!--_N.Y. Com. Adv._

_Essex Register,_ Sept. 18, 1826.

The works of John Paul Richter are almost unintelligible to
any but Germans, and even to some of them. A worthy German,
just before Richter's death, edited a complete edition of
his works, in which one particular passage fairly puzzled
him. Determined to have it explained at the source, he went
to John Paul himself and asked him what was the meaning of
the mysterious passage.--John Paul's reply was very German
and characteristic: "My good friend," said he, "when I wrote
that passage, God and I knew what it meant; it is possible
that God knows it still; but as for me, I have totally
forgotten."

_Essex Register,_ Oct. 9, 1826.

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ORIGIN OF "FOOLSCAP" PAPER. It is known that Charles I. of
England, granted numerous monopolies for the support of his
government. Among others was the privilege of manufacturing
paper. The water mark of the finest sort was the royal arms
of England. The consumption of this article was great at
this time, and large fortunes were made by those who had
purchased the exclusive right to vend it. This, among other
monopolies, was set aside by the parliament that brought
Charles to the scaffold, and by way of showing their
contempt for the king, they ordered the royal arms to be
taken from the paper, and a fool, with his cap and bells, to
be substituted. It is now more than an hundred and
seventy-five years since the fool's cap and bells were taken
from the paper, but still, paper of the size which the Rump
Parliament ordered for the journals bears the name of the
water mark then ordered as an indignity to Charles.

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A new version of "Yankee Doodle," from the "Salem Gazette,"
July, 1811.

YANKEY SONG.

[_The following song was composed a few years since by a
gentleman then one of the officers of the Salem regiment, to
be sung at the military celebration of the 4th of July. Its
wit and pleasantry continues it a favorite with the Yankies,
and it was again sung by the Military at Lynn Hotel, and by
the Federalists at Washington Hall, on the late
anniversary._]

I.

Yankey Doodle is the tune
Am