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St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-31

which are not
called for, and
here, according to
the common sense
theory of Post
master Day, is
where the great
est amount of in
telligence and sys-
tenn is, requisite.
One clerk is kept
continually en-
ployed searching a
d i + e ct ory for
names and adj
| dresses. Thou
sands are thus de-
livered annually,
when otherwise
they would go to
the dead letter Of
fee. Some of the
s'blind' letters re-
d, the keenness of
pu in i,,ctauopc nm
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-31

cpe
His native place now no Longer Offered u
various in Germany until even the boundaries his
father confnng for him e,s...s
witnessed his in America where after some he
commende musical de-
of duly appreciated
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-31

enough to make the average clerk quail and
arouse in him distinct recollection OF all
the sins of omission and commission that he
1ala1- ,,orclln,ann have cnmlnitted
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-31

John Oestreicher was born
in Germany on April 9, 1s45,
and showed even in his youth
a decided prediction for the
art of singing. When still a
young man he emigrated to
America, and after the usual
vicissitudes of one neither
born lucky nor rich, finally
took his abode in Milwaukee,
the German Athens of the
United States, His unusual
natural abilities as a singer
soon attracted the attention
of those celebrated masters in
music, Profs. Hans Balatka,
N[ickler Luening and Cutura,
who instructed him in the
culture of his voice, which, in
quality, is that of a ''tenor-
) robusto," disdaining the sub
terfuge of the falsetto or other
than the full chest tones. He
has gained decided and distin-
,guished praise and commen-
\ sdation in his magnificent rem
dition of the recitation and
air from Rienzi, as also the
principal tenor parts in the
ssCreation,". Paradise and
Veri," the ssBell," etc. We
are assured that his singing at
the coming festival will be a
revelation and his engagement
an undoubted success.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-31

figure" on anything may be considered
proof positive that the matter will receive
his most serious attention.
Ed. S. Bean, after serving long appren-
ticeship in the railway mail service, en-
tered ON his present duties as superin-
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-31

Back of this table are two eases, one case
divided by pigeon holes into divisions let
tered with the names of the states and
more important cities of the Union. In
this case the letters are first thrown. Ad.
joining this cass is another, of circular
shape, divided into compartments cores
ponding with the different routes. The
punched letters are further separated by
being thrown into the compartments Of the
second, after which they are tied up in
punches and thrown into shoot which
DEPOSITS THEM IN THE BASEMENTt
The packages and newspapers are treated
in the same way. All letters which are
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-31
Interesting Information as to the Manip-
ulation of Uncle Sans Mails
in st. Paul,
The Magnificent System Prevailing in AL
Departments Postmaster Day and
His Able Assistants.
Trials and Tribulations of the Postal
People and Their Zeal in the
Service.
Cranks who Want to Run the Depart
ment--The Carrier on His ROUNDS
statistics.
It NAV be taken for

1t may be taken fol
granted that a major
ity of those people
who conduct a volumi-
nous correspondence
are in some degree
!, cognizant of the eff
, cheney and benefit OF
, the modern postal sys-
TEN. But it is ex-
treme ely doubtf
whether the great
mass of ordinary let
ter-writers and read
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-31

EENENAL SUMMARY-PIECES, NAIL HANDLED.
Number pieces handled by carriers. Il, ,239, ,454
Number pieces delivered through
boxes and general delivery. ...... 2,297, ,36S
Number pieces forwarded in mail. FIG, ,9S5, 81
Number registered letters. ....... 342, 195
Number letters, dead letter division 88, 8,515
Total pieces mail handled. 81, ,952, ,843
*Counting all papers, letters, etc., contained
in these packages, the whole number of this
item would be 25,47S, 145.
The total expenses OF the Office during the
year amounted to S58,59S.32. The total re-
ceipts for the same period were S186, ,571.22.
When the details of handling this enOr-
nous quantity of mail matter are under
stood these totals can but excite admiration
for the system under which such results are
possible, as well as astonishment at the
amount of manipulation involved in the
transit of the separate pieces.
Perhaps as convenient starting point as
any for description is window at which
q large portion of the city mail is received.
The young lady who sits at this window gath
ers from time to time the matter deposited,
facing them all one way for convenience in
distributing. and they are carried to the dis
tributing table. Here also is deposited the
matter collected by the carriers, who also
first ''face" their collections before deposit
ing them, and keep record of the quantity.
AT THIS TABLE
stand two clerks armed with canceling and
dating StamDS which they nlv with
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-31

