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The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23

of serpents. This. was ascertained in states that exposure of from fifty to sixty hours to the rays of radium is suffi- cient to destroy the poisonous character of the poison of the viper. and the same is true of the poison of the cobra. which is interesting n view Of the fact that the latter poison ressts the action of heat much longer These experiments led to others, where the radium emanatiop was employed instead of the direct action of the radium rays, and glass tube was filled with a 1-per-cent. solution of viper poison to about two-thirds its height The tube was then exhausted and filled with air containing radium emanaton, after which it was allowed to remain for twenty-four hours, in the course of which time the liquid acquired an opalescent lustre and a strange odor.
 When injected into a guinea pig it had no toxic effect and the only change noted was a loss of weight by the animal By diluting the poison with distilled water and exposing as before it was found that the toxicity disappeared in six hours but when glyeerine was used a much longer time was required. The opales- cence mentioned is caused by suspended particles. and the conclusion reached is that the radium emanation acts to decom- pose albumenoid poisons. Inasmuch as ths emanation has no effect on the roisons of the lizard or the common toad it is believed that a new method has been found of studying the constitution of poisons of serpents, which will enable the experimenter to discriminate betweeA them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23

prison system in the case of political prisoners and suspects is continued soli- tary confinement until as in the case of that splendid intellectual reformer, Dim itri Passareff. they can be reported as harmless Some prisoners here were re- lieved of their senses quite gently and all most politely. They were shut up in com- fortable cells well lit by electric light, and for mental pabulum they were sup piled with only religious and technical works. When insanity or suicide super vened the appointed end had been se- cured. But the doom of others presents even greater features of horror. Imag- inc a dark, damp cell measuring 10 by 6 feet, beneath the level of the surrounding waters, in which the chained man or woman is condemned to lie in absolute idleness. studiously isolated from any in- tercourse with human beings
 For ten minutes every second day the miserable wretch is allowed to see the light and breathe the air in the prison yard. For the rest intoerable loneliness. absolute silence, occupation of not the smallest kind; no books, no writing ma terials. no instruments of manual labor. Madness comes to such gradually with the passing years. In the majority of cases the mind rots slowly in the en- feebling body. Suicide and madness are the two great weapons in which Rus sian autocracy puts is trust"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23

on the floor, the bewildering area of cordage laid over 1t, and then the center of the envelope is hosted to the roof and work begun on the lower part of the huge machine. Usually at this stage a wagon load of tubes and gas arrives from the chemical department, and a pre- lminary filling is begun to see whether the skins leak at all at the joinings
 Wagon loads of these tubes accompany every military balloon in the field. wheth- CT it be of the free" or captive vari- ety. In connection with the factory, too, there are schools of military photo- graphy and cartography, and in these branches of military science young of ficers qualify themselves for special ser vice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23
She Knew 1t.
From the Detroit Tribune.

From the Detroit Tribune.
 Madam said the boy as the lady of the house answered his ring at the front door. you know that where there is smoke there must be some fire, don't you?'
 .Yes, hubby"
 Well, there's heap of smoke coming from your kitchen windows and . shouldn't wonder if there is some fire.''
 "I know there is My husband was mad and went away this morning without kissing me and I have just knocked barrel to pieces and split up the mixing board and started a fire to bring him back on the run. Much obliged, little boy, but l know all about it."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23

widows and 400 children who have in the past three years been deprived of their bread winners by accidents in the mines caused by laxity in our laws. Some ac- tion on the part of the people must be forthcoming or mine casualties will grow to alarming proportions
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23
Radium and Snake Bite.

From Harper's Weekly.
 recent and most curious discovery made in connection with the study of ra- dium is it's peculiar property of destroy ing the poisonous effect of the vernon
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-23
LAWS ARE NEEDED IN ALABAMA Regulations for Coal Mines Are
 Not Efficient ONE HORRIBLE EXAMPLE Disaster at Virginia City Traced to Defective Laws-opposition to
 Measure in tfl State.
 Miners Careless.
ONE HORRIBLE EXAMPLE
BY E. R, NORMAN.

