davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-26
'SGI#ou Exports in Jaunary.

The following shows the exports OF salmon
frln san Francisco by sea curing the month
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-26
NALtc-
Morning Session.
Mining Stocks.

SAN FRANCISCO STOCK EXCHANGE.
Following were the sales on the San Fran
cisco Stock and Exchange Board yesterday:
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-26
STOCK AND BOND EXCHANGE
THURSDAY. Feb. 25-

UNITED STATES BONDS.
Bid. Ask Bid. Ask.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-26

MIsCELLANEOUS BONDS.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-26

UNITED RAILROADS OF SAN FRANCISCO.
NEW YORK. Feb. 25.-No bond transactions
to-day.
AMERICAN CAN COMPANY.
Common. bid 3% asked 4 preferred. bid "a;
asked 34ls
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-26
sdIts. -0bN, IVV snares,
NFW YORK RONnS

Atlantic c L 4s. 92Ss
Bal & Ohio As 1907
Do 3L5s 1900. 90
Central Of Ga 5s. 1851
Do 1st inc go. 66
Ches & Ohio 413s.1O3
Chi & Alton 3ias. IS
c. 3 & Q new As. 81
C,M & SIP gn 4s.I0sia
G & NV con Is. .129ls
c. r l & Pac IS. 6sii
DO col 5s..... 79A
C.C.C & Sign As. 9TH
Chi Term 4s... 81
Cons Tobacco As. 55l2
Colo & So Is. $40
Q F & ] conv 5s. 73
Den e. Rio G 4s. eTA
Erie prior lien As. 96Ts
Do gen 4s... S4%
r " e. D c 1sts.1o4
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-06
HINpoo IDEA oE Wit.

From Gen. Gerard's Leaves From the
Diary of a Soldier and Sportsman.
An English lady reformer of uncertain
age who came here to deliver lecture
told the audience that she would be
happy to answer any question upon
which fat baboo came to the front
with How old are you?" ooh, no." she
replied II don't mean questions of that
sort; only ones connected with the sub
ject of the lecture" Are you forty?''
continued the baboo, nowise abashed.
mo, l won't answer such questions. =
was the reply. Are you fifty?" coa-
tinued her ,ormentor. "Oh. no. | told
you | won't answer such questions. -
"Are you sixty" ''Oh. no. no, no; I'm
not sixty the lady responded precipi-
lately.
A shikarri out partridge shooting was
seen in fits of laughter, slapping his
thighs in the ecstasy of his glee On
inquiring the cause of his hlarity. he
hurredly said; Hush, Sahib That
coole." indicating one of the beaters,
has just been bitten by a green snake.
but he thinks it is only a thorn. Don't
tell him. or he'll be frightened and stop
beating
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-06
ODD BLUNDERs OF ORATORS.

The London Spectator has collected the
following instances of queer blunders in
offhand parliamentary speeches:
Sir, we are told that by this legisla-
ton the heart of the country has been
shaken to its very foundations"
81 am only too thankful that we have
removed one of these miserable barbed-
wire entanglements and that we find
ourselves in smooth waters at last
THE secretary of the education depart
ment was the father of a statement of
which the bottom was knocked out by
those who followed him in the second
reading debate. yet the honorable MEM
Der for st. Pnncras has thought fit to
trot it out again"
among the many Earring notes heard
in this house on military affairs this ~
ject at least must be regarded as an
oasis"
THE interests of the employers and
employed are the same nine times out
of tent will even say ninety-nine times
out of ten
Our tongues are tied. our hands are
fettered, and we are really beating the
air to no purpose
Il will now repeat what was about to
say when the honorable member inter-
rupted me-
The West Indies will now have a fut-
ure which they never had in the past,
"A thorny subject which has long been
bone of contention among u.s.
"A slumbering volcano which at any
moment spark might set afiame."
Inc chancellor of the exchequer has
denuded us of every rag of the principles
which we have been proclaiming from
the house-tops."
All! The honorable member opposite
shakes his head at that. But he can't
shake mine."
Regretfully the compiler admits that
not one of these blunders was made by
an Irish member
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-06
Faith Cure in Court

