Morning journal and courier., 1893-04-11

OF every concelVADlo blzo hnu ennPo, anu
some very valuable. The collection en-
braces buttons of many nationalities, and
of this country from the earliest colonial
times to the present. 1t represents con-
siderable expenditure In money, and fills q
large room.
In view OF, the exaggeration which is
going the rounds concerning the prices of
rare postage stamps and the value of col
lections, it is interesting to note that an
estimate has been made by the London
Philatelist of the extent and value of e1-
listing postage stamp collections, based in
great part upon an actual census taken for
the purpose. The conclusion arrived at is
that the 115 resident members of the Lon
don Philatelic society possess collections OF
the total market value of e125, ,O0e. The
collections of members out of Great Brit
ain are put down at 100000. This is
about one-quarter of what the daily press
romancers give us as the correct figures.
Letter boxes have been attached to the
street cars in Huddersaeld, England and
letters can be posted in these boxes ss she
cars are trsversing the suburbs, the boxes
being emptied by the postofdce employees
on the arrival of the car at or near the
central postofice on each trip. II q per-
son stops the car especially for the purpose
Of mailing letter, penny Is collected by
the conductor and deposited in the fare
box. This doubles the cost of sending the
letter, bat the advantage of an immediate
special delivery is secured, and letters are
greatly expedited by the scheme. The
scheme is yet an experiment, but 1t is
largely approved.
The celebration by the New York His
toricl society of the two hundredth ami
versary of the establishment of NETWORKS
first newspaper, the New York Gasstte,
which was Issued on April 8, 1898. served
to point out some interesting comparisons
between the press facilities of that period
and those of to-day. The circulation of
the Gazette did not exceed three hundred
copies, and q single issue of great morn
ing daily of to-day contains more matter
than a file of the old Gazette for
two years. To day New York city
alone has forty-fve daily journals
and the nation has two thousand.
More than four thousand millions of
copies of newspapers are circulated every
year in the United States and Canada. The
annual gross income of the press of New
York for many years after its foundation
cannot have reached $1,000; and in the
year 1900 all the stock In trade of all the
printing houses in America probably had a
value of less than $1,000 The present re-
oeipts of American publishers from peri
odicals alone are at least 5000, 600, 600 a
year, and the wages they pay are more
than twice the interest of the national
debt.
The great organ for Festival Hall at the
Worlds fair will be a wonderful piece of
workmanship. It will have 4,el4 pipes
and SO speaking stops, not 80 many as
there are in the organ of the Chicago
Auditorium, but in respect to power the
Worlds Fair organ will be superior, "be-
ing voiced and put on as high wind
pressure as the pipss will permit" In the.
matter of room the builders have not been
stinted. which was the ease when they con-
struoted the Auditorium organ. Sightseers
will have access to all parts of the Festival
Hall instrument. The echo organ will be
placed at the extreme end of the hall, and
will be operated by 800 feet of electric ca
BILE. Marvellous effects will be possible be-
tween the main and echo organs. The per-
former can be playing on the greater in
strument and in an instant carry his lis
teners to the further end OF the building.
Diminuendoes can be made to die away
effectively with the aid of the echo organ.
The pipes are to be deliberately decorated
and supported by female figures. The
height of the case will be thirty eight feet,
the depth twenty-five, and width thirty
four. The wind pressure will be supplied
nv elactricity