The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-01-01

Sne tDlfu OIL lHe SlnnllS Tclnulh ~ ~
Ised, which win run the issue well In
to 1894, and dealers are laying In larg,
supplies of them, with the knowledg'
that they will become more and more
valuable each year. Undoubtedly tht
Government has reaped n rich. hnr
vest by the sale Of them to persons
who Will not make tho ordinary ttse o.
them. John Whnamaker, as PostmaD
tcrGeperal expected that collectors
would buy them to tho value OF mill
Ions of dollars. In recent report
Kerr Cralgc, The Fourth Assistant
Postmastcr-Geneiul, declared that
hardly more than $4,000 would &C
cr1e to the Government from this
source. but his estimate Is probably
| too small.
Figures on the subject are hard to
get. Most collectors bought the stamps
ut the post-ofIlce in the orrliuary way
30 no one could tell whether they werr
for albums ar Cor business Some per
sons livine away from this city, how.
ever, sent to the Postmaster here for
them. In the first eleven montha OF
the year 2G2 orders, amounting TO $l,.
07591, were received from abroad. and
243, amounting to $S2345, from places
In the United States. This Us, OF course,
a small proportion Of the whole amount
which went to the collectors. The big
dealers at home and abroad would get
their supplies through agents here
Many persons have sent orders IN
friends here, for the stamp clerks
have sold numbers of the complete
Gets of sixteen stamps. The cost oe
the lot is S103i, for the denominations
include 81, 81, 81 and So Some col
lectors prefer to have cancelled stamps
30 they buy complete sets and get As,
sistant Postmaster Gnyler to put the
postmnrk OH them. One man mailed
letter, weighing less than half IN
ounce and addressed to himself, which
vas nearly covered with Columbian
stamps. The postal clerks could not
imagine why he should waste money
In this way until It struck one Of them
that 1t was his method Of having the
stamps canccl,d for his collection.
Some people have wondered WHY ST
stamps should be Issued, for publishers
of periodicals pay postage on their
matter in bulk, These stamps of large
denominations go on foreign letters.
The postage on them Is Ave cents
half ounce, and there is no limit to
woght. One weighing Il pound and
sent by registered mail would there
IL ' Snn,n dnc,,n,onts .oo ond aps snn,i,.;t;, on
cont a. Grs .closo mall r,,ttor ,,.ni,,t,
re r,,,'h ao ,bro, or rr,,,. ] ,.,,r, "es1
s5 s.nmn yyo,,ln inst NJ, tnn hi, "nr snr
.hcin.
0rn of tho a,.s+ so+, 90 co,,,,,>,
stn,nrs sold baro ,yns ho,,o,ht eo,,. "a.
queen Of Holland by the DHtch Con-
H.o Do.,+O OTIco no,,,,.,,nont 49,, ,,,.,
tI,od eo,nn t,,.Nrtv.Gvo .opi'.o., I'D,
sc.e Of stnrnns ar corrso no covor,,' 60
~, ar djI rrt ON Int, ti,ts q. 49,.
morcv hut IT pnIonhtc,,I,. b,s c,na,nS
a r,ntt,, ncrnv',Ne,y Vs., :r,i,,"
The Tcmporam,p,rN.
4 Ia Interesting to bod that 80 thor
1urhly scientific n man "a Prof. Wvl
E,m prryrr hos adontod tho fourr,l1
of tcnipcrnments made
nearly 20lSD ycSrs ago namely. the
ctoicric, sangunr, melancholy and
lvmnbnfIc The oyisiu,ce OF ono %,
lLr oiI,cr OF r,psn tnmnnr,n,cuts may
bc dIscc,un1 hr soys in his work on
"Thc Infant Mind" very carly in III,
o-rn1t ma ioritv of cliidrpn-in fIie SEQ
Olu nll1riCH OF the 1lTSt wear. DpSOUu
n doulr.
Nearly cycrv ono who hos written
al,out tcmneraments has gotten nm n
of his own. Gnlen Ind
nine. Unvcocl, gave six. Graham Brown
seven. and others have got down Ms
tow Ms two Modern writers use the
word nervous for choleIic. and hllioi,
for melanchollc temperameut. WIG
'EcSe verbal mouihcatons, tnc c"
tiasSilic'tioh seems 10 answer an pra''
uSll purposes ana inuiViuuais can
Dullu up conDihat tions as needed.
hutchinson ueilnes tcihperanirht III
'iie sum OF me phySicni Fcniiari'les
ot man exclusive oil MS tendency 10
Miscase' ms Is not very satisfactory
though ihIhapS' temperament Is
thiMS niue 100 vague 10 De sNtislac.
'orliy oehilen. ID mouern terms II
nay or said 10 iH thc peculiar way IN
Whi'n me inulVlouaI r"lc'S 10 me
S'linnn OF ms cnVlronhent' Ihcre is
no douDt Ihat one ciIss OF persons ~
actS quickly ana easily 'Np'ndlnS en-
orgy prniuSely ana ottch neeulessly ID
'D"ir hio work. otherS react hopeiui!y
m work Duoyahtiy' YET WITH less
waste. we can lhuS distinguish the