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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16
THE NEW CAPITAL.

From the New York Times.
There was a stir in Providence,
In Providence, r. l.
The flags were floating everywhere,
The banners streaming high.
The world went round Rhode Island,
Hold steady-do or die!
They're going to move the capitol
To Providence, R. l."
And men were full of gladness.
And women cheered and sang,
The bunting tapped out proudly,
And all the church bells rang;
For was there not good reason,
The states took up the cry; -
Were going to move the senate
T0~Providence, r. /"
And fast came news and faster
From Washington, d. C.,
Till all New England heard 1t
And cheered with ecstasy;
Sound loud the drum and cymbals
Let all the banners fly
They're going to move the White HoW
To Providence, r. l."
And through the moon and sunlight
And through the dusk and gloam,
The cry went up and echoed;
Our Nelse is coming home.
The long fought battles ended,
His flags are floating high,
He's bringing US the Congress
To Providence, r. l."
"Three cheers!" cried Peleg Potter.
Three cheersr' cried Treadwell True;
And so the cheers were echoed
Quite all the country through.
1.-THE U. c. of Rhode Island,
Its name shall be-" they cry,
And all else shall be annex,
To Providence. r. II
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Cotton Stored In the South
cows,

A committee of fifteen has been ap-
pointed by the New York Cotton ex-
change to consider the acceptance OF
cotton stored in southern warehouses
on New York contracts. The delivery
of some real cotton on New York con-
tracts is becoming desirable, and SEN
timent in the New York exchange
seems to be favorable to the plan I'M
der consideration. The trend of opin-
ion at present in the New York ex-
change is strong and this is leading
the committee of fifteen to complete
the details of the plan. This is said
to involve difficult and long-continued
labor" Why there should be much
labor in the details of accepting good
cotton instead of rotten, cotton on
New York contracts does not appear.
However, let the Fifteen proceed.
The delivery of cotton stored in
southern warehouses on New York
contracts would greatly strengthen
warehousing in the south, for wherever
the plan was found to work smoothly
there would soon be plenty of money
at hand to finance any reasonable
warehouse system. New York as a
cotton center has been under cloud
of late, and no doubt its shrewd man
ayers hope to dissipate that cloud by
tying to itself the cotton held in south
ern warehouses.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16
sPARETHE GROUNDING.
illinois Legislators Err In Making War
on Little Animal.

