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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01
SORROWS FROM LONDON

| not for Lombard street to comn,o,,5
 cause It has Wall street as a customer. Such complaint is as absurd as it wonId be for MT. Wanamaker to complain be- cause someone in Cincinnati shouId oo,,,a to Philadelphia or New York to buv soous or him. If MT. WanamalSer should claim that being merchant in New York and Philadelphia. it is none of his business to sell goods to a person in Cincinnati he would be the laughing stock or the continent. Lombard street should be glad that it has Wall street for customer. It is to be assumed that when Lombard streets lend Wall street money It makes a good rate of interest ont Of 1t. Does not Lombard street itself occasionally go to another market for money? MT. Lawson himself admits that there have been times when London ap- piled to the Bank of France for few millions of gold
 Wall street, however is becoming more and more able to take care of itself and IS doing so in larger and larger meas ure It has grown greatly in power and
 
 increasing power over the money mar kets orNthe wold rather than any in- creasing dependence upon Europe for aid that is probably the main cause for Lom- bard streets complaint Whereas former ly Wall street appeared in the attitude of humble petitioner it now stands in an attitude of command Moreover it has during the past few weeks given a remarkable exhibit not only of strength. but of consideration for the feelings of other markets. Its credits abroad have been large, so large that the rates of exchange have for long time been below the gold import point, and yet out of consideration for Lombard street. Wall street has not drawn heavily upon the | Lombard street reserves
 Ar. Lawson himself has a very great respect for the financial position of Wall street and is frank enough to admit that the prevalent Lombard street view of Wall street finance, that it is the sport of professional gamblers, is fallacious. While there is gambling, Mir Lawson perceives very clearly that if there were not also a solid backbone of legitimate | business. the gambling would soon come 1 to grief. The fact, he says, that Wall ! street can pull through these money l squeezes without disaster and come up again smilings day or two after ind- cates that they do not strike so deep into the financial system as a whole. We thank Mir. Lawson for this very truthful observation which possesses un- usual significance just now when Wall street is passing through one of It's periodical crises.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01
LITTLE MELINDA BROWN-HER
 BOOK,

By Cecilia Myrover Robinson, in Harper's Magazine Torn and battered and smeared with
 paint.
 Ladies in purple and knights in blue; Cinderella of gentle paint, Decked in a gown of gorgeous hue; Hop-o' my-thumb and Goody Two-shoe; A fair queen and a yellow spook These are the playmates once she knew: Little Melinda Brown-Her Book Here is the fabled and fair Geraint; Here is the giant Bolgharhoo; Here Is the soft voiced, lovely saint Of the falling diamonds and pearls; and.
 too,
 This is the terrible Bluebeard who Spoke so loud that his wives all shook! Do you Remember? I know you do. Little Melinda Brown-Her Book" Apples of Sodom have left their taint; In the ambrosia is taste of rue; Try as we may, alasi we maynt Summon them now. as we used to do; Spirits of life when life was new, These are the stories that once were
 true.
 Little Melinda Brown-Her Book"
 ENVOY.N Friends of my childhood, fair and quaint, Forgive. forgive, that my heart forsookl My love send in this rhythmic plaint To Little Melinda Brown-Her Book.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01
LAFcADIo HEARN's LETTERS.

