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The age-herald., 1900-11-11
One Part 4ooo Times.

Victor Smith in New York Press.
 In seventeen years James O'Neill has played one part nearly 40OO times, which may be record. The first time he played Monte Cristo' was on February 6, 1884, in Booths Theatre. John Stetson, manager of Booths, arranged to produce the drama with Charles Thorne in the character of Edmond Dantes, but a week before the day set for the performance Thorne died. Things looked black. Augustus Pitou, bu- siness manager for Stetson, suggested that O'Neill, then starring on tour in Am American King" be engaged. Where could he be reached? In Albany. Stetson went to the capital on a special train and made a fattering offer to O'Neill, who said he would accept it condition that his en- tire company as well as himself should be engaged. The manager agreed, road dates were canceled and the young star and all his people came to New York, where Monte -Cristo" was produced on the fol- lowing Monday Notwithstanding the enormous success of the play that sea- son Stetson had doubts of It's future, and when O'Neill made an outright proposition to buy the production 1t was readily, if not eagerly, accepted.
The age-herald., 1900-11-11
The New Capital of China.
the London Graphic.

From the London Graphic.
 Si-Ngan-Fu, which, 1t seems, will become the new capital of China, is one of the most interesting, and, probably the most ancient of Chinese cities. It is beautifully situated in a mountain walled valley to the southwest of the junction of the King Io with the Wei-Ho and at a distance of some 800 miles from Picking. It is the most Chinese of Chinese cities, and Is en- circled with a strong wall, crenelated and quadrilatcral, each side of which faces one of the cardinal points of the compass. The wall is built of bricks, and Is some thirty six feet In height and some eight miles In circuit All round the walls, at the dis tanee of a bow-shot apart, are small square towers. Each wall Is pierced by a gate, and a wide street leads from each gate to the center of the city, where are the imperial palac and the residence of the present governor of Shansi.
The age-herald., 1900-11-11
SAM SINGS QUEQUE.
Why He and Other Faithful Chinamen
 Wear the String of Hair.

"Why do you wear a queue?"
 Sam Sing, of Lewiston, paused and wiped his brow.
 He did not know.
 Let us tell you.
 This queue was a mark of bondage and later an acknowledgement of superiority on the part of the weak to the strong who needed not the queue. Such was the prac- tice in Central Asia, west of, the Chinese empire. In China itself up to the year 1644 the hair was worn in varying fashs ions, but never in the queue fashion. The Tartars. whom the Chinese feared, marked all their subjects with queues, but the pig tail was unknown to the Chinaman until 1644. Why after that he was compelled to wear 1t Is another story, in which there Is a bit of religion, some superstition, and much tyranny.
 While for 3,700 years China was seething and boiling within herself, there was forming on her northern borders a race of people destined to change the entire course of development of her people. This race came from certain Tungusc tribes whose original home was in Manchooria and Mon- golla They bore the name of Tartars or Manchoorians, and as early as 907 had con- uuered a part of China and made much trouble with the empire. In l6f they again entered China and after much blood- shed conquered it. They set Sun-che upon the throne, and inaugurated the Manchu or Ta-tsing dynasty, which still prevails In China.
 They were horsemen of great proWess, whereas the native Chinaman was not horseman. They shaved their heads en- tirely or wore tufts quite similar to those displayed by some tribes of North Ameri- can Indians. They were prodigious fight
The age-herald., 1900-11-11
A LAW UNTO HIMSELF.
Every Man Must be That to Retain
 His Health and Digestion.

