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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
LUKE NrLUKE SAYS:
the Cincinnati Enquirer


 Nobel forgot all about it, but Carnegie can secure the lasting gratitude of a suf- fering world if he will donate prize of $1 ,000, 900 per year to be awarded 90 the man who shows the ability to keep his mouth shut.
 There are whole lot of narrow-minded men in this world who are wearing Mo- s hats.
 A fat woman will squeeze her feet into tight shoes and keep two maids busy hauling to get her fastened into straight front and get the pacing harness ad- justed. Then she will let the maids stran- gle her into tight brassiere that would kill a male person in two minutes. And, after all this, she will feel so comfortable when she is dressed that she will go out and have man arrested because he is driving horse with a high check rein.
 The old-fashioned girl who used to part her hair in the middle now has daugh- ter who hangs her hair on a gas fixture and parts 1t on the side.
 Nowadays the quick are the speedy pe- destrians and the dead are those who are too slow to dodge automobiles
 After all, when you consider how scarce fig leaves are in this country, woman S dreSs is not SO immoGesr.
 I .<n always willing to give the other fellow the benefit of the doubt. It may have been that Noah was the government weather forecaster of his day and that is why the people gave him the merry grin when he predicted the hood
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
The Hope of Glory

Christ in you, the hope of glory" Colossians 1, 27.
 Here is the mystic teaching of the indwelling Christ. This is our earthly doctrine of the influence of personali- ty raised to the nth power. For, be it remembered that the Christian system is not artificial imitation or cold fol- lowing of instructions; it is new life in the soul. And that life is the
 gift of God-nay, that life is the life of God in us. And Christ is Gods human expression. The spiritual things
 which we see in Christ are the spirit ual things which must be in God, for they are the height of our dreaming. Paul says, then, that Christ in us is the hope of glory.
 It ought to be said with reference to
 this glory that all glory does not lie
 beyond the grave. Glory is this side as we'll as that. Much that passes for
 Christianity is merely morbid long
 ing to get away from the facts. The only road to a sweet bye and bye is through a sweetened now and now.
 feel more and more that Jesus put
 the emphasis on the life that now is. We'll, Christ in us is an inalienable hope of glory, for the life that now is
 and the life that is to be.
 Do you go to the land of the ris-
 ing sun? Christ is in you. Do you go
 back to the west, where the sun goes
 to bed behind curtains of gold? Christ is in you. To the frozen north-to the frozen south? Christ is in you. In
 sickness, in health, in life, in death !? Christ is in you. It is inalienable be-
 cause it is part of you, and you can-
 not separate yourself from yourself. It is not thing which is going to be
 done for you; it is a thing which has already been done in you.
 It is sufficient. No organized phil osophy of religion or of life is neces- sary. No learning, no native endow- ment, no wealth. Blind or open-eyed, strong or weak, brave or cowed-it is only clinging to the skirts of man with the determination to be like Him,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
RAISING MARRIAGE AGE.
om the Boston Transcrint

From the Boston Transcript.
 Even Cupid is aging under the strain of modern life. Yearly his task grows more difficult. In England, for in- stance, figures have just been pub : lished by the registrar general to show that the average marrying age for both sexes is steadily rising. Although two 14-yearold girls, IS aged 15 and one 15-year-ol boy were among the brides and bridegrooms in the 283,S34 mar riages in England and Wales during 1912, the number of husbands and wives under 25 years of age has shown a heavy and continuous fall ever since 1870. Nevertheless spinsters are fewer at every age-except between 25 and S5. In this decade there has been a constant rise of numbers since the eighties.
 The average age of all bridegrooms in 1912 was 2912, of all brides 26.S4. Bachelors averaged 2756 years remar- rying widowers. 46.77; spinsters, 25.S5, and widow brides, 41.S9. Remarriages are continuously declining, widowers being especially reluctant. But 10 wid- overs over S5 years old and five wid- ows over so made second ventures. The youngest widower remarrying was 20 years old. but two 19-year-old and 10 20-year-old widows remarried.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
Calls for Explanation

Yn another column of today's Age Herald three ladies of Russellville complain of situation which ap- parently calls for an explanation from the state superintendent of education, w. F. Feagin.
 The complaint is that an arbitrary ruling has been made by the super intendent that no teacher shall be em- ployed in a county high school who is a resident of the town in which the school is located. Those making the complaint state that the Russellville school has had a resident teacher, Miss Forbes, who is entirely satisfac- tory and petition asking to be all lowed to retain her was indorsed by the county board, the county superin- tendent, the principal of the school and the entire patronage and student body. According to the ladies this petition was "curtly refused"
 Mothers of the pupils then sent a representative in person to the gov ernor asking his assistance A letter came later saying flor reasons best for the state, the board sees fit to make no exceptions" to the ruling of the state superintendent.
 When the patrons of high school Ire unanimous in favor of teacher, what sane reason can there be for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
A Popular Family Paper

