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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01

out and in the archways all day long. Mes
sengers and young clerks dive through the
crowd with bundles of mail matter or pack
ages. Greetings are exchanged, hands
hastily pressed, hats raised to pretty women
for the fair sex is constantly represented.
Acquaintances pass the compliments OF the
day and season, and unless limited to the
simplest salutatioDs, busy people elbow you,
walk on your pedal pets or sweep you
around with scantest ceremony. The post
office corridors contain the most kaleidosco-
pic crowd to be found in the two cities.
In this connection the figures on the
AMOUNT of business done BY the departments
coming in direct contact with the public,
are indicative of an'amount of postal bust
ness which few cities, like Cincinnati, st.
Louis, or Kansas City, would do we'll to
equal, and can never beat. Taking up the
Eve slets, through. which Pittsburg's letter
mail is sent, some interesting computations
can be made by anyone with a genius for
statistics. There are five of these orifees
which yawn increasingly and cry, like tine
daughters of the Horseleech for more. The
length Of each orifee is eight inches,
and a width of an inch or so.
BY way Of facilitating the proper separa-
ton OF the mail matter into sections of the
country or the universe to be reached, the
postal authorities have neat signs over four
Of the DO16S luOlSdlluS Tue points OF Ine
COMPASS The first box to the left is
stSouth, then comes North, " then "East," I"
then .'West, " the two last boxes getting, as
a matter Of course, the bulk of the mail
With its usual discriminating intelligence
the public generally obeys the mute behest
and drop letters accordingly. Those who
drop letter to Chicago in the East box
would be surprised to know how much in
convenience it causes the clerks on the in
side. So that quick transmission is really
subserved by attention to the implied re-
quests.
Through these cardinal point boxes an
enormous amount Of mail flows. Superin-
tendent Of Mails Stephen Collins hauled out
A big book. and after some rapid marks with
q pencil. said that in the month of Septem-
Der the daily average Of letters was 80. 200.
On the customary basis Of 90 letters to the
pound. nearly 3 ton Of letters found its way
to the inside Of the Office in every "A hours I
Hardly iess important are the Two slots Of
much larger siss. through which nsEspapers
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01

she recognized in her mothers tears the or
binary deliquescence of emotioa, or whether,
as a woman herself, she knew that this mere
feminine conventionality could not possibly
be directed at her, and that the actual con-
fict between them had ceased, she passed
slowly on to an inner hail. leaving the male
victim, her unfortunate father, to succumb,
as he always did sooner or later, to their in
fuence. Crossing the hall, which was deco
rated with a few elk horns, Indian trophies
and mountain pelts, she entered another
room and closed the door behind her with
gesture ofrelief
The room, which looked upon porch,
presented singular combination Of mascu-
line business occupations and feminine
taste and adornment. A desk covered with
papers, shelf displaying q ledger and ac-
count books, another r<containing works Of
reference, table with vase Of flowers
and lady's riding whip upon it, map Of
California hanked on either side by an en-
broidered silken Workbag and an oval mir
ror decked with grasses. q calendar and in
erest-table hanging below two schoolgirl
crayons Of classic heads, with the legend,
Josephine Forsyth fecit''-were part Of its
incongruous accessories. The young girl
went to her desk, but presently moved and
turned toward the window thoughtfully.
The last CLEAN had died from the steel-blue
sky; few lights like star points began to
prick out the lower valley. The expression
OF monotonous restraint and endurance had
not yet faded from her face.
Yet she had been accustomed to scenes
like the one she had just passed through
since her girlhood. Five years ago Alex
ander Forsyth, her uncle, had brought her
to this spot--then mere log cabin on the
hfilsfde-as refuge from the impoverished
and thiftIess home Of his elder brother
Thomas and his ill-tempersd wife Here
Alexander Forsyth. BY reason Of his more
dominant character and business capacity,
had prospefed until be became q rich and
inhuential rancho owner. N0twithstand-
ing her fhfher,6 jealousy OF AItxander's for.
tune and the open rupture that followed
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01
HE NARROWLY ESCAPED POVERTY.
California MiIIionaire's Experience In n
Nnru Xnnlr HnrnI

