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The Meeker herald., 1886-12-18
Cole raAe's mall service.

The P0stoiiicc Department has pro
pared for the information Of Congress
some interesting statistical statements
relative 10 the operations of tho postal
service. The following about Colorado
will interest our readers:
The total postal receipts In tho State
during the past fiscal year reached the
sum Of $sss. .iSs.x3. OF this amount ths
salss OF postage stamps, stamped suSsk
spes and postal carsis yielded 49,
7Oa.so. Tho returns from box rents
paid Ss9. ST. Is, and the sales II waste
paper Sii:-ah. Tho total expenditures
amounted 10 $S7s.:.Di.Oi. OF ibis the
largest item WAS for tho transportation
Of tho malls, which cost S1S. 40. 73.
There was paid ~ compensation TO
Instmasters.si.3.o .oS:s. and for clerks
In postofiic-s. fuel and rent s57 1886.
The letter carriers received S9JnA ~,
and the railway postal clerks travelling
In the State s1o.50ias. The exprndi-
turcs rxccesicd the receipts la the sum
Of $.s5, 1864.
During the year - new pnstndices
were established and u were discon-
tinuesi. resulting In lo~a Of iS odlccs
~ compared with last year. Tho names
or sites Of ~ were changed. AZ 10 tho
p'stmAstrrs. i67 Resigned OF their CON-
missions expired. u were removed OF
suspended. and died. The whoie
number Of pnssofiiccs In the State 10 no.
There nrr - Presidential po.tofices
In Colorado. or those ~ which The sal
ary u n least 81 .0O. The total receipts
Of these odices amounted 10 3.7S. 10. y
One Of the most important branches
Of tho Postal Department Il the free
delivery. or letter carrier system. I'm
der the existing Law this service 10 lim-
tied To citiesos \, least twenty thousand
inhabitants. OF. lacking the necessary
population. Ia such places ~ return =
gross annual postal revenue of twenty
thousand dollara- The Department
favon ti,e rpdsctiuu oi this limit 20 -
to make the service available for places
of tsu thousand people. psvvidesi that
the postal receipts thesetn amount 10
ten thousand do,larr, and tho cu@~A-
- IN IAsss>aasss ~ esss ssvtsss ua6Dsdb
pot this extension II the service. . hill
now being On the calendar 10 effect this
purpose.
There are In Denver twenty five letter
carriers, and Leadville has four.
The Meeker herald., 1886-12-18
BANK NOTES.

she aans solo ~ soft, ~ sweet
lie sank enrspturcd 1T her feet.
lie WAS not hssr. but IN that day
He lost the tenor Of his way.
"Naid altogether fair" he cried,
"iis mine. my high soprano brifSe.
Keep time with mt until lifc's end.
Our hearts ani voices let US blend.
''Our key shall b1 little dat.
A finely furnished one at that;
Therc wu will live on minor scaiS
In style io make th. Major quail.
''lss natural. admit my plea,
Discard the Major. marry inr.
i~t US duet life's measure throush,
Enchanting singer. what .ay your
sstd she. ~ sing too sharp for that.
You never catch mo In nat.
choose the notes Of higher pitch,
TAs Major has ihem-hr IL rtch."
The Meeker herald., 1886-12-18

COMMISSIONERS SrAWKs. .os the general
land otiicc. reports that during the past
year fences from :.7ii.Hsi scres of gov.
eminent land have been iorcibly rrmov.
ssi by tho United Statcs Courts. Suits
for illegal fencing. embracing 3.7O.OD
Acrrs are pending.
The Meeker herald., 1886-12-18
At .ssx ssAr - sevxnxaxxz
rpu Our ,t.ru,.r Co.,r.,.c.,-s,

