davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31

B, between and to the right of K, there is remarkable succession of faint stars just below Sirious and to the left of E, there is a wonderful star clutter, and there is also far lesser but still an interest ing group of stars directly below H. The stars at D and A are irregularly va riable: the latter is said to have totally disappeared in the year 1870, not again being seen for 9 years. It is now fainter than either K or F, though in earlier times it was brighter than these. The star H is a pale red. and at M, nearly in a line between B and F, but nearer the latter star there is a faint star which is of a deep red color. though neither of these is of so intense red as the celebrated Red Star of Lepus " which will be found at N.
 None of these deep red stars are bright They are believed to be suns. which are in almost the last stages of condensa- tion and are hence surrounded by such
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31

a dense cloud of vapors that their light IS largely hidde nfrom us Only tho rel rays can struggle through the heavy en- veloping atmosphere.
 The wintry branch of the milky way Which last month passed exactly through the zenith, has now begun its slow dc clension toward the west, and by the end or April will be seen bordering the entire horizon from the southwest to tho north.
 The ZOdiacal Light
 Toward the end of this month and d,,r- inf the first weeks of March the obse,yor shouid occasionally attempt to oht.in . view of tnls most Interesting object. with ~ "ihsi. so coihparatiVely few observers are falniilar, but which Is not at ali dfficulf when the atmospheric conditions . rn faN Vofapie. For this purpose he sho,,a ero out on perfectly clear night. as .oo,, after sunset as the sky has become dark and lace the western horizon. Ja wo, then see great area of faint lisbt ,n the shape or rounded pyramid, the oen- ter ol whose base rests upon the horizon at the point in whicl, the center of +ha sun has set, and whose blunt apex may extend upward to the PIeiades. or even higher.
 The part of tho light which is nearest the sun is the brightest, and if fades away away from tho axis of the pyramid so that it's boundaries are difficult to de- tormine with exactness. Usually this light Is considerably fainter than the Milky Way. but 1t is not always so; and, in fact, its brightness at times fluctuates in an irregular manner; the cause of this is as yet unknown, but it is believed to be of an electrical nature
 For long time the nature of this faint light was a mystery. and 1t was even uncertain whether it Was a truly celes- tial phenomenon at all. But as observa- tons multiplied It became evident that Its brightest portion always remained nearest. the sun and that as the latter body pursued its apparent annual course among the cancellations it carried the Zodiacal Light with it. It thus became favorable one. (NOt drawn to scale. ] certain that this was truly solar phe- noinenon. and not merely an atmospheric
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31

tenuous, cloud which is seen by us as the Zodiacal Light.
 The probable position of the boundary of the Zodiacal Light when seen during this month is shown by the dotted line in Figure 1.
 Mercury. which entered the evening sky on January 5. will attain it's greatest dis tance east of the sun on the morning of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31

marvellous and dependable remedy will give you new lease on life. kellogg s San,tone Waters are something new and different from any and all other reme- dies. They make old folks feel young and ambitious, and are good for both men and women.
 If you are over worked, run down and careworn-have no spunk for anything at all-these amazing little waters will thrill you with the health and vim that bring the real joy of living
 Send coupon below today for free Waters.
 The regular s1.oo size of Kellogg's Sanitone Waters is for sale in Birming- ham by Adams Drug Co. 1901 Second avenue; Ayeryt's Chain of Drug Stores los-11l N: goth street: Dewberry Drug store, 2O3l Second avenue; Norton Drug Store, 1939 Second avenue: Parker Drug Store. First avenue and goth street; Pat ton Pope Drug Co. 300 N. goth street: Gum Drug Co, Fourth avenue and goth strct: Eugene Jacobs Drug Store, 1904 SeconA avenue. f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31
THE HEAVENS IN FEBRUARY
 By
 the or PcnnsyI Eclipse of the Sun February 13-The Zodacal Light