California MiIIionaire's Experience In n
New York Hotel.
1t does not seem easy to realize how
cheaply you live in California until you
have tried some of the Eastern hotels, says
the San Francisco Chronicle. E. J..
Baldwin went to hotel in New
York for a rest. He was only GO
ing to stay few hours in town. 1t
was about o'clock when he registered,
and be wanted to take little sleep before
he was called at 10. The gentlemanly clerk
recognized the name and the man, and
looked pleased to have whack at the long
purse of the California millionaire. Bald
win had several hours sleep and was called
at 10 O'Clock as ordered. He went to the
Office and asked for his bill It was handed
to him-S3Ot / Mr.. Baldwin looked at it.
81 am very much obliged to you for wax
ing me at 10 o'clock"
"Why?"
"If had slept few hours more it would
have busted me"
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silk handkerchief which was loosely slung
around his neck after the fashion Of his
class. she gave a quick feminine glance
around her and then approached her own
and rather handsome face near his lips.
There was no odor Of alcohol in the thick
and heavy respiration. Mounting again,
she rode forward at an increased pace, and in
90 minutes had reached higher tableland
of the mountain, cleared opening in the
forest that showed signs of careful cultiva-
ton, and large, rambling. yet picturesque
looking dwelling, whose unpainted red
wood walls were hidden in roses and creep
ers. Pushing open swinging gate, she en-
tered the inclosure as brown-faced man,
dressed as a vaquero, came toward her as if
to assist her to alight. But she had al
ready leaped to the ground and thrown him
the reins.
"Miguel." she said with mistress quiet
authority in her boyish consralto voice.
"put Glory in the covered wagon, and drive
down the road as far as the valley turning.
There's man lying near the right bank.
drunk, or sick, maybe, or perhaps crippled
bv fall Bring him up here, unless some
body has found him already, or you happen
to know who he is and where to take him. Z"
The yaouero raised his shoulders, half in
depreciation, half in disappointed expecta-
ton of some other command. "And your
brother, sonora, he has not himself ar
rived"
A light shadow Of impotence crossed her
face. ''No," she said bluntly. Come, be
quick.
moved away. Already gaunt-looking old
man had appeared in the porch, and was
awaiting her with his hand shadowing his
angry, suspicious eyes, and his lips moving
querulously.
ssOf course, you've got to stand out there
and give orders and tend to your own busir
ness afore YOU think o. speaking to your
own flesh and blood, " be said aggrievedly.
That's all you carelD
s'There was q sick man lying ID the road.
and I've sent Miguel 70 look after him. - re-
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floating population of this big city rOtates

floating population of this big city rotates
around this center.
An astonishingly large percentage of the
oUt-of-door population of the city passes
through the postofiee corridors. Some have
some distinct business, others wander around
the Office countless times a day, Just as ii
they could lay claim to business connections
of the highest character through affecting
dealings with SO honorable an old gentle
man as Uncle Sam; much upon the same
principle that q man will dine in the
Bowery on 20-cent basis and adjourn to
the steps of the Astor House with q tooth
pick adjunct and a well-led expression.
A RUSHING TIDE.
But there is by no means a marked
snount Of idling in the corridors. Your
average Pittsburg business man does not
allow his heels to cool very much. The
stream of these gentlemen actually pours
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01

burg Postof6ce, that idea pertaining ex-
clusively TO the bucolic mail service. The
revenue to tie Government from the local
lock boxes is trife over s., 600 per annum.
Very few Of the above number are empty.
as there is a slowly increasing demand Tor
private repositories of mail matter, which
has been heretofore met by the extra boxes.
a nice adjustment of demand and supply.
The carrier service extensions are thousbt
to be the means of keeping the lock box de-.
mand at normal basis.
1t is singular fact that the only cities in
America having more lock boxes than Pitts
burg are New York and Chicago. Cities of
Pittsburg's size or even above it, have far
less lock boxes. officials attribute this to
conservatism, arguing that Pittsburgers
cling with great tenacitT to old customs.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01
A POPULAR CORNER.
Something About the Visitors to the
Postofice Corridors.
STARTING A LETTER ON ITS WAY.
Troubles Of the Stamp and Delivery
Window Clerks.
DECLINE OF THE SPECIAL DELIVERY
rwRITrEN roR rHr p1srArcH.,

