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Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-09

Birmingham wants no law that will in
any way impede her progressive march
Our people have determined to turn up
something instead of waiting for some
thing TO turn up, and desire as clear a
track as possible until we get out Of the
woods
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-09

Rev. Dwight Moody says, Heaven is
a city like New York" Sam Jones says,
Hell is not mile from Boston" Rev.
Tom Dixon says, Hell is no worse than
Chicago" and there you are.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-09

Birmingham is getting right in the
swim-steel mill, cotton factory and the
Warrior canal all bubbling up at one and
the sac. g time.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-09

The Mobile Daily Register very en-
phatically says: Everything should be
side-trac<ed for a constitutional conven-
tion."
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-09

If Ala bama is to move forward with
other progressive states, her people must
be allowed to express themselves t the
ballot box on the question of constitu-
tjOraI convention.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-09

The Plat dinner, it is said was moi
to satisfy hunger. but to satiate thirst
In fact, like most banquets.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-09

The hotel registers show an increase In
patronage which is a very good indica-
ton that business is getting better.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-09

The educational interest of this state
demands a constitutional convention.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-09

The democracy of Alabama can and
should make the question of calling a
constitutional convention party issue.
The people expect it and they should do
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-09

The constitutional convention bill
comes up tonight. May the peoples voice
be heard and the old relic renovated.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-09

The Alabama legislature cannot afford
TO not allow the people to say at the polls
whether they want new constitution.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-09

man has been dug up out in Kansas
by the name of Tinskirt. If he amt a
free trader, he ought to be.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-09

OF all the opportunities for calling
constitutional convention, the present
time is the most opportune.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-09
BIRMINGHAM STATE HERALD
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Ala, as second-cIass matter.


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Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-09

If the Cuban patriots are really free
and independent, what is Gen. Weyler
doing down there?
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-09

The business interest of Alabama is al
most unanimous in favor of a new con-
Stitution.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-09

The womans suffrage bill has passed
in the Nevada senate by vote of to 5.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-09

1t is said there are 2700o women in New
York who support their husbands.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-09

Birmingham Carnival will be one of the
greatest events in her history.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-09

The price of experience has never been
marked down.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-09

" ill introduce Novelt1es
this season in HATS11om
England, Germany and
x4Ulef'aCG
SHIRTS and SHIRT
ING from Scottish and
home manufacturers
, SUITINGS from, the fin
est MUS an the Woyld.
None like them aOz2l be
Moa0n by any House in the
State
l.. ROGAN g co.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-09

Thousands have been cured of rheuma-
tsm by Hoods Sarsaparilia. Give it
trial
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-09

vide for the aid, support and main
tenance of the following officials of
Jefferson county, to-wit: the sheriff
and his deputies, the clerk of the
criminal court and his deputies, the
solicitor and his assistants and the
judge of the inferior criminal court
of Birmingham. which is hereby es-
tablished; to define its powers and to
provide for the prompt distribution
of the fund hereby created among
said officers above named"
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-24
MIDDLEToWN. DEL, APR. "a, 1897
Of Interest
To Farmers
CARE OF EARLY CHICKS.

Most farmers wives have now a
goodly number Matched. Early chicks
pay we'll for little extra care, both
for early broilers and for layers next
winter. lave found the best COOP
at least the best a women can make
who is not very handy with carpenters
tools and with little spare time at her
disposal Ito be a small goods box; one
that will hold two bushels or more.
Split the lid into narrow strips and
tack them on the box with shingle
nails about two or three inches apart,
leaving one end Of two Of the stats
loose, with the nails only driven
through the Stats; then when the hen
is tucked in at the opening, nail those
two on, set the b x on its side and put
in the chickens
= On warm sunshiny days set this coop
out on the sunny side of a building or
In sheltered place, so the chicks can
sun themselves in the warm box or run
about. In the evening, after they have
crept under the covers and gone to
sleep, gently turn The box over with
the Stats up and Garry into the hen
house, where they will be warm over
night. On cold, rainy or snowy days
leave them in the house but turn che
box on its side, SO the chickens can
run about and gev exercise and be out
of the way Of the her, who will some
times get fussy and trample them to
death. 1t is better TO feed right in the
box, as chicks fed of the bare ground
where it is not grassy are apt to get
gapes. Be careful to not give them
more than they will eat. If the box is
not big enough to feed in, lay board
in front of the coop on which to throw
tie feed. About once week loosen
one end of two Stats, take the hen out
and with an old broom and pail of
water scrub the box well, and let it
dry. Rub the hen we'll under wings
and on body with mixture Of coal oil
and salt pork fIyings t. kill and keep
away lice.
Feed the chicks often, giving va,
riety of food, always cooked, for the
first two or three WEEKS scraps from
The table, oat meal mush, or if corn
meal, scald with boiling water. Keep
plenty of clean, fresh water in a shall
law vessel where il can be easily reach
ed. When the weather gets pleasant
and the ground warm and dry, knock
the lower side of lie box and set out
on the grass, moving it about as the
place gets dirty and the grass eaten off.
At three or four weeks old, begin to
feed some wheat or screenings.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-24

