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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
Loveman, Joseph 6 Loeb
LoUenan, Joseph S Loeb

Everything that we say here about this 18th August Furniture Sale is inspired by facts.
 It is difficult to write down paper the superior feeling that have in the knowledge of the vast Furn ture Stocks that offerng-so much greater than in any other store anywhere hereabouts.
 It is difficult to keep from saying with the use of gre&t sUperlatves that might be misunderstood the general quality of these Furniture Stocks which have been selected with really expert
 However. not constrained from rising to fullest height when speak of the savings in this Great August Sale of Furniture
 Reductions on Furniture Stocks that
 average from 10 per cent to 50 per cent
 You need only to remember back few weeks to re- call the several Furniture Clearance Sales that have held in anticipation of this August Sale So successful were our efforts in cleaning out accumulated Furniture Stocks that we were enabled to to the Furniture Mar kets of the world and buy Furniture than have ever had before to begin August Furniture Sale So many purchases of new Furniture have resulted in advantages in price to which offered to you and are the very advertising basis of this sale
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
The Club Plan
Reductions on ParlOr Furniture

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 hand carved rao oha me repuuc- on price3 20Oo Paror Sue covered m oenim coonia nattern hair flied Former price Sale price 650o Paor Suite upholstered in green denm;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
The New Black Satj71s Are Here

And that means material has arrived that will be a great favorite this Fall Black Satins aren' predicted they are here
 These Satns had been in the house but few hours when many yards were sold for mak- ing skirts, capes and suits.
 In 36-inch width, good quality Black Satin here as low as 89c per yard. If better grades preferred, we have them for LOO, 1.5O, 200 up to 300. (sIk Aisle, 2d FIoor)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
S45 ChifforObeS $37.5O

With a choice of any of the four following handsome finishes:
 Golden oak, quarter sawed Cir cassian walnut, birdseye maple, ma hogany.
 In all four woods the following description applies: Large shaving mirror that folds out of sight. Five large and two small drawers, roomy hat box, innovation exten sion rod carrying 6 hangers. Trouser hanger on door-tie rack.
 Inside of these Chifforobes care fully finished and polished.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
"Here and There" Reductions on The
 Furniture Floor

Antique oak 72-inch Davenport, upholstered in exceptionally fine grade imported tapestry. Elizabethian design, hair filled covered over best grade tempered spring. Former price 10000 Sale price 7500.
 Grandfather Hall Clock, fine reproduction, Sheraton inlaid pattern, fitted with imported movement. Former price 125.00. Sale price 10000.
 fitted with fine grade imported movement. For mer price 7500. Sale price 5000.
 Extra large solid mahogany Consol Table and Glass complete, heavy scroll pattern. For mer price $500. Sale price 76.00
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

tapestry Several different designs in the Chairs and Rockers special price Sale price 2295 and others to for merly 4500, sale price 3750. s95 leather golden oak mahog 350 Sale price 9e5 Imperial trimmed with 500 Sale price 995 highest 42 Sale 325O
  in Former 2825
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
A Compliment Deserved

The announcement by the Asso- ciated Press in Sundays Age-Herald that President Wilson, in appreciation of the fine work in behalf of pro- gressive legislation which Oscar w. Underwood has performed, would serve dinner in honor of the great Alabamian, March 6, was a source of satisfaction to practically every resident of this state.
 Alabamians may well congratulate themselves that they have in Wash ington as their representative, as their spokesman, statesman so able as Underwood, statesman who has acquired a position in the national government of importance second only to that of the President himself, a statesman whose splendid accomplish ments have made him perforce part and parcel of the greatest constructive administration Tn the recent history of our country.
 It is a great compliment which the President of the United States plans to pay to his chief lieutenant, but the greatest satisfaction to Alabamians is found in the fact that the compliment, great as it is, so thoroughly is de- served.
 Underwood is unquestionably Ala bama's greatest asset. No one in ac- 1 cord with the policies of President Wilson-representative of the great democratic party of America-can fail to be in accord with Mr. Underwood.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02

exclusively ours. Nor may the Star Spangled Banner" be considered as our special property, for the tune is an old English air of "Anacreon in Heaven" Moreover it has too wide a range of notes to ever become thor oughly popular folk-song. There are millions of American patriots who could not sing more than two lines of the "Star Spangled Banner" even if their lives depended upon their so do- ing.
 The French government has issued a collection of national anthems con- taining but 25 selections, and Ger many has published national anthol- ogy of 61 tunes, but the collection of the United States includes 116.
 Among it's airs are the national songs of Bengal, which is sung as an accompaniment to the Nautch dance; Brazil, Siam and Hawaii, Malay, Jap an, China, Vancouver's Land, Celebes Islands, Java, Zanzibar, Polynesia, Cashmere, Samoa, Abyssinia, Fiji Is- lands and North American Indians.
 As each crow thinks it's own the whitest, and as a matter of fact young crows are white, so every na- tion deems its national anthem or air the sweetest, but Sousa has de- clared that he considers the Malay Pirates" the most seductive music ever written; a perfect dream-melody he calls it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

