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New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

office Department and is taken in charge by the
equipment division If there is immediate
use for him he is sent TO one of the ''deposi
tories" where he may be found when wanted
There are seven of these mail bags repositories
in the country-at New York. Boston. Cincin-
natl. St. Louis. St Paul. Chicago and San Fran
cisco-and as soon as a mail bag in any part
of the country is emptied and is not Immediately
needed by the Office which holds 1t the time,
it is sent TO the nearest one of these cities.
New York needs more mail bags than any
half dozen other cities in the country; and
all the year round, average, there are
in transit two carloads of pouches from the
St. Louis depository TO Gotham. Sometimes
when St. Louis cannot supply the bags as fast
as they are needed other repositories are called
upon; for great, big hungry New York must
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

powerful as on the day on which they issued
from the studio of the great master at Antwerp.
They will henceforth serve as a powerful at
traction to the banqueting house to visitors
from all parts of the world. They will find
there also, many other things TO interest them
as the banqeting hall, after being used by the
first three rulers Of the House Of Hanover as
chapel has now been devoted by the King to
the Royal United Service Museum, where all
kinds OF naval and military relics are preserved
Among these are Old gun OF the Marie Rose,
a famous man-of- war in the reign of King
Henry VIII; the canteen trunk Of General
Wolfe: chair used by Bismarck or Napoleon
III on the occasion Of the capitulaton of Sedan
in 1870. and gun manufactured and used by
the defenders of Mafeking during the last Boer
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
ABANDONED BY WILLIAM III.

With the revolution which drove the Stuarts
from England and brought William OF Orange
10 the throne the glories of Whitehall a
royal palace and the principal court of the
sovereign waned. William. in spite OF his being
a native of the Netherlands found the damp OF
Whitehall injurious to his health-he was
martyr 20 asthma-that he at last abandoned
it royal residence removed 20 Hampton
Court, and when his ministers complained OF
its renoteness from the capital brought into
existence Kensington Palace. which thereafter
became his favorite home. In January, 1888,
woman-the patriotic journalists and pam
phleteers of that time did not fail 10 note that
she was a Dutch wOman-whO was employed
a laundress at Whitehall lighted charcoal dre
in her room. and placed some linen round it.
The linen caught fire and burned furiousIy- The
tapestry the bedding and the wainscot Ysre
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
Our Palace of Whitehall"
Is Really Government
Headquarters.

foryrEht. 1895. by Brentwood Company All rights
reserved9
whitehall which has been recently much in
the public eye through the wonderful restora-
ton Of the Rubens paintings which adorn the
ceilings OF lingo Joness banqueting house. is q
name known from one end OF the civilized world
10 the other as the seat Of a considerable por-
tion Of the central government Of the British
empire The Admiralty and the War Office the
departments Of Agriculture and Of Education,
the Home Office the India Office, the Local
Government Board. the Privy Council Office,
the Government Board OF Trade and the Treas
urv are all situated in Whitehall. So, too, are
the Foreign Of1ce and the Colonial Department.
since Downing Street which is given their
address forms part and parcel OF Whitehall
More than three hundred million of more or
less dusky natives Of india are subject TO the
directions issued from Whitehall, which reach
them through the agency Of the highly orna-
mental Ticeroy at Calcutta Every man-of-war
q England's great navy no matter IN what
quarter OF the world il may happen to be cruls-
ing moves in obedience 10 commands sent out
from whitehall and even those great colonial
esEendercies of the British crown which pride
themselves on their possession Of self-govern-
ment. such as the Dominion Of Canada and the
Commonwealth Of Australia, are compelled IN
al more important matters 70 defer to the views
OF Whitehall IN fact, royal proclamatlons and
great papers Of state bearing the sign manual
q the monarchs are dated from Our Palace Of
Whitehall" although the latter has ceased to
exist as such. II is no exaggeration. accord
3ngly 10 assert that there is a species OF magic
IN the name which is indissolubly associated
with The grandeur of that empire. upon which,
as on that Of Charles OF Germany and SPAIN
r-z sun rszar SETS
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

