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HyHtotn of Ir.niHimitltiK poHtuI mattor
ovor long dlstiiiices' Am the railway
trains to liavo a forriiMalili! rival In UiIh
Horvlco? Mmiy hIkiih point In thin (II
ruction I-:. Al .Mnrguu, Ni.-w York'H
liuHtinaKlor, Ih (iil(o convinced that a
now era In near. Ilu frankly ikImiIIh that cnrrlugn
hy trunk lino rallwayH Ih not meeting tliu pressing
damunds of today
At (ho present (Iiihi I In) mall rarit ato alinoHt In
variably Integral parta of imssaiigur trains. Tliotr
speed In restricted. Thoruforn ttio chances of mate
rlally expediting the iiiuIIh tipon the trunk lines are
not particularly (nomlnlng. What, then, can bo dona
to muot tho growing needs of IiuhIiiuhh?
Kvury new agency that hasi bettered tho meant) of
written or vocal communication Iih Increased groat
ly tho volume of ImihIiichr and tho number of loiters
Tho coming of tho telegraph whh followed by a ro
Hponalvn Increment In flrnt
claHa poatal matter. In com
morclal practice a letter Ken
orally conllrnin n telegraphic
order for tho sake of tho le
gal value of tho record and
hecaiiRO of tho greuler do
talla which are lucorpoiatud
In the communication which
goes by pout.
Tho telephono did all that
tho oloetrlc telegraph did hut
exercised Hh Inlluenco pri
marily within the cities and
towns Inimedialnly concern
ed at flrat. Then an the uho
of tho ftenlco grew and long
dlHtauco telephony developed
thnro was nn extraordinary
oxpaiiHlon of biiHlncHR Indim
try within ovory twenty-four
hours. Something had to ho
dono to make tho speedy
preparation of lottnra posBl
hie, and tho typewriter camo
into bolng. It would be dif
ficult to estimate accurately
JitBt bow much the tolephono
and tbo typowrltcr have dona toward welling
tho vast pobUI activity of today, but that they
havo outranked all other Itiflueucoi In this direc
tion cannot bo gainsaid.
What la capable of being traced Is the bulk
of the first class mall, which has grown since
those two Instruments of latter day Intercourse
have come Into widespread use, and the figures
ro astonishing. In a period of three years the
railways supplied the post offlco with an Increase
In mileage of nearly 12 por cent., this Indepen
dently of the volume of the postal mattor car
ried, and the figures have boon mounting stead
ily since these wore taken for comparison In
1010. In 1907 the railways furnished the post
office 387,657,106 miles of transportation and In
1010 the total reached a mileage of 436,923,109.
This Is a pretty fair Indication of tho part the
trunk lines play In getting letters to their desti
nations and Incidentally emphasizes the need of
more rapid means of transportation for letters
and registered parcels going beyond the limits
of the city. Compared with the telephone service
and tho letter-irt-oducing typewriter, the "limited"
trains as an agency of Intercourse trail ovor the
landscape, relatively speaking, as if weighted
with leadon hools.
Ueforo it Is possible to appreciate what Is com
ing in the future to make postal Intercourse
quicker between business confers of tho country
It Is necessary to consider tho gorm of revolu
tion as It Is developing within the urban llmltB of
big cities. Perhaps you know that there Is a
mall tube service here In Manhattan which has
been doing effective but restricted duty for some
years. This Is an Installation extending from
the main office downtown to Harlem.
Thla tube Is only eight Inches In diameter, and
mall despatched to the uppermost limits of the
route must bo relayed a number of times before
roachtng Its destination. The eight-Inch tube la
too small to take a pouch of tho regulation alto
and tho letters must be packed in tho container
and taken out and again packed for forwarding
In passing on from station to station. The Im
pulse la compressed air, and the tubo Is utilized
only to supplant the most lolsurely transfer by
wagons, etc. The horse-drawn vohlclo Is the pre
vailing mode of getting the mall moved from
point to point Fortunately motor vehicles will
oon'uraptaat theW feorse-drawn affairs and to
that extent there will be a marked Improvement.
