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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-14
A Double Barreled Hero.

Mir. Swinburne writes 'Tncomparably the most impavid exploit engraved on the tablets of my memory is that of Theo- dore Watts-Dunton in assuming second surname. As Theodore Watts he was already writ large on the eternal bede- roll of fame. That he should consciously handicap himself with a dissylabic suffix argued a confidence in his sublime genius nothing short of Napoleonic. We'll do remember the night on which he decided on this momentous and epoch making venture. I remember his exact words:
 "'Algy' he said, what do you think of Dunton?'
 Whats DuntonY I asked in per- fervid paroxysm of amphibious astonish- ment.
 "'Ah,' he said. there you have 1t. Your unerring clairvoyance has come on as usual His eyes glistened and he looked more like his portrait by Rossetti than he has done any time these many years.
 T argued with him, strove with him, fought with him to dissuade him from this perilous plunge. I urged upon him the imperative call of alliteration. Why not, I said, why not Watts -Wunton? l made clear to him all the disadvantages of duplicate nomenclature. But he was adamant. Without a moan or murmur he turned his back on his unhyphenated past and took up the burden of his double name. It was the bravest deed l ever saw"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-14
SERVIA WAS SWAYED BY
 THE BEAUTY OF DRAGA

forget her humble origin and brook her rule, but as one after another of her relatives appeared at court to receive signal civic or military favor, the nut terings of diseontent grew until they assumed the volume of a storm.
 Older than -.lexandar, Draga was also better versed in the ways of the world and credible report says she wound him around her fingers as easily as she could do with yarn.
 It was known that Alexander yearned for an heir, and one day the news came from Belgrade that Draga was on the bed of motherhood. Silence for days en- sued and then came official contradic- ton. In the interval between these re- ports the Servian capital was the re- puted scene of exposure of one of the most startling plots in the royal history of Europe.
 Fearing the loss of her power over Alex ander unless he did have an heir, the story goes, she determined to deceive him with an infant secured from a more for tunate woman Her family was in- volved in the plot, 1t is charged. and it would have been successful had not the suspicious of court circles been aroused and the king been persuaded to make an investigation. violent scene ensued. but she was able to regain her ascend ency by producing the certificate of a complaisant physician that she had been rrematurely confined and that the sick ness had killed their mutual hope for an heir. Since that time nothing has been heard from her until the present reports of her assassination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-14
Depends on Preservation.

, The substitution of low grade for high grade timhers depends on what can be done to increase the lasting powers of the substitutes; in other words, 1t de- bends on timber preservation. Special treatment must so prolong the life of the inferior timbers, and at a cost so small as to make the investment a good one.
 In the first of a series of bulletins on problems of timber preservation just is- sued by the Bureau of Forestry as bull letin A. Seasoning of Timber" by Her mann von schrenk, the seasoning which precedes the preservation treatment Is dealt with. Dr. Von Schrenk's seasoning experiments, made largely in co-opera- ton with railroad companies although still in the preliminary stages, have al- ready developed facts of very consid- erable importance.
 The main advantages of seasoning tim- Der are that seasoned timber lasts longer, since the water in green timber is neces- sary to the life of decay-producing fungi; that 1t greatly increases the effectiveness of the preservation treatment; and that by reducing the weight of timber it causes a corresponding saving in freight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-14
seasonlnq in Europe.

Tn Europe all railroad ties, bridge ma terials, telegraph poles, fence posts, etc., are commonly seasoned. the time of sea- sonlng varying from several months to two years. In this country the tremen- dous development of the industries that require building lumber has pressed the lumber manufacturer so hard that he is forced to send out poor foduct, which the consumer is willing to take in that condition rather than wait for thor oughly seasoned material. Properly sea- soned material commands a high price and sometimes cannot be obtained at all.
 One of the interesting facts brought out by Dr. Von Schrenks study is that. as a rule, high-grade timbers like white oak and longleaf pine, being very much denser than timbers of low grade. are not so readily penetrated as the latter by the preservative fluid; and that 1t is, therefore, much more economical to treat a low-grade, porous wood like beech, which ordinarily lasts only four or five years, than, higher grade tim Der. Beech so treated has outlasted oak several times. For a similar reason, "it would be a great waste" says Dr. Won Schrenk ito attempt the treatment of white oak or longleaf pine, when better results will be obtained by using loblolly pine or red oak"
 Dr. Won Schrenks bulletin contains de- tailed accounts of different methods of seasoning and by kiln drying; the results of seasoning tests in different parts of the country and with different timbers; tests with telephone poles, etc. The bull letin will be of special interest to railroad men who have followed the experiments with close attention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-14

