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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24
OPEN CAMPAIGN FOR FOREST RESERVATION Delegation Will Go on Trip
 from Knoxville THROUGH APPALACHlANS
Congress Has Set Aside $25,0oo for Investigation of Feasibility of Forming Great Appalachian
 Forest Reservation.
BY WALTER HARPER.

A delegation of congressman, senators and forestry officials will leave Knox vile, Tenn, in few days for a tour of inspection through the proposed Ap- palachian forest reservation. The party will be in charge of William T.. Hall, one of the leading forest experts in the coua- try, and the man selected by the depart ment to make an investigation of the proposed reservation for the information of Congress at the next session.
 A bill is pending before Congress to set apart a large area of forest as a national forestry reservation in the Southern Ap- palacnian and White mountains. At the last session this bill was defeated on the ground that 1t is believed that the people did not want it. Advocates of the move ment succeeded in securing an approprIa- tion for the investigation of the matter, and s25, ,000 was set aside for this purpose.
 It was provided that forestry expert should go into the territory, make sur veys and investigate the probable expense of setting aside and maintaining such re- serve Reports on the investigation are to be prepared and ready for the inspec- ton of the members at the meeting of the next session.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24

Max Pemberton, the famous novelist, is writing a new romance for the Sunday Age Herald entitled: Aladdin of London. Installments appear every Sunday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24

Half-tones that print best are made by the Gawk Engraving company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-09-24

This is really an alarming condition and 1t is well that the people are waking to the fact and are willing to lend their as- sistance to the department officials It is not for the preservation of timber for commercial purposes alone that the de- partment is working. Forest reservations are valuable for many reasons. They form water sheds that regulate the flow of streams throughout the year. They are, in fact, the great reservoirs that hold in reserve the water supply of the agricul- tural districts of the country. They check the floods that would otherwise sweep down from drenched mountains destroy ing crops and lands, and hold the over flow for even distribution through the dry seasons. It has been demonstrated also that the great forest reservations in the western mountains regulate to some extent the weather conditions in that section. The Appalachian reserve is of great im- portance to the people of Alabama since practically all the states water supply comes from the Appalachian watershed and all classes of people in this state should take a vital interest in the move ment.
 The American Forestry association is taking a great interest In the question and is bending every effort to aid in the securing of the eastern reserve, Secre- tary Thomas E. Will is sending out great deal of literature on the subject and is cooperating in every way possible with the department officials in educating the people on the importance of forest preservation
 During the next thirty days Secretary Will will make tour of the southern section, giving lectures on the subject Officials of the bureau of forestry will accompany the secretary and will discuss forestry subjects.
 The itinerary Is as follows:
 Raleigh. N. C., Thursday evening, Sep tember 26. Wfnston-Salem. N. G.. Saturday even ing, September 2S.
 Charlotte, N. C., Tuesday evening. Oc- tober l.
 Spartanburg. S. C.. Thursday evening. October 3.
 Savannah. Ga, Saturday evening. Oc- tober 5.
 Ashevlle, N. C., Monday evening, Oc- tober :. Greenville. S. C., Wednesday evening, October 9. Charleston, S. C., Friday evening, Oc- tober Il. Augusta, Ga, Tuesday evening, Oc- tober 15 Columbus, Ga, Thursday evening. Oc- tober r. Montgomery, Ala, Saturday evening, October l9.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
TO CURB JOHN s. WILLIAMS.
Move to Prevent Him Naming Mem
 bers of House Committees,

Move to Prevent Him Naming Mem
 bers of House commlttsss,
 Washington, Nov. 80.--At a caucus of the Democratic members of the house scheduled for this afternoon Representative Jones of Virginia wiD introduce resolution to this effect:
 That 1t is the sense of the Democrat. ic members that all appointments to committees should be made by the speaker"
 The purpose underlying thls seeming. ly commonplace proposal is to take out of the hands of John Sharp Williams the naming of the Democratic members of the house committees.
 Speaker Cannon," said Mfr. Jones, lever since he has been the ruler of the house has turned over ali minority committee assignments to MT, Will. Hams, thereby providing source of unpleasantness and squabbles between such of the minority as were not pleas. ed with all of MT. Williams selections. This has always been shrewd move on the speakers part to disrupt the Democratic side of the house. If he can repeat it this year the results are apt to be specially disastrous to the Democratic party"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
WOLVES FEAR IRON.
4 Piece Of the Metal Will Keep the
 Animals From Any Caroass,


