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The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-04-12

C. w. Hansen is home this week
for short stay.
Work has been started on the new
F. D. Boyle building.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmond Fogariy We're
in from Sand Cliffs this week.
Rev. Lenard J. ChriStler will hold
Episcopal services at the town hall
next Sunday morning and evening"
Rev. Dimmick will visit the follow
ing places in the Bear Paws next
week: Lloyd, Monday night; Maddux,
Tuesday; Clear Creek, Wednesday.
Chas Shaw and Miss Agnes Thorn
pson of Maddux were quietly married
at the Methodist parsonage Wednes-
day. Rev. Dimmick oef:ciated.
Mrs. E. Snyder, district organizer
of the Modern Brotherhood, and S.
Dolan, deputy, of Great Falls, paid an
official visit to the Chinook lodge this
week.
R. E. O'Keefe and his eastern as
sociates have just returned from an
extensive examination CT the 'Oxa-
line Lode" in the new Bear Paw cop
per district.
The annual school election for the
selection of one trustee to succeed
w. B. Sands was held Saturday.
Very little interest was manifest, as
only six votes were recorded and Mr.
Sands was reelected.
One of the largest transactions in
sheep fo- some time past was con-
summated recently when NJ. ?. Jones
bought 1900 head of yearlings from
l.. B. Taylor, the Lloyd woclgrcwer
for a consideration stated 10 bs
$4,000.
Frank Freeman is in town this we
for q few days. Frank brought il
several specimens of ore from til
copper deposits. Sevreal are fin
looking ones from the claim of w
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-04-12
A Silver Spoon.

10 hear the music Of sweet bells take.
O solid silver tablespoon and tie two
cords Of equal length to the handle.
Hold the end Of the cords to each ear,
at the same time closing the ears with
the fingers. Then by motion Of the
body swing the spoon, letting 1t strike
the back Of the chair or like wooden
object. You have no idea what sweet
music you will hear. Try it and See
New York Telegram.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-04-12

A posse of Harlem citizens have
been organized and will leave shortly
for the Rocky Mountain country,
where they will form a search for the
long lost Abram D. Gill of Landusky.
The posse will also be accompanied
by two of Mr.. Gill's brothers.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-04-12
Fixing the yalue.

Jones-So the price OF that "old mas
ter" is $1,000. It doesn't look to be
worth $40.
Art Dealer-Yes, but remember 1t
was painted in 1249. Just think what
$40 at compound interest would
amount to for that length Of time!
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-04-12
Tnpertinent.

Old Doctor-What are those white
objects I see in the distance, my dear7
Miss Pert-Those are signs advertising
your profession, sir. Old Doctor-Ah.
I thought they might be tombstones.
Miss Pert-So they are.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-04-17

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place HON Of dIeole % i o States Hgyel erndi am1y
him to lu o t contain an Original P0nty
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o brlh to in
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-04-17

\ Grade Roy Abbott, Paul tooneN, Jacob
Helms, Robert lIoleumhe. Henry lereh, Ray
mond y an Fleet, Eliza Archer, Mildred lie.
rosa, Genevieye Lynch. Margaret Metz, Lucy
Naylor, lane Ieh.
II Grade hammond Benson, Howard
stockton, Florence Hunt, Margaret Hunt,
oscar Weber, Inuta Fnt, Bcr,ha Nctter
Wilmer opdNke
TRADE John Hunt, Frank KEEPER. Don
aid Heath, Jennie Harris Helen fide"ek
Mnry Iraueer, Matilda Zeh.
Ut,fnde Emma Archcr
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-04-17

