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football experience-which will be Of interest in this connection The ascent ito the site of the work on which was engaged was very steep and close to three quarters of mile, up grade ali the way. Any is Yet, on this occasion actually top speed all the way up this hill without cessation and reached the top with scarcely any sense ot fatigue. Y
 That day it seemed If there were no limit to my strength or endurance and felt almost If I jump from one mountain top tolaBother.s ft was a singular state of exaltation of buoSanex of lmind and accompanied by asinular ssnse Of Ser enify Isaiah xhserse aa. came fo mind at they that wait upon the Lord shall their strength they shall mount up with wings eagles; they shan run and not be weary and they shall walk and not faint"
 These are but typical of many experiences of like nature that have been having all my life. only in the realm of sport, but in other activies-n my work, my studies. and other trials of power. The problem is really the in a it ia the surmounal of difficulties. the removal of limitation the triumph of mind matter the supremacy of the spiritual over the material reduced in its final to the principle of the realization of the and aness of God. %s5 a.}..'t ,,'se
 The teachings of Christian Science first brought to my attention in the fai of. 1s0s in Chicago. where kind circumstances had placed in proximity good friends who adherents of this teaching. at this time in sorry shape My con- hdence had been severely shaken by business verses, health bad and seemed like derelet adrift a stagnant of dread and doubt. - s,s-l
 One day copy of Science and Health, with Key to the Scripture. by Mary Baker Eddy, was placed in my hands to read. read Hours passed and. I still reading. to time and place. great flood away That night slept perfectly for the first time in many months and the next morning awoke feel @ M ssd fs had been for a long time a sufferer vanished had been & M n sa ntS to aGp by an expert ocuiist as astismatism and ness. say laid aside my glasses; rather they laid ing noticed the difference although reading.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-24
PLAYS LIKE ONE POSSESSED

I made jump better than this in the indoor meet with University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, iR March, 1903, sophomore year, when. wit Garry" Serviss astronomer of that tied for first place the good height of feet l inch Serviss had jumped inches. but had never cleared over feet inches before.
 This experience was never repeated. even ap- of it. remained mystery until had the light of Christian Science upon 1t.
 a period of two years after graduation during which was pretty busily engaged getting start in my profession civil engineer had little in- clinaton and less chance to participate in athletic tioned in little mining town about thirty miles gagged in the construction of reservoir a hll overlooking the river.
 Interest in all kinds Of athletic sport high a along the valley, and was soon importuned play the eleven. It is experience in game wish relate. for It's bearing upon the subject fullback o a good deal to do with rushing the pigskin. .
 play was utterly confused. not knowing direc- tion from another. and guilty of number of stupid plays Then. with the opposing team in close throughout the rest of the game played like one pos sessed. The of the woke up. too and after that there wasn't anything to it. We hands down.
 My strength and endurance seemed lmitless. Time and again headed the rush through the opposing line and down the field and all before seemed to fade away as if so much chan. Once advanced some thirty forty yards with virtually the entire balance ' of the field back, the opposing eleven trying their best to down and side to pull them off and push the pile along Finally tripped myself
 One other experience had at just about this time indeed If reeoilect correctly, the same week the
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Ez7kM EbeA~ Sy Me kixxyla5Y st9 ~ 1 H1>yY See5 A%1z.

