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An Iatoilissut Horse.
Loni.rI1 ia. -

Louisville Letef. u.
Bsy Jiu, the reel hors9 Of No. 9 Fire Com
pany, has attracted agseat deal Of attention
from the iremen by a display of very rare
Intelligence for dumb brute, and iacul-
ty for learning things which It seems i'm.
possible for a horse to do. Under the tu-
ition Of James Quin, tho reel driver Tor
the company, he had been taught as
much about the business Of fire com.
pany as any Of the "boys" know. Hc
can tell the time Of day exactly,
and absolutely refuses to allow the fire.
men to sleep alter the city hall clock has
struck 5 "a. N. He has q way OF attending
to his own wants, and rarely troubles any
OF tho firemen to water him. When
thirsty he walks out into the yard to the
hydrant, With his teeth he turns the
wheel on top and starts the water running.
On tie the Top OF the hydrant there is a
small hose attached. This Jim picks'up
in his teeth, and thus allows the stream
Of water to run down his throat. When
engaged in this amusement Jim's face ex.
presses supreme content and satisfaction.
When through drinking he turns the wa
ter of again and returns to his stall.
He is proficient in number OF other
tricks, and understands every word OF
command given to him. The hydrant
trick he learned himself from seeing the
firemon turn on the water, and 1t seems
that It was clear case OF reason.
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cilerco fgitv ossii.
There has been considerable compeh-
ion oi late between the Northern Pacific
road and the Union Pacific road on tea
traffic, each road ndeayoring 70 make the
quickest time on record between the
Pacific coast and Chicago. Some time
ago The Northern Pacific road made some
very quick time with trains loaded with,
ten, which caused the Central Pacific and
Union Pacific roads to exert themselves TO
excel II. The latter lines have Just sent
three tea trains to this city, all oil
which made time excelling that made
by passenger trains. The tirsttrain left San
Francisco at $3.50 p. NJ, August and
arrived here August 2 at 2 O'Clock, the
time being four days, twenty-five hours
and forty minutes. The second train left
San Francisco at ;f:45 r. NJ, August 4.
and arrived in Chicago August 0 at 2:55
| A. NJ, the time being four days and thir-
teen hours. The third train left San Fran:
cisco at 6:50P. NJ, August 5, and arrived
here August 10 at 5 a. NJ, the time being
four days, thirteen hours and ten minutes.
This ia the fastest time on record, but
another tea train Is now on the way, and
the intention Is to have Its time exceed all
previous efforts. The regular time for
passenger trains is four days and sixteen
| hourg.
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ofraste, Hearings
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E1Y's CREAM BALM was recommended to
me by my druggist as q preventive to Hay
Fever. Have been using Il as directed
since the 9th OF August and have found IL
a specific for that much dreaded and loatb-
some disease. For ten years or more l
have been great sufferer each year;from
August 9th till frost, and have tried many
alleged remedies foryits cure, but Ely's
Cream Balm is the only preventive 1 have
ever found. Hay Fever sufferers ought TO
know Gifts efficacy. +. B. A1NswoRrH,
ofF.B. AlSswoRrH & Co, Publishers,
TThs&w Indianapolis, Ind.
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Nothipg Like It.

No medicine has ever been known SO
etfectnal in the cure Of all those diseases
arising from m impure condition Of the
blood as scoyili's Saraaparilla, or Blood
and Liver Syrup, for the cure of scrofula,
white swellings, rheumatism, pimples,
blotches, eruptions, venereal sores end
diseases, consumption, groitre, boils, can
GERS and all kindred diseases. No bet er
means OF securing beautiful complexion
can be obtained than by using Scovills
Blood and-Liyer Syrup, which cleanses
the blood and gives beauty: to the skin.
TThsaw
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YOUNG, old, and middle-aged, all exper.
fence the wonderful beneficial effects oil
Ayers sarsaparilla. Young children sui.
fering from sore eyes, sore ears, scald.head,
or with any scroinlous or syphilitic faint,
may be made healthy aud strong by its
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nnnLlnn,a Arnina salxaE

