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The map accompanying the department this week is a continuation of the
best routes on the western bank of the Hudson. Last week the map covered
the country as far north as Englewood and Hackensack; this week it runs
from Englewood across into New York State. The most direct route, and
the most interesting ride, is to leave Englewood, and run northward
through Highwood, Tenafly, Cresskill, Demarest, Closter, Norwood,
Tappan, Blauveltville, Rockland Park, to Nyack; or one can ride from
Tappan through Sparkill, Piermont, direct to Nyack nearer the river. In
parts this road is in very good condition, but there are places where it
is heavy riding. In Tappan it is worth while stopping for part of an
hour to see the Andre Monument and Washington's Headquarters.
Another good run is to start from Englewood, running direct to
Hackensack--that is, as direct as the road will permit. The road-bed is
good all the way. On reaching Hackensack, run southward through the
town; then turn westward, and run out through Dundee to Paterson. From
Paterson the road is in more or less good condition out towards Tuxedo,
running through Ridgewood Junction, Ridgewood, Hohokus, Allendale,
Ramseys, to Sufferns. Proceeding thence towards Tuxedo, or turning
eastward and running through Tallmans, Monsey, Spring Valley, Nanuet,
Clarksville, and West Nyack, to Nyack. Still another run is from
Englewood to Hackensack, and thence northward to Sufferns, through
Arcola, Paramus, turning to the left at Ridgewood, and running on
through Hohokus.
Any of these roads can be picked out easily from the map, and you are
pretty sure to find that in the main those roads marked in heavy black
are good bicycle roads. The hotel accommodations are none of the best in
any part of this country, with a few exceptions. In the summer-time the
Prospect House in Nyack is probably the best hotel within a radius of
many miles, but it is closed in the fall and winter. Reasonably good
accommodations can be had at Hackensack and Paterson, but the smaller
towns usually have but one hotel, which is apt to be of the road-house
type, and one must make up his mind, if he finds it necessary to stop
over night anywhere, to take what comes in an optimistic spirit. The
hills of the country are in some cases rather steep. Close to the
Hudson, after one has once got on top of the Palisades, there are not
many which cannot be ridden. The road running from Hackensack up the
Hackensack River valley, through Overtown, Westwood, Montvale,
Middletown to Nanuet does not run over many hills, but further back from
the river, north of Paterson, the wheelman is likely to find more
irregularities in the surface of the country.
NOTE.--Map of New York city asphalted streets in No. 809. Map of
route from New York to Tarrytown in No. 810. New York to Stamford,
Connecticut, in No. 811. New York to Staten Island in No. 812. New
Jersey from Hoboken to Pine Brook in No. 813. Brooklyn in No. 814.
Brooklyn to Babylon in No. 815. Brooklyn to Northport in No. 816.
Tarrytown to Poughkeepsie in No. 817. Poughkeepsie to Hudson in No.
818. Hudson to Albany in No. 819. Tottenville to Trenton in No.
820. Trenton to Philadelphia in No. 821. Philadelphia in No. 822.
Philadelphia-Wissahickon Route in No. 823. Philadelphia to West
Chester in No. 824. Philadelphia to Atlantic City--First Stage in
No. 825; Second Stage in No. 826. Philadelphia to Vineland--First
Stage in No. 827; Second Stage in No. 828. New York to
Boston--Second Stage in No. 829; Third Stage in No. 830; Fourth
Stage in No. 831; Fifth Stage in No. 832; Sixth Stage in No. 833.
Boston to Concord in No. 834. Boston in No. 835. Boston to
Gloucester in No. 836. Boston to Newburyport in No. 837. Boston to
New Bedford in No. 838. Boston to South Framingham in No. 839.
Boston to Nahant in No. 840. Boston to Lowell in No. 841. Boston to
Nantasket Beach in No. 842. Boston Circuit Ride in No. 843.
Philadelphia to Washington--First Stage in No. 844; Second Stage in
No. 845; Third Stage in No. 846; Fourth Stage in No. 847; Fifth
Stage in No. 848. City of Washington in No. 849. City of Albany in
No. 854. Albany to Fonda in No. 855; Fonda to Utica in No. 856;
Utica to Syracuse in No. 857; Syracuse to Lyons in No. 858; Lyons
to Rochester in No. 859; Rochester to Batavia in No. 860; Batavia
to Buffalo in No. 861; Poughkeepsie to Newtown in No. 864; Newtown
to Hartford in No. 865; New Haven to Hartford in No. 866; Hartford
to Springfield in No. 867; Hartford to Canaan in No. 868; Canaan to
Pittsfield in No. 869; Hudson to Pittsfield in No. 870. City of
Chicago in No. 874. Waukesha to Oconomowoc in No. 875; Chicago to
Wheeling in No. 876; Wheeling to Lippencott's in No. 877;
Lippencott's to Waukesha in No. 878; Waukesha to Milwaukee in No.
