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The National tribune., 1906-02-15

which come in wagon loads from large
establishments. II is all third and
fcurth-class mail, with stamps affixed.
Below, in the basement under the side
walk, each chute terminates in Il boiler
scale, and capable of holding Il ton. All
the mail entering the post office, of
whatever character, is weighed, hence
these scales. When a box receives a
sufficient load the door in the chute
above is locked by lever from below,
and the weight taken. The box. which
Is hinged, discharges by dumping for
ward onto wide horizontal belt NOV
ing at a speed of 80 feet per minute.
driven by an eight-horsepower electric
motor. This belt delivers the mail to
another similar belt moving in the same
direction at 90 feet per minute and
which is elevated at the farther end
The fast belt throws the mail against
a smooth wall, from which il drops TO
a cross-conveying belt running 30 feet
per minutes at right angles, and which
in turn delivers the mail into the buck
cts OF a lift These buckets are huge
affairs, capable OF holding 1000
pounds, and are attached to endless
chains which rise vertically and dis
charge the contents OF the buckets as
they turn To descend from the floors
above. Those of our readers who have
Visited a grain elevator or Touring mill
and observed the little iron buckets
holding about a pint of grain going up
the wooden spout will recognize in these
mammoth lifts a greatly-enlarged ex-
The National tribune., 1906-02-15
CHICAGO'S NEW MECHANICAL POSTOFFICE.
Only One of Its Kind the WodEieccity and Compressed Air
the Moving Powers-Marveous Conveyes with Almost Human
Precision.
popular Mechanics.j

The first mechanical post office in the
world is now in successful operation in
Chicago. Hundreds of tons of convey
ing machinery give the place the ap-
pearance of some great manufacturing
plant. The building cost SIS, 900, 600, but
the architect failed to anticipate the
growth Of postal work with the result
that when the building was occupied
recently its facilities would have been
utterly inadequate had not a vast sys-
TEN of labor-Saving machinery been in
stalled. Much of this machinery was
invented, and all was built. for the ex-
press purpose of handling mail.
Mountain of Mail.
The volume of mail handled viii be
better understood from the report for
the year 1905, in which 2,751, ,695
pouches and sacks were received, and
4,597.051 were dispatched. The num-
beT of pieces of mail handled was 1,203,-
1874, While of newspapers and pc
riodicalS there were mailed 6S,071,302
pounds, requiring the services of 4,602
employees. The mail originating in Chi
cago may be divided into three classes:
the letter mail, first class; newspapers
and magazines from publishers, second
class; and the third and fourth-claSs
mail which include books, merchan-
disc, etc.
When letter, postal card or sealed
package is brought in by the collectors
or is mailed through letter DROP in
the building, ii is placed or falls upon
wide, endless belt which rapidly car
ries 1t up to the second floor. Here the
belt empties into cars divided into three
sections and open at the top. AS fast
The National tribune., 1906-02-15
Queer Drugs.
GIinneapolis Journal.)


The venom Of the rattlesnake has
been known to cure locomotor ataxia
and scarlet fever" said a chemist.
homeopathic physicians often pre-
scribe il.
You know the curara, the deadly
poison that the South American Indians
smear on their arrow tips? Wen, curara
Is very helpful in hydrophobia.
There is ii seaweed called bladder
wrack. They make of this an anti-fat.
a marvellous ant-fat. BY the use of
this anti-fat / know a man who reduced
his weight 40 pounds in three months.
There is deadly fungus, the fy
aSaric, which unfortunate persons
sometimes eat in mistake for mush-
rooms. They make a medicine of the
fly agaric, medicine called muscarine
nitrate, which, injected under the skin.
causes copious flow of tears, French
actresses, in weeping scenes such as in
La Dame aux Camellias,' sometimes
use this drug.
Cocaine causes wakefulness. 1 once
worked AS hours at a stretch, thanks 10
cocaine.
Coco stimulates. exhiiarates and re-
moves all desire for food or drink. An
Alpine guide will chew so or 90 grains
OF il before commencing Il difficult as
cent -
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Did He Fiud Out.
OBoston Transcript