In the carly evenings of this mdwinter month the southern heavens present their most attractive appearance of the entire year. Here we see Gmini Auriga and the two Dog stars, all very near the merid- ian and each at very nearly the highest point it ever sttains in the sky, while 10 the west of these there shine out Tau rus and Orion. probably the most strik- ing star groups of the heavens.
 It is at this time of the year that the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31

teresting constellation formed by Sirious and it's numerous, but far fainter, neigh bors.
 There is so much in this region that will prove of interest to the possessor of a small telescope that it is of course, quite impossible to mention everything We select a few objects in the Greater
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31

enc. l,, fact, we now know that the sun
 ia surrounded by great. fiattened cloud of little particles within which Mercury, Van,,e and the earth are immersed, and that if Is the reffectel sunshine from this enormously extended, but exceedingly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31
.IcoRD'S LX RESTORATIVE

Price $1.00 at all druggists, Always on hand at Central Store. Collier'ss Enaley
 Store, Ayeryt's, North Blrming hasl
 Store MadlsOn,s Pharmaeys Pratt City stores Philllps-Patterson Drug Company. Restores Mems Vitality.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31
URIC CsACID NEVER CAUSED
 RHEUMATISM

WANT to prove 1t to your satisfac d ton. If you have rheumatism. acute o| -write today for my FREE BOOK q
 "RH Cause and Cure.l Thousands coll it Tho most wonderful
 |-ltse ABSOLUTELY FABD. JD0o9 A. CASE Dept. ~. 1Poctba
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31
Interesting Objects in Canis Major

, Dog. but Lepus. Columba. Eridanus. Argo and Hydra would all have equally well repaid our examination.
 Interesting Objects in Canis Major
 The white star at A. Figure L was known to the Arabs as the "Announcer," !" because it preceded by q few steps the great Sirius in it's passage across the sky the yellow star at was the Heavy One" because this star rises but slowly and with difficulty from the ground, while the orange star at C, with several faint
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31

large area of the sky below and to the left of this very bright region is in it's best position for exploration and study. There are q very great many interesting objects here though the attention of the casual observer is apt to be drawn away from this interesting area by it's very brilliant neighboring stars. Thus, for ex- ample, nearly everyone is able to rec ognize the beautiful Dog star Sirious
 but far fewer number are familiar with
 the outlines of the delicate and most in-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31

tireiy hidden, and from no region q the earth outside the area M N R s wi, any trace or the eclipse be visible 5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31
How Hc Reminds Her of T.

From the Boston Evening Trapscri otN
 Ha' I've a good joke on my wife, What is itc"
 She wouldn't give me letter to ma because she feared I'd forget it, an, then she carried it around three day in her shopping bag"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31

CT stars near it, was known by the less poetic title of the Apes.
 The star at F is an interesting double in a moderately large telescope; those at and c can be seen to be double, and that at F can be seen to be triple with a pair of opera gluasses, and even with so small an instrument as this many other beautiful objects can be found in this constellation, which Is very rich one for such study.
 Thus extending, upward to the left of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31
Makes Nerves Tingle
 With New Vitality
Kellogg's Sanitone Waters Fill Your Mind With Joy and Chcerfulness and Vitalize New Vim and
 Vigor Into Your Body.
50 CENT BOX FREE.

Get nerves like steel: be clear -brained
 strong and vigorous. Kellogg's Sanitone Waters invigorate and vitalize as does nothing else. If you are nerve-racked, weary and peeNish, and your friends be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31
A Fish. All Right

A Fish, All Right From the Boston Evening Transcript. lnduirer-"Does one Fish live in til building?'
 Janitor-"Ye "Yessah. Dere's MT Salmol on de second f1o'.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31

In Ordering Please Mention THE AGE-IERALD
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-31

..se..ss.ssesss''ssss'''
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-01-01
SYRUP OF FIGS For
A CH|LD's BOWELS
" IS cruel to force nauseatinu.
marsh physic into a
sick child.

