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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-30
PLAY ENACTED IN
 GERMAN LANGUAGE
HIGH SCHOOL CLASS WINS CON- MENDATION FOR HISTRIONlC TALENT-A BRIGHT LITTLE COMEDY IN ONE ACT.

What was pronounced ofie of the most novel and entertaining events that ever occurred in Birmingham was the German play, Al Verlobte Gempfehlen Sich," presented at the High School last night by several pupils in the German class. It was bright little one-act comedy, in which figured a staid frau a pretty lass, jolly college boy, Il romantic govern ness. q dgnihed overseer and a demure servant girl.
 Following Is the cast of characters: Frau von Grumbaeh, a wealthy lady owning large estate In North Germany Marguerite Weaver. Malvine. her daughter-Eugene John ston.
 Franz von Grumbach, her nephew Norman Orcutt.
 Adelaide Hopfstengel, Malvines gov erness, with very sentimental ideas-Lil- Han Duke.
 Andreas Langerhans overseer for Frau Von Grumbach, in love with Adelaide Oliver Cox.
 A Servant Grl-Maud Rosson. Every one of the young actors merlted the commendation. The play went off ,, without a hltch and the hstronic talent displayed was of no mean order.
 Young Oreutt especially made quite 1 hit in his impersonatlon of the mischiev- ous Franz.
 Miss Gelders, the German teacher Is being congratulated on the proficiency of her pupils. It was revelation to sec the excellent work being done in this de- partment of the school. Before the play began, the following young ladies rendered a qTartette, 70, Sonnenscheln" which was heartily ap- plauded Miss June Jackson, Miss Bes- sic Moore, Miss Corrinne Sommer. Miss Rosale Joseph. A solo. "why Over the Mountain wander2" by Miss Lena Jack son, was much enjoyed. A good audience was present, and to judge by the remarks heard after the close of the entertainment. the new ven ture of Miss Gelders and her pupils is to be regarded as a pronounced success.
  up reputation for character which would be their most valuable asset.
 The pharmacy class was the first to graduate in that department, it having been established only two years ago.
 Dr. Wyman gave the graduates the faculty's choicest benefaetlons and bada them an affeetionate farewell Attractive musical selections were interspersed throughout the programme.
 From the theatre the faculty and grad- uates proceeded to the Birmingham hotel for the alumni banquet.
 The Banquet.
 The medical alumni banquet was largely attended, and 1t is reported to have been most enjoyable affair. An elaborate menu was prepared and 1t was such as to awaken convivlal the spirit and eonduce to the merriest of times.
 pr Joseph Edwards was toastmaster. Lieut. Gov R. NJ. Cunningham, Dr. W. L. Wyman, Dr. J. D. s. Davis, pr. Jack Barksdale of Memphis. Dr. Murphy of Gadsden, and a number of visiting alumni responded.
 Great interest in the development of the college was manifested by all pres- ent firm belief being expressed that the future usefulness and importance was best assured by the personnel of it's faculty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-30
FARM ERS' UNION.
Jefferson County Association Meetina
 Postponed on Account of Weather.

The meeting of the officers of the Jeffer- son County Association of the Farmers Union which was to have been held yes terday afternoon at the Commercial club, was postponed on account of bad weather.
 Tomorrow at Mount Pinson, the mem- bers of the Farmers union will hold Q session for the purpose of keeping in closer touch with each other and fur thering their common interests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-30
AntI-semitic outrases Threatened

Mogkilef, Russia. March 29.-Premier Witte has telegraphed to the former gov- ernor general that the government has received inforpation of Rabbi of Gomel to the effect that anti-semitic outrages are imminent there in connection with the elections, Nnd instructing the government general to prevent an outbreak at all hazards.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-30
GOOD GOVERNMENT CLUB.
Will Meet Tonight In ConsoIidated d
 Mercantile Hall.

The Good Government club of North Birmingham will hold a meeting tonight at o'clock in the Consolidated Mercan- tile hall on the corner of Seventh ave- nue and the car line.
 Candidates for the club who have been endorsed by members will be heard from and several prominent citizens of North Birmingham will speak
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Regarding Spelling.

