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THE MARKETS

New York, Nov. 2S.-Last weeks reaction in stocks was extended un- der the influence Of early apprehen- sion regarding the effect of Andrew Carnesie's advocacy of abolition of
 duties on steel in the revision of tar-
 Tiff. A violent rebound was caused
 by the listing of Southern Pacific
 stock for provision to meet the ex-
 change privilege of the preferred stock, the inference being drawn that an important financial plan was to follow. After the rebound the market was unsettled and irregular. The Erie bond issue and the New York Central and Denver and Rio Grande bond sales served notice of the capital re- qulrements to be met. Continuous sales Of American securities from for. eisn sources kept up the rate of ex- change to near the gold export point.
 The market closed feverish and un- settled. The general list turned heavy without regard to the strensth of special stocks. Union Pacific broke l 1-4 and Southern Pacific one point.
 Amalgamated S5 1-2, Atchison 95 i-4' Illinois Central 147, Missouri Pa clhc 63 1-2, M. X. and T. 37 3-4, New York Central 116 3-4, Pennsylvania l29 5-s, Reading 40, Rock Island g l-4' Southern Pacific 119 IA, Union Pacific lsf 1-4, Steel 5e s-4, Steel pre- ferred 113 IS.
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New York Sfhcks

New York, Nov. 2S.-First prices iof stocks today showed small changes
 both ways, but in more conspicuous
 trading stocks were lower. The 1Jn- ion Pacific, Amalgamated Conner and
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session took three important steps
 the Correlation of the Methodist
 schools of tue State, the acceptance
 of a Methodist sanitarium to be erect
 ed at Hot Springs, and the refusal
 to appoint a missionary evangelist in
 pursuance to unanimous joint res llolution of the laymen and the board of missions made last night.
 Bishop Hendrix anticipated some
 ofatory and debate on the educa- tbnal and missionary questions, but in both he was disappointed, as both natters were passed without debate br question.
 1 COrrelate the Schools. E Perhaps the most important action Of the present Conference was it's de- cision tp unify the educational inter- ests of the church in the State by ] making Henderson College a junior ! school for boys, Galloway College a junior school for the girls and Hen- dirk College the junior and senior school or Methodism in Arkansas. The resolution accompanying the. report asked that immediate steps be taken to raise a fund of s30O,0o0 for Hendrix College, and that Rev. James Thomas be appointed educational commission- CT of Arkansas.
 At the conclusion of the reading of the reports Rev. J. H. Hinemon moved the adoption of the report and resolu- tions jointly.
 Accept Sanitarium. The report of the hospital commis- sion of the three conferences was made to the effect that no steps had been taken to select a site for per manent hospital for the Methodists of the State, but that several proposi- tions had been received.
 The secretary read a proposition from Dr. M. B. Corrigan, of Hot Springs, for the erection at Hot Springs of $30,000 sanitarium to be endorsed by the conferences of the State as the Methodist Sanitarium. which would be constructed and op- erated without cost to the church, That all Methodist ministers of the State would receive free treatment and board at one-half rate at the in stiution. and that the sanitarium would treat absolutely free of cost 50 patients each year to be recom- |! mended by the conference bodies. The 1 sanitarium to be sold to the church l at any time it sees fit to purchase it i at figure to be named by an ap- praisement committed
 The report was unanimously adopt
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New York

New York, New York, Nov. 2s.-Tone, quiet; { middling, 3:45c.
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Vote Down Missionary.

