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Show OR DEN DAILY COMMERCIAL: MR FUrSilJENT, ONLY. fC- EJT CAE THE U B ta aa U Ch Jt4 T Da BWi C? tVZIEtS -' EF FOR EXECUTIVE. U Way II mi. 1)0 YOU NEED JOB FEINTING Kr Tea Eillrjr, Mb. tu'-fU- FEIDAY, AUGUST 2?. Prew tecrt4. Wu a If you ak a free: iett's priTkte secretary ie will tIi you, ajnatg ether that tot ci.e persoa oct erf ten ia wrinxj to the j rceirLt addrefees L.ri jroper!y. Lca eormpoedtxt jjrae : owHi cja Iaricy. wJ, vntr and aeks for a ptuduo L served Hr aa oc oa tiie ground in the war ia apt to Usia Lis letter. -- Dear General," and after UnLg toU fraLi, want be ains biuisdf, "Yours ternally." familiar. The president Ttisis lent a gtnend, except la that be ia m chit f of tie arcny, and as for it ia true aa a J men bein brothers, correct oa all occau but banUy theory, sions as a practice. 1 the letter from the old army man is answered, as nearly I1 letters are, the writer ia addressed with due formality aa Sir," and not aa "Dear Comrade." This nght to be a nfficirtit bint to him to keep bis dis tance, bat it ia not, and a week later be bobs np serenely with another long cow- xennicauoa to bis "Dear UeneraL" Tbere are a camber of his correspond ents who with to be very formal and respectful, and they always call Lira "Excellency." It sonnds bo big, is snch a leasing mouthful, that many people who ought to know better cannot resist the temptation of using this form. As between such an expression as "Dear General" and "Your Excellency" the former is preferable, for there is no law andnst it. while there certainly is an unwritten law against the latter. When the constitution was formed there was a great deal or ducnshlon aa to the form of address that should be applied to the president. Some people thought be should be addressed "Excel lency." others would be satisfied with "Your Highness," while still others thought be should be called "Majesty The New Yorkers who bore in mind the dsys of the Dutch republic- wanted the head of this republio called "Bis High Mightiness." ntEQCorr mistakes. After a great deal of wrangling and considerable exhibition of party feeling over the matter, it was finally decided for all time to come that the chief execn tire should be addressed simply as "the president of the United States." That settled it and made it an impropriety to call him "Excellency." The governor of a state has more form about him in cor respondence than the president, for un less there is a clause in the constitution f the state expressly prescribing some other mode of address, it is correct to call him "Excellency." The democratic spirit of some states has interfered to prevent this, and it has been prescribed that the governor receive some simpler title,, but there are only two or three of these states. As general thing the rule can be laid down that the governor of a state should be addressed "Your Excellency, lo begin a letter to the president in the same way ia to establish an equality between tho two executives that does not exist Another frequent mistake is made 1oy those who begin their letters to the president, "Yor.r Honor." His honor is the presiding judge of a court, or usually the mayor of a city. Some men, from constant associ itious with courts of justice, come to regard the judge aa the highest and mightiest individual on earth, and they can conceive of no great er distinction to be conferred on the president than tocall him "Your Honor. To cut a long matter short, let the correct form for addressing the president be given. I is simply this, "Benjamin Har rison, president of the United States, Then after you havi Mr. President. said your say, if you are not proud, you can finish the communication thus. have the honor to be, Mr. President, your obedient servant, John Smith." OF ANY KIND? tutt, tht van-Hiacd- If You are engaged in any kind of Business, be it Large or Small, you will need something in our line. COMMERCIAL, RAILROAD, BANK, LEGAL AND COUNTY e - ADDRESSED Whatever you may need, be it much or little, come and see us. We want to figurewith you. . We'll figure f vn'ii riodit Wftll'freat witR - vfou snu'are. ' IT til J VU xajXj.w j The especial attention of attorneys is called to our une qualled facilities for turning out pamphlet work, in ' and AdU. of an inch long, An ant three-eightof a grain, carrying a burden of moves at the rate of one mile in eleven hours. This weight a small one compared with what they sometimes carry- -is eighteen times their own. In carrying this weight they compare with a man 5J feet high, weighing 140 pounds, carrying a ton and a half of lead from St, Louis to Jefferson City and back again in and a half hours. St. Louifl twenty-tw- o Eepublic, w- L the way of briefs and abstracts. ATISFACPION GUARANTEED. BY KINGS, Don't make the mistake that is sometimes perpetrated of signing yourself thus: "I have, the honor to be John Smith." It may reflect honor on you to be who you are, but it is hardly modest of you to say so. What yon want to say is that you consider it an honor to be the president's obedient servant. To the rest of the world Uncle Sara and the president are one, and that is why the latter insists upon ceremony in his dealings with other powers. Probably readers are familiar with the form observed in correspondence between the president and the head of another government It is part of the law of nations that they are all coequal The king of Samoa writes to President Harrison in the same terms of equality as are used by the emperor of Germany, and the president replies in kind. The The head of these little islands receives a munificent salary of less than 300 a year that is, he receives it if there is money enough in the treasury to pay it , When Germany had trouble with his majesty and demanded an indemnity for damages of $40,000, a broad smile went around the world, for it was well known that the treasury of Samoa had never had, and in all probability never would have, a sum half so large in its coffers. Yet the king of Samoa is addressed by the president as "Great and good friend," and the president signs himself, "Your good friend," and when (jueen Victoria receives a letter from the president he treats her with precisely the same formality and no more. Washington Star. Strength of PRINTING AND BINDING. 