The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-23

sage or perhaps little flower picked from
the daisied grave of an English church
yard. Every hour of every day the com
monplace mail bag is packed with the Sc
.crets of life, words which waken love and
laughter, and words which deepen the fur
row in the cheek and dim the failing
sight with bitter tears.
But with all this there is going on
through the mail service a dissemination
OF human knowledge, reaching out of
human help which is one of the crowning
blessings of our century. The CORE
pondence schools led by Chautauqua, are
sending TO every village and hamlet the
broader knowledge which is so eagerly
craved by many who are shut in to the
homely duties of humble life Without
the mail system this plan of education
would be utterly non-existent
Every mail. too, carries from the
great centers, the advice of great 'physi-
clans, which it would be impossible for
the distant public to obtain were il not
for the mails. Few people realize how
many thousand people depend on the mail
service for medical treatment. Not long
ago when some postal affairs were being
discussed in connection with the erection
of the new postoffice building in Buffalo
N. Wv some light was thrown on this
subject by the statement that the mail by
Dr. r. V. Pierce amounted daily to some
thing over 1900 pieces. OF course this is
not a common case, because DR.. Pierce's
relation as chief consulting physician to
Buffalo's famous institution, the InValds
Hotel and Surgical Institute, makes his
advice and that of his staff of nearly a
score of skilled and experienced special
lists much sought after especially by wo-
men, to the treatment and cure of whose
special diseases, DIR. Pierce has devoted
over thirty years of almost constant labor
But though this example is out of the
ordinary, it may serve as an evidence of
the amazing benefits reaped by the public
from the mail service. 1t puts every out
laying hamlet in touch with the most adj
vanced medical specialism of the day. 1t
gives at the cost of two-cent stamp, the
skill and experience that it has taken
years to acquire. Literally at the cost of
a two-cent stamp, since DR.. Pierce invites
sick women to consult ian by letter with
out charge. And this would seem 10 be
one of the most remarkable services rem
dered by the postal system, perhaps the
supreme service of all For while il is a
splendid thing to be able to shop in New
York while living In Kansas, and a grand
thing TO be able to command the learning
of great professors while working in the
Michigan woods, 1t is still grander thing
that by means of this cheaply supplied
service men like DIR. Pierce, who have the
disposition to be helpful are enabled to
place their skill and knowledge, at the dis
posal Of those who are being dragged
down by disease, without the possibility
of help from those about them. When
one contemplates the vast and far-reach-
ing benefits of the mail service so briefly
touched upon in this article, it makes the
familiar gray uniform of the postman, the
most glorl>us of all uniforms for it is
worn by the soldiers of the army of peace.
1t makes one feel like taking his hat off
to the on-rushing mail train, and cheering
the work and wisdom of Uncle Sam.