brtNa OuY UfHutaf toStv%IusRsTut.
wAsniNoroN. ID. q. dec. a. 1880.
II In amusing 10 hear the different nc
counts of the causes which led 10 the
.iefca, OF election Of many II. c.s'. One
attributes his defeat 10 the failure Of
the administration to turn the rascals
out In his district, whije the next
door" member frum the sdioining dis
Gict, who had Ill The "rascais" turned
out, snsisss shaa ~ was dssealsd b.
cause The disappointed u6scs-assksrs
failed b enthase with that enthusiasm
which crowns the candidate with giosy
and Ave thousand year. Some charge
their being lefl at home. To mediate, Ia
tariff; othen aay they ''siippesi up On
o,eomarxarine but few can look yosi In
tho eyes. without winkinx. and say 'the
sovereign people failed 10 scc the
especial fitness TOT law.making which
belong In yours truly"
From all that can 10 learned BY your
correspondent, the issues werc purely
local. aud the administration cut no fig-
,irp In the result one WAY or the other.
It seems to he generally conceded that
the President In stronger than his party.
and II the convention were called to-
morrow he would be ominale,i-proba-
blv by acclam ation--and unless change
occurs In the present situation. We shall
see blaine and Cleveland arrayesi
against each other as opponents In the
Presidential race Of NJ.
A very saGacious md prominent poll.
tician. of national fame. aaid 10 me q
few DAYS ago. that before the time ar.
rived for the convention Of the Demo.
cratic party. he was satisfied that Pres.
ident Cleveland would state In no uncer.
tain language. that he would not be q
candidate for second term. "Shoult
this prove true" said he. "therr will be
not a few Richmonds In the field. 1'he
old.time leaders have passed away, and
young Democracy. aggressive and reso.
lutte. will insist OH new blood. new en-.
crvy and new brains being put IN the
fight. While the eyes Of the Demo
cratic politicians are placed upon Gov
ernor Hill and A. y. Hewitt, OF New
York. In the contingency above referred
10. the name Of A. +. German. Senator
from Maryland. and the commanding
general Of the Democratic army Of the
last campaign. will undoubtedly be pre-.
scnted by his State. With such q man
as leader 1t would be difficult m after
for the Republican party to achieve vic.
tory"
The city isfull Of excitement Of po.
lice scandals, real estate rings and
the stupid conduct, to say the least, Of
the appointees Of the President, involv-
ing his honorable name In the most
questionable transactions. II appears
after all. that Recorder Of Deeds Mat
thews Is the only one In the District
that has not brought discredit upon the
President In some shape.
All just men acknowledge their belief
IN the President's willingness to do his
whole duty a. he understands 1t. Re-
publicans and Democrats say he is an
honest man. and the accusation by some
of the disaffected that he lent himself
to ''jobtery" In land speculation is en-
tirely without foundation. EXIT.
The Meeker herald., 1886-12-18

OK or about the irst Of next month
the Denver Tribune Republican man.
age,ncnt will drop the name Tribune.
and In the future II will be known ~
The Denver Republican. and they will
alao don n 6rani.ncw dress. The latter
indicates successful journalism.
The Meeker herald., 1886-12-18

A Southern gentleman who knows
Minister Manning well says that our
representative To Mexico In subject 10
an unconqucrablc thirst for alcohol
twice year. Tie desire for = Thorough
saiuration with liquor Ii accompanied
by certain unfMiiing procectinrcs. Mr..
Manning visits u barber. gets = clean
shave. Rus tn his room. locks the door
and dcvotcs himself to novci-rca.iing.
punch. brandy. absinthc, sherry. Nr..
for four or i've days. Then after n pro.
longci sleep. he sends for physician.
and is sick man for week. Except.
ing on these s~mi-annual and lonely Gel
cirat,ons Mr.. Manning never drinks.
He ix line specimen Of physical health
but. unluckily. Is subject twice \ year
to these attacks. For the next SIX
months the government may confident
" expect Mr.. Manning TO keep straight;
but the trouble with all periodical
drinkers is that their sprccs eventually
run into each other. as It were.
The Meeker herald., 1886-12-18
NEWSPAPER LAWS.