The crying need of Alabama today IS adequate laws to regulate the mlnihs of coal. The solution of this problem should be taken home to every citizen in this commonwealth. Our growth has been rapid. In our haste we have taiieo to pause long enough to see to IL that the lives of over 20000 of our fellow citi- zens are surrounded with the proper safeguards. What mining legislation we have has been obtained by hard and persistent effort in the legislature
 At best delving into the bowels or the earth for coal is an occupation fraught with dangers. The richest coal veins of this district have barely been touched. Biologists tell us that below the Pratt seam there are eleven other seams. As these lower seams are worked, and as necessity makes the miners go below the level of water, the dangers from gases will increase manyfold To meet this condition the mining laws of Alabama must be amended to conform with the changes that are sure to come.
 Example at Virginia Mines.
 A striking example of the inefficiency 
 when, on February 20 no men were killed in the Virginia mines. It had been known for some time that the mine was dangerous The state mine inspectors had warned the mine officials that some changes must be made. Following the suggestions of the mine inspectors, the miners signed an agreement with the company officials relative to the rules governing the mining and shooting of the coal. These regulations, as agreed upon, were posted at the mines; but in nearly every instance they were disregarded by the miners. As the inspectors always complete their inspection before the 1 o'clock shot, they claimed that they were unaware that the rules were being dsregarded. Under the law the mine inspectors were powerless to close the mine. The laws enacted for the protection of the citizens, who were to live under them, were inoper- ative Not altogether unexpected, the laws of nature, disregarding the laws of man, had brought about certain con ditions in the bottom of the Virginia mines, and as the natural result, a dis aster followed.
 The present mining laws insufficient as they are, wefe passed after hard struggle on the part of many of the legislators who were informed of the ne- cessity of strict mining laws. The first board of inspectors was established in 1892 and since that time the mining laws have been gradually developed. Every reform proposed along these lines met with strenuous opposition from a number of legislators
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-08
ANOTHER ENoCH ARDEN AFFAIR
The Two Husbands Arrange Things
Amicabiy and Part Like
T::O Chums.

(Pincville Cor. Charlotte Chroncle.)
Our village was the scene of some
excitement last week occasioned by
the coming to life of certain Mr..
ThornhilI, who was supposed to have
died years ago. 1t appears that Mr..
Thornhill married a girl, who lived
in Greenyille, S. c., who came 10 Pine
vile about three years ago, and OBJ
tanned work in Dover Mill Mrs
Thornhll who is decidedly a good
looking woman, said that she was
widow, and she and her little daugh-
ter. Lois. pursued the even tenor of
their way until a man. Mr.. Strick-
land appeared on the scene. Mr..
Strickland succumbcd to the charms
of the fair widow, and they were
duly married. Happiness, apparent
y "pcrched on their banner" and all
was going on well until husband No.
quietly and unannounced, walked in.
MIR. Thornhill was we'll dressed. and
real nice looking, and behaved as
lamb-like as could be desired. He
said he only wanted his little daugh-
ter. Lois. who is a remarkably bright
little girl, and it appears that there
was no objection to this wish. The
two husbands walked up the street
as amiably as two old chums. and
Mr. Strickland purchased Lois nice
pair of shoes. and. afterwards accom-
panied Mr.. Tbornhill and Lois to the
depot, shook hands with them, and
returned to his home. whore MS wife
and baby awaited him. They decid-
ed to seek other fields and pastures
new, and shook off the dust OF Pine
vile. as they gave out. to some point
in Georgia so "alls well that ends
well, but it was cool proceeding.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-08
Leads all North Carolina Daies i'm News and Circulation

A cCpy will be sent free to any ad-
dress on application to the Secretary.
What the Association has accom-
plished in its five years of existence,
said Secretary Poe, "ougnt certainly
to win it a larger support, AID l shall
tie glad to hear from any who may
wish to become members, This or
eanization brought about the estab-
iishment of rural school libraries in
North Carolina.-an act i"ven ent
which would alone justify it's exist
enCe if it had done nothing else. To
it is also due the establishment of
North Carolina Day in the schools.
The Historical Commission and our
splendid Hall of History-the best in
the South-are two of its other monu-
mentS. Last year it rendered North
Carolina d patriotic service of the
highest Importance by forever vindi-
eating North Cardinals Civil War re-
cord against the charges of yadgc
Christian service that might never
have been done but for the existence
, f such an organization, ard which
has this year resulted in the placing
Of permanent memorials at Bethel
Chickamauga, and Appomattox. There
are other tasks no less worthy ahead
of us, and l earnestly hope that a
great number of North Carolinians
will attend our meeting next week,
and enroll themselves as members of
the Association
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-08

