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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

cloud went squirting upward, but toward the top. where the pressure lessened, 1t also spread slowly out with puffing, rolling motion. Then 1t collapsed and became a mass of shapeless mist taat covered the peak and hid it from view.
 The moon clouds broke and a beam of light shot down and rested upon the mountain side, and by and by the whole lad was illumined and revealed. There vas no appearance, as in the other is- lands, oJ rounded masses of vegetation or seirated ridge, but only of clean, fiintlike surface, adamantine and barren. One felt the cool wind that always blows off these islands at night, but here it came unscented with the fragrance of the woods. The light shone on the aretes as on smooth quartz, but left the cany- ons black and impenetrable. One of these, the River Blanche, extended up to the peak, and one could imagine he saw in the higher folds, the crater which opniled that fair Ascension morning and shot out the incandescent blast that annihilated St. Pierre.
 "St Pierre, There it lies along a bend in the coast at the foot of the southern slopes, soundless because sheltered from the surf that rolls and beats upon the Atlantic side, dreamless because it is a city of the dead. The moonshine of the tropic can do wonderful things. It can transform swamp into a garden and shabby buildings into palaces, but it cannot make St. Pierre anything but what 1t is-the skeleton of an organism once vivid with life, a thing of rags and tatters, of wreck irretrievable, surcharged with horror and melancholy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09
MASTERPIECE THAT GAVE
 "SUNSET" XHIS NAME

sphere. It reminds us of Wordsworth's splendid verse in his 'Excursion:'
 " The appearance instantaneously dis-
 closed
 Was of mighty city, boldly say
 A wilderness of buildings, sinking far And self-withdrawn into wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendor without end'
 Eat the city vanished only to give place to another ise where the most beautiful forms of foliage appeared. imaging a paradise in the distant and purified air. The sun, wearied of the elemental com motion, sank behind the green plains of the west. The great eye in heaven,' how ever, went not down without dark brow hanging over its departing light The rich flush of the unearthly light had passed and the rain ceased; the laughter of child ren, out in the air and joyous after the storm, is heard with the carol of birds; while the forked and purple weapon of the skies still darted illuminations around the Starling College trying to rival its angles and leap into it's dark windows. Candles are lighted. The piano striks up. We feel that it is good to have home-good to be on the earth where such revelations of beauty and power may be made
 And as we cannot refrain from remind ing our readers of everything wonderful in our city, we have begun and ended our feeble etching of a sunset which comes so rarely that it's glory should be committed to immortal type"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09
Morocco and Africa.

In November next conference called by Morocco, to be participated in by the powers that were parties to the treaty of Madrid, is to be held at Algeciras, a Spanish port just to the westward of Gibraltar. France and Germany have come to an agreement as to what questions are to be sub mitted to that conference. The pro- conceded by Germany, and wholly sanctioned by England and Spain. It Is based on the territorial, political and commercial interests of France, brr Morocco is surrounded by French
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09
Royalty in Cincinnati.

