New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-08-17
GENERAL NOTES.

In one place a Philadelphia newspaper n
very savage at report that there Is yellow fever rag
ing in that city with considerable violence, ana IN an
other part of the paper we are told the seherh
condition of the highways Of that city are OF such
character IA TO breed and ferment disease and pest
Hence In some sections" IL says, we have observed
citizens with broom and shovel removing hes Oh nun
from the cutters front OF their residences ana sweep
Inc i'm clinical heaps the accumulated dust OF weeks"
Under these circumstances do not see why the Pha
dephians should complain that rumors OF Yellow JACK
presence in that city rife for ii they have not the
fever there, it il demonstrable that according 10 te
eternal yerities, they ought to haVel IT,
The disposal of these bodies of ours, after
they become dust il certainly difficult matter to deal
with Land is precious, especially within or proumate
to great cities and the old notion that every one Ii
entitled after life TO limited parcel OF real estate, is
beginning be exploded. Here man OF projects in
~ Ggana TS 70 e Of Gothic there is TO
be IN il for the sepulcher OF 2VOOW Ielhans ~
this Egyptian project is 20 be generally adopted IN civil
zed lands there viii be sad dimnutioh Of the poetry Of
death-no weeping willows no NOISY headstoneo, ana
turn Greeks, and be burned as poor Shelley was
A correspondent considers an expression IN
a deed of lot in what ia known ChOuteaus Mill
Tract" st Louis, nut for grammarins Part or
the boundary is thus described Begin at the corner Of
- street and street thence with the street to
the margin OF the pond; continue in the same direction
to the middle of the creek in ts natural bed when the
pond Is exhausted then follow the creek to its ntersec
ton" &c. The correspondent asks whether when
or whether used in other sense Peopie VINO are
not in the of language among whom lawyers
when To express conditional restriction other than
that time. The condition here intended probably re-
fcr to what would he the bed of the creek II the pond
exhausted As there are elsewhere in The deed pro
visions for keeping up the dam forever u u probable
that under the other solution OF the puzzle the eX
hasion OF the pond would DE preceded by that OF the
patience Of the grantee,
Virginia may well be proud of the mineral
spring lately discovered Ashland and described by
/ vhoynr aanfnf thar
famous wells may very well in their way, but this
fountain sends forth something that Is meat and drink
both" Like the Irshmans whisky. II flows In short in
inc xhasble of hot chicken soup, something
so near like it, that requiresThe Enquirer assures us
only slight admixture OF pepper and salt 10 make
What glorious discovery Natures SOupH0use The
poor OF the neighborhood laying mp the reward OF the
and Winter IN monOtOnous but inexpensive diet or
chicken soup sucking it, AZ It were from the nourishng
hand can make everlasting fortune by barreng up
judcious modcum OF this daily dow 70 be served in fash
ionabe hotels at 25 cents plate, other springs OF the
Old World and the New may produce their Congress ana
ychy their Settler and STAR but these Will shrink into
insignfcance beside this Essence OF Old Vir-
ginny unless the soup Is as thin AZ the story appears 10
be.
Somebody with money enough might render
a vast service TO literature and mankind by creating
endowment fund the hands OF trustees TO be devoted
to educating and supporting a sufficient number OF
young Boswe that at least such could he tagged
on to every Of genius to catch and with
pious care the wisdom dropping from immortal lips.
Even though in while it should not turn out to be
whale that the limpet stuck to. 1t might prove toer
ably odd fish. There Mr.. knight OF Dundee who
thus adhered to Dr.. John Duncan Scottish divine OF
eminence and the consequent 0oltoQpia Peripaefca
recently published IA very readable. One OF the neat
remarks OF Dr. Duncan was In reply to an inquiry In
conversation psalmody, whether he had heard the
music In the Sistine Chapel at Rome. NO" he said.
"and would not 10 hear IT, for they that sing 1t
neither men, women, nor children" In the portrait VI
Erasmus the Doctor perceived speaking counte-
nance" he thought one could almost sec that he
asking for Cardinals hat" He drove peg into the
dogma OF the Plymouth Brethren. They assert he
said - that because there is visible church there
should be no sects; nevertheless, they add one"
In refreshing contrast to the dIeary twaddle
which under pretense OF benefting the agricultural,
would destroy tho manufacturing industries or tho
country Is the evidence Afforded by The Racine Journal
that the protection Of home manufactures far from
robbng the farmer Is asserted by the Free Traders
Is already OF abundant profit To the agricul
turists of Wisconsin. Wheat and corn 1t points out
not the most profitable OF farmers products and the
amounts OF these staples which find profitable market
in Europe Is in remarkable years incomparaby ess
home market Fruits. vegetables, butter, cheese. pou
try, eggs, cattle horses sheep hogs wool, &c, are
named as the profitable products Of the farm the
and staple articles thai lind constant home market
at good prices long large proportion Of the
community employed in manufacturing and mining. Is
able To pay for and consume these products. rhe IN
creased price obtained for everything during the
not fallen OF In respect to these articles has OF
most others because the market for them has been thus
sustained Compared with 1850 shee sell Tor more than
twice as much cheese has doubled butter nearly
trpled poultry aud young pIgs more than trtPled.
the Free Traders Anerlcanmade coat the
farmer more. the profits on one churning will pay tho
prophets u Free ale sleeps clothing arc moro mis
cIctQ ab u the Au,slu inidu thau gAT2ulD wolves