davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1906-08-17

]. T. Holiday talked in an interest.
ing manner upon tibet practical side of
mining ventures. answering some of
the arguments advanced by the other
speakers, Messrs. Patterson, Wolfard,
, 1906-08-17
.RAMIE REPUBLICAN.

Tne Laramie Republican Co., Publishers
w. t. CHAPLIN, Editor.
, 1906-08-17

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14

are two places OF the same name, and 10 Is
certain which of these was intended. the letter
goes 70 Washington also. For instance, a let
ter was received at a certain office addressed
simply Berean College United States"
States, one IN Virginia and the other IN Illinois.
That letter went TO Washington on receipt.
"A large proportion Of the letters received
bear almost undecIpherable addresses. Illegi-
bic handwriting, blOts, foreign script, omission
of capitals. and so make 1t difficult for any,
one save an expert to discover the meaning of
the hieroglyphics that sprawl over the paper:
but there is a record kept of every unpaid and
instructed letter received by the post Office
and everyone could be traced if desired. Some
of the clerks of long experience and naturally
quick eye can decipher the most unreadable
address at glance. bad spelling and no di-
visions of words notwithstanding.
The clerks are also extremely expert in sur
missing the probable destination Of oddly di-
rected letters and it is seldom that either their
memory or their intuition IS at fault \ letter
received sometime ago bore the address of
Hans JOrgen, Foot of Green Street" As this
letter was received at the San Francisco Office.
to say the least the direction was vague. and
even the old and expert clerks were puzzled
over the apparently unsOlvable problem But
suddenly one of them remembered that there
was a Green-St. in another city, at the foot Of
which was a wharf where many vessels Law at
anchor. and Hans Jorgen was probably a
sailor the letter might be tried there. II was,
and Hans Jorgen received his letter safely.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
Trouble With Sailors Mail

"A MOTHER letter bearing the novel address
u OF Hay BrOwnOw, America. offered
apparently still greater difficulties. America is,
wide, and an answer was lacking until some one
suggested trying the ship Americus then in
port. The quick brain and retentive memory of
that clerk, who had heard the fact of the
Amer1cus being in port casually mentioned on
his way to the office, saved the situation, and
the owner OF that letter was also found
When YOU have taken Your receipt for a regis
tered letter and dropped it into the box. the
matter IS ended as TAR as YOU are concerned,
but the busy clerks IN the registry department
have another tale 70 tell. The letter is taken
in at the registry window by a clerk who num-
berS 1t and makes out duplicate receipt for
his own use This duplicate remains in the
manifold book, which has interleaveS of carbon
so that another duplicate copy Is made in the
book. Another clerk, known in post Office
parlance as the stub clerk, takes the letter can
the red card. which Is returned TO YOU with name
and destination of the letter on one side. and
the name of the sender on the other The
billing clerk then takes IT, enters the record on
small blue bills, and places it in a long receiving
package specially prepared by the Govern
ment. The record clerk handles it next: he
makes record in large book. seals the letter
IN the receiving package, and the despatching
clerk comes. He enters the sealed packages
IN the different pouch bags locks the pouches,
and the railway clerk takes his turn. He takes
the big pouches, with Your letter carefully
sealed and guarded inside. and the mail van
carries 1t to the station, where it is given over
to the care OF the railway postal clerk, who
viii guard it as far as he goes, sometimes to its
journeys end.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
Department. for Searchers