But this change Is not the one needed most
Borne months ago Postmaster Morgan and a
commission appointed by the federal postal au
thorities took up the question of bringing the
postal facilities here up to date, and they pro
posed the Installation of a double mall tubo serv
ice which should connect tho branch post offices
at the two great railway terminals, the Grand
Central and the Pennsylvania stations, together
with a supplemental line reaching down to the
main post office In the heart of the business sec
tion of New York. Tho proposed tubes are to be
84 Inches In dlametor and capabto of handling
the regulation mall bags. This would do away
with tho -present loss of time In repouchlng and
would Immensely Incroaso tho hourly mall trans
porting capacity.
Today between tho drand Central and Ponn
nylvauia stations tho wagons run nearly tho full
twenty-four hours In order to carry tho 4,000 or
more pouches of mall Involved It Ih entlumted
that theso bags have an average weight of 100
pounds and this means that 200 toiiR or postal
mattor must thus bo handled and disposed of
ovor thla routo every day. This of courao dooH
not roprcReut tho total of the city's Borvlco by
any means and dooH not Include tho transporta
tion of mall from downtown to and from theBu
railway centers of shipment.
Tho new lino would do this work speedily,
would not bo liable to Interference by reason of
blocked streets or weather conditions, and the
bags would bo despatched from point to point at
a rato ranging anywhere from twonty-flvo to seventy-five
miles an hour, afl occasion might re
quire. The problem before tho local authorities
In to decide which ByRtom of a number submitted
Is tho ono beat iltted to incut Manhattan's
noods.
Bids bavo been submitted already and the
Rchomos are either pneumatic or electrical In
tholr method of propulsion. All of them have
been testod either practically or experimentally,
and apart from their Individual merits each nlms
to do away with existing surface wagous and to
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increase tho veloslty and the volume of the pos
tal matter to be carried from point to point with
in tho limits specified. In this movement toward
better service Now York Is following in the wake
of kindred efforts abroad.
The underground conduit or tube, which Is
pretty costly to Install, Is not tho type generally
recommended for Intercity or Interstate service.
The majority of the Installations are virtually ele
vatod viaducts of one sort or another which can
be laid over the country without any particular
regard to territorial contours, most of the sys
tems being good hill climbers and Intended to
follow the shortest route between points, In this
foature showing a radical difference from the
procedure In laying out the regulation trunk
lines.
As might naturally be expected, the mono
rail system has been strongly urged by some of
the people very much concerned In promoting
rapid transit both for mall and for passenger
service, and one of the most Interesting of these
contemplates doing tho double duty of carrying
pooplo and postal matter at a rate of 200 miles
an hour. The engineers have figured that thts
could be done at a fuel cost not exceeding three
cents a mile, Whether this ambitious project
will see Its accomplishment within our time Is of
course debatable, but the elements of risk are
less than most people would Imagine, thanks to
the stabilizing powers of the gyroscope, Improve
ments In electrical propulsion and the metallurgi
cal advances which make It possible to obtain
lighter and stronger materials than could be had
a few years ago.
About a year ago the engineering world was
decidedly Interested lu the demonstrating per
formances of a small levitated railway, the
climax ot years of study on the part or Its in
ventor, Emlle Bachelet. Certainly that Btnall in
stallation did some remarkable things, and the
question Is, can a full-sized plant be made to
run as effectively and within the limits of com
mercial economy?
Mr. Bachelet made a novel use of the repulsive
force of certain magnetic stream lines, and his
carrier or car was actually made to float In the
air, thus avoiding rail friction and other associate
hindrances. His purpose was to provide a means
of transporting mall and some kinds of valuable
express matter aggregating In unit weight, with
the car, a total of about GOO pounds; and from
New York to Boston he prophesied a speed in
traustt of quite 300 miles an hour.
TWINS IN STRANGE FEUD
Brothers Divide House and Do Not Speak to Each Other for 23 Years.
It was a grandfather's chair a plaiu, old wood
en "rocker" but, Insignificant as It appeared, It
was sufficient cause for spoiling the best part ot
two lives, says an exchange. Just because of the
chair Luko and Mathow Gregory, twin brothers,
mado for themselves an existence as queer as
any recorded In the pages ot Action. Because of
the chair they dwelt side by side lu a house liter
ally divided. They gave up love, friendship and
social Intercourse. For twenty-three years they
met every day without exchanging a word. For
twenty-throe years they glowered at each other
from opposite sides ot a living room. For twenty
threo years each sat In the chair every other day
and read out of the same bible turn and turn
about. The houso was divided by actual meas
urement and continued so divided until it ful
filled the prediction of the scriptures and fell In
reality.
