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YOK OF THE NEW PARCELS POST s Map Showing How Charges Art Determined by Zones With City Center. Table of Comparative Rates The parcels pout wont Into effect on January 1. I'uekaRe weighing a much aa eleven pounds may be seut throujth the postofflce department. The table below Rives the Comparative cost between the parcels post and tho express companies' charges for pnckanes of different weights. WITHIN CINCINNATI POSTOFFICE DISTRICT. 1.H, o.ii, -t.ih i-lh r..1h -lh 7-lti a-lh !-th Ifl-Ih 11-lb parrrl pout . frxnrcM loti.i lull ll.i'J . .25 .26 .23 Within firit ions of fifty mllsa radius of rmvrln newt I'S .! .11 Kxpriw, to Dnyton. .. .2d .2o 2 .2.1 ... -au Within second lone, M to 150 mllea. PnroHa pr-t "H " H -,ft Kxp to ImlliinuunllN. Inil. .25 .".0 .30 .33 .S't .33 .40 Within 300 milaj radius, beyond 1!0-mll ions. Parcel pnat T .12 .17 2'! .27 .32 .37 .42 Kipirri, to Chicago, 111. .25 :'i .40 .45 .ft" .00 .o Within 600 mllra radius, beyond COO-mile ions. rm-r.l post 14 .2" - .32 .3h .14 .SO KxiircjJ, to New York.. .25 .35 .45 .60 .05 .6" .0 .70 Within 1,000 mllea radius, beyond COO miles. tarola nal .IS S3 .30 .37 .41 .51 .81 Kxd.. to Salt Luke City .30 .35 .45 Within 1.400 miles radius, In ' .11 ;s .37 Kxpre?, to Tumim, Kin. 30. .33 45 Within 1.S00 miles radiua, beyond i,co miles. tt .21 .31 .41 .51 -nil .71 .(it I'nrirla pot Kxp., to San Krum-in. o .30 .33 .45 Bewnnrf 11.800 IMrrels po 12 .24 .3H V.l.. to I'ortland. ive. .30 .23 .43 Cincinnati. O Uncle Sam's New Tear's gift to the people of this state was the parcels post, which went into effect New Year s day. On that day all manner of articles were sent through the mails, from a pitchfork to a baseball for the manager of the Cin cinnati Reds. Merchants have been ajuick to avail themselves of the par cels post, and In many of the post offices the supply of special stamps have already been exhausted and Washington requested to ship a new supply. No Postage Stamps. Ordinary postage stamps will not carry a package in the parcels post. Special stamps will be necessary and they can be had In all denominations from 1 to 12 cents. All denominations will be cf one color, terra cotta red, but the "postage due" stamps Indi cating that Insufficient postage was put on at the sending point, will be black. So, whenever a man sees a postman approaching with a package carrying a black stamp he'd better begin to dig He's going to pay out som money. There will be a method of distinguish ing high postage stamps and low post postage one at a glance, however, for the denominations up to and Including 4 cents will picture methods of trans portation, while those above the four cent rate will show grades of post office employes in uniform and per forming some detail of their duties. Parcels post stamps will be somewhat larger than the regulation letter tamps. One detail of the sending of a package must not be forgotten. The name and address of the sender must be legibly written on the outside of the package, along with the name and address of the person to whom the package Is sent. Another Important feature relates to the bulk of packages. None shall be more than 72 Inches, length and girth combined. To ascer tain this, one should measure the pack age leng'hwise and then run the tape around It. These, measurements added together must not exceed "2 Inches. Fragile Articles. Fragile articles. Including millinery, toys, musical Instruments and articles of glass in whole or In part, must he securely packed and marked "fragile." Articles that may not be sent by par rels post include Intoxicating liquors of all kinds, poirons, poisonous ani mals. Insects or reptiles, explosives of every kind; Inflammable articles. In cluding matches; Infernal machines; pistols or rcvolverc; dibease germs; PARCELS POST REGULATIONS All parcels mtst be cecurety wrapped. No parcel can exceed a measurement of tlx feet In combined length nd girth. Explosives are prohibited. Special parcels post stamps must be used en all parcels, and on all articles of merchandise that formerly went fourth class. The fourth class la superseded by parcels post. Addresses must be plainly writter. Every parcel must have the card of the sender In one corner. Butter, lard, fresh meats, fowls and fish, berries and produce that spoils quickly will be admitted, if it la securely wrapped so none of the