The Frederick Post from Frederick, Maryland • Page 7

FRIDAY, APRIL 4, THE EVENING FQSIf ERICK. AND LOUDOUN COUNTY, ADVERTISER. The Weekly Edition of THE EVENING POST of Frederick Contains ail the News of Frederick County, Western Maryland, and Northern Virginia and West Virginia. ubsori sther at at the USEFUL INFORMATION IN CONDENSED FORM fenders' Day, September 12. and Cols lumbus Day, October 1-.

la Frederick county Repudiation Day. rxorem- POSTAL BEGULATIOSS. First-Class Sattcr (Letters, Sealed Packages, 2 cents an ounce- Second-Class (newspapers and periodicals), 1 cent for 4 ounces. Third-Class (books, circulars), 1 cent for 2 ounces. Foarth-CIass (merchandise), 1 cent for an ounce.

Registration Fee (additional postage), 10 cents. Immediate Delivery Stamp (additional to regular posrage), 10 cents. Domestic Money Orders ($1 to $100), cents to 30 cents. First-CIass and ail rther written matter, wholly or partly "written (whether sealed or not), excepting mamseript copy accompanying proof sheets; also all matter sealed (see below), 2 cents an ounce, ex- out in any way injuring the wrapper ber 23, is a bank half-holiday. In Baltimore city, Saturdays after 12 o'clock, noon, for banks.

Arbor Day. designated by the Governor, is generally the Srst of April. Weights and Measures. 2 nr-ike 1 quart. 4 quarts make 1 gallon.

gallous make 1 barrel. A hogshead holds Co A tierce holds 42 gallons. A puncheon holds 84 gallons. SHE HAD BEEN EVIDENCE Witness Made Only Statement of Fact That to Him Was Beyond AH Dispute. Short jlelaod cf Calculating Interest.

Adopted by the Baltimore Chamber months ipiy the cf years by 6 it Divkle tae number of 1 it cents. Divide or contents. mail matter laay be registered at any postofiice by affixing 10 cents in stamps in addition to the- regular postage. Coerce. da vs nil13 Postage to rates Busn Lb3 sua be the interest on $1.00 conditions as in Uclted States; ex- vrr eat 60 for tirce at 6 per cent.

Mul- cept that articles of merchandise, noi sent as iona-Sdej trade samples, are required to sent by "Parcel Post." Commercial papers at us sal foreign rate. Postage to rates and Shelled Corn Corn in Ear inirsbsr of dollars--result is 79! i'li? interest Vas 56 Ibs.) 60 gg SSo.C- 1 for 2 10 months and 24 -5 per cent, interest on Oats (State, 25 Ibs.) S2! d3 Barley 48 Irish Potatoes (in Maryland) 55 conditions as in United States: except that articles of miscellaneous aierch- s-nret Potatoes 56! andisc are unniailable if sealed. Halt 34 i Domestic Poslal Rates apply to Cu- Turnips ba. Porto Rico, Hawaii, the Philip-i Beans, white aud castor 6C .004 pines, Samoa and Shanghai, China. Ibs.) 6 A I For .174 Int.

OH $1.01 SO 13.62--A 13.92 rate divide this re- Forr-ign 5 cents! Clover Seed the first ounce or fraction thereof I Timothy Seed a i i by 6 multiply by the rate de- and 3 cents for each additional ounce. Flasseed 66! sired, for instance, at 4: cepting drop letters at non-carrier Letters for England, Ireland I Hemp Seed 4-J offices, 1 cent an ounce. (Postal cards, 1 cent each). and periodicals, publ" bed quarterly and oft- eacr, and not for gratuitous distribution. The general public pay by affixing stamps at the rate of 1 cent each for 4 ounces or part thereof when not sealed.

