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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-05-13

SAN FRANCISCO, May ls.-The Oak
land team showed familiarity with New.
tons delivery today and after the sixth
inning Wheeler was substituted on the
slab. Oakland had an easy day and won
without much effort Buchanan, for Oak
land, was in splendid pitching trim and
after the third inning kept the hits scat
tered. Score: r. Fl. +.
Los Angeles e.. OOOO00-l 9 2
Oakland ..... 12lO1O0*-5 8 2
Batteries-Newton Wheeler and Spies
Buchanan and Lehman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1904-05-13

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17
THE FUTURE.

By Alexander Pope. Heaven from all creatures hides the book
 of fate, All but the page prescribed. their pres
 ent state; From brutes what men. from men what
 spirits know; Or who could suffer being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed today. Had he thy reason, would he skip and < play? Pleased to the last, he crops the fiowery
 food, And licks the hand just raised to shed
 his blood. 0. blindness to the future! kindly given. That each may fill the circle mark'd by
 heaven, Who see with equal eye. as God of all, A hero perish. or sporrow fall Atoms or systems into ruin hurld, And now a bubble burst, and now a
 world Hope humbly then; with trembling pin Wait the great teacher. Death; and God
 adore, What future bliss, he gives not thee to
 know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing
 now, iiOPC SpAASS ClciudA III luc hhAiioA
 breast; Man never is, but always to be blest, The soul uneasy, and confined from
 home, Rests and expatiates on a life to come. Lo the poor Indian! whose untutor'd
 mind Sees God in clouds or hears Him in the
 wind: His soul proud science never taught to
 stray Far as the solar walk or milky way; Yet simple nature to his hope has given Behind the cloud-topp'd hill, an hurnbler
 heaven: Some safer world in depth of wood em-
 braced, Some happier island in the watery waste, Where slaves once more their native
 land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold: To be content his natural desire. He asks no angels wings, no seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky. His faithful dog shall bear him company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17

aggregates this year thus far about twenty-five millions.
 How far the export movement will go cannot be foreseen. Wall street seems to think the total will be $100,- 900 000, and many others expect a total of $50, 100000. The drain is heavy one, but the country is in position to stand it without difficulty. It leaves, however, very little room for growing on the part of the republican spellbinders this summer.
 It is not easy to account for the present movement It is not wholly due to the forty-million Panama pay ment by any means. The Japanese gold comes to San Francisco to be disbursed in goo part in Europe. J. P. Morgan & Co. subscribed for some of the Russian loan, and this means gold exports, and half of the Japanese loan has been placed in this country The last-named may add $25,000,0o0 to gold exports, and the decline in ex- ports of grain and cotton, on account of high prices at home, promotes the gold movement All balances abroad will be settled in gold while interest rates are low in this country. If money should become dear such balances would be financed across the sea, and we would become borrowers.
 The gold stock of this country has risen from $811,O00O,0OO in 1900 to about SLIGO, 100000 at the present time. If we lose one hundred millions, we still have billion left, and this will carry us along very comfortably. The indications are, however, that in the administration of a republican President, supported by a republican congress, gold exports promise to be unprecedented, leaving that party at the opening of the campaign in no condition to flap it's wings and to do it's accustomed growing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17
Collapse of Lily Whites.

The Lily White movement which arose spontaneously in the Mckinley administration, has gone to pieces in the Roosevelt administration. It was particularly strong in Texas, Louisiana and Alabama, and in each of the three there were dreams of a white republi- can party. These dreams were dlssi- pase6 by the acts of President Roose- welt, and not a veslige of the move ment is left.
 Tn Texas the Lily Whites were easily overwhelmed. In Louisiana the negro delegates were admitted to their GUS tomary seats, and in Alabama the Lily Whites were simply routed Re- publicanism in the south is now on its old basis-pie for the whites and "rec ognition" for the blacks The latter are expected to act as supporters of the former, while they ask for few or
 
 no good offices. The latter are simply recognized, and the former are not recruited from their own color. This is the old familiar basis, and affairs in the party are normal.
 This means that the Lily White movement has collapsed. The Blacks and Tans are now in the saddle, or rather at the pie counter, and there they will remain, but the blacks will get none of the pie. The whites like that, while the blacks are permitted to look on and see them get it. The blacks are expected to assist up to the edge of the pie counter, but no further The Lily Whites have become either Black and Fans, or else they have gone onto the retired list from which they can step conveniently into the only white party in the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17
FASCINATING BUCHAREST.

