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The age-herald., 1901-03-24
9T6E MURMUR OF THE WORLD.

were of himself. blessed tobacco pipel Amongst the innumerable pipes clam bring for recognition, there rises the old est and blaekest and most used of them all. a shert-stemmed pipe with silver rim around the top and a name carved upon the silver, This pipe spans the years and is of right to claim its place It tells of a day long past when it was nightly filled with tobacco by fair fingers and lighted so that 1t burned.
 Tar across the sea and far across the years sounded this old pipe of love and truth and happiness In the quiet hours of the yesteryear of registering youth this pipe, being as a sentient thing of joy, heard many a story In the Old World book room of the home of an ancient race. Before the open fire which was for ever alfght in that sacred chamber as lights are kept burning on altars of the faithful, there ever rested a great armchair and by it a low velvet cushion that majesty had used centuries before In the chair the man of very young years half-reclined, and upon the cushion the fairest young maiden who over made vows to blessed St. Margaret, from whose royal race the maiden indirectly sprung
 She was accustomed after supper to conduct him to his seat in the book-room -the throne, she called 1t in her glee and her gladness. Having seated him, she would get his briar-root pipe and her self light it, making the most cunning of wry faces ever seen. Then she would seat
 
 arm resting upon the arm of his chair and her marvellous young face flushed to roses turned upward to him, she demand ed story always new upon a subject old as Eden.
 By and by the bowl of the briar-root pipe burned about the top of the rim. One night she claimed possession of the damaged weaver of many joys, and when she restored it to him in the afterwhile it was bound in precious metal and upon 1t was carved the name by which she alone called him.
 That maiden beautiful long ago went to God, and the morrow will be the an- niversary of her passing, but the dear old pipe Is talking of her tonight, and its speech silences every other sound, forbids every other thought, as 1t tells of the glorious days of a youth that was glorious.
 Thus in the smoke that floats in the place of the conference of the tobacco pipes, luminous with the glory of angels are the faces of my beloved, all of whom are speaking to me and some of them speaking from heaven; and I know that to these I owe more than life. Without my beloved, without their faith and their friendship, all of life would be disas- trous sorrow.
 There Is no joy possible in this life except the joy that comes of making others happy" declared an eminent man known to you all
 It is true, my beloved, it is true, true, true, for ever true!
 THE MURMURER.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24
Just and Equal Representation.

The Mobile Item wants no conven-
 tion because 1t wants Mobile County
 to hold its double representation over
 Jefferson County, and the Huntsville Mercury, with owl-like wisdom, says ] that two Jefferson men must continue , to make one man in Mobile because y there are large States and small
 States. The two papers are in the
 one boat, Unjust Representation, and
 any old reason will serve them for
 staying in the boat.
 The Mercury's reason is, however,
 the more ridiculous of the two. The
 counties are not sovereign. They are
 no more sovereign or peculiar than
 any other municipality created by the
 State. They may be merged or ob-
 liberated altogether. States cannot be. Small States are confessedly mis-
 takes, Nevada, for example, and the
 mistakes are beyond remedy. Not so i. in counties. They can be remedied | at will.
 With one or two exceptions, repre-
 sentation throughout the Union in the
 upper House of the Legislature Is passed upon justice and population. f Citizens are given equal political rights. It should be so in Alabama. There is no more reason why two men ' should be required in Jefferson in or
 der to make one political quantity of Mobile than there is that three men or thirty men should be so required. Equality of representation IS the only : just and true rule. The rotten bor- ough system was long ago abolished in ' England, and it should be abolished in J Alabama, where it fourishes like a
 green bay tree.
 Alabama should accustom herself
 to prosperity-to towns and counties x that are handsomely increased. Full justice cannot De dOne to JeHerSOn, because its growth between censuses {. is so much more rapid than that of s the rest of the State. Injustice will . invariably be done at times anyway. . But the State can get away from the brutal rules of the Item and Mercury, which is simply that of despotism. l Jefferson County does not desire to rob any man in other counties of just and equal representation, but it does ! desire to be placed on footing of jus tice and equality. It does not desire ! to be longer punished because of it's ] rapid growth and prosperity. It wants z a man in Jefferson made as good as a q man in Mobile. That is all.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24
Love That Came Too Late.

