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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23

his bill outside of the teachers of the state.
 MT. Thompson's bill provides in the first place for the organization of a text book commission, composed of the state board of examiners, the su- perintendent of education being presi- dent of it ex-officio. All these off cials are fresh from the ranks of the teachers. Teaching is their profes- sion, their pride.
 This commission is to be aided and advised by a sub-commission of five selected by the governor of the state from the teachers, or city and county superintendents, not more than one of whom is to be taken from any one congressional district. The bill as- signs to the sub-commission the duty of examining and reporting upon the merits of books irrespective of their prices, taking into consideration the subject-matter of the books, their printing, material, mechanical quail ties, and general suitability. The chief commission is to give due considera- tion to the report and recommends tions of the sub-commission
 The responsibility would rest, under the bill, however, with the chief com mission, and it is difficult to see how any one can reasonably object to text book board made up of the off cers who conduct the examinations for teachers. It is difficult to see how politics can be any better shut out, or commercialism of other sorts, for that matter. If the state board of exam iners is not competent, then indeed it is not competent to select the teach CTS of the state. Those who desire to manipulate books themselves will not be satisfied with any board that can be named, but those who have finger in the pie will be apt to say that MT. Thompson's bill provides for boards of selection that are alike capable and above suspicion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23
Looking at Gambling Devices.

'No show window m Birmingham ever attracted more attention, perhaps, than those in the city hall store where Chief Austin Is displaying the roulette wheels and other gaming devices which he had seized in his raids said an old citizen last night. Hundreds or peopfe stopped today to look ar these tools of Satan, as many persons regard them. Those thar happened to touch elbows with had never been in a gambling house. and they gazed in the windows with curious interest. I saw three preachers looking, and if they be imaginative orators they will doubtless utilize the object lessons in their sermons some day.
 Nearly every man win read a poker story in a newspaper and nearly every man who denounces gambling has a turk irg desire to look in at gambling games But Chief Austin's show window gives the majority of the people the only sight they will ever have. perSaps, of higa sport"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23
HE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Walk aside with me; have studied eight or nine wise words.
 Much Ado About Nothing.
BubonIc Plaque in Chinatown.

The health authorities of nineteen states are sitting in Washington with a view to fighting back bubonic plague, whether it come from Mexico or San Francisco. It appears that ninety-three cases have occurred in San Francisco since March, 1900- eighty-seven in Chinatown, and six outside of that district. Of twenty. two dead rats found in Chinatown, eleven were infected with the disease.
 The presence of the plague in San Francisco is established beyond doubt through investigations by city, state and federal officials, and the confer ence adopted a resolution calling upon all interests, commercial professional and governmental, to cooperate in suppressing it. The conference went on to assert in a resolution that "tho habitual publication of the actual facts relative to infectious disease and pre- ventive procedures is the surest route to popular confidence, and is one of the means best adapted to minimize the injury liable to result from the presence of such diseases"
 The conference considered proven the existence of a definite indus of infection in Chinatown, and it de- clared confidence in the situation can not be restored until competent city board of health and a competent state board of health are at hand to CO operate with the United States public service under definite, harmonious and effective laws and ordinances. Both the city of San Francisco and the state of California stand condemned by the conference at Washington and by pub lie sentiment, and this is due in part to want of publicity and in part to the wretched politics characteristic of both city and state at the Golden Gate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23

in Birmingham since Tuesday. will re- turn home today. J. E. Blackwood of Gedsden Is at the Metropolitan. John B. Vaughn of Pikeville, Tenn, is at the Metropolitan.
  D. Y Henry of Knoxville Is at the Metropolitan. William A. Davis of Anniston is at the Morris. Morris Ausell of London, England. is registered at the Morris. D. T. Goodwin of Anniston is at the Morris. A. A. Peeler of Lowell. Mass, is regis tered at the Morris. S. T. Rushton of Montgomery is at the Morris. W. B. Reynolds of MontevaiIo is at the Hillman. R. L. Little of Jasper is registered at the Hillman.
  J. E. Constable of Washington is at the Hillman.
 William M. Crane of New York is at the Hillman. William G. Ramsay of Chicago is at the Hillman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23
prom the New York sun.


