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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-25
An Esperanto Town.

Today a train marked Esperanto"
arrived in Berne, conveying Esperan-
lists of all nations on their way to the
Esperanto congress to be held at Cra-
COW from the 18th to the 18th of this
month. The conductors ON the train
also spoke Esperanto, and the few
passengers who were not Esperantists
felt distinctly "out of it,"
The Esperantists were in excellent
spirits. One of their leaders remarked
that before long there would be not
only trains labeled Esperanto" but
the post offices of the world would
have to add Esperanto to the number
OF towns in the postal guide.
Already Esperantists have pur-
chased a piece of land near Munich.
where a garden city is to be built.
to be called Esperanto" Esperanto
is primarily intended as a summer
holiday resort for Esperantists of any
nationality. The town will have a
theater, where plays will be per-
formed In Esperanto, and there will
be a post office which will conduct
the business in Esperanto, and also
an Esperanto bank.-Berne CORE
spondence Pail Mall Gazette.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-25
SHAKE IT OFF
Rid Yourself OF Unnecessary
Burdens.

Don't bear unnecessary burdens.
Burdens Of bad back are heavy.
Get rid OF them.
Doan's Kidney Pills are FOR bad kid
neys-
For lame, weak and aching backs;
Lots of grateful endorsement to
prove their worth
J. A. Baird, r. f. D. No. 5, Hart
ford, Ky, says: 81 used only one box
of Doan's Kidney Pills but that was all
needed to cure me of kidney weak
ness. For some time l had been
troubled by sharp twinges across my
loins and other symptoms of kidney
complaint. AS heard Dosn's Kidney
Pills highly recommended, got sup
ply and their use cured me. | highly
recommend this remedy"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster-Milburu Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's--and
take no OF Observation-Disclosures.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-25
PUT FORWARD NEW RELIGIONS
Wives Of Prominent Public Men De-
veIop Faiths That Attract Many
Followers.

Strange creeds among women no
longer cause the excitement they did
in former years, and it is interesting
to note how many women Of distinc-
ton have departed from the beaten
path of orthodoxy and have raised al
tars to alien gods. Mrs. George Dew
ey has long been student of the oc-
cult and her researches into eastern
religion have been profound and along
original lines. There are three heal
ers of the Christian Science faith
among the wives of United States
senators-Mrs. George T. Oliver Of
Pennsylvania; Mrs. Gilbert Hitchcock
of Nebraska, and Mrs. John D. Works
of California-and there are about 20
ether women in the senatorial and
congressional set who believe in Chris
tan Science, New Thought or similar
creeds. Mrs. Hayes, wife of the MEM
Der Of congress for San Jose, CAL, is a
founder of new religion called the
True Faith of Christ.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-25
What the Chestnut Crop Depends On.

According to Andrew jackson Mil
Ter, the chestnut king" of Jones' Mills,
the pickings are going to be very lean
this fall, several incursions made by
him into the chestnut producing sec
tons of the mountains having con-
WINGED him that there will not be much
of crop, in striking contrast with
the abundance of last year.
Mr.. Miller says that the weather
has been wet and that the chestnuts
have been drowned in the blossom.
Some believe in the adage to the eff
feet that rain on st. Swithin's day
means a lean chestnut crop, while
others say that it all depends upon
whether or not it rains on July 26. 1t
did both this eyar, so that there is no
chance for chestnuts at all.
Last year the Jones' Mills man mar
keted over hundred bushels of chest
nuts, while others in the mountains
did almost equally well.-Latrobe Bull
letin.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-25