The Rev Frank W Sanford of Shi-
lob, New Hampshire has been found
guilty of manslaughter, and will be
duly punished No appeal will help him.
An adult may try the faithcure route,
or commit suicide straight, and the
courts cannot interfere. But when a
little helpless child becomes the vic
tim Of divine healer and his ridcu-
lous pretensions, he must account to
the law for his acts. The line thus
drawn between the treatment of adults
and children seems natural, proper and
wholly wholesome The little ones
should be protected against passing
fanaticisms and fads.
The parent or guardian of child is
under legal obligations to procure for
that child in case of severe illness an
approved and scientific practitioner of
the healing aria physician. in short
and If he does not, then the RESPONSE
bility for the little ones life rests
upon him, and the law will take cogni-
zance Of that responsibility
The Sanford case is much needed,
for it will make plain the duties of
parents and other guardians of chill
dren Adults may indulge in the faith
cure nonsense to their hearts content,
but children must be nationally and
inteligently handled II they are not
the law can he resorted to, and In
every instance of neglect and a resort
to a passing mania it should be appeal
ed to Whoever lets child die unat-
tended In land of doctors, rejecting
the best known help becomes crimi-
nally responsible under the common
law, to say nothing of statute laws.
THE Sanford case should serve as a
Warming to all faith-curists to keep
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-06
Day of PicnIcs

To-day was a LAY of picnics In Bir-
mingham," said a professional man YES
terday afternoon. Il was out on the
streets this afternoon and was surprised
TO see so many people returning home
with baskets. In me course of short
stroll l counted perhaps a dozen persons
carrying large baskets that had been
emptied of the good things they contain
ed and everybody seemed tired out with
the days pleasure.
II suppose that most of the pleasure
seekers went out to East Lake for their
outing. although the various parks about
the city were poplar and large crowds
went out during the day. | have often
noticed that Birmingham people are quick
to take up the park habit and II a targe
pleasure resort Were located near to town
I am sure that it would be visited by
many people during the warm weather.
East Lake seems to be the Mecca for
the Sunday crowds just now The only
affection to this resort for Sunday pic
mic is the large number of people there
and consequently many prefer to go to
the mountains or the woods on the out
skirts Of town for an open-air luncheon,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-06
Fire Hazard of Cast iron.

The engineers who have studied the
effects of fire in tall buildings in Bal
timore seem to agree that iron and
steel should not be intermingled in the
frame of a building. Prof. Outerbridge
recently stated before the Franklin in.
stitute that a bar of cast iron sixteen
inches long after heating and cooling
shows a permanent expansion of about
0.45 per cent, while under similar con-
ditions steel will return to its original
dimensions Photographs taken after
the Baltimore fire were exhibited, and
in every case the steel skeleton build
ings resisted the terrific flood of fire,
while cast iron buildings lay in shatter
cred ruins. One towering steel build
ing, although Quilted from top to bot
tom, was found to be plumb, and the
skeleton in such perfect condition
that the building could be REIN
ished and occupied again Apply
ing the results of his laboratory
experiments to building construction,
especially in the light of the actual fire
tests at Baltimore, the lecturer exp
ressed his opinion that any combina-
ton of cast iron with steel in such
structures constituted a distinct fire
hazard, and in future freproof build
ings should be constructed entirely of
steel.
Other engineers consider the en-
ployment of cast iron in tall buildings
hazardous, and all-steel frames will no
doubt be preferred hereafter in con-
stsuction work,
The steel frame of approved con-
struction came out of the Baltimore
fire with additional prestige. No build
ing is fireproof in a great fire driven
by high wind, but steel frames stood
unhurt in Baltimore
when all other construction were alto
gether destroyed. No steel-frame build
ing in the burned district of Baltimore
escaped intact, all were burned out
but the frames stood in several in.
stances substantially sound, thus great.
ly lessening the loss and facilitating
reconstruction.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-06
POPULATION OF THE WORLD.