(printed surface zaast exceed blank surface to be third-class; ruled lines same as blank circulars, other printed matter, proof sheets and manuscript copy accompanying the same, valentines, sheet music, heliotypes, chromos. posters, lithographs and printed advertising matter in all, when not 1 cent for 2 ounces or fraction. and samples, blank books and paper, ores, all matters not inculded in any of the other classes, and in its nature perishable or liabel to injure the contents of the mail. (By Special Law, the postage on seeds, cuttings, roots, Wales and Newfoundland, 2 cents per Blue Grass Seed, Orchard" 14 ounce, and for Germany, dispatched Buckwheat 481 only by steamers which land ths mails Peaches. Peeled 401 at German ports, 2 cents per ounce.

Peaches. Uapeeied 32 Letters for Germany, prepaid at the! Dried Apples 2S Postal Unioa rates, will be Coal Cubic Measure. by the fastest steamers and by the most expeditious routes available. Postal cents singlo and 4 cents for double cards. -1 cent for each two Printed ounces.

CoESBercial cects -SO On ions 56 Com Meal 48 Corn Meal (per bbl) 200; Flour (per bbl.) 196J Peanuts, Wilmington 28 Peanuts, Virginia 22 1 cubic foot has 1,728 cubic inches I An ale gallon has 282 cubic inches. A wir.e gallon has 231 cubic inches A dry gailon has 26S C-10 cubic feet. A ton of round timber has 50 cubic A ton of hewn timber has 40 cubic feet. In a Texas tovrn there lives an old nrgrpfs. Aunt Cynthia Jo'auson, is of tor.sue.

and seldom at peace with her ictnalc neighbors. Recently, as a resa-t of a war of words ith one of neighbors, she was tried in recorder's court for disturbance. She tad refused" the court's offer of an attorney, aad was conducting her ova case. Her I ne of neferse was an attempt to prore yood character ard a reputation I'nr peace. She had put several cf her church brothers and sisters on ths EtPTid.

and had made a fairly good case, when old Ur.cSe Levi Criggle waa culipd to the witness stand and the following ensued: "Brother how long have you lived in my part of toira acd knowed me?" "Rout ten years. Sister Johnson." "Brother Crigi-Ie, has you ever snowed of me startin' any exturbanee among my neighbors or in my neighborhood where I "Now. Sistah Jocnson. the jndg." over tear done made mo hold np ban" an swar to tell the trnth and al! ths trath. and Fs boan" to ten it jess like it Is.

All I got to say "bout that is. I ain't never beam that yon ex- ackly started any insturbanoe, but all the Instarbaaces that's ever been down in that end of town has had yoj in "em somewhar afore they wus Inter Ocean. ou I7n grabbed hold of niy hand an' shovod a ring as big as a cart-wheel an my fiaptr. end told mo that the banns n-c-rc- already up. That's the son of-Iiui-baud I want for our no- a.

shlverio" that got Feuse to come in cut the rain!" Out Wixri it. into oiT.co a f.i-j. a man who iras ex- c'-'i-il bPi-siis" had lof; hir.i. -he v-f-ul-i run him into ail ever the try. "In a cnse," saij la-- -er, bffT ros her" Iii3 not knov.inf por.

a- ant, saifl he cid Lai! and beFide-s. she strong as he. did not he abk- to post her. The rn'-ant put- a in tho say- ir.r:: "Vrhereas, my wife Hck-n has ray bed and without any just--" "Bat that aJa't interrupted tho oiient. "She oidu't Icav my bed.

tcok it xi'ith Mag- first 10 ounces or less, aad 1 ceot for each additional 2 oucces. fof Hungarian Grass Seed 48 "iMillet 50 NOT THE MAN SHE WANTED Bashful Youth Seemingly Had Little Chance to Win the Lady of Heart. Osage Orange 3S! Samples of Xerdundise--S cents! Sweet Potatoes, Stove Coal, Hungar- for the first 4 ounces or less, and 1 ian Grass cent for each additional 2 ounces. Legal Holidays in Saryland. Jsew Year's Day, January 1: Washington's Birthday, February 22; Decoration Day, May 30; Day, July tabor's Independence Holiday, first Monday of September; Christmas ray, scions and plants is at the rate of 1J December 25; Gocd Friday.

cent for each 2 ounces). All, when not sealed, and not exceeding 4 pounds' In weight, 1 cent an ounce or fraction. matter Is regarded as seeled when not so wrapped as to allow of a thorough examination with- iNEWSPAPEr General aad Congressional Election Days. Sundays ard all special days appointed by the Governor or by the President of the general cessation includes Thanksgiving Day, Old De- United States for of business. This Millet and Oaage Orange, not included in Baltimor- Chamber of Commerce table.

