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The log cabin Democrat., 1907-05-09
DAMASCUS.


 Weather still cool and raining and ii is prophecied that 1t will remain cool until after the 24th of this month. Rev. Vest says that 1t will frost or be so cold that you will think that it is going to frost on the same day of the month in May for every time it thunders in Feb ruary and he says that if he is not bad 1y mistaken that it thundered February 24.
 Carroll Hodge, Sr., who had been in bad health for some time, departed this life yesterday at I:3o D. Ill. and his re- mains will be inferred at the Spire- grave yard today. MT. Hodge was about So years old and his home is in Kens tucky.
 U. s. Marshal Burrows came in one day last week and arrested Joe Davis of six miles northeast of here for moon- shining whiskey and carried him to Little Rock. George Hartwick, Will liam Lee and some others were carried along as witnesses for the government.
 On Saturday evening George Hart wick's team ran away with him, throw ing him out of the wagon, kicking him and running over him. He was mashed and bruised up very badly, though noth- ing fatal is feared.
 Mrs. Peyton Hodge is reported very i'll at this writing.
 E. l.. Smith of three miles southwest of town has a right sick boy at this writing.
 Aunt Mary Linn visited at s. A. Loyd's last week and was right sick for two or three days, but was able to be brought home Sunday.
 Prof. J. M. C. Vaughter visited home Friday evening and returned Sunday morning.
 Rev. Vest of the Baptist denomination preached on the name of the church and Baptism last Sunday. Rev. Binson of the Methodist is to prove that John the Baptist and Jesus Christ received bap- tism by sprinkling on the fourth Sun day in this month.
 w. P. Nicholson, one of our town merchants who has been unable to be at his place of business for several months, is again able to be at his post.
 w. P. Nicholson's team ran away with the wagon last Saturday, though no one was hurt. One of the horses was very badly injured and will probably not be able to work any more in this crop.
 The infant child of Charley Yancey is reported on the sick list at this writ jug.
 May 6.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-05-09
MT. NEBO SCHOOL HOUSE.

The farmers are ready to plant cotton.
 Mrs. Ora Flowers and little Earl Flowers are i'll with pneumonia.
 Aunt Mollie Davidson was called to the death bed of her son, who died Fri day near the Arkansas river, ten miles below Conway.
 Tom and Miss Pearl Adkisson were the guests of Tom Bell Saturday night. l. NJ. Henderson and family of Pleas ant Valley visited relatives at this place since our last writing.
 We had a nice singing Sunday. Prof. Ed Williams is our leader.
 May E.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-05-09
SPRINGFIELD.

George Stobaugh passed through here Sunday enroute home from Morrilton where he had been to play in ball game Saturday.
 Bud Martin visited Morrilton Satur- day.
 Louis Armor visited his parents at Hattieville Sunday.
 T.B. Hairston visited Morrilton the past week.
 w. A. Brown and wife attended the bedside of Mrs Browns sister, Mrs. ]. w. Johnston, in Morrilton the past week. They report Mrs. Johnston some
 Uncle Pink Hutto is again able to be out, and has accepted a position at Cureton's grocery store.
 There is an effort being made here to organize company to put in an up-to- date cotton gin and oil mill.
 John $. Camp is. having his store building, occupied by w. A. Camp, re- painted.
 Several from here attended the un- yelling exercise near Plumerville Sun day.
 Charley Cook of Solgohachia visited his daughter, Mrs. Greene, here Sun day.
 Hugh Bell and Elmer Schoggin and Misses Birdie Stell and Vida Moses at tended the closing exercise of the Gen. ter Ridge academy Friday evening.
 John Gray brought his mother, who was bitten by mad-dog a few days ago, out from Old Lewisburg the past week to the mad stone. The stone stuck for AS hours.
 Mrs. R. M. Morgan and daughter, Miss Mayme, are visiting is Morrilton and Atkins this week.
 Dr. J. H. Jackson of Center Ridge made professional visit in our city Friday.
 Miss Ida Camp has returned from her school work at Center Ridge.
 One more week until the annual school meeting. Elect none but true school men for directors. The board IS the controlling power in your school work.
 May G.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-05-09
CATO.

