OCR Text |
Show iN THE ODD CORNER. QUBlin AND CURIOUS TII1NU3 AND KVBNTfJ. 4 lan.l INakal Utalrl.l la tha UetU-1 Fear fVanitn Keaee Uet at rhur ' rujtrr m.iu uim'ui Thabr IV. 11 I.e. lo tldla. I sing the hymn of the conquered, who fell In the battle of life Tit hymn uf the wounded, the Iratcn, who died orerwhclmrd In the strife; Not th Jublla.nl tong of the victors, far whom th resounding acclaim ac-claim Ot nation waa lifted In chnrue, whose brow wore the rhaplet of fame Ihil the hymn of the low and tha humble, hum-ble, the weary, the broken In henrt, Who atrove and who failed, acting bravely a allcnt and desperate part, Whose youth bore no flower on Its branchrs, whose hope burned In aahca away. From whonn handa allpped the plpi they had grasped at, who stood at the dying ot day. With the work of their life all around tbem, unpltlrd, unheeded, alone. With death swooping down o'er their failure, and all but their faith overthrown. While the voire of the world shouts Ita chorus, lla pnaau for those who have won. While the trumpet la sounding triumphant, trium-phant, and high to the breeie and the sub Ay banners are waving, hands clapping, clap-ping, and hurrying fret. Throning after the laurel-crowned vietors-l stand on tha Held of defeat, la the shadow, 'mongst thoe who ar fallen, and wounded and dying and ther hanl a requiem low, place my hand on their pain-knotted brows, breathe a prayer, Hold the hand thai Is helpless, and whisper, "They only the victory win Who have fought the good fight and have vanquished the demon that tsmpta us within. Who have held In tbelr faith tinse-duced tinse-duced by the prise that the world holds on high. Who hsve dared for a high rauaj to uffer, resist, fight If need be, dle." Bpk, history' Who are life's victors! vic-tors! Unroll thy long annals and say " Are they those whom the world called the victors, and who won the success suc-cess ot a dayT Tha martyr or Nero? Th.8parine who fell at Thermopylae's tryst, Or the Persians and Xarxrs' Ills Judges or SocrateaT 1'llate or ChrlitT W. W. Blory In lllackwood'a Hori-slne, Hori-slne, US1. ReiurkokU I'o.l.l lllottlra. The smallest postal district In thi world Is under tha roof of the Monad-nock Monad-nock building, nt Jackson, Dearborn and Van Iluren streets. In Chicago. The building alone coroprla a scpa--rata and dlalluct district la Itself. At the same time the voluma ot uuilneai ther It the largeat ot any of the nub-station nub-station or even district In the city,' Mve that of the board of trad station sta-tion In thle Immense 17-atn-h I structure, which lovera the anull ground area of 401 fert long by 70 fwt wide, nearly 6,000 people ore ip the 1,100 rooms When It la conau!-erad conau!-erad that the population of man' towns covering ninu inllea of arenu tpt reai h that figure. nimt rone p. tlou of Ibu population ot Monadn'.U ImlUUng amy he bed. The MaaaditeX'k postal district wn catublUhea on bay I, though a mom' order, stamp and ngetorvd l-Mfr station was established there mo i than two year ago to meet the il ins.nUemai!e by that axtlon of i iloerh-towrf Jlsmrt frlor to JH) 1 tho deliveries of mall In that hull I k ware mo,le by earners working out l the central station at the foot "' Washington street on the lake fron They vtouul have to rout their rami at the main offloe and then carry It i the Monadliock. liuHiVaf. The raprd Increeuae In the volumi-of volumi-of malt overburdened the tarrlera in auru sn extent sa to cause the fre qurnt use ot auxiliary service, and the expenditure of money In car far nlluwanco In trauportlng the heavy mall from tho central station tn the building In order lo relieve the situation, situ-ation, an Investigation was made, re suiting In th rccoinmenristlon by Superintendent Garrlty to I'nstmastcr Charles U Gordon that the four carriers car-riers serving In the building from the nialn office h transferrin! lo the Mo-hadnock Mo-hadnock station and that the malls be dispatched to them by wagon messenger mes-senger This retommeudutlon was approved ap-proved by 1-ostmaster Gordon Th building mi thereupon made a seps-rat seps-rat district and th larrUra were tranatsrred on May 1 Th acheduls of the wagnn aervlce iu arranged so aa to oak, rloet eonntetlon with th carrier' dellveriM It provided for l' dispatch dally from th rn-tra rn-tra nffic to th Monadnock building and 10 from th building to lb central cen-tral eOlce, xept on Bandays, when th number I only three lo and two from th eubatatlon and district. Th earrUrs' erkedul In th building build-ing prevld six dellverle erery day . except Sunday, and U to arranged a to enable tM mn to begin their de-Mrerles de-Mrerles prvutJcaUy the same time aa f M wkea eerrtng frora lb cen tral fUtlon. In these six dcltvarlai the carrier dlatrlbuto on an averago 26 COO piece of mall dally In the great octal structure. At lenst 75 per cent of the mall received there for delivery oddreeeed without room number The dlfllruUIre anil delay