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Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1910-06-30

Two Buttes.-While rowing with a
friend on the Two Buttes reservoir
Sunday afternoon, Will Baker, 20
years Of age, from Colridge, Neb., was
drowned.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1910-06-30

A girl isn't necessarily an angel be-
cause she's fly.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1910-06-30

How we dislike the dentist who
spares no pains.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1910-06-30

Dr.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and invis-
crate stomach, liver and bowels. Bugnr-coatSd
tiny granules easy TO take ~ candy.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1910-06-30

Red, Weak, weary, Watery Eyee.
Murine For Your Eye Troubles. You Win
Like Murine: It Soothes. Soc at Your
Druggists. Write For Eye Books. Free.
Murine Eye Remedy Co. Chicago.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1910-06-30
Casey at the Bat.

This famous poem is contained in the
Coca-Cola Baseball Record Book for
1910, together with records. schedules
for both leagues and other valuable
baseball information compiled by au.
thorities. This interesting book sent
by the Coca-Cola Co.. Of Atlanta. Ca.
on receipt Of &c stamp Cor postage.
Also copy Of their booklet THE Truth
About Coca-Cola" which tells all about
this delicious beverage and why 1t Is
SO pure. wholesome and refreshing.
Are you ever ot-tired-thirsty?
Drink Coca-C ola-it is cooling. re-
lieves fatigue and Quenches the
thirst. At soda fountains and car
donated in bottles-5c everywhere.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1910-06-30

Most Useless Ever.
Can you imagine anything more
useless than a comb without any
teeth"
Yes; golf links without a club
Observation-Disclosures Age-Herald.
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1910-06-30

Dlsssl sayvAsss, =.
sSasts = kllls all Aiss
Meet. elsan, osnamsa-
Isi. eoavsnisnt, sheep.
Lssts All Season.
AA.is Of metal .oannos
spill or ~ over. will
not sotl or inJurs any.
lhins. Guaranteed u.
fedtivs. Ofail lsalsss
sr sshtprspaid for3oo.
HAROLD sOnKns
$50 Dskslb Ave.
Desshlys, hsv rssA
Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1910-06-30
SPORT.

WESTERN LEAGUE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-06

waste. This town can not be kept healthy or the streets free from waste paper or other litter unless all waste is regularly collected and destroyed by fire. It will not do to pile it up here and there in the greater city, thereby creating local dumping grounds that are detrimental to the public health. The rag-piekers cannot be kept away from such places. The true way con sists in the transportation of garbage in steel-coyered trolley cars to cen tral crematory, where fire quickly robs it of all power for harm.
 The subject is one every citizen should take home to himself. It will necessarily come up in the greater city, and when it does 1t should be decided intelligently and thoughtfully. The subject deserves study and thought, so that when the subject is submitted to the people it will gain the approval of all who desire to see the greater city become both healthful and beautiful.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-06
LIFE OF SWISS CONNECTS.
Hospitality For Fortunate Criminals
 Who Become JaI Guests.

From a New York Paper.
 Compared with the barbarous treatment
 meted out to convicts in Russian penal es-
 tablishments, the prison life in certain Swiss jails is a long drawn out dream
 of. happiness. Although the famous comic opera Jail at Thornburg had to be sup pressed owing to the ridicule leveied at it similar institution at Sarnen in. tho
 canton of Oswald survives to extend a
 generous hospitality to those criminals who are so fortunate as to gain admit
 tance within its doors.
 A correspondent of a Lausanne paper
 says that he was passing through Sarnen
 when he saw a number of men dressed
 In dark blue clothes with white stripes
 walking about the village smoking and ] joking. Others were seated in cafe l and some were working in a leisurely manner, carrying. bricks for the con- struction of a new building. | To his astonishment the correspondent | found that the men were convicts from the cantonal prison close by. These con- | victs are permitted to leave the prison early in the morning and find work
 around Sarnen or walk about the coun- try until nightfall. when they return of ! their own accord to the prison. l They are unaccompanied by wardens l and there Is nothing to prevent their | escaping but they are far too comfortable
 to think of relinquishing their quarters for they have as much liberty as other | men and are. moreover. fed and lodged | for nothing.
 | The money earned by those convicts who choose to work can be spent as they
 like One convict, who is employed as
 gardener by a local magistrate, sends
 his monthly salary to his wife and chill l dren.
 Two or three convicts escaped a few
 weeks ago but they eventually returned
 to the prison in a half famished condi-
 ton and after being severely reprimand- ed they were allowed to return te their | A pa rtrneflts
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-06
BUILDING IN NEW YORK.

