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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02
BUSINESS PErso1ALs
OUTaERN PORTERS DEMAND
 MORE PAY

 Southern porters running out of Birming- ham have petitioned the officials of the Southern railroad for substantial in- crease of pay.
 These men, who perform their duties faithfully, claim that s74.73 is not enough for them to live upon, and that every employe of the company have received an increase except the porters. l am quite sure that the officials of this rail- road have overlooked this matter, as the Frisco, Central of Georgia, Illi- nois Central Railroad Co., have paid same. and also back time for their em- ployes.
 am quite sure that the directors gen. eral orders, to General Order No. 27, supplements 12 to IS, will be carried out. had the occasion to be on one of the trains into Birmingham a few nights ago. We stopped at a little station, porter flagged good distance on small velocipede car protecting the head end of our train, and was really surprised to hear of the working conditions and small pay. after further questioning J found that these men bought Liberty bonds, as the other saAried employees, ! to help us in our great struggle for lib- erty, out of his small salary.
 As loyal citizens. can we neglect him? or sec that he is treated right in ohis matter.
 Thanking you heartily for your valua ble time, yours truly. R. A. Johnson. Bir- n7ingham, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02
CAN BE SOLD THROUGH AGEHERAID CLASSIFIED COLUMNS
EMPT OYMENT E sGIESMEN WG VTEn S1
TO SUCCESSFUL AND EXPERIENCED
 SPECIALITY SALESMEN

TO SUCCESSFUL AND EXPERIENCED
 SPECIALITY SALESMEN. Our rapidly expanding business in Jeffero son county and the state necessitates the employment of an additional sales representative to operate in Jefferson and vicinity.
 We want man between the ages of 2S and 4J years; he must have experience in the sale of high-grade specialties and in dealing with merchants; he must be able to give fidelity bond and must have an automobile or be able to buy one. We make over 100 different models ana sizes of automatic springIess weight ma chimes adapted to every kind of bus- ness. retail, wholesale, factories, pack ing houses, railroads, etc Automatic scales are regarded largely as an absolute necessity because of their labor saving and protective features, for the weighing of food products and all kinds of materials
 We give guaranteed territories to men Of responsibility who associate themselves with us permanently.
 Apply in person or by letter to the
 TOLEDO SCALE COMPANY. PA ". 24th St Birmingf1ano. Ala
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02

AND BOOKkEEPE prominent firm of certified public accountants offers an unusual oppor- tunity to a limited number of am- bilious men who want to qualify for one of the many $2500 to $10,000 a year positions now open; special training for those desiring to be- come certified; previous experience desirable, but not absolutely neces- sary must be willing to study hard for short period during spare time. Our representative will interview ap- plicants personally. In replying state age, experience eff .any), where em- ployed and phone number. Address A-91, Age Herald
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Mis. NNNoIIfIN.I NNIfI.I,l5,lI!l,.7lI,,. flI5MfI NIi,s

ROOFING AND PAINT SALE-Mer- chants or consumers; 55-pound roll rubber roofing, S150; 65-pound roll roofing, $1.95: red or green slate, first quality roofing. S5-pound rolls sS; buy quick, as these prices arc below today's factory prices; asbes- tos roof paint makes old, leaky roofs good as new, 75c gallon; roof paint soc gallon; roof cement, Sc pound; creosote stains, red and brown. 75c gallon; ready mixed house paints and hardware factory cost; your oppor- tunity; act quickly. Robertson Hard ware O., 2020 First ave.
 U. s. ENGINEER OFFICE, Florence, Ala; sealed proposals will be received here until ? D. m. (centraf tiIne). Jan uary ?, 1920, and then opened, for con structing Lock and Esplanade for dam at Widows Bar, Tennessee river, near Bridgeport, Ala, Further information on application.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02

oil stock statesmen wanted immediately; best proposition in Burkburnett Oil Fields. Permanent connections to good men. Opportun- ity to earn $500 weekly. Join our organization now. Write 71sh Ohio ave, room g. Wichita Falls. Tex.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02
AUTOMOBILES
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AGT6M0hfIEs TOR SALE OLDSMOBILE SEDAN 1918 model; in splendid me- chanical condition; tires in good shape; top, unholster- ing and paint in good shape. This car looks and runs like new; will sell at a sac- rifice to quick purchaser, for 5000. J. w. Howard, 2103 Ave. B.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02

