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Each Joy its siU of suffering t " Ob, then, must trouble and mut fear Impair the beauty of thy browf Must sorrow dim with bitter tears Thoe eyes, where Heaven Is shining nowf ' No! No! The flowery Crir. anient. The Pelds of elery for us wait; Tew'rd thee di.'.U Providence relent And saves tiiee from an earthly fate " Let none wear mourning in thy home. For all should b.s as rlad. dear child. This day that bids thy spirit roa.ru As when thy biUe eyes earliest smiled. " Let no face there show sorrow's si(rn; Let no one deck the hou-e for death. For when the soul is white as thine. Tho latest is the happiest breath:'' And speaking thus, the anpcl wide II!s snowy pinions waved and lieil To where the pure for aye abide. lVor mother, wee! Thy babe is deaJl -From the I'ri ncu, by George llorton. in Chi cago Herald. WLXTEll OX PIKE'S PEAK. A TJnitod Stntoa Signal - Service Man's Thrilling Talx I bad boon in tho signal service but little over a year, says a writer in the New York Sun, when I was sent to I'iko's IVak, which is considered by tho men in tho service as tho most disa preeable station in the whole country. In summer it is not so bad, when there are numerous visitors up every day from Colorado Springs and the weather is comparatively pleasant. Hut from the middle of October until about tho middlo of April it is very different. Then it is almost impossible to pet either up or down the mountains, and tho only communication with tho out side world is by wire. Ono man takes charge of the station in summer and two in winter. My duties wero to begin with tho winter season. I reached the station the first day of October, where I found my companion for tho winter awaiting' mo. .His uarao was Harry Sands. lie was a good -looking-, bright, jovial fellow from somewhere down in Maino. He was fully six feet tall, with a physique that seemed to bid defianco to fatigue and exposure. If any ono had told mo then that he would bo tho first to succumb to tho rigors of that terrible winter I -should have laughed at tho idea, for I was at that time by no moans robust and unaccustomed to hard ships of any kind. Tho station is located just a littlo be low the extreme top of the peak. It is a low, one-story log building about twenty feet square. Around it on three sides is stacked at that season, almost as high as tho cabin itself, tho supply of wood for tho winter. To keep tho roof from being blown off rocks are laid upon it in different places, and two im mense chains are strung across and fast ened to the ground at either side. The interior is divided into two rooms by a rough board partition. In the larger one the men cat, sleep and do their work. Tho other is used as a store room. '1 ho weather dil not begin to get very cold that jear until about IleccmUr I. It kept getting colder and colder until ono morning between Christmas and Xew Year's tho thermometer registered sixty degrees It low zero a spirit thor ite meter, of course. It was so cold that in sr.ito of all wc could do tho water would freeze an inch or more in the ctbin every night. So high was the wind and blinding the snow-storms that often for a week at a time wo were un able to go outside to take observations. One morning the latter part of Janu ary Harry got up looking very pale. Ho would not eat any breakfast, and beforo dinner-time he was back in bed again, complaining of a terrible headache, liy evening he was In a raging fever. So delirious did ho become that at times it was as much as I could do to hold him in bed. I gave him such medicine as I thought ho needed; and many an hour 1 spent poring over tho book of in structions accompanying tho chest in search of a proper remedy. Uttt nothing I gave him seemed to do him any good. Ore day early in February 1 went out side to remove some sticks of wood tho wind had blown against the door. I left Harry sleeping soundly, and, I thought, more naturally than at any time during his sickness. Returning a few minutes later, I found him sitting in front of the telegraph instrument with his hand upon the key. Hut the effort bad evi dently been too much for him; his head lay upon his chest, and he was trembling all over with weakness. I had hardly got him back to bed when ho began to sink rapidly, and in less than half an hour he was dead. As soon as I had re covered a little from tho shock I started to telegraph tho news to Colorado Springs. I gave the customary signal upon the key, but received no answer; I ropeatod it, still no answer. I thought it very strange. I knew tho operator at Colorado Springs was al ways In his ofJico at that hour. Again and again I tried, but with no better success. I mado a careful examination of the Instrument, tho batteries and all connected with it, but could find noth