Much corn and cotton must be re- planted and in some cases the cotton ground will be -bedded
 The cool weather has fostered the cut worms so theyl have greatly damaged gardens, and the injury by the worms added to the effects of the cold weather has been ruinous indeed.
 Mrs. Melissa Skinner of Argenta has been spending few days with her son, Ed, and her daughter, Mrs. Fulton Far is. She returned to her home at Ar genta this morning.
 Little Johnnie Dukes Brown, foster sor of MT. and Mrs. Jim Brown, made triI to Little Rock the past week to visit his foster sister, Mrs. B. H. Merchant.
 Ask MT. Hogan what he is going to
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-05-09
GREENBRIER.
May 6.

We had some more rain Sunday night and Monday evening.
 Frank Glover and wife of Enola wis ited relatives and friends here Sunday.
 I. s. Landers and Mrs. Wanna Jones of Ouitman visited relatives here Sunday and Monday.
 Dr. G. $. Brown of Conway was here Monday on professional call to see E. l. Fielder near Guy.
 Dr. E. T. Williams and Guthrie Clay ton went to Conway Monday.
 w. c. Sims, road overseer of this dis trict, was here Tuesday looking after the roads since the heavy rains.
 Dr. G. L. Henderson, who has been attending a medical college at Little Rock, returned home last Tuesday. He graduated this session and is now ready to practice his profession.
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The log cabin Democrat., 1907-05-09
BARNEY.

The storm Monday did much damage to fencing, also blowing down fruit trees.
 Rev. H. P. Glover filled his regular appointment at Barney Saturday and Sunday.
 The singing society met Saturday night and will meet again next Satur- day night and have a spelling match.
 There was a nice singing at the Bap- tist church Sunday evening.
 MT. Matthews and wife of Marcus Hill visited his son, Madison, and family Sunday.
 Mrs. M E. Powell has put up her phone box.
 Bro. Glover spent Sunday night with I. M. Polk.
 May 6.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-05-09
ROCKY GAP.

Winter still continues and crops still refuse to grow and the farmers are dis couraged.
 Earl Atwater of Saltillo is visiting home folks tLis week.
 G. c. New has returned from the Ter ritory, but comtemplates going back again in the near future.
 w. F. Colay and l.. D. Henry were in Conway last Monday.
 Messrs. Yam and Jenkins of Little Rock are here buying cattle.
 l. w. Adams is at work for MT. Bryant on Tupelo lake.
 Willie Wilson made a flying trip to Little Rock last week and while there purchased fine organ.
 Rev. Sloan of Mayfower will preach at Providence next Sunday.
 May '
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-05-09
MOORE.
May A..

Crops are damaged considerably from the heavy rains.
 Charlie Tucker of Perry county visit ed home folks Sunday.
 Miss Arrie Tucker visited her sister, Mrs. Loveless, at Linder Monday night. Edward Blair and wife visited J. A. Tucker and family Sunday.
 w. Y. Blair is very poorly at this writing.
 Austin Johnson killed mad-dog one day last week.
 Misses Amanda and Ola Wray are visiting relatives in Tennessee.
 I. A. Tucker and wife went to Green brier Saturday.
 May 6
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-05-09
PLEASANT VALLEY.

Stonewall Roberts and little son of Tennessee are visiting relatives here. He will make this his home.
 G. A. Brown and Dr. Reynolds return ed home from Little Rock Thursday.
 MT. and Mrs. Mum spent last Sunday with Mir. Grafton and family.
 The school closed here Friday even ing, May 3, with nice exercise and a large attendance.
 Johnny Stivers, Miss Eunice John son, Charlie Lane and Miss Lizzie Bur ton attended Sunday school at Old Sharon last Sunday evening.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-05-09
FULMER GAP.

