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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31
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From The Tacoma News.
 The lower case met l. c. u. on one of the rounds of the slot route. Flows things going on with you nowadays?" inquired the busy little e.
 Rotten" replied the Il. Since this measly war began we've been worked on Chinese names until every last one of us is nearly worn out. I get so blamed hot sometimes that I can hardly hold on to the spiral on the way home, and I no more than get settled for a rest than I've got to shoot again. I'm getting mighty sick of it, and. by the eternal 2-m quad, I'm going to kick pretty soon-Ir they don't let up on us''
 The .nquisitlvo then turned to k and 2, which ere hobnobbing with each other. Flows business with you fel- Iows?'
 Russian, thank you"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31
Henley School Drill.

q was passing by the Henley school today about noon and was greatly inter- ested in seeing the children march In to their studies to drum beat and the tap of a bell" said a gentleman yesterday. Several hundred little folks, of all sizes and ages, were scurrying around the building like a small army of ants when a bell tapped. Instantly the din and confusion was increased, every little chap trying to shout his loudest, but the chill dren soon quieted. down and after vast amount of bustle l began to see some semblance of order growing out of the chaos. The bell tapped again and l found the children standing in military array, waiting for the signal to march into the building. When every young ster was in his place the signal to start was given and the children marched up the broad stone steps, four abreast. their feet keeping time to the drum beats in a rythmic tramp.
 For all the world 1t reminded me of a story I read one time-a fairy story l think 1t was-about lot of children who ran away in a ship and found a desrted town. They cam to a palace In which there was n broad stairway and all began to ascend, but they were walking on a treadmill and the stairs went round and round until the city woke up and the mechanism was stopped
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31
Gold Exnort.

The truth is, the other nations of the world prefer our low-priced gold to our high-priced Dingleyized goods, and our foreign bills are therefore freely met with gold. Since April ' we have shipped away over sixty mil lion dollars worth of gold. The de- mand for gold has been at least par tially overcome, and exports of the yellow metal may be light in June.
 No great harm was done. Money is still cheap and abundant in New York Call money earns but 11s per cent, and short-time loans are dis counted at 2h per cent But why is money so cheap when gold exports are so large? Thereby hangs tale. We are simply climbing down." says Henry Clews, from the dizzy heights ot 1902" MT Clews goes on to say:
 Another circumstance which points to a contraction of loans is the diminished activity of general business It is idle to discuss this fact. Distributors report a lessened demand in consuming markets; manufacturers are experiencing falling off in orders; railroads announce fre- quent declines in earnings and bank clear ings prove that the reaction which began in the east is extending to the west and .n,,tb Nya,., apfarprieae have received a. very decided check, as demonstrated by the fact that new interpretations during the first four months of this year were scarcely one-third of those created in the same period of 1902 and 1903. The reasons for this large shrlnkage in new enter prise are: First, the general recognition of business reaction; second, that costs and wages are often prohibitive; thlrc' unsettled laber conditions, and fourth uncertainty about crops and the election
 Henry Clews belongs to the dom inant crowd in Wall Street. There is no democracy 1n his makeup, and his exposition of Dingleyism is all the more telling on that account. A sys- tenn that alternately creates booms and depressions-that robs in good times and hard times consumers for the benefit of campaign-contriDu ing .few-that fills the land with mill ionaires ana tramps-that cripples our foreign trade-that fayors one citizen at the expense of a thousand other citizens, filling the formers pocket while insidiously and secretly draining tLe pockets of the latter-such a sys- tenn cannot long endure. It's fruits are before us in the wild craze of 1902 and the hard times of 1904, and even the wayfarer can understand it. If the taxation enforced by Dingleyism were open and above board, to be seen by all men, it would not stand beyond single election Its work is done by stealth, and the consumer who is rob bed in almost every purchase, is not permitted to see the hand of the rob Der This is why Dingleyism is en- dured. But it is being found out, and a taxation revolution is coming. The demand should be for open, plain, direct and known taxation, and none of the taxation should go into other peoples pockets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31
woNDRous "ADs" ARE THESE.
"wants Which Are Causing Epidemic
 of insomnia In Washington.
o,al to the New .York Times.