It has just been announced Tn Bos- ton that the Perry Mason company, publishers of the Youths Companion, have purchased 26,000 square feet of land at Commonwealth avenue and St. Paul street as a site for new build ing. A five-story fireproof building will be erected in which the publishing and administrative departments of the company will be housed.
 One of the first family publications to obtain firm footing in this coun- , try and sharing with St. Nicholas great popularity among youthful read CTS, the Youths Companion has had long and honorable career. The paper was founded in 1927 by Deacon Ma thaniel Willis, father of N. P Willis, and was the first regular weekly pa per published for young people. It grew out of the children's department of the old Boston Record, which was at one time a popular weekly pub lication for boys and girls. Forty years later the Youths Companion became the property of Daniel S. Ford, it's editor, and in 1870 its character was changed and it became family pa- per, affording excellent reading mat ter at a small cost. The papers circu- lation in 1870 was 70,000 copies. In 1876 the circulation had doubled. In 1885 it had reached 340,000, and today the paper has circulation of 448,000.
 No doubt a great deal of the sue cess and popularity the Youths Con- panion enjoys is due to the fact that it has always been clean, wholesome and entertaining without the tire some tendency to moralize, which oft en characterizes publications for young people. In the earlier part of it's career the Youths Companion ap- pealed particularly to boys who prof ited by it's elevating tone without any impairment of their virility Thou sands of men, and women too, can re- call when the arrival of the Youths Companion was looked forward to in the household with the keenest antici- patton and the boy who didn't keep up with the stories that appeared in it missed great deal of enjoyment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
HENRY M. EDMONDs.

The records of the state department show that there are now more than lOl000 automobiles in Ohio. This is double the number registered three years ago. At an average cost of s10Oo fo" each automobile. these figures mean that the people of Ohio have more than hundred million dollars invested in automobiles. The Youngstown Tele- gram estimates that more than s60.0OO.- - coo has been invested in automobiles by Ohio purchasers during the past three years, or an average of some- thing like s20,000,O year. Figuring the annual expenses of operating each machine at only s200 a year would mean an additional outlay of more than $20000, 000 The Telegram think $ 1t would be conservative to say that the people of Ohio have spent at least Sie,oo0,0o0 year in automobiles and their maintenance during the past three years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

r OHN VAN OLDEN, who is known
 to history as John of Barnevedt, O was an eminent Dutch statesman who lived during the second half of the sixteenth century. He was a Hollander and served his country as diplomat at sew eral important stations and in the settling of a number of vexed questions, for in his day Holland cut quite a figure in the political history of Europe.
 Barneveldt for many years was grand pensionary of Holland and was aligned with the republican party The animosty between his party and their opponents was aggravated by religious dissensions, and Barneveldt favored the Arminians or remonstrants. The opposition party fav- ored the Gomarists, and this party was supported by the majority of the army, the clergy and the populace.
 When the synod of Dort in 161S con demned the Armenans, Barneveldt was accused of treason. He was arrested on August 29 at the Binnenhof, where he had gone to attend session of the states of Holland. When the news became known of the great statesman's arrest there was great excitement at The Hague. Barne- veldt was equally popular in France as at home. and French envoys labored earn estly for his liberation.
 In prison Barneveldt had his papers taken from him and he was deprived of all writing materials. while access to his room was denied to all his relatives and fria Tie ri hapriD fill March of the following year. During the nearly seven months of his detention a flood of calumny had been let loose against him such as had hardly parallel in political history. He was, if possible, to be dishonored before he was destroyed Every man of those whom Barneveldt 1 had raised to high office, whom he had trained and enriched, fell away from him. 1 The great soldier who had been guided | by his counsels and raised to power by his influence told the French ambassa- dors that Barneveldt had been striving to bring back the country under vassaage
 to Spain and had spread it about that he, | the prince, sought to make himself mas 1 ter of the state
 The Frenchmen insisted upon a regular
 trial according to the laws of the land
 that Is, by the high court of Holland. which alone had Jurisdiction in the case.
 All their appeals were disregarded, and
 at last Barneveldt was brought to trial i before a tribunal of "A commissioners "a
 mere packed jury which included all his worst enemies. The proceedings against
 the great advocate were. from tirst to last, grossly illegal.
 Barneveldt was accused of having fav-
 ored Arminius in spreading new opinions ot opposing the national synod, of recom-
 mending toleration. of suggesting the en- ! listment of the ''Waartgelders," or "mii-
 itia. for the preHention of riots. of receiv- | ing presents from foreign potentates, ol charging Maurice of Nassau with aspiring | to the sovereignty of the country. Of or lending the King of Great Britain. and | in general, of so acting as to put ths
 provinces in danger of civil war.
 For nearly three months the tria
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF JOHN OF BARNEVELDT

