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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06

flee the malls are transmitted even
 more rapidly than by trains that run
 a mile a minute. Some idea of the aid
 rendered by a pneumatic tube system
 :: ly be gained from the fact thnt it has been demonstrated that the Pnila- delphia post offic' can by the tube ser-
 vice advance about twenty thousand letters per lay which would otherwise
 have to remain in the post office until
 the next mall departure.
 One of the lines of postas work in
 which vast improvement has been made In thls time-saving age is found in the handling of the mail In tue post offices The letters and paekaSet are still shipped from place tG place n canvas or leather sacks fastened with catches not very different From lhose in use twenty years ago but in ge ting the mail ready t0 be deposited in shese bags many laburiOus old methods have
 been displaced by easy new clails. T1rt'cularly impressive Is the new scheme for cancelling the stamps and printing the postmarks upon letters and parcels This work IS now done -by machinery and in just about one- sixth the time that was formerly re- bodied man required years of expeti- ence to be aD,e to cancel 100 stamps per minute. The machine HOW cancels stamps on an average or oOO letters per minute. However, tEis by no means represents the maximum ca pacity of canceling maehine ar on a recent occasion one of these ma chimes cancelled 60,000 stamps an hour or 1000 per minute for eight connecu- tive hours The canceling machine VIII cancel stamps successfully apsc41tely without regard to size or shape O. the envelopes to which they are ainxed, but 1t is necessary to perform by hand tedious task hacking Inc letters with the stamped ends aAl ono way ere they can be fed to the can celiation machine and inventors are now at work upon a machine winch will pick up the heaped letters and arrange them for the caucellina ap- paratus in about one-half the tina re- quired to do 1t by hand
 The lowering of ocean records rnakes for a more rapid handling of the mails just as does an increase In the speeu of railway trains, but the postal au- thorities have lately secured double gain of time in the movement of the international mails by perfecting a system whereby all letters are sorted ready for delivery while the mall steamer is crossing the ocean and by q ranging for quicker transfer CT the mall bags by special tugs from the incoming steamers to the post offices on shore. So too, the rural free Geliv- cry system Is entitled to credit as an influential factor in the present cru- sade for rapid mall handling. And finally, many minor aids ranging all the way from the extension of the special delivery service to the introduction of mail chutes in all large bnildings are helding Uncle Salns officials to move letters more rapidly from writer to addressee than Is possible anywhere SC in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06

in kitchen management. care of cook ing utensils. glass. china and silver ware; measuring and invoicing; cook ing vegetables, cereals and bread. Sucn preliminary is followed during the last half of her first year at school with instruction in canning, preserving, pickling and jelly-making together With experimental work in preparing eggs soups and meats.
 The early part of her second year finds the young woman student deep in the mysteries of marketing, the care of foods and cold storage. Scon af- ter she turns her attention to fruits, salads, hashes. croquettes, save all" dishes and the packing of lunch bask- cts. During the latter part of the term considerable attention Is paid to the equipment of the dining room and table service The next term gives the young cook an eagerly awaited oppor- tunity to try her hand at fancy dess- erts. In connection with this interest,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06

tention fs bestowed upon the subject of home economy and the young ladies are particularly urged to form the habit of keeping a household account and are instructed as to the best meth- cd of doing this.
 In this branch of study the test of the students ability at the close of the term is based largely upon the skill with which she can formulate de- tailed plan for the use of a certain in- come for the space of year. allow ance being made not only for every item of necessary home expense, but also for travel or amusements. minor luxuries. sickness. accidents, etc. The course in home management involves. of course. an insight into the business of housekeeping. but 1t also includes much elss appertaining to the broad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06

thirty-three minutes.
 The first trial with a motor vehicle constructed especially for purposes of mail collection took place in Cleveland twenty-two miles In length in the course of which mall was collected from 120 boxes. Under ordinary con ditions exactly six hours is consumed by ollector with horse and wagon in covering this territory. but the auto mobile made the circuit In two hours and twenty-seven minutes. In Detroit a carriers route which ordinarily re- uuiro two ho-rs and thirteen minutes for collection was covered by an auto
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06
rREEE RzANzY ITzzL GzR