From the Chicago News
 In his letters. Lafcado Hearn tells a strange story of the prlmitiveness which still exists in Japan. peasant consult ed an astrologer about his mother S blindness. He was told she would get her sight back If she would eat a little human liver taken fresh and from a young body. "The peasant went home crying, and told his wife. She said: We have only one boy; he is beautiful. You can get another wife as good, or better. than l very easily, but might never be able to get another son. Therefore you must kill me instead of the son and give my liver to your mother They em- his sword and cut out the liver and be- gan to cook it, when the child awoke and screamed Neighbors and police came. In the police court the peasant told the tale with childish frankness, and cited stories from the Buddhist scriptures. The judges were moved to tears. They did not condemn the man to death; they gave him only nine years in prison. Really the man who ought to have been killed was the astrologer.'' This happened in Hearn's own neighborhood while he was there.
 Here is Hearn's prophecy about his boy, to whom he was devoted ''I fear the foreign women here, too, are nearly all of them savagely bourgeoise style-af- fected English and affected American ways prevail Carpets, dirty shoes ab- surd fashions, wickedly expensive living, airs. vanities, gossip; how much sweeter the Japanese life on the soft mats, with it's ever dearer courtesy and pretty, pure simplicity. Yet my boy can never be a Japanese. Perhaps. if he grows old, there will some day come back to him memo ries of his mothers dainty little world the .hibachi'-the 'toko,-the garden-the lights of the household shrine-the voices and hand hat shaped his thought and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01

guided every little tottering step. Then he will feel very, very lonesome, and be sorry he did not follow after those who loved him into some shadowy resting place where the Buddhas still smile under their moss."
 Lafcadio Hearn had not social soul. While living in Japan he wrote: "A for eign interior is a horror to me, and the voices of the foreign women-China coast tall woman-jar upon the comfort of ex- istence. I shall never do anything re- markable; but think I have caught sight of few truths upon the way. It now seems to me that time Is the most prec- ious of all things conceivable. I can't waste it by going out to hear people talk non sense-or by going to see pretty girls whom I can't marry, being married al- ready-or by playing games of cards, etc.. to kill time-or by answering letters writ ten to me by people who have neither real fine feelings nor real things to say"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01
The Late pr. Canister.

The death of the Rev Dr. John M. Canister, for nearly forty years rector of the Episcopal church at Huntsville, removes one of the truest and best of men, and although he had attained the age of se, his taking off causes profound regret throughout Alabama.
 'It Is not often that man who reaches an advanced age Is able to do useful service" said a friend of the deceased, but Dr. Canister was an exception to the rule. This venerable divine ministered to his people almost to the last. His facul- ties were unimpaired and his zeal for the church was unabated. Born and reared in Virginia, he was a true son of the Old Dominion; was typical southern gentleman, and every one who knew him loved and honored him. Such a blameless Christian life as Dr. Banister's was worth a thousand sermons. It was a positive blessing to the community in which his lot was cast. Dr. Banster's memory will be cherished by thousands"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01

serves no land suited for agriculture, and if any tillable strips or patches are included they may be handed over to settlers for the purposes of culti- vation. They can be leased for that purpose, but they cannot be sold.
 The system is splendidly serving the cause of irrigation, for it enables the government to reserve forests in regions of scanty rainfall. Without forest preservation much of the land now under irrigation would have to be abandoned again to the desert.
 The forests of the country number 136, and they are located in order in California, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Oregon, Arizona, Wyoming, Washing ton, New Mexico, Utah and South Da- kota. Tn California the reserves foot up 19,SS2, ,4S7 acres, while in South Da- kota there are 1,263,720 acres.
 It is not the policy of the forest service to make money out of the re- serves of the government. They are administered on the same principle that a private estate is administered by an executor; to make it pay the greatest returns to the beneficiaries- in this case the people of the United States. By an act of Congress, 10 per cent of the gross receipts from the na- tional forests are made over to the several states in which the reserves are situated, for the benefit of the counties which would otherwise re- ceive no revenue from part of their area. This redressed a real griey- ance. Eventually, it is hoped, the counties affected will find themselves far better off than they would have been without the reserves, for, 1t is argued, private ownership followed by exploitation would have destroyed the sources of permanent taxable value.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01
WHAT AILS NEW YORK

