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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
Sew British CruIser

While in Quebec last June" said John Sparrow, T saw the British cruiser Essex at anchor in the St. Lawrence just beneath the famous cita- del. At that time I could not know that she would soon be patrolling our shores with orders to sink, burn and destroy all craft which fly the German flag. From commanding position on the esplanade of the citadel, with q good glass, I swept this typical British bulldog from stem to stem. Majestically floating above us at the peak of it's tall staff was the royal standard of England with the quartering which 1t has borne for centuries of glorious tra- ditions, and the grandeur and power of the empire held me for the moment in its grip
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
Reunion of Ex-sIayes

T have been much interested in the so-called reunion of the ex-slaves of the Birmingham district" said the son of a prominent planter.
 These old negroes represent a type that is passing rapidly away never to return In recounting the stories of slavery times many of them spoke proudly of their masters and of the kindly treatment they received at their hands. There can be no question but that the southern people today are very kindly disposed toward their old serv- ants and we can hear every day of some old 'mammy' or coachman being cared for in old age by those they for merly served.
 T was somewhat amused. and at the same time impressed, over the fact that the more prominent their former masters the greater the pride of the old slaves, and not few rather heated arguments occurred amongst them as to the wealth and standing of the families to which they were formerly attached.
 q am sure the white people generally feel as l do in regard to these faithful old servants in that I cheerfully render then such financial aid within my means to help them make their gath ering a success"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

I NGLAND hase the habit of dealing F out justice to the big as we'll as to A the smaller figures among her criminals, and no mercy is shown even among the titled people if their guilt is proved beyond question. On February 15, 1S9S Judge Lawrence of the central crim- inal court sent Lord Neyill, the son of an English marquis, into penal servitude for five years because he was accused and found guilty of gross fraud.
 Lord William Nevill was the fourth son of the Marquis of Abergavenny and he was placed on trial charged with gross fraud in connection with the fam ous suit of Sam Lewis, the money lend CT, against Lieut.. Spencer Clay. Nevill had deuded Lieutenant Clay into indors- ing promissory notes for a large sum on the pretext that he was signing other doc uments. He .pretended to want Clay S signatures on documents that related to sisters unsavory divorce suit He cov- cred the face of the documents, except where the signatures were desired. and Clay signed in good faith. These docu- ments afterward proved to be the promis- Sory nOleS gwen py nAohSy i<chuer heWiS. When the case of Lord Nevill was called, on February 15, there was an un- usual assemblage of ladies present. in- cluding Lady Nevll. In their smartest frocks they overlooked the jury box and barristers' seats. Outside their gorgeous broughams blocked the approaches.
 Lord Nevill was unusually nervous when the case was called, and when he was asked to plead he said he was guilty of fraud, but not of forgery. Then Prose- cutor Matthews narrated the circum- stances of the fraud and at the conclusion of his remarks intimated that he would accept the prisoners plea as satisfying the requirements of justice
 The counsel of the prisoner, in his de- fense, pointed out that at the time of the incident for which he was held ac- cused Nevill was In great financial diff culties, and that in securing the sigma lures he had not realized that he was committing breach of the criminal law He did not believe that Clay would suf- fer any financial loss, but instead that the securities would remain in the hands of Lewis until he secured money else where. So much favorite was the nobeman with the ladies present that many gloved hand applauded the coun- sells speech.
 The trial only lasted throughout one day. Late in the afternoon Judge Lawrence summed up sternly, but with
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
LUKE rLUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 The fonder woman is of clothes the fewer of them she wears.
 There isn't an awful lot of difference between patience and laziness.
 There are a lot of people in this world who know that there are F commands ments but can't remember one of them.
 As long as woman thinks that a man is jealous of her she doesn't care whether he loves her or not
 One of the hardest things for mar ried man to understand is why a bachelor imagines that he needs vacation.
 Before he gets her he figures that she is going to live on love and kisses. But after he gets her he is always kicking about the bills for corned beef and cab bage.
 The basques of 1883 are back in style and it is cinch that the dolman, the hustle and the ferry boat hat will follow We can stand for all of these, but for the love of Mike don't bring back the what not. .
 When a woman worries more over hei husbands digestion than she does over her complexion, none of the pay envelope goes into an office building where di vorce lawyers have signs on most of tn, doors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE WAR
 SITUATION IN EUROPE AND HOME AFFAIRS