be kept supplied the postal business of the
country will go to smash. In the course of a
year more than eight million domestic mail
bags are received at and shipped from New
York. AS there are fewer than two million in
actual use. you may imagine that they are kept
busily moving in order to meet the requirements
of the service
There are tWenty-eight different kinds Of
mail bags in use, and they range in cost from
% cents TO S2.156 each. The ordinary cotton
and leather bags. with ordinary use. will last
ten years but the Catcher pouch that is
thrown on and off fast flying mail cars goes to
pieces within eighteen months. There are mail
pouches for almost every conceivable use. but
the oldest one made is probably the bee bag"
which was built for the international transport
OF honey bees.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

there was a loud summons On the telephone
bell
Hello cried Mr.. Graham, as he placed the
receiver to his ear.
This is New York" came a voice over the
wire. Send US 1O0O No. 1 bags at once We're
nearly out and want 'em bad"
"AH right; you'll get them this afternoon"
The chief put up the receiver, but took IT
down again as the bell rang sharply once
more.
This is Boston. We need 500 No Is right
away. How soon can we have them?"
They're on the way now replied Mr.. Gra-
ham. You should get them by tomorrow
morning at the latest"
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
FEW TOURISTS GO THERE.

While the name of Whitehall is familiar 10
every one Of sufficient education 10 keep himself
acquainted wiki the current events of his tIne'
OF y ho has even the most elementary knowledge
% English history. there are comparatively ZEN
AnlericaI travellers who have taken the trouble
10 Investigate this hub Of the British universe
They visit the Tower Of London, the British
zn6 South Kensington museums, the National
Ar Gallery the Houses Of Parliament, West
minister Abbey and St Paurs Cathedral But
somehow or other Whitehall has not thus FAR
appea Leo 70 them. While they are acquainted
with the annals Of al the Institutions that l
have lust enumerated, they know little or moth
inx about the story Of Whitehall. beyond the
fac: that from one Of the windows Of the ban
qUe3ing house designed by lingo Jones-al that
remains Of the old metropolitan palace Of Eng
lands rulers-the unhappy Charles issued
tgrth 70 lose his head on the scaffoid on Jan
1ary &c. 1919 They are even in doubt AS TO
which window be emerged from on that fatefui
morning. and are ignorant as 10 the side OF the
building q whicn the scafold erected
George Russell in mis- collections ana heco4-
lections" relates how when Tory politician
brought his young hopeful To Lord beaconsheid
shortly before the iatters death, IN order thai
the lac might receive from him some word oi
advice 10 treasure throughout has subsequent
.ife Disrasli soiemnIy addressed the boy as
follows
Ny dear young friend. your good papa has
asked NE TO give you word OF counsel wnich
may be OF service To you when you come To
mans estate Never asi, who wrote the Letters
q Junius or on Rhich side Of whitehall
Charles was beheaded. II you do either. you
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

might hope to rise in the world without rem
deriny any service to the government, without
being even known by sight to any minister of
state This courtier got a brigade, that a
regiment a third the pardon of a rich offender,
a fourth a lease of crown land on easy terms.
If the King notified his pleasure that briefess
lawyer should be made judge that Hber-
tine baroneU be raised to the peerage, the gray
est councillors submitted Interest therefore,
drew a constant press of suitors to the gates
of the palace. and these gates were always wide
open. The King kept open house every day and
all day long for the good society Of London No
gentleman had difficulty il making his way to
the rovaI presence. Bystanders whom
his majesty recognized often came in for
courteous word This proved more successful
kingcraft than any that his father grand
father had practised and many veteran eava-
Iier in whose heart the remembrance of unre-
Quilted sacrifices and services had long been
fostering was compensated in one moment for
wounds and representations by Charles's kind
nod and God bless you my old friend""
When the Georges came to the throne the
court did not retain its influence. Society by
degrees discovered that the sovereign in his
individual capacity had little 10 give that ccro-
nets and garters. bishoprics and embassies
Iordships OF the treasury, nay. charges IN
the royal stud and bedchamber. were really
bestowed not by the King. bat by his Cabinet
officers Every ambitious that he
would consult his interest better by rendering
good service 10 the ministers # the day than
bv becoming the. companion even the minlon
Of the sovereign. The courtiers who in the
reign OF the Stuarts had fiocl<ed around the
King were in the days Of the rulers Gf the
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
HlYEEYC CAREER efg UNITED STATES MAILBAG
WORN Our IN TEN Years.
INVENTORS ARE Invited {
To SBND In IMPROVEMENTS :
TFrom The Tribune Bureau. ]

