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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01
JHk and 3sooi Fabrics

Also Nets. No such stock any where elsce on The Avenue" Get our prices.
 Wool Taffeta in twenty colors, 36- inches wide. On sale at. ...... 49c s6-inch Black Orient Waterproof Habutai Silk, $1.O0 quality, on
 The new Electric Stripe Taffeta, 46 inches, in the new color for; s1.50. On sale at present at. s1.39 New Cotton Nets, in white, cream, navy. brown, ecru, and Arabian, in plain figures and dots.
 At ................ .z0c, 59c. and 75c
 The latest Silk Crepe de Chine, with satin stripe, one inch wide, in all colors; 89c quality. On sale at ..............=.... 50c
 The new Gravel Cloth in stripes, 52 inches wide-tan, Copenhagen, navy leather. and brown. All have green invisible thread; SIPS quality. On sale at .......... 95c
 22inch Liberty Sesseline Silk, all pure silk, finest quality. On sale at .................. ............. S0c
 New suitings in ten patterns. 4e inches wide, $1.00 value. On
 sale at .................75 75c
 AoiiiN OittilSi' III twenty COiOISs 75c quality. On sale at .....,. 39c
 New Spring Challies, with satin stripe and small figures and dots. Now nsale at ..........3 39c
 Good English Stripe Suiting and check, 36-inch. Now on sale
 at 4BC
 2S-inch Pongee Silk, in 35 colors and white and black. Now on sdle at ...........7 75c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01

Thompson says: q cannot give you food, but I can give you employment If the man Is not without hope, he will grasp at the opportunity for honest work.
 As is readily seen. the real benefit of the system is getting man again on his feet. That man who willingly undertakes the work is down and out through an uncommon adverseness of fortune. or is preparing to regain his manhood in the truest sense. He sees in the employment offered a stepping stone He labors earnestly for while and the ambition Is relSindled. He hungers for a something higher bet ter, something more remunerative. He hungers for a life of usefulness, sta tion in which he can lift his head aloft, and see his fellow man face to face without a sense of shame or fear.
 There is a perfect organization at the industrial home. The men have certain hour to get up in the morning, certain hours to report for work. These men harness the team; these men get the shop cleared for action: these men see that the press Is in working condition. These men prepare to clean the paper, then to bind it. The team is at the newspaper offices when the doors are opened for the election of trash. The wagon Is load 
 then dumped upon a great sieve and le- vers piled beneath sift out the dirt. Two men gather up the paper and put It In the press. The pressman starts the ma chinery The bale Is soon in shape for the binding. It is then carted away, with numerous others, to the station. It is then shipped to the paper mills of Geor- gia and Carolina.
 There Is a demand for the paper It is retailing at 33 Is cents per hundred pounds. The industrial ships an average of two and a half cars per month, each car carrying about 12 tons. It can now be seen whereby Envoy Thompson gets sufficient money to pay his men salaries, to furnish them with shelter, to feed them, and give them books to read and study at night.
 In addition to tenacity of purpose and industry, Envoy Thompson, for the accu mutation of money to carry on this good work, applies ingenuity truly American. He has "store" in connection with the industrial. In this store he sells cast-off clothing given him with pleasure by those who have no place to throw It. He has vanished chairs and mended them, bro ken tables and even sewing machines. The sales of this store, which are all pro- fit, have amounted to as much as s45 per week. In every way men are taught to make use of their natural intellect, their experience and talent. Lazness is not tolerated. Unwillingness to work has re- suited in dismissal Infracton of the rules has resulted in dismissal. Drunken ness Is not permitted in any shape fashion. Courtesy is demanded. Careful ness against fire and other sources of danger is instilled in the minds of the men the moment they "sign up.''
 It Is an ideal school for the unemployed It Is a great shop for the making of men, true men, with courtesy, honesty and shamelessness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01

