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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-21
PERSONAL TO MIR. MORGAN.

From the New York Sun.
 Senator Morgan of Alabama will be 79 years old next June. Probably no states man ever exceeded his word-power at that advanced age. We really believe him capable of talking thirteen hours at stretch without exhausting his ideas or his vocabulary, and without serious injury to his remarkable diaphragm.
 But that MT. Morgan can talk thirteen days continuously, without falling a vie- tim to over exerton, Is beyond the limits of reasonable expectation. Any attempt on his part to defeat the Panama canal in that way is doomed to failure. He will be sacrificing himself in vain
 The tail end of long and generally creditable public career ought not to be a mules tall.
 In the most friendly spirit, and with a single view to his own physical welfare. we accordingly urge the ancient senator to submit to the inevitable and save his remaining strength for the manipulation of the golden or silver spade that is to mark the beginning of work by the United States government on it's interoceanic canal.
 If our vote can award 1t, that honor shall be Senator Morgans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-21
From the Baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore Sun.
 @HE Presidents daughter is enjoy ko ing the delights of the Mardi Gras
 celebration at New Orleans. She has received a most cordial and gracious welcome in the Crescent City of the south. That was to be expected. Only those who are absurbly ignorant of the characteris- tics of the southern people could have imagined that her reception would be other than 1t has been. New Orleans society Is famous for it's elegance and refinement. It Is not as gaudy and osten- tatious as the society of some other cities, but it is essentially well-bred, and we'll bred people are never happier than when they are contributing to the enjoyment of their guests Perhaps a little story may be relevant in connection with Miss Roosevelt's visit to New Orleans and some of the grotesque rumors which have been circulated in regard to 1t. In a cer- tain state, the name of which is not i'm portant, two men who wore the cloth en- gagged in discussion of doctrinal ques- tions. One of them, in the course of the controversy. became excited and gave his reverend brother a vigorous tongue-lash- ing. You are not orthodox he ex- claimed; you are grossly, wickediy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-21
President EIIot,s Argument.

"As President Eliots statement In ms annual report with regard to the failure of college classes to reproduce them selves is arousing much comment ana discussion, 1t Is just as well to point out that the statistics he quotes are utterly irrelevant" remarked a New York man.
 "Eliots argument is that the increased requirements of the professional scnools are raising the age at which college man can marry and settle down to point dangerous for society, and he sup ports his argument by the domestic stals- tics of the classes from 1872 to lSn, h- elusive He seems to have overlooked the fact that none of the classes was touched in the least by any of the changes wnlcn he has in mind, whether increased re- ouirements for admission to Harvard col lege or length of study in the professional schools. They could all obtain their law and divinity degrees in two years ana their medical degrees in three; that IS 10 say, they were in the conditions as re- gards time which President Eliot is now striving to work back to.
 For purposes of comparison of the col lege's effect on population, the SIX ciasses are no more representative of present conditions than the classes that proceed ed President Eliot's administration; less so than classes that are wholly extinct The comparison should be between them and those classes which have been sub iected to the newer educational burdens, a comparison that will be impossible TOT many years to come"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-21

the legitimate advancement Of the negro schools and morality.
 8. To gain a circulation among the white people. that the race may be brought in closer contact and communion to their better mutual understanding.
 f. To encourage active Christianity among the race, which includes respect for the church and civil authority.
 5. To advocate a code of discipline and training for children. dealing with the subject of home life and parental cu- thority.
 6. To suggest and foster more healthy and clean amusement for tie race, es- pecially in the way of singing societies and bands, to develope the natural mu- scal qualities inherent in tho race.
 '. To lend every possible aid and en- couragement to our coiored preachers and teachers, and to solicit the continued aid of our noble northern philanthropists who have done so much for the negro through mission schools and colleges.
 This platform is further evidence that clear-headed leaders of the negro race begin to see that their opportu- mites for advancement do not lie through the ballot box, or in politics, or in antagonism to the white race. When the leaders recognize that the progress of their race must be along lines well trodden by other races, namely, patient toll and constant en- deavor, no matter how humble, they will get onto solid ground, and the race question will begin to settle itself. The recognition of the fact that this is a white mans country, practi- cally speaking, and that the whites cannot be conquered, but may be con- | ciliated and even cajoled, will aid the negroes in their efforts to succeed up to their capacity and possibilities. If this is what the Norfolk News has in mind, it is offering it's readers good advice, and it may secure the circulation it asks for.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-21
Misrule in Macedonia.