The prospects the crops are look ing slim, and some of the people that have planted all their cotton seed are looking slim also.
 w. H. Robertson of Conway was here Sunday.
 D. D. Johnston went to town Satur- day.
 Mrs. C. H. Carter was on the sick list last week, but is able to be up again.
 MT. and Mrs. Robertron of Conway visited s. H. Carter and family Wednes- day and Thursday.
 May E.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-05-09
FAULKNER.

Several from this place attended the children's day at Antioch Sunday.
 Henry Rifle and wife of Saltillo spent Sunday night at Spencer Harrell's.
 The auxiliary that was to have been at Cross Roads the second Saturday and Sunday in May has been called off on account of the measles.
 Cecil Hinkson purchased a buggy last week.
 Will Pierce, who has been very sick for the last two weeks, is slowly improv- ing.
 Charlie Clements is reported quite sick.
 May G.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-05-09
MOZLEY'S LEMON ELIXIR.
Regulates the Liver Stomach, Bowels and

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 For fever, chills, debility and kidney diseases, take Lemon Elixir.
 soc. and sl bottle at druggists.
 Prepared only by Dr. H. Mozley, Atlanta. Ga. All druggists sell pr, Mozley's Lemon Elixir. No. l.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-05-09

Ask your doctor to name some of the results of constipation. His long list will begin with sick-headache, biliousness, dyspepsia, thin blood, bad skin. Then ask him if he would recommend your using Ayers Pills.
 Made by the J. c. Aver Co.,, Lowell. Mam.-
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-05-09

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The Washington times., 1907-01-06
Highly Attuned Minds.

in fact, two minds a reach a
point where they cannot keep from
hearing each others thoughts at a dis
lance. Through the table experiments
I have developed a conscious commun-
ication that has lasted a year. and Is
absolute proof that I have discovered
the next highest form OF communica-
ton 10 the wireless telegraph"
In his article. Mr.. Mcconnell then
goes on TO tell how he experimental
with a young woman, whose name he
withholds. until at last they were able
to communicate with each other at a
distances Of 100 miles.
Mr.. Stead. In the Review OF Reviews,
describes at length certain experiments
which he observed mad by the IAN
Gigs. Mr.. Stead says:
Il have always believed hat it
would be possible TO make the physi-
cal consciousness as receptive and as
communicative as the s-ubconscious.
Hence. when the manager Of h Al
hambra invited me TO witness the per
Torrance OF Nine. and NJ. Zancig. who
claimed TO have two minds and N a
single thought. l gladly responded TO
the invitation and was abundantly re-
warded by what I saw.
The Washington times., 1907-01-06
Table as a Factor.

Tbs practice OF sitting al table-as
in the s-pirltualistic seance-in order
10 establish ~telepathic intercourse Is
beneficial in two ways-it unihes The
minds Of the sitters n creates com
bined currents OF mental electricity,
which facilitates q conscious talking
with our friends at q distance. We
have abundantly proved that tele-
PATTY exists subconsciOusly among all
people. and 20 make It q conscious
natural talking OF mind with mind at
a distance, simply requires two minds
very ~congenial thinking the same
thought at the same meter-that is,
whose electrical vibrations are the
same as in the Marconi Instruments
and then 10 generate q sufficient cur
rent 10 produce a conscious communi-
cation. Where two minds are thor
oughly tuned to the same thought vi
bration, they would be In communiea-
ton without n thought added. as
Two Ike minds attract each others
thoughts sufficiently 10 keep a COM
municsuon between them. The less
congenielity. the stronger the current
conscious. So two highly receptive
minds. keyed 10 the same thought
vibration, Will be IN conscious vibra-
ton all the time.
The fact that we have not had
such conscious telepathy is proof that
Two highly receptive minds in history
have beer in the same thought vibra-
rfou.
The Washington times., 1907-01-06

