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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

A<v FAVE ye iver seen horse raee2" MT Hennsssy ss. asked asked.
 \ "Wanst," said MT. Dooley, "an' wanst only. But, mind ye, l know about racin I've got to. I'd lose a gr-reat deal in thrade if l wasn't e,pert in ivry branch iv human knowl- edge. They talk about colledge pro 6ssors bein' undherpaid. But how about us retail liquor dealers? A col ledge profissor spills careless thoughts out iv his head to mere childher that don't dare to fight back. Ye niver heerd iv a misinformed gradyate ray turnin' afther five years to whack his nlo6ssor in tn eye because he'd been taught that a man can make fortune writin pothry fir tn pa-apers, But my classes ar-re composed iv able-bodled men. nanny iv thim far advanced m dhrink. an I've got to know what I'm talllin' about, an that's hard, an i've got to know what they're talkln about an that's almost impossible.
 .'So I've followed tn racin' news an I know about tn performances iv tn kings an queens iv tn turf. In tn snring I r-read: Forty thousand peo- rle vister..l acclaimed tn gr-reat Gumdhrop, mighty son iv worthy sire King iv tn turf. Hats off to Gumdhrop. Wearin' binders an muzzle to keep him firm jumpin' over in fence or atin tn starter an merci- lessly lashed be that peerless jockey. little Billy Film, tn monarch iv tn snoort iv kings, be a supreme burst ly sneed yanauished tn gallant Stuff Il. an in sturdy Pickled-be-Night an even compelled tn hitherto invincible Maud H. Schmttschmitt to bow her lovely head in defeat. Afther tn race in proud owner iv tn mighty son iv a worthy sire, A. Bliff, former prince fv wire tappers. rayfused three mlllyon dollars fir this mighty son iv worthy sire.
 At wanst me attintion is centered cn Gumdhrop. I talk good deal apout him to wayfarin' spoortin men who come in here fir dhrink an knowl- edge. I watch tn pa-apers close fr th' day whin I'll see: Mighty throng cheers peerless Gumdhrop to yicthry. Instead iv that l see: 'Gumdhrop off ladly. got poor ride, was knocked out iv his sthride at tn turn an had no speed.' Tn next week it's: Gum dbrop off well, was badly handled Thin. 'Comp'ny too fast fir Gumdhrop.' An finally: Glue Wurruks Elimina- tion Thrile; fir horses that were bet ther dead: thirty dollars added; sell ing: Gumdhrop ran like tn dog he is an finished absolutely last An tn next yinter I run acrost this item in tn pa-apers:
 Few of tn nanny spoortin' men who pass through tn union deepo ivry day on their way to wurruk know that Gumdhrop, tn wanst mighty king iv tn turf, is now con nected with wan iv tn cabs near tn main endurance an can be seen hidin' his bushes in a nose bag. Tn for mer mighty son iv worthy sire is owned by T. Doherty, who bet much money on him, an nachrally has a great affection fir him. He says he
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21
BY F. P. DUNNE
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crumplin' up his program with wan hand an twistin' a button on his coat with tn other. An I left him there an wint away to find a place where me new hat wudden't be in danger
 T found it over in a corner iv tn corse where tn owner iv tn thrack was settin' in tn shade iv tn fence readin tn advertisements iv his new copper mine. I knew him well. He owns tn Temple iv Chance, where Ho- gan whles away his salary in tn win ter. Why aint ye out lookin' at tn horses run?' says I. I don't like horse racin' says he. My wurruk Is through wnin I've counted up tn box office 'Ain't ye inthrested in improvin' tn breed iv horses? says I. No more' says he, thin I am in improvin' tn breed iv faro boxes. I can't see amy difference between thim. They're only another way iv honest men get tin what's comin' to thim. Take ye'er frind Hogan. He thinks he's in- thrested il tn horses. But what h's -aaly inthrested in is whether me young an entherprisin' collague Nose Einstein will give him back his ten an some besides. Ye didn't see amy diff renee in his expression whin Tin can lost to-day an whin tn sivin spot lose last winter. Iris all tn same, me boy. Close up that there betting ring an ye'd have more people at wan iv Ibsen's plays thin at race thrack. If tn virchous farmer down tn state didn't support his counthry fairs with a little pool-sellin' on tn throt- ters, I'd subdivide this here thrack an sell tn lots to tn pathrons iv tn bucket shops. Has Hogan lost much so far?' He's lost tn on'y bet he's fir Hogan says he.
 q suppose ye cant stop people firm gambling I don't know that I wud if cud. It seems to take their minds off tn more coarse ways iv maxim money, like wurruk an business. Money is a very pleasant thing to have an 'tis too bad whin we have to assocyate such a delightful household companyon with gettin up arly in th' mornin' an carryin' a 1nod all day or sellin' a dollar an a half's worth iv shoes fir two dollars. But tn money ye get be gambling has no such asso- cyations. It thrips lightly an laugh ingly lp to ye, ye keep it around with ye fir day or two like member iv tn family. Ye feel responsible fir It. Ye don't like to see it go out nights. Put tn money ye make gamblin' is like visitor that's only goin' to stay awhile an that frequently asks ye out to have dhrink''
 Well" said MT Hennessy, "1've heerd it said that all life's a gamble" ; 'It is.' said MT. Dooley. "but it ain't a bad idee whin ye set into tn game to larn how to play it an to cut tn cards deep"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