Special to the New York Times.
 shington-Residents of this city who have been studying the want ad- vertisements and personals ih the Wash ington Post are going around with a dazed look The following advertisements have appeared in single issue of that sedate journal, and have bewildered the town:
 Wanted-A strong, agile woman as nurse for twins; must be fearless and enjoy moderate amount of noise; graduate of physical culture school preferred; wages nominal. as opportunity is exceptional to have such delightful children in charge. Address John L. Bushnell, Springfield, Ohio.
 Wanted-Quickly, very strong woman as nurse for twins; will give twice wages Bushnell gives If woman Is ready to take up position at once. Dave M. Willard, Lansdowne, Penn. A good chauffeur to run automobile for gent, at commencement; must be wide awake, sober, and willing to be pushed around and roughed up. Address Lin nard.
 Wanted-Small boy to carry Roman candies, rockets. and refreshments for '94 man. who will be too tired to under take the job. Address Janey Bright. Couples married at small cost and secret ly. If desired; certificates furnished. Ask haekman at station to bring you to me. My cook and myself will be witnesses to all marriages performed by me Ae- dress Rev A. P. Armstrong; Jr.
 Several puzzled looking Washingtonians have expressed a willingness to pay lib- eral reward to any one who will explain the mystery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31
THE BUTTERFLY'S GIFTS.

From the Atlantic Monthly.
 The extraordinary gifts of the butterfly race have always excited the wonder not only of naturalists but of the most ignor- ant observers-their silent and unseen changes; the instinct by which they dis tinguish their favorite plant food. as, for instance, even among the scarcely differ- ing species of the complex race of asters. where they show themselves. as Profes- sor Asa Gray said, better botanists than many of us;" their skill in depositing their eggs unerringly on or near the pre- else plant on which the forthcoming cat
 --rs are fitted to feed, although they
 critics have never tasted 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31
SUN HoNoRs NAPOLEON.
m the snrlngfield Repnhlican.

From the Springfield Republican.
 A curious story. though not a new one. is repeated in the foreign correspond ence of several papers-that the anni- versary of the death of Napoleon at St. Helena. May 5. is the only day in the year when the setting sun appears fram- ed by the vault of the Arc de Triomphe at Paris as viewed from the Champs Elysees. At the celebration of the eighty-third recurrence of the anniver- sary an immense crowd gathered in the broad avenue and the Place de la Con- corde to witness the spectacle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31
China in the West and East.

England is no sooner out of one war than she becomes involved in another. She has been fighting the Mullah in Somaliland, and she was just about to round up the expensive and harass- ing conflict when she found herself actually at war with Tibet. Colonel Younghusband has been dispatched to Tibet to conduct negotiations with the Tibetans, even if compelled to go to LHassa. Colon1l Younghusband is ihe political a 2t of the advance
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31
The City Parks.

Now that the glad spring time Is at hand and is in fact rapidly giving way to the season when electric fans and mint tulips will be popular, 1 am surprised that the city parks do not make better appearance.' said lawyer who had just returned from a stroll. "A little work on lawns and flower beds would soon trans form these public playgrounds Into de- lightful resorts for warm evening. Jus. now they seem to be rather unkempt and in need of repairs. Nothing Is pore valuable to a city than her public parks and I trust the parks in Birmingham will not be neglected The town needs such nlaees of recreation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31
About Persons.

