The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-01

A. 70 ne Otd CotNfFt11dr. ABOUT Which B.h- ~
asked on Sunday Last. two friends send ms informs
tion. ono sends . copy OF the paper. dated Nov. 20,
1898. being number 81 OF Volume "; 10 was pub
iished By his grandfather. II. J. Pickering. and z. W.
Davies. The full name OF the paper was the Old
countrpnnan: or, SCOTCH, Irish, English, welsh, and
Colonial Mirror. The othor friend writes:
MY father carried the Boston Ltoerator. the Am;
countrvtnan during the years ls4I-il-tb-4o-tI!.
served the customers who resided above Thirteenth
ell small beer on the Sioomlnsdais road where the
Herald IL now located: ! think the Old CountrvrndH
was merged into the Albion ALTREp BURTON.
Tho question was asked recently II there had been
any Thanksgiving Day in December. We replied that
We thought thers had been, though we could not saJ
positively. since thcn we have made this list OF De-
oember Thanksgiving Days; Under Gov. Clinton
thero were 4; Yates. q; Throop I Il while he was
LieutenantGovernor); Marcy. 4; Seward. 8; Bouck.
g; Wright. Fish. King, Fenton. HOFFMAN. 1 each.
Gov. Fenton's was on Dec. q, 1895; Gov. Hoffman's
on Dec. Q, 1899. There has been none since then.
In the matter OF California Joe:
You will find In the issue Of Harper's Weekly Of
Joe, Joe was ons OF B,rinn's risemcn. and was
credited evidently with al sorts r. Of wonderful, shoot:
male up OF two excerpts from the Metr York Herald
S D'Iris, sS ~ = rl The s sssppsno Oa sHe ss a S,stnsco 'o of
Y.soo yards by tho subject q the arr.le. Til. story
b ,Iion." This picking on IL described as having been
d ne at the request OF and in the. pres noe of 'our
s aSnFt :ouG l' General. 9S' s' wa. NJ 'ciclisn. Tns riSe With
which Bsrlan's command WAS armed l. stated tHar-
per's Reeti" again. Aug. "a, lseD to have been
effective at 1 900 yarls. J.H.
California Joe enlisted In Bcrdan's sharpshooters,
s sicns ,r s,s S cs!ir6 5laf "a f serasns T shsrps he sF 81. m
front front, , e Yo nosU ,%n. s had , faf r'sco , rnfi, w SWo . oF
a.; issu so 5nlpsy Rs0 of ny s0G re t%cn i,'S being SaFa armed eT With
sh rps rifles. California Joe anne sometimes to our
on Which he cut a notch for every man ne Killed.
when I saw him last he had nine cuts on tti' stick.
shooter. afout 500 yards Distance: through III: hot-
OF Al old chimney. in front OF York,own. California
Joe would not carry a telescope rife. calling them
CHARLES E. BRrun. Duryee's zouavcs.
val A, ad ,my at Annapolis? :; VIVA, are the 'tIa.s
20 pTepar. z y9una msnr y; 10" can the pr s'isso
l.. To enter the Naval Academy you must get an
appointment from the Con Sressmat in Whose dis
| trict you live. You must be over is and under go
years OF q 20. g. The ordinary studies pursued at .
high school You must be physically perfect; the
mental examination Ia not difncult. 8. II depends
on the Congressman; sometimes h" appoints the son
OF some friend, at other times he holds . competitive
examination and appoints tho winner.
1. Is there any paper or MAGAZINE devoted 70 civil
service? 2. How can ] ohtnfn q rep 'rt OF Tue Citl'
Service Commission? 8. How Al | lind out that the
eligible re yistcr for any position Is exhausted ? !.
What books would vol advise M 10 atuuyI Ii h.
/. Yes; one in Baltimore called Cfrfi Serrfce. 2.
BY writing for It. 3. By asking-pcrhaps. 4. A hook
on pune uation, to begin with; and then books bear
ing on the suhjerts in which you will be examined.
A the subjects differ in every department OF tho
Federal and State civil service, we cannot name any
especial books.
Is the belief In tn. existence Of God the result OF
tea hing and environments only. or Is 1t innate In
man? l. l.
1t is tho result OF teaching.