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.DfrmiBtfr kopf
miro erfnnofll.
Gebit SaaStaid)e aus ben 8oilern
Ses Safens anfgefiidlt.
-As-
Alle lIeile Der 2fidDe
nun uorbanOfn.
Hch5roen iprcdcn and Bon anoeren
Gbnliden gorfGQea.
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Bottom, 6. Roo. @eltern III
md Der Rcpf Der 2eifye Der Sniannn
Barp I'm Safen seiunben tporoen urto
mar aenon on Der Stelle, no er tlnG
bem gefenntnis Der nerbafteten Ger
henifdnoer 2erps 50. Graiuiorb nno
l4ilinm Sotpor6 ms @oIier getporfen
porben mar. Or befanb lih IN etr1er
bonotoIfe, bic nebenbei nod 30
Eltno Shrotforner entbielt Snmtt
|Enb ale EeiIe Der 2eihe pollItonote.
Ger Runpf puroe am 81. Septeniber
eefun0en, llnb ole Arme un6 geine
entoedte man ain 27. Sftober. Der
Rcpf befihost Iih in gitteni 3ultnnoe
nno IaBt Iid leiht erfennen.
Ssnsrpiifen Inht Die RoliSei ndh ei'
ner eeipiIien 0inrp 2. 9enn, ipelbe
bic Suionno Sears Dor ibrem 9ooe
BEL ii6 oufgenommen baben tou.
auein Die Sufe lit bisber erfolglos
berlouTen, ga 6ie Sro1l cffenbar ote
stoSt oerIoIien bat ioboIb lie bon Der
gerbaitung Der 6eioen Mdnner horts.
ssreitoa abeno lit Der Grst Or Sercn
g. Wec2eo6 unter cer slnI6uloiglng,
an benz totem Wdohen cine frintinelle
Eperotion porgenonHen 81 hoben,
rerboftet tporoen; er itellte $4,000
9iirgihnft.
lie Goli5ei oeitet on, Sob lie Der
lieber3eiigune iIt, SoB 6bnIife Sale
bon 8erbreflen gegen Ods teinlenoe
peben iln6 nodfolser,oem Eooe uri'
uiiidIihr 0tGohen nlehrfoh IN Der
Staot pcrgefommen iino.
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&egirrnns 6uaf ihneIlcr nn6 6illigcr.
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8a ib,ington, 6. gsoOember. ~
@enn ntft gan3 unermnrtete 3mi.
Ihenfalle eintreten, bofft Ole 8unoes.
regierunar 6egpeiien 5u f6nnen, oaB
lie tr iblen etgeneh ,Sdjtffsbonb6fen
&riegsidtffe i6neIler imS bi[liger als
S1trh &optraftarbeit bouen fam.
Gas 2tpienidiif vGonnecticlit"
peldeS IN pgm 8rooflpner 8aubofe
TN 8ettbqpgrb nit Dem 9inienidiff
y9ouiiiuno"1p oas BON Ser Repport
Nelps S6itfsbouonitnlt geboitt ipirS
fcnitrllierts tpiro, lit nm 25 Gro3ent
peiter poaGnoet unS pir6 in iehs
@oden fertig iein. Sn ben lebten
@odeu lit bte 9trbett am ,gonuecti.
cltt" ouBeroroentlih raid Dor lid, ae.
gdnQen, 3ie Irbett an 0em 9inien.
idliff bdtte.giIle gon5e 3eit lang Itia
Su liegeH,s tijeil bie Gegierlma 0ie
&an3erimg fir Gle @ei6iibtiirme niht
5tt befommen bermohte, ober troeoem
hoben oig, 9legierilugsarbeiter Die
Bri0otllttternebmer In 6rei Mouuten
iiberboIt.
Sn SSolge 6eIien miro 2Iottennlini.
iter 9cnoporte empfebIen, nod CT.
oere Grieqsififfe nnf Cen 9felie,
rungsDerfien 81 bauen.