There are thousands of people in this world who eat no meat from one years end to another, and certain savage tribes in Africa and Polynesia are almost exclusively meat eaters; but while there are thousands of these, there are millions who live upon a mixed diet of meat vegetables and grains, and if numbers is a criterion it would seem that a mixed diet is the best for the human family.
 The fact that you will find many vege- tarans who appear healthy and vigorous and meat eaters equally so, and any num- Der of robust specimens who eat both meat and vegetables and anything else that comes their way all goes to show that the old saw Is a true one,. that every man must be a law to himself as to what he shall eat and drink.
 To repair the waste of tissue in brain workers as well as to replace the muscle and sinew of the laborer, can only be done through the process of digestion
 Every nerve, muscle, sinew, every drop of blood is extracted from the food We eat 2Ed digest
 In these days of hustle and worry and artificial habits of life, scarcely one person in a thousand can lay claim to a perfect digestion; dyspepsia is a national aff1iction and Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets a national blessing.
 Most cases of poor digestion are caused by failure of the stomach to secrete suffi- cient gastric juice, or too little Hydrochlorio acid and lack of peptones and all of these important essentials to perfect digestion are found in Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets in convenient palatable form.
 One or two of these tablets taken after meals insure perfect digestion and assimila- tion of the food.
 Cathartic pills and laxative medicines have no effect whatever in digesting food and to call such remedies cure for dys- pepsia is far fetched and absurd.
 Sauart's Dyspepsia Tablets contain pepsin free from animal matter, diastase and other digesuves, and not only digest all whole some food, but tend to increase the flow of gastric juices and by giving the weak stom- ach much needed rest bring about healthy condition of the digestive organs and a normal appetite.
 Nervous, thin blooded, rundown people should bear in mind, that drugs and stimu- lants cannot furnish good blood, strong muscles and steady nerves; these come only from wholesome food, thoroughly di- gested. A 50-cent box of Stuarts Tablets taken after meals for few weeks will do you more real good than drugs, stimulants and dieting combined
 Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets is probably the safest, most popular and successful digestive on the market, and sold by drug gists everywhere in the United States, Can ada and Great Britain.
The age-herald., 1900-11-11
FiIipinos Afraid of Electric Wires.

From an Iloilo Letter In the Western Elec-
 triean.
 A signal corps detachment has recently nut in telephone line between Leon and Tigbauan. As fast as the lines were put up the natives would turn out in force to make an examination. The line itself, the poles, and all fittings were left alone put anything found loose was promptly taken by the natives.
 ''The penalty for tampering with the poles, wires or fixings of a line is death. Patrols of soldiers are always out in search of offenders, and the aim of the American soldier Is good, so that the first thing realized by the native who Is trying to cut piece of wire out of line is that a bullet Is seeking him. He reports the case to other natives and therefore the lines are summed. The lines are also summed by the natives because of the electrical currents sometimes developed under certain influences, and which cur rents have shocked some of the natives. The latter have told their story of narrow escapes from death, and this serves as an effective warning to others.
 'There is something about the telephone systems and telegraph lines that is be- yond the comprehension of the natives, and the insurgents have the same dread, and try to cut the communication between American military points by chopping down the poles for half a mile. They will not touch the wires, and, as the wires in most of the telephone lines on these islands are made to operate on the ground, the fact that half a mile of poles are down, with the wire uncut, does not break the means of communica tion."
The age-herald., 1900-11-11

