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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
Laymen Trained I, Letter

Bishop Lloyd, he2 of the official Episcopal mission/ and Dean Dens- low, head of p : official theological seminary, pro" >se to bishops and oth- CTS a corre .,ondence school for the training of laymen in work along the three lines of Sunday school instruc- tion and management, 4ay reading and public speaking. Bishops are said to have welcomed the suggestions, but some have doubted the ability 10. maintain such instrucnon by mail. one such school, with headquarters at a well known New Jers-y college, hay ing just failed.
 The Episcopal churc.l will enter upon the plan in october, provided students enroll, as seems likely The tuition fee has been placed al $10 year, and courses are fixed for two and three years. The courses cover church his tory and the English Bible, both of these courses being conducted from tho seminary referred to- Theological schools on the Pacific coast and ia. New England have oifered co-opera- tion
 The lay readers SC called, are bus mess men, not ordained in any sense or expected to be ordained, who are trained to read the prayer book serv- ice. They wear the vestments of the chorsters and serve either in missions to poor to support clergymen or in growing numbers in established par ishes, where they assist the ministers by taking part in public worship. At the Episcopal church convention, held in Boston in 1904, when q final rs- vision of the canons -gas made the licensing of laymen for such services was much enlarged in Acope. There are now more than half as many laymen licensed by their bishops to conduct public worship as there are clergy or dained to do so.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
SIAM, LAND OF ANIMALS
Game Ahounds Where the Elephant ig
 Highly Esteemed
T'rom the cIrisllan IIerald.


 Siam is pre-eminently the land of ami ma $. and not few of those which pass and repaas in the coul SC Of the days york koep the new anlval waiting 10 hear steam calliope inrorm the eoun- tryside that circus is in town. There goes the sacred Indian buffalol But this time he and his brother are only going, under the charge of two small boys, down into the rice paddy behind the temple to blow. Stripped of all his gay trappings. the elephan-, no longer mere show. goes peacefully, patiently, and intelligently about his lSrculean tasks. Two of these splendid animals carried or dragged all the heavy tim bers for the boys school which was recently erected at Na..
 The whoe elephant tribe is looked upon with great veneration by the Siam ese. The elephant is the symbolic anil nal of the country, and though his pohderous strength is daily used in his masters service, he is man s co- laborer, not his beast of burden.
 Lucky is that elephant who is born an albino; for he shall be all his days sacred white elephant, scubbed and fattened, and pampereG, and he shall do no work at all. Even the baby who Is a little lighter gray than his relatives may attain 10 greatness.
 Only few months ago one of these baby.elephants that was only light gray in color, not a true albino, was shipped with great ceremony from Laos to the King a Bangkok. Animals large and small abound in the jung1es and along the waterways.
 No trip need be ta-en without plentiful supply of game, for fan" deer, quail, queen pigeons and peafowl may be had for the table at the eX pense of a little patience and a goou straight shot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
Fewer Ministers to Go Abroad

The Atlantic steamship companies re- port excellent passenger prospects, but so far as can be learned there are far fewer ministers going abroad this summer than usual. Even college pro- fessors in greater numbers than in ordinary seasons are to remain in America. good many Catholic bisn- ops and priests will go to Rome, none little in Europe this season to a attract Protestant preachers. There are indeed few great religious events in America this summer apart from the summer conferences, and so after the May meetings, which are business sessions and annual, indications are that min isters will be unusually quiet in their movements.
 The one feature of some note in shis country will be the much larger number of summer conferences. Older conferences are crowded, and new ones are growing out of them. Most existing ones are at tended by 90 per cent women An out growth of the Men and Religion and other movements of men is to be summer meet ings for men, in some cases exclusively young men. It is new feature in re- ligious work, and will be started sthis summer. At Northield the speakers are to include the Rev. N, Campbell Morgan and the Rev. pr. John H. Jowett ana at Chautauqua Prof. Smaller Matthews of the Chicago Divinity school is to enter upon an enlargement of religious work At least a~ dozen new conferences will come into existence this summer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
Financial Hint