The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children has organized "Masher Sauadp to put these fends to flight and we pious- ly add our prayer that the squad will adorn the Irritation pathway with so many thorns that not a Johnny" will brave it's perils.
 This is not all. As If there were not enough trusts in New York with their legal headquarters across the river in New Jersey, a Gotham newspaper de- clares with all solemnity that the prices of Bibles are controlled by trust just as the prices of oil and sugar are con trol1ed by trusts. More woe. John D. Rockefeller, Jr, has been forced to quit his Bible class to recuperate his failing health.
 Really New York's troubles are too vo- luminous for classification. The city con tends that 1t is poorly policed, that it's streets are unolean, that its transporta- ton system is so inadequate as to make travelling between home and business nothing short of a nightmare and that It's deaily. bridge crush is nothing but barbarism.
 "Hells delight" says General Bingham. the picturesque police commissioner of that benighted town. when the evils of ms department are brought to his at tention Perhaps thers is some truth in General Bingham's homely phrase and perhaps 1t should be taken in a broader sanse. Perhaps Gotham is "Helrs de- light"
 In spirit of humanity we venture to invite all those who wish to escape what General Bingham says New York is to come down Birmingham way. We have our troubles, but we are not in the same class eith Gotham when it comes to ai- ments and plenty of them. SIT
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01
saenaerfest In september.

"The southern section of the saenger- bund will hold a saegerfest in Birming- ham next September" said Max Karpeles, 'and there is no reason why it should not be the most successful in the his tory of district German-American re- unions.
 There will be united chorus of about 500 and the festivities will have a social side that will bring back the memories of fatherland. Besides the grand con certs there will be open air entertain ments and the Germans will enjoy the occasion as no other people can. The local societies will arrange delightful pro- grammes, I am sure, and the public, re- gardless of nationality, will be invited to participate in all our social plasure. The saengerfest will bring thousands of visi- tors to Birmingham and the city will be expected to put on a gala dress"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01
The Stock Market.

Henry Clews, In his Wall street letter
 of Saturdays date, says:
 '"rhe stock market during the week was
 feversh and unsettled. An immense
 amount, in small lots, of securities has
 been absorbed by small investment buy
 ers but the market at large was con spicuously lacking in big pool buying power. This Is explained by the fact that
 very heavy losses has been sustained by
 such previous holders; confidence In pool
 operation has been badly shaken, besides
 the floating supply of capital has been practically exhausted by the immense of- ferings of new securities. and large sums
 of the latter are still hanging over the market.
 "A great deal of exaggeration exists as | to the effect of Mir Roosevelts attitude | towards the railroads. If all the truth were known, 1t Is likely that he is not | half so radical as some of his enemies
 would have us believe. 1ne danger of in furious federal legislation has unquestion-
 ably been much exaggerated. That some
 thing will eventually be done to prevent a 1 repetition of old abuses must be accept
 ed as inevitable, but any radical or se- | riously injurious national legislation | against American railroads is almost im- l possible. Notwithstanding the misdeeds
 of some of their managers, the American railroads are in too sound a position and
 of too great benefit and importance to the
 country at large to permit the passage of
 any dangerous legislation. President | ID fAr ha
 support any movement of that character.
 The chief danger lies in radical action by | some of the states but this can be, and
 probably will be, enumerated by intell-
 gent discussion and the taking of the rail- | roads into more confident relations with 1 the public. The latter policy has already
 been wisely undertaken, and in future
 the market will probably have less to l fear on this score than from the reac- | tionary effects of economic causes. These | have really been at the bottom of the re- cent decline. in spite of the attempts to l place the responsibility upon various indi- viduals, who can do nothing more than
 aggravate or precipitate the reaction 1 which is sure to come. The possibility
 of serious railroad strike in the west Is
 the latest blow to confidence in financial | circles but it now begins to look as l if such a serious disaster will be averted. | The worst of the financial earthquake in | my opinion, is over. Picking up the pieces | and cementing them together Is now in | order; this should be done without fur l ther delay. A new and safer bottom will | result for active trading. The shrinkage
 In values of 5000, GOO, GOO. which has taken | place, should be considered ample to
 amend the excesses in speculation at high | prices which have been so transparent 1 for the last twelve months at least"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01
IN HOTEL LOEBIES
IeWish-PassoVer.

