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rom an old print in La Teleyrafe Historiqee Napoleon’s Visual Telegraph The First Long Distance System Indians sent messages by means of signal fires, but Napoleon estab- lished the first permanent system for rapid communication. In place of the slow and un- reliable service of couriers, he built lines of towers extending to the French frontiers and sent messages from tower to tower by means of the visual telegraph. This device was invented in 1793 by Claude Chappe. It was a semaphore. The letters and words were indicated by the position of the wooden arms; and the messages were received and relayed at the next tower, perhaps a dozen miles away. Compared to the Bell Telephone system of to-day the visual tele- graph system of Napoleon’s time seems a crude makeshift. It could not be used at night nor in thick weather. It was expensive in con- struction and operation, consider- ing that it was maintained solely for military purposes. Yet it was a great step ahead, because it made possible the trans- mission of messages to distant joints without the use of the uman messenger. It blazed the way for the Uni- versal Telephone service of the Bell system which provides per- sonal intercommunication for 90,000,000 people and is indis- pensable for the industrial, com- mercial and social progress of the Nation. AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES One Policy million Write To Hot Springs. Ark. Los Angeles. Ci ° Wasdington, D.C Portland. Me. Jacksonvitie. Pia. Grand Rapids, Mich. In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will One System the Universal Service For Liquor and Drug Users A scientific remedy that has cured nearly half a Administered in the past thirty-two years. by medical specialists at Keeley Institutes only. for particulars Kansas City, Mo. Uta, ba. Columba 1. Winni ito! Philadelphia, Pa. 812. Broad St. London. England. Following Keeley Institutes: Pittebure, Pa. «046 Fifth Ave, Pe: “eH jJudée Vol. LXII. January 6, 1912 _ No. 1577 Copyright 1911, by Lestie-Judge Compa: tered at the Post-office at New York class Mait Telephone, weekly by Leslie-Judge Company. Brunswick Building, 225 Fifth Avenue, New York. John A. Sleicher, President. Reuben P. Steicher. Secretary. 3 t Treasurer, Cover Design The Help Yourself Club Excess Baggage The Reason Why Editorial Concerning Shirt Sleeves. Domestic Infelicity. Canada's Disappointment. James Montgomery Flagg Carolyn Wells Minna Irving William J. Lampton Al Paying Iustitutio By Way of Su The Geography of Married Life Harzey Peake A Word to the Wise Charles C. Jones Herbert Adams J. 1. Harbour Geographical Grins Willle’s Pocket Old Home Week Had to Pony Up . A Bashful Swain’s Proposal Carleton G. Garretion Don, Cameron Shafer Joe Cone Give Me Your Hand Sam S. Stinson Free Distribution Grace McKinstry To Sum Up Ellis O. Jones The Unfeeling Brute a J. dS. O'Connell We Have With Us To-Night The Modern Woman Ete., Ete, Homer Croy SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year, or 62 numbers . : $5.00 Six months, or 26 numbers - + 260 Thirteen weeks - : - - 1.25 Subscriptions payable in advance by draft on New York, or by express or postal order. Postage free in the United s its dependen- cies, and Mexico. To Cana rovinees edd {0 cents a year for postage; to all foreign countries add $1.00 EUROPEAN International News Com- ding, Chancery Lane, E. € Avenue de COpera, tari hanger, 16 John Street, Adelphi, fe la Vietuire, Faris; 1 Clara uv. ising: for all the publi- ptions and aa ny will be taken at cations of Leslie-Judwe C regular rates at any of the above offices. ‘Contributors must include a stamped and relf- addressed envelope with all manuscripts, otherwire return of the latter when found unavailable cannot be xuaranteed, We receive such material, submit ted for publication, only on condition that we shall it be held responsible for its loss or injury while ‘our hands or in transit. If Jupae cannot be found at any news-stand, the publishers will be under obligations if that fact be promptly reported on postal card or by letter. Present year, 10 cents per and Great Britain. in both the United Western Anvertisine OFrice: Marquette Building, Chicago, IL. be appreciated. comicbooks.com