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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-26

ference into real international parlia-
ment. Elihu Root planned the idea OF
having the second Hague conference
create world court modelled in the
United States supreme court, and now
Secretary Knox has announced its early
establishment Mr.. Roosevelts Christiana
address is nothing else than a plea of the
federation of the world.
Does not the last sentence of Mr.
Roosevelt's address indicate that he
would feel compelled to accept the ap-
pointment on the commission which
President Taft is to offer to him II Mr.
Bartholdt's bill becomes a law He says:
But the ruler of statesman who should
bring about such a combination Qeague
of peace would have earned his place in
history for all time and his title to the
gratitude of all mankind
II the world federation commission is
appointed by the United States govern
ment with Theodore Roosevelt as chair
man, can anyone believe that the day
will not be brought measureably nearer,
when as Visitor Hugo prophesied in 1910,
THE only battlefield will be the mar
ket opening to commerce and the human
mind opening TO new IDEAS"
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Exclusive Service the Survey Press

Exclusive Service the Survey Press
Bureau.
There is now pending before Congress
a bill introduced by Mr. Bartholdt OF Mis-
souri, providing for the appointment OF
a commission TO visit the chancelleries of
the world and report back TO Congress
articles of world federation, limited %
the maintenance of peace, so that our
recommendation TO the Third Hague con-
ference of 1915 may be well considered
and far reaching. President Taft has
e-lven advance intirnation that he In
tends to nominate Mr.. Roosevelt as chair
man of the commission of five to be
aprointed as soon as Congress has pass
ed the act 1t will be the first time In
history that a government has officially
recognized that the true philosophy OF the
peace movement requires world federation
as a prerequisite for universal peace.
The only two powers that ever have or
ever can govern human beings are force
and reason-war and law. The problem
before the world is how to decrease the
area of war and increase the area of
lew until war yanishes and law enyel-
OpeS the WOFlu AT tilo plVsSiA ihOhiSAAe
the world is organized into SO nations
claiming independence and within their
territories nominally. at least organiza-
ton, law and peace prevail We have al
ready learned to substitute law for war
In cities and states and even up to the
So nations; but in that International
realm in which each nation Is equally
tovereign the only way at the present
moment for a nation to secure its rights
Is by the use of force. In other words
the nations are in that stage of civiliza-
ton today where without a qualm they
claim the right to settle their disputes
in g. manner In a manner they would
put their own subjects to death for imi-
tating. The peace movement, therefore,
Is nothing more but the process Of sub
shutting law for war.
But how can we best createlaw in the
International realm. Certainly not by the
cumbrous methods Of the present. To-
cay there is no such thing as a code
OF international law which is binding
on the nations which are at perfect liber-
ty to accept it of reject 1t as they wish
We must have behind It some conscious
political organization to give II sanction
and validity, and that implies fedora
ton of the world.
The history of the organization Of the
united nations which gives sanction to
International law, will correspond to the
history of the organization of the 10
American colonies into one nation. The
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-26

From the Spokane SpokesmanRevie
One-half the sickness in the cities can
be avoided and everyone made stronger
by sleeping out Of doors. This way of
sleeping is growing more popular all the
time and 1t is especially necessary for
men and women working in crowded
rooms and living in small steam heated
apartments.
In the suburbs and country large YER
andahs are excellent sleeping places and
a bamboo couch makes a comfortable
bed The verandah should be protected
by curtains Those made OF Japanese
wood are cool and inexpensive
Where there is no balcony a bed should
be pushed up close to the window. This
makes q fair substitute.
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Our Country, IT'S of Thee
IJn~oIA

FrOm tne IHlCagO heCOIu-I1eId Iu'
America" says James ]. Hill, 'is too
rich a country to be hurt by the mis-
takes of this government"
But It is not quite rich enough 70
be able to get along without being in
jured If the grafters and bribers are
permitted to go unchecked.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-26
FEDERATION OF THE WORLD
The United States Destined Lead In Peace MovemenPos
siblities of the Bartholdt Bill Before Congress-Wu
Roosevelt Head the Peace Delegation
BY HAMILTON HOLT, Editor of the Independent