According to an exhaustive statistical
work by a German, of which the current
Harpers Weekly gives an interesting re-
sumo the population of the world today
is ,503 800, 900. The average density of
population is about ten persons to one
square kiometer, and the distribution
among the continents is as follows: In
Europe, 9.723.600 square kilometers and
1892 264 900 people, or forty inhabitants for
each square kilometer; in Asia, A,l7s. 400
square kilometers and sls556,O00 inhabi-
tants-eighteen to a square kilometer; in
Africa, $3.50, 200 square kilometers and
no. 70O. 900 inhabitants-fiye to a square kill
ometer North America Ito which divis-
ion are rather arbitrarily assigned the
West Indies. Mexico. Central America.
and Panama, as we'll as the United States
and Canada), is credited with 2O,sl7.70
square kilometers and 105,Il4000 inhabi-
tants--five to one square kilometer
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-06
MONKEYS CAPTURED.
Tom and "Jim" Restored to Circus
in Dreamlsnd.


Tom and "Jim," happy little Simians.
that disappeared from Wormwoods Mon
key circus at Dreamland, Coney Island,
on Tuesday, have been captured. They
were discovered on the roof of restaur-
ant on Surf avenue. giving a free show
to the public
One of the searching keepers saw the
nimble Jim followed by his fellow
truant, come shifting out of his hiding
place. Evidently the odor of things good
for the inner monkey influenced his
movements. He "rubbered' over the edge
of the roof, and 10! weinerwursts and
ham sandwiches appeared to view stack
ed on a counter
Apparently winking at the laughter
convulsed crowd below the little mon
key, clinging by his caudal appendage to
the rain pipe, reached down and quietly
distracted a hot dog" and a large ham
sandwich. On climbing back his COM
panion extended an ambitious paw for the
dog But Jim" would not share. Then
followed a row that furnished ten min
utes of real enjoyment to the crowd.
The monkeys were so engaged in their
fight that they did not observe their
keeper approaching from behind. In a
moment they were captives.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-06
o cruel, irreligious pety.
Titus Andronicus.
Mines in the Far East.

The injuries sustained by both fleets
from mines of various sorts is leading
to discussion Of the part that such
devices will probably play in all future
wars.
The submarine mines are not all
alike. One kind is placed where it
can be watched through a glass from
the shore. An electric wire connects
the observer on the shore with the
mine, and when the opportunity comes
he sends a spark to the mine which
explodes it. Such mines are called OBJ
servation mines, ana the field of their
use is of course limited to the range
of the eye on shore.
The mechanical mine can be placed
anywhere in the watera. 1t swings
in the tide little below the surface,
and the contact of vessel explodes it,
The mechanical mine is anchored, and
like all other things at anchor its posi-
ton may be shifted by strong tides or
strong winds, and it is not able to dis
tinguish between friend and foe. Any
vessel that Tits {. mechanical mine is
in danger
Electro-contact mines are connected
Il al
miles perhaps away. They are so con-
trived that the presence of a ship over
the mine is made known to an operator
on the shore, who at once explodes the
mine. The electro contact mines are
constructed to deal destruction 10 any
ship that passes over them.
The submerged mine does not at the
best have wide field. unless indeed
mechanical mines be sown recSlessly.
in which case the sewers may be hurt
severely, and the enemy may be so
the neighborhood of Port Arthur both
sides seem to have placed mines and
both sides are at present suffering Sc
verely from their disastrous effects.
TLey are more dangerous than the
shots discharged from torpedo tubes.
The law of neutrality says bellig-
erent shall not injure neutral, and
the right OF Russia or any other nation
to sprinkle the Yellow Sea or any other
sea with explosive mines is open to
dispute at least, and if the question
were brought before The Hague tri-
bunal in case of damage to a ship or
loss of life judgment would surely be
awarded against the nation that sent
the mine adrift.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-06
Collanse Of Cotton Prices

