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THE. WIRELESS TELEPHONE. 4
FREDERICK COLLINS I'm THE TECHNICAL WORLD.
discoveries. Professor

to many curious discoveries Professor
Alexander Graham Bell, In working with
his new telephone, devised an apparatus
for telephonlng onin beam Of Ugh MS
instrument, which he named the photo
OF selenium, a substance possessing the
very remarkable property, under tho ac-Ss
4 ton Of light Of varying N electricaii re-
In between two connecting wires of5plat-
Binum or silver. Bells transmitter COM
prlsed a mouthpiece, n shell supporting a
Iatior I smail eoneave Mirror plans
projecting lens, all OF which were suitably
s fon
S s Az vas sorm RFGsstsa
para parade mirror OF large diameter In the
\ focus OF which seleniunl cell was nd
5justed, Tho terminals Of the conducting
wires eectlodes q 5he re9t
to the back, where they wero connected
In series With a battery md also with an
GrdRary fhs
selenium cell altered Its electrical resls- Z
lance, consequently causing variations IN
tie current from the battery and finally
spoken into the transmtter movements Z
Of the diaphragm Of the 8transmitter. cause
the concave mirror 70 vlbrate IN unison
ed at tho receiving end In virtue OF these
fluctuations. While the distance 70 which
& He'll was able to propagate the light VAR Z
Viations representing the human voice was =
not more than n few hundred feet. recent
improvements in tho system by Herr Err
nest Runner have resulted in the trans
mission OF speech distance OF several
miles. Sls
The writer, In endeavoring to bring
about the advent of commercial wire
less telephone which would not be inter
afered with by fogs or OF her q ilnospheic 3
conditions and which would not require &
either alignment or u direct Wis.
Fual line, investigated the seYeral
schemes OF dispersion, inductiYity.
and electro magnetic wave meth.
most Interesting, since It partakes OF tho
mature Of the wireless telegraph ns wei
III Nat which ie Is not possible Win either Of
the latter--namely II will transmit arti-
culate speeeh Wirelesslly;, = IN o VIII
less telephony an undglatory oseili,
b b. abtal II IS aadiag the radaiing
whose ao-ethcients possess the propertl!s.ss
Of slowing down each oscillation pntiiS-
"a more or less perfect wave resnlls,S
When this pojnt is reached, the ~ rlkinE
effect of tho oscillatory discourage on the
ether rs greatly weakened, but " short
diby without the usual cOherer lnteTyen- s
ing Some of the most recent work by
ma writer however,. has shown that R y
liquid deteGtor made By Immersing
platinum point and g platinum
plate in an alkaltns solution m
crease the volume o. sound 70 ~ apptSS'-,E&$
ciable extent
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MeriWether Lewis.
methods whereby

There arc several methods whereby
articulate speech can be transformed into
electric current waves. which mny.Sin turn,
earth, or water. The first OF these met TIL
DDS consists In the use Of a battery and "a
telephone transmitter connected In series
immersed in water. When the undulatory
current flows through the Circuit thus
formed, the larger portion of It's energy
{ Is llssipated. flowing out ,in&curyed stream
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CONTINUED from Fifth Fagc.) #
them with all the good news ct onos.
Arthur was free. the firm had been re- -.8
established with him at Its head. and
tomorrow the debtor's prison would be
only a memory.
# Before they left the Marshalseal that
night, Little Dorrit give Arthur o folded
paper, telling him It was q charm, that
he was to say, IT love you! lille he
burned 1t In the fire. "a ssl
u He thought this only a woman's fancy,
but he did as she asked SO the will that
had been the cause of 50 much pain and
wrong was burned to ashes. Little Dor
Frit kept her promise she had made, and
Arthur never learned Of the sin OF which
the woman he had always called HIS
mother had been guilty sSs, ys35 vi
Next morning Arthur and Little E l-'c
5wero married Mt the very same old
church where she had slept on the
cushions the night when sho had been
4 locked out Of the Marshalse Mr.
Aleagles gave the bride; away, and all
their friends were there to witness It.
even the disconsolate turnkey who had
SO long solaced himself by composing
epitaphs for his own tombstone, and who
went home to mediate over his last In
tscrption: n 5ss Il Va I'D
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Mr.. Carpenter Chats Will, Gov
crilor Davis About His Priil-E
cipality and People.
WHAT. THE CANAL ZONE rs
It's Towns and Municipalities.
Some 100000 Acres Of Gov
eminent Land--No Friction.
BY Frank G. Carpenter.