A Des Moines man had an attack of
muscular rheumatism in his shoulder.
A friend advised him to go to Hot
Springs. That meant an expense of
$3.50 90 or more. He sought for quick
.er and cheaper way to cure 1t and found
1t in Chamberlsin's Liniment. Three
days after the first application of this
lniment he was we'll. For sale by all
dealers. Advertisement.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-25
*Fo full explanation Of the rates Of postage in the First
Zone see the Parcel Post Guide

which the zones are drawn. The
rates of postage are fixed from the
unit in which the sending postoffice 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 it 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.
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 a long distance than it does to
send 1t 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 IL pounds can be sent I'M
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
it can so compete. It was the ex-
pressed desire of the legislators and
of the postoffice officials that the par
eel post system should be made of
particular use to persons having farm
and factory products to transmit to
customers. 1t 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 man can
determine whether he is to profit or
not by the change. Then there is an
other thing to be considered and
when fuller regulations have been
made TO specify exactly what kind of
things can be sent by parcel post. 1t
can be said in a general way that any,
thing can be sent which is properly
wrapped and which will not inture
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 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
very extended use of the parcel post
for some of the articles which have
been named. or course, more weight
can be sent II 1t is sent in different
parcels, but the cost In that case
would be heavier because the in
crease per pound on a single package
is 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 is now
fixed. To make 1t simpler. 1t will
cost more TO send two packages of IL
pounds than II would to send one
package of 22 pounds II the govern
ment eventually should allow heayi-
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-25

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 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 postoffce
as a center. All that a postmaster
will have to do when a parcel is pre-
scented 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 postoffice 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 hardship. 1t
may be that in the future the law will
be changed so as to include all print
ed matter. It seems to be certain that
an attempt will be made to bring
about this change as speedily as pos
sible.
Must Bes- 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 prepare
ton for this class of mail as required
by the law creating the parcel post
system. Consignments of these
stamps will be ready for shipment to
all postoffices in ample time for the
establishment of the new system on
New Years day.
The postoffice department has given
instruction to every postmaster in the
country to enlighten his patrons as
much as possible on the general sub
ject 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 q Ter jan
uary /, 1918, without parcel post
stamps attached shall be treated as
Held for postage" matter. Parcel
post packages will be mailable only
at postoffices, branch postoffices, let
tered and local named stations, and
such numbered stations as may be
designated by the postmasters.
It has been announced by Postmas-
ter General Hitchcock that nearly TO-
600 scales will be required for use In
the parcel post system which is to go
into effect January LIST. He has ac-
cordingly authorized the issuance OF
bids for that number. Two hundred
OF the largest postoffices and their
branches will be supplied with auto
matte springless scales. The next
class of offices. numbering about TO-
900. will be given high grade beam
scale, while the four class Offices,
numbering about $4,000. will be fur
nished with the best spring balances
obtainable. each having a capacity for
twenty pounds. These scales will be
used by postmasters to determine the
amount OF postage required on parcel
post packages. The fact that many
OF the postofiices of the country are
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-25
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.

With the coming of the New Year
the United States government will en-
ter into a new field of enterprise
the transmittal of merchandise by
what is known as the parcel post
for such a 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 it must be said in little more
than an experimental way.
1t is the intention of Uncle Sam to
move rather slowly in the parcel post
matter. He wants to find how popu-
lar it 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 If 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 it reaches
the proportions which its proponents
say they believe it is destined to as
sumo.
Zone System Explained.
It is no exaggeration to say that
thousands upon thousands of inquir-
ies 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 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 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 II is situated will
have zones drawn from it just exactly
as Washington has them drawn from
A. 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. OF 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 is.
How Rates Are Fixed.
IL can be seen from this readily
enough that the postal rates from
Washington to its 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 postofiices. but each Office
IN the same unit is considered as be-
ing the center OF the circles from
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-25
Give Him Time.

You're a pretty old man to be beg
GIN" said the lady to the man at the
back door
Eyes. ma'am." replied the man with
his hat in his hand.
"haye you been begging all your
life?"
mot yit. maam." .1f
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-25
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 carriase-No Package Weigh
Ing More Than Eleven Pounds is
Misunderstanding Properly Wrap
ped Which Will Not Injure Other
Mail May Be Sent.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-25
Christmas Dance.