Just before the Sully failure in
March July cotton sold up to Is cents;
it is now worth less than twelve cents,
and December has fallen to about ten
cents. The collapse in prices extend
to over thirty dollars a bale.
The spinners are angry over the
course of the earlier market, because
the manipulators worked against
them rather than with them. Here
tofore manipulation has been directed
and controlled from the camp of the
spinners. During the winter and fall
months the spinners and New York
lost control, and the result was that
the farmers as a rule secured high
prices for their cotton. This outrage
is to be punished in some way Mr.
Sully was forced into bankruptcy be-
cause he helped the southern farmer
to secure good prices, and the farmers
of the south were encouraged to in
crease their acreage The acreage is
somewhat larger but ii is by no means
certain that the crop will be one bit
larger than that grown last year II it
is below eleven million bales prices
will soar again, and every farmer
should begin to make preparations for
the holding of his crop if prices at
picking time are below ten cents. The
line should be drawn at ten cents. The
spinners say should be drawn at five
cents, but the spinners will not get cot
ton that can be held at less than ten
cents.
At present the agricultural depart
ment is spreading favorable crop news,
and is not saying a word about the
boil weevl. The size of the crop can
not be overstated beyond December
By that time all experts will know
within three hundred thousand bales
what the crop is, and there are now
men ready and equipped to take adj
vantage of expert knowledge. The
crop will le doomed again if the crop
news will sustain movement of that
nature.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-06
IN HOTEL LOBBIEs
Church Bells Disappearing


Bells in the belfrIes of eitv churches
are rapidly passing out of vogue" said
a clergyman. Nowadays bells are get
ting to be comparatively out of date and
with the exception of some of the lar
ger church edifces where there are
chimes, few ouses of worship in new
towns have them at all None of the new
houses of worship now being erected are
supplied with bells and in a few more
years | suppose that church bells will
cease to be heard
IN the old days no church was con-
sidered finished until the bell was bought
and swung in ne belfry and the old bell
ringer was picturesque character about
the towns and villages, but l dare say
that you never saw a professional bell
ringer in your life and probably never
will. Heightened colored gentlemen who
act as sexton and major domo about the
churches sometimes condescend to ring
church bell in a perfunctory way but
they do not take any pride in its sill
very tones and are clearly ashamed Of
making so much noise in a select COM
munity. The old bell ringer was famous
for his ability to toll funeral or sound
a toesin, but he is no longer needed.
And yet I "egret that church bells are
going out of fashion Nothing is sweeter
and more conducive to spiritual reflection
on Sunday morning than the sound of
many church bells eleaving the air. NV
greatest delight in visiting old-fashioned
towns is to hear the church bells ring,
calling the people to worship just as they
called the Puritans to church in the long
q
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-06
From the Washington Times.

From the Washington Times.
- RoODING melancholy. profound
"1 encouragement, and pessimistic
~ questioning whether life is really
worth the living are practically uni
versal human experiences. bred by egot-
ism and nurtured in vanity.
1t cannot be truthfully said that even
so extraordinary a case of self-inficted
death as that of Mayor McLane of Bal
timore is really inexplicable to humanity
its own experiences the steps that lead
to such a tragedy.
Rarely. therefore, is the suicide utter
ly bereft of the sympathy of the public.
and this is right. The man should re-
ceive infinite pity for his sufferings, but
condemnation of the method he employed
to free himself from his troubles.
Suicide is the grmmest of all of un-
balanced mankind's horrible mistakes. 1t
probably takes a certain kind of cour-
age to kill ones self, but after all, self
destruction is cowardly. No man ever
killed himself who was not in his heart
of hearts afraid to live.
BY no honest logic does a man reason
himself into a belief that he is going to
benefit by dying. He simply follows blind
impulse. He takes chance on the here
after, after comforting himself that it
cannot be worse than the present. He
CANDLES with death. and he invariably
loses. Suicide is always the elimination
of selfishness. Progression is the law OF
the universe and progression is always
orderly and logical. No schoolboy ever
learned long division by skipping add
ton and subtraction. and 1t is not likely
that any man is going to learn now 10
live Alright by dying all wrong,
What is a man anyhow, flesh, blood
and bones? only the most superficial so
regard him A man is what he thinks
and knows and does; ana we all re-
cognize this by basing our final judgment
of men not on their looks, but on their
character.
Men have often come to blows dis
putting over a mental proposition, but
there never yet was recorded an in
stance where punch Vi the ia" chdhseu
a mans convictions regarding right and
wrong. though it may have made him
cautious about uttering them.
1t is not likely, therefore, that bullet
in the body is going peremptorily to dis
pose of mans problem, which, after all,
is in a final analysis contest between
his character and his environment.
Those who travel through life with
their eyes open sooner or later reach
the inevitable conclusion that while trou-
bles may be postponed, they can never
be escaped until they are faced squarely
and conquered. They also learn that
troubles are easiest conquered when first
encountered. The place to work on this
llfe's problems is here and now. There
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-06
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press
A girl likes a romance even If she knows
1t isn't genuine.
When a man is playing a peekaboo al
a girl it is a sign she can see it IL her
back is turned to him.
A girl is not very we'll satisfied with
her own figure when she crticises some
other girls severely.
1t makes mother very proud to think
how much smarter her boy would be II
he weren't so good.
1t is taking IN awful mean advantage
of a girls help,essness to- hold her hands
and then not kiss her against her will.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-06
HEREAFTER.

