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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11
Boil WeeviI in Louisiana.

At the state experiment. station at Audubon Park in New Orleans the gen uine Mexican boil weeyil has appeared. The New Orleans Times Democrat says there is absolutely no doubt that the Mexican boil weevil is in the cotton at the station" How the insects got there is a deep mystery, but the in- pression prevails that the first of the insects were brought in on hay, cot ton, cotton seed or cotton seed hulls, from Texas. Nearly every county in Texas is infested by the insects, and communication between the two states is constant and varied.
 There is an impression that the in- sect has appeared in fields throughout Louisiana this season, but this is de- nied by the best authorities on such subjects in that state. At any rate there is no evidence that the pests have appeared at any point in Louis jana except in the little experimental patch at Audubon park.
 The experimental patch was planted with seed brought from Egypt, from South Carolina and from Georgia All of 1t had been in hand seven years. As the insects live only upon cotton, the conclusion seems irresistible that they were brought in with the fertiliz- Ing material, consisting of seed or hulls.
 It is safe to assume that Louisiana will become infested by the insects next year, and that in 1905 they will invade Mississippi, and in 1906 they will he fully due in Alabama. As no remedy thus far discovered is able to check them, no doubt we must get ready to face a serious loss in cotton production, and the best way to meet such loss is to diversity our crops- to find before 1906 some other crop that can be proftably grown !n this state
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11
eIrmInaham,s Pronress.

Birmingham has made wonderful progress within the past two years and 1t will continue to go forward rapidly" said a manufacturer. 'T will be disap- pointed if Birmingham is not the largest city in the south without any exception before two more decades pass by. A great deal has been said about needing more industries that turn out the finished product. But all this finished product enterprise will come in the natural course of events, and 1t will not be long before all the material for sky-scrapers is made here. When the fourth or fifth steel frame building is started Birmingham will prob ably be ready to make the beams and columns.
 Birmingham has three sky-scrapers now and by 1905 1t will have a half-dozen or more"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11
ITALY'S TRANSPORTATION
 SERVICE>IS INADEQUATE

eign steamers which touch at Naples and Genoa prove that such an enterprise would do- a large business.
 What particularly strikes the American at an Italian railway station Is that the authorities know absolutely nothing about the scientific manipulation and making up of trains while their subor- dinates are even more profoundly ignor- ant as to how crowds may be managed. At the way stations between Naples and Rome. Florence and Verona, between Venice Miland. and Genoa, and along the Italian Riviera, it is the rule to stun the cars as full as the troleys cars here are stuffed bound for Coney Island. Very often a passenger having a first class ticket would have to wait week if he did not compromise by taking standing room in a second-class compart- menti and at every station there is a struggle, push, fight accompanied by wild gesticulations on the part of the officials, who, however, seem to make it a point to become ''pazzi' the moment a train arrives.
 The Italian railways eontrive no special provisions for handling large crowds of passengers, even though they are made aware beforehand that festival on a certain day will overburden their trains Within the memory of an old Italian traveller there has never yet been a time when the train service between Venice and Florence had an adequate number of through cars. Year after year on certain days men, women, and children travel ing between these cities are actually forced out of the cars at intermediate stations and are obliged to squeeze themselves into such scattered accom- in local trains. Of course. to the for eigner this experience is embarrassing to say the least.
 What first shocks the traveller in Italy who arrives by way of Nice is the tre- mendous contrast between the beautiful and convenient French stations he has left and the ugly. inadequate. and un- sanitary novels at which trains stop in Italy. To be sure, Genoa has a rather decent station, but improvement of this kind is noticed nowhere else. Even at that most modern of Italian cities, Flor ence, no attempt has been made to aug ment the station accommodations and make them commensurate with the in- creasing traffic, although the local press is full of communications of complaints and the papers themselves howl vocifer- ously at those "barbarian monopolists," the deputies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11
Let inc Truth Be snoken.

