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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
The Last Word About Immortalit,


 "Ye may know that ye have eternal life" 1 John 5, 13.
 Not the latest word, but the con- elusive word, the ultimate word, is what I mean.
 The soul itself, the inner sense, passes finally on all things. No au- thority really supersedes that. The Bible holds its place, not by reason of any external word or fact concerning it, but because the spiritual element in it comments it to the hearts of men.
 The proof of God is not in creation, is not in the infinitely complex order of this universe, is not in the seeming mercifulness of circumstance. It is in the heart of man. No matter how many evidences are piled up the soul still stands censor of all. The con- verse is also true. No matter how much contrary proof is presented, the heart-deliverance remains unmoved. The case is the same with the question of immortality. Every school of thought in these days brings for ward it's pet proof, but to me abso- lutely the crown of all these is the feeling of immortality, which always and everywhere has lived in the hu- man breast.
 Men feel that their own lives are intending. At all high moments there | is the indescribable, irresistible sens- ing that one is builded to look upon changing mountains and seas and skies and to remain oneself un- changed. q
 Further, it seems more and more unthinkable to me that the character which we have seen in those beside us should fall and cease to be. The things of character, like sweetness unselfishness, strength, are the only sufficient reason for this worlds ex- istence; and it is simply contrary to our feeling that God should lay them low and call them back no more to bloom.
 We have the same feeling about the little peculiarities, the striking marks of individuality, which have been upon those with whom we walked. It is the primitive and fun damental feeling that a personality
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

cannot perish. We feel this, I think, most when we have lived in close and fond intimacy with one who has died.
 The same feeling, however, some times sweeps whole nation when a great, outstanding and much loved person passes from the earth.
 The seers among men have never agreed about immortality. They have simply seen and said, and there's an end on'tl They have spoken forth right the deliverances of the heart And for my part, would trust a poet any day rather than philosopher or a theologian.
 HENRY M. EDMONDS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
PROFESSIONAL JEALOUSY
, the Gadsden Times-News.

Y TUIII tIIt OdusutII IIIIItS-NtWS.
 The Centreville Press says that Bir- mingham is one of the most pleasant summer resorts in the whole country It all depends on what one considers pleasant. If smoke, grime and bullcon add to the pleasure of summer resorts, Gadsden takes off her hat to the Magic City. But if one prefers perfect cli- mate, cool breezes, crystal pure water. unsurpassed scenery and association with the best people on earth-Gadsden is the place. As summer resort, Gadsden is unequaled in the state of Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
GOSSIP IN LONDON
From the Philadelphia Evening Tele

From the Philadelphia Evening Tele- graph.
 At recruiting concert at Lambeth
 occurred. After Miss Phyllis Dare had
 sung her recruiting song and Mir Mar shall Hall had made a characteristically
 eloquent recruiting speech, a wounded pri-
 vate in the Irish guards named 0 ODwyer volunteered to sing a song. Wearing khaki, he was lifted up on to the plat form and cheerily stood up with the help of a pair of crutches. He had lost his right leg. O'Dwyer at once began to told the audience that he was Irish and
 had lost his leg at Mons. ''I am proud
 of it. he added. land, home ruler as
 am, I don't mind losing my leg fighting
 for the old country, and I would lose it again for Britain" Afterward O'Dwyer
 sang two songs while MT. Paul Rubers accompanied him on the piano. There S
 an Irish hero for youl No one was more impressed by him than MT. Marshall Hall, who, of course, is staunch unionist This is the sort of example we want til d li1ile WntH SO Iudily ullIndftleu HIGH are holding back" was his comment. The parents of Sergeant 0 Learv. who received the Victoria Cross for conspicu- GUS bravery at Cuinchy, have received tine following letter from Captain Lord dc Vesci, adiutant of the Irish Guards
 ''The. lieutenant colonel commanding the Irish Guards directs me to write and enclose you an extract from letter from the front, which alludes to the gallant conduct of your son on February l. 1915.
 which he feels sure you would like to have in your possession. He directs me to con- gratulate you on your sons gallant be-
 havior and on his regard of the Victoria Cross.
 l 'I may add that Sergeant OLeary Is the first Irish Guardsman to earn this re-
 ward, and we all feel very proud of him,
 end should like to offer you my own per | sonal congratulations on your sons gall l lant conduct and best wishes for his fu- 1 ture."
 Paris still contains a goodly proportion
 of it's idle American colony, many of them useless, too-rich boys, others to be met with caution, and they are still to ne
 found with the women whose business 1t
 is to part the fool from his money at cer-
 tain cosmopolitan resorts
 I A kindly soul asked friend to dinner
 at one of these places. They dined, wisely 1 if not to well, but most extravagantly ex-
 pensively. It is possible still, as it always
 has been possible, to eat cheaply and
 admirably in Paris. It Is also possible to
 eat dearly and badly, particularly in rlaces opened expressly for tho touris; trade.
 1 Three or four Paris theatres are open l in the afternoon, finding immense diff culty in casting the plays with every ac- l tor under 45 at the front. | he rest are
 closed, as are all the music halls except
 Olympia and few small places in Mort
 martre. The French are astonishcd whe1
 they are told that business Is as usual ir Londons places of entertainment, and
 when it is explained that in London orly a few families have paid the toll of war 1 they suggest once more Git is a sugges- tion I have often Aeard) that they are no, l bearing their full share of the heavy bur
 den of the fight for freedom
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Busin $. 20 Per Cent Better