 1HE REV. DIR. SAVAGE spoke at lOD the Unitarian club of Boston last
 week In answer to the question, Why unitarianism Does Not Sweep the Country his text being a remark by the venerable Rev. Edward Everett Hale at that club recently to the effect that he could not understand why so simple and democratic religion as Unitarianism had not swept the country long ago.
 So far as concerns New York, more particularly, Dr. Savage said that Uni tarianism had rather been swept aside . than swept ahead that here the old the ology still has tremendous sway and that eight-tenths of the people have no sym pathy with Unitarianism and no sort of idea what 1t means. but inherit their re- ligion and take 1t on tradition. They are afraid to change their religious beliefs, explained Dr. Savage, to question them or to think about them in any critical spirit. but treat conformity as a sort of obligation of good breeding
 There is an element of truth in this. ''No gentleman" said John Van Buren, lever changes his religion or his poli- tics;" and undoubtedly there is very much of that spirit in New York at the present time Religious and political partisanship is largely an inheritance. But 1t is not true as Dr. Savage said at Boston, that there is no thought on the subject of re- is narrowly limited. Open rebellion may be limited here but the yeast of religious inquiry which is working throughout civilization Is working in New York as actively as elsewhere Men here are slow to change their religion, at least to ex- change religious belief for avowed and aggressive infidelity. Tn our society of fashion and among men of the world generally, Dr. Savage said not untruly, If husbands have any religion they have it, as some people do their property, in their wifes name;" and, unquestionabiy. they put it Into a safe place when they leave it to the custodianship of feminine religious sentiment. But the recent cen- sus of church attendance in New York and in London demonstrated that propor- tionately to the whole it consists of men much more largely here thai, in the Eng fish capital In some of our churches there are as many men as women at the Sunday services.
 Is this church attendance, in great part, merely a concession to convention? Who shall analyze the motives of the people making up the congregations? They themselves may be unable to analyze them; to separate genuine religious faith
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23
TO ONE IN PARADISE.

By Edgar Allen Poe Thou vast all that to me, love,
 For which my soul did pine; A green isle in the sea, love,
 A fountain and a shrine, All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers And all the flowers were mine. An. dream too bright to last!
 Ahl starry Hope, that didst arise But to be overcast!
 A voice from out the future cries, "On. on!'-but OCT the past
 (Dim gulf. my spirit lowering lies Mute, motionless, aghast! For, alas, alas, with me
 No moreno moreno more
 The light of Life is OCT! (Such language holds the solemn sea
 To the sands upon the shore) Shall bloom the thunder-blasted tree,
 Or the stricken eagle soar And all my days are frances,
 And all my nightly dreams Are where thy gray eye glances,
 And where thy footstep gleams-- In what ethereal dances.
 By what eternal streamsi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23
MIssIssIPPps NEW BISHOP.
Sketch of pr. Lloyd, Who Succeeds the
 Late Bishop Thompson.