Reading in The Age-Herald about Prince Louis of Battenberg and his uncle. King Edward VII, this story came to my mind" said former citizen of Gin cinnati.
 When the Prince of Wales. now King Edward, visited the Queen City of the West, William Bishop better known as Billy Bishop, was mayor. MT. Bishop was a native of Fleming county, Ky, and was a strong southern sympathizer. After the war he was elected governor of Ohio on the democratic or buttermut ticket.
 But the scene of my story is laid in Cincinnati in 1860, when Bishop was serv- ing as mayor. In those early days the national guard was unknown. We had n few companies of militia and a brigade of volunteer ffremen.
 "As an escort to the Prince of Wales, who came to this country incog as Ba- lon Renfrew, the mayor ordered out the fire department in red shirts, two com panies of militia and fifty mounted poice- men.
 'The mayor gloved in lavender kids, rode ip the carriage with Baron Rem frew and the Duke of Newcastle, who had charge of the 19-year-old scion of royalty.
 "Just before the procession started, hls grace, the duke, gave Mayor Bishop a few lessons in etiquette, especially in the etiquette of titles and the order of pre- cedence.
 T" If your guest came with his full title. Prince of Wales,' said Newcastle, you would address him as your royal high ness" If he came with his second title. Duke of Cornwall, you would address him as your grace of Cornwall" If he came as the lord high steward of Scotland, he would be "my lord of Scotland" If he came as the Earl of Limerick he would be 'my lord" But in addressing him as Baron Renfrew you should say, "my lord of Renfrew," or if you choose you may say simply your lordship."
 '"rhe multiplicity of prefix titles, stated hypothetically, confused Mayor Bishop His honor made several breaks and then dropped into the Fleming county vernac- ular, my son.
 King Edward may think back and take fin the humor of our colonial speech of 1860, but I am sure the Duke of Newcastle lost his breath whep he heard the Prince of Wales, alias Baron Renfrew, Queen victoria's s eldest child, heir to the throne, called by the mayor of Cincinnati son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09
VIVID DESCRIPTION OF
 MONT PELEE AT NIGHT
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News.
 nN S the vessel steamed into the
 V open sea from Dominica the
 night same serene and clear, and radiant with stars" writes w. P. Livingstone. Straight ahead there rose an uncertan mass, darker than the night with the southern cross, not yet erect, shining above. When 1t took more palpable shape we saw, sweeping up from the sea, in vast. magnificent outline, the form of Mont Pelee. There was no huddling of summits and shoulders, as in the other islands, but one broad base swelling into a single needlelike peak The cone was silhouetted against the sky with the sharpness of a photographic negative. like many tropical peaks at night when the air is free from the cloud which the heat and the wind of the day develop. Along the coast lights gleamed from the hamlets among the palm groves, but as we passed to leeward and entered the shadow of the land we approached the volcanic zone, and these kindly glm- merings became fewer and then ceased. And always skyward stood out the lonely peak environed by the beauty and mys- tery of the night.
 "As we looked there came a swift movement on the summit, and a column of steam, white and ghostlike, swrled up and rose high in the air. The effect was startling in it's suddenness in the contrast which the flying vapor made with the dark immovable rock. and one gazed with fascinated expectancy, not knowing what might follow. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09
LIN THE HIGHLANDS.
Louis Stevenson.

By Robert Louis Stevenson In the highlands. in the couhtry places, Where the old plain men have rosy faces,
 Quaint eyes; Where essential silence shills and blesses. And forever in the hill-recesses Her more lovely music
 Broods and dies o to mount again where erst haunted Where the old red hills are bird-en-
 chanted And the low green sward; And when even dies the million-tinted And the night has come, and planets
 glinted. Lo! the valley hollow
 I,amp-bestarred! O to dreami o to wake and wander There. and with delight to take and ren-
 der Through the trance of silence,
 Quiet breath! To. for there, among the flowers and
 grasses. Only the mightier movement sounds and
 passes: Only winds and rivers,
 Life and death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09
IN HOTEL Lo8BIES
Great Car Schedule.

T can find only one fault with the Birmingham street ear system, said a visitor last night.
 You have the finest cars, the most courteous conductors and best track Of most any southern city In point of schedule, however, you seem to be a little below the standard l have noticed that the cars on some of the city lines run every fifteen minutes in the day and afe always full In the evening the cafs are crowded, and have many more people than can be seated.
 The conductor can hardly collect the fares, the car gets behind time, the pas sengers cannot get on and off easily. The jesuit is both passengers and con duetcrs are inconvenienced. If better schedule were maintained and more cars run Birmingham would undoubtedly have the best system in the south. At pres esent, I am told, it is deficient in only one important point
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09
Birmingham Real Estate.

Each Sundays Age-Herald,' said Frank Nelson yesterday, lis proof posi- tive that Birmingham dirt is valuable and is in demand, for each successive Sunday paper contains at least ten col umns of real estate advertising. All sorts of property s presented-eentral property. suburban property, business property, residence property, and prop erty improved and unmproved-real es- tate in every form and of every sort.
 'The Age-Herald on Sunday mornings is real estate clearing house so to speak, as between sellers and buyers. and no one can read its columns of ad- vertisng without becoming convinced that Birmingham dirt is the livliest arr ticle in the market. And the movement Is but begun"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

territory. All that Germany gains from her fussy and uncalled-for inter- vention is a submission to the con ference of the French reform pro gramme.
 The United States will be repre- sented in the coming kconference, and so will the most of the European coun- tries, but it is believed the French programme will be sanctioned by it, and that tie protectorate will soon be- come fully established. This would soon make Morocco part of the civil ized world. At present 1t is a queer land of the Tibetan sort.
 The virtual handing over of Moroc- co to France would complete the as- similation of Africa by the European powers, Abyssinia alone excepted. England has by far the best slice of Africa, and France comes next. The German possessions in Africa are not valuable. Italy Spain, Turkey and Portugal hold parts of the Dark Con- tinent, and so does Holland, and Bel gium has right to acquire the Congo Free State. Africa has been carved Up in single lifetime, and the dis posal of Morocco will just about com plete a partition in which the natives were not consulted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09
Our content Is our best having.
 king Henry VIII.
Smoke in Cities.

