St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 17, Number 21, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 December 1891 — Page 6

e ROYAL RANGER RALPH; ! ! OB j——e The Waif of the Western Prairies (] ) BY WELDON J. COBB. el A M et CHAPTER XII : INEZ. ' The appearance of Darrel Grey at the camp of the Indians was a theme of considerable wonderment to Ranger Ralph. To the young scout, however, it had resulted wost naturally, and he was amazed and de'ighted at his success In the imposition he had undertaken. When he had knocked the savage at the river insensible, he had boldly deter‘mined to assume h's identity temporarily, and penetrate to the camp of his ‘enemies. | . Tho venture was a peril us one, but ?it. seomed as if faio favored its execu- J tion. . Darrel had soon donned the appare! of | ‘the unconscious savage, and his warpa'nt enabled him to finally present the 'appearance of a genuine Modoc warrior. . He had stagge:ed to a spot where sev- __ eral savages were guarreling over a keg " ‘of liquor, and amid the excitement ol | ‘the hour, no one seemed to notice him blrucu,'arly. i Several times he was addressed in the / - «Modcce language, but he feigned a maud- ' lin drunkenness, and only vesponded | with a few incoherent mutterings. I Thus it was that he entoered tho camp where Ranger Ralph was a prisoner. ! His rescue of the :cout has already | ‘been seen by the reader. | So far he was entirely successful in | his movements; but Darrel saw that his | imposture must sooner or later be dis- | ‘covered. | . He did not, therefore, return to the | 'game band of Indians from whom he had | rescued Ranger Ralph. ! . Instead, he wandered into the main | encampuent and determined to locate, | df poss.ble, the tent in which Inez Tracey | ‘was held a captive. i . He found that a large number of the | Indians and two of Despard’s band had | jgone south on the expedition azainst | 'the emigrants. 1 It was when near alarge tent that the | sound of familiar tones awakened his | fmmediate attention. } Instant!y he recognized one voice as | belonging to Dyke Despard. ‘ He was addressing his associate Vance, and he asked: ! . “Then Danton and the others have | gone?” ’ “Yes,” replied Vance. “They will at- | tack the emigrant train, secure our | share of the booty, meet the others of | the band and come at once to Lone \ Canyon. ; “Good. Now then, as to our move- | ments?” | “Well?” i . “We must leave here at once.” ; i “For Lone Canyon?” 2 o NaNY | | «And the giri?” | © %“Get Trailing Fox to go to the wigwam for her.” “Then I will get th» horses ready?” “At the edge of the camp, yes. Tho Jndians may Ve suspicious if thoy find us - Pl right. - Darrel withdiew as Vance seemed about to leave the tent. He knew that if he acted it must be at once. | He hurried in and out among the wigwams, and at last paused before one of them. It was where an o'd sgquaw sat before a smoldering camp fire Glancing beyond her Darrel saw the form of a woman lying on some buffalo skins. “It m st be Ine-,” he murmnred, I wonder if I can pass the old squaw unobserved.” - The latter was nodding drowsily as he stepped towari the tent. She roused instantly at his advance. | Immediately Darrel resumed his role of drunkenness He had a f'ask of liguor in his pocket and this he extended toward the woman. She seized it eagerly. Darrel muttered some incoherent words about Shadow Snake. The squaw seemed to comprehend that the chief had sent him to the place, and did not attempt to stop him as he walked boldly into the tent. : Upon the rude Indian couch lay Inez Tracey. Her eyes were wet with tears, her face pale and alarmed. She started to her feet with a cry of terror as the pretended drunken Indian avproached her. “Ugh! pale face come with me!” hLe uttered. She followed him from the place silently, despairingly. | * He led her, not toward the center of the camp, but through its purlieus, anxious to reach the open country beyond. | Every nerve thrilled with the intens- | est emotion as he realized that the res. | cue was nearly assured. | The Indians whom they met paid no | attention to them. FYoor Inez, fearing | Some new captivity, seemed about to | faint away i

As she {v\'a\knd unsteadily, Darrel a.p-\; proached her nearer. ‘ “Courage!” i She started at the fervent, unexpected | word. { “Walk straight on,” he breathed, hurriedly. “We are not yet sa‘e.” i A half-suppressed cry of joy lxroke F from the girl's lips. ‘ “Darre!!—Mr. Grey,” she cried; “oh! | can we escape?” | “Yes, yes. Follow me faster.” “Stop them!” i The words came from behind them and caused Inez to utter a startled cry. Darrel seized her arm and made for a ncar thicket. ; Coming toward them were Despard, Vance, and several savages. | «“Discovered'” cried Darre!, despairingly. Instantly he was surrounded. “What are you doing with that girl?” demanded Despard, gruflly. “Ugh! Shadow Snake’s orders,” grunted Darrel. «A lie!” shouted Despard. “Here! Where is the Wolf? 'This man is no Indian, but a spy. He stole ‘the Wolf’s identity, and is spiriting the girl away.” Angry, menacing faces confronted the voung scout. One savage sprang before him with an uplitted tomahawk. At a glance Darrel Grey recognized him. It was the Madoc warrior whose garb he had stolen at the river a few heurs previously.

