The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-27

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cat treCa tErrs- l. = s~G1m thai 5 40
nan refG-es . rscvIEs mall mAls<r.
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IRA curiosity , too great Cake AMI
gaSsty ar ElaIiA1.a N IIn box. boz rot
IN = Ea>tsbaz-,i 1sA Tbs rssakaIise :
0{lrn violated AMI any qlaAtiIy u
sW-t't things ar~ CAPTURED ~ ,h- kern
>s,ehtesi p.l-gai cs-rk>, Fruit : also IN
uIdIlAtt- rXc-pG It = securely packet.
bGI harfly a las l1s-s> that >sale SIT
& fruit : ECC taa-u CGI Il the mails.
AZ pFe--ut strsN o.rrrS- ars icing sn,.
A little later II ~IlI b. peaches. ami
finally pears. Hh-n lacked IN paste
t.ari boxe> E-E-kabse >Igf i iiabie tn
D. crushed AMI u injure other mail
matter. I4sIuhls Il ali Kinds are unnlall-
abe, YET great many t.Sti-. ARE found
IN the nails.
There i Oaly un- rate o. Canada foe
ESic <axes. IL l. ten cents no matIsf
hox large or small tn package Is. Ba.
the ,acaa-e cannaS II oSirsr exceed tas.
NAHUM ~sishtos dimensions prescribed
By postal regulations. A great many
packages are held under Law. With
marty every foreign country the ar
rans.m-nt ~ sush that mail matter
Will t- forwarded even II il Is short paid.
Bat Il l. not 50 with Australia The
result Is that great many Australian
letters are held for prepay men,. An
department >ince the SPECIAL delivery
SYSTEM has tsen IN vogue. comes from
the Misunderstanding of the Law b. the
public. Person. pa, IN the sIsciz. be-
livery stamp. xhIch cost ten cents, AMI
de- nut put on the two cent stamp, for
regular postage.
A day ~ tao after Se~ Years a
workingman apI-aret at the depart
D,ent window and asked f"r a letter
which he saii had l..n put in a lamp
pCst lax AMI directed Ia him. How
do you know il Mas put in the box: he
~as asked. ''Becau-e put it in my.
self, VAS the rejoiner.
Ii va, learned that the man had been
an spree the night t.fore New Years :,
and having y. which he wanted to ave
from the general wreck u his fortune,
D.. PUT II an envelope and addressed u
himself. The letter was never heard 81
and II ID very likely that the address.
was n dunk a. the writer and could
not t@ made out Not long ago a letter
containing two 500 dollar bills came
into the hands Of the department clerks.
II was addressed To "A certain number on
/ seventh avenue. 4 most thorough
search WAS male to find tho owner.
/ Each carrier On seventh avenue tonk il
( in turn, hut the owner could not L.
found. ami the f?,U went into the treas
/ ury 81 the government. Some very in
! tsresting things were found in the mail
sent to the department from the wreck
II the Oregon. The greater part II il
Vas 80 thoroughly soaked with salt
water that Il could not h. forwarded,
but a great deal II excellent work vas
done IN making out suIerscriptions will,
only slight cl"ws to work upon. Hun
dre,is Of photographs. love messages.
AMI tokens sent from the other side had
/ IL te dumped into bags AMI sent on "a
Washington there IN ie officially de-
stroyei. The ayerrge numlsr 81 letters
/ returned tO Washington each week il
from 500 to lO,Oa. During the week
ending June . there were 5,G.sy domestic
letters, Lee foreign letter. AMI j31
pieces 81 refused matter. On nm aver.
age about 800 If u q letters returned Ia
Washington weekly cannot be delivered
even after they have leea opened at the
dead letter office. New York Star.