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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06

HHE Daughters of the Confederacy
 Forrest chapter, located at Row
 A land. five miles to the south of Athens, recently had a granite monu- ment erected in the public square at this place. to commemorate the humane and artful ruse of General Forrest in captur- ing the fort here, without bloodshed, reunion of the Forrest command at Memphis soon; hence acts of special or personal character performed by that wonderfully active body of cavalry are now worth reading.
 A striking, unusual and picturesque ex- perience of General Forests cavalry was its unique encounter with the gunboats These brave and daring adventurers re- call such honored names, beside that of the wizard of the saddle, as D. c. Kelly and Gen. A. Buford; the first when Col one Kellogg was just made a major, and the last under General Buford, in the closing months of the unique conflict.
 Forrest was then lieutenant colonel of
 
 nessee, Alabama, Kentucky and Texas soldiers, including Kelly's troopers, 90 strong from Huntsville. Ala, Trewhit's so men from GadsJen, eEffa., Bacots 30 from South Carolina. and Miners ,S5 men from Marshall county Alabama. That was at Memphis, the day after the form ation of this organization; one squadron i,, NIoio Fort Donelson (Dover), middle Tennessee, and the rest followed in a day or two and were assembled there by the last week in October, 1862.
 Heinman's regiment of Tennessee vol unteers held the place, numbering 400 and was busy throwing up Notifications; and as federal gunboat, the Conestosa, had made it's appearance in the Cumber- land as high as Tobasco Port, Colonel Heinman ordered Colonel Forrest to go in that direction and watch the Conesto- gas movements. When Forrest had reached that point he received orders from Gen. Lloyd Tilgham, commanding the defense of the Cumberland and Ten nessee rivers, to bring the command to his headquarters, at Hopkinsville. From there, however, they were ordered, about the middle of November, to the Ohio river to make observations there On this er- rand they had gotten to Princeton. Ky,
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would round into the lower landing, and batteries ordered again to fire, the Anna passed out of danger before she could be sunk though she was badly riddled and damaged. Such are the chances of war.
 Several hours later the gunboat Undne arrived on the scene conveying the trans port Venus, with two barges attached. and another transport, the J. W. Chesee- man, came following soon after. The gunboat gave battle to the Confederates for an hour, but so hot were the shells and balls from the batteries and Bells sharpshooters 1t withdrew, with the Venus, behind the bend of the river and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF MERCANTILE MARINE

well afford 10 divert some of It's surplus funds to the building of ships which will carry the American flag to parts of the world where trade Or commerce is sought, and not war.
 Government ownership of a mercan tile marine would be the means of creating training school for the navy. The best sailors the English navy ever had was in the days when the old battleship went into action with all sails set and the victory de- pended as much on seamanship as on gun-fire. If was in those days and by such men that the battles of the Nile and Trafalgar were fought, and England, mindful of that fact, still make the sailing ships the training ships for the navy.
 A nation that hopes to do an export trade must to mako a small compari- son, follow the example of a merchant who keeps wagons to deliver his goods at his patrons residences. It would seem q redlculous proposition if the merchants were to rely upon the GUS toner supplying tho horse and wagon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
THE WHITE SQUALL.

By Bryan Waller Proctor. The was bright. and the bark rode
 well; The breeze bore the tone of the vesper
 bell; Twas a gallant bark with a crew as
 bravo As ever launched on the eavlng wave. She shone In the light of declining day, And each sail was set, and each heart
 was gay. They neared the land where in beauty
 smiles The sunny shore of the Grecian Isles. All thought of home, of that welcome
 dear Which soon sh ould greet each wan
 derers ear; And in fancy joined the social throng In the festive dance and the joyous
 song A white cloud glides through the azure What means that wild, despairing cry? Farewell the vsioned scenes of homel That cry is "Helpp where no help can
 come For the White Squall rides on tho
 surging wave, And the bark is 'gulfed in an ocean
 grave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
BY sAvoYARD.

