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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-11

There is never ''might-have-been' that touches with a sting, but reveals also to Us an inner glimpse of the wide and beautiful maybe. It is all there, somebody else has 1t now while we wait.
 There would not be so many might have-beens" if there were more Tele- phones in residences and offices. It is difficult to set forth in words the importance of the Telephone -impos- sible to exaggerate 1t.
 The Telephone is as necessary to business as the safe; as necessary to housekeeping as the cooking stove. It lightens and lifts the burden of every mans and woman's work and is the unfailing dependence in more sorts of emergencies than we can enumerate.
 Call 143
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BeIman Wins,

Paris. September 10.-The Prix de yil- Heres. at one mile. for 2-year-olds, at Long Champs, today was won by W. K Vanderbilt's Belmar.
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The JEFFERSON
THE SEMINARY GIRL.

A Comedy With Music. Thursday Matinee and Night, Sept IA. Say!. You don't know who am? MELVILLE B. RAYMOND'S Big Musical and Travesty Company.
 Presents With KNUTE ERICKSON and 60 peo- pie, 40 chorus, 20 song hits. Two car loads special scenery and effects The seasons biggest musical hit Raymond's Roman Gladiators. La dies Solo Orchestra, and Rayo the Great.
 DD YCEC Matinee, 25c to s1 V NXNLO Night 25c to $1 50
 Seats on sale Tuesday,
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MT. John Cooke from now on will represent The Age Herald as Special Agent. Any business given us through him will be appreciated.
 AGE HERALD,
 Circulating Department.
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 Gross Impropriety.

The Keep report says the ownership OK stock in a typesetting machine company may not be a violation of the revised statutes, but its ownership by the wife of an associate in the office where such associate is in position to exercise in- fiuence upon the opinion of the public printer, constitutes a gross impropriety.
 Bryon w. Bonney in charge of the re- cord clerks division of the government printing office, suggested method or computing measurements In the test or composition cost between the Mergentha- Ter and Lanston machines. His sugges- ton was acquiesced in by MT. Ricketts. On the stand MT. Bonney testified that he had never held stock in either com pany but the admission was drawn from him that his wife had formerly held stock in the Mergenthaler company which she had sold year ago. Later she purchased Lanston stocks selling the latter three weeks before MT. Bonney appeared before the commission. She had bought the stock, her husband testified, with her in- dependent means.
 Albert Cottle. chief of the fifth division, where the Lanston machines are located. stated that he had heard that his wife held one hundred shares of stock in the Lansaon company. but he was not sure about it, as she had an independent in- come. and did not always consult him as to her investments. MT. Cottle, the re- port says, was one of the three members of committee appointed by the public printer to investigate typesetting ma chimes in the early summer of l904.
 After thoroughly examining all persons whose work and figures were used in the preparation of this report including members of the committee who signed It, and after the most careful consideration of the methods followed by the Marston committee in arriving at its results, we are of the opinion that as a comparative statement of cost of composition as be- tween the Mergenthaler and Lanston ma chimes, the reDrt is worthless; that the conclusion reached by the committee is not justified and that as record of any supposed comparison or test as to the merits of the two typesetting machines, the report is grossly unfair to the Mer- ganthaler machine.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-11

The Gawk Engraving Co. makes the heat cuts- Phone Peoule's 17k
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-11

SON INJURED-Mrs. W. E. Jones re- ported to the police last night that a wagon driven by negro had run over and crushed the foot of her son. The accident occurred at the corner of First avenue and Twentieth street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-11

STORE RoBBED-The store of J. N. White at Irondale was robbed recently and several valuable articles were stolen. The police are at work on the case but so far have been unable to find a clew to the guilty parties.
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COMMITTEE TO MEET-The Greater Birmingham committee of the Commer- cIal club will meet tomorrow morning at il o'clock in the Commercial club rooms. The various subcommittee will be an- Lounced at this meeting.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30
AriSfOCratS ON Small Salaries

