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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12
Uniform School Books.

The Florida legislature Is preparing to pass an uniform schoolbook bill. A schoolbook measure was fought to de- feat in the legislature of 1908, but it is believed the legislature now in session will not dare to face the people un- less they pass an uniform book bill. The pending bill resembles in many respects the bill adopted in this state.
 Alabama voters should remember that the issue will be fully alive in the next Alabama legislature, for the five year contracts will soon thereafter ex- pire. New contracts will be needed, and the subject will come up in all it's length and breadth.
 The little rural schools have now excellent text books. For some req son some of them are not adapted to the schools of low quality. For some reasons books adapted to graded schools of excellence and admitted superiority were put upon the humble little schools of the back districts. The Complete Arithmetic is a big Jump from the Primary Arithmetic" for example. Not a few say there should be an Intermediate Arithme tic." At any rate the voter should re- member even this early that the sub ject will come before the next legisla- ture, and that honest, competent men should be sent there to handle 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12
LOVE AND THE DEAcoNEss.

From the New York World.
 With the announcement of the betrothai of Bertha Sanford, the pretty singing evangelist to Welton Stanford, Jr, the trio of conspicuous romances of week Is complete.
 Miss Sanford is a Mount Vernon giri and a Columbia Law school ''co-ed. She is Methodist deaconess as we'll and when she went up the state few weeks ago to become the leader of the Schenec- tady religious awakening she entered upon what she supposed was to be her life-work. Cupid. however, is no respee- ter of revival solemnities. He worked in no mysterious way his wonders to perform. but saw to it merely that the chief usher at the Schenectady meetings should be young. good to look at, we'll to-do and impressionable. The rest did itself.
 It is incidental that the bridegroom tc-be Is a grandnephew of the late Sen ator Stanford The pleasant point of the romance is in it's proof of how woman a woman for all this and that of higher education and a life with purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12
SALE OF FERTILIZERS.

From the Jackson (NIiss) News.
 The Birmingham Age-Herald has the following to say about the sale of fer tilizer in that state:
 More fertilizer will be put in the soil of Alabama this year than was used to grow last year nearly million and a half bales. This may not mean another crop of a million and a half bales for the weather clerk may frown this year, but it does mean that the farmers of Alabama intend to raise this year A big crop"
 The reverse Is the case in this state The sale of fertilizer in Mississippi has dropped off to a great extent This writer was talking with gentleman who knows about the sale of fertilizer in Mississippi and he stated that in one case where tilizer last year that this year he only handled a half of carload, and had not sold all that. The decrease in the sale of fertilizers in Mississippi has been greater than the decrease in the acreage. In some instances persons who last year planted four or five hrndred acres In cotton and fertilized it so that it would make from three-quarters to a bale an acre. are this. year planting the same amount of land but are putting but little fertilizer on 1t, in some instances none This will knock down the yield to about quarter of a bale to an acre, which is the same thing as making straightout acreage reduction. This in addition to the straight out reduction in acreage Is going on all over the state. From what the Age Her. aid says it would appear that the South ern Cotton Growers association has not perfected as good an organization in that state as 1t has in this.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Meridian Is Proanerous.

Next to Birmingham. Meridian is des- tined to be the greatest inland city in the south," said c. P. Dement,. editor of the Meridian Star, who spent several hours in Birmingham last night en route to At lanta
 'srhere is prosperity on all sides we are just completing a $lOO.0Oo court house which will be without equal in the state of Mississippi A new cotton mill to cost half million dollars and all local eapi- tai too, is one of the new industries. The new union passenger station, which VIII cost s2O0.000 or more, will be one Of the finest in the south. We now have five railroads and two more are projected. Thus, you see, We have great railroad center
 While you Birmingham people nave coal and iron in great abundance, we have cotton. Very few people know that Meri- dian is the largest inland cotton market with the exception of Memphis which is on the Mississippi river, in the world. That statement may appear rather as founding, but nevertheless 1t is true.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12
From the New York Sun

