VOL 5
" THE GLEANER
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BT
K. S. PARKER
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THE GENUINE
DR. C. McLANE'S
CELEBRATED
LIVER PILLS,
FOR THE CURE OF
Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint,
DYSPErSIA AND SICK HBADACHB.
Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.
PAIN in the right side, under the
edge of the ribs, increases on pres
sure; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; the patient is rarely able to lie
on the leftside ;• sometimes the pain is
felt under the shoulder blade, and it
frequently 'extends to the top of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken
for rheumatism in the arm. The
stomach is affected with loss of appe
tite and sickness;'the bowels in gen
eral are costive, sometimes alternative
with lax; the head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy
sensation in the back parti There is
generally a considerable loss of mem
ory, with a painful sen
sation of having "left undone some
thing which ought to have been done.
A slight, dry cough is sometimes an
attendant The patient complains of
weariness and debility; he is easily
6tartled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains of a prickly sensa
tion of the skin; his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that exer
cise would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts
every remedy. Several of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few of them ex
isted, yet examination of the body,
after death, has shown the LIVER to
have been extensively deranged.
. AGUE AND FEVER.
DR. C. MCLANE'S LIVER PILLS, IN
'CASES OF AGUE AND FEVER, when
taken with Quinine, are productive of
the most happy results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory to,
or after taking Quinine. We would
advise all who are afflicted with«this
disease to give them a FAIR TRIAL.
For all bilious derangements, and as
a simple purgative, they are unequaled.
BE WAKE OF IKITATIOSS.
The genuine are never sugar coated.
Every box has a red wax seal on the lid,
with the impression Da. MCLANE'S LIVKK
PILLS.
The genuine MCLANE'S LIVER PILLS bear
the signatures of C. MELANE and FLEMING
EROS, on the wrappers.
Insist upon having the genuine Da. C.
MCLANE'S LIVER PILLS, prepared by Flem
ing Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the market being
full of imitations of the name jtfcLdne,
. ,elled differently but same pronunciation, i
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER,
GBBTf CABNKOIB'S SONG.
/ ■
"Ten uiinutea to ten—if I hurry I shall
catch the ten-fifteen train, and may man
age to be back to dinner at two, mam*
ma."
So saying, Gerty Carnegie, with deft
fingers, rolls up a piece of manuscript
music, and then runs up stairs to
equip herself lor the expedition to
town.
| Qerty is in deep msnrning. Only five
i months ago she lost her brave, noble,
sailor father, a captain of an oceau steam
er, that was lost with all souls on board
among the icebergs.
lie has left his widow and an only child
wholly unprovided lor, and they have
to depend upon their own exertions for
the means of subsistence.
So Gerty, who is a brave girl as well
as a pretty one, has thrown herself with
her whole youthful energy into the task
of teaching music, and the other day had
even attempted a con position; it a
Song set to Tennyson's "Flow down,
cold rivulet, to the sea," a very ambi
tious undertaking; but whatois there too
high for the ambitiou of youth?
Tuis precious work of art, neatly
copied, she is now on thq pofht of taking
up to one of the music publishers of the
metropolis—she is living with her moth
in the suburbs—and her heart beat*
liifch as she gives herself up to the archi*
tecture of airy edifices, furnished with
fame, success and prosperity.
She hurries to the station, and jumps
into an empty/Looking necond-claa*. car
riage, takes her seat with her back
to thd locomotive.
There's no one with her in the car
riage so Gerty begins to sing her song,
partly out of the fulness df her glad
young heart, partly with the purpose of
exercising her voice a little, for she hopes
to be permitted to sing it to 'the music
publisher; she has a clear and sympathet
ic mezzo-soprano voice, and, pleased with
her own performance repeats hdr song
over and over again.
Suddenly she is startled by a cough,
and, oh, horror 1 as she quickly turn*
round, sl.e beholds in the far corner of
the adjoining compartment a man.
Dreadful! Has she been giviug an un
solicted concert to this abou niable
s anger, who dares to sit there, and, with
admiring impertinence, takes off his hat
to her? She feels inclined to cry with
shame and mortification.
