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The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13
searcblno lOr the MaoneiIO Pole.

The north pole will not hereafter monopollze the searching business. for Captain Ammundsen's expedition has left Christiana for the purpose of find ing, or rather of Investigating on tho spot. the magnetic pole. He is well supplied with the best known inetru- ments, and he proposes to spend two years in the locality towards which the needle points. He desires to obtain all possible knowledge relating to varia- tions of the mariners compass. What or how much he will be able to ascer- tain cannot be foreseen. He certainly will not be able to tell us why the needle at the magnetic pole points straight down.
 Captain Ammundsen will search for the north magnetic pole. Its location is not accurately known, although at least a dozen expeditions have been sent in search of it. It is located at present by computation only and it is believed to be in North America, near the Arctic ocean, in latitude 72, and longitude 115 It is not much colder at the north magnetic pole than it is in Alaska, the parallel of 70 degrees pass. ing through both It is just within the Arctic circle Ross alone of investi- gators visited the neighborhood of both poles and attempted to determine the place of 90 degrees inclination by the use of instruments.
 Captain Ammunsen goes forward armed with the findings of all previous investigations, and with world of speculation and theory over a very obstruse and involved and unknown subject. If Captain Ammundsen can elucidate terrestrial magnetism even to moderate degree he will deserve a high place among investigators. The magnetic pole is even more mysterious than the geographical pole, although it is not hidden in an Inaccessible region of perpetual ice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13

From the Baltimore Sur ee.s
 The teaching of radiuk as to the dura- bility of clements, ac birding to emi-
 nent physicists, Is that all elements are subject to change an 1 transformatfon. Formerly 1t was held Il aJl matter was composed of atoms whf were indivisible and therefore indestruc ,le Now we have got past that. The att consists we are told.., of .eleetrons. and the various ele- ments differ in the nu Nber and perhaps the arrangement of the Nvioiently revolv- ing electrons. Hydrogenf for example, has about 700 electrons to It katom, while ra- dium has 150,000. Elem Is whose. cleo
 irons are few in numbeit are presumably
 more durable than those which, like Fa-
 dium, are exceptionally atge. loosely az
 gregated and intensely agi ted internally
 So violent are the moyemE hts of the llt-
 tie system of electric par les constitut-
 ing radium that some of lem are con
 stantiy escaping. Helium nis suggest
 ed, consists of electrons wbhised off from
 radium: heium. in other lwcds, is what
 remains, in new form Pf bmbination,
 after ''the breaking dowIt o the atoms
 of radlum. So light and aIiryh substance
 is hellum that most of thf elrth's share
 of it has wandered off ibto space, and
 chemists are able to find obly traces Of it
 in certain waters and mi Ser;Is. d
 The main point of inter4st 2 the new views suggested by the phencnenon of radio-activity in the mutabilfN of mat ter. By firing away a sertah number of it's constituent eiectrons or certain
 thousands of millions of gearH an atom
 of radium, iron or gold loses, lis stated, It's Identity. It becomes heliunt or some thing else, unless there be an kfiux that constantly scompensates for the efflux of electrons. Change ard dissolution,
 not permanence, according to this doc
 Urine, is the characteristic of lhe entire
 universe. The changes. 1t is fue take
 place slowly. if time be measured by
 the brief span of our lives. The atom
 of radium. supposed to. le along the
 least stable of the elemeitss will last, it is state, fully. 90.OOo wars a. peried four times as long as aif recoFded his tory. ntiu there IS an iiunil1 or limh behind us.. Whatever chasge dny given element is. subject to by easoh of loss of electrons, that change n has had time enough in thep Sat to undergo. not once.t but often In his fcent address
 NJ. curie. the discoverer of adiufn. spoke
 of the evolution of matterand the grad ual transformation of fhe elfmerts.s New clements, in this vteH are donstant- | ly being evolved by " formhtion of new combinations of he&anderfng elsc-
 trons. while at the sam time old eie-
 ments are being "transf sf'med'I by the
 loss of part of their cortituen\ts.
 The world is being repsed, nfw com binations, due to the neWonditidb bns, per lShaps being struck out toAplace 1.-the old Ter clements which wereformedI before
 the earth was part of I sun alk Id more | than twice as hot as nv A ychemist Acquainted with the groufg of khe ele- nents, their families-soe5 spe k--and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13
You Should Learn to swim.

