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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-01

What is it that robs so many people of their vitality. youth and good looks-makes them all in and decrepit, years before their time Some say it's rheumatism that IS ailing them. Others complain. of chronic stomach or liver trouble. Others are bilious. Life is bur den to multitudes of dyspeptics, Severe headache, extreme nervous ness, insomnia, mental depression, melancholia, anemia, dizziness, yer tigo, heart and chest pains. consti- patton, etc. claim other multitudes.
 Sometimes these people are down right sick More frequently they Knowing exactly what Is the mat ter with them Nearly always they resort to medicines of one kind or another in the hope of getting back their health and strength. And nearly always they are dlsap- pointed, because medicines don't build strength unless they set the stomach free from acidity. allow ing it to take full strength out of the food eaten.
 What is 1t that causes teeth to decay? Dentists say--acid mouth that the acid formed by the fer mentation of small particles of food lodged in the teeth is power full enough to eat right through the hard enamel An acid-stomach presents similar condition. Ex cess acid retards digestion. Food in the stomach sours and ferments, causing pain. Classes effect the come the breeding place for count
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-01
1900 Soldiers in Porto
 Rico Have Influenza

San Juan, F. R., Wednesday, October hundred soldiers at Camp Las Casas are i'll with light form ot Spanish influenza. Forty cases of pneu- monia have developed, but there has been only one death.
 The insular sanitary authorities report that there are only five cases of in- fluenza among the civilian population in San Juan, but that there are 80 cases in the nearby town of Loiza.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-01
KNOXVILLE MAN HELD
 FOR WHITE SLAVERY
Jose Sarbat Believed to Be German
 Spy From Papers on Person

Jose Y. Sarbat, white man, and a woman giving her name as Roseta Hull, were taken off a Pullman at the Termi- nal station last night by Officers Burge and Pttman and the man lodged in jail on a charge of white slavery. It is al legged that they are wanted in Knoxville, Tenn, for the above offense and were en route to New orleans when arrested. IL is reported that Sarbat possessed some cards resembling German names and other small articles that looked suspic- ious It is thought that he is a German spy. Each claims to be only 20 years of age.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-01
GADSDEN

Gadsden, october 31.-tspecial.) )-The "flut ban was lifted in Gadsden at'noon today, and the picture shows will re- open. Schools will open Monday and regular church services will be held next Sunday.
 Forty-five men have been ordered to report for entrainment for Camp wheel CT, Macon, Ga, at 3:15 o'clock Monday afternoon.
 The Coosa river is expected to Teach flood stage, according to telegram to D. P. Goodhue, local weather observer. During the hours from midnight Mon :,
 day until midnight last night 5-oz inches of rain fell here. Sergt Charles F. Huffman is ln d base hospital in France for the thlrd time, having been wounded again, ac- cording to letter to his parents, MT. and Mrs c. F, Huffman of Gadsden Cyrene c0mmnndery No. 10 will hoIi il regular meeting for business, receiv- ing petitions and ball0ting, Friday
 evening, November l, 7ia0 ?. m, GEORGE r. WHEELOCk, Commander.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-01
GROUP CONTROLLED
 IN TWELVE HOURS
Cheney's Expectorant Did This for the Little Girl of Mrs. w. T. Morrison. Advised for Group, Whooping Cough, Chilli,
 Sore Throat, Chest Pains.

Mrs. W. T. Morrison of Chattanooga is very thankful to know that her little girl was saved from the tortures or croup by taking cheney's Expectorant. She says: During the early days or
 asst spring my little girl was taken with croup and her condition became dangerous. We tried several remedies. but finally decided to call in physic- ian. This was done and the physician prescribed Cheney's Expectorant, med icine I had often heard of but never used. My daughter came under it's con- trol in 12 hours. and her coughing stop ped and the fever soon disappeared. Since that time I have had Cheneys Ex- pectorant already at hand. and consider 1t without equal" If you suffer from q severe cold, sore throat, whooping cough, chest pains, difficulty in breath ing, bronchitis, coughs of any Kind. then try a small bottle of Cheney's Expecto- rant and take as directed on bottle, Any druggist can supply you.--tAdvt)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-01
Vigorously Human Picture
 Is "The Source" at Strand

