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Show MAIL THEFTSEDUCED TO" MINIMUM BY POSTAL OFFICIALS HOPE of devising thief-proof letterbox letter-box was abandoned some time a;o by tb. ronofice Per-artment. But the boses no-v in nse are safe against the old-time method of extracting letters w.th a booked wire, or with a sticky leather oi.k attached at-tached to a sarins- A box mar be smashed with an axe: but the easy plan is to open it with a false key. In any city, ail the letter-boxes have locks just alike, which one key will open. A carrier may be robbed of his key ; but he guards it with anxious care, because its loss (unless it be taken away from him by vio'.encel means the loss of his job. The cleverest scheme on record was that 1 TOFE of devising a thief-proof letter- . . 4 jf-tvA?' l&?,:t?!?:' -r tlbos was abandoned some time a;o by rSV V . fWMm-'J th Tostomce Department. But the boxes . . JtsC km't'H low in use are safe aSainst the old-tun. Jfe f method of extracting letters with a booked , fT fdWM'S 'Ttox may "be"' smashed with an axe: WMSiW0MM&i! but the easy plan is to open it w.th a a.se rmSfM-rAZ K Vf? 4' 'ffrrtfttip i i S.-i ker. in any city, ail the letter-boxes have . VC-T', locks just alike, which one key will open. eV-K A carrier maybe robbed ofhis key; but he S wi -Soi los" (unless it be taken away from him by ! ci J .:-;- .-Pf j'ijjrf -- .:.- . : .. ..-(; ,. f . " -. . . -. v. i : i I " t it -: J-;ri ,i i -: - . - n -.-Vi"-v;:.-' j-rr-.r?.-;3.- ' J. -'::' -;u . t . . ' u - ,. '''''; ':'s ' T'1!1; " r'-'-iy .- !' '. ' . .; -a ;V . - ; .. . . . y .-. . . ! ' - - " .' . ... ' .. . " . ...'j . '' .1. : ; - ' 'v' " . . . 1 -r : :. - -.r-. . .;-!' : -;; ; . .. c,,'.-r- ' ' ' . ' : -rcN ' i s - , - . -i -.. .---''rT.' -v - H - . ' - -'!'"'. ' .. ' v - , v v . n. i'--' of J fsc; --hi. sturVrl ltifr.hM5 vbn- - ;, . ., . , ' ,. 'M , ,-.. . ; ."..,.,.. 'N :l r' j ) ,v .'."iT M!e. 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V ' ' ' ' ' f.' f i, PM'd lit Slid, .1 fl!),.t "1 ICcl-OH VoU I i. .-V JV. t. !1. . f .. - f..- r-fi. .-"! to m to n;....;il to i:,,. ri 1 . : .t ' '-'' - ' i"'' ' ' : " ' .''"'..,'" ' don't know what a i;oo,l. oi. .iv I'.andwvltin' .'... ; : .f .-'" rv ..r.'.. srt.r t!,.y ),:.! .!;. II,, C '' ;..;;.''.'-''';" " 1 f"1 O" "S school." ,f.v at )..!. ,,, .. I--.',.,!, o-,,. f,r ,,:. v. . ' J ' ' , 1 , Z ' , ' ' V.i- I..- It.ft", H..tr of (,, lo SUCH A PITY '.", .. , ,,( f vf .-.! cf a e-in- vhi. :-j rirr-irVr lrrer -b'r.'1s whol-M!e. whol-M!e. I'o -:.-.ri of a l.fy ,nini; br"i; oh-lu oh-lu ;!. of j: i:.:!.l,r-. '!'es.d iu a po."n.-ir.' u-iif.iMii. ;ni..r-t'.d the 1.ot'. in hr-nrj r.,iY l r. p: in thir r-ontnt1 into f-;- tr,.; y 1 'l' 1 : (-r ' H U . 7'l.eri the l''t.- v ri t:ikn to a oon vcu ien t place and '.I'.L'y .-i.-io' r.;' r ., ufip ' riibl'fir'"!." ppd tl" Jut. ;e .t:iii,iti2 ilim d''roy..,). All f.-r't- o't'.. v'- oareTily r-' ''-i led v.ith it! f f.oi'.'o:. !" iih i'o! lo b'lirty liie f;i'-t. 1 1 ri ' t i . o t l"l br,T r. .'i.f.l, returned u i1 b 1 1 r-r hoi. 'Jim ;ts nrt with A h o i 1 ri i A . T.r '.f oi;r.f, r i r. 1.. .T y cr. ti o! ri i n i-d rr-. rr-. th- f.o,v. V,:k1 iniitirl o! ,!. ., O- fM'cl to o-o;r. t;,",,, ;,:r i ,., iff i. ."'I to ; in to fi;,...;il to i:,,. a) ru'i .' ..;!.! rit'T ti.ty ,:,. di ,ilr, thn :-'!:- . i !i o';,',- f.,r 'jail.- 11 v, l.iic. I . .' tio'.-'i .1 r , t v of tiir.i) to r'ri;.i::f t --. of t!a ;r oj ..-r a ' ; o ri . t o B'l'.lli'T ' ' ' . ' - I . ." . I . C AlVt-xl't,--. (he Tr,- I"irr. I -; - rf I I - "Ol '. rolioil l'"'T hor tliii'.io:: ' n r '.: lit . i.'T" it J'.'i " a ilio. t ,.- u j lo -, ..a-.!. T!,o I'to.M i-i t..o fii.nll lo , f.,r II,'- '!" i.r r It., I Hi" .u. ii,'-d of j i , i I '. '" ' .' la ' Nv to.-.o'; ("" , a- ' i " a i n irlin:; fm gtr i r i ,'''.') a oir I ,;- t u!..'.' t" , f... ' . a,.' II ol I;,,. . ,: ::'a. I .., , , ... in. I . i - v i p. ii a. d hv l.frinj d ;' :a'!'.' v.ho n I C. lao-.i Hi AN ASSET Tbi- fiasnciHl piospects cf Mr. Kn.lc'i ohns.Mi, n residnit of n town tn Alaba.iv,, were decidedly clouded, but st.li' he preserve pre-serve fl Mincuinp siurit, which, hneer, his trieu.H did not always a ppr.via t . "I'd like to borrow lutlc o:Veu ou." faid Mr. .IoIuimm), couttd-Mitiallv, to a trierd. "I v.a?lilil'l ask yon, but 1 ain't j;ot rt sine!.' cent lrlt iu the world." "Waul securily can you fcivc?" aske.l th.i fvi',r..l, without cntlniMaMii, "Why, 1 cue you my note oT hand!" said Mr. .lohnvou. lookil i: paired and surprise. sur-prise. 1 at su.li ,i question. "1 lcckon you don't know what a j;ooil. ci. av handwntm' I fat in the nilit school." SUCH A PITY The serrrant s vrry onotv, nn.l. of coiivsp. hnd to ivi'.rve lu durity. but n he waa walhinc nlenc the trench he suddenly sud-denly slipped nod phimpi-d , is:i down iulo Hie middle ,.f the. slu-.li ,,f water nod lira, I. 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