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The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-06

tical knowledge of astronomy sur prise us. In his recent monumental work on the history of science Gle the greatest living authority on the subject, accords Bacon the highest honor for both theoretical and prac- tical astronomy. and MT. Voynich ical calculations which seems very certainly to be from his hand,
 Tt may be mentioned incidentally that Bacon taught the rotundity of the earth, and that it was a quota tion from Bacon which gave Colum- bus the idea of attempting to reach not remarkable. Learned men from the days of Pythagoras onward have held this view, and in the thirteenth century it was the current doctrine, as set forth in the famous treatise of Johannes de Sacro Bosco.
 That Roger Bacon believed in aI-
 
 been enough in the minds of many modern writers to cast discredlt or suspicion upon the clear and unmis- takable evidences of his scientific attainments and brand him as a vis- ionary and a charlatan. Such per sons forget, or have never known, that practically every eminent man of science in the sixteenth and sew enteenth centuries believed in both these pseudo sciences, and that some of the most eminent English physi- cists of the present day hold views which to many of us are as absurd as alchemy or astrology. The fact Is that in 1900 scientific thinking had advanced practically as far as it had 300 years later, and that Roger Bacon was one of the most learned, clear est and most remarkable thinkers of that remarkable epoch
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From Commerce Reports.
 6N HE seas to the south and east
 of Patagonia abound with
 whales. but very little at tention has been given by the Argentinians to the whaling industry However, there is one Argentine company with a whal- ing post in the South Georgia Island, which is located about 1900 miles to the southeast of Buenos Aires and about 300 miles to the east of Nthe Falkland Islands. The company has four whaling ships of about so tons each operating at the island and one Eailer engaged In the transportation of oil and fertilizer to England. Two more whalers have been ordered in Norway. and will be delivered in time for the 1s21-22 season. The cap ital of the company is entirely Ar genuine; the manager Is a Norwegian and the technical personnel is largely Scandinavian. This company has been operating since the year 1904. South Georgia Island Is In the di- rect track Of the whales coming from the Antarctic ocean in their migra- ton to the north during the mating season. In the month of November the whales begin to move past the island toward the African coast and across the Atlantic to a northern To- cation between Brazil and northwest Africa, where the whales begin to pass Georgia in February and March. No whaling Is carried on at the island from June until October be- cause of the violent winter storms. | The Argentine whaling company operates entirely from the land, sending out boats daily from Georgia to distances 40 to 50 miles from the island. The captured whales are ] brought back to the land. The com pany keeps personnel varying from 200 to 1000. and operates an extract i ing plant and crushing mill on the island. The annual production is from 25, 900 to 30.000 barrels of whale oil and about 5000 barrels of seal oil, although the production last year was only approximately 10000 bar r1s of whale and s.soO barrels of seal oil. This decrease was due to a strike and to the restriction of seal l fishing by the government of the l Falkland Islands. These seals are
 not of the fur skin variety
 The company disposes of from 5000
 to 10000 barrels of oil in Argentina
 for local consumption and exports the lremainder directly to England in its lone sailing ship. Five classes oi
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-06
Hx Ministers OnIx

'T am just down on a little pleas- ant ministerial duty" said Rev. Clay l.. Hudson, pastor of the First Bap- tist church. Cullman, "as one of my leading men wooed and won fair Birmingham belle, who consented to change both her name and residence.
 q like everything connected with my duties as a pastor, save the sor- row of officiating at funerals, but after the joy of preaching I believe get more pleasure out of marrying people.
 T think every marriage ought to have thrown around 1t the sanctity of the church, and in this way let the man and woman who are giving themselves to one another realize from the start that the best way to insure their happiness is to be con scious of the fact that Jesus of Nag areth honored marriage supper with his presence and, therefore. it IS a holy thing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-06
ORIGIN OF .RdUGH AND READY From the Detroit NeWS.