 Animals From Any csroass. In the early days wolves were com. paratively unsusplcious, and it was easy to trap or poison them. Then new knowledge, a better comprehen- sion of the modern dangers, seemed to spread among the wolves. They learn- ed how to detect and defy the traps and poison, and in some way the Knowledge was passed from one to an other till all wolves were fully pos- sessed of the information. How this IS done Is not easy to say. It is easier to prove that it is done. Few wolves ever get into trap. fewer still get into q trap and out again, and thus they learn that a steel trap is a thing to be feared. And yet all wolves have the knowledge, as every trapper knows, and since they could not get it at first hand they must have got it second hand-that is, the information was communicated to them by others of their kind.
 It is we'll known among hunters that a piece of iron is enough to protect any carcass from the wolves. If a deer or antelope has been shot and is to be left out overnight all that is needed for its protection is an old horseshoe, spur or even any part of the hunt CTS dress. No wolf will go near such suspicious looking or human tainted things. They will starve rather than approach the carcass so guarded.
 With poison similar change has come about. Strychnine was consid- cred infallible when first it was intro duced. It did vast destruction for time; then the wolves seemed to dis cover the danger of that particular smell and would no longer take the poisoned bait, as know from number less experiences.
 It is thoroughly we'll known among the cattlemen now that the only chance of poisoning wolves is in the late sum- mer and early autumn, when the young are beginning to run with the mother. She cannot watch over all of them the whole time, and there is a chance of some of them finding the bait and talk ing 1t before they have been taught to let that sort of smell thing alone
 The result is that wolves are on the ] increase. They have been, indeed, ! since the late eighties. They have re- turned to many of their old hunting grounds in the cattle countries, and each year they seem to be more nu- merous and more widely spread, thanks to their mastery of the new problems forced upon them by civilization Ernest Thompson Seton in American
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
Japan Is Planning.

San Francisco. Nov 3O.-That Japan is not only planning to out distance the United States in the struggle for the commerce of the Pacific. but has already driven the steamship lines of every other nation out of the Chinese trade. is the statement Of Henry l.. Paddock, United States consul at Annoy. China. Mr Paddock arrived here yesterday on the Pacific Mail steamer Korea on his way to Wash ingtOn. "The Japanese have captured the entire ocen carrying trade of China from Hong Kong to Shanghai he said. 'The British lines. which some years ago monopOlized this business. are doing nothing. The same IS true of the German lines. All have suc- eumbed to the competition Of the Jap anese. aided hy their large subsidies and the low pay of their crews
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
THE OPENING CHAPTERS WILL APPEAR
 IN THE DEMOCRAT SHORTLY.
A Brides Dilemma.

A humorous romance Is reported from Natal, where a youthful Hindoo bride was recently called upon % choose between her husband and her jewels. The case came before the Dur ban police court In the first instance, where the brides parents, says the Natal Mercury. accused her husband of abducting her while under thirteen years of age. The bride, however, claimed to be eighteen, and the magis- trate dismissed the case. Outside the court tug of war took place between the two parties for the possession of the bride, in the course of which 1t ap- peared that what her parents particu- larly desired was not herself, but her jewelry. A sergeant of police then sat In judgment and decided that the jew elry belonged to the parents, and the girl must choose between her husband and her bracelets. After some coglta- tion she chose the husband. who promptly unfastened the bangles from her arms and handed them to her parents.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
The ludae Ia Jail.