Despite the fact that the laymen and board of missions at joint con ference held last night unanimously endorsed the plan to place mission
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Ruling orally that t county judge has sole and absolute authority in saloon cases, where previous agree ments were. drawn up and signed by
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, ary evangelist in the field the confer , ence voted to lay the matter on the table, and the matter of a missionary
 e-"anselist for the conference will be ; heard from no more until another con- ference.
 Reports Rendered. 1 The reports of the Board of Fi-
 nances, Board of Education, Board of
 Missions, Trustees of the Superan-
 nuate Fund, Hunter Memorial Fund. Hospital Commission, and the laymen were received and adopted at the fore noon session.
 Communications from the Arkansas Medical Association, on the subject of prevention of tuberculosis was refer red to special committee, and a con- munication from the w. c. T. U. was read and February designated as tho date on which every minister shall preach sermon on Statewide prohibit tion.
 The Orphans Home report was also rendered at the session and accented.
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Consolidated Gas declined large frac- |tions.
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IMPORTANT ACTION
 BY METHODISTS

To Corrrelate M. E. Schools-Confer' enee Takes Action in Educational Matter. Missionary and Hospital Movements-Many Reports Tender. cd at Forenoon Session.
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COttonseed Oil.

A jar of Pneumo in the hous. :. ''"ass oseiu'' III In
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COTTON.
New Orleans.

New Orleans, Nov. 2s.-Tone, quietI
 and steady; middling, Sc; sales, spot 750 f o b 500 bales.
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Little Rock, Ark, Nov. 2S.-The Lit tie Rock conference at this mornings
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COUNTY JUDGE HAS
 FULL AUTHORITY

Judge Henry W. Wells, of Monticello. Makes Interesting Ruling in This City Which Affects Local Saloon Li- cense Case-WOuld Not Issue Writ of Prohibition Against County Judge.
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United States Receipts.
Liverpool.

-.
 Liverpool, Nov. 28.-Receiyts 2ss- 900; middling, 5.09d; sales, 120o0 bales; tone, quiet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-29
Gold Exports Possible

The excess of exports over imports in November and December was $2O9,- COG, ,OOO, as against $11S,O00,OO in those months in 1906. But a trade balance does not decide the flow of gold to or from this country. After the panic ot 1893 there was trade balance in our favor of $152, 100000 in 1894, and of $109 ,OO0 O00 in 1893, and yet $1SO,OOO,- 900 in gold was exported in the two years. After the panic of 1873 there was a favorable trade balance and yet we exported $34,O00,OOO in gold.
 It is therefore probable as money is piled up idle in the banks of New York that an export gold movement will be started and it may attain to consider able proportions. If we have more gold than is actually needed there IS no reason why some of it should not be returned to the markets from which we drew it in November and Decem- Der.
 There is no reason why a moderate gold export movement should disturb the country. We have no currency problem as we had in 1894, and the government is we'll supplied with gold. The treasury, too, has the power to call back cash because of its immense bank deposits. Here are factors that were not paralleled in either 1893 or 1873, and it is not possible to say that gold exports are sure to take place or that they would prove depressing if they did take place. They are gen. orally expected, but expectations may prove disappointing, and the public would not probably consider gold ex- ports serious even if they were started in big round lots.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-29
THE FAMILY OF YARMOUTH.

From the Kansas City Star.
 Historically considered, the most fa- nous ancestors of Yarmouth was Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, who, in 1546, was made Lord Protector of the realm during the minority of King Edward VI. The Seymours are the only family in England directly descended in the male line from an officer of this dig nifty.
 The Dukes sister, Jane Seymour, was the third wife of King Henry VIII, whom she married the day after Anne Boleyn was put to death. The Dukes brother married Queen Catherine Parr, the sixth wife and the widow of the King. Within five years of acquiring the protectorship Somerset was over- thrown by his enemies, attainted and put to death for high treason.
 Under Queen Elizabeth his children by his second wife obtained a complete res- toration of his honors. In the meantime his family by his first wife fourished in dignity and opulence. Upon one des- cendant of this branch the Marquisate of Hertford was conferred. Eventually the family by the second wife died out, and in 1750 the dukedom reverted to the older branch. The present Duke of Som-
 erset, the second nobleman in rank in the United Kingdom, is descended from it. The duke is, of course, kinsman of the Earl of Yarmouth The history of the Seymour family is really the his- tory of England for the last 400 years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-29
Uncle Remus' Magazine

