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The age-herald., 1902-02-09
OLD TIMES IN TELEGRAPHY.
Five Dollars a Good Days Receipts in
 Washington During 1e46.

.n;d vou ever take time to consider from what comparatively small begin nings the present gigantic telegraph in terests in this country have grownf, asked a veteran telegraph operator. Not long since, while looking over some ola documents which had not seen the hshe of day for many years, discovereo one which related to the time when teleg- ranbv as A commercial factor in the Tinted States was in its infancy.
 .arhis document consists of a single half sheat of legal cap, yellowed by age, upon one side of which is written in neat hand tabulated statement of the daily receipts of the Electro Magnetic Tele- graph of the United States in the city of Washington for the quarter beginning January 1 and ending March 31. 1864, to- gether with the totals for each of the three months and the total for the quar- ter These totals are as follows; Jan uary, s67.01; February Qwenty-eight days) s60.bS March. s75.S4, the grand total for the entire quarter footing up the sum of s2Os42 During the three months the minimum receipts for single day occurr- ed on January 1, when they aggregated the munifcent sum of 60 cents. In all probability but one. message was sent on that day. The maximum receipts Tor singel day during the quarter amounted to $5S This big sum was received on March 2, 1S46.
 "Everybody. of course. is more or less familiar with the fact that the city or Washington was the cradle Of electric telegraph science. It was in the little room now occupied by the chief clerk of the House of Representatives on the ground floor of the House wing and fac ing the east, from which the first mes saee-'What hath God wrought Twas flashed to the city of Baltimore. This was less than two years before this table of daily receipts was compiled.
 'In 1881 there were but two telegraph offices in washington, aside from the one in the War Department. One of these offices was located at the old Willard Hotel and the other on Pennsylvania avenue, few doors west of Four-and-a- half street. Tn the latter part of that year there were but eight wires run hing out of the city. one of these being operated by the Baltimore and Ohio rail road. Now the number of wires run ur into the hundreds and the aggregate number of offices throughout the city and its suburbs will reach nearly one hundred
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
New Bill at Auditorium.

