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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-15
A SHADOW OF THE NIGHT.

By Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Close on the edge of a midsummer dawn In troubled dreams I went from land to
 land, Each seven-colored like the rainbow's
 arc, Regions where never fancy's foot had
 trod Till then; yet all the strangeness seemed
 not strange. whereon I wondered, reasoning in my
 dream. At last I came to this our cloud-hung
 earth, And somewhere by the seashore was
 grave, A woman's grave, new made, and heaped
 with flowers: And near it stood an ancient holy man That fain would comfort me, who sor-
 rowed not For this unknown dead woman at my
 feet. But I, because his sacred office held My reverence, listened; and twas thus he
 spoke: when next thou comest thou shalt find In all the rare perfection that she was. Thou shalt have gentle greeting of thy
 love! Her eyelds will have turned to violets, Her bosom to white lilies. and her breath To roses What is lovely never dies, But passes into other loveliness, Star-dust, or seafoam flower, or winged
 air, If this befalls our poor unworthy flesh, Think thee what destiny awaits the soul! What glorious vesture it shall wear at
 last! While yet he spoke, seashore and grave
 and priest Vanished. and faintly from neighboring
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-15

meeting system,'' he had in mind the manifold evils which usually grow out of these meetings. whenever they are reduced to system. Let us note some of the most obvious of these evils:
 l. The depreciation Of the regular ser vices of the church.
 When we reduce our protracted meet ings to a system and look upon them, and even designate them as revfyals,'' it al- most inevitably follows that the church will look to those meetings as the great, if not the only, source of their ingatheI- ings.
 When a certain meeting had been ap- pointed in the church of which l was pastor, one of the daily papers of the city said that "a revival" was to begin at the First Baptist church on the 9th of April, and one of the members of the church asked me- Are you not going to begin a revival at our church next week?' At the close of the meeting the daily paper informed the public that ''the revival at the First Baptist church closed on Fri day night" Such language is highly sig
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-15

out finally becoming extinct. and whether Providence intended handful of Anglo o-Saxons settling along the shores of vast country to perpetuate it's race exclusively. I cannot recall any history to prove that the Anglo Saxon have not the same percentage of good and bad, of strong and weak as any other race.
 Time was when the Romans ac- claimed themselves as the chosen peo- pie destined to rule the world Where are they now? After the decline and fall of the Roman empire and it's peo- pie England and the Anglo-Saxons dawned upon the world and by their conuuests and increasing power be- came the natural successors to tho Romans as the most superior people on earth But in 1T6 new nation, a new race of people was born. the American nation.p nation which has since wrested the claim of being the strongest and greatest nation on earth from it's predecessor. and whose peo- ple. descended as they are from all the world have no superior among the races of today.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-15

<<T WAS sure locoed once," said
 Frisco, poking reflective fore
 A finger into the bowl of his briar wood pipe. "All along of it's being spring and me as frisky and foolish as a 2-year old.
 Ut wasn't just because the girl was pretty-Pve met up with a plenty better looking ones before and since-but there was something in her eyes that made my heart wobble round whole lot when she looked at me. Blue they were, like that patch of clear sky over the trees wonder. and big and innocent. I used to dream about them nights while was riding herd with 10000 long-horns and my own thoughts for company; and when fellow gets to where thinking of the color of a girls eyes keeps him from being lonesome he's pretty far along toward being in love with her.
 "Old man Taylor, who owned the Bar-O ranch in the Sweetwater valley, was her uncle, and the doctors had sent her out from somewheres back east to live out doors for few months. The day after the old man brings her out from town with the blackboard he calls me up to the ranch house and tells me he wants me to see that she has good time and don't set lost.
 You see, the old man had known me ! quite while and hadn't ever heard of my trying to steal anybody's dust. Well, I sticks out my chest quite lot and puts on new pair of chaps and turns nurse maid real cheerful and contented, and for four long months there's hardly an hour of the day that I'm not round somewheres handy in case that girl wants me to play with.
 "I picked out the most sober minded COW pony on the ranch and broke him till baby could have led him round with ! string, and then I learned her to ride,
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So much from a racial or sentimental standpoint of view. From material and commercial standpoint, this plea about the perpetuity of the Anglo-Saxon race in the south is still more absurd. There is no city in the south today which has not prospered by an influx of foreign peo- pie, who have established industries and commercial enterprises. There is not a city in the south today, large or small which Is not eager to have more of these people. No question is raised in that case as to the possibility of these people and their sons and daughters mixing with the descendants of the Anglo-Sax- ons, endangering thereby their racial in tegrity. Why, then, should this scare crow be set up in the country, before the planters and farmers, where migration is ten-fod more needed and where it would do tenfold more good? But in ad- diton to that the planters and farmers are told that "the cry is made for the wholesale importation of foreigners into the south to increase our cotto.i area, when cotton is already being grown in such quantities as to make It's produc- tion hardly profitable to the average cot ton grower"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-15