HROUGH the cramped
= !: !: ! !: :. : !. : : !: !. !. : !.
u - corridors of that section OF
- he queer old Government
,uilding devoted to the
XXI N Post Office, flows an in
~ DySI 'reasing stream of people,
XII IT. nd the tread Of many feet
ASNA mas worn great ridges in
the stone steps, and even
the pavement which serves
as approaches. 1t is a simple truism to say
that Post Office Corner is the most fire.
quented and central LOCATION in Pittsburg
The tide of humanity ebbs and flows
through queer old Smithfeld str,e and,Fifth
avenue archways of ancient color and grace
ful-curves from early morn till dewy eve.
Appointments Of all kinds are made and
kept; marketers catch widely diverging car
lines by making use of the postofice as a
terminal; box owners rush in furtiVely and
glance through the glass for the letters that
seem so slow in coming that they never ar
rive, hundreds Of young people meet in the
corridors quite by accident; the public in
general rushes in to start the machinery OF
the mails freighting Uncle Sam with hopes,
fears, bids Tor fortune, news of families and
individuals, in a word, their inner selves
concealed only by a thickness of paper. But
above all is the very apparent fact that the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01

Detroit Free Press
The Rev. Joseph Cook says: "Beware of
the nation which does not eat pies. Come
to think of it, the nations which don't care
for pies, are great on revolutions, loose IN
their morals. and are gradually degenerat-
ing in rank as war powers. 1t takes mince
pie to keep nation in tie front rank.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01
4 rru.htul FI.herman.

Isaac " Baker, of Comstocks, father OF
Railroad Commissioner Isaac Y. Baker, Jr.,
tells new story to his friends. he said;
II m over 20 years of age, and no man has
ever shaved me. Never fired 3 pistol or
gun during my life. I've only caught one
fish. That was cod, and the 6nny fellow
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01

The possibility of confusion of Yale keys
or the chance of duplication and ROBBERY OF
boxes was mentioned to Mr.. Collins, VINO
stated that even if key was lost 1t would
be pretty hard thing for if an evil-minded
person was to secure lost key he would
have no chance of trying the fit without
arousing suspicion. The Yale Company
makes special numbers for postofices and
no one but the postmaster could order
duplicate of box key intelligently
by the record kept of each box and
number of key. A box-owner could
of course, order duplicate by simply using
the number stamped upon the key. But,
as he would be the only one who would
know which box the key fitted the seal OF
secrecy would remain intact, the scheme OF
parties renting boxes and corresponding
without the use of postage by means OF
duplicate keys, is sometimes tried, but not
often. The use OF cancelled stamps was not
much of success, either. No matter how
clever the removal of the canceling
stamp, it was pretty hard
thing to eradicate the ink, espe-
cially the kind now in use, which is
printers ink and "permeates, as Louis
Harrison says in the "Pearl of Pekin." "
Uncle Sam is not asleep. and the penalty Of
three years in the penitentiary is too severe
to warrant any infractions OF the laws
against defrauding the Government Of post
age.
There are 20 newspaper lock boxes, which
front upon the corridor leading to the up
stairs of the building. Many of them are
filled four or five times day, which be-
tokens the Importance of the Pittsburg pa
pers upon the exchange lists of the journals
OF the nation.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01
ME. SPECIAI. RFLIYERY.

The special delivery box is law unto
itself. This branch of the quick transmits
sion of mails idea started ont several years
really enjoyed desultory popularity. But
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-12-01
THE GENERA1 pEL1YERY.

