New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-27
GENERAL NOTES.

A lazy recently visited Mount HoIvo,o -.
was ninetyfour years old, and her preyions v,s,, 49,.
taken place seVenty.nins years before when .ha -
grlish trip perfectly and recalled with ease ~ ber
outlines Of the view from the pOuntain. ~ general
The members of the excursion party owe,
the Kansas Pacific Railroad held meeting at Lawrens
tho 10th inst and after passing resolutions cOmp.
mentary to the managers OF the road presented 500 "a
Lenspe.
The water Of Salt Lake is so dense that q man
cannot n it. The editor Of The Oors Rtp0rer a..
monstrated this by standing upright In tho water ana
without the least motion could not sink 10 the chin ne
could lie the water stand In IT, take almost any pos
tion and still he would float, and could sink TtIs
necessary after swimming this brlDy TO rna IN
with fresh for the salt Of the water condenses Onss
person, and leaves one, when dry looking he had
been powdered all over with white chalk.
The atlanta NeW Era of recent date says-:
gentleman who owns llyery'stable In this eltyvs
call no namesays the embargo laid upon keno has hsA
fine effect upon his business, Before the advent et
that into the cy s S S werS az esa
see the young men on Sunday morning gong toward
calls for buggies in the evening OF those days Keno
closed last Thursday and on Sunday evening there
demand for all his buggies. lie considers himself
q gamer lawfully
About FIVE weeks ago bundle was received
at the Treasury Department from German in MilwAu-
kee Wis., with the request that the contents. which he
said was mutated currency, should DO redeemed, aud
good bills be returned TO him. On opening the package
1t was found TO contain about peck Of rubbish consist
chjps nutshes and fragments OF greenbacks The Ger
man accounted for the confused condition OF his mutt
lated currency by stating that having saved by strict
$500 in order that it should DO safely kept be
tied up in old stocking and thrust t behind aiter
beneath the roof OF his house. and the mice made mesa
OF it, The peck OF fragments was tuned over TO two re-
male counters, who, after u days labor OF sorting
S95O and draft for that amount was orHaFded 70
the economical German.
The Stockton (Cal.) Independent says OF tho
slate ouarres OF California that those along the foot
hills on the west side Of Salt Spring Valley promise 10 be-
come source of much wealth. We shown sample
last evening, brought from the Pacific Slate Quarry
situated Littleiohn Creek This sample, we think Is
Of softer quality than Of the specimens we nave
heretofore seen which have been brought from tho
quarres that district and the grain Is certainly much
finer. The laminG are easily separated ana We arc as
sred that blocks OF almost any size DO procured
The sample shown US last evening framed school
slate, and smOOthed with common plane III 10 Wholly
free from unsghtly stains Of oxide OF iron and from
pyrites and likewise appears 10 DO wholly exempt from
carbonate OF line. In general appearance u is fesraa
bly, compact and solid the face perfectly smooth and
be split into sheets OF any desired thlIness Inc
viceable drawing and writing upon also for billiard
tables"
Few persons in this country are aware OF the
number Of species Of fungus, or mushrooms thas are
capabe OF being made useful food or for sauces. aud
One or two species gathered with much apprehension
and frowned upon by most persons exhaust the stock OF
avaabes I'm this direction while our moro fortunate or
more learned i0Tes Srve 10 pace nearly every kind Of
food or at least aid In giving 10 them pguaht na,e
gentleman, however residing IN North Carolina, has
been for some time preparing an Illustrated WORK uoa
the mushroom I'm which, by means or nguros ana gen.
eral descriptions, he expects To be able 70 point Gus
readily what species may DO eaten and what must be
avoided, render IL entirely practicable with such
guide make suitable selection from these mat pre-
sent themselves to notice In our daily walks Inc totA
number OF species that not merely eataDle, bus
eve, % many sixty and il Is said that the propOS'
ton OF poisonous kinds 20 those that are whOe0n
IL greater than exists between tho wild fruits ana
berries that are ordinarily met with.
An elegantly dressed young gentleman, with
several young ladies' recently visited the Eayyfardh
CharlestowD and either knew. pretended TO know
everything connected with affairs While In
speetng Wimouth great lathe and plansr then I'm fuh
operation, called particular attention to the apparent
smoothness and beauty OF the bright ribbon OF iron
gentleman was in raptures while ne explained the Won
derful mechanism Of the lathe and the sharpness OF ns
tools that could produce such beautiful results ana LIS
fair companions equally enthusiastic one OF tnem
expressed wish TO obtain piece or the iron rbOon -
take home curiosity lager 70 graty the IAr ones
he took hold tho glowing strip as IL left the paner 70
break e. but let IL go with an oath shd Scream
bounding backward at the same tune, crying Tor wafer
He had burned his right hand badly Inc rDDOn though
an clean and bright almost red-hot by the tro-
mendous friction to which it had been subjected In the
peeng processa fact not known to the young gehue-
man. and OF which the machnist, not having Doco con
suited, did not inform him.
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