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The age-herald., 1897-11-07
are against all yhe fundamental laws

are against all the fundamental laws, from beginning to end.
 When peroxide ci hydrogen comes tq contact with any alDGminouS matter It undergoss an instantaneous change, ana so does the material The oxygen does its work at once and eyaporates, it's use fulness being ended.
 It is necessary 10 keep peroxide or n.y. drogen in a cool place, preferably on ice, to marntain it's uniform integrity. There fore kny novice can understand that the instant 1t is heated the oxygen evapo- rates and nothing is left but water.
 But to return to the formula: Ask any chemist of standing what Dr. Hirscn- fielder really obtains after he has com- pleted this elaborate msnu. He will tell you, after making the test, that the re- suDt is what?
 Filth Without a single medicinal property Filth, which is poison in itself, and to put into the human system is crime. It Is on par with number of nauseating and disgusting compounds and antHtoxins which ara being admin istered to and injected daily into suffer- CTS from pulmonary troubles by doctors who follow the compounders without having the ability to test for themselves or to know the danger of the podsons they are using.
 pr. IIirschfelder may have convinced the faculty of Cooper College. but it Is safer to say that, if the faculty has given the formula. as printed it's approval, it has taken, Dr. Hirschfelder's word for everything without investiga tion.
 Charles Marchand, one of the leading chemists in this city, and the pioneer in the manufacture of peroxide of hydro gen, on which Dr. Hirschfelder chiefly depends, fully agrees with me in my de- ductions and says that Amy man who uses peroxide of hydrogen in such com- pound and in such a manner is a novice in the art of ch emiStry"
 So many no9trums, alleged mlitoxins, and poisons are now being used as cures for consumption that I hope you will forgive my trespassing SO much on your space in the exposure of one of them.
 Yours truly,
 J. MOUNT BLEYER, M. D.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07
ABSURDl SAYS DR. BLEYER.
He Declares That Dr., HirschfeIder's Remedy Is
 Absolutely Worthless.

To the Editor of The Sun-Sir: read a despatch from San Francisco giving the formula of the alleged discovery by Dr. Joseph c. Hirschfelder of a mixture he calls oxytubarcuJin. with which he asserts he has cured several cases of consumption.
 For the credit of my profession and in the interests of humanity I feel con strained to take up the cudgels and de- nounce such a statement. An infant in chemistry can have nothing but scorn for any man calling lhlmsclf 8 physician who tries to foist such a formula on the profession and ask it to believe he Is in earnest i'm his assertions.
 The formula as printed is as follows:
 Veal is soaked in water and the re- sultanlt fluid is boiled and filtered. Glyc- erine, peptone and salt are put in 1t and tit is made slightly alkaline with car'bon- ate of soda. The germs of tuberculosis are grown in this liquid. When they are fully developed the liquid is boiled and Altered.
 The resultant is tuIberculin. Peroxide of hydrogen lis added and the mixture is heated for 130 hours, when 1t becomes oxytuberculin. Th's is clarified by caus- tic soda. and Ibora,cic acid is added to keep it from decomposing
 What an absurd and unScientific state- ment! The very principles upon which he bases his discovery, and it's chemistry
The age-herald., 1897-11-07
CATARRH OF THE STOMACH.
A Pleasant, Simple, But Safe and EffectuaI
 Cure For It.