Especial Correspondence Of The Times
Dispstclss
PANAMA, March 27--1 have Just had
a talk with Major General George w.
Davis. the governor Of our Panama
possessions. In his palatial residence on
Ancon hill. even rode with liimato 1t
In the gubernatorial carriage behind the
coachman and livery with his silver but.
tons, bearing the monogram T. G.. or
Panama canal. The carriage is the old
one belonging to the French director.
general. which came into our hands as
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1876 TO 1924.

About a month ago the Minor geneal-
ogy appeared in the Times-Dispatch8 ana
3 see YOU cling to the traditional Dutch
sailor as our ancestor. am q daughter.
OF Professor Lucan Minor, Of W!lliamls-
burg, va. MY brother, Lucian, mad, 4 9
much trouble and expense secured & the
unbroken line OF Minor, and had O. com
piete tree. But that was lost IN the
terrible Galveston storm, In which MS
precious life went out. ts8i
8 IIe started on the Dutchman theory,
but found missing Inks. Once. When III
London he discovered in 'Doon1sday
4 Book, what proved the true ancestor
being the same as the Miners OF New.
England. A New. England friend, VINO
was a Miner" and devoted genealoglst.
compared her tree with his, and they were
The same, up to the tenth generation
from England, and the second in Amerl-
q ca. II give you the needed items to do
away with the Dutchman to whom
greatly object, for If my sex had been
otherwise my father had intended to
aafflict me with the name of "Doodeas,'
but providence was kind.
Though our first American ancestor
came to New England his wife was Eng
5lish so neither have we YANKEE bio2a'i
for which we are thankful. lseloW IS
given the copy as sent by my friend
Y. '.i RI &c. M. L.,
s Duluth, Mimi.
1Iow the name was acquired.
copied from records OF Charles r. Miner.
Burlington, VT. H
.IIenry pullman" Esquire, resided ut!
Mendlppe Hills, County of Sommersett,
England. a miner by profession, armed
one hundred OF his miners and servants
with little axes and rendered them, With
49, Il In Eduy1 ri th0 SO (anu
his son, the Black Prince) while on their
way through the "MendIppe Hills" on
tho fourth expedition against France. A.
u. 1916, and for this valorous act was
eknighted and the name of his profe3-
sion given him for u surname with q
"Coat Armoral." The Kings secretary,
In his returns, compliments the 4nfore-
said "Bnllman'. for his loyalty IN these
words (recorded In LATIN: THE ocean,
lthough great rivers, with many currents,
nav him trlbute) dstains not also to re-
ceve lesser, f loyal brooks, which by only
one turn po,r themselves into Its BASIN
And tho name given him was, SIT
b Henry Miner Knight His descendants
prospered with numerous offspring,
In 1880 Thomas Miner or Minor fbeins
spelt differently on their tombstones 10
be seen In the Ne1ultequock burying-
ground In stonington, Comb come 90
Salem IN tlle sOou ei'll't Nt. .r,,',,
died In 1900 aged So, leaving ten children,
i, John, married Elizabeth Booth.
q, Clement married Francis Wiley.
8, Thomas.
4 IIphraim married Hannah Avery
T s. Joseph, from whome my New Eng
land friend comes,
"a g.. 'Manasseh, married Lydia Moore, Is
n T. Anne, died, 5.
I. Samuel, married Mario Lord,
o. Maria, died,
TO- Hannah, married Thomas Avery,
one OF these came to Virginia and WAS
ancestor but do not remember which
one; probably this can be gained from alr'
John IA Minor, son OF Dir. Charles Minor.
of LANDS End,, Albemarle,
we thank our correspondent for the
above, which sets the Miner or Minor
genealogical history In a different light.
2 .5.' ~ IN o. M
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QUERIES.

