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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09

there are more than 10000 Under present
regulations the aim is to appoint men Of
recognized efficiency, and to keep them In
office as long as they satisfactorily dis
charge their duties He also has charge
OF salaries and allowances for the postal
service. Every few years the salaries of
all presidential postoffices throughout the
country are adjusted, the basis of adjust
ment being the receipts Of the office. Like
wise, he has charge OF the expense ac-
counts of the various offices throughout
the country and as these aggregate many
millions OF dollars, they must be watched
carefully. The city delivery service is also
under his jurisdiction. The law provides
that whenever n city office shows certain
amount Of receipts or the city has a popu-
lation of 10000 city free delivery is es-
tablished. Nearly 1900 cities and towns
now have city delivery service.
The second assistant postmaster general
has charge of the transportation of the
mails. 1t costs about $60,OOO,O0O a year for
the operation OF mail service on the rail-
road trains Of the country, and the total
expense Of mail transportation amounts to
more than SSO,OOO,OOO. There are star routes
to be looked after, steamboat routes. mail
passenger routes, wagon routes, street car
routes, and pneumatic tube routes.
There are about 1900 railway postal
clerks who handle the mail carried in the
railway mail service. These men constitute
the backbone of the American postal sys-
TEN. They must be familiar with the To-
cation of from 5000 to 10000 postofficcs.
Each clerk must be able to tell instantly
on what road q given postoffice in the
through what junction points letter dis
patched by him to that office may pass,
and a multitude of other details that can
be mastered only by very retentive minds.
A letter addressed to the little village Of
Mount Crawford, Va, mailed in Washing
ton any evening, will reach its destination
quickest by one route Mailed on Satur-
day evening it will reach its destination
quickest by another route. Even such
small details as this must be perfectly
familiar to the men who constitute the
working force OF the railway mail service.
There are thirteen divisions in the rail-
way mail service, each presided over by a
superintendent. 1t has been said by postal
authorities that the railway mail service
is the only properly organized division of
the postal service. Every postmaster in
the country must transact his business
direct with the department at Washing
ton. This involves long delays in the pass
ing Of correspondence between the depart
ment and the remote postmasters. 1t is
probable that in the near future the post
masters of the principal cities OF the coun-
try will be given oversight Of the smaller
offices in contiguous territory, thus over
coming the disadvantages Of managing the
entire service directly from Washington.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09

The Postoffice department, with its
1900 employees. is the largest single gov
eminent establishment I'm the world Il
annually handles more than 1900 600 900
pieces Of mail at a cost OF more than $780,
100000 More than half OF all the en-
ployes Of the government are at work
under the direction Of the postmaster gem
eral Some idea Of the immensely Of its
business may be CLEANED from the state
ment that the stamps OF all kinds used
I'm a single year would plaster 1900 acres of
land or make six belts OF stamps around
the earth. Counting those on stamped en-
velopes, newspaper wrappers and postal
cards. the aggregate number used annually
is upward Of 1.OOO.OOO,OOO.
When the revenues Of the government
began 20 fall off two years ago the Post
office department started to look for OPP
portunities to retrench. 1t was found chat
in the money order business the labor in
volved in handling the advice slips mailed
from the Issuing TO the paying office In
volved an expenditure Of 100000 year.
SO it was decided by the postmaster gen
eTal to issue a new form Of order, in which
the advice slip was Incorporated with the
order itself and carried to the paying
office by the person in whose favor the
order was issued. This single economy,
involving no impairment of the service, re-
suits in an annual saving OF more than
$500, 900. Another opportunity for retrench-
ment was found in the handling Of regis
tered matter. 1t had been the custom to
Issue a return card for each registered
letter or parcel sent This required the
handling of more than 100000 cards a
year by the employees Of the postal service.
The postmaster general asked congress to
authorize him to return cards to the
senders only when requested. The result
of this small economy will be a saving Of
several hundred thousand dollars
The growth Of the mail business of the
United States has been one of the marvels
Of American progress In 1887 the average
individual spent 80 cents a year for
postage. In 1909 he spent 1929 a year on
mail sent out. The receipts of the Chicago
postoffice today are larger than those of
the entire country at the time Of Abraham
Lincoln's accession TO the presidency. No
part of the service has enjoyed such a
remarkable development as the rural free
delivery. Fourteen years ago there were
only eighty-two rural routes in operation,
and they involved an annual expenditure
of only $4,000 Today there are more than
1000 in operation, and they involve an
annual outlay of some $S6,OO0OOO. This
service is the most expensive that the
government renders. The entire receipts
Of the rural letter carriers are less than
s., 100000 year and the government spends
more than four times as much on the
service.
The postmaster general Is assisted in his
work by four assistant postmasters gen
eral. The first assistant has charge of
the appointment Of postmasters, of whom
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09
Some Things You Want to Know
Government at Work-Postofice Department