Next door to our house. when we came to dwell in Birmingham eyer so many years ago. there dwelt a young married couple, and the superbly beautiful wife would sit on the veranda throughout every mild and balmy day reading novels and society journals, said one of the most successful and honored business men of Birmingham, one whom no man credits with what the world calls sem timent.
 After awhile a baby came to bless the two lives united as one, and I was curious to what the young mother would do, seeing that she was so wrapped up in her novels and journals. When she grew strong she re-appeared on the veranda and seemed to be even more attached to her reading matter than before. The lit tie baby was wheeled about the house and yard in a babys carriage and she didn't find time, to give it mothers attention, so deeply was she interested in her read ing. The baby was frail, and wanting the supreme service of a mothers watch 1ul and prayerful care, it soon sickened and died. The death of the child aroused the young mother startled her, broke her heart; and every morning for long time she purchased of a florist a wealth of rare and beautiful flowers, with which she drove to the cemetery and which she strewed upon the grave of neglected in nocence,/literally covering the grave day by day with the floral offerings of her broken heart Half of the attention given to the childs last resting place might 4I aortc faA her care came too late!
 "The circumstances, the facts of this sad case, impressed me profoundly at the time, and the impression has survived through all these years
 If you have got anything good to say of any one, or anything to give any one, my God give while that one lives. Don't wait till your friend or your loved one dies to say kind words or strew flowers upon an unrepying gravel"
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

The tobacco pipes are in conference to night, and every one of them, tells some love story of the beloved. though there be thousands of the beloved who have been never yet seen by him who loves and talks to them in affection from time to time-my beloved!
 Clouds of smoke float upward and re- solve themselves Into cherished forms, amongst whom radiant and far-shining are the Three Graces, glorious of today and illumlning fair figures that are past.
 In the bright yesterday the Three Graces greeted him whn loves them for themselves and knows no impulse save to bend the knee 9l sacred reverence as their little majesties pass by, and con- corning them speaks no prayer that is not for them alone and tie fullest measure of happiness as they make for joy whilst he hopes and many be forgot. It is his proud privilege to adore them, to be- lieve in them, trust them, and of them take surcease of all his ewn pain and unrest, and thls privilege 1t pleases them to sometimes make acknowledgment of to him whose devotion to them is wholly without tinge of self, except as his fldeli- ty gives himself the first of all the joys God gives him as unasking and unques- tioning servant of the Most High.
 The other afternoon-every hour of his faith to the Three Graces is golden and glorious afternoon-he sat with another who loves these and other maidens for their purity and their splendid glory of innocence; and with this strong man of success and fame he rested, and the bur den of the speech of these two world worn and life-loving men was of the Graces and such as they are. The faith full two felt the power, these men of the wide world, each acquainted with joy and servant of grief In his own way, felt the force of the purity and beauty of the lives of those whom each adored with un- questioning unasking idolatry.
 The man of fame, long welded and long dwelling In happiness, grieved that such maidens of sunshine and joy and laugh ter were not his own, and the other one alone in the world of grief and happiness, had no thought to which he could give speech; but the two met upon the com mon ground of their impersonal devotion and praised God that it was theirs to love and hope without regard to their individ- ual desires. The one was strong in the possession of his own and of his life, guiding woman that Is glor ious. The other was without prospect such as that to which he could look but, like the soldiers in the Crimean trenches, each thought his own thoughts whilst both sung in their hearts Annie Laurie"
 In the conference of the tobacco pipes, there was one which came yesterday, the offering of strong and manly man, illus trious because of his devotion to duty in a time when his life was in forfeit be- fore the nations. That pipe told a proud and loving story, one that sounded above the roar of glory and related happy incl dents in love and trust betwixt men that were and are true one to the other.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24
PITTssURe.Is GREATER.
The Great Combine Will Make 1t the
 Iron Center of the World.

