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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
A Rush for Tickets.

The scramble for tickets to Maud Ad- ans performance in The Little Minis ter at the Jefferson theatre Friday hignl was unprecedented, said a citizen last night The sale of seats opened this morning at o'clock, and l am told that people began taking up positions at tne oox office before daybreak. went down about o'clock to hire a man to hold place in the line for me until the box office opened, and the best l could do was to locate him as number ten from the window. When I came down about o'clock to get my place.1 found that my representative had been shuffled down to number thirty-elght. Of course somebody, and in fact several somebodies had broken into the line, but protesting aid no good, as every one claimed that he took the place of another person whom he had hired to hold place.
 When the window was finally thrown open for business the tickets went with the speed of thought, and in less than an hour there was nothing remaining but the gallery and standing room. There were several hundred people who attend ed the sale, so there was decided crush.
 On an occasion of this kind theatre goers make a practice of paying a ser want, newsboy or some other person picked up on the streets to stand in line Tor them and hold place until the box office is opened. l am told that one young man about town makes 8 neat sum when well known players are in town by hiring urchins to buy tickets for nm which he afterwards retails at 8 proft. There is always rush for seats when Mansfield comes to town and wher Joe Jefferson formerly played here, but think the scramble this morning was about as lively as l have ever seen."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
DECLINES TO BE BISHOP.
pr. Lloyd Gives Decision to Kentucky
 Diocese Committee.

Private telegrams received here an nounce that Dr. Arthur s. Lloyd, secreta- ry of the Episcopal mission board. with headquarters in New York, has declined to accept the office of Bishop of Ken lucky, to which he was elected recently. He gave his decision to committee from the diocese of Kentucky, now attending the Episcopal convention in Boston.
 He said that he believed his duty to the general church demanded that he re- main in the office he now holds. pr. Lloyd is the second man elected to the place who has declined 1t. Dr. J. c. Murray was first elected. The object is to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Bishop T. U. Dudley.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
Wedding at Gainesville.

Tuscaloosa, October 19.-(Special)-A wedding of much interest occurred at Gainesville yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock, the contracting parties being j.. l.. Cousins and Miss Louise Snow. MT. Cousins. who now resides In Birmingham, formerly lived in Tuscaloosa, where he had many friends. Mrs. Cousins visited Tuscaloosa as Miss Louise Snow and had many admirers here. Immediately after the ceremony they came to Tuscaloosa, where they remained until this afternoon, when they left for Searles to attend the double wedding, one of the prospective brides being Miss Annie l.. Cousins, a sis- ter of J. L. Cousins.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
Education in Lawrence.

Dr. F. L. Chenault of Mt. Hope is at the St. Nicholas. He was the valedictorian of the class of 1903 of the Birmingham Medical college, and Is in Birmingham for the purpose of securing several little negro boys from among Judge Feagin's probationists to work on his farm in Lawrence county.
 Our county" he said, lis enjoying quite revival along educational lines. handsome brick school building Is be- ing built at Mt. Hope which when com pleted will cost s5OOO., The whole county also seems to be alive to the question of education The special school tax Is be- ing discussed, and it Is probable that an election will be called at an early date for the purpose of giving the citizens an opportunity of voting on a special levy for" the benefit of the schools"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
A certain Prof. Stephen Dudley Field, who resides in Massachusetts, and is the
AM 1T. HARwICK, formerly pas
 N senger agent of the Georgia Pa cific railroad at Birmingham but

AM H. HARWICK, formerly pas NN senger agent of the Georgia Pa " cific railroad at Birmingham but for several years general passenger agent of the Southern and now passenger traffic manager of that great system, delivered the annual address before the American Association of General Passenger and Va, yesterday.
 MT. Hardwick is not only a prince among the passenger officials, but he is a man of rare culture and his speech was enlivered with classic wit and em- bellished and illustrated with excerpts from the writings of men of letters, an cient and modern.
 After an eloquent introduction and a practical discussion of the technique of passenger department business, MT. Hardwick pointed to several illustrious examples of the able and successful rail road official He said:
 II may mention MT. W. W. Finley, sec ond ce-president of the Southern Rail- way company, whose name is a tower of strength, and whose very personality is force unsurpassed in all the world Of great affairs. MT. Finley was formerly commissioner of the Western Passenger association, and he is justly regarded as one of the highest type of passenger men. No other man has done so much for the advancement of the best interests Of the passenger traffic of this country.
 Next, I am happy to refer to MT. w. H. Newman, president of the New York Central lines. man who stands far In the front in the great phalanx of the rail- road army, who was himself general pas senger agent, and has always retained a keen interest in the passenger department and who has a high and just appreciation of the passenger department.
 Next, I have especial pleasure in re- ferring to MT. O. G. Murray, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad com pany, a man whose record has shown that he was born to be a leader among men in the railroad world; who was him. self general passenger agent, and has always had a high regard for that de- partment.
 And now l am come to refer, finally, to -Four latest brother in arms, Mir. B. L.. Winchell, president of the Rock Island System. Dear, delightful Ben Winchell. What shall l say to you of him? What need I say here in the house of his friends? A man who went straight from the desk of the assistant general passen- ger agent to become general passenger agent of another line, and in the bries space of three years came back to his home line to become president of that sys- tenn, and since then has gone on further and further amidst the joyous acclaim of his brother passenger men. MT. Winchell illustrates the evolution and competitive ness of the general passenger agent in his own person and career far more forcibly and eloquently than any words of mine can portray.
 Ours is indeed great work and we
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
Dry Weather in Alabama.

