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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22

A FEW specrlators In Birmingham 4V1 are talking hard times. But
 what's the use? There are no hard times except in the stock market. Men who have dealt in the stocks of over-capitalized concerns have naturally felt the effect of the slump. United States steel, Shipbuiding and other concerns or like character have gotten down to a natural level of. values and have pulled the stock of other concerns down with them
 Naturally practical men will ask, What about Pennsylvania railroad stock?" Pennsylvania railroad stock, it is true has depreciated something like fifty dol- lars a share in value This, however has been due 10 extremely bad manage ment President Cassatt of the Pennsyl- yania railroad, and President George Gould of the Western Union Telegraph company failed to agree on a matter of contract and President Cassatt proceed ed to have employees of the Pennsylvania railroad chop down something like $500O,- 900 worth of poles and wires of the Vest ern Union Telegraph company along the lines of the Pennsylvania railroad It seems that President Cassatt had a legal right to do this.
 ; George Gould sought to get even. He and his friends proceeded to send repre- sentatives to England to put forth all manner of rumors in regard to bad man. agement, extravaganza, etc., in the af- fairs of the Pennsylvania railroad Eng fish holders of the stock began to sell, and have recently been dumping their stock upon the market in large volumes The Goulds and the Rockefellers proceed ed likewise in New York, and the combi- nation has played havoc with the stock Of the Pennsylvania railroad.
 So in great affairs in great railroad and industrial corporations-the men in control often resort to as petty tactics as do ward politicians in city affairs.
 This fight between the cassatts and the Goulds has cost American. as well as English investors in American securities many millions of dollars.
 But began about the financial 'depres-, sion as 1t effects Alabama and particular ly Birmingham. Whats the use of crying wolf? There is no wolf except to a few who have over-burdened themselves in buying-who have borrowed to buy. There is more money in Birmingham to- day than have ever known. The masses of the people are prosperous The banks have more deposits than they have ever
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22

When the United States and Pan anna are mentioned the Russian bear gives a snort of disdain. Such thing as neutrality as regards the canal is too much for him, to believe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-22
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 Merchant of Venice.
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-16

be too sleepy and lazy to hustle for a liv-
ing, II does an even more valuable service
for the human race. 1t destroys it's VIC
TINS power of reproduction and thus
stops the br aed 1t has been satisfac-
torily determined that the female mos
quito attacked by the agamomermis cult
els does not lay eggs.
The problem, then, Of utilizing the
mosquito destroyer" to the best practi-
cal purpose is compa ratively simple 1t
has been demonstrated that the genus to
which the agamomermis culicis belongs
lays as many as $4,000 eggs a day when
in good working order. This Stupendous
fecundiry may be turned to excellent ac-
count by the government of the United
States as soon as method is devised for
propagating the parasite. Worms and eggs
alike will then be sprayed by the million
over the marshes where the mosquitoes
pools will be treated similarly. In time
the agamomermis culicis will do his APP
pointed work
When all the mosquitoes in a given
region become infected they will either
die of disease which in human beings
would be called typhoid fever or else they
will be made SO lazy that they will starve
to death. Those that survive will not
be able to reproduce their kind, and thus
the tribe in time " i'll become extinct This
spraying process can be extended all over
the mosquito cursed earth, and in due time
things that were.
The only diScouraging phase of this ro-
seate prospect is that IL is fea red the aga
momermis culicis cannot be propagated
in sewers and water barrels. The swift
rush of the current in sewers will sweep
the eggs and the worms out.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-16

