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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
The Linen Department

This department grows by reason of the fact that at al times you can buy linens here cheaper than you car anywhere else, and besides you are sure to find here those things which othei stores fail to have.
 Less than our usual price; are these specials.
 .12 pieces German Table Dam ask, pure linen, 63 inches wide, dice pattern only, worth 59c yard, at only 49c.
 10 pieces of German Table Linen, GA inches wide, all dice pat tern, worth soc yard, at only 39c.
 10 pieces of Table Linen, assort- ed patterns, 54 inches wide, regu- lar price 40c, at only 33Lac.
 100 dozen German Liysn Table Napkins, 17x17 size, worth s1.O0 a dozen, at 75c.
 50 dozen half bleached Linen Table Napkins, 19x19 in size, as- sorted floral patterns, worth at any time $1.50 dozen, at only 1.25.
 50 dozen silver bleached Irish Linen Table Napkins 58 size, heavy damask, assorted patterns, worth $2.50 dozen, for only 1.9S.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
The Largest Mailing Order De-
 partment in the South.

No matter in what part of the south you live you can send an order here and get 1t back properly filled sooner than it would have had time to reach any of the stores in the east or west.
 You iun ID risk in shop ping wi h us, for we guaran-. tee satisfaction. If we sub stitute we do it at our own risk, subject to your approval --if anything goes wrong you may get your money back just as easily as if you asked for it in person.
 We are now sending out a great many samples of Silks and Dress Goods. Let Us send you some samples. What is it you want ? What color? About what price? We, would be glad to send desired samples free for the asking. Or no matter what it is you want for personal wear, write us and it will come back in the first mail. Or perhaps you want some thing for your home, for use or ornament. That's here, toO--Write.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
Mems Sl.OO Shirts for 49c-
 White Shirts.

From our New York office comes a special purchase of mems unlaundered white shirts, made of the New York Mills domestic. Four ply, linen bosom. All lineu cuffs and collar band. The back and front of the shirt is re- enforced, and it has, too, the cushion neck bandit is ev- cry inch a dollar shirt when laundered.
 The sale price is 49c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
Coal Vases and Coal Hods.

At special prices here are Hods and Vases, and tho the winter is more than half gone still the prices warrant you in buying.
 S1.25 Coal Vase, floral design on top and front. Special at 1.2o
 $2.O0 Coal Vase, same size, same design, with rack in back, 1.35
 $2.50 Coal Vase, large size, calla lily design. Special at 1.75
 S400, $3.50 and $500 Coal Vase, some have racks on back, all neat designs, and full size Vase. Spe- cial. 2.25
 $12.O0 Brass Coal Vase, with ball-bearing rollers, full size. Spe- cial at 1o.oo
 15-inch galvanized Coal Hod, regular price 35c. Special at 27c
 16-inch galvanized Coal Hod, regular price 40c. Special at 32c
 17-inch galvanized Coal Hod, regular price 45c. Special at 37c
 18-inch galvanized Coal Hod, regular price SOC. Special at 4oc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

SQUARE DINING TABLE, with five heavy, handsome, turned and fluted legs, m-de of quarter sawed oak, golden finish and polished, G. foot extension, regular price $2000. February Sale Price. 15.o0.
 DRESSERS, in golden oak or mahogany finish, with 24x30 fancy pattern shape or oval French bevel mirrors, full size case, shaped tops, 4 drawers, sthe two top drawers swell front, with good cast brass handles, extra good make and polished finished; prices are $18.50 to $2000. Your choice Feb ruary Price, 1850.
 DRESSER, with large case, full swell front all the way down, top drawer divided into two, and two large drawers with best cast brass handles, standard and gloss frame carved, with 24x30 French beyel mirror in oval or pattern shape. extra good workmanship, made of quartered oak, golden finish or ma hogany finish, price $26.00. Febru- ary Sale Price, 21.75.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
Attractive Clothing Reductions

Boys all wool 75c Pants at DOC. Here is a new lot of Boys three-piece suits, absolutely wool, coats, vests and pants, in sizes of 7 to 15.
 Lot "A" the 5000 Suits, at 5.o5. Lot "B," the $500 Suits, at 4.e5. Lot e." the $7.oo Suits, at $50. Two lots of VeStee Suits in \ sizes from } to 10 years.
 Lot No. 1-At 3.48 includes $500 suits.
 Lot No. 2-At 2.5o includes 500 suits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15