Black smoke or soot is unconsumed carbon, due, as a rule, to unskilled manipulation of fires, OF to furnace unsuited to the coal fed into it. The man who produces the smoke loses fuel, and the public suffers in health and in property losses. Black smoke is in other words a poor investment. It harms and offends all, and benefits no one.
 A paper published in the Municipal Journal explains at considerable length how the best results can be obtained from the combustion of soft coal The chimney must be high enough; the grate area must be pro- portioned to the draft-in short tho furnace should be properly con structed. The writer then sums up the smoke-preventing devices as fol- lows:
 1. Steam jets.
 2. Furnaces.
 3. Mechanical stokers.
 4. Smokeless coal.
 "The economy of smoke proven tion," adds the writer in the Municipal Journal, "is a well demonstrated fact For instance, a smokeless furnace re- duced a ceNtain coal bill 65 per cent, bringing the cost of 1000 pounds of steam to 10la cents. This with coal delivered by wagon to very small plant. Another firm, with stoker equipment and track in the boiler room, gets 1000 pounds of steam for less than 9 cents.'
 Chicago and Cleveland have depart ments of smoke abatement, and both cities are endeavoring to educate steam users in true boiler economy. Both cities are in soft coal districts, and yet both hope to free their streets from the smoke nuisance. What they can accomplish Birmingham can do when it wakes up to an appreciation of the value of the reform.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09
THE sENsELEss CIGAR BAND.
From Harper's Weekly.


 The Providence Journal tells about a man who has revolted from the cigar band, and won't buy cigars that have bands on them. He says it is trouble some to get the bands off, that he doesn want to pick at them with his finger nails or get knife out and dissect them off every time he smokes. And unless he is very careful he cuts or tears the wrap per so that the cigar won't draw. He maintains that the bands are a nuisance, and he will have no more of them. He is entirely right. The cigar bands are g. nuis- ance We doubt if they give any assur- ance as to the quality of the cigar and as embellishments they can well be spared. All grades of cigars have them now-5-centers, 10-centers, and all the rest. They cost little something, which the smoker pays. They have had their in- nings and it has lasted too long. They ought to go
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09
BARBER SHOP FOR DOGS.
Also Swimming Baths for Pedisreed
 Pets of Club Members.

London Cor. in Washington Post.
 Lady owners of toy dogs have discov- cred a grievance which no doubt will elicit universal sympathy and may possi- blv influence the next London county council election.
 The existing dissatisfaction has been created by the action of the Dresden mu- nicipal council. who have decided to erect almost palatial swimming baths for the use of the dogs of that city. Connected herewith will be a hair-dressing depart ment, where four-footed visitors will un- dergo the processes of clipping, curling and finally ''perfuming with the costliest scents
 "A similar institution has existed for some time in Paris" remarked lady member of the Kennel club yesterday. Tt is shame that London. which has a larger doggy population--I mean, of course. of the superior classes-than eith- CT Paris or Dresden, should have no fa- cilities of the kind.
 we have to intrust our tiny pets to inexpert maids, who have not the slight est idea how to trim or 'crink their charges coats. And they are so cruel those maids! They even treat the dear little things less kindly than they treat ones children.
 Besides, the kennel maids are so lack ing in taste For instance, the young woman who attends to my three Japanese spaniels actually tied the topknot of a liver-colored little fellow with green bow. Just fancy the color scheme-green and brown! But the girl was previously only a parlor maid. and had received no tuition in the science of dogtending. Therefore, she Is to be excused.
 Now. if the London county council would follow tho example of their more enterprising brethren on the continent, and erect swimming baths and hair dress ing saloons for toy dogs. the little crea- lures would presumably receive the at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09
Salvation Army Work.