Business in Birmingham Is imrrov- Ing steadily" said J. E. Shelby, presi- dent of the Shelby Burton Cable IIano company. and ex-president of the Board of Trade.
 Nearly everybody I meet speaks ot the marked improvement which has come in evidence during the past week or so.
 Our business this month has been 20 per cent better than it was in April of last year. I believe that prosperity is coming to stay"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
BESIDE THE ROAD

By Julia Nicely Finch. She stood beside the road A woman wan. forlorn;
 By long. hard years outworn None asked her why
 Beneath the sky
 She stood and waited there. None cared to know.
 But One came by Of presence stately, fair, And yet, upon His head Was set crown of cruel thorns, And down His face The drops came trickling red. What wait you here?" He to her eeAG> 'I wait my son-my only son. This way they bring the dead "Oh, mother dear. there are no deadl A Look out and on. What do you sec? Who comes, so bright, so brave, so free?s' "Why! 'tis my lad come home to me-" None saw her fall. None saw her lie A faded heap beneath the sky. The soldiers passed with martial tread. With muff1ed drums they bore the dead; But she lay there with pulseless breast Her lad mad come. She was at rest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
ADRIFT WITH THE TIr1ES

son. Last year bought you a limou- sine and now you want an electric coupe I really can't afford to buy you a new car every year"
 How can I ever hold my head up again?" walled Mrs. scadson. And, oh, why did I ever marry you? The next thing I know you will force me to wear my evening gowns twice."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
A PRIME NECESSITY.

Now doth the joyous fisherman Set forth to make @ catch, Then falls to swearing drearily Because he has no match. Most everyone who angles much Will tell you 'tis no joke To sit and watch a cork all day Without a chance to smoke.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

All correspondents agree that the Brit ish soldier is merry under fire. There s nothing to prevent a man from laughing at his own funeral, If he wants to.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
A MARITIME CHARACTER.

'"There is something about the follow who was in here just now that smacks of the salt sea gale" said the newly arrived guest.
 You have rare powers of discern ment," said the affable proprietor of Sea View Inn. 'I guess he sells more peanuts and popcorn than any other dealer on the beach,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

BEGINNING THE DAY-Grant me today, o God, a hopeful spirit. May expect much of myself, because l am Thine. May I expect much Of men. because they are Thine. May l ex- pect much of the world, because 1t Is Thine. May I rejoice in hope, because Thou art in Thy heaven. In Christs name. Amen.--H. M. E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

The American governments latest reply to Germany Is characterized as "strongly Wilsonian," which means that Secretary Bryan merely passed it along.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

From the Pickens County Herald.
 There's so darned many things fellow mustn't do if he wants to win success, that success hardly seems worth while.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
MERELY A THEORY.

'Why do you suppose so many tall women marry short men?'' asked the inouisitive person.
 "Umph" replied the confirmed mis- ogynist. 'lt is natural for all women to look down on men and a tall woman size an attitude of mind by a physical fact"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
THERE ARE NO sUPERMEN.

The smartest man we've ever met, Is never known to get in debt.
 No one can point to big mistakes That he has made-all, sorts of fakes He sees right through His latest thought By lesser minds Is freely sought A man whose words are aye sincere And tales of woe he grieves to hear; He walks amid the foolish crowd
 With dignity, but ne'ever is proud. And yet-'tis proof all men are weak He wears horn glasses on his beak.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

Just because a fashionable woman happens to ride black and white limou- sine is no sign that she is mourning for somebody.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

The dance craze is said to be on the wane. The highly paid instructor who hasn't saved his money may look for ward to some lean years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

If the war Is over by the Fourth of July this country will find it had to en- dure the restraint of "safe and sane" celebration
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

General Huerta is said to be listening intently just now to all sounds that em- anate from Mexico.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

Having announced sometime ago that nation. there is nothing for Borah to do now but to wait and see if it will come i to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

law suit was recently brought over whether or not a cloak model was a perfect 1S." A tape measure ought to have settled that suit, without the aid of lawyers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