Herbert Vivian in Saturday Review.
 Though all Bucharest is modern. we find the old eastern methods of mercantile con- struction: little open cupboards lining the road dealers squatting among their wares, literally at the receipt of custom, for they make no effort to Invite it, and the various trades huddle together; here an armory of rude pottery, richest green and richest red; there an arsenal of thick leathern sandals. a heavy patch of burnt lumber; wonder an avenue oe black sheep skin caps set out upon brass stands, in appearance like peasants' heads after a massacre. Out in the streets are high hillocks of golden grain, pyramids of pumpkins and blazing piles of scarlet chill lies. At intervals little congregations walt with laughing philosophy until they shall be hired-buiders with theirs hods, laborers with their spades. all with the emblems of their toll. Bucharest may be summed up as city of pleasures and palaces, metropolis of perpetual carni- val, a temple of boisterous joviality. Her engaging people combine the color. the grace and the bospitable instincts of the east with the comfort and convenience of the vest every instant spent among them yields a quintessence of life and joy and warmth and color. A small Paris indeed? Nay, 'tis a little paradise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17
Judge Parker is our Dalai Lama
EXCESS OF DOCTORS.

From the New York World.
 The overcrowded condition of the med cal profession in Germany grows yearly worse, but in spite of the gloomy out look the number of medical students en- tering upon medical work constantly in- creases, according to United States Con- sul Monaghan at Chemnitz. There are now 29,200 doctors in Germany. This is twice the number found in 1876. Hence the increase Is out of all proportion to the increase in population. In larger cities sta- tistics show that there is one doctor for every 800 habitants. This fact explains why in Berlin 46 per cent of all doctors have taxable income below STA Of these 27 per cent have an income be- tween $214 and $7l4 IS per cent have an uncertain income and per cent have legal profession. on the other hand, so per cert have an income over $23S0 It Is estimated that the total expense of study for the medical profession in Germany, plus the outlays in the establishment of a doctors office and the development of a fair practice, Is from $595O to s7140.
 For the relief of these conditions the German Association of Physicians has es- tablished a bureau of information at Hamburg to find remunerative places for German doctors abroad. German consuls have been requested to aid in this ex- portation by reporting on good opportuni- ties for medical men to locate in other iapda
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17
ANDREW JAcksoN's FLAG.

St. Louis, May H-The French exhibit of Louisiana in the anthropology build ing at the worlds fair includes many curios and relics. Among the interesting features are the flag of a regiment under Andrew Jackson during the war of 1872; the drum of Jourdan; some beautiful min- iatures which represent Washington Jef- ferson. Napoleon, le Pere Antoine, Gen eral Thouzard who was the first consul of France at New Orleans; J. Audubon, the famous naturalist; and Lemoyne sieur de Bienville, founder of New Orleans Among the historical documents Is an au- thorization given and signed by Napoleon Bonaparte to Jean Michael Murat and some oroclamations from Laussat, the colonial prefect of the French govern ment at the time of the cesslon and one issued by Thomas Jefferson in 1903. Copies of books printed in French at New Or leans after the cession are shown, with old historical maps and an important col- lection of French newspapers published in the Louisiana Territory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17
corporatIons Favor Issue.

