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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29
Neuroes Moving Northward.

The last census shows that Philadel- phia gained in the decade covered by it 2S,242 negroes; Chicago gained 15,- S79; New York, 12.645; Baltimore, 12,- 154; Washington. 11,1SO; Louisville, 1O,4SS; Pittsburg, 9190; Brooklyn, soSO. and Indianapolis, 679S.
 Doubtless the tendency of negroes is towards the cities, and the census figures seem to show that they are going to northern cities as freely as they are seeking southern cities. At any rate the increase in their numbers was larger in the census decade in Philadelphia than it was in Memphis. It was larger in Chicago than in New Orleans-greater in New York, Balti- more or Washington, than in Atlanta, Jacksonville or Savannah.
 It is true. percentages may not sus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29
Berry Crop Was Short.

Now that the strawberry season is past and we have had time to balance accounts we can tell something about the size of the crop" said merchant on Morris avenue yesterday, who keeps close ly up with the movement of the berry crop
 "The quality of the berry this year was good but the crop, especially in this sec tion, was off in quntity Cullman, whence we get most of the berries produced only about half a crop on account of the severe weather just before the first crop was maturing.
 "But l understand that the sweet potato crop at Cullman will make up liberally for the deficiency in the strawberry crop. The season has been very fine for this root product and the soil at Cullman is peculiarly adapted to their production.
 "Cullman produces something like $50 GOO worth of potatoes every year. I un- defstand that the acreage has been in- creased this season and the returns will be larger. These potatoes will be ready for shipment about the middle of July and will continue till January l."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
Colonel Sellers.

"The present discussion of the negro 1 question:" said a prominent attorney yes terday, recalls the discussion of this same question in the Gilded Age, be- l tween Senator Dilworthy and Colonel 1 Sellers. The place was Hawkeye Mo-. the time. just after the end of the civil war The senator is represented as mak- 1 ing inquiries as to the progress of agri- culture education and religion, and es- pecially as to the condition of the emanci- pated race. and this is followed by the following colloquy:
 "Providencee he said, "has placed them in our hands, and although you and l. general. might have chosen different destiny for them, under the constitution yet Providence knows best"
 You can't do much with 'em' inter- rupted Colonel Sellers. "They are speculating race, sir. disinclined to work for white folks without security, plan ming how to live by only working for themselves. Idle, sir, there's my garden just a ruin of weeds. Nothing practical in em."
 "There is some truth in your obserya- tion, colonel, but you must educate them."
 You educate the negro and you make him. more speculating than he was be- fore If he won't stick to any industry except for himself now. what will he do then2"
 But, eonlonel, the negro when edn- cated will be more able to make his speculations fruitful"
 "Never, sir, never He would only have wider scope to injure himself negro has no grasp, sir Now white man can conceive great operations, and carry tlfem out; negro can't"
 still" replied the senator, granting that he might injure himself in world ly point of view, his elevation through education would multiply his chances for the hereafter-which is the important thing after all, colonel. And no mat ter what the result Is, We must fulfil our duty by this being"
 "Td elevate his soul" promptly re- sponded the colonel; that's just it; you cant make his soul too immortaL but wouldn't touch him. himself. Yes, sir! make his soul immortal but don't dis turb the negro as he is."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29
Fraternity Elects Officers Today.

Asheville, N. C., June 2s.-Two ex- ecutiye businec5 sessions of the South ern Kappa Alpha fraternity were held today. In the afternoon the delegates enjoyed a trolley ride through the res idence portions of the city and fin the evening attended a ball given in their honor at the Manor. The election of ofncers for the ensuing two years will take place tomorrow and lively fight for the office of knight commander is anticipated between John Temple incumbent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29
WILL RADIUM GENERATE
 LIFE AS BURKE CLAIMS

