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Show OniGIN OF POSTAGE STAMPS. Secret Sign on an Envelope the Cause of Present System. Quilt it-i)ii, ib.'ip Uiih i-i- ai-ii ir less disciiHsIou us to I he oi-IkIii of the tiostage slump. IVi-hnps the most iiiitlu-ntic stoi Is that which comes riom the post ntliot doimrtmi-nt alA'ashlm;ton It appeals tluil ulxiut i!., eais uco Itowhind Mill was Irnxcllng iliiough one of the noilli-ui dlstilcls of Kiik-land Kiik-land and rot a time was sojourning at an Inn when. Hie postman came with a letter for a young miss, who turned It over and oer lu her blind and after examining the envelope minutely In ipilrcd the pi lee of the postage, which was a shlllliiK. She sighed sadly and returned the letter to the postman, saying that ll was fiom her brother, but thai she had no money. Mr Hill was an onlooker ami was touched with pltj. He paid the postage aud his action .seemed to em barrus-i tin- RrJ. When the postman had gone she told Mr. Hill that some signs marked ou the envelope con-ojod con-ojod to hei nil she wanted to know and that as a fact there was no willing will-ing Inclosed. In cutonmitlon she said that she and her hint her had con tlhod a code system of comuiutiicat-lug, comuiutiicat-lug, as iieilhei or them weie able to pay post charge. Mr. Illll thiiiu:h( of Hie M-MiliK of a system w"liloh made sin-' rraiids pos slide. Ilefore another day he had planned a postal sislein upon the pies-out pies-out basis Harper's Weekly. |