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 Rough and ready" an expression commonly applied to persons who are willing, capable and efficient, but somewhat uncouth in thei' methods. has an origin in no way discernible from the phrase itself.
 In Wellington's army, during the Battle of Waterloo, was an intrepi l colonel whose name was Rough. His first name does not appear in the available records.
 Yelling selected Rough for a hazardous task that required not only courage but promp.ness as we'll. The colonel cheerfully accepted the de- tail, and. acknowledging his quick response, the duke said; Rough. and ready Colonel Rough was so pleased with
 the compliment from the Duke yof Wellington that he adopted ths phrase as his family motto. Later fl became slogan in the British army and finally found it's way into every l day language.
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consideration, because all can play at either game.
 The attitude of nations to one an4 other is the essential element in the settlement of their various prob lems. Bristling armaments, each seeking to be larger than that of the other nation, do not establish an attitude leading to settlement by peaceful methods.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-06
How to Keep Cool

John T. Glover, lawyer was asked if he did not think it mighty hot. Yes" he replied, it Is awfully hot when you think about it. There is only one way to get away from the full force of the heat, and that is not to think about the heat.
 That is not quite so difficult as one ght think. The temperature In the shade is 10 to 12 degrees under that of the glare of the sun, and in going about town 1t is as easy to use the. shady side of the street as the sunny side. As for not thinking about the heat, that is no more diff cult than avoiding thought On other disabreeable things, ones faults, for instance"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-06
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A. D. 31,9aO ACCORDING TO SHAN Francis Hackett, in the New Re.

A. D. 31,92O ACCORDING TO SHAW Francis Hackett, in the New Re
 public.
 In that year. the young will be born out of egg shells at the age of Is or so, very much in the size and mood of our present flappers. squabs and chickens. With romantic love at this period Shaw is even more bored than he is pow. His really mature He-Ancients and She-Arcients have lost their play-instincts, their ab- sorption in art or personal passion. They are so immensely experienced that they go around in kind of germ-f free austerity. fairly beyond sleep or food or love or hair. bent only on omnipotence and omnis- science. knowledge and power. Mme. Curie one feels, and Thomas Edison are visible en route. but few others. Most of us are hopelessly food-rid- den. sleep-ridden and hairy, with the thickest personal preoccupations Wed have as miserable tims with the, Ancients as Cleopatra and Oxy- mandias did
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From the Chicago News.
 Even deaf man can hear money talk.
 Ignorance that pays looks like wisdom to some people.
 The wife of lazy man thinks other people misunderstood him.
 Give some men bread today and they will expect pie tomorrow.
 It is a desirable thing to know when your presence is not desired.
 mans fool friends cause him al- most as much trouble as his wise enemies.
 Talk is cheap, but, like other cheap things. it is apt to prove expensive in the end.
 When compared with the patience of mother all other brands of pa- tience are counte1eit.
 Judge not your neighbor harshly; he may be on the jury when it is your turn to face the judge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-06
INvENTs MUSIC TYPEWRITER

From the Christian Science Monitor.
 There has been invented in Europe a music typewriter called the kroma- rographe. With the aidv of this in- strument, it is said, the composer may produce a typewriter scroll without the trouble of making the characters by hand.
 All that he has to do is to place himself at the piano and give free play to his creative fancies. Every stroke upon the keys is registered in regular musical character upon a paper scroll wound upon a drum.
 The machine operates through a system of electric contacts with the piano keA
 The registering apparatus, which resembles an ordinary typewriter in size. may. in order to remove dis cordant sounds. be placed at dis tance from the piano. even in ah ad- Joining room.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-06
A QUESTION OF vERACITY From the Mobile Register.

pr. Nicholas Murray Butler, now sojourning and talking, in London, appears to have come. decidedly un- der the Harvey influence. Dr. Butler says that everything Mir. Harvey has said about the league is absolutely true. That being the case q lot of other people are liars. !
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-06
TRUE TO TYPE

From the Philadelphia Inquirer
 Of the hundred or so young women college practically all have chosen their future work. Their tastes are various. but about third of them Intend to teach. Plainly the new woman is not altogether different from the old.
 Four, it is worth noting, ares pre- pairing for early marriage.' Perhaps others wlo do not admit it have the same purpose. There has been much discussion as to the effect of col lege education upon matrimony. but it has never been shown it is discourag- inx.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-06
Birmingham Bonds

