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The searchlight., 1912-12-27
ISLES OF SC|LLY
Group That Are Situated South
west Of England.
Period at Which islands Were espa.
rated from the Mainland Must es
Far Beyond the Reach of
History.

London-People sometimes apply
the term Lyonesse to the whole Of
Cornwall. which is a mistake. II there
ever was such land at all 1t lay west
ward OF Cornwall. and the Scilly Isles
are It's relics. The name of Arthur
plays like a lambert light about the
district; but the period at which tho
Settles were separated from the
mainland must be far beyond the
reach of history. which in England can
only explore about two thousand years
backward. The Lyonesse of romance
extended to the southwest OF Lands
End. and was connected In race and
legend with the Leon OF Brittany. As
a matter of geology the tradition has
no satisfactory basis. though there
are traces of submerged forests In
Mounts bay, and the old Cornish
name OF st. Michaers Mount repre-
sents that rock as having once stood
IN the center OF woodland In reality
the islands are the last upheavals OF
that backbone OF granite which IL so
impressive on Dartmoor and which
again comes into notice on the Bod
min Moors. True. ocean depths do not
begin TIL far beyond the islands. so
that In its relation TO the great sub
marine platform Scilly may be con-
sidered structurally attached to Brit.
ain. ms Britain Is to the Continent.
Some portion of the vanished region
may have survived. adjoining the
coasts Of Mounts Bay. TIL the year
1899. when. according to the Saxon
chronicle. Lyonesse was destroyed In
q great tempest.
When we come to the genuine HIS
tory OF Scilly there are some interest
Ing things to notice. The islands seem
to have been used as penal settle
ment In Roman times: and In the sixth
century they gave home to tho
Welch st. Samson. who became bish-
OF OF Dol. and who has left footprints
In Guernsey as well as In Devon and
Cornwall. The Isle OF Samson Is now
uninhabited. but II may have had a
fairly large population when the saint
established an oratory here: there
are many traces OF early occupation.
To many Il IL stiIl more interesting as
the home OF Walter Besant's Armorel
Early In the tenth century Athelstan
made a conquering expedition through
| Cornwall. and In said to have spied
Buryan-the day must have been un.
commonly clear. He vowed to build a
church on the spot where he stood II
The searchlight., 1912-12-27
PLAN TO LOWER LIVING COST
Columbus Graduates Say Auction Of
Foodstuffs Would Help the
People.

New York.-The establishment OF
city markets at which food products
shall be sold by auction to retailers
and consumers Is the remedy for the
high cost Of living proposed by . CON-
mittee Of Columbus graduate students
which has been making an extensive
inquiry into the subject. This scheme.
the committee believes. In the best
means OF cutting down unnecessary
costs In distribution, as II would do
away with jobbers.
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er single package to be carried and
should charge In proportion just what
1t does now for one package of IL
pounds weight.
Every postmaster I'm the United
States will have a parcel post map
like the one which il here reproduced
except that the zone lines will be
shown with the unit OF his postoffce
as "a center. All that a postmaster
will have to do when a parcel is pre-
sented for transportation is to find
out In what zone the destination Of
the package lies. His table will show
him instantly the rate per pound from
the unit In which his postoffice lies
to the zone OF the packages destina-
tions. the price as has been explained
before. to every postofilce in any one
zone being the same. The parcel post
will take nothing but fourth-class mat
ter. Printed matter is still In the
third-class designation. Therefore
books cannot be sent by the parcel
post system. This the postoffice au-
thorities seem to think is In a way
unjust and may work a hardship. II
may be that In the future the law will
be changed so as to include all print
ed matter. II seems to be certain that
an attempt win be made &c bring
about this change as speedily as pos
sible.
Must Bea. Stamp.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
ordered that postmasters be advised
that parcel post packages cannot be
accepted for mailing unless they bear
a distinctive parcel post stamp and
have attached to them the return card
OF the sender. A series Of distinctive
stamps is now In course Of prepara-
by the law creating the parcel post
system. Consignments OF these
stamps will be ready for shipment to
all postofices in ample time for the
establishment Of the new system on
New Years day.
The postofiice department has given
instruction to every postmaster In the
country to enlighten his patrons as
mt ch as possible on the general sub
jest Of the parcel post and especially
on the use Of the special stamps and
the necessary attachment OF the re-
turn card. The law requires that all
fourth-class matter mailed a',er Jan.
uary I. 1918. without parcel post
stamps attached shall be treated as
Held for postage" matter. Parcel
post packages will be mailable only
at postofiices. branch postoffices. let.
tered and local named stations. and
such numbered stations as may be
designated by the postmasters.
II has been announced by Postmas-
ter General Hitchcock that nearly TO-
900 scales will be required for use In
the parcel post system which Is to 90
into effect January lst He has ac-
cordingly authorized the issuance OF
bids for that number. Two hundred
OF the largest postofiices and their
branches will be supplied with auto.
matte springless scales. The next
class of Offices, numbering about TO-
/. 600. will be given high grade beam
scale. while the four class Offices,
numbering about 5000. viii be fur.
nished with the best spring balances
obtainable. each having q capacity for
twenty pounds. These scales will be
used by postmaster to determine the
amount Of postage required on parcel
post packages. The fact that many
Of the pootomees Of the country are
The searchlight., 1912-12-27