From the Chicago Evening Post.
The ground hog of Illinois and the west
generally is the woodchuck Of the eastern
state 1t is charged against him that in
digging his home he throws gravel up
over the surface of the ground to an ex-
tent that Injuries the farmers prospects
of raising crops. The ground hog also is
accused of being a prowler in the veg
etable garden. and 1t is said that the
early cabbage that should go to the farm
ers table is sacrificed to the appetite of
the unbiddep guest in the field.
Out in Kansas a few years ago the
western red-taled hawk was abundant.
About once every six months the red
tail would pick up chicken, and the act
aroused the owner of the chicken to
anger. The lawmakers of Kansas de-
cared the red-tail an outlaw and put a
price on his head. There were so many
red-tailed hawks killed that the count was
lost Coincident with the killing of the
birds, the plague of prairie dogs in
creased and rnenaced the very means of
livelihood of the majority of the Kansas
dwellers. They called on the biological
survey of Washington to help them out
of their trouble. The scientists sent this
prescriptions: Repeal the law placing a
bounty on hawks This was done, and
since that time nature has kept the bal
ance even.
All this perhaps has comparatively little
to do with the ground hog of illinois, but
1t may be said that the legislators who
would pass laws intended to interfere with
the workings of Mother Nature are taking
great chances. Confessedly, it is not
known just what place the ground hog,
or the woodchuck, as you will, holds In
natures system of economy, but that it
holds a place is we'll assured 1t Is more
than possible that the propaganda for the
preservation of the natural resources of
the country includes the ground hog.
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federate army; but outside of Peters
burg. his home, few white men of social
prominence would so much as speak to
him. The Danville riot in 1883 caused the
defeat of Mahones republican party and
in 1885 the legislature elected Maj. John
W Daniel as Mahone's successor in the
United States Senate. Malone ran for
governor in 1889 but was overwhelmingly
defeated by the late Phil Mckinney
Malone was wonderfully resourceful
man, but like many politician of vault
ing ambition, he overleaped himself.
Ex-coneressman Goode.
"Ex-Congressman John Goode, who died
at his home in Norfolk this week, was
grand old gentleman and one of Virginia's
most loyal sons" said a man who had
known him well. He was so years of age
and was the Oldest ex-member of Con-
gress. He was also the sole survivor of
Virginias secession convention, He was
a member. too, of the Confederate Con-
gress and he had the distinction of being
member of the convention which
framed a constitution for Virginia and
then 90 years later Q9OD president of the
convention which framed the present con-
stltution. In the war Goode was on Gen
eral Early's staff with the rank of
Colonel and while he was in the field was
elected q member of the Confederate
Congress.
He served three terms in the United
States Congress, having been the first
democrat elected from the Norfolk dis
trict after the war Colonel Goode while
In Congress was one of a committee of
democrats to proceed to New York and
wait upon Samuel j. T1lden, who had
been elected President, to ascertain his
views and wishes In the matter of tina
electoral commissions to Z. About u
years ago Colonel Goode and were talk
ing over old times and the statesman
gave this account of the interview that
had very important, If not a determin-
ing effect, on the Situation and really
upon the standard bearers destiny: The
scene was In Mr.. Tilden's office in New
York city. The democratic sage talked in
almost a stage whisper. He stepped to
the window and pointing toward the finan-
clal district, generally known as Wall
street. said. Gentlemen. you see all that
propertyl If my party insists on seating
me, there may be war. Think what war
would do to our financial interests and
our property values In general We had
better not have war
And that practically ended the con-
ference. The committee went back to
Washington and voted for the eight to
seven commission which counted out
Samuel ]. Tilden and seated Rutherford
b. Hayes. Tilden was a great states
man but was extremely timid, and his
answer to Congressman Goode and
others was virtually an unconditional
surrender to the enemy. Had 1t been
Cleveland instead of Tilden in 1876
Hayes probably would never have be-
come President"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16
PRESIDENTIAL VACATIONS