some safe plan whereby our legal ten
der paper and silver and our silver GER
tifeates shall be slowly withdrawn, and
gold, gold certificates and bank notes
shall gradually take their places" They
further advocate ''such legislation as
will encourage the establishment and
successful operation of small banks with
local capital and knowledge Of credits :"
These resolutions are being sent
throughout the country, accompanied by
a statement setting forth the views Of
the club and requesting every friend
of.currency reform to sign the resolu-
tions and send them to congress.
This movement is exactly in line with
the action of the Indianapolis confer
ence, which YVES to impress congress
with the fact that there is an over
whelrning public sentiment in favor Of
currency reform. Chicago Times-Her-
old
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-24
Cheap Confederate Money.

A southern firm adycrtises Is varieties
of Confederate bills for 20 cents, also a
rare collection of so different bills and
shinplasters for only So" Apparently
the firm has millions Of dollars worth
of this money for sale cheap.
What pity that our old fogy consti-
tuition is in the wayl But for it the
cheap money advocates in any state
where they have o majority could buy
up this whole Confederate outfit and
start in business ut once. The amount
of prosperity ard happiness that could
be extracted from this old paper mine
would depend upol the size (population)
Of the state Formulate enough to secure
the monetary outfit
For instance, it Guild probably give
Nevada more ti..I s 900 per capita and
would at oncc transform her from one
of the poct,St 10 one Of the wealthiest
of states i;;stcad OF slgebrush and
prizefghts she would teen with gran
aries and warch:,uses Down with a
constitution which prevents state home
rule in monetary ;tT;irs and the mani
fold blessings of cheap money!
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-24

law of variable supply and demand and
value among others, and these varia
tions not being uniform for both metals,
it is impossible that government can
ever fix the ratio of their value.
"If, however, it should be insisted
that it is the function and duty of gov
ernment to ltry to) fix the ratio of their
values, it would seem to follow as
logical consequence that, since their
relative value depends absolutely on the
relative supply Of the two metals it is
the primary and plain duty of govern
ment to fix (regulate) their supply by
controlling and operating the gold and
silver mines, the sources Of their pro-
duction. 1t should do both things or
neither, and it is preferable that it
should do neither. 1t is folly to expect it
to do the former without doing the lat
ter"
This is the truth of the matter in
nutshell. Unless the government first
acquires all the mines in the world and
decides how much silver and how much
gold are to be produced yearly, it is i'm
possible to maintain ratio after it is
"fxed." France ''fixed' it 156 times,
but it would not stay fixed, and France
has at length abandoned the effort. The
United States has also tried the expert
ment several times without success. It
is time the theorists were letting the
matter alone.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-24
POULTRY YARD,

Is there net room for flock of geese
on your farm? Study the situation.
Tit lie most iiteeesFFieeitle nggg ggg eating hen
can be effectly eiIred by eating the hen.
Little chicks do so Ell y sunshine.
1t should enter the coop from the front
and not from the top.
Cultivate the egg eating habit-in
the family. This will enlarge the
home market and save butchers bills.
1t is cruel to make brood coops SO
low and so small that the hen cannot
stretch up full height or move about.
The prices Of poultry products are
relatively higher than poultry food i.
There is, we believe, promising out.
look for poultry raissrs.
A generous application OF lime on
the chicken-yard and in The sheds and
runs is now order. L. may prove
cheap prevention Of diseise.
Cannot our present system of getting
eggs from the farm 10 consumers be
improved on? Fresher eggs would i'm
prove the consumers appetite for them.
In Rhode Island a new kink in feed :
ing geese has been Tried. Fall sown
rye, spring sown oats and peas and
sweet corn. will, it is said, furnish pas
ture sufficient for 200 geese per acre.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-24
Hettnr BANKING rsci:....ss Needed.

Discussing the poor credit and bank
ing facilities e !he we and south be-
fore the last meeti4G Ct the American
Economic asrociat.on, Mr Thomas &
Shearman said:
In the ii southern statCs it is inpos-
sible that one tenth Of the farmers could
have any bank accounts or could ever
draw checks il payment for their retail
transactions LII the recent campaign
the successful candidate received the
votes of 20 stats, the defeated candi-
date the votes CT 20 The % states hold
90 per cent of all bank deposits and de-
positors Deducting from the other %
states the silver states and few large
cities, the remaining vast agricultural
section of the country, having 40 per
cent of the population and 75 per cent
of the area, has less than per cent of
the bank deposits and depositors. This
suggests what was the real grievance of
this mass OF voters, although they did
not themselves understand it. Their
banking facilities are proportionately
only one-sixtceuth of tie rest of the
country
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-24
Credit For Farmers.

