The age-herald., 1900-10-25


 move'
 "A child born on this day will have
 unsettled disposition. and be fond of
 changes and travelling; 1t will succeed best
 in employ"
 This Thursday is the forty-sixth anniver-
 sary of Balaclava. Forty-six years ago pre-
 cisely, counting from this October morn-
 ing, in the far Crimea,
 Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns he said: Into the Valley of Death Rode the six hundred. Forward, the Light Brigade!'' Was there a man dismay'd? Not tho the soldier knew Some one had blunderd: Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die: Into the Valley of Death Rode the six hundred. If every teacher in the Birmingham schools, in all the schools of America would this morning turn to Tennyson's inn
  sublime story of their kinsmen's glory, and impress upon them what it all means. the teaching would be productive of immeas- urable good No English speaking person, young or old, ignorant or learned, can lis-
 ten to the Charge of the Light Brigade
 and not be stirred to nobler impulsesl Theirs not to make reply,
 Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die! No nobler lesson in the common duties of
 life was ever taught. Perhaps in the good ness of providence no American boy of to- day shall ever be called upon to fight in battle of war: but none may escape the daily, hourly battles of peace, battles of the everyday duties of a peaceful people!
 When the noble Lord Cardigan in com
 mand of the Light Brigade, received the
 order to charge he asked the messenger to
 repeat it, knowing that "some one had
 blundered." It was repeated, and then he
 held high his sword, made the sacred oath
 of "the last of the Cardigans," and into the Valley of Death rode the six hundredl' And that man was of our race, blood of our
 blood!
 Hon. Roberts A. Moseley, consul general of the United States at Singapore, is in very poor health: fact which will be sin cerely regretted in Birmingham and in Alabama generally. The Associated Press stated a day or two ago that Dr. Mose- ley's brother, Capt. A. B. s. Moseey, at Rome, Ga., had resigned the office of vice
 consul general at Singapore, to which he
 was appointed several months ago, but
 the duties of which he had not assumed.
 It was further said that the Department
 of State had ordered Consul General
 Moseey to Japan for the benefit of his
 health. That was clearly erroneous in
 that the Department of State never gives
 any such orders. The Department grants
 its consular officers leaves of absence account of sickness, or for any good req son, including pleasure, or private busi- ness" Such absence with pay cannot un- der statutory law exceed sixty days in year. the consular year beginning with the 1st of October of each calendar year Ex- ception is made in the event of a consular officer being granted permission to visit the United States. In such an instance the consular officer is entitled by law to sixty clear days in the United States He there fore receives pay whilst actually travelling to and from this country. A consular of-
 ficer might be sick in his own district in-
 definitely and still draw his pay. United States Commissioner II. A. Will
 son of Birmingham has received from Dr.
 Moseley a letter in which he writes that he had been sick and absent from his of flee three weeks, and that he was going to Japan for the benefit of his health Dr. Moseley stated his malady to be Singapore xxyhio oh, ic riol in nat,t Singapore is very hot, damp, and unhealth- l ful-is in one of the most disagreeable climates of the far East. pr. Moseley's
 multitude of Alabama friends will feel anx- ious concerning his health. Whilst the long-unsatisfactory health of Judge Bruce is much improved the judge is far from being a we'll man. He had been staying several months in the West for the good of his health, and returned to Alabama recently to hold his court at- l Huntsville. That demonstrated that he was very much stronger The Huntsville court was adjourned on Monday and Judge Bruce proceeded yesterday to his home at Montgomery. At the Birmingham railway station he was received by Maj. Charles J. Allison, clerk of the court at Birmingham. and Capt. N. w. Trimble, referee in bank N ] ,ruptcy.
 "I take the liberty of commenting you Cor your remarks about Lieutenant Hob- son, in the Hotel Lobby column of the Age Herald of Monday" writes the Hon. ! Phares Coleman, the recorder of the Ala 1 bama Supreme Court. Tn my opinion your | views, there expressed, are the correct 1 ones, not only for Alabamians but for all | other people to entertain with reference to | Hobson. I am satisfied that what you | said will have a very good effect" l Recorder Coleman has known Hobson all l his life, and Mir Colemans gracious and | gifted wife was a playmate with Hobson 1 when he and she were little children romp- | ing about the quiet lanes of beautiful old | Greesboro where both were born. Mrs. 1 Coleman, who Is a brilliant woman, was