The general delivery windows are the cen.
ters of large amount of attention, almost
exclusive in fact, from the floating popula-
ton of the city. Hundreds of people who
are In Pittsburg only for few davs have
their mail sent to the general delivery, not
desiring to have it sent to boarding houses
or hotels. In a general way, however, all
undirected mail goes the carriers, who try
to locate the owner. Failing the letters go
to the directory clerk whose duty it is to try
and find the addresses OF people not in the
directory. If the carrier fails to locate a
letter he stamps it as follows:
"have your mail addressed to street
and number" Then the directory clerk
nuts on the following inscription: ''Not in
Directory" Then the letter goes to the
general delivery boxes, of which there are up
ward of 200, for all possible subdivisions Of
the alphabet and first syllables of names.
There are about 4, 900 letters carried in the
general delivery. If letter remains in the
boxes week without being called for it is
advertised. Two weeks are given the owner
to call for his property, and at the expira-
ton of that time the letter is sent to the
Dead Letter Office. Does Uncle Sam shed
tears, one wonders. as he empties sack after
cemetery? How many hopes, aspirations,
checks to tide over financial crisis, and other
important or vital matters have been sum-
marily buried?
As result of advertising, an average of
one-tenth of the letters are reclaimed. As
for applicants for letters, there are at least
1000 day, many of whom come back time
after time with blank despair written in
every feature. Others, again, come up
smiling every day and never get letter in
the course of the year. It's capital place
to study human nature. The most pro-
nounced nuisance with which the clerk has
to contend is the man who insists that the
United States postal department. is all
wrong and that he's all right.
There is some epistolary flrtation Incl
dental to every postoffce, and Pittsburg is
no exception. Finely dressed young girls.
perfectly veil known to the clerk, come up
to the window and ask for some name moth
ing like her own There Is of course, no
option but to deliver the letter, but some
times the clerks exercise a wholesome dis
cretion in soaring away the would-be fair
offender against proprietyin correspondence.
Many women come to the window and call
for letters in three or four names. Very re-
Gently orders were issued against this prac-
tice, and the supposition is that the ukase
emanated from the good and great Mr..
Wanamaker, who is, despite misleading
reports, as smart as any OF the balance # the
politicians and FOUNDERS.
When the postofice has four times as
much room as at present, In the new build
ing, it will be pleasanter for Uncle Sans
Pittsburg mail service employees.
WATrc
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and small parcels are dropped into the nav.
of the postal.
There is also a small window adjacent
through which larger parcels are received.
This portion of the drop mail department av.
ersges 1900 pounds of mail matter received
Der diem
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-01-04
A TOWN WTTH A HIsTORY.

It seems strange that a far North
western town should have much of
history, yet Lewiston can trace a rec
ord back to the early days Of the cen
tury when, In 1804-5, Lewis and Clarke
made their famous transcontinental
trip. 1t was at the junction of the
Snake and Clearwater Rivers that they
pitched their tents on certain Occa-
sion on that eyentfuI journey, and their
old camping ground has since become
the site of a thriving little city of not
less than two thousand souls. Six or
seven years after Lewis and Clarke,
Hunts party, on its way to Astoria,
reached the same spot, as related by
Washington Irving In his account OF
that ill-starred expedition; but for
many years after Hunt the Indians
were the only visitors, with possibly
an occasional wandering white man,
until in 1886, when Rev. Marcus
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-01-04
Lord CIiYe,s Conrtshin.

About the middle of the last century
a young cadet named AIaskeleyne went
to India, where he became acquainted
with Lord Give. The acquaintance
ripened into intimate friendship and
led to constant association. There hung
in Mr. Maskeleyne's room several por-
traits. among others q miniature which
attracted Lord Gives frequent atten-
ton. One day, after the English mail
had arrived, Give asked MaskeIeyne if
he had received any English letters,
adding: Eve have been very much
misunderstood at home and much cen
sured in English circles. MaskeIeyne
replied that he had, and read to his
friend a letter which he held In his
hand
A day or two afterward Give came
back to ask to have the letter read to
him again. who Is the writer ?" in
quired Give. "AIy sister" was the re-
ply; my sister, whose miniature hangs
there. rs it a faithful representation %
further asked Give. 1T Is, replied
Maskeleyne, Of her face and form, but
it Is unequal to represent the excellence
of her mind and character" "Wel.
Maskeleyne, said Give, taking him
by the hand, "yOu know me well, and
can speak of me as I really am. Do
you think that girl would be induced
to come to India and marry me? In the
present state of affairs dare not hope
to be able to go to England" Maske-
Ieyne wrote home, and so recon-
mended Gives suit that the lady &C
guessed, vent to India, and In 1853
was married at Madras to Give, then
rising to the highest distinction. CHI
cGg0 Times.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-01-04