one of the Missouri Representatives
in Washington who did some campaign
ing with Folk during the contest of a
year ago tells a story illustrative of the
danger of the rhetorical question.
Al a small town where Folk was
billed to speak portly man named
Sidd0ns had been scheduled 10 act az
presiding officer. He felt the impor-
tance and dignity OF the occasion keen
~, but without knowing very much to
say. In opening he rambled on about
National issues and the past glories of
the Democratic Party till finally he
reached the State situation, which he
promptly declared was of overwhelm-
ing Importance to the people of Mis-
sour. To work up climax he began:
81 will ask you this question: Who
is this man that has been named for the
Governorship ! say, Who is Joseph
w. Folk / repeat it. Who is Joseph
w. Folk
"Oh. thunder!" squeakcd the shriv-
eled-up little man in one of the front
seats, I'll bite. Who is he, anyway"
The National tribune., 1906-02-15

Every 10 seconds a carrier arrives with
its load of mail, rapidly filling pouch
after pouch, which are locked and hur-
ried into the mail car.
The engine is blowing off steam, all
the passengers are on board, the con-
ductor stands watch in hand, and even
as he gives the signal and steps upon
the slowly-moving train, one more last
pouch is thrown into the mail car. It
contains letters which were in a mans
pocket who was entering the post office
more than a mile distant eight minutes
before. Then the postal clerk shuts the
door of the mail car but not until then
was the Overland mail closed
The Pneumatic Tubes.
The pneumatic-tube system includes
six trunk lines with nearly 30 miles of
pipe. The nominal diameter of the in
side of the pipe is eight inches. The
tube is of cast iron, with bell and spigot
joints, which are made tight in the
same way as the ordinary water mains;
that is, with lead calked into the bell.
The pipe, as rule, follows the street,
and the depth depends largely on the
local condition, from two to 10 feet.
X crosses the Chicago River in two
places. The air pressure varies with
the load carried and the length of the
line, and is direct pressure, from six to
II pounds. There are four sets of COM
preSSors operated by Steam-engines in
the basement of the Federal Building.
At present 15-horsepower does all the
work Should a carrier become lodged
in a tube the air pressure can he in
creased, and if this does not start IT.
the air current is reversed. Such acct
The National tribune., 1906-02-15
RHEAD ssEcr1oN CAR WHICH

dents are of very rare occurrence and
of short duration. When a carrier
reaches its destination its speed is
checked by compression, and its course
diverted from the main line to reduce
what would otherwise be a cannon ball
effect. Even with this precaution the
arrival and departure of a carrier is a
decidedly strenuous affair.
Incoming letter mail is taken from
the trains into the depot postal room
and transferred 10 carriers and sent
through the tubes to the main office.
IN fact, none OF the letter mail is now
carried IN wagons, which haul only
newspapers and merchandise. Even
these will soon forsake the wagons and
travel in small cars. securely locked,
through the tunnel system which honey
combs the business district of Chicago.
The pneumatic-tube system described is
like the brass-tube cash conveyers seen
in large retail stores, only on a much
larger and stronger scale.
second-C Glass Matter.
Periodicals and newspapers are mail
matter Of the second class One nun
dred tons are mailed by Chicago pub
fishers every day. This mail in sacks
tagged for each State, comes to the post
office in the publishers wagons, which
enter the building through large sub
way and unload ON long platforms Here
q small army OF men, after Weighing
throw the sacks into a lift" which
carries them up into the sorting room
These lifts are SO called to distinguish
them from the freight and passenger
elevators which do not handle mail
From the sidewalk on the Dearborn
street side of the building, next the
curb, rise 3 ornamental iron mailing
boxes, 10 feet high and six feet by three
feet. A hanging door opens near the
top on the street side. These boxes are
for mailing catalogues and merchandise
The National tribune., 1906-02-15
Distribution by states.