went on, and it may be said that the atrocities of the French revolution show no worse example of the perversion of the spirit and the forms of justice. There was no regular arraignment, no counsel, no witnesses, and no arguments. The whole process consisted of a rambling and tangled mass of interrogations concerning matters extending over 40 years. ad- dressed to the prisoner without any order or method.
 The advocates defense was the recital of his whole life. It is known from the records that he beat his accusers on every point, submitting patiently to the taunts and the ignorant and msoent cross ques- tioning and noisy Interruptions of his judges.
 The public generally believed that the prisoner would be acquitted of the graver charges, or, at the worst, displaced from office and put into permanent political disgrace. The more discerning, however, saw an omen of evil for the advocate in a proclamation, by the states general, of a public fast and humiliation for April F, l619 In this document it was announced that "church and state during several years past having been brought into great danger of utter destruction through cer- tain persons in furtherance of their ambi- tious designs had beef saved by the com vocation of national synod.
 Barneveldt was finally convicted and con- demned, and on May F his sentence was communicated to him. He indicted short, patriotic letter to his wife and chil- dren and on the following morning, May 13, 1619 at 9:30 o'clock, the condemned statesman was brought forth to die. He was in the 72d year of his age. His treat ment to the last was harsh and cruel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

to be His, to be in Him and have Him in us. He has lighted million million men through the darkness, into the dark ness, and beyond the darkness. In these days the millions are multiply ing, and shall multiply, until they be- come as the sands by the sea and the stars in the sky. Christ in us is suf- ficient hope.
 It is hope of universal application. It is a possibility for all men. There was Ruth and a Rahab, Judah and a Jacob in His lineage in order that He might invite the ends of the earth, of all kinds and colors. As a king He speaks to kings, as poor man He speaks to the pocs, as one tempted like as we are He speaks to tempted and falling men. He speaks to you, and will become in you the hope of glory.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
Will Increase Prosperity

While the interstate commerce com mission did not make it's decision on the petition of the eastern carriers for authority to advance freight rates 5 per cent general, the fact that it yielded in part to the contention of the railroads will benefit the iron and steel business. The transportation companies have advanced wages in a large degree and the commission, after taking a vast mass of evidence and hearing argument by counsel for shippers decided that it was only fair to permit an advance in certain zones.
 The action of the commission will be a disappointment to those rail roads not included, but the carriers which are authorized to raise their rates will be able to float large bond issues for needed expansion and i'm provement They will, as a matter of course, become large buyers of equipment, which means that the Birmingham district will be directly benefited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
GREAT AGE OF THE EARTH
From Science.

From Science.
 In order to estimate the age of the earth different phenomena may be used. First. the separation of the moon. second ly, the qualification of the earth's crust. then the condensation of the aqueous va DOT and the formation of the oceans. The quantity of salt dissolved in these oceans and the thickness of the geological layers. especially those of calcareous nature, afford further arguments.
 According to George Darwin the moon was separated from our globe about 56,- GOO. GOO years ago. The age of the solid crust has been calculated by Lord kel- win from the increase of the temperature in deep mines. In some regions the tenn perature is seen to increase about one degree for every 50 meters; in others, however. one defree for 100 meters. On
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
THE OH, KING

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 We sat listening to the band on city hall plaza. We turned to the man on our right and asked what the musicians were playing.
 "The oil King" quoth he, and we wondered whether John D. Rockefeller was dead. for the music had all the aplomb and verve of funeral march Just then we glanced over the shoul- der of the lady to the left and realized our error. for there We saw writ: "The Erl King
 Which convinced us of the advisabil- |ity of taking up correspondence school course of English pronuncfa- tiono.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
aMEOWv

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 One of Old Hells Delights cherubs, on receiving sentence for setting fire to a house of worship in London the other day. cried out: The next bomb throw will be in the police courts, and I hope it will be this one!'' Then she enlivened the sitting by singing the ''Marseillaise" and chanting those tender lines:
 Hail, Columbia happy land,
 If you ain't drunk, then I'll be damned"
 Then she chaffed the magistrate on the futility of sending her to prison. If I have been there 10 times, I have never yet served my sentence" She concluded. "The blowing up of a church does not count--not even if it is blown out of creation"
 Nice girl for Hull House; but needs to be taken in hand by the Kentucky branch of the W. c. T. U. before she can be wholly qualified to vote.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
. MEXICAN tourists in Europe are A in trouble by virtue of this con
 tinental war situation.