The best salye in the world for Cuts,
Bruises Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. II
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price Is cents per box.
For sale by Logan 4 On.
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towards the CLEANLINESS and heath Of the
city?
That public Authorities ought 70 be
helped In their work, not hinderedY
That the Wheeling gallant who per.
formed that celebrated great act at At
lantlc City Is wanted BY the curiosity
hunters ( y
That Wheeling boys generally occupy
the front seats when they are away rom
homer
That thesammsfhas beearish in social
festivities?
That It is never too warm 70 dance and
eat ice cream and walk outwith her under
the trees, where the moon is the only
witness and there 10 naught TO break the
stiffness but the sound Of the signing
breeze? The w aisfRRkR' :
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ia Nep,ralix, often.iysncsa

In many forms we use disiniecting agents.
Impure breath, caused by bad teeth, to-
bacco, spirits or catarrh, Is neutralized by
S0Z0D0NT. IT'S q healthful bsautifer,
and a great luxury as dentrifices The
breath Is by It's use rendered as
fragrant as rose, and GOODNESS by friends
or lovers will be no longer noticed:
TFhstw
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HAS Anybody Told You

That the police are not . happy lot?
That the people have greater reason To
beiunhappy9
That the official ax Is being aimed in
this ditectionS n B.
That pretty soon the waste basket won't
be big enough to hold al the heads?
That the tramp Is thrusting his unwel-
come presence into this vicinity?
Thathis cheek has become much hard
On than when he passed through beiore?i
That the Wheeling market is'well sup
piled With fat things Of moderate prieesg
That the people are careless indisposing
cttheif o6al and are moi doing their part
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General Sherman never goes to Wall
street except to draw money from the
bank Most people 60 there TO leave
nloneY.-Lo,peH Courier. tHII.
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Jonv HEsrY pleaded with Amelia,
And oil his PASSION tried 70 tell her.
She saId, .John II your words you waste,
Your teeth bettsy a want OF taste,
Your breath ofends me, 80 l say,
Use SOZ0DOET or Etsy away"
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A Western actress has sued an editor for
saying that her age was over sixty years.
The greater the age the greater the libel,
We bellese.-Ntlu York Grrphic.
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The above sole has been adjourned until wedr.,.
day, August ls, ISIS, at 10 O'Clock 4. Y, y. S1me
place: ]. K. COWDRS,
Aolt Special COMMISSIONS.
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The above la'e has betn adjourned until ss.p,.
1ay, August y, 1855, at the Gme place and hour.
J. r. 70 4 DEN.
RnO Special COtnmI2iCnts
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Use Camphorine Soap freely in washing
bed clothes and all clothes worn closest to
the body. See the big reward weoaer on
wrapper. s. STRuSz,
Originator Of "Wax Soap"
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TIM awant Soap, !" universally acknowl.
edged to be the biggest and best 5 cent bar.
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SATURDAY. sEprRNBER 10, Isl, .

