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tusks ever secured are to be seen In a
museum in the United States. One of
the tucks measures 10 feet inches along
the outer curve and scales 235 pounds,
and the other. which is an inch or two
less, weighs 225 pounds, giving total OF
400 pounds.
The second of these tusks is eclipsed by
one to be seen in the British Museum coll
lection. 1t measures 10 feet . inches, is
241s inches in circumference, and weighs
226 pounds. One of the longest -tusks on
record was that in the possession of the
late Mr.. Rowland Ward at one time 1t
measured II feet 51s inches, over the curve
and scaled $50 pounds, It's fellow meas
ured II feet in length and weighed 143
pounds The pair. now enrich the Ameri-
can national collection.
Sir Edmund Loder is the possessor of a
very fine single tusk. which measures 3
feet inches and weighs 1874 pounds. In
1911 Mr.. w. w. Greener, the Haymarket
gunmaker, had in his window wonder
fully even pair of teeth, which scaled
just over 1874 pounds apiece. had widest
circumference of %. inches and an ex-
treme length OF feet They made a
very fine second to Major Powell Cotton s
splendid pair. &e@
A remarkable tusk in the possession OF
Mr. Graham Pownall, which Dame from
Uganda, measures feet inches, has
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Eats Freely But
Has No Dyspepsia
Takes a mild laxative with
good pepsin and insures
comfort and pleasure

Fortunate is the one who can eat
anything" without suffering the tor
lures of dyspepsia, but as few are so
fortunate care should be taken in the
matter of diet Eating slowly. masti-
eating the food thoroughly and taking
q short walk after the heavy meal of
the day will do much towards assisting
digestion. Any grown-up, person ought
to know the peculiar foods that do not
agree, and these should be avoided.
When these common-sense aids fail,
the next thing to do is to take a mild
digestive tonic with laxative properties,
and there is none better than DIR. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin. 1t contains the
greatest of an aids to digestion, good
pepsin. 1t has other Ingredients that
act mildly on the bowels which togeth-
er form a combination for the relief of
dyspepsia or indigestion that is unsur-
passed.
It's action is to tone and strengthen
the stomach and bowel muscles so that
they can again do their work naturally
without outside aid, and when that hap
py moment comes all medicine can be
dispensed with 1t is the best remedy
obtainable for any disorder of the
stomach, liver and bowels, for dyspep-
sia, constipation, biliousness, headaches,
drowsiness after eating, gas on the
stomach, etc. Thousands of users will
testify to this, among them Mrs. Oliver
Young, Merrill, Wis. She says: After
many years suffering from indigestion
/ have obtained what / believe to be
permanent relief by using DR. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsin | feel 10 years
younger, my work seems easy, my
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
FATHER COYLE'S ADDRESS
ON HOME RULE FOR IRELAND

Recently ule Rev. Father James E..
Coyle. pastor of St. Panl's church. de-
livered an address on Home Rule for
Ireland before the study Circle and it
is now published by request of members
of the circle Father coyle said:
Home rule for ireland was an issue
before Christopher Columbus sailed from
Palos in the last decade of the fifteenth
century. 1t had been, indeed, for three
centuries before that date, an issue, not
indeed, in all respects. the same issue
as today. but vet substantially the same,
So for the better understanding of the
isGue We must go back to 1172
When Norman foot did first pollute,
Our Independent shore
THE trouble, began, as all troubles do,
am very courageous 10 say this this
evening, with a lady. As Helen of old :
80 was the cause of long ten
years war
That laid at last old Troy in ashes
So the beautiful wife of o'Rourke. Prince
OF Breffni was the cause of woes un-
numbered to Ireland Unfaithful to her
lawful spouse. she fled with McMurrough
10 l@elHSlti. ana Ine idIteft TO save MS
kingdom from invasion of the outraged
husband and his friends. invited Henry
II OF England TO send over some Nor
man troops. They came, and they are
there yet. Thus began the centuries long
struggle between the races. English rule
governing Ireland. ireland resisting and
asking to govern herself. Our national
poet, Moore, in one of his poems de-
scribes this beginning of Irelands mis-
fortunes. He represents the return of
O'Rourke to his castle after the flight
of the princess:
The valley lay smiling before me,
Where lately / left her behind;
Yet l trembled. and something shung Ger
me-
That ,sadden'd the joy of my mind.
( lool'd for the lamp which, she told me,
Should shine when her Pilgrim returned;
But, though darkness began to enfold
me,
No lamp from the battlement burn'd.
:. L flew to her chamber--'twas lonely.
AS if the loved tenant lay dead;
All, would it were DEATH and death only;
But no, the young false one had fled
And there hung the lutte that could soften
My very worst pains into bliss;
While the hand that had walked it so
often,
Now throbbd to proud rivals kiss.
There was time. falsest of women.
When Breffnis good sword would have
sought,
That man, thro' a million of foemen,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
Teeth Ten Feet Long