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9opton, O., 8. 9too. ,ocoF
&ouah re6It 6rau rno Sobn Iinb i,
etnem Teuer ilrgpfqmneit, peIdcs iFy
QGt N1eiIei n6r6Iidi bon fier qeIro
ncs Sons secitorte Siiner Souaf Il
s'pGiter sohr. rpuroe In I6iu~r d"
btornten 8uitonoe nod Dem Soipitns
0tifofft
gic hoS feuer entIf1noen iii, mcif
mon nidt; Scr Coroner itcIlt cine I'm
teriudunq OH. Ger iiberleben6e Soba
faat ous Sab cr unS iein perbranntcr
mtitoer periuhten bic gItern sr ret.
ten. ober bon cen Nnmnlen un6 6cnt
Tou6 iibertniItiot nur0en; es aeIona
itm MIR nit Yiiibe iid Iel6er in
Siderbeit su briueen.
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Sinst nidlt iua6ridcinlidj.
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9res6en 6. 92ou. - 9l6ermoIs
eebt bnS @eriidt, OaB Der a0niq bon
Sdhien rpieEer bcirateu min Gs
bei6t Dab Der n1dite geiudl Sen ser
S{niier in DRESDEN MAIDEN miro, nit
Sieiem 8roiett 5it tltn baben mirA
Ger 3ame Ser fiinftigen a6nigiu
miro nid6t erpdbHt, nber man min
piiien oob Der aonio 5um 9r9teItan.
tisrus iibertreten iperoe, Elm Sfritt,
Den oaS 9olf idon IdngIt geipiiniflt
babe, Gie 8nbl Ges aonigs Ioa All
Die Grin5eiiin Ratricia BON Con.
.naugbt gefaaen iein.
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5Manifef rnabnt
,ur @ronune.
Gtnfiigrnns Der 3ciOrmen SnrdJ sInf.
rabr Der56gert.
Or9anIatiuurn Iino -
miktrauiFdD.
Sabl Der Sfer Der ltnrubcn In CSeiIu
errcidJt 6000.
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Sbefid, 6. 9ioo. - Seute 1T bie
Staot rubig. Ran id)1bt bic 2abl Scr
IN oen lnorbnrngen llmgefommenen
uno 8erlpunOeten auf 5000. Ssm
ltaotllden SoipitaI aIIein lieeen 1000
8erpunoete.
SIN SuoenoierteI iin6 600 @obn.
bauler, ole 8erfit1tten mo 266en
Serltort pcr6en. Sic Suben tuuroen
lInter Den 9roBten @roriamfeiten mn.
eebradt; Die Renge IbIug ibnen ole
Shooel NIT Sdmmern elm, trieb linen
lnnge gtogeI tn ben 2eib ober riB ibnen
Gle angen aus. Sn ein5elnen sSdQen
tpuroen Die Slloen mit 8etroIeum be.
gciIen unb an9e5iinSet.
3ie ruiiiIden 910en un6 SGuIr
rpuroen NIT RrelBen uno Seiligenbil.
bern be5eiGnet unO ailf oieie @eiie Dor
Der gSut Der Wtenge geibiitt. 2ie
drmeren SuoenitraBen baben am mel.
Fen 3u leioen gebabt; 6ie 6eIiereu
StrdBen Iino nod gut 0oponoefnm.
men. Wlit SenIen im6 RiItgabeln be.
ndffnete gouern tpoIlten Ii6 an Dem
Blitnoern beteiligen, lpur6en ober bon
ben Solboten pertrieben 3ie 8olbci
IiGB niemon6 oie HubeIt6rer onbaIten
ooer feitnehmen, fon6ern rei8te iie 8u
tnrner tpil6eren Saten auf.
Eomsf, Sibirien, 6. 9too. - 3ie
Srubhen io6en iid beitte gespunacn,
Die 0taiien, rpelde boS SSuhenpiertci
piiinoerten nit Dem 9ojorett an II.
qreiien. 8iele Wenihen prroen ae.
t6tet unb berlpunoct. lie foIbe Stoot
lit aepliin6ert ipor0en.
ct. 8etersburq, 6. N>p. -
Ger oamts6o!e" brin9t boute 90 rnrn
fl,iaoer eiuen 9rfruf on SuS @olf SIR
8rnf 8itteS Stenpel trGqt er ioot,
boz oem Reihe Scr 3crfaII ornbt re N
Ed NoS GcIf uid,t sur Gprteihidurg
Der Reaierimg ianlmelt, urb Ienft Oic
Niifrnerfionifeit oilf oie perfd,'e e0enen
@etitionen, tpeIhe sic Reaierltno er.