lightning rapid
ity from an ink
pad back and forth
upon the slanting
packages of letters
before them. The
motion of the can
ceiling stamps is SO
rapid that it is al
most impossible to
follow it with the
eye. To insure cor
rectnesss of dating
an impression of
the stamp is taken
, each day before be-
ginning the cancel
lation.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-31

ing boxes or which belong in the general
delivery are distributed by four city dis
tributors and given in charge of force of
two lady and two gentlemen clerks, who
superintend their delivery to the public
from cases lettered from A to L and M to
q, respectively. All letters which are not
called for within ten days after being placed
in the general delivery are adver-
tised, then held for thirty days,
after which they are sent to the dead-letter
offie, record being kept of every letter ad-
vertised. The system upon which the ST.
Paul office is conducted is to devote the
greatest amount of care upon the letters
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-31

ceived are puzzlers indeed, the keenness Of
the entire Office force being in instances un-
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-05-31

and evening performances every day In the
week, so you can see
THE OPERA SINGERS LIFE
is really harder one than an actors. The
performers have very little timeSto study at
home. and that makes the rehearsals more
difficult Get good place where you can
see the whole stage, but don't get in the
way, or I'll put you out" The
GLOBE man then climbed upon
the cabin OF the good ship
Pin afOre and gazed about him. The
scene was marked contrast to that which
greeted the eye few moments before. In
stead of fancy dressed, rosy-cheeked maid
ems who had glided merrily over the stage
to the sound, of bright music there were
men and women wearing street costumes
and looking anything but joyous. Some
were not the budding maidens that their
stage characters would imply, for now the
careworn features were not hidden by paint
and rouge Dick Deadeye proved to be the
Youngest and best-looking of the group, and
the best-natured, too, as afterward ap-
peared, while Sir Joseph Porter, the come
dian, had the longest and most doleful face
of all. Josephine, who looked so bright
and blooming that she captivated the audi
ence and was applauded every time she ap-
peared on the stage was thirty If day,
and had haggard andt careworn and very
motherly appearance The piece in nrehear-
sal was Patience" and the comedian, who
was cast for Bunthorne,
HADN'T LEARNED HIS PART.
His pauses, as he looked wistfully at the
pronpter, were mute appeals for mercy,
and were thrown away on hardened heart.
| The chorus was grouped in corner watch
| ing the proceedings with sleepy eyes, some
studying their parts and others laughing
and making the most of bad bargain.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-30

Miss LOuisa VI. AIcOtt Describes Her
Faithful Test of ID and its Failure.

Faithful Test of ID and its Failure.
The Woman's journal.
As many invalids have written 10 ask my
opinion of the mind cure, and as various
false reports IRE going about, i will briefly
give my own experience, leaving others
to profit by it or to try the experiment,
MS they choose.
Writer'S cramp and an overworked
brain were the ills hoped to mitigate by
the new cure, of which marvellous nc
counts We're given me. With very
earnest desire to make fair trial, took
about 30 Treatments, finding very agree
able and interesting experience up to II
certain point. No effect WINS felt except
slcepiness for the first few times then
mcslneric sensations occasionally came,
sunshine i'll the head, n sense of walking
in the air, and slight frances, when it was
impossible to stir for few moments.
Much cheerful conversation, tho society
of M agreeable person, and the hope that
Springs eternal in the human breast"
made these earlier weeks very pleasant.
Bnt when bodily pain was alleviated, and
instinct warned that something was
wrong, began to question and doubt n
theory which claimed to cure cancers, yet
could not help n headache. made my
self us passive as u reasonable being can,
hoping thnt since lunatics and children
were helped, also could be if gave up
trying to sec, believe or understand. But
when 30 Treatments left the arm no better
and the head much worse, dared lose no
more time and returned to the homeo-
pnthy ind massage from which Ind been
lured by the hope of finding short md
easy way to undo in II moment the over
work of 20 years.
This ismy experience, and many others
who have made the same experiment tell
the same story, while hnlf the fabulous
cnses reported to me prove to be failures
like my own when investigated.
My opinion of the matter is that, being
founded on II fact which no one denies,
namely, the power of mind over body,
there is truth in il and help if il is not
uyerdone and more claimed for il than is
due. Every physician hns cases where
he mind rules the body and works won
lcrs with science to lend Il hnnd but Ia
ignore such help ind rely only on the
blind, cropping self-delusion or temporary
excitement which the mind cure brings to
most is II mistake.
Mesmerism, unconsciously used, per
haps, does much; curiosity, the love of
the miraculous, the hope of health, and,
more than ALL the yearning of weary
spirits for divine support, lends this new
craze its charm and attracts the crowd of
sufferers who fill the rooms and pockets
of the persons who profess the healing
gift.
II it he all they claim may it prosper
and grow clearer, higher and stronger, for
we need all the help we can get to meet
the new diseases that aplict u.s. If it be a
delusion, as some Of us believe, let those
who practice il beware how they coin
money out of the suffering of fellow
creatures, and blindly lessen firth in God
and many by promising what they can
not perform. L. NJ. ALCoTT..
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-30
THE 4MENDE HONORABLE.