Governor Hooper of Tennessee, who has Just been renominated, and United State Senator Luke Lea, who ranks among the youngest of the men in the upper chamber at Washington, have just become trustees of Fisk university at Nashville, a fore most institution for the higher education of negroes. With usual vim and go. Gov ernor Hooper no sooner accepts election s trustee than he issues d statement to the people of the north, saying they ought. in his judgment. . cooperate with the colored people, with Nashville, and with Tennessee, in completing the s30o,s0D Fisk university fund.
 Chancellor Kirkland of Vanderbilt uni versity, leading university of the south for white, joins the governor and the United States senator in. their statement. Others who join, it is said, include the Rev. pr. Lyman Abbott, James G. Cam non, whosjs head of tl1e Men and Religion campaign, the Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hilis of Plymouth church, Brooklyn, George Foster Peabody, the banker phi isnthropist, who is treasurer of Booker Nashington's Tuskegee institute, and pr 1.ucien C. Warner, so long head of the international Y. NJ. c. A.
 ; The- university is offered s6e,0e0 by the general education board.f If the $30oo0o be secured, s200,oO0 of it is to go into the en- dowment fund and s1eao00 be used in gen. eral rebuilding of plant Graduates of Fisk are everywhere throughout the south and with hardly an exception are leaders among their race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
LIVE CHURCH NEWS
 OF WHOLE WORLD Laymen's Correspondence
 School Proposed FEWER GOING ABROAD Northern People Asked to Aid Nash vile Negro College-Catholics
 Plan Social Service Cam
 paign--Men and Religion

It now seems certain that the question of districting bishops will get into the Methodist general conference at Mime apolis in May. Nevertheless bishops will he elected this year under the old plan. How many new ones may be chosen no one can tell but there being many vacan- cies it is stated the number will be as great, perhaps, as at any Methodist con ference ever held. sofae say the number may reach lO even if nc. change be made in their jurisdiction. Constitutional al- terations require two general conferences, and at least six new bishops will be chosen for work during the coming four years under the old plan.
 The Rev. Dr. David G. Downey, cor responding secretary of the board of Sun day schools; the Rev. Dr. Homer c. stgntz, corresponding secretary of the foreign mission board; the Rev. Dr. F. J. Mcconnell, president of De Pauw univer- sty, and the Rev pr R. J. Cooke, off cial book editor, seem by general consent to be four of the six or possibly eight new bishops who will be chosen. Perhaps there is less certainty felt that the Rev. Dr. Cooke will be among the elected men than of the other three. 4
 There are, however, a great number of other names before the church at this time. These include the Rev pr. J. B. HiESley. secretary of the general conrer- ence; the Rev pr. Herbert Welch of Ohio Wesleyan university; the Rev. pr E. F. Robertson of North Dakota Wesley an university; the Rev pr w. O. Shap- pard of Chicago; the Rev. Dr. Charles B., Mitchell, Chicago; the Rev. Dr. Naiht3. Buccoll of Minneapolis; the Rev. pr. W .d- thew Hughes of Los Angeles, ar the Rev. Dr. Henry c. Jennings of Cincin- nati
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31

paign there Australia will start cam paign so soon as preparatory work can be done, and Japan already has one un- der way among her Christian students
 Several of the experts, concluding their work here in April, have received invi- tatons to go to some of these countries.
 Estimates are that the number of dele gates attending the National -Conserva- tion congress Apv 10 to 24 will be 3O00
 of whom only 100 I i'll be New York men. or Sunday after1 D, April 2i. there will be mass meetingJ ,oth in Carnegie hall and the HoppodIkms ]. the former for the delegates and th9 Ser for the local com mitteemer, of w~& there are $500, and the general pu'VA Neither in Brook
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
Railway Survey By CameIs
Om the Pau Mall Gazette.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
 In very short time J. Norton Cir hths, M. P, will leave for Australia confer with the commonwealth gover mental railway.
 The survey of the vast stretch country between east and west has be the cause of not little anxiety.
 Camels had to be used to travel the great wastes and at every pol the problem of scarcity of water had| be faced and overcome. The chief surveyor examined country in advance and employed novel method to mark his trail for th( who followed. He fastened a he'd chain to his camel, and this draggt on the road left a plain trail. VII il was possible observations of the stI were taken at night, and provisions q water were sent on about seven m ! ahead for the next days camp.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
Duties of the Claaueurs

The cIaque has never flourished In Eng fish theatres, but is a powerful institution In France, where a "chef de claaue' en- joys a recognized status and makes a comfortable income. It is a mistake to suppose that the only duty of chapters is to applaud.
 members who have cultivated the art of infectious laughter These '.chatouil- leufs'' attend the lighter forms of drama and laugh so heartily and naturally that their neighbors join in, and leave the house convinced that the play must be a funny one. Then there are the "pleu- reuses," who are paid to shake with sobs at the right moment during melodramas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
Catholics Plan Social Service

