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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11

THE postoffice department at Wash
ington has made known that it will
Issue free of charge to any of the large
firms doing a mail order business
through the country, blank applica-
tions for money orders, on which
will be printed the name of the firm
desiring them. These will be used to
remit to the sellers of goods, aud will
be inclosed with the statement sent
the buyer, and all he will have to do Is
to fill them out and mail at once to the
firm from which he buys the goods.
1t will do away with the necessity Of
going to the office for a money order, rs
he must do at the present time, If the
amount is too small for q draft, aud
will expedite matters in q very great
degree. These orders can be cashed at
any bank. Large advertisers will send
these to their customers, and can be
assured of q more prompt response to
their shipments. The express COM
panies have made a hard fight for this
class of trade. and the government has
taken this step to Offset them in their
attempt to get it. 1t will be of great
value to the shippers of goods through
out the country, and they will take
advantage of the matter at once.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11

THE London Times. commenting on
the reverses to the British arms in
South Africa, and the situation with
which Great Britain finds herself con-
fronted as a consequence of those re-
verses, declares that ''neither the
Crimean war nor the Indian mutiny
gave rise to greater danger to the en-
pire than that with which we are now
menaced: nor at either of these critical
periods" continues the article, twas
Great Britain so isolated politically, or
regarded with so much dislike and sus-
picion as are now almost everywhere
apparent" This is the grim truth.
The United States appears to be about
the only. friend Great Britain has on
earth
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11
THE REAL pROSp ERITY MAKERS

In the testimony that comes from one
southern state alone is found an answer
to those narrow-minded pessimists who
have maintained that the development
of manufactures in the south means
more wealth for the capitalists though
not prosperity for the people. Ell Paso
is not entirely free from such belief
and at the hour of the dawn of manu-
featuring enterprises here, If President
Eddy's hope of the future of the iron
industry is materialized, It will be we'll
to present the testimony.
The Charleston News aud Courier,
the leading newspaper Of South Caro-
lima, in a recent issue said that cotton
mills promote prosperity, not only in
the towns where they are located, but
on the farms about them as we'll: they
draw population and business to the
towns, add considerably to the value of
the local cotton crop, and stop sales OF
land under orders of court"
AS proof that it's statements are
justified by the facts, the News and
Courier quotes from it's Yorkville cor
respondent to show how the cotton mill
at Gaffpey City, South Carolina, not
only gives employment directly to l, 600
operatives, but supports 5000 people,
while the surrounding country is
greatly benefited by the expenditure
of wages among the merchants and
tradesmen. The Abbeville correspond
ent of the News and Courier also says
that NEARLY the entire cotton crop of
this section has been taken by the
local cotton mills at an average advance
of 81 per bale over the margin of the
expert buyers The correspondent
adds that on the last judicial sales
day not single sale of land was made
by order of the court, which is said to
be "the first instance of the kind since
the civil war;" nearly thirty-fve years
ago. 1t should be addedsthat Gaffney
City, which had a population of only
500 before the mill was built there, now
boasts of 6, 900 inhabitants.
The experience of South Carolina
should be an inspiration to Texas. Ell
Paso may not hope to establish cotton
mills here, but every industrial enter
prise should be eucouraged-every step
taken to secure manufactures for the
city should be encouraged. There is
no surer advance agent of prosperity in
the southwest than an industrial I'M
dertaking.
When the 1900 Souvenir Edition of
the HERALD shall have presented to
the world an exhibit OF the wonderful
resources of the southwest the feet of
many capitalists will undoubtedly be
turned this way and every encourage
ment should be given them to locate
here
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11
Now Is The Time.