 BRASS BED, high head and foot end, has large Pinch posts, with extra large husks, and cathe- dral knobs, swell shape foot end, cheap for $5000. February Sale Price, 37.5o.
 FANCY ODD CHAIRS, suitable for bedrooms, in white maple, with cane or polished wood seats, sev- eral patterns
 One style, regular price $3.25. February Sale Price, 2.5o.
 One style, regular price $3.25. February Sale Price, 2.25. -
 One style, regular price $4.50. February Sale Price, $50.
 One style, regular price, $5.75. February Sale Price, SIS.
 One style, regular price S6.50. February Sale Price, 400.
 One style, regular price $7.75. February Sale Price, 4.50.
 ROUND DINING TABLE, heavy pedestal with carved claw feet, made of all quarter sawed oak, golden finish and polished, S-foot extension, high grade table that we will mark during February Sale 25.00.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
soc Silver Novelties 39c

This week you may buy any article mentioned be- low, 11c cheaper than at any other store. These goods are 925- 1000 fine sterling silver. Go where you will you will find them marked soc. The reason that they are marked }9c here, is because of the cooperative plan of the store.
 Tea Bells, Tooth Brushes,
 Rolling BIotters, Files,
 Darnng Balls, Shoe Horns,
 Seals, Shoe Hooks,
 Ink Erasers, Cuticies, etc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
Special Selling of Mems Furnishings for Monday.

Four especially attractive things = attractive in more than one sense, at little prices, and little prices for new styles too.
 Here they are
 Narrow Derby Four-inHand Ties, all silk, Barathea in solid colors, stripes, dots and figures, soc quality. Special 25c.
 Tan and Brown Half Hose, fast colors, double soles, 25c quality. Special, 8 pairs for soc.
 Muslin Night Shirts, either plain white or embroidered front, collar made on the shirts, soc quality. Special, 3ec.
 Genuine Guyot Suspenders, soc quality Special, 39c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
The JeweIry Booth.

This is not simply a Christ mas department-We are do- ing business the year around and getting all the novelties in new things each season. For instance, at the present time you will find
 Hat Pins on sale at 23c, worth 35c.
 Sterling Silver Hat Pins in such new designs as the Gibson Girl, " Rose J "Woman's Head,' Cupid,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
3-piece Tin Sets

New fresh lot of. 3-piece Tin Sets (replenisher, slop pail and foot tub) in pink, green, blue and red. Else where the price asked is 1.25. Here, for a full size set, 1.19.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
Buy Some Lace Curtains

The Irish Point Lace Cur tain Sale concerns a big lot of curtains, but not many of one pattern--and that is the reason why the prices are reduced so.
 $50 buys 800 Curtains.
 zoo buys 1000 Curtains.
 800 buys 12.50 Curtains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
Candle Shades

Only a few Shades left, in pink, lemon and white.
 Crepe Paper Shades, the former prices were 15c eacn, now at, each, Sc.
 Candles, all colors, at, per dozen, 4oc.
 Candles, banquet lengths, per dozen. 75c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
Some soc Tub Stocks

We have just received a new lot of Mercerized Madras and fancy Pique stocks, in Bishop effect, looking very stylish with buttons of French knots for trimmings..
 They were made to sell at 5Oc-We marked them 20c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
Terra Gotta Plaques

About 20 Terra Gotta Pla- ques, Heads and Wall Deco rations, in fancy Oriental col ors, regular prices
 Are $150, $175, $200 and s2.50, to close out, special, at, each, LOO.
 Pipe Racks, an assortment of 8, former prices 65c, 75c, S100 and $1.25. Special, each, Soc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
Free Delivery About the Bir-
 mineham

One of the strongest points of this store is its delivery system. We strive at all times to have it the best any where" anywhere doesn't compete with Birmingham, still we don't think we are too strenuous.
 Put such a store as this in a forest and you'd soon beat a path to the door.
 We make deliveries
 Free to all parts of Birming- ham.
 Free to all parts of Avon dale.
 Free to all parts of East Lake.
 Free to all parts of North Birmingham.
 Free to all parts of East Birmingham.
 Free to all parts of Wood lawn.
 Free to all parts of King Ston
 Free to all parts of Elyton.
 Free to all parts of West End.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
New Chains

A 1.25 Turquoise and pearl Chain LOO.
 Dull black wood bead Chains LOO.
 A 1.25 cut jet Chain LOO.
 Here are some Chains at 25c and soc. The soc chains are dull or bright jet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
Sale Boys Mackintoshes and
 Rubber Coats.

