New-York tribune., 1868-12-23


German students often smoke in their class
rooms though in some Universities smoking In recitation
Is prohibited under penalty OF expulsion t.t.
Bears are plenty in the vicinity of Wrasaw
Wis this Winter. Their tTaoks are seon In the snow
every day. one man has killed 10 tins Summer.
The Michigan farmers have habit of paint
inc their winter s!edges in gay coOrs Each farmer s
known by his COLOR his devce, as the English lords arc
by their crests. ... I +.... Ir...r.. .H
The largest fro and burglnr-proof safe in
the United states beng manufactured by Com
pany in St. Louis It's IL feet wide, 20 feet deep
and IL feet high-weighlng i2O tans.
Since tho repeal of tho prohibitory dog-law
NJ Wisconsin dogs have Increased ourfod. 10 is pre-
dctod that farmers viii not dare to return to sheep
raising even when It promises TO be profitable again.
An Indian and she-bear were found lying
dead together the town OF Woodvo, WIS., Tho Indian
had shot the six times and then attacked her with
knife sho squeezed the life out Of him IN dying cior'
The interior of the "First Church." in Bos-
tom reminds the citizens OF the Hub OF our new jewish
Synagogue by its gorgeous architecture ha'
tho Temple Emanuel twice as large and Will hold three
times as luany people.
A Rov. Mr. Pitcher of Michigan, now travel
ing in Europe Is writing letters to Ths Detroit Ir''e
His adherence 10 his original prtjndices among tho peo
rby Shocked ut the nude statuay in oil tho art galleries
4 now stock Company is being formed In
Washington 20 furnish artificial sliding hills for both the
young and old folks Tho capital to DO Invested s $500
snow mountains OF this kind vory popular IN Russia
and afford tho public thoro very delightful winter
amusement.
The new Chestnut-st Rink In Philadelphia
will accommodate I5OO skaters boede seating 1900 spec
tators IN gallery. with promenade room for 2ODo 1t
will he entirely oored IN tho Spring. and be used as
music, ball OF lecture hall 1t Will then accommodate
1000 people.
Two san Francisco policemen tried TO arrest
Chnaman on tho "a OF this month They found t neoes-
sary TO leave him a moment and 80 mndoaIed him with
his arms each side OF lamp-post When they returned
their prsoner was gOnehe had climbed up tho post and
swung bis arms over tho top.
There is a widespread belief in Europe that
tho Napoleonic Dynasty and tho French Empire Wal ia
in 1862 This superstition Is the result OF some cuiouhy
mysterious figures published three years ago in the hide
,cndencc Bege which make tho 1869 do for Napoeon
what the year 1918 did for Louis Philippe
There is an Irish superstition that the breath
Of child who behed the face Of it's father charms
away disease Irish children accordingly, whose faihera
do before their birth domand even In this country
They are frequently called IN from the street. or fom
school, to breathe on the face Of the baby"
One Larpcnt 0'Bricn Partisan Irishman,
thinks lie has discovered his personal aud family history
in story being published in "Blackwood's Magazine, >,
aud has threatened them with legal proceedings Tho
author AYERS that ho heard OF LaTpont O'Brcn,
ond the publisher accordingly. calls him lunsiic
The lumber regions in the northern parts of
Wisconsin are Infested by mice asf plague OF Egypt
had come upon tho couniry Ihey have oyeFrun the
lumber camp and even drove the horses and cattle from
- f.n1i
in the beds ee. Every supply team now sous nlo the
'pneries' has a box Of cats uPoa it.
An unruly pig may have brought on the war
OF 1912. member OF the Rhode Island Assembly alb
sented himself from hs seat day TO attend trial
brought about BY the deprcdations ApiS Wnrsona
chosen that day by vote. % represent tho
State in Congress The who absent would have
| voted for an ant-War Senator.
"Lace y cotton is n new variety Of tho South
OK king It being raised IN Texas and receiving
marked agricultural attention ia all parts Of thc South
IL said 10 be- superior 20 any other kind OF cotton which
be raised poor soil and "upaudA" Iis strength
compares with the best American staple a to5. IL
closely resembles tho Egyptian cotton which IS worth
onefourth more than our own in England.
A man In Chicago crnwled into a freight car
on the night Of December shelter himself from very
fierce storm then raging While he sleeping the car
attached to a train aud started for tho last The
his situation, and reached Zanesyiie ONO before
Gaping from his moving prison. The night vOry cold
and be very nearly lost both limbs from freezing.
A mysterious and highly romantic sight was
seen by young in Philadelphia last Saturday
ing. and reported at Police Headquarters. A cab was
driven rapidly up Deanst and stopped before house OF
ll-repute. Three men emerged from tho vehicle and
forciby pulled ont woman. she attempted to scream,
but was prevented 10y something her mouth. Tho
carried her into the house aud the cab driven
away. -.
The nearest point on the Union Pacific Rail
road where good coal bo obtained at Carbon i3s
miles west OF Cheyenne No coal Is found between this
point and the middle Of Iowa-iO00 miles The country
between Omaha and the Black Hs has been stripped OF
what little timber there was originally upon It. Tho
people OF COlaIado accordingly conaulating them.
selves tho prospects for their coal beds; which
furnish good quality OF coal and in large quantito.
In Cambridge, Mass, the police officers ar
rest all children fobd II The street during school hours
unless they give good excuse Tor their absence
An Irish boy recently told officer that he had been
excused to attend funeral" lie found. very
after, at baseball match The officer inquired why he
was not tho funeral Tho reply was that he had boen
down to tho house, naming its resident but the
wasn't dead yet"
During tho great rush Of travel to California
the Panama San Francisco steamers always densy
crowded On ono OCCASION says correspondent party
OF travellers bent the game OF "old sedge" used tho
broad stomach Of avery fosy aseep
the cabin floor lieu OF table Tho sleeper snored for
several hours unconscious OF his personal utility until
OF tho party became suddenly excited aud brought
his hand down upon tho "tabe" with fearful emphasis.
The astonishod stranger opened his eyes, what was
going on, and said "Ail right, boys 80 With the
game-but hadn't better turn OVerlr - Yf~es.f'
Alfred Ingals, q wealthy proprietor Of O
annhnr y Of nnhnnra Inma unru raa.l ioaA 81.