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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Activity in Real Esfafe

There has been a very decided im- provement in the real estate market within the past few weeks said s. E. Thompson.
 "A number of important sales have been made, and many deals are pend- Ing. l nave just sold to Mir Munger at a good price lot adjoining his beau tlful home at Elyton. This parcel of ground which MT Munger has acquired belonged to prominent E1yton estate. It measures 200 by 200 feet and fits in well with MT. Munger's acreage.
 T believe that activity will prevail in the Birmingh realty market from now on. Investors are making much inquiry. and certain it Is that values are steadily reaching for higher levelsn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07

From the New York Evening Post.
 Forty-nine years ago the worlds first meeting of the Salvation Army took place in an old patched tent erected in an an- cient burial ground in the Whitechapel district of London. The first preacher was William Booth. a clergyman at that time without a church. He had been called
 upon to take the place of the regular minister who was lying i'll at his home
 The first congregation was made up of a
 mass of poor people, many of them evil, dently without God or hope in the world. | After the meeting Booth hurried to his' home and exclaimed to his wife: Kate. have found my destiny. AS I passed by
 the doors of the flaming gin palaces to- night, seemed to hear voice sounding in my ears: Where can you find such heathens as these, and where is there so great need for your labors? And there
 and then in my soul I offered myself and you and our children up to this great work"
 From that day meetings were held reg
 ularly. On the third Sunday the tent blew
 down and was wrecked beyond repair. Having no money for another and with out funds to rent a building, Booth preached in the open air. Finally, he se- cured the use of an old dance hall that was not in use on Sundays. Week-da y4
 meetings were held in dilapidated shed. formerly a storehouse for old rags. As the army grew it was forced into the streets narrow alleys, abandoned sa- looms, or unoccupied theatres became Sal VatiOn Army Chapels
 Today the Salvation Army Is the great
 est evangelistic organization in the world , The poke-bonneted army lassie is a fa- miliar sight in every country on earth with the single exception of Russia. They i are in Iceland, and it Is reported that Russia is on the point of equalization.
 More than 10. 00O,0oo Americans gather dur 1 ing a years time to listen to the exhorta- 1 tions of nearly 1000 officers of both sexes The charity of the organization includes
 in the United States. nearly 100 working
 mems hotels. which accommodate annual
 ly more than 2.000. GOO persons over 12O in- dustrial homes, where about 5000 OO0 meals
 have been served in year, and about 20
 rescue and maternity homes, where 5000 girls and children find shelter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
A CALL FOR A GREAT ARTIST

From the New 1OTh l1fUes.
 There is to be a statue of the pioneer mother at the Pana ma Pacific exposition in San Francisco If an artist can be found who can depict an ideal of this symboiical parsonage sufficiently poet!cal, vigorous and inspiring to satisfy the grandchildren of the pioneer women. This is going to be difficult job. A model Of q statue by an eastern artist lately ex- hibited in San Francisco has aroused a stor moi protest oec cause the figure is draped in an Indian blanket and resem- bles Comanchee 9qlaw. That surely does Lot typify the pioneer mother of Pacific civilization. We can imagine a ! modern realistic treatment of the sub' 4 ject which might not be ineffective. Tho plainly dressed H)nan,. her sunbonnci | falling backward upoa her shoulders, ol | hanging by the strings from one of hel
 arms. sta nding by n tree stump and gag
 ing into the future with a vision half pro rhetic, half forebodng. might charm b, | its humanity and it's pathos.
 But probably the xornen of California | demand fl more heroic treatment of thu
 iGsa of the pioneer mother. Tine combina tion of classic dignity with the romanti sprint may be essential. A cIassica
 se riptor would not have bothered himsel
 about the drapery with so large and sym bollcal a subject to treat. But nude O
 even a partly nude pioneer mother wil | never suit western America. The print cloths and homesDuns of our ancestor
 do not lend themseises to graceful drap ires. The toucb of sayagery imparted D.
 using q squaws blanket Is utterly out 0
 place. fin fact, the pioneer mother idea is one to be taken up by sculptor 0
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
Reclaiming the Great Sahara