Seldom has a more vigorously human picture been seen anywhere than The Source, the new Paramount photoplay starring Wallace Reid, which is being presented at the Strand, with marked success
 It's theme is the splendor of courage reused in a man where it has long been dormant, leading him to wage the great light to win his way back to respect in ire eyes of woman. It is look from this woman which ignites the spark Of
 courage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-01
Jail Delivery Thwarted

Herbert Parker, who was arrested a few days ago, attempted to break jail yesterday by digging through the out side wall of the city jail He was per mitted to occupy the part of the jail outside the cells. but yesterday, when he abused this privilege, he was locked in cell for safe keeping. He had se- cured an old piece of sewer plate and some other small articles, which he used as tools and had succeeded Tn digging half out when caught by Warden Glover
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-01
TOOLATE TO CLASSIFY

~-~~~~~-0-~~~O~-O><>O ! 1I1ST OR STOLEN-1hursday evening, from l43o N 29th st., black and white setter dog: wore collar with w. 4 I,henoweth, Highland Avenue en- graved on same; answers to name of "Pride;" reward, Call Main 2Sl0-W,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-01
OPELIKA

Opelika, October 3l.-Deputy United States Marshal Haden Read and Clerk Henden Glenn were here Monday for the purpose of drawing the grand and petty juries for the fall term of the federal court for the eastern division of the middle district of Alabama. The court will convene here. November Il, Judge Henry D. Clayton to preside.
 The flu" situation in this section con tinues to improve. Very few new eases are reported and most of the patients on the sick list are convaiescent. With out an unexpected turn the influenza epidemic which has scourged these peo- pie for the past three or four weeks will have run it's course and business and other activities will resume normal pro
 portions
 During the month of october an ufi- usual large number of special delivery letters were handled at the local post office. over 600 having been delivered in the city. This mode of letter deliv- cry is very poular with the colored peo' pie,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-01
University of Nebraska Wins

Lincoln, Neb., october 3l.-university of Nebraska football team defeated Ne- braska Wesleyan university. 12 to Q. to-
 day.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
A Departna2emt Devoted to Catholic Inst
lilo Institutions and Matters of Educational In

what the state considered none of
it's business the Church took up and
tried to do. Society has begun to real.
ize that this is its business, and that
it pays as a civilizing as well as a
financial enterprise to go into the work
of preventing the growth of dangerous
human plants, and to deal scientifically
and educationally with all weak and
backward elements of population. But
the state has not yet gotten to the
point where it has taken all this into
it's own hands. And somebody must
perform the tasks which such institu-
tions perform, or we shall all be very
much worse off. In word, they help
to keep down the accumulations of
moral and mental weaklings who are
the products of the imperfections OF
our social system or Of human selfish
ness and vice."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
DON'T FRET.

Poor Miss Thwarte!" Lefty looked
pityingly after the departing caller.
she seems to have a hard time,
doesn't she Only" Lefty paused a
minute, divided with sympathy for the
recent caller and a certain common
sense that insisted on being heard,
only it seems as if other people had
to undergo the same things and didn't
feel half so bad about it."
Yes" nodded Aunt Emily Miss
Thwarte is one of the people who
makes the groan heavier than the
load Her troubles are not any big
ger than other folks, but she makes
them seem worse by the fretting she
does. Take the two together, grum-
bling and troubles, too, and it's no
wonder it's too much for her."
Too many are guilty of the same
folly. A little SNOWFALL of vexation
comes their way, and they keep On
rolling it over and over in complaint
and fault finding, till it gets so big and
heavy that they can hardly move it.
Enough hard things come to us ALL
without our making them worse by
fretting. Do not make the groan heav-
Ter than the load. Do not add to the
necessary burden the unnecessary one
of fault finding.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
DEFENDS PARISH SCHOOL.