IN the big, busting post office back of the
delivery window is a whole department given
over to the finding of misdirected, partly adj
dressed, unstamped. and illegible letters which
arrive in great patches by mail every day
The searchers' department, it is called. and
the big directories, renewed each year, and of
which the department possesses an unlimited
supply, are well Worn before the second month
of service has passed. They are divided into
sectiOns-A to F, Or to L, and so on-and it
takes one clerk all of his time to search anyone
of these sections through The method in use
for tracing person to whom instructed let
ter belongs is exceedingly thorough, and it is
seldom that letter, even with curiosity in
the way of an address on the outside, fails to
reach its destination, perhaps months after
months of trial.
For instance, if a letter comes to the office
addressed James MantOn, Chicago, and remains
unCalled for at the end of one month. it IS given
to the searChers' department of the Chicago
office, and every James Manton in the direc-
tory, with his given address attached, is noted.
Beginning with the first found, the letter is
given to the carrier of that district with in
struCtions to try there. If unsuccessful the
carrier of another district is given the letter
and tries 1t on his man. In this way it passes
through the hands of all the carriers who have
James MantOn on their rounds, and if
after all trials, it still remains unclaimed it is
brought back to the Searchers' department,
where 1T is then called 'shOO fly" and tracer
IS pasted on the back.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
Letters for Europe

ECR OPEAN registered letters are not sent
II direct from local offices. They are billed
sealed, and marked New York Foreign"
and are sent by the New York post office &c
their destination Mexican letters are sent e E
Paso, Texas, Foreign, and some parts of the
hlondIke are sent Dyea, Alaska. Foreign"
The registered letter passes through a myriad
OF experienced and capable hands. and it is sell
dom that the letter is lost. Should one be
missing, a tracer IS immediately put on the
trail, and each clerk Is responsible for his signe
record and statement, showing that the letter
passed through his hands 70 the next mar
beyond.
The Government routine Is hard. but it Is
thorough, and for the registered packages
valued at thousands of dollars. as we'll as the
lllIterate and illegible scrawl OF some poor
sailor. the postal service, in Uncle Sans do
mlnlons. provides honest and efficient care.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
MISDIRECTED LETTERS
By Frank III. Sweet

THERE'S a letter in the advertised list for
i Asia Pettigrew Morankin. That's my
mothers name. She lives in the East, so
it can't be for her; but thought I'd like to
know if there was really anybody else with a
name like that"
The voice came from outside the delivery
window, where the woman clerk was busily
sorting and casting some thousands of letters
to be called for within ten days She hadn't
time to look up. but she heard and her hand
went automatically to the pigeonhOle m
YES" she said, briskly, its here. Mrs.
Asia Pettigrew Morankin, Frampton. San
Francisco"
The woman at the window flushed MAY
see its" she asked briefly.
The clerk handed it out. and the woman
flushed more deeply still. Then she laughed.
Its my own letter" she explained-"m my
letter TO my mother. And to think that /
could ever have written San Francisco instead
of New York;
The clerk laughed a little, too. I'VE have
a thousand like that every day" she said.
Only the people who make the mistake won't
believe it when you tell them.
The woman wrote =" New York" on the mis-
directed letter and handed it to be remailed.
Then she walked away, thinking.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
What a Tracer Is

A tracer is a small slip of paper which each
carrier signs as an affidavit of the letter
having passed through his hands. As a last
resource, II is then placed in the advertised list
which Is pinned up in the hall of the post office
building every Monday morning This list
used to appear in the daily journals, but for
some reason this has been discontinued If
still unCaled for at the expiration of the adver-
tised time. it is placed in a long package of
similar letters checked off to tally with list
remaining in the office for further identifCa-
ton, If necessary, and sent TO Washington
there to be opened and returned to the writer,
if possible
In addition to the directories, the searchers'
department possesses a large book with the
streets and numbers of the principal cities in
the United States. If letter is received adj
dressed to street and number but no city, the
street and number are looked up in this book
and if street and number are found CORE
spending TO those given on the letter, it is re-
mailed. and in many cases the right city has
been found.
The mistakes made by people in so simple
an act as addressing, stamping, or mailing
letter are almost incredible. Sometime
ago the postmaster in Boston gave short
lecture about unstamped and instructed let
tiers, and invited some of the principal firms
and business men of the city 70 attend He
used as examples of the truth of his statements
the letters, numbering some hundreds, that had
been dropped in the office that dav. some adj
dressed to street and number, but no Citv
Others addressed to the city, but lacking street
or number; some not addressed at all some
without stamps; and on through the list of
lnnumerable mistakes that post office clerks
deal with every day. To saw that the business
men were astOnished is putting it mildly That
postmaster was a wise man in his generation
II he had not shown them their own letters he
would not have been believed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
Collecting in New Hampshire