9AAS AOA a. 9ksE 4hA4pElt W. l6A1
beginning 81 O'Clock A. ", sell At uuklc arCt,or
~ the irUnt door Of the COuit House Of Ohio C,CSn
~, W. Va, the following described Fgs pFOpefiT
situated on Wheeling Island, IN the Civ n WhSS.
Ing, w. Va that Il 10 say: The north one half n
the Homestead tract Of Daniel Zaue. JeceS,ed ma
whole Of which tact c0ntAiI cd twenty orc RcreS
and one rod, mere or los
Under Tho authority Of the said dtrrNc the t,d
Commissioners have CAUSED The property 10 10 ii.
yided tuto convenient parcels, 6nd have hid m
streets and alleys through the same. A blti EhnE.
ing such parcels, 81 eetS aud alleys hiss been m.
pared, and may be seen At the Court llou,e IN m
office Of George Hook, CleEt OF the County Conn
Phuted copi' Of katd plat may be hld on tp,lISS.
ton TO the undersigned.
The said property will aitt nc Offered ~ whole.
ana afterwards In the parcels shown Oh sad pSt
and WILL be sold In whichever way may APPEAR M
m0At advantageous.
TERMS OF sALR==--Qne third Of the puteh,te
money or SO much more vs. tbs putchSIer nIy
elect cash IN band, the remainder in two tIual a
ktsllmeniS payable respectively IN one and no
years IRON the dHy Of sale, vita interest iron lhlt
day, the plIchaSef giving bis noes iOf t6e az
fetrtd inEtallmenis and the title bsinH rtSIpld 10
secure the payment Of them.
- 5f7ti MP. HuRRARD,
u. II. RusSkLL
Special Commissioners.
]. c. rERyEY, Auction. CT
certify that bond has been givCa tyatdspetlll
Commissioners as required BY Y G sal1dhn94a
aus ClClI II aid ont
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The above sale Is adjourned until SATURDAY
AUGUST Is. 1915, u. 10 O'Clock a. <, Al tbe S.Ss
plSce J, r. C0WDFN,
aus Special ConmiNIones.
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The above sale Is adjourned untEl ss,u,s,v a..
1st dayoi August ISIS, st 10 O'clock A ~ \. H. S
s4 III p4' spsci 4: & eo SSS 5sS
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In the Circuit Court Of Ohio County, ". Va.
8. Ii Chamber, VIM, Pollock, VIM. Moore, A. +.
Yates, John TanyhiI, Eli i4h Moore, TG Rtley,J D.
Maxwell and others. viii be taken OF the law olice
OF J, g. Hutchinson No 1tf0 Chapline street, Wheel.
ing IN the State Of West Virginia, on the 25th day
Of Baptembet, A. D. 1885, between the hours oil D
O'Clock A. n and O'Clock r. NJ, to be read in evil
dence 10 the above named cause on behalf Of said
plaintiff. And IL from any cause, the taking Of
The said Dispositions shall not be commenced, or
being commencod, shall not be completed on that
d9y the taking OF the same will be adjourned from
time 10 timc until the same shall be completed.
-. - - @, p BROWN.
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W. Il. HAILxR, Auctioneer. VSs441l- 4sentt,
hereby certify that J. R. coWden, Spcei.i I'm,
missioner has given bond with sccI,ftiy ~ ~
9aiisa y !aM ard Tho decree OF June q, lssS n
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ByJ. q. HuTCH1soN

x q = Attorney for the plaintiffs.
ToJ. D. Whitman. Jane Davidson; GdminiSt:a.
trIx OF the estate Of Robert Davidson, deceased,
William Mlllar. Mary Bird Lamb aud Henry Lamb
her husband, nor.feEi tents. t3 Au22B
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An UnfailIng safeguard Against an 1niee
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GHANyILLE, OHIO.
- GAI NOTICE.

IN EGA1 NOTICE.
6. p Brown. Sheriff Of obio County, West Viz.
gtnta, Administrator Of the estate OF psniel
Mccoy. deceased; ]. y. Whitman, J. N: Poliecs,
Jones, trustee
Alfred Mckay, Jane Davidson, administratrix Of
Miller, Mary Bird Lamb and Henry Lamb her
hushand - 7nFz1 p ~. II fF
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The White Mountain Hammock Chair differs
from oil other stationary or reclining chairs in
that It Is better stronger and simpler Is adapted
to the house, lawn, porch or camp, and Is chuck
full Of quiet comfort and blessed rest. Is far 81,
perior 10 the Hammock In eyoty .wny, and can be
put up 90 as 70 be always in he shade.
BY its peculiar construction It Is balanced In all
positions. requiring no tastenings to keep. u In
place The footrest can be quickly aud easily ad
iuSted TO suit the shortest or taleSt persons The
seat h made Of strong canvas, fitting perfectly the
entire length, without craving the clothing tight
y around the body, thus making y much cooler
than hammock: while the annoyance Of catch.
ing buttons, tearing down the ladies' hair, or In
any way displaying the limbs IL avoided.
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THOMAS N. DARRAH
$50 Clerk Of the Municipal Court Of WSeslIsz
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GALE OF ISLAND REAL ESTATE
NJ Seventy one Desirable Lot In Daniel Z,ne
Homestead Tact '''S' 'N44s
In punusrcs Of a decree Of the Fuprcmc Conn
Of Appeals OF West Virginia entered q the deTn,s
u the Circuit Court Of Ohio County, ". Va Sa
the lish Gay Of July, 1855, III the cae OF or Cav.
mer and otherS against lrdiana McSWoidS ira
othss, the undersigned Special Conml,Sione.S
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-ruE wnispEltING GALLERY.
a young friend q mine, newly married