ing wrong. Then came tho awful thought: "The w ire was down or broken somewhere in tho mountains." It was not long before I was compelled to ad mit that such must be tho case. Jury ing my face in my hands, I wept liko a child. Tho prospect certainly was a terrible ono. Tho probability was I should bo cut off from all communica tion with tho world for two full months or more. The next morning I wrapped up Harry's body in a couple of blankets and buried it a few yards from tho cabin, among tho rocks in a protected part of the peak. My loneliness then began in earnest. Such days and nights as I put in! My only diversion was reading and taking observations. Kvery day at tho customary hour I would try tho telegraph instrument, hoping that communication migat possibly have boon ro-establishod. Every day tho same disappointment. My great fear was that I should lose my reason. One night about three weeks after Harry's death I was wakened up by what sounded liko tho distant howling of some wild animals. I'or a moment or two the sound was lost. Then it re turned louder than ever. TLe next min- 'HI IS FUSKMAN WHOM TIB THOTH E BENS BURG, PA., uto I remembered one of the men in tho service telling mo when he heard I was going to liko's Peak to look out for the coyotes. Coyotes aro somewhat smaller than the ordinary wolf, and aro called by many people barking wolves, owing to the peculiar nature of their cries. I bad never heard them before. My opinion was that tho keen-nosed brutes had scented Harry's body, and had come to devour it. Instead of stopping at the placo where Harry was buried, they mado a boo-lino for tho cabin. A serie.s of most diabolical yells announce! their arrival. Then I heard tiOLuething thump, thump against tho cabin door. The door was a strong oak one, and, I felt confident, would resist any effort they could make. However, to make it doubly secure I pushed two great heavy government chests against it. Suddenly their howls ceased- Hreathlcssly I awaited developments. So long did tho silenco continue that 1 began to think that they had taken their departure. Uut I was mistaken, I soon heard them upon tho roof. Uefore 1 had time to recover from my astonishment at this change in their tactics I heard one of the rocks that held down tho roof roll off to tha ground. Terror-stricken, I jumped to my feet, believing pothing now would keep them out. It they could roll off ono of those rocks tho boards of tho roof would be nothing them. I picked up a gun that hung upon the wall, and raised it toward tho roof. Soon I saw ono of tho boards begin to move; but a littlo at first, then more and more until tho starlight was plainly visible through the crack. Then it was suddenly wrenched from its place, and a dark ob ject appeared in tho aperture. I fired. The same moment I was dashed violent ly to the floor by something heavy com ing from tho direction of tho roof. The next thing I remembered was finding myself lying upon tho bed. To my sur prise I saw tho cabin door was open, and the sunlight streaming in. I started to get up, but fell back exhausted. Won dering what could bo the matter, I made another attempt. As I did so ray heart almost stood still at tho sight of a man standing in tho doorway. Could I bo. dreaming? I rubbed my eyes tremb lingly with my hands. The man, ap parently divining my thoughts, said: "Don't bo ufearod; it ain't no ghost, but it might have been if you'd shot mo that night, as you tried to." "Shot you?" I gasped. "Yes. shot me," repeated the man; "and if I hadn't thrown you to tho floor when I did you'd a shot me tho second time." "Uut the coyotes?" I asked. "Coyotes," repeated tho man in amazement; "what do you mean?" I told him tny story. He laughed heartily. "It warn't no coyotes. or nothin' as you heard. It war me and the other follows a-hollerin'. You see, wo busted both our lamps, and wo wero a-hollerin for you to make somo light so we could see whero the cabin war. You see, you war clean out of your head with tho fever, and you 'magined all them things." Ho then told mo that I had been lying ill with a fever ever since that night, some three weeks in all, and that I had been delirious tho whole time. Whilo ho was still talking two other men came into the cabin. "That's a nice way to bo a-treatin people as is sent to your rescue," spoke up ono of them. "An! after bein nearly frozen to death on tho way," added the other one. "My rescue? What do you mean?" I inquired, not a little puzzled. "Ain't your name Harry?" asked tho first speaker. "No," I said, "it isn't." They all locked at ono another strangely. Then tho same man said: "Why, on tho 5th day of February a tel egram came from a manupherea-sayin that the fellow as war a-stayin" with him had got lost, and Lisielf war a-dyinV "February 5," T thought. "It was