CTS, savage lovers, iconoclastie in every respect, When their soldery were In pos session of the empire they collected all the Chinese omen needed, placed each in a bag, tied the open end of the bag, and then made each of their soldiers take a bag and settle down with 1t. The soldier could not see what was inside. All that he knew was that it was a woman, and that she was to be his future wife, whether she was old or young, pretty or ugly blind or halt. The Chinaman did not like this. He rebelled, but so far his rebellions have been futile. But what thus in China be- came part of a law and a religion. strange ly enough In England in the eighteenth century was merely a hair-dresslng GUS tom, borrowed from the French, who in turn copied it from the Chinese. English beaux just wore wigs with queues, and later shaved their heads, just as did the Chinamen, and wore the pigtall.
 When the Tartars came upon him he wore his hair in quite ornamental fashion The Tartars put an end to this. They said:
 You are servants of our dynasty. You must not only acknowledge the Manchoo, but show outwardly a sign of submission. Shave your head close to the scalp at all points but the center Then permit it to grow long and twist it into long coil. When thus you wear your hair you will be known a faithful subject of the dy- nasty. Otherwise you are liable to be mis- taken for traitor and tortured
 The Chinaman obeyed, and by 1851 the shaved head and the pigtail, the sign of the Tartar sovereignty, was almost univer- sally adopted. The native priests Of China, like all other priests, were anxious to curry favor with the ruling powers. So to make the shaved head and queue still more permanent they began to preach that no Chinaman could enter heaven if he did not have his queue with him when he died. That was the symbol to the gods that he was of the elect Without it he must dwell forever with the genii of the lower world.
 So between the priests and Manchoo em- perors it has come about that the China man and his queue are inseparable. Should the Manchoo ever be banisned he may cease the queue. The Christian Chlnaman often does, but it will be ages before the pigtail will cease to be the token of Chi nese bondage to Tartar conquerors and Chinese evidence of certainty of heavenly reward.
 This was all news to Sam Sing, of Lew iston, but it Is a fact.-Lewiston (Me) Journal
The age-herald., 1900-11-11
SENT FREE TO MEN.
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A Free rial Package Sent by Mail to All
 Who Write.

Free trial packages of a most remarkable remedy are being mailed 10 all who will write the State Medical institute. They cured so many men who had battled for years against the mental and physical suf- fering of lost manhood that the institute has decided to distribute free trial pack ages to all who write. It is home treat ment and all men who suffer with any form of sexual weakness resulting from youthful folly, premature loss of strength and mem- ory, weak back, varlcocele, or emanciation of parts can now cure themselves at home.
 The remedy has peculiarly grateful ef- feet of warmth and seems to act direct to the desired location, giving strength and development just where 1t Is needed. It cures all the Ills and troubles that come from years of misuse of the natural func- tions and has been an absolute success in all cases. A request to the State Medical Institute, 455 Elektron building, Fit. Wayne, Ind, stating that you desire one of their free trial packages will be compiled with promptly The institute Is desrous of reaching that great class of men who are unable to leave home to be treated and the free sample will enable them to see how easy it Is to be cured of sexual weakness when the proper remedies are employed. man who writes will be sent free sample, its recipient need have no fear of -embar- rassment or publicity. Readers are re- ouested to write without delay.
 9-23-sun-H
 Everything in Lap Robes and Horse Covers at Drennen 6 Go.
The age-herald., 1900-11-11

Everything in Lap Robes and Horse Covers at Drennen 6 Go.
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Mrs. WinsIow's Soothing Syrup

Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for their CHILL DREN WHILE TEETHING. with PER- EJECT SUCcESS. It SOOTIIBS the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYS all PAIN; CURE WIND COLIC, and Is the best rem.
 edy for DIARRHOEA- Sold by druggists In every part of the world Be sure and ask for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup"
 and take DO other kind Twenty-Five cents
The age-herald., 1900-11-11

The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Consolidated Electric Light Company u,Il he held at its office in Birmingham, Ala. on Tuesday, November 15, 1900, at 12 o'clock for the election of directors and inc transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. ELECTRIC LIGHT Go.
 By F. H. Armstrong, Secretary. 1A-1Q-td
The age-herald., 1900-11-11

Go where the crowd goes, to Dunker's Saloon, 2O8 and 2lO North 2Oth street, between 2d and 3rd avenues.
The age-herald., 1900-11-11
BIRMINGHAM REGLTY COMpANYS TITLES GUARANTEED
 SECURITY ABSOLUTE.

order to eHectually remove any poSSoe oooeUon raised any that have attached to our teS reason of the O. Norris Administrator against ns Company Eyton Company and others now penonS chancery Jefferson County have secured the oono Fidelity Deposit Company of Maryland guaranteeing all equally and common hold who hereafter acouire titles of BIRMINGHAM REALTY COMPANY to any property formerly owned by the ton Land company ANY AND ALL LOSS DAMAGE that be sustained result of the final determination of said suit
 deposited with the Birmingham Iru saw Company and the certificate of the Trustee bond will be delivered with each deed to purchasers of such property BIRMINGHAM REALTY co.,
 ByJ. K McDonald Vice President
The age-herald., 1900-11-11

Horse Covers and Lap Robes. Dren. nen & Go.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-07
The Twentieth century.