OFFICIAL PARCEL POST MAP.
This map 10 for use only In unit No.
1927, In which the city Of Washington
10 located.
Numbered squares represent units
OF area; circles indicate boundaries Of
zones.
The searchlight., 1912-12-27

he returned safely from their con-
quest. Probably he met with little re-
slstance on the islands. where he 10
supposed to have founded Tresco Alb
bey. Later. In the same century. .
Scillonian had the credit OF convert.
Ing the fierce King Olaf OF Norway.
After harryins the coast OF Britain
and Ireland Olaf sighted the Settles
and ran his vessel into what Is now
the harbor of St Mary's. A hermit
here gave him timely warning OF
mutiny that was about to take place
among his own troops; he crushed the
revolt. but was severely wounded.
Carried to the monastery at Tresco.
he was there nursed into health and
Christianity. consenting to receive
baptism.
The searchlight., 1912-12-27

*For full explanation Of the rates Of postage in the First
Zone see the Parcel Post Guide
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which the zones are drawn. The
rates Of postage are fixed from the
unit In which the sending postotfice is
situated. but the price to every place
in any zone is just the same. To il
lustrate. 1t will cost exactly the same
amount to send a parcel from Wash
ington to Erie. Pa. that 1t costs to
send 1t to Atlanta, Ga. 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
is located. but they are the same
from that Office to any point In any
one zone.
II will be seen by reference to the
table of rates Of postage that 1t win
cost more per pound to send a pack
age a long distance than 1t does to
send It a short distance. The rate in
creases for package weighing one
pound at the rate OF one cent for
each zone. No package weighing
more than IL pounds can be sent un-
der the new parcel post law. 1t
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. II was the ex.
pressed desire of the legislators and
OF the postofiice officials that the par
eel post system should be made Of
particular use to persons having farm
prAA,trto 70 tvo 20
customers. II is probable that pro
ducers must study the rates of post.
age and the convenience OF trans
initial and compare them with the
cost and convenience under present
methods before individually a man can
determine whether he Ia to profit or
not by the change. Then there is an
other thing to be considered and
which only can be known definitely
when fuller regulations have been
made to specify exactly what kind Of
things can be sent by parcel post. II
can be said In a general way that any
thing 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.
II is probable that the government
will adopt a means OF transportation
for certain kinds OF its merchandise
much like those which have 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 1t IL 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 l1-pound limit for single pack
age may work at first against any
very extended use Of the parcel post
for some OF the articles which have
been named. OF course. more weight
can be sent II II Ia sent In different
parcels. but the cost In that case
would be heavier because the in
crease per pound on a single package
IL not great up to IL pounds. and
probably II would increase at no great.
er rate II the government were to
raise the limit Of weight which h now
fixed. To make II simpler. II win
cost more to send two packages Of II
pounds than II would to ssnd ons
package Of % pounds Il the govern
mant eventually sheuld allow Q Aeavt
The searchlight., 1912-12-27
BY EDWARD q. CLARK.