Dr. Thomas F. Green of Atlanta is at the St Nicholas.
 E. S. Loeb of Montgomery is stopping at the Morris
 H. P. Preston of Chattanooga is at the Colonial.
 0. R. Magill and o. Al Spruell of Brookwood are stopping at the Hillman. w. J. Rosser of Atlanta is in the city M Noble of Atlanta is registered at the St. Nicholas.
 ]. B. Wiggns of Montevallo is at the Morris.
 c. NJ. Faster of Chicago is stopping at the Colonial.
 A. G. Story of Talladega is at the Hill man.
 E. walker. of Flomaton is in the city. W. F Harlem of Mineral SpringD is stopping at the Morris.
 M. Frost of Atlanta is in the city. W. B. Bowling of Dadeville, the de judicial district, is at the Hillman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31
COMMENTS ON MEN AND
 MATTERS OF THE WORLD

of receiving a wink from the stage, espe- cialiy if he is one of those individuals who aspire to be regarded as very world ly wise. Tn fact the wink has made some chorus girls famous-witness "cissy" Fitzgerald, whose dramatic talent con- sisted largely of her ability to shut one eye in seductive fashion--and the chorus would be very dull indeed were 1t not for these wireless messages that are kept constantly hurtllng across the footlights to the delight of chollies in the front row. But Englishmen do not know how to ap- preciate a good thing and consequently they are raising a great disturbance be- cause American chorus girls playing in London dare to wink at them. The ideal
 Announcements regarding summer hats for women are very conflicting but a mere man may be able to gather that there are many "peaches'' on exhibition this season. A great many of them are now being exhibited by their wearers in public places and others have not yet parted from the milliners, but fashion agrees that they are all dreams although 1t Is probable that they are nightmares to the husband who is paying the freight. In fact the matter of hats is so important just now that a special cable dispatch from Paris has been received which states that a wonderful creation" re- gently made It's appearance on the Bois du Bulogne, where those things always happen in Paris. The description deals largely with breadth of crown and sweep of brim but there is no doubt that the hat was something original from the fact that Father Neptune's realm was bridged by cable in order to tell the world about 1t.
 It may truthfully be said that a new
 thriller" is invented every day. The latest is perhaps the giant swing on a | bicycle a little trick that makes loop ! Ing the loop look like child's play, and looping the gap a mere acrobatic frolic. What some people won't do for little money and more notoriety has not yet been told of In books nor heralded abroad over the land, but if persons who indulge in such dangerous pastimes were not risking their own necks they would prob 1 ably be endangering the lives of some one 1 else, so the public should be satisfied. To discredit the generally accepted notion that he has been fishing all the time Grover Cleveland has written an ar- ticle on Summer Shooting for The Critic, which was glad to get 1t. The distinguished disciple of Isaak Walton and also President of the United States at one time-an office of secondary i'm portance to angling and duck shooting | is not giving to the public his views of shooting the schutes, which has been made quite popular in the summer time, but is referring to the art of discharging a gun at birds that may be hunted to advantage at this season of the year. Any remarks from, Mir. Cleveland on this subject are authoritative and are accept ed with all the respectful consideration that would be shown to an article from his pen on summer fishing. What the Sage of Princeton does not know about politics, hunting and fishing is hardly ! worth knowing. P. C.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31
FORTY YEARS AGO.

W. c. B.. in the Philadelphia Publi' Ledger.
 I stand today and look across
 The vista of the years, And view the scenes of other days Through mists of falling tears; And while watch the veterans march With failtering step and slow. I seem to hear the steady tramp Of forty years ago. And backward glide the fieeting days Until I stand once more. Where Mississippi winds beside
 Louisiana's shore; And hear upon the soft spring air The music sad and low As when we heard the funeral march Some forty years ago. Still echo back the saddened dirge, The sighs and bitter tears For comrades missed. for vanished foe Through all the weary years; And broken ranks of Blue and Gray In golden halos glow As limned on memory's moving page Of forty years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

