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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-23
lALABAMIAN IN VERA CRUZ WRITES
 INTERESTING NEWS FOR HOME PEOPLE
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Two left recently, and l am thinking there may be a chance for others of us to get back to Gods country. One of our party will have to get back because lis marriage is scheduled for September. wish the policemen of Birmingham could see our finest when they come up for inspection. Tonight I noticed them
 reporting and each one had on a fresh launGered linen suit, with badges shin irg. and shoes the same. When it comes
 to looks a hot day they lay our men
 in the shade. Some of the soldiers have
 been teaching them to drill, and they can
 go through the manual of arms very we'll
 But to see a policeman in all his glory
 enc must see the ''jeye" (chief) here as
 he marches down the street with his sword olanking at his hea.s. Solomon in
 all his glory was not arrayed one of them This matter of being a Jeve'
 goes long ways with the Mexicans as they are taught great reverence for them in any capacity, and 1t is well because in a great many cases the "jeve'' can find ways to put those opposed to him out of business.
 This man Villa is problem that has me guessing. l read in "Dictamen" to- day where he had sent 100 orphans of officers and soldiers of his army to the United States to be educated, the expenses for which will be paid out of his war chest. It seems to be his plan to lay aside certain portion of all lands that fall to him as the spells of war for the purpose of founding a sys- tenn of common schools to which the child of the poor peon may have access. cannot conceive of bandit having such altruistic ideas. Undoubtedly
 there must be something to the man besides love of conquest. He has been
 the one factor in bringing Carranza
 to his senses. Tonight we learn that Obregon will enter the capital and be followed by the first chief. Carranza, who is expected to set up his govern ment Trains have been running in three and four sections to get the peo pie out of Mexico City for the past two days as they feared footing and rioting, but tonight the opinion seems
 to prevail that the dove of peace with folded wings sits on the capitol to await the coming of that party which | cla inns to be able to keep her there. | Some of these fine days some fellow l is going to locate a soda fountain down
 here, teach these people how to con-
 sume soft drinks and reap a fortune ] If the missionary boards of the United
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PRINCE MUST PAY IN S0WNN0TE PAPER Amusing Contest Between Schwarzburg Ruler and
 His Diet

Leipzig. August -(Specal.)--Big
 Prince Gunther of little Schwarzburg-
 Rudolstadt is the saddest of sovereigns.
 He reigns as prince and as regent over
 two tui buent statelets, which are simply
 full of socialists and void of cash.
 All last year the prince had war with
 his diet. where the nasty socialists had
 majority of one By skilful maneuver-
 ing he brought on a by-election, which the socialist candidate lost. The reds,
 now in minority, are taking vengeance by attacking the princess salary.
 Schwarzburg state finances and thu
 princess allowances both mainly come fl om lands in Holstein known as the Domains. Formerly Prince Gunther drew has a large fortune. and gets another $'00000 q year for acting as regent of neighboring Sondershausen, he Is not bad ly off.
 Schwarzburg state will now sell the Domains, and it cooly, Inder sociahst pressure. demanded that she prince cu' down his income from them. "You nave no legal claim to any particular snare 1t said "It Is merely matter or GUS tom.''
 | The prince retorted by asking for more than the $750O0 a year which he has hitherto drawn. The government gave way. It will raise his wage year to year l to limit of 3115,000. But 1t makes rough 1 conditions. These are that Prince Gun | ther shall pay for his lackies' uniforms
 paint and paper his own palace, ant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-23
"BIRD IN THE BUSH"
By IRENE wEssoN

