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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-15
UNCLE SANS POSTCARDS.
There Arc 100000 of Thorn Printed
Each Working Day.

Vnere arc 5,oOV,UOU OF inem Trinteu
Each Working Day.
Few persons realize that the United
States government annually sells al
most 1000, 100000 postal cards, weigh
Ing approximately 100000 pounds,
nor IL it generally known that there
are four different kinds of cards In use.
They are the Mckinley card"-the
one best known-pinted in red; the
George and Martha Washington reply
cards, with the head Of Martha Wash
ington on the reply section; the two
cent international card" which bears
Grants head, and the Lincoln" which
is made slightly smaller than the Nc
Kinley card so as to fit any standard
card index.
To fill the country's enormous de-
mand for these various cards the
postal card printing plant in Washing
ton turns out an average of $780,
900 cards each working day. The
daily outSut Is regulated by the daily
consumption. and at times the COM
paratively small force in this Office has
to turn out 100000 cards in one day.
This. however. does not happen often.
If the total yearly output of govern
ment postal cards were to be stored in
one huge building 100000 cubic feet
would be required and if laid end to
end in a line the billion cards would
stretch around the earth more than
three times.
In spite of the huge output only
twenty persons are needed in the
printing Office. So small force would
not be possible If the machines were
not two highly developed automatic
mechanisms. They print the cards, cut
them, count them out in bundles of
fifty and deposit them near experts
who bind the bundles and make them
ready for shipment. If the cards are
to be shipped by water they are boxed
in lots Of 10000, but when the ship
ment is to travel By rail ordinary
strawboard cartons are used Busi-
ness postal cards are printed in large
sheets for the convenience of firms,
which, after purchasing them, send the
cards to printers and have addresses,
forms or circular letters printed upon
them.-New York Sun.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-15
CHANGE IN FOOT BALL RULES

A proposed change in foot ball
rules, it is believed, will be benefi-
cial and is favored by a number of
coaches. After a touchdown has
been scored instead of the team
making touchdown being permitted
to take a free kick on try for goal,
it is suggested the ball be taken out
to the ten-yard line and the ball put
into scrimmage, the team having
scored the touchdown attempting to
score another point on goal from the
field, and the defenders of the goal
having an opportunity to block the
kick.
That proposed new game Of
"union" ball ought to take here with
the school boys. Or why not succor?
1t is fast game and is popular in
some sections.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-15
A Queen Without Worries.

Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar is
like the little girl who, asked what she
would do If she were a queen, replied,
81 would sit on my gold throne" This
absolute and dusky ruler of nearly
100000 people takes her sovereignty
very laziy. She has no children to
care for, nothing to worry her and
spends her time wearing Paris gowns,
munchlng betel "a Madagascar confec-
tom, gossiping with the ladies of her
court and playing cards. She is said to
be an intelligent woman, but seems to
be sadly in need of a mission
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-15
Negotiate With United States.

For many years negotiations were
conducted between Great Britain and
the United States looking toward the
establishment of parcel post between
these countries, but it was not until
1905 that an agreement was reached.
The service was at first subjected to
serious limitations, as parcels could
not exceed four pounds six ounces In
weight.
The United States being unable to
agree to the system of accounting and
insurance in effect with other countries,
England found it necessary to main
tain a semiofficial service through the
American Express company, which pro-
vided facilities for the dispatch of par
GELS up to eleven pounds. Notwith-
standing its limitations, the official par
eel post worked smoothly from the out
set. The postage, fixed at 4S cents per
parcel, compared favorahly with the
charges by the semiofficial service,
which were dncluding 4S cents per par
eel for nOnpostal charges):
On parcels for New York city, Jersey
City, Brooklyn and Hoboken three
pounds for 72 cents up to eleven pounds
for $1.20, for all other parts of the
United States 96 cents and $1.14 respec-
lively. Parenthetically it might be said
that the small charge by the express
company in this case furnished the ad-
vocates of lower express rates, as well
us of an American parcel post, much
ammunition during the last session of
congress, and it is probable that when
the American parcel post is established
this business win be diverted to it from
the express company.
Through the competition of the Off
cial service the American Express COM
pany reduced its charges In 1907 from
2 shillings to shilling nonpostal
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-15
IS CONDUCTED
AND IN RANCE
Public Of Two Nations Get
Low Rates and Fast
Shipments.

charges In 1908 the limit of weight
was raised from four pounds six ounces
to eleven pounds in both directions, and
the rate of postage (officiaD was fixed
as follows:
For all parts of the United States:
Up to three pounds, Is. Cd.
Three to seven pounds, Is. Cd.
Seven to nine pounds, 3s. Cd.
Nine to eleven pounds, As. Cd.
After this change in the arrangement
the parcel post business increased about
40 per cent, and there are now about
10000 parcels received from the Unit
ed States and about the same number
sent there annually.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-15
Pay For Their Papers With Fish.

