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Catarrh of the Stomach
■. B. Hartman. M. D.
Colnmbua. Ohio
X have
a s k e il variuos
TuestioC S>out
catarrh — the
stomach. Some
peopld seem to
think' It strange
that there should
be such a disease.
They ask, "Can
catarrh, the same
kind of catarrh
that one has in
the nose and
throat, get Into
the stomach?
And if so, what
does it do to the
stomach?"
.. Yes, the name kind of catarrh that one
Wtt) In the nose, the same kind of catarrh
Hv affects the cavities of the itead, the
Y *ie kind of catarrh to which the throat
subject, may affect the mucous mem
branes of the stomach.
Am I told you in previous articles,
tho stomach is lined with a mucous mem
brane. So is the nose and the throat.
Wherever there is a mucous membrane
there is a liability to catarrh. Catarrh
is essentially a disease of the mucous
membrane.
Pe-ru-na Removes the Cause.
It is perfectly useless to take artificial
dlgestants. or to take dyspepsia rem
edies. What is needed Is a catarrh rem
edy.
Pe-ru-na is not only a catarrh rem
emdy, but is a digestant. Therefore, Pe
ru-na will not only temporarily assist
the stomach in its function and thus give
prompt relief, but it tends also toward
eradicating the catarrh. The cause of
most cases of dyspepsia, heart burn, sour
rising, full feeling after meals, coated
tongue, constipation, the cause of most
cases of this sort is catarrh of the stom
cche.
'ASK YOUR DRUG
GIST FOR FREE PE
RUNA ALMANAC
FOR 1913.
New Yorkers Along With
Huntsville Capitalists
Reorganize
Huntsville, January 18.— (Special.)—
The New tYork-Alabama Oil company
has reorganized with several local cap
italists taking a prominent part among
the directors and $0000 will be made
tip at once flor the purpose of contin
uing operations In West Huntsville.
The well out there Is about 2300 feet
and oil has been found no less than
five times. Eviery expert who has ex
amined the well advises the manage
ment to put it down to 3000 feet, and
they are all confident that the oil Is
there. It 1b stated that operations will
be resumed at once. The new directors
of the company A. T). Smith of Bir
mingham, Joseph J. Bradley, W. L
Wellman, Lawrence Cooper and Luke
Matthews.
An airship or flying machine of some
kind Is believed to have passed over
Huntsville Thursday night. J. G.
Wrightman, a livery stable employe
who has never been accused of seeing
ihings that do not exist, Is one per
son who saw the sight. He says he
first noticed a tiny light in the sky
and after watching it a short time,
heard the whirr of the engine. He
said It was certainly a flying machine
and it was going due north, passing
almost directly over Huntsville at 10:30
o'clock at night.
O’possums have been unusually num
erous In the woods and mountains of
this section this season and they have
begun to invade the city. Three were
found in one tree on the lawn of Law
eon White’s home in one of the thick
et settled residence portions of the
city, during the early morning.
BUSH REMAINS IN
ANNISTON PRISON
Anniston, January 18.—(Special.)—
Joe Bush, the negro who believed him
self to be a reincarnated “Jesse
Janies,” threatening the natives of
Cobbtown, where he lived, attempting
to shoot one innocent bystander and
threatening the arresting officers. Phil
lips and Pruitt, with his revolver, U
•till in the city prison.
Another charge was docketed against
Bush Saturday and it is said he is like
wise wanted on two state warrants.
The police say he is one of the most
desperate negroes in the county.
HUDDLESTON CALLS
CITY COMMITTEE’S
PROPOSAL SILLY
Democratic Primary Has No
Right to Decide Question
Affecting All Voters
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
TOO BIG FOR THAT
May Take Years to Reach the Goal,
But Encouraging Feature Is That
Present Steps Are Toward
That Goal
George Huddleston, attorney for the Mu
nicipal Ownership league, who aided the
city in fighting the case of the Birming
ham Waterworks company for a tempor
ary injunction to stay the enforcement
of certain -water rates, stated yesterday
that he agreed entirely with the position
taken by the city commission in the case
and that If the opportunity afforded itself
he would continue to thelp fight the case
against the waterworks company.