carried by Jeremiah into Ireland and there hidden in the bowels of the earth, not to be resurrected until the gospel of Christ had penetrated all clines and pos- sessed all peoples. Ills picture of the grandeur and the power of the British empire was magnificent and he suggest ed that America, in everything but tenn poral nationality. was a part of it.
 If the man had been gifted with the voice of William J. Bryan or William c. P. Breckinridge, and had been as grace full in attitude as Edwin Booth or Ed win Adams, he might have done whatever he willed with an audience.
 But to get back to mutton. This new merchant ship England has sent over here is to commerce sea what the Pennsylvania railroad Is to transporta- ton on land. That she will get the ribbon for speed nobody doubts. How long she will hold it nobody knows. Soon, too, she will be antiquated and a very com mon affair Some day this country will again be a sailor, as we were the decade of 1S5o-60; but you can't have your cake and eat 1t. No country that makes irrc-r- national trade a prime to be fined at the custom house will ever own the seas. In 1880 when we had free trade there was more tonnage on the ocean under the American flag than under any other flag. not excepting the English. Today there is practically no tonnage on neutral seas under our flag
 Some of our quacks say we can buy back such tonnage with subsidy. Not f we had Aladdin's lamp or Fortunatus' purse. Trade Is like water, and follows lines of least resistance As soon as we repeal our absurd and medieval naviga- tion laws we will get the ships, and when we get the ships we will get the trade. Not before.
 All this stun about paying our s2Oo, ,0oo.- GOO to have our goods carried abroad m foreign bottoms Is rot in the argument sought to be conveyed. The same thing applies to every human transaction where there is a buyer and seller. If 1t had any sense in it, nobody ought to sell any thing or buy anything.
 But that is the foundation stone of ev- cry protective tariff argument ever made that if you sell. you make and if you buy, you lose.
 Copyright, 1907. by E. W. Newman)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06

T IPoN an examination of cruden's Concordance to the Bible, under >< the word "nature,' I discovered that the word never occurs in the Old Testament, and that the adjective mat ural" occurs only once, namely. in Deu- teronomy, S4th chapter, 7th verse, where 1t is said of Moses, at 12O years of age that This eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated." I also find that the words mature" and natural are both absent from the historical books of the New Testament, neither of them occurring In any book before the Epistle to the Romans.
 Before consulting the Concordance, I suspected that something like this would be found to be true though I did not know that the word nature was so con- spicuously absent from the Old Testa- ment This absence is not due to the in troduction of the word into our language at a period later than that of King James version; for we have already noted that the word mature" does occur in our version of Paurs writings; and Shakes peare's plays show that in his time it had an established place in our language. Mrs. Mary Cowden C1arkes concordance gives
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there repaired the damage its hull and steam pipe had sustained. The Cheese man was disabled in her machinery by the upper battery and captured.
 About midday Colonel Kelly again played a conspicuous part in fighting gunboats. At that hour General Chal- mers, with Fuckers brigade and four pieces of artillery, arrived at Paris land Ing. After a personal reconnaissance, Fucker ordered Kelly to take the initia- tive. Kelly. commanding Forests old regiment, dismounted his men and taking a position under cover of the bushes be- low the gunboat, opened a rapid fire both on the Venus and at the port holes or tho Undlne The Confederate artillery was hurriedly rolled up by hand into po- stion. The fire of the rifiemen forced the closing of the Undine's port holes and the shells from the guns did effective howltzers, but did the Confederates but IIowitzers, but did the Confederates but little damage, with Its port holes closed. Badly damaged. she was forced to the opposite bank, and her officers and men went to shore. The Venus had alrendy surrendered to Colonel Kelly, and he went aboard the transport with two companies and took possession of the Undine. Both boats were taken to Paris Landing.
 At this time the Alabama Cadets. sharp shooters of the Seventh Alabama cavalry and serving in Fuckers escort also had some practice on a gunpoat. Chalmers had established a section of Rices battery a little southward of Nor tons rifles, and a gunboat attracted to the scene came within range of these guns and was also fired on by the Ala bama Cadets and Chalmers escort. Tho gunboat was driven out of action, up the river.
 Of the federal soldiers the trans port Venus, ten were killed or wounded. and one officer and ten men were cap tured. The Undlne and Venus were re- paired during the 31st; the barges were
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"OR more than 200 years 1t has been no Idle boast that Great l Britain is the mistress of the seas. From the destruction of the "Invinclble Armada" that existed because of the de- struction by Spain of the Turkish arma- da. at Lepanto, earlier, to the wrestling of the seas from Holland a century after. British naval power constantly grew and waxed in strength, until at the close oi the Napoleonic wars, no flag was on the waters except by sufferance of the British admiralty.
 This ship that made the voyage against time--the Lusitana-is an atom of the in- exorable evolution or nautical Englano;
 Britannia needs no bulwarks,
 No towers along the steep;
 Her march is OCT the mountain waves.
 Her home is on the deep.
 One of the most wonderful men I ever met was George O. Barnes of Kentucky, .the mountain evangelist" His imagina- ton was absolutely riotous in its exuber- ence. and yet bis mind had been trained ,n inc schools and illumined by a wide range of all literature, ancient and mod ern in several tongues, native and alien Had he been blessed with the gift of common sense bestowed on Abraham IjncoIn. I do believe he would have been fine greatest American of his generation.
 He was an enthusiast, sincere Chris .,ar and fin his ministry brought moro sinners to the cross of Calvary than any other American of his opportunities. His
 o;ca was harsh his attitudes ungraceful, ,,is ,nannerisns almost grotesque, but he was an orator of orators, nevertheless. His faith was that of the guileless child and simply invincible. His purity was more than womanhood. To him I am fn- dehted for some of the peace that pass eth understanding, for I am persuaded aye, am convinced-that was tsrouph him I was born again. That Is whv my subsequent wanderings from maths of peace. and the resulting unhap- piness that has come to me. will mo solace and safety in the truths of that greatest of hymns. The Ninety-and- Nine"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
where 1t attracts the attention of thou sands of visitors. It Is marked by plate on which IS the inscription:
 FIRED BY
 LORD DUNMORE
 January 1, 1776.

