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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24
BYJ. C. HIDEN, D.D.

was nt for tho place; but his self-oonf- dence gradually increased. and he was soon issuing positive orders to distant bodies of troops, and that with the great est coolness and dellberation. Without great self-confdence no commander could have planned the Yorktown campaign. much less conducted 1t to It's glorious end.
 When Andrew Jackson was first mem toned as q candidate for the presidency. he wrote to his friend: Drop that mat ter; am not fit for the presidency" But his self-confidence grew, and he made three determined and vigorous campaigns, and served two terms which, if they were among the most turbulent. were also among the most brilliant in our history.
 When Abraham Lincoln's name was first mentioned in connection with the presidency, he too, said: Let that mat ter drop. I am not fit for the place." But he afterward figured quite ceaspicuously in that office.
 When the Virginia convention elected +. F. Lee commander of all the forces of the state his modesty caused him to say that he wished their choice had fallen upon an abler man. He had never com manded any large army in the field. But without much self-eontdence no com- mander would ever have dared that mar velous campaign against Pope-one of the most brilliant in it's results of all Lees splendid achievements.
 TO do much in this world you must often be bold. and without self-knowledse bodness will degenerate into rashness.
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SELF-KNOWZEDGE

had worldly thought during your prayer I'll give you my horse"
 Tie other promptly dlsmounted knelt in the road, and for about d minute prayed apparently with great devout- ness; then his eyes flew open and, with much anxiety in his face, he said; Brother Powers, did you say the saddle, too?"
 "Know thyself' was the basis of tho system of an old Greek philosopher, who lived hundreds of years before Christ. It is also the basis of the success of not a few of the most remarkable men who have figured in history.
 One of Goethe's friends begged him not to venture upon so unpromislng a subject as Faust but Goethe knew himself better than hls friend knew him, and so left us the tragedy which fs stil the ad- mIration of the literary world.
 A friend of Sir Walter Scott strongly advised him not to publish 'Waverley." but Sir Walter had self-conhdence enough 10 disregard this advice. and the result fully justified him.
 Some of John Bunyons strict Pudltan friends did their best to dissuade him from publishing what they considered "an idle dream, unworthy of q grave minister of the gospel" but the inspired tinker knew better and left to the world the greatest religious book since the New Testament.
 When Washington was chosen com mander-in-chief of the American armies, his modesty made him doubt whether he
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among the tory leaders who asked the people to express their spirit of patriot- ism by paying a bigger price for their daily bread. Then came the debacle. The pent mp passion of years of disappoint- ment spread over the land and swept the conservative party almost out of ex- stence.
 The house of lords and the conservative party have always been in partnership Had the conservative party but suffered a defeat at the polls there might have been some excuse for the house of lords refusing to regard or acknowledge the difference caused by the change in polti- cal parties; but when that change is ae- complished by tidal wave of public feeling such as passed over England two years ago any body of men, except in deed the house of lords, would have recognized its significance The British house of lorsd has been often compared
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contrary is true, as that we are not holding our own in the general market There has been so great an increase of production in other states that our own production is not as important as 1t was five years ago.
 Take for instance. the state of New York. In 1902 it produced do1,S69 tons. or 107O,s42 tons less than Alabama. But in 1906 New York produced 2659 tons, or 1221 1s9 tons less than Alabama. During the last five years New York increased it's production by 1,151. 290 tons. more than five times the gain that was made in Ala bama.
 We have not been accustomed to regard New York as an important producer of pig iron and yet it has increased it's pro- duetion since 1902 more than five times as much as Alabama increased her produe- ton, and is now running the banner southern state a close second. Very nearly all of the pig iron made in New
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24
ON CALAIS SANDS.