Mr. Huddleston further stated that the
report that the city democratic executive
committee would place the question of mu
nicipal ownership of waterworks upon
the primary ticket which may be voted
upon this spring was “silly, to say the
least, and in direct opposition to the aims
and purposes of the bill which created
Birmingham’s present form of city gov
ernment.”
Effort Is Undemocratic
“The effort to control city policy mat
ters by a party caucus is undemocratic
and contrary to ail principles advocated
by our greatest statesmen/ said Mr. Hud
dleston. “No party has any right to place
upon Its primary ticket a matter which
interests all political parties. Every men
in Birmingham, whether he be demo
cratic, republican, progressive, bull moose,
prohibitionist or anything else should
have a voice '.n the matter of municipal
ownership.
“Our commission government Is a gov
ernment for all the people and not for
any one party or faction, and for the dem
ocratic executive committee to attempt to
control the water question or any other
question by itself is contrary to the com
mission government bill and is wrong.
The w’hole thing looks to me like it was
a case of a. iet of politicians trying to
keep themselves on the map by attempt
ing to make the voters believer there is:
some use for them.
Sentiment Almost Unanimous
“Municipal ownership is a big question.
It’s too big for the democratic executive
committee, it’s too big for the Municipal
Ownership league, it’s too big for the city i
commission. All of us are merely stum-'
bling along in the dark. But that does
not mean that in time we will not attain
our goal. The oentiment for municipal
ownership of public utility plants is now
almost unanimous. The progress and
growth of sentiment in - this direction in
the last few years has been remarkable
from many standpoints. Muajcipal own
ership is one of the biggest questions be
fore the people of this country, and it is
being grappled with in many different
sections.
“The struggle is hard and it will be
long, but finally municipal ownership of
public utilities will come. It s only a mat
ter of time now, the time It will take to
work out to a successful conclusion. How
long that will be on one knows; it will no
doubt be many years. And in the mean
time we must make the best of present
conditions and that’s what wo are trying
to do in this waterworks fight. When
municipal ownership does come to stay
it will be as the result of a series of suc
cessive steps and what we ere doing now
is the taking of one of these steps, on
ward and forward.**
Steward Bound Over
Anniston, January 18.—(Special.) —
Enoch Steward, charged with assault
with intent to murder, was arraigned 1
before Probate W. H. Cooper in coun
ty court Friday afternoon and was j
bound over to await the action of the !
next city court grand jury. His bond i
was fixed at $300. Me is alleged to have
assaulted a man by the name of Philip
Timmons.
Reform Boy Stole Bike
Anniston, January IS.—(Special.)—
A boy whoso name could not be learned ,
came to Anniston several days ago and
it is alleged, stole* a bicycle, which he
rode to Gadsden. Officer Shiretzki went
to Gadsden and brought back the bike, j
but failed to lea^n the name of the
alleged thief or the owner of the
bicycle.
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Stomach Troubles
UR C. H. KEISER
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point letter of Mr. C. H.
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pletely. He could not say
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Copernicus Jones On “Club
Women As a Home Maker”
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By CHARLES JI. MAADY
How true It is that “Fools rush In,
where angels fear to tread,” for often we
read or hear of some fool man becoming
involved in the discussion of a subject
that subsequent developments show that
he knows little or nothing about- Par
ticularly is this true when it comes to
entering the realm where woman holds
undisputed sway.
Possbly when mere man undertakes to
even comment on things relating to
woman and her sphere, he is actuated by
the same motive that prompts an old
maid to write an essay on "How to Rear
Children,” or a fat man with chin whisk
ers to indite spring lyrics and love son
nets. Be that as it may, man will some
times approach the danger ltne and under
take to speak on things feminine, and
when he does he generally gets in trouble
for as the Irishman would express it,
"every time he opens his mouth he puts
his foot in it.”
A few days ago some one ascked Coper
nicus Jones, the well known near-phiios
opher, as to his views on “The Clubwoman
as a Homemaker.” IJke many of us
who are prone to discuss things we know
not, Copernicus eagerly discoursed on the
subject and having neither home nor wife,
felt qualified by established precedent to
pass final judgment on the proposition.
At the suggestion of a friend Copernicus
reduced his sage opinions to writing and
had the audiclty to suggest his paper
be read at a recent meeting of a weil
known woman's club, which was done.
