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The United States Experience Shows Some Curious Things,

_ The United States post office inspectors, in addition to their regular work, have just completed a thorough inspection of the 4,000 Presidential pest offices of the country. Chief Inspector Wheeler, in speaking of the work of his force, said the months of March and April were very busy times for them, particularly in hunting down post office burglars.

“The post office burglar,” he continued, gives ue @& great deal of trouble. His advent in the annals of crime is but re cnt, yet he is @ type peculiar to himself- aad i would seem that he has come to stay. Post office burglars, asa rule, are the most desperate characters, poseessing every cunning, and are alike ready to seize on any chance to ‘lift, a ‘bundle of stock, or crack,aeafe; any method sults them if it will enable them to get the boodle. The booty is usually in postage stamy«, which are disposed of trough the medium of a ‘fence, the burglar sel- dom realizing more than 40 per cent, Ou the real value of the stolen stock; yet with this heavy discount the occupation gems alluring and consequently keeps our meno constantly on the alert.

This class of depredation became so common that I found it necessary in 1894 to call especial attention to it in my annual report, and I recommended to the Post nrarter-General that a series of rewards be otiered for the apprehension of these criminals. The suggestion was adopted, and has materially aided our men in ferreting out the perpetrators. We now have wn annual appropriation fron Cong- ress for this purpose, and for the paet three years (ne number of burglaries has fallen offin aslight degree. That the burglar is still at work, however, is attested bythe fact that fifty-three were captured during Maren and April, although my opinion is the general result of the fiscal year will show «till another decrease in the aggregate of post office robberies.

“A very interesting chapterin the history of crime can be made from the unfortunate traitin human nature which suddenly transforms the tried and trusted postal employe into a thief. Ido not believe there is another service wherein so many cases are found as in the postal service of this country. Of course, thousands of men sre eropleyed, and it is but natural that weak ones should find positions of trust andthen gowrong. But westill have another clase—men who usually work from the lowest positions in an office to the highest, men who have been known for years to be as honest as the day is long. Suddenly we receive complaints of losses, or discrepancies, and than it becomes necessary toapply the test. Ina great many instances, however, we find the trouble-to be in quarters different than expected, but frequestly the facts show that another name passes to the page of dishonor, prison, and ruin. When a thief once begins Operations on the mails the el- ement of chance is too great to resist, and it is that one fact which leads to bis ulti- mate d.scovery. This is the hardest and most tryimg partof an inepecior’s duty for frequently it happens that he is called upon ty ‘test’ a man whom be has known for years to be al] that an honest man can be; yet, withal, duty is plain, if harsh, and nothing but duty remains to the in- epector’s choice.

“These cases are very distressing, and the desperation which actuates some of the principals when d‘scov red is tru'y lament- able and pitiable in the extreme. I have received reports of some men attempting suicide, of others who atiacked the in- spectors with murderous intent. In severa) cases postmarters have killed themselves upon the discovery of some crooke:iness, and I now recall one instance wherein @ postmaster killed himeelfin a most brutal manner by using a butcher knife. These are only the extremes, how- ever, and as a@ rule these people are very docile and tractable upon discovery. During March and April we arrested thirteen post- masters, Six assistant-postmastere, six post offize clerks, three letter carriera, six rail- way postal clerks, one mail carrier and two employes of other classes,

“But criminal offences in this services are not confined to burglars and postel em- ployes. This is proved by the fact that we had to arrest 186 members of the general public because their acts were not in accord with the laws governing the use of the postal system. I'he average citizen, per- haps, is not aware of the restrictions placed upon the use to which the mails can be put, for we are frequently called upon to arrest somebody who has, in a fit of spite or anger, written something objection- abse to the law on a postal card or an en- velope. This class also includes lotteries schemes to defraud, etc.— N. Y. Sun.

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s of the Origin and Cause of EKarth- quakes,

In volume V of the “Canadian Natural— ist and Geologist,” published in 1860, Sir William Daweon, “notes on the earthquake of October, 1860,” thus wrote upou the cause and origin of earthquakes,

g Mallet defines an earthquake as‘ the transit of a wave of elastic impression is any direction from verticality upward to horizontality in any azimuth through the crust of the earth from any centre of impulse, oc from more than one and which may be attended with tidal and sound waves dependent upon the impulse and upon the circumstances of positiun as to sea and laod.**

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dulating roils according to the greater or less verticality of the motion. They may also be complicated with indirect shocks arising from unequal or cicuitons trans} mission of the vibrations, and these com- plex shocks usually occur in great and de- structive earthquakes.

