Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1875 — New Mail Arrangements With Canada. [ARTICLE]

New Mail Arrangements With Canada.

4 Washington, Dec. 29. For the purpose of placing communication by post between the United States and Dominion of Canada upon the most liberal and advantageous basis, the following arrangements have been agreed upon, to be carried into effect on the Ist ot January, 1875, or as soon thereafter as the necessary measures can be perfected for putting them into operation: First— Unification of the postal systems of the two countries in respect to correspondence exchanged between them; each country to forward aud deliver, free of charge, corresponds nc.e of all -kinds, written-and -printed. received from the other, which correspondence must in all cases be prepaid at the established d omeetic rates of the count ry of origin. .Second—Each country will transmit the domestic mails of the other in closed pouches through its territory, free of charge, bv its ordinary mail rou tea. Third— No account shall be kept between the Postoffice Departments of the two countries in regard to international correspondence of aaiv kind exchanged between them; each department retaining for its exclusive use all the postage it collects on mail matter sent to the other for delivery. 2'ourl&-:It is understood to be the desire and intention of eur respective Po«toffice Departments that the provisions of this agreement shall extend to an international money-order exchange as soon as practicable. Fifth— The provisions of this agreement, as far as relates to the rate of letter postage, will be carried iutv effect on the Ist dav of February. 1875. Six/A—AU provisions of existing postal conventions iucon-iistent with this arrangement are hereby abrogated. i« nth— Formal articles, embodying the provisions of this' agreement, shall be prepared for execution as soon as possible. (Signed) ' W. H. Gritfm. Deputy Postmaster-General, Canada, acting for and subject to the approval of the PostmasterGeneral of Canada. Marsham. Jewell. Postmaster-General.

A man paid hie first visit to Baltimore a few days ago, and invited a lady ac quaintance to visit a theater with him. The lady accepted the invitation, and the < young man, following the crowd, walked up to the ticket-office, laid down a fifty■cent note for his ticket, and turning to fas companion said to her, “ The price is fifty cents.” The lady happened to have her porte-monnaie with her, and, appreciating the situation, drew from it a fiftyceut note, and her gallant companion passed it in with his money, and, obtaining two tickets, handed oae of them to her, which she quietly accepted, and passed in after her beau. : About the Ist of December every year i a man has called at the office of Burden * & Son, the great iron manufacturers of ; Troy, and demanded one-fifth of the ■ profits of the preceding twelve months. I He brings account books, etc., and beI lieves he is a member of the firm. This year he was earlier than usual with his demand, and was so boisterous that the police removed him to the insane asylum* —A Boston lady took her little four-year-old down town on the horse-cars, and the man who loves children took the little one on his knee. On the return trip the seats were all taken. No gentleman moved. “ Moder,” said brighteyes, “ ain’t somebody wid nossin in their laps going to take me up?’’ There was a scramble for that precious one.