New-York tribune., 1869-02-26
p GENERAL NOTES.

week by ranzulaton produced by eating an oyster.
The great cartoons of Raphael, at South Ken
sngton arc in very unsafe situation IRE should
break out in tho palace they might ba oil destroyed In
| few minutes. --------
The proprietor of the Planters House, in St.
Louis has been ordered by the Courts to pay G9 the
value of the contents Of trunk left tnere IN so' ana
sold OF auction with other unclaimed baggage q 3"
At recent representation at the ltaiiens' IN
Paris lady sitting alone In OF the most conspicuous
boxes was so excessively deeoe that she was requested
by the manager to throw her opera CLOAK o'er ner
shoulders. She Indignantly left the theater. .Ifr
| A Duke of Orleans now exists for the first
time since 1872 He will be three weeks old tomorrow
His mamma is the Countess OF Paris who was coninedat
| Twickenham England. on the 9Th OF February iho
young Duke ia great grandson OF Louis Philippe py
| both father and mother. l.'l ,1 F
| A Cincinnati court in deciding libel suit
against daily paper holds that the publication OF
false statement by paper In tho ordinary course er s
business az publisher Of news. Is not prnd Jde'e evl
denco Of malice by the old rule The falsehood and
| nalace must be proven by the complainant aJl /
Chicago begun to fear that she was losing
prestige on account OF the Cole iscock insanity verdict
at Albany. Chicago Jury has accordingly BROUGHT IN
verdict acqutng murderer the ground that he com
mitted the crime anticipation OF going into an epepe
| ft which be promptly did in an hour or two after.
Tho streets of London have neither order nor
| consistency. Tho bestInformed cockney cannot tell
where different streets to be found New streets are
opened very FAST and register good names lor shoo
they arc interested they would register stes ior
newspapers Many names are duplicated before the
| streets arc built. -.rl .rsJ ...r1i al ~ l...f
Isaac Dunn Patt describes Mr.. Motley, tho
historian, as "a stout, healthy gentleman Of square
shoulders with reasonable digestive apparatus, standing
somewhat over the Medium hight, something OF man
OF the world inclined to adpose. His face is gooddn
| ner face with well regulated features which nght up
| like lantern in conversation"
Mrs. Lydia r. Bailey, who died in Philadel-
pha last Sunday Mt the Of s carried on the print
ing In that city for over so years Her husband
Robert Bailey died 1909 and she continued the print
ing until 1861 Previous TO the introduction OF steam
power presses she had OF the largest Offices in tho
| city. sAe was the city printer for somo years.
In "La Dame de Monsoreau," now perform
ing In Paris the actor Mengue who has to defend him.
sef in combat against 10 assaants becomes fatgued
toward the close that no ia obliged TO retreat to tho
wings, when another actor dressed precisely like him.
takes his place and continues the fght tanS care TO
keep his back to the audience, until Mengue Is rested
man in Des Moines, Iowa, has erected
DWELLING house for himself built mostly OF paper. Tho
inside walls and shingling are oi that
material known the West the Rock River Com
napys Building Paper" The cost is about two-thirds
that OF tho ordnaryi materials and tho house. IL Is said
much than where plaster and wood are used
Two respectable, but wild, young girls in
Neworlcans put their brothers clothes tho other day
AID started to call OH noighbor An officer met them,
| discovered their disguise at once and there was
ludicrous crying in tho street The rules were
ri.d however, and they carried TO the nearest
lookup where they remained unui reIelsed py 'ncir
| father.
| The Land We Lore, Southern magazine,
tells an amusing story Of the first battle of BulI Run
how wounded Union prisoner begged Louisiana Tiger
10 relieve him Of hs sucrings by doath-how tho bravo
Tiger eooly grated nIm by cutting his throat with
drk-and how ho then bowed TO the other wounded mon,
and baudly asked IL lie could accommodate any other
| gentleman"
A very curious railroad accident happened
recently Mirrapoe India large elephant seeing
the red light smoke, concluded the noisy locono-
tive was an enemy to DO summary demolished Ho ac-
| eordugy placed himself ON tho track. aud met the
strange creature head with trunk and tusk Tho re-
suit "a dead elephant aud IL cars capsiEed only one
| nan was killed
| New-Orleans, unlike any other great city in
tho world surrounded by wild animals Deer arc shot
within ayo miles OF the City Hail. and alisators abound
| In ue.ghboring sYamps. Old residents. indeed. re-
! member whom young algators were caught in the
street cutters Tho lnt nows Is that an American spotted
tiger haa completely deyoured ltto girl In parish not
far the city. These animals u IA sai are lncess
| Ing In that part Of Louisiana.
There is a very curious monument in Mag
nolia Cemetery. Charleston erected by tho late Henry
Wise, Englishman the grave OF his Wife IL isa
trumpha arch representing tho gate OF Heaven orna.
| mented with sea-shcls aud stained glass. kneone
female figure rests under tho ach with model ship ard
casEct containing bouquet OF shells, wedding hand
kerchipf, ring and neekc, small English nag. and
other curious rccs The whole is covered with canvas
| canopy
| A Swiss paper, referring TO the canddature
OF the Duke OF Aosta for tho Spanish throne, says
Prince Amadeus Of Italy II Is we'll known unable to
govern his own household satisfactorily What sort OF
King would he then mako tho most unstable OF Euro
pean thrones I" The matrimonial unhappness Of Prince
Amadeus is a matter Of nOorlety in Italy. Tho Prince
detests his wife, whose temper Is said to bo execnbe,
and who has struck him repeatedly the Of the
| servants. .r
In his new book on the use of tobacco, DR..
Grscom lays Its directly poisonous efects
and his ugly catalogue the consequences OF In
Its Includes disturbances and paptaton OF
the heart, blindness, dyspepsia, jiundee. Inflammation
OF the liver dysentery cancer destruction OF tho teeth
and Jaw, paralysis earache, imbocy. idocy, insanity.
and death He insists further that the common notion
that tobacco prevents malaria and aids digestion Is
wholly unfounded.
| Stage mechanism has reached its most bril-
liant Effects 1t is said In the play OF "Madono Aux
Roses" runnngst the Paris Cato. There three
splendid tableauI One italian scene, with dancing
peasants and lowing cattle. Another Ia feast In tho
Ducal Palace OF C@sar with oil the voluptuous glitter
Of tho Orient Tho last great conhagraon OF
| the Palace Tho stage is covered with sheet iron, and
nearly 700 pieces OF burning wood fall upon 1t II
| from the ceilings and walls.
| Burlingame and his Cinnamon reside in n