T feel a distinct pride in the credit which the city of Birmingham enjoys in financial circles,'' said J. R. Hor- nady city commissioner.
 Birmingham can sell bonds at 5h per cent interest. when the big na- tions of the earth find it difficult to place theirs at per cent, and many municipalities cannot dispose of their bonds at all.
 The country knows Birmingham. and none knows this city and it's pros poets and assuredness of growth bet ter than the banking interests of the country. That Is why Birmingham bonds always sell so advantageous ly, compared with the issues of other cities and those of the strongest gov ernments in the world"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-06
A PORTABLE LATIN QUARTER


 Arthur H. Folwell. in Leslie's.
 Greenwich Village should go on the road. It has been New York in stitution for an indefinite number of years, but there is loud official talk of cleaning the village up or out so the times would seem propitious for Americas best-known Latin quar- ter to move, to tour. While there are so many idle freight cars about, the opportunity is golden to show the rest of the United States just what ths far-famed village and villagers are like.
 Here Is the real chance for village poets who glory in ''the wanderlust' to put their poetry into practice. Those who yearn to "get away from 1t alp may do so unconventionally; for with the cooperation of the rail- wich Village on wEeels. On the Jer- sey meadows are countless ancient box-cars. of which three or four might be turned into travelling studios. per feet replicas in general sloppiness of the studios left behind. With the ad- dition of some sods, a park bench or two. and leafy branch stuck in the brake wheel, the idle flat car would serve nicely in a pinch as South Washington square. And the trip might be turned into a paying ven- ture by christening one of the box cars, The Blue Duck" and another "The Strangled Child Tea Room and serving spaghetti table-dhote by candle light at all Main street sidings from Weehawken westward.
 Really. it is lovely idea. Green wich Village en tour. And the fa- vorite costume of the Hvillagefs, a flannel shirt open at the throat would so resemble that of the hoboes who hop freights that there could be no lack of atmosphere or ~.local color" It would be easy to convince small-town Bohemians, who for va rious local reasons cannot get away from it all, that here indeed was the real New York Greenwich and nc mere road company.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-06
BARELY STARTED.

Whats the charge, officer?"
 He was trying to sing The Star spangled Banner your honor, and I arrested him for -disorderly conduct"
 There's no law on the statute books against trying to sing The Star Spangled Banner
 Tt was this way, your honor. He never got any farther than o, say. can you see,' and after about an hour of that sort of thing somebody turned in a riot call" PAUL COOK.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-06
HOW MIR, CARNEGIE sDIED POOR."

HOW MIR. CARNEGIE "IDlED POOH."
 From the New York World.
 What, If 1t had not been dissipated
 in benefactions, would have been the
 largest private estate ever admins
 tered under American probate laws Is
 officially appraised at only $22,161.-
 Oil. To such relatively meagre pro-
 portions has the great Carnegie for
 tune been reduced by gifts to the
 amount of s35o,0oo.0oo made during the latter part of the testator's lHe.
 The contrasted figures show hhw
 faithfully the ironmaster and philan- thropist lived up to his creed that e die rich is to die disgraced. Twenty two millions dollars is . lo9Do - tune even by present-day measure. ments. Yet man who from an estate of S150,0 ,000 gave all but $10,000 to
 charity would give no more in propor-
 tion than MT. Carnegie gave.
 Here is record of philanthropy
 only MT. Rockefeller can match. A fair share of the millions thus volun- tarily devoted to society's~ uses "ouiu nave peSH tdhen py the state in any event in the form of taxes if the estate had remained intact Such disposition of vast accumulated wealth becomes less and less option al with the possessor.
 | But the interesting fact remains of | a prodigality in the benevolent dis
 persion of swollen fortunes wit | messed by this generation which is
 unique in history. No previous race of men ever saw anything like it. and 1t Is improbable that legislation, with it's present tendencies. will al low its repetition. But regarded purely as a feat in the distribution l of great personal riches to pubiic uses, it must be said that MT. Car- negie did the job as well as the state | could have done it for him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-06
A SOPHISTICATED YOUTH