There are numerous readers of Uncle Remus' Magazine in Alabama, and they must certainly begin to feel that at last they have a magazine that is broad and genial and optimistic with out losing the characteristic of the soil. The February number is full of good things from the pen of the editor. MT. Harris, speaking as MT. Billy San ders of Georgia, discusses in the most delightful manner national topics, car rying the reader almost unconsciously before the throne where Joel Chandler Harris recently stood and dined and told anecdotes of the happy south. The entire number is full of this sec tion of the country. You never lose sight of it, and yet there is nothing narrow or intolerant in it. No doubt Uncle Remus'" Magazine is destined to become as popular and as widely read in Illinois or Massachusetts as it now is in Georgia or Alabama. It de- serves to be. There is good sense in it. It maintains tnne of humanity. It is broad and hopeful.
 The south should rise to an apprecia- ton of the fact that it now has a chance to secure year in and year out a magazine that smacks of the soil and yet is so enjoyable and excellent that it bids fair to become national in circulation and reputation. It is an ap- portunity that should not go unappre- ciated or unsupported at home, and The Age-Herald is glad to hear that Uncle Remus' is gaining ground month by month. It deserves the widest possible success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-29
Harold Bauer.

'Harold Bauer, the pianist, is to give a recital in Mobile in February and an effort should be made to have him appear in Birmingham while on his southern tour," said musician. "Bauer is, as all musicians and we'll informed music lovers know, one of the greatest of the cirtuosos. He gave a recital here last season to a large and appreciative audience and If he were to come again he would be greeted by even a larger crowd. Few artists that have played in Birmingham have been so warmly received.
 Bauer is pianist of ripe musical scholarship, broad sympathies, and poetic insight. He Is said to be the best in- terpreter of Schumann that now lives. He plays a Schumann group at every recital and this season he is making McDowelp s Sonata Tragica' a feature of his pro- grammes."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-29
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Business Outlook.

M. M. Richey. until recently manager of the middle and western districts of the Southern railway. with headquarters in Atlanta, will return soon to railroad work. He is in the meantime enjoying a much needed rest, and is here in Birmingham meeting and being greeted by old friends.
 There are marked signs of improve ment in business throughout the country, said Mir Richey. Prosperity of the stren- uous sort will not be expected this year, but industrial and commercial conditions will become normal. I look for a fair volume of trade before the summer. We had been going at high pressure speed and it is we'll for the country to slow down for a few months at least. The machinery of business, like physical ma chinery, must be allowed to cool off from time to time.
 Birmingham weathered the money panic well and no city anywhere is in better shape This nation has grown so vigorous and rich that a long period of depression is next to impossible. The year 1909 will be great year, unless the crops should fail us. From the way it looks now we will enter upon record-break- ing era immediately after the presidential inauguration; and the Birmingham dis trict will go forward by leaps and bounds"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-29

is no reason why cities and enterprises that need capital should not at once take steps to secure it. Bankers say the money market could absorb with out difficulty OO,OOO,OOO in new secur- ities in the next six months, and the section that grows great crops of cot ton, corn and sugar, and that is con stantly accommodating wealth and tax able values should get a share of this idle capital. Not a little of the ac- compilation of money in New York comes from the south and in all equity that proportion to say the least should be loaned here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-29
SOUTHERN WAR SONGS.

70 Caroline, Caroline, child of the sun, We can never forget that our hearts have
 been one Our foreheads both sprinkled in Liberty's
 name
 From the fountain of blood with the fin-
 ger of flame"
 It does not seem clear to us of the north at least, that this was good reply on the part of a southern poet: Farewell! We must part. We have
 turned from the land Of our cold-hearted brother, with tyran-
 nous hand, Who assumed all our rights as favor to
 grant.
 And whose smiles ever covered the sting
 of a taunt."
 The following verses from one of Timrods lyrics were better: Ere thou shalt own the tyrant's thralI Ten times ten thousand men must fall; Thy corpse may hearlxen to his call,
 Carolina! s. Filing down the gauntlet to the Huns, And roar the challenge from thy guns! Then leave the future to thy sons,
 Carolina!'
 But Huns and "northern scum' are. after all, not very poetical terms. The sentiment does not ring very grand and true down the corridors of time, and the most that we like about Mary land, My Maryland ana the rest are their swinging music, which, as we know, are much older than the war that gave them their celebrity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-29
"OUIDA."