"T." said an esteemed magistrate. spent a week in jail before entered on my judgeship. ate the prison food. I slept in a cell. I conformed with all the prison rules. wore the prison clothes. I did the prison work. Thus I learned the value of the sen tences I was to mete out later on. got to know what a week, a month, a year. Tn jail meant. As a result I am more merciful than most judges. think it would be a good thing if every judge before taking office would spend a little while in jail as I did. He would then know the vEIne of prison sen tences. a thing he doesn't know now. Now he is like 6 cashier who attempts to pay out money in a coinage of which he is izuoraRt In Baden this thing I speak of must be cone. Every judge in Baden before he takes his seat on the bench is required by law to pass weeks like a common prisoner in jaiL--Cincin1ati En0uirsr
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
Teachers Association.

Boston, Nov. 30.-The New Eng land Teachers association opened it's sixty-third annual meeting here to- day with teachers present from all parts of New England. The opening devotional exercises were conducted by Right Rev Bishop William Law renee of Boston. Several prominent educators presented subjects of in- terest to the teachers, under the gen. eral topic of discussion, "The Im- provement of the Status of the Teacher" President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard university made the opening address of the day upon the subject. "The Financial Remunera- tion of the Teacher" President Eliots paper was made the subject of a discussion which was led by William Orr of Springfield and Rep resentative Grafton D. Cushing of Boston. Payson Smith of Augusta. Me. superintendent of the Maine schools, also delivered a paper on Salaries and Pensions from the Point of View of the Community"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
To Shut Out Foreioners.

Washington, Nov. 30.-The first re. suits of the work of the immigration commission which has been looking into immigration problems will be the introduction of bill by Senator Lati mer of South Carolina. a member of the commission, to restrict to 50,0OO a year the number of aliens to be admit. ted to this country and to strengthen greatly the requirements that immi grants must meet as to education character, health and ability to support themselves.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
SELF RELIANCE.
The Lesson That Was Taught to
 Henry Ward Beeeher.


 Henry Ward Beecher used to tell this story of the way in which his teacher of mathematics taught him to depend upon himself:
 q was sent to the blackboard and went, uncertain, full of whimpering. "'That lesson must be learned said my teacher in a very quiet tone, but with q terrible intensity. All explana- tions and excuses he trod underfoot with utter scornfulness. I want that problem. I don't want any reasons why you haven't It. he would say.
 "I did study two hours
 "Thats nothing to me. I want the lesson. You need not study it at all or you may study it ten hours, just to suit yourself. want the lesson
 Tt was tough for green boy, but 1t seasoned me. In less than a month l had the most intense sense of in- tellectual independence and courage to defend my recitations.
 "One day his cold calm voice fell upon me in the midst of a demonstra. tion, 'Nor
 q hesitated and then went back to the beginning, and on reaching the same point again No" uttered in a tone of conviction, barred my progress. "'The next" And I sat down in red confusion.
 'He, too. was stopped with No: but went right on, finished. and as he sat down was rewarded with Very wellr "'Why,' whimpered I. I recited it just as he did and you said 'Nor "'Why didn't you say Yes and stick to 1t? It is not enough to know your lesson-you must know that you know 1t. You have learned nothing till you are sure. If all the world says 'Nor your business is to say Yes and prove ft'"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
Ridind Backward.

To be comfortable in summer. al- ways ride with your back toward the engine. Your eyes miss all the smoke and cinders. Insist that the porter make your berth with your pillow toward the engine. This will drive your blood to your feet and keep them warm, winter and summer. and your head cool-which Is one of the famil- lar rules of health. handed down from our forefathers. In case of accident you go in headforemost-New York Press.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
Mank.x Put. 1hi.t .a EEaht-

New York. Nov 50.-NspoEeon Bona parte. big African monkey owned by Mss Catherine Baman- an artist. living at Amsterdam avenue and One Hun dred and Fifty-fourth street whipped and put to flight a fun grown burglar and saved s5so worth of 5eweSry- Dur ing the hattie uhich racesI all over the psriOT of Miss Bsmsn-S h01se. tEo vslusbIe3 3eznVsse< were destroyed. and the furtiture IoSt most of it's ppIish. Incide4zTIy the burglar t9st u1ch of his ciothing and skin besides ksz loot
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
Tried to Kill Wife and Children.