Pittsburg. March 23-The United States Steel Corporation, the greatest combina- tion in the world will make Pittsburg the leading iron and steel center of the world after April 1.
 It is not the intention of the new cor poration at present to make any changes in the management of the constituent companies, but it is likely that the new system of operation will be introduced. Among the concerns embraced in the big steel combine the Carnegie company leads the list as to the number of en1- ployes and is closely followed by the Ma lonal Tube Company and the American Steel and Iron Company.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24
THE OPEN WINDOW.

By Longfellow. The old house soy the lindens
 Stood silent in the shade, And on the graveled pathway
 The light and shadow played. I saw the nursery windows
 Wide open to the air: But the faces of the children,
 They were no longer there. The large Newfoundland house-dog Was standing by the door; He looked for his little .playmates,
 Who would return no more. They walked not under the lindens,
 They played not in the hall But shadow, and silence, and sadness Were hanging over all. The birds sang in the branches.
 With sweet, familiar tone: But the voices of the children
 Will be heard in dreams alone! And the boy that walked beside me-. He could not understand s. Why cfosersin mine, ah! closer,
 pressed his warm, soft hand!
The age-herald., 1901-03-24
kind LeopoId Receives Embassy.

Brussels, March 23-The extraordinary embassy sent to announce the accession of King Edward, to the British; throne was received today by King Leopold. The Earl of Mount Edgcumbe presented his majesty with an autograph letter from King Edward and said he was charged with a message of sympathy and friend ship, King Leopold after referring to the qualities of the late queen. expressed the hope that the relations between the two countries would become more and more cordial. Presentations and a re- ception by Queen Marie Henriette fol- lowed.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24
LANDER's CYCLONE OF SOCIETY.

From the Lander CWyo.) Clipper.
 Just a wee bit of lull in entertain ment took place the last week and 1t gave the 400 a chance to rest and think of the many delightful times they had spent during the last two months. Fact is, Lander has fairly outdid herself this winter in the cyclone society, and it is not to be wondered at if she takes little lay-off However, the yarn will be taken up again to be wound into the ball and society will shoot the chutes'' as merrily as eyer
The age-herald., 1901-03-24
It Will Be President Knox.

'It is not quite fair to John Knox to say it was thought. that he would have no opposition for the presidency of the constitutional convention" said a per- sonal friend and supporter of MT. Knox in the lobby of the Metropolitan Hotel. B Long before MT. Knox became a can ,didate. and therefore some weeks be- fore the Age-Herald was first to say he would be candidate for the presidency of the convention, the Age-Herald an-. nounced by authority that Tennent Lo- max desired that honor, and for weeks General Oates has been mentioned as a candidate in event of his nomipaton, and he has now. declared himself as being de- sirous of the honor. So 1t is hardly fair to intimate that MT ,Knox or his friends didn't expect opposition
 General Oates is quoted as saying that
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

Astrologer RaphaePs prophecies for this day Sunday, March 24. 1901:
 Favorable in the evening for asking favors.''
 Thou wilt have a chequered year in thy business, gains and losses alternat- ing. See that thou dost not speculate or yet go to law or quarrel"
 "The (m) young will court"
 "A child born on this day will be for tunate in employ, in which it should keep, and not attempt business on it's own ac- count"
The age-herald., 1901-03-24
Two Hebrews Caught.

Philadelphia, March 23.-Isaac Levy and Lewis Goldstein were arrested today charged with stealing goods belonging to the United tSates government, valued at nearly $6O000.
 Levy and Goldstein have been engaged in contracting for government work at the Schuylkill arsenal for over three years, during which time they are charged with having appropriated material for uniforms and other goods.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