In the interest Of your own welfare,
now is the time to enlighten yourself
as to the best place, and to begin
providing for your next summers com
fort and pleasure. With this in
view, consider the matchless climate,
the grandeur of scenery and the
numerous resorts of Colorado.
Drop postal to w. F. Sterley, A.
G. P. A. or A. A. Gibson, G. A. p. D.
of ''The Denver Road" at Fort
Worth. Texas, and you will be provid-
ed with exhaustive and magnifcently
Illustrated literature without expense.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11

THE Rev. ]. J. Axtell, a Michigan
minister, engaged in prize fight
with ssloon-keeper at midnight in q
dilapidated barn just because he was
dared to do so. That exploit adver-
tised him so we'll that there arose q
demand for his services as an exhibit
tion pugilist and he was billed in Detroit
for an athletic entertainment for
charity. The affair was managed by
one James D. Burns, who is de-
scribed as ''a leading saloonkeeper,"
and George Stallings, prominent as q
ball player. In an interview before
the contest Mr.. Axtell declared him
self as follows: ST think il will be good
thing. My sparring partner will be
Perry Patterson. We have SPARED
together since we were twelve years
old, and I tell you we spar for keeps.
1t will be fast 60 and I'll knock him
out if l can. You may be sure he'll
DO the same by me-if he can." ills not
said that Mr.. Axtell has resigned his
pastorate. On the contrary, it Is in
timsted that he will continue In the
pulpit and pose as 1.-The pugflistic
parson." Yet Detroit pastors wonder
why people do not 60 to church!
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11
BY CARRIER.
ADVERTISING RATES.

Rates of advertising in the Daily or Weekly
HERALD will be made known upon applica-
sfon at the business Office. Those who pre-
fer can have a representative of the business
department. call upon them. who will quote
prices and make contracts for space. Call
telephone No. 115
classified Advertisements or locals, ten
100 cents per line for first insertion and Eve
90 cents for each additional insertion.
Special rates upon five hundred 800 or one
thousand:QeOO lines of local. to be used in
tfon.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11

A CALL has been issued for the as i
sembling In Chicago, on the third
Wednesday of February, of prominent
medical men from all over the country
for the purpose of consid ering ways
and means for preventing the spre ad of
tuberculosis, and for discussing other
matters relating to the causes, proven
ton and cure of this dread disease.
The congress to be held in Chicago is
the outgrowth, in a certain sense, of
the worlds congress 'on tuberculosis,
which assembled in Berlin in May of
last year, and which was attended by
medical men from the
leading countries of Europe and from
the United States, Canada, Japan, Per-
sia. Australia and New Zealand. II
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11
TRYING TO pROLON6 LIFE.

Life is mans dearest possession, and
to no man in the world is life dearer
than to the Ell Pasoan. Every reader
of the HERALD will, therefore, be in
terested to know that interesting expe-
riments are being made to prolong to
two hundred and fifty years the life of
man and that if the hope and belief of
DR.. Eli Metchnitkoff, of Paris. are
realized there may be men ia Ell Paso
now who will reach that age. The doc
tor confidently believes tLat he will dis
cover serums through some expert
ment he is now making which will feed
human cells so accurately that death
may be held in check for couple of
centuries.
Roughly speaking" he says,
''what constitutes senile decay is the
destruction, or rather, weakening, of
the noble elements, either by poisonous
Ingredients or microbes, introduced
vsriously into the system, or simply
by the encroschment of the more vi
gorous plebeian cells. This encroach-
ment, technically known as sclerosis,
produces the atrophy of the organ.
Therefore, .the remedy against senile
strOphy was to be sought in the shape
of some serum which would reach the
organ or organs menaced, and feed and
strengthen it's noble elements sufficient
~ to enable them to fight the poisons
or microbes circulating in the system,
and resist the encroachment of the
plebeian tissue. Very shortly, "he adds,
with confidence, 1--WE shall have the
means and feel sufficiently advanced
in our Investigations to conduct come
prudent experiments upon human be-
inge. Scien tifcally the possibility of
prolonging life is ished-practi-
cally God knows when we shall dis
cover it.''
In the meantime it is interesting to
note that the learned doctor is not
alone in his belief. In an address re-
Gently delivered before the British
Medical. association by it's president,
DR.. Ward Cousins, among other things
the doctor discussed the future pro-
gress of preventive medicine and pre-
dicted steady and great decline iu
the death rate In the coming century.
For the realization of this great object
he looked, above all, and rightly look
ed, to an improvement in the condi-
tions and in the dwellings of the work.
ing classes. And he was especially
right in pointing out that this improve
ment cannot come from mere legis-
1stion.
"The great macs of the people must
become willing and active helpers"
he said, and in equally true words he
showed how largely the prevention of
suffering and the preservation of
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11