Every large corporation In Jefferson county is represented on the committee of citizens appointed to carry on the cam schools of Jefferson county, said a prom inent teacher yesterday afternoon.
 You will notice, too, there is not a single teacher on the committee of one hundred. It is quite commendable to note the corporations of the district who are the largest tax payers, are in favor of the assessment of 10 cents on the $10O of values for the public schools They want to help educate the children of their em- ployes. My understanding Is that every member of the committee is going to work with vim and we expect a large majority when the votes cast at the spe- cial election on June 20 are counted.
 Headquarters have been opened on the seventh floor of the First National bank building and within the next few days letter in circular form, fully explaining local taxation for the schools is to be sent out broadcast over Jefferson coun- ty. A number of prominent citizens of the county who have the interest of the public schools of the county at heart, have agreed to take the stump In favor of the issue.
 ''The campaign committee of 100 will hold a meeting within the next few days and finally decide upon the ways and means for conducting an aggressive cam paign Prof I. w. McAdory, county su- perintendent of schools, told me this af- ternoon that he has already visited sew eral localities since the Board of Rev enue decided upon the day for holding the special election. and that he met with much encouragement in his canvass for local faxotton
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17
FiIipnos Love Gambling.

"The Filipinos are inveterate gamblers, " said young man who has been a soldier in the islands for several years. While the natives are especially devoted tc cock-fighting, they will make wagers on almost any old thing and always pay their obligations faithfully. Like a great many people in tropical countries the Filipinos have a passion for making bets, and they are seldom able to overcome the weak ness. They will stake all they possess with the utmost coolness. When a Filipino is lucky enough to win $40 or S5o in pesos he immediately goes off for a prolonged rest and no inducements could make him work"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17
Local Taxation.

The patriotism of this community shines out in the committee of One Hundred selected to conduct the cam paign in favor of a special county tax in aid of the public schools. Every in- terest in this community is represented in the big committee, even the large corporations, who are favorable to the tax, although a corporation is child less. But they know that whatever uplifts and promotes the welfare of the county will help them in the long run. The action of our big corpora tions is highly creditable. It goes to show that selfishness is not omnipres- ent and that corporation has a soul at least by proxy
 The proposition now before the county should be voted without serious division or opposition. The public schools of this county need more money, and some county should lead off in the adoption of the only local taxation permitted by the new consti tuition. It is better than none, much better, and it should be adopted pend ing the securing of local taxation that brings each school home to the in dividual taxpayer
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17
SelIinu Fruit By Weioht.

"out in California;" said traveller, T was very much surprised to find that the fruit that grows so abundantly in that favored land Is sold by the pound by all fruit dealers and grocers in Los Angeles. This method of trading .r very apt to mis- lead the public, too. A ranger will stop at a fruit stand and gaze longngly at huge oranges and apples marked cents a. pound At first glance this looks very cheap. but when you go to buy you will get one apple or one orange, If they are very fine and the fruit Is no cheaper than if you bought it the way 1t is sold in the south In California fruit grows so large that I suppose dealers find 1t easier to sell by weight, or perhaps they realize that this way of pricing is very decep- tive"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17

agent of the Mobile and Ohio railroad spent yesterday in Birmingham.
  Leslie Stephenson of waxahatchie. Tex. is in Birmingham conferring with the of ficers of the Continental Gin company MT. Stephenson will be sent to Memphis by the company.
 T. L. Long of Jasper is at the Morris. E. P. Stevens of Chicago is stopping at the St. Nicholas.
 F. F. Ramsey of Gadsden Is at the Hiliman.
 W. 0. Vim and J. P. woodall of De- mopolis are at the Morris. J. Lodge of Tuscaloosa is at the St. Nicholas.
 H. B. Brock of Fort Payne Is at the Hillman.
 F. E. Bailey of Chicago is in the city. W. H. Hines of Trussvilie is stopping at the Colonial
 M. Noble of Cincinnati is registered at the St. Nicholas.
 J. G. Smith of Camp Hill is at the Nor. rig
 O. Goldsmith and J. Robert Jones oi Huntsville are at the Hillman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17
From the New York Commercial.

