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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14
With Scissors and Paste
posT SERVICE OF DAYS REMOTE

Included IN the exhibit turned over
to the National Museum at Washing
ion by the postoffice department
there arc three mail wagon models
from Germany. These models were
fashioned by an expert metal worker
named Robert Liebscher, of Dresden,
Germany. in the latter part of the
nineteenth century, and represent
three types of typical German post
carriers of the eighteenth and nine
teenth centuries. The largest is a four
about twelve passengers and carry
several sacks OF mail. It is complete
to the minutest detail and painted
bright yellow. with black trimmings
and the German arms embazoned on
the doors
The other models are smaller one
being single-horse mail cart, Ia :
beled "Kaiserl. Deutsche POST and
the other a two-wheeled chaise. Both
the latter were used for mail alone.
Where there was little if any passen-
ger travel along the post routes.
1t may not be generally realized
that the origin Of the post system,
which has developed into one of the
most effective instruments of civiiza-
ton. dates back to ancient history.
and the Old Testament In those ear
~ times the forerunner of the postal
service was maintained by monarchs
and individuals in authority, whose
slaves and servants acted as couriers.
delivering messages and relaying
each other when the distances were
great
The first system of this sort Is
credited TO the Persian empire In $50
b. c. Cyrus the Elder posted num-
Der Of mounted couriers at different
stations within his domain. situated
about a days journey apart. that he
might receive his provincial reports
without delay
Caesars Courier Service
From the Latin word "positus,
meaning stationed. this method Of
communication by means Of relays
placed at different points along the
roads, came to be known as post
system, and eventually as the postal
system OF today
In the time of julius Caesar the
courier service was well organized.
and II il said that letters sent by him
from Britain to Cicero At Rome.
reached their destination in twenty
six or twentyseven days Scarcely
any private messages We're delivered
under this early order, but gradually
the messess rs Of the officials came
TO carry letters for individuals adj
dressed - the same town or city to-
ward which they journeyed. At the
end of ale tara century, however,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14
HOPE ron ARBITRATION.

The war IL bound to concentrate
world attention upon the proposal of
the last Hague conference for a per-
manent court OF arbltral justice. with
power TO pass upon international dis
putcs We have tribunal Of arbitra-
tion now, and treaties OF lnternatlon-
al law galore, but nobody to bring
the public opinion Of the world TO
bear upon the use Of one or the OBJ
Hcrvancc Of the other
The German chancellor reproaehed
Great Britain Tor going to war to sus-
tain a scrap of paper" meaning the
treaty guaranteeing the neutrality of
belgium. 90 which Prussia was par
~. Greece now notifies Turkey that
of all the powers, Turkey receiving
certain compensatlons for surrender
Ing jurisdiction over aliens and con-
troll Of her customs, II may be time
TO annul them. but Turkey cannot do
IL alone.
Russia violated the Black sea limi-
tatlons imposed by the treaty OF
Paris. when France was engaged In
wa with Prussia and the war with
Turkey followed. Germany and Aus.
tria tore up the treaty of Berlin TO
annex Bosnia and Herzegovina, and
hastcncd thereby the war now rag
Ing.
Chastcned Europe will follow this
war with another treaty of all the
powers carefully framed to establish
a more permanent peace. When the
time comes FOR treaty making. great
service viii be done by adding TO the
various conventions the establish
mont OF court of arbitration az The
Hague to pass upon differences be-
tween nations.
II mny be possible that all Europe
viii agree among themselves TO Il
general treaty similar to that now ne
gotintcd by the United states with
tWenty-seven other nations, including
all OF the most powerful ones except
Germany and Japan, BY which "A year
wlll be taken 10 think It over before
declaring war,
1t may stil be utopian to hope for
an international arbtral court with
a force behind it to enforce It's man
dates, but the universal condemnation
OF war with It's ravages and slaught
er, hy the unorganized public senti-
ment Of the nations might have the
effect OF enforcing the DEGREES 81
such court without resorting to armed
Intervention.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14