The young society men are sending
out invitations to a Christmas dance at
the Cloverport Opera House Christmas
night.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-25

Louisville Evening Post
and Breckenridge News
one year IS. so.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-25
RATES OF POSTAGE

Parcels weighing four less maabe at the rate
one cent for each fraction of an ounce regardless of
distance Parcels weighing than four malahe
the pound rate shown by the following table, and when mailed
this rate any fraction of pound considered full pound
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-25

Hives, eczema, itch or salt rheum sets
you crazy. Can't bear the touch of your
clothing. Doan's Ointment is fine for
skin itching All druggists sell it, soc a
box Advertisement.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-12-25

Can't Look we'll, eat we'll, or feel we'll
with impure blood. Keep the blood
pure with Burdock Blood Bitters. Eat
simply, take exercise, keep clean, and
good health is pretty sure to follow.
ST. 90 bottle. ADVERTISEMENT
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-08
DECORATION OF CORN
PALACE TO START SOON
DIR. FLOYD GILiIS AGAIN RE-
Tanned AS ClIIEF DECORATORS
AND HE SUBMITS PLANS
FOR COMING SEASON.

People OF Mitchell will be gratitied
to learn that DR.. Floyd ellis a
product OF this city and now a prac-
tieing physician at Baltic, Mich, has
been again put in charge of the dec
Grating OF the corn palace and will
arrive in the city to begin work up
IN it September first. Preliminary
work will be started in the near flu
ture in order that all may be ready
by the time the doctor arrives.
The design this year has been dcs-
i%gnated by DR.. Gillis as Beauty in
Simplicity OF Design" This would
seem to indicate that no especial
subject Will be used as the chief
motif of the work but that, the eff
feet OF the whole will be Il combina-
ton tending toward beauty of de-
sign.
1T takes about 1000 bushels of
corn to compete the decorating and
this morning has already been arrang
ed for. No paint is used on the corr
and the different effects are made
by using different colored corn. The
cost of the decorating. including
iaDOr Is ABOUT $4,000 ever year.
Secretary Wheeler of the corn
palace committee announces that
about 1000 remnants advertising the
coming event have now arrived.
These viii be given free to automo-
bile owners, ON condition that they
are carried i'm Il CONSPICUOUS nlace on
the car. They can be obtained of
Ny. Wheeler at the Office of the Da-
kota Improved Seed company and al
so OF the city auditor. 1t will nee
essary for each person obtaining a
pennant to register his name, the
number of his car and what make it
is. The pennants are done in red
and white with a picture of the pal
ace in colors. They are attractive
and make excellent advertising mat
ter.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-08

solidly based on the facts OF our ma
tlonal life; its items are items OF
present business; ii is what every
man should wish TO see done who
wishes to see II present distempers
made an end OF and II old free, CO.
operative life restored.
I'VE should go into this campaign
confident of only one thing-confid-
ent Of what we want to do if entrust-
ed with the government. 1t is not d
partisan fight we are entering upon.
We are happily excused from person.
al attacks upon opponents and from
all general indictments against the
men opposed TO us. The facts are pat
ent to everybody: we do not have to
prove them; the more frank among
our opponents admit them. Our
thinking must be constructive from
start to finish, We must show that
we understand the problems that con-
front us, and that We are soberiy
minded to deal With them, applying
to them, not nostrums and notions,
but hard ems and good courage.
Not Personal Contest.
"A presidential campaign may cas-
lily degenerate into Il mere personal
contest and so lose it's real dignity
and significance. There is no indis-
%pensable man. The government will
not collapse and 80 to pieces if any
n OF the gentlemen who are seeking
to be entrused with its guidance
should be left at home. But mon are
instruments. We are as important
as the cause We represent, and in
order to be important must really
represent a cause. What is our cause?
The peoples cause? That is easy to
say, but what does it mean? The COM
mon as against any particular inter
est whatever? Yes, but that, too,
needs translation into acts and poll
cies. We represent the desire to set
up an ulentangled government, a
government that cannot be used for
private purposes, either in the field
of business or in the field OF politics;
u government that Will not tolerate
the use OF the organization OF a great
party to serve the personal aims and
ambitions OF any individual, and that
will not permit legislation to be en-
ployed to further any private inter
est. 1t is a great conception, but |
am free to serve it. as You also are.
| could not have accepted d NOM
which left me bound to any
man or any group of men No nan
can be just who is not free, and
no man who has to show favor ought
to undertake the solemn responsible
ity of government in any rank or post
least of all in the supreme
post of president OF the United Stat
eS.
ITO be free is not necessarily to be
But wisdom with coun-
sci, with the frank and free confer
ence of untrammeled men united in
the common interest. Should / be en-
with the great office Of presi-
dent, l would seek counsel wherever
it could be had upon free terms. L
know the temper OF the great COM
vention which nominated ME; l knpW
The temper oil the country that FaS
back of that convention and spoked
througlisit. l heed with deep thank
the message you bring ms |
it. I feel that / am surrounded4
by men whose principles and arnbisf
are thoses5Qf true servants of
-he people Itllank God, and will
take courage '{S~ l
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-08
BUSINESS CHANGES.