From the New York Sun
 N PROBLEM of rich economic and W sociological interest peeps from
 ' this concise letter:
 ITO the Editor of The Sun--Sir: Can any of your readers or yourself suggest what can do with a strong boy 1s years of age, who refuses to work or to attend school? PERPLEXED.
 New York, April S."
 A boy too strong to work is too strong to whale. Besides. in this genter age only methods of moral suason can be sanc- tioned; and the big stick cannot be used to establish a domestic modus vivendi. This is a lad of mettle, of "temperment." He may be a precocious philosopher. He may be dissatisfied with existing indus trial and commercial conditions. He may be raising a misunderstood protest against monopoly Listening to many autnorita- tive or insistent voices, he may believe that it is the duty of high minded boy to keep himself free from the corruption of tainted money. Schools and colleges have been founded and endowed by mis- cellaneous lot of persons. Ought self respecting youth to consent to an educa- ton any part of which is paid for by money which is not the cash of certified check passed by the clearing house Of public morality?
 Why, there is a vague and doubtless baseless tradition. loved by some ungodly Yalensians that old Elfhu Yale was one of the boys and no better than he should be- What funds from scarlet faced old merchants whose ships brought Triggers" from the Guinea coast or even did little business lon the account and under the Jolly Roger in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; from Salem or New Bedford or Boston traders and adven- turers who bilked the pepper sellers of Sumatra or the customs laws of China and Siam; from privateersmen with no deep respect for international law when they had the weather gauge; from man ufacturers who ground their help or turned out shoddy goods; from pious Gripes who saved notes, skinned the poor and finally robbed their own rela- tives to found a professorship or schol- arship: from sellers. of W. l. rum and Medford that kept New England, ''our wise and pious ancestors drunk till 1880, from violations of the embargo acts and smuggling operations on the Canada frontier; from sudden doubtful fortunes in the civil war; from railroad wreckings. stock manipulations and all he finesse of modern high finance-what treasures of suspicious provenance must be contained fin the strong boxes of Harvard and Yale and the rest of the old classical schools
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12
A BUSY EMPEROR.
the I.ondon 0nilool

From the London Outlook.
 There is hardly a role on the diplomatic stage that he has not essayed He dedi- cates a cathedral in Berlin as the cham pion of Continental Protestantism. He is the guardian patron of Islam in the Bal kins. in the near east, and now. it would seem. in Morocco. It was wonderful that we did not discover him installed in Thi- bet as the apostle of Buddhism. Versatility such as this is one of the privileges of a nation that despises sen timent in politics as much as it exalts it in literature. Germany raises loans for Russia, supplies her with ships, arranges for. the eoaling of her fleet and hunts down nihilsts at her request; yet Count von Bulow is able to faunt in the Reich stag an assurance of Japanese satisfac- ton with German neutrality. Germany is the friend of Russia, but equally the friend of Turkey, and not less consis- tently the friend of Japan. With impar- tial benignity the kaiser decorates Stoes- se and Nogi alike
 He presses a statue of Frederick the Great upon America, and trusts the gift would be remembered If Denmark were to sell him the Danish West Indies or Hoi- land and the Dutch possessions that come within the scope of the Monroe doctrine were to pass beneath the sceptre of the Hohenzollerns He is the ally of Aus tria, yet the point of his sword reaches 10 Trieste.
 No man, indeed. keeps so many balls in the air as he. Sooner or later there must one knows, be a breakdown, but the glamour of so much dexterity remains none the less bewildering in it's fascina- 1 tion,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12
France in Morocco.

It was John Hay who first invented
 or rather applied the now famous phrase administrative entity" and the Kaiser should not be permitted to steal MT. Hays orthographical thun- der. MT. Hay applied it to China, and the Kaiser proceeded at once to seize Kiao-Chau, and now he objects to the intrusion of France in Morocco. He would not respect the administrative entity of China, and yet he expects France to consider the -entiIe admin
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12
HE HAD THEM.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 Once, as the story goes. two Irishmen were engaged in discussion, when Pat asked Mike what socialism was.
 well, socialism is sort of an equal division of property, declared Mike. whats mine is yours and whats yours is mine That's the idea"
 If you had s2,OO0,OOO," asked Pat, would you give me s1,OO0,O0OH'
 T would that" said Mike. That's according to my principles
 If you had two houses would you give me one of them?" was Pats next question.
 Mike insisted that he would.
 And if you had two fine horses would you give me one?'
 Mike declared that he would follow his principles.
 And if you had two goats would you give me one of them?" finally asked Pat.
 T would not. I have them." declared the socialistic disciple.
 And there is not in the books, be It re- membered in these days when so many men are pretending to be socialists. a better definition of socialism than that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12
Town Is Getting ouleter.

Already the town seems to be getting quieter," said theater-goer last night. T am beginning to miss the shows al- though the Bijou is still in full blast. There are fewer people in town at night now since the Jefferson has closed It's doors and there is very little to do after nightfall for those who do not mingle in society.
 However, we are looking forward to the presentation of 'Parsifal.' That prom ises to stir things up about April 27 and there will be an immense crowd.
 Although Birmingham Is quite busy In the day time, it would be hard to find ouieter town at night. Now that the the atrical season has reached what may be termed the ragged edge this quietness has been accentuated"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

From the London Mall.
 Messages from Costantinople give lengthy accounts of the splendid cere- mony with which the Sultan's daughter was married to the son of the Turkish Minister of Justice at Yildiz Kiosk, the imperial palace. The brides dress it is stated, cost no less than s46,000. Accord ing to the Paris Gaulois it was embroid- cred with pearls. and was made in the palace itself by two milliners, who were unceasingly watched by an officer and two soldiers lest they should appropriate any of the gems.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12
Debate Will Be Interesting.

