The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-04-13
Postal cards.

We will say, for the information OF
some folks, that postal cards are sold 1t
one cent each. No discount where you
buy ten cents worth.
"A few more regular bOarders can be
accommodated ~ the post ONCE WtndoWs-
We saw two farmers looking for
hands Monday morning. It was thought
few post ONCE window bosrders could
be spared, but . report had obtained cir
cuIation that day thar an additional mail
h9d been put on the Santa Fe road, and
their.duty at the windows was therefore
doubled. By the time they called for mail
eight times a DAY, 1t was hardly reasona-
BILE to suppose they could get in much Of
. days work.
The south window 1T the post office
general delivery is set aside for the use OF
ladies when they are present, and it IL ne {
the fair thing for gentlemen (O to elbow
them, or push them away from that wiz
dow, IS they sometimes do. Don't look
Incredible, reader, We have seen them do
At frequently. Neither 10 It the nice thing
to smoke pipe in their faces. A post
once 10 q good place to observe the utter
lack Of breeding Of good many things
calling themselves men.
We wish some Of the parents Of the
town could observe the performances Of
their hopeful sons st she post office
while the mail II being distr buted
most every evening. They make Q per-
feet bedlAm, Of place that every man
and women In The city II interested in
keeping quiet and 1t 70 be visited by all.
Coaxing seems 20 have little effect on the
urchins. They yell and quarrel and not
unfrequently engage In profanity and in-
decent language. They disgust every
decent citizen, and make the post ONCE .
place hardly ht to be visited by ladies and
children. Complaints have frequently
been made. and We have done all We
could to sbat0 the nuisance, but without.
avail. II II . work that must be done in
the hOmes Of these boys.
There IL box fitted up In the post Of.
fee for the reception Of letters to 20 out 1 n
the mails. or rather three Of them. OEe
Of the queer things about post Ofice IL,
that the Impression seems to prevail quite |
extensively that II . letter gets into those
boxes It IL . goner. 1t seems there exists |
. widespread fear that . letter dropped |
there never gets out; that It Is subjected |
to some unKnOwn or myst erious fate. and |
Il never more heard Of. These boxes are |
the only places provided for the reception |
Of letters, and the only places where the |
officers visit to find letters when they go |
TO make up their mails, and yet every de- |
vice Is resorted 20 by quite large num- |
Der OF tbs population to get them into the |
office in some other way than through |
them. Not unfrequently letters are found |
lying on the counters or tucked into some |
nook or corner, after the mails have gone. |
Fifty to one hundred times . day the |
question is asked, "WiIl letter 60 If put |
In this boxr Being answered ia the afir. |
native, the next question j., "WilI it be |
sure to goI'' eyes" without faiII' |
No matter what degree OF confidence . |
large portion OF the public may have In |
man in every other regard, or how good |
his reputation for veracity may be, gener- |
ally. there is belief that when he gets into
. post office and comes to handling letters /
he 10 An unmitigated lia-, and unworthy |
OF the least confidence. We have found |
several very respectable men who will
lie to cheat the government out OF three
cent stamp, who are ready to accuse .
post master OF all sorts Of rascality. Put |
your letters In the box.
One more. The time OF the departure
OF the eastern mail, under the new time
table, 10 10 O'Clock .. m.-that IL In the
morning, before dinner. We are very
certain Of this. Tue mail closes at the
ONCE at $3.50 u. m. The ONCE clock is
watched closely, and corrected often
enough to be kept right. All will see
that we must have correct time, because
the trains don't wait even for the mails. A
post ofice cannot be run by all the watch
es In . town Of 5000 Inhabitants. We
keep Jefferson city time, by which the
n. r. q T. trainS run. It Is five minutes
faster than Santa Fe time. Now to save
the numerous class OF people who COM
melee running In out of breath at seven
o'clock in the morning to know If they
are in tine for the eastern mail. further
trouble-if they want to be saVed--We
will thus publicly and perVsrsely an
nOunce that letters dropped In any Of the |
letter boxes previous to $3.50 .. M, be- |
Eore dinner, in the morning, tCiH 90.
THEY MUST GO. THEY SHALL GO.
But still you can ask II they will go II /
you want to. There Is nothing In the |
post Office laws or regulations to prevent
such An inquiry from being made. We
only say this that you can save that
much breath II you so desire.
We will say for the benefit OF quite
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ness, and who never get any mail, that
there Is no mAil arriving between ten
O'Clock q. m. and 6:56 p. m. After you
inquire ut night twice at both windows;
then in the morning before any mails
come; then after each OF the morning
mails arrive, It will DE Unnecessary, IL
you are much crowded for time, to cali
until after the evening mails come again.
Be on hand promptly. II you don't get
anything inquire for few Of your neigh
bora, who have proOababIy left orders not
to let you have their mall. Stand at the
windows As long as possible, especially
when there Is . crowd present. Make
the ladies stand back. The smoking of
an old Sinking pipe or cabbage leaf
cigar adds to your agreeAbIeness. Your
ana regularity are commend
able. II you are using the same In your
work you will get rich. On your account
We are sorry to announce that the new
additional train on the Santa Fe does not
carry any mail. II It did It would be
necessary to come Oftener, but it don't.
We have found this out to . dead GER
IAinty.
This In all now.
NKwNAN's stock Of Hosiery is very
large and includes all styles aud
qualities for men. women and children.
He has = special bargain In ladies British
iron frame, extra length, In brown and
blesehed, at e. 10 per dozen.