mobile in one hour and eight minutes. | In Washington and other cities expert ments with autos have also demon strated thal ere long there will be a universal use of horseless vehicles which can be depended upon to travel over all ki11s of roads in all kinds of weather and perform the work of col- lection vastly quicker than carts or wa eons drawn by horses such as are now employed in urban free delivery service.
 Still another important aid to rapid mail handling is found in the pneumat- ic tube service. The principle of this
 plan for shooting bundles of letters through great tubes Is exactly the same as that employed for transmit ting cash to and from the cashiers desks in many large retail stores The big tubes through which bundles of mail matter are hurled by means os compressed air may be used to connect branch post offices with the main of fee but an even more valuable utili- zation is as a link between the main post office and the railway station from which the mail Is dispatched to other cities. Under the old plan mails were often closed nearly an hour before train time In order to allow time for the mail wagon to laboriously make it's
 way through crowded streets to the railway station. With pneumatic tunnel connecting post office and ratl- way station 1t ls possible to keep mails open until a few minutes before train pulls out.
 The tremendous advantages of the
 pneumatic tube service have been con-
 clusively proven by It's application in | New York, Philadelphia, Boston and | Brooklyn. The general adoption of this novel underground system of
 transportation will put an end to the i iobs which have been directed against
 the elan of rushing mail from one city
 to another by fast express trains only
 to have 1t met at the railway terminals
 by :lule teams that proceed at the
 means of the pneumatic tubes from ! the railway terminals to the post of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06

post office authorities are now plan ming a still further development. of the branch office system and to that end are urging business houses and all large patrons of the postal service to have printed upon their stationery the number of the carrier and the branch office or station from which he Is sup piled. In most cities there are now in operation on the electric street rail- ways postal cars which are duplicates in miniature of the regular steam rail- way postal cars. They make 1t possible for letters to be postmarked, sorted and distributed in what was formerly wasted time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-03-06

The automobile is already a factor in the rapid handling of mall matter and is destined to ere long figure even more conspicuously in the quick transit of the messages of American citizens. The initial introduction of the automo- bile in postal service in this country was made at Buffalo, where an electric phaeton of one ton weight made run from the main office to sub-statlon in nineteen minutes. the return trip consuming but eighteen minutes. Fol lowi; this speed test collection trial was made and 150 pounds of mail
 collected from twenty-two regulation boxes and eight packages boxes in
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-14
ExteBding The Analogy.

u tell YOU" contended the boarder
with the bristling hair. the man who
says we ought to live TO be a hundred
years old is right Look at the horse.
1t takes a horse four years to get its
growth, and it lives to be twenty 1t
takes man twenty years to get his
growth, and by the same ratio he
ought to live to be a hundred There
are lots of things we can learn from
analogy"
81 don't know but you are right" re
sponded the Unconditional boarder. "l'or
instance, there is the flea. 1t jumps
thirteen hundred times its own length
There is no reason, therefore, why 8
man six feet high should not be able
to jump-let us. see-7 800 feet, or
mile and a half, at one leap. Yes; we
can learn a great many curious things
from analogy"
But here the conversation drifted to
other topics.-YOuths Companion.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-14
FOR SEVENTEEN OAK
TREES $3.50 is PAID.

Seventeen oak trees, two red and
fifteen white oak. on the land of Miss
Helen Polk, at Toblnsport. Ind, have
been bought by the Rockport box fac
tory for $3S2. The timber is of too fine
quality to be used for boxes, so il
will be quarter sawed for furniture.
The trees were cut last week and
hauled to the landing at Tobinsport.
They will be taken to Rockport on a
barge, probably this week
The largest tree of the sevente en-
was six feet In diameter at the butt
and forty-nine inches at the first limb,
a distance of sixty-nine feet from the
ground. 1t was sawed into SIX logs,
which were handled with great diff
Guilty, owing to their large proper
tions Another tree was five feet and a
half In diameter and all the others
were of mammoth size. The. trees are
claimed by local timber men to be
as large as any to be found IN south
ern Indiana or northern Kentucky, In
one place, rs these were.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-14
A Bows Wild Ride For Life.

With family around expecting him
TO die, and son riding for life, 1S
miles to got DIR. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption Coughs and
Colds, w. H. Brown, of Leesville, Ind. :,
endured death agonies from asthma
but this wonderful medicine gave in
slant relief and soon cured him. He
writes II now sleep soundly every
night. Like marvelo1s cures of
Consumption, Pneumonia, Bronchitis,
Coughs, Colds and Grip prove its
matchless merit for all Throat and
Lung troubles. Guaranteed bottles
SOC and Sl.00 Trial bottles free at
Short & Haynes drug store
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-14
wATERWORKS ELECTION.