Friends of Colonel Roosevelt are justi- fled in believing that the fun he's get ting out of the Barnes libel suit has added at least 10 years to his life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

Another favorite tipple among the Rus sian peasants is a liquor made from fer mented rye bread, thus showing that a little previous experience with vodka will enable a person to drink anything.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

Champion Jess Willard will never be as popular as some of his predecessors, but he may have more money when he quits than they did.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

General Villa has probably made up his mind by this time that he can't expect to win a battle every day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

Although not much gossip of the San Francisco exposition gets into the news papers these days, the Zone" is doubt less flourishing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

Whenever anybody pokes into the polit- are assailed by a peculiar odor charac- teristic in his palmy days of Boss" Platt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
LOW BRIDGE, FELLERs!

Japan lays herself open to suspicion with a smile that is childlike and bland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

The new mayor of Chicago drinks grape juice, but has not gone on record as favoring grape juice diplomacy.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
NED BRACE TELLS OF TIDE OF FOOTING
 BUSINESS AND HEARS HUM OF GOOD TIMES

Y FEW YORK. April 24-(speciai)
 M For the first time in almost a
 year. during which I have visited New York many times, find a spirit of decided optimism. It pervades every line of business. and the very air seems good times.
 The stock exchange is doing business of boom days volume and stocks are strong and active with predictions that next week will see further and decided ad- vances. A continued rise in steel is pre- dicted, and the tips are that Nesting house and one or two other stocks will soar slxyward next week. The strongest people are buying them. However, I am not giving tips. took one some ten years ago, and I was two years in recovering from the shock. The stock market game is merely a gamble, but it Is a barometer of the times
 The money market, am told. is easier than in several years past. Volumes of it are seeking investment, and 1t Is easy to get by those entitled to it. Quantities of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

At any rate the peace crusade has given an outlet to the restless energy of some people who might otherwise be losing sleep oyer the hookworm problem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
WuFE,

From the Collinsville Courier
 Let's pass an ordinance forbidding the roosteis growing on Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

Bets are being made in New York at odds of 5000 to $500 that the war in Europe will end before December 30 If 1t doesn't end before that time a great many "experts" will be discredited.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
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A DUBIOUS OUTLOOK.

A DUBIOUS OUTLOOK. Mrs. Jobson is thrifty woman. She wants to know where every dollar goes that Is spent for the support of their family
 q often hear MT. Jobson wondering where the next dollar is coming from.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

The learned Dr. Serviss explains what is meant by shooting stars'' so that a child could understand, but makes no mention of the stars seen when one 8 head suddenly comes In contact with a door in the dark
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

An old fashioned actor says the stage stars of the past would not condescend to act before the moving picture camera. However he underestimates the compell- ing power of the salaries paid movie actors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
STRICTLY NEuTRAL.

The Dardanelles are hard to sweep
 We might as well confess it; Der that, you say, we lose no sleep.
 Of course not How'd you guess it?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

English women differ as to the advis- ability of advocating peace at present Naturally American women don't think the Germans need a decisive beating quite much as English women do
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

Clanton Union-Banner: Nothing doing we positively and emphatcally and vocf- erously decline the presidency. Too stren- uous a job while these wars are frolic- ing around the globe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

Fort Payne Journal AIr. Roosevelt is in the middle of lawsuit which prob- ably makes him feel like Brer Rabbit when he was thrown into the brier patch
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
CIGARETTE SMOKERS BARRED

. From the St. Louis Dispatch.
 Lewis. Kan.-(SpeciaD-Ci smok- ing is being blackisted today as the result of the action of the young women of the community in determining to re- fuse Ito accept the company of any. young man who is known to be user of cigarettes"
 Several days ago the Anti-cigarette Boosters club having in its member ship every girl in the Lewis high school and most of the other young women in this town of FOO population. was organ ized Resolutions were adopted pledging members not to speak to persons who used cigarettes
 After church services yesterday, when the smokers lined up at the doors to escort tue young women home the girls marched out in a body, refusing to be escorted.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

Andalusia Standards Billy Sunday says that any fellow who kisses a modern girl is apt to die of painters collie, and the Birmingham Age-Herald suggests that he might inhale too much talcum powder and sneeze himself to death. These are horrible dangers, but who would not risk 'em, we ask?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
A BRUTE.