X MANY years ago. during a very M able and interesting debate in 4V4 great ecclesiastical meeting. in Virginia, I heard that remarkably thoughtful preacher, A. M. Poindexter. say and repeat with great emphasis. "The protracted meeting system is a nuisance"
 Some years after this. when I had lectured in a Kentucky town on Hum bugs" a Presbyterian pastor was in troduced to me as I left the platform, and he said: You did not mention one of the great humbugs which I hoped to hear you discuss" And what was that?" I asked. "The revival humbug,' ? was his reply.
 Now, such utterances as these from such sources, are worthy of serious re- f1ection. Poindexter was one of the most thoughtful men I have ever known; and Presbyterian pastors, as a sclass, are not given to extravagant utterances without weighing their words. Besides, Poindexter was no op-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-15
SOME POEMS FOR SUNDAY READING

spire Fell five slow, solemn strokes upon my
 ear, Then I awoke with keen pain at beart, A sense of swift unutterable loss, And through the darkness reached my
 hand to touch Her cheek soft-plllowed on one restful
 palm To be quite sure.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-07-03
A BAD Guess.

John Hawtrey was one of England $
famous whipping schoomaSters. A;
Eton I'm rutumn the small boys USED
10 buy chcstnuts and roast them in Il
shovel over the fire. One day boy
named T.. who was great favorite OF
Hawtrey's. had lot OF cheStnuts and
as q special favor was allowed 10 make
use Of the Vupil room fire while the
boys were all studying. Hawtrey was
going in and out of the room while
we were working. and on one occasion
coming IN rather quietly, he caught
sight Of +. kneeling over the fire ar
ranging his chestnuts. The boys posi-
tiOn was Irresistible TO any lter OF me
art Of chastisement Not seeing his
face and supposing II was one OF the
other boys stealing the chestnuts. John
Uawtrey quietly took his cane from
his desk and. creeping forward on tip
toe. gave the wretch Il /. a most ire
mendous whack. The boy Jumped NJ
With a yell. lis hands ciappcd behin2
him. Then the tutor sG"' who he wa
and said. embracing him:
"UI my poor hoy. ain so sorry
| tHoc+'t II was aa5,bcr hoy Stealiht
yo.r q. 'siu3t2."
We. ~ ranr~o. vcr" nn '",ic''c'l a"
&C.. ro'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-07-03
A Cool Thief.

One summer afternoon an exception
ally well dressed stranger was seen to
enter the front gate OF n house In n
wealthy neighborhOOd. lie walked to
the door and ,Iicd TO open Ii with
key. As he could not DO SO he went
around to a window and, pushing 1t
open, climbed In through it. 1t was II
suspicious proceeding. but as the man
was dressed In the height Of fashion
the officer on the beat thought that IT
was the owner Of the house. who hav-
ing forgotten his key. had used the
window as his means of entrance.
However, the officer thought 1t best TO
watch the place for awhile to see If
anything out of the way might occur.
A short time later. emerging from the
front door, the stranger stopped as If
some one had spoken to him from
within. and. saying Yes, Bess. | have
my key this time." he lifted his hat
and walked slowly away. Some hours
later, when the real owner Of the house
returned. the policeman learned that his
first suspicious had been correct, for
the we'll dressed stranger had walked
Off with the jewelry and everything Of
value that he could lay his kid gloved
hands upon.-Chica 90 Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-07-03
COMPOSITE Names.

lone OF the differences between the
east and the northwest" said q Puget
sounder. "is the names Of places, and
tho SkIkomlshes. the SnOhOmlshes. th'
Snoqualmies. the Wahkiakums and tn
lot Of them give a man funny feeling
and when he runs across Bucoda. G
the Northern Pacific railroad IN Pierre
county. Wash. lac doesn't know Wheth-
or It IS Chinook or Siwash or what
But 4 Is none az them-like NenovG. IN
West virginia. which Is near the juno
ton If Kentucky. Ohio and NiTSinia
or Dclmar. where Delaware and Mary
land come together NucolA IS rom
pos!tc name. AMI ~ sto'y IS simple
enou.h. When the Northern PaciEC
came In town sprang up. and Il
must have name. There wore Indian
names In plenty. but something more
novel was wanted. so Mcssrs. buckley
Coulter and Davis. all Northern Pacific
officials. put their heads together frs!
md their names later. and the naln'
Bu-co-da was evolved with an ETY.
mology very apparent to any one VII
is ut all Informed In terminO!ogy. BU
coda It has remained. aud 1t Is not Lai
bad as names 20 In The Puget sound
country"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-07-03
Africans and tho Locomotive.

