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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
The Dead Prlmate.

"Dr. Temple, the late archbishop or Canterbury and primate of all England was an eloquent speaker" said a man who had frequently heard him preach. Ills pulpit style was singularly strong. Dr. Temple was elassed with the Evan gelicals or Low Church party in the An gelcan communion but as prinate he gave many decisions favorable to the Ritualists or Sacerdotal party. Dr. Temple owed his preferment entirely to the infu- ence of Queen Victoria. Lord Salisbury had a strong leaning 10 the Ritualists, and when the good Queens wishes pre- vailed in favor of an Evangelical the es- clessiastical world was taken by sur prise.
 "Dr. Temple was a teetotaler and was an active worker in the temperance cause. One Of his hobbies was milk as beverage. He drank tea in moderation but he used to laugh and say that milk was the best stimulant that he ever tasted.
 "Dr. Temple was the ninety-thlrd arch bishop of Canterbury from the time of Augustine the monk. Since the begin ming of the nineteenth century there have been only seven archbishops of Canter- bury. pr. Sutton was the first of them. Howley was the next. He crowned Will Ham ". Sumner an extreme low churchman, succeeded Howley. He crowned Victoria and baptized Albert Edward, now King Edward. Longly an- other low ehurchman followed Sumner, and his successor was Dr. Tait. known as broad churchman. pr. Benson sue eeeded Tait, and then came Temple.
 'It has been said that Dr. Davidson, bishop of Winchester, would probably be the next archbishop, but the best inform ed circles are discussing pr. Ingram, bishop of London, as most likely to be translated"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
MARcoNI's MERITS.

From the New York Tribune.
 Whatever be the imperfections in wire less telegraphy as now practised, one cannot but admire the manner in which it has been brought to it's present degree of perfection by Marconi. Others had thought vaguely of the same thing, and had even devised apparatus having the same object in view. But they either abandoned the idea temporarily or failed to work out a solution of the difficulties which they encountered. So far as prac- tcal results are concerned, Marconi is really the pioneer in wireless telegraphy. He has gone ahead where others aavs halted. He has worked while others talked. He has been peculiarly modest and reticent, rarely talking except when attacked. So far as the public can judge he has borne himself in a manly fashion toward all rivals. To the suggestion that the Marquis of Solari has been unfairly dealt with there are several effective answers. One Is furnished by the many honors bestowed on Marconi by the King of Italy during the last few months, and another was afforded by the fact that Solari himself accompanied Marconl all last summer and fall on board the Carlo Alberto. As for 'prlcrty cf inventiou." If any one has anticipated the young Anglo-Italian the courts will 10 +oubt ascertain the fact in due time Until the world has new light on the subject 1t will regard him as a gentleman as well as a genius, and accord him he chief glory of making trans-oeeanic wireless telegraphY possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
Gen. Francis V. Greene.

General Francis Vlnton Greene, who has just been appointed police commis- soner of New York city, is essentially military man." said New Yorker In the lobby. He was graduated at the head of his class at West Point and served several years in the regular army. He resigned to enter business life.
 While in the army he was for four years assistant astronomer and surveyor attached to the joint commission for the survey and demarkaton of the boundary line between the United States and the British possessions from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky mountains In 1876 he was assigned to special duty in the office of the secretary of war The honor of observing the military operations of Russia and Turkey in 1S77-7S fell to his lot, and he was assigned as attache at St. Petersburg to accompany the Russian army in the field.
 ''IIe witnessed nearly all the principal battles and reached Constantinople with the advance guard. His account of the campaign was reproduced in England, and portions of it were translated into French and German. The Russian gov ernment had the whole work translated and adopted it as text book in the schools.
 Upon his return to the United States in 1879 General Greene became an assis- tant engineer in Washington, and for six years he had charge of the engineering works upon the streets, roads and bridges of the District of Columbia. He resigned from the army in 1886, when an instruc- tor at West Point, to become vice pres ident of the Barber Asphalt Paving com pany. He is now president of the Asphalt Company of America, and is also con- nected with the Eastern Trust company"
 Good soldiers do not always make good police commissioners. General Butler was at the head of London's police depart ment, but made failure in that line and soon asked to be relieved. It Is believed however, that General Greene will satisfy the public in his management of the finest '
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26

the last three weeks. There is no car fam inc, nor is there any delay in the trans- portation of cotton in this section.
 The southern mills are doing decidedly better, the yarn mills especially so' Our local mills, for instance, hnve made sales lately of number 40 twistat 251s to 96c. Last season it was difficult to sell at 221sc at the same date. While No. 14 yarn is selling readily now at 14aic. last season at this date it sold at 12Ac The price of cotton today, as compared with last year, is about the same. Mills manufac- turing colored goods are doing very well indeed In fact we believe that the show ing on the first day of January of the southern mills will be considerably better than last year; notwithstanding the fact that last spring and summer their profits were not of an encouraging nature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
THE ROWERS.