Outrage and misery, the results of Turkish misrule have filled Macedonia with discomfort, and the entire prov ince is ready for a revolutionary out break. The powers are endeavoring to postpone an outbreak by inducing the Sultan to make this or that prom ise of reform, but it is plain that revolution is inevitable at some near at-hand time, and all concerned may say tho present is as good a time for such a movement as any time that can be named in the future.
 Macedonia chiefly consists of Bull garians. Fully fve-sixths of the Mac edonians are Bulgarians, and they be- long to the Greek church, the church of Russia. The other one-sixth Is made up of Servians, Turks, Greeks, Wallachs and Jews. All desire to get out of the Sultans hands, except, of course, the few Turks, but in a coun- try consisting of diverse nationalities, entertaining diverse religious views, there are naturally differences as to what should succeed Ottoman rule. The Greeks in Macedonia look for help towards Athens; the Servians towards Belgrade, and the Bulgarians towards Sofia. Public sentiment Is very much divided, although all excep. the Turks desire escape from Turkish rule.
 But the question of freedom will be decided, not by the Macedonians, but by the powers of Europe, and here again there are conflicting views and interests. What Russia wants Eng land does not want; what Germany approyes of France will be sure to find flaws in; what Austria covets Italy may also desire. The greater probability seems to be that Russia will soon or later come to the aid of the Bulgarians in Macedonia, and when she does do so in earnest the Mussulman will have to take himself
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-21
THE WAY TO HEAVEN.
Gilbert Holland.

By Josiah Gilbert Holland Heaven Is not gained by a single bound: But we build the ladder by which we
 rise
 From the lowly earth to the vaulted
 skies. And mount to it's summit round bv round I count this thing to be grandly true. That a noble deed is a step toward
 God
 Lifting the soul from the common sod To purer air and broader view. We rise by things that are meath our By what we have mastered of good and
 gain,
 By the pride deposed and the passion
 slain, And the vanquished ills that we hourly
 meet. We hope. we resolve, we aspire, we pray, And think that we mount the air on
 wings
 Beyond the recall of sensual things While our feet still cling to the heavy
 clay. Wings for the angels. but feet for the We may borrow the wings to find the We ni'y hope nd resolve and aspire
 ani pray. But oar feet must rise, or we fall again. Only I1 drea ms is I ladder thrown Froia the vrfary earth to the sapphire
 walls.
 But the dreams depart, and the vision
 fats And the sleeper wakes on his pillow of
 stone Heaven ia not gath sd at a single bound; But we build tho ladder by which we
 rise
 Frorn the 1w'y earth to the vauted
 sixies And IT 9uat to s su nmit round by round
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-21
IN HOTEL LOBBIES,
eerman In the HIah school.


 T am much gratihed at the lhcreaseu interest which high school pupils take III the study of German" said Gustav Car man, the German teacher.
 Last year only sixteen or seVeh'ee" pupils took German. This year there are about sixty-fve in my department AZ practically all the Germans in ihls eoun- try now speak English, there IS nor the same demand fer clecks wEo speak Ger man as there was thirty or forty years ago, when the case was different. buc for literary purposes German is ih nor vogue than ever. Americans cannot kho" the English language thoroughly unless they have knowledge of the German The Teutonic literature is rich ana sin- eularly interesting. Young people "itn linguistic inclinatiors learn German quite readily. Americans, however oo not find German anything like so easy to master as Germans find English. My brother John and I spoke English as hu- ently as we do today after we had been In this country only three months.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-21
Advance in Cotton Prices.

