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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08
FIeuREHEAD DIRECTORS.

From the Springfield Republican.
 Directors of corporations who do not and cannot possibly direct are those who serve nominally on more boards than they can make any attentive account of. The prince of this class of directors Is Chauncey M. Depew who is mem Der of 67 boards of directors. Of the affairs of at least 60 of these corpora lions he probably has nothing more than a general and hazy idea. Next to MT. Depew is William K. Vanderbilt with place in 53 boards of directors, followed by James Stillman of the National City bank of New York, with membership in 4e boards. On the other hand, Is John D. Rockefeller, whose name appears in only four boards, and he is accordingly director who drects-as the results show. This loading up of boards of directors in large corporations with mere fgureheads representative of particular interests cer- tainly adds nothing to the efficiency of corporate administration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08
OUR LITERARY MATERIAL
 RICHER THAN ENGLAND'S

also. Hence comes another line of de- marked success of recent years and is, I think, very far from having reached It's limit yet. The charm and romance of American history seem of late to have dawned with a new-at least with much fuller-revelation on American readers. The past of their country, the story of their own struggles and wars, the figures of the heroes of bygone days-the men their fathers followed-have come by their own in story. Henry " yields place (not before he has done a good days worl) to Washington, and if the days of the Stuarts are treated of, it Is the days of the Stuarts in Virginia. The great men of the civil war pay toll to legend and begin to be the center of romance. The work of Scott and of Thackeray Is being done-or begun-for America by her own writers. And lastly the present hour-the latest and most urgent expression of the national character-finds its voice in fic- tion. The novel of trade, of commerce, of competition and the struggle for life, the novel of the great busy city, makes its appearance written with zest and welcomed with an interest to which it would be hard to find parallel in any other country of the world. Its tragedies, its struggles, the sense of effort, of fight. of satisfaction won only by constant activity and held only at the cost oi un- resting vigilance, reflect as truly one side of the nations life as the quiet of New England village or the spacious freedom of the plains show forth and interpret others The three lines of development go on side by side, cooperating in the interpretation of the national history and characteristic life of the past and the lifa of today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08
From the London Times.

From the London Times.
 H HE Friday evening lecture at the V Royal institution last week was
 given by Prof. Karl Pearson, whose subject was Character Reading from External Signs" Referring to the delineation of character by physiognomy, phrenology, palmistry, handwriting, etc., he said that the only way of determining whether there was any truth In these methods was the dull way of statistics. To this end he had for six years been ob- talning observations on school children, and he had now some 5000 records, half being of boys and half of girls; the obser- vations on the boys were. however. the only ones that so far had been reduced.
 In connection with the problem, he thought that follk-belief also should be considered. For instance, so far as he knew the color of Judas Iscariot's hair was not recorded; yet by the old masters Judas was painted with red hair, and in directions for passion plays his represen- tative was ordered red wig. In proverbs a general prejudice against red hair was apparent, and the curly-haired person also seemed to be objectionable. Again, why was roundness of face associated with foolishness-e. g., Antony and Cleo patra, Act IT. scene 8? What about fat headed" people; and why were shrewd people called '1ong-headed?"
 The rest of the lecture consisted in the exhibition of statistical tables showing the degrees of correlation between certain mental characters and certain physical features, as indicated by the records men toned above, which were the impressions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08
THE MAY SUN SHEDS AN AMBER
 LIGHT"

By W. c. Bryant. The May sun sheds an amber light On new leaved woods and lawns be- tween; But she who, with smile more bright, Welcomed and watched the springing green,
 Is in her grave,
 Low in her grave. The fair white blossoms of the wood In groups beside the pathway stand. But one, the gentle and the good, Who cropped them with fairer hand'
 Is in her grave,
 Low in her grave. Upon the woodlands S morning airs The small birds mingled notes are hung. But she whose voice, more sweet than theirs. Once bade me listen while they sung.
 Is in her grave,
 Low in her grave. That music of the early year Brings tears of anguish to my eyes; My heart aches when the flowers appear; For then I think of her who lies
 Within her grave,
 Low in her grave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08
Misfortune of a Candidate.
m the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 While roll-eall was in progress in the house during the last session MT. Wach- ter of Maryland left the hall to further his burdensome duties as chairman of the committee on enrolled bills. This was the busy season for that chairman.
 Send for me on the second call when they reach s." said the mayoralty can ddate of the Oriole city.
 A page gave him due warning. but when he reached the main portal a by stander engaged him in a conversation.
 How many democrats are there in your state?" asked this idle man.
 None" retorted Wachter.
 "Why?"
 Because the state isn't large enough for them,' replied Wachter and the con versation continued so that when the Marylander slid through the swinging doors his name had been passed.
 That was a put up job" said Wach- ter. "It is one of the misfortunes of be- ing candidate that you must answer every question that is put to you"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08
GENERAL cHAFFEE TEsTIFIEs.