After the reading of the paper, how
ever, sundry and various caustic remarks
made by those on whom the paper was
inflicted came to the ears of Copernicus
and later in the day he was heard making
diligent and earnest inquiries as to the
exact time the fast freight passed through
Birmingham going south, and he has not
been seen since. He left his manuscript
behind, however, which is hereby repro
duced just as it was read before the
club:
Before entering into the merits of the
case as the lawyer would say when he
seeks by demurrer to have a case thrown
out of court on technecalities. It might
be well to trace if possible the origin
of the clubwoman, whence she came and
why. To trace the origin of the club
man were far easier, for in t.he begin
ning or rather in the book of Genesis we
learn that Cain was the first clubman,
for it was with a club he slew his
brother. Cain also held spades for he was
a tiller of the soil. As we know that
Abel held hearts might it not be Inferred
that he held diamonds also. But since
that memorable incident the deal has
changed for dianfends are generally found
with the clubs, and hearts with spades,
for in the fiat laid down in the beginning
that man must earn his living by the
sweat of his brow is found the true
source of all human happeniness. Of
course if a fellow holds four hearts and
draw's a spade—but that's another mat
ter.
But as Gilbert might say, this has noth
ing to do with the case, so we will take
up the origin of the clubwoman. I have
made deligent inquiry as to this proposl- j
tion, but must confess my efforts thus
far have met with failure, so I have come
to the conclusion she “just happened,”
like Topsy of Uncle Tom’s Cabin fame.
This brings us to the original proposition,
the clubw'oman as a homemaker.
I suppose every husband is more or
less proud of a ‘‘high-brow” wife, that
is, if he is proud of his wife at all, but
after she gets to serving Browning for
breakfast instead of bacon and biscuits,
or Tennyson in lieu of toast and coffee,
he begins to have his doubts as to the
high-brow qualities aforesaid and begins
to yearn for the happy days of yore when
she stayed at home and anticipated his
wants and his wishes In return for which
he cheerfully toiled and labored.
I am sure a true husband feels grati
fied when he reads in the papers that
his wife has been elected president of
the “Gillywog*' club, and that at the
next meeting she is to read a paper on
the “Minor Poets of the Sixteenth Cen
tury.” But a few weeks later when he
has reached the stage that the point of
connection between his suspenders and
the waist band of his trousers is a ten
penny nail, one button the sole depend
ence of his shirt, a saw edge on h!s col
lar, and two holes in each sock, his
views on the clubwoman materially
change and he wishes the “Gillywog”
club and all the minor or major poets
of all past ages in general, and those oi
the Sixteenth century iri particular at tho
bottom of the deep blue sea.
Then again you can't blame a man tor
throwing out his chest and putting on
airs when he learns that his wife has
been selected to lead the debate before
the "Never-at-Home” club as to whether
Shapespeare did, or did not write that
immortal classic, “Casey at the Bat.”
and cheerfully puts up with cold victuals
In order to give his wife the time to
look up the proper authorities on the sub
ject. He even goes so far as to ofTer
to help her in her researches only to be
told that while he may know how to sell
teal estate, or to make pig iron, ouch a
subject as Shakespeare is beyond nis in
tellectual capacity, and even though
squelched his admiration for the superior
knowledge of his wife actually lucre oca.
But when he returns home from his daily
toil, whether at the mart, market, or
work-shop and finds his wife absent, the
kids crying, the stove cold and th»- baby
with the colic, he looks at. the motto that
hangs over the hearthstone of ©vary well
regulated family, "What is Home With
out a Mother." and as he glances around
l.ls neglected home he says It is—what
be hr man said war was. and entertains a
grudge against Shakespeare ever after.
Again, when he is informed that his
wife is to make a talk before the "Young
Matrons’ ’’ club on home cooking, im
mediately he gets on the nerves of all
his acquaintances by continually enlarging
on Hie excellence of his wife s cuisine and
tlie daintiness of the dishes she prepares.