youngfr friend Of mine, newly married.
has gone 10 housekeeping. This is what
rewly.marrtsd couple ought to do ifpos-
.sfble. There isn't much living in q board
ins house. Therefore this isn't what !
and fault with-or would find fault with L
4 were any e my business. This Young
N and Ills vile furnished their house
IN tie holesale plan. They bought sets
Of everything, asthough they were going
Ia drill the furniture in uniform battalions,
This ia not the way TO make home It
gives the premises too much the appear
snce OF 4 furniture warehouse. a better
way is 10 begin with no more than u re.
nTr,ired ior actual comfort, and TO select
mat much with some eye TO effect then
10 ada gradually. THERE'S as much pleas
mrs in Inc purchase Of an easy chair tnat
inst fits the back and fills the whole bill
Is in purchasing . whole sett OF furniture
on the uniform plan. So with the whole
furnishing Of the home, which ought 70
bs the work OF time, like growth in grace.
tits scarcely less in taste to buy pictures
ia bulk for tie mere sake OF covering the
wal, or filling the cases at once with BOOKS
because they are all bound in red. NO,
nv young friends, this is not the way 70
furnish a home, and don't you so about 1t
that way.
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gahfie gates.
SALE OF yALTIABLR

i. PR0PRRTY.
BY virtue Of a Deed Of Trust ma ieto rs b John
A, Armstrong, dated Oh the l7th day Of Jul, lse&
and duly recorded In tho once Of me ClerE Il 10
County Court Of Ohio County we all EGll q pub.
lie auction ut the itont DOR Of the Court Hoaeol
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Restores The senses
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-06-25
Marriage and Health.

Pittsburgh Pa, Nov. 5th, 1888. Mrs Lydia e.
Pinkham: "As is frequently the case with
mothers who have reared large families, ! have
been great sufferer for years from complaints
incident 10 married life. have tried the skill of
number of physicians. and the virtue Of many
medicines without relief and as an experiment I
concluded to try yours. can assure you that the
benefits have derived from it came not because
Of any faith had in it. for had but slight hopes
of any permanent good. am not seeker after
notoriety bat 1Uant to tell you that IaGUe been
wonderfully benefited by your medicine. I am
now using my fourth bottle and it would take but
little argument to persuade me that my health is
fully restored l should like widely to circulate
the fact of its wonderful curative powers Pheba
c. ROOD
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-06-25
FASHION NOTES.
Godey's Lady's Book for July.

Thread laces for trimming are en-
broidered with cotton or chenille for
a contrasting color.
Nantes are made Of black silk net
work, unlined and threaded with
beads, edged with fringe.
Lace and embroidery are being
used IN lavish abundance upon child
ren's costumes of lawn and zephyrs.
Buttons for lawns and other wash
dresses are more ornamental than
they have been for some time.
Velve:een trims many of the plain
and small figured sateens It is ouIy,
however, for revers, collars and cuffs.
Hair dressing is becoming more
elaborate. TAe style, however, is to
still wear the hair arranged on top OF
the head.
Silver collar buttons, studded with
some tiny precious stone, rival those
made of gold, which have so long
been popular.
Green is the predominant color, its
only real rival being the lovely cream
tints which will reign throughout the
summer.
A lovely evening dress is of black
net with a design in gold and silver
tinsel scattered over the front, and all
the rest in lace.
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DON,T SKIP THIS.

So many schemes are put before the public for
the increase of newspaper circulation, which
seem to be plausible and yet are fraudulent, that
when a legitimate, honest effort is made to build
up the circulation of legitimate, honest paper,
by legitimate, honest means, people who have
been so many times duped, very slow to res
pond to the genuine scheme. We are led to this
train OF thought by perusal of the advertise
ment of THE AMERICAN RURAL HOME of Roches-
ter, n. Y, published in this issue of our paper, 10
which we cali the attention of our readers. We
are acquainted with both paper and publishers
and take pleasure IL recommending it as one Of
the very best farm and family journals in this
country. Every person who sends one dollar for
years subscription TO the per receives hand
some present which is donared by the advertising
patrons of the psper These premiums consist
of Cattle, Land, Reapers and Mowers, Plows
Books, Pictures, Organs and thousands of other
valuable articles. The Rural Home Co. is endorS-
ed by Hon. Cornelius Z. Parsons, Mayor Of
Rochester, to whom you can write If you have
any doubts to it's reliability 1t will pay you to
send for sample copy if nothing more than to get
look at this great twelye-page, sixty column
Illustrated paper Address Rural Home Co.
Limited, Rochester N. Y. Mention this paper.
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CARRIER PIGEONS.
what an Expert Says About Their
Speed-Five Hundred Miles I'm Ten
Hours.
Philadelphia Times.