''The debate on the question, Resolved, That William E. Yancey Was Greater Orator Than Ben Hill,' which will be held next Saturday under the auspices of the William E. Yancey Chapter of the Daugh- ters of the Confederacy. will be a brilliant affair."" said Birmingham lawyer
 "A powerful array of talent will be lined up on both sides, and the debate promises to bring forth some notable elo- quence, in addition to the historical facts that will be marshaled by the delegates The most thrilling events in Alabama his tory will be reviewed and lively tilt of intellect is anticipated. It is hoped that there will be large attendance of school children to profit by such an interesting and instructive event"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12
HOW THE MONEY GOES. 1,
.etroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 The Czar of Russia has four separate services of horses and carriages-name ly, the Russian, English, French and gala sets. Each set comprises at least fifty horses. The Russian service accom- panies the Emperor wherever he goes and at Gatshina it Is used together with the English set. The gala and French horses and carriages are housed at St. Petersburg in the Winter Palace stables The Czar's gala turnout consists of fifty Hanoverian horses, which are perfectly white, with blue eyes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12
About Persons.

c. Whitfield of Demopolis is at the Morris.
 ]. D. Hendrix of Montgomery is at the Morris.
 D. M. White of Goodwater, member of the state democratic executive commit tee, is at the Morris.
 W. E. Greenway of Louisville is at the Colonial.
 Joe N. Mosby of New Orleans is stop ping at the St. Nicholas.
 S. H. Tomlinson of High Point, N. C., is at the St. Nicholas
 w. F. Aldrich of Aldrich is at the Hil.- man.
 F. P. Nichols of Roanoke. grand chan cellor of the Knights of Pythias of Ala hama. is at the Metropolitan.
 w. M. Hood of Cincinnati is at the Hillman.
 James H. Nixon and Booker Brown of Hamilton are at the Metropolitan
 Congressman sydney J. Bowie of An nIston was in Birmingham few hours yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12
uisltinn the coIleoes.

Dr. J. A. B. Lovett, president of the Az ricultura school at Blountsviile, ana members of his faculty, are in Birmlns- ham and are putting in their time pleas antly and profitably visiting educational institutions hereabouts. Dr. Lovett said last night:
 eve visited Owenton and Howard col leges today My faculty and l are delight ed with the cordial receptions gwen to us at both these charming institutions oi learning President Turner of the owen ton and Dr. Ed Hogan of the Howard' showed to us every courtesy, and with their splendid forces of instructors and large attendance of students, we were most favorably impressed with the ef- heiency of these schools. Our visits will long be remembered by us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 It is as easy for a woman to think she thinks as it is hard for her to do it.
 It is high finance when somebody else 6ces big things with your money for him self
 When a man punishes his son his wife can't help wondering if he is jealous of his brains.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12
Meru CT Literature.

If anyone wishes to see the ludicrous effect of the deadly parallel, let him read side by side the reports sent out from New York and the interviews given out by industrial leaders here in Birmingham within the last four months" said coal operator last night at the Hillman.
 Just for fun have kept all this merger literature in a scrap book, and l tell you it makes mighty interesting reading
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12
THE WILLIE BOY.

THE WILLIE BOY. In the busy haunts of men You'll find the Willie boy. He dresses we'll, is sweet to smell And is my lady's joy He frequents those establishments Where soda waters sold, And though in courage lacking yet Hes often very bold. While a pianist loudly thumps Some pleasing ragtime air, The Willie boy doth strut about Before admirers fair. He ogles here and ogles there, In flirting takes great pains, And often makes a deal of noise Although he has no brains. Before the door he likes to stand And view the passing show. You'd think he really owned the earti If you could hear him blow. Young misses who have not the brains To fill a peanut shell Dote upon this Willie Boy and Of his graces tell. He never works, he never. thinks He simply talks and talks, While often for a change of air Along the street he walks. The Willie Boy should be suppressed, Put out of business quickly, For the Willie Boys a nuisance that Doth make the people sickly.
 PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12
THE PRUNING OF THE POODLE.

