The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-05-20
PertInent PortnI PoInts.

forget the post hour, something wonder
fully good or bad has befallrn them
Judging from the number that in
quire daily, rs she in?'' "has
she gomez" "will She be in
time 10 eo?' "what time does she come -
ETC." We are led to believe there are a
great many fortunate or else unfortu-
nate men in town.
"a small drop of ink falling. like dew.
upon a thought produces that which
makes thousands, perhaps millions,
think" If it's dun YOU bet it does.
A letter passed through the Cincinnati
postoificc few days ago bearing the
following address:
In Cincinnati. O-high-O,
There dwells 4 maiden fair;
Green Is the color Of her dark blue eyes,
Aud black is Isr Rolsisn hair
Her smile is like mammoth cave
And Il tuTn-up pug is her nose
And she makes a noise like the ocean roar,
when her organ o. smell she blows.
Now he thee fast the country past.
On mountain dale and wave
Aid lnd it, you can you good postman,
This beauty OF whom rave.
On-strcct No. Isl,
She dwells with her father and mother.
So take her this note and say 1t was wrote
By her most afrectiOnate brother.
Some one tells Il romance of the Dead
Letter office ut Washington, which is
more strange than fiction. Until rccegt-
ly there has come TO the dead letter
division Of the post Office department,
with the regularity of the daily mail,
letter bearing the postmark of an cast
ern city, and addressed simply Phillip
Gregory" on the envelope, but without
any direction to Indicate whittier II was
tO he sent.
These letters were dated with the day
of the month and year, beginning, MY
own darling Phillip" and ending
"Your faithful and aiIcctionate Mary
They were strangely tender, always
trustful, never upbraiding. They ever
bore the assurance of her faith i'll his
love- and in the belief that he would
some day come back TO her. They were
in the handwriting of refined and cul-
tured lady.
mo one ever lost anything by true
politeness" is often quoted. If it were
TO strike very sudden and deeply on
some of the parties who daily shove and
push each other around at the general
delivery after the arrival of the eastern
mail, III our opinion it would cause sure
death.
The first months management Of the
post office department under postmaster
general james shows Il saving i'll the
Star Route service of Sl59,7G5; in the
steamboat service of $50, 725, and IN mail
messengers of $1,529, making total of
$2230l9 Al this rate the savings in
tins one department will amount TO
$2,500,000 annually.
a.. the years went by the lines grew
trcmulous With age, but thG love they
uttered was young, atroHg and earnest,
and at last they came no more and a
loss was felt in the muSty dimness of the
dead letter flies hy the toilcrs there rs if
some old friend had been stricken by the
hand of death. There being nothing in
them To indicate the residence of the
writer they were destroyed icing of ''no
value"
Thus, every day in the year, from the
morning of maidenhood 10 the evening
of old age, did this daughter of tears
"Scnd forth letter Ia her lost lover,
hoping one might chance To reach him !;
but hc never came, and she went down
into the shadows of the unknown trust
Ing him still" Will this he the fate of
the young man who has box 1916?
The following letters are held for post
age: DIR. John F. Packard, Sturgis,
Mich; Mr.. Thompson, Topeka, Kan. /;
W. w. Phillips, Topeka, Kan; II. S,
Bcnham, Cincinnati, Ohio. e.
The postollice department of tlle Unit
ed States has larger revenue than any
postal department in tho world.
1t does not require either genius or
talents To find fault; but u give credit
where credit is due is an Indication of a
good heart and sound Judgment. s,-l
The money order business of the
whole country for 1880, amounted to
7,2I0,S37 orders, representing $1OO,352.-
SlS. The average of each order was $13
He stepped up lively, a smile of hap
pincss beaming on his countenance.
lie espied something that looked very
much like letter in 1916. AS he made
a lungc for his key in the upper Jeff
hand vest pocket, he ielt sure his "dcw,
tipped rose bud" his ducky, his dar
ling" "thc idol of his dreams,p had al
last remembered him. He opened the
box; he peered IN; sensation of Joy
rippled up and down in and around the
vicinity of his heart; he turned it over
circular addressed TO "Best Violinisi,'
met his sad and wistful gaze.
Alas! to Think All mel how bitter!
To think you've got her,
And then not "git err
He withdrew the key, slammed the dooi
shut with bang, and as he moved of
he mutterel: "Some men would Tathei
win fifty cents by chance, than earn two
dollars in the regular way; but if you
e5cr catch this young man taking any
more chances on Yale box at fifty cent
quarter, q pug-nosed, sorrel-hairel
number-ten- shoed, female girl, with falls
teeth and heart that is falser, will
hopes of getting a letter out of either