The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1895-08-08
4 RED TAPE STORY.
A Man Who aFailod a Silver Ealf
Dollar to Eagi1ad.
y hat lie Received for E.is Coin - lie &c
sian locking for t.Ie Parcr IIo
Tried 20 rcry A unny
Experience.

Next time William Arnold wants
q back number of some British
weekly he will inclose a live-dollal
OH IN an envelope and mail it TO the
Puo'lShers He has just had little
experience in foreign trade which
makes him feel that way. saws the
Chicago Times.
Every Friday when he l2a1cs the
pank Gown town he drops into a
news store and buys lot of tech
meal papers. His hobby is naval af-
'1aii's and he knows more about bat
tleships and cruisers than many a
naval officer.
IN an Issue OF the London paper
E, not long ago there was 4
tong article descriptive of two new
fast steamers. The copies for sale
were gone when Mr. Arnold called
Mt the news store. Next day he
stuck half dollar into hole in a
piece Of cardboard. lie also wrote
q note to the London publisher ask
ing for copy Of The paper. Then
he covered both with an cnyelope,
put a five-ccnt stamp en- the corner
and dropped it into a box hung on q
lamp post. The papcr cost the Eng
lish equivalent to aquarter, and Mr..
Arnold believed he was quite liberal
in remitting another quarter for ex.
penscssand 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 a
letter, square of English postage
stamps, and his own envelope
dropped out The envelope was a
sight. a big blue cross vas pen
ciled on its face, along with half a
dozen stamp prints showing various
figures and letters. On the back a
little printed notice covered the flap.
1t read:
caution = Valuable Enclosures
should never be forwarded in unreg-
istered letters, as they incur serious
risk thereby, while if sent in regis
tered letters they are practically
safe. With the view of giving great
iler security to such packets and to
protect the servants of the post Of
fee from temptation, al letters un-
questionaDly containing coin, jewel |
ry or watches are registered, even
though no application has been made |
for registration, and in such cases a
special registration fee of eight |
pence is levied. This letter has been
Registered because it contains coin. "
When he laid that down he looked |
at the stamps. There were just elev-
en- of them, all stuck together, each
OF the value of one penny. But the
letter was revelation. After po-
litely informing Mr. Arnold that the
paper was out of print, the writer
explained: From the cnvelopeI
which covered your letter, and which
/ now return, you will sec that we
had to pay one shilling and one
penny before we could get it from
the post Office, as it is contrary to
postal regulations in this country to
inclose coin in en- unregistered let
ter, and the practice of the post Of
fee is to register the letter compul-
sorily and charge special fee of
eight pence. Your letter was alseI
overweight, and the charge for this
was five pence, making up, as above
stated, one shilling and one penny.
send you herewith English stamps.
value eleven pence, as the balance of
the TWO shillings remitted by you"
Mr.. Arnold figures that he has re-
,eivcd 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.