New-York tribune., 1870-12-06
GENERAL NOTES. 4,

It might be supposed that before an indus
rious .tngnan stopped work and exposed himself
and lis family 90 poverty he would wait for a good
rson fact, IL l. probable that seyeneighths Of
an he d,as rous strikes originate in absurdly trivial
nhrrcHc md depend Amos ehinei! lOf theT 1OtNe
IpOn pref ana pigheadedness. Two hundred wire
,rcanse c proprietor Of the factory changed the loca-
OF t,c scales upon which their daily product was
Nernou. tac ten protested. the piopreIos were hrn
ho truck, ANA all tho wircWO Orkers in Worcester
.ollOwod eIit,
The everlasting organ grinder is getting to
pe ferOciOus. An English gentleman, having distin-
tushed himself b-l uurag cxertiOns TO silence the
Jrcctmusc nuisance has received the following alarm
ug letter:
You hsl r,r Yr. rc,- organ PLAYERS One winpsy
taGTL AtusAi ne Wi,h DO f' Sc; one inie Look o6i
This the Jondol rhilantbrupst not in the least
1luntcd Js sent tD LiC Tines. We nope most sincerely
Boudis OF The hehway arc To- vindcate their business
after TINS icr0cOus fashion, more thankful than
mostly u;G r hands invalid military characters who
Teaud Tint private killing has an Intimate con-
ucct,ou with ropes.
Il appears that in some Of our Western COM
n1uI,cs "a re- Is raupcrfarnng, which may be fairly
al ~ against the baby farming of England. The bene
g.eIt muorif.os Of Livingston County Michigan, dis
pu OF tHrr r1upcTs 10y Tie ingenious method Of con
-,u- iu.iu tne care Of the Individual who offers to
81 opt Lt rnure, at the lowest rate. II scarcely he
aIIt.rot surprise Lat The keeper has few or no con-
Nettuces tur the accommodation OF tie paupers He s
d poo hu.aclf. lie may own new iaIln which
ARE su"u bUidu<S. but that Is nearly al. On being
Vvardd On, jUu. lo foi hwith ercCis shany 16X10,
boarded aud Latieued Ike barn. Into this room the
pbJuCrS crowded male and feuao, sane and insane,
sltk OF y,el. IT, !ouH is iutorlaby warm SUMMER,
,,, yfr, ,id IN Winter WLat Ipust be ihe cuicc Gi
evils from which or! body Can elect to hc paupcr con.
,iGuod 40 'hc tender mCrc.os Of Livingston County and
o., lowest b.ticIt
Iho O,hcr day car1ier-pigeOn carried into
peieagaerr Prs = inches square, with 22e
du pAtrhe, csroscopicaly photographed upon IT, com
psns tae detailed ucw OF the day from all parts Of the
world and tlcry now comes from London description
81 tnc in'"hiIei} when 3d The printing. it makes u
duplicate Of ordinary handwriting a million times
smaller t1aut or giua, that u only DC read by
the aid of powerful microscope. The inventor au-
nOunCCs tl'ai thu reprint the whole Bible p
in the space Of an inch. aud other books in proper
ton f.hnh o ~ IHe sl.aIer OF the Ho1so can o5rrt
Cushing Parliamentary Manual entire. photographed
n ms thuablnii. Webstcrs Unabridged may be printed
ma, ns hc total contents Of the AstOr Library may DO
transferred u a fyecent blank book Add 10 such
roiufendiuIn small portable microscope, winch might
ne,o unuOccd 10 the pantilogns pocket, and the pro
pIl'fo fuaY n command an the wisdom OF the
a-r.. iriu'3O0rates down 10 Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only profession for which there is not
yrt srrcncy OF aspirants s the ministry. In his ad
dress a. tbc eyug of the cornerstone Of the College
Chuu-h at Amherst the Rev. Mr. Gushing gave some
interesting comparative statistics concerning the New
1di century he prOpOItOn Of preachers prOduced has
fallen Of about Onohaf He gets aside the alumni OF the
1 ye years. in order TO allow time for those 50 desr-
ms 10 have entered the ministry and then gives In de-
>ads the hgures ioT the previous 90 years oi tne eGnt
Viz. Amherst Bo doin Dartmouth, Harvard. Middle
hufy, University nI Vermont, Williams, and Yale From
isib tO 1865 these ses furnished 6,20 graduates aud
tl0l DInsters, s.1Ut 2j per cent. Dividing the 30
So lrs INTO deoadoa. proportion Of graduates who be
Dnsters decreases from IS per cent In the second
cetade 10 IL per cent IN the last Amherst has fur
nshcd tho largest proportion Of ministers, &c per cent
aud iiarFagd the least, IL per cent,
The Ckristiaa Standard, a leading organ of
the "CHmpbeites denies the report that that sect is
asking OF Government opportunity TO try their hand
~ csbEing tc Indians" and up its views thus
6e have religion freed, 10 thiH country, from the
tNinS tDuch of Government patronage and control. |
N" btlloFe - keeping u So No objected % the
tp ncnt OF FRIENDS az Government agents among tho
l'itus and none would Ol)Cc5 10 the employment
% iosc or the members Of any other religious body,
80 ~ a. teachers Of Literature, morale, aud Tie usefsi
Z" o hut When u comes % selecting religious prOpa-
Nbis IRON various sects who at liberty 10 lhe
I" image 0f the Government 10 forward their denOIni
,"Ahi 5chemes We say, hands on Save the land from
s ouso o. priesthood nursed iutO power by tho Gov
SuItu and save the Indians from the great wrong Ia
'Ou 70 al the other wrongs they have sustained at
or hands, OF having imposed on them the dsoOrdant
ana endless confessions, jealOasies. ryalres,
~ AGil1a VI seetsIRn!sla."