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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23

~ TONEwALL JACKSON, as a liea-
 tenant In the Mexican war, and as 0 a "Bellona's bridegroom" in the war between the states, Is reasonably well known to the reading public. Rev. k L. Dabney. distinguished Presbyte- rkan preacher, was a member of his staff, and wrote an excellent biography of him. This has since been supplemented by a life, written by Colonel Henderson of the British army; and this work I do not hesitate to pronounce the ablest mili- tary biography that l have ever read.
 It is well known, however, that Jack son spent some years of his life as pro- lessor of natural philosophy and of ar tillery in the Virginia Military institute, at Lexington, and it will be evident to every observing reader that this period of his life has had scant treatment at the hands of the biographers.
 Soon after Dabney's Life appeared, the author was a guest in my home, at Orange Court House, Virginia, during Presbytery held at that place. Knowing that l had read his book and that I had graduated under Jackson at the Virginia Military institute, he asked me: Have I done him justice as a teacher7" Candor compelled me to reply in the negative, and to add that Jackson did not know what teaching meant. Indeed, the scant treatment which the biographers have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23

eastern democrats had striven as sin cerely and as zealously for his election as they did for his nomination, and if the friends of William J. Bryan had sup ported him as Loyalty as Judge Parker supported MT Bryan In 1896 and in 1900. Who would go ball that the eastern dem ocrats would not lay down between the convention and the election in 1908, as they did In 1904 If Gray were nominated? And who would undertake to deliver to the ticket the full Bryan vote west of the Allegheny mountains?
 And it is this uncertainty that has brought the conservative element of the democratic party to view with absolute complacency the prospect for the third nomination of MT. Bryan, and what dis turps them is that Bryan will win if the coin falls heads, and they will lose 1T 1t falls tails-that is to say, that MT. Bryan will shirk the battle if 1t appears hopeless, sending another Parker to the slaughter, and seizing the nomination for himself if the signs are propitious. What would the world have thought of Robert
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

It Is not enough that you have given them advantages.
 The question is, Have you been their nearest friend, the one they felt most froe to approach? Have you studied them as a horticuturist studies his plant? Have you made them the dearest objects of your life? Have you shown patience. love and unswerving industry In your aim to form their views of life; and have you given them the example you wished them to follow?
 If you have not done all of these things, then do not ask our sympathy in your disappointrnents over your children.
 And if your children are failures. then do not class yourself with the worlds successful men.
 The man who Is not the best friend of his son and daughter, the man whose children seek any confdants before him. self, is not a successful man.
 If you have kept in this close. sweet touch with your children, if they love, re- spect and admire you. as they grow into maturity, if they are a delight to your heart and solace to your mind. then no matter how poor your worldly station or disappointed your worldly ambitions, you are a successful man.
 You have accomplished the first great obligation of life; you have done well the duty which lay nearest.
 No man is called upon to accumulate millions, to establish colleges, to invent machinery or write dramas.
 If he does any one of these things well, the world applauds; but only his own ambitions reprove when he fails to achieve some such success.
 But when a man becomes father he is under divine obligations to be good father, a wise father. If he fails he has made the worst possible failure a nan can make. And whatever his position may be in the world. his duty Is to begin at once to try and reform his ways, and to remedy the evil he has done.
 For the worst evil man can do Is to bring bad children into the world, which so needs good men and women to carry on the purposes of creation. Are you a good father?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23

TS HE Black sea Is not black nor is
 the Red sea red, but the Yellow
 4 sea is yellow, a chrome yellow which is quite departure from the blue of the ocean or the green of bays and harbors The color of the sea is largely due to the color of the sky, but the depth of the water has the effect of modi- lying the color to the extent of changing it from the deep blue of the Atlantic or Pacific ocean to the colorless limpidity of the brook. The Yellow sea, on the con- trary, takes 1t color from the bottom. which Is a strato of yellow mud. and, as the sea is shallow, the action of the waves keeps the waters muddy at all times.
 The city of Shanghai is near the mouth of the Yellow sea and is situated on river that flows into the Yangtse-lSiars, one of the great rivers of ChiNs. Shang- hai is one of the principal ports of entry in China and ranks next to Hong Kong in the amount of it's foreign trade and commerce. At the wharves and ly- ing out in the stream may be seen every type of trading and naval vessel in the world, flying the flags of their respective countries, while the banks of tho river arc lined with thousands of son-pans. the native boats, on board which Chinese families live and labor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23