The esteemed Montgomery AdYer- tiser says The Age-Herald "does not dispute that MT. German split his own party in Maryland wide open" This is the very reverse of our contention and the truth.
 Maryland and New Jersey and New York. if not Connecticut, were split wide open" by the bolters of 1896, and by no one else. All had been demo- cratic up to that time, and all lave been republican ever since The at tempt to put the blame O. MT. German that belongs on the hylters of 1896 will not Ego down" evea among the Adver- tiser's newsboys, and they are willing to accept almost any old story that will lie zen their loads and fill their P cts.
 If the Advertiser could dislodge for moment the Grover beam that fills it's eyes, it would acknowledge that while New York, New Jersey and Connecticut still remain republican as a result of the Palmer and Buckner bolt of 1896, MT. German has won back Maryland, giving her demo- cratic governor and a democratic United States senator, and he pro- poses in November to unseat MT. Me- Comas and to put a democratic sena- tor in his place.
 Although Mir Germans services are confessedly great, yet the Advertiser thinks he will have to take a back seat while the McKinleys who have no backbones and the Clevelands who possess great ayerdupois come to the front. If this should be our national fate, let Alabama at least have no hand in the disorganizing business. And that is exactly where Alabama will be found. She fully understands the bolters of 1896.
 It would be difficult to compress more error into an equal number of lines than is found in these, clipped from the Advertiser:
 There is no getting around the fact that  Mir. German has failed as leader of the people in his own state and if he is not trusted by the democracy of his own state, how can he be put forward for national leadership? It is absurd and 1t will never be done.
 Mir. German is the leader of the de- mocracy in Maryland, and no one dis putes his leadership. He has brought Maryland back into the democratic column, something that Cleveland has not done for New Jersey, or the crafty Hill for New York He has become the democratic leader in the senate, and all signs say that he will carry the democratic banner in the grand campaign of 1904
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11
pisnensarY Movement.

T do not believe that a majority of the voters of Jefferson county will ever favor the dispensary law. but I am certain the most of the counties in the state will eventually adopt the dispensary system, !" said an old citizen. Many men who are opposed to prohibition are heartily in favor of restricting the liquor traffic
 "D find that In old Virginia many of the large towns, long noted as whiskey- drink ing communities, have recently gone dry. was surprised that Farmville cut out liquor. I have lived in that section and used to hear it said that more whiskey was sold in Farmville than in any town of its size in Virginia. Many a promi- nent citizen turned out to be a sot. A strong dry sentiment is being worked up in Pittsburg and I believe that saloons will be closed there before a great while. D
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11
From the New York Times.


 T HIS year wide-awake and enter kCD prising Rome has begun month
 earlier than usual it's preparations to receive foreign visitors although there have been more of them this summer than in Julys of the past The National Italian association for the movement of foreign CTS is being reorganized, and 1t is said that it's organ, L'Etranger en Itaiie. is preparing many notable features. espe- cially one on the work of excavation car ried out by Commissioner G. Boni during the summer. Although in the late fall and winter many foreigners arrive by way of Naples, Genoa or Nice, this year a special effort has been made to have the road to Rome" direct from the north made easy Owing to the efforts of the Chamber of Commerce and Industries at Trieste. a really good express communication be- tween Vienna and Rome Is to be establish ed, with connections to Venice, Bologna and Florence. Tn this manner the journey from Trieste to Rome will be shortened by nearly six hours, while that from vien- na to Rome will be reduced from thirty four hours fifteen minutes to probably less than one full day.
 Permanent foreign residents in Rome look upon this improvement with much satisfaction. but they know. as their for eign friends who visit they often remind them, that rapidity of locomotion is only one of the many elements in Italy's rail- way system which needs thorough re- organization and improvement Travelling by train in Italy, for the many dlscom- futures that are undergone. Is often said by the exasperated foreigner to be worse than travelling Tn the Levant. Again and again the foreigner leaves Rome declaring that all the beauties of Italian scenery, all the treasures of Italian art, would not tempt him thither again. How long, 1t is asked. will the Italian railways be ob- livious of the fact that their system for discomfort, weariness, and often sheer privation Is the worst In Europe? This has been hnted to them in no uncertain terms. as Is shown by the fact that the great number of British. German and Americans who, travelling between North ern and Southern Italy, instead of taking trains, go by the steamers of the North German Lloyd and Hamburg Lines; nor does it ever seem to occur to the Italian steamship companies to take advantage of this same fact by inauguratins a line of steamers along the western coast, with Civita Vecehia as a principal stopping place. The overcrowded condition of for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11
The Stage.

