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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
The Late Archbishop Alexander


 '"rhe Most Rev. William Alexander, formerly Anglican archbishop of Ar magh and primate of all Ireland, who died about two weeks ago in the eighty eighth year of his age. was not only one of the most distinguished, but one of the most beloved men personally in the Emerald Isle,'' said travelled layman. He was bishop of Derry and Raphoe from 1867 until 1896, when he was translated to the archsee of Armagh. About nine months ago he resigned on account of feeble health. In addition to his churchmanship he was notably a man of letters and a poet of no mean quality He delivered a series of lectures in the Hampton course under the title of Witness of the Psalms,' published in book form in 1874. Some years later he pub lished St. Augustines Holiday and other poems. and still later The Thanksgiving Hymn set to music by Sir Arthur Sullivan.
 "He was an Oxford man, and, al- though younger than Newman, Pusey. Gladstone. Dean Stanley and Tenny- son, he knew these celebrities well. He not only heard Newman preach at OK ford, but he continued to the end to be an ardent admirer of that eminent leader of religious thought. While he was at all times loyal to the Anglican communion he was sometimes harshly criticised by extreme Protestants for his friendly relations with Irish na- tionalists and with Catholic churchmen Of large sympathies and of singularly gentle manners he never changed his friendly attitude to those who differed with him in political and religious opin- ions and at the end of his long life the few left who had been his critics became his admirers, and everyone seemed to lament his death. In his gentle way he was mighty influence for good.
 'In 1893 pr. Alexander accepted an invitation to deliver a course of lee lures in New York on the Evidences of Christianity These discourses along with some others delivered at Har-
 yard formed the substance of one O; his last books which he entitled "Pri.
 mary Convictions.' The London Times in long and interesting sketch of pr
 Alexander gives this characteristic wit | ticism: '"I have been. perhaps" said | Dr. Alexander of himself in 1893 enough of writer to prevent me be- | ing very good speaker. l have been
 enough of q speaker to prevent me being a thinker. And I have been enough of writer and speaker and thinker to prevent me being a very good bishop for these troublous times It was an over modest estimate, but !t was singularly acute. He knew where
 his real strength lay
 'Dr. Alexander's wife, an Irish lady was a very distinguished poet Shi
 was the author of The Burial of Moses and many of the most beautiful of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
The Iron Market

The local pig iron market continues quiet. Prices, however, have held up very well-$1O.25 to s10.50 on No. 2 basis. Matthew Addy & Co.'S Cincin- nati circular says in part: .
 New business has been made up mainly of sn all lots There have been no events worthy of particular men, ton excepting that in spite of New York prices are steady. They have not declined, although some consumers have tried to force through low offers. AS g. matter of fact prices are already so low that there is apparently no room to go lower. The statistics of the trade are really encouraging, for the &C., emulation of furnace stocks Is being reduced. A little moro iron right along is being shipped out than is being made.
 As yet but an insignificant tonnage of iron for 1912 delivery has been sold. Stocks in consumers yards are small and it is probable that next month will see lively buying movement for for ward shipment"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
An Old Scho Darkey

Senator Joseph F. Johnston has had in his employ for a number of years an old negro who was former slave" said citizen. This old man servant-or but Ter, as he now styles himself-went into the civil war as hostler for the son of one of Georgia's most prominent and wealthy families. He is a darkey of the old school and has little respect for the manners or the ability of his race of the present generation.
 Some time since one of the daily pa- pers had an article, with a cut of Aaron Burr which the old man noticed. He showed the picture to one of the mem- bers of Senator Johnstons family, with the remark that it looked like Fillmore. When asked what he knew about Fill more, he stated that Fillmore ran against Bonaparte for President of the United States and that Bonaparte beat him. The old fellows ignorance was not disclosed to him and he is still of the opinion that Bonaparte was at one time President"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
Historical Interest

All children in Birmingham should be interested in seeing the colored photo graphs of the coronation of King George V, which are being shown at the Or pheum, and I am delighted that the man. agement has made concession in price for the children at the matinee Satur- day." said prominent educator yester- day.
 "The historical value of these pictures cannot be- overestimated. They are &C., tual pictures of a pageant which was probably the greatest in the history of the world. The English nation has never seen such festivities as those during the coronation, and every child of this age should be thoroughly familiar with this event"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
B. II. Allen md No. ].