B I Tle DURE L TTNs 2 0 e The young scout was in a position of ; terrible peril. CHAPTER XIIL e : AT THE STAKE. Inez Tracey uttered a frantic, fright- | ened cry as she saw the tomahawk of , | the Indian uplifted over the head of the disgnised Darrel Grey. The latter. overcome completely with chagrin and dismay, seemed for the moment bewildered at the disaster that had appeared at tho time of apparent sucLSS, 2 «Spare him! Do not kill him! He is my only protector—my friend!” she ‘ cried, wildly. Ine: endeavored to spring forward and intercept the blow of the irate | Trailing Wolf, but Desparl caught her | roughly. “fia!y I begin to understand this,” he | muttered, a ealous lizht coming into | his evil eyes. “The young fellow who ran away with her, ch?” ejaculated Vance, Despard's | companion. “Yes Hold!” cried the outlaw leader } to the savago. “The Wo [ shall have his | revenge at the stake—at the torture l Seize him and bring him to the chief’s tont,” ordered Despard. With a sullen, lowering brow, the InJ dian whose identity Darrel had stolen | cast aside the tomahawk. | At the same moment Darrel Grey realized his position and recovered from all his bewilderment. * He comprehended that to romain inert, to impassively fall into the hands of | his foes, meant certain death amid their revengeiul numbers. / Inez’s frantic endeavor to save him thrilled his very sou: with joy and cour: | age as he 1. cognized her love and devotion. , It inspired him to think beyond the | present. A prisoner, he would be help- - less to aid her. Free, he might yet out- i - wit his foes. i Ho surprised savages and renegades - alike by a sudden movement They adJudged him a thoroughly baflled and defeated victim. They were therefore , Etomly unprepared for the desperate | - rush he abruptly made. ! . “Courage, Inez! you shall yet be | - rescued,” he shouted. | . Then he sprang forward, overturning | ' two of the savages and darting straight | - in the direction of the horses ot the | ! camp. i . The outlaws did not follow him, but | | the group of excited, yelling Indians | - starteld in hot pursuit, § | Inez stood clasping her hands in ter- | i ror. ’, | “Oh! they will capture and kil him,” | | she cried | Despard laughed hoarsely. i ‘ “Ha! In love, eh?” ' , She flushed in inaignant resentment | | at Despard’s coarse tones i i “Coward! Assassin!” she breathed, her | lcy()s flashing abhorrence and a ersion | | upon her dreaded captor. " | “There will be one less lover in a few { moments,” continued Despard. *Girl, | you struggle vainly to escape my power. | | 1 nave too many friends and allies.” | “Nee here, Captain!” _‘ Vance had touched the outlaw's arm | } “Well?” inquired Despard, { “We are wast ng valuable time here. ” | “That's true. Let us move at once. | We can ta'ke advantage of the confusion | | to leave the camp ” I | “Shali I get the horses?” i i “Yes: and bring them to the river beyoud the camp. Coahead; I'll meet you there. You comoe with me.” | FERRING =lo Tordod Ber Yo accompany ; { him away from the Modoc camp. i | At a thicket near the river he paused | | to await the arrival of his accomplice, | | Vance. His eyes glowed with the malice and triumph of a villain as he noted Inez's deep distress, ; He was angry and ‘ealous at hisdis- | covery of her evident preference for a | rival. { “(;it,” he hissed, as he bent toward | | her, “if you are listening for som token . of your lover's escape, abardon the { thought.” { Inez was silent and dropped her eyes | to veil their evident expression of ! anxiety for the fate of the man she had learned to love within the past few { hours. t “Hp is doomed,” continued the mereiless Despard. “Even if he cluded cap- | ture for a brief time, he would soon be ! found. 