Rudyard Kiplings latest poem, printed by the London Times and also by the New York Times gives his view of the Anglo German alliance, as witnessed in the Venezuelan affair. It follows The banked oars fell an hundred strong, And backed and threshed and ground; But bitter was the rowers' song As they brought the war boat round They had no heart for the rally and roar That makes the whaleback smoke When the great blades cleave and hold
 and leave
 As one on the racing stroxe. They sang: What reckoning do ye keep, And steer her by what star, If we come unscathed from the southern
 deep
 To be wrecked on a Baltic bar? Last night ye swore our voyage was
 done,
 But seaward still we go; And ye tell us now of a secret VOW Ye have made with an open foe. That we must lie off a lightless coast And haul and back and veer At the will of the breed that wronged
 us most
 For year and year and year. There was never a shame in Christendie That laid not to our door; And ye say we must take the winter set And sail with them once more! Look south, the gale is scarce o'eF- past That stripped and laid us down When we stood forth, but they stood fast And prayed to see us drown. 'The dead they mocked are scarcely cold; Our wounds are bleeding yet; And ye tell us now that our strength ia
 sold
 To help them press for a debt! "'Neath all the flags of all mankind That use upon the seas, Was there no other fleet to find,
 That ye strike hands with these? "Of evil times that men could choose On evil fate to fall What breeding judgment let ye loose To pick the worst of all. ''In sight of peace from the narrow seas. Der half the world to run With cheated crew to league anew With the Goth and the shameless Hun?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
Color Prejudice and Immiuration.

In the last fiscal year 100000 immi. grants came to this country seeking new homes, This is vast number, and nearly third of them stayed in the populous state of New York, and the remainder sought homes all the way across the country to the Pacific coast.
 But this vast army of annual home seekers kept clear of the south. About 5000 Italians went to Louisiana, and the rest of the south got only scat. tering remnants scarcely large enough to be mentioned in the tables. Now. why is this? Land is cheaper here. the climate is milder, and the range of products larger Every condition that a homeseeker needs is better in the south than in the frigid states along the Canadian border, and yet twice as many sought Minnesota as sought the entire southern country from the Potomac to the Rio Grande.
 Again, we ask, why Is this?
 No doubt the railroad agent has something to do in producing this result, and the efforts of states like Minnesota are not by any means flu  tile, especially when no one is at hand to explain the advantages offered In the south. But all this is not suf- hcient to explain the avoidance of the south by immigrants. Color prejudice is the source and explanation of the problem. It exists in all parts of Eur rope, and there seems to be no way to overcome it except by attracting immigration to particular counties by particular efforts. For example, Culi- man could secure Germans by show ing that it holds many prosperous Germans and few or Go negroes. Colo aies could be established in almost
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New ' OrK FreSs
 There is no way of getting out of love affair that ever succeeds like not getting in 1t.
 The way to praise anything a woman wears Is to tell her how pretty she looks in it.
 The fun that a woman gets out of an argument is the chance to cry, and man to get mad.
 When woman confesses her age she thinks to let you know how much young CT she is than her younger sister.
 A woman can stand being kissed against her will all right, but it makes her very indignant if you don't pretend to use force.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS.
Latest Advlces Say Earthquake Set
 Rolling Stock in Motion.

St. Petersburg, December 25.-According to the latest advices from Andijan, Rus sian Central Asia, the shocks of earth quakes are continuing there. There have been four or five seismic disturbances daily and particularly violent series of shocks during the night Of December 22 and the following morning set all the rolling stock on the railway in motion, resulting in a panic among the railroad men. Traffic is still suspended on the railroad and the station IS ciosed. The military authorities are taking over the control of the line for some distance from Andijan. The damage resulting from the recent earthquakes amounts to several million dollars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26

any county in the state in which the color line could not be drawn.
 Colonization that does not take into consideration color prejudice will in other words prove a failure. In some way that prejudice must be met and answered, and this is a feature of tho problem that President Lesser's immi- grafton society should consider care fully and strenuously. It is feature that keeps away from this section the very people we most need.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
LAST CHANCE.
from London Answers.

From London Answers.
 The keeper in attendance on a guest at a Norfolk shooting party recently looked on with disgust at the gentleman's er- rattle marksmanship. He was banging away here, there and everywhere, but no birds fell.
 Aim 'igher, sir advised the keeper.
 Still the birds flew untouched.
 Tt ain't the gun, sir, and it ain't tine cartridges" remarked the Norfolk man. "Try shuttin' your right eye instead of the left, sir
 But not a pheasant fell.
 The keeper scratched his head.
 "The birds is very strong on the wing this year" he remarked ''but there's one more chance. If I was you, sir, I should ave pop with both eyes shut"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
TIE ONLY DAILY HEwspApEs IN AlAs,mA
Tomorrow morning call some knight to arms that hath a stomach.
 -Troilus and cresslda.
ArhItratlon by the President.