Declaration of Independence foreshadows
the declaration of interdependence.
The beginnings of the world organiza-
ton. however. have already taken place.
IT the Hague court and the recurring
Hague conferences we see the germs
of the international court and the par
lament of man. The problem is now to
develop these that they will become
the judicial and the legislative depart
ments of a powerful world constitution,
Just as our articles Of confederation and
constitutional congress developed into
the present United States constitution
which a century of storm and stress has
not broken. The problem. therefore, be-
fore the world Is to perfect the Hague
courts and conferences so that finally.
II 1t be deemed necessary, we may even
add world executive and thus create the
united nations in the very image of the
United States.
The peace advocates from Penn and
Kant and Hugo and Burritt down to
Hale and Bartholdt and Carnegie have
long realized that world federation is
the key to peace and disarmament. Even
Mr. Roosevelt In his rema rkable Nobel
peace address the other day at Chris
tiania goes so far as to urge League
OF peace" to abolish war. periodically.
by force If necessary. The governments
them selves, however, have not yet Of
ficially recognized that world organiza-
ton is the goal of international effort.
The passage of the Bartholdt bill, how
ever, will remedy this and guarantee to
the peoples of the world that the United
States Is in earnest and ready to take the
lead In the practical and promising
method of obtaining international peace.
1t seems the destiny of the United
States to lead in the peace movement.
The United States is the world in NINA
ture 1t is a demonstration that all the
races of the world can live in peace
under one government and its chief
value to civilization is demonstration
of what this form of government is. We
hove settled more disputes by arbitration
than any other nation. In all history no
men have done more to spread the gospel
of peace than two Pennsylvanians, WILL
liam Penn and Benjamin Franklin. Com
ing down to more recent times It is pro-
badly a fact that the late Frederick w.
Hollis of New York had more to do with
the establishment of theHague court than
anyone else, while Mr. Carnegie has
given it a palace in which It shall here
after sit.
The United States took the first case
to the Hague court that ever came before
It, Mr.. Bartholdt was the first man who
ever stood up In a national parliament
and suggested turning the Hague con-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-26
ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRA
ORDINARY

On and after June u Sea-
board Air Line will inaugur-
ate electrically lighted obser-
walton Pullmans on trains 80
and SO, leaving Birmingham
700 a. M, running through
New York, arriving 2::45 p. m.
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The Result

From Puck.
Gladys Beautiful-We girls of the Lo'
tus coterie discussed Hamlet last night.
Maud Brisk-What was the result?
Gladys Beautiful-Oh, after spirited
debate lasting an hour and a half, 1t was
unanimously decided that chaperon IS
not a necessary adjunct to a motor car.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-26

VISIT COREY TODAY
Take cars to Ensley and
transfer to Corey line at Ave-
nue. E and Nineteenth street,
Ensley.
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Sea Voyage for Sick Cat

more SO, and very substatial lowering
Of the cost of transportation result
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-04

injury to cultivated plants in still
another way which Is of the great
est Importance: namely, the cultiva-
tion necessary to their destruction in
order to prevent them doing injury
In other ways, is responsible for
large part Of the root pruning or in
jury to the roots of growing crops,
which so largely reduces the yield in
many cases.
Weeds of Various Kinds.
To intelligently fight weed pests,
a knowledge of the habits of growth
and reproduction of these plants Is
absolutely necessary.
With reference to habits of
growth, weeds, like other plants, are
divided into three classes:
1. Annual plants, which produce
seeds each year. If the root and
stalk OF these die and new plants
come from seeds each year the meth
cd Of eradication would at first look
simple. All that is necessary is to
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-04
TEN THINGS TO DO THIS MONTH