In the vestryN room of the church is the chair in which John Hancock sat when he signed the Declaration of Amer lean Independence. It is a mahogany armchair, upholstered in leather. It was bought by Col Thomas M. Bayley of Accomac County, Virginia, whose daugh ter presented 1t to the parish of St. Paurs.
 The oldest tombstone in the yard bears the following inscription:
 Here lies the body of Dorothy Farrell who deceased the 18th of January, 1873"
 Another tombstone of pronounced inter est is on the right of the gate as you enter the yard, but does not cover q grave. On it is inscribed
 Coat of Arms Here lyeth the body of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
BY ROBERT M. RAWLS.

latter boat was loaded with commissary stores, including coffee, nuts. candies and also had a cargo of furniture. The furniture was distributed among tho cit- izens of the neighborhood, and the daint- les afforded a picnic for the hard-farfng Confederate soldiers.
 The Confederate flag was hoisted on the Undine and the Venus but was not des- tined long there to wave Crews and of- fcers of Forests troopers were put in command of the boats, and General For rest, who came on tho scene on the morn ing of the 81st, made a trial trip as far Fort Helmen. amid cheers. and re- turned satisfied of the utility of his fleet On November l these boats proceeded toward Johnsonvile and tho csgalry and guns marched up the bank. But the roads were so bad the boats wont out of reach of the Confederate supporting land batteries and, therefore, came to grief Turning a bend in the river above Dav- idson's ferry the boats came in collision with three federal gunboats and were al once in unequal contest. The Venus soon disabled that her captain. Dawson, had to run her ashore, and she was abandoned by her ''orew." Tho. Venus was captured and lowed off by her original owners; but Chalmers land batteries protected the Undine, and that boat figured in the fight between the Con- federate land batteries and tho feet of eight moro federal gunboats, which soon followed below Johnsonvflls. After being thrice pierced by shells the Undins was forced to the bank and burned and de- serted by her crew. Thus ended the brief, but spirited and brilliant career of Forests troopers acting as marines. The little drama is a romantic episode worthy of preservation. and Illustrates the cour- age. daring and spirit of the men who, like Semmes on the sea, though gracious and lovely in civil life, were terrible. fearless, and destructive under the fiery ordeal of war.
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Sf. Pau/s CAuych of NortoLk, Va.