the day Harry died." In a moment I saw through it alL Harry's business at the telegraph instrument that mornin? was explained. Getting awake while 1 was taking away tho wood from tho doir, and not seeing mo, he had thought in bis delirium I was lost; henco his mes sage to Colorado Spring1. It is still a matter of wonder to tho people out iherc how tho rescuing party ever grot up the mountain. It was a feat never attempt ed, much less accomplished, at that sea son of tho year. Some time af.ertvarl I tm'l tho mai who had told niw about the coyotes. Ho laughed heartily whon I related my ex perience, lie said what ho had meant by coyotes were tho fleas that fairly swarmed up thero at certain seasons of the year. They wore so big and bit so hard that the men in the service nick named theni "coyotes." Ol.literatini: the lines. S thoughtful person can tail T." see hw llio linos jro !oi:g obi i f or :i I ed and how tiieii are taking op the work ef wo-".T.-n an.l iM'iiicn III il f men. anJ bith LH'ceoJ i tig. localise work i I self has been i. -feed int. broader lines l-v ihe.-om-r iiii'tl iiilliioneo of sociol v and huurjiiity Women l.iu yers w ant t. l-o known as laivyers. not women Women devtors want ta be known a skillful pli vsi.'ians. not as women: and II. o woman writer nds out b.er work under male nomcn il.ttiire that, it may be judged upon its merits and not band icarped by the esti wvito that the follower of tradition anJ inheritors of prejudice always put upon work signed by a woman's name. Origin or Bird Song The origin of bird song is described by an English writer as follows: "Iiird song originated in a cry produced by bodily contortion. This cry was devel oped by use in times of danger It then became a warning-noto that was elabor ated into a call-note. This note was re peated by males in varied tone and pitch, and several influences tended to make it a reproduction of surrounding persistent sounds. The call-notes were repeated by the males to tho females, and in this manner arbitrary phrases were constructed. Further efforts on the part of tho males induced greater variety, which took the form of imita tion of other sounds." The Jok fume Trosv A bon mot. to which fate has since tiMcd an ironical comment, has 1-een sit trihuted to the cx-Emperor of I'.razil On being shown one of those mechani al wonders which always interested !.im more than the cares of govern int nt. c. wheel that ir.ade e know not Low i.iuny revcii.ticr.s in me minute, r "Why, " said the n.cr.arcb, "it actually j Leats our South An.erkan republics." j Ka W-A. JS. A t MAIU TRIL, ABB ALL ARK BLATKS BKBTCX.' FRIDAY. DECEMBER 12, MORNING. There Is no (Jew upon the lawn. The sun shines bright to-day. The elouds of ere are passed away. And. all the night's chilling vapors gone. From ont the pleasant orchard grove The voice of siiirdnF birds arise; 1 looked, and lo ! bffore my eyes The whole -wide wurid did blaze with love. A voice of sweetest music came, I trow in Heaven it bad Its birth; It was not as the sounds of earth And wrapped my spirit as with flame. Oh soul, methouirht it cried, awake 1 No longer nurse the peevish night Of blh:d unfiuth ; of secret hate. SliU trust in providence, not fate; See. sec, the outward sun shines bright. Awake, oh soul, tho morn doth break. Awake to nobler thoughts of life. Awake to deeper faith in man; Be rood, be true, bo beautiful. Be ono with love, and dutifnl In alL Thy life la but a span? For him no crown, to whom no strifes So with that rentle voice mcthonpht New llfo through all my soul did move; New hopes arose, old fears were quelled. The ilarkaess of the ui0'ht dispelled. And I did burn anew to prove The lesson Trbieh that voice tad taug-ht. Ernest N. Mii.kles. in Inter Ocean. 3IYSTEKY OF A DREA3L Waa It a Vision That Brought Jaspor to Ela Senses? I am about to write the story of tho ono great mystery of my life. I have told tho story to many people, but, with ono exception, they have all looked very incredulous. Many shook their heads, and not a few acted as if they thought mo a triflo domented. There is one, however, who is now sit ting near tho table at which I am writ ing, that believes my story implicitly. Indeed, Ediena, my darlingwife, knows full well that tho story which 1 am about to write is true. I can not tell when the knowledge that I loved Ediena Wyldmero was first revealed to me. Wo wero children together, and as wo grow older wo seemed liko brother and sister. Even then sho was all the world to mo. r.nd bow dear I was to her, her own sweet lips havo told mo more than a hundred times.