The first newspaper on record as hav-
ing most of its subscriptions paid for
in fish fiourishes in northern Russia.
This publication, which also enjoys the
distinction of being the most northerly
newspaper in the world. is printed in
the village Of Hammerstein in a small
wood cabin thatched with turf. 1t is a
weekly journal, called Nord Kap, and
most of it's readers receive the news
about fortnight after the events have
taken place.-New York Post.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-15
The Culinary Conquest of TripoIi.

The Arabs in Tripoli have learned
the macaroni habit from their Italian
enemies and have acquired the art Of
eating 1t in the orthodox national man
ner. Macaroni and kettles have be-
come coveted things, and the raiding
of Italian stores has given a new zest
to the Arab resistance. War is gener-
ally such a profitless thing that it is
well to note when any benefit arises
from it.-Westminster Gazette.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-15
HOW PARCEL POST
IN ENGLAND
Years Of Service Prove the
System a Great Success
In Europe.
A REPORT by Harry ]. Staley in
~ the New York Evening Post on
IK the parcel post in England and

A REPORT by Harry ]. Staley in
~ the New York Evening Post on
A the parcel post in England and
France is as follows:
The British and French postal au-
thorlties are watching the installation
of parcel post in the United States with
great interest. With them it has been
matter of slow growth, and they are
amazed at the audacious undertaking
which contemplates the establishment
of parcel post on 250,000 miles of rail
way, not to mention rural routes, star
routes and steamship lines with only
FIVE months of preparation and an in
significant initial appropriation of only
$75O,000.
For purposes of comparisons some
facts and figures on the British parcel
post obtained through the courtesy Of
w. C. c. Kirkwood. III charge of the
railway mail service OF Great Britain.
may be of interest to Americans.
1t was in 1882 that England through
an act Of parliament first began to re-
ceive the benefits Of a parcel post sys-
a postal conference held in Paris in
1880, but it was not until 1883 that the
inland and international parcel post
were linked together.
At this time an arrangement with
the railway clearing house" Of Eng
land was entered into by the British
pOstoffice, under which the various rail
way companies were to receive eleven
twentieths of the postage collected
upon all parcels carried by the rail
ways.
A maximum of seven pounds in
weight and three and half feet in
length was allowed. The rates of post
Rge on this class Of mail were fixed at
8 cents for parcels not exceeding one
pound, ranging upward to "a cents for
seven pounds.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-15
Some Comfort Left.

A food expert says that raw onion
sandwich contains more nourishment
than a porterhouse steak. We can't
eat the one and can't afford the other.
Fortunately, potatoes are still In the
market, and starvation is some days
oR.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-15
Parcel Post In France.

Wh1le on the subject or parcel post
may say that the situation in France is
quite different. Only a maximum Of
500 grams about one pound is carried
through the postal department Pack
ages OF greater weight, up to twenty
pounds. are handled entirely by the
railroads and do not pass through the
hands of the postal officials at all, even
the collections and deliveries being per
formed by the railroad employees. A
tax of 10 centimes e cents is put on
all such matter by the postoffice.
The volume Of mail matter handled
by the French postal department,
while much smaller than that in the
United States. is yet enormous. In
1911 it amounted to a total of 3.412,-
050,000 pieces, classified as follows:
Letters, 1,503,5O0,000; newspapers and
other printed matter, S3S,500,000; par
cells not exceeding 500 grams, 1.150.-
900.
The last investigation of the French
railway mail service by an American
was in 1898 by V. J. Bradley, then su-
vi IJS oIllltu SltlGS IolI'
way mail service Of New York city.
found Mr.. Bradley well and pleasantly
remembered by both the British and
French officials. who took pleasure In
pointing out the growth of their serv-
ices since his visit.
NJ. Ferriere, chief of the bureau of
transportation, ministre des posts and
telegraphs, pointed out that there are
now 1T6 travelling postoffices against
100 in 1898, arranged in eight dlvi-
sions. His bureau now employs 1896
railway postal clerks and 1896 mes
sengers; total, 6,391, as compared with
2039 clerks and S13 messengers; total,
1852, in 1898.
In that year there were but two
types of postal cars, one twenty two
feet and the other twenty-three feet
six inches; total number of cars, 46S.
Today there are sixteen types of pos
tai carriages, varying in length from
81 meters about twenty feet to eight
cen meters about sixty feet, and
there are in daily use 6S1 carriages,
an increase of 213. / am informed
that there are now in construction cars
seventy-five feet in length, but these
will probably not be placed in service
for a year or more.
These cars will exceed anything in
the mail service in the United States.
A total of about 103,17S kilOmeters
about 10000 niles is covered by the
French railway mail service daily. 1t
is true these figures are comparatively
insignificant in comparison with the
5,2S3 postal cars in use in the United
States, but it must be remembered
that the longest mail run in France
and England is only 400 miles and
that either could be tucked away in a
corner of the United States.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-15
Was Instantly Successful.