biIt; Die einen piinIhen rtiIitiri'frn
Shub. oie onoern Oie 3nriidsichnng
hes MiIitdrs; sic einen beflaaen iif
iiber SEN Gifer, Sic orboru iiter bic
gleihoiiItidfeit Ser Solooten.
gS6tpobl es unaeieblih it," iogt Sos
Wanifeit. I'm iehem Tolle 0en tuab~en
@runo iiir oie 9onflifte 81 erfennen,
ift fIar. naB Der So,tbtaritro in Der
NnfItnheInna ser 8olfsmdIien Iioot,
9ieienigen, tpelfc nit Dem fniTcrlidcu
grloB un3ufrieoen itnb, hcten Die 2u.
Friebenen ouf unb peronlo'ien 9lnorif,e
umb @caqnangriife. mas iih perneiben
IieRe, ruenr brs @olf nur glnaben
tpcate, Dab bic pcriprod,enen Rpior'
men ouh ouseefiibrt ner6en tpiirSen
ltnorOnitngcn fGunen nidlts su @eae
hrinaen nnO nur Sie Ginfiihrltngen ser
9fefortnen, reIde bem Iolfe eineu
gnteil an Ser 9feaierilna iidern oer30,
germ.
,Tie Reaiernna redlnet nnns hcfon'
ners ari Die ltnterItiibunp Der Rrciie,
tpeIhe berIteben muB, oaB 0os 3ltiarl.
menhnIten ser tnteIleftueIlen Screen
Ses g1eides notuenotg it,"
Der ,.9fllR" iadt 6nb Sie 8oftif hor
SpboIition frieoIiber ieiu mirb; TeIhit
@rt,f @itte ifeine bic 4rGftc, nit DC
men er an ifufien bot, nidt 'lt frnro'
gs soc feline 6iibrer. tuesbolb @itte's
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Gciunscner besebt sel6itmOrO.
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GIepeIano, 6. Roo. - qbert
IS. Garrpin, elm @efongener I'm bie'
fiqen gountp @efGnenis, Ser unter
Ger anflage itono, lrou 9lnna @rep
IN Solicit, ST., ermoroet 3u baben bat
fif) in ieiner Belle erbdngt. 3orpin
brannte Dor einigen Wonoten NIT ser
Srau na6 gIfron our6 uno fam oann
bierber. glls oie ssrdn i6Iieblih al
ibrem Monn uno ibren Ginoern an.
riidfebren troIIte, eri6oB er Iie.
Iton lit Der 9lniidlt, Onb EN- nib.
Iungener iSluhtperiit6 ibn sum
SeIbitmor0 getrie6en hot. 3is 8e.
f6ngrisbeonlten entoeften aeIteru
GbenS, OoB mebrsre giienit16e on Ell.
nm 6eniter i'm aorrioor ourhgei1gt
tporen.
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Sampfcr IGiffbriidjis.
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Ropenhaaen, 6. Gop. - 9er
ifonoinapiT6e Gompier ..SeligSlno"
Der am 26. Sfto6er bon 9tep gorr
nah Gbriiriunia abgefa6reu lit. aerie.
rGbren6 zines Stltrmss mttten I'm
aattegot ouf Sen @runo mo iprana
Elm 2ed. lin i'm Dor Dem Sinfen
su bepobren, tpuroe er ouf ben
StronS aeiett. 9os 8oroertsil 0es
ShiffeS lit boiler @oIier. 9lIle %ai.
'oQiere tpitr0en BON benz Stanoii6.
Tampfer Sod ans 9nno sebro6t.
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sdJiperer itniaa.
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CopyflBhtSu " NaO AHoVStabcu ErsSa
8eoforoGitD, 90, 6. gtob. --
ssobn 8nngbon, Elm nngeiebener Tor.
mer, feline srnu lno tire 3fpoIfi1briae
geihte boben beim 9urhgeben ibrer
8ieroe i'm @e6irse efnen ihrsdIihen
soo gefunoen. 6r1u 9ougbon uno
bos MGOhen i6einen auf Der Steue
tot gebIieben 3u fein tp1breno ser
Mann erIt nnh etniger 3eit ieinen
gerIesrngen erIegen 81 fein ideint.
sSn 8ien lit Ser &eoafteur 9luIfer.