The following pupils have neither been th-
sent nor tardy during the month
fIIf.H SCHOOL,.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-17

used as a sort of euphemism for slave, =
just as boy was used in the days of
negro slavery, and as the Greeks used
their word pals" But the slave boy
was so much more likely to be mischiev-
Gus than good. that the word "knave'
degenerated into the meaning of rascal,
and in this sense it is now used exclu-
sively
ITO resent" originally meant simply to
return, and resentment" meant a return.
Jeremy Taylor, the great English preach
er, used to exhort his hearers to offer to
God IAN affectionate resentment" for all
His favors. But men were so much more
disposed to return an injury than bene-
fit that the word has lost it's original
and innocent meaning, mad Is now confin-
ed to the return of injuries.
The word wrench originally meant a
girl, and gave no hint of a bad character,
or of disreputabl condnct. Our author
lied version of the Bible uses 1t in the
sense of girl. Even in so late writer as
George Eliot we find the same use and
meaning. In 1.-THE Mill on the Floss Mr..
Tulllver affectionatey calls his daughter
Maggie the little wench." But the word
has badly degenerated. and in these ''pis-
toll toting days, it would not be safe to
address any respectable young woman as
Wench.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-17
THE DEGENERACY OF WORDS BYJc. HDEN, DID.

/ have only skinned the surface OF my
subject. and might add indefinitely to the
list of degenerate words. but the ones
already reviewed are sufficient to open
the question. whence this degeneracy."
NV answer is that man Is a fallen
creature. and that his speech has fallen
with him. The greatest of all religious
teachers tells us that "out of the album
dance of the heart the mouth speaketh."
One Of the greatest Of ancient sages says;
"As he thinketh In his heart. so is he"
If you know what sort of words man
habitually uses, you have an almost GER
tain Indication of his character, as well
as of his culture Governor James Bar
hour. after whom Barbour county in this
state is said to have been named, saw a
well dressed stranger crossing the street
at Orange Court House, Va, and asked
an acquaintance: "who is that gentle
MANI Just then the stranger said: Its
powerfull muddy" Never mind" said
the Governor, ~ don't care to know who
he is.
Let the words OF your mouth, which
grow out of the meditatlons of your heart
be acceptable to Him who said: by thy
words thou shalt be justified, and by tiny
words thou shalt be condemned
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-17

A RCHBISHOP FRENCH in his high
n " interesting. though not very
scientific little work on 1.-THE Study
of Words" tells us that words are fos-
sill history The remark is true and far
reaching. 1 am not sure that he origi-
mated 1t; but he maintains and vndicates
1t with much point and vigor, and gives
divers illustrations and examples.
1t is not my purpose here to follow the
good archbishop's discussion; but TO show
how certain words have degenerated IN
their meaning, and that the degeneracy, II
not positive proof is at least a STRIKING
Illustration of the scriptural doctrine or
''The Fall of Man,
The word ''xnave' originally meant
simply a boy. The German 'knabe' is
really the same word as our "knave" and
has the same original meaning. No trace
of a bad sense belonged to the word. In
Shakespeare play of Julius Caesar, .
Marcus Brutus, whetted by Cassius to
conspire against Caesar, cannot sleep,
and at late hour of the night he arouses
his slave boy Lucius, and asks for some
music to beguile the time. The boy falls
asleep over his instrument and Brutus
apologies for awaking him, and calls
him gentle knave."
- ~aursa nf time the word came TO be
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-17

mark where prosperous villages once
stood, the names of which are still on
the map. although the people are gone
and the place exists no more; is not that
a reproach to powerful government that
makes a boast of carrying civilization and
Christianity to the ends of the earth =?
These and many more are the things
which Mr.. Bryce has in mind when he
speaks of Ireland as being a standing
reproach to English government.
But Ireland is moro than reproaeh.
Had she been only that the prospects for
relief would not be very bright, but she Is
a blenish and a source Of weakness, and
therein. especially in the latter. lies much
of the cause for this change of heart
which has come over the English peo-
pie.
If there is any one thing in the world
of which the Englishman is prouder than
another it is the perfection of the English
form of government. and it must be ad-
mitted that under that form of govern
ment England has become great nation.
Naturally, then, he views a blemish in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-17
POEMS YOU OUGHT TO READ
THE DUEL.