The American Federation of Catholic societies, through its executive board and its committee on social service, has just decided to enter upon a social service campaign. The aim is not. so much to combat socialism, so-called. as to make the Catholic church in America take its place and part in solving if possible some of the labor, moral, civic and other prob lens Bishop Muldoon of Rockford has been placed at the head of the commit tee having the work in charge. but a secretary is to be employed to give all of his time.
 The social serpice plans of the Catholic church at the outset will be department in the federations official periodical
 which is to be made monthly beginning
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31

R. C. HEWITT CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY SUPER OF EDUCATION.
 VOTE FOR HIM.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
PILES CURED AT HOME BY NEW ABSORPTION
 METHOD

If you suffer from bleeding, itching, blind or protruding Piles send me your address. and l will tell you how to cure yourself al home by the new absorp \ tion treatment; ard will also send some of this home treatment free for trial with references from your own locality If requested. Immediate relief and per but tell others of this offer Write to- day to Mrs. NJ. Summers. Box F.. Notre Dame, Ind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
ander who aeeompIIshed epoeh-mal1lng

Lander who accomplished epoch-making journeys in West Africa; the former about the beginning of the nineteenth cen tury; the latter % years later. As .he main object of their travels was to tyf- cover where the Niger joined the ocean, the site chosen for their monument Is torcados at the Niger mouth. II is pro- posed to erect an obelsk of similar design and dimensions to eleopatras Needle on projecting point where it will both att tract general attention and serve as a landmark to vessels approaching the pors. The cost Is estimated at e12.00o exclusive of the foundations, which it is expected will be erected by fhe government of Southern Nigeria.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31

lyn, where q campaign has just closed, nor in New York proper, where one is soon to open, are anything like all of the churches taking part. Not only do all but very few Episcopal and Luther an churches remain out but individual churches of other bodies have, in larger numbers than in some smaller cities, de- clined to have part The reason seems to be, not hostility, but inability in limited time to arouse and enroll. there being such vast number or churches and most of them engaged in Lent and other plans of ordinary years
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31

on May |; to publish from the fedora tions central office a series of studies to be used by Catholic newspapers, and to publish tracts for distribution in Cath ollie churches. The position of the Cath ollie church toward socialism will be set forth. but more emphasis will be placed by the federation, so it says, upon dem- onstrating to workingmen that the Cath ollie church is sincerely interested in their welfare.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
Men and Religion

The Men and Religion Forward Move ment, inaugurated in America. has spread to other countries. Men and Religion movement will start in England next Jan uary. South Africa. which loaned the Rev. David Russell for the American sznow ending. appeals to the. American committee to loan some experts to return with him to take up cam
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
British and French Trains
n the Scientific American,

From the Scientific American.
 The fastest trains in the world are to be found in England and France. In Epeland there are eight regular daily trains with speeds from j5.1 to 592 miles per hour whose stop to stop runs are from 72 to 11s 3-s miles in length. The French roads run four daily trains over dis tance of 779s to l07A miles ut speeds of from 56.s to 61.S miles per hour.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-31
Monument to African Explorers

From the Scientific American.
 Funds are being raised in Great Britain for the purpose of erecting a striking monument to Mungo park and Richard
The evening world., 1912-02-01

John, vino was found TO be al young
mechanic of respectable ~antecedents and
~irreproachable habits. John lived at No.
1874 First avenue
To-day John vas hailed before Magis-
tratc Freschi. Tho Tolanos were pres
ent. John came In wearing a white tie
and a carnation. HIS y was
jaunty and his smile was broad.
do you know anything about this
girls whereabouts" asked the Magls-
trate. sterniy.
II do. Your Honor" said John. beam
Ing.
The Tolsnos limos shrieked in their
excitement.
where Ia sheg' demanded the Court.
Outside the door," said U~hlendorf.
calmly.
A mosnen later the blushing Cathe-
rine was cha sped in her ather's arrns
your Honor. let me Introduce YOU to
| my Wife said ~Uhlendorf, proudly. lie
! produced documents showing the young
couple had been married last Saturday
In Hoboken by Justice of tho Peace
Charles Wareing.
This is a crac FOR n pa rental and ju-
diclai blessing" saId the Court. Turn.
Ing 20 the astnuishcd Tolanos he con-
| tinucd: "ff you are willing 20 give the
SURE said both the Toianos at once.
Come home. children, N we'll have
a wedding breakfast"
The evening world., 1912-02-01
ABB|ES BAND
GUST THE TAXI
800 in Combine to Make Rates
So Low Gasoline Rigs
VIII Be Taboo.