Within the last decade the railroad conquest of Africa has been pushed forward rapidly by European inter- ests; England, Germany, France and Belgium being especially active in de- veloping this vast territory to the south, which is sometimes called an s'annex of Europe" That portion of the eastern hemisphere is now tra- versed by several transcontinental lines, one of which extends down the rich valley of the Nile, while another crosses the Great Sahara desert near the center.
 ] When the Moroccan protectorate was established France came into abso- lute control of 45 per cent of the worlds greatest expanse of dry, sum- baked territory, which is half again as large as the United States, and whicf it is declared lacks only proper irri ration to parallel the valley of tht Nile in productiveness. The Frencl government is very optimistic in re gard to its ability to reclaim this vas waste which has come into it's hands Scientists have outlined numerous plans for retaining this barren terri forv. q part of which lies below th sea level. One scheme involved tn digging of canal connecting the SC; with the lower portion of the deser and thus allowing the salt water t rush in and form an inland sea. Man. objections, however, were offered t this plan, and it seems to have beel 1. abandoned. The most practical metho of securing water in the Sahara i said to bs by means of artesian wells
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
THE VANISHED COUNTRY

Grantland Rice in New York Mail Back in the Vanished Country
 There's a cabin in a lane, Across the yellow sunshine
 And the silver of the rain; A cabin, summer-shaded,
 Where the naples whispered low Dream stories of the world winds That a fellow used to know; And it's queer that, turning gray, Still a fellow looks away To land he knows has vanished Down the Path of Yesterday. Back in the Vanished Country
 There's an. old-time swinging gate Through the early dusk of summer Where a girl has come to wait And her hair is like the sundrift
 From the heart of summer skies, While the blue of Gods wide heaven Crowns the splendor of her eyes; And it's queer that, turning gray, Still fellow looks away To a girl he knows has vanished
 Down the Path of Yesterday. Back in the Vanished Country
 There's a dream that use to be Of Fame within the city
 And a name beyond the sea; A dream of laurel wreathings
 That came singing through the light The story of the glory Of the victor in the fight; And it's queer that. worn and gray, Still fellow looks away To dream he knows has vanished Down the Path of YssterdAy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
CONSOLATION FOR OLD FASHIONED

From the New York Sun.
 At it's closing session in Atlantic City the Catholic Educational society passed a resolution condemning the teaching of sex hygiene in the schools on the ground that 1t tends to degrade rather than to
 improve morals.
 Against this opinion one, final and fatal. objection lies. It is hopelessly old ia fsshioned. It belongs to the ancient and unreguated world when people were al- lowed to mind their own business to some extent and uplifting had not begun to poke its interrogative nose into every thing. Love, home, the family: old fash tened prate. Besides, if the schools are not permitted to teach everything that the new wisdom dictates, they might be forced back to that pernicious. obsolete sy, tenn of the three R's.
 Yes the Catholic Educational society is cid fashioned in its notions. But. alas eugenics now the delirious passion of a multitude of sociologists. must tread the same downward, backward path. 1t vii soon be crowded out by fresher ics ana jsms It will be old fashioned while tho rp-to-the- moment sages preach nepiolo gy, morogenics. onology and comparativ, | fi,ibdubery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
Bnck from Detroit

q spent several days last week in Detroit, and found the weather there cold enough for an overcoat," said ]. M. Levine, bond salesman for Steiner Brothers. who reached home yesterday.
 During my absence from Birming ham besides visiting Detroit, I stopped over in several cities. including Cin- cinqati, where l spent a day. Business conditions in the north seem to be very good heard no talk of hard times; but on the other hand, I heard good deal of optimistic talk As for the bond market, there is a brisk de- mand for municipal and county issues, and there is no trouble whatever in selling bonds issued by counties and cities in Alabama"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS
| . Cincinnati Eno,Iirer