Scientists aver that the discovery hI E upset the hypothesis of indivisible atoms of matter. They say now that each tiny atom is itself a whole solar system of minute corpuscles called electrons. and that these elections are the source of electric energy.
 Here are a few facts known about radium
 It costs from sl.OoOOOo to sa0Oo.ooo a pound.
 It is worth 5000 times it's weight in pure gold.
 It's rays cannot be dehected or turned aside
 It's power may be destroyed by very intense heat or by placing it in a vacuum.
 It imparts to nearby objects it's own powers.
 In spite of its intense radiation less than one-sixtieth of grain would not per- ceptibly lose in weight for 100000 GOO years.
 It requires one ton of pitehblende treat cd by six tons of chemicals and fifty tons or water to produce half an ounce of radium.
 Radium radiates so quickly that it's eIec- eiohS are made self-luminous.
 A tube held in the hand and containing radium will cause no immediate pain. hut three weeks afterwards the flesh will he blistered.
 A pound of radium in a room fifteen feet long by eighteen feet square would heat and light the room and run a lot of machinery for ages without any percep- upie diminution of force. efficiency or weight.
 A pound of this substance in such a room would shrival up all the living things with which it's rays came in contact
 All other substances are as air to rad- ium rays. It penetrates steel. lead mer- cury, tin, copper. zinc and iron as if they were mosquito netting It you sit in a dark room bllndfolded and with your head inside a leaden box the rays of radium will be seen through all the thickness of the box. the blindfold and even the closed eyelids.
 If you carry a tenth Of a grain of ra- dium In your pocket for a week your skin will be blistered through your clothes, even should the substance be en- cased in copper tube and surrounded by glass.
 Photographs can be taken by radium through sheets of steel The energy of one gramme of radium eleetrons is sufficient to lift the entire British navy to the top of the Alps.
 It would take more than billion years for square centimeter of radium to lose one-thousandth part of a. gramme in weight
 
 If radium should be produced in suffl- cient large quantities the houses of a city could be painted with zinc sulphide. and by placing radlum in the street lamps the city would be forever luminous No renewal of the radlum supply would be re- quired. By coating the walls of an office with zinc sulphide and then suspending a few grammes of radium from the ceiling the office would be lighted perpetually. small piece of radium placed in the grate or connected with stove would supply perpetual heat It infalliby distinguishes diamonds from paste. giving to the real stone a bril- ! liant, phosphoreSeent light.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 It takes a lot of salve to turn a human crank.
 Death loves a shining mark and Cupid loves a soft one.
 Every married man is in favor of a heavy tax on bachelors.
 He who laughs last laughs best, be- cause he knows what ticlxles him.
 An average man is generous to a fault if 1t doesn't belong to other men.
 Ignorance would be more blissful if it was able to recognize its blissfulness
 People who attend to their own busi- ness have but little time for criticising others.
 There isn't much hope for man who will lie when the truth would do just as we'll
 A man may be all his wife thinks he is. but he is seldom what he thinks himself to be.
 When woman plays whist she meas ures out the cards as if she were going to make a pudding.
 There's much to be said on both sides when a woman attempts to write letter on single sheet of paper.
 It is easier to pay women compliments than it is to argue with them-also more satisfactory to all parties concerned.
 It sometimes happens that man who poses as a social lion before marriage looks very much like truck horse after- ward.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29
Frank s. Moody.

Frank S. Moody of Tuscaloosa, formerly state senator and the author of the fam ous Moody dispensary law that is now in force in several counties of the state stopped at the Morris yesterday He left last night for Memphis, where he goes to attend a meeting of the executive com mittee of the Southern Cotton Growers association.
 Senator Moody is the leader of the dis- pensary movement in Alabama, and at meeting of the advocates of the dispen- sary held at Birmingham recently he was appointed to prepare an address to the people of Alabama.
 Mir. Moody declined to discuss politics other than to say that he is heartily in favor of the dispensary. and that the ad- voeates of the movement would probably make an active canvass during the coming campaign next wear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29
NEARLY CAUSES DISRUPTION. Debs' Efforts to Form New Labor Or
 ganizatlon Almost Frustrated,

Chicago, June 2S.-Wrangling over the appointment of standing commit tees nearly caused the disruption of convention of delegates gathered here for the purpose of forming a new na- tional labor organization, advocated by B. V. Debs. The delegates divided when motion was put that the chair after the report of the credentials com mittee had been read and accepted to proceed with the appointment of stand ing committees.
 The motion was made by Danial De Leon of New York, leader of the so- cialist labor party, and was attacked by the leaders of sthe Chicago social ists as an andemocratic procedure. The manifesto that called the oonven- tion, it was asserted, declared that all powers should rest in the collective membership.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29
Chambers County Citizens.

L. S Schuessler, a member of the leg islature from Chambers county, accom- panied by Elliott Schuessler Steve Hoi- lingsworth, George Hollingsworth and Harry Norman, all of Lafayette, arrived in Birmingham yesterday and are stop ping at the Morris. The party will be Tn the district for several days, and dur ing that time will visit the various places 1f interest in and around Brmnghan.
 'The people over ,n east hiaocma, said Mir, Sehuessler. "are feeling very much elated over the recent rise in the price of cotton. Many merchants and planters have been holding their last years crops, and the ,lse in the prie c wli have a distinct IIdueu.s or the prosperity of our town. rae crop outlook for next Year is very igi:', considering everything and I th.nA s.at our section Is prospering when compared With the other parts of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29
The Iron Market.