With the coming of the New Year
the United States government will en-
ter into a new field of enterprise
the transmitta. of merchandise by
what is known as the parcel post.
For years there has been a demand
Tor such system of inexpensive
transmittal Of packages. The camps
Of favor and disfavor Of the parcel
post scheme have been about equally
divided. Finally at the last session
Of congress a bill was passed which
will put the plan into operation. but
only 1t must be said in little more
than an experimental way.
II is the intention Of Uncle Sam to
move rather slowly in the parcel post
matter. He wants to find how popu-
lar II will be, how much It will cost
the government, and whether there is
TO be a profit or loss at the end Of
each year. II It is found that the
plan Is successful from the point of
view Of the people. which means the
government also, the parcel post will
be extended until finally 1t reaches
the proportions which its proponents
say they believe 1t is destined to as
sumo.
Zone System Explained.
It 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. II was
the law of congress establishing the
system which made provision for q
division OF the country into zones
and into $4,000 units which are to be
used as centers in describing the cir.
cles which mark the boundaries of
the zones. There has been no clear
understanding, apparently. of this
zone system. but really 1t Is . 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 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 q
center from which the zones are
drawn and SO every unit In the coun-
try no matter where II is situated will
have zones drawn from II just exactly
as Washington has them drawn from
II. 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
Keokuk as number one. Just as they
are numbered from Washington as
number one. or course. however.
Zone Six will have a different geo
graphical position as related to Keo-
kuk than II has as related to Wash.
ington. but as the radius Of the circles
drawn from Keokuk Is the same
length as the radius OF the circles
drawn from Washington. Keokuk's
Zone Six will be just as far from its
center as Washington's Zone Six In.
How Rates Are Fixed.
It can be seen from this readily
enough that the postal rates from
Washington to its particular zone win
be the same as the postal rates from
Keokuk to its particular zones. Each
unit being about thirty miles square
Win OF course contain In most cases q
number OF postomees. but Zach once
IN the same unit b considered q BE-
6g the center of the circles IRON
The searchlight., 1912-12-27
FIXING RATES
UNDER PARCEL
POST SYSTEM
Government Goes Into Business
Of Transmitting Merchandise
Through the Mails.
New LAW FULLY EXPLAINED

Country Divided Into Zones and
Units for Purpose Of Fixing Charges
for carrIage-No Package Weigh
Ing More Than Eleven Pounds 10
MaIIabIe-Anythino Properly Wrap
ped Which viii Not Injure Other
Mall May Be Sent.
The searchlight., 1912-12-27
RATES OF POSTAGE

Parcels weighing four less maabe at the rate
OF cent for each fraction Of ounce regardless
distance Parcels weighing than four are maabe
at the pound rate shown the following table, and when mailed
at this rate any fraction Of pound considered full pound
The searchlight., 1912-12-27
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 once depart
ment. In ordering maps care
should be taken to specify the post
once from which the postage rates
are % b determined.
The searchlight., 1912-12-27
Hurt Saving Doll.

South Norwalk. Conn.-Iittle Mary
Fitzgerald. daughter OF z q. Fits-
gerald. II dying from injuries received
In rescuing her doll from the path Of
q train.
The herald., 1912-09-12
Women and the Farm.

Il Is not 50 much because - farm
er's boys sought the cities as because
his daughters refused to stay on the
farm that the rural population has
dvindled- At least, the council Of the
National Bankers association, In ses-
sion IL Westchester last week, came
TO the conclusion that the greatest
drawback TO inducing men to under.
take farm work lies IN the objections
made TO II by the women folk The
work in farm households Is undeniably
heavy. One remedy proposed, and al
ready IN operation In some Of the
western states. IL cooperative chain
of lau7dries. They carry OF the
weeks wash and return IT at trivial
cost-ten cents IL the carrying charge,
according TO report-fhus saving one
days hard labor for the vomen--New
York Times.
The herald., 1912-09-12
Fewer Willing to Sell Their Hair.