The man who died the other day at the age of IT never married because, it is reported, while delighting in the society of ladies, he could not make up his mind to risk the unhappiness of an ill-fated marriage"
 suppose he had read a good deal about rash matrimonial ventures and they had got upon his nerves. He must have met ladies with whom he would have been happy-if only he had known them to be what they appeared. But as to that he could never make himself certain-and he was taking ho risks
 Bret Harte once told me of a gentleman who had perfect virago of house. keeper She led him a frightlful life. The poor mans existence was a martyrdom. And he dare not give her notice, run away, or otherwise escape. His friends urged him to get married. The house. keeper had once said that she would never quit him till he had got someone else to look after him-"poor helpless creature'' Why not take her at her word? If he married she would go.
 But he wouldn't. To all these matri- monial urgings he replied mournfully:
 But suppose I got wife like herr"
 The prospect was so awful that he re- mained as he was all his life. What lots of people there are in the world who put up with things as they are--hor- ribly bad-because they have not the en- terprise to see something better?
 It is a magnificent thing to be cautious Ito feel 'one's way But isn't 1t bi overdone sometimes? Don't we sometimes make the mistake of supposing that doing nothing is being remarkably cautious? It may be a greal mistake.
 l I had a letter the other day-two letters In fact, by the same post--concerning { young fellows prospects of success il New York. The one letter was from tn young gentleman himself He is living ii a dead-alive place where there is m prospect of his ever doing much. He ad
 mits that But he has certainty O
 a few dollars a week, and then he live with his parents. In what looks like fit of unusual energy he wrote to m
 asking whether l thought he ought t come to New York-was there an openln for such as he? He had heard horribl
 things, though, of New York. Were ther not clever people starving there? 1 By the same post I got letter fror
 the young gentleman's father He ha 1 learned the young man was writing |
 me, and the old gentleman thought h would have his say in the matter. Wha
 the young gentleman earns week hardly sufficient to put butter on tn bread the old gentleman provides hir with, and. as the old gentleman point out, If anything should happen to mt where will the bread come from?" H would give him $100 with which to com to New York and live on while he "looke around for situation. But the youn gentleman shrinks from the trial. won Ader whether that young gentleman want
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situation. I have my suspicious. Isn t work?
 Max Adeler was one day walking along the banks of a river in company with an American gentleman, when they chanced to come upon fisherman. They stood watching him for some time. till the American began to pick his teeth vigor- ously with impatience of the bite that did not come. At last he spoke.
 Say stranger" he asked, genially, lair you happy"
 The stranger replied with snort and a scowl that did not speak of happi- ness.
 "I mean his interrogator went on, lair you catching fish?''
 Can't you see for yourself ain't," re- torted the fisherman.
 Then why don't you try down thar?'' asked the American, pointing to reach in the river.
 And how do I know" retorted the fisherman. indignantly, that the fish would bite better there than here?'
 MT. Adeler,'' said the American as they walked away. '1 don't call that fishing. I call it just being gummed to a bank"
 Vast numbers of people get 'gummed. , They are not happy where they are. but then they are not certain they would be happier anywhere else-and there is the exertion of getting there.
 Are there not lots of people who might rise considerably more in the world if they only would be bit more enterpris. ing? If they only tried? But there is a risk attached to trying.
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Vera Cruz, August 22.-(Special )-There is one thing on which Mexico seems to be short and that is paper. It seems to and as our supply from the states has been a little delayed in coming we have to get along with various makeshifts
 But when it comes to typewriters, the Mexican is right on the job l venture that there are more machines and cash registers here per square mile of terri tory than in any other partially civilized nation in the world. l dropped in on the Oliver agency here tonight to purchase some paper, and on the show case was d large photograph of a solid car shipped to their representative in Vera Cruz.
 In the telegraph office I notice that they use a great many Remingtons, but visible machines seem to have the lead. A Mexican wants his ''maquina, as they call them, niclxle-plated and to shine like silver. They take good care to keep them that way. In the newspaper offices, how ever, they seem to prefer 10 use lead pen cils as I see but few machines in them.
 The all absorbing thing here where there are so many army officers is the great European war, and we are certainly fixed up to enjoy it, if one can apply such term to the slaughter of human beings. Company E, United States engineers, has completed d great map as large as the whole side of a good big house, and on this map is shown every river. railway, town and fortification 50 that in the morning when the wireless comes in we can trace out the movements of each army. l walked this morning at about o clock and noticed that some operator on one of the warships was sending in the news to shore On account of the large telegraph tolls the papers nere have raised the price from 3 cents, Mexican, to ! cents for a paper and when one re- fleets that this is less than cents, gold one wonders how they get out their pa- pers. We are independent of them, how ever, because We have the wireless press which comes free. but only one copy comes to each headquarters we take time about in reading unless we get Tronsegard to read aloud to all. He is one of the new men sent down from Washington to relieve another one who has recently been promoted. This Euro pean war Is helping in one way, in that the work here is being cut down so that some of the men can return to the states.
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States really want to convert the Mex l ican they might help out the man to get | esta blished, for I doubt if there will ever be genuine reformation in these people until they spend more for edu- cation and less for cognac.
 They are beginning to eat ice cream, which they call "helada" and I think they might get to where they would crowd the soda fountains. Heavens knows it is hot enough here to make cooling drinks find ready sale. For the past few days the thermometer has been running above 106 and the heat
 has been blistering. The nights have been extremely hot also which makes sleep difficult. The sea breeze does
 not begin until about a. m. and one
 nearly burns up before then. And the
 hard part of it is that We can see
 us with its coolness.
 I was on the dock today and saw
 large lot of barbed wire coming in from
 Germany as usual. It seems to me that
 Birmingham ought to supply that com modity, and if ever there is tranquility here the boom in business will be great There are vast areas adapted to cattle
 which is destined to become great industry, and to fence the ranches will call for enormous quantities of wire.
 With the freight rates we enjoy I can
 nOI see why DdTDeQ Wl1e tOuiu IlOl Dc
 shipped via Tuscaloosa and thence by water here. There is already lot of
 American made stuff here, and it is
 giving satisfaction. If my good friend
 w. B. Oliver. wants to help out the district as I feel sure he does. he should
 follow in the beaten track of the old
 warrior who represented us so long and honorably and keep the open War
 rior, and seek to get the people to use
 that open seaway to the markets of
 Mexico and South America.
 I am getting to be less of a protec-
 tionist since my arrival here. If we
 are going to build up our trade we
 must have a tariff wall so low that
 these Latin American nations can get over them for a man usually trades where he can get the most for the com modty he has to exchange.
 And I am coming to see the great need of a merchant marine. If it takes a subsidy to get one started. l reckon we had better subsidize. Just think that when we open the Panama canal on the 18th the bulk of the vessels passing through will be flying some other flag than the stars and stripes and somehow that won't look right to BILL SYKES.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-23
London's Only Moated House

