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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
THE RIVAL sAUsAGEMAKERs

From the Christian Science Monitor.
 The story of the rival bootmakers, which appeared recently, is matched by a correspondent of an English paper with another story, equally old, but equally worth repeating. It concerns two rival sausage makers. Again, they lived on opposite sides of a certain street, and one day one of them placed over his shop the legend:
 We sell sausages to the gentry and nobility of the country
 The next day, over the way, appeared the sign:
 We sell sausages to the gentry and nobility of tine whole country Not to be outdone, the rival put up what he evidently regarded as final statement, namely: M "We sell sausages to the king Next day there appeared over the door of the first sausage maker the simple expression of loyalty: God save the King"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
FINANCING IN CIVIL WAR

From the Wall Street Journal. M that in addition to the amounts fIS already raised, s1o, 900 000, GOO must be provided for during the fiscal year end- ing June 30, 1918. The present plans of financing the war call for a comparison with the means for raising money in
 casion that gave birth to the green back
 Specie payments had been suspended early in the struggle. Demand notes and other makeshifts had been issued. Bonds must be sold and way must be them. Therefore, when the act of Feb ruary 25, 1s62 authorized an issue of $500, 0O000 bonds, it also contained an authorization for s150, ,00o,C00 of noninter- est bearing notes, to be. "lawful money and legal tender in the payment of all
 United States, except duties on imports and interest on the public debt. These, be is remembered, were expressly pay able in coin. These notes also could be exchanged for the per cent 5-2O-year bonds at par. but later the privilege was made to expire July 1, 1863. MT. E. G. Spalding was author of the bill
 July il, 1862, another $15o, OOoO O0O was authorized, and later the amount. was increased to s45O,Ooo 900, which Congress pledged should be the maximum. Sec retary of the Treasury Chase was op- posed to making the notes legal tender, and later, when chief justice, he ruled that the act was unconstitutional, but the supreme court in another case re- versed this decision and sustained the act
 TSe purchasing power of the green back was never equal to gold during the war days. Early in 1862 paper dollar was equal to about 9S.77 cents. July II, 1864, it reached it's lowest value-35. Os cents and ended December. 1865, with an average for the month of 6S.40 cents. In terms of gold, dollar at the low est point reached would purchase but grains of the metal, while it took 2S2 grains to make dollar.
 In and out of Congress, there was the usual conflict of opinion as to the ne- cessity and wisdom of this measure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
WHY GREAT MEN FEAR WATERS From the Jewell (Kan) Republican.

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 Some of the newspaper fellows were little anxious as to what they were expected to wear at the Northcliffe luncheon in Kansas City. but when they saw Northcliffe come in wearing a con siderably battered hat and an overcoat tlist lacked an inch or two of fitting the lack Of his neck they breathed easiec
 In iact when you mix up Kansas editors with lords and dukes ssld such things it's hard to tell them apart. 1t finally tanreG ont that the only carefully dressed people at the luncheon were the walters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
A POOR BEGINNING

A POOR BEGINNING
 met a man upon the street Who's fond of conversation;
 hoped to hear from him some word
 That showed deep mediation Some novel thought, crisp, fresh and new, | Not long since worn to tatters;
 Alas, so many people talk | About the self-same matters.
 He passed the time of day, then spoke 1 I tremble to repeat it. "The Russian situations bad Tt is,'' l groaned, and beat it. FAMILY PRIDE
 My dear, in writing to our boy in the army, remember that your letter will be read by the censor,'' said MT Dubwaite.
 "oh, bother" exclaimed Mrs. Dub waite. Then I'll have to look up the dictionary. I'm not going to have any strange man seeing what poor speller am" STRATEGY "Glitherly keeps bundle of his wife's love letters tied up with a pink rib- bon" And he's been married for years! A sentimental chap, isn't he?" Not particularly, but he's crafty. By digging that bundle of letters out of his trunk at the psychological moment he has stopped many a tirade'' LITERALLY SPEAKING 'Did the burglars carry off everything they could lay their hands on?" "No." Are you quite sure of that?" "Oh, yes. They didn't carry off our dining room table. although found
 their finger prints all over it.'' AUTHORITY ON SMUGGLING I'm afraid you lack faith in your fel- low man." Certainly it's your fault" "No. For 10 years I was a customs inspector at one of the Atlantic ports"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
MECHANICAL wARsHIPs

FTUm lHe Montgomery Journal. Germanys new crewless mechanical
 ships have much to be said for them,
 aside from whatever military effective ,, ness they may possess. They're much
 more humane than the other German warships.
 We can't imagine one of these floating
 machines smelling lifeboats full of women and children. or placing the crew of a sunken merchantmen on the deck without
 fife preservers and then supmerging. Ma
 chinery is too humane for that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22