The children of the desert were filled
with awe when first the silence Of the
primeyal solitude was broken by the
pulling of the steam engine. Down at
tho other end of the Cape to Cairo line
the simple Matabele, when first con
fronted by a locomotive, were certain
that the strange machine was worked
by the labor of an indefinite number or
oxen. which they assumed were shut
up inside; hence. when the engine stop
ped, they gathered in curious crowds,
waiting to see the door open and the
oxen come out, nor could they for many
days be persuaded that the power OF
the locomotive could come from other
than the strength of the OK.
The Arabs of the Sudan, more imag-
NATIVE than the Matabele, saw In the
fire horses Of the railway one Of the
Djlnns Of the Arabian Nights" har-
messed by the magic Of the inhdel to
the long train of cars. The steam en-
gine was to them q living, sentient
being. Of which belief there Is curl
ous evidence IN the fact that on one
occasion n shelk made an impassioned
remonstrlnce against the cruelty OF
making so small an engine draw so
huge q train.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-07-03
REDUCED RATES.

SOUTHERN RAILWAY has au-
thorizcd GREATLY REDUCED
RATES on account the following
named special occasions:
CONFEDERATE VETERANS REUNION,
Birmingham, Ala, June Gil. 1905:
dates Of sale June 6. and :. final
limit leaving Birmingham not later
than midnight June 20, 1908. Stop
overs in either direction at Chatta-
nooga, Tenn.
INTERN ATIONAL PRINTING PRESS
MEN IL ASSISTANTS UNION, Mobile,
Ala, June 1921, 1903: dates OF sale
June 13 and If, final return limit June
-, 1908.
SUMNER SCHOOLS FOR TEACHERS,
Tuscaloosa, Ala, June l0-July u,
1908: dates of sale June 9, 10, Is, ID,
20, 22, 29, July and 9: return limit ID
days from, but not including, date OF
sale.
SUMNER SCHOOL or THE SOUTH,
Knoxville, Tenn, June % July 81,
1908: dates of sale June p, -, %, y,
%, July 4, 5, ii and 10, return limit 10
days from, but not including, date OF
sale.
SUMNER SCHOOL, Athens, Ca, June
29-July 81, 1908; dates of sale June
q, 80, %, July 4, 6, II and Is, final
return limit 10 days from, but not In
oludinO date of sale
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-07-03
Milkinu the Cow.

"Alilkmen have different ways OF
managing their COWS, but generally
they feed each COW and begin milking
as soon as the COW begins TO eat"
says dalryman. The mixer hurries
10 get through, too, because II the COW
finishes her breakfast before the milk
er has done his work she extorts more
feed by holding back her milk, so must
be fed again 10 keep her In good hui
NOR. Some millCmen do their milking
first and then feed Immediately, and
cows that are accustomed 10 this treat
ment generally give down their milk
cheerfuily. for they know that milking
IS a prelude to the feeding. 1t all de-
pends on habit and the way the COWS
are treated. for q COW is much smarter
than she looks and more grateful than
most persons would believe. SO long
as the COWS know they are not going
10 he struck or beaten they VIII neither
kick nor hook. An experienced milk
man will never allow any loud talking
or excitement about his barns, for the
quieter the cows are kept the grater
the quantity Of milk and the easier the
work."-St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-07-03
The Artless Red Indian.

The influence Of the fur trader anu
the mission schools has had a marked
erect upon the Ontario Indians. They
have to a large extent adopted modern
[. ess. and many of the young men can
be found at work in the sawmills and
as river drivers. The women, too
manage 10 keep step with their lords
in this march toward civilized appear
ance. have seen morcasincd Zee
peeping from he"cIth the folds OF vel
vet gowns of royal purple. ON th'
bank Of l.ainy river | came upon :;
community of wigwams ana tepeeS
About an cp,.n lire 'ronched three Ol
hays. filthy AMI hiGcouS. but In tht
door Of tcpre not ten feet away
stood II VOTING Sqnaw. perhaps daugh'
ter of ore uf the hagS doing hrr hli'
with rur!ng iron Wide W-rll Mig
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-07-03
One Eisn Didn't Grow.