'The year before last I bought you a touring car, my dear" said MT. Scad-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

money are now seeking real estate loans. and l see no reason why there should not be a decided impetus in the Birming- ham real estate market
 In mercantile lines there is likewise de- eided improvement and the cotton scare in the south has subsided. Concerns which for months past have ignored the southern market are now seeking it. The cotton men are jubilant and many south ern cotton men have cleaned up fortunes. A young Georgia cotton factor, who has been borrowing heavily and buying spot cotton since last fall, was here yesterday and tells me that his profits will be over six hundred thousand dollars. He tells me he has not dealt in a bale of futures
 It is said here the cotton mills in the south are prospering and that this should be the best year in their history
 Even the automobile people who have suffered during the past eight months are perking up and preparing for a great spring and summer trade
 Dick Burnett of Birmingham, who is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
Ridiculous Happenings in Fishing Gar


 ''The beginner at the game of fishing with artificial or live bait causes some ridiculous things to happen said a Nim- rod.
 Last year a man and his wife broke into the game at East Lake. Neither of them would put a roach on hook or a wigging worm, so they employed small boy to do their batting. The fisher lady got separated from her husband and in pulling things out of the water she snatched small Waterbury watch size terrapin forth, and threw it clean over her head into the grass. She hollored' Justify for Human affectionate appela- tion. He hastened to her relief. He told me he viewed it with some misgvings and fear, and cut the line about three feet above the hook.
 "A small boy seized the catch, and suspendng it by the piece of line to his trousers belt line, wore it as a watch charm, declaring that Mrs. Hun had kotch it. ;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

Troy Mes senger: According to the com mercial travellers, business is much bet ter no wthan for some time pase.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

George McMasters, O. E. Young ard ". D. Brumbeloe are the only author ized travelling representatives or Ire Age-Herald in its circulation depart ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

tobacco people say their business is won- derful compared with expectations of three months ago.
 Bob Jemison, Sr., and Rick Woodward, who have been here with some big plans ill their heads, left for home today wear ing significant smiles. Eugene Brown is here looking like he is glad he came.
 The only peevish looking Birmingham man have seen is B. M. Allen. who haS been limping about as the result of as automobile accident last Sunday. B. M. was out riding in limousine with a charming lady when a faster car ran into his and upset 1t, but fortunately no one was seriously injured. His friends say it is the only time anything has ever run over B. M, although he himself has prac- ticed the game on others In this he had a narrow escape. but is now himself again.
 Any number of Birmingham people are here now and the Vanderbilt hotel is so full of them that one almost feels as though he were in the Tutwiler.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

No communication will be published without its authors name. heJeceed manuscript will not be returned un 1ess stamps are enclosed for that pur- pose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

Union Springs Herald: Now is a good
 time to plant those white peas for table
 use during the summer. And if you hap pen to have more than you need they will bring from $3 to $5 per bushel next win ter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
Richmond and the Reunion

"The Southern railway has issued a most attractive Richmond folder in connection with the Confederate Vet erans' reunion programme" said a member of Birmingham's Virginia col ony. "The reunion will be held June 1-3 and it will be a grand affair Rich mond Is a great convention city It has more fine hotels than any city In the south and more than any city of approximately its size in the United States. The average city of 150, 1000 CT 200,000 population is doing we'll if it has three or four swell hotels. Rich mond has at least six elegent hostel ries of fireproof construction. Cafe concert music is a feature In nearly all of them. One Richmond hotel main- tains an orchestra of IA pieces, an other an eight piece orchestra ard so on."
 ''The Southerns folder Is beautifully Illustrated and will interest everyone who has an affection for the capital of the Confederacy."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

Daily and Sunday Age Herald. SS.e Daily and Sunday, per month. " Daily and Sunday, three months.. z.oo e,naay Aea-Herald ... 200
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

Taladega Daily Home: Someone blum dered,'' and that horrible catastrophe in Birmingham is the result.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

Remittances can be made at current rate of exchange The Age-Herald will not be responsible for money sent through the mails. Address,
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham. Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
BEST THING TO DO.

'I was awakened last night by a bur- glar in my room.''
 What did you do?''
 q asked him what the devil he wanted.'
 Did he tell your"
 NO. He showed pistol in my face and snarled Stow the gab!" 'oThen what did you do?" T slowed the gab."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

Entered at the Birmingham, Ala, rostoff1ce as second class matter un- der act of Congress March 3, lsls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

Washington bureau, POT Hibbs build ing.
 Euronean bureau Henrietta street, Covent Garden, London.
 Eastern business office. Rooms 4S 10 s0 inclusive. Tribune building, New York city; western business o11lee' Tribune building, Chicago. The S. C' Beckwith Special Agency. agents ior- eien advertising.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
ALABAMA PRESS

Opelika Daily News: Everything points to real revival of business throughout the United States The evil effects of the outbreak of war on the business of this country have been overcome, and from now on this country stands to enjoy an era of unprecedented prosperity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25
NEW SITE.

Pa, where is Armageddon?'
 Tt has recently been transferred tc Syracuse, N. Y., my son.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-25

HENRY M. EDMoNDs.