WASHINGTON Jan. 1.-THE Life and Advent
ures OF Mail Bag: by Uncle Sam" would be
good title for book much more interesting
than many that find their way into print No
one but Uncle sam could do justice to the mar
rsrive. for no one but that dear ubiquitous old
relative OF could follow one of the busy
pouches it whiris across the continent skins
over the ocean OF flies through space to bear its
precious load Of messages TO the army of men
women and children anxiously awaiting its
coming.
Briefly. and to begin at the beginning the par
ents Of the young mail bag are Cotton and
Leather. There is a little iron and little brass
IN its compositions strain -of strength you
might say-and its birthplace is Lyons n. Y
That is, ali the common pouches are born at
Lyons William Taylor. the man who has the
government contract might properly be called
the mail bags godfather The registry pouches
hsi from Trenton, y. J. and that place r
Colt johnson stands sponsor for their careers
The cotton duck Of which the bags made
comes from mill in North Carolina, and it is
woven so tightly as to be practically waterproof
IN the weave there are thirteen stripes Of blue
Il you don't find the thirteen stripes in a mail
bag. YOU may know that Il doesn't belong to
Uncle Sam
Even if you do find the thirteen stripes. how
ever, il isn't absolute proof that Uncle Sam
owns the bag the postoffice officials recently
discovered their surprise. A few days ago
there landed in the big repair shop at Wash
iEgton pouch with the name Bucharest" in
large black type across its side. The bag was
built like ours, and, what is more remarkable.
had the familiar thirteen Sripes Of blue woverz
into the white duck After due investigation
Il was discovered that the stranger hailed from
Rumania but how il came TO be mixed UP with
the pouches Of the United States Postofhce De
psrtment the clerks could not determine Just
10 prevent such occurrences in the future our
Postmaster General viii address a note to the
international postal authorities protesting
against the adoption OF the thirteen stripe bag
by Rumania any other foreign power. The
number Of stripes probably does not have any
sentimental interest for RUmania. and in all
likelihood the adoption of the number came
about by mistake. Possibly the Runanian gov
eminent ordered a mail bag similar to that used
bv the United States, and the manufacturer,
probably German 10 whom orders is orders,
copied the pouch from clasp TO bottom even to
The number Of threads in the duck
STARTING ON IT'S TRAVELS.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
DIPETHERIA GERMS GOT LOOSE.

The interiors Of mail bags are protected
BY the postal regulations, which exclude glass.
sharp instruments. chemicals and most liquids
from the mails II only the other day. now
ever that a mail bag lost its life prematurely af
Augusta Ne because a mailing tube contain
ing q culture OF a case OF possible diphtheria
was broken in transit The bag which held ths
culture was therefore ordered 70 be destroyed
and many other bags were thoroughly furni-
gated Surprisingly few bags are lost after they
are filed with mail The system Of checking IS
almost perfect A few hundred bags are sacr1-
feed each year in railroad wrecks. but again
and again they are rescued from burning cars
BY the herosn of the railway mail clerks. who
often neglect their own wounds until they have
saved the mail in their charge
One incident remembered IN the postal ser
vice happened a year two ago near Pitts
burg. \ mail train was stalled by washoGts
so that il could not move in either direction
The flood rose until it was over the floors Of the
mail cars. The clerks hastily constructed RATS
of railroad ties and loaded the mali sacks upon
them They embarked on the Hood and with
great difficulty and no little risk steered their
frau crafts 10 safety
On the 18th Of this month the Postmaster
General will open bids for various devices used
bv the equipment bureau and il any bright IN
ventor of this or any other country thinks he
has evolved ways and means for making nlah
bags lighter stronger OF longer Of life then
viii be his chance to come forward and make
good II he does make good the government
viii adopt the prize taking device or devices
and enter into a contract that IN tirne ought 20
net the bright inventor enough 10 enable hin 20
fu other mail bags fall Of Christmas psc>2sss
for absent friends
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
The Worlds Worn.

