Birmingham state herald., 1896-11-08
School children's long cloaks at $1.75 and $2 50, worth $500 to 700.
 Caheen Bros.
THE LIGHTER SIDE.

mans position gives him certain i'm fluence, but there are men who have a large influence on the community who have no position As private citizens, as retired business men, their personality is still felt They are men who have the confidence of their fellow men, and their advice is sought and their counsel valued. Such men should feel proud of their influence, for 1t is not due to ad- vantageous surroundings, but is due to their personal qualities of head and heart.
 The novels of Walter Scott once exer- cised potent influence in the south. The southern mind, naturally romantic and chivalrous, eagerly absorbed the glow ing stories of the days of chivalry. This influence was seen in the tournaments that the young men of the south once en- gagged in. It was seen in the architec- ture of buildings modelled after the style of castles. But tournaments have been relegated to the past, and architecture now assumes the more substantial form of the colonial period.
 Tt will be some days yet before pig iron advances very much." says an iron mas ter. Several weeks ago, when iron was very low, the spectators pitched in and bought up large quantities and they are still holding for a more considerable ad- vance. Not until they unload will iron advance to it's legitimate price. The action of the speculators in buying up iron created something of a sensation at the time. It is not often that they touch iron, and the fact that they did showed that they had confidence in it's future advance"
 Some philosopher said that any man could make a fortune If he was willing to pay the price for it. That is to say he must ignore all else but money mak- ing-he must sacrifice friendship, health, comfort and all that most men value above money. John Inman devoted his life to building up fortune, but he paid the penalty. He died just when man should begin to enjoy life. There Is no doubt but that the strain he underwent sapped his strength. "I came within half an hour of being ruined once," he has been heard to say. He had a cer- tain amount of cotton to deliver and his trains were half an hour late. He had an idea that his robust physique could withstand any strain-a dangerous idea for man to entertain.
 Stock of the Tennessee company has advanced from "A to 32 the past week.
 MT. A. J. Smith has rented cottage on Highland avenue, near Twenty-third street.
 MT. K. u. Hewitt ana tamliy, or IruSS- vile, are visiting friends in Jonesville. The circus last Friday gave as one of it's features groups of statuary selected from religious rather than classic subjects. The cross firmly planted on a rock, with Faith clinging to it, was shown, while the band played Rock of Ages" This concession to the tastes of religious peo- pie marks a new departure in the cir GUS In fact the circus Is not now con- demned as it once was. Whether this is due to the reformation of the circus or the vitiation of the public's taste is not altogether clear--perhaps it is par tially due to both. The clown with his questionable jokes is no longer heard, and the abbreviated skirts of the circus rider are taken as a matter of course. The way people looked at such things is different The ladies read novels now | that they once would, have been thought awful T have just finished reading 1 a certain novel and I thought 1t very coarse" said young man. The young | lady replied that she had read the same novel and found nothing objectionable in I it. He was not accustomed to novel read l ing and she was
 l One of the show ladies wore a costume l that was certainly designed to show off | a handsome figure, and yet twas modest and attractive. She wore black, except