Luckily the train slackens speed at
this moment, aud in her hurry to get rid
of the man, Gertie is even willing, to risk
her life in an attempt at jumping out
while the train is still in motion, but
the refractory door saves her, for, wrestle
as she may, it refuses to open.
"Thank Heaven 1" she ejaculates, as
she rapidly presses through tbo crowd
of passengers, aud hastens towaids an
omnibus she descries at the entrance to
the station.
As Gerty nears her destination, she
finds, to her dismay, that her roll of
music, which she had fancied safe in her
' muff, had vanishid.
Tears rise to her eyes, and she desires
the conductor to stop, for she mußt go
back to the station apd see—an
mal chance—if she has lost it on the
way from the platforu. to the omnibus.
Of course she finds nothing—not a
trace of the precious document, and, with
dismay, she remembers that she has corns
milted the imprudence to throw the
rough copy into the fire.
Poor Gerty! She asks one or two pors
ters whether they have found anything,
but they only reply with a stare of in
difference and a half contemptuous "No
miss," and pass on, so there remains
nothing for her but to return home.
"Oh, mamma, L am the unluckiest
girl in this hateful world!" and she sobs
forth her pitiful tale.
•* Well, my poor, dear child, don't cry
about it," her mother says, soothingly;
of course it is very provoking, but after
ali, it only entails a second copying, and
that I will do for you if you'have not
the heart for it. Where's your rough
copy?"
"Burned, mamma."
"But, Gerty, how silly. How Could
you destroy it so thoughtlessly?" ,
i "Oh, don't scold, mamma. Never
I mind, it'a gone —and —I'll—l'll never
[ —write —another," poor Gerty sobs, in
great woe.
i "N on sense, you'll rente oiber every ndto
GRAHAM, N C-, WEDNESDAY JUNE 11 1879
of it, and just wiite it out again, that's
all."
"Never, mamma. It is a bad ouien;
it tells me that lam not ta succeed as u
composer, so them 1 * au end to that
dream. Aud now let us have some din
ner, and then I must go up to the terrao,
and give my lessons at Mr. Harmon's."
And Gertie dries her team, aud tries
to put on a cheerful facv, and to do jus*-
tice to the frugal repast that is presently
sec before her.
In the afternoon she departs rather
heavy-hearted, and with lagging steps,
ou her daily duty of teaching. At tlje
Harmons she finds her two pupils, the
twius, Wiiiuy and Ethel, in a state gj[
glowing excitement.
"Oh, Miss Carnegie, papa has consent
ed to our giving such a jolly party on
the fifteenth, our birthday, you kuow.
There's to be a dinner patty first for tbe
fogies, and then we are to have music
and tiuging, and to -wind —up —with a
dance. And you must come. It ifould
be so kind if you would but just sing a
song or two, aud Wiuny and I are to
sing our duet, and then you must stay
and join in the dancing with the rest of
us- -do!"
"I don't dance at present, you know,
Ethel, but I will come with pleasure,
and help you all I can to amuse your
guests, and I'll play for the danciug, then
you need not trouble to enguge anyone.
The fifteenth, you Bay? That's to-mbr
row week. Very well—it will suit me
perfectly," - »
And Jjhtn the lessons are given, and
Gerty returns hooue in the dark, drizzly
January evening, forgetting all about the
j>arty, and thinking of nothing but lier
lost song. f
The week goes by, and on the eve of
tho party Mrs. Carntgie asks—
"By the bye, Gerty, what are you go
ing to sing to-morrow evening at the
Harmon*?"
"Oh, I don't kow, Mamma. Anything
that comes into my head at tho time. It
does not signify in the least. The people
—the old ones, I mean—will have eaten
so much dinner that they'll be content
to dozu to any ditty, aud the young ones
will wish it over as quickly as possible
so a 8 to commeuce tue dancing. My
sinking will uierwly be a stopage aud the
choice of therefore, immaterial."
"What a lovely girl!" Tom Went
worth remarks to his cousin, Ethel Har.
inon, next evening, as Gerty makes l.er
appearance in the drawing room. "Who
is she? I fancy 1 have seen her face be*
fore."
"Yes, she does look lovely to-night.
That black gatizn daess sets off her biil
liant complexion," Ethel rejoins. "She
is Miss Carnegie, our music mistress,
and I'll introduce you to her presently.