AN effort is being made at this ses-
sion of congress to pass bill submit
ting an amendment to the constitution
of the United States making April 10th
the date upon which future presiden-
tisl inaugurations and the adjourn
ment, sine die, of congress shall take
place. The weather is the most i'm
portant factor in causing the move
ment for the change.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11

these congresses shall result in arous-
ing health authorities everywhere to
use all due diligence in preventing the
spread of the disease, by the employ
ment of the most effective preventive
and restrictive measures known to
medical and sanitary science, they will
not have been in vain.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11

, THE amount of railway building now
going on in Texas and under immedi-
ate contract Is surprising to those VIII o
give the matter Il little investigation.
According to the facts and figures in
the Railway Age, the total would foot
up nearly 100 miles and all this not
withstsnding the increased price of
steel nd ties.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11

THE secret of one of the British dis
asters is out-which one the censor
sayeth not. The officers, it appears,
went into the campaign equipped ex-
actly like their men, leaving their
swords behind them. Their attempt
to initiate the Boer officers, who wear
neither millinery nor jewelled swords,
was OF course a failure.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11

BECAUSE an Ohio state senator
walked from Coshocton to Columbus to
attend the legislative session with his
pockets full of railroad passes, the
Minneapolis Times sage: That man
will bear Watching This is the way
legislators are encouraged to be hon.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11
Hotel pdlaCiO

Mr.. J. G.. McDermott has as
sumed full charge of the above
hotel at chihuahua, Mex, and will con-
duct the same on the American pla \.
MIR. McDernott ts we'll known to
the travelling public as having for
many years conducted the Robinson
house. Everything has been refitted to
the comfort of the guests and good
treatment is guaranteed.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11

1T looks as If Uncle Sam would be
asked to take hold and straighten out
that row between John Bull and Dom
Paul.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11

THE automobile has developed a
new disease-''the wrong lever"
disease, it is called. In the good old
days 1t would be called ''rattles."
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11

TEN men at last accounts have ap-
piled for the position of keeper of that
''open door" to China.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11

THE reason that Chicago's drainage
canal was opened without an ode was
probably because Chicago was afraid
Of the Odor.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11

In Pennsylvania four feet of snow
In Ell Paso sunshine.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11

Bring your prescriptions to Steven
con & Weaber, druggists, 213 Ell Psso
street.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11

TO ADVERTISERS.
In order to insure proper changes in adver-
sising, copy for,same should be at the busi-
ness Office notlat er than.1O a. m
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-11

IN THE WORLD FOR HEATING
and cooking purposes, is that which
can't equal it for clear, steady heat and
general satisfaction. No dirt, no clink-
ers, no annoyance is sold with our &C.
rrillos coal; only well screened, high
grade coal that will burn just as you
want 1t to. You can't beat our prices
any more than you can our coal. wood
kindling, feed building and roofing ma
terial.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20

Malcolm Williams. John L Wooder-
son, Neil Florence, Horace Newman,
Frank Sheridan, Charles Morse, James
j. De Barre aud many others. will be
seen here, as well as the scenic pro-
ductioD, which is said TO be very tiIe.
From the time the curtain rises on
the first act until it falls on the
last of Fulgora's European-Americau
stars at the Burtis Wednesday even
ing. one of the largest audiences the
house has held for some time will be
moved in quick succession through
all the phases of human emotion. The
star novelty is little Fred and his
troupe of acrobatic and equestrian
animals, from the Winter Garden,
Berlin, the most entertaining of its
kind ever seen in America other
notable features are the Forrest Bros,
musical eccentric comedians from the
Empire. London; Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Sidman in a New England rural
sketch; Josephine Gassman and her
pickaninnies; Barnes and
81 son, farceurs; Billy Van. monolo-
gist and parodist; Cook and Clinton.
cha nPion lady sharp shooters, and
the Hunting trio in farcical melangc
and original dancing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
AMUSEM ENTS.

