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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
,ror, tbe New York Telegraph,

From the New York Telegraph.
 when you can buy a thoroughbred horse for $75 and make a S20000 killing, all because the hands of a split-second watch happen to get tangled up with each other. then it Is time to listen to lunches and superstitions at the race track.
 In the winter of 1S97-S horseman whom we will call Chris Gray shipped a string of four horses from Sheepshead Bay to New Orleans The horses were Nood- bird, Charley Rose, Fleur de Luce and The Aristocrat. None of them had ever shown any great amount of speed, and from Thanksgiving Day, the opening of the meeting, until just before Christmas. their owner had very poor luck.
 Gray slept in the barn and took his meals at boarding house near the track where communication tickets were sold.
 If finally came to such pass that Gray was forced to ask the boarding house pro- prietor for two weeks tickets on credit. The proprietor demurred, but said If Gray would get some one to Voueh Tor nm 1t would be all right Being fairly well known at the Fair Grounds track Gray referred the landlord to one of his SUD- posed friends but the friend was unre- fponsive At length the landlord offered to extend one weeks credit and take his chances.
 The following morning while Gray was asleep at the barn a terrific thunderstorm came up He. knew he. had one horse that reveled in the mud and he surmised there might be something doing. At [ o'clock the bell at the secretary's office rang, indicating that one race was de clared off and a new one would be put or the card for that day. This was the usual routine when conditions of the tract made 1t necessary for owners and train CTS to scratch out.
 Gray entered .Woodbird in the new rac' with a field of P. Just before the rac' he found man at the track who wal willing to bet $200 on Woodbird to show woodgird was 3-year-old chestnut fill. by Kantaska out of Woodbina and wa purchased as a 2-year-old at the old Mor ris park race track for S75. Tn this rac her packer got to 1 for his money ant Woodbird ran second instead of third Gray received half oh the $500 winnings That helped a great deal. and the ownei felt encouraged to wait for the soil places to enter his horses
 Soon after his first winning Gray was standing on Canal street waiting for a Bayou St. John car to take him out to the track one evening, when violent thunderstorm broke. The car came whiz-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

Blood Poison can never be cured with mercury or potash. You might as well th critics say so. The most these drugs can do Is to drive the blood poison back into the system and smother 1t for several years. Then when you think toms will break out, and you find that your bones have been rotting all the while. Your teeth will begin to loosen and your tissues, glands. brain and vital organs will show the terrible de- structive power of the mercury and potash. Locomotor Ataxia. Paralysis
 Imbecility and Premature Death are then almost inevitable. Any medical auth ority will corroborate these state- ments. The remarkable vegetable Ohbac Treatment does not drive in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
The Noble Example

From the St. Paul Dispatch
 Rhe minister who had exchanged pull scandalized to see Deacon Erastus Snow ball in the vestry after services taking a fifty-cent piece out of the contribution box and substituting dime.
 "Brer Snowball," said he in horror and amazement, ''that's plain dishonest doings."
 Whats de matter, parson?" the dea- con asked. genially conscious of his own rectitude. "Ise led off wid dat fo bit piece fo de las fo' years. Dat aint a contribution; dats a tem-rary loan, as a noble example,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
BLOOD POISON

but drives 1t out. It positively con-
 tains no mineral poisons whatever. so
 that once cured by the Obbao Treat
 ment you never run the terrible risk
 of having your bones soften, your
 nerves collapse. your teeth fall out
 your kidneys degenerate or your brain
 weaken. The Obbac Treatment IS
 marvel, producing remarkable changes
 in only 80 days. This is why we offer to any blood poison victim living, no matter how bad a case, a
 s0-Day Treatment FREE. You want to be cured and cured 1uick--not poisoned with mercury and is yours for the asking. You will open your eyes at what 1t will do for you in a month. We treat you free for month. Just write to us and get the treatment free. Then if you are satis- | fed 1t is the most remarkable treat
 ment you ever took. you can continue | If you wish. Never in your life will | you ever again have such an oppor- | tunity for complete cure, as is given you by this
 Great Obbac Treatment. l This is a square deal. You sign | nothing, no notes, make us no promises, except to take the treatment. | only blood poison test known to | scientists proves that the body is Com pletely purified by the Obbac Treat | ment, and that mercury and potash do
 write to us. giving "a full history of
 your case in detail. We will treat l your letter as sacred confidence. Con-
 sultation and advice free. We will send | you also the remarkable book. Driving l Out Blood Poison" free.
 THE OBBAC GO.
 21s 0bbse Bids. ChissGe, ullpoie.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
A Hurry Call
From Success Magazine.