From the Boston Transcript.
 First Manager--Ive been thinking some of putting Miss Stryder on my list. What do you think of her? Is she much of an actress?
 Second Ditto-You'l make no mistake if you engage her. To be sure. she's about as bad on the stage as they make 'em; but she has a way of keeping her name before the public that is better than genius She's all the time visiting her mother at the old homestead. or go- ing abroad. or getting married, or some thing of that sort, you know.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11
About Persons.

J. s. Hutchinson of Norfolk is regis tered at the Morris.
 L. c. Waldrop of Tallassee is stopping at the Metropolitan.
 President Don H. Bacon of the Tennes- see Coal, Iron and Railroad company was registered at the Hillman last night.
 A. L. Tyson of Montgomery is at the Morris.
 Dr. J. T. Searcy of Tuscaloosa is stop ping at the Metropolitan
 R. whethorn of London is registered at the Hillman.
 R. F. Miller of Corona Is stopping at the Morris.
 Henry Roth of Philadelphia is regis tered at the Metropolitan.
 w. J. Nesy, R. S. Crouch. J. S. Paden, w. G. Bellenger and wife and H.C Thomas of Gadsden were registered at the Morris last night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11
Akin to Heaven.

Miss Helen Gould was recently enter taining one of the girls clubs in which she is interested at her home on the Hud- son. After the girls had walked about the grounds and conservatories for time she invited them to wander over the house and see the pictures and objects of art While they were thus engaged she overheard one of the girls remark con fidingly to a companion: Say, Mamie, even heaven won't feaze Miss Gould after this place"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11
Brilliant sioht.

'The new building of the Title Guar antee, Loan and Trust company presented a beautiful spectacle last night" said a resident of South Highlands
 Every room in the building was bril- liantly lighted for an hour or two during the evening and as very few of the of fees have yet been provided with cur tains the illumination could be seen for miles. There is something particularly striking about tall building lighted up at night in such manner and the sight is one that will not soon be forgotten.
 One of the most impressive pictures l have ever seen of New York city was one presenting a view from the harbor at night with all the mammoth buildings brilliantly lighted"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11
IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
Pol ular American Tunes.


 During the past months there has been spasmodie agitation in the south for new words to the tune of Dixie and at the same time in the north for new music to the words of America. It Is argued in the one case that the words of Daniel Elm mett's old minstrel ditty are silly and un- dignihed. and in the other that 1t is never possible for the listener to tell whether a band Is playing America. God Save the King or the German national hymn A southern city was thrown into conster- nation when the people attempted to sing Dixie for the benefit of a northern dele gation, and discovered that they had for gotten all but the opening stanzas.
 Ut is characteristic of American enter prise, however, that poets and musicians should at once proceed to supply these wants. One composer of new music to My County. 'Tis of Thee is the proud wearer of a gold medal recently award ed by patriotic society, while the south ern press has gleaned an ample crop of substitutes for I Wish I Were in the no one hears any of them one occasions when patriotic songs are sung.
 Just as college graduates testify to their joy at reunions by singing songs with no bearing at all on academic 1ife-"Clem- entine, or There is a Tavern in the Town''-so will the multitude continue to be thrilled by the strains of Yankee Doodle or Dixie It is In point to recall MT Dooleys description of how our troops in the Spanish war sang their na- tional hymn, "There'u Be a Hot time Time In the Old Town Tonight
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Grass widows make very poor hay even when the sun shines.
 The biggest bargain counter of the world for women is the altar.
 Generally the more kinds of foolish ness there are in mans family the more 1t is concentrated in himself
 The best way for a wife to make her husband not afraid of some other women is to make him afraid of her. as When you ask girl if she has read any interesting books lately, she begins to suspect you are in love with her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11
The Hotels.