But you must come and sing first. You
can spoon afterwards. Cjuie. I'll play
your acsompaniments, if you like. What
will you sing—"Tom Bowling."
"No, I've sung that at every party
t'lese last three years. I'll sing a new
song, and play my own accompaniment
by heart, thank you all the same, Ettj."
And Mr. Weutworth seats himself at
the piano.
What is that?
"Flow down, cold, rivulet to the sea."
Gerty listens with straining earx. Is
she dreaming? Her own song? How dare
anyone
But as she stands and listen*, her heart
beating fast, the tears come welling up
to her eyes, aud she hastily steps behind
a window curtain to hide her emotion.
Mr. W sntworth has a good tenor voice,
and sings simply and unaffectedly, and
with intelligent interpretation, and some
how Gerty is more deeply affected by her
own song than she has ever been before.
The song ceases, and Gerty still stands
listening. Shn hears tbe comments and
plaudits on the song and singer, and her
heart exults.
She steps from her hiding-place pres
ently, and is immediately accosted by
Ethel Harmon with a request to tako tbe
now vacant seat at the piano.
"B.it first let me introduce my cousin.
Mr. Went worth, Miss Cornegie. Has he
not a splendid voice, and did he not sing
that lovely song splendidly?"
"Would you object to telling me from
whom you obtained that song, "Mr.
VVent%orlh?" Gerty asked.
"Xiut at all. It was iu the oddest way.
I found it iu front a railway car at a
way station, piobably dropped there by
a young lady who had been singing it
about half a dozen times in tbe carriage,
fancying herself alone, I imagine, aud—"
He comes to a full stop, aud a look of
amazed recognition comes into liis face
at he uotiqed Gerty'a confusion.
"By Jovf! you are the; young Ldy.
I've been wanting to find you ever siiiOH.
I tried to trace you at the time, but you
hau vanished, and I have been advertis*
ing for yon th'u whole of last wet k. llow
is it you never read Che advertisement?''
"I never see the |»a|ierß. lam so glad
it is found, for I Wauted to take it to
the publishers."
"Then it is your own composition. I
had no idea of it. I thought it was
simply something you were practicing
for your siuging lessons.
Gertie blushes crimsou at the recoN,
lection of that absurd vocal journey iu
the' cars*
Thou the petition (or a song from her
being repeated, she complies, and she
singi und looks her very bust, aud Tom
Went worth guzes and listens iu rapt ad*>
miration.
Later on iu tho evening, he persuades
her to walk through a quad ri 110 with
him, and presently says—
•'l'll tell you what, Miss Carnegie. Let
me take yoar song to (he publishers. I
am personally acquainted with Mr. W
can stand ou its merit, yet these pub*
lislicrs artf peculiar," and perhaps I may
b« able to manage it, bettor for you than
von could for yourself." -
accepts tho offer.' The
song is published. Geriy know
till many mouths Infer that it has been ft
Tom's expense* and tlie business necessi
tates so many interviews between" the
two young people that nobody is yery
much surprised when, in tho merry
mouth of June Gerty (Jamegla is fumed
into Mrs. Thomas Weutworth.
INU liB'I'TKKM,
GUESSING, DETECTIVE AND OTHER WORK
AT THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE.
[From the Washington Star.]
Tlio Dead Letter Offico is not accurate
defined by its name, To be sura deceased
letters of the common tort undergo
cremaliou there, and tl»e more important
and illustrious dead are honored like
great among the ancient Egyptian*, by
embalming; but for all that the office in
is not so distinctively a sepulchre tor
i he ashes or oilier remains of dead loiters,
us it hospital where sick, deformed and
maimed letters are doctored, cured, and
sent oil their way rejoicing, to fulfill
the ends for which the) were created.