Asbury Park, N. J., Nov. 3O-Sud. denly becoming insane, Abram Gross man, one of the most respected men of this place, attempted to kill his wife and eleven children and was overpow cred only after a desperate struggle with four men. Grossman tried to jump from the second story of his home, 1037 Springwood avenue, and terribly gashed his arm in breaking the window. He was dragged back into the room by Isaac Maltzman, a neighbor, and running into the street, he sent his fist through large plate glass window.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
SOLDIERS GUARD TAFT.
Russian Police Hear Seoretary's Train
 Would Be Blown Up.

nuSotdH ToIICo IlcdT SoCFSIaFyS IfdiN
 Would Be Blown Up.
 Penza, European Russia, Nov. 3O.-- The police of Ufa learned of a report that an attempt was to be made to blow up the train bearing Secretary Taft and his party toward St. Peters burg, and accordingly fifty soldiers were stationed in the corridors and ves tibules of the cars at Ufa and remained on guard until morning. The train proceeded slowly and with great eau tion throughout the night.
 Secretary Taft will be received by the czar Tuesday morning, and a re- ception by Minister of Foreign Affairs Iswolsky has been offered for Wednes. day night. conditional upon the abili. ty of MT. Taft to delay his departure from St. Petersburg until Thursday. He probably will leave for Hamburg Thursday noon.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
krehssId R...n.. Tainted Coin Talk.

ArehbeId Rssents Tainted Coin Talk.
 New York. Nov. 30.-Touchsd by crit cism Of gifts made to educational and charitable institutions by him and oth- er Standard oil men. John D. Arch bold. vice president of tho Standard Oil company and its virtual head. said tmphaticslly before the alumni of Syr- Rcuse university gathered at the ban aEet in the Hotel Savoy that not a dol
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
p.r,nn cnmmits snisid.-

Goshen, Ind. Nov. 30.-Rev. William H. Park. one of the best known min isters of northern Indiana. committed suicide in two feet of water fin the ca nal He submerged his head and body and remained under water until life was extinct
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
Jersey Girl AsIeep For a Week.

Asbury Park, N. J., Nov. 30.-Witl fixed and glassy eyes and in the griT of mysterious malady which bafies the attending physicians, Miss Sadie Garetsky, nineteen years old. is in a deep trance in her home, 223 Corlies avenue, West Grove. She went to sleep a week ago, and physicians have been unable to arouse her. They express the opinion, however. that ultimately she will come out of the long sleep, but they are unwilling to predict when that will he.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
Smnkes Her Pima at fn6-

Oxford, Mass, Nov. 30.-Mrs. Cath. erine Shay passed her one hundred and sixth birthday at her home in North Oxford. She is bedridden. almost blind, and her right side has been paralyzed for years. Mrs. Shay has smoked pipe since she was ten years old, and it is her only solace.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
Lsv.isr Lisu,. Fer ceIIsa..

PittsbErg. Nov. S0.-FraRcis T. F. Doveioy. one of the famous young rzrTnerS- of Ag1rew Carnegie. offered to the trustees ef the Western UnIuer- Sffy of PennSyIFsBia his s2OOoOoo house and estate oa Squirrel HII for q site fer the neu university b1iIdEnEs- The price named for the property is ETsooa
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
Cuts Artery With Conner Fanny

Syracuse. \. r.. Nov. 30. - James Burns, prisoner suffering from alcO- holism, attempted suicide in a cell at police headquarters in a novel manner. He rubbed a copper penny on the ce- ment floor of his cell until it had ahsrp edge and then severed an artery in his left wrist,
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
Roosevelt Insp.ess Prairie seboo,.r.

Washington. Nov. 30. President Roosevelt made an examination of Ezra Meeker's yoke of oxen and prsI- rA schooner, which has just accom- plished a 3.0oo mile trip from the state of Washington over the old Oregon trail Meeker made a plea to have the Oregon trail made a national highway The president suggested that if done it would have to be on a commercial rather than a sentimental basis.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
Her Method.

