, 1877-09-23

vas made IN tue New York papers at that time
among Other oferaslons. It may be remembered
Trey we're escorted out to Colorado bY 4 partS
OF capitalists on a special Pullman car, Tor lie
purpose OF viewing some lands in which they
@ p,opo;sea M 10 ), nsest. n Taken all through, this
criminal calendar. The shorthand renort nj
the trial read like a romance Of the imas5na-
tion. @<0~7'4"
II the English nre money-making nation,
they are also ''''~'''
4 MoNEr-arv1Na NATION.
me number OF Institutions IN London support
ca bv charity is enormous. It may almost he
salts that every street has its hospital or its &lis
pen pensafy, or its ''hotnc, ,"-an dependent uton
thriving. 1t is the custom of the managcrs 1 sc Of
these places to post up contribution boxes IN
public resorts, each bearing some Scrptu1al lc-
sehul intended to lure sixpences from the poek-
ets ;sn Of ing ktndly-aispose0 public. remember,
| WINE waiting. for train In small suburban
station, recently, to have counted no less than
tn.rteen Of these ho1es On the wall OF the tickets
ounce. ret, notwithstanding these constant a,,-
3 pet's ior aN', when auy special object is brought
before tie public notice there is n neger-fa.li;,.r
and and instant response. Just at prese, u there arc
Two grea@ channels OF charity apart from the
Tegularly-e1tsting institutions. Indian
FAM nne wpn Hpnd = ana the Turkish Compassionate
the crops in India had failed and the inhah,tants
Or that distant portion Of her hfajcsty's Empire
we're suffering for food movement was SET on
ioo5 tnsta1taneously for their relof, the Queen
| ieacinE OH with donation Of G50U. Up to date
,0c0 has been subscribed aud forwarded To-
! Calcutta. The fact has already boon commented
] Upon that the bulk of the contributions in En-
| gland for the relief Of the sick and wounded in
the present war are
| AyowsDLr SENT TO TIE TURKISH SIDE
There are dozen or more committees ant So
etetles actively engaged in soliciting aid for
Turkish soldiers, while there arc only two-and
both are doing very little-which pretend to as
s1st the Russians: The Turkish Compassionate
tuf!d L! was started month ago, and, by the aid
Of liberal advertising through the b4ay 1ele-
graph, has grown to the amount of GlQO00-
mostly in small contributions.
Up to comparatively recent date, it has been
supposed that official documents WERE or ought
to DC, dreary and Misunderstanding reading. But
that idea was in neasurs dispelletl through
the instrumentafty OF Chicago Coroner, VINO
showed the world, in his annual report, how to
handle M TIE subject OF corpses IN light literary
followed by Lord John Manners, the Postmas-
tcr-Gcoeral OF Great Britain, would not YEN
tsife to state: but 1t Is certain that this func-
tionary has giycn us, in his twenty third annual
report, published Yesterday, some
EXTREMELY ExuHARATING READING
After tue first few pages Of the usual statistics,
LORD John Manners relates q number OF anec
dotes. For INSTANCE, he tells how 10 Aberdeen
person Was observed to deposit letter In
dtsused street-hydrant, and. on the cover Of the
found, the sendcrs Of which had similarly mis- !
taken the water-pillar for pillar 1etter-box, |
The letters had been passed into the box through
the space formerly occupied by the tap-1cser.
Concerning the strange tendency of people to |
send liye animals through the mails, be relates
that live snake which had escaped from a DOS
tai packet was discovered in the Holqhead aud |
hnsstosFn Marine Post-0 Office; aud, at the expt-
ration o. FORTNIGHT being stu unclaimed ite
packet containing live horned frog reached |
Liverpool from the United States, and was given
up to the addressce, who called Tor It.
zaneth Anothsr packet, ,,, ta}so from America,
ing two live lizards, a1i was SIMILARLY
given up to the aadressce on personal applica-
ton. Complaint was madc that 4 letter ad- |
dressed to q ''Naturalist" had failed to reach
its destination, but it was afterwards found In
tagc on the premises Of the addressee, where it |
had been placed by knoukey.
Letter-carricrs, the Postmaster General grave
y asserts, arc peculiarly Liable to be attacked
~ savage dogs. In one large town Ia the north
y England, the Postmaster has reported thut
10 per cent Of his men were bitten BY dogs dur
ng the past year.
hut all these Interesting aud gossipy details
,f Post Office life fade before tho humor which
'ervades the final chapter OF the report, It
seems that people in various parts OF the world
md am sorry to observe that many Of them |
ire Amcricaus-haye been In the habit of writing |
o the fustmasteF-Gcnczal for advice and in
ormatlon upon personal matters. To show the
,ubiic The Ariuous nature Of his position in this
aspect, Lord John Manners prints
rs follows: N'
To tue General Post Office, London. fright these
er nc il there bis sneh person living IL - en-. a.
,land-'' She was living at Birmingham last
;tnmas-this big nj sister and bEotger-ip-1aw
hey hant in birmingham now-let thia letter 60 to
very general pos. Office there is. :.
To hs E Kdstior e. Tue General @ Post Office, Lon;
Walter = with the particulars Of an aspeciaI :
ceacc to get mafzied-ls it]possible for you to
o.wasd one to us without either Of Vi going 10
'ould we get one before next Monday week to get
'arsicd at = Ii you would kindly *eud By re- !
.rn @ to 3 the ADDRESS enclosed the particulars We
UNITED STArEs--My dear Sr,-Will you do ne
le kind favour, as ron are the Postmaster and
'e ful name and ADDRESS Of any MAG" taat
~ know Of in Englafd or in Scotland or Ireland !,
Wales OF in India or at or in aug other country
'rrect address. 80 that can write to them my 4
II. II you have anv list, Or book, or pamphlet,
it'll the names Of parties who have died and left
. left to their heirs. as want such information.
I. To his most honorcd Sir, the Postmaster OF
,ndon, England.
Ny dear Sir,-I have tuke the liberty OF a1dress.
2 you, wishing to know il could ask the favour 7
paying you for the trouble ask to know.
We an Old clock in my collection made by Henton |
own, London, in the first part Ut 170D ! would |
.e to know where ne was In business and hen tic | .
I'd It it could be asctttAincd- Please inform nae ~
you could find out by any rceord In London. 1 | 81
1uiQ pay you for all trouble. This darling is =,
e 0f tn. lovlcst places in Massachusetts. The v
sssnaster, London, England.
-, KENT
;ir.-Will you please inform nc ii there is to be
;ahy show this year at Wuofvlch; II 10, w1lcrc I
it to be holuen, and what day. l hive enclosed
= STAMP. =
JS1rEn SrArEs.-aIr. .Postmaster,-I have al ST
ys had great desire to visit your country, but |
1 probly never shall. thought would write. I =!
young lady attending the high school at, 81
pictorest town on the - rives. Our country !
It Is four miles aud half west Of -. NJ
her Is rich gentleman fatn,sr. We have four
Eses, 80 or IS head OF cattle, Is or 90 pigs, and
arge heneEy- We have about $50 acres OF land |
OF course We have 10 keep house full Of | ~,
wants; We are quite wefi OF in worldly II
DDS, but should be better of If you could ~
orm me about that fortune expect from He
at uncle, great aunt, OF somebody. 1t ia abont =
Il mlilione ither on my fathers or nother's |
C. II yon would be 30 Kind to write aud in
u me, would BE- thousand times obliged. II |
i would 1ssist nc in getting 1t will reward you /