When few months more shall have
passed we will then stand at the very
the nineteen. in whose one hundred years
the greatest progress of the world has
been made. Will be a thing of the past
1t Will, however. be known as the CEN
fury of invention and discovery, and
among some the greatest of these we
can truthfully mention Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters. the celebrated remedy for
all ailments arising from a weak or dis
ordered stomach, such as dyspepsia, in
digestion, ilatulency constipation and
biliousness. II has been without a doubt
one of the greatest blessings to mankind
during the past nifty years as a tonic
and health builder. Many prominent
physicians prescribe and recommend IT,
and say that 1t should be In every house
hold Take their advice. buy n bottle and
be convinced. but be sure to get the gen.
uine with Il Private Revenue Stamp
over the neck of the bottle.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-07


clear my skin: my face was in n horrible
condition, literally covered with red
spots, pimples. backheads, moth patches
and freckles. And whenever the weather
changed eczema. chap and salt rheum
added TO my misery. I suffered a thous-
and deaths. and when I sent for trial
OF Nine. Ribaults beautihers. just as
had done before time and again with
other advertised remedies, I did not eX-
pect any results. Imagine my surprise
when the next day all redness and sore
ness were gone at the end OF a week
my skin began 10 clear. the freckles and
moth patches disappeared and the eczema
ana salt rheum were completely cured
improved so wonderfully that my friends
did not recognize me. so quickly had the
change taken place. My skin is now per-
fectly lovely, and there Is not blemsh
or wrinkle anywhere.
81 hope all ladies will at least try these
marvellous bcautiiiers
Do not delay but write immedia tely
The treatment is harmless. n natural
beauty maker, and will permanently re-
move all tan, frcckles. moth patches,
pimples. blackhcads, flesh worms. sun
burn, chaps. roushness and any and all
skin imperfections. no matter what they
may be.
Write to-day without fail and the free
trea tment will be mailed prepaid with full
directions and all particulars absolutely
free. Address MME. NJ. RIBAULT, 75i
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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-07
ATLANTIC CITY.

The revival meetings at Colley Me-
mortal Presbyterian Church. which
have been in progress for the past
week. will be continued tonight
Preaching by Rev. Mr.. Hall, of Will
liamsburg. Va.
a kindergarten will be opened at the
w. c. II. u. Hail. on Colley avenue
Monday at $3.50 a. m. Children from 3
to years of age will be received.
The Junior Epworth League of Le-
Kies Memorial M. r.. Church will meet
for devotional exercises at 4 o'clock this
afternoon.
The regular meeting of the Junior So
cicty of Christian Endeavor of Colley
Memorial Church will be held this af-
ternoon at o'clock. The exercises will
be varied and interesting.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-07
Eeast of Succoth.,

The Hebrew festival "Succoth, or the
Feast of Weeks" begins at shutdown
tomorrow and continues one week.
This festival is observed in commence
ration OF the deliverance of the Israel
ties who were driven out into the will
derness and who dwelt for weeks in
booths. The more devout orthodox He
brews erect in their yards fac smile
booths. which are very pretty Ser
vices will he held in the synagogues.
AT Ohef Sholom Temple an attractive
musical program wiz be rendered.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-07
PUGILIsr FLANAGAN DEAD.

