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very much Of n pagan indeed.n
The other letters show how some parents are
put to IL TO think MP tho proper place to which
letters TO Santa Claus should be addressed.
The letter respectfully addressed TO Mr.. Santa
Claus, Green Mountains. Vermont" was likely
enough sent by some one who mad reason Ia be-
linve that Santa Claus lived in the land Of
Christmas trees, and whore should Christmas
trees grow IL not In the Green Mountnins2 Tho
departments best guessers would have somo
difficulty In hiding out tnst what street Is
meant bv the address on tho next one, and an
inquiry depart clerk has marked another
one with the endorsemenJ showing that there
isn't any street In New York officially known
as Goat street.
The letters In the lot showed to THg SUN re-
porter seemed to indicate that some of the cor
respondents of Santa Claus had heard of the
yicissitudes of mail addressed to him. and mai
determined to send several letters In the hope
that one would reach him. Three, for instance,
all sent from punkirk, n, y. and all written
by the same hand. arc addressed to Mr..
Santa Claus, Mt. Heola, Zealand Three from
one OF the stations up beyond the Harlem. all Ia
different hRndwritinRs, bear the direction,
North Pole, New York. n. W" showing how
three small heads worked the thing out and
nctod in concert. Others wax Humorous, as
instances; NJ Santa Claus. l Easy street, cor
ner Comfort avenue" Then. again. still others
apparently have imaginative parents, as this
direction shows: st. Nicholas, Christmas Tree
Farm, EAirylaud."
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Put into the lstteF boxes, and even those that are
properly mailed, ~ has been said before. are
not called for At the Post once, II peema 70
indicate that Santa Claus 10 q mind reader, and
does not call for them, amply because he already
knows their contents. AZ o general thing,
though, II seems safe TO assume that Santa
ohiidren's requests, and little ones are hereby
advised that the best way to get satisfactory
results from a letter to ST Nick 10 to get ones
TO look II over before the envelope Is sealed.
Along In the month of january. when Christ
mas Is past and gone. the people In the Dead
Letter ONCE in Washington begin TO examine
the mail for which santa Claus so seldom calls.
Each letter is opened, and the writer's name
and address Is thus discovered; that IL to say,
II st. TioK's correspondent has been methodicAl
and painstaking enough to tell the old man OK
actly where he lives. Sometimes, though, the
clerks In Washington say, the letter writers are
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Bought HimseIf for sAe0.

TFom nc LouIlpl3e CourlerJ0urndL
LeIipgt0n's olde drayman Ia William Wilos,
a dray in Lexington for thlrty-hye years, In
view OF the distinction Of being the oldest drag
man IN the CITY, Ills, license was presented to
him for 1896. The Lexington Herald saws of
hun: Uncle Billy is a relic OF slavery days.
Probably no other man living In Kentucky To-
boss re 10. Uncle Billy bought himself. and
has a receipt Tor tho money. lie was tho slave
Of George |. brown Of Jessainine county. AS was
the o" her ana then speculate on his work for
eether people TTne rricc put on his time was
work with a vim, and at the END of four years
had paid the s51o Tor his time and saved
500. Inc latter Vas the price at which he was
It's RNaAiAt tog ikr
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THE ARMY OF TINE rHEsp1Ass.
Nearly 100000 PersonS Employed In
Theatres Of tho UnItsd Statep. ~