From the Chattanooga News.
 Ninety-eight theatres have cost New York :16,o00OOo to build during the last four years, and s2 churches have been erected at a cost of something less than sS0oo,o00. For 1S1 office buildings ss5,- coo, ,O00 was expended for stores and lofts, s61. .Ooo, 900; for 21 hotels, s10.0Oo,ooo. Alto gether 414s new buildings have been erect ed at a cost of sSsO. .0oo.oOo and for repairs s57, ,000,0 900 has been paid out. Plans al- ready announced for 1910 and 1911 call for the outlay of s17s,ooO,Oo0 more, so that it will be seen that the building of New York is to proceed with accelerated and not diminished pace. Few will be sur prised to learn that there is more de- mand in New York for shows than for religious services, but 1t is interesting to learn that new theatres have cost 90 per cent more in the last four years than new hotels. Perhaps the explanation is that although all hotel guests are probable theatre patrons. not all theatre patrons sleep in hotels. Besides, building like other things, often goes 'by fits and starts"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-06
Iron Production Last Year

The Iron Trade Review reports the total production of coke and anthracite pig iron in 1909 at 25,3S5,75s tons, as against 25,29S,732 tons in 1907. A new record is thus established. The excess of 1909 is 36,027 tons and it is not prob able that the charcoal iron figures will materially reduce this excess. The total figures of production are not yet at hand, but it is reasonable safe to expect a large production of charcoal iron, in 1909. In 1908 the production of charcoal iron was 49.146 tons; in 1907 it was 437, ,397 tons, and in 1906 it was 433,007 tons. A production in ex- cess of 100000 tons in 1909 is needed in order to let that year establish a new record in iron-making.
 The country is at present making iron at the rate of 32,O00, 900 tons a year. In December 2,6S1,S5 tons of coke and anthracite iron were turned out, and the furnaces are producing at a high rate as we enter the new year. But still furnaces must be re- lined and limit to the demand may be reached, and altogether it Is not reasonable to anticipate production of 32, ,000, 900 tons in 1910.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-06
REBUILDING MEsslNA.
.orn the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 .'Rebuiding Messina is a task so stu- pendous that I presume it will never be accomplished; at any rate. reports from Italy seem to indicate that the inhabi- tants of that part of the world despair of 1t" remarked Herbert p. Parker of Bir- mingham England. at the Raleigh.
 But I believe that if a systematic ef- fort at rebuilding the city should be un- dertaken, it would not be so great an undertaking as appears at first blush. The very best thing would be to construct houses one story high, of attractive shape. with every convenience, made of galvanized corrugated sheet iron, and the framework built of light steel fixed in concrete. Such houses would stand any amount of swaying about of the earth and not topple over. and if they did toppls tI.e weight would not be great enough to do much harm. AS land all around Mes sina and Reggie is cheap enough, the towns could take in large extension in area, and build houses where there are no ruins to be cleared away.
 'The experience of San Francisco in re- building that city has demonstrated that reinforced concrete houses are less expen- sive and more durable than any other form of construction, but the conditions in San Francisco and Messine, of course, are different. In Frisco it Is necessary that the buildings shall be more than one story in height. and such construction as I have suggested for Messina could not be used in the California city. There is no reason. however, so far as can see. why Messina should not build houses in the manner suggested, for there is plenty of territory to build upon.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-06
, Good Showing For Railroads