contents can spill en other matter. Egg must be packed in a basket or other container. All perishable articles must be marked perishable. Queen bees, Hvt Insects and dried reptiles will be admitted. Ail fragile articius must ta e'ecrly marked "fragile." Articles of glass, millinery and toy will be admitted. Spiritous, malted, vinous, fermented, or any other intoxicating liquors re prohibited. Matches, kerosene and other oils are prohibited. Disease germs or scab are prohibited. Live poultry, birds or animals are prohibited. Undeliverable perishable articles will be turned ever to charitable Institutions. Parcels may be Insured for full value up to 150 en payment of JO cents. Parcel must be prepared so that content can be easily examined. Occupation of the sender of a parcel may appear with hi card on out eld of parcel.. "Merry Christmas" and similar phrase can be used. "" Sii.k!) fM fu.ll " U' f'l.1.1 fil.1t 0.15 .13 .25 .30 .30 ..10 .30 .30 .SO Cincinnati, outside of poatofflee district. .14 .IV .2" .21 ,2i .2'.t .:12 .3 .20 .32 .33 .30 .30 .30 .31 .42 .41 .40 .40 .40 .47 .82 .87 .55 .55 .SO .51 .62 .11 .70 .70 .78 .S .72 .? 135 1 35 ISO .12 .91 1.00 1.15 116 1.35 .91 l.ni 121 1 35 1 40 1 60 1.01 1.2ft 1.32 1.35 1.40 1.10 o . .!' .lwi 1 20 beyond 1.000 miles. .4 .55 .ti4 .7.1 .6" .75 .'.'o l.m 1.16 .' . .mi i .hi 1.20 mllea radius. .4M .72 t .! o .no .'.10 l.ou 1.20 any obscene, defamatory or scurrilous matter now prohibited by law; live or dead animals, or birds or live poultry; raw hides or pelts; or anything having a bad' odor. Books and printed mat ter may not be forwarded at parcels post rates, but only at the pound rates as third-class matter. House Deliveries. House deliveries will be made to persons living on rural and star routes and in cities and towns. Where there Is at present 110 carrier delivery the parcel will go to the postofftce, as is the case with ordinary mail. "The public seem to have the false Impression that the parcels post Is going to be a separate branch of the postofllce department," said Postmas ter Monfort. "The establishment of the parcels post merely means the placing of all fourth-class matter under the new rules. It will lower the rates, in crease the weight limit and necessitate the use of special stamps. Otherwise it will be the same as heretofore. Wherever possible, regular carriers will be used and In all details of the handling of parcels post mall regular employes will be used. Many small stores throughout the city probably will use the new system for dellmry of parcels to customers." Not In Automobiles. Additional contracts hare been made In the cities for the cartage of par cels post packages above a certain weight. No automobiles will be used, as the hauling would be too expensive. The new contracts for delivering the packages, however, will be temporary, in a manner, and permanent contracts will not be made until after the sys tem has been tried out. Until further arrangements are made all packages must be taken by the senders to the sub-stations or main offices. From out lying stations delivery to the main of fice will be made by street car. In the beginning, drug stores and other small sub-stations will not be allowed to col lect packa-.es. Carriers will deliver the smaller packages. The avera.ge weight of t: carrier's pouch runs from 30 to 60 pounds. This will not be ex ceeded under the parcels post. All packages of more than five pounds will be delivered by wagon. If no pontage has been put on a .package, or that put on Is insufficient, the package will be carried, but the postage will be col lected from the person to whom It l. ai'dressed. If he refuses to pay. It will be sent to the dead letter office like a letter. A Gmmunioh Sermon Br REV. WILLIAM EVAN D. D, HUal TKXT-Whst mea.n ye by this servkeT Exodue 12:2. , The chapter In which this text la found sets forth tha detailed ar rangement of the Passover. It la as sumed that the children, observ ing this prepara tion, would ask their parent what wa meant by It. In answer ing the children the parent were thu afforded a good opportunity of stating to the child the fact In connection with their redemption from bondage). So today, in like manner, the Lord' sup per Is often the mean of arousing questions In the minds of both chil dren and adults. What Is the Com munion service? What doe It repre sent? What truth doe It teach? In answering