Iis bon Der y9Irbeiterseitllna" ser
bonn @rnfen Sternberg, WtitaIieo beS
SIterreihiihen glbgeoronetenhouies.
rpeeen 9eleibiqina oerflnpt ipnrOe
frei1eiproden mor6en. CT bebaitptete,
Der @rof lei ais Sifi5ier megen I'm.
be5abIter SpielifnlSeu fafiiert NOR.
ben, INC erbot iid, Sen @abrbeits.
betpeis or5iltreten.
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&ir6clitnrm in Sfla6Oma.
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Mountain Giem, Sfla., G.
RoO. IT, Somstog gtahmittoq bat Elm
Sornaoo oic 8egeuo getroffen mt
ihmeren Sfaoen anaeri6tet. glhi
Meniden IinO tot,. Sarunter gS. s.
@bite, 8. %. GIorf, Sseunie Ssones
5rou 8. Z. @aIl unS 5lpei 4inoer
Sames 2. 9erflep uno ;Srau Smith
Siinf Gericnen Iinb lebcnsgefibrlid
ttnb Oiele anoere leihter berIett.
8as Sdnlhaus. 5pei airhen, stuei
2ei6itnIle. ein 2o6pn, Elm stull lmS
stpei @obnbollier lpuroen gGn3lidl
serit6rt unS piele onoere @eb1lbe Be,
ihdoiat
gtcIe Ecrionen peroen nod Der.
miBt.
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1~N SuIttenplaue.
copyrighted BY the Assoclated press

@aibtr9ton. 6. gtop. - 93od,
Der 9l5fobrt Se3 brttii6en 8eidpa.
Sers miro gfomiraI Gpons Ieinc
tShlodti6iffe 3u Der i1brIiden He.
porotiu nod Sen SIottenboabdfen
ihifen un0 Ip1ter nit Ser noroatlon.
tiIhen FIutte 81 Sen @intermon6pcrn
nod Siioen aehen. Nan lit ser Nm.
Iiht, 0oB lid, sic ;SIotte in Ser eri.sit
Sonuortpohe, in Sampton IoaNs per,
iaulmeIn uno bon sort nah Buonta4
nonto aehen tpiro. Ger 5Iottcnfrie1s.
raj orbeiEct Elm Irogromm fir Sic
8tntgrii6unasn ans, Seiien Sntnlt
nod, lidt 6efount i'll. 2l0mirol 81.
men Mrs lid an Srt nno Stelle 6eae.
ben ftfiS oic norootlnrtiihe 6lotte, oie
0rSroI hurfl sic Ronacrfrpuer bes
I6miraIs 9ronniort perItGrft mprben
miro, beiidltigen.
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gerhdnanispollr auniIiOn.
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Gbicago. 6. gaop. - Gin 3ua her
@rono Srunfbobn BOT etnen 5troBen.
Iobnfpagen. Der bic @eleiie Der 9o6n
1rel,Ste, rieOereerdnnt. 3tuei gerio.
nen lino getotet uno orei idlfper berlebt
kooroen.
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RnScatine, Sa.. IS. Cftober.
ginsportb in Soma lit BON eiter
ihperen tSeuersbrlmit beimgeiidt
mor6en S1mtlide @eihGftsbaIIer
hnb abaebrnnut. Ter Shn0eh nitfn
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Gcnlnr in gsien.

@ien, 6. Nop. Sier bat ole
Geniur Serniann 8abr's neues 0ra.
ma Ger Club Ser grI0ier@ perboten.
neil es elm ShIiiiieIItiid iIt Die
&auptperion otSerjog Weori8" Itelt
Den 96nig 2eopolo BON geIaien oar,
tpGbrenb auoere gerionen Weitalie6er
Der oIterreidiiden Sofgeieaidait re.
pr1ientieren.
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@aibtngton 6. gtop. Ger
6elltide gotidafter, iSreiberr Sped
bon Sternburg, bat um Samstdg Sem
Staotsiefretdr Shoot eilteu Beindl ae.
maht, Inn ibm oic gorinlaqe Ieiner
lit 9e5ug olti sinen San.
oelspertra9 Sl ltnterbreiten. Ser
oeltid]e gotifaiter iagte Dem 5taots.
iefret0r, oaB sur 8ermeiOuna eines
3oafrieges EN- 8ertrog abgeihIoIIen
iperoen miiiie. Seine 9fegieriing iei
bereit, in gerhanSliiugen ein3utreten.