A wet, green summer has been fol- lowed by a dry, brown autumn The prevailing drouth extends to all parts
 of Alabama, and as rule no rain has
 fallen in two months. The ground is dry to considerable depth, and the creeks have rarely held lower stage of water. Fall blowing and fall seed ing are retarded, less than normal averages of acres having been sown with wheat or oats. Otherwise the drouth has done little damage. The oweet potato crop will be satisfactory,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
Democracy and Industries.

Edward M. Shepard in the Atlantic.
 Is the public problem only how our country-now shutting its eyes to the fu- ture-shall heap up more treasure, and how we shall make seem grand in the eyes and ears of foreigners our share in their politics of force? Do you never won der whether some part of industrial lib- erty is to perish in this land? Do you rejoice at the disparagement of independ- ent producers and consumers-at the re- publican policy of artifcially building up monopolies which, by higher prices, make fixed incomes and wages less and less sufficient to the necessities of life? Have you no fear that-if we do not return to the earlier and truer ideal of democratic government-American industrial civiiza- tion may come to be a mere interplay be- tween the forces of trusts on one side and the trades unions on the other, an inter- play in which the great body of independ- ent small producers will cease to be in- dependent? No doubt great combinations both of capital and of labor are necessary and oftentimes wholesome. But do you not remember that it was upon that body of citizenship made up of the independent small producers, and upon the faith that that body would in our land continue the dominant power. that our democratic government of freedom and law and or der was established? Do you not see that the democratic party of today stands for that body of citizenship no less than it stands and must always stand for the masses of laboring men? Do you not know that President Roosevelt would have, if the American people should per init him, a splendid, strident, solder-like government, appealing to the rigorous competed organizations of capital and labor, while Judge Parker would, without any disparagement of those organizations hold us to the truly noble career of a free and industrial democracy?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
MRS. MOVER DIES.
Anniston Woman Was Formely a Resi-
 dent of Bessemer.

Anniston, October 19-Mrs. E. S. Mover died at 12:S5 a. m., today. She had been sick for five weeks.
 MT. and Mrs. Mover have not been resi- dents of Anniston great while. They came here about six months ago from Bessemer and since then MT. Mover has held the place of cashier at the United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry com pany.
 With the remains MT. Mover left this morning for Philadelphia where the inter- ment will take place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Models pose by the hour; all other women by the lifetime.
 Women feel very sorry for men who don't get married and men for those who do
 A woman understands how to tell a funny story even less than she under stands how to understand it. When a woman is riding on a railroad pass you could never make her believe every other woman on the train was not looking at her with envy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
About Persons.

Lee Mayer of Louisville is at the St. Nicholas.
 Louis sperengel of Philadelphia Is at the St. Nicholas.
 Charles E. Eckel of New York is at the Hllman. IIillman.
 J. c. Robinson of Philadelphia Is at the Hillman.
 o. c. Henderson. mayor of Anniston, Is at the Metropolitan
 Charles Sparks of Shelby is at the Morris.
 Judge Terry Richardson of Montgomery is at the Morris.
 J. A. Brown of Ragland is stopping at the Morris.
 c. S. Kyle of Gadsden is at the Nor ris.
 J. H. E. Sterling of Charleston. S. C., Is at the MorriJ.
 Charles B. Dunn of Macon, Ga, is at the Morris.
 A. J. Burk of Florence is at the Met ropolitan.
 Earnest Smith of Gadsden is registered at the Metropolitan.
 H. Jaeger of Chicago is at the Co., lonial.
 D. A. Sanders of Starksville. Miss, Is at the Colonial.
 w. A. Garrett of Cincinnati, general manager of the Queen and Crescent line, was in Birmingham yesterday.
 MT. Garrett is one of the foremost rail- road men in the country and personally he Is extremely popular.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

Some of the residents of Montgom- cry are protesting against the erec- tion of an ice factory and laundry. Ice is not so valuable in the winter time, but a laundry is useful all the year around.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

It is a good thing for the republican party that mint is not imported. What Henry Watterson would say about the tariff under such circumstances is fearful to contemplate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

keep out of Wall street no trouble would be apprehended, but they are fiocldng there, and no one can there fore set a limit to speculative prices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

The Kansas COW yields butter by the millions of pounds, and the Kansas steer does even better in oleomarga- rine. Between the two we are well creased inwardly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20
CONS NSOLATlON.

