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a decrease IN the total number OF dead letters
VI me letters, Is,227 were found to contain
money amounting 70 S9&,710.95 in sumo OF :
ano upwards; OF which number l6lss, con-
tahibg sc2-57O.90. were delivered 10 writers or
parsons addressed, and 2O4a con tanning sta-
".o.o', Were filed for reclamation BY the o wners
or were outstanding.
ihe number enclosing sums less than one
collar was N.3e3, containing S3472 "a, of whica
smoupt S2.se..29 were delivered 70 writers. and
sosi.se We're hled Tor reclamation. Amount
Ken nom dead letters and deposited 10 IN |.
Iiessury, Su $500; number OF letters con-
Iaihing bank checks, drafrs, deeds, letters OF
excnanfe, &c. received and recorded, was
1919; nominal value 1901. .35i II, of which
lo,2so nominal value -, ,199.114.5i) were deliv-
eIed 10 owners. and 1859 (nominal value
s2l2,2402O were retired or nied for reclama.
non. OF the unnailable letters 2s6,30f were
oetAineo sor poetage not being prepaid as re.
quired oy law. They were either wholly IN.
Paia-not prepaid in full. or were stamped
WIN illegal or revenue sAmps; sO,a29 were
mlsonected. the post once. State, or soms me-
cessary part OF the address being omitted: 96,a
nao 10 address whatever, and $50 were al
dressed TO places where there were no maii
service. Amount realized for sales of waste
paper, S2,067.05.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-10-29

THE SECRETARY OF THs TREASURY has is
sned a circular TO officers of the revasne - aO
ply th. safety valves 70 tn boilers OF all can,
srs Ga ged in carry ing pass.n gers, as design
ted by law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-10-29

Exr1rsI OF QUE MISSIONS ABRoAD.-rbe
forth coming report OF the Fifth Audisor Of the
Treasury contains statement Of expenses OF
missions abroad for salaries, conting gsnciss, and
lost BY EXCHANGE frcm July I, 1sG5, 20 Jans ~,
1863, a. shown by accounfs aljosted tn tha,
once. The grand tonl for all expenses Of mis-.
sions abroad Ter Tat time Is slls, s,55s.7s. Tue
statement Of consular returns shows an axcess
Of fees over salaries and loss by exchangs OF
e6e ,97l 90 tor nscaI yeaf ending Juns %. a
statement showing the amount sxpended BY
consular omeers OF the United Sts6s for relief
OF American seamen at the censulates, the
amount received by them a. tktra wages OF
diecharged semen. and the unlouut Of loss In
exchange tncarred IN dravfng fer balances
due, gives an excess Of uisbursemenn ever ~.
ceipts amounting to eS2627. The report also
shows that curinR the year 1000 destitute sea-
men were sent TO the Cnited states from for.
eisn PORE. the smosIt Of money paid for taetr
United States coasuls on account OF crimfnsi
seameu,i 81 ,396f5. The saiar,es paid to the
judges and arsitrators ander the provisious OF
the treaty wfsh Great Britain Of April =, 1s62,
asgreeste. 5tr same perfrd. q, 7,37J. with an ex-
penditurs for contingencies st New York OF
$500. i1f tca l-Ella q <e.1 - E4ass - -
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Loss OF FEMlGRANf STEAM Err WISER
Tetegrdphed ESclnstcels to The Evening Star.
LONDON, Oct. "a bottle has been found A.
tea, on the coast Of Cornwall, England, con-
tanning q memorandum. in the German Ian.
Rnage, 70 the effect that the emicrant SD n
Weser foundered on the ist OF Jaly. She had
SAC persons on board.
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Posr.OrPIcs DEpARrxENr,