There Is a division OF foreign mail
which has oversight Of all mail business
between the United states and other coun-
tries. The sea postoffices are presided
over by foreign clerks on ships coming
to the United States and by American
clerks on ships going from the United
States The United States pays out a
quarter Of a million dollars in freight
charges for the transportation Of empty
mail bags, postal cards, stamped envel-
opes and newspaper wrappers. Although
It is generally recognized that the express
business OF the country is greater in vol
ume than the mail business, it costs Uncle
Sam several million dollars more to trans
port the mail than it costs the express
companies to handle their business over
the railroads. There are more than 1900
star routes in operation in the United
States. They carry the mail to points not
reached by he railroads The number Of
such routes has been greatly cut down by
the rise of rural free delivery.
1t costs the United States half million
dollars a year to keep its mail bag equip
ment in proper condition. There are
nearly 10000 locks required in the service,
5000 Of them being rotary register locks.
The pouches carrying the latter are filled
by two clerks, who keep a record Of the
number OF registered letters placed In
them. The locks have a registering equip
ment like that of a cyclometer, which reg
listers each time II is locked. When filled
the pouch is locked, record made Of the
register number and the pouch dispatched
to its destination. II. when IT arrives at
it's destination, the number corresponds
with the records the clerks know that II
has come through safely. II it does not
correspond with the registered number
they know that the pouch has been
opened by an unauthorized person.
The assistant attorney general of the
Postoffice department looks after lottery
schemes, fraud orders and such other mat
ters as require legal attention. Since the
first fraud orders were issued there have
been 800 persons and firms denied the
use of the mails. There have been only
about thirty appeals from the decisions
of the department and not a single decision
has been reversed on the merits of the
case. The department has a purchasing
agent who buys supplies valued at $500,
900 year. More than 10000 cases are
considered by the postoffice inspectors
during the course of a year. There are
more than 10000 cases under process Of in
vestlgation on any given day, and 1900
cases being considered by the department.
The dead letter office receives about
L, 100000 pieces of unbelievable mail and
100000 post cards and postals every year.
Ten million letters and parcels are opened
and 60 per cent of the dead mail is re-
turned or forwarded. The postals and post
cards are always destroyed
BY FREDERIC ]. HAsKIN.
Tomorrow-The Government at Work
VII The Navy Department.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09
Strange Properties Of
a Wonderful Drug
LNrnm NnIcnrn ENnmInorl

Prof. H. Won Starcks new book, Thirty
Years Observations OF Eczema" contains
much that will interest the layman as
we'll as the scientific reader
I'm June, 1905" he writes, there APP
peared st the institute woman. % years
old, with hair unusually interesting It
was abundant and long, but upon close
examination two distinct growths Of hair
we're seen.
"She said that up to four months pre-
vious her hair was thin, struggling and
brittle. with a tendency TO fall out Dam
druff and eczema of the scalp had devcl-
oped, which she treated with a simple
solution made by dissolving ounces OF
quintone in y pint of hot water-let cool
THE result Of the treatmnet was that
the eczema and dandruff were eradicated,
and apparently the hair follicles were
revivified for new hair appeared.
For years l recommended qutntone
in any case Of eczema on any part OF the
body"-Adv.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09
REACH OF HATPlN
Powder Pur and Mirror NJ one End
and Rooster nt the
other,