city drove his blackboard at top speed down the main street on the morning of an election.
 Hey Johnnie,' he yelled to his son. "git down in the Fourth ward quick! There's people down there yotip as they blame pleaseys
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

duration. After tiresome interval the conductor walked back through the mos ito-punctuated aisles until his glance met sympathetic face. He bent over
 the kindSy-looking passenger, and whisp- cred
 Stranger have you a bit of string
 about you the engines broke"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13
NO CHANGE OF CARS Birmingham to Heart of New
 York via Seaboard

Effective November 2. electric-llghted observation and drawing-room sleepers. Dining cars, service a la carte. City ticket ofrice. 1927 1st avenue 0,6-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-13

Or q Hairpin Would Help From Everybody's Magazine.
 The rumbling and grooming train had been toiling along from Memphis. Tenn, toward Bald Knob, Ark, all through the hot afternoon. The stops had been fre- quent, but at last came one of unusual
The Holly chieftain., 1910-05-27
ra1 HOLLY cfINfAiN. HOLLY. coLoRA

II you have sore eyes Of any kind use SUTH-
ERLAND'S EAGLE EYE SALVE. 1t is
good for nothing but the eyes. 1t i. painles.
and harmless and is positively the best. II you
don say will refund your money. Try
it and then tell your neighbors. Farmer 5
Pharmacy.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-05-27
HIGH SCHOOL

The Opera house wascrowded to the
doors last Friday evening. when the six
bright graduates Of the Holly high
school, consisting Of Rena Wright.
Agnes Debus, Anna Bryce. Wayne
Pierce, George Stocker and Maurice
Reynolds. had prepared papers show
ing rare merit. and the respective sub
jects we're handled with that latent
ability for which Holly pupils are noted
and would be published in this paper
but for the lack Of space.
Member-elect George j. lkelman Of
the Board of Education. in a neat
speech. presented the graduates with
their diplomas, and the vast audience
dispersed feeling that the Holly school
system was credit to the town and
surrounding country.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-05-27
EIGHTH GRADE

The Methodist church was filled to
its capacity on Thursday evening by
m audience consisting mainly OF par
ents and friends who came to conarat-
ulate the young graduates. consisting
Of Edn. Davis. Marie Bryce. Helen
Hill. Sidney Townsley. Myrtle Butler.
Grover McGraw. Katie and Millie
Robson, Ross Webster. Helen Robin
son. Blake Pierce. Beulah Ssyer.
EIithe McMurtry and Arthur Van Wye.
on the past years successful school
work. The program began with the
Quartet's Greeting song. and every
number on the program was excel
lently rendered.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-05-27
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department Of the Interior,
U. S. Lsnd OAce at Lamar Colo
April IL. 1910
No,iee j. hereby given that Mabel N. DeL.nse Of
Holly. Colo. who. Mar g. 1903 made sppl
No. 05l06. or north Of sectian g. town
ship "a south. ~ Of the 9Th princips merid.n
has fled notice OF intention make final Consultation
proof. establish claim the land above described
before l.. N. Zslnger the U. S. Comns .oner st Holly
Colo. the 4ih day Of June 1910.
Claimant names sses: VIM. N kleis VIM. W.
J.mes. George II. James and Joseph II, Snyder .n of
Holly. Colo
John A. Williams. Register.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-05-27
An Indigestion
Remedy Free

Many people who are otherwise
healthy suffer from indigestion, or
dyspepsia. When you consider that
the stomach and allied digestive or
gans are the most important organs
Of the body, it would seem that dis
order there is to be taken very ser
iously.
Dyspeptics cannot eat the things they
like: food sours in the stomach; then
chronic constipation begins. or. as is often
the case. you have been constipated all
along. and the stools are forced and
irregular
70 until 1t becomes chronic and under
mines your health. 1t Is good advice to
suggest to you that you go to your drug
Efst and get bottle OF DR.. Caldwelfs
Syrup Pepsin. the wonderful cure for
stomach. liver and bowel troubles. That
d what c. Fowler. Of Carson City Mich.
did and he is well today. Others who did
the same and are cured are Ida A. For
tune. Of Grand Junction. Tenn, B. F.
Thompson. q shenandoah. Ia: who &C.
You can obtain 50-cent or 81 bottle Of
the druggist, and, taken according to d.
Fections, 1t will probably be all you need.
It is liquid. acts gently. never gripes.
exceptional tonic properties which tone
the stomach. and that is what Is es-
pecially needed in indigestion.
All sufferers from indigestion who have
never used DR.. Caldwelfs Syrup Pepsin
can obtain a free test bottle by writing
the doctor. 1t will be sent direct to your
home without any charge. In this way
thousands have proven to their own sat
isfaction DR.. Caldwelfs Syrup Pepsin is
the very remedy they needed to cure in.
remedy yon will throw violent cathartics,
tablets. salts, etc, away.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-05-27
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department Of the Interior,