Catarrh of the stomach has long been considered the next thing to incurable. The usual symptoms are a full or bloat- ing sensation after eating, accompanied some times with sour or Watery risings. formation of gases, causing pressure on the heart and lungs and difficult breathing; headaches, ficlSle appetite, nervousness and a general played out, languid feeling.
 There is often a foul taste in the mouth, coated tongue, and if the inte- rior of the stomach could be seen it would show slimy, inflamed condition.
 The cure for this common and obsti- nate trouble is found in treatment which causes the food to be readily. thoroughly digested before it has time to ferment and irrftate the delicate mu- cous surfaces of the stomach. To se- cure prompt and healthy digestion is the one necessary thing to do, and when normal digestion is secured the catarrhal condition will have disappeared
 According to Dr. Harlandson the safe st and best treatment is to use after each meal tablet composed of Diastase. Aseptic Pepsin, a little Nux, Golden Se al and fruit acids. These tablets can now be found at all drug stores under the name of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, and not being a patent medicine, can be used with perfect safety and assur- ance that healthy appetite and thorough ulSSShloH VIII lUlfOW tHelT regular use after meals.
 MT. J. N. Booher of PHO Dearborn street, Chicago, H., writes. "Catarrh is local condition, resulting from a. neglected cold In the head, whereby the lining membrane of the nose becomes unframed and the poisonous discharge therefrom passing backward into the throat, reaches the stomach, thus pro- ducing catarrh of the stomach. Med- ieal authorities prescribed for me for three years for catarrh of the stomach without cure; but today I am the hap piest of men after using only one box of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. I cannot find appropriate words to express my good feeling. I have found flesh, appe tite and sound rest from their use.
 Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is the safest preparation as well as the sim plest and most convenient remedy for any form of indigestion, catarrh of stomach, biliousness sour stomach, heartburn and bloating after meals.
 Send for little book mailed free on stomach troubles, by addressing Stuart Co.,, Marshall, Mich. The tablets can be found at all drug stores.
 11-3-5-7&wky.
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THE DECATuRs.

The Philomathic Culture club met Tuesday night and reorganized for the winter. w. w. Nelson was elected presi- dent.
 The young people of the Decaturs are at work organizing a Thespian club. Some of the best young ladies and gen. flemen are interested in the matter and they say it will be a success. The first performance will be What Next?"
 The state convention of the Womens Christian Temperance union, which was to have been held here this month has been indefinitely postponed.
 Miss Nora Grubhs enteratined the Twin City Literary club last Wednesday night A pleasant and sociable meeting was held and officers elected
 Joe Briscoe, of Danville, had a novel experience the other day. He had made all arrangements for his wedding, and had ordeued his license sent 10 him by mail At nearly the eleventh hour, after looking in vain for the license, he came to Decatur to get his license, and in the meantime discovered that the paper had stopped in Hartselle. It was ordered 10 be returned to Decatur at once, but MT. Briscoe could not wait and got the judge tO iSSdG o ddPICdle. ItluTueQ UOlle, reaching there just in time for the we'd ding.
 An athletic club has been organized in Decatur, with membership of thirty five. Patsy Norton, light weight fighter of reputaion is the instructor The boys are going In for the manly art with vim.
 MT. and Mrs. Ira Hambleton have ar- rived from Chicago. MT. Hambleton takes charge of the Congregation church in New Decatur. / Miss Lucille Baker entertained Miss Bessie Davis.
 Miss Rosa Cartwright has returned from her outing at Blowing Rock and Charlotte, N. c.
 Mrs. T. H Moulton of Birming sham vis- dted Mrs. T. H. Harris on her way south from the north.
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MRS. WINslOws SOOTHING SYRUP

Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. TT SOOTHES the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS. AL LAYS all PAIN: CURES WIND COLIC. and is the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by druggists in every part of the world Be sure and ask for Mrs. Wins lows Soothing Syrup" and take no other kind. Twenty-Five cents a bottle.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

irg gynecologist of this cty, Is also skeptfcal. They say that the cure is of little more value than Koch's famous cure, which was exploded by Professor Vfrchow. and that it can be successful only when tried on fncipfant eases. They scout the idea of curing advanced eases with serum or of building up radically diseas-1 tissue. In fact, Dr. Potter says that Dr. Hinschfelder's whole scheme Is to manufacture tuberculin here and supply it to the Pacific coast, just as factories i'm New York, Chicago and St. Louis supply the East.
 So the discussion goes on among the physicians, but Dr. HIirschfelder Is ahead tn one way, for he is selling hundreds of bottl;s of his serum for 8 a bottle to consumptives, who see in it a chance of cure
The age-herald., 1897-11-07
CAN BE SURE OF PRIZE BY A LITTLE STUDY.


euchre, in compliment to Mrs. Max Lam dauer of Montgomery.
 MT. and Mrs. Jas. B. Good1et have re- turned to their home in Washington af- ter a short visit to friends in this city.
 Mrs. A. s. Tardy is at home again after long stay in Nashville, where she had charge of the Madison county ex- hiblt at the Tennessee Centennial
 Mesdames Frank Walker and J. A. Inslow have returned home after visit of several months to Boston.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07
Ruinoua Comnetition