l. heep the cuivaors going Level shallow
uvaton is what the Don't cut the
corn and cotton roots by blowing.
= Plant velye beans. peenuts-aone
egume that will work day you gath.
erng nitrogen making and building land Put
IN al" stubbe lands not otherwise employed the
oat or wheat is taken
D. Save all the crimson clover seed possible
muller Is available the by hand and
In the
=. 6et the mower In good running hat all
bolts tight the knives sharp guards straight
the bearings well oiled. q
well a necessity hay
o. Plant late and potatoes. Keep up succession OF
garden BEANS tomatoes
should be planted this cheaper
ana better than meat or store-bought foods.
g. Spray the apple again Bordeaux and Paris
green and the late peaches with the
first year strawberry beds and pillow the
a. Look after the work stock. mt Of
these hot days and substitute peane
hay See that there is enough shade well az
grass In pasture
.. FIX up a bathroom OF some FREQ
yo~seIf from dust and perspraon the day
Will prove invgorating add dignity and
enable work =
g. Keep the warfare and mosoutoes and
help ward OF typhoid
and windows drain the stagnan pools and tho
breeding places OF
Prepare Institutes your section and
officials until they q
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-04

prevent the formation Of seeds, but
the seeds of some of these plants
will remain In the ground for years
and then grow when conditions be-
come favorable. Take. for instance,
crabgrass. one of the very worst
weeds with which the farmer has to
contend. 1t requires several years
after seeding is prevented to free
land OF this pest. We have in the
past given little attention to meth
DDS of cultivation that will lessen
this troublesome weed in future
crops and yet good farming will as
effectually lessen the trouble from
this as from other weed pests.
2. Biennials, which make a
growth during the first year and
store up material and the second
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-04
ligent purpose OF reducing the weed
crop OF succeeding years.
How Weeds Injure the Crops.

crop OF succeeding years.
How Weeds Injurc the Crops.
Weeds do harm to growing crops
or useful plants in the following
manner:
/. BY robbng the useful plants Of
the available plant foods in the soil.
Many weeds grow rapidly and con-
sumo large quantities Of plant foods,
which the useful plants might other
wise use. For example, 1t has been
stated that the worst weeds in corn
fields are corn plants. In other
words when the corn plants are too
as weeds to the other plants.
.. Weeds take water from the soil
for their growth and in times OF
scarcity of moisture the useful plants
suffer according to the number Of
weeds and the water they consume.
8. Weeds may shade the earth. or
overshadow useful plants to such an
extent as to seriously interfere with
their growth.
4. It is becoming pretty generally
recognized that certain plants Sc
crete or produce in the soil some
sort OF poison or other material that
is hurtful to the growth Of the other
plants. and certain weeds show de-
cided tendency to affect some cult
waited plants in this way.
! r. Weeds are an indirect source OF
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-04

WEED Is plant out OF place.
n That is, a plant growing where
IA 1T is not wanted is a weed. By
this definition. a plant may be useful
in one place and a troublesome weed
in another. 1t Is not possible to &C
curately estimate the loss sustained
to agriculture through weeds, but
the amount is very large in the ag-
eregate. While all recognize the
great harm dono by weeds. few
farmers adopt any systematic course
or measures for their general con-
troll or eradication. In many sec
tons weedy farm Is regarded as
indicating farm badly managed. and
in n measure this is true. In the
South weeds are abundant and diff
cult to control because OF the num-
erous areas OF idle land. or 'patchy"
method of cultivation. and the small
proportion OF land under crops, to
that which Ia lying out. The small
patches of cultivated land surround
ed by waste lands grown up In
weeds: the absence of fences around
our fields which would permit OF
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-04
$500 More a Year Farming: How to Get It
why There Many Weeds IN South-The Iaek Of a
Plan OF Warfare Against Methods
ust BE Adopted
BY TAFT Butler.