By Andrew Lang. On Calais Sands the gray began, Then rosy red above the gray The morn with many a scarlet van Leaped, and the world was glad with
 Mayi The little waves along the bay Broke white upon the shelving strands; The sea-mews fitted white as they
 On Calais Sands! On Calais Slrds must man with man Wash honor clean in blood today; On spaces wet from waters wan How white the flashing rapiens play Parry, riposte, and lunge! The fray Shifts for while, then mournful stands The Vivtor: life ebbs fast away
 On Calais SandsH On Calais Sands little space Of silence, then the plash and spray, The sound of eager waves that ran To kiss the perfumed locks astray. To touch these lips that ne'er said Nay" To daily with the helpless hands, Till the deep sea in silence lay
 On Calais Sands, Between the lilac and the may She waits ler love from alien lands; Her love is colder than the clay
 On Calais Sands!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24
MINETTA WATER.

By Arthur Guiterman.
 (The Song of the Buried Stream.) Deer-hoof dint and moccasin print
 Stamped the moss that trimmed my flow Adder s-tongue and fragrant mint
 Grew-where nothing now may grow; Dragon-nies in shimmering schools Reveled here, an airy rout; Minnows rilled my dlmpled pools;
 Through my rapids flashes the trout Gone the hunter, fled the deer;
 All the birds I loved are flown; Men have hid my waters clear
 Under piles of rigid stone. Men have tombed my silver springs: Yet, within the sunless caves All unheard my torrent sings,
 All unseen I pour my waves. Mocking, delving, deep I turk.
 What they dream my fount is dry2 Lo! I ruin all their work.
 Mortal. they; but deathless. I. Let them hold their gloomy day q I that laugh shall rule at last. When the massive walls decay,
 When the towers to earth are cast, I shall fash a clearer sun,
 I shall lure my birds again; Deep in bloom my streams shall run TbrouGh thA nrnmhlad houass of man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24
LITTLE BOY BLUE.

By Eugene Field. The little toy dog is covered with dust, But sturdy and stanch he stands. And the little toy soldier is red with rust And his muslxet molds in his hands Time was when the little toy dog was new And the soldier was passing fair; But that was the time when Little Boy
 Blue
 Kissed them and put them there. "Now don't you go till I come," he said And don't you make any noiseF' Then. toddlng off to his little bed, He dreamt of the pretty toys. And as he was dreaming an angel song Awakened our Little Boy Blue Oh, the years are many, the years are
 long.
 But the little toy friends are true! Aye, faithful to Little Boy Blue they
 stand,
 Each in the same old place Awaiting the touch of little hand, The smile of little face, And they wonder as waiting the long
 years through.
 In tine dust of that little chair, What has become of our Little Boy Blue Since he kissed them and put them
 there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24
BY F. I. MONKS.

then they have since arrogated to them- selves.
 The house of lords is an anomalysin a5 legislative body which claims to be cons sttutional As understood today, consti- tutional government Is government Of the people by the people. but when one body of legislators. and that the elected repre- sentatves of the people, can have its ats tempts at remedial and progressive meas. ures frustrated at the caprice or preju, dice of an Irresponsible body, the governs ment ceases to he constitutional and legislation is impossible.
 British institutions dle hard. and British hands hesitate to strike the blow which causes death Whether the people will have the nerve to go tho full extent of the reform in the house of lords which the occasion requires is doubtful, but tho sentence has been pronounced against It. It stands condemned. It's proud towers are doomed to destruction.3ts inmates to eviction. !
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24
{. PRoSPlcE.
, Robert Browning.

By Robert Browning Fear death?-to feel the fog in my throat,
 The mist in my face. When the snows begin, and the blasts denote
 I am nearing the place. The power of the night the press of the storm,
 The post of the foe; Where he stands, the Arch Fear in wis., ible form,
 Yet the strong man must go: For the journey is done and the summit attaind.
 And the barriers fall. Though a battles to fight ere the guer- don be gain'd
 The reward of 1t all. I was ever fighter, so-one fight more
 The best and the lasti I would hate that death bandaged my eyes. and forbore.
 And bade me creep past No! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers
 The heroes of old, Bear the brunt. In a minute pay glad lfes arrears
 Of pain, darkness, and cold. For sudden the worst turns the best to the brave.
 The black minutes at end. And the clements rage, the fiend-voices that rave.
 Shall dwindle, shall blend. Shall change, shall become first peace out of pain.
 Then a light then thy breast O thou soul of my soul! shall clasp thee again,
 And with God be the resi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