"A NEW HAMPSHIRE man tells of tight
u listed man of affairs IN a town OF that
State, who until recently had never been OBJ
served 20 take an interest IN church matters
Suddenly. however, he became a regular at
tendant at divine service, greatly 10 the aston
iShment of his fellow townsmen
What do YOU think of the case of old
ketchum2' SAID one of the business men of
the place 10 a friend. " Is it true that Re has
got reHgion."
We'll, hardly" replied the other. with the
air of one who knows The fact Is. rs en-,
tlrely a matter OF business with HIM | am in
a position 10 know that about a wear ago he
loaned the pastor fifty dollars. which the latter
was unable 70 pay. So there remained nothing
tor ketchum but to take il out in pew rent .
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
Stamps. But No Addresses

I ETTERS are often mailed. carefully stamped.
~ but with no addresses at all In this case
they are known as "deads." and are sent 10
the Dead Letter Office at Washington 10 be
opened and returned. No "deadS" are per
mitted to be opened at any other office If
part OF the address Is on. but no citv and there
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
This Tells You How

In order that all short per-
sons may obtain the in
creased height desired. we
have printed a book which
gives scientific proof, of how
it is done and full Informal
ton how you can add from
two to five inches to your
height in this simple, safe
and easy way. This book,
together with endorsements
from physicians and sur
geOns, gymnasium and mill
tary directors, schools and
colleges, will be sent free of
charge to any short person
who asks for it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
[[l!Illa OUR HEIGHT
There IS NO LONGER AN EXCUSE

For any man woman to look short stunted.
BY the Cartilage system you can add from to
inches to your height, in a natural way, safely,
quickly, permanently and privately in your own
home. 1t involves no drugs medical treatment,
electricity or operation, no hard work
pleasant features no loss of time and almost
expense. And while it is increasing your height,
it will also give you better health greater energy,
more nerve force, we'll as broaden your shoulders
and improve the proportions of your whole figure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
Who would not desire to hear
the fol owing Orators and their
Orations If 1t were possibiei

Pericles 49," Funeral Grafton
Demosthenes -" Grafton on the Crown"
Cicero -" Grafton against Catiline."
Cesar -" Speech in the Roman Senate
on the Conspiracy Of Catiliue."
Massillon -" The Curse of a Malignant
Tongue"
Garihaldi - Speech 10 His Soldiers"
Daniel O'Connell -" Ireland worth
Dying for
Robert Emmett -" Speech When under
Sentence OF Death
Patrick Henry -" tive Me Liberty or
Give Me Death
Marat -" Speech before the National
Convention.
Red Jacket -" speech at Fort S;anwix."
Daniel W cbSter -" Reply 10 Havne."
Robespierre -" Against Granting the
King a Trial
Danton -" To Dare. TO Dare Again. Al
ways 10 Dare"
MORGAN -" Speech in His Own Defence
Napoleon 80 Farewell To- the old Guard. -
Abraham Lincoln 80 First Inaugural
Henry Ward BeeCher -" Effect OF the
Death Of lincoln"
Emile Zo.a -" Appeal for Dreyfus."
Theodore Roosevelt "A Nation of
Pionects.'
Prince bismarck -" \ Plea for Imperial
Armament
George Washington -- First Inaugural
address"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-14
HERE IS PROOF.

