New-York tribune., 1869-01-02
GENE3AL NOEES.

- - m, cold half sovereigns during the past ten
about tz2s.oOl 900. These coirs' pled one oI 80
-, would make d golden column nearly 90 iui'''
robert Buchanan has made, IN Sco',anu, ANTI "
-. snccessfu drst appearance as rea1er % 80,
- The Scottish journals speak with specAu PieiS0
s,rsugth clearnesS, and eNpres8VtHeS'OA ~ WV
,,,.r,;.,, n pra7plev of BiddefOId Me- went
,,rsl.irt to visit friend last SATURDAY N'sn' ~
",r...,.1 p,d,r lis pillow, and ON sunday lnorlnS
P', '' ,,,,,,te dir Henry Bean, ana leques'e"
W. s.,ir. that he felt faint Upon F1alhu"
,s fo,Id that one barrel OF tho p'S'oi N"u ,,,
r,,Ied and the raU had passed lho"h" ,"' istcr |
vourdinc him on his temple, ana oub'Nf ~ 'N'
ine overhead
,rbo University Class Examinations IN In
.,a7a elicit some very absurd answers espeea"! ~ |
t,,s on rpcIi.b and Biblical history The following
sfas or questions and answers is the last absiI"'' %
,,,is kind we have seen. 2. WHAT anHn N S'i4'ui
ia 10 have fposcuf 4. The whale .. 10 whom ~"
TIE whale sroaki \. To Moses IN the oni'uSno' "
u-o, l,d the whale say =. Thou art the man y
-. ala s-oses replyi A. Almost thou persuadest me
- Christian O. What tle effect on the WA"ie
ne rushed violently down sIcep place III the sea auu
peYisACd In tho waters.
THE town of Sauk Rapids, Mimi, was once
m au,c,flGyian f.9yc-ya d. ~orkmen have recently
found the remains If gaui imbedded in solid granite
Tie skeleton measures 10 ieet u inches in length Inc
20 Of The head 3ii uchosthat OF the chest
sfe. lacking half an inch. The forehead IS low ana tAe
,ocf he head Hat The pethed bones weigh 3Oi d. The
old -cutleman When in fui fesh must have turned the
scales at 600 The remains found In grave Erect
on feet below tie surface and 81 feet below the upper
stratum OF rock The grave was covered by large hat
limestone rGck perfectly separated from the surrounding
granite. The relics have been brought East.
The hotel-keepers of Harrisburg, Pennsylva
na are notorious for their extorionae prices The fol-
lowing instance than supports their previous repu-
t,uon. gentleman from NeW-Nork stopping at the
Capitol hotel committed suicide there While labor
ing under temporary insanity He had been some TWO
DAYS al the house, but the proprietor put in claim Oh
80 as the amount Of his bill against the deceased The
family refused 10 pay the landlord raised his claim 10
$500 and has entered salt against the estate IL the man
had lived his bill woud been eight or ten dol
as hut the landlord claims the rest the ground tha
his death win irjure the reputation Of his house
The following rules for the care OF persons
apparently drowned are the only short concise ard full
directions yet puhlisAed l. Lay the drowned man at
once lat on his stomach with his face to the grounda
folded coat bundle under his chest 2 Pace your
hands Eat between his shOuder-blades and make firm
,ssure so squeeze the air cut OF his ehest theh
turn the body slowly TO one side and little beyond
Replace him quickly his face. Count four, TO marx
f5ur seconds Of me and then repeat the process COM
mencng ny squeezing the air out Of the chest again
Wet clothes should be removed and dry ones substituted
each bystander contributing The body 20 be rubbed dry
brskly and kept from contact with the ground
ASSISTANT. 4
Patients chest IL he is breathing but want and watch
merely drying The body and changing the clothing
OF the five libraries in this country having
pver 10000 volumes in Boston and Cambridge
First tie Library Of Congress, with $4,000 Volumes
second the Boston Public Library with It's $4,000 vol
umnes; then successlvely the Astor Harvard College
ana Boston AheuRum. With the exception OF the library
Of Congress the Boston Public Library has the greatest
facilities growing The Athep@um has 100000 volumes
The next largest State Library $500 and there are
four others containing 10000 volumes Ihe Boston
Public Library has increased $500 volumes IN the past
year. nearly times the yearly gain OF tho Astor or
Harvard College The library OF Congress has shown Tor
three years past an annual gain Abont onehalf
OF the purchases for the Boston Public Library durnghe
year have been books newly published, and nearly 1000
volumes have been given.
The Statute Fairs in some parts OF En-
gland are the annual holiday gatherings in which SER
wants both chosen and hired Tor the coming
year The exquisite OF "aartha gets It's plot from
Ills custom These fairs in reality however, do not
Justify the Of the stage They are source OF
crime and immortality, and usually end In drunken rev
eIY. They are called, also. the "Martinmas hrings'"
and are common Scotland well as In England Whe
they arc 10 progress the "hrng" market regularly
quoted as "bisE" or "du" 'lively or heavy" Dairy
maids and plowmen are brought up very much as
.ayes formerly at the South The absence OF farm
setyants during the ten twelve days occupied by these
fairs said 10 become serious hnderance 20 agr-
cultural work
The anthracite coal Of Pennsylvania was first
used by two backsmitls Of Wyoming Valley in l7es-not
IN 1903, stated by mistake last Saturday Judge
Fell Of wkesbarre the first, then said, TO use
"stoLe coal" IN crate for domestic heating
I original experiment. In 1905 excited great curiosity
II was made ia a ,eooden crate much like the iron ones
now used An old book called "The Frec-MasOns Moni-
IN the library Of Judge FelPs daughter, has manu-
crpt note IN one OF its Hyeaves relating 70 this first
ecessful fort to doInesticate anthracite coal Feb H.
Of Mnsoury SsOs made the experiment Of burning the
common stone coal Of the Valley in CRATE in common
Erepace I'm my house. and nd it will answer the purpose
n fuel making clearer and better fire at less expense
Nan b.f1iing wood in the common way-BoroHgh u
biik.sLarYe Fe6. II, 1sOs-JEssE FELL"
The receipts Of Boston in some departments
h business durg 'he past year. have been the largest
,yer known. sugsr especially has shown large in'
tease hogtheads having been landed at that port
within y months The foreign OF the city h
Ia.d tc be ID "Guet condition" but ships are now on
the way TO Boston from all parts Of the world-l2 ships
from Cacul' with Ida goods 6yessels from Singapore;
iycse.s hon VI An. with hemp vessels from China,
with tcas; sc from Arabia. With drugs and fruit; or
thon Afca; tom Cu from San Francisco; u ships
hom Liverpool; uarks from London; baIks from Rus
iia and &oIth - Europe; barks from England and |
t'o,and a baiA. from Malaga Messna Leghorn, Mar
III 'l SnyIUs, with fIuit, olives, drugs, rags, and
ma.ole 10 els rom West Indies. with sugar and mo-
hssts-il al about l'O vesScls.
NJ Cfcmcux, the great French lawyer, said
nh -nsc # ore - the prisoners charged With exciting
Dpt for tho Government during the recent Baudin
Demonstration, that u Lucien Bonapare who hum
b" presented 10 the Chamber OF representatives the
abcaiiou 0 biz brother, the Emperor Napoleon, In 1874
Prince Pierre Eonaparc, the youngest son Of Lueien.