davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-04

=
SPRING SHADES,
Soc. Grade
In Blue and White, Brown and White,
Black and White, different size checks;
really worth SOC. yd.
Silk Lustre in the New Shades of Blue.
Brown, Myrtle, Tan and Grey-an extra
good grade.
In Blue and Black, Pure Worsted, Good
Weight n Quality; Regular 5sc.
Cloth.
A Fin and Stylish Lin of Goods-makes
a Neat Tailor-Made Dress-price today
59c. ,yd.
In desirable shades for Tailor Suitings
and in the new shades of Garnet,
Blues, Brown, Myrtle and Black-we
will match this cloth alongside of any
goods of it's kind at 75c. yd.
IN JUST THREE CoLoRs-MARINE,
BROWN AND GARNET-BUT Elk
CEPTIONAL VALUE 69c. I'd.
FOR cH1IaDREN's DREssEs-New
Styles, Washable and S~erviceable, Elk
ceptional Value.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-04
HUDSON COUNTY ORPHANS COURT.

(Sale No. 6612.)
The New Jersey Title Guarantee & Trust Co.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-04

RANDOLPH PERKI Ms.
Attorney for Purchaser. 1
Cert! No. 50S2.)
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-04

(Sale No. 6613.)
The New Jersey Title Guarantee q Trust co
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-04
Colored Dress Goods.

40 INCH ALL WOOL TN An. THE NEW
HENRIETTA, SPRING SHADES.
CSC. YD. SOC. Grade
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-04

fsale No. 5S92.)
The New Jersey Title Guarantee & Trust Co.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-04

CHIIaDREN'S DREsSES-New
Styles, Washable and Serviceable, Elk
ceptional Value.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30
Text Of the Letter Of Attorney
General to President Mckinley.
FAR-REACHIkC IN ITS SCOPE
Plantations, Railroads, Wharf Pri-
vileges and Rights of Way. and
Exchanges Of LANDS Affected.
THE .ATTORNEY-G GENERAL =
OPINION.

AttOrney-General John w.
Griggs in the opinion given below
advises that the sales of public
lands in Hawaii are void. The
Newlands' Resolution provides
that the public lands become the
property of the United States and
can be disposed of only by special
laws. Public lands in Hawaii are
a public trust, to be administered
by Congress alone. Lands must
remain undispOsed of. The Fed
eral President has no authority to
dispose of them. Granting quasi
public franchises, rights and priv
ileges to individuals and corpora
tions ceased to have effect after
annexation.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

burg says that $50 persons left by one
train today.
Right Hon. Sir William Vernon Har-
court, Liberal member of Parliament
for West Monmouthshire and former
leader of the Liberal opposition in the
House of Commons, in the course of
an address TO his constituents this
evening in New Tredgar, said he could
not read the persistent attempts of the
war press to aggravate the Transvaal
situation without Indignation.
Great Britain" said the speaker,
cannot claim general sovereignty in
the Transvaal when she has only par
tial suzerainty. and President Kruger
cannot claim for the Transvaal the pO-
Sition of an international sovereign
state. Both sides, therefore. have
made allegations which cannot be
maintained by either.
Sir William declared that there was
no casus belli, and expressed the hope
that a shameful catastrophe might be
ayerted.
The Cape Town correspondent of the
Daily Mail says: President Kruger
has cabled strong personal appeal to
the Queen beseeching her to intervene
to prevent bloodshed. 1t is about a
column in length and is intended to
Scarify the cOnScienceS of the 'uncO
guild when published. Sir Alfred Mil
ner has written a courteous message
to President Steyn, assuring him thai.
the northward march of the British
troops is not meant as menace to the
Orange Free State, and requesting to
be informed regarding the latter's at
titude. Reliable information has been
received here that a large command Of
Free State burghers has been cOncen-
frof fn1 cl,of ho Dnp v<aVy
border Two hundred burghers were
dispatched to that point from Bloem-
fontein during &he past week. If the
Free State Joins the Transvaal the
first battle is likely to be fought at
BoshOf. The Cape Cabinet has deter
mined to prolOng The session of the
Assembly indefinitely so that it may
be sitting when hostilities begin.''
According to the Cape Town corre-
spondent of the Daily News, President
Kruger, in his personal appeal to Her
Majesty, addresses the monarch as
Dear Queen"
The johannesburg correspondent OF
the Morning Post says: "The Boer
preparations are as complete as the
Government can hope to make them.
1t is believed that martial law will be
proclaimed on Thursday if no reply
has been received from England by
that time. II is understood that the
dispatching of British troops to South
Africa will be regarded as casus bel
Ii. The Boer officers are urging the
Government to begin hoStilities forth
with. 1t is felt that the Orange Free
State can be best forced to action by
successful military demonstration on
the part of the Transvaal."
A special dispatch from Rome says
the Italian Government, in reply to
President Kruger's request for inter-
vention, has advised him to yield.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30
Big Vaudeville Performances.