The most cheerful person in the world isn't the man who has just learned from his wife that he has a habit of talking in his sleep.
 The enraptured society reporters al ways say that the groom led the bride 10 the altar Just as though she re- quired any leading.
 The reason woman thinks she is entitled to a $50 set of furs is be- cause her husband Is saving s15 on the silk petfticoat she doesn't have to wear.
 wise man always finds out what brand of advice another wan wants before he tries to advise him.
 When doctor prescribes whisky for a patient the prescription never has to be renewed.
 Give woman a god complexion and naturally curly hair in this world and brand of advice another man wants and the halo of the next world.
 If men knew women as well as women know men, the women would have to do all the chasing or travel alone.
 A woman can face blizzard in a cheese cloth skirt and feel warm as long as she knows she is wearing her rubbers.
 The world is filled with queer peo- pie, including the man who sits up at night and worries because the buf- falo is being eXterminated. And lots of guys who never owned an automobile are going around with fiat tires.
 I don't know much about the coming spring styles for women. but I do know that they will be funnier than the win ter styles.
 What has become of the old fash toned man who wanted to fight when you called him a liar?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
Our National Anthem

It is not generally known that the United States department of state has issued a collection of the national songs and anthems of the world. The undertaking was initiated at the in stance of John Philip Sousa, the cele- brated band master and composer, who has contributed to a collection of national anthems issued under the auspices of the English government, which were used for the first time at the jubilee celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the reign of the late Queen Victoria.
 Sousa's selection of the national air of America was Hail Columbia" and 1t would seem that in his choice he is eminently correct Hail Columbia" was played for President George Washington when he was first in- augurated in New York, which demon- otrates that it must at that time have beon considered our national anthem. k While most of us regard "My Coun- trk 'Tis of Thee" as our national air. iHis a great error, for it is the same fune as God Save the King and can 1tbps by no means be con Nsdered as v V
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
NIGHT

 By Percy Bysshe Shelly. Swiftly walk over the western wave,
 Spirit of Night, Out of the misty Eastern cave Where, all the long and lone daylight, Thou wovest dreams of joy and fear Which make thee terrible and dear Swift be thy flight. Wrap thy form in mantle gray,
 Star-inwrought! Blind with thine hair the eyes of Day; Kiss her until she is wearied out, Then wander OCT city and sea and land. Touching all with thine opiate. wand
 Come long sought, When l arose and saw the dawn.
 l sigh'd for thee When light rode high and the dew was gone. And noon lay heavy on flower and tree. And the weary Day turn'd to her rest, lingering like an unloved guest,
 l smigh'd for thee. Thy brother Death came, and cried,
 'Wouldst thou me?" The sweet child Sleep, the fiimy eyed, Murmur'd like a noontile bee, Shall nestle near thy side? Wouldst thou me?"--And l replied.
 No. not thee." Death will come when thou art dead.
 Soon, too soon Sleep will come when thou art fed. Of neither would I ask the boo, I ask Of thee, beloved Night Swift be thine approaching flight
 Come, soon. sooni
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
THE POLAR BEAR CATCH

From Forest and Stream.
 The annual catch of polar bears is de- creasing every year, because these an imals are now being hunted about twice or three times as much as they were % or 10 years ago. says Lorenz Hagenbeck. in the Geological Society Bulletin. From Tromsoe alone 61 vessels outfitted for Spitzbergen and New Greenland in 1913, and besides other things they have brought back : live polar bears, 125 dead ones and 200 riendeer. Counting the ves- sels leaving from Hammerfest, Wadsoe, and a few less important towns also, about 100 vessels left Europe in 1913 for the purpose of the capture of northern animals. Many of these vessels are pro- vided now with motorboats, so as to be able to penetrate further into the ice.
 In former years there were two to three large tourists vessels leaving the port of Thomsoe for the purpose of hunt ing polar bears. Usually they were hired by rich Englishmen, Germans or Aus trians. and brought back from 40 to 60 polar bears. shot within five or six weeks time
 During the last few years the capture of polar bears near the East coast of Greenland has so greatly decreased that in 1913 only one vessel with tourists was sent there. The other vessels are lying idle, and 1t is not worth while to equip them Since 1890 number of bear hunt CTS from Tromsoe and Hanmerfest have established hunting stationy for the win ter months on the Spitzbergen Islands.
 They consist of wooden houses, located at distance of 100 to 200 kilometers from each other, and there are either two or three men at each station. These men set traps and also lay out poisoned meat or seals bacon. One must reckon, how ever, that fully one half of the animals killed through poison in this way are lost, as the polar bear has the habit of draw ing near the water whenever he feels sick Thus it happens that the sick an- imals are drowned or frozen fast in the broken ice
 As check on this deadly commercial pursuit, during the last three years the Norwegian government has prohibited the killing of polar bears by poison in the Spitzbergen Islands. Unfortunatly, however, as the Island belongs to nobody, the hunters do not generally care for this, for there is no police authority on the spot to control them.
 During the last three years there have been comparatively few skins of polar bears at Tromsoe and Hammerfest, al- though those cities are the principal markets for them. As it is known with certainty that the polar bear wanders, it may be possible that 1t again exists at the old capture places, so that larger number may be caught again, but it is very doubtful. One thing is sure how ever, and that is that the polar bear is far less numerous now on the East coast of Greenland and Spitzbergen than was the ease between 1860 and 1880.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
"WEALTH AND HAPPINESS"