 Richmond. January 22.-The Rev. Dr. Arthur S. Lloyd who was elected bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Mississippi January 20 was born in 1857 In Alexandria, Va, the son of John Lloyd, an old resident of the state and prominent business man in the town.
 Young Lloyd was raised in Christ church, of which the family were life time members His early education was received at Blackmans school in Alex andria, from which institution he went to Blacksburg, where he entered what was then known as the Virginia Agricul- turaI and Mechanical institute, but which more recently has borne the name of the Virginia Polytechnic institute. MT. Lloyd was the first graduate of the institute the first to receive a full diploma. Upon his graduation he entered the University of Virginia, where he remained in resi- dence two years.
 In the fall of 1877 Mr. Lloyd became student at the Episcopal Theological sem mary in Alexandria. After nearly three years he was graduated in 1880. and few months later he was ordained deacon. In 1881 he took priests orders. the cere- mony, as in the case or the ordination. being performed by the late Bishop Fran cis M. Whittle.
 Five days after he was made deacon MT. Lloyd was married to Miss Lizzie Blackford, a daughter of Col. William Blackford of Abingdon. She was a most charming young lady, a niece of Capt. Charles Blackford, leading attorney of Lynchburg, and of L. M. Blackfordb principal of the Episcopal high school. i. T to- Farmville, where he assumed charge of the Johns Memorial church. After spending five years at this field he was called to St. Lulkes, Norfolk, to succeed the Rev Dr. Newton, who came to Monu- mental from this city, and who was aft erward made bishop. MT. Lloyd remained at the Norfolk church until about three years ago he was elected general secre- tary of the board of managers for for, eign and domestic missions of the Epis- copal church in the United States This position he now fills, to the great satls- faction of the entire church. For, some time past his headquarters have been at this church mission house In New York
 The work of Dr. Lloyd-the degree of DID. was conferred upon him some years ago by Washington and Lee university has been most successful He is a great favorite with men, is fine organizer and good preacher. Under his ministry St. Luke's church grew into the largest in the state and erected building which is one of the handsoniest Tn the south. What is said to be the largest single collection ever known in Virginia was taken one Easter at St. Luke's by Dr. Lloyd. Over $52OOO was subscribed for the new church building. which cost in the neighborhood of $100,O0O Before Dr. Lloyd left the building was entirely paid for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23
THE SOUTH EXTENDS A HELPING
 HAND.
From the Baltimore Sun,

From the Baltimore Sun.
 Citizens of Birmingham. Ala, have given fifty carloads of coal for dstribu- tion among the poor of New York and Chicago The blizzard is rare visitor in the land of Dixie, while the ''cold wave of the sunny south would be regarded as merely bracing weather in northern lati- tudes. While southerners seldom suffer from arctic blasts, they have no lack of sympathy for those who rve in more rigorous climate and endure privations which are practically unknown below Mason and Dixons line. The scarcity of fuel which has caused great incon- venience and suffering in the north, has been felt to a very slight degree in the south, and only in the cities of that sec ton. In the country districts wood is al- most the sole article of fuel. An open fireplace piled high with oak and pine, with an abundance of 'lightwood knots" to start a flame when the fire is low, is cheerful spectacle and a revelation to the town-bred man, whose heating apparatus, while conducive to comfort, is very mat ter of fact and unaesthetic. In southern cities the open grate is the rule, and there is no lack of fuel, even if the price of soft coal has increased '1n sympathy with the advance In the north.D On the whole, the south, with it's mild climate and it's abundant fuel supply, can get along very comfortably despite "coal famines" in other parts of the country. Still, the good people of Dixie sympathizes deeply with the suffering poor in the north, and the action of citizens of Birmingham in send- ing coal for the relief of distress among the destitute indicates that their sympa- thy is of a very practical nature. This Is as it should be. On several occasions in the past when disaster has overtaken the south our northern friends have extended prompt and generous assistance. It Is well that the south should respond in kind in northern cities. It shows that there is an identity of interest among the people of all parts of the country; that phian- throphy and charity know no sectional lines, and that suffering makes the whole world kin It may be added that if tfe advantages of the south were fully under stood there are many industrious per- sons who eke out a scanty existence in the north who would make homes for themselves In the southern states, where where climatic conditions are so favor able that one may dispense with fires for a large part of the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23
WILLIAM DORSEY JELkS.
n the Uniontown Herald.