With the general recovery of busi. ness comes a cheering report of rail road earnings in Alabama. Prosperity was at its height in 1907, just before the Wall street panic, and that was a banner year for the transportation lines but in the fiscal year ending June 30 last there was an increase in net earnings of s2,182.070, as compared with 1907. AS shown in the annual re- port of Capt Charles Henderson, pres ident of the Alabama Railroad com mission, not only did the net earnings of the roads make larger total, but many permanent improvements in operation are noted
 Improved terminal facilities have contributed largely to the net results of the years operations. Adequate terminals mean less congestion. Every train is now operated to it's full ca pacity and that, of course, means a better earning capacity for the rail road companies. In the report men. tion is made of new rolling stock and improved tracks.
 A noteworthy feature of the report is the decrease in the number of casu alties. Not a single passenger was killed in Alabama during the fiscal year, and only 37 were injured. In 1907 there were seven passengers killed and 147 injured. In this fiscal year 40 employees met death from rail road accidents and 1869 were reported injured, as compared with 102 killed and 2045 injured during the year end ing June 30, 19o7 There was a gair in the number of passengers hauled o 258.429, as compared with 1907. The mileage, including second track ant stdings, was SOTO, an increase oyel 1907 of 60 niles
 If such 8 good showing could bs made for the year ending June 30 when there was still considerable de pression in business, what may no he expected for the year ending nex June 30? The railroads have beer gaining within the past six months an, fhora will ha a much proator roto n increase in the first half of 1910.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-06

their youth is passed in torture. In an- cient Persia an aauiIine nose was often l thought worthy of a crown, and if there were any competition between two princes the people generally went by this criterion of majesty.
 In some countries the mothers break the noses of their children, and in others press the head between two boards that 1t may become square The Indian beauty Is thickly smeared with bears fat, and the female Hottentot receives from the hand of her lover, not silks or wreaths of flowers, but the warm entrails of anil mals newly slain to dress herself with the enviable ornaments.
 In China small eyes are liked, and the girls are continually pluclSing their eye brows that they may be small and long.
 The Turkish women dip gold brush in the tincture of black drug which they pass over their eyebrows by day, but it looks shining by night; they tinge their nails with rose color. An orna- ment for the nose appears to us to be perfectly unnecessary; the Peruvians, however, think otherwise, and they hang from 1t heavy ring, the thickness of which is regulated according to the rank of their husbands.
 The custom of boring the noses, as English women do their ears, is very common in several nations; through the perforation are hung various materials, such as green crystal, gold, stones, single and sometimes a great number of gold rings; this is rather troublesome to them in blowing their noses.
 The female headdress is carried in some countries to singular extrawagance. The Chinese beauty carries on her head the figure of a certain bird; this is composed of copper or of gold. according to the rank of the person; the wings spread out and fall over the front of the headdress and conceal the temples; the tail. long and open. forms a beautiful tuft of feath- CTS; the beak covers the top of the nose; the neck is fastened to the body of the artificial animal by spring, that it may the more freely play and tremble at the slightest motion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-06
Disposal of Household Waste

If the greater city decides to estab- lfah a crematory at cost of $1O0, 900 it should be understood that ashes and cut grass and weeds will go into it as well as paper, rags, cardboard, sweep ings and other domestic detritus. Let no one think that crematory will diminish in any respect the gathering of household waste. The crematory will stand ready to consume all. in- cluding ashes, turning all into cinders that have . commercial value. while they are absolutely sanitary.
 No city of 100000 people can afford 46 bo without modern means for col 1oetlne md -diyposing of household
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-06
Counting Noses in April

Montgomery claims population of 73,000, and it Is plain It is to be nip and tuck between Mobile and Mont gomery for second place in this state. The latter claims to have gained popu- lation regardless of the panic of 1907, and Mobile may make similar claim. As matter of state pride it is to be hoped that Montgomery will be able to maintain its pace, for in that case this state would have three cities in or above the 100, 900 class in 1920. Mobile can be trusted to have a population in that year of over 100 1000, for it will then feel the impulse of the Panama canal. Montgomery is reasonably sure of securing 100000 population in 1920 also.
 leans will lead all the rest in the cot ton states, and Memphis will gain sec ond place. Birmingham, Nashville and Atlanta will compete for third place. If the remainder of Jones Valley reached by trolley tracks had been annexed Birmingham would today be sure of third place in the cotton south. Bir- mingham is accused of adding new ter ritory, but as Nashville and Atlanta did likewise the charge comes with a bad grace from either.
 Whatever the result may be the three cities that are competing for third place are full of grit and vigor, and they can each and all be trusted to enter themselves in the 1920 sweep stakes for third place, always pro vided Memphis is able to hold tha. long second place. This is by no means assured. Birmingham may de- eide to cap that place in 1920.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-06
HOOSIER GIRL IN PARIS

