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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27

quantities are asked to submit to the
parcel showing the manner Of pack
ing.
Queen Bees and Nursery Stock.
Queen bees, live insects, and dried
reptiles may be mailed in accordance
with the regulations that now apply to
other classes Of mail
Seeds of fruit. nursery stock, and all
other plant products for preparation
may be mailed under the same con-
ditiOns.
Confectionery and Soap.
Candies, confectionery, yeast cakes,
soap in hard cakes, ETC., must be in
closed in boxes and SO wrapped as to
prevent injury to other mail mat
ter.
Sealed original packages OF propri-
etary articles, such as soaps, tobacco.
pills, tablets, etc., put up in fixed
quantities by the manufacturer, and
not In themselves unavailable. will
be accepted for mailing when proper
ly wrapped.
Millinery.
Fragile articles, such as millinery,
toys, musical instruments, ETC., and ar
ticles consisting wholly or in part of
glass, or contained in glass, must be
securely packed and the parcel stamp
ed or labeled FRAGILE"
Unavailable Matter.
The following matter Is declared un-
mailable by law:
Matter manifestly obscene, Iewd, or
lascivious; articles intended for pre-
venting conception; articles intended
for indecent or immoral purposes; all
matters otherwise mailable by law. the
outside cover or wrapper of which
bears any delineation or language of
a ibelous, scurrilous, defamatory, or
threatening character. All such mat
ter, when deposited in a post office or
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27

found In the mails, shall be withdrawn
and sent to the division of dead let
terS
Intoxicants, Poisons and Inflammable
Materials.
Spirituous, vinous, matted, ferment-
ed. or other intoxicating liquors of any
kind; poisOns of every kind, and art1-
cles and compositions containing poi
sons, poisonous animals, insects and
reptiles; explosives of every kind; In
infammable material (Which are held
to include matches, kerosene oil, gas
oline, naphtha, benzine, turgentine, de-
natured alcohol, etc., Internal ma
chimes, and mechanical, chemical or
other devices or compositions which
may ignite or explode; disease germs
or scabs, and other natural or artit1-
cial articles, compositions or mate
rails of whatever kind which may
kill, or in any wise injure another or
damage the mail or other property.
Postmasters will refuse to receive
for mailing parcels not properly In
dorsed or packed for safe shipment.
Pistols, Animals and Birds.
Pistols or revolvers, whether in de-
tached parts or otherwise; live or
dead (and not stuffed) animals, birds.
or poultry, except as elsewhere pro-
yided: raw hides or pelts, guano, or
any article having a bad odor Will
not be admitted to the mails.
Insurance on Parcels.
A mailable parcel on which the
postage is fully prepaid may be In
sured against loss in an amount equiv
aIent to it's actual value, but not to-
exceed $50, on payment Of fee OF
ten cents in parcel post stamps. such
stamps to be affixed.
Parcels may be remaiIed or for
warded on the payment Of additional
hostage at the rate which would be
chargeable if they were originally
mailed at the forwarding office, in
which case the necessary stamps Will
be affixed by the forwarding postmas-
ter Payment must be made every
time the parcel is forwarded.
Maps and Guides.
Parcel post maps, with accompany
ing guides, are to be sold to the pub
lie at their cost, rs cents, through the
chief clerk Of the post office depart
ment. In ordering maps care should
be taken to specify the post office
from which the postage rates are to
be determined.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27

stand rather well apart, which of
course is largely due 20 the breadth
and depth Of the body. The flesh is
white and clean looking, point that
the English prize highly.
They began to import them into
this country some fifteen years ago,
and they have been gradually on the
increase until, as l said, they lead
the list in popularity. They have
been bred in many different colors
in England, but this country recog-
nizes but the three varieties-Buff,
White and Black-which seems to
sufficiently represent the breed. In
type they are supposed to be identi-
CAL IN fact should be. Breeders of
blacks, however, are inclined to claim
that this variety more nearly repre-
sents the ideal Orpington shape In
it's full heavy body, etc.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
PARCEL POST RATES REGULATED
THROUGH system or ZONES
Uncle Sans New Enterprise Clearly ExpIanedoW Charges Are
Fixed and What Class of Merchandise May Be Carried
Through the Mails Under the New Law