'If Mrs. y. S, W, who Is Interested III
the sixteen families who came into tie
valley of Virginia with tho first setttler,
Baron Josh IIlte. 17s2, will order copies OF
tho .West Virginia Historical Magazine
Of dates April, 1909 tThe Van Meter FAM
liz, by Miss a. ii, Van Meter. with coat
of-armsy; January, 1903, Tecords relative
Ia the Van Meter Du Bols, Shepherd,S a1te
and ellied fam;lies), by Samuel Gordon
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Pulled the Cars Leg.

Early IN his reign Gear Nicholas caught
a bad head cold, and asked a humble
subject how this annoying ailment could
be cured. The advice given was t hat the
with tallow from a common candl e.3 oars
rolled on, and one day, by a mere acct
dent the car had the chance of ookings
through q book o T. household expendi-
lures, and was amazed to find he had been
charged for d pound OF talloW candles
every night since. FL fgs$
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Davenport.

Editor Tines Dispatch Genealosy Columni
Please inform ME OF the genealogy OF
the Davenport family OF Virginia. All
descended from Rev. John Davenport,
I've heard my grandfather Clark. on my
mothers side. say that he came to vir-,
ginla when Augusta county, went 60 the
MFRS. M. c. M
Richmond.
True, Rev. John Davenport was the
progenitor. OF the very distinguished
family long and we'll known In Rioh-,
mond. Will try and glve sketch, With
coat OF arms. as soon as posi- BILE.
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pretty long one Of this celebrated great
historical character whom the country
has been celebrating Mt tho st. Louis
Exposition. We have alteady giveH many
sketches Of him in this column, but In
our next briefly give his family corinsc-
tons.
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RICHARDSON
[! !s4EfY Y IL5 q ll!I|fN!IIlzAA.l IsL

Smythe. Messrs. Penn, Hist. and April
1907 Josh I1ite the pioneer) by Nv. s.
Lardley); sho can obtain much OF the de.
sired information. a description Of the
1Iite coat-of-arms was given in Tho
Times Dispatch July 10. 1904, and also u
photograph OF 1t June 20. 1901. Crozier.sln
his General Armory'' Ewes this Du
Bois family as follows: "Du Bots, New
York; Louis du Bols. Kingston. 1860 de
scendant Of Macquair du Bots. Count de
Ronsy, A. D. 111o): Argent, a lion RAM
pant sable, armed and languld. gulis.
CREST Between two tree stumps, vert,
the lion Of the shield.
Motto: "Tiens Ia foy."
Anna Maria Du Bols, vito OF Baron
Josh Hite, was a daughter OF tho above
Louis sDu Bols. I do not know coat-of-
arms Of others: possibly you can get
them from West Virginia; Fist Society:
address w. s. Laidley, Charleston, Ka-
nawha county, w. Va.
Perry.
Editor Of Genealogical Column:
Sir,-Seelng in your column that q Will
liam Perry had come to Virginia IN 1926
and settled here ! the oldest relative living
and last descendant Of tho Perry family
Is Mrs. Ardcllne Nunnally, now ninety
one years old, of Manchester, Va. and u
any one wishes information, please call
on her, as she can tell all you wish to
know Yours ectfnlly,
| - ddRS. n. y. ias
Wa would like to have anything of the
Virginia Perry family. leading UP par
tlcularly IN connection with the great
Olive Fl. Perry, OF war OF 1872, with coat
of-arms. Il
Pornfrey.
Dear sr,-WIll you kindly publish the
genealogy1 OF the Pomfrey family? Ny
great-grandfather, William Pomfrey. canne
!, from London. and settled in Virginia,
either in New Kent, James City, or some
| OF the ad jacent counties, about 176s. or
perhaps a few years later. He mar
ricd Eliza beth Burch, OF Virginia, form
erly OF London, In ITO Would also like
| to know the names OF William Pomfrey's
parents In London. The old family re-
cord, spells the name Pomfrey, but now
most persons spell pomphrey.
IA 81; NJ. II. b. II
Richmond.5 Va.
The name OF Pomfrey we find rather
scarce in Virginia; there Is recorded Of
"Sylvanus Pumphury late Of the Prov
ince Of Maryland, now in tho colony OF
Virginia, 1921 who 1t seemed sold a
negro slave IN spotsylvanla, Nathan
Pumphary, being a witness. Can any
one give more Of the family?
s& Brown. IS ss.ss
Editor Genealogy Column & IKE
Will some, one be 50 kind rs to give all
the information possible OF the Brown
family who settled at Browns Cove"
l Albemarle county, Va, and particularly
that branch that married into the Cave
! and Jarman families? 955 sf3 5iss
q ~ G. r
81 Yes in our next we can do so; or let
some one send in mn answer.
MeriWether Lewis.
Editor of The .rimes-D Dispatch:
Will you kindly give a short sketch OF
N1eriweth her Lewis whom he married, and
gof what family Of Lewis In Virginia arc
connected and related to him?
'CID SUBSCRIBER"
Haden, va. III "
49,, III 30
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s very truly, h. 2E.I
w. NJ. HUMBLE.