There is a fascination about the
Dead Letter Office. Nearly every one
will acknowledge a certain excitement in
reading and building romances upon
the letters ot strangers. Nearly every
one takes an interest in working out
ingenius methods of solving puzzles,
whether they be rebuses, enigmas or
letter-addrcsses unintelligible to the
uiiiuiated. Nearly every one can under* l
stand the attractions ot a detective work,
which bunts down some cureless letter
writer to do him a favor. And ever/
ono can appreciate the pleasure of
officially dpeuiug somebody-else's pack*
age, perhaps to find a gold watch, or a
diamond ring, or a skull, or a rattle*
snake; and of learning from letters the
dearest secrets ot others even though
lhay are never to bo divulged. More
titan
THREE MILLIONS LETTERS A TEAR
are now received at the Demi Letter
Office. They are drawn trout all classes
of muil soiuuiuidcaiious and furnish an
epitome of the correspondence of the
country. The first step in their treat*
ineut is to examine them 111 order to
discover whether they have received
the proper and prescribed consideration
and if not, and the postman;or is dis»
c «vered he is handed over to tho lender
metrics of the "blowing-up clerk," who
then state facts to him. A vigorous iec*
ture in which the bureau expresses its
amazement and surprise at the unpardon
able ignorance, etc.,etc., is the most severe
punishment inflicted, it is only recently
that an effort has been made to establish
the death penalty in aggravated cases.
A fey days ago a clerk in the city had
occasion to handle a parcel addressed to
the Smithsonian Institution. It was
sent tiirough a post-office in Texas and
a laoei on the outside informed the public
that it contained l*o live scorpions, a
live centipede and a Mexican spur.
The clerk was somewhat flurried, it is
alleged, at the thought that lie held
"poisonous varmints" in his hands. His
agitation was not decreased when iie
received from a hole in the box what lie
imagined to be a sting, it wai discovered
that he had only cut himself upon a
projecting rowel of the Mexicau spur.
Nevertheless he thirsts for the blood of
that Texan postmaster.
DISCOV EIMKG VALUABLES,
At the opening table the contents of
such letters as need to be opened are
to be discovered, lu former times the
champion letter-opener was he who
turned in the most money as tho result
of his labors aud much ingenuity was
exeicised in the selection of letters
likely to prove valuable. One of the
numerous improvements in the svstem
introduced by the present chief, Mr. E.
t» -i - .
J. Dallas makes (he number of letters
opened, whether containing money or
ti.il, the lest of efficiency. T But the
influences of the oll custom still make
the eyes ui some of tlie clerks glUtcu
when the opening of a letter brings to
light a crisp hill of a large denomination.
Special eflorts are of course made to
rolurn or iorwttrd letter* containing
Valuables. Over ninety pei cent. oi
such letters are diaposed of. Some
letters containing small amounts sent
under fictitious names tor improper
purposes, and some cominnuiea'ioiui,sent
to Tottery deal?!**, alier tailing of
delivery either through order ot the
post master,general. as In the latter case,
or for other reasons, are refused by ibe
senders, who disclaim hiiv knowledge
ot them. Thus the coimntiuicaiiou Is
lett suspended after tho fashion ot
Mahoinot's coffin between writer and
addressed. About S7OO iu greenbacks and
SI,OOO in government bonds are the
largest amount that have been lakon from
letters in reoont years. Twelve thousand
dolluis is the lurgest amount that lias
ever been found iu a single letter. A
dratyl unclaimed and consequently bogus
found in one letter, was for $2,900,000.60.
it is noticed that sine* the fractional
currency has bevn retired, postages! amps
to aoout the same amount have appeared
fTi letters received. Tbis MtsDlUbioeut
blessing the prudent postimsters whp
invested in their whole stock ou band
just before tbo change by which the
number of stamps told ceaged to be the
basis of their compensation.
DKAI> LETTER CONUNDRUMS.
The "guossiug" de«ks at the dead letter
office aro oi interest. Long practice nasi
made tho clerks experts at their work.
At one desk addresses are translated,
misdirections detected, and writer saved
front the natural consequeace* of careless
ness. The editorial capacity of reducing
to English letters words twisted into au
inky labyrinth or words run into a;
horizontal line the power of putting one's
se't in the writer's pluoe, au acquaintance
with the usual mistakes oi misdirection,
and a minute knowhrago of lacalUies and
directories are liana—gry for success in
(fris wor*: TJitfoffice jufe ntfbiimr s£h3er
to te'i the correct address by the sound
of the misspelled nauies; nor docs it need
one. At the deslc ot the clerk Who
examines letters tlpil bare been sent out
from the dead letter office unsuccessfully
guessing powers 3t a different kind are
required. He reads tbo returned letters
through carefully and seeks tor a clao
which will enable him to find tie sender.
