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Evening star., 1921-12-26

Flesh, white and popular suit shades, as we'll
as new and artistic combinations Sizes SO to
46. Unrestricted choice-$2.95.
Evening star., 1921-12-26

second Floor-Lansbursh & Brother
Evening star., 1921-12-26
JUST FOR 4 DAY
Heavy Outing Flannel
At 15c Yard

Why: Simply to allow you chance to make
sleeping garments for the cold nights that will be side
tracked no longer Winter is here-t had to come,
you have deferred buying these garments, this
low price will enable YOU make them little
There arc many stripe effects i'll this special lot
OF very fluffy and warm outing flannel
Evening star., 1921-12-26
Reversible Beacon Bath Robing
At 58c Yard
27-inch White Saxony Flame
At 55c Yard

Fine quality OF soft texture and finish with just
enough i'll the welt to strengthen and make it firm
For infants wear under petcoats sport shirts and SIM
liar uses. it is just the right weight and width.
FirstFI &
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-09-09
Mesopotamian Gums.

Among the gums of Mesopotamia
the most valuable are the tragacanths,
which are produced by tapping small
shrubs. These shrubs appear to grow
all over the mountains Of southern
Persia, and from there through the
entire mountainous region which runs
northwest along the frontiers of Mes
opotamia, comprising areas as north
ern as Arabistan. Luristan-Pust--kut
country and kurdistan. The most inn
portant collecting center for Bagdad
is Suleilnanaya, the capital of the
Suleimanaya district Of kurdistan, sit
uated about $50 miles northeast Of
Bagdad. In this area there is a regular
trade in this gum for the Bagdad mar.
ket.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-09-09
Early Indian Villages,

Indian villages east of the Missis.
sippi as described and pictured by
early observers, were brought together
by D. I. Bushnell, Jr., in bulletin is
sued by the bureau Of American eth
nology, Smithsonian institution. Some
Of these ancient villages pictured in
the bulletin occupied the very sites of
what are now great cities among them
New York, Richmond and Montreal
The types of these Indian habitations
are shown as described by those who
saw them at the close of the sixteenth
and during subsequent centuries.
These houses reflect the environment
in which their builders lived and the
social conditions Of the inhabitants.
Although the walls Of the buildings
have disappeared. the village sites can
still be recognized.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-09-09
Biblical Tribes.

Excepting in the cases Of such Sem
itic nations as the Jews. Bedouins and
Edomites it is difficult if not impos-
sible. to trace any connection between
the world nations Of today and those
mentioned in the Scriptures. The
Bible is in great part history of the
family of Abraham and of one rather
contracted corner of the earth, and
nowhere processes to instruct in de-
tails of chronological or any other sci-
ence except that of theology. The
world has generally agreed to derive
the black races from Noah's son Ham,
the MongolianS from Shem, and the
Caucasians from Japhe,h and beyond
that (even in that all are not agreed)
is not wise nor is it helpful to push
serious investigation.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-09-09
Catch Pheasant, on Hook.

Pheasants are devoted to raisins,
and poachers, knowing this. fasten n
hook upon a length Of fine line and
batting the hook with a raisin, tie this
line to peg in hedgerow. Wild
duck are caught in similar fashion
the bait in this case being worms. An.
other poachers' trick is the use Of fat
balls. These are small balls Of suet.
in the center of each Is placed short
length Of whalebone or some similar
substance, with the pointed ends bent
together. Wien swallowed the fat
melts and the sprung whalebone is re-
leased, the end sticking in the birds
gullet and choking it. cartridges have
regular busting places like poultry.
One poacher hit upon the plan Of put
ting quantity of pepper into one OF
these dust baths, thereby binding the
unfortunate birds that came to use
it. He was then able to pick them up
quite easily.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-09-09
orlaln q Chess q Mystery.