The Orpheum had it's usual big time
last night. The program is bright and
catchy and contains some very strong
features. The opening act by the stock
company, entitled THE SCULPTOR" is
costumed beautifully. Mr.. Boggs did
some splendid character work. Arm
strong and O'Neil did some very clever
work with the gloves in their act,
Fun in Club" Travelle's perform
ance was of high order He is in
Producing some new and novel tricks
in magic which are very interesting.
Tonight the same strong bill will be
presented. Remember the children's
grand matinee this afternoon at 2
o'clock
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30
KEARSARGE'S TRIAL TRIP.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2O.-The battle
ship Kearsarge will leave the Brook
lyn Navy Yard tomorrow morning for
Boston. The vessel will be taken out
of the drydock today and is now in
hrst-class trim for her official trial,
which will take place over the Cape
Ann course on Monday. On Friday or
Saturday private test of the ships
powers will be made over the course
by her builders. She will then be ia
ken back to Boston, where she will
take on the Government board of in
spectiOn for her official trial.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30
FEW REBELS UNDER ARMS.

MANILA, Sept. 2O.-Cable reports
from Iloilo concerning the results of
General Bates second trip among the
Southern islands indicate that only
about 400 rebels at Zamboanga refuse
to recognize American authority.
Pending the outcome in the Island OF
Luzon, the city Of Zamboanga is prac-
tically deserted. The rebels are in
camp four miles in the country. The
Moros and Filipinos are unfriendly
and disturbances between them are
liable to occur. JolO Is quiet and the
natives continue friendly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30
The St. Andrews Fair.

the Sewing Society of st. Andrews Ca
thedral will be held in the cathedral
grounds today and promises to be as
enjoyable as any of it's predecessors. In
addition TO the usual flower, fancy,
candy, sewing and refreshment booths
there will be Hawaiian and Fijian Gu
rio tables.
The Emerald Quintette Club will be
in attendance all day. Doors open
9: so d. m
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30
LANDS DISPOSED OF.
And Total Amount Received by the
Government Therefor.

The total amount of land disposed of
by the government, since the act of
annexation was passed, is 1O,423 acres.
In this amount is 1888 acres granted
to the Olaa Coffee Co. and 9S acres
granted to the Honolulu Sugar Co.
There are about 42O persons and cor
porations who have received grants.
The tot i amount received from pur-
chasers is S57,37133
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

SANITARIUM. - 1882
King ST.; Tel. $50. DR.. Luella S.
Cleveland, medical superintendent.
Hours a. m. to 5 p. M; methods of
Battle Creek, Mich, Sanitarium;
baths of every description; trained
nurses in bath rooms as we'll as in
sick room; massage and manual
movements; electricity in every
form; classified dietary, etc.; ample
facilities for thorough examination.
DR.. G. L. Garvin, consulting physi-
clan and surgeon.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30
Plantation Statistics

B. F. Dillingham; is having gathered
statistics in regard to all the Island
in the form of a handbook. He VIII
make use of the book on his visit to
the States, where he contemplates go
ing next month.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30
DIAZ GRANTED A LEAVE

CITY OF MEXICO, Sept. 2O.-The
Senate and Chamber of Deputies in
joint session this morning at 1I:3O
O'Clock, by unanimous vote, granted
to President Diaz twenty-one days'
leave of absence to visit Chicago
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30
REMNANT SALE.