GAP1tSSs
 N o ONE who has ever heard the VI whole body of students of Hamp- ton Institute sing one of their own songs, when they are all together and their hearts are in 1t, will admit that any better choral music has ever been heard in America. It has.every element to make it fine--volume, hexibility. noble harmony. and perfect balance of male and female voices. The singers are thrilled with emotion, and yet as sensi- tive to the leaders hand as a violin Is to that of master. It is vastly better than the singing of selected chorus from the same school that gives concerts in the north, for 1t Is more massive, less con- scious and less professional. The sing 1ng seems to be the spontaneous and original expression of a genuine musical emotion. It thrills the hearer and brings tears to his eyes.
 It is, however only a massed and or ganized form of a genuine folk music which can be heard from negroes all through the south The negroes and the Indians are the only native peolpe of the United States who have a folk music. The Indian music, for the most part, though often beautiful is so far remote from white men's ideas that white peo- pie generally can not learn it, and have TO particular sympathy with it. But the negro music is more comprehensible. White people like it. And no white peo- pie like it better than the southern whites. They bring from childhood an affectionate remembrance of the black reople's singing.
 In highest degree emotional Is the song Freedom" which the venerable Colonel Higginson had the Hampton students sing at their welcome of him a month ago at the school in lieu of a speech from himself. Colonel Higginson nao commanded the first regiment in the ciVii war, made up of slaves, and the students knew 1t His emotions were almost too great for him; so he called TOT free- dom" The students sang 1t as they nao never sang before:
 Oh. Freedoml oh, Freedom!
 Oh, Freedom over me. over mel
 And before I'd be slave
 I'd be buried in my BrdNo'
 And go home to my Lord and De rree'
 But all original negro music IS not choral. The songs which negroes sing alone at their work are the most char acteristic of their music. These are nartly improvisations and partly folk lore-traditional in their expression, but often exceedingly individual in their com position. The negroes wall and shout melodiously at their work, often pour ing out their own improvised themes and words If the work is so hard that 1t would seem that it must take all their wind, they go up into weird falsettc that requires a minimum of breath. but serves the purpose of self-encourage- ment.
 I remember once watching gang of negroes rolling barrels of rosin upon the deck of a Sea Island steamer at the mouth of the Altamaha river. The work required hours. and 1t was very hot. The tide had lifted up the steamer until the gangplank slanted up from the wharf at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

A1 HE public has heard many com- (Op plaints from managers and
 theatrical folk that the past sea- son in the United States has been marked by wrecked productions, stranded com panies and weak plays. In fact times have been hard in every sense of the word in American theatrical circles and now comes a wall from London that the theatres of that town lost just Sb0o.OoO during the past season. Charles Froh- man is said to have made about the only success reported and no doubt he owes that to his Hebrew faculty for making money when everybody else would fall. Either the dramatists will have to smoke up" next year or there will be worse times in store. So far no complaint has been made of stage settings or ac- tors. The ability of the latter was not to be denied and the sumptuousness of the former was at times striking but there seemed to be something lacking in the quality of the plays.
 King Peter has raised himself greatly in the estimation of his subjects by a PotChiidi LII doiiln6 WlllCA hC CO to his son and heir on a recent date. It seems that the young prince was enfat- uated with a music hall dancer, who, strange to relate, did not reciprocate his affection and scorned the royal scion so positively and openly that he was the laughing stock of Belgrade. Forthwith King Peter rose up and ordered the court shoemaker to make a stout leather strap suitable for application to royalty The strap came, was applied vigorously, and now the prince Is ashamed to show his head on the streets. That is the way the story goes and Peter has demonstrated that he is a sensible father regardless or what he may be as king.
 The other day Q ragged little urehin was hastening down the street of a large city bundle of papers under his arm. He was the only support of a destitute family and though tender in years. time had dealt harshly with him and misfor- tune had left it's cruel mark on that part of his face which was not obscured by dirt The boy saw prosperous looking citizen drop wallet to the pavement and walk on unconscious of his loss. It was fat wallet and must have contained enough money to buy an automobile, SC the boy hastened forward with beat ing heart. He swooped down and the purse was his. No one had seen him pick 1t up. For moment he struggled hard against the temptation to keep his prize, but virtue finally prevailed and he ran after the prosperous citizen. Here, mister" he shouted, "youse drop Fed yer purse." 'Whatr exclaimed the prosperous citizen. looking scared and then delighted By jove, I have! Thanks my boy. I'll buy a paper" The boy made two cents on that paper.
 They're deucedly clever, dontcher. know. but really they wink at a fellow In the audience, and by jove. it's awfully embarrassing when you are with a girl say the London chappies of the American chorus girl Over here it Is the chorus girls prerogative to wink at whomsoevei she likes. If a man comes to a theatre where there are chorus girls he may reas. onably expect to be winked at, no matter how prominent he may be in the world | In fact he is rather proud of the honor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