The wisest men Of the past few hun.
dred years seem to have been utterly
at loss to account for chess. Tho
origin Of the game IL variOusly
ascribed to the Greeks. the Romans.
the Babyl0nians. the Scythians, the
Egyptians, the Jews. the Persians, the
Chinese. the Arabians, the Castilians,
the Irish and the Welsh. There was an
ancient Irish game called "Fithchealr
which is assumed to have been identi-
cal with chess, but encyclopedia au.
thority says that ut appears not to
have been sedentary game at ALL"
Perhaps the ancient Celtic kings
played it on their mantelpieces, stand
ing up. or possibly it was originally
an outdoor sport and very strenuous.
The changes that may occur in game
in the course Of fifteen centuries or
so are surprising. Even modern game
may change so in the course Of fifteen
months that former player will fae'
lost.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-09-09
Chinese Music Peculiar.

Chinese music has always been be-
You'd the grasp of the occidental
mimi, appearing to have neither
rhyme nor reason to 1t. AS matter
of fact Il Chinese musician must he
very skilled, indeed, in his profess
sion to hold a position in an oriental
orchestra. Chinese music is not writ
ten. The words Of some of the IA
vorite songs have been preserved.
but the music has been handed down
from father to son for generations
that go far back before the day OF the
troubadours. When music Is played 1t
is played according to the memory OF
the musician and his idea of interpre-
tation A musician varies the per.
Torrance as his best judgment die
tates, and the strings, reeds or brass
may break in at almost any time.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-09-09
Don't Be a Grape Hanger.

It's easy to fall into the crape-hane-
ing habit. Lack of initiative and
sluggish or no thinking have put many
well-meaning chap into the dropping
mouth class. Then with the proper as
sociations in depressing thought the
way to muckrake levels is easy. OF
course you don't want to be grovc-
ing worm Of the dust. Nobody ever
does But then there are few that by
right are stars, though many more
could be If they would pay the price.
The way of progress is the way of toll.
It's much easier to find fault with the
fellow that's moving up than it Is TO
do the moving yo'rSelf. So the only
justification is to paint the other fell
low dark. It's a contemplate trick,
but there are many that do it.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-09-09
Mother earth,s Green preeA

How many OF 40 ever wonder VIZ
Mother Earth chose to dress In great
The earth was not always green. Once
II was as naked 40 the moon: but
there came day when the weather
grew cool enough to demand clothing.
and at that time. no doubt, our ma
ternal planet began to look about to
choose q color scheme for her dress.
Why she chose green Is not OF record,
but that she chose 1t with her whole
heart every pleasant place Of creation
testifies. Scientists explain that this
is merely natural phenomenon, the
color being chlorophyl pigment, turned
green by action of the sun. But why
1t did not turn blue, or red, or black.
no scientist knows. About all We can
say Is that Mother Earth wanted a
green dress, and she got it.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-09-09
"Paradise Lost"

Few poetical works in English have
so frequently been translated into
other languages as paradise Lost 1t
has appeared in French. German, Ital-
ian, Spanish, Greek, Armenian, 30.
hemian. Danish, Dutch, Hungarian,
lcelandic. Latin, ManX. Polish, Portn-
guese, Russian, Swedish, and Welsh,
and there are many editions of the
work in these languages. 1t has, in
fact, been considered, and very Justly
so, one of the most typical, and one
of the very finest poems as Il repre-
sentative work worthy of all praise
throughout the world for its nnrivaled
poetic beauty. its wealth Of express
sion. and grand imaginative quality
George c. Williamson.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-09-09
Republican Party's Birthplace,

Jackson, Mich, is considered the
birthplace of the party. as ii was at
that city that the first Republican con-
vention was held on July 6, 1854. The
meeting was called to order at Bron.
sons hall, but there being crowd Of
5000 wanting to get into a hall with a
capacity of 600, it was ADJOURNED to an
oak grove at the edge of the city, at
q point now known as the corner of
Washington avenue and Second street.
For this reason the convention Is
spoken of as "Under the Oaks A
convention had previously been held
at Kalamazoo on June p, but it was
at Jackson that the party first was
organized and u platform adopted.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-09-09
Gibes at Men Of Law,

Many uncomplmentary yerdicts Of
lawyers may be found in Europe's his
tory and literature. Sir Thomas
More's Utopia had no lawyers, every
man being left to plead his own case.
Napoleon was given to stigmatizing
lawyers as class that lived on the
Quarrels of others, and stirred up trou-
BILE as merchant drums up trade. He
once sarcastically admitted that he
had never been courageous enough to
adopt his plan OF starving lawyers by
legislation to the effect that they
should not receive fees save when they
won their cases.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-09-09
Lawyers Once Denied Leadership.