- Our joys and sorrows wero shared together. As happy, thought less children, we romped and lau.gl.ed. and many a time we mingled our tears in childish grief. As tho years rolled away, our affection for each other grew steadily stronger and deeper. At nineteen Ediena was as fair and puro as the most spotless thing unJor the sun. I almost worshiped Lor than, but I was still young and no thoughts of marriage had entered my h'-zl. So beautiful amailen could r.ot lon-r avoid attracting r:dmiring suitors, and among those who flocked arjur.d her was ono Cyril Slaythorne, the tall, proud, aristo cratic master of Staythorno Hall, which had been left him at the death of Lis wealthy father. I do not deny that I soon grew ;oalous of many of these f.uvning and flatter ing suitors, and of Cyril Slajttornc in particular. Most beautiful young ladi?s are naturally a triflo inclined to bo flirts, and Ediena Wyldmero was no ex ception. Not but that sbo loved me as truly and dearly as ever, but never had I made a serious declaration of my pas sion, and for a timo sho enjoyed the at tention bestowed upon her by those who had been smitten by her rare charms of grace and sweetnesss. 1 was poor, a carpenter's son, and this fact alone in the eyes of her parents disqualified me as a son-in-law. Our Saviour was a carpenter's son, but this fact has not caused the calling to bo loomed more lofty than it was nir.eteen hundred years aro. Eliena's parent were on tho outlook for a "good match" for their daughter, and they looked with favor upon Cyril Staythorno. They were too wiso to come out openly and request Ediena to have nothing further to do with tho poor carpenter's son, but in divers ways they did every thing they coold to separate us and to install Staythorno in her favor. I shall never forget the feeling of rage and despair that seized mo as one day I saw Ediena pass, 6eated in Cyril Staythorne's handsome carriage, with Staythorno himself by her side. I can not describe our next meeting, now much I was to blamo for what followed I now know, but I then thought I bad just causo for what I did. Hot words were uttered, and for tho first time we parted in anger. ... Tho next day I left the quiet New England town where twenty-one years of my life had been spent. A passenger train bore me away out into the world. I was going anywhere that I might pet away from the hateful spot that I had always known as home, where so many happy days had been spent with the one from whom I thought fate had sep arated mo forever. I sought and obtained employment in a great city, the crowded streets and hurrying rush of which seemed very strange and unnatural to me. I tried to forget my old homo and Ediena, but I soon found it impossible to do so. Strive as I might to tear her imago from my bosom, her fair, sweet, faco was almost always before me. Sternly I fought against the power that seemed to be drawing me back to her. Many a night did I awaken and sit bolt upright in tho darkness of my little room, with her plaintive cry sounding in my ears: "Oh, Jasper, come back to me!" It always seemed very real but I reasoned myself into thinking that it was all imagination. I now know that many, many times sho uttered that very cry. One day an accident happened to me. I was passing along beneath the spot whero repairs were being made on a building when a falling board struck mo senseless. I was pickel up and carried to a hospital, but when I recov ered consciousness I did not know my own name. My mind did not seem deranged, I could remeniher events and people, but I could not recall tho namo cf a single person whom I knew. They told mo that I bad been severely injured and that doubtless as I im proved my memory would serve mo bet-U-r. For several days 1 lay there, gradual ly growing better physically, but in n way improving mentully. Try as I might, I could not recall names. I re membered my home, Ediena, Cyril Staythorno, every thing; but I could not speak tho name of a single placo or person, although 6corcs of times I seemed on the point of doing so. Finally, I had so far recovered that I was informed that on the following day I wis to be discharged from the Gfc.sCV :l n 1 01.60 and IS90. bospitaL The last night of mystay in the hospital arrived, and at a very early hour I sought my couch and was toon last asleep. I am not naturally a dreamer, tint am a very sound sb-epor. It did not s"cm that I dreamed that night, but suddenly 1 found myself in a familiar spo- Is was night, c.n-1 a thunder-storm was rapidly coming on. Tho black Learcns were seamed with fire, and deep thunder roared like an enraged monster. I was standing on the old bri Igo which spanned a winding stream not far from my boyhood home. Suddenly a flash of lightning showed mo Ediena hurrying along the bridge. Starled and amazed that she should be there at such a time, i wv.s spoilt to make my presence known, when another flash showed a second person on t!i? bridge. Plainly I saw Lis dark., mustached, evilly-handsomo face, and plainly 1 heard Ediena's