In the confer OF the Admiralty
square. within the shadow Of the Ka-
IAN cathedral, stands the equestrian
statue of Peter the Great, founder NJ
st. Petersburg. the city Of Cars
I Perched upon huge granite rock
weighing $4,000 tons. stands the
gorgeous monument of Peter. survey
Ing the dream he conceived, and
whose name Car Nicholas has
changed from "sankt Petersburg as
the Russians call It. to PeirogrAd, n
his effort to purge the cit flum its
Teutonic appcllation.
only a century and half ago that
little peninsula, where now stands one
Of the wonder cities of the world was
nothing more than dreary, mlrshy
waste, surrounded by thickets aud
Finnish fishermen on one OF the
Islands encircled by the pellucid Neva
commanding the entrance Of Lake
I.adoga. the Swedes maintained n
strong fortress. the possession Of
which was unavailingly contested by
the Russians Peter the Great. real
zlng the advantages OF the Swedish
position. wagcd relentless war for
the possession of these little Islands.
I'm i702, after the capture OF Neyss-
chants, the Swedcs were driven from
the fortress, and even before peace
was established. Peter gave orders for
the erection of the city which he
named after his patron saint st. Re
ter.
The building and maintenance. Of
ST Petersburg marks continuous
struggle and conquest OF nature. The
soil is marsh so deep and spongy
that a solid foundation in many places
can only be attained by subterran-
can scaffolding of piles. The highest
spot Of the city is not more than Is
feet above the sea level The weather
4 severe and is marked by bitter
ffosts In winter and scourging heat
in summer. For six months each year,
from october till May, the Neva IL
frozen soldlN and is as impenetra-
Bile as the Chinese wall All traffic
stops then till nature releases the
port from It's frozen grip.
An old legend has II that after
Peter the Great chose the site of Pet
rograd he noticed heavy ring above
the trunk Of a tree. lie turned to
one OF the Finnish fishermen who
stood near. asking him to explain the
meaning OF It.
That" remarked the fisherman
nalveiN. lis the spot to which the
floods of the Neva reached last
spring"
You're mad" shouted Peter, you
are mad 1t can't be- II is impos-
slhle'"
Il was not long, though, before he
was convinced OF the truth OF the
flsherman's statement. one year aft
er the work upon the city had begun
( the western winds drove the water
from the Gulf of Finland down TO the
Neva. making funnel Of It. flooding
the nucleus Of his dream, Although
a century and half has passed ma
Mre has not changed her course.
In i7i2 the floods We're SO severe
that Peter the Great nearly lost his
liife Thousands of people died in the
course Of it and the whole city was
nearly destroyed Peter. however
was undismayed by the misfortune,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14

Emperor Diocletian appears to have
been the first who Installed public
postal system and later Theodore the
Great, Charlemagne, and others built
up such services for communication
with all parts of their empire.
A report on thlrteenth-century
organization of China, which includ-
ed some 10000 stations, is made by
Marco Polo, and it is also known that
the ancient Aztecs of Mexico had q
foot-messenge service which was re-
markably complete and efficient.
Near the end Of the thirteenth cen
fury the University of Paris estab-
lished routes in France, originally for
the benefit of its students, but event
ually for outsiders as well. Louis II
maintained first a private mounted
messenger service, and later, in l46i,
installed post stations on all the
main roads Of France.
Gcrmany's First Post.
The first actual letter post of Ger
many seems to have been establish
llshed In the Hanse Towns in the lat
ter part of the twelfth or the early
part Of the thirteenth centuries. a
line OF letter posts followed, connect
ing Austria with Lombardy. in the
reign of Macmillan U459-l519),
which is said to have been organized
by Franz of Thurn and TaXis, who
established another post route in
1916. from Vienna 10 Brussels, con-
Meeting the more distant parts of the
domain Of Charles V. The family II
the Prince of Thurn and Taxis con-
tnued to hold certain rights with
regard to the German postal system
until 1906, their posts being entirely
distinct from those of the crown
In 1922 route was laid out be-
tween Vienna and Nuremburg, while
V established permanent
riding post from the Netherlands
through Liegc. Treves, Splre and
through Wurtemberg
Augsburg and Tyrol. to Italy.
With the increase Of correspond
ance, the courier system became in
and wagons were introduce
ed. Correspondence itself Induced
travel, so before long, post wagons
with seats for several people appear
I'd on the highways, and q combina.
lien of post and travel stages result
I'd. In some places the mail and pas.
sengers were kept separate. post
,haises, driven by post boys or post
lions, being rented from station tol
station, the mail still going by courier
rs before. But in other places, on
long trips, as was the case in Ger
many especially, the post and passen-
gers went together in great stage
and mail coaches, similar to the lars- |
sr models in the National Museum
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14
THE AMERICAN GAME"

