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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04
CONFEDERATE FLAG WAVED
OVER NAVIGATOR ISLANDS

announcement of General Duke that he
had decided to accept the terms of surren-
der. The love for the old flag which
he had followed. ragged, barefoot, hungry.
for four long years, came back to the
Kentuckian with renewed force. With
tender reverence he took the colors, dusty
and shot torn, from the staff and wrapped
them carefully about his body. Then,
alone, heartsck. homeless, he started with
his previous possessions for foreign lands.
long account of his warslerings fol-
lows through Central America. Then
comes story of his trip out on the Pa
cihc. Short accounts of times when there
was no food and no shelter from the ele-
ments follow each other in rapid success
sion, yet through all the old flag was care
fully guarded. watched with infinite care.
loved with great affection No mention
is made of the landing OH the Navigator
islands but from the accounts of the sim
pie natives, 1t must have been twenty-five
or thirty years ago.
Captain Schuyler attempted to buy the
flag, but the native would not part with
it, and clothing could be taken from the
deathbed the promise had been made that
the old flag should be kept and cherished.
should remain always on the island.
Therefore" says Captain Schuyler. I
was not able to bring back the confed-
crate flag which for twenty-five years
has been flying over this little island
empire of the sea.
THE grave of the Confederate veteran
is situated upon a rock headland of the
island overlooking the sea. The body lies
with the feet to the east and the grave
is marked with substantial stones and
kept in most excellent order by the ma
tives. Here, alone in his death as he had
been in life. lies the old toldier the de-
voted patriot, with his oldKentuck home
so far away
In conclusion, Captain Shuler states
that he visited the grave with the inten-
ton of erecting thereon sone marking
stone, but the native fishermln had done
all that the most loving cam could do
and this lonely grave THOUSANDS of miles
from the blue grass state, In a little
rock-bound island in midoeea1 is cared
for with loving attention, ana our ex-
Confederate soldiers sleeps where the
''sun wooes out the day"
Down by the witch of the waters moan
There sweeps with the foam4seud free
The dust of the sunbeams summer rain,
The gray light of the sea.
And ever it girdles the iron shore,
Or combs the flowing waves.
Or seems with the silver beams to pour
Through the vaults of the ocean caves;
Or mounts the heaven on lazy wings.
Like gossamer woof of spray
And kisses each seaweed harp that sings
Where the sun wooes out the day"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04
THE MODERN BLAST FURNACE.
Improvements in the Art of Iron
Making
From the Scientific American.

From the Scientific American.
T., tla oarl,, d.,,s 81 h,os+ f,rraoo ,,,..o-
-,
lioe the not eases were peiiii'''eu ~ Co
cape at the mouth OF the furnace out
in later years the wastefulness of this
practice was recognized and the mouth
~ ,ha f,,rraoa u,as c,osod nv massive
cast noii cup an-oo"e al Hi.n
Is only opened Tor a fresh charge. IN the
latest designs there are two cones. one
above the other. forming a chamber be-
.o,, 49,, -, ~. or,no,,,, 90 tha OIL
."sS" '"".' ~ ~
lock- by whlch arrangement the escape Vi
the gases is entirely prevented. A large
steel pipe or fiue which curves out at the
rigbN near the ton of the furnace con-
ducts the gases downward to a big drum
or dnst collector and from this the gas
Is led to what are known as the Cowper
bot-blast stoves. of which there are four
10 each blast furnace. with one in reserve
THE charging of the blast furnace is ac-
comnlished bv means of an inclined ele-
,.ator with one or more steel bueeies
which travel from the ore nile and coke
bins I'm 10 the furnace month. where their
ao,tants orc automatically dumped
ono If The most effective improvements
IN tha ART of iron making has been the
atfng ~ tho hast before n enters the
s,r,.os 1.h,s &c done in tha covper hot
,,Iast stova large cylindrical wroueht-
,ro,, tower. about % feet in diameter and
so foot IN height II is lined with fire.
,riat apd contains. on the side next TO the
furnaca a large vertical fue, into which
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04
Catholic Primate.