But on his return to the family domicile
tired out with the duties incident to pro
viding the necessary bread and cheese and
porterhouse steaks for his family, and
possibly harassed In his mind from hav
ing a labored conversation with an un
feeiing bunk cashier who won’t renew, or
from, checking over a stock of unsold
goods and the season about ended, or
from the heat and hazard of the steel
mid he gets a Jolt under the belt when
he finds a note from his wife mating
ah*3 will not be home until late, but that
he will find a can of sardines in the safe,
to telephone the baker for a loaf of
bread, and that the coffee Is already made
and only needs warming up, lie makes up
his mind there and then never to brag any
more about home cooking, and the next
time his wife goes to the club he takes rio
chances, but buys a hot “wiennie” and a
giasb of—milk before going home.
But the limit Is reached when the club
woman Insists on her long suffering hus
band attending an Italian opera. Nine
times out of 10 she goes for no other
reason than that members of the club
arc going to be present and she wants
to keep up with the procession. He prob
obl> understands as much about grand
opera as a speckled rooster does about a
motorcycle and cares still less; yet he
Is compelled to sit for several hours lis
tening to a lot of fat men and women
s< reech at the top of their voices In a
language—to use the expression of BUI
Vines—that he 'wots not,’’ and all the
time he is thinking of the hard earned
bve bones the unfeeling ticket seller sepa
rated him from, and thinking lfc>w he
could have enjoyed himself with his'half
of the five at a little game of penny
ante with a Dutch supper on the side.
But In deference to Ills wife lie sits and
suffers through the long performance,
wishing he were at home reading the Bat
uiday Post, his feet propped on the man
tel and enjoying the refreshing solace oi
his old reliable corn cob pipe. Some
times he is coerced into attending a music
festival, and It is liard to tell which he
abhors most, grand opera or this class
of entertainment. Ho gazes at some long
haired individual who frantically waves a
small stick and goes through contortions
that would do credit to a frog man or a
Japanese gymnast, and wonders how any
really sensible person can rave about
such a performance.
Yet for the time being he is more or
less proud of the literary talents of his
wife, the more high browed she gets the
more his admiration increases. What ir
she does forget to sew on his buttons
or darn ills socks, he basks in her reflect
ed glory, and every time he hears some
! one say what a smart woman his wife is
l ho swells up like a toad.
Yet after awhile he begins to be secret
ly afraid of her, he feels she is drifting
away from him, as it were and wishes in
his heart that clubs and like institutions
had never been invented. Of course, with
the woman who is financially able to hire
seivanta to look after her household af
fairs. it is different, but even then there
are household duties to be supervised «nd
koked after. So, in conclusion, r beg to
bo permitted to say thai clubwomen as
home makers are not always a success,
although 1 must adpiit there are excep
tions. which, however, prove the rule. If
a woman gets to be superior to her hus
band it is bound to result in disaster soon
er or later, for no man can stand to be
patronized by his wife.
But clubwomen or not, it is the woman
who makes the home, and even though
"woman's extravagance mak< s countless
thousands mourn.” she is supreme in it.
and long may she reign.
ATCHISON LEAVES
for inn
Jefferson Corn Raiser Being
Sent by Chamber of
Commerce
Willie Atchison of Me Cal la, the cham
pion rorn raiser of Jefferson county,
whom the Chamber of Commerce is send
ing on a trip to Washington and the corn
exposition in Columbia, S. C., arrived in
Birmingham yesterday morning and left
last night for Washington. Dr. D. N.
Duncan of Auburn, manager of the corn
club work in Alabama, did not leave with
him, but will follow this morning with
another boy from Marshall county.
Acomding to Dr. Duncan the boys will
be royally entertained in Washington,
being introduced to the President and
the cabinet officers and also being shown
all the places of interest. While in Wash
ington they will visit the Secretary of
Agriculture and receive from him a di
ploma for the!’1 good work in raising
corn.
Dr. Duncan also announced that the
various corn clubs of Alabama had ar
ranged to send between 130 and 150 boys
to the corn exposition In Columbia, S
C., which convenes on January 27. The
boys from northern Alabama, who will
go on this trip, will be in Birmingham
next Saturday afternoon. Dr. Duncan
stated that in the four years that he
has had charge of corn clubs in Ala
bama the membership has grown from
one to 10,894 at present and the girls
department in the two years of its ex
istence to a membership of 2630. Dr
Duncan said that the movement of corn
clubs was first started in Alabama ami
taken to the middle western states, where
It is a great success.
