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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-10-01
A Little Diapepsin will
Promptly regulate any
Bad Stomach.

Why not get some now-this mo-
ment and forever rid yourself Of
stomach trouble and Indigestion? A
d1eted stomach gets the blues and
grumbles. Give it q good eat, then
take Pape's Diapepsin to start the di-
gestive juices working. There will be
no dyspepsia or beIching of Gas or
quotations of undigested food; no
feeling like lump of lead in the stom-
ach or heartburn, sick headache and
Dizziness, and your food will not fer
ment and poison your breath with
nauseous doors.
Pape's Diapepsin costs only so cents
for large case at any drug store here,
and will relieve the most obstinate
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-10-01
Suggestive Questions On Sunday School
Lesson By Rev. DR.. Linscott For the Inter
national Newspaper Bible Study Club
Copyright by T. D. D.
Lesson for Sept. 25, 1910.
Copyright 1910. by Rev T. S. Linsco tt, D. D.

men TO be sober, to love their hus-
bands, to love their children,
To be discreet, chaste, keepers at
home, good. obedient to their own hus-
bands, that the word of God be not
blasphemed.
Young men likewise exhort to be
sober minded.
In all things shelving myself a pat
tern of good works: In doctrine show
ing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
Sound speech, that cannot be con-
demned; that ne that is Of the contrary
part may be ashamed, having no evil
thing to say OF you.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-10-01
SCRIPTURE.
Titus Gals.

Titus Gals.
But speak thou the things which be-
come sound doctrine:
That the aged men be sober, grave,
sound In faith, in charity,
in patience.
The aged women likewise, hat they
be in behavior as becometh holiness,
not false accusers, not given to much
wine, teachers of good things;
That they may teach the young wo-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-10-01

You are not experimenting on your
self when you take Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for a cold as that preparation
has Won its great reputation and ex-
tensive sale by its remarkable cures of
colds, and can always be depended upon
: is equally valuable for adults and
children and may be given to young
es1ldren with implicit confidence as it
contains no harmful drug. Sold by all
dealers.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-10-01

"HOSE Of us who live in large cit
les realize how difficult it is to
follow our favorite Nastiane Of
watching the stars. The tall buildings
forming the skyline" of New York,
so interesting to see from the herbor,
decrease to such an extent the line of
the sky visible that resident of Man
haitian can observe the heavenly bod
les only when they are comparatively
near the zenith In addition, the street
lights shining on the dust of the city
Eliminates the sky SO that we can view
only the moon, planets and brighter
stars. The people of Chicago or Pitts
burg are not better situated, for if
their buildings are not so high, their
atmosphere (from the use Of soft coal),
however. are not so clear. The vast
majority of the readers of these lines
do not live in large cities, and conse-
Quent1y they are able to watch the
skies. which in the early evenings at
this time Of year are probably more
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-30

IF there is one business on earth that
a ouitter should leave severely alone,
1t is advertising" says John Wanamaker.
40 make a success of advertising one
r.ust be prepared to stick to it like a
barnacle on boats bottom. He should
know before he begins that he must
spend money-considerable of it. Some
body should tell him that he cannot hope
to reap results commensurate with his ex-
penditure early in the game.
Advertising doesn't jerk; it pulls. 1t
begins very gently at first but the pull
is steady 1t increases day by day and
year by year, until it exerts an Irresistible
power. 1t is lkened to a team pulling a
heavy lead. A thousand spasmodic, Jerky
pulls will not bulge the load, while one
half the power exerted In steady effort
will start and keep it moving. There are
three ways to make advertising pay.
and there are only three ways. There are
no others.
First is TO keep at 1t; second. is to
Keep at 1t; third, is to keep at it,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-30
BUCHANAN'S CAPACITY
Former President Could Drink Great
Deal of whisky