The success of the British parcel
post was instantaneous. For the first
nine months of what was then an eX-
pertinent in postal service a total Of
100000 parcels of various weights
were carried, and in the year 1SS4-5 the
number reached nearly 23,000000.
From 1885 England began extending
this service to her colonies and at the
same time increasing the number of
foreign countries with which parcel
post arrangements were made, the
rates of postage being governed by the
expense attending their conveyance
and the number of countries through
which they passed. This was the con-
dition twenty-seven years ago.
Since then a process of gradual re-
ductiOn in postage rates as we'll as an
increase in the maximum weight al
lowed has gone on until today parcel
weighing eleven pounds may be sent
by mail to any part of the British isles
for % cents.
The benefits of the parcel post may
be gagged by its growth. From 23,0OO,-
900 parcels in 1SS4-5, the average num-
Der of parcels now passing through
the inland post of the United Kingdom
reaches 1O0,436,O00. In addition, 1,514,-
COO foreign and colonial parcels were
delivered in the United Kingdom last
year, and a total Of 2,731000 foreign
and colonial packages were dispatched
from the United Kingdom, making
grand total of 113,6S1 900 pieces.
So great has been the growth of what
might be termed the suburban service
that in 1898 the English government
established a system of motor vans be-
tween London and all provincial towns
where saving over the railway serv-
ice could be effected
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-15
HERE IS A BARGAIN

Located in Berlin township about
" miles from Honesdale is one
of the best farms in that locality.
1t consists of 108 acres, which is all
improved. The soil is sand loan and
red shale. 1t is well watered by
springs; orchard. Twelve-room
house, barn 37x47 feet with shed
22x90 feet. Part cash, balance on
easy terms. See
Buy-U-A-Home Realty Co.
Jadwin Building, Box 81, Honesdale.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-01-15

BLOODINE OINTMENT cures
Piles, Eczema, salt Rheum, Old
Sores, Fever Sores, Itch and all skin
irritation, soc a box, mailed by The
Bloodine Corporation, Boston, Mass.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-02-25
COIEGIO DE SAN ILDEFONSO
PARA SENORITAS
dirlgldo por las
dERMANAS lie LA CAHIDAD

iEEM AIN AS LIE LA CAE1OAO
En- este plantel Sc cursan las asigna
lras j,rOplas de Id prlnera ensellanHa
i. dan lecclUnes de lngles, Frances :!
iuslca-CLASES DE ADOR\U: III
uJo, rlntura, taqulgrafla, maqulnllla i!
jllfecclOn de tlOres-CLASES De la
ORES: = Costura, taplcerla, encaJ>
,rda,ios en- ORC, hlografia, sedas. etc.
etc.
AGr mas de las asignaturas mencio
,tdaA, Sc lnstruye las alumnas, COL
an .smero, en- el goblerno interior de
na casa sc les ensena toda clase de
icios dom ssticos.
LOS rursos elnpleZan ell 10. de Sep
rmble Sc admlten alumnas internas
externas.
Para lnformes dirigirse la Senora
'uperiOra.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-02-25
FL Otro, y IN
Crimen .Misterioso