From the Washington Post.
 Notwithstanding General Chaffees de- liberate assertion that during the whole period of his stay in the Flowery King dom, he never met one intelligent China man who wanted to embrace Christ tianlty, the Rev. Dr. Gamewell-speaking the only way to treat the situation in China is by Christian education.
 Here Is a disagreement between two honest men who have had exceptional op- portunities for observation, but we be- lieve the conflict consists less in their clashing conclusions than in their differ ent points of view. General Chaffee took the conditions as he found them, realiz- ing that a nation with 40O 000, 900 of popu- lation, and with a civilization older than ours by thousands of years, must have some right to Its own customs and in- stitutions. The Rev. Dr. Gamewell, on the contrary, feels called upon to treat the situation in China" which does not com mend itself to his judgment and insists on treating 1t by Christian education. The intelligent Chinaman wishing to em- brace Christianity whom General Chat fee could not find is a mere side issue. We do not believe that Dr. Gamewell ever found one himself
 Without admitting that "the Chinese situation" is a legitimate object of for eign interference and solicitude-for, as a matter of fact. we utterly deny tive might ask Dr. Gamewell to take a survey of the domestic situation and tell us whether it justifies Christian education in relaxing its efforts and dividing it's forces, at home, to the extent that will be required to uplift China by so much as a hairs breadth. Are our slums any purer than the slums of Pekin ?Have we fewer criminals pro rata than China has? Is our code of morality more wholesome or more generally observed? Are our standards of commercial honor any loft fer? Is there no work to be done within our gates. within hearing of our church bells, that we should send hundreds ot devoted men and women to the far corners of the earth to labor among strange people who do not want them ana who bitterly resent their intrusion?
 We prefer General Chaffee's point ot view He finds nation with five times our population, with laws and insttu- tions that suit them, and with civiliza- ton six thousand years old, under which they have been happy and contented. He makes 1t his business to inquire of intel ligent Chlnamen whenever he meets them and he finds them unanimously of the opinion that their people do not want Christian education or any other form of foreign interference. That "the Chinese situation is none of our business is too logical to call for comment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

citizen of Anniston, was in Birmingham yesterday.
 W. s. Henderson of Mobile is regis tered at the Morris.
 c. H. Stevens of Boston is at the Hill man.
 NJ. A. Rukland of Fayetteville is stop ping al the Metropolitan.
 zell Gaston of Greenvllle is at the Mor- ris
 Newt Wilcoxon of Chicago Is at the IIillm1r.
 r. c. Miller of Boston Is stopping at the Morris
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08
Another Great Wheat Crop.

Reports from Kansas and Oklahoma indicate that the crops of 1903 in those states are to be even larger than the great yields of 1902. It is rather early to write down figures, but crop experts who have studied the situation in the states of Kansas and Nebraska, and in the territory of Oklahoma, do not hesitate to say that the yield of Okla homa will be 4O,OO0,OOO bushels, of Nebraska 60,000,OOO bushels, and of Yansas 10O,OOO,OOO bushels. These
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08
IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
Holy Week Services.

The more solemn part of holy week begins today. At st. Paurs church the Tenebrae will be sung by choir ot priests tonight. tomorrow night and Friday night and sermon will be delivered each night The Tenebrae consist of the noeturns In the divine office. The services tonight will begin with an antiphon. This will be followed by psalms and lamentations. After the last lamentation the boys altar choir will sing the benedictns During the services the lights on the high altar VIII be extinguished, as will also twelve or the thirteen symbolic lights in the can delabra. The candle that will continue To burn will represent Christ. It will be car ried from the sanctuary and hid behind the altar.
 On Maundy Thursday there will be only one mass o'clock. After the mass the blessed sacrament will be carried in pro- cession to the repository The process sion will be composed of chorister boys, nuns girls in white attire, acolytes, and the celebrant. The ehoristers will sing the "Pange lingua" and the girls will strew flowers in the way of the procession.
 At the Episcopal church of St. Mary's- on-the- Highlands, darkened communion service will be held tomorrow night The Knights Rose Croix of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry also observe Maundy Thursday by holding a mystic banquet and cxtnguishing the lights of the chap ter. On Good Friday the Lutheran churches, as well as the Catholic and Episcopal, hold services.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08
Prominent Men Here.

