Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 9, 1912, Page 2

THE BEVE) ah the Dlack night 106 darross the Ml k- h clock- T oour let- akiast tableor to hur- conn e e e e e e e St [a B e 1 1 e 10 4 “nUI iy y pres < 3 | MBI plp v the di th it (78! el UAN t 1 ! q! L i 4] ! v i the pet of G H ,1’ B Not even the ; il Laited 15, nor the Iothe sam ; 7' . Bired for unusual purpos- ntly one «lerk ! 7 | can interfere with his decision when rounding =« i (. w d 15t mail.” roe that he cannot unaid { " ] 1 o de 1 ers at the Lire v to our oflice business communica- !li‘ ns that mean o wuch to us. A mile a minute is practically the standard time for the “‘fast mails,"” an average speed that must be main- tained in spite of stops and slow- downs, Conscquently this often neans a much greater speed along certain clear stretches of road where lost minutes must be made up. The fast mail is the pet of the Postoflice Department also, and only picked men are in charge of it. It is la traveling postofiice in every sense of the word. The train nsually cousists of fonr nothing but mail, 50 and Lore tons., ¢ is one of the biggest moguls of the railroad ser- vice, a verituble monster of iron and — and when that day shall come, money will be our best friend. Start an account” today and make the future certain for those depending on you--and vourself. A dollar will do it---now---here. [RST NATIONAL BANK carrying nounting sometimes to > The eng r % MW steel, carrving ten tors of coal and ¢ oo wallons of water, When the bulging sacks of mai! #re thrown aboard and the conductor siznal to start exactly on tives the the anguluar en- cine pafts and shorts and starts forth minute, the gaunt, T ch !& cnoits &I jonrney I!vsidu.j a y Lakeland m picked train crew there are 15 o b vore trained elerks riding in the P A e = Vil e Their hosiness begine the instant the mail is aboard. IFifty tons of wmail to he sorted ane detivered ar varions points along the MAPS, BLUE PRINTS | o dote coery nizht and day of th o sleepin Maps ot any description compii'd on short notice, e Special attemtis | year. While most of s County and Bt | !¢ teaps kept on band. Chemically prepared, non-tadieg blus nrints at pas Fhe inside of a v ] smahl t 1 looks for the world like an ordirary able rates. Spec e rints i " : | 4 ! ; } e rate Specla) rates for vrints in large quantiiies COUM LY DIOSIOMG0. Wity 148 hoXoR whil with the exception of glven to compiling city, display and advertising maps. railway clerks are toiling, ay postoflice ) woholes, Prompt attentiou given mail orders R Foom 213-215 Drane Building LAKXLAND, FLA into these the clerks dis mail as they fly across sueis, and Pateh their the land. One siaeks must be drop- ped oil per 10 miles from the sierting point, and theee is al- SMOKE ol these wips B0 oor L ry and bustle to zet this “tied ont™” Vads a hur in K of the railway clerk s particular sack The hard wor and e position through exacting, the and nust Gualiry tor s e romm. study and application, It may be f sodd that it is the ambition ol ahout : , fevery clerk in the Postoflice Depart- vent 1o eet into the Railway Post- oflice Seevice, e is not becaase the § Y s soozreat, but because mosa Voutig men like the novelty of sort- letters while traveling 60 wmiles in preference to doing it in [en hoin iostationary postotlice When he zets into the service he will receive g Lo avear, amd oin time, ruilway sadary of when he cots the tull appointment, this will Lo vaised to #2000 From that time o fen his promotion is according 10 se. Cigar | Each promotion nmeans | aninerease of $100 a year in wuges senerally until he may be drawing $1.200 to The oldest UNION MADE Cigar in {0 e v i s jed work for the position of ¢lork in town. They have stood the test, e b 0 W 1z working tt head al the other clerks then and pis li.\l ZaRswRy RS i i e, | DAL the limit of his ambition need ot stop there T he qualities tor M,“”. and there is a vacaney, e n g [ appointed for merit only oty toof chief ¢lerk in charse o v he po- the R. L. MARSHALL lives running thro TELEGRAM, LAK | soap?" time, | the next junetion, his sack for i will call upon one of the oth- 1 ip him need in tiers on ene si nore than | TRESNA o hole is reserved me speciel town or ity on the v. and the clerks shuffle and as- | t the letters with great rapidity. the letters into their re- Loles. 1t seems almost in- '§ (redible thut any one could become } < delt in reading the letters without | raking errors. :‘. The traveling postoffice clerks do | 1ot read names or the streets and !a mbers of addresses, but simply the l,’ and occasionally the conuty it , : ¢ are two towns of the same | } rame in adjoining counties. It tiis which makes the sorting so rap- | ne spective town, is | | The towns and cities on their 3 to are as familiar to them as the | # Lames of States may be to the '! scheolboy, and the jette ¢ v and dexterous!y into th ." oper places, H O asionally o letter turng up o '3 Ay writien that the first clerk | 20 o to decipher it Immediately it passed on to the next, and o on down the line antil every ane has tuiled 1o deeipher the serawl whi intended for the name o ty. Finally, after run-! Lisg the battery of sharp eves, the clle somehody town o > in a hole markea in plain illesibles.” Before it fin Iy 2oes to the Dead Lettep Office o is chueked AN AN which lan Licans | P> e o g e > Washington the dlerks in their more isuie at The in theip work that, according to stu- anothe moments may Live vaddiess, valway clorks are so eflicient than 12,000 tisties, noi of handled by them goes wiong, and prohably Lot more than aut ol every 100,000 Jetters handled by the clorks fails to fnd its destination eventunat ¥ ly.— Christian Endeavor World mote one ot shout every picees one His Reason, “Lady,” said Moundering Mike, “would you lend me a cake of soap?” “Do you mean to tell me yon want “Yes'm. Me partner’s got de hiccups an' I want to scare him.” TASTE. SHELL AND HERRNG RESTORED A Simple, Harmless Remedy Quickly Relicves Catarrhal Deainess. 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