An early call should be made at the
remnant clearing sale at L. B. Kerr's.
Many bargains are included, and the
first to come will secure them. The
very low prices put on them ke for
cash only.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

TAUGHT IN SIX MONTHS
New quick method; special attention
given to adult beginners. Terms So
monthly. Address Musician" Ad-
vertiSer office
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

P. SILVA.-Agent to take acknowledg-
ments to instruments, district of Ko-
ma, Oahu; at w. G.. Achi's Office,
King ST., near Nuuanu.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

ANNIS MONTAGUE TURNER.-Vocal
Instruction; terms by the lesson or
month; commencing on and after the
10th of July, "MIGNON"; 72O Bere-
tania ST., Honolulu.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
MUSIC.

COOKS MUSIC SCHOOL.-Love Bldg,
Fort ST.; Piano, Voice Culture, Sing
ing and Harmony; especial attention
paid to touch, muscular control and
musical analysis.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

MRS. B. F. McCALL-Latest designs
in Tailor Made Evening, Dinner
Gowns, and Wedding Trousseau, 73
Beretania st.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

LESSONS GIVEN IN THE ART of
Magic Illusions, etc., by the only
Travelle. Address or call at Orphe-
um Theater.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

j. MORGAN.-Opal Merchant, Jeweler
and Lapidary; Opal Cutting a Spe-
cialty; No. 2 School ST., near bridge.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

GUIDE THROUGH HA-
WAII.-Price 60c: beautifully illus
trated. For sale by all newsdealers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

LORRIN ANDREWS.--Of1ce with
Thurston e Carter, Merchant ST.,
next to postoffice.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

DIR. l. MORI-136 Beretania ST., be-
tween Emma and Fort; Tel. 277; p.
O. box 843; Office hours 9 to IL a. M.
and to p. M; Sundays 8 to IL
q m
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

ACTII & JOHNSON CIV. c.. Achi and
Enoch Johnson) Office No. 10 West
King ST.; Tel. 884.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

DIR. A. N. SINCLAIR.-413 King ST.,
next to the Opera House; Office hours
to 10 a. M, to p. M, to 8 p. m. !;
Sundays IL NJ. to 2 p. M; Tel. TAI.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

DIR. A. G. POSEY.-Specialist for Eye,
Ear, Throat and Nose Diseases and
Catarrh; Masonic Temple; hours to
II a. NJ, to and to 8 p. m.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

DIR. T. MITAMURA. - Consulting
rooms 427 Nuuanu ST.; p. o. box S42;
Tel. 1872; residence 524 Nuuanu ST.;
hours to II a. m. and to p. M;
Sundays to p. m.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

7. B. CLAPHAM.-Veteri Surgeon
and Dentist. Office Hotel Stables;
calls, day or night, promptly ans
wered; specialties obstetrics and
lameneSs.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

j. A. BUTTERFIELD.-C and
Builder. Store and Office fittings,
shop and repair work; Bell Tower
Bldg. Union ST.; Tel 702.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

DIR. WALTER HOFFMAN.-Beretan
ST., opposite Hawaiian Hotel; office
hours to 10 a. M, to 3 p. M, to
p. m.; Sundays to 10 a. m.; Tel.
$40; p. .. box SOL.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
ATTORNEYS.

ATKINSON e JUDD "a. l.. c. Atkin-
son and Albert F. Judd, Jr)-Office
over Bishop & Co.'S bank, cor Mer-
chant and Kaahumanu SITS.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30
MISCELLANEOUS.

F. d. CREAMY, ABB, (Harv.)-Pri-
vate Tutor, with especial reference
to preparation for college. Office cor.
King and Bethel Sts.; Tel. 62 and
SOC; p. 0. box 759.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

MRS. A. B. TUCKER.-Vocal Studio,
High School grounds, Emma ST.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30
DRAUGHTSMAN.