From the New York Commercial.
 N TEST of the newly-devised and W1 patented Henry lifeboat was re-
 gently had at La Rochelle, France. This boat Is an ingenious and re- markable structure. In short, 1t is boat with hole in the bottom for the water to run out. More wonderful still the water that comes over the sides runs out through the hole in the bottom. The con- structon consists of two galvanized iron imposed in such a manner that the con- cavities are uppermost and leave a large air space between them. This air space Is divided into twelve lateral, one forward, and one after water-tight compartments. In the very center of the boat Is longi- tudinal opening, which extends the whole length of the space intended for crew or passengers and is really case for a cen- for that purpose, and Is intended partly to empty the boat and partly to hold a centerboard consisting of thin sheet steel, weighted with 6o0-pound bulb of molded lead. This centerboard can be raised or lowered as in ordinary cases. These are the principal distinctive features of the Henry boat and may be applied to pleas ure craft as well as to lifeboats. These boats are fitted with oars and the experiments at La Rochelle was the maneuvering of what is claimed the first automobile lifeboat. A Henry boat was furnished with double cylinder 12-horse power gasoline engine. which gave a speed of six knots an hour. The engine cannot be reversed, but by an ingenious con- trivance the propeller blades can be re- versed instead. which produces the same result.
 The claims for the Henry hfeboat are that 1t is unsuitable and cannot be upset. The following experiments were made to prove these claims. A boat of this type was raised stern first until its length as- suned a line vertical to and six feet above the surface of the water. It was then instantly released. and plunging bow sfst Into the water. lighted itself immedi- stsiy.
 Another boat was turned upside down en perfectly smooth water, and being slightly raised on one side, much as wave would do, the ifeboat at once rolled over on even keel.
 The Henry boat is not only unsuitable because 1t has more than dozen water tight compartments but also because the onenin9 in the center permits the water to escape immediately when a wave Is shipped. An artificial wave consisting of four tons of water was suddenly thrown Into a lifeboat from e height of about twelve feet The boat emptied almost in- stantly.
 The experiments were made before many thousand people and delegates from va- rious life-saving societies. The navy de- partment (Ndinistere de la Marine1 had special representative. The consensus of French newspaper opinion on these ex- periments is that a decided advance has
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
Carnival of Dances.

"The plan of the officers of the Birming- ham Free Kindergarten association to furnish all of the newspaper carriers in Birmingham and the children of the Mercy Home with free tickets to the first per formance of the Carnival of Dances, being arranged by Prof. J. c. Welssner for the benefit of the free kindergarten. Is meet ing with much approval" said a citi- zen interested in young people last night.
 These tickets are to be given to the first performance. which takes place to- morrow evening at the Jefferson theatre. l feel quite sure if the children were given the opportunity more often to see a performance of this kind, put on by childrep, that we would all feel that much good had been accomplished. am great believer in looking after the children al ways"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17
THE ENGINES OF WAR.

From the Diary of Sir Mountstuart Grant
 Dun.
 At a dinner during the Franco German war Disraeli did not open his mouth till near the end of the entertainment, when ne observed in his most contentious man. Ter: "The French embarked in this war Leeause they conceived that they had the superiority In arms of precision; they had the chassepot and they had the mitaril- leuse" (which he pronounceu ''mitrail- louse'); but of the third engine. called a man, they did not possess even a single speciment." This said, he relapsed into rerfect silence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17
Characteristic of Chinatown.

s"The most striking characteristic of Chinatown is multiplicity of strange odors." said a traveller. The Chinaman has very different ideas from us concern ing what to eat and the delicacies on dis n,av at his grocery stores constitute an assortment of most disgusting dainties. Some of them it Is possible to eat, but many of the staple articles of food with the Chinese are beyond the stomach of an American. The combined smell of de- cayed vegetables. ancient meats, dried Ash and all those nameless odors which circulate in the abodes of a not over- clean humanity assails American nostrils so strongly that few people recall the ex- nerience with pleasure"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17
Outflow of Gold.