! of one hundred and thirty-eight other
l think twenty States which refuse
to women all other suffrage privi-
| leges permit them to vote for school
officers, either without restriction or
under certain conditions. 1t is al
legged, however, that the number who
avail themselvs of this privilege is
commonly very small. 1t is said
with apparent authority that at the
elections for school officers, which
ought to interest ,all women who in
good faith desire to be really useful
by means of their suffrage, the pro-
portion of women who vote in the
State of New York is estimated at
two per cent, in Connecticut at from
one to two and a half per cent, and
in Massachusetts ordinarily at not
more than three or four per cent
The decrease of their desire to vote
on this question is indicated by such
statistics as these: in the city of
Chicago 29,S15 women registered as
voters in 1894; but in 1898 the num-
Der was only 1,4SS. In the year 1895,
in the city of Cleveland 1881 women
registered; but in 1898 this number
was reduced to 80.
The WOman'S Club as An Ally of
Female Suffrage.
In the face of such an adverse ma
Continued on Fourth Page.)
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-08
WILL Do GOOD
PeriIous Pranking With
Trains by Boys.
They Were Not Convicted, But Notice
is Served That the Road Will
Protect its Property, and
Lives of Travellers.
Especial to News and Observer.)

Especial to News and Observer
Greensboro, n. c., Oct "A
couple of bad boys in High Point were
recently punished in court here for
"pranking with switch lights on the
railroad track at High Point, where
hundreds of trains are switched each
night. The boys were actually caught
changing the color of the warning or
instruction signals to trains Cases in
the Federal court show that putting
rocks on the railroad rail- to see the
engine crush them, is a form Of peril
Gus mischief cotton factory boys have
discovered.
Recently a train was derailed near
a cotton mill town in Randolph coun-
ty. A boy had put rcck on the rail.
NothinS} could -be der1e with him by
the United States court as. he was too
small to have anything but a good
whipping, which his parents gave him.
Thursday in the Federal Court here
two boys, Jesse Grady and Charlie
Morphis who were tried and acuuit-
ted in the State court for placing OBJ
structions on the track. and inflicted
i'm the Federal court for delaying the
United States mail, were tried. Judge
Bynum again appeared for them. and
they were again declared not guilty
by a jury These boys played putting
crush it. Number twenty mine last
summer had the truck wheels badly
derailed. while going ffty miles an
hour, near White Oak Mills delaying
the mail half an hour. The wheels
crushed the rock the boys had placed
on the rail, but bounced off as well
The boys were about twelve years old,
and the jury agreed with Judge By
mum that they had 10 idea of delaying
the United States mail or that the
train carried any mail. Detective
Ahern. in talking about the case said
he had no desire to persecute the
boys, but wanted to make it plain that
the Southern was prepared to proceed
to the utmost limit of the law against
all such offenders. The example set
in this case will have. he thinks. a
decidedly salutary effect in preventing
other boys from attempting any such
useless and foolish tricks.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-08
Nloncy az sMeet I,utatoes.
lScottisn Chief1

The Scottish Chief has just learned
of very remarkable yield of sweet
potatoes by Messrs. r. b. Pace and
r. Nj. Carter. of Maxton They gath
cred something over 200 bushels from
one acre and have already realized
upward of 500 from the crop. There
is money n potatoes as we'll as MANY
other Kinds Of truck and the lands
i'm this section seem to be we'll adapt
ed to everything which our truck far
mers have attempted
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-08
By GROVER CLEVELAND.

Of all that human enlightenment C
build.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-08
And Hog JOwi. Too
fGastonia Gazette. J

Thev are canning sweet potatoes.
NOW let 'en go to putting up turnin
green's so they can be on tap the year
round.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-08

A knot will not come united If il
would rather knot than not
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-08
PIGGEsT TIME EVER.
com" 10 RaIcjoi' aud Get IN the Bic
Gathering.
eersboro Record.