Uncle Bob Yes. my wife aIlus b'lieved in ty.n' a string to her finger to remember things Uncle Bill-She has one on her finger most of the time. I notice. Uncle Bob - Yes. 'ceptin' when she has sonethin' very pertikler to remember: then she leaves oT the string, an when it ain't these she re- members why.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
An Effort at Faith,

Do you believe in the science of mental healingT"
 "No," answered the impressionable man. But believe could believe in some of 1t if I could only understand exactly what the belief is."-Washing- ton Star.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
Nobel Prize For Chicago Professor.

Washington, Nov. 30.-The state de. pertinent has been advised by Ameri- can Minister Graves at Stockholm that Professor A. A. Nicholson of Chicago is to be awarded the Nobel prize for physicists. pr. Nicholson is the dis coverer of a new method for determin. ing the velocity of light.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
kiIv.s by. s...I. |. n;, Es,,.

Atlantic City. '. q. Nov 3o.-Aftef suffering for months from hezdaches and acute pains ia the head. SouerS Brzddock. nine years cd. died st the home Of his parents here. Doctors had treated him and had failed to Ioczte krr sppsrent cause fer his Illness An
 Cpsy vas perfoEued. and dead
 wns found ia cze cf tks boy7s
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
lI-=v,:5.hI. n.l.w

You can prove sn alfhi o1 this charge. can't youT- asked his lawyer.
 -Tes'r.- said the captured crock. But ven have to usIt a week e tve- The fslle-s I'm goln' to prove f hT siaT cut q jan yit"-cktczeo Trfb- u-e
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
He Had TrausIed-

Speaking of the Mysteries Of Far is.'" said the literary boarder
 The greatest one of them" said the bOarder who had been on a personally conducted" 'is the Ianguage"-CincIn- natl Enquirer.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
Confirming the Disappearance.

City Edltor-In this story you say the automobile disappeared in a cloud of dust" and 1t has been raining for two days!
 Cub Reporter-0ne on me. old man. How'll "an eruption of mud" doi- Puck.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
ENtremeA

Preaehley-Itis certainly true that If man hasn't any respect for himself nobody else vilI have much respect for him
 Wise-But it's equally true that if he has too much nobody else EIIl have sny.-St Louis Republic.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
stooooo Fir. In codv. We.

Butte. Mont. Nov. 3O.-A telephone message from Cody. wyo- says that nearly the entire business portion of the town was burned. The loss Is roughly put at s100.OOo.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
csnns, 8. Held on suspieiOn.

Richmond. va- Nov. 30.-The su- preme court Of appeals decided that q man cannot be held by the police as a suspicious character; that there must De a specific charge against him.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30
EnploYed.

Want job, Rastus?"
 No. sah; no, sah. Done got job sah."
 indeed! What are you doing?" ''Takin' in washin' foah ma wife to do. sah."-St Louis POst-Dispatch.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-30

Tue poor must be literally cared for. 50 that mendicity shall not be tempted into nendscity CT want exasperated into crime-winthrop.
The oasis., 1907-01-19
Stock M Market.

Kansas City, January II, 19O6.- The cattle run this week is 5S,OOO head, heaviest week since first of December. The market was lower on killing cattle Monday, but has regained the loss and is closing the week firm on steers, weak to a shade lower on cows; bulls strong, at S3.25 to S425, highest this win ter. The feature this week in the range cattle offerings was the ar rival of several trains of we'll bred stockers and feeders from northern New Mexico, which sold at record prices, from $4.20 to $4.50, with a few tail ends sorted out at $3.75 to $3.85. The Placita Cattle Com pany, shipping from Los Alamos, had two trains of steers weighing around $50 pounds, which netted the owners $33.80 per head, after paying all expense of shipping, selling, etc, said to be the highest net price for train load of New Mexico since 1882. While the de- mand here for stock cattle and feeders has been better supplied this week than for several weeks past, everything was quickly cleaned up at the highest prices of the win ter. Colorado stockers sold at $3.75 to $425, killers $4.75, feeders $4.55, no good COWS included, medium cows S2S5 to $3.55, Idaho stockers $375 to S4.O5, New Mexico cows $2.65 to $3.40.
 The mutton market has been about steauy this week, the loss of Monday being quickly recovered on Tuesday. Lambs show some weakness today, but ewes and wethers in Colorado have lacked