Hatpins large enough TO hold girls
powder puffs are the latest novelty pro
duced by manufacturing jewellers in Maiden
lane. reports the New York sun. This Is
said to be the greatest hatpin season in
the history OF the trade
SO huge are some OF the new designs in
these pins that the ornamental heads have
hinged lids. When the nd is lifted the
powder puff Is disclosed. In addition the
inside surface OF the lid is tiny mirror.
Some OF the guards now made for the
dangerous point Of the hRtpin match the
heads OF the pin. Other guards are made
even larger and more deliberately orna-
mented than the heads. The same guards
may be used interchangeably for many
pins.
Both heads and guards are represented
as ROSTERS, pheasants, owls heads or other
bird heads made in gold silver and gems.
or rhinestones and limitations. In some de-
signs the rooster from comb to claws is
three inches long. Sometimes only a side
view Of the bird is given and in other spec
linens he seems to be strutting out as II for
his morning crow.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09

Ames. will be with Che train. other men
as follows will also accompany:
Henry Wallace, St. president Of the Ma
tlonal Conservation congress; James Akin
son. editor OF the Iowa Homestead; Alison
Secor, editor Of Successful Farming; How
ard N. whitney. editor OF Register and
Farmer; +. r. Shoemaker. editor Of the
Iowa Weather and Crop Service; Hon. j. c.
Simpson, secretary Of the Iowa State Board
Of Agriculture and Hon. r. ID. Coburn. sec
rotary OF the Kansas State Board Of Agri-
culture. Prof. p. @. Holden. the famous
seed corn man. is expected to be with the
train at least part Of the time.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09
Ex-CRoWN PRINCE TAKES CURE
Returns to Belgrade After n Two
Months stay at Vichy
and Ostend.

BELGRADE, oct S-(special to The
Bee)-The ex-Crown Prince George has
returned to Belgrade after two months
cure at Vichy and Ostend. Though no Off
cial reception awaited him-the second
equerry alone being present at the station
he was repeatedly and enthusiastically
cheered by the great masses Of people
Prince George Eas been described as the
"hotspur" Of Serva, and his youthful es-
capades have caused great anxiety to the
king, who early this year sent him into
exile. A large section Of the people, how
ever, are in his favor and sharply criticise
the king for dealing so severely with
high spirited young broncho."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09
WHERE DEATH ENTERS NOT
Has Been Beaten Into PIowshHre
and All IN Serene.

MADRID, oct. ESPECIAL to The Beef
There is a territorial paradise not far from
Madrid where death and disease are I'M
known. 1t Is the village of Cobena, where
figurativoly the sword has been beaten
into the ploughshare. The local chemist
gave up the sale OF drugs in despair two
years ago, and now he is a purveyor OF
sweetmeats and confectionery Half the
cemetery has been turned into a pleasure
garden-there has not been a single death
for eight years-and the undertakers
have fled from a spot where death refuses
to give him living. The doctor who has
lived for years in the village on his capt.
tai hoping against hope. has now decided
to emigrate
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09
PLAGUE OF SNAlLS IN CEYLoN
Millions of Creepers ThrOng Coast,
Some of Them Weighing as
Much as n Pound Each

COLOMBO, Oct. S.-(special TO The Bee.)
"A plague of snails on the coast OF Ceylon
is assuming a serious proportion. Millions
Of snails are to be found. and some of
them weigh much as one pound each.
The snalls have begun feeding on the
young cocoanut trees, and it is feared that
they may attack the young rubber trees
The government is taking measures to
check the devastation.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09
ALL OTHER ELASTTCS-