BY Eugene Field.
The Bingham dog and the calico eau
Side by side on the table sat,
Twas half-past twelve, and (what do you
thinkD
Nor one nor tother had slept n wink!
The old Dutch clock and the Chinese
plate
Appeared to know. as sure as fate,
There was going to be a terrible spat.
q wasn't there; | simply state
What was told me by the Chinese plated
The Bingham dog went 'bow-wow WOW"
An. the calico cat replied "mee-owH'
The ali was Uttered in an hour or so.
With bits of Bingham and calico,
While the old Dutch clock in the CHM
ney place
Up with its hands before its face,
For it always dreaded family row!
(Now mind: I'm only telling you
What the old Dutch clock declares is
trueD
The Chinese plate looked very blue,
And walled, ooh, dear! what shall we
do?'
But the bingham dog and the calico cat
Wallowed this way and tumbled that,
Employing every tooth and claw
In the awfulest way you ever saw
And, oh! how the Bingham and calico
new
Don't fancy | exaggerated
got my news from the Chinese plated
Next morning where the two had sat,
They found no trace of dog or cat;
And scma folks think unto this day
That burglars stole that pair away
But the truth about the cat and pup
Is this: They ate each other up!
Now, what do you think of that
(The old Dutch clock 1t told me so,
And that is how | came to KNOWN
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-17

God, there seems to be prospect now of
some change, and the words expressed
by King Edward in his speech at the
opening of parliament last Tuesday is an
admission of Enslands wrong doing and
Ireland's Entertainment.
How many people are there in this free
and prosperous country who know the his
tory of ireland during the last hundred
years? The cry of distress, of pain and SUI
fering reached these shores from Cuba and
the Cubans are today prosperous and
happy people. The CRY of distress, of pain
and suffering had gone forth from Ire
land until it awakened the sympathy Of
the world. but the world had only sympa-
thy to offer and the suffering went OIL.
But if the Irish people suffered. they did
not suffer patiently. nor did they tamely
submit to the yoke Of oppression which
crushed down upon. their lives their lib
critics and their country. Never for a
moment did they abandon their demands
for right and justice. Give us our own.
Give US back what you took from us by
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-17

I N the Engineering Magazine for Feb
ruary Mr.. e. c. Ecke has an article
on the THE Development of the
American Iron Industry" To a large ex-
tent it deals with the reserve of iron ore
now in the country. Estimates of this
kind were prepared about two yeors
ago by a Swedish geologist, and in
discussing the figures given by this
authority, Mr.. Eckel says that in
regard to the American iron ore
reserves they contain an error of
something over 1000 per cent being that
much too low. Estimates involving an
error of 1000 per cent are entirely worth
less. The Swedish geologist estimates
that the workable iron ore deposits in the
United States are 11OO,O0OOOO tons and
that the annual consumption is 30, 100000
tons. The table given by this geologist
may be of interest to Alabama iron ore
men and is as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-17

force and fraud These were the de-
mands. ard in return for these demands
they were given coercion laws. INCREASED
taxation. the emisrant ship.
1t has taken a hundred years to con-
vince England that the policy she has
pursued in Ireland is a failure. and not
alone . failure but disgrace. Great and
noble projects are sometimes failures.
but they are not attended with shame
and disgrace, but English rule in ireland
has been both. and i'm admission of that
fact it is well to read the words of the
late chief. secretary for Ireland. James
Bryce. the man who comes to Washing
ton as British ambassador. THE impress
sions.' said he, Il derived from the thir-
teen months I spent in Ireland is. that
Ireland is a standing reproaeh to British
government 1t is the one blemish upon
the complete success which our system
of self-government has attained. Scotch
men and Welshmen have become proud
to call themselves Britons Only ireland
remains outside. There must be in that
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-17