him was so strong that he fled to the coast of South Carolina. Later he re- turned to Washington and presided over the senate to the end of his term of office. He could not return to the state of New York as a warrant for his arrest was in the hands of the officers of the law in that state.
 Burr had been a close competitor of JeNerson for the Presidency, and was very unpopular with the friends of this great leader. He had always fought the federal!sts, and therefore had no friends among them. Seeing every avenue closed before him, and being under 50 years of age, ha turned to the southwest. I do not believe 1t was ever his purpose to dismember the government Upon his death bed at the age of so years without a living descendant, and having outlined his reputation, he denied that such WAS his purpose. I am not defending him further than this.
 He was guilty of enough to damn him. It is said that in his early life he adopt ed infdel notions" This was his ruin. Let young men take notice If he had had the anchorage of faith in God, he would have been the most invlncible, un-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23

One of them was dressed as a plain farmer, though 1t is said his counten. ance was exceedingly interesting and his eyes flashed with great brillianoy. Under his coarse pantaIoons could be seen exqusite1y shaped boots. He made inquiry aboez ths road to Colonel Hin- sons and was informed that the place was seven miles away, the paths difficult to follow, with a dangerous stream in- tervening. They rode away. No sooner had they gone than Perkins said to Ma lone, That Is Aaron Burr" and asked Malone to accompany him to Hinson's. and take steps for his arrest. Malone declined, and Perkins went to the cabin of Theodore Brightwell. the sheriff, awoke him and these men were soon on their way.
 Nearing the place Perkins remember ing that the traveller they were pursuing had seen him at Wakefield, to keep down suspicion remained in the wood, while Brightwell went on to the house to as- certain if it were really Burr, and he was to return and inform his companion. He never returned.
 The supposition is that the high sheriff was so completely captivated by the dis
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23

from the stump came the shoot that grew into the whig party, that was strong in Delaware, giving as it did, John M. Clay ton, to ornament American statesman ship and lend luster to the United States Senate.
 No man can name thing that has re- ceived more advice than the negro race unless 1t be the democratic party, and, like the negro race the democratic party is loftily oontemptuous of advice. It Just plunges along without guide on land, or compass on sea, tramp and derelict, trusting to the luck that is ever elusive. And yet there has never been single day that majority of the American people did not incline to the true princi- ples of the democratic party as Illustrated in the preachments of Jefferson and Til- den and incarnated in the deeds of Jackson and Cleveland.
 Just now the democratic party Is ad- vised to nominate George Gray for pres ident. Cui bono7 Alton B. Parker would be President this blessed moment if the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23

IN 1860 Delaware was slave states
 though 1t is possible that there were \ more slaves on one of Wade Hamp- tons plantations than all Delaware could show; but as Delaware had not abol- ished slavery when secession came, the state has always been counted part of the "solid south," as are West Virginia and Missouri, one of which is thoroughly Pennsylvanaized and the other great deal more western that southern. At an early day Delaware was somewhat in- clined to the federal party. The Bayard O. that period was federalist, who, ad- vlsed by Alexander Hamilton, decided the tie vote between Jefferson and Burr in favor of the former. This Is one of the capers of that harlequin, fortune, that made federa1ist the instrument to ele- vate the father of the then republican, and now democratic party to the pres idency of the American republic. The federalists were cut down about the be- ginning of the last century. but later,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23
D YOU call yourself a successful mani Do you believe yourself
 fairly worth while sort of indi-

