New-York tribune., 1868-12-24
GENERAL NOTES.

The Federal navy of Prussia is manned by
5000 sailors elective Federal army numbers ABOUT
10000.
The largest billiard score on record in En-
Gland is $40 This was accomplished 10y the celebrated
Roberts
Some of the Catholic priests in Ireland have
refused to admit those who voted against disestaoSn
inenp into their chapels
The London Morning Star says that American
experiments prove that something might be ihauo oi
me red man If civilization had time to take him III
hand"
The English Conservative party had been IN
mower two wears and half Dsraeli resigned Lord
Dcrby's government was first sworn in on the 6tho
July 1scG.
The London National Society for Woman
Suffrage calls for petition from every important town
in England next year, for change in the present sur
frago law.
The City of Liverpool has debt of about
s2QO0oOOO ana It Is on the increase The interest 10"
amounts to over 81 100000 per annum.
The London Daily Nelrs says that the i'm
proyement in construction. trim, and gear of the crack
English yachts" is duo the example OF the America
In 1851.
Mrs. Welsh. an old lady in East Rush, near
Rochester. who ia ~ years old. has woven In an ola
f hioued loom 2lI yards OF good rascdIpetlhS SINCE
her 10Th year.
DIR. Mcdonald, the Shahcsperian scholar ana
lectures said in Liverpool recently that IN ms opmon
"thc dramatic ART tho highest OF all arts lie aeAo"i
edges however that its present condition was rather low"
Escalante is the great political "demagogue
Of spain He Is hahituc Of cafes and other public re-
sorts. drinks freely and drinks fast lie knows the popu
larhear talks calmly and always cautously-neYer IN
dulgcs in brag or meiace.
The Casino del Principe is the great Whist
Club OF Madrid II the resort Of all varieties OF men
balfpav officers political quidnuncs mobiles, men OF the
mddmc classes bankers, secoudrate diplomasts Jour
nallst with a spruklng Of Foreigners aud other monde
script dlers.
The general impression that Professionalism
has no foothod in Spain incorrect There are many IN
Madrid and few IN all parts OF the Peninsula WHO nave
carried on Protestant worship secretly IN private houses
The result however Of all laws compelling outward con
formty with the Rosh religion. has not been 90 nuch
IN favor Of Professionalism as Of general unbclcf
There are 11f3 miles of telegraph line in
South Australia The rates are low and more messages
arc sent than IN any other part Of the globe In England
the annual proportion message TO every seven oi
tho population in South Australia It Is one to every
four In England there 12l letters sent TO one teie-
gram, ia South Australia only IS letters The au1h ies
now possess a postal telegraph system.
The largest kitchen in the world is that OF
Fray Bentos on the River Uruguay. South America The
building covers an OF 5000 square feet In one hall
there are four mcatcutcr which can dispose oi 200 bn
locks each per hour There - Operators IA when
the meat il boiled 10y steam. They can hold altogether
I4iOo0 pounds Of beef. About 30 oxen per hour are
actually slaughtered for this immense establishment
The practice of playing old dramas under new
names has become very IN Tic English theaiefs
A victim Of this fraud Manchester complains that
.ffnra hat "A
new play one Will not meet with old fncnd IN
domino and mask" Tho "Idden Hand" has been
played as "The Gray Lady Of rorh Vennon." Tile
Factory Glri" Is also known 80" that Glttcr' IL not
Cold" Tins Is It's title In America "A at sea Is the
| old farce. my wife's Second Floor"
Second hand theatrical property is worth
little or nothing ia London Very elegant scenery
Gently used Ia tho "Dakes Motto" tho O. Long Isirke."
"C0rscau Brothers," " EayeuswOod," Don Cesar"
Romeo and juliet" and other plays IN the Lyceum
Thcatcr. sold at public auction fow days ago
Whole sets went for nye, four, and oven a' low
two pounds each Staging. trcssos and other woodwork
hardly realized nrcwOod prices Even elegant furniture
Kilt satin and rosewood. was almost given away.
A dinner cooked by an automatic process was
recently discussed 10y party Of London gentlemen Tho
various dishes furnished their cooking without the
assistance OF series Of plain wooden boxes vary
ing IN size from adys dressing 20 sea chest, ond
all Of them fastened with padocks The principle In
volyed simply the retaining Of heat after the vnnd
are half cooked by lining the boxes with nonconductng
materals-a sort Of felt dinner cooked In this man
ner may be prepared Paris aud eaten hot next day In
London An hour or two moro less. does not lnJure
the dishes and they do not spoil or become cold set
OF these boxes has been ordered by the Prince Of Wales
| for his expedition up tho Nile.
The manufacture Of straw plat in England is
confined to Bedfordshre, Hartiordshlre. and Buckng
hamshre. The number OF persons employed Is about
5OOO-nearly all women and children. Luton Ia the
chief market for the pilt 1t IS there made Into bonnets
and hats The plating Itself done where the straw Is
grown and entirely by hand Groups OF girls are seen
on the village greens talking, working and laughing In
Winter family groups sit round tho hearth, and neigh
bors interchange visits, all hard at work all the time
Every platter works her account Her earnings
vary materially according TO demand, but wife's re-
cepts often exceed her husbands Children begin
TO work at a very early age. and 1t is almost impossible
to get them school Ignorance therefore, very gen
cral Daughters learn nothing OF h0usewOrk or needle
work. They despise domestic service, and readily learn
TO gossip. All the Vices Of the factory women. which
have been lamenlcd 10 frequently, common in tie
plat districts.
The non commissioned officers of Prussian
field battery announce by advertisement In Berlin
paper, the death OF comrado in war-a goat called
"Ier Schneider" The favorlte had been In tho corps
since 1864 lie always marched with the Of the first
gun, from whom lie also received his ratons. He at
tended parade, took his place among the non commits
stoned officers aud appeared to listen atentlyoly to the
orders when tho broke out IN 1861 he marched at
the head Of tho battery and promoted to the rank OF
sergeant by the priyates. who presented lin with
beautiful collar which embroidered the marks Of
his military rank When actual hostiitos commenced
he WAS tied TO an ammunition wagon and kept In tho
rear but during the battle OF K6ngno Herr Schneider
managed TO slip away and went to the front at full gaop
an orderly following linn fast he could AT that
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