WANTED-Young man out of school; about IS years of age, for outside work; a splendid chance for advancement; must be ambitious and willing to learn. Apply Ed Horn, T-85, care Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02

WANTED-Young women. The Southern Bell Tele- phone company needs self reliant young women to qualify, after training, as chief operators and as teachers of telephone work to student operators; ap- plicants must be in good physical health, mentally alert and must possess ini- tiative; college training and teaching experience are desirable, though not essential; the returns are: Pleasant and permanent work, congenial co-work- CTS, ample opportunity for advancement; salary paid during training and ade- quate salary after gradu- ation. See Miss Dickson, at 2 p. m. daily, third floor, 1914 2d Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02

SALESMEN with long time Experience selling grocery trade of Alabama; only men who can command trade need ap- ply. Coffee and tea experience of val ue, but not essential when weighed against men with intimate acquain- tance of grocer& of this state: if you can measure up to this standard, san l-Baker, products needs you. 1Sa Dau- phine st., New Orleans, La
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02
PERSONALS

WANTED - Anyone Knowing the whereabouts of J. J. Allread. age about 50 years, has one or two front teeth missing; is apt to be working at some plant in or near Birmingham, or on a farm somewhere in the western part of the state; left Cedartown. Ga. about october 15, and has not been heard from since; any information will be appreciated by his daughter and will pay you for the trouble, as his family is uneasy about him. Please address any in formation to Miss Nellie Allread 4Ool Monticello St., Columbia, s. c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02

VEAL calves and hogs. We pay your price and the highest prices for good, fat and blooded veal calves, year. lings, hogs, cows, goats, pigs. See Garber before you sell Ed Donnel- ly's. Phone Main 1881.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02

FOUND Not just clothes, but good clothes and at lowest prices. at Marc Link. 1911 1st ave
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02

YOUNG man 24 years of age, of good bearing and intelligence, desires DO sition; has executive ability and is willing to work; will go anywhere for good proposition. Address G-SS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02

MS. ANNOUNCEMENTS . Ave. B. Main 1s6
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02
LOST

LOST-s10 if you don't buy one of my $25 suits or overcoats, not just clothes, but good clothes" Marc Link, 1911 1st Ave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02

MONEY TO LEND-We have some money to lend on Birmingham real estate. Miller q Graham, attorneys at-law. 1909 American Trust blas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02

U. $. ARMY GOODS FOR SALE.
 L. $. army steel ranges, regulation No. ,, made on strictly government specified tions. S-eye, 33 inches wide, 52 inches
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02

office manager, account ant and bookkeeper at preesnt em- ployed, desires position with live con cern; hNhest references as to character and ability. Address W-91, care Age Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02

FOUND Not just clothes, but good clothes," at lowest prices; that's the reason this store has made sood;' $ to $l0 saved on suit or overcoat. Marc Link. 1911 1st ave.
 BOOMING HOUSE-S rooms, well fur nished; furniture worth more; good for $lo0 profit; price s750; Northside loca- tfon; year lease; rent $40 Sou. Business Exchange. Empire bldg. GET into business TOT yourself Our new list of ''150 Business Opportunities" mailed you on request. Lightfoots. ! and N. Pryor st.. Atlanta. Ga.
 MORTGAGE LOANS R1
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02

SA r.ESMEN-SCme select territory still open; write ov call Tor particulars. U. C J. Carbu >etor Sales Co., Inc. 602 American Trust Bldg. Birmingham
 SALES MEN WANTED Sa
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02

MONEY TO LOAN. MRS. o. D. ATKINS, 1927 Jefferson County Bank Bldg. Phone Main 6Soo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02

U. S army heaters, "CoIe Blast No 15-E. nickel trimmed; splendid stove 11e 50
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-02

U. s. army regulation shoes, genuine U. s. army shoes, brand new; finest quality: a wonderful shoe for s. 35
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
JAVA "LAND OF VOLCANOES
Country Has From Earliest Tlmes
Been Devastated by Turbulent
Forces of Nature