vidual?
 Are you thinking of yourself as fall ure, because you have not made millions, or invented flying machine. or estab- 1ished a college or a library3
 Whatever you have or have not done. if you are a husband and a father, there gre one, two or three questions you can ask yourself. and the answers will decide your place in the world as failure or success.
 Ask yourself first. How have I fulfilled my promises made at the marriage altar? Have I done the best in my power to make marriage a success? If I am not happily married, what part have played in the failure7
 Be your own prosecuting attorney In this trial, and do not spare the witness.
 Probe down to the bottom of the tes- tImony and get at the facts in the case.
 Perhaps you married pretty race, with few brains back of it.
 Perhaps you have grown intellectually, and your wife has not kept step with you. But have you done your best to develop her mind and to lead her into larger field of thought? Has 1t been constant, patient effort on your part to make her the companion you needeu III your llle
 Have you tried to share your intellec- tuaI pleasures with her, and to make her care for the books and people that shed light on your path?
 Then about your children.
 Are they a disappointment to you?
 Are they disobedient secretive and un- sympathetic?
 Will they do nothing you want them to do?
 Have all your ambitions TOT them re- suited In disappointment?
 Then call yourself, the witness for the defense. again before the bar.
 You have had the opportunity to make these children what you desired them to be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23
THE SUCCESSFUL MAN

They came into the world with uniform ed brain cells and undeveloped tendencies.
 They were plastic as wax, had you chosen to realize the fact in time.
 Hour by hour, day by day, week by week, month by month, year by year, the minds of these children have been deyol- oping.
 If you gave them no careful personal attention, no patient lessons in the way you would have their mentalities directed you must not blame them that they de- veloped along the lines of least resist ance
 If you do not focus your camera, but expose 1t to any impression, It will re- produce whatever happens to be In range.
 Just so childs mind will grasp what ever comes it's way by chance, If you do not teach 1t concentration, and choose its subjects for focused thought.
 If you do begin in time to direct the child's ideas and habits, you can make that child Just what you wish 1t to be in disposition and conduct.
 Inheriting irritable or violent qualities from you or It's mother, yet with persist ent loving sympathy and wise guidance and continual painstaking (such as Abbe Fenelon gave to the father of Louis ". of France), you can make your child model of self-control.
  gant and indolent tendencies, you can teach him economy and industry.
 I know this can be done; I have seen it illustrated under my own eyes by the gentle guardianship of a wise uncle over a nephew left to his care.
 The idle dreamer the thoughtless spend- thrift, became the prudent and industrious worker, and never knew how he was transformed, because he was led by the hand of loving wisdom.
 It was not through scolding or preach ing that the great change was produced. but through the quiet talks. the steady dropping of the waters of good precepts upon the rock of the mind; 1t was the beautiful example always before his eyes; precept turned into practice; it was com panionship.
 It is not enough that you have loved your children and that you have held high ambitions for them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23

TN HB fact that Aaron Burr was
 arrested on Alabama soil for
 4 treason against the government connects him with Alabama history, and should give to Alabamians an interest in this most unique and wonderfully gifted man. No man in public life in America ever had more superb qualities of leadership, more varied accomplish ments, or irresistible attractiveness.
 He was a native of New Jersey, the son of a clergyman, a graduate of Prince ton, a lawyer of ability. Entering pub lie life he rose rapidly. He was lead ing member of the legislature of New York. a states attorney general, United States senator and Vice President of the United States. In politics he was a whig, and was nominated by the repub- llcan party for governor of New York Alexander Hamilton was his formidable antagonist, whom he challenged and killed in a duel at Weehawlxen, N. Y. July H. 1894, while Vice President of the United States Public opinion against
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23
OPPRESSION.
Lloyd Garrison.

By William Lloyd Garrison. Oppressionl I have seen thee face to
 face And met thy cruel eye and cloudy browj But thy soul-withering glance l fear not
 now For dread to prouder feelings doth give
 place Of deep abhorrencel scorning the dis-
 grace Of siavish knees that at thy footstool
 bow, also kneel-but with far other vow Do hail thee and thy herd of hirelings
 base swear, while life-blood warns my
 throbbing veins. Still to oppose and thwart, with heart
 and hand, Thy brutalizing sway-till Afric's chains Are burst, and Freedom rules the rescued
 land Tramping Oppression and his iron rod: Such is the vow take-SO HELP ME
 GODl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23
POEMS YOU OUGHT 70 READ