cry of surprise and fear as ho confronted her midway on. the trestle. Then through tho dark ness floated his triumphant exclama tion: 'Ah-ah! Ediena Wyldmero, I bav yoa now! Twice I havo asked you to bo my wife, only to meet with refusal and scorn. To-night I swear you shall con sent to marry me, or you moot your death in tho waters of Crooked river!" Then came another flash of lig! t that showed my darling struggling iu his vilo cl"isp. To my ears came a cry that stirred every drop of blood in my veins: "Oh, Jasper! Save me! save me!" In an instant I leaped forward and toro her from his arms; at tho same timo I dealt him a terrific blow that sent him reeling against the railing of tho bridge. The rotten gutrd gave way. and flinging up his arms, w ith the look of unutterable horror on his faco plain ly revealed by the vivid glare, he ut tered ono wild cry and plunged down ward into the dark water. Eiicna ut tered ono joyful cry; "Jasper! Jasper!" Then she sank unconscious at my feet. From that moment 1 1 new no more until I awoko in tho iuon:ing to find mj-solf in the hospitaL And in the morning my memory was fully restored to its natural condition. I found that I knew my own name and tho names cf my friends. That day I left tho hos pital. I remained in the city a week, and during the entire timo my strange dream if dream it was worried mo constantly. Was Ediena in trouble? Did tho need my protection? As a final result, one night I boarded a swift train, ind in tho morning I stood by my darling's bedside. Sho was just recovering from a brief but severe illness. As she clung to my hand and shed tears of joy, she sobbed reproach fully: "Oh, Jasper! Why did you leave mo there on that bridge after rescuing tue from Cyril Staythorne's hands?" "What do you mean?" I hoarsely gasped, scarcely able to credit my ears. Then she described a scene just as 1 had witnessed and taken part ia in my dronm. She finally said: "I was ever to Mabel Gray's, where 1 intended to spend tho night, w hen the thunder-stcmi cr.me up. I don't know why I did it, but 1 re.olved to return Lome, and I started out despite tho protests of both Mabel and Lc-r tuother. I met Staythorno on the bridge. Ho seized me in his vilo grasp and I called for help. Then you came and snatched mo from his hands, at tho same timo hurling him o3 the bridge. I caught ono glimpso of your faco as it was re vealed by tho lightning, and then I fainted. When I recovered conscious ness it was raining and I was alone on the bridge." "And Cyril Staythorno?" I asked. "Was found the following day Coating a corpse on Crooked river." My story ends here. I have already told yoa that Ediena is my wife. I can not explain the mystery of my d. earn. I can only writs tlie question thit 1 have ashed rjystlf a thonsar.d times: YV as it a dream? William G. Patten, in Yankee Elade. YOUNG ITALIAN WOMEN. Their rernliar Idea r.s to MarrUc and Their Dutie as Wivca. In tho middle classes, fine dressing out of doors has to bo combined with an ability (real or supposed) for kceping house. Fond mammas regale young men with efories of their daughters' prowess in cco'sting in a manner worthy of Gollsmith's "Mrs. Primrose," and have even been known to set the hope ful young women to sw eeping au l clean ing as socn as the expected rir.g v.as beard at the door, in order that th-j hesi tatitijr aspirant might be brought to a declaration by the sight of tho girl's capacity as a menial servant. Under these circumstances marriage becomes simply an escape from intolerable dreariness. The idea of choosing a husband to whom she can prove a faithful wife rarely enters tho Italian girl's head. She must be married that Sho maybe free. Some man of her acquaintance thinks sho makes a good figure in tho society he frequents, finds that her dowry is sufScionily largo, and tired of 'living" or desirous of settling do.vu proposes for her hand. Tho young wife, if she belongs to tho upper classes, finds herself suddenly in the possession of unbounded liberty. Her chivf duty is to act a-J a sort of clothes peg. that tho world may praise her husband's liberal ity. Sho can now go out alone, and having little to do at home sjs. nds most of her time calling-, promt nadii.g and gossipping. St. James' Gazette. A Sort of Sixth Sense. A species of sixth sense has been ob served In some deaf people that of the appreciation of vibration. In one case described, a woman who was so deaf that she could hear slightly w ith only one ear was atle to perceive a light blew on a table, or a footstep. She de scribed tho effect by saying, not that 6be could Lear the blow, but that she could feci it. In another case of a woman who was entirely deaf, her at tention could be arretted instantly ly a slight blow cn the floor or a table, so sligb that bystanders would not notice it. This faculty is explained by the ef forts of nature to supply a compensation for a lost faculty Electricity la Lion -Taming. The use of electricity is oHend to tho lion-tamer in the form of a light wand with an insulating grip from tho band, connected by a flexible wire with a bat tery of which tho power can lx Tarried at will. An experiment with this form of applied science has been suceesaiully tried. postage per year In advance. NUMBER 4S. SVYEEI BELLS OF STRAli-OSJ. Sweet bells cf 5-tratford. tl!inp sK Ic sv.::iniei e !