Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-23
TOPICAL TALKS.

w. B. P.-The United Charities need the moral support of the community. They need its moral support more than its financial support. The ladies of the United Charities are doing great good, and they should be encouraged.
 Captain Ward-The same principle ap- plies in the case of Minister Ransom as in that of Judge Montgomery. Ransom was senator when the senate confirmed his appointment and increased his sal ary. This was clearly contrary to the constitution. MT. Montgomery was @ member of the legislature that created a neW court in Birmingham and elected him as judge of that court This was contrary to the constitution of Alabama 1t will be observed that our constitution follows the federal constitution.
 Lawyer-The courts have decided that in some cases the insurance companies must pay the policy of a suicide. If it can be proven that he took his life in order that his family may get the benefit of his insurance, then his family cannot re- cover. But this is hard to prove. Usually the courts hold that a man who takes his life is insane, or mentally diseased, and the insurance companies are forced to pay up.
 Mrs. C.-The nose is now being edu- cated. For long time the eye, the ear, the tongue have been educated, and now the nose is being trained. It's a wonder that the nose has been so long neglected. It is the most prominent feature of the face, and the center around which the other features cluster. Poets hatJ writ ten sonnets to their mistress eyes, lips and ears, but none to the nose. The nose deserves a fiowery eulogy, for it is the nosegay of the senses. When the nose has been thoroughly educated then we shall see an innovation in social enter tainments. No dining will be complete without it's symphony of odors. The flow CTS will be arranged in an ascending scale. like music. The different odors will excite pleasurable emotions, just as music does. The violet will represent the minor chords and the rose the major chords. We shall have the allegro of the mig nonette and the crescendo of the tube rose.
 County Superintendent McAdory-The loss of the Peabody fund vii not affect the common schools. This Peabody fund was used in the payment of teachers at the normal institutes. Dr. Curry agreed to give $500 of the fund to each congress sional district, provided the state would appropriate an equal amount. This was agreed to by the legislature, and for sev- eral years past these normal institutes nave Deen nelU III edcn COnSfeSSlOnal d1S- trict; but now, that the Peabody fund has been withdrawn, the state has withdrawn it's appropriation, and no more congress sional institutes will be held Speaking of common schools reminds me that there are now 100 schools going on in Jefferson county. These schools hold six months in the winter and six months in the summer. This is done to give the boys a chance to plant the crops in the spring and harvest them in the winter.
 Iron Master-I see that one of the New York papers ascribes the collapse of a building in that city to the cast iron pillars, and demands that steel be sub- stituted for cast iron in building. The editor who wrote that is not. well in- formed. Cast iron will sustain vertical pressure much better than steel.