Java, with territory about equal to
New York state, has more volcanoes
than any area of like size, and yet
has more Inhabitants than the states
of New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois.
OH and Texas combined. A bulletin
OF the National Geographic society finds
that estimates of the active and ex-
tinct craters range from 100 to $50.
Everywhere in Java, in the huge
crater lakes. in assures that now are
river beds, even in ancient temples,
half-dnished when interrupted by some
fiery convulsiOn, are evidences of cata-
clysmic forces-such turbulent forces
as now are in continuous hysteria In
the valley of the Ten Thousand
Smokes in Alaska and break their
crusted surface cage intermittently in
Jaca." The late eruption of the Klot
(or Kalut) volcano cost the lives Of
10000 natives, destroyed 10000 acres
Of crops by the flow of hot mud, and did
millions Of dollars damage outside by
the falling ashes. This devastation,
however, was mild compared with the
violent upheaval of 1883. when Mother
Nature planted a Gargantuan Internal
machine on the Java doorstep at Kra-
kaoa. The terrific detonation was
heard in Australia, as far away as EI
Paso is from New York, much of the
island was blown into the air four
times as high as the highest mountain
and the hole left under water where
most of the island had been Is so deep
that plumb line to touch bottom must
be twice the length of the Washington
monument. The isolation lessened the
toll of lives, many of the $4,000 deaths
having been due to the tidal waves
that flooded distant shores.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
WHERE BEDS ARE UNKNOWN
Residents of Merida, Yucatan, Enjoy
Repose in Hammocks Which May
Be SIune Anywhere.

In Merida, Yucatan, the majority of
the people do not use beds, in fact
very few of them have even seen one.
They sleep in hammocks, which are
swung across the rooms at night and
with no fuss of bedmaking; the per
son just goes to bed and is gently
rocked to sleep by any passing breeze.
The climate is so hot that it is only
during the months of January and
February that light sheet may be
required as covering.
These hammocks are usually made
by the mother of the family. writes
Lilly dec. Osborn, in ST. Nicholas. and
consist Of thread, more or less fine.
woven together on great frames with
kind of shuttle or needle. Some of
the designs are wonderfully intricate
and the colors beautifully blended.
saw one very large one, made in the
colors of the United States flag, which
was to be sent up to the United States
for gift. 1t was certainly work of
art, made of the very finest mercerized
thread; and yet the hammock could
easily support weight of 300 pounds
A servant always brings his or her
own hammock, which is very conven-
4 lent
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
DREAM BROUGHT HIM WEALTH
Peddler Had Laugh on skepticaI Shop
keeper Who Refused to Credit
Truth of Vision.

In the time of Henry VII the story
runs, so Edgar G. Goodspeed writes in
the Atlantic Monthly, there lived in
Swaffham Market, in Norfolk, ped
dler named John Chapman. Having
treamed one night. that, if he went up
10 London, on London bridge he would
meet man who would bring him good
news, and being unable to get this
dream out of his mind, he presently
betoOk himself to London, and all day
long walked to and fro on London
bridge. At length a shopkeeper, not
ig his strange behavior, asked him
the meaning of 1t, and the honest ped
dler told him his dream.
"Ahl" said the shopkeeper, had
taken account of dreams might have
seemed as much a fool as you; for
only the other night dreamed that in
a place called Swaffham Market, In
n. rfolk, there lives peddler named
John Chapman who has tree in his
back yard, under which is buried a
Eot of gold"
The peddler humbly acknowledged
the folly of such behavior and forth
with returned home. There he lost
no time in digging under the tree in
his back yard, and in very truth found
just such q pot of gold as the shop
keeper had dreamed of, whereby he
lived in plenty the rest of his days.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
Arabian Physician.

Then there is the Kitab-al-Mansuri
OF Ali Razi, the most eminent of the
Arabian physicians, the Rhazes of Eu-
ropean writer's, of whom it is said that
wien in his old age he suffered from
cataract and was asked to have his
blindness removed by an operation, he
replied:
81 have seen so much of the world
that l am wearied of it."
OF whom also it is said that when
called upon to select site for hos
pital in Bagdad, he caused pieces OF
meat to be suspended in various 10
calities, and chose that one in which
after a given time, the meat showed
least putrefaction, thus anticipating
the knowledge of microbal infection
To him it is said that we owe the old
est account extant of smallpox ant
measles.-Asia Magazine.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
re ETURNING ALIENS
SHOULD BUY ". S. S.
Their Savings Invested With
Uncle Sam Are Safe and
Show a Sure PTOfit.