-ar;.i!it''s poiden iow, I hear :.' . 11. y lo.ir d-viiie. Arid all my fccul rtsiuds to iLine. A new 1 1: far tV-e. ern so Mv Saaki ",-yi.r.r hear! t?:ee i'-ZiS a?o. Wea i.::e l-y Avot-'s jK-r.Mve Miriam He waaJerrd ta h-.s haunted dream; ITeirrd thee, and far his fancy Fped Tbroab spectral caverns of the dead. And Kju-Lt-at.d m. u -M iu vain to pierce The wren-! of the universe. As now thou mourrest dldt thou mourn On thi4t t-ad day w h-n he w as berr.e Through the lotn; aisle of honeyed lin.t-3 To rel tieLia' U the ihuulvrol t hhnes. : heard thee not, L.or cared to heart Aie. m.ici' was i.-i his ear. And. f:e. 1 tr :n a 1 i.'v Ix.n-is of men. Ii liicw the axf -I t-e'-Tet then. Sneet b-lls cf S'ra'.fMrd, toll, and be A csl.t'-n prir:iis: uet-.i rr.o Of thai i-i-.-it ho-ir wh'ii I sbiill know The p ith when t' his footsteps tfo! Wiili-mi Winter, i.-i Harper's W-.e-U'. DEAD 5IAIL MATT EI. An Into rest in?? Circular "Issued try tb3 r3K.d Letter Oinca W hy Million T letters an.l I'areela Tail to llwarli Ibeir Destination Suiea- tiutis Thnt v'i..ul,l t Observed ty Kvrytoty. Over six million pi ores of mail mRt .it nre sent ann;:aTly to tho Doa-l Le tt, r OflV-0 by reason of incorrect, illegible, or deficient aidross, insufficient posr,;.go, iiiM-euro inclosing. whereby inatt'T rniiiled becomes separated from the en velope, or wranp'T, or tho failure to bo called for or delivered to the person ad dressed. This is a daily average of ov-r twenty thousand pieces. Of theso tho greater jk. rtton either are not called for at the post-olHee to which they are directed, or, in cuso of free-delivery offices, the allresses can not found, notwithstanding every known means is resorted t.i on the pt.rt of the postal oihcials to effect delivery. Matter s nt to the Deal Letter Olhce, which can not be delivered to tho pier son aJdre.-sed, is required to lx- opt ned in its treatment for the purpose of re turn to the sender, and if the name anl address of the sender bo not shown or can not be ascertained from the con tents, and it contains no valuable in closure, it must be destroyed Letters opened and found to contain any inclosuro of obvious value arc en tered upon proper records, and, of such, those which do not disclose sufficient information to enable tLor-j to 1 re turned are filed, subject to ri i l.tmation upon proper application and ilentillca tion. Letters which contain no incioure of obvious valu'j are not re corded. Packages and parcels are recorded, and win re they do not disclose the namo and address of the owner are filed; if not called for or claimed w ith in two years they aro disposed of at public auction and tho pv-ee-ds covered into tho United States Treasury. A large proportion of the packages and parcels sent to the IVaJ Letter Of fice fail to be restored to tbn owners because of tl.e absence on ttie wrr'fpers or iuclosures of any thing to inuicatL ownership thereof. Information as to the character ami n-.turo of tho matter thus received at the It-ud Letter Office, and tbo condi tions ani inf!uences which occasion its failure to reach tho persons to w horn the senders dt:-.:gned il to go, r.iuy be cf interest, and ti.o iuei oti'j-mi-ut of it carries wiih it suggestions which may serve t!i public in its exercise of postal privileges. ' - During last year 41,000 letters were either misdirected or insufficiently di rected, while 'JtUvH) were not directed at all. Of tho latter many were from business Louses containing mon.-y, drafts, ttooks and important instruc tions. Many of these were doubtless mailed, by ciorks. Ninety-eijht thou sand wero to domestic, Canadian or Mexican addresses held for postage; 105,000 were to quests at hotels; trd.OoO were parcels of taercl'ndise, books clothing, needle-work, jewelry or other valuable matter; and 2.000 contained money amounting in all to fiS.fW-i Postal notes to tho value of SI, o' to in sums under $5 wero found in 4,000 pieces; while drafts, checks, notes and other commercial paper in tho sum of S1.47L871 were found in 27.OO0 others. Forty-e-ight thousand contained paid and canceled obligations, receipts and miscellaneous papers. On? hundred and sixty-two thousand contained postage sta-r.ps. l'orty-two thousand were letters to fictitious addresses and principally cor