tion party poined his finger, directing it's demolition and warning ale inmates to vacate. From out every window in that venerable pile was thrust a coroneted head protesting against the act. but Progress was impatient and blew a warning blast. No Chaldean seer was re- quired to interpret that picture and yet It's significance passed unheeded. Shortly thereafter the grand old engineer died and Progress let It's fires go out and its steam evaporate.
 For more than twenty years the English masses wandered through the barren deserts of tory administration. Their leaders were at variance, their ranks were broken. The liberal party sat in the cold shade of opposition while jngoism held high revel Foreign wars. attended with disgrace and disaster to British arms abroad were followed by distress at home. A statesman arose
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

Are our mining costs as low as they should be? Is our blast furnace practice as good as it might be? Are the meohan- teal appliances all that the best engineer ing skill can design or construct2 As compared with the ore used in Pennsy1- vania, Ohio Illinois and New York, which states now produce four-ifths of the pig iron. Alabama ore is of a much lower grade This means that much larger tonnage has to be handled per unit of iron made. This means more men, more machinery. more cars. more trackage. It means the most constant and careful attention to the hundred and one details of economical mana cement. It means less reliance upon proximity and more upon prudence
 We may have all of the advantages of situation, but if at the same time we have not all the greater advantages of eauip- ment and organization we shall continue to be of less and less relative importance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24
The Faithful Sex.
he Boston TransorIpt.

From the Boston Transcript
 Some one. discussing the ways of women in business recently, says a partial explanation of their success In many call ings is due to the thinking they are still on trial, which leads them to take great deal more pains to please their patrons than do men engaged in the same kind of work. To n certain extent this may be true that is, women do feel that they are still serving an apprenticeship In under taking .work that has been tho exclusive field of men for generations. But as women have been housekeepers since the world began and as they are as faithful and steadfast In this profession in the present time as they were centuries ago. 1t seems safe to argue that similar thing may be said of them years hence in com, menting on their success In business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

from the water front; at the theatres they are charged more than double what Japanese pay for the same accommoda- tions, and hotel charges are on a simi- lar basis; they cannot obtain justice in the lower courts, every case in which a foreigner is involved having to be carried up before justice Is given; they pay dou- ble the taxes paid by the Japanese.
 None of these statements Is accurately complete and some of them are wholly untrue. As it reads 1t singles out Amer jeans and implies that they are dis criminated against in Japan. Ihls IS quite false. Japan does not discrlminate' Her statesmen have been painstakingly correct in their attitude towards 1or- eign countries, To the legal eye of Ja-
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would have been 2,o90,s73 tons Instead of 1,674,s4s tons. In other words we have lost during this five year period 45525 tons. or $sS1o. .5OO on the basis of s20 iron.
 We are not keeping up the proportion of production which maintained five years ago. While the real increase in produc- tion was 202,63 tons. comparing 1902 with 1906. yet the relative increase in other parts of the country Is SO much greater than our own that we are tagging be- hind.
 There are two ways of regarding sta- tlstics, the one comparing the production fin any one year with preceding years, the other comparing the production in the state with the production at large In the first case we see an actual increase in the amount of iron made in Alabama since 1902; in the other case we see that we are losing in relative importance. It is not so much that we are making less iron in Alabama year by year, for the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24
LOVE AND DEATH.