From the Pensacola Journal
 Never mind, Miss Birmingham, maybe you'll have chance to buy red lemon- ade and feed peanuts to the elephant next season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

In Maine there is an old woman who remembers the war of 1912, and still there are some people who cannot remember debts month old.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

The railroads are subwaying Penn sylvania avenue in Washington, and passers-by n the surface get dyna- mite jolt now and then.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

Everybody is so much alive in Ne braska that dead men are not at a premium, and a corpse has just been sold there at auction.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

The bishops of the Episcopal church are less merciful to divorcees than the clerics and laity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

The industrial souvenir edition of the Fort Payne, Ind, Sentinel has been received. It is a handsome pub lication.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

The Baltic fleet is simply looping the loop. It desires to ascertain whether 1t can really keep afloat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

Tomorrow night we will have Maud Adams, and Birmingham will strive to forget that it has had no circus this year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

Hugh Gurneys automobile is doing stunts at present in the capital. Hugh keeps his nerve in nigh condition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

Garfield is re ported in the art mar ket. He can also get in the game if he feels like it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

It is said May Irwin's choicest bou- quets are marked ID. B. H." This is not, however, official.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

The subway will be closed to dead heads and opened to passengers on October 27.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

The republicans say the democrats are gumshoeing this year in true Til den fashion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

Three Muds have been nominated for office in Maryland, and the politi- cal waters are not clear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

Kuropatkin is wearing his army out and wasting his ammunition against Japanese do-or-die patriotism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

MT. Utter who is the republican nominee for governor in Rhode Island, Is no orator.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

War in Manchuria is even worse than General Sherman pictured war in general.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

St. Petersburg Is almost as gloomy as the White House will be on cleo tion night.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

Today is also waru registration day. Go to the booths immediately after breakfast
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

The dove of peace has probably been shot by some blundering duck hunter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

Dowie is to have his chief office in Chicago. He knows where the dollars are.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

The voter begins to feel that some thing uncommon is going on this year
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

Manchuria is getting tired of serv- ing as battlefield for foreigners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

The game that is always worth the candle Is "pokah."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

MT Roosevelt is using his Big Stick on the Slocum steamboat inspectors.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

The roustabout will have to rustic about for job.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

Washington Bureau Age-HeralG. 1421 O Street N. w.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

Chicago doctors are now paying com- missions on new business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

Tom Watson is friskier than the possible winners.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

The trust brigade and it's charge is our modern Six Hundred.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

L. H. Russ and R. L. oNeal, Jr'' are the only authorized travelling represeh- tatives of The Age-Heraid in It's crcula- ton department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

Tom Watson is the tobasco sauce of the campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

The candidates are on the home stretch
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-20

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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-23

Many Of the more common digestive
troubles of the horse are directly
traceable to some imperfection of the
teeth. Neglect Of these often leads to
imperfect mastication, impoverished
condition, irltability, digestive disturb
ances and eye arrangements. When
dentition goes on regularly, the colt
gets ii new teeth, eight in each jaw,
between its second and third years.
Therefore, the mouth should be often
and carefully examined at this period.
and all irregularities adjusted. If the
colts system seems to be in a langui6
condition, this will retard dentition
and should be remedied by extra feed
ing, especially of oats.-Prairie Farm.
Ell.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-23
time than It takes to tell the story they
are In the thick OF a fight
And they fight fair.