pasturing; and hillside and other
ditch banks and terraces covered
with weeds and grass. which are al
lowed to seed. all combine to add to
the weed pest under our present
system OF farming.
Much time is spent in killing
weeds and grass, but the effort is
seldom directed towards permanent
relief from the pests. The effort ia
Tor the temporary protection of
growing crops and without an intel
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-04
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year produce seeds. Some of these
will live three or more years II seed
production is prevented the second
year by moving or cutting the stalks
off above the ground. These weeds
are usually best killed by cultivation
when that is practicable.
8. Perennial weeds reproduce
themselves by seeds or by some
sort of underground stem, as the
root-stocks of Johnson or Bermuda
grass.
The particular habits of each weed
as to manner of growth, time of
seeding, character of seed and. many
other similar matters must be stud
led before any intelligent action can
be taken for its suppression or eradi-
cation. For instance. in the north
ern part Of our territory Bermuda
grass does not reproduce seeds, but
is propagated by the underground
stems or root-stocks. Furthermore,
Investigation has shown that these
underground stems of Bermuda and
Johnson grass, IL left undisturbed.
come close to the surface of the
ground and consequently shallow
blowing is much more effective in
their destruction when it is desired
to pillow them up and expose them
to the action of sun or frost.
Two Neglected Methods Of Weed
Killing.
There are two general plans
among many others. for the control
Of weeds that especially need to re-
ceive more attention by the Southern
farmer:
/. A suitable crop rotation is one
Of the most effective means of keep
ing cultivated lands free of weeds.
2. Idle lands are great distribu-
tors of weed seeds unless kept now
ed or pastured by animals that will
eat weeds, such as sheep or goats.
When pastures are moved untfl the
grass covers the ground, our ditch
banks and uncultivated patches kept
| from maturing weed seels, and all
idle lands fenced and brought under
these influences the weed nuisance
will be much lessened.
We spend large sums of money FOL
the temporary destruction Of weeds
in order that useful plants may make
satisfactory growth, but neglect al
most entirely all measures which
would lessen this constant expense
by permanently suppressiag or eradi-
eating the weeds.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-06-17
Tha Psruerse Gamma

That curious and now stereotyppd
blunder Of punctuation which gives
Us God rest you. merry gentlemen -
as an inferior substitute for the
quaint old greeting. God rest you
merry. gentlemen. turns mp regularly
every Christmas. 1t is a pity for the
ancient formula 10 be thus perverted
since God rest you merry" or Rest
yon merry was a recognized form OF
sautation in Elizabethan days and
may be found in the works Of Shake
speare and Of many contemporary
writer's, while for the modernized
form. which obscures the original
sense Of the phrase. there is, Of course.
10 authority whatever. If any one
will have the curiosity to look up the
old Christmas carol which begins with
the words in question be viii find
them correctly punctuated. - London
World
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-06-17
How to Kill Flies.

To clear room Of flies, carbol-
ic acid may be used as follows:
Heat a shovel or similar article
and drop thereon 20 drops of car
bolic acid. The vapor kills the
flies.
A cheap and perfectly reliable
fly poison, one which is not dan
gerous to human life, is bichro-
mate of potash in solution. Dis
solve one dram, which can be
bought at any drug store, in two
ounces of water, and add a little
sugar. Put some of this solution
in shallow dishes, and distribute
them about the house.
Sticky fly paper, traps and
liquid poisons are among the
things to use in killing flies, but
the latest, best and cheapest is a
solution of formalin or Tornado
hyde in water. A spoonful of
this liquid put into a quarter of
a pint of water and exposed in
the room, will be enough to kill
all the flies.
To quickly clear the room
where there are lots of flies, burn
pyrethum powder in the room.
This Supplies the flies when they
may be swept up and burned.
Bulletin of American Civic AS
ISOLATION.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-06-17
THE MICROBES.
But For Them All Green Plants Would
Vanish From the Earth.