Popular confidence in the lawyer
has swung from one extreme to the
other since early colonial times, ac-
cordng to Francis NJ. Murdlck, in
"The Lewyer's Place in American
Life Thus, i'll 1645, Virginia forbade
lawyers to take fees. Massachusetts
closed the lawyers membership in the
"Great and General Court" of the
province in 1888, and when the earl
of Shaftesbury and John Locke formu-
lated the fundamental constitution Of
the Carolinas they prohibited lawyers
from practicing for fees Of any sort.
No lawyer Of distinction appeared in
the Carolinas while that constitution
was in force.
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-09-09
"Oressn1 akere."

Concerning funny shop notices, The
Morning Post Of London tells a story
about a village shop in the Emerald
isle. The village possessed two dra.
pers' establishments which supplied
the neighboring femininity with all it
was supposed to want. One shop sud-
denly launched out into white letters
on one window with the magic word
"Corsetiere" Not to be outdone, the
rival establishment promptly had
painted over the entire window:
'Dressmakere, millinere. and under.
clOthere"!
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-09-09
Biblical Mention Of Butter.

Butter, which is supposed to have
been churned unintentionally for the
first time by the Arabians, who car
ried milk in skin bottles on camel.
back trips in the early ages, was
probably mentioned for the first time
in writing in the Bible, Genesis Xviii ;
8. At that time Abraham in urging
Sarah to prepare meal for the visit.
ors, It was said: 'Took butter and milk
and the calf which he had dressed and
set 1t before them, and he stood BY
them under the tree and they did
eat"
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reckoning. They
are sinners who
confess 1t and
sinners who re.
fuse to confess it.;
sinners saved by
the grace Of God,
and sinners who
either admit no
need of saving, or
else, feeling the
need, are busy
saving themselves.
SiAgula ar y
enough we have
these two types
delineated with a
few deft and tell
inc strokes in the
The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-09-09
Foods Easily DiaestibIe.

Butter. which Is one OF the most
digestible Of foods IL properly pre-
pared, contains 3.475 calories a pound.
Buttermilk. the liquid left after the
butter has been churned. is said to
he one Of the healthiest Of drinks and
is often recommended to patients suf-
fering from intestinal disorders.
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Answer to Prayer.

It Ia of faith that God always an.
swers right prayers. and in way and
In q degree beyond our most enthusiast
tic expectations; but he does not yet
let US see how. We must take It on
faith. We are quite sure. that, in the
long run. we shall not be disappointed.
-Faber.
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The
Better Sacrifice
BY REV. E. J. PACE
Director Of Missionary Course.
Moody Bible Institute. Chicago.
BY REV. E. J. PACE

TEXT.-By faith Abel offered q more
excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which
he obtained witness that he was right
eous. God testifying Of his gifts: and by
It he being dead yet speaketh.-Heb. 11:4.
There are but two types of people
in the world according to the Bible
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Lord Hates False Scales.

"a false balance Is abomination to
the Lord; but q just weight is his
delight. Proverbs, ri, !.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-12
WORK IS RESUMED
 AT PIPE PLANTS
Local Shops Closed for Ho|i- days Again In Operation.
 Reduction In Prices

Several of the large water and gas pipe plants that closed for the Christi mas holidays nave resumed. two of them promptly.
 The National Cast Iron Pipe and the American Cast Iron Pipe resumed on January 3. At both these plants about 30 per cent of capacity is reported as being engaged in current production.
 The North Birmingham plant of the United States Cast Iron Pipe resumed on Monday and is operating in small way thus far. but expects to gather mo- mentum Production at present is un- derstood to be largely confined to car lots and other small tonnages for re- pairs and fill-in purposes.
 General expectation of the United States Pipe, it is understood. is to re- sume one by one at Bessemer. Anniston and Chattanooga. Some additional ton mage for the Pacific coast is already in sight by this concern, and will be ready to move out of Mobile when ship is available. Effort is being made to sup plement these pipe shipments to Pacific coast with pig iron and other steel and iron products The National and Amer ican as well as Stockham Pipe com panies participate in these Pacific coast movements.
 Two soil pipe plants resumed Monday at Gadsden, the Agricola and the Ma tional Pipe They resumed with a wage cut of 25 per cent and are reported to have gotten as many men as required for present state of operations without difficulty. Cut in price of sanitary pipe of more than the wage cut has been made.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-12
COUNTY OFFICERS BEGIN NEW TERM Officers Elected In November to Be Seated Next
 Monday

