The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-24

le does DIS Ee-s. Tsa had air is made
worse hy tle smell Of fhr mail. some OF
which is rat ever clean He mgst SORT
his letters frequently when the snip is
rolling ami Titchu- 50 tlat Re- g. difficult
TO maintain Eis footing ou the other
hand. Dies tnl IS less hard than that Of e.
railway postal clerk H. has excellent
food and mas partakc of five meals q
las IF he wishes. There is pleuty OF iolli-
hcluon ol board Dr. De- chooses 90 TAXI
pert in TO- Every evening there is con-
c.rt and lance. AZ New York ana at
the Europeen end of his yoya@es hc has
from Eve DAYS CD "a week OF leisure. and
during hl7 time DEE docs uothlrg except
dodge kilograms. which might convey
orders Tor extra runs If employed on thu
HAMBURG American iiue. his board b. paid
at am hotei .u Hamburg while he Is there.
Uncle sam make h.E money by sending
letters Co f0rcicu countries. The husi-
ness costs him only about Stufet1 per am
mum. aud De- gets Sl.1,na0l for the postage.
10 is very Uhcly thaJ The tariff win be- re-
duccd to Two cents ana ounce before very
LONG, 81 is five cents now. An oui point
about thc International post system is
that registered letters may Pei recalled bA
the sendera at amy time before they are
actually delivered. Not long alo Ger
man bank sent securities, representing O.
large sum of money. tQCa firm tn New
York city. soon afterwards the bank
learned chat the New York iirm was in
solvent and on the point of bankruptcy.
The news being received by cable. a cable
message Wa. sent without delay TO inter-
cept the securities ON their arrival ut New
York. and the registered icttcr containing
them was returned unopened 10 the bank
Great Britain however. does not permit
this privilege. holding chat when person
has mailed "a letter. 30 must he considered
ass the property of the addresses.
fnf nIaHHf ions ~
own country are very odd. Alligators,
dear err alive, cannot lawfully pass through
the United States mails. However, If
stuffed. they are mailable.
Horned toads and other kinds Of toads,
AS well aus frogs. are in no case accepted
by Uncle sam for transportation.
Live bugs are excluded likewise. AZ the
same time. ala sorts of insects are con-
stantly sent through the mail by entomol-
ogists, usually I'm tim boxes. living. Many
are forwarded TO tho department OF agri-
culture from an over the country.
CocOops. representing insects in one OF
the stages Of their Development though
strictly speaking alive, are admitted to
the mails
\ special legislative provision allows
bees TO Doe sent by post IN wooden boxes
constructed in peculiar fashion, with q
sliding lid ana a. bit of wirC screen to pre-
vent the occupants from escaping. ln this
way honey bees are shipped AN over the
world. and even as far as from this coun-
try to Australia. They are admitted to
the United States free ~ duty. as "aui-
mails imported for breeding purposes
Dead bugs OF all sorts Urc accepted by
the government for mailing IL dry. For
example. dried grasshoppcrs viii pass. IL
the farmers of the west ever learn TO
utilize grasshoppers for food. as is done
elsewhere i'm the world, they may be
shipped I'm parcels by uncle Sans post.
For reasons unexplained, AN exception IS
made against tarantulas, which, live or
dead, are excluded This IS simply a uamc
given TO certain large trap-door spiders
in southern attitudes. some of which make
small birds their prey. Ordinary spiders
are permitted TO 80 through, IL dry and
properly packed.
All kinds OF lizards arc unavailable,
whether living or dead. If stuffed they
are not refused. however.
Eggs are absolutely unavailable. So are
explosives. polsons ana Intoxicating liq-
uors. a like prohibition apples TO bad
smelling things Of whatever description.
The bacteria of cholera and other dis-
case germs are not accepted for mall
ing. Nowadays doctors breed such germs
i'm laboratories and send them about by
express or otherwise. Doubtless bottled
consumption typhoid fever aud diphthe.
ria travel over the world pretty exten-
sively by post without being detected by
officials.
1t Is unlawful 10 split postal card and
write Inside of H. That IS To- say, "a card
So treated Is not permitted to pass for /
cent
Two persons in the United States have
the frauking privilege for namely.
the widows of President Grant and Presi-
dent Garfield Letters and packages sent
10y them are free and require no stamps.
Also parcels and letters sent them so
without payment and need no stamps.