The public do not as yet know what the terms of arbitration are to be, for both the allies and Venezuela have no doubt named limitations and qualifications, and a statement or summary of these is withheld from the public.
 But the belief is still strong that despite all limitations and all objec- tions, the President will decide to ac- cept the task offered to, or rather i'm posed upon, him. There are many reasons why he should d9 this, and brief review of these reasons cannot be considered untimely.
 In the first place it would estab- fish an important precedent in South American affairs, rendering a refer ence of any future difficulty in that continent or in Central America to the President natural and logical. This Ol 1tSSll Ildy ihuuSS lhC I l0SluChL u accept the responsibility.
 By so doing he will keep in Ameri- can hands the control of the entire controversy, and as the United States will be held responsible for the out come in any event, it seems best that this country should keep the matter in it's own hands.
 Nor is this all Venezuela distrusts the Hague tribunal, which has been largely organized by monarchial in- fuences, and the American republics would have scarcely a friend in that tribunal If we force Venezuela to accept the Hague court, we become responsible to her and to all other South American republics for just ac- tion on its part. A reference to the Hague court would be very tedious, covering at least two years, and the allies would not in that time raise the blockade; whereas they would do so at once if the issue were submitted to President Roosevelt. And last, but not least, no one knows what the Hague tribunal would do to the Mon roe doctrine. It might declare that it is not a part of international law, and refuse to recognize it altogether. It is court that is law to itself, and the possibilities of trouble to the ! Monroe doctrine are considerable
 These are the reasons why the 4President, despite all moral responsi- bilities involved, will probably decide to act as arbitrator in the matter. Tn any event we will be held respon- sible for the outcome by either the allies or the South American repuh- lies, or by both, and may as we'll therefore keep the case well in hand.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26

but at Birmingham. It was reported the other day that the United States steel corporation had bought up an iron con eern at Troy, N. r., and would close up the plant. Worcester is wondering whether the retirement of MT Mcen from the management of the wireworlks there means anything respecting the fu- ture attitude toward the industry in that city of the American Steel and Wire company which now owns the Washburn & Moen mills. It is the policy of the United States steel corporation, of which the American Steel and Wire company Is a part, to concentrate it's business so far as possible in the vicinity of Pitts burg.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
Wall Street Cav.

"The Christmas festivities in the New York exchanges every year are notable events, and nowhere in the great metropo- lis is there more hilarity." said man who has participated in Wall street eele- brations on several occasions.
 Stock traders are always ready for frollc and on Christmas eve they cut themselves loose. The members of the New York stock exchange subscribed $1o,oOO this week to be given to the em- ployes and the members of the produce exchange raised s250O for employees"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
COTTON IN ALABAMA.

Writing under date of December 15, Messrs. Well Bros. of Opelka say:
 The weather since the 27th of November, which is the date when we had the heavy frost, has been throughout very unfavor- able to the development of the crop. The stalks which were so full of bolls and so promising are still there with a few bolls open. The balance do not seem to have any chance of opening, The weather for picking has been bad, and the cotton that has been picked since frost, while of excellent staple, is stained, and being picked in wet weather is rough and curly We think that the crop has lost by bad weather since the frost as much as it had gained in the three weeks previous to the frost. We feel, therefore, justified in reducing our crop estimate made. on the 18th of November, for the state of Alabama from 1,O5O.OOO to 975,OOO; and for Georgia from 1,45O,OoO to 100000.
 The demand for spots has been the prominent feature lately, although prin- cipally from southern shippers who are filling contracts made earlier in the sea son for forward delivery. There has been some demand however, from all quarters of the spinning districts. This latter de- mand was not necessary to stimulate the price of spot cotton in the south, for com mitments for forward shipment seem to be considerably larger than anyone had an idea. Holders of spot cotton have met the advance, and have sold literally, un- til now the stocks at the uncounted towns are at minimum for this season of the year. This feature, which is apparent to all now acts as a stimulant, if not as an incentive to the holder of cotton who enthusiastically awaits g and 10 cents.
 The plantation movement has been free and considerable has been marketed ill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
MAY BE OLDEST HORSES.

From the Rlchfield Springs Mercury.
 Probably the oldest team of horses is owner by farmer down in schoharle county. The combined age of the two is 70 years, one being 37 and the other 33 years old. The team was raised on the farm where they still live. Notwlthstand- ing their extreme age the horses are still doing farm work, looking well and taking three meals a day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
AWKWARD HAND.