these questions the Chris tian afforded an opportunity of stat ing the fact of the Christian faith. First, the Communion commemo rates a fact of history. One can take boat or train and soon arrive at Cal vary. He may climb this hill and reach Its summit where once stood the cross on which Jesus Christ died. No Intelligent person will deny the historicity of the fact of Christ' death. Second, the Communion Is a fact of Christian faith. True, Jesus died, but what did he die for? Here Christian faith declare Itself by answering, "He died for our sins." The question of sin must be dealt with, It debt must be paid, the divine wrath against it must be appeased, some ground mnst be found upon which a righteous Ood may deal in mercy and pardon with sinful man. The Communion table tells 11s that all this has been accom plished In the death of Christ It ac knowledges the reality of both sin and death, and relates these two great facts In the death of Christ. In the words of Jesus we say, "This cup Is the New Testament In my blood, shed for the remission of sins." Preacher may deny the vicarious atonement of Christ; the pulpit may be silent touching the ubstitutionary character of Christ's death, but this table has proclaimed since Christ's death and will proclaim until he come the fact that he died for our sins; that "Bearing shame and scoffing rude, Scaled my pardon with His blood. 8c-ald my pardon with HI blood Hallelujah. What a Savior!" The Communion Is a fact of pro phecy. "As oft as ye eat this bread and drink this cup ye do ahow forth the Lord's death till he come." A fact of history, a fact of Christian faith, a fact of prophecy that the Communion link Itself to the past, present and future. It reminds us of our Lord, who, while present In spirit. Is absent In body, and assures us that he will some day come again person ally andvisibly to this earth. There are two pledges for Christ's second coming: The resurrection (Act 17:31), the pledge to tLe world; the Lord' supper (1 Cor. 1U28), the pledge to the church. The Commun ion table Is aglow with hope and prom ise: It constantly preaches the sec ond coming of Christ. Every time we gather around this table we should look forward with joy to that glorious day when we shall see not only our blessed Lr.rd, but also "Those whom we have loved long since and lost awhile." "When ?rnm loved on wo ar parted. And our ryes are dimmed with trars AltnoHt fe-l wo broken-heartnl, As ws struggle with our fears. B'lt, tt wlU not bo forover, We ahall mwt them all st homo; fb-parntions will tlirn bo over Thry ara only Till II come.' " The Communion Is a fact of me morial. Jesus said, "1 this In re membrance of mo." The Communion Is to be a tangible romlnder to u of our Ixrd. Sight help memory. How the mementoes we have of our loved one remind us of them, of what they were to us, and of our love for them. We so coon forget what we do not see. Is It not strange that of oil that Jesus did when he was here upon the earth the one thing be would have us remember wa not bis life wondrous a that was, ror his miracles star tling a they were, not even his resur rectionconvincing as It was of all supernatural claims, but hi death. The Communion table I a memorial of that death, and every time we gather around It we pleas the Master by doing thut last thin he asked his disciples to do In re membrance of bira. The mother goes to the bureau ant from the drawer he take two little shoes. They are simple, and plain, and worn; they have no commercial value, but. oh, what a flood of memories they bring to her heart and amlnd and soul as he think of the one who hi dledl It us not forget our Master; he will ot forget us. Kelp rue. dear Baylor, Thea to owa And avar faithful tw; And when Thou aitteat es Thy tarens) lx-ar Lord, tumunbti ma." t3L 17111 DYJIIIDNESS Is the Inspiration That Chal lenges the Affection of All to Whom' It Is Shown. THE grace of klndnrs. how Indis pensable It I to the completion of any human character! When Constable aakel Turner to look at one of hi picture and tell htm what waa wrong with It, the great landscape artist peered at It for a time, then ran a rippling line of brush work right across the canva and made It live. Such a master touch on the character of a man Is this add ed grace of kindness. The Inspiration of a kind heart De prived or this virtue, the strength of the giant become an en gin of