Owing TO the fact that the Young
countrymen Of France, under the
spreading influence Of the cities, are
becoming more particular as TO the
appearance of the girls they walk
out" with. peasant girls are becoming
less and less willing 10 sell their rich
uesses 10 hair dealers At the great
Limoges hair fair. held IN the market
place OF the city. there were fewer
dealers present than ever before. The
supply Of hair IS failing and prices
ranged from $50 10 s1s5 a pound.
The herald., 1912-09-12
The Eariy Water Melon.

Those Of Us who are rich and proud
and who psmper ourselves are now
yielding TO the lure Of the early wa
ter melon
The debutante melon Is & false
alarm II costs more than q good mel
On, and It dissppoints worse than a
poor one.
On the outside # is fair 10 see. II
giveth its color In the rind and utters
a deceitful PUNK when thunped med
itstiTely with the finger. You are
sure that the interior Of the melon
is as red as rose and as sweet as
honey.
The dealer win not plug IT for you.
He Is selling that melon, not eating
It He excuses the price by telling Of
the long distance II has Travelled.
Travel broadens a man but II does not
ripen q melon
You buy II and II melts eighty cents
worth Of ice getting cooled OF. Then
you cut II, and the inside Is about Is
pink as face powder and not half as
pleasant 10 the taste.
To be enjoyed water melon must
be gathered from the parent vine
along about eight IN the morning, then
placed In a well until evening. II
should then be opened with due and
proper ceremony. and the evening
should be hot Nothing but the Grim
son heart should be eaten. After that
q man Is kind to his family and viu
make peace with his enemies.
The herald., 1912-09-12
Select the Beautiful Way.

There is a beautiful and an ugly way
in which 70 say almost everything.
and happiness depends upon which
way We take. You can upset a person
for a whole day by the harsh way
IA which you may call him in the
morning. or you may give him a beau
tiful start by the cheerfulness OF your
greeting. SO not only in words, but in all
the little common courtesies and du-
ties OF life. think OF the beautiful way
Of doing each--D. L Porter.
The herald., 1912-09-12
STORY Declined;
AUTHOR ACCEPTED
Editor Proves to Be a Woman
and Cupid Does
the Rest.
By CLYDE JOHNSON.

Copyright, 81 by Associated Literary
Pressl
Charles Worthington Rankin had AZ
rived AZ years OF discretion without
having selected any particular syocs-
ton. He vas fairly well OF. and there
was no need 70 hurry.
NJ. Rankin had sometimes thought
OF becoming q doctor, but was dis
coursged when he realized that he
might be called ont Of bed st O'Clock
In tie morning 10 saw q some mans
leg.
The legal profession, mingled more
OF less with real estate, insurance,
politics, promotion -ustesship, rece.T-
ership and advising corporations how
TO break tie law, offered certain at
fractions, but Mr.. Rankin had seen
lawyers perspire when addressing 8
Jury, and he did hate 10 pe-spire.
There was painting, but landscape
artists. as he had been reliably H.
formed, had 10 keep The books for
some grocery a. night 10 exc ont ar eI-
Istsncs
II Mr.. Rankin should turn 10 sculp-
ture there were the clay and tie stone
dust, 10 soil his cuffs, and even II he
brought out statue Of Columbus The
daily papers might call II Captain
Kidd.
Il took Mr.. Rankin g long, long tine
TO make up his mind. and then the
decision was the result o. accident He
dropped II on al asseublage one day
that had gathered 10 honor q young
literary man, and when he saw the
admiration and heard the adulations
bestowed be whispered 10 himself:
by George. but I've struck I'll
Nice easy work and nothing driving
about f. AL you've got 70 DO Is 10
sit down In your library and think,
and then write what you've been think
ing about"
Mr.. Rankin walked right out OF that
place and bought him the necessary
tools 10 begin and complete q story
that should be q wonder. He did not
make the error that 50 many amateur
The herald., 1912-09-12
R<A--GNx&