That vaudeville will be success. or rather Is a success in Birmingham was demonstrated last week at the Auditor ium. The only thing necessary to keep up this beginning is for Manager Coley Anderson to continue to put on high class performances with which he began the first week.
 This MT. Anderson promises to do. For this week the ''headliner" is one of the newest in vaudeville. It is the famous octette which made a great hit in Floro- dora with the song Tell Me Pretty. Maid en-" It is composed of four pretty maid ems and four graceful men, all of whom have good voices. The girls are Miss Clara Broune Marion, Miss Bessie Clay ton. Miss Eleanor L'Estelle and Miss Grace Gardner. and the men are Messrs. Gilroy, Kellard Monroe and Wallace.
 It goes without saying that the girls will be pretty and handsomely gowned. They wear occordian silk of a Nile green hue and have some stunning headgear. They are all said to be shapely and just the right sort. The idea of the act is said to be extremely clever and it has never failed to afford one of the most enjoy able parts of the programme wherever it has been seen this season. Among the others are Smith. Dothy and Goa, trio of musical comedians who have good chance in the race and if they fail to do their part it will be the first time since they have been punched together in a vaudeville act. Smith Is said to be the greatest sliding trombone player in the country today and he is mated with two others who claim they can hold up their end of the act.
 Hale and Francis the hoop rollers, will probably role in at the finish on one of their best feats in novelty work with the hoops. Miss Emma Francis is the only woman hooproller who appears on the stage.
 The best part of Cookley and Musicals E act comes just before the finish, when their little dancing dog is introduced. Tom Mack who has appeared many times in the largest minstrel groups, will do a a joke thrown in every now and than. and possibly a little dancing.
 Maud Meredith, g. singer of popular ballads, is good looking, wears pretty gowns and is said to nave a good voice. She will complete the bill this week. There will be a matinee every afternoon except Monday.
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certs in the United States, Canada. Eng land Scotland, France. Belgium. Hol- land and Germany, in 5s2 different cities The travel this has necessitated is equal to about ten times the circumference of the earth. The recent British tour of the sousa band was remarkable succession of ovations to the American conductor and composer during the entire three months of its duration. Thirty-one con- certs were given in London in sixteen days, and the British tour had total of 122 concerts in twenty-eight different cities of the United Kingdom. Sousa Is again on tour in this country and will be heard here in concert at the Jefferson Theatre next Friday night The soloists will be Maud Reese-Davies soprano; Dorothy Hoyle. violiniste, and Arthur Pryor, trombone.
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These remedies are combined in lozenge form, pleasant to take, and will pre- serve their good qualities indefinitely, whereas all liquid medicines rapidly lose whatever good qualities they may have had as soon as uncorked and exposed to tile air
 This preparation is called Stuart's Dy- spepsia Tablets and it is claimed that one of these tablets or lozenges will digest from. 300 to 5000 times its own weight of meat. eggs and other whole some food. And this claim has been prov en by actual experiments in the follow ing manner: A hard boiled egg cut into small pieces was placed in bottle con taining warm water heated to ninety eight degrees Cor blood heaD one of these Tablets was then placed in the bottle and the proper temperature main- tained for three hours and a half at the end of which time the egg was as competely digested as it would have been in healthy stomach. This experi m ent was undertaken to demonstrate that what it would do in the bottle it would also do in the stomach, hence it's unquestionable value in the cure of dyspepsia and weak digestion. Very few people are free from some form of in- digestion but scarcely two will have the same symptoms. Some will suffer most from distress after eating, bloating from gas in the stomach and bowels, others have acid dyspepsia or heartburn, oth- CTS palpitation or headaches, sleepless- ness, pains in chest and under shoulder blade, extreme nervousness as in nervous dyspepsia, but they all have same cause failure to properly digest what is eaten. The stom ach must have rest and assist ance, and Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets give it both, by digesting the food for 1t and in short time it is restored to it's normal action and vigor At same time the Tablets are so harmless that a child can take them with benefit. This new preparation has already made many astonishing cures, as for instance, the following: After using only one package of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets I have received such great and unexpected benefit that I wish to express my sincere gratitude. In fact it has been six months since I took the package and have not had one particle of distress or difficulty since. And all this in the face of the fact that the best doctors consulted told sne my case was : Chronic Dyspepsia and absolutely incur able as I had suffered twenty-five years l distributed half a dozen packages among my friends here who are very anxious to try this ernedy.
 Mrs Sarah A. Skee1s
 Lynnville, Jaspar Co., Mo
 Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are sold by druggists everywhere at 50 cents for full sized packages. A little book on Stomach Diseases mailed free by addressing F. A Stuart O.. Marshall, Mich.
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
cHIcAco's NATIONAL TEAM.
Manager Frank selee Signs Big Batch
 of Crack Players.