Belgrade, June 11-Daughter of colonel but endowed by nature with fas- cinating beauty, which gave her mes merle power over the heart of imperious King Alexander, Queen praga-Draga Masch,n by birth-occupied a position near the center of the European stage.
 Cause of the downfall of ministers, origin of deadly quarrels between Alex ander and his royal parents,i scored by the czarina and the present Queen of Britain, By dint of her face forced her. self in power and since she aseended the throne Servia has been hotbed Of in- ternal dissension on her account
 About a year before his marriage King Alexander returned to Belgrade rom European trip in search of wife. Court after court had he visited, put when he attempted overtures cold reJec- tions were his answer. The power or throne would not weigh against dis- reputable boyhood and more disreputabie family history. He even went so Tar as to seek the hand of rich American, but his fate was the same
 Returning to his capital he visited the palace of his mother. Queen Natalie Alexander and as he ascended the steps he saw passing in the garden woman of marvellous beauty, who shot at nm from her eyes a glance that proved even more fatal than most of cupids oarls From that time his doom was sealed ana he would have no other than Draga- for It was she-as his wife,
 Draga was a humble lady in waiting in the train of his mother Ills mood was such at this chance encounter that parental displeasure, ministerial pro tests and indignant popular outcry coulo not swerve him from his purpose 10 eie- vate her to the ermine ana the throne
 .I am the king and can marry whom T please. Attend to your duties and do not interfere with my private affairs. This was his answer to the objections of his ministers and when they resigned in a body he calmly substituted another cabinet and went on with his prepara- tions for his marriage.
 Milan, his father. of maiodorous name. was at Carlsbad when the engagement was announced. and at once started TOT Belgrade with the expressed oetermina- tion to prevent the marriage. Alexanoer answered by ordering his arrest should he pass the border of Servia, wnich ne deemed 1t wise not to do
 Queen Natalie threatened to cut her ron out of her will and later carried out her threat. but Alexander. with the love light in his eyes, only smiled.
 The marriage was finally solemnized at peIprade amid great ana unusual pomp. The streets of the capital had never De- lore witnessed such pageantry Mem bers of her family were prominent in the ceremonies. and with her ascension to power she did not forget them
 This was the first national grievance. servians. looking upon her race couid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-14
Horse Meat in Paris.

Rouen, May IS, 1903:
 'It Is stated that at the Villejuit slaugh. terhouses 5000 horse are killed annually and at Pantin 7,500, making a total of 90, 800. Of this number, 0.500 are consumed in the environs of Paris, leaving a con- sumption of 19500 in the city itself. The average weight of each horse is said to be 250 kilograms (b51.15 pounds) One third of this, however, is composed of bone and sinew, sold at waste at francs (772 cents) per 200 kilograms (440 92 pounds). There remains, therefore. about 1e7 kilograms (36S17 pounds) of marketa- ble meat to each horse, which would give a total consumption of 3.256,000 kilograms c, ,1776 pounds) annually.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-14
NEW METHODS ID
 PRESERVE TIMBER
Bureau Ot Forestry to Tryln-
 teresting Experiments
WOOD IS GETTING SCARCE
Cheap Timbers Properly Treated May Take the Place of Hish-erade Woods-Rest Woods to be
 Put to Best Purposes.