Since the signing of the armistice,
1t is estimated that 100000 alien
residents of the United States have
gone back TO Europe. These emf
grants included Italians, Greeks, Jugo-
Slavs, SyrianS, Croatians, Servians,
Kurds and Rumanians. Investigation
showed that many of the men of these
l;l,ter races had saved as much as
$4,000 which they took with them in
money
That fact is a wonderful proof of
grants by this nation, but it is also
proof that the aliens who returned to
Europe had failed to seize one of the
most important Of these opportunities.
Had they invested that money in Unit
ed States government securities, such
as War Savings Stamps and Treas
ury Saving Certificates, their savings
need not have been idle a moment
Throughout their Journeys, during the
time necessary for them to relocate
tAAN lioNiNOo- lu0N WOulu IlING DtGli
protected from robbery and loss and
assured of a profit.
Further, they would have been re-
moved from temptation to risk their
saving in schemes devised solely to
rob them. The ease with which some
OF the foreign born residents may be
parted from their hard-earned money
Is eXemplified BY the experience of
Professor Luigi Luzzatti, former Ital-
lvl Premier. The Italian statesman
recently was deluged with money from
America in sums of 81 TO 500 asking
MN TO reserve tickets for the send
ers In supposed international lot
terry the proceeds Of which were to 90
towards defraying the cost Of the
war. There was no such lottery. A
mere rumor in the French press had
been sufficient TO induce hundreds 10
part with their money.
II the foreign born residents of
America are seeking to aid In paying
the cost of the war. both for this
country and the nations of Europe.
the safest and most effective method
Of doing it is to save portion of
what they earn and invest it In U. s.
War Savings Stamps and Treasury
Savings Certificates
America presents to the foreign
born the opportunity to make money
and the United States government by
means of War Savings Stamps, pre-
sents tho means Of saving 1t, for the
benefit of the foreign born themselves.
the country of their adoption and the
country of their birth.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
FAMILIAR WITH ILL FORTUNE
Men Whose Names Stand High on Roll
Of Genius Had to Fight for
Recognition

No one need be ashamed of the fact
that they may have been, at some time
or other, hard up for a meal. Many
celebrities have been situated in sim
liar circumstances.
For instance, there was the late Sir
Henry Irving, the great genius of the
stage. Few people know of the trials
this eminent actor went through be-
fore he attained even a small mOdicum
of success. He was actually starving
on the streets at one time. without a
penny to buy bun.
Then there was Oliver Goldsmith,
the author of some of our greatest
English classics. Once he lived in a
garret and was bothered by shrewish
landlady who demanded 'rent down." !"
Oliver Goldsmith had also numerous
other debts, which surely ought to have
turned him away from literature In
disgust as a means Of livelihood.
But this Oliver Goldsmith would not
allow them to do, and consequently
he reaped his reward And Zola, the
affectation of all people who combine
culture with dash, poor Zola also had
a bad time Of it going through the
literary MILL There was a time when
editors and publishers used to read
his name on a manuscript and prompt
ly send ii back.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
DIED AS BELTS THE BRAVE
Last Words Uttered by Tyrant's Vic
Tins In Tower Of London Are
Worth Recording.

Relieving the stories of royal cruelty
connected with the Tower of London
are the immortal last words of the
brave men and women who had laid
their heads on the axman's block, says
National Geographic Society bulletin.
God forbid the king shall use any
more such mercy to my friends" laugh
ed Sir Thomas More when told that
Henry VIII had "mercifully" consent
ed to let him be beheaded instead OF
hanged, and, to the executioner, as he
moved his beard aside, pity that
should be cut that has not committed
treason"
The countess Of Salisbury proudly
refused to lay her head on the BLOCK
because she had committed no wrong
so that, says an observer, apologizing
for the executioner, "he was constrain
ed to fetch it off slovenly"
If you strike me twice 1 cannot
promise you not to STIR" warned
Monmouth.
Asked to raise his head a bit Alger
non Sidney retorted, Not until the
general resurrection; strike on"
"Peter," inquired Sir Walter Ra
leigh, to keep up the spirits of his at
tendant, ''dost thou know of any
plaster to set mans head on agair
when 1t was cut offY
Consigned to the tower for some
thirteen years Sir Walter set fash
ion which made salon out Of the pal
ace prison. While he was not attend
ing his garden, and distilling essenct
from plants, he wrote his quaint His
tory Of the World" and there, too, vii
liam Penn wrote mo cross, no crown,
not to mention the writings of th'
duke of Orleans and Sir John Eliot.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
BIBLES THAT ARE PRICELESS
Four Copies of Sacred Book Regarded
as Treasures by Their For
tunate Owners.