out on the floor that sufficiently realized this great verify Then the result followed just naturally as the dawn the darkness
 The relation would not be complete without some reference to the Olympic championships London last summer Owing to mismanagement our jumpers were kept out the field, in instant readiness to compete. from 10 A. M till nearly P M Tommy" Momtt and jumped in our preliminary section at 2So, after hanging around without nourishment and on edge for four finally succsssful with leap of feet inches Mofntt clearing feet inch, which qualified him also for the finals.
 Then we rolled in bathrobes and waited for few more sections to be run on and the final test which did not start until 53o when the chill Of evening was already filling the air. I was again suc- cessfui repeating the performance of my preliminary section, which Olympic record.
 was mportuned then to go after the worid'a record which stands feet 5ss inches For the first time had to record failure On the first jump. indeed. turned over ankle and thereafter practically out of It. The reason for this apparent to me reflection for had throughout the competi- ton given thought to the height. simply desiring to do what was expected of me- and that was to win the jump for America. c1 With that object attained was safsaed With the feeling of satisfaction that stole over my senses suddenly became conscious of the growing chill and { the warm glow that had bathed me all day left . With this 1 longer capable. Throughout the day had very carefully guarded my thought lest depressing enervang conditions seize hold of virtually suspending animation. The lines of the thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians revised siop Love never faileth, kept running through my sake of presenting the facts as they appeared to some Of the spectators. quote the following from the London correspondent of New York paper, in the 2 issue of July 22. 19Os
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 A London journal thus commented upon the high jump:
 Harry F Porter 2 lengthy bOId jumper won for % the had been some surprises notably when the Frenshmssn jumping In the final ties this petormanee was sanaled by the Hungarian Somody created excitement pressing the eventual winner hard If he had had as confidence that distinguished the laters flights a tho bar. Somody would awkward proposuon
 Let 1t be noted that Christian science did not enable to win by overlapping personal rivals, nor did my success by means of the application Of what petitors Consequently it was entirely legitimate \
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" ADEN with baggage such as all tourists carry
 but seldom use armed with guides and pocket dictionaries. and fairly saturated with travel A% CTS wisdom, mostly got at Jones' dispensary.
 finally set sail. treading the boards like a buc- cancer as my worthy craft steamed through the mar
 rows praying the storm gods for mighty blow and freely rejoicing in my my new-fonnd brass ;..., ,.o., the pier, even while the ships band was wheez- Ing out Und du mein schatz bleibst hieT was tfo o Hagenbecks when you get to Hamburg. do hear? Go to Hagenbeck's." It is not name con1ure by,
 So after had passed through all the stages of that Avernian disorder which humbles the bodest iandsman that ever ventured on the brine, and had nured myself to the and potato salad and the fndescrbable odor that from the dark depths of the hold and leads one to believe that the company
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The American Tourist at Hagenbeck's

away with the hope and assurance of glmpsing at royalty, hobnobbing with grafs and the like study ing art, absorbing music and i'll general bathing in culture up to his ears.
 Our enthusiasm grew with his; he reused us, swayed us. exhorted us with volubility which the knowledge of two languages gives one, and the result was that I--I who have always been poor timid soul and had never trusted myself further than my Aunt Matilda's. just out in the country declared that I, too, felt the hot thrill of the wanderIust; that I would fain be an adventurer, go to meet the world and know it. ...-..e,
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had undertaken the transportation of the Augean stables carried this name to ali old German who had been a patient fellow sufferer, and demanded in formation
 I never heard the last of it till had passed through the channel It seemed that to go to Germany and know that heading for Karl Hagen becSs animal ranch at the same time is a bit of crass stupidity only equaled by going to London oblivious of the Tower
 In spite of the fact that harl ttageneeck IS tne Headquarters the sumptuously equipped animal garden be anywhere, the beHstes them selves take surprisingly little of the pilgrims time attention
 True yon marvel at the artificial mountains for the chanlois goats to skip about upon and you admire the ingeniousDess of the cement cecakes calculated to dupe the seals and polar bears' and you laugh
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-24
By Harry Franklin Porter

IT T HAS been my good fortune to meet with perhaps
 more than ordinary success an athlete. and this N fact has been the means of bringing me at times
 prominently before the public.
 When information published first that was adherent of the Christian Science teaching it was the signal for divers commentaries to appear and for weird and wonderful tales about myself and the principles to which devoted to be spread broad cast.
 Let me state emphaticaily the outset that Chris tan Science, while it has been of the greatest assist ance to numerous occasions has not enabled me to perform the miraculous the supernatural, but merely to realize the best that IS in Some few in- stances where the principle was markedly beneficial I shall herein set forth and respectfully leave my readers to form their own conclusions when have finished the recital
 naturally the possessor of specially good physique, of particular athletic ability (seemngly). while from earliest recollections had always taken my part in the athletic activities of youth. I had been than mediocrely suc- cessful until Christian Science came into experi- encs. -f
 The effect of a few months' assiduous application to the study and practice of the principles of this teaching elevate athletically speaking into the very first rank. Where had been only ordinary in my ability. becane in popular phraseology. extraordinary but in reality had only risen more nearly to my true ability.
 My athletic career began in a Y. M. C. A. gymna- sum was thin weak. awkward. nervous The first time attempted to climb the rope overland nearly tore chest bone loose and during the succeeding two or three years repeatedly straning liga- ment or twisting joint. I took part In field and track athletics until after had entered Cornell in the fall of 1901.
 My '1etter" that supreme goal of all college boys to me in spring of freshman year when. with leap of feet inches first place in the Cornell -Pennsylvania dual meet And uniformly successful throughout college in the but the best could the intercollegiate Marshall, Yale in senior year. 1905 fair height of feet Il inches s4
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-24

