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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
TRIBUTE TO HIS BROTHER.

By Robert C.. Ingersoll.
 Dear Friends-I am going to do that which the dead oft promised he would do for me.
 The loved and loving brother husband, father, friend, died where manhood's morning almost touches noon, and while the shadows still were falling toward the west.
 He had not passed on life's highway the stone that marks the highest point; but, being weary for moment, he lay down by the wayside, and, using his burden for A pillow, fell into that dreamless sleep that kisses down his eyelids still. While yet in love with life and raptured with the world he passed to silence and pa- thetic dust.
 Yet. after all, it may be best, just in the happiest, sunnest hour of all the yoy- age, while eager winds are kissing every sail, to dash against the unseen rock, and in an instant hear the pillows roar above a sunken ship. For whether in midsea or 'mong the breakers of the farther shore, a wreck at last must mark the end of each and all. And every life, no matter if it's every hour is rich with love and every moment jeweled with a joy, will, at it's close, become tragedy as sad and deep and dark as can be woven of the warp and wool of mystery and death.
 This brave and tender man in every storm of life was oak and rock; but in the sunshine he was vine and flower He was the friend of all heroic souls. He baio nd 1aff a1I stititions far below, while on his fore head fell the golden dawning of the grander day.
 He loved the beautiful, and was with color. form and music touched to tears. He sided with the weak, the poor and wronged, and lovingly gave aims. With loyal heart and with the purest hands he faithfully discharged all public trusts.
 He was a worshipper of liberty, friend of the oppressed A thousand times have heard him quote these words, 'For justice all place temple, and all seasoh' summer" He believed that happiness was the only good reason the only torch Jus tice the only worship, humanity the oniy religion, and love the only prlest' lie added to the sum of human joy, and were everyone to whom he did some loving service to bring a blossom to ms grave he would sleep tonight beneath wilder ness of flowers.
 Life is a narrow vale between the cold and barren peaks of two eternities We strive in vain to look beyond the heights. We cry aloud and the only answer is the echo of our wailing cry. From the voice- less lips of the unrepiying dead there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
Last March and Now,

''I was in Birmingham last March, and I found business at that time extremely dull, but today I find it in a much more satisfactory condition" said L. l.. Cutler of Baltimore. 'I have kept in close touch with this district and in June, after the steel plant at Ensley resumed, things here were approaching normal. I feel sure that but for the union miners strike business in Birmingham would now be in fine shape. But just as the revived pay rolls were taking effect the strike was de- clared, and of course business was some what disturbed again. Yet, in spite of the strike, trade in this district is far better than it was in the early spring.
 'I was in Texas a week ago. Busi- ness there is very active. In no part of the south has the improvement been more marked within the past five or six weeks than in the Lone Star state. I un- derstand that in Georgia conditions are improving every day. and as for South Carolina from all accounts one would never know there had been panic. Strikes always hurt, but in this rich and progressive country, after they are ended, they are soon forgot; and so it will be here in the Birmingham district"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
A POET IGNORED,

From the Boston Herald.
 It is not announced why France has conferred the order of chevalier of tn !, Legion of Honor upon Mir. Richard Watson Glider, whether because of his service as a civic reformer or as n poet, but it Is a deserved compliment. More than any American poet of his day MT. Glider has combined practical service in civic reform, chiefly as af- fecting municipal life, with utterancc of verse, referring either to social ills or praising prominent contemporary actors in the strife. It has been his mission, also, to write in praise of music and musicians in a way ap- proac ed only among Americans by the lamented Sidney Lanier; but his appeal to his largest constituency of admirers Is through verse that goes to the heart of city misrule and evil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
outarows Public Buildings.

Birmingham outgrows all its public or semi-publc buildings" said citl- zen, and while the splendid passenger station built by the Terminal company is one of the largest in the country and will have to serve it's purpose for 20 or 25 years to come. it may be predicted that in less than ten years it will be congested. The new station is not only a spacious building, but it is architectur- ally beautiful and imposing.
 Soon after the next census the gov ernment will erect new postoffice build ing. It will cost s1.0O0.000 or more, but 1t will be economy if building IS reared three or four times as large as Birmingham will need in the near ru- ture, for at the rate the city is to grow enormous postoffice space is sure to De demanded within 15 years.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
"aElN, KIND TO MoTHALl."

