DONE BY POST OFFICE WOMAN.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, 27 August 1903, Page 6

DONE BY POST OFFICE WOMAN.

ZSmplore 1* th« Cklca«o OeputMil Wno H*« A«eomplieh*4 * Woßitr. ' There is a woman on the Chicago post office force who is doing what no other woman in the city can do. and very few men, says an exchange of that city. About three years ago Miss Henrich was put on as a substitute clerk at the Lincoln park substation, which distributes mail to one of the largest districts in the city. During last year 15,000,000 pieces of mail were handled there. While Miss Henrich was serving as substitute she had plenty of spare time, which she spent in learning the "distribution scheme," which is the burden of every green employe's life. The "scheme" is an arrangement of pig-.nnholes where the mail is thrown before being delivered. At Lincoln park station there are 64 holes, one for each carrier, and the various streets and dividing numbers of each carrier's district must be thoroughly memorized, so that when the mail is dumped on the distributing rnble in large sack loads no delay will result in "throwing" the letters properly. Last November Miss Henrich was appointed a regular clerk, and at a test given to the clerks by Superintendent Herman Lieb, the woman employe asked to be allowed to compete, and she made as good a record as any of her fellow-employes by making only one error in "throwing" 500 letters. This has been repeated every day since her entry into the eerrice. We How Grow Giant Bats. With the Philippines we have acquired quite a remarkable addition to our zoology in a giant bat that far exceeds in size his cousins on this continent. He is a repulsive looking, stipid. slow-flying creature, that i ften reaches the measurement of 3C inches from tip to tip of his demonic wings, says the New York I';'•'-:> Id. With all of his horrible ;;, t . :. ancc he is not only harmless, I>u tu .unne etttnt useful, in destroying noxious insects and in furnishing a small r mount of not very appetizing food. In the evenings these bats swoop through the streets of the towns, in large numbers, slowly, and apparenily without ability to objects that present danger, so they are readily rtruck down with clubs. The.v are ..aid in the market at less than a«-r»( ■>• oa "Some People I Have Marre.l." :r> Ladies' Home Journal. "His pt-opie are Cougregationalists, but wi« : ! at Vale he became a Unitariaij. I.e. j ;tiv!its are Koman Catholics, bat she was a member of the Ethical Cuiu're soiit-ty at Carnegie hail. In - eoti :''...-•■• \viih her mother's wish he ; •• . '■>■•' different priests to marry • •;: :>!! refused. In despair he •• .:'■• .'■■;- me. I married them, an j F.p - ••'. "-"ifli the ritu::l service in :: '•'. •• • -rian chapel. The Human (;:.ii. V., 1 ii.lLi-r of the bride and the ( ..... ;•:• :.i sister of the groom wo;. {>■ -t'v.t. This sister acted as on- the other witness was a Jewess." C'hextnat Grov. lug- in Franc*. In nl. part of the world does the r "riisv of growing chestnuts re- » •:•.!■ <;> in: eh n fention an-.l involve !"■ • "ii;!:v nf s'i much capital as in y~...„... j;,..,,. delicious and popular r.n ! ,. ar» -' i,;.ed mqih France to all other countries, the United States re? chiving a goo«"v «:.•=,». The Hin« Still a rtnb Member. Kinjr Edward VII.. contrary to widely circulated reports, has not resigned from any of the London clubs of whit'h. as prince of Wales, he was ,n member. He has. however, retired irr.m the committees of the Marlborough on which he had been serving. *nrillnin\« tiinntn. Sardinia i» celebrated for the tombs ,---•. . , f K^f prenistorteatiy tt * • •;- '-.l* fr'rtH',s.