LIVERY one M the country, perhaps, Z ". sUho is interested in athletics knosps of Harry F. Porter, sUhose jumping m Englaad iast snmmrr soon ghonory ion America and astonished his competitors from ofher lands. as 5,a l0i r4
 Mr. Porter is one of fhe most noted aths 1efes in America; his active participation ia
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Y T HAS been my good fortune to meet with perhaps more than ordinary success athlete. and this fact has been the means of bringing me at times
 prominently before the public.
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The Remarkable Story of a Man Who Mastered His Muscles

prominent events did not end sljth his college days. He believes that his prosUess is liable to continue indefinitely. s&,~. sS1A4Atishst<sfsag fdet regarding MHTH
 ter's greatest athletic friamphs is thAfbS Jas
 tribafesa hts abiEtysfo ain snceess to hisbeiisf is Christisa Science Teacbings. Hers is5hh osp,, sfprv. F. i1 stef6 @lNs Nt
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shirt-front, three-inch collar and walking stick which he claims are all German--he appeared quite human and natural again. So few of us, by virtue of the temerity that comes of old acquaint anceship, ventured to call and express joy at his return.
 Now Jones had been in Germany He had dared to pocket $500 out of his savings and sail
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until was pointed out to me; and have since felt the need of them.
 The following spring found myself, aft ernoon Franklin Field, Philadelphia, In the simple attire of the athlete for little friendly orhand duel with Tommy" Mofhtt Pennsylvanias in- tercoliegiate champion. It the first time I had donned my togs in oyer two years. + .gss.. erH
 This June 1907. and it so happened, Mike" Murphy Bert" Page, Pennsylvania, sss. Americas great leaper and holder of the worlds record of feet inches until dispossessed of 1t by the immortal Sweeney with his great leap of feet 5ss inches. present and watched. The bar raised by increments of two and three inches until the at the side registered feet inches but with due allowance for sag of the bar the actual height in the center. where measurements taken in competition. 1t probably not than feet inches. But 1t truly remarkable leapng. espe- cially for me. I had but anywhere approximated the height and supposedly all out of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-24
By a Returned Tourist

A TIER Jones, our neighbor, had come back A from Europe, had removed his Panama "A hat and tourists glasses-which
 American-and had laid aside his false
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CHANGE IN MENTALITY

During the interval of athletic inactivity however. a change had taken place in my mentality by which much of the nervousness which formerly possessed to harass and limit had been eliminated by the heal ing truth of Christian Science, leaving free to demonstrate nearly. my true ability. At this height we paused, and the match was declared tie.
 Mofftt this time jumping extraordinarily we'll and had been playing with the record all spring Hence you imagine his amazement at his inability to best me. supposedly back number and never waser.I If he amazed, was no less and yet realized it all due to the beneficial effect of my little Knowledge of Christian Science.
 News of this performance spread, and be- came the recipient Of numerous invitations to pete at the various meets around New York and Phil adephia. It is needless recount the deals sufce Ii to that was uniformly successful during the succeeding summer, fall and winter, jumping from
 feet to feet S1s inches. with an average perhaps of
 feet inches and in the spring won the tryous for the Olympic games with a leap of feet inches.
 During all this time did practically no training because didn't have the opportunity Yet l seemed occasion in excellent condition It became conclu sively demonstrated to that physical fitness
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04

Sunday, July 4, patriotic
sermon at Airdome 7:45 p. m.
Band concert, East Lake
Sunday.
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TATE SPRINGS NEWS LETTER

Tate Spring Hotel, Tate Springs, Tenn,
July 3-(Special)-The past week at
this well-known Tennessee resort has
been the most interesting of the season,
and the bright spring-lilxe days have
caused the number of guests to increase
very rapidly, with indications (as shown
by the rooms engaged) for much larger
crowd next week.
The opening bail of the season, usually
given ON the ni9ht of the glorious
Fourth. will be held tonight, and from
indications more than fifty couples will
be on the floor, dancing to the music of
Belding's Philadelphia orchestra. quite
a number of young people will attend
from the nearby cities-Chattanoog and
Knoxville.
Numerous riding and driving parties
have been organized during the past rev
DAYS. and great enjoyment is found IN
riding through the many mountain paths
to be found in this section of the state.
The opening season for squirrel shoot-
ing came this month, and number of
the younger folks find great pleasure In
spending an afternoon in the forests
waiting to get a shot.
The many improvements noted both III
the hotel park and on the golf course
have called forth many agreeable COM
ments from the guests, and Tate Spring
was never prettier than at the present
time. The new bottling department adj
Joining the spring building seems busy
place each day and large numbers of
orders are going out to all parts of the
country.
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FARMERS ARE BUSY.
Fine Weather Has Given New Hope to
TilIers In Morgan.