that system with feelings FAR from being
satisfactory to his pride, and If the cost
be not too great. he would like to remove
that blemish; but there was another
word. weakness. Ireland a source Of
weaknessi Ay, there's the rub
Was it only today or yesterday that
England learned a dieontented Ireland was
a source of weakness2 Has not the
phrase. "Englands difficulty is Irelands
opportunity" been openly and freely eX-
pressed ON a thousand platforms Have
not the oppressed peole been time and time
again advised to bide their time, TO wait
and watch? Who knew this better than
Gladstone when he tried to wipe out the
memories of years of insults and injustice
when he appealed to his countrymen In
words of burning eloquenee TO make "a
union of hearts" with the Irish people.
and not rely upon a paper union, written
in blood and blotted with tears.
He saw. as only statesman can see,
and seeing the relations which existed
between the two countries said that Ire
land would prove thorn In the side of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-17

F the English people could only be
made TO think how much time has
been wasted in parliament over mat
ters that the Irish people themselves
could have settled satisfactorily in less
than half the time consumed Intellectually
by Englishmen, plain common sense, If
nothing else would suggest the advisable
ity Of granting home rule to Ireland. But
not only has the English government de-
clined to view the matter in that light
It has gone far in the other direction, and
for century has looked upon Ireland ana
the Irish people in the light of hate and
prejudice.
What a century for ireland has the
nineteenth century been! Commencing
with the Union in 1900 and until the pres
ent day, it has been a century of oppres-
sion. of injustice, of robbery. on one
side; it has been a century of suffering
OF depopulation. of defiance, on the other
Well might the words of the poet, 20
bloodiest picture in the book of Time"
be applied to that century, but, thank
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-17

matter for deep concern for US ell, and
we ought not to acquiesee in the per-
petual continuance of such state of
things. 1t is also a source of weakness
TO us"
This after hundred years OF English
government! Why more could not be said
of King Leopolds rule in the Congo
even by a disappointed finaneier
But Mr.. Bryce does not say what con-
stitutes the reproach or the blemish. The
omission is supplied by the statistieians.
When it is learned that in 1s4s the popu-
lation of ireland was nearly 100000
while today it is only a little over 1000
COO, do not these facts alone reveal a
condition which would be a reproach.
When the thousands Of mills and facto-
ries which gave employment to tens of
thousands of skilled mechanics and arti-
sans are to be seen today in ruins, is
not that a reproach to the government
thai passed laws expressly directed to
crush out such industries? When nothing
is left but heaps of stones and debris to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-17
BY WILLIAM B. PHILLIPS

are such variations I'm the yield and IN
the quality of that yield from any given
deposit of brown ore that it is imprac-
ticable To make even a reliable guess.
One has only to spend several days at
any washer To note the wide variation IN
the material mined. The quality of the
ore does not vary so mush, although
there are possibilities of wide discrep-
ancies even here. but 1t Is an old saying
among brown ore miners that no one
knows the deposit beyond the length of
the pick handle and a short pick at thai.
Perhaps the most extensive excavations
for brown ore In Alabama are at the
Shelby furnaces and one can sec there
how much soil and clay and rock have
been removed. No reliable estimates
could be made at this place Of the
amount of ore to be obtained during any
one month, although the workings date
back fifty years and more.
Mr. Eekel's article in the Engineering
Magazine is excellent and timely, 1t
draws specific attention TO a real impor-
anee to this district and to the State
at large. The future of the Alabama
iron industry depends ON the available
ore supply and any discussion of this,
notably Mr.. Eckels thoughtful remarks,
is most welcome. While we may not ha
able to agree with him. in some of his
deductions, yet it is only by the inter-
change of opinions that we arrive at the
truth
Aside from all such questions, however.
there is one of vital interest, Are we
abreast with the best modern practice
in the manufacture of iron and steel?
Is Alabama forging ahead, or merely
holding her own?
The next article in this series will at
tempt to deal with this question.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-17
THE WHITE LIGHTS.