The Birmingham iron market is still dull, notwithstanding the fact that in- quiries are more frequent. Early in June it was thought that in view of the rapidly diminishing stocks of consumers brisk buying movement would set in by the 1st of July. As July Is nearly here an active market will probably not material ze before the 10th or 18th of the month
 If statistics and the general prosperity of the metal trades count for anything consumers will have to come in the mar ket on a large scale in the near fu- ture
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29
PREPARING APPEAL.
Gray and Associates to Go Up With
 South and North Case.

Montgomery, June 2S.-It is stated that the attorneys for Henry B. Gray of Birmingham, in the case against the South and North Railroad com pGny, in the equity court, will in a few days perfect an appeal to the supreme court from the decision of Judge Sayre on that part wherein a receiver is declined.
 It is said that the attorneys are waiting for the necessary papers to arrive from New York for the requi- site bond.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29
Rural Carriers Appointed.

Washington, June 2S.-(Special. )-Rural route No. ordered established Septem- Der 1. at Clinton. Chiffon countdy. serv- ing 453 people and los houses.
 Rural carriers appointed Calera. route 1. John R. Crouson, acrrier; J. T. Pill gren, substitute; Fayette, route ?, Gather vandfver, carrier; no substituted; route s, Joe E. Caine, carrier, Arthur Gentry. sub stitute
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29
Tomato Culture.

We have shipped 45Oo crates of toma- toes from our farm at Boiling this sea- son, and we are not yet through" said c. F. Bell, general manager of the Boiling Fruit company yesterday.
 "The season has been exceptionally fine for tomatoes and like products and we are well pleased with the returns we are getting from our farm at Boiling
 Next year we expect to increase the aereage and are putting out strawberry plants and will plant some lands to canta- lonpes. We had sixteen acres in tomatoes this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29
Ore Mines.

Speaking of records In ore mining" said well known furnace operator, the Sloss mines on Red mountain, near Besse- mer, with only two slopes, has an aver age daily output of 20O0 tons. The output sometimes goes as high as SOO tons a day When the Sloss-Sheffield opens third slope the average daily production will easily reach 5000 tons"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29
Alabama Bar Association to Meet.

Montgomery, June 2S.-The Ala bama Bar association will hold its an- nual meeting in Montgomery on Fri day and Saturday of this week. Among those scheduled to deliver addresses are w. L. Chambers of washington, D. C., and John w. Judd of Nashville, nm. Mir. Judd's address will be on "The Fourteenth Amendment, It's His tory and Evolution"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29
Report of Iho Expert Accountants.

Report of lhe Expert Accountants.
 The report of the expert accountants submitted to the finance committee of the aldermanic board presents some irregularities in one department or an- other but the sum of them was not a heavy drain upon the tax payers of this city. The recommendation of the expert accountants are wise and time ly. and doubtless they will be adopted from time to time as circumstances may demand All irregularities and all carelessness, be it large or small, should be weeded out, and the expert accountants point out the weak spots and the methods that should be adopted.
 There are, however, two subjects that demand immediate attention, be- cause both relate directly to the city's deficit. These two are unequal assess ments for taxation purposes. and the remission of fines by the mayor. These two evils may be said to have created a deficit of $1O3,44S. For the mayor has in the last six years remitted fines to the amount of $6O0O0, and all know that if the merchants tax and the tax on real and personal property were evenly and properly levied the city would have a surplus instead of a deficit.
 These two subjects call for thorough and careful consideration and treat ment. Some method should be devised that will ensure the return of property for taxation purposes at it's fair and real value. The histories of other cities should be studied, and a serious effort made to put an end to the injus- tice that arises when one merchant or one property owner is favored and an other disfaYored in the making of re- turns. So far as the remission of fines by the mayor is concerned, the prac- tice should be abolished, for it simply means that the man with a "pull' shall escape punishment, while the man without a "pul' shall go to the pen. The power has been woven into the charter, but there is no reason why 1t should any longer be exercised. Of late it's chief use has related to the protection of pistol toters, who, thus sheltered against punishment, have walked the streets as go many arsen- als, a menace 10 9 ~r( citizens.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29
Molly Pitchers Grave Marked.

