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teristic of the difficulties which this serv
ice presents to the clerks.
Then, too. aside from the characteristic
nature of the little gift. the small book
will take its place mementO OF
trip taken three years ago by the man
who is now the Postmaster General. when
he met W. E. Blizzard, postal clerk on
the steamer ST. Louis, whose work is the
little volume.
As told by those who know the history
of the gift. Mr.. Hitchcock, who was then
the first assistant postmaster general was
a passenger on the st. Louis in 1906. His
interest in postal matters led him TO the
lnailroom of the great ship, and there he
fell into conversation with MIR. Blizzard.
He listened interestedly to the stories me
mail clerk told of undecipherable adj
dresses and strange superscrlptlonS which
ever arise in patches of foreign mail to
perpex the righteousness of the clerk.
When Mr. Hitchcock left the ship Mr..
Blizzard said: II shall keep on the look
out for such specimens, and when l have
completed a collection | will send them to
YOU"
Perhaps Mr. Hitchcock forgot the con-
versation ever took place, but not so with
the postal clerk. During the three years
which have since passed Mr.. Blizzard kept
a watch for strange letters in the foreign
mails. making tracings of unusual ad-
dresses, sorting. eliminating. substituting,
until he satisfied himself that the collec-
ton he would send to the man who is now
at the head of his department would be
as representative as any such group of
specimens could possibly be-
There are forty of the tracings. each
pasted neatly in the little green morocco
covered album. and on the page opposite
each is d short history of the letter and a
.1G.V~x VI
Frequently in the sacks of mail received
from foreign countries letters will be
found whose addresses consist merely of
postscripts OF previous letters. mistaken
By the writer for the address Of his cor
respondent. Thus in the collection APP
pears the following: Il want the money
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Office. going around a curve with no
mails to take on or put off except at
start and finish.'
The service was established in 1890 by
authority of Congress, and the regular
operation was begun year later. To
all practical purposes, a sea clerk in
steamship post office is always on duty.
That is to say. no matter whether his
form to the discipline of the ship.
With the same regularity as that de-
manded by the officers of the ship. the
sea post clerks must observe the regu-
latons governing the crew Of the ship.
because of the fear on the part OF the
steamship companies that, being In uni
form. they will be mistaken for officers
of the vessel. and should they be seen
drinking in the smoking rooms, passen
gers might gain the impression that the
rules for the safety of the ship were not
being fully lived up to.
4 4
The control of the sea post Office shifts
from the clerk of one country to an
other. in accordance with the direction
in which the vessel is headed.
The sacks of mail dispatched to the
United States from foreign countries b.
steamships carrying the sea postal
clerks average about 1000 to the month.
except In December, when the Christmas
mail swells the number almost 500 per
cent.
In illustrating the average OF work done
on one voyage from Europe by a sea post
Office, Mr.. Sands in his article says:
"On a voyage to the United States the
average extent OF work done on mail
pieces handled is illustrated by making
extracts from the trip report of tho
steamship Kaiser Wilhelm III. which ar
rived in New York February % 1909. from
Bremen, with 1926 sacks of mail. The
sea post force consisted of two German
clerks. two United States clerks and three
German subalterns. who may be described
as employees holding a place similar to
that of porter In our postal service. On
the voyage 7S5 sacks of mail were OPEN
ed, 455, 800 ordinary letters assorted. 3.4S1
registered letters and parcels assorted,
3.4S1 registered letters and parcels pa
pers distributed. To bring this about all
had to work in the Office eleven hours
daily. In the pouching of the mails $50
sacks were made up to carry away the
letters, newspapers. letter packages and
closed mails assorted. On the trips to
New York the ordinary mail for that post
Office is assorted in sacks for each of its
forty-four stations. The mail for the
accordance with a scheme of distribu-
ton having lbs divisions In the opposite
direction, on the White Star and Amer
iccan Line steamships, mail for London is
divided for its fourteen different districts,
and for certain prominent firms. in ALL
forty-eight separations. The remainder
of the mail for the United Kingdom is
divided under a scheme of distribution,
however. not as taxing on the memory
the scheme which must must be used in
coming 10 the United States"
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that | have send to YOU, America THIS