From the Chicago HecOfd- -tteralu.
 ''I thank thee, Lord, for health hap piness and wealth." sang mother from her cottage door.
 The neighbor passing-paused-th questioned why-"what wealth have you--who work each day to clothe and feed your growing brood? You plan and save, and plan again to make the wage of your good man meet all your needs.
 What wealth have you? I admit your health. I see it in your vigor and hear it in your laugh your happi- ness it seems assured, your song I hear each night and morn when passing on my way. Your smiling face, your happy eyes all tell me this without reply. But, wealth--your wealth--it puzzles me; that is the part l cannot sec
 My wealth" the happy mother made reply. Ifs all around me. every night. Ely wealth is in my children's love, their happiness is mine. Their low ing ways. their soft white arms, their happy days all free from harm. They need my presence, feel my absence.
  their drowsy sleep they toss their arms and murmur mother.
 "You ask what wealth have l? A husbands love. husbands will to shelter me from worldly ills. He needs me; that is wealth to me. For 20 years I've been his happy wife, our love has grown more deep and true each happy season of our life. l see it in his glowing eyes, his happiness, his smile. see his image in my son, his actions in my child.
 What wealth have I? The birds sing in my apple tree; they sing for me and mine. The sunset from one cot tage door is his and mine My wealth | is great--the Lords great love for me and all my kind is wealth enough. His promises are greater than all the mines of wealth the world has promised" 1 The neighbor passed on and the mother turned to her work and her song floated off in the shadows of the | road where strangers passed. They heard it and paused, and listened and wondered also about her wealth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
Willy Chief Sam

A unique colonizing scheme has been launched by big African born negro who styles himself "Chief Sam of the Tribes of Akim." The plan of Chief Sam is an ambitious one and involves nothing less than hegira of colored folk to the Gold Coast of Africa. there to dwell in ease and luxury all the rest of their days. Chief Sam seems to have persuasive tongue, for he has collected about 75,0O0 from credulous negroes in various parts of the country, finding many willing followers in the negro town of Boley, Okla, where he col lected S25 for each share of stock in his company.
 The plans of the colonists, however, seem to have come to grief in New York. Although Chief Sam has gone so far as to buy ship in which to sail away to the fair realms of the tropics, where he says there is a great deal of play and not much work, the ship is without a crew and minus a captain to steer it across the billowy wastes of old ocean. Chief Sam has disappeared and is reported to have gone down to Delaware to raise more 1 funds. Meanwhile a forlorn and dis consulate band of "colonists," about 40 in number, are waiting on board their ship for the leaders return. i Sam has also run afoul of the Brit ish government. Its representatives in New York have investigated Sam's claims and state that he does not hold any rights to lands on the Gold Coast of Africa, and it is even hinted that the blood in Sam's veins, instead of being royal purple, is quite plebeian. Furthermore, it is asserted that even | if he were sincere in attempting to carry out his colonizing scheme, the facts have been grossly misrepre- scented, and if the colonists ever reach the Gold Coast they will be sadly dis illusioned.
 Colored people in this country fall easy victims to schemers among their own race who make glowing promises that are never fulfilled. To take the word of promoter without first in- vestigating his claims is, of course, the sheerest folly and to set out for a distant land without the remotest idea of the conditions to be found there shows a deplorable lack of judg- ment, but it is precisely the ignorant class of negroes who are sought out by the swindlers.
 | It is never safe to set out for any sort of Fl Dorado, no matter how glowing its possibilities may be, with out first having bought return ticket.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
Two Thousand Centuries Ago