"The hotel business is a little quiet just now" said a proprietor but 1t will pick up before the end of the month, and by the first of September there will be few vacant rooms. Few cities in the country of eighty or ninety thousand population have better hotel accommodations than Birmingham. In the matter of flrst-class hotel cafes, Birmingham is certainly ahead of most cities"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11
coRBErT.JEFFRlEs coLooUY.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
 MT. Corbett (gentleman) says he is go- ing to knock the roof off MT Jeffries (boiler maker.) The latter says he will make the pompadour ex-champion look like thirty cents. The sporting fratern- ity seem to think that the boiler maker has the best of the argument before the intellectual contest takes place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11
A SORRY PREplcAMENT.

From the Baltimore American.
 Real Estate Man-Say, Bjones, those people at the new apartment house are keeping me in hot water.
 Bjones (his partner)-What about?
 Real Estate Man-Because we won't.
 Bjones-Wont what?
 Real Estate Man-Wont keep them in hot water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11
Passenger Traffic.

''The railroads centering in Birmingham are doing larger passenger business this summer than ever before" said passen- ger official. July was record breaker and August will not be far behind.
 "The increased number of tickets sold at the union passenger station Is one of the best signs of prosperity and the growth of this city,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11
PRACTICAL POETRY.

From Judge.
 First Poet-What a boastful fellow Penholder is getting to bel
 Second Poet-Yes. He claims that he has made enough writing verses on snow during the summer to hire it show eed off his sidewalk all winter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11
srocKs DOWN, BEEF UP.

From the Boston Transcript.
 After all the slump In the stock mar ket does not interest so many people as the addition of another cent of the price of beef
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11

public mind, staying the violent and minimizing, and strengthening the hands Of all who stand for law and order.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11
ENNUI.
From Puck.

T TUIN IUCh.
 Ennui is a French word for an Ameri- can malady, which generally arises from the want of a want, and constitutes the complaint of those who have nothing to complain of.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11

Schwab seems to think he is entitled to display head every day, thus giv- ing John D. Rockefeller no chance at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11

General Miles will still be able to form and to express opinions. His re- tirement does not take away his con stitutional rights. The esteemed ad- ministration will still hear from him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11

Secretary Shaw says the Wall street puzzle is too much for any one to solve. So it is if one refuses to rec ognize water when he sees it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11

With Helen Gould sitting as an arbi- trator in a paper mill strike. 1t must be conceded that the world do move.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11

Wall street Is almost as nervous as MT. Schwab, and it has already over done the water cure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11

The Aldrichitea propose to furnish an "elastic emergency currency war ranted to fit Wall street and the Stand ard oil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11

President Roosevelt repudiates the picnic order. and he should have due credit for the act of repudiation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11

gugilist Corbett discovers "a new punch" whenever free advertising be- comes slack.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11

The farmer keeps his eye on his crop, instead of Wall street. He is getting wac Vnough at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11

The esteemed Rockefeller is in our midst well perfumed. We will have to stand it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11

The Corey resignation rumors are not yet fully ripe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11

Wall street is trying to crowd or slump into the sub-cellar.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11

If Pope Plus x maintains his pres ent popularity, he will indeed do well enough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11