From the Uniontown Herald.
 The newspapers should be proud of the governor. He belongs to them and owes them his success in life. In his chosen career he was successful and that career shows that a man successful in one de- partment can succeed in another, If he but bring into the after career the quail ties that won him success in the former. Throughout the message rings the tone of the man of affairs the man who knows what ought to be done, the man of clear views and decided purpose. And with 1t all he is modest. not trusting his own personality upon the people. The reins of government rest so easily upon that we scarcely realize. there is a governor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23
u. S. FIELD TRIALS.
Four Dogs Do Excellent Work and
 Will Go In Second Series.

Memphis. January PA special to the Commercial-Appeal from Grand Junction, Tenn, says:
 The United States association field trials were continued here tocay, the all-age stake being the feature. Four dogs of the nine braces have done excellent work, and they will probably go into the second series. The birds were plentiful today and the weather was ideal. The attendance continues large.
 Todays braces were run as follows: Count Oakley with Tony Mann.
 Annie B with Charity.
 Prince Rodney with Sports Lady.
 Harwick's Nellie with Clipper w.
 Okan with Sports Count Danstone.
 Sister Babe with Pitt Sing.
 Count Whitstone with Bob Acres.
 Paul Rapp with Percivai Jingo
 The work of Annie B. by H. B. Brown and Charity, owned by P. Lorillard, was exceptionally fine and exciting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Consistency is the one jewel that nc woman ever wanted her husband to buy for her.
 Wives rule the husbands, children ruls the wives. and the cook rules the whole bunch of them.
 A woman has as much respect for a doctors prescription pad as a man has for a millionaire's check book.
 It's mighty hard for a man to under stand how woman who fools around SC recklessly in a sleeping car can be so terribly careful about pulling down her bedroom curtains overlooking her own back yard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23
JEFEERsoNs sAWYERs.
From the Roanoke Leader.

From the Roanoke Leader. 9r
 From reading The Age-Herald we con clude that the prisoners in the Birming- ham jail have a greater knack for saving than any set of sawyers we ever saw saw. Last week a scene of saving was seen. Sorter seems some sucker saw they sought saw and surrepticiously slipped a saw to them. Then ensued a seance in which the jail birds and the guards en- gagged in a game of see-saw But there was more of the 'see'' than of the saw" The seers saw the saws and the sawyers saw they were sawed. So they are now saving wood and saying nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23
DEADLOCK MAY SOON BREAK.
Watson Forges Ahead of Overman In
 North Carolina Race.

Raleigh. N. C., January 22.-In the dem- ocratic senatorial caucus tonight Cyrus B. Watson came within seven votes of the nomination. On the last ballot Watson forged ahead of Lee s. Overman, who has been the leader hitherto.
 The last ballot resulted: Watson, 62; Overman, 55; Craig. 19. Alexander was dropped. The Overman and Craig sup> porters then joined issues and forced an adjournment of the caucus until tomorrow night There was much excitement and confusion during tonight's balloting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23
IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
vIralnians as Bishops.

Virginia. used to be styled the mother of Presidents and now it may well be styled the mother of Protestant Episco- pal bishops" said a churchman yestef- day. "of the eighty-odd bishops in the United States, I believe that fully one fifth of them were born in the old Domh- ion. It is a coincidence that the bishops of three states in a row-Georgia, Ala bama and Mississippi-are Virglnians' pr. Lloyd, just elected to the episcopal office in Mississippi, being a native of Alex andria.
 The Episcopal church has been par ticularly strong ln Virginia ever since colonial days. and nearly all of the clergy born and ordained in the old state are fit candidates for the puffed sleeves. Bishops from Virginia have been as rule, either able executives or aple preachers, and many have been both'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23
GEORGIA IMMIGRANTS.

Washington Correspondence of the New
 York World.
 When a Georgian leaves his state to move to another" declared Representa- tive Lon" Livingston, The just packs up his wagon, loads in his wife and chill dren, calls the dogs, and starts. He keeps a-goin' until he finds desirable place. But he won't ever unpack that wagon until he finds place with coun- ty office vacant When he finds such a place the Georgian unpacks the wagon, settles down, and runs for that office."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23
Short on Mail Sacks.