A most remarkable find has just been made in the vicinity of Los An peles, Cal, where a skeleton ot a man has been found imbedded in asphalt pits along with the bones of masta- dons. tusk of abre-toothed tigers and animals of the chase.
 This man was but three feet In height, and according to scientists, must have lived 100000 years ago.
 There is much that is pathetic in picturing the struggles for life which that man in that period of the world must have endured and the pride he must have manifested in the final tri- umph against such odds of the human species and human intellect.
 In those days man contended with beasts for the possession of a cave for shelter and the club was his only weapon. It must have been a very crude club at that for there were no tool to fashion or shape it to his liking or service. But not only was man then called upon to contend with beasts of ferocity, such as are known today, but the mastadon, a creature of mammoth proportions, was his enemy, and the picture of just three feet of humanity defending itself against such odds of beastly anatomy is inspiring to an in- tense degree.
 But he survived it all. He triumphed for he is here today and the mastadon is no more. Not only is he here, but he is master of the brute creation and lord of the universe.
 From the character of the Los An geles find we are able to determine accurately the manner in which the respective creatures were brought to their deaths. The asphalt fields were terrible pitfalls and their presence was not detected, especially when the victim was in flight, until the un- fortunate was fully entrapped. The beasts of the chase was fleeing from the beast of prey and unwarily ran into the asphalt where it mired; the anxious pursuer hearing the cry o1 the asphalt animal followed it ano also met the same fate and its howls of despair in turn attracted the mar who likewise became engulphed. The whole story is as plainly written ir those asphalt pits as if it had beer traced in known characters for oul information of today. And this was 100000 years agone. Thus, perhaps reluctantly, but most assuredly ole mother earth yields up her secrets, hel age and her past history. All that mar has to do is to look and read.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
SLOT MACHINE SAVINGS BANKS

Budapest, Hungary.--About three years ago a bank in Budapest began the es- tablishment of a series of slot machine ranged for the receipt of two coins the crown 9o.2Os), and the 20 filler piece (S0O4. They return a ticket for each coin deposited and these tickets bear in terest from the date of their issuance.
 The rate paid varies with the current bank rate and ranges from to per cent; no tickets may be exchanged for bank book. The machine is so constructed that if counterfeit coins are deposited, the numbers of the tickets, issued for them can be ascertained; it car be ar ranged to take coins of other sizes and weights than the crown and 20 filled.
 The first slot machine savings bank was placed in front of a branch of the bank in the immediate vicinity of the central railway station, and the receipts of this machine have always peeii larger than those in other localities. At present there are IA machines in operation in Sud apest, six of which are located in front of different branches of the nank. six in front of public markets and xwo in front of large factory. It is noteworthy that the receipts of the two latter ma chimes have always been less than any others. The use of the slot machine saw tngs banks has increased every year. and the bank states that it intends to extend the service. The total deposits in 191. amounted to $13,195.
 The banks actual profit in operating these machines is smaN, but there IS an advertising value in them. and trey also put the bank into business relations with class of people which 1t woulo be difri- cult to reach in any other way, besides performing social service in the in- ducement and opportunity for saving which they offer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-02
A REAL DEMOCRAT
By BILI. VINES

even noticed. No sulking in the tent for Mir. Dwyer, and we hereby offer him as an exemplar of loyalty and devotion who is unparalleled in the history of politics. On Washington's birthday MT. Dwyer worked out of his system 0mind you this was right on the heels of his disappoint- ment in landing either job for himself or for his friend):
 Throughout the United States today the people are observing the natal day of George Washington, the father of his country-its first President With all due respect to Washington, there is a man living today-he is in our midst-who is greater than Washington, yea, even Lin- coin, a man who has fought and won greater battles for the emancipation of the people from industrial thralldom and plu- tocracy, than either Washington or Lin- coin, one who may never be honored with the presidency, but who will live in the hearts of the people and whose name will be honored by coming generations wheh he and the man who pens these lines are dead.
 For 1T years the Bulletin. against it's own business interest and against the ad- vice of friends and his enemies. has sup ported this man and the principles which he has fought for, and 1t was never stronger for him than now.
 He is the greatest Christian statesman this country, or any other country, ever produced. and his name will be a house. hold word in this country to the end of time-it is Bryan."
 E Here is a man who for IT years boosted a public man. and when that man at last came into power. and was unable to re- ward his faithful follower, said faithful follower took it philosophically, and re- fused to become peeved. Needless to say that MT. Dwyer as a constituent com mends himself to every congressman who has experienced the painful duty of se- lecting between friends someone to accept the postoffice job at Podunk, salary $300 per. There is probably not another Dwyer in the whole United States. MT. Bryan ought to be very proud of him-and doubt less Is.