times Democrat.
but L have read or heard nothing
more extraordinary than a recent oc-
currence in north Louisiana. BY COM
parlson the most eXtravagant alleged
faith cures appear commonplace. A
Mr.. Hampton had been a cripple for
Is years. He had an affliction of the
spine and was unable to walk.
He was carried about from place to
place by large, powerful-limbed ne
gro, who carried him as he would a
sack of corn. Mr.. Hampton would put
his arms around the Negroes neck.
One night two laborers, who belonged
to gang which was repairing the rail-
road track in the vicinity, planned to
steal pig. They knew one of the
farmers had butchered three pigs. and
that the dressed animals were hanging
In barn. One of the men sneaked into
the building to get porker while the
other waited in the roadside to keen a
lookout.
SIT was an exceedingly dark night,
and, as it happened, Mr.. Hampton and
his negro were returning home. Sud
denly, out of the dark, doomed the
form of the black servant with his
charge on his back. The waiting ac-
complete to the pig thief thought it
was his partner returning with his
greasy booty, and cried out in smoth-
cred tones: SIS he fat?" The negro
was superstitious, as his race is won't
to be, and he thought it was a ghost.
He jumped about ten feet. and Mr..
Hampton was shaken off his back. The
negro was faithful fellow under or
binary circumstances, but in his fear
all ties were forgotten, and he ran
down the road Mr.. Hampton was
greatly frightened himself, and made
supreme effort to follow the de-
serter. Strange to say, succeeded in
using his limbs, and ran 200 yards be-
fore stopping. None of the country
doctors could explain the phenomenon,
but it is fact that he was completely
cured"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-16
BITS FROM EVERYWHERE.

Out of the SO cities and 800 towns of
Massachusetts, Is cities and 254 towns
are without saloons. So much for in
telligent voting.
In connection with the English Wes-
leyan Methodists there are 4,SO4 Bands
of Hope with 427, 16S members; 1865
temperance societies with 99,406 MEM
bers.
The Temperance Permanent Build
ing society has S,515 members and last
year loaned 931S,OOO-the largest sum
advanced by any building society in
England.
Twenty years ago 20 per cent. of the
employees of the New York Central
railroad were discharged yearly for
drinking. Now only about one per
cent. yearly are so dismissed.
The postal director at the city of
Doubs, France, has issued an order
forbidding all letter carriers accept
ing alcoholic drinks from their Gus
toners, while on and off duty. He
says the Importance of the service de-
mands total abstinence.
At the last legislature 81 bills were
presented by the liquor men, each one
aimed to break or weaken some one
or more of the restrictive features Of
the present local option law. But in
every instance the liquor men were
defeated. In no state are the friends
of temperance more watchful than in
Massachusetts, nor more united.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-16

open air, had been in use some
weeks. Flower seed furnished last
year had doomed in a large variety
of annusls. Rye, seeded the previous
fall at Rampant, had wintered per-
fectly ard was fully ripe in July.
Spring-seeded barley had ripened
about the middle of August. The
prospect for oats and wheat to ma
ture was most favorable. On the
lower YUKON extensive areas of ex-
cellent lard were found, where there
was an abundant and often luxuriant
growth Of grasses over six feet in
height. Abundant moisture and long
summer days account for the sur
prising vegetable growth in that sec
ton of the far north.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-16

7 mean the dime novels of years back,
which were within the reach of all the
boys. These noreis used to circulate
in a neighhGrMooG till they had been
read by every boz and had fallen to
pieces through hnrdling. They fired
the ambition of the youngsters, set
them to practicirsS shooting and rid
ing, and sent many of them to the
west in search of adventures. Some
soon returned to their homes, others
became bad men and were killed in
time, but the great mass of them, too
proud to return home, created the Wig
orous, wideawake population of our
western states.
81 have talked to hundreds of our
western pioneers about the causes
which brought them west, and ma
jority of them admit that dime novels
had more to do with it than anything
else"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-16
OLDEST DOLL IN AMERICA.
Georgia." Owned by Mrs. Lincoln, of
Chelsea, Massachusetts, HasEx-
listed in Three Centuries