Chicago, February s.-Manager Frank this city. today announced officially that players have been signed as follows:
 Catchers-Chance, Kehoe, Kling Sa- luski. The last named is from Grand Rapids.
 Pitchers-Taylor, Menefee, Waddell, Eason, Ferguson from St. Paul, Hooker from Buffalo, St. Brain from Tacoma, Gardner from Hartford. Glade from Des- Moines. Sample from Nashville.
 Infielders-Doye, O'Hagen, Bonner, Lowe, Childs, Raymer, Tinker from Port land. Schaffer from St. Paul, Mcintyre from Tacoma, Kennedy from Nashville.
 Outfielders-Jones, Williams, Slage, Con. galton from St. Paul, Lynch from Taco. ma, Miller from Kansas City, Dexter
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.'Arizona'' Will appear at the Jefferson theatre tomorrow night. Since the pro- duction of this charming play last sea- son in this city, it has had a career of uninterrupted success in almost every large city of the east.
 Mr. Thomas has more than any other writer laid the foundation and lower courses of that American drama which will one day develop into a most impos- ing institution. Arizona" as the name implies, is a play which has its scenes characters and incidents located in the play comprises sturdy ranchmen and cowboys, the brisk alert women of the pioneer generation and their dainty, graceful yet strong and self-reliant daughters-types of the American girl over which the whole world has come to wonder and adnire-officers and soldiers. fair samples of the heterogeneous com munity which MT. Thomas has chosen to utilize in the way of literary material. The piece is as full of bright color con trasts as the changing combination of a kaleidoscope. It fairly pulses with fresh, vigorous, active life of the young west. It has a love story as tender and almost as tragic as that of Romeo and Juliet" and unctuous as that which Mir Thomas has previously shown us in Alabama and "In Missouri
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pest shirt manufacturers in New York and also other cities. He is a man. of fine busi- ness qualifications and splendidly strong character. He is made of the kind of ma terial which has given Birmingham the good commercial reputation she now has and he will well deserve the liberal pa tronage due to home industries. He possesses all those essentials of suc- cessful business man combined with those qualities which constitute thorough gen. tleman socially, and in his business is thoroughly at home, understanding the most minute details. The Custom Shirt Company, from our point of view, enters a field of great promise without being handicapped by local competition, and their ultimate expansion into one of the leading enterprises of the city is but a question of few months.
 The business men will be glad to well come to their ranks one who comes well prepared to keep the name which they have achieved for energy, ability and all around satisfactory service up to the standard. and who will add materially to that name.
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
Tn telegraph way, Washington is dis

'In telegraph way, Washington is dis tinctive from any other city in the world. The business here, instead of being of a commercial nature, consists chiefly of newspaper work, government telegraph- ing and political and transient work from people interested in politics. Since our re- cent foreign acquisitions the telegraph receipts at the Washington offices have greatly increased. Washington is sort of Mecca for society in this country, and society leaders as well as politicians are using the telegraph as means of com- munication to and from this city at a rapidly increasing rate"
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
A NEW ENTERPRISE.
Mr. Mitchell Has Established a Gus
 tom Shirt House Here.

How many people know that Birming- ham has a new enterprise? And an en- tirely new enterprise, too! From our point of view Birmingham has long been in need of custom shirt house, and in an
 Interview with MT. J. H. Mitchell of New York, who kindly explained the details of this new business, I was much struck with the thought that the city lacked absolutely nothing now to uphold her name as a metropolitan place for mems
 furnishings. MT. Mitchell is an expert in Ehis line. having been connected with the
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
HaverIy's MinstreIs.

George Wilson, who heads the Haver- ly Minstrel Company, annouced to ap- pear here, has for years been figure as conspicuous in American minstrelsy as Nat Goodwin in comedy or Francis Will son in comic opera. He was the chief fun maker when that famous minstrel combination of Barlow, Wilson, Primrose and West toured the country. and his remarkable personal success as the star of the Haverly organization is conclusive evidence that time had not dimmed his lustre nor lessened his firm hold on the popular affections of those who enjoy minstrel mirth and mimicry. As a mono logist dealing with timely topics his hu- nor is contagious and those who heard him with the Haverly show last season need not be reminded of the hit he scored. But while Mir. Wilson may be described as the sparkling jewel of the show, the setting of the gem enhances the bril- fancy The famous comedian is this season surrounded by a company of mer- ny makers, musicians and vocalists who are said to be entirely worthy. Haverly's Minstrels will be at the Jefferson Thea Ire next Saturday, matinee and night.
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
His Discovery.
e Baltimore News

1NtWS
 Mary" said the young husband. in hollow accents, "did you get the recipe for these biscuits out of the cook book 7''
 'Yes, dear" she replied. nervouslys why askT'
 Nothing, pet-er-only I didn't think cook books were such heavy Iiterature.~
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A TEST EXPERIMENT.
Peculiar Power Possessed by New Medicine.