Stantslninilter 6pot leinerieits Der.
iiferte Dem oeutjhen gctlhnfter, bob
ots GnnbeSregierung bereit lei In
9efbanollngen 9 eir5utreten, in0eIIen
Ger slusiaG bon Dem 8unOesienot
nbbdnge,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-09
Faults of Uncle Sans System
ComGrasGed With the British
By TIL ON A S l.. j A Nj E S
Former Postmaster General of the United States

behind the London administration If the British
capital had a Sunday delivery, it would be ideal
in its completeness Sir Arthur Blackwood, who
was the real power behind the Minister of Posts
and Teegraphs was Sabbatarian, and would not
hear of the distribution collection of letters
Sunday. He regarded it great concession for
the postal clerks to collect outgoing mail from the
boxes at the railway stations. This merely shows
how the conservatism of man, at certain
point, may cripple the greatest system, speaking as
to questions of detail, to-day known to mankind.
If the London office was to do no better than is
done in this city, namely, to collect all letters
placed in boxes during Sunday up to five o'clock,
the British postal administration would give such
letters twelve to twenty hours start toward their
destination whether at home the Continent.
AS | said once the letter gets into the possession
of the British postal service, it is pushed along"
every minute; but | have cited point at which
criticism is permissible. The old-fogy idea that
postman going his rounds on a Sunday night cannot
perform such service to the glory of God may be
accepted in England; but it is Anticipated in this
land of Sunday newspapers
Take the condition of the postal service in New
York to-day. Its citizens pay into the Post-Office
Department of this Government nearly twenty
million dollars yearly For long while Greater
New-York has contributed about one-ffth of the
postal of the country. This office handles
money-orders representing three hundred million
dollars annually. Therefore, the citizens of New
York have right to expect consideration from the
Department. Hours consumed in delivering
letters from part of the city to another Some
thing is wrong in the present system.
The Government has watched the building of the
subway without securing any privileges beyond
couple of tubes and these | am informed do not
work on Sunday. Sunday is the day in which every
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-09
BY Bliss Carmam

By Bliss CaTmam
Dear, smiling, little, snub-nosed baby face
With angel wings,
Be thou the guardian of this house, and grace
Its subunary thngs
Look laughing down, o blessed babe, and lend
That guileless charm,
That beaming joy, to sweeten and defend
Our dwelling from all harm
Bid sorrow shun the threshold of this door,
And memory
Cease in this place forever to deplore
What has been-and must bel
Come sun or storm, come merriment or tears,
No care can fret
Thy radiant spirit nor the heavy years
Invade it with regret.
Surely thou art a traveller from a land
That knows no grief
The life of men thou canst not understand
So turbulent, so brief.
Yet thou must tarry here, thou darling one,
To smile and bring
Thoughts of the worlds fair youth, fadeless
sun
And perpetual spring!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-09

eral post-offce to of the large newspaper
offices, because there not sufficient messengers
in attendance, something is wrong in the manage
ment. That superintendent should know that the
American District Telegraph Company, for
ample, pays only three cents for delivering such
messages and that he, as the chief of the bureau,
could equip service of the kind make ar
rangements with that some other company for
such emergencies. If the Government is not prepared
to perform the service it ought not to undertake it.
Ordinary penny-paid letters delivered in Lon
don with great, or greater, promptitude than
specials" in this city. l recall instance the
last time abroad: A friend had invited me
to dine, and accepted but in the afternoon of the
day business question arose that prevented me
from keeping my engagement sat down and wrote
a note of explanation and apology, sending it to
the nearest branch post-office Hardly had it gone
before felt that the hasty letter was inadequate.
l decided to go in person to my friends house and
explain. The distance several miles | went
partly by the underground, and then took a cab.
Hardly had been admitted to the house when the
bell rang and postnan delivered my letter. l
investigated the travels of that letter afterward,
and ascertaned that it had gone much greater dis
lance than |, in its underground trips, until it
Continual on Page ~
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most needed. Their present capacity need not be
increased, however, unless the efficiency at the
distributing points be improved. There has been
too much politics and too little attention to detail
in recent years. No criticism of individuals is
implied in this; it is the fault of the system
1t the subway managers shrewd, they will
every endeavor to conCiliate and Oblige the
post-ofice authorities. There are many advantages
that will accrue to their 1easehold if the subway
be made post-road. 1t will enable them to treat
with strikers from advantageous point of view.