II thought the Associated Press must
have made a mistake when it said that
the American hierarchy was about to ask
the Pope to establish a primary in the
United States,n remarked a member of
the Catholic church, but | have since
read authoritative statements which
makes It clear that the archbishops at
their conference on January 81 will CON
slider this question.
"The archbishop of Baltimore, at pres
ent Cardinal Gibbons, has always been
quasi-primate without real authority
outside of his arch diocese 1t Is sought
now to have primate with national
Jurisdiction. In the event of the Gre
aticn of the proposed primary, the papal
dele gate would be Withdrawn. The OBJ
iect of the desired change is. | under
stand, to give the Catholic church in
this country more of national char
acter and to have 1t governed by an
American prelate subordinate only to the
Holy Father. The idea seems to be quite
popular.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04
THE MILTON MANUSCRIPT
AND WHAT 1T REVEALS

erd AS when Heavns "Heavns' is
altered to Heavens"
CD But further. there are a few places
where we find actual corrections of the
text. In Line sol, Ills legions. angel
forms, that lay entranct'-athat', is al
tered to who: and it is Just possible
that the scrivener's eye caught the that
In the next line. so that the correction is
his own, but it may well have been the
poets. In Line loo. "Whereto with speedy
words the Fend replied the Fiendo is
corrected to 9TH Arehfiend' where there
can be no question of the scrivener Still
less. If possible. can any one but Milton
himself be responsible for the changes. to
which Mr.. Churton Collins called atten-
ton, in the passage which now reads
AS in an organ from one blast of wind
To many row of pipes the soundboard
breathes.
Here the manuscript first reads, TO
many hundred pipes" and then hum
dred is corrected to "hunderd. . Accord
ing to the famous Erratum in the first
edition to Line 76O-"For hundred read
HUNDRED, and then many hunderd.'
is struck through and "many row Of
substituted
From these considerations it cannot be
doubted that we get as close to Milton in
this manuscript it is possible to get in
the case of an author compelled by blind
ness to use the pen of another We have
unmstakable evidence of his controlling
care throughout, even to the division into
sections, the opening line of each new par
argraph being marked by a square brack-
ct
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04
DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR.

BY Tennyson.
Full knee-deep lies the winter snow,
And the winter winds are YEARLY signing:
Toll We the church bell sad and low.
And tread softly and speak low
For the old year lies a-dying.
Old year, you must not die:
You came to us so readily.
You lived with us so steadily.
Old year, you shall not die
He was full of joke and jest,
But all his merry qiiips are DER.
To see him die, across the waste
His son and heir doth ride post-haste,
But he'll be dead before.
Every one for his own.
The night is starry and cold, my
friend.
And the new year blthe and bold,
my friend.
Comes up to take his own.
His face is growing sharp and thin.
Alacki our friend is gone
Close up his eyes. tie up his chin;
Step from the corpse. and let him In
That standeth there alone.
And waitheth at the door
There's a new foot on the floor my
friend.
And a new face at the door, my
friend.
A new face at the door.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

connected with the Southern Express
company, is in the city.
j. H. Davies of Montevallo was an ar
rival of the st. Nicholas last night.
John NJ. Hawkins of oxford, Miss. is
stopping at the Morris.
w c. Smith OF Selma was an arrival
of the Metropolitan last night.
c. B. Turner, Jr., and James II. Fits
of Tuscaloosa spent Sunday at the Flor
ence.
Sam L. Hyman of Nashville, represent.
ing Daniel Brothers of Atlanta, is regis.
tered at the st. Nicholas.
George ~ Hurt and Ed. A. Neil OF At.
lanta spent Sunday at the Hillman.
c. II. Ledyard and J. II. Devices of At
lanta were arrivals of the Norris last
night.
V. NJ Murphy of Cedartown, Ga, is
stopping at the Metropolitan.
/. H. McCurdy of Lowndesboro is stop
ping at the Florence.
S. Fits of Montevallo spent Sunday a
the Florence.
L. w Dick and w. NJ Brook of Chi.
cago were arrivals of the st. Nicholas last
night
Fl. Fl. Wise of Columbus is stopping al
tho Metronolitan
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04
Southern Securities.

John L. Williams & Sons of Richmond
have issued. under date of January |, a
four-page circular ON the south and
southern investment securities in which
vast amount of valuable information
is compressed. This prominent banking
concern has long made a specially OF
southern bonds and its business extends
from Baltimore to New Orleans.
The circular says
THE total resources of national state
and savings banks for the southern
states In 1890 were s465, 974.404. against
$724 Coz, 3si in 1900 while for 1908 the total
will aggregate considerably over billion
of dollars We are unable to give ac-
curate figures up to date for the state
banks and trust companies, as they are
not yet available, but we hope to give
this information later on.
This house has for many years per-
sstently advertised the advantages of
southern investment securities. and it is
source of qualification TO us TO be able
to state that of the many millions OF
state municipal and railroad bonds which
we have placed none have ever failed to
pay the interest and principal when due,
while in many instances our clients have
reaped rich rewards from their invest
ments
with the opening of the isthmian
canal which now seems assured in the
near future the progress. possibilities and
promise of the south will be immensely
promoted and enlarged. The south will
then enjoy incalculable advantages and
privileges. its ports will be the gateways
and broad openings. and our people the
diffusers of the wealth of the Pacific and
of the east to the civilized world"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04
From the London Times.

