El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-03

Walk On-Walk on
Walk On-WaIk on
Walk On-waIk On-waIk on.
DETTIWELL SAIITHERS stumbled,
almost fell, and his classic fea-
= lures writhed with exhaustion.
This is hOrribIer' he groaned 7
am afraid cannot walk much further.
j have well nigh (see fOotnOte) reached
the limit Of my endurance
But he staggered on ana on and on,
for with Pettiwel Smithers, duty ever
came first
Il have started" he muttered be-
twee gritted teeth, "and I viii finish.''
An official strobe up to him
"Smither," he said compassionately.
''YG-r services are Invaluable but TAR
be it from me to further the good
cause at the expense of a faithful
mans lie Ny good man, you had
Never, cried Pettiwen Smithers.
It feel that each step may be my last,
but never viii it be said that Petit
well Smithers started something he
couldn't finishi On On
And the faithful foorwalker, in spite
OF MS tight shoes, finished out the
day.
Footnote: damn near.)
CThis Is one of the regular features
of The FL PasO HeraIdD
needs as they travel. saving them
from the necessity OF carrying large
sums on their persons Some cOUn-
tries. among them Germany, issue
Identification cards TO citizens travel
ing in parts Of the country where they
are Unacquainted- This includes
small photograph OF the person to
whom the. card is made out. and he IS
vOuched for in such terms as the case
requires
Japan has an interesting postal his
tory There. as in England. the first
postal service was that of the royal
carriers; but England OutgreW them
centuries ago, while Japan's present
postal system dates only from 1871.
Il is modelled largely after those OF
the more progressive European ser
vices even down TO the system Of col
lectng bills by post.
Means Years Of Work.
When the average individual mails
letter to a foreign country he has lit
tie idea OF the negotiations that went
on for many long years before internal
uOnal cooperation in postal matters
reached the stage where practically
the whole world could be united into
one vast postal system. where the
mails of each country could be ac-
corded protection and transit through
every other country, and protected I'M
til they reached the hands Of the ad-
In 1853 the United states proposed an
international congress on postal mat
tiers and this congress was followed by
another meeting IN 1874 when it was
agreed that the individual treaties be-
tween the several countries should be
supplanted by a universal postal treaty,
and that any nation might enjoy the
BENEFITS Of the international postal
union upon ratification of this treaty.
Treaty Revised In 1897.
This treaty was revised in 1897. and
provides the methods Of interchanginS
mail between the signatOry countries
1t guarantees the right OF transit
BY the several countries. and the mail
may be sent either in closed pouches
or in the open service. Where mail
PASSES through q country en- route from
the country of origin to the country OF
destination, the country Of origin must
pay stipulated sum per hundred
pounds, this sum being scaled accord
ing 10 distance The five cent postage
rate on letters applies wherever there
IS no other agreement between two
countries
Each country keeps all the postage
collected Prisoners of war held in a
neutral country are entitled to use the
mails Of the world. postage free. both
in the receipt and dispatch OF mail
With regard to registered mail, special
delivery service. money order service.
undelivered articles. and the like. the
agreement OF the postal union follows
the practice Of the more progressive
countries
The daily interchange Of mail be-
tween all these countries, covering
perhaps nine tenths Of the face Of the
earth, represents the most extensive
form OF international cooperation any
where to be found, and the success
that mas followed il shows in eloquent
way the possibilities OF International
and forgetfulness Of bOun-
dairy lines.
hursday-8oney orders and regis
tered mail.
Cribs Is one of the regular features
of The FL PasO Herald.)