A bene6cio del primer actor Sr. Ra-
mon Caralt Sc representa- anoche en- el
IMasaaacspol Ell VICARIO DE WEY
BURY, obra n1uy interesante en- cuyo
desempeno alcanzaron merecldaS ova-
clones Las senoras Garcia, Gil y Gaspar,
compartlendolas con ellos los Sres. Ca
ralt, Camarero, Aguirre y VilIarreal.
Esta noche Sc estrenaran tres obras
del genera gran guignol: LAS TRES
MASCARAS, Ell OTRO, UN CRl-
MEN MISTESIOSO
Para ma1iana microbes Sc anuncla
ell celebrado drama de Maurice LIE
blanc LA Aqua HUECA, y, ell jue-
YES, Sc despedira la companla con el
estreno de LA CORTE DEL REY OC-
TAVIO, obra alusiva a cierta aventu-
ra ocurrida en- una de las Cortes prin-
cipales de Europa, y cuyo estreno dlo
mgar un celebre proceso iniciado por
ell Soberano de un Potencia de primer
orden.
Hoy, manana y pasado seran las ulti-
mas representatives de la temporada
del Municipal"
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-02-25
| \ 7 { RE SAN 7 {

81 usted quiere vender una casa. ul
utom6vil, una joya, algo de valor dc
tie, ofrezc&los quien pueda com
r&rl09.
u quien puede conprar sin dinero'
Us Rants QUE 10 s,sna lee Ell BOLE.
III MHROANYFT..
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-02-25
Bendicion
de una imagen

Esta noche, a las ocho, sera bendeci-
da, en- la parroquia del Sagrado Cora
zon,, una imagen del Carmen, regalo de
de dofia Maria L1isa Guaita.
Con tai motive, predicara ell seilor
obispo de Pinar del Rio.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-02-25
DR.. Molina-de St Rerny
OCULISTA Y
OTO-RHINO LARYNGOLOGO

Trasladara su ofcina desde la PLAZA
PRINCIPAL (San Francisco, 28) al
edifcio nuevo del BANCO ROYAL
DE CANADA, TETUAN II, esquina
de San Justo. Donde Sc ofrece de nue.
vo a Su clientela particular y al p1blico
IN general, para dichas especialidades
despu6s del 10. de Mario, de dos Gin
co tte la tarde.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-02-25
Bolsa de San Juan

Habiendose declarado dla festive Off
cial ell % del corriente, Sc ha acordado
que las ventas de az1car Sc verifQuen
ell q, para 10 cual hay anotadas
hasta hoy las siguientes partidas:-
4.OO0s Central Lola; 3.000s. San
Vicente; 3.507 sacos Central Constan-
cia 3.000s. Central Juanita.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-02-25
VAPOR "VASCO"

Sc admiten proposiciones para la
compra de este vapor que Sc encuentra
encallado bajo aqua en- la Punta Ca
ballitos, la entrada del puerto de va
bucoa.
Para mas informes, dirigirse a
THE NEW YORK and
PORTO RICO SIS. Co.
Muelle No. 1. San Juan, P. R
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-02-25

EN- LA LIBERIA DEL "BoLETN MERcANrn"
Con fanqns
En- Las Cortes de Cadiz, por Rafael salilas 8, ctr1
81 amor ms amores, Pocs{as pSI x varos eTI
La Trsteza de la Paz pos Fernandez Flores = ),
Il Peregrno Entretendo pa cyco Bayo s. CIV,
Religion, Fh.,sofa. Social,smo ~ re,'n'" :
Servo Tirano ro, uz
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-02-25
Ocasion en- Fortaleza ~
A. ASAS Y CO,


For tener que dejar ell local iquida-
mos toda la existencia de ropa de Sc
nora que tenemos la mitad d su pre-
clo. Los artlculos todos son tamantes.
acabados de reciDir. Tenemos Camisas,
~nnaguas, traJes bordados, Blusas Prln-
cesas, Faldas y tambien trajes blancos
para ninas, FadeJlines, Batas otros
articulos mas por ell estilo que vamos
a quemar desde hoy Venga a surtirse
y comprara al precio que I'd. quiera
cenemos que iquldar toda esta mercan-
;la ensegulda.
Allen 10. Aproveche ahora que es
tempo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-02-25
a V I = 9

Sc espera que los viajeros los EsSa-
dos lnldOs visiten la Exhibicion de
Puerto Rico-New York,-5a. Avenida
NO. 569. Esmerada atencion. Facili-
lldades y ventajas. lie convene camsiar
lmpreSlones con MIR. Mortimer Reminp.
ton-Gerente.
lgualInente Sc lie tratara Ell ei ~,
reau de information, San Francisco 1t.
No. 80, San Juan. ST desea exponer IN
propaganda alg(ln artlculo Sc le ,on.
cedera local sulclente.
G. F. Correa,
Jefe del BUrnan de in.orinacian
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-02-25
Oficinas del "Boletin .