It Is no Joke about the discovery of the
mosquito destroyer The agamomermis
culicis destroys mosquitoes right along,
but 1T is only within the past few months
that it's character and functions have
come under scientific investigation. The
agamomermis culicis Is a parasite that Is
a great dea. shorter than its name. Its
photograph has not been taken yet, but
it's measurements have been very care
fully noted by DIR. Charles Wardell Stiles,
] chief Of the division of zoology of the
public health and marine hospital serv-
I ice.
DR.. Stiles is the discoverer of the hook
worm, or germ of laziness." His discov-
cry several months ago OF the lazy
worm" as that parasite has come to be
known, has excited more interest In the
scientific and medical world than any SIM
Eilar discovery since the German savants
several years ago established the germ
theory of disease.
!. Dr. Stiles has not yet begun sys-
tematic study of the mosquito destroy
FNer''' He is awaiting developments in
New Jersey before giving his new diseov-
cry serious attention. He originally pub
lished his account of this parasite more as
a matter of scientific interest than with
a view to utilizing the parasite in prac
tfcal way to combat mosquitoes. He had
considered the possibility of breeding the
parasite artificially, but feared that the
technical difficulties were such that this
procedure would be too expensive.
Since Prof. John B. Smith, state ento-
mologist of New Jersey, has given out
public statement that the worm or para
site which Dr. Stiles has dubbed aga
~momermis culicis is SO common in New
Jersey, Dr. Stiles feels more inclined to
believe that the parasite is of practical
as well as of scientific interest and, ac-
cording to one Of his friends he has de-
cleared that if the statement attributed
to Prof Smith Is authentic the technical
difficulties which he feared are far less
than he had assumed However, he says
that 1t will take a year of hard study and
experiment to determine whether or not
agamomermis culicis can be used eco
nomically enough. to warrant it's applica-
ton for the purpose suggested. 1t has
been positively learned that he is not at
present working on this problem, but as
he has summer home in New Jersey AMI
he intends to go there before long, he will
then probably look into the matter more
carefully.
DIR. Stiles discovery of the mosquito
destroyer dates back thirteen years, to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-16
Over $4,000 Travellers Go
Through Union Depot Daily

BOARD. Omaha train; board Shake
pee, Jordan, Kasota, Ma'kato, F'mon,
SJdmes, 'Bago, N'ulm. 'Maha. Ho'
Springs, Omaha train, boooard!"
It was Depot Master Jimmy Far
rell starting the days work at the ST.
1'aul Union depot. A days work which
involves the arrival and departure of
262 passenger trains, the handling of
$4,000 passengers and answering from
10000 to $4,000 questions relevant and
Irrelevant
A day at ST. Paul union depot is well
worth while. The man with soul for
statistics and concrete investigation
will find there the very element he
seeks. He may fairly revel in figures
and conjectures. The lighter minded
Individual, who would laugh as he
goes through life, need only attach
himself to the busy depotmaster to
find the funny eide of human nature
passing before him in an almost I'M
broken procession II ON 6 o'clock in
the morning until midnight.
Human Nature Shown.
People of all sorts and conditions,
numerous enough to populate a bus
Ting city, pass through the st. Paul
union depot six days out of every week
IN the year. There are, of course, the
Instance in the winter holiday time and
lhe summer vacation periods the travel
Is heaviest, and in the early spring
months lightest, but on the whole the
average is $4,000 per day.
If the train movement for the day
IN the summer months was distributed
evenly throughout the twenty-four
hours train would arrive or depart
from the union depot every five and a
half minutes. But the traffic is not
thus evenly distributed. Aside from
the interurban and lake resort trains
the traffic is divided in four periods of
about two and half hours each. The
first commences at o'clock in the
morning, the last ends a little before
midnight.
Good Nature Rules.
+ mn,
The depot master is the Atlas upon
whose shoulders the world of travel
securely rests, and 1t is to his unfail-
ing good nature that is due the re-
markedly few mistakes made by the
throngs that pass through the depot
gates.
Want to see how we do it. Ell? All
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-16
PARASITE is DEADLYTO MOSQUITOES