County officers elected at the general election in November who have not yet taken office will do so Monday. This announcement was made yesterday by William Waldrop clerk of the court Judge Dan A. Greene. presiding judge of the circuit court, elected to fill the unexpired term of the late John H. Mill Ter, and Judge Richard " Evans, elected to fill the unexpired term of the late Judge Ferguson, will officially take their seats.
 Coroner r-elect J. D. Russum will take charge of the coroners office, succeed ing pr. George A. Hogan. He will have as his assistant George c. Moore, who succeeds John R. T. Rives. who will en- ter the insurance business, being mem Ter of the firm of Lloyd Realty com pany.
 The Rev. J, J. Grove will be the as- sistant coroner at Bessemer, having been appointed to take the place of Dr. A. s.. Fitzpatrick, who has served for the past few months under Dr. Hogan.
 NJ. ". Henry, coun.y treasurer for nlally begins on his new term Monday, as does James F. Hawkins tax collec- tor The tax assessor does not take office until October 1, 1921.
 Captain J. NJ Tuck, elected constable of Precinct 21. and J. D. Carlisle. con- stable of Beat 37, will begin on their new terms of office January 1T.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-12
NORWOOD AND 18TH ST.
 CAR LINES SEPARATED

Operations on the Norwood- Fifteenth street car lines will be separated. ef- fectiye tomorrow. according to an- nouncement made yesterday by T. G.. Rrabston superintendent of transpor- tation of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company.
 The result of the separate operation of the two lines will be shorter head way, three more cars being placed into the service of the two lines than arc now used on the combined line.
 The route of the Norwood line will be on, Nineteenth street to First ave nue: First avenue to Twenty first street. Twenty-first street to Second avenue: Second avenue Ito Twentieth street, out on Twentieth street over usual route.
 The Fifteenth street line will come in on Twentieth street to Third ave- rue, Third avenue to Nineteenth street, Nineteenth street to First ave- nue, First avenue to Twentieth street. thence out Twentieth street over the usual route.
 '.The change in ths method of operat- ing the cars on these two lines will greatly improve the service" deciarei Superintendent Brabston yesterday Under the present plan of operating both lines jointly, when there is de- lay on one end of the line 1t interferes with service on both lines. With the addition of three more cars. we ca : give quicker service and cars will run oftener."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-12

INl OWL UNI A " I'll Il4NA
 Mime. Schumann-H Heinll, contralto of in ternational fame, will give recital on Monday evening, January 31, at the Jeff ferson theatre, under auspices of the Music Study club.
 Shortly following the recital in Br- mingham she will leave for an extended tour of the Orient. appearing in Japan. China, Australia and Judea.
 Schumann-Heink as an artist of mag nificent success and many triumphs, IS well fitted to give recipe for success, which she did in a recent interview. A famous colleague asks her what were her tricks that she held her public so spell bound.
 The interviewer could feel the surprise in her answer: Tricks? have no trcA-. I only sing my songs and love and re- spect my audience That is the secret of my success. sing my songs as well I can, and don't try to fool the pub lie"
 What should an ambitious girl do to prepare herself for career?'' was asked.
 First of all'' she replied, "she should not rush to the great cities to the so- called famous teachers She should re- main at home, if possible, and do her preliminary studying. If there is no good teacher in the town where she lives, she should go to some smaller city than New York. and not think only of New York, as others have done She Will find many earnest and capable teachers in smaller cities who will display utmost fairness There are dozens, yes lteraliy hundreds, of fake teachers in New 1orh' as in any other large centers. who make much display, take the students money and teach them nothing, while at home the poor parents are. struggling ana sac rificing that the girl may have lessons.
 "I would say to a girl with talent tha' if she would go to decent, honest people who would never lie and who critlcise kindly, that with a good voice, hope and courage, there could always be a future,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-12
MASONIC TEMPLE FOR 1921, SLOGAN
 BY LOCAL MASONS
Campaign Launched at Enthu- siastic Meeting of North Alabama MaSonS-To
 Float Bond Issue

A Masonic Temple in 1927 is the slogan which will inspire north Alabama Masons in dis posing of the S500,000 worth of 6 per cent gold bonds which they will offer brother Masons beginning next Monday.
 An enthusiastic crowd gathered al the dinner which was held at the Ma sonic temple last night and judging from the spirit shown at the affair the issue of bonds vii be quickly oversubscrbed
 The campaign will bc partici-
 pated in not only by tho blue lodge
 Masons of Birmingham but also
 the York and Scottish Rite bodies
 and Zamora temple shriners. so
 that 1t reaches to aIr parts of north
 Alabama. It is expected that the
 temple here will become n mecca
 for MasOns for the entire north
 crn half of the state.
 Last nights dinner was held not only to inspire those present with the importance of the object sought but also to instruct them in the methods of salesmanshp of the bonds and to put them in position to answer any questions which may be asked
 PURCHASE OF BONDS
 The bonds will be in denominations of $50, s1o0 and $500 and while only Masons will be solicited it was stated that they may be purchased by any one
 Frank Shepherd, past potentate of the Shrine, presided last night and he is to be general chairman of the drive which will be conducted next week. Hugh Morrow sounded the keynote OF the evening in the first speech, point ing out to those present how the Ma sons of today were building for the future In going ahead with this project.
 Since all parts of north Alabama are to fake part in the drive the chairman called upon quite a number of the out-of town men who were present. Among them were MT, Robertson of Decatur T. A. Boles of Albany, pr. Lindsey of Florence, Dr. K. T. Kent Ensley. Mir. Stacey Wylam Mir. McLendon. Pratt City; Luther Davis, Tuscaloosa; Amos Grimes, Sheffield, pr. Murphy, Gads- den.
 OLD GUARD IN LINE
 In addition to these some of the older figures in Birmingham Masonry brought words of inspiration and con fidence in the success of the project. w. J. Rushton said they were now in position to state that matters had reached a point where they were ab- solutely sure of having a temple in 1921 and, furthermore. that the bodies had saved $100000 by delaying for a year because of the decrease in the cost of building materials. Dr. J. H. Phillips spoke briefly, as did J. B. Keiser, John B. Bethea and MT. Spiker, the architectural engineer.
 Other speakers dealt with explana- tions of different phases of the drive and answered many questions about the work. These speakers Included W. H. Woolverton, Judge R. B. Watts, w. A. Cqrrie and A. l.. Reese.
 The chairman read one letter from a brother who had sent a check and subscription for two $500 bonds by re- turn mail. Other letters breathed a spirit of cooperation which, it was felt, assured the success of the drive without question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-01-12
1921 PLANS FOR WAR ON 4WH|IE PLAGUE"
Anti ti-TuberCuloSis Association to Elect Officers at
 Annual Meeting

Officers will be elected by the Anti Tuberculosis association of Jefferson county at meeting to be held tomorrow morning at 10;9O o'clock in the auditorium of the Chamber of Commerce. Commit- tees will also be aprontel at this time and reports from the Christmas seal sale will be heard and other important business will be disposed of. All mem bers are urged to be present.
 Plans of the organization for 1921 in the war on the dread disease include the fol- lowing:
 Carry on dispensary work four clin- ics weekly F Garry on' visiting nurse work. four nurses (one for Bessemer district, one for negroes).
 Garry on' sanatorium at Red noun tain (cost. 20 beds sr ITO monthly.
 Garry on education of the children and the public.
 "Carry on distribution of sputum cups and paper drinking cups.
 Begin nutrition classes for anaemic chill dren in public schools
 Begin travelling dispensary for rural districts. (Estimated cost, $16000 first |year)
 Bring about hospital for advanced cases, white and negro Cost to fall on public taxes)
 Establish dispensary at Bessemer. All the funds from sale will be expended in Jefferson county.