The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-11
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
AND ELSEWHERE
diseases of SILK Worms.

"Sills worms are subject to NUMBER
of diseases. said Paul Giladoni yester-
day in discussing this proposed indus
try for the Southern States. land they
have to DO watched very closely curing
their growth. This lasts only few
months, however, after which the season
is over. They are raised indoors ana are
fed three tim es day on mulberry leaves
They are rapacious insects and II they
are not given enough to eat and become
hungry they all leave In search OF food
but if well fed remain where placed. The
room In which they are raised Is Kept
at temperature of from Go to TO degrees
all the time II 1t falls below this the
worms will catch cold and get the small
pox. Besides small pox they are subject
| to a disease called the big head. his
is more fatal to them than the same
disease In people for when their heads
swell they die They also have diseases
which turn them white and brown and
| there Is a disease which turns them a
yellow color and which Is called yellow
fever disease. All of these diseases are
probably caused by something on the
mulberry leaves.
another thing which has an important
bearing on their health is the kind of pa
per used on which to feed and raise them
The best and heaIthiest kind is coarse
brown paper made of wood pulp. 1t will
not do to have paper in which are any
fibres made from rags or wooden goods
This seems to be very injurious to them.
When at the end of the season the worms
emerge from the cocoons as butterflies
! they proceed to lay eggs which are kept
until the next season. These eggs have
| to be kept in a cool place. although not
too cold. for If they get too cold they
will die or If too warm they may hatch
at the wrong season. The Tuscan null
| berry trees are the best and the great
secret of successful raising of silk worms
depends chiefly on the kind of mulberry
| leaves fed to them. 1t Is astonishing the
quality of worms and the amount of silk
which can be raised in one small room by
| having layers of brown paper shelves
built up from the floor to the ceiling
with a few inches of space between
| them on which are placed the worms"
Two Sheriffs Here.
| Sheriff Jack s. Moore of Walker coun-
| ty and Sheriff c, NJ. Mccain of Sumter
country are in the city, one for treatment
and the other recuperating from a severe
spell of illness. Sheriff Moore has been
confined to his room for eighteen days
with typhoid fever and is visiting rela-
tives here while recuperating. Sheriff Nc
Cain, who has been stopping at the resi-
dence of Mr.. H. P. Berry, was taken yes
terday to a local inffrmary for treatment.
He has been i'll with pneumonia and
an operation has been found necessary.
Reputation as Furnace Manager.
| Mr.. Warner Shook, who has succeeded
Mr.. ]. ]. Shannon as superintendent of
! the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
Company's Ensley furnaces, is perhaps
the youngest furnace man In the district,
but he is one of the most successful. He
has a high reputation and about a year
and a half ago he was invited to Eng
land to take charge of one of the largest
furnace plants in that country. He went
abroad for the purpose of looking at the
property and meeting the officers of the
company. He was pleased with the Eng
lish iron masters, and It is well known
that they were pleased with him. 1t was
a very fiattering offer that young Shook
received, but finding that the owners were
not willing to spend the amount of money
necessary to modernize the plant, he de-
cided to come back to Birmingham.
Mr.. Shook combines the two essentials
for economical furnace management
| lrnn LODI
men. His first experience was at South
Pittsburg. Tenn. He has been in this
district about five years. and for two
years he has been superintendent of the
Alice furnace in this city. Mr.. Shannon
who also enjoys high reputation as a
furnace man, has accepted position with
the Schulers, who. it is understood are
| planning to build blast furnaces near
| Bessemer.