LOOK back at your childhood davs
remember the dose mother insisted
On = castor oil. calomel. cathartics
now you hated them, how YOU fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different
mothers who cling to the old form of
pnysic simply don't realize what thew
40. The children's revolt is well-foupd.
ca: Their tender little "insides" are
injured by them.
II your childs stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli.
cious California Syrup of Figs" Its
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
or mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that it never fails to
cream the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that a teaspoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor.
row.
ASK at the store for a 50-cent bottle
OF California Syrup of Figs" which
mas full directions for babies, children
or all ages and for grown-ups plainly
On each bottle. Adv.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-01-01
NOT TO BE CAUGHT MAPPING
uncle lobe Lived Up to His Reputa-
ton and the Doctor Lost
His Bet.

There lives in a certain Vermont
town a quaint old character known
as Uncle Tobe," who is so con-
sentative Of action and speech that it
Is most difficult at times to get any
thing definite from him. Uncle lobe,
like the Father of His Country, has the
reputation of never having told lie,
and in addition he is so cautious of
statement that he has never been
known to tell an innocent untruth.
On one occasion his doctor, in con-
versation with friends touching Uncle
Tobe's characteristics, ventured to lay
bet of five dollars that he could cause
Uncle lobe to tell what wasn't so. A
neighbor promptly took the bet.
The doctor walked into Uncle Tobe's
house next morning, and while he was
talking with the old man, the neighbor
who had taken the bet drove up to the
gate. Uncle lobe went to see what he
wanted, and then the doctor, as he had
agreed to do, went out the back door
and hid in the barn.
Good morning, Tobe," said the WIS.,
itor, lis the doctor in your house?"
He was there when l came out"
said Uncle lobe
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-01-01
GRANDMA USED SAGE TEA
TO DARKEN HER GRAY HAIR
She Made Up Mixture of Sage Tea
and Sulphur to Bring Back Color,
Gloss, Thickness.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded, streaked
or gray; also ends dandruff, itching
scalp and stops falling hair. Years
ago the only way to get this mixture
was to make it at home, which is
mussy and troublesome. Nowadays.
by asking at any store for "Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy" you
will get large bottle of the famous
old recipe for about so cents.
Don't stay gray! Try it! No one
can possibly tell that you darkened
your hair, IS it does it so naturally
and evenly. You dampen a sponge or
soft brush with it and draw this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time, by morning the gray
hair disappears, and after another ap-
plication or two, your hair becomes
beautifully dark, thick and glossy
Adv.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-01-01
Mr.. BUSBY AS A HUMORIST.
But on This Occasion He
Failed to Score.

Busby-I see tn Turks have been
kicking up tn sand around the Sues
canal.
Mrs. B. (faintly Interested
religious ceremony?
Busby-No-o-o It's war They're
fighting. The report from Berlin says
they've licked tn British army to
fragile. 1t looks as if the canal wo4id
fall into tn Turks hands.
Mrs. B. (calmly)-I can't see what
good it would do them.
Busby (eading up to his Climax
Why, they'd loot it.
Mrs. B. (innocently)-Of what?
Busby (triumphantly)-Of the hard
ware. They'd take the locks, of course
Ha, ha, hal"
A brief silence ensues.
Mrs. Busby (sweetly)-But there
are no locks in the SueZ canal.
And it wasn't any consolation to !
Busby to remember that he had no
one but himself to blame.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-01-01
BILIOUS, HEADACHY,
SICK 'CASCARETs'
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 1O-cent box.

Sick headache, biliousness, dizzi-
ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath-always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food in the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged ia the Inc
testines, instead of being cast out
of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue it causes con-
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a Decent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-01-01
TAKE SALTS TO FLUSH
KIDNEYS IF BACK HURTS
Says Too Much Meat Forms Uric Acie
Which Clogs the Kidneys and
Irritates the Bladder.

