New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-24
GENERAL NOTES.

of the Peehtal family, In OcloDer iasb na'o wv" WV
vIcted Huntingdon Penn, OF murder In the hf5s ue-
gree i'll be remembered that the murder was tne
most brutal that has occurred IN Central fehnsyNaa
for many years.
The original model of Geographic battery
filed by Prof Morse when he got his patent has been I'M
earhed from lot OF old rubbish In the cellar OF the Patent
Office where it has been lying for years The clumsines
OF the sgnakey as compared with the one OF the present
day. is ridiculous 1t is nearly two feet long ana mas
large lump OF lead at the end furtest from the manu. W
throw the key up and break the circuit
Surely there must be some mistake In that
line of the legislative proceedings OF Friday, which
records that Mr. Tweed introduced bill for the reef OF
a Saxon OF New.York; the thing s palpa6y prePoster-
GUS Powerful and popular as MT Tweed IS we si u, no no
would scarcely dare so far 60 try the patience or MS
admirers though the Saxon were suInamea James
He know that they cannotbe 70 no
the difference between the race ana an unioi'un'o "
diyidual bearing the hated name
Tea trees have been planted in considerable
numbers by the japanese colony Placervlle Call
fornia and are growing WELL In Japan the tea shrub
attans in the cultivated variety hight Of only four TO
SIX feet d IN Ca i Graa we slc Il follows the example
OF everything else Californian The new plants at lo
Japanese plantation are all raised from the nut or see
owing TO an excessive amount Of oil in these they are
found decay rapidly, 80 that although planted thchy
in ridges only small proportion come 70 any o., pe
trees properly pruned down. said To be good iof 50
years. and not very tender only requiring sun anu
air.
Capital punishment is so far abolished In In
diana that they don't hang white men there for killing
nIggers" Last Summer George Dayisou shot and killed
a respectable Industrious and inofensye man OF color
As George has friends and money when MS Nlcu nts
not the jures find II impossible to come TO unanimous
opnion in the case. Twice IL has been tried wlthot
getting verdict, and now dispatch from lndlahaPos
that Dawson will NOT probably De tfed ag
AT the last accounts motion was pending Tor MS 1ull
and free discharge and at this moment he Is prODaD AZ
liberty. chartered suppose, to XII nggers az MS
own savage will whenever ho may feel an appetite ior
slaughter.
Imprisonment for debt has been abolished so
quietly in England that the change has attracted Dut
little attention abroad. This reform, which went INTO
operation on the LIST OF January empted all the debtors
TrOssst Prison there were 81 debtors in confinement
Upon being informed that they were at liberty O3 asked
10 he allowed to stay until the next day as they naa 10
homes TO 20 to- The folly of trying to force mon without
money! pay their debts by locking them up was
more forcby illustrated We suspect that this great re-
form ia partly at least one OF Mr. Dckenss triumphs-
the result Of his foreoe pictures OF prison abuses III
Pickwick Papers and Little Dorrit
On the 18th inst, while one of the miners
In the Hoosac tunnel was filling drill hole with gun
powder CANDLE which had been stuck with clay upon the
rim of his hat fell into drill hole and the powder
blew out burning him severely about the face
miner was leaning his shoulder against a vessel
containing about % pounds OF nitro'syeernedi
and scared by the powder explosion, he exclaimed,
"Where the glycerine It's gone sureF But u had not
and they were saved by miracle. All good people VIII
rejoice at their escape, of course although they did
everything in their power to insure their own deSlruc
ton.
A leader in The Christian Union of this week,
entitled Answers" concludes as follows:
The Watehngn and Reflector has introduced needless
persOna element into Its remarks; ,,,. ,,,,
ss st T s HSfT Ts re- Dr. We doPS 81. o
potency guide Protestant Catholicism He Is too mpa,ys lie Is
In editing The Christian, Union. Mr. Beecher no more
proposes to guide PRO sso M ,sa IN ss
TO guide the Baptist Churches OF NewEngland May we
pot be allowed TO contribute what little we can 10 60 good
to the rest OF the paragraph-e Is too impulsye
to surrender truthwe shall take heart and strive
henceforth to be slower, dryer, tighter. and more
obstinate.
The last quarterly report of the Fall River
workingmen's Cooperative Association declares diy
dends Of 10 per cent members purchases Of CT
purchases of nonmember and at the rate Of 10
per cent per annum on the capital stock The corpora
lion has stores at present both dealing IN groceries,
and they have done business, since the inception OF the
scheme three years amounting g. The trade
done is now 81 900 week. cash. and Is Increasing The
present capital is $3.50 72 and the number OF members
1885, 1t is expected that drygoods store will soon be
opened In addition. Connected with the institution IL
reading room for members, where meetings for mutual
Improvement are held twice I'm every week return OF
so per cent per annum on invested capital Is pretty
good showing for any institution and when the further
advantage OF getting commodities of good quality at fair
prices is considered 1t II these FAN River work
ngmen-who have shown such prompness and energy In
carrying the great principle OF cO6peration-had
with the success they deserve
The British public are greatly exercised
about the meaning Of American slang phrases just now
and It is hardly safe to of them the water
In any kind OF respectable society The Of the word
"buncOme." for Instance, came very leading to q
storm In England the other day AT a town council
associates to be all buncome" requested
draw the offensive word when the following cOnyersa-
that word "bnncome." fInterruptionl / take my
stand on that word. and say IL must be withdrawn.
the meaning Of itl Mr.. Hope-I do not know l can't
define II, but it Is deiilement and abomnation.
fortunately used s offensive TO anybody will withdraw
1t and so the offensive yet harmless word, was with
drawn.
NJ Nestle of Vevay has proposed the intro
duction of food for young infants to which no
gives the Of laceal rina. This food is composed
Of perfectly pure milk evaporated In at low
temperature OF bread which has been submitted TO high
temperature and OF sugar These ingredients incor
pOrated In certain proportions, calculated to produce
food OF similar composition to human milk. II some
other benefacor OF his would supplement Monsieur
Nestles eontrvance by patent automaton TO admins
ter the maternal fluid, wonderful results might be OBJ
tanned Tho old and tedious system OF bringing orphans
up by hand would be superseded, fashionable mothers
would be relieved from the task OF nursing, and
doubt that the crop of arstocratic infants
would be largely Increased In consequence Ii would DO
only to consgn the babe to the tender embrace
meet hose provided with valve opening outward,
place the end Of ilwn the youths reach, and instinct
suction might be relied on for tho rest BY udicous
appOrtiOnment OF tile aqueous and lactea elements OF
the mixture, moreover fat or lean article OF children
according to the ase OF the dOtlng paients-coud be
produced to order.
writer i'll The Spectator thinks tobacco has
a property belonging 10 very few substances, which
makes its exceptionally dangerous-the property.
when administered In overdose OF effcctlng some
permanent change, probably In the spinal cord. which
renders the victim for after liable 10 Injury from the
minutest dose. Cases are quoted from Or. Dmben's
work tobacco. Mr. T., lawyer 30 years OF axe, OF
athletic frame, for i've years had shown symptoms Of a
spinal Affection which had resisted all remedies. On the
recommendation OF DR.. Druben, he gave up the Of
tobacco IN which he had INDUCED To The result
that "all the symptoms disappeared, rs II by
chantmont aud at the end Of QUE month the was
complete" One day dining with the doctor he INDUCED
himself contrary 10 the earnest remonsranee OF the
former IN CgaT. No had he uishcd the second
than he fo that all his old sensations had returned
Warned by this decisive intimaton, the gentleman