 'The Southern Bell Telephone com- pany prints a rule in its directory that the telephone number is the property of the company and may be changed, remarked one of our. pioneer business men, This seems to me to be open to question. Suppose. for instance, new subscriber should desire the number 3 rather than one in the thousands. as a matter of conscience and economy of time in calling.
 Now, No happens to be B. M. Aliens number and he is justly proud of that number for it indicates that he was the third subscriber. that he has an envable record of continuity in the same profession, that he Is reg ular in his habits, paid his bill prompt ly every quarter, has never quarreled with the company or vexed the tele- phone girls and Is the possessor of many other qualities of sterling char acter Not only is No. 8 endeared to its possessor. but it is sacred in the memory of many worthy citizens of our community because of pleasant associa tions. One bright spring morning the gentle voice of lady called for No. 3, please and a few earnest words se- cured subscription of $500. for the building fund of the Young Women's Christian association. No cause he deemed worthy, no widow or orphan ever appealed to No. In vain. If the occasion should arise and MT. Allen should see fit to contest in the courts his right to the number 3, 1t would be a contest well worth watching, for his knowledge of the law, his financial ability to carry case to the court of last resort, and his bulldog tenacity of purpose, would make him an opponent worthy the steel Of any foeman."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
FRENzIED FINANCE.

 TRIMMED FINANCE. Oh. tell me true, My gentle scholars, What would you do With forty dollars?
 Youngstown Telegram. If I was rich To that extent I'd buy swell Establishment.
 -Johnstown Democrat. If had for Ty dollars, Gee! I'd buy the in- Terests of John D. Scranton Tribune Now let us have Some STARTLING hollers: What would you do FOR forty dollars?
 Houston Post. Oh. do not ask That question:. pray. To tell the truth, We're 'shamed to say.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
EnRland's Dread of the Color Lins


 Opposition by Secretary Churchill to fistic combat between Bombardier Wells and Jack Johnson has led at last to withdrawal of the proposed event so far as London and the rest of the British Kingdom is concerned. It is intimated that the fight will be pulled off in Paris.
 The objection of the British govern ment was put on high moral grounds, but it really rested on political grounds only. England has in India and Egypt, and particularly in South Africa, vast non-Caucasian popula- tion, and the government does not care to excite them to revolt by giv-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 If women voted the clothes patterns used for party embems might be some thing scandalous.
 The man who publicly scorns fattery is much more charitable toward it pri- vately.
 There is so much more fun steering an automobile than baby carriage because 1t costs so much more.
 A man can get madder with you for telling him his watch keeps wrong time than with his watchmaker for not get ting 1t right.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
HOPING.

Although 'tis hot in summer time
 And winter time is cold, He still dreams of the happiness
 The future will unfold And doesn't seem to realize,
 Poor chap, he's getting old. But would I disillusion him?
 Not for a royal prizel lies learned the way to wear smile
 Beneath the darkest skies .# And treads with song the sunless vale
 Where fearful sorrow lies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
VOICES OF THE NIGHT

From the Chicago Tribune.
 John. don't believe you put the cal out"
 "Counfound it. Maria, you didn't put covers enough on this bed."
 Henry, wake up! I hear somebody ir the basement'
 I've won't be home til mornin'. an then we won't go home.''
 Whats your hurry, Jack? It's early yet"
 "Me-ow! Meow! Spit!'
 "Cock-a- -doodle-doo!"
 Hands upv
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
HIS SISTER. TOO,

A town bachelor was 50 years old last winter. He has an older sister who wished to conceal her age and when the census man came along she gave her brothers age as 10 and her own just a lit tie higher. Now the city wants he bachelor to pay poll tax. He must either do so or let the world know that his sis ter has been Judging. He is still debat- ing, but the chances are that the sister will have to own up and save the money. Wellington News.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
EARLY NEWSPAPERS

From the New York Telegram.
 Gazette of Venice was the first Italian newspaper, appearing in 1570.
 Frances first newspaper was the Ga zette de France, started at Paris in 1891.
 Dublin News Letter was the first Irish journal. Its existence began in 1885. Spectator of the East was the first Turkish newspaper. Started in 1927 in Smyrna.
 Postoch Inrikes Tidning, instituted at stockholm in 1644, was the first Swedish news medium.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
A LIFE WORK.

A Teller came to me one day He shore looked thin and seedy- And got me, in his teasin' way, To buy cyclopeedy; He left me 27 books That were most interestin, l sartenly did like their looks Was proud of my investin'. He showed me how to get the set By payin down a dollar, And then occasionally let Another dollar foller. With that first dollar that I paid I signed little paper, And my wife said she was afraid I'd cut foolish caper. reckon that Elviry knew As wimn knows, by thuhder!- It's Volume No. 52 That now I'm staggerin' under; For, every year, he sends book That cyclopeedy seller It's 25 years since took The first ones from the feller A "annual supplement-" it seems, I signed to keep a-takin', And now I see it in my dreams, As well as when I'm wakin'! I guess when Gabriel blows his trump To call the rich or needy He'll .-ay to me, Here, you old chump, Is another cyclopeedy!"
 Philadelphia Ledger.
 TOO EASY 'Pipps declares his wife to be very clevor woman." "The fact that she pulls the wool over his eyes doesn't prove it."
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
POOR THINGS.