respondence relating to what is known a3 "green goods" or "saw dust" swin dles, many of them containing money with orders for tho purchase of tno: o fraudulent goods. Parties engaged in such enterprises invariably use an as : umod name-, and when the character and business of such persons is discov ered by the postal authorities such mat ter addressed to their, is declared "ficti tious." and delivery withhold. Forty-two thou ;and contained photo-gi-aphs. 1,000 con tainod articles forbid den to bo transmitted through the mails, and ll.OJd upon being opened were found to contain lottery tickets, which, under tho terms of tbo law, arodcclared unmailalilc. Five hundred -and thirty-ono thou sand wero loiters, and 41.000 parcels of printed mailer, sample.- otit., which had been mailed in foreign countries to piost offices v.i.hin the United Stales, and failiti-T of delivery were s-nt to tl.e llesd Loiter Oliice, atid iLc nee ret urned to tho postal administrations of their respective countries of origin, un opeuird. Two hundred and five thousand wero letter., an 1 17.t'J0 wore Jitiroc-ls, bix;s. satr.j-li -s of merchandise, etc., which had been mailed w;ihiu tuo United States adJrcs d to fuicigri countries, ard hav ing f-i led of di li ery at tl.eir destina tion, w; ro sent t ) ta tho D ad Letter Olfi.;o b3' f r gn postal administrations. tlver .r.,isii).o..u of the Idlers received at the Dead L-tter 0;'.!cu contained no iuclosure of obvious value, allhouzli il j.il. tiers many t-f ttietn wero quite as valuable and important to both tt iid anl addressee as thousands of other letters containing money, Checks, stamps, etc., and yet of this immense) number cf letters over a,OoJ,0Od Krc within either no definite or sufficient address of tho writer in most cases no address whatever or there was no sig nature whereby tho writer might bo identified or determined, without which tho I)ead Letter Olfice could not make rctura. .A. lA?itifwifis: lntos. Tl.e larire tri rt imi le rlirulslltin illlel'i' i.iiIi-Hah ennft,t to tht lv 't I Ii r.D Idernt ion ol ettti t.. w lit re favors will Rein serted at the fcliwina- ic w talis: A men, S times....................... 1 " i months...... ...... ......... 1 ( months...... 1 1 year .................... 3 month ..................... JM I.0 r.Oo .o lOOO 6.0, 11 o, 10.Bg Out ", Ta.00 2 I year. s 6 months....... ......... t 1 year cj eol'n 6 moctbL. V 6 enontLs....... ....... . - 1 year " t tnotfaa-.. ............ lyear. Irnstsers Items, first Insertlna loo. per Ha ; eacli sntreeent insertion e. per tree. Aaminvrtraicr and txecators tit J5C1..... M Auditor's otlees ..... ... too titray iM similar Notices..... ......... M f W Retofti unit or jnocrtAtnt el mnf l orjortft or .nr.'wt . rvmaMUrumi denftwd to colt ltn lion I af matter of ttmtled or tna'tvttfual tafercv nlal (if wm J of udvrrfurmrntl . Jr 1 ttsTins of all kinds neatly and exTedl ooely eiereted at lowest ricea. lon'tyon iorffv It. These fa-rts teach that ciivelopios .!:oui 1 always Ik? plainly and explicitly directed, anl tLat no letter or package si. .il 1 bo ma: fed without tho address ;? t:;e serder -plainly given both ouUide an-J inside. When an in Infinite address is neces sarily given it is more apt to prove suf ficient if the business or employment of the jx-rson Is i-IJil Those who aro transiently at a cer tain place should Ixi addressed as "transient," an 1 upon leaving a p.laco it is alu-iys advisable to ask to havo one's mail forwarded to the next btop ii nj j.laro. The name and a 1 Iross of tho gender, either printed or written, should bo pi need utxiii 1 lie upper left-hand corner of the envelope or wrup'Porof all matter mailo 1. Ix-t'e-sanl all other m at tor mailed, so marked with the namo and address of tho sender, that should fail to bo called fi.r or delivered to tho jierson addressed. :it)d upon which full letter r.ites of postage lias leen paid are not sent to the Dead Letter O.Tlee, but aro returnable to tho sender directly without additional charge, and with tho reason of non-delivery indorse thereon. Packages and al: matter mailed at less than letfr rates of postage, should, m addition to the mm: and address of tho sen br l :pou the -envelope or wrap per, lx-ar in connection therewith a re quest for 5' returu in the event of non delivery, i:i whi.