which will prevent life of degradation. then do those things which will partially restore what is lost.
 This is especially applicable to the habit, acquired by many of promiscuous and in discriminate giving. The scattering of charity is not charitable. It requires won derful executive ability to give without doing more harm than good. A learned minister of Birmingham stated yesterday that when in charge of little church in North Carolina he was troubled in wisely distributing the pitiable sum of sS per month.
 In many of the larger cities of America philanthropists are founding institutions for the purpose of giving employment to the worthy unemployed. It often is true that worthy man out of work is forced to ask for food and for shelter. These peo- pie, spending their money wisely do in- conceivable good by stepping in at the physiological moment, snatching men from the borders of beggardom, and not infrequently restoring worthy characters to lives of good and usefulness.
 Putting into practice the truth that 1t Is wiser to give an opportunity to earn a dinner than to serve the dinner on re- quest, and having learned by unlimited experience that an honest man who has a hope of returning to the company of the useful would prefer to work for his meal, the Salvation Army here has established an industrial institution for the unem- ployed. The success of this venture has surprised it's promoters. Permanent work has been given to a number of men; and now, just as the first year is passing out, there Is a neat little balance on reserve. There is hardly a way in which one can appreciate the work of the Salvation Army
 When the average man thinks of this band of workers, there springs into his mind a picture of number of males and females in the streets, wear ing strange uniforms and unshapely hats, singing religious songs and pray ing aloud. He has vague idea that at Christmas time the Salvation Army does a certain amount of good by feed ing the hungry and sheltering the omeless. Without an investigation. it is impossible to calculate the amount of good that is really done, day in and day out, from the first to the last of the year. But the greatest good that the army does or could do, is in re- storing lost lives to paths of useful ness. Far better is this than in feed ing those who are hungry, and praying aloud in the streets.
 Envoy Thompson, the spirit of the industrial insti'',te, declares 1t a busi- ness made ol oth ing for those with nothing to do. He makes use of the waste paper of the city, of refuse which formerly was source of worry and irritation to the city authorities, he has builded practicable business,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01
THE IDEAL CHARITY
BY HUGH W. ROBERTS.

out of which money is made and em- ployment given to those who come beg ging for charity.
 In the beginning. Thompson had nothing. He rented a building. He hired team. He had only the most inexpert methods of removing from the paper the dirst and mire. His me chanical equipment for pressing the paper into bales was of the earliest and unimproved variety. But with English tenacity. he kept plodding away, and now at the end of year, he owns his team, has equipment for asserting the paper from the waste and an improved press. He has paid sal aries for year to 10 men, has shel tered and fed them. And. as stated there is a balance on hand. and pros poets for eventual prosperity. In be- holding the 10 men who aid in this in dustry, noting their clothes, tn cir gen. eral appearance. and their willingness, nay, enthusiasm. in doing the tasks allotted, one eannot believe that less than year ago. these individuals were, in the common venacular, down and out" tramps, indeed, begging for foo1 from door to door. Now, when ever a man asks for food, Envoy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01
The Favorite Dish of Hawaii.

Mrs. c. R. Miller in Leslie's Weekly
 Native life is fast becoming a thing of the past with the Hawaiians, and they are adopting American manners and GUS toms, but 1t is doubtful whether they will ever give up their favorite food, made from the taro plant and known as poi. In years gone by each native took a particular pride in producing his own pie, but nowadays 1t is made in factories, the work being done almost wholly by the natlve-born Chinamen, who receive sl per day for their labors.
 I was fortunate enough at Lahaina however to see this staff of life made in the oldfashioned way. The taro plant seems to be cross between a sweet potato and a turnip and the root is long and fleshy. This, after steaming, must be pounded into a sort of flour before mixing. A stone pestle is used. and often 1t required hours to- beat the root to the proper consistency When a certain stage is reached. water is added and it is worked into a thin paste, put into bar
 rel and allowed to fermant The taste
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01