From Puck
 Sally Pumpkins-Jerushy Ann says si Hayrake offered her his hand in mar riage.
 Marthy Butterine-Land sakesl l don't doubt it! He's so 'tarnal awkward he never does know what to do with his hands!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
A WORLD POWER LONG AGO.

From the New York World.
 The United States was a world pow err and it's Monroe doctrine was success fully asserted and universally respected before MT Roosevelt was born or the little Spanish war was dreamed of. It never was stronger than today, and never less in need of tne best navy in the world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
oVERAEARp oN THE TRAIN.

From Judge.
 Conductor (to lady trayeling with small boy)-I cannot accept this ticket, madam; it's not good.
 Lady-Not good? That ticket was hon. ored by the conductor just the other day. It's the one Jimmy always travels on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
DIPLOMATIC.

From Tit-Blts.
 The presence of mind of an impecunions lover was illustrated recently at a ba- zaar where there was a stall for the sale of watch charms.
 "oh, George!' she said buy me a charm"
 Sarah" answered he, you have too many alreadY.n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
sI1eep Barns Burn.

Omaha, Neb., December 25.-At noon so- day the sheep barns of the Union Stock Yards company at South Omaha, burned, together with 800 sheep, entailing a loss of s5OOO0 The fire is supposed to have started from a>cigar stub dropped in the barn by one of the workmen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
THE MELTING POT OF NATIONS.
From the Portland Oregonian.

T
 Here in the United States we are as- similating Europeans at a prodisious rate-70OOOO last year. The Indian. it is officially reported, is beginning to blend, and 1t Is only fair to assume that as he and the negro rise in the social scale intermarrlage will finally merge them both into the general stream. The ire quency with which Americans in Iuzon have married Filipino wives testifes to the readiness with which love laughs at color when artificial barriers are once broken. The growing laxity of Judoic fervor of which rabbis complain leeds to a similar solution of the Jewish problem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
AWAY FROM NEW ENGLAND.

From the Springfield Republican.
 The drift of the iron industry continues to be not in this direction. The Ameri- can bdlt company of Lowell has con- solidatkd with a Birmingham, Ala, con cern. and will build works not at Lowell
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26

It is announced that the Methodist fund of s2O. O.O00 called for three years ago has been completed. The task was both large and far-reaching, for most of 1t relates to education.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
OUR PACE IS TOO SWIFT.

From the Gadsden Times-News.
 Birmingham is going to build another skyscraper That town is growing so fast her own citizens cannot keep np with her Atlanta and Memphis-wcil Birmlnghams pace is to) swift for them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26
EN.lOVMFNT.

From Observations by Mr. Dooley.
 don't think we injye other peoples sufrerin IIinnessy. It Isn't acshally ln- jyment. But we feel betther fr it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26

The expressman will now try to work out of the tangle that loving hearts got him into
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26

Dr. Roosevelt is not sure the kinks can be taken out of Venezuela by the blood less arbitration method.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26

The late Mrs. Grant wrote her auto- biography, and it was published for pri- vate circulation only.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26

The English successor to the throne has boys and 1 girl, while the score of the czar of Russia stands: girls. boys.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26

The allies have not seized the custom houses of Venezuela, but they have taken away all of their business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26

The President has had good deal of hunters luck. He bagged no bears in Mississippi and no wild turkeys in Vir- ginia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26

Mayor Drennen should consult Govern or-elect Bailey of Kansas, for he needs a wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26

The thermometer WAS kind to Santa Claus
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26

The Rockefeller grip on coal oil has been frightened to the extent of cent B gallon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26

Germany and England are endeavoring to diseredlt The Hague tribunal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26

High life in saxony is almost as nasty as high life at Newport.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26

When will there be Christmas devoid of whisky and pistols?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26

wall street is trying the faith cure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26

Mareoni was the worlds greatest Santa Clans
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26

Honolulu, U. g. A, will soon be tied to the mainland by a cable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26

Wireless telegraphy means poleless streets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26

St. Nicholas filled the mail bags at any rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26

The bundle business will fall off today.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-26

The Rockefeller grip on coal oil has been frightened to the extent of a cent 8 gallon.
  Germany and England are endeavoring to diseredlt The Hague tribunal.
 -s- Honolulu, U. 8. A, will soon be tied to the mainland by cable
  High life in saxony is almost as nasty as high life at Newport.
  When will there be a Christmas devoid of whisky and pistols?
  Wireless telegraphy means poleless streets. The thermometer WAS kind to Santa Claus.
 --4as-- Mareoni was the worlds greatest Santa Claus. St. Nicholas filled the mail bags at any rate. The bundle business will fall off today.
 ----- -s----- Winter has been astronomieally begun.