Luke and Mathew Gregory were simple, hard
working miners. Each day they went to the
great collieries at Wllkesbarre, labored on
through the day, chatted with their other fellows
and returned home at night. Yet they never had
a word ono for the other, despite the fact that
they cooked at tho same stove and ate from the
same table.
Tho Gregorys were of Scotch birth and came to
Wyoming valloy with their father, John Gregory,
when lads of only three years. Tho older Greg
ory had been a miner in Scotland With him ho
brought his household effects, among which wore
tho chair. With thrift and energy the father
mado his way llttlo by little. From his meager
wages ho saved something and through his skill
was ndvanced step by step until ho reached the
position of boss of tho mine When ho died,
aftor tho boys had reached the ago of seventeen,
the lads wore well able to look after themselves.
Tho twInH had alwaya been inseparable nnd the
father foresaw no difficulties In leaving what ho
bad to thotu share and share alike, Including the
one-nndonehnlf-story cottage
When they celobratod their thirtieth birthday
each announced to the other that ho was think
ing of taking a wifo They shook hands and
went to bed Joyfully Tho brothers had no Idea
of parting after thirty years, and determined to
pool their earnings nnd build a second cottage oil
tho lot they owned noxt door. Of course, tho
household goods would bo divided, nit by bit
thoy portioned thorn out without a disagreement
until they camo to tho chair There was nothing
In tho Intrinsic valuo of tho pioco of furniture to
provoko dispute. To ono uninterested It was Just
a worn-out old affair, nono too attractive. To tho
brothers that mattered not at all. It had been
their father's before that. It was hallowed by
countless associations. Luke felt that ho ought
to bavo it and so did Mathew. At first they
Joked about it, then they argued and finally quar
reled. Luke came home one night and announced
that the girl of his choice had promised to marry
him.
"Ye maun gle me the cheer as a weddln' geefe,"
he told Mathew.
"That I wtllna," answered Mathew.
The next night came Mathew with a similar
announcement and a similar request. The an
swer of Luke was: "I wlllna."
Nothing could be done. The prospective brides
waited tearfully month by month. They grew at
first angry, then Indifferent and Anally sought
husbands elsewhere.
A year passed and Luke and Mathew were no
nearer a solution. Then, after a discussion In
black auger, Luke declared that they would di
vide the house and all lu It and never speak
again. Mathew agreed. The two brothers set
to work silently They drew a line across the
center of the front walk, up the porch steps and
directly through the middle of the house. The
stove In the front room was on Luke's side of the
house, but tho stovo lu the dining room was on
Mathew's Where the line bisected the dining
room the table was set so that each had his
Just portion.
A mark was drawn through tho center of tho
cook stove and up the stovepipe. All tho chairs
were equally divided, but the grandfather's chair
remained What to do with that was Btlll a prob
lem. Finally It was decided to place It exactly
In the center of the front room. It was agreed
that It should be used by tho brothers on alter
nate days The doors were sawed In half and
hinged so that neither should touch the property
of the other Bricks and copper divided the
cook stove, Are space oven and nil When tho
grim details had been settled tho brothers retired
each to his own portion of the house and com
menced the long silence In the twenty-three
years that followed neither stepped over the
boundary lino. They cooked their own meals,
each on his own part of the cook stove, carrlod
tho food to their respective ends of the table and
ate without speaking At evening, when Luke
was entitled to the chair, he pulled It over Into
hh part of tho house and sat down nnd smoked.
The next alaht Mathew enjoyed the samo prlvl.
lege
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Pennsylvania Minister Relates Story
of Arrest of Member of Forrest's
Confederate Cavalry.
On June 13, ISII2, Company M, Sov
on tli Pennsylvania cavalry, of which
was a member, was captured at Mur
freesboro, Tenn. I had the pleasure ol
meeting Itev. John Itoynl Harris,
whoso father wns u meinour of For
rest's Confederate cavalry. At my
request he sent me tho following recol
lection of his father about our capture,
writes J. II. Shuster, Beaver Falls, Pa.,
In tho National Tribune.