Most folks forget that the kidneys,
like the bowels, get sluggish and clog
ged and need a flushing occasionally,
else we have backache and dull misery
In the kidney region, severe head
aches, rheumatic twinges, torpid liver,
acid stomach, sleeplessness and all
sorts of bladder disorders.
You simply must keep your kidneys
active and clean, and the moment you
feel an ache or pain in the kidney
region. get about four ounces Of Jad
Salts from any good drug store here,
take a tablespoonful in glass of
water before breakfast for few days
and your kidneys will then act line.
This famous salts is made from the
acid OF grapes and lemon juice, com
bined with lithia, and is harmless to
flush clogged kidneys and stimulate
them to normal activity. 1t also neu-
tralizes the acids in the urine so 1t
no longer irritates, thus ending blad-
der disorders.
lad Salts is harmless; inexpensive;
makes a delightful effervescent lthia-
water drink which everybody should
take now and then TO keep their kid
news clean, thus avoiding serious COM
plications.
A weIl-known local druggist says he
sells lots of Jad Salts TO folks who be-
l,eye in overcoming kidney trouble
while Il is only trouble.-Adv.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-01-01
No Hurry.

do you believe in long engage
ments?" he asked, after she had con-
sented to be his.
Eyes. dearest" she replied. II have
always thought it was such mistake
for two people to rush into matrimony
before they learned to really know
each other"
well, about how long would you
wish the engagement to be-"
LET me see Would you think 1t
was 100 long If we didn't get married
until a week from next Thursday"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-01-01

nodded their heads slsLlIloautly /.
looked good to them. Stratton didn't
have to go hunting easy marks now
to purchase or lease his property.
Experienced miners and men With
money came after him. They knew
the hazards and the possibilities of
the game. One of them, Bill Parish,
offered $4,000 to Stratton. AS usual
this was not to be all cash. There
was to be an initial payment of
$4,000 and $4,000 was to be paid at
the end of the year. Stratton accept
ed. He couldn't lose either way. He
had the laugh on the jokers who had
been talking so much about him. The
$4,000 real money and the possibility
of getting forty-five thousand more,
made him feel almost plutocratic.
Parish and his associates got cold
feet in short order. The body of the
ore they had been so much impressed
by dribbled out to nothing. They were
fully satisfied their $4,000 was lost.
They were fully satisfied, too, that the
mine was a bad property. They did
some inconsequential work for the
full II months, but the further they
went in extending the mine, the poor
er was the return in ore.
Back to Stratton went the title to
the mine when the year was up. Once
more the jokers had an inning. They
used to sing a song in Cripple Creek
that was parody on 1.-THE Cat Came
Back 1t wasn't a Sunday school
hymn by any means.
That mine had been pretty good to
Stratton. 1t had brought $3.50 in
real money. There was 10 telling
NOW much more might come his way.
It's no wonder, therefore, that he went
back to it. He switched, however, in
regard to his operation. He had been
working the independence claim.
When he went back he began working
the George Washington: He made
some money out of this, not enough
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-01-01

and silver were little more than
threads. Occasionally, when he could
afford it, he had an assay made. The
report was not reassuring Once he
got out as much as a carload of ore.
This didn't bring him a days wages.
Then instead of widening, the little
veins of metal seemed to peter out
the deeper he went
Stratton worked for several months
and then became convinced that the
mine was of no account, or at least
no account for man who didn't have
enough money to carry the shaft
deeper into the earth than he could
afford. He was about at the end of
his resources. He had to earn some
money to pay debts he had contract
ed and pay for his daily fare. He did
little carpentering and worked as a
day laborer in other mines. Mean
while he looked around to find some
one to whom he could sell his hole in
the ground. No one had much con-
fidence in his property, but there is
AOluiuS llhO perseverance, anu AFTER q
weary search he finally dug up a per-
son who agreed to pay $500 for the
two claims. The purchaser was very
careful. He didn't mean to get stung.
He paid 800 down and agreed to pay
the other $500 six months later. If
the mine was all right, he was safe.
If it wasn't, all he could lose would
be the 500 and the work he put in.
Stratton was very happy when he
got that 500. 1t was lot of money
just then.
The purchaser of the Stratton
claims was not SO happy. He pro-
ceeded to get what stuff he could out
of the mine. He didn't get much. If
he worked "a hours a day he might
get enough gold or silver to pay for
one good meal, but not much more
He was a logged sort of individual
and the more he thought about that
800 of his good money that had gone
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-01-01