Hartselle. July 3.-(Special. IA week of
pretty weather has given the planters new
hope and inspiration. and as a result the
town has been practically deserted this
week by farmers. Crops have come out
wonderfully during the week and planting
is still going on. Much land Is being
sown in peas and other forage crops
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Orr have returned
from a months stay in Memphis, visit
ing Mrs. Orr's mother. Miss Winnie
Davis Black, sister of Mrs. Orr. returned
with her.
The meeting that has been in progress
here for the past two weeks at the Bap-
fist tent is still going on and no time
Is set for the closing. The Rev. Otto
Bamber is doing the preaching.
The local bakery put the first bread ever
baked here for the trade on the market
last Thursday evening, and the first out
put was readily taken up by the local
dealers. The bakery is being operated by
J. W. Cornhill who is an Englishman,
and Is an experienced man at the BUSH
ness.
The town authorities have Just complet-
ed piping Main street out to the town
limits on the west side. Considerable
money has been spent to do this, but the
street Is good now for all time to come.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-04
SOME WEEKEND GOSSIP
AT THE STATE CAPITOL
BY HERVEr w. LAIRD.

Montgomery, July Especial -Evi-
dences of the activity of the liquor men
are beginning to be shown, looking to
modification of the prohibition statutes.
if such thing can possibly be brought
about. 1t is a matter of common knoWl-
edge that the brewers of the United
States have set aside a half million dol
lars to be spent towards Gripping the
Alabama statutes, If possible and have
secured the services of one of the most
prominent and active younug lawyers in
the state to take charge of their inter
ests. The report has 1t that this young
lawyer Is to receive a very large salary
and expenses to work among the men,
bers of the legislature, and to in any
other way possible promote a feeling for
the modification of the laws.
The temperament of the present legis-
lature is so fully on the side of general
and vigorous prohibition that 1t is not
likely that anything will be accomplished
at the extra session. The belief is that
what work that Is done in the near fu-
ture will be in the interest of a Guilt
walton of the grounds, so to speak, pre-
paratory to better results at the next
regular session. This will be directed
towards the election of men who are In
favor of modification of the present
regulations and there is considerable
talk that a man will be brought out for
governor, and probably men for all the
other offices, who are known to be in
favor of local option other modified
regulations of the liquor traffic.
Compulsory Education.
The Alabama Federation of Woman's
clubs is preparing movement in the In
terest of compulsory education. The
chairman of the education committee
Mrs. E. D. Thames of Greenville, is seek
ing expressions from leading men in the
interest of this kind of a bill The idea
is to secure a number of short inter-
Views and present them to the general
public in such way as to attract favor
able attention to the movement for a
compulsory education statute that will
give every child in the state a chance to
go to school.
State Senator H. r. Reynolds Is also
accommodating a lot of information and
argument which will be used In the
promotion of his bill which he will
present at the special session looking
to this kind of a school enactment. Mr..
Reynolds has been after this for
long time and believes that while fail
ure has attended past efforts, there Is
good reason to hope for success even
at the extraordinary session which is
to be held soon. Governor Conner is in
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because it would mean great addition
to the expense account in new Judges.
and there is always the probability that
many of the intermediate court rulings
would have finally to be worked out
in the higher tribunal.
This would seem to leave the most
feasible plan, that of eliminating the
minor litigation. 1t is argued that any
jury ought to be able to render JUS
tice, and any judge of minor court to
do the legal thing up to 500, and 1t is
believed that to appeal cases of less
than this Importance is to burden the
records and the courts with litigation
that in the ordinary walks of life
would be regarded as nonsensical.
There are also many who believe that
the laws ought to be so changed as to
make impossible a great many of the
technicalities upon which cases are now
reversed. This also is expected to re-
ceive attention at the next meeting of
the regular session of the Legislature.
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Horse Feed Going Up.

Florence, July 3.-(Special 1.-THE livery
men of Florence have all entered into
an agreement to increase the board of
each horse after July l from $3.50 to SIS.
The present high price of feed and labor
is given as the reason. simultaneously
the report from the county is that the
corn acreage is less than usual this year
and that planted is in worse condition
than the cotton from the excessive rain
and lack of cultivation resulting there
from. Farmers are now bending every
energy to clean out the cotton and other
crops will necessarily suffer, including
the corn
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ouarIes May Be Candidate.

Marion, July Especial -Col w. w.
Quarles of Selma was in Marion this
week. He is looking over the Fourth
judicial district with a view of making
the race for circuit judge, opposing the
incumbent, Judge B. M. Miller of Cam
den. Colonel Quarles was solicitor for this
district for a number of years, and is
regarded as one among the most promi-
nent attorneys in the district. He says
Judge Miller opposed him for the second
term as solicitor several years ago and he
does not concede the old-time democratic
second term to the incumbent.