! tucked away on the Panama canal COM
mission, passed a resolution inquiring
of the President what executive acts he
had performed at a distance from the
seat of government established by law?"
The President replied in substance
that he did not think 1t was any of the
Houses business, and, at any rate, If
the offense were impeaeh able he would
stand on his right as an accused per-
son; wherefore he refused to testify
against himself. That rejoinder ended
the struggle to set up a time clock in
the White House for the President to
pull whenever he went out the door.
Grants successor, however, did not
venture to follow his example, On
! the contrary, Hayes prudent1y renewed
the practice of Buchanan and Lincoln,
and passed his summers in cottage at
! the Soldiers Home. He could have it
rent free, and it was in the District of
Columbia, if not in Washington. Ar
thur was content to continue this Gus
| tom.
! Cleveland departed from 1t at first
only to the extent of buying a suburb
| an home in the District instead of
| living on a government reservation AL
| though he ran for the White House
! three times and was twice elected to
| it. he always retained a hearty dis
J like for it as a home dwelling in 1t as
| little as he becomingly could.
/ Harrison in his term stood for a
! vacation and went to Cape May, where
/ upon there was an cutlery, not, how
ever, because he took a cottage there
| but because he accepted it as a gift
| from Wanamaker and perhaps others.
To appease the critics he paid for the
| place. but he had lost his interest in
| Cape May
| In his second term Cleveland passed
his summers at Gray Gables, and, like
Mr.. Taft stole away from midsum-
mer session of Congress, which he had
CALLED. in order to imbibe the tonic in
the New England air. He was scolded
not a. little, but that did not In the
least spoil the fishing in Buzzard's Bay.
| While Mckinley had no fixed sum-
mer place, he took fairly liberal va
cations, and his successor completed the
| revolution begun by Grant. OysteH Bay
| became indeed the Summer capital"
with a full suite of offices and a full
| complement of clerks, and even the
/ navy was drawn up in grand review
| there to impress the official status of
| the village upon the national mind.
| Thus did 1T come to pass in the
! spread of the vacation system that it's
! benefits were enjoyed by hundreds of
| thousands of private citizens before
! they reached the President. This was
| the penalty he had to pay for having
too many employers.
Ic~was not until a large portion of
! his constituents were privileged to
/ drop their tasks for time without
being dropped from the pay roll that
this hired man" of the American peo-
| pie felt free to lock up the White
House once a year and go into the
country.
| We cannot rebuke even the President
of the United States for following our
own example.
Yet the least of us still has the adj
vantage of him. He cannot turn his
| work over to the man at the next desk,
| for after all his vacation is unconsti-
! tutional. and his duties and his cares
dog his steps wherever he goes
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
girl could be proud of her ankles IL
she didn't have any feet.
After the college man graduates, know
ing everything there is to know, he has
time to learn how to make living
The first time man gets married it's
because he's green; the next time because
he has acquired the habit of being In hot
water
The reason the baby never does any,
thing smart is so it's mother can tell how
1t does in every letter she writes to her
people.
Where a man comes in strong on dis
Ncipline for the children Is laying down
the rules and then blaming his wife be-
cause nobody can enforce them
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roads and districts. will fall into line
until the entire state becomes a net
work of free delivery routes. The
postoffice is thus carried to every
mans door, and that is better than
having it far away in deeaying vii
Lara
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16
About Persons.

President George G. Crawford of the
Tennessee company left yesterday for
Georgia, where he will spend a few
days on the ancestral plantation near
Milledgeville.
DR.. M. J. Shields of the United States
army hospital corps is registered at
the Morris.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16
SOME TINE HENCE.

From the Yonksrs Statesman
ooh. mamms, I'm frightenedF' came
from little Tommie, in bed.
'eWhat are you frightened about, my
SOM"
II hear somebody on the roof"
''Oh. we'll, go to sleep, my boy; it's
only your father taking OF his shoes pc
fore he comes through the scuttle. He's
lust home from the club in h's air
ship"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16

Senators Aldrich and Lodge say the
republican party never pledged itself
to revise downward, and it is living up
to its record and good deal beyond.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16

Serene E. Payne is still on deck, all
reports to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. He stands now and then for the
consumer against the Aldrich special
interests.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16

A new church in Washington has
baths, bowling alleys, a gymnasium
and clubrooms for the boys and girls.
1t lacks, however, room for bridge
whist.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16

Twenty thousand post cards go to
the dead letter office every day, and II
Uncle Sam would buy an erasing fluid
he could start an exchange.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16

The democrats will be given show
ing In the coming congressional base
ball game-something they did not get
in law making in the Cannon regime.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16

All insurgent republicans come from
states that have direct primary laws.
The hardshell standpatters come from
boss-ruled states of the Rhode Island
and Pennsylvania sort.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16

In entertaining King Edward, Am
bassador Reid, representing a pluto
cratic country paid Nordica $2625. H 2
is truly representative.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16

Daniel X. Pearson, who will be 80
years old next April, should get ac-
quainted with DR.. Osler, and his justly
celebrated theory.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16

the republican party's only hope is
that the people will forget all about
the Aldrich tariff before the elections
of next year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16
The VIRGINIA Campaign.