The oldest doll, as far as known, in
any part of this country, is Georgia"
the property of Mrs. Alice L. Lincoln,
of Chelsea, Mass.
Georgia" being over a hundred
years old, can well boast of having
lived" in three centuries. Four gem
erations of children have petted and
beaten her by turns, and, although
her smiling countenance bears many
mark of ''the whips and scorns of
time" and her shapely brown head,
with an occasional ugly dent, would
seem to indicate that the skull might
easily stand little trepanuing, never
theless this children's idol of bygone
days is in a remarkable state of pres
ervation.
Georgia" was originally a south
ern lassie" and was raised in Mil
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-16
MEDICAL DECLARATION.
Physicians of sydney, n. s. W., Draw
Up Strong Resolutions Against
Use of Alcohol.
spring.

The physicians of Sydney, N. S. W..
have issued very important docu-
ment which will be welcomed by all
interested in the betterment of the
vace. The declaration is as follows:
"A Declaration.-We, recognizing
the widespread ignorance prevailing
with regard to the nature and effects
of alcoholic liquors, and believing
that much disease, insanity, pauper-
ism and crime in the community re-
suit from the indiscriminate con-
sumption of these beverages, feel
called upon to make known the fol-
lowing facts:
81. That perfect health is compat-
ible with total abstinence from all
alcoholic beverages.
SO. That alcoholic liquors, instead
of increasing, as is popularity as
sumed, rather decrease capacity for
work, and should be expressly alb
stained from when extremes of heat
and cold have to be borne.
$50. That the habitual use of alco-
/ holic liquors in quantities convention
ally deemed moderate is often pro-
ductive of serious disease.
81. That alcoholic drinks should
never be given to persons suffering
from ill-health or disease, except by
the advice of a medical man.
SIS. That no medical man should
prescribe alcohol without a grave
sense of responsibility, and that the
quantity and duration of time for
taking it should be definitely fixed"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-16
up and smashed the glass out of tn.

up and smashed the glass out of the
lventilator.
Il told him just what was goin' to
do, and what he was to do and
he understood me. Some kids would
have been so ratified they couldn't
have understood; but we did it
just as I'd figured it out. The hook
and ladder company got there just as
we slid down the plank, and just then
the ventilator burst out in flames. The
hook and ladder fellows wouldn't have
been able to save him.
That's all there was to it except that
the crowd cheered when we came
down, and father danced round me as
if he was half out of his wits. All this
fuss makes me tired!"
Robert made no comment He was
lying upon his stomach, m.Sitatively
chewing a blade of grass.
''Do you know where Tommy is?" he
asked.
"Tommy's father happened to come
after him the next day." said Benjamin,
'and they went away together; don't
know where"
81 know" said Robert. 'Mr. Tirrel's
been Twin in the town where I've been
visitin'. I heard him tell the story
you've been tellin' me, and he cried
when he told it, too"
How did you happen to hear him? ?"
Benjamin was greatly interested.
Twas at a temperance meetin',"
a. Dph - I. !
father and grandmother, and he went
up the middle aisle with Tommy hang
in to his hand. He climbed to the
platform. I've touched my last drop
he said, and his voice was pretty trem-
bly,. I've touched my last drop. I
want this meetin' to witness what I
say. l went away one day last week
to see my boy; l had to walk for I
didn't have any money. 1t was night
when [ got to the town where he was
stayin'. There was a buildin' burnin',
and l hung round the outskirts of the
crowd, watchin'.
Then of a sudden I saw his face
my boys face-appear at little win
dow near the roof of the buildin'. The
flames were lickin' the very edge of it.
l thought he was doomed, and prayed
prayed for the first time in many
years-that he might be saved. I
promised the Lord that Id do my duty
to the boy if He'd only save him; and
then, as by a miracle, my boy was
saved. Another boy crawled up the
side of the buildin' like a fly, and
brought him down. l don't know how
he did it. 1t was the most wonderful
thing l ever saw. The sight made an
other man of me- He broke down then,
and the folks crowded forward and
shook his hand"
Benjamin was silent for a time. He
was looking at the sky very thought
fully. Presently he looked down again
at his chum lying in the grass.
Its pretty good, amt it, Bob?" he
said.
"You bet!" said Robert. "Let's go
fshin'."-David Talmadge, in Well
spring.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-16
Great Britain,s wonderfu, Iuck