WssntnGtOo, OcLOOer IL. 1907.
having examined and considered tue fore
going Articles of a Postal Con vsation for tnr.
smeiioratoD OF the Postal Service bet ween the
Uni,ed states of America and the Kicgdom OF
the Neither lands, which were agreed upon an d
signed in duplicate at the Hague, the xeDty.
sixth day OF September, one thousand eight
nCndred and sixty.seven, by the Hon. Joh q
A. kassOp, Special Commissioned, &o., on b..
bali OF this department, and BY Mr.. J. p
Hofstede, Chief Director OF the General Post
Oh1ce OF the Netherlands, on behalf Of his d..
partment, the same are by me hereby ratified
aod approved by and with the ed vice and cou.
sent OF ,he President Of the United States.
In witness whereof, have caused the seal OF
the Post.O Office department to be hereto afi xe1.
with my signature, the day and year first above
written.
LIS ALEX. w. RANDALL,
PostBsaster. General L.. s.
1 hereby approve the afore<oing Jon vsution,
ana in testimony thereof, n ave eau sed the seal
OF the United States to be ain xed.
CsEAL1 ANDREw JoErsoS.
BY the President: -
r. w. SEwARD, 4ctinq Secretary Of .Stdte.
F. WAsHiNeroS, October l., 1c61.
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Increase, 1e.59 per cent. se.o5l .@e
Increase, 4.25 per cent.
TBE STAMP DivrsrON.

Ine etamp department shows the sales OF
&2i,o47, ,;SO stamps, amounting TO si2,,22 SOS
Stamped envelopes, 7s0.9. $50. for o.. IS, 5,s So:
newspaper wrappers, 3,595 ,a50, for sslgG5;
to'al stamps. envelopes and wrappers, 5 - 72l
5.G value, Sl5,O7s, "a 50-an increase o. sI.2I,-
.97 over the previous year
TEE DEAD LITTER DIVISION.
Letters received the aead Ietfey ofica
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PIG-NIOs. EXCURSIONS, &c
Toe MouHf vEBNOH

n. :.:..ss g A.soy sg osP:,,, q =, ,rhop.: sssel
;,Ts,:, IS DAr IA lsl ntSSsR t;S5s:RF' 4sss4: 4sssss1ss4S
iDSso iDSso.. nsrsSSl Hsii. Hd wSiss House and and
JAMES syKIs. Qenr enpt.,
au27-tf ass a. Once: Wfllardh Hotel.
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n6There has been formed the Maseachusetts
Working WomenS League, the objects being
amelsorass ths ooD1ftion Of workfue women. 10
IA ke steps 10 form protective cresnizsnons os
all tSodeA snd 70 encourage working women
to serve regular apprenficeships, 20 become
HThe Pope 10 % have yolnnsser guard OF
noblemeD. :, - ssat Essra 1aA fas
@Tsruont 10 the Richest S<sss. per eapsta,
in the Union. f,-s, = Fs .ss.r1s tsolI sss !
opened . shooting gallery n Buffalo. a ; ssss
o1u1er OFpoa Pratt ts seeking 10 aceunssg.
act the influence Of Anna Dickinson by prsach.
ing frrfbly long sermons on .Ceiestial Aar-
riage." lthas NO reference 70 ChinAmsn.
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u9i sssl OF 1lffbbiHssIEfIos Az {sg, sss
No. - ssss 81: % :so:: % f:i,o. 81 a.: '''''
ghsies 9!l rs,nt;ss:, 1ssrsyisn, oaro%os. %:
Siades. PIsslre brenss, ket1Fs Oer1 snd Tss
selsa Rinls, lails. &c., @ The Dlst!ia. I1BAs
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rRB suBsORIBrRs HAvl THIS pAyxA
moved tnsir ART stOk1 from No. 3Ol Penna
sNvsnnIs: N,n & e No sas street between 18th and
Our new store will b epelsd = the ps bile -
sDs = p Ss Il NTH
THANKING the public foe lsss lavors, Vs hope 10
reosive cont 1nuance 81 their patron age, which
MARINlp IADHIoNABLs DAHOtH q
VI ACAD1. =. between 9th ssd 10Th a
s,rssn, sss - = open for the reesptioa Of
Days and e q tuition :-Yor Misses
Sra. spd nescssrs. 70 ,. n on fussdays.
ror L.dies, non u 70 - ,. m. Tuesdays and
yor esntiensa. NON 8 to 10 ,. n. wsa.esa.ss
,oism for adyanse1 echolare Of Ladies sad Geo.
Ior Dsrticsisrs see eirculsrs; 10 be bed st the
Academy or ss the Aualo etores- srrI 90 S-tf
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.OHZAGA COLLEGE.

&IOHZAGA COLLEGE. -EF -
The exercises Of
NZAGA COLLEGE,
On Str'st, bsftrssp 9tk osd lGh,
VIII cmmenCe on
MONDAY, sRPTEMBER 8. 1869.
Hor partfc uars. apply to
aa 30u JAS. CLAhKE, Q. j.. President.
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.~o-n istvsss Tth sa1 Sth stIesss.
%IeuTVo Ya~LI a 111YODYD, 10. lIA
I'D ssrsss, bSs1ssS ssh - M. Also. deals IN
cans. P.sels &c., ehst 49, ~; o sne Snn ySs
= - 6seS iaAaM as shess n0cee. ~n
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OFFICIAL.