with Mr.. Stead. he says, the com
pany present Included Harold Begbis,
8. Trier. Of Copenhagen, my wife and
myself. and. OF course. 8fr. and Mrs.
Zancig. After luncheon We went into
the drawing room. This is divided b.
a heavy curtain-Which shuts Of the
nalf OF the room looking westward
from the rest Of the room looking
eastward. Mrs. ZanciE went alone
with her slate into the east n OF
the room; the curtain was drawn. Ar.
Begbie. Mr.. Trier. my wife and ] each
hose objects. names. or numbers.
which were no sooner shown 10 the
husband than The wife announced
them quite accurately from the other
side OF the curtain. Mr.. Begbie wrote
three names one above another. Mrs.
Zancig wrote them down.
He then gave Mr.. Z4ncig a watch
kay on which the makers pane. Hunt.
was distinguIshabls with difficulty.
'It's a key said Mrs. Zsncig from
the other room the name is Hunt
A series OF eight figures was correct
" written out. Then. remembering
Nj. Lsbouchere's familiar challenge
70 thought readers 10 tell him the
number OF a bank note Ia his posses
sion. 1 took out OF my purse an old
discolorsd banknote and handed IL 10
Mr.. Zancig. What is this?' he asked.
His wife replied from behind the cur
tain at the other end OF the room,
II is a note The date2' he asked.
July 8. 1855 she answered And the
NUMBER There Is a s.. she said. and
a 8 and an s. and a 4 and a T. She
then drew back the curtain and
showed Us written o il 1855 which
was the number Of my bInkn0te. After
this. It IS hardly necessary 10 describe
further experiments.
what has been demonstrated times
without number. continued Mr.. Stead,
'is that friends at a distance OF hun
dreds OF miles can n do transmit TO
me, by agency Of automatic hand
writing. the most secret thoughts and
condolences Of their hearts. They are
not conscious or the use which their
subconscious self is making Of ny
ham But they ann deny the eX-
traOrdinary accuracy with which time
and again che contents OF their in
most minds have been communicated
10 me
My experience has suficed 70 prove
10 me that. providing two minds are
in tune, mind can transmit thought 10
mind simultaneously over distances Of
hundreds and thousands or miles.
There are plenty OF errors IN trans
mission. flaws and imperfections in the
teiepathic process. BUT the fact that
mind can and does transmit thought
10 mind across vast spaces, without
the agency OF wire or any electrical
instrument whatever. is almost as well
established as p fact that there is a
postal system, and that a letter drop
ped into a piliar-boX IN the street, with
a penny stamp upon Il. will be de-
livered IN the cours OF the next day
10 any address within a radius OF
three hundred miles"
The Washington times., 1907-01-06
Convinced by Zancigs.

After seeing the Zancigs at the
AIhambra. l called upon them by in
vitation at their own rooms and sub
s~eauently invited them TO lunch at
my house. 5 Smith square. On each
OF the two occasions on which / ex-
perimented with them in private, the
results were the same IS those 10 be
witnessed by anybody al the Aiham-
bra. The only difference was hat at
the experiments in private I had ample
opportunity TO impose conditions
which rendered fraud or trickery i'm
possible"
When the Zancigs took luncheon
The Washington times., 1907-01-06
Roughing 1t At Kineo