From Tit-Btts-
1t is the ambition of most big game
hunters to bag good 'tusker'-an eie-
.phant with exceptionally big teeth. TO
use the sporting term-but that ampitioh
is seldom realized nowadays, for eie-
phonts. particularly those OF record age
and size are becoming more rare every
day. Indeed, it is stated that the Alrl-
can elephant. from whom the finest ivory
is obtained, is doomed 1t has practlcaily
vanished from South Africa, and is being
slowly extermihted in other parts Of the
country. ThIs sextermination has been
brought about by the great demand ior
ivory nowadays.
only a few years since single large
firm of billiard table makers used IN
month as many as 80 pairs OF tusks. Inus
to supply this single firm no fewer tnan
li4o elephants suffered death annually
And the demand for tusks may be gath
cred from the fact that about 800 tons are
sold IN London alone during the year.
\ The consequence is that the chance or
a big game hunters coming across such
an elephant as that shot by Major Poweil-
Cotton in the Congo state eight years ago,
whose tusks weighed 372 pounds Is very
remote. These were the finest palr o.
elephants teeth ever secured by 4 wnite
sportsman. although they ere not tne g
heaviest on record. The heaviest peaf g
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16

breath is no longer bad and / eat what
want without distress"
Syrup Pepsin is sure in it's results.
and vast improvement over chewing
or swallowing tablets and mints, or
taking cathartics, salts, etc, all of
which are harsh and nauseous and at
best do but temporary good. You can
obtain Syrup Pepsin at any drug store
for fifty cents or one dollar a bottle.
Results are always guaranteed or
money will be refunded.
If no member of your family has ever
used Syrup Pepsin and you would like
to make a personal trial of it before
buying it in the regular way of drug
gist, send your address-a postal will
do-tof DR.. w. B. Caldwell, All Wash
ington St, Monticello, ILL.,, and free
sampleyb9ttle will be mailed you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
Objected to Abbreviation
From Judge.

ciAi - tt5Ss
In some cases abbreviating name
improves 1t. In others it doesn't. For
instance, the Tubbses thought they were
doing honor to the Father Of His Country,
as well as to their fifst-born son. whom
they named George Washington Tubbs.
But when he grew;up the handle proved
too long, so everybody dropped the
George, shortened up the middle name
and called him simply Wash Tubbs
And now g. W. Tubbs says 1t is a
mighty lucky thing for his father that
he died years ago, before people began
calling him bysthe above title, or he
woulQ have everastingly walloped him
for ever naming him George Washington
in the first place. And we don't blame
him a bit for feeling way about 1t.
either.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
Japan Making Progress

From the aBltimore Sun.
While China is struggling with its finan-
cial problems trying to establish the re-
public on firm basis, and Japan is in
the midst of political upheaval, Russia
is improving the opportunity to get it's
claws on Mongolia. An alleged secret
pact with Japan has been discovered that
gives the mikado a free hand in Man
churia if the czar is not interrupted in.
Mongolia. After weeks of travel throdghs
the two sections a correspondent of the
New York Sun, who had exceptional op-
portunities to get at the inside, having
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16

