The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-27
OBSTA PRINCIPIIS
Fly A. LATADY

tempestous waters. Bion being taken into the temple of Neptune, and there
 shown the pictures of those who had
 been saved while praying to Neptune,
 observed: Most excellent; now show me l the pictures of those who went down
 while praying to Neptune"
 After a storm a scholasticos would probably conclude that a hedge produced more wool than flock of sheep as the poor timid creatures will take refuge in | a hedge during a storm for the protec-
 tion which natural instinct tells them
 the hedge will afford, and it does, in- | deed. protect them from the elements;
 but they must pay tribute therefor, as | they leave their fleece behind and an l examination of the flock will discover that nothing more has transpired than
 that the wool has been transferred from the backs of the sheep to the fingers of the hedge. Unless he shall hide his money in the crevices of his house, or stow it away in his wife's stocking, what other shall man do with his money than deposit it in the banks which have weathered the storm. It is claimed by one contributor that less of the ardent" | is being imbbed; by another that for l "booze' millions of money are being sent
 out of the state never to return again | for a dollar which has been sent out of the state and dissolved in foreign | spirit forms solution from which the silver can never be recovered more espe- cially after the aforementioned imported l spirit has been imbibed in the temperate Iatmospher of the state of Alabama: by another that the article imported is in- nocent of alcohol, and that it requires l the imagination of an enthusiast to bring about any results; that the stuff will not l burn, but that on the contrary it may be used as an implement of deuge with which to extinguish a conflagration, and | so following, with views as divergent as the points upon mariners compass The | citizens are being diverted after the man. ner of the ancients who indulged in the destruction of Bibles and works of science, by spectacular Instructions of oceans of Hocheimer, wine and whisky in themselves as innocent of having done any harm as the aforementioned Bibles and works of science, and a Carib Indian never took more delight in burning his victim than the overly good of this state take in this manifestation of the same spirit which actuated Xerxes in having tEe waters of the Hellespont scourged; Which actuates the boy who 'busts" the brick upon which he has stumped his toe and which actuated the bigots of former days who took such keen delight in the burning of Wyciffe's Bible and the Wroks of Bruno. How utterly foolish:
 
 no answer at all to say that this de- struction of the liquor prevents it's doing harm, for the modern doctrine of the good of the flesh Is not any stronger tran that ancient one of the good of the soul, nor is it nearly so truly religious and, in this doctrine of the good of the state there turks a most insiduous and a dangerous doctrine. Some 1900 years ago the Jews discovered much more good common sense in disposing of the 30 pieces of silver, blood money if you please which one Judas Iscariot left to be administered. There were not in that country any foolish whippers of waters, nor childish busters of bricks, nor pious burners of Bibles and work of science to suggest that the money be cast into the sea. The money had done no harm; it could not be covered into the treasury, but it could be devoted to a pious purpose. We, devoid of piety have no purposes to which tainted" money can be devoted. and down it must go to the bottom of the sea to suffer sea- change into something rich and strange Congress votes a half million for the relief of the flood sufferers in Alabama ana the state of Alabama celebrates the occasion by libations to the gods of the sea to the tune of half million.
 A milk and ice fund is contributed to daily by the citizens of Birmingham and .iiS SouHly ol JeHerSOn destroys enough liquor at one condemnation fest to estab-' iish permanent fund Angels and min isters Of grace! In the language of Lu- cretius: "Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum Gro deeds so dreadful can re- ligion prompD.
 According to one authority, the popula- ton Of the city has increased accord ing to another the population has dimin- lshed; but what can it signify whether it has increased or diminished in the face of the undeniable existence of an epidem- ic of that most stubborn of all maladies, consumption of the purse.' or more technically speaking: "Tuberculosis of the pineal gland" The increased de- poslts of the banks but accentuate the derisive smile of fortune Not only have the banks more money. but the building and loan associations are refusing money.
 Nothing doing" This. now, is all very entertaining and divertng, and great good humor and sharpness of wits have been