superScription taken from the en-
velope Of letter mailed in Russia. and
no address or other clue for the delivery
of the missiye appeared on the envelope.
Again an instance OF the mistaken
postscript appears in the last specimen in
the collection. which Mr.. Blizzard has
described IAN odd address. yet most
appropriate one with which to write
FINS. This envelope bore the legend:
m. -sgoskino MoreI,
''Good-by. GooG-by.
"tS.U.A,'
Another of tie Russian specimens Was
sent in reply no doubt to letter whose
postscript, written near the Signature
asked concerning business in the old
country, or such would appear from the
envelope, which bears:
Mr.. Burdenssky
how is bissness in Russia,
America
Philanthropists and public men of all
characters, looming as giants of enter
prise in the eyes OF the foreign peasant
are the recipients of many letters most
Of which seek to enlist the support of the
one TO whom they are written in some
hair-brained scheme, and the addresses on
some of the missives of this character are
truly wonderful and often either charac-
terstic or painfully frank.
A letter tracing from Germany shows
the following:
Herr Senatour Clarke
New York
America.
The Senatour is domiciiing adjacent To
Carnegie"
And another. from india:
Sir Andrew Carnegie. Esq,
The Greatest rict! MliiloEair and
big man of America, New York or
anywhere else, New York, Amer
lea.
Still another from India % MIR. came
gle reads:
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mad appeared in a daily paper This is
what the envelope contained:
81 venture to send this letter again
trusting further particulars given will en-
able searchers to identify. Am thankful
for trouble taken before.
Son of Mr. David Cohen
Recently resident at
''o19 217 St.
New York T. s. A.
Late of 36 Whitechapel Rd.
London
Died April II. 90, according to London
Jewish World of 100"
Many of the foreign correspondents of
Americans are guilty of mistaking the
wording of a bill head or a business card
for the address of the person to whom
they are sending the letter and so speci-
mems such as the following are included
in the collection.
From an Italian letter:
al Signor Sayerino Mansa rno
ice coal and wood best red ash coal by
the Bush. Pail Ice for family by a week
Js7 J.. 1913 st Bet by near Sd ave 100 lbs
ice by pail Please give a good measure,
New York
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The Highness of Andrew Carnegie.
My Lord Banker and Generous Mer-
Grant Skibo Castle. oxford. New
York or New Orleans. L. $. A..
Mr. Carreeie has also been addressed
from INDIA in this manner
His High Majesty
The Baron Andrew Carnegie
The trustee OF the Steel and
indian mails apparently bear many let
ters TO the wealthy men Of the United
States for another page in the collection
shows the address:
Ills High Majesty
The Baron j. Pierpont.
1.-The Trustee of the Ocean.
america
Judging from the character of the Chi
Biography, the same hand that penned the
letter to The Baron Pierpont" also in
dcted those to Baron Andrew Car
negie.
Opposite another page Of the little al
bum, whereon the address of an Italian
letter is reproduced. the donor of the
book has written: Somewhere in the
world there dwells a Petroleum King,
whose name and generosity the writer
knows. and judging from this address
that's about all he does know
This appears a reasonable conclusion
when one reads:
'Ynghilterra
Mr.. Rockefeller
of Petroleum King
'tEngland)
Jersey
lyle de Ia Manche
Yso d della Manica.
one OF tile envelopes which was re-
produced, however. bears little of the hui
morous, although il is unique in that it
carries with il the possibilities of a life
time of vain searchings and longlngs Tor
a son, who. leaving his home in White
chapel. England, journeyed to THE Melt
ing Pot OF New York citizenship. The
letter was evidently written by ore of the
boys parents. q Hebrew. IN a last effort
10 locate the child, rumors OF whose death
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Also a Dutch letter addressed evidently
from business head:
ION Hevn Kanned, Amerike
Bought of Dealer in Delikatessen And
Fancy Groceries Fouchts and Vege-
tables
I'm Season, % 10Sth street
New York.
\ German address reads:
Ask for
IL. Berman
Dealer in all Kind of
New and Misflts
Clothing Pants
"Amerika New York
An Italian letter includes in the address
the postal rates:
"Al Signor Francesca di Pietro one cent
for United States and Island possessions.
Cuba, Canada and so Mexico Allen two
cents, street For Foreign,
''tAmerica.)'
The sea post is at the same time one
of the most rigorous and Que of the most
Interesting branches of tl.e service. In
writing In the Postal Service Magazine.
Edwin Sands, assistant superintendent Of
the division of foreign mails, New York,
quotes one of the sea clerks, in describ-
ing the ocean mail work, as saying: TT
is like working in lighted railway post
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-28