drawn from Keokuk is the same
length as the radius of the circles
drawn from Washington, Keokuk's
Zone Six viii be just as far from it's
center as Washington's Zone Six is.
How Rates Are Fixed.
1t can be seen from this readily
enough that the postal rates from
Washington to It's particular zone will
be the same as the postal rates from
keokuk to its particular zones. Each
unit being about thirty miles square
will of course contain in most cases a
number of postoffices. but each Office
In the same unit is considered as be-
Ing the center of the circles from
which the zones are drawn. The
rates of postage are fixed from the
unit in which the sending postofice is
situated, but the price to every place
in any zone is just the same. To il
lustrate, it will cost exactly the same
amount to send a parcel from Wash
ington to Erie, Pa, that it costs to
send 1t to Atlanta Ca. because Erie
and Atlanta with reference to Wash
ington are situated in the fourth
zone. The rates therefore are fixed
from the unit in which the postoffice
ia located, but they are the same
from that office to any point In any
one zone.
1t will be seen by reference to the
table Of rates of postage that it will
cost more per pound to send a pack
age long distance than it does to
send it short distance. The rate IN
creases for a package weighing one
pound at the rate of one cent for
each zone. No package weighing
more than II pounds can be sent I'M
der the new parcel post law. It
should be said right here that on the
long hauls the parcel post may not
be able to compete with the express
companies, but that on shorter hauls
Ii can so compete. 1t was the eX-
pressed desire Of the legislators and
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.

With the coming of the New Year
the United States government will en-
ter into q new field of enterprise
the transmittal of merchandise by what
is known as the parcel post.
Il is no exaggeration to say that
thousands upon thousands of inquir-
les have been made of the postmaster
general as to just what the parcel
post will mean to the people. 1t was
the law of congress establishing the
system which made provision for a
division of the country in zones
and into $4,000 units which are to be
used as centers in describing the cir
lcles which mark the boundaries of
the zones. There has been no clear
understanding, apparently, of this
zone system, but really it is a very
simple matter.
The accompanying map shows the
country divided into zones from the
unit in which Washington is sit
uated, as the center Accompanying
the map Is a table showing the rate
of postage per pound for parcels from
Washington to places within all the
zones.
Each unit contains an area thirty
miles square. Now each unit is a
center from which the zones are
drawn and so every unit in the coun-
try no matter where it is situated will
have zones drawn from 1t just exactly
as Washington has them drawn from
1t. For instance, take Keokuk, Ia,
which is in a unit in the fifth zone.
From that will be drawn circles ex-
actly as they are drawn from Wash
ington and they will be numbered from
heokuk as number one, just as they
are numbered from Washington as
number one. OF course, however,
Zone Six will have different geo.
graphical position as related to Keo-
6kuk than it has as related to Wash
ington, but as the radius of the circles
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
VALUE or ORPINGTON FOWL
One of Most Popular Variety of Chick
ems, Not Only for Eggs, but Also
for Its Meat.

The Orpington is one OF the most
popular, if not the most popular fowl
England deserves the credit Of hav-
ing originated them and to great
measure for bringing them to their
present state of perfection, although
we have in this country at this time
breeders who are producing thous-
ands Of prime specimens and gradu-
ally Improving them, especially in
color points from year to year.
The Orpington is fowl of value
not only for egg production, in which
they are hard to beat, but most val
liable body, it being of good length,
broad, deep and we'll rounded, max
ing a carcass when dressed that is at
once attractive and hard to equal.
They are rather short in legs, which
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27