T. D. BEASLEY.-Plantat and To-
biographical Maps Speciality; room
3O6, Judd Bldg; Tel. 633.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

FREDERICK w. JOB.-Suite 815, Mar
Quette Bldg, Chicago, ILL.,; Hawaiian
Consul General for States of Illinois,
Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Wiscon-
sin.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30
THE OPINION AT LENGTH.

Following is a copy Of the letter from
Attorney General Griggs to President
Mckinley, Oh which the recent procla
nation was based:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

LYLE A. DICKEY.-King and Bethel
Sts.; Tel. S06; P. o. box 7S6.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

DR. C. B. HIGH.-Philadelph Dental
College 1892; Masonic Temple; Tel.
31S
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30
OPTICIANS.

5. E. LUCAS.-Love Bldg, Fort St.,
upstairs; P. O. box 351. I carry a full
from the CHEAPEST to the BEST.
Free Examination of the Eyes.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

DR. TOMIZO KATSUNUMA.-Vete
nary Surgeon. Skin diseases of all
kinds q specially. Office room IL,
Spreckels Bldg; hours 9 to 4; Tel.
474; residence Tel. 1893.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30
CONTRACTORS.

wM. T. PATY.-Contractor and Build
er. Store and Office fitting; brick,
wood or stone building; shop Palace
Walk; residence Wilder Ave-, near
Kewalo.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

GEO H. HUDDY, D.D.S.-Fort St.. op-
posite Catholic Mission; hours from
9 a. m. to p. m.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

WILLIAM SAvIDGE.-Real Estate in
all Parts of the Islands bought or
sold; No. 80 Fort St.; McInerny Blk.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30

c. J. FALK.-Member Honolulu Stool
Exchange: room 3O1 Judd Bldg.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-30
ENGINEERS.

JAMES T. TAYLOR, M. Am. Soc. c. E.
Consulting Hydraulic Engineer;
SOC Judd Blk, Honolulu.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-07

Peter the Great hated Moscow, and,
above all, that stronghold of Oriental
intrigue and moral darkness, the
Kremlin. If | remember right, says a
writer, he never inhabited the palace
within its walls after he was a child.
The old palace is a network of incredi
bly, small, low, ill-ventilated rooms,
some little bigger than closets, painted
in green's, blues and reds, after the
Swedish fashion; rooms which seem,
even to-day, to reek of plots, intrigue
and murder.
insisted on sleeping in the bed of Peter
the Great when he occupied the
Kremlin in 1912. The bed of the boy
Peter fitted the hero of Austerlitz to a
nicely. 1t is a very abbreviated couch
In the very heart Of this Oriental pail
ace, with no window which gives on
the outer day and the open air, is the
terem, or women's quarters.
The ladies, even the Tsaritza and the
sisters of the Tsar, were only permitted
to look down into the hall of corona
ton through carved wooden lattice
just as ladies do in the East. When
they went out it was in a curtained lit
ter. When Peter mounted the throne
Of the Tsars, the women of Russia
were Orientals, imprisoned more rig
orously than the ladies of Constanti-
nople to-day.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-07
STORIES OF ANIMALS,
Illustrating the sense of the Elephant
and the Horse.

From the huge elephant to the tiny
ant, the entire animal kingdom offers
stories and facts which should enlist
the sympathies and engage the inter-
ests OF the human being who has, in
quaint, od-fashioned speech, "domin-
ion over them"
In the whole animal creation there
is not to be found creature more in
telligent, more easily managed or more
likely to become the friend of man than
the elephant. The natives of India,
recognizing this, treat him with ven
Grafton and respect; but, on the other
hand, the ferocious brutishness of the
African negroes, melted by the Grim
inal cupidity of Arab and European
ivory merchants, transforms into
savage beast an animal best suited by
Mature to be mans associate.
A Hindoo hunter was once known to
have become so fond of an elephant
which he had caught and tanned that
rather than have his tusks sawed off
for the sake of the ivory he allowed
himself to live in penury
A famous general once said: "The
most pteous thing after a battle is the
sight of wounded horses. The men are
cared for, but the poor horses are left
TO die in agony"
The horse enters into the spirit Of a
battle like a human being. He shows
no fear Of death and no sign of panic
in all the wild tumult of the battles
din. A horse in one of the batteries
in the Murfreesboro' fight had his skull
split by piece of shell so that one
side was completely loosened. The
driver turned him loose, but he walk
ed up to the side of the gun and watch
ed the firing, following the shots with
his gaze as if to note their effect on
the enemy. When he saw the team he
had worked with being driven back for
ammunition he ran to his old place and
galloped back with the rest, and when
an officer pushed him aside to have
another horse put in he gazed at the
newcomer with most sorrowful ex-
preston in his eyes. Then, seeming
to realize that the glory of battle was
no more for him. he walked slowly
away, lay down and died. The officer
who owned him declared that it was
not the wound, but a broken heart,
that killed him.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-07
MCLAUGHLIN BROTHERS.
The Rise, Career ana End Of Tive "Baa
Men" Of the Frontier.