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elastic Lastikops Webbing curve
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dangers of tight lacing, prevent that
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every woman knows whatthGt means.
This is an entirely NEW EFFECT,
which was impossible before we in
vented Lsstikops Webbing.
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09
Dear Madam:

There is no reason why you should
buy an ordinary corset, when the
BEST costs you no more.
No reason why you should risk
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09
CONSERVATION OF The SOIL
Experts Will Preach This Gospel
Along Burlington in Iowa.
TRIP OCCUPIES TWO WEEKS
n. ID. COburn, Henry wallace and
-Four Professors from state College
at Ames VIII Deliver
the Addresses.

DIES MONIES. Ia, oct S.-(Special.)-A
special train which shall preach the gospel
OF soil conservation viii traverse the lines
Of tho Burlington railroad in Iowa the
next two weeks Stops will be made at
over 100 towns and forty-minute lectures
will be delivered In each one by soil eX-
perts from the Iowa State Agricultural col
lege at A1nes and elsewhere. Secretary L.
u. Coburn Of the Kansas State Board Of
Agriculture and Henry Wallace, president
OF the National Conservation congress, have
been invited to accompany the train and are
expected to make short addresses at almost
every stop. Rotation OF crops and the APP
plication of Fertilizers to restore the de-
pleted elements OF fertility will be the prin-
cipal things preached by the experts on the
train.
The need Of some such crusade has been
shown in one Iowa county, where the same
patch OF ground has been planted contin-
uously to corn for the last twenty years
with the result that it yields only twelve
bushels to the acre. while the state average
Is thirty-two bushels and yields Of forty
to seventy bushels are by no means I'M
common. The agricultural experts of the
state believe that other farmers may make
the same mistake as this man, unless they
are aroused to the necessity Of treating the
soil scientifically and saving It up for fu-
ture emergencies.
The special train bearing a crowd Of ex-
pert lecturers has been successfully used to
accomplish farm reforms along other lines.
The doctrine Of selecting and testing seed
corn, OF building up better dairy herds and
of using the King drags ON the roads has
been preached in audience coaches and
from the rear end OF special trains with
splendid results. The success Of these farm
trains has led to the soil special which the
Burlington will send out this coming week.
Forty Minute Lectures.
At each town visited during the two
weeks the train Is out over the Burlington
lines fortyminute lectures will be delivered
In two large audience coaches attached to
the train, with a sufficient number of
speakers to address overflow crowds.
Farmers and all Interested persons are re-
quested by the Burlington officials to be
on hand and to enter the audience coaches
promptly. In case there is too large a
crowd the meetings will be held in the pas
senger depots or freight houses. There
will be plenty Of speakers so that everyone
can hear the doctrines.
The lectures will be under the direction Of
Prof. A. Fl. Snyder Of the extension depart
ment of the Iowa State college of Agricul-
ture at Ames, assisted by Prof. Il. l.. Stew
art and Prof. M. A. Hauser, both of the
extension department of the state college.
w. II. Stevenson, professor of soils at
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09
IA ION of GnId

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nesses, lame back and kidney trouble than
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Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09
FOR SLENDER WOMEN

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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09
NemOs with Relief Bands

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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09
News of Importance to Every Woman

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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09

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2. OUTWEARS ANY CORSET.
,. Is NOT IOeGkened or damaged
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-09

BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
Government at work
VII. The Navy Department.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-22
TAFT TO VISIT HUGHES
First Time In Years That President
Has Visited a Governor
To Come West Also.