Not that l think any hardship will be worked to
labor, but the mantle of the Government over the
enterprise and the property will safeguard it from
many possibilities of destruction When |
Postmaster of New-York, | got the mails upon the
elevated railway, after much difficulty. They
were carried for sometime without cost to the
Government; then a contract made which, |
believe, still is in existence | remember that |
tried to get postal the old Thrd-ave surface
road; but the president of the line fixed prohibi
tive price. Years afterward, he came to tell me
that he had made a mistake
1 have referred to the promptitude with which
letters delivered in London The branch sta
tons numerous and most of them in the closely
built sections of the metropolis are connected by
tube. The moment a letter is deposited, clerk
seizes it, cancels the stamps, slips it into leather
box and puts it in the tube In a few minutes, it
is at of the distributing points 1t may be sent
back to station within half-1nile of the from
which it was mailed, because that is the nearest
point of delivery In other words all the clerks
efficient, and the sorting of the letters begins
the moment they reach the hands of the Depart
ment. Statistics be kept at the branch offices
and forwarded to the general office later. The
old system, by which all matchmaker had to go to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-09

detail of the weeks end
should be cleared up: but
the mail-chutes are mac
tive. The Government
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-09

ton founded by man, ana antedateS all "
records of history, letters found IN
the oldest ton1bs, written on papyrus
attest. The Scriptures filled with liz "
references to it's Hebrew and Per-
sian kings sent their letters by post, or
and horses of the best blood were
employed in relays Assyrian and Persian mon
archs fixed their stations a days journey apart.
Letters were closed for Sealing clay" is mentioned
in the book of lob. The sacredness of sealed
letter generally has been respected in all ages.
Letter-carriers were known as early as the first
century Ordinances of the sanhedrirn were dis
tributed by the letter-carrier called 'dawar Q1t-
orally, "peddler," because he went from house to
house,. Henry VIII. created the postmaster but
the Roman Emperors had organized the first real
postal service. And yet, like religion, the employ
ment of written characters, drawings, as means
of communication between man and man would
appear to have had its origin in the heart OF the
aborigine The Spanish conquerors found postal
service in active operation when they landed on the
coast of Peru.
Posts were established originally for the sole
of monarchs and their administrative systems; but
nowadays the Governments mail is wholly lost sight
of among the immense volume of correspondence
due to trade and social life. The post is
Quoted for the benefit of the people, not for the
vice of the Government. The progress of our postal
service parallels the development of the country.
The wilderness has become the granary of the
world the remotest sections of country
reached by some form of postal service.
In this Supremacy important branch of the public
service the ideal is almost attainable Constant,
treless energy is necessary to MAINTAIN any system
at its best, no matter how well it be organized.
"Order is Heavens first law, it is of the Post
Office Department, and when we begin to con-
slider improvements in system cannot do
better than to study the high state of efficiency
already reached by the British. | am not
Anglomaniac; but | have unbounded admiration
for the stability that characterizes the methods of
the British post-offices. Parliament does not
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must get its postal-cars into the subway
at the earliest moment, although it will
be nothing but an afterthought on the
part of the Department. Switches
should have been planned, SO that
mail-cars, filled at the various branch
offices, could be sent direct into the
basement of the general office. The
tubes will suffice for light mail, but they
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central point before distribution, was
abandoned years ago
The special-delivery system can be
greatly improved by the organization o.
a more complete messenger service anc
distinctive methods for separating the
high-priced letters from the two-cent
ones. The man or woman who pays
twelve cents for the immediate delivery
of letter at its destination has right
to expect great deal of attention Il
is the dearest Government postage or
the face of the globe. don't think the
superintendent of that bureau of the
Department realize their obligations tc
the public. When two or three hour.
are required to get special delivery
letter across Park-row. from the gen.
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THE value of the postal
Il service is understood
= universally; there

fore, It IS the one Depart
ment of the Government nearest to the
masses. The post is the oldest institu-
ton founded by man, and antedates all
records of history, as letters found in
the oldest tombs, written on papyrus,
attest The Scriptures are filled with
references to it's use: Hebrew and Per-
sian kings sent their letters by post,
and horses of the best blood were