New-York tribune., 1869-03-05
GENERAL NOTES.

A yellow silk handkerchief made OF spiders
webs has been exhibited az a fair IN Bermuda.
Large Numbers of converts to tho Catholic
Chalch reported among the negroes Of the South
The way "gizzardD used to be spelled in old
times was as follows: "G-izzard, glE-, iszard'aid.
zard-glzZard"
sparrows arc carefully protected in Missis-
sppl. that they may feed the ootton-worms few
months hence.
The Boston Peace Festival has been an
nounced IA the English papers. The PGH Nal Gasets
tries to make frn Of It,
Tho English judges promptly rbuke any
journal Of eniuence which presumes to offer opinion
on On unfinished law suit.
Peppermint has become so prevalent IN
WayLc Couuty, ~ Y, that Gfty peppermint dis.l
lelies VII be built next sEFing.E
Chinese ladies used to learn to play musical
Instruments, but the fashion Is now out. and they
have nothing TO 30 but gossip.
Pound parties" are now fashionable IN
Boston. Those invited expected TO conIgbuis
pound at least VI something TO cat
Mr. Edwin Forrest recently refused New.
OIL ans e cement because one Of the conditions
tnat lie should play Sunday night
4 dog at Dubuque, Iowa, has saved the lives
OF oir persons and las tic unmuZzed freedom u !Hs
city " as a ard for his coed services
Tie belle Of a recent ball at New-Albany, led.
was recognized as q woman who earned her living by
begging at a street corner dressed IN filthy rags
Amau has just been s2ntepced to three months
imprisonment by a count In vleuaa ior speaking Gr
respectfully OF Maria Theresa. who died in 1850.
4 AChicaeopa sseers at Milwaukee as small
town. beause It cid not have women enougt to get up
quarrel At woUaH's convention iu TIE latter
city
The bullet that killed Nelson, at Trafalgar,
IS IN the posse son Of Queen Victoria. It is eet in Pr
cous stoucs. and inclosed In golden shaped lilo
walnut.
Faint heart never won fair lady. a plucly
Colorado miner writes US follows his adyloye: Scyen
yeres is rather long kort ga but ilo have you yi
Gaze, you bet"
The English Registrar. General complains oi
"the cxocriblo Handwriting OF the clergmon Of tea
Kingdom" He can't make out their registry VI brtlI
marriages aud deaths.
Disregard for tho Lenten observances seems
Lc Increasing Italy. Pleasure occupies
tine. apparently. periods mob set apart By tie
Church for religious abstinence.
Fine specimens OF genuine turkos have been
taken fOm Nevada uine, and one Of tRe most bcaatin
is TO be presented to Sovereign Of Persia, By WHOM
4 new knapsacll has been introduced into tho
Bril,h army IL IS IN tic shape Of game.bag andH
carried on Tho lous with supporting straps ag.anseA
rs 20 leave the chest end arms free
There is n widow in Nashville, Tenn, IA
years DID, who enjoys the pensions .. three husbaId al
of whom served ~ the Revolutionary war; Her name "a
Dinah V,s. She lac 400 dcceHdauts.
Life, says Herbert Spencer, is the delaite son'-
pf az "A hg
both simultaneous and Successive, IN eorrespoAdeA"
vita external coeXiSteHce and sequences.
OF 7,C4 medical cases reported for 1851, nt
tie Central Medical Bureau OF France there wcre only
la which bleeding was prescribed. In Is02, ia
number Of bleeding prescriptions was LAG.
Sportsmen who 20 duck shooting az ths
DumpAng" opposite Newport L. l.. siy that they lose
much OF their game after shooting II because scs, which
are there, seizo tie game before it can be
secured.
Judge Brewster of Philadelphia, in pronoune-
ing sentence last week. said that to iuJc Lad ec's
regard nearly all murdeI,rs etAer heroes or mar
tyrsheroes they escaped punishment martyrs they
received IL.
A Southern editor is bitterly opposed to the
education Of Wemen surgeCns Suppose h0 says,s
gentleman were put uuder influence Of chloroforln
by such doctrcss-what Is prevent the woman froia
kissing hint
Tho underlakers of Washington are forming
protective union association. TAeY propose to adofa
cash systen hereafter. and have made oat "biAsk
list" Of such families have failed to pay tAeir bills of
funeral services.
The Viceroy of Egypt Eliminates bis PARK
with thousands OF gas shts aud has ladies dancing 20
tle waltzes Of in his palace beeckod In tls
latest Paris fashions Tho ladies OF hs harem 10" .ls
out In open cHrrHgeS
al ela 1nIfa ~
fashion are laying by their cgnons. Gnd the trade
false hair dying ont except far as IL supplies az r
tation OF natural hair for ladies who need It, laT
other words. ceases TO he used as headdress
"Cbinese Gordon the young English officer
who was Commander Chlef VI tho Ever Nietorou'
Celestial army In 1863 o. resumed the duties OF an o
nary Captain OF Engineers his return to England am
Is now quietly at work building obscure fori ieali'a''
An asylum for cats has been established III
square near Regents Park London. ltsa suah L'u'e
OF two stories with large garden attached where he
numerous eats have their sports aud paotimes The aF
Ium 10 conducted by matron. al assistant and cox
1t is proposed in Great Britain to celebrate,
by grand display the hundredth birthday OF Sir ""i
Scott August IT, 1871. It will be SIMILAR 1t Is said 10 As
great shakcspearian Jubilee projected by DaVdl Oa
rick aud celebrated at siratiord'on-Ayon sept o. v'
"Cat suit" has just been decided I'D DA.
tlmore. The plaintiff sued out wrt Of repeNih !"
tavorte Maltese cat The defendant claimed sl1 2o''
boarding the cat lS2 days. at 10 cents day JudSps
for plaintiff with cent damages aud cost iton Nv
ieHdant
A Houston (Texas) editor recently conceaea
himself and fired half dozeu shots at aho'her 60 60.
IIe shot so wildly that his enemy was unhur' pu'
boy was fatally wounded The Gdisesio" B"'e'" -,
to the affair as an unhappy ARRAY between TWO
gentlemen"