Washington, June 1s.-(speciaL)-The rapid disappearance of the best American timbers has developed a new method of economy. which Is, in brief, that inferior timbers shall be pressed into service and by proper seasoning and preserving be made to take the place of those more valuable.
 The idea is the inevitable outcome of wasteful cutting long continued, which has culied the forests of their best trees; so that industries requiring high-grade woods at low cost are less and less able to obtain supplies at price which they can afford to pay. White oak, for exam ple was for many yea-s practically the only wood used for railroad ties. So abundant and cheap was this timber that it never occurred to the railroads it would not always continue to be abun- dant and cheap. Ties were laid without seasoning two days after they had been hewn, or were left to lie and decay in ditches of water before they were put in the track. But conditions have changed; white oak for ties, fence posts, piles and other common purposes can not be used to the same extent as formerly, and It's place has largely been taken by inferior timbers.
 Must Save Tlmbers.
 It is not enough that forestry on a large scale replace the present wasteful methods of cutting, since forestry can not make up immediately for what has been lost. It is essential while admin istering wisely to forests which still re- main, that the timbers cut be now put to their hardest use; that a good timber be put only to high-grade purpose, and that a noor timber be substituted for a good timber whenever 1t will do the work required.
 This kind of forest economy the bureau of forestry, having in mind the inereas- ing demand for good timbers and the diminshin~ fo~e-+ -ororrees, has presis- tentlv ,'---na nnd o-, -,,--.-- --ed 45y every available means 1t has attempted to find uses for woods not now regarded as mer- chantable, and to substitute them for woods rarer but better known. The rail- roads especially. enormous consumers of wood, have been impressed with the necessity of such substitution. Lodge pole pine in the northwest has been laid as ties during the past year instead of bull pine. shortleaf and loblolly ties will probably soon replace Lose of long leaf in Mississippi. Louisiana and Texas. Hemlock and tamarack may take the place of oak and pine in other parts of the country; and when oak is used at all for ties it will be the inferior species Instead of the valuable white oak
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-14
FOR SALE.

All my hOusehOId effects, furniture, bedding, rugs, bric-a- brac; etc. Call for in spection at the premises, 22l0 Highland avenue, Tues day, Wednesday 18th and l7th 10 to 12 a. m. and 3 to 6 D. m. H. H. Sinnige.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-14
EXCURSION RATES
To AshevilIe, N. C., and Return Via
 Southern Railway.

The Southern Railway will sell round trip tickets to Asheville. N. C.. June 11th. i2th. 18th. with final limit June 24th, 1903, at rate of one first-class fare. plus twen- tv-nve cents. account Southern Student Conference. Y. M. c. A
 For sleeping car reservation and detail ed information apply passenger office, Morris Hotel Building. Telephone ST.
 J. c. LuSK.
 District Passenger Agent.
 6-19- to-6-1a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-14
To Win Both Ways.

From PUCK.
 Shall l oppose the bill then?" said the lobbyist.
 "Well,r said the magnate. "I leave it to you. Use your own judgment whether to oppose it or put something In 1t to make 1t unconstitutional"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-14
PORTO RICO HAS
 MADE B|G STRIDES Furnishes Market of Million
 Dollars a Month SHIPMENTS ARE HEAVY Figures Presented Ire In Marked Con- trast With Those of the Earlier Years-Inerease In Exports
 Remarkable.