q have twice brought this matter be- fore the house of commons, asking that inquiry should be made into the indis- crimlnate offer of rewards by the gov ernment in India. Tigers may be roughly divided into three classes, the deer-stalk- er the cattle litter and the man eater, the latter being no more common among tigers than murderers among men, and all of them in their degree keep down the head of deer and droves of wild pigs, which destroy the crops of the cultivators, They operate only on the margin of culti- vation, for tigers though the fact is not generally known, do not walk about the streets in India seeking whom they may devour, as lions actually do in parts or Africa. The only tiger I ever knew that acted in this manner was discovered after his death to have been suffering from some abnormal pressure of the brain, so that he was not accountable for his &C., tions
 '.It may be taken as an invariable rule that tigers live just where cultivation presses up to the forest edge, where they are the best friends of the cultivators, whose crops are devastated wholesale in such situations. There is no difficulty, whatever in conf1ning the reward to man eaters, as the tiger is parsonage every where well known not only to the monkeys ana the Dlrus, WIO diiiiouiiSS hiS movements from the tops of the trees, but to the villagers themselves, who can dis criminate perfectly well and can inform any sportsman who wants to know which animals are their rare enemies among the many who are their frequent friends.
 'gTigers are not vegetarians neither are we. and If we are homogeneous so are they unlike the Kulin Brahmans Of Ben gal, and when more than two tigers are seen together the sportsman may con clude that he is intrudng upon family party The deerstalker is a gentleman sportsman whose life Is spent in well do- ing, for he kills the deer that eat the crops that feed the cultivator, who pays the land tax, which keeps up the Indian empire. Cattle filters no doubt have much of the poacher in their composition, but they generally only prey upon the fec bier or less valuable members of herd, and the villagers are willing that they should take toll in recognition of the good they do In destroying the crop destroyers A herd together can repulse a tiger, and only stragglers, calves or weddings fall victims.
 ''Man-eaters are responsible for quite q small number of deaths from wild ani- mals in India, and, as the truth should be told regardless of the feelings of party politicians. they are generally females. This is confirmed by MT. Sydekhar in his recent work, though I would join issue with him when he lays 1t down that ti- gers cannot climb know for a fact that they possess this accomplishment. But the point is that they should not be ex- terminated wholesale"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01

TN the beginning. man does no wrong. Before swerving from ! the straight and narrow path Gan imaginary line synonymous with rignteousnessJ, 1t is necessary to defeat conscience. or some spirit perpetually att tendant, the duty of which is to remon- strate.
 A youth, in riotous company, cannot drain his first glass or his second or third, until he has made his ear deaf to the pleading of this good spirit. A man Is tempted to steal only after he has made his conscience voiceless by innum- erable yieldings to the pleasant and se- ductive voice of the tempter. beggar, in the beginning, cannot ask for a dinner without blushing, or cannot keep down the spirit of shame when the first coin is dropped into his fingers.
 The primary object of all good organi- cations, therefore, is to save the man talk ing the initial steps. The secondary object is redeeming the man who is In the gut ter, whose conscience is dead and who himself is wholly degraded. These are economic truths as firmly established as the law of gravitation, or the indestructi- bility of matter. Do first those things
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01
Notion Department

The place to find what you want. We have complete stocks. We sell FIefscher's Yarns.
 Best six-cord Spool Cotton, six for ............... ..,s....... 25c Large size balls Darning Cot
 Best Shirt Pearl Buttons, 121ac value, for .I0c Shell Hair Pins, 1 dozen to box, only .............. 25c Full size paper Lace Pins. -. 1Oc Gotham Hose Supporter, rubber loop and felt button ... .49c Extra quality Shirtwaist
 ohleius .....'. ......... .......... .1oc Roberts Best Steel Embroidery Scissors. Only ....... soc Marcel Waiving Iron ....... 25c Finishing Braid, for. .25c Wash Rags, for ...........5 5c Skeleton Waist ...........25 .25c Warren Girdle Foundations ...I5c Boys Buster Brown Belt, black. white and red 4Oc Mending Tissue, black, white ana brown ............,...- 10c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01
G)hite Goods

These will prove interesting tomor- row.
 36-inch French Madras, in all new figures and shades. the very latest thing for spring draperies. Spe- cial for Monday and Tuesday, per yard ............ i5c
 36-inch Roman Striped Swisses, the very latest fabric for curtains, in the new blue. green. yellow. and red. Special for Monday and Tuesday, per yard ..........2 25c
 36-inch Scrim, In the stripes and all colors, a regular 15c quality. Special for this sale. per yd .. .I2Kc
 40-inch Roman Striped Serim, in all colors, regular 25c quality. Special for Monday and Tuesday, per yard ,........ .............. .1oc
 36-inch Striped Curtain Swiss, regular 15c quality. Special for Monday and Tuesday. per yard I21sc
 slx9O Bleached Pepperel Sheets, torn and hemmed- Special
 TOT thls sale .S9c
 S1X90 bleached Sheet. torn and hemmed. Special for this sale. zoc
 72x90 bleached Pepperell Sheets. Special for Monday and Tues day only ................. ..75c
 45X36 Hemstitched Pillow Cases. Special for Monday and Tues day. each ............... .19c
 45X36 Pillow Cases, regular 15c case. Special for this sale,
 Setcl I21 12c
 36-inch Imported French Madras. for draperies and curtains, in all new shade sand dainty patterns. Regular soc quality Special for Monday, per yard ............ 3sc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01
Uash Fabrics
The Biggest Department on CT