From the New York Mail and Express.
 It is bad enough of those bold Missouri rascaIs to issue count terfeit silver dol lars, but their offense is rendered still wickeder by the fact that their crins contain more and finer silver than those turned out by the government mints Uncle Sam can never contend against rufnous competition like that
The age-herald., 1897-11-07
Ohio Still in Doubt

It is impossible to tell whether the democrats or republicans have control of the Ohio legislature, but every one knows that J. lMartin rye, of which Wm Wise. 209-211 Nineteenth street, sells a full quart for 75 cents, Is the b:st whisky for the money in the world. s*s
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

liy1lment, 1S00 editors of the Pekin Ga ze tte, the official organ of the emperor, have lost their heads. With us one ed- itor has been known to lose his head 1900 times, which is a great saving of raw material as compared with the Chi nese system
The age-herald., 1897-11-07
Last Years Fashions

There is no reason why the ladies of Birmingham should wear realdy-malde 6lressss left over by the ladies of New York last winter, and somls of them secondhand at that, when they cam have their dresses made in the new styles for little money by Mrs. Cos, rooms 416 and AT, Challfoux building.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07
Van Wxcl,a New York

Under Yam Wyck's administration New York will be a live town, but it is only in Birmingthntm that 100 oysters are sold for s5Oc and the Broom Fish Cos, BY Ninreteenth street, sells choice selects at dhat figure.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

Special Sale of Thanksgiving table linens. We never show ed a finer line; never gave bet ter returns for money.
 LOvennan, Joseph 6 Loeb.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

Don't fail to sec cur line of fancy china and vases. They will interest you.
 Brown Crocke cry Go.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07
THE PIANO CONTEST.

The recorded votes in The Age-Her- aids Christmas piano contest are:
 Mrs. F. K. Austin, e. 342 Miss Kathleen Hunley... ... =. ..... 316 Miss Alice FalIon .. :. .. .. a. ... .. 40 Miss F. M. Haley, Montevallo.. .. .... l5 Miss Avis Ehrlman.. .. .. .. .. .... .. 8 Miss Pau line Bridges. .... .. .... .... .. 6 Miss Mary Cahalan .. .. .. .. .. ... .... 5 ~iiss -Aiice siso.' e. .. .'.. ...' zee. 5 MISS Norma Schoolar 2 Miss Luna Brown .. .. .. .... .. .... l Miss Mary Clare Milner ... ... ... .... .. 1 Miss A. R. Klos. ...... . :. ..., ,.., 1 Miss Leila Herbert, Montgomery .... .. 1
The age-herald., 1897-11-07
A Great Saving

From the Chicago Chronicle.
 We do things better in this country than they do in China. Since its estab-
The age-herald., 1897-11-07
%C-BY pHE--0% AGE HERALD and the JESSE FRENCH PIl

The Piano standard make sweet toned handsome bur walnut
 It will be delivered the day before Christmas the home of the lady receiving the largest number of the blank below
 Vote for your wife daughter, sweetheart the you would have sweetheart.
 Here's that sweeheas may be wives, and always sweethearts.
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

Look for this mark cut deep on A
 all cut glass you buy. It msans fc<yb6eU Rest IT SZ
The age-herald., 1897-11-07

Cloaks and Suits. We are first in values, first in assort- ments, ever leaders.
 Loveman, Joseph & Loeb.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-14

inrs, with forocious wrath. "n these ep
pendagcs could only be fastened TO the owners
Of tho horses for an hour or two each day Jus
tice would be done. A little while ago the nose
bog was regarded by tho ChlcaRoans as q marx
Of progress. 1t kept the hitchcd horses from re-
calling themselves on the grass in the streets AS
for tho hitching strap anchored to the piece OF
iron. It IL good II not beautiful. and reminds
the wayfaring man in Cook county OF Agawam
and West Hurley. It is surprising to hnd n
Chicago journal protesting against these badges
Of rural responsibility. II IL is the fact that
COWS and pigs are now excluded from the prin-
cipal business stroots, Chicago ought not TO get
nervous over the horse-and-buggy and nose
baggy aspect Of her t~horoughfares.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-14
A first rate lesson for officials az gree,