-h case it is also return able directly to the sender from tho posl-,iIice add re..se.i, charged with re I i; ri peMnire rtt t? rr rate required for tho class of iu :i tier to which it belongs. Ifitbobornn ia mind that only uch unclaimed and undelivered letters and other matter prepui 1 at L.1I letter rates of postage as do net bear tho name and address of the sender, and such other r:t-itter mailed at less than letter rates of postage as dees not bear a request for its rrturn. is required to bo sent to tho Dead-Letter Oiico, tho importance of the suggestions hi respect to placing the name and address of tho sender, etc.. on all matter mailed, is apparent. All matii r ma.lablo at less than let ter rates of -postage must bo so wrapped or inclosed that it can bo readily exam ined a l the odlee of delivery, as well as at the lnail.ng otlice, without destroy ing tho wrappjcr; otherwise it is subject to letter poetage. Much ef tho package and parcel matter rri-e-ived at tho Dead Letter O.'iico is thut which ha3 boon- de posited for mailing sealed and closed against iii-j-ection and piropiaid at less than letter rate; lx ing tmroailable in t-ucb condition, and tho name and ad dress of the Sender not appearing ujiun the cover, whereby it might bo re turned for correction and piroper coni P'iianro with postal conditions, it neces sarily Is se-nt to itie Dead I.ett'T "M!ioo. In mailing packages adJnssed to foreign countries, care should bo taken to ascertain whether they aro pro hibited from transmission to the coun try of de' tin:.' io-i, or can only bo for warded whi n ti.e piosta;rt is fully pre paid al foreign letter rates five cents per hal f ounce. Only bona fide trade samples are transmissible at reduced rate-s f post age. Persons desiring to mail matter other than letters to foreign countries should consult tin ir postmasters, who, being provided with the postal laws and regu lations, are enabled to give p.rt jkt in formation respecting conditions, etc, etc, of mailing to foreign countries. Ail valuable matter to be sent by mail should iv rofri red. It w ill thus receive si.c!i p: i -i lion as it is net al ways ixx-ibl" to give, to matter bent in the ordinary n:ails. Money should bo teiit I y money order or registered letter. Prcprie-tors of hotels should omit tho return re-quest frcr.i envelopes suppdied gratuitously to tl.eir guests; and guests using cnvolcpes. famished by hotels, should be? careful to designate what dis posal should be mado of letters bent by them in case v non-deli very. , , In sending jiackagea and parcels books, p jti. phlcls utid other art ide-s l-y mail, tho allress sheu1 1 bo, j laced on the article' juelosed as well as on the wrapper. KILLED T Vv L NT Y f-A E. N . A Wcatcrin-r'H Ief.-in of His Claliu Against Vo.d.!;o .tienjiri i. "There floes a man who his 1. ill: d Li twentieth man.' t-.aid a gu-.-st ;.t Hut. si's to a St Louis Kep'.iblic reporter. Tho man alluded to was of me ilium hi iu'UO and stout build, with raven black hair and mustache. He had a ll.u's oje which flashed with a tt i uiifto I iirii t v. l.en ever tl.eir uv.iif became excited ot in terested, "liis name is Cal Fail h..n i.s." continued the reporter's informant, "and he was formerly a resident of St. !i.js. About fifteen years ao be went to Colo rado, and near Puelili struck a mine which had been deserted. 'l'Lo mine, hov-.i-ki r, had been jiroved up. aiui Mr. Fait banks, bt.ught it for a trillm;' -nm. wi nl Lo wm k upon it, and ii vwn iie vcloped that it was a rich inirie-. I!o went to Denver, placed hi mine ,u i ho mar kit under the name of Li ll le .! en i j j and sold Lis interests lor an indi pend ent foi tu no. Hal v. bile hi' w :isile elop ing ll.is u.ino Lo had serious lioui.le A man who was a favorite in tho mining camp die iv a gun oil Mr. 1 ai: banks ono day. but the man from St. Louis was quick and ho shot first As a te-.i.lt tho camp favorite dropped dea-l Thi- kill ing created a good deal of enmity against Fail tanks, ai.d befoio 1 " bud finishe d developing h is claim Lo Killed iiiiittetn men All this ot.-ioj ia al-oi.l a year. I bi !k o I'ai- i .'.t;l.s him self was bliot tw ice, bu-t nt i i her of iho bullets inflicted woet:iis which miht. be calle-J serious. To day be is in ibo prime of life, and by shrewd k j -ec u 1 -i-tioti has mr-naged to aicnmbLiU- a fert uno !! is a bati.tlor of steady i abits and is a ueiuan hater.'' An A n.cctii.t of lvn:;lan. The late Loverly Tucker wu a itie !'. F. V. 11..1 was bun.1, u-ine. gen u- ix.pil- l..r .-iid tin- hist i-fo.-y ul!. ;- i:i Via sii- iirton. Ho was a i-roat live,,,! ol Stephen A. D tnc-'as. .im! one l-n- Tucker was walking dow n l'eiinsyh;,nia avenue, tho Lilt le f.iant mi .TUwik li n.i. throw 'Disarm ti round his :.':i ..ill: r exclaimed: "l!,-v, old l.y, 1 lve ''P.ut, will you ' 1 w n vs lovo mi : do d Tneher. "If I don't, may 1 bo damped . hat ilo Jon want iik- tu d ? Say i you wMl, and I'll remember it." "Y sail 'In kor, "v,h:i vou i'..t ti hat 11," 1 i'l liL-nt, all I want you tu ilo for ttu is to i iio.se some pud iti place like out yoer arm around fiy n.ck ;is you tire , ;ii;- 'i-j-.v.i all mo M-?v te'l mo you Live me." The 1, this, just .' and :-r..iii a., iiii-ir, a::.l .1 v.a.oi't lh Li r: it . iauu Uult that it w,u:i't carried wuk. il it i i) (I I! ; t 1 LJ