ject race to be exploited for their advan-
ta ge; they sneer and scoff at the right
full owners of the soil, the old Celtic and
Anglo -Normans who have clung to the
cid faith and the old IDEALS Naturally.
these latter object to the monopoly CT
place and power being in the hands of
the ascendancy party. BY constant effort
the subject race has been winning con-
cessions, or rather, rights The process
of constant effort, however slow, IS
sure
mo rock go hard but that little wave
Will beat admittance in thousand
years.
But we do not intend to wait thou
sand years to win back our plundered
rights.
"Well rule the land that bore us.
Well make that cry our chorus.
Wen have it yet, though hard to get,
BY the heavens bending Ger us
O'Connell, the great champion of the
Catholics, won for us, emancipation III
hostile English parliament. The young
ireland agitation of 1S4S won for us other
tardy concessions. The Fenan uprising
of 1857 more than anything else, caused
Gladstone to disestablish the Irish church,
to do away with the injustice of having
the people support faith they abhorred.
Thus, little by little, all along the line,
victories were gained. At last, when the
time seemed ripe for the formation OF
the home rule party, the leaders OF the
people, Parnell. Davitt, O'Brien, Dillon,
Healy, OConnor. and others thoroughly
organized the county, established every
where branches of National league,
that united the voters, and which has re-
suited in the return election after cleo
ton, of a solid phalanx some Sc strong,
who, in season and out of season, harass
the English parliment, disturb it's peace
and order, upset it's legislation. cripple
its power for good, and insist that they
will keep the commons in an uproar and
turmoil till their legitimate demands are
granted, till Ireland is allowed to man
age purely Irish affairs in parliament
elected by the Irish people. and that said
Irish affairs are no concern at all, to Eng
lish, Scotch or Welch members. This
demand is so obviously just, that Ameri-
cans cannot see how England can hesi-
tate to grant it, but Americans should
remember that prejudice and religious
feelings are much stronger across the
water, than they are here; that the old
ascendancy class in ireland, though shorn
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16

surprise you get by using this new plan
corn cure. There's nothing to stick to
the stocking or sock; your corn pains
stop You're saved the bother of apply
ing plasters that make the corn bulge
out from the core. youre saved salves
that eat into the healthy flesh and
Won don't have to help by picking and
draggiug out your corns, or cutting
WITH khIves or sraz zors:
never hurts shealthy flesL IT is guar,
afltcod, rfy 1t on warts: cal Houses sand
i;ETS-IT'' is sold at all druggists n I
25 cents 4 bottle or semi direct by L.
TSWrence a. Coz ChicaEpss
Sold q big!sl tnEi.s!9 anS Eugene ia
eferss' s2H s6 So Firsf' Avenue ana Pratt PrMd
ststion. Pratt City. Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16

circumference of 2S1z inches and scales
175 pounds. These instances will give
some idea OF the magnificent ivory pro-
duced by the elephant Of Equatorial Afri-I
ca. 1t might be mentioned that the av-I
erage weight Of elephant tusks is about
80 mounds apiece. 80 II
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16

You're bilious, You have throb-
bing sensation IN your head, bad taste
in your mouth, your eyes hurt, your
skin is yellow with dark rings under
your eyes, your lips are parched. No
wonder you feel ugly. mean and ILL
tempered. Your system Is fun of bile
and constipated waste not properly
passed off, and what you need Is q
cleaning up inside. Don't continue be-
ing a bilious, constipated nuisance to
yourself and those who love you. and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
SICK HEADACHE? TONGUE CQATED7
IT'S YOUR LIVER! CASGAREIS SURE

don't resort to- harsh physics that irri-
tate and injure. Remember, that your
sour, disordered stomach, lazy liver
and clogged bowels can be quickly
cleaned and regulated by morning with
gentle, thorough Cascarets; 10-cent
box will keep your head clear and make
YOU feel cheerful and bully for months.
Get Cascarets n0w-walxe up refreshed
feel like doing a good days work
make Yourself pleasant and Msefut
Clean up! Cheer up!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
Try the New Way
of Curing Corns
Easy As One, Two Three; No Fuss, No
pain, by Using "GETS-ITv

Just take two seconds to put little
..GETS-IT" on that corn. That corn is
done for as sure as the sun rises. The
corn shrivels UP, vanishes. That's the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
NEW YORK HAS A
NEW SONG CRAZE
fr is A SAD LOVE BALLAD WITH
RATHER PRETTY MUSIC

The man who wrote the recent song
Nit Miner one Alfred solman, has just
penned new ballad which seems TO be
all the 60 in New York. il is a simple
love affair called why Did You Make
Me Care2s and is full Of that so-ealled
heart sentiment which women seem to
like Here are few bars cut from
copy of the music just received;
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
Why Did You Make Me Care?
$ BY ALFRED SoLMAE.