At frequent intervals during every
hour of each day and night some mail
will be dispatched to every State. And
this brings US to a still more remark
able performance. of which a single
illustration will apply TO all outgoing
letter mail. The Overland limited on
the c. & y. w. Railway leaves at S:G2
p. IN. Ten minutes before, or at 1852
p. m. the State sections which have
mail for that train are sending their
trays filled with letters. tied in pack
ages, TO that portion OF the room where
big. black pipes come up out of the
floor. The pipes are in pairs forming
one endless pipe between the post office
and each Of the several railway depots,
some of them a mile or more away.
The trays with packages of letters for
the Overland are being emptied on a
big table and packed into carriers. -
The carrier IS made of timed sheet
iron, with felt buffer at one end and
an annular canvas gasket at either end
t0 MAKE il tight in the tube that is, ii
fits within one thirty-second Of an inch
when it IS new. A carrier will easily
contain 500 letters. but the average is
much less, owing to packages and news
papers. a hinged lid is clamped in an
instant and the carrier set i'm position
to be drawn into the tube An auto
matte release once each 10 seconds
opens the tube and the carrier disap-
pears in the tube. Down it goes at a
speed of 80 miles an hour, turns out
under the street, flies along beneath
skygcrapers. dives under the Chicago
River and in two and half minutes
emerges i'm the postal room at the
Northwestern Depot. The carrier shoots
out upon table, is opened and con-
transferred to a lock pouch.
The National tribune., 1906-02-15
Judge
Lquozone by What It Does. The First Bottle Is Free

1t is not our practice to publish tes-
timonials on Liquozone. We prefer To
buy the first bottle, and let the prod
uct itself prove its power. simple
test will do more to convince you than
any argument or claims. We ask you
to learn, at our expense, what this
wonderful product means to you.
If you are sick, use LiquoZone to get
well, as millions have done. Learn what
It does that other remedies have not
accomplished. If you are well, use it
10 keep well, to ward off germ attacks
and as an inVigorant
The National tribune., 1906-02-15
What Liquozone Is.

The virtues of Liquozone are de-
rived solely from gases, by process
requiring large apparatus, and from s
to IA days time. no alcohol, no mar
cotics are in it. Chemists of the high
est class direct the making. The re-
suit is to obtain from these harmless
gases Il powerful tonic-germicide.
The great value of Liquozone lies in
the fact that it is deadly to germs, yet
harmless TO you. Germs are of veget-
able origin; and this gas-made product,
when absorbed by them, stops their ac-
tivities. We publish an offer of $1,000
for a disease germ that it cannot kill.
But to the body LiquoZone is eXhilarat-
ing, vitalizing. purifying. II is helpful
in the extreme.
That is its main distinction. Com
mon germicides are poisons when tax
en- internally. That is why medicine
The National tribune., 1906-02-15

For the American rights to Liquo-
zone, after hundreds of tests had been
made with it. After it's power had
been demonstrated. again and again.
in the most difficult germ diseases.
Then we spent, in two years, more
than ten times that sum to let others
test it at our expense. The result is
that millions of people, scattered
everywhere. have shared in the benefits
OF this invention.
We make the same offer to you. We
ask you to prove, at our cost how much
this product means to you. Let Liquo-
zone itself show how wrong il is to
suffer from a trouble that il cures
The National tribune., 1906-02-15
Germ Diseases.

Most of our sickness has. in late
years. been traced to germ attacks. The
list OF known germ diseases now num-
bers about one hundred.
Some germs-as in skin troubles
directly attack the tissues. Some create
toxins, causing such troubles as Rheu-
matism, Blood Poison, Kidney Disease
and nerve weakness. Some destroy
vital organs, as in Consumption. Some
like the germs of Catarrh-create in
llammation; some cause indigestion.
Directly or indirectly, nearly every
serious ailment is q germ result. Such
diseases call for Liquozone-not drugs
which can't kill germs.
Every germ attack, no matter what
The National tribune., 1906-02-15