Nearly 100000 PeTsons Employed In y
Theatres Of tho Unitsd States.
In the controversy In Congress ovs->A- aliss
tion of q copyright Law IL controversy which
eliminated in the passage of the Draper BID a
by both branches of Congress) the statemeKg
was made that there are 5000 theatres q
opera houses In the United States repress N
o cost of from $40. 600 to 81. 600. 900
These theatres employ 90. 200 persons. excl,
of actors and actresses. UpwaT of 400 ma a,
script plays written or owned by cons of, 70
United States are played nightN Nhsy GAe
employment to from 5000 tn 0,O0t q. rho
cost of producing these manuscript rang
from $4,000 to S25. 900 each. and th4 .posA
OF the new statute Is to give JudgA shoN
United States courts full Jurisdiction OK
matter and TO make tho penalty imposedh .
circuit operative oanywhere throughout the
country for unauthorized performances.
Unitsl Ns statss has na " inSrs, aai far gG'f noTs rap,SSfiSS
than has the popnlati ion for a number OF years
at that time, ".O53 actors aud actresses. BY the
census of 1880, the number had grown to ASIA.
In 1890. II was s,Sl6/and y 10 now clearly ia
excess OF 10. 900, though the line OF demaroatiOn
between veritabie actors aud actresses and
those connected with the variety profession, AZ
60 per cent. OF the number of persons describing
themselves as actors anil actresses are directly
manuscript plays. and the others are employees
of variety theatres, singers, speciality artists.
gymnaSts. circus performers, skaters. or Comic
vooalists. In the number of those who are con-
nected Indirectly. with theatrical performances,
the stage hands are to be considered "a quite q
factor, for though II Is pnpnlarly considered
that the stage hands are s~upern0merarles. hoo
70 be FoenEnt2ed by any menii"n q. The play
bills, the fact is TINT they are, ali u them, In the
hest theatres practical carpenters. II Is very
difficult 10 make an accurate gud comprehen-
sive statement of the number ui those who are
employed directly and Indirectly in tho thsa-
tres OF this country, The actors and actresses,
of course. arc an easily RsCertaiDhble quantity,
but in addition TO the Siawp FU't-, OF whom An
accurate estimate may BE- made, there ARC the
supers, male and female, the theatre orchestra
players, tho employees OF the theatre box ofices.
tho dunrkeepers, %janitora, advertising agents
and assistants. the ushers, the ga- men and their
ASSISTANTS, the property men, the scene painters
and assistants, this chorus singers. male and
female. and the managerial stafI. made up OF
business managers, advance agents, stcnogra-
piers. secretaries, drRinatists' heipers, and
bcene shifters. 1t wouid pr baby be safe 10 cay
that the number Of those WHO draw tne'r liveli-
hood fTOrltheatres and opera hHus-sint the United
States is nearer 100000 than 10000. and al the
present ratio Of increase 1t may no considerably
more before tho next national census.
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are thai ibsv AZ moi pui dawn their mi names
nor addresses nor any other Information that
any one but n saint can understand, asyfor ex-
ample. q letter that was quoted In u Washing
ton newspape several years ago-in direct. vio-
lation OF, the rules, which require clerks to keep
secret about the contents OF the letters that
they open-ran something like this. only the
spelling was not quite SO careful:
DEAR SANTA: When ! said my prayers last
night l told God TO tell you to bring me q hobby
horse. l don't want q hobby horse, really. A
honestly 1.-Two horse Is what | want. Mamma told
mo not to ask for him, because | probably would
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much as pleases his correspondents. But there
is q roomful Of men up on tho third door Of the
Post Office building who do earnestly
wish that he would send to the au-
thorities some permanent address where
letters will find him. These men are
the Guessers' or the directory searchers. who
spend their days working their wonderful
brains and turning over the pages of directories
to correct the errors and rectify the omissions
Of the people who make mistakes in addressing
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letters. Chief Clerk Stone of that department
is quite sure that Santa Claus does not live In
New York and that the saint does not even keep
u branch office in this city. His letters are,
therefore, sent to Washington, for 1t certainly
seems reasonable to believe that q gentleman
whose operations are supposedly managed on .
thoroughly International scale would apply at
the nations capital when he wanted his mail.
But by adviees from Washington Tue Sun
learns that Santa Claus does not do . mail
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LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS.
TEE HoLTDlY MAIL RE0BITBD ar
THE NEW YORK POST OFFICE.

Aitheugh ranta Caus pessa't Call fer Wts
Maii Ofteu. Letters Are Seat 20 Wtm
Every Y~ear-0uosnes or HIS Yeuthfui
Correspondents as 60 How - Reach Him
The New York Post once has no oflclal In
formation to the effect that Santa Claus 10 not
entitled 70 receive mail. The Postmaster
General. who debars lotteries and bucket shops
and other bunco artists from the privilege Of
the mails. refuses to put upon the mysterious
patron saint of Christmas the indignity of shsr-
Ing the general classification Of these shady
operators. Santa Claus may use tho mails so
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ANY place 10 keep him. A man | know will keep
him, he says, II you get him for me. thought
AGectionately, JOHN.
p. s.-A Shetland would be enough.
nothing at all"
II is safe to say that John did not get his hon
for small boys who do not take motber's advice
As John did not put down his name and address
his letter was never sent back in u yellow en-
velope. For that reason John did not have the
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four hours has no time 70 waste hanging around
tho Post Ohlce waiting for his letters to be
sorted out.
That commands, appeals. and suggestions ad-
dressed to Santa CLAUS are 80 uniformly ig-
nored. does not In any way diminish their
yearly quantity. Children every year feel that
1t Is wise to put their applications In writing SO
that there may be no misunderstanding Other
children who find their parents somehow do not
deliver messages which are iutrusted to them,
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the letter box. A busy Post Once clerk stamped
1t for the transatlantic mail with u big IT." be-
cause they saw tbs word Siberia at the bottom.
Somebody else noticed that no postage stamp
held for postage" Then somebody else no.
ticed to whom II was addressed and when. and
eent IL up to the people who supply deficiencies
OF address. IL Is safe To guess, however. that
the request contained In this envelope will be-
filled.
Next Is one whose cAncelling stamp shows
that 1t came from Station b, on the east
side. please, letter man" 1t saws, "give this
to Santa Claus" II the little one who mailed IL
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GAW'S FOUNTAIN PEN,