A first rate lesson for officials as green
in tho wisdom of public service as his Honor
Mayor STRONG, Is in the new grip put upon
tho cable cars, whereby they can pass around
tho Fourteenth street curve at a reasonable
and controllable rate Of speed, instead of be-
ing whirled along at Q rate that brought death
or injury to some one almost every week. Dur
ing tho height Of public commotion Mayor
STRONG was in favor of curing the difficulty by
cutting up Union Square Park. He had given
the case no study worth speaking of, and tho pos
sibility of putting in q slow cable was before his
eyes without study. Nevertheless, the yearning
to DO credited with something done.'' and
perhaps a share Of the itching common to many
city officials to rip up and change a public park.
led him into recklessness, and he would have re-
lieved the cable car company from all further
effort by giving it part Of the park of hand. A
little time, however. suflced to introduce q new
grip and tho park is saved. Deliberation and
study are invaluable aids for tho good admins
tration of the public business.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-14
Hawaii.

To postpone the Hawaiian annexation
treaty will be to triio with q question Of
the first importance. which, II left unsettled,
may arouse now difficulties a. time goes on.
Tho case Of Hawaii has been debated fro
quently In other forms since the American
Government began, n all the great con-
illusions favor the proposed annexation.
Since the first proposition to enlarge the
domain of the United States. tho world
has been greatly revolutionired, always in
the direction Of the scheme proposed for
Hawaii. Consolidation is the order Of the
day, In politics as we'll as In trade. The
scattered islands Of the world, once ruled
independently by savages, must all become
q part Of civilized activity, and in that
process be attached to the great powers
Of the world. Such is the fate Of Hawaii,
and her destiny is n with that Of tho
United States.
Possibly tho consolidation now advano-
ing throughout the globe may carry us final
" to tho Universal brotherhood that phi
losophers dream OF. For the moment,
though, tho question is on Hawaii, and 10
will be q lamentable exhibit Of shortsight-
edness and petty prejudice II the Senat
should adjourn from this extra session
while leaving Hawaii to the troubles that
beset her while she is not Of our Union.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-14

rot control Of the Creator New York, b
most important advantage they could gain
In the whole Union preliminary to h
Congress election Of 1893 and the Federal
election Of 1900, II they will consent to
make the pretence of concealing their real
purpose. 1t is c%reditable to the Bry-
antics that they are honester than this
"National Democrat" and wiser In their
generation, because they arc honest. They
are determined to say what they think, to
unfurl their true flag. They are not de-
ceivod. They know that Tammany has
no chance Of winning next November
unless 1t fights squarely; that other
wise It's campaign will be ~lifeless, de-
moralised, absurd. 1t will be put on the
defensive II It does not aggressively pro-
claim the Organism that actually 10 In IL.
In order to draw to It's support MI. WAR
NER and his clique, Tammany would have
to drive out the great body of the supporters
IL drew to It last year with It's violent
Bryanite campaign. Mr.. SHEEHAN is not
prepared to make such a sacrifice in order
to give Mr.. WARNER a pretext for betray-
ing his professed convictions. He thinks
rather of the solid ranks of the Organizes
VIM VIII hoo SiNo ny WIG '"i'o Pihi0iPio'
and convictions instilled into them last
year. Tammany, accordingly, will go into
the municipal campaign next autumn
upon the Chicago platform.
Hence Mr.. WARNER humiliates himself
and his clique to no purpose. He makes
himself a laughing stock for Tammany
Hall, and in the eyes of the rest of the peo-
pie he exhibits himself as q petty and
childish politician and a traitor to his pro-
fessed principles. Men like him have out
lived their usefulness in politics, II they
ever had any such usefulness. We have
come upon a time of grave, momentous poll
itics, and larger and honester minds will
replace the tricksters and trimmers who
have been thrusting themselves into vain
prominence as politicians.
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Pertinent Issues.