We have lately given some account OF
the operation of agricultural banks in
Europe, which have done very much for
the farming class by making it possible
for it to secure loans on such security as
farmers can offer. The farmer is espe-
cially in need of credit, for the interval
must always be considerable between
the preparation Of the soil and the har-
vesting Of the crop. He must spend
money long time before be can get
any back. As to most Of his products, he
may be said to be carrying on a busi-
ness where the stock Is turned over but
once q year. Furthermore, as a crop
natures all over the country at the same
season, and generally within period Of
few weeks, 1t is particularly. impor-
sant to the farmer that he should not be
compelled to realize on his harvests i'm
mediately. He would break the market
If he were obliged to sell all his crops
as soon as gathered, and yet he must
sell good deal, for he has been under
expense for months Y -Ghout any income.
While the farmer more than almost
any other producer needs credit, he can
not generally offer commercial security,
and real estate is not good security for
ordinary banks Of discount to take, and
it Is unlawful for our national banks to
accept 1t. The result is that the farmer
is usually compelled to sell his produce
at an unpropitious time or to get credit
Of merchants and private bankers for
which usurious rates are obtained. In
this country there has been practically
no effort to supply this need for agricul-
tura1 credits, although the brokers and
private bankers and factors who have
made practice Of lending to farmers
have made great deal of money out Of
it, for the absence of competition en-
ables them to get q high rate for money,
and the farmer pretty generally pays his
debts.
It is singular that in our own country
no effort has been made to afford agri-
culture in general the capital it needs
for the improving of land and for carry
ing on farm operations during the long
intervals between the annual marketing
Of u crops The The changed conditions Of the
times make it imperative that farming
must be conducted upon more scientific
principles so as to get out Of the land
more than it has heretofore produced,
and that necessity leaves no alternative
but either to afford the farmer enlarged
credit facilities or to leave the present
landholders to be frozen out by insolv-
ency, with the result of transferring this
industry to a class possessing ampler
means and able to cultivate larger farms
upon improved methods. Journal of
Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-24
Playing In the Garrett

"Thele is one delight, )" said man
who was reared in a small town, "that
/ suppose many children born in great
cities never know, and that is the de-
light of playing in the garret. Many
city children to be sure, have relatives
in the country or smaller cities or
towns whom they have visited, who
live IN houses with garrets, and these
know something of the delights of the
garret, but there must be many chill
dren who never even heard the name.
''For myself remember well a gar
ret to which used to climb in rainy
weather up a steep aud narrow flight
O airs. It Was VEIL ard Either stuffy
in the garret, but the rain made music
on the shingled roof and the gerret it
self was full of treasures. There was
room, TO begin with, space to move
about in, though you needed to look
out little for the timbers in the slop-
ing roof. There was a swing from the
two beams, and we used TO swing and
swing in that and never got tired OF it.
There was chimney up through this
garret, great big, friendly chimney,
and we used to play tag around that
chimney until we couldn't run any
more. There was a great lot of old
magazines, land these were an unfailing
source of delight. There were old
books in queer type and with strange
looking pictures; there were queer old
hair covered trunks with round tops,
studded with brass headed nails. In
these trunks and around in the garret
were curious, old fashioned mems
clothes and extraordinary gowns and
capes and has of women; not fancy
costumes, but the real things, such as
they actually wore not many years ago,
and looking stranger than anything
YOU could hire at cost umer's. We
used to drees up sometimes in these
old things and parade around in the
garret and have great times generally,
and so forget ourselves in the delight
of garret that the very world itself
looked strange when we came down
stairs and back to it.
",t hat is there in the big city that
takes the place of the garret pm. Y.
Sun.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-24
why Interest Is High In Texas.


The Galveston Daily News reminds
its Texas readers Of the difference in in
terest rates in the northeastern states
and in some of the western and southern
states and gives them few elementary
lessons on the reasons for this difference.
Interest is never so low," it says, "in
communities given over to suspicious
fires, questionable assignments, fraudu-
lent failures or to legislation with de-
cided turn against the creditor and in
favor of the debtor" Much of the mar
ket rate Of interest is insurance against
risk, and of course diminishes as the
risk decreases. "Where men are required
by law to pay their debts and are not
sheltered and encouraged in tricky
courses by unreasonable exemption laws
and by public prejudice against cred
itors as class the risk is naturally less
serious"
Making its application to Texas,
The News says: "We have right to
to leave fraudulent debtor residence
worth $50, 900, all the bank stock or
bonds he can carry and an extraordinary
collection of the tools of his trade or
profession and to defy his creditors to
crook finger at him. We can do this If
we prefer, but it is going to cost us
something" 1t asks why the "goodly
majority Of the people Of Texas" who
"are not disposed to live high today and
hide behind the exemption law, the as
signment law or some other law tomor-
row." should be forced by the discredit
Of bad laws and few dishonest men
"to pay two prices for every dollar they
would come down one-half and the
loanable funds would double if the hon
est men of the state would demand the
enactment of laws under which cred
itor could collect what is due him.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-24
Kallen,s sl.5O Eor s2.5o

