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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-03-21
POSTMASTER
IMPOSED ON
lnquirers Every Day Forget 10 En-,
close Stamp Tor Reply

w A. staver ~ 1854 South Moore
street. South otiumwa, Iowa. has
writtrn to Postmaster Stewart re-
questinR that official 20 send him the
names u all Of the machine shops
IN Seattle. lie wants the iuforma-
ton pretty badly. judging from the
manner II his letter. but not badly
enough 20 enclose a 7-csnt stamp Dor
a reply,
Postmaster Stewart says he gets
hundreds 81 such letters. which arc
probably written BY people Wha
think the postmaster has the frank
ing privileges % the United States
malls, and that therefore there Is no
need 20 enclo@r stamp for reply.
A large number Of letters ~ this
nature receive attention from tho
postmaster. his rule being "a answer
any Inquiries that win benefit the
city.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-03-21
! THIS AND THAT.

MlRslsaIpip has no game lave.
France now has t,2Sso1T acres o.
vineyards
Tho sarth'a opulatlan douhIsu ev.
try 80 year,
The hast German wheat rrbp was
g per cent below tha, ~ 1900.
The last census shows Increased
growth Of the small towns.
Thres-f0urths ~ the people q Cuba
depend for a livelihood upon the
sugar crop
New York has lost large share ~
is -four export business 20 Newport
News
Swimming and NE saving r. "a part
Of the course In New Zcalands pub
DC schools.
The population of Canada increased
iob Per cent In the decade from 1921
% 1901
Automobile which have fangc
outside a pneumatic tire are being
used Tor scouting on tho Transyaal
railways.
An el-rtric motor car recently
doubled the length ~ Great Britain.
travelling 100 miles az IN expense Of
5 cents a mile
The wircieaa telephone ~ Arm
strong and Orilug "a attracting mark
ed attention from scientists az well
a. users Of tho telephone.
HavFe, France. has tho largest rof
Zee market IN tho world The amount
Of that commodity IN its warehouses
seldom falls below 100000 haks.
The Liverpool town hail clock was
stopped during the recent storm in
England, owing 20 itH works having
froSen.
Omciai figures show that te17s
British subjects were residing IN
Germany when the last census ~
that couRtFy was taken.
haul Of herring which sold for
over $500 was taken from the English
channel IN four hours by "a BouloRue
fishing smack
Artillery can fire 1000 yards on Sal
iabury Plain entirely over war office
land. This is BY far the longest
range in the British isles
The record for rapid slnughterinE
has been made by an Indlapaolis
packing house ~ turning 1908 hoks
into products within five hourH.
The largest circulation attained for
a novel IN Germany iH that Of "Fkka-
hard" by Sohamel, and IL has reach
ed but 10000 IN 80 years
BaimoralH memorial 10 the late
Victoria VIII soon Doe nulnhed. n
consists Of q gray granite obeilsk.
and stands on the rising ground be-
fore tho castle
The greatest bay I'm tho world in
that " Bengal Measured in "a
straight line from the two iuclnalng
pcuinsulnH itH extent I'm all ia about
100000 square miles.
In Gayway city. whore there AZ one
public house Tor every 100 lnhabi-
tants, a movement has been started
10 induce the magistrates 10 refuse
new licenses.
The agricultural department now
requires a larger appropriation for
It's administration than any other
department Of the government cx-
cept the treasury,
out Of the 4iG6 employees IN the
transportation ana telegraph service
OF the Austrian state railroads only
1902 have been trained ln technical
schools.
Nearly 1000 tons Of South African
and Australian wool have passed
through Dover and Calais recently.
consigned 60 manufacturing towns In
Northern France.
within 10 years a German publish
,r has Issued trAnslations Of i've Of
me most read English and American
novels. No one ~ them has had q
,ale Of ~ many as 1000 copies.
King Edward has put typewHting
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-03-21
RENTS FOR
P. 0. BOXES
Authorities at Washington
Fix Annual Rates