I to thrill him, but enough to pay e.
ran poor again. The following year
he decided the George Washington
wasn't of much account, so he re.
turned to the independence.
Suddenly Struck the Trunk.
He plugged away all season at the
independence, occasionally running on
little vein of gold profitable ore,
and then having it lose itself on him.
He just about made expenses. He
had his eyes open all the time for a
purchaser. The purchasers were
rather shy, however. Too many had
been stung. The independence and
the George Washington had bad
names. If Stratton had offered to sell
the two properties outright for $4,000
it's doubtful whether he could have
found purchaser.
That was the condition when STRAIT
ton suddenly came on the trunk of
that tree. 1t was rich ore. Within a
few days the strike was known
throughout America Stratton no long
er was a joke. He had no trouble in
getting money. He could take it right
out of the ground. The more devel-
opment he made the richer became
the prospects. Day after day the
trunk widened. Mining experts from
all over the world came to see the
property. All sorts of propositions
were made to Stratton for the pur-
chase of his holdings. He was pretty
shrewd He carried his development
along until he had eight or ten mil
lion dollars in ore in sight. Then he
sold out for SIS, 100000 There was no
string tied to this amount. He had
to get the money and he got it. He
had been seven years selling that
mine and he had got rid of it three
times before he finally sold it for good
and for all.
That $15,000,00 made Stratton one
of the great millionaires of the West.
His home at Colorado Springs became
a show place of Colorado. The indie
pendence mine is one of the richest
the Cripple Creek region has known.
Stratton has been dead some years
and he viii go down in history as
miner, his name linked with the indie
pendence. Nine men out Of ten who
knew him intimately will declare he
was better carpenter than a miner.
and that his case was simply an in.
stance Of a mans inability to avoid
fortune when it is bis destiny to have
one come to him.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-01-01

to Stratton, the harder he labored to
get even. But it was no use.
When the six months we're up and
Stratton called on him to produce the
other four hundred, the man was
angry enough to fight. He said he
wouldn't give four cents for a quit
claim deed to the properties. STRAIT
ton offered to compromise, but there
was no compromise possible. Reluc-
family Stratton had to take the mine
back.
Stratton let the mine lie idle for
eight or nine months, and then, having
nothing better to do, he went back
and worked it. He could just get out
about enough to make him hopeful at
times, but not enough to live on.
Every time he found stranger in
Cripple Creek who was a likely can
didate to buy a hole in the ground,
Stratton went after him. He landed
one person after a long effort and
managed to close deal with him
that seemed heavenly to Stratton. The
stranger agreed to take the mine for
$4,000. He was to pay $3.50 down and
$1,750 at the end of the year.
This second purchaser did some
earnest work. He had a fair amount
of money and spent several thousand
dollars in extending the shaft and
opening the thing up. 1t was no use.
The ore he got didn't pay expenses.
The threads didn't widen beyond
threads. There was only a streak of
metal to be found and the outlook was
hopeless. His year rolled around and
when the time came for him to pay
the S1,Z50 he told Stratton to go hang.
By this time the Stratton mine was
a camp joke. Some of the old-timers
used 20 say that at the rate Stratton
was going he would make a good liv-
ing.
Sold for the Third Time.
Stratton had been ridiculed for so
many years that he was becoming
used to it. He went back to his mine
the following spring ard took up the
work where the second purchaser had
left of. He hadn't been at the job
more than month or two when the
thread of gold suddenly widened into
a pocket 1t looked at first as il he
had struck a branch, big branch,
of the tree OF ore. There was some
excitement when the news got out
that Stratton, poor old Stratton they
had laughed about so much. had really
struck IL rich. Men went up and
looked at that ore disclosure and
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-01-01
CLEAR YOUR SKIN
BY Daily Use of cuticura Soap and
Ointment. Trial Free.

You may rely on these fragrant
supercreamy emollients to care for
your skin, scalp, hair and hands. Moth
ing better to clear the skin of pimples,
blotches, redness and roughness, the
scalp of dandruff and itching and the
hands of chapping and soreness.
Sample each free by mail with 32-p.
Skin Book. Address postcard, Cuticura,
Dept. Y, Boston. Sold everywhere. Adv.