Cotton has been handsomely ad- yanced in price since November Il, when it was selling at about 719 cents. It is now worth about 91R cents, and one cent of the advance has come in the last fifteen days. How much of this increase in value is due to manipulation and speculation and how much to the facts of the situa- tion it is difficult to determine.
 The receipts have been lessened by the cold wave, but the belief is growing that the final out-turn will be less than eleven million bales, and there may not be enough cotton to keep all the mills in operation. At any rate Liverpool has been buying freely and spot cotton is in demand The possibility of 10-cent cotton stares all the mills squarely in the face. One firm thus explains the situation:
 LlFSIpOOl StOChS dlS uScOluiu6 HUI V valuable because of being more strongly held, and the English and Continental spinner is forced into American markets, where the spot holder is becoming more exacting as to his expectations and requirements. We therefore see almost daily ad- vances at the interior points in the south where supplies are becoming attenuated. Naturally, as the owner parts with a little cotton he is able to hold the balance that much more strongly, and for higher prices, and so it goes from day to day. It is the southern markets that are forcing New York to continually lift its price for the raw material"
 It is very plain that the basic strength of the market is due to free buying by spinners, who have at length lost all faith in the predictions of a twelve-m -million-bale crop. The out-turn will be less than eleven mil lion bales, with some indications of dropping even a little below last yeat 5 crop.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-21
GOOD REASONS WHY SOME
 COLLEGE GIRLS DON'T WE'D

Nor is it true that education deprives of charm the woman to whom rature has given charm. On the contrary, education enhances,a a woman's attractivehess in the eyes of men of the right kind.
 No doubt many men are afraid of the college-trained girl. They fear her be- cause they are conscious of their own inferlority. They want their wife to look up to and ignorantly admire them for possess Such men would not be happy with nor give happiness to an educated wife
 Fortunate the woman who is equipped by college course to be independent to be in a position to refuse marriage unless her heart alone prompts her to wed.
 Any one who harbors the notion that college girls are less attractive than their sisters who don't go to college will rid himself of his error by visit to Bryn Mawr, Vassar, or any of the great fe- male educational institutions which bless the United States. There he will See beauty in plenty, joined to intelligence and serious purpose-blooming young women with brains as well as hearts the kind of American girl' that every American who knows what is good for America and the world has most reason to be proud of.
 The college girl who stays single does so because she wants to, and for cause. It is the quality of the men that is at fault.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-21
WARM WELCOME TO
 PRESIDENTS DAUGHTER

wrong, your heterodoxy will land you in an evil place. You are unregenerate and incorrigible. But" he added, as If to atone for his strong words and his breach of good manners, ''I will admit that I never saw a clergyman of your faith who was not gentleman" To which the other party to the controversy suavely replied: Well, If we can't be Christians 1t Is something, at least, to be gentlemen From the Boston and Philadelphia point of view the Southern people may as re- gard their political faith, be heterodox Orthodoxy and heterodoxy in politics are purely matters of opinion. But while the southern people cannot be Bostonians and Philadelphians, and probably have no desire to share the political views of their northern brethren, they act on the theory that if all of us cannot be of one party, at any rate we can try to be gen. tlemen. Miss Roosevelt is a visitor In a city where the old-fashioned ideas of chivalrous courtesy and deference to the gentle sex have never become obsolete The south may not be as "advanced
 politically as the north, but it has nothing to learn from any quarter about what constitutes good manners and the refine ments of social intercourse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-21
MontevalIo's industrial school.