The following letter has been re-
oelved by the editor Of the Star:
"wili you kindly give the reason IN
your paper for the advance OF the
postofiice lock boxes from 81 10 81 30
por quarter from April ~ Also. who
has the right 10 regulate the cost 81
such aerviceG"
The local postonice officials this
morning gave % the Star the in
formation asked Tor in the above let
ter.
The service IN all postofiices IL reg
ulaied from the postal department
Rt Washington. -. 9. No postmaster
az any ONCE. big or little. has the
right To- set price on boxes.
postmaster may recommend "A
rate, but he must base such recon
mondaiion upon the actual gross re-
cciptH Of his Office. and not upon any
other foundation whatever.
The rates recommended by the To-
cal officials have been sent In aa per
IN" above stated regulation. and the
department haH seen NJ 90 increase
the prices az follows.
The Rates
Lock boxes. per quarter. $780,
small bins. s., and large bins. tZ.s0
The increase VIII so into effect on
Aflti I
Assistant Postmaster colkett said
THE Increased rate 10 far from be-
Ing high. when compared 90 "a large
number 81 other citlcn that can
mention. Take San Francisco. Tor
an example There the boxes rent
for 81 per quarter aud the bins IN
proportion. Butte. Mont. also
charges much higher rents
Then. too. the increase VIII not
De any more ~ proportion 20 the rize
- the boxes and bins than the old
rate before the new once boxes were
Installed. They are slightly larger
than the old ones
The box rents have nothing 90 "a
With the regulations OF tho salaries
q postoffico officials IN any postof-
nces.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-03-21
FOR Rural.
DELIVERY

IN a comparatively short time ee-
attic VIII undoubtedly have quite an
extensive change IN the collection
and delivery station and sub station
postal delivery around the outskirts
~ tpe clty, There viii also be At
LEAST three new athtionH They viii
be Ballard. South Seattle and George.
town.
Tho proposition now before the
postal department IL the building II
q special mail car. which will be pat
intp service on The lines 81 the Re
attic Electric 60. for the purpose ~
making tbs number uf trips nrcea-
sary In the gathering and diHtFihut-
ins % mails 20 the small stations
The idea az outlined by this ON
clais Ia 20 have she mail car make
tbs circuit from Seattle 90 Fremont,
thence 20 ballard. then 10 InteYhAY
and back into the city n would
then run cut 90 South Seattle and
Georgetown. ON the trips n would
- IN charge % two clerks. who will
take the mails. distribute them and
have them boxed ready for the car
ri~-s ., the stations where she free
delivery system r. IN vogue. thus snv.
Ing much time and Swing a much
Improved service 10 ihe people
south Seattle and GEORGETOWN pra.
rle are known O. favor thr pr0po.i
tion. and the cltiHsna % ballard are
NOT believed % be avrrsr 20 e.
The new system would not affect
auy - the postmhsters now IN charge
except that they would report 10 the
Seattle once. whereas they uox re-
Port 20 the department. AZ washing.
ton.
Postmaster Stewart 90 much on
rotirnEnd az the progress made Va
the mail system over the city. ard
says that when tho plan outlined
above "a inaugurnted. Seattle viii
have the bss, syp,ern and the beet
service In the West.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-03-21
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

BUY a building contract. own your
own home, on easy payments of
$500 per month, with no interest
don't allow capitalists and home
stead loan associations TO Brighten
you; they say II cannot be done. It
Is To their interest TO toll you that
we viii sell you matured and I'M
matured contracts cheap: allow
your lawyer to examine the con-
tracts and the Company's books
ana methods, can you ask anything
more fair2 Call evenings or Sun
day afternoon at Room &c, Sulli-
van Building.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-03-21
TO ABOLISH PRO
RATA TARIFFS

II Is stated IN railroad circles that
the action Of the southern roads In
refusing to honor the pro rata tarirs
on lumber and shingles viii result
In the northern roads out of Chicago
making "A similar rule.
IL lH claimed that the pro RITA tar
NJ on through division hHuls was
simply nm expedient. and that nov,
the southern territory. affected nv
those rates. can produce enough of
It's own building material and the
southern local roads have therefore
cut on the low tariff
A. stated above, the northern local
lines viii probably abolish the orc
rata thrim now Tint southern roads
have declared against n.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-03-21
Out Of the Hospital

Harry 10. IAppman Of McGraw q
Kittinger's real estate Office Is out
Of tho hospital after being there 1--WE
weeks with typhoid fever.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-03-21
False Alarm

A false alarm of fr. turned In from
box ~ az Mornu'a dry dock gave the
IRE ihaaiss a run al II O'Clock this
morning.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-03-21

An hd. Ia tomorrowa classified col
umna win FIJI your wants at least ok.
pense.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-03-21
CARRYING THE
SUBURBAN MAILS

BIDS are being received at the To-
cal postoffics from the Seattle and
Rainier Beach railway. the Grant
street. Third avenue and other tines
~ the Seattle Electric Co. for the
carrying ~ the United States mails
FOR the coming year. Sealed bids
viii be received up TO tomorrow night
at O'clock.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-03-21

WAEHfSuTON. y. C.. March 81
The house subcommittee on naval
Affairs today presented "a report on
tho various Sehlcy resolutions pre-.
scented 10 the house. and RECOMMENDED
bilis b. indefinitely postponed and no
That further consideration 81 such
further action be taken thereon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-16

hood and womanhood throughout the
country generally to such high planes II
educational advancement a. will make
them 50 much stronger factors in the coun-
try's usefulness and progress
Guil PJRD RAT1LG GROUND PARE
In 1889 Judge Schenck. now 81 Greensboro,
but born under the shadow 81 Kings Nouns
tain, was passing through the old battle
field OF Gulford Court House and then
and there determined that this sacred bit
of ground whereon Gen. Nathaniel Greene
and his little army of American patriots
so badly whipped Lord CORVALLIS and his
invaders that Yorktown followed as the
logical result, should be preserved and
appropriately marked for posterty. This
was the beginning Of the Guilford Battle
Ground organization. which now has bought
and paid for 100 acres covering the scene
OF the battle has erected nineteen different
monuments, indicated by granite stones
the three lines occupied by the American
forces, erected fine museum Of brick
in which are kept many relics of the bait 10
itself as we'll as of other Revolutionary
scenes and made Of the place n beautiful
park with fine pavilion under the trees,
where every Fourth of July people by
lnotNHniS llonl IllltS AROUND ana from
distant parts Of the country as well, gather
TO recall the memories Of those patriot
forcfathers men from Massachusetts and
men from the Carolinas- who stood shoulder
to shoulder facing death and devastation
that the country We have to-day might
exist.
III there IL spot on all the ontinsnt
where the fires of patriotism burn bright
and clear on the Fourth of July it is in that
old battlefield Of Guilford the only Revo-
lutionary battlefield, by the way, that is
preserved in its entirety az an inspiration
for future generations and a place wherein
to keep ever alive the spirit Of 20.
GiIr TO THE NATION.
Judge Schcnck had only TO mention his
plan TO enlist hearty cooperation. DIR. w
{. Bcnbow and J. W. Scott Of Greensboro
and Thomas b. keogh. now of New York,
became the original incoryorators and
Major Joseph NJ. Morehead Of Greensboro.
is now the president Of the organization.
OF all the patriotic gentlemen who have
taken part in this splendid enterprise
none has done more than Major Morchead,
who IL putting into the work all the ardoP
and Zeal that goes with purely disinter-
ested labor of love. IL L. his design and that
Of the other gentlemen now associated with
him To turn the battle-ground with all it's
monuments, It's markings and its museum
over to the National Government as a free
Offering through that Government TO tho
American people.
Ultimately there will bc a national monu-
ment erected there, and this monument
will naturally fake a. i~ central ointment
the form # some soft Of memorial of Gen.
Greeue
The next article Of the series on Tho de-
velopmcnt and prC~p 'rity of IA" New South
will relate to Knoxville and it, surroundings.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-16
Iowa Wants n Portable Worlds lair
IsuIldlDg.

From tho 81 Louis Giob,- ncmorrui
DIS MONIES, Nov. In. The Stnte o' Iowa
is going to make an crror, 10 make 4 partial
for the State at the Louisiana Purchase EX-
position In ~. Louis IN Is0t 1.rrNpsrimont
will be one not before tried ID. any State
building i to be erected ith spnCql refer
ence to having II 50 constructed that 4 can
be moved into Iowa after the opposition IL
over. and with - view to having il rs useful
Ms possible after II is removed to iowa aud
erected agaIn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-16

| Pa, in 1852, was the pioneer in this educa-
| tional work. The Caldwell Institute sur
Nived the storm Of the Revolutionary War
and ovcrlapped we'll into the century just
! passed, educating men whose names be-
came famous, who were Governors and
senators and what not from the Southern
States. Dr. Caldwell himself survived
until 1924 and was almost a centenariau
when he died
In 1929 Gov. Morehaad founded here
the Edgeworth Female Seminary, which
went under in the chaos Of the Civil War.
| although the Greensboro Female College,
which overlaps the war by several years,
survives and is now one Of the most flourish
ing institutions Of the kind in the South,
like $50 students
THE QUAKERs' COLLEGE.
Then there Is old Guilford College,
started many years ago by the Quakers
as the New Garden Boarding School and
very prosperous now with fine endo wments.
an excellent corps Of instructors and some
200 students. The yearly meetings Of the
Quakers are often held there.
This institution was the Quakers' contri-
~, .s M ~
a,,,, - 49," =" r.',
the sattl,rs in tho yve.,arp mart Of thu
county. although. like the Scotch-lrish
who settled the central part, most OF them
came from Pennsylvania.
Besides these institutions OF learning
there ar" In" OAK Ridg" Institute and the
Whits"tt institute, each with about 300
students. But OF all the remarkable edu-
cational institutions OF Guilford county,
none Is moro Interesting than the State
Normal School for young women teachers,
founded only ten years ago and already
one Of the leading institutions of the kind
in the country
or all the teachers in the graded schools
OF the state over 30 per cent are its gradu-
ates. The number of it's students Ia only
limited by its capacity; at present there are
$50 students and there might easily he 900
The state endows the school wit n SO, 900
annually and girls may have board and
tuition there for the nominal sum Of -
month DR.. Charles ID. McIver, the
president. is tho pivot on which the remark
able success of the institution has turned
from the start. always including Gov
Aycock ms the forciful impetus that is hack
of all Of North Cardinals splendid educa
tional progress.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-16
The GROWING SOUTH.
Greensboro, N. c., a Type
of Her Thriving Cities.
Big CHANGES IN A DECADE.
A Sleepy Town Ten Years Ago,
an Industrial Centre Now.

First Wood Working. Then Furniture Max.
Ing and Dozen Other Industries
Gave II the Manufacturing Prosperity
II IL Enjoy Com.
merce Also GrOws-The Transforms.
ton the Work OF the People Them.
sri,es-Good Roads and Education
Gold and Copper Mines Promise " ell
a Patriotic CIT TO the Nation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-22

family living on high hill; the back
of the house was very near the edge
of a steep bank, at the foot Of which
the ocean beat. 1t looked so calm
with it's white capped waves sailing
gracefully along that one would
never think Of tragedy connected
with it. This family had lost two
sons at sea. Pointing to number
Of picturesque, white farmhouses
shaded by large trees of a more vivid
green than I had ever seen, this sad
mother said, 'There is not a house
within your sight that has not lost
son at sea-" Always the ocean in
their sight! I think love OF the sea
is in the blood, and they are restless
until they have tried their fortune
on it's enticing, but perilous, depths.
Helen c.. Maclean,
2641 Fremont Avenue N.
B Eighth Grade, =,
Bremen School
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-22

and have great friends My nearest neigh
oyster like me, shut prison. but
along amousy together He is laxative fell
low, but he is good listener.
Right between lies long wire cable, which
hear talking about how much worth and how
they best We have begun to think that Of
Importance to mankind fear the time when
shall be separated We have heard that wireless elerahy
been invented If is all Of the world
daily will be taken shall be lonely
deed Still fortunate than the oyster for when he
taken out of the he lives short time while mine is
life Of usefulness Carleton Bryant,
A Sixth Grade, 3137 Harriet Avenue
Lyndale School. #se-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-22

ing by SIDE We watching boat long distance
which trying all right
then suddenly would The
split the other side OF melt
gether the boat it held life
ing We wondered if there anywhere
afterwards learned that aoled along that
everything SAFE because there All at
shoes going Of the uncle
bathing the those
We might call the king greenish blue with
white hair and beard beautiful white his
heaTy head Mabel Mcconnell.
Seventh Grade, 1923 wenty-ninth
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-22
On the Banks of Newfoundland.

"Ahoy, there Well once, said the captain
rattle OF the tackle
the ereakng of the wndlass the ship started for the fishing
banks of Newfoundland.
"A month afterward the of the Moray placing
and bareback their dores Lastly they placed
the tub OF eoiled rawl in the
signed jolly rivalry to which
would bring the Of mackere When the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-22
Every Kind of Rocking.

When l went On the ocean with
papa and mana, 1t was in the win
ter, little before Christmas. We
were going to Europe. The large
waves rocked the ship backward and
forward and sidewise, and almost
every way that it could be rocked,
They looked black part of the time,
and they always lad white caps on.
The fish jumped cut of the water,
and followed the ship. Large focks
of birds followed the boat also, and
whenever they saw fish down they
few, put their bills under the water
and caught the fish. At night, if we
went to the back part of the ship
and looked over, we could see the
phosphorus in the water that flashed
like fire. We also saw the Eddy
stone Lighthouse, which threw great
flashes of light for MANY miles. 1t
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-22

the ship their occupants
carefully the baited raWl which long line with
it. They then fastened the
placed in the with the number Of the
it. Returning the ship they cleared the deck and made
make Pulling the
tangled trawl difficult
straghten When the makere all brought the
hard The rolled cleaned
sailed fish
"Hurrah!" shouted the the Moray, they
the first the fishing grounds
ship fill her hold first AS they between the
the hurled them
them with letters
letters from the delayed the home
Moray being the first ship home found ready its fish,
and the after cleaning home until
the next Dow Gilman,
A Eighth Grade. 2506 Second Avenue S.
Clinton School,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-22
TIPsY ELEPHANTs.

fruit OF the tree of South Africa yields
intoxicating drink the natives Elephants
quite psy staggering about playing antics
be heard for miles and having tremendous fights
When in this state the natives leave them alone.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-22

who lived she'll castle but dwelt in
seaWeed hut with her old and feeble grandmother.
why pretty mermaid should to
live place but the truth this One when in the
kings palace offended and when the
king her. SAID Your majesty don't
think she is at This angered the king and he ordered
banished mermaid pleaded
hard that last said that they should be allowed
his kingdom condition; that they should
bring him being, had heard of those
people, though he had
The of Punishment by and Pinkshell had
until wandering beheld
small object floating She told
"Ah, person.
doll such earth people have Pnshe anxious
take it the king they hired
They
they lived happy ali the of their
in stories -Avylda De Haven
A Sixth Grade, 3343 Sixth Street N.
School,
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Alurias but Peri1ous.

few years trip with mother to Boston
From there took steamer to Halifax Nova Scotia can
not remember of the except that
desired above all things that the desperate and sickenng
churning should land somewhere
to the bottom, did not which Later went
cruise to Prince Edward Island.
One day a Highland Scotch
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-22

ship it poured in faster The frightened sailor
larger hole the other side of ship thinking
fast 1t To his
in at that hole The captain ship
sinking, and had the eboats lowered
saved but the missing ship
the bottom McKnnon
B Seventh Grade, Street
Horace School.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-22
A Waste Of Water.

a Waste :.
When was about four old North and
the Atlantic Ocean I very
ing the North When
day or two could nothing but
and asked him why there land; told
the biggest body
One day storm broke the blew, thought
that the ship would be blown
wind blew hard Near little baby year
and she blown into the The bitterly
and after awhile boat they
took about hal America We
mad to train and looked the
mere speck IN the distance When arrived
tod ner the whole story
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-22
A New Toboggan Slide


Once there little boy lived
United States their home being in Germany
home he told of the things heard This
made the little boy with his father
day the whole family decided o o
boarded steamer that York.
first the
The blue for long while green
then again, they that they
dock. This little
they While watching parents
his sisters the dock. went
there much puzzled Then
struck him. He watched his
boxes He caught by bottom the box be-
hind him would hurt him. His parents very
frightened and thought he went to them
they found him just as safe
B Fifth Grade Marguerite Grimm
Nicellet School. --12 George Island.
II Bathing Day
'TIeaVe ahoy! Here the
would bathing
Them others do energetic
ahead of them, there
I'm next last! 1t isn't fair wont play says
Sometimes it is wall toe and
the sufferer mp the
and although it, seldom serious
gathered about afflicted regarding pityngy
it is quite forgotten enjoying once
Sometimes aspiring beginner dive
gaspng painting snufng streaming
though beginning
hear Any who cannot this delightful sport worth
pity, because enjoy much.
B Sixth Grade Julia Purple
Sidney Pratt School. 124 Bedford