Carlisle, Pa, June 2S.-The grave of Molly Pitcher, the heroine of the battle of Monmouth, was appropriately marked today amid impressive ceremonies which were in charge of the Patriotic Sons of America. At the request of the latter or ganization the war department at Wash ington finished cannon from one of the arsenals
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

The bubonic plauge is trying to re- inforce the yellow fever in the canal zone. It is a good pair to draw away from, and Engineer Wallace knows it. He also knows Shonts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

Engineer Wallace seems to think it is a case of too much Shonts. He does not propose to have his engineering work railroaded by Shonts and his conferees.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

tain the proposition that the negroes are moving to northern cities faster than they are to southern cities. but il is at least certain that northern cities will soon nave plenty of negroes Washington, Baltimore, st. Louis, Phil adelphia and New York may in the next census be the five leading cities of the country in the respect of negro popula- tion. Washington led all the rest in the census of 1890.
 Out of total gain in the decade of 12,237, Birmingham gained 5S21 ne groes, but Washington gained twice as many, and Philadelphia nearly five times our increase. There is no doubt a northward movement, and the move ment is perhaps at the bottom of the scarcity of labor in the south, although the rapid development of this section enters into the problem.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

The policy holders of the Equitable are so bound and gagged that they dare not wax indignant at the grating that has been disclosed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

The misdeeds of the Equitable Life are simply too numerous to mention.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

Governor Folk is still trying to show what Reform with a big R really is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

China begins to feel her new strength, and Japan Is standing close behind her.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

MT. Morton should stop long enough to let the policy holders know whether he is still paying Chauncey M. Depew s20,- GOO year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

Alabama as a whole may need rain but this district needs none, either on the surface or down in it's numerous sub-cellars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

President Newman of the New York Central railroad has regained his nerve.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

The war clouds that are hanging over Europe are clouds that will not mater ialize into the storm and stress of war. The Emperor William is a grandstand player. and France is also pretty good in That away.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

Loomis will not exhibit the presidential and departmental reproof he received as he travels in Europe as official inspector of the world
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

The Crane company has an opportunity in this district to gain control in the south of the sale and manufacture of furnace and milling supplies. May it go in and win.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

A St. Louis couple were married on a -go-round while 1t was in operation. They must think that life is one grand hurdy-gurdy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

Minister Rocbhill at Pekin should begin to earn his salary.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

Engineer Wallace's favorite ditch is to cost $24o'0oooOO, and it will take twelve years to deliver It. But he is no longer digging ditehes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

John Wesley Gaines Is fighter whether he is in Congress or in laun- dry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is los ing confidence in the secretineness of his department It leaks when 1t should be as sound as a kettle.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

A grand duke should be sent to Lodz to negotiate peace, but he should wear coat of armour as thick as that of battleship
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

Sweden Is bluffing for the purpose of getting better terms of separation, for there are many details yet to be ad- iusted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

The tramps turned the Mentor switch 1t is said, because they were jealous of the trains that carried millionaires.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

China does not propose to have her high caste people insnlted in this country and at the same time go on buying our cotton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

The Cossack is the curse of modern democratic Russia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

When the Equitable officials are made to disgorge, the money market in the Equitable building will be easy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

The whitewash brush has been over worked in Washington and 1t should be laid aside out of reach.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

Loomis may prove persona non grata to some of the over-scrupulous courts of Europe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

Spain and Russia cannot rebuild their navies. They are too damp for that pro- cess.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

General Kitchener is itching to assall nation when it is down.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

Loomis should not teach the legations their positions It isn't a bit nice
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

All the other presidential aspirants think Secretary Taft would make a splendid chief justice
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

Pittsburg's civic ambition has been pricked by the supreme court of the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

After all, 1t was Tom Lawson who first uncovered the Equitable scandals. Give the devil his due.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

Oyama is not a bit bothered by the proposed armistice. It is the rainfall that bothers him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29
One word then in conclusion: Boosti Don't knock

One word then m conclusion:
 Boost! Don't knock.
 For the man who "sees crooks in the running brooks grafters' in stones and bad in everything" there IS really no room in town like Birmingham He needs to go elsewhere to some city where life is less brave and less true and less beautiful than it is here In Birmingham m he may be tolera ted-he can never be en- couraged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

L. H. Russ, w. F. Jordan and George D, Britain are the only authorized travelling representatives of The Age Herald in it's circulation department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

MT Rosson and MT McNutt. the expert accountants, have performed their profess sional duty and performed it creditably.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected mauscripts will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

Washington Bureau Age-Heraid. 1421 G street N. w.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-06-29

Forthwith scientists began to search for the substance that possessed in the high est degree the power of radiation. A woman found it in-radium. Professor Curie, her husband, shared in the seien- tihc labors' but the real discoverer was Madame Curie. The new element was ex- tracted from a compound called pitch blende, found in the Hartz mountains of Bohemia and in Cornwall, England