'lhen thostake—t: torture.” ! Inez shuddered at his Lieai v3B words ‘ “If you want to be sensible,” pursued { Despard, “you will save your:elf and | others trouble. It will be wise for you if we understand each other perfectly now."” i “[ understand you only too well, miscreant,” cried Inez. | “Hard words will not help your case | any,” replied Despard. | “No name is too hard for your cruel nature.” | { “You will soon change your tactics, | | my girl, if I'm not mistaken,” remarked | | Despard, menacingly. “ .u are com- | pletely in my power. in a few moments i we leave the Indian camp Do you know | where we are going?” . | | Inez did not deign to reply. ’ [ *“I am going to take you to a retreat | | so safe and iso'ated that no friend wiil | | ever penetrate to it—of which even the i | savagzes are in ignorance. Between it | { and ecivili‘ation is a safe barrier of sav- | age hordes, friendly to my designs. 1 . Trusty, friends and strong walls of rock ' snrround me. ‘There you will be my

vri-oaer-——secure, with no hope of (\St‘up’() There you will be my wife.” \ “Never!”? ‘ Despard laughed confidently. “We shalil see,” he taunted. “Oh, you ‘ will soon tire of playing the indignant | role. Lo you hear that?” i Vengeful, trinmphant cries from the | direction of the Moloc camp told the | anxious Inez that her worst fears were | confirmed. | They seemed to announce that her | brave protector, Darrel Grey, had fallen Co ARt SAN AR Ri e Ree sR e i LSt R L

a prisoner into the nands ol his m 1 ous foes. { She buried her faca in her h:m] | mute anguish. while Despard p | from the thi ket, as two savage | perbly mounted, dashed by towa i camp. | A minute later Vance appeared, ‘ was riding a hors: and leading tw | ers. l “«Zuick! we had better start at | he said. f Inez * ew that it was useless to | gle agaiust her powerful foes, a: | soon in the srdidle. ;! Despard retained hold of the | réin of the horse she rode. | kept close to the other side of the | “The camp moves south,” re ‘ the latter, as they proceeded ot | WAy, ; “When?” r «“At once. Two messengers Shadow Snake just arrived after i

T e “And the pretended India of this gill hore?” queried Despard. | “He is captured, and the Modocs will | celebrate their departure from m by burning a victim at the ?tako."& & A hollow moan issued from In>z Tracoy's lips. She rode on, her head buried | on her breast, her mind agonized as she | pictured the sufferings of her brave res. | cuer. o SR SRt The heartless Vance had indeced told the truth when nhe aflirmed that Darpel Grey was azain a prisoner of the Modocs, When the young scout had dashed away from his savage foes, he hurried toward the horses. He felt assured if he reached there he could secure g steed and escape. The warning.cries ot his pursuers, however, attracted the attention of others in the camp. s The Mcdocs came rushing from every dircction, and he was final y hemmed in on all sides. He made a desperate resistance, but was overpowered, ‘The triumphant savages btore him to- | ward the very spot where the ranger had recently been a prisoner. 4 With mocking words they tore his disguise from him and secured him to g tree. Just then thore was a sudden commotion. As Vance had stated to Despard, the couriers from Shadow Snake had arrived. Soon the camp became a scene of | bustle and oxcitement. ; Darre! observed that a change of camp was meditated. He also learncd tha this fact would only precipitate S dpom at the hands of his enemies. @1 of them approached him finally. . “Paleface try to make Indian ou%of self,” he muttered. “Ugh! Great Modot We see if paleface die like Modoe. ” It was only when the last preparations to leave the camp had bteen made that full attention was bestowed on the captive. Some of the savages were already leaving tho spot. Several of them, how- - ever, held a brie! consultat'on near the } smoldering camp fire. i Finally they seemed to have decided on his fate. The young sceut paled, but | betrayed no fear as he saw them gather - wood and pile It about the tree where he | was. They redoubled his bonds with ' stout thongs that woull not burn easily. . The wood and branches were piled high about him, the savages uttered - wild, revengeful cries, and then a blazing faggot was placed under his feet . A dense volume of smoke choked and ihlimlml Parrel, and he closed his eyes | despairingly. He was menaced with a | horrible, lingering death. | The savages left the spot and hastenod | after their dejarting comrades | The last to leave, glancing back at the burning pile at the tree, uttered a fierce | yell of savage delight as he saw the | flamies encircle the form of the devoted L young scout, ’ i, TBE CONTINUED. | - [ Brave Hoy. | Some years ago, says the author of; “Pig Game of North America,” three ! children who lived near Olympia, Wash- | ington, were returning from school, i when Walter, tho eldest, a toy of 1‘.