ONE of Europes aristocratic
young men are working on the
- meager salaries of so and $12 a
week in New York importing houses
as clerks and bookkeepers. One m
vites his employer to supper at his
Fifth avenue apartment and intro
duces him to a German ambassador
and Wall street banker. Japanese
servant looks after his establishment.
In conversation recently with the
head of large wholesale importing
house, with branch offices in Phila-
delphia, Toronto, Chicago and ST.
Louis. some interesting facts were
brought to light in regard to the
thousands of men employed by this
firm, whose offices occupy an entire
block on Fourth street.
1.-The majority of the men we employ
are foreigners" said the head of this
big establishment, as he led the way
from floor to floor, filled with desks,
before which were seated sprightly
looking young men in their shirt
sleeves, bending over ledgers and bills
Of lading, intent upon their work.
MANY of them come from the best
families in Europe. and 1t would sur
prise you to know their histories and
The circumstances that have brought
most of them to America to work as
aard and as constantly as a man can
Tor salary that in many cases does
aot supply their aristocratlc de-
nands.
Very few Of them have ever worked
It anything before coming to us, and
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

held, the British Sentinel during an
eight hours full power test maintained
the extraordinary speed of 25.24 knots
per hour. AS a measure of the cost of
such high power the Scientific American
notes that to increase the speed twenty
two and half knots to twenty-five in
volved doubling the horse power re-
quired for the former speed.
As showing how largely the great in
crease in horse power and speed of
modern warships has contributed to
their cost, it may be mentioned that
during the course of this trial the new
vessel steamed around one of the
armored cruisers of sixteen years ago. |
which was being taken under tow to her
moorings, where she is to lie as an
obsolete ship until sold. This cruiser of
sixteen years of age cost only 25 per
cent more than the modern scout, al
though the latter vessel has only a third
the displacement of the older one.
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as most of them are university men
and after having left college have en-
tered the army, as every German
must do or leave the country, they find
our long office hours unbearable and
secretly revolt at the night work
which is required of them during the
months of July and August and the
first winter months when business is
rushing.
I'VE employ a large number of Rus
slams and Germans, as we find them
thoroughgoing and they usually speak
three or four languages which is of
use to us. The Germans, as you know,
are great fellows to fight, and we have
at least twenty whose scars attest to
the duels that they have fought in the
Fatherland. l know for certainty
that in most instances they have fought
with their blood up, but there are a
few who, for the sake of a mothers
or a wife's pleading, have consented
to appear as towards and have to run
away to America without fighting. L
feel sorry for these fellows. for a Ger
man is like bulldog and always longs
to fight, If not for the spoil, for the fun
of the fray.
"That tall dark eyed fellow" said |
the manager to me, as we passed a
young man whose broad back was
half turned from us, comes from a |
baron's family at Mayence, He works
for twelve dollars a week and spends
about hundred a week"
'How is that?" 1 asked.
"Iie has an indulgent MOTHER and
as she is the cause Of his being here
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that young aristocrat with the gold
pen stuck behind his ear came to me
and invited me to supper in his
rooms Naturally I was a bit sur
prised at his impudence; but, putting It
down to his lack of knowledge of the
proprietles that govern employer and
employed. ] accepted his invitation and
showed myself at his house promptly
at half-past seven, the hour designated
by him. My surprise knew no bounds
when, after I had rung his bell,
Japanese butler in a swallowtail ad-
mitted me to the large hall, which was
a square room literally filled with pic
lures, hangings and rare bric-a-brac
that would have turned an art dealers
heart sick with envy. The rugs on the
floor were costly, the staircase was
marble, and as l mounted the last
step there stood by ten dollar a week
clerk, smiling and handsome in
faultless dress suit, holding out his
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