From the Milwaukee Free Press.
 The daughter of a banker attendi $ the convention last week tells the fol. lowing story of an Englishman she met during a recent trip to Mexico:
 The Englishman became acquainted with the American party while the? were all guests at winter hots'. Whenever the parents of the American girl proposed any trip the Englishman immediately begged to be made oa' of the party. He was to be included Tn a moonlight trip to a nearby mounta n. After the Americans were ready to start they had to delay some l5 m''i- utes awaiting their guests arrival. When he did arrive he electrified them by his comments on the reason Tor his delay, What he said was:
 q beg pardon for my beastly tard' ness. Couldn't help 1t, don cher know I had to bring my mother from the garden first It's a singular horrid bore, but one has to be kind to h's mother don cher know"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
Engineering Education.

Said mechanical engineer: Referring to the joint committee appointed at the recent convention of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, the Iron Trade Review points out the fact that no subject in the field of engineer ing. discussion has ever before been con- sidered of sufficient importance to re- ceive the joint attention of the five great engineering societies of the country.
 There are over 100 degrees given in the various engineering schools in the coun- try. Many of these overlap; many differ ent degrees have the same meaning; and different colleges give different degrees for the same course of study This Is question which the Iron Trade Review says should undoubtedly receive attention from the hands of the committee. The granting of an engineering or scientific degree should mean something. If a man upon graduating from college is entitled to the degree bachelor of science the public should know exactly what that degree means. If he is entitled to the degree mechanical engineer or 'elec- trical engineer, it should mean that he has taken more severe course; that he possibly has done postgraduate work, and is, therefore better fitted to solve the problems which arise in engineering"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
ART OF DRESSING WELL
From Alfred Henry Lewis tf.

From Alfred Henry Lewis Human
 Life"
 ToHN DREW whom many regard n)I as the best and whom all regard " as the best dressed actor on the American stage, was born in Philadelphia on November 13, 1853. He was educated by private tutors and at the Episcopal academy in the city of his birth. MT. Drew inherts his gift for his art from his father, after whom he was named, 9 noted Irish comedian, and Louise D. Drew, his mother, an actress.
 John Drew dresses extremely well, bet ter than any actor have ever seen. He has taste, an intimate knowledge of good form and a keen perception of the fitness of things, the three cardinal requirements of correct dress. He is no longer young and, unlike many other actors, he Is aware of it. If a man has reached that stage of life, when, as some caustic pen humorously expresses it, his chief pos sessions are a 'tummy' and temper" he renders himself ridiculous by assum- ing the sprightly dress of a youngster
 Dressing we'll is not matter of what one spends, but of how one spends it. The vulgarian dresses as he eats-with the single idea of loading himself down. '.Flash" in dress always suggests the curve of the race track and the green baize of the gaming table. Dazzling rings, showy pins and vociferous checks' are not so much an evidence that man possesses money as that his money pos sesses him. I see that Brokerton is roll ing in wealth" said one of his acquain- tances to another. Not rolling" quick ly retorted the man addressed, but 1oundering."
 Every man who aspires to be truly well dressed should begin by studying his age, stature, colorlng, cast of features and physician peculiarities. All things cannot in reason, be becoming to all men. Put ting massive mission furniture into a dainty gold-and-blue boudoir creates A deafening discord. Similarly, he of 40 who wears colors suited to youngster of 20 violates a fundamental law of dress -becomingness to the individual.
 A crimson cravat on a sallow-com- plexioned man sharply emphasizes his ab- sence of color, but it may be extremely becoming to him whose color is fresh and whose skin is clear Silk hats and frock coats on an abnormally undersized man impel the irreverent remark Get a step- ladder!" and on an abnormally tall man, Look out for the cloudsV'
 You see. dressing well is not a ques- ton of buttons and braid, rule and rote, but of what makes man look his best. It is as impossible to lay down hard-and-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
NOBLE HOUSES DIE OUT.

Munich, July 25.-Professor von Gruber of the University of Munich, has collect ed some tell-tale statistics of the decline of noble and patrician families, which he secured by Investigating the history of no less than 20,00O German and Aus trian noble houses. He has found that only 6s of the 20,0O0 families existed longer than 600 years
 "In England" he says, Out three of the ancient ducal houses survive, and only eleven of the old-time families Of earls.
 '1n Sweden 76 per cent of the noble houses have vanished from the face of the Earth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
IN THE MOONLIGHT.
liam Wetmore Story.