‘.l noticed what he thouzht to be a large yvellow dog trotting in the road lwhindl thom. They paid no attention te it, as large mongre!l dogs of this ¢rlor abound t everywhore in the vielnity of Indian | camps, but went playing leisurely aiong. 5 | Suddenly the youngest, a chubby chap | | of 6, who was beh fid his brothers, came g running to the front, and a moment lathr lh" ii“!'l“l}. s¢eon now to bt‘ a <on . sprang over the heads of the two as - ishoed Loys, selzod the fttie fall e ahyes Esenembrena : s : The elder brother did not stop - | { literate. He had for a weapon only %n | empty bottle, In which he had earried milk for his dinner, and with this he | rushed into the bushes His lttle brothe ! er was lying prostrate, grasping a smail | tr:o with both hands, and holding on { with the strength of ddspair, while the | cougar, his fangs luckily imbedded only 1 in the child’s clothing, was trying to | break this death-like grip. | With a sercam, Walter threw himself | on the animal, beat it over the head with the bottle until the glass was shat- | tered in {ragments, and then, with the ragged edges of the bottle’s neck, he en- : deavered to cut out the cougar's eyes, | At last the cougar, with a yell of rage, dropped his hold on the cifld and ran up & tree near at band, whi'e the heroie | bov, lifting his brother in his arms. carried him into the road, and fell fainting upon him. ¥ "Moanwhie the other brother had fled screaming up the road, and fortunately met two men who had been chopping near by. As soon as he had told the cause of his fright, they rushed on, to find the litt'e hero senseless, still tightly grasping the neck of the broken bottle. { The cougar's victim was too much | horrified to speak, but pointed to the savage beast, lying on a limb in full view. Ono of the men had a pistol, and with a few shots the animal was killed. Brayed Himself to Death. | Henry Boren, livinz near Jackson, | Tenn., lost a fine jackass yesterday in | & remarkable manner, says the St. Louis I (7lobe-12emo rat. A year or two since he | purchased the animal for £4OO fu Middle | Tennessee. A few days since he pur- | chased another, whieh he brought home | yesterday. It at first resented the inl trusion of the new-comer, and as soon | as the latter arrived on the premises became terribly enraged, and let forth a ] bray so loud, so longz, and o deep that

| it echoed and re-echoed throu hout tHES" ! surrounding country. Passion and _'elf- | ousy m ved him to the (ne supremo | effort that cost bis life. A b'ood-vessel | burst, and the blood flowed in a stream ; from his nose and mouth. The crimson | tide could not be stanched, and the unl happy animal lay down and died. His t place will be filled by the new arrival, { but the memory of that awful bray will "20 down among the traditions of the i Teuth District. }....u.ua sava @y wdYaeeo - Wiagelist,

H.x RGeS R N BT R R Bre's T oTHACHE Drops Cure in one Minuve, di_.m;ln f e 2 & she Tue supply of gutta percha is being & ItiPpidly reduce {, anl the French Govern- ha Os ant has undertaken to proiuce it in | "h«‘l‘ Bere.. . 1 Now A cune for nearly all the common ills— | ‘h of fat, doctors? Pshaw! Take Beecham'’s genflls. For sale by all druggists. 25 cents. S.tom : RE R he PerivE is money,” said a poor fellow, P 3. awned Jock Advii 8 he pawned a ciock. —& TS, All Fits stoppe 1 free by Dr. Kline’s Great Ag « Nerve Restorer. No lits after first day’s use. Mar- | Dis! Nous cures. ‘Treatise and $2.00 trial bottle free to Toil Fn cases. dend to Dr. Kline, 831 Arch St,, Paila., Pa. * Sami i~ — - - 2 L R Rol ! B FE B oS . on : o war TIC . galnst Iripoil on June 10, 1801.