From the Cincinnati Enqurer.
 Any old time fellow calls on girl. and she remarks that she expects to die an old maid, he might as well hold up his hands and take his medicine.
 The old-fashioned woman who was named Mary Jane now has daughter who has front name like Pullman car
 There are all sorts of women in the world including the one who has to carry gun to protect her honor. l Ever notice that nobody seems to be in hurry when you are waiting. A woman may be compelled to wear the same dress she bought four years ago
 But that doesn't keep her from putting in
 four hours a day reading the fashion ! dope.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
The Park Concert Tonight

MemoH's band will give the second free concert of the summer in Capitol park tonight. A fine programme will be heard.
 Tn view of the eager interest in the park concerts many voluntary sub- scriptions should be forthcoming, said citizen who made substantial contribution to the band fund.
 Money enough should be pledged this week to assure open air music throughout the summer. As it is the Music Study club committee managing the concerts see their way clear te give only three a week for about five weeks. I hope to see a generous popu- lar response to the appeal for funds"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07

Statistics compiled by German pub lication show the mileage of the worlds s railroads, owned by states and privately controlled. during the year 1912. More than two-thirds of the total mileage Is under private control. Europe has sS,952 miles of railroad under private ownership and 113,699 miles of state railways. Amer lea has S21, ,406 miles of privately owned roads and S,2s7 miles of railways owned By states. The state roads credited to America are mostly in Canada, Mexico. Brazil. Chile and Argentina Not mile is given to the United States, although this government owns the Panama railroad. In Europe, outside of Great Britain Spain and France, state ownership of railroads is preferred. All the railroads of Great Britain, Spain and China are controlled by private companies and most of those in Canada. Three-fourths of the railway mileage of France Is privately owned and about two-thirds of the mileage in Swe- den. State ownership prevails in Japan. While the railroads of India are owned by the government. they are leased to rrivate companies for operation There are no railroads in Mexico operated by the government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
B. VI. Aliens Vacation


 B. M. Allen leaves tonight for Denver, where he will attend the annual meeting of the supreme lodge of Elks, of which he is past supreme exalted ruler. He will be absent from Birmingham about a month. one of his friends who had Just wished him pleasant vacation, remarked to an Age-Herald representative:
 "One of the first persons I met in Birmingham was B. M. Allen-everybody called him Judge Allen from the fact that he had filled the position of justice of the peace. He was known throughout this part of the country as a wit and wag and he had not attended many meet ings of the supreme body of Elks be- fore he had a national reputation s a humorist. It has been some years now since MT. Allen was honored with the highest office in the gift of the Elks. On his return home from the supreme meet ing he was greeted by the blowing of whistles and other marks of jubilation. The local Elks met him at the Louis vile and Nashville station with a brass band which played, Hail to The Chief. It was a gala day for Birmingham, the entire citizenry feeling proud of the fact that one of it's number had been signally honored
 'T have known grand masters and the heads of fraternal orders to become more or less lukewarm after they had become past But Mir. Allen has always kept up his enthusiastic interest In the order and has never missed meeting of the supreme lodge. so far as I can recall By the way I hope MT. Allen will make an effort to have the supreme meeting held in Birmingham in the not very far distant future. I know that if any one man could influence the body, Mir. Aller is that man"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
LOCATING HER "FEEONsHAY.

From the South Bend News-Times.
 Two Mishawaka girls were talking the other day about their sisters engagement, as girls usually do on such an important occasion, when the chief maid of work, Angeline came in.
 Angie asked one in raptures bold, have you seen Adds new fiance?"
 Angeline thought for moment, then shook her head in a puzzled sort of way.
 Nom, l done seen a. lot of purity new things wid frills and ruffes on but An de- clare to goodness An kaint reccoleet dat Ter feecnshay. Dat mus still be in dc wash
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
JAIL GUARD AN AUTHOR
Toilet Special to New York Sun.