To many who keep only in superb
cial touch with current events, it may
seem that the Catholic educators of
the nation may seem little too scary
in having decided to make the anti
parochial school movement one of the
big questions at their forthcoming
convention in San Francisco; but no
one who is following the trend of these
times can deny that there is plenty of
reason to organize. Florida already
has a law under which, according to
the notorious anti-Catholic Governor
Cats, it is possible to throw out
church schools. DR.. Charles S. Chad
sey, former superintendent of the Den
yer public schools, now of Detroit,
found it necessary recently to come to
the defense of the parish school sys-
tenn there. The Detroit Free Press
said of this:
Parochial schools of the Catholic
and Lutheran faith not only take care
of the education of $4,000 children,
half as many as are provided for by
the public educational system of De
troit, but are efficient. allowing gradu-
ates to enter public high schools.
DR.. Charles S. Chadsey, superintend-
ent of schools, thus summed up the
usefulness of such schools on his re-
turn Thursday after an illness of two
months.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
STAY IN SCHOOL.

At the close of the school year re-
ports of a greatly decreased school at
tendance in all grades above the gram
mar came from all parts of the coun-
try, says the Youths Companion. The
older boys had left the schools and
gone to work.
No doubt the temptation is strong.
Jobs have never been SO easy to get or
wages so high, even for unskilled Ia
Dor. Voluntary enlistments and the
draft have drained the country of great
numbers of young men who We're at
work, and the necessity of manufacture
ing immense quantities of supplies in
the shortest possible time has used up
the usual surplus of unemployed older
men, No wonder the boy says: Now
is my chance! Let me make hay while
the sun shines!"
But tempting as the opportunities
seem, they are more or less deceptive,
| for they wear the cloak of an inflated
prosperity. While the boy Of gram
mar school or high school age is at
work, other young men, but little old
er, are getting in the army and navy a
| training that teaches them the value of
discipline, that gives play to- all the
energy and ambition they have and
that offers splendid rewards for re-
sourcefulness and initiative. Many of
them are already highly trained in
chemistry, mechanics, engineering,
Transportation, manufacturing or some
other branch of industry, and others
are getting the training under the
hardest but greatest of masters.
Then, by and by, will come the end
of the war; and when the wheels OF
peaceful Industry begin once more to
turn, the cry will go up for highly
| trained men educated men and those
who have technical knowledge.
How will it seem to the boy who
leaves school now, and who in five
years has cooled and solidified into
some Industrial Granny, to find him
self forced out by younger man who
| knows more because he has had a
better education? What are the few
poor immediate dollars worth beside
the larger although later success?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
SOCIAL VALUE OF RELIGIOUS IN
STITUTIONS.

The motive power of religious insti-
tutions is simply-religion. That is
evident. People saddle themselves with
irksome duties and financial obliga-
lions because they believe that to
teach the young, to care for the or
phan, the sick and the old, is a neces-
sary consequence of true religion. Men
and women speak of institutions in
that way. Here is Methodist or
phanage, there a Catholic school, If
! a man happens to be a Methodist he is
interested in the orphanage; If Cath
olic he is interested in the school.
We are wont to forget that every re-
ligious institution, conducted properly,
of course, is decided advantage not
only to the members of certain de-
nomination, but to the community as
whole. Recently, daily paper in
one of our large cities emphasized this
phase of religious institutions. The
following is an extract from it's edi-
torial:
Even If we have no sympathy with
| religious teachings, we must recognize
that such institutions, no matter by
whom conducted, form a part of the
machinery of our present social order,
which is important to all of us, no mat
ter what religious creed we profess, or
whether we profess none at ALL
Church schools, church charities and
church reformatories owe their exist
ence to the fact that organized society
in the past has neglected it's duty.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
TANGO AND HER PUPPIES.

