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Show Ioraotion of Mia Omnlbn. The invention of omnibuses U due to the philosopher Pascal, who, in February, 1667, obtained a "privilege" what we should call a patent for publio carriages to travel through certain streets of Paris. They ' held eight passengers, who paid six sous each, and were very successful, although an act of tbe parliament of Paris forbade them being used by lackey, soldiers and other humble folks. Pascal died in 1667, and bis useful invention did not long survive him. The omnibus reappeared in London about the beginning of this century, and wsiua1 1 IIM"MaatKgpch provinc1-! , .-Xt's well - .ft while to use v. , , ; ,jUijngorderor writing . , vuauivas letter instead of postal oarda. Aad now that writing paper is so cheap, and we nave ounoe instead of half-ounce postage, I would advise that they use post else Instead of note, and good paper Instead of poor. I would recommend every merchant mer-chant to hare hi name and place of bust-sew bust-sew distinctly printed at the top of each sheet. It would prove a very great convenience con-venience to wholesale houses in filling orders and the like if the writer bt a letter would leave a margin of an inch, on the left hand side of the paper.'' |