WANTED-A live man in each
county to sell New Era B%allbearing
Rope Making machines; our men are
making from $35 to $50 per week; if
you mean business and want a fine
paying proposition. call or write,
Omaha Sales and Supply Co., Room
~, Widmann Hotel, Mitchell, s.. ID.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-08

AGENTS-Just what you wont. Its
anew and useful; a fast, easy seller.
Good salary. Write today for partic-
MARS, Harlem Supply Co, Box 139,
minneapolis, Mimi.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-08

LIVE AGENTS-Men or women
wanted to introduce high grade
specialties in every home; quick
sales; big profits; write for partic-
ulars or send IS cents for sample
and full course of instructions.-A.
%. Jones, boxt9l, Potts Gamp. Miss.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-08

acknowledgements girl for
general Homework. Mrs. H. r.
Aibbee.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-08

WANTED--A strong girl for gen
eral homework. Scandinavian pre-
ferred. Address. G. II. care Repub-
lican.s
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-08

Spring Valley Spring Water for
sale, by can or tank. Business phone
z long on line s. II. flinders.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-08

AUTOMOBILE chauffegurrys and re-
pair men earn 500 to $3.50 monthly.
Big demand. Large, new training
shops. Catalog free.-National Auto
mobile Training Association, Omaha,
Nebr.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-08

AGENTS. WANTED everywhere
Q easy selling proposition. Make big
money daily. Write Tor particulars.
NC. Haivorsoh u CO.., Dept. a6, Cal
lendar, Ia.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-08

WANTED-Girl for general house
work. 215 East 10th st.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-08
Want as
u You Don't See what You Want. Reod tba
Republican Want Ads

bedroom sets, refrigerator, heater,
dining table, chairs, rockers and
numerous other articles. Phone S54.
3l3 w. Fourth ave.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-08

FOR SALE-Full blooded st. Ber-
nard puppies, two months old, femal-
es $S, males $15. A. j. Johnson, Du-
pree, S. d., Lock box So.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-08

FOR RENT-Twolsman houses on
east seventh street. Small house on
south side.-Commercial & Savings
Bank.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-08

FOR RENT-Eleven rooms over
the Olympia theater. Modern. C. E.
Vermilyea.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-08
AGENTS wANrED.

WANTED Experienced sales
man In the harness and saddlery line
to travel in Nebraska and part Of
South Dakota. . tfss
I AGENTS WaIfeda No experience
needed TO earn big money selling our
goods. Send for otnr 1912 winner.
AIddresssF lie Richards, New Rich
miiohlds Wis n stfI'si9s
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-08

FOR RENT-Neat clean rooms for
light housekeeping. 400 Seventh ave-
nue. east.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-08

Z WANFHID-A competent girl for
general housework.--800 Fourth
avenue west. Phone 49, b4e tns
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-08

FOR RENT-One store room on
Second avenue east.-Webber & Co.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-08

FOR SALE-Good two seated sur
ny, cheap.-lO6 North Lawler street.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-08-08
HELP WANTED.

WAITREsS-Wanted at Nc.
Carthy's cafe.