wild brutality. The more ylgorou and forceful the man Is, the more damage he I likely to do In hi ruth less course through life unless re deemed by the Inspiration of a kind heart And under the Influence of kindness the most harsh of men will reveal traits of humanity with which he would ever have been credited. By Marie Antoinette In her miserable pri son there stood every day one of the soldiers of the revolution. He had watched the lad face of the discovered queen, and her miseries touched his aoul to pity. During the hot day of that summer he went to buy for tho helpless woman a melon from one of the frultseller of the streets. When he toM the rude virago from whom h purchased It that It was for the queen, she picked the host from her stall and handed It to him, saying: "Ah, well, one woman may at least do this for another. I shall take no payment for i." To Those In Authority. That authority which is bereft of kindness may be effective in maintain ing discipline, hut will never get the best service from subordinates. It 1 not the fear of the knout which will make the bravest soldier. Men may be dragooned Into silence, hut for the devotion which count death a trifle, for the valor which hesitates at no peril, there must be the belief that the commander care for them and has their welfare before his mind. Whoever would manage men must found hi claim to control them on their belief that he Is affected by their anxletiea and take delight In their well-being. To goodness this quality Is Indis pensable, but which falls to create af fection. It Is rigid as a marble pillar and cold as the polar sea. It never deviates from the plain path, knows nothing of the vagaries of weaker men, and cannot understand the ap peal of penitence for compassion. Such goodness repels rather than attracts. It may move us to a sullen awe. but will never weaken our hearts to live. Kindness alone can create that flame. I hear It said that we are becoming dangerously sentimental. This insis tence on the milder virtues Is said to ho Imperiling the virile qualities of the race. I see no signs of degeneration In that direction. Nature is too strongly allied to the brute heast to permit us to grow at once into gen tle saints. All the barriers that we can erect are needed to keep out the tide of fierce passion. It is not less but more of this generous spirit that we require. Endure Only by Religion. Moral qualities must be rooted In religious experiences. What Is the genesis of this quality in the soul? Let us admit that It may be found with out religion. Accident of birth, a happy geniality of temper. Immunity from the more pressing Ulls of life, may aid hi its production. Are there not those so fortunately balanced in mind and body that the storms of the aoul seem to them unknown? Are there not other whose day seemed passed In quiet harborage, immune from the troubles which others are compelled to meet? Yet, these people can he found. But we must not go to them for guidance. We might as well ask Crusoe for information about the Plague. Moral qualities are not to he left to the accidents of birth or temper; they must he rooted in re ligious experienced If they are to en dure. The grace of kindness springs from the love of Cod for man. That for giveness which has come to us so free ly through Christ muBt move us to the exercise of pity for the weak and suf fering. Challenging a return of that love, asking us to love (Sod because he has first loved us, It leads us easily to entertain toward men that af fection by which we ourselves have benefited. This quality will show Itself In a considerate thoughtfulness for others. One of the poorest apologies for our cruelties Is our own lack of thought. It 1 no justification for the bitter word that you did not recognize its bitterness. Speech wra given to heal wounds, not to make tbem fester. The harsh dogmatism which recoinnlzos no difference of opinion, and beat down all opposition, caunot coexist with a true kindness of tplrlt Rev. Arthur C. Hill. Blessed Thought. It Is a blessed thought that from out childhood God ha been laying his fatherly hands on us, and always In benediction. When this feeling la awakened, the heart beat with a pulse of thankfulness. Every gift has It return of praise, . . . and all our whole life 1 thereby drawn undei the light of hi countenance and la tilled with a gladness, serenity, and peace which