The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-02-04

 \0 known to fame as "Pittsburg
 Phil" removes a figure unique in the sporting world. It is said that Smith made a million dol lars betting on race horses. At any rate he played with daring and won with luck that was phenomenal and his campaign to "beat the bookies' was con ducted with remarkable success. One of the most striking characteristics of Smith was his self-repression. No matter how great the sum at stake or how great his winnings or losses on a race he never betrayed a spark of emotion and it was this continued mastery of himself that the doctors say brought on the con- sumption which resulted in his death. "Pittsburg Phil'' may have won a million dollars on horse racing. He left a for tune of about half million, loved his mother with tender devotion, was an honest gambler" liberal and popular, did not drink or smoke and dressed quiet ly, but still his career is not one to be emulated He is just "one man in a mill lion who could play the ponies' and die rich. The youth who thirsts to follow after "Pittsburg Phil' will speedily come to grief.
 While the sleet was falling merrily yes terday and locomotion along the icy streets was a dangerous and hazardous operation philosophers were impressed with the truth that it is easy to slip up and easier still to fall down. No man xrrl,- fol c1fr, pavement with dignity and come out of the operation with flying colors. The people who are either knocked senseless or badly injured really have the best of it, for they do not have to face the humiliation of getting to their feet in full view of a smiling populace. They are hauled away in ambulances and tender hearted spectators do not laugh, How ever, it is funny how many different ways a person can fall; how many diff ferent expressions fleet over his counten- , ance; how many different things he can say just after the moment of contact and how many more he can think. And when fair femninity falls-but where best to draw the curtain.
 It is surprising how many different conceptions newspaper artists have of the ground hog, an animal that was prominent Febr lary 2 Many cartoonists all over the land tried their skill and | humor at the expense of Sir Arctomys 1 Monax. In some cases he resembled a rat, in others a porcupine, in others a squirrel, but it was easy to tell that he
 
 because line beneath each picture said | so.
 l It appears that a prominent woman promised a prominent lawyer a promi- nent fee on condition that he secure her a decree of divorce from her hus- band, also prominent, so that she could wed her society lover who is well known. | The prominent lawyer carried out his part of the contract; the prominent wo- man was divorced from her prominent | husband and welded to her well known | society lover, but the prominent fee was not forthcoming. Now the prominent attorney is suing the second husband of the woman for his fee, while the de- | fendant contests the case on the ground that he is not responsible for debts con- | tracted by his wife while she was the wife of another man. Moral: Put not | your trust in divorcees.
 | An English inventor has a machine with which he hopes to break the bank at Monte Carlo. His contrivance is me- chanical system" The fate of gambling l systems has been heralded before. |
 | The discussion as to whether a blonde