FIT begins to appear that the Germans
 are aiming straight for Paris and
 that they will land whereabouts in a very short while. Paris is supposed to be splendidly forti- fled but no one can tell what the Ger mans will be able to do.
 No nation in the history of the world has ever gone into a war so well pre- pared as are the Germans in the present one
 They seem to be getting there first With a mighty wedge formation and with abundance of artillery, they are striking quickly and effectively
 Paris is dreading the Zeppelin dread naughts of the air, as are both London and the southern coast cities of Eng land.
 Germany seems determined to use the Zeppelins and the submarines. Already the report is that the Germans have played havoc with British shipping in the North Sea by the use of her submarines The English. however. suppressed this news, but the Germans claim it to be true.
 The work of the Zeppeins in Antwerp has created a feeling of horror through out France and England. The printed stories in some of the recent magazines by writers who purport to know. make the Zeppelin war aircraft the most eff fective weapon ever dreamed of They are said to carry as many as 20 guns and several tons of torpedoes, which they can drop or shoot so accurately from a height of 5000 feet as to strike circle 15 feet in diameter.
 These bombs are said to be filled with explosives and a gas which will kill everything within 200 yards of where they strike.
 Germany is said to have a fleet of some 50 or more of these air craft. They
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

Field Marshal Earl Kitchener is strik- ing type of the dogged British soldier. In stature he is a giant and he is a model of physical endurance. He is sels contained and cares nothing for adula- tion. Kitchener was born in ireland Ballylongford, County Kerry-but both parents were English, and he is himself quite English. He has had more mili- tary experience than any English army man of the present time. Some persons have wondered why he was not sent to the field as the commander of the expeditionary force. A strenuous man and trained soldier of executive exper- fence such as Lord Kitchener was a prime necessity in the war department. Kitche- ner therefore is directing the British mill itary movements from London. Secre- taries of war are usually civilians, but at this juncture it was deemed advisable to have a warrior at the head of the war office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

lead, covered with grease. This bullet spread, making a gaping wound and shattering bones, while infection was almost inevitable.
 The bullets being used in the present war are jacketed with nickel, lead or steel. They have tremendous velocity and bore a clean hole through a man, frequently passing through bones without splintering. The result is that if man is fatally hurt he dies quickly and if his wounds are not fatal they are easily treated. Amputation will be much less than formerly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
No Huge Mortality From Disease

In our civil war eight soldiers died of disease to one who died from wounds. It is estimated that modern sanitation and methods of fighting in the present European war will reduce the deaths from disease to such an extent that only three soldiers will die from disease to one who dies from wounds. Army sanitation and army surgery have made great advances during the last 50 years. The Amer jeans and the Japanese have been leaders in this work.
 It is predicted that in spite of the fact that the present war in Europe is the greatest ever fought, it will prove the most humane in history. There will be no huge mortality list from disease and no army of cripples. Gan grene and infection will be practically eliminated by the new high power military rifles and modern artillery, it is thought.
 The armies of the world formerly used high power bullet of unsheathed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
GREAT TRIALS OF HISTORY
TRIAL OF LORD NEvILL

voice which shook and at times almost
 broke with emotion. Among other things
 he said: In my opinion the crime is as the sum from Lieutenant Clays pocket
 or had burglarized MT. Lewis office and
 stolen it. If it had been some wretched clerk with q wife and seven children who had incurred a heavy loss and had
 helped himself at his masters till, I am
 afraid there would have been no one to l speak in extenuation. but the higher the
 position a person holds the higher is his l responsibility"
 Such an -only too rare interpreta tion
 of justice, it would appear, would have been the place to call out righteous ap- | plause, but when the sentence was im- l posed there was a chorus of sobs from | the ladies present.
 | The judge, in conclusion, said ''I am 1 sorry to say that l have looked in vain for extenuating circumstances. It is as
 bad a case of fraud as 1t is possible to
 conceive. Lord Nevill has brought shame and dishonor upon an ancient and noble
 family and sorrow and suffering upon his
 nearest and dearest. You have forfeited
 the position," he said. you held in the
 world, and which should have been a
 guarantee of your honesty, at least, if not of your honor.'
 The judge then pronounced sentence. It was a pitiable sight to see this proud nobeman disgraced and exiled for five long years. At Newgate he was allowed
 to have a lengthy interview with his wife and another lady. and after his
 changed for prison garb he was conveyed to Wormwood Scrubbs prison to serve his sentence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

