Birmingham age-herald., 1895-03-15
CURBSTONE AND LOBBY.

''The tree is sknown by it's fruits," said a minister to a friend of his on First avenue yesterday. "This is Biblical truth that
 believe will apply in all cases.o The other replied: elf you apply this maxim 1 to every day life, how do you account for the fact that some of our most corrupt men at heart bear the best regulations among their fellow men?" Replied the minister: "I do not agree with you that this is a fact On the other hand do not believe that any man of corrupt heart can conceal his mo- tive from his fellow men for period of time that it would require him to build up reputation. l can easily understand why you take this view of the matter, because l have met many fair minded men who were honest in this conviction, but who always | failed to consider an important phase of the case. Of course you will grant me that a
 man who bears good reputation among
 his people enjoys the good opin-.
 that people. do not take the opinion of that majority to be always correct. That would do away with my faith in the ortho- dox religion. But If this man whom they any time betray it the people straightway raise their voices against him and stone him from the walls of their city. They forget that he is only human, because they have set him up as god. No tree has borne the best of fruit through all the sea- sons of lifetime. The chill of some dread | winter will blast it's blossom and it's fruit, | but when the season comes again it buds l forth to greet the golden summer. With man it is not so, for when be is overtaken | by his ''winter of discontent' his fellow
 men turn their faces from him and he is left alone to be cut down by it's blasts. No, sir, 1t is the ungenerous spirit Of our peo- pie that causes you to view this question from that standpoint, and not fslacy of the maXlm.'
 The Stroller decided that the minister was emnently correct.
 visitor to the city was walking in Cap itol park yesterday afternoon with one of our business men. When they came to the foundation of the Confederate monu-
 ment the merchant explained to his com | pauion, with some degree of pride, the | character of that structure and commented
 on the laudable motives prompting such
 an investment. The visitor asked when | the monument would be completed. At
 this question the business man seemed to | awaken to the fact that while the motive | was good enough the investment had
 really never been made, and turning his
 face away he called the strangers attention | to the shrubbery and fountain at the center | of the park. "Here,' he said, tive are
 to build the state capitol, as soon as the 1 consent of the people can be obtained to
 remove it from Montgomery, the present
 site." The stranger only replied: "Why udVo yOu aOt dlIcduy Duiib bbc lOuudhblOu 1 for your new capitol?''
 A prominent book and stationery dealer | said to 0 young lawyer yesterday: "Oh l well, l can't depend on your opinion of | this matter, because lawyers fall so much | question that they cannot take a liberal view of anything" The lawyer very apty replied: s.Your opinion of the members
 of my profession is certainly a
 very unjust one. The lawyer who looks l only on one side of the case he is employed
 in is very apt to be caught mapping, for be | must remember that there is another fellow | viewing the other side of the same case.
 He would be very foolish indeed to set up 1 what he believed to be a breast works and | to have no knowledge of the implements of
 war to be used by the enemy.' The book | dealer declared that he had not taken that | view of the situation, and straigbtway re-
 tained the young barrister for an opinion. | The Stroller wondered then whether or l not lawyer had ever been turned down in discussion with an ordinary individual.
 
 | A gentleman said to the Stroller day or
 SO ago: 'There are newspaper reporters
 and newspaper reporters, but very few of l the latter, but it matters not what qualifi- l cations he might possess he is always a
 man of more or less power For instance:
 went into newspaper office some time | ago With n contribution which 1 thought
 would prove of interest to the public, and upon offering it was treated rather coolly | by the member of the reportorial staff
 whom had approached. Of course this
 netted mo for the time, and 1 secretly l sworc vengeance. When left the office I | conceived an idea and went directly to @
 friend of mine, who was quite an artist,
 and had him to make me sketch of the | ugliest man that his fantastic imagination
 could conceive, aud to represent him as be- | ing in rage over some trivial matter. He
 did the job to perfection, aud 1 mailed his
 sketch to the reporter who had insulted
 me. was scongratuiating myself that this