!. Any ono Who iahes Tap~r regularly from
the passnar~-w wh-sh~s directed to bis name
o. another. ~ wh~sh~s ~ hAs sutseribed o.
motifs rrspoasibIc for The payment.
Z. u . p-r~nn ovdrrs W pspss dtsroastaasrd
~ must pay all srE~ars. ~ th1 publisher vii
cousinus Z" srnd II unt,i payment v male and
collect tho whole amount. - neither the p-p~r is
taken from tsc pnstnsbe~ ~ nos-
4 The courts have decided that refusing In
take the newspapers os periodicals from the
po.i"tArc. or removing and iravipG is~m un-
called fu~. is psina fscic evidence of iniention-
81 fruiti.
The Meeker herald., 1886-12-18

MrTiLATED coins are again receiving
attention nj the hands Of the Treasury
Department. The new adjustment of
values In ~ follows: Double engies.
fi5; silver dollars. 75 cents: half.tiol.
lars. :t5 cents; quarters. Is cents dimes,
o cents. This will bc rough on the In.
noccnt holder occasionally.
The Meeker herald., 1886-12-18

VIZ publish to-day n letter from g..
W. stone. Of Lay, Routt county. which
is worth reading as II contains some
excellent suggestions. The Legislature
will soon Ike In session. aud likely the
game laws will be materially changed.
and those wishing to express them
selves should te about it, NO that our
Representatives can act accordingly.
The Meeker herald., 1886-12-18

GgoRoE ". TmonH claims his eiec.
tion over Carlislc by majority Of ::Izss
votes. The odicial count. however.
gives the latter majority of Nj. a
coatrst has been tird BY tho former.
The Meeker herald., 1886-12-18

TnE United States is rapidly becom-
ing the workshop ~ well rs the granary
Of the world. Already in isso our man.
ufacturcs exceeded Great Britain's over
$SO.uD,0O. From 1870 to lssO the In.
crease of France was 10 millions; Ger.
many 40 millions: Great Britain SO
millions. and the United States i,1,o
millions
The Meeker herald., 1886-12-18

THE management Of the Lealville
Herald Democrat contemplate issuing
= mammoth, paper on the first Of Janu.
ary. II will contain fifty.two pages.
and two thousand square inches Of new
illustrations will adorn this number.
The composition will embrace 100000
ems Of type, or equal eighteen ordinary
issues OF their daily.
The Meeker herald., 1886-12-18

Acconpsxo 10 Canadian paper, the
labor vote Of that purincr h becoming
apo~cr. There. ~ here. 10th parties
claim To In tho tr,,c friend VI IN. work.
lugmun
The Meeker herald., 1886-12-18

TnE Prrsi,ient's stand ~ tho silver
question will not create any uncasiness
among the silver aihcrents until the
Fiiticth Congress meets.
The Meeker herald., 1886-12-18

NINE passengers On Carson coaeh
means tlsai IN sccadcut u u happen.
-Four turu-ussss have occurred % far
this winter, The lase ous taking place
last week few milrs sbovs Glsnwoai.
Each time nins paasenger were aboard.
The Meeker herald., 1886-12-18

THE prospects for the speedy compile.
ton and equipment Of navy such ~
shall Be adequate 70 our national needs
ID not se~m To IL especially brilliant.
The Meeker herald., 1886-12-18

The British American Ia tho lxtes,
venture In the newspaperial held nj
Denver. II Ii well edited. and has =
neat typographical appearance.
The Meeker herald., 1886-12-18

An X GA tho ~upi--r ~ marvin OF yoar
psper signifies your subscription has -spir,-i.
The Meeker herald., 1886-12-18

Curious gentleman--Why did you
name that horse Napoleonp
Negro-Why, massa, you see It's Gaze
the bony part Is 80 strong in him.
The Meeker herald., 1886-12-18
BRANDS OF TILE
White River Stock Growers Association

Association will $40 reward
for killing
stealing bearing members branding
White
]. Bahrr Mecker Colo.
The Meeker herald., 1886-12-18
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The Meeker herald., 1886-12-18

Canada is now claimed to be perfectly
free from pleuro- -pneumanis-
The Meeker herald., 1886-12-18