''Is their, engagement broken off perma- nently?"
 Well, it amounts to the same thing. They are waiting for the cost of living to go down."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
PREcAGTIoNARY

When pa and ma fall out 'tis time
 For little tads to run And stay at some kind neighbor's house
 Until the fight is done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
AUTUMN FIRES

By Robert Louis Stevenson. In the other gardens
 And all up the vale, From the autumn bonfires See the smoke trail! Pleasant summer over
 And all the summer flowers. The red fire blazes,
 The gray smoke towers. Sing a song of seasons! Something bright in all! Flowers in the summer,
 Fires in the fall.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30

The cross-ontinent flyers are in , the same class with Mir. Vaneman. who is always ready to cross the Atlantic but never does.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
TOO HOT

He told his old straw hat good-by And sang a glad refrain; The sun still blazed up in the sky He's put 1t on again.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30

Washington is to have this week rains and frosts. The weather clerk should dis tribute his favors more widely with an impartial hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30

The revolutionary zapata in Mexico is planning to kill all rich men and Span iards. and then he will be willing to lay down arms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30

The sherman law is no longer the old asy mark it was drawn to be consd- cred. It has been developed by the rule of reason.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
HITMIIIATING

HUMILIATING. Tt is extremely rare for a man to 20 through life without, at some time or other, feeling like fool"
 That's so. Only last week I gave waiter dollar tip with considerable eclat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30

The assassin of Stolypin was hanged so quick his lawyers had not time to take an appeal or apply for reduction in his bail. The law methods are diff ferent in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30

When Germany secures the French Con- go she will have well nigh a monopoly of the gorillas of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30

When an aviator lands on a barbed wire fence he begins to think there is lit tie fun and no romance in his art.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30

Tie Lorimer investigation is soon to be resumed, and a long suffering country must continue to take it's medicine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES

and later on, as I was plodding down the street l saw him pass in an elegant tour ing car"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30

The new Russian premier is Kohovsoff. He should avoid bombs until all are able to pronounce his name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30

Booker Washington is sometimes com pelled to charter an entire Pullman in order to get around Jim Crow laws.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
steering gear was all at fault,
GRACIOUS VEHICLE.

"A grocery store passed my house yes- terday, going at a high rate of speed.'
 What on earth are you talking about?'' "A grocery store, going at high rate of speed. It was loaded on a ten-ton motor truck" c
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30

Who outside of Italy could be induced to go to war over Tripoli? It is not worth single life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30

Curiously enough, the hookworm never attacks the middleman. It wants some thing easy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30

The baseball fans of New York and Philadelphia regard with contempt the rest of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30

The football season is ready to opea, but it stands outdone in fatalities by the aviation season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30

Governor Dix of New York stands true to the primary system regardless of Tam many's crookedness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30

The last man in New England who distilled Medford rum is dead and an epoch is closed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30

Autumn has not yet had even a Hook in'' in Alabama, and yet 1t would be doubly welcomed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
CERTAINLY NOT.

Her only adjective is cute. ]"
 "Oh,Nwell, even at that, she isn't half as tiresome as the man whose only ad- jective is classy"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30

Sunday school hymns which were ex-
 tensively in use in the last generation.
 The London Times says of the de-
 ceased prelate: Tn Oxford days long ago he had listened with spellbound atten
 tion to the calm, sweet voice" of John
 Henry Newman as vicar of St. Mary's, and he had accepted for himself lar ger measure of the teaching that New man was then delivering than is at all common or popular in the Irish church. Not that he was a militant partisan. As between extreme. Professionalism and extreme Catholicism in matters of An glican controversy he stood in the midst-as he himself wrote in our col urhns about MT Lecky. "Sublimely just, the slave of neither cant" But hls mere acknowledgme that there were elements Tn the Oxford movement which appealed to his poetic mind and satisfied his spiritual desires made him seem in the Irish church man apart from his fellows, and tended to retard the rising of his star to its arch-epis- copal zenith Amid these misunder- standings he did not strive nor cry though he may have reflected sadly that the prophet has less honor in his own country than elsewhere. But the and no province or diocese of church can afford to restrict it's offices to men of one type and of one set of views"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30

Food prices are soaring as the sole concrete result of the defeat of reel procity in Canada.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
Sunday Concert

The concert for the benefit of the Jack son Highway fund, which was postponed from Sunday, September r, will take place at the Jefferson theatre tomorrow afternoon. Signor Nappi and his band of selections, and in addition to the band numbers there will be vocal and instru- mental solos.
 In view of the popular cause large audience is expected. Many tickets have already been sold.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30

Next winter Leader Underwood will revise the tariff without the aid or con- sent of Canada.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
A SHORT TRIP.