From the Washington Herald.
>. There is a tradition, according to Lewis
S. Peters of Richmond, who is at the
Riggs, that James Buchanan kept the
best whisky of any of the Presidents
Mr.. Peters said:
II have read the statement that he
had in his cellar at Wheatland enormous
quantities of the best rye whisky in the
world when he died. 1t was said, and
the story was told with the precision and
circumstantiality that gave 1t the i'm
press of truth, that whisky-that Is, good
whisky, and such whisky as he drank
had no other intoxicating effect on James
Buchanan than a gentle exhilaration, and
that he could drink a gallon of 1t a day
without perceptible effect on his physique
or the slightest disorder Of his mind.
There was a story that John Tyler,
when President, wanted to find out what
the democratic party was doing in the
field of politics, and with that end in
view selected two seasoned Virginia
topers to interview Buchanan, then a
United States senator, get him drunk.
and induce him to talk. The parties met
at the Astor House in New York, and
shortly after midnight Tyler's emissaries
were both under the table, and old Buck,
in full possession of all his faculties and
President Tyler's political secrets, trotted
off to bed
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-30
King Cotton'S First Century

Eli Whitney's saw gin antedates lsft.
but the production of the staple In this
country a century ago was small in
deed, and it was not until 1885 that the
crop crossed the million-bale line. The
use Of cotton goes back in India a. least
5000 years, and in Egypt at least 2oo0
years, and all down through the CEN
turtles cotton has been and is now
grown in large quantities in India
China and Egypt. where it is still spun
and woven by hand.
southern states in this country has long
supplied the world with a commercial
crop. This home crop is supplemented
by limited supplies from Egypt, where
Irrigation is possible. The India crop
will be needed at home as soon as the
Indian mills are enlarged to meet home
demands. Neither Brazil nor Africa
holds out prospects of large exporta BILE
crops. The worlds commercial crop
bids fair to be grown indefinitely in
the southern states of this country.
The large question relates, not so
much to the source of the crop, as it
does to the capacity of the south to
supply the world with the staple
Through out another century. The crop
Is doubled every 80 years, and south ern
Agriculture may yet be overtaxed. The
world must have its cotton even If the
price goes to dollar pound. as it
aid during the civil war. Cotton has
hrxely supplanted fax and wool and
nav uses are being constantly invented
For 1t. The south will have to pillow
deeper and more widely If it expects to
furnish to a large extent the CONNER
eial crop of the world throughout the
oourse of another century.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-30
SWAT MiLLIGAN'S ASBESTOS BAT

gate with the volume which contained
his weakness. The boy hurried to the
clubhouse, but so far his actions had es-
capped the conniving McGlook. The boy
placed the book on a table where it
could be seen through the narrow little
window.
McGlook proceeded to coat the ball
with his chemical preparation as Swat
waited with a smile. All of a sudden
McGlook cut loose and the ball came
sizzling for the plate. Swat leaned
back and with an awful swing he
caught the ball squarely on the nose.
With the crack OF the bat 1t imme-
diately caught fire and started on
smoking course straight for the little
window in the clubhouse. -
The asbestos bat had done the work
and McGlook looked around in horror.
He saw the ball headed straight for the
clubhouse, and as he followed its course
he saw the volume of weaknesses thar
had been placed on the table But, alas!
it was too late.
The ball struck the window with an
awful crash, burnt its way through and
dived into the pages of the telltale vol
ure that old Bill Breakspeed had worked
on for years. -,
The pages of the book caught fire and
burned the last chart to crisp. Then
the whole clubhouse was seen smoking.
The fielders made a daring break to
rescue the burning ball, but they found
the clubhouse locked. While they were
beating on the door Swat began his
tour around the bases. The rule was
still in vogue that a batter could keep
scoring until the ball was recovered.
As the fielders watched the clubhouse
burn Swat sped around the bags for II
runs, and by that time the crowd was
fling lsorrowfully out of the park.
Swat not only had won a notable
game, but he had completely effaced
all records of his weakness, and to this
minute no one has the slightest idea as
to wherein he is wanting. The score:
Innings 1 2 3 6 7S9
Poison Oaks 20 0 412 *-41s
Eagle Eyes 20 1 4 l 90 % o.
Base Hits, Poison Oaks 1, Eagle Eyes
s. Errors, Poison Oaks 0, Eagle Eyes
2. Batteries, Rapidfire and Hangnail;
McGlook and Bachstoppe.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-30
Our Theatres Next Season