year of his brother, Wiley Coleman, Of the convention of 1875.
 The late Judge w s. Mudd and the late Colonel Alburto Martin of Jefferson, who were delegates in 1S75, will not be repre- scented on this occasion by any one of their descendants or kinsmen; neither one of the nine Jefferson County men who will be delegates having been born in this county, not ''belonging' to Jefferson, as they say in the old country.
 Joseph H. Norwood of Lowndes takes the place of the distinguished and ever beloved John H. Norwood of twentysix years ago.
 General Leroy Pope Walker of Madi- son, president of the convention of 1875, will be represented by his nephew former Justice of the Supreme Court R. w Wal ker. One of this famous family was president of the first constitutional con vention of the State of Alabama, eighty two years ago, and another was presi- dent of the last convention, twenty-six years ago; and Judge Walker has been suggested for the presidency of the con- vention of 1901.
 Next to the Walkers, the most famous Alabama name that will appear on the roll of the coming convention will be that of Watts, Hon. Thomas H. Watts of Montgomery having been nominated He is the son of the great Thomas H. Watts, who was attorney general of the Confed- eracy and was the war Governor of Ala bama; his friend Leroy Pope Walker hay ing been the Confederate secretary of war who ordered the firing on Fort Sumter, The present Thomas H. Watts is a lawyer of distinguished ability, even as able as his illustrious father and he is one of the strongest, truest and best of all the cit izens of Alabama.
 Robert U. Lowe of Jefferson takes a place in the coming convention occupied by his distinguished uncle, the late Con- gressman William M. Lowe, in 1875.
 Former Mayor Edward A. Graham of Montgomery, one of the ablest and best of men, is the son of Col. Malcolm Gra- ham, who succeeded Gen. James Holt Clanton as chairman of the State Demo- cratic Executive Committee and who managed the constitutional convention election of 1875. Former Governor William Calvin Oates Of Montgomery, former Congressman George ?. Harrison of Lee, and former legislator John F. Burns of Dallas were members of the convention of 1875 and will be members of the con- vention of 1901 General Oates was a colonel of the Confederacy, an American general in 1s9S-99, and for fourteen years a Congressman. General Harrison was the youngest general of the Confederacy, served one term in the United States Congress, and was president of the State Senate.
 c. C. Nesmith of Lamar will represent in the convention of 1901 his distinguished ancestor, Thomas B.. Nesmith, who sat in the convention of 1875.
 Thus we shall have historic names on the roll of the coming convention.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24
FOREIGN cow DAIRY

We open at Woosung in the south of the Telegraph Company for sale the For eign Milk, the taste are Sweet, the Milk are pure, the Price are Just. We have not put any Water in 1t. If examine out won't pay single cash. If you want to buy so you will know the Foreign Cow Chop, No. 1 Milk, Yin Pingshan Dairy.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

eats articles that contain alcohol. He as well as the rest of mankind are consumers of alcohol in various forms not much unlike fruit cake. The pas tor is leaning backards too far. He is drawing a line that nature has not drawn. He is greatly overriding the thing.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24
A CHINESE DAIRY SIGN.

From the London Globe.
 A notice board has just been erected on shore near to the naval anchorage at Woo-sung, China, with the following in- formation:
The age-herald., 1901-03-24
Rurkett Goes With St. Louis.

Worcester, Mass, March 2S.-Jesse Bur- kett, left fielder of the St. Louis National League Base Ball Club, left today for the west. having decided to sign St. Louis contract.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

The coal man is still a factor in the domestic situation.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

The cable car, like the horse car, is but memory now.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

sorosis is thirty-three years old, but none of it's members claim to have been in it at the beginning They joined later, much later.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

The Russian students in the churches have evidently been study ing the career of Mrs. Nation.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

If the matter of founding libraries is kept up the average American will read his eyes and wits out.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

The Gould properties have been in- creased in value $4O.o00OOO in the last six months. One-quarter of this increase accrues to Count Boni.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

Castellane's shooting iron is regard ed with wonder in France, although it is considered irregular to hurt an ad- versary in a French duel.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

Aguinaldo has kept from the center of the stage so long 1t is believed he is really and truly dead.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

A Maxim gun on a motor car is the latest device in the Transvaal
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

MT. Wu has recently visited Chi cago, where he is considered a highly civilized citizen of the world.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

The Pennsylvania troopers who be- hayed badly on inauguration day say the pie served, in Washington did it.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

All members of the Order of Buff faloes have been ordered to attend the opening of the Pan-American Ex- position.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

Andrew Carnegies libraries do not boom book royalties.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

Maine still stands by prohibition, and the need of parson sheriffs is greater than before.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

General Botha does not know peace when it flutters over him. He is not accustomed to the rustic of white wings.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

In the Gilman will case no one will win, it is plain, except the lawyers.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24
Magnificent Organ Received.