hand in welcome. I felt very cheap,
for I had come from my office in my
host into the drawing room he pre-
sented me to the Baron de S., at
tached to the embassy at Wash
ington; then to the Wall street banker
where he kept his account, and to Lars
korf, the Junior clerk in the shipping
department. I sat down in the chair
nearest to Larskorf, and tried to begin
a conversation with him, in which I
hoped the others would join me- but
the baron and the banker were actual
ly paying court to their host, and it
seemed that Larskorf was too absorbed
in what they were saying to give
even a semblance of attention to me
his boss. l felt sure that he was
laughing at me in his sleeve, and
would have liked to kick him on the
shins; but fortunately the Japanese at
that moment announced supper and we
filed into the dining room, and l took
care TO seat myself at table between
the baron and the banker.
II don't know who cooked that sup
per-" said the manager reminiscently
but l know who ate tit couldn't be
beat In New York, About o'clock
two hansoms We're summoned by tele-
phone and we drove to the Empire,
where we witnessed the play from
ma baa
the Waldorf and parted from our host,
who ordered the cabbies to drive us to
our respective homes.
you may believe that 1 felt as If 1 |
had been hit on the head with a plank
after the experiences of that night,
and wondered what one of my ten
dollar-a-week clerks would turn out to
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fellow at the club and a prime favorite
with us all, from Black Dick, who
runs the elevator. to the smallest office
boy in our employ.
Some of these clerks that you see
here" continued the mapager, "live in
grand style and have their own apart
ments and their servants. one even
ing last winter before the store closed
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

in the field, but who lived up to his
pay and contracted heavy debts. so
that when he died, three years ago, he
left his family penniless, This young
man has been with us little more
than three months, and he is getting
nine dollars a week. However, he
seems to enjoy life and manages to
make ends meet, and is the liveliest
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she evens up his account once a month;
not with us, however. for the firm
neither borrows nor lends and IL 1t is
known that any of our men borrow
or lend money among themselves they
take the chance of instant dismissal.
THAT wiry young athlete over there
is the son of Prussian general whom
the late emperor decorated for bravery
Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-30

IT o the new navy of the United
States there is soon to be added
three vessels of type which has
never before been constructed on this
side of the Atlantic and which has but
very lately been introduced into the
navy of Great Britain. These are the
scouts which congress recently
authorized, vessels of great length and
narrow beam, of small machinery power
but of tremendous speed. Their mis-
sion, as the name implies, is to keep the
battle line informed as to the where
abouts of an enemy and to effectually
perform this work they are to be en-
dowed with speed which will enable
them to bring news far ahead of any
pursuit.
Their advent into the martial world
afloat will bring about new formation
in fleets when they are on the high seas
with battle flags unfurled. Their place
then will be in front of the armored
cruiser line, and their duty to search out
and keep in touch with the enemy, note
his strength and formation, and signal
by wireless or convey this information
to the armored cruisers, which in turn
will signal it to the battle ships, which
in the new tactics are to take position
behind the armored cruisers, Gordon
of destroyers in rear and on the flanks
of the battleships and in the safe ard
well churned water of the leaders,
To perform this duty of touch and
run, to observe and flee beyond chance
Of PURSUIT. is essential that vessels
intended for this service be given
speed in excess of that possessed by any
fighting ship of the enemy, and more
over that they be possessed of a size
and power such as to enable them
to maintain a speed or gait in any sort
Of weather. Another prime requisite is
that they be as small and inconspicu-
GUS as possible with these requirements
of speed and staunchness.
In the Chester and her class the navy
department believes that it has COM
bined all of these qualities-an incon-
spicuousness of build which will enable
a near approach, the quality of get
away when discovered, a staunchness
which will enable them to drive through
any sea and a coal endurance which
will empty the bunkers of any pursuer. |
Between the three American scouts |
and the eight which Great Britain has |
projected there is wide difference in |
appearance and design. The British |
vessel Is smaller, carries much less coal, |
and because of it's low freeboard is less |
conspicuous than the type which our
shipyards are turning out. Whether it |
will prove faster or not remains to be !
class is the Sentinel, a 20OO-ton racer
which has the appearance of an en-
larged destroyer. The American type.
on the other hand, more resembles
diminutive armored cruiser of the
Brooklyn type. The higher freeboard
of the American vessel which is to be
thirty-four feet forward and twenty
two feet aft, will render them far more
conspicuous than the British scouts,
but on the other hand it is claimed for
them greater degree of staunchness
and an ability to keep the seas longer
than can their prototypes of English
shipyards.
This table shows at a glance the rela-
tive dimensions of the two:
British. American
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British. American
Length. feet....... 36O 42O
Beam, feet......... 40 46 2-3
Displacement tons 1920 1850
Horse power. ...... il, 800 900
Speed. knots. ..,..., 1924 "a
Normal coal sup
ply, tons $50 500
Armament ........ 10 Sin 3-pdrs twelve 3-inch
Torpedoes ......... two 1S-inch. two 2l-nch
Freebcard forwd. "a feet "a feet
Freeboard aft. zee. j. feat 22 feet
On her trial trip, which was recently
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On her trial trip, which was recently
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Racing at Providence.