We place on sale a com plete line of rubber coats and mackintoshes at 50ca garment less than they were made to sell for.
 $500 Mackintoshes at 2.5o.
 $2.50 Rubber Coats at 200.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
Sash Pins at soc. worth 75c.

Pretty heart-shaped oxodlzed, satin and cut silver, at soc. These are the Sterling" quality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
The Special Selling of Carpets

The sale of Tapestry Brus- sels and Velvet Carpets has attracted a number of buyers and as the lots are large, you still have another opportuni- ty--that's if you failed to come yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
The February Furniture Sale Continues

The news for today concerns Brass Beds Fancy Odd Chairs and Dining Room Tables The prices, as on all oh- CT things in the February sae at least one-ffth less
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
Waist Sets at 1.5o, worth s2.oo.

Sterling Silver waist sets, the new French gray finish in Woman's head designs. The sets contain three waist pins and sash pin. Marked special at 175-here they are at 1.50 the set.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
Some Attractive Hosiery at soc

Ladies fancy Hose, repre- senting the latest fad for spring wear. Here are the styles-remember they are marked at only soc.
 Black, with White circular stripes.
 Dropstiteh, with Black circular stripes.
 The "Plng Pone' style.
 The Tennis style.
 (The later, too, In linen shades, with delicate pastel circular stripes, oxford shades, with stripes and polka dot.)
 Novelties in White Hose for evening wear.
 Think of itl Anyof these for soc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

At 3.00-9-inch Jardinieres, in Oriental underglaze decorations, and 8 shapes in Art Jardinieres.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
Sale Glassware at Sc

A sale of Glassware usually attracts, and this one will be no exception to the rule, for there's included
 Celery Stands, Butters,
 Olive Dishes, Salt Trays, Comports, Pepper Trays, Wines, Spoon Trays, Goblets, Creams.
 Vases, Spooners,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

Foundation Collars in cotton and silk, black and white, and with a new improved clasp attachment, 1Sc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

The Fay Hose--the great advertised hose, it buttons to the waist, no trouble with supporters, sizes 4 1-2 to 9.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
Striped Mercerized White Madras, 25c

On table at the of the Wash Goods Department is big lot of beautiful striped Mercerzed Madras 32 inches wide and material promises be in great demand the coming spring the sale of this lot at yard will undoubtedly prove no ordinary attraction to Birmingham shoppers The Wash Goods Department these days looks as you expect to Spring Opening Dayso many new things and as devices methods improve for manufacturing wash materials does the display which have each Women say among themselves that this the stock o tine wash fabrics lager-certainy beautiful Worth seeing these:
 Printed French Organdie a
 Oxfords, plain striped, at
 linen mix n
 Damas at
 Import
 Knckerbocker Sutings, all shades. 25c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

At 2.00-S-inch Art Jardinieres, the new shape, No. 560, imitation of RocKwood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
;'.: .:: 5;:t; LOvEMAN, ;'':: S:: s;:; s;:s Of the Ohio Of the Ohio - ''' JOSEPH @ LOEB. 5; ''''
The Notion Department

The Vincent" which we told of at length about a week ago, is selling fast. It is the only practical, sensible, com fortable waist adjuster on the market.
 The price is 15c.
 The Shoulder Diaper Hold CT is the only diaper support a mother who studies the ba- by's comfort carefully, will buy for her baby.
 Not expensive, 25c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
"A Special Purchase of Fancy
 Wash CheviOtS.

In the Wash Goods Department will find new arr- vaa right important one it s too Fancy Chevios g inches wide and designs most novel and dressy hese Chev1os suitable for complete suits They goods that of them on front table They will be marked 1-ac
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

Haven't you tried cris-PO, the new cereal, which we are serving with CT cam? It is delicious. Near the "Cozytorium.',
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

German made Scissors and Shears, } 1-2 to 7 inches, 25c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
Purses at 35c, worth soc

Dainty Purses with neck chains for misses in silver at 35c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

Haven't you tried Cris-Po, the new cereal, which we are serving with cream? It is delicious. Near the "CozytOrium."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
A Big Sale of Mating.