Cen ventiou between the General Pest.
office OF the United states Of America
and the General Pest.Office Of the Meth
SFlands.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-11-09
The Pope's Syllabus.

The now famous Pope's Syllabus,
which must be adopted or rejected
at the Ecumenical Council as a
rnle of faith and action, is a
systematic and sweeping condemna-
tion of everything which may be
in the modern ideas
of civil liberty-the entire civiliza-
ton of our time. It's history best
explains it. Five years ago-in De
cember 1864-the Pope issued an
EucycIical Letter, taking a very
respondent view OF the condition
political, social and religious-of the
entire world. Accompanying this
paper was the Syllabus, schedule
of charges and specifications. 1t
contained ten general charges, each
supported by just exactly eight
specified errors or "damuable here
sizes" The general charges are Ia
beled materiaism, ritualism, panthe-
ism, socialism, etc. The specifca-
tons are more precise. They are !:
The freedom of the press, Bible soci-
cites, liberal clerical associations, the
independence of Church and State,
the civil contract of marriage as OPP
posed to the Government view, edu-
cation outside of the control of the
Roman Catholic Church, the object
and functions of legislation, the rela-
tions of the governed to the govern
ing, the views held by nearly all the
educated men as to the functions and
limit of human reason, and the OBJ
jects, powers and results of scientific
investigation. 1t will be seen that
the indictment of the Syllabus GOV
ers the whole structure of modern
society. In short, the Pope arraigns
the life Of the nineteenth century
and proposes to try it before tribu
nal of his own calling.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-11-09
Women as Teachers.

In the field of teaching women
have been unusually successful, and
have gradually superseded men in
most OF the schools. According to
the last census there were in the
United States 150,24l teachers. of
100, 900, or nearly two-thirds were
women. Ia some particular States
the proportion was greater. In
massachusetts there were six times
as many women teachers as men,.
In Vermont the proportion was five
TO one, and ia Iowa three to one
In the large cities the preponderance
OF women as teachers is most mark
ed. La Chicago there are twenty men
to 241 women; In Cincinnati 60 TO
324 in Milwaukee IA to 20, Saint
Louis has IS to 166 San Francisco
SO to 1873. In the Eastern States
the difference is increased Boston
has only 67 men to 567 women
among her teachers Providence .
to 142; Brooklyn II to so; Phila-
delphia, 81 to 1,217 Baltimore AZ to
325 and Washington to Sc. There
is no record Of any Southern city
except Louisville, which has % men
to 1913 women. In New York, in
1860, tbree-quarters of the public
school teachers were women. In
1866 there were only IT'S men among
more than 2,000 teachers, and the
same relative number remain about
the same
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-11-09
Slurs OIL Woman.

Of all the evils prevalent among
young men, we know Of none more
blighting in it's moral effects than to
speak sslightiagly Of tho virtue of
young women. Nor is there any
thing IN which young men are so
thoroughly mistaken, as the low es-
timats they form Of the integrity OF
women-not OF their own mothers
and sisters, but Of others, who, they
forget, arc somebody else's mothers
and sisters. AS q rule, no person
who surrenders to this debasing hab-
it is to be trusted with any enterprise
requiring integrity Of character
Plain words should be spoken on
this point, for the evil is a general
one, and deeprooted. If young men
are sometimes thrown into the soci-
ETY. of thoughtless or lewd women,
they ha. no more right to measure
all other women by what they see OF
these, than they would have to esti-
mate the character of honest and re-
spectacle citizens by the develop
ments of crime in our police court
Let our young men remember that
their chief happiness of life depends
upon their utter faith in women
No worldly wisdom, no misanthropic
philosophy, no generalization, can
cover or weaken this fundamental
truth. 1t stands like the record Of
God itseIf-for it is nothing less than
this-and should put an everlasting
seal upon the lips that are wont to
speak slightingIy Of womcn.-Ameri-
can Old FelL0lcs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-11-09
American Girls in Europe.
From a European Letter,

