.~..».»\»,.',......, ,._. ,t., .t.. 5| l THE EHARLUTTETOW l G ARDI i aff i L MOBNIZIG Y 1 -_ V _`i:__`A`:*` h;`_"`-` "M" '_ “ T Tia' ` iz' "3 V k Y Ta Z ` " ° ' Z ‘Z5 ` ' ;~.' f:_-‘~ .- -- _--_-_-_ it...,..._._.586-’i.‘Ll;‘i‘.’.¥l)\il3l§l.-l cr1AkLo'r1‘ETowN,PRiNcE EDWARD ISLAND, CANADA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1908. ;___-;;,-;.,;;:»;<,-gg-,_~-iin . Chr! dnvvn .5_yIfEZ¢r.Da!2‘2zZo of a letter through the United The government has been for years try- Sfate, mails pictures only the ing to End some one method of making T0 the average reader the delivery mnls imported 'from other ¢0unfries_ ter-carrier in s 'nin “sul” and neatly uniformed lab American cattle immune to the rindvr- _ hi g brass buttons who trips politely up the front steps and hands in letters from all over the face of the eartli. Yet the letter-carrier, if the most familiar method of receiving one's mail from the care of Uncle Sam, is only one of many schemes employed by the government for disposing of the millions of letters annually turned over to the post ofllea department throughout the world. For instance, Uncle Sam, aside from the city delivery of letters and the rural tree delivery carriers, has re ular con- _riwts by which letters are delivered by steam launches, by suil boats and by teams of half-wild Alaskan dogs. In Porto Rico Uncle Sain has native letter- carriers who carry the United States mail on donkeys; in Samoa thc re- lay runners carry the sacks on their hrowny shoulders as they race for hun- dreds of miles through the islands. NATIVE FILIPINO RELAY RUNNERS In " the Philippines native runners thread the jungle, carrying letters from home to soldiers in far-away posts on the very outskirts of utter savagery. On the superb military and mail roads- consti-uct~ ed.hy the United States Vi/nr Depurtincnt crude native carts creiik their wuy lor hundreds of iiiili,-.~i, irliilc in the prime- val wilderness of the Filipino jungle ltrange native carts, with solid wheels sawn in a single piece from the round trunk of some gigantic Filipino trce, keep the mails moving toward the iiodrcss, of- ten penned in some refined drawiiig-i-ooni in n big American city. Camels, aside from donkeys and sig :ight-horse teams are used to draw Unit- ed States mail. In the Philippine archi- pr-lngo the strangest of all the animals which pull the United States mail bags are found. They are thc native Filipiiio water buffiiloes. Strange animals nre these, with uncanny humps on their backs, and long thick horns. They alone can be used so far in the islands as beasts of -burden, as the rinflerpest stil] con- pest, but so far without success. There- all Uncle Sam can depend on the haul his mail sacks in the wilder sections ol' the land of the Filipino. The handling of all mails in the Phil- ippine Islunds, curiously enough, 'has nothing to do with the post office depart- ment. It comes under the jurisdiction of the war department and incidentally head of which is Brigadier General Clar- ence Rnnsom Edwards, who, by the way, did some fine, soldierly Hghting in the Philippines and knows personally the con- ditions in the islands and the nc-wi- 1 l`tiie population, both native and ii' i_i.i'- -.‘.. The view shown of thc Bi:i_~_;»: :_-_; I and inilitiiry roiiil shows that g..-ii: :il,;.i- way as it is wenrling north from .\l:inil:i on its wuy into the i'i-cess-i-s of the isliiiiil und so to Luzon, wliere it strikes oil' into siiiiill native trails. Only iiii\i\'e li:-iii~ei-s eiin venture to endure thc finiil jiioi-iii-._v to deliver inail to jungle points of the in- terior. In such cases the mail carriers not only coniinodities. n iniiny cases thc.-c c:ii'i'ici‘s arc the sole method of coinniunii-:iting with the outside worlil of civilization. Despite the curious looking iiniinul.-i rind quaint crii't~' the United Suites niiiil is At first tho natives cnntiniiiilly nttiiek- ed and rcblicd the iiiziil.