It is big sale, yet it only affects two lots, tho the saving is sufficient to warrant every woman in Birmingham to consider her future rnattinU needs
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

Here are some children's hose 6 to 10--double knees, double toes. Some with spliced soIes, 25c hose--noW 19c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
mating needs.

Lot No. 1 concerns heavy cotton warp Japanese Mating that sells for 2Sc-in this sale at 15c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

At 1.oo-Porcelain bodies Jar dinieres, with color decoration, or the Empire" shape, in green and pink.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
Jardeniers

At 25c-7-inch Jardinieres, in terra cotta, and 6-inch in mottled glazed effect.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
Store South H<ON EIVE HAN. Store South Of the Ohio" Of the Ohio.
 JOSEPH @ LOEB.
Art Goods Department

A number of interesting things on sale here.
 Thread Cambric, $ inches wide, have been marked thus.
 The soc quality now 5oe.
 The S5c quality now f5e.
 The $1.1o quality now i'oo.
 The $1 40 quality now 1'2o.
 The $1.5o quality now l'zo.
 The $1.60 quality now l.oo'
 The $2.oo quality now 1.I5.
 The $2.25 quality now zoo
 The $2.5o quality now 2.2o.
 We have just received a new lot of Lace, Honiton and Battenberg BraidS, that are well worth inspection.
 Then we have new Pillow Cords in cotton, mercerlzed finish, plain silk and fancy silk.
 Twenty-Five Embroidered Pillows that sold as high as 400, are now, because slight ly soiled, marked at LOO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

Lot No. 2, concerns heavy cotton warp Japanese Mating in beautiful carpet patterns, worth 35c-in this sale at 20c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
The Last of the Sale of Ladies and
 Misses Winter Suits
The Reduced Sale of Womens $

The three lots of suits in this sale all right far quality and style concernedhe trouble IS that the szes are broken, and the resut-neary half prices.
 Lot No. 1-ssoo Suits,
 Nc. 2-$12oo
 3-$18oo
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

At 5oc-8-inch Jardinieres, extra deep, for long raised flowers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
Velyeteens for Coats and Suits Redu

At revised prices here al suitable for suits or Waists-N than these prices
 24-inch Black Velveteens, $100 quality, for 1oc
 27-inch Black Velveteens, $1.25 and $1.50 quality, for sSe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
Some Dollar Gloves at 69c.

Here gloves, but not in all shades and all sizes, and of excellent quality kid Made to sell Marked at 6oc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15
Dollar Colored Dress Goods.
Reduced Prices on Black Silks.

we nave IdkGTT dDUuI II1 and reduced the prices in ore dull season.
 27-inch Black Taffeta, worth 75c, for oso 21-inch Black Taffeta, guaran- teed, worth $1.00, for osc 26-inch Black Taffeta, guaran- teed, worth $1.50, for soc 21-inch Black Peau de Soie, guar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

27-inch Black velveteens, $20O quality, for 1.5o
 19-inch Colored Velvets, for suits or waists, plain or paon, worth 75c, special, 59c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-15

anteed, worth SIPS, for eSc
 21-inch Black Louisienes, guar anteed, worth $1.25, for 98c
 22-inch Black Moire Antiques, worth $2.00, for 1.25 22-inch Black Moire Antiques, worth $500, for 1.98
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-21
nnuas the Prolific

GAS rule, do not begin book IN
til 1t is finished" the elder Dumas used
often to say. And certainly the pace
at which he put his works on paper
seems to bear out the statement No
fewer than sixty volumes Of his ap-
peared within a single year, a record
probably never equaled before or since.
On one occasion he made wager OF
s1OO that he would write the first vol
ume of a new book he had planned
within seventy-two hours, including
the time foc meals and sleep. The work
was to occupy seventy-fve large fools
cap pages, each page containing forty
FIVE lines and each line fifty letters-a
total of 1876 lines. He won the bet
with ridiculous ease, accomplishing the
task in six hours less than the specified
fiDoa
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-21
DMeJIers In the Ice.