''The Salvation Army" said Brigadier Damon of New York yesterday, lis in better condition and is doing greater work at present than ever before since it was organized
 "In Birmingham Adjutant Dodd and his corps are doing great work, but in the larger cities there is greater field. Each year thousands of men, woin- en and children are rescued from vice, put on their feet and induced to lead better lives. In the rescue homes about eighty per cent of the women sent there leave, to lead pure lives. Many return to their parents and others take employ ment secured for them by the army. In the short time in which the local rescue home has been established sixty women in the house.
 '"The greatest problem with which the Salvation Army deals successfully is that of the unemployed. Men who are willing to work are given positions either in some of the army's institutions or on the outside. The army is now working to secure laws compelling ablebodied men to work. The vagrancy laws are not sufficient An indolent man is imprisoned in Jail, with place to sleep and some- thing to eat, while his poor family IS left to starve, beg or steal.
 "A Toledo judge recently sentenced man to report to the Salvation Army headquarters every night for three months, and warned him that if he failed that he would be fined and punished. At the end of the three months the man wanted to care for his family. He re- alized his duty. He was cured of his indolence. few weeks imprisonment in jail is not an effective remedy for vagrancy. The plan of the Toledo judge is much better.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09
NEWsPAPER-READING PEOPLE.
From the Butte Inter-Mountain.


 The per capita consumption of paper in the United States is the highest in the world and of this amount the bulk is for daily newspapers. More than 65O.- 900 tons of newspapers were printed in 1904, the total value of the paper being about s23.000.000. In 1890 less than 1S7, 900 tons. at cost of about $l3,0O0,000, sup piled the demand. In 1890 we were the greatest ewspaper-reading people on earth and today we read three or four times as much. The greater part of advertising Is done on paper and the greater part of the paper consumed Is by newspapers. The conclusion is ob- vious-the advertiser has found the news paper the most profitable field for in- vestment. It is reckoned that by judi cious advertising throughout the nation a manufacturer or dealer may reach s9 per cent of the buyers at a comparative ly small cost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09
DIVING" PEARLS.
From the London Truth.

From the London Truth.
 The late Mime. Thiers bequeathed a pearl necklace valued at the date of the bequest at SoO,OO0 francs It Is under a glass case, which Is let down every evening into a cellar. The pearls are found to be dying Is to say. losing their orient--for want of contact with the human skin.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

England has rarely in her long and remarkable history been stronger in world politics than she is under King Edward, who is proving to be very much of diplomat, and is never 1uSSy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

If Grover Cleveland becomes a member of The Hague tribunal he will be subject to fire In the rear from the woman suffragists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

It would not be strange indeed If President Roosevelt turns the ships head from the bar to pest-ridden Pan anna.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

Presidents Mccall and McCurdy can electrify and please the country by forwarding their resignations in the next mail. They are overstaying their welcome
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

District Attorney Jerome is in the hands of his friends. No one ever was more so, for he is now a man a party
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

Christian England and Pagan Japan join hands to fight common enemy. The country that shoots straight is always a welcome ally.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

Rockefeller sees less and less i'll the Kniepp cure as Jack Frost advances over the grass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

When Gomez declares that liberty is dead he means that his liberty in getting a job is deader than door nail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

Jimmie Hyde is willing to testify over the long distance phone, but not face to face.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

Francis Kossuth may yet rise higher than his father, who attempted to free Hungary by the sword. The son uses his tongue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

Trial on the train Is better than trial by Judge Lynch, who is judge, jury and sheriff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

John R. Mclean now has two dailies, one in Cincinnati and one in Washington, and both gold mines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

The overpaid insurance official is no longer in favor, especially among policy holders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

The Oyster Bay postmaster will hereafter have time to look at the pic ture postal cards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

Missouri proposes to reform the New York Life Insurance company, or else drive out of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

Senator Clark does not like his five. million-dollar cottage on Fifth avenue. He is in touch with the public at last.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

Cassie Chadwick begins to feel a de- sire to get back into world of glorious opportunities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

Bowen and Loomis are now out of office, but not out of the newspapers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

President Roosevelt proposes to flank Yellow Jack by taking from New Orleans the water wagon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

Auditor Sowell's resignation led to string of excellent appointments
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

Nevada blazes the way ia which life insurance companies can best be reg ulated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

Battleships of the largest size are in fashion now. Japan set the pace.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

Pat Grove, it should be remem- bered. was not arrested by the Omaha police
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

The Butte police butted in where the Omaha police could not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

tention of people properly trained for tn position."i
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

England and France are getting to- gether.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

Headland Post: Lots of young girls who are devoting lots of time to music iessoh9 will learn after marriage that eooKihs is more valuable accomplishment than humping piano.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-09

Montgomery Advertiser: The queen City, Cumberland, Allegany oouh's, Maryland, Courier, has convinced ltseii that the army canteen should not eXist' but can it convince anybody else?