only thankful bearU cu know Rev- H. B- Manning. IffltTMnONAL SlINMfSOIOOL Lesson fBT T.. O. BKLf.ir.TtH. rMtwtor nf Kva nlna; Deportment The Moody Bible In atltuta of Chicago.) LESSON FOR JANUARY 12 MAN THS CROWN Or CREATION T.KBflON TEXT-Oenoala 1:1, IT; I T-; III-24. OOLDF? TrXT-'TJod created man In his own Imajre." Oen. 1:17. Ton times the words, "and God aid" appear In the first chapter of Onneals. Hod spake, and 'twas done. Now all Is In readiness earth and heav en await hi word, "and Ood said let us make man." It would seem a though a conference wa being held before this momentous event. The "let ua make" I full of suggestion.' That each person of the Triune God head was present In creation we saw In last week' lesson, and It I her still further indicated by the plural form of the Hebrew noun for the name of God. Rut what pattern ahall we follow in the making of man? Surely only the highest and best, hence "In the Image of God." This does not necessarily mean the physi cal Image, but rather the Intellectual and spiritual Image of God, see Col. 3:10. Eph. 4:24, John 6.25. Ood who la spirit (John 4:25) does manifest himself in material form (see Phil. 2:6, Isa. 6:1-4) and similar passages, and this form resemble the human. But this "Image" (likeness) ha been blurred and marred by Bin, James S: 9. It was, however, perfectly seen in the perfect Man. Christ Jesus, see Cor. 4:4, Heb. 1:2, 3. ' Science at a Pause. How God created man we are not told, except that he was "formed of the dust of the ground," and to this day the bodies of men and of animals consist of the very same elements as the soil which forms the earth upon which they dwell. It Is yet to be proved that man came from the low er animals, and It hi a scientific secret that at this point the real leader of science are at a pause. The dust of our bodies Is tho same as yonder stars, as the lily of the field, as that which kings and queens are made. But still there are higher heights, for God breathed Into this man his own spirit, verse 7, and from this union of the body and spirit man be came a living soul. Man is the con necting link between the material and tho infinite, by the physical he is re lated to lower nature and by the spir itual be Is related to God. If the theory of the rehabilitation of this earth .after the destruction of the pre-adamlte rSces is true (chap. 1:3-13), we now see Ood In his won drous grace preparing a place for man' especial abode, vv. 8, 9, 15-24. The two accounts of creation in the first and second chapters of Genesis are not contradictory, and to matt them so one must read Into the nar rative what is not there. Tho first presents a concise outline of creation, the second an enlargement that con nects these event with tho region where man began to live, the starting point of the present human race. That Eden was undoubtedly in the region of the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers Is pretty generally accepted, though, of course, we can only specu late as to the cradle of the human race. After God had created Adam with the highest nature the animals were not fit companions for him. Nor could he be the beginning of the race of man without one like to himself. Man can attain his highest only as he has human companionship (v. IS). Adam had the power of speech, and an Intel ligence, and was given tho right to name the animals of the field (v. 19). But in all this there was no compan ion for him (v. 20). Unity of Life. . In the first account Is the slmpla statement that God created "male and female," but in the second we soo that man is not complete without tho woman. God's mode was to make her "bone of his bone" (vv. 12, 23). Thl suggest the utmost possible unity of man and wife; unity of life, of soul, of emotions, of home, etc. Matthew Henry calls to our attention the wom an was not taken from "out of his head to top him, nor out of hi feet to bo trampled under foot, but out of hi side to be his equal, from un der his arm to be protected, and near hi heart to be loved." The marriage relation la the most sacred of all human tie (v. 24). HI the beat possible training and educa tion In love, sacrifice, duty, victory over evil, in all that is best In life. These are the qualities needed to build up the race. When one is de graded the other of necessity 1 low ered. To understand the full meaning of the mnrrlage relation we need to comprehend the relation of Cr .