Of the postofIice officials that the par
eel post system should be made of
particular use to persons having farm
and factory products to transmit to
customers. It can be said in general
way that anything can be sent which
Is properly wrapped and which will
not injure other mail matter with
which it may come in contact.
Copy Foreign Countries.
It is probable that the government
will adopt means of transportation
for certain kinds Of it's merchandise
much like those which nave been
adopted in parcel post countries
abroad. What the English call ham,
pers, basket-like arrangements, prob
ably will be adopted, and as these can
be kept separate from the ordinary
mail matter it is believed that the
regulations as finally adopted will al
low the sending Of eggs, butter, dress
ed poultry, live poultry, honey, fruit,
and other products of the country.
The 11-pound limit for a single pack
age may work at first against any
for some of the articles which have
been named. OF course, moro weight
can be sent if it is sent in different
parcels, but the cost in that case
would be heavier, because the In
crease per pound on single package
is not great up to IL pounds, and
probably it would increase at no great
er rate if the government were to
raise the limit Of weight which is now
fixed.
Every postmaster in the United
States will have a parcel post map
like the one which is here reproduced
except that the zone lines Will be
shown with the unit Of his postoff1ce
as a center All that postmaster
will have to do when a percel Is pre-
sented for transportation is to find out
in what zone the destination OF the
package dies. His table will show
him instantly the rate per pound
from the unit in which his postoffice
lies to the zone Of the packages des-
tination, the price, as has been ex-
planned before. to every pOstoffice in
any one zone being the same. The
parcel post will take nothing but
fourth-class matter. Printed matter
is still in the third-class designation.
Therefore books cannot be sent by the
parcel post system.
Rate on Seeds Not Affected.
It should be said that the act of
congress which puts a parcel post
plan into operation does not in any
way affect the postage rate on seeds,
cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions and
plants as fixed by section 4S2 of the
postal laws and regulations.
The classification of articles mail
able as well as the weight limit, the
rates of postage, zone or zones and
other conditions Of AVAILABILITY under
the act of congress, if the postmaster
general shall find on experience that
they or any Of them are such as to
prevent the shipment of articles de-
the cost of the service greater than
the receipts of the revenue therefrom,
he is hereby authorized, subject to
the consent of the interstate COM
merce commission after investigation,
to return from time to time such
classification, weight limit, rates, zone
or. zones or ccn ditions, in order to pro-
mote the service to the public or to
insure the receipt Of revenue from
such service adequate to pay the cost
thereof"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
FACTS ABOUT THE NEW PARCEL POST

goes into operation 1918.
will
be handle
butter
fowls distances.
Eggs for loca: delivery packed sent When
packed separately
There restrictions
Millinery, musical
must mark
following intoxicating liquors. posons
explosives live poultry
Books printed included
b
The limit be
of 2inche
limit.
mailed poofce branches and soec.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
Even Exchange

Broker-Our bookkeeper has stolen
$50 900 fromw us and lost 1t at Skim
mem & Sharks.
Partner-Well, we'll get him job
at Skinnem & Sharks and let him do
his trading with US.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
Often Something Bad

There are very few people in this
world who know what is good for
them"
Maybe so, but there are compare
lively few people in the world who
don't know what they want.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
$50. md Failure.

II is sometimes hard to End out Just
how tba man who is successful has
MANAGED to succeed. but it is always
essy to see why failure comes TO those
who fail-Chicag Record Herald
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
Force of Habit.

why did she want to set her hus-
bands will aside?" Merely because
it was her husbands, and she had got
ia the habit of setting his sill aside"
Houston Post
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
ParaGoxical.

ParaGoxical.
You meet some oddities in busi-
ness"
Give me an instance of what you
mean"
1t takes a promising young man to
establish g paying trade"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
Children Feel lnouIsitive

In the little world in which chill
dren have their existence, whatsoever
brings them up, there is nothing 60
finely perceived and SO finely felt as
n1ustice.-Charle Dickens.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
Pomp in the East.

81 understand the king Of Siam has
a white elephant" yes, and it gave
him great prestige Until the king OF
Cambodia visited Europe. He brought
back a secondhand taxicab."
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
His nj ethod.

II always did make a hit with the
women" Dragged Henry VIII
with your wit, sire?" murmured
the obseQuious courtier.
No answered the monarch, with
a sly smile. With an ak"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
Look That Gives Joy.

