The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-12-17

separated. It carries across the sea
some tender lovers message or perhaps
a little flower picked from the dalsied
| gsavc OF an English churchyard. Every
hour OF every day the commonplace
| mail bag Is packed with the secrets OF
life, words which walen love and
laughter, and words which deepen the
furrow in the cheek and dim the falling
sight with bitter tears.
But with all this there Is GolnG on
| through the mali service a dlssemina-
] ton Of human knowledge, reaching
out Of human help which is one Of the
GROWING blessings OF our century. The
correspondence schools led by Chautau-
qua, are sending to every village and
hamlet the broader knowledge which 10
so eagerly craved by many who are smut
in to the homely duties OF a humble
life. Without the mall system this plan
OF education would be utterly non-ex-
istent
Every mail, too, carries from the
great centers, the advice OF great phys!-
| clans, which IL would be impossible for
the distant public to obtain were II rot
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 postofiice building
| In Buffalo. n. Y, some light was thrown
on this subject by the statement that
the mail by DR.. r. V. Pierce amounted
daily 70 something over 1900 pieces.
OF course this is not q common case, be-
cause DR.. Plerce's relation as ehiet con-
sultIng physician to Bufnlo's famous
| institution, The Invallds' Hotel and sur
gicnl Institute, makes his advice and
that OF his stan OF nearly 4 score OF
skilled and experienced specialists much
sought after, especially by woman, to
the treatment and cure OF whose special
diseases, DR.. Pierce has devoted over
thirty years Of almost constant labor.
But though this example is out OF the
ordinary, II may serve as an evidence OF
the amazing benefits reaped by the
public from the mail service. II puts eY-
cry outlaying hamlet in touch with the
most advanced medical specialism OF
the day. 1t gives at the cost OF a two
cent stamp, the skill and experience that
1t has taken years to acquire. Literally
at the cost of two-cent stamp, since
Or. Pierce invites sick women to con-
suit him by letter without charge. And
this would seem to be one of the most
remarkable services rendered By the
| postal system, perhaps the supreme
service OF all. For while It 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 learn
Ing OF great professors while working In
the Michigan woods, 1t is still grand-
er thing that by means OF this cheaply
supplied service men like DR.. Pierce,
who have the disposition to be helpful
are enabled to place their skill and
knowledge. at the disposal OF those who
are being dragged down by disease
without the possibility OF help from
those about them. When one contem-
plates the vast and far reaching bene-
FITS OF the mail service, so briefly touch
ed upon In this article, 1t makes the IA
milIar gray uniform OF the postman.
The mos, glorious OF all uniforms, for It
is worn by the soldiers OF the ARMY. OF
peace II makes one feel like taking
his hat OFT To the on-rushinE mail train,
and cheering the work and wisdom OF
Uncle Sam.