to the Republic. Before the treaty,
however, was fully concluded, Whit
man paid the forfeit of his life for his
patriotism. being massacred by the In
dians, who were opposed to white set
Element. To this day the United
States Government has never taken
amy measures, even by Congressional
resolutions, to recognize and honor
his services, and worse. the prop
erty, some $50, 600, in buildings,
stock. etc, destroyed or taken
at the time of the massacre has
not been refunded to his heirs The
people of Walla WaIla have named a
college in his honor, and the prosper
Gus and fertile county just across the
river from here, IN Washington Terri
tory, also bears his name.
A fellow-missionary with Whitman
was Spaulding, who settled on Lapwai
Greek, branch of the Clearwater, and
twelve miles above Lewiston. Here
he built the first house in Idaho, which
is still standing. 1t was originally a
two-story building, though only the
ground floor remains. The cut here
with gives a pretty fair idea of how
the structure looks. 1t is now used by
the Indians for stable. In this build
ing the first printing office west of the
mountains, on the Pacific coast. was
established. The material was origi-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-01-04

Whitman, the intrepid missionary, who
saved Washington, Idaho and Oregon
to the Union, once more brought it into
notice. Whitman did not settle at
Lewiston, but went on to Walla Walla,
where he remained until 1912. Learn
ing then that the American Gov
eminent contemplated surrendering
this part of the country to the
British for some privileges to New
England fishermen off the coast of
Newfoundland, under the impression
that Oregon was sterile, worth
less tract, and separated from the
East by impossible mountain barriers,
he made a perilous horseback ride,
alone, across the mountains and plains,
to st. Louis, and thence to Washing
ton, where he succeeded in obtaining
from President Tyler a promise that If
he would demonstrate the fertility of
the country and open a route by lead
ing company of a thousand emigrants
from the Mississippi to the Columbia
and settling them there, this region
now Oregon, Washington and Idaho
thirty-two times as large as Massa-
chusetts, should not he sacri-
feed for a little fish bait. In
the spring of 1S43 Whitman per
formed the required task, and this
immensely rich corner was saved
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-01-04

nalIy sent by the American Board of
Foreign Missions at Boston. in 1909.
to the Sandwich Islands, and IN 1910
was presented by the First Native
Church of Hawaii to the Lapwai Mis-
sion. e. o. Hall came along with it to
set the type. Part of the New Testa-
ment was set up and printed in the Nez
Perez language and distributed among
the Indians. This was the first print
ing on the coast. The press is now in
the State Library at Salem, Oregon.
The Government subsequently estab-
hshed a military post at Lapwai but it
was sbsadOned a couple of years ago.
and the buildings are now used for In
dian schools.
The permanent settlement of Lewis
ton began In 1862, with the discovery
of goid IA the mountains OF Idaho and
Montana. and for years was anOutfitting
point for the miners. Thousands Of
men camped about here during the
first year, and worked the streams for
gold dust Everything was held at in
dated figures. The present Court
House, built for a hotel, cost $50, coo.
common labOrers being paid as high as
$40 q day.
Lewiston was the first capital Of
Idaho Territory, the Legislature meet
ing in separate buildings, as shown In the
sketch, which gives them as they looked
50 their better days. The one to the
right, where the Senators met, IS now
eatable, the other g Chinese laundry,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-01-04

We Offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
say case Of Cetarrh that cannot be cured by
taxing Halls CatarEh Cure.
E. J. CHENEY & CO, Props Ioie4os o.
We, the undersigned. have EnoVQ i. j.
Cheney for the last Is years. and 5stsve
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able TO carry
cut any obligation made by their drn-
WEzsr q TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Tols-
do, Ohio.
IVA1Drsa, KEENAN, & EAEYEI, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Z. II. VAN HUsES. Cashier Xgtoaos Ma
tonal Bank IcLsdos o.
Halls Cat8rEh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and uauoua
suEEacss Of the system EEIcs E6e. per bot
tie Sold By gl5 lEagglsss.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-01-04

while the saloon building sandwiched
in between has tumbled into ruins.
Lewiston OF to-day is q quaint old
town, with pOnderOus water wheels III
nearly every yard, each -profuse with
shade trees and shrubEery. Snake
River is navigable eleven months IN
the year. A branch of the Northern
Pacific Railroad from Spokane Falls is
only ten miles away, with engineers
figuring out some way to get down into
the profound canyon in which the city
stands. The climate of the valleys Of
this section of the Pacific Northwest
about that of Virginia, with resources
which IN time viii make it rich and
pOpulous. MOSES FOLSOM
LEWISTON, Idaho