By William Wetmore Story. We sat in the perfect moonlight The stars were dim and rare, And above us the elm trees rustleo In the waves of the cool night ar. From the olives and vineyard near us The kiou owl plaintively cried, And away OCT the misty hollows It's mate with a vail replied, The peasant sang in the distance, The watchdog parked at the star, And the clack of the cradles beating the
 hemp
 Came faint from the farms afar.
  We talked of the times of childhood, Of the days forever flown, Of their games and their jests and their
 sorroVs.
 And th( playmates we had known. And then there came o'er us a silence, While the expresses sighed overhead And dreaming we sat and listened To the voices of the deaf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
MEERschAuM PIPES.
m the Washington Post

From the Washington Post
 Have you noticed the passing of the meerschaum pipe and cigar holder?" asked George N. Ledoux, wholesale to- bacco merchant of Greensboro, N. C., at the Ebbitt House. "It Was not so many years ago that the possession of a meerschaum pipe was a thing to be proud of, but not only is the fashion dis appearing. but it is probable that it will not again become popular. Practically all known deposits of meerschaum have been exhausted. It is now found only in Asia Minor and the output there is very small. American and English man ufacturers have obtained control of the half the price of meerschaum has ad- vanced 100 per cent.
 Most of the meerschaum pipe manu- featuring was carried on in the town of Rubla, in the Thuringian forest There were from 5000 to 4OO0 worlxmen em- ployed there for many years, almost the entire population being engaged in the work The annual output of that little town in years past averaged half mil lion genuine meerschaum pipes, and per haps 6,OOO,O00 imitation pipes, besides large quantities of amber mouthpieces
 With the practical exhaustion of the raw material the meerschaum pipe in dustry in Ruhla has been largely done away with, but the manufacturers arc turning their attention now to the pro- ducton of imitation meerschaum, which is so nearly like the genuine that it is almost impossible to tell the difference. Of course, the imitation pipes do not bring anywhere near the price of the genuine article. I'll venture to say that you cannot find in Washington half dozen genuine meerschaum pipes on sale in the stores"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A boy can learn some very good habits by not adopting any of his fathers.
 It takes only self-control to tolerate your relatives; 1t takes will power to be nice to them.
 There is no better way for 8 girl to be unpopular with other girls than to be popular with men.
 A nice thing about a woman losing all her hair Is how curly what she gets to take it's place can be.
 When her husband can fix her sewing machine for her woman can never un- derstand how he isn't grand success Tn business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
The National Guard.

Remarks to the effect that the Na- tional Guard is composed of tin horn soldiers are evidently thoughtlessly made" said man. "If people don't think the guardsmen have courage they are much mistaken for these boys have the same blood in their veins which their forefathers had, and history shows just what splendid scrappers they were. These boys have the same grit and in time of need it will display itself"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 @ HE mollycoddled maids and ma (0 irons of New York are now go-

 (U irons of New York are now go-
 ing motoring in the moonlight carrying paralunas. It is perhaps un- necessary to explain that the paraluna is designed to keep the moonbeams off of the complexion as a parasol keeps off the rays of the sun. It is fluffy little thing between the size of an umbrella and a dinner plate.
 The paraluna will not be needed in Kentucky. The homegrown Kentucky girls complexion Is product of the sun and shine and the moonlight combined. The finest specimens of the Kentucky complexion of the feminine gender are discoverable in the rural sections of the state, where buggy riding" by moon- light has been the chief diversion of society for generations. Of the Ken lucky girl Sir Walter Scott might have written his lines:
 Good even, fair moon. good even to
 thee;
 I prithee. dear moon, now show to me The form and the features, the speech
 and degree,
 Of the man that true lover of mine shall
 be-"
 It is by moonlight that the rural Ken lucky girl selects her life partner, and so unerringly does she select that the divorce courts are rarely called upon to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Additional Hluh School.

"Birmingham's public schools will be overcrowded this fall. but the city will soon take steps to enlarge the elemen- tary school buildings and erect addi- tional buildings" said a member of the Board of Education. And we must have also a second high school by the time the Greater Birmingham becomes fully effective, which will be October l, 1909
 "The present handsome high school building will accommodate only 1000 pupils comfortably We had 800 pupils last year and will have close to 1000 this fall. In a growing city like Birmingham the school population increases fast. It has been suggested that as the Paul Hayne grammar school, on Avenue and Twentieth street, Is admirably situated, it might be transformed into high school. It is a large building and a moderate expenditure needed architec= tural charges could be easily made. Two high schools will be sufficient for the next six or seven years, perhaps; but 1t may be that the city will grow so rapid ly that third high school will be needed within four or five years"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
WHILE AWAY FROM HOME.