-let and his church Run. 5:31. 32. Grandma's Pumpkin PI. Mix one cup each of milk and dry teamed pumpkin, half a cup of sugar, two tablespoons each of molasses and melted butter, one tablespoon of gin ger, two eggs slightly beaten, on tea spoon of cinnamon, half a teaspoon of salt Four Into a pastry lined dlsb and hake about 45 minute. Whua baking cake dust the greased pas with flour and the cake will bevai stick. When making custard pi sprinkle your spice on th pastry lined pan and you will not find tt on top. P 0 HEW SETTLERS CXTLNDINQ THE AGRICULTURAL' AREA IN WESTERN CANADA. . For sometime) past the Canadian government has had surveyor at work platting new area for tha ac commodation of tha largely Increas ing nomher of aettler coming In to occupy th agricultural districts of tha three pralrl province. There were those connected with the work of securing aettler for western Can ada who last spring prophesied that there would he as many as 175,000 new settlers from the United States to Canada during the present year, and there were those who doubted that the previous year's figures of 132,000 could be Increased. Recent computation made by the officials of the Immigration branch at Ottawa show that the largest estimates made by officials will be hsaten and that the 200,000 mark from the United States will be reached. As great an Increase will be shown In the figures of those who will reach Canada from other countries this year. The re sults of the year's work In Canadian Immigration will give upward of a total of 400,000 souls. But this Is not to he wondered at when It la realized what is offering in the three prairie provinces and also tn the coast province of British Co lumbia, which Is also bidding strong ly and successfully, too, for a certain class of settler, the settler - who wishes to go Into mixed farming or fruit raising. When the central por tion of this province Is opened up b the railway now being constructed there will be large areas of splendid land available for the settler. Reference has frequently been made of late by those interested in develop ing the American weot to the large numbers who are going to Canada, high officials In some of the railways being amongst the number ' to give voice to the fact The more these facts become known the more will people seek the reasons and these are best "given when one reads what prominent people say of tt What the farmer thinks of tt and what his friends say of It James A. Flaherty, supreme knight of the Knights of Co lumbus, was In western Canada a short time ago. He says: "If I were a young man I would sell out my Interest in less than two months and come right to the Cana dian Northwest, where so many op portunities abound." Advertisement MATERNAL INTUITION. Mrs. Pig Now, Curly, when you'iw at the party I want you. to behave like a perfect hog I Name the Line. Hubbubs Have you any late trains to Lonelyvllle? Subbubs Yes. All our trains are late. Stray Stories. Pessimism. Willie Paw, what Is a pessimist? Paw A man who takes ao umbrel la along when he goes to a ball game, Cincinnati Enquler. . Important to ftlotners) Examine carefully every bottle ej CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature In Use For Over 30 Years. Children Crj for Fletcher's Castoria It takes a sharp man to make a tool uf a dull one. Try Mra. Auatin's Bag Pancake, sure to plcaas you, all grocers. Adv. Turn about la (air play except when applied to a band organ. CANNING FACTORIES ror on lima, per ent of pack or oaafc. ' alara. Hi lo For ruruia or laraa Minmunltlxa. Will, for bookl.t. THOS. U. UKuWN, kpriuaSald, Ma. Adv. Engaged people are seldom a In sne a tho neighbors think they are. "PARCELSPOST RATE FINDER Indtncb1 XmUnltntoui Tajtla i tfiakiios) it ssrcl-Ki rtu fiuui your lu MlUy u tny pouii in tb UniltMl HUs,im. Avoids mu fuiun striking truui ili muum UNsV 'of 4iaico AuLitiuavLttirv dIariiilii iuUuf imuI rexl ftOCurtftsi li-itf lu htoJ so imi. Turlf atMih lncludlite, haLMui-HW.r swap vt th I nlurf tMait, tli'4 Traches), n4 h uluralDUtm KU Findwr. tritm.im Biu win rvaki ptiMr uip all tiw teVkt prvLMLld) plus pupr iup. uvuubfti i ui Mount fl mud, remit; -flail tiw uf, L Of tU. lMsttU OJ putUki itofMf ordt. PARCELS POST RATE FINDER CO ISS Uborty SU daw lwi UiJ CM(kSna TuM. U. Laa I taUM. SoU kf IkwrtaM. I In I umntmMu i i W. K, U, CINCINNATI. NO. 1-1111