879; Chicago to Joliet in No. 881; Joliet to Ottawa in No. 882;
Ottawa to La Salle in No. 883: Jersey City to Englewood in No. 890.
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This Department is conducted in the interest of stamp and coin
collectors, and the Editor will be pleased to answer any question
on these subjects so far as possible. Correspondents should address
Editor Stamp Department.
Belgium has just issued a new series of stamps in commemoration of the
exhibition to be held in Brussels next year. These stamps can be used
throughout the kingdom, and no limit as to time for such use has been
made. Consequently the S.S.S.S. will probably not put them on the list
of stamps not worthy of collection.
The stamps are about twice the size of the current issue of Belgium, and
all have the sabbatical label attached. The design is St. Michael and
the Dragon, with the Brussels City Hall and Palace of Justice in the
background. The 10 centimes is a rich brown, the 5 centimes a violet,
and the 25 centimes, for postal packets, black and green. The design is
very handsome, and the stamps make a good appearance.
The surcharging of India stamps with the names of the various native
governments goes on apace. New issues have lately come on the market
from Gwalior, Jhind, Chamba, and Sirmoor. These are very good stamps for
the average collector to leave alone. Advanced collectors and
specialists, of course, need no advice.
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, JOHORE.--Design--A portrait of the new Sultan.
1c., green. 4c., green and rose.
2c., green and blue. 5c., green and brown.
3c., green and olive. 6c., green and yellow.
$1, lilac and green.
NEGRI SEMBILLAN.--Water-mark crown and C.A. Design--Tiger head.
15c., green and mauve.
PERAK.--Water-mark crown and C.A. Design--Tiger head.
25c., green and carmine.
Same design, but water-marked crown and C.C.
$2, green and carmine. $10, green and violet.
$3, green and olive. $25, green and yellow.
The following are late issues which are now in the hands of dealers:
SIERRA LEONE.--Water-mark C.A. with crown. De la Rue's standard design.
1d., black and rose. 2-1/2d., black and blue.
2d., black and orange. 1s., green and black.
Canada has just issued a new 2c. post-card.
MADAGASCAR.--
1c., black. 20c., red.
2c., brown. 30c., brown.
4c., claret. 1 franc, bronze.
COLOMBIAN REPUBLIC, ANTIOQUIA.--Two sets seem to have been issued at one
time. The design is the same in both, but the colors are different. The
denominations are 2c., 2-1/2c., 3c., 5c., 10c., 20c., and 50c.; 1 peso,
2 pesos, and 5 pesos, and a registration stamp.
The new French stamps, the design of which was published last March,
seems to have been abandoned. It is said the government was not
satisfied with the design, and intend to open a new competition.
I am frequently asked whether the dollar values of U.S. stamps are ever
used in a legitimate manner, and if so by whom.
As a matter of fact the dollar values are used in a very few
post-offices, and probably the bulk are used in New York city. Bankers
send bonds abroad in large packages by registered mail. The regular rate
is 10c. an ounce, $1.60 a pound. One large firm of bankers to my
knowledge has used over $2000 in dollar stamps for this purpose in a
single week. The average size of the bundle of bonds necessitates stamps
to the average value of about $20. Larger bundles are frequently sent.
In England a stamp of £5 ($25) is frequently used. I have seen the
wrapper of a bundle received by a New York banker on which were eight £5
stamps. Lawyers send legal papers in a similar manner. The largest
package I know of from New York was about the size of a large dry-goods
case. It was filled with legal papers to be used in a patent suit in
South Africa. The postage was $187, consequently the box weighed about
117 pounds. There is practically no limit to the weight of first-class
parcels in either the domestic or foreign mails.
F. W. LAMPIER, JUN., STITES MELTON, and MISS FANNIE MOORE, of
Ridley Park, Pa., wish to exchange stamps.
B. A. RICHARDSON.--Dealers sell the 1835 dimes at 20c.
F. I. O.--The 3 kreuzer 1865 Würtemberg unused is offered by
dealers at about $2.
K.--The following are prices quoted by dealers: U.S. cents, 1831,
1845, 1846, and 1847, 5c. each. Dimes, 1838, 1842, 1854, and 1856,
20c. each. Half-Dime, 1853, 10c. Quarter, 1845, 50c.; 1853, 35c.
U.S. cent, 1705, 50c. to $1. The other coins, etc., face value
only.
A. ALBERS.--English Revenues used for postage, if on the original
envelope, are sought after in England, but in America there is no
demand.
C. P. K.--By buying at auctions entire envelopes can frequently be
bought at much less than the catalogue prices for cut copies.
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condensed milk on the breakfast-table in place of ordinary milk that
failed on account of the storm. "It's the Gail Borden Eagle Brand we
used during the war."--[_Adv._]
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Patriotism.