the time when he was student at
Leipsic, Germany InL.--studxipg smos-.
quitoes there he observed that many OF
Of elie having been aa1 eaten through the main
part of the body by a little worm~almoSt
infinitesimal. Others displayed the-symp-
toms Of intestinal or gastric p2isQplng.
Close examination by him and fe1lew stu
dents revealed the presence in mosquitoes
so affected of the parasite wfffch he Mas
given the long Latin name, This sug-
geSted to him the probability OF the ex-
istence Of parasite that meant death to
mosquitoes. He has had the subject in
mind ever since.
A few months ago Prof Smith sent to
him from New Jersey couple of parasites
which the New Jersey state entomolog1st
had found in mosquitoes, which ne had
dissected BY the application na &c, OF M Ntne
Jersey worms were apparently counter
parts OF those he had discovered in his
student days at Leipsic But even th en-
had discovered anything OF practical VAL
ue. He did not know but that the aga
momermis culicis was such a rare worm
istenee as means Of Riding suffering
humanity of the mosquito pest. Even
now he is not certain that the parasite
can be bred in sufficient quantities TO be
used effectively against mosquitoes.
But there is hope in the revelations
made only few days ago by Prof smith
in New Jersey That official reports that
in some assortments of mosquitoes that
have been sent to him from Cape May ne
has discovered that the proportion OF
parasites runs as high as 60 per cent In
assortments frcm other parts of the state
Prof. Smith reports that the proportion
is as low as 10 per cent. This leads Dr.
Stiles TO believe that the parasites exist
In sufficient numbers to be bred artificial
" and so used as to apprecia bly, lessen
the number of mosquitoes. When DR..
Stiles goes to his summer home in New
Jersey within the next few weeks he
and Prof. Smith will jointly work on the
problem 1t is expected that as result
of their efforts an important announce.
ment concerning their plans TO propagate
the mosquito destroyer" will be made.
1t does not appear at present that the
agamomermis culicis kills many mos
quitoes outright On the contrary, it
seems to be the exception for early death
to follow the attack of the parasite. The
best information at hand indicates that
the worm when scarcely anything more
than a microbe attaches himself to the
MOSQUITO and proceeds to bore his way
into the mosquitoes insides This puffs the
MOSQUITO out and makes him too drowsy
and indolent to hustle very lively for
living In other words. the agamomermis
culicis is to the mosquito what the hook
worm, or germ of laziness, is to the hui
man being, except that the agamomermis
culicis is more deadly than is his first
cousin. which attacks the human
Where the agamomermis euiicis fails
to kill its victim outright or causes it to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-16
HORDE OF SKUNKS
@''F'' INVADE THE TOWN
salona, Pa, Suffers From Unusual Pest
Citizens WagesWar. -

E. LOCK HAVEN, Pa. Aug. 16.-sA swarm
of full-grown skunks has invaded the
little town of Salona. this county spread
ing CONSERVATION and terror The cit
liens were aroused TO desperation this
week by the odorifer0us pest. and q war
of determination was begun. Already
fifty have been killed.
c. w. Rote first scented danger when,
several days ago, he gathered the eggs in
his barn and placed them in box at the
door He went to the house, forgetting to
take the eggs along. A short time later
he went to get the box. but was dunn
founded to see skunk perched on the
A still hunt was begun, and no less
than twenty of the animals were laid out
in that immediate vicinity, by which
times.H was thought the end of the string
had been reached. A dayyor two later a
wemanSat the other end OF the town dis
called several boys to investigate, and
they found two skunks in possession.
s The next discovery was made by Rob-
ert Miller, who passed fveyef khe animals
in a procession crossing the. bsidge at the
east end Of the village TIE asxt evening we ing
same bridge.
still further up the village, CAT Charles
Eddy's house, Ball Miller swass entertain
porch After he had been playing guitar 7
for some time the iistenefs discovered a
parade of "polecats" coming Up the back
Yard path from the stable. There were
thirteen by actual count. The music
ceased, rush was made to get under
cover and the animals went back to their
haunt.
No plausible theory has been advanced
for the presence of the animals In the
town in such numbers. fC n
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-16

Chicago roads all get trains out shortly
after the evening dinner hour. and
from 8 o'clock until the last train for
Duluth and the last Chicago train due
to go out at 20 there is not much let
up. 1t comes and goes from all direc-
tons. The traffic from Chicago is dis
tributed to the coast, Northwest and
Southwest trains, and all the east
bound passengers arriving on the aft
ernoon and early evening trains from
the West and North get away on the
Chicago and st. Louis trains.
How many questions do we answer?
Well, that's the hardest one today. We
handle about 25,000 people day, and
while we miss some of them, there are
more we do not miss; probably 10000
to $4,000 a day would be a pretty fair
average, though it does look stiff.
mo, the people nowadays make
comparatively few mistakes. They are
not diffident about asking questions.
In fact the man or woman not accus-
toned to travelling is prone to ask so
many questions about trains that it is
nothing short of providentiaI that more
of them do not lose themselves.
Public Becomes Educated.
No, the depot lodger here is almost
a thing of the past. OF course. the
WdttlUS IOO1IlS are never 0Hllfely Q6-
serted, but much of the depot lodging
of a few years ago was due to mis-
takes and misjudged arrivals. Nova
Gays the connections in and out of ST.
Paul are very close and the people are
much better educated travellers than
they were a few years ago.
Then, you see, beside the depot mas
tiers and the police officers stationed
here, we have the eight train porters,
and we can keep 'en moving along the
right way all right as long as they keep
in sight. Trouble here? Not bit of 1t.
Your wife or sister can travel in and
out of this depot as safe from insult
or robbery as she would be at. home.
Officials Always Busy.
YES. sir, lots of time. Your train
does not go until o'clock. Take the
depot loop line and they will transfer
you at Seventh. About thirty minutes
ride"
1t was a tourist with several hours
to spare and desire to see Fort Smell
ing. And SO it goes throughout the
day. From early morning until late
at night the union depot shelters a
crowd. 1t is essentially cosmopolitan
crowd, and, like all crowds, restless.
At the ticket windows the agents are
busy and the gatemen have their hands
full, but it is the depot master and the
police officers who are the real busy
| men. Daring the morning and evening
| PUSHES the assistant depot master is
also on duty. The uniformed police
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-16