Greensboro ReCord.)
Raleigh is fixing to do great stunts
when Nj. Roosevelt stops over for
nalf /; day with her next Thursday
week, the 18Th
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1905-10-19
She was Bewitched.

Thomas w. Lawson was once visit
ed in his Boston office by young
woman who came laden with all sorts
of college diplomas and gilt-edged ref.
erences. 1t so happened that. Mr..
Lawson needed temporary secretary,
and engaged her on the spot. When.
later in the day, the young woman
handed Mr.. Lawson a number of let
ters that he had dictated, they were
chiefly remarkable for their hideous
photography. He called the girls at.
tention to her plumbers, whereupon
she replied with giggle:-
Really, now, | think | must have
been bewitched."
quite So" said Mr.. Lawson: some
fairy has evidently cast bad spell
over YOU"
This story affords a moral to the
average stenographer and typewriter
for IL there is anything which exasper
ates business or professional man il
is the inability of his amanuensis to
spell correctly Success.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1905-10-19
MISS GARDNER's BoARpERs
BY Louise r. Baker.

Miss Gardner had two funny board
ers, deiicate-looking little boy and a
great shaggy dog. The little boys
uncle, who had brought him from the
city, told Miss Gardner that she need
not be afraid to let the little boy
boarder roam about the country so
long as he was accompanied by the
big dog boarder.
The little boy boarder's name was
Jackey, and the big dog boarder's
name was Caesar.
Everybody was talking about Miss
Gardner's funny boarders. for usually
boarders We're at least mothers with
children. and everybody who hadn't
seen them wanted to see them. AL
WAYS they were together. the little
boy bare-headed, as his uncle said he
might go: the two of them walking or
running or sitting by the roadside
resting; or-and this was the pretti-
est sight of all-the little tired boy
boarder would be resting on Caesars
back.
Jimmy Smith was the only boy in
that town who had bicycle. and he
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1905-10-19
DEFAcING NATURAL BEAUTIES.

Philadelphia Press.-The stone
crushers has attacked one of the high
promontories which, with it's compan-
ion hill opposite, makes the famous
Water Gap, through which flows the
Delaware river. Instead of two low
mountains of verdure and beauty,
which have made that particular spot
a delight to the eye ever since the
human gaze fell upon it, a change is
impending. The reduction of one of
the high green bluffs to a SCARED
quarry ruin is in progress and in evil
dence. Unless public opinion makes
itself felt against this spoilation ear
ly and forcibly, the Delaware Water
Gap will lose it's chief charm and a
point of great beauty become an I'M
slightly scar on the earth's surface.
The Lackawanna railroad wants
the stone for ballast, but why must
1t mar the chief attraction on it's
route east of Niagara Falls? There
are plenty of points at which stones
can be obtained without spelling the
, Delaware Water Gap. A few years
ago those providing New York City
with granite blocks for paving were
engaged in the work of destroying
| the Palisades of the Hudson in order
| to supply the stone. There was no
need of this, and it was forbidden by
law. Granite block can be obtained
at other points in abundance, without
| destroying the beauty of the lower
Hudson. So railroad bed ballast can
| be obtained in unlimited quantities
without destroying the beauty OF the
Delaware Water Gap.
| This country needs strong organi-
cation, well supplied with money and
energy to defend the points and places
of great natural beauty from the as
saults and greed of vandals Such a
society would resist the prospective
destruction of Niagara Falls and the
threatened wood pulp spoilation of
the White Mountains and this destruc-
ton of one of the high green bluffs of
the Delaware Gap now just begun.
There is plenty of work for such a so
ciety, unless the most short-sighted
form of commercial greed is going to
have it's own way in destroying the
country's greatest natural beauty.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1905-10-19
A PUZZLED LITTLE BRAIN.

j think it is so queer
That when we children here
Are fast asleep-each curly head
Tucked snugly in his downy bed
Some children living far away
Are up and out-of-doors at play.
And then, my teacher says, the sun,
When all his shining here is done,
Goes down to China and Japan
To shine as brightly as he can.
So when l lie down to my rest
The little Japs are being dressed;
And when at morn my prayers are
said
The Chinese girls are going to bed.
But, oh, it seems to me so queer,
They do not do as we do here.
-Zitella Cooke in "Grasshopper':
Hop"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1905-10-19
AS TO AMBASSADORS.
They Should Not be Too Popular
Abroad