The Aldrichites propose to furnish an "elastic emergency currency war ranted to fit Wall street and the Stand ard oil.
 With Helen Gould sitting as an arbi- trator in a paper mill strike. 1t must be conceded that the world do move. President Roosevelt repudiates the picnic order, and he should have due credit for the act of repudiation.
  The farmer keeps his eye on his crop, instead of Wall street. He is getting wac Uaough at home.
  Tugilist Corbett discovers "a new punch" whenever free advertising be- comes slack
 The esteemed Rockefeller is in our midst well perfumed We will have to stand it.
 If Pope Plus X maintains his pres ent popularity. he will indeed do well enough.
 Uncle Russell Sage has become ap- parently permanent resident of this world.
  The bloom is off the boom, and the faucet turned on in full--in Wall street.
 After a while Breathitt county will wake up to find it is one vast lead mine.
 John w. Gates and the only sehwab have also been placed on the retired list.
 The trouble is, common stock has become so common no one will have it.
 --s-s--- Even England is betting against the Shamrock III, at the rate of to 4.  Wall street Is trying to crowd or slump into the sub-cellar.
 -s.- The Corey resignation rumors are not yet fully ripe.
  The editors of China are up against Tsi An.
 Wall street dreads each recurring Friday.
 Breathitt county is our national rifle range.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11

Uncle Russell Sage has become ap- parently a permanent resident of this world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11

The editors of China are up against Tsi An.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11

John w. Gates and the only Schwab have also been placed on the retired list.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11

The trouble is, common stock has become so common no one will have it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11

The bloom is off the boom, and the faucet turned on in full--in Wall street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11

Even England is betting against the Shamrock III. at the rate of to 4.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11

Wall street dreads each recurring Friday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11

After while Breathitt county will wake up to find it is one vast lead mine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-11

Breathitt county is our national rifle range
Arizona silver belt., 1903-12-03
FUEL ECONOMY IN ARIZONA
emarkable Record Made at the Val
 Verde Shelter.

At the Val Verde shelter in Yavapai 'unty, Arizona, where the hot blast employed in matte smelling, it is aimed that the mating furnace has )erated for eleven months this year ! Q percent coke in the charge. For yeral days the coke consumption ran
 low as 3 percent of the charge, hich indicates pretty thorough ilization of the sulphur in the ore. his is done by hot blast that does )t reach above 400 or 300 degrees ihrenheit, as it was demonstrated at raising the blast temperature did It materially save fuel.
 However, it is deemed that smelling ith a cold blast the low grade re- actory ores of this locality would be 1t of the question, because the extra nsumption of coke would make erating too expensive and because @ lead and arsenic, which are burnt
 in present operations, would be re- ined in the matte, making it less arketable.
 At the same plant is lead furnace, which ores running over 10 percent Id are smelted. In the latter work 3 understand Manager Bretherton s experimented with the hot blast the lead furnace to endeavor to monstrate that fuel-saving can us be made without serious loss by 'latilization.
 The heavy expense of coke in that Tt of Arizona makes the saving of el a vital problem.-Mining Re rter.
Arizona silver belt., 1903-12-03

either miser or a millionaire But it is the cheerful season of the year, though it is great deal more joyous to give to charity than to pay taxes. We love our form of government, but it is slight strain on our affection when we pass hard earned money across the counter to it's accredited agents. w are not sure that it is all spent on us, and we Ger ainly haven't much respect for the business ability of the men who spend it. They are the last people on earth we would in- vest money with if we expected any return D
Arizona silver belt., 1903-12-03
Notice of Posting.

In the Probate Court of the County of Gila.
 Territory of Arizona.
 Notice is hereby given, that Lola Ina Sin gleton Windmiler, having filed in this court A petition praying for letters of administration of the estate of H. J. Windmiler, deceased :; the hearing of the same has been fixed by said court for Friday, the 4th day of December 1903. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at the court room thereof, at Globe, in the County of Gila and all persons interested in said estate are notified then and there to ap. pear and show cause, if any there be, why the sand letters of ac ;ninistration should not he granted to her, as prayed for
 Dated November 10th, 1903.
 P. c, ROBERTSON, Clerk,