Cfarenlont, Va. III
Few OF the name Of Hundley have been
met with so far; "a general history" Of tho
family would involve more time than we
Gun give. Can any descendant send US
something's
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The Steptoe Family.

- A correspondent OF the 4IiMeS-DlSpatCi
at stormont. Va. asks in the paper Of
March 18th concerning the first Of the
Steptoe family in Virginia, and where he
settled. 37Js
G The Lancaster county records show that
Anthony steptoe located there with John
$Cossens about the year 1857. John Steptoe
appears there about tho same time
Whether he was son or brother to
Anthony, there seems nothing to show.
John Steptoe married Elizabeth, rellct
! OF John Eustnce. who died in 17e.
Their children were: ~ William. whose
will probated in Northumberland 176s,
shows that no had wife, Ann, and chill
dren, William and Mary; {2) John. anu
Joan Lawson. June 10, 1721; t3) James,
located in Westn1oreland county. He
married, first, Elizabeth, and had Eliza
beth (and ~ Phi. gLudwell Lee; (2) PR.
sFendall) and Anne (md. a. NVillo. Aller-
ton; i(2) Samuel Washington. James
steptoe married secondly Mrs. Elizabeth
EAylett, and had four sons George, Jane .,
Thomas and William. :5. I'll
James steptoe died in HVestmoreland IN
1857, leaving will. u.
} John and Eliza beth (Custace) Steptoe
had besides the four sons named above,
i daughter, Lucy, who married u Joseph
Blackwell, and was mother to Genera
8Iohn Blackwell. g. Nv. ,, 5i
Mr.. Editor,-The insertion OF the little 2
word "that'' in my article on Pollard, OF
last Sundays issue, changes the meaning a71rl 8
altogether Please correct In your next:
About tho land patented, It az rec &c corden
in the land grant office at Richmond. my )!
mother was one OF the legatees, ETC..
s. is the way 1t should read, making two
distinct sentences, and not, that she she
was one etc." That was not true that
that fact was recorded there. only that
the patent can be seen there 55 Please
make correction, and oblige,
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Hundley.