By Algernon Charles Swinburne. We have seen thee. O Love, thou art fair;
 thou art goodly, o Love Thy wings make light in the air as the
 wings of @ dove Thy feet are as winds that divide the
 stream of the sea; Earth is thy covering to hide thee, the
 garment of thee. Thou art swift and subtle and blind as
 flame of fire; Refnre thee the laughter, behind thee the
 tears of desire; And twain go forth beside thee man
 with maid; Her eyes are the eyes of a bride whom
 delight makes afraid; As the breath in the buds that sur IS her
 bridal breath: But Fate is the name of her; and his
 narps ts Death
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

A CORRECTION should be made in "A the article on Alabama Iron Ore Reserves" published in this paper February r. The sentence reading: "It is not likely that a soft red ore or a magnetic ore which carries 4S per cent of metallic iron can profit ably be used in this district under pres ent conditions" should read: Tt is not likely that soft red ore or a magnetic ore with less than 4s per cent of metallic iron can proftably be used in the district under present conditions"
 The lower limit of profitable use of such ore may be placed at 4S per cent, unless there are exceptional circum- stances.
 If we are to hold our own in the iron industry to say nothing of increased and cheaper production, there must be used better raw materials, or these must be mined and handled more cheaply.
 Excluding the output of charcoal iron,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24
POE1NS YOU OUGHT 70 READ
GIVE ME THE OLD.

By Robert H. Messnger.
 Old wine to drink Ay, give the slippery juice, That drippeth from the grape thrown loose.
 Within the tun; Pluckd from beneath the cliff Of sunny-sided Teneriffe
 And ripened meath the blink
 Of India s sun.
 Peat whiskey hot Tempered with well-boiled wateri These make the long nights shorter
 Forgetting not Good stout old English porter.
 Old wood to burn- Ay, bring the hillside beech From where the owlets meet and screech,
 And ravens croak; The cracking pine, and cedar sweet; Bring, too, a clump of fragrant peat,
 Dug meath the fern;
 The knotted oak,
 A faggot, too, perhaps, Whose bright flame. dancing. wlnking, Shall light us at our drinking;
 While the oozing sap Shall make sweet music to our thinking. Old books to read- Ay! bring those nodes of wit The brazen-clasped, the vellum writ,
 Time honored tonnes! The same my sire scanned before, The same my grandsire thumbed OCT, The same his sire homeward bore
 The well-earned need.
 Of Oxford's domes:
 Old Homer blind, Old Horace, take Anacreon, by Old Fully. Prautus, Terence He; Mort Arthurs o1den minstrelsie. Quaint Burton. quainter Spenser, ay, And Gervase Markham's venerie-
 Nor leave behind The Holy Book by which we live and die Old friends to talk Ayi bring those chosen few, The wise, the courtly, and the true,
 So rarely found; Him for my wine, him for my stud, Him for my easel, distich, bud,
 In mountain walk!
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pan all foreigners look alike. She treats one exactly as she treats another. Take the Russians. for instance. They had been unpopular, one might say hated since 1875, when Russia bulldozed Japan into giving up the Island of Saghaln but the Japanese have always treated the Russians with courtesy.
 l was in Japan when the Czarowitch, now the Czar. was attacked by an in- sane policeman who believed that the Czarowitch had come to spy out the land, and I saw he nations heart bleed at the "breach of hospitality" to a guest of Da Nippon. Its efforts to atone were mag niflcent
 I was also in Japan when the Rus sian minister, Baron Rosen, left the capi
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~ NE of the San Francisco news papers the other day printed an
 N> interview with City Attorney Burke concerning the Japanese school question:
 In this interview he was reported as saying that Americans are not allowed to own real property in Japan; that they are only privileged to buy certain class of securities; they cannot hold Japanese on certain sorts of mortgages; they are not allowed to attend Japanese schools, old or young; they are only permitted to reside in certain sections set aside for them: they are not allowed to sail in private pleasure boat in certain waters; they cannot leave a treaty port without a permit; they cannot enter any port or Japan except the regular open ports)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24
THE GLIM PSE.