Virginia is noted for its exciting cam
paigns and it is having very hot one
now" said a member of Birmingham's
Virginia colony. Judge Mann is the pro-
hibition candidate for governor and ex-
Congressman Harry st. George Tucker is
the local option candidate. The cam
paign started off without much excite
ment and at one time it looked as If 1t
would be tame in comparison with other
gubernatorial contests. But the political
oauldron is now boiling and 1t will con-
tinue to boil.
1.-THE opponents of Mann are raking up
his political record of 80 years ago, when
he was a partisan of Malone, and as
Malone at that time was ostracised by
the representative white people of Vir-
ginia because he had bolted the demo-
cratic ticket. any Virginian who was his
political friend was likewise under the
bap. Malone was elected United States
senator as a fusionist on the issue of re-
adjusting the state debt. but after he
reached the Senate became republican.
II believe that Tucker will beat Judge
Mann on the chief issue-local option
versus statewide prohibition; but as Ma
hone has been dead for many years and
his coalition party, known as the read
| justers. has been forgot by most Vir-
ginians, 1 doubt If the trumping up of
his connection with Malone will change
many votes today. In other words. the
men of new generation are not likely
| to be scared by a galvanized corpse
II was active in Virginia politics In the
7Os and the s0s, and as The Age-Herald's
=
in referring to the Mann-Mahone sensa-
tion conditions under the Malone regime
were worse than anything the south ex-
| perienced in reconstruction days, The Ku
Klux Khan or something on that order
was revived, and hardly week passed
without political duel, street rem
counter. or a bloody riot General Ma
] hone had splendid war record al bri
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16

Ex-President Roosevelt is bagging
big game in Africa, and ex-Candidate
Bryan is bagging big fees on the chau-
tauqua circuit.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16

Tennessee has gone dry, but people
get drunk in that state just the same
1t must be In the air.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16

Beefsteak-eating contests are rare
because few men can be found t.
finance them.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16

Teheran is a revolution center, but
both sides are careful to kill the small
est possible number.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16

Education by the yard on the Eli
odan plan does not take root in the
popular mind.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16

When petroleum supplants the cow
it will not, at any rate, kick over the
milk pail
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16

Mr.. Bryan's daughter, Mrs. Leavitt,
has accepted dates on the chautauqua
circuit
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16

The pending bill should be known
as the Aldrich bill, for that Is where
the Odium belongs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16

Despite his gifts, Johndee doubtless
will go out guilty of the Carnegiean
crime of dying rich.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16
TIMELY REMINDER.

From the Chicago Evening Post.
Get your income before your worry
over the tax.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16

New England wants free hides and
the entire country wants cheaper cloth
ing.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16
The Business Mems league.

1.-THE splendid corporation, pull-togeth-
er spirit, and comradeship that now ex-
lists among the business men of Bir-
mingham," said Mr.. chaffee, secretary of
the Business Mems league last night,
land which is becoming more pronounced
from day to day, is due largely to the
work of the Business Mems league.
Nothing helps a rapidly growing city
like ours more than just this get-togeth-
err spirit among the business men. Things
that seem almost impossible can be ac-
complished with such concerted move
ment.
ASK any Atlanta man who knows,
and he will say that Henry Grady, the
apostle of the 'get-together' spirit, start
ed the Atlanta people making their city
great by getting them to think, talk and
push Atlanta anywhere and everywhere.
The result is a matter of history In city
growth. The same spirit is being engen-
dered by the forceful and convincing work
of the Business Mems league of Dir
mingham. 1t is doing things for our city
and doing them effectively.
with the same work aggressively
pushed, and with every citizen of Bir-
rningham imbued with the feeling and de-
sire to boost for his home city, popu-
lation of half a million, and a place as
the Industrial center of the entire south
seems to be assured for the Magic City
in a future that is not discouragingly
distant
Birmingham has the resources, the raw
products, and a citizenship that counts
most of all, in bringing it~to its natural
and logical position as the trade center
and industrial metropolis of an enormous
territory and the Business Mems league
is working along the right lines to bring
our city into It's own"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16

The finest of table butter. stamped
Rockefeller" for sale by the Standard
Oil company.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16

The farmers expect this year to get
bumper prices for bumper crops.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16
FLoRIDA's 7o.FooT BAMBOO.