Consider Britain's wonderful luck
in the past, says a Sydney newspa-
per. 1t was stroke of luck that
made France and Spain, instead of
joining to drive the English out of
Canada and the West Indies, waste
their strength on the siege of Glib
.raltar, defended by an English cav
airy general, Elliott, who, by an
other queer chance, was also the best
defensive engineer in Europe. 1t was
another stroke of luck that ended the
CFimean war before the Indian mu-
tiny broke out, and another that pre-
vented the late Chinese shindy breed
ing a European war while South At
RIGA was ablaze.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-16
GARDENING ON THE YUKON.
Report by Prof. GeOrgesOn to the
Agricultural Department Is De-
cidedly Encouraging.

A report has been received at the
department of agriculture from Prof
c. c. Georgeson, officer in charge of
the Alaska experimenting stations,
on the outlook for gardening and
agriculture. in the cold interior re-
gion of Alaska along the Yukon. It's
general tone is decidedly encourage
ing. Prof. Georgeson spent the sum-
mer in the interior and visited the
experiment station established a year
ago at Rampant, which is just out
side the arctic circle. and such other
places as were selected for depart
ment experiments. In spite of an
unusually late season there were
ready by the middle of August new
potatoes, cabbage, cauliflower, beets
and other vegetables, while lettuce,
radishes and turnips, grown in the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-16

ledgeville, Ga, "befo' de wah." She
was given to Mrs. Lincoln's mother,
in exchange for ring, by Miss
Weekes. an old schoolmate.
The latter's mother had previously
paraded the doll in the doll carriage of
her times, and perhaps if Georgia could
which she is provided her previous
family history might prove her right
full eligibility to the Society of Coloni-
al Danes.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-16
The Right Method.

A man cannot make a woman love
him by giving her chocolates and flow
ers and ice cream half so quickly as he
can by closing the window behind her,
without saying word when he sees
that she is sitting in a draught.
P. S.-This should not lead men to be
stingy with chocolates and flowers and
ice cream.-Somerville Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-16
INFLUENCE OF DIME NOVELS.
They Have Been an Important Fac
tor in the Building Up of the
Great West

1.-THE old-fashioned Indian stories
produced the settlement of our great
west" said a man wearing a broad
brimmed hat and big diamond, as he
sat talking to a group of friends in a
Kansas City hotel.
II don't mean Cooper's Stories" he
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-16
WOman-Like,

Tess-When the first fireman came
up the ladder to carry her down to
safety she wouldn't go.
Jess-Panic-stricke Ell?
'Not at all. She waited for the Sec
ond one, who was coming up another
ladder, because he was handsoner
than the first. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-16

Cecil Rhodes is figuring in the
courts at Cape Town just now, pro-
testing against a valuation of his
Grange estate there. The assessors
put the value at $4,000 and Mr..
Rhodes thinks this il far too high.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-01-16
NOISY SUNBEAMS.
They May Be Heard by Anyone by n
Very Simple Home Ex-
pertinent.