as car is filled the operator, who is
stationed where he can see to advan-
tage, sets an automatic device, which
will open either one or all of the COM
partments at any table desired when
the car has reached a line of tables
where the letters are faced" The fac
ing process consists in arranging the
letters so the stamps are facing and at
the upper right-hand corner. The let
ters are then loaded into tin trays and
sent to the cancelling machines by
means of a conveyor which is constant
ly in motion. There is a long row of
the cancelling machines, each driven by
its own electric motor.
CancelIIng Stamps.
Forty thousand letters or SO, 900 pos
tai cards are cancelled in one hour by
each machine, which not only cancels
the stamp, but post-marks with the
word Chicago" together with the day,
month, year, hour and minute. Five
men are required to supply, feed and
remove the letters from each machine
The letters are again placed in the
trays
These trays are % inches long, seven
inches wide inside and four inches deep
They are made OF sheet metal, timed
They always travel head end first
Several thousand feet of small convey
are constantly travelling to and from ali
parts of the room. which is the size OF
a full city block. BY an ingenious ar
r2ngement in setting a combination at
the head end of the tray. the tray VIII
travel any desired distance, run onto a
side track and stop, Just where it was
sent. 1t is really wonderful TO watch
n tray of letters for. say the Texas di-
vision, travel religiously in its narrow
path, passing without hesitation Ohio,
Pennsylvania and perhaps 20 other
States, but the instant it reaches the
section where ii was sent il automaticaI-
IL turns from the main line and stops,
while the never-endinS procession goes
on to other State sections still beyond.
To return TO the cancelling machine:
As the letters are removed they are put
in trays and dispatched to whichever
sorting section is running low. In these
sections the letters are sorted into the
States for which they are destined, again
placed in trays, and sent 10 seek out
their own State section. At these State
sections are clerks who are experts on
their special State, knowing every post
office and all the mail routes, railroad.
star, rural stage, etc, and just where
to send n letter in order to reach some
little out-of-the-way place with least
delay. The empty tray is returned for
n fresh supply by being placed i'm the
upper story Of the cpnveyer, which has
Il double track, one above the other
and running in opposite directions be-
tween the same points. There are 9th.
er tray conyeyer systems for the inter-
change of mail, all working on the same
plan.
The National tribune., 1906-02-15
SOC. Bottle Free,

If you need Liquozone, and have
never tried it, please send us this cou-
pom. We will then mail you an order
ON local druggist for a full-size bot
tie, and will pay the druggist ourselves
for it. This. is our free gift. made to
convince you; to let the product itself
show you what it can do. In Justice
to yourself, please accept it today. for
il places you under no obligations
whatever
Liquozone costs SOC and 81.
The National tribune., 1906-02-15

its symptoms. calls for n germicide The
niildness of Liquozone makes some Of
its results seem almost incredible But
in that mildness lies the power that
germ diseases need And diseases
which have resisted medicine for years
often yield at once to it.
The National tribune., 1906-02-15
We Paid 100000

proves so nearly helpless in Il germ dis
'aSe. LiquoZone is tonic.
The National tribune., 1906-02-15

ample of the very same mechanical sys-
tom. reference TO the illustrations will
make the operation clear to every one
There are 10 sets of belt conveyers and
nine sets of lifts already in operation.
Each conveyer and lift has its own in
dividual electric motor. and, what will
occasion some surprise, all the electric
current for the light and power of the
great building is not made in the build
ing nor by the Government, but pur-
chased from an Illuminating company.
Money-Order Business.
In the Money Order Division the
clerks who issue the orders to the piib-
lie are ranged in long row with win
dows opening into the corridor. In the
top OF the built-in desk there is a small
trap door, one for each clerk, which is
held shut by spring. The moment a
money order is issued the duplicate is
dropped through this door into con-
veyer. which carries them all to the
other end of the big room. All the
offices in the building are connected
with pneumatic-tube service and pri-
vate telephone exchange. The system
of ventilation by which the incoming
air is cleaned, cooled and sterilized and
then carried to all parts of the building
Is extremely interesting.
The conveying and lift systems are
large affairs, the lifts being ponderous
machines; the illustrations, which are
made from photographs, fail to give
anything like proper idea of their
size. The success attending the use of
machinery is expected to lead to similar
installations in other large Offices where
great bulk of mail is handled.
The Chicago Post Office Building is
the finest in the country. 1t was II
years in construction. In addition to
the several floors devoted TO postal busi-
ness, all the other Government offices
are provided for, including the United
States Courts. There are $50. 900 square
feet of floor space. or about 15 acres:
from the street level to top of dome is
ESQ feet. The mechanical appliances
for handling the mail cost s250,000
The National tribune., 1906-02-15

Note that this offer applies to new users
only.
Any physician OF hospital not yet usinf
l-iquozone will be gladly supplied for test
The National tribune., 1906-02-15
Work of the Pension Bureau.