The Biggest Department on "The Avenue. to select from.
 Linine-36 inches wide, the kind we have been selling for 1Sc the very best dyes used, fast colors, all shades-light blue, cadet blue, navy blue. pink, brown, green, tan, and other shades. Price, per
 y al 1bc
 Chiffon Pannma-We have sold over 5000 yards of this beautiful fa- bric this month. All kinds of pat terms appear and are pretty and hang as well as wool Panama that costs Soc and 75c per yard. Our price per yard. ..............1a 1ac
 Ginghams-Over 300 patterns of the celebrated B. D. A. Zephyr Ging- ham, dark and light patterns, fast colors. Price, per yard. .I21.c
 Percales-Light eolors, for
 shirts, etc. Price, per yard. . .1Oc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01

for poi has to be acquired, and few. if any. foreigners ever care for it as food: to me 1t suggested sour starch. It is served on the native table in a huge wooden bowl, known as a calabash, from which 1t is eaten with the fingers. each member of the family dipping into the same dish. The number of fingers used Is measured by the thickness of the poi three fingers being required for the thinnest and one for that mixed to the consistency of mush. The taro plant is easily cultivated this is also done by Chinamen), and am told that one square mile of taro will feed 15,000 natives. Fac tory-made poi. which is pinkish-purple in color, costs s1 bag, about the size of four sack containing an eighth of a barrel. It is nutritious, cheap. and fattening. Poi Is the principal food of the 1auas (native feasts) Roast pig is usually the meat on these festive oc- casions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01
Grass From Which Paper Is Made.

c. w. Furlong, in Harper's Magazine for
 March.
 Esparto Is not an agricultural product, and 1t seems fitting that the leading ex- port of the Tripolitan people should be a product of their own arid land, wild and incapable of cultivation. Since 1868, when the first ship load of esparto was sent to England vessels have borne away thou sands of tons yearly to that country You or pick up a heavy-looking novel per chance and marvel at It's lightness, and the reader of some London newspaper peruses It's columns and then casts aside the finished product of the esparto-picker.
 In 1901. which was an average year, 215- 155 camel-loads came into the coast towns, nearly 1S4,00O passed through the gateway of the Suk-el-Halfa, the total export of the country amounting to about 330OO tons. That from the town of Tripoli, 16,69O tons, brought s75,5OO. which was over a fourtN of the amount of her total exports,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01
AMERICAN WOMEN SWAY
 THE RULERS OF FRANCE
BY THE MARoU IS DE cAsTELLANE.

medley of Portuguese airs. When he had finished there was a great burst of ap- plause and Monsieur Boubet exclaimed:
 But your majesty is not an amateur! You play like professional
 Yes" the king said modestly. T think l might be able to make living as an accompanist in a music hall at Mont martre, if'-
 "If your majesty?"
 "Oh, if l didn't have a government job down in Portugal
 And the big king rosred with laughter.
 Every afternoon the band plays and people waltz and skate and drink and tirt and fall now and then.
 All this happens at the famous Ice palace in the Champs -Elysees, the most aristocratlc quarter of Paris. And what adds gaiety to the scene is the crowd of pretty American girls always to be found there. It was in honor of one of these pretty Americans that the skating club of the Ice-palace was organized.
 That was when the young Count Louis de Gontaut was paying his court to Miss Leishman, who afterwards became his wife. She was so fond of skating that he created for her this select social club Ever since it has been one of the elegent institutions of Paris. Before the club pre- sented the fashionable afternoons of the Ice-palace women of the half-world used to swarm there. Now when you enter you find yourself among sweet young girls ac- ccmpanied by their mothers and govern esses, and it is all as pretty and innocent as a glass of milk. This afternoon among the grandes danes looking on I noticed the Infanta Eualie d'Uzes and many other charming folk. You may take my word for 1t the Ice-palace is now one of the properest places in Paris; 1t is quite the thing to be seen there-indeed not to be seen there is decidedly unfashionable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01
Dainty Smbroideries