The Etahyans, or 'arctic highland
ers" Of Ross. live in ice caves within
the vast glacier cap which covers all
northern Greenland Theirs is perhaps
the most wretched and isolated exist
ence it is possible to conceive.
Their dwellings, are always wet,
owing to the melting Of the Ice walls
and floor. For full six months Of the
year the darkness Of the arctic night
envelops them. The ice is around them,
beneath them, above them. In nine
cases out Of ten if they venture abroad
they breathe the frozen particles, and
the sensation is akin to that which
comes from inhaling the blast of fur.
mace.
Nevertheless they refuse to move far
ther south with the approach Of win
ter, as do all the other Eskimo tribes.
They take sort of perverted pride in
their loneliness as in their misery.
"What matter" they say, ''if we are
cold and hungry? We are the last OF
all peoples. We dwell literally at the
end of the world To the north Of US
there is snow, there is ice, but there Is
no land, and there is nothing that lives,
breathes or has independent move
ment"-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-21
The Price of Slaves.

The prices Of slaves varied very
greatly in different parts Of the south
in antebellum days. In states like
South Carolina or Louisiana, where
slaves were always in demand, much
more was paid for them than in the
border states like Kentucky and Mis-
souri,, where they could easily run
away. In New Orleans S1,600 to ST.
500 was often paid for good car
penter or blacksmith, who in Kentucky
or Missouri would not have brought
more than half as much. Many slave
traders made regular business Of buy
ing in the border states and selling In
Mobile, New Orleans or Charleston,
and there was always handsome
profit in the transaction. The most
risky part Of the business was the
guarantee demanded that the slave
would not run away. The time limit
was commonly thirty days, and the
matter was usually arranged with the
slave himself by taking his promise
and giving him SIS or SO to stay until
the guarantee had expired.-Exchange.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-21
snttermi1k q Liquor CuSe.

A buyer for one Of the largest liquor
houses In Philadelphia who is COM
PEELED to sample enough wine and spir-
its every day to put an ordinary man
out Of business says that butterm1k
Is his salvation. 81 not only buy five
or six glasses day at the dairy res
taurants or street stands" he says,
"but drink it all the time at home
instead Of tea or coffee. I never touch
beer or anything like that. I keep
stone crock Of buttermiik in the cellar
and let it get Just little stale. 1t is
better then than if taken fresh. a
man who insists on drinking liquor will
find very little trouble If he takes
plenty Of buttermilk II he wants to
swear of, buttermilk will help him. 1t
is a splendid stomachic. Two quarts
Of good buttermilk day will cure any
case Of nervous indigestion. on."-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-21
A FREAK OF NATURE.
Wonderful Travelling Sand Hills
That Are Found In Peru.

Wonderful Travelling Sand Hills
That Are Found In Peru.
After passing another town Of
three or four mud huts we enter the
famous desert Of Islay, on which are
what I consider the most remarkable
natural curiosities to be seen on this
globe, for we are now among hundreds
nay, thousands-of pure white sand
crescents on a plateau Of 4,5OO feet
above the level Of the sea and fifty
four miles from the coast, where all
else is of dark red or chocolate color.
Whence comes this sand and why al
ways in a crescent shape? Professor
Bailey told me that scientific men 90
not agree as to the reason why the
sand always forms the same crescent
shape, although it is generally believed
that the whirling eddies hereabout are
responsible Some, however, argue that
such IS not the case since each Of these
crescents has an opening toward the
northeast. At any rate, the inner circle
Is an almost perpendicular wall Of the
finest pure white sand, and from the
upper edges the crescents slope gradu-
ally away on the outside. They aver
age about twenty feet in height, the
inner circle having diameter Of some
fifty feet, although I have seen one at
least a mile and q half in diameter,
which was however, not much higher
than the average. These crescents
move, it is estimated, at the rate Of
three inches every twenty-four hours,
and when on the slow journey one
comes near the railroad it becomes
necessary to shovel the sand across
the tracks, after which it travels on,
forming new crescents or mingling
with some of the others.-Ernest G.
Rost in Harper's Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-21
rhe ASS and the Ladder.

81 came into possession Of a Hebrew
library the other day." said student,
"and in several Of. my new books IS
the sentence. May this volume not be
damaged, neither this day nor for
ever, until the ass ascends the ladder
What does that mean-'till the ass
ascends the ladder?' Do you know?'
Eyes, know" answered the STU
dents preceptor. 'The phrase is Ike
that Of Petronius, 'asinus in tegulis'
(an ass on the house top. It signifies
impossibility, a thing that will never
take place Books preserved, there
fore, until the ass ascends the ladder
are books forever preserved."-Phila-
delphia Record.