FROM the LONDON Times.
@HE manuscript of the first book
w of Paradise Lost Ito be sold at
auction January 30 consists of
seventeen pages in the handwriting of an
ordinary scrivener. There is no doubt of
this. Such a blunder as that of sealy''
for ''scaly'' in Line 20e, Is enough to show
that the writer had no literary intelli-
gence. Further, he wrote the first four
pages with small letters at the beginning
of the lines, and had to transform them
into capitals afterward.
OF course the document in question can
not pretend to compete with the volume
piously preserved in Trinity college, Cam
bridge. the most precious jewel in their
famous library. which contains, in the
poets own beautiful writing, his original
drafts of ''Lycdas" "Comus,' "Arcades.
and many of the shorter poems. Nor
probably would the Bodeian library be
willing to exchange for 1t their autograph
of the poem to John Rous, the Bodley
librarian of the time Nevertheless. the
Paradise Lost" manuscript is of unique
interest and value. To begin with 1t is
the identical copy licensed for the press
and that considering Milton's we'll known
views on licensing, is point of interest.
1t bears still the imprimatur of the chap
lain to the Archbishop of Canterbury to
whose grace all poetry for reasons which
we need not discuss had to go to be Ii
censed
Thomas Tompkyns signs as domestic
chaplain to Archbishop Gilbert sheldon
Richard Royston as warden Oh the sta-
TONERS company anu george ioheleiioe
as the clerk VINO mace the entry. Ihere
Is well known story III ioiahus me OIL
Milton that MI. Ioniphsns nearly ieiuseu
to license the poem because Vi 'he passage
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04
Dull Fridays.

ut seems explainable, perhaps, why
Friday should be the dullest day in the
week with the merchants. but why 1t is
so noticeably dull with the hotels and
cafes on that day | have been unable to
make out" remarked an observant citi-
zen. ~ have interested myself in the mat
ter some and have inquired of the cafe
and hotel men about it. They all say
that it is hard to make expenses on Fri
day. But why the people should cease to
eat and TO travel on Friday / have been
unable TO have explained"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
Boys raise mustaches and girls expert
ence Them
Woman's logic can beat a crawfish 101
yards in hundred-yard dash.
When the bears get squeezed in the
stock market women wonder II they do
ii when anybody is looking.
The smartest thing in the world is the
dressmaker to be able to change fashion
so that old dresses can't be made over.
The meanest thing about paying Jail
or's bill is you always know you are Heip-
ing to pay somebody else who doesn land
is better dressed than you are.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04
liuht and Protection.

''These fruit and candy stands on your
streets seem to be indispensable to the
comfort and safety of pedestrians after
night-fall," remarked a visitor. These
'dago stands as they are commonly
called, furnish about the only light in the
business part of the town, and the all
night attendants act as good watehmen.
Wonder if the city authorities take these
facts into consideration when passing
laws for licensing and controlling these
people?"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

James Smithson has been dead
seventy-five years, but still what is left
of him is TO be carted from Italy TO
the United States. Ones dust is not
of much account.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

Governor Taft sailed from one end
of this country last week, but he does
not expect to reach the other end until
January 30.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

A bogus reputation fer retrenchment
is 10 be gained by + fusing to pass
rivers and harb RS bill. The opening
of the Warrior is to be postponed to
please a party.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

Corea is not consulted in the Far
East, although she caused the entire
trouble by simply persisting in being
a government and a country. She
should have committed suicide early.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

Panama is not big, but she is big
enough to have poor government UNI
less the secessionists are unusually
alert and wise.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

"Parsifal' is not to go on the road,
but there are to be Boston and Phila-
delphia days in New York 1t is not
adapted to one-night stands.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

If Mr. Rockefeller can lift Steel
common out of the depths to which it
has fallen, he can solve the rest of the
worlds problems with ease.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

Mayor Mcclellan proposes to secure
a clean sweep by retaining Commits
sioner John McGaw Woodbury..
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

General Longstreets death, at the
age of "a, will be widely mourned. He
was the last but one of the lieutenant
generals.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

The Morgan group goes out of the
Steel trust, and the Rockefeller group
comes into it. It's the difference be-
tween tweedledum and tweedledee
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

Senator Morgan lacks faith in the
power of engineers to build ship
canal on the Panama route.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

New York's electrocution apparatus
needs overhauling. for it has ceased to
work smoothly and with dispatch.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

