Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-12-22
PAID FOR HIS EXPERIENCE.
Mr.. Arnold's Ignorance of British Pos
tai Laws Cost HIM just 90 Cents.

From the Chicago Times.
Next time William Arnold wants a back
number of some British weekly he Will in
close a So bill in an envelope and mall it to
the publishers. He has just had little ex-
perience in foreign trade, which makes
him feel that way.
Every Friday when he leaves the bank
down town he drops into news store and
buys lot of technical papers His hobby
is naval affairs, and he knows more about
battle ships and cruisers than many
naval officer. N
In an issue of the London paper E,
not long ago, there was q long article de-
scriptive of two new fast steamers. The
copies for sale here We're gone when Mr..
Arnold called at the news store. Next day
he stuck half a dollar into hole In q
piece OF cardboard. He also wrote a note
to the London publisher asking for u copy
OF the paper Then he covered both with
an envelope, put a fiVe-cent stamp on the
corner and dropped it into box hung on a
lamp-poSt. The paper costs the tingHSh
equivalent to a quarter and Mr. Arnold
believed he was quite liberal in remlttink
another quarter for expenses and postage
A bulky letter with an English stamp in
the corner was dropped on his desk by the
postman the other day. When he cut the
END open letter, square OF English post
age stamps, and his own envelope dropped
out. The envelope was q sight. A big blue
cross was penciled on it's face, along with
nal1 dozen stamp prints showing various
hgures and letters. On the back little
printed notice covered the Zap. 1t read:
Caution - Valuable Enclosures should
never be forwarded in unregistered letters,
as they incur serious risk thereby, while
If sent in registered letters they are Irac-
tically safe. With the view of giving
greater security to such packets and L
protect the servants of the post office from
temptation, all letters unquestionabiy co.,
tanning coin, jewelry, or watches are regis
tered, even though no application has bee
made for registration, and in such cases
special registration fee of pence is levieC
This letter has been registered because
contains COIN"
When he laid that down he looked at IL.
stamps. There were just eleven of ther-
all stuck together, each of the value &.
one penny. But the letter was a revelation.
After politely informing Mr. Arnold tia
the paper was out Of print the writer ex-
planned: From the envelope which cover
ed your letter and which / now return Won
Will see that we had to pay | shilling and ]
penny before We could get X from the post
Office, as 1t is contrary to postal regula-
items in this country to inclose coin in an
unregistered letter. and the practice of the
post ONCE is to register the letter Compul-
sorfly and charge a special fee of s pence.
Your letter was also overweight, and the
charge for this was pence, making up,
as above stated, | shilling and | penny. |
send you herewith English stamps, value
IL pence, as the balance Of the shillings
RENTED by you"
Mr.. Arnold figures that he has received
for his half dollar
One letter of explanation.
Eleven useless English stamps
One beautifully marked envelope
one lot of experience,
He is looking for copy of the paper yet.