Few persons can realize at first
what an immense number and variety
of microbes there are not only around
us in the air aud dust and water but
also in us aud on Us and In and on
every living thing The work. the
huge system of chemical change and
the circulation OF the elements-car-
bon. oxygen. hydrogen. nitrogen and
which they carry on is in
cessant, varied and complex. Those
FIVE elements are the main and essen.
tial constituents of all living things.
Supposing there were no microbes.
there would be no putrefaction. no
breaking down of the dead bodies of
animals and plants which were once
alive into gas and substances soluble
In water.
They by series Of steps in which
different kinds Of bacteria or microbes
are successfully concerned convert
the proteids and the fats and sugars
Of dead plants and animals into less
elaborate bodies. organic acids. aro-
matte bodies and other compounds
tsome highly poisonous TO NAM. and
at last. when what were highly COM
pick combinations of hundreds of at
oms In each molecule have been re-
duced by the action of first one and
then Of another kind Of microbe into
comparatively simple substances of
twenty or thirty atoms TO the mole
cu.e, the coup de grace is given by
certain special microbes which con-
vert these later compounds into still
simpler combinations-nam ammo
mia and nitrates. which are fairly sta
bic, SO that the whole elaborate chem
zeal fabric of living matter in a few
hours or days after death is broken
down until il reaches the stable min.
erar' condition. practically carbonate
and nitrate Of notwithstanding
salts.
If there were no microbes this would
never occur. The earth would be
numbered with the dead bodies Of past
generations OF animals and plants-un-
decomposed And very soon all the
organic elements. all the carbon and
nitrogen, if not all the hydrogen and
oxygen, on the face Of the earth would
be fixed in these corpses, and the
green plants would perish from the
whole world for want OF sustenance.
for il is the green plants which feed
on and absolutely must have as their
food the carbonic acid. ammonia and
nitrates into which the microbes re-
solve all living things when dead 1t
is the green plants which from those
simple compounds build up again the
more complex molecules. the sugars.
fats. albumens and proteids and pro-
vide for the nouriShment and increase
Of the most complex OF all-the living
matter hidden in protou.asm.--Slr Ray
Lancaster in London Telegraph
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-06-17

The College is situated at Col
lege Station, in the county of
Brazos, and is $50 feet above the
sea level. The Houston Il Texas
Central and international q
Great Northern Railways run
through the grounds. Students
should take trains arriving in the
daytime.
The water furnished is from
well 500 feet deep. This depth
insures its purity and prevents
contamination.
Students in the Summer
Schools will have the use of the
Library and reading room, of the
laboratories and of the shower
baths. Those interested will
have the opportunity to inspect
the College farm, the herds,
barns, silos, diary. creamery,
apiary and experimental plots.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-06-17
PATRoNlZE YOUR HOME MERCHANT.

From time to time a great deal
has been said about patronizing
your home merchant, and it can
also be stated truthfully that it
is one Of the many subjects upon
which too much can not be writ
ten or printed. An exchange
truly remarks that this is the
season when the thoughtless
scarce the pages of illustrated
catalogues of the mail order
houses, becoming impressed
with the beautiful half-tone pic
lures and the brilliantly written
description of the article and
send their cash away for it.
1t is also peculiar fact that
so many men who claim to have
the welfare of their town at
heart and make lots of vociferous
chin music by way of boosting.
at the same time send TO mail
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-06-17

Canyon City and Lubbock are
soon to vote on sewerage and
water works bonds. Hale Coun,
~ Live Wire.
We can hardly make ourselves
believe that the Hale Center Live
Wire has been like the Rip Van
Wrinkle of old, who, it is said
slept twenty years, and when he
returned many changes had TAX
en- place since his departure.
Canyon City has had her sewer
age system installed also the
water works so long that.~.it is
simply a matter of history. We
have as complete and good a
system as will be found any
where on the Plains and at cost
as reasonable as will be found.
The tank pressure is over sixty
pounds TO the square inch all the
time and the quality of the water
is of the finest.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-06-17
Alaskan Glaciers.

An interesting fact about Alaskan
glaciers is that some are dead" and
others are alive" Davidson glacier
which is really tongue of the Muir
glacier, has been assembled by travel
ers for number of years. 1t is n dead
glacier. having a moraine Of several
miles between il and the sea. Looking
at 1t from the boat. it represents a
Kaleidoscope appearance as the sun
scratched with tiny pin lines. These
are in reality deep crevices. which
must DE approached cautiously. for
they are lurking pitfalls for the IN
wary .-Vancouver Providence.
The Randall County news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1908-1926, 1910-06-17
A Man Of Straw.

Many years ago in England men
could easily be found to give any evil
dence upon oath that might be re-
quired. and some Of these persons
walked openly in Westminster hall
with a straw in one of their shoes to
signify they wanted employment as
witnesses. This was the origin Of the
saying. HE is a man of straw" But
the custom has high antiquity A
writer In the Quarterly Review says
that such were common in Greece