The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-05

meetings in New York and Brooklyn, Sone of the finest church edinces n the city belong to the Episcopalians. but they are far from being well-attended at any of the services. The Bishop of Thet- ford Is ore of the vice presidents of the Church Missionary sociaty, the greatest organization of its kind in the world.
 Lieut. Robert E. Peary persists in de- claring that ne will never go on another pole-hunting expedition. He was conf- dent that he should succeed on his last trip, and expected to make a good deal of money from the sale of the work he intended to write. All the contracts with respect to publication were made before he sailed northward. publisher tells me that he hunted the highest royalty attainable as eagerly as he strove for the pole and to that end invited pro- posals from all over the country.
 
 Dr. Parkhurst is back from a long Eu- ropean trip, and some sensational ser mons are confidently expected. They vii. be welcomed for Monday morning read- ing, particularly as the coming political campaign which will open a fine field for his invective, especially with his detesta- tion, Devery. making the Manhattan air lurid with hfs rhetoric.
 That hive of industry-Wall Street-is as busy as the heart of the financier could wish for. What a picture the heart of the financial world presents. Men like Gates make a great noise but the quiet ones are the ones who do the business. Stock gamblers and manipulators afford the spectacular and they loom up h the prints but the others are the men who actually operate the great properties. Morgan, the towering captain of finance, R0nnhlRT ist. He takes up the properties. lops off the deadwood, replaces rusty parts wtt1 new materials, reconstructs, burnishes and builds up property and when that which was dead, or decrepit and stumb- ling is put on its feet the whole colin- try is benefited, Edward H. Hartman. George J. Gould, John Cleveland Osgood. William B. Leeds and other notable cab. tains of industry are laboring on the same 1ires. Around and about them busy in the details of buying and selling stoclas on the exchange are Julian Bach, James are making their way n the annals or finance.
 Tammary new "Boss'' Charles F. Murphy, has announced tnar the office of the vice regency Is in full running or-- der. The business hours as set forth are from Il a. m. to 1 p. m., daily. Sundays tSdcreuly ODSeTVSu Dy Idmmony cD1eIS1 excepted. They are nice, comfortable hours, about ore-ffth of what most of the Tammany potentates used to spend, years ago, in hard, private employment before they became chiefs of big depart ments of municipal government legisla- tors of the foremost state in the union, owners of racing stables, city mansions. country homes. fancy farms. and good sized banking accounts. Murphy serves notice upon all whom 1t may concern. that he has double leadership-that of the Wigwam, and of his own ''deestrict'' It is not believed he will be at the head Of Tammany very long; In other words. that he is holding the place for Richard Croker. who Is certain to return and re- sume command of his cohorts. Possibly and probably, the Squire of Vantage will remain in his English manor house dur ing another year. A mayor will not De elected until then, and the control of that office Is. for Tammany. the gold mine from which millions can be extract ed. To get d new lease of 1t is now mp to Croker and to the clique that ad- heres to his fortunes, the supreme ob- ject of achievement. But 1t is long, waiting game that cannot be pushed. Patience Is an. essential element of suAs cessful politics; and Croker possesses it in an eminent degree-the patience that plots and watches through years If nec- essary. until success Is at lest won.