Gold and silver may supply us with
che necessaries of life, with food and
drink. clothes and houses; bat they
cannot give the Joy Of kind lock-
Lord Avebury.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
The Sabbath,

A world without Sabbath woxld be
like man without a smile. like
summer without flowers and like
homestead without a sardea.-Beech-
er
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
Fixed Habit.

Smith-Has your son any nxec
habit that worries you as to his III
ture?
Jones-Yes: he fights about ten
rounds every morning with the alarm
clock.-Judge.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
In the Balkans

L call for volunteersl"
For what, general?"
10 rush up in front Of yonder con.
traption and see whether it Is a new
tangled gun or merely a moyinepic.
ture machine
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
RATES OF POSTAGE

weighing maiabie at the OF one
mailed
OF a FULL
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27

*F full explanation OF the rates OF postage
the
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-12-27
OFFICIAL
PARCEL POST MAP
OF THE UNITED STATES.

This map Is for only In Unit 1871, In which the
city of Washington is located.
area circles indicate
boundaries
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-17
FIGHT IN CHURCH
LEADS TO COURT:
BRICKS WEAPONS

Forcible expression OF religious fer
vor brought DIN Dyson TO city crimi-
nal court today to answer an assault
and battery accusat ton. On his heels
came r. II. Young, who had been hit
on the head with brick welded by
Dyson, 20 show why he should not be
fined for disturbing public worship.
The two were principals in a heated
argument that waged over the tenets
of the Holiness faith within the portals
Of a Chattahoochee church last night.
The Revs. J. II. Jackson and W. G..
Bryant, OF the Holiness cult, appeared
to tell all about It. Several other
members Of the church and sympa-
thizers, one way or the other, accom-
panied the party and helped Dyson and
Young get bail
Dyson and Young it seemed, could
not agree on certain points pertaining
TO the conduct OF the services. Young
grew sarcastic, and so Dyson asserts,
even profane. When county officers
arrived on the scene Dyson had bounced
a brick off Young's head and the ar
gument was finished.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-17
STAY ON YOUR FEET
Taking CaloneI Means Staying Home
For the Day-Take Dodson's Liver
Tone and Save Days Work.

If an attack Of constipation or bill
lousness hits you, there's no need to
take dose of calomeI and spend at
least day getting over the effects Of
it. All Atlanta druggists sell the liver
tonic Dodson's Liver Tone, that takes
the place of calomel and starts a lazy
liver without any bad after effects.
Dodson's Liver Tone does all the
good that calomel ever did, yet it is
absolutely harmless to young people
and old. 1t is pleasant tasting vege-
cable liquid that will relieve consttpa
ton or sour stomach or other troubles
that go along with lazy liver, without
restriction of habit or diet. You don't
leave off any of the things you regu-
larly do when you take Dodson's Liver
Tone.
All Atlanta druggists sell Dodsons
Liver Tone and give it a strong per
sonal guarantee. They say, "A large
bottle of Dodsons Liver Tone sells
for so cents, and we will hand any
person back his so cents if he tries
bottle and doesn't say that it does all
that calomel ever does and does it
pleasantly. Get the genuine Dodsons
Liver Tone and if you are not pleased
with it we will give your money back
with smile"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-17
BUNNY" M'FARLAND
TO TAKE STAND IN
RETRIAL AS SLAYER

NEWARK, n. J., oct. 1.-THE prosecu-
ton in the trial Of Allison N. MacFsrla I'd,
charged VIII the murder of his VIE,
Evelyn, closed before Justice Gumnere
in the court of over ano terminer and the
defense at once opened
ATTORNEY Frank N. McDermi., Tor he
defense, announced that MaeFe rlaud
would take the stand. Mr. McTe.mi- de-
clared that he was opposed to MdcFar-
lands testifying, bu. that his Eli mt hGd
over-ruled him. The lawyer also said
that MISC Florence r. omley OF Phla
delphia, MacFarlands sffinity, wou i tes-
tify and reveal her relations with Mac
Farland.
MacFarlands contention is that mis-
wife conHitted suicIde after she learned
OF his relations with the Philadelphia
girl.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-17
CARLISLE'S CLAIMS
FOR SECURITIES OF
THE R.&P.DENIED