The city man soJourEing in Kineo,
grown tired OF the ridiculous fashion
OF DOMINIC evening clothes for dinner
in a backwoods hotel. ancies he
would like to strike into the woods
and rough Il for a while.
T~hereupon he hires q guide, with
whom all the arrangements are
naturally left-the buying Of provis-
ions n supplies, the selection OF
the route. etc. and paddles away In
a canoe TO camp out.
BY a happy chance they reach h
comfortable farmhouse on Chesun-
cook Lake the first afternoon, where.
since there viii be no mosquitoes 20
bother. and every comfort Of home
TO be had. the guide suggests they put
up for the night.
The next morning il is a little rough
on the lake. perhaps; so they walk
until after DINNER for the water 20
become smooth enough 10 paddle
across Dinner at the farmhouse. In
the afternoon they proceed ~ieisurely
and. by another happy coincidence,
reach the comfortable cabin at MUD
Pond AT about shutdown. where they
put up for tie night.
After a week of this sort OF camp
ing out. the sportsman having been
guided from one comfortable camp 70
another. returns 10 Kineo. n presents
his unused supplies n SO or $50
worth of fishing tackle 10 the guide.
Then he goes home, and tells wonder
ful stories OF his adventures in the
Maine woods-Outing.
The Washington times., 1907-01-06

same principle and with the rapidly
or light. Il has been abundantly
proved that the brain cells are storage
batteries 70 store the electricity gen
Grated by the life processes, Prof.
Thomasiha, a material scientist.
stated that the human brain is based
upon the same principle as the coherer
and decoherer OF the Marconi instru-
ment for receiving and transmitting
message. Mr.. Collins. the inventor OF
the wireless telephone. that has not
been made practical, confirms this
statement. saying the human body has
every essential for communication at
a distance without the aid Of any me-
chanical Instruments.
so the only difficulty continues
Mr.. Mcconnell. "in making telepathy
scientific and practicable is to find q
The Washington times., 1907-01-06

an essential OF life. produces chemical
electricity. So al the processes essen-
tia "a maintaining life IN our bodies
produce electricity. So We have con-
elusive proof that vitality. the organic
life-principle. is simply -self-generated
electricity. on the same principle as
the electricity OF the inorganic king
dom, and that the energy in h liv-
ing organism is the same as an inor-
ganlc battery: except the living has
the m~ind-pOwer 10 keep W its normal
currents by the chemical processes Of
life.
In our commercial electricity We
have the storage battery. and ~electTi-
cal current. which can be turned 10
move a mill or run a car. and turned
on TO stop. A small current a be
used. or a strong one. at the Will OF
the conductor.
The Washington times., 1907-01-06
AFTERMATH.

I got q pair of lever gloves
From Mrs. BrOwuley-Gates:
I'd very gladly yes them. but
You see my hands are Fights"
A pair of shoes from out OF town
I'm sure I'd highly prize
II 'tWasnt for the fact that they
Are half again my size.
A necktie from a friend abroad
II must have brought a price;
But for a necktie / don't think
Bright yelEOws very nice.
1 got a pipe too frail To smoke
A book Of Russian plays;
But stiil I think that Christmas Is
The best of holidays,
The Washington times., 1907-01-06
Remarkable Case Of Andrew Nc
CoRneII, Of Atlanta, Ca, Cited,
ShOwn8H How a Man Man Hold
d Mental Conversation With
His Affinity Over a Distance
Of l,2oo Miles.

;" HE telegraph. the telepho--,
and all other modern mean
OF communication seem
doomed 20 be relegatsd TO
a by-gone age. The day
may come when a telegraph
instrument n a telephone ~mouthpiece
viii be as interesting curioslties as the
Egyptian mummies and the Queer-shap-
ed old instruments. which attract so
much attention in the museums today
Convenient as men LaV found the tele-
graph and the telephone 20 make
known their absent desires 10 one an
other. they viii be obliged finally 10
substitute a cheaper and d quicker way
or communicating these thoughts to
each other. No one has yet predicted
just whsn the day OF sweeping des-
truction VIII arrive; but it is CON
hdently believed by many that al some
future day. intercourse between mind
and mind, when the bodies which those
minds inhabit are separated by thous-
ands or miles. viii be carried on by
telepathy.
This prediction has just been made
by the noted English writer and critic,
". T. Stead, In the current English
edition OF the Reviews OF Reviews.
MI. Stead says that he. himself. has
for years employed the power OF tslep-
athy from the subconsciouz mind for
the reception OF news without the In
tervention OF the ordinary channels OF
sense, The difficulty OF using the sub
conscious mind. he adds, Is that .its
conscience Is rarely conterminous with
that or the physical consciousness. Il
ignores much that 70 US appears inn
portant, and In chronicIing facts. it is
most s-mbarrassingly Indifferent 10 con-
ditiona OF TINA"
The Washington times., 1907-01-06
Thought Is Cell Connection.