1uHaQeIpnla ZINES.
''The ordinary speed made by hom-
ing pigeons does not exceed thirty
miles an hour" said a well-kno wn
Pennsylvania Railroad official yester-
day. Instances are of RECORD, how
ever, of their doubling and even trip
ling that rate of speed. Pigeons were
used as bearers of dispatches as long
ago as the siege of JerusaleH, and were
pressed into the service during the
siege of Paris by the German army.
The art of training them is supposed
to be carried to the greatest perfection
in Turkey. Young birds are taken a
half mile away and then set loose.
The distance is increased from day to
day until they are able to cover ], 900
miles or return from the most remote
parts of the kingdom
''The Belgians take their birds to
the South of France, to MarseiDes or
Bayonne and they make the distance
frona those points to Antwerp, Brus-
sells Or Client, five hundred miles in
ten hours. In this country high rates
of speed have been attained, but [
cannot give you the exact time made.
we used to send our pigeons out on
the Pennsylvania Railroad to Pitts
burg and as far west as Columbus.
They returRed but the results were
not satisfactory. The mountains
which have to be crossed are infested
with hawks and their tops are some
times enveloped in clouds of mist,
which confuse the birds and send
them out Of their way.
The best results are now being OBJ
tanned by taking the birds South. They
follow the coast right up, with noun
tains on one hand and the ocean on
the other as guides, and they make
very good time. Flights are often
made from Charlotte, North Carolina,
to New York, distance of SAC miles,
and have heard or several from
points in South Carolina $50 miles
from New York, the object being to
get them to make /, 900 miles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-06-25

California and Oregon are liable to
occasional ravages Of three species of
locusts, the most dangerous OF which
is the great Rocky Mountain locust,
whose ravages several years ago came
near starving out the people of two
Or three Western states. This locust
is remarkable for it's power of fight,
and travels in dense swarms high up
in the air, darkening the sun or filing
the sky with the glistening light of
their wings. Observers have stood on
the highest peaks of tho Rocky Noun
talns, and, straining their eyes up
ward, have seen the sky filled with
clouds of these tiny, soaring insects,
so high as to be barely discernlble.
These insects, after devastating one
region. rise into the air to look for
fresh fields and pastures new.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-06-25

The discouragements against matri
mony In England are being freely and
fully discussed in the London papers.
A recent lady writer in the Times
contends that one argument against
the husband and wife commencing
life under the happiest auspices is due
TO the income tax which Parliament
imposes On all the citizens who earn
$3.50 a year, or more than that sum.
A man or woman may earn 5000 or
$500 year and no tax is imposed :;
But let clerk with $500 per annum
marry milliner with $3.50, and down
comes the revenue officer and collects
SIS year SO long as they continue to
work. This literally makes a tax on
marriage, and consequently a dis
couragement that should be abated.
The Sultan at Constantinople is
named Osman Bsy. His twenty
wifes make him sign o. Bey.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-06-25

Though the laws of propriety are
so vigorously strict thai a gentleman
may not ride in the same carriage
with the lady to whom he is bertothed
yet most desperate firtations are
openly INDUCED in to an extent which
would put to BLUSH New York, Chicago
or San Francisco. Following a
senorita UP and down the promenade
and staring intently in her face is an
accepted mode of compliment-doubt-
less gratifying to the recipient, but
fraught with danger to the adorer If
she happens to have other devoted
swains-and it not infrequently hap~
pens that duels are the result, she
being pre- eminently the belle who
can boast the greatest number of such
encounters.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-06-25

A colored gentleman appeared be-
fore the civil service examining board
In Boston the other day and wished
to be examined for position as letter
carrier in the postal service. Whats
your name, sir?' asked the examiner.
Sambo gave the examiner his name,
age, place of residence and his pre-
7lous occupation. NOW, Sambo, y
asked the examiner, ''have you ever
studied geography" Eyes, san !" said
Sambo. "Well, then. tell me how far
it is from Boston to SBanghai?" 60
God. san, " replied Sambo IN amaze
ment, you doan tend to put me on
dat route, does yer?" and Sambo re-
tired In sitter amazement at the posi-
BILE requirements of the postal SER
vice.