The Labor Signal. (Oklahoma City, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 25, 1903 Page: 5 of 16
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RAILWAY MAILCLKRK
ONE OF THE BEST TYPES OF
AMERICAN CITIZEN.
Upon the Faithful and Proper Per-
formance of His Duties Depends
the Welfare of Millions—Too Little
Appreciated by the Public.
The railway mail service has been
so excellent the public are prone to
receive it. as a matter of course. Uit-
tle heed is given to it, and if thought
of at all, it is with a limited realiza-
tion of its magnitude or its connection
with the public weal. Too great
prominence is given the hero "behind
the gun" and too little is said of the
man who gives the best years of his
life for the mental, moral and material
development of this kind.
The duties of the railway postal
clerk require a high order of dexter-
ity and skill, which not being gifts
God given, are acquired by years of
untiring effort. His work is for the
benefit of everyone, and in his views
all are fciveled to the same plane.
Through his hands pass the mes-
sages of countless millions, and
whether of city or village, counting
house or farm, whether bearing fail-
ure or success, sorrow or joy, they
speed to their destination. Upon his
skill, ability and untiring efforts de-
pend, to a great extent, the success
of all social, political and commercial
enterprises. This may seem a broad
assertion, but can you imagine the
condition if the ten thousand postal
clerks of this county were to resign
in a body? Means of communication
would then be limited to the telegraph
and telephone, and that they would
prove wholly inadequate is apparent
to the most casual observer. Chaos
would reign in the business world,
and the shock would be felt to the
remotest part of the civilized globe.
It is pleasing, however, to be as-
sured that no such event will take
place, for while realizing his power
he is imbued with the spirit of pa-
triotism that is the life of every true
American. The thought of any other
action than devotion to duty never
enters his mind.
The railway mail service has kept
pace with the needs of advancing
times, and it is the proud boast of the
postal clerk that he is the agency
through which this pace is and has
been kept; but, the time has come
when, in spite of the most heroic ef-
forts that, men can put, forth, they are
overwhelmed. And the time is at hand
when more attention must be given
or we will reap the reward of our
neglect. The attention of every busi-
ness man should be called to this
branch of the public service, for they
are directly and intimately concerned.
Upon the railway postal clerk de-
pends the success of this important
branch of the government, and his re-
moval would destroy in a day what it
has taken years to build. It is due to
his fidelity that the work of this won-
derful business has been carried on to
almost perfection, and when we con-
sider the vast quantity of mail pro-
duced in this country and the rapidity
with which it is transported to its
destination with almost mathematical
precision by this remarkable machine
of distribution and delivery it. is little
short of marvelous. If each of the
eighty millions of people of the
United States mail one letter or par-
cel a day, the average is eight thous-
and packages to the postal clerk—
and this is conservative—and the rec-
ord shows that he makes one mistake
—mis-sends one piece for every ten
thousand handled. The business and
professional worlds are challenged to
show a record that even approaches
this.
In this service there is no place for
"the sleepy, the sluggish or the indif-
ferent." The essential element is
manhood in the absolute, not the out-
ward show of manhood, but the inner
consciousness of physical strength,
mental capabilities and moral worth.
These, coupled with the "unwearied
spirit of application," make a good
citizen and a good'postal clerk. These
are concomitant, for he who is a pos-
tal clerk is and ought to be a good
citizen. He must practice those vir-
tues which make men better in order
to withstand the strain of unremitting
mental and physical hardship, and
that he does practice them is evi-
denced by the record he has made.
Upon such as he rests the destiny
of this nation. His is a life of duty,
a life that brings sweet reward, a life
that ennobles, a life that requires en-
ergy, alertness and fidelity; a life
that molds character, that strength-
ens individuality and marks him a
man separate and distinct from all
other men.—From an address by E. J.
Kern at the annual convention of the
Railway Postal Clerks' association of
the Sixth Division.
HE REMEMBERED THE TEXT.
Stranger's Gentle Rebuke to "Repeat-
ing" Clergyman.