I
| do not wish to undervalue Eng
ilsh beauty, which is most satisfacto-
ry and enduring, and most OF which
Will wash. But [ confess that the
American beauty from New York
has spoiled my eyes for any other
and when | am just getting accus-
toned to the solid English matrons
and maidens, like Mr. Hawthorne,
and beginning to like along
comes group Of my fair country
women on their travels, and they
spoil it ali again Those dear Yankee
girls fear you do not half apprci-
ate them at home. Here they ad-
mire and envy them-that Is, the
men admire and the women envy
On the continent they rave about
them. Half a dozen American bellies
send whole German town distract
ed. 1t is not only their beauty and
grace, but their wit, spirit and hap
Ply audacity. The continental cos
toms favor their triumphs. No girl
over there dares to say her soul is
LGi Witt diOHe nGF DOuF. one
never goes anywhere without chap
eron-she never converses with a
gentleman except t. answer a ques-
ton she is Of necessity insipid to the
last degree. An American girl, on
the contrary, asserts her freedom,
goes where she likes, talks Ito every
one she cares to talk with, says an
TO a German at the first introduction
and orders him about-iust as she
would do at home. He is overwhelm-
ed, astounded, but all the more de-
lighted. de tells his friends that the
beautiful girl he waltzed with said
du to him, and told him to bring her
glass of water, which sets them all
crazy to be introduced to her, hear
her say du to them, and be made
water carriers likewise. Next day
the whole town is talking about her
and staring at her the women are
at rage-but the result is the con-
viction that America must be great
country, increased immigration, ard
the consequent progress Of civiliza-
ton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-11-09
Transmission of Mental Disease,

DR.. Charles Elan, an English ply
stefan, has just published a book in
which medical problems are dis
cussed. OF the transmission OF men
tai disorders, he says
There is no form OF heritage more
remarkable than that of the tenden-
cy to suicide with any other marks
Of alteration of intellect. DR.. Win
slow relates the case Of family
where all the members exhibited
when they arrived at certain age,
q desire to commit self-destruction ;
to accomplish which, the greatest
ingenuity and industry were man
tested. Or. Gall relates very strik-
ing instance of seven children of one
man who all enjoyed q competency
and good health. yet all possessed g
rage for suicide, and all yielded to it
within thirty or forty years, "Some
hanged, some drowned themselves,
ana others blew out their brains. =
Many other examples Of the same
tendency are brought forward by
the same writer. | may add one
case to the above from my own ex-
perience. Sitting one day with an
acquaintance, noticed some de
preston in his spirits. After q pro
Ionged silence, he broke out into the
following dreary attempt at con
versation: "My grandfather hung
himself, my uncle took poison, my
father shot himself, | shall cut my
throat" The facts were correct
but constant surveillance prevented
the sequel in his own history.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-11-09
Exporting European COnvicts to Amer

Dr, Francis Lieber has written q
long letter to Hon. Hamilton Fish
on "The 0btrusion of Foreign con-
viets."s. He cites examples of the
practice efexporting convicts to this
country and mentions that twenty
I'VE years ago the English Home Sec
ieeafy promulgated q. rule to the eff
lect that every convict who had
served two-thirds of his sentence
with good prison conduct, should be
pardoned on condition that he Quit
ted England, or, in other words,
went TO some British colony or the
United States. DR.. Lieber at the
time publicly called attention to this
great offense against international
equity. He has recently learned
that some of the small German States
and Swiss Cantons repeatedly burden
us with the criminals whose crime
they find it too irksome to punish,
and ample proofs of these practices
can be found in the archives at
Washington. To guard against
these fragrant invasions, DR.. Lieber
considers that we need three things:
First, the foul character of the pro-
ding must be openly acknowedg-
ed and plainly laid down in the law
of nations, and every attempted i'm
portation Of convicts should be de-
cIared by treaty stipulation a grave
offense, most "unfriendly act, call
ing for serious remedies. Second, a
law should be enacted making the
Introduction of convicts into our
country a penal offense on the part
of all aiding in the importation, and
and providing that the conylcts may
be exported to the country whence
they came, and at the expense of
the Government Of that country
Third in the event of the passage of
such a law previous to the conclusion
Of the treaties spoken of, the United
States Government should proclaim
TO all the civilized world that it will
consider the attempted obtrusion of
eonvicts highly penal act, and, if
Governments have anything to do
with it, an unfriendly act in the
sense of the law of nations which re-
duiFes satisfaction.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-11-09