By Edwin Arlington Robinson. in Scrib-
ners
broadway, 1861
When in from Delos came the gold
That held the dream of Jericles,
When first Athenian ears were told
The tumult of Euripides,
When men met Aristophanes,
Who nedged them with immortal quills-
Here, where the time knew none of these
There were some Islands and some hills
When Rome went ravening to see
The sons of mothers end their days,
When Flaccus babe Leuconoe
To Danish her Chaldean ways,
When first the pearled alembic phrase
OF Marc into music ran,
Here there was neither blame nor praise
For Rome or for the Mantuan.
When Avon. like faery floor,
Lay freighted, for the eyes OF One,
with Gallons laden long before
BY moonlit wharves in Avalon
Here, where the white lights have be-
gun
To seethe a way for something fair,
No prophet knew. from what was DONE
That there was triumph in the air.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-17

Today there are still to be found in South
Alabama descendants or the early French
settlers of royal blood. Such, then, was
the character of the men and women who
made up the early population of old st.
Stephens.
On the sixth day of May, 1893, Lieut..
Antonio Palavaas, the Spanish officer in
possession of the fort at st. Stephens,
evacuated the town and Lieut.. John Nc
Clary of the United States army, took
possession and st. Stephens became an
American outpost of civilization.
For number of years st. Stephens
was only a garrisoned fort, but later
on an Indian agency was established
there by the United States government
and people commenced to settle around
the fort. 1t was not until about 1906 that
st. Stephens was laid out as a town,
The town extended out from the river
westward for about a mile across ra-
vines and hills. Its growth was most
rapid for those early days. People iocked
there and soon large, prosperous town
grew up Business blocks were erected,
a large theatre built, as well as good
hotel and the second bank of Alabama
was established with a capital of $5OO,OOO.
Most of the business houses were built
of brick and stone and the main street
of the town was paved with brick.
In the year 1877 the Territory Of Ala
bama came into existence and st.
Stephens became the territorial capital.
st. Stephens was the chief town in Ala
bama in those days and had a popula-
ton of about 1000.
In the year 1878 two sessions of the
legislature were held ip st. Stephens.
There was no state building. The leglsla-
ture met in the second story of a brick
and stone building on the main street,
St Stephens was the seat OF government
for two years and then it was moved
to Huntsville.
The removal of the seat of govern
l. 1T did not cause the downfall and de-
cay of st. stephens; it grew and pros
pered for many years afterwards. The
river trade and the trade with the In
dams grew in volume until 1t became
something wonderful for those early days.
But during the year 1886 st. Stephens
commenced slowly, but surely to de-
cline Mobile was taking away much of
her trade and other towns grew up along
the river until her trade went by de-
grees to almost nothing. BY the year
1SD 1t was seen that ST. Stephens days
were numbered. At the commencement
of the civil war many of the old build
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-17
TAPESTRY TREES.

BY William Norris
Oak.-I am the roof-tree and the keel
And bridge the seas for woe and veal.
Fir.-IIigh DER the lordly oak I stand,
And drive him on from land to land.
ASH heft my brothers iron bane;
I shaft the spear and build the VAIN.
Yew.-Dark down the windy dale 1 grow.
The father of the fateful bow.
Poplar-The war-shaft and the milking
bowl
1 make, and keep the hay-wain whole.
Olive.-The king l bless. the lamp I trim;
In my warm wave do fishes swim.
Apple-tree.-I bowed my head to Adams
will:
The cups of toillng men I fill.
Yine.-I draw the blood from out the
earth;
I store the sun for winter mirth.
Orange tree.-Amidst the greenness of my
night
My odorous lamps hang round and briSht
Fig tree.-I who am little among trees
In honey-maldng mate the bees.
Mulberry tree.-Love's lack hath dyed my
berries red:
For loves attire my leaves are shed.
Pear tree-High DER the mead-howers
hidden feet
I bear aloft my burden sweet.
Bay.-Look on my leafy boughs, the
crown
OF living song and dead renown!