1t was the breaking up of winter
when the snow and ice were melting
and the frost drawing out of the
ground that the little creek which
flowed near dog kennel grew to be
almost river. In this dog kennel
was a Scotch collie dog named Tango
and her three small puppies.
AS the water rose it overlooked its
banks, upset the dog kennel and the
top fell off. Tango and her puppies
climbed upon it. 1t 1oated down
stream like a raft.
! Suddenly Buster, the smallest of
the puppies, fell into the stream. I'M
one of her puppies on the verge of
| being drowned. All her piteous banks
were in vain, because her master did
not hear her. She made several at
| tempts to rescue the pup, but in vain
| Suddenly large cake of ice seemed
to crowd him nearer to the raft. Then
with one desperate effort, she grasped
him in her mouth and pulled him upon
the raft. In her efforts to rescue Bus
ter she had not realized the danger
she and the others we're in.
Some boys, who were watching the
cakes of ice floating down the stream,
| saw the dog and puppies on the raft,
and realized that, unless they acted
quickly, the dogs would be lost. They
| ran to the nearest farm house, which
was some little distance, where they
got long poles and ran quickly back
to where they had seen the dogs on
| the raft. When they got back the
large cakes of ice had nearly broken
the raft by humping up against it.
| They jumped from cake to cake, en-
| dangering their own lives in order that
they might save the dog and her pup
pies. They reached the raft safely
and it was by careful work that they
| towed it to shore.
Although the dog could not express
her appreciation in words, the boys
knew how grateful she was to them for
.saving her and her puppies.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
SOUTH DAKOTA MISSIONARY
ASKS FOR A MISSIONARY
MASS OUTFIT.

Dear readers, will you help us sup
ply South Dakota missionary with a
Mass outfit that will mean so much to
him? Three years ago his Bishop plac-
ed him in charge of eight missions, and
since that time he has been faithfully
and zealously watching over his scat
tered flock, to see that none strayed
from the fold. 1t is not an easy task
for this tired little man to be carry
ing the necessary requisites for the
celebration of Holy Mass from one
mission to another in a cumbersome
case, as you can surmise. The major
ity of his missions are located from
seven to ten miles away from a rail-
road, SO you can picture for yourself
the large territory he has under his
care In order to say Mass at least once
a month at each of his missions it is
two of his missions every Sunday
these missions are, on an average,
twelve miles apart.
He has written a very appealing let
Ter 10 us tune OdLHOliC CnuFCn EAlen-
sion Society, in the hope that we may
find some generous benefactor who
will supply him with his hearts de-
sire-a Missionary Mass outfit. He is
anxious to possess one of these outfits,
which contains everything necessary
for Holy Mass, including an altar
stone candlesticks, yestnlents, chalice,
etc. These articles are all packed
into neat suitcase, and the weight is
very much less than the burdensome
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
Opposed to Foreign Tongue.

81 am opposed to all schools in
which the English language is not the
basis for instruction. There are Polish
schools in the city being taught by
those who cannot speak the English
language; such conditions should not
be tolerated 1t is my understanding
all subjects in the Lutheran schools
are taught in English, only religious
instruction being in German.
Catholics and Lutherans pay taxes
both for the support of their own and
public schools, tightening the burden
of other taxpayers. 1t would be I'M
American to close their schools on
religious grounds. | believe the great
mass of Protestants are opposed to the
movement"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27

and bulky outfits manufactured by the
missionaries themselves. The mis-
sionaries who have received these out
fits are overjoyed with their simplicity
and compactness, and with the new
outfit, the long, tiresome trips to and
from their many missions are under
taken with new zeal and enthusiasm.
The appeal of this missionary meets
with the hearty approval of his Bish-
op, who urges us to do our utmost to
secure an outfit for him.
Do we not owe it to the missionaries,
the men who have not only given up
| their friends and relatives that they
might better follow in the footsteps of
| our Divine Lord, but many of whom
have also given their lives for the
salvation of souls, to see that they are
supplied with one of these Mass out
fits?
Surely there are some who have
been blessed with an abundance of
| this worlds riches and who, in graft
tude, could, if they would, pay for this
poor priests outfit. But those of you
who cannot send US the entire amount
for the purchase of the outfit, which is
$115, can at least send your mite. 1t
makes no difference how small your
donation may be. 1t will be added to
other small donations that we may re-
ceive, and, possibly, in this way we
may be able to raise the $115 that will
be necessary to send the much de-
sired Mass outfit to the South Dakota
missionary, and thus gladden. another
missionary's heart. By sending this
priest Mass outfit we are prolonging
his good work in the Lords vineyard.
| Would you not like to have a share in
the Spiritual work he is doing?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27