BEGINNING THE DAY--Thcy call Thee God of battles. Is 1t be- cause Thou commandest men so oft to war. Thou dost call us some times to bear the sword, Tor many things are more precious to Ihee than life. But Thou art God of bat ties, also, because Thou sustainest Thy people in battle, Thou healest Thy people by battle and Thou comfortest Thy people after battle Amcn.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
Increasing Interest
 in Road Building


 in Road Building
 A s the route committee of the ISA Bankhead highway and the Alabama Good Roads association both meet in Birmingham next week a great onward movement in road im- provement activities should be we'll in evidence. The association's conven- tion will be attended by delegates from every part of the state and several in ivited guests from outside of Alabama will be present to make addresses on the latest phases of highway progress. Next in importance to road con- struction itself is road maintenance. A vast amount of money expended on the building of good roads has been all but wasted because no provision was made for upkeep. Even the best Imacadamized highways soon need re- pair, and as for the top soil roads they become rough or miry after a winter of rain and hard freezing, un- less supervisors are employed to look closely after maintenance. For some time past the state highway engineer, W. S. Keller, has stressed the false economy in leaving good roads to take care of themselves.
 This is one of the questions that Twill receive particular attention in the forthcoming conventionl and now that interest in everything pertaining to good roads is keyed up to a practical pitch there should be no halting at corporate action seeking to remedy the situation referred to.
 While any class of improved high way is infinitely better than the old mud road, there has been growing demand for macadam construction and in some states paved highways now connect the principal towns and cities. That section of the Dixie high way extending from the lakes to the Ohio river is being paved like city boulevard. This work will be com- pleted during the year 1918, and it is hoped that before many years the section south of the Ohio will be like wise paved.
 If the first cost is large compara- lively little is required for mainten- ence, and the fact that farmers are able to increase their loads and travel in luxury adds immeasurably to farm values.
 The time should not be far distant when the tax payer in the south, as we'll as in the north, will reach the conclusion that the higher the cost of road the cheaper it will be in the end.
 The impetus which the Alabama road building movement will feel next week cannot be overestimated. It will mark the beginning of new era in the states material and humaniziag development.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
NEWS FROM RUSSIA
From the Talladega Home

from the Ialladega Home.
 speaking Of the news from Russia. what really is the news from Russia Birmingham Age-Herald. Rushing some sort of growler We presume. Anyhow. they are growing over there to beat Lula about something, we don't know. what. That's all we can find out about Russia. Tell you later. -'t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
OUTLIED DAD

From the Milwaukee News.
 The old sea captain, in brass buttons sat smoking comfortably by his fire side' when Jack, his sailor son, burst in upon him.
 weather too rough,' explained the son, so we've put in for a day"
 TOO rough!" exclaimed Mr. Tar, with visions of his own days on the briny.
 ny, sir, l was once sailing round the cape when storm came on and it blew down the main mast and the mig zer- mast was swept away, but we didn't even think of putting inr' Well, you see,' explained the son, this storm was so bad it blew the anchors off the captains buttons took the paint off the ships bow and" stop cried the old man. You do me credit, Jack-you do me credit!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
ALABAMA PRESS

Anniston Star: Pity that the Piave
 river is not wider than the majestic
 Mississippi
 Talladega Home: Shipping 'possums 1 rom Alexander City to Atlanta sounds like either extravaganza on the part of the hill billies or an untmely outburst or compassion for Atlanta, considering the phenomenal price of meat Talla- dega county nimrods would have dis posed of the festive marsupals to bet ter advantage
 Selma Journal: Round up the spies and traitors, Uncle Sam, Mr. Girard's lamp posts are still standing. Montgomery Advertiser: The willing
 ness of two candidates for governor to see Alabama prohibition laws
 strengthened" suggests that about the
 only thing that remains to be - done in that connection is to order every
 man subject to delirium ,tremens shot for treason.
 Tuscaloosa News: Bill Bryan says a bull did not chase him and he did not climb tree. Bill climbed a tree three
 times, but it was an elephant and not bull that was chasing him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
Visiting Prison Camps

I have just returned from a tour to the turpentine camps in south Ala oama' said Dr. W. D. Hubbard, prison chaplain.
 T went to Roy, Bagdad and Dixie and found them in as good condition as could be expected. I am here to visit the mining camps. I have re. gently been to Lucille. Aldrich. Belle Ellen and Flat Top and find that the men in many instances are getting out their task and more besides, there oy making good bit of extra money"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
AT THE POsTOFFICE

From the Florida Times-Union
 What did she do when you told her it would cost 3 cents to send a letter hereafter instead of 2?''
 ''umph7she got so angry she stamped her foot sei
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
cAmlnUaMdAautlH
A VERY CHOICE YOUNG JAr'
T the New York Herald.

FTOfH tHe NeW 1OrK fieTdIu.
 Japanese, choicest young man, quite scarce now good ones; he to stick to city remains; really excellently can do any thing; wages no objection; only con- dition leisure after days work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
Southern Commercial
 Congress for 1918

1 OO14S4 CoD IO1 IOlO I6N HE executive committee of the
 4 Southern Commercial congress
 has selected Baltimore as the city for
 next years convention, but it is not
 too far ahead for Birmingham to get
 in line for the 1919 meeting.
 The Congress is a very important
 body. It brings together every year
 many men of wide reputation and its
 influence has been felt in legislation and among large investment classes.
 The Southern Commercial congress
 has already met in Washington, Nash vile, Memphis, Atlanta, Mobile and
 Norfolk; and last September it con- vened in New York. It is well for the congress to meet occasionally in 1 financial centers outside, of the south.
 but as it's name suggests southern city should have the privilege of en- tertalnlng it as a rule. A meeting in
 Birmingham would unquestionably be attended by maximum of delegates. Kansas contemporary says when
 Lord Northcliffe attended a dinner in that
 state he wore the attire of the common people Still, his ludship probably had a
 suit or two of "open-face" clothes stored
 away in his luggage l * 1 sorrows come not single spies, but in
 battalions." A New York court has is- sued an attachment on several million 1 dollars worth of personal property owned
 by Nicholas Romanof in New York. 1 dog strayed across No Mans Land 1 from the German trenches and entered
 the American trenches in France Why
 not? Isn't dog good judge of char acter?
 Teutonic airmen are still dropping notes 1 back of the Italian front, expressing their
 benevolent intentions More scraps ot paper.
 poem in the Poetry Journal begins:
 ''The sun grinned showed his teeth'' k That's merely the poets modernistic
 way of saying old Sol was in genial mood.
 It is safer to cross London street than you may suppose. A London paper says only one woman has qualified as a taxi driver.
 The Bulgarians may or may not have learned the trick from President Wilson,
 but they are keeping an open mind. ;: * * Trotzky and Lenine have won more mo- torety than usually falls to the lot of a pair Of crack -brained soap-box orators. < In the meantime does anybody know if Nicholas is really Czar of Siberia, or continues to be plain Mir. Romanoff? i; * * It looks as if some stars retired from
 the stage merely for the purpose of coming back with a loud noise. * * s; There are considerably more American soldiers in France than the strategist Tn the street knows about. * w The landlady who keeps her boarders
 on short rations can lay claim to the proud distinction of helping MT Hoover < * i Pessimistic persons who already see Venice in ruins should have a better opinion of the gallant Italian army. * < ss | Will some erudte and responsible per son answer the question, What IS a 1 pleasure car?'
 1 Russa's Boshelviki needn't expect Uncle Sam to provide them with freq
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22

To weep is to make less the oepu' of grief. -hNnA
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
Buys Place at GuIfport

T am just back from Gulfport," said J. c. Moses, editor of The Weekly Age-Herald, where I bought 900 feet on the gulf next to the shipbuilding plant
 It is close to deep water, as there was recently launched a 1s00-ton yes- sel from the shipyard I am going to raise ducks and chickens. I think I made good buy as Gulfport is picking up. l am not going to move on the place, but will keep in close touch with it."
 \. M. C. A. Campaign Over State
 nave been on the go practically ever since the conference adjourned" i" said Rev. Frank w. Brandon of Gads- den.
 offered my services in the army Y. M. c. A. campaign and spoke at Andalusia, Troy, Brewton and Mobile. While in Mobile I preached at the St. Francis Street church, one of Meth odism's stronghods. enjoyed my speaking tour.
 Alabama is mighty prosperous. The peanut, the velvet and soy bean and hogs are revolutionizing farming. The people are beginning to learn that they need not abandon their agricultural lands just because the boil weevil cut down the cotton yield. It looks as if his advent will be a blessing in dis guise"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
Member of the Associated Press

Member of the Associated Press
 The Age-Herald is the only morning and Sunday newspaper in Birmingham carrying the Associated Press dis patches.
 The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein.
 All rights of republication Of spe- cial dispatches herein are also re- served
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
WE THANK YOU