The Jewish Passover. which began last Friday evening, ends next Thursday even ing. This festival commentaries the sparing of Hebrews in Egypt in the time of Moses, when God, smiting the first born of the Egyptians, passed over the houses of the Israelites which were marked by blood of a lamb.
 In alluding to the ancient Jewish feast a prominent Gentle said:
 "A very large congregation attended the services at Temple Emanuel Saturday and listened to fine and stimulating dis cusslon delivered by Rabbi Newf1eld on Liberty and Law versus License The learned speaker pointed out clearly the difference between liberty and license; the difference between the service and slavery. No one, he said, should be a slave but every one should be the servant of duty, which was liberty. It was a patriotic and aTi uplifting sermon and made a deep impression"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01
IxcelIm Course.

"The success of the lyceum course of lectures at the High school auditorium demonstrates that people appreciate this class of entertainment, when first rate talent is presented" said Dr. J. H. Phil lips. 'The course was only an experi- ment this season, but as the subscribers to the lyceum tickets are well pleased, we should be able to bring even greater attractions next winter This we can do if the demand for tickets increases.
 'The High school auditorium has come to be one of the most popular halls In Birmingham. It is not only large and comfortable, but Its acoustics are well nigh perfect. Speakers like it, singers like it, and the public likes 1t"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01
N EW YORK March 31.-(Special)- Uh There is an army of disturbing
 clements gnawing at the innards

P There is an army of disturbing clements gnawing at the innards of Americas great matropolis-the city which is known far and wide to the pro- vincial unregenerate as Gotham town. Wall street Is constantly suffering re- lapses under the treatment of pr. Theo- dore Roosevelt and Dr. Edward Henry Hartman, whose methods are dimetrical- ly opposed to each other.
 Perhaps Gotham could survive this, but there are other pests at work in her vitais There is the police force. Once more the skeleton has been coaxed from the closet to parade itself before the public as representing all that a police force should not represent. If we are to believe what we read in the "Sun''-and if you see it in the Sun" it's so-the New York police is one gigantic graft lined juggernaut slowly but relentlessly crushing to death the pious and long suffering Gotham folk.
 But think you not that this is the worst of Gotham's ills. With spring has come the Johnny whom common ordinary every day persons have always called would-be fiirts The Johnny is usually associated with the stage door of the theatre where young women earn their daily bread by showing off their figures with artificial assistance if nature has been lacking in her duty-to best advant- age. The Johnny that the first spring zephyr of 1907 waited to Gotham is not the stage door Johnny" He is the de- partment-store- -side-door Johnny who seeks the young feminine person, who sells silks and satins and lacy, fmsy things. when her daily toll is over and she starts homeward to her hall bedroom.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01
Our National Forests

The forest reserve policy has been wonderfully promoted by President Roosevelt, for he has reserved 56,S76,- 934 acres, and President Cleveland re- served but twenty-five million acres and President Harrison but thirteen million acres. The following table shows the growth in area of our re- served forests:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR From the New York Press.

When girl never looks at any man in street car it's a sign she is with her mother.
 The only way a woman can ever ac- count for her shoes hurting her is that she got them a size larger than usual.
 About the best recruiting scheme the devil ever got up is to have man slip up on a cake of soap in the bathtub.
 man wants good things to eat. but he would rather pretend he Is satisfied with bad things than discharge the cook.
 It's only fair to college education to ad- init that most boys who have it know how to accept an invitation In the proper UaY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01

From the Minneapolis Journal
 His compass points south.
 In saluting you he puts on his hat. Walking with you. he keeps out of step.
 He shakes his own hand instead of yours.
 He says east-south instead of south east.
 To be polite he asks your age and income.
 He throws away the flesh of the melon and eats its seeds.
 His women often wear trousers, while he often years gown.
 He presents coffins to hls friends as you present cigars or books.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01
THE LUCK OF THE VULGAR.
\ Richardson in London Mail.