Ascending, you push another button an trust and the thing starts up. If creaLs ana groans and at each floor pauses a. IT discouraged. then heaves n s,se, ans soes oh' AL your floor it catches itself. sonenow little iron sill appears and vol, get out. glad to know the plans you made as you ascended for the disposition or your effects will not be needed rivb+ away. When you are safely out vo,, push the button which says "Descend,nv., ana the thing creal1s it's weary way down , You always walk down stairs.
 Anotner mystery is how they turn lights on and off without your seeing who Is doing 1t. enter the long parIor of my notei' on goes the electric light. I pass into the next the light appears there and the one in the first room goes out l walk to the front of the room to A desk and the light comes on there. I come in unexpectedly some dark afternoon and ere am in my room five minutes. my light is on, though there will be none elsewhere.
 You are leaving an apartment and walk through the passage to the big
 
 they open. So do interior doors and flights go on to light your way in a most uncanny way. If you have lived in flats, where you were sometimes a week mak- ing an appointment with the janitor, beg pardon, superintendent, this continual presence of one would awe you as it does me.
 have learned an interesting thing re- gardmg French law. All strange dogs are put into quarantine for six months as preventive for rabies. An English woman has brought her pet dog to Paris i, and here he must remain. She cannot take him home without turning him ovef to the government, which Quarantines< him for six months.
 'As result of this quarantining dogs," said the Englishman. London has not had a single case of hydrophobia in t2 years. You see by putting dogs where they can be watched there is no chance of their running around and biting per- sons. You cannot tell whether or not a dog has been bitten by some strange dog with rabies but if he shows no symptoms in six months then there is no dan ger"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-06
PUNcTUALITY.
It Has Its DisagreeabIe Side Just as
 Everything Else Has.

From the New York Evening Sun.
 So much Is said about the virtue of punctuality that people who go in for 1t to any great extent are exceedingly up- pish and dfsagreeable. Punctua1ity has its bad side just as everything else has. People should remember this If they are on time they only serve to throw into embarrassing relief the poor souls who come hurrying up ten minutes late. It Is snug to be precisely punctua1. It is raising yourself above the rest of mankind, refusing to partake in it's frail- ties. The ideal thing from the point of view of courtesy to others and decent humility about your own attainments is to be always ten minutes late, or at least to appear SO.
 If you are to meet at the package of flee in the Grand Central station at o'clock, sit quietly in the middle of the hall until 12 minutes after 4; then when you have seen the other person dash up, dripping with explanations, wait until the arrival has had a second in which to re- cover self-respect and stroll up with a remark on Timbuctoo or the best way to cultivate carrots. This will insure your popularity and show you to be a person of kind1iness and forethought At any rate it is better than a piti1ess standing at the place where you said you would be, your superiority increasing every min- ute and confronting, upbraiding silently, the person who promised to meet you because you appeared a rather lfl1able sort but who finds you in your panopiy of punctuality the very reverse of lfk- able
 For be it remembered that just as some people cannot be on time others can not, to save their skins, be late. So that they deserve not a whit of credit for 1t and should, in fact, be reprimanded when they do 1t ostentatiously and in pub lie.
 The theatres have formed 8 charming habit of sending up the curtain just 15 minutes after the time stated, which by punctual members of the audience Is considered shocking. for it permits the late arrivals to settle comfortably in their seats and say to the members of their family, who fumed and fused and had a silly idea that the time to get to the theatre was at the hour suggested in the papers, Now, you see, here we are in perfect time; couldn't be better" which arouses the worse nature of the punctual persons and divides families against themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-06
THE GOODBYE SONG.