Ask your doctor to turn the Mays on the body
of some friend. Ask him to point out the % verte
bre sections of the back bOne and notice the "a
cushions of cartilage between. You will find about
10 inches of this cartilage between the head and
the feet, and the doctor will tell you that it is elias
tic and fibrOus like muscle
Now, by the Cartilage system, this Cartilage is
increased in thickness by exercise, just muscles
increased by exercise, only by the Cartilage sys-
the exercising of the cartilage is automatic,
with no hard work and easy rocking in
rocker You increase the muscles in size rs per
cent You need increase the Cartilage in thickness
only IS per cent, to add 2s inches your height,
very common occurrence. Wouldn't you like
that added, 25s inches, o more, half of ita
1t would enable you to we'll in a crowd, in
church or at the theatre; to walk without embar-
rasSment with taller person, to dance better and
give you all the advantages of being we'll built
Write for to-day If you short, you
afford ask for this explains all Simply
address letter to The Cartiln &c Co., 394H Unity
BLDG. Rochester, n. Y.
F. S.-The that others not advertising this
simple method that the Cartilage System protected by
Patents in the United States, and other
country the world.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04
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A New Artificial Fuel.

VULNERABLE inventors have drawn
upon their knowledge OF chemistry in
| the effort to produce a fuel which would
compete with coal In efficiency IL not IN
price. Not a great many years ago prize
was offered for a method of solidifying
petroleum or reducing petroleum to such
forms that 1t could be carried in the fire
boxes. The research thus stimulated re-
suited in the patenting of several fuels.
among which was one combining petro-
leum and peat. After the peat is raised
from the bog by a dredger 1t is put into a
disintegrator and all the roots and coarse
material are removed. 1t is then put into a
press, where 1t is reduced from eighty to
forty per cent water. 1t then passes
through another disintegrator, after which
lime is added to further dry 1t. The
mixture is conveyed to a drier, after which
petroleum, mixed with bituminous pitch,
is added and the whole placed in a pug
mill, or mixing mill. After a thorough
mixing II only remains to briquet the
mass.
The calorihc value Of the synthetical coal
made by this process is represented by
1900 degrees OF British thermal units The
very best anthracite coal has value OF
only 100 thermal units, while bituminous
coal has calorihc value OF IL 500 degrees
British thermal units.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04
Socialism of Eskimos

THERE are no chieftains In the Eskimo
/ community. They all regard them
selves as free men, with an equal
right to hunt and fish and sleep and
eat Everybody shifts for himself He Is
absolutely and Internationally independ-
emit His only ambition is to be a good
nuhter and to rear sons who will Inherit
ms skill with lance and harpoon. He has
heiped himself against the elements for
centuries, and the white man descending
on DIS shores ostensibly to confer the
dressings OF civilization has never been
able to improve his condition. but only to
detract from the old time happiness and
advantages OF the aboriginal Eskimo COM
munity. DR.. Frdtjof hansen, Captain
Holm, DR.. Salager and several other ex-
plorers have pointed out that an approach
10 civilization means to the Eskimo a slow
but certain process of deterioration. In
almost every instance where the experi-
ment has been tried, such as around the
Godthaab settlements, the Eskimo. con-
rounding the virtues and vices Of civilIza-
ton, mas ever been made a victim Of the
latter at the expense of his own native
virtues. In his natural state he leads a
natural life on natural principles. No law
tells him he must not lie, yet he never lies
no law tells him he must not kill, steal or
cause suffering among his tribe. and vet
he never kills. steals or causes trouble.
The natural helpfulness of the Eskimo is
the basis of the socialistic state in which
he lives. He will risk his life to save
that of another, even his enemy. He will
share the spoils of the hunt with his neigh
bors. II his neighbor dies and his wife is
left alone with children. he will provide
for her until she marries again. He does
not Islander or tell tales; he does not abuse
any one; and he does not fight. He is a
man of peace. He loves pea e for its own
sake. and his life is one long laborious at
tempt at happiness for himself and his
people
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04
Rain Of Blood.