Can the "old time" caSman come
back, He thinks he can and he pro.
poses to try II by way OF the Co-Opera.
ave Cab Company. an organisation
made up Of men who own their own
rigs and who received severe jolts when
the taxicab came TO rule the town. The
now company was TO have begun opera
tons to-day. but arrangements were
not all prepared and the oflcers of the
concern say that by the middle OF the
month they will he In a position TO Of
fer cheaper rides TO the public than the
vehicles with the clocks now give.
The prices arc TO he % cents q mile
.o- two persons, anywhere IN Marha;-
tan Island from, Washington Square 20
rlgh,y-sixth street. cabs mas he hired
for sloP ins or calling Ht tho rate Of
81 an hour. \ t,sl o'.tr tie Riverside
Drive route now costs $3.50. The men
OF the new company VII, run over the
same course for $3.50. For a run around
Central Parl The man who hires the tax
IL in iuGi. according 30 the old oahmen,
II he C.ts on with 81 The old timer
will wheel two persons around for s..
There Will be u schedule OF rates Il
Brooklyn and 10 the cemeteries. II Il
proposed to max them SO aiiuring tina
taxioab men Will be In mourning. Alto
gether. u 10 II combined effort by 80
ca bne TO check the inroads made ol
their trade by the gasoline wagons
Robert Winston OF No. 17 East Thirty
third street. VINO has been driving
cab many years. Is the president OF tn
company. His aides are NJ. X. Row
land of No, iS East Thirtieth stree
$ and T. J. Heron Of No. Gs Seyent
avenue.
I'VE are going 10 have . central heat
quarters" said Mr.. Winston to-da,
Then We will have divisional statioY
all over town, Besides Offering cheap'
, rates TO the public that Ia now beir
souSed. We are soing TO make tho ca
man q respected cf!sen. Too long
. has been an Ishmaea. with every ma n
hand against him.
The evening world., 1912-02-01
CATHERINE A MISS
DISAPPEARANCE;
MRS. WHEN FOUND
Search for Girl Ends When
Proud Young Hubby Pro-
duceS Her in Court.

A. Joseph Toiano. 10 say nothing OF
Mrs. a. Joseph Tolano, residing at No.
2i5 west One Hundred and TWENTY
first street. has been moving heaven and
earth for the last week 20 find their
pretty nf~teen-year-old daughter. Cath
erine.
Miss Catherine started bllthely on
from the parental abode early Wed.
nesday Of last week. and vas seen no
more. Suspecting his daughter. Mrs.
Annie G~eoGhessn. who had elopcd IN
her tender youth. might know some
thing about II. Tolano even had . sum-
mons issued for her. ana yesterday she
appeared before Magistrate Frcschi.
The only thing Mrs. G~coghegan could
tell about her sister was that she had
heard her mention the name Of John
Uhlcndorf. 50 out came a summons for
The evening world., 1912-02-01
GRAY HAIR
Easy to Restore Natural Color
Of Your Hair by Simple

Science mas sost been findins cut ssms Of
the most smAans thines about the hair
For instancs. with . nswi discovered
product the nsinrsl color 10 sssorsd by .
simple treatment that can b appiisd bs
trsstmsnt 70 embodied IL the Queen orsy
Hair Rsstorsr. . LIQUID PREPARATION that
makss any desired shade from the ems
psokasv, lsauns the hair soft n nutfy,
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Spplicr,,osn - restore the issssisl. sSsler' .,
fSas h:i5as E & y az 'ltS rom SSs. "a
[. yS;u. ass.Ss%:ss store: 'sssS;s.:;sSS'
sSs, 49,. Iss:l;;sr.ss.~ nee m 40 cell A..
The evening world., 1912-02-01
CONTRACT AWARDED
FOR EBBETTF|ELD
Brooklyn Club Announces
Plans for Its New Baseball
Home in Flatbush.