The worlds series ended yesterday.
Boston takes the pcnnant from Phil
adclphia making n new record In 30
doing by winning four straight games
at the beginning. thus shutting out
The Athletics completely.
Baseball Is the great American
sport. For nve days. including sun
DAY the world war was forgotten In
America. The fall Of Antwerp and
the battle Of the Alane, now raging
for thirty days, had to retire from
the biggest headlines on the front
page 81 wcll-edited newspapers Base
bah was the center Of popular Inter
est
Gathered In front Of the Journal
score board the crowds numbered
daily from fivc hundred at the first
20 near thousand on the last day
For four DAYS one man was kept busy
AT two telephones. the iransmltter OF
each Of them CLOSE to his mouth and
answering an average Of more than
a hundred calls an hour during the
time the games we're being played.
To each ring. frequently both phones
ringing at the same time, there was
no time for the familiar Hello The
operator merely gave the scores and
hung up for the next call
'rhe American game" finds It's ia
vor largely because II If q clean sport
honestly pluyed, and calls for hieh
degree Of skill requiring physical
aud mental development
Since it, reorganization, baseball
has been honestly PLAYED, Isowdyism
has been suppressed and betting drlv-
On from the grounds. While horse
racing has declined and football hhs
only 4 little more than held It's own.
baseball has grown in favor steadily
Gradually it's Influence IL extend
Ing. After bull lighting WAN abolish
ed In Cuba. those people developed
a most healthy enthusiasm for base
ball and some Of the best players In
the world have come from that island.
Along with The change Of the ma
tlonai sport has come better govern
ment to the republic just na when
baseball was abolished at our own
state fair the roping Of hnrros aud
dragging them over the ground was
substituted to the disgust Of the
spectators.
Civilized people everywhere want
clean. wholesome sport with no
smack OF cruelty in It for dumb
defcnselcss animals There In the cx-
cuee in bull fighting that the matador
runs the risk Of being gorcd by the
bull. thing nlwnya deyoutly prayed
for hy an American spectator W.
the balro has no chance when he IS
brought into the fair grounds to he
ropcd thrown and dragged by gal-
Looping cowboys When the fair comes
back next year. let as hope there VIII
be some good baseball once more.
The world series was stirring
battle. II attracted the attention OF
millions Of people who could not see
more Of II than the score boards and
the newspaper reports The end Of It
leaves no bloodshed, no wounds. no
mourning except The transient sor-
row over the score board
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14

the battle VI the Wilderness than Lee
had IN his force Grant could afford
his losses. but Lee couldn't afford his.
The same sort OF condition existed
during the Napoleonlo wars. The
Corslcan stormed over Europe. In
fllctlng defeat after defeat. When he
struck nj Egypt, he gained every bait
Tie but lost the campaign and barely
escaped back to France lie won
every engagement In Russia. but got
out Of that country with only a hand.
fu Of the seven hundred thousand
men with whom he started on his
march 10 Moscow.
Germany can do no more than Ma
poloon did---wn Victories lie re-
crulted his armies from conquered
countries and from alliances made
through fear or favor Germany has
but one ally--Austrla. Except that
Turkey may come IN. aud probably
Will she can have no other in this
war She put all OF her resources In
70 The struggle at the beginning.
Win every battle, she is Weakening
England and France are Just begin
ning to fight. OF the two million men
Great Britain can put into the field
not more than three hundred thou
sand are there nov. or Russias
lighting force Of ten million, II N said
hat she has now not more than three
million actually In the field. The
others are coming. There is no one
10 replace the disabled or slain Ger
man. Russian losses have no apprcci.
,hle effect on the lighting power Of
he ctar
The Germans may continue TO
gain Victories for a year yet before
he drain on their power begins %
ell. She Is like wolf surrounded
~ pack Of hounds However heroic
lily the wolf may attack IFS foes. II
= inevitably pulled. down If the fight
nsts long.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14
The StoryteHers
The Forward Turn.