POSTMASTER General
i Hitchcock Receives Small
Album Filled With Curious
Addresses Were Collected
by a Steamship Mail Clerk
Small Volume Represents
Three Years of Watchfulness
on Part of the Ofhcial-Prom-
inent Americans Get Peculiar
Letters From Foreign Ports
Hitchcock Will Keep Album
of Addresses in Memory of a
Sea Voyage.
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Offlce Department Ironl II1Ht 10 t!!IIe'
typifying some branch of the great serV-
ice.
The nemento can well be carried III the
side pocket of a coat. for II is only
small album, but represents three years OF
watchfulness on the part of steamship
mail clerk for strange addresseS charac
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-28

n + y Postmaster
u G n e r al Frank
Hitchcock returned
To his desk in the
Post Office Depart
ment a few days
Il e o h e un d
awaiting him one of
I ne most unique of
the many memen-
toes which have
been presented to
heads of the Post
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-06-23
OUR SPECIAL NOTICES.


KeMard-Five Hundred Dollars Re-
Wdru Is offered by the citizens OF Gray
court for the arrest and conviction OF
the person who set fire to the stores
OF Willis Il Curry, G.. +. Moore. and
X l.. Gray on the night OF May 18Th.
1909. j. \. Leak, Intendant. 42-tf
For Sale Our stock of General
Merchandise Stock in good, clean
condition. Inspection and further
information apply to Putnam 4 Put
haih' barKadale, 5. {. 462t.
Wanted White girls to learn a
good business and earn $4,000 to
S1o0.OO yearly. The work is easy.
factory is well ventilated. ana board
can be procured for $3.50 week
good home. Seidenberg K Company,
Cigar Factory, Grecnville, S. c.
Notice. hereby forbid any person
hiring or harboring NJ j. Darneil as
he Is under contract with me. S. II.
Gray.
For Sale \ few Bushels of the ia
nous Lookout Mountain" Irish Po-
tato. for fall crop. ". p. Harris.
OwingS. s. G.. 46-2t.
wanted Experienced Operators to
make OverallS. You can earn from
10 dollars per week; also learners
taken and paid fair wages while un-
der instructions. If YOU can do
plain sewing We can learn yOu in a
week. Delightful work room-cool-
est place in town. Come or write at
once. Marion Clothing Factory.
NJ j. Johnson. Supt, Marion. S. C.
Wrong in Part We have been ac-
CuSCd OF giving away goods. We de-
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1909-06-23

If some women haven't any one to
talk - they chew gum so thci" Jaws
Won get rusty.
Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1909-06-24
LITTLE CHEREAcUE ISLAND.


Of
particulars address THE WALDO COMPANY
Portland, -
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Peaks Island

Louis Sterling and family of Port.
land are at their cottage the laurel"
near Trefethen's for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Skolfield and
family OF Portland have moved into
their cottage and are settled for the
summer. Miss Lydia Skolheld has
Just returned from school to spend
her vacation with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Peterson OF
Roberts street, Portland and Mr. John
A. Peterson have arrived at the "Shir.
land" Trefethen's Landing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Pstchin are
at their cottage near Evergreen Land
Ing for the three summer months.
Mr.. Harry @. Eastman OF Portland
and family are at their new BUNGALOW
on the east end opposite Pumpkin
Knob. The cottage II on a cliff and
the piazza almost juts out over the
water. Mr.. Eastman has one of the
coolest, breeziest locations on the is.
land and the family will probably stay
till late in the fall. Mr.. Eastman is
with Burbank, Douglas Co. Portland,
and he will probably 90 back and forth
on the boat.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. olin Merrirnan OF
Portland are at the "Neapolitan" cot
tage for the season.
w. l.. Blake and family are occupy.
Ing their cottage near Trefethen's.
J. T. skoheId's new motor boat
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Dustin Island