The city council is contemplating
calhng an election for water works,
and City Attorney JAS r. Skillmau
is investigating the legality under
certain new laws, of a city of this
size and financial condition issuing
bonds to make the above municipal
improvement. In case Mr.. Skiilman
decides that the action contemplated
in the matter will be legal, a call
meeting of the council, before the
next regular meeting on October 3,
will be held to fix the date of said
election and the amount of indebted
ness to be incurred by the city TO Sc
cure the improvement. As the water
works que stlon has been agitated here
for some time, the members of the
council say they want to call an cleo
zion in order to give the citizens a
chance to get waterworks If they care
for them. This matter was discussed
in detail at the last regular meeting
of the council
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-14
An Indirnant scotcbmnn

A sheep farmer in the Cheviot hills
of Scotland had been told that it was
useful to have a barometer in the
house, for il would let him know when
the weather would be good or bad. He
was accordingly persuaded to procure
a mercurial instrument with a large
round dial, which he hung up I'm his
lobby and duly consulted every day
without much edfication. At last
there came a spell Of rainy weather
while the barometer marked "set fair"
The rain continued to fall heavily and
still the hand on the dial made no sign
of truth. At last he took the instru-
ment from its nail and marched with
it TO the bottom of the garden, where
a burn, swollen with the drainage of
the higher slopes, was rushing along,
brown and muddy. He then thrust
the glass into the water, exclaiming,
"Will you believe your ain cen moo,
thenY
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-14
TARFORK.

T. H. Chancellor and wife went to
Cloverport Saturday shopping.
Mrs. Owen Rice visited her sister,
Mrs. Bowman, at jolly Monday.
Frank Rupert and daughter, Miss
Stella, were in Cloverport Wednesday.
Mrs. o. W. Rice and son, Emmett,
were in Cloverport Wednesday shop
ping.
Miss Make JACKSON and her broth
err, Eli, are in Grayson county, for
visit.
Mrs. Annie NARROW is spending a
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Port NARROW
at Patesville.
Oscar Hinton and Miss Myrtle Bur
dette eloped to Cannelton last Wednes-
day and were married.
VIM Mingus and wife, of Balltown,
visited their daughter, Mrs Lawrence
Keenan,, Saturday and Sunday.
Eli jackson has returned from
Evansville He was kicked by horse
some weeks ago and Is yet unable to
work.
Mrs. Liza McCarty and son, Ivan,
passed through Friday en- route to
visit her daughter, Mrs. Charlie
Smith, on Glover Creek.
o. w. Hendrickson observed the
adage, Charity begins at home, - by
leaving our church house, which lis in
course or constr ustion, and went
home to attend to his fruit. We are
all athirst and hungry for the fruits
of a house of worship, as our church
burned four years ago. No wonder
patience is growing threadbare.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-14

G. 9. Grant spent Sunday and Tues
day at Weldon, the guest OF relatives.
Misses Annie and Cola Grant win
visit Miss McKaughan, of stephens
port, this week.
Tom Mays and Alaska Hardin at
tended the party at the Misses Har-
rison Saturday night.
Owen Parks and Alton Beauchamp
were the guests of the Misses Brown,
near Rhodela, Sunday.
Quite a crowd attended the party
at Mr.. Harrison $ Saturday evening,
and all reported pleasant time.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-14
STEPHENSPORT.
Crowded cut last week. J .

ACAC"NNA Nob AcRob MNChs
Mrs. Rank will be here through
September.
Miss Dowell, Of West Virginia, is
visiting Mrs. q. W. Payne.
Miss Reba Lewis, Of Irvington, spent
last week here with friends.
Mrs H. Lay went to Louisville
Saturday for medical treatment.
Mesdames E. II. Miller and F. C
Ferry spent day last week In Clover
port
Misses Eula Payne and May Bandy
OF Irvington, spent Sunday here with
relatives
Mrs. W. B. Lennin and children,
of Hardinsburg, are with Mr.. and
Mrs. r. A. Smith
Mrs. John Hensley, of Hardlnsbnrg.
spent a few DAYS last week with her
sister, Mrs. R. S. SKilman.
Mrs. F. B. Lacy and children. and
Miss Fannie Lacy. of HoDklnsvile, are
with Mr.. and Mrs. H S. English.
T. X. Bank, two daughters and
son, of Pennsylvania, who have been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. II. Lay, left
last week for their home.
Mrs. r. W. Vaughn and children,
of Lexington, who have been here
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. b.
Helm, have returned home
Mrs. Clifford Norman and daugh-
ter, Miss Alma. of Hillsboro, Tex >,
who have been visiting relatives here,
lett for YelvingtoL Saturday.
Mrs. F. q. Ferry and son, of Louis
vile, who have been with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs E. H. Miller, for
two weeks, left for home Monday.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-14
From l4S TO O Pounds.