Fill glass vessel with lamp black,
colorcd silk CT worsted. Focus the
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deathh stenty
followed her into home after home that
dred should nave econn dence
had four o fly usbands
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-14

~ y oNTGoMERY, December b
E@Eh Especial lit has been suggest
EVR ed that the people of Birming-
ham, given to utilizing the forces of ma
ture, might be interested In some more
particular account of the water power at
Tallahassee, which Is now supplying
Montgomery with an electric current Of
five thousand horse power. The picture
sent herewith represents the great dam
when more than half completed, showing
on one side the beautiful finish and con-
tour of the structure as its stands now,
and on the other the solid character of
the masonry of great granite blocks. The
power house is shown on the far side of
the river. Nor must the beauty of the
natural scenery be forgotten heightened.
as it is, by the intrusion of this great
work of art.
The dam is built In a curve with a
radius of $500 feet. the convex side of
the bottom is 80 feet and at the top
feet, with a height of AZ feet. The spill
way over which the water flows Is $40
feet long and the bulkhead wall 21O feet,
making a total length of $50 feet. The top
of the bulkhead wall Is carried up II
feet above the crest of the dam proper
as a protect on to the power house from
any possible floods. At the power house
there are three openings closed with cast
iron sluice gates. The plant is built for
four units, each unit composed of two
AZ inch Mccormick turbines, on a hori-
zontal shaft.
The material of the dam is granite
taken from the bed of the river and some
of the blocks used weighed as much as
ten tons. The up and down faces were
laid with cement mortar and the central
portion filled in with rough stones, the
spaces between these being filled with
small stones and then packed with spalls.
after which liquid cement was poured in.
making the masonry absolutely solid.
The down stream surface over which the
river runs is made perfectly smooth with
a layer of Portland cement concrete 2
feet thick
The electrical generators have a veloc-
ity of 200 revolutions per minute and a.
normal potential of 1000 volts. The trans
formers are made to raise this voltage to
10000 and at this high voltage 1t is
brought to Montgomery over six hard
drawn No. 8 copper wires.
So much for the plant itself. The
whole scheme originated with Henry c.
Jones' a young electrical engineer here,
who became interested in the subject
about seven years ago and concluded
that the waste water powers around
Montgomery might as well be utilized
He found the Coosa wouldn't do, so he
went to the smaller Talapoosa, where
construction is cheaper and reservoirs
can supply any deficiency during the dry
months of summer He found the place
few miles above the Tallassee cotton
factory's power and quietly bought 1t up,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-14
Delegates to Live Stock Association

Montgomery, December 13.-(Special.)-
The governor today appointed the fol-
lowing delegates to the National Live
Stock association which meets in Kansas
City on January 49, 1903: DR., C. A. Cary,
Auburn; F. II. Bates, Hamburg; NJ. B.
Houghton, Montgomery; L L. McCurdy
Lowndesboro; ]. Craig Smith, Selma; D..
H. Marbury, Bozeman; c. e. Thomas,
Frattville; Dr. John McHeiItzer Madison
station; William Mumford, Uniontown;
w. F. Garth, Huntsville.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-14
CADSDEN.
Young Men Quarrel and One Is Shot.
The Other Escapes.

Gadsden, December 13.-(Special)-Joh
Richards shot and seriously wounded a
young man named Monroe Lonegan by
firing a musket loaded with squirrel shot
at Sims landing, near Ball Play, We'd
nesday afternoon. The facts in the case
are hard to ascertain, but as near as
can be learned were as follows: Lonegan
stated that he and Richards were getting
out some timber on the river and were
living by themselves in small cabin. On
Tuesday, Richards sent him to the COM
missary twice, and on Wednesday wanted
him to go again after some SNUFF. Lone
gan refused to go and a fuss started.
Richards drew dirk and Lonegan picked
up a stick, and after passing several
ticks Richards seized a musket and Lon
egan a shotgun. Richards fired first and
Lonegan fell to the ground. Richards left
Immediately afterwards, and up to this
time has not been captured. Lonegan
was seriously wounded and may die. His
body was sprinkled with shot. one eye
was shot out and thirteen pierced his
right ear. Richards is widower 35 years
old, and Lonegan is % and single.
The Louisville and Nashville road have
completed a temporary track to the fur
mace and mill site Of the Alabama Steel
and Wire company, and several cars Of
building material were at once placed.
The track was temporarily laid on ac-
count Of the immediate need of the ma
terial for the steel plant. Later the track
will be completed. A large force is work.
ing both day and night on the grading
of the site, and is making rapid progress.
Charles s. DAILY of New York, presi-
dent of the Mecklaw Wagon company,
and several of the directors, are in the
city, making arrangements to put the
factory in full operation by January l.
They will manufacture two wagons, the
Meclslaw and the Alabama.
Amor, the 1s-months-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Griffin, died at their home
Wednesday night after an illness of
several weeks with whooping cough. The
remains were taken to Hokes Bluff for
interment.
A young man named Malone was killed
at the mines of the Consolidated company
near Alfalfa recently. He Iell between the
tram cars and the whec>> passed over his
body, crushing him to deatn.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-14
Simply state which book is want
ed and address DR.. Shoop. Box
$50. Racine, Wis.