neighbor, the individual and the social
 In all ages of the world certain per- sons have put an exclusive emphasis upon each one of these relationships, and have said: This alone is neces- sary." As is frequently the case, how ever, the truth stretches tent-like over all these attitudes.
 From the old feeling that God was all in religion the pendulum has swung now in many cases to the feeling that man is all. This is as much error as the former. To leave out God is to leave out much that constitutes the very life of the soul. The gift of the new life itself, which suddenly or by degrees begets in us the desire for the best, would seem to be indisputa- bly, the work of God. Likewise also the power that sustains us and en- ables us to achieve our nobler desires. And there is another class of bene- fits flowing out of mans relationship to God, which may be represented by the following ng-communion, guidance, the experience and the hope of inn mortality, and, what I may call, the fire of the soul. l mention com munion with God first, because out of that the others, in measure, come. By the fire of the soul, mean that which at times leaps and flames to the stars, reminding us that we are more than men, enabling us to desire vastly more than we are, and to achieve vastly more than mere human ity could promise. It is a poor re- ligion that gives the soul no com merce with the infinite.
 1 Now, there have always been those who have stopped here, whose religion has been sky-thing, finding no ex- pression in holy living or in unselfish living. We have put the Hindu in this category, and sometimes the negro. Some negroes belong in it, of course, and some white people. Any are in danger here, in fact, who possess the fine flower of spiritual aptitude. Every gift carries with it a peril. Emotionalism is not religion. Neo- Platonism is not Christianity. As some have stopped with God in re- ligion, so some have stopped with God and self. Here are the thronging votaries of monasticism. They dwell in deserts and wildernesses, in caves, upon high pillars, in lonely monas- teries and nunneries; but they did not perish with the decay of the monastic system. They are with us yet. In ever diminishing numbers, however. Men are feeling more and more that true religion must bloom in loving service to fellowmen. Jesus lived in this way and put the deciding test of religion just here. By their fruits ye shall know them, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these :"
 True religion is rooted in God, is stalked in pure life, and flowers in loving service.
 HENRY M. EDMONDS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
A POETS REVENGE

From the London Chronicle.
 The Norwegian national anthem has been sung in singularlyf ironical circum- stances. Bjornstern Bjornson was once asked on what occasion he got the great est pleasure from his fame as poet. He replied: Tt was when a delegation from the right came to my house in Chris tiania and smashed all the windows. Be- cause when they had thus attacked me and were starting for home again they felt that they ought to sing something and so they began to sing, Yes, we love this land of ours They could do nothing else. They had to sing the song of the man whom they had attacked"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
Prince Butcher Expelled By British

The present European war has worked great hardship upon many citizens of England, France and Ger many who had acquired property on foreign soil during the long period Of peace which prevailed. Since the dec laration of the present war many citi- zens of belligerent nations have been dispossessed and their property con- fiscated.
 One of the most untoward incidents m this connection. however, occurred when the British government deemed it advisable to expel from it's domin- ions Prince Butcher, a grandson Of the great field marshal, whose opportune arrival On the field of Waterloo turned the tide of battle in favor of Wellington. The prince had fallen heir to a great portion of the vast estates which had been bestowed upon the distinguished field marshal by the German and Austrian govern ments in recognition of services rsn- dered in liberating the fatherIand from the grasp of Napoleon.
 About 25 years ago Prince Butcher had purchased the small island of Herm, one of the channel group and a part of the English possessions. This island is in sight of the French shore and occupies a strategic posi- tion at the entrance of the harbor of Guernsey. About this time the prince having become involved in serious trouble in Germany, mourning the dis pleasure of the Emperor, retired from the army and took up his residence at his island home. Young Butcher then caused to be erected at great expense |. magnificent home on the hirtest point of the island, where he purposed to lead a secluded life.
 Although this insular home was in  reality part of English territory, the expatriated prince ruled his band of retainers with almost as much author ity as a king or feudal lord. Strict seclusion was maintained, no one liv- ing on the isle except the princes 5 family and retainers, which numbered about 100. Prince Butcher is said 10 have become really attached to this island retreat, and it was with keen sense of disappointment that he learned that the British had decided to dispossess him. It is now reported that this descendant of the great Ger man field marshal has sailed with his family for America.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

son of the year. the merchants. the hotels and everyone have done a good business. There has never been a closing week in August in the history of Birmingham when there was more ready money or available cash in the banks Men of good credit and good collateral can borrow just as much money from the banks to- day as they have ever been able to bor- row. Crops are good and prices are high and the action of the government has made ready money plentiful.
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 So why should a few old "sore-heads'' in Birmingham, who are always ready to talk hard times and make excuses for not paying their just and overdue &C., counts, create a feeling of distrust?
 There are going to be no hard times. Let every man who has cash on hand go out tomorrow morning and pay his just bills and keep the money in circulation. instead of holding it. If he don't want to pay out real money let him give check on his bank and ask the man he pays it to to indorse it to some fellow he owes and keep that check in circulation.
 We are in a most excellent condition in this country because we can't ship gold to Europe at the present time. Europe can't dump our railroad and other se- curities back on us and get gold for them, because there is no way to safely trans port the gold to Europe. We will. there- fore, keep it here and have abundance of money on hand, and there is no reason why we should not have a great era of prosperity and good times. l even look for a strong impetus in the real estate market of Birmingham.
 Instead of Jlard times those of us who are up and doing should be very prosper ous during the coming fall and winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
Tomorrow: Trial of the Macaroni parso,
"MY DAYS AMONG THE DEAD ARE
 PASSED"

