The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-18
DIRECTION OF LETTERS
A MATTER TO WHICH TOO MANY
 PAY roo LITTLE ATTENTION.
ported Last Ycar-The Principal Offenders Against the Rules A are EntomoloEists and NNs senders of Christmas Q Gifts-A Timely u Warning to the
 Latter.

washington Specfal.-Don't go ahead and swear at the pos sofioe dspartment because the letter that you looked for never came. Nearly three million men, women. boys and girls of this great country are in the same boat with you < the annual report of the dead letter ofnce showing that carelessness and stupidity Is rampant even among in- telligent and civilized people. there pe- - Ing 10,924,239 undelivered letters last year.
 The postal authorities have been busy for more than a century. promul- gating rules for the administration oi the affairs of this great department of the government. but people go right along and persistently violate them Urcle Sam has a monopoly of the let ter-carrying business, and he has the riieht to expect thattherules be con- formed to.
 Common Biunders. ~ '. If you upt the wronk address, fail to stick on a stamp. you need not expect that he will deliver the goods, no mat ter if within the envelope there is ten think. however, that the old gentleman Is in need of funds, for just $52,9o7.5s in good American coin was taken from letters sent to the dead letter ofice. an increase of s4,273.49 over last year. Most of these letters containing money were simply signed lovingly yours, father" mother" hubby" etc. and of course, there is no earthly way to restore the money to the sender The Government, is entirely willing to per form its part of the letter-carrying con- tract. but 1t can not be responsible for stupidity and carelessness-
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 .onno s of extra employees in the - in esei throughout the country have
 oh, ed to regular duty until af- men ano -istmas holidays. for these successI ys of untold worry and work mas pai stal people. It is a safe as- tne hele four -flfths of the trouble sermons Sis V usands of men is caused Iork puni, 'ple. those whc do not tbe rec to study the simplest Rrcoklyn. 4ns: They mail matter srort time ag,'nie' That IS the reas- sheer of the d.iscny hold-ups In the } generous check. tN. Tne aatnori. Is a prominent lawyt pc oone 's to jity. In his case, 1t nd 1t to it's des. said that he got his sam says that stealing apples from arried through The Bowery. He was ed' no matter old, a street urchin groi.
 VI influences from wh.ers.
 EIsfd because of his the. .st. no liv-
 til thfact to which he jokingiy~ #be
 home. kS letter accompanying l
 factory. s1. d that while 1t might
 had had the t Rll came through es iifsriapsh,pie. 1t was certain that own regeneration was tlrectiy trac able to the same cause. Tn
 Still another of the asylum boys = keep in touch with the instituti where they received their early trai ing is now a county judge in a We ern Sta snd has been prominent mentione In s-A who is likely toi numb postal regulate e~ture Governo He pie same orbit. but, old in Is whents insects and hugs nevC.rwor asvl, nself about such little things as over regulations-such things are fol numbnmon people. Not long ago 2 hein0 m was found in a small box weIlst, oily shifting colors to suit its father blinking solemn eyes at the . --.-.. clerks The postage had been paid, but Uucle Sam never "toted" that bug a foot beyond the dead letter of. flee here.
 Beware the Weight Limit.
 The Christmas gift senders might as well get 1t fin their craniums that they must conform to the regulations of the postal rules if they expect the pres ents to reach home hase. There Is a weight limit fixed for every class of mailable matter. and Uucle Sam sticks to this limit. Many things which can be sent by mail-no regulation prohib- fting them--are held up because of ex- raaaiya yvaiDht Tn fact nannla will fry