By William Watson. Just for a day you crossed my life's dull
 track, Put my ignobler dreams to sudden
 shame, Went your bright way. and left me to
 fall back On my own world of poorer deed and
 aim; To fall back on my meaner world, and feel
 Like one who, dwelling mid some smoke-dimmed town Tn brief pause of labor's sullen wheel 'Scaped from the streets dead dust and
 factory's frown-- In stainless daylight saw the pure seas roll.
 Saw mountains pillaring the perfect sky, Then journeyed home, 10 carry in his
 soul The tormentyot the difference till he die.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24
A WORD AS TO PIC IRON

which amounted to 25,S8O tons last year, the production of pig iron was 1,649O1S tons. Inclusive of charcoal iron the pro- duction was 1,674,S4S tons. This is the largest production during the five years beginning with 1902.
 The annual production during these five years was as follows, in tons of 224O
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-02-24

Since 1902 there has been an Increase Of POP, 637 tons.
 In 1902 Alabama produced S.26 per cent of the total output of pig iron in the United States; in 1903, s.56 per cent; in 1904, S.S per cent; in 1905 6.9 per cent and in 1906 6.6 per cent. During these five years we have lost perceptibly. If we had produced last year relativtly as much pig iron as we did in 1902 the output
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under consideration with view of the solution of the difficulty"
 These words were prepared for the King aby the prime minister. The prime minis ter is the elected representative of the popular will and at his suggestion tho King of England intimates to the lords and commons that a remedy must he found for the solution of tho difficulty which arose from the unfortunate differ ence between the two houses"
 When and to what extent is uncertain, but the house of lords is doomed. It has become a mere instrument in the hands of one political party. Ii finds it. self today in the position King John oe- cupied at Runnymede, it will have to sign its own death warrant. The barons of Johns time made such a demand upon the King as the commons are making of the lords today. The liberated slaves had themselves become enslavers the prerogative against which they protested
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too old an institution, too respectable an institution, an institution too dear to the English people to fear any violence or attack. We know all this demonstra- tion of hostility will quickly subside, since it arises over a matter in which only the Irish are concerned. and in following this course we have given an object les son to the English people themselves of our prerogatlve and power"
 And the house of lords was right-for the time being. It was the Irishman's OK that was gored and the Irishman had no redress. except to wait.
 An Irish cartoonist-cartoonist are somez times the prophets among a people-drew a picture in which he represented Eng fish navvles laying the crossties for a train called Progress" An old and ivy clad castle stood In the rlght-of-way, to- wards which the foreman of the construc-
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-09
PASSENGER TRAINS
met HEAD-0N
fRIGHTFUL COLLISION NEAR
WATERBURY,, conn.
Four Men Are Known to BE Dead and
Several Are Seriously Injured
Both Engine Crews Were Killed
Governor Woodruff and Members Of
His Staff on One Train.

Waterbury, Conn.-With an impact
OF force enough to crush the ponderous
engines together like paper, twist and
bend them and topple them from the
track down an embankment and into
a ditch beside the track, two passen-
ger trains, a regular and special,
met in collision Saturday on the Nan
tucket division of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad at Platt's
Mills, below this city, resulting in the
death of four men, the serious injury
Of two more and less injuries to over
a score of others.
The dead were the crews of the two
engines.
The special was made up of an en-
CINE and one coach, in which was a
part of IS members of Company c,
Second regiment, Connecticut guard,
and Governor Woodruff and members
of his staff. The governor escaped in
jury.
They had been attending a banquet
given in their honor in this city by
Company A Of the same regiment, and
were on their way home at the time
Of the accident
The train left Waterbury at 12:45,
and as the regular train was then late,
orders were given the special to run
to Hillside crossing, there to take
the siding and wait until the regular
went by
The special is said to have run be-
yond that point and met the regular al
Platt's Mills
The most seriously injured are:
Fred X. Russell, private, Company
c, and o. V. Chamberlain, musician
Of New Haven. Both received inter
nal hurts.
By order of Coroner Mix. it is un
derstood, warrants are being prepared
for the arrest of Conductor Georgt
Eaton, who was in charge Of the
train, and Engineer William Fisher O
the special. 1t was supposed that Fish
er was killed, but as the wreck wa!
cleared no trace of him is found, ant
the belief Is growing that he de
camped. His name, however, remains
!, in the list Of dead as made up.