Frank RichardsOn In London Mall
 When one looks round at the jovial, happy, healthy faces of vulgar men; when one reads of the vast sums they leave at their decease, one is astonished that the Art of Vulgarity is not taught in schools. If one has not inherited certain pro ficiency from ones parents one has to pick 1t up ones self.
 The solution of the great problems of life, how to be healthy. how to procure the privileges of the wealthy and repu- tation for happiness and wisdom is to be vulgar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01
From the Wall Street Journal.

II IOHl lne w all street Journal.
 A@ R. LAWSON, the London writer IVY on money and banking, con tribues to the Bankers Nigga zine comparison of Wall street with Lombard street. In the main it Is pro- test against the habit of Wall street in dumping its burdens upon Lombard street, in other words, of coming to Lon don for aid whenever the money shoe pinches in New York.
 He declares that what MT. Bagehot said many years ago, it is no longer true, namely that money can always be got in Lombard street at a price. As a mat ter of fact there is definite limit to the loaning resources of London, and yet MT. Lawson declares that every time New York has one of it's periodical seasons of high money rates 1t turns to Lombard | street for relief. Every time a money | squeze takes place in Wall street, he says, there is a sympathetic twinge in London. London knows that the squeeze will be passed on to 1t by some banking device or other either by mailing a few | more finance bills to Lombard street. | or by shipping securities to be carried there, or by manouvering the Bank of England out of a few millions sterling | of its precarious gold reserve. Wall street he goes on to say. never appears in Lom- bard street as lender of money. but in- variaby as borrower. When Wall streets necessities have been met, It's rates of money decline, but the effect in London is to twist up It's Bank of England rate and the advance may hold for weeks or months. MT. Lawson claims | that New York has no longer the excuse it once had for making the most out of Lombard street, inasmuch as 1t has a sufficient banking capital of its own and ought to be able to finance its own neces- sities. Wall street, he declares, is quite as capable of taking care of itself as l is Lombard street. and should for it's own stability, as for the sake of stability in international finance, give up the short sighted policy of always trying to push its difficulties on to the other markets.
 It is well to consider for a moment Mir
 Lawsor's complaint. In the first place it should be remembered that Lombard street is in the business of lending money
 and being in that business 1t is natural and proper that individuals should come to 1t for loans whenever they need the 1 advantages of credit It makes no differ ence where the borrowers are, whether the. are In London, in New York in San Francisco or in Australia, it is to be taken for granted that Lombard street Will lend It's money to those who will pay the best rates for it, offering the best se-
 curity, no matter where they live. It is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01

Religious ardor is still strong, If Easter congregations are any indica- tion. Notwithstanding the rain, all the large churches in Birmingham were filled yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01

Taft is adjusting Panama affairs and Foraker is Investigating Browns. vile, and Ohio feels bereft of true statesmen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01

The disease germ Is no respecter of persons. It assails the millionaire and the tramp alike and Is truly demo- cratic in the distribution of favors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01

President Cabrera of Guatemala has amnested all revolutionists below the grade of brigadier-general. This leaves the army of revolution nearly intact
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01

The building of new institutional church on Nineteenth street shows the trend in church affairs. The Salvation Army is largely institutional.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01

France has been insulted again in Morocco and French army Is to be sent there to wipe out the stain. The task may cover several years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01

All secretaries of the treasury come to the aid of Wall street, but not to any other street. not even to Morris avenue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01

Jerome proposed that his alienists shall earn their money. He proposes to put them through their paces be- fore the lunacy commission.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01

Sembrich, Melba and Nordica are the three soprano queens of the stage, and as a colorature artist Sembrich ranks first.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01

Governor Hughes public utility bill is dividing the sheep from the goats in the New York legislature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01

And now we have a hymn book trust. There is nothing that the trust plan cannot be made to cover.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-01

Bonilla may be hemmed in, but his fighting spirit is still indomitable. He has abandoned his automobile and he will smell, If he does not fight, bet ter.