The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-11-01
How Packages can be Sent Through the
POStOIpce.

There is ruling of the Postotlice De-
partment, which went into force on the
first instant, which is not generally known,
but which is very interesting. The ruling
is as follows: All third class matter can be
registered at the same rate rs that charged
for registering letters, viz: ten cents
Third class matter comprises all articles of
wearing apparel, ETC., and the rate for car
rying is one cent for each ounce, in pack
ages whose weight is limited to four
pounds. You can order dozen shirts in
San Francisco, and have them registered.
thus insuring against loss, and the total
cost for transportation will not exceed from
twenty-five to thrty-fve cents. There is
another grade Of third class matter, such as
books, pamphlets, ETC., for which the
charge is one cent for every two ounces.
This also can be registered. The public
will find this new system to be wonderful
ly convenient, and will make use of the
mails in sending thousands of packages
which are carriad at high prices by the
various express companies. The latter will
undoubtedly object to this interference with
their business, but the only result will be
an immense increase in the bulk of the
mails and the employment of additional
force in the department to handle it. You
can send just as many packages as you
please and register each of them, the only
restriction being that each must weigh
but four pounds
THE STovEPIPE SEAsoN.-Severai mil
lion people have been trying this month to
get the best of stovepipe. But they
haven't done it, they never have done it
they never will. However we'll they may
have matched last year, no two lengths of
pipe will match this year. You may put
marks a foot long upon them, but this will
not do. You may lcck up each length in
room by ITSELF but yet when they come
to be used you will find they will not come
together as they came apart. We can't
tell in what way it was done, but we are
certain those lengths came out of that room
in some way and exchanged places with
each other. If not, why are they so I'M
fitted to each other9 1t is utterly impos-
sibe to get the best ola stovepipe. What
will expand one length will contract an
other, and even a single length has been
known to expand at one end while it con
tracted at the other. There is subtle in
f1uencc in the atmosphere which causes
cover what this is, and until it is made
known there is no use expecting to get a
stovepipe safely together even if you
should set on the lengths all Summer and
have your meals brought to you.-D Dan
bury NerS.
AMMONIA IN THE KITCHEN.-The pantry
shelves are getting grimy, or finger marks
nd lat
looking dark and unsightly. For lack Of
time they are left day after day, for it is
hard work to scour all the time and it wears
| off the paint too. The husband keeps his
bottle of oil, or perhaps large can holds
it, for he never stints in that. Now, sup
pose his wife has her bottle ofspirits ofam-
monia to use she takes her basin Of water
and clean cloth, just put on few drops OF
the fluid and wipes off all the dirt it is
worth more than half days labor, and
does not hurt the paint either. She could
put few drops in her dishwater, and see
how easily the dishes could be cleaned a
! few drops on a sponge would clean all the
windows in the sitting room, making them
shine like crystal. 1t would take the stains
| off the teaspoons, too, and q teaspoonful in
| the mop pail would do more toward wash
| ing up the kitchen floor than ten pounds OF
elbow grease applied to the mop handle
A housewife has just az much right to make
her work easy and expeditions us her hus.
band has. If she does not do it, the fault
| is her own in great measure.
| --s+e-p-
The farmer will succeed who makes
up his mind that the whole secret of sue
cess is in himself that it is the man and