glue facthrdy, tn palachal homes iv tn bone-dust industhry an smilin' miles iv city dumps. As I hung airily to a pair iv blue suspinders in front iv me while a patrician behind me used me back fir a desk to mark his program, I heerd tn flow iv light an careless conversation. He'll win if they haven't poisoned him.. I lose eighty on him last time. If I don't get 1t back today there'll be a new face at tn cashiers window Hello, Mike, whin did ye git out?' An so on. "A typical light-hearted holiday crowd says I, putin me watch in me boot.
 "Whin we arrived at tn thrack I felt me heart beatin' fast. If ye niver saw race thrack. Hinnissy, ye can hardly imagine what it looks like. How can I describe it to ye beyond sayin that it is something like coal yard. Picture, if ye will, miles on miles iv stately boord fence, some iv 1t tastefully painted brown an an some iv it tastefully not painted at all. Outside are tn handsome stables. or ye might say, sheds. where tn equine heroes ar-re nourished fir their thriles iv speed an endurance. It was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

is almost even with him now, an soon expects to shoot him.
 An so they go. Tn turf romances don't last long. There are more kings an queens iv tn turf in wan season thin there are prisidints iv France, an that's a good nanny. But it's grand spoort, an whin Hogan asked me to go an see it 1 wint. Twas wan iv these fine summer days whin ye feel like a flannel shirt in tn wash, an l was wondherin' what shape I'd be in whin I cooled Hogan burst through tn dure with a telescope hung round his neck, an says he: Why dye stick indures such a day? Come out an breathe tn fresh air. he says, 'an' in- jye tn spoort iv kings. I've got a good thing in tn first race he says. Not he says, that l care anything about that. Bettin is tn poorest fea- ture iv racin'. 'Tis tn open air, tn fresh breezes, tn clear sky, tn crowds iv happy, careless people spendin' a day free firm care an worry midst he says, pleasant surroundin's, he says, 'watchin' tn mighty heroes iv tn turf contindin' fir gin'rous masthry an, he says, maybe bringin' in a lit
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

me happiness to see tn nursry iv tn n..ghty Running Yet who wud've won tn Blithers if he hadn't got despond ent about tn odds.
 Inside tn scene was even more fascinatin'. A gentle breeze blew acrost tn swamp in tn middle iv tn coorse firm tn adjacent switch yard. Tn sun was reflected in thousand mud puddles on tn corse. The grand stand was filled with happy people, yellin' Set down there. Why dcn't ye look where ye'er goin'?' I'll knock yeer block off, bo, if we're not careful What dye hear?' Tomorrah honest. Ye can take me watch if ye don't be- lieve me An enormous foorce iv po- lismen were busy rescuin' vast hordes iv pickpockets firm tn bettin' ring. Tn ninety bar tenders were wurrukin' like tn fire department at fire in lard facthry. It was fine.
 "'Where ar're tn horses" says I. Oh niver mind thim,' says Hogan. Let's go in an look at tn odds An he hauled me into tn betting ring. Most iv tn gintlemen I'd met on tn thrain an few more were there. What were they doin'? Ye can't guess.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

are in the hands of Italians, although the bringing of the dates here is largely through native tribes, who make a spe- cialty of merchandising.
 Have you ever heard of the Mozabites? They are sometimes called the Jews of the Sahara. The Arabs say that while it takes five of their people to beat a Jew at a bargain, it requires at least five Jews to get the better of one Mozabltes Indeed. many believe that the Mozabites are of Jewish origin. They are the de- cendants of the old Carthaginians. who were driven down into the desert and set tied there Carthage was founded by Jews, and it was ruled by Queen Dido, the Jewess. At any rate the Mozabites are superior tothe Jews in their trading ability. and they have monopolized cer- tain kinds of trade in the desert.
 They have seven cities. far down below Al ,iers in the middle of the Sahara, at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