Department Of the Interior,
u. S. Land OH;ce At Lamar Colo,
April Is. 1910.
Nses is hsrsby sivea that Jacob H. McVsy Of Holly.
Csisssds who April H. 1903. made homestead appe.-
tics No. 0643. tSsrsl No. 0S43 Tor the southwest quar-
section s. township "a south. ~ u the
sisek principal msrdsn has fled notice Of intention
nsis sasi sve proof to establish claim the land
eAevs described before L. NJ Z.hnser United State.
Csaaissossr. ct Holly. Colo the 1lth day Of June
1910.
Gaiasai witaes.e.: Robert Y. Fowler. L. A.
Wiley. Frank Sears. L. H. James, ell Of Holly. Colo
John A. Williams. Register.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-05-27

II there is anything about
your ailment that you dent
understand, or II you want
any medical advice, write
to the doctor, and he will
answer you fully, There Is
no charge for this service.
The address is DIR, W, B.
Caldwell. 500 Caldwell bldg,
Monticello. Ill.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-05-27
GRADUATING EXERCISES

That the public school system Of
Holly has the keenest interest Tor par
ents and all. was heartily attested both
at the eighth grade and high school
exercises. respectively. last Thursday
and Friday evenings.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-05-27
For Sixteen Years

DR.. BELL s PlNE-TAR-HONEY has been
used by millions Of people with perfect satisfac.
ton. For Coughs. Colds. Asthma, in fact all
throat and bronchial troubles.
Look for the Bell on the Bottle, Farmer 5
Pharmacy.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-05-27
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior.
U. S. Land OHce at Lamar Colo
May II. 1910
Notice is hereby given that Mrs. j. II. H-serty, Of
on Sept, g. 1907 made homes stead application No. BS7S
(ssrisl No. o35l4) for Loi. and and south hall Of
norhsas quarter. section township Is south. 42
intention to make epsl commuation proof, establish
claim to he land above described. before l. n Zanser
United Sttstes Commissioner. st Holly. Colo. on the
18th day Of June. 1910.
Cieina.i names as Witnesses; William W. James, loha
D. Stswsrt Alfred G. Vineenz and Edith L. VincsaE. al
Of Holly. Colo.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-05-27
HONOR ROLL

The following pupils in the
Holly schools have been neither
absent nor tardy during the school
year:
Meta Athey, Lawrence Debus, Ksth-
lesn Hill, Roy Burkhart, Charley Griffith,
Herbert and Clarence Newbanks, Marie
Bryce, Arthur Van Wye, Major Atkin,
Henry Bofue,:: Agnes Debus and Lo
Linville.
The scholarship offered by the
State University and other colleges
of the state TO the student in each
graduating class of our high school
who takes highest rank through
out the course, was won this year
by Miss Anna Bryce.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-05-27
Pine Tar and Honey

Have been used for generations in treating
coughs. DR.. BELLS PlNE-TAR.HONEY
con,sins both combined with other valuable in.
gradients. Look for the bell on the bottle.
Be sure you get Dr.. Bells. Farmer Pharmacy.
The Holly chieftain., 1910-05-27

Foley Kidney Pills are antiseptc. tonic and
restorative and prompt corrective Of all urin-
ary irregularities. Refuse substitutes
Hslly Pharmacy. Ikeman Bros. proprietors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01
Obsolete Adiectives.
IN the Los Angeles Herald,


