New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-26
GENERAL NOTES.

that the new fuel was OF superior excellence, and
adequate Tor al the uses 81 iron line iron
gases appeared in the whole operation This success
Ws na , np aonbt lead 70 the estabIsSment Of
iron manufactures In Nebraska and nelghbor
ing States adding largely to their development and pros
perity.
Religious impostOrs are almost always ex-
posed albeit We are sorry to say that the exposure does
not az matter of course the number Of their dis
cipes We have just read OF most outrageous humbug
In Ms County Iowa He called himsen " q, aod To-
prove this by demonstration he undertook 10 iast ior
in the Missouri River bottom He going along nicely
with his pensnce and even growing lat on ~ 70 tne az
constituent OF all observers but certain terrible Doys u
dertook syy TO watch him. when 1t appeared that most
OF his fasting was done cows teats He bad nj been
lynched at the last accounts D9t probably ne wi" De-
Mrs. G.. f. Mckay of Massachusetts memo
rallied Congress- other day. demonstrating against
the right OF suffrage being granted to women She be-
eves that large proportion OF her do not want the
ballot for the following reasons IL is outside OF tner
without mixing politics and universal woman suffrage
would mper the safety OF the Republic by an immense
increase Of the unnelgeDt and incompetent vote MIS-
MCKAY considers the eolOred OF the South far
more ignorant and imbruted than the men, and tnst
in general She recommends to go in and win IN the yar
fields opened TO her, and not Oother ABOUT 'no
ballot.
"The Mutual Protection Association of Lou
siana ia an admirable title but neither insurance, nor
high tariff nor workmens strikes TO flow from tho
new combination. The protection which the Society pro
poses TO attain by mutual aid against tne aggresNe
negro It seems that about the middle OF last month
colored man dropped into "soda shop suggestiyeiy
located at the intersection OF Bourbon and Canasts In
fresbment The owner OF the establishment, his agents
and his servants declined thereupon TO furnish supplies
10 an inner man OF such exterior complexion The un'
anneased estimating the damage to his feelings at 5000
has suit for that amount against inc c0hec
TONER. Whercat. all and sundy the dealers IN DAINTY
cakes and frothy fluids havesconvoked and formed the
Association aforesaid. With sugared accents he cahuy
profession called upon TO contribute support ana WIN
flavor OF tartncss the public is informed that TINS Is
"a matter OF no ordinary interest NOrtheTn con,eo
TONERS have been recently frightened about terra diod
The bugbear of the Southern Sweetmeat Convention VIII
Improve on nearer acquaintance, like blackberry JAM
But little Improvement has been made In the
typographical arrangement OF utlepages during tne
last three hundred years and to-day they furnish not ne
least interesting part OF many old books Titlepages In
the sixteenth century also generally more desetP
live than they now, may be seen from the follow
fDrHups AND HIS ENGLAND. Containing his voyage
and myxed with snndry pretie dseourses OF
and tho manners OF that Delightful to be read and
nothing hurtfu to be regarded: whern there Is small
offence by ghtnesse to the WISE and Jesse occasion
OF iooseness profiered to the wanton BY John Lyly
Master of Are. Commend IT, or amend ~ lmprnted ~
London for GABRIEL Cawo0d dwelling In Pauies Church
yr sssvns OK THE PLouGuERs A notable Sermon OF ye
renerende father Master Hughe Latimer, whiche he
preached In we shrouds ut paues churche In London on
the Xviii daye OF Januarye The yere OF you're Loorde
MD.XLyni.
The early history of Detroit IS one of ex-
treme interest Standing the great chain Of inland
lakes IL was the scene conflicts in the struggle
for supremacy the French and the English and
later, when Slavery was power was the great depot
of tho Underground Railroad In the West The nrst
NEGRO Ipsurrecon arising out OF the Blackburn case,
there In 1888 Thomas blackburn ana ms wiie
tyes were followed. gwen up TO the Sheriff. ana lodged
I'm fail The wife released by ruse, and BLACKBURN
was rescued by band OF negroes armed Win CLUBS
knives bay pistols and swords and taken 10 can
ada before the authorities had time TO interfere BLACK
burn and his wife still living IN Toronto aud are re-
puted to be wealthy SIX years after this excitement
riot broke out gu an
Henry, escaped from 81 Louis In lSSy John Brown ar
rived In Detroit with IS slaves. and while there arranged
the plan for the raid on the South which enaea
has always been strongly opposed 70 rm "S tbe
recent adoption OF the AVth Amenuent nas iorieu 'no
text for many interesting and exciting "reminiscences III
the local press
A writer in The Boston Times thinks that the
theory OF electric luminosity. claimed by The London
Spectator European sdrdns, was first advanced ten
wears ago by Stephen NJ Allen OF Boston The Spectator
snnnc,atrs The theory somewhat follows: sudden
disturbance In the sun In 1889 was Followed Dy intense
magnetic acton and among me SIGNS ., TINS b
teaches that relation exists between the aurora erres
trial MAGNETISM ana ne sun men ane Thai tbc
terrestrial magnetism which directly occasions the dls
play comes Originally ,fo rnc sSalvs OF tic
aroral has proved that they are caused oy
the burning of some different FROM any known To u.s.
through which the electric discharges In upper air take
PLACE when we once recognize the That electric
ction produces the lights explanation
many difficulties. Mr. Aliens theory was that electricity
magnetism secondary forces created by the ac
tion of great primary force coming In contact with
The earth and Is surrounding atmosphere that this pr
mary the OF all physical action connected
with the Garth is creation growth and present condi-
ton thai it proceeds from the sun carrying neither
light nor heat as IL travels through space put
phere surrounding the planet and thereby occasioning
all activities and changes We arc conscious OF, as
we'll as electricity and magnetism
mi II So .tI r
English reporter who nearly got himself INTO serious
trouble by his efforts to get beat rival sheet
He lived mile out Of town. and on one side Of the
road for a considerable part OF the way, was tDck
grove. As no was returning home late one night aeT
the near the roadside had an unusuai
Gong within the fence he discovered that the goq
suspended from one OF the branches 81 be
cutting down. he drew the body INTO P par 70
grove where the underground was Ssxt morning he
was taken into custody on charge OF wlial mnrner
and brought before al as early daylight, had
discovered tho body In its p iaSSo that about
ment and some other narer ne from the grove
The case was suspioous-until constable searons .ne
pos h,s name and place OF abode, and declaring
that domestc misfortune had made ne 80 unoearaoe
that he mad resolved commit suicide vi course Tue
.nae ge was discharged His explanation was to the
eerct that finding such fine bit OF local as tnls 700
late G ,n ns Inc rival journal which to appear the
next day. should not profit by the news Bnt LOT sno
auicdss confession pretty CaSo VI
sai evidence might have been made out against the
knight OF the pen.
The 81. Louis Democrat does not consider the
present capital success IL thinks that city ever
contryed TO make everybody more heartily disguised
with IT, Chicago "cheek" annoys some people. put
Chicago has great deal OF real merit 10 be proud Of
Boston hubbshness is about as soft thing as ever YET
was seen on this planet, but nevertheless there are
ere,t many Things worth loving aud admring about
Boston New York Is the paradise OF vandersts jim.
dsks and other highwaymen. But it Is still right
seems TO show that Americans can be slow they try
Any American city. whatever gift i mas 70 make
people diske good qualities when men
recognize and admire But Washington has only the
name OF the Father OF the country and the tender eco-
eofinn OF what Waahlngon meant 20 be, only makes