''The season for capsized boats and deaths by drowning has arrived" said a gentleman yesterday, land advice on learning to swim is in order. Every year thoughtful -sons of the country warn young people to learn how to save their own lives and those of others. but the fatalities do not seem to decrease very rapidly.
 We have been particularly fortunate in Birmingham. No accidents have hap pened at either of the lakes for several years, which is very fortunate when we consider the number of people who go out to East Lake every Sunday and en- joy boat rides. It Is easy to learn to swim if person will just make up his mind to succeed, and 1t is one of the most valuable accomplishments young man, or young woman either can pos sess. Some people have learned to swim in one day, We cannot all do as well as that but at best a few days practice will be sufficient to give person enough confidence in the water to save his life under the usual circumstances"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13
Smooth as monumental aIabaster. ..
 --otheIo.
..Amld the Alabama Hills. 7

The peonage cases are attracting deal of comment, much of which is bit ter, unfair and untruthful. The arti- cles of the New York Evening Post are in particular sectional and even brutal. Here is a specimen paragraph, clipped from the Evening Post of last Tuesday:
 The trouble with the back counties of Alabama is not So much bad laws as bad men, If the sentiment of comu- nity countenanoes hunting Triggers with dogs. logging them with straps studded with tacks, slave drivers will go still further, and to glut their ferocity will deliberately torture women to death. The negress who was beaten. strung up by the wrists. and flnaliys jumped on,
 not guilty of outraging a white
 4an; she was guilty of living where nfe Is cheap and negro is regarded as little better than the animal with whom he tolls. It Is in such regions that men lie in walt and shoot their enemies from ambush, that Trace wars" break out that the fury of the ape and tiger seizes the mob, and that, as todays dispatches tell, lynchers will even shoot the sheriff who offers resistance These plague spots of ignorance and brutality cannot be wiped out by the quick and easy remedy of an act of legislatures; they walt the slow process of education through several generations. To this task of uplifting the people of Alabama must now bend their energies.
 There is not a bit of truth in the stories recently published relative to
 snegress referred to. It is all a fig
 nt of some disordered brain. The
 St Is also mistaken as to the rem
 V. The criminal contract law will repealed in September, and a stat ite distinctly covering and directed against peonage will be passed But Q reform in the fee system is also need ed, and If time permits in the legisla< ture perhaps that too will be refoVned. These law reforms are essentiat and valuable. and they will be passed and enforssa-a"sioi'y regardless of the /Evening Posts sectional opinion and trade When the laws named are per fected peonage will quickly be driven ont of this state, and it will then be 
 time for an inquiry into the practices of the sweat shops and other places in New York where women and children ire driven to hard toll almost without remuneration. There is an ample field for all of the Evening Posts phil anthropy much nearer it's office than the Alabama hills.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13
A LAMENT.

By Percy Bysshe Shelley. Swifter far than Summers flight, Swifter far than youths delight, Swifter far than happy night
 Art thou come and gone; As the earth when leaves are cead, As the night when sleep is sped. As the heart when joy IS fled.
 am left alone. alone. The swallow. Summer, comes again; The oWlet. night resumes her reign; But the wild swan. youth, is fain
 To fly with thee, false as thou N Ny heart each day desires the morrow Sleep itself is turned to sorrow; vainIy would my Winter borrow
 Sunny leaves from any bough. Lilies for a bridal bed, Roses for a matron's head violets for a maiden dead-
 Pansies let my flowers be; On the living grave bear, Scatter them without tear. Let no friend. however dear,
 Waste one hope. one fear for nc.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13
IN HOTEL LoBBIES.
Some Queer Inventions.