out os the service. shipped with all posHos
speed to the repair shop at Washington and II
there put in shape again for further use
No fewer than sixty thousand mail sacks
newspaper and letter. foreign and domestic
pass in and out of the New York General Post
Office each week. and in the holiday season the
number rises to more than one hundred thou
sand. 1t is hard TO comprehend the vastness OF
these figures. even after seeing the countless
piles OF sacks which are sorted out each night
and sent on their way as the daily supply sf
letters and newspapers sffts through the office
Any reputable publishing house can issue
requisition for as many Of these canvas Gags
as it needs. 1t has become the custom for such
CONCERNS TO pouch their own mail for large cities
and for states. II saves endless labor at the
General Postofice. and it hastens the dispatch
Of the publication When the bags. filed with
mail. are turned in the publisher gets a receipr
The number OF sacks receipted for must tally
at the end Of the month with the number taken
ont. IF there is any difference in the account
the publisher must pay for all missing bags
For many years the rate was so cents a bag
but the price Of canvas has gone up. and lost
bags now cost 81 o. at that price few hass
are lost destroyed.
II would be impossible 70 estimate the dis
tance travelled by a United states mali bag
in the course Of the ten or twelve years OF rs
life A mail bag may make twenty hOuaiu I1ihS
between New York and Washington and then-
filed with mail for soldiers, may be DIS
patched direct to the Philippines There IT may
spend years in the interisIand service befors
if is sfunted back across the Pacific with letters
or papers for san Francisco
Again bag may travel for years. making
indiscrirninate round trips between New York
and Boston New York and Chicago, or between
other big cities 70 which mail is pouched d.
rect. and then it may be filed with papers for
dis2atch TO some distant Alaskan postofhce. Il
reach which it may be carried for miles on
dog sled
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
BAGS KEPT ON THE JUMP.

You've no idea" said the chief. as he turned
from the telephone, how fast our supply of
bags must be kept moving to supply the de-
minute that they're not in actual use some or
the big offices will get out and theren be
terrible how-de-do New York demands from
US about 10000 bags a week The whole cOun-
try uses 100000 bags a year, and. as there
are only 500, 900 bags in use and as certain
proportion of them are in the hospital for re-
pairs all of the time, the busiest pouches must
make a good many trips to keep UP the average
We repair about 4.j0O bags a day here. and
until recently when the department gave the
J work out by contract, made all the registry
pouches. In the last six or seven years there
have been many improvements made in the
character of bags IN use The old-fashioned
bags weighed about ten pounds apiece Those
now in use weigh less than five pounds, and
we are endeavoring further TO lessen the load
by substituting aluminium or some other lighter
metal for iron and brass in the clasps and
fastenings Mail bags have been in use about
eighty years. Before the adoption of bags the
mail was carried in boxes OF tin or wood
The POstoffice Department has in its James
town exhibit. still in the Government Building
down by Hampton Roads ancient looking
mail pouch. bearing upon its timeworn canvas
a dark red stain This bag was picked up be-
carrier who lost his life in it's defence over
the old mail pouch hangs a placard bearing the
following inscription:
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12

House of Hanover 10 be found in the ante
chambers OF Waipole. of Pelham and of Pitt
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
STARTING ON IT'S TRAVELS.

As soon as young Mail Bag is declared ready
for his travels he is turned over TO the Post
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
THE INDIAN QUESTION.

AS 1t applies TO the PostOffice Department
About p. July %. 1865 while F NJ Peter
son, mail carrier route 40.159. Crittenden 10
Lochiel, Pima County. Arizona, his re-
turn trip from Lochiel, he killed by the
Apache Indians. After numbering the carrier the
Indians open the pouches and entirely de
strOyed the mail. tearing il into fragments and
scattering It upon the ground Two pouches were
entirely destroyed or carried away The one here
with was left upon the Of the tragedy and
bears the sangunary stains of the victim
In the same exhibit at jamestown is a Hindu
envelope or mail container which bears the fol-
lowing:
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
BURSTING WITH CHRISTMAS GIFTS

BURSTING WITH CHRISTMAS GIFTS
During holiday times the wear and tear on
mail bags IS especially hard. and the demand is
a third greater than at any other period Of the
year. For two three weeks before and after
Santa Ciaus's time-honored and annually re-
peated chimney climbing exploit the mail bags
are bursting with packages of every description
and sometimes they actually do burst AS soon
as mail bag gives in this manner fl IS taken
New-York tribune., 1908-01-12
IF THE ALMIGHTY PLEAsEs.