A SOPHISTICATED YOUTH Have you tried to keep your boy on the farm by pointing out the pit falls of the city?"
 NO" said MT. Cobbles, T don't want to get myself laughed at" "How's that?"
 why, Henry thinks he's already competent to hold down a job as an- nouncer on a rubberneck wagon"
 WRONG DESTINATION. "well.~- here we are in Florida again." remarked the airplane pilot where did I come from?" asked the befuddled passenger.
 Cuba"
 "Take me back. If I said. Home. James, I didn't mean it."
 HE LAUGHS BEST He strummed the light guitar,
 And warbled meath the moon, But chap who owned a car
 Will wed the girl in June.
 Birmingham Age-Herald. An me, though music cease
 To soothe the savage breast, Friend Warbler, hold your peace,
 You may have come out best. Newark (O.) Advocate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-06
SONG F. S. Coryn. in the New Witness. To

SONO F. S. Coryn. in the New Witness. Lon- don. Wind along the cornfields, Wind across the grass; My love is like clinging vine That will not let you pass; For should it-lat you pass, Love. The heart of mo would be Just wind across the grass. Love.
 Afar from thees Wind along tho seashore, Wind across he-spray; My love is like tho great white -Aips To carry you%kway; To carry you away, Love For should it let you ss. My heart would breal sike seraxs
 Love,
 Afar from ttss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-06
Japanese View on
 Disarmament Question

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 T1ORMER Minister of Justice | Osaki, speaking for Japan on. naval disarmament, makes this , statement:
 'f If we are unable to prevent the clearing unnecessary wasteful naval Competition, how far can we expect 10 solve the other terrible and more complicated questions between our two countries? The latter will easily adjust themselves when the former has been settled"
 This expresses a truth. War fomes inevitably on the heels of Rreat military establishments. It could not be any other way, because great military establishments lead men to rely on them for the arbi- A trament of disputes. They culti- v4te the militant spirit of nation. When commercially competitive na- *tions have an equally dominant military spirit they naturally tend | u use of the sword in settlement |n{ their controversies.
 sIt should not be forgotten that fkis peace-loving country has not failed to give good account of, it. ee6 in war. Nations that produce khave the means wherewith to quick K arm and equip forces when neces- 6ry. Those already drained of their
 sources by military establishments heve little of the elasticity required
 Q win stubborn contests.
 Other considerations aside, if the
 4eat nations are to depend on arma- |1aents rather than reason each will z1ssek to have the largest army and &th largest navy, and this will lead Fl : greater and greater burden on jIlSir peoples. It is from the price of
 TIT in times of peace that the world
 1hes r escape; It is relative
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-06
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Deaths and Accidents Mar
 Celebration of the Fourth


 r7R HE Fourth of July was not U celebrated this year without a considerable number of fatalities. Fireworks and firearms helped to swell the list of casualties, but rownings and motor car accidents I eaused most of the deaths.
 Nevertheless, the American peo- pie have learned that national holiday can be observed in a "safe and sane" way. In a country as large as the United States, with a population of more than 100000 1000, celebration in which nearly ev- cry inhabitant of the country partici- pates in one way or another is bound to result in accidents and deaths. Thousands of picnics and outdoor excursions cannot be held without drownings and other tragedies, most of which may be classed as un- preventable.
 The accidents resulting from fire works have been greatly reduced, as we'll as the fires which were l formerly caused by every Fourth of July celebration, when there were little or no restrictions placed on the use of fireworks within city limits.
 The real factor, however, which has converted the Fourth of July sfrom reign of terror in many com munities into a comparatively peace full holiday which can be enjoyed by ' women and children is prohibition. < The old-fashioned Fourth" when \ drunkenness was common and Aistols and knives took a heavy toll H8victims, is thing of the past.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-06
ONCE A WEEK