Author Unknown
Shall we not weary in the MINDLESS days
Hereafter for the murmur of the sea,
The cool salt air across some grassy lea?
Shall we not go bewldered through
maze
OF stately streets with glttering gems
ablaze,
Forlorn amid the pearl and ivory,
Straining our eyes beyond the bourne
to
Phantoms from our Life's dear. forsaken
ways?
Give us again the crazy clay built nest
Summer, and unreasonable SPRING
Our flowers to pluck. our broken songs
TO sing.
Our fairy gold of evening in the west;
Still to the land we love our longfngs
cling,
The sweet vain world of turmoil and unr
rest
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-06
The Business Situation.

Henry clew's Wall street letter Of
Saturday says
'one favorable feature Is the increase In
exports of manufactures from the United
States, our manufactured iron exports
during the last ten months amounting to
$50. 900 or nearly $10O0O.0O0 more than
during the same time last yeaf This DEM
onstrates that recuperative influences are
at work which will in due season pre-
pare the way for a fresh recovery. The
decline of cotton to more normal level is
also a reassuring feature. Crop prospects
thus far have been favorable as a whole.
Wheat condition is improving; corn plant
ing is making favorable progress, and
cotton. which shows record breaking
acreage, has made a better start than
last year. This year unusual reliance will
be placed upon the crops; for they more
than any other factor will govern trade,
industry and finance. of the country for
the balance of this year. The elections
are naturally an influence of some I'M
certainty; but less so than is usually the
case during Presidential years. The tariff
appears to be the only disturbing issue.
and indications are that talk on that
subject will be vastly more threatenin
than action. All probabilities point to
quiet campaign. In financial circles there
is confident undertone owing to belief
that liquidation has run its course and
that prices of good securities are ready
to respond to good influences as soon as
these appear with any real force; but
the big leaders seem disposed to wait
Until it is seen what the next two or three
months will bring forth. Recent Japanese
victories suggest n comparatively early
termination Of the war; not so much
however, as result of Russian losses as
from the fact that Russia seems utterly
unable to carry on the conflict and sup
port large enough army at such a
tremendous distance with such restricted
railroad facilities. The Japs have shown
splendid skill, courage and patience; still
1t is only fair to say that Russia is
fighting under enormous disadvantages"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-06

away from children, Their incanta-
lions and voodooism should be reserved
for adults on. Any adult who wants
that kind of treatment should be per
mitted to lave all he wants-perhaps
the more the better.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-06
Sun Shines in Kansas CITY,

Kansas City, Mo, June 5.--After ten
days of almost continuous leaden skies,
the sun shone over Kansas City today
With a cessation in the rains during the
past twelve hours. most of the rivers
are gradually falling and everywhere
food conditions are improving. A slight
rise was noticed in a few small streams,
but from now on all will fall rapidly
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-06
Equally Uncertain.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
Struck by a fancied resemblance. the
young man looked at her second time.
II beg your pardon. he said. but your
face is strikingly familiar. Weren't we
enga aged once?"
II am not sure" she replied. May 1
ask your name?'
MY name is Brown
THAT doesn't help any, she rejoined.
with little sigh. There have been three
Browns"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-06
HOPELESS CASE.

From the Chicago News.
Pennibs-I am troubled with insomnia,
doctor What would you recommend?
Doctor-Do something to tire you.
Pennibs-Impossible doctor. ! can't af-
ford a vacation this year.