The battle between the Shuberts and
their allies and Klaw & Erlanger goes
merrily on. The Shuberts have obtained
the upper hand in Atlanta and Mont
gomery. and the old booking firm
threatens to build in the former a new
theatre.
But how about Birmingham? The
syndicate controls the Jefferson the
atre, but it does not control some of
the best companies and players of the
coming season. Are these independent
players to be shut out of Birmingham
next season?
The list of independents among the
player folk is longer and better, all
things considered, than the list of reg
ulars, who are willing to go on the
road, making at times one-night stands.
If these independents are to be shut
out of Birmingham because of the war
now going on between the Shuberts and
Klaw & Erlanger. the people who de-
sire the best possible plays and play
ers. will become losers without rhyme or
reason.
Once there was an open door to all
amusements that measured up to the
popular standard, but in these days of
trusts the open-door policy has been
abandoned and now every town THAI
gets all must have syndicate theatre
and an independent theatre. Has Bir-
mingh am an adequate Independent the
atre? The war goes merrily on, and
IL the best companies and the best
plays are to be presented in this city
next season Birmingham must stand
equipped with two first-class theatres
One Of our play houses is not eligible
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-30
oPERATIC SALARIES

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
A good many Woodworking men and
women will envy Charles Dalmores, who
has just signed a contract with tho
Metropolitan company to sing for four
years in opera, in 40 performances year.
for 100000 But considering the fact
that the size of an operate audience gen.
orally depends upon the reputation OF the
principal singers in the cast, the sum Dali
mores will receive is not more than lie IL
worth to the Metropolitan management.
1t is by no means an unprecedented
figure Malibran was once paid $4,000
for IS performances at La Scala. Jenny
Lind gave 95 concerts under Barnum's
management for s2OS.675. Patti got $2o,-
ss5 for three performances in one week
IN Boston in 1882, her share of the re-
oeirts for the Saturday matinee alone be-
Ing $685.. In 1897. the year Of the fall
urc of Abbey and Grau. Melba received
5000 for each appearance. Calve $14oo
and Jean de Reszke 5000. Today Caruso' S
usual price is $500.
The great tenor, Italo Campanini, began
his career at 50 cents night and finally
received $1,000 a performance from Maple
sen and $4,000 in one season from Abb
hey Tamagno was once engaged for 40
performances of opera in Buenos Ayres
for $4,000 though the outbreak of a
revolution prevented the fulilment of the
contract
AS long as a singer is able to point to
large audiences as indubitable proof of
his drawing powers, and as long as OPP
cratic impresarios are willing to pay
large salaries, the prima donna and the
heroic tenor are justified in their de-
n.ands.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-30
A Summer Need

Birmingham is situated in beautiful
valley and it's summer climate is alto
gether delight While many persons
having ample means go away from
home for a change of scene, the vast
majority have to remain here through :
out the summer And for the members
of the Can't Get Away club the ques-
ton of wholesome diversion is of no
small Importance.
Amusements of various kinds there
are, but nothing affords so much pleas
ure for the multitude as music Biz
min CHAM should have free open-air
concerts. and 1t will have them if the
efforts of the Music Study club meet
with ready response this week. The
ladies who compose this club are max
ing a canvass for funds with which to
provide music in theiparks. They have
made a good start, and it is HOPED that
by the end of the week the full amount
necessary will have been subscribed.
Within the past two or three years
Birmingham has developed a large de-
gree of public spirit. The people are
feeling more and more the charm and
the value of the city beautiful idea, and
in few cities is civic pride more in evil
denee than it is here. Birmingham as
a community is now able to do what
ever it undertakes to do within reason,
and this summer music movement can
hardly fail.
In addition to the large subscrip ions
that corporations and business con-
Germs will make to the concert fund,
l. should be easy to raise, If necessary,
$1,000 by small individual subsc riptions.
To employ an adequate band for three
concerts a week for nine or ten weeks
something like $4,000 must be in hand.
This is not much for Birmingham to
raise, and certain it is that no $4,000
expenditure, outside of the real necessi-
ties of life, would go farther or yield
better returns, considered from a large
,,iaypoipt than that which would rive
the people open-air music.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-30