From the Louisville Courier-J Journal.
 From Florence comes a pathetic story of the death of the novelist, Louise do Ia Rance, best known under her nom de plume, "Ouida For several years conflicting reports as to her cireum- stances have come from Italy. Not long ago an English correspondent who vis- tied her declared that she was living quietly but comfortably, surrounded by her beloved dogs, and provided with all of the necessities of life. Previous re- ports had made it appear that she was slowly starving and that she was too proud to accept assistance. It is not clear today whether the report of the circum- stances in which she died is an accurate one or merely a revival of the stories that have been denied. It is to be hoped that the Louse de la Rance did not starve or suffer from privations and exposure prior to her death. Although the woman was not producer of the highest class of literature or, as a ruler, of the most wholesome type of novel, she was a writer of considerable ability, and she has left a not entirely worthless legacy to literature.
 It is as the author of Under Two Flags" that "Ouida' is best wnown In America, although "Tricotrin," Moths" Wanda and other novels from her pen were widely read for a time and are still sold under paper covers. Doubtless many persons who have a long acquaintance ship with "Ouida" as the creator of Bertie Cecil-the chasseur dAfrique, who is the idol of the matinee girl, and Cigarette, who dies gloriously just be- fore the final curtain, consoling himself with the fact that her lover is saved, and that wounds are not painful when they are made "by the bullets of France" have missed some of the prolific writer's best work. There are several short stories by "Ouida" that have more merit than her novels Had she written nothing but "The Dog of Flanders" she would have been entitled to recognition. The novelette, Toxin was a departure from her accus- toned field and aided in proving her versatility.
 If "Ouda' really suffered privations 1t was merely because she would not accept assistance from the writers who were ready to aid her when the first reports of her poverty were published. Possibly a more thorough investigation may prove that she was not in actual want
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-29
AROUND THE COUNTRY

Boston Herald: Anyhow. stuporous melancholia is as good an excuse for mur- der as hrainstrom.
 Portland Telegram: Like Mr Bryan, 1 Governor Hughes is not volunteer, but he'll stand the draft.
 St. Louis Times: The increasing nor tuary list of distinguished journalists re- calls that ther are only few of us left.
 Youngstown Telegram: Think of the poor Chicago man compelled to resort to the court for an injunction to prevent his mother-in-law from running his house. hold.
 Houston Post: Do not shrink from oriticism," advises Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Ella will hardly shrink now that she has encountered the period of the middle age spread.
 New York Commercial: Man aboard the Missouri with nightmare stopped bat tleship fleet by yelling Man overboardr' Probably he had had too much salt horse' for supper.
 New York Herald: Burglars chloro- formed IA persons and footed two flats in East Twenty-first street. If the anaes- thetic had not given out they likely would have put the janitor to sleep and stolen the elevator.
 Philadelphia Inquirer: At any rate it must be pleasant to Cortelyou that he isn't likely to be out of a good job for the rest of his natural life. Six strong men could hardly i'll the positions which are after him.
 Washington Post: A Crosse Pointe, Mich, pastor complains that the million aires in his congregation teach their chil- dren to swear. He should remember that there are some things one cannot learn at the public schools.
 Louisville Courer-J ournal: "Why does a man always lie to his wife?" is asked by a woman contributor to a periodical. Perhaps it is because she makes such a loud and lasting noise when he tells a few harmless ones to some other woman.
 Washington Herald: ''The prohibition joint committee will meet Thursday aft ernoon," says the Jackson (Miss.) News. The joint" committee is often a popular institution in prohibition settlements, but its sessions are supposed to be of the star chamber persuasion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-29
THIRTEEN A LUCKY NUMBER.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
 No longer is the numeral 13 to be classed as 'thoodoo." Prof. Charles Bundy Will son of the University of Iowa has ap- peared as the defender of the much-ma- ligned number, and yesterday before the fifty-eight annual meeting of the Associa- ton for the Advancement of Science at the University of Chicago, he proved, to stead of being forerunner of i'll tidings and disaster, 1s means health, wealth and happiness, or at least some measure of them.
 There always had been a peculiar po- tency attached by the ancients to the number 13," he said before the anthropo- logical section of the convention. "Three and nine always have been powerful fac tors in the superstitution of races. In Ireland to cure whooping cough child was passed three times over and three times under a donkey for nine days. If it didn't die it was cured. Scotch rem- edy for removing freckles from maids was to, wash in buttermilk for nine days. Pliny and Marcellus recommend the nu- morals and 3, butin famous cure for rheumatism the numeral IS figures prom inently.
 'The ingredients are worms and wine. divided into three doses each of three series. The units are 21, divided into 5, and g.; 39, divided into Il, 13 and 10, and 57, divided into 1T, .19 and 21. Put these numbers into square and you find that 13 is the most important number. Thir- teen stands in the center. Sum of all the numbers is times IS. The sum of the products is divisible by 13,. Thirteen is the principal figure in the cure"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-29
A PECULIAR SHAVE.
From the Kansas City Journal.