The secret of the songs popularity
seems to lie in the fact that it is aimed
to bring out the voice, containing
number of very odd harmonies, al
though no high notes. 1t is also out for
male and female quartets and orches-
tras. The song threatens to become
craze through the south.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16

When the union passed England alone
benefited, of course. Ireland from being
to all intents and purposes an independ-
ent nation. was reduced to the condition
of a subject province. all her industries
and manufactures languished. whereas
English industries flourshed and pros
pered. The same poet from whom have
quoted so much already says:
'I1ow thrive We by the union?
Look round our native land:
In ruined trade and wealth decayed
+ See slaverys surest brand;
Our glory as nation gone;
Our substance drained away;
A wretched province trampled on,
is all we've left today
From the days when the union ives
passed to the present day there has been
constant discomfort and discord. 1t has
caused two parties to arise in Ireland,
the ascendaney party, in a minority. hht
as it's followers belong to the race and
religion of England they POSSESSES the
riches, rank and revenue they have
seized and held possession of all the lt-
crative positions in the land. These4lo6k
with scorn and contempt, and with mad
dening superiority on the great mass Of
the people. whom they regard as q sub
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16

mo rock so hard but that a little wave
Will beat admittance in thousand
years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16

When Grattan rose. none dared oppose
The claims he made for freedom,
They knew our swords. to back his words,
Wee ready, did he need EN-.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16

How did they pass the Union \, ,i9fF y
Z BY perjury and fraud:
BY slaves who sold their land for gold,
AS Judas sold his God.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16

But we do not intend to wait thou
sand years to win back our plundered
rights.
The daily sentinel., 1913-01-04
MINERS MAY WORK FOR
NOTHING TO HELP OUT
INDEPENDENT CONCERN

Sentinel Special Service.
Denver, Jan. A.-The precedent to
he set by the union miners employed
in the mines of the American Fuel
Coal Company in the northern dis
trict of the state to work without
compensation to the end that the coal
trust may fail in its attempts to
crush out unionism in the district
may become nation-w wide, is the state
mont made here by John II. Lawson.
international member OF the United
Mine Workers of America.
Some 600 union miners in the
Boulder County mines already have
agreed to work without pay, in order
to protect the American company in
case the fight is forced on ii by the
trust coal companies.
Mr. Lawson states that those who
oppose the idea as imprat tical arc
urging its speedy trial. The plan is
believed to be the ultimate solution
of revolution in labor crises. The
idea, it is said in local labor circles,
will be discussed at the next meet
ing of the international board, and
more than likely will be adopted
throughout the entire United States
where coal mining operations are car
ried on.
The daily sentinel., 1913-01-04
PHONE BILL CAUSES ROW.

Sentinel Special Service.
Denver, Jan. 4.-The municipal
mix-up of council members over the
Brown telephone bill, which already
has led to the resignation of two al
dermen, may end in wholesale res
ignation of councilmen. 1t is now
said that three more are slated to
drop out. They are Charles w. Hall
OF the Thirteenth ward, Bernard
Speier of the Fourth ward and a
third member whose name has not
yet been made public.
The threat OF the recall has had
an effect on these aldermen who
voted against the wishes of the peo-
pie on the telephone proposition. The
recall is being pushed against Alder
man NJ. w. Spaulding, who voted
against the measure which is the
business mems ordinance.
The daily sentinel., 1913-01-04
Associated Press.

Associated Press
Spain. Jan. 3.-Advices
sXntn across the border describe Incl
eits showing how near the surface
,ne niona. cnIst haired or the new
\ brhlic in the country districts of
srtugal which do not feel the strong
tIa4-~ Inc .ons s.aD4Iary ana wnerv
large part of the inhabitants have
remained loyal at heart to the de-
A.posed King Manuel.
n The mouarcmst clericals of the dis
Ztrict of Villa Flor revolted recented
eeemingly through a kind of spontan-
ious Indignation against the govern
ment. Some malcontents passing by
1.-THE local government house called
Iput derisively. The townspeople
gathered and presently a movement
WAS made toward the entrance of the
building. A moment later the crowd
began to sack the place. All the ar
chives were piled in the street and
burned.
Messages were sent by the republi-
can agents to the provincial capital
and two companies of troops were
sent to restore the local government
and arrest the disturbers.
Messages were sent by the republi-
can agents to the provincial capital
and two companies of troops We're
sent to restore the local government
The daily sentinel., 1913-01-04
MESA COUNTY STOCK
GROWERS TO MEET
HERE ON JANUARY a