The splendidly magnificent organ, cost ing S10,000, presented by Hon. Frank P. O'Brien and Mrs. O'Brien to St. Paul's Catholic church as a memorial to their departed children, Mrs. Nettie O'Brien Smith, Mrs Margaret O'Brien Davis, and Frank P. O'Brien. Jr., has been received at St. Pauls, and this week it will be placed in position and made ready for it's first service, at high mass Easter morn- ing. This organ is said to be the finest south of Baltimore, except one or tive similar instruments in New Orleans.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

MT. Carnegie, the cheerful giver, would run for the Presidency like wildfire.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

Henry M. Stanley thinks the first American Emperor will be more pitiful than August.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

It is Manchester's turn now to do something notorious. He and Castel- lane alternate.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24
Father o'ReiIIy and Father o'RelIIy


 The Rev. Father O'Reilly of Lorette. Ky, is in Birmingham the guest of the Rev Father O'Reilly, priest of St. Paul's church The Kentucky Father O'Reilly, who is an eminent priest of that state, will officiate at the 10:30 o'clock high mass and preach the sermon in St. Paul's this morning. He has many friends in Birmingham, patrons and pupils of the famous. convent of Loretto, where the late ever lamented Mrs. Margaret O'Brien Davis was educated.
 The Rev Father Sheehy, the distfn- guished priest of Limerick, Ireland, who Is in Birmingham, and who will probably lecture here again this week. will say mass privately today. Father Sheehy is receiving the highest and most cordial honors of hospitality in Birmingham.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

D. A. Fitch is the only authorized trav- cling representative of The Age-Herald in it's circulating department.
The age-herald., 1901-03-24

as well as the rest of mankind are ] consumers of alcohol in various forms not much unlike fruit cake. The pas tor is leaning backards too far. He is drawing a line that nature has not drawn. He is greatly overriding the thing.
 The Gould properties have been in- creased in value $4O000,OOO in the last six months. One-quarter of this increase accrues to Count Boni.
 sorosis is thirty-three years old, but none of it's members claim to have been in it at the beginning. They joined later much later.
 Castellane's shooting iron is regard ed with wonder in France, although it is considered irregular to hurt an ad- versary in a French duel. 
 All members of the Order of Buff faloes have been ordered to attend the opening of the Pan-American Ex- position
 General Botha does not know peace when it flutters over him. He is not accustomed to the rustic of white wings.
 The Pennsylvania troopers who be- hayed badly on inauguration day say the pie served in Washington did it.
 
 MT. Wu has recently visited Chi cago, where he is considered highly civilized citizen of the world.
 Aguinaldo has kept from the center of the stage so long 1t is believed he is really and truly dead.
 The Russian students in the churches have evidently been study ing the career of Mrs. Nation.
 If the matter of founding libraries is kept up the average American will read his eyes and wits out.
 Maine still stands by prohibition, and the need of parson sheriffs is greater than before.
 It is Manchester's turn now to do something notorious. He and Castel- lane alternate.
 Henry M. Stanley thinks the first American Emperor will be more pitiful than August
 MT. Carnegie, the cheerful .giver, would run for the Presidency like wildfire.
 In the Gilman will case no one will win, it is plain, except the lawyers. 
 A Maxim gun on motor car is the latest device in the Transvaal.
 The cable car, like the horse car, is but memory now.
 Andrew Carnegie's libraries do not boom book royalties.
 The coal man is still a factor in the domestic situation.
The Winslow mail., 1901-01-10

We frequently hear someone
remark 20, that's only a news
paper yarn" as though news
papers were given to misstate-
ments. Well, we are ready to
admit that newspapers make
frequent mistakes, but they are,
after all, far more reliable than
the average gossip heard about
town, and the reporter takes far
more pains to verify what he
prints, than the average man or
woman does when reporting
some item of news heard about
toWn.-Ex.