One of the most remarkable cases of
a cold, deep seated on the lungs, caus-
ing pneumonia, is that OF Mrs
Gertrude E. Fenner, Marion, Ind. ,
who was entirely cured by the use of
One Minute Cough Cure She says
THE coughing and srralning so
wakened me that l ran down n
weight from 14S to 90 pounds. tried
number of remedies to no avail
until used One mi n ute Cough Cure.
Four bottles of this wonderful remedy
cured me entirely of the cough,
strengthened my lungs and restored
me to my normal weight, health and
strength. " Sold by All Druggists.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-14
Number of People at St. Louis EXPOSE
ton During First Two Weeks Of
August Totals More Than En-
tire Month of May.

From all direc-
tions the tlGe OF travel now points to
the Worlds Fair. and the constantly
increasing number of admissions en-
courages the Exposition management
to believe that the attendance figures
will be up to their most hopeful esti-
mate before the gates are closed on
December l.
Sufficient evidence of the growing
popularity of the Worlds Fair is pre-
sented in the statement that the at
tendance for June was more than
double that for May, and that the num-
Der of admissions in July was nearly
a quarter of a million in excess of the
figures for the month preceding. On
August the number of admissions
needed only a few to equal that for the
first full week of the Exposition, and
the attendance for the first week Of
August was nearly as great as for the
entire month of May.
With 100000 we'll pleased visitors
going out every day as advance agents
for the crowds that are to come, and
with the effective denial of unfavor-
able reports send broadcast about the
weather conditions and hotel accom-
modations, the Worlds Fair is now
receiving proper attention. The in
creased attendance has stimulated the
life Of the Exposition and the Worlds
Fair has reached its full height of
glory and splendor.
The following are official attendance
figures from rhe opening of the Elk
position:
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-14
The sovereign wn. snfe.

A carpenter in Scotch village, TO
oblige the local undertaken, who was
i'll, went TO screw down coffin lid.
The dead mans wife gave him full and
particular instructions respecting the
task. "Weel," she asked when he re-
turned, "hoo did We get on?"
Fine" was the reply. But there
was hauf a sovereign in the corps
hand. What was that for?"
"Oh,' said the lady. that's a custom
some folks haze. He's supposed to gle
that the ferryman VIVA rows him DER
the river O. deathw
do We tell me that? It's a queer
warld But I'm sayln, missis"-
"YesT'
"Tm feared yon chap will haze to
SWIM"
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-14
WILL CONSOLIDATE.

Louisville, Ky, Sept THE ac-
tiOn of the state board of health in re-
gard to courses in medical colleges Will
result In a consolidation of the col
leges here into two. One will be de-
voted to the sophomore and the other
to the junior and senior classes.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-14
LOCATES HERE.

DR.. Paul Mitchell, of Derby, Ina,
opened an office on the second floor
of the FAIR building, last week, for the
practice of dentistry. DR.. Mitchell is
a graduate of the Louisville School
of Dentistry.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-14
What's in a Namel

Everything is in the name when
it Comes to Witch Hazel Salve. f. g.
Dewitt & Co. of Chicgao, discovered
some years ago how to make salve
from Witch Hazel that is a specific
for Piles. For blind, bleeding, itch
ing and protruding Piles, eczema,
cuts, burns, bruises and all skin
diseases, DeWitt's' Salve has no equal
This has given rise to numerous worth
less counterfeits. Ask for Dewitt 's-the
genuine. Sold by All Druggists.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-14
NEW r. F. D. ROUTE.