Since 1855. the generally accepted and
chemically proved theory OF the brain
Is that Of DIT. Gail. the Spanish ply
siologist. lie o up Golgi's expert
ments. which proved the brain To con-
sist OF small separate cells. and from
each p%rotruds two or more minute
hbers. Normally the dbers OF one cell
The Washington times., 1907-01-06

way 10 generate a sufficiently strong
mind-electric current 20 send a mes
sage 20 any distance and mad q mind
sufficiently sensitive 70 recsive It and
sufficiently unified IN thought 70 have
b same electric vibration that would
produce a magnetic polarity OF attrac-
ton. There Is far nor depending upon
h two minds being IN the same cleo
uie vibration han IN the power Of the
current.
1t is difficult 70 discover two minds
sufficiently unified 10 act as the trans
mitteF and the recipient. But Il Is
possible 20 overcome THIS difficulty BY
sitting in a circle round a table.
Hitherto the practice Of sitting at
table has been used exclusively for
spiritual purposes. What I have dis
covered is that they can be used with
equally satisfactory results OF rele-
pathic communications from the uv-
ing.
The Washington times., 1907-01-06
Communicate Ice Miles Away.

In making his remarkable statement
concerning the power and the coming
use o. telepathy. which ne lays will
be universal In time. Mr.. Stead calls
parttcula- attention 70 the case OF
Andrew Mcconnell. a resident OF
Atlanta, Ca. who declares that he
has been able 70 converse telepathic-
ally vita a young woman who was
100 miles away. Mcconnell says that
his mind and that OF the young wom-
an had become SO seusitiveIy receptive
that they could communicate their
thoughts 70 each other a. easily when
a thousand miles away as II they
were within three feet or each other
IA tho same room.
Concerning Mr.. Mcconnell. Mr..
Stead y II he Is capable OF con-
Quoting q conversation with a lady at
a distance OF 100 miles. il VIII be
easy for him 10 demonstrate il before
4 picked committee OF scientists. He
only needs TO be asked 10 transmit
from HE end a statement Of fact %
The Washington times., 1907-01-06

do not connect with those of the adj
Joining cells. but in a thought they
connect. And thu the process OF
thought is an electrical connection be
tween the cells that have TO do with
certain lines of action and thoughts.
If we wish TO move the right foot,
the cells in the cerebellum connected
The Washington times., 1907-01-06

and muscles as is produced BY con-
scious thought.
BY the Marconi wireless telegra-
ply We have reached the highest com
munication possible through the cleo
triciry OF the inorganic kingdom. Now
We will apply the same laws 10 dis
tant communication through the cleo
tricity OF the organic kingdom. The
finest. subtlest form OF electricity. and
the most powerful, is electricity OF the
human mind through which thoughts
are conveyed on ether waves on the
The Washington times., 1907-01-06

say, 100 words. written down at the
moment 10y an investigator. and hand
ed by him TO be transmitted telepath-
ically 10 the lady at the other end.
The lady. on receipt OF the mes
sage by telepathic current, would be
requested TO communicate its con-
tents 10 another investigator al her
end. who. making due note OF the
same. would exchange kilograms with
the investigator at the other end. II
the kilograms cross. bearing with
them messages identical with those
delivered for transmission IA the first
instance, Mr.. Mcconnell will have
proved his case.