Of new discoveries there is no end, but one of the most recent. most remarkable and one which will prove invaluable to thousands of people, is a discovery which 1t Is believed will take the place of all other remedies for the cure of those common and obstinate diseases, dyspep- sia and stomach troubles. This discov- cry Is not loudly advertised secret patent medicine, but is a scientific com- bination of wholesome. perfectly harm less vegetable essences, fruit salts, pure Depsin and bismuth
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The Ramsay-ReiiIy Engineering and Cnnsfructinn Cnn1nanN

Supervision. of mines. land. railroad, mine surveying and structural work of all kinds solicited
 Have unusual facilities for placing min srai properties: will value and sell min eral-carrying lands for the usual conn mission. . < office 2o24 First Ave. Phone 9.
The age-herald., 1902-02-09
Plenty Like It.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 Gan I get this note shavedT' he tim idly asked the money lender.
 "Graciousr' exclaimed the broker, as hs glanced at the date, tits old enough to need it!'
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Mexico VIII Aid Sufferers.

Mexico City, February, S.-The federal government has voted s20,0o0 in aid of the victims of the earthquake at Chil- pancingo, and the city government of this capit al will send aid.
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Mr. Mclean and MIss TyIer.

MT. Mclean and Miss Tyler.
 Among the actors and actresses who have attained eminence as interpreters of Shakespeare by well directed and con scientious endeavor. are the co-stars who will appear at the Jefferson theatre Thursday the 18th in two performances. MT. MacLean and Miss Tyler.
 Their work has been characterized by a reverent. regard for the great drama tist whose contributions to literature helped to make the English language what it has since become. the dominant language of the world.
 On this second visit Coriolanus will be presented with the same magnificent at- tention to all environments. The com pany's return engagement this season have developed the position it has achiev- ed in the memory of theatre-goers throughout the country. The business of the company has been uniformly large, and its presentations a dramatic pleasure rare as great. At the matinee 'The School for Scandal will be the bill.
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The Everett Concert Grand Piano to be used by Richard Burmeister Tuesday night is now on exhibition at E. E.
 Forbes Piano Co.
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and his great band from their British tri- umphs calls attention to the remarkable record of achievements of this organiza-
 tion, the glorified ideal of the military
 band. as. the London Globe says. since
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ASK FOR A BOOK.
Send No Money -SimpIyLearn
 if Know How to Cure You

I will mail the book wanted if you will send me your address. Don't let doubt or prejudice keep you from asking for 1t.
 With the book l will send an order on your druggist for six bottles of pr. Shoop's Restorative, and he will let you test 1t month. If satisfied, the cost is s5.5O; if 1t fails will pay your druggist myself.
 No other physician ever made such an offer; none ever will. do 1t because have discovered a remarkable remedy, and millions need it. I want them to have It.
 It Is treatment that strengthens the inside nerves. It brings back the power that operates all vital organs the only power that can ever make them strong l have furnished my remedy to over a half million people on these terms. and 3s out of each 40 have paid for it because they were cured I will rely on your hon. esty; and if fail. not a penny is wanted.
 Won't you write a postal to learn about a remedy like this?
 Simply, state which Book No. on Dyspepsia. address Book No. on the kidneps-
 Racine Wis BSok Eo. o sc tSf kssumssism kksn ssssa'
 Mild cases not chronic. are often cured by one or two bottles. At all druggists.
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Mild cases. not chronic. are often cured by one or two bottles. At all druggists.
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Sousa's Band.

Tnssrecentl4rst5urn of John Phnip s0usa
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-02
Items d Interest.