MEXICAN tourists in Europe arc "A in trouble by virtue of this con
 tinental war situation.
 Perhaps an hundred thousand Ameri- cans-many Alabamians-are on the con tinent of Europe today with return steam ship tickets in their pockets and no chance of getting home. All the German liners on which most of them travel are Those at sea are ordered by wireless to the nearest friendly port. Many are turned back to New York from mid ocean. To proceed they might become prizes of war In the event of general European war how are tourist Americans to get home? They can't find way to come back, and many of them have not the funds to re- main abroad The tourists are indeed in sad plight. There are not enough ships sailing under the American flag to haul them home between now and Christmas and most of them are due home before September 15.
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 The school teachers, the actors, the min isters and the boy and girl students tour ing Europe on limited funds are in real trouble.
 All the German, Russian, Austrian and Holland American liners are running to port, for home or friendly protection. It is true the companies will remit to thefe are not sufficient neutral ships to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02


 the average the considerations of Lord Kelvin gave an age of 2o,000 GOO to 40,000000 years in the solid crust of the earth.
 The quantity of salt obviously increases in the oceans on account of the salt added by the rivers and of the evaporation of the water. The total quantity of this salt has been calculated and the quantities of the yearly supply of water are known for all the larger streams, as well as their percentage of salt. From these data We may calculate the annual increase of salt in the oceans and find how many years would be required for our present rivers to accumulate all the salt now found in the seas. According to Jolly, about 90,000000 years would be necessary. But obviously the rivers must exhaust the grounds which they drain, and formerly these must therefore have been richer in salts. This consideration must lead us to diminish the number of years required
 in very sensible manner,
 The age of the geological strata has
 been deduced from their thickness and the velocity of the process of sedmenta- ton. Soilas estimates the total thickness of about so kilometers and the average rate of deposition of the layers at 30 cm. per century. From these numbers we may find an age of 2600O,000 years for the col lective deposition of all its geological lay CTS. Calcareous rocks have been built by organisms and mainly by corals and mol fuses. These have mad use of the lime
 added to the sea by the rivers. Dubois has calculated on the one hand the whole thicknesses of these rocks and on the other the yearly supply of lime from the rivers. He concludes that S6,Ooo,o00 or 45,- | 000OOO of years would be required to pro- duce the whole of this system.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

BEGINNING THE DAY-0 God, abide with me in the morning or this day, when the world is new ana | am fresh; abide with me in the noon of this day. when the world IN hot and I am burdencd, abide with me iu the evening of this day, when the world is old and l nm tired Ameu.-H. NJ. F..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
Motor Busses Popular

The popularity of the motor busses in Birmingham seems to be firmly estab lished." said business man. 'Visitors to the city are using them freely, as they are a fine substitute for the sightseeing cars operated in the large cities. l am told that a gentleman from Mobile was so favorabIy impressed by the busses he called upon l. Groom Beatty. general man pany, and urged him to put in similar line in Mobile Sunday will be very busy day for the busses as the ride in these clean. comfortable vehicles, with the beautiful Norwood boulevard as an objective point, will be one of the most attractive outings of the day"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
ADRIFT WITH THE TIr1ES
THE PRICE.

TIE 1hl0b. Boom. Boom! Boom!' The heavy guns are roaring, And all the while Death wears a smile Bright blood will soon be pouring. And oer fair fields made desolate Will bitter tears be shed, And hearts shall mourn in bosoms torn A host untimely dead 'Booml Boom! Boom." The clouds of battle lower, Peace flies the scene, a stricken queen, Bereft of rule and power. The vulture throng will feast ere long Upon a nations pride, And Woe will spread her gorgon head In devastation wide.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
IDLE OPINIONS.

IDLE OPINIONS.
 Maybe a pretty woman mairies a home ly man for the same reason that she keeps a hideous bulldog-in order that she may shine by contrast.
 Even if some married men had padloclxs on their pockets their wives are so handy with hairpins they could pick the padlocks
 Men don't always cross the street sim ply to get on the shady side. Somebody they owe may be on the sunny side. A man can tell his wife everything and still be suspected of holding back half. A sense of humor makes life smoother, but it is better to be an incurable grouch than practical joker.
 Nowadays a man doesn't get much sympathy when he says everything he makes goes on his wifes back. It seems so little. F. ..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

From the Boston Transcript.
 Apropos of the supreme court va cancy, and any other that may occur, if we were Woodrow Wilson we should lose no time in sending Champ Clark and Oscar Underwood to the bench
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
TAKEN UNAWAREs.

TAKEN UNAWARES. Henry" said Mrs. Whimkns, whose mood was hypochondracai, If I should die would you look around for another mater"
 T might, answered MT. Whimpl<ins, just for the novelty of the thing. When I married you I was lassoed and didn't have a chance to look"