Date Aforementioned IN the presence o.
Neszieurs X Y Richard and NJ C Scharr.
competent witnesses who signed hereto with
seHo sppeare and NE. notary, after due
reading Of the whole
Original signed Aug1ste Chzhnud. ia
shares: Henry Smith. rs shares; A Cas-
tang. shares Witnesses X v Richard
NJ g Schsr1
SIDNEY r. GAUTIER. Notary PuSlSc.
i, the Undersigned recorder Of norrezres
Z and for the parish OF Orleans, state Of
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing act Of Incorporation Of An
guste Chah11d. Inc. was this dsy dajy re-
corded IN my ofBce N eoos loss, folio =.
New Orleans, Ia August Is. 1872
EMILE LEONARD, Dy Rec
herekg certify that The above and fore-
going II Z true and correct COPY u the
original thereof On 1le IN nv o<ice.
SIDNEY r. GAUTIR Notary Pnhlxc.
The herald., 1912-09-12

writer's make. Of going 10 or writing
to successful authors and asking them
how they did f. He didn't care q red
cent how they got their plots or
worked up their situations His story
would be his own in every particular.
And another thing worth recording
In Mr. Rsnkin's favor IL the fact that
after he lad got his plot, laid his sit
nations, named the day and hour, and
had his hero In hiding behind q brick
Pile. he didn't take the two pages Of
manuscript to this one and that one,
and ask them how they thought the
story would work out
n No. Sir and 10 Ma'am! Mr.. Rankin
Rid1t care peanut for the opinions
yof others On that particular line Of
work Had he been going TO open o
sandstone quarry for the production
and sale Of grindstones, 1t would have
been different, but in this he was right
n home. He felt II from the very
FIRST line he wrote. II was 10 be q
serial for q magazine When finished.
after seven long weeks Of work
which OF Itself was q great surprise TO
his frienes-the story came to an end,
and the author read Il over with glow
ing selfsatisfaction- Then It was sent
on TO the magazine he had selected,
and Mr.. Rankin and divers other per
sons held their breath and walked
around On tip-toes.
Mr.. Rankin figured that Il would be
at least O month before his check
came and the date OF the beginning
Of the serial would be announced. He
was out In his figuring. No one can
ever get o close line on those maya
zine editors. That's why authors con-
Time to revel In poverty. On the fifth
cay the story was returned with the
usual printed prescription. An author
who has never received one OF these
printed slips should be told that they
are q half-sheet Of fairly good linen
paper On which is printed in fairly
good English the announcement that
after having read every last wore OF
the story the writer was so kind and
considerate and everiastingiy obliging
% forward TO that publication instead
The herald., 1912-09-12

No stockbolder shall ever he he'd liable
for any Of the debts and ohligarions Of said
corporation except 20 the amount that may
Re due By such stockholders for TIE unpaid
balance Of his Subscription 70 the stock Of
said corporation
This corporation may sue and be sued
GRAFTON and other process shall be served
upo1 the president and In his absence from
the cify, upon the secretary.
The capital stock az rkix corporation shall
be twenty-five thousand dollars fS25.o o0l.
divided into shares Of twenty dollars each.
parable N cash or It's equivalent, and the
corporation shah begin business as soon as
I'VE thousand dollars Of the c4pirzi stock
have been subscribed and paid for
The a6ziS Of the corYorzfkon shall be
BY the Board q Direc4ors. cou-
poscd a three steckholdezx the nrrt Board
~ Directors % hold once fG I'VE y1nrx
md fheruaf<er % be elected annually n
The herald., 1912-09-12
Defender Of spaches Declared.

One Paris lawyer has had his name
struck OF the rolls because II WIS dis
covered that he acted as the regular
legal adviser OF The apache fraternity,
from which he drew 500 annually in
fees. One day he WAS engaged 10 de-
fend an apache in Z suburban court
His client was not satisfied with the
lawyers procedure II the case, and
after q heated argument outside the
court the client threw the LAWYER into
the River Marne.-Case and Comment
The herald., 1912-09-12
Always a wsy.

In & public washroom, where there
we're towels s-plenty. If anybody want
ea TO use that kind. Tip saw q man
who had been sousing his face IN
cold water take his Immediately clean.
very treshlooking shirt sleeves, as he
could with the cuti button links unfas-
tened, and slowly mop his dripping
face till II was dry; 50 there's Gwayf
Q way-Nev York Press.