The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-01-14

NA lROLA TESLA has DrOken U bounds again with an assert- ment of stupendeus promises concerning what he is goins to do that are enough to make the most phlegmatic person sit up and think, For one thing Tesla has little scheme by which he will do away with forts and battleships. When he perfeets his powerful 'telanto- matle' torpedo, which no human agency can prevent from finding its mark when launched, the jlg will be up fer mere | armored cruisers, torpedo boats and suoh other craft that now typify the horrors of war Admirals on sea and generals | on land may well remarki ''TO the junk pile with such rubbish as battleships' What useful purpose can they subservs when the telantomafio' torpedo smites Us unawares, travelling with incredible speed for an incredible distance, and com- ing from no man knows whltherT How ever, the "devil-teletomata" are merely side Issue. What Tesla Is really eHerting himself to perfect is an osoillator of 10- 100000 Horse power, with which he ex- poets to pass the time of day with Venus and Mars. This first oseilator will be n mere plaything when It's successor is f1nished--a machine with 1,00O000,O0o horse power, that will shake up this old uni- verse like an earthquake shock. Now, we ali admire Niltola Tesla immensely He is optimistic and hath a wonderful charm of imagination, but the wonder is that he manages to stay outside of an Insane asylum so successfully
 When Governor Jeff Davis was inaugu- rated for his third term at Little Rock he delivered his message to the Legisla- | ture dressed in a suit of Confederate gray. All through his career Governor Davis has endeavored to live up to his name, and while he probably knows that the war Is over, he plays to the grand stand successfully and has had no trou- ble in holding his job as chief executive l Of Arkansas.
 The gentleman who is at present play l ing an important role in suit for di- vorce says that his wife slept with her shoes on so that she could run out in case of fire. Whatever other faults the | lady may have she d not trouble her spouse with cold feet
 Mrs. Roosevelt has just been appointed l guardian of Kermit and Ethel c. Roose- welt in connection with legacy. What IS needed most of all Is a guardian for MT. Roosevelt
 | A man has just been fined s10 for sit- ting in woman's lap in the subway. He was trying to take mean advantage of being in a tunnel
 Nearly seventy years old Jules Verne, romancer and scientific dreamer, Is still weaving those wonderful tales that have made him the idol of youth and the won- der of older heads. His f1ftieth published book has recently been issued with the title "Le Voyage Extraordinaire." This is another of those impossible stories in which a vivid imagination and scien- tifc prophecy give delight to the reader. In the past many of Verne's remarkable predictions have been verified, and the day may come when a craft such as is described i'm his latest book, combining the qualities of an electric ship, an auto mobile, flying machine and a subma- rine, and annihilating distance at the rate | of 150 miles an hour. will bid defiance to the petty time tables and schedules that now harass humanity. It will be long time before the world produces two more entertaining romancers than Jules Verne and Rider Haggard. The boy, now grown to mans estate, who once bored over | their books in feverish delight, rejoices to know that both these writers still possess teeming imaginations that over flow into print.
 | A Cleveland woman has seen fit to re- vive the discussion of Adam and his missing rb She speculates as to whether Adam would have been willing to lose his rib for a helpmeet had he known that surgical operation destined to shape the history of the world was being planned | by his Creator. It is barely possible that Adam might have objected, but all dis cussion of the affair at this late day Is unnecessary and without result. Whether Adam was willing or not. his rib was extracted, woman was builded herewith.