We have the most complete stock in Alabama. We offer for tomorrow thousands of yards at a reduction of fully 25 per cent See the Goods. Deep Corset Cover and Petticoat
 Flounces (many patterns) Fancy Cluny All-linen Laces, in
 edges, insertings, and bands, the
 finest hand-made Laces,
 from .............. 20c to 75c yard
 These will cost you more else where eff you can find such stock). Have a Look.
 Choice assortment of real fine hand embroidered wide shirtwaist bands to show you tomorrow. These are exclusive designs, from 39c to $1.75 yard. Beautiful effects
 Big line of All-oyer Embroidery, in Swis sand Nainsook. Only. .49c New Line Ecru Laces just received.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01

The greatest Common Sense Gar ment made for boy or girl, ages 1 5 to years. From ....... Zoe up
 Small Children's Slipovers, made of best Seersucker. ..........4 .49c up
 Womens House Aprons, the la nous "Slip-over" style, hangs
 from shoulders -.....4........ FOG
 Two piece House Dresses, made Of Al percales, with belts waist sepa- rate from skirt, in dark, desirable colors-navy, gray and black fig
 ures. all sizes, only .9Sc
 Big stock of House Wrappers, all sizes up to 4S bust, Only. ..-... .9Sc
 All ages l to 12 years Children's well-made and reinforced Muslin
 Drawers. Choice. ........ ..121ac
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01
Toilet Jpecialfies

Pinaud Violet and Lilac VegetaL..59c Colgate's Caprice Toilet Water. 35c Bradley's Stem Carnation and
 Rose soc size Toilet Water. =. .33c Lyons Tooth Powder ...........19c Colgate's Tooth Powder ........15c Hoyt's Rubifoam ..1sc Liquid Sozodont ...............19c Almond Cream ..........1 .15c and 25c Woodbury's Facial Cream. ...... .21c Woodbury's Facial Soap. .21c Colgate's Shaving Soap. oval
 cdheS ..'...' ...'.... DC Williams Shaving Stick ........ Poe Roger & Gallet Soaps, all odors. .22c Pinaud's Soap, all odors ....... 22c Buttermilk and Turkish Bath Soap,
 cakes in box 1Oc Pinaud's Eau De Quinine .39c and s3c Pinaud's Eau De Portu-
 sdi ..'..'.. 4Sc and DSc Parker Prays Rosaline ne.....Iec
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01
Superfluous.

From the Chicago News
 Gunner-I was on street car today and the floor caught fire.
 Guyer-Rather extraordinary.
 Gunner--I should say so. It was tho first and only time the conductor didn't have to shout Step liyely!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01
Men's Furnishings

Several Thousand Dollars Worth to Close Out (stock too large).
 Here Is where The Ladies save money on Mems Wear.
 Mems White Unlaundered $1.00
 Shirts, pure linen bosom and bands, (for big mem, IT to 191z Black Cashmere "Holeproof" Sox. The kind the manufacturer guar antees. Regular price 50c.
 Now .... 2Jc Big line of Windsor Ties, in plaids, polka dots, and all the new solid colors. Also plain colors with the Teddy Bear or Swan emblem em- broidered on the ends. ...... 23c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01

Mems and Boys Rubber Collars,
 new gods, the best shapes. 19c Mems Fancy 1a Hose, in black or slate color, 19c values, with silk figures. Only ............... lilo We have 100 dozen Mems and Boys 2100 Linen (new style) Collars,
 . TOT FOG The President" and Guyot Sus-
 penders best 50c values In the
 country. Here only. ......3 .3zc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01
Dr.Lyon's
 PEREEcT Tooth Powder Cleanses, preserves and beauti6es the teeth, and Puri6es the breath A superior dentifrice for people of refinement Established in 1866 by G M eH).70. % ec
TIGERS OF INDIA.
Those That XIII Men Are as Scarce
 as Human Murderers.

Tn a recent lecture at the Society of Arts in London, Reginald Gilbert F. z S., proposed that in future the govern ment rewards in India should be paid for killing man eating tigers only and not for killing tigers. J. D. Rees in letter to the London Times says:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01

A well known authority on Rheu- matism gives the following valu- able. yet simple and harmless, pre- scription, which any one can easily prepare at home:
 Fluid Extract Dandelion, one- half ounce; Compound kargon, one ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsapa- rila, three ounces.
 Mix by shaking we'll In. bottle, and take a teaspoonful after each meal and at bedtime.
 He states that the ingredients can he obtained from any good pre- scription pharfhacy at small cost
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-01

Southern Railway, the only afternoon train through to Eastern points.