Captain McQuack was u warlke man,
And II positive man was he;
He had travelled from Carrick to Killto-
goran. .
From Ballyknocknolly to Ballyboshan,
And all that he did not see
You might pack in Il thimble, or hide in the
pod
OF the tiniest kind of Il pea.
He was warrior through and through,
And always ready to fight,
But never trained with the cowardly crew
That war upon women and children too
With the deadly dynamite.
Like many warrior brave us he,
AS facile in feats of war,
Whose nouns and verbs do better agree.
Who has travelled three times as fur,
The Captain would sometimes tell n tale
And many Il tale he told
Hard to believe, for like sieve
The water ii would not hold
He would tell of gondolas flying about
In the forest Of Turkestan;
OF Gargoyles shot in the very spot
Where he lassoed catamaran;
OF the seal thut he captured ut Jubbulpoor,
And an hour later lost
In the diamond mine near Kindoo koor,
A hundred and seventeen miles or more
Below the limit Of frost.
One day, in covering all the ground
OF gastronomic art,
From the roasting Of an ibeX round
To the baking of a tart,
OF anchovies he CHANGED to speak.
you'll find, SAid the travelled man,
''NO better, ii through the world you seek,
| From Mulligin's meadow to Mozambique,
Than thin that grows
| In thrOpicnl SHOWS
On the threes all over Soudan."
| To him Il hearer dared say NAY,
Thin does not grow on threes;
| Thin Is II fish that swunls the say;
And the lave o the wealth own to-day
That four and sivinpince / will lay
That Father COyle agrees.
Bother the praist !" said brave McQuack
at s that lie, ye'd hint"
| To the field forthwith they took the track
| And each man picked his flint.
Then, at the word, two bullets sped
One through the viewlnss air
| Over the gallant Captains head
| one, meeting nm obstacle rare,
| Was cleverly caught, as 1t were, on the fly
BY the Captains rash antagonists thigh.
Then followed season of spring ant
swear;
| For its very hard, you can't deny,
The pain Of II bullets sting to bear,
Without II yell md spring in air,
Fen with your foomnn standing by.
The Captains second was first to speak.
How he capersr' suid he, with Il smile.
Holy Nlosesp' cried Niue, with II blaze OF
on his check;
1t was capers mint all the whilew
Then, like the gentleman true TINT he was
He offered his hand to the foe.
"Slake,sir,' said he;."I ax pardon becaus
or blunder I'm guilty, know
You war right; war wrong, sir; but wha
should we carc2
In calling 1t up there's no profit.
I've called you out, and Wen both call
square,
And nayther will think no more of it,"
But what" said the wounded man -"wha
Of my thighT
And what OF the bullet that's in it,
"Niyrr moind," said McQuack there's
dorthor near by,
| And he'll twist out the ball In IL minute"
| Harper Magazine .for May.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-30
Absence Of Wind.

christian Union.
: DR.. Lyman Beecher was noted for his
absence of mind and forgetfulness. Mrs.
Beecher once received sum of money
and it was the occasion of rejoicing that
would enable them to pay a bill for
carpet, so she committed the money TO
her husband, charging him to attend to
the matter Immediately. In the evening
the doctor returned from the city in high
spirits. He described to us missionary
meeting he had attended. Doctor
said Mrs. Beecher did you pay for the
carpet to-dayS" Carpet! What carpet p"
responded the doctor. "Why, the one |
gave you the money to pay for this morn
ing" There" said the doctor, THAT
accounts for it. At the missionary
meeting they took up contribution.
When they came to me l said had no
money to give them-wished / had-at
the same time feeling in my pockets,
where, to my surprise, found roll of
bills; so l pulled it out and put it in the
box, wondering where it had it come
from, but thinking the Lord had somehow
provided"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-30
This stone was erected before l died,
To tell my age might have lied.
READER, NEVER LEI

