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Show A Nni Mmtmaj. A strange malady Is going the rounds of north Alabama, says the Atlanta Constitution. It Is some kind of a germ which Is attacking the ear drum of the people, causing rising and ab- . resse. which prove very painfal and 1 troublesome. In Birmingham many ! people have been attacked by this malady mal-ady and much suffering has been h-erd of. Gov. Joseph F. Johnston haafceen detained at his home in this city during dur-ing the pest week with trouble In h ear and physicians had to attend him Mr. John W. O'Neill, the popular pre- I Ident of the Birmingham board of I trade. Is now ufferir.g agonies with the pain In both ear. There are many other people trouUrd In the same way. Th germ seems to come with the least warning and the pain that follow can only be allayed a little until the rising either bursts on Its own accord or aa operation has been performed, when i the pain cease aud the patient recover. recov-er. So far the disease has not proven fatal, though It has given th people whom It baa attacked considerable pain. ! |