Participamos a nuestros favorecedo-
res, y al p1blico en- general, que la re
dacci6n administration del BOLE-
= TIN han sido trasladadas a la calle de
Allen, n1mero 16, altos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-02-25
E G q =

EN- LA FERIA.
-Pap1, 5que es 10 que miriam aqW
los se1ores asomados al brocal de e
pozo?
-Calla, hijo, es que Sc est3n prepa
>ando para ell 'gobierno propio. .
-Entonces, l6vame a yer ESQ de L
oulga.
No, hijo, que puede estar infect;
da.
y jlas nadadoras?
-Tampoco esta bien que las yeas
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-02-25

d Y la mujer gorda?
-Tampoco, hijo, tampoco; TODD ESQ
peor cue una novela de Felipe Trigo,
va YES que el Gobierno no quiere que
ntren esas novelas en- Puerto Rico.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-02-25

-Pues, entonces, vamos a entrar en-
ste teatrito de bailarinas.
ESQ no es para ninos.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13
10. International News Service,

flights through space pursued by de-
mons. How he longed for day. How
slowly the hours passed after dawn,
until the newspapers were obtain
able, with their columns of emptiness
for him.
A letter came from Evelyn. 1t was
trif1e reserved with an impulse to
tears concealed in it.
81 asked mother for ESQ., she wrote,
$50 the Blue Atom incident has ended,
but / don't think L will ever under-
stand the mood I'm which you wrote
your last telegram. Perhaps your
letter now In the post--I half ex-
pected 1t at midday-wi1I explain
matters somewhat"
He consigned Blue Atom to sultry
cline. and began to ask himself why
Mr.. Abingdon had not written. The
former magistrates reticence annoyed
him. A letter. even demonstrating
with him, would be grateful. This
silence was irritating: IT savored of
doubt, and doubt was the one phase
of thought he wished to keep out of
Mr.. Abington's mind at that moment
AS for Evelyn. she mistrusted even
his telegram, while a bank had ac-
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-13
NII2ZS|i \ (! AZ S||I|I|'Z|(Z u 81
Us Boys
Continued From Yesterday

In the solitude of his room. Grenier
burst the lock. The rascal received
one of the greatest shocks of his life
when he examined the contents-a
quantity of old clothing, some worn
boots, a ball of twine, a bed cover
let, big, iron key, the tattered let
ters. and variety of odds and ends
that would have found no corner in
a respectable rag shop.
He burst into fit of hysterical
laughter
"Ye gods and little fshesw he
cried. What a treasure! The
Clerkenwell suit, / suppose. and
woman's skirt and blouse. Old
timers, too, by their style. His
mothers. / expect. He must have
been fond of his mother"
At that moment Jocky Mason.
beetle browed and resentful, was
reading a letter which reached his
lodging two hours before his arrival
in an envelope bearing the ominous
initials-O. H. NJ. S.
1t was the Southwark police sta
tion.
Sir: Kindly make 1t conve-
nient to attend here tomorrow
evening at p. m. Yours truly,
T. BRADLEY. Inspector"
duty to report himself under the
ticket of leave, but 1T was quite un-
usual for the. police to give a pre-
liminary warning in this respect
Failure on his part meant arrest
That was all the officials looked after
What's up now?" he muttered.
ANY way, Grenier was right This
gives me cast iron alibi. I'll ac-
knowledge 1t at once"
His accomplice. hoping to obtain
sleep from champagne. consumed the
contents of a small bottle in his bed
room, while he scanned the columns
| Of the local evening papers for any
reference to a Seaside Mystery on
the Yorkshire coast.
There was none. Anson's body had
not been recovered yet
THE WATCH
| Before going to bed he wound Phil
| ip's watch. He examined ii now with
greater interest than he had bestowed
| on 1t hitherto.
Although silver, 1t appeared to be a
] good one. He opened the case to ex-