Washington, Feb. 21.-President
Taft today accepted the invitation to
be a personal guest of Governor
Hughes of New York at Albany on
March 10 and 20. On the 10Th the
president will deliver an address In
the same city before the tuberculosis
congress. This is the rirst time In
many years a president has thus Wis
tied a governor. The president also
accepted today an invitation to attend
the Mississippi congress at San
Antonio, Texas, next November, also
promised to try to attend for few
minutes the forestry anu stream ex.
position to be held in Chicago In
March.
Taft's visit to Albany will undoubt.
eddy be made the occasion for a fur
Their conference of the Republican
leaders regarding the political situa.
ton in that state.
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-22

days Of the repubnc and caused 80
much trostble ais Peggy But let Mr..
Murdoch speak for himself
IT was here at the tavern bar that
the timberdoodle first was mixed, be-
ing variation ON an earlier and less
famous concoction called stone fence
The timberdoodle cost a Zip and bit
drink, hard Jackson paid dead on
the nail. that Is, 1871 cents in coin
and no tick. 1t was searching fluid
thai would fill the head OF wooden
Indian with fairy fancies. II may have
been responsible for the postmaster
generals return OF Jonathan Meigs'
famous order, excluding books from
the mail because the sharp corners
rubbed the addresses on the letters.
And II may also have inspired Cal
houn's idea Of sending .boatload Of
skyrockets up the. Missouri river to
impress and subdue the western In
fians"
What prohibition Kansas win say
when 1t learns that the red.headed
pride of Wichita has started his name
laundering down the ages through
revival Of an almost forgotten intoxi.
cant will be worth hearing. The worst
Of the thing is that Mr.. Murdoch has
not produced the timherdoodle recipe.
Mr.. Murdoeks Washington address ID
the capitol
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-22
AWFUL PAINS
FULLY DESCRIBED
A Lady Of Pizarro Tells Story Of
Awful Suffering That Cardui
Finally Relieved.

Pizarro, Val suffered for several
years." writes Mrs. Donna A. Smith,
with that awful backache and the bear
ing down sensations, so fully described
in your book.
81 tried doctors and other medicines
and found little relief, until was induced
to try Wine Of Cardui, when found in
slant relief and today can heartily
recommend Cardui to ali suffering women
and think there is no other as good"
In some instances, Cardui gives instant
relief; in others, it may take q little time.
But in all cases of female trouble Cardui
can be depended on to be OF benefit, as
LIT is a specific remedy for women and
acts in a curative way ON the wonanly
organs.
As general tonic for women, to build
Ilp your strength, improve your appe-
lite, bring back rosy cheeks and make
you look and feel young and happy,
nothing you can find will do so much for
| you as Cardui.
Your druggist has it.
N. B--Wdte to. Ladies' Advisory Dept, ch,tts.
nooga Medicine Co, Chattanooga Tenn. for Special
Instructions. and 64-page book Home Treatmen1
Tor Women. sent IN plain wrapper on request
The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-22

Nelson B. Aldrieh of Rhode Island.
Morgan @. Bulkeley of Connecticut.
w. Murray Crane Of Massachusetts,
Chauncey M. Depew Of New York
Henry A. Dupont of Delaware, Steph.
en- B. Elkins OF West Virginia. Simon
Gtggenheim of Colorado, Francis G.
Newlands of Nevada George S. Nixon
of Nevada, George T. Oliver of Penn
sylvania, Nathan B. Scott of West
Virginia, Isaac Stephenson of Wiscon-
sin, Francis E. Warren of Wyoming
John Kean of New Jersey and George
p. Wetmore Of Rhode Island
There are several other men who
might be termed near millionaires."
They include Jonathan Bourne Of Ore
gon, George c. Perkins of California.
fGihu Root of New York and Charles
j. Hughes, Jr.. Of Colorado
Against this select group of 10 men
Is the great array OF senators who
are well fixed, comfortably well off
and poor The last classification is
the most numerous, and takes in the
men who have nothing but their sal.
aries. Especially in the western states
is the tendency growing TO send poor
men to the senate. Formerly the
mining kings had large monopoly
of the senatorial business.