A calico wrapper" = A dry goods
clerk.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-17

with what little provisions they could
snatch; but the wind and sea drove
them apart, and when daylight came
the fog was so heavy they couldn't take
their bearings. Their provisions
what weren't spoiled by salt water
gave out Wednesday morning, and
they've lived on faith ever sincel 1t
nearly finished that poor boy he isn't
over strong, ] guess, and pretty young
for such service-not over twenty I'll
wager. This way, ladiesl' and they
stood beside a bunk, where lay a
CHASTITY young fellow, with great blue
eyes, so like Jimmy's that NIilly could
no longer doubt the relationship, had
she not been already convinced.
"lIe is the one, papa-he's Tom 4"
she whispered excitedly. "Speak to
him."
He answered their questions In a
weak, languid tone; but when 1t be.
came clear that Milly was the young
girl who had given his little brother
the scarf, he had risen eagerly upon
his elbow, while big tear rolled do own
his face
ooh, Miss, 1t brought a blessing
that comforter |! " he said eagerly.
"The dear lad slipped 1t unbeknownst
to me, into my chist. and | was
a.wearin' It the night we founder ed
and when we was lookin' about for
signals to hoist, rugged that up, and.
bless God, it's brought us safe here.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-17
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

The New York stock market opened active
and strong, at t@s higher than yesterdays
closing. The list then became quiet until
after the cal, when on some very large
buying for long account further ad-
vance OF i@1l per cent. took place. The
features were st. Paul, Union Pacific, the
coal shares, Canadian Southern Telegraph,
Reading, and Louisville and Nashville. The
market has since continued strong, but
without change in quotation. Money, 5Gg6.
Exchange quiet, 4S2l@4s5l. Governments
very strong; AIS, coup, l1ls; As, coup,
1873, currency 6s, 1888.
Petroleum.
b. X. Plain & Co., st. Cloud Building,
furnish the following Oil quotations:
Closed yesterday, 6iA; opened to-day, Is;
highest, 65s; lowest, Gag; els p. M, 6i5.
New York stock Market.
The following have been furnished by j..
Vance Lewis, broker, southwest corner
Eighth and F streets:
The Washington critic., 1886-09-17
.Mzzazanzsug.5
%G1@<
Commissioners.

Incorporated in 1868 for % years by tho
Legislature for Educational and Charitable
purposes Capital of si,OO0,OOO-to
which a reserve fund OF over s550,O0O has since
been added.
by an Overwhelming popular vote Its fran
chise was made a part OF the present state
Constitution adopted December =, a. ID. 1879.
The only lottery ever voted on and indorscd
by the people of any state.
TT NEVER SCALES OR POSTPONEs.
It's Grand Single Number Drawings take
place monthly, and the Extraordinary Draw
ings regularly every three months instead Of
Semi-Annually as heretofore.
a splendid opportunity 10 win fortune
Tenth Grand Drawing, Glass *. In the Acli-
emy Of Music, New orleans, TUESDAY, 0C-
TOBER II, 1885.
l9Ith Monthly Drawing.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-17
The District buildings.

The visitor, after leaving the Centre Market,
will proceed down the Avenue to Four and
a half street ard no. thward up that street
q few yards, when he will he In front of II
dinpy block OF damp, dark old bricks
PEELED to sacrifice their temper, health and
GOOD looks while attending to business.
These buildings are SO utterly untitled for the
Thoroughly ahominabl6 and Insecure that
they form, perhaps, the greatest curiosity
IN Washington. No visitor should fail to
inspect tlpn,
The Washington critic., 1886-09-17
st. Johns II. f.. Church.

st. Johns =. L. Church, which has been often
called the state Church because more Picsi-
dents have worshipued there than at any
other, stands al the corner of II and SIX
teenth streets. II was built IN lSl6 and en-
larged in lsgO. In 4 have worshipped Pres
idents Madison, Monroe, John Quincy
Adams Though the latter was Congregd-
tionalisU Martin Van Buren,, though he be-
lOngcd TO the Dutch Reformed Church, llar-
rson, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore (though
the latter was a Unitarlanl Pierce, Buch'
anaH and Arthur, Presidents Lincoln,
johnson and Grant have also attended Di.
vine services here although not steadily, Its
interior reminds one very fOrclbly of the
uld. dim English country EpisCopal churches.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-17
w ASHINGTON CRITIC
WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER IL, 1886
MY FATHERS UNDEnsn,Rr.