T was reading about muzzle or bri- dle that an ingenious yankee had in- vented. to keep roosters from growing, without interfering with their ability to pick up a living" said lawyer who has had some experience as patent soliei- tor and It was stated that the inventor intended to patent his invention. This brought to my mind some of the fool inventions that ingenious crar1ks have made within my knowledge, and many Of them weBe patented. One genius in- vented and patented a grave stone that had a glass-eovered recess in the face of the stone near the top, for the recep- ton of picture of the deceased, togeth- CT with such trifiing remembrances as a lock of hair. faded flower etc. The strange part of the story is that the in- ventor found large number of people who actually paid him for his invention.
 Another man. who probably had a tender heart and was a member of some humane society invented 8 device to be adjusted to a dog for the purpose of helping him around a corner. This in- ventor had seen dogs attempt to turn corner while in full chase after cat and roll over and over from the too sud den changing of the direction of the for ward part of the body; so he made this invention which prevented too sudden change. It consisted of a jointed rod which lay along the line of the spinal column, and was strapped to the dog fore and aft. The jointed rod was main tained generally in a straight line, by a spring, which. however allowed the dog by an effort, to bend 1t and so change his direction. The patent office refused to grant patent, but the device has been preserved and can be seen in the collec- tion of rejected applications in the model room.
 T do not speak of the perpetual mos tion machine applications for a mere catalogue of them would fill a-column- and they are still coming
 Most of the freak applications for patents are not known to the general public. because they do not contain the element of invention and so the patent office turns them down. People in gem eral do not differentiate between inven- tion and adaptation. Something strikes one as a good idea and he thinks it would be wise to patent it. He goes to an att torney and explains his idea, and the attorney either from ignorance or un- scrupulousness advises him that it is good thing and probably patentable. Af- ter he has spent fifty or a hundred dol- lars he learns that thing to be pat entable, must not only be new, but 1t must also be useful and embody the eie- ment of invention"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13
Season of shearIna Wool.

"The sheep men of the west are busy now shearing wool" said gentleman from Idaho' Although the wool is not as heavy as 1t has been during former years 1t is stated that the quality is much above the average. The Austra- Han wool crop will not be as large ot as good this year as usual and the noun tain sheep men are looking forward to large returns. Raising sheep In the far west Is a picturesque business, but the men employed live hard life and have many dangers to face. The great snow storms of the winter are responsible for many deaths of shepherds who get lost in the blizzards
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13
Birmingham as Church Town.

Birmingham is certainly great church town said visitor yesterday. ''1n most cities of this size church congrega- tions are pretty slender during the hot months, but hereIt doesn't seem to make any difference. As the churches were dismissed this morning l was sitting in front of the hotel where church goers had to pass, and I was amazed at the number of people that came from the neighboring churches. It speaks we'll for town when the people are so devoted to church going"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13
ENTERTAINMENTS TRleUTE To LEo.

From the New York Tribune.
 Pope Leo, the head of the Roman hierarchy, whose life is just finished. has filled a large place in the history of his time. and won the esteem of Christians of every creed and nation by the gentlenesss and urbanity of his man. ners. He was large hearted and gener- otis in his treatment of the great ques- .tions of his time. He was free from bitterness towards Christians of other names, and his death will be regretted and mourned by many outside of the great church over which he presided with so much tact and wisdom. 70 utsi sic omnes. May his successor be as wise, and noble. s
 JOHN SCARBOROUGH,
 Bishop of New Jersey F Trenton. N.sJ., July 9, 1903.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13
RLvALe IN MIsFoRrUNE.