To the Editor of The Age-Herald.
 I am a retired teacher, aged "A years and I wish to express my hearty ap- proval of the movement to purify our language by throwing out all silent or dead letters. I wish to beg all newspaper men to put their shoulders to the wheel and push it along. T. D. WEST.
 Churubusco, Ala, March 27, 1906.
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de Lord will never let dat hoss pull de prophets to de jail-He sho' won't"
 When they were pushed aboard the wagon and the horse struck off in a lively trot the falth-brolen old negress said:
 'Jes look at dat! De devils done got em all and gone"
 When they were being dispossessed of their belongings preparatory to being locked up. the police officer reached out and took charge of one of the white rods. The old woman said:
 Honey dats my holy rod which de Lord give me to guide my footsteps Be keerful wid It."
 About that time the officer touched with the rod negro boy in the crowd which had gathered. and he rushed through the assembled negroes like a center rush on a football team, scream ing at the top of his voice: "Oh, Lordy. Pm killed; oh, Lordy, save me; de holy rod done hit me-" and the others in the crowd followed him like sheep.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-30
SMALLER MATHEWS
 TALKS OF JESUS He Traces Development of the
 MesSianiC Idea THE DIFFERENT MINISTRIES The Speaker Asserts That the Resur- rection Was Miracle and 1t
 Was Fact-This Morn
 ine's Lecture.
THE DIFFERENT MINISTRIES

At the First Baptist church last night Dr. Smaller Mathews discussed the Mes sanic ministries of Jesus. He traced the development of the Messianic idea from the days of Antiochus Ephlphones, B. c. 1SO, to the days of Jesus when it showed itself in the several forms of political and religious. excitement among the zea- lots or by the other branch of the Phari- sees in literary, theological or trans ccndental kingdom as in the book qf Enoch. The same terms about their ex- peetatlon were used as Christians now use about the second coming of Christ, with very much the same meaning.
 The zealots. according to Dr. Mathews were an excited people, much like the Millerites, and the Romans always put down these uprisings Into the midst of this excitement came John the Baptist announcing that the kingdom was at hand and calling on men to repent. Peo- pie hocked to him by the thousands and his disciples are found late in the first century and are referred to indirectly in the Gospel of John.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-30
THE WEATHER

Washington. March 29-Forecast for Alabama: Fair and colder Friday Sat urday, fair and warmer; fresh west winds
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-30
COMMENCEMENTBY MEDICAL COLLEGE Diplomas Are Awarded to Class
 of Fifteen CULVER MAKES ADDRESS Pays Tender Tribute to Late pr. J. C.. Lecrande, for Many Years
 Secretary of the
 College.