for letting him in on the secret. They went 'saoh
"Steb," said Jimmy. there's been ten Of M
ont tonight. and not one OF us caught q base.
What did you do 1t for ! Thought you'd 500 the
crow thing in the water7 Noboiy'll ever catch
a bass in this lake again, not for yearsl"
Then Stebbins unIonded his bass. Ten, and
the smallest orr three pounds-aii caught on
This is why the poet stobblns Ia now wrestling
with the muse. He has been overheard saying
q verse or two of the result now and then, APP
parently In great glee. THIS II one:
"Ha! ha! Drake. hill hi
(Sot you, {. w, but Jiml..
brakes ny: So do ducks. Geese md swans u
They also swim.
This requires explanation. Not you. O. W."
the poet sings. That refers to c. w. Drake OF
New York, who is President of tho railroad
company and BOA line 10 which Poet
Stebbins devotes his spare time. G. w. Drake
also has a cottage on Lake Keuka and q yacht
When Col. Stebbins falls into that sublime oon-
dition that clutches all poets and sets their eTes
In fine frenzy rolling. he dedicates his song to
@: W.. AS thus. once. when singing the return
OF spring and its advantagest to them a. freight
ers and forwarders, the poet Stebbins SanGi
Then here's to us! We take the cako
With this our steamboat line!
When the Ice goes out We II open the lake.
And then we II open the wine!
And another verso by the poet Stsbbins n.
veals the plot OF this his greatest eforti
He! la! Drake. he! hei
Ihate to trouble you,
But the tale OF brakes ny yoa must hear. 20 tissan -
tEo, you, Jim. but @ W.
And yet another one. showing unseemly elses
Ha, ha! Drake. Hol hoi
Oh. bat hal Jimmy Dl
There are nies on my Dish line. a. You wen knew,
But there ain't no dles on mol
And Col. Stebb.ns 10 still wrestling with the
muse. aud Packy Gr!swold is In North Carolina
thinking bitterly.
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order business. Only once. IL 10 said. has he
called for his mail. That was Q good many
years ago.
Notwithstanding the saints regular disregard
OF the letters addressed to him each year In an
tlcIpatlon Of his annual activity. his letters are
treated with just as much care and ceremony as
though he were likely to call Tor them at any
moment This lie wise. For Just at this time
OF year an individual who Is preparing for o
Journey around the Christian world In twenty
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could not spell please otherwise than as It 10
pronounced In the Swedish part of the east side,
And no doubt the letter man" was sorely
tempted TO open the letter himself. But with
spies and detectlves hanging around every street
letter In the same lot written all In German:
"Znm Christkindchen," it roRds. "Im Him
clerk has interlined the translation ITO The
Christ child. In Heaven" so that nobody who
does not understand German win waste time
pu2zlinR over II.
THE man who couldn't nnd some respect for
that letter" said the clerk who shove IL to Q
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satisfaction that a more businesslike young
man would have had Of knowing that by some
mistake or other santa Claus did not get the
letter. II 4 earnestly to DO hoped that no young
return of u letter from the Post Once to give
rise To n suspicion that there is no Santa Claus.
May the day be far distant when the Govern
ment shall take upon Itself the duty of proving
that dolls are full of sRwdust.
The first picture shows a letter that was ap-
p~arently written hJ somebody who was old
enough TO write a very nice husiness!ike looking
address. Perhaps the young person whose mes
sage 1t contains was permitted to drop 1t Into
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The Kootorth. Evil.