Washington, June 14-(Special.) )-Porto Rico is furnishing a market of a million dollars a month to the producers and merchants of the United States and sup plying nearly million dollars worth each month of tropical products required by the United States. The total ship ments of domestic merchandise from the United States to Porto Rico In the ten months ending with April were s9S44,31s, and of foreign merchandise, $21s,276, mak- ing the total value of merchandise sent to Porto Rico from the United States. s10,O62 ,594. The total shipments of domes- tic merchandise from Porto Rico to the United States in the ten months ending with April 1903 was $S,744, 427, and of for eign merchandise, sS9037, making the total shipments from that island to the United States in the ten months ending with April, 464 In the month of States to Porto Rico were $931,526, and from Porto Rico to the United States, $1.- 919023 These figures indicate that the shipments from the United States to Por- to Rico during the fiscal year which ends with the present month will aggregate about 1200O.000 and those from Porto Rico to the United States nearly an equal sum.
 A Marked Contrast. v These figures of commerce between Porto Rico and the United States are in marked contrast with those of earlier years Tn the fiscal year 1898. which im- mediately preceded the transfer of Porto Rico to the United States, the exports from the United States to that island were $1, ,505, ,946. In the next year they were s1sS5,s4s: in 1900. $4.640, 44o; in 1901, $, 1885, 4Os; in 1902, $10SS2,653 and. as al- ready indicated. in the year 1903 will be about 1200O, 900. Thus the total shipments from the United States to Porto Rico for 1903 will be eight times as great as those of 1898, and six times as great as those of 1897. On the other hand, shipments from Porto Rico to the United States have grown from $2.414,356 in 1898 to s, s,3737 766 in 1902, and probably nearly or quite $l2.- 100000 in 1903, or about five times as much in 1903 as in 1898.
 An interesting Table.
 The following table shows the principal articles shipped from the United States to Porto Rico in the ten months ending with April and the principal articles shipped from Porto Rico to the United States in the same time:
 Ten Months Ending rr.-.o.4. Anril 30 1Q03
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-14

Swell new carriages, teams and harness. Drivers in full livery for weddings and fun erals. Alabama Livery Co.,, 2d ave opposite Jefferson Theatre. Both phones 6.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-14

Cars. carriages. etc. ,........ 127,227 Tobacco and manufactures. ...... I19,379 Oils, chiefly mineral ...... ........ 115,S35 Chemicals. drugs, etc. ...... ...... l11,S62 Paper and manufactures .... .... 95,053 Wool manufactures ...... ........ 7O.255 Books, maps, engravings, etc ... 69,75S
 Articles shipped from Porto
 Rico into the United States
 Sugar and confectionery ......... 59e9, ,997 Tobacco and manufactures ...... 1691, ,269 Coffee ........ ........... .......... 7O4,37S Fruits and nuts .... ......... 274,S14
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-14
A GOOD MORAL EFFECT.
No Definite Result Attained by State
Board of Arbitration and COncilia-
ton.

Lowell, Mass, April 9.-Vhile the
brief session today of the state board
Of arbitration and Cancellation, which
has come here to discover if possible
common ground upon which the mill
corporations and their II, 900 idle per
can get together, was not produce
tive of definite results, the moral effects
of the investigation are already felt.
was a persistent rumor tonight
that the mills will be opened Monday.
The mill agent refused to deny or con-
firm the rumor, but an unusually well
Informed member of the textile
Gil said tonight that he a definite in
formation to the effect that at a meet
ing Of mill treasurers this afternoon, it
decided to open the mills Monday
and make an effort to resume opera
lions in all departments.
Should such a course be pursued, the
council is confident of holding
in line a sufficient number Of opera
to make a general resumption
impossible.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-14

cartridges and small ca1bre cannon
were used. but to the average Amer
can reader ii Will. none the less. seem
Il needless waste of powder. and the
formal calls IN unwarranted disregard
of time. In other words it smacks
nightly of the European Middle Ages
or the performance of semi-ciVilized
nations OF today
There are two ways. however, Cf
looking at the matter. That ceremony
was at n time considered insepara-
BILE from martial affairs. is beyond ques-
tiCn. and if it still exists in the army
n the shape of guard MOUNTS, dress
paradeS and reviews. why should not
the nav indulge in its share? And
if we are to do something formal. IN
doubtedIy the more formally we do it
the better.
1t is such ceremOnialS as we have
referred to that give soldiers and sail
Ors Il pride in their profession. They
are on a par with our universally OBJ
served custom of saluting the flag at
sunset
"POth turned their faces to the flag,
Just as the sun went down.
1t is a small thing. but it indicates
the spirit that prompts men to rally to
that bit of battle bunting in the stress
OF conflict. or torn and mangled by
shot or shell to crawl to ito die
AuCuSta Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-14
W anfed His Mail.