The twelfth annual commencement ex- ercises of the Birmingham Medical Col lege were held last night at the Jeffer- son theatre, and despite indictment wealth. CT the attendance was large.
 Following an overture by Suppe played by the Jefferson theatre orchestra, the Rev. A R. Moore opened the programme with prayer. The Rev. r. P. Culver de- livered the annual address to the gradu- ating classes.
 After paving a tender tribute to the late Dr. J. C. LeGrande, for a long time secretary of the college, MT. Culver took for his theme "'rhe Reign and Mission of Thought" He said that the power of thought was an evidence of divinity in man. 1t made him Godlike, in that by thought alone was he capable of com pretending the works of God-the vast meaning of the universe, the myriads of natures mysteries, which were her guarded and unknown secrets until thought, with her magic hand, pushed back the veil of obscurity.
 Marvellous Workings.
 Then there was revealed to man, said MT. Culver, the marvellous workings or this marvellous world. The scrolls Of the earth unroled before his eyes and the science of geology was born. The stars which had been mere irresponsible points of light became wonderful worlds, with their duties to perform. and astrol- ogy was mans key to the heavens.
 Without thought life was squandered' said the speaker. It's most precious treasure was thrown away. and man is placed upon the level of the brute. All beauty and nobility lie within the brain.
 In closing Dr. Culver admonished the young men of the graduating classes against the too common error of leav- ing off their studies and resting upon their laurels.
 Conferring Degrees.
 Next came the comforting of degrees by pr. B. L. Wyman, the dean Following are the graduates:
 Doctors of Medicine-Wiliam Marcus Peters. James Hubert Blackwell, John Thomas Burch, Edgar Collins, Ernest Brindley Dunlap, Gen. Robert Lee, Daniel Webster Ward, Aaron Albert York
 Graduates of Pharmacy-R Ramon Pick ems Endsley, George Moses Fields, Ar tbur Leon Glenn, Joseph Ira Goodwin, Nathaniel Chrenshaw McComb, Walter Bryant Rowe, slnliler Nicholas Lathem.
 pr. Wyman. after lamentlng the loss of pr. Le Grande, who had long been asso- ciated with him in the college. and who had much to do with It's development and the shaping of its policies, spoke to the graduating classes on the practical side of their profession and their high moral obligations. He told them that having had four years of didactic, clinic and lab oratory training the faculty believed they were qualified to practice their profession. He warned them against falling into the whisky habit.
 The Drinking Habit.
 Drinking. the speaker said, was fatal to early ambition. Without wishing to point out the dark side of their future work, he told them there were many ob- stacles and hardships; that they must not expect to get rich, but to elevate their andaa vore hovo more gain and fO buld
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ent management will be the extension of mining operations. said one of the direc- tors yesterday This Is regarded as the foundation work. Some of the coal and ore mines are equipped with the most approved electric appliances, but all the mining work is to be thoroughly modern ized and the output of ore and coal will be largely increased. so that the fur naces may have an ample supply of raw material This work of getting ready for the plants that are to be erected will require fully nine months. probably year. But when the work Is done it will be we'll done, said the director. Be fore we get through with our develop ment," he said, the Birmingham district will be the best in the world"
 John N. Gates and other visiting di. rectors of the Tennessee Republic com panles, who came here a week ago. left yesterday. MT. Gates goes direct to Chi. eago. He travelled in a private car ana was accompanied by s. G. Cooper The other directors left for points in the south
 Mr. Topping remained in Birmingham and will not leave here until some time next week.
 It is known that Mir Gates, the leader of the syndicate controlling the Tennessee company and the Republic company, is more than pleased with the Bir- mingham district. He thought well of it, remarked one of his friends, before he inspected the properties. otherwise he would not have turned his attention to it; but now that he is better acquainted with the district and understands more fully its vast possibilities as steel center his interest in Birmingham is naturally quick ened and his confidence greatly strength ened.
 It understood that few. If any. changes will be made in the organization of the Tennessee company. L. T. Beecher will retain his position as vice president
 MT. Bacon said last night that he had made no plans for the future but his friends think that after taking a needed rest he will engage again in active busl- ness. He spoke in high terms of the of fieials and clerks of the Tennessee com pany and felt sure that the incoming president, whoever he might be, would want them to continue in the service of the company.
 General and sincere regret was ex- pressed in the various departments of the Tennessee company yesterday that Mir. Bacon was to give up the presidency One of the minor officials said last night ''Mr. Bacon has treated his men well and has never failed to show his appreciation of faithful performance of duty"
 It Is stated that the new managements s policy with regard to labor will remain as It has been under President Bacon In other words, it will continue to be an ''open shop company
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-30
Local Weather Data.
Weather Report.

Temperature and precipitations as re- ported at the weather bureau for select stations during twGnty-four hours ending at 10 a. m.:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-30
The Drinking Habit.

Drinking, the speaker said, was fatal to early ambition. Without wishing to point out the dark side of their future work, he told them there were many ob- stacles and hardships; that they must not expect to get rich, but to elevate their endeavors above mere gain, and to build
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-30
Prophetic Consciousness.

We know, said the speaker, that there was prophetic consciousness, but we do not know just what it was. The com mon people Hooked to John but the up per classes investigated him. His an swer to the latter was that he was only a herald of the coming one. His move ment went all through Judea and up into Galiee, and Jesus came to be bap- tized The book of Hebrews tells story of how this was suggested to Jesus by his brothers.
 Jesus being baptized and receiving the voice and the spirit publicly begins his ministry. He is no longer the Son Of God at the carpenters bench, but in a saving ministry. His temptation, a rev. elation of himself of what that ministry is to be, the mastery of himself as Mes siah according to Gods will.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-03-30
Astonlshed the World.