1 a TcndMi Baa trocgh ia trait cf S&HiTaB co Cheltoa awcaa, Germt&town, tier is a black bi itxt baa attracted the of kaadredj of people ti t, etf bis 2cir.ncs el Lb degree (I iEtdi'.fenoe exhibited oa maxsy occasions. The flea u the otly wwiate of the trvtifc'h and Las oercpied it for two year to tike txclafkxt ti t-- J others which Lai been put ia it for propnoa parputcav killed them one by ose on bet the til the entire o umber LjJ f v vkunj to Lis Tjricty. He aot oiUy killed tLs ih. bet ale ibea. He swmDewa iee by the dotes, which the bejs of the DtiiLbochcoi gather for biin, axd the more tby giv him th better be appreciates them. He is fr--i almost daily oa cbeeta, lobsters and choice beeffcteak, and after be receive Lis morning compliment of the latter be rines to the surface anl epitehx the water forioody with Lis tail This is presumed to be Lis method of retorting thanks. He also eata mice, and several time Juho Leithead, of Engine 29, has pro vided him with this quality of bait, only to be swallowed without any ceremony. He likewise eats birds, and hardly a day passes that be does not dispose of at least two sparrows and two chippies. The fact that the feathers are upon the bodies of the birds makes little difference to have Lira, and it is only when the s not been removed that he refuses to touch them. Otherwise he gulps theia down with great rapidity. Although he measures eighteen Inches in length and weighs about five pounds be causes no trouble to horses at the trough, and never has been known to molest one of them, excepting Joe Lad-ley- 's gray mare, and several times he has risen out of the water and snapped at her while she was drinking. Philadelphia Times. tS lnut' r1 App-u- t Za a water Wha Toar Bead If Off. As human curiosity has never been satisfied as to the precise moment of death in cases of beheading, the account of the experiment on a decapitated criminal by a leading scientist of Lyons is of absorbing interest This time the results are more satisfactory than has hitherto been the case, the doctor making the following statement with regard to the manifestations of consciousness after the bead had been separated from the body: That the head, on being separated from the body, remains in possession of all its faculties, if the hemorrhage does not pass certain limits. The proportion of oxygen in the blood is sufficient for keeping up the nervous functions for a brief space, never exceeding half a minute. That the repeated opening and closing of the jaws after the separation of the head from the body are nothing but the reflex action common in cases of acute asphyxia. St Louis Republic Seen Daring Shower. A phenomenon was presented in the electric shower which passed over Lee Friday evening. A huge bank of clouds advanced rapidly from the northwest, the edge rolling and stretching in a straight line from northeast to southwest until half of the heavens seemed covered with a monster blanket, when a brilliant fire red light appeared in the northwest directly over the upper part of the village. Everybody thought it was a fire caused by lightning. The apparent flame grew rapidly, and shone upon the black clouds above, and many hurried up town. In five minutes it had spread to an extent which showed it to be a freak of the elements. The shower which followed was not severe, and gave rise to the explanation by the wise ones that the unusual sight was caused by the setting sun shining through a thin but compact body of falling water. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Ten Doien Banana for Cent. A lively banana war took place the other afternoon between two rival department stores on State street, Chicago. Each store had purchased a carload of bananas to use in a special bargain sale. It was accidental that the purchases were made at the same time. One store opened out by selling a dozen bananas for a cent The other offered three dozen for a cent, and the rivalry waxed hotter, until for an hour nice bananas were sold at ten dozen for one cent Both stores closed out their stocks. Many fruit venders were among the customers at the latter part of the sale. Philadelphia. Ledger. A General Diet a Monk. Just thirty years ago General Nicolai,. son of the well known embassador, and whose name was once on everybody's-lipin connection with the Russian war, mysteriously disappeared. Last week, as Father John Louis, he died at in consequence of an accident, and it turns out that his cell has been given to a nephew of one of the De Broglies, who is known as Father Dora Charles, and he had long been believed by his former friends of the Jockey-cluto be traveling in the interior of Africa. Buffalo Enquirer. s Grande-Chartreus- We are fully equipped with the latest pattern machinery and new material to do you justice on prices as well e 'Warned in a Dream. A Flushing (L. I.) man had a dream: Tuesday night in which he saw his son in the presence of a great danger. seemed so real that when awak-nene- d by the effort he was making to warn his son' he could not go to He went into the boy's room that the lad had left his bed in his sleep and had climbed out on the roof of an extension, where he was walking up and down dangerously near the edge. New York Letter. The-drea- sleep-again- as a high class of work. to-fin- Men one-six- th m Conmiercia i 11.1S.11I. Coiiai. Work on London's Great Tower. Nothing has been heard of late of the Watkin tower, which is to rival in London the altitude of the Eiffel tower. The work has, nevertheless,' been going steadily forward, foundations for the tower being completed and the laying: out of the grounds considerably ad-- : vanced. On the invitation of the chairman and directors an inspection of was recently made by a number-o- f members of parliament and others. London News. the-work- s |