Senator Morgan, from the Committee
on Isthmian Canals, has present.
ed to the Senate the majority report of
that committee on the question of the
validity of the title of the new Panama
Canal Company and its right to trans
t sr its property to the United States
for SAo.oooooo The objections of the
majority TO the title are based largely
on the relations of the canal company
10 the Governments of France and
Colombia, but many other phases OF
the question are discussed at length.
Among these is the relation of the
shareholders who subscribed $z6oooo,ooo
to the old Panama company, whose IN
tepests. it is held, cannot be lightly re
garded. The report speaks of the
Serious danger of the United STATES
being drawn into disagreeable relations
with large and influential body OF
the worthy people of France, whose
friendship for us has been cherished
during the entire life of our republic
The minority report, which was pre-
pared bv Senator Kittredge, completely
lpholds the title of the new Panama
company. 1t says:
The title of the new Panama compa
nv to it, concessions and other propert,
appears from the facts and document
which have been laid before the SUI
committee, and is clear and free from
any complications. For transfer Q
its concessions to the United States tn
consent of Colombia is re- site. bu
this consent has been given by the Coy
erpm ent of that country as fully as
can now be given In case of the pul
chase of the canal by the United Sta.e
different concessions and different right
must be obtained by treaty betwee
this countr and Colombia, and such
treaty would necessarily involve a co.
sent to the sale by'the company OF il
rights and property on the 1s.hmus
the United States. Such a treaty e
lombia has shown and declared i
readiness to make. On every othe
point the right of the new Panam
Canal Company to transfer its proper
t, the United States is perfectly clea
Every link in the chain of its title an
every step in the course by which
became in a position 10 sell its propert
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-02


The st. Petersburg Official Mes
senger" in publishing the Franco Rus
sian declaration relative to the Anglo
Japanese convention, accompanies it
with an official statement as follows:
'sThe imperial Government received
with the most perfect calm the an
|nouncement Of the Anglo Japanese
agreement. The principles which
have guided Russian policy since the
beginning of the disturba ices in China
remain and will remain, invariable.
Russia insists on the maintenance Of
the independence and integrity of
China, a friendly neighboring country
as well as that of Korea. Russia de
sires-the preservation of the status quo
and general peace in the far East, by
the construction of the great Siberian
Railroad, together with its branch line
lthrought Manchuria, towards a por
always ice-free. Russia aids in the
extension in these regions of the com
merce and INDUSTRY of the whole world
Woald it be to her interests to pu
forward obstacles at the present time
The intention expressed by Grea
: Britain and Japan to attain those sam
objects, which have invariably bee
pursued by the Russian Government
: can meet with nothing but sympath
Z in Russia, in spite of the comments /
5 certain political spheres and in some
: the foreign newspapers, which ende;
| vored to present in quite differer
t light the impaSsiFe attitude OF the In
= perial Government towards dipl,
t matte act which, in its eye, does NJ
: change in any way the general situ
t ton on the political horizon" )"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-02

The Duke Of Loubat who was rec.
emily elected to be a cores sponding
member of the Academy of Bellies Let
tres, has offered the College Of France
an annuity Of 6,ooo francs tosfound and
maintain professorship for the study
Of American antiquities. The college
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-02

Senator Hanna has named the
Committee on Cancellation of the Ma
|tiona1 Civil Federation, as follows: Mar
Gus a. Hanna, Franklin McVeagh, Sa-
|muel Gonpers, John Mitchell, Oscar S
|Straus, Frank P. Sargent. Charles A.
Moore, James Duncan, R. NJ. Easley, ].
Krlttschnitt, Archbishop Ireland, Mar
Gus NJ. Marks, Bishop Potter and Will
liam III. Pfah1er.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-02

Pablo, ha1fbreed Indian and Mex,
ican, and a millionaire, owns and keeps
at his reservation in Montana 10000
head of cattle and a herd of buffalo
said to be the largest on the continent
numbering $50.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-02

It is officially announced today that
King Edward will not 60 abroad this
year. lie will cruise in British waters
on board the royal yacht Victoria and
A1bert,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-02

The portrait of Benjamin Franklin,
executed by Gainsborough at the time
of the signing of the Treaty of Paris,
and lately given to the University of
Pennsylvania by the class of 1852, has
been hung in the University Library.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-02

Raphael Becks painting of President
Mckinley delivering his last speech at
the Pan American Exposition has just
arrived at Washington from Buffalo,
land will be hung in the Capitol for
several weeks.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1902-04-02

A prominent member of the House
co mittee which will have the Subsidy