PROVIDENCE. r. J., July l7.-ldeal weather con
ditions. a fast track and a crowd Of 1900 people
marked tine opening Of the three weeks running
me citing In this city this afternoon, held under
the auspices OF the Narragansett Breeders Asso
citation. The feature OF the day was the Rhode
Island Hindicap for purse Of g. 500 guaranteed.
in which there were seventeen starters. with Bragg
an ov ernght entry. oasman was generally
looked upon to win. and although he made game
fight Bragg beat him out by q head Only one
fnvorite got away with the money.
First Race-About SIX furlongs Shrine. iol
OO'Bricn), A 10 5. won; Phoebus. i02 lCrimmins
20 TO l. second: diamond Flush, o. MILLER. 5 to q.
third Time. i:lO As. Rebo. Gold Croft. Little
Woods, Prince l'rltus, Bonnie Reg and Knight of
Weston also ran.
80 twhite,, 2 to l, won Yorkshire, Lad, % per
nncl, to !, second. Bronze Wing, los iCrimminS)
4 to l, third Time. las supreme Court. Arsenal.
Orfeo. Black Cat, Elliott and Hoodshade also ran.
Third Racc-.Fiyc ngs-Sunglow, 81 per
r'nc,, to |, won; Tanglcrs l07 tCrimmins,. to s.
second Pepper Pod 90 tMillen Il TO- /, third
Time. l:0i as. Succeed, Programme. Ambitious
Mr.. Budd and Ferrotype also ran.
Fourth Racc-Rhode Island Handicap: one mile
and sixtcenth--Bragg. e5 81. Mcintyre, TO |,
won Oarsman, liz tGreenneld, TO l. second
Claude Workman, Stroller, Ed BALL, Ostrich. Tommy
Waddcll, Lord badge and Flinders also ran.
Fifth Race Five furlongs-Rust, ITO (Crlmmins)
TO |, won: Venus l07 tBcll) 20 TO 1. second Miss
Point. i07 tBarnet,. . to |. third. Time, i02.
Merlingo. Barberioot. Sufnelency, Miss Gill; Swai.
low. Beasco, Elkdom, Rye and W. H. Carey also
ran. ......-.., .,
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Rockaway Beats Br,n Mawr at Polo.

CEpARHuRsr. L. l.. July 17-Throuch
the brilliant play Of Foxhall P. Keene and
the splendid work Of Rene La Montague.
Jr., backed UP by their team mates, the Rock
away Hunting Club four defeated the Bryn
Mawr Polo Club OF, Philadelphia here to-day,
The match was without handicaps. for
the Rockaway Ladies' Challenge Cup. won
once by Meadow Brook twice by Westchester
Country Club. twice by Bryn Mawr and
once previously by Rockaway. The cup
has to be won three times before II becomes
the property Of any organization.
Championship polo was shown from the
start, the Philadelphians being badly
beaten. Men and ponies suffered from
the he at. and changes Of mounts and
time out prolonged the game until it wns
dark The score: Rocknway Hunting Club
~ goals. Bryn Mawr Polo Club. goals.
The teams lined up as follows:
Rockaway Hunting Club. Rene La Montague.
Jr.; 2. John E. Cowdin: 3. Foxhail p Keene. cap
tain: back Daniel Chauncey. Jr,
Bryn MaNr Polo Club, Charles Randolph
Snowden: 2, II, ". Harrison. 8. Robert f. Straw
bridge; back. Charles Wheeler. captain.
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pIrTsBrRo. 3: NEW YoRK IN. LIZ. 0.