The world rolls on in the same old way, Singing a goodbye song My dreams take leave of me, day by day, Singing goodbye song. l save up a dollar, that dollar soon goes, The lilt of the dawn and the bloom of the
 rose Everything, everything draws to a close. Singing a goodbye songi The friends longed to keep said farewell, Singing a goodbye song: And Youth went away with his magical
 spell,
 Singing a goodbye song Oh, when will it end? Will they ever
 come back Who've wandered afar on a shadowy
 track And left me behind in the pain and the
 rack
 Singing a goodbye song!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-06
A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning. What was he doing, the great god, Pan, Down in the reeds by the river? Spreading ruin and scattering ban, Splashing and padding with hoofs of
 goat,
 And breaking the golden lilies afioat With the drsgon-iy on the river. He tore out a reed, the great god Pan, From the deep. cool bed of the river; The limpid water turbidly ran, And tho broken lilies a-dyfng lay, And the dragon-ny had nsd away, Ere he brought 1t out of the river. High on the shore sat the great god Pan, Where turbidly flowed the river; And hack'd and hew'd as . great god can With his hard bleak steel at the patient Till there was not a sign of leaf in-
 deed
 To prove 1t fresh from the river. He cut 1t short, did the great god Pan QIow tall it stood in the riverD, Then drew the pith, like the heart of
 man,
 Steadily from the outside ring. And notchsd the poor dry, empty thing In holes. as he sat by the river. ''This is the way" laughed the great
 god Pan
 uausird while he sat by the rivsr). '-rhe only way, since gods began To make sweet music, they could suc-
 ceed." Then dropping his mouth to hole in the
 reed.
 He blew in power by the river. Sweet, sweet. sweet O Pan!
 Piercing sweet by the river! Blinding sweet, o great god Pan! Tho sun on the hill forgot to die, And the lilies revived, and the dragon-
 fly
 Came back to dream on the river. Yet half a beast is the great god Pan, To laugh as he sits by tho river. Making q poet out of a man: Tho true gods sigh for the cost and pals For the reed grows nevermore again A q xsAA ytth raads of the sivaA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-06
UNCLE SAM AS KRIS.
Unequaled for Dispensing HoIida,
 Cheer Beyond His Boundaries.

From the New York World.
 Something like s60,00o,000 in cash is be- lieved to have gone in Christmas pres ents from immigrants in the United States to relatives in Europe. The New York postofffce alone has sent more than q, ,500.- 900 in money orders The St. Louis sailed a day ahead of time and is hust1ing across the sea with all her S,00O-reindeer power in order to land her Christmas remenbrances in London and Paris next Saturday. Private forwarding agencies report their business as from 40 to 30 per cent better than last year. and upon that fact base rosy conclusions as to the resumption and permanence of pros perity.
 Some say that Uncle Sam is overriding the Christmas business. Bless his gen. erous heart, if he does it is only what plenty of respectable elderly gentlemen are doing these days! The grain and meat and cotton he ships on exchange must pay for the $a0,000,00o Christmas bills; and perhaps twice as much from the same senders during the year besides; and Q hundred millions to American girls mar rl0Q aDrOa0, dnQ Otuerb m our lOTc1&n colonies; and finance the years tourists and provide good cheer on New Year 8 day and July 1 to foreign holders of American securities-in all more than ssO0. .0OOo0o.
 An agent of the department of agri- culture Is about the only man who has had the temerity to criticise these in- ternational Christmas doings. He says that foreign-speal<ing bankers deliberately encourake immigrants to send or take their savings abroad. because there is such a big profit in the forwarding bus mess. This agent. Laj0s 6tetnert, esti- mates that more than $20o,O 900 a year Ia taken or sent in this way, which is perhaps a big estimate; and he says tho people ought to buy farms here with the money instead.
 Uncle gam is not built like the usual Santa Claus in the pictures. Hia polar diameter is too great and his equatorial periphery too scapty without padding. But he is the real thing. No other biz fsl- low among the earths nations compares with him in dispensipg holiday cheer be- yond his boundardeA <.