time than It takes to tell the story they
are in the thick of a fight
And they fight fair.
One ant 10 one boil weeyil. that's the
infexible rule laid down in their ar
ticles Of war. The ant Jumps" the
the weevil with glad p~ugnacity. II
grasps the weevil in its mandtbles very
much as a Greco-Roman wrestler gets
a hold on an antagonist But not for a
wrestling bout, The mandible claws
reach at once for the weeyil's lsiddle.
Right at that spot is the joint between
the wesvil's thorax and abdomen. The
ant forces this joint open, exposing the
enemy's flesh. By this time, also, Its
body has assumed its fighting curve"
bent into a circle that brings the sting
TO the vulnerable point With a light
ming dart this sting is sunk into the
weevil's body at the opened joint. At
the same moment the little brown ants
bulldog jaws snap shut on the weevil's
throat, The next instant the poison
takes effect. Spinal paralysis of the
weevil is what the poison i~nlicts.
Time! Carry out the dead weeyil. please
but no, this is the ants task also,
and IN ant feast on weevll flesh fol-
lows.
This is how the American cotton
crop is going to be saved.
The little brown ant Of Guatemala
was discovered in the most casual
manner. One day Mr.. o. +. Cook. bot
anist Of the department Of agriculture,
was sent to Central America to inves-
tigate and report upon the cultivation
Of the coffee and rubber plants. Sud-
denly he reached a cotton-growing dis
trict In Guatemala. from which boil
weevil was conspicuous by its absence.
Mr., Cook had been tremendously inter-
eSted in the boil weevil. the cause of a
so per cent decrease of the cotton yield
in certain parts of Texas and Of almost
equally heavy losses In other states.
Knowing that climatic and soil condi-
tons in Guatemala closely approached
that Of the devastated Texas counties,
he marVeled that the boil weeyil was
not in evidence, With a scientist, 10
marvel first Is to investigate immedi-
ately afterward. Mr.. Cook investigated.
Looking for the boil weeyil he discov-
cred the little brown ant which had ex-
terminated the boil weeyil,
He found that this ant came from the
plateau region Of Guatemala, and that
it had invaded the cotton fields and
speedily made away with the boil wee
vii pest. 1t subsisted on food contained
In three sets Of extra floral hectares
growing along with the cotton, but the
cotton plan itself was not touched in a
harmful way. It seemed to have been
created for the special purpose Of kill
ing bool weevils.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-23
TALK ON MANCHU RIA.
HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY Is
ONE OF RAPID GROWTH.
Now, However, the Hardy Cout rage Of
the Past Has Degenerated Into
Lazy Parasitism and Lack
of Patriotism.

The most interesting article In the
July Century is one on "Manchuria,"
from the pen Of James W. Davidson.
From it we learn that Manchuria,
though a part of China, is considered
distinct from the empire proper in
much the same way that Americans
regard Alaska, though there is no
similarity in their respective positions
with regard to administration. Three
or four centuries ago the southern part
of what is row known as Mauchuria
was occupied by Koreans and was a
portion Of their territory. 1t is not
known how far north their rule ex-
tended, bu there are traces of Korean
architecture as far as Liaoyang, which
is 800 miles from the present Korean
boundaries. At this early period the
Manchu element consisted of d few
powerful tribes, who, though Df the
same general Monaghan stock, pos
sessed many chronological points sufi-
cient to distinguish them from the
great Chinese race which occupied
China proper. The rowing life in a
wild country where young braves
thought it no extraordinary achieve
ment to kill with bow and arrow, sim
gle handed, the fierce northern tiger,
developed the Manchu into a hardy,
fearless warrior, with a love for cour-
ageous deeds.
The history of the Manchus is n of
continued and rapid growth. From a
small tribe their influence spread over
the great plains of western Manchuria
until they became a force which even
great China deemed it advisable to
conciliate. Their ambitions knew no
limit, and early in the sixteenth CEN
fury they began an invasion of China.
A century later, by methods which at
times gave evidence of the most
crafty and skillful diplomacy, and
again were those of a most cruel
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1904-07-23
OF E INTEREST.

Experts at Newport, r. /. say that
the submarine boat can go suJ miles 10
sea with perfect satety 10 the crew.
The number Of new telephones put In
by the Chicago Telephone company In
May "a 1856, making The total in serv-
ice los, SSi The increase from January
10 to June was 7.69T phones.
The Royal Cump0uy's Islands, sup
posed TO be in the Pacific ocean. have
been removed from the maps of the hy.
geographic institute Of the British ad-
mlralty, because all efforts TO Rnd them
have failed,
The raising Of Angora goats is a new
industry TO be established at Fort Col
Inns, Col, The ranch of $50 acres is on
the north fork Of the Big Thompson
river and the company starts operations
with s25 5000 capital and 500 head OF goats
eligible to registry.
Since the decree of the czar IN 1899
depriyiug the people Of Finland Of their
constitutional liberty, 10000 Firms
have come TO the United States. New
Comers are looked out for by the Fin
nish Exiles' club, at Battery Park, New
York. Ten per cent. of FlBlauG's pop
ulation Of 2,000. 900 is now in America
A Chicago association of employers
recently employed an expert statistIcian
from Ann Arbor university, at an ex-
upuSp 0f 50 200 in mako u r. orofvl ia