Editor Genealogy Columns:
VIII YOU givein your genealogy column.
the trec Of tho Hundley famiiy7 Virginia
seems to be the honie as you seldom
come across one OF that maine west ot
Virginia, and the East Southern States,
The writer is a native OF Ohio, but his
grandfather was a natlve OF culpeperi
county, Va. IIundley Is a Scotch name.
i think. as 1t Is mentioned in THE Lady
of the Lake. would like to know from
What race We sprung, class and general
history. II q
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Legislature and to Congress and was
also in the Confederate army attaining
rank OF colonel. All Of these distinguish
ed South Carollnans were direct dee
sccndants OF Colonel Richard Richardson,
who was born near jamestown, Va, 1904,
and died In South Carolina, 1850, to which
State he had moved to early in life.
HIS grandson, John Peter Richardson,
who was born at Hickory HILL" 8. C., is
said to have been much like him In char
actor and craftsmanship. OF the Virginia
family there was also Archibald Richard
son. OF Nanscmond county, who, In 1891,
was a lay delegate to the Episcopal
convention at Richmond. We have not
at hand the births and deaths or Bible
extracts of this noted family, but they
will be obtained and presented If possible.
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Brown; Brown;

Editor Genealogy Column: III
$ Will some one be SO kind as to give al
the information possible OF the Brown
family who settled at Browns Cove
Albemarle county Va, and particularly
that branch that married into the Cave
and Jarman families? $ III e
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Yes, in our next we can do so; or let
some one send in nm answer.
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TALES FROM DICKENS.

(continued from Fifth Fage.2
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-09
Miner.

Fork Union Va, March II. 1906.
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s The name Of Pomfrey We find rather
scarce In Virginia; there Is. recorded Of
"sylvanus Pumphury, late Of the Prov
4 ince Of Maryland, now in tho colony OF
Virginia, 1921 who 1t seemed sold a
negro slave in spotsylvanla, Nathan
sPumphary, being Witness. Can any
L one give more OF the family?
The statesman., 1905-11-03
Comes Of Fighting Race.

Baron Fersen, captain of the Rus
sian cruiser Izumrud-who reported
to the czar having blown up his vessel
rather than have her fall into the
hands of the Japanese-has just that
sort of blood in his veins. For he Is
one of that family of Highland Mac
phersons who settled in Sweden,
where they dropped the Mac" called
themselves Fersen, and afterward
ovsrGowcd intoeRussia, where they
rose to high position. The most illus
trious of the line was that Field No
shal Count Won Fersen, who entered
the French service and played a con-
siderable role in the life of Marie An
toinette. It was he who disguised as
a coachman, drove the French royal
couple in the fight to Varenne. He
was aftervard murdered by a Stock
holm mob on suspicion of having poi.
soned the crown prince of Sweden.
The statesman., 1905-11-03
BRAIN WORK AND BEAUTY.
English Specialist Thinks They Can.
not Go Together.

According to an English specialist
who has made careful study Of the
subject. the reason why women are
better looking than men is because
they are more indoleut and are not
called upon TO use their brains as
much as men are Hard intellectual
work and asslduous attention to busi.
neKs. he says, are harmful so far as
physical beauty is concerned. AS
proof that his theory is correct. he
points to the Zaros. whose home is in
British India. Among them women
hold the place which in other eoun.
tries is occupied by men. The Zaro
woman manages the affairs OF state,
goes into business on her own account.
and does not walt for a proposal OF
marriage, but proposes herself; where.
as The Faro man has nothing TO do but
cook the meals and look after his chill.
dren. The natural results, says the
scientist. is that the men Of this singu.
lar tribe are very pretty and the wom.
sn are unusually plain,
The statesman., 1905-11-03
Amusement 800 Years Aoa

Just 300 years ago King James /.
Of England visited the liens then kept
In London tower-the show from
which is derived the lions" in the
sense of the sights Of a place. The
king had an arena built on to their
cages for fights with bears, dogs and
bulls; but the two lions that entered
It on this day simply stood blinking.
Two racks of mutton" and "a lusty
live cock" were successfully thrown
to them and devoured. After this the
king caused a live lamb to be easily
let down unto them by a rope, and
being come to the ground the lamb
lay upon his knees and both the lions
stood in their former places and only
beheld the lamb; but presently the
lamD rose up and went unto the lions,
which very gently looked upon him
and smelled on him, without sign of
any further hurt" However, a lion
and-mastiff fight that followed was
better sport"
The statesman., 1905-11-03
casTLissT MlTga IN LAND.
EkA~s sivsstmann Wears One STUD
de2 With Valuable Jewels.