A person must write very guardedly
indeed to prevent the dropping of any
hint which will enable tlie amateur de»
tective with his discovery- cicular to
trace the letter to hiin. Que astonished
individual who recieved information
from tho office of a letter containing
' money which he hud misdirected Was at
such a loss lo compreheud how his
whereabouts had been discovered that be
wrote to the clerk telling him to keep the
money ami send him iu its stead au
account of the method by which this had
bccu accomplished. As his request could
not be complied with, fee is, perhaps,
still in a state wonder.
WHT LETTERS GO ASTRAY.
It is curious to examine into the differ
ent causes which brim? letters to the ofi
fioo. Au astonishing number oinit the
address en t ■ rely s and it is found that
these contain proportionately more valu
able enclosures than any other class of
letters. Most of them are trailed by bn«
sines* men. who, in the hurry, forget to
uddress them. The writer, wbo pain
fully verifies each letter of the address b>
a corresponding movement of the tongue,
doesn't send much money through the
malls. Others are unstamped and held
for postage. This }s found to be especial
ly the case where letters boar a printed
address or whcie they contain money or
ders. If tlie stationers would agree the
30,000 letters a month held tor postage
might go forward with certainty, through
the universal use of government stamped
envelopes. But tho stationers do not
agree. The bnlk of letters that come to
the office aro ot course those that are uns
claimed, through the death or temoyalof
tho person addressed. Stress will belaid
iu the new postal regulations upon the.
specific cause of the non-delivery of lets
tors. Jt has ofien happened that the news
ot the death of a correspondent is thus
brought to tho kuowledge ot friends iu
another locality.
i "WASHED STAMPS."
Very, few letters, comparatively, come
to the office bccau-e they bear washed
postage stamps. There are many differ
ent ways in which good stamps may ap- ,
pear to have been used, and post masters
arc not apt to pass hur»h judgment upon
their patrons. Perhaps from 60 to 75
letters a mouth, which come to tlie offico
for other cause*, are found to bear rer
used stamps. The tact that chemicals
have been used to touiovo the cancellation
mark is mare easily detscted after some
time ha* elipscd. There are uo data ou
which to base the extruvagenl estimates
th it have been made of the loss lo the
government by the second use of postage
stamps.
HOW GOVERNMENT LOSES.
The loss is doubtless considerable, but
it is believed that the lack is not so great
as that which resulted IVoin the failure of
postmasters to collect or return un-pres
paid postage. There has been uo way
iu which to bold postmasters accountable
lor these amounts. Tlie country post-,
master who keeps a store feels a delica
cy about duuiiitiga customer for a few
cents unpaid postage when lie is not com
pelled to pay the amount himself. Uo
may lose trade and cause the persou
dunned to sigii a petition to make a rival
storq keeper i*wtmaster. Where the
postage due has be'ii collected, there is
uo certainty that the money has been
forwarded. The amounts relumed un
der this head are in the ab
surdly small, when it i* remembered that
letters aro &eut systematically ami in
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large numbers without sufficient pos
tage
A CASE OR DEFICIENT BTAMPB.
A single instance nittv bo giver. A
mati in this oily largely interested in
mail contract* Rent numerous circular'to
postmasters through the west to obtain
information Which would aid liim in bid
ding fur the romvs pti߻iug thn.ugh their
respective sections. The envelop* con
taining thtf circulars were sealeo, and re
quired Irom six to fifteen cent* poslauo
each. The sender placed n three siamn
upon each enyel6|>e. reasoning doubtless
that (be postmaster tYoin whom the un
paid postage would be due, would nev
er charge l.imselt with a »«ebt for which
he had received no equivalent, which
waa put upon him by the trick uf another
and which the government would never
call upon him to pay. Tltere are numer
ous other methods of getting ahead of
the guverumeift in a similar way. The
new special design stamp which will
soon become familiar to the public by
general use and through the stuuip col
lecting (tend will, however, go fur to
wards remedying the evil.
SUPRKE3SIOM or VICIOUS MAIL MATTER.
