New-York tribune., 1871-01-19
GENERAL NOTES.

The Christian Mirror tells story of a rich
but penurious church-member, who, when missionary
attended by invitation funeral in his family travelling
long distance for the purpose, refused him gram 10
feed his horse saying he had to spare although he
was then building granary in which 10 store ms
large crops This man must be linea descendant OF the
parishioner who, when his pastor asked MN 10 pay ms
nf df sons sons exclaimed the minis
ter do preach for them; but my family can't eat
souls and if they could, 1t would take thousand such
as yours to make one meal
The Toledo Commercial publishes an interest
ing correspondence between two old college mates Mr
BENJAMIN Emmons of Milan, Ohio, and Senator Yates OF
Illinois. Mr. Emmons wants TO know If the Senator is
really the Dick Yates" who in the first graduating
class In Illinois College at Jacksonville in the good OLD
times OF Beecher, and Sturtevant, and Turner, ana
whom for short the boys called "Wick Yates" III so
noTedees sne wHd that he is wick Yates and that he re-
members Ben" and he adds: "The sweetest recoliec
tions in the long waste OF memory are
of my college days. TO which you so beautifully ana
feelngy allude. The bright hopes and visions of boy
hood come back to us after long years and n9ge VIII
every and memory Of earth and hope Of heaven
Alas, how different are the realities of lie Alas my
friend, happiness finds no home In high position Wlth AL
its drudgeries and responsibilities however Wei
its may be able the providence OF God to DIS
charge the duties ii devolves upon him.
The Hartford COurant, which represents the
best religious sentiment Of orthodox Connecticut takes
strong ground against the proposed religious amendment
Of the United States Constitution II fogently says
"when this sort Of amendment is begun where is it
to endS suppose that the Roman Church should some
day get the majority over the PrOtestants in America
should like to see them proceed, logically 10 them,
with the religious amendment to the Constitution, insert
ing the dogma OF the Immaculate Conception OF Tran
substantaton OF the lnfalbiy OF the Vicegerent OF
people is to define the faith for the mnority" T4e Con-
gregGGOndsf also expresses its decided opposition TO the
movement S The % effort M y sure to fall as ought to fail
creed were made part OF the instrument Of govern
tany in the nation No Christianity IN the Constitution
because the words are not there s there salt in the
sea There no Jumps of salt visible. Go to, now
Atlantic Ocean,"
From some careful statistics concerning the
inmates treated in the great Pennsylvania Lunatic Asy
lun during period Of years. some important facts may
be cleaned giving valuable hints concerning the age and
which most liable TO insanity the habits and oc
cupatons which are most conducive to it, and the causes
which most frequently in the overthrow of the in
teec II s between the of 30 and years that we
then become insane than in any decade of
life Men, it appears get more Of the tear OF
life or do not stand 1t well women out of
patients only l26 were OF the fair Widowers nd
their grief better than for there 59 of the
markaDe women patients the whole less n-
The numbers OF married and single persons were surprs
ingy near equal, 1872 were married. and l3f3 single
leaving majority not sufficient 10 found any inference
on The wonans Suffrage orators might gain an argi.
ment from the fact that majority Of all the women
their cares while there only IA teachers and as
soamstresses. Doctors would point with the cir
Der cases I'll health Evidence 10 corroborate the
statement often made, that Americans live too fast
and that the race wearing out might be found in the
large number OF nativeborn Americans among these un-
fortunate wrecks OF humanity, OF whom 2,sl5 were OF
native BIRTH while Of eIcitabe Hibernans there the
small number of of beerdrinking Germans 5O and OF
hearty contented Englishmen only 6i Perhaps the
surprising ite and the most contrary TO received opn-
ions is the prepOnderance Of outdoor workers Out OF
total OF l65l crazy men, there $40 who had been
farmers and 400 who had been aboers; while OF repre-
senayes from the banracking professions there
not IS in ALL 10 OF them PHYSICIANS % teachers 10 preach
crs l6 lawyers, and editors.