Zone of the best and most notice
able traits of the true gentleman is
his respect for the rights of others. A
gentleman is never overbearing, but,
on the contrary, has more or less re-
firing disposition. He is courteous to
everybody, rich and poor; he is hon
est, upright and true to his word. He
does his duty to the best of his ability.
He is never boisterous and guilty of
mean or vulgar acts. He is patient
and can take a defeat without Whim-
per. He is not a hypocrite and he
never carries revenge in his heart.
He is respectful and Obedient to his
superiors, and he loves and honOrs
his parents. When later in the even
ing of his life he reviews the course
of his career he will attribute what
ever success he may have attained to
them. A man cannot be true gen
tleman without being patriotic in case
he may be called upon to defend his
country. He goes without a murmur.
A gentleman holds his honor next to
God and his country, and he would
not do anything willingly to sully it.
RAYMOND GEORGE BRENNER."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.
A GENTLE MAN.

Some time ago Sergeant Charles H.
Butler, military instructor of the
Sioux City, Iowa, Catholic Cadet Corps,
offered prize for the best brief es-
say on the subject, What Is a Gentle
man." All the cadets wrote. The two
best essays follow:
1.-THE chief qualities of gentleman
are charity, courage, courtesy, char
acter and will power.
"a gentleman does not have to be
born of a high family or, as the die
tionary says, one above yeoman.'
There are more yeoman gentlemen
than those who call themselves aris-
tocrats. A fine example of a gentle
man was Lincoln. 1t has never been
said that he was unkind or ungentle-
manly, and he was what is called a
yeoman. Washington was born of a
high and rich family, but he was a
model gentleman. A gentleman new
er inflicts a pain, jeers or sneers and
always tries to avoid finding fault.
He tries to talk of ones virtues rather
than of his defects. One of the most
unmannerly and ignorant things per-
son can do is to listen to a conversa-
ton that is not intended for his ears.
A gentleman is fine title for one who
really deserves it. A gentleman is
always respected by others, and con-
slider that there is no better man in the
world than an American gentleman.
JOE SWEENEY"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
Opposes Leagues Plan.

In opposing the movement of the
Wayne County Civic League, DR.. Chad
sey declared he does not see how any
considerable element could support
the plan of the league. In the first
place, he pointed out, if the children
were turned over to the public schools
the system of public education in the
city would be paralyZed.
LAS it is now," he said, "the largest
parish schools are in the districts
where the public schools are taxed to
capacity. In many of the districts
the parish school enrolment is fully
as large as our own. If the parish
schools were closed in these districts
we would be forced to double our
equipment. Even if taken over, large
amount of money would have to be
spent on them.
1.-The spirit of cooperation between
the Catholic and Lutheran schools and
our department has always been fine.
l think the appointment of state SUI
perintendent for these systems would
result in even closer cooperation in
the future.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-27
THE NEED OF ONE MISSION IN
MINNESOTA.

Among the poorest missions in a
Diocese in Minnesota, newly ordain-
ed priest has set out, full of mission
airy zeal, to gather in the strayed
sheep and give nourishment to those
weak in their holy religion.
The missions that have been assign
ed to this new worker in the vineyard
are beset with many trials, and be-
cause his people are poor and unable
to do for him what they would like to
do, many and great are the crosses he
will have to bear. He realizes that his
lot is going to be a hard one, but he
knows that the Master Whom he serves
will not abandon him; and with this
confidence he has set to work with a
light heart to labor among the people
in Northern Minnesota.
In order that this missionary may not
be disappointed in the beginning of his
career, the Catholic Church Extension
Society desires to supply him with an
organ for one of his chapels, which is
the first article he has asked for. He
writes that they have an organist and
people to sing, but no organ,
A good organ may be secured for a
poor mission for about $50, carrying
charges included, and if any of the
friends of the missions would like to
present such gift to this needy church
in Minnesota, the Catholic Church Elk
tension Society would be pleased to
take care of their order.
Donations for the purchase of this
organ should be sent to the Catholic
Church Extension Society, $50 McCor-
mick Bldg, Chicago, I'll.