The Federals were In threo posi
tionsthe Ninth Michigan, and Sev
enth Pennsylvania In the eastern sub
urb, various detachments at the Jail
and courthouse In the center of the
town, and the Third Minnesota and
Hewitt's battery outside the town to
tho wVBt. Forrest's success was la
keeping these separate and cnpturlng
them in detail. Ho first got the cen
tral position, leaving part of his com
mand engaged with the eastern body,
which did not surrender till nbout
noon. Ho then Hanked the western
body, which had advanced toward tho
courthouse, but had been held lu check
until the rest surrendered.
I have heard my father pay that
the Confederates marched nearly all
night coming from McMlnnvllle, nnd
that thoy rushed Into town about day
break. Tho pickets hud been Bur
prised, nnd no shots alarmed the
sleeping Federals. I heard tho ex
sheriff of that county, Mr. Arnold, toll
of slipping up on one sentinel. My fa
ther said the men were still In their
tents, and that ho saw a Texas Ran
ger Are his sIx-Bhooter into an open
tent. He said that many of the men
did not have time to put their clothes
on, and that they were marched
through the streets so, and that the
Texas Hangers amused themselves
striking at their shirts with their long
whips.
He himself was In one of the in
dependent companies. He saw the
assault on the courthouse, and com
mended the bravery of the defense.
His brother was In the Jail, suspected
of being a spy, from his resemblance
to a noted spy and bUBhwracker. Oth
er men In the Jail were to be killed
the next morning, and one Federal, ai
the men ran to the courthouse foi
making a stand, set Are to the Jail
and tried to shoot the prisoners. Tbli
man mysteriously disappeared, and It
was believed that he was Identified
and made way with. Father always
eatd that Forrest worked his old gam
of bluff, and made the Federals think
he had more men than he had, and
threatened to give no quarter, though,
of course, he did not mean It.
I was born about ten miles from
Murfreesboro, on the Jefferson plka
From the description of your eacapi
and capture you must have been very
close to my old plantation home, and
possibly you did visit some of out
people.
Tbo prisoners were paroled at Mc
Mlnnvllle. and my father went alons
to help guard them. He said that II
was difficult to guard so many, and
that thoy darted oft Into the bushes
nil along the way. He lived at Mc
Mlnnvllle, and died In 1907 on the old
plantation.
It Is a matter of record that Colonel
Mitchell wired General Buell, June 8,
that Colonel Lester had told htm of
1,000 Confederates being near McMlnn
vllle. Again, June 24. he warned
Buell. On the day preceding the
capture Buell wired Halleck that the
enemy was in that section. DufAold,
In view or all thts, seemed to let him
self be surprised easily. Without the
surprise and bis widely separated
forces Forrest never could have made
the capture. It la new to me that your
command was without weapons. That
too, seems to be a little against the
vigilance of your officer In charge.
General Crittenden had superseded
Colonel Dufflold Just a day or so be
fore the capture.
Burnt Powdsr.
President Lincoln's stories grew bet
ter and better as he grew older. One
of the best was told to a visitor who
congratulated him on the demand ot
the people for his re-election. Mr.
Lincoln replied that he had been told
that frequently, and that when it was
first mentioned to him he was remind
ed of a farmer In Illinois who deter
mined to try his own hand at blasting.
After successfully boring and Ailing in
with powder, he failed In his effort to
make tho powder go off, and after dis
cussing with a looker-on the cause for
this and falling to detect anything
wrong In tho powder, tho farmer sud
denly camo to the conclusion that It
would not go off because It had beea
shot before.
Artist (to class of young women) Now, I think
tho composite picture of this class would be artis
tically boautlful.
Pretty Studont (aside) Strange that oi.e face
could so bring up tho average! Puck.
Ten Pins at Antletam.
At Antletam, when tho Confederates
advanced In a solid mass, ono of our
boys from Eltnlra, N. Y climbed a
high rock, where he could view the
whole scene, Ho occupied his place
unmindful ot the bullets whizzing like
bees around him. Tho rebels came on
until wo could seo their faces, and
then our battery poured canister Into
them, which mowed down a long line
ot Johnnies. Our friend on the rock
swung his cap, and shouted:
"Bul-1-l-loej sot 'em up In the otfcer
alley."
ALL WANT TO NAME THE BABY
Advice Heaped In Profusion on Keep
ers of Big City's Zoological
Gardens.