The institution devoted to the in dustrial training and education of Alabama girls has many pressing needs. It is tpe only school in the state that offers girls industrial train ing, and the demands upon it are very great. Its wants are correspond ingly great. The state deals gener- ously with it, but the state has other institutions to look after, and state aid cannot be induced to meet all re- quirements.
 In order to meet some of these pressing needs, the board of trustees, headed by Governor Jelks, has ac- cepted two propositions made in No vember last by the general education board One was to give $1,0O0 for scholarships if a similar amount could be raised by voluntary contributions in this state for the same purpose. The other proposition was to give ls4,000 for industrial equipments very great need just now-if the peo- pie of the state would make a Yolun- tary contribution of the same amount to be used toward the erection of hospital at this school The board of trustees accepted both of these gen. erous offers, and promised to raise the funds necessary to meet them.
 The trustees will now make an ef- fort to secure from the people of this state donations that will in turn se- cure from northen sources a like sum, and it is to be hoped they will sue eeod. The school needs above all else a hospital, for at present if a conta gious disease appear among the worthy girls in the school, it must be closed altogether, for there is no place in which such patients can be isolated in the institution. Dr. Peterson will endeavor to raise the sums mentioned this spring, for the propositions ex, pire by their own terms on the first of May.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-21
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

Jasper Mountain Eagle: Florence is overrun with blind tigers" It is now a prohibition town, but a dispensary bill is before the legislature which will leave 1t optional with the people of Florence whether they adopt it or not.
 Anniston Star: The Eulaton Foundry company has filed papers of incorpora- ton, the organization having been -com- pleted. The capital stock of the com pany is placed at $10,O0O and it will pur- sue the business of stove manufacturing
 
 Talladega Mountain Home: Talladega has freak case of appendicitis that will rank with the best of them. For long time w. 2. Jackson had suffered, and some days ago his appendix was removed and as the result it was discovered that a pin was lodged in it. The cause be- ing removed, MT. Jackson's friends hope to see him sound and we'll again.
 
 A carload of Egyptian cotton seed pass ed through Selma today en route to the City of Mexico where the seed will be used experimentally by the Mexican gov ernment. There were 42O0O pounds of seed in the car and the whole shipment was valued at s15o0Oo including the pay ment of tariff The shipment came from Cairo, Egypt by way of New York.
 Montgomery Advertiser: A movement was begun yesterday to secure the loca- ton at some point in Alabama of a great teachers college to be erected in the south by the board of trustees of the Peabody fund The Peabody board or trustees has already determined to con struct this college it is said, at a cost of s20Oo,000, and committee has been named by the board of trustees to confer with cities which desire to secure it.
 
 The general committee of the battie- ship Alabama silver service presen.a ton has been called by Gen. J. W. "hi'- ing, general chairman, to meet this even ing in the Commercial club for full re- ports. The battleship Alabama ana con sort. Isla-De-Luzon, have arrived OH Fort Morgan The latter is expected up to the city early tomorrow morning. Fres- ident Harry Hartwell and secretary Paul Wilson of the Carnival association' left for Montgomery this afternoon 10 urge the legislature to come to Mopile for the carnival.
 Mobile Herald: The Mobile branch of the American Anti-Saloon league was or sanized last night at the St. Francis
 eptist church. The meeting was addressed b., the Rev. Dr. Russell of Birmingham. Ala, superintendent of the league. He stated that the object of the league was to unite the efforts of all tenn perance workers. He answered the argu- ments usually put forth by the advo- cates of the license system and by the opponents of the anti-saloon movement. He asserted that the whisky traffic in- variably brought those engaged In it to want and disgrace and prophesied that 1t would lead to the overthrow of any gov ernment which licensed and recognized
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-21
Neuro Advancement.

The Age-Herald has received a copy of the Norfolk News, paper pub lished by negroes for negroes, and in it appears an editorial full of good sense, applicable to this period of the racial problem. He presents this platform:
 l. To advocate good will and kindly feeling between the races and sections
 2 To promote by every possible means
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-21
from the New York American.