R. K. Munkittrick In the New York Times. Now is the poodle taken to the man Who with the pruning irons In his grip Surveys the trembling beast from head
 to hip And gides sthwart his burr-gemmed as-
 trakhar. True to quaint and most artistic plan He leaves queer tufts upon his bow
 wowship,
 Gargoyles each trotter, and his caudal
 tip Ends with star that is horsehy fan. We'll deckel-edged and shaven to the skin. His smiles knock all unpleasant thoughts
 askew,
 And Gladys hugs him in aesthetic glee, For. while he's leaping like harlequin. He is, from any high-art point of view, To The rapt soul sculptured sympho-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12
THE SACRED MAcNATes

Fr rom the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 His employers are giving his an ex- tended European trip"
 His employers must be very gener- ous"
 T suspect they must be very much agraid of Garfield"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12
Reunion of a Famous Company.

"'rhe University of Alabama has very attractive commencement in prospect on May es. 29 and s0," said Hill Ferguson, president of the Alumni society of that fir restitution, yesterday This will be the first commencement that features are to be made of class reunions, and already arrangements are being made Tor reun- ions of the classes of 1875, 1880, 1885, 1890, 1893 and 1900, and each will have it's own banouet and it's own programme in Tus- caloosa.
 ''The public interest centers princi- pally in the reunion of the famous Ala bama Corps cadets organization, Com pany E. which in the spring of 1885 went to the New Orleans exposition, and won the prize drill in competition with com panies from West Point and the other leading military organizations of the country.
 Gen. Louis V. Clark of this city was captain of this company. and w. B. Oli- yer of Tuscaloosa, Allie Nelson of Bir- n,ingham, o. l.. Gray of Butler, Thomas I, Stevens of Mobile and other well known men of the state were members. Their Idea Is to pitch about twenty-five tents on the beautiful old campus al Tuscaloosa and go in camp there for four or five days during commencement, ana have a reunion in typical soldier style. All the members are taking great inter- est in the movement. and I don't think there Is any question about it's going through"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

Commissioner Garfield Is looking over the situation in Kansas. He will probably end by overlooking some i'm portant evidence against the, Standard Oil trust.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12
THE REAL ARTICLE,
the New York Herald

From the New York Herald.
 Burglars in France, report says, have formed trust. This is the real robber organizaton-all other combinations are commercials.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

Lord St. Heliers is dead. He is the man who said that a man could love two women at the same time, but failed to give directions how to do it suc- cessfully.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

Prof. Felix Adler says that people should not wed for happiness, but to keep burning the flame of mentality and spirituality Raus init him!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

The citizens of Newcastle. New, are planning a parade in which a caged bear and President Roosevelt will be star performers. Great is Americas s vaudeville President
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

Secretary Taft is holding down the lid with a grace and ease that sur prises his most intimate friends The Secretary has not yet entered upon the buzz fan days
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

A Washington man calls his wife an incubus and wants a divorce. He doesn't state her weight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

Up in New York they are catching shad in the river and suckers and spring lambs in Wall street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

Mrs. Carrie Nation announces that she will go to Oklahoma. If she were 10 go where a great many saloon men have told her to go, she would be suffering from the heat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

Ambassador Choate is now master of the bench of the Middle Temple. A title like that ought to get him a pass to the circus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

Rojestvensky is not on the Russian fleet in the China sea, for he has not sent home his last words.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

The wolves in Texas did not have a fair chance, but the gray wolves never start until all the chances are in their favor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

MT Belasco is in the antitrust swim, and he is up against as hard a propo- sition as are the people of Kansas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

It is no longer Judge Dunne. As Mayor he has been sworn in, and the traction companies are becoming nery- me
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

The Equitable has what they call a dove of peace, but some doubt the nature of the bird.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

Governor Lafollette is the puzzle of republican politics. He has them all guessing, particularly John Spooner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

Chairman Shonts and Engineer Wal lace, both out of the woolly west, will dig the canal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

Folk clubs are being organized in all states. They keep an eye on 1898, and are early-bird clubs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

Without counting Browning, Boston has 142 kinds of religion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

Notice: The blue-green sea on Mars has turned a chocolate brown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

The Georgia peaches came out of the recent frost serenely calm and confident.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

It appears that the Mormons are also looking for square deal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

Parsifal Is overworlking the dress suits of the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

Doggerel on the dog-catcher is in the formative stage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

All the open door we need in Mo rocco is a little one for MT. Perda- caris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

Little Jimmie Hyde continues to aspire to look like a Parisian boule- yardier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

The bears of Colorado will be given an hours start. This is more like sport.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

Togo is doing the Dewey act in the China sea, and Russia should watch out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

Even the governors private secre- tary was scarcely in the running.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12
POOR BILL.

There was young man in Brazil Who sat on window sill,
 He fell on his head,
 Now he is dead, And he didn't leave a scrap of a will.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

One citizen threw a block of wood at another citizen who was standing in front of The Age Herald office yes terday morning, and the gentleman who was a target was inconsiderate enough to dodge and let the block go through a plate glass window.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-12

Kansas Is not waiting on the Gold field investigation.