B e : 5%5 | VANISHING cOINS, “ lat Becomes of the Millions of Copper | - Penniesin This Country? | The old-time problem regarding | “‘what becomes of the pins” has never | been satisfactorily settled, for the | tentative response that they fall to | the ground and become terrapins was [ long ago, and very properly, repudi- [ ated by what is known as good society |as frivolous and empty verbalism. A | newer and more significant problem _»lms come to the front—what becomesz Os the pennies? This is a question "that strikes home to the bosom of every householder and father of a %fly A centpry ago Franklin ¢d attention to the circumstance that the accumulation of we ‘lth, computable in pounds sterling, was $ : ¢ clusive penny—a forehanded theory that if he were yet living he would doubtless cite to explain the handsome accumulations propesly credited to several of our wealthy citizens, such as the Astors, the Rockafellers, Vanderbilts, Flowers, Carhegies. and others that might be named. There is no doubt those examples would have been exhibited by oor Richard as illustrations of his Famous maxim, though ia our own ‘minds the fortunes referred to were due to several other causes besides the hoarding of small currency. According'y, the problem as to the ultimate destiny of the penny is still an open question., Its magnitude may be summarized from the fact that the Philadelphia mint last year alone coined 94,000,000 pennies, and yet the requirement for that smallest ' of pecuniary conveniences is so great l that the manufacture goes on unceasingly. We understand that bronze ! cents are subject to more accidents | than happen to any other United i States coins. It said that a penny | changes hands in trade ten times for | once that a dime passes from one | pocket to another. Being of smali ) value, these little pieces are net taken | much care of. There are a thonsand | ways in which they get out of circula- | tion, and thus the minting of them| has to be kept up continually. The | metal blanks from which they are | made by the simple process of staing- ! ing are turned out by contract for | Uncle Sam by a factory in Connecti- | gut at the rate of 1,000 for 31. As they come from the machines, fresh and new, thev look like glittering gold. One may get a notion of the ! number of pennies lost from the his tory of the old half-cents. Os these | 800, 000 were issucd a few vears ago. | Where are they now? A\ few are in| the cabinets of coin collestors. None | have returned to the mint for recoinage, or are held by the ‘Treasury. | Nobody sees them in circulation. All | of theni, except some hundreds saved | out by curio hunters, have absolutey disappearcd. Os the cld copper p2nnies 119,000,000 stiil remain unace- | counted for, save that onee in a long ; e one sees a specimen. There are | 3 0 than thiree aatllion Lronze twos % tent picees somewhers, out of . 500,. GO of thiem that t teaVerrnmeny 1 i !Mlml. Us nickel three-cent pieees | nearly two million are vet outstandi ing although it is very seldom that | one of them is met with., What becomes of these pieces?--American i Analyst. , Czar N .cholns of Hussin, l Emperor Nicholas sent an equerry { to Siberia for life for having mislaid i;r letter from the King of Prussia, {says a writer in the Philadelphia | ' Times. He made 4,000 scldiers tako | off every stiteh of elothing and stand | ; before him simply because there was | Ia button or two missing to a uniform | iw and it must be remembered that | this nude review took place on a day witen the cold was so intense that the least exposure meant death to an ordinary European—and as for having t men and even women flogged todeath, zth;n was a common form of amusement of his imperial majesty. Evyen for a comparatively trivial offonse in Russia, such as intoxication, he would order the delinquent to be *passed by the ranks,” which meant | that every soldier in the regiment, provided with a stick on purpose, gave 2 blow on the back of the culprit as he was slowly dragged down the line. A fatal flogging, when we consider that regiments in those days were composed of 4,000 men! Nicholas himself never drank or smoked. They Ought to s Taken Off, A sealing schooner that stopped at one of the villages of the Attu Island, the most westerly of the Aleutian group in the North Pacific Ocean, was able recently to give a little re- { lief to the suffering natives, numbering about 130. Several years ago it ‘1 was a great place for sea otters, and when a fur company established a ! trading post there many Aleuts were | attracted to the island, but when the ] company moved its store the natives } were lefti there. 