A number OF men were telling OF re-
markablc catches off Atlantic City. aid
one OF them said that one day he
caught very small cod. and, not car
Ing TO take home such little fellow.
he took piece Of copper wire, ran It
through the tail Of the hsh. and on one
end Of tie wire he attached a copper
tag with his name scratched upon II
THE next vear when ! was 0ff there"
continued tie man. Il got heavy pull
on the line. ana after Eve minutes
lighting landed twelve pound cod.
and there on It's tail was my tag"
THAT reminds me Of a similar ey-
perlcnce oil there" said another man.
Il caught one cf tho So small cod. aud
wanted to hang some sort Of iientiA-
ration on It. but couldn't find aly.
thing In the copper tag llne from orc
end OF the boat 10 the other. | did
find. however. a li.tle tin whistle IN
one Of my pockets. and. running wire
throggl ,he tail g. the fish. hung ~
the whistle and threw the col back
into tie watcr
"'lht f..1r'ag ycdT got a most To-
GUITAR bite CA ey hook. and after pull
irg In tie l!no s1t thc surprise OK ing
life There w8S t..c same little cod.
lie hadn't grown an inch. but hang
ing on his tail was long fog hon."-
philadelphia Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-07-03
rhA Greater DANCER.

There was never q more conscien-
tious young man than Eben SOule.
and when lie found bow much alb
soibed he had become with the mere
sdca Of play ing IN tie town band he
consulted his minister. ''Do you reckon
could give up all that time 70 music
without falling from graceT he asked
anXiOuSly.
The good old Methodist had n saving
sense Of hum0r. lie saw that lis pa
Ishione- was much distressed between
his wishes ana his conscience. hut the
minister smiled on him nevertheless.
ITS tie horn you're asked to play. !
hear" he said. Ever had much cz-
perlencc with IL. Eben"
Never tried 1t but once. but ! Ike
the sound OF il first rate said the
young man.
MIN said the minister. well, ]
think YOU needn't be afraid Of falling
from grace on account OF II. but do
hope you'll manage things so your fam
fly and neiShbOrs won't have 10 pass
through the fiery temptation of hear
Ing you practice too often. Eben."-Ex'
change
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-07-03
1ec,ars on Horseback.

"'Whod. thar he says, pullin' up his
hoSs. and then he Whines:
"'For the love O charity, kind gent
would ye he 50 good rs 10 gimme a
crust o bread for mcself and handful
o. oats for the old mareT"
The sailor smiled thOughtfully and
stirred his ice cream soda with a long
spoon.
Yes. Hal" be resumed, there's ac-
tual beggars on horseback In RooslS-
They travels from town to town IA
caravans. They beg grub for them
selves and fodder for their nags, Just
as been tellin' ye.
90 course. in the Argentine, where
n boss don't cost a song, It's only nat
ural We should see beggars on horse
back. and amt sayln' nothln' about
thIt. Dut in China they ride, too.
while there's n Maltese beggar down
Malta way what even drives n spring
wagon an takes his gal along. Inter
ruots his canoOdlin' 10 ask you for Il
copper 10 stave of starvation. then
starts right In again where he left oil. ~
New Orleans Democrat
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-07-03
q Candle Trick.

Let candle burn until it has a good
long snuff, then blow 1t out with Il
sudden puff. A bright wreath of white
smoke will curl up from the hot wick
Now. II a fame be applied to this
smoke, even at distance Of two OF
three inches from the candle. the flame
Will run down the smoke and rekindt'
the wick in very fantastic manner
TO perform this ceremony nicely there
must be no draft or hanging doors
while the mystic spell is rising.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-07-03
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
For ale.