Mr.. Gibson enjoyed an occasional
drive, and invariably stopped ut the road
house of his old friend, Judge Smith. A
short time before his illness he dropped
in on the judge, and they had long chit
over the old days in the Ninth ward.
Before the old gentleman's departure he
shook hands with the judge. eve
stopped here many times, judge" he
said, land have always passed pleasant
hour. The lust ride shall ever take will
be past your place in hearse, and I'll
not pass the place without stopping"
Before his death Mr.. Gibson requested
that his funeral procession should stop ut
Judge Smiths house, both on its why TO
and on its return from the grave. His
wish was fulfilled yesterday, and early in
the afternoon his body was placed in II
grave facing the west. AT quarter of I
O'clock Inst evening the beams of the
setting sun strenmed over the new made
mound, and the quaint old gentleman wns
forever ut rest.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-30
FIFTY THREE.
Margaret EytiIlge.

No, my friend, you are not old,
Though to silver turns the gold
OF your hair, and though the blue
OF your eyes grow fainter too,
And yoll gritycly say 10 me,
"Ah to-day I'm ilfty-three' =
Such loyal heart as lies
In your bosom Time defles,
And your voice must still be young,
For it late sweet verses sung;
And Your laugh is wondrously
Sprlrg-attuned for ftfty-three. ....
som, there are hut half those years
Deaf 70 everything that cheers,
Dumb when they should kindly speak
Blind to all the poor and weak,
older these, It's plain to see,
Are than you at iifty-three. a....
None throughout this world, in sooth,
Part so slowly with their youth
As those spirits who delight .. f..
In making dreary pathways bright.
Old, my friend, you will not he
When much more than ilfty-three.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-30
Eorty PIECES Of Music Freq.

Every new subscriber to StrdtObyidge d
CIOthier's BashioR Quarterly gets one vol
unle of Musical Bric.a- Brac, instrumental
selections; or, one volume of Musical
Dric-a-Brc, Vocal selections. Pretty
cover, clear type, full sheet music size
The Quarterly is the cheapest Indies
magazine in the world. The spring mum
Der contains 100 illustrated pages; col
ored plate of Paris fashions; cut-paper
pattern supplement; complete original
Novelette,, by Robert Grant, new waltz,
by Sousa, leader of the Marine Band; &c.
&c. Cut this out, inclose 80 cents, men.
ton your choice, instrumental or vocal,
and send to Strawbridgc Il Clothier,
Eighth and Market streets, Philadelphia
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-30
FOR HIS SAKE.
MurieI.

Hold closer still my hand, dear love,
Nor fear its touch will soil thine own;
No palm is cleaner now than this,
So free from earth stain has il grown
Since last you held 1t clasped so close,
And with 1t held my life and heart;
For my heart beat but at your smile,
And life were death, we two apart.
1 loved you so. And your All, we'll
have no word or thought of blame;
And even now my voice grows low
And tender whispering your name.
You gagged my love by yours-that's all.
lido not think you understood;
There is point you men can't reach,
Up the white height OF womanhood,
You love us-so at least you say,
With many tender smile and word;
You kiss us both on mouth and brow
Till all our heart within is stirred;
And having, unlike you, you see,
No other interest at stake,
We give our best, and count that death
Is blessed, when suffered for your sake
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-30
A City Moving.


From recent surveys it has been ascer-
tanned that the entire city of Virginin,
Nevada, has moved over 30 inches to the
east since the big fire of 1875. The
Maynard Block, in Golden Hill, is known
to be gradually sliding down in the direc-
ton OF Gold Canon,a has moved nearly
two feet since its erection. This move
ment is so gradual that it does not effect
in any manner the safety of the building,
as the ground to depth of nearly 100
feet to the bed rock is known to be con.
tinually sliding 1t is we'll known fact
among practical miners that the ground
on which Virginia City is built is what is
termed slide, and that it is necessary to
sink nearly 100 feet before finding the
natural bedrock. These slides are caused
by constant crumbling of the rocks on
the mountain sides. The debris thus ac-
cumulated through incalculable ages is
constantly gravitating downwards, and in
a hundred thousands of years what is
known MS the site of Virginia City will be
nothing but barren bedrock, worn as
smooth by the action of the elements as
the southern slope of Sugar-loaf noun
tain, and, were it possible for structures
built by human hands TO Withstand the
decay of time, the entire city itself would
then have been forced out ON the fiat
between the mouth of Six-mile Canon and
the Carson river.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-30
Harvard Adopting a New stroke.