There are some stock phrases which are
done to death. and should be decentl,
buried and forgotten. One Is "phIeematit
Englishmen." applied by a cotemporar,
to some Of the Britons who have civilized
the Sudan or, at any rate, conventional.
lied 1t. Englishnlen, Irishmen, Scotsmen
Welshmen, born and trained in one on
other of the islands Of the United King.
dom, go everywhere and brave every
KIND OF danger in order to extend tht
trading sphere OF the manufacturing isl.
ands. For markets the men of the limited
Kingdom roam the world over and when
territory which seems to them to possess
economic or trading ADVANTAGES ia seiz.
able they seize 1t.
The people of the United Kingdom,
many or whom are Englishmen, are by
Phlegmatlc means sluggish, dull and in
different. We would hesitate to apnIv
the word to the English or airy other resi-.
dents and pioneers of frontier land won
by hard fighting, for such an applica tion
would be ridiculous. Isn't 1t time we go,
away from tradition and down to facts
with regard to the modern Englishinan?
witty 1rishman? Yes, many Irish,pen
are witty. But they have not a monepoly
of wit; and there are no thriftier or can
nier'' human beings in the world than the
Irish.
''Canny' Scot? Yes, some Scots are
canny, but lonely graves in every mart Of
the world indicate enterprise amounting
to rashness. while even in money matters
there are none more free-handed than
"canny" Scots
''Phegmatic' Engiishman? Oh, no. II
won't do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01
DOLLAR WITH TWO HEADS.
Freak Silver Piece from the New
Orleans Mint.


Hanssl w. Compton has just returnsd
from New Orleans. La. where he went
upon . business trip. bringing with him
the only genuine silver dollar with heads
stamped on both sides ever seen in At
lanta. And thereby hangs a tale
MIR. Compton got this silver dollar IL,
change and did not notice the unusual
fact about 1t at the time. Some time
later he was matching a friend for car
fare. happening to use this silver dollar
when he noticed that the coin fell "heads'
every time He looked closer and saw
that there was head on each side of
the dollar. Unde one head were the
figures 1885, 4. date Of the initial
stamping. and under the other 1907
the date of the second stamping
He showed ii 10 several New Orleans
men. who offered him various premiums
the highest being $40, all Of which he
refused
The story in connection with this coin
II as follows: An employe In the New
Orleans mint whose duty IL was to run
the silver coin through the dies to have
the head stamped upon Il substituted a
current silver dollar for the coin irnme-
diately after the head had been stamped
upon ii. with the other side nstamped
and perfectly Slick. This was in 13Of
Three years later he ran the coin through
the stamper for the reverse side impress
ing another head and 1908 upon 1t The
fact that a coin had been put IN, at the
first instance, to replace the half coined
dollar prevented detection. In this man
ner, II Is explained, the silver dollar came
to have its two heads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01
Sunday Evening, May 8,
1910. s O'Clock.
Addresses by Two Members of Congress.
Excellent Musical Program
Admission, 25 and 90 cents. No Reserved Seats
my1 SUIT

weather. for she said the first foolish
thing that popped into her mind:
I've just been reading that every in
animate thing in creation has power, for
good or bad. l wonder If Charlie Wax
has any talent either way?-Oh, Just
look, l believe in my heart he's sprout-
ing a Leaf
The telegrapher took notice. Then he
expressed the opinion Of all expert sub
urbanite. Charlie Wax was undoubted-
ly sprouting a leaf
i was just thinking what beautiful
little place I've got out in the country
and how I'd hate to lose It'll It's a great
thing for q fellow to have a home-why
when get up in the morning to make
the fire for my wife the trees are full
OF singing birds, and I never saw robins
with such deep red breasts. If had to
give my home up l don't believe I could
ever bear to pass the place.
How are the new little chicks getting
on?"
Fine. Say. isn't it funny how each
hen knows her own brood when they are
other? And here's another funny thing
about hens: Ours haven't been laying
regularly lately, so the other day we
killed one, and don't you know the next
day my wife found an egg in every nest.
Looks as II hens knew a thing or two
Say, Miss Blank, did you know you
can drown flies dead and then bring 'ern
to life again? I can do it,
Ihls was prodlg1ous performance for
SO small an office boy. Miss Blank de-
manded details
"All you got to do is drown your fly in
water and then take him out and cover
him with salt and watch him till he
jumps up and flies away. It's-just-as-
easy
I've an acre Of ground out there and
as pretty house as any fellow could
ask for. The trees are like this
The telegrapher had drawn a line and
three dots on a piece of paper when
from the box came a warning click In
flash, the typewriter was racing neck
and neck with the jabbering wire, and
the office boy, waiting alertly for copy,
put In ms pocket puzzle he had just
drawn" in a popcorn bag.
AND the woman at the window said to
the planter. maybe, to herself:
i reckon it's true, Charlie Wax, be-
cause you did-you really did-bring a
bit of sunshine into this office In snits ot
the rainy weather."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01
Passing of the Old Bachelor.