A rural free delivery route has
been ordered established October 1,
at Narrows, in Ohio county; near
the Breckenridge county line, area
covered eleven square miles, popula-
tion 355.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-14
PLAYED A GAS PIPE.

Three negroes, who said they were
from Nashville Tenn, arrived IN
town Friday to play on the streets.
One PLAYED a gas pipe a wind instru-
ment which just recently came into
vogue, and which resent les base
violin more than anything else. The
negroes sang and played we'll and
collected a number of crowds.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-14
FOR MISS BOWMER.

Miss Jean Todd has invited few
young women to her home on East
Fifth street from 8 to O'Clock this
afternoon, in honor of Miss Mari an
Bowmer, of Cloverport Fridays
Greensboro Messenger.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-14
BIG OAK TREE.

. An oak tree, which measures ., 100
feet, has been cut on the Hunt tract
of land, at Tar Springs, by Cooper q
Williams. Joe Cooper, of Hawesville,
a mem Der of the firm, says that an
other oak. which is to be cut, is still
larger than this one, and also than an
oak tree. six feet in diameter at the
butt, forty-nine inches at the small
end, and sixty-nine feet to the first
limb, which was cut at Tobinsport,
Ind, last week.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-14
The Breckenridge News
WEDNESDAY, September IA, 1904.
IN MEMORY OF
PEARL JOHNSON

Why lament the Christians dying
Why indulge in tears of gloom,
Calmly in her Lord relying
She has met the opening tomb.
Hark, the golden harps are ringing
Sound celestial fills her ear,
Loved ones in Heaven, singing,
Greet her joyful entrance there.
But God knows best, 1t was his will
To call your darling home;
She is waiting now at pearly gates,
Bidding her loved ones come.
Her faith, Behold where she sits,
With Jesus clothed in white;
Our loss is their eternal gain,
, They dwell in cloudless light.
Anna B. Grant,
Lodiburg, KY. Sept. 8, 1904.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-14
ENTERTAINED FRIDAY.

Miss Maude Polk entertained the
younger set informally at her home
on First street FRIDAY evening in
no nor of her guest, Miss Allie Haynes,
of Hawesville.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-14
BOB TAYLOR MARRIES.

Nashville, Sept. Former Cover
nor Robert Taylor was married today
TO Miss Mary st. John. of Virginia.
This is his third marriage, his Sec
ond wife having secured a divorce
some time ago, after living with him
two years
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-14
chamberIain's Cough Remedy Aids Nature

Medicines that aid mature are
always most effectual. Chamberlain
Cough Remedy acts on this plan. 1t
allays the cough. relieves the lungs,
aids expectoration, opens the secre-
tions, and aids nature in restoring,
the system to healthy condition. Sold
by Short q Haynes.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-14
Wakeful?
S1eepleSSnesS Is a
Sign of Nerve TrOu-
BILE and Should
Be Looked To.

There are three different manifesto
tons Of sleeplessness.
First, hardly to sleep n wink all night
second. to lie awake long time before
falling asleep; third, to fan asleep soon,
waking up after several hours and then
find it hard to sleep again.
They mean that somewhere in the
nerve fbres. somewhere in the brain
cells, somewhere in the blood vessels
that carry blood to the brain, something
is radically wrong, and must be righted,
or the end may be worse than death.
To right 1t, take DIR. Miles Nervine.
Some other symptoms Of nerve trou-
BILE are: Dizziness Headache, Back
ache, Worry. Fretfulness, Irritability,
Melancholy, Lack of Ambition.
They indicate diseases which may lead
to Epilepsy, Fits, st. Yitus' Dance,
Nervous Prostitution, Paralysis. Insanity.
Nothing will give such quick and last
ing relief as DR.. Niles Nervine.
my husband had been sick for weeks,
could not sit up to have his bed made.
With all the medical help we could get
he continued to grow worse. He could
neither sleep or eat. Our baby girl was
sent away, and all callers barred, be-
cause he could not stand a bit of talk
tration cured by Or. Miles Restorative
Nervine. We began. giving 1t to him,
and in q few days he was able to be
dressed From that time he steadily
improved. Nervine saved his life
MRS. A. C. IIASKIN, Freevile, N. Z.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1904-09-14
LODIBURG.
Crowded out last week. J

Crowded out last week.
Ivy Squires is at Cloverport for a
visit.
jeff Adkisson, of Webster, was the
guest of Miss A. Belle Grant Sunday.