The Harvard crew are not using the
regulation Harvard stroke this year. On
account of the lightness of the men it was
deemed advisable to use quicker stroke,
and SO the Faulkner stroke is being
learned. This is an adaptation of profes.
sional arm and leg work to straight back
rowing. The result is that more work is
done by the legs than before, and more
strokes can be rowed in a minute. The
crew is being coached by G. p. Curtis, L.
g., stroke of the 'S2 and 'S3 varsity
crews. At the college the chances Of
Harvard beating Yale this year are con-
sidered Door.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-30

A new and simple method of training
vicious horses WINS exhibited Mt West
Philadelphia recently, and the manner in
which some of the widest horses were
subdued WINS astonishing. Tho first trial
was that OF II kicking or "bucking" mare,
which her owner said had allowed no
rider on the buck for IL period of ut least
five years. She became tame in about ii,
many minutes, and allowed herself to br
ridden about without slgu of her former
wildness. The means 10y which the re
suit wiIs accomplished was II piece of light
rope, which was passed around the front
of the jaw of the mare Just above the
upper teeth, crossed in her mouth, and
thence secured back of her neck. II is
claimed that no horse will Jump or kick
when thus secured, and that IL horse after
receiving the treatment IL few times, will
abandon his vicious ways forever. A very
simple method was alsU shown by which
II Eicking horse could be shOd. II CON
sisted i'll connecting the animals head
and tail by means OF II rope fastened to
the tail and then TO the Int, and then
drawn tightly enough Ia incline tho,
animals head to on side. This, il is
claimed, makes it absolutely impossible
for the horse 10 kick on the side Of the
rope. A horse which, for many years,
had to be bound ON the ground to he shod.
suffered the blacksmith to operate ON him
without attempting To kick, while secured
in the manner described.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-30

The Funeral of n Quaint old Resl-
dent OF New YOrk-His Epfanth.

The Funeral of N Quaint Old Resl-
dent OF New Yorik-His Episath.
The New York Sun of April 22d said:
Mr.. Robert Gibson was buried in the
Woodlawn cemetery yesterday. For many
years he has lived in little wooden house
on Gansevoort and Washington streets.
For the last few years his only attendant
was an old deaf and dumb woman. Mr..
Gibson owned about $50, 900 worth of
property around Gansevoort Market. He
was a gentleman of well-Snown eccen-
tricity. About five years ago he bought
plot of ground i'll Woodiawn. 1t was
IN attractive little eminencc iacing to the
west. ~ want to be buried here when
die he said, with my face toward the
setting sun, for there is no finer sight to
Inc on earth than to see the sun dropping
to rest after the tolls Ut the dry"
Soon after the purchase OF his burial
plot the old gentleman paid for the cree
ton of granite monument. II bore his
autograph and the following epitath,
composed 10y himself:
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-30
..snow Play sly Comb.o

The Brooklyn Eagleremarks: She had
n voice like siren, and when she sang
Mid play sure, sand pal aces, though heam
Rome,
Be 1t averse, on wum bull there, snow play
sly com.
H, arm from thesk eyeseam stew wallow a
sheer,
Witch seek through the whirl disneerm ct
twithel swearl
there wasn't dry eye in the tabernacle,
but if the programme hadn't said in
clear, unmistaknble print that she was
going to sing "Sweet Home" man
mighthavethoug his teeth loose without
ever guessing H.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-30
..rhe py.peptlc,s Refugee,

81 am So years DID," writes Mr.. Charles
ii, Watts OF West Somers, Putnam county,
N. Y, land had suffered from dyspepsia for
Is years. The current treatment did me no
good. Listlessly and without hope gave
Parker's Tonic trial. l can give the result
in three words; 1t cured me-" 1t will cure
you.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-04-30

When Baby was sick, we gave her cAsToRIA
When she was Child, she cried for CASToRIA
When she became Miss, she chung to CAST0RL
When she had Children, she gave them cAST'A