The Bryan-Tolstoi gab-fest was four
teen hours long, and the United States
senate smeRs rival.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

Judge Moore deserves the thanks of
the entire state for his prompt and
excellent action anent the Pineapple
outrage.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

Asbestos curtains burn as readily as
any other kind. Steel rods will, how
ever, delay the spreading Of fire.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

Steel-rod curtains are now demanded
in theatres to ward off flames i.om
scenery that cannot be made fire.
proof.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

The quick birth of republic was
striking and strenuous event of the
old year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04
About Persons.

f. w. 1vey of Macon, Ga, is registered
at the Hillman.
w. r. Robinson Of Chattanooga, who is
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

The cry of fire should never be
raised in theatre. Each one will see
it soon enough.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

The college graduate is not a shin
ing, dazzling success in newspaper
work
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

Eddie Foy, the comedian, proved to
be a real man in a crisis.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

Instead of turning new leaves the
trusts are preparing to issue new stock.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

II is never ;oo late to hope for peace
until war &C ualy b ks ut.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

The fine weather of the old year
held cut to the last.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

The stock market is not quite as
mercurial as the weather.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

Chicago's misfortunes are like its
trade, unique and immense.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

Rural free delivery is for republicans
only
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

Governor Taft sailed from one end
of this country last week, but he does
not expect TO reach the other end until
January 90.
Judge Moore deserves the thanks of
the entire state for his prompt and
excellent action anent the Pineapple
outrage.
Steel-rod curtains are now demanded
in theatres to ward off flames i.om
scenery that cannot be made fire.
proof.
The cry of fire should never be
raised in theatre. Each one will see
it soon enough.
The college graduate is not a shin
ing. dazzling success in newspaper
work
Instead of turning new leaves the
trusts are preparing to issue new stock.
IL IS never iCO late 10 nope LOT pedcS
until war &C ua'ly ks ut.
-
Chicagos misfortunes are like its
trade, unique and immense.
The stock market is not quite as
mercurial as the weather.
Eddie Foy, the comedian, proved to
be a real man in crisis.
The fine weather of the old year
held cut TO the last
Rural free delivery is for republicans
only.
The newest theatres burn the quick
est.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

The newest theatres burn the quick
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04

". s. Gilbert. W. D. Bankston ana h.
l. ONeal, Jr.. are the only authorized
travelling representative of The Age
Herald In its circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-04
HOW TURKS MAKE COFFEE.

Kemp's Creek, Cleburne county, j.
airy 3, 1904
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-05-15
BELLE PLANE COLONY.

The Advocate sof Artesia. New Mexico.
gives the following news Of the colony
that settled in the Fecos valley:
Monday morning the Advocate editor
accepted Air. Thomson's invitation for
drive over the country around Mcmillan
and the shallow wen district on seven
Rivers. Seated behind enc OF the best
teams in New Mexico. the drive proved
pleasant as well as pront1hle. Those
beautiful and fertile lands where Seven
Rivers empty their slit into the Pceos
river We're visited iirs; and We enjoyed
short stop az the Nelseu < Mitchenor
racnb. Wafer Is taken direct from The
river here ard yordant alfalfa. flowers
and trees make this country home an
ideal one. 4 little further west. Oscar
Wilder and son were irrigating corn land
and planting watcrmolons. Mr.. Wilder
Is "A bard worker and says ne knows no
such thing failure ia crops Las,
yeart-he dryest New Mexico has ever
known-he made 3 bushels OF corn per
acre with no rain after the crop was
started. Ife says II - "a sad mistake 10
suppose that corn Wiil not mature with
out rainfall All IL requires Is proper
iftNatihl ana Attfnil1n- Mr.. Wilder =
water supply is only one-six,h interest
in large apring yet he nakca an sbund-
anee Of everything and to spare every
year
~ Jack Broeien's ranch We saw ths
naR artesian well. flowing about 500 gal
Ions per minute from depth Of 30 feet
Mrs. Brogdcn il especially proud of the
wen. az % means faore beautiful roses IN
the yard. to say nothing % nsI dcrops. 3
force Of men are clearing land on tho
place.
Another well was brought In Saturday
oue-half mile south Of Brogdsne al a
septh or - feet.
The Mcdonald snd Cole wells were
visited At These pisces flowing water
was secafsd ~ depth of 10 s~et. bs;
are conpas a;iveiy small nssa.
MF Eabb. late of Artosia Il drilling a
we]l nearby Du his iss-acre tract. ard
lihef driiis can b. seen IN almost every
ireciioa. sruoug them bsing ore oa :. 4.
i'iatts ranch.