From the Garden Magazine.
Possibly the tallest bamboo in Amer
lea grows in Arcadia, Fla, and is about
20 feet high. The clump has spread
of 90 feet and the diameter at the ground
is u feet. The specimen is only years
old.
This is the common bamboo of India,
probably brought to south Florida from
the West Indies. In Jamaica it has be-
come naturalized and is popularity sup
posed to be indigenous.
This bamboo makes an astonishing
growth during our rainy season. the canes
often attaining their full height in six
weeks, after which they begin to put on
leaves. The canes are from four to five
inches in diameter at their base.
Unfortunately this species cannot stand
low temperatures and the specimen in
Arcadia has frequently been damaged by
cold.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-07-16
ROOSEVELT'S FUTURE

day. with great show of amusement, to
a newspaper paragraph which eliminated
him from consideration among the sem
ators to be reelected. Senator Depew
laughed heartily as he read the statement
that he was not considered in any sense
likely to be returned for a third term. 1t
may be well to add that a great many
public men here believe that Theodore
Roosevelt will be candidate for Pres
ident In 1872 Some of them say he is
likely to be the candidate of a radical
party. running against Mr.. Taft as the
nominee of the regular republican party.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-09-09

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aber Sade oes EubIifums leill, oa.
raui 81 ieben, Dob Die 3ipple nltt
sum Seniter binauSgclporfen tperoer,
ga, mas ircilid) Die 9abnmognuten
i,id,t 5ltgeben, Die llebcrldiiIie aner
gobnen Inn geboren.
lleber Die Ginbiirgerung
unO 8idtigfeit oeS yGattlfen So
aes" idreibt bas .Ginc. Sbl." II. ~:
ylleber aIes Grpartcn bahen Die
Geutiben 5oae in Oicicnn Sanoe iit
felt cihacbiirgert. Selbit IN flcilleren
SrtidaIten, iuoielbit Das Gentldy'
tbum IN Der 5lutb Oea iungebellbcn
Neutrality-suspicious. o%rfptgebcn brogtc,
miro ser GelItide 5oa ais GolfslcIt
geieiert unb bot baburd) Die iiolirten
Toiten, Die maj nift bebaupten 81
fonncn gloubte, bem Geitiden geret.
tet. Worin bte perbenoe araft Die
ies Teites beitebt, lit nibt ldliper 81
ergriinoen. Die Ieier brirlgt onc
Ieutifen obne llnicrIhieb 5uiom-
men. @as iie ipnit trcnnt, luiro an
bieiem Gage pergeiien, nnb MIR 0as
tritt berpor, mas oIlc Gcutiden Der
aint: Sic 6oroermng beutidcr Sui.
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b1tten ans ibrern lcbten &rie9e lil,ge.
bciler piel @clo berousgeldlagen. Sic
f1mpfen picoer. iobolb Tie bcllfen,
0aB eS lid be5oblt. - Nm ielben Ia.
&C, ga 2orb N~prtbcliiie lpl6c glhern'
Ieitcn iblpott, iagt aoiier Wilbclm
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@eltirieoe iei ourt Die Gini9feit oes
beutiden Solfes aeiidcrt. @os be.
obli6tigen oieie &riegs. 8eipeniter ie.
Gelloen gnglGnocr nit ibren cmigcn
Gerb1btigungcn Ser beutiden eSrie.
oenspolitif unb ibren ariegspropbe-
5ciungen2 2oro NortGcliffe meint,
Der &rieg f0nne mir perbiitet merben,
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porbereits. Tos hot es ia nit leinen
vGreuonougbts" id)on get6on. @ill
england pielcidt iel6lt cinen aries
bonn 3aun breden?
Tie perfunntcySIa. Gin
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2urnielt 5u Irontiurt 5beil acnoms
men bottc, erbielt BON icinem Iranf.
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tortc, Die ollBcr uielen @riiBcn fol.
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Sic pieaciht Sic Sid bcinten iou-
tell, 10 meroen Sic bet ms irelno-
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