adjoining property. Practically all of
his real estate will now go to the pro-
posed Princeton graduate school, and no
question will be raised over the unearned
increment.
Recently. too. the richest man in North
Carolina died He. too, owned real es-
tate, but his chief possessions were stocks
and bonds He died worth 100000 but
unlike the Massachusetts Croesus he was
not graduated at any college, and he had
children. This wealthy man of North
Carolina says the Louisville Courier
Journal occupied a farmhouse of prim-
tive design. The house furnishings were
severely plain. There was barely enough
furniture for actual needs. The floor
was without carpets and the window
was without curtains. Most of the win
dow-panes had been broken out years
ago ana none OF tfleIl ndu Dtth lCPioSSN-
The little special telegram which chron-
icles these facts does not go much deep
er into details, but all of us have seen
farmhouses of that sort. The front gate
says on its rust-eaten hinges, the CHM
ney is ragged and grown and the
roof lets in the sunshine and the rain.
1t is hard to conceive of millionaire
living and dying in that sort of house.
but we occasionally hear of case of
that character
There are all sorts of millionaires
springing up in this country, but per-
haps few will Guido in eccentricity the
one from Salem, Mass, or the one that
died in North Carolina. They were alike
in one thing-each had a dominating pas
sion for gathering in all the wealth he
could get his hands on, and each had
TO part with 1t as he got ready to be
ferried over the dark river.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-30
Election Bettina Habit

"A great many men who have no pas
sion for gambling and who never look
inside of gambling house, bet on cleo
TONS said an old citizen. And this
betting habit seems to be on the in
crease
Some men bet only hats, but many
put up cash; some of them large amounts
A great deal of money in the way OF
bets changed hands on the amendment
election last fall; and in this county
great deal more changed hands on the
sheriffs race There were comparatively
few bets on the gubernatorial contest,
and there will not be much money pu9
up on the city primary. But some men
are so fond of betting on elections that
hundreds of hats will be wagered on the
vote that this or that candidate will
receive on June 20. AS to whom the
winners will be for certain of the most
coveted offices all the men I meet seem
to be agreed
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-30

Bozeman Bulger in the New York Even
ing World
~ UT for quick wit and daring
drive in his game with the
- Eagle Eyes this afternoon, the
career of the illustrious Swat Milligan
would have come to an untimely end.
The Poison Oaks came over yesterday
for their first game of the season, and
a committee of cunning players made
Harold Hangover had unexpectedly
fallen on plan to accomplish his down
fall.
1t seems that an old pitcher named
Bill Breakspeed who far years has lived
in the Fox mountains as a hermit, has
made life study of the weaknesses of
the great batters of the age. He had
put them in the form of charts, which
were bound In leather and kept in his
cave Two days ago he died. and he
left to the Eagle Eye club his Won
derful book of charts. The book in
cluded the weakness of the peerless
Milligan, and though it was to have
been delivered in Ragweed Junction be-
fore the game 1t was delayed
The game was holly fought, with the
Eagle Eyes six runs in the lead In the
seventh inning McGlook's wildness gave
three p. o. batters bases on balls.
As the Poison Oaks got three men on
bases a commotion was observed on
the bench, and Swat Milligan was look
ing around for his bat.
Just a moment" exclaimed Swat,
and with queer-l ooking stick he ap-
preached the plate.
Having failed to get the book of
weaknesses in time Luke McGlook had
decided to accomplish the downfall of
Swat through the aid of his fire ball"
This ball was SO coated with a combus-
tible chemical preparation that when
it struck the bat the whole shebang
would ignite and burn up the bat.
Swat's eye caught this furtive mood and
he had come up with his famous ashes
tos willow.
Two strikes had been called by the
umpire when suddenly the steely CLINT
appeared in the eye of the great batter.
AS the second strike was called Swat
had observed boy entering the back
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-30
NEW LINCOLN ANECDoTE

