The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-05-19

separated. 1t carries across the scs
sol,ie tender lovers message OF p~erh.l,-
a little flower picked from the daisis I'd
grave OF All English chufS'lvard. Every
hour of every day the mail bag is packed
with words which waken love and mla,:yl,.
ter, and words which deepen the furro,
III the cheek and dim the failing sigh,
with bitter tears.
But with ali this there is going on
through the mail service a dissemina-
ton OF human knowledge, a reaching
ont OF human help which is Que of the
Growing b. sings of our century. The
corresponds schools led BY Chautau-
qua, are 81 l.. .g to every village and
ha'nlet the broader knowledge wllich i.
SO eagerly craved by many who are shut
II 20 the horlely duties OF a humble
HE. Without the mail system this ptar
OF education would be ilnpracticabl5.
Every mail, too, carries from the great
c%enters, the advice of great physicians.
which it would be impossible for the
distant public to obtain were it not for
the mails. Few people realize how
many thousand people depend on the
mail service for medical treatment. Net
long ago when sorne postal affairs were
being discussed in connection with the
erection of the new postofice building
Ill Buffalo, N. V, some light was thrown
on this subject by the statement that
the mail by DR.. R Y. Pierce amounted
daily to something over 1900 pieces.
OF course this is not a common case, be-
cause DR.. Pierce's relation as chief con-
sulting physician to Buffalo's famous
institution, The Invalids' Hotel and Sur
gical Institute, makes his advice and
that OF his staff of nearly a score OF
skilled and experienced specialists much
sought after, especially by women, to
the treatment and cure Of whose special
diseases De. Pierce has devoted ovey
thirty years of almost constant labor.
But though this example is out of the
ordinary. IT may serve as an evidence %
the amazing benefits reaped BY tie. pub.
lie from the mail service. 1t puts every
outlying hamlet III touch with the most
advanced medical specialisin of the day.
1t gives at a cost OF a two-ceut stamp,
the skill and experience that it has taken
years to acquire. Literally at the cost
OF a two-ceit stamp, since DIR. Pierre
invites sick women to consult him bv
letter without charge. And this wo,ic
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 i'll Kan
sas, and a grand thing to be able to
command the learning of great pro-
fessors while working in the Michigan
woods, it is a still grander thing that by
means of this cheaply supplied service,
men like DR.. Pierce, who have the dis
position to be helpful, are enabled 10
place their skill and knowledge al the
disposal 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 mali service, so briefly
touched upon in this article, it makes
the familiar gray uniform OF the postlnau
the most glorious of ali uniforms, for it is
worn BY the soldiers of the army OF peace
1t makes one feel like taking his hat of
TO the on-rush;ng mail train, and cheer
ing the work and wisdom of Uncle SAM.