LEONARD AT BIJOU
Noted Christian Science Lecturer a!
Bijou This Afternoon
Frank H. Leonard of Chicago, n
noted Christian Science lecturer, will
appear at the Bijou theatre this aft
ernoon at 3:30 o'clock and will deliver
a lecture on "Christian Science.” The
lecture is to be given under the aus
pices of the First Church of Christ,
scientist, of this city.
Mr. Leonard Is said to be one of the
ablest Christian Science lecturers on
the platform. Ills messages are In
teresting to everybody, whether they
are a believer In his doctrine or not.
and all sects and classes are invited
to hear him this afternoon. The lec
ture is tree.
Mr. Leonard was a student of the
Christian Science faith under Mrs.
Eddy herself and he is a member of
the board of lecturers of the mother
church, the First Church of Christ,
scientists, Boston.
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HORSE POWER TAX BLOW TO
STATE'S RIGHTS, DECLARES LAY
Anniston, January 18.—(Special.)—Ever
since the Alabama Interstate Power com
pany began work at Jackson Shoals near
here, later purchasing all the property of
the Alabama Power Development, com
pany, and especially since the President
vetoed the Coosa river bill, there has
been much diseussion in regard to the
conservation of water power rights. Capt.
W. 1’. Day of Gadsden, who has collected
many statistics, publlshevl several books
and many hundreds of speeches on the
Coosa river, says the attempt of the gov
ernment at Washington to collect a tax
per horsepower for all the water power
developed along the Coosa Is a blow at
states' rights and has given rise to the
most important Issue that has arisen
since tho civil war.
Prior to 1823, Mr Day says, Alabama's
legislature passed a bill to Improve the
Coosa, this measure being approved by
Congress In 1824. latter the federal gov
ernment began work on tho stream to
eliminate danger from rapids, this work
being discontinued In 1890, The people of
the state, Mr. lay says, have used great
Influence to get the work resumed since,
but he says the government contended
that they did not think “the benefits to
general commerce by said improvement
would justify the expenditure." It was
then suggested. Mr. Day says, that, In
addition to developing the stream for
navigation the government Improve It and
lease out the water power rights, thus
making it meet the expenditure.
The alternative suggested by Washing
ton officials, Mr. buy avers was that they
get private capital interested In the de
velopment of the stream, building as
many of the proposed dams as possible
and thus lightening the government * bur
den Tlie activities of Hie Alaburna In
terstate Power company, he says, was the
result.
"The effect of the bureaucratic move
now suggested by some people were It
successful, would be to seize all tho state
and riparian rights in tho waterways of
tills country, by confiscating the riparian
rights of the- owners and usurping the
rights of the states and placing these
great natural resources In the hands of
a bureau ai Washington to tie handled
and controlled by a bureaucratic form of
government, that would do credit to the
middle ages.
"We are persuaded to believe that the
bdvocateH of this policy are sincere In
their purposes, hut they have certainly
p.»* ei-ivlied and considered the gravity
of such u move, neither do the peoplg at
large understand it. The United estates
has what is called a constitutional form
of government and Is supposed to tie u
government of by-laws instead ol mao.
Were the bureaucratic form adopted. It
would be a government of men and not
of laws."
The Rev. Hay at Princess
Rev. Thomas P. Hay of Ensley Pres
byterian church will lecture at the
Princess theatre this afternon at 3
o’clock on the topic of ’’The Value of
the Human Soul.’’ The lecture will he
open to men and women and a cordial
Invitation Is extended to the *?eenral
public. The Younjf Women's Christian
association will furnish the music.
NESBITT TO ISSUE
SAFETY PAMPHLET
Chief State Mine Inspector Nesbitt
will issue a pamphlet on safety, em
bodying and supplementing the features
contained in a pamphlet recently Issued
by Secretary 1,. L. Davidson of the
Coal Operators' association, in a few
weeks, according to his statement yes
terday.
This pamphlet, according to Mr. Nes
bitt, will prove quite a valuable ad
dition to the campaign of education In
the ways and means of preventing ac
cidents and promoting mine safety by
means of publications on these topics
distributed among the miners of the
state.
Rheumatic Painsi
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