A number of prominent industrial men are in Birmingham, and their visit Is sup posed to have considerable significance in coal and iron circles.
 G. B. Bosworth, formerly general man. ager of the II. c. Prick Coal company of Pennsylvania, has been here for two or three days, and Is in the market for coke.
 Columbus Burce of New Orleans is in the district, and 1t is rumored that he represents the United States Steel corpor- aton.
 Among others that are here at present are G. R. Ramsey of Connelsville, Pa, l.. H. Yoder, A. II. Wilson and s. w. Vandersaal of Pittsburg and c. w. A. Kockelbecl1 of Cleveland.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08
MAXIMS FROM GOSPEL
 OF GETTING ON IN LIFE

denied-the pleasures that arise from the qualification of the spirit. With such maxims as his guide, no man ever knew the quiet satisfaction given by beautiful environment; no man ever enjoyed to the full the works of nature, nor was his soul ever stirred by art. If MT. Swift's ideal man be sensible to poetry there is nothing in his creed to show 1t; there Is nothing to show that he loves to look on picture or a statue, or was ever deeply moved by magic numbers and persuasive sound. And he never had the satisfaction of smoking a decent cigar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

The Cleburne County Medical society met in Edwardsville yesterday.
 
 Arthur R. Kearny is now editor and publisher of the Guntersville Democrat. Calhoun county reports seventy-fve cases of smallpox and Bibb fifty-fve cases
 The Davidson plantation at Bellview Dallas county, has been sold to Wallace D. Kimball.
 Huntsville is to have a new afternoon paner. the Huntsville Daily News, and it will be edited by Bruce Armstrong.
 
 Congressman Burnett has just reached his home at Gadsden, having been de- tained in Washington by a case of the grip.
 Progress Letter in New Decatur Adver- tiser: Call on D. B. Lester and have your corn ground into meal that tastes so good.
 II. F. Debardeleben proposes to redeem 6OO0 acres of mineral lands in the Greasy Cove district, near Gadsdens which he permitted to be sold for taxes.
 Pumpkin Ridge letter in New Decatur Advertiser: R. NJ Alexander our saw mill man, says If the people don't bring in some logs to saw he will be obliged to go a-fishing.
 Brundige News: You might as well try to convince a yearling that shavings are fodder, by putting green spectacles on him, as to try to make a success of busi- ness without advertising.
 Headland Post: M. I. Nesbitt, J. A. Douglass, R. Bowen and F. E. Farmer were among those to make the editor smile last Saturday. May they live long and continue to read the Post
 Tuskegee News: No more popular man nor purer character ever blessed Alabama by his life and labors than has Col. Thomas Williams of Wetumpka. And with great sorrow we hear of his serious ill., ness.
 Huntsville Tribune: A romantic mar riage occurred at DeArmanville, the con tracting parties being John Chandler and Miss Clark of Boiling Springs On ac- count of objections to the union 1t was necessary for Mir. Chandler to get his bride by stealth, which he did from a second story window of her home, after which In the stormy weather of Saturday night they drove to DeArmanville and were married.
 Huntsville Mercury: The drilling of the oil we'll yesterday was through hard lime stone, but a depth of fifty-flve feet was reached. The pulverized rock brought up by the pump was strongly favored Some said coal oil, others said sulphur and sev- eral said gasoline" Anyway, whatever it Is, it is not yet In payrng quantity and 1t is not expected to be before a depth of at least 1500 feet has been reached. The contract is to go to depth of 2O0o feet unless oil or gas is found In paying quan- tity at a lesser depth.
 Anniston Hot Blast D. B. Lacy of the Alabama Construction company has made another contract with the Seaboard Air Line for grading twelve miles of track from Tampa to the Coosa river. He Is moving his gang this week from across the Coosa~to new location midway be- tween Tampa and the river. MT. Lacy says that not foot of the old East and West grade will be used on this entire twelve miles on which he has the con- tract, though the old road will be crossed frequently. It is the belief of Mir. Lacy that the Seaboard intends to run its main line into the city of Anniston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08
Working for the orphanaae.

The bazaar which will be opened at St. Pauls hall next Tuesday will be a sue cessful affair, if the energetic work of scores of women counts for much. It is to be for the benefit of the orphanage at East Lake and as considerable sum is needed for making repairs and improve ments on the home, the management will be disappointed if at least S40O0 is not realized
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08
About Persons.

Capt. W. P, Lay and Louis Herzburg of Gadsden arrived in the city last night. J. H. Warden of Richmond is at the Metropolitan
 J. w. Watt of Inman is stopping at the Morris.
 E. H. McLemore of New York Is regis- tered at the Hillman.
 Dr. F. M, Peterson of Montevallo Is at the Metropolitan.
 Franklin c. Cheney. popular young
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08
Anthony Hope in Golfers Weekly.