right, come on" 1t was Depot Master
Farrell, smiling, courteous. resplendent
in gold lace and a bright carnation
adjoining his lapel. He was on his way
to the big smoking room or mems
waiting room, had given quick ineisive
courteous directions to two frankly
nervous women travellers, reached the
big room and was calling In a pene-
trating voiceSa list of stations reached
by departing train almost before the
self invitedsguestgmanaged to catch up
with him.
Across the main lobby into the wom-
ems room, a repetition of the station
call, and down the big main waiting
room, answering questions clearly.
comprehensive every half dozen
steps, theAstockily built depot master
proceeded, and when he reached the
train shed gates, all within the space
of four or five minutes, there was no
excuse for anyone on the floor of the
big depot being in the slightest partic-
ular mistaken about the departure of
an Omaha train and points reached by
it.
Answering Questions.
Nov, we have couple of minutes
for a quiet visit" says the depot mas
ter.
Milwaukee,. YesssTna am, 3 o'clock.
Yes. ma'am, very close connections"
How is the traffic divided? Well, 1t
is not. as you might expect from the
number Of trains, anything like evenly
distributed through tbs. day. The rush
comes four times day, between $50 a.
M and p-a1alss.sXes. ma'am, No. 3
gate; train goes in fifteen minutes;
ready now, third gate: The first train
is out at $50, but the rush does not
commence until about 80. Then the
Chicago trains and the big locals from
the north and the northwest begin to
come. Until IL o'clock they come and
go pretty fast Lost your penny in the
slot machine? Here, officer. this young
man has been defrauded by that gum
machine Go with the officer. son. he'll
get your penny for you-Then the traf-
| fic quiets down until midafternoon
when the state locals commence to
move, and we have another busy hour
| Where to-, ma am? Mortified. yes,
| Milwaukee, o'clock. Yes. ma'am, lots
| of time; train won't be ready for fifty
| minutes.
Then comes the evening rush. The
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-16
SPARROW AND MOUSE
FIGHT TO A FINISH
combatants Roll From Roof, and Little
Animal Is Killed.

YORK, Pa, Aug. 15.-For five minutes
thfs morning fierce combat was waged
on the roof Of the house of ]. II. Card
ner, No. 2O9 Chestnut street, between an
English sparrow and mouse.
1t Is hard to say which would have
been victorious had the fight occurred
on the ground AS it was, after several
narrow escapes from falling from their
dizzy arena sparrow and mouse rolled
off the roof and plunged to the pave
ment. twenty-five feet below. The mouse
was killed by the fall, and thus the fight
ended.
The sparrow seized it's dead opponent
and carried the carcass to its home un-
der the house caves.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-16

officers change with the regular chang
es of patrols at the ce1rtrdf station, and
the plain clothes men come and go, but
are always present. The insophisti-
Gated traveller with hisemoney in his
shoe and the immigrant ignorant Of
the country's language and customs, is
safe from the confidence man and the
dismay of missed connections Men and
their moods and troubles come and go,
but in safety and smilingly at the union
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-16
Didn't All of Them Work.

