The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-03-23

/ 7 Is less than two years since the erup-
ton of Mt. Pelee destroyed st. Pierre
and filled the world with horror at the
calamity. yet the memory of that catas-
trophe has already been dimmed by time.
SO easily does the world forget. Hardly
wall remains standing in ST. Pierre and
the graves of $1,000 victims are said to
look like p1owed field covered with a
growth of new grass In five years from
now people will forget there ever was
town called st. Pierre on the island of
Martinique. and when it is mentioned
questioning glances will be called forth
Perhaps after all the greatest catastro-
Plies, and certainly the most appalling
that the world ever suffers, are those
caused by volcanic eruptions. Death in
other forms may be frightful to contem-
plate, but 1t can hardly be more Impress
| i've than that brought on by an avalanche
Of fire and a rain of ashes.
A remarkable story comes from ST.
Paul. Mich. An accident to a common
house fly caused an expert accountant to
be employed in the offices of certain
prominent grain company in that city for
several months in a vain endeavor to
straighten out an error in the books. The
accountant tried again and again to dis
cover an error of just an even 800 in the
books, but without success Last week
he noticed an entry for $40 He rested
his pencil on the figure 1, when to his
surprise 1t broke in two and slid down
the page. The figure was really the leg
of fly that had been caught between
the leaves and separated from its owners.
The leg adhered to the page in such a
way that 1t made the entry $40 look like
$40, and baff1ed the eye OF an expert
Such an incident would be fine to trans
fer to the pages Of a book. 1t would do
much toward making a plot interesting
and we may expect to see at no far dis
tant date a story of how some noble
young man was suspected of theft and
his happiness threatened by a mere fys
leg adhering to the page Of his ledger
Fortunately. however, an expert account
ant or a private detective will come along
and discover the mistake In time to unite
the young man with his sweetheart, the
| daughter Of the head of the firm.
| Dogs are held in high esteem by the
Parisians. According to late dispatches
the spring fashions for CANNES include
colored cambria nightshirts, rubber shoes,
fluffy dressing gowns to wear after
bath. straw and felt hats, wicker sofas
bedecked with ribbons and garlands nall
! files, ear picks, powder boxes and vapor-
izers. With all this array of luxuries
there is no reason why Paris dogs should
not live in some comfort. They will at
| least have as much attention as the
babies and perhaps a great deal more.
Paris is remarkable place for taking I'D
fads, no matter how insane or foolish
| they may be, and just now it seems to be
dogs. Well. it matters little, except to
the dogs themselves. Perhaps they would
be happier and more contented with life
If permitted to run free and unhampered.
but it has been decreed otherwise.
II Is feared that the destruction of Nj
agara falls is imminent as a result of the
efforts OF the Niagara, Lockport and
Ontario Power company to get their Sc
called grab bill passed. 1t is said