The largest Bible in existence is in
the royal library at Stockholm. The
covers are made Of solid planks, four
inches thick, and the pages measure a
yard in length. 1t is estimated that
100 asses skins must have been used
to furnish the 300 parchment leaves of
this colossal book 1t is considered
priceless.
A well-to-do New Yorker is the
proud possessor of a manuscript Bible
written by his only son, cripple. He
could only work about two hours q
day, so he took over two years tC
complete his task. 1t does not contain
a single error or slip, for if error OF
slip occurred the youth discarded the
whole page. The verses and headings
are all in red ink. and the whole is
beautifully written.
| In a house in Grafton street, London
there is a shorthand Bible which was
written at least two centuries before
Pitman was born. 1t was written b!
/ an apprentice in the day Of James II
! when to possess a common" o.
garden" Bible was rather dangerous
An American lady cherishes Bibl'
4 probably as old as the one writer
in shorthand, which an ancestres
baked in loaf of bread when a house
toulouse search was being made To-
J stray copies of the scriptures. The sol
/ diers came to search the house, but /
is not matter of wonder that the,
/ failed to find the book, which now
looking pretty old, is the lady's chic
! treasure
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
FLAMING0 LONG A MYSTERY
To American Naturalist Belongs Honor
OF Learning Habits Of Really
Remarkable Bird.

Until comparatively few years ago
the habits of the flamingo, without
doubt the most remarkable of all Iiv-
Ing birds. were a tantalizing mystery
to naturalists. In 1904 the first photo
graphs of nesting fiamingoes were
secured by DR.. Frank M. Chapman Of
the scientific staff of the American
museum. The group was constructed
from photographs and notes made
during his Investigations, and from
specimens secured by him. Flamingoes
occur In the warmer parts of both
hemispheres. The American famingo
the most brightly colored of the
genus-ranges from The Bahamas and
southern Florida to Brazil and the
Galapagos.
For nests fiamingoes erect curious
mounds Of mud, from to IS inches
high. and measuring about % inches
in diameter at the base and IA inches
across the top. A depression, about
one inch deep, in the top Of the nest,
holds the single 0gg, laid In May Both
male and female incubate. When the
young are hatched they are covered
with down like that of young ducks.
They develop their brilliant plumage
in their second year. For their first
three or four days they remain in the
nest. and are fed by the parents on
predigested food. At about three
weeks of age they enter upon their
adult diet Of crustaceans.
The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-11
ISLE HAS MANY ATTRACTIONS
Beautiful Corfu Offers Peculiar and
Pleasing Sights to the Visitor
Land of Contradictions.

Corfu is an island in the Mediter-
ranean, the largest of the Ionian group,
and it belonged to Venice for many
centuries. 1t is separated from the
coast of Albania by the channel of
Corfu, 40 miles long. The entire is
land embraces about 277 square miles
with population of 100000. Aside
from its chief city, Corfu, there are
only few towns and villages, as half
the island is still covered with natural
olive groves. The entire place is yem-
iniscent of the colony of Corinthians
who settled there in the earliest period
of Greek history, and became d great
naval power. Its dark, narrow streets
and ancient buildings with their splen-
did arcades bear mute witness to cen
turies of Venetian rule
There is splendid library of 100
600 volumes from the pens of ancient
and modern writer's, where the biblio
maniac has an opportunity TO indulge
his taste
AS matter Of fast, Corfu is a city
of strange contradictions 1t is not
an uncommon sight to be walking close
to the public library and to hear the
flower boys in the arcade nearby sing
ing the beauty of their floral offerings.
while under the shadow Of the build
ing on the other side is native wood
man standing on pile of logs, saw
ing vigorously. 1t is queer instru-
ment he plies, unimproved for cen
turies and as he saws he sings bal
lads centuries old.