Show no other department of the united states government shows such a remarkable growth as tho postal department as regards the extent of tho business done by it in 1790 the year after the government under the constitution went into operation there were only seventy five post office in the country the post routes covered only 1875 miles alio gross revenue of the department amounted to only and its gross expenditure to eniy and the total sum af pf id as compensation to postmasters bcd to only in the fiscal year 1888 before the lapse of quite a century alie number of alices had increased to the post routes to the gross revenue to the gross expenditure to and the compensation to postmasters to in kotlier words in the course of less than a century the number of post offices has been increased over times the extent of post routes over times and the cross revenue over 1300 times A system of service which has made such remarkable strides is deserving des arving of attention Is congress tuesday representative Ke gates bub committee on naturalization reported to the judiciary committee of the house a bill prepared in lieu of all others amendatory of the naturalization naturalisation the provisions of the bill briefly stated are A requirement that an alien must reside five years in the united states before he can become a citizen that at the expiration df that time he must ap pearin court and prove his residence j moral character and fitness for citizenship in cabes of the united states courts notice of chiq intention must be i ened upon a representative of the united states and likewise in case of a state court a representative of the state government must be notified and attend the hearing the present requirement of declaration to become a citizen ii ill be dispensed with the bill will be discussed tomorrow to morrow co review of trade foi last week says the movement of dry boods is greatly retarded letar ded in nearly all parts of the country by the able weather and while sales of woolens are but moderate there is no animation in coltonq though prices are firm the open w inter affects marketing of goods by country merchants ind also regards retards marketing of products by farmers and therefore collections so that complaints of slowness are much mors numerous but the money markets at substantially all points reporting are well supplied and easy though at some the demand ia while actual dalness of trade is complained of occasionally at most points business is called quiet or fair for the season but the light demand at present for raw wool or cotton does not prevent firmness of prices since holders have great confidence that manufacturers will presently buy more liberally A TEST of captain pneumatic dynamite nun was made this week at art frt lafayette which was very satisfactory three tests at 1000 and yards w ere to have been made but the in this respect was not carried out only two shots w ere fired one a pound shel and the other pound charged with no 1 and each was discharged at a point lie aiza of a vessels deck market by a buoy at a distance of one mile it was hard to demonstrate thoroughly the destructive power of th shots but it was said that either of them would have destroyed any man of war afloat the gun was of 15 inch caliber and each shot threw upwards a body of water to a hight of about feet A DALLAS CITY correspondent to the carthage Car thase gazette aada some of the survivors of the mormon war are talking of holding a reunion that is the ones who composed the pontoosuc suc company of this there are now living in this vicinity capt jamea logan 0 S avery wm S harney P wisely thos L avise owen and wm maauel the latter living at adrien the company was composed of thirty two men james loban was captain J B agnew the there was but one lieutenant to the company A YORK insurance company has made arrangements for issuing policies on all registered mail matter thus protecting customers against all loss while the registered matter is in process of carriage by the department tills plan of insurance it is said is not new but attention is attracted to it chiefly because of the readiness of the company to go into the business extensively ir the ou tuesday senator vest presented a ludicrous alleged memorial from dentists asking a bounty of 1 each for teeth extracted in order to encourage an honest industry and a lower cost to patients and encourage immigration of dentists from other parts of the world thereby making a better market for agricultural and other products of this country A MAX who has kept an account of the number of kisses exchanged with his wife since their union consents to its publication as follows first year 36 second year third year fourth year fifth year 2 he then left off keeping the record SOME one who is not very busy has figured it all out and bays that dancing eighteen waltzes is equal to fourteen miles of straight walk great head that jellow has A resolution for the counting of the electoral botein joint session on february waa passed by the senate on wednesday THE Ee publican tariff bill passed the tuesday by a vote of 32 against 30 wait till it reaches tho house thorell be fun |