-, - a
W.T." W '"e ne" ""'e"''' s'"u"s ~
IN" "'ooN'S" H"uohs '"ss"e w" III
IN" FIatbnsh section VIII som be under
WY. President Ebbs,s hiss just award
81 the FIRST contract for tho cons,ruc-
ton OF 'Ebbets Field" to Ms~srs. Castle
bros. to-day. This nrm was the lowest
bidders Of thu elsht contractors ~
brooklyn who put In their btds. The
contract for soddlng the diamond. need
Ing tho vitneld n planting ivy on the
Montgomery street and Bedford e
fences has boeh awarded to James
Days Sons. also ~ brooklyn.
Tho first contract provides for an ex-
cavation of ten fest which Will be sup
ported by nm abuttmsnt wall on the
Montgomery street Side Of the field and
the Milling In OF IN" lower par, on he
sullivan street side making the playing
neh almost level except for n slight
fall for drainage purposes whore there
will be a gradual decline Of six inches
In every 100 feet from the limits OF the
diamond prope toward each side.
Tho dis mond for a space Of i& feet
by ~ fee, a. shown on plan will b.
.xcsvs,ed ,hr.. foe, h.,ou On. an,sh
go. ., Ga. no,, ~, ,h,. .,....,,on
s-Sw.N r"" 49,. ,-..n -
..''"eo ~ .o"oo" ~ "v''o"" y.
n ~ 70 be ia'd s'ones OF
n more than six inches In thickness.
diminishing In sise until At the top Of
the stons foundation which IL 10 be IA
,nch.. 4, dep,b. ,be stone. "a n. on.
,n.h IN us,.r n, zoo -, ~. .,or.
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The evening world., 1912-02-01
ONE MAN KILLED,
ONE FATALlyH HURT
NAUT0ACC|DENT
Summit IN. j. Business Men
Speeding Home After Ban
quet, When Car Turns Over.

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g.. 80 ,",,s
$50" 49, ~
"""' = rose sro"e'' "''s'' Known
10 the mower trsde' wns fata'iy injured
In an automobile accident Mt tae foot OK
Springfield avenus hill. West summit.
sarly to-day. William Woestendiek. pro-
pristor Of the m House and driver
OF the car. was thrown into . me wbank
escaped serious injury.
a party OF a dozen business men OF
SUMMIT attended q dinner At the summit
House last night. Tho dinner was one
OF q series gwen Tor the purpose or
getuhs together n congenini CROWD 10
talk over business ana municipal ansirs.
Last nights dinner did not wind up
until lao o'clock this morning. Neither
hicIe at the hotel. Each had rons by
trolley. A. the morning was very cold
ana Mr.. Yamann's home was A mile
outrds Of summ,,. Mr.. wosstendiek
vo,vr,..,.a % ,sks an. ooa., homs
4. 81. 80 "a 49, ~. WI, =, M.
.,. suum,,
""'"e v" NV wa '"" w"
ouse.
mr. WON n MT SAT IN .ne
tonncau OF the car and MI. Woestend'eh
took the wheel. The roads were clear
and tho car was run at good speed.
Oolns down spr,nsAeld went hill Mr..
wn.s,.nA,.s ,o,nd an. .u,ouoh,,. v.s
..S.s 49,. 'aa ~ ...r.s ~.
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The evening world., 1912-02-01

Father Johns Medicine is a physician S prescription.
Prescribed for the Rev. Father John O'Brien Of
Lowell. Mass, by an eminent specialist in 1855.
Father John recommended this prescription to his
parishioners and friends, and in this way it became
known as Father Johns Medicine.
This story is true and we guarantee to give
SIS. 100000 to any charitable institution if shown other
wise.
Father Johns Medicine will cure coughs. colds and all throat and
lung troubles. prevent consumption. and make flesh and strength if taken
faithfully. 1t is rot a patent medicine. and does not contain alcohol OF
poisonous drugs.
The evening world., 1912-02-01
GIN FOR TIVE KIDNEYS

dies for kidney ana bladder troubles.
especially when used In the following for
mula; six ounces good pure gin half
ounce fluid extract Buehu; hair once
Mursx compound" Any druEKis, can
supply or mix these ingredients Shake
well each time and take In doses OF one
TO two tsAspoonfuls after meals and q
bed time.
This 10 the most effective rsmedy
known for tho quick relief Of kidnsy and
bladder disorders. Such symptoms a
backache. frequent or highly co,orsd urine,
rheumatic paine Ia the arcin ought "a
have prompt attention 70 prevent BriGhts
dsssss or dfsestV.-Aeu.