Is it hard to write columns? Well rather;
 1t isn't all skttles and bIisr.
 The quatrains especially bother 1 They are seldom as easy as this . John D. Wells, in the Buffalo News
 Which accounts in way for the habit ,a
 (And it surely is nothing amiss) When we see four-liner, we grab it, s' And tack on another like this. "' e. A. Leedy, in the Youngstown Tele- '- gram.
 We're ticzled to death when we strike
 As over exchanges we pore;
 And gosh! how our readers all like
 They eat 'em and holler for more,
 R. P McPhee. in the Springfield Union. ss4 We thank you. dear colyuming brother, n,
 For saving us labor and fret: H4
 Behold we have written another And hapy the end is not yet! Ted Robinson, in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Quite right Though the labor of filling Ones column is seldom a cinch,
 This secret we do not mind spilling- I our shears nelp us out Tn a plHCn. TOPIC TO HAND "What will be discussed at the meet ting of the Thursday Morning Literary
 club?" < How can you ask such a foolish question: What's wrong?" sa Don't you know that the towns rich
 est heiress eloped yesterday with her fathers chauffeur? E THE BUSINESS HE'D HAVE! This beauty doctor claims he can
 make elderly woman look 20 years younger" T don't believe it" Why not?" Don't you know if he could really
 do that he would be one of the richest
 men in the world? As a matter of fact,
 his income is only about s1oooO a year. PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22

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 European bureau, $ Henrietta street, Covent Garden, London
 Eastern business office, Rooms AZ to 50. inclusive, Tribune building, New York city; western business office Tribune building, Chicago. The 5. C. Beckwith Special Agency. agents Tor foreign advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange. The Age-Herald VIII not be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address,
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22

Anniston Star: Pity that the Piave river is not wider than the majestic Mississippi.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, postoffice as second-class matter un- der act of Congress, March $, 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22

Daily and Sunday Age-Herald, year SS.0O Daily without Sunday .......... o.Vo Daily and Sunday, per month";. ~ Daily and Sunday, three months Z.oo Sunday Age Herald, per annum.. 2OO Weekly Age-Herald, per annum.. 70
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22

Russias Boshelviki needn't expect Uncle Sam to provide them with fres lunch and brand-new boots
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22

Selma Journal: Round up the spies and
 traitors Uncle Sam, Mir. Girards lamp posts are still standing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-22
A TOPIC TO HAND

THE BUSINESS HE'D HAVE! This beauty doctor claims he can make an elderly woman look 20 years younger"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-04
Holland Metal
Producers in a
Buying Combine
Scarcity of Raw Material
Threatens to Close Many
Factories

Manufacturers Of metal products in
Holland have just organized a coopera-
ton purchasing society. II is com
posed Of thirty-eight large firms oper-
ating machinery factories. shipyards
and other establishments where iron
and steel are necessary materials.
The special purpose Of the society,
Consul Frank W. Nahin. at Amsterdam,
reports. is to buy raw materials 20 bet
ter advantage than is now POSSIBLE.
The supplies Of iron and steel used by
the firms have come almost entire from
Germany and England, but lately the
receipts from those countries have
been far from sufficient The firms
naturally turn 20 the United States for
relief
II is stated that these firms, In the
aggregate. use by far the larger part
OF all the iron and steel imported into
Holland. Therefore in dealing with
them as one body the transactions
would be on a great scale.
As the supply Of materials for the
factories Of the society is becoming
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-04
The Dollar in Foreign Exchange

Confusion in the exchange market ow-
ing 20 the lack Of adequate mail facili-
ties 20 England was largely responsible
during the past week for sterling. sight
drafts on London falling to the lowest
level in nearly a year Demand bills
touched s4.747s on Thursday. but rallied
fracsionally at the end Of the week and
closed at $475 1-16. Cable transfers. on
the other hand. were firmly maintained.
indicating that the Allied bankers still
held strong control over the market
As regards the decline in demand bills,
the loss Of a large amount Of mail
when the Cunarder Lacouia went down
exerted I sentimental influence. indi-
eating the risk Of forwarding shipping
documents under current conditions.
Dislocation of shipping has caused
great delay and disturbance 20 those
engaged IN financing exports, and for
this reason the cable is being used
almost exclusively where important
tran sactions are involved. This has
tended 10 restrict the volume of bust
ness in demand sterling.
4 ne llNrs = IFNh4N u az Nff eau pAAiNiiN az
the market during the week. however
was the fall in the value Of Italian lire
After having shown weakness over a
period Of several weeks. the declining
tendency eliminated IN a new low rec
crd Of TT 20 the dollar, compared with
7.39 a week ago and an intrinsic value
Of 5lsh The decline in lire is ex
planned by the failure OF the Italian
government 20 establish dollar credits
here 20 pay for the large purchases or
war materials. Toward the end Of the
week il was announced that Italy would
attempt 10 place some of It's new war
loan bonds here 20 help adjust the ex-
change situation. but this did not
steady the market.
While Italian lire were daily depre-
eating in value. the Russian ruble set a
new low record of 27.90 cents. which
compares with an intrinsic gold value
OF 5l.2 cents. The rest Of the market
for Continental exchanges was quiet
German and Austrian bills were barely
steady.
II YOU calculate the cost OF the dol
lar in terms Of foreign mOney-that IS,
as il you we're buying dollars with
pounds, marks or francs-its value at
the close OF last week, as compared
with a year ago, would be about as
follows: