Birmingham age-herald., 1894-07-29


 sunshine have not made the heroes of the worlds history. Neither has the sunshine, without the rain clouds, ever matured a harvest fit for the gathering. The hero is the result of trials and tribulations, and he becomes such because of the qualities developed by his environment. In the battles and struggles of life bravely he bears himself and forever presses forward, undaunted by the blows of adverse fortune. He never yields to defeat, but manfully meets the reverses of life and manfully sets himself to work to rectify past misfortune. He does not become a martyr, remember ing that a martyrs chief claim to consid- eration is the fact that he died.
 These times, these days are rich in he- roes; these clouds and storms of the past few years have developed grand men and women, whoshave done their part as nobly as any warrior who ever stormed a breast work or met death at the point of the bay onet. Very few have desired to assume the role of martyr; there is no room in the world at this epoch for martyrs, fortun- ately, as the present civilization precludes the stake, and the cause they espouse is only benefited by their death. But there is place for every hero, and never was there time when greater opportunity awaited them than the immediate present, and no place more needful of help and encourage ment than our own good Birmingham. From all sections of the country comes sympathy for and interest in our condition. The electric wires have flashed over the whole nation the distressing accounts of the happenings in our district for several months until we have begun to receive the pity of other towns. Now, is it not time for us to say, "Other cities are prospering, why should not Birmingham?o We have talked panic, strikes and tariff until we have almost lost sight of the power of in- dividual effort in changing this tide of evil which has well nigh en- pr1tf led nInrn akfn all the country part of the awful panic of 1883; there still is unsettled the strikes; there is yet to be voted upon a tariff bill. But think of what there is outside of all this. There have been panics, tariff bills and strikes many times before in the his tory of our nation, and yet it has grown greater and stronger year by year. There is no limit to the concentrated power of a community for good and no estimating the strength and force that will come from even few hopeful citizens. The panic is adjusting itself, as all panics have done before, simply because of natural laws and not because of any enactments. The tariff will be settled one way or another, and we will be prosperous again whichever decision is reached. The strike is passing and would have been over long ago if we had not dawdled and toyed with it so many weeks. So now, it is time for us, as a community, and certainly as individuals, to arouse ourselves to do our utmost to throw off the dispair that threatens to dis able our people. Have we not the best climate, the best soil, the best people on Gods green earth just here in Alabama? Is there one single physical advantage missing? Have we not very many more gifts than other sections of the country which are now rolling in wealth? We have all these things, yea, and mora, and, notwithsta nding all the evils that have come to us, there is no reason for dispair, no excuse for replning.
 We must not be the first southerners to be defeated by ill luck. We have every , thing but money, and that will surely come with persistent, heroic effort. It is not bur fault that .Heukave called forth the pity VI >o7 buntry, but we can over
 11f other calamities.
 4. O. Smith and her children have
 ed from months visit to friends
 Louisville, Ky, and Spring Hill,
 1hn. Mrs. Smith brought with her her Mister, Miss Ella Hubbert, who will remain several weeks in Birmingham.
 Miss Craig Sturgis left on Tuesday for Scottsboro, Ala, where she will spend few weeks visiting Mrs. Nye.
 At the Tuesday Afternoon Whist club, which was entertained by Mrs. j.. F. Gra- ham, the prize was won by Mrs. Graham
 
 A most enjoyable affair was. the social given by MT. and Mrs. R. B. Brown at the residence of Mrs. William Patterson, 414 Sixteenth street, Northside. It was a delightful evening to the many friends present. There were several vocal selec- lions rendered by local talent, which added greatly to the pleasure of the occasion, and the refreshments served were all that could be desired. A band of stringed instru- ments discoursed sweet music during the evening.
 Mrs. Thomas Clarke and children of Montgomery are spending some time with Mir. and Mrs. John s. Marks, South High lands. Mrs. Clarke is a sister of MT. Marks and has many friends in Birming- ham. The Red mountain party, composed of the families of Mir. and Mrs. Wilmer Beard, MT. and Mrs. H. L. Badham, MT. and Mrs. H. B. Gray and MT. and Mrs. A. R. Dearborn, are once more on level with the rest of humanity, for they bade farewell to the mountain fastuesses last Wednesday and descended from the fields of upper air to localities within the reach of ordinary mortals. They ceased to be cliff-dwellers and became citizens once again. But they feel repaid for their out ing, they thoroughly enjoyed their novel experiences and are glad they made the experiment. Many scenes witnessed on the mountains will be memories of a lifetime. The Cald- well hotel fire, as seen from Red mountain will probably never have an equal in their lives; and certainly there are few pictures more exquisite than Jones valley on the one side, with its various industries visi- ble for miles, and Birming gham's towers and sieeples pointing hopefully upwards, with hundreds of electric lights marking our handsome streets, while on the other side stretch sea of tree tops that sway and move like pillows with the mountain breezes, and over all the soiteuin light of the July moon. At such time forgot were all earthly cares, unremembered the strife and turmoil of life, and only God and his beautiful creations held possession of ind l 1l