‘She causes of the vibratory waves are too deep acated to be directly known to us, but they must occur when apy part of the crustof the earth is subjected to tension, and when this is suddenly relieved by frac- ture or otherwise, and again when any part of the earth’s crust is left unsupported and collapses under the force of gravity.

Geology teaches usto refer such eff-cts to the eiow expansiOu Or Coulrecuoa cf great masses of rovk unuer the lufluence of heav to the aiseng gement of elastic gases under pressure, w the removal ot matter from the interior to tue surface by volcanoes, to the Uratsference ut sediment from the jiand to the sea baring. Such causes are constant and recular, and ot course the precise Lie at Which the tension or unsupported weigut shail give away, can acarcely be calculated, aud way occur with suddenness at irregular intervals,

And so nice may be the balancing cr opposing force that observation shows us ihat the aliraction of the moon or an un- usually low state of atmurpheric pressure may overset the equilibrium spd induce an extensive vibration of the eclid crust of the earth, yet the actual causes of the phenomenon may have beeu tor ages slowly preparing for it.

‘hne fractured condition of the rocks of the earth shows that earthquakes have occurred throughout all geviogical time, aod they are by no means rare pheuvmena at present,

For the whole earth, their rate of occur- ence is stated to be uearly 3° per mouths, or 36 per annum; aod bo doubt very many are unrecored, and wouid eonsiderabiy increase the average. But their distrivu tion locally is vere unequal. While in some epots slight earthquakes are cf al- most Cyuustant recurrence, undiu others great agitations of the earth are uot iufre- quent, iu ether extensive regions po earih- quakes are known to have occured.

Earthquakes are mauifesiiy connected with the causes Of volcauic action, aod follow the same jaw of distribution ou the surface of the globe; tuvugh in volcanic regions earthquakes aod volcanic erup- tions sometimes alleruaie, as if the sup- pression of tLe later gave increased energy to the former.

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Advice on Love, Courtship and Marriage Given Fifty Years Ago.

“The Mystery of Love, Courtship and Marriage’ is the title of a little hook which, though published 50 years ago, con- tains much advice that is as sensible now asit was then. ‘‘Flattery,’’ says the au- thor, whose sex is not revealed by the title page and is not easy to guess: from in- ternal evidence, ‘‘is a powerful weapon in the art of making love. Never lived there yet man or woman but that in some way or other could be flattered. The great point is to know in what way to useit. A young lady will feel flattered if you get a chance, young man, to tell her mother about the good qualities of her daughter. Never fear but the daughter will hear of it.’’ The author dwells at some length on tho subtle flattery conveyed in applying what is ordi- narily termed a ‘‘pet name’’ to the object of one’s affection and repeats with em- phasis the admonition that ‘‘faint heart never won fair lady.’’

Then the author fits the shoe to the other foot. ‘‘There is no impropriety,’’ he or she says, ‘‘ina lady's tuking any reasonable measures tv induce her beau to make his proposal when he is either backwgrd, slow or bashfi:] ’’ Vhe advice of old Weller to *‘bevere of vidders’’ is indorsed in only a half hearted way. ‘‘In making love to a widow,’' our author ssys, ‘‘you have nothing to do but to answer her questions and to return her caresses. In making love to a widew, then, you must first be sure that you want her for a wife, as it will not be safe to trust yourself within the pule of her infiuence if sow expect ever to get off heart whole.’’ She will certainly catch you in her toils, if she pleases. She, of course, does not give you much chance to exhibit those romantic proofs of attach- ment which young girls delight in, but will discuss the murriage ceremony and plans for thé future with the same cool- ness and deliberation as if she were select- ing her furniture and household goods. Considering all her peculiarities, the court- ship of a widow is a mere formal satter of business. Any man with sufficient nerve to use hisown judgment in the pur- chase of a horse may court a widow with- out trouble and without advice.

Twenty ways of popping the question are advanced, and the author concludes the advice for wooers and the wooed with the following axiom: ‘‘As a general rule a gentleman need never be refused. Every woman, except a heartless coquette, can easily discourage a man that she does not intend to marry before matters come to the point of declaration. It is very true that some men are woefully blinded in this thing of lovemaking and do not get their eyes open until they are ‘kicked.’ ’’—~San Francisco Argonaut.

A Living Viytrap.

“The big alligator in our menagerie,” the old circus man said, ‘‘didn’t always take his feed very well. Sometimes he wouldn't open his mouth at feeding time, and then ‘we had to resort to strategy. Al- ligators are very sensitive about the nose. When this alligator wouldr’t open his mouth, we used to rub the top of his nose very gently. That always made him mad, and he’d throw back his upper jaw likea cellar door on hinges. Then we'd throw a chunk of beef, maybe five pounds or so, down his throat, and down would come the ceJlar door shut again, and he would swallow the beef. In that way we used to give him about 25 pounds of beef ata feeding without mueh difficulty.