| Frederic Murphy and Miss Marie
Lamour and capable supporting
| com pany appeared at Harper's thea
tire last night in "A Wise Woman. "
piece much on the order of Char
Iey's Aunt" TO Much Johnson, :"
etc. The plot is not new, but the
| complications and situations are new
ertheless amusing and clever, and
were worked out with a snap and
spirit that was indeed refreshing, the
audience, one of the largest that has
been attracted at Harper's on a week
| night for quite a while, being kept in
laughter throughout the performance.
The company is not a large one by
any means. but every member is an
artist, their com 5ined talents fur
nishing an entertainment that was al
together highly pleasing. Miss La
nour wore several stunningly gor-
geous gowns. If there was any fea-
ture in the performance that could be
complained of it was the musical
mum bers.
\ natural pastoral drama, favored
with the breezy local color of Tennes-
see lie, and permeated with the soft
southern atmosphere of its valleys, is
Romance of Coon Hollow, " which
will be seen at HarPer's theatre Sun
day evening. 1t comes here with
wealth of scenery and mechanical ef-
fects, no house scenery being u-ed,
and one of the largest acting compa-
MES on the dramatic stage. This
pretty ideal is mirror of southern
life. study OF character of people |
ever interesting.
"A Young Wife" which has re-
Gently had long run at the Four
teenth street theatre. New York, will
be presented at the Burtis next Mon
day evening. This play. which has
been one of the few solid successes of
the season, was written by j. X. Til
lOtson, who is we'll known to theatre
tre-gocrs. being the author of The
Planters Wife" which was a great
success for number of years. The
New York cast, which includes Misses
Selma Herman, Minnie Radcliffe. Sgd
ney Cowell, Messrs. Emmett c King.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
ARTHUR M. HULL.

Manager of the ST. Paul Globe, thinks
advertisements are written to inform
other people about food and its value,
but are not intended for newspaper
men themselves, and yet of all men,
newspaper men require good nourish-
ing food to rebuild the brain and
nerve centers. (They will agree that
this is not a joke.)
Mr. Hull SAYS: Il wish to give
you an unsolicited testimonial for
Grape Nuts. | have used your Pos
tum Cereal for about two years. l
have seen your advertising for
Grape-Nuts in the Globe as we'll as
other papers. have appreciated it from
an advertising standpoint, but some
way | never b ught any unit about II
week ago. Since then l have practi
cally live on it. l think it is. with
out exception, the finest preparation
of any food product that it has been
my good fortune TO taste. and my en-
thusiasm prompts me to- write this
note. Wishing you all kinds of sue
cess"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
MAP DRAWING MACHINE.
Sow Bein= Adjusted a< WiIIcts Point
For ArIeY's Use In Cuba.