From the London Chronicle.
 Dr. Ingram. who gave his annual gar- den party on Saturday inhabits the only moated house in London. The grounds of Putnam palace-35 acres in extent-are entirely surrounded by moat constructed by the Danish army which encamped there in S19. According to a local hs- torian, the Danes as winter came on, found the high tides encroaching se- riously on their position, and not liking to leave the river and run the risk of being cut off from their ships, they threw up a bank with a ditch along the river flank of their army, and further fortified their position by carrying the ditch round the whole camp. The Danish army gone it was not likely that any bishop would go to the expense of filling up the moat T The water Is now regulated by sluice- gates built during the episcopacy ol Bishop King. who was appointed in lsl1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-23
POSLAM QUICK TO STOP THAT
 AWFUL ITCH

If you feel as though you would give anything just to relieve itching distress, remember that Poslam actually stops itching as soon as applied and. what Is more. quickly heals and restores the skin to health. Brings just the sooth- ing, antiseptic. healing influence needed. Controls and eradicates Eczema in all it's forms Readily removes Pimples. Complexion Blemishes, Rashes and all surface affections.
 Your druggist sells Poslam. For free sample write to Emergency Laborator- les. 32 West 25th Street. New York. Poslam Soap medfcated with Poslam, for toilet and bath. 25 cents and 15 centG.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-23
Sit Tight! Don't Rock the Boat!
From the Chicago Herald.

Oat AISul' DOll NOCk lllC DOdl. From the Chicago Herald. Sit tight! Don't rock the boat That's the wachword today That's the first duty of every American at tbs moment That's what this country needs keep straight and safe and to its course-absoluey all it needs
 Business conditions sound We have one of the great est grain crops history It's value has already greatly ad vanced We have sound financial system backed by the greatest of gold in the world Our banks are solid sae There nothing the matter with the United States War will mean unprecedented demand for supplies Experts declare American business will feel great i'm petu While other nations destroy this country will pro- duce While other nations armed camps this country will be arm factory, forge Trade extension is pre- dced in all directions The immediate future is plain The national administration is acting wisely, prompty The of $5oOoooOOO is available under the Adrich- Vreeand act for emergency The organization of the board complete This will enable us to deal more effectively with the outflow of gold Plans perfectng permit American registry of foreign vessels This will protect and develop commerce.
 We preparing to maintain strict neutrality. Cues tons may arise with foreign nations what constitutes contraband Such questions concevaby involve us
 
 in difficulties They will be settled by the ordinary pro- cesses The general principles of neutrality and neutral plain. The United States will adhere rigor ously to them Friendly intercourse far as crcum- stances permit will be its rule and its procedure. Stock exchanges have closed-a wise precauton This country cannot be the dumping ground of the body off securities that warmad Europe anxious into Tho c prospect of interference with the orderly Amer can business Stable conditions here All have to do is to keep them stable. The administration has decided appeal officially the public to help maintain existing satisfactory conditions The public cannot fail to respond The only danger one which it may create itself Its simple All it has to do is to sit tight to do nothing to disrupt the fornae condition in which this country happily finds itself
 Don't rock the boat-that's the central idea! The swell from the great battleshp Europe will be felt But it will not hurt It need not break over the sides There's nothing the matter with the boat that we are n Straight and strong, welseamed we-cauked, welltm-I bered with reasonable guidance it will bear us safely and prosperously through Y Sit tight Don't rock the boat! Keep its head well up against the sea! Don't let it get into the trough of th waves Let every realize that at this calm con dence and calm thankfuness the first duty They ar absolutely justified by the favorable situation in which w find ourselves They are the certain guarantee of con tnuance of those conditions
 Published by
 Loveman, Joseph & Loeb
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East Birmingham Revival

The revival being conducted jointly by the Methodist and Baptist churches of East Birmingham in a tent Is progress ing finely, according to reports received. Evangelist ]. O. Hanes is preaching ex- cellent sermons daily and is being as sisted by Singer w. G. Waltermire. Fol lowing the close this week of the revival in East Birmingham. the tent will. be re- moved ofWest Woodlawn, where an iother revival will be held by the Rev. Hanes.
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Lutheran Churches