Mrs Stand-a-Lot-My husband is
great inventor.
Mrs. Twigge-Indeed. What does he
Mrs. stand -Lot-Excuses. Stray sto-
rieS.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-16

Coffee-Every customer peased-there would be no
object in US selling you this coffee once; want you
buy 1t and continue to use t-because you Will admit
that it is equal to any coffee you have used that
cost you 35c to Aoc apound Come in and talk to
Demonstration and see how she makes coffee. Sample
cup served free. A pound
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-07
People Talked About.

DR.. George Boardman, author, orator
and preacher, died at Atlantic City, n.
j., after long illness.
Capt. John A. Stoner, well known
seaman on the great lakes, died at his
home In Monroe, Mich. aged seventy
one years.
Buck" Franklin of Tennessee, a
widely known horseman, died in
Louisville OF bladder trouble. He
trained many winners.
George seeger, one of the best
known horsemen in the Middle West,
died at Nashville, Tenn, of acute
pneumonia. He was thirty-eight years
old.
Wilton Leckaye has signed a five
year contract with Manager William
A. Brady and is to play Curtis Jadwin
In a dramatization Of Frank Norris
novel, The Pit"
Frederick Kernochan of New York,
the society leader, polo player and
steeplechase rider, was appointed a
deputy assistant district attorney by
District Attorney Jerome.
Commander Julian st. Clair of Penn
sylvania, prominent naval veteran,
died at the university hospital at
Philadelphia from an organic ailment
contracted in the Philippines.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-07
Notes From Abroad.

Mateo Fajardo, mayor OF Mataguez.
Porto Rico, charged with fraud, has
rendered his resignation at the request
OF Gov. Hunt.
Claremont Ganneau, the fakir of the
Saitapherines tiara, Is organizing a
display OF his handiwork at the salon
Of French artists.
H. s. Bird, editor OF the San Juan,
p. R., News, has been sentenced to
five days imprisonment and to pay
fine of $50 for contempt Of court.
The cardinals OF the propaganda
have ben informed that a meeting OF
the congregation will be held May
to choose a bishop OF Buffalo, N. Y.
An appeal has been issued by the
United Irish league asking Irishmen
throughout the world to start immedi-
ate subscriptions TO the parliamentary
fund Of 1903
G, A. Pearson, proprietor of the
Daily Express in London, has bought
the st. James Gazette. The policy OF
the Gazette, which is conservative, will
not be changed.
Twelve hundred persons took part
In brawl between troops and ma
rines at Krorstadt Several police
were wounded and the rioters tore I'D
paving stones and wrecked h|Jses.
III. M. F. Grafton. flagship of the Pa.
cifc feet for Great Britain, has been
ordered to proceed TO San Francisco
to take part In the naval demonsrra-
ton in honor OF President Roosevelt.
The deputies of the Columbian de-
partment assembly OF Cartagena, by
vote OF 9 to S, have rejected the petit
tion TO address memorial to the com.
ing congress praying that body to re.
feet the canal treaty.
Announcement has been semi-offi-
cially made that King Alfonso has rat.
fled bis confidence in the Spanish min
istry since the elections. The cabinet.
therefore, will not resign unless the
senatorial elections are adverse.
The Most Rev. Paul Bruscbesi, Ro-
man Catholic archbishop OF Montreal.
IN a pastoral letter condemns labor
leaders and organizers and advises the
laboring class to pay no attention to
strike agitators, but to look for arbi-
tration on just and reasonable de-
mands.
There is uncommon interest in
Prince George, heir to the throne Of
Saxony. and there is now some pros
pect that he may become king much
sooner than was expected, owing TO
the elopement OF his mother Princess
Louise.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-05-07
CLAIMS ARE HELD UP.
Sensational Federal indictments Are
Hinted At.

Sensational Federal indictments Are
Hinted At.
Duluth, MINI, May 3.-The surpris-
ing fact that $500 timber and stone
claims in the Duluth district are being
held up by the secretary of the in
terror was given out last night by
Duluth land attorney. The informa'
ton comes to him from an official
source. The attorneys who complain
to the special agent here In charge OF
such cases are told they may facilitate
the issuance OF patents by producing
their clients and original witnesses.
This will be difficult thing In some
cases to do as witnesses have gone to
distant parts and cannot be returned
except at considerable expense.
1t is limited that at the May term OF
court in Duluth there will be some
sensational indictments Tor the whole
sale illegal procuring Of timber claims
b. agents Of lumber companies.