We are not, in this land of diversified industries, accustomed to think
of Newfoundland, with its one fish industry, as a land flowing with the
milk and honey of this world's riches. Yet here is an intelligent member
of our Order, living on the island, who sees his home through different
eyes from those that we use. His love of country equals that of a matron
of seventy years, who had lived her life on Prince Edward Island. Not
only had she never been across the Northumberland Strait to the mainland
of Nova Scotia, twenty-three miles distant, but she had never even been
to the other or Tignish end of the island, but had spent her days at her
home near Georgetown. She was a broad-minded and intelligent woman, yet
to such an extent had her environment influenced her that she remarked
complacently:
"I think Prince Edward Island the best spot in the world. It is central
in the world of affairs, and I could not live content elsewhere."
Here are our Newfoundland Knight's opinions:
A WEALTHY COUNTRY.
We claim for Newfoundland a high position. For its size and density
of its population it is the wealthiest country on the face of the
earth. This extreme or, as perhaps some may think, extravagant
claim, which is made by us with the utmost deliberation, we base
upon the following general facts:
1. The fishing season, broadly speaking, extends over three or four
months of the year. During that brief working period enough is
earned by 40,000 to 50,000 fishermen to supply the wants of a
population of 200,000 souls.
2. Every year there is drawn out of the waters of Newfoundland
wealth amounting to from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000, including the
value of fish used for home consumption, and most of this product
is realized and marketed within the working year.
3. This wealth is almost entirely expended in the purchase and
import of goods of foreign growth and manufacture, on which an
average taxation of 23-1/2 per cent. on the value is paid.
4. The annual earnings of the fisheries, or at least an exportable
earning of $6,000,000, cannot be diverted from the country by any
incident of trade or competition, and cannot be mortgaged in
advance except within each year.
5. That while the value of all other articles of human food has
declined from 20 to 30 per cent. within the last decade, and while
all articles consumed by the fishermen of Newfoundland have also
largely declined, the price of Newfoundland codfish has been
steadily maintained, and is now as high as ever it was.
6. That as such the producers of Newfoundland codfish hold in their
hands a practical monopoly, and are certain of as unfailing a
market as they are of an unfailing supply of the product.
7. That from the great diversity and extent of the area of its
operations, and from the fact that the waters around the island
furnish the proper food of the codfish, the annual crop of the
Newfoundland fisheries is in the aggregate practically as certain
in its supply as any annual crop known to commerce.
8. That this annual crop, being in the hands of the actual
producers, is less affected by such financial fluctuations as
affect other crops in other countries, and no such fluctuations can
extend to the capital stock on which the annual crop is dependent,
so as to limit the production or lessen its value from year to
year.
B. BOWERING.
43 GOWER STREET, ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND.
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For Beginners in Art.
I wish to become an artist, and would like to enter the
Metropolitan Art School. Can I learn to draw and paint well enough
to be able to open a studio of my own after graduating? When does
the school open, and when must one apply for admission? How many
classes are there, and about how long must one stay in each class?
What is the age of the average pupil?
M. M., R.T.L.
There are at least two institutions in New York city to which you may
apply for circulars. One is the Metropolitan School of Fine Arts,
Carnegie Hall, Fifty-seventh Street and Seventh Avenue, and the other
the Art Students' League, 215 West Fifty-seventh Street. The former was
organized by pupils of the Metropolitan Museum when the schools of the
Museum were closed, and is maintained by them. It is in no way connected
with the museum. It is open September 30 to May 30. The latter is
maintained by the art students of New York. Tuitions are from $2 to $12
per month, according to class. There is no graduation. Pupils stay as
long or short a time as they please. Whether you could successfully
maintain a studio at the end of one year's instruction, or five years'
instruction, or at any other period, depends wholly upon yourself, as
you can readily see.
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To Twickenham and Beyond.
Last summer we--there were seven of us--went one day up the Thames
River to Hammersmith Bridge. Then we walked to Richmond, to pretty
Teddington, and finally to beautiful old Hampton Court, with its
long rows of trees, its big grape-vine, and its canals. Of course
we saw much to interest us, from the odd Thames boats, which land
and start so quickly, and which have on board small boys who repeat
the captain's orders in a language which we vainly tried to
understand, to the river-course over which the Oxford and Cambridge
boat-races are annually rowed, and the breweries whose success has
brought knighthood to their owners.
But that which most interested us was old Twickenham Church, which
we saw by a side excursion. It is surrounded by old trees, and a
yard in which are those curious tombstones that lie flat on the
ground, and do not stand up as our American tombstones do. The
church has a square Norman tower, and an interior that carries you
back hundreds of years--almost, indeed, to the Reformation. Here is
buried the remains of Alexander Pope, brought thither from
Twickenham Villa not far away. We returned by train to London, so
tired were we of limb, and so filled were our heads with history,
reminiscence, and pretty pictures of rural life.