My father bought an undershirt
or bright and flaming red
"All wool, I'm ready to assert,
Fleece. dyed" the merchant said.
"Your size is thirty. eight, think;
A forty you should get,
Since all-wool goods are bound TO shrink
A trihe when they're wet"
That shirt two weeks my father wore
Two washings, that was all
From forty down to tbrty-four
1t shrank like leaf In fall.
i wore II then day or two,
But when twas washed again,
My wife said: "Now twill only do
For little brother Ben"
A fortnight Ben squeezed into it
AT least he said II hurt;
We put IL on our babe-the fit
Was good as any shirt.
We ne'er will wash 1t more while yet
We see its flickering light,
For II again that shirt is wet
Twill vanish from our sight.
--[Chicago News.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-17
NIcdicnI Nsmacmni.
on Tenth street. between Il and +. round Il

on Tenth street, between Il and +, round the
corner westward from Masonic Temple, Is
the famous Medical Museum. This build
ing was once n prominent Baptist Church. II
was converted about the beginning of the
war into a theatre, known the country over
ns Ford's and II was In private box there
In April, 1865, that John wilkes Booth
killed President Lincoln. Tho latter was
carried to a house, just opposite, where he
died, A marble tablet In front of the house,
No. 5iG Tenth street, commentaries thiS
fact. The theatre was then scquestratcd by
the Government and turned into the Med
ical Museum attached 70 the Surgeon-Gcn.
erals office. II Is full Of interesting surgical
relies Of the war; and has the largest moli-
cal library In the world. Among the curl
ositCs within its walls Is the artlculatcd
skeleton of Guiteau, the assassin OF PreSi-
dent Garfield. Coming down Tenth street
from the Medical Museum the visitor Will
not fail to inspect the massive and benuti-
ful Post Building, in which is situated the
Office of TUE CRITIC. This Is the largest
newspaper establishment south Of Phlladol.
phia and east Of the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers. -Four OF the leading and most inilu-
entlal journals In the country-two morning,
one evening trnE CntTIc) aud one indcpeu
dent sunday papcr-haye their home In this
ngtnllislnpnt.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-17
Howard University.

Howard University is the first place in this
country to provide for the higher education
of the cOlored people generally. IL Is on Sew
enrh street extended, just above Bound lry,
and occupies high ana picturesque site,
over. r.looking the whole city. II is built Of
large cream-colored brick, specially manu-
iacturcd for the occasion.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-17
The old Soldiers, Home.

The Old Soldiers Home lies about mile be
yond Howard University, out seventh
street extended, and is reached by the same
conveyances, namely the Ninth and seventh
street car lines. Its main building is of
marble, 900 feet front with very high
tower. The view from its tower surpasses
any similar view in the neighborhoOd. A
statue of General Scott adorns the grounds,
There Is also National Cemetery with sew
eral thousand Union dead buried there.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-17
Marine Barracks-Navy-Y Yard.

The Marine Barracks are situated on Eighth
street southeast, between q and H. Several
squares further south the walls Of the Navy
Yard rise before the gaze. This Navy.Yarl
was in its time the most famous one in the
country, the second largest ship of the line
in the Navy having been built here, as we'll
as the famous cruisers, the Essex, the Wasp
and others. 1t Is to be converted into the
great ordnance factory of the country, and
the visitor Will find hundreds of objects
herein to interest him, especially the making
nf thp steel rinpl nnuOu
The Washington critic., 1886-09-17
The National Museum.