Pension certificates issued by Pen
sion Bureau in January 1906:
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-09-27

Begin with economy as your watch
word. Begin by giving up all useless
expenses. Begin by being contented
with living sufficiently within your in
come that YOU may lay by something
from your income each month. "ln the
beginning" it is so much easier to start
right than it is to get right after the
habits of living have been formed. I'm
the beginning" the foundation is laid
for successful ending. Begin right, end
well.
After while sickness will be sure
to come to one or both of you; added
expenses constantly arise. and unless
you begin to save from the start you
will find it difficult to save at all.
Don't deny yourselves every comfort
in life and become mere money grub
bers." Enjoy necessary comforts, but
beware of unnecessary luxuries. Learn
to be contented with what you can af-
ford. and don't worry because some
neighbor or friend has more expensive
things than you. Look well to the lit
tie expenses.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-09-27

Wash the bread box out weekly and
air it before placing bread in it again.
A spoonful Of water added to an egg
before beating it makes it more frothy.
Extra silver should be kept in can
ton flannel bags with a small lump of
camphor in each. 1t will in this way re-
tain its brightness indefinitely.
TO keep marmalade air-tight beat
we'll the white Of an egg, with it brush
over white paper and cover the marina
lade pot with the paper while the pre-
serve is still hot.
Paint will stick TO tinware If the sur
face is scratched with a piece OF rough
pumice stone or coarse sandpaper and
a thin coat Of shellac varnish applied
before the paint is put OH
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-09-27
For Metal Beds.

If metal beds are chosen with an eye
to their keeping bright and then given
Just a little care, there is no necessity
fo~ their turning dull and furnishing.
Experts say that brass ought not to tar
MIS-. If it is properly treated in the first
place and the brass trimmings to white
beds are the first places usually that
show wear. BE careful in getting your
bed TO see if the trimmings Cor the bed
itself, If it is all brass) are carefully
If you do not know the signs
ask some one who does; it
may cost little more than you thought
but it will be less in the long run. En-
rme'lng can be done (redone. that is)
at home with very little trouble. And
enamel paints cost SO little that there
Is no excuse for letting white iron bed
go shabby. even though frequent han
dlings may have SCARED the enamel
here and there. Once in every few
weeks. too. an enameled bed should be
gone over with soapy rag; it is sur
prsing how much dirt will come off
and how fresh the enamel will look
after its cleaning.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-09-27

Dissolve a half package of gclatine
In pint and half of cold water. Have
ready the juice of two lemons, two
to it cup and a half of sugar. Pour
over the mixture a pint of boiling wa
ter and add the whole to the gelatine !;
stir thoroughly strain. and set away to
cool. Cut into dice pineapple, oranges
candied cherries and bananas until
there is cup and half, and when the
gelatne begins TO harden drop in the
fruit lightly. Pour into mold and
chill
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-09-27
Deafness Cannot BE Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the ear. 1Lere is Only ore
way TO cure DEAFNESS, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by au in
famed condition OF the mucous lining OF the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inamcd
you have a rumbling sound or impe rfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is
the res ult, and unless the inflammation can be
taEen out and this tube re to,ed to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
min cases out OF ten are caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an infianed condition Of
.he'mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not he cnred by Hail. Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
f. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, zoe.
Halls Family Pills the best.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1906-09-27

good many Of the severe forms or
chemsette are being worn again. These
are made of lawn slightly stiffened,
and In some cases the chOker is encir-
cled by a satin frOck. Lace and lin
serie guimpes and chemisettes have
been worn so long that these new ones
are a welcome change
The tulle boas look we'll on women
whose necks are long enough and who
are also tall enough to carry them. and
they provide sufficient protection to the
neck from drafts. while loOsened ami
pushed back on the shoulders they re-
move even the little bit of warmth they
possess from the throat
If you make belt out of ribbon,
which, of course, is on the straight.
1T Is very much more satisfactory to
use two lengths of narrow ribbon in
stead of one length of wide. DO not
sew the two lengths of ribbon together,
but adjust them to the bones at the
front. back and sides. The two pieces
of ribbon will allow more give" than
one piece would, so that the belt will
fit better into the line of the waist.