The present movement in gold prom ises to be without precedent. Up to the present week there had been sent to Europe gold to the value of $46,. 475000. Today's shipments will add at least s10.5OO,Oo0 to that amount, thus bringing the total up to nearly sixty millions. This great sum has in good part been sent away since April z, when the present movement was fully begun. It is met in part by the influx of Japanese gold, which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17
Sympathy.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 Ruffon Wratz-Say, mister haint had nuthin' to eat fur two days, an I'm
 Fellaire Qormerly Rusty Rufus)-DyIng of thirst, are you, old chap7 Well, here's quarter for the sake of old times. Now get ous of my sight as quick as you can, you greasy old fraud. and you'l save me the trouble of kicking you out of 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17
Death Makes a Difference.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
 Verestchagin, the famous painter of war scenes. who lost his life on the battleship PetropavlovSk, had many curl ous experiences in this country. One day at an exhibition of his paintings A rich broker said to him:
 What Is the lowest price you will take for that picture?"
 Not a penny less than $500" replied the Russian artist
 "Oh. I say. Mir. "" protested the broker" you can't expect to get SO much for your pictures as if you had been dead for several centuries, like Michael An gelo and that class of canvas decora- torsr'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 It's as easy to make a reputation as money, and as hard to keep 1t.
 What worries woman most of all is suspecting what other women suspect about her
 It takes girl to act as If she were in a heavenly trance when she is dying to scratch a mosquito bite.
 A man may be sure he is called a good husband when he stays home and plays little casino with his mother-in-iaw when he knows where good poker game is going on.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17
Awkward.
From Puck

FTO1n PUCK.
 The Bear That Prays Like a Man re- garded the open door with a shudder.
 With a door open in this latitude, shall take cold, and I am bound by treaty to take nothing" said he. "Oh, what am 1 to do?'
 And he cast up his eyes in pious dep recation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17
Birmingham Boarding Houses.


 Birmingham Is a city of boarding houses" remarked a member of a set Of young men who please to call themselves the Independent Order of Hasheaters, last night.
 "The percentage of boarding public is quite heavy, and the large transient popu- lation also help the boardinghouse pro- prietor. The wonderful attractions Bir- mingham offers to the young man enter ing the business world her steel and iron plants and her mineral wealth are known over the entire country, and many young men come to this city, ind ing a home in one of the numerous boarding houses.
 Fourth and Fifth avenues seem to be the favorite sections ior the boarding houses, and several of them along these avenues are widely known. Life here is quite different from home and mother, but many young men become welded to the Bohemian life, and are loath to give up It's freedom All avocations have their representatives in the dining rooms along Fourth and Fifth avenues. The young lawyer, the bank clerk, the sales man, the student, the typewriter girl, all are at home here. The boarding house population is generally nomadic, and quite often you find yourself seated by perfect stranger.
 q imagine the boarding house business Is quite profitable here. The landlady always has to contend with that class of gentlemen who find it cheaper to move than to pay board bills, but a few ex- periences along this line generally make the proprietors very cautious"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17

Judge Parker is far from the two thirds goal, and the convention at St. Louis will not be anybody's ratification meeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17

The love affairs of army officers should be referred to the board oi strategy, which has nothing else tc attend to.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17

Dr. Parkhurst is still prying about the Lid in New York and is conse- quently in serious danger of getting his whiskers singed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17

Prince Pu Lun wants Americans for the Chinese army. If he needs officers he ought to be able to get plenty of colonels throughout the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17

Asiatics have no rights that any Caucasians are bound to respect whether those rights relate to terri tory, trade or religion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17

A baseball team composed of full blooded Creek Indians is travelling through Alabama and incidentally demonstrating the red mans ability as a ball chaser
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-17

If Hearst could secure the services of Sam" Jones as a running mate for Sam" Small, he would have a team of campaign orators hard to beat.