The Rise. Career ana Fad of Tive "BAA
/ Men" Of the Frentier.
/ ''One Of the leading papers Of New
York printed a story a few days ago"
remarked an old reporter, telling how
the typical bad man Of the frontier
has gradually become extinct. 1t was
very interesting. and mentioned num-
Der of noted desperadoes, among others
the famous Mclaughlin brothers. kill
ed in Arizona in 1889 l happened to
know a good deal about these brothers,
and they were really very remarkable
people They differed in one important
particular from all other Western cele-
brities-they didn't exist. No, I'm not
joking. They were unveiled in about
1878 for the edification of the numerous
'tenderfeet' who were thronging into
the Colorado silver district. In those
days stories of frontier adventure were
in great demand. and the noted desper-
ADDE'S of the region were used as central
figures in hundreds of purely magma
tive yarns spun by enthusiastic report
ers. The only trouble about it was that
the desperadoes themselves would oc-
casionally kick, so it occurred to a we'll
known scribbler, named Billy Taylor,
to manufacture a couple of real bad
men about whom he could romance
with safety. Accordingly he created
the Mclaughlin brothers, and, just as
he expected, they were taken up by the
pa1arc For apd wido and their pyDlOits
soon became the talk of the West. Tay-
lor presently acquired wide reputa-
ton for nerve by the fearless manner
in which he roasted these dangerous
men, particularly the younger brother,
Silas Mclaughlin, who butchered nine
cowboys at Santa Fe because one of
them stepped on his foot. 'Red-handed
miscreant,' 'dastardly assassin and
'rope-ripe ruffian' were some of the pet
names he applied to him, in spite Of
the warnings of admiring friends.
Eventually the brothers became so
firmly established in the public mind
that any doubt as to their actuality
would have been secuted, and to this
day you can find scores of men all over
the frontier who Will swear that they
have met and conversed with them.
don't know how the story of their
death originated, but | dare say some
oId-timer concluded that the joke had
gone about far enough, and killed them
on the same principle that Cervantes
finished off Don Quixote."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-07-07

An interesting story is going the
rounds of the jewelry trade relative
to the wanderings of 500 diamond.
It seems that the jewel was placed in
a small box, marked Value $780," and
given to a boy to take to an express
office, after first mailing some letters
in the mail box in the lower hall Of
the building. The boy was given
cent with which to pay the revenue
tax, and when the boy returned with
the penny and was asked about the
diamond he decided that he must have
dropped the box with the letters in the
mail box, and then the trouble began
One man was sent to watch the collec-
ton of the mail in the lower hall and
another man was sent to the postoffice
to explain the situation and to obtain
the help of the postoffice officials in
the recovery of the missing box. No
trace of the little package could be
found, either in the mail box or at the
postofice, and it is said that many Of
the postal clerks went home that night
feeling blue, to say the least. The box
was addressed to a business firm in
Providence, and the next morning a let
ter carrier appeared before this man
and said:
This is funny thing. Here's some
thing marked Value $780, and there's
no stamp on it except one for postage
due"
The citizen, as he opened the pack
age, said
well, that's pretty good. There must
be a lot of honest men in the postal
service. I'm much obliged to 'em.
They've saved me lot of money in the
way of express charges
1t is not on record that he said any,
thing more to the point.