The Mesa County Stockgrowers
association will hold its annual meet
ing and banquet in the Knights OF
Pythias hall on the afternoon and
evening of January a. The plans
that are being made for the big meet
ing speak Of . sumptuous affair and
cattlemen from all over the county
are planning to attend their annual
meeting. President James d. Tur-
ner of the association, resident of
Fruita, is looking after part OF the
plans and Secretary E. r. Heflin OF
this city is also active in behalf of
the coming event.
That the representation from all
parts of the county will be larger
than usual this year is the belief
and on account of the great cattle
business that has been carried on dur
ing 1912. there will be much of in
teresi in a business way to discuss.
New officers will be elected for the
ensuing year.
The afternoon business meeting
will open at 1880. and the banquet
starts at p. m. after which there
will be n dance.
The daily sentinel., 1913-01-04
Breezy News of European Cities

and arrest the disturbers.
News of the approach of the troops
reached Villa Flor and the church
bells rang an alarm. The country
people streamed toward the town and
the military were attacked by more
than a thousand peasants, some of
whom used old fowling pieces, others
threw stone and closed with the de-
ploying infantry in hand to hand
fighting. The troops fired repeated
,volleys, killing eleven and wounding
thirty persons. The soldiers lost
three killed and ten wounded. Two
hundred persons have been arrested.
Associated Press.
Madrid, Spain, Jan. d Count
Romanones. the new prime minister,
has attained great physical promi-
nence despite a physical infirmity
which has sapped his strength prac-
tically throughout his career. When
boy he experienced a terrible fall
from window which manned him
for life.
His father made a fortune as a
merchant in southern France. The
son inherited his fathers great bust
ness capacity and despite his devotion
to politics found time to swell the
wealth which was left him.
The young man was educated to be
The daily sentinel., 1913-01-04
Harold Anderson Honored.

Harold Anderson, a former local
high school youth, son of Mrs. j. j.
Anderson of this city. has been no
titled by the secretary of the navy
that he can appear before an exam
ming board in San Francisco next
Tuesday to try for the position of
second lieutenant of the United States
marine corps. Harold is nowS stu
dent in the University of Utah He
will probably take the examination
offered him. The honor conferred
Upon him by the secretary came
through several of Utah's highest Of
ficials.
The daily sentinel., 1913-01-04
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO TODAY.
From The Sentinel.

Jan. 1, 1898.
Merchants still continue busy af-
ter the holiday trade.
w. II. Lee and son are adding an
addition to their building.
Born. on New Years morning. to
Mr.. and Mrs. Pearl Knowles a boy.
William A. Tuskey. an engineer on
the South Park, is spending n vaca-
ton in this city with his family.
Harry Shores has resigned as as
sisiant at the Grand Junction post
office He is succeeded by Walter
Mulkey.
Gregg Stewart arrived from the
west last night He will leave for
Alaska and the Klondike country
February Is.
Thomas NJ. Todd left for his home
in Springvale. Utah. Mr.. Todd has
decided to make Mesa county his flu
ture home. and will locate in the up
per valley.
The daily sentinel., 1913-01-04
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Paris. Jan. 3.--Aarmed hy medi-
cal reports, which show the increas-
ing number of persons in certain sec
tions of Paris who are addicted to
the use of cocaine, The police have
commenced an energfiiC campaign to
suppress the clandestire sale of the
drug. They have o difficult Job on
their hands.
DR.. BRAND. chief Of the St Anne
lIinatie asylum. says that fully one
half OF the young women who fire.
Quent the cafes of Muntmarte and
the Latin quarter are victims of the
habit. and sooner or later come un-
der his care. The attraction of CO.
caine is not easily understood by
those who have observed its effects.
The original sensation continues for
only a brief period, while the after
effects follow syiftly and are terri
BILE.
The law prohibits the sale of the
drug except on presentation Of phy-
sioian's prescription; but the Illegal
methods employed 10 obtain it are
many and ingenious. The walters at
certain cafes make business of re-
failing cocaine to customers with
whom they come in contact Their
usual price is T5 cents gramme.
The police recently ralded the
headquarters of daeler who occu-
pied n room on the sixth floor OF an
office building. Il had heen his
practice to supply his patrons by
lowering a basket from a window of
his room, after the customer had
Identified himself as a user by whis-
Ting in n peculiar manner. The
dealer was severely punished.
The result of his arrest. detection
and of other sharp police measures
has been to raise the price without
decreasing the demand for the drug,
and it is stated that as much as SIS
a gramme has been paid by persons
whose cravings were so great that
they would not wait to find n cheap
er supply.