Say Erasmus, in his description of
England at the beginning of the six
teenth century, says:
The floors of the houses general
ly are made of nothing but loan, and
strewed with rushes, which beng
constantly put on fresh, without a
removal of the old, remain, lying
there, in some cases, for twenty year,
with fish bones, broken victuals and
other filth, impregnated with the ex-
cretions of dogs, children and men.
Even the houses of the rich bad no
carpets. The king, himself had no
covering for his floors, except straw,
which was sometimes spread to con-
ceaI the dirt.
Bishop Latimer, in a sermon
preached before King Edward ",
in 1919, said that though his father
was yeoman belonging to the mid
die classes, and kept thirty milch
kline and six men to work for him
the family laid upon straw pallets OF
rough mats, with good round log
of wood under the head, instead of q
bolster, for pillow"
He added that ''if within sever
years after marriage a master of {
family could purchase a mattrass OF
fiock-bed, and add thereto a sach
of chat to rest his head on, b,
thought he was well lodged r.
| Pitman'S Monthly
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-11-09

A SMART DoG.-The Milwaukee
Wisconsin of the 23d is responsible
for the following. The steamer No.
3, Of the Fire Department has dog
Of the Newfoundland and Shepherd
species that is thought a great deal
Of. and is certainly o knowing ami
NAL. A few days ago an alarm OF
fire was given and the dog was ell
excitement. While waiting for the
horses to be hitched up, the dog OBJ
served a little girl standing before
the engine horses and in danger Of
beic run over. The dog seemed to
appreciate the danger Of the child
and gave several warning notes for
it to get out of the way but the
child, carried away by curiosity,
stood aud looked on calmly.
As the horses were about to dash
ont the door, the dog, with instinct
worthy Of notice, took the child by
the arm with his mouth and dragged
it outside, and entirely out of dan
ger. Then leaving the little one ~
! ing by the roadside, to be taken care
of by those who looked on, the ami
nal with a happy wag Of his tail
dashed on after the steamer, he had
only done his duty and wanted no
reward. The boys Of No. 3 think
all the world of this dog, and well
they may.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-11-09
Drunkenness.

At The Trades Union Convention
ing facts in regard to drunkenness
were brought out:
every year upward OF 9228, 000,
are spent by the British nation on
Intoxicating drinks. Spent we say,
how mucL Of it is wasted? How
little there is of it that is not wasted
And this IS the land Of established
churches. 1t consists Of money
spent in drink; of waste of land,
capital and labor in producing drink ;
loss OF labor and time by destruction
aud theft, by pauperism, restitution,
sickness, insanity, premature death,
police, prosecu lions, courts Of JUS
tice, support Of criminals, etc. This
expenditure would pay off the Ma
tional debt in less than five years,
and lessen taxation forever. Mark
this further. This 9228, 000, O0C
yearly is not productive. Expendi-
turc ought to be for wealth Of socie-
ty-and wealth ought to mean veal
or well-being.
1t ought 10 be creative. 1t comes
then, to this; that the mighty army
established at the yearly cost Of
f228, coo, 900, and which labors and
fights for the disestablishment and
Reorganization of labor, is really an
army of paupers, thieves or useless
persons maintained at the cost of the
nation"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-11-09
A Masonic Pin.

A good story is told of a confident
individual, evidently we'll 'read up"
in the mysteries, who applied at the
outer reception room of Boston
Masonic Lodge for Admission. An
eminent brother who was quietly
sitting there, bnt made no sign that
lie was anybody, requesting the
stranger to be seated, and he would
send in for proper persons to examine
the credentials Of the visitor ooh |
it's no matter about that l m all
right" said the applicant, making
extraordinary passes with his hand
and contortions of visage. "That
may be, but | think they always ex-
anime strangers who desire to visit
the lodge" said the attending broth
er. well I'm ready for EN-, said
the visitor, confidently. "Glad to
hear it-that is quite an elaborate
breast pin you have there n said the
other, looking with some interest at
the big letter g, which the visitor
conspicuously displayed upon his
shirt bosom. "Ya-as, that's Ma
sonic pin, replied The wearer, swell
ling out his breast, "Indeed letter
G-well, L suppose you know what
that means y "Oh yes, certainly !;
letter G stands for Jerusalem-a
sorter headquarters of Us Masons,
you know" The quer didn't know
it, and the applicant, it is almost IN
necessary to state, did not get any
urther into the Lodge.