chronic by two bottles
Shops Restorative druggists
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-14
Anderson Goes Free.

Montgomery, December 13.-(Special.)-
Anderson Shackelford killed a man here
twenty-three years ago, went to Pen
sacola and lived under an assumed name
for twenty years. A year ago he was
identified and brought back to answer
an indictment for murder In August his
case was continued In order to get wit
ness from Birmingham. Today his case
was mol pressed and Anderson goes free.
He is q negro
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-14
COMMITTEES AND
BOARDS NAMED
Fourth Days Session Of Con-
ference a Busy One
SEVERAL DEACONS ELECTED
The Rev. George Fountain Is Presented
With Purse In Recognition of His
Services as secretary-His
Reports Are Models.
SEVERAL OEACONS ELECTED

Montgomery, December iS.-(Special.)-
At the fourth days session. of the Ala
bama conference Edward C. Moore, J..
Thomas Mangum, Ernest C. Maye, Wal
ton w. Crimes, James e. Bird and Henry
w. Chambers were elected to deacon's
orders.
DR.. J. D. Winter of the Nashville Advo-
cate, and Presiding Elder j. D. Simpson
of the Birmingham district were intro
duced to the conference.
sundry committees made reports, none
of them containing matter that brought
out any special discussion.
At II o'clock the report of the COM
mittee on education was read by the
chairman. c. A. Rush as the special or
der. 1t was a long document and en-
bodied a strong plea for the education of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-14
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS weak !?
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and
Never Suspect it.
To Prove What the Great Kidney Remedy Swamp
Root, Will Do for YOU, Every Reader of The
Age-Fierald May Have Sample Bot
tie Sent Absolutely Free by Mall

It used to be considered that only url-
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traced TO the kidneys but now modern
science proves that nearly all diseases
have their beginning in the disorder OF
these most important organs.
The Kidneys alter and purify the blood
that is their work
Therefore, when your kidneys are weak
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how every organ seems to fail to do MS
duty.
II you are sick or feel badly" begin
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mer's Swamp Root. because as soon as
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Weak and unhealthy kidneys are re.
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if permitted to continue much suffering
with fatal results are sure to follow.
Kidney trouble irritates the nerves
makes you dizzy, restless, sleepless and
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-14
Alarming exodus Of Nearoes.

Montgomery. December 1S.-(special>-
The exodus of negroes to Louisiana and
Mississippi is said to have assumed alarm
ing proportions from Montgomery,
Lowndes and Bullock counties. This is q
much more serious matter to the planter
than the usual winter trip which the
farm hands take to the mineral district,
as most of them return in the later win
ter and early spring.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-12-14
Manqum MAY Succeed Donahoo.

Montgomery, December 13.-(Specal.)-
1t Is understood here that Robert H.
Mangum of Selma is a candidate to sue
coed the lamented j. H. Donahoo as
grand secretary to the knights of Py-
thias Mangum is now the private secre-
tary to Acting Grand Chancellor Ellis.