80 DAYS SPEcIAL.-For 80 days only, WE
offer You the following bargain lot O..
strictly pure and standard goods; quar-
bottles pure California wines (sherry poIt
catawba, blackberry and Rhine), one quart
bottle pure rye whiskey, five years old
and one bottle extra quality champagne
and the whole lot. bottles, goes for $3.50
the honest market value Of which is $3.50.
No other house can give you so much
value for your money, as the one and only
reliable, Family Liquor Store of James A,
Kelley. s. W. Cor Tenth and Shipley SITS.
WilmiL gton, Del
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-24
Currencv Evils MUST Be Corrected.

Twenty five trade associations met at
Young's hotel, in Boston, on March s
and decided to petition congress to pass
a bill authorizing the president to ap-
point banking and currency commits
sion. They demand the gold standard
and the grad 1al retirement Of the legal
tenders and favor the issue Of currency
by the national banks to the par value
of their bonds and reduction of the
tax on + circulation. They also recon-
mend additional banking currency, based
on assets, under national supervision,
safe, elastic and redeemable in gold, aud
the establishment of banks with capi-
tai of $25, COO or more in small towns
and villages The one important thing
is that they demand action. The future
of the currency question is very dark.
but there is one consideration that is en-
Couraging, and that is the appearance
among the classes directly suffering
from the FREQ silver agitation Of an or
ganized effort at currency reform. That
is something new.-Exchange.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-24
Are You Going West

The B. & o. R. R. maintains first class
service to all points west, Northwest, South
& Southwest. Pullman Sleeping & Dining
Cars to Pittsburg, Columbus, Cincinnati,
Indianapolis. st. Louis, Toledo & Chicago.
The B. & O.. offers a greater variety Of
routes and cheaper rates than any other
line. Before making arrangements persons
will find it to their interest to consult by
letter or in person H. A. Miller, Passenger
Agent, Wilmington, Del.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-24
The House Builded on the Sands.


The Bankers Magazine for March
finds the origin of our present troubles
about silver i'll the demand that the
ratio of its value to gold shall be deter
mined by the government 1t is, how
ever, no proper part of the duty of the
government to try tc fx the ratio OF
values of the. two metals.
"Being," says Tie Bankers Maga-
zine, commodities as we'll as money,
and being commodities before and after
they are money. and being money SIM
ply and only because they are commodi-
ties, and being commodities because
they have recognized and intrinsic value
independent Of any action of govern
ment. and even in the absence of govern
ment. and being therefore seyerally sub
iect to all the laws Of commodities the
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-24
SECRET SOCIETIES.

Middletown Council, No. 2, Jr. o. U. A. NJ.
Meets every Monday uight in McWhorter's
Hall at O'Clock.
Union Lodge, No. 5, A. F. & A. M. Meets
first Tuesday Of each month in Town Hall.
Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 8, l. .. 0. +.
Hall at O'Clock.
Damon Lodge, No. u, K. of P. Meets every
Wednesday night in McWhorler's Hall at
s 8o'clock.
Major John Jones Post, No. q, G.. A. r.
Meets every Friday night In Reynolds Build
ing at o'clock
Welcome ConcIave Heptasophs. Meets
every second and fourth Friday night In K.
of p. Hall.
Union Lodge, No. g, A. o. u. W., meets every
I'd and 4th tuesday night in McWhorter's
Lord Delaware Circle, TO. 16, Brotherhood
of the Union. Meets 1st and Sd Friday, NC
Whorter's Hall at 8p. m.
Middletown transcript., 1897-04-24
Reduced Rates to New York by Penn
sylYania Railroad.

For the dedication of the Grant Monu
mental Tomb. April 81. the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will sell tickets from all
points on lis line to New York, April %
(and from points within one hundred and
fifty miles of New York. April 26 and 27)
good 10 return until April 20 inclusive, at
rate Of fare and third for the round
trip. Tickets for military companies in
uniform, numbering fifty or more, travel
ing in body on one ticket, will be sold at
rate of single fare per capital for the round
trip.
The parade on this occasion will be the
grandest military demonstration since the
war. Thousands of veterans, United States
regulars, and State miIitiamsn will be in
line.