A s no section of the United States
 "A is more replete in historic inter- \ est than eastern Virginia, no traveller ever fails to visit St Paurs church, NorfollSs chief landmark.
 As one enters the iron gate, admiration and reverence arise for the restful grounds, the quaint old tombs and the venerable House of Worship. The pres ent church was erected in 17S9. 1t is cruciform in shape, and its thick walls are almost entirely concealed by luxuri- ant ivy.
 In 1776 when Lord Dunmore opened heavy cannonade upon the town, which was destroyed by fire, the walls of St. Pauls remained standing, through the interior was burned. The cannon ball which struck the church was found in 1S4S two feet in the ground, and ce- mented in the indenture in the wall,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
BY ROSA cLIsBY JOHN

Elizabeth, the wife of the Honorable Ba- con, Esq, who departed this life the sec- ond of November, One Thousand, Six Hundred and Ninety-one, in the Sixty second yeare of her age"
 This tomb was brought from King s Creek, James River. at the request of Rev. N. A. Oxeson. Elizabeth Bacon was the wife of Col. Nathaniel Bacon, a cousin of young Nathaniel Bacon, the patriot of 1875.
 As the crowd hurres along the street where the old church stands surrounded by her guard of ems, cedars and crepe myrtle many a heart is refreshed by the sight of peace the old church yard ar lords. It is scene of vivid contrast to the hurry and hustle wlthout-the clean. sweet odor of the native trees with the perfume of the many-hued flowers. the sacred associations of the ivy-clad church and time-scarred tombs.
 As 1 turned my way back to the world. felt I had gathered the strength that follows prayer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
THE VAGRANT.

From Appleton's Magazine. He came unto the door of heaven. Free as of old and gay; What hast thou done" the porter cried. That thou should'st pass this way?" Hast fed the hungry, clothed the poor?'' The vagrant shook his head q drank my wine and l was glad. But I did not give them bread" Hast prayed upon the altar steps?" Nay, but 1 loved the sun" Hast wept?" "The blossoms of the
 vsprlng,
 I gathered every one. "But what fair deed can'st thou present? Like light, once radiant beam?" 'I robbed no child of his fairy tale. No dreamer of his dream"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
MERCHANT MARINE

There were ninety-and-nine that safely
 Tn the shelter of the fold;
 But one was out in the hills away,
 Far off from the gates of gold;
 Away on the mountain wild and bare, Away from the gentle Shepherds care
 But the sequel told how the shepherd went out in the winter and tho storm. and after labors we cannot imagine, and suffering we never endured, and could not bear, rescued this wanderer and brought him back to life and to love.
 Some twenty years ago heard George o. Barnes deliver a lecture, tho title Of which, as now recall 1t, was "Ths van- ished 6cepter," and the text was the promise made Abraham that his seed should inherit and possess the earth. l have heard many of the great platform orators of our time, including Beecher and Ingersoll: I have heard many of the great forensic orators of our day, includ- ing the foremost men of every Congress since and including the giants of the Forty-sixth Congress. but I was never so carried away with speech as was that night. I felt it was inspiration, and l ulation of a giant intellect, captive in the throes of a giant imagination.
 The gist of 1t was that Queen Victoria was then the direct legitimate successor of King David, who had come down d. rect from Abraham. He cited the book of Jeremiah and made things luminous that to my mind had heretofore been opaque, and then he undertook to show by Biblical story. supported by geograph- ical nomenclature, that the English race. of which Cedric the Saxon was the dis tinguishing type, was come from the tribe of Dan. He traced their course from Orient to Occident by such names as Danube. Denmark, and thousand otther cunning and shrewd citations molding them into arguments that over powered any receptive mind.
 The orator had at instantaneous con- mand all the speculations of profane phil osophers and all the multitudinous facts of both scriptural and profane history. IIe gave theory that the Ark of the covenant and its precious treasure were
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-06
LOVE IS ENOUGH.

By William Morris Love is enough though the world be
 a-waning And the woods have no voice but the
 voice of complaining, Though the sky be too dark for dim
 eyes to discover The gold-cups and daisies fair blooming
 hereunder. Though the hills be held shadows, and the sea a dark wonder, And this day draw veil over all deeds
 passed over, Yet their hands shall not tremole, their
 feet shall not falter, The void shall not weary the fear shall
 not alter These lips and these eyes of the loved
 and the lover.
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THE TWO BRIDES.