The most costly miter in the United
States miter which represents s10,-
600 worth of Jewels and precious
stonss-is worn by Bishop Horstmann
Of the Cleveland diocese OF the Ro-
man Catholic church. The bishop BY
virtue of his office is custodian OF the
miter, whicA is the property OF the
church.
The extreme costllness Of the jew
eled headdress is equaled by its ar
tstic excellence and interesting his
tory. The gems which adorn the
crown were the gift Of Mrs. w. j..
Gordon. wife of the late multimillion-
aire. Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon were close
personal friends of the late Bishop
Gilmour, Bishop Horstmann's prede-
cessor, and during Mrs. Gordon's last
illness she directed that her jewel
box be given to the bishop and that
Its contents be used for a inter.
Later, Mr.. Gordon added the Jewels OF
his dead daughter to the collection,
and when he was shown water color
Of the miter as It would appear when
finished he was SO delighted that he
agreed to bear the expense Of making
Il
The emblem Is so thickly incrusted
with the gems that its fabric. white
poire antique, is barely visible, The
sswels are diamonds aud seed pearls,
amethysts, turquoises, topaEes and
sarnets- The cruclform design is out
lined with pearl necklace and a
large diamond cross is placed in the
center.
The statesman., 1905-11-03
NOT OF HIS FLOCK.
PArlshioner Had Wandered From Pas
tors Jurisdiction.

Back half century ago the Rev.
DR.. Moore Of the Congregatona
church at Milford, n H.. was known
far and wide for his ready wit. eI.
pressed in his quaint, llsping way
One OF his parishloners. taking OF.
tense at something. left the congre.
CATION and attended another church.
Every Sunday morning the man met
Dr. Moore on the way 10 his pulpit
and was always greeted with CHEEKY
good morning" instead OF rebuke,
as he expected. At last. when be
could stand Il no longer. he stopped
and. In reply TO The doctors saluta'
ton, asked: Doctor. don't you think
as a pastor II is your duty to look at.
ter the wandering sheep OF your
nock?"
"oh. yeth. thir. yeth thlr." promptly
replied the doctor. Il always looh
after the sheep. but I've nothing 10
90 with the goats
The statesman., 1905-11-03
LONG sIEeEs IN HISTORY.
Some Gallant Defenses Made by Be-
leaauered Garrisons.

The longest siege Of antiquity was
ths; of Ashdod by the Egyptians. Ae'
eord!ng 10 one authority Il lasted nine
teen years. Another fixes It at twen-
ty.nine years. Fabled Troy was be-
sieged for ten years.
The siege OF Jerusalem by Titus,
A. D. 10, though not the longest, was
the most sanguinary on record. Syra-
euse, 214 3. c., held out against the
Romans for three years, and Carthage
resisted them. 14T B. c., for two years.
Famous among sieges was that of Par
na. which capitulated in 1885 after q
years investment
Gambia. in Crete, surrendered TO the
Turks ia 1869 after siege of twenty
four years, during which, II is said.
100000 we're slain. Gibraltar success
fully resisted the Spaniards and
French from July 1s, l77e, to Feb. 8,
1883.
Among modern sieges that Of Sc
vastopol. is54-55, is interesting, mas.
much as the besieged were Russians.
Sevastopol and Port Arthur are sea-
ports. When the former was invested
the Russians blockaded the harbor
with sunken bsttleships, When the
evacuation took place they sank all of
their remaining ships. The siege Of
sevastopol lasted $40 days, during
which the besieged we're heavily rein
forced.
The statesman., 1905-11-03
colncidences IN Lives.

Capt n. VI. Brooks, superintendent
of foreign mails in the postoffce de-
partment of the government, was
born on the same day as President
Mckinley. They we're each the sey.
enth child OF their parents. entered
the army together at the age of l8.
and were mustered out of the service
on the same day. On the 31st of July
Capt. Brooks will have seen thirty
three years of continuous service in
the postoffice department