The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-29

as SOFT ana Dulff as etcchbaShf "hi~'
may be felt through the envelope, we
can give YOU postal note for 3 cents.
This Is printed n a tin, stiff paper. OF
n size which will lie TIT In an ordinary
folded letter shet. De clerk and let
ter carriers might harlle your letter al
dav and they void meier guess from the
feeling what WIS indie of IT, Wnen
your correspondent REEVES IL ne can
take IL TO the Post Office anu set IL
cashed or hank IL he would piece
of money. or use Il topay his grocer OF
send II away IL ktter himself, ior
il is good at any Post Office In 'he oHie
ed States and n anbodys hahus' %
long as II is pnsentd for redeinp''ors
within three months from the day 20
issue. But this very onNeh.s"Se -
chief drawback Of TN posta, ny ,oId
- !, {, ,,.o,,Id he the anne as money IN
his hands. .,o, ara
.rf absolute safety Is what you are
ms, onx,ous 10 secure we can give you
money order. This IL pretty nearly as
Good az a bank chez. We send rom
here a private letter | auVice eo''..-s.
ing your name. and pen your vi
pondent receives you're 1er nc e"'
lect the money on ohiy W ,s
- sent n 20 him an by being himself
,aa,,,eed az the persu' in whose favor
1, 4, drawn or else y endorsing II 70
so,,ehodv who Is know at the Post Once
,rhts vou see. Is a de'ded advantage on
the score Of safety. Bt. more than that'
~ vour order should b stolen or destroy
"a the Government bids itself resDon-
s,tlo and n YOU coiply with certain
roo,iromenrs. will issu you new order.
No
~ ANYTHING happens { your postal note.
Tho had feature abou the money order.
however. is that II On be cashed only
~ the post Office on shich it is drawn
II Won have II drawn n Carson City, for
Instance. and your correspondent happens
TO have gone 20 SantaFe and left word
TO have his mail forwsded to him there
the Postmaster at Sata Fe won't cash
his order for him. he only thing he
can do is 10 indorse TO somebody who
can collect II at the Carson City Post
Office. which in man cases might be
incDnvenient. On account of the addl-
tional security surrounding the money
order. we charge NOR for II than for
postal note. A five-Ollar order would
cost YOU s cents, anda ten-dollar order
& cents. n rfteen-dollr order 10 cents,
and so on upward.
"Then. again, there Is the registered
letter. You give us yur envelope, sealed
and Endorsed in your own handwriting.
We know nothing abor its contents. You
may have put only love letter in II,
or a $1,000 GovernmOt bond; II is all
the same to us and ne price OF registry
is Uniform for everyhing-S cents. This
| process has the advantage OF absolute
| secrecy for you DIRT have 10 take
single soul into yon confidence. IL has
the further adyantle of assuring you
that whatever you snd reaches its des-
| tination for we reftse to deliver ii TO
any one except the person addressed.
who must either pieent himself in per-
son and be identified or give us his au-
| thority IN writing TO deliver 1t to some
body else whose Justification we require
| in the same way ant whoever receives It
| is Obliged 10 give Is a written receipt
| in his own Handwriting. which we send
| back TO you without expense. This makes
a good deal Of dffernce If you are max
| ing a payment 10 slippery creditor, or
| If you are sending abill to a debtor who
| might want 10 makebelieve he had never
| heard from you. In any such case you
have his own signalre TO confront him
with The safety ofthe registered letter
is pretty well guardd. Every Post Office
official through wt3se hands it passes
has 10 account fo' II TO the one from
whom he received q; so that, II it is
lost. IL can be triced by our vouchers
to the very point s.rcro II disappeared
| even inc the haiGs Of the carrier who
took IL out 20 deliver. Registered letters
do sometimes go astray. but the risk
| attending loss on theft is too great TO
| make either carelessncss or dishonesty
| profitable The government does not hold
| itself responsible TO you. but the last
| Postmaster or aerk or carrier who is
| found 10 have had your letter in his
| possession is likely to lose his official
head, ard, IL tie evidence Of croolsedness
is strcrs agairst him. is liable to 90 TO
| the Stale prison for a term Of years
| "Finaly, II your great object is speed,
You MY find 1t best 10 use the special
deliver. We sell you a peculiar kind
| Of tercent stamp, which you put on
| your litter, besides the two-cent stamp.
| It's regular postage. The instant the let
| ter IL taken out Of the box into which
| you ,rop It. # is hurried into the first
| mai. on top Of the whole pile of other
| letter, with the stamp sticking up. 80 as
| 20 otch the eye OF every clerk who
| hands the package. When It reaches
| the fiwn to which It is addressed II Is
| pickle out without an instant's delay
| and mt 10 your correspondent by a spec
| ial Messenger. so that If the ordinary
| carrie deliveries are infrequent, II may
| read its destination one. two, three. or
| four hours before IL would If left 10
| take the usual course. The messenger
| who delivers 10 takes with him a book.
| I'm Vlich Ne recipient OF the letter signs
| a receipt. noting the hour and minute,
| so tar II any question ever arises after
| war YOU can have The messengers book
| huned IN. and nail the whole thing down
| Will great eyactness.
| 80. YOU see. we have something to
| NEE every need, and the way TO make
sure If the best results IS to choose Just
| the right thing n you are sending some
] thing whose value you don't care much
about, bit which you are in a great nur-
| ~ 10 push through. don't register but
| use the lspecial delivery. Ii you are
| sending pmethlng which you are in no
haste abjut. but you want 10 make abb
solutelv lure. with your own eyes, that
| the ricbI person has received il, don't
! bother with money orders or special De-
| livery letters. but use the registry. II
| Won are ending a sum of money simply,
| ana find in inconvenient TO use a check
or draft. but want to assure the same
! safety oI payment. and don't mind let
| ting the Post Office people know what
| Won are doing. take out money order.
| II the AMOUNT you are sending is toe
| small TO worry about, and all you care
for is d send 1t in some form which
won't thl tales through the envelope
buy a Rstal note. Uncle sam mas siVei
| Won ouie a choice between cents anc
| N youl thought at first that all these