Let this envelope. having arrived at the city OF
Calcutta, the neighborhood Of CaIOOtolah- at the
counting house of Sirajoodeen & Hahdad,
chants. be offered 10 and read by the happy light
OF thine eyes Of VirtUOuS manners and beloved OF
the heart-Meean Shaikh InayUt Ally-may his life
be long Written the tenth Of this blessed
Pamadzan Saturday. in the 1906 Of the he
gira our Prophet. and dispatched at Bearing
Having without loss OF time paid the postage and
received the letter you viii read it, and having
abstained from food and drink. considering IL IS
forbidden 10 yCu. you Will convey yourself to JaUn
poor and you will know this 10 be strict in
junction.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-24
MILTON, IND.

Milton. Ind, June 24.-Walter J.
Kern. of Indianapolis spent Sunday
with George B. Rothermel.
Oliver Hess of Indianapolis spent
Sunday with his father Daniel Hess,
Sr.
Mrs. Emma Kitterman of Jackson
burg is visiting her brother Hiram
Crook.
Mrs. Clarence Joliff and daughter
Eleanor of Richmond. and Mrs. Tom
Kepler and daughters Alice and
Louise were at 1. ]. Bishops Monday.
Camp Hard-to-get-at" is the name
of an outing place at Feeder Dam &C.
cupied by people from Anderson and
Shirley.
The ladies of the Christian church
will have a Dahlia carnival the latter
part of September. A bazaar and en-
tertainments will be features. The
ladies are cultivating a large number
of dahlias and the display of that gor-
geous flower will probably exceed
anything ever seen in this section
Mrs. Elmer Weaver was hostess to
the Merry-Go Round club Tuesday.
Miss Bertha Heacock. of Lewisville
Ark, who has recently been graduated
from Stephenson college, Granville,
o., is visiting her grandmother, Mrs
Maria Whitley
Owing to hindrances the children's
day exercises at the Christian Sunday
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-24
APPEARS As THIEF.
ConnersviIIe Young Man Is
Placed in a Peculiar
Position.
A BUGGY is STOLEN.

Milton. Ind, June 24.-Problems
and puzzles have been more difficult
of solution than an episode which re-
fleets upon a certain ConnersviiIe per-
son and makes him appear as a thief
in the light of testimony provided To-
cally Several weeks ago Timothy
Connell had a runabout buggy stolen
from the farm of NJ. d. Beeson.
Tracks leading southwark could not
be followed very far and nothing had
been heard of the vehicle until recent
ly. AS John Cornell, a brother of the
owner of the missing buggy was
driving by the Valley Grove Gene
terry he saw the buggy attached TO a
horse at a rack.
He unfastened the buggy and tied
on the rear of his own vehicle and
drove home. Together with his broth
er he returned to the cemetery to
await developments. In a short time
a young man from Connersville came
to the rack and united the horse. He
was asked where he procured the
buggy and he claimed from a friend.
He said he had assisted in epainting
the vehicle, which had been provided
with new shafts and wheels. He as
serted he was not the owner. The
buggy remains with the Connells' and
has not been called for.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-24
CAMBRIDGE CITY, IND.

Cambridge City, Ind, June 24-Dr.
been the guest of relatives in this
city. the past few days.
Mrs. Martha McClear of Richmond,
is visiting her daughter. Mrs Charles
Hageman.
Mrs. K P Diffenderfer is spending
the week with friends in Indianapolis.
Mrs. Harry Miller and Mrs. Abiram
Boyd are spending a couple of days
in Fountain City and Winchester.
E. l, Wilson, of Uniontown, Pa, is
here for weeks visit with his par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford Wilson.
Thomas Peet was in Milton, Thurs
day.
Mrs. l. W. Rich of Falmouth, Ind.
is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. W.
A. Johnson.
Bert Adair of indianapolis, was in
the city Monday.
Rev. w. D. Trout who has been here
for several days, has returned to
Whiteland, Ind, to spend some time
with his mother, before going to his
home in Wyoming.
Mr.. Chappell, of Little Rock, Ark.
is the guest of Charles Lembarger
and wife
Miss Loretta Brown of New Tren.
ton. Ind, Is visiting her sister, Mrs
Oscar Cooley.
young people from New Madison, O..