By Richard Henry Stoddard. l saw two maids at tho kirk. And both were fair and sweet One was in her bridal robe, One in her winding-eheet. The choristers sang the hymn. The sacred rites were read And one for life to life,
 And one to death, was wed! They went to their bridal beds In loveliness and bloom: One in a merry castle.
 One in a solemn tomb. One to the world of sleep.
 Iock'd in the arms of love: And one in the arms of death Pass'd to the heavens above. One to the morrow woke.
 In a world of sin mad pain: But the other was happier far. And never woke again.
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NVTHEN war was declared between
 NK/ Russia and Japan, one of tho
 " first steps taken by all other na-- tions was the adoption of recommenda- tion contained in a letter addressed to them by John Hay that each nation oo- serve perfect neutrality towards the bel ligerents. The effect of this agreement, whatever may have been It's purpose, was tS leave Russia without coaling station between the Baltic and Japan. and to compel the employment of coliers to Rt- tend the feet on It's voyage half way round the world.
 The coallng of the Russian fleet was largely done by vessels which subjected themselves to seizure by the Japanese in as much as the nations to which these ships belonged could not demand the protection of their own governments, which had bound themselves by the adop- ton of the Hay circular note. Had 1t not
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TAHITI.
,u r1oud Oahnnrna

By Lloyd Osbourne.
 Over the rim of tho world,
 Sunk in the dawn of day There lie for you and me
 The Isles of Far Away. Haste we back to find themf It needs but you to say! Make sail and lay our course For the Isles of Far Away Lagoon and shore and bending pain Why must 1t be nay?
 Youth and Love are calling From the Isles of Far Awayi
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A BARD'S EPiTAPH.

By Robert Burns. Is there a whim-inspired fool. Owre fast for thought, owre hot for rule Owre plate to seek, owre proud to snooi
 Let him draw near, And owre this grassy heap sing dool.
 And drop a tear Is there a man whose Judgment clear Can others teach the course to steer, Yet runs himself life's mad career,
 Wild as tho wave; Here pause, and, through the starting tear,
 Survey this grace. Reader, attend-whether thy soul Scars fancys flights beyond the pole Or darlly grubs this earthly hole.
 In low pursuit: Know. prudent. cautious self-control
 Is wisdom's root
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A MILE AN, A BITTOCk.

By Robert Louis Stevenson. A mile an bittock, mile or twa, Abune the burn ayont the law, Davie an DonaP an Cherlle an a. An the mune was shinin' c1earlyl Ane went hame wi the ither. an then The ither went hame wi the ither twa
 men, An baith wad return him the service
 again,
 An the mune was shinin' clearly The clocks were chappin' in house an
 ha', Eleeven. twal an ane an twa; An the guidman's face was turn to
 the wa,
 An the mune was shinin' clearly! A wind got up frae affa the sea. It blew the stars as clears could be, It blew in the cen of a O the three An the mune was shinn' clearly Moo, Davie was first to get sleep in his
 head, "rhe best O friends maun twine," he
 said; .I'm weariest an here I'm ava to my
 bed"
 An the mune was shinin' clearly Iva O them walkin an crackin' their
 lane, The mornin' licht cam gray an plain. An the birds they yammert on stick
 an stane,
 An the mune was shinin' clearly! o years ayont, I years ava My lads, yell mind whate'er befa- My lads, yell mind on the bield O the
 law.
 When the mune was shinin' clearly.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1907-09-04
Salt-Rising Bread.

[ send recipe for salt-rising light
bread. I have never had failure with
this recipe. It was sent to Home and
Farm by Mrs. Dora G. Martin some time
during the year 1902. I give her name,
as [ believe in "Honor to whom honor
is due"
In warm water, the evening before,
or at noon in cold weather, scald pint
of sweet milk, add a pinch of soda, one
half teaspoonful of salt, two teaspoon
fuls of sugar, and while hot stir in cor
meal to make thin batter; set in the
warm oven of the stove, or any con-
venient place in summer Next morning
scald pint of fresh sweet milk, cool
with pint of water, add one half tea
spoonful of soda and the batter pre-
pared the evening before, then beat in
flour to make a stiff batter Set in a
vessel of warm water until light, which
will be in short time. Have flour sift-
ed into tray, add tablespoonful of
salt, two tablespoonful of lard, pour
in yeast, knead we'll, mold into loaves,
put in a creased pan, set in a warm
place, and when bread rises and is light
it is ready to bake. This bread must
only be kneaded once, is very sweet, and
[ think very much better than bread
made from yeast cakes.
Pine Grove, Ark.