ANY MALI" he queried as he placed
his Valise near the counter and look
ed at the clerk at the Palmer House.
says the Chicago Chronicle.
Who for?" queried the clerk.
Wi L. Search" ard the newcomer
turned to his companion.
Sure answered the clerk.
The man waited a moment and then
turned to the clerk.
/ say. any mail?"
And I say who for?" and there was
a shade of anger in his tone.
VIII [. Search" answered h a
and once more turned to talk 70 his
companions.
The clerk glared at him and then q
smile that bespoke pity passed over his
countenanCe.
Nothing there?" queried h man,
after a while.
Say. I will have to know who I'm
looking for before I car do anything
for you" By this time the clerk was
thoroughly aroused. you've stood
there and said Search I'm willing TO
seach if you will only tell me for
whom to search
VIII U. Search, of course"
No use" muttered the clerk.
Then it dawned upon the new ar
rival. viii L. Search is my name"
oh" gasped the clerk, and found
a letter. Mr.. Search is a travelling
man n lives in Kansas City.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-04-14
MODERN
FABLES.
C=BY GEORGE ADE.@
Author of the Girl Proposition.
Author of the Girl Proposition.
by GEORGE ABE.
LEY SLAVE WHO WAS JUST

LEY SLAVE WHO WAS JUST
ABOUT To BUT NEVER DID.
.(Copyright. 1903. by Robert Howard
RusseIl.)
Once there was a Youth who tackled
the Mercantile Career at a very light
Stipend.
His chief Ambition in Life was to get
so far ahead of the Game that he could
afford a nice Getaway Suit, a swell
Derby for Sunday and a 14-karat De
Beers set in a massive Gold Band.
He learned to embrace the Country
Trade and talk 40 Words per Minute,
50 that in a little while he had an Offer
from an Opposition Concern. Where
upon he said he hated to leave. but
and the House stood for an Increase.
He came into the Getaway and the
Ring and then he found that he need
ed "a Spike-TaiI and u Folding Hat and
a cape Coat His Glad Raiment car
ried MIN right into SUssiety and ne be-
gan to meet GazelIes that suited him.
so ne figured on the Probable Expense
of Keeping House.
He thought that if he could annex a
goOd-Iooking Tottie with large soulful
Eyes and take an Apartment and keep
u Girl, then he would be fixed for sure.
So ne went out for more Salary and
carried the Bank Book next to his
Heart. At last the Proud Day arrived
when he had his own Flat with a rent
ed Piano in the Front Room and Tides
on the Chairs. Before the Lease eX-
pired Pet discovered that the Dining
Room was too small and began to
dream Dreams of q House of their Own
in which they could Entertain. So he
tucked back his Cuffs and tOOk Il fresh
Grip on the World of trade and b0ned
like Il Turk. making Payments on the
House He was beginning TO look
TOuud-ShOuIdered but he drank plenty
of Coffee and smoked fat Cigars and
buckIed down.
He had it all planned to take a good
Rest as soon as he had lifted the Mort
gage He went so far as to send out
for Timetables and look at the Pic
lures of People sitting around in Steam
or Chairs enjoying the Sea Air.
He would have taken a nice long Va
cation only he saw Il Chance to break
into the Firm. Accordingly he went in
Debt up to his Eyes. He would lie
awake at Night casting up his Liabili-
ties and computing Interest. He talked
to himself on the Street and acted just
the least bit Dippy. But he was deter
mined 10 swing the Deal and then, as
soon as he was out of the Woods he
could take a Trip and hang around Pic
ture Galleries and ride in GOndalas and
have the Time of his Life with nothing
to worry him.
For Years ne lac said that 1t was Il
Crime for any one Man to pile up more
than 500. 600. As soon as he went abOve
that Figure it was a case of sitting up
Nights TO count it. As SOC as he had
that Hundred Thousand raked up and
tied in BundIes. then for a Quiet Spot
neal a Body of Water and a Naptha
Launch and the free open Life of the
Golf Links.
To the 5O-cent Table d'HOtel Fellow.
100000 Sanctions in one Lump looks
bigger than the Union Station. but the
Man who is being gnawed by the MANU-
ma Bacillus thinks he is a Pauper I'M