Pierre kodIestvensky, the Russian
consul to San Francisco, said In re-
cent military argument:
These assallants of the Russian
campaign are ignorant. Their argu-
ments show a military ignorance as
great MS the sea Ignorance that was
shown by the Young tripper on his
first visit to Coney Island.
AS this trpper and his eirl stood
on the Coney Island beach. the young
woman said
4" AL is the tide going out or COM
ing in's
Coming In. Of course, YOU Ounce.
Al answered Can't YOU see which
way the waves are turnin' over
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14

are 80 bound by the thongs Of custom
that with all the will In the world
To deal justly they often make serious
mistakes. II mad a colored woman
before me today as a complaining
witness" said Judge Mulqueen. she
had man held for trial By a city
magistrate on the charge that he hna
attacked her with "a pair OF SCISSORS
He mout' near gouge nah eye out
Jedge she said to me. Jes come
az me lax lion, he did, rOarlh'
sub. He poke me In de face WY ue'h
selssords. Jedge, not once, hut iour
or five times. He jes cut up man race
lax II 1t was yahd Of ribbon
Jedee. The magistrate what held MN
TO dis heah court says he naval uiu
hear tell OF no more dang rous man.
When looked her over she had
a wide. smooth, yellow face that
didn't have q marx on Il. ] toid herl
10 repeat her story, and she went over
II all again, telling how the man mad
slashed her face with that pair OF
scissors
o'Dut. madam, said, there isn't
a mark on your face
Mnrksi' she said, Indignantly
Marks" what care for marks
ler,mo ask you dat? / got witnesses,
I tell you.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14
The Light Of Many Days
By Julia c. X. Dor.


EORSAKE me not, 0 Light Of many Days. A
! Low sinks the westerng SUM- =
An amcthysne haze
Flushes with purple all the upland ways;
The shadows lengthen in the twilight glow,
And well know
That day is almost done
Thou whom worshipped when my life was new,
Say not that we must part
have been eal and true ~
Loving thee better as the swift years flew
With such pure homage that nor time nor change
Could eer cstrange -
From thee my constant heart
When / was but a child | heard thy voice
And followed thee afar
In humble, happy choice.
Content in this far following to rejoice;
Didst thou but whisper, heaven and earth grew brgh
With holy light,
Clearer than sun star.
dared not kiss thy garments hem, nor lay
One pale flower at thy feet;
1t was enough TO stray
In childs dream of thee by night by day.
In trelnulous ecstacy TO feel thee near
And half in fear
Half joy thy coming greet
For thou vert one with Nature An things fair
Spoke to my soul OF thee
The azure depths of air,
Sunrise and starbeam, and the moonlight rare,
Splcndor OF summer, winters frost and snow,
Autumns rich glow,
Bird river. flower and tree
Thou vert in loves FIRST whisper and the slow
Thrill of its dying kiss;
In the strong ebb and flow
OF the resistless tides of Joy aud woe
In fe's supremest hour thou hadst a share,
It's stress OF prayer
It's rapurous trance OF blissl
Leave me not now when the long shadows fall
Athwart the sunset bars
Hold thou my soul in thra
Till it shall answer to a mghtier call;
Remain thou with me till the holy night
Puts oft the light
And kindles all the stars
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14
What Is bravery?