Table of Distances. An acre contains 4,840 square yards. 209 feet long by 209 feet broad is a little more than 1 acre. A mile is feet, or 1,760 yards. A league is 3 miles.

A fathom is 6 feet. A cubit is 22 inches. A span is 9 inches. A hand is 4 inches. A palm inches.

Liquid Xeaswre. 4 gills make a pint. Box contains 1 busnel. Bos 16xlfa4 3-16 contains one-ball bushei. Box contains ore peck.

Box SxSx4 2-16 contains one-naif! i peck. Box 4x4x4 3-16 contains 1 quart. A pile of wocd 4 feet high, 4 feet broad and feet makes 1 cord. Xeasnre. square square foot square square yard.

30H square square rod. 40 square rcod. 4 640 square mile. For a lirf coanty newspaper of thb faanty anil Xorfheni Yirginia. rend The BrsBswick Herald.

A sharp-featured, determined iitUe popped br head ont of the 3oor pad indigcantly demanded business of a bashful young man who tad been hanging around the house for hours in a pftiless downpour of rain, hoping against hope that his adored one invite him in. "Xow. then, ycaag feller, what do yer want here? Tryin" to wear paveaeat out, or what?" she de- siacccd. sarcasticaiiy. "I reckon I've come a-cocrtin' your daughter," the shame-faced admitted.

"Oh, y're after Lizzie, are yer? Then take my advice, young man, an' ran away lose yersslf. My gal ain't goJn" to marry a chap that fcasn't courage to knock at the door an' ax for her--not likely! Why, when her father came me an' found the door locked, ha climbed the back-yard wall, strangled the Men Have Higher Regard for Postry, A public librarian recently gave evidence that man's regard for is greater than woman's. Many pupil-teachers and other students fre- queet his library, and come in quest of books to help in tea study of literature. He Snds that when set. to study a poet, the man student usually that poet'8 works to read for himself, but the woman rays: I don't want to through all that; me a book that, will ideas and tell nse what ought to think about him." And the usual way Is to give the girl a book tliat tells her what a jnaa thinks she ought to think aboat Chronicle.

A GOOD THING TO REMEMBER Seeger Co. When you want anything in a ware, Cutlery, Tools, Paints, etc. 32 W. Patrick St. FREDERICK, JOB.

WEDDING PRESENTS STERLING SILVER CUT GLASS PLATED WARE DIAMOND RINGS PLAIN BAND RINGS H. S. LANDIS LEADING JEWELER OF FREDERICK One On the Jirogi. A well-known judge recently dined at a hotel in Dublin, where the man, who takes charge of the hats is celebrated for his memory about the ownership of headgear. "How do you know that is my hat?" the jccge as his hat was handed to him.

"I don't know it, sir," P-st "Then why did you give it to replied the judge. "Because you gave it to me. sir." said the man. without moving a muscle of his face. Get the weekly news of Frederick fonnty in The Brunswick Herald.

SI.OO a year. Snbscriptlons weired at the office of The Evening Post WATCHES, GLGGXS, JEWELRY orders will receive prompt cttea- BEST QUICKEST REPAIR tM6 AND EHCRAVIN6. ynrfb Sartet Street PHONE 153F T0 THE PUBLIC am ia a position to fnrcisb yon Fruit, Shade and Oraa- menul Trees, at lowcs prices. Can sell two year oW Apple Trees in different rfreft. Oae year old Budded Apple Trees.

Commercial varieties, 4 to 5 feet Let me have a list of yom wants. J. A. RAMSBURG, 386 Frederic, Ml. SPAPER.