-_ hui. thi- win- ile- partinent inci-cly rlctziclii-il ii li-iv hiii-d-ri . ‘ _ K __ _ _ M .. \ `_ I 5 5 _ _ i .iii. ie ii) ti.i| ol ,\ .i. ._.i, .i I convey nijiil, Ent ilso |iro\i~iion-iyinil othii . Anothir ll-iv..ii|aii litter fnrrini 'has' the 'way imm||i1 the i~|,_!|i,,,_,, gm. \,\,,,-1;, “ml V “.,,_|| _:mlb n‘m,k‘,'| ‘-_" "D M" ,Im tm. of getting the litliis lioin l’.iliahi to ~°==: F'\ "ld Z 3: al <°§ U \ I \ \l f _ -‘ A - ~~f' 1 fi' _ _- __- _-_T ___ ~1- --1; _ _~_=_____:Y:i_, ___ i "Y __ :_ Tr: T/_`___:4_x 0-1/ 'Qs -- it _ ` al ~l,’i-H i;ii'i'_v only thu inziil und the car dd -i'i-i- iiiiist loiii ilu- whole distance. ' l Ui ilu- slirilgt- will be s few rations nl rmflklnil 12 miles, :ind he was so badly -lriiil inmit iinil thi- .~nii\\'sliocs of the lot- ;fi‘m~lliittcii that lie lost liotli luinils :i|ii.lil\1‘ ““""V- -\i ~`l1\ll"|l-‘ l*l"<“‘d Bl- V“¥`Yl“B l""f\l_'l_\’ lost both feet. iilisi.-.in---: i.‘»\n-g the nearly obliterated | lli~‘ niiml lie lost entii'.»|_\- ;i;|.l (ln-1-0 isltruil in llie iii-ep oiiow, are log h0\l$, ino liiinc lor the reco\'ei-_\~ oi his ri-ai.~on,l Whiri: foiiil .inil l`i|-<-\\-onil ure stored, and ‘1ii'i-iiriliiig to the physician ni 11|]-. iniqpngiillic li-tit-i'i.ii`iii-i' u.~\ii\ll_\' stops hers M7 ->f_ci\'iliziition. Such are thi- :iiuigi-r llc-~ est, and il his .~i:li<»iliili: permits, ns llnils of this iirlventure of urn- oi' Uncle slew,--' in thi-.~i- i-'iioiv-lioiiiiil huts. i\:iin's letti-i'-i-:irriers in thc l`i’ii~-ii Norili. li-L If l|"' ‘Mil 'll \"“'l`)'l\lE mall! W '.l'l|-- ilfig '-'li-ilgcs iii :in iiiipori.-.iii .~'i-<-lioiil llie.~- i.iit-iii'-ilii-»\\.iy pliic-vie of the earth inf ilu- lulion iinil Aliisluin -Ii \ll>l~\ll`- II"lY\\S in Bel’-lnl ‘N->\'<-iiilii-i' iiiilil _\lai_\’. lint l`iiii»- Fun hiisi the |iiiiiili.ii' in'iil ~.'i~';~, with the hrnnd .ii'|:iii-_*i- knots, lt is .ii iiii-l<'lii|:i~-.|iu»_ N is ‘H ‘hp ‘hw `\|mlL!`, wdlm iiil-- -|i~<|i1i-_~i pili-il liigli Wllli ii-ul »i~-I-_- ilir'--il >.\i.iii~ }ii_. no _lilll 90 ll|3_dll'> '5 ihi\i~. il ‘ " , , .iu~l thi- work iil ln-i-piiig Aiiii-iw--i.. i-- ihu' ol liz.-:ii~Ifi:=:<_ ui-il coiiiiiiuniciition 'l-i~h with ilu- ii-orlil at lui-ge 1_4 ,. lic-1 ».~i| thi- li; i~-iiii-i-_-i of human lilo -Ei-~,»ii~ ili-.ith rinil .~iill<-ring, :iii- lin- inf- ' io-l.iiiil points, no matter 'l`|ii- iliies iii-v iii~i|;ill_\' hiiriir-.~x»-il -ii I --.".\'li:-‘ iii-» ---i' -ii ilu- iiiiznril of iiiaii\l.uln~ '\-- lii-- iiiiinlii-i~ of liiilf ii (low-ei l -- ini: ilu- - U---'iijl' iii ilu- ni.iil service. l(lNG lfDWAiiii`ffT- “iii iff /~\l`*l AUTHOR ' ln ilu- lli‘iii.-li royiil l.'i7:i'l_\' '.'i - l'-=' i 1 'l`~"-lv," hy li. V011 li- "__ ._ ___`_ -_ i i-_-six-i i'~ ~ iw il H-ul il |s|`iii."..ililul‘.‘ii' i.l i-_~t iuililiv-'liiul ` - i .i -ii--ii ]»f.i\' in lfrench for _down with ici-. uhii-ii hu- :iii-iiiiiiiln -~l .ntl -,\-i,.,. in 1,, ,W ,;-;.1__` |,, ,,, ,Hi .,,. iiiliiiiiiwl the vl'.=ir iiiiy but the nio.<| harily /_il _~\i'i-lie l~ii-iil in:-z;-.i~.:-ii.i iii i ‘ - \---lriini l-li--;i-iiie luis a cfm- \\'i'ilti‘n to ii |_\'i'i-' F- I ri; llii ii ’ ini i -..\ii~‘;.'- --i` iliiiinolii- techni- \\-hn-li \\-no lnillli.-|ii~oN uinii one and two :iii so 3 receipt. Mark the successful candidates by X and write plainly thc ‘otal ini. jority of the four iiieiiihcrs. Names of Candidates No. I N0. 2 No 3 No.4 N0- 5 ) “P0 _/ I raiser . . (Con) I l I l ni; Co C 'lffiriii 'L lCf»i'i)" Bn _ cI,c:iii . (Cfuil 'G /__ __ -, . l . L. BTI di Frowse. . it l.1liT_i;_l_" H _ l` QP -hun-1--vw-'H -°-‘ff " I Liril » Wzirhiirioii. _ (L1 ` be wirgcy. . (Coui Gu G Q Uni ~ li"i¢‘i'i.l'fiil¢. . (Lim _ I8 al ‘ "i"T>‘i=ii iiiijfii-ity its *__ aiu H T _ P Four of the above candidates will be elected 1" rom Prince Eilw Isl ii P USE j , '§¥i.;; _ ._=1_f.: ,», __;__.. .ti _U _' .-.'31 . . - ;. -, 4 - 1 i .‘ - - - ' " I . _ i '. E -.eadache owders Safe, Pleasant and l‘]fl`ecturil Contain no opiates, = p[| Druggisfs ‘ Price Ten Cents A~. Mciluarric -F ._.».-5 1;-.oi-» Tli e uiuiiie iioduct is iiiiidc by that cheat!--"r\l\ not ' ° ii _i -' Commission Merchant ,R,._\C,.,D,u .