During one of the late Dr. T. De
Witt Talmage's vacations the Brook-
lyn Tabernacle pulpit was occupied
on a Sunday evening by a clergyman
who had officiated on the same day in
two churches in New York city. At
each of the three services he had dis-
coursed from the same text—"Simon's
Wife's Mother Lay Sick."
A visitor in New York "being desir-
ous of hearing some of the city's elo-
quent preachers was directed first to
one and again to the other of what
turned out to be the churches where
the clergyman referred to was preach-
ing in the absence of the regular pas-
tors. He was advised to cross over to
Brooklyn in the evening and hear Dr.
Talmage. Here, for the third time
the same day, he was doomed to listen
to the same harangue. After Its con-
clusion. while the visitor was on his
way toward the ferry, there was a
great commotion on the streets,
caused by the hurrying of fire en-
gines to the scene of a burning build-
ing. As he was standing watching
the engines rush by he felt a hand
touch him and an inquiring voice ask
the cause of so much commotion. The
inquirer was the clergyman whom he
had heard preach three times that
day fi'om the same text.
"I suppose, sir," he replied, "Si-
mon's wife's mother must be dead,
seeing that I heard you proclaim three
several times and at three several
places to-day that she lay sick."
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Also, $5.00, $4.00, $3.00, $2.50, and $2.25
for Men; $3.00, $2,50, and $2.00 for
Boys; $2.00 and $1.75 for Youths.
T!ic reputation ct V. , !.. non*;];! sboc fur st"1e, comfort, and wear is known
everywhere ti '>m ,'ioufc t'r*. wc 1. T v%y li.o to gve butler satisfaction than
other makns, ln*r.~use tV t >ii<i '11-/' s ly*?n p! . '•<! o high that the wear-
ers expect more for their money t.u.;i they can elsewhere. ^
Wc cirr^ a fv'l line, and can insure a pcriect
fit. Inspection invited.
Pope's Shoe Store
28 MAIN
"Rough on Dandruff"
Only Followed the "'Fluence."
Little Wally Winterton was in sad
disgrace. The day before be had been
absent, from school, and yet. it. ap-
peared that his mother ha<1 dispatched
him to imbibe education at the usual
time.
"Now, Walter," said his school
teacher gravely, "you undoubtedly
played truant, and I must punish you,
of course; but if you tell me the truth
perhaps I shall be able to make it
lighter. Where were you yesterday?"
"Please, sir," quavered Wally, "I—
I went, fishing; b—but, it, was Billy
Smith's fault, sir; he hippnertized me,
and, of course, I had to go! You
ain't got no will of your own, sir, when
you're hippnertized."
Which goes to show that when a
small boy goes to a village concert, he
does not necessarily go to sleep all
the time.
He Wanted Another.
A friend of Nat Goodwin once took
him to a fifty-cent table d'hote. At
each course he kept saying:
"Now. Nat, isn't this a fine dinner?
Isn't it excellent? Did you ever cat a
better dinner in your life for fifty
cents?"
Nat was silent until at the end of
the seventh course his friend repeated
his formula. Then he said enthusias-
tically:
"Yes, it's a splendid dinner. A
splendid dinner. Let's have another."
—New York Times.
And "Best of All"—an etegant Hair Tonic
i made, used and for sale at
THE CHOCTAW BARBHR SHOP
A Sale and Sure
Dandruff Ctire.
No. 1202 N. Broadway
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Smoke Washburn's
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Made In
Oklahoma City
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Union Labor.
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The Walking Age.
Ten per cent of all the children of
the -world walk by the time they are
ten months old.
s Commerciai iationa! ©an!? *
Of Oklahoma City.
Solicits Vour Business and Offers the following flnduccmenls:
First: Strength. Stands first in the Territorv as a Na-
tional Bank.
Second: Large resources, enabling us to handle I he largest
Accounts.
Third: Methods up-to dale
Fourth: Latest improved Safes and safety Deposit Boxes
with burglar insurance.
Fifth: Long experience in business, enabling us to know
the needs and supply the wants ot our customers.
Give US "A TRIAL
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The Labor Signal. (Oklahoma City, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 25, 1903, newspaper, December 25, 1903; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc120736/m1/5/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Journalism%22: accessed June 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.