'The island s bar- ; ren, and the native must live on fish j and sea lions, but as they have l neither boats nor hunting outtits the supply is small. They make clothing ll‘ln:n anything they can get, being | thankful for gunny bags that may be | left by vessels that pass occasionally. | One woman was found who had been on her back for three years on ac- ; ('.”“'.” of a broken leg, the bone not having been set. The Indians cannot gct away, and must socn perish unless | relief be sent. ‘ To Improve Virginin, i In \Wl';,"i)“i:l.'hi‘l‘o"{}‘c‘fl“m*n miilions L rfl‘tv:l('l'vs of arable land lying untilled. J‘h" greater part of it is the property of Jarge holders, who get no income 11““}1 it, and who do not possess the | :'ill"ti}l needed for its cultuivation. | The State authorities have come to their aid, and are striving to attract | Hnmigrants who will take it up and put 1t to service.

T ————————— THE PoOS VICE. ! : POSTAL SERVICE. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE POSIMASTER GENERAL. | One Cont Postage Coming—Three Cent Telephone and Ten Cent Telegraph Messages—FPay of Fourth-class Officers. Improvements Which Should Be Made. In his annual report Postmaster General Wanamaker says that, in spite of the lact that over 21,000,000 worth of Tottery revenue has been lost during the past year, the postal deticit of $6.00,000 is surely disappearing, provided the same rate of revenue and expenses obta ns on ‘July 1, 1803, 1t appears thata'l of the lottery mail kas practically been driven from the mails, and the fi elity of the depar.ment in '.ryln_g to enforce this a'most unanimous w.sh of Cengress is evident from the court records of prosecutions, involying 202 cases in six months The Yostmaster General renews his recommendation for the division of the icountry into postal districts, and adduces many reasons why the reform - would be beneticial. He shows that the county seat visitations have resulted in the submission of 2,100 reports out of a possible 2,500, and that the condition of 45,600 offices is covered. The follonwing are the leading items obtained by an actual compliation Os Over 35,000 of these reports: Postoffices conveniently located . .......... 35,930 Postoffices inconveniently 1 cited......... €O7 Chnngoo!loosuonnuqocted............... 162 Postoffices wll‘kc‘)t. clean, and 0rder1y..34,718 Postoffices not well-kept, ete............... 3,12 Books, accouxuts, and reports properly and PEDRNPELT WEPIN WD, .o ovineisaenies BEICT Books, ete,, not properly and promptly TR NE. i e B Postoflice a lounging place........ccovuee.. 1,20 Postofiice not a lounging place ...........35 6ui | Offices havicg one or more Iwails arriving and dernrximf ever{ day (that is, supplied with daily mail 5ervice)............27,909 Notiee of the lottery law was foand p05ted.32,677 } Lottery law was nut!g05te1................ 4,902 i Patrons of the postotlice satisfled with the OB T | Patrons of the postotfice not satisfied with - RTINS . v e O | Postmaster was found to understand the ‘ postal laws and regu1ati0n5..............32,573 E Fostmastar did not understand the postal I INWE N 0 NEDIALICR .. .ci - v vvsiiseanr e BONE | Postmaster davotes all bis time to the of- | PR, i i s IO | Postmaster does not devote all his time to | P DO OIN . e 15*20“ Postmaster was found to be engaged in : objectionable employment in connection ‘ ! WED RSO « ... iaseiniia o I Postmaster bas made obvious improve- ] | ments in the service of his 0ffice......... 9,801 | ! Postmaster has not thus far made im- ! | provements in the service of his « fiie. . 23,997 | Ottices which could be discontinuea end ] supplied from some other 0ffice......... 409 | Number of offices rated 5, or perfect. ...... 1,754 : i Number of oflices rated 4, or excellent..... 