pIrTsBrRo, 3: NEW York IN. LIZ. o.
One OF Deacon Phillippes team mates said
yesterday that that graceful and accom-
plished maestro OF the slab did not like hot
day. Possibly the speaker meant his OBJ
servation to be played with a copper. for the
blazing sun bothered Philippe 80 much, that
he held the New Yorks down TO four singles
and a shutout went along with tho Cham
pions' meagre disbursement OF hits. Phil
lippe may not like hot day. but. inasmuch
as he made the New Yorks walk the plank
into waters deep and runless. 1t Is dreadful
to oontern plate what he would have done on
a cool day. Probably the New Yorks would
have been minus four hits, instead OF plus
four.
Ames pitched q credtable game. but Phil
lippe pitched a better. Ames harvested his
usual generous crop Of strikeouts. but there
we're two times when q man was on base that
Amess formula for preventing hits faleo'
and each hit sent In a run. Good fielding was
the rule. Devlin and Leach making the best
plays, but the gossamer hitting and tho
sizzling weather reduced the ginger supply.
Ilymer was put out Of the game IN the
being unable 70 accept his late IN silence nee
s9 1s Il. srd
Clarke was jawing away at the umpire be-
cause Of the dispossesslon Of llymer; Patsy
and when Clymer had faded from view Patsy
was sent 10 the bench by the umpire. That
was about all the vocal trimmings there were
to the game. except that McGann broke out
| with q Kick later and was ordered to his
| position by Mc(iraw.
The Pitsburge scored once in the SEC
| ond inning. Brain hammered q single to
| left and came around on htchey's two bag
| ger to the Same locality. lhe New Yorks
| had three mon on bases In the fourth, but not
| two at once. Ntchey put out the entire
| side, and Dennis Peits. whose whip was IN
| rare form threw out two Of them stealing.
Donlin sin gled and was out stealing McGann
| was hit and was forced by Mertes, and Mertes
was biotted out in an effort 70 steal, In the
previous Inning Gilbert had hunted safely.
| only TO be thrown out at third In trying TO
| reach that bag on Brownies hit to left. KLEIN
| motoned that Gilbert was safe, but John
| stone, whose place 1t was to make the de:
| csion said out and Gilbert certainly looked
to be out, being tagged by Brain as he was
| sliding in.
Beaumont hit safely in the eighth inning
and stole second. The next two batters
| went out, but the eminent MIR. Wagner broke
| up the game. A bat Is as expressive an article
| in Wagner huge hooks as fan In the hands
Of fiIrtatious lady. Sometimes he handles
it as If it were fragile. sometimes az 4 It were
a thing with which to break the ball in two
| On this dire occasion he handled II in a bored
sort OF way. thereby masking his real feeli Dgs
ball came along to suit him. swish went
his baton, and the ball went kiting into the
left field seats. The score
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CLEVELAND. 4: NEW YORK "a. LII, 1.
CLEVELAND, July H.-The New Yorks
lost the third game Of the series with Cleve,
land to-day by the score Of to /. Powell
pitched good ball. but the errors behind him
came in punches and at the wrong time. He
relieved Hogg in the second inning when
the bases were occupied by men who had
been walked.
With one gone. Powell struck out Bernhard
and williams threw out Vnson, Hogg
walked two men In the hret without damage.
Turner scored in the fourth on Keller 3 FUN
Bile Of his fly and larrs hit. and the latter y.
In the next, Bay made the circuit on pass
a sacrifice and Bradley's double.
In the eighth Carr reached second on Fultzs
error and Buelow's hit .Willisme doubled IN
New York had men on third Il the fourth,
Powell's failure 10 cover first base.
Conroy fielded the boil in plenty OF time
but could not beat the runner to the base.
Fultz, Turner and Bradley carried on the
feiding honors. Fultz's grand running catch
and saved = run. Conroy was again at frst
and Keller In left field. while Orth played the
right garden. The score: