Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-21
sIDELIGHTs.
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.

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81 ran across an old memorandum in
looking through the files the other day
that showed very clearly the origin of
the vast railway mail service now in
vogue in the United States" said a
postoffice official to a Washington Star
man.
'The man who started what is
now an elaborate system was the post
master at st. Joseph, Mo-, at the time,
appointed to the position by Presi-
dent Buchanan. His idea grew out of
the old pony express which also had
its origin in ST. Joseph. He evolved
an ingeniuos system of boxes for hand
ling his mail expeditiously on the arriv-
al of the express by rigging up lot
of partitions in an old dry goods box
and labeled each hole with the name of
an office served by the express On
the arrival Of the rider he would sort
out his mail and tie it up in packages
in the different partitions. When the
baggage cars We're first in vogue, the
bale box idea was first used, and crude
as it was, it added greatly to the rapid
lty with which the mail could be
handled. From this crude beginning
has been evolved the most elaborate
mail service in the entire world. and
from the one man who originated it it
low takes nearly 10000 men to car
| ry it on"
| There have been many stories told
OF the creation of the human family.
of which probably the most striking
is that of the creation of woman told
in the ancient Sanskrit manuscript.
In the beginning, when Twashtri
came to the creation of woman. he
found that he had exhausted his ma
terials in the making of man, and that
no solid elements were left.
In his dilemma. after profound med.
itaticn, he did as follows: He took the
rotundity of the moon, and the curves
| of creepers, and the clinging of ten
drills, and the trembling of grass, and
the slenderness of the reed, and the
/ bloom of flowers, and the lightness of
leaves, and the tapering of the ele-
| plants trunk, and the glances of the
l deer, and the clustering of rows of
bees, and the joyous gaiety of the sun
beams, and the weeping of clouds, and
the fickleness of the winds, and the
| timidity of the hare, and the vanity of
the peacock, and the softness of the
| parrots bosom. and the hardness of
the adamant. and the sweetness of
/ honey, and the cruelty of the tiger,
and the warm glow of the fire. and TIE
| GOODNESS of snow, and the chattering
/ of jays, and the cooling of the kokila.
and the hypocrisy of the crane, and
! the fidelity of the chakrawaka, and,
1 compromising all these together, he
made woman, and gave her to man.
But after one week, man came to
him and said: Lord, this creature that
you have given me makes my life mis-.
cradle. She chatters necessarily and
leases me beyond endurance, never
leaving me alone; and she requires in.
4 cessant attention and takes all my
time up, and cries about nothing, and
/ is always idle; and so l have come to
give her back again, as | cannot live
with her
"Sa Twashtri said: Very well;' and
4 he took her back.
''Then after another week the man
came again to him and said: Lord, I
i find that my life is very lonely since |
gave you back that creature | re.
member how she used to dance and
sing to me and look at me out of her
! eye, and play with me, and cling to me !;
: and her laughter was music, and she
was beautiful to look at, and soft to
| touch: so give her back to me again.
, $50 Twashtri said: Very WE'LL and
( gave her back again.,
J, "Then, after only three days, man
: came back to him again and said !:
: Lord, ] know not how it is. but after
all have come to the conclusion that
t she is more of trouble than a plea.
; sure to me; so please take her back
3 again
E But Twashtri said: Out on you!
q Be off! l will have no more of this.
. you must manage how you cam
"Then man said: But I cannot live
with her.
] "And Twashtri replied: Neither
E could you live without her.
"And he turned his back on man
and went on with his work.
"Then man said: What is, to be
Q done? for cannot live either with hel
4 or without her "--McCall's Magazine
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