~ LII Southern Europe, and especially
Sicily, has recently experienced
u what seemed to be a rain OF blood
The fields, roofs and trees were paint
ed red In most literal sense. In the out
lying districts the phenomenon was re-
sarded as supernatural occurrence. The
rain was subjected to chemical analysis
and its exact composition was ascertained.
This confirmed the theory of its origin.
IL contained sixty per cent of red sand.
and the rest was composed of clay, little
organic matter and about Ave per cent of
water. Under the microscope vegetable
hbres, fragments of diatoms and other
debris could be seen.
The red matter was found not to be of
volcanic origin. The various chemists
agreed that Il had come from the Desert of
Sahara, and the mystery of the rain OF
blood was explained. Similar occurrences
were described by Livy and other writers
OF his time. Microscopes were not known
then and the oracles who were consulted
had no knowledge OF chemical analysis.
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04

" USTRALIA has adopted the system
L of drying milk which is said to have
Nbeen very successful in London. Eng
land. The milk Is dried between steam
rollers and sold as a powder, from which
nothing but water has been extracted and
to which nothing but water requires to be
added to make wholesome, clean and
sterile milk. A leading medical officer is
reported to have said that the adoption OF
dried milk at some of the asylums for
consumptive patients and in general hos
pitfalls has proved a success.
A>A%AA%N
According to E. B. Osborn, who lectured
recently at the Royal Colonial Institute,
London, Canada's immigrants are best in
the following order:-Scotsmen Amer-
cans, Engllshmen, Scandinavians. Ger.
mans and Doukhobors.
An Italian student, having lost ali his
money at the gambling table. killed him
self at Nice recently, leaving on a table
In his room, written on a card, the words
'Rien ne va plus" the phrase used by the
crouplers to announce that no more bets
may be made.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04
Dental Clews.

g. NIGER print identancations are grow
ing more and more common In the de-
lection Of crimes but detectives are
still watchful Of some indication Of
dental clews. and many important cases
have been solved through some slight in
dication.
Not long ago banker in st. Petersburg
was found murdepcd and there seemed no
clew to the assassin until one of the police
officials picked up a cigar holder which lay
near the body and was supposed to have
been In the murdered mans mouth when
he was killed.
On trying to At the holder TO the teeth
II was shown that no possible adjustment
would make " At the teeth, and from the
marks on the mouthpiece II was proved
that the holder belonged to some one
whose teeth were of equal length. Within
the day the bankers nephew was under
arrest and had confessed the crime.
Frequently a vague description Of the
features of fugitive criminal Is supple
mented by a description OF the gold crown
work on his teeth that leads to quick
Identification, but. on the other hand, one
English thief escaped detection by having
three of his sound teeth crowned with
gold. Although all steamers were watched,
he calmly walked past the detectives. and
II was not until a police circular fell into
the hands of the dentist that the trick was
discovered.
A burglar who lunched off bread and
cheese after packing up the plate left a
clear print of his teeth in the cheese, and
by some popularity of formation furnished
the police with a clew they were not slow
to act upon.
The oldest case was that of a man whose
i'll fitting false plate fell from his mouth
as he was making his escape. He was
picked up in another part of the city as a
suspicious character, and before released
the facts of the robbery came out. and II
was found that the plate was his. He had
saved on his dental bill, but lost Ave years
of freedom.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-02-04
To Transport Fresh Fish.

= ONsUL General Guenther, of Frank
l fort. writes to the Department of
- Commerce and Labor that II is re-
ported from Paris that the expert
ments made by Professor Gruvel, of the
University of Bordeaux, who is also
chlef OF the Fishery Commission for the
western coast of Africa, with reference
TO keeping fish in refrigerators or upon
snow, have been closed after twenty
three days
They have proven that ii is possible to
snip fresh hsh, as sole. &c, in perfect
condition from the African coast 10
France. HOLSTERS which had been boiled
at once and kept in refrigerator cham
bers arrived In Paris from West Africa
perfect in freshness and flavor. The
sampling occurred at Paris restaurant
under the Craftsmanship of Mr.. Dybow-
ski, Inspector General Of Colonial Agricul-
ture. in presence of numerous merchants
and manufacturers. 1t has already been
decided to establish regular steamship
service for the purpose of supplying fresh
salt water FISH from the western coast
of Africa.
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The olive crop of Greece this year is esti-
mated at 100000 gallons.