Toilet Special to New York Sun.
 Max Erxieben. guard fin the Illinois state penitentiary here. making $70 a
 month as an overseer on the pen farm asserted recently that he is Larry Evans" the mysterious author of "Oncs to Every Man. best seller. and scores of short stories which have been pub. lished fin almost every big magazine ir the country.
 Erxieben said he is making more thar s5O00 a year by his writing. He is uned. heated. He was an attendant at the Kan. kakee State Hospital for the Insane H. said he worked there and in the Joile prison merely for information to embed, fin his writings.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
THE CARPENTER.

My, but the carpenter is slow. With him my patience fails: He even stops his work to go And manicure his nails.
 Cincinnati Enquirer. For getting things done in a rush He does not care a straw; He'll lay his work aside to brush His teeth upon his saw.
 Boston Transcript. For laziness there cannot be The equal of that lads: His works neglected now, while he Sits there and reads his adz.
 Columbia State Such laziness in one man stored Is trying, I'll admit; If there's a hole already bored, He will not work a bit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
Ahouf PcraOna

]. w Randall. former secretary of the Southern club but now an attache of the Gadsden National bank, spent Sunday and Monday here and was cor dially greeted by his old friends.
 Judge J. II. Miller left yesterday for Montreal, N C., where he will spend a two weeks vacation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
OUR .NEAR..MILITANrs

IrOm UTE 1iUUHe HtBISteTs
 What difference is there between Amer ican fuffragists camping all day in the room of the House committee on rules and British suffragists laying siege to tho dcor of the house of Parliament? Only difsereiIce of degree The performance in Washington shows the strong inclina- ton of the suffragists to become militants.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07

BEGINNING THE DAY-My Fath- CT, am glad Thou hast promised not to give me more than can h..r nm glad Thou watchest me, to lift the burden or give more strength as my need requires. l am glad Thou hast miracles of grace awaiting my demand. rest in Thee. Amen.--H. NJ. 10.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
HARDLY NECESSARY.

Have you called on Mrs. wagglesg' asked Mrs. Twobble.
 ''Dear, mo-" answered Mrs. Blascomb. but they do say''-here follows 30 min utes of animated gossip, concluding with, T really must call to find out somethins about her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07

London women are going to prize fights. BcJts witnessed on the streets between militants and policemen have probably awakened in them desire to see some- thing scientific.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A PLEASING PROSPECT.

Vacation songs are sweet to hear
 When poets gaily sing them; Their dulcet notes bewitch the ear,
 Like bells when breezes ring them. The mountains crest. the oceans foam Are wondrously inviting And doubtless everyone would roam,
 His secret soul delighting. If landlords never, penned a bill
 And no one had to settle: I'm very sure I'd loaf my fill
 And be in finest fettle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07

Secretary Bryan delivered four chau- tauqua lectures in North Carolina on the Fourth of July, which netted him approx imately $25o per lecture. Not bad show ing for week ends work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07

An Ohio gourmand who won a bet by eating three gallons of cherries tried to take medicine in the same reckless fash ion and the fool killer won't have to at tend to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07

unmistakable genius, who can feel its force and appreciate It's inherent beauty or abandoned altogether. There is B call for a great artist. Will 1t be answered?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07

Cut your weeds, or you will be ar rested. If any lot owner of Birmingham has been thinking that the city commits sion was joking when it issued it's weed cutting proclamation he will have a rude awakening if he does not proceed at once to chop or hire some one to do the chopping for him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF ROGER LOWEN

called for. But one bright spot in the sordid tragedy is to know that before his execution he received a letter from Mrs. Lloyd saying 'that she forgave him, and prayed that God would for give him also and have mercy on his, soul"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07

Teachers of domestic economy in Ohio schools resign their jobs 10 get married It seems that there are a few old-fash- toned men left in the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07

Dogfish is said to be palatable and wholesome, but the name is too strongly reminiscent of mans best friend to make 1t look appetizing on the bill of fare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07

Women should not prepare food while their hands are dirty, says a government food expert Another one of those origi- ral observations by a man who knows ,'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07

The srffragettes tried to heckle Presi- dent Wilson. but Big Business" is anx- ious to soothe him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
PERSUASIVE.