The National Museum Is In the Smithsonian
grounds, few yards east of the Smithso
nian building. IL contains thousands of the
most interesting ouriosities, samples of the
life customs and history of all nations. II,
as well as the Smithsonian, Is open daily to
the public from a. IN. to p. m.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-17
The Treasury Department.

The Treasury Department Is east OF the White
House and extends the whole length of the
front between Pennsylvania AMI New York
avenues. II is 5s2 feet long by 800 feet wide.
The central east portion is built of freestono,
rebuilt In 1886 Al, while the other parts We're
commenced In 1853 and built of granite.
The Cash Room IN this building Is a beau.
tiful apartment in the north wing the en-
trance 10 which is from the north porch.
The vaults are under the Cash Room and
can be seen on a written permit given hy
orce Is in the north east angle on the first
floor This pormiC must be shown the cash.
Ter who will detail guides To take the vis-
tor into the great bullion chests of the COun-
try. The old state Department used 20 be
on the site occupied by the northeast cor
,,,, ,F Ia. nrpasurV
The Washington critic., 1886-09-17
The Pension ONicc.
The new Pension Building extends neal

The new Pension Building extends nearly tho
entire width of Judiciary Square from
Fourth to Fifth streets and from q, nearly
to f street, 1t Is by far the largest
building in the world devoted 70 the exam
nation and settlement of claims for pen.
sions. II is built of red brick, and cost
several hundred thousand dollars. In 1t
was given President Cleveland's Inaugural
tion Ball. 1t can be reached by the Metro
politan and the Belt Line cars.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-17

The Government Printing Office Is in a north
east direction from the Pension ONCE, at
the corner of II and North Capitol streets.
ment In the world, and Is full of interest to
visitors. The cost of running 1t goes up into
millions annually, and the money is well
spent. IL would take columns to merely
outline the gigantic establishment which
employees In Its busiest season over 1000
people 1t is reached by the Columbia line
of street cars,
The Washington critic., 1886-09-17
The District Jail.

on the reservation which lies Immediately
north of street southeast and fronts on
the Anacostia River is huge quadrangular
pile of red brick known as the District jail
This building is especially noticeable for
being the one wherein the assassin of Il
President was hanged Just south of IL Is
the City Asylum. 1t Is reached by cab or
carriage, or on foot from the termination of
the railway and herdic lines.
The Washington critic., 1886-09-17
The Geological Bureau.

The Geological Survey is located ON + street,
near the Ebbitt House. Tie Interior De
partment building, immense rs II Is, is en-
tirely too small for the aCcommod alton ofits
bureaus, two of which, besides the Educa-
tiona and Geological Bureaus agriculture
and Pcnsion) are located In other quarters.
These two last bureaus are among the larg'
~ IiiIIni tlIn NI.r
The Washington critic., 1886-09-17
The smithsonian.

AcrOss TweIIth street, immodiateIy cast from
the Agricultural Department, are the
Smithsonian Institution and the Smithso.
nian Grounds. The former is specimen of
the most graceful architecture In the city,
landscape garden in the country These
grounds of themselves are worth visit to
Washington to see. They contain the
memorial urn to the artist who designed
the park, Andrew j. Downing, and the
bronze statue of Professor Henry. the first
secretary of the institution. The latter Is
at the northwest corner of the building; the
Downing Urn is In the centre Of the grounds,
two hundred yards north of the east wing
The Smithsonian Is filed with the most
varied and interesting objects connected
with science. II Is reached by the Seventh
Street, the Ninth Street and the Belt Line
of street ears,
The Washington critic., 1886-09-17
TIic Arsenal.


The Arsenal is located at the foot of Four
and a.half street southwest, the grounds
extending over what used To be the peni-
Tertiary 1t Is interesting among other
reasons for being the enclosure In which
Mrs. Surratt and the Assassination pris-
oncrs were hanged. The band of the Second
Artillery, which Is stationed here, give fire.
Quont concerts in the summer that are
largely attended. Reached by the Metro
politan (Four-and a,half street branch) and
the Seventh street line.