the Atl0ntlc-
The typical old bachelor-crusty. ir-
ritabie, solitary-seems to be passing
away, If, indeed, he Is not already ex-
tinct. Nowadays there is every en-
enlargement for baehelordom, until 1t
has developed from a single state tn a
united Kingdom. with royal palaces in
all great cities.
There was a time when the typical
bachelor was pictured seated alone in
a sadly neglected room, pushing q re-
as he strove awkwardly, to sew but.
ton on his coat, using the side wall of
his room for thimble. That is all
done away with now. when. the Uni
its motor to the door of the bachelor
apartments. and carries away the gar
ments OF Benedict. returning them at
nightfall. every button reinforced,
every spot and stain effaced
And In what careless comfort does
Benedict live! Unhampered by feminine
niceties. he sets down his pipe where
he will. and swings about his room in
easy half dress. shouting the stein
gong at the top Of his voice without
u or hindranc2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01
Love on a Bus.

"eeBfJs
Trifes unnoticeable anywhere else un-
der London's grimy shadows take on in,-
portance during a bus ride: they lead 10
family condolences to exchange Of cards,
TO first steps toward lifelong companion
ship. The youths and maidens whom the
sensational novelist starts on a career Uf
mystery through a bus ride are III mites
NAL in number compared to those who
journey by such commonplace means in
to the paths OF romance still to be found
leading from the fountain Of youth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01

Edgar Selwyn. who Is to star in The
Scafecrow,'' Under the management Of
Henry Il. Harris. is the husband of Mar
garet Mayo, who wrote Polly of the
Circus"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01

Winthrop Ames the director of the
New Theater in New York, is to build
a theater In Boston. but denies that
he IL to retire from the management of
the former institution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01

Where the Trail Divides a new play.
suggested by Mr.. Will Lillibridge's novel
of that title, will be produced by Mr..
Robert Edeson a. the Actors Fund bene
fit In Minneapolis Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01

Bert Leslie is to be seen next season
in Charles Frohmans production of Our
Miss Gibbs" which Is to open this sea-
son In New York at the Knickerbocker
Theater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01

Ethel Fairbanks and May Hanlon. au-
thors of "a Swiss Ideal" have completed
a play of modern life. called "A Debu-
tante's Adventures. The scenes are laid
In New York and Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01

Geraldine Ulmar, who sang some years
with the Bostonians and who made
success In England in the Gilbert & Sui
hvan operas. is to appear in this country
in vaudeville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01

Eva Tanguay is to star in q musical
comedy under the direction of Florenz
Ziegfeld. The piece will be written by
Henry B. Smith and composed by
Maurice Levi.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01

Henry w. Savage will put three
Madame x companies on the road next
season, and has engaged John Webster
to play the role of the husband in one
of them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01

Otis Harlan is to appear In a musical
comedy by George Broadhurst. under the
management of ". A. Brady, next season
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01

Among the new Liebler productions will
be plays by Paul Armstrong, Anthony
Hope, Hall Caine, Israel Zangwill, O..
Henry and G. NJ. g. Mcclellan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01

The American Hippodrome Company
has received a partial list of acts en-
gagged in Europe and this country for
the various base ball parks which they
have leased for outdoor amusements at
night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01

Marietta Oily Is to go to Germany. She
will return to the United States in the
early fall 10 make her second tour OF this
country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01

Jameson Lee F1nney is to be the spend
thrift nephew in the London production
OF THE Dawn of a Tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01

The new play in which Henrietta Cros-
man Is to appear is by Percy Mackaye
and Is called "Anti-Matrimony."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01

Theodore Roberts has been engaged as
one of the cast of the coming revival of
Tim the Penman." He will appear "a
Baron Hartfeld.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01

Charles Dalton, who is in "Midchan-
nel." plays the part of the husband.
Theodore Blundell He will be remem-
bered for his portrayal of the leading
roles in Quo Vadis.'' The Helmet of
Navarro and 'Mizpah.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01

Tyrone Power il to be starred next
seasOn. proba bly, by Henry Miller, In
play by Charles Ram Kennedy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01

Minnie Dupree is to star next season
in a new play. called The Lady from
Oklahoma"