The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-31

tion of yeaSts.
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The report OF the Postmsster-G General, tho
Duke OF Norfolk, for tho last financial yenr Is o
plain pusihessike document, unsdorned by tbe
humor with which his predecessors used TO
tighten It's pages, but full of interesting sta-
tistics. Tho figures, as one would naturally OK
pect, arc large. Letters for the year amounted
to ,SS3,uOo,Ooo and postal packets OF all sorts
to 3,lil,Ilo'ooo. showing AN increase OF $40 per
cent. In tho twelve months. Registered letters
numbered nearly thirteen and a half millions.
man. woman. and child IN tho realm was 7a.A,
Parcel post delivery has increased more than 8
per cent. in tho year. and tho cypress delivery
service also shows crnnns,op. hui this service ia
practically only usod In london. for ot tho A3s.
Ios a~neciallv delivor.d lot,.r. az NOR cant vvere
In the landau district The ecryico aoea not
seem 10 be known vet In many marta Of tho
country.
Tho usual carclessncs, m the mar, NJ tho ppb-
lin Ia dlspIaved No i.es than "a orr e5h worth
NJ pronerty WINS found IN returnod ~Ietlors
while letters without INV addrc.s Mt nj, ver.
found tn contain mora than so5 ooo worth.
In copnect,on with tho post Office tho Popt
Oe,co On virgs nont 10 n,oro v,,orou. thon ever
Tho nmoupt duc IN denositors has grown in n
vc,r from n,oro ,hn, siso 900 ono IN noro than
sb.o ooo 600 Tho character mr. class NJ tho
donos,,or, r,v ho a.drcod tro,, tho ,,c, thot
t,,nr. A. ronr,v > ono ono -, th,rr n,oro than
hal, n, WHOM, nv, vons, and ch,,drcn won,e,
and ch,,dro, i,doo1 ,ro co,crl.tod IN IA, NOR.
than 40 nor conf NJ tho vyh,,e bodv or denosit.
nv. ,,omn,r;no pnolor1 Scotland and Iro-
i.na =. aono.itnr, 4, .nr,.-s th,t ono IN evo
~, ~. ,or,i.t,on aonos,ts In E,o,,rd vh;,o
| in botb Scotland and ireland Tho nroportion Ia I
,o,s Tho ar,r.,n rr.d,, ~ an Englishn,,n 4.
| . ,,,,,. nor. ,hon s7s ~, n s,otchp,sn sso NJ an
I.,.hns.. o,o,
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20 the modern man Bath, II he ever thinks Of
1t 1T all, is merely suggestive OF the last cen.
tury, the days OF the Georges and Queen Ammo.
To Bath went the heroes and heroincs OF Smol-
lett. Miss Burnoy and Miss Austen, to gamble.
tight, quarrel, drink tea, dance and make love,
incidentally, also, to drink the waters. Bath
was he realm over which Beau Nash. prince Il
handles, held dcspotio sway. Tho ancient Ro.
mans, of course, had long before discovered the
virtues OF Bath waters. But in the days to
which ] refer Bath was moro a centre OF fash.
lon, q seventeenth century Newport without the
sea. than a real place of cure. Certainly the
frequenters, or some OF them, drank the waters
and bathed in q rough.and.ready, irregular way.
hard.iying. hard-driuking generation would
perbaps. at Bath keep within moderate bounds
for two months In the year in order that Il
might 1.-Two In defiance OF doctors the othe,
ten. But the famous pumproom was rather q
mart of possip than of healing mineral waters
Gambling and dancing. cock lrbtinu. driving
md what not vero the real occupations Of Bath
Tho davs for these bav, long gone by. and ,
rccent attempt tn boom Ba,h as a health resor
can meet with little real success. To i,oproy,
the old Roman baths. TO get the Duke OF Cam
bridge down to make speeches and eat luncheons
CANINE, avail tn act hack tho hands of the clocl
~ TINA Advertisements NJ modern Rotb will
ch;e1v rasult IN making those who hive road n
tia mas, o,ories think for n while of the charm
and intercst which stIll cling to the spot. lk
tho faint fragrance of pot.pourri to some old
time relic NJ n Georpian dame.
The fact Ia the dev of tho Fnplish waterin,
n,oce IA ;rrevoc,bIv gone. As long ,s chiIdre
Az. n noyor IN tho land sea beachea will alwav
bs IN demand But the vater.drinking cur
,vi,, nroh.hlv ncver again iourisb in ENGLAND
Thu analvses ~ tho snrinps NAV show all that
doctor could desire. there NAV be- the RICH, prc
nort,on NJ chloride Of calcium, oxide OF iron. nm
nho.nba+sa and so forth. Rut the Eny,isb va,
erino n,ace cannot offer its ~patients the orea
dcsideratum they can obtain at Carlsbad. Al,
wiesbadep. Eissingen. Homburg, and a doze