Astonished the World.
 Then the speaker sketched the period of active teaching which astonished the world Here we have the sermon on the mount the probable discourse. Two things emerge in this period. CD The growing hostility of the Pharisees @ The growing love of the disciples. Jesus made these ordinary men susceptible to his great teaching-a wonderful work when we come to think of it.
 Dr. Mathews then told of the trips into Syria, and the effect of the Greek woman on Jesus, leading Him to visit Gentle communities, such as Decapolis and Caesarea Philppi, where the disciples confess him as Messiah. There is won derful intoxication in teaching, said the speaker, and Jesus experienced it on this occasion, when he said Blessed are thou, Peter, etc" Then He began to teach them that Messiah's fate would be to be killed and rise from the dead. They could not receive it and Peter rebuked Him. Over and over again He taught this as Mes siah's fate but they did not understand. though they got a little sensitive about it. The disciples at this time show selfish. bigoted ambition and desire to persecute.
 The later ministry was one of retire. ment into the hills of Ephraim and at tending feasts in Jerusalem. Passion week was the culminatlon of what was seen in Galilee The fight with pharisee, sad ducee and lawyer becomes intense.
 Was Meek.
 Jesus was a meek man like Moses, who could feel intense passion. man with q, corporate rather than a selfish ambi- tion He was a splendid fighter, but know ing death was before him he went on with the work in hand whether 1t be a dinner, triumphal entry or reform like the cleansing of the temple.
 His philipplc against the pharisees is most vitrollc. After this harmony was impossible and death awaited.
 Dr. Mathews then briefly sketched the death and resurrection of Jesus. The resurrection was a miracle but a fact. The early disciples either were self-hyp- notized or they saw Jesus. The former was impossible.
 pr. Mathews will lecture today at 10:30 a. m. on "The Teachings of Jesus as Regards Wealth" and tonight at 7:45 on "The Methods of Jesus"
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Public Ministry.

His first public ministry, the speaker pointed out was in Judea, in which we have no teaching except to Nicodemus or the woman at the well. He works with John and breaches the same mes sage. To the popular mind He appeared as a disciple of John. Soon friction arose between their disciples and John con- fesses the superiority of Jesus, but Jesus withdraws without a word. This was largely a ministry of failure except In gathering a few disciples. He went oaeK to Galilee and his disciples disband
 Dr. Mathews then traced the Gahllean ministry in it's three stages of going about advertising the kingdom and calling on people to repent and believe the good news. John taught the kingdoms coming in language of wrath, but Jesus as good tidings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-24
Now for Ostrich Races.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
In this age of queer ventures. when no
bid for the dollar seems absurd, even the
plan of a man to supersede race horses by
training ostriches to take their places on
the track may strike some as wise one
This idea is actually being carried out at
the Philadelphia race track, known as Bar
ney Owens course, the headquarters or tie
East Suffolk Park Driving Club About a
dozen ostriches have been IN training at
this track for several months past ana
several are In thorough condition broken
to harness and ready to race as soon as
the time Is deemed ripe for sprinslng the
new sport on the public.
1t has been no easy task to train the Dig
birds. They are by nature stupid un-
tractable lot, prone to take fright at tnelr
own shadows and ready to strike OUT
bIndly with their great feet at the mere
/ suspicion of danger. BY unlimited patience
however, the meaning of the harness mas
been beaten into the stupid heads o. the
BIRDS and once the ostrich is htched 10 d
racing sulky It is not difficult TO manage
him The agonizing part of the perform
ance is getting the bird into harness. l ms
Will be done behind the scenes. and the
public will probably know little of the ire
neudous amount of labor involved in pre-
pairing the racers for the start.
The only way 1t has been found possible
to harness the ostrich Is first to bindtolo
him No matter how many times he has
sist the efforts to harness him with all his
great strength and unwieldly weapons OF
defense. To begin with, therefore, the at
tendants draw over the birds eyes black
hood. The hood is pulled down on the
neck. leaving only a hole through which
the beak protrudes. When this hood Is on
the bird instantly becomes as quiet as
lamb, although up to the moment or the
darkening of his sight he will fight ike an
enraged tiger. When the hood Is on ana
the ostrich stands meek and still the
trainer drags the shafts of the sulky TO
their place and straps the bird TO the We
hicle. Then he slips the harness over the
ostrlch's bill and the bird stands ready for
the race. The hood may then be with
drawn. for these racing ostriches stand
still when the harness is fixed. they prob
ably having grasped, even with their Inn
tied intelligence, the idea that It IS eXcT-
else time, welcome relief from the con-
Anement of the pen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-24