A SHORT TRIP. He had little airship
 sky.
 the
 in up sailed And His steering gear was all at fault, He came down
 by
 by.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30

Entered at the Birmin gham. Ala. postoffice as second-class matter under act of Congress March 3. 1879.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
THE LATEST GET RICH QUICK

warships, it will be observed, go loaded
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30
TELEPHONES

Hell tprivate exchange connecting all departmental, No. 1900.
 Peoples-EditorinI rooms, 231; bu.i- ness Office, 23O.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30

S B. Morgan and T. S Millsap are the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of The Age Herald in It's circulation department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-30

No communication will be published without It's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-06
Little Problems of The Home,
THE sAMENESs AND TAMENESS OF HOUSE,
WORK.

That's the root Of the trouble-hav-
ing nothing to show for the work
done, though she and many another
housekeeper doesn't recognize this.
They think it is the sameness and
tameness Of homework that makes It
SO lnattractive But 1t isn't these
qualities altogether. It is largely the
fact that they see no lasting results
from their work.
Most work has this quality Of
sameness. A stenographer clicks off
q hundred or so letters, more or less,
one day, and clicks of as many the
next, and 50 on throughout the year.
A salesgirl measures miles and miles
of ribbon every day. It's the same
old grind, II you choose to regard 1t
that way, no matter much what you
do.
But a stenographer and salesgirl
and all other workers have a tangible
result in the form Of pay envelope
each week. This is pleasant break
in the monotony Of the work. They
may have ambitious dreams of get
ting on, of working up to pleasanter
or more profitable positions. But
whether they cherish these or not,
the arrival Of the pay envelope inter-
rupts the monotonous routine most
enjoyably.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-06

The housekeeper has no such fe-
licitous moment. She cooks delicious
meals, day in and day out. and they
are gobbled up and not so much as
thank you" Is said for them. She
cleans the house, and the folks come
home at night and throw things
around. and she cleans 1t again the
next morning. In many cases, they
show little or no appreciation of her
efforts. They seem to think she has
been placed there by Providence: to
clean up after them. That's the rea-
son 1t seems to her that she never
accomplishes anything. She sees no
tangible results. 3.
To be sure, she Is supposed to do
her work for love and love Is golden
coin. But even this coin Is not hand
ed out in perceptible form in many
households. The wife and mother is
evidently supposed to be "sensi-
tive" and to know it is there, even
though she never sees it or hears of
1t.
Not only do those who work In 9TH
er ways see tangible results Of their
labors. but they work in company. II
housekeepers could get together Of q
morning in some one kitchen or on
some back porch and peel their po-
tatoes in company with others peel
ing potatoes; If a number of them
could gather in someone's sitting
room and darn stockings together,
they would not find housekeeping so
tame. 1t is this doing it alone, as
many woman does, that weighs on
her spirits.
A bride of few months in a little
suburban town complained bitterly to
her husband that she saw nobody
from morning until night but the
groceryman and the iceman. This is
a state of affairs many bride never
anticipates, and many social little
soul is simply made melancholy by
the haunting silence of her new
home.
These are both conditions that
could easily be remedied, and II the
individual home is to live and thrive:
they will have to be remedied or
bright girls will not give up active.
interesting business life for house.
keeping. .-.7" -.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-06

What l object to in housework,"
said my neighbor, sis the fact that I
do the, same work over and over.
never seem to get anywhere. I work
hard all day; and the results seem to
vanish into air. get up the next day
and do the same thing over again
with apparently the same lack of re-
suits. l never have anything to show
for what I do"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-06
The Modern Sweater.

The Modern Sweater.
Now that sweaters have become a
staple article Of dress and are GUS
tom made." says Helen Marvin in Wo-
mans Home Companion for February,
big improvements have developed in
their cut (if one may so speak of gar
n.ents built up of stitches) and con-
sequently they have a grace and
s;lapeliness unknown to sweaters of
former seasons.
In the new sweaters any stretch
ing of the shoulder seam is avoided
by a length of strong tape, one end
Of which is sewed to the arm hole.
the other end to the edge of the neck.
This tape simply" forces the shoulder
to keep its shape.
Seams are no longer overhanded
together with the yarn Of which the
sweater is made" but are closely
stitched with cotton or silk which will
never stretch. An, excellent, idea is
to binds the seams with an extra
strong cotton tape that is machine
stitched in place >.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-06

Miss Ruth Eckman returned Sun
day morning to her school duties at
North wood after visiting over the
week end with DR.. and Mrs. L. l..
Eckman and attending the Sigma Chi
cotillion.