For ArnS's Use In Cuba.
Many surveyors from Brooklyn and
others interested in the study of topog-
raphy have visited the government
post at Willets Point, y. Y. the last
few days 10 inspect the new orograph
which is now being put in readiness
by the engineer corps of the United
States army for use in Cuba. 1t is the
only map drawing machine ever made
for an army TO be put in use either dur
ing a war or in times of peace. says
the New York Times. The machine
cost the government about $4,000 and
resembles bicycle. The machine was
built for the United States engineer de-
partment and. il is claimed. is the only
one ever manufactured that will actu-
ally perform the service expected of il.
The machine requires careful han
ding. but produces quickly a map that
would take several skilled surveyors
some time to produce. When adjusted.
the machine is, pushed over road or
stretch of open land by three soldiers,
and the map is drawn as the machine
is moved forward. The orograph con-
siStS of two we'll built carriage wheels,
lowing the Other in a single track. The
wheels on one side support a box 80
inches long, IL inches deep and s inch
es wide. This box contains mechanism.
On the other side OF the wheels is 4
we'll containing mercury. 1t is 81 inch
es in diameter and half IN inch deep.
The orOCraph in operation must not be
allowed To careen on either side. The
principles upon which the machine is
constructed are those of the perambu-
lator. operating in conjunction with 4
lever maintained continually in Il hori-
zontal position by floating in mercury
filed well. This lever is ~ inches in
length and half an inch thick, with
floats attached 10 each end. The PEN
Gil used TO indicate altitude moves an
inch for every 30 feet change of level.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20
IN THEIR OWN BEHALF.


Rock Island, Jan. 2O.-Below is
printed an exact copy of the kilograms
sent and answers received by the
Register-GaZ of Rockford. ILL.,,
but not. however. as it developed. I'M
Ill the Bell influence had succeeded in
killing the independent franchise
there. Could anyone expect a more
satisfactory conclusion of the benefits
of an independent competitive ex-
change than the opinions of the may
ors. national bankers and leading edi-
tors of these respective cities:
Did your independent telephone
company prove benefit TO telephone
users? Wire at our expense.
TIE REGIsTER-G GAZETTE -
indianapolis, Ind, Nov. u. 1899 -
Yes. satisfactory. = indianapolis
News.
Lafayette, Ind, Nov. 12.-Yes;
very materially. f. Walker, editor
Call.
Beloit, Wis, Nov. 12.-Reduced
rates one hall and improved Bell SER
vice immensely. Ingersoll. ed
itor.
Lafayette, Ind, Nov. 12.-Yes;
cheaper and better service with great
er number of subscribers.-Mer
chants National Bank.
Janesville, Wis, Nov. 12.-Inde-
pendent telephone line caused reduc-
tion in phone rentals and gave in
creased city and county service. de-
c;ded benefit to telephone users.-B
+. Nowlan, editor Gazette.
Defiance, o, Nov. 12.-The indie
AnnInn+ talanhnnn hnrn
great benefit to users in that it re-
duced the price from 81 per month for
business phones to 81; and residence
phones from So to 81 per month.
Competition was also the means of
giving better service. &C. B. Samp-
son. city editor Daily Crescent.
Wausau. Wis, Nov. l2.-Indepen-
dent exchange established better SER
vice and reduced cost about half
National German American Bank.
Ishpeming, Mich, Nov. 12.-Inde-
pendent company has cut former rates
increased the number of sub
scribers five times and gives better
Ore.
Ishpeming. Mich, Nov. 12.-It did.
Reduced cost about 60 per cent, in
creased mum Der of telephones in use
about five times and is giving better
service National Bank.
Grand Rapids, Mich, Nov. "a
General opinion is that independent
exchange benefits users by Improving
service, increasing the number of
users and increasing and improving
outside or state service. Evening
Press.
Kalamazoo, Mich, Nov. 12.-Yes; |
it reduced price to users.over one-half
and increased efficiency of service
w &. Howard. MAYOR.
Grand Rapids. Mich. Nov. 12.-
Reduced rates. improved service and |
doubled number OF phones. Great |
unconstitutional Rapids Democrat.
Defiance. Ohio, Nov. 12.-Service |
and Iates very materially |
a. Deindoel fer, Mayor. |
Beloit. Wis. Nov. 12.-Our indie
pendent telephone exchange greatly /
benefits phone users, both financial
" and otherwise -Simon Smith, |
Mayor.
Waterloo, Iowa. Nov. 12.-The or
yanization of the Cedar Valley Tele-
phone exchange in competition with
he Iowa Telephone company results
n reduction of about so per cent
o the patrons of telePhones.-The
Mayor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-01-20

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