Friends OF Mr.. b. E. SWEET will be
glad to hear that he is improving
fast and expects to be with us soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spike and daughter
OF Boston are at their cottage for the
season.
Mr.. John Ray took a party consist
Ing OF his wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Sears,
Mrs. Grossbeck, Miss Merwin and Mr..
Hogan to Yarmouth in his motor boat,
Saturday.
Mr.. Hogan is having the roof OF
his cottage painted.
Mr.. John Ray has made extensive
repairs to his private landing.
Mr.. Brainard Of the Rockland cot
tage will arrive he, Friday. Mr..
Brainard is principal OF the Edgerly
school In Somerville. He lost his
motor boat by fire this spring so he
will come down by rail.
Mr.. Raymond IL working on the
grounds around Mr.. Newhall's cot
tage.
II anyone who wishes this paper,
The Saturday Evening Post, or any
Portland or Boston Sunday papers,
viii notify the reporter at Mr.. VIII
sons store the papers will be deliv-
cred at their cottages.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. X. Hart, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. NJ. Hutchinson and Mrs.
Angus Mcdonald Of Ben Nevis, re-
turned home to Portland Saturday aft
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ernoon after a very pleasant vaca-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sears Of Boston are
at the Bacon cottage for the se.'
son.
The many friends of Mr. Pratt will
be glad to hear that he Is now able 70
be out after his recent illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Long OF Belmont,
Mass, are at The Alcazar for a
month.
Nr. and Mrs. Charles Snow and
family of Lewiston are at their cot
tage for the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Crosby and
family of Grafton. Mass, are at Mr..
Brainard's cottage for the season.
Mr.. Crosby has been employed at the
L. 8. Weather Bureau in Boston and
predicts pleasant summer at Bus
tins.
DR.. z. F. Bibber and wife Of Free
port are at their cottage for a few
days. DR.. Bibber Is a popular den
list in Freeport.
Mrs. Beaumont of Brunswick and
Mrs. Johnson of Topsham are at their
cottage for the season. Mrs. Beau
mont held a house party at her cot
tage. Saturday. Among the guests
were: Mrs. b. r. SWEET and fourteen
ladies and gentlemen from Bruins
wick. All departed wishing Mrs.
Beaumont a pleasant summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sears celebrated the
fortieth anniversary OF their marriage
at their cottage Thursday evening.
Many friends were present. They
were the recipients OF a large number
OF presents. After a fine collation.
was served, the guests departed at q
late hour. wishing them many happy
returns Of the day.
Wilson & Cos new dining room r.
the finest Improvement at Bustin's Is
land this year. IL is a new building
with a floor nearly twenty feet above
the ground, and twenty widows COM
manding view of the matches Bay.
The room viii seat seventy-hve guests
comfortably and all who have seen IL
pronounce II IDEAL. This Arm IL pro-
sressive and we expect to see them
promote further the interests OF the
island by erecting a hotel, OF a build
ing for lodgings, TO be conducted in
connection with the dining room.
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Long Island