w. A. Carlsles claim for one third OF
the S4,000o0O Of securities issued by the
Georgia Railway and Power Company
and his petition for injunction against
c. Elmer Smith, Eugene l.. Ashley, Mrs.
Ashley and the Atlanta Power Company
were turned down by Judge w T. New
man, in an opinion rendered yesterday
Carlisle failed to prove he had any part
nership interest in the Atlanta Power
Company, stated Judge Newman
Carlisle claimed he was one third
partner in the concern for which the
Georgia Railway and Power Company
paid $4,000, 900, and filed an Injunction to
restrain Smith and the Ashleys from dis
posing of any of the proceeds Both his
plea and injunction were denied by Judge
Newman.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-17
INSURANCE MEN
FOR SOLE AGENCY
Quicker Settlement of Fire
Claims Also Favored by the
Convention.

Just prior TO proceeding to their bar
becue given by the Cold Springs Cue
club This afternoon. the National AS
ISOLATION Of Local Fire Insurance
Agents elected James H Southgate.
of Durham. y. C.. president. and named
f. 6 Lumpllin Of Columbus. Ga. one
Of the seven vice presidents, and II II.
Putnam, Of Boston, secretary.
The convention went on record as
fayoring quicker payments Of fire
claims and the abolition of sub or I'M
derwriters agencies to make place for
sole agencies
feature OF this mornings session
was the address Of James r. Young in
suranCe commissioner Of North Caro-
lima, who declared. that the fire insur-
ance agents should take the public into
its confidence so that the public would
know how fire business worked; that
the agents should preach fire proven
ton, even at the risk of losing poll
cies. in order to save $500, 900, 600 Of
the $3.50 600 900 FIRE loss in this coun-
try annually: and that the agencies
should leave no stone unturned in Their
efforts TO cooperate generally with the
states and with the people.
Others heard from were l.. r. War
rem, Of Richmond. Va, and Fred W.
Offenhauser. of Texarkana
one hundred and one delegates
pledged $75 each to the work of the
association, a total of $7.575, and the
convention passed resolutions on the
death of A. b. Andrews Of the South
eastern Underwriters association who
died in Atlanta today.
Features Of yesterday afternoons
session We're addresses by Hon Her
man l.. Kern, commissioner OF insur-
ance. of Madison, wis who stressed
the relation between the departments
Of the insurance compan MES and the
agents, and rate fixing to avoid dis
elimination against the companies: an
address on The Insurance Contract
and the Premium Payer" by Alex c.
King, the Atlanta attorney. and an ex-
temporaneous speech by Captain Ed
ward S. Gay, of Atlanta. who was re-
ferred to as the oldest insurance man.
ager In the city"
Captain Gay paid tribute to the as
ISOLATION as one of the best organiza-
tons in the country.
Mr. King was called upon to. address
the convention as an attorney, because
of his long connection with insurance
companies in the South He said. in
part
Fire insurance is in one view. a
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-17

great cooperation whereby the per-
sOnal vicissitude is neutralized by dis
tributing the individual losses among
the many thousands who, through their
premiums, furnish the fund which re
plenishes the individual loser. including
at times the losers of a community Wis
tied with disaster.
The attitude which the great mass OF
the insuring public takes toward the
contract Of fire insurance, which finds
its expression in legislative acts that
break down its covenants. and in the
verdicts Of juries, and sometimes, in
the ruling of courts, which destroys the
efficiency of contractual restrictions, is
clearly one which disregards the in
terest Of every person concerned in the
fire waste Of the country, or the pre-
MUM fund which must respond to in
surance losses, except the individual
who asserts a disputed claim of loss by
fire. The effect of such laws. verdict OF
decisions on the fire waste itself or on
the price of insurance is wholly lost
sight Of
No one who has studied the prob
lem of fire insurance will deny that
laws which would require owners to OBJ
serve the requirements of their insur-
ance policies by not doing away with
them would greatly educate in habits
Of care in a feeling of personal re-
sponsibility on the. risks, that would
promote carefulness and tend to re-
duce fire waste" .ra