The Albany Argus knows what It wants,
attributes It's own yearning to the people
Of the State Of New York. and remarks with
sa~tisfaction and solemnity:
"The people Of the state Of New York desire this
fall to elect an Assembly. not upon Last years national
Issues, but upon questions pertinent TO the present
year. They arc waiting for an opportunity to pass
judgment upon tho record Of tho Republican state
Administration and OF the late Legislature of infa-
nous memory. Not since the Republican restoration
two years ago has there boon q fair opportunity for
the people to pass judgment. This fall the intelligent
taxpayer, in voting for a member of Assembly. will
care not half so much about his views on national
finances as about his views on state finance. Econ-
ou,y and low tax rates will count for moro in tho
candidate's platform than o buahel OF dreary elo-
ouence about the nifty cent dollar"
It would be very convenient for the New
York Democrats IL their choice Of the peril
nent issues could regulate that Of the rest
of the people of New York.. It would be 30
easy to grow apoplectio over "the late
Legislature Of infamous memory" It 10 a
well-known conventionality Of politics
that every Legislature in which your side
was in the minority must be styled Gin
famous during the ensuing campaign.
But nobody is getting excited or is likely
to get excited over the last Legislature.
1t left no record Of misdeeds to stir up
Democratic orators on the stump. The
really vicious legislation in which It In
dulged, such as the Inheritance Tax bill, SO
robustly vetoed by Governor BLACK, was
of the sort which is cxtolled by the Demo-
cratic stumpers. The "infamy" of not
confiscating the property Of the gas CON-
panies to the extent of giving a suffering
State immediate dollar gas" can be used
for all 1t is worth by the Albany Argus, II
tho Hon. JOHN c. SHEEHAN has not q copy
right on that particular " infamy."
AS for the State tax rate, you might as
we'll try to make q hullabaloo about the
dog tax rate. There Is nothing in 1t.
The truth Is there is no State issue which
amounts to a hill of beans. Herr OFTEN
DoRFER's great beer issue is dangerous to
touch in any portion of the State. 1t is idle
to try to hunt up State issues, even II likely
ones could be found. National issues con-
tinuet to be foremost In the minds Of the
people, and cannot be showed into the back
ground. The judgment of 1895 upon them
is to be reaffirmed or set aside, and COM
pared with them all other issues are trivial,
irrelevant, and picayune.
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In regard to the decision Of Justice chester,
European military Notes.

PARIS, July 6.-Ihe progressing changes in the
armament OF the German troops In Alsaoe- Lorraine
continue to engage the attention Of the military au.
thorities and the press. Within the last few days q
number OF the new quick'fring guns for the German
field artillery have arrived ut Metz and strasbourg.
1t Is intended that the whole OF the seven artillery
regiments OF the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Corps OF
Alsace.Iorraine shall be provided with the new
weapons by Aug. go. so that they may take part In the
September mannuvres, The artillery OF the Treves
ana Mainz Corps will have their guns by the middle
ncld pieces they are replacing. which again are
shorter than the Frsnch B.centimetre gun. The German
Officers are described rs not being at all enthusiastic
about them. They say they viii make more noise
than they Will do harm. and that their reputation ia
unmerited. The argument is that during a battle 1t
seven or eight times a minute without its becoming
so heated that nj 'ast the cartridges 90 on by them.
solves without ~" gun being AIMED or fired. Besides,
II necessary, the present guns, French and German.
can be hrod eis4t times IN a minute. The only I'M.
provcment II In the NJ thod or lOaiing,
The new infantry rifle that Ii being rapidly turned
ont aud issued 60 m" German army Il q ilatt,T or
more lively Interest. THIS weapon Is said 10 b- the
most perfect OF It's kind that can be devised. all the
loading and Airing movements being m The
triIgeS. This 1, the third new Infantry arm Introduced
into the German army since 1888. A battalion in
oacn army corps is being furnished with it for pre-
liminary trial.
Al the request Of the Bulgarian Government the
Minister OF Marine has gtNaL permission for a naval
tached for nHe years to serve in the newly Organized
bulgarian hotilla In the Black Sea and ON tho Danuhe
They VIII go out on ths new Bulgarian despatch boat
that is being completed at Bordeaux.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-14

Last Sunday the Rev. DR.. THOMAS N.
PorTs Of Richmond preached at tho Hon.
CHARLES T. 0'FERRALI. Governor Of Virginia
"He takes my breath away" cried DR.. PoTrs.
"by going to q common vaudeville per
Torrance. His Lest act lays him liable to
q moro serious imputation than that Of
moral courage. Shades of departed gloryi
When @ Governor Of this grand old Common
wealth prostitutes virtue Ike that, it's time to
call q halt" DR.. PoTrs seems to DO better pro-
vided with indignation than with English.
Doubtless Governor o'FKRRAIL would DO willing
to 60 to an vaudeville performance
II he could find one. Perhaps. Il DR.. PoTTs will
be quiet for q few days, he will got his breath
back.