that would naturally grow out of this condition can readily be sen Thn carriers who serve the district are old ones, however how-ever and havo reduced tho apparent drawback lo a minimum Seldom 1 a mistake made In the distribution, lxn.i tmlnlng and service In the IHHtal department have hiado three carrtor adepts, establishing a aystom that Insures accurato delivery of mail to the person to whom It la ad-drrmed ad-drrmed Kvery old or new occupant of the building la known to them. And when a new pvrton come luto Iba building, no matter how humble or how high In position, he get Ma mall promptly. Hucli name ar secured se-cured by the carrier on their respective respec-tive noor and added to th list Thoae ho lenvo the building are also I'pt up with and their mall Is fur-rdiil fur-rdiil to their new addressee, In frt the district, though small In are, la a aeparalo knd distinct post-otVe post-otVe In ItMlf, and the sjilo routine ! found there as In the contra! oilier It differ only In degree An Idea may be had of the volume if buslncaa done by tbla district froii the recent reKirt submitted to Postmaster Post-master Gordon by John J. Gsrrlty, suprrlntsndent of the Monsdnock station sta-tion and district, for the quaiter Just ended Tho number of pouches rehired re-hired dally except (Sunday was 17 Them rrprosent tho collection of malls from the big building and nout In the mala office. Twenty-two pouches are rncolved at the building frora the main uISco dally except Bun-day Bun-day The arerage number ot pieces handled In dellvory every day In the building runs to about 55.0W There are also sn average ot more than 25 auks ot paper mall received for delivery deliv-ery dally The number of pieces, howeier Is Included In the H.CV0 For the quarter ot March, April and May 7a days the money order transaction! trans-action! In this district numbered t HO, or an airragn of 71 a day The amount of them waa ICC.723 80, or nn average of $727 20 a day. There were registered there during the aame pcrl-ol pcrl-ol 7CI1 pieces, or an average of 93 n day Htamp ale for th ame time amounted to 1156,118 II, or an average ot 2 O0o57 a day In March akne the stamp sale was IJO.BOJ. Chicago Tribune. l.nllp.l.. In Team Ca.IUU Auitin llcias) Cor Chicago Itccord The miuinccnt granite State Capitol Capi-tol Building here has become Infested with centipedes of great sit Theao poisonous Insects are to he found In every department of the Slate Government Govern-ment A few day ago one waa seen In (he governor's private office and after aljMly ch It was killed. It moil. ureii'7Umchea long and la thn largest centipede ever en In this part of the state. Sheriff George Womack ot Cook county, came across one ot the Inserts In thn corridor of the stvoud floor of the building recently It waa captured alive and placed on exhi bition In a local drug store It waa over six Inches lung A few daya before be-fore th clerks In the state treasury department de-partment were counting money tn the great tleel vault when n gigantic ren-Ipcal ren-Ipcal raa out from undr n pneke.se of bank note ll waa cornered and aplnred alive and now Inhabit a bottle bot-tle on th counter f thn (.aehler of th leeartpMBt 1 ha eanae of thle uddn peat qt canttpede h unknown. They are particularly fond of damp place and large numbers of them hare been I en about tb sinks and lavatories of t..e buUdlBf. The Janitor & porter f th arriml dpa tmenia bare or-anls4 or-anls4 a ayalemmic hunt for the t"ta, but they have mad little head-lay head-lay In Mating rid of them A lleeu ef Hie l!wnfdf!!e7 Among ,IM dlatlngulshcd Georgian a Mo fell AOTtally wounded at the hat-I hat-I ll of Atlanta July 12 last waa ('ol John ataakay Brown, a hrothnr of tin-h.t tin-h.t Oovertvnr Jcepi K nrnwn '! niel Itrqwn eras o-u uf the ioiitd-'acy'a ioiitd-'acy'a snoJlgallant offlrer He dla i ngulalMd, himself on mure Hum nn ii Hiily battlefield and be held the hlg'i nzaid of hli superior offlier for per-miual per-miual bravery and heroism At the time of fel death he was major of th f"ty-thbM Oeorgla mglmont lie had i-inporary gaysmand of the rtglment m:l waa laMJlax a gallant charge v.bn n bullet a)t abort bis brilliant career After hit fatal wounding he was moved ta the xeemlve mansion at Mllledg-v'lle. Mllledg-v'lle. the bwni of hi brother. Governor Jieiih S, Urown, where he died July -C -Atlanta OoMtltutlon Atrlle tiinuiH (.oniai (nijaaly. Thing grow very fast Iu the ehort Arctio lumuier. Aa soon ai the anow melU off In many place the ground Is lutered with a vln which br a small berry something. Ilk the huckleberry huckle-berry porwong It Is called It Is sour I aud has a pungent tail and th Indiana In-diana leav off work and go porwong hunting, cramming themslrs with th berries. ilrM. CUIau Ilia Kill. Irish snthusliueu or dnundlng that th new regiment of Irish guards shall wr tk kilt, on th ground that It was th national dr of Irishmen long bafor th Hootch hlghltndtrs took to wearing it |