dividual l see in this part of the desert has gun strapped to his back. l passed several caravans coming in and going out during a ride which l took on Il camel along one of the caravan routes few days ago. The only roads l could see were the fresh camel tracks, but these must be obliterated by every sand storm, and, in some places, for quite long distance. there were no tracks at all. Nevertheless the Arabs and Bedouins can travel two thousand miles over such wastes and not once lose their way The journey to the Soudan takes many months, and the freight must be valuable to stand the cost.
 In the Fezzan.
 I have heard much about the great oases centers from the merchants of Tripor They tell terrible stories of the horrors of the desert, and of the gloomy
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

just where the caravan tracks cross
 They are engaged in commerce there, and also in Algiers. in Tunis and in nearly every trading center of North Africa. These men stay away from home only for two years at a time. Their laws require that they come back ever so often, and their wives can claim a divorce if they remain longer. If a man absents himself more than two years, his wife has not only the right to marry again, but she can take possession of all the property belonging to the family and keep 1t.
 1 am told that the Mozabite women are true to their husbands. They wear black while their husbands are absent, and Among the viands served on such occa- sions are barbecued camels and sheep. At the same time a dinner is given to the pocr, and this, strange to say. takes place at the cemetery Here the wife
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

This last is alfa grass. It grows wild along the edges of the desert and upon the plateaus where there is only a slight rainfall A few years ago this crop went to waste, but now the Arabs are gather Ing It and it Is brought in from every where by ear and caravan. l saw 1t stacked up along the railroad in the des- erts Of Algeria and Tunisia; the trains were loaded with 1t, and there were mountains of it on the wharves of every port l visited.
 Here in Tripoli the alfa grass is brought in upon camels. It is picked by the Bed ou1s, Arabs and Berbers, every blade of 1t being pulled from the ground It is packed in bags about four feet wide and eight feet in length. Two of these bags are slung over the hump of a camel. and are thus carried for miles over the des- ert. When the grass arrives at Tripoll 1t is weighed upon steelyards and paid for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

Tripoli is, in fact. the commercial me- tropo!is of the eastern Sahara. It lies al- most directly north of Lake Chad, and it's routes across the desert are the short est, although by no means the safest. The roads over the Sahara lead not only 10 Lake Chad, but also to Tuat and Tim bugtu, so that Tripoli gets much of the trade of the French Sahara as well.
 The French decidedly object to this, and they are now making special induce ments for the caravans to land their wares at Gabes, in southern Tunisia. They have policed the Sahara with their camel soldiers. and are now sending es- corts with such of the caravans aas pass that way. So far they have not created the requisite market at Gabes ard within the past few months the reputation of that port has been greatly injured, be- cause 1t has no merchants at hand ready to buy out a large caravan when it ar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

at about ten dollars a ton It Is then baled up like hay and shipped on the steamers to England, where 1t Is used for making the best of book and writing papers.
 Some of the great newspaper companies of England have put up factories In AL gerla for the handling of alfa grass; and it Is said that its value was originally dis covered by the Lloyds of Lloyd's Regis ter It makes a much better paper than wood pulp; but it Is more costly and there is no possibility that it will dis place the latter.
 The Merchants Of rns Sahara.
 A large part of the caravan business at the ports is handled by Creeks and Italians, who act for the English, ship ping this stuff to Liverpool and London, and bringing back hardware and Man chester cottons. The date exports also
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21
Undesirable.

From the Chicago cord-Herald.
 What, asked the fond mother, "do you think of my little boys composition on the rabbit.
 Its very amusing replied the little boys teacher, but don't let it he brought to the attention of the president"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

villages scattered through it. Between here and the Fezzan there is a wide plai1 of hot stones upon which travellers al most roast as they hurry across. This plain, known as the Hammada is about as big as Kentucky, and its altitude Is near that of the Blue Ridge mountains in Virginia
 Tie Fezzan, which lies on the other
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

lives. The ee,eran. efterA goods to the value of tens of thousands of dol lars, and a big capital Is required to handle their trade The last caravan which called at Gabes had to put its wares upon the steamers there and ship them to Tripoli.
 In Tripolitana, all such companies must have their armed escorts, and every in-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