By Southey.
 My days among the dead are passed,
 Around me behold, Whereer these casual eyes are cast,
 The mighty minds of old; My never-failing friends are they With whom I converse day by dax. With them I take delight in veal,
 And seek relief in woe; And while l understand and feel
 How much to them I owe, My cheeks have often been bedewed With tears of thoughtful gratitude. My thoughts are with the dead, with then
 l live in long-past years, Their virtues love, their faults condemn.
 Partake their hopes and fears. And from their lessons seek and find Instruction with an humble mind. My hopes are with the dead, anon
 My place with them will be. And with them shall travel on
 Through all futurity; Yet leaving here name, trust That win not perish in the dust
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
Pure Religion

Pure religion before God is to visit the fatherless and widows and to keep oneself unspotted. !" James l, 27.
 In any real, full and lasting religion the central relationship is to God. But from this one relationship hang always a3nd inevitably two others-the rela- tionship to oneself and that to one's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
Predicts . Business Boom

Last June leading men in business cir- cles throughout the country began to talk of new era of prosperity that would set in when the crops began To move, and while the European war has caused a temporary halt in certain directions, a boom is due and will come on schedule time" said E. J. Darnell of Philadel- phia.
 There has been considerable business activity in the east this month, despite the war, and I am told that a great deal of activity prevails in the west. Busi- ness will soon be adjusted to new condi- tions. When the war is over there will be a rebound in favor of trade that will contribute to the greatest boom in the history of the United States
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
THE OCEAN.

The restless waves beat on the shore, A cloudless sky is arching OCT And far and wide tn expanse of blue Extends, beyond the narrow view Of human eyes; proud ships steam by, Whose smoky tunnels stain the sky, And white-winged vessels slowly creep Along the highways of the deep. No sound but oceans voice is heard Which hath the bards for ages stirred To sing the glories of the sea,
 Or chant it's awful majesty
 When tempests roar and pillows sweep And loosened winds their revels keep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
In the Musical World

There will be a series of Sunday aft ernoon artist recitals at the Tutwiler during the coming season, and some ar rangement should be made for series of afternoon band or orchestral concerts, '' said man who has been active in pro- noting good music
 MT. Memoli conducted several band concerts at the Jefferson theatre season before last. He had 6 fine band then and he has even a finer band today As we have a good deal of orchestral ma terial here now, it should not be diff cult matter for MT. Memoli to organize a concert orchestra of 25 or 30p players. While such an organization would not be large enough to render properly many symphonies in full. one or two move ments could be played effectively and with a varied programme of good but popular music the public taste would be educated. Let a movement be started early in the fall for raising concert fund.-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30
The End of Summer

Now that the summer is drawing to a close, we may look back with thank fitness to Alabama's bountiful harvests, said an old citizen Tt has been a very hot summer-one of the hottest that l recall-but the compensation has been splendid crops. We sometimes have much cool weather in June but a cool June does not make eotton Last June was ideal for the cotton crop.
 September will bring us seasonably low temperature and we can look for ward to the autumn with real pleasure.s :
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

If the war in Europe lasts year about 250.000 Americans who go abroad annually will have to content them selves with ''doing" the San Francisco fair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

conference explains the European war by saying that when men are trained to fight they are going to fight. Re- cellt developments show this view to be correct
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

The Prince of Monaco says he's glad there is Belgian blood in his veins. He may yet organize the croupiers at Monte Carlo into a first class fighting unit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

The Germans have levied heavy war taxes on the Belgians. quite overlook ing the fact that moratoriums are now in season,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30


 IDLE OPINIONS. sThe kind of people you never know how to take are the kind to let alone. The man who has no faith in human nature seldom inspires any faith in aim self.
 It isn't always the wolf at the door that make slove fly out of the window. Some- times it's the other fellows automobile. It is predicted that the war in Europe will make silk stockings go higher. Transparent skirts indicate that they ought to.
 Sometimes the man who intended put it back really does it, but you never hear about him.
 It's good idea to think twice before speaking if you can think twice before the occasion for speaking has passed.
 P C.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

BEGINNING THE DAY-My Lord, when I look on wars horrid front, on mans inhumnnity to man, l nm afraid and troubled. But when l turn my thought to Thee with Thy wisdom and love and might, am comforted and sustained. May my last look he at God. In Cbrtsfs name. Amep.-H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

The country has been jogging along fairly we'll with the New York stock exchange closed. Might as well keep it closed until the war is over.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

The honorable Japs are still protest or the interests of the United States. Still Uncle Sam should keep his eyes open
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-30

A Texas newspaper editor declares that Joe Bailey has lost his egotism and his bitterness. Not much like the same old Joe