Dingleyism renders cheap shipbuild- ing in this country impossible, and so the republicans propose to impose special tax for the benefit of the ships. One robbery treads upon an others heel so fast they follow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 A woman has clothes enough when she has more than anybody else in her set.
 A woman thinks her husband is dis tinguished looking when she can't Ind anything else about him to brag of
 Adam never had to give over his morn ing paper to his wife to see if there were any bargain sale advertisements; vet he thought he had troubles.
 A girl sometimes has hard work to make man think she isn't interested in him when she Is; 1t is no work at all to make him think she is when she isn't
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

A Chicago woman is suing for a di- Yorce on the ground that her husband has not smiled in seven years. He must be natural humorist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

Henry c. Moore of Corinth, Miss. issippi, has shot more than thousand elephants, but he had to go away from home to do it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

The czar is consulting clairvoyants as to the conduct of the war, and the elairvoyants fear their business and prestige will be ruined.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

It is now the fad for women sea- goers to carry yalets. A great many henpecked husbands will probably be induced to serve
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

Church and state in France are pre- pairing to dissolve partnerships for the good of both. Union of the two Is out of date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

The Ohio delegates to St. Louis are pulling for Judson Harmon, who was a member of the Cleveland cabinet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

The yellow Hearst peril is rapidly subsiding, ana it exists only where it can be utilized to boom some one else.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

The glad tidings are annouhced that the fruit crop will be the best in ten years, watermelons not excepted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

Nashville is trying to oust Mont gomery from tailend position, and the former has every assurance of sue cess.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

Carlisle, Ark, is about to be sold at auction. Here IS chance for some body to get nice town cheap.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

Not even Dr. Parkhurst knows bet ter how tc keep before the public than Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson does.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

A New Jersey man died the other day leaving behind him eighty-seven descendants, and he was not Nor mon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

The McCoy-Hatfield feud in Ken lucky is reported to be ended, prob ably because there are no more Me Cows and Hatfelds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

While the gold movement lasted the metal went about by the ton. One steamer took away four and half tons of 1t. .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

A Georgia girl has lost her voice shouting a college yell, thus demon strating once more that women are failures as "rooters.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

The queen of the carnival at Joplin, Mo, has two black eyes, but they are not very pretty and were given her by a disappointed rival.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

The end-seat hog Is a live issue in the summer cars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

General Humidety can be located even if General Kuroki or General Kuropatkin cannot be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

It is now possible to be struck by lightning almost any old day, especi- ally presidential Tightening.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

A town without a stadium is town in the woods. Birmingham Is prepar- ing to emerge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

The presidential straw vote taker k again loose in the land.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

The endseat hog should be a thin man for the general good.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

Colonel Younghusband has not or dered his Christmas dinner to be serv- ed in LHassa.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

The lambs in Wall street are few in number and short in fleece.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

The republican party stands pat on a rubber tariff. Nearly any burglar can do that.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

Coal barons gre unpopular in the east, but not in this town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

Niagara as suicide route is stil popular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-31

The czar is not going to the front St. Petersburg is front enough for him.