Bravery said the surgeon gener-
al, is purely matter Of the heart.
It's his heart that determines how
soldier will conduct himself in bat
tie. The soldier has no more respon-
slbility in the matter of his bravery
than in the matter Of his height or
/ his complexion.
"In battle the heart beats as a
rule. diminish. They diminish II de-
grees. A good, strong. solid man has
heart running " to the minute. In
battle It falls to 60. That is not bad.
II leaves the man pretty near all his
mental and physieal powers intact.
So he makes .good soldier.
But there are many sluggish
hearted men. They seem strong
enough. stalwart enough. but their
hearts run at the best Of times only
60 or so minute. Subtract in
battle. Result. as And palor and
weakness follow--pallor and weak
ness. | might say. Of mind no less
than Of body II is not surprising If
this soldier runs away.
There's another class. a class in
creasing In these stressful modern
times. namely. the nervous class. The
heart of the nervous class In time Of
danger is the worst of all. II goes
speeding up, up, up-it actually
reaches 100 beats. Its owner can then
do nothing. lie can't fight. he can't
advance. he can't retreat He sinks
down on the ground; he shakes and
covers A pitiable spectacle. But he
can't help II any more than he could
help an attack Of scarlet fever
Honor the good soldier ended
the surgeon general, but pity the
poor one. for it's his heart, it's not
himself. that is to blame
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14

Every nov and then Judge Null
queen makes pertinent comment
on the ACCESSIBILITY of those having
eyes using them to see with. says the
New York correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Times-Star. He especially d.
reefs his attention toward the magis-
trates on the city bench, most Of whom
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14

So far we have been unable 10 get
an expression from Mr.. Hernandez
as to whether he would have voted
10 send troops into Mexico city. Also
he falls 70 say whether he would vote
to give free tolls to the coastwIse
shipping interests.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14
HE WOULD LIKE IT.

I0VI TIg IIETW INVF'T7IFV ''IIfT
The scoreboard scores in having no
censor What joy there would be
in a report running, "In a thrilling
game Of innings CHE name of the
club dcleted by CENSOR defeated the
of ---- by score Of (score cut
out by censor) That is what stu
dents of military tactics have to face,
and the wonder is that they have been
able to puzzle out SO many Of the sup
pressed details
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14

Mrs stuyvcsant Fish says that
hereafter she will Wear only Ameri-
can made gowns. We pledge ourselves
hereafter 70 wear only American
made pantaloons. No one shall ex-
coed us In patriotism,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14

Mexico easily takes the bakery
When the center OF revolutionary
difficulties is moved TO the north,
hapatistas at once attack Mexiou
city 10 keep the interest from dying
out
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14

The trial of the young man who
shot the Austrian crown prince and
his wife. comes up November g. Con
sIderlng the consequences of his act
he should be at least severely repri-
uanded
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14
THE MEANING OF LIrE's CHARM.

From an essay on Charm by Ar
thur c. Benson in the Century,
Life has a meaning for us in its
charm and loveiness; not the whole
meaning. still an immense signifi-
canoe. To make life into a confirm
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14
FACTS AND FANCY.

Jealousy is the perception of ones
own inferiority
The French infantrymans march
ing Kit weighs so pounds.
Blessings in disguise have no trod-
bic in Guiding detection.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14

The slit skirt is, Of course, a thing
Of the past
George AIDE, at one Of the windows
Of the Chicago Athletic club, saw a
slit skirt so by the other day and re-
marked
An out-of-date skirt like that IS
funny or, rather, IL Is sidesplitting,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14

The ease With which the president
and Colonel George Harvey got to-
aether shows that the White House
is a grand little Hague all IN itself
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14
The Ready Answer.

DIR. Nicholas Murray Butler, dis
cussng the happy voyage Of the
Principe di Udine. which brought
some 500 stranded Americans back
from Genoa, though at a loss to DR..
Butler and certain millionaires OF
$4,000. said to a New York report
or:
THE good work Of this ship is an
other example of what money gcner-
ously spent can dc. 1t Is all very well
to tell our millionaires that money
can't buy happiness. Their ready an
swer is:
But what a lot Of unhappiness ii
can buy Off"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14

Il now develops that while Bour-
bon county Kentucky was going
dry Christian county was going
wet.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14

"The sugar trade" says market
writer, "is optimistic" Buy a bale
of lt9 just now and you VIII under
stand why.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14

After the turning movement ther
came Waterloo for the Athletics
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-10-14

The English soldiers smoke Virginia
and the French soldiers smoke Mary
land tobacco.