Philadelphia. Pa, Oct. 6.-Steve Elan.
agan. the eN-champion bantam weight
in pugilism. died tonight at the Hahn
eman Hospital, never having regained
consciousness since his collapse in the
fifth round of his fight with Jimmy"
Devine last night
While several men, including Devine
who were directly connected with the
contest. were placed under arrest. the
testimony presented at the magistrates
hearing to-day before Flanagans
death. was positive on the part OF all
the witnesses that no blow had been
struck immediately preceding the time
that Flanagan fell on the floor
Devine was to-day held without bail
to await the result of Flanagans In
juries, and Ernest Crowhurst. the re-
fierce. and Robert Delaney Flanasan's
manager, and the seconds of both
fighters were released in $500 bail as
witnesses.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-07
IN ART CIRCLES.
BRIGHT PROSPECTS ATTEND THE
OPENING OF FALL WORK.

BRIGHT PROSPECTS ATTEND THE
OPENING OF FALL WORK.
Never has the Art League year
dawned with brighter prospects than
at present. The facts that the best
teachers in the city furnish lessons
here Il: nominal prices, and that the
reading room, lectures, entertainments
and exhibitions give much of an art at
mosphcre are becoming appreciated
more than ever. Many new members
have been added. and Il committee Will
be AT tic rooms Tuesday from 10 till
10 receive applications for membership.
Miss Florence Smith. who has been
one of the kindest friends of the
League. and who has served as vice
president for some time, has consented
to act as president for the remainder
of the year, filling the vacancy caused
by the death OF Mr.. G. w. i. Lane.
Oh
a life class, under the very able SUI
nervlsion Of MIR. Lloyd Freeman, two
Of whose exquisite portraits are now
on view at Nusbaum's. is being organ
lied. \ number of advanced artists
have expressed their delight at this
opportunity, and it is hoped brilliant
class will be the result.
10
After viewing some charming stud
les III oil and tapestry by Miss Lillian
Archer, Il young lady whose work has
been known only in quiet way by
her friends here. it is evident her tall
ent places her on the list of those who
have already done great credit to Nor
folk-as the late Miss Daisy Conley,
the late Miss Eugenia Hendren, Mrs.
Grace Dornin and others. Miss Arch
er's class in tapestry begins at the
League Thursday at 10.
90
Probably the first lecture given at the
rooms this year will be one in art
promised by the ever-eloquent Bishop
Randolph
The pupils in the art department at
the Conservatory of Music are eXhib
ting marked progress in their drawing
and color work, and no doubt will make
q very creditable showing for them
selves ana instructor ait the rcctals
which will lie given at intervals dur
ing the season.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-07
CONGRESS- OF NEGROES.
OBJECT TO INDUCE YOUNG MEN
TO BUY LAND.

Negro farmers and land owners are
to have n congress. This congress will
assemble at Mt. Nebo Baptist Church,
near Bacon's Castle, Surry county, on
Tuesday. October 8. 1900.
The prospectus states that the object
of these unique meetings, Of which this
will be the second, is ito bring our land
owners. business men and farmers in
touch with one another and to devise
plans how 10 get the young negro to
buy land how to keep the young men
and women at home and away from
the follies of city life
The prospectus states that the best
speakers have been invited to speak
and that instructive papers will be
read before the congress. 1t urges
every negro to devise plans to induce
others to buy land and implores every
farmer. business man and land owner
in Surry and the various adjoining
counties to attend the congress.
John j. Smallwood is president.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-07
BRIEF ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The sermon of Rev DIR. A. Coke
Smith at Epworth Church tonight on
The Christian in Society" will doubt
less attract an overlooking audience.
The Doctor proposes TO give some plain
talk on certain phases of the subject.
In another column there is the adj
vertisement of III. Il. Bondar & Co,
general public accountants, of Rich
mond, who have opened branch office
in Norfolk in the Citizens Bank build
Ing. This will be welcome news to
business men OF Norfolk. who have
had to send away for accountants.