Strange Features of Life i'm the Heart of the Libyan Desert
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-10-18
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-IATt OF COLORADO.
Coz M 90 tfr>NI-oN.
10 the County Court H. Probate
The pe"pe af toe state ~ ,olorsdo. % Louise
j Day Eiis oImbernai and tioise Timber
wharess. It hss been msde 10 apuear to tn.
CpnDty Court of Gunni-ssn tounty. ~ th. stat.
81 'ol"rsd". that you; the -sid l."ut-e Day,
Fila ] t,ipIb.rnHt and Elui-e tinib.ruat. are
heir si Law and b.nsiicisris- under the will 81
" tllism l.. Nnule, lat. of said county,
Nov 1HfREfoRh. In accordance with the
prov t-iuns OF the statute IN such ca-e made and
provided aud hy order Of said 0urt duiy made
and entered suu are hereby notified that
vii aud testament ~ said " iliiam l. Noul.
d.ces-ed was presented to the said turt Tor
probste on the sHh day ',f >epiembcr. A. u.
iAG. by Norman Mack into-h. residing at sunni
son. ia TIA" state OF Colorado. aud that the said
d.cedeut wa. at the time 81 his decrease a rest
dent oi "nnnison 'onnty IN the state of Colo.
rado; that the said decedeut according to said
alleged will and testament devised and be.
questhed his property IN words and figures FOL
lowing, to-wit
FIRST / direct that nny executor hereinafter
named a. he has sufficient funds N hi-
hands. pay my funeral expenses aud the sSpcn-
-e- of my last sickness, then pay all my just
debts and the EXPENSES Of administering my
tate and for this purp0-e be shall have the
power to convert So much of ms estate into
cash 10y sal. or Otherwise.
Second. ! give aud devise all the rest resi-
due and remainder of my estate. 81 every name
and nature whatsoever owned by me at the
time of my death, to ny two daughters. Louise
j. DAY aud Ella j. himbernat aud my grand
daughter Eloi-e Gimbernat. To- he divided
equally between the three of them, share and
share alike.
Lastly. | hereby nominate aud appoist
Norman Mack intosh Of Gunni-on, County -
Gnnuison. state of Colorado, the executor of
this my last will and testament. and hereby
revoke all former wills by me made. aud that
request that he may he allowed to act a. said
executor without bond
NOC ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED to be and
appear before the said Court at the County
Court Room In the Court House in Gunni-on,
in tn, 'pputN AZ t,uupI-pp state Of olpradp
on the nth day of November. \. u. 1877. at the
hour of ten O'Clock in the forenoon. then aud
there 10 attend the hearing on the probate of
said alleged last will and testament of the said
William l.. Noule, deces sed. and further to do
and perform what shall then aud there by the
said Court he required and sdiudeei
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. l have hereunto
set my hand and affixed the seal Of said Court
at my office in Guuni-on in said county this l-t
day Of October \ u. 1ssT,
lsEAL.l GEORGE HETHERINGTON
County Judge.
Gunnison news-champion., 1907-10-18
NOTUt ~ tINAL ~kTJUkVy>J

In the matter of the estate of George r.
Pesrce, deceased.
Notice y hereby given, that ON Monday the
ith day of November 4. u. Itsl. being on. of
the regular days OF the September term OF the
County Court Of tuunison County ia Probate,
in the state OF Colorado, / Bertha e Pea rec
sdm ratris 81 said estate will appear before
the Judge ~ said Court, present my final settle
meDt as such administrators and pray the sp-
proval Of the same, and will then apply to he
discharged as such Administrators. Al which
time aud place, any person in interest may APP
pear and present objections to the same " any
there be
Dated at Gunn-on, Colorado. sept, %. ios7
BERTIiAt. PEARtE T..
Administratrix of the estate Of George
Pearcs, dec.g sed. Oct g. Nov l. 'u1
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-15
GIeaninqs and Gossip.

The odd Fellows in the United States
January l numbered 1.23i.21S.
Distinguished galantry in war has won
medals of honor for AS Americans.
The lower peninsula of Michigan is said
to be entirely underla!d with rock salt.
According to recent French decisions
farmers cannot longer collect damages
caused by their horses being frightened
by automobiles.
over 100 letters addressed to or writ
ten by Martin Van Buren, have been con
tributcd IN the congressional library at
Washington Ey DIR. Stuyvesant Fish Nor
ris of New York.
French manufacturers have offered 4
prize of S2OGl0 to the person who will in
vent a new use for sugar in industry that
will increase the consumption i'll France
10000 tons year.
Those who are not acquainted with tn.
appointments of a Korean bedroom will
he surprised to learn that in the town of
Anak Il losing gambler threw Il 7, How AZ
the head OF the winner and fractured his
skull.
just completed bridal coach for PITT :
son tPa) liveryman that cost $500. There
are heart-shaped windows. two larg,.
hearts for dashboard. and the rear
springs are heart-shaped. Two cupids
surmount the lamps.
The name Polly applied to the parro.
is said to have been brought to the North
in an early day by f1atboatmen. who took
grain and provisions down the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers to New Orleans. Par
rots We're in cages at the doors of many
French shops and the westerners heard
rarlez." pronounced parlev. and meaning
''.reai5 speak This word ZIP they
brought It hack came Ia he pony
Mime Apolis makes more breadstuG-