From the Queen.
 People are very often proud of the prop. critics to which they are heirs, but surely few landed estates are so vaunted, few castles so boasted about, as are the ills to which the flesh Is heir. Human na- ture fairly revels In its misfortunes, and this revelry leads to rivalry and to many complications. None are so proud, none are so jealous. as your travelling invalid.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13

I 1 HE dedication Of the plot of ground | kCD at the Worlds fair set aside for
 a replica of Jerusalem took place Saturday and was a most interesting ceremony The quaint rites of the Holy Land introduced into the midst of mod ern scenes presented striking contrast to the bustling activity of St, Louis All the Hebrew ceremonies on such an occa- sion were carefully carried out. The Oriental costumes. the gray bearded patriarchs, the eameIs and the lamb were all there. although the slaughter of the latter was only make believe. Fifty delegates from Jerusalem were in St. Louis to attend the dedication and in addition there were about ten thous- and spectators. The ten tribes of Israel were represented by ten patriarchs bear ing the scroll of the Mosaic law and they were sheltered under magnificent Egyptian tent
 It Is seldom that such spectacle Is afforded to people of this country, and the dedication ceremonies should have been attended by a much larger con course The replica of ancient Jerusalem will be an interesting feature of the Louisiana Purchase exposition. The board of management have planned sev- eral departures along this line for the coming shoE It has been proposed to have the Passion Play transferred to this country, but such scheme is totally im- practicable, for one of the greatest charms of the play is it's wealth of pie turesque local color which would be sad ly out of place in St. Louis.
 The editorial writers of the country will have material now to run them for an- other two weeks in the barbarous lynch ing that took place Saturday in West Virginia Of ali the revoIting crimes that have stained the name of American man hood this, if true in every detail is un- doubtedIy the worst It is hard to con ceive that such display of diaboiical frenzy can be made In a country as far advanced as America Fortunately the lynching happened on debatabIs ground that can be called neither south iior north. It will be interesting now to fol- low the various discussions that will ap- pear in the editorial columns of the pa- pers. Lynchings have been written about and talked about until great many people are tired of the subject. but as long as such things take place the press will continue to devote space to them and there will always be certain new ness about them, because the question is one of such vital importance to the peo. pie of this country, both white and black. a
 Just now in the larger cities the pub lie baths are proving boon to suffer Ing humanity No gift to the poor could be more acceptable at this season of the year than pure, refreshing water, unless 1t be bread. To the weitering humanity in town who are unable to get away to the cooling shade of the trees the public baths offer the only relief. It Is true that particular persons have some ob- Jections to bathing in pools where there is promiscuous crowd from early morn ing until closing hour at night, but such matters do not bother the poor and they are profting by the advantage offered them to take bath fire of charge.
 A The nerves displayed by thieves is the subject of a humorous editorial in lead-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13

nois and Delaware. Tho wisdom of Governor Jellss' policy Ia beyond uues. ton. and long before hls term Is end- ed he will have driven the practice out of this state, and thls accomplish ment will so to his credit ia the annals of Alabama.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 Housewives are very foolish not to form labor union against their, cooks.
 Suffering for some one she loves is woman's greatest joy. and some men give her lots of 1t. ittif
 With half the women that get married they are too good for their husbands, afsa with the other half their husbands are not good enough for them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13
THE sLEEPLEssNEss oE DAVID.

From the Hartford Courant.
 What really keeps David B. Hill awake nights is his patriotic dread of the "dema- gogIcal and dangerous tendencies" of Theodore Roosevelt. The peril his below ed country is in drives slumber from David's eyelids.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13
Japan is spunI1y but not big.
AND THEN IF MIGHT NOT.

From the Baltimore Herald.
 It might clear the atmosphere little if Mir Bryan and Mir Cleveland could be brought together at banquet with the understanding that MT. Bryan must speak first.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13
Jake Eles, sr., on Vacation.