Jaspar Alban Conant tells the following
new anecdote Of Lincoln in the June
Metropolitan Magazine:
Zone of the comical characters In
Washington during the war was jolly old
Isaac Newton, the Philadelphia Quaker
whom Lincoln appointed commissioner OF
agriculture-a new Office just created "
Congress Newton, who tried and at the
same time amused the President, had
made his reputation on dairy farm; be-
You'd this he knew little of agriculture.
Hearing which, / could not refrain
from asking Lincoln why he had appoint
ed such an ignorant man to the Of
flee.
Because | think he's competent
enough to attend to all the agriculture we
will have till the war is ended" was the
answer"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-30
SPELL OF .MoNTE cRIsTov
Flower Girl Decided TO Follow the
Crowds to Chateau DIFF
Deshler WEIGH in Harper's Magazine f

Deshler WEIGH in Harper's Magazine for
June.
Along the Cour St. Louis In Marseilles,
on both sides of it, under umbrella like
plane trees, are rows of picturesque
kiosks. in the shape of little cathedral
pulpits, in which bright-eyed women
perched on their high seats are selling
flowers that are banked up around them
on the railing, and in baskets below on
the sidewalk.
In one of them, on a soft May morn
ing, young girl was so engrossed in 4
book that she did not Immediately see
me as I lifted up bunch of violets and
said:
"Combien?"
She caught her breath as she closed
the volume, securing a place with one
of her fingers between the leaves, and
blushingly replied:
'Un franc"
handed her the silver piece and saw
that she was as beautiful as Hebe. Then
I asked her what she was reading.
1T is Monte Cristo.' y
And you are already in love with Ed
mond Dantes?"
She looked at me with curious sur
prise and made feint of adjusting a
huge pile of roses. lot of them spilled
to the ground.
"Ah. how could one help it? Was there
ever one SO magnificent
And little Mercedes-what of herr"
"Oh, monsieur, l am trembling for her
Where 1 am reading Edmond has been
dragged off to the Chateau DIFF, and he
is in prison. To this day 1 have looked
at the old fort across the blue water
and have not even cared to visit it, al
though my father has a bateau mouche
to take the people over, and they go
in such crowds to see the place of Monte
Cristo-and never knew much why I'M
til now. On Sunday I shall go early
after we. have said mass. Have you been,
monsieur? You will know his boat at
once, for it is called Mercedes, and lies
on the foot of Cannebiere.'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-30
Tribute to Gaynor

A glowing tribute to Mayor Gaynor of
New York was paid him in Birmingham
last night by George Hogg, prominent
lawyer of that city who in in this dis
trict in connection with the meeting of
Knight, Yancey G. Co. creditors.
Mayor Gaynor, who is democrat
said Mr.. Hogg, "is a man Of rare execu-
tive ability, able to the last degree and
absolutely fearless in the discharge of his
duties.
Practically the only mistake he has
broadside aimed at William R. Hearst.
While Mr.. Hearst may have been some
what overzealous in his muck raking
against Mayor Gaynor, at the same time
there should be absolutely no hindrance
of the freedom of the press. Mayor Gay
nor would have the press cut down in its
scope and made subsidiary TO the person
rather than to the people.
Mayor 'Gaynor few Off at a tangent
when he attacked Mr.. Hearst, and think
now regrets his course.
However, the mayor of Greater New
York has sufficient work to keep him
pretty well occupied and / do not think
he will have time to make many mis-
takes such as the Hearst affair l think
Mayor Gaynor is good presidential timber
and would not be surprised to see him
nominated If Judson Harmon is side
tracked. Should this happen Hearst and
his following would unquestionably fall
in line to carry New York for the DEM
ocrats. If New York goes for the DEM
ocrats / believe the nation will also.
The recent exposures at Albany,
wherein the republican party has been
severely roasted will in my mind effect
the political situation for years to come
in the Empire state"