From the Kansas City Journal.
 Theodore A. Hoppenjon, the Union depot barber keeps a private mug for Senator Clark of Montana, and various eastern railway officials. He has been called out of bed at night to shave an eccentric patron, but he said last night that the demands made upon him by R. T. Crane Saturday night were new and decidedly interesting. Crane is in the implement business and lives in Chica- go. He travels about the country in a. private car. Saturday night the Crane car was attached to the Santa F'e No. 9, inbound. As the train neared Chilli cothe, Ill.,, the implement magnate dis covered that he had forgotten his safe ty razor when he packed for his trip to Los Angeles. Crane had the con ductor of his train telegraph the Santa Fe agent here to have a barber at the depot for him.
 The train was late, and it doesn't stop here more than 10 minutes when on time. Hoppenjon was notified and was in readiness with his outfit, the lather all ready made up. As the train en- tered the Union depot at 9:25 the bar Der swung on the private car and had his patron lathered before the engine was stopped. Crane, sitting in the drawing room of his car, was enjoying a game of solitaire The cards were spread about the table and the imple- ment king did not appear to notice the barger's presence. When the father brush began to tickle his mouth Crane, without looking up, inquired:
 Does the game interfere with your"
 When Hoppenjon replied: "Pm here only to shave" Crane placed the next card carefully and went on with the game The barber finished in five minutes, was paid by secretary and bowed out of the car.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-01-29
New FIotations In New York

The ease in money rates was dis counted or rather anticipated by the corporations that needed more money in order to take up short-time notes or else desired to carry on construc- ton work already planned. Since the beginning of the present month the new Rotations aggregate $123,000, ,OOO. The New York Central started the ball rolling with it's sale of $3O,0O0,O00 equipment notes. Other corporations which have definitely announced the completion of new financing arrangements include the Missouri Pacific Railway company, with a sale of $6,000,000 notes; the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, s6.0O0.0O0 bonds; Consolidated Gas, s5 900 ,O0O notes; Boston and Maine, S1 900 ,O0O notes, and the Hudson con- panies, $15,OO0,O0O notes. The Della ware and Hudson company is prepar- ing to sell $10.OO0,oO0, and the St. Louis and San Francisco is understood to have under consideration a $3,000,- 900 issue, while the Erie Railroad com pany wills doubtless put out at least e5,O0o, ,00O and possibly $S,000,000.
 Money is becoming so plentiful thare