A marriage of much interest to the
people of this island occurred last Sat-
urday evening at Berlin, y. H. when
Miss Alice Cannell, the popular school
teacher at the West End school be-
came the wife Of Mr.. George MacVane,
we'll know resident of this place.
After short wedding trip the couple
will return to Naples, Me-, where they
will make their home. Miss Can
nell was greatly respected here on the
island and during her many years Of
faithful school work she endeared her.
self to the people of this place. They
were the recipients of many useful
gifts from their friends here.
Clark & Griffin, the grocers of Is
land avenue have an announcement Of
interest in another part of this paper.
This busting firm are better prepared
this year than ever to handle their in
creasing trade and in order to &C.
commodate all sections of the island
they will have three delivery wagons
for the use of their patrons. This
we'll stocked store has everything that
one could desire and the meat depart
ment will contain the choicest lamb.
beef and fowl in the market. This
q
class store and they will endeavor to
please you IL favored by your patron
| age. The Post ONCE is located at
! their store and this Will be greatly ar-
preciated by all the summer tourists.
Miss Eva NJ. Clark will act as as
sistant in the local Postoffice. having
| commenced her duties Monday last.
The two mail service for the island
will commence July /. This will be
much appreciated by all the people
here.
The y. E. Minister'S Association of
Portland will hold picnic at the Is.
land Monday next.
Rev. F. E. Baldwin will conduct a
service at Cliff Island next Sunday at
3 Bop. m.
An illustrated lecture on the life OF
Daniel will be given Thursday evening
at the church by the pastor.
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three years since he has been east and
there will be many welcoming hands
among the Auburn-Harpswell Asso-
citation members as well as the hosts
OF acquaintances and friends on the
Point and other islands. Mr.. Hub
bard and his daughter, Mrs. II. F.
Hubbard both own fine cottages here.
They are expected the last OF the
month.
Professor j. s. Kingsley of Tufts
College arrived Friday and opened his
beautiful summer home on the sound
shore. The Kingsleys have been
residents of South Harpswell in sum-
mer for number of years and their
cottage Is the center OF social life
about the Laboratory and Summer
School.
Many resident attended the moving
picture hhow held at West Harpswell
on Monday evening.
Mr.. Frederick Emerson OF Dover,
n. H.. has accepted a position with
r. l.. Pinkham for the summer.
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Ariel attracts a good deal of atten.
ton around the bay. II IL a 81 foot
cruising launch with a roomy cabin.
Inc engine Is three cylinder, fifteen
n. r. Globe. and will drive the boat
at speed which will leave behind
many OF the fastest boats in the har-
Dor.
The road known as WEIGH. street, at
Forest City Landing has been given a
new grade and surface and presents
q much improved appearance. In
cutting down the grade the city had
10 make sod embankment and build
three steps In front of the Peaks Is
land House.
Inc water gas plant OF the Peaks
Island Gas Company is completed and
AFTER burners and meters have been
changed from the old acetylene equip
ment. consumers can begin to use the
new product. The cost will be less
than acetylene The same street
mains will be kept in service and
these will be fed from the new plant
which is on Island avenue about half
way down to Trefethen's Landing.
The street lights have nearly all been
rented with the regular gas burners
and the rest will be attended to this
week.
BARLEY McCullum will manage the
Gem Theatre this season. He has
leased 1t outright and Is picking up
company in New York at present.
The opening baseball game of the
season for the Peaks Island Baseball
Association was last Saturday. Games
VIII be played weekly on the Central
Avenue grounds by the fast local team
and other good teams in the state.
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The New York American Issued a
fine summer vacation guide in connec-
ton with their edition Of Sunday. June
IL. The guide contained two full
page write ups Of Portland and Casco
Bay which was finely illustrated with
several half tone views Of Casco Bay
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SOUTH HARPswELL.

Continued from first page)
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-04
FATHER OF DIRIGIBLES
GETS AER0PLANE FEVER
Captain Tom Baldwin Watching Con-
struction of His Three=PIane
Aeronef at Hammondsport,
N. Y, Station

Thomas Scott Baldwin, 1.-The daddy of
'em alr' in the aeronautic work in this
country, is now in Hammondsport, N.
Y, inspecting his triplane aeronef now
under construction at the station of
the Aerial Experimental association.
He expects to watch it's trial flight
some time in April.
Let me tell you confidentially, -
Captain Baldwin told his ST. Louis
friends last week, the aeroplane is
never going to be the capable wagon
that the dirigible will be. But just
the same it's efficiency in pretty stiff
blowing is a thing of the present. I
have decided that to be up to date I
must have one. So they are building
ii for me up at HammondSport.
1T is going to be a three-deeker with
the middle plane hinged; besides there
Will be a tailpiece, while in other re-
spects the construction will be a good
deal like the Silver Dart. l saw Nc
Curdy make the first three flights with
the latter last week. 1t works fine.
My machine will be built on the basis
OF thirty-three pounds to the horse
power The twenty horsepower motor
weighs only $50 pounds, including the
radiator and water for cooling it. The
planes will be tihrty-two feet long and
four feet wide, very narrow-an idea
Of mine. These will be covered with
silk fabric.
Am I going to ride her myself? I
don't know, but I think that perhaps
I'll let Curtiss-the builder of the mo-
tor, and the man who made the first
aeroplane flight in the east-operate if.
l don't know but it is better to leave
the new things to the younger fellows,
L am getting along, you know"