‘The 014 alligator was very fond of flies, You might think a fly would be pretty small ganse for a 12 feot alligator, and ono fly would be. But this old alligator would throw his upper jaw back and go to sleep apparently. Flies would light around in- side the alligator’s mouth just the same as they would anywhere outdoors, and when there were about a million there the alligator would shut his upper jaw down with the flies allinside. Pretty soon he'd throw the cellar door back and set the trap again.

“I’ve often thought that alligators would make good fiytraps for houses. Of course you'd want to keep any small chil- dren there might be in the house away from them, but if you looked out for that I should think they’d be great. I should say that about four 12 foot alligators could keep a moderate sized house free of flies all summer without the slightest trouble.’’ -—-New York Sun.

Precious Stones Fade.

The powerful chemical effects of the sun are felt eyen by precions stones. The ruby, sapphire and emerald suffer less than other colored stones in this respect, but it has been shown hy experiment that a@ ruby lying ir a shop window for two years became much lighter in tint than its mate kept in a dark: place during that period. Garnets and topazes are more easily affected. Pearls are said to show deterioration with age, but if they are not worn constantly they will recuperate won- derfully during brief vacations epent in quiet and darkness. The only species of unluck which the practical person believes the opal will bring to its owner is that of loss if the stone is exposed carelessly to heat. It is liable to crack, being com- posed principally of silicic acid, with a stmuali proportion of water. —Exchange,

Watch the Kitchen,

A social leader who was renowned among her friends as @ practical house- keeper was congratulated at one time on her skill in fine cookery. She answered laughingly: ‘‘I have no time todo cook- ing. I spend sometime in my kitchen daily for quite another purpese, I go to examine the sinks, the garbage pails and the general condition of the premises, My servants were very much disgusted at first that a lady should take interest in such matters, but they are used to my eccen- tricities now and manage to keep things as I desire to have them.’’

If more housekeepers made these tonrs of inspection, it would pay them in the tncreased health of their hoysehold.—New York Tribune.

Conjagal Logic.

Mr. Cutting—Go to—a quite unmen- tionable hot place.

Mrs. Cutting—Delighted, my deat, at such an evidence of your affection.

Mr. Cutting—You seem to think it was one.

Mrs. Cutting—Wasn't it, when you reem to want me to spend eternity with you'—Brooklyn Life.

Dairy and Creamery.

Two hundred cows will keep a cream-: ery going if they cam furnish 4,000 pounds of milk daily. Five hundred

cows would not suffice for it unless

they yielded that much. In considering the question of starting a creamery you must find out whether the cows within reach are able to give 4,000 pounds of milk per day. Listen not to the honeyed words of the creamery shark who wants to sell machinery. Take counsel rather of the inner light of your own commen sense.

A little New York Jersey heifer less than 14 months old last winter dropped a fine bull calf and is giving plenty of milk.

A creamery cannot be made to pay that only runs eight monthsa year. The best system is that which takes up cheesemaking in summer and butter wiaking in winter.

From $2,000 to $2,500 will be re- quired to build and start a creamery.

It is a poor time now to start in the creamery business except in Iccalities where there ure plenty of dairy cows and kO creamery already upon the ground. The prices of dairy products are low, and the risk of a new creamery is great. It ig best at present to bring those already established up to the high- eat efliciency. ~

They Got the Bell.

The trustees of a church near Detroit found it necessary to establish a fund to purchase a bell. The membership was small,and composed principally of per- sons who were unable to do more in a financial way than they had already done toward building the church edifice. Grocer Smith, one of the trustees, be- lieved it would be a.good plan to solicit contributions to the $200 required among the few well to €o members of the con- gregation.

“If Deacon Brierly took a notion,” said the grocer to another trustee, ‘he is able to buy the bell. He won't, though, because he’s the closest man in the village. I’m going to him just the same and do my best to make him see his way clear to givre us $100.”’

The first man the grocer solicited the next day was Deacon Brierly. The deacon was unusually grumpy that morning and was neariy unnerved when the grocer explained his mission.

“I know I'm a member of the church, but things are so close that I can’t do much just now.”

“How much will you give toward buy- ing the bell?’ asked the grocer.

“Well, I reckon I'll give as much as anybody,” declared the deacon.

“You were always good at your word, deacon, so you and I will buy the bell.”

The grocer held the deacon to his promise. The grocer was not a wealthy man, and it came a trifie hard for him to spare $100 from his capital, but it did him a world of good to near the bell tolling a few months later. -~ Detroit ¥eree Press.

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