Anthony Hope in Golfers Weekly.
 gro the sons of small island (and (0 the smaller we realize it to be the
 prouder we feel entitled to be of iD the United States of America-to leave the rest of the western continent ont of the question-seem properly de- scribed not as a country but as world a world marvelously rich In varieties or climate. of natural features, of human tvnes and of social environment. As the English writer of novels must envy the Frenchman his language, so he might pc pardoned for grudging to the American this extraordinary wealth of maternal. There have been eminent English writers who have made various parts or the countryside their own-l need instance only Richard Blaekmore and Thomas Hardy-but Great Britain offers no such salient contrasts and no such striking variations as may be found within the boundaries of the Union. From this springs the first line of development or the American novel-the novel of To- cality, of a state or of some district marked by distinctive characteristics. The function of this class of books Is to in- terpret one part of the land to the dwell- CTS in another part-to picture the west for the east, the south for the north' to make Kentucky understood of New York, to speak In the voice of California to the cities of the Atlantic seaboard The interest of such work is obvious; If a stranger may express an opinion on such A matter, It's national value must also be very great.
 And Just as present-day conditions vary so enormously in different parts of the country SO tradition and history vary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08
DEMOCRATS IN 1904,

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 The fact that the democrats in 1904 will have financial plank radically different from that of 1896 will not keep them from conspicuously and justly arralgning the republican party for rank financial heresy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
 Easy go. hard to come back.
 Girls would get lot more out of cry Ing If it did not make their eyes red and their noses snuffy.
 Some people seem to think they have to quarrel so to show how much they love each other making 1t up.
 A man would almost as soon have busi- ness relations with woman as get his arms tangled up with buzz-saw.
 When chap goes home with girl and she gets up on the second step to say good night. it's curious how nearly on level 1t always makes their faces.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08
A SHREWp MOVE.

From the Chicago News.
 It is suspected that all this clamor St. Louis is making about microbes is a shrewd move to advertise the bacillus prodgiosus as a feature of the forth coming exposition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08
St. Louis Exnosltion.

There does not seem to be much con- cern now as to whether Alabama has an exhibit of her resources or not" remark ed a business man. "The legislature did not make an appropriation and there is no movement yet in the direction of private subscription fund. Fifty thousand dollars Is the amount needed and fifty big firms or corporations might easily make up the bulk of the fund.
 If Alabama is not well represented at St. Louis next year, we will certainly be placed in a bad light before the world. We simply cannot afford to let this mat ter of an exhibit go by default"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

A billionaire showering in another country gold coins on peons is not an inspiring sight. It simply demon strates the nature of the top story of the billionaire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

Napoleons of finance are falling out in New York, and the people are ascer- taining the real inwardness of corpor- ate things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

The race problem in the abstract does not concern the negroes half so much as the pension scheme or the watermelon crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

The new minister from China has
  seven children, and he will be warm ly welcomed at the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

Grover Cleveland is very restive in the harness of an itinerary. He does not fancy tho free lecture business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

On Pennell dead all faults are laid. It is the safest way in which the mys- tery can be handled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

The location of the national theatre should go over to midsummer. It be- longs to that class of subjects.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

Kep your eye on Vincent J. Jozwia. kowski, who ran yesterday as a reform candidate for alderman in Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08
Get After the "cirI Graduated '

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 And now they have taken to proving that sweet girl graduates are slow to wed. Doesn't this call for Presidential advice also?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

The Boston laborers threaten to strike against a six-cut pie. In the pie belt only four-cut pies are popular
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

New York begins to want to know if it must adopt apple and sweet po- tato pie when Philadelphia becomes a suburb.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

President Roosevelt Is in land that has a good deal of weather to the square foot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

Adlai Stevenson wants harmony. Where is his old-time axe?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08
GOLD BRICKS.

From the Chicago Post
 If the French experts are right New Yorks Metropolitan Museum is collec- tion of gold bricks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

Tom Johnson held his own in Cleye. land in fine style, and he may down Mark Hanna yet
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

Chicken stealing should be consid- cred grand larceny, to suit present prices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

The President believes in large fam lilies, and he did not stay long at Sioux Falls.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

Senator Clarke of Arkansas bids fair to rob Senator Tillman of his pitch fork laurels.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

The absent treatment would be a good thing to apply to the stage Irish man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

President Roosevelt is doing more speaking than a spellbinder in a hot campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

Eleven-cent cotton begins to loom up in the bucKetshops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

Triplets are en regle now, or words to that effect
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

The trouble with reformers is, they are never up" on team work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

Melville E. Ingalls, has dropped a peg and instead of the presidency he will now accept a senatorshIp.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

B. R. Whitthorne Jr., and A. D. Glass are the only authorized travelling repre- sentatives of the Age-Herald in it's cir culation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

Skyscraper No. should begin tt incubate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

No communication will be published without its authors name. Rejected manuscripts will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08
THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALAsAmA

But man, proud man, drest In a little brief authority.
 Measure for Measure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-08

Washington Bureau Age-Herald' 142l 0 Street, N. w.