Birmingham people who are leaving home for the summer should have The Age-Herald follow them and thus keep informed about what is taking place in the city and state during their absence. The ge-Herald will be sent to them at any address at the regular price, and the address will be changed as often as desired.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

Birmingham may not see more than three new slyscrapers under way this year, but in 1909 Birmingham will have probably three others in addition to those already assured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

An expert of the United States geo. logical survey says the coal supply of the country will last to 2055 only. This is long enough for the purposes of the present generation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

Candidate Watson wants Georgia to regain influence by becoming "polit- ically uncertain" Tn this way he hopes no doubt to scoop in the Georgia cleo toral vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

nlents returned by a federal court. Twenty-nine mail order houses are ac- cused in those indictments of fraudu- lent practices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

August temperature is bit uncsr- tain, and it is a bold forecaster who will say whether next month is to be hot or cool, wet or dry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

The Culebra cut is half dug, but that lake above the Gatun dam is not half filled. The lake is now the critical point in the case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

A Hungarian artist is painting Mir Tafts portrait. It is to be full-width portrait, and the cost of the canvas must have been considerable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

The real and original Rojestvensky who steamed from Libau to the bottom of the sea at Tsu-Shima is now en- gagged in reading his own obituaries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

Kaiser Wilhelm is said to be coming after the Americas cup. But he should come knowing that defeat could not be punished as lese majeste.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27
On the Side of improvement.

Henry Clews in his last weekly review of financial and business conditions says: Events during the week were almost universally on the side of improvement. Our crops are making excellent progress; business shows better recuperative pow CTS; confidence is rising; the security markets have been unusually strong, and in general the trend of the times is to- wards leaving the panic behind and for getting It's consequences for the present at least.
 'The decision in favor of Standard Oil, upsetting Judge Landis' verdict of s29, 100000 fine against that great organlza- ton, was natural sequence. Nothing else could well have been expected be- cause 1t was ridicuo dsly exorbitant. This decision will have q good effect on tho market because with most security hold CTS the idea of such penalty was that it really meant confiscation a stock t1olders property in corporations and they never knew when the lightning would strike them, which caused a feel ing of insecurity. It was this effect upon the minds of stockholders generally that oAd ihOIe lHdH any elS6 lO the 1907 panic. Standard Oil stock de- clined from S40-its highest price-to 390- its lowest figure. The rise from it's low est point makes a difference of $27,000 900 to the stockholders of that corporation within a comparatively short time. The effect of this tremendous advance is to increase the confidence and courage of the members of the Standard Oil com pany, who are the greatest combination of merchants that ever existed yielding power, influence and energy such as has been previously unknown. A good deal of this influence is now in the stock market and has done much to make the recent advance possible.
 Next in importance to crop progress and the Standard oil decision as market factors was the great improvement in the bond market; the result of better financial conditions and a revival of in- vestment demand"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

Taft is repeating some of Chauncey Depews jokes, and the betting in his favor Is being placed at lower odds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

In the tank of Pennsylvania loco motive was recently found 80 large suckers. This is fish story in a new environment, that's all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

John Kendrick Bangs proposes to outdo Winston Churchill by running for governor of Maine and by being elected. Bully for Bangs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

When Fairbanks met the Prince of Wales he met for the first time a man a few degrees colder than himself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

Peary's ship is now well supplied with whale meat, and no one turns up his nose at whale meat in the Arctic regions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

The Prosperity Club is gaining mem bers every day, and before the end of the year it will include all classes and conditions of men in it's ranks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

Candidate Chapin is not pestered with volunteer cabinet states.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

Cotton is still king, and with the bumper crop in sight it is apt to be more regal than ever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

D. O. Mills is the man who proposes to outdo the Eiffel tower in a commer- cial building
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

MT. Taft now revises his acceptance speech daily, and it has also been O.-Kd at Oyster Bay.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

The campiagn committees continue to forget to issue daily bulletins of campaign subscriptions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

The Lusitania had to break her own record if she broke any at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

This is primary election day, but as Birmingham is a dry town saloons VIII not close
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

Chattanooga is wearing a smile that won't come off in the near future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

Mrs Hetty Green does use the phone-her neighbours phone.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

The money from jailbirds is not tainted if it comes in dollar lots.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

comes no word; but in the night of death hope sees a star and listening love can hear the rustic of a wing.
 He who sleeps here. when dying, mis- taking the approach of death for the re- turn of health, whispered with his latest breath, q am better now" Let us believe, in spite of doubts and dogmas, of fears and tears, that these dear words are true of all the countless dead.
 And now, to you, who have been chosen from among the many men he loved to do the last sad office for the dead, we give his sacred dust
 Speech cannot contain our love There was, there is, no gentler, stronger, man. Her man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

Quebec is not as old as Jamestown by an entire year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

None of the presidential candidates play diaYolo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelVe:- Lovers to bed; 'tis almost fairy time.
 -Mdsummer Nights Dream.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-27

The directoire is only half as bad as the Hathing suit.