We have just added to our list the
following valuable Real Estate:
600 acres HIGH grade farm, with fine
Brick dwelling and l2j acres Of No l
timber.
i3j acre farm excellent land and gocd
improycmerts-the above too farms In
Loujoau county, Va.
~ acre farm Of good land and i'm
pr.ycmnts, large dwelling &c.
81 acre farm Of good new dwelling
and excellent and and all necessary out
tuillings-(abO two farms IN Eau
.1'er county, Va
C5 acre farm, near Woodstock with
fairly good improvements and good
fruit.
4 new : room dwelling and l acre lot
on Main street, Woodstock, Va, well
located, with electric lights and pure
mountain water N the house.
A mod dwelling of = rooms on large
corner lot in Edinburg, Va, we'll locat
ed: f purchaser should desire 70 bave
30 res Of fine land on the suburbs o1
he own, can sell him this also.
Al the above properties VIII be Soic
on Easy terms at reasonable prices.
!. n. DAVIS Il &C.
Real Estate Agts.s
Woodstock, Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-07-03

The vi>;.n at .t, io.iowi.g .,..
ild i'm Mt>. Hcuy ". C"r'@ %.
idy's Tour Arornd Monte i.HSa.
IS possessed of a LevI sense "a H.
.or. GthcrN i,c hi; dignity mi Sht ha,'
cen ruliled by the unconscious Ie1c!a
ioa which came to H.; ears IN th'
curse of Mrs Coles tra' elS she m"
nc Rev. Robert Montgomery. tie poet
who told her an incilcnt OF lis car.
,arccr In the pulpit. When ne va
drSt admitted to holy orders he W..
appointed curate III Il rural ScO.ch ~
hict and lodged In the house u :;
email tenant farmer Notwithstanding
ais Office of Clergyman the family di
lot appear to hold their loarlcr II
high vencra.iOn. for one day he heard
The woman servant call ont to her
mistress:
"Missis. shall feed the pigs first ol
gle the mon his dinner
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-07-03
LIGHTNING and Thunder.

Dy counting the number Of seconds
In the interval between lightning ana
thunder it Is possible to figure approx
mately how far from the observer Is
the scene OF the storm. Sound travels
1.1OO feet second so multiply the
number of seconds by 1.1OO, which VIII
give the distance in feet from the point
where the lightning dashed. For ex-
ample, IL ten seconds have elapsed the
distance away Will be 1000 feet. or
little over two miles. II might be add
ed that. as light and lightning travel
so much faster than sound. II one sur
wives after hearing the crashing peal
he can be sure he is safe. Remem-
brance Of this will dissipate terror.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-07-03
Some Metecrs.

One Of the earliest known meteor
fell I'm 204 Il. G.. In Phrygla. where for
n long time II was worsliiped. 1t was
carried to Rome and was supposed to
be messenger from the gods. Liyy
describes n shower of metcoric stones.
The people were greatly alarmed. and
the senators were demorallzed and dc.
clared q nine days festival TO propIti.
ate the gods. There Is at Mecca u
metcorIte which fell In GOO a. ID. and
Is still worshIped by the faithful
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-07-03
Th1 Er'isti~ Foison.

Passing ~ other drus' each o!
which has i.' own VA. of making peo-
pie crazy. We como I, what may be
truly tc,iled 4 artist i,ison. THIS
IS. says Or. william u thomson in
Everyboiy's I.agJZinp. tLr EleScal but
ton. which grows OI n l)W cactus ID
the valley ~ !he Rio Grande md ior
tunntely IS scarce and hard IN get
Chewing this br;.ou caHscs TIE n"5'
.,o-geously 'oi0rCl scenes % appear Ce-
fore the en rancc,l Nlyloa. - sur'oss-
ing. nccordi a.; TO dos i.p:lonS the .A'5'
magnificent alu.e.s. IL voV-G Se@m To
We the drug f3r laniScap" patlterS.
but unfortunately. whgte yer ether
things drugs 90. t.py never inCNaSc
efficiency. II was first diScoN cred
among the Kiowa tribe Of Indians.
who used II In thelr religions rites I'LL
missionaries induced the Goy"rnmert
% remove the Indians from where ih''
could get IL
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-07-03
An Unaccounta5le Failing.

II was severe trial TO Mr.. Harding
that his only sons memory was not A.
that could be desired. Where In the
world be got such Il forgetful streah
from is beyond me-" said the exasper
ated father to his wife on one occasion
What has he forgotten now" askeI
Mrs. Harding. with eyes downcast anc
a demure expression.
The figures of the last return from
the election on the bulletin board.
And Mr.. Harding inserted a finger II
his collar rs If to loosen 1t and shoe
his head vehemently. Looked ut 'en
as he came past not half an hour ago
and now can't tell me.
"As | said to him. If you're so stu
Did you can't keep few simple figure
I'm your head. why don't YOU write 'en
down on a piece OF paper. as do. ant
have done all my life, long before
was your ageY"