8495 | Number of offices rated 3, or g00d.......... 14 77 | Number of offices rated 2, or fair ....... .. 5,508 | Number of offtces rat=d 1, or p00r.......... 1,919 | The Postmaster General recommends | the adaptation of the te’ephone, as we'll | as the telegraph, to the postal system. | He says: “One cent letter postage, 3- { cent telephone messages, and 10-cent [ telegraph messages are al near po-si- | bilities under an enlightened and com- ‘ | pact jostal system, using the newest telegraphic inventions The advantaze ‘ of tyving the rural postoftice by a tele- | | phone wire re,uiring no operator to | the rairoad station must be obvious It is not chimerical to expect a 3-cent telephone rate; the possibilities of «h-apening the man- | agement of these new faecilitics are ! vory great. All account Kkeeping | could be abolished by use of stam:;s or i *nickel-in the-siot’ attachn ents. ¢ ollecI tion bixes everywhere in the citie: and [ wmany placs I e vouwatay tunwns would | receive telephone and telegraph messages, written on stamped cards like postai cards. Old soidiers and others | could find employment as collectors, and frequent colletions would abolish the present expensis e messeng r-boy system. For telezraphing only an operator is needod when business justifies it, oth rwise a te'ograph message would be forwarded by ‘phone to the necarest telegraph station “]I have heretofore stated that 1-ceat postage will be suicessful'ydemanded in time I believe that time is not far off. i It certainly ought not to be asked for so { long as any deficit appears in the revenues of the postal service, and here I | wish to r iterate the further statement { that, in my judgm: nt, it ought not to be { asked for then until many improvements { and extensions of the serv c¢: are pro- { vided for. It would not be just and fair | to a serviee upon wiich every effort has | been spent for two years to make it self- | sustaining. and wh'ch now promises to { become so in the ncxt fiscal vear, 1o | heap upon it, the instant the balauce | sheet becomes clear, a burden of mil- | tons, from which it conld not recover ! for many years, and with the existence i of which it would ha e to struggle year i by year, and then often unsuccessfu ly, | to obtain the appropriations absolutely i required for its maintenance. ! “Clerks in postotiices cught to be fair- | ly paid; they ought not to be over- | worked; they ought to have rooms in { better buildings; letter-carriers ought ‘rmt to be weighted down like pack- { horses; railway postal clerks should be { paid for the dangers they face daiy: the | great majority of postoftices ought to { be better equipped: a fourth-class post- | master who rece ves SIOO a year cannot | afford to pay S2OO for fitting his oftice i with boxes: rural free delivcry, consid- | ered to be a successful exp riment, and | about which there cannot be two opinjons as to the propriety of its further extension, shonld be widely extended. These and other thingsought to be dcne, but they can never be consummated so long as a defici ney in the po tal rev- | entes stares an appropriat'on commit- | tee in the face.” : | “At the cose of the last fiscal year { there were 64,229 postoTces. At 44,263 | of thase the rece pts which acerued were absorbed. or more than absorbed, by the postmasters’ pay. In other words, the | comp nsation to j ostmasters includes all | the leceipts from more than two thirds of all the rostoftices Another large | percentage of offices should be added to | this number, where the compensation of ! the postmaster, the cost of mail messen- | gor service, and the allowance for seja-rating-labor more than include the receipts The number of postotlices that | are conducted at a profit is therefore vary smail.” 1 Gems of Thought. { Comrassioxy will cure more sins than condemnation.—Hen'y Ward Eeecher. | Tne necessity of circumstances proves friends and detects enemies.—Epictetus. | PEpANTRY and taste are as incon- | sistent as gajety and melancholy.—Lav- | : tor { Turre has never been a mean man | and at the same time virtuous.—Con- | fucius. ! NATURE makes no vagabonds, thae | world makes us respectable.—Alexandez? | Smith.

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