 NN oLLEGE girls do marry, of " course. but not in such propor- - tion to their numbers as to calm the fears of President Roosevelt and oth- CT profound publicists who see the dread spectre of Trace suicide" blocking the na- tional pathway right ahead.
 The four years that a girl spends in college-from the time she is II until she from the society of young men. These years embrace the most impressionable period of her life When she graduates she has matured in mind and acquired a standard of judgment and taste that rules out the commonplace youth with noth- ing in his head and little in his pocket. She is not in nearly so great danger of marrying a fool as is the girl who has not had her training of brain and char acter.
 And the college girl has been fitted to make her own living. She is relieved of the dire temptation to marry for sup port.
 In brief, the college girl Is a superior woman, and unless she is so Fortunate as to meet and love a superior man she prefers to remain single.
 It is absurd to say that education un- fits a woman for wifehood and mother hood. The more a woman knows, and the better disciplined she is the better for herself, her husband and her chil- dren.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-21
Can't Send U. s. Money Away.

Vienna, February 19.-The Polish lead CT Dacsynski. has complained In the Reichrath of the action of the United States postoffice authorities in not is- suing money orders in Austrian currency He said that this was a serious matter. Many thousand Polish laborers in the United States, who were unable to un- derstand the postoffice regulations were compelled to apply to bankers for drafts at great expense. Herr Dacsynski asked the minister of finance to endeavor to persuade the American authorities to change the present system.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-21
speIlinu of Candidates Name.

'I think it would be safe to wager that not one reader of The Age-Herald In ten can spell correctly the name of Ghiet Aus tins opponent" remarked young law yer. "It is one of the most familiar names in Birmingham and it appears in print as often as any other. The newspapers do not always get 1t right and yet It Is an easy name to spell. The way 1t appears in the Age-H -Herald's standing announce ments is correct, of course, but the aver age person is so careless about spelling proper names that many who look at It will transpose two of the letters in writ ing it"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-21
Fuel and Iron Company Guilty.

Pueblo, Col, February 20.-After an in- vestigation extending over several days and during which numerous witnesses were examined, the jury empaneled to investigate the death of the four men who were fatally burned at the steel works last week, has just returned yer dict charging gross negligence against the Colorado Fuel and Iron company The verdict states that the men came to their death by the overturning of a ladle filled with molten iron, due to the defective design of the ladle which was not stable; that the defect in said ladle was known to the Colorado Fuel and Iron company before the accident. The verdict caused a sensation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-21
Banda Rossa.

birmingham music lovers enjoyed Creatore's band concerts few weeks ago, but by far the finest brass and reed organization that I have ever heard on the concert stage is the Banda Rossa which comes here next week said a prominent musician. Tt is simply ideal. Creatore had a strong band, but he em- ploved no oboes and therefore certain color effects were missing. The Banda Rossa has oboes and bassoons as well as all the other wood winds. Sorrenteno, the conductor, Is musician of the first rank. His band is in Baltimore this week and juding from the enthusiastic newspaper criticisms. that city is more than delighted with the concerts"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-21
chinaman Contributes LiberalIy.

Jackson. Miss. February 2O.-Bishop Charles B. Galloway. of the Methodist church, has received a lette; from Dr. David l.. Anderson, who is in charge of Methodist mission work at Soo Chow university, China, stating that the gov ernor of the province of Soo Chow had donated twenty thousand dollars to the university. Bishop Galloway declares that this will have a very important bearing on mission work in China, as the governor of Soo Chow Is a near rela- tive of Prince Chuan. and would not have made the donation without con- sulting the imperial government.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-02-21

books. Usually they related to one pre- cinct and sometimes merely to a part of a precinct. Such a law required the same amount of time needed for the passage of a general bill, and about all they ac- complished was to cause trouble in the community affected. It Is probable that the present fence law districts will re- main unchanged That much is decided comfort when it is recalled how bitter some of the contests over their establish ment have been and how difficult it was to reconcile those who had no property to such a measure. If 1t should become necessary to make those fights over 1t would be a legislative pity.