monk
 Or. oobbler like. the parson win bs drunk Worth makes the man. and want of 1t the The rest is all but leather or prunella- Boast the pure blood of an f1lustrfous race h quiet flow from Lucreoe to Lucreoe; But by your fathers worth if yours you
 rate. Count mo those only who wore good and
 great. Col if your ancient but ignoSis blood Has crcpt through sooundreis ever since
 the flood. Col and pretend your family Is young, Nor your own fathers have been fools so
 long; What can ennoble sotn, or slaves, or cow
 ards? Alasl not all the blood of all the Towards.
 THE BIRD AND THE BABY. A baby watched ford, whereto A wagtail came for drinking: A blaring bull went wading through, The wagtail showed no shrinking. A stallion splashed his way across, The birdie nearly sinking; He gave his plumes a twitch and toss. And held his own, unblinking. Next saw the baby round the spot A mongrel slowly sinking; The wagtail gazed. but faitered not In lip and sip and prinking. A perfect gentleman then neared: The wagtail in 6 wfnhng. Rose terrified, and disappsared- The baby fs1 a-thtnktaG
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23

She saidi "Auf wisdersehen." Soft as tho dews that fall that night The lamps clear sleam fits up the stair;
 I finger in delicious paint An, in that chamber whose rich air To breathe in thought I scarcely dare,
 Thinks she-I'Auf wiedersehenF' iris thirteen years; onco more I press
 Tho turf that silences the lane: hear the rustic of her dress. smell the lilacs. and-ah, yes.
 I hear "Auf wiederseheni" Sweet piece of bashful maiden artl
 The English words had seem'd too fain. But these-they drew us heart to heart, Yet held us tenderly apart;
 She said: "Auf wiedersehenl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23

son. We all gave him credit for his knowledge of the course. and doubted if there was in any of Bartlett's books an equation or a formula which "Old Jack" could not repeat by heart.
 Poor Allenl He was one of my four room-mates during my first year. Will Hams, Allen and Patton were all of the same room all of the same class, all graduated the same day. all became law yers, all volunteered in the Confederate army; all rose to the rank of colonel; all commanded Virginia regiments were all in Picketts division, and all fell at Get tysburg.
 One day when Allen was out of the room I opened his Optics and on the fly leaf found these lines, which I sus- pect were Aliens own;
 Iris said that Optics treats of light;
 But O believe 1t not, my lark I've studied it with all my might,
 And still it's left me in the dark
 Though I drilled under Jackson for three years, and recited to him daily for a year and a half, l never once saw him laugh outright. A grim smile was the nearest thing to laughter that l ever saw in him, and even these smiles were very infrequent and occurred only when some- thing outrageously ludicrous took place in his immediate presence.
 Fulkerson. the scrapegrace of the class,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23
AUF WIEDERsEHEN.

By James Russell Lowell The little gate was reach'd at last,
 Half hid in lilacs down Ne lane; She push'd 1t wide, and, as she passed A wistful look she backward cast,
 And said: 'Auf wiedersehen." With hand on latch, vision white
 Lingering reluctant, and again, Half doubting if she did aright,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23
GREATN ESS.

By Alexander Pope. Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your part, there all the honor
 lies. Fortune in men has some small differe ence
 made, One faunts in rags. one nutters in bro
 cade, The cobbler aproned. and the parson
 gowned, The friar hooded. and the monarch
 crowned What differ more (you cry) than brown
 and cowl?" I'll tell you. friend! wise man and a fool, You'u find if once the monarch aots the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23

Walpole lost and was kicked upstairs" 10 the House of Lords, where his rival in the Commons, Pulleny, soon joined him also "klcked upstairs" But Bolingbroke gained nothing. He died an attainted traitor. How he ohafed at being exclud- ed from the public debates Is shown in
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-14
Plenty of Nitrogen Left.