From To IadiGndp0'tS Journal
The Kind Lady-Tell me-. Is 1t not tho love Of
drink that makes you the wretchod being you
RreI
Dismal Dawson-Nome, 1t 10 the love OF money.
you are u miser ~
"Oh, no. don't maRn me lovin' moneys I
mean II other people didn't love their money %,
II wouldn't be so hard Ter Inc 10 git hold of IL
now and then"
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attempt to reach the saint directly. Children
do not write all the letters. Parents like to
know sometimes what tho children want Santa
Claus to bring to the stocking or the Christmas
tree. An easy way for . father or inquisitive
disposition TO make diplomatic inquiries OF
this sort Is 70 offer to act ~ smanuensia
and to take At the ohildren's dlctations such
communication as 1t may please them 10 ad-
dress Thess letters. there Is reason TO believe,
almost always bring an answer. II is the more
strange inaAmnRh "A many Of thsn are never
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DURsUANT TO A DECREE OF FoRECLo-
First Circuit of the republic OF Hawaii May IL
hereunder described will be sold public auction
Al the Courthouse (Alilolani Halej In Honolulu.
island of Oahu, H. L, on Wednesday, August 26
1896, at IL O'Clock noon. p. {. JONES,
Receiver Of Lanai Ranch
This property IS known as the Lanai Ranch, To-
Gated on The island of Lanai comprising IL 500
acres more or less in fee simple, and leases of a.
$40 acres more or less of Government lands the
most valuable or which do not expire until 1915:
the annual rentals are about $500.
This estate is well fitted for sheep ranch. hav-
ifsg ample houses for all purposes. all In good re-
pair with cisterns wooished and press, and
fiock of "a, 900 sheep. $50 head of cattle aud 200
horses by actual count.
The lands are capable of carrying 100, 600 sheep
and 10000 head of cattle. As sheep run il Is
the most valuable on the Islands. The lands now
owned and controlled by present owners virtually
control the entire island OF Lanai
There are rich grasses suitable for breeding and
fattening of stock, and are entirely free from lam
tana; there are mongoose or wild dogs on the
island.
steam communication between Lanai and Hon.
olulu every week.
map showing all the lands controlled by the
estate and a detailed schedule of the property to
De sold can be seen and further particulars can be
had at the Office of Messrs. WEIGH & Co., go Cali
fornia St, San Francisco.
Terms of sale will pc cash in United States gold
coin.
p. c. JONES' Receiver
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THE DIVORCE RECORD.

COMPLAINTS filed:
Catherine Keller against John w. Keller.
oscar Bernhard against Mae w. Bernhead.
Divorces granted:
Mary P. Campbell from Dr. Joseph H Camp
bell for extreme cruelty; by Judge Daingerfield
Plaintiff is allowed $50 per month aIimony.
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Emma Pontet from Albert Pontet, for extreme
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BiKTHS-lM Observation-Disclosures

birth, marriage and death notices sent by malt
will not be inserted. They mus be handed in az
either OF the publication offices and be Endorsed
with the name and residence OF persons authorized
TO nave the same published
BORN.
ARNHoLD-In this city, August H. 1896 to the
wife OF Ben Arnhod, son.
ByRNs-In this city. August G. 1896, to the wife
of John +. Byrns, daughter.
FAULKNER-In this city. August S. 1896, to the
wife OF James Z. Faulkner, daughter.
H0DGE-August 10, 1896. 20 the wife OF Thomas
Hodge, daughter.
RICHARDSON-In this city. August II, 1896, to
the wife OF w. G. Richardson, son.
WATSON-In Berkeley. August Ia 1896 TO the
wife OF James b. Watson. son.
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BORN,
MARRIED.

DICK-CASEBOLT-In this city, August 19.
1895. at the residence OF the brides parents, 7O9
OFarreH street, by the Rev. Dr. E. K. Ollie, Ira
Dick and Halle Inez Casenolt, both Of San Frau
GARNEAU-FRIIS-In this city. August IL,
1895, at the residence Of the brides parents,
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PoLHEMUs TRACT,

PoLHEMUs TRACT,
situate one mile from Fair Oaks station.
MS property is offered at the extraordinary low
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and fertile soil Fully one-haf of this property is
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SHAINWALD, BUCKBEE & CO.,
Mills building, 2lS-210 Montgomery ST.
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Ie0 ACRES GOOD LAND, Ell DORADO
lOU County: & acres orchard; house of rooms
PlacervilIe; will exchange for Oak and or Fruit
vale property