From the Houston Post.
 Joe Taylor says if Adam and Eve had had only modern bathing suits to put on they would have been nor e embarrassed than ever. Our impress sion is that Adam and Eve were Sat- urday -nightera
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-06

up. Curing houses were built and the potatoes are being sold at a profit in the spring markets. Fruits and vegetables shipped in the same manner bring good prices. Finally the farmers have been buying fer tilizers in bulk for cash. The emancipation is well nigh complete.
 Republican leaders are said to be worried, Some of the democratic brethren can almost see themselves riding into office on B democratic landslide in 1924.
 A humorist suggests that Green wich village be sent on tour. It wouldn't be the first time that some of the village bards had ridden in box cars.
 The most embarrassing question that could be asked the average gov ernment clerk is, How long do you work on the average working day?"
 # # # With the mercury lowering around 100, it doesn't improve ones temper to have post cards from Canada filter ing Into the sanctum.
 # ;s # The former Duchess of Marl- borough, not to be outdone by the most noble duke, has also married again.
 President Hardings Fourth of July oration consisted of one sentence. Long -winded orators might profit by his example.
 # # # A bathing suit riot occurred near Santa Monica. California is the place to see the kind of bathing suits that start a riot.
 A new liner, the Majestic, is the largest ship afloat. Still, she doesn't make the Leviathan look like a toy.
 # # # New York's ti-prohibition parad- CTS merely changed slight tickling in their threats to raging thirst.
 # x # MT. Dempsey says he needs vaca- tion
 Having neither youth or beauty in her favor, it is safe to predict that Mrs. Kaber will be convicted.
 # # # Unfortunately, the pacific words Of Japanese statesmen are not echoed 
 by the Jap jingoes
 * # # Berlin sees no reason to get ex cited ovcr the peace resolution. Neith- CT does Washington.
 * 4 # Even a safe and sane celebration is no guarantee that the deadly motor car will not function as usual.
 # + # We fear that Judge Taft will find the supreme court bench poor place to keep his weight down.
 + # # m Peace may be near in Ireland. but in the meantime a great deal of powder Is being burned
 aS ss # Germany Is not the first nation to discover that work is the, panacea for most of the ills that flesh is heir to.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-06
An Imnortant Meeting

This meeting with the fourth sec ton railroad committee at Atlanta. July II, Is a very important one" said 0. L. Bum, manager of the Traffic Bureau, and l am kept busy all day preparing my data for the protection of the class rates affect ing Birmingham.
 "The entire system of class rates in the southeast is to come up for readjustment. There are six of these classes, and they affect the entire mercantile world. Every merchant is interested, because class rates em- brace 50 articles to where one takes a commodity rate.
 rF"Boots, shoes, clothing; in fact, al- most every article seen in the stores is affected by class rates. Much de- bends on the outcome of the Atlanta meeting, and we are determined that Birmingham shall not fail for want of having her case presented with bells on."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-06
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Wet in PensacOla

The bay is not the only wet spot in Pensacola" said Charles F. Yarn. T spent the Fourth of July holiday there, and saw with my own eyes that there is no necessity for remain ing dry in that city.
 Possibly, on account of the close connection with Cuba and probably owing also to the fact that it is a city of sailors, Pensacola has spots where it is as wet as any one could desire 1t to be.
 Tn these wet spots there did not seem to be any special effort at se- crecy Things are fairly wide open, and no one appeared to be making any special kick about it. It is a big country, and each community has it's own way of doing, l suppose"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-06
ADRIF'T WITH THE TIMES
PERILS AFooT

PERILs AFooT Sing song of pedestrians Who have nowhere to go but in, For. when they come out they're. hus-
 tied about By motorists fat and thin. Tis foolish to talk of liberty And dispute the right of way, When man and his wife must leap
 for life A dozen times a day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-07-06
sTRENGrHENED HIS WILL.

STRENGTHENED HIS WILL
 Did you derive any benefit from that book on will power?"
 'Yes," said MT. Grumpson. After had perused few pages I made up my mind that if an agent ever got s2 out of me for another book like that he'd have to prove himself better man than I am"