1t has been estimated that in France
alone the amount OF nitrogen yearly
taken from the soil is 100000 tons and
not much more than one-half OF this is
returned to the soil in stable manure.
Let it be assumed for the purpose of
argument. that those countries employ
ing heterogeneous fertilizers use during
each year 100000 tons of nitrogen.
This seems to be q fairly Liberal es,
innate judging from the above figure
regarding France and the fact thai
during 1905 100000 tons of nitrate
of soda were employed throughout the
world. On this basis it is easily seen
that there is no danger of impoverish-
ing the atmosphere, for the atmospher-
ic pressure at sea seyer corresponds to
about eleven pounds of nitrogen a
square inch, or say 1900 pounds a
square foot. or 100000 tons a square
mile.
Each square mile of the earth's sur
face has above it enough nitrogen to
supply the entire world for five years
on the basis assumed above and since
the entire surface OF the earth is not
much short or 100000 900 square miles
the world can go on abstracting nitro
gen at this rate for about 100000
years before reducing the quantity In
the atmosphere one-tenth per cent.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-14

The art of telling a story was culti-
waited as fine art by the Southern gen
tleman of olden time. 1t was introduced
and interspersed with fitting preliminaries
and details
Among the plain people the story was
told in more staccato style, and was the
favorite method of making clear or en-
forcing any point. In the conferences
and associations of preachers, in the con-
ventions of politicians, in the groups of
lawyers ION circuit"-everywhere the
good story was the powerful resource of
social pleasure and argumentative illus
tration.
Mr.. Lincoln's inimitable stories filtered
through the ranks of war into the South
during the times that tried mems souls.
They kept his intense humanness to the
forefront of attention. Evaporation
could hardly be focused on a character
associated with so much good humor and
merriment. Even the Southern war Gov
errors, besieged with applicants for of
fee, could wish themselves in like condi-
ton with him when he had some trifing
but contagious ailment, and at last had
something he could give to every Office
seeker who called"
Among the large negro population Lin
coin is the one saint in their calendar
Lincoln was not saint; but no big
otry would deny the right of the freed
men TO canonize him. He who conJures
with the potent wand of Lincoln's name
can do anything with the negro people
Youths COMPANION.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-14
feel they are so different" said Bliss.

feel they are so different" said Bliss.
They are not" said Marion. * know
I'm boy inside Girls are important, of
course. but wish every day I was boy,
sure enough"
Ugh. Marion. how can your exclaim-
ed Olive.
"Olive, 1t is an awful pity that you
haven't brothers, or something" said Ma
rion; you wouldn't feel so afraid of boys
then. and get SO sentimental.
Il tell you. girls" she continued. boys
are the best thing going if they only have
the right kind of mothers to begin with
You see, the right kind of mother is a
regular chum. She understands things.
She never scolds. and you know perfectly
wei that if you told lies or killed people
she'd be your mother and stand by you,
just the same. only she has a way of
making you feel that you wouldn't do
such things, no matter how much you
want to-
Three cheers for Marion 70 exclaimed
Edna.
Three cheers for our darling moth
ers - added Bliss.
Mine is expecting me home in ten
minutes. girls: 1 must leave your fasci-
mating company" said Olive.
II must go also-wait for me-" said
Edna.
Girls. can't we meet again. to finish
our valentines together?"
20. yes" said Bliss: come to my
house Friday"
"All right-Good-by. Marion. I've had
a lively time"
$50 have L"
"And /"
Thank you so much for the lovely af-
ternoon. Marion-Good-b by
.Good-by. girls -
"Good-by' -"Good-by"-And the mer-
~ group was gone.-Chicago Tribune.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-14

81 once made up my r,ind," said q
London man, ''that l would become the
possessor Of a good gold watch. |
saved up the money for it In this way
When / felt like eating a shilling
luncheon, as / often did, | kept it down
to tenpence. 1 put the twopence saved
toward my watch fund. You will hard
ly believe me, but with little economies
like this / had in less than six months
saved enough money to buy my gold
watch"
But" said listener, where Is your
gold watch? You are wearing poor
little gun metal thing"
WELL, was the reply, when found
how easily. could get along without
shilling luncheons l concluded 1 could
get along with a ten shilling watch in
stead of ten pound one. So that The
watch fund grew until it purchased Tor
me my own house. London Mail.