"Th'j arrival of a baby animal ot
bird of any kind from n hippopotamus
to a canary ut either of the city zoos
gives people nil over town a chance
to spread themselves In the matter of
names," said a New York park keeper
"Everybody wants tho honor of
naming the baby. Letters come from
all parts of the city, and from the sur
rounding country suggesting names
that the writers think appropriate.
Patriotism runs high among our cor
respondents If thoy had their wuy
half the animals In the park would b
called 'Abo' Lincoln, and n large part
of the other half 'Teddy' UoosevelL
HegardlcsH of tho sex of the youngster,
these two presidential appellations ure
urged upon us.
"Classical and Scriptural names also
have their advocates. Hercules and
Pluto In particular are proposed.
"Of all tho ladies of antiquity Nlobs
seems to havo first call. Once in a
while a wrltor of a sentimental turn
of mind suggests a more modern ro
mantic name. Out of consideration for
the animal fancy names ure taboo to
start with. To call a beast of the
Jungle Violet or Quceule la enough to
shame the most docile ot Infants into
a reversion to type."
WATERY BLISTERS ON FACE
Smiiuville. Ind. "Six months ago
our oaoy girl, one year old, had a few
red oimples come on her face which
gradually spread causlug her faco to
becomo very Irritated and a flery red
color. Tho pimples on tho child's fac
were at first small watery blisters, Just
a small blotch on the nkln. She kept
scratching at this until lu a few days
her wnole cheeks were fiery red color
and instead of tho little blisters the
skin was cracked nnd scaly looking
nnd seemed to Itch and burn very
much.
"We used a number of remedies
whlcn seemed to give relief for a short
time then leave her face worse than
ever. Finally we got a cake of Cut!
cura Soap and a box ot Cutlcura Oint
ment I washed the child's face with
very warm water and Cutlcura Soap,
then applied tho Cutlcura Ointment
very lightly. After doing this about
three times a day the itching and
burning seemed entirely gone in two
days' time. Inside of two weeks' time
her face seemed well. That was eight
montns ago and there has been no re
turn of the trouble." (Signed) Mrs.
A. K. Wooden, Nov. 4, 1912.
Cutlcura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of eacu
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cutlcura, Dept L, Boston." Adv.
tooney Season Begins.
"Golf? Why, man, you're crazloi
than a loon. The idea ot a fellow on
a hot day like this going out and club
bing around a little white pill in thf
sun!"
"What are you going to do?"
"Wno, me? I'm going to get a row
boat and pull over tho lake and try
to get some Ash."
"Fish? Tho lust Ash was caught
out of that lake three years ago."
"Well, I know that. Suppose I don't
get any fish, I've hud a tiptop boat
ride, haven't I?"
Th
Abandoned Project.
"Two hearts that beat as one."
museum manager mused.
"Oh, well," ho went on, continuing
his soliloquy, "I suppose we could get
up a freak like that, but she wouldn't
be in it with the two-headed girl, any
way." Puck.
Modern Method.
Maud It's a paradox, Isn't It?
Edith What?
Maud That the woman of posltloa
dances like a climber. Judge.
Mr.WiDIoW Sootbldc Syrup for Chlldrw
teething, aoflena the gums, reduces laflamm
UonJUys pln,cure wind coitc Jfte m bottlej
A pair of yellow shoes doesn't age
more quickly than a pretty girl after a
mistaken marriage.
Backache Warns You
Backache is one of Nature's warnings
of kidney weakness. Kidney disease
kills thousands every year.
Don't neglect a bad back. If your back
Is lame if it hurts to stoop or lift if
there is irregularity of the secretions
suspect your kidneys. If you suffer head
aches, dizziness and are tired, nervous
and worn-out, yon have further proof.
Use Doan's Kidney Pills, a fine rem
edy for bad backs and weak kidneys.
As IsdUM Case
Mri. John D.
WhIUker, 405 N.
Eaat St., Madlion.
Ind., aaya: "Dark
clrclea appeared
under my eyea and
my anklea wer
Inflamed and iwol
len. I wu all
crippled up with
rncumatlim. My
back ached con
atantly and I was
a phyalcal wreck.
Doctor and ex
pensive treatment
of ipeclallata fail
ed. Oonn's Kidney
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x from the tint and
Derora long, re
stored me to good
health."
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