Washington, January p. = The postal twice is confronted with a stringency in the supply of mail sacks and pouches and has called on all postmas sters to for ward immediately all available sacks and pouches. It is estimated that there are 200 mail sacks and many thousands more of pouches and locks lying idle in post offices throughout the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23
SeIectinu State Text Books.

The cote7'e of teachers and county superintendents who aset buster than bees just now in opposing cheaper text books will be disarmed to some extent by the bill introduced by Rep resentative J. F. Thompson of Bibb, for he places the selection of text books entirely in the hands of teach CTS. Not step is to be taken under
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23
ALABAMA AT ST. LOUIS.

From the Gadsdeu Times News.
 It would be foolish for the legislature of this great state to refuse an appro- priation for an exhibit at St. Louis. There never was a time when we had so many prosperous communities as are in Ala bama now. The good times are confined to no particular section. We should ad- vertise our great resources while we are abIe to do if
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23
About Persons.

Frank s. Moody of Tuscaloosa is at the Metropolitan. G. T. Wallis of Montgomery is registered at the Metropolitan.
  Claud Seals of Sheffield. who has been
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23
To Create Naval Reserve.

Washington. January 22.-Senator Perk- ins today introduced bills providing for the creation of naval reserve and a naval militia. The militia bill provides that the naval militia shall be part of the regular militia of each state and leaves the determination of the propor- tion to the authorities of each state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23
Ledyard,s Widow to Get Pension.

Washington, January 22--(Special;- Representative Wiley has secured a pen sion of twenty dollars per month for the widow and family of John Ledyard of Montgomery. late member of the Fifth Immune regiment. The soldier was a grand son of the late Chief Justice Stone of the Alabama Supreme court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23
nnovener

John w. Gates proposes to tell what he knows about railroading. If he should undertake to tell what he does not know, he would need at least a full week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23

The students of Chicago University are said to be unusually frowsy this year. Some say Professor Triggs is responsible for this condition, while some attribute it to the segregation movement.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23

MT. Walcott has unseating on the brain. He not only wants to unseat the democratic members of the legis- lature, but MT. Teller as well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23
BOOK TRUST HoLp.UP.

From the Jasper Mountain Eagle.
 It remains to be seen whether the pres- ent legislature will attempt to do any, thing to prevent the annual hold up and robbery of the parents of Alabama of s25O,000 by the school book trust.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23

Secretary Hay has constructively extended President Roosevelts term to six years, but Secretary Hay may not have forseen correctly the re- turns
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23

Senator-elect Shoot will not cele- brate until his credentials are ground through the senatorial mill. There are some specks on them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23

Walcott and Addicks are fighting their respective ways to the senate. each way lying through muck heap of bad politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23

The Carnegie monuments in this country are becoming tediously com monplace. Too much repetition dulls anything.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23

Mems fashions in the coming spring will approach stagnation-no changes to speak of being contemplated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23

They are trimming up and trim ming down the department of com merce, and it will soon make it's de- but.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23

The opponents of Judge Parker say his name suggests nothing and stands for nothing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23

The Grown Princess of Saxony is over 40 years old, and her associate in the escapade is buH23 years old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23

Uncle Sam is now prepared to hurl a 16-inch shot twenty-one miles away at an objectionable object.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23

London surgeons welcomed Dr. Lorenz rather coldly, but London's endorsement will not be missed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23

Having provided rebate on coal congress should add one on beef.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23

Minister Bowen has experienced 126 revolutions in Venezuela, and the thing is becoming bore to him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23

A Brooklyn pie factory has achieved 8 pie seven feet long, three feet wide and four inches deep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23

The weather is becoming so balmy that few spring poets and blue birds would not be out of place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23

The ground hog is getting ready to determine the rest of the weather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23

New York's insane population Is close up to the 25,O00 mark.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-23

Uncle Sams biggest gun covers twenty-one miles.