ANNA BURTON.
NEW YORK.
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Answers to Kinks.
No. 55.--A carrier-pigeon.
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No. 56.
1. Queenstown. 2. By fighting for us in the war of the Revolution. He
was an officer. 3. A British officer under Cornwallis. 4. Stephen
Girard, of Girard College.
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No. 57.--New-castle--Newcastle.
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No. 58.--WORD SQUARE.
B L A S T
L A T H E
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Questions and Answers.
The Priscilla Chapter can procure a copy of the handsome book we
mentioned recently by applying to L. G. Price, 547 Union Street, Hudson,
N. Y. The price is twenty-five cents, and four cents for postage. It is
the record of a successful Chapter, neatly cloth bound, and a pretty
souvenir for your library.--Harry C. Farrer, 559 Sixty-ninth Street,
Englewood, Chicago, Ill., wants correspondents in foreign countries. He
can get information of the Daughters of the Revolution by writing to the
secretary, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York. There is no active Chapter near
your Englewood home. You might form one perhaps.--C. B. Yardley, Jun.,
332 William Street, East Orange, N. J., is much interested in boats,
both small and large, and he wants to hear from you if you have the same
fancy. He goes every summer to a New Hampshire lake, where he owns a
sail and a row boat. He asks where he can see models of boats. Since he
lives near New York, we think the best available collection is in the
rooms of the New York Yacht Club, 71 Madison Avenue. If you write in
advance for permission, we are quite sure you will be permitted to
inspect these models as carefully as you may desire.
Three or four readers have lately asked questions directly in the line
of what follows. That such jingles help one to remember facts is
unquestioned. Still, if one can do so, it is better to remember the
facts without the rhyme. Marion H. Cooke, who finds the lines in a
newspaper, sends them to the Table just at a time when several readers
are asking for them. The first one is:
A LIST OR PRESIDENTS.
Come, young folks all, and learn my rhyme,
Writ like the one of olden time.
For linked together name to name,
The whole a surer place will claim;
And firmly in your mind shall stand
The names of those who've ruled our land.
A noble list: George Washington,
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson,
James Madison and James Monroe,
John Quincy Adams--and below
Comes Andrew Jackson in his turn;
Martin Van Buren next we learn;
Then William Henry Harrison,
Whom soon John Tyler followed on.
And after Tyler, James K. Polk,
Then Zachary Taylor ruled the folk
Till death. Then Millard Fillmore came;
And Franklin Pierce we next must name.
And James Buchanan then appears;
Then Abraham Lincoln through those years
Of war. And when his life was lost,
'Twas Andrew Johnson filled his post.
Then U. S. Grant and R. B. Hayes
And James A. Garfield each had place,
And Chester Arthur, and my rhyme
Ends now in Grover Cleveland's time.
And the other:
THE RULERS OF ENGLAND.
First William the Norman, then William his son,
Henry, Stephen, and Henry, then Richard and John;
After Henry the third, Edwards one, two, and three,
After Richard the second, three Henrys we see.
Fourth Edward precedes the third Richard, then press
Two Henrys, Sixth Edward, Queen Mary, Queen Bess;
Then Jamie from Scotland and Charles must be reckoned,
Succeeded by Cromwell and then Charles the Second;
Then we had James, who relinquished the throne
To William and Mary, then William alone,
Till Anne, the Four Georges, Fourth William had passed;
Victoria now reigns--may she long be the last!
To Ames Ulmer.--The latest record at hand is December, 1895. On that
date the President of Switzerland was Joseph Zemp. The official
residence is at Berne.--F. S. Davis: Order _Si Klegg and His Pard_ from
any bookseller. If you have none, write to The Baker and Taylor Company,
New York.--Janey Crowe, 13 Birch Crescent, Rochester, N. Y., plies us
with a sheet full of questions, which we are glad to answer as fully as
we are able: 1. Elvirton Wright is the author of _Majoribanks_, and, we
presume, also of the book you mention. Write to the Congregational
Publishing House, Boston, for fuller information. 2. The other author
whom you name has written many books. L. F. Meade was her former name.
Now it is Mrs. E. T. T. Smith. Her publishers are Lippincotts, Cassells,
and half a dozen others. 3. Some information is wanted about these
authors--where they live, and some interesting facts in their lives. Can
any readers supply us with morsels containing such information? 4. There
are to be Round Table prizes this year for puzzles, stories, and amateur
photographs. The puzzle prizes are to be $40 each, and there are to be
five contests. The story prizes are worth $75 for the first, $50 for the
second, and $25 for the third, and the photograph prizes amount in all
to $125. Full particulars with conditions will be announced very soon.
5. No Round Table reunion has been planned.
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