cember 6. has now passed around tho sun
into the evening sky. During January aGt
February Il moved very rapidly eastward.
reaching the constellation CetuS about the
middle Of February. During March it Will
move entirely across the C1nstel'a ton along
the path +. q. Fig ]. In January tho
comet passed very near 10 the earth SO that
on January IL was nearly sixty times as
bright as at the time % lts discovery. NOW
however, It is very rapidly leaving US again
and is only visible IN the larger telescopes.
The second comet that has recently been
visible was discovered at Genoa on Noyem-
Der 18th. The most remarkable thing about
this body was its extraordinarily rapid
motion. When first seen 10 was very near
the north pole. a II, Fig. l: three days
later II had reached the point X In Cepheus,
and In the course OF a week IL passed en-
trely across Cassiopeia and Andromeda to
L, Fig. I. To those who had the pleasure
Of viewing the comet through telescope.
Its rapid motion was very striking. II could
be seen drifting past the stars IN its path.
but four or five minutes being required FOR
IL to move entirely across the field OF view.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-24
The Nature of Comets.

Both Of these. comets were very unlike tina
popular idea Of a comet being merely faint,
round woolly-looking objects. without any
trace of tail, as shown In Fig. 2 Nearly
all Of the comets which are discovered have
this appearance, though some of them are
condensed and brighter al the center, al
in Fig. 3. 1t is only rarely that a comet
develops a definite head and tail, though
tI.I very bright comets usually do so.
The size OF even the smallest comets IS
enormous. their dimensions being expressed
in millions Of miles. This is well shown by
Fig. /, which shows the head OF the comet
of 1858, compared IN size with the earth.
The little round dot to the right IS the
earth drawn in its true size, and II will be
noticed that it quite sinks Into insigniltcauca
IN comparison even with the small part OF
the comet which Is shown.
But though the comets are almost tncou-
ceivaby large their weight is but small. On
the average II is certain that a cubic foot OF
cometary matter weighs less than a cubic
foot Of the best so-alled vacuum, which can
be obtained in the air pump. II may seem
strange that these enormously extended, IN
conceivably bright bodies can swing around
the sun so rapidly as they do. but II must
be remembered that in outer space there Is
no air or other thing TO oppose their motion
and break them up. 1t is believed tina {
though their average density is so small
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-24
THE SKIES IN MARCH
Brilliant Winter Stars Steadily
Moving Westward.
THEIR COURSE NEARLY RUN
First of the Faint Summer Groups Are
Appearing.
PATHS OF THE NEW COMETS
Something About the Nature of These
Peculiar Members of the Solar
Systematic Planets.
PATHS OF THE NEW COMETS


Written for The Star by Prof Eric Doollttle.
The bright winter stars are still with US,
filing the whole southern and western part
of the sky down to the very ground. The
three most brilliant groups Of all, Taurus,
Gemini and Orion which first appeared in
the east last November, have been moving
steadily westward and are now perceptibly
nearer the ground than they were last
month. They will continue for few weeks
to make beautiful the evenings OF early
spring, but for US their course this year is
nearly run. Soon they will sink below the
ground in the west. and the brilliant heav-
ems of winter will have changed into the
far fainter summer sky.
Already the first of the faint summer
groups is beginning to appear. If the OBJ
server will follow eastward from the twins.
passing through the strange. faint. '.little
group known as the Crab. and past sI.eo.
which is the last of the winter coustella-
tions. he will see the end Of the large, faint