Christ English, corner Seventh avenue and Twenty-third street, north-The Rev. E. H. Copenhaver pastor, will preach this morning at II o'clock and again this evening at 8 o'clock. His subject in the morning will be '"rhe Inconsistency of a Good man" Sunday school meets at 9:SO O clock.
 Zion, Avenue and Nineteenth street,
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Second Church of Christ, Scientist

Chamber of Commerce Building-Serv- ices today at Ii o'clock and 8 o'clock Subject, Mind" Sunday school at S:30 o'clock. Wednesday evening testimonial meeting at o'clock. Mrs. Louise c. Mar tin, first reader. Reading rooms. 206-7 Chamber Commerce building, open daily except Sunday, 10 a. m. to p. m.
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SERVICES TODAY AT THE
 CHURCHES OF BIRMINGHAM

south.-The Rev. H. Reuter-, pastor. will
 preach this morning at 10:30 in German on the subject, "Superficialness in Mat ters Pertaining to Faith and Doctrine.' Sunday school begins at 9:30.
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Methodist Churches

First, corner Sixth avenue and Nlne- teenth street-Dr. J. w. Johnson, pastor will occupy the pulpit this morning at Il o'clock and again this evening at o'clock In the morning the subject Of his sermon will be The Well By the Gate" and that of the evening Joseph, the Hero," which is the fourth of a se- ries.
 Highlands. Five Points.-Dr F. c. Me voy pastor will preach this morning at Il o'clock. His subject will be 'The Quiet Heart" There will be no evening services. Todays sermon will be Dr. Mccoy's last before leaving for vaca- tion Monday for the OzarSs of Missouri, where he will spend a month with his family. There will be preaching every Sunday morning during his absence by competent ministers.
 Simpsons corner Seventh avenue and Twenty-fifth street, north-The Rev. W. l. Powell, pastor, will occupy the pulpit this morning at II o'clock and again this evening at 8 o'clock. His subject in the morning will be Divine Enchantment, and that of the evening The Lost Christ" Epworth league meets at {
 
 East Lake, corner Seventv-eighth street and IIillman avenue-The Rev. R. E. Ty- Ter, pastor will preach this morning at II O clock and again this evening at ! O clock. His subject in the morning vii be "A Tour of Inspection and that oi the evening 'Does Your Religion Pay? Special music has been prepared for both services. Sunday school. begins at 9:3o.
 Ninth street, West End-lnstead of tho regular mid-week prayer meeting services Wednesday evening at 7:i5 o'clock, tht Rev. Albrittin of Texas will preach or the subject "The Church and the Labor ing Man" The Rev. Albri.tin is former Alabamian and is visiting relatives il Birmingham.
 Owenton, 70S Telulah street.-The Rev Clare Purcell, pastor, will preach at o clock and again this evening at 7:4o His subject in the morning will be "Borr From Above"
 St Paul's, Corner Lucy Avenue ant John Street.-The first service in the nev auditorium of the church will be held a II O clock this morning. Invitation is ex tended to all friends of the church to wor ship with them.
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Altrurian Church

Dr. l.. A. Fealy. pastor, will preach at 10:30 o'clock this morning on the subject, New Thought Nu
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cease drawing state forage Tor his horses. He shall also say the socialis grimly, pay for his own note paper
 At that the prince kicks. He says government must dissolve the Diet. A let the nation pronounce upon his clai The reds expect to win an extra sd anc regain their majority. They VI that the prince shall pay not only ms note paper but also for his ink.
 No Bones Broken
 Cut-Up: My brother fell four storI out of hotel window while abroad. Girl: Goodness, was he killed? Cup-Up: No; this was in Venice and could swim.
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Presbyterian Churches


 Fifth Avenue, corner Fifth avenue and Eighteenth street.-The Rev. J. M. Broadly, pastor, will occupy the pulpit at II o'clock this morning, speaking on the subject Finch Worlds Headlight" There will be no evening services. Prayer serv- ices on Wednesday evening at 1:4o o'clock. Sunday school begins at 9:30.
 First Cumberland, corner Twenty-sev- enth street and Twelfth avenue, north The Rev. William H. Butler pastor, will occupy the pulpit this morning at Il o'clock. The Rev. George Lang of Annis- ton breaches this evening at o'clock. His morning subject will be Gods Lift ing Power" The Rev. Long, who breaches in the evening, is professor of modern languages at the Presbyterian college Sunday school begins at 9:30.
 Handley Memorial Corner Fifth Ave. nue and Eighteenth Street.-The. Rev. w N. School of New Decatur, will preach this morning at Il o'clock. Special music has been prepared for the service.