Harpers Neekly-Persona arata. of
course, an ambassador must be: but
that is merely technical phrase, APP
plicable to anybody whom the gov.
eminent to which he is accredited is
unwilling to declare positively objec.
tonable. We have never sent rep
resentatiye to the court of st. James
whom we were invited to recall. Not
even John Adams was pronounced
persona non grata, although he was
made to feel that George III was not
glad to see him in the capacity of an
envoy of an independent republic. To
all those who lived In England during
our civil war IL is matter of no
toriety that London society was far
more gracious to Mr., Mason, the con-
federate commissioner, than it was 10
the ungenial and reserved. hut loyal
and Jealous. servant of the Unien,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1905-10-19


could ride very well-"fast as he
wind people said.
One morning Jimmy was waTkins
along pushing his wheel, when he
came upon Miss Gardner'ss funny
boarders.
"You can ride your dog, can't you9',
asked Jimmy
yes, indeed said Jackey.
Wouldn't care to trade the old fell
low for a bicycle, l reckon?" said
Jimmie.
mo, indeed" said Jackey.
well, | don't want to trade either
said Jimmy, good humoredly, but
just wait till you're as big as am.
and you'll find that a dog can't carry
you as fast as you'd like to go"
Caesar can carry me ever so fast"
said the little boy boarder; ''he can
carry me fast as that thing" He was
looking at the bicycle.
Jimmy threw back his head and
laughed.
HE can race right along with that
thing" said the little boy boarder.
Just then someone away in a field
gave an awful yell, cry of Mad
dog!" and in minute Jimmy was on
his wheel LET me get you in 'front.'"
he said to the little boy boarder, ''for
we've got to pull out of here"
But already Jackey understood mat
tiers. "Caesar'll take care of me-" he
said; ''he can run Eastern any mad
dog" and he jumped on the back of
the big dog boarder.
Some of the people in the neighbor-
hood saw a strange sight that day
Jimmy Brown on his bicycle, and the
big dog boarder, with the little boy
boarder on his back, running a race.
Both the bicycle and the dog drew
up at the same instant at Miss Gard
ner's and Jimmy Brown ran into the
house with the little boy boarder.
and minute later a shot was fired
in the road, a shot that killed very
dangerous mad dog.
After that you may be sure that all
the people who had not yet seen Miss
Gardeners funny boaTders were on the
lookout for the sight of a little boy
and big dog.-Dew Drops.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1905-10-19
The EnIiehtening of China.

The earliest knowledge which the
empires of Eastern Asia had of the
peoples of Western Europe was
brought them by sample. 1t came in
the guise of heavily armed ships over
crowded with buccaneers, freebooters,
sea robbers, men astonishingly like
Drake and Hawkins, with whom the
average reader is familiar. 1t need
hardly be said that the introduction
thus affected was not satisfactory
Indeed, it was misleading to the Asiat-
les, extremely painful, and horribly
expensive. Much later came differ
ent type of European into the Far
East, in the shape of missionaries OF
the Catholic church. These were
eventually expelled from the several
empires of China, Japan and Corea,
not because of the strange religion
which they taught, nor for their good
works, many of which still remain,
but because of repeated and persist
ent efforts to interfere with the poll
tics or civil government of the state.
The inception of modern acquaint-
ance and relations between Western
Europe and the Far East was even
more unfortunate. So far as China is
concerned, it was accomplished in
connection with an attempt, persisted
in for score of years, and ultimately
successful, to fasten upon an immense
race the most horrible and deadly
curse known among men. The com
mon laws of humanity, the wise stat
utes and moral sense of heather ma
ton were ruthlessly thrust aside and
sacrificed, in order to satisfy the
money lust so-caTfed Christian power.
1t is true that no such constituencies
outrage was perpetrated upon Japan.
And it is equally true that the subse-
quent history of Japan has been far
different, far brighter than that of
opium-cursed characterised Hol-
combe