Jake Fies, sr., celebrated his 7sth birth day last Friday, and on Saturday he departed for waukesha, Wis. where he will remain for about two months, or during the excessively warm months of the summer. The waukesha Springs are known far and wide and the place is a very popular resort at the north. MT. Fies will no doubt return greatly invig- orated by his sojourn, .ss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13
THE MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM,

From the Jacksonville Times Union.
 A gentleman by the name of Max Inn sen now declares that "the democrats are gaining all through the west" This is evidently the maximum of enthusiasm and the minimum of experience.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13

Through an error in the addition of figures in yesterdays issue, it was made to appear that The Age-Herald paid fraction of over 35 per cent of the postage receipts of the Birming- ham postoffice from newspaper publi- cations. AS matter of fact, the per centage paid by The Age-Herald dur ing the last quarter was only 30 per cent and fraction. The exact amount of postage paid by The Age-Herald as receipted for by Postmaster Hughes, and as his remittance to the depart ment at Washington shows, was $79O77.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13
AmalIoration contInues.

washington, July |. -Monsisnor Fall
 conio, the papal delegate. this morning received the following cablegram from Cardinal Rampolla: H;Si
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13

Eighty-one deputies in the German reichstag will each contrive some new way to rub against the lese majeste laws.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13

Why should not water companies be compelled to boil thelr water in whole sale lots before injecting it Into peo- ples stomaohs?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13

Grover Cleveland evidently expects the people to ascertain his desires by political test His lightning rod is still there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13

Ambassador Choate hopes to live to see statue in memory of George Washington erected in London and one to Queen Victoria in Washington. For tunately he did not mention King George III, who Is still unpopular in this country
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13

Cabling yourself in nine minutes and a half is an expensive fad, Ten words to yourself will cost you about thirty dollars, and then you will look like thirty cents.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13
A Disciple of Hanna.
. plttsl,,irq Cazette.

From the Pittsburg Gazette.
 The old gentleman was leading his boy to the woodshed. A strap dangled in the hand of the old man and a tear trickled down the face of the boy.
 This will be more painful to me than to you" said the unhappy father, with quivering lip. s
 Then let's settle the matter without striking" suggested the boy. I'm willing to arbitrate.p E kErY !. .aE q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13

King Alexander's assassins are to be banished on pensions, and the Len sions will be the salaries trey are now receiving. King Peter Is very o1iolr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13

Neither Marconi nor Tesla has beat en the cable round,the-world record of nine minutes and half.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13

lTwo-thirds of the people of Breathitt county cannot read or write. put all can shoot or be shot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13

The campanile of St. Marks in Ven ice fell down in five minutes, and it will take five years to restore it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13
on Ind Wrona track.

From the Washington Evening Star.
 ''Do you believe In reincarnation?" ?" said the man with dark glasses.
 "I don't know" answered Mir Cumrox uneasily; you see when we give party mother and the girls always look after the floral decorations"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13

The Russian bear is showing It's teeth. but 1t is not showing more than President Roosevelt can muster.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13

Recruits for polar expeditions are easily obtained m this weather.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13

King Peter's new bullet-pro1f gar ments should become popular in Evansville, Ind.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13

Understudy Corey of the steel Just Is in danger of becoming round sholl- dered if he must accept the schwab salary also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13

In iowa the corn has to stay up all night in oraer to gain room to grow in.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13

Mir. Rosevelt's favorite topics are race suicide and bigger navy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13
A LlveIY RoN.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. a.s
 That boy of yours appears to be ur- usually brisk in all his movements.
 My boy? You're right. he is. Why he was the very first boy to get into the hospital on the Fourth '"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13

A contract was let last week--aetual- ly let-in the postofnce department to the lowest bidder This world is be- coming very queer. .1z.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13

Indiana is ambitious alike in lynch ings and literature.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13

The Iowa idea is now at the pie counter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-07-13
Asked and Answered.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
 Irate Father-Ahl how is 1t catch you kissing my daughter, sir? Answer me, sir; how is it7
 Young Man-Fine. sir; fnel