You've heard the old saying that Sa- tan finds work for idle hands to do"
 "oh. yes. And not only that. but he often induces busy hands to made a rad ical change in the kind of work they do."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07

Outside preparations to relieve the drouth in West Virginia are being made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
EXHAUSTED HIS CREDIT.

I'm afraid Blobson did not receive much benefit at the health resort he vis- ited."
 Was the altitude too high?"
 No; the stakes were"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07

The anvil chorus devotes a great deal of attention to the plucking board.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
FREAKISH.

I went to buy new straw hat, The salesman was polite, But when issued from the store The world erstwhile so bright Did wear sombre hue that left Me little chance to smile. The lid I bought looks like the deuce, And yet, it's right in style.
 P. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
MAY BE suRFEITED.

T believe Gladys has dual perso, ality"
 Why do you think so, Bella?'
 Some days she devours chocolates by the pound and other days she doesn't care for them.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07

The last word seems to have been said in regard to eugenies. What next
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
ALL WATCHED.

q understand the new arrival, Mrs. Blowster. expects to do great deal of entertaining
 "The neighbors were entertained when she moved in''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07

The small boys who spent the Fourth eyes, ears and fingers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
A CHARACTER PART.

You say he used to be an actor?" ''Yes"
 Whats he doing now?" Hes secretary to an uplift league" "umphi I dare say he's still acting"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
A DISTURBING FACTOR.

The dictagraph is now being used by married women to keep tab on their husbands. From the very day it was perfected the dictagraph has been trouble maker.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
SOME TERRORs Or STATISTIC

Thirst in the navy is already acute.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07
SALVATION ARMY,s BIRTHpAy

Tomorrow-Trial of Major Campbell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07

N/ HO can tell how many cases of A/ crime and murder have been | W caused by jealousy? Since the |
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-07

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second class matter under act of Congress March 3, 1879.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-06-27
PROCLAMATION

Whereas, owing to the prevailing
hot weather and the existence OF
hydrophobia in the vicinity of the
City OF cairo. there Is danger of by
drophobia in this City. and
Whereas, The City Board Of
Health has recommended to the UNI
designed as Mayor that All dogs in
said city be securely confined or
mu2alcd until October /, 1914, as
provided by ordinances Of said city.
Therefore. hereby issue
this, my proclamation, reqnir-
ing that all dogs, either be
securely confined, or be muz,
lied with good and substantial
wire sauzc, leathern or other muz,
ne, securely put on so as to prevent
them from biting, from this date MT
III the first day Of october, 1914. as
provided under PARAGRAPH 402 OF
the Revised Ordinances of said city
All dogs found running at large
n sad City, contrary to the require
rents of this proclamation. during
the time designated, shall be killed
by or under the direction of the
ity Marshal and removed from the
city.
All persons Violating or failing to
comply with the foregoing proyis
ions are s.bjct: tc a fine of not less
than five, nor more than fifty dol
'als for each offence.
Cairo, Illinois, June "a, 1914.
WALTER II. WOOD,
10 Mayor.
The Cairo bulletin., 1914-06-27
PAGE FIVE

pointed administrator OF the estatt
Of Everett E. Gordon late OF the
county OF Alexander and State OF
Illinois. deceased. hereby give notice
that they will appear before the
County Court of Alexander County
at the Court House in Cairo, al the
August term, on the first Monday in
August next, at which time all per-
sons having claims against said es-
tate are notified and requested to
attend for the purpose or having the
same adjusted. All persons indebted
to said estate are required TO make
Immediate payment to the under
signed.
Dated this 9Th day OF June A. D
1914.
FIRST BANK 4 TRUST co.
Administrator, Cairo, III