Another causo which brines or did
bring mat tor (o the Dead Letter Office is
the •uinaMahility ot obscene and scurril
ous matter. It is note worthy in tlth* BUII-'
nectiou that no obscene book and only a
few obscone pictures have' coine to the
4>ffice within three years; before that
lime the mail# were flooded with them.
This result is ascribed to the labor* of
Special Agent Comstock, as the repre
sentative of the Society tor tlio Suppres
sion ot Vies. Mr. Coisfttoch, in tho work
which has, rat her strangely, mane him
unpopular, seeins to have behaved w.lh
! treat discretion ami to have kept care
ully within t£e statutes. The post office
authorities say (bat ho has never in a
single instance violated tlie sanctity of
sealed matter iu the mails. He has fre
quently been arrested, but never cwn*
victed; and, as the records ot the Itaui
Letter Office show, bis labor* have been
effective. :
BmLEaifAKEa AND OTHER "DESTRtCrrVE .
No one who has attended a sale of nits
claimed packages at the dead letter effi e
needs to oe totd that the articles re civ
et! are as varied iu character as the let
ters- Everything under the sou that can
be brought within the weight limitsneins
to find its way into the mails. The
strangest articles are tho ones most likes
k to come to (bis offieo as uumailable.
Destructive matter cauuot be forwarded.
A vigorous rattlesnake, well shaken be
fore being take a, is considered among
, postal cferks as higljr dent l UC live mai
ler. Bottled specimens of some that
have been mailed alivo are on exhibition
at Ibe office. The sharp teeth of a mow
ing machine, lately mailed, ranked high
as uflinaitable matter in the minds ot tho
clerks required to haudle them. The
package, however, 10 widen strongest
objection has been made contained M
complicated instalment of tr rture, with
sharp projwrfibg points, designed to be
fastened to a cow's nose to prevent her
from drawing her own milk. ~ .
A BEPOSTTORT OF SECRETS.
As specimens of ail kinds yf oorrens
pondence roach (ho dead letter office, the
new clerks sometimes read things tb»c
cool (heir blood in tho warine.it weather,
or make them hot withexeftement though
the thermometer 1b at zero, i mended or
committed murder, burglary, and oihor
crimes of Violence; treasou, conspiracies
to defi and the government; political •«-
crets, domestic secrets, informal ion ot
every variety of Wrong doing, when they
become the themes of letters, make thril
ling reading for a dead letter clerk. But
if this office is not (lie grave yard of let
ters. it is the grave raid of secrets. They
are buried iliere. No use cau be madeot
information thus obtained. Letters aro
personal mutters between the writer and
tie addreetod and the office is supposed to
know the contents of (hose received oulv
so far as will ensure tho forwarding or
the return of tliein. It is only by a strict
observance ot the rfanctity of sealed scat
ter, that a government can retain (lie
confidence of tue people as a safe medi
um of oommuiiicatfon. Not everv mat..
(er I bat writers would wish not be known
is criminal, and the same rule ot secrecy
must apply to all*
PROPOSED MULTIPLICATION OF DEAD J.EI
- OFFICES.
Tli« necessity of (reatiug information
obtaiued iu (lie office as if it had never
bceu acquired, furnishes a reason tor cou
fering tho power to obtain such knowl
[ edge upon tho lowest possible persons,
and up;>n those who would have the least
temptation and opportuuity to make u-e
ot the secrets of others. It thus consti
tutes a strong argument against tho
proposition now before tho House to es
tablish branch dead letter offices in thn
principal cities. A man would prefer ihst
his correspondence should be exposed to
strangers in Washington rather than that
it should be read by Itis neighbors in (lie
local postoffice. This pluu of branch of
fice*, wlieh was tied once, as far as San
i'rftncisco is concerned, and abandoned,
is objectiouable ou o(her grounds. It is
uimcesaary. Persons who duaire a rapid
returnot tailing eoroespoiidence put their
name ami address ou (he «n\elup«>, or
use tho special request envelope